good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: deaths from asthma rise by a third in england and wales — experts blame an unacceptable lack in basic care. as the search for missing teenager nora quoirin enters its sixth day, police play a loudspeaker recording of her mother's voice during a search of the malaysian jungle. the ugly side of the beautiful game, as a new premier league season gets under way, we'll ask what is being done to tackle the rise in racism. we have two really, really, really wa nt to we have two really, really, really want to challenge it and make sure that it doesn't come back into

football the way it was say, 20—30 yea rs football the way it was say, 20—30 years ago. the transfer window closes for premier league clubs. we'll find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. and nothing says summer like a wet weather in a festival field. this is one, but others have fallen foul of weather conditions. some particularly windy conditions. i'll have the full details later in the programme. it's friday august 9th. our top story: the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to an analysis of officialfigures. the charity asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. with more, here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. nearly 5 million people in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a

tight chest and breathlessness. treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of asthma related deaths is now at a ten year high. it may be the result of people not getting really good, very basic care, which we know is a problem. i think there is an issue of complacency. people with asthma don't take it terribly seriously, which is a problem. and weather patterns and pollution could be causing — contributing to those deaths. it's hard to pin down to one single thing. more than moo people died from an asthma attack last year, that is equal to 2.5 people out of every 100,000. the number of deaths is up 8% compared to the previous year. 0verall, more than 12,700 people have died from asthma over the last decade. asthma uk acknowledges there are signs that ca re acknowledges there are signs that care is getting better. nhs england says it has worked with asthma uk

for increasing standards. but the air pollution problem is one that it can't meet on its own. police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family. search teams have been playing a recording of her mother's voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15—year—old. marta newman reports. close to 200 police, local residents and specialist search teams have been working around the clock to find missing nora quoirin. the malaysian police say they aren't ruling anything out, but believe the teenager could be lost in the jungle. translation: my team and myself are still in high spirits. we are adding more people to help with the surgeon there in good spirits too. we hope and pray we can find her as soon as possible. nora arrived at the forest

echo reserve on friday with her pa rents echo reserve on friday with her parents and sister for a 2— week family holiday. her father raised the alarm, afterfinding her bedroom empty and the window open. her family fear she may have been abducted. nora has learning and releva nt abducted. nora has learning and relevant middle disabilities —— developmental disabilities, they say she never goes anywhere on her own. we ask everyone to keep nora in their thought centre continues to support the ongoing search for her —— in their thoughts and continue to, nor is still missing and she is very vulnerable. we need to do everything we can to bring her home. search teams in malaysia have been playing a recording of her mother's voice, calling out for nora on speakers. in the hope that this will

find her and provide the breakthrough her family so desperately needs. marta newman, bbc news. the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. with winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. it might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. west lothian and scotland already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. high winds will hit the south—west and south wales later today. heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. that forecast because

the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend most of them were expected to be camping. a hot air balloon festival was also hit. and this is the site of the houghton dance music festival in norfolk. despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. drivers have been warned to expect difficult conditions and have been advised to consider delaying journeys. train services between edinburgh and dunblane have already been disrupted by flooding, but travellers are being warned that heavy rain over the next few days could cause problems on the railways elsewhere, during this most unseasonal weather. keith doyle, bbc news. a man has been charged with attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon after a police

officer was allegedly attacked with a machete in east london. the officer suffered multiple injuries as he tried to stop a van in leyton in the early hours of yesterday. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan, from luton, is due to appear at thames magistrates' court today. an 18—year—old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from the sea along with two teenage girls, one of whom died. the three teenagers, who are related, got into distress off the essex coast, in clacton, yesterday afternoon. the girl who died was 14—years—old. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime minister if he tries to force through a no—deal brexit in the middle of a general election campaign. the labour leader is concerned that if borisjohnson loses a confidence vote in parliament, he could call an election which would take place after the uk is due to leave the eu. let's get more from our political correspondent, tom barton, in westminster. tom, is that a likely scenario?

this is all about timing and planning and rules and regulations? borisjohnson has repeatedly said that region will leave the eu on the sist that region will leave the eu on the 31st of october, no matter what. a significant number of mps are worried that that could mean leaving without a deal than they've been talking about what they could do to stop it. now one option they are considering is holding a vote of no—confidence the government. know if borisjohnson lost no—confidence the government. know if boris johnson lost that, no—confidence the government. know if borisjohnson lost that, and a new government hadn't been formed within a couple of weeks, well, than a general election would be held. but the date of that election would be down to borisjohnson. and his advisers have said to have argued that he could set that date after halloween, meaning that no—deal brexit would happen by default during an election campaign. well, todayjeremy corbyn has written to the country's top civil servant,

mark sedwill arguing that would be an antidemocratic abuse of power. he argues the rules behind an election campaign ban the government from taking any controversial decisions that the next government would disagree with. well downing street and brexit supporters are likely to argue that the date of brexit has been written into law for a long time and, that is — would not involve taking any decisions. that would simply happen, or they would have to do during election campaign is do nothing. that shouldn't be against the rules. tom, for the moment, thank you very much. the british geological survey has confirmed there was a small earthquake in cornwall last night. there were reports of a loud bang and some shaking, at around 6pm, in the helston area. the quake measured 2.2 on the magnitude scale. there are no reports of damage to buildings. the duke and duchess of cambridge engaged in some royal rivalry at a regatta on the isle of wight yesterday, they went head to head

in a yacht race near cowes, with the duchess accepting a wooden spoon for finishing last. princess charlotte amused the crowd when she stuck her tongue out at photographers. that is a large wooden spoon. a wooden spoon is bad enough, but when it is huge like that. really making the point, isn't it? charlotte wasn't too impressed. if you're about to butter some toast this morning, don't put the pack straight back into the fridge. you can always get creative with it instead. really? so, for one pack of butter from the fridge, this is elmo from sesame street. isn't that big bird? made for the iowa state fair in the us.

0ther creations include a butter cow that would provide enough spread for more than 19,000 slices of toast. well, what is that? i was generally —— genuinely worrying how creative you could be with butter. —— genuinely worrying how creative you could be with butterlj —— genuinely worrying how creative you could be with butter. i wonder what the temperature was, doesn't it melted room temperature? what the temperature was, doesn't it melted room temperature ?m what the temperature was, doesn't it melted room temperature? it does. room temperature, yeah, it melts. you learn stuff. that is why i joined the show. kids are going to be fuming, getting their kids to do that. what, playing with butter? in the football, it's so thrilling, you always hope your team will get that big deal. if you are a man you, — — manchester that big deal. if you are a man you,

—— manchester united... that big deal. if you are a man you, -- manchester united... we saw the news come up -- manchester united... we saw the news come up in the day before. there are still a lot of players doing the business on the final day, but it attracts interest. a late flurry of signings taking premier league spending for the summer to well over a billion pounds. that's just short of the record figure set two years ago. the most expensive deal was for romelu lukaku who moved from manchester united to inter milan. his deal was around £74 million. arsenal payed chelsea just $8 million for david luiz and andy carrolljoining newcastle for free. david is the man in the middle. liverpool finished second, champions league winners of course, spent the second—lowest of all the pl sides. the champions league winners begin their new season against norwich. wolves look set for a spot in the playoffs for the group stages of the europa league after beating armenian side fc pyunik 4—0. rangers are also

on course for a spot. aberdeen lost, as did the new saints. and england will name their squad later for the second ashes test against australia which gets under way at lord's on wednesday. world cup winnerjofra archer could replace the injured jimmy anderson. he is still not fit to play in the second test. a big mess. butjofra archer is in the well up. —— world cup. and now we have to talk about the weather. or butter? let'sjust show you. hello, matthew. 0h, the weather. or butter? let'sjust show you. hello, matthew. oh, my goodness. you are just — you are so loving yourjob today, aren't you?

this is the life, hey? this is what it was sold for. it is just after six a.m.. it was sold for. it is just after six am. just three more hours to go. six am. just three more hours to 90~ -- six am. just three more hours to go. —— of four —— all for. six am. just three more hours to go. -- of four -- all for. good morning to all. a rather wet start of the day, i am in banbury 0xfordshire at the fairport crop ready convention festivals. it is one festival that hasn't fallen a file of deteriorating weather conditions. we have some rough weather with us. let's get one thing clear, it isn't going to be like this all the time for the next few days. there will be some dry, bright weather. it will have sunny moments. but there are concerns they will be some very rough conditions coming over the next few days. today we have some very heavy rain spreading northwoods across the country. it's going to see the wind strength and later on tomorrow some disruptive possible winds could see winds touching 50—60 mild an hourfor one or two bases in england and wales. the deep pressure is responsible for

that, pushing up the north—west. we will see rain on the forward edge about, working its way northwoods in the morning. there are gaps in the south—west so it does here make things will start to brighten up across many parts of that southern england and wales. the rush i will get better but if you have this hours. rain will ease off in the northern parts of england and northern ireland. —— rush hour. it is going to be some pretty difficult conditions after yesterday and that could cause some minorflooding. strong winds coming from the east across scotland. far the valence days try to begin with but becomes wetter and cooler in the breeze. further south, sunshine may come out, plenty of cloud around, and so is developed. they could cause some issues. torrential, thundery downpours across western england in particular. lots of muggy air tied

up particular. lots of muggy air tied up with this weather system, temperatures could reach 26 in some parts of england or the far north of scotland, bertens. winds touching gale force quite widely across parts of england and wales, that will feature across many central and western areas and if you will make their way eastwards. not equal night, temperatures will hold up of many. 18—19 as we going to tomorrow morning. the big story of the morning. the big story of the morning is the strength of the wind, those of a gust on the chart. 50—611 some parts of wales, south—west england. still feeding, still heavy in thundery, winds later through tomorrow at least for a time. so any showers will be slow—moving and those themselves could cause some further mining flooding issues —— minor flooding issues. further mining flooding issues —— minorflooding issues. winds follow bit later on sunday, the south—east will stay dry but a wetter day for

northern england. scotland, northern ireland, fairly cloudy but feeling cooler. temperatures here in the mid teens at the very best. and we'll feel a bit chillier. cool air will spread its way southwards as we go into the start of next week, but certainly if you are heading about through the next few days, take note. there is going to be a lot of surface water around through today and tomorrow. they could cause some flooding issues. with strong winds forecast, disruption on ferries and temperatures as well and certainly ta ke temperatures as well and certainly take care of you are driving a ca rava n take care of you are driving a caravan or a high sided vehicle for the next day or two. yes, we feel terrible that we are in the dryer and you are out there stop it is not cold, it is fine. that's true, it is not cold. stay there for the next few hours, enjoy it! the weather causing a lot of problems

for people today. let's take a look at today's papers. the telegraph leads on a spending spree by the prime minister, borisjohnson, as he looks towards a general election in early november. it also has a picture of the royal trip to cowes, and that shot of princess charlotte pulling a face at photographers. the guardian reports on a story we are covering today. jeremy corbyn has asked a top civil servant to prevent mrjohnson from forcing through a no—deal brexit during an election campaign. it has a picture of beatles fans celebrating the 50—year anniversary of the abbey road album. the daily mail reports on the church of england criticising the footballer wayne rooney for promoting a gambling firm. he is being sponsored by a bookmaker in his move to derby county. and the metro leads on the wet weather which is set to make this weekend a washout for many of us.

but they're in mind matt said there will be some sunshine as well. a picture of kate captaining her sailing team. we talked about tra nsfer sailing team. we talked about transfer deadline day, but the new season begins, liverpool taking on norwich at anfield, and this is really nice, he won the champions league with liverpool last season, and this fantastic neural outside anfield. it has been painted very close to the stadium. it is massive, a25 close to the stadium. it is massive, a 25 foot neural of the 20—year—old. they have made his legs look very thin. and he is an interesting character, really into chest, played a grand master —— chess. he lost, but still, he has wide ranging interest, and a apparently the other

players play a bit of chess as well. i always think about the fortunes that agents make on that day, as those deals are signed. and a lot of the moves come from the agents, not necessarily the players, it is the agents who are pushing for moves, and that is what the clubs have to deal with. probably not as it was backin deal with. probably not as it was back in the day, with other managers, but now the agents are very keen. we showed a picture of a church which was becoming creative. we have the stairway to heaven, with a helter—skelter, a 55 foot helter—skelter, which has been installed at norwich cathedral. it costs £2 a ride, this is rochester cathedral in kent, opening a free crazy golf course in the nave. this

will give people a closer view of the cathedral's ceiling, but i like this little... you are not going to be able to see it, probably, but i like this cartoon. it says it is £2 for the helter—skelter and i will chuckin for the helter—skelter and i will chuck in the sermon and confession for free. on the subject of things that maybe shouldn't be messed with, they have done a tv version of four weddings and a funeral, and those who are upset about it happening in the first place might be pleased to hear some of the reviews. the washington post said it was excruciatingly flat dialogue, annoyingly dull cast, left him longing for some more funerals. national public radio says the bad news is the writing, and it goes on and on. it has been absolutely hammered by the critics.|j and on. it has been absolutely hammered by the critics. i don't like kicking anyone when they are

down, but who thought this was a goodideain down, but who thought this was a good idea in the first place? don't mess with brilliance. when was the original film mess with brilliance. when was the originalfilm out? mess with brilliance. when was the original film out? 905? mess with brilliance. when was the originalfilm out? 905? 1994, or 5omething. originalfilm out? 905? 1994, or something. and originalfilm out? 905?1994, or something. and just for comic relief they did a little vignette —— comic relief. leave it alone. anyway, they tried, they failed. a new premier league season starts tonight, but alongside the excitement are concerns that matches could be marred by racism. reports of raci5t abuse in english football rose by more than 40% last year compared to the previous 12 months. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been taking a look at what is being done to tackle it. it was one of the most shameful moments of last season, chelsea fans screaming at raheem sterling, one of them now banned for life for using racially abusive language. another shocking moment, a banana thrown by a spurs fan at an arsenal striker. the charity pick it out says raci5m

in football is up for the seventh yearin in football is up for the seventh year ina in football is up for the seventh year in a row. 0verall incidence ro5e year in a row. 0verall incidence rose by 30%, raci5t abu5e year in a row. 0verall incidence rose by 30%, raci5t abuse is 43%, homophobic incidents have risen almost 10% and religious hatred is up almost 10% and religious hatred is up 75%. we live in a society at the moment which is quite divided, and we have seen things kicking up this year which we have never really seen before. i think we have to, like all football, we have to really, really work together to challenge it, make 5ure work together to challenge it, make sure that it doesn't come back into football the way it was, say, 20, 30 years ago. alexander arnold onto his left foot. salah! striker m0 seller has had an impact on rates of abuse. incidence of islamic abu5e has had an impact on rates of abuse. incidence of islamic abuse at liverpool have fallen on the 20% since the striker liverpool have fallen on the 20% since the 5trikerjoined the club.

at the mosque next to anfield, salah has become something of a hero, a po5ter has become something of a hero, a poster of the egyptian striker stands centre5tage. poster of the egyptian striker stands centrestage. i myself used to be very 5cared stands centrestage. i myself used to be very scared of going to a football match, and recently, you know, last year of been to a couple of matches. it's been all down to mo salah. he has change the mind and the perceptions of people who would be thinking negatively about the mu5lim faith of the muslim community. but the mo salah effect hasn't stopped all of the abuse. malik wa5 hasn't stopped all of the abuse. malik was at anfield earlier this year with his son when he was verbally attacked by another fan. people 5tarted 5houting abu5e verbally attacked by another fan. people 5tarted 5houting abuse at myself, and then it went on to my son. myself, and then it went on to my 5on. at that point he was five years old. they started doing is hurling abu5e old. they started doing is hurling abuse at him, raci5t abuse, and my 5on abuse at him, raci5t abuse, and my son and at myself, which was quite horrific, to be honest, to be part of into witness that. it shouldn't be accepted in society anymore, and

it shouldn't be, because we are all together, we are all doing everything together. so why should we separate anybody is of a different colour than anybody else? with end—to—end action... different colour than anybody else? with end-to-end action... and wall—to—wall drama... with end-to-end action... and wall-to-wall drama... our game is fa5t wall-to-wall drama... our game is fast paced. the man who abused him and his son was banned for life. the premier league doe5 and his son was banned for life. the premier league does have tough sanctions in place, and has been running an education campaign. there i5 running an education campaign. there is no room for racism... anywhere... 0n the pitch... is no room for racism... anywhere... on the pitch... and in the stadiums. but football mirror5 society, and in any walk of life, discrimination is on the rise. this is anyone's game. after 8:00am we'll be talking to former liverpool and england footballerjohn barnes about this. if you have been at grounds lately, let us know. still to come on breakfast: we will take a look at the business of food, with british export5

reaching record levels. ben is at a cheese maker in cheshire for us. good morning to you. i understand it i5 good morning to you. i understand it is pretty noi5y there. hello. good morning to you. i understand it is pretty noisy there. hello. yes, good morning. welcome to che5hire. it is so noi5y down here this morning, so bear with me. but i want to show you around because we are talking about exports. we will get our latest economic growth figures later, gdp figures expected to show the economy slowing. but export5 later, gdp figures expected to show the economy slowing. but exports are 5till the economy slowing. but exports are still doing pretty well, so let me 5how still doing pretty well, so let me show you around here, because we are ata show you around here, because we are at a cheese manufacturer. up there, some of the big that hold 19,000 litres of milk. but then start the proce55 litres of milk. but then start the process to become cheese. thi5 litres of milk. but then start the process to become cheese. this is one of the first stages, where the kurds starts to settle. if i take you around the other side, i can 5how you around the other side, i can show you what it turns out like ——

kurd. basically 5alty rubber is how it was described to me this morning, because it has to begin the process of maturing. and they do that for three orfour month5 of maturing. and they do that for three orfour months in of maturing. and they do that for three or four months in this place before they sell it on around the world. and they sell it to maybe 40 countries around the world, such as its importance here. one of our biggest export5 after gin, whiskey and chocolate. so this place is part ofa and chocolate. so this place is part of a success story as far as british export5 of a success story as far as british exports are concerned. here is the end of the process as it comes off and it is packed onto the line. i will show you a little bit later a look at why bu5ine55 will show you a little bit later a look at why business here is doing so look at why business here is doing so well as far as export5 look at why business here is doing so well as far as exports are concerned, and i will explain a little bit about what the worries are as we approach that brexit deadline. before that, we will get the news, travel and weather where you are watching breakfast this morning. see you soon. good morning from bbc london. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was stabbed in mason in the

early hours of thursday morning. the officer was attacked a5 early hours of thursday morning. the officer was attacked as he tried to stop a van. —— leyton. he suffered multiple injuries. the 56—year—old will also face a charge of possessing an offensive weapon. he will appear at thame5 magistrates court today. the mayor ‘5 decision to approve plans for a 30 story hotel in west london is being challenged in the high court. injune, sadiq khan backed the £300 million redevelopment of the kensington forum hotel in gloucester road. after the scheme was rejected by counsellors. but it is being oppo5ed by more than 800 residents who described the design as an eyesore thatis described the design as an eyesore that is inappropriate for the area. new 5cheme5 new schemes are launching in the capital to help students from all backgrounds perform better in exams. at the free homework club at king's cross, local businesses provide their staff with language, politics or business expertise to help the students. teachers say it is about

more thanjust students. teachers say it is about more than just studying. it's not actually about supporting them in the curriculum per se. it is about giving them a bit extra, it's about giving them a bit extra, it's about boosting their grades in terms of giving them other wider reading, other perspectives, and also people who offer them kind of experiences and things like business have direct experience in business that teachers may not have, for example. but to be honest with you, i think it is really good for them to open up the world and see life beyond the four walls of their school. let's look at the travel situation, and there is a good service on the tubes so far. on the roads, traffic is building on the a13 into town from barking. in victoria, there are 3—way temporary traffic lights for gas means work on buckingham palace road, that is at the junction with eggleston street. and in west norwood there are temporary traffic lights and water mains work on crown lane near the junction with lights and water mains work on crown lane near thejunction with knights heel so what does the weather have in

store for us? here it is. hello, good morning. low pressure is set to dominate our weather over the next 48 hours. we could see some u nsettled 48 hours. we could see some unsettled and disrupted weather. as such, the met office has issued yellow weather warnings to cover us, initially for re—entry today and then the wind as we move into tomorrow. the potential to see some disruption. so it is a mild start this morning, with some outbreaks of rain first this morning, with some outbreaks of rainfirst thing. this morning, with some outbreaks of rain first thing. that will clear its way eastwards, then becoming drier and brighter, with some sunny spells at times. but the risk of seeing some heavy, thundery downpours. temperatures at a maximum of around 25 celsius, and the winds will pick up as we move through today. gusting around 40—45 mph. a blustery night to come, with further thundery showers. temperatures staying in the high teens, and then as we move into tomorrow, tomorrow is set to bring the peak of the wind. so there will be some sunny spells developing. the risk still of catching some showers, but wind gusts of around 45—55 mph. there is the potential to see some disruption. i'm back with the latest from the

bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty, though, on our website at the usual address. goodbye. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it's 6:31am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. as the new premier league season kicks off, we're looking at what's being done to tackle racism in football. we'll be joined by former england star, john barnes. as bad weather leads to the cancellation of more events this weekend, we'll find out what rights you have if you've been left out—of—pocket. and after nine, how the netflix series ‘glow‘ has led to a surge in the number of women taking up wrestling. good morning. here's a summary of the day's stories from bbc news.

the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to a charity. the charity asthma uk says deaths from asthma have risen by a third since 2008. nhs england says it has worked closely with the charity to develop its long—term plan, which includes better medicine reviews and stronger guidance. a man has been charged with attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon after a police officer was allegedly attacked with a machete in east london. the officer suffered multiple injuries as he tried to stop a van in leyton in the early hours of yesterday. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan, from luton, is due to appear at thames magistrates' court today. an 18—year—old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from the sea along with two teenage girls, one of whom died. the three teenagers, who are related, got into distress off the essex coast, in clacton, yesterday afternoon. the girl who died was 14—years—old. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime minister if he tries to force through a no—deal brexit in the middle of a general election

campaign. in a letter to cabinet secretary sir mark sedwill, the labour leader said it would be an "anti—democratic abuse of power" if the prime minister denied voters a choice on britain's future in the eu. it follows speculation that mrjohnson could hang on long enough to enforce brexit even if he loses a no—confidence vote. the electoral commission has warned that the uk needs laws "fit for the digital age" because the current ones don't account for the huge growth of political campaigning on social media. the cabinet office has made recommendations for changes to the law — but nothing has happened so far. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. there's a lot of talk around about a possible snap election. who knows? while there is such chatter, you're going to see a lot more political ad such as these recent ones from facebook and other social media. facebook, twitter and all the rest arose out of the 20th century advertising industry. they are advertising industry. they are advertising companies. jane persuasion machines which use

thousands of data points to let advertisers micro target all of us ina very advertisers micro target all of us in a very cheap way. that can be for commercial campaigns or for political ones. here is a reason facebook ad from the conservatives that targets younger people. and here is a similar one that was aimed at older women. many of the uk's election laws were designed when mark zuckerberg was still at school. now there are calls for election laws which are fit for the digital age. we've been calling for changes to the law to make political campaigning online more transparent and to make the finding of it known much more quicker than it currently is. the electoral commission wants to make sure that digital campaigns follow the current electoral rules in the uk. it wants an imprint on the screen to make it clear he was behind the campaign. it one spending returns broken down to show how money is being spent. it wants a ban on foreign individuals or organisations spending money here in the uk, and it wants more power than

biggerfines. facebook have made more information about who is publicly advertising available through their ads library. but there is plenty we still don't know. amol rajan, bbc news. the british geological survey has confirmed there was a small earthquake in cornwall last night. there were reports of a loud bang and some shaking, at around six o'clock, in the helston area. the quake measured 2.2 on the magnitude scale. there are no reports of damage to buildings. the duke and duchess of cambridge engaged in some royal rivalry at a regatta on the isle of wight yesterday, they went head—to—head in a yacht race near cowes, with the duchess accepting a wooden spoon for finishing last. that is more than a wooden spoon. that is more than a wooden spoon. that is more than a wooden spoon. that is like a... it's huge. it is a seriously big wooden spoon. there is princess charlotte using the crowd.

—— amusing. she stuck her tongue out at photographers. a 55ft helter—skelter has been constructed inside norwich cathedral to give the public a unique view of the historical building. it took four people two days to build. there you go. that was not how it works. you go from the top to the bottom. it looked like he was just having a laugh, really. the idea is you get a closer look at the roof, the mediaeval roof. i'm not sure they are wearing the ideal outfit for helter—skelter, not very aerodynamic. they might get extra slip and slide. always thinking of the dangers. i think it looks great. a lot of fun. we know who has a new

job, one way or another. there are many is —— always are so many, roma leumeah karkoo is probably the biggest deal of yesterday. —— remote karkoo, so he's going into inter— milan. manchester united, they brought in together. a late flurry of deadline day signings took premier league spending for the summer to £1.4 billion, just short of the record. yesterday's spending was £170m. the big money signing of the day was romelu lukaku, off to inter milan for 74m pounds. he had refused to return to training with united over the summer. tottenham bought ryan sessegnon from fulham for £25 million — they'd been linked with him for a while. and look who's heading home. andy carroll returning to the club where it all began, newcastle united, signing

for his boyhood club for free on a one—year deal. and with all that money flushing round, spare a though for bolton, fighting for their survival. bolton's joint administrator paul appleton said on thursday that the sale had been "on the brink of completion". the consortium's head, sharon brittan, watched the club's opening game of the season at wycombe on saturday. the league one club entered administration in may. bolton's neighbours bury meanwhile are nowjust two weeks away from being expelled from the efl. their league cup tie with sheffield wednesday next week has been suspended — the club's opening two league games have also been called off. it just goes to itjust goes to show, doesn't it? so much money. can you believe the new pl season is upon us? liverpool open against promoted norwich city at anfield tonight. managerjurgen klopp says he wants his champions league winners to be the side ‘nobody wants to face'. it's about playing the best football you are able to play. in history, it

is to play the best football you are able to play in the moment, but what is very important, as a team, icing does we have to that seem who nobody wa nts to does we have to that seem who nobody wants to play against and not because the name, not because of the quality, but because of the intensity we put in the game. and thatis intensity we put in the game. and that is what i will ask the boys for. i wasn't listening, sorry. that is what i will ask the boys for. iwasn't listening, sorry. but what i found really interesting yesterday, did you see the stuff about how we learn english smacks he learned english —— he learned english? he was watching friends. you cannot be serious? no, that is mcenroe. were they all had their own ones, didn't they. askjurgen klopp, he will know. wolves looked assured of a spot in the playoffs for the group stages of the europa league.

they beat armenian side fc pyunik 4—0 last night. rauljiminez scored either side of half time as wolves were rarely troubled. the second leg takes place next thursday. aberdeen were also in qualifiying action. they'll have to overcome a 2—goal deficit if they're to reach the playoff round. they were beaten 2—0 by croatian side rieka away from home. rangers won their first leg against danish side midtjylland 4—2 but welsh side the new saints lost. super league leaders st helens beat warrington for the third time in 2019 as they won their challenge cup final dress rehearsal. joseph paulo, matty costello and tommy makinson all crossed the line to help saints go 14 points clear of second—placed warrington at the top. the wire have now lost four times on the trot. england name their squad later today for the second ashes test against australia. play gets underway at lords on wednesday. world cup winnerjofra archer could replace the injured jimmy anderson. archer enhanced his chances

of a call—up as he came through 19 overs for sussex this week. and we know the performances in the world cup as well. finally — with so much to talk about from the world of football — we just had to squeeze this banger in. the launch of non—league side bedale fc‘s kit has caught our eye. ok? it is 0k? it is sausage based. the north yorkshire based team have unveiled their new ‘sausage, mash and peas' themed away strip for the new season. the club are sponsored by a local sausage maker — and it is the third time they've teamed up together. with the first one you could see more of the peas. this one is a bit more of the peas. this one is a bit more sausage —like. more of the peas. this one is a bit more sausage -like. it looks less because i had —— flash coloured. more sausage -like. it looks less because i had -- flash coloured. we can say it looks ridiculous and not very good, but it is very good

cause. “— very good, but it is very good cause. —— flesh—coloured. £5 from every shirt sale will go to a cancer charity. while the talk about tomorrow? —— what will you talk about? who knows. there is always something. playing norwich at home at outfield at night under lights. it is 6:42am. matt has got the weather for us this morning. in about 4—5 minutes. last saturday, 15—year—old nora quoirin and her family had just arrived at a luxury holiday resort on the edge of a tropical rainforest in malaysia, about an hour's drive from kuala lumpur. within 24 hours, the irish teenager had vanished. search teams have been scouring the forest all week and they continue to hold out

hope of finding her. let's find out more from our south east asia correspondent howard johnson, who is in the malaysian capital. this is a very worrying development, isn't it, and we were reporting earlier they are using a loudspeaker to transmit her mother's voice to try and find this girl. yes. we are in the town where she went missing. iamata in the town where she went missing. i am at a local mosque where they are about to hold a prayer for her. her mother says nora, darling, i love you. i'm here. they're using that recording with the search and rescue teams and 250 people scarring thisjungle rescue teams and 250 people scarring this jungle next to the dusan resort, its 15 square kilometres of jungle, they have covered six kilometres so far. so far they haven't found anything a lot of questions are being asked about did

she sing with us was the abducted? 0r she sing with us was the abducted? or has she gone missing? to this day, on the sixth day of the search known can really answer that question. howard, of course we understand that nora does have some learning difficulties as well, this was obviously going to add — compound to the concerns about her. yeah, her uncle described her as a very vulnerable girl. she is very shy, very notice, they said this is very unlikely for her to go off alone —— nervous. she has never gone off on her own before and she would be very confused if she had gone out into this thickjungle area. last night they were using drones, flying overhead, and they couldn't see through the thick canopy. they're using thermal imagery scanning devices, but it is so thick they couldn't see through it. so they are trying again today hoping it will be cooler, might pick up heat if indeed she is out in the jungle

cooler, might pick up heat if indeed she is out in thejungle in the hills behind this town of kansai. —— pantai. give us an idea of the safety for tourists in malaysia. i don't recall any concern ofjeopardy for tourists? know, as far as the last year or two is concerned, this is an incredibly safe country. behind me, the leader of the mosque in this muslim majority town is saying that he really understands what the parents are going through. he has a child himself and he is a special needs teacher, as well. he is leading prayers to hope that it will inspire the search and rescue team out there to find nora later today. thank you for joining to find nora later today. thank you forjoining us. the weather might have a bearing on what you have planned. matt is in

0xford —— 0xfordshire for us. oxfordshire for us. and some have to travel in that this morning. very good morning to you. not doing anything to disprove the statistic that it anything to disprove the statistic thatitis anything to disprove the statistic that it is the wettest month of the summer months. if you take a look at what has happened across some parts, yesterday scotland saw flooding yet again across many central and eastern areas. more heavy rain to come today. heavy rain working its way north as well. while it will be like this all the time, there will be some sunshine over the next few days, we will see a bit more in the way of heavy rain to come and some strong winds to add into the mix. there is the potential for disruption, the wettest weather today and strongest winds tomorrow. the strongest of the winds on the south—west edge, and from that some heavy rain at the moment working its

way northwards across northern and eastern england, northern ireland and scotland. it means through the morning rush—hour things brighten up across parts of central, southern england and wales after this morning's heavy rain. the thunder in north—west england will gradually ease away. the rain takes longer to clear some parts of north—east england and the north of northern ireland but it will be setting and throughout the rush—hour across southern scotland and it will hang around throughout. some of the driest conditions through this morning on the far north of scotland. in scotland we have a keen easterly breeze and that he's a bit strong and gusty across western areas. as we go through the day, the rain in southern scotland spreads to northern scotland. most will see some sunshine come out through today, but heavy showers get going across northern wales and england. some of those torrential and thundery. this morning as you step out in england and wales it is quite a humid feel, and that will add to the temperatures going into the afternoon. 26 as possible and eastern areas where you see the best of the sunshine. widespread gales developing through the night and

into tomorrow. that will keep the showers going across many parts of england and wales through the night, the same for scotland and northern ireland. but it will not be a cold night, with bridges in the teens for the vast majority. 0n night, with bridges in the teens for the vast majority. on saturday, here are the wind gusts we will see through the day, 40—50 mph, england and wales seeing the most disruptive of those wind gusts. not great to be touring a caravan or driving a high sided vehicle through tomorrow. lots of showers around, especially in the west, some of those heavy and thundery. the winds later in scotla nd thundery. the winds later in scotland and northern ireland, but the showers will be slow—moving. as we have seen in recent days, get close to one of those and some minor flooding could result. it will feel cooler by the time we get into of the winds easing through saturday night into sunday. the driest of the weather to the south—east of england. elsewhere, lots of cloud around and through northern and

western england and wales there will be plenty of showers as well. those could be on the heavy side at times. note the temperatures in scotland and northern ireland, dropping into the mid—teens at best. it will feel much cooler, certainly not feeling like summer. the festival here is going ahead this weekend, but others have of course fallen foul of the weather, including boa rdmasters, houghton, the saint and's international kite festival, because of the strong winds is unlikely to go ahead —— st anne's international kite festival. we will have the latest details for you. it does look miserable. we appreciate you being out there. you know it would make you feel better? a nice block of cheese on a cracker. wouldn't that be nice? big enough to cover the rain? yes, a big cheese hat. we will see if we can arrange it, ben is in

the perfect place. ben is in cheshire looking at the success of one of our biggest exports this morning, cheese. good morning to you. good morning. welcome to cheshire. i wish you could smell what this smells like, because i am sure that the cheese is wonderful. itjust doesn't smell great at the moment, this time in the morning. welcome to cheshire. we are talking about exports because later today we will get the latest official figures to show you how quickly or how slowly the economy is growing. it was going about 0.5% at the start of the year. the latest figures we will get at 9:30am this morning are expected to show it is not growing as quickly. lots of reasons why, and we will talk about those in a minute. but cheese is one

of our guest exports, and here they export to 42 countries around the world. it is one of our biggest exports, alongside gin, whiskey and chocolate, one of the biggest exports of the uk. let me talk to the sales director here. just explain what we are seeing here, because it all looks very interesting. it smells pretty pungent. what are we seeing? so we have just pitched the kurd onto the table, and it will be on the table for about 40 minutes or so, and you will see it start to coalesce a bit like the table next to us —— curd. the cutters will come down and start to cut it down and you will see it hand salted on the table. it goes through the mill to be pressed overnight. and where do you sell this stuff? exports are a big part of your business, and i know you source a lot of the milk that you use in the uk, but you sell a lot of product overseas. about 2096 we sell

overseas, we do supply the domestic market, but the overseas market is important for us. inevitably we must ask about brexit, give me a sense of what it could mean for you. the big bit for me is what if we do go to an odl bit for me is what if we do go to an 0dl situation, what will it mean for tariffs? the worst case situation for us would be if the uk does not impose any tariffs on incoming cheese but our european cousins impose tariffs on us outgoing. in a way, if they are equal both ways, it isa way, if they are equal both ways, it is a relatively balanced picture, because that she's coming into the country we would probably then start providing, but the cheese coming out would probably stop. it is about adjusting and resetting your business. let me introduce you to leslie from the institute of exports. talk to me about the importance of exports, because we touched on the economic growth figure. probably going to slow when we get the latest figures today. give mea we get the latest figures today. give me a sense of how important exports are in all of that. exports

are obviously the most important part, because we need to balance our trade, and at the moment we are importing so much more than re—export. it is really important we start working towards going into that and expanding our horizons and going into new markets. really vital that we start looking at doing things ina that we start looking at doing things in a different way, changing the way we do things, and learning to do it well. and to do that we need trade deals, don't we? we need to set up these links with other countries. maybe we have been over reliant on europe in the past. have we got enough? are we thinking about the right sort of deals? yes, i mean, europe is a huge market. especially for the cheesemakers, this is most of their production will go over to the european countries. the next one down as the usa. but having said all of that, as

far as this is concerned, we have 12 rollover deals, and these aren't even trade agreements. this is an agreement to continue operating the way we are at the moment until we leave the european union. so it is vital that we get started on real negotiations. and actually, we need larger deals than these 12. we need more. for now, thank you very much. let me show you a little bit around here. this is the cheese coming off the production line. it gets pressed and put into storage for about four months before it can be sold. we will talk more about some of the implications for an 0dl brexit but also look at the importance of exports as part of our overall economy, a little later —— no deal brexit. at hairnet really suits you, ben. what does it smell like there? he can't hear us. we will find out more about cheese later on.

