good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: supermarkets call on the government to scrap strict competition laws, to ensure food supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. i'm ata i'm at a wholesale market to find out what preparations are being made here by treaties. plans to resolve a row with doctors over their pension, after senior medics refuse overtime shifts increasing waiting times for operations. in sport, rooney returns. he'll join championship side derby county as player—coach when he leaves the mls injanuary.

the boardmasters festival in newquay is cancelled just hours before it was due to go ahead because of fears of severe weather. we because of fears of severe weather. are live there ' have these plagued your summer holiday? apparently you need to master the ‘hard stare‘ if you want to protect yourself — and your chips — from seagulls. good morning. today we are looking ata good morning. today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. the heaviest of which will be in scotland. drier tomorrow, then some torrential rain and gales coming your way on friday and saturday. i'll have more later. it's wednesday, the seventh of august. our top story. uk supermarkets are seeking permission to work together to co—ordinate food supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. they're hoping the government will waive strict competition rules which normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts. victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham. victoria, what more can you tell us? good morning to you, victoria. 0h,

she's gone. it's lovely to see the wholesale market, though. hopefully victoria will return and we will sort that out in the coming moments. you saw in the headlines. we are also this morning going to get more analysis from across the irish sea. our northern ireland business correspondent clodagh rice is in newry, near the border with the republic of ireland. clodagh, what are the particular concerns there for the impact of a no—deal brexit on trade? living without the deal will mean a huge change to the trading relationship between the uk and the eu does make a living, this will be acutely felt here at the northern irish border, we know trading under world trade organisation rules will mean some tariffs on goods. example dairy exporters could face tariffs of up to 64%. but what with this border look like in a new deal scenario? we knew the government has that it isn't going to impose any

ta riffs that it isn't going to impose any tariffs on irish goods travelling into northern ireland from the republic, but the same can't be said to nora than irish businesses and farmers exporting to the republic. —— northern irish, that depends on the northern irish government and the northern irish government and the eu. business is old —— businesses here are worried it could affect them. there could be job losses in a no—deal brexit, we know businesses could adapt to survive in the long run, but there will be pain along the way. just after eight o'clock this morning we'll be talking to the former trade minister and head of the cbi, lord digbyjones. i think we can try again to go back to the wholesale market in birmingham. good morning, victoria. hi, sorry about that, i had a dodgy cable, but i fixed it. i'm back.

let's talk about the food industry potentially getting together to co—ordinate britain's food supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. there is actually a precedent for this, you might remember during the fuel crisis and also during the financial crisis as well, dear member that merger between lloyds bank and hbos? that was to waive certain aspects of competition law. they want the government to issue a letter of comfort to the industry and to the competition and markets authority to give the green light on theirs. however, there have been some concerns because in the past, back into thousand and one, the industry sort of miss of red, is what the government would sate a snack —— sort of miss read, what the government would say, the dairy industry, and they faced huge fines for collusion trying to sort out

what they would do about milk prices. the date october 31 is significant, the delay on brexit means that there is a real squeeze when it comes to britain was make food supplies. that is when we are importing the large amounts of our food from the eu —— britain's food supplies. so, it's a very, very busy time for the industry. there are certainly goals at this moment to do something about it. victoria, thank you very much. we will be back with you very much. we will be back with you later to look at the respective no deal brexit and what that might look like the various businesses and particularly the food sector. nhs pension rules blamed for deterring senior doctors in england and wales from taking on additional shifts are to be overhauled. some nhs consultants who did overtime saw all of their extra pay had been taken in tax.

it's hoped that changes to the rules, being announced by ministers today, will help cut waiting lists. we think it is a positive step by the government, a necessary step, because we have a ludicrous situation at the moment where doctors are effectively punished for going into work and doing the normal hours or doing extra shifts. and this is leading to about one in three doctors in the past year having actually dropped the amount of work they're doing, some have retired. many are refusing to do additional sessions because they are literally analysed for doing so. —— penalised. a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum, shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has he told an audience in edinburgh that any decision about holding a vote would be up to the scottish parliament. the scottish labour leader, richard leonard, has previously said

the party would not grant permission for a second referendum. police in madagascar have found the body of a cambridge university student who fell from a light aircraft. alana cutland, from milton keynes, was on an internship on the island at the time of her death. detectives think she fell after opening the plane door. her family say they're heartbroken. president trump will today travel to el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist over the weekend. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric for creating the atmosphere that led to the deaths. mr trump has since condemned racism and white supremacy, but also blamed gun violence on video games, the internet and mental illness. the music and surf festival boardmasters has been cancelled, just hours before it was set to begin. organisers said they had concerns for safety following extreme weather warnings led to the decision. our reporter fiona lamdin is in newquay where the festival was set to begin. a real disappointment for thousands of people who were due to turn up

over the next few days? yes, so it isa over the next few days? yes, so it is a five day festival, it was meant to start this morning, but the news very late last night that it has been cancelled. let me just explain, we are are at one of the two sides of the beach. there surfing happens here but the camping in the music happens 20 minutes away at watergate bay. that is a very exposed side. the camping is on top of a cliff. yesterday, the news from the met office that this weekend, friday and saturday, they're expecting heavy rain and a lot of wind. he said they we re rain and a lot of wind. he said they were in talks although yesterday with the police about security and they made the difficult decision because they just thought they made the difficult decision because theyjust thought it they made the difficult decision because they just thought it was too dangerous. the music and camping is. however, we have heard this morning the surfing — it is the uk's biggest surfing festival. that is still happening. the competition will start this afternoon. servers have

come all over the world to be here, some are already practising. that will go on all weekend until sunday. it's nice to have a bit of a beach live during the programme, isn't it? i know a lot of people have been heading off this morning to broadmasters. we are going to stay with the seaside. this is a perennial story. are you worried about how to protect your seaside chips from pesky seagulls? well, believe it or not, scientists have been looking into how to stop intrepid gulls from swooping down to steal your fish and chips. and the answer is — give them a good old—fashioned stare. sta re stare at them. yeah, stare at them. researchers put a bag of chips on the ground and tested how long it took gulls to approach when someone was watching them. on average they took 21 seconds

longer to approach the food with a human staring at them. that is of course, presuming you can see the seagull. because they suddenly swoop behind you. they do tend to come from outside your range of vision. i lost a battered sausage toa of vision. i lost a battered sausage to a single ones. honestly, it hurt. writing beach, brighton beach about... how old was i? in the early 905? if about... how old was i? in the early 90s? if you have stories, please send them in. i appreciate your support on that one. just have a moment to yourself. i'll take over. i'm really sorry. have a moment. then it through. -- think it —— think it through. wayne rooney's on his way back to english football. he's signed an 18—month contract with championship side derby county, who he'll join in january

as player—coach. you said that yesterday. yes, but it is definitely happening. rooney is england and manchester united's all—time record goal—scorer, and has been playing for dc united in the united states since last summer. could you see him as a manager? he's not the person you would say is insta ntly not the person you would say is instantly management material. but, at least when he walks in the dressing room, you think, that guy knows what he's doing. the transfer window closes tomorrow and it looks like tottenham could be busy. they're linked with big money moves this morning for former liverpool player phillipe coutinho who's currently at barcelona, and the juventus forward paulo dybala. they may have lost jimmy anderson for the second ashes test, but england should be able to call on an in—form jofra archer. he took six wickets and scored a century for the sussex second team last night, as he continues

to recover from a side strain. and ben te'o's missed out on a last chance to impress england rugby union head coach eddie jones before he names his world cup squad. the centre's been left out of the squad to play wales on sunday, as has full—back mike brown. jones names his squad for japan after that match. i listen to matt dawson's rugby podcast last night. -- listened. so many sporting occasions over the last few months, we are in the middle of the ashes, and the rugby world cup is coming soon as well. that is injapan, and set things up for the olympics next year as well. what an incredible year it is going to be. so exciting. i have two books to be. so exciting. i have two books to talk about. but after the weather with carol. good morning!

good morning to you do! today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. tomorrow looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. tomorrow we have a respite but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. we but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. we are but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. we are looking but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. we are looking at but the metre tomorrow, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to change. we are looking at some heavy rain and also some gales, which could lead to some disruption, as we've already been hearing on the news. but let us start off with the day, we have low pressure dominating the weather. in the centre, there is hardly a breath of wind. although showers you can see in scotland are going to be slow—moving. we have seen a lot of rain here overnight and again those showers merging to get larger spells. a few breezes on the south but nothing much in the north. if you look at the sequence, you can see the low pressure is not moving anywhere quickly, but it is not heading in the direction of the north sea. breezes you can tell from the distance of the isobars, adding self like they were yesterday. but there has been a lot of rain overnight, that has moved up in the direction of the highlands and grampians. missing a large amount of

rain ina grampians. missing a large amount of rain in a small amount of time. the met office has a yellow warning and says it —— there is a risk of localised flooding. variable amounts of cloud and some showers. as temperatures rise through the day, some showers will be heavy but in the south it will move along quite quickly. in between will see some dry conditions, notjust england and wales but also northern ireland and in places in scotland. if you manage to stay out of the showers and in the sunshine for a prolonged length of time, you could have highs of 2a degrees, the temperatures will deepen some of those heavier showers. as we had to wednesday into thursday, the low pressure does gradually push into the north sea, we have this ridge of high pressure but then this is a potent area of low pressure on the way laser on thursday. so, unseasonably deep area of low pressure, actually. we still have a few low pressure areas in

northern scotland, but a lot of dry weather over the course of thursday. the odd shower here or there. building from the south, the sunshine will turn hazy, then we will see the clouds begin and the of some rain. by the time we get to about apm, which is where this chart actually ends. so, if we pick that up, here comes this unseasonably deep area of low pressure. thatjust means it is a deep area of low pressure for the time of year. as it moves in, it brings in all this heavy rain with it and again you can see the squeeze on the isobars. so the heavy rain coming in from the south—west, pushing northwards, yet, behind it there will be dry weather. anywhere could catch that on friday, and the winds are strengthening. these circles indicate wind gusts, so again, if you are camping, trees in full bloom, this could lead to

some issues. travel disruption is good possible as well. fairly academic, but we're looking at 1a in the north to highs of 2a in in the south. so continuing with this area of low pressure eventually pushing up of low pressure eventually pushing up into the far north of the country look at the squeeze on those isobars behind it. so on saturday, we're looking at some gales across england and wales. so to summarise that, friday, heavy rain for a time, strengthening winds as well. on saturday, gales for england and wales, so if you outdoor plans, do bear this in wales, so if you outdoor plans, do bearthis in mind. we'll continue to talk about the impact of the weather and we know board masters has been cancelled in cornwall. if any of you have been travelling, they have cancelled that just before the festival began. the surfing goes on but the music festival is cancelled. probably the waves will be fun to serve on! it's the weekend, friday and saturday, meant to be bad and quite windy! ——

surf. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian's lead story is the uk's counter—terror chief calling for greater social inclusion, saying it would help fight against terrorism. that's under a huge image of the author toni morrison, who has died aged 88. a man who's won £10,000 a month for the next 30 years says he will use the cash to look after his autistic brother, that's according to the daily mirror. dean weymes realised he had scooped the set for life jackpot while on shift at an amazon depot. he has since quit hisjob. dementia causes one in eight deaths in england and wales, according to figures published by the daily mail. it says nearly 70,000 people died from the illness last year, a 13% rise since 2015. would you quit yourjob? and the sun leads on news it says "we've all been weighting for", an injection which the paper claims helps patients to lose weight, 10lbs in four weeks. an expert from the national obesity forum told the tabloid the jab could be "the holy grail

of tackling weight loss". sally, what have you got, my lovely? the back page of the mirror, a fair few things still to happen before the transpired deadline —— transfer. coutinho possibly coming to spurs. we talked about rooney already. i wa nt we talked about rooney already. i want to show you this at the top, lukaku goes awol, missing from manchester united and has been fined two weeks' wages and united don't know if he's coming back and he has been fined consistently. training in belgium? yes, with the anderlecht youth team and he's fine for every time he doesn't turn up and apparently last week he posted on social media according to this newspaper confidential details of the speed test timings of the united first—team squad. he was ordered to delete the post and the club

