good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. our headlines today: as ten people remain in custody over the death of pc andrew harper, the home secretary says more needs to be done to support families of police officers injured or killed on duty. a suicide bomber targets a wedding reception in kabul — 63 people are killed and nearly 200 injured. official warnings of food and fuel shortages after a no—deal brexit have been leaked as borisjohnson prepares to visit paris and berlin for talks.

it's the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lord's for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. the day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. it's sunday, 18th august. our top story: the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of police officers who are killed or injured at work. pc andrew harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. charlotte simpson reports. colleagues, friends, and the local community,

pay tribute to police constable andrew harper, where he lost his life. almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. he should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. a postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. his death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. the home secretary says the country must do more to recognise the sacrifice made by officers. writing in the sunday telegraph, priti patel said... she said pc harper was the very best of british policing. the hunt for evidence continues at a council—run caravan site in west berkshire. several road closures in the surrounding area are in place. police have until midnight tonight to question the ten people in custody. the thames valley force described it as a complex

investigation, both a professional and personal challenge as they try to solve the murder of a much—loved police officer who was one of their own. in the next few minutes we'll be speaking to the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, about this. at least 63 people have been killed in an explosion at a wedding reception in the afghan capital of kabul. a suicide bomber detonated the device last night. the blast left nearly 200 people wounded including children. our reporter richard forrest has the details. this is the aftermath inside the wedding hall. it had been packed with people celebrating a marriage, ina minority with people celebrating a marriage, in a minority shia neighbourhood in the west of the city. witnesses say the west of the city. witnesses say the bomb detonated his device in the men's reception area. the bomb detonated his device in the

men's reception areal the bomb detonated his device in the men's reception area. i was in the kitchen and was coming to the hall when i heard the huge sound. there we re when i heard the huge sound. there were lots of injured people. everybody was running away. several of our waiters were killed or injured. most of the victims were men or boys. the injured taken to hospitals across the city. there we re hospitals across the city. there were so many, hospitals across the city. there were so many, they were crowded into corridors. people rushing to the hospital trying to find missing relatives. translation: iwas hospital trying to find missing relatives. translation: i was in the wedding party when the blast occurred. it was very powerful and the situation was terrible. i saw many children and people hurt. the situation was terrible. i saw many children and people hurtfl wedding halls have become big business in kabul, as the afghan economy slowly picks up and family spend more on the celebrations. but they are seen as soft targets. last november, at least a0 people were killed at a wedding in kabul. the attack came as the taliban and the us are trying to form an agreement on the withdrawal of us forces from afghanistan in exchange for a

telephone commitment on security and peace talks with the us backed government. the prime minister, borisjohnson will meet angela merkel and president macron in the next few days to present his case for a new brexit deal. it comes as leaked government documents warn that britain could face medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. it's boris johnson's first trip abroad as prime minister, how will he be received? it's a curious one, isn't it? for almost a month now we have been told that boris johnson almost a month now we have been told that borisjohnson would prefer to get a deal to leave the eu with a deal, but negotiations have been com pletely deal, but negotiations have been completely non—existent, the british government saying they will move forward when there is the prospect ofa forward when there is the prospect of a new deal. we don't think there isa of a new deal. we don't think there is a prospect of a new deal, so why

are they meting? borisjohnson is going to meet emmanuel macron and angela merkel this week, and number ten says it will be to lay out the fa ct ten says it will be to lay out the fact that they don't think parliament will lock brexit, which i think some eu leaders are watching parliament closely to find out if they will, and also just to reiterate that they need a new deal. both sides will be sizing each other up both sides will be sizing each other up and finding out whether the other side is prepared to move, but we're not expecting any particular large big breakthrough on brexit to happen this week. tell us a bit about the story in the sunday times. a cabinet office document that has been leave. it talks about something called operation yellowhammer. this is a league government document about the preparations for no deal brexit. there are some stark warnings about what might happen. the kind of

detail will worry some readers of the sunday times as they wake up this sunday morning. hearing that there might be queues at ports and airports, shortages of fresh food, fuel, medicines, and even the plans to keep the border at northern ireland open with no hard border might prove unsustainable. as i said, number ten keen to say they are exploring all options, but they don't expect these things to happen. if there are even possibilities, i think people will be very concerned. the muslim convert known asjihadi jack, who travelled to syria to join so—called islamic state, has reportedly been stripped of his british citizenship, according to the mail on sunday. jack letts was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 201a. a home office spokesperson said they do not comment on individual cases. our reporter ben ando has more. captive in a kurdishjail, and now reportedly stripped

