good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: what went wrong with the national grid after a huge power blackout in england and wales? millions were left without elelctricity, and hundreds of travellers were stuck on trains into the early hours. the mother of a teenager who went missing on holiday in malaysia has thanked the emergency services and has made a fresh appeal for information.

liverpool kick off the premier league season in style, as last year's runners—up thrash newly promoted norwich 4—1 at anfield. a number of outdoor events have already been cancelled because of bad weather — we'll be on the isle of wight where the annual sailing regatta has been suspended. add strong wind will be the main weather story, particularly across england and wales, 50 — six mrs powell wind, some disruption. thundery downpours elsewhere, join me for the full forecast later. it's saturday the 10th of august. our top story: the energy watchdog has demanded an urgent report from the national grid, after yesterday's massive power cut which affected nearly a million people in england and wales. ofgem has warned it could take enforcement action following the blackouts, which caused huge disruption to the rail network and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. some rail passengers were stuck on trains until the early hours of the morning, as andy moore reports. darkness at clapham station.

the lights went out, the display boards died, even the ticket machines were completely dead. after four hours on a train outside saint pancras, this passenger was glad to see help arrived. the people on board were offloaded and escorted to a nearby station where water bottles were waiting. others weren't so lucky. this was the message for travellers stuck on a train that finally got into king's cross just before two o'clock in the morning. they tried to provide taxis but the weight was about a0 minutes. which meant i wouldn't have got home until even later, so i would have had to pay out of pocket again for an uber, which cost me £40. —— wait. national grid has given little details about what caused the power cuts, but industry experts say that out for 50 8pm the gas—fired plant at little barford failed.

—— 4:58pm. two minutes later, the hornsey offshore wind farm also disconnected from the grid. there were still problems on the trains hours after power was restored to the million or so homes that lost their electricity. it was about a 5% loss of power over about 90 minutes. that's what happened. so why that led to the heart of the national transport infrastructure being closed down is a big question that the grid have to address. the regulator, 0fgem, has asked for an urgent report about what went wrong, and enforcement action, including fines, could follow. andy's outside king's cross station, which saw some of the worst disruption for passengers yesterday. andy, are things back to normal there? it certainly is an improving picture this morning, though there are still some knock—on problems. last night there would have been hundreds of passengers here, trying to get home. todayit passengers here, trying to get home. today it is a lot calmer. the train

companies operating out of king's cross and saint pancreas next door i warning there could be knock—on problems until about midday. that is because of what they call stock displacement, which means the trains in the wrong places, some of them we re in the wrong places, some of them were stuck on the lies until one of 2pm —— 2am. engineers were sent out to restart them. the trains are in the wrong places, the drivers were stuck on those trains with their passengers, until the early hours of the morning sometimes. they will not have slept properly and will not be ready for their shift this morning. i was ready for their shift this morning. iwas in ready for their shift this morning. i was in the station and out, ten trains displayed on the board, three orfour trains displayed on the board, three or four work trains displayed on the board, three orfour work and trains displayed on the board, three or four work and sold. that is the hangover from yesterday stop —— three orfour hangover from yesterday stop —— three or four where cancelled. today, the weather, the fierce wind, we have already had one train in kent has run into a tree, no one

injured, but problems they are. and glasgow, power lies are down, buses are replacing trains. a lot of the train operators warning of possible disruption today. the mother of the missing 15—year—old girl nora quoirin has thanked the malaysian search teams who are looking for her daughter. nora went missing nearly a week ago while on a family holiday. her mother maeve spoke to rescue workers early this morning. we want to say thank you to each and every one of you. we know you are searching night and day for nora. we see you are working so hard, and also praying with us, being with us. we know you have given up your time, especially at a special festival time. it means the world to us, and we are

so grateful for everything you are doing for us. 0ur south east asia correspondent howard johnson is in the town of seremban near to the resort where nora went missing. so distressing for the family, they think that press conferences not far from where you are. tell us more. think that press conferences not far from where you are. tell us morem just took place up this road where the resort is. you can see during this speech that laura's mum was visibly emotionally struck by giving this statement. —— nora's mum. she told the workers who have been scouring the jungle around her, told the workers who have been scouring thejungle around her, six kilometre area to try and find nora, she thanked them for their efforts. it has been seven days, this is the seventh day of rescue operations and not a shred of evidence to suggest that she is somewhere in this area. they are not giving up, still looking, but the family would like