he is the cellist who won the bbc‘s young musician of the year and gained global fame when he performed at the wedding of the duke and duchess of sussex. now, 20—year—old sheku kanneh—mason is set to play sir edward elgar‘s poignant cello concerto at the bbc proms, 100 years after elgar composed it. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. edward elgar‘s elegiac cello concerto in e minor, written 100 years ago, immortalised byjacqueline du pre in the mid—19605. she was a 20—year—old cello prodigy then, just as sheku kanneh—mason is now. her performances are very inspiring. i have taken lots of inspiration from her playing. definitely, when i was younger, i wanted to be her. but it will be him front and centre at the proms,

giving his version of elgar‘s famous concerto. for me, it's one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. to perform in here is going to be very, very special. elgar wrote it after the first world war, about which he was incredibly disturbed, and it's a very sad piece, in that regard. how does it resonate, 100 years on? it's a terribly sad piece. and i think, although of course i've not experienced anything even close to someone who's lived through the first world war has, but even just by listening to this piece and playing this piece and trying to understand the music, i think a lot of that comes across really clearly. he comes from an extraordinary family. all seven children are exceptional musicians, with his elder sister, a gifted pianist, leading the way. what we had was quite rare. the fact that we went to state

schools that supported music and had music, that's very rare. and in fact, that's also gone now from the schools that we were at, so i think we were very lucky. now that it's not so common in the schools, and free music lessons aren't so common, money is a big factor, and i do worry that there are people with the talent or the want to do music who may be restricted. the thing that's lacking a lot in this country is the opportunity. and — well, the opportunity to have the lessons, to have instruments and things, and also to have the opportunity are very talented family. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. 22—year—old man will appear in court

today charged with the rape and murder of an 89—year—old woman in london. police discovered her body at her home in tottenham last weekend. the man was arrested on monday. police say they would still like to hear from anyone who has had contact with him. premier league football clubs are being urged to pay their staff such as cleaners and security guards the real living wage. it has been reported that only four premier league clubs, including chelsea and west ham, are currently accredited with living wage foundation. it means they are committed to paying all staff the voluntary rate £10.55, which is £2 more than the statutory rate. 0ther sides outside the premier league, such as luton, also pay the rate. new schemes are launching in the capital to help students from all backgrounds perform better in exams. at the free homework club at king's cross, local businesses provide their staff with language, politics or business expertise to help the students. teachers say it is about more than just studying.

it's not actually about supporting them in the curriculum, per se. it's about giving them a little bit of extra. it's about boosting their grades in terms of giving them other, wider reading, other perspectives. and also, people who offer them kind of experiences, and things — like, business have direct experience in business that teachers may not have, for example. but, to be honest with you, i think it's really good for them to open up the world and see life beyond the four walls of their school. let's look at the travel situation, and there is a good service on the tubes so far. it is slow on the north circular southbound approaching hangar land. in victoria, there are three—way temporary traffic lights for gas mains work on buckingham palace road. in camberwell, there are temporary traffic lights for gas mains work. so what does the weather have in store for us? here it is. hello, good morning.

low pressure is set to dominate our weather over the next 48 hours. we could see some unsettled and disrupted weather. as such, the met office has issued yellow weather warnings, to cover us initially for rain today, and then the wind as we move into tomorrow — the potential to see some disruption. so it's a mild start this morning, with some outbreaks of rain first thing. that will clear its way eastwards, then becoming drier and brighter, with some sunny spells at times, but the risk of seeing some heavy, thundery downpours. temperatures at a maximum of around 25 celsius, and the winds will pick up as we move through today, gusting around 40—45 mph. a blustery night to come, with further thundery showers. temperatures staying in the high teens, and then as we move into tomorrow, tomorrow is set to bring the peak of the wind. so there will be some sunny spells developing. the risk still of catching some showers, but wind gusts of around 45—55 mph. there's the potential to see some disruption. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address.

goodbye. don't recall any concern ofjeopardy for tourists? good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: deaths from asthma rise by a third in england and wales — experts blame an unacceptable lack in basic care. nora! as the search for missing teenager nora quoirin enters its sixth day, police play a loudspeaker recording of her mother's voice during a search of the malaysian jungle. good morning. cheese is one of our largest exports, but with uncertainty in the economy, exports goods low for the second quarter. i'll look at how important those international trade deals will become. the ugly side of the beautiful game. as a new premier league season gets under way, we'll ask what is being done to tackle the rise in racism. we have to really, really,

really want to challenge it and make sure that it doesn't come back into football the way it was say, maybe 20—30 years ago. the transfer window closes for premier league clubs. we'll find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. and what as some are more than a weatherman in a festival field in the rain? it is going to be a wet day today across many parts of the uk. some festivals have already fall foul of conditions. gale force winds tomorrow. i'll have all of your forecast details coming up. it's friday august 9. our top story: the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to a charity. asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. with more, here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. nearly 5 million people in england

and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of asthma—related deaths is now at a 10—year high. it may be the result of people not getting really good, very basic care, which we know is a problem. i think there is an issue of complacency. people with asthma don't themselves take it terribly seriously, so i think that's an issue. and then maybe things like weather and different weather patterns and pollution that could be also causing — have led to those deaths. so i think it's really difficult to pin it down to one single thing. more than 1,400 people died from an asthma attack last year. that's equal to 2.5 people out of every 100,000, dying from asthma. the number of deaths is up by 8% when compared with the previous year. 0verall, more than 12,700 people have died from asthma in england and wales over the last decade. asthma uk acknowledges there are signs that care is getting better.

and nhs england says it's worked with asthma uk to improve standards. but it warns the link between air pollution and asthma shows the challenge is not one the nhs can meet on its own. dominic hughes, bbc news. police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family. search teams have been playing a recording of her mother's voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15—year—old. marta newman reports. nora! close to 200 police, local residents and specialist search teams have been working around the clock to find missing nora quoirin. malaysian police say they're not ruling anything out, but believe the teenager could be lost in the jungle. translation: my team and myself are still in high spirits. we're adding more people to help with the search and they're in good spirits, too. we hope and pray we can

find her as soon as possible. nora arrived at the dusan forest eco reserve on saturday with her parents and her brother and sister for a two—week family holiday. it was her father who raised the alarm on sunday morning after he found her bedroom empty and the window open. her family fear she may have been abducted. nora has learning and developmental disabilities, and her parents say she would never have left them voluntarily, as she never goes anywhere on her own. and we ask everyone to keep nora in their thoughts and to continue to support the ongoing search for her. nora is still missing and she's very vulnerable. and we need to do everything we can to bring her home. search teams in malaysia have been playing a recording of her mother's voice, calling out for nora

on speakers in the hope that this will find her and provide the breakthrough her family so desperately needs. marta newman, bbc news. a man has been charged with attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon after a police officer was allegedly attacked with a machete in east london. the officer suffered multiple injuries as he tried to stop a van in leyton in the early hours of yesterday. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan, from luton, is due to appear at thames magistrates' court today. the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. with winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. it might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. west lothian and scotland

already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. high winds will hit the south—west and south wales later today. heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. that forecast caused the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend. most of them were expected to be camping. a hot air balloon festival was also hit. and this is the site of the houghton dance music festival in norfolk. despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. drivers have been warned to expect difficult conditions and have been advised to consider

delaying journeys. train services between edinburgh and dunblane have already been disrupted by flooding, but travellers are being warned that heavy rain over the next few days could cause problems on the railways elsewhere, during this most unseasonal weather. keith doyle, bbc news. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime minister if he tries to force through a no—deal brexit in the middle of a general election campaign. the labour leader is concerned that if borisjohnson loses a confidence vote in parliament, he could call an election which would take place after the uk is due to leave the eu. let's get more from our political correspondent, tom barton, in westminster. tom, is that a likely scenario? if early grey day. matt will keep us updated as well. —— a really great

day. this is not a bland scenario, it is really complicated. can you simplify it for us? complicated? potentially explosive, yes. boris johnson has repeated britain will leave the eu at the end of october, come what may. a significant number of mp5 though, i think that could mean leaving without a deal and they are determined to stop that from happening. 0ne are determined to stop that from happening. one option is ordering a vote of no—confidence. if boris johnson lost that vote, a new government was not formed within a couple of weeks, a general election we need to be held. but the date of that would need to be set by boris johnson and he and his advisors are said to argue that they would be perfectly entitled to set that date after october 31, meaning brexit would happen by default. this morning, ina would happen by default. this morning, in a letter to the most senior civil servant in the country, mark sedwill, jeremy corbyn has said

it would be an anti— democratic abuse of power. he argues the rules around election campaigns prohibit the government from making any decisions that the next government might disagree with. downing street and brexit supporters, though, of course say they wouldn't have two ta ke course say they wouldn't have two take any controversial decisions because the way brexit is written into law, it would just happen anyway. ok, tom, thank you very much. an 18—year—old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from the sea along with two teenage girls, one of whom died. the three teenagers, who are related, got into distress off the essex coast, in clacton, yesterday afternoon. the girl who died was 14—years—old. the british geological survey has confirmed there was a small earthquake in cornwall last night. there were reports of a loud bang and some shaking, at around six o'clock, in the helston area. the quake measured 2.2 on the magnitude scale. there are no reports

of damage to buildings. the duke and duchess of cambridge engaged in some royal rivalry at a regatta on the isle of wight yesterday, where they went head—to—head in a yacht race near cowes, with the duchess accepting a wooden spoon for finishing last. it doesn't matter, it is taking part that counts. princess charlotte amused the crowd when she stuck her tongue out at photographers. that is what she thought of her mother's wooden spoon. we have the weather for you coming up, lots of interest in the storms. matt has the details a little later on. it is 7:11am. every day, three people in the uk will die from an asthma attack. now the nhs is being urged to improve access to basic care for sufferers, including a yearly review with a nurse, and inhaler checks. joining us now from her home in cambridgeshire is nicki davis,

whose 8—year—old son bailey died from an asthma attack in 2017. and dr rob niven, an asthma specialist, joins us in the studio. thank you to the both of you for coming. so many things to talk to you today about. first of all, so sorry for your loss because this law, it is only two years ago. i know you are happy to talk about this with us because you want the message to go out to other people. can you just tell us a little bit about what happened ? can you just tell us a little bit about what happened? yes, of course. it was a normal day for bailey, he'd been to school and was normal. he came in, he wasjumping in the puddles, got completely soaked, came m, puddles, got completely soaked, came in, changed, bathed, tv, you know, tea, bathed. watching cartoons with his brother, normal time to go to bed. asked if he could watch a bit

of tv in bed stop of course. i was getting stuff ready for the next day... soi getting stuff ready for the next day... so i went up to the bedroom about 9:30pm to check on the boys, said come on, guys, you have school in the morning. divvy off, not a problem. i got into my bedroom and it must‘ve been ten minutes later that bailey walked into my bedroom and said to me mum, i can't breathe properly. looking at him, there was no visible signs of gasping for breath. i said ok, darling, no visible signs of gasping for breath. isaid 0k, darling, you know what to do. we'll give you your inhaler. i gave him two puffs of his inhaler, as he stood up, i said to him are you 0k? the next thing i knew, in the blink of an eye, he dropped to the floor. i thought he'd fainted, i'd gone to pick him up and u nfortu nately fainted, i'd gone to pick him up and unfortunately he was so heavy i couldn't pick him up and that is when i realised he had passed away there and then in front of me.

nicki, what have you learned about what happened to him? why did his death occur in that way? no, u nfortu nately death occur in that way? no, unfortunately not. the coroner's report stated that bailey had died from an acute asthma attack. there we re from an acute asthma attack. there were any recommendations on the coroner's report, just think he had mild asthma than chronic asthma and had then had the acute asthma attack. it is neither here. hello. —— naga. hello. everyone's sympathies with you, obviously. what message do you want to put across now for people who are suffering without mr —— with asthma or people who have family members with asthma. the message i want to get across is,

you know, it is lack of basic care. if you feel that you are not getting the care that you deserve, after what has gone out today, please call yourgp. what has gone out today, please call your gp. speak to your gp and say i ama your gp. speak to your gp and say i am a bit worried. have i got this in place? have i got that in place? we do not want any more families to go through what i am going through at the moment. you know, rob, we heard from nikki there, and as i said, eve ryo ne from nikki there, and as i said, everyone will be in or that she is talking to us on national television and other sympathy for what she is going through. how easy is it to ask for this help? i know it sounds simple, but to challenge gp is difficult, isn't it, because they are the experts. as we have heard today, there are tragedies like that going on all over the country. care is available, but getting access to

it and getting the right questions, i think, is the hardest bit. and doctors are under a problem at the moment, because we have two sets of guidance. that has to be resolved as well. mac telus a bit more about that. we have a set of guidelines produced by nice, just before the rise in asthma deaths, and we have a set of guidelines produced by the british respiratory society before that. and these conflict about the importance of preventer inhalers in asthma. can i ask you about these statistics, and these are families like nicki, which have been devastated, but the number of asthma attacks is the highest in a decade. to what do you attributed that rise? we are not getting the message that we need to get basic preventative

capabilities into patients. even the blue inhaler is closing the door after the horse has bolted. said thatis after the horse has bolted. said that is when someone is suffering an attack. what do you talk about in the way of prevention? we need treatments in regularly that stop asthma attacks from happening. what is that treatment? it is an inhaled steroid preventative treatment. lot of people are reluctant to take that, because if they feel well, they think why do i need to take steroid? steroids don't have a great reputation just generally, steroid? steroids don't have a great reputationjust generally, people don't want to take steroids. the first thing to say about that is the treatment is absolutely safe. it is not relevant from a side effects point of view, but that fear is clearly there, and we have to get that message solved. finland solved this with a population study and they got deaths in finland down to three a year, or something like that. that would be about 20 to the

uk's size, but that is completely different to our statistics. nicki, ifi different to our statistics. nicki, if i may, last thought from you. any family would be left with so many questions about why something happened, but i guess the important thing for you, as the doctor was just saying, is that people are better informed now. is that what you would be saying?|j better informed now. is that what you would be saying? i am hoping that after today people will be better informed. i am hoping that ba iley‘s better informed. i am hoping that bailey's story will make people think that asthma does need to be taken seriously, think that asthma does need to be ta ken seriously, and think that asthma does need to be taken seriously, and potentially can be fatal, as in bailey's case. but thatis be fatal, as in bailey's case. but that is my message. bailey isn't here to tell his story, so i am here to tell his story. for all asthma sufferers, all the families that have lost a loved one, to asthma, my thoughts are with them. i am going through what you are going through.

but yes, asthma does need to be taken more seriously, so more deaths cannot happen. nicki, can ijust say thank you so much for talking to us this morning, and i am loving the pictures i am seeing, on the cushionsjust behind pictures i am seeing, on the cushions just behind you, but i am also loving the calm cat who is sitting just behind you, who a suspect gives you a lot of comfort along the way. yes, she hardly moves, but she does give me some comfort, thank you. you have touched the hearts of many people on this programme today. thank you, and we wish you all the best. thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me, thank you. there are some storms around, there is heavy rain around, there is wind around, and you need to know what is going on if you have any plans this

weekend. matt is at a festival in 0xfordshire this morning, and to say it isa 0xfordshire this morning, and to say it is a little bit of a damp squib isa it is a little bit of a damp squib is a bit of an understatement. how are you this morning?” is a bit of an understatement. how are you this morning? i am all right, the torrential rain has eased off toa right, the torrential rain has eased off to a moderate drizzle. but it has been a thoroughly wet start. problems with weather conditions over the next few days has had an impact on other festivals, but here at the property convention festival, things are going ahead. joining me isa things are going ahead. joining me is a guest, the festival safety officer. good morning, john. a lovely start, but you have seen heavier rain on previous years. the area just behind is a sea of mud. we had to abandon camping fields on the other side of the valley, and we have had it much, much worse than this. i bet you have, the worst of the rain done, but some strong winds forecast, gales and places as well.

how do you prepare for that as a city officer? what we have done is we have been monitoring it since it was a twinkle in the eye about a week ago, and picking up forecasts, watching the forecast developed, having a good idea of what to expect. we have a wind management plan for the stage behind us. we have anemometers on the roof which we have been monitoring the winds and putting in action plans for that. we have checked our own structures, asked a structural engineer to make sure they are safe and meet the manufacturers' requirements. and then, for the people who are attending the festival, everyone is aware of it, it has had good build—up, so they are alert to it, we have the screens behind us and we are putting m essa g es behind us and we are putting messages up behind us and we are putting messages up between the various acts saying it is going to be windy, secure your tents. take gazebos down and prepare for it. thank you very much, very good luck with everything this weekend. the wind set to pick up this weekend. the wind set to pick up here and across other parts. it is going to be a case of keep checking the forecast if you have

any plans, off to any events, because over the next couple of days we got heavy rain at the moment today, winds will strengthen later and into tomorrow we will see gales right across parts of england and wales. so some travel and event disruption is certainly possible. an unusually deep area of low pressure putting in from the south—west at the moment. not one you normally wa nt to the moment. not one you normally want to see in august, but we have seen want to see in august, but we have seen before it could ring some of the strongest winds we have seen in august for around five years. ahead of that, the strongest winds where we have the cloud and the rain stopped typically across much of england and wales through the night into this morning. rain is spreading its way northwards, which means much of the midlands and wales, running heavily. drying out to the south—west but if few showers will start to push their way in. while we have thunderstorms across north—west england, they will gradually ease,

turning thundery the rain across southern scotland. still remaining wet for some in the far north of northern ireland. so there could be a lot of surface water around, difficult conditions on the roads through the morning rush hour. 0ne of the dry spots the north of scotla nd of the dry spots the north of scotland at the moment, but winds touching gale force for one or two. northern scotland will turn wetter through the day is further south things turn a little bit drier and brighter. we will see some sunshine, but this afternoon the thunderstorms developed especially across central and western areas, they could become torrential and cause disruption in themselves. you will notice quite a muqqy themselves. you will notice quite a muggy start and once the sunshine comes out with temperatures in the mid—205, it will feel quite warm especially in easternmost parts of england. by the end of the day the wind is picking up quite widely across england and wales. quite wild night developing across the south with more showers coming in. putting further eastwards because of the strength of the breeze. temperatures shouldn't drop away too much for the vast majority, in the teens as we go through tomorrow morning. let's show the wind gusts for tomorrow morning. could be touching 50, 60 mph across parts of england and wales, especially around southern and western coasts. 40 or 50 mph inland as well. that is pretty unusual for august, and that will feed in some

further showers, some of those heavy and thundery. winds lighter across scotla nd and thundery. winds lighter across scotland and northern ireland, so if you get caught in the showers, they will be with you for a while and could cause some minorflooding. a cool day tomorrow, cooler still into sunday, with a northerly wind developing. that will clear away some of the heavy rain into northern england, wales and maybe the south—west later on. the south—east of england and east anglia a little bit drier and brighter with some sunshine at times, and temperatures at best around 20 or 21 degrees in that south—east corner. but yes, we have got some pretty severe weather coming, but there will be some brighter weather throughout this weekend. stay tuned for the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station stop thank you very much.|j am glad it has dried off a little bit. a new premier league season starts tonight, but alongside the excitement are concerns that matches could be marred by racism. reports of racist abuse

in english football rose by more than 40% last year compared to the previous 12 months. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been taking a look at what's being done to tackle it. it was one of the most shameful moments of last season — chelsea fans screaming at raheem sterling, one of them now banned for life for using racially abusive language. another shocking moment — a banana thrown by a spurs fan at arsenal striker aubameyang. the charity kick it out says discrimination at football is up for the seventh year in a row. their latest report shows overall incidents rose by 30%, racist abuse is up 43%, homophobic incidents have risen almost 10%, and religious hatred is up 75%. we live in a society at the moment that is quite divided, and we see things — we're seeing things at kick it out this year which we have never

really seen before. i think we have to — like all football, we have to really, really work together to challenge it, make sure that it doesn't come back into football, the way it was, say, 20,30 years ago. alexander—arnold onto his left foot. salah... the new premier league season starts tonight at anfield. striker mo salah has had an impact on rates of abuse. incidence of islamic abuse at liverpool have fallen on the 20% since the 5trikerjoined the club. at the mosque next to anfield, salah has become something of a hero. a poster of the egyptian striker stands centre—stage. i myself used to be very scared of going to a football match, and recently, you know, last year i've been to a couple of matches. it's been all down to mo salah. he has changed the mind and the perceptions of people who would be thinking negative about the muslim faith of the muslim community.

but the mo salah effect hasn't stopped all of the abuse. amir malik was at anfield earlier this year with his son when he was verbally attacked by another fan. they started shouting abuse at myself, and then it went on to my son. at that point, he was five years old. what they started doing is hurling abuse at him, racist abuse, at my son and at myself. which was quite horrific, to be honest, to be part of and to witness that. it shouldn't be accepted in society anymore, and it shouldn't be, because we're all together. we're all doing everything together. so why should we separate anybody that's of a different colour than anybody else? with end—to—end action... ..and wall—to—wall drama... ..our game is fast—paced. the man who abused amir and his son has been prosecuted and banned from anfield for life. every tackle... the premier league does have tough sanctions in place, and has been running an education campaign. there is no room for racism... ..anywhere...

..on the pitch... ..and in the stadiums. but football mirrors society, and in any walk of life, discrimination is on the rise. this is everyone's game. let us know about your experience, this season in past. notjust that premier league matches, either. at school matches, whatever. if people are generally angry or abusive. after 8:00am we'll be talking to former liverpool and england footballer john barnes about this. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was stabbed in leyton in the early hours of thursday morning. the patrol officer was attacked as he tried to stop a van.

he suffered multiple injuries. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan will also face a charge of possessing an offensive weapon. he will appear at thames magistrates court today. the mayor's decision to approve plans for a 30—story hotel in west london is being challenged in the high court. injune, sadiq khan backed the £300 million redevelopment of the kensington forum hotel in gloucester road, after the scheme was rejected by councillors. but it is being opposed by more than 800 residents, who describe the design as an eyesore that is inappropriate for the area. new schemes are launching in the capital to help students from all backgrounds perform better in exams. at the free homework club at king's cross, local businesses provide their staff with language, politics or business expertise to help the students. teachers say it is about more than just studying. it's not actually about supporting them in the curriculum, per se. it's about giving them a little bit of extra. it's about boosting their grades in terms of giving them other, wider reading, other perspectives.

and also, people who offer them kind of experiences, in things like business have direct experience in business that teachers may not have, for example. but, to be honest with you, i think it's really good for them to open up the world and see life beyond the four walls of their school. let's look at the travel situation, and there is a good service on the tubes so far. it is slow on the north circular westbound from southgate. in victoria, there are three—way temporary traffic lights for gas mains work on buckingham palace road. in camberwell, there are temporary traffic lights for gas mains work. so what does the weather have in store for us? hello, good morning. low pressure set to dominate our weather over the next 48 hours. we could see some unsettled and disruptive weather.

as such, the met office has issued yellow weather warnings to cover this, initially for rain through today, and then for wind as we move into tomorrow — the potential to see some disruption. so it's a mild start this morning, with some outbreaks of rain first thing. that will clear its way eastwards, then becoming drier and brighter, with some sunny spells at times, but the risk of seeing some heavy, thundery downpours. temperatures at a maximum of around 25 degrees celsius, and the winds will pick up as we move through today, gusting at around 40—45 mph. a blustery night to come, with further thundery showers. temperatures staying in the high teens, and then as we move into tomorrow, tomorrow is set to bring the peak of the wind. so there will be some sunny spells developing. the risk still of catching some showers, but wind gusts of around 45—55 mph. there is the potential to see some disruption. plenty more on our website at the usual address. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. goodbye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is 7:31am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales have risen by a third in the last decade, according to a charity. asthma uk say more inhaler checks and guidance for patients are needed, while another study published this week blamed air pollution for increased rates. nhs england says it has developed a long—term plan to treat the condition. police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family.

search teams have been playing a recording of her mother's voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15—year—old, who has a learning disability. she'd been at the resort for less than a day when her father found her bedroom empty, with the window open. a man will appear in court today charged with an alleged machete attack on a police officer in east london. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan, from luton, is accused of attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon — he's due before thames magistrates court later this morning. the officer suffered multiple injuries as he tried to stop a van in leyton yesterday morning. an 18—year—old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from the sea along with two teenage girls, one of whom died. the three teenagers, who are related, got into distress off the essex coast, in clacton, yesterday afternoon. the girl who died was 14—years—old. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime minister if he tries to force through a no—deal brexit in the middle of a general election campaign. in a letter to cabinet secretary sir mark sedwill, the labour leader said it would be an "anti—democratic abuse of power" if the prime minister denied voters a choice on britain's future in the eu. it follows speculation that mrjohnson could hang on long enough

to enforce brexit even if he loses a no—confidence vote. shares in the taxi—hailing firm, uber, have fallen after the company posted record quarterly losses of more than £4 billion. the losses are more than five times as much as the same period last year. competition has forced uber to hold down prices, while costs for research and development and marketing remain high. if you're about to butter some toast this morning, don't put the pack straight back into the fridge. all back into the fridge. your crumpets. you can always create some art with it instead. this butter sculpture of big bird, from sesame street, was made for the iowa state fair in the us. this is what they do. they make big things out of butter. 0ther creations include a butter cow that would provide enough spread for more than 19,000

slices of toast. that's a muppet, innit? if the butter that was used to make the cowl, that would be 19,000 slices of toast. the butter made the cow and the cow made the butter.|j wonder if we could do but are versions of other famous players? oh, yeah, romelu lukaku. you've got to get all these deals done. yesterday was transfer deadline day yesterday. it's exciting, every club is hoping they will be able to splash the cash. but there are certain financial constraints. some deals might not

structure huge amounts initially but then stagger over the years. the agents always win, don't they. they a lwa ys agents always win, don't they. they always get a slice, but there was a late flurry during deadline day signings. a late flurry of deadline day signings took premier league spending for the summer to £1.4 billion, just short of the record. yesterday's spending was £170 million. romelu lukaku sealed his move to inter milan for £74 million. he had refused to train with united. tottenham bought ryan sessegnon from fulham for £25 million — a player they'd been linked with for a while. and look who's heading home. andy carroll returning to the club where it all began, newcastle united, signing for his boyhood club for free on a one—year deal.

and with all that money flushing round, spare a thought for league one bolton who are fighting for their survival. a takeover which could safeguard theirfuture has been suspended, while their neighbours, bury, are just two weeks away from being kicked out of the football league. their league cup tie with sheffield wednesday next week has been suspended because of financial issues, and just shows the stark contrast of teams at the top and those below. ido i do think it is good. there is a bit of me that makes me think about tra nsfer bit of me that makes me think about transfer time, is it worth it? whatever happened to players just wanting to stay at clubs because they love the clubs? it's money. that's all it is. but that is the nature of the game these days. it's not such a beautiful game anymore.

but some people argue it makes it more exciting. you know, we are lucky to have them here, we can watch and see these players? who will be talking about this more at 8:30am. there is plenty more to talk about. i —— we will be. 8:30am. there is plenty more to talk about. i -- we will be. it is a foot ball about. i -- we will be. it is a football pack today. yes, racism in football. increasingly worrying. can you believe it gets under way tonight? liverpool against norwich. liverpool open against promoted norwich at anfield tonight. managerjurgen klopp says he wants his champions league winners to be the side "nobody wants to play". it's not about playing the best football you are able to — you play in history. it's to play the best football you are able to play in this moment. and, um, what's very, very important, even as a team who won the champions league last year, i — we have to stay the team who nobody wants to play against. and not because the name,

not because of quality we have, no, but because of the intensity we put in the game. and that's what i will ask the boys for. wolves look set to reach the playoffs for the group stages of the europa league. they beat armenian side fc pyunik 4—0 last night, rauljiminez with two, rounding off this team effort the second leg takes place next thursday. aberdeen will have to overcome a two—goal deficit if they're to progress, athey were beaten away 2—0 by croatian side rieka. rangers won their first leg but welsh side the new saints lost. super league leaders st helens beat warrington for the third time this year as they won their challenge cup final dress rehearsal. joseph paulo, matty costello and tommy makinson all crossed the line to help saints go 14 points clear of second—placed warrington at the top. england name their squad for the second ashes test against australia today. play gets underway at

lord's on wednesday. world cup winnerjofra archer — there he is — could replace the injured jimmy anderson. archer enhanced his chances of a call—up as he came through 19 overs for sussex this week. he will be keen to build on the success that they had recently. he has but added pays that the english bowling attack could do with. —— pace. we'll get the weather from matt for you shortly. but first, we are going to do cycling. we are doing cycling? yes, but there are loads happening in the weather. because matt has been talking about the inclement weather, we've been hearing lots of events have been cancelled this week because of the wind and rain. one that will go ahead, despite the forecast, is the first—ever women's tour of scotland cycle race.

we'rejoined now from dunblane by darren clayton, who's one of the organisers. so, the races on, but i know you've had some very challenging conditions in scotland over the last couple of days? good morning, everyone. it has been a challenge with the weather. but the show does go on and hugely excited to be here, taking the official start from dunblane at a quarter past 12 today. tell us about the race? it's a three-day tour, a professional women's event. stage two is glasgow to perth and stage iii is edinburgh to edinburgh. it is the first time in the world of cycling that we are going to have an all women's event and we are hugely excited to be involved in this race. 0n the theme of the weather, i was in edinburgh yesterday and they were really genuinely shocking conditions. i'm going to work out — imean, conditions. i'm going to work out — i mean, does the race have to stop

if it gets to a certain point? how will you think that through? yeah, we have safety plans and we have gone through every kind of different conditions out there. the biggest issue we have out there is not so much the rain but the wind. so we have a safety plan that goes against marquees and temporary structures. so that is one of our biggest issues, branding on site. we have had to take down some of the activities that we had going on at the start and finishes. some of them had been reduced, but the show goes on and we are really excited to get out there today. this is a women's event. we were talking to the internationals earlier, who are the tea m internationals earlier, who are the team that did the tour to france route, because of because women can't do the tour de france as it stands. do you think there is a climb that says women should be doing all these things, there is no reason why not —— the tour de france

route because at the moment women can't do the tour de france? we think a women cosmic event would be hugely supported both by england and scotland. —— women's event. there has been so much momentum appear from female sport across the board but especially cycling. lynn has great talent, katie archibald has been racing with us today, we have teams from around the world that had descended on scotland. so there is a huge talents of riders and over the next three days we will see them battling out to see who will be queen of the scots. we wish you luck. i hope the weather does prove to you because i know these are brave souls on the cycle —— cycles, best of luck to them. thank you. there are queen of scots! good title. look, it is right now there are some of us today. no—one more so than matt taylor who honestly, you know, usually i would laugh but even

i feel bad know, usually i would laugh but even ifeel bad for you. know, usually i would laugh but even i feel bad for you. and that is saying something. iam i am still loving a little bit inside. good morning. it is not too bad, actually. we arejust inside. good morning. it is not too bad, actually. we are just outside banbury, in 0xfordshire. lots of people are camping, i thought i would grab one of the campus. they have to deal with weather conditions like that. good morning, thank you for joining like that. good morning, thank you forjoining us. what does it make you feel like seeing weather like this when you step out? it is not the best, but it is not the worst andi the best, but it is not the worst and i am really grateful it has not been cancelled. with 30 years or more of coming, we don't want to mist it, because we meet up with so many great friends we have met since we have been here. and is your tents secure? i certainly hope so, because

it is integral. it is all one piece, and if it goes, i go! we will let you get back in the drier, but one of many campers who will be braving the weather conditions of this weekend. some events have already fallen foul of the weather. it will not be like this all weekend, but let's look at the main issues of concern. we have a very heavy rain spreading its way northwards across the country. the wind strengthening across the south and tomorrow the winds will be the main disruption across the country. especially for england, with winds touching 50 or 60 mph. which is pretty unusualfor august. we have a big area of low pressure spinning end. it looks more akin to autumn than summer, i had of it we have rain before the strong winds really get going. under all that cloud, we have seen it tipping down across parts of the midlands so far this morning, but the rain is working its way northwards so many counties of england and wales drying out for a time, seeing sunshine in the morning rush hour before the

showers start to put in again. wet for parts of east anglia and the south—east, and the thundery rain in northern england eases off over the next few hours. southern parts of northern ireland dry, by the end of the rush hour, through much of central and southern scotland the rain to fall. that will cause lots of problems on the roads, surface water around, especially after the flooding of the past few days. the far north of scotland dry to begin with but turn wetter and windier through the day. winds could touch gale force for one or two. showers into the afternoon could be disrupted themselves. torrential and thundery with the risk of flash flooding. further east, 26 celsius possible. quite a humid day even though we have the rain. the wind is picking up on england and wales this evening and overnight with gales developing quite widely. a few showers around, one or two staying dry to eastern areas. temperatures are staying in the teens for the vast majority. just look at the wind gusts we are expecting tomorrow, especially for england and wales. it

is not often you see winds in august of 40 or 50 mph inland. is not often you see winds in august of 40 or50 mph inland. winds is not often you see winds in august of 40 or 50 mph inland. winds on the coast could cause disruption to the ferries, not great to be driving a high sided vehicle or a caravan, and as well as some sunshine there will be heavy and thundery showers at times. the wind a little bit lighter for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures tomorrow a little bit down and today's values and cooler still as we go into sunday, especially across scotland and northern ireland, with a northerly wind developing. thunderstorms on saturday will be back into the far north of england, wales and the south—west. driest on sunday in the south—east corner, but temperatures down for all on what we have had over the last few days, and certainly down on what we have had today. if you are off to any events, keep on checking that event is taking place and keep up—to—date with the latest travel news if you are on the move. bbc local radio is your best place to do it. it is back to salford. how do you think those

people in the tents behind you feel about a weatherman standing outside banging on about the weather at this time in the morning, while they are sitting in the rain? do you think they appreciate you ?|j sitting in the rain? do you think they appreciate you? i will be making a hasty escape, i think. idea you to knock on those tens and talk about how pleased they are that they decided to go camping today. look, i have better news. the sun will come out later. you can't argue with that, surely! they will have fun anyway, that is the way these things work. the weather has already forced the cancellation of major events, including boardmasters in newquay. all these people arrived in newquay thinking the event was still on. lots of major events have had to change, indeed. so what are your rights if you paid out for tickets,

travel and accommodation, but now have nowhere to go? joining us now is the consumer rights expert felicity hannah. good morning to you. i mean, that one, boardmasters, good morning to you. i mean, that one, boa rdmasters, is just good morning to you. i mean, that one, boardmasters, isjust one example, isn't it? what could they have done once they have got there, all the way down to newquay? exactly, once you have slogged all the way down there, you show up and your event is cancelled, what can your event is cancelled, what can you do? it is heartbreaking, but what you can probably do is get a refu nd what you can probably do is get a refund on your ticket. if there are other events being cancelled because of the weather, as long as they cancel, you can ask the organisers for a refund. if you wake up and look at the window and think i don't wa nt to look at the window and think i don't want to go to out in that, there is no cold feet refund, but you should be able to get your money back. no cold feet refund, but you should be able to get your money backm no cold feet refund, but you should be able to get your money back. in a way, i suppose, be able to get your money back. in a way, isuppose, the be able to get your money back. in a way, i suppose, the ticket refund is probably the easiest. the organisers often say they will offer a full refu nd often say they will offer a full refund to anyone with tickets. the tricky bit is, as we recognised with the boardmasters, tricky bit is, as we recognised with the boa rdmasters, maybe tricky bit is, as we recognised with the boardmasters, maybe you left the day before, maybe a hotel for the

weekend to be at the event. do you have any rights about what you can claim back because of the problems caused by the cancellation of the event? as you say, it is really, really tricky. people have paid for hotels, trains, maybe even plans if they are coming in for a big events, and your festival organiser are never going to accept liability for your additional costs. no—one could offer that kind of thing. so you are even go —— either going to be left out of pocket, maybe bring a brolly or go to some other activities in the area, or you could try claiming ona the area, or you could try claiming on a travel insurance policy. if you have an annual insurance policy, it can be valid even for trips within the uk. it doesn't have to be overseas. there are usually some restrictions, usually you have to be going away for more than two nights will be a certain distance from your home, but you might well be able to claim insurance. and within that claimant would be justified to say that the thing you are going to see

had been cancelled, therefore you need to pay me back my train ticket? it depends on the insurer. the small print will vary from insurer to insurer. but if the event you have paid money to go and see is cancelled, you can often claim. 0n one thing that is really worth mentioning is if you don't think you have an annual policy in place, you might actually have one as part of a packaged current account. if you pay for a current account that comes with phone insurance and breakdown cover, it might also have travel cover. it is worth looking. credit cards offer any protection? because you are always told your credit card can protect you. absolutely, so if you have spent more than £100 on your tickets and it is cancelled and maybe the event goes under and can't afford the refunds, that kind of thing, your credit card provider is jointly and severally liable for the amount you have paid. it is another route for you to get a refund if you can't get one from the organisers.

but the organisers of the big events are braced for this kind of thing. quite often they have their own insurance to cover refunds. watch their social media, they will tell you how to get money back. and hopefully lots of events will go ahead this weekend and all will be well. ben is in cheshire looking at the success of one of our biggest exports this morning — cheese. good morning. good morning to you. we are talking about exports today, because a little later this morning we are going to get the latest official gdp figures, which tell us how quickly the economy is growing, and it is slated to be slowing a little impaired to the 0.5% at the start of the year. expected to be a bit weaker in the second quarter of the year, so stuff like this will be really important, because what we sell overseas... they have been making cheese here since 1957. it is one of our biggest exports. this place sells to 42 countries around

the world, and therefore what they do here is really important for the economy overall. exports are really important, and she is one of the biggest, alongside salmon, gin, air and whiskey. let me introduce lesley. nice to see you. we are here next to a big vat of cheese, but tell us about the importance of exports to our overall economy, because what we sell overseas are so important. we really need to export more and more and get a balance of trade going. we are importing so much more than we export, we need to redress that in some way. and people will talk about international trade, and clearly we have heard a lot about brexit and trade deals and what will happen at the end of 0ctober. what will happen at the end of october. i was doing enough to make sure we have the right trade deals in place? it is not for me to say we're not doing enough, but we don't have enough trade deals in place. we 12 what we call continuity

agreements, and they mean that they are just going to trade in those same terms. those 12 agreements only represent 11% of our exports at the moment, and we need them to represent some large countries. 2.9 is the largest trade continuity agreement we have got. it is not enough. we need the big countries like korea and the usa. what do businesses tell you they are worried about? it is practical things we will have to change, labelling, where they have a head office, that sort of thing. well, people are telling us they don't understand what is going on, but we are worried people are not looking to find out what is going on. hmrc have a great website, everyone has lots of help out there. you have to start finding out there. you have to start finding out what is important to your business. trade associations are absolutely fabulous. the agricultural industries are suffering badly at the moment, and we have to find ways around this for them. we will talk more a little later. let me introduce you to the

managing director. good morning to you. nice to see you. you are in a position where you have a number of different businesses, but you also have smaller businesses on trade internationally, especially to places like china. why is that or could that be a big market? china is a fantastic market. the whole of southeast asia is booming, i think there are something like 250,000 babies born today in southeast asia. as food exporters and food businesses, the market continues to grow. i think food exports in the uk have doubled in the last ten years, and it sounds odd with everything going on, but to focus on the proactive approach to exports, there isa proactive approach to exports, there is a world of opportunities. and many people are concerned about what happens come the end of october, with the best will in the world, they want to sell overseas. it may not be viable. you might have to change things come 0ctober. absolutely, there are a huge number of facets with regards to what is going to happen at the end of

october, whether it be packaging, whether it be machinery being brought into the country. we have production in the uk, but we also have production overseas, and a european exports, it might be the case that we moved production out of the uk and into europe, or even actually stop it completely. and those other decisions everyone is having to make. for now, good to see you. i promised you a little earlier i would show you all of this production process. you have seen it from the milk coming through, 19,000 litres of milk, all the curd that is then made into the cheese, and three months later that this is a finished block of cheese, which will be sold right around the world to 42 different countries. that is 120 kilograms pack of red lester. —— leicester. you said to me it is not in leicester so it can't be read

leicester. i said to you it had to be made in the place on the label, but evidently not. isn't it interesting looking around actor is like that? you wanted to see a block of cheese, didn't you? sold in 42 countries. not that particular block. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. a 22—year—old man will appear in court today charged with the rape and murder of an 89—year—old woman in london. police discovered dorothy woolmer‘s body at her home in tottenham last weekend. reece dempster was arrested on monday. police say they would still like to hear from anyone who has had contact with him. premier league football clubs are being urged to pay their staff, such as cleaners and security guards, the real living wage. it has been reported that only four premier league clubs, including chelsea and west ham, are currently accredited with the living wage foundation. it means they are committed to paying all staff the voluntary rate £10.55, which is £2 more than the statutory rate. other sides outside the premier league, such as luton, also pay the rate.

new schemes are launching in the capital to help students from all backgrounds perform better in exams. at the free homework club at king's cross, local businesses provide their staff with language, politics or business expertise to help the students. teachers say it is about more than just studying. it's not actually about supporting them in the curriculum, per se. it's about giving them a little bit of extra. it's about boosting their grades in terms of giving them other, wider reading, other perspectives. and also, people who offer them kind of experience in things like business have direct experience in business that teachers may not have, for example. but, to be honest with you, i think it's really good for them to open up the world and see life beyond the four walls of their school. let's look at the travel situation, and there is a good service on the tubes so far.

it is slow on the north circular westbound from southgate. in victoria, there are three—way temporary traffic lights for gas mains work on buckingham palace road at the junction with eccleston street. so what does the weather have in store for us? hello, good morning. low pressure set to dominate our weather over the next 48 hours. we could see some unsettled and disruptive weather. as such, the met office has issued yellow weather warnings to cover this, initially for rain through today, and then for wind as we move into tomorrow — the potential to see some disruption. so it's a mild start this morning, with some outbreaks of rain first thing. that will clear its way eastwards, then becoming drier and brighter, with some sunny spells at times, but the risk of seeing some heavy, thundery downpours. temperatures at a maximum of around 25 degrees celsius, and the winds will pick up as we move through today, gusting at around 40—45 mph. a blustery night to come,

with further thundery showers. temperatures staying in the high teens, and then as we move into tomorrow, tomorrow is set to bring the peak of the wind. so there will be some sunny spells developing. the risk still of catching some showers, but wind gusts of around 45—55 mph. there is the potential to see some disruption. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. goodbye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: deaths from asthma rise by a third in england and wales — experts blame an unacceptable lack of basic care. as the search for missing teenager nora quoirin enters its sixth day, police play a loudspeaker recording of her mother's voice during a search

of the malaysian jungle. cheese is one of our biggest exports but with so much uncertainty around brexit, what happens to the stuff at the end of october. i am in cheshire this morning to find out why international trade deal is also important. the ugly side of the beautiful game, as a new premier league season gets underway, we'll ask what is being done to tackle the rise in racism, we have to really, really, really work together to challenge it and make sure that it doesn't come back into football the way it was, say, maybe 20, 30 years ago. the transfer window closes for premier league clubs. we'll find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. and with many events already falling foul of expected weather conditions over the next few days, i am at one that goes ahead. but heavy rain fall across the uk and go full swings. i

will have the full details here on brea kfast. it's friday 9th august. our top story... the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years. the charity asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. with more, here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. nearly five million people in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of asthma—related deaths is now at a 10—year high. it may be the result of people not getting really good, very basic care, which we know is a problem. i think there is an issue of complacency. people with asthma don't themselves take it terribly seriously, so i think that's an issue. and then maybe things like weather and different weather patterns and pollution that could be also causing... have led to those deaths. so i think it's really difficult

to pin it down to one single thing. more than 1,400 people died from an asthma attack last year. that's equal to 2.5 people out of every 100,000, dying from asthma. the number of deaths is up by 8% when compared with the previous year. overall, more than 12,700 people have died from asthma in england and wales over the last decade. asthma uk acknowledges there are signs that care is getting better. and nhs england says it's worked with asthma uk to improve standards. but it warns the link between air pollution and asthma shows the challenge is not one the nhs can meet on its own. dominic hughes, bbc news. police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family. search teams have been playing a recording of her mother's voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15—year—old, who has learning difficulties. let's find out more from our southeast asia

correspondent howard johnson, who is in the town of pantai near the search area. painta paint a picture for us of what this area is like and how the search has been progressing? this is a muslim majority area behind me is the police station where there will be a press co nfe re nce police station where there will be a press conference about the search and rescue effort today. it is a lovely community, people are very welcoming. we were just in the mosque around the corner where they we re mosque around the corner where they were holding a prayer service for nora. around 250 people are looking through the jungle, scouring nora. around 250 people are looking through thejungle, scouring it nora. around 250 people are looking through the jungle, scouring it for nora. if that is indeed where she is. the family think she may have been abducted. the police are looking at the option of her having gone missing, but at the moment they are not ruling out she could have been abducted. at the moment, still lots of questions and no answer sadly for the family. indeed, we

have mentioned her mother's voice was playing on a loudspeaker to encourage her to come back, she does have learning difficulties, is it a safe area ? have learning difficulties, is it a safe area? we don't normally hear of any real troubles in malaysia as a tourist attraction? malaysia has been a long reputation for being a safe destination. lots of people come here to these results. we are staying in the same area, it is very friendly. they are handing out flyers in this community appealing for information about where nora might be. police are hoping if they can raise awareness it will help with the effort to try and find nora. at the moment they are not having much luck, they have been flying drones overhead, but no sightings so far. howard, thank you very much for the update. a man will appear in court today charged with an alleged machete attack on a police officer

in east london. 56—year—old muhammed rodwan, from luton, is accused of attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon — he's due before thames magistrates court later this morning. the officer suffered multiple injuries as he tried to stop a van in leyton yesterday morning. the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. with winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. it might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. west lothian and scotland already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. high winds will hit the south—west and south wales later today. heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost

everywhere on saturday. that forecast caused the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. police and organisers felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend. most of them were expected to be camping. a hot air balloon festival was also hit. and this is the site of the houghton dance music festival in norfolk. despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. drivers have been warned to expect difficult conditions and have been advised to consider delaying journeys. train services between edinburgh and dunblane have already been disrupted by flooding, but travellers are being warned that heavy rain over the next few days could cause problems on the railways elsewhere, during this most unseasonal weather. keith doyle, bbc news. an 18—year—old man remains

in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from the sea along with two teenage girls, one of whom died. the three teenagers, who are related, got into distress off the essex coast, in clacton, yesterday afternoon. the girl who died was 14 years old. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime minister if he tries to force through a no—deal brexit in the middle of a general election campaign. the labour leader is concerned that if borisjohnson loses a confidence vote in parliament, he could call an election which would take place after the uk is due to leave the eu. let's get more from our political correspondent tom barton in westminster. tom, is that a likely scenario? this takes a little bit of explaining, this one. it is all about legislation in detail and timetables? absolutely right. boris johnson has consistently said britain will leave the eu at the end

of october no matter what. many mp5 are concerned that could mean leaving without a deal, something some of them are determined to try and stop. one option they are considering is holding a vote of no confidence when parliament returns in september. if borisjohnson lost that and no new government was formed within a couple of weeks, then a general election would follow. the man responsible for determining the date of the general election is borisjohnson and his advisers have said to have argued that it would be perfectly reasonable for him to set that date after the 31st of october, meaning and no—deal brexit happens by default. jeremy corbyn today has written to the country's top civil servant saying, if it happened it would be an anti—democratic abuse of power. downing street and brexit supporters argue that because it is simply the law, it is perfectly reasonable for that to be the

default and to happen anyway. for the moment, thank you very much. the bookmaker william hill says profits have fallen by a third for the first half of this year. the company, which plans to cut a third of its betting shops in the uk after the government cracked down on fixed—odds betting terminals, made £76 million. the british geological survey has confirmed there was a small earthquake in cornwall last night. there were reports of a loud bang and some shaking, at around 6:00pm, in the helston area. the quake measured 2.2 on the magnitude scale. there are no reports of damage to buildings. the duke and duchess of cambridge engaged in some royal rivalry at a regatta on the isle of wight yesterday. they went head to head in a yacht race near cowes, with the duchess accepting a wooden spoon for finishing last. i thought she was very good. princess charlotte amused the crowd when she stuck her tongue out at photographers.

i don't blame her. she got taken down the stairs for a little chat about photography etiquette. we will have a full look at the weather picture, lots of events being cancelled over the next few days. matt is at one of the events taking place in 0xfordshire and will give us place in 0xfordshire and will give usa place in 0xfordshire and will give us a full update on the weather. a new premier league season starts tonight — but alongside the excitement are concerns that matches could be marred by racism. reports of racist abuse in english football rose by more than 40% last year compared to the previous 12 months. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been taking a look at what's being done to tackle it. it was one of the most shameful moments of last season, chelsea fans screaming at raheem sterling, one is banned for life. a banana thrown by a spurs fan at arsenal striker. the

charity kick it out says racism is up charity kick it out says racism is upfor charity kick it out says racism is up for the 78 on a row. the latest says overall incidence rose by 32%. racist abuse is by 43%. homophobic incidents have risen by 10% and religious hatred is up by 70%. incidents have risen by 10% and religious hatred is up by 7096. we live in a society that is quite divisive. we are seeing things we have never seen before. like in all football we have to really want to challenge it and make sure it doesn't come back into football the way it was maybe 20 or 30 years ago. alexander arnold onto his left foot... mo salwa... the new premier league season starts tonight at anfield. mo salah has had a dramatic impact on rates of discrimination. a recent study by stanford university found incidence of islamic abuse at liverpool have fallen almost 20% since the striker

liverpool have fallen almost 20% since the 5trikerjoined the club. at the mosque next to anfield, he has become something of a hero, a poster of the egyptian striker stan centrestage. myself, i used to be very scared of going into a football match and recently, last year i have been to a couple of matches. it has been to a couple of matches. it has been down to most sala. he has changed their mind and the perceptions of people who would be thinking negative about the muslim faith all the muslim community. the most sala effect hasn't stopped all the abuse. this man was anfield earlier this year with his son when he was verbally attacked by another fan. they started shouting abuse at myself. it went on to my son and at that point he was five years old. what they started doing was hurling racist abuse at him, at my son and at myself. which was quite horrific, to be honest, to witness that. it

shouldn't be accepted in society anymore. we are all together, we are doing everything together, so i should we separate anybody who is of a different colour than anybody else. with end-to-end action. wall—to—wall drama. else. with end-to-end action. wall-to-wall drama. the man who abused him and his son has been prosecuted and banned for life. for every chance... the premier league does have tough sanctions in place and has been running an education campaign. there is no room for racism anywhere. but football mirrors society and in every walk of life, discrimination is on the rise. graham satchell, bbc news. joining us now is the former liverpool and england footballerjohn barnes. before we talk about some of the specifics, this statistic that racist incidents in the premier league up by 43% from the previous

year? these are campaigns and issues you have been talking about for many, you have been talking about for any you have been talking about for many, many years, how does it make you feel when you hear that? many, many years, how does it make you feel when you hear that7m doesn't price me. football is a reflection of society so if incidents of racism are generally increasing, why should football be any different? why are we throwing everything a football's door when we have to tackle it in society. once we tackle it in society, football will follow, not the other way around. is it not intensified in a football game? everyday life, you are not called upon to make a judgment on summary walking down the road, ina judgment on summary walking down the road, in a shop, in a football stadium you are called upon to abused the other team, not racially, but you can hear the opposition singing songs to each other. when prince harry spoke about the bias,

unconscious bias people have, it raises its ugly head when you have positions of either tension or conflict and that is when the unconscious bias comes out. racist fans, while racially abusing raheem sterling, if they were to see him in a restaurant, they wouldn't racially abused him. there is a difference between unconscious bias and outright racism. that is the problem, that is what is coming out on the pitch, on and off the pitch? of course, these are members of society. you cannot say football fa ns society. you cannot say football fans are separate, you are a normal member of society and you carry your discriminatory practices into football or wherever you go. football cannot do anything about that, we have to tackle it society. what can football do, apart from saying, that macro chelsea had an incident where it banned a couple of fa ns incident where it banned a couple of fans for life. people will not be

racist anymore because are banned? no, football have taken out the environment to help cleanse the environment to help cleanse the environment on the pitch. you have to change the perception from a homophobic point of view, sex is point of view and races point of view. football can only control what is happening in the stadium so it should do. but there are times when you can still be racially biased without it being illegal. therefore you cannot make monkey chants or call people names but if a black player gets the ball and the whole stadium is booing him. if we make that illegal, they will do something else. you have to change perception. you can pass the laws and they have been passed, kick it out, have been doing that so why haven't things change? a lot of people will understand the argument you are making, which society has a problem, not football? football has a

problem. but if the next position you take is football cannot do anything, that is a problem isn't it? at one moment in time on a football pitch in the ground, something happens. if football's response is, this is a society problem we cannot do anything about it, that is a problem in itself.m can do what you have talked about, it can ban something. but then they will do something that is not illegal. you cannot make monkey cha nts illegal. you cannot make monkey chants at plays. if a player comes out and i scratch my armpit, you cannot kick me out for that. he knows what i am doing. but that would be a racist gesture? but my armpit is itchy. isn't this rather defeatist? let us tackle it holistically rather than just looking at football. when you have got the industry that represents

such an intense atmosphere, such an intense moment in time, 90 minutes, it can serve as a good example to resist the ugliness that is being reflected in society, it should take responsibility of that and own it? but passing laws will not change people's perceptions. if you change perceptions, the football fans who go there and consciously or unconsciously want to abuse somebody, they will say we're not going to do it. so for 25 years, kick it out has shown racism the red card, why hasn't it worked? they have been banning people, nothing has worked so why don't we try a different approach. he said earlier on, someone in a football ground may say something in a football ground they wouldn't say in a restaurant or ina they wouldn't say in a restaurant or in a queue for a burger or something. why do they feel emboldened to say something in the football ground that they wouldn't say elsewhere? well, we can sit here

and discuss what has happening, what is happening in america when there has been a rise in hate crime, what has been a rise in hate crime, what has happened in the last few years to embolden people? why, within that place, that is what i am asking you. he said earlier, saying things they wouldn't say elsewhere but they are saying it in a football ground. the last two or three years, people are embolden to do it outside the football ground, we have seen a rise in hate crime and the rise in aggravated assault, why has that happened? it is notjust football, football is bearing the brunt of it but it is happening all over. even five years ago, people felt emboldened to say things they wouldn't say in a restaurant, in a football ground, what is it about that environment that allows that ugliness to come out? this is where we talk about unconscious bias. we have a perception of muslims, black

people, women but we are not called uponin people, women but we are not called upon ina people, women but we are not called upon in a restaurant to make a particularjudgment, what upon in a restaurant to make a particular judgment, what triggers it, a black player scoring a goal and coming up to the opposition fans. so the unconscious bias. if you are sat in a restaurant with that player, there is no confrontation. but that unconscious bias is triggered with them having a scuffle or scoring a goal, it brings it out of them. the players walking off the pitch, something happens they find offensive, what would you, if you were playing now, is it an approach he would take? if i was playing now, that has been the narrative for the last five or six yea rs, narrative for the last five or six years, i probably would. buti wouldn't have done it 20 years ago. who decides what is an offensive gesture ? who decides what is an offensive gesture? does the player arbitrarily decide that, i woke off the field and everybody has to follow me, does it have to be ten, does it have to be 100? who makes the decision that

it was offensive. if a player was offended by it, any player can say i am offended because i heard him say something when i was walking off the pitch. you said you would do it now. john barnes, 55 years old, knowing what i know, i wouldn't do it. but 25 years old, and that is what people are telling players to do, i don't think it is the right thing to do. is it more impactful if a white player walks off or a black player? why is he walking off? a group that is chanting racism? when you talk about a white player walking off in protest, there was a situation of two non—league clubs where the manager had taken the team off the pitch because the referee, two separate games, i won't mention the teams, at the moment, they were losing 3—0. if they were winning

3-0, losing 3—0. if they were winning 3—0, and they left the field i would have more sympathy. you are opening up have more sympathy. you are opening upa can have more sympathy. you are opening up a can of worms when people decide to walk off the pitch based on what they assume, or they interpret as being either discriminatory, homophobic or sexist and that can open upa homophobic or sexist and that can open up a can of worms when people decide to work off based on what they have heard. very interesting hearing your thoughts this morning, come back again and we will talk about it. we will see how things unfold. we need an hour. that has chickened out from being outside, because it is too miserable, he has gone inside. good morning. iam miserable, he has gone inside. good morning. i am onstage, are you ready? hello cropper d. always happens, but i am at a festival which continues to take place this weekend despite the conditions. lots

of events have bit the bullet including board masters, the saint annes international kite festival and tomorrow's racing at cowes. the sun has started to come out a little bit after that the torrential rain we had earlier. there will be dry and bright weather around earlier but there will still be some disruptions. tomorrow it is the strength of the wind across england and wales, widespread gales expected. it is due to the low pressure spreading in from the west. it looks like a chart from autumn in august. the cloud on the northern edgeis august. the cloud on the northern edge is bringing the rain. it does mean in the midlands and southern england and wales, sunshine for a time before the showers get going. rain across some parts of eastern england and that will ease away. still heavy rain to come in the far north of england. rumbles of thunder tied in with that. rain taking

longer to clear away from northern ireland and it has been heavy through central parts of scotland throughout the morning. a few hours of it to go and more in the way of problems including minorflooding and surface water towards lunchtime. the far north of scotland is one of the brighter spots this morning but a brisk easterly wind which could touch gale force for one or two. rain arriving across the eastern hills and that means southern scotla nd hills and that means southern scotland the rest with northern ireland and england will be disrupted at times. disruption in the evening rush—hour. in the sunshine, feeling warm and humid. temperatures up to 26 degrees. the wind will pick up later through today and overnight it will strengthen further for england and wales, feeding on showers throughout the night. the wind is strong enough to ta ke the night. the wind is strong enough to take a few further east and a mild night with all things

considered, temperatures in the mid teens. as we go into tomorrow, look at the wind gusts we are expecting through the day. 40, 50, maybe 60 miles an hour across england and wales. that could cause disruption of the ferries, restrictions on bridges. not good for caravan touring or driving high sided vehicles either. showers scattered around, particularly across central and western areas. slow moving showers across scotland and northern ireland where the winds will be lighter. starting to feel cooler. there will be sunshine around. sunshine on sunday towards the south—east of the country, plenty of cloud. rain and thunder showers from scotland, northern ireland on saturday which will spread into northern england, wales and may the south—west. a northerly breeze developing for the northern half of the country so it will feel cooler as well. temperatures are best in the mid teens, probably into the low 205 across the south east corner. there will be some sunshine around at times but still potential for some further disruption, not only from the rain but for the rest of

today and also for the strong winds across england and wales in particular through tomorrow. thank you very much, i'm sure the crowd loved your performance. they are speechless, charlie. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. heavy rain has been moving northward across the united kingdom. behind this band, heavy and thundery showers across western areas. further east it is a bit drier with some lengthy sunny spells but for all of us, the wind picks

up, widely 35—45 mph gusts. higher than that down towards the south—west of england. but with the sunshine it will still feel quite warm across eastern areas. tonight and into saturday, the rain clears to the north, but then more showers, heavy at times, but again very windy. gales widely.

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