of his british citizenship, jack letts, who became known asjihadijack, left his family home in oxford in 201a and travelled to syria to fight with the islamic state group. he lived in raqqa and was seized by kurdish troops while attempting to flee. injune his parents, sally and john, were found guilty of funding terrorism, after they sent him money while he was in syria that they said he had asked for in order to get away. the mail on sunday is now reporting that in the final days of theresa may's government, he was stripped of his british citizenship. he has dual uk nationality with canada through his canadian father. in a statement, the home office said that depriving a dual national of citizenship was a decision taken by the home secretary on the basis of advice from officials, lawyers and security services. it is intended to counter the threat of what it describes as dangerous individuals. in february, the home secretary revoked the citizenship

of shamima begum, one of a trio of east london schoolgirls who travelled to syria in 2015 and became known as the "is brides". she is challenging the decision on the basis that she would be left stateless, which is contrary to international law. due to his dual canadian nationality, there is no such option available to jack letts. ben ando, bbc news. the search for a 6—year—old boy who's thought to have fallen into a river in kent will continue this morning. the child's believed to have fallen into the river stour near the town of sandwich. fire and rescue crews joined police and coastguards after the boy was reported missing on saturday afternoon. 13 people have been arrested in the us city of portland after a far—right group clashed with left—wing counter—protesters. a huge police operation kept the two groups apart. weapons including metal poles and shields were seized from both sets of protesters. in the last few minutes the three

remaining cooling towers at didcot power station have been demolished in a controlled explosion. the site has stood for more than 50 years but stopped production in 2013. louisa currie is there for us this morning. a bit of an omission on the skyline since the last time we spoke? absolutely. you won't notice anything behind me anymore. injust the last few minutes, these towers have come down. they have stood here for more than 50 years, dominating the skyline here in didcot. it took just seconds for them to be brought down. now, there is mixed opinion. some people saw them as an eyesore, others love them for theirjobs, the economy, the commerce they brought to didcot. they were turned off in 201a, and since then there has been worked to demolish and clear the site. the first three of an original

six cooling towers were brought down in 201a. hundreds turned out then. sadly, in 2016, four workers were killed as preparatory works were carried out for another phase of the demolition, and a temporary building collapsed. since then, there has been a huge investigation into what caused the collapse. the thames valley police and the health and safety inspectors were involved, trying to work out whether there was any grounds for manslaughter charges. the towers behind came down at about going on seven o'clock this morning, ina at about going on seven o'clock this morning, in a matter of seconds. this is a big dealfor didcot, the end ofan this is a big dealfor didcot, the end of an era, and this is a big dealfor didcot, the end ofan era, and it this is a big dealfor didcot, the end of an era, and it means now there is just one large chimney remaining, the one in the background, which still needs to be

demolished, and the plan is for that to be brought down later in the autumn. thank you, louisa. luckily the picture remained com pletely luckily the picture remained completely stabilise the towers came down, or it would have spoiled the moment! more than 500 volunteers have taken part in the ringing of flamingos at a nature reserve in the south of spain. it involved weighing and tagging more than 600 chicks as part of a conservation project at a lagoon in andalucia. a record number of spanish flamingos were born this summer due to abundant rainfall and hot temperatures. let's return to our top story now. following the death of police constable andrew harper on thursday night the home secretary priti patel says she's urgently exploring what more can be done to support the families of police officers who are seriously injured or killed at work. let's discuss this in more detail with sir peter fahy, former chief constable of greater manchester police. let's discuss this in more detail.

thank you for coming in, sir peter. terrible news. it feels at the moment that these sorts of incidents happening more frequently, with more casualties, more violence, and resulting in more deaths. is that true? the number of deaths of officers who die on duty has remained fairly constant over the last ten years, but the number of assaults has risen significantly and worryingly, certainly over the last few years. that is creating huge concern within the police force. it does appear that criminals are prepared to use more extremes of violence. issues like drugs are involved, and background of what feels like greater lawlessness. that is really causing a huge amount of worry for police officers, and clearly leading to life—threatening injuries and tragically in this case a death. you are a trustee of a

charity that helps families of people who are injured, police officers who are injured or killed at work. does moore need to be done? does the government need to do more, as priti patel is admitting, to support families in that situation? the best support for families of officers on duty comes from other offices. it is only people who have been through the experience who really know what it will be like for andrew harper's family. in the initial days and weeks there is huge support from politicians, the public, and the police force, but as the years go on people move on, that changes for families, there the years go on people move on, that changes forfamilies, there is huge devastation, almost a tension between what is a very public death and public funeral, and a national event, and what is an intensely private occasion for a family. the best support comes from other families and charities. what can the