to explore the idea that she might have been abducted. the police will not rule that out, but they are still continuing to treat this case asa still continuing to treat this case as a missing persons case. give us a sense of the timings with the search operation itself, because it is mid—afternoon where you are. how does that work? to they stop as the dark comes in? yes, 7:30am they start off, we saw them going down the hill and we followed them into the hill and we followed them into thejungle, thick the hill and we followed them into the jungle, thick might, the hill and we followed them into thejungle, thick might, finds that while trip you up, if ever down there, there we saw a police officer playing the mother's voice, saying nora, i love you. they are using her voice to coax out nora if she is in this vicinity. then they come back for lunch i go back again at another tea m ta kes for lunch i go back again at another team takes over in the evening. they are exploring this six square kilometre area using six teams, around 250 people in total, and we

have seen a group of at least 50 people scouring this area close to the resort. michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no—deal brexit, says a support fund for british businesses will help firms to deal with any "bumps in the road". he spoke openly for the first time about what's known as ‘0peration kingfisher‘ while on a visit to northern ireland. let's get more from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore tony, what do we know about this? what do we know about mr gove's plans? we know that this has been in the planning for a while, but more details i going to be discussed at a brexit committee in the coming week. the government are saying that they wa nt to the government are saying that they want to help what they call fundamentally viable businesses that might hit problems as a result of a no—deal brexit. for example, cash flow problems because of maybe

export tariffs are being introduced. they import course going up because ofa they import course going up because of a fall in the value of sterling. hope you do not know is how big the package will be, what the actual practical measures will be, or how the government will assess what they fundamentally viable business is. we are expecting it to be discussed in the week coming. it does tell is that the government is again ramping up that the government is again ramping up no deal planning even further, and it suggest that perhaps a little bit of nervousness within the government about the prospects for the economy, especially after those gdp numbers yesterday which show the economy shrinking for the first time in nearly seven years. homes and businesses in whaley bridge will be able to access emergency government funding, to cover any losses following the evacuation of the town. £100,000 is being made available to help with any costs not covered by insurance. people were moved from the area last week, amid fears the nearby dam could collapse.

the fund is part of a bigger £5 million pot for flood—hit communities. natural keepers up—to—date with the weather, lots of rain and wind around affecting people's plans this weekend, and join book—keepers up—to—date with the sport. cruel, calculating and deceitful — that's how a 28—year—old church warden was described by police, after being found guilty of murdering an elderly author. ben field exploited peter farquhar, who was 69, duping him into a relationship and then lacing his food with drugs and alcohol. he also tricked an elderly neighbour into a relationship, but was found not guilty of her attempted murder. tom symonds has this report. a respected former teacher and novelist, peter farquhar, rendered helpless. he had suffered falls, injuries. he had no idea what was going on.

that second voice is the man who talked his way into petr‘s life. despite their age difference, his student, ben field, promised to marry him whilst secretly lacing peter's food with drugs and neat alcohol, killing him slowly for his money. but field wasn't done. three doors down from the house where peter lived, he found another elderly victim. a sexual relationship with ann moore martin, a 57—year age gap. he targeted her religious beliefs. bizarre messages started appearing on her mirrors. ben field had planned it all in his notebook. and then this. hello, i am thinking of withdrawing all my accounts, money held in my accounts. £27,000.

but ann also told her niece what was going on, and the police got involved. they found out about field's abusive relationships. they exhumed and re—examined peter's body. thejury found ben field had suffocated him. that was tom symonds reporting. joining us from our london newsroom is the journalist michael crick, we will be talking more about theirs. joining us from our london newsroom is the journalist michael crick, who was a good friend of peter farquhar‘s and who sat in on ben field's trial. people well know you as a journalist, but you are speaking to us journalist, but you are speaking to us today as a friend of peter parker, and people who had known him a long time. i had known peter almost 50 years, he taught me at manchester grammar school in the early 19705, and he was an

outstanding teacher, inspirational, and english teacher who loved english—language, engli5h literature, poems, plays, novel5. he in5tilled literature, poems, plays, novel5. he instilled in his pupils a love of engli5h instilled in his pupils a love of english literature, and he kept in touch with his pupils. scores and 5co res touch with his pupils. scores and scores of us from each generation. a5a scores of us from each generation. as a result, i saw him every year or 5o, as a result, i saw him every year or so, every six months, socially, often so, every six months, socially, ofte n we nt so, every six months, socially, often went to talk to his pupils at his school in buckinghamshire. he had lots of friends that he had picked up from his former pupils, genuine platonic friendships, but i think emotionally he was a lonely man in that he was gay, he knew he wa5 man in that he was gay, he knew he was gay, but he was a very strong chri5tian was gay, but he was a very strong christian and he thought there was a conflict. i think he remain celibate through his life and was commented by that. he had this young lodger, ben field, who suddenly transformed

