good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: speeding up security checks — all uk airports will have

to introduce sd luggage scanners by 2022. it could mean an end to separating liquids and electronics. borisjohnson will have his first face—to—face meeting with donald trump since becoming prime minister at the g7 summit in france. and coming up in the sport, england fight back to keep their ashes hopes alive in the third test at headingley. good morning. in weather, it is a stunning sunday on the way, and for many of us it will be even hotter than it was yesterday. how long will it last? i have the forecast for today and a few days beyond. join me later. it's sunday the 25th of august. our top story: 3d baggage scanners will be introduced at every airport in the uk by 2022, under government plans announced today. ministers say the technology will cut queues, boost security and will mean passengers will no longer have to remove laptops and liquids from their luggage as it's screened.

our business correspondent katy austin reports. a familiar site to air travellers — clear plastic bags to put your small liquids in while you go through airport security. laptops must be put in a separate tray. airports in some countries, particularly america, are already starting to use new, high—tech scanners for hand luggage. heathrow in london is investing £50 million in similar equipment, saying it could remove the needs for liquids and electricals to be taken out. it will be much quicker, less disruptive, not having to take things out of bags, and people will be able to get on their way much more quickly. but it will also bring more security, which is really important. now, all uk airports are saying they must have advanced 3d scanners by 2022. it is important we are using the best technology, we will have the best in the world once this is rolled out. one travel expert says passengers

will notice a difference. imagine this: you are at security, you have forgotten to take out all your stuff, so that means your bag full of liquids, then you have your computer, and maybe a telephone. you have to take it all out and put each one and a separate tray. all of that takes time. even though we say to ourselves, "i'm ready", by the time we get the security most of us realise that we are not ready and there is a lot of faffing that takes place. heathrow believes the new technology could make going through security up to 60 times faster. but introducing it could be a challenge for smaller airports.

the brazilian military has begun a major operation to tackle the fires in the amazon rainforest. aircraft loaded with water and firefighting chemicals have been dispatched to the northern state of rondonia, which is one of the worst affected regions. our correspondent, will grant, was on board a greenpeace plane that flew over the area. from this vantage point you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing this region of the amazon. hectare after hectare of pristine forestjust going up in smoke. there must be thousands of hectares already, and it is a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region, and who are going to try to tackle the problem, sent by president bolsonaro. this is the reason for the protests taking place in the large cities of brazil, in sao paulo, brasilia, and rio. this has also caused the international outcry. this is a global crisis, because these are considered the lungs of the world. and just on a human level, and an emotional level

almost, it is extremely upsetting, extremely disturbing, to see this kind of devastation unfolding in front of you. that was will grant reporting. the head of the national body of police officers has called for stronger penalties for anyone who hurts a police officer. katy bourne, who's the new chair of the association of police and crime commissioners, says anyone who hurts one should go to prison, "no ifs, no buts". it comes after the killing of pc andrew harper last week. borisjohnson will meet donald trump for the first time as prime minister later at the g7 summit of world leaders in france. he's warning the president that the us must "compromise" if it wants a trade deal with the uk by lifting restrictions on british businesses. ros atkins is live in biarritz for us this morning. a very good morning to you. he has to walk that line, doesn't he? befriending european union members but also the american president. how

optimistic are you that he can do that? you a lot quite right to highlight the fact that he has a big diplomatic task ahead of him. yesterday, on day one of the g7, we got a clear view of the major differences that separate the us and their european partners, and we are going to see how borisjohnson plays this. yesterday he was quite explicit, and he said the trade wars that donald trump has instigated with china and to some degree with europe, are not helping the global economy, so europe, are not helping the global economy, so he has already diverged with donald trump on that. you have just been alluding to the fact that he says he wants a new uk us trade deal, but the us will have to compromise. mr trump is not known for compromise, but we will see how he goes into that. mr trump has already highlighted a number of products he would like to see having more products he would like to see having m ore a ccess products he would like to see having

more access to the us market. also, attacks on the big tech giants like google and facebook, france has already introduced attacks on that, and boris johnson has already introduced attacks on that, and borisjohnson has said we need to look at taxing the companies more effectively than we currently do. he said he would talk to mr trump about how that would work. there are some delicate and difficult issues for borisjohnson to delicate and difficult issues for boris johnson to take delicate and difficult issues for borisjohnson to take on, but the relationship he has with mr trump will help those discussions. the british pa ralympic association says it has serious concerns about the number of accessible rooms available at next year's games in tokyo. this weekend marks a year to go until the opening ceremony. our disability correspondent nikki foxjoins us now. nikki, ithink nikki, i think you have spent a week there, sussing out just nikki, i think you have spent a week there, sussing outjust how well advanced the preparations are. how