government do in terms of... when she says more support needs to be given, what support? for officers injured on duty, there has been a lot of public support for people who have been seriously injured in recent weeks, but some of those officers will end up being retired out of the police force, and they will get some financial support but it will affect them for the rest of their lives. we are seeing that that creates huge physical and mental trauma for them. certainly a lot more support is needed for those officers, and for their families. there is also i think the more general political support. over the last eight or nine years, there has been all the cuts to policing, and thatis been all the cuts to policing, and that is not just been all the cuts to policing, and that is notjust about been all the cuts to policing, and that is not just about a been all the cuts to policing, and that is notjust about a reduction in numbers. what's a police officers feel they haven't had the same degree of public political support in particular, changes in legislation, and the police force just doesn't have the same capability to deal with serious criminals. that will make families and officers in the street feel more

vulnerable as they do theirjob. during your time at greater manchester police, you lost two officers in the line of duty. how did the full scope without loss? really, obviously, it is devastating. for officers, particularly officers who knew them personally or were on duty at the time involved in the incident. at the same time, policing must continue. officers have to continue to be out on the street dealing with every sort of incident, and i thought it was quite remarkable how the offices in greater manchester at the offices in greater manchester at the time continued to just police and question. there is also tension that as a police officer the culture is very much that you don't show your emotions, you deal with violent and traumatic and upsetting incidents, and you carry on without showing your emotion. in an occasion like this, we need officers to show their emotion, to be able to cry, talk about how they felt, and so that creates attention as well. and of course for the family, families

who were thrust into a huge event, and at the same time it is an intensely private event for a family. there is all that going on at the same time, but certainly here in greater manchester other families and officers offered huge public support and supported the funerals and political support, but it is really important clearly that that support continues for many months and years, that they are going to have to continue to carry that burden. we just saw pictures of them and if people don't remember, they were murdered in cold blood in ambush. has the public lost respect for the police to some extent?” has the public lost respect for the police to some extent? i don't think thatis police to some extent? i don't think that is the experience of police officers. there is huge public support as police officers go and do theirjob but on the other hand, i think the public doesn't have

confidence in the capability of the police and they recognise that policing has been eroded and when you call the police they don't necessarily turn up, they don't deal with all the things the public actually asked of them. and what is —— what is worrying is they get away with it. there is a greater sense of lawlessness, there are more extremes of violence and i think there is at the same sort of balance in terms of capability. it used to be when criminals were apprehended, they knew the game was up but now it appears they are more likely to use huge levels of violence to keep on fighting, to keep trying to get away and that clearly creates huge challenges for what is a routinely unarmed police force. what about the fa ct unarmed police force. what about the fact that the government is putting 20,000 police officers back? it helps, they were efficiencies that could be made and it was ok. did they go too far? it went too far in

they go too far? it went too far in the trouble was it was also the erosion in other services are so its not just about the number of offices that were reduced, it was the fact that were reduced, it was the fact that officers had to fill in the failures is —— failures and wea knesses failures is —— failures and weaknesses in other areas like mental health and social services, looking after vulnerable children and also the degradation in the court surface which has meant a huge reduction in the number of arrests and convictions which again means that criminals feel they can get away with it and therefore are more likely to want to challenge the police and think that they can escape justice. so it police and think that they can escapejustice. so it is police and think that they can escape justice. so it is all those things coming together and also a feeling that politicians didn't appreciate what the police were doing, didn't understand the operational realities that police officers face day in, day and and thatis officers face day in, day and and that is the feeling of appreciation that is the feeling of appreciation that has affected morale. we are seeing police officers leave mid surface. —— service. seeing police officers leave mid surface. -- service. if you had borisjohnson surface. -- service. if you had boris johnson and priti surface. -- service. if you had borisjohnson and priti patel, both of arias, what would you be saying? it is great they are to increase the number of officers. at the same time, it is lots of other issues and

changes in legislation that would make things more difficult for the police. changes in bail procedures but to build up agencies like the crown prosecution is —— prosecution service and to look at how police have had to do the work of other agencies and putting all that together saying it is notjust about numbers but the capability of policing and certainly the capability of policing to deal with serious and organised crime and deal with these people that are creating such mayhem and are endangering the lives of officers. thanks for coming in. priti patel the home secretary saying they don't agree police officers —— she will do everything in her power to support them and crack down on the cowardly criminals who commit terrible acts of violence. here's thomas with a look at this morning's weather. you think summer isn't over?