reminded him of his responsibilities and the feeling at manchester united is he is being forced to go. player power! he's not coming back, is he? talking about endurance sport, people have done amazing things over the weekend. chris league, he has done a triathlon, you start with a run from london to dover, a long way, 18 hours, then a cross—channel swim. that is in itself a huge thing to do, that took 15 hours and 28 minutes. then he cycled from calais to paris. unbelievable! he trained for eight months for the enduroman, beating the record of 27 hours and 13 minutes, previously held by a surrey businessman. good on him! if ican surrey businessman. good on him! if i can mention this young lady as well, fiona, she did this extraordinary cycling race. the 2500

mile transcontinental race and her first ultra endurance cycling competition, she beat everyone, including the men, and it took ten days, two hours and 48 minutes on the road ahead of 225 men and 35 women. she said i think i'm going to just cycle back now! 16 hours a day. idid one just cycle back now! 16 hours a day. i did one day of 16 hours! can i say something that hasn't crossed my mind before, cross channel swim. something that hasn't crossed my mind before, cross channel swimlj was thinking that in my head! somebody e—mailed me about that yesterday! sally could be in a support boat. handing out things! i could have a megaphone! come on, minchin! keep stroking! right arm! left arm! that would encourage you, wouldn't it? it would, you would wa nt wouldn't it? it would, you would want to swim away to stop you doing it! a little singsong halfway! we

could be your support team!|j it! a little singsong halfway! we could be your support team! i have quite a lot of competition from my family. remember google glass? they dropped it in 2015, the worst product of all time, it was called, but contact lenses capable of recording video and taking as good soon be a reality with samsung being granted a painted in the uk to develop the technology and users could still be seeing normally and get information projected directly onto the highs —— peyton. get information projected directly onto the highs —— peytonlj get information projected directly onto the highs -- peyton. i think that's a billion idea! —— peyton —— eyes —— brilliant —— patent. thank you very much and we will see you later, support crew, thank you for volunteering! this morning we are looking at what a no—deal brexit could mean for the uk and the rest of europe, specifically the impact on the

tourist industry. in a roman we will join reporter —— in a moment we will join reporter —— in a moment we will join samantha's fenwick with campers in yorkshire —— samantha fenwick. but first we go to amalfi to find out how it will affect tourists abroad. right now their ticket check for a ferry ride is about the most difficult procedure which is tourists in amalfi have to face. but if there's no deal, life may suddenly get more complicated. don't let that put you off, insist italians. translation: britain's a great nation, skipper philippe tells me, we need it. the johnston family are from staffordshire and they've swapped worrying about exam results for worrying about their next trip to europe. i'd like more information about the implications of a no—deal brexit. the hard facts of what that would mean in terms of both impact at home but also impact if we choose

to travel abroad. you know, what additional documentation, different passports, queues at airports, nobody likes queues at airports. there is nothing written down to say you knew to do this, this and there if you're travelling abroad again. the biggest worry would be about a huge increase in cost when being abroad and then increasing prices in the uk as well. 18—year—old macy reveals her plan to deal with the possible return of mobile phone charges. it would be more difficult but i'd probably make mum pay for it! maco mum pay for it? mum pays! sorry! for british tourists, life in amalfi is already more expensive. the pound has fallen, so a 60 lemonade from this store now costs about the same in pounds. could you give a discount for british people? no, no! enjoy

amalfi! thank you! for years, a holiday here was straightforward. british people who've booked for the end of the year don't yet know what they might have to go through or how much more it may all cost. james reynolds, bbc news, on italy's amalfi coast. james has got the lovelyjob there! our reporter samantha fenwick is in northallerton in north yorkshire for us now. not that it's not lovely! good morning! how are people there therein? good morning and welcome to a gorgeous part of the yorkshire dales. —— fairing. this is a campsite and a0 million people last year visited from abroad, so it's important they keep coming. a survey by visit britain of european travellers suggests half aren't all that about what happens with brexit. about 30% are extremely concerned and it might make them not come. but

20% are more likely to come because of brexit, and one of them is bianca hasselhoff and her family. of brexit, and one of them is bianca hasselhoff and herfamily. good morning. i can see the family getting on with breakfast, that looks good! does brexit worry you? not at all, no. you will still come? yes, we will still come to england. you've been coming to the uk on holiday for many years? we did for many years. when my eldest was born, we had several travels but with little children i found it hard to travel. now they're a bit more grown up, it's easier for travelling. you driving your car from holland, up, it's easier for travelling. you driving your carfrom holland, were there any problems there? not at all. and you don't expect many this time next year? i don't think so, in years before we had problems in france because they search and look for drugs, but that's fine. slows it down a bit but not too much. not at

all. the smell of bacon is delicious! breakfast as well! we'll go and have some breakfast in a moment. in terms of yorkshire, i'm told by the people that promote holidays in yorkshire across europe that bookings are up this year and they are fully booked. campsites like this, hotels, guesthouses right across the region of yorkshire are fully booked until october, but they're working really hard to make sure they promote coming to yorkshire on holiday this time next year. thank you very much indeed! quite a figure, booked until october. everyone enjoying their brea kfast october. everyone enjoying their breakfast and we'll be back with samantha later. i think one of the best noises is the zip and the sizzle of bacon. i think one of the best noises is the zip and the sizzle of baconlj love camping but you just wake up so early... i know we wake up early but so early in the morning! the smell, being outside! i agree... excellent,

i'm glad we are in agreement! loads to come between now and 9:15am. time for the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. see you in a minute. good morning from bbc london, i'm ta ra good morning from bbc london, i'm tara welsh. the mayor of london has written to the new home secretary this morning asking for at least 5000 more police officers for the capital. the government announced an additional 20,000 offices nationally. sadiq khan has argued that london needs to be given a quarter of this due to a rise in violent crime and years of funding cuts. the home office says no decisions have yet been made. 57 schools have had fires in them so far this year, and none have had sprinklers fitted. that's according to london fire brigade. it's calling for them to become a mandatory

requirement and for a retrofitting programme in all schools. now, you may well have come across train—spotters, but now there's a growing community of plain spotters in london. it started three years ago at heathrow airport using a smartphone, and it now has thousands of subscribers across the world. big jet‘s founder said that demand is increasing. plane spotting has completely changed. you still got your guys who are still, sort of, like, they're keen on getting the numbers, the registrations, you know? you've got the guys who take photographs. where is the commentary? you sort of miss it. let's ta ke let's take a look at the travel situation and there's a good service on the tube and no reported problems on the tube and no reported problems on the tube and no reported problems on the trains either. onto the road and traffic is queueing on blackwall lane towards the blackwall tunnel and in victoria, three way temporary

traffic lights for gas mains work on buckingham palace road at the junction with ecclestone street. in west norwood, there are also temporary traffic lights and water mains work on crown lane near the junction with knights hill. finally, the woolwich ferry remains suspended due to ongoing technical issues. now for the weather with kate in salah. good morning. a lovely bright start this morning with plenty of sunny spells, at least at first, and patchy cloud developing and maybe one or two isolated showers. the showers more isolated than yesterday and there won't be quite as many but one could be quite sharp. and with places not seeing any at all, so largely dry for some and temperatures up to 23 or maybe 2a. a lovely evening with late evening sunshine and then once the sun sets, looking largely clear. temperatures similarto looking largely clear. temperatures similar to last night, between 12 and 1a. leads the way to a lovely

bright start to thursday. sunshine around tomorrow, patchouli cloud, largely dry and temperatures leading to 2a. all change towards the end of the week and into the weekend. on friday, the met office has a weather warning in place for heavy rain, especially to the west of london but we're likely to get the heavy rain everywhere on saturday the wind sta rts everywhere on saturday the wind starts to strengthen, unusually so with a met office yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. i'll be back with the latest from the bbc london news room in half—an—hour. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: how young is too young to start wearing make—up? john lewis cancels pre—teen back—to—school make—up tutorials in store, we'll hear what parents think.

we're well aware of the threat sharks pose to humans, but humans are also threatening sharks. overfishing and climate change are ruining their chances of survival. and after 9am, a heart—warming tale for you. we'll meet barrie the dog, rescued from a bombed—out house in syria by british soldier, sean. they've been inseparable ever since and willjoin us here on the sofa. he didn't realise that while barry can't be a girls name, but that barry is a girl as well. that is great, isn't it? uk supermarkets are trying to work together to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. food shortages in the event of a no-deal brexit. strict competition rules normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts, the government is downplaying the idea that even a no—deal brexit would

cause food shortages. rules regarding doctors taking on additional shifts are to be overhauled. some nhs doctors saw that all of their overtime work was taken in tax. think it is a positive step by the government, a necessary step, because we have a ludicrous situation at the moment where doctors are effectively punished for going into work and doing their normal hours or doing extra shifts. and this is leading to about one in three doctors in the past year having actually dropped the amount of work doing, some have retired. many are refusing to do additional sessions because they are literally penalised for doing so. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell set a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum. he said any decision about holding a

vote would be put up to the scottish parliament. richard lennon has previously said the party would not grant permission for a second referendum. the number of children reported attacking their parents has doubled from 7000 and 1a,000 in the last three years. this is according to figures obtained by the bbc under the freedom of information act. the national police chief osma councils is the increase is due to a change in recording practices. police and madagascar have found the body of a cambridge university student who fell from a light aircraft, the linocut and from milton keynes was on an internship at the island during the time of her death. police believe she fell to her death after opening the plane door. herfamily says they are heartbroken. president trump will travel to elgin paso —— el paso today. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric on creating the atmosphere that lead to those debts. the president has

blamed mental illness as well as gun violence in media, videogames and the internet. female mps are more likely to lodge complaints. the ministry said it would overhaul its structure to deal with grievances. people are increasingly shifting from regular broadcasting services to streaming services. of com says it is time for a debate on the future of public road casting services. does make broadcasting. dv is changing fast and so are our viewing habits. from youtube to netflix to iplayer, we have much more choice on what to and when. and of com says half of uk

households pay for one service. 2012, the average person was four hours of broadcast tv a day. last that had fallen into three hours and 12 minutes. a16—2a —year—olds, the figure was much lower. one hour and 25 minutes. i don't watch live tv anymore. there is hardly anything thatis anymore. there is hardly anything that is worth watching, compared to what they used to be. major tv events like the finale of the line of duty can still attract a major audience, more than 9 million people turned into this. but uk broadcasters are being massively outspent. netflix will have $15 billion, over £12 billion, to spend a new content, many times what is available or new uk programming. the regulators says public service broadcasting is worth preserving. regulators says public service broadcasting is worth preservinglj think we're getting huge benefits

from uk, home grown and produced, content which reflects the lives of british people back to them. the research so viewers are still pretty satisfied with the quality of television, but more and more say online services are their main way of viewing. four out of ten can imagine not watching broadcast tv at all in five years time. bbc news. we talked about this story pretty much every year on breakfast, seagulls stealing chips. but there may be a way to prevent that. it is going to change. the little devils. what a shock that is! dan is right. believe it or not, scientists have been looking at how to stop seagulls from sweeping and stealing your chips. the answer is... stair them out. researchers put a bag of chips on the ground and tested how long it took gulls to approach when someone was watching them. on average they took 21 seconds longer to approach the food with a human staring at them. so when you are next on a holiday

with yourfamily, so when you are next on a holiday with your family, are you going to have someone on staring watch? that is the idealjob, isn't it? train for yea rs is the idealjob, isn't it? train for years as a scientist, go to the beach and chuck the chips on the floor. it's a very british, preoccupation, though isn't it? this is an important question, sally, i'm imagining you've got a view on this. two ok. let's say a seagull takes a chip, gets involved, how many chips do you remove? o? chip, gets involved, how many chips do you remove? 0? or do you just crack on? we alljust crack on. give ita crack on? we alljust crack on. give it a quick blow. there no, just eat it. but if you stare at them, that increases the chance of you preserving your chips. intimidating the bird? when they get personal, they are big old units.|j