him. he felt he had found a man who loved him add that he loved and 5hared loved him add that he loved and shared his passion for english literature, and who could spend the rest of his days with them. it was all a trick by ben field to get a hold of peter's money. very distressing clip we saw a moment ago with peter, in his bed, clearly ailing at that time, and we hear the voice of ben field, and peter is asking the question, what is wrong with me? it is very distressing to watch, but you knew him personally. it is horrendous what happened, that sequence of events that began to unfold. you were in the trial and saw ben field in the court room. yes, ben field in the trial was fascinating, almost like a university seminar, the lawyers on both sides were analysing all sorts

of poems that ben field had written about peter and given to peter. line by line, trying to search for hidden meanings as if they were at university. ben field is a highly intelligent man, shared peter's passion for literature, highly educated, articulate, charming man, one can understand why peter fell in love with him. a deeply, deeply flawed man, morally, ithinki love with him. a deeply, deeply flawed man, morally, i think i agree with the police that this is probably the nearest to you for that i have come probably the nearest to you for that i have come across probably the nearest to you for that i have come across in my life. he went on, there are so many extraordinary and horrendous twists in this, to target a neighbour, this was ann moore—martin, and the detail of the ways he went around exploiting her and getting into her head are so terrifying. yes, these

we re head are so terrifying. yes, these were both, peter farquhar and ann moore—martin, peter was only 69, she was 83, both by retired teachers, both rather naive, whojust was 83, both by retired teachers, both rather naive, who just fail for all of ben field's trickery and the extraordinary amount of calculation and ben field put in to try to get a hold of their money. in peter's case to murder him. and we heard any trial how ben field had a long list of other, 100 names of other potential victims. people he intended to differ or die and maybe even try to murder them as well. —— people he intended to defraud. why didn't peter or ann moore—martin realise what ben field was up to? why didn't they realise he was utterly bogus and had no feelings or love for them whatsoever? i suppose it is because they were so

emotionally lonely, they wanted somebody. peter said that when he found ben field, he was absolutely relieved, he was transformed because he had found a man with whom he could spend the rest of his life, that he now is new, now he had met ben field, he knew he wouldn't die alone. ifear there are many ben field, he knew he wouldn't die alone. i fear there are many other elderly people often highly intelligent, people with comfortable backgrounds who may be subject to the same kind of pollen trickery. as someone who knew peter, there are many questions that are left by these crimes, but a lot of people will be asking themselves, why didn't we see something? why didn't we realise that there was something truly evil happening? we realise that there was something truly evil happening ?|j we realise that there was something truly evil happening? i wish i had seen peter moor often in those days, but one felt that he had found the love of his life, he was happy.

therefore he didn't, that partly explained it. when i was told by ben field friend martin smith that peter had developed a drink problem, it just seemed so out of character, because peter liked to have a glass of wine or whiskey every now and then, but none of peter's friends, none of us thought of him as a big drinker. that was all part of the trickery. we are left, i am certainly left thinking, what more should i have done? i should certainly left thinking, what more should i have done? ishould have gone to see him more often, when i third heard that he had these problems, i wish i had gone to cm at that stage and maybe it would have made a difference. i suspect not, but we should have paid a bit more attention. thank you for your time this morning. giving us a sense of

how those people who knew peter well and are thinking about what happened. it brings it home. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. there has been a lot of inclement weather. it is not going completely away, is it? not done yet, heavy rain, but today's main focus is on the strength of the wind. moody skies and moody seas on the sussex coast at the moment. it is around the southern coast where we see the strongest of the wind in the last hour. saw them peak overnight around 84 mph around the coast, still over 70 mph at the moment and will remain strong throughout the day, 40—50 mph. still in northern england and southern scotland, but on the southern scotland, but on the southern edge, this is where the strongest of the windows, pushing eastwards, england and wales where we will see the destructive wind, 60

mph, untoward for parts of autumn or winter, but trees are in full leaf at the moment, because see trees down, already have done this morning, branches also. travel disruption on the ferries, restrictions on bridges, be wary if you are trailing a caravan. pay attention to the latest travel information. we still have rain in the forecast, showers very much hit and miss, southern counties, a lot more across wales turning persistent, but are the borders of scotla nd persistent, but are the borders of scotland and england where the rain is being causing more of the way in issues, some minorflooding, that will cause travel disruption no doubt. using a to showers as we go through the day, skies brightening. a round of cloud, how big of rain in north wales, while the southern half of the uk, wind will be strong, picking up in the hebrides with gusts over 40 mph, average wind much

lighter through scotland. thunderstorms developing, they will bid therefore a length of time which could cause minor flooding, bid therefore a length of time which could cause minorflooding, the same across northern england, further south they will be a scattering of showers around, particularly in the south, but a greater chance of staying dry and seeing more sunshine this afternoon even if the wind still remains strong and stays gusty. temperatures down on yesterday, but interim 22 or 23 in the south—east, mid—teens across the northern half of the uk. tonight, showers, odd rumble of thunder in northern half, southern dry and windy, the wind slowly starting to abate, tempted in double figures. sunday, wind lighter, best of the sunshine in the south—east, brightening in scotland, but in between we could see further disruptive rain across central scotla nd disruptive rain across central scotland and the north of england in particular. showers elsewhere.