absolutely. we are only towards the end of august and it is still september on the way and quite often we get dutiful weather but yes, i think what you are referring to is the fact that i mentioned temperatures might be rising later on in the week. that is a possibility. —— beautiful weather. it is not a certainty. we will look at the outlook. in the short—term, it has been cloudy early on this morning across the south and the south—east. a bit light rain. this weather front is moving away towards the east. across scotland, however, we have low pressure and in scotland and northern ireland we will see showers and this is the radar and you can see a line of heavy showers there in western scotland and northern ireland and even cracks of thunder. here i think that most likely showers today and most likely to catch them in the north—west of

england but across much of wales and england but across much of wales and england through this afternoon, the weather will be absolutely fine stop i think the risk of any rainfall is very, very low indeed and a fine, warm day. low 20s, pleasant enough. the forecast shows further showers we re the forecast shows further showers were tonight and you can see some across scotland and again in the north—west. one or two i'd showers in the south. the odd shower means there is literally just in the south. the odd shower means there is literallyjust one there and nothing for 100 miles and if you are underneath it, you are unlikely. you will be asleep because it is the nighttime. anyway, it is monday so the low pressure is still with us again driving that atlantic trees and notice the wind direction is coming out of the north—west so that means even north here, not a particularly warm direction and hence those temperatures are just a tad low for the time of year. we're talking around 1a in stornoway. the teams across the north but they will bea teams across the north but they will be a shift in the wind direction. rather than coming in from the north—west, the winds will start to come in from the west and then the

south—west and that is a warmer direction so that will move in and thatis direction so that will move in and that is what i was hinting on earlier on, that those temperatures will start to rise. not on tuesday or wednesday but we are thinking probably by a roundabout thursday, friday, creeping up and then properly on the weekend you can see possibly high 20s by friday and saturday in the south of the country, widely 20s across the uk but this is the just —— just the chance. it is possible this will change and will be exactly the opposite and it will be cool and raining soi opposite and it will be cool and raining so i am hedging my bets at the moment. back to you. the moment. back to raining so i am hedging my bets at the moment. back to you. oh, that's not what we want to hear. you are sitting on the fence. i need to get a photo —— i need to get a fence, don't i! watch out for those splinters. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's 7:15. time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the sunday times warns of fuel,

medicine and food shortages after obtaining a leaked government report which highlights the gaps in contingency planning for a no—deal brexit. the sunday mirror has a special investigation looking at the cases of 63 children who were killed after the law allowed them to be left with violent parents. the paper says authorities made the decisions to honour the parents' human rights. the sunday people leads with fury over the government's plans to raise the pension age to 75, based on findings from the centre right think tank centre for socialjustice led by iain duncan smith. there's also a picture of pop princess kylie minogue who has been confirmed for strictly‘s launch show. finally the mail on sunday says the prime minister has accused the former chancellor philip hammond of "gravely damaging" national interests in his bid to frustrate brexit. the paper also features a picture of prince andrew

insidejeffery epstein's mansion in 2010. rachel boyle, a lecturer in children, from edge hill university is here to tell us what's caught their eye. unsurprisingly, yourfirst unsurprisingly, your first story from inside the observer is one that relates directly to higher education. what is it all about? labour has said they want to change the way that we apply to university if they get into power. they want to —— they want students to apply post results. they then do their applications after their results. in the observer today, in terms of why

this has happened, basically, the argument is that it puts people at a disadvantage because university places are based on predict good grades and predict that grades are often inaccurate. —— predicted grades. for us, as universities, this is going to cause major issues. if we have a post results application process... there is no time to turn it around, is there? know, and we will have to —— have to change the structure of the academic year. our relationship with students begins at the point when we offer them a place so we have several ways of keeping in contact with our stu d e nts of keeping in contact with our students in terms of making them feel comfortable, getting them familiar with the campus, with the staff and we have student mentors so the relationship really begins then

and last right until students come to us. when you said 1696 only hit the... i'm surprised. are you talking about the exact... only 1696 get it absolutely right. some do better, some do worse. if you think about the fact that you do better than somebody has predicted you out, theissue than somebody has predicted you out, the issue around this particular story is with predict did —— predicted grades. it is not to do with the university process but it is how we predict that —— what stu d e nts is how we predict that —— what students get and that is what we need to look at. we you picked out a story in the sunday times about an nhs region banning women from accessing ivf. it has caused huge controversy as you might imagine. you limit this is south—east london. they are not going to offer the service of ivf to loan mothers and this several statements that have