the bird? when they get personal, they are big old units. i get quite intimidated by the big mockingbirds. i don't like them. you have to eat your chips very quickly —— big flocking birds. wayne rooney, england and manchester united's all—time leading scorer, will leave america and return to england with derby county he has signed an initial 18—month contract with the championship side. this is one of the worst kept secrets over. his role will include coaching as well as playing but he wont be able to play in england untiljanuary. he has been playing in major league soccer for dc united since leaving everton last summer. he is of course their all—time record goalscorer and he has ambitions to be a manager. the opportunity to come back in play in england but also take up a role with the club and work on the front was too great for me to turn down. so, no, i'm delighted to be back here and i'm looking forward to coming back in january here and i'm looking forward to coming back injanuary and help the tea m coming back injanuary and help the team push forward and hopefully push for promotion. rooney is the latest

member of the famous inglis side —— england side dub the golden generation. here they are back in portugal in 200a. the side promised so much but they didn't actually win anything. frank lampard had his first shot at management last summer. lampard's midfield partner steve gerard has also moved into coaching, spending time and liverpool's academy in scotland. but david beckham bucked the trend and has bigger ideas. he actually owns the mls side in the united states as well having a stake with his former manchester united team—mates. it's the day that gets football fans very excited indeed — tomorrow is transfer deadline day, and it looks like tottenham could be very busy. first for the former liverpool forward phillipe coutinho who's currently at barcelona,

but has fallen down the pecking order in spain after the la liga side spent lots of money this summer. they're also keen on thejuventus playmaker paulo dybala, who would cost them more than £60 million. the argentinia's also been linked with manchester united. how about this? leaving arsenal for bordeaux in france. i think that is naughty. i think that is just bad. really just respectful, naughty. i think that is just bad. reallyjust respectful, isn't it? naughty. i think that is just bad. reallyjust respectful, isn't mm we nt reallyjust respectful, isn't mm went down badly, didn't it. from a former club captain, of course, and if you want to talk about arsenal, you need to hearfrom ian wright. lee dixon, another former arsenal great responded with similarly annoyed tones. just a bit daft, isn't it? even if it is a new club cosmic idea, you canjust say no. you may not always think it, but you

should just say i love a new challenge. taking a mickey does make the mickey out of fans to do that. england may have lost their all—time wicket taker jimmy anderson for the second ashes test against australia a week today, but it looks like they'll be able to rely on an in—form jofra archer. he was in brilliant form for the sussex second xi last night. not only did he take six wickets, he was brilliant with the bat too, scoring a century. archer was brilliant for england during their world cup win, but has been struggling with a side injury since the end of that tournament. anthonyjoshua says he's determined to get his passion back for boxing. he's scheduled for a rematch with andy ruizjr later this year, that's the man he lost his world heavyweight titles to in one of the biggest shocks in the sport's history earlier this year. it was joshua's first loss of his professional career, and says he's detrimined to prove it was a one—off. we've already had the cricket world

cup, the netball world cup, one more to go this year — the rugby world cup starts next month. england name their squad on sunday after a warm—up game against wales, but ben teo'o and mike brown won't play. they've been left out of the squad for the match at twickenham, meaning they miss out on a last chance to impress head coach eddiejoes before he names his squad forjapan. and how about this for a change of career — olympian to full—time dj. this is chris mears who won britain's first olympic diving gold medal alongside jack laugher 2016. he's retired from diving to become a full time producer and dj. he's had quite the decade. back in 2009 he was given just a 5% chance of survival after suffering a ruptured spleen from undiagnosed glandular fever, then an olympic debut in london in 2012, then a gold medal four years later and now he's a dj. what a wonderful story. multitalented. what an incredible

few years. i like the way you said dj few years. i like the way you said dj than. like the way my dad would say dj. discjockey. excellent. throughout the morning we're looking at what a no—deal brexit could mean for the uk. and did you know, half the food we consume is imported, so it's one industry that can't afford to be affected by no—deal delays. victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham for us, looking at how businesses are preparing. morning, victoria. we can see behind you and iceberg lettuce or a box of cabbages? i've got all sorts of things. iceberg lettu ces got all sorts of things. iceberg lettuces have come in from cambridge today. but we have things from all over the place. we have limes from brazil, tomatoes here from holland, sweetcorn is inglis, some papers

here from holland. ijust want sweetcorn is inglis, some papers here from holland. i just want to ask you guys, i think you have porridge in the morning, don't you? your porridge is coming from scotland. weird bred perhaps or perhaps we brand in the morning, that often comes from the uk as well. however, if you enter things like a big friar, you may be in trouble. —— wit brand. we only produce a0% of our own pork. so there are all sorts of different perishable goods that could be in trouble in the event of a no—deal brexit because we are importing and exporting a huge amount. i have mark with me. mark you have been running the store for some time. how long? i've been running the business for 35 years. the companies hundred 55 years old next and we are the oldest fruit and veg wholesaler in the uk stop so you have seen it all. what preparations are you making for a no—deal brexit, which is the default at the moment on the 31st of

october. we spoke to transport companies over in europe, that is how we import a lot of produce at the moment. we've done all sorts of paperwork that has to be done there, we've spoken to farms over in europe, all the logistical parts are sorted. they will operate two different ports, apart from calais and go furtherup different ports, apart from calais and go further up north as well. when the produces refrigerated, the difference in time could be a—5 hours, which in the grand scheme of things is nothing. so there are concerns at the moment from the food industry more generally about what the impact could be. and we had from the impact could be. and we had from the food and drink federation, they are saying that they want the industry to co—ordinate action. do you think that britain can really secure its own food supply? yes i do. a lot of the french produce is perishable. so at the moment i think it is about 60% of all produce grown in europe is imported into the uk. apologies. that project will go off if it isn't sent through. and the

farmers in spain, in france, when they go back to their governments and start arguing we are losing money because we can get it through, something could be thrashed out. but a lot of this is a ready been done. just in, you look at brexit for a living and the impact on different industries, do you think the impact could be mitigated by co—ordination, as the industry is hoping for? that's one solution but there's all sorts of practical solutions being discussed, some of which discussed then, and that's the important thing, everything needs to be thought about and discussed come to a solution. there's so many detailed issues that one has to cover. if you think of coming together and collaborating in something like this, how does that affect certain competition law for example ? affect certain competition law for example? this needs to be taken into account and solutions need to be thought through. they all do! we will be talking to you later, so thanks. this is an interesting idea, waving

some aspects of competition law to co—ordinate britain's food supplies. the only time this has been done before was the fuel crisis, the financial crisis. people wondering whether or not we're facing a food crisis come november the first. victoria, great questions. thanks, we'll be back with you through the morning. let us know what you think about that, going through possible outcomes and victoria will speak to a number of people involved in various businesses but particularly looking at the food industry today to look at the preparations and what they might look like. where also looking at the weather. q board masters db has been cancelled in cornwall because there are high winds on the way? —— board masters festival. big conditions coming their our way this weekend. high pressure dominating and slowly moving to the north sea but hardly an iso bar in

the centre, so any showers will be heavy and some merging to give long spells of rain but further south, isobars closer together so breezy. any showers in wales will move from the west to the east blown on that breeze. heavy thundery downpours and there is a yellow mac that warning out on this and the risk of localised flooding. —— yellow weather warning. the gusts will be higher than these wind speeds, especially further south. in between we will have right spells, so areas of cloud but also sunshine with highs of up to 2a. through this evening and overnight, we'll still have some showers, some will still be heavy but some will also start to fade. lengthy clear spells coming in across england, wales and parts of northern ireland and scotland and temperatures similar to the night just gone. tomorrow, our low pressure edges into the north sea, a

transient area of high pressure and this low pressure is deeper than we would expect at this stage in august and it will bring wet and windy weather. but before it arrives on thursday, a lot of dry conditions and more sunshine than of late. fewer showers in scotland but there will still be some and not as windy. through the day as the system approaches, the cloud will build and showers ahead of it as well and the sunshine will turn hazy. here it is, a deep area of low pressure for august and it will move from the south—west, careering steadily north. there will be a lot of rain on it, most of us will see this rain, and again, the wind on friday will start to strengthen. so there goes the rain, pushing across the uk heading north. behind it, we see more showers coming in to the centre of that area of low pressure, the heaviest of which always in the west but we'll see some in the east. the black circles this time indicate

wind gusts. if you bear in mind that trees are in full bloom and we've also got all this rain, we could see some travel issues, some disruption for example, and if you are camping, pay attention to the forecast because it will be windy and it's getting windier! on friday into saturday, the low pressure continues to push north into scotland but look at its southern flank and the squeeze on its isobars across england and wales. in summary, what's going to happen on friday and saturday, heavy rain with strengthening winds on friday and saturday will see gales for england and wales. thank you very much indeed. lots of people will watch that closely because many would have been heading to cornwall for the boa rdmasters festival, which we know has been cancelled stop in lots of people understandably angry, you spend a lot of money on tickets and on tents and food and getting there. you might have booked a train! but

the surfing side continues and fiona lamdin is on the beach in newquay. good morning! good morning. look at the waves. we are on festival beach in newquay. ed looks beautiful this morning but late last night, as we were hearing, the met office, organisers and police said they had to cancel the festival because of the high wind and heavy rain weather warnings. the surfing happens in newquay but at watergate they went two minutes away is where the music and camping happens and it happens on a cliff. they said it was too dangerous so they told people not to come —— 20 minutes. but the surfing is on this weekend. the competition starts today. for the very first time next year, surfing will be part of the olympic games. yesterday we were literally in the sea surfing with

two olympic hopefuls. 30—year—old jason robinson and 21—year—old pne night. both in team gb, hoping to qualify for tokyo 2020 olympics. it came pretty much my drug just to be in the ocean all the time. i can't go more than a week without being there. surfing is one of five new sports making its debut at the games next year. both basin and pne are number one in england and are most likely to qualify. i started surfing when i was eight and started competing when i was nine. it's an absolute dream to be an athlete on the olympics and i can't believe it's coming true. i got this whole new wave of motivation and i'm so excited. but unlike many other sports, the funding just isn't there. jase doesn't even have a sponsor. it's definitely stressful trying to hold down a job and being a professional

surfer, you can't think of both at the same time. you're running around, changing linen and cleaning toilets and on the other side of your brain you're thinking about surfing. if you want to be top of your game you have to be 100% focused. another hurdle is the size of our waves here in the uk. in places like australia and america, we can train all year round but here in winter, putting on a thick wetsuit and getting into the freezing cold water isn't very motivating and you can't train all day. in summer, there is often flat spells for six weeks long sol day. in summer, there is often flat spells for six weeks long so i do have to travel a lot to train. however, for me, the waves definitely look big enough. it's enough of a challenge to try to stand up on the board, but the olympicjudges will be looking at how the servers perform tricks as they ride the waves. you're dealing with mother nature out there and you never know what's going to come in

the next set of waves. it could be really a n the next set of waves. it could be really an amazing way or you could get barrelled and spat out and get a ten point ride or it could be a set of average waves where you don't have much scoring potential on them. that's what's exciting about them, you're not on a sprinting 50 metres or whatever, it's kind of changeable and in that sense you can beat someone a lot better than you because you can get the better wave. next month they go to japan for the final qualifiers. if all goes to plan, these two could be the first britons surfing their way into the inpex. we are here on festival beach this morning talking about surfing and the olympics and nick, you're director of surfing for the uk. tell us, you have spent 15 years trying to get surfing recognised as an olympic sport. it's now happening! it is really exciting. it's been

quite an arduous journey to get to where we are now, but what an opportunity for our athletes. for yea rs opportunity for our athletes. for years surfing has been a bit of a lifestyle sport but after tireless campaigning, particularly by the international surfing association, we are in tokyo, also paris and la looks likely so the start of a journey that looks exciting for the athletes. historically the funding hasn't been there for british surfers, is that slowly changing? earlier this year the aspiration fund was released by british sport to support the athletes and also social impact projects it is starting but it's the start of what promises to be an exciting journey. looking out there, the waves are there but they are not huge and it isa there but they are not huge and it is a disadvantage. if you're in cape town or other parts of the world, you have massive waves on your doorstep, so what are our chances? good consistent waves is a big