concerned are you about this lack of accessible rooms? firstly, ithink preparations as a whole are going pretty much to plan. they have events like this, this one is at a park, which was the site of the 1964 paralympic games, which was at the time very much about improving infrastructure, which is why they created the bullet train. with a 2020 paralympics, created the bullet train. with a 2020 pa ralympics, the created the bullet train. with a 2020 paralympics, the legacy will be about improving attitudes towards disabled people and removing barriers. many people are getting a chance to come down here, they can sit ina chance to come down here, they can sit in a wheelchair and try out some basketball, there is some wheelchair tennis going on, a lot of dancing going on behind me. there is no doubting there are barriers, we know there was a problem with accessible hotel rooms. the british paralympic association told me before i came out that they had a world of trouble

trying to find accessible hotel rooms for their athletes in the buildup to the games. i went to check it out for myself, i went to quite a fancy hotel that has accessible rooms, but while they had some great gadgets, they had some rooms that people in wheelchairs wouldn't be able to use. however, we have been told that ticket sales are going very well, so that's good. we know how much you like the fancy hotels, so glad you are having a good trip! thousands of people took to the streets of manchester to watch the annual pride parade yesterday. celebrations are taking place all weekend, with ariana grande headlining today's activities. it's herfirst time performing in the city since the concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the world's oldest panda in captivity has turned 37.

xin xing was treated to a birthday party and a cake made of her favourite foods at the chongqing zoo in southwest china. according to the zoo, xin xing, whose name means ‘new star', is about 110 years old in human yea rs. so 37 years old in real terms, but 110 in human years. and treated, quite rightly, to a feast fit for a birthday girl. she looks pretty good for 110. i'm not birthday girl. she looks pretty good for110. i'm not sure how many birthday girl. she looks pretty good for 110. i'm not sure how many of us will make it that far, but if you look that good at that age you should be happy! it is time now for a look at the papers. lots of the front pages look ahead to borisjohnson‘s meeting with donald trump at the g7 summit in france later. the sunday telegraph reports that the prime minister has already

laid out terms for a trade deal in a phone call to the president on friday. the sunday express says that a uk—us trade deal is "done" and an agreement is ready to be signed next month. meanwhile, the observer claims that borisjohnson has sought legal advice about shutting down parliament for five weeks as part of a plan to stop mps from trying to block a no—deal brexit. downing street has denied these claims. there's also a photo of president trump greeting the us ambassador to france. and finally, away from politics, the sunday mirror leads on a story about prince harry paying tribute after the death of a friend. we are going to talk to catherine issa ka we are going to talk to catherine issaka in a moment, she will tell us what has caught her eye. we can talk to her now! catherine isaac is here to tell us what's caught her eye. you entered stage left as we were talking! what have you picked this

morning? right, well there is obviously lots around about the g7 summit, and there is a story in the mail on sunday, with this headline" swallow our pork pies" boris tells trump! basically, he is saying that a fantastic deal can be done, a fantastic trade deal can be done with the us, but there is apparently this list of goods that are very difficult, currently very difficult, from the uk to sell to the us. paul pays are on it, and shower trays, a p pa re ntly pays are on it, and shower trays, apparently they are too low. pays are on it, and shower trays, apparently they are too lowlj pays are on it, and shower trays, apparently they are too low. i am amazed there is a us market for the pork pies! if you have ever been to the us and had trouble getting hold of melton mowbray, that's why! there is this list of things from peppers

to cauliflower, shower trays is another one. he has apparently raised this issue in a phone call with trump on friday, and of course the two were planning to meet this morning, so pork pies will be on the agenda. maybe boris could share one with mr trump. they might be hungry later. a good bond over pork pie! much anticipation for the drama coming out tonight. source and sensuality. there is already a lot of mischief to jane austen, isn't that? there is, she has a fantastic sense of humour, i think. that is one of the things that the writer of the adaptation, andrew davies, is keen to point out. people think it is all about very long—winded sentences and long words, but actually that is far from the case. there is a lot of fun in these

novels. it is highly anticipated. andrew davies's adaptation of pride and prejudice is widely regarded as the finest adaptation there was, we we re the finest adaptation there was, we were all gripped by colin firth when that was on our screens. coming out of the lake? yes, i didn't mention that... i think often the humour is lost in tv adaptations, and it will be great to see that as a prominent part. i will definitely be tuning in. this of course is her unfinished novel, sanditon. they didn't have a great deal of material to work with, by the sound of it, because all the material they did have is actually in the first episode, so the rest of it was a question of andrew davies and the producers brainstorming about what would happen next. so it is going to be fascinating. i'm

interested in how the purists will react. it will, although it will be difficult to argue. interesting to see. the sunday times has a story, the 20th anniversary of grand designs is coming up this week, and they are talking about all the different ideas people have had from the tv programme like bifold doors and under floor heating, the tv programme like bifold doors and underfloor heating, which many people have. but kevin mcleod is getting a bit agitated about bathrooms. the average number of bathrooms. the average number of bathrooms and a four bedroom home is 2.8, and he says four people live in one house and they put in six to i lets, one house and they put in six toilets, i don't we are obsessed with bathrooms and houses. we used to have far fewer bathrooms in homes built a while ago and he argues we don't need as many as we have got and it is wasteful. he might have a point!