been made that are shocking. ivf costs a lot of money. and it is also seen as a costs a lot of money. and it is also seen as a bit of postcode lottery because the age at which you become not eligible for ivf is different depending on where you live. in south—east london they have said that lone parents, women seeking to have the treatment by themselves, are not eligible for it, and one of the statements made is that single mothers are generally poorer. several other statements are around the suitability of single mothers to bring up children which isjust absolutely appalling. it also talks about the fact that women not in relationships are not capable of bringing up children. it isjust absolutely shocking. it says they exert less control on the children and pace place a greater burden. as and pace place a greater burden. as a single woman, i find that

offensive. to have a dog? i do, i have a cavalier king charles, called maxwell, probably watching as we speak. probably barking at the television! is he a designer dog? oh no, definitely not, he thinks he is. michaela strachan. what has she said? really famous for working with animals and has warned the public around buying designer dogs. dogs that are bred to look a certain way. she has warned of the health risks around this. there was some research done with the university of bristol that looked at how well people were actually taking care of their pets and apparently one in four dogs had fleas so, as we know, it is a huge responsibility. my dog is like my child. to get a designer dog, we are not really looking at the health benefits for the actual animal. she

has a rescue dog. you often hear from people who say please, help the rescue dogs. absolutely. adopt, don't shop. that's the slogan. nice to see you. headlines are on the way. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the prime minister will meet

angela merkel and president macron it's sunday, 18th august. our top story: the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of police officers who are killed or injured at work. pc andrew harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. charlotte simpson reports. police officers often say they haven't had the appropriate level of support, whether it is from funding or staffing, and therefore they feel more vulnerable out there in the street as they do a difficultjob.

at least 63 people have been killed in an explosion at a wedding reception in the afghan capital of kabul. a suicide bomber detonated a device on saturday night. the blast left nearly 200 wounded including children. the taliban have denied responsibility for the attack, but the afghan president has said they cannot escape blame. the prime minister will meet angela merkel and president macron in the next few days to present his case for a new brexit deal. it comes as leaked government documents warn that britain could face medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. it's mrjohnson's first trip abroad as prime minister. the search for a 6—year—old boy who's thought to have fallen into a river in kent will continue this morning. the child is believed to have fallen into the river stour near the town of sandwich. fire and rescue crews joined police and coastguards after the boy was reported missing on saturday afternoon. the muslim convert known as jihadi jack who travelled to syria to join so—called islamic state has been reportedly stripped of his british citizenship according to the mail on sunday.

jack letts was 18 when he left his oxfordshire home in 201a. a home office spokesperson said they do not comment on individual cases. 13 people have been arrested in the us city of portland after a far—right group clashed with left—wing counter—protesters. a huge police operation kept the two groups apart. weapons including metal poles and shields were seized from both sets of protesters. the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station have been demolished in a controlled explosion this morning. the site was built 50 years ago but stopped production in 2013. the towers divided opinion with over its appearance, the chimney will be demolished separately in early autumn, on a date yet to be revealed.

a memorial service is taking place in iceland today to commemorate the loss of a 700—year—old glacier. the glacier was officially declared dead in 201a when it was no longer thick enough to move. it has been reduced to a small patch of ice on top of a volcano. a sobering thought. shall we have a look at the sport? a big day in prospect at lords today? yes, and very interesting moment yesterday. there was a very good article from jonathan agnew talking about fast bowling, and how what we saw yesterday was just what it was about. intimidating, exciting, but also very frightening. steve smith, former australian captain, was struck by very fast ball the neck.

it is very dangerous. he was ok, he went off for a while and came back to bat. it just went off for a while and came back to bat. itjust shows that helmets, nothing is completely... we could get any result on the final day of the second ashes test. england lead by 10a runs with 6 wickets in hand. can they get a big enough lead to declare and then bowl australia out to level the series. it could be another day for the fast bowlers. our sport's correspondentjoe wilson was at lord's everyone at lord's knew the contest — england against steve smith. australia's outstanding batsman reached his 50 before lunch, and remained on a different level. fast, aggressive bowling is perfectly legitimate. jofra archer was picked to do that and he excelled. smith's blow to the arm was painful, but no fracture. a few minutes later, far more worrying for everyone. to see a batsman in this state

is where cricket is put in context. as he turned, smith was hit in the neck. australian batsmen phillip hughes died after a similar incident. there is obviously some pretty rough memories of a blow like that, so yeah, there was no fun in it. smith was led away from the playing field. cricket has concussion protocol. when the next wicket fell, look who came back out. the bravery was obvious to the majority who applauded, but apparently not to the minority who chose to boo. the australians insisted smith was ok, but he did eventually make a mistake, out finally, lbw for 92. for steve to come back out having been hit the way he was, it does show some courage and character to do that. he has been incredible in the series so far.

