good morning, welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the police officer killed a week before his honeymoon — detectives continue to question ten people. labour warns of a retail apocalypse as it calls for action to tackle empty shops. hollywood actor peter fonda who starred in the cult movie easy rider has died aged 79. in the cricket at lord's, there should be better weather for england today.

after more rain on day three, they say they need to get australia out by lunch to have a good chance of winning the second ashes test. after yesterday's washed out the weekend is looking a little more promising. sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times, too. it's saturday 17th august. our top story. detectives investigating the killing of a police officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. pc andrew harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. our correspondent simonjones is at the scene. simon, what more do we know? earlier on we hired the sentiment

from the forest, the sadness. the reaction has been quite overwhelming from this, hasn't it? yes, great deal of shock and sadness and still a big police presence where pc harper lost his life. this side of the road remains cordoned off, the other side the police ourselves. we believe pc harper was derived from one side of the road to the other by a vehicle. the police announcing a great deal about their investigation, saying they do not wa nt to investigation, saying they do not want to jeopardise any enquiry. but what we do know is they have arrested ten people on suspicion of murder. they range in age from 13 to 30 years old. we also know they have in carrying out investigations at a nearby caravan park. throughout the morning we have seen a number of people bringing flowers, some collea g u es people bringing flowers, some colleagues of pc harper. 0bviously very upset by what is happened. the

foresight they are shocked and saddened at the start. what we know about him as he was 28 years old, just to bring home the human tragedy of this, he got married just four weeks ago and was due to go on his honeymoon shortly. the prime minister says this really shows the dangers that police officers can confront on a daily basis. fortu nately, confront on a daily basis. fortunately, killings are rare, officers losing their lives in a line of duty remains a pretty rare event. we have had around ten over the past decade. certainly, people bringing flowers, a great sense of loss and tragedy here today. thank you. labour has warned that high streets are facing a "retail apocalypse" and has announced proposals to tackle the number of empty shops. let's talk to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. tony, tell us more about labour's plans. anybody who has what down the high street will have seen the problem here. what is the labour plan? to

put a number on it, according to one estimate 29,000 shops that have been boarded up, closed for 12 months or more gci’oss boarded up, closed for 12 months or more across the country. people agree on the scale of the problem, but disagree on what to do about it. labour are going to say that today jeremy corbyn is bolted to give more details, his plan is to allow local authorities to go to the shops had been closed for 12 months or more to effectively ta ke been closed for 12 months or more to effectively take them over, sees them and turn into, for example, start—ups or cooperative businesses 01’ even start—ups or cooperative businesses or even community projects. they say this is the kind of radical action needed to enter what they call a retail apocalypse. now, as you can imagine, the conservatives do not like this idea at all. they say it will actually have the opposite effect, because it will stop investment in high streets. landlords and investors will be nervous. they have their own plans got the future high street fund, they are spending £675 million on.

the chancellor has a talking about stamp duty. what could be quite a radical change. it was be a very radical change. it was be a very radical change. it was be a very radical change. this was an injury in the times newspaper this morning, their headline is that the chancellor is thinking of changing it so it is the seller who pays veg rather than the buyer. this is something that is the spoken about for many years, stamp duty is a very emotional tax. if you raise the injury he says he is looking at various different options. he is pretty noncommittal, really, on the answer. but it does suggest that the chancellor is looking at everything on the table. potentially some big measures coming up on on the table. potentially some big measures coming up on what might be a nokia brexit and what mightjust be an early general election. thank you. a postmortem examination has determined that the death of the disgraced us financier jeffrey epstein was suicide.

the chief medical examiner's office said that epstein, who was found dead in his cell in manhattan a week ago, had hanged himself. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. a postmortem was carried out last weekend. the details were not immediately released, which led to a flurry of stories and speculation in the us media. the washington post at one stage reported that one of the bones broken injeffrey epstein's neck was more consistent with the case of somebody being strangled than a case of hanging. however, that is not always true in cases of older men, and the new york medical examiner's office say that having looked at the results, they are convinced and have determined that he died as a result of a suicide. however, there are still many questions about the circumstances of his death. particularly about irregularities at the prison itself, and also questions about why he was taken off suicide watch just days after an earlier attempt to kill himself. the us department ofjustice is also pursuing inquiries into some of epstein's associates, whom they believe abused and groomed underage girls.