iam sure. he might have a point! i am sure. i have three children. there are five of us in the household and it would be difficult to manage with a single bathroom, andi to manage with a single bathroom, and i think lots of people experience the same, i would say. there is no disputing that, especially with children. we have been talking about the incredible weather. the mail on sunday says 91 fahrenheit, even hotter than honolulu, would you believe it. the stea m iest honolulu, would you believe it. the steamiest ever august bank holiday. usually bank holiday means it is dead set for rain. but not this time. they are saying that they have done a ring around and it seems like so, something like an extra 1 million pints of beer will be sold and ice cream sales are up pints of beer will be sold and ice cream sales are up 150%. the

flipside is they are expecting gps and carers to seek a long waits in a&e for people turning up there with heat related minor injuries. interesting, picture agencies have done a good job because we don't need to show it again, the picture of the girls sunbathing, they are in more than one paper. really? they seem to have appeared more than once. there is always coverage of how much it galvanises the economy and we have a bank holiday, which is very strong. maybe one a month. why not? certainly good for ice cream sales this weekend. thank you very much. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. and for the monday bank holiday, good morning. yes, sizzling scorcher, all that stuff. it will be a bit hotter for many of us today paired with yesterday. glorious sunrise out

there this morning. wonderful views to be had. the sun is up and temperatures are on the way up as well. hazy sunshine, some high cloud around. it is notjust crystal clear blue sky and it will be feeling hot today. i wanted to show you the satellite picture. some clouds drifting in from the west and south through the night and a lot of this is high cloud, so the sun still manages to through it but it is hazy out there. we are expecting more cloud around the channel islands, into cornwall and western counties of wales. a little cooler compared to yesterday. some low cloud pushing through the irish sea towards the coast of lancashire. sunshine for scotla nd coast of lancashire. sunshine for scotland and northern ireland is more widespread compared to yesterday. it will feel warmer here, reaching the upper 20s in the hot spots in scotland. 28 in glasgow. a large part of east wales and england where temperatures are a couple of degrees either side of 30 celsius,

32 is the highest the uk has recorded over the late bank holiday in august weekend. into tonight, we're going to see some areas of cloud drifting around the western parts in particular. fog patches developing here, making for a slow start during monday morning. 0vernight temperatures around the mid teens. 0nto the bank holiday, where it is for northern ireland, wales and england, not in scotland, some cloud in the west to begin the day, fog patches and there is a chance of seeing a few showers pushing towards cornwall, devon later and some outbreaks of rain edging towards the western isles. it will feel a little cooler, cooler colours into scotland and northern ireland compared to today but that he is distil on through central and eastern part of england where some spots will be in excess of 30 celsius for a bank holiday, and that will be a record for the bank holiday itself. further ahead, things will change as we go through

the week. mainly because of this weather front coming in from the west. a cold front leading cooler air. iwant west. a cold front leading cooler air. i want to show you tuesday. it may not look like this by the time we get there, but the chance of a few thundery downpours north as we go through the day and outbreaks of rain edging towards western scotland and the western side of northern ireland. this is a more significant system and will move through during the week. atlanticare rather than continental air coming back, which means temperatures like this are clinging on to eastern part on tuesday. it will be over as we go deeper into the week. if you like the heat in the sunshine, get it while you can. will you have your second barbecue for the weekend? i might do, yes. will you have your second barbecue forthe weekend? i might do, yes. i am not expecting any pictures of me and just a little bit of clothing in the newspapers tomorrow. no comment once again. trade talks will be high on the agenda later when boris johnson meets donald trump for the first time

as prime minister at the g7 summit of world leaders in france. it is happening very soon. mrjohnson says the us president must lift restrictions on british businesses if it wants a trade deal with the uk. former diplomat lord ricketts joins now from our london newsroom. you've been to g7 summits in the past. iam i am intrigued to know how much actually happens. the pictures with the handshakes and media conferences. how much of it is about what happens behind closed doors? for these g7 meetings, a lot happens between the leaders. they are not places where they have hundreds of staff around them and are very fixed agenda. they are on their own for most of the time, shirt sleeves rolled up and talking 1—to—1, which is useful because it means they can get to know each other better and they have these bilateral meetings,