while steve smith's individual performance kept australia in the game, they finished the innings eight runs behind england, then bowled at them. australia took four wickets by the close, but also know they should have taken more. england lead by 10a. manchester city thought that they'd scored an injury time winner and there were no complaints from tottenham at the etihad stadium but the cameras picked up a stray city handball that but the cameras picked up a stray city handball that led to the goal and it was ruled out, 2—2 the score on the final whistle but the var debate goes on. ben croucher reports. be it confusion, acceptance, anger. . . everyone has got their own angle on var. you can see why. manchester city thought they had snatched a winner against tottenham. did you spot anything wrong with it? there is always someone watching,

and they spotted this handball in the buildup tojesus's goal. what can i say? i would like to win for the chances we created, i think we deserve to win, but in the end we didn't. city played well and thought they were heading for a 16th straight win when sergio aguero flicked them ahead before halftime. but tottenham came from behind to equalise, and when all hope, it seemed, was leaving the etihad, along with many of the fans, this dramatic winner was achieved. but then an even more dramatic twist. hold on a second. i think the enjoyment factor is becoming less for supporters because of the handball rule and because of this. that should never, in any country anywhere, be disallowed. it was left to var to make a decision.

whatever your position, these new rules still keep us talking. so the champions slipped up, only two teams have a 100% record, liverpool are top of the table after a 2—1win at southampton. sadio mane and roberto firmino put them 2—0 up with 20 minutes left to play before a howler from adrian in the liverpool goal made things interesting, he hit the ball straight to danny ings, who scored against his former side and saints were unlucky not to get an equaliser late on. arsenal are the other side with two wins from two, the first time they've done that at the start of the season for 10 years. pierre emerick aubameyang scored their winner against burnley. 2—1 there as well. newly promoted norwich city have their first win, teemu pukki scored 29 goals in the championship last season

and he scored a brilliant hatrick against newcastle at carrow road in their 3—1 win. there were five league cup ties in scotland, places in the quarterfinals at stake. four of the games went to extra time. one of them was at celtic park where james forrest scored the winner against championship side dunfermline — 2—1 there. livingstone, hibs, kilmarnock and partick thistle also through to the quarterfinals. two more ties this afternoon. wales are top of the rugby union world rankings for the first time after they beat england in cardiff in the second of their world cup warm—ups. the only try of the match came in the first half, george north scoring after a superb kick by dan biggar. england beat wales last weekend but went down 13—6 this time. that means new zealand's ten year reign as number one is over.

it'sjust a number, isn't it? there are people who look at statistics and that sort of thing, people will make a lot of something that is not something. we were number one in the world at some stage, and that is a nice accolade to have, but it is all about the next few months and backing that up by performing well in the world cup. with the world cup injapan just over a month away, there's a bit of work for scotland to do, they suffered a heavy defeat to france, 32—3 the score in nice. in super league, hull fc missed out on the chance to go second in the table after losing to salford aa—22. and london broncos are still bottom but there was a huge win for them in perpignan against catalans dragons, alex walker scoring one of the tries in their 17—a win. broncos are now level with three other sides on 18 points.

a very tight relegation battle in super league. the weather may seem distinctly un—summer—like at the moment but overall it's been very warm which has lead to lots of blue green algae. dog owners are being warned to keep their pets away from it as it can kill them very quickly. joining us now is freshwater ecologist, professor laurence carvalho. thank you for your company into talk to us this morning. tell us why, first of all, this algae is so dangerous for dogs. blue-green algae are actually a type of bacteria that produce very potent neurotoxins and liver toxins, as well as a range of other toxins. they pose severe health risks to both people and animals, ridiculous swimmers,

