good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty. our headlines today: a police officer is critically ill after being stabbed with a machete in east london overnight. a 50—year—old man has been detained. exclusive research by the bbc reveals a huge rise in the number of offences of women and girls carrying knives in the past five years. cut back on red meat — scientists are to urge people to change their diets to help tackle global warming. failing to stopping the scammers. why many banks and building societies haven't signed up to a new scheme to protect customers from fraud. the clock is ticking on transfer deadline day, and romelu lukaku is amongst

the big names on the move. he is on his way to inter milan from manchester united. and welcome to edinburgh, where we have singers, we have acrobats. a little worried about them in their warmup this morning. 4 million people come to edinburgh throughout the month of august for the edinburgh festival. we have the red sofa here, all with the wonderful backdrop of edinburgh castle. good morning. today we are looking at another day of sunshine, and fewer showers than of late, but later, a deep area of low pressure is going to swing into the south—west, bringing some heavy rain and strength ending when. i will have more in 15 minutes. —— strengthening wins. —— winds. it is thursday 8 august. our top story: a police officer

is in a critical condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. the attack happened at around midnight. a man in his 50s has been arrested. let's get more from our reporter simonjones, who is at the scene in leyton. simon, what do we know? well, the police are describing this asa well, the police are describing this as a sudden and brutal attack on an officer who was just trying to do hisjob. it was officer who was just trying to do his job. it was around officer who was just trying to do hisjob. it was around midnight. there were two police officers in a marked car. they tried to stop a van, we are not clear why, but we are told the driver of the van didn't stop. at that point the van was pursued by the police car with flashing lights and sirens. eventually the driver did come to a halt. the two police officers got out to try to speak to him, and at that point one of the officers was attacked with a machete. he was stabbed several times, but even as that was happening, the officer managed to get his taser and subdue the suspect, and the suspect was

then quickly arrested by the second officer. the suspect is a man in his 50s. he has been taken to a police station here in east london. as regards the officer who was injured, he was taken to hospital. we are told he was in a critical but stable condition, and police have commended his bravery and resilience after what happened here. simon, thank you very much. the number of offences involving women carrying a knife has increased dramatically in england over the past five years. that is the finding of exclusive bbc research. youth workers say knife crime is seen as a male problem, and the role of females is often overlooked. sarah corker reports. the first thing i would do is run for a knife, iwould the first thing i would do is run for a knife, i would go for a knife, threaten, cut. as a teenager, carrying a knife was part of everyday life for louise and. then, in her20s, it everyday life for louise and. then,

in her 20s, it was a way to protect herself in abusive relationships. daly i remember i used to have knives in my backpack, ijust used to threaten people, give me what you have got, take it off of them. i used to sleep with a knife under my bed, because i started to get quite paranoid. i remember my boyfriend bought me this — he actually bought me knives. women are often overlooked or ignored when it comes to tackling britain's problem with knife crime. it is framed as a male problem. figures obtained by the bbc show that, on average, one woman is caught carrying a knife here in the north of england every single day. in the west midlands, these weapons we re in the west midlands, these weapons were found hidden in a designer handbag. in england there has been a 73% increase in knife possession cases involving women in the last five years. since 2014, there has been more than 5800 cases of women caught carrying knives. around a quarter of those involved girls

under the age of 18. youth workers in leeds say some women willingly carry knives to rob people. 0thers are being manipulated by men. they are being manipulated by men. they are asked to maybe be the career of these weapons. they will agree to do that because they are wanting to please their partner. so what we have come across are women who will hide the weapons, say a knife, in a pram —— courier. hide the weapons, say a knife, in a pram -- courier. police! women carrying knives has often been described as a hidden problem, but with the numbers increasing, the pressure is on police to tackle it. the home office has told us that it funds schemes to help gang—affected women and girls, and we will be speaking to a former female gang member just after 8:00am. people are being urged to eat less red meat to help combat global warming. scientists meeting in geneva are expected to say that we should change our diets to include more pla nt—based food. here is our environment analyst roger harrabin.

this alpine landscape was once covered by forest. the trees sucked carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and regulated the climate. then, humans cleared some of the land for food. but cattle burp methane, and that strongly heats the atmosphere. this sort of low—intensity grazing may produce protein from poor soil, and it does have some environmental benefits, but it still creates more greenhouse gases than growing plant protein. scientists meeting here in the alps are not saying we've all got to go vegan to protect the climate. they are saying that we do need to cut down on red meat and dairy produce, and shift on towards eating more vegetables. debate here has been fraught because the way we use the land is so complex.

among the experts' recommendations are: on biofuels, limiting the area used to grow trees to be burned to make electricity. this could conflict with feeding the world. 0n deforestation, working harder to protect the trees that attacked us from climate heating. 0n desertification, finding ways to feed people that don't involve degrading the soil through overgrazing. it isa it is a plea for humans to stop abusing the planet. let's get more from roger, who is in geneva. roger, is this report likely to change anything? this is a very big report on the way we use the land and the scientists and government experts meeting here say we are actually abusing the land. so in an ideal situation the soil actually stores carbon, but the way we are farming, deep ploughing, cutting up the soil, is exposing the soil to the air, and as it is releasing the carbon in the form of

carbon dioxide, it is heating the earth, and the scientists say we have got to get back to natural ways like in that forest, where the soil is capturing c02. the problem, they say, is there are so many competing demands on the land. we want now to have land for biofuels so we can grow trees and then burn them to make electricity to save burning fossil fuels. we want pulp, make electricity to save burning fossilfuels. we want pulp, we make electricity to save burning fossil fuels. we want pulp, we want timber, we want paper, we want hard, we wa nt timber, we want paper, we want hard, we want all sorts of things, and especially we want food to feed ourselves. in the scientists are saying if we want to take the pressure off the land we need to eat less meat and move more towards vegetarian diets. not saying go vegetarian, absolutely not, but certainly to eat less red meat. thank you very much, roger. there are concerns that hundreds of residents of whaley bridge may face delays to their compensation claims. they have returned home nearly a week after initial fears

that the town's dam could collapse. let's talk to our reporter sam fenwick, who is there. what is the atmosphere like? 0bviously, of course, the clean—up and the resumption of everyday life has to begin. yes, as you see, normal life is beginning to resume to whaley bridge here. it is a little bit quiet, but the shops are beginning to open. the newsagents opened at around 5am and i popped my head around. there was a pile of papers from last thursday still needing to go in the bin, and milk, as well, which needed to be disposed of, which was a week old. we are joined byjohn and nikki. you were evacuated this time last week, nearly. last night was the first night in your own bed again. how did that feel? it was marvellous to get backin that feel? it was marvellous to get back in our own house after a week away. so yes, it was excellent to get back. and you stayed in new mills, which isn't far away. yes, we

stayed in new mills, they gave us brea kfast stayed in new mills, they gave us breakfast and when we went to pay the next morning there was no charge. and while we were in there, a couple who over the conversation we have done some work for in the past came up to us out of the blue and said we are going away for a few days. there is the keys to our house. and we stayed in hayfield, so it has brilliant for us, quite easy, really. and that was your wedding anniversary. it was. and you had your wedding anniversary there. anniversary. it was. and you had your wedding anniversary therem was fate, i guess. congratulations on your wedding anniversary. residents in whaley bridge have been issued with an emergency leaflet telling them what they should do should there be another breach. if they hear a halo going evacuate, evacuate, they have to get out of the village. so they are not quite out of the woods —— hailer. seniorfigures in northern ireland's dairy industry have warned that up

to 45,000 dairy cows could be culled if there is a no—deal brexit. they say the cost to export milk could almost double, forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs says a cull isn't something that the government is anticipating if there is a no—deal. president trump has returned to the white house after visiting dayton and el paso, where mass shootings took place last weekend. more than 30 people died in the separate attacks. on both visits, mr trump faced protests from those who have accused him of fuelling violence with his anti—immigrant rhetoric, and he condemned local politicians who suggested he should not have come. pilots at ryanair will hold talks with airline bosses today after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions. they plan to strike on 22 and 23 august, and again for three days from 2 september. the airline said it was disappointed by the decision. now, you have heard of a sheepdog,

but what about a dogsheep? this is wilbur, who behaves more like a dog. his owner says he enjoys going for walks on his lead and spending time with his friend buddy, an actual dog. look at them snuggling. look at them snugglinglj look at them snuggling. i do like happy sheepdog, dogsheep story. i am not sure about having a sheep in the house, though. why not? we have a dog in the house, you can have rats. can you house trained sheep? wilbur thinks he is a dog, so obviously they can be. i will take them both, why not? transfer deadlines. sell it to me. it is a bit like christmas eve, so tomorrow the deadline starts, and it is like last—minute shopping. you have to get your

shopping. you have to get your shopping done before it all kicks off tomorrow. so many last—minute deals. i walked off tomorrow. so many last—minute deals. iwalked in off tomorrow. so many last—minute deals. i walked in this morning and was already asked whether there were any rumours. it is set to be a record—breaking summer transfer window. more than £1 billion has been spent by premier league clubs already, and there is still time to spend more. the window closes at 5:00pm tonight. these are just a few players who could be on the move, including manchester united's romelu lukaku. he is in milan to finalise a move to inter. you can keep up to date on all the latest deals on the bbc sport website. 0ne deal that's just about done is kieran tierney‘s move from celtic to arsenal. they're paying £25 million for the fullback, a record for a scottish player. manchester city have also completed the signing ofjoao cancelo from juventus. celtic were in action last night, they drew the first leg of their champions league third

round qualifying tie against cluj in romania. james forrest with a crucial away goal for celtic in a 1—1 draw. and a bit of cricketing history was made last night. colin ackermann took a world record seven wickets forjust 18 runs in the t20 blast to help leicestershire beat birmingham bears by 55 runs. and of course, we will have my tra nsfer and of course, we will have my transfer rumours and stories going on in the papers, as well. so many to talk about. we love a rumour, love gossip. i will tell you who would never gossip about the weather, very serious. carol. look at you smiling this morning. what is rumoured to be happening then today? there are no rumours in my weather. today will be a quieter day until

later. what is happening as we have this temporary weak ridge of high pressure a cross this temporary weak ridge of high pressure across us. we have all this cloud piling in courtesy of this unseasonably deep area of low pressure which later on will bring us some heavy rain and strengthening winds. but first this isa strengthening winds. but first this is a little bit of mistiness here and there. bits and pieces of cloud across parts of scotland, with still across parts of scotland, with still a few showers, and north—westerly or northerly breezes, and through the day we will see a few showers potentially across parts of north—east england as well. some of those could also be thundery, but a lot of dry weather. sunshine turning hazy is that low pressure starts to approach, and you can see the first signs of it here, with a few showers just ahead of it. if we pick that up, it has two weather fronts attached to it, and as it moves then it is going to bring this heavy rain, andjust it is going to bring this heavy rain, and just look at those isobars. the wind is going to continue to strengthen. so if we pick the chart up where that one

ended at night on friday morning, there it goes pushing steadily northwards, followed by the second weather front coming in with more rain. where you see yellows and greens, that tells you the rain is going to be heavy and tomorrow morning's rush hour, we start at 6am, and watch how the rain moves across the midlands, east anglia and into wales, out of northern ireland. more coming into northern england and continuing to push northwards across scotland, still with yellow and green in it, still telling you some heavy bursts. in this of course is going to be falling on some already saturated ground. that is half the story, the other story as the wind. tomorrow, the strongest winds will be across parts of south wales, the bristol channel, around to the south—west and southern areas. across the channel, for example, the english channel. even in land we are looking at gusty winds. these little black circles indicate gusts, not sustained. temperature ways, when we are in the sunshine and we have lost the rain, we could see hires up to 24 degrees. but if you are stuck in the rain,

well, we are only looking at 16 in aberdeen. so it will feel quite humid in places. as we go through friday into saturday, low pressure continues to push up in the direction of the north sea. look at these isobars, they are like guitar strings, they are close together. so on saturday there will be gales across the southern half of the uk, anywhere from the m4 south across england and wales. we are still looking at gusts 40, 45 england and wales. we are still looking at gusts 40,45 mph, england and wales. we are still looking at gusts 40, 45 mph, perhaps more than that across the south—west. so if you are camping, bear this in south—west. so if you are camping, bearthis in mind. south—west. so if you are camping, bear this in mind. equally if you are driving a high sided vehicle, or indeed all the trees are still in full bloom. it could lead to issues with travel, for example. we still have this heavy rain across northern ireland, parts of northern england and scotland. sunday quite windy across the north of the country, the northern isles, still some rain to be had as well. something drier across the south—east, where the