the united states has made a last—ditch attempt to prevent the release of an iranian oil tanker, seized by royal marines last month in gibraltar. ajudge in gibraltar ruled on thursday that the vessel could leave, if assurances were given that the cargo would not be delivered to syria. but now the usjustice department has issued a warrant to seize the tanker, which is still at anchor. peter fonda, star of the 1969 cult classic, easy rider has died at the age of 79. his family said he passed away peacefully at his home in los angeles after suffering from lung cancer. 0ur correspondent, peter bowes takes a look back at his career. easy rider, the counterculture classic. the open road, sex, drugs and rock and roll. the film was written, produced by and starred peter fonda, along with dennis hopper, playing a pair of long—haired bikers travelling through the american south—west and deep south. it touched a nerve with

the country's youth and captured the mood of the times. it also spawned a new era in film—making, focused on younger generations. it earned peter fonda an oscar nomination for best original screenplay, and catapulted him to stardom in hollywood. later in his career he was nominated for best actor in the 1997 drama ulee's gold, in which he played a florida beekeeper. he won a golden globe for the film. peter fonda was part of hollywood royalty, the son of the actor henry fonda and younger brother ofjane fonda. like his father, he was honoured with a star on hollywood's walk of fame. a lasting tribute to the actor, and as news emerged of his death, a place for his fans to remember their hero. in a statement peter fonda's family said they were mourning the loss of a sweet and gracious man who had an indomitable spirit and love of life. jane fonda said he was her sweet—hearted baby brother and went out laughing.

nasa says it's planning to send a female astronaut to the moon for the first time. the us space agency says the artemis lunar project will be based in alabama and they will aim to complete the mission by 202a. the estimated cost could be as high as £24 billion. the killing of pc andrew harper who died while attending a reported burglary has once again highlighted the dangers police officers face. seven years ago bryn hughes's daughter nicola was murdered along with her colleague fiona bone by dale cregan in a gun and grenade attack while responding to reports of a burglary. we can speak to bryn now.

nobody will understand more the shock that will be reverberating through another piece of the's family right now. what are your thoughts at this time? it takes me straight back to that day instantly. as soon as you hear the news breaking your back in that moment. the same feelings, emotions, but this time he had got those feelings and emotions for someone else who's going to the same pain is what she had been through. how do you cope when something like this happens? initially, you cope hour by hour, because he had that shock and lack of understanding. you cope hour by hour and then day by day and then week by week. it's then becomes a lot easier as time goes on. moments like yesterday straight back. lot easier as time goes on. moments like yesterday straight backlj lot easier as time goes on. moments like yesterday straight back. i do not know how much are prepared to share with us, but i imagine for the families of these officers, have to say, this is very rare for a police

officer to die in the course of doing agility, but with nicola, i cannot imagine as a father, did you think about the rest? when she was glad of duty every day doing her job, how much did you think about that relative to how where the incidents are? he always had that we re incidents are? he always had that were nearby to children anyway, doing thejob you were nearby to children anyway, doing the job you expect that she will be involved in violence and things. you do not expect them to ultimately lose their life, that is not something that is there at the forefront when you're having that discussion. it is one of those things that you avoid, really. discussion. it is one of those things that you avoid, reallylj know you have contact through the work you do with other families who are bereaved, possibly officer to have been injured, as well. is there a growing sense that the risks to officers are getting greater amongst the families and friends of those people who, you know, meet to talk about it? yes, i think even more so

they decrease in police numbers. there is that sense of it is another assault, another merger, fortunately not many, like you say the stop we meet evie at the national police memorial and it is an exclusive club that you do not want to be part of. but you take that support when you need it. what kind of support is there available? you get the support from the family liaison officers who are assigned to straight afterwards, after a merger in any circumstances. but you get that wide support, as well, from police communities from all over the uk and every police force co m es all over the uk and every police force comes together. it is one of their own, at the day. we are already seeing at the scene at the scene of pc harper's def, flowers are being laid. to what extent, did you get any... ——

are being laid. to what extent, did you getany... —— pc are being laid. to what extent, did you get any... —— pc harper‘s death. how much is that a help to you? you have that shock and disbelief when it does happen, but it is also magnified by massive media and public interest will stop you take two things and that, he has that huge level of public support and thatis huge level of public support and that is reassuring. the imagine well wish that you get. that is interesting, because it is, as you say, a lot of media interest around this. andrew harper and his wife on the front of all the papers today. what is that like, as a dad, saying the pictures of your daughter? what is that like, as a dad, saying the pictures of your daughter7m what is that like, as a dad, saying the pictures of your daughter? it is strange, seeing your doctor or your husband's name flashed across the bottom of the tv and you register it, because it is their name. but then you have that sense of disbelief that what is my daughter's name doing on the tv? what is her picture doing? again, you have a double edge sword, as well. now, as we talk about another incident, i

wa nt to we talk about another incident, i want to buy your thoughts are, going back to 2012, about the efforts to keep police officers safe? given what they do is sometimes necessarily dangerous. what they do is sometimes necessarily dangerouslj what they do is sometimes necessarily dangerous. i think, what they do is sometimes necessarily dangerous. ithink, i mean, obviously, the level of support needs to grow, with the announcement of extra police officers. i think that will take time obviously, so i think something like with nicola and fiona and the officers who have died since, there needs to be that the sentences need to reflect the crime. especially with levels of assault, as well. do feel angry at all? initially, yes. but i think if you hold onto that angen but i think if you hold onto that anger, it is not how they and you have set up a charity and nicola's name, what difference has that made? we help the children of murder victims throughout the uk. that helps, as well, when you see the helps, as well, when you see the help you can give people. it is,

sort of, like comforting and reassuring to yourself that you are helping somebody. it espied at that exclusive club, there is an average 760 murdered in the uk every year and it is a club that nobody wants to be apart of. so, you take that from them. we were speaking to the deputy police commissioner, pc andrew harper's area where he worked m, andrew harper's area where he worked in, one of the things he was very keen to point out was the individual work that andrew harper had done, specific people he had helped over time. i dare say, as time passes, i am cautious how i say this, because we have lost your daughter and that remains the case, i dissect that you ta ke remains the case, i dissect that you take some comfort from the work that she did and the people she would have helped? she did and the people she would have helped ? and she did and the people she would have helped? and the same thing will be happening in relation to andrew's family. you have got to focus on that 99% type of work that nicola

and andrew did, helping people in the community. you have got to focus ona 99%, the community. you have got to focus on a 99%, you cannot look atjust this one thing that has resulted in a die. like i said, if he held onto that, that is not healthy. we really appreciate you coming in to touch us this morning. thank you. 60 minutes past nine is the time, here is the weather. they weather is looking better than it did yesterday. washed out and feeling pretty chilly, as well, for august. this is the weather front that brought the unsettled conditions in the last 24—hour is. you can sage is pushing its way towards the east, meaning some sunshine is on the wafer today. the low pressure is still very much with us. low pressure is still very much with us. it is not completely arrived, at all. it still has to barrel across the uk to say no. the closer you are

to the centre of the slow demo frequently showers before stops certainly for northern ireland and scotland, especially in the west, frequent showers. hail and thunder, very heavy gusts of wind. but across england and wales, the weather is looking fine today. sunny spells, scattered clouds and just the odd shower. 22 in london, teens in the north. saturday night look swept across western scotland, there will be some showers heading towards northern ireland, too. probably later on in the night. through the course of the night we are expecting a little bit of rain to drift in from the south. a little bit the shift in the forecast in the lassie hours or so, it does look as if this rain could be affecting the southern counties and possibly even as far north as east anglia is because through the course of tonight. so, could be some rain for a time here, early in the morning. then that

im proves early in the morning. then that improves in northern ireland and scotla nd improves in northern ireland and scotland it is the same for a song isa scotland it is the same for a song is a slow pressure is spinning around with a happy showers. for the bulk of england and wales, at least by tomorrow afternoon, the weather is looking absolutely fine. the lower still with us, it is a slow mover and this it is a large low. the high pressure is trying to build, it is still way, way towards the south—west of us. we are in the speu the south—west of us. we are in the spell of unsettled weather for scotland, northern ireland. some showers getting into northern england, as well, on monday stop for the south it is looking absolutely fine. is there any warmer weather on the way? the answer in short, no. the temperatures are still hovering towards the low 20s in the south of the country. a little below path at the country. a little below path at the time of the year. for the noise, it is the teens. we have got showers, you can it is the teens. we have got showers, you can see it is the teens. we have got showers, you can see the symbols indicating the showers for belfast and for edinburgh. so, i think no

real return to summer. but then again, it is only the middle of august as a boy still had the rest of august and september quite often bring some spells of very warm weather. so it is not over yet for the summer, for sure. several people have message about my earlier comments about the heating. they say they are wealthy in the fa ct they say they are wealthy in the fact that it does feel wintry. there you go, saved by the beers. thank you, thomas. it is now 90 minutes past nine. the police officer killed a week before his honeymoon — detectives continue to question ten people . labour warns of a "retail apocalypse" as it calls for action to tackle empty shops. you're watching

breakfast from bbc news, time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the daily mail leads with a tribute to pc andrew harper who was murdered after attending reports of a burglary. it has a photo of the officer at his wedding just four weeks ago. the mirror also has a picture of the officer with his wife lissie and says they were planning to go on honeymoon next week. the times also has an image of the couple on its front page, but leads with news of the chancellor's "radical plan for first budget". the paper says sajid javid is considering a change to stamp duty which would "switch the burden from buyers to sellers". and the daily telegraph leads with reports that ken clarke has volunteered to become caretaker prime minister to avoid a no—deal brexit. it says he has also given his backing to a proposal by the lib dem leaderjo swinson, to lead an "emergency government to sort brexit out".