triathletes in the water. dogs in particular, because dogs will drink large quantity of waterwhat we're looking at pictures of it is quite tough for the uninitiated to know whether or not this is algae or some form of duckweed or whatever. how can you tell the difference? blue—green algae, often they looked just like a green colouration, but when they start to decay they release these blue pigments, very much like the colour of my shirt here. the green colours can vary from dark black almost to very light lime greens. one way you can distinguish them is if you disturb them with a stick or something, you will see they will disburse like a cloud of dust particles, of green particles, whereas duckweed, if you disturb them they will still be

small leaves, or blanket weed will be hair—like strand. small leaves, or blanket weed will be hair-like strand. so if you can pick it up with a stick it is we'd all push it around it is weird, but if it scatters as though it is something soluble in the water, then thatis something soluble in the water, then that is the algae? yes, but it is a difficult thing for the public to identify, which is why the centre for ecology and hydrology, myself and colleagues, have developed this smartphone app called blooming algae, which will help them to identify what is a harmful algae. tell us a bit about the app? identify what is a harmful algae. tell us a bit about the app7m identify what is a harmful algae. tell us a bit about the app? it is available from android app stores and apple app store, and when you suspect a blue—green algae, you can ta ke suspect a blue—green algae, you can take a photo with the app, you can get it to record your location, and send that into us and we will do a visual inspection. we need you to

ta ke visual inspection. we need you to take a fairly close photo, a metre or so at least. sorry to interrupt you, but you will then upload that so people can see where those reported spots are? yes, we review those, and you can see on the website very rapidly which ones are confirmed or not. we try to review them within a day, and feedback to them within a day, and feedback to the person who sent in the record, and that allows them to let them know whether they have harmful algae or not. we use the data for other reasons as well, for our science, particularly to understand how things like climate change impacts are affecting our freshwaters. not everyone has a smart phone, not eve ryo ne not everyone has a smart phone, not everyone is going to download the app. shouldn't it be up to the water companies or public health warnings and officials to be able to do something a little bit more widespread than this? well, there

are are so many fresh waters that are are so many fresh waters that are affected are are so many fresh waters that a re affected by are are so many fresh waters that are affected by blue—green algae. they are everywhere really. especially in warm summers like we have had this year and last year, we do get these intense blooms so it is actually impossible for all the agencies to monitor such a large number of waters and so that's why we thought we would use the power of citizen science to be able to help people monitor it themselves and thatis people monitor it themselves and that is really why we went down the line. in a word, you mentioned humans and people swimming. is it dangerous to humans, yes i know? yes, they can be very potent and in the late 1980s, there were some soldiers who were hospitalised because they were doing canoe rolls through blue—green algae. very rare with humans because we sort of heed the warnings and we generally want to swim through scums ——we don't generally want to skin — max winteriness scums but it can lead to

skin rashes. thank you. thanks very much. here's thomas with a look at this morning's weather. what have you got? a bit of everything for us today. sunshine and showers so are predominantly sunny day and then occasionally you will get a dark cloud and a brief downpour and then back to sunshine again. that sort of weather is most likely today across the east stop this is shower clouds and this is a different weather front that brought overcast skies, a bit of rain earlier this morning. this weather front is out of the way so later on this morning, the skies were clear up this morning, the skies were clear up across this morning, the skies were clear up across the south. this is what we had earlier on. in fact, most of this rainfall wasn't particularly heavy. these showers here and here, those other ones that have been heavier and it is in these western and north—western areas where we will catch most of them today. scotland, ireland, possibly the late

district into the northwest today, a brief heavy downpour and then its back to sunshine. for most of wales and the southern half of england, i think the weather is looking absolutely fine today. 21 is your top temperature this afternoon and then tonight, showers continue across the north. the low pressure is still with us. for as long as it is still with us. for as long as it is there, the showers will continue and they will continue tonight and into tomorrow as well so no major change to our weather pattern tomorrow and possibly into tuesday as well, that low pressure is still here. these are individual weather fronts bringing those showery conditions so monday's weather. again, western scotland, the north—west of england, northern ireland, the chance of catching some rain. further south and south—east, the drier the weather is going to be but not completely dry. don't be surprised if you even catch a shower there in london. 21 in london, 17 in belfast and about 16 in glasgow.

that is monday, this is tuesday. a slightly different weather pattern, especially the wind direction. it changes and it comes in from the south—west. we have been having wins from the north—west and by tuesday it is the southwest. why is this important? it means things are starting to change, the jetstream is starting to change, the jetstream is starting to change, the jetstream is starting to change. it has something different cooking for us and that means through the course of the week, the south—westerly ‘s could bring some pretty warm air. temperatures getting up to about 26 in london on the weekend. i could draw? over that —— i could draw a question mark over that. but there is bound to be more weather on the way. it is bound to be. a bit of optimism, wasn't it? now on breakfast it's time for the travel show.