like borisjohnson will have with donald trump shortly, away from the glare of the media where they can get down to talking business. these things have a value but they only get follow—up if the leaders themselves go home and push forward on whatever. we feel like we are in a stalemate position when it comes to moving forward with brexit, when it comes to negotiating a new relationship with the us. our can chemistry between two leaders override seemingly impossible politics? —— how can? i don't think a lot of brexit will be on the agenda. there are other world leaders there, the japanese and canadian prime minister, donald trump. boris johnson have and canadian prime minister, donald trump. borisjohnson have to walk a tightrope because he wants to show a good leadership with donald trump, talk trade, equally he will not want to be co—opted into two versus five position because donald trump can be quite aggressive anti—eu, and that would be borisjohnson's agenda. he has to steer a middle course. these personal relations between leaders can be very important. borisjohnson

started this week with angela merkel in europe. he has to show he can operate on the big stage, the world stage. is it possible to walk that line with tensions being so high between the american president and eu leaders? it will be complicated because issues like climate change and the fires in brazil, trade policy or around, actually, the british position is closer to the europeans than the americans. borisjohnson will want to show he has a good working relationship with the americans, push forward on the trade issues as well. i think there will not be a lot of detail this week honestly. it is about making initial contact with world leaders. it is interesting you should say that. usually there is a summary released at the end and there will not be one this time because of relations with the us. does that suggest it is redundant in some ways ? no, ithink ways ? no, i think the reverse. last year there was a real road crash in the g7 meeting in canada where donald

trump always walked out. this time i think they wanted with the emphasis on the issues on the discussions on the interaction between the personalities rather than a long communique. these due seven communiques — lack g7, no—one reads the files. it is better they talk about the issues than argue trying to bridge gaps in the communique. you have spoken of your concerns of ano you have spoken of your concerns of a no deal brexit specifically because of security, resembling those concerns remain. yes, they do. i don't think britain is ready to cope with all the issues of justice and is ready to cope with all the issues ofjustice and law and order and border control if we are suddenly disconnected from all the systems we have been in with the european union. we can get agreements with them over time but they are not ready now so i am worried about this application is of no deal and worried about the implications in calais and the travels as well, i was ambassador in paris and i lived through some pretty bad times in calais we had migrant attacks and so

on. i really do worry that the country is not ready for the scale of shock that will happen if we had a sudden no deal departure at the end of october. potentially that might not happen. i saw the newspapers reflecting a good opening pre—g7 meetings with macron, merkel, do you think the character of borisjohnson merkel, do you think the character of boris johnson can merkel, do you think the character of borisjohnson can make a difference? is he the man to make progress? i think personality of course counts, but i think what counts more is having some good ideas, and i think what that one and merkel said to him this week is, if you have ideas, for some other way of handling the northern ireland problem than this famous backstop, we will listen to them. that is a door open, but it depends on the borisjohnson government coming forward with new ideas and your personality can get you so far but it is the substance that will count in the end. you alluded to earlier, they will be treated to some

fantastic cuisine and wind behind closed doors. with that kind of meeting be something that pushes policy forward? i think so. i think these will need spend all the time racing around, dealing with the minute by minute stuff, responding to the media the time, if! stuff, responding to the media the time, if i may say so, and a day and a half behind closed doors to talk seriously, to get to know each other, have informal time with spouses and so on, that is not a bad thing in this tense world and i hope it will not be as acrimonious and difficult a meeting as it was in canada last year and some of these tensions can be eased. 0h, tensions can be eased. oh, to be a fly on the wall. many thanks. if you've missed the exploits of birmingham's best—known tv crime family, then fear not, peaky blinders is back on our screens tonight. the hit drama has built up quite a cult following since its flat—capped gangsters first burst onto our screens in 2013. alex humphreys has been to see where the series is shot to find out more.

the train to london leaves in an hour. they are the peaky blinders and they are about to return. if you have not watched the series, where have not watched the series, where have you been? it's but a cult following and a trend for wearing flat ca ps following and a trend for wearing flat caps in the uk and across the world. tourists come to this, to see where some of it is filmed. the lead character is birmingham gangster shall be paid by murphy, but what do you do when you can't get hold of him? look who i found! it is tommy shalvey. it is not tommy, but i am sure you agree it looks a lot like him stop you are a lookalike. verify look like i might add. should we have a chat? yeah, sure. i started off in the local pub, a bar in the pub, and she said

i look like a guy in a film, so i couldn't believe how much i look like him. it was a bit strange. what do people do when they come up to you? a bit of a mix. some of like -- some know i am a lookalike. but something i am him. the taxi driver this morning asked for a picture. something i am him. the taxi driver this morning asked for a picturem isa this morning asked for a picturem is a bit strange. it is funny. i thought it was actually him. i got so i thought it was actually him. i got so excited. were you expecting to see tom shelby in this yard here?‘ little bit. you were? i was looking forward to it. i am from palestine. how big of a deal is peaky blinders back where you are from? it is a big deal, actually. yeah, people like it so much, they dress alike. and even the actor, we thought it was really

him. it is notjust filming locations that has seen a boost in popularity. now many people want to bless —— dress like peaky blinders. this is a piece they were a lot in the show. arthur. some people have never worn hats before and this show has made them feel a lot more comfortable and confident. would you say the majority of your customers come in for this reason? yeah. i think about 60% of the guys come in because of the show. really? yeah. fashion, tourism and massive murals of fine art. 0ne tourism and massive murals of fine art. one thing is certain. many will be watching by order of the peaky blinders. a lot of people looking forward to the return of peaky blinders.

stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. 3d baggage scanners will be introduced at every airport in the uk before the end of 2022, under government plans announced today. ministers say the technology, which will be similar to ct

scanners used in hospitals, will cut queues, boost security and will mean passengers will no longer have to remove laptops and liquids from their luggage as it's screened. borisjohnson will meet donald trump for the first time since becoming prime minister later, at the g7 summit of world leaders in france. he's warning the president that the us must "compromise" if it wants a trade deal with the uk, by lifting restrictions on british businesses. mrjohnson will also hold talks with eu council president, donald tusk. the brazilian military has begun a major operation to tackle the fires in the amazon rainforest. planes loaded with water and firefighting chemicals have been dispatched to the northern state of rondonia, which is one of the worst affected regions. the government has promised to relax its strict austerity policies and release extra funds for the emergency. the head of the national body

for police bosses is calling for harsher sentences for people who attack officers. katy bourne, who's the new chair of the association of police and crime commissioners, says anyone who hurts one should go to prison, "no ifs, no buts". it comes after the killing of pc andrew harper last week. the british paralympic association says it has serious concerns about the number of accessible rooms available at next year's games in tokyo. 0rganisers say they need another 300 but that the problem will be sorted in time. this weekend marks a year to go until the opening ceremony. more than 4,000 athletes from over 160 countries will compete. thousands of people took to the streets of manchester to watch the annual pride parade yesterday. celebrations are taking place all weekend, with ariana grande headlining today's activities. it's herfirst time performing in the city since the concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. if you're feeling low, some greenery could be the answer.

0ne gp practice is prescribing plants rather than pills for people with anxiety, depression and loneliness. instead of sedatives and anti—depressants, patients may get herbs, veg and potted—plants to help lift their spirits. the new scheme at cornbrook medical practice in manchester is believed to be the first in the country. i presume this has some basis in medical science, because it is a proper medical practice that is doing it. hopefully it will work. anecdotally, you do speak to people who are green—fingered and they say it is very relaxing and therapeutic. england, amazingly, have a chance of winning the third test, which you wouldn't have thought 24 hours ago. yes, we were writing them off yesterday, we thought it was all

over. a lot will hinge onjoe root, because he got in yesterday. fingers crossed, he could be a hero! he could be, and it would be great. there hasn't been much to shout about so far. yesterday we were saying how it looked all but over for england, and there's no doubt australia are still the favourites, but there is some hope. australia only need one more win, and they will be hoping to wrap this up and they will be hoping to wrap this up today. andy swiss can bring us the story from yesterday. just a few hours earlier, it would have been unthinkable. england's captain cheered from the field with his team's ashes hopes still alive. earlier, australia's batsmen seemed to have ended them as they extended their lead.

marnus labuschagne exhibiting his calibre and his courage. struck on the helmet byjofra archer, he was cleared to continue and made 80. by the time archer wrapped up the innings, england's hopes seemed over. the target, 359. huge, but it soon seemed even huger. rory burns quickly went, before jason roy was bamboozled by a beauty. at 15/2, england were staring at humiliation, but finally some resistance. the twojoes, denly and root, combining to impressive effect. a flicker of hope, perhaps, as they both reached their half centuries, headingly was starting to believe. joe denly finally went, gloving one behind, but crucially, joe root continues. while he is at the crease anything is possible. while england have shown some welcome fight, it still might not be

enough to rescue them all the ashes. but the fans' hopes are still hanging on. now take a look at this brilliant goal from liverpool's mo salah as they beat arsenal 3—1. a brilliant turn before bursting in behind the arsenal defence. he added a second from the penalty spot, to make it three wins from three and extend their run of consecutive league wins to 12, equalling their record from 1990. a year in which they won their last league title. i didn't see a bad player tonight, or one who played under his level. it was really good, and there was one tackle that was incredible. completely clean, winning the ball and passing it pretty much with your bum on the floor, still passing the ball, that was incredible. so yes, sensational.