factor for good consistent waves is a big factorfor surfers, good consistent waves is a big factor for surfers, realistically you have to go abroad because we only get really good waves here 30% of the time. but british spirit, we won't be down and out about it. there is still waves in the bay, they will always be training to get better. in terms of chances, you've got to win it. they are going to the world championships and they have every chance like anybody to get a podium finish. thanks, nick. from 8:30 a.m., surfers from all over the world will be in those waters so if you want to get inspired, come down and takea you want to get inspired, come down and take a look! thank you so much, lovely to be out and about on the beach this morning. the surfing competition goes on despite the campers expecting to go to boardmasters despite the campers expecting to go to boa rdmasters can't despite the campers expecting to go to boardmasters can't and that is off? yes, very much so. if you are going to camp and do the music, that is off at watergate they but if you wa nt to is off at watergate they but if you want to watch the surfing, it is

free, everyone is welcome and it's on for the entire weekend. whatever is happening, it is on. they are warning the weather is not looking good, so you might want to make a decision about whether you should go or not. thousands of people were planning... people would have been leaving this morning. i hope everyone has got the news that boardmasters has hope everyone has got the news that boa rdmasters has been hope everyone has got the news that boardmasters has been cancelled because lots of people would have been heading to formal. more on that a bit later. thank you for your seagull advice about how to stop them nicking your chips. one guy called adrian has said you need to stand near or against a firm structure or a wall. because they have nowhere to turn. they can attack from behind. backs against the wall, chips in hand. and stare as well, that's what the scientists say! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc

london, i'm tara welsh. the mayor of london has written to the new home secretary this morning asking for at least 5,000 more police officers for the capital. the government announced an additional 20,000 offices nationally. sadiq khan has argued that london needs to be given a quarter of this due to a rise in violent crime and years of funding cuts. the home office says no decisions have yet been made. 57 schools have had fires in them so far this year, and none have had sprinklers fitted. that's according to london fire brigade. it's calling for them to become a mandatory requirement and for a retrofitting programme in all schools. now, you may well have come across train—spotters, but now there's a growing community of plane—spotters in london. it started three years ago at heathrow airport using a smartphone, and it now has thousands of subscribers across the world. big jet‘s founder said that

demand is increasing. plane—spotting has completely changed. you've still got your guys who are still, sort of, like, they're keen on getting the numbers, the registrations, you know? you've got the guys who take photographs. where's the commentary? you know, you sort of miss it. cancellations after a fire broke out near a track between victoria and clapham junction with the lines currently blocked. traffic queueing on the a 13 into town through goresbrook interchange. at victoria, three way temporary traffic lights for gas mains work from buckingham palace road at the junction with ecclestone street —— a13. in west norwood, there are also temporary traffic lights and water mains on

crown lane near the junction traffic lights and water mains on crown lane near thejunction with knights hill. good morning. a lovely bright start this morning with plenty of sunny spells, at least at first, and patchy cloud developing and maybe one or two isolated showers. the showers more isolated than yesterday and there won't be quite as many but one could be quite sharp. and with places not seeing any at all, so largely dry for some and temperatures up to 23 or maybe 2a. a lovely evening with late evening sunshine and then once the sun sets, looking largely clear. temperatures similar to last night, between 12 and 1a. leads the way to a lovely bright start to thursday. sunshine around tomorrow, patchouli cloud, largely dry and temperatures leading to 2a. all change towards the end of the week and into the weekend. on friday, the met office has a weather warning in place for heavy rain, especially to the west of london but we're likely to get the heavy rain everywhere on saturday the wind starts to strengthen, unusually so with a met office yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. i'll be back with the latest from the bbc london news

room in half—an—hour. bye for now. there's plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. a lot of this is a ready been done. at the good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.

our headlines today: supermarkets call on the government to scrap strict competition laws, to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. i'm ata i'm at a wholesale food market in birmingham to find out what preparations are being made by traders here. plans to resolve a row with doctors over their pensions, after senior medics refuse overtime shifts, increasing waiting times for operations. in sport, rooney returns. he'll join championship side derby county as player—coach when he leaves the mls injanuary. the boardmasters festival in newquay is cancelled just hours before it was due to go ahead because of fears of severe weather. have these plagued your summer holiday? apparently you need to master the hard stare if you want to protect yourself and your chips from seagulls. something drier and brighter, but

then we see some stormy conditions coming our way, overnight, then we see some stormy conditions coming ourway, overnight, friday, saturday and sunday. i'll have all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. it is wednesday the seventh of august. our top story: uk supermarkets are seeking permission to work together to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. they're hoping the government will waive strict competition rules which normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts. victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham. victoria, what more can you tell us? yeah, plenty of guests. we are deciding whether or not to go to the fish market next. so, yeah, ug impact when it comes to the food industry, because a lot of the things i'm surrounded by r perishable, they are most likely to be impacted. this whole idea of

supermarkets, food retailers, the entire industry coming together to co—ordinate food supplies across britain is a really interesting one. there is actually precedent for this kind of behaviour, waving certain aspects of competition law in the events of crises. we've seen it before in the fuel crisis, we seen it before and the financial crisis, zero member that merger between lloyds ba n k zero member that merger between lloyds bank and hbos? that was partially waved through because of waivers on competition law. so the competition watchdog is being urged toissue competition watchdog is being urged to issue a letter of comfort to the industry to say something like this would be in the public interest and would be in the public interest and would be in the public interest and would be legal. but the industry is wa ry would be legal. but the industry is wary because back in 2001 day ms read some of the signs coming from the government when it comes to dairy prices and supermarkets faced huge fines. now the issue is at the 3ist huge fines. now the issue is at the 31st of october, that would be a

very difficult time for the food industry. we import a lot of food at that time because of course it is halloween here, coming up to windsor, we have huge demand for food and we are producing as much of it is used to because we have fewer daylight hours. there is a huge kinds point at a time of year when it comes to food supply. so the preparations being made by the industry before this point is anyone's guess. let's get a view on this from across the irish sea. our northern ireland business correspondent clodagh rice is in newry, near the border with the republic of ireland. clodagh, what are the particular concerns there for the impact of a no—deal brexit on trade? yes, well we know leaving could have a huge impact on the trading relationship between the uk in the eu and that would be very acutely felt here at the border in northern ireland. trading underworld trade organisation reads —— under world trade organisation rules, some products could be hit with tariffs

of up to a5%. we know the government has that it isn't going to remove any tariffs on irish goods going into northern ireland, but the same can't be said in the other direction —— won't add any tariffs was are concerned about being hit by tariffs and the decision lies in the hands of the irish government in the eu, whose priority will be protecting the integrity of the single market. what impact will it have on the economy here? the department for the economy here? the department for the economy has as they could be a0,000 job losses in a no—deal brexit which can job losses in a no—deal brexit which ca n affect job losses in a no—deal brexit which can affect agriculture. businesses will adapt to cope and survive but they could be some very real pain in they could be some very real pain in the short term. clodagh rice, we will be back with you soon. thank you. just after 8:00am we'll be talking to the former trade minister and head of the cbi, lord digbyjones. do let us know what you think about that. nhs pension rules blamed

for deterring senior doctors in england and wales from taking on additional shifts are to be overhauled. some nhs consultants who did overtime saw all of their extra pay had been taken in tax. it's hoped that changes to the rules being announced by ministers today will help cut waiting lists. well we think it's a positive step by the government, it's a necessary step, because we have a ludicrous situation at the moment where doctors are effectively punished for going into work and doing their normal hours or doing extra shifts. and this is leading to about one in three doctors in the past year having actually dropped the amount of work they're doing, some have retired. many are refusing to do additional sessions because they are literally penalised for doing so. the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell has said a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum. he made the comments to an audience in edinburgh, appearing

to contradict the official scottish labour policy of blocking another referendum. our political correspondent nick eardley can tell us more. he's in our westminster studio. neck, it seems at the moment, it seems at some stage there's going to have to be some clarifying comments on this? i think so. what john mcdonnell was saying we will leave this up to the scottish parliament. it isn't an issue for westminster to decide, it is one for scotland. the problem is, that is the direct opposite of what the scottish labour party says. it's as if they are real wa nt party says. it's as if they are real want power in westminster, it would block another referendum. so there isa block another referendum. so there is a lot of head scratching going on in the party about why this has been said by the shadow chancellor. the suspicion somehow down here is that this is all about labour trying to get the snp on side in case there is

another hung parliament. i don't think there would be a formal agreement between labour and the snp but there are some who think a condition of the snp keeping labour in power would be saying yes to another independence referendum —— labour. thanks. the number of reports of children attacking their parents has doubled from from 7,000 to 1a,000 in the last three years. that's according to figures obtained by the bbc under the freedom of information act. the national police chiefs council says the increase is due to a change in recording practices. police in madagascar have found the body of a cambridge university student who fell from a light aircraft. alana cutland, from milton keynes, was on an internship on the island at the time of her death. detectives think she fell after opening the plane door. her family say they're heartbroken. president trump will today travel to el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric for creating the atmosphere that led to the deaths. mr trump has since condemned racism and white supremacy, but also blamed gun violence on video games, the internet

and mental illness. if you have been on social media this morning, you might have seen people complaining about the boardmasters festival being cancelled. organisers said concerns for safety following extreme weather warnings led to the decision. our reporter fiona lamdin is in newquay where the festival was set to begin. fiona, what have organisers said? some people were very disappointed. what did the organisers have to say? yes. what if you look behind me you will see blue skies. so people at home will be thinking why did they cancel it? but late last night the organisers made, they say, the very difficult decision to cancel the festival, that is because of yellow weather warnings for this friday and saturday, a lot of winds and rain ——

rain and high winds. the other side of the festival is on a exposed cliff, 50,000 people expected to be camping, whether music is and they say that is just way too dangerous because it is so exposed. late last night they made a very difficult decision to cancel the festival. so they say please don't come, stay at home, however, it is important to say the surfing is still on, this is still is going ahead. thank you very much. we will be with you throughout the morning, knowing you are talking about the surfing later. and we will also be talking about seagulls. are you worried about how to protect your seaside chips from pesky seagulls? well believe it or not, scientists have been looking into how to stop intrepid gulls from swooping down to steal your fish and chips. and the answer is — give them a good old—fashioned stare.

researchers put a bag of chips on the ground and tested how long it took gulls to approach when someone was watching them. on average they took 21 seconds longer to approach the food with a human staring at them. but you've got to see the goal, because they can suddenly appear from behind you. sneaky. thank you for your advice and all your seagulls videos. i saw a video of a seagulls videos. i saw a video of a seagull literally knocking on a glass door, asking for chips. thank you very much. we're also talking about looking at what a no—deal brexit could mean for us and the rest europe, including the impact, food is one thing, but also the tourism industry. in a moment, we'lljoin our reporter samantha fenwick, with some campers in yorkshire. but first our europe correspondent, james reynolds is on italy's amalfi coast to see how it might affect british tourists abroad. morning, james.

right now their ticket check for a ferry ride is about the most difficult procedure which is tourists in amalfi have to face. but if there's no—deal, life may suddenly get more complicated. don't let that put you off, insist italians. "britain's a great nation", skipper philippe tells me, "we need it." the johnston family are from staffordshire and they've swapped worrying about exam results for worrying about their next trip to europe. i'd like more information about the implications of a no—deal brexit. the hard facts of what that would mean in terms of both impact at home but also impact if we choose to travel abroad. you know, what additional documentation, different passports, queues at airports, nobody likes queues at airports. because there is nothing written down to say you knew to do this, this and this if you're travelling abroad again. the biggest worry would be

about a huge increase in cost when being abroad and then increasing prices in the uk as well. 18—year—old macy reveals her plan to deal with the possible return of mobile phone charges. it would be more difficult but i'd probably make mum pay for it! make mum pay for it? mum pays! sorry! for british tourists, life in amalfi is already more expensive. the pound has fallen, so a 60 lemonade from this store now costs about the same in pounds. —— six euro. could you give a discount for british people? no, no! enjoy amalfi! thank you! for years, a holiday here was straightforward. british people who've booked for the end of the year don't yet know what they might have to go through or how much more it may all cost.

james reynolds, bbc news, on italy's amalfi coast. so, let's go to our reports are in north yorkshire for us at a campsite. —— our reporter samantha fenwick is in northallerton in north yorkshire for us now. samantha how will this affect domestic tourism? these people are more concerned about where they are getting their bacon from, than brexit. and surveys have been done saying 50% of people aren't bothered at all by brexit, 30% of tourists are extremely concerned and may think twice about coming to the uk next year after october 31, but 20% say actually they are more likely to come. let's go over and talk tojohn hill and helen. they are in this campsite here which is pretty much full.

90% of our guests are from the uk. have you noticed over the past few yea rs have you noticed over the past few years there's been more europeans or fewer? always the same, always a few people from europe and all over the world, but mostly uk people. we talked about that survey, 30% of europeans might be more wary about coming to the uk after the 31st of october. how would you encourage them to come? well, north yorkshire, great britain, it's a wonderful place and its close. fill in the forms, fill in the paperwork, pack your bags and come. as simple as that? yeah! thanks forjoining us. is a bacon time yet? it is! delicious, you might have heard it earlier sizzling on the stove and now it really is bacon time. people trying to wake up

here and getting their toothbrushes out. visit yorkshire have told me that it's pretty much fully booked until octoberfor the that it's pretty much fully booked until october for the whole of yorkshire! good news, and is anyone going to share their breakfast with you? i hope so! i'll go and have a look around! you can't exactly knock on the door of a tanned but see if they will! that would be a very dangerous pastime! as a resident of yorkshire, it's a great place to holiday —— a tent. there's nothing bad... apart from if you go to the boardmasters, you can prepare for it! you say there is no such thing as bad weather... just bad equipment! indeed! talking about the weather, carol might mention boardmasters. there's interesting changeable conditions over the next few days affecting quite a few events?

absolutely, conditions are changing and we could see stormy conditions later tomorrow and in through friday and saturday, which could lead to some issues with events happening and travel arrangements. tuned to the forecast. today we have low pressure dominating the weather, bringing a lot of rain to scotland overnight and more today, because it's not moving very quickly. as you can see from the centre of the low pressure, hardly a breath of wind, but once again today quite breezy in england and wales so if you catch a shower, likely moving west to east, it will rattle through quite quickly. some of the slow—moving showers across scotland will merge, so prolonged spells of rain that will be heavy and thundery in places. in between all of this and all the showers, including wales and northern ireland, there will be some sunny spells. temperatures today getting up to about 2a degrees in any sunshine. through the evening and overnight, we hang onto some of

those showers, especially in the north, parts of scotland and northern england, but a lot of clear skies and dry weather and temperatures falling down to roughly the same kind of levels as we saw in the same kind of levels as we saw in the nightjust on. tomorrow we start to lose that area of low pressure, close to the east of scotland, so you will see showers and a ridge of high pressure goes across us but then we have this deep area of low pressure coming our way, deeper than we'd expect in this time in august. showers coming from scotland, the wind from the north, a lot of dry weather with some showers coming in from the english channel elsewhere. the cloud will build ahead of this system, meaning the sunshine will turn hazy, then we see the cloud and showers associated with this low pressure by the end of the afternoon. if we follow the track of that, it comes in from the south—west and progresses steadily north. there will be a lot of rain on this, we'll all see some of that,

and then behind it, as you can see from the isobars, it starts to get quite lively. there goes the rain moving from england and wales into scotla nd moving from england and wales into scotland and northern ireland, followed in hot pursuit by further spells of rain, especially in the west where we think it will be the heaviest. these circles indicate the gusts of wind we're likely to, so strong gusts there. that's also worth airing in mind because of course the trees are still in full bloom, and if you're camping, it could lead to some issues as well as travel disruption —— bearing. friday into saturday it continues to migrate northwards and on the southern flank, look at the spacing of the isobars, really squeezed so on friday we have rain, some will be heavy and the wind will strengthen. on saturday in england and wales, looking at gales. thanks very much, carol. you warned us yesterday to be looking at the weather and we'll be doing that

throughout the next few days. go and grab throughout the next few days. go and gmba throughout the next few days. go and graba cup throughout the next few days. go and grab a cup of carol! good plan! see you later on. you've been talking about the best way to stop... a perennial breakfast summer story, but we have some proper science on this... what do you think the best way is to stop seagulls stealing your chips? we'll talk to an expert in just a moment but apparently staring at them is pretty effective. thanks for your pictures and your videos. look at this, this is from neil, this is his fiancee feeding the gulls by hand in llandudno in north wales. as where else as the an total evidence... joining us now is lead author madeleine goumas from the centre for ecology and conservation at the university of exeter. she has been researching the best way to prevent gulls from helping themselves to our chips. loads of viewers discussing this. thanks for coming on. the idea behind the

study, explain to us the gem that got you into this research? yellow well, i obviously live in a place where i'm surrounded by herring gulls, those most people think of as seagulls. despite their overall decline, there area despite their overall decline, there are a few in urban areas, so i thought they would be an easy study subject and anecdotally i had seen food snatching by gulls and it a lwa ys food snatching by gulls and it always seemed to be when people won't looking and they came in from behind. i thought that els might not like being looked at by people and perhaps looking at them would deter them from approaching a food source —— gulls. i don't want to detract from your research, because it is fascinating, and you've been surprised by the level of interest but essentially the research was buying loads of chips and leaving them within a metre and a half of people and

seeing how the gulls reacted? yeah, quitea seeing how the gulls reacted? yeah, quite a cheap study to do! interestingly, i did find most of the gulls i tried to study wouldn't come near me when i was the gulls i tried to study wouldn't come near me when i was doing it. it seemed quite contrary to their reputation as always trying to steal food from people. most didn't want to come near me and i could only do my experiments on a small subset of the birds i tried to test. i found most of them were... they did get put off by me looking at them. it was very put off by me looking at them. it was very clear in a lot of instances how often they were put off. this is the interesting part of it. people say it would work if you stare them down but the hard thing is figuring out which direction they come on. often they approach from behind, they are very sneaky! they notice which way people are looking. ifi notice which way people are looking. if i could give people any advice,

if they are not eating food outside, stand or against a building or somewhere that blocks the approach path from a goal sneaking up from behind. that should help reduce the number of people getting their food taken by gulls —— girl. you found this, but in talking about their say few times, we've been inundated with e—mails, comments and social media interaction. are people giving their own advice and sending in videos? did you think this would be causing so much interest? it's been covered by the papers as well. ididn't been covered by the papers as well. i didn't anticipate this much interest. i thought it would get a lot of local interest because it's topical at this time of year in local towns. i didn't realise the amount of attention i would get mother though, no. madeline, we are getting people sending in ways they deal with it. one said they went to a restaurant ina one said they went to a restaurant in a different country that had a problem with the birds and they

issued all their guests with water pistols, great fun, very effective and safe. would you recommend that all is that bad for the birds? not really. i would like to minimise the conflict we have with people and wildlife —— or is. they are trying to survive in these areas, they are declining and we need to give them respect. people will resort to any solutions they can to resolve this. hopefully it won't need to get to that! have you got any more seagull based research, madeline, what is next? yeah, iwant next? yeah, i want to how they respond to other cues from human behaviour. how they forage on letter, for example, that people have dropped and we are interested in seeing how this food they are eating... obviously chips and pasties aren't good for them so we wa nt and pasties aren't good for them so we want to see how well they are

doing or not doing from eating this. madeleine goumas, thank you so much. come back again because we love talking to you! thank you! the research has sparked incredible debate amongst the listeners. friend said it isn'tjust chips, she mentioned pasties and pies, she was sitting on a beach and the yoke of a boiled egg was pinched bya the yoke of a boiled egg was pinched by a gull —— fran. very precise aim! i don't white but i like the yoke! a ha rd i don't white but i like the yoke! a hard atar now has a good use! —— stare. ——i hard atar now has a good use! —— stare. —— i don't like the white but i like the yoke —— a hard stare. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you soon. good morning from bbc london, i'm tara welsh.

the mayor of london has written to the new home secretary this morning asking for at least 5,000 more police officers for the capital. the government announced an additional 20,000 offices nationally. sadiq khan has argued that london needs to be given a quarter of this due to a rise in violent crime and years of funding cuts. the home office says no decisions have yet been made. 57 schools have had fires in them so far this year, and none have had sprinklers fitted. that's according to london fire brigade. it's calling for them to become a mandatory requirement and for a retrofitting programme in all schools. now, you may well have come across train—spotters, but now there's a growing community of plane—spotters in london. it started three years ago at heathrow airport using a smartphone, and it now has thousands of subscribers across the world. big jet‘s founder said that demand is increasing. plane—spotting has

completely changed. you've still got your guys who are still, sort of, like, they're keen on getting the numbers, the registrations, you know? you've got the guys who take photographs. where's the commentary? you know, you sort of miss it. looking at the travel and a good service on the tube this morning but no trains in or out of victoria due toa no trains in or out of victoria due to a fire. all lines are blocked twin victoria and clapham junction. blackwall tunnel is closed northbound between blackwall lane and the a13 east india dock road due toa and the a13 east india dock road due to a broken down car. in victoria, three way temporary traffic lights for gas mains work on buckingham palace road at the junction with ecclestone street. now for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. a lovely bright start this morning

with plenty of sunny spells, at least at first, and patchy cloud developing and maybe one or two isolated showers. the showers more isolated than yesterday and there won't be quite as many but one could be quite sharp. and with places not seeing any at all, so largely dry for some and temperatures up to 23 or maybe 2a. a lovely evening with late evening sunshine and then once the sun sets, looking largely clear. temperatures similar to last night, between 12 and 1a. leads the way to a lovely bright start to thursday. sunshine around tomorrow, patchy cloud, largely dry and temperatures reaching around 2a celsius. all change towards the end of the week and into the weekend. on friday, the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain, especially to the west of london but we're likely to get the heavy rain everywhere. for saturday the wind starts to strengthen, unusually so with a met office yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. i'll be back with the latest

from the bbc london news room in half—an—hour. there's plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. helen. they are in this campsite here which is pretty much full. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: uk supermarkets are seeking permission to work together to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. they're hoping the government will waive strict competition rules which normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts. the government has played down the idea that a no—deal brexit will cause food shortages. nhs pension rules blamed for deterring senior doctors in england and wales from taking on additional shifts are to be overhauled. some nhs consultants who did overtime saw all of their extra pay had been taken in tax. it's hoped that changes to the

rules being announced by ministers today will help cut waiting lists. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has said a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum. he told an audience in edinburgh that any decision about holding a vote would be up to the scottish parliament. the scottish labour leader, richard leonard, has previously said the party would not grant permission for a second referendum. the number of reports of children attacking their parents has doubled from from 7,000 to 1a,000 in the last three years. that's according to figures obtained by the bbc under the freedom of information act. the national police chiefs council says the increase is due to a change in recording practices. the passive energy is set to decrease. the regulator sets buxom prizes for gas and electricity for

those who have not switched suppliers and our own default tariffs. the new car could see households pay £75 less a year. the regulator attributed the fall is to lower wholesale energy prices. british airways has suffered a major systems failure that is causing delays to flights. yeah, i'm has confirmed the issues affecting online chickens and departures. as it is with ba are being urged to checkin it is with ba are being urged to check in early and check online for updates. police in madagascar have found the body of a cambridge university student who fell from a light aircraft. alana cutland, from milton keynes, was on an internship on the island at the time of her death. detectives think she fell after opening the plane door. her family say they're heartbroken. president trump will today travel to el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric for creating the atmosphere that led to the deaths. mr trump has since condemned racism and white supremacy,

but also blamed gun violence on video games, the internet and mental illness. british viewers are rapidly switching from traditional broadcast tv to online services such as netflix, according to new research. don't you dare! exactly. media regulator ofcom found around half of all uk homes now subscribe to tv streaming services, a rise of 8% on last year. it's calling for a national debate about the future of public service broadcasting. in the meantime, thank you very much everybody. thank you for watching. keep watching! the other mac you can watch us on the iplayer, take us on the go. what i find amazing as people do watch us on the iplayer after we've been on as well. i've been doing this programme for three yea rs. been doing this programme for three years. three years! everyone is groaning, evil groaning, but what i

never realised, i knew it was big, but i never knew how significant i was until i started working on it. for a number of people, it is part of their daily routine, which we are eternally thankful for. did you not know the magic? you did not know the beast that is breakfast.” know the magic? you did not know the beast that is breakfast. i know we are reporting on this, but if you read the report fully, it says the nation comes together for live events. events, big dramas, live news, sports, everybody still watches it on normal, live television. just checking out your latest blouse. there is a lot going on there. what you call it? it's ok bluegrass. but you are looking lovely. —— it is like a bluegrass.