winds will be lighter than they are going to be. when was the last time you were camping and drove there in your high sided vehicle? well, don't do as your high sided vehicle? well, don't doasi your high sided vehicle? well, don't do as i do. and you get there in your high sided vehicle? well, i ta ke your high sided vehicle? well, i take my tent in my high sided vehicle, and off i went. knowing carol, she would need a high sided vehicle, because her tent is going to be huge. you are terrible. i was in scotland yesterday and the weather was horrendous, there were some really bad thunderstorms, and we can show you the scene from edinburgh castle. we will see you in about ten minutes and here will tell us exactly what is going on. good morning. good morning. we love to give you company, yuan: your own. there you've got some friends. —— you're not on your own. there you got some

friends. laughter let's ta ke laughter let's take a look at the papers, shall we? there has been cows for —— chaos for those travelling with ryanairon chaos for those travelling with ryanair on holiday. chaos for those travelling with rya nair on holiday. there chaos for those travelling with ryanair on holiday. there is a new plan to prevent borisjohnson from pushing through a no—deal brexit, and that has made the news in the guardian. and on that theme, the daily telegraph reports that john mcdonnell says he would send jeremy corbyn to buckingham palace to demand labour "take over" if mrjohnson refused to quit if he lost a no—confidence vote. you are here keeping me company because you're telling me what is going on in the papers. the ba travel madness. was a bit of a theme tour of the papers today. that chaos

caused by ba and that it outage yesterday, 70,000 passengers now in line for compensation. and that will leave ba with a bill of £16 million. we are going to talk about this a little later. sorry if you are caught up in any of the chaos yesterday. also, some more problems on the way for ryanair, good boat to strike —— could vote to strike, just when we thought the problem is that heathrow and the ba it problems went away, there could be more misery on the way for travellers. we'll be talking about that in 30 minutes' times, what are your rights when it comes to things like that. holly, the transfer news? these three, mind you, are dominating everything. all the rumours on twitter as well. talking about living crystal palace, david lewisjoining arsenal talking about living crystal palace, david lewis joining arsenal after a bust up with chelsea and look argue

as well. that is what most of the rumours are going to be about the next few hours. a quick question. i'm going to ask you, holly, how many one and 2p coins were made last year? 0h, many one and 2p coins were made last year? oh, my goodness? 55 million? i actually have no idea. not many, because don't theyjust ain't circulation for so long? how many? there 5 million? none! none? no pennies, no 2ps, plenty in circulation already. loads of people are still calling for them to be scrapped entirely. i think most of them down the back of my sofa, to be honest. i worry about the of your house. mind you, this over‘s bilby. thank you very much. —— this so far

is filthy. it's the legendary birthplace of king arthur. now a specially designed footbridge is going to link the island fortress of tintagel — i've struggled with that word all morning — to the cornish mainland, recreating a journey that hasn't been possible for hundreds of years. fiona lamdin is there. iam i am suspended 57 metres above sea level. on the brand—new bridge linking the island to the mainland of ten tudge old. it was meant to open tomorrow, but severe weather is delaying the opening commerce and i won't open till sunday —— tintagel was that i've been taking a look at the making of this bridge. for centuries, tintagel castle has been split in half, divided by the sea. but for the first time since the middle ages, the island on the mainland have been reunited with a new footbridge. people can actually walk from the original entrance, through the mainland courtyard, across this

bridge over into the island where the great hall lies. it's about creating a sense of wonderful people, and also for people to be able to understand the actual castle better. because they can actually progress through it as our ancestors did. it has taken nine months to build the 70 metre bridge, using 47 tons of steel and 40,000 cornish slate tiles. but it actually isn't a new concept. if you go back to the 15th century, the castle was still one, joined by a narrow neck of land before it eroded and fell into the sea. it is one of the most important places in britain for that period after the romans. there was a myth that this is where arthur was conceived, so it is very closely connected with our theory and legend. that is probably why richard, who was earl of cornwall in the 13th century, decided to build this later castle on this site. we are finding incredible stuff on this

site. 0ver are finding incredible stuff on this site. over 100 are finding incredible stuff on this site. 0ver100 buildings, it was bigger than london as far as we know, at the time. the last 100 yea rs know, at the time. the last 100 years the only way of getting from the island to the mainland was this way, let's go. it's a 57 metre drop downs of the sea. —— dropped down to the sea. well, i've counted them, there's 272 steps and i can tell you, the last few, are pretty steep, whew. i think it looks absolutely amazing was not is an achievement andi amazing was not is an achievement and i think it it's in really well with the landscape as well —— it looks amazing and it ‘s an achievement. this landscape has been without its crossing for hundreds of yea rs. without its crossing for hundreds of years. the earth and rock now replaced by steel, reuniting a

divided castle. fiona london, bbc news. —— lamdin. i'm just coming i'mjust coming up i'm just coming up tojeremy ashby who was a historian. jeremy, give us an idea of what it would have been like all those years ago crossing the bridge? it would have been very high, very exposed, very windy, but we also know was very narrow. the rocky land breeds, a historian in aduu rocky land breeds, a historian in adult centuries at men could defend it against the whole island of britain. —— rocky land bridge. it was a chokepoint, if you like, and thatis was a chokepoint, if you like, and that is the bridge described in the place name. for many, many years, there has been a huge gap, but actually this is a hugely significant, as you say, it names

the place. it does. —— it does. for the place. it does. —— it does. for the first time in 500 years we can walk in the footsteps of the historic people of the mediaeval period in the mediaeval castle and what looks like two houses facing each other, finally we can see it as one big side. before we go, we have to show you this. this is a ca ntilever to show you this. this is a cantilever bridge which means yes, it is meant to have a gap. if you look down there, you can see the birds doesn't actually — the two sides are not actually meant to meet and if used rightly struggle with vertigo, maybe look away now. but this is the amazing view. just look down there, we're going to leave you with this. the owner! that isjust fantastic. thanks for the warning for those who do suffer from vertigo, but some beautiful views that tintagel, the new footbridge. amazing. if you are wondering where charlie is, i haven't kicked him out. at edinburgh today. 29,000 artists and entertainers are descending on the city. there is edinburgh castle. charlie, what is

happening? well, doesn't look magnificent. i tried to pick up on the vertigo theme you were talking about ina the vertigo theme you were talking about in a moment. —— doesn't that look magnificent. we are celebrating the festival this morning, 4 million people come here during august. this is gravity and other myths. they are one of the acrobat outfits coming to the festival and i'm just going to walk ina the festival and i'm just going to walk in a little bit as they gradually get higher and higher. and i'm going to step in and watch for a moment. they have been warming up in less tha n moment. they have been warming up in less than ideal conditions, a bit nippy. but come around with me to view the sack, we got singers, comedians, raconteurs, and just here we have one of the organisers. here we have one of the organisers. here we have one of the singers and if you look down here we have a trick cyclist coming, dan mccaskill, he is going to be using this round. he is going to be using this round. he is going to be up on the roof somewhere, we will see that a little later on as well. but walking past the red sofa for me, we have singers

joining us this morning. this is an a cappella group, were very loud. —— who are very loud. # nice! lovely to see you guys this morning. where are you from? were from the university of bath. looking forward to it. it isn't easy to sing first thing at the morning, some people at home will know. more from edinburgh throughout the programme this morning. for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. the number of women carrying knives in london and across the country has increased sharply in the last five

yea rs. increased sharply in the last five years. the met police recorded a 52% increase since 2014, with more than 900 recorded events of knife possession by women. youth workers a summer carrying blades for protection, while others are being exploited by gangster courier weapons as they are less likely to be searched by police. a 17—year—old will appear at the old bailey charged with attempted murder today after a six—year—old boy was thrown from the viewing platform at the tate modern on sunday afternoon. the teenager was remanded in custody at bromley youth court at a hearing on tuesday. meanwhile, a funding page for the victim has reached more than £13,000. the french national suffered a bleed on the brain and fractures to the spine, legs and arms. kelsey council is planning to bring back a lifetime tenancies for its social housing residents. it reversed the decision in 2014 to

give new tenants a five year or even two year contracts. it hope the move will come as a relief to residents and also save the local authorities money. let's take a look at the travel situation now. today there is a good service on the tubes so far this morning. 0n the roads, there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel, southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. the a4 06 north circular is down to one lane westbound at bounds green road. if you are travelling with british airways, the airline is warning of possible residual delays to flights from heathrow and gap after yesterday's computer problem —— gatwick. he is losing martin with the weather. hello. good morning. a dry, fine day today but changes on the cards. it will turn wet and then

unseasonably windy into the start of the weekend. so a great start to the day today, with plenty of sunshine to come. 0ur sons and good behaviour times thanks to some patchy, high level cloud. feeling warm in the sunshine though with a gentle breeze and has a 25 celsius. no i mentioned that change and that starts as we move through the night, it will turn party without breaks of rain spreading their way north. heavier times, the met office to have yellow warnings in place for rain throughout friday and this i was to be thundery as we move into the early hours. a mild night, though, those damages not too uncomfortable for sleeping. damages staying in the high teens. 0nce for sleeping. damages staying in the high teens. once we see that initial rain clear through, there will be a drier interlude but some thundery downpours. the winds do ramp up through tomorrow night and into saturday. the met office do have a yellow weather warning for winds on saturday. i am yellow weather warning for winds on saturday. iam back yellow weather warning for winds on saturday. i am back with the latest in 30 minutes. plenty more on our website, the addresses .co .uk/

london. now it's back to charlie and argo. goodbye. —— bbc .co .uk/ london. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty. charlie is at the edinburgh festival for us this morning. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast: more turbulence for airline passengers, with over 100 ba flights cancelled and rya nair pilots announcing strikes. we will speak to some stranded holidaymakers. fewer than half of the uk's major banks and building societies have signed up to a new code to protect customers against being scammed. we will hear from a man who lost more than £12,000. and, with the new premier league season just around the corner, we will chat to former tottenham midfielderjermaine jenas about transfer deadline day and the introduction of var.

good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: a police officer is in a critical condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. the attack happened at around midnight. a man in his 50s has been arrested. scotland yard has described it as a sudden and brutal attack. the officer managed to use his taser, despite having been stabbed, with the attacker being arrested by a colleague. knife possession offences involving women in england have risen by three quarters over the past five years. according to figures obtained by the bbc, between 2014 and 2018, police forces in england recorded more than 5,800 cases where women or girls were suspected of possessing a knife. almost a quarter of cases involved girls under the age of 18, the youngest aged just seven years old. people must eat less red meat and more plant—based food to help combat global warming, scientists are expected to say today. they are meeting in geneva to discuss the results of a major

report which is published this morning. it will say that current levels of meat and dairy consumption are damaging the planet. there are concerns that businesses in whaley bridge may face delays to their compensation claims. residents have been allowed to return to their homes nearly a week after initial fears that the town's dam could collapse. emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable, after part of it was damaged during heavy rain. seniorfigures in northern ireland's dairy industry have warned that up to 45,000 dairy cows could be culled if there is a no—deal brexit. they say the cost to export milk could almost double, forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs says a cull isn't something that the government is anticipating if there is a no—deal. president trump has returned to the white house after visiting dayton and el paso, where mass shootings took place last weekend. more than 30 people died in the separate attacks. on both visits, mr trump faced protests from those who have accused him of fuelling violence

with his anti—immigrant rhetoric, and he condemned local politicians who suggested he should not have come. we love a good rumour on breakfast, and you are full of them today. we love a good rumour on breakfast, and you are full of them todaym is that time of year that we spot things. nowadays with social media, all of these top players, you imagine, at all of these clubs, maybe they are on their way to liverpool. because of social media, i think the ones that move all of a sudden go quiet on social media. that is what to spot, what they are not saying. romelu lukaku is making a move from manchester united, and his agent posted overnight a picture of him on a privatejet, which almost confirms exactly what is going on, making that move from manchester united. it is the day that gets football fans all hot under the collar —

transfer deadline day. we are on course for a record—breaking window, £1 billion spent already by premier league clubs, and they have until 5:00pm tonight to spend some more. so who is coming and going today? well, romelu lukaku is on his way out of manchester united. he has been pushing for a move all summer, and is about to get his wish. he has flown to milan to complete a move to inter. lots of speculation about wilfried za ha's future this summer. he has now submitted a transfer request to crystal palace. everton and arsenal have previously made bids for him. and david luiz is trying to force through a move across london. the chelsea defender trained away from his team—mates yesterday, and is said to want a move to arsenal. those tranfers yet to happen. let's have a look at a few deals that are closer to being done,

and arsenal are expected to complete the signing of kieran tierney from celtic today. this one has been going on all summer. arsenal had two bids turned down, but they have finally got their man, and they are paying £25 million for the full—back. that is a record fee for a scottish player. and there is a new defender at manchester city, too. they have completed the signing ofjoao cancelo from juventus for £60 million. defender danilo went in the opposite direction. and tottenham are expected to be busy today. they have reached an agreement with fulham to sign left—back ryan sessegnon for a fee that could rise to £30 million. they are also close to a deal for the real betis midfielder giovani lo celso. and all these clubs are gearing up for the new premier league season, which starts tomorrow, when liverpool play norwich. lots of new little rules this year, but the biggest change is var. the video assistant referee is going to be used in the premier league for the first time this season, and the league's acting chief executive says there will be teething problems, but it is here to stay.