bit of a sickener for manchester united, having missed a penalty at 1—0 down they finally equalised with a minute to play against palace, only for patrick van aanholt to win it deep in injury time. marcus rashford took it and was subjected to racist abuse online after, the fourth incident in two weeks. twitter have said they'll meet manchester united to outline what they're doing to tackle it. it's unheard of and it needs to stop, we need to stop it. i am lost for words if it keeps going. we keep having all these campaigns, no to racism, and people still keep hiding behind fake identities... it is

crazy that we talk about this in 2019. chelsea have their first win of the season and tammy abraham to thank for it, he got the winner, scoring twice in a 3—2 win over norwich. chelsea fielding their youngest line up in the premier league since 1994. it feels good, because this is a tough place to come. i don't know if we got what we could have deserved from the first few games but today we got what we deserved. we dominated big part of the game and created chances against strong side. bolton wanderers have been set a deadline of 5pm on tuesday to complete the club's sale or else face expulsion from the english football league. the club have been in administration since may and are the subject of a takeover bid. tonight the efl says it's "concerned" by ongoing delays. fellow league 1 side bury were earlier given the same deadline to complete the sale of their club. in the scottish premiership, celtic and rangers play today, yesterday there were wins

for motherwell and livingston while the games at kilmarnock and hibernian ended in draws. talk about an upset, st helens who were the overriding faviourties heading into yesterday's challenge cup, were beaten by warrington they came out on top 18—4 in what was a really hot day, at wembley. after two tries, daryl clark made sure of the win. saints will be frustrated with some refereeing decisions that went against them, two tries were controversially disallowed. but a great moment for the players and the fans, after they were on the end of an upset losing last year's final to catalans dragons. the only time i'm lost for words, but the whole squad this week has been, there has been abuzz there, there was some talk about not playing. 0ur

there was some talk about not playing. our plan was outstanding, and with these bunch of boys, it's special, and i just and with these bunch of boys, it's special, and ijust can't believe it. meanwhile at twickenham, england thrashed ireland in the world cup warm up match, but head coach eddiejones doesn't think his side are ready to win the tournament just yet. that's despite their largest ever victory against ireland — 57—15 it finished. manu tuilagi crossing here for one of their eight tries. england's final warm—up match is against italy at st james' park next month before the tournament begins in 27 days time injapan. and scotland bounced back too after their recent defeat to france, they won the return match at murrayfield. a chris harris try in the second half sealing the win. dina asher smith can begin making plans for the world athletics championships next month. she booked her place in the british team after winning the 100 metres at the uk athletics championship yesterday with the event doubling up as trials for the world championship in doha. asher smith won in 10.96 seconds,

a new championship record. the men's100 metres was much closer and there was a surprise winner. 0jie edoburun edging out adam gemili and zharnel hughes, all three finishing in a time of 10.18, the result decided on a photo—finish. all three should make the british team. there were mixed fortunes for the home nations yesterday on the final day of the eurohockey championships. england's men retained their place in the top tier of european hockey after beating scotland 3—0 in theirfinal match. sam ward scored twice for england. the defeat relegates scotland. while wales avoided being demoted after thrashing ireland 4—0, benjamin francis with theirfinal goal. the defeat for ireland relegates them. and take a look at these pictures at golf‘s tour championship in atlanta where play had to be suspended after a number of people were injured by lightning strikes near a fan zone.

six fans were treated, all were ok after they were hit by debris from the strike. rory mcilroy is one shot of the lead. it is a lucrative tournament, the winner taking home £12 million, which is not bad for a few days' work. now, while the ashes continues to be pretty stressful for english fans, the tournament's definitely inspiring people to give cricket a go. 0ne version of the game is getting more and more popular. you don't need a bat, or stumps, to play swing cricket. just a playground swing and a ball. mike bushell has been to hampshire to rediscover a game he played as a young boy. you don't need stumps or about. who would have come up with this? it is

indeed mike bushell! an empty swing and a spirit of cricket. sometimes new sports add a twist to existing ones. but it isn't new, my friend and i would play every day back in the 19705. now, i notice it making a comeback. especially in a place where normal sports couldn't really be played. not enough room here for cricket in a pub garden in hampshire, especially with people enjoying drinks nearby. but swing cricket here is flourishing. to play it properly you need a big enough space, a proper park with a swing. be courteous to other park users, of course. make your own boundaries and your own pitch, with the swing being the wicket. you aim for the player's tummy.

in to bat to help spread the word came former hampshire player kevan james. you do not see kids with a bat and stumps at a park, but this is combining something they like with cricket as well. happy with that? i'm happy with the team score, not happy with that shot! the rules are simple. you throw the football, and the person on the swing tries to kick it away. they can't get caught, that's out. or if it hits them in the midriff that is out as well. sometimes bad luck is what gets you out. it's one of my favourite sports. you can play at any time anywhere. all you need is a ball and a swing. say someone likes football

and the other person likes cricket, it is a way to mix it together and have some fun. in this ashes summer, it is quite apt that the captain facing kevanjames was a former australian club player. i grew up playing all forms of cricket in the backyard. it didn't matter what it was, as long as it involved a ball and a few boundaries, we were happy. decide needed 83 to win, thanks to a top score from ellie. you don't have to be that tall to get good points, because i am quite small and i canjust hit it! her runs were proved crucial as james made a breakthrough. and all the time, the hope being that this will entice more youngsters into playing real cricket with a bat. i thought it would be quite boring because it has cricket in it, but it is really fun. it is very good for the core... as long as you don't come off the swing, which i nearly did!