so wayne rooney's on his way back to english football. he's going tojoin the championship side derby county as player—coach injanuary — that's the end of the season in the united states where rooney's currently playing for dc united in washington. he is manchester united and england's all—time record goalscorer, and has ambitions to be a manager. it's a good opportunity to come back and play and work under philip, it's just too great for me to turn down. i'm delighted to be back here and looking forward to coming back in january and trying to help the team push forward and hopefully push for promotion. well rooney is the latest member of the famous england side dubbed the golden generation to move into coaching. here they all are at the european championships in portugal in 200a — a side that promised so much, but didn't win anything. derby county are also

the club that gave frank lampard his first shot at management last summer. he's since been made the chelsea boss and is preparing for the new premier league season. lampard's midfield partner steven gerrard has also moved into coaching, spending time in liverpool's academy before moving to scotland to become manager of rangers. but david beckham bucked the coaching trend and has much grander ideas. he owns the mls side inter miami in the united states, as well as having a stake in league two side salford city — along with a group of his former manchester united team—mates. one person we didn't mention there was gary neville, he's been very successful out of television commentary. so they are all busy in different ways. and david jones is in there as well. how did we go a whole hour without mentioning it? mike bushell, we're going to be seeing a lot of him. do you have

divided loyalties? now i seeing a lot of him. do you have divided loyalties? nowl have made bbc sport hat on. no, make all the weight ——i bbc sport hat on. no, make all the weight —— i have made bbc sport hat on. anyway, it's the day that gets football fa ns on. anyway, it's the day that gets football fans very excited. tomorrow is transfer deadline day, and it looks like tottenham could be very busy. they're being linked with two big money moves this morning. first for the former liverpool forward phillipe coutinho who's currently at barcelona. they're also keen on thejuventus playmaker paulo dybala, who'd cost them more than £60 million. the argentinia's also been linked with manchester united. he wants quite a whopping weekly wages well. look at theirs. —— this.

one man who's leaving the premier league is laurent koscielny. he's left arsenal for bordeaux in france, and this is how they announced the transfer, cue absolute fury from arsenal fans who say it's enormously disrespectful from a former club captain. it is daft, isn't it? it's silly. here's what ian wright had to say — the arsenal legend reckons koscielny should be ashamed for the way he's left after nine years in north london. lots performer players weighing in there and saying it's not really the best. —— performer players. england may have lost their all—time wicket taker — jimmy anderson — for the second ashes test against australia a week today. but it looks like they'll be able to rely on an in—form jofra archer. he was in brilliant form for the sussex second eleven last night. he took six wickets, he was brilliant with the bat too — scoring a century. archer performed well for england during their world cup win,

but has been struggling with a side injury since the end of that tournament. anthonyjoshua says he's determined to get his "passion" back for boxing. he's scheduled for a rematch with andy ruizjr later this year — that's the man he lost his world heavyweight titles to in one of the biggest shocks in the sport's history earlier this year. it was joshua's first loss of his professional career, and says he's determined to prove it was a one—off. and how about this for a change of career? olympian — to full—time dj. this is chris mears who won britain's first olympic diving gold medal alongside jack laugher 2016. he's retired from diving to become a full—time producer and dj. i've done it again, d—jay. he's had quite the decade, back in 2009 he was given just a 5% chance of survival after suffering a ruptured spleen from undiagnosed glandular fever.

then an olympic debut in london in 2012. then a gold medal four years later. good on him. thank you very much. your welcome. did you have a nice day on monday?” had a brilliant day on monday. it was one of those birthdays where... i had planned to do nothing and actually turned out to be a lovely day. i saw some friends, got some fantastic presence. i smell amazing. 0h, fantastic presence. i smell amazing. oh, well. it was lovely, thank you. how young is too young to start wearing make—up? this week, a branch ofjohn lewis cancelled it's so—called back—to—school make—up classes, after an angry backlash from parents. advertisements showed pre—teen girls as the target customers, but is that unacceptable orjust the reality of modern life? here's what some parents

and youngsters in manchester had to say. i'm 13 and i started wearing make up about a year ago when i turn 12. it wasn't that much. just like eyeliner. i think make-up classes are ridiculous, they shouldn't even be wearing it at school to be honest. if you are wearing make up, it shouldn't look too obvious. i'm not a fan of the idea. i wouldn't that her out of the house with it, she is only ten years old. i think i would save it for high school.” just feel like make up is quite a lot of effort when you were younger, to be worrying about that at that age. i think it's fine to start when you are at an older, more mature age. let's pick up some of those

thoughts right now. we know that those back—to—school classes have been cancelled. we'rejoined now by sali hughes, beauty columnist at the guardian. she's in brighton. and parent and blogger molly forbes, who's here with us in the studio. good morning. thank you forjoining us. first of all, to you, sali. this did seem to be targeted at school aged children, maybe even preteen, what do you think? i think it isn't so much the age of the kids it was targeting, it was the fact that it was marketed as a back—to—school event as though make—up and school uniform go hand—in—hand which they obviously don't in most schools and thatis obviously don't in most schools and that is probably quite right. i can understand why people were cross about it was being sold as a, like getting a new protractor, going to a make—up class. and that was a misstep and i think it was right that it was cancelled. and i think that's very different about how old schoolchildren should be before they start playing with make—up. i

personally don't think there is any lower age limit as long as it is safe and explained its creative. i think, start when you like. that's the thing. sali makes a good point there. the point is all children will experiment with make—up, trail lipstick, whatever it might be, there is a point where this feels like a conscious marketing of children on this point of trying to get make—up at a certain age which feels too many people —— feels too many people are exploitative. feels too many people —— feels too many people are exploitativem feels too many people —— feels too many people are exploitative. it is fun to have fun with and chocolate are yourface face fun to have fun with and chocolate are your face face and play, but when it become something you feel you should do and is something targeted at children to make them think you have to look a certain way to go back to school and be accepted by your peers are worthy, that

becomes a bit tricky. a lot of young girls are not raising the hand in class server fear of being judged for their appearance and i think this feeds into that a little bit. —— over the fear of lots of schools have rules about make—up, this would make it difficult for them. lots of schools having no make up rules. that is another issue, isn't it? it isn't about this event, from what i can see, encouraging children to be creative and put glitter over their face, it was about having on point rows and making the most of their skin. and i think it's 12 years old, that isn't something kids should be even thinking about. what you think about that pressure side of things. you can find tutorials on youtube which are relatively available, but do you think there is an element to which it can add to the pressure of a very stressful time for young kids anyway? of course. and i absolutely agree that this workshop was a misstep. i think it was a really bad idea.

make—up has nothing to do with school uniform. if a school was going to do an art class about make up, i'm all for it, but i'm against weaving it into dressing for school. it's right make up isn't permitted at most schools, i agree with that and wouldn't want it for my kids either but i've attended make up workshops for kids and for the most pa rt workshops for kids and for the most part they involve little boys and girls flinging glitter about, playing with make up and having fun with it, as they would other art materials and that's a brilliant way of breaking down gender stereotypes and being creative and having fun. i'm all in favour of that. in terms of youtube, we have to remember kids are watching those videos anyway and there's an argument for taking those videos away from that very adult and i suppose this adult environment and the message you need make up to look good. there's an argument for taking it away from that and making it a

safe and innocent environment and that's what generally happens at these workshops. i generally let my kids go to them but i wouldn't want schools being involved stop the sali, you are a beauty editor, make up sali, you are a beauty editor, make up is expensive so it'sjust more pressure, isn't it? -- being involved stop sali. this brand has a policy of not marketing to under 16s —— being involved. sali. someone would be in trouble with the retail staff getting an event organised without their knowledge. they shouldn't market at kids and i think their policy is right. of course, this is involved in beauty and lego bricks isn't any less educational because a company is trying to sell plastic bricks. unfortunately educational things are run by big business and commerce, so as parents we have to be discerning

about what's right and healthy for our kids and there's a world of difference between getting your brand is ready for back to school, which is wrong and unhealthy, and come and have a play with make up —— brands. we have to be careful about bringing societal pressures into an innocent thing for kids. we turn it into something, our kids are a blank ca nvas into something, our kids are a blank canvas and it's about our framing. my parents never told me i would need make up to look good and i wouldn't say that to my kids. that's different from dressing up, looking how you want and having a play. there's a world of difference. molly, you've got to children and that's an important point, you never tell your children you have to do this, to look a certain way and to get ahead. i got a four-year-old girland a get ahead. i got a four-year-old girl and a nine—year—old girl and they both love playing with make up and putting glitter everywhere, but i co nsta ntly and putting glitter everywhere, but i constantly tell them it's not your job to look pretty —— i've got. you

don't need to wear this stuff. for them it's about being creative and playing and they don't have to do it. i hope that continues throughout their teen years. thanks for speaking to you both. let as snow what you think about that, get in contact via the usual means —— let us know. if you can get in, there's a lot of seagull comments! what's going on with the weather, carol? good morning everyone stopped an area of low pressure producing lots of rain in parts of scotland and will continue to do so today in the highlands and grampian ‘s —— good morning everyone. not much isobars, so breezy. —— grampians —— good morning everyone.

the showers in northern ireland, england and wales will move from the west to east and not everyone will catch one and in between all these showers there will be bright or sunny skies. temperatures 16 in the north to 2a further south. through this evening and overnight, many showers will fade but we'll hang onto them in parts of northern scotland. some clear skies and temperature—wise, falling to similar levels as the nightjust gone. about 11-14. levels as the nightjust gone. about 11—1a. heading through tomorrow, our low pressure d rifts 11—1a. heading through tomorrow, our low pressure drifts away into the north sea. france still close enough to produce some showers but a transient ridge of high pressure and then an unseasonably deep area of low pressure coming our way bringing torrential rain and gales —— fronts. but before that, a few showers in the highlands, the wind more of a northerly and a lot of dry weather around. before the high pressure arrives, a few showers that will be

isolated in the north of england and some cloud turning sunshine hazy around the channel. later in the day the sunshine will thicken and showers arrive from the deep area of low pressure. on thursday, it moves from the south—west through friday into the north of the country, bringing heavy rain. where you see a squeeze in the isobars, that means it's going to be windy. there goes the rain moving across northern england and scotland, rusting all of us, then you can see the next batch right behind it, the heaviest of which will be in the west —— affecting all of us. the trees are in full bloom and if you are camping, it could lead to travel disruption. notjust on friday but also saturday. what's happening is as the low pressure centre moves northwards, you can see not much in the way of wind in that centre, no

isobars, but behind it, there's a good array of isobars, like guitar strings, so that means the wind is going to pick up. in summary, on friday there will be heavy rain for a time and the wind will start to strengthen. but on saturday, we are likely to the gales for england and wales. already has caused cancellation of some events, so if you're doing anything outdoors or travelling, keep in touch with your forecast where you are and where you're heading. good advice! we know already boardmasters festival in cornwall was cancelled within a few hours of it starting because of the weather conditions. that's the festival part of things but lots of people getting in contact but lots of people getting in co nta ct to but lots of people getting in contact to talk about the fact they've made preparations. someone on social media saying someone made an eight hour journey on social media saying someone made an eight hourjourney and onlyjust out it's been cancelled but the surfing side of things is going ahead.

the home of british surfing is newquay and our reporter fiona lamdin is there for us this morning. that is where the music festival was meant to be taking place, watergate bay? i'm at fistral beach and looking out to sea, the surfers are practising to get ready for the competition that starts at 8:30am. you've missed the most massive storm, we got soaked! nice and dry for the moment. the weather this weekend isn't looking great, so they've cancelled the festival. there's two sites, at watergate bay, they've cancelled that because the camping is on a cliff and it is too windy. but the surfing side is happening, they've confirmed it will happen, it is free and you don't need a ticket and it starts at 8:30am with surfers coming from across the world. this year it's interesting because next year they will have the olympics. that is huge

for the surfers who suddenly think they won't just compete for the surfers who suddenly think they won'tjust compete in the competitions but they could be on an olympic stage. you used to surf competitively for many years but you now run your own surf school. tell us about how it has changed the sport for women? ever since i was a junior it was always a male dominated sport and in the last five or six years, things have picked up for the women and it's become a more equal playing field. it is so nice to so girls getting involved and believing they can do anything and the olympics is a big contributor to that. you started at three. you are now 11 and you're going to be one of our olympic hopefuls. what does it mean for you to one day be at the olympics? it is such a great opportunity and i want to keep trying my hardest and try to improve

and get to the olympic stage and compete for this team. thank you. we must let lukka go, because i'm not joking, into second he has to put his wetsuit on because the next time we are back here he will be in the sea competing. keep your eyes open for luca the next time we come back. thanks very much and good luck to all of them. fiona, back to you shortly! throughout the morning we're looking at what a no—deal brexit could mean for the uk, and did you know, half the food we consume is imported, so it's one industry that can't afford to be affected by no—deal delays. victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham for us, looking at how businesses are preparing. hi, good morning to you both. we've been talking to fresh fruit and veg traders this morning. there's fish, meat and poultry here and dairy

products. fresh food isn't the only thing we importand fresh food isn't the only thing we import and export. a big import for us is fresh flowers and i have two pauls with me here, and you've been working here since the 80s and 1990 working here since the 80s and 1990 working in this business. can you prepare for a no—deal brexit? working in this business. can you prepare for a no-deal brexit? no, we can't. we've got to play a bit ahead of ourselves —— by a bit ahead of ourselves. i agree with paul, there's not much we can do and take it one day at a time and see what happens. everything you are importing is in these refrigerated lorries, does it matter if it is delayed at the border? it will be ok if it is delayed 2a—a8 hours. border? it will be ok if it is delayed 24-48 hours. what about the availability? there is the price as well, the pound has fallen and it might fall further with a no—deal brexit. what impact would that have on you? the biggest problem is the

poundis on you? the biggest problem is the pound is so weak and it's causing problems because everything is getting more expensive. since day one of brexit, when we were meant to agree a deal, prices went up and they haven't really come down as we think they should have done. simple as that. paul, you are talking about these su nflowers paul, you are talking about these sunflowers down here. tell me about them. these were 35p last week and this monday they were 60p and they have come down to a0p. with the pound, it is no good for us. we need a strong pound to get them cheaper. long—term, what does it mean for the business? will people leave all stay and have you seen a massive change? over the years we've seen a massive change and i think people will leave the industry. it's getting harder for them. the industry. it's getting harder forthem. i the industry. it's getting harder for them. i can't see a change in the near future at present. thank you so much to the molly —— two

pauls. plenty more on this through the morning about brexit preparedness. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tarah welsh. the mayor of london has written to the new home secretary this morning asking for at least 5,000 more police officers for the capital. the government announced an additional 20,000 offices nationally. sadiq khan has argued that london needs to be given a quarter of this due to a rise in violent crime and years of funding cuts. the home office says no decisions have yet been made. 57 schools have had fires in them so far this year, and none have had sprinklers fitted. that's according to london fire brigade. it's calling for them to become a mandatory requirement and for a retrofitting programme in all schools. now, you may well have come across train—spotters, but now there's a growing community of plane—spotters in london. it started three years ago at heathrow airport using a smartphone, and it now has

thousands of subscribers across the world. big jet‘s founder said that demand is increasing. plane—spotting has completely changed. you've still got your guys who are still, sort of, like, they're keen on getting the numbers, the registrations, you know? you've got the guys who take photographs. where's the commentary? you know, you sort of miss it. looking out the travel now and problems for anyone heading into victoria this morning. a fire next to the track is causing major disruption. no trains in or out of the station and all lines are blocked between victoria and clapham junction. a good service on the tube this morning, though. let's have a look the roads. long delays towards the blackwall tunnel from the sun in the sounds roundabout after a car broke down.

in victoria, 3—way temporary traffic lights on for gas mains work on buckingham palace road at the junction with ecclestone street. now for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. a lovely bright start this morning with plenty of sunny spells, at least at first, and patchy cloud developing and maybe one or two isolated showers. the showers more isolated than yesterday and there won't be quite as many but one could be quite sharp. and with places not seeing any at all, so largely dry for some and temperatures up to 23 or maybe 2a. a lovely evening with late evening sunshine and then once the sun sets, looking largely clear. temperatures similar to last night, between 12 and 1a. leads the way to a lovely bright start to thursday. sunshine around tomorrow, patchy cloud, largely dry and temperatures reaching around 2a celsius. all change towards the end of the week and into the weekend. on friday, the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain, especially to the west of london but we're

likely to get the heavy rain everywhere. for saturday the wind starts to strengthen, unusually so with a met office yellow weather warning in place for strong winds. i'll be back with the latest from the bbc london news room in half—an—hour. in the meantime... there's plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

and louise minchin. our headlines today... supermarkets call on the government to scrap strict competition laws to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. hi,| hi, iam ata hi, i am at a wholesale market in birmingham trying to find out what preparations traders are making here. plans to resolve a row with doctors over their pensions, after senior medics refuse overtime shifts, increasing waiting times for operations. in sport, rooney returns. he'll join championship side derby county as player—coach when he leaves the mls injanuary. and the boa rdmasters and the boardmasters festival has been cancelled because of severe weather, but here on the beach, the surfing is still going ahead, the competition starts in half an hour. have these plagued your summer holiday?

apparently you need to master the hard stare if you want to protect yourself — and your chips — from seagulls. good morning. today is a day of sunshine and showers, tomorrow a little bit dryer until later tomorrow, when a deep area of low pressure comes our way, bringing some torrential rain and gales on friday and saturday. more in 15 minutes. it's wednesday 7th august. our top story... uk supermarkets are seeking permission to work together to prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. they're hoping the government will waive strict competition rules will waive strict competition rules which normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts. victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham. victoria, what more can you tell us? iimagine i imagine this is very much part of the chatter there this morning?

absolutely it is. the market opens at three o'clock in the morning so it has died down a bit here. something like 1500 trucks, and go every day. all sorts of things are traded, poultry, fruit and veg, flowers. lots of people are concerned about what might happen in the event of a no—deal brexit and if they can make preparations ahead of time. so the whole idea about waving some aspects of competition law is quite interesting. there is precedent for this in other industries and at other times. for example, we saw this during the fuel crisis, we also saw it during the financial crisis is well. the food and ring federation have asked the government to speak to the competition and markets authority, the competition watchdog, in order to provide what they call a letter of comfort to the industry, that's such provisions as they currently stand in competition law would be waived and there would be some idea that there would be an attempt to

coordinate things in the event of a no—deal brexit. however, back in 2001, they miss red, perhaps is the best way of putting it, some of the signs from the government when it comes to dairy prices, and supermarkets faced huge fines over collusion. so there is a little bit of confusion over what might happen in the event of a no—deal brexit. but certainly, the food industry is looking to do what it can to prepare ahead of time. and victoria has got some guests to chat to later on, some guests to chat to later on, some experts in the fields. let us know your thoughts on preparations for, potentially, the food industry, and other industries as well, how they might be affected by a no—deal brexit, if it happens. in other news this morning... nhs pension rules blamed for deterring senior doctors in england and wales from taking on additional shifts are to be overhauled. some nhs consultants who did overtime saw all of their extra pay had been taken in tax. it's hoped that changes

to the rules being announced by ministers today will help cut waiting lists. i think it is a positive step by the government, a necessary step, because we have a ludicrous situation at the moment where doctors are effectively punished for going into work and doing their normal hours or doing extra shifts. and this is leading to about one in three doctors in the past year having actually dropped the amount of work they're doing, some have retired. many are refusing to do additional sessions because they are literally penalised for doing so. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum. he made the comments to an audience in edinburgh, appearing to contradict the official scottish labour policy of blocking another referendum. our political correspondent nick eardley can tell us more. he's in our westminster studio. good morning to you. good morning. basically, john mcdonnell is saying that if the scottish parliament wa nts to that if the scottish parliament wants to hold another independence vote, it should be allowed to do so.

it is not for the uk parliament to get in the way of that. it might sound fairly straightforward, the problem is, the scottish labour party says the exact opposite, that the uk government should block another independence referendum, because they say there isn't any appetite for that, something which would be hotly contested by the snp. what's going on? well, some are suspicious that this is about the possibility that labour and the snp might end up working together if there is a hung parliament. both parties say they wouldn't have a formal agreement, like the tories and the dup have at the moment, but nicola sturgeon, the snp leader and scottish first minister, has said she's open to the idea of a packed to keep the conservatives out of power. and there are some in the snp who say if that is going to happen, then one of the conditions has to be that labour will allow another independence referendum to happen. john mcdonnell‘s comments suggest

that that is something which the labour leadership open to. the price of energy is set to fall for millions of british households this october after the regulator ofgem, announced it is lowering price caps. ofgem sets maximum prices that can be charged for gas and electricity to those who have not switched suppliers and are on default tariffs. the new cap could see these households typically pay £75 less a year. the regulator attributed the fall to lower wholesale energy prices. british airways has suffered a major systems failure that's causing delays to flights. the airline has confirmed the issue has affected online check—in and departures. passengers travelling with ba are being urged to get to the airport early and check online for updates. the three main airports affected at the moment are heathrow, newcastle and gatwick. so definitely worth checking. we will try and update you on any more information we get.

the number of reported crimes involving children attacking parents has doubled in the last three years. police forces in england, wales and the channel islands recorded more than 1a,000 incidents in 2018, as emma glasbey reports. spitting, hitting, shouting. tables picked up, threatening to hit you with scissors, threatening to hit you with knives, everything. helen has had to call police out to her home three times. the abuser was her 11—year—old daughter, lashing out after a traumatic few years. it's hard because you don't want them to get a criminal record, but then there's no support. we've been given exclusive access to the "getting on" course run by doncaster children's services trust. is there people you can talk to do you think about how you're feeling, people at school, people at home...? these teenagers are here getting help because they've been abusive towards their mums. so, i'm going to pop it just to know when. ..

they're taking part in an exercise where they don't know if a balloon might pop next to their ears. you're flinching when that balloon's about to pop in your ear. maybe that's how mum feels when you're intimidating her — not a nice feeling to have to live with, is it? the number of incidents reported to police involving children attacking parents has doubled in the last three years from more than 7,000 in 2015 to more than 1a,000 last year. the national police chiefs council says the increase is because of changes to the way incidents are recorded. but the mental health charity young minds argues children are being let down by a lack of support. emma glasbey, bbc news, doncaster. police in madagascar have found the body of a cambridge university student who fell from a light aircraft. alana cutland, from milton keynes,

was on an internship on the island at the time of her death. detectives think she fell after opening the plane door. her family say they're heartbroken. president trump will today travel to el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric for creating the atmosphere that led to the deaths. mr trump has since condemned racism and white supremacy, but also blamed gun violence on video games, the internet and mental illness. the music festival boardmasters has been cancelled, just hours before it was set to begin. organisers said concerns for safety following extreme weather warnings led to the decision. our reporter fiona lamdin is in newquay where the festival was set to begin. we know that people are very disappointed, but the organisers are now quite clear, aren't they? good

morning, yes, here on the beach, there is so much noise going on because the surfing competition is literally about to start in the next half an hour. however, as we were hearing, there is two sides to this festival, and up on the cliff, that is what they are worried about, because this weekend, there is a lot of rain and wind forecast. and last night, they made the very difficult decision to cancel it. it's the first time in the festival's history that they have cancelled it. so, if you're coming from anywhere far and you're coming from anywhere far and you have a ticket, they say please don't travel, they do not want people coming this weekend. however, if you are coming for the surfing and you live nearby, the message is that this is still very much open, it starts in the next 15 minutes, they're just getting ready to get they're just getting ready to get the surfers in the water. the white tent over there is where the judges are going to sit and judge everyone. if we look out to sea you can see

hopefully a couple of surfers warming up. the competition will begin in the next few minutes. and that noise reminds me so much of lovely cornish holidays, the lifeguards basically telling everybody were to be. one of your favourite parts of the world, isn't it? absolutely but have you ever been attacked by a seagull?” it? absolutely but have you ever been attacked by a seagull? i have not, but you have! it once and stole my battered sausage, on brighton, many years ago! we have been looking at actual science which says how you can stop seagulls from stealing your food. apparently the answer is to give them a good old—fashioned stare. researchers put a bag of chips on the ground and tested how long it took gulls to approach when someone was watching them. on average they took 21 seconds longer to approach the food with a human staring at them. this is an ongoing british obsession. lots of people are

getting in contact today with their own personal advice, pictures, videos. and quite a few people, i would say probably 15%, are very annoyed at those who feed seagulls. because they learn, apparently, according to the scientists. yeah, and when you're getting a swarm of, and when you're getting a swarm of, a flock, of seagulls, it is hard to stare at one of them when there is five of them going for your chips. that's a very good point! thank you to all of you for getting in touch about that one. someone said about a poster outside a fish and chip shop which said, the seagulls are not employed by us so if they pinch your chips, there is refund! the prime minister, borisjohnson, has pledged to leave the eu with or without a deal on 31st october, and he's ordered ministers and officials to "turbo—charge" preparations for a no—deal brexit. so across the bbc today, we're looking at what a no—deal brexit might mean for different sectors of the economy. victoria's at a wholesale

market in birmingham. hopefully, victoria, let's go and have a word with you? hi, good morning to you. so, i wondered what people were having for breakfast this morning, i weathered whether or not you might have had mushrooms on your fry not you might have had mushrooms on yourfry up. not you might have had mushrooms on your fry up. mushrooms not you might have had mushrooms on yourfry up. mushrooms is one not you might have had mushrooms on your fry up. mushrooms is one thing which the uk does produce, but we do import them as well. so they could be hit by import—export tariffs, but also, think of the people picking mushrooms, a lot of the time it is eu workers so there is controversy around that as well and brexit. a lot of the things which are in this food market will be affected because a lot of them are perishable goods and the vast majority of the stuff in here comes from the eu and all of that will be affected overnight after 31st october, if there is a no—deal brexit. i have got lord digbyjones with me. good morning.

how do you see the impact of a no—deal brexit being on the food industry? actually i am so glad the bbc have come to this wonderful place because in a micros cousin, you've got all the issues. because you've got all the issues. because you have domestic produce, you have domestic produce which is consumed here, domestic produce which is exported, importers from ireland coming here, you've got of course a lot of eu immigrant labour working here, all the issues are all in one place. the big thing to understand about no deal is that it's a european issue. it is not a british issue. this is going to hurt france and germany, ireland will have a real problem with this. and, you know, i just hope real problem with this. and, you know, ijust hope out of this stance which has been taken by the new uk government, i hope that brussels stops its bullying, starts accepting responsibility and blame for what is happening, and i hope that they

understand that the people of europe did not want this either. so, do i think that it's a good thing? no, i don't. am i delighted that after three years, at last britain is stopping saying sorry on their knees, supplica nts, stopping saying sorry on their knees, supplicants, saying... instead of which they're sitting there saying, we are coming out with no deal, we don't want to... so, come on, brussels, come and look at how this can work for the people of europe, not just how this can work for the people of europe, notjust for how this can work for the people of europe, not just for britain. how this can work for the people of europe, notjust for britain. how concerned are you about the west midlands? the bank of england has said that this particular region would be most affected by a no—deal brexit not least because of the manufacturing which goes on here as well? well, you're in the wrong place to talk about where the real effect would come on a no—deal brexit in the west midlands, it would be basically throughjlr and through the trade into the automotive industry, a lot of which goes to europe. but remember this, germany sells 1 million, goes to europe. but remember this,

germany sells1 million, i will say that again,1 germany sells1 million, i will say that again, 1 million cars per year, made in germany and sold in britain. this is not a one—way street. the political class of britain have for some reason divorced themselves from the reality, if i may say, an awful lot of media have divorced themselves from reality. we're looking at this, the politicians and the media, and saying, this is going to be armageddon, death of the firstborn by friday. actually if you're sitting in stuttgart or munich making mercedes or bmw, people are thinking, what am i going to do with my big market? it is a two—way street. i don't want no deal, i want a deal. i hope brussels stop the bullying and realise that a deal is good for everybody.” stop the bullying and realise that a deal is good for everybody. i think we will have to leave it there because we are suffering from a few technical problems here. it is all the activity going on in the market but i will be back with more details later on. to be honest, we were all listening because of the technical problems intently so i do apologise for them but i think we did hear

what he said. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is having an impact on various different events, isn't it? good morning to you. heading through thursday night, into friday and saturday, the weather is going to ta ke saturday, the weather is going to take a turn. we're going to see some torrential rain and gales coming our way. first of all, today, we've got low pressure once again with us. overnight it has produced a lot of rain in scotland. you can see hardly an isobar in the centre of that low pressure. any showers today will be slow—moving. further south, the isobars are a bit closer together and it is breezy in the south so any showers will rattle through quite quickly. but the showers will continue, some of them heavy thundery, some of them urgent during the day so we will continue to see some large rainfall totals. this

white circle here indicates temperatures today ranging from 16-2a in temperatures today ranging from 16—2a in any sunshine in the south—east. overnight we still have those showers across scotland, some of them heavy. whereas as we look further south, clearer skies and temperatures similar to the night just gone. on thursday, the low pressure d rifts into just gone. on thursday, the low pressure drifts into the north sea with a weather front close enough to produce some showers. we have a transient pressure system that we have a deep low pressure coming in our direction, too. first of all on thursday, we will have the showers across parts of scotland among more ofa across parts of scotland among more of a breeze coming in from the north. some showers developing during the day. some showers across the english channel as well. a lot of dry weather on thursday until

later, and you can already see the first signs of that deep area of low pressure coming our way. look at the amount of rainfall, and you can see the strengthening winds. there goes the rain, in an area we don't need it as well, moving northwards. you can also see these black circles, representing wind gusts. so, pretty windy. bear in mind that we are looking at the trees in full bloom, and of course it's the summer holidays so you might be camping. bear this in mind because by the time we get to saturday, our low pressure is continuing to advance northwards. look at those isobars, especially across england and wales. on saturday we are looking at gales. in

summary, on friday we've got some heavy rain moving northwards, strengthening winds coming in with that. but it is saturday we see the gales for england and wales, which are likely to lead to some disruption. some other breaking news we have had in the last hour or so... british airways has suffered a major systems failure, that's causing delays to flights. the airline has confirmed the issue has affected online check—in and departures. our reporter has been following this for us. i havejust our reporter has been following this for us. i have just been speaking to british airways, they're saying that there are two systems failures happening this morning, one is affecting online check—in, the other is affecting flight departures. they say this is not a global issue right across the network, but it is affecting flights across their whole

network. so, they say that you're going to have problems checking in online so you will probably have to checkin online so you will probably have to check in at the airport. the knock—on effect of that is causing big queues. we've had people tweeting pictures into us showing big long queues at the airport, people experiencing lengthy delays. british airways have said you may experience delays at the airport that they do have a backup system in place and they are reverting to manual check—in. they say the other system for flight departures is also in operation. they're advising customers to go to the ba website and go into the manage my booking section and check the status of their flight. they say they do expect some flights to be cancelled today probably. they could not give me details. but there is some serious disruption to passengers. log on to the ba website for more information, that is their advice.

thanks for the pictures you've been sending in about that this morning. dozens of residents in whaley bridge are waking up in their own beds this morning, almost a week after they were forced to leave their homes. yesterday, police announced the water was finally at a safe level but engineers would need to inspect the dam before anyone else could return. most of the 1,500 people evacuated last week are still waiting. here's how the story has played out over the last six days. this is the danger they're running from, the dam which has protected their town for nearly 200 years, tonight, dangerously close to collapsing. whaley bridge now looks like a ghost town. my partner was at home with the dog and ijust said, tell him to get out. this is the front line, tons of sand and gravel brought in to hold back 300 million gallons of water. it's looking dodgy

but stable, there's a row major, major structural problem with the dam. although it hasn't rained today, there is a real risk of the dam collapsing. the structural integrity of the dam wall is at a critical level. i had to walk up the road last night and just scream. we are looking to get people back in their homes as quickly as possible but i am not prepared to do that until i am assured that it is safe to do so. it has been quite a week. one of the 55 residents who has been allowed back home is melissa broxup. and shejoins us now. good morning to you. you've had quite a week, have an tube? yeah, it's been a bit of a nightmare. tell usa it's been a bit of a nightmare. tell us a bit about when you had to leave your home, quite a difficult decision, what was it like? it was quite difficult because i've got a dog, my dog is not very friendly with other dogs so i didn't want to

put him in a situation where he wouldn't be happy so at first i decided not to go and then later on saturday afternoon, i'd been out, walking back home and the police stopped me and said, you can't go back. so i was a bit worried, thinking, i've got to get back, my dog is in my flat. so they gave me some time to go and get some stuff, grab the dog and go and stay with a friend. what has it been like for residents? you've been staying with friends, other people have been staying in schools, a difficult time, because all those experts are trying to sort out the dam and keep you safe and yet you have had a nightmare week? yeah, whaley bridge has been so quiet, normally it is quite busy. there is always somebody in the street to have a talk to. from the friday i had had a walk around, it was like a ghost town, it

was quite scary, really, nobody there. it was just weird. was quite scary, really, nobody there. it wasjust weird. it's a really strange atmosphere, so, you've been allowed back to your house? i got notification, checking on the internet, to see when i could go back. i rang the helpline to say, could i go back? and he said yeah, it was possible to go back. so it was a big relief, actually, to know that i could go back to the flat. talking to some of the other residents of whaley bridge, has it made you think twice about living there or possibly moving if you can or is itjust happy to be back there? yeah, i love whaley bridge, i've been there for quite some time, people are so friendly, it's a great community, and the emergency services did a greatjob to keep all the residents safe so that is reassuring as well. thank you very much for coming in. and the dog is 0k? much for coming in. and the dog is ok? he's fine, good to be home.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. if you have got any outdoor plans this weekend it is worth staying tuned into the forecast because we will see wet and windy weather moving courtesy of this area of low pressure. in the meantime, this area of low pressure will continue to bring as heavy and slow moving showers across scotland. it will feel a bit chilly here compared to yesterday. the odd showerfor northern compared to yesterday. the odd shower for northern ireland and a few showers for england and wales, pretty well scattered. many of us

will escape with a dry day and there will escape with a dry day and there will be spells of sunshine, maximum temperature is about 2a degrees. tonight the showers ease away from the north—east of scotland as that area of low pressure starts to move away. quite a quiet night with clear spells, temperatures down to 11—1ad. thursday is the quietest day weather wise of the week. later in the day the cloud will start to increase with rain starting to edge its way into the far south—west of england, maximum temperature is 19—23. the rain in the south—west will push north and it is linked into this area of low pressure. heavy rain spreading northwards as we go through the early hours of friday morning. that rain will continue to spread up into scotland. it will clear and there will be showers behind it with sunny spells. the

wind picks up during friday. quite strong gusts for this time of the year, 30 to a5 miles an hour. the maximum temperatures on friday about 20-2a. it will maximum temperatures on friday about 20—2a. it will not be cold. as we go into saturday there will be some gales across england and wales. stay tuned to the forecast.

this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. mission to washington. the uk's foreign secretary holds talks in the us aimed at securing a trade deal as the clock ticks down towards brexit. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday the 7th of august. the uk is keen to strike a deal with the world's biggest economy as the deadline for leaving the eu looms ever closer. foreign secretary dominic raab will be meeting his us counterpart mike pompeo. also in the programme... the $2bn cyber heist. north korea is accused of hacking accounts around the world