it is going to be controversial. there are still subjective decisions to be made. but i think on balance it will take some time for people to get used to. there will be talking points, they will potentially be controversy in the early weeks and months when var is brought in, but i think people will get used to it. my hope is it will bring people in rather than push people away. celtic were in action last night. they drew the first leg of their champions league third—round qualifying tie against cluj in romania, james forrest with a crucial away goal for celtic in a 1—1 draw. there was defeat for andy murray overnight. he and doubles partner feliciano lopez lost in the last 16 of the rogers cup in canada. in the singles, dan evans lost to rafael nadal. the british number two played well early on, and had the chance to win the first set. but nadal eventually had too much for him, and the world number two won in straight sets. defeat too for the british number one kyle edmund.

he was thrashed by the russian daniil medvedev, in a match that lasted just an hour. history was made in cricket's t20 blast night. this is leicestershire's colin ackerman, who took seven wickets forjust 18 runs. that's a world record in this format of the game. leicester beat birmingham bears by 55 runs — a result that boosts their play—off hopes. and finally, female tennis stars have shown their financial dominance in the latest edition of the forbes rich list. the top 11 highest earners in female sport all play tennis. serena williams tops the list, after earning just over £24 million, pounds while naomi 0saka is second. america's alex morgan is the first non—tennis player, in 12th, with the footballer earning just under £5 million. still quite a big gap, though, isn't

there? and tennis players are in there? and tennis players are in there for a reason, it is one of the only sports with parity with men. so a lot of catching up to do. charlie is at the edinburgh festival, we will be hearing from him a little bit later on. several banks and building societies are yet to sign up to a new code designed to protect customers that have been tricked by scammers. ben has more. it isa it is a voluntary code, and that is why they haven't all been forced to sign up to it. so if they are not forced they are not going to do it. essentially this is the fraud, and we have talked about this a lot in the programme, whereby consumers are tricked into sending money by bank tra nsfer to tricked into sending money by bank transfer to what they think is a perfectly legitimate account. they might be paying for house renovations, our car, something like that. they transfer this money but they are given the wrong details, they are given the wrong details,

they are given the wrong details, they are given the details of a scammer. the problem is it seems like a legitimate purchase, you do the transfer yourself, and it goes wrong. what the banks have been asked to do is to be more helpful to customers in terms of getting that money back. but the banks have said we arejust doing money back. but the banks have said we are just doing what we were told. we have transferred the money to an account and it is not our fault you have the wrong details. to look at the extent of this, let me show you some of the numbers. around 80,000 customers were duped into making bank transfers to fraudsters last year and it is estimated that £200 million was taken from personal bank accounts as a result. to get a sense of how much the banks are willing to help, $40 —— £40 million of that was returned to customers. they say we are just doing what you asked, we have transferred it and it is not our fault that you have the wrong details. that means the banks are in a very difficult position in trying to work out whether they should be

liable to compensate people. all that was meant to change in may. a new voluntary code of conduct was brought in designed to offer a greater level of protection to victims. they need to have taken sufficient ca re they need to have taken sufficient care and heeded any warnings. that is the grey area, what is sufficient ca re is the grey area, what is sufficient care and what are the warnings? 12 of the 27 main banks have signed up, according to which, so not many, and the regulator is asking more of them to do so. it can take a huge personal toll on people who are caught up in this. nathan was a victim. listen to his story. we we re we were building our own house, we came to the last two invoices, really, to be paid. it wasn't until later that we realise that the e—mail accounts had been virtually

copied to the letter, exactly the same invoices as both companies had sent. the only difference was both had been edited, bank details changed. in total we lost around £12,500, a lot of pressure, a lot of stress for a period of time, trying to think how are we going to get this money back? you look at it as a whole picture, it was a very clever scam. and you look at this, it is pride, you feel ashamed, so well done to nathan for talking to us on camera, because it will help people out. what i am getting from all of this is whether the banks compensate or not, the scammers still win. they still end up with the money. two and it reduces the amount of money the bank has to do other stuff. and the advice as always, and it is very easy to say, because people like nathan took a lot of care, it is very easy to fall them to it, because all you need is the six

numbers of the code and the account numbers of the code and the account numberand numbers of the code and the account number and you transfer the money. however many times you get them warnings when you are online and you say are you sure these are the right details? there are basic things you can do, make sure it is a legitimate organisation, doublecheck and don't ta ke organisation, doublecheck and don't take their word for it that those are the details, maybe you want to speak face—to—face to get those details, or see the card of the builder or whoever you are transferring the money to, and little things like that can make all the difference. we get so many e—mails, so many text messages, saying here are my bank details. very easy to fall victim even if you ta ke very easy to fall victim even if you take all these precautions. so you might want to stop and think about it before you hit send, because as we have heard there, in some cases you will not get your money back. charlie is in edinburgh this morning, if you are wondering where he is. good morning, carol. i know you are planning for your big

camping trip on your high sided vehicle. now you have to explain it during your weather forecast. it's like giving carol words to say like mushroom, put that in. good morning, everybody. naga is a little rascal. you can see this beautiful picture sentin you can see this beautiful picture sent in by our wonderful weather watchers. it is a misty start to some of us this morning, but what we do have today is a transient ridge of high pressure across us, it is fairly wea k of high pressure across us, it is fairly weak compared to yesterday. because dry out to the atlantic, we have an unseasonably deep area of low pressure coming our way later, thatis low pressure coming our way later, that is going to bring in some heavy rain and strengthening winds. first thing this morning, mist shouldn't be problematic, there was a lot of dry weather, plenty of sunshine. parts of northern england, northern wales, the odd one could be heavy and you could also hear the odd rumble of thunder about the showers. the sunshine also turning hazy from the south, this low pressure coming

our way, but in the sunshine temperatures reaching 22— 24 degrees, 17 in aberdeen. and you can see below the low pressure starting to show its hand in the south—west with thickening cloud and also some showers. as this comes in, it has two weather fronts attached to it, it will bring in batches of rain and the wind will continue to strengthen. so if we take a look at the of all, as we look through the latter pa rt the of all, as we look through the latter part of the night, there it goes, latter part of the night, there it goes, moving across wales, northern ireland, east anglia and into northern england. the next batch comes into the south, moving steadily northwards. so by the time we get to six o'clock tomorrow morning, this will roughly be the position of the rain. the morning rush hour it continues to advance northwards, clearing northern ireland, moving to northern england and into scotland. whether you see greens and yellows in the charts, that really indicates a heavy breast. now, as well as the rain,

the wind is going to be a future of the wind is going to be a future of the weather tomorrow. the black circles indicate in gusts as opposed to sustained wind speeds, so the highest gust likely to be around south wales, the bristol channel, south—west of england and the south coast. but inland we're still looking at gusty conditions. even as far north as the far north of scotland. if you're in a high sided vehicle, whether you are, camping, also bear in mind we're looking at some in full bloom as well. so that could lead to some issues and travel could lead to some issues and travel could be disrupted. but you're wise, behind all this rain the sun will come out. we're looking at highs of up come out. we're looking at highs of up to 24, but it will start to quite muggy. as we had from friday into saturday, our low pressure continues to drift in the direction of the north sea. look at the array of isobars, saturday is going to be particularly windy across england and wales. goes across the south, but very windy inland, so we're looking at gusts of wind for

example, widely 40—45 inland, 50 as we push further south. something to be reminded of if you are out and about. and we still have some rain across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, some of which will be heavy. by the time we get to sunday, we will have the rain across parts of the north and the rest of the uk, still quite windy across the north of scotland, and particularly the northern isles. drier and brighter coming our way into the south—east with highs of up to 22 degrees. so if you are travelling in the next couple of days, or doing anything outdoors, please keep in touch with the weather forecast. charlie. did you get mushroom in? i'm just looking it up. this is perhaps not the best weather for mushrooms. the best conditions for mushrooms. the best conditions for mushrooms apparently, they prefer cooler temperatures around 45 fahrenheit, what is that in celsius?

are you talking to me in celsius or fahrenheit? fahrenheit, 45 degrees, is that cold? it is, 45 celsius would be hot. they thrive in most environments, you would be pleased to know. most environments, which is what you are delivering at the moment. mushroom weather. thank you, naga. we should assign a vegetable orfruit naga. we should assign a vegetable or fruit today, then you can give us a bit more character. i thought i could help you a little bit. it is much easier than getting a russian name into the weather forecast, that is usually my challenge. well we'll try that next time, shall we? guy's. dear carol! —— gosh. the health secretary matt hancox is artificial intelligence can improve the treatment of diseases like cancer and heart disease. james gallagher has the story. artificial

intelligence has a ready sown its potential in medicine. algorithms can analyse scans of organs such as the eye or heart to diagnose disease. 0ther aas are being developed to predict cancer survival or which patients are most likely to further develop the disease —— ais. matt hancox says artificial intelligence has enormous power to improve treatment and save lives. he's announced £250 million will be spent on boosting the role of ai in the nhs in england. he also expects the nhs in england. he also expects the national ai lab to help organise hospitals more efficiently to allow doctors to spend more time with patients. the power of artificial intelligence to improve medicine, to save lives, to improve the way that treatments are done, that power is enormous. in this country, we've got an opportunity, really, to be one of the leading countries in the world

using this new technology. increasing use of ai will also pose challenges for the health service. from training staff to enhancing cyber security and ensuring patient confidentiality. james gallagher, bbc news. it's 6:51am. charlie is an ad in bra for the fringe festival this season. there are more than 1000 shows taking place every day. let's show you edinburgh castle. look at that! bathing in sunshine with a rather moody sky. there is some rain in the forecast, hopefully, charlie, you get away with it. good morning. it is looking absolutely stunning here this morning. you are right, naga. i'm listening here because we have a cappella who are doing a sort of mellow breakfast sound this morning.

# i look at you... now, if you walk this way, we've got gravity and other myths. they've come from australia, they are warming up and doing some of their routine this morning for us. you get the impression. i did offer tojoin in. health and safety gave absolute no. it is spectacular, isn't it? i'm going to walk this way. the surveys here. edinburgh festival is enormous event. 4 million people come throughout the month of august. tony slanderers with me. good morning tony. hello. is a kind of thing for you? yes, very much not. that is breathtaking. isn't it? and at this time of day as well? it isn't ideal

for them. is it not? they all look as fit as a fiddle. you are having a show this year, yours is a very personal story that you are telling to your comedy. sort of, 30 years ago there was a programme called whose line is it anyway and that has been revived, i'm with the pauwels doing some of the same games with clive anderson and some other people you might remember —— with my friends. it's going to minister stick —— it's a nostalgic thing, to walk to the stage and not be stretchered on. those people who are not familiar with the story, you had a major breakdown, didn't you? at the age of what, 36? is that right? it was quite early, yes. i was rocking off after going to university and i was with emma

thompson and hugh laurie and stephen fry, i was the best of best like with their careers. who knows? and then i got into work and ijust worked too much and work led to bad things. in my case, might as well be blunt about it, drugs and booze and then depression and then bipolarity. and i came through that with lots of professional help and i are my life to the nhs and some other people as well, especially my partner. and that's my story. so that is part of your show, isn't it? that's my story. so that is part of yourshow, isn't it? people that's my story. so that is part of your show, isn't it? people here saw some of that is the show you're doing? well there is whose line is it anyway, which i have a couple of days do, but i also have a 0&a it anyway, which i have a couple of days do, but i also have a q&a with a very well respected comedy story

called robert ross, slattery will get you nowhere. it's an expression of the agreement between i don't wa nt to of the agreement between i don't want to know what he is going to ask me, i don't rehearse and loads, the audience can ask me anything they want, ijust audience can ask me anything they want, i just try to be as audience can ask me anything they want, ijust try to be as honest audience can ask me anything they want, i just try to be as honest as ican. want, i just try to be as honest as i can. you've been coming to the edinburgh festival for i can. you've been coming to the edinburgh festivalfor a i can. you've been coming to the edinburgh festival for a very long time. when we first here? i think i was here in 1979 when he had in both friends festival was this speaker now it is that big, 6000 shows —— edinburgh fringe festival. dura member that whole thing of doing gigs to effectively know people? member that whole thing of doing gigs to effectively know people ?|j once did a gig to four people and three of them walked out halfway through and asked for their money back. but the person who was the