so, if you look out to where i'm heading, that is japan's most northerly point. but on the other side, just a0 kilometres from the japanese coastline is the great landmass, russia. now that is important because it was russia expanding eastwards that led to japan 150 years ago to annex that island and give it the name, hokkaido. the island isn't small. it's around one fifth of japan's total landmass but nearly a century and a half after the move to fully populate hokkaido, still only around a% of japan's people live here.

but because of this relatively recent migration, the island that was developed by those first japanese settlers took on its own distinct characteristics, making it markedly different from the mainland. that is one of the distinct way it's developed miles upon miles of suitable landscapes. now one way to get close to nature as a traveller would obviously be to hike. but there is another uniquely japanese way. this is mochi pounding. what might look to the untrained eye as hitting rice as hard you can with a mallet until it turns squidgy, is in fact a highly skilled and refined process done to create a sweet delicacy known as mochi. i'm about to have a lesson from the real expert as to how to be a proper pounder. i've got to be honest, this is extremely heavy.

stomp, stomp, stomp. hokkaido's climate is perfectly suited to cultivating the sweet, sticky rice needed for mochi. the region around nayoro has become japan's biggest producer. every year here, local farmers hold a competition to find the best mochi pounders. how do you become a good mochi pounder like you? how does hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi?

now then, this is where he risks the use of his hands for the rest of his life. laughs. grunts. it takes 100 strikes of the mochi to make itjust right. and it's notjust about speed. i am told how you hit it will affect that all—importa nt final taste. now i'm obviously holding back here forfear of outshining my hosts. applause. the proof, as they say, is in the pudding. and the tasting... so let's see what the judges think.

laughs. that was not in the script! laughs. i reckon that was a fix. and after all that exertion, it is time for a well earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's main city of sapporo. it's a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival that pays homage to the whole island's connection to the sea. it's the fifth largest city in japan, sapporo, and hokkaido's biggest by some distance. and just down there is where the festival is taking place. yosakoi soran is one of the region's biggest international dancing competitions.

teams dance to music which is all inspired by the hokkaido folk song soran. traditionally, this folk song was about hokkaido fishermen. it's come an awful long way since then! all: soran! and one of the teams here with their own take on this dance is. . .the russians! interesting, considering the history between the two nations. singing in own language. hats off to them, really good. i had arranged to meet someone

who had taken part in this festival many, many times, since she was a child. but finding one dancer amongst 30,000 others was proving a little trickier than i had expected. hi! konichiwa! so you are a veteran of soran, of this dance festival, you are going to teach me about all of this? 0k. fantastic. so tell me, what makes this festival unique in japan? this yosakoi soran festival in hokkaido, you have two rules. first one, every team, every dancer, have this, naruko. the second rule is that, do you know... # yaren soran, soran. . .# soran music. ok, so what you're saying is, even though all the music might sound a bit different, and there is dancing and... inside each one you have the same melody. how does the melody go? # yaren soran, soran...

and while it's something that clearly takes a lot of practice, i'm told that in my case, one hour should do it. that's what i have to wear? yes, yes! very happy. ah, 0k. 'soran bushi' plays. a very public training session for newbies like me will be followed by a chance to take part in the main festival parade around the streets of the city. tell me about the first time that you entered the festival, tell me about how it felt for you and what you did?

'soran bushi' plays. yeah! a bit of attitude. attitude is really important. ok, from the top. from the top! it's just dance move, on dance move, on dance move. so complicated! many of these dance moves are based on the tasks fishermen performed like dragging nets, pulling ropes and lifting luggage over their shoulders. can't you tell? 0k... laughs. that is only the practice. we haven't even started the real thing yet! i have just had a rigourous workout and lesson, i supposedly know my moves, and now to cap it

all off, we're going to do the whole dance around the square in front of the crowds. help! thank you to your wonderful teaching, ifeel quite confident now that... oh, let's go! 'soran bashi' plays.

my time in hokkaido finishes in what feels like a world away —— as the festival comes to a dramatic close, my time in hokkaido finishes in what feels like a world away from where it started. i have found a place that has in a short time adopted so much of japanese culture, but within that has found its own way of expressing itself. who knows what the next 150 years might bring to this unique japanese island. check that out, that is an act. 'soran bushi' plays.