broadcaster ian collins is here to tell us what's caught his eye. this is an interesting story about facial recognition. i interviewed a few people about facial recognition. you always think about the police training facial recognition, would be the domain of a local co nsta bula ry be the domain of a local constabulary to say the staff can actually work. if it is effective in fighting crime, and getting the bad people, because of a recognition database. but people, because of a recognition data base. but is people, because of a recognition database. but is actually an epidemic of private companies. it is curious, because it does not seem to be many rules and regulations around this. if there are any, very few people seem to know precisely what they are. we do know in places like they are. we do know in places like the states, san francisco had a court case, they aren't facial recognition cameras. however, the trafford centre in manchesterjust

as an example, at a scheme running last year where something like 15 million people were estimated to have been photographed. they said they destroyed the data afterwards. but to what end? it is all about privacy. what they want it for? you can understand from a crime point of view. that is why nobody can quite out what we wanted for, other than the fact that we live in a world where data is white as much as gold. so, if you start acting that into the sort of we are working algorithms, then it was back to the minority report stuff. is it about that or is itjust about catching the old shoplifter? in your head, you go into the shopping centre. and when to make the noise of the system here and it registers your facial recognition bang and then it matches up recognition bang and then it matches up the updating summer it goes we have that, that is ian? that is

exactly what is meant to happen. do you think of a tie—up is something that registered your face else? the dvla or whatever it is. as moment enticing it is not my particular bell. there are racial issues and pay? is over its accuracy in that respect, as well. it might be a case that at the second time of day it is a lot of middle—aged women in the shopping centre or whatever. the overarching question is as citizen should be be photographed facially co nsta ntly, should be be photographed facially constantly, all day long? can you t constantly, all day long? can you opt out? the balaclava is the only answer, at the moment. taking us to literature. some authors do auction of the possibility to be a character in their books. so, somebody like ian rankin, top—selling author, he has done this a couple of times. he is warning that there are problems

with doing this. what is the problem? one of the province as they did an auction in the united states last year and the two people that won the right to appear in his next novel where lee child, the author, and karen slaughter, another very famous author. because of course they were literary people, so they joined in with a spirit. this means that in theory ian rankin has got to write a particle detective constable ian childs. —— lee child. write a particle detective constable ian childs. -- lee child. i made it into a crime novel, actually is a top—notch mine name, but the biggest coming out in. how do know it is you? it coming out in. how do know it is you ? it is coming out in. how do know it is you? it is the northern one on brea kfast you? it is the northern one on breakfast television and it describes me a bit. also, i know her, so. ian mcgregor. a couple of

interesting stories, star wars is back, the prequels, the sequels, a huge massive franchise. ewan mcgregor‘s eagerness to return to the role as 0bi—wan mcgregor‘s eagerness to return to the role as obi—wan kenobi is being realised. this is the smallest picture to talk about the biggest part. 0ne picture to talk about the biggest part. one of the issues with this of course is that tv now is notjust about making a shaky 19705 style about making a shaky 19705 5tyle doctor who, this will be big budget blockbuster stuff. but it was going to be on the new, sort of, disney equivalent of netflix. everybody is with this big multi channel tv conglomerates when they can hoover up conglomerates when they can hoover up large amounts, you pay subscription. so, something like this will be huge. thi5 subscription. so, something like this will be huge. this is not a once upon a time film actors never

went back to tv, that is just not what happened. now, of course, it is all about that, there is notably in that. interesting, you have actors them5elve5 buying things. like reese witherspoon buying a series of books which is then turned into tv, like big little lie5. which is then turned into tv, like big little lies. we always ask our fan5, i'vejust big little lies. we always ask our fan5, i've just finished one, big little lies. we always ask our fan5, i'vejust fini5hed one, what doi fan5, i'vejust fini5hed one, what do i watch next? iju5t fini5hed fan5, i'vejust fini5hed one, what do i watch next? iju5t finished a noble, which was a5toni5hing. i'm looking for the next sort of breaking bad. the eternal search for the young audience is the focus of a report in the times. an adjusting juxtaposition with the last story, in fact. it says the bbc is going to spend 100 mini pound5 in fact. it says the bbc is going to spend 100 mini pounds and adds to learn that the young. the relevance of the bbc is being debated, should

they be making light entertainment programmes etc? bbc three i5 they be making light entertainment programmes etc? bbc three is now online, the amount of money spent which critics might say is a bit weird. you can nowju5t promote the bbc, look into the camera and say tonight on the tv is x, y, and z. which would cost you £1 million bets on the other side. the bbc can promote itself are free, is a 5ugge5tion however, there are big as the aforementioned story, of course, when it comes to lowering younger people. you have private country5ide di5ney, netflix, who are providing all of that and that is the challenge the bbc have really got over the coming years. new5 challenge the bbc have really got over the coming years. news and current affairs is one thing, but all the other stuff, huge question mark5 over that the bbc. i think it will be quite an uncomfortable theatre head, particularly when more of these conglomerates come forward with their big 5tyle packages. of these conglomerates come forward with their big style packages. how do go up against that? you broadca5t on radio now, of course, but the

5ame on radio now, of course, but the same rules apply, you much different audience year programme. there is 5uch audience year programme. there is such a huge choice night and finding releva nt such a huge choice night and finding relevant is not easy. any commercial world, it works or doesn't work. they get rid of it, they weigh commission whatever. but in the world of the bbc, who we are work for, that is a totally different question that needs to be asked. something that will deftly attract more yea r5 something that will deftly attract more years is the loo. i will explain i5, more years is the loo. i will explain is, a story that charlie mentioned diet this morning because it is in the papers about a loo in hull. it has made it into the list of lonely planet's top 500 places to visit in the uk. and now we're being told about other ones which equally brilliant. and one of our viewers has got in touch on twitter to tell us that this isn't the only

listed loo, the toilets in the philharmonic pub in liverpool are grade two li5ted. thanks to @collypool for letting us know about that. let quality coverage are getting. people care about that stuff, do not knock it. i went to a function at a hotel and you went downstairs and the louvre i5 hotel and you went downstairs and the louvre is the size of a football pitch. some of it i am told was original and some of it was not. that sounds like a posh night out. to be fair, it was. thank you so much, ian. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and charlie stayt. a year ago today the pri5on5

minister, rory stewart, told this programme he would resign if he didn't manage to reduce drugs and violence in jail5. he's no longer in the post, but we'll be looking at what's happened since we spoke to him. first, a summary of this morning's main news. detectives investigating the killing of a police officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. pc andrew harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. earlier, we spoke to matthew barber, deputy police and crime commissioner for thames valley, who paid tribute to the officer. talking to people who knew him well in the force, he was a very popular officer. i've had comments from members of the public who andy had helped in his time as a police constable. one woman in particular i spoke to who sticks in my mind said that he was the one who gave her the courage to come forward and press charges in a case of domestic abuse.

he's clearly a man who, in a short period of time, has touched many lives and has been an exemplary police officer and i think it's a fitting memory for him. labour has warned that high 5treet5 are facing a "retail apocalypse" and has announced proposals to tackle the number of empty shops. jeremy corbyn has promised to give councils powers to reopen shops that have been left vacant for more than a year. it's estimated that 29,000 shops have been vacant for more than 12 months. a postmortem has found that the disgraced us financierjeffrey epstein took his own own life. epstein was found dead in his cell in manhattan a week ago. the 66—year—old was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. china's ambassador to britain has warned there will be military intervention in hong kong, should further clashes arise between police and pro—democracy activist5. a5 prote5t5 continue on the island, today china's paramilitary police have been practising crowd—control tactics however hong kong's police force say they are capable

of maintaining law and order. peter fonda, star of the 1969 cult classic easy rider, has died at the age of 79. his family said he passed away peacefully at his home in los angeles after receiving treatment for lung cancer. in a statement, they said they were mourning the loss of a sweet and gracious man, who had an indomitable spirit and a love of life. the united states has made a last—ditch attempt to prevent the release of an iranian oil tanker seized by royal marines last month in gibraltar. ajudge in gibraltar ruled on thursday that the vessel could leave, if assurances were given that the cargo would not be delivered to syria, but now the usju5tice department has issued a warrant to seize the tanker, which is still at anchor. nasa says it's planning to send a female a5tronaut to the moon for the first time. the us space agency says the artemis lunar project will be based in alabama and they will aim to complete the mission by 202a.

the estimated cost could be as high as £24 billion. interesting talking to sue nelson earlier about the training that they have to do, the geology knowledge they will need to do the analysis on they will need to do the analysis on the moon, all the physical training, it's quite something. cavan, could you do it? i think you do it? ithinki you do it? i think i would probably struggle. encompass my players will have an intense morning today because they need wickets against australia in the second ashes test at lord's. rain wiped out play after the morning session yesterday, but the forecast is better for the weekend. australia will resume on 80—4, 178 behind england's first innings total. england bowler stuart broad believes they can still win it and level the series.

there could be quite an interesting and intriguing game left in this test match. 0ur bowling unit's aim is to get the next six wickets by lunch, and then i suppose ideally bat until an hour or an hour and a half before lunch on day five, trying to force a result that way. we're only three games into the new season in the championship, but already one side relegated from the premier league last season have sacked their manager. huddersfield town lost yet again last night, 2—1 to fulham, another side back in the second tier, and that was the end forjan siewert, who had managed only one win in his seven months in charge. after they failed to reach the champions league group stage in midweek, celtic turn their attentions to the scottish league cup this afternoon, when they host dunfermline. hearts are already through to the quarterfinals thanks to a 2—1 victory over motherwell last night in absolutely atrocious weather

conditions at fir park. all today's fixtures are on the bbc sport website. liverpool's adrian is hopeful of starting against southampton this afternoon, despite being injured by a fan who ran onto the pitch during the team's super cup celebrations. adrian made his debut in the win over chelsea on wednesday, with regular keeper alisson injured. managerjurgen klopp had this to say to the unwelcome pitch intruder. there is no doubt about how much we love our fans, but if they could all stop doing that. that is not the worst exa m ple stop doing that. that is not the worst example ever i actually ever super hard about. it's not for me. i don't know what you can do against it, but i like the fact that we don't have dances in the stadium, but that means there is a lot of responsibility for the supporters, as well. responsibility for the

supporters, as well. there was no lionel messi and no points for barcelona on the opener to the spanish season last night after this stunning strike from aritz aduriz, who gave athletic bilbao a 1—0 victory. at the age of 38, aduriz will be retiring at the end of the season, although after seeing that, they may not want to let him go. wales and england continue their preparations for the rugby world cup later when they meet in cardiff. it's only six days since england beat wales at twickenham, but head coach eddiejones says they need to be "absolutely brutal" if they want to win this one. wales boss warren gatland says that defeat means his players have to prove themselves to secure a world cup spot. there is a lot of pressure on those guys on the weekend, because if some of them don't front and don't perform, then they're opening the door for somebody else. you win last week and win this weekend, and you're pretty much with a sealed, potentially a starting spot for the first game, for the first couple of games,

in the world cup. scotland are in far better shape than they were in the spring. they had a six nations championship hampered by a string of injuries. they take on france in nice. head coach gregor townsend appreciates the chance these warm—up games give, to study how his players perform. the positive about these games as you can focus a lot more about yourself. we haven't done that much analysis on france. they've changed the coaching staff and added people to their coaching staff, so they may change the way they play. we just want to make sure that we get our details right, our systems and defence and attack. how we work to win the game, and how our players showed their strengths. world champions new zealand are in action in auckland and they are flying against australia. they led 17—0 at half—time. the all blacks are seeking revenge for last week's heavy loss to their opponents.

in rugby league, wigan beat warrington wolves for the first time this season, to move level on points with them in second place in the super league table. a dominant first half from the warriors, saw tries from bevan french and george williams to give them a comfortable lead on their way to a 20—6 victory — that was warrington's fifth defeat in a row. judy murray knew she was in for a hard watch at the cincinnatti masters last night and, in the end, she was congratulating elder son jamie and commiserating with his brother, andy. jamie murray came out on top with his doubles partner, neal skupski, in the quarterfinals, in a really tight three—setter against andy murray and feliciano lopez. andy will switch his focus back to his return to singles now. he's playing at next week's atp event in north carolina. surfing will make its 0lympic debut in tokyo next year, so what better way to get a taste of things to come, with the uk body—surfing championships. they're less than a month away now in newquay and mike has been there to find out more.

surf's up off the cornish coast. as we swooped down, you might notice something is missing. where are the surfboards? for once, it is time to leave those on the shore and rely solely on body power. it is the original form of surfing, the one that was around long before we had the luxury of boards. the art of body surfing. pete connolly is one of the originals. he has been body surfing since he was 11. he is now 7a. you are in touch with nature. it is just wonderful to be in the ocean with nature. to me, it is much better than being on a board, it is just you and the waves.

and 0k, flippers, to give me a bit of extra power. but that is it. it's developed with hand boards which are used in certain competitions to give you extra speed, power and, street cred. anyway, these colourful hats to make it more visual as a spectator sport. you can see me disappearing under the waves. now, the hand glove gives you the control to get started, and they did begin to feel liberated, albeit at times i may have looked like a teletubbie in a washing machine. i like the freedom. that you can swim out, you don't have a board, it's just you and the sea. it's amazing. i find with a board, itjust gets in the way.

it's fun to just duck under the waves. it's just a closer connection to the water that you've got. it's a different experience than i know i sound lazy, but it is a bit easier to run down to the beach and have a paraffins and one of these. although, i do love surfing, it'sjust different. it's just, yeah, just a different connection. and with the uk championship taking in the next month, dozens of athletes will be attempting to surf their way to various trophies, some with the hand gloves, others with nothing but their own steam. it's great that we can do the way we like. you can do better manoeuvres that way. 0ffshore winds help. ah, so there obviously wasn't enough offshore wind for me. mike bushell, bbc news.

it looks absolutely stunning. those championships take place from the 7th of september. it is very good for your fitness, it engages your core, balanced. a body surfer has been doing up there for 63 years. it is fun, as well. the cap is something to be admired! thank you very much. thank you very much. one year ago today, the prisons minister, rory stewart, told this programme he would resign if he didn't reduce drug and violence levels in jails. the official figures are released next week, but the prison reform trust say incidents of self harm and assault have in fact risen in the last year. let's take a look back at what he told us. imean, i mean, it's a brave politician he

saysjudge me on i mean, it's a brave politician he says judge me on the i mean, it's a brave politician he saysjudge me on the results. are you seriously suggesting in 12 months' time i will speak to you and we will look at those statistics from those ten prisons and if they are the same or worse, what, you're going to quit? yeah. i will quote that i haven't succeeded in 12 months in reducing the level of drugs and violence in those presents. i want to make a measurable difference. this is what this investment is around. i believe in our prison service, or prison officers. i believe this can be turned around and i want you to judge me on those results and i will resign if i don't succeed. alex hewson, from the prison reform trust, and luke ambler, who delivers outreach work in prisons, are here with us in the studio. alex, let me start with you on the trends you have a point from the research. the ministry ofjustice

will bring out its full analysis next week, but from the latest data that we have, unfortunately it presents a very mixed picture. many of the presents that were selected are local prisons and are incredibly challenging environments to run. while stamp prisons were chosen by rory stewart, it is important to say that many prisons up and down the country are facing similar challenges and statements —— and safety a nd challenges and statements —— and safety and decency across our present state are setting records year—on—year for all the wrong reasons. self—harm, assaults, and 86 people took their own life.“ reasons. self—harm, assaults, and 86 people took their own life. if you target prisons, i think this is what rory stewart was saying, to be fair we have figures up to march this year, to suggest that of those, four prisons have made some modest improvements, but for most

alarmingly remaining with worsening conditions. as you say, some of these are the most challenging. what picture does this paint? a prison ministry comes and goes. apple pledges made, but the problem remains. the problem is inconsistency from top to bottom. a local prison has such an influx of prisoners coming in and not constantly. a big problem is staff. i have been in 45 prisons now. the violence, when you see it first hand,is violence, when you see it first hand, is like nothing else. there is a massive turnover of staff constantly. where do you see the potential areas where you can start to make an impact, given the scale of the problem? i wouldn't focus on ten prisons, this is nationwide. we

need to staff intact, start mental health intact. we all have a normal life, with bills and all the problems, then we go to prisons and people there committing suicide, there self—harm. people there committing suicide, there self-harm. we need to take a look at the bigger picture, as well. as far as us as a country, we send more people to present than anywhere else in western europe. we are addicted to sending people to prison. we send lots of people to prison. we send lots of people to prison for short periods of time, which the government because my own evidence shows there is an effective and is only likely to make things worse. we have crumbling infrastructure, which is overcrowded. also, despite the recent announcements this last week

we are also sending people to prison for longer. it is a failed policy. what i think it's quite shocking is the levels of self—harm that happen. why do you think that is happening? it's a variety of reasons from debt problems, drug problems. prisoners are behind the door for 23 hours a day. there are people in there that shouldn't be there. there are prisoners in their that are on the ipp, so basically they went in on a one—year tariff and now they are 15 years of the tariff, some of these people. they are not held for what they have done for what they possibly could do in the future. you mentioned about the announcements that have been made this week about

the prison places, that there will be more prison cells are available. that's the intention. what does that make you think about the direction of travel? unfortunately, the announcement to build more medicine —— prison places is something that governments have always failed to deliver on. the numbers announced this week have not added up. prisoners are locked up for 23 hours a day with very little to do. what that means is in order to try and eliminate that you need at least 9,000 places to eliminate the overcrowding we currently have. it is being covered with the sentencing review which has all the hallmarks of trying to ratchet up demand for prison places anyway. really interesting to hear your thoughts

today. a ministry ofjustice spokesperson said, "we are taking action to crack down on crime, improve our prisons and keep the public safe, spending up to £2.5 billion pounds to create 10,000 new prison places." here's thomaz with a look at this morning's weather. today, we will see sunshine and showers in the forecast. for scotla nd showers in the forecast. for scotland and northern ireland, they will capture fair few. although the weather is a lot better than it was yesterday, yesterday because my brother front is visible here on the image, it is moving away towards the east, so that persistent rain is gone and quite often what happens in the wake of a weather front we have scattered showers, so hit and miss rain, the showers are fairly small, carried by a swift wind, so it means

that they don't last for very long. brief showers across some north—western areas, but in north—western areas, but in north—western scotland and northern ireland they could be very frequent. these are instantaneous costs around four o'clock, they could be stronger at other times. temperatures in the teens in the north, in the 205 in the south. we are watching this rain flirting with the south coast. initially in the last few hours we thought it might stay mostly offshore, but the indication is tomorrow morning the rain they clipped even as far north as cornwall, devon may be into east anglia. for sunday, in the south of the country, it may well start of at least cloudy with splits and spots of rain, and the worst case, more

rain. for scotland and northern ireland, passing brief showers. still blustery in the north—west. 17 in glasgow, in london. for monty, the low pressure is still with us, but the low pressure is moving away. it is also weakening. that means it is not driving so many showers in our direction. there will be some around, especially in the north—west. some moving on to the la ke north—west. some moving on to the lake district. the further south you are, the drierand lake district. the further south you are, the drier and sunnier it will be. for monty, 21 in london, 16 or 17 in the north west. for the southern major centres over the next few days, it is looking dry, predominantly dry, in the low 205. in the north, no major change on the horizon, belfast and edinburgh will keep the showers. 0n the whole, the weather will not be that bad.

we have the wonderful fatima with us now. a baton, created by the mother of an organ donor who helped saved 50 lives, has travelled from london to newcastle to mark the start of the world transplant games. thousands of athletes, all of whom have received a transplant, are taking part. we're nowjoined by lisa wilson, along with six—year—old fatima and her mum, lubna. fatima received an organ donation from lisa's son tom. fatima received an organ donation from tom. can i hold this up? it is

very, very small but it is a very special picture. can you see that at all? fatima who is it that you have drawn? tom! tell us who tom is. he is my hero. he gave me his liver. tom's mum, lisa, is sitting next to you. i'm going to put that in his memory box, it's very special. tell us memory box, it's very special. tell usa memory box, it's very special. tell us a little bit of the story. tom was very handsome, 22, life was perfect, living in the city, finished university. he had a beautiful girlfriend. then hit on the head by a hockey stick at training. he didn't know anything about it, suffered an immediate haemorrhage, rushed to hospital. we we re haemorrhage, rushed to hospital. we were told he wouldn't recover. but

the story continues and as much as in that dreadful moments you were able as a family to make a decision that would help other people. able as a family to make a decision that would help other peoplem able as a family to make a decision that would help other people. it was my husband who suggested organ donation. we find at that time had signed up as a fresher at university when he was 18. so tom made the decision for us. 50 lives have been helped by tom. up to 50 lives help them transform because of the organ and tissue donation. it is notjust organs, it is so much more you can donate, as well. fatima was given tom's liver. etc now, didn't it? it did. we were certain she wasn't going to make it. he saved her life.

words cannot express how grateful and thankful we are. there is a lot of handholding going on. it's not the first time you have met, is it? how did that happen? we wrote to each other. gra ham's how did that happen? we wrote to each other. graham's last words to me when he died where, keep tom's memory alive. we wanted to find out how people were coping. i'm very lucky that lubna replied. we finally felt we meet. it was so special that meeting in the park. wejust realised we could save the life of a beautiful little girl. it is that simple, the gift of life. we said

yes, look at the result. what was the meeting like for you, it lubna? it was incredible. it took some time for us to physically meet. we were writing to each other. we got to know lisa a bit more. we got to know who tom was. i googled's toms name and work came up and i read up about him and the accident and how he passed away. meeting up wasjust amazing. we first met up in the park and it was just lovely to meet amazing. we first met up in the park and it wasjust lovely to meet lisa and it wasjust lovely to meet lisa and pepperand... and it wasjust lovely to meet lisa and pepper and... tell us a bit about these games. this is an extraordinary group of people who have all had amazing things happen often in the worst possible situations. as a pe teacher, i didn't know a lot about the transplant games. it was a surgeon who thought my patients need to keep

that after surgery and sport is the best thing to keep people fit and healthy. he set up the british complaint games. there were 800 competitors from the age of three to 73 playing lots of different sports. every single one was the recipient ora every single one was the recipient or a live donor. the world transplant games, 2500 competitors in newcastle from all around the world all received an organ taking pa rt world all received an organ taking part in sport. it is fantastic. we have this wonderful battle that you have this wonderful battle that you have had commissioned as a sentimental reminder. it will travel the world, hopefully it will inspire people. it is a real silver button. is there a little song? fatima has a

great recycling song. stand up and do it. here we go. we recycle what we'd used. separate things and you should to you. glass and paper, plastic, ten, to end your recycle bin. we must start now we can't wait, quick or it will be too late. applause. what a wonderful way to end the show! good luck to everyone taking part in the transplant games. that is it from all of us. the games start today in newcastle. that's all from us this morning rogerjohnson and victoria fritz will be back from six tomorrow.

this is bbc news, i'm sean ley. the headlines at 10am: ten men, aged between 13 and 30, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering pc andrew harper in berkshire. he's clearly a man who, in a short period of time, has touched many lives and has been an exemplary police officer and i think it's a fitting memory for him. pro—democracy protesters take to the streets of hong kong once more, they've been supported by thousands of teachers. meanwhile, chinese troops have put on a show of military strength in the border city of shenzhen. the new chancellor sajid javid says he wants to simplify the tax system, and will consider changes to stamp duty, in his first budget. actor peter fonda, best remembered for the cult—classic film easy rider, has died aged 79. and in this week's travel show, rajan datar visits the island