‘farms. getting their dogs from puppy farms. thank you so much for coming in. thank you so much for coming in. thank you, lisa, lisa and plum pudding! i think we should have a brea kfast pudding! i think we should have a breakfast dog, here on the soup all the time. we will keep you! least i am can go, you can stay! stay with us, headlines coming up.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with tina dahely and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: work to prevent a dam in derbyshire from bursting continues in the face of a new warning of more thunderstorms and flooding. prime minister boris johnson visits those affected in whaley bridge and promises to make the area safe. because this is a major problem. if that dam goes, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. the home secretary, priti patel, says she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of being caught. a day to remember for rory burns, as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage, heading into day three of the first ashes test against australia. and breakfast

enters the robot wars — but can our mean machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world? some drier weather on the way for the majority of the uk, but tomorrow, the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across northern britain. it's saturday the 3rd of august. 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 aggregate gone into 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 creditable level and there is still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail. so our plea is that we would ask for residents to continue to heed police advice 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. you are near the carton that leads you into whaley bridge. what is happening there? people are now turning up and being allowed through

to gather some of their possessions they left when they left very quickly a couple of days ago. they turn up and that police barrier, they have to give their names, and if they are on the list of the police have they will be allowed through for 15 minutes. they have to leave a mobile phone with those police officers so that if the police officers so that if the police suddenly hear that that dam has given way, they will bring the people and say, get out of there quickly. 1500 people in this town have moved out in the last 48 hours. they didn't have time to take things with them, so they are in there to get medicines, passports for holidays, that kind of thing. one man said he was going on to get a computer server, man said he was going on to get a computer server, and has offices there and he is trying to work from home for the next few days. the people are being looked after either by family people are being looked after either byfamily and people are being looked after either by family and friends, or by the local authority providing them accommodation in hotels and guesthouses. the communities around here have got together to help out. we have heard about promises of accommodation from various people,

offers of fields if you have a tent ora offers of fields if you have a tent or a caravan, the women's institute doing a whip round for donations, local shops offering trolley loads of food. but people don't know how long they will be out. as much as there is that community spirit, it isa there is that community spirit, it is a tough time for them. one of the concerns obviously is the weather forecast for tomorrow. it doesn't look good, does it? it doesn't. it is great today, warm and dry, and will stay like that for the rest of the day, but there is a yellow weather warning from the met office for tomorrow. and that means the storms. the water isn't draining quickly enough from the reservoir. they will be very concerned tomorrow about how things will proceed from here. thanks very much. interesting to see people going through that carton. they have 15 minutes to pop into the house. 0ne

carton. they have 15 minutes to pop into the house. one member carton. they have 15 minutes to pop into the house. 0ne memberfrom each household, that is a lot of pressure. 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 rollout. 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, fire—fighters 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. 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. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, mark lobel, who's in our london newsroom. mark, quite strong words from the new home secretary? strong words indeed. in herfirst interview since becoming home secretary, a surprise reappointment to the cabinet after she was unceremoniously sacked, theresa may showing a zero tolerance after she unofficially met senior israeli politicians. she wants to show zero tolerance to criminals by making the conservative party the party of law and order and underlining the prime minister's pledged to recruit 20,000 new police officers over three yea rs, new police officers over three years, starting with recruitment in september in england and wales with over £1 billion for that. she wants to do that by empowering police

officers. she wants criminals to feel terror on the streets, and might relax restrictions on stop and search and take a hard line drugs policy even what people would consider a lesser offence, cannabis use, she said she doesn't want police officers turning a blind eye to that drug use. strong words on her feeling about the death penalty, but she made it clear where she stands now. yes, a lot of rowing back on this. she said she is not an active supporter of capital punishment, the death penalty, but she clearly was in the past, calling for the reintroduction of it on the question time programme in the past. but she doesn't want that to be the focus, she says she is not an active supporter any and wants to the debate on making policing more robust. you might be heading out for a run, if you want some inspiration, listen

to this. 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—and—a—half days. that's four hours quicker than the previous record. she slept for three hours per night, and forjust 90 minutes before the final leg. yes, and we will talk to her in a bit. she is from my neck of the woods as well. we'll chat to her a little later. more than a thousand people have spent a second night away from their homes as specialist crews attempt to stop a dam from bursting in derbyshire. last night, some residents in whaley bridge were allowed to go to their homes very briefly to collect pets and essentials —

but officials say it could be several days before people can safely return. 0ur reporter sam fenwick spent the day with some locals. the community has gone mad at the moment. the drum and monkey is the only pub to remain open in whaley bridge and it has become the centre of the community. everyone has come together through social media and phoning in, just making sure everyone is all right. if they need a place to stay, they have always got one. at six o'clock last night, they said the situation had deteriorated. the engineers had been in touch with the police and that we needed to leave. so we pretty much got a bag together and evacuated the area along with the rest of the street. john brogden, his wife, two sons and their two cats have now

moved into a friend's house in a neighbouring village. we are ok, really. we have been very lucky. it is really kind, isn't it, having someone stay in your house for a month! yes, and as well, 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 chinook helicopters as they drop hundreds of tonnes of aggregate onto the dam in the hope that it will shore up the reservoir. and local businesses are being called in to help too. when you see that helicopter picking up your bags and it's helping the community, unbelievable. really, really proud. we felt really proud to be helping. and there is a really big community spirit, isn't there? massive. the amount of people who are helping is unbelievable. everybody‘s doing their share. chapel diy was the first builder's merchants to get an emergency call from the local council. and how many tonnes did you get rid of yesterday? 136 last night, so we were busy. 136 tonnes? 136 of them bags, yeah. how long does it take you to normally sell that amount of stuff? a good month plus, so... in a few hours. we were just constantly loading last

night, just didn't stop. every 15 minutes, the town hear‘s the rumble of chinook. where we are now, you can see the chinook helicopters coming in. we have been watching that all day. i can hear another one now. it is constant. it's been. . .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 isjust silence and then all of a sudden you just hear in the distance... the chinook coming in and just getting louder and louder and louder. and then that is all you can hear. while people in whaley bridge are nervous about what might happen to their town, their spirits do remain high. we can show you some live pictures

from whaley bridge this morning. it looks peaceful, as you can see. but overnight, emergency services have been working to pump as much water as they possibly can out of the reservoir. and of course the dam has been shored up with aggregate being dropped from an raf chinook. it is an ongoing situation. residents still don't have much clarity on when they will be allowed back into their homes. deputy chief fire officer, gavin tomlinson, has been working through the night with the teams pumping water out of the reservoir. hejoins us now from his home in the peak district. tell us about how the last 24 of us have been for you? long! i've been there all night with the crew and all the other agencies that have been working very, very hard throughout the night to put in place seven large external pumps. these

are 12 inch pumps that you probably see in the background of some of the pictures. we have got seven of these up pictures. we have got seven of these up and running. they are moving an immense amount of water out of the reservoir and into the river. approximately five tonnes of water they were moving out of there at the moment. and we have got another five of these which we will be constructing throughout the day to add to those. and we also have high volume pump is working as well. 0nce we have these new larger external pumps and police will look to relocate the high—volume pumps to a better place where they are more efficient in moving more water. we are looking at live pictures from whaley bridge, we can see the water level has come down. but of course as you know thunderstorms are forecast for tomorrow. what impact could heavy rain have on the work you are doing, and of the local

community? we want the weather to be kind to us. we are trying to get ahead of the curve and remove as much water as we can throughout the day tonight and tomorrow before we get this bad weather, if it does materialise. 0ur get this bad weather, if it does materialise. our aim is still the same. preventing the water now entering the reservoir to any degree. we are working as hard as we can to make sure that the dam wall retains its integrity. as you have probably seen the tunic will be back up probably seen the tunic will be back up and running again today, dropping bags of ballast. we have specialist contractors putting in special grouting around the bags of ballast to bind it together and give it more security. but the key thing for the fire and rescue service and all the other agencies is reducing the amount of water in that reservoir in amount of water in that reservoir in a controlled manner. the more we reduce it, the more we reduce the risk of something happening. reduce it, the more we reduce the risk of something happeningm reduce it, the more we reduce the risk of something happening. in more than two decades of this work, have you seen anything like this before?

no, it is absolutely unique, one—of—a—kind. but i spent 12 hours they are all night, and i've seen so many different agencies all working together, all trying to do the right thing. very proud to look back and see everyone racking throughout the night, co nsta ntly see everyone racking throughout the night, constantly working on themselves until they can't really work any more. and it has been supported by some superb volunteers who have kept all the workers fed, watered and in high spirits. karen, thank you so much forjoining us this morning after what has clearly been a very long night. we hope you get some rest at some point. yes, and to all those volunteers and all the people working throughout the night, thank you very much. as was mentioned there, one of the issues is what happens with the weather over the next couple of days. and susan can bring us up to speed. good morning. we saw an exceptional

amount of rainfall, and the showers we re amount of rainfall, and the showers were beasts as they rolled across northern britain in the weekjust gone. unfortunately, the weatherfor the second half of the weekend is quite similar to that we had last week, the severe flood warning still stands for whaley bridge. the area of low pressure to the west at the moment, some high pressure with us today will bring a drier and quieter day, but i can't promise an entirely dry story. if we have a closer look, with some heat from the sunshine we could spark some isolated but intense showers across the higher ground of scotland and along the spine of northern england. 0ne ground of scotland and along the spine of northern england. one or two for the midlands and the south—east of england as well. the odd one could get close to edgbaston later today. hopeful we could escape with a dry day, however. this front tries to move in, some patchy rain

for northern ireland. it will bring some intense showers as we go through the evening and into the early hours of sunday. for many it will be a fine evening. some of this rain quite heavy as it moves across northern ireland. humidity will rise as that front approaches. it is a muqqy as that front approaches. it is a muggy night, with overnight lows of 14 or 15. into sunday and on the face of it things don't look too bad. but the low pressure destabilises the atmosphere. with sunshine across scotland northern england and the midlands, they don't look much, but those showers could quite intense. they could be some big rainfall totals in a short space of time. hence the met office has issued a yellow warning for the northern midlands into southern and central scotland because the situation remain so vulnerable. sunday into monday and tuesday, that lowe will stay with us just like

last week. further showers across the uk, and again, it looks like the northern half of the uk may be in line for some of the heaviest of the rain. summer travel plans for thousands of people could be disrupted after the collapse of two package holiday firms. super break — which specialised in city trips — and its sister website laterooms.com have both gone into administration, but they were still touting for business just hours before they ceased trading. so, what does it mean if you've booked with these firms? let's speak to guy anker, the deputy editor at money saving expert, who joins us from our london newsroom. where does this leave people who have got a booking with these companies? undoubtedly a lot of hassle and worry. the peak season for holidays. it is a mixed bag, some will be able to continue with

their holiday, some will see the holiday is cancelled. i'll go through the specifics in a moment, but it's worth saying that the arrangements have been put in place by the authorities, and i have seen administrations before and they sometimes go wrong. so what i'm about to say, double check first. if you booked with late rooms, it is slightly better, we are told that all hotel bookings should be honoured, but do check ahead first. with super breaks, it is more complex, if you booked a package holiday you'll be told your only option is a refund, or choosing between a refund and going away, but if you go away you still may be asked by the hotel to pay again. if that does happen, you have rights to climb that money back, so climb receipts. i hotel only through super breaks, that is cancelled. the only

option is to claim it through travel insurance, unfortunately there are no guarantees. the other scenario is let's say you're going away but can't actually go away, you have booked car hire and excursions, but cannot use, check if you can cancel it. if you cannot, see if you can claim travel insurance. that may not work because not all travel insurance covers you when a firm goes into administration. people could lose a lot of money here. and if you are in a hotel already and they ask you to pay again, do you have to? you probably do if you want to stay there. if you think of the travel industry, you are talking about components all around the world. and one of the things we've seenin world. and one of the things we've seen in the past is far flung hotels that don't know the uk system, understandably, panic, even though they might be getting the money via they might be getting the money via the authorities, they don't know it is definitely coming. they ask people for money. you are in that scenario, you are at the desk, kids

in the background, quite often you will have to pay to be able to stay. but on a package holiday, if you are asked to do so, you can claim that money back when you are home. and this fact that they are still touting for business, they were when we last looked, what do you make of that? surely that is not on? we a lwa ys that? surely that is not on? we always see this. any type of form going into administration, you see this. it is partly because may the social media department doesn't know what is going on. but if the company new for an absolute fact that it was about to go, it's irresponsible. but there is the other argument which is, well, if you are teetering on the edge, and you don't get new business, then you will go. but there are protections in place, not for everyone, but for lots of people affected by late rooms and super breaks, if you have booked something at the holidays cancelled. yes, but was doing some research. thanks for

that. tim walker, diary editor at the new european is here to tell us what's caught his eye in the papers. august is turning out to be the worst possible time to take a holiday. we've already learned that 170 flights out of heathrow have been cancelled because of ongoing strike action, that will start next week, anyway. and to add to those woes, even if you get to where you wa nt to woes, even if you get to where you want to go, the value of the pound is making everything that much more expensive. and we just mentioned there is a company go into administration, if you haven't got bookings... yes, and the times reports how some big banks have been profiting out of the currency turmoil, being very slow to pass on the changes when it is in their favour. and it accuses barclays is

consistently offering the worst exchange rate on the high street. 0ne exchange rate on the high street. one parent would have got you just 1.09 euros full stop surprisingly, debenhams offers the best value in terms of the high street. they say that they are you would have got 1.075 euro to the pound, which was significant are better than a lot of the banks. one of my friends went to change money and got an apology from the post office worker, saying, i'm sorry this is very much! sterling has collapsed 17% since the eu referendum. but the important thing is, the times says, is to shop around. yes, that is always the advice. maybe don't leave it until you get to the airport! guardian, a

story climate change. crisis made by thejuly story climate change. crisis made by the july heatwave, story climate change. crisis made by thejuly heatwave, crysis 100 story climate change. crisis made by thejuly heatwave, crysis100 times more likely. yes, around the globe july equals in many cases surpassed the hottest month in recorded history because of these figures are now official from the world meteorological organisation. research from oxford university says these records be broken quite soon and no way will be cut down in history because they will be surpassed. and i wonder if the older generation, it always used to be donein generation, it always used to be done in newspapers, make fun of people who are worried about climate change as sandal wearing hippies and so on. whereas now there is a young generation coming up who are very concerned about it, want political parties to take action, and they are symbolised by greta thunberg, but some of my donald trump, he is of a generation that has not grasped the

importance. well there is plenty of extreme weather around at the moment to suggest people need to take it seriously. what else? theresa may on holiday, enjoying the delights of italy. what prime ministers do after leaving office is an enduring subject of fascination. and theresa may followed the example ofjohn major, went off to watch a game of cricket at lord's. we can't blame herfor the fact cricket at lord's. we can't blame her for the fact that england lost, maybe suffuse the place with a degree of gloom... anyway, she had harassment philip seem to be having a happier time that have popped up ata a happier time that have popped up at a hotel overlooking lake garda in italy. and she ratherfell for the venus, or perhaps he fell for her. he wrote a piece that was especially for her, doesn't give the title. but mrs thatcher wasn't great at leaving office, she never really had a casual wardrobe, which was part of the problem. gordon brown, i remember him trundling down downing street with his family and so on,

and you suddenly saw a human, lova ble and you suddenly saw a human, lovable side of him that perhaps you we re lovable side of him that perhaps you were never allowed to see when he was in office. and she i hope you'll find some degree of solace in her normal life. david cameron built a shed. yes, that helps. well, didn't build it himself, he bought one. not a shed, that's a house! writing his long—awaited memoirs. a shed, that's a house! writing his long-awaited memoirs. this is a shocking picture thrust of this is a woman who is basically stuck in the mud or the woman who is basically stuck in the mud orthe sand... woman who is basically stuck in the mud or the sand... the son calls her a stick in the mud, i suppose there isa link a stick in the mud, i suppose there is a link there to theresa may, which seems a bit unkind. she was helped out of the mud by rescue workers at weston—super—mare, workers at weston—super—mare, workers who rather enterprising to use the hovercraft so that it wouldn't sink in. but i noticed in the picture, there she is standing there, immobile, with a mobile

phone. she managed to take that with her, presumably to give people a moment by moment account.|j her, presumably to give people a moment by moment account. i got stuck in the sand and i remember my sister didn't want to bother to continue to rescue me because she wa nted continue to rescue me because she wanted to watch david cassidy on the telly. i'm quite lucky to be here. wanted to watch david cassidy on the telly. i'm quite lucky to be herelj was about up to hear! my mother was desperately trying to get me out of the tides were coming in. nothing short of a miracle that i'm here. well we are glad that you are! are you all right with beaches now?|j ta ke you all right with beaches now?” take great care in a muddy one. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt — what's on the menu for us? morning, our special guest today is missing from albert square. we are delighted he is here today, shane ritchie. lovely to be here, meeting these lovely people. it's good to

see s club juniors these lovely people. it's good to see s clubjuniors back together. these lovely people. it's good to see s club juniors back together. we are talking about your new play. food heaven and food health. food heaven, growing up around london, i love a bit of pie and mash. but i don't eat it much now. but any chance i get one, get up pie, lots of butter and gravy! and what about food hell? i'm not a big fan of broth. i love a soup, but broth is just hot water with a load of nonsense in it. and like liver and kidneys. we also got two great chefs. tom, what are you cooking? roasted monkfish on the bone with english sweetcorn and mushrooms.

saturday morning, can't beat that. we are up on the barbecue later. yes, i we are up on the barbecue later. yes, lam we are up on the barbecue later. yes, i am on the roof doing a mexican dish, which i can hardly say! it is a marinated fish cooked in banana leaf, and we are doing it with sweet potato and tortilla salad. charlie the drinks? yes, we have a belting aussie white wine, and are building out refreshing mexican cocktail that is not a margarita. we are getting on it! responsibly... you're in charge of what shane has to eat, details the website. shane richie saying he is not a fine of broths, you thought he said bros,

the band! stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and tina daheley. coming up before 10.00am, we'll get the weather from susan, but first a summary of this morning's main news: 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. let's speak to our reporter stuart flinders, who's in whaley bridge for us this morning. what's the latest stuart? it has been very difficult for people who have had to evacuate their homes, 1500 of them. what can you tell us? that is the police cordon, which closes off the whole

of lower whaley bridge. that is the pa rt of lower whaley bridge. that is the part that has been evacuated. we are now starting to see a steady stream of residents and people who have businesses in the time, they are asking for permission to go through and collect things that they had to leave in a hurry. they give the police their mobile phone number, and they have 15 minutes to get in there, gather what they want, medicines, passports, pets, and get out of there. the situation by the reservoir is that the work to lower the level of the water has continued overnight. there are extra fire crews from arriving all over the country. that work will continue with the new urgency knowing that there are storms on the way tomorrow with the met office yellow warning. that could hamper the efforts of

those people on the mirrors. thank you very much. thank you very much. 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 rollout. 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, fire—fighters 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 four 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". have you noticed a lot of these flying around lately? they're painted lady butterflies and huge numbers of them have started appearing around the uk. 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. i saw some in my attic the other day. they don't have a very long life span, do they? no, they don't. what is the collective nine for butterflies, is it a flutter? you must have butterflies in your stomach already because of the dancing coming up. yes, indeed. still in the comfort of

the dayjob. yes, indeed. still in the comfort of the day job. england yes, indeed. still in the comfort of the dayjob. england is doing really well in the cricket yesterday. england's new hero, rory burns, said a meeting with the ashes heroes of 2005 on wednesday inspired him to make his maiden test century against australia. he's helped put england into a dominant position ahead of day three at edgbaston, which is where we can talk to our sports correspondent, joe wilson. joe, burns is still there, and potentially another long day for australia's bowlers. absolutely. australia have turned up, they have arrived, they haven't given up yet! england have an opportunity to pat australia out of the game today. the sun is shining and it is based on the foundation that rory burns provided. watching him yesterday, it was like rediscovering a species that we thought had become extinct because he patted with such old—fashioned

discipline and restraint. he told himself throughout the image is not to play certain shots that he thought were too risky. i asked him last night if he felt exhausted by the time he got to 100, but he said no. he said he hoped to have more to bring when he resumes this morning. he is 125 not out. ben stokes is with him, and 38. ben stokes is batting with a new—found sense of discipline. in a test match, batting is based on successful partnerships, a little bit like dancing. england have got this incredible record at edgbaston — unbeaten in tests for 11 years. the australian captain send the other day it is not in his top 15 of intimidating crowds. we have already had some fun with that. stuart broad after the first day that it was definitely in his top 15. this is

england's lucky ground. that is why they have become this season —— become the series this time in birmingham. the bowlers were a bit unlucky yesterday. if england are still batting by three o'clock, those builders could feel a little bit tired and maybe even demoralised. i like it, due! joe wilson at edgbaston. joe wilson at edgbaston. 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. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. 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. 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. the third round of the british open golf at woburn is under way, with plenty of brits leading the pack chasing the leader, ashley buhai of south africa. the defending champion, georgia hall, is due out after 2.00pm this afternoon, and shot a second round of 69, including four birdies to finish on six under par. bronte law produced a strong round to put herself into contention — she's on seven—under, so five strokes off the leader. 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 seven—under par. andy and jamie murray's reunion on the tennis court, is over for now,

after they lost their quarter—final 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. in horse racing, history was made on day four of the glorious goodwood festival. battarsh, ridden byjim crowley, became the first three—time winner of the king george stakes with a third successive victory in the five—furlong sprint, so that's just over one kilometre. 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. the new heavyweight champion of the world is now british. 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. 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 isjust 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 tonnes 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 isjust 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 champion, spectre. announcer: three, two, one...begin! in this three—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. just like those students didn't with the crocodile robots, that caught fire, so you helped bring breakfast brought back to life. is that where all the robots go to die, the red box? that's right. there is a bit of damage on the parasite. you can see where the teeth of spectre went in. we have disabled the chicken head,

because of that was going on you wouldn't have a table left! it bangs down with such ferocity. the science and engineering the consent of this is really cool. that is the irony, you build them to be smashed to bits. it is really good way of engaging with young students. i wasn't very experienced with the controller. it is impressive how quickly the students can build these things, as well. where is this going now? it is going into retirement. it may come back in the featherweight division, but not taking on the giants of the sport any more. lovely to see you. i will take him away now.

here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. todayis today is not looking so bad if you have outdoor plants. plenty of dry weather to be found across the uk. tomorrow, more cause for concern as there will be more heavy showers in northern britain. many otherflood warnings have been stepped on, but there is still one, of course, for whaley bridge. here is the afternoon shaping up. more cloud will push on from the west, bringing some patchy rain to northern ireland. elsewhere, largely dry. we may spark off a few isolated but in ten showers across parts of scotland, particularly the higher ground, along the spine of northern england, may be the odd one for the midlands with the south—east of england. there is the chance of some rain at edgbaston for the cricket. but i'm hopeful we may

escape with a dry story. the picture becomes much more changeable as this area of low pressure starts to take overfor area of low pressure starts to take over for the second half of the weekend. even through this evening there will be happier showers pushing into northern ireland. we will also see them pushing into western scotland by the end of the night. elsewhere i fine enter saturday. it will feel humid overnight. for sunday, for the south of the uk, still fine weather and sunshine for the south, but as the day pans out the showers in the northern part of the uk will become more widespread and intense. many areas will miss them, but if you do catch one there could be significant rainfall totals in quite a short space of time. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms

stretching into central and southern scotla nd stretching into central and southern scotland from the midlands. 0nce stretching into central and southern scotland from the midlands. once the low pressure moves in from the west, it is keen to stick around. that continues to bring the threat of widespread showers working their way across the uk, notjust for monday, but for tuesday and wednesday as well. the forecast is worth keeping up—to—date with as we look at her longer term outlook. it's 822 miles from john 0'groats to lands end. most of us would shudder at the thought of even driving it, but sharon gayter has just become the fastest woman to make that journey on foot. she did it injust under 12 and a half days, beating the previous record by four hours. sharonjoins us now from cornwall.

how are your legs feeling, sharon? my how are your legs feeling, sharon? my legs are fine, it's just my feet. understandably. what is the first thing you did when you completed that epic, epic challenge? sat down! we have seen a couple of pictures of you, sharon, doing the run. what was it like? it was a big adventure. the obstacles it like? it was a big adventure. the o bsta cles to it like? it was a big adventure. the obstacles to happen the way, you climb everything but you can plan for the unexpected. things like bridges being closed roads being closed. i ended up on a construction site when they should have been a subway. it was eventful, but the record happen, which is what we wa nted record happen, which is what we wanted to do. you have achieved something massive here, knocking four hours of the

record. you have to be very disciplined and self—motivated and just get on with the job. there is no time for frivolous things. you just get in that mindset and just keep lying on and hopefully everything happens around you. trying to get across the severn bridge when it is all shut. it is mind over matter, going on with the job. i don't think it's insane what you have achieved. i'm relieved that i don't have to get up and running this morning! one word sharon,, why? i have always been a runner and running has to have a goal at the end of it for me. that is the reason why i did it. land's end of it for me. that is the reason why i did it. lands end tojohn 0'groats to such an iconic thing to do and it's so nice to have that

record back again. i promised you, thatis record back again. i promised you, that is the last time i will ever do it, that's what i promised my husband. never say never! what do you eat? whatever is shoved in front of me! i was eating a bacon party just before you rang! i ran in blocks of three hours and every three hours we would stop to have some food. it is whatever they could either put in a van like beans and sausages, there was a pizza. people brought us food, friends of some of the crew. we had a chicken curry one night, we had an irish stew one night, we had an irish stew one night by marion and peter. i had a friend who brought some freshly made

soup and meatballs. i was quite spoilt with food. thank you so much for chatting to us. you are from middlesbrough, my neck of woods —— neck of the woods. i am indeed. that would not be fun! 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' news feed 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 ifind i find myself strolling ifind myself strolling quite

i find myself strolling quite often in the day. anytime i am really doing anything i probably will be looking at my phone, schooling.” normally look at the same kind of stuff. addicted to strolling. once you get in there, there is so much more information at your fingertips, links to things going off everywhere and before you know that you could be ours. i feel like i am entitled to watch the video. three minutes m, to watch the video. three minutes in, iam to watch the video. three minutes in, i am watching ten minutes of footage. no, i don't watch automatically to come on after the video i've been watching. i find it very irritating. yes, it can be quite compulsive to watch. i don't think it's addictive as such, it is probably more that i should be doing something better with my 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. good morning. how serious the

problem is this? well, i think it's something that we definitely need to keep an eye on. i have seen someone called them the psychological tricks, the technologies that are designed to keep us drooling when we should be putting our phones down. we need to be careful about medicalised and just behaviour that we like to do. we like to look at our phones, we get a lot out of it, connections with other people so it is important not to minimise the positives from social media, as well as well as the potential risks. isn't it ourfault, as well as the potential risks. isn't it our fault, rather than the tech companies? yes and no. a lot of these things, the features on facebook, the infinite strolling, the auto playing videos, they are designed to be distracting. some of these practices may have been designed so it is something you do

more and more. they get paid by you staying on there and being distracted. social media on one side can be really good, but there is a negative side if we just keep doing it mindlessly. with the auto playing on youtube, sometimes it triggers an algorithm that then principally into darker and darker material as it all to place. you can get into more things like fake news because you have also played because you haven't been mindful about what will watch next. the computer has decided that for you. most of us would agree we would like to spend less time on our phones. what can you do to try to control the amount of time you do spend strolling? if you're worried about your own behaviour, the thing is to set yourself lines. boundaries. it is easier to let things slip if you are vague. if you

say, you can see how long you spend on your phones, so you set yourself to say i don't want to spend more than this amount of time per day on my phone. if you do have that boundary, you know you have broken that cool, you can keep to it next time. with mobile gaming and other things, the tech companies could tell you that you have been playing for three hours and you should be thinking about stopping. facebook or twitter, they could control the amount of time you spend on it. do you let your children, your loved ones, do what's you do yourself? a lot of facebook people don't let their kids on facebook for too long. thank you very much for coming in this morning. lovely to see you. lovely to see you. that's it from us for today.

christian and nina will be here from six tomorrow, have a good day, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: storm warnings as a big operation continues to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the damaged dam in derbyshire. the prime minister visits whaley bridge and promises a "major rebuild" to make the dam safe. because this is a major problem. if that dam goes, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. the home secretary tells criminals they should "literally feel terror" at the thought of breaking the law. huge wildfires are ravaging russia's arctic north and far east. up to four million hectares are ablaze, and vast areas are being engulfed by smoke. and transforming tourism

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