cashier had left with the money so we had to take them to the pub. really? and give them drinks, yes. that was then. that is really earning your money, doing your time and learning your craft. yes. comedians have become superstars, thatis comedians have become superstars, that is the other thing. that used to be the phrase, comedy is the new rock ‘n' roll and indeed the comedy section of the edinburgh free is now huge. because people are trying to make itan huge. because people are trying to make it an do the free fringe, which is what i'm also going to do —— the edinburgh fringe, at least if you entertain people they chuck some coins or if they are feeling generous, a favour and a bucket. then we can all sheraton things like that. the joke you make yourself, just to confirm, sitting here on the sofa, slattery is not dead? more or less, yes. i did a sympathy round. saying bless him, he is still walking, bless him, then you take it from there. and just be silly and

try and, with the improv, which i'm also doing, alan lear, again at the fringe it is just to be silly and create joy. i know fringe it is just to be silly and createjoy. i know that fringe it is just to be silly and create joy. i know that sounds a bit oh, a bit too of a disney —esque but it isa oh, a bit too of a disney —esque but it is a good motive, isn't it? lovely to see you here this morning. thank you very much. bless you. thank you very much. bless you. thank you very much. bless you. thank you very much. we will have more from edinburgh this morning, but first the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. the number of women carrying knives in london and across the country has increased sharply in the last five years. the met police recorded a 52% increase since 2014,

with more than 900 recorded offenses of knife possession by women. youth workers are saying some are carrying blades for protection, while others are being exploited by gangsters, couriering weapons as they are less likely to be searched by police. a 17—year—old will appear at the old bailey charged with attempted murder today after a six—year—old boy was thrown from the viewing platform at the tate modern on sunday afternoon. kensington and chelsea council is planning to bring back lifetime tenancies for its social housing residents. it reversed the decision in 2014 to give new tenants five year or even two year contracts. it is hoped the move will come as a relief to residents and also save the local authority money. a quarter of the borough's residents live in

social housing, including council homes. let's take a look at the travel situation now, and i'm happy to say there is a good service on the tube so far this morning. 0n the roads there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel, it is moving slowly as you can probably see from the woolwich road flyover. in new southgate, the a4060 circular is down to one lane westbound towards downs greek road. —— bounds green road. and dublin hill lane is closed for gasworks. and if you are travelling with british airways this morning, the airline is warning of possible knock—on delays from heathrow and gatwick after yesterday's computer problem. the advice is check on your flight before setting off. so let us see what the weather is going to be like for us. here is lucy martin. hello, good morning. a dry fine day today but changes on the cards over the next few days. it will turn wet and then unseasonably windy into the start

of the weekend. so a bright start to the day today. plenty of sunshine to come. that sunshine could be hazy at times thanks to some patchy high—level cloud. feeling warm in the sunshine though with a gentle breeze and highs of 25 celsius. now i mentioned that change and that starts as we move through tonight. it will turn cloudy with outbreaks of rain spreading their way north. heavy at times. the met office do have a yellow weather warning in place for rain throughout friday and those showers could be thundery as we move into the early hours. a mild night, though. take a look at those temperatures. not particularly comfortable for sleeping with the temperatures staying in the high teens. so friday, once we see that initial rain clear through, there will be a drier interlude, but the risk of some thundery downpours. the winds do ramp up though through tomorrow night and into saturday and the met office do have a yellow weather warning for winds for saturday. some changeable weather there.

we have heard there, in some cases you will not get your money back. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: a police officer is critically ill after being stabbed with a machete in east london overnight. a 50—year—old man has been detained. exclusive research by the bbc reveals a huge rise in the number of offences of women and girls carrying knives, in the past five years. cut back on red meat — scientists are to recommend people change their diets to help tackle global warming. more chaos at airports after a computer failure at ba, and now ryanair pilots vote to strike over key holiday weekends in august and september. so what are your rights to compensation? the clock is ticking on transfer deadline day, and romelu lukaku is amongst the big names on the move. he is on his way to inter milan from manchester united.

we are celebrating the edinburgh festival this morning. we have music and acrobats with us right now. we have the red sofa here as well. 4 million people come to edinburgh during august for all the craziness of the edinburgh festival. this morning with a fantastic backdrop of edinburgh castle. today's weather is a little bit quieter than yesterday's, more sunshine, and showers which could be heavy and thundery later. some heavy rain and strengthening winds sweep in from the south—west. i will have more in 15 minutes. it is thursday 8 august. our top story: a police officer is in a critical condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. the attack happened at around midnight. a man in his 50s has been arrested. let's get more from our reporter simonjones, who is at the scene in leyton. simon, what do we know?

yes, police are describing this as a sudden and brutal attack, just after midnight. they were pursuing a van. we believe it is the white van you can see behind me. they say the van driver had failed to stop, so the police officers in their vehicle put on their blue lights and sirens. eventually the van driver did come toa eventually the van driver did come to a halt. the two police officers got out of their vehicle, and at that .1 of the officers was attacked with a machete. he was stabbed several times, but even as that was happening, the officer managed to get out his taser and use that on the suspect. the suspect was then detained by the second officer. the man arrested is in his 50s. he has been taken to a police station in east london. as regards the officer, he was taken to hospital. he is in a critical but stable condition this morning. the police have said they wa nt to

morning. the police have said they want to praise his bravery and resilience. they are also appealing for witnesses, especially anyone who might have any footage of the attack itself. the number of offences involving women carrying a knife has increased dramatically in england over the past five years. that is the finding of exclusive bbc research. youth workers say knife crime is seen as a male problem, and the role of females is often overlooked. sarah corker reports. the first thing i would do is run for a knife. i would go for a knife, threaten, cut. as a teenager, carrying a knife was part of everyday life for louise—anne. then, in her20s, it was a way to protect herself in abusive relationships. i remember i used to have knives in my backpack. i'd use it to threaten people — "give me what you've got," take it off of them. i used to sleep with a knife under my bed, because i started

to get quite paranoid. i remember my boyfriend bought me this — he actually bought me knives. women are often overlooked or ignored when it comes to tackling britain's problem with knife crime. it is framed as a male problem. but figures obtained by the bbc show that, on average, one woman is caught carrying a knife here in the north of england every single day. in the west midlands, these weapons were found hidden in a designer handbag. in england, there has been a 73% increase in knife possession cases involving women in the last five years. since 2014, there has been more than 5,800 cases of women caught carrying knives. around a quarter of those involved girls under the age of 18. youth workers in leeds say some women willingly carry knives to rob people. others are being manipulated by men. they're asked to maybe be the courier of these weapons.

they will agree to do that ‘cause they're wanting to please their partner. so what we've come across are women who will hide the weapons, saya knife, in a pram. police! women carrying knives has often been described as a hidden problem, but with the numbers increasing, the pressure is on police to tackle it. the home office has told us that it funds schemes to help gang—affected women and girls, and we will be speaking to a former female gang member who is now a support worker just after 8:00am. there are concerns that businesses in whaley bridge may face delays to their compensation claims. residents have been allowed to return to their homes nearly a week after initial fears that the town's dam could collapse. let's talk to our reporter sam fenwick, who is there. what is the atmosphere like? seniorfigures in northern ireland's dairy industry have warned that up to 45,000 dairy cows could be culled if there is a no—deal brexit. they say the cost to export milk could almost double,

forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs says a cull isn't something that the government is anticipating if there is a no—deal. president trump has returned to the white house after visiting dayton and el paso, where mass shootings took place last weekend. more than 30 people died in the separate attacks. on both visits, mr trump faced protests from those who have accused him of fuelling violence with his anti—immigrant rhetoric, and he condemned local politicians who suggested he should not have come. lots of businesses worried about compensation claims in whaley bridge, many people going back to their homes as well. we can now talk to sam. it looks very quiet, but gradually every day life will

resume, won't it? everyday life is getting back to normalfrom resume, won't it? everyday life is getting back to normal from about now. the street cleaners here, which is good news. but as you mentioned, businesses up and down this high street in whaley bridge are suffering. they have lost thousands of pounds in lost business, but not only that, they have had to throw away a lot of product. so here we are in the local baker's. i am going to go inside and try and find camilla. when she arrived, these fridges were full of cakes she had made. she had to throw them away. you had to throw all of these takes away, which must have been absolutely heartbreaking. away, which must have been absolutely heartbreakingm away, which must have been absolutely heartbreaking. it was very demoralising, we made everything from scratch last thursday and it was all handmade, we delivered it and we just had to leave it and throw it away this morning when we got in. these are full of pies and sausage rolls we have made, and it wasjust

everything. can you put a figure on how much you might have had to throw away? basically the whole shop, because everything is freshly made. we sell that much, as well, and we just had to come in and got it. it was a nightmare. but in terms of your insurance, you have loss of earnings. yes, thankfully. i have heard some people are not, and i can't imagine how that must be. that must be a sickening feeling. you have your insurance agent coming in today, to have that conversation. yes, it is a bit nerve wracking but you have to get it done and hope for the best, and hope that it won't ta ke the best, and hope that it won't take too long, either. cash flow is a massive problem for small businesses, so hoping for the best. in the background there you can see camilla's colleagues making sausage rolls ready for the lunchtime rush, and hopefully business will pick up

soon. a very good place to end up, you have organised that very well. thank you, yes. pilots at ryanair will hold talks with airline bosses today after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions. they plan to strike on 22 and 23 august, and again for three days from 2 september. the airline said it was disappointed by the decision. less red meat, more vegetables. could what we eat and how it is produced hold the key to slowing down global warming? scientists meeting in geneva say that changing the way we think about our food and the way we grow it is vital. here is our environment analyst roger harrabin. this alpine landscape was once covered by forest. the trees sucked carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and regulated the climate. then, humans cleared some of the land for food. but cattle burp methane, and that

strongly heats the atmosphere. this sort of low—intensity grazing may produce protein from poor soil, and it does have some environmental benefits, but it still creates more greenhouse gases than growing plant protein. scientists meeting here in the alps are not saying we've all got to go vegan to protect the climate. they are saying that we do need to cut down on red meat and dairy produce, and shift on towards eating more vegetables. debate here has been fraught because the way we use the land is so complex. among the experts' recommendations are: 0n biofuels, limiting the area used to grow trees to be burned to make electricity. this could conflict with feeding the world. 0n deforestation, working harder to protect the trees that attacked us from climate heating. 0n desertification, finding ways to feed people that don't involve degrading the soil through overgrazing. it is a plea for humans to stop abusing the planet.

roger harrabin, bbc news. let's get more from roger, who is in geneva. roger, is this report likely to change anything? well, do reports ever change anything? that is a very big question. i think one interesting thing about it is the scientists and the government officials meeting here i going to be coming up with some very here i going to be coming up with some very clear numbers about the amount of damage that is caused to the climate by the way we use the soil. and most people will think of climate change being fuelled by cars and planes and factories and what have you. in fact, the scientists will say that around a quarter of climate change is caused by the way we use the land. so if we plough the land deeply, it exposes the soil to the atmosphere, and that creates carbon dioxide, which is fuelling climate change. and they say if we really wa nt climate change. and they say if we really want to stop climate change, we've got to do all sorts of things

to change the way we use the land. and one clear message from it i think we will see is that, if we switch away from the lamb and beef and towards vegetable—based diets, that really will create some major benefits in terms of the climate and also in terms of our own health. roger, thank you very much for that. i'm joined now by phil korbel from the carbon literacy project, which aims to make people aware of their carbon footprint and how to reduce it. good morning to you. i wonder about this advice, and we are expecting it a little bit later. i put the question to roger as well, how much impact this advice would actually have. it is a big thing to persuade people to change their lifestyle. have. it is a big thing to persuade people to change their lifestylem is, and! people to change their lifestylem is, and i think once you unlock who this group is, it is notjust a university. this is the world's scientist brought together. and the more alarming stuff has been knocked off, the negotiations around this are massive, making sure it is not too alarming, and if it still comes

out as alarming, we have to pay attention. what would be alarming? the consequences of inaction, we are in this extraordinary crisis presented to us by climate change. talk to the people of whaley bridge about the consequences of climate change, that freaky rain that took them out of their homes for the best pa rt them out of their homes for the best part of a week. we don't want to see more of that. 8 billion people in the world, how do you persuade a whole lot of people to stop eating meat, or move away from lamb and beef? i think it is actually those people with excessive beef and lamb consumption. so you are looking to the west, really? absolutely, we as the west, really? absolutely, we as the west should not be preaching to people who struggle to put a decent diet on the table. it is something about our habits, but taking it further. we can't put the onus on the consumer. this is so serious, that we really have to think about system change. tell me about system change, what does that look like?l

lot of the things they are talking about, more plant —based diet is essential if we are going to shift the demand in agriculture from the harmful practices that are contributing so much that it threatens the safety of our children. what does that look like? when you say system change and that we can't blame the consumer, who has to be behind the change? no, no, the consumer has got to change. why would business change if the consumer doesn't change? but simply to say you change, its up to you, i don't think that is fair. there is a massive role for regulation as well. how willing do you think businesses are to change? if there is demand... it isa are to change? if there is demand... it is a vicious circle, isn't it? there is, so we have a role in changing that demand, and again, when this body of scientists talk about rapid and far—reaching change in every aspect of society, as they are, it is a wake—up call. if we are not listening to these people, we're

in trouble. what does decarbonise in your life look like? where do we start? if you are flying every month to new york, if you are bitcoin mining, unnecessarily driving two march — all of these things, you've got to look at your whole carbon footprint —— decarbonising. we are asking people to look at their whole carbon footprint and raising your voice. now, things are so extreme. the crises are so imminent that if we don't raise our voice, talk to our representatives, there are a say it, even think about protesting? now is the time. the crises are so pressing. and we have seen that recently. september 20, there is a corporate at odds to support —— call for us people to support a general

strike. you have been trying to raise awareness for deforestation since 1990, you've carried on a long time. ican since 1990, you've carried on a long time. i can tell you when i was reading the report, the preview of this report and reading about the devastation across brazil, particularly the new president there, i was lost for words. we just need to explain the deforestation has been sanctioned by the president. yes, absolutely. it's insane. he is talking about workers rights, actually, it is the children's' future that is empowered by this reckless, crazy man. thank you very much forjoining us this morning 0n breakfast. you can work out the impact of your diet on the environment by using the carbon calculator on the bbc website. give it a go. get in touch with me if you're carbon calculator shows you a good or not so good? tell me there is room for improvement.

carol's carbon footprint is very good. it does make you think, though, you have seen some serious weather conditions over the next few days, and when we look at what happened at whaley bridge, we're so mindful of the impact we are having on the ecosystem. you are absolutely right, naga. and quite right to about the serious weather over the next couple of days. today is quieter, you can see this beautiful picture sent in from one of our weather watchers. we have a cloud around and this transient region, it settled for a time today, until later when this unseasonably deep area of low pressure comes our way, introducing heavy rain and also strong winds. first thing this morning, so misting is around, that won't last. there is a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, we will see some showers today which could be sharp and fun to be across goblin, if you across northern

ireland and northern england and north wales. but they are going to be hit and miss and there will be fewer than they were yesterday. the cloud will come up from the south through the afternoon, turning the sunshine hazy, and will start to systems i was coming injust sunshine hazy, and will start to systems i was coming in just ahead of this area of low pressure. let's pick that up. here it comes bringing in this weather front, two bands of rain, moving steadily from the south—west northeast words. and if you look at the isobars, which are squeezed, that tells you the wind is going to continue to strengthen. here is ourfirst going to continue to strengthen. here is our first weather front producing all this rain, and here was the second one in hot pursuit. whenever you see greens and yellows in the charts, that indicates heavier bursts of rain and the whole lot is pushing northwards. so by the time we get you tomorrow morning's rush hour, this is roughly where we expect the rain to be. moving through wales, the midlands, into northern england, northern ireland and across scotland. still some heavier bursts in there as well. you could hear a rumble of thunderfrom this band of rain too, notjust by night, but by day. and the wind

continuing to strengthen over the course of the day. look at these specific gusts of wind we are expecting, the strongest gusts over south wales, the bristol channel, southwest english channel but inland will certainly notice the wind. behind the rain it will be bright in eastern areas with some sunshine and here temperatures will get to 24, it will start to feel quite humid. as we had on from friday into saturday, our low pressure area continues to put in the direction of the north sea and a rain of isobars, that tells you for england and wales, on saturday, it is going to be windy with gales across the south but even inland will have gusts of wind, 40-45 inland will have gusts of wind, 40—45 mild an hour. and if you're camping, do bear that in mind. 40—45 mild an hour. and if you're camping, do bearthat in mind. if you have loose gazebos, loose marquees, that kind of thing, it could well not end up in your garden but somebody else's. and we have heavy rain across northern ireland, northern england and across scotland. this rain follows areas

that have already been saturated —— falls on already saturated ground. into the south—west at times, too, something drier in the south—east. winds here are lighter but still pretty strong across the northern isles. back to you, naga. really appalling conditions for many, actually. tanks very much, carol. we will go to scotland. scotland getting that bad weather over the next couple of days. i'm pleased to say at the moment it is looking 0k. tha nkfully say at the moment it is looking 0k. thankfully there is a festival so popular that only the olympics on the football world upsell tickets for 25,000 artists —— world cup sell tickets so well. charlie's there for us this morning. it's all looking a little grey, charlie. morning? good morning to

you, naga. last year don mark night, we all saw the events taking place for us. lightning, thunderstorms, but we are all clear in the morning. that is the national youth 0rchestra of the usa playing for us this morning against this wonderful backdrop. so we willjust let them finish their little bit there. thank you very much guys stop it always was like a shame to interrupts. anyway. there we go. with you this morning, probably a bit of magic, it's lovely to see you. thank you for having me. i'll call you bones, the short version. would you do a tune for us? yes. i'll clear my fingers away, and you start. there i'm going to show you something, i've got, hang on... i've got it

here. 0k. can you do me a favour, can you hold out your hand like that? let hold out my left hand? make a fist like that. 0k. that? let hold out my left hand? make a fist like that. ok. i'm going to... ask you to give me what is cold a spade, just like that. like that? that is a sign of respect. if ido that? that is a sign of respect. if i do this, see how that's gone? open your hand. 0k. really? c? that is weird! that is weird. i'm so bad with magic. if it goes wrong, it goes wrong with me. but that work! that was extraordinary! it wasn't there, now it is there. what else have you got? i've got some cards. i'm still bothered by that. how did that happen? so i have a pack of

playing cards, these are all different and i can show you as well. do you want to take one out to me? pick a card, any card, is that what you are saying? don't show me, so the camera. there we go. do you know what, can you write your name or something on the card? on the face of the card. 0k. or something on the card? on the face of the card. ok. this way even if we forget what the card is. i'm going to put thatjust here and that is roughly even, so about halfway down inside the dark stop we'll have a couple of — mix it up. —— inside the deck. i'm watching you. and...

i'd like you to hold out your hand, actually. i'll use the nine of clubs, this is just actually. i'll use the nine of clubs, this isjust a quick warm—up to turn it back into the one you sign, the jack of hearts. actually, do you know what, can you lift up half the cards? from here? like that? so he's putting my card back in. give that a little shake, see how that comes back to the top was denmark wow! i'll do it one more time stop i always think magicians are cheating. there can you see that? -- are cheating. there can you see that? —— see how that comes back to the top? wow! in fact, the camera can probably get this, can you... you can see that there. just push that in, make sure... ok. make sure

it is nice and square. i'll have this in my mouth. one last time, do you know, do you know how many cards are inside a normal deck of playing cards? naga is in the studio listening, i think 52? cards? naga is in the studio listening, ithink52? can cards? naga is in the studio listening, i think 52? can you hold out your hand. was down here. all the cards disappear, and one card remains, yourcard. the cards disappear, and one card remains, your card. no! that is extraordinary! thank you. the cards we re extraordinary! thank you. the cards were there and then they disappeared! amazing! people still love magic. i do my show at the underbelly, 6:30pm, and i got more acrobatics and stuff like that in

the show. you do acrobatics and magic? naga, what do you think? it's brilliant! and you are the perfect audience for a magician as well. i'm going to leave it there. i'm so cynical about the magic, it is true. he is very good. more from edinburgh a little bit later on. it looks great. charlie is obviously having a very, very nice time at edinburgh in the moment. up to his old tricks. it's 7:27am. it played a famous role in the legend of king arthur, now the island fortress of tintagel is going to be linked to the cornish mainland once more. breakfast‘s fiona lamdin is there for us this morning. that bridge, fiona, i'm putting the vertigo warning out now. good morning to you. good morning, yes, as you say, for the first time in

centuries, the island behind me on the mainland of ten tudge or castle is now linked because of the footbridge —— tintagel castle because of this footbridge. i am suspended 57 metres above sea level. the bridge has been made out of 40,000 cornish slate tiles. and this ca ntilever 40,000 cornish slate tiles. and this cantilever gap, if you look down there, yep, that is quite a view. a warning for those with vertigo, look away now. it is fantastic. now it is time for the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching brea kfast weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. the number of women carrying knives in london, and across the country, has increased sharply in the last five years.

the met police recorded a 52% increase since 2014, with more than 900 recorded offences of knife possession by women. youth workers say some are carrying blades for protection, while others are being exploited by gangs to courier weapons as they're less likely to be searched by police. more than £13,000 has been raised to help a 6—year—old boy who was allegedly thrown from the viewing platform at tate modern. the french national suffered a bleed on the brain and fractures to his spine, legs and arms. a 17—year—old charged with attempted murder will appear at the old bailey later. kensington and chelsea council is planning to bring back lifetime tenancies for its social housing residents. it reversed a decision in 2014 to give new tenants 5—year or even 2—year contracts. it's hoped the move will come as a relief to residents, and also save the local authority money as they won't have to spend time reviewing tenants. holidaymakers flying from stansted could be hit by a series of strikes by ryanair pilots in a dispute over

let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel. it's moving slowly from the woolwich road flyover. in new southgate, the a406 north circular is down to one lane westbound towards bounds green road. that's due to flooding under the rail bridge. in neasden, dudden hill lane is closed southbound at the neasden lane one way system. that's because of gas main work. it's causing delays for traffic heading towards dollis hill. and if you are travelling with british airways the airline is warning of possible knock—on delays to flights from heathrow and gatwick after yesterday's computer problems. the advice is to check on your flight before setting off. think it is meant to be a nice day today, but it could be changeable. hello. good morning. a dry, fine day today,

but change is on the cards over the next few days. it will turn wet and then unseasonably windy into the start of the weekend. so a bright start to the day today. plenty of sunshine to come. that sunshine could be hazy at times thanks to some patchy high—level cloud. feeling warm in the sunshine though with a gentle breeze and highs of 25 celsius. now i mentioned that change and that starts as we move through tonight. it will turn cloudy with outbreaks of rain spreading their way north. heavy at times. the met office do have a yellow weather warning in place for rain throughout friday and those showers could be thundery as we move into the early hours. a mild night, though. take a look at those temperatures. not particularly comfortable for sleeping with the temperatures staying in the high teens. so friday, once we see that initial rain clear through, there will be a drier interlude, but the risk of some thundery downpours. the winds do ramp up though through tomorrow night and into saturday and the met office do have a yellow weather warning for winds for saturday.

hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty. charlie is at the edinburgh festival this morning. we will catch up with him in about 20 minutes' time. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: a police officer is in a critical condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. the attack happened at around midnight. a man in his 50s has been arrested. scotland yard has described it as a sudden and brutal attack. the officer managed to use his taser, despite having been stabbed, with the attacker being arrested by a colleague. knife possession offences involving women in england have risen by three quarters over the past five years. according to figures obtained by the bbc, between 2014 and 2018, police forces in england recorded more than 5,800 cases where women or girls were suspected of possessing a knife. almost a quarter of cases involved girls under the age of 18, the youngest aged

just seven years old. people must eat less red meat and more plant—based food to help combat global warming, scientists are expected to say today. they are meeting in geneva to discuss the results of a major report which is published this morning. it will say that current levels of meat and dairy consumption are damaging the planet. bad for our health, it is bad for the climate, it is bad for water, it is bad for land degradation. so if we we re is bad for land degradation. so if we were able to reduce our consumption in the west of meat and dairy, then it would have significant benefits for the climate, but also for our health. there are concerns that businesses in whaley bridge may face delays to their compensation claims. residents have been allowed to return to their homes nearly a week after initial fears that the town's dam could collapse. emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable, after part of it was damaged during heavy rain. seniorfigures in northern ireland's dairy industry have warned that up to 45,000 dairy cows could be culled if there is a no—deal brexit. they say the cost to export milk

could almost double, forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs says a cull isn't something that the government is anticipating if there is a no—deal. president trump has returned to the white house after visiting dayton and el paso, where mass shootings took place last weekend. more than 30 people died in the separate attacks. on both visits, mr trump faced protests from those who have accused him of fuelling violence with his anti—immigrant rhetoric, and he condemned local politicians who suggested he should not have come. there are lots of rumours swirling around, because it is transfer deadline day. it is 5pm this afternoon, the premier league clubs have until then to purchase all they wa nt have until then to purchase all they want for the coming season. it causes all these rumours, and we love that part of it, but the deals

themselves get so complicated. people wonder why it takes so long. the only way i can describe it, it is like buying a house, everything relies on everything else. it is very stressful. why are we looking at this gentleman? romelu lukaku is leaving manchester united, he is off to inter milan. earlier his agent posted a picture of him on his private jet. the other thing we talk about is huge sums of money. united have pretty much made their money back on him. it is the day that gets football fans all hot under the collar — transfer deadline day. we are on course for a record breaking window, £1 billion spent already by premier league club, and they have until 5:00pm tonight to spend some more. so who is coming and going today? well, romelu lukaku is on his way out of manchester united. he has been pushing for a move to italy all summer, and has now got his wish. it has been confirmed in the last

hour that he isjoining inter milan for a fee that could rise tojust over £73 million. lots of speculation about wilfried za ha's future this summer. he has now submitted a transfer request to crystal palace. everton and arsenal have previously made bids for him. and david luiz is trying to force through a move across london. the chelsea defender trained away from his team—mates yesterday, and is said to want a move to arsenal. those transfers yet to happen. let's have a look at a few deals that are closer to being done, and arsenal are expected to complete the signing of kieran tierney from celtic today. this one has been going on all summer. arsenal had two bids turned down. but they have finally got their man, and they are paying £25 million for the full—back. that is a record fee for a scottish player. there is a new defender at manchester city, too. they have completed the signing ofjoao cancelo from juventus,

for £60 million. defender danilo went in the opposite direction. and tottenham are expected to be busy today. they have reached an agreement with fulham to sign left—back ryan sessegnon for a fee that could rise to £30 million. they are also close to a deal for the real betis midfielder giovani lo celso. and all these clubs are gearing up for the new premier league season, which starts tomorrow, when liverpool play norwich. lots of new little rules this year, but the biggest change is var. the video assistant referee is going to be used in the premier league for the first time, and the league's acting chief executive says there will be teething problems, but it is here to stay. it is going to be controversial. there are still subjective decisions to be made. but i think, on balance, you know, it will take some time for people to get used to. there will be talking points,

there will potentially be controversy in the early weeks and months when var is brought in, but i think people will get used to it. and my hope is it will bring people in, rather than push people away. celtic were in action last night. they drew the first leg of their champions league third—round qualifying tie against cluj in romania, james forrest with a crucial away goal for celtic in a 1—1 draw. there was defeat for andy murray overnight. he and doubles partner feliciano lopez lost in the last 16 of the rogers cup in canada. in the singles, dan evans lost to rafael nadal. the british number two played well early on, and had the chance to win the first set. but nadal eventually had too much for him, and the world number two won in straight sets. defeat too for the british number one, kyle edmund. he was thrashed by the russian daniil medvedev, in a match that lasted just an hour. history was made in cricket's t20 blast night. this is leicestershire's colin ackerman, who took seven wickets forjust 18 runs. that is a world record in this format of the game.

leicester beat birmingham bears by 55 runs, a result that boosts their play—off hopes. and female tennis stars have shown their financial dominance in the latest edition of the forbes rich list. the top 11 highest earners in female sport all play tennis. serena williams tops the list, after earning just over £24 million, while naomi 0saka is second. america's alex morgan is the first non—tennis player, in 12th, with the footballer earning just under £5 million. that sounds like an awful lot of money, but when you compare it to the men's list, serena williams was the men's list, serena williams was the only one to make the mixed list. it is hard, because most of us sit around thinking we can't even imagine sums of money like that, but when you accept that in the sporting

world there is so much money floating about, the fact there is this huge disparity... huge. we will just leave it hanging, shall we? especially on transfer deadline day, the amounts of money they are talking about there are remarkable. let's return to transfer deadline day now, and say good morning to the former england and tottenham midfielder jermainejenas. good morning to you. good morning. are you excited about this transfer deadline? it is always exciting. i think fans will be glued to televisions and radio sets all day, hoping their clubs make the right signings. everyone has been anticipating the start of a new season, and all these clubs will be looking at their own teams thinking where do we need help? and hopefully the owners can make sure that their teams are much stronger. what is the most exciting story at the moment?

we were just talking about romelu lukaku, and we were just talking about romelu lu ka ku, and that we were just talking about romelu lukaku, and that deal. because there are people, i will admit to being one of them, who are not glued to put all news but pay attention if the story is good enough. one of the biggest and most surprising stories for me has been arsenal. the message they had sold to everybody before they had sold to everybody before the window is we only have £40 million to spend, it will be a tight window for us and we will have to do a lot of deals, and it turns out they brought in quite a few surprising key figures. kieran tierney is a very good prospect at left back, who a lot of people speak highly of, and this david luiz situation has been very fitting for david luiz. ithink situation has been very fitting for david luiz. i think the situation is basically that david luiz has either been told that chelsea he is not wa nted been told that chelsea he is not wanted any more by frank lampard due to either their relationship previously or his performances throughout the season, sorry,

throughout the season, sorry, throughout pre—season. but either way, if frank has taken that stands of if you are not going to pull in the same direction, i want this club to go in in my first year, you need to go in in my first year, you need to move on, i think that is a brilliant stands from frank, and one which i am sure will be backed by the people around him. in doing so, arsenal have read their heads and realised that they have just sold another player and they are in need of some defensive backing up, really, and david luiz could come in ata really, and david luiz could come in at a cut price. you are a former semilegal england player. tell me what it is like when you don't quite know what your club wants to do with you. how do you perform as a player, and train, et cetera? what support do you get from your team—mates if thatis do you get from your team—mates if that is the situation? from a dressing room point of view, everything is fine. you have been there in a similar scenario at some point during your career, and they fully understand that much of the time they may want you to stay. that

support will always be there from the dressing room. where the complications can come is in your relationship to the club at times. if you look at players like zaha at crystal palace, he has given everything to the club over a number of years and he looks like a player who has out on the football club, for a number of years, in who has out on the football club, fora number of years, in my opinion. where the problem comes is that selling zaha could cause a problem for crystal palace's season moving forward. but from his point of view he is looking to kick on his career playing in europe, and so on. good deals are being tabled for him, and that is where that kind of... that collision, really, comes between owner and player, and where you see sometimes huge stand—off between players having to go and train with the under 23 ‘s and find a way out. the best way i have seen it is when players put their head down, like one who knew that real madrid was interested in him, they let him go the following year. that

was a kind of discussion between the owner and the player, that he would have to stay for that extra year, and he went on and agreed to his contract. and you are a man who has experienced the pressure on deadline day. in 2005 you moved from newcastle to spa res day. in 2005 you moved from newcastle to spares on deadline day. we have to talk about other things. video assisted refereeing, we have seen that introduced in jousting, in football it has been around for a lot longer. but now coming in proper, so to speak. how will it go down? the good thing about what they have done with the var is the viewing public have kind of been weaned onto it a little bit. it has been brought into the fa cup, a little bit. we also had a whole kind of world cup that we watched in russia where it was involved, we had the women's world cup where it was recently used. in my opinion, kind of overused within the women's world cup, and! of overused within the women's world cup, and i think they will make a few changes towards it for the

premier league. i was actually at a var session yesterday and we got to sit down with some of the referees and get to see how the process kind of ta kes and get to see how the process kind of takes place during each and every game that they are going to be doing this coming weekend. i think it is a positive. i do think it is good that they took a little bit longer to bring it into the premier league, but i do think there will be minor teething problems, but it will be a success in the long run. and i have a quick word with you? time is a lwa ys a quick word with you? time is always tight, and incidents of racism in the english football league. is it getting better? people are coming down on it, but it is still happening. i do feel that we have made strides in terms of the racism within our own country specifically. i think that some of the campaigns are doing what they can to get these bad eggs out of the game, and! can to get these bad eggs out of the game, and i think it is important now that the club is really kind of stamp down their authority, support these people that have got these causes, and eradicate these fans from the game completely. it is the

only way we're going to get it out. people need to keep speaking about it as they are, and make these people feel as small as they actually are. it is good now that people are talking about it, and eventually we will eradicate it. small indeed. i like that thought. it isa small indeed. i like that thought. it is a good thought. lovely to be talking to you. we need to talk to carol, i love talking to carol. the conditions this weekend, scotland is going to be particularly unpleasant? scotland is gonna see a lot of rain and england and wales are gonna see a lot of strong winds. we will come to that in a second. this morning, a beautiful start of the day in somerset, and a beautiful start in york as well. thanks to the weather watchers for those pictures. as we pushed down into the atlantic, this is what is going to bring the

weather that naga was referring to, and unseasonably deep area of low pressure is coming our way later today. but before it does, some misty nurse this morning will clearly quickly left. if few showers will develop across scotland, northern england, northern ireland and northern wales. it will be sharp and northern wales. it will be sharp and one or two of them could have some rumble of thunder in them. but the showers will be view and further between and they were yesterday. ahead of this coming in, the cloud will build, we will see some showers in the rain is going to come our way. if we follow that in, it comes in from the south—west, with its two weather fronts and moves from the south—west steadily north—eastward is. it's track ends at midnight —— the chart ends at midnight. here comes the second batch of rain, here is the first one. all of that rain moving steadily northwards and eastwards. rings and yellows in the charts, that is telling you that the rain will be particularly heavy ——

greens. tomorrow morning you can see how that continues to push northwards out of southern england and wales and into northern ireland and wales and into northern ireland and continues into scotland, where we have the brighter colours. that is where we are going to see the heavier burst once again. but again, by mid—afternoon the gusts will be pretty strong across the board. look at that, the circles indicate the wind gusts in black. 48 in the north of scotland, 54, possibly higher across south wales, the bristol channel and the english channel. behind the rain, will also see some sunshine and in the sunshine, temperatures getting up to 24 degrees. it's actually starting to feel quite muggy tomorrow. then, as we had from friday to saturday, the low pressure continues to move in the direction of the north sea, taking this rain with it, but we will still have some left behind. and we can see to the array of isobars. and what that is telling us isobars. and what that is telling us is on saturday it is going to be windy across england and wales.

gales across southern england. inland, we're looking at gusts of 45, possibly a little bit more. so if you are camping, in a high sided vehicle, all the usual caveats do ta ke vehicle, all the usual caveats do take extra care. the trees of course are infull take extra care. the trees of course are in full bloom at the moment so there could be some issues with travel generally. but we will still have the heavy rain across northern ireland, northern england and scotla nd ireland, northern england and scotland and of course this rain is falling already on saturated ground. -- is falling already on saturated ground. —— is falling on already saturated ground. the winds are lighter, drier in the south—east, but still windy across the northern ireland is. so naga, lots going on with the weather forecast in the next few days. indeed. carol, thank you very much. many people will want to get away from weather like that but those who we re from weather like that but those who were trying to at the airport saw lots of chaos. then, you are taking a look at the airlines? —— ben?

there was more chaos at the airports yesterday as an it problem forced british airways to cancel more than a hundred flights, and led to long delays for others. so what are your rights if you are affected? as well as the ba issue, we now have the ryanair as well as the ba issue, we now have the rya nair issue, as well as the ba issue, we now have the ryanair issue, ryanair telling us that pilots are planning to strike over two key weekends. if you avoided the ba stuff yesterday, you could be hit by the ryanair stuff later. so big questions over what you would do and how you might avoid some of that let's speak to martyn james from the consumer website resolver. let's talk about some of those issues. if you are caught up in the ba stuff yesterday, what are your rights to get a bit of money back? the good

news, ben, is there as fight compensation. it comes with eu legislation and for the time being and foreseeable future, it will continue to operate. the world is very quite a bit but the starting point is you get 250 euros if your flight point is you get 250 euros if your flight is delayed over three mac hours does my three hours, and i goes all the way up to 600 euros. hours does my three hours, and i goes all the way up to 600 eurosm has to be from an eu country you our line and there are a few other caveats, but if you are delayed over three hours, generally you are entitled some money. how would you get your hands on that money? the easiest ways to put a claim in through the airline, but you could also go through resolver. never, ever go through a claims management company, they will take a huge commission. also go to the outline as well, it is really simple. just ask what has happened. what proof do you need, i guess you clearly need to give them flight numbers and receipts on things but also how long you were waiting, where you were waiting? absolutely. you can make a complaint to the actual amount of time you had to wait for, but you could look at things that consequential loss, which a things you have lost out on as a result of not getting to where you need to be.

this also includes connected fights. there was a big court case a few yea rs there was a big court case a few years ago which means if you have a connected fight as part of the same deal, and you booked it at the same time, you should be covered for both legs if you missed it. keep all your receipts and that sort of thing, thatis receipts and that sort of thing, that is good advice. so the strakes over the summer in august and september, if you are thinking that is when i'm planning to go away, can you cancel, can you move? it is tricky if you are trying to do advance planning. speak to the airlines, but they generally aren't that forthcoming about services being cancelled. it is bearing in mind, with services like ryanair, there are lots of strakes on the horizon, it is worth bearing in mind that you may be able to move it to another airline closer to the time, but generally it makes sense to do just a little bit of prepping in advance and see what is available. people will be nervous about moving flights because we are creeping closer to the october 31 brexit deadline. many people will be wondering what's gonna happen to,

whatever you do you might be subject to some sort of delay, cancellation. so it is about knowing your rights and preparing earlier? always have a really, really good travel policy. if you are going to book a flight and you don't know what to do after halloween, then it is worthwhile it may be looking at an early morning or afternoon flight because if there are delays, it is easier to get onto another plane and you might actually be subject to smaller delays. if you are stuck at the airport, though, my best advice is to take a battery chargerfor best advice is to take a battery charger for your best advice is to take a battery chargerfor your mobile best advice is to take a battery charger for your mobile phone. best advice is to take a battery chargerfor your mobile phone. with its tickets approaching —— electronic tickets, you need them. some top tips there. and if you're going to book a flight, book a flight going to book a flight, book a flight early in the morning, that way you have less chance of missing out. thank you.

charlie has been spending time in edinburgh, if you are wondering where he is. more than 25,000 artists and entertainers have descended on edinburgh for the festival season. there is a view of edinburgh castle, it isa there is a view of edinburgh castle, it is a bit grey, but still a magnificent sight. good morning, charlie. yes, good morning naga. when you sayjoining, i'm notjoining in. you see the act, you will see why. this is barely methodical troop and they are, early morning, this is their workout. it is really impressive close—up stop it isa is really impressive close—up stop it is a bit damp underfoot today because we had a lot of rain last night. i'm a bit worried about the conditions, but that is louis, burns and charlie down here with me here. it is amazing what they can do. and this is on for a month throughout

august. so many people come out here, singers, lots of comedians as well. some of them famously at the fringe were here as well. good morning to you both. good morning. do you want to take part in that?|j would do you want to take part in that?” would like to watch. we will work on it. is everything ok? just looking at that somersault behind you? the theme is toxic masculinity, tell us a little bit about that. over the past two years i was called a toxic man on several occasions by several people and i didn't really know what that meant. my initial reaction was like, no, i'm not, which is in

itself quite a toxic male response. but instead of just itself quite a toxic male response. but instead ofjust having an inherent visceral opinion on something, i decided i was going to do research on this, find out what i believe and how it affects me. what have you discovered? it's all in the sow. see? that is how you get people to come. i talk about how we need better sex education across the uk, my relationship with my goddaughter. but ultimately, i think anything can be funny if done properly. lots of comedians do very personal stories to comedy, don't they? and that is in your show as well? i have so where i talk about on a theme, i have two sons and they are twin boys with my partner. they sort of have two mums and it is talking about privilege but through their eyes, i suppose, and using them as a means of being able to talk about white male privilege, basically. yes. it is funny, i'm supposed to be funny,

but privileges the theme of the show. i'm using it through the prism of my children to make it funny rather than eights had sought, i suppose. —— make it a ted talk, i suppose. —— make it a ted talk, i suppose. some of the material you have done earlier as a bit tricky for american audiences.” have done earlier as a bit tricky for american audiences. i had a gun pulled on me in minneapolis because idida pulled on me in minneapolis because idid ajoke pulled on me in minneapolis because i did a joke on guns. nothing too much, just my stance on the matter. and in any owner —— indiana, there was a man who did not enjoy my logic so he lifted up his shirt and made it very clear to me he had a gun. that is live theatre for you, i suppose. i literally can't sort with having a gun pulled at me annoyed to a whist too. i would be happy to walk out. you get people who don't like your stuff, they should leave.

i have had walkouts, that's ok, i think it is the sign of a good show. getting a reaction of sorts. very good to see you this morning, i know early mornings are not great for stand—up comedians. early mornings are not great for stand-up comedians. i'm on at 745 at the monkey barrel. and i'm on at the playhouse. thank you for coming on. more performances to come little later. right now, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm geeta pendse. the number of women carrying knives in london, and across the country, has increased sharply in the last five years. the met police recorded a 52% increase since 2014, with more than 900 recorded offences of knife possession by women. youth workers say some are carrying blades for protection, while others are being exploited by gangs to courier weapons as they're less likely to be searched by police.

more than £13,000 has been raised to help a 6—year—old boy who was allegedly thrown from the viewing platform at tate modern. the french national suffered a bleed on the brain and fractures to his spine, legs and arms. a 17—year—old charged with attempted murder will appear at the old bailey later. kensington and chelsea council is planning to bring back lifetime tenancies for its social housing residents. it reversed a decision in 2014 to give new tenants five year or even two year contracts. it's hoped the move will come as a relief to residents, and also save the local authority money as they won't have to spend time reviewing tenants. a quarter of the borough's residents live in social housing, including council homes. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. a look at the cameras and in dagenham westbound traffic is slow on the a13.

that's following a breakdown just after the goresbrook interchange. 0n the m25 there are clockwise delays for traffic heading towardsjunction 6 godstone after a breakdown. there are tailbacks towards the clacket lane services. there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel. and if you are travelling with british airways the airline is warning of possible knock—on delays to flights from heathrow and gatwick after yesterday's computer problem. the advice is to check on your flight before setting off. now the weather with lucy martin. hello. good morning. a dry, fine day today, but change is on the cards over the next few days. it will turn wet and then unseasonably windy into the start of the weekend. so a bright start to the day today. plenty of sunshine to come. that sunshine could be hazy at times thanks to some patchy high—level cloud. feeling warm in the sunshine though with a gentle breeze and highs of 25 celsius. now i mentioned that change and that

starts as we move through tonight. it will turn cloudy with outbreaks of rain spreading their way north. heavy at times. the met office do have a yellow weather warning in place for rain throughout friday and those showers could be thundery as we move into the early hours. a mild night, though. take a look at those temperatures. not particularly comfortable for sleeping with the temperatures staying in the high teens. so friday, once we see that initial rain clear through, there will be a drier interlude, but the risk of some thundery downpours. the winds do ramp up though through tomorrow night and into saturday and the met office do have a yellow weather warning for winds for saturday. iam back i am back in 30 minutes, plenty more, though, on our website at the usual website. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today. a police officer is critically ill after being stabbed with a machete in east london overnight.

a 50—year—old man has been detained. exclusive research by the bbc reveals a huge rise in the number of offences of women and girls carrying knives, in the past five years. cut back on red meat — scientists are to recommend people change their diets to help tackle global warming. the clock is ticking on transfer deadline day and romelu lukaku's amongst the big names on the move. he's on his way to inter milan from manchester united. good morning from a noisy edinburgh festival. enjoying some of the acts who will be performing during the months of august. 4 million people come here during that time, and here is one of those actual see more of later. wow! —— acts you will see. is one of those actual see more of later. wow! -- acts you will see. we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers but fewer than yesterday. later, an unseasonably deep area of low pressure will swing into the

south—west bringing heavy rain and strengthening winds. more details later. it's thursday the 8th of august. our top story. a police officer is in a critical condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. the attack happened in leyton ataround midnight, a man in his fifties has been arrested. let's get more from our reporter simonjones who's at forest gate police station nearby. simon, what do we know? we were hoping for some kind of update from the police this morning. yes, we expect a news conference from the police shortly and they've already described what happened last night as a sudden and brutal attack. to talk you through it, there were two police officers in a marked police car who were trying to stop a van, but we are told that the driver of the van did not stop so the police car pursuit of the van and eventually the driver did come to a halt. at that point, the two police officers got out of their car with

the aim of speaking of the van but then we were told one of the police officers was attacked with a machete. he was stabbed several times, but as he was being stabbed he managed to get out his taser and use it on the suspect, and the suspect was then arrested by the second officer. we are told the suspect is a man in his 50s who has been taken to a police station here in east london. in terms of the officer who was injured, he is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. he is a police officer in his 30s and we are told by the police that they want to give praise for his bravery and resilience and it shows the sort of thing the officers have to deal with on a daily basis, but this was a particularly brutal attack and we expect a news conference shortly. no sign of the officer at the moment but we will bring you details of that as soon as it happens. simon,

thank you, and if we can dip into the news conference we will do that on breakfast. knife possession offences involving women in england have risen by three—quarters over the past five years. according to figures obtained by the bbc, between 2014 and 2018, police forces in england recorded more than 5,800 cases where women or girls were suspected of possessing a knife. almost a quarter of cases involved girls under the age of 18, the youngest aged just 7 years old. president trump has returned to the white house after visiting dayton and el paso where mass shootings took place last weekend. more than 30 people died in the separate attacks. on both visits, mr trump faced protests from those who've accused him of fuelling violence with his anti—immigrant rhetoric and he condemned local politicians who suggested he should not have come. seniorfigures in northern ireland's dairy industry have warned that up to 45,000 dairy cows could be culled

if there's a no deal brexit. they say the cost to export milk could almost double, forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs says a cull isn't something that the government is anticipating if there's a no—deal. pilots at ryanair will hold talks with airline bosses today after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions. they plan to strike on august the 22nd and 23rd, and again for three days from september the 2nd. the airline said it was disappointed by the decision. people are being urged to eat less red meat to help combat global warming. scientists meeting in geneva are expected to say that we should change our diets to include more pla nt—based food. this is expected to tie in with an announcement at nine o'clock for scientists meeting in geneva. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. this alpine landscape was once covered by forest.

the trees sucked carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and regulated the climate. then, humans cleared some of the land for food. but cattle burp methane, and that strongly heats the atmosphere. this sort of low—intensity grazing may produce protein from poor soil, and it does have some environmental benefits, but it still creates more greenhouse gases than growing plant protein. scientists meeting here in the alps are not saying we've all got to go vegan to protect the climate. they are saying that we do need to cut down on red meat and dairy produce, and shift on towards eating more vegetables. debate here has been fraught because the way we use the land is so complex. among the experts' recommendations are: 0n biofuels, limiting the area used to grow trees to be burned to make electricity. this could conflict with feeding the world. 0n deforestation, working harder to protect the trees that protect us from climate heating.

0n desertification, finding ways to feed people that don't involve degrading the soil through overgrazing. it is a plea for humans to stop abusing the planet. roger harrabin, bbc news. we spoke to simonjones in east london earlier, outside forest gate police station and this is because there has been an attack on a police officer who is critically ill after being stabbed with a machete. let's go to chief superintendent richard tucker. the circumstances are that the officers were in a marked police vehicle and stopped a van for not having insurance and having engaged the driver who was quite aggressive, and we are fortunate we have a body worn cameras footage of the whole incident, and in dealing with that offence he tries to make off, gets

backin offence he tries to make off, gets back in the van and a violent struggle in shoes where he produces a weapon and stabs our officer in the head and around the body, and during the struggle the officer managed to get his taser and deploy it which stops the incident. the officer is at the royal london hospital and i went to visit him in the early hours of this morning, and he is fine. he is seriously injured but he will make a recovery. he is there with his family and his loved ones and is having an operation at 10am and that is to a defensive wound to his hand. he is very shaken off and so are his colleagues. what i would like to say is that because we have footage of the incident, i would like to thank the members of the public who came out to help our officers, and i would also like to thank the las and the staff at the royal london they gave us in the first couple of hours after the incident. the members of the public and were there, i urge you to come

forward. whilst we have a man in custody we have to get to the bottom of why this happened and the fuller picture of what happened just before and during the attack. and it will only be getting that by the wizard —— witnesses coming forward, so i urge them to come forward. i use the phrase our officers, they are not my officers, they are london's officers and this incident highlights what an amazing job the police of london do every single day. as we sat here, the night duty went on, and it's these officers who serve london who go out there confronting some of the most violent people in society to make london safer. so while i would say i want people to support us, i would also ask everyone to keep in mind that policing is a very dangerousjob at mind that policing is a very dangerous job at times and we do it to look after people in london. thank you very much. any questions? how would you describe the attack?