it was a total fluke. there was no technique. he needs to get more co—ordinated in time for dancing. it is fun, though. if anything else, it looks a lot of fun. it is nice to see him on the television. he is a lovely bloke but he was a professional cricketer. all the kids are there in shorts and t—shirts and he turned up in whites. so competitive! thank you very much. see you a bit later. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. we know what is coming. that looks like a lovely picture. beautiful. seems like this across many parts of the uk. you have the sun coming up, there is high cloud around so that makes my perfect sunrise. the sun is up, temperatures are on the way up and it will feel a bit hotter than yesterday. the sunshine will

continue to be hazy with his high cloud around. the satellite shows some of that coming from the south and west overnight. it is a loss, the son managing to get through. it is not that blue sky that sometimes we say. there will be more cloud today compared to yesterday across the channel islands, towards cornwall, western counties of wales ——. more sunshine compared with yesterday. this will lift temperatures here. 28 in glasgow, 24 in northern ireland and maybe a little cooler towards western parts of wales compared with yesterday and the cloud around. across parts of east wales and england temperatures into the upper 20s, even low 30s, 32 towards the south—east will be the highest temperature the uk has had over and august bank holiday weekend. if you missed and fog

patches developing, more of that especially towards the western side of the uk compared to the last few nights, aching for a slow start in the morning. temperature is slowly edging down towards the mid teens. we have a bank holiday in england, wales and northern ireland and we will see more hazy sunshine around, not necessarily clear blue skies. there is a chance of catching a shower in cornwall and we have this weather system approaching the far north—west, bringing some outbreaks of rain slowly towards the western isles and it will feel cool in scotla nd isles and it will feel cool in scotland and northern ireland, not cold by any stretch of the imagination. the higher temperatures are squeezed further east over the bank holiday, still low 30s in some spots. a record for the late august bank holiday itself. as we go deep into the week, this weather system comes in which will move through and bring atlantic air backed our way rather than that warm to hot continental air. the pitch on tuesday, the greater chance of a

shower or thunderstorm, some rain towards the far north—west and that moves through. the temperatures are coming down. enjoy the heat if you like it while it is around. your weather watches are on form this morning. some beautiful images. whatever the weather. we will be back for the headlines at eight o'clock. now, it's time for the travel show with lucy hedges. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, lucy hedges. this week, we're looking back at some of the amazing trips and awesome adventures we've had so far on the show this year. we're kicking off with

one of world's favourite tv shows, well, apart from this one, of course. game of thrones ended back in may, much to the disappointment of millions of fans all over the world, but its legacy lives on in northern ireland, as christa found out last month. ok, so i have a confession — i am a giant game of thrones geek. and i'm super excited, because this place has to be top of the list for any true superfan. welcome to castle ward, or to what many tv viewers will know as winterfell. and, well, when in winterfell... arrrgh! evening, my lady. where do you hail from? from london. london. and which house do you represent? oh, i'm not sure i have a house. house of larwood.

house of larwood, never heard of them. sounds like something that the night's watch would have dragged in and away. i believe you are here to learn how to do archery. i need people to hunt or to fight. 0k. are you up to the task? i hope so. i hope so too, otherwise there is a penalty. 0h. 0h, a beheading! that seems measured. absolutely, because you are no good to me here at winterfell if you can't hunt and you can't fight. i will do my best! thank you. in this series, no character is safe from a grisly end, so it never hurts to know what you're doing with a bow and arrow. select your arrows by the tip, never by the feathers and never further down the shaft. 0k? think of it coming out of a quiver. three fingers on the drawing string and then draw back so that it brings to your right eye. loose! all right. i hit actual thing! that will do to start with. your first arrow ever and you hit the target.