temperatures at around 22 celsius in the south—east, if other cool 13—15 across scotland and much of northern ireland. 0ur reporter peter ruddick is in cowes on the isle of wight, where the annual sailing regatta has been suspended. behind has been suspended. you it looks, i can see the flags behind you it looks, i can see the flags have some wind behind them, but causing some real problems there. yes, i have a feeling the weather is playing games with us, because just before you came to us, the wind picked up so that the audio is quite difficult. five minutes ago we try to be downed on the pontoon and there was almost biblical levels of rain and wind. now the sun is out and it is beautiful. very changeable. the key thing for the organisers is the wind speed. to

give you a bit of a sense of where we are, there is a sound back a mile and a half out to the sea, add a few minute ago there was a recording speed of 41 knots, force nine gust. —— sandbank. further out around the isle of wight, 70 mph. it gives you a sense of how fast the wind speed is but also how changeable it is around the island, and that is the reason why the organisers have had to cancel today's racing, the first day of eight of the world's largest and sailing regatta. let's talk to the man in charge, regatta director, laurence. a disappointing decision to cancel a day's racing. can you tell as how you came to a decision like that? we made it early this year because it was the first day of

the regatta. it is not unusual for us the regatta. it is not unusual for us to lose a day in the week. usually in august because there is not enough wind, but this time, it is not unheard—of, once every two are three years we end up losing a day because of too much wind, but this year the forecast was so extreme for today, i did being the first day people had to get here with their boats and we didn't want them travelling on windy friday, so we made an early call to abandon today, but hopefully tomorrow we will be back and running on schedule. you have your own weather forecast, fairly confident about tomorrow. marginal for the small boats, the problem with this from an organisers perspective is a ranges from 16 foot boats right up to 60 food boats, so what conditions a six different boat can deal with is different, and there is two crew on the little one, 20 on the big one, so we the little one, 20 on the big one, so we have a the little one, 20 on the big one, so we have a range the little one, 20 on the big one, so we have a range of boats and we have to balance off the conditions we expect with each boat's

capability. we will make that call tomorrow. to give people a sense of the scale of this, you have over 800 boats, so today's racing was a big day. can you make it up? no, we are 46 starts everyday in four of five different locations, so some regattas make up a mist race, but for us to do that is basically impossible. we have two much complexity in the manoeuvrings, so we lost today and will unfortunately lose it. but there is not a sailor waking up today who wishes they were out there racing boats. the man with the most difficultjob, try to organise 800 boats around the solent, the cross to the course of the eight days, not a sailor would wa nt to the eight days, not a sailor would want to be out there, someone i spoke to earlier said the conditions we re spoke to earlier said the conditions were not for racing but for surviving. no racing today.

the weather can be so curious like that where one minute it is one way and then the next something different. let's take a look at this morning's papers. broadcaster and former football executive david davies is here to tell us what's caught his eye. sailing has not crossed your path. being brought up on the euston road in central london, not quite a place where sailing was very big. regents park lake. it is possible to do that they are. never too late. there is early one play for me to start. what a shambles the papers are full of, what a shambles yesterday evening, train misery, commuters at clapham junction, shops in the dark at south london, road chaos, a brave man in gateshead who decided to get out and direct the traffic. earlier in the

day i was at birmingham new street station yesterday, luckily i could get north, but anyone who wanted to go to london at lunchtime yesterday could not do it because, we have had all the weather and issues in whaley bridge, and by the way it is only 48 hours ago that ba had another meltdown on their systems, and you are forced to ask, perhaps this prime minister, if he ever gets away from brexit, might ask, are we or are we not the fifth wealthiest country on the planet? because these things are not rare. in about 40 minutes we are hoping to speak to national grid to fight out what is going on, because ofjim is keen to get a report from them about what is going on. but it is an interesting one to look at. the high street, ticking up on the next story. good to have some good news for the high

street. seven out of ten people are happier shopping locally than they are when they buy online or at a shopping mall according to this survey. surely this depends on what you are buying. according to the survey from fees, the perfect british high street she would have a p0p: british high street she would have a pop, greengrocer, butcher, baker, did not say candlestick maker. they also want a local post office, still issues around there. and a shoe shop and a record store. do they really? vital has had a huge comeback. they lovely independent record stores when you go in and find some gems i start wandering around like a book shop. the issue here, you asked people in a lovely world, what would you like to do? go down the high street and buy flowers at the post office and all those things, but are people actually voting with their feet or other going to the big

shopping stores are said to get home are doing it on the internet? good news here for belper and derbyshire which is one of the champion high street, and pembrokeshire in wales, cou nty street, and pembrokeshire in wales, county down in northern ireland which i know a little of. none of our surely want to see the high street fail and fade away, but it is going to have to adapt. and we're going to have to adapt. and we're going to have to adapt. and we're going to have to support it. holiday cost, you are talking about travel chaos, but holiday—makers could face surcharges of of pounds. none of us, despite what the politicians keep telling us, none of us really know how brexit with no deal will affect us how brexit with no deal will affect us individually. that is the first point. you have to be worried, not just about the farmers particularly and the food chain that we have heard a great deal about, but yesterday the lb was worth about $1

20, as you were lucky to get a euro for a lb around the country. the travel industry in a letter to the borisjohnson, the travel association which represents many independent tour operators want a new deal brexit would destroy that industry. people's holidays, i have been lucky to come back from holiday in cyprus, added his more expensive, andi in cyprus, added his more expensive, and i think... you do notice it because you look to change money, andi because you look to change money, and i do recommend to people to keep and i do recommend to people to keep an eye, particularly if they are going to be in europe in the near future, because those rates at the moment are horribly low. we will talk to you later. come back in an hour.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before nine, matt has all the weekend weather. and all the sport. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the energy watchdog has demanded an urgent report from the national grid, after yesterday's massive power cut which affected nearly1 million people in england and wales.

0fgem has warned it could take enforcement action following the blackouts, which caused huge disruption to the rail network and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. some rail passengers were stuck on trains until the early hours of the morning. the mother of the missing 15 year old girl nora quoirin has thanked the malaysian search teams who are looking for her daughter. nora went missing nearly a week ago while on a family holiday. her mother maeve spoke to rescue workers early this morning. we want to say thank you to each and every one of you. we know you are searching night and day for nora. we see you are working so hard, and also praying with us, being with us. michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no—deal brexit, says a support fund for british

businesses will help firms to deal with any "bumps in the road". he spoke openly for the first time about what's known as ‘0peration kingfisher‘, while on a visit to northern ireland. borisjohnson's cabinet is expected to discuss the plans next week. homes and businesses in whaley bridge will be able to access emergency government funding, to cover any losses following the evacuation of the town. £100,000 is being made available to help with any costs not covered by insurance. people were moved from the area last week, amid fears the nearby dam could collapse. the fund is part of a bigger £5 million pot for flood—hit communities. )police in the us city of el paso say a man suspected of shooting dead 22 people last saturday, has said that he was targeting mexicans. the gunman will face the death penalty if he's convicted. donald trump has called for a strengthening of background checks on people who buy firearms. north korea has appeared to fire two short—range ballistic missiles, its fifth such test event in recent weeks. south korea's military says the rockets landed in the sea of japan, to the east of the korean peninsula. the launches come after us

president donald trump said he had received a "very beautiful letter" from the north korean leader kim jong—un. pay rates for the uk's lower and middle income earners have fallen over the past decade according to a report from the trades union congress. the report said austerity, and a lack of bargaining rights, had held down pay in working and middle class jobs. a treasury spokesperson said it had given the lowest earners a pay rise, and had cut income tax for 32 million people. what we are seeing is people seeing real cuts in their pay packets, people in middle earning jobs actually seeing them pay for. that might bejobs in things like construction, may be in local government, if you are doing a more kind of administrative job there, you are likely to have seen your pay go down over this period. and of course that has a real impact on your ability to live, your cost of living, your ability to pay your bills as well. those are the main stories this morning.

john will snap his knee. he has this habit. here we go! it is my enthusiasm and eagerness. saturday morning, what have you got? the premier league is back, liverpool made a flying start against norwich, delia smith back in the premier league so we can roll out our cooking pans if we want to. __ my out our cooking pans if we want to. —— my cooking plans. norwich demolished, a feast of goals. and some knee slapping. jurgen klopp will be delighted, 4—1. andy swiss was at anfield.

swiss roll. excited? just a little. the start of a new season left some liverpool fans literally jumping forioy- and who can blame them? they are the european champions, after all, but becoming english champions is what they crave. after being pipped to the title last season, they began this one against newly promoted norwich. a big night for the visitors, but their premier league dream soon became a nightmare. an own goalfrom their captain, grant hanley, set the tone, as any early liverpool nerves quickly vanished. mo salah scoring a typically ruthless second, before norwich's defensive frailties were once again exposed by virgil van dijk. it was liverpool at their irresistible best, and by the time divock 0rigi added a fourth just after the break, even the most culinary norwich fan surely found it hard to stomach.

to their credit they didn't crumble. as the home side faded, the visitors flourished, finnish striker teemu pukki giving norwich some second—half consolation. still a comfortable 4—1 victory for the hosts, their latest title challenge off to a winning start. yes, liverpool's season is up and running. remember, they're looking for their first league title since 1990 — could this finally be their year? injury for liverpool goalkeeper alisson. motherwell take on champions celtic in the early kick off in the scottish premiership — in the championship dundee united made it two wins from two. they beat partick 2—1, and how about this for an impact,

five minutes after coming on, peter pawlitt grabbed the winner. hard to miss though! football focus is back — first one of the season — manchester city will want to follow liverpool. and you have an interview with frank lampard. yes, slapping these. upping the ante. just a single one. the premier league returned last night. an analytical assessment with alex scott. liverpool won but defensive issues, norwich creating problems for them. and the interview with frank lampard, and the interview with frank lampa rd, manchester united and the interview with frank lampard, manchester united take on chelsea tomorrow. we are obsessed with tactics or groin strains but we

we re with tactics or groin strains but we were talking about the perspective and the importance of home life with frank lampard. patricia is not even one yet. are you doing midnight bottles a nd one yet. are you doing midnight bottles and then coming in here and having to manage? i am a mother and dad. christine doesn't... i do try and chip in. i am fortunate to have the support at home. important as a player, more so as a the support at home. important as a player, more so as a manager. the support at home. important as a player, more so as a manager. you don't see wives and family behind the scenes. doing a little bit to help and i've certainly got that. happy home life always helps. but midnight feeds don't help for again the next day. and honesty cards. that sounds awful. we give them to players and they have to answer

questions on the card. try dini does first. if you could trade lives with anyone for a day, who would it be and why? does it have to be a human being? my little cat, power. try dini -- being? my little cat, power. try dini —— troy deeny, i wouldn't mind being in the premier league. my cat has the best life ever. move on. who wouldn't want to be a footballer? me. i would go beyond bog, —— wouldn't want to be a footballer? me. iwould go beyond bog, —— bjorn borg. the most famous person on your

phone. i am not answering. i am honestly not answering that question, there is your answer. this is not going well. that's the end. i don't have contacts on my phone. you don't have contacts on my phone. you don't know how to put them in! it is a wind—up phone. don't know how to put them in! it is a wind-up phone. contacts, not really my thing. it might be you three sitting on the sofa, actually. have you got my number? i think i told him not to pass it on to you, specifically. this has gone really well! and sheffield united, behind the scenes, one of three promoted sides, against bournemouth. leyton

0rient had a dream and to the season, came up to 0rient had a dream and to the season, came up to the football league and a month into the season managerjustin edinburgh died from a cardiac arrest, back there for the start of the new season, started last week with a win. 0pen start of the new season, started last week with a win. open and honest interview with his son, charlie. and back with premier league predictions, joe hart and helen house be from england netball. you never ask journalist helen house be from england netball. you never askjournalist questions. ido you never askjournalist questions. i do not like being asked question. he is great company, charlie. 0h, i do not like being asked question. he is great company, charlie. oh, by the way, brand—new studio, midday, bbc one, all green screen. explain what green screen is. green velvet all the way around, everything you see as projected. we sat down on a

nice new grey sofa, and interestingly the same people who design fortnite, the game engine, did it for us. we have alex scott. you are excited. and some honesty as well. this is all real. we used to have birds at one point. another sporting superstar. we've seen him back playing doubles this summer, now it's official andy murray will return to singles action. something he thought might never happen.

it'll happen at the cincinnati masters next week and judging by his post on social media, he's pretty pumped. and why not, remeber he thought he might have to retire after wimbledon following that tearful press conference at the australian open back injanuary. but after a succesful hip operation, he feels ready to go it alone. naomi 05aka has returned to world number one, despite a straight sets defeat to serena williams in the quarter—finals of the rogers cup. ash barty drops off the top spot, following a run of tough results. jofra archer looks set to make his england test debut after being named in the 12—man squad to face australia in the second ashes test at lord's. having missed the first test with a side strain, the world cup winner replaces the injured james anderson. and brings real pace to the bowling attack, and england need it after defeat in the first test. spinner moeen ali is dropped with left armerjack leach included in his place. play begins at lords on wednesday. wigan have moved to third in super league after beating hull kr. it couldn't have been more comfortable for leeds who recorded back to back wins beating catalan dragons by 48—8. luke briscoe making it look easy with the last of their seven tries at headingley.

wales, england and ireland all play world cup warm—up matches this weekeend as the build up begins ahead of the rugby world cup. (00v)ireland take on six nations strugglers italy in dublin first up, ireland take on six nations strugglers italy in dublin first up, before england face wales at twickenham tomorrow, at twickenham tomorrow. it's an experimental irish side with 12 players to be cut from their squad before the tournament in japan which starts next month. justin rose is three shots off the lead at the halfway point of the northern trust in newjersey. easy to see why. look at this. on his way to making six birdies to move to nine under par. dustin johnston heads the field on 12—under. i marvel. tiger woods didn't even start the second round and tiger fans wont be pleased to hear it's his back once again. some stiffness this time, he's only played in five tournaments since winning the masters

back in april. it's not quite rumble in thejungle but it's a new venue for heavyweight boxing. anthonyjoshua's rematch with andy ruinunior will take place in saudi arabia. it'll be held just outside the capital city riyadh. joshua remarkably lost his three heavyweight belts in new york injune to the unfancied american. the contest will take place on the seventh of december. 0bviously, joshua seems to have trimmed down a bit. people saying, is he too big? is that why he lost? he looks like a body—builder and actually you need to be more mobile in the ring. it looks from recent pictures like he has turned down. five or six eggs for breakfast, two phillips steaks for dinner. he will wa nt to phillips steaks for dinner. he will want to put a marker down and show the world all the hype was for a reason and get those titles back.

sporting dynasty is later. you get it in families. 0ften sporting dynasty is later. you get it in families. often in motorsport. andretti. rosenberg. i have a feeling damon hill has a son involved, nigel mansell. schumacher. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. wet again, charlie. some sunshine around this weekend but lots of rain recently. this is a couple of hours ago. more rain flowing down the road is almost like rivers at the moment. 0ver is almost like rivers at the moment. over 50 millimetres in parts of cumbria through the night. the big story for today is the strength of the wind, unseasonably windy, close

to 80 mph along the coast of the isle of wight. the pressure has moved to the north of us, curling back into the west now with thundery showers in the mix. 0n the edge of the pressure system, working eastwards, strongest winds. england and wales, strongest. up to 60 mph. with the leaves in the trees in full leaf, could bring down branches, the tree, travel disruption possible with cancellations on ferries, delays, restrictions on bridges. if you are touring caravan, take note. bbc local radio, stay tuned to the travel news. persistent rain pushing on across parts of wales. the darker area of blue with the real problems, dumfries and galloway, cumbria, the borders, the rain will continue for

a few hours. more surface water. diminishing for the second half of the day, to the south of it, heavy, thundery showers across other parts of scotland. away from the hebrides where the wind picks up later, scotla nd where the wind picks up later, scotland and northern ireland will avoid the strongest wind. picking up tomorrow. if you get caught by a thunderstorm, it could hang around, drop large amount of rain in a short space of time. to the south of northern ireland. parts of northern england, they went picking up this afternoon, gale—force here and there. windiest for the south. some sunshine today, not a wash—out, but went remaining strong and one or two showers. temperatures down from yesterday but in the breeze —— out of the breeze, in the sunshine, pleasa nt of the breeze, in the sunshine, pleasant enough. later, picking up on the north, they wind, northern scotland. northern england and north wales. further south and east you

are, misty and dry, temperatures in double figures if not mid—teens. sunday night as when the four southern areas, still breezy but not as strong. some showers but more sunshine. heaviest rain parts of northern england, southern and central scotland. causing a few issues. brighterfor central scotland. causing a few issues. brighter for northern ireland, northern parts of scotland tomorrow. cool breeze, temperatures only in the mid—teens. 23 in the sunniest parts of the south east. we can head looking fairly mixed and still on the cool side. adding the tropics to a otherwise disappointing saturday. i am having a great time! the tie is making all the difference. there is one in the post

for you, charlie. that, difference. there is one in the post foryou, charlie. that, i difference. there is one in the post for you, charlie. that, iwould so like to see. at the age of 15, nabila tejpar got her first rally car. motor sport is in her blood — she's following in her grandfather and father's footsteps. talking of dynasty is. she's now aiming for european and world titles, and mike's been to meet her. the crowds have flocked here to the goodwood festival of speed in west sussex to see some of the world's top rally drivers in action. among them now is a woman from britain who's blazing a trail for more women into the sport. nabila tejpar is the reigning british ladies champion. now aiming for european and world rally glory, driving on the edge with the world flashing past at 80 miles an hour.

lots of people assume rally drivers are crazy. maybe you do, you know, have to have a screw loose in your head. nothing beats the adrenaline coming off the stage, feeling you've done your absolute best. it would be great to see more women involved. it doesn't matter about your gender. i think motorsport is one of those places where you can be in the same level playing field and the same cars as men. nabila is keeping the sport in her family. her dad and grandad were both rally drivers. i'm actually really scared to sit with her because i think she drives too fast for me, because she's still my baby girl, you know? in respect of diversity as well, i think that is really awesome. it is few and far between that you would see an asian woman. every time i talk to my friends, "what does your daughter do? " "my daughter drives a rally car." "excuse me?" 54, left long... i'm learning the language of rallying because it's a team sport and every driver needs a co—driver who reads

the so—called pace notes, because you're going at such speed, and nabila needs instructions. that's exactly it. are you really going to listen to me? ithink so! well, the co—driver is very important and what we do with the pace notes on the recce before the rally is probably one of the most important things. we need to make sure we have these right so that when we are attacking these stages, which we have really only seen twice... the final bit of kit on. a balaclava. i'll make sure i haven't had a big lunch or breakfast because i do get carsick as a passenger. trying to read notes at the same time to help nabila takes it to another level. with my stomach left at the start, i could hardly see over the dashboard. 50 left! into 30 open short right. go long, left! lots of trees, lots of trees — hay bale! and at such speed, any pace note instructions to nabila were a little sketchy. by the time i was telling her about a right or left turn,

we were already through it, in a blur of trees and hay bales. the fact that her instincts and driving prowess got us around regardless is why she's causing such a stir. it is refreshing for the sport to have the females there as well. they are good drivers, there's no reason why they can't beat the guys. short, right down! and anyone who finds that reading while on a winding carjourney makes them queasy will surely empathise with how i was soon feeling. these pace notes are scrunched up, i was so tense, shouting gibberish at you. just a tribute to your amazing driving skills. no wonder you're taking the world by storm. wow, you're just so calm! it's my happy place. yeah, no. but that in particular that stage is very steep.

always a trier! that would be a blue peter moto. not always a succeed. i have done rally driving. i did a world championship navigating, and i still don't know my left and right. i had to put it in my windscreen. still don't know my left and right. i had to put it in my windscreenm is terrifying. you might be worse than mike bushell at thatjob. is terrifying. you might be worse than mike bushell at that job. we came 37th out of hundreds, not too bad. you go past cars on their roofs, it is petrifying but fun, exhilarating. that was in your former life, as it were. now you are amongst other things an author. my children's book is out. it is out, i have to pinch myself. cookie and the most annoying boy in the world. a

cross between bridget jones most annoying boy in the world. a cross between bridgetjones and wimpey kid. she has a creative imagination, quite into knowledge, long words, science. i have had the tussle between arts and science, people asking which you are, i feel like i am both, the two married nicely. i have illustrated the book as well. these are my own pictures. 0bviously they would be masterpieces but they are drawn through the eyes ofa but they are drawn through the eyes of a nine—year—old girl, so i had to downgrade. basically, that is an experiment, she is quite into science. her life is not going well. her best friend is moving away and she felt like a bit of an outsider, and the best friend came along and she has had the most brilliant life for the last two years, best

friend's dad has a contract in solihull, they are moving away, to add insult to injury this point moves into her best friend's seat, pays for a catch from the local pet shop, takes it from her life and gets her place on the... it is a journey into her mind. without giving the plot away. you end up in atv giving the plot away. you end up in a tv studio, the character, as part ofa tv a tv studio, the character, as part of a tv quiz. that is starting to step into the territory you know well. i was on blockbusters when i was at school. i got no questions right. i have this thing that i freeze up under pressure. it is terrifying, really weird. i have the same thing. i have done that before... did you get to say i will

have a p, please, bob? yes, and cookie says it. it is a fun book with stealth learning, stealth education, quite a lot of science experiments and things to try out in the back of the book. how to make, very like blue peter. absolutely, at the back of the book, she likes long words. i hesitate to say she is a geek, but she is nerdy. i have had to reverse stereotypes. in the book, knowledge is cool. as grown—ups, we knowledge is cool. as grown—ups, we know that. other characters are into fashion or whatever who are more naff. it is a weather focused programme today. for obvious reasons. earlier we were talking about what you do on a rainy day with families and things, so i

wonder, your kids obviously know you we re wonder, your kids obviously know you were working on blue peter, i assume. did they put pressure on you to be the uber brilliant, we are going to make loads of ideas and do this on a rainy day? my eldest son, she he does not like, me and my husband like writing, love drawing, charlie started off as a cartoonist, i have done the doodles on here. he does not like either of those. it frustrates us to stop we will be like, no, you must, you have our genetic. my youngest son loves making things, he literally has such a clever man, making 3d things out of paper, cutting slits and slotting things together, constructing. they could not be more different. he loves the book, which is good. we

should have had the blockbusters music. i have done this whole book because i am so traumatised by blockbusters! a joy because i am so traumatised by blockbusters! ajoy having you on the server. lovely being here. cookie and the most annoying boy in the world, science, art, bit of everything. headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt.

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