frenzied, unprovoked, shocking. was the driver known to the police? he's in custody at the moment and we are doing background enquiries and that will come out through the enquiry over the rest of the day. you mentioned that the officer was hit in the head. he has an injury to the side of his head which required stitches that was incurred through the machete, which has been recovered and he also has other injuries to his body, bumps and bruises and cuts, but the significant injuries to his hand, defensive win. does he have family? he does and they are being with him at the hospital. what is -- what was he able to tell you about the attack? he told me he was ok but that's the type of character he is. he's an amazing police officer. we will let him get better and then pick up the enquiry. and he was able to taser somebody while being attacked? yes. what you make of that? that is what officers do,

amazing things every day. but not being attacked by a machete. no, but every single day cops go out and do impressive things every single day that are not reported. i am relieved that are not reported. i am relieved that he has the taser and i'm relieved he is not more seriously injured, but it's still a shocking attack for no reason at all. can you tell us about the officer and his years of service and what he was doing at the time? he's a patrol officer with ten years service, i believe. it is very well thought of, great sense of humour, great to be around and a very good police officer as well. what is it done for the morale in the area?” officer as well. what is it done for the morale in the area? i was speaking to his colleague straight afterwards and i will go back to the our officer bit, because they will come back on duty tonight and go out and do theirjob to look after the people of london. it is shocking, but unfortunately, it is not uncommon. how dangerous has it got

this year? is this year particularly bad, worse than last year for example ? bad, worse than last year for example? this is a particularly nasty event but i would say policing, there is always a threat being a police officer. it is knowing what the risk is, and there isa knowing what the risk is, and there is a risk when you are stopping people that something might happen and that is why we have tasers and ha ndcuffs and that is why we have tasers and handcuffs and cs gas and batons if it happens, and we have training, regular officer safety training, so it's hard to say the figures at the moment, has got worse? there's a lwa ys moment, has got worse? there's always been a risk. the base where they are, 1991, one of the officers got killed there, there's always been a threat to being a police officer. that was detective chief superintendent richard tucker, the north—east basic command unit commander talking in forest gate in east london this morning. this was after news we have that a police officer had been attacked and is

critical but stable, attacked by a man wielding a machete. a50—year—old man wielding a machete. a50—year—old man has been detained. the chief superintendent they're described it asa superintendent they're described it as a frenzied, unprovoked and shocking attack and says the officer had been hit in the head and had defensive injuries, particularly to his hands and he described him as an amazing police officer. we understand the officer was able to taser the attacker while his colleague could detain him in the detective superintendent said he was relieved he had a taser and we understand this was a patrol officer who was attacked, with ten years experience and his colleagues are shocked but it has been described as a particularly nasty event stop we understand the police officer who was attacked is in a critical but sta ble was attacked is in a critical but stable condition and we will keep you up—to—date throughout the programme and on the the bbc news channel. carol is going to have the weather for a short while. there are some weather warning out there, and if you're wondering where charlie

is, he's in edinburgh at the festival, so he will bring you a whole bonanza of entertainment from half past eight. let me bring you up—to—date with some particularly worrying crime statistics. there were 285 fatal stabbings in england and wales last year, the highest since records began. and now new figures show that the number of knife crimes involving women has risen dramatically in the last five years. let's speak tojennifer blake, she was in a gang for more than 20 years and is now a community support worker. you are now a community support worker. so you are completely the other side, in fact. we will come to the statistics in a moment, but can you tell me of your experience and how it came to you that you were holding a knife, possessing a knife and being in a gang? when you live that kind of life, and my life started when i was about 13 years old, being groomed into that kind of a lifestyle and living that life and being out there, robbing people, is

selling drugs, you feel like you need something to protect yourself, it gives you protection power. it gives you the tool that you would use as a utensil in the home that you have taken out of the home and totally different. having that knife with you, it kind of gives you status to say that you know you can protect yourself, i am bad, status to say that you know you can protect yourself, iam bad, i have got a knife and i can use it and it's used as a deterrent and as a way of robbing somebody as well, so there's all different reasons why. 0ne there's all different reasons why. one thing that has come out today is that knife possession offences involving women have risen by nearly three quarters, 73%, and there were more than 5800 recorded knife possession crimes involving women. people are going to be shocked, because i think, traditionally, people think that men would be holding knives, not women. why are we seeing a rise in the number of women possessing knives? let me

shock you a bit more, you need to double the figure. the females are less likely to be stopped by the police, so that way the figures are going to be higher. when you look at those form of statistics you have to look at the fact that the majority of young people stabbed our young men, so if so many girls are being found with knives, the indication is that they are couriers. they are not using it to protect themselves. the argument and issue is... they are carrying them because they have been used by mail individuals and giving them to the girls to take the rap? yes, they are used to courier it, so if they are going to county lines and they have a knife to protect what they have got. by county lines, you mean suburban gang members or drug you —— drug pushers taking drugs to rural areas? yes, rural areas, and females are used for that because they are less likely to be detected. if you have a female looking like me, the police are not

going to think i've got drugs or a knife or anything in my bag unless i've made a scene and i'm being searched, but you've got to look at the fact that if these young girls, and you look at their ages, they are carrying a knife and they are being caught with a knife, that simply means that they were either on their way to bring that knife to another individual so, at the end of the day, the boys are going to be stopped, so these girls carrying the knives, they are less likely to be stopped. so how do we stop this? in 2004 when my life changed, i highlighted this as a serious problem because i am coming from that world and did a lot of work with girls. what brought you ran to the other side? was it a lack of role models or opportunity or feeling there is no way out? my role models was whoever was in my society. young people live within a

society. young people live within a society and they were my role models society and they were my role models soi society and they were my role models so i grew up in care of the local authority and at the end of the day that didn't help. i was still seen asa criminal that didn't help. i was still seen as a criminal rather than a victim, so untilfemales, as a criminal rather than a victim, so until females, some females, as a criminal rather than a victim, so untilfemales, some females, a majority, are seen as victims, we will continue seeing this rise of young girls carrying knives. depressing note to finish on, but it isa depressing note to finish on, but it is a fact. jennifer, lovely to talk to you. jennifer blake, thank you. i did promise you that carol would bring us all of the weather, and she is here, ready to deliver. i'm not even going to try and pronounce what it says on your graphic. but grey skies, some rain as well, and lots of wind coming up. that's right and over the next few days that will be the case. a beautiful weather watchers picture from wales and i won't try and

pronounce it and insult our welsh viewers, but what we have today is an area of high pressure across the switches week and will be usurped by this unseasonably deep area of low pressure coming along later on and that will bring heavy rain and some strong winds, but before that happens there is a lot of dry weather around, a lot of sunshine as well and some of that will be hazy at times and we will also see shower sparking up across parts of scotland, northern england, north wales and northern ireland. they will be sharp and thundery but many of us will miss them all together. temperatures getting up to 24 degrees and that will feel quite pleasant. but later you will see the cloud building from the south—west, there will be showers and then we have rain, and that is the area of low pressure coming our way. two other fronts are bringing low pressure coming our way. two otherfronts are bringing rain, and looking at the isobars, they are squeezing together, indicating the wind is strengthening. this chart ends at midnight and that is where we will pick up from. the first band

of rain moves across northern ireland, and then the second one comes in from the south—west on the channel islands. moving across wales and then following a similar track. when you see green and yellow it tells you that we are expecting heavy downpours and through tomorrow morning, watch how the clock changes as the rain continually moves northwards, falling on already saturated ground. behind it it will brighten up and we will see sunshine but it will be increasingly windy and gusts tomorrow, as indicated by the black circles will be 40 mph across the north of scotland at the highest gusts will be across south wales, the bristol channel, the south—west of england and the english channel. temperatures getting up to about 24, but it will feel humid. as we move from friday into saturday, the low pressure continues to push northwards and eastwards and if anything the wind will strengthen. we still have weather fronts around it so it means weather fronts around it so it means we have rain, so on saturday we are

looking at gales across southern england and for the rest of england and wales, gusts of wind, 40, 40 five miles per hour, we will certainly notice that and for northern ireland and northern england and scotland, still some heavy rain and hear the wind is not as strong as as far south. so if you are camping, doing anything outdoors, any loose items, bear this in mind and if you're travelling with a high sided vehicle or on a bike, a similar story. there could be travel disruption because of this. through sunday we have rain across scotland, northern ireland and wales, getting into the south—west at times, but you can see the southee stays largely dry and the southee stays largely dry and the wind is not a strong but still gusty across the far north of scotland. we are not in the business of telling people what to do, but that is good advice, having done some cycling myself, when the wind blows, it can be so dangerous. you are right. it's almost like a time to

change your plans if you had outdoor plans. exactly, and if you have loose things like gazebos or a temporary marquee you might find that they blow away, and your tent, you have to secure things down and you have to secure things down and you might find your tent is suddenly in the south of france, so it's worth doing. that's where you would be, if you could choose, you would be, if you could choose, you would be down in the south of france this weekend. i would love to be. carol, i will say goodbye but charlie will be getting an update later because he is in edinburgh and i will say goodbye from him now. goodbye. we will see carol again at around ten to nine. first, vertigo warning and a bit of history. it's the legendary birthplace of king arthur. now a specially designed footbridge is going to link the island fortress of tintagel to the cornish mainland, recreating a journey that hasn't been possible for hundreds of years. fiona lamdin is there.

this footbridge is remarkable. the owner, i am this footbridge is remarkable. the owner, iam pleased this footbridge is remarkable. the owner, i am pleased you have landed on yourfeet, owner, i am pleased you have landed on your feet, but what a gorgeous place you are at this morning. good morning. yes, this is another brea kfast first morning. yes, this is another breakfast first because it is the first live report from tintagel‘s new footbridge which is linking the island to the mainland and it was meant to open tomorrow, but severe weather has delayed it, so the public won't be able to come until sunday. we've been taking a look at how they made this bridge. for centuries, . .. for centuries, tintagel castle has been split in half, divided by the sea. but for the first time since the middle ages, the island on the mainland have been reunited with a new footbridge. people can actually walk from the original entrance, through the mainland courtyard, across this bridge over into the island where the great hall lies. it's about creating a sense of wonderful people, and also for people to be able to understand the actual castle better.

because they can actually progress through it as our ancestors did. it has taken nine months to build the 70—metre bridge, using 47 tonnes of steel and 40,000 cornish slate tiles. but it actually isn't a new concept. if you go back to the 15th century, the castle was still one, joined by a narrow neck of land before it eroded and fell into the sea. it is one of the most important places in britain for that period after the romans. there was a myth that this is where arthur was conceived, so it is very closely connected with our theory and legend. that is probably why richard, who was earl of cornwall in the 13th century, decided to build this later castle on this site. we are finding incredible stuff on this site. 0ver100 buildings, it was bigger than london as far as we know, at the time. for the last 100 years the only way of getting from the island

to the mainland was this way. let's go. it's a 57—metre drop down to the sea. well, i've counted them, there's 272 steps and i can tell you, the last few, are pretty steep. whew! i think it looks an absolutely amazing achievement and i think it it's in really well with the landscape as well it looks amazing and it ‘s an achievement. this landscape has been without its crossing for hundreds of years. the earth and rock now replaced by steel, reuniting a divided castle. fiona lamdin, bbc news. we are 57 metres above sea level,

suspended, and i am with william matthews who has designed this bridge. william, an amazing history, you designed the shard and you beat up you designed the shard and you beat upa you designed the shard and you beat up a people to get to design the bridge —— beat off 130 people. up a people to get to design the bridge -- beat off 130 people. the first thing you think of is how you can build a bridge in this location. it's a site of special scientific interest and an area of outstanding natural beauty and a famous monument. we had to have a design that was elegant and did justice to the amazing location. and to get all the amazing location. and to get all the lorries in. it is a real challenge. you cannot get a car or lorry within sight of the actual bridge. tell us about the people you had physically on the bridge building it. we built a cable crane above and had a whole troop of the steel fitters, including a trapeze artist who enabled us to put the pieces in place. talk us through your favourite bit because we are in the centre here. the bridges to cantilevers and the centre we have a gap between the cantilevers which

allows us to do thermal expansion on allows us to do thermal expansion on a technical level but it's also a poetic point where people cross one side from the island to the mainland, ledge into reality, whatever you want to imagine. it's quite an experience, and everybody of all ages will enjoy this. we are integrating the bridge into the landscape which was an important part, but also making it something fun that people would remember was a real part of the aim of the project. and quickly tell us your other favourite bit, because you are excited about the floor. yes, the slate. we have 40,000 hand cut slates that made the deck of the bridge and they are unique. never been done before. thank you very much forjoining us. a quick vertigo warning, if you don't like heights, don't look now, but look at the calm before the storm and it's now time to get the news where you are.

before the wet and windy weather arrives we have got something a bit quieter today. dry and sunny across the uk. a few showers in southern scotla nd the uk. a few showers in southern scotland which could be heavy and thundery. but on the whole in scotla nd thundery. but on the whole in scotland and northern ireland it is drier than yesterday. temperatures 19-24. but drier than yesterday. temperatures 19—24. but low pressure moves in to the south—west and it brings heavy rain during the early hours of friday morning, pushing its way up into scotland. there will be sunshine following that before further showers move into wales and the south—west of england. strong winds on friday, gusting up to 60 miles an hour in the south—west. but it will be quite warm. certainly disruption likely over the next few days with the wet and windy weather.

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