0k. archer ready. draw! hold... loose! look at that. yes! well done you. yeah! so this place used to be a farm and yet now it's a huge tourist attraction. how did that happen? we are where game of thrones started, so it's the perfect place to start your journey, to go on and do some of the other sites that are around. yes, they have gone off to croatia, yes, they have gone off to iceland, yes, they have gone off to morocco and so on, and that's fine, but most of it is shot here. and it has turned into what we now know as screen tourism, something we have never had before. yes, we have the giant's causeway, a unesco world heritage site and it is beautiful and all that, but people used to go there and there alone, and then they would take off. now they come to see many other parts of our province. now, australia's great barrier reef must be on many travellers' bucket lists, but is there a sustainable way to get to explore its fragile ecosystem? well, the designers behind

an innovative new sub think they've found the answer. so a while back, we sent mike tojump on board and go for a dive. scuba—diving is an amazing way to see what's hiding underneath these waves. but if you can't scuba—dive, there are other ways you can do that too. you can snorkel, you can take a glass—bottomed boat, but there's a new kid in town, something quite exciting. this sub belongs to harvey. he's teamed up with a rideshare app and has been hiring it out for short trips. they're just getting it ready for us now. it's still not cheap, though, at au$3,000 for two passengers. what an incredible thing. that's just over us$2,000 or about £1,600. this is it...the submersible. but harvey thinks this is the future. now, so many more people can get underwater. you've got a tonne of people that can't for various reasons. you have got a tonne of people who can't scu ba—dive. this gives people that ability to get underwater and explore and see what there is under the water. the submarine industry is still in its infancy.

currently, there are no other operators on this reef. many deep—sea adventures in other parts of the world require you have very deep pockets. you know, it's a small industry, but it is growing and expanding. submarines are inherently expensive, the rides are fairly expensive, but it is changing. it's a tight squeeze in the 3—man sub. it's actually a repurposed research vehicle and after these tourist trips, it's off to the british virgin islands to survey some of the damage left by hurricane irma. all right, are you ready to go down? i am ready to go down! alright. and here we go. we have just started the descent under the water to the great barrier reef! look at this! the water is slowly coming up and about to engulf us! ifeel a little bit nervous. once you're fully submerged, i have a feeling you're going to completely forget. wow!

the sub can dive to a maximum depth of 125 metres. we're just a few metres under the surface, but there's still great marine life at these depths. so, here we have some chromis in the front, right, the little blue ones, in the coral? yeah, i believe those are chromis. and we have scissor—tailed sergeants or something like that, the striped ones? golden damsel, those are the yellow guys. you're good at this game. i'm getting really good. i got a cheat sheet. can you tell us a bit about how this is powered? the submarine is fully electric. we have a 240—volt dc electrical system, electric thrusters powered by lead acid batteries. and that's about it, it's very simple. so, no emissions? no, no emissions, no gas, no oil, no diesel, no nothing. it's incredibly environmentally safe. nothing to leak into the ocean,

battery powered, and we could charge her up and away we go. and we all know the coral reef is quite fragile. is there any issue in bringing something so big down under the water? no, not at all, not at all. as you can see, she has tremendous control of the sub. buoyancy control and whatnot and manipulation with the thrusters. she can park it anywhere you want, can keep it nice and high off the reef and with the view you have, travelling around, it works out very well and incredibly in control. we have made our whole round trip so now we are going to pop up to the surface and head back to the dock. and it's all over. that was fun, though! some say we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the bottom of the ocean. what an opportunity this is to glimpse a world that so few people get a chance to see.

well, we're off to dubai now. not a place that always gets good press when it comes to sustainability. but they're making serious attempts to redress that impression. back injune, ade paid a visit to the most ginormous garden you are ever likely to see that claims it takes sustainability very seriously. heading through the entrance here at the miracle garden, three things immediately strike you. first, the smell. then it's the colour. and then, there's the scale. this place is enormous! since it opened on valentine's day back in 2013, almost 8 million people have come to take a look around the miracle garden. and i'm off to meet the man

whose idea it all was. dubai's full of surprises. where did you get your inspiration from? actually, my inspiration, first of all, i am a landscaping engineer. and since i was a child, always reading about heaven, paradise, and it is filled with flowers, so always this idea in my brain, and always when i see my kids playing, you know, games on screens, on tv, i always... it comes to my mind, really, i need something for people to go out. so this has inspired me to create something to take people outside, to take people to nature. and it's on such a grand scale! so many flowers here! how many flowers do you have in this park? we are always sustaining above 50 million flowers. 50 million flowers?! yes.

this place must take a lot of water. where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable? actually, we are using the recycled water from dubai municipality, so all the grey water over the city, the municipality recycle it and pump it to us, and from our side, we refilter this water and convert it to very high—quality water. and what about your challenges? what is the biggest challenge for you? actually, the biggest challenge is just the wind. if we have strong wind, it is really our best challenge. we can't control it. we can control pests, we can control irrigation, temperature, everything can be controlled but not the wind. this place is like the chelsea flower show on steroids.

well, that's it for this week. catch us if you can next week when christa's off to scotland to take in some ancient buildings that are older than the pyramids. what do you think top speed is for the really accomplished curricle paddler? not much quicker than i'm going right now. don't forget, you can follow us on social media, where you can share your travel stories with the rest of the world. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye.