good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: an emergency deal to help fight the devastating amazon fires could be agreed today by world leaders at the g7 summit. and in sport, ben stokes keeps england's ashes hopes alive with one of the most dramatic innings in test history. ——, of the most dramatic innings in test history. the prime minister tells the bbc to "cough up" and pay for tv licences for all over—75s, notjust those on low incomes. ariana grande plays manchester pride, telling fans, including survivors of the 2017 terror attacks, that she's "overwhelmed" to be back.

morning from hampton pull in south west london on what is going to be the hottest late august bank holiday on record, about 400 people are about to start a triathlon here. i guess on a day like this you want to start early, but do it quick. that's the plan, anyway. all of your weather is coming up. good morning. it's monday the 26th of august. our top story: a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating — not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. for president macron in france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix —

a common threat that requires collective action by the world's major economies. so today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree on a new plan to help countries first battle the fires, then deal with subsequent reforestation. translation: there are contacts being made with all the countries of the amazon by our teams so that we can finalise very concrete commitments of technical and financial means. the german chancellor angela merkel said the earth was being affected, so there had to be a common solution. borisjohnson promised an immediate £10 million to help brazil with reforestation. but it's still not clear what else may be agreed. president bolsonaro of brazil has accused foreign governments of interfering in the sovereignty of his country, and the g7 is divided over whether to block an eu trade deal with some south american countries if they do not take more action to tackle fires lit deliberately by loggers and farmers.

james landale, bbc news, in biarritz. meanwhile, a series of wildfires in bolivia have already destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president, evo morales, has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires, but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. a momentous moment for england's cricketers yesterday — they kept their ashes hopes alive with a massive comeback against australia. it was. extraordinary. historic. brilliant. pretty much all about one man. and people were saying it was actually the greatest innings ever in england's history, primarily because no—one thought they could do it because it looked set for australia to win the test at headingley and retain the ashes. it

would be the first time since 2001 they would have retained the ashes oi'i they would have retained the ashes on english soil and at the time it was the biggest run chase that england had ever faced, 359 was the target and they started needing 203 i’ui'is target and they started needing 203 runs in the second innings and if you remember the first innings they we re you remember the first innings they were all out for 67 so it was dreadful! nobody expected them to do it! but one man, ben stokes, had different ideas. he and joe root initially chipped away at the runs but we get after wicket fell and eventually, it was just but we get after wicket fell and eventually, it wasjust ben stokes left with jack leach, just the two of them, and jack leach, just to remind you isn't actually a batsman, he isa remind you isn't actually a batsman, he is a bowler, so he is speckled as well and had to keep taking off his glasses and polish them in between batting as well. very english! they we re batting as well. very english! they were steaming up! but ben stokes turned into england's hero and he ended up hitting eight sixes and four fours and when he passed his injury he did not celebrate because he knew there was still 33 runs to go. and at the end when it was done

and an almighty roar from go. and at the end when it was done and an almighty roarfrom him at the crease. when he hit the last four, that was when he was able to celebrate and, yes, that does make those pictures across all of the newspapers today of him roaring in celebration, one of the most incredible test innings by an english cricketer to level the series at 1—1 and the ashes are still alive for england. when he was able to see the ball as well. amazing. we will talk about it a lot today. former england cricketer monty panesar will share his verdict with us shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. to get in touch with us as well with your thoughts. —— do get in touch with us as well with your thoughts. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london. forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was cooler, reaching highs of 27 degrees. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested the corporation had gone back

on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. let's speak to our political correspondent tom barton, who's in our london newsroom for us. just take us through what the prime minister said. charlie, this dates back to 2015, when a new licence fee settle m e nt back to 2015, when a new licence fee settlement saw responsibility for paying for those free tv licenses for over 75 is passed from the government to the bbc. at the start ofjune, bbc said it would continue only to those free licenses for people receiving benefit pension credits and since then there has been a political row brewing and this intervention from borisjohnson saying the bbc should cough up is a

blunt one. he says the deal reached with the bbc in 2015 was conditional on the corporation cooperating —— continuing to fund the free licenses. downing street last night that the bbc should honour that agreement. the bbc says it was the government who decided to stop funding those free licenses, there is no guarantee that the bbc would continue to fund them, and it says that if it continued to do so it would cost one fifth of its annual budget and would be closing services including radio 5 live, bbc two. labour's deputy leader has said the blame for scrapping these tv licenses, free tv licenses, lies with the government and ministers, he said, should stop passing the buck and step into fund them directly again. thank you very much. the family of a scottish woman found dead off the coast of crete ten years ago are launching a public appeal for new information about her death. jean hanlon‘s sons believe she was murdered, but the greek authorities originally ruled her death as accidental. 0ur reporter katie hunterjoins us now from the island. good morning to you. katie, has new evidence come to light?

jean hanlon‘s body was pulled from the water here at the port in heraklion in march 2009 and today herfamily will heraklion in march 2009 and today her family will return to this spot to hold a news conference and that is because the greek authorities have reopened the case last month, a new witness came forward following a tv documentary in the uk. as you mentioned, the initial postmortem intojean mentioned, the initial postmortem into jean hanlon‘s mentioned, the initial postmortem intojean hanlon‘s death ruled it was an accidental drowning but a short time after the family found that new information suggesting she had suffered injuries consistent with a struggle. it is thought she spent her last evening in a cafe close to where we are now but the authorities have never got to the bottom of what happened to her after that. herfamily bottom of what happened to her after that. her family hope bottom of what happened to her after that. herfamily hope by coming here today and holding a news conference, raising the profile of her case, they will finally get to the truth of what happened to jean they will finally get to the truth of what happened tojean hanlon here more than one decade ago. thank you very much and we will speak to her son as well later on but thank you

for the moment. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was overwhelmed to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs and prompted huge singalongs from the crowds. a very good morning to you all. a bank holiday in some parts of the uk andi bank holiday in some parts of the uk and i hope you are enjoying it. let's take a look at today's papers. one man features on each of today's front pages, cricketer ben stokes, who pulled england from a seemingly hopeless position to beat australia in the third ashes test at headingley. 1-1 1—1 now of course. the paper combines that story with the record august bank holiday temperatures for its headline, "land of heat and glory!" the times also leads with the cricket. below that, the paper reports boris johnson's view that the uk

would "easily cope" with a no—deal brexit. the daily mirror has a different political story on its front page. it quotes mrjohnson telling the bbc to "cough up" and pay for tv licences for the over—75s. more on that story this morning for you. and finally, the daily telegraph says there is "growing chaos" in the nhs, reporting that some patients have had "vital" appointments cancelled as many as 10 times. above that story is another photo of ben stokes. we have been talking about ben stokes we have been talking about ben sto kes — —we we have been talking about ben stokes ——we will talk about ben stokes ——we will talk about ben stokes with jonathan agnew a little bit later. he was doing commentary yesterday and by all reports was making people cry with his comments. it is front and back pages and it is a lwa ys it is front and back pages and it is always interesting when they do that. the great roar we were talking about there and also on the back pages, and the times as well. a lot of people that make and we will try

to get a sense of this today — is an individual within a team sport, isn't it, when you have an extraordinary individual performance, which is quite interesting dynamic isn't it? performance, which is quite interesting dynamic isn't mm performance, which is quite interesting dynamic isn't it? it is a 1—man show, this. i1—man show, yes. ina a 1—man show, this. i1—man show, yes. in a team sport, which is an unusual scenario. everyone is saying to put this right up there, it is up there with one of muhammed ali's boxing bouts, with usain bolt doing, you know, breaking the world record so you know, breaking the world record so many times, put it in that category. that is what we are talking about. i am not a cricket expert at all but just to be able talking about. i am not a cricket expert at all butjust to be able to see the ball like that over and over again and the bravery of it was staggering. anyway, we will talk about it more. other things we will talk about, we will mention this in the weather shortly, it was a lovely day yesterday and many papers are talking about it, this is from brighton, many people enjoying the beach there, cornwall as well, a p pa re ntly beach there, cornwall as well, apparently on the river and sparrows

enjoying a refreshing dip also. send us enjoying a refreshing dip also. send us photos if you are having a lovely time in the sunshine. perhaps you don't like it but send us in your pictures anyway. everybody gets up as early as we do but these early mornings when the weather is lovely are mornings when the weather is lovely a re often mornings when the weather is lovely are often the very best parts of the day. that is what i would say. it is 12 minutes past six. charlie says get out of bed. for some people, it is too hot later on but in the morning, just right. the sun is coming up and it is lovely. a metal detector discovered one of the biggest metal —— halls in britain, with about £5 million, this couple said they found the horde in an unploughed field in somerset. 2600 silver coins dating from the rains of king harold and william. more than 1000 years ago. extraordinary. it was deemed important enough that a museum could buy it, making them

insta nt a museum could buy it, making them instant millionaires. i am not sure if the money goes straight to him —— them but perhaps it does. it was found somewhere — somewhere? them but perhaps it does. it was found somewhere - somewhere? keep that quiet! you are obliged to report it, by law. it is a special secret thing. they have given the coins to the british museum to evaluate. on the subject of the hot weather, a lot of people struggle with sleep, don't they, when it is warm? do you do these, audiobooks? there is not really a story. it is kind of a never ending story. i really? 0k. kind of a never ending story. i really? ok. these have been released, this is penguin and random housein released, this is penguin and random house in collaboration with the sleep counsel. the stories don't go anywhere. there is not a beginning 01’ anywhere. there is not a beginning oran end, it anywhere. there is not a beginning or an end, it isjust describing things and lots of noises like the sound of waves and a voice thought of describing situations. itjust goes on and on and on and it helps you go to sleep. that is the theory.

well! there you go. did i have that effect just then? well! there you go. did i have that effectjust then? charlie, you would be very good at narrating. that is the weirdest backhanded comment for some time. very good. lovely to be back with you, charlie!|j some time. very good. lovely to be back with you, charlie! i am very good at storytelling if the desire is to fall asleep. temperatures reached 33.3 degrees celsius in england yesterday, making it the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record. nick has the forecast in a moment. first, here's a look at how some people made the most of the heat. five, four, three, two, one! lift off!

we knew it was a hot weekend and we knew brighton was going to be pretty busy, but we came down anyway. came down to the bridge just to call off. the water was nice and cool, so just thought we'd come down. —— the beach. —— just thought we'd come down. —— the beach. — — cool off. lots of people enjoying the sunshine. so is the warm weather likely to last through today? nick miller is at hampton pool in london for us this morning. lots of people have arrived very early. yes. strange, isn't it? it is still quite cool at the moment, but temperatures are going to rocket and the reason

for that, we are about to start a triathlon here with about 400 people doing 12 lengths of the pool, a 21 kilometre bike ride and a five kilometre bike ride and a five kilometre run. most people will be done before the heat kicks in and then this place will be full of people relaxing in the sunshine and the heat. it's going to be another hot one. you mention the high temperature from yesterday's. the record for the bank holiday is 28.2 in lincolnshire a couple of years ago. that will be smashed there but also those headline temperatures in south—east england, 33 seems likely once again. the heat is on. let's get onto the forecast and look at what we can all expect today. actually it's going to be a bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland compared with yesterday but every bit as hot and sunny where you had the heat particularly in parts of england yesterday. the big picture has high pressure to

the east and low pressure the north—west. it's actually the low pressure that will win out as we go into next week and that means it will be turning cooler for everyone and the chance of seeing rain as that happens. there is some mist and fog to start the day today, especially in parts of wales, western england and south—west scotla nd western england and south—west scotland with poor visibility in places. while most places will be dry, if you showers in parts of south—west england, especially cornwall, with outbreaks in the western isles. temperatures down a bit in scotland and northern ireland, low 20s for wales, western parts of england and central and eastern areas of england around 30 and again around 33 the hotspot in south—east england. going to be warm in the evening after the heat of the day. 0vernight, still some showers in south—west england and maybe wales and maybe some thunder and a certainty of seeing more rain into the western isles. 0ne certainty of seeing more rain into the western isles. one where it's been hot in the day and a bit cooler overnight in scotland with some spots in single figures. into

tomorrow, the chance of catching some showers. south—west england and wales, the midlands, northern england and southern and eastern scotland. hit and but if you catch one it could be heavy with the rumble of thunder possible. highest temperatures where it is still dry & ein temperatures where it is still dry & e in eastern parts of england, around 30, but notice —— dry and sunny... but showers and outbreaks of rain pushing further south—east across the country. temperature—wise we will the in the high teens and low 20s and the mid—20s in south—east england. —— will be in. for now the heat and the sunshine will be the main story, coinciding with the bank holiday, where it is, as we break 30 once again. going to be another hot one. nick, do you know what time they start their races behind you? they are starting very shortly.

there's about to be a briefing and we're going to hear that shortly, and then they will be straight into the pool. send them lots of good luck from me. thanks very much! the warm weather means it's likely been a busy weekend for garden centres, but there's growing concern about one of their most popular products. campaigners are calling for a legally—enforced ban on the sale of peat compost, because of the damage the production process does to the environment. 0ur reporter samantha fenwick is taking a look at this for us this morning and joins us from manchester. good morning! i'm at hume community garden centre in the centre of manchester and these garden centres will be busy with people buying these bulbs, if you plant these now they will be ready for spring, and these snowdrops and daffodils but the majority will be buying compost, a bit like this, to grow all of these

bulbs in pots like this but the problem is most of the compost we buy these days has peat in it. the compost here is peat—fre, they don't sell any peat—based products at all but it is a small garden centre, but what about the bigger more commercial garden centres? i've been finding out how they've got on. they say we are a nation of gardeners, but at what cost? we've been digging up peat to use in compost for 70 years, and we get through a lot. every year, uk gardeners and commercial growers use enough to fill nearly 50 0lympic—sized swimming pools. it's great for growing things, but peatlands take thousands of years to form, and they're really important for the environment because they store vast amounts of carbon. it worries me to that what we buy from the local garden centres have peat in, because we are concerned for the environment. ten years ago the government told the horticulture industry

are usually by the cheapest basically if i'm honest —— i'd usually. i don't really think about it. i thought peat-based was different from compost. if i'd known that i might not have bought it. ten years ago the government told the horticulture industry that they had to reduce the amount of peat in compost, and they gave them until 2020 to do that. today, a bag of compost like this will contain about 56% peat. some will have more, some will have less. that figure has dropped by 2% in eight years. the industry say they are working hard to reduce the use of peat and come up with alternatives. peat is a very, very good natural product for growing plants. so there has been a lot of time and money spent in the last ten years researching the alternative. creating a new, viable and sustainable products that can replace peat.

the amount of peat—in compost has only reduced by 2% in eight years. there's been a variation in that. there's been a variation in that. there's been a variation in that. there's been years when less peat has been used. it takes time to research. it takes time for the plant to flourish as well in alternative compost. but some in the industry say it's really not that difficult. the national trust has been peat—free for the last 20 years. we buy in peat—free compost to use in the garden. we part everything up, we use 1000 dahlia cuttings every year, they go into peat—free compost. its in every aspect of what we do. commercial gardeners say they can't get enough peat—free compost to grow all the plants they need to sell all year—round. we can, we need commitment from the compost producers and the people

making it. we need to force the hand of the people in the middle of the chain. the government says they will review what peat alternatives there are on the market at the end of the year. if they think progress has been too slow, they will consider legislation. samantha fenwick, bbc news. this morning while we are at hume community garden centre we will look at alternatives to pete —based compost and jeanette is here to show us compost and jeanette is here to show us how to make your own. this is the first bucket. what is in their? we need a good balance, a good mix of what we call brown waste, carbon rich, and also nitrogen rich. the carbon one has brown things like wood chippings, sawdust, any woody material you have pruned off things. these are all things you've got from the garden here? yes, and your

garden at home. there's some apples in there as well and you can put those in. the nitrogen rich ones are plant—based those in. the nitrogen rich ones are pla nt—based ones. those in. the nitrogen rich ones are plant—based ones. perennial leaves, kitchen waste, spinach and spring onion, apples. you put it in there? paper as well, because that's carbon, but nothing with a plastic film on it. grass cuttings, can they go in? that's fine as long as there's no herbicides on the lawn before, because that will affect it. nice clean grass cuttings. you have done that. you've got to put the lid on? laid on, keep it warm and the smaller they are the quicker it will breakdown. keep the lid on and turn it. the smaller it is the quicker it will breakdown. if you want to put leaves in as well, they are great. put a plastic lid on it and keep it nice and warm, keep the rain off it

so nice and warm, keep the rain off it so it doesn't come packed it to much. it needs to be aerated. stick a fork much. it needs to be aerated. stick afork in much. it needs to be aerated. stick a fork in it occasionally to aerate it and give it a turn. —— to much. then after six months you will get this. thenjust then after six months you will get this. then just save then after six months you will get this. thenjust save it. —— too much. nice rich compost —— thenjust seve it. it will breakdown again. from that to that in six months? about that. leaves, great, three months, especially if you shred them first. thanks for showing us how to do that. if that seems like too much trouble for you then later in the programme we will tell you about some products that you can buy that are peat—free that you can grow your daffodils and snowdrops in and everything else next summer. look at the lovely cat that has suddenly appeared!

monty don has got a dog and we've got a cat, humphrey. thanks very much, lovely! back with you later, sam! a lovely cat! let's see what's coming up this morning. as the amazon burns and a record rate, we will speak to charity greenpeace about why losing large parts of the rainforest in brazil is a disaster for the planet. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. 11 police officers have been injured during notting hill carnival. scotland yard says nearly 100 people have been arrested, the majority for drugs offences. meanwhile people heading to the second day of carnival are being urged to take extra care as it's predicted to be one of the hottest on record with temperatures over 30 degrees expected today. the mayor says it's important europe's biggest street party isn't spoiled by those causing trouble.

there are people that spend literally weeks and months selling the costumes, practising their steel drums, getting ready for the sound systems and the floats and we've got to remember it's a celebration, it's a carnival. unfortunately, though, there are some people who come here to commit crimes. their some people who come and see an opportunity when there's a million or 2 million people to commit crimes. we need to keep people as safe as possible. will have thousands of officers working really hard —— we'll have. two people have died in a light aircraft crash near henley—on—thames. the small bi—plane came down in a field in the area of stonor yesterday afternoon. the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. police say no—one on the ground was injured. it's 80 years since the mass evacuation of londoners at the outbreak of world war ii. the british government gave an order for all city—based children and mothers with babies to evacuate to safer countryside towns. armed with their gas masks,

ration books and small suitcases millions of children left london to escape the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the piccadilly and metropolitan lines are part suspended between rayners lane and uxbridge due to planned engineering works. there is no service on the 0verground between euston and willesden junction due to emergency engineering work. 0n the roads, lane one is partially blocked on a23 brixton hill northbound at the junction with lambert road due to a collision. although it doesn't look to be causing too many problems at the moment. m1 is closed northbound from junction six to junction 6a due to a serious accident. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. yesterday we saw temperatures climb to 33.3dc at heathrow, making it the warmest bank holiday weekend day recorded so far. today more of the same, temperatures similarto today more of the same, temperatures similar to two. it's going to be sunny and hot. now, there's barely

any cloud if any cloud at also the temperatures soaring into the afternoon. again we're looking at around 32 in central london and to the west of london, around 33 again. if you're going to notting hill carnival, be sure to wear sunscreen and drink plenty of water. 0vernight tonight it stays nice and warm, it's clear and a really pleasant evening and the minimum temperature not dropping down to far. we are looking ata minimum dropping down to far. we are looking at a minimum of around 16— 18 celsius in central london. tomorrow morning, more of the same blue sky and sunshine. there's a cold front trying to sneak in. it will do as we head into wednesday, giving us a few showers, and then temperatures gradually cooling off. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise

minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we've got the highlights from a big night in manchester as pop singer ariana grande returns to the city for the first time since a memorial concert for those killed in the arena bomb attack in 2017. later, we'll take a look at why garden centres are being urged to stop selling peat to help protect the environment. and after 9:00, he's known for mixing pop with classical music, the conductorjules buckley is here to tell us all about his prestigious new role with the bbc symphony orchestra. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland after global concern that

not enough was being done to put out the fires. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. meanwhile, a series of wildfires in bolivia have already destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president, evo morales, has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires, but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested the corporation had gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune, it was announced that only low income households, where one person received pension credit, would be eligible for a free tv licence. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london.

forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was slightly cooler, reaching highs of 27 degrees. police are investigating what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on a beach in essex yesterday. people in frinton—on—sea were advised not to go in the water. one woman said her daughter was left "gasping" for breath. a coastguard spokesman said there'd been no reports of spillages from passing ships. the family of a scottish woman found dead off the coast of crete ten years ago are launching a public appeal for new information about her death. jean hanlon's sons believe she was murdered, but the greek authorities originally ruled her death as accidental. it comes after a tv documentary revealed fresh details about jean's final days. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial

concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was "overwhelmed" to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs and prompted huge singalongs from the crowds. those are the main stories. well, there is another main story, to do with sport, to do with cricket, to do with an amazing comeback. ben stokes was incredible, wasn't he?” think he will wake up and think what didl think he will wake up and think what did i do yesterday because he went from the start of the day with england looking very unlikely to win the test with him single—handedly taking the test at the scruff of the neck and winning it, giving england a chance again, possibly, of winning the ashes. very exciting. england made an incredible comeback to win the third ashes test against australia, largely thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes. the win keeps england's hopes of winning the series alive.

andy swiss has more. commentator: cut away! what an innings, what a player! it was the stuff of sporting miracles. ben stokes, the hero of headingley after one of the most remarkable victories cricket has surely ever seen. england had begun needing an unlikely 203 runs and, with stokes leading the charge, the fans were starting to believe. but then the wickets tumbled. when stuart broad was the ninth man out, england still needed 73. but after being joined by last manjack leach, stokes unleashed something quite extraordinary, tearing into the australian bowling and, as he reached his century, the crowd sensed something special. hundred for ben stokes. what a summer he's having! six followed six as the target ticked down. stokes utterly inspired. it was spine—tingling, spectacular drama, as this took england within two.

it is six! australia had their chances. they dropped a catch and then they fumbled a run out. could you believe it? and moments later, stokes sent headingley into dreamland. single—handedly, single—batted, he dragged england to an astonishing win. —— single—handedly, single—battedly, he dragged england to an astonishing win. even by his standards, an extraordinary feat. moments like that don't come along very often and it's an amazing game to be part of, to be there at the end and still keep our ashes hopes alive. it was a pretty special feeling coming off at the end. and for those who had just watched him, well, what a day to be an england fan. it is one of those moments that will go down in history. but is a we were there moment. we were thinking, "it cannot happen. " then it would happen. everyone was in shock. so ben stokes now. brilliant

innings. -- sir ben stokes now. he said he had to start hitting it and he did that and some, did he? he has given cricket one of the most incredible comebacks. it was phenomenal to be able to pull that off. of course we had some other times we had some things go against us during the test match and sometimes you have to ride it and it was incredible to watch. his other team—mates have also been paying tribute. "not sure he can believe what he has done," said stuart broad, while his employers posted this photo, calling stokes "a superhero in white." and after this, it is pretty hard to disagree. one of english's cricket's most dazzling talents and one of its most unforgettable days. well, elation for england then, but heartache for australia, who came so close to becoming the first australian side to retain the urn on english soil since 2001. let's get some reaction

from australian cricket writer adam collins, who's in london. thank you forjoining us. first of all, how are you feeling today? how about the other australians? forget about the other australians? forget about me, i think australian cricket is feeling fairly bruised and battered this morning. you talk about 2001 the last time australia retained the famous ashes urn here, back to 1959, every very close test match, so those resolved by fewer than ten runs or one wicket, australia have lost all of them so it isa australia have lost all of them so it is a decent body of evidence now in very close games that australia and up on the wrong side of the equation and yesterday, you could scarcely believe that performance from ben stokes to make that possible, something i do not think anyone will forget, ever. even tim paine said it was the most incredible innings is there a grudging respect for ben stokes from the aussies? possibly more than dodging respect!

the calculated hitting and the modern cricket as well, the lap sweeps, the reserve —— reverse sweep, the very best of white ball cricket transported into red bull cricket transported into red bull cricket in one of the most tense environment imaginable, and ashes clash at headingley, which would have met had australian taken the final wicket, additive have been leashed who acquiesced at that stage, australia would have retained the ashes and it does come much bigger than that for an australian or english cricket so the stakes we re or english cricket so the stakes were so high and i think that is why people were saying this is the greatest ashes innings. to come so close and not retain the ashes, adam, how does australia recover from that because england will have momentum right now. that is the biggest challenge. in 1981 a man with a beard caught ian botham went out and with a beard caught ian botham went outand did with a beard caught ian botham went out and did something remarkable on that same ground and at edgbaston, australia were chasing 151 the next week and they got a second bite of the cherry and ian botham took 5—1 and destroyed them and beat them by

30 runs so i think the mental scarring of 1981 remains quite prominent in that generation of playing. the job prominent in that generation of playing. thejob for prominent in that generation of playing. the job forjustin prominent in that generation of playing. thejob forjustin langer, the code, and tim paine, the captain, and support staff is to keep the act together and do not let this define their entire tour and remind them they came so close to retaining the urn and they bowled england up to 67 in the first innings, these are the type of m essa g es innings, these are the type of messages that need to be reinforced rather than focusing on a couple of moments yesterday that if they do let them define what happens for the rest of the series, australia will not end up winning this. adam, charlie in the studio, good to see you. can! charlie in the studio, good to see you. can i ask you a question? for those people not normally cricket fans, how does this performance set, relative to i don't know extraordinary moments in sport elsewhere? yeah, well, look, in terms of where the ashes sets in this game, it is a bilateral series but it is the biggest rivalry i guess akin to a world cup

performance so when england won the world cup in white ball cricket back injuly, this sits alongside it, even though it is a series played on a regular interval which is how highly it is held between the two nations to the fact that ben stokes was able to win the world cup at lords on the 14th ofjuly in such remarkable circumstances and replicate that miracle, if you like, here, shows a lot about him as a cricketer —— lord's. but also where this sits, there have been other run chases and last—ditch efforts at the end but to combine all of the different elements of being an ashes series, being in the last wicket with jack leach, the number 11, the fa ct with jack leach, the number 11, the fact that he had made 74 runs in 45 balls at the end, the fact that england were chasing 359, the fact that england were bowled out for 67 the first time around, put it in a pot and mix it together and that is why this morning people are saying it is the most important ashes innings played, surely. thank you, adam, and best of luck for old

trafford. thanks ever so much. manchester city are second in the premier league after a 3—1 win at bournemouth. sergio aguero scored the first goal 15 minutes in, david silva with the initial cross. he was making his 400th appearance for city and was involved in all three city goals. raheem sterling scored the second. a couple of minutes later, callum wilson pulled one back for bournemouth, but it wouldn't be enough, as aguero scored again in the second half. steve bruce claimed his first win as newcastle manager, leading his side to a surprise 1—0 win at tottenham. club record signing joe linton with the only goal of the game. we'll look at the little bit of times. overall, i thought to a man they were excellent today. we keep to the surprise on them. and of course the staff who worked with me all week to try and quiet the storm, if that is the right word, but hopefully that should shut people up for a bit anyway. elsewhere, rauljimenez scored a stoppage time penalty to salvage a point for wolves as they drew 1—1 with burnley. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat hearts 3—1

to maintain their 100% record and stay ahead of rangers, who also made it three wins out of three. it was borna barisic who scored the only goal at st mirren for steven gerrard's side. the croatian fired this incredible free kick on his return to the side. st mirren have now lost their last four meetings with rangers. rory mcilroy won the tour championship last night in atlanta, the final event in the fedex cup, earning him more than £12 million prize money. he finished with a birdie on the last hole to win by four shots. it's the second time that the northern irishman has ta ken the tournament. england's women missed out on bronze medal at the eurohockey championships in antwerp, losing to spain. it was 1—1 at full—time and went to a shoot—out. england captain hollie pearne—webb unable to score the decisive penalty, leaving england empty—handed in the tournament. there was drama at the start and finish of the british motogp at silverstone as spain's alex rins claimed his second win of the season. andrea dovizioso won last

time out in austria, but the italian's hopes of victory ended painfully at the first corner. his ducati team say he didn't break any bones, but was taken to hospital for further checks. it looked like world champion marc marquez would win, but he was pipped on the line by fellow spaniard rins. britain's cal crutchlow was sixth. when things go wrong, they go wrong spectacularly. extraordinary that he was ok. he had a head injury and was taken to hospital and was given the all clear. luckily. good! we will see you a bit later on. thank you very much. i expect many of you are out enjoying that lovely warm weather. they are already in and racing! it was all quiet half—an—hour ago but

it's kicked off, the triathlon is under way and the swimmers are in the swimming full and they will do 12 lengths here, already doing that, there's a big queue of people around there's a big queue of people around the pool waiting to do that and once out they will be on a 21 kilometre bike ride and a five kilometre run in nearby bushey park. this is the temperatures turbo triathlon park. earlier there was a nice moment and there was a big cheer with the announcement of weather there was any newcomers. no lions here, eve ryo ne any newcomers. no lions here, everyone getting their fitness done nice and early and once this has finished... i don't know if it will be quiet but a lazier atmosphere as people will be lounging around in the heat. the temperatures are going to be on the up again. a record yesterday for the late august bank holiday weekend and for the bank holiday weekend and for the bank holiday today, where it is a bank holiday, the record is 28.2 and

that's likely to be broken as again we expect temperatures in the low 30s in the hottest parts of england. looking at the forecast and what we can all expect today. another hot one where it was hot yesterday, especially across a large part of england, but in scotland and northern ireland you can expect it to be cooler than yesterday. high pressure is sitting to the east and around that we've had the hot air coming our way, but low pressure to the north—west and that's important because that's going to push a weather front this week through and cool things down as atlantic air sta rts cool things down as atlantic air starts co m e cool things down as atlantic air starts come back. today is quite a slow start in parts of western england, wales, south—west scotland with low cloud, poor visibility and fog patches around in places so bear that in mind if you're travelling first thing. while most will be dry, the hint of a few showers in parts of south—west england, especially cornwall, and rain in the western isles. cooler in scotland and northern ireland, wales and western

england in the low 20s, but central and eastern england, around 30 and around 33 in south—east england. into tonight and still a few showers around south—west england, may be pushing into parts of wales with the odd rumble of thunder. still reining in the western isles in scotland. a bit misty in a few spots and cooler in scotland with some places in single figures but a warm night in the south—east of england after the heat of the day. into tomorrow and those showers start to move north from south—west england through parts of wales, the midlands, northern england, southern and eastern scotland. hit and miss but if you catch one day could be heavy, the odd rumble of thunder, rain in the odd rumble of thunder, rain in the western isles and north—west scotla nd the western isles and north—west scotland and a bit cooler in some areas to the north and west. still 30 in east anglia and south—east england, one more day of heat here. by england, one more day of heat here. by wednesday, more cloud around generally and the weather front to the north—west of scotland is moving

south—east, so some outbreaks of rain or showers. you might appreciate that on the garden. temperatures in the high teens, low 20s and still the mid—teens in south—west england, but they are lower than where we are at the moment. things cooling down this week but for today, the heat is on, it isa week but for today, the heat is on, it is a bank holiday. these people are quite cool at the moment in the swimming. then the bike ride and then the run. i think i will stay in this one place for now. go on, get in! good luck to everyone who hasn't started yet and we will see you later. the amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. today there are hopes that world leaders may reach a deal on the best way to tackle the huge wildfires. so how urgent is it that an agreement is reached, and what difference could it make? joining us now from our london newsroom isjuman kubba from greenpeace. very greenpeace. good morning to you and thank you very good morning to you and thank you for your time this morning. first of all, we've been watching many of these pictures for several

weeks now, give us a sense of how you see the scale of the problem? we are in a really scary place right now. as you've seen from the pictures, we have massive fires all over the forests of brazil, including the amazon, and the national in force space research was reporting fires... 0ver national in force space research was reporting fires... over 70,000 fires. the latest figure we have our 140 30% higher than last year, which is why you can see it from space and smoke going into big cities like sao paulo. really scary to see happening to the lungs of the world —— paulo. really scary to see happening to the lungs of the world “145%. with macron perhaps announcing from the g7, his quote was our teams are making contact with all the amazon countries so we can finalise some very concrete commitments involving technical resources and funding. what do you think tangibly could

make a difference? i think that's a really good question. its great president macron and other leaders have recognised how important it is and it's true our house is on fire and it's true our house is on fire and we need to take action. but to ta ke and we need to take action. but to take action really we need to look at trade, that's what's driving a lot of this. the push to clear land to grow crops which can be sold internationally for things like animalfeed, internationally for things like animal feed, that's what's causing deforestation by putting profit above everything else and we can't afford to do that. we need a trade policy that puts environmental protections and human rights protections and human rights protections first, not profit. what we know, of course, in reality we know the reason the g7 leaders are talking about this today is because the fires have happened, but the problems leading up to this moment in time has been going on for many years. they have, and the situation in brazil has been escalating since the bolsonaro regime has come in and that regime came to power on a platform of

increasing business and opening up areas like the amazon. what we have seen areas like the amazon. what we have seen since then has been an attack basically on environmental protections, environmental bodies. earlier this month we had the head the national institute for space research, which is responsible for tracking deforestation, being forced out of office. that's the situation we are in in brazil and the result of that, as you see environmental rejections weakened, more destruction to this really important tropical forest happens. we can't afford that, we can't afford a situation where a forest which is so critical to mitigating climate change is being destroyed in this way. do you take any satisfaction from the g7 summit today, where donald trump is there, do you see

practical measures coming out of it? is there a sea change in the way things are being thought about internationally? it's problematic it's taken this long to pay attention but at least we are now andi attention but at least we are now and i hope it's a seachange. i hope we will finally wake up to the emergency we are in right now and ta ke emergency we are in right now and take concrete action. part of that is looking at how we trade, as i say, but we also need to think about how we all act around the world. pa rt how we all act around the world. part of the problem is we are all consuming huge amounts of meat, which is dependent on the destruction of forests in order to grow the crops and farm the animals that we are eating. we all need to be thinking about our role in what's happening and our entire diet. the un intergovernmental panel on climate change earlier this month focused on the need for us to change our entire approach to food if we're going to try to deal with issues like climate change and the deforestation problems we are seeing. juman, we will leave it there, thanks for your time. juman

isa there, thanks for your time. juman is a spokesperson for greenpeace. pop singer ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time in more than two years, headlining the city's pride festival. it's the first time she's been on stage in the city since a memorial concert for those killed in the manchester arena attack in 2017. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. an emotional ariana grande, back on stage in manchester for the first time since the one love concert more than two years ago. this was not a full performance, but rather a 35—minute set to headline the manchester pride festival, an lgbt+ celebration. in may, 2017, 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at her manchester arena show. last night, security was tight, with only see—through bags allowed and many of the fans who had been there on the night of the attack were back, including

mollie and alex. my anxiety has been at an all—time high, let's put it that way. it's been kinda screwing with my stomach a little bit, but it's the sort of thing when i have something resented to me like this i'm determined. i'm, like, i want to do this. i'm not going to lie, it did take a lot of time to think about it because of what happened last time, but ijust thought it was a brilliant chance for everybody to get together and show solidarity in the best way. on this tour, ariana grande is playing arena shows in london, birmingham, sheffield and glasgow but for manchester, she's done something different. this is pride. i came from italy especially for ariana grande. i'm here only for her. so proud of her. she's amazing. we saw her last week and we told her we've got so much love to give her and that it'sjust going to blow her away. but pride is for over—18s only, meaning that her younger fans missed out. her set consisted of only nine songs, and the likes of thank u,

next and no tears left to cry prompting huge sing—alongs. and mollie and alex clearly enjoyed themselves. i was just so grateful i was able to do it and ijust feel so happy and so relieved. it was emotional, as i expected, but i had a really good time. it was amazing. it's better than ever the other act that's ever come to pride. i'm happy with that. she's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal! she's the biggest name ever to come to pride. the set wasn't long enough, we need more. i decided not to cry, took too long, but i'm emotional on the inside. many fans thought there would be an onstage announcement from ariana grande about her putting ob her own manchester show in the future, but there wasn't, meaning her performance at pride could be her last in the city for quite a while. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester.

cheering they clearly loved it! and there will be some very tired people waking up this morning, won't there? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we'll have the headlines for you shortly. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. 11 police officers have been injured during notting hill carnival. scotland yard says nearly 100 people have been arrested, the majority for drugs offences. meanwhile, people heading to the second day of carnival are being urged to take extra care as it's predicted to be one of the hottest on record. the mayor says it's important europe's biggest street party isn't spoiled by those causing trouble. there are people that spend literally weeks and months sewing the costumes, practising their steel drums, getting ready for the sound systems and the floats, and we've got to remember it's a celebration, it's a carnival. unfortunately, though,

there are some people who come here to commit crimes. there are some people see an opportunity when there's a million or two million people to commit crimes. we've got to make sure we help the police keep the carnival as safe as we can. we'll have thousands of officers working really hard. two people have died in a light aircraft crash near henley—on—thames. the small bi—plane came down in a field in the area of stonor yesterday afternoon. the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. police say no one on the ground was injured. it's 80 years since the mass evacuation of londoners at the outbreak of world war ii. the british government gave an order for all city—based children and mothers with babies to evacuate to safer countryside towns. armed with their gas masks, ration books and small suitcases millions of children left london to escape the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the piccadilly and metropolitan lines are part suspended between rayners lane and uxbridge due to planned

engineering works. there is no service on the 0verground between euston and willesden junction due to emergency engineering work. 0n the roads, lane one is partially blocked on a23 brixton hill northbound at the junction with lambert road due to a collision. doesn't seem to be causing big problems on the left there. roads are closed in the area for the notting hill carnival, although the westway and west cross route remain open. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, yesterday we saw temperatures climb to 33.3 celsius at heathrow, making it the warmest bank holiday weekend day recorded so far. today, more of the same — temperatures similar too. it's going to be sunny and hot. now, there's barely any cloud if any cloud at all, so the temperatures soaring into the afternoon. again we're looking at around 32 in central london and to the west of london, around 33 again.

so if you're going to notting hill carnival, be sure to wear some sunscreen and drink plenty of water. now, overnight tonight, it stays nice and warm, it's a clear and really pleasant evening as well and the minimum temperature not dropping down too far. we are looking at a minimum of around 16—18 celsius in central london. tomorrow morning, more of the same — blue sky and sunshine. there's a cold front trying to sneak in. it will do as we head into wednesday, giving us a few showers, and then temperatures gradually cooling off. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: an emergency deal to help fight the devastating embers on fires could be agreed today by world leaders at the g7 summit. daring to dream: cricket fans reflect on a spectacular comeback to keep england ashes hopes alive. and the man who kept the dream alive. cut away! what an innings!

ben stokes's dramatic image —— innings salvages england's chance of winning the ashes. the prime minister tells the bbc to "cough up" and pay for tv licences for all over—75s, notjust those on low incomes. ariana grande plays manchester pride, telling fans, including survivors of the 2017 terror attacks, that she's "overwhelmed" to be back. morning from hampton pool in south west london and if your idea of a bank holiday monday morning is for a lie in, not here. about 400 people havejust started a triathlon on what is going to be the hottest late august bank holiday on record. i've got all your weather coming up. it's monday the 26th of august. our top story: a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water

on the burning woodland. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating — not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. for president macron of france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix — a common threat that requires collective action by the world's major economies. so today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree a new plan to help countries first with the fires, and then subsequent reforestation. translation: there are contacts that are being made with all the countries of the amazon by our teams so that we can finalise very concrete commitments of technical and financial means. the german chancellor angela merkel said the earth's lung was being affected, so there had to be a common solution. borisjohnson promised an immediate £10 million to help brazil with reforestation. but it's still not clear

what else may be agreed. president bolsonaro of brazil has accused foreign governments of interfering in the sovereignty of his country, and the g7 is divided over whether to block an eu trade deal with some south american countries if they do not take more action to tackle fires lit deliberately by loggers and farmers. james landale, bbc news, in biarritz. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is at the summit in biarritz for us this morning. good morning. give us a sense of how much events in brazil and everyone seeing those images now, including of course those g7 leaders, how much is that overtaking— know it was something on the agenda anyway but how is that pushing things forward? well, certainly any g7 summit here in the south of france will not solve the problem and put out the fires that are raging now but i think what the leaders here are discussing is for once we are being

releva nt discussing is for once we are being relevant and topical and addressing something that people are worried about and also, it is something that g7 was invented for, a common problem affecting everybody but world leaders can come together and agree something collectively. as i said in the report, they will agree technical and financial help and we are not sure how expensive it will be but primarily notjust help to stop the fire now but to help with reforestation. that is the current. what is less clear, if there will be any stick because it is hard to get agreement amongst these leaders as to whether they should do something to whether they should do something to block trade with countries like brazil if they do not do more to help those fires being lit deliberately by farmers and loggers. james, thank you, speak to you later. a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland after global concern that not enough was being done to put out the fires. meanwhile, a series of wildfires in bolivia have already destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president evo morales

has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires, but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. england made an incredible comeback to win the third ashes test against australia yesterday, largely thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes. the win keeps england's hopes of winning the series alive. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has more. commentator: cut away! what an innings, what a player! it was the stuff of sporting miracles. ben stokes, the hero of headingley after one of the most remarkable victories cricket has surely ever seen. england had begun needing an unlikely 203 more runs. with stokes leading the charge, though, the fans were starting to believe. but then, the wickets tumbled. when stuart broad was the ninth man out, england still needed 73. all over, surely? but after being joined by last manjack leach, stokes unleashed something quite extraordinary,

tearing into the australian bowling and as he reached his century, the crowd sensed something special. hundred for ben stokes! what a summer he's having! six followed six as the target ticked down. stokes utterly inspired. it was spine—tingling, spectacular drama, as this took england within two. it's six! australia had their chances. they dropped a catch, then they fumbled a run out. could you believe it? and moments later, stokes sent headingley into dreamland. single—handedly, single—battedly, he dragged england to an astonishing win. even by his standards, an extraordinary feat. moments like that don't come along very often and, you know, it's just an amazing game to be a part of, to — to be there at the end and still keep our ashes hopes alive. it was a pretty special feeling coming off at the end, yeah.

and for those who'd just watched him, well, what a day to be an england fan! that's one of those performances that goes down in history, i think. that's a we were there moment. we were like, "oh, my god. it's not gonna happen. it can't happen. " and then it happened, and we were like... we were all — i think everyone was just in shock. sir ben stokes now! brilliant innings. yeah, really good. we said he had to start playing some shots, hitting it. well, he done that and some, did he? well, the fans here can barely believe what they've seen. come on, england! ben stokes he has given them one of english cricket's most incredible comebacks. it was phenomenal, really, to be able to pull off that, and of course we rode our luck at times, but we had some things go against us as well throughout the test match and sometimes, you have to ride it, and phwoar, it was just incredible to watch. his other team—mates have also been paying tribute. "not sure he can believe what he has done," said stuart broad, while his employers posted this photo, calling stokes "a superhero in white." and after this, it's

pretty hard to disagree. one of english's cricket's most dazzling talents and one of its most unforgettable days. andy swiss, bbc news, headingley. what a day indeed! former england cricketer monty panesar will share his verdict with us shortly after 8am this morning. jonathan agnew as well, he is probably a little bit tired after commentating on yesterday's events. it is the right kind of tired, though, isn't it? forall of it is the right kind of tired, though, isn't it? for all of the good reasons. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london. forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was slightly cooler, reaching highs of 27 degrees. we will have the weather for you shortly. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested the corporation had gone back

on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. let's speak to our political correspondent tom barton, who's in our london newsroom for us. this is not the first time that borisjohnson has said this. why say it again? well, yes, he said it simplyi it again? well, yes, he said it simply i think because he was asked the question by a journalist but this, you know, it is this difficult intervention in this row which really dates back to 2015 when a license fee settlement agreed between the bbc and government sole responsibility for funding those free tv licences passed from the government to the bbc. at the start ofjune the bbc announced it would only fund free tv licences for over 75 to receive benefit pension credit, meaning 3.7 million would now have to pay for their own licence and since then there has been a political row brewing and

these comments by borisjohnson, saying that the bbc should cough up, certainly are blunt. he says the deal that was reached with the bbc in 2015 was conditional on the corporation continuing to fund those free licenses. last night downing street said they should honour that agreement. the corporation says it was the government who decided to stop funding the free licenses and the time that the agreement was made there was no guarantee the bbc would carry on paying for them. it said if it cost around one fifth of its annual budget and would be enclosing annual budget and would be enclosing aa annual budget and would be enclosing a a range of services, including bbc two and radio 5 live. the's deputy leader tom watson last night said the blame for scrapping tv, free tv licences, lay with the government and the ministers should stop passing the buck and should step in to find them again. ok, tom, i imagine we will discuss this again. thank you very much. police are investigating what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on a beach in essex yesterday. people in frinton—on—sea were advised not to go in the water. one woman said her daughter was left "gasping" for breath. a coastguard spokesman said there'd

been no reports of spillages from passing ships. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was "overwhelmed" to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs and prompted huge singalongs from the crowds. both of the main stories this morning. we have the all—important bank holiday weather coming up for you and of course more on the extraordinary day in cricket yesterday. jean hanlon moved away from her home in scotland for a new life in crete. but ten years ago, the 53—year—old was found dead off the island's coast. greek authorities ruled jean's death was an accident. but her family believe she may have been murdered. today, they'll launch a new public appealfor information. jean's son michael porter joins us now from crete. good morning and thank you so much

for joining good morning and thank you so much forjoining us. this is many years since this happened but you have got more information, haven't you? yes, it has been ten years this year since the disappearance and death of our mother here in crete and, yes, thanks to a channel five documentary, some new information and a lead has come which has reopened the case. give us an idea of what new information they have. the new information is a source of mixed suspicions with new ones which gives a detailed line of events of what actually potentially happened to our mother that night, monday ninth of march. and what seems to have — what information there is, there were injuries that might not have happened consistent with somebody falling into the water, is that right? this is correct, initially the coroner decreed our mother's death as a drowning

accident. sadly when we identified our mother's body we saw this was not correct and we fought and appealed forfor a not correct and we fought and appealed for for a number of years to which they then released some secondary findings from the initial postmortem which suggested that and proved that our mum actually had a broken neck, shuttered lung and coccyx. right, ok, and tell us a little bit about what she was doing in crete. she had been there a while, hadn't she? yes, our mother moved over here a few years before and she had been working there three yea rs and she had been working there three years consecutively and she was working in caverns and bars and she was surrounded by people because our mum was a people person. how much more information do you have about her last movements and where she was? luckily for us and the family we had substantial amounts of evidence of what she had done in her last movements, almost so it gave us suspicions to question everything

that the greek authorities initially decreed her death as a drowning accident, and we could fight against, contest, for the years. we knew she was apparently with someone here in the port of heraklion, because she spoke to a friend, messaging help, and later on saying trying to phone herfriend and her friends did not answer, so we knew there was a lot of suspicion because this man has still not been found or come forward, to this day. you are talking about it now, you are appealing for more information. what kind of things would you ask people to do? we are asking the public and anyone here in crete, you know, do you remember this woman? are you with her? did you see who she was with her? did you see who she was with that night? no matter how small or insignificant you think the evidence or information may be, please come forward and contact the number that i have put on all of the public appeal coverage and just getting contact with us because someone getting contact with us because someone has done it after ten years and it means that our hopes have been achieved and actually people

out there still know something, what happened to our mum that night. are you optimistic you will at some stage the answers? —— find the a nswers ? stage the answers? —— find the a nswe rs ? we stage the answers? —— find the answers? we are very hopeful, we do not go into this lightheartedly and we fight and fight and myself as well as the family have vowed to fight until our dying day. the case has been opened before and been closed so we will not think it a heartbeat they could close the case again but last week, i wrote a letter along with the foreign common office, saying there is an extensive amount of unanswered questions that have not been investigated so if this new lead falls through then please look at all of the other a nswered please look at all of the other answered questions and do not close the case until you have exhausted everywhere. michael porter we really appreciate your time so thank you very much forjoining us therefrom crete. the time is approaching 7:15am. you're probably aware right now it's

a bank holiday weekend, but not in scotland. temperatures reached 33.3 degrees celsius in england yesterday, making it the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record. nick has the forecast in a moment. first, here's a look at how some people made the most of the heat. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! lift—off! we knew that it was a hot weekend and we knew brighton was going to be pretty busy, but yeah, we came for the sun. came down to the beach just to cool off. the water was nice and cold, so good just to restore core temperature i think.

lots of people enjoying it there and look at this, this is impressive... nick miller is at hampton pool in london for us this morning. for the last hour or so triathletes has been starting their race, haven't they? good morning! good morning. lovely atmosphere here with people making an early start for the bank holiday because the temperatures turbo triathlon cloud have this 400 person triathlon and its the swim stage at the moment, 200 swimmers have gone into the pool so 200 swimmers have gone into the pool so farand 200 swimmers have gone into the pool so far and they are really going for it, even though a lot of these people are beginners. there was a

question about hands up if this is your first question about hands up if this is yourfirst time question about hands up if this is your first time and there was a big cheer. what a way to start your bank holiday and this means you swim 12 lengths, then a 21 kilometre bike ride and then they go to bushy park where they will do a five kilometre run. lovely atmosphere and the sun is above the trees and the heat is about to come on. it's been refreshingly cool today but it will be another hot one. we talked about 33.3, that was the august bank holiday weekend record gone yesterday but for the bank holiday today, the record is 28.2, that goes back two years ago to lincolnshire and we're likely to see that broken with 30 celsius in various spots. incredibly timed for the bank holiday weekend. let's look at your forecast today. going to be a bit cooler than yesterday in scotland and northern ireland. in scotland yesterday, they got to the upper 20s, but where you

had the sunshine and heat in a large pa rt had the sunshine and heat in a large part of england yesterday, it's going to be hot. high pressure to the east and around that the hot air has been coming in but low pressure the north—west will go this week as things turned cooler from the western atlantic air coming back. i have to mention this morning there is poor visibility around, especially in parts of wales, western england and south—west scotla nd western england and south—west scotland with some fog patches, so bear that in scotland with some fog patches, so bearthat in mind scotland with some fog patches, so bear that in mind if you're heading out. a lot of that will gradually clear with sunny spells coming through and while most will be dry ona through and while most will be dry on a few shower since southwest england and rain in western isles of scotland. —— showers in. 33 in the south—east. cooler in scotland and northern ireland. a warm evening where you've had the heat and overnight, still showers running into south—west england and perhaps wales with the rumba of thunder possible. raining in their western

isles, some of it could be heavy and a warm night after the heat today but cooler in scotland —— rumble. 0n tuesday, showers and south—west wales, scotland. some could be heavy but hit and miss. the west of northern ireland could see them and western scotland. the sunshine and heat into east anglia and south—east england, around 30, pair elsewhere it turns cooler with the breeze picking up a bit more. —— but elsewhere. the weather front across north—east gotland moves south—east bringing the atlantic air across the uk -- bringing the atlantic air across the uk —— north—west scotland. the mid—20s east anglia and south—east england, cooler than at the moment. the heat will be on today. i mentioned the great atmosphere here andi mentioned the great atmosphere here and i talked to a couple taking part

today who thirsted it 20 years ago, so today who thirsted it 20 years ago, so they're coming for their 21st anniversary here. they've done ironman races and louise, they did the norseman, who you are familiar with, not too long ago —— first did it. i don't know what they are like on the edges but that's the most nerve wracking moment. good luck to everybody! nick, my senses you are talking to —— nickel, my sense is your talking yourself into jumping in —— nick among my sense is your talking yourself into jumping in —— nick among my sense is your talking yourself intojumping in. i haven't got the gear. we could arrange that! —— nick, i'm

may be a busy weekend in the garden and maybe some chores to do out there. growing concerns about the most popular products at a garden centre —— maybe. campaigners are calling for a legally—enforced ban on the sale of peat compost, because of the damage the production process does to the environment. 0ur reporter samantha fenwick is taking a look at this for us this morning and joins us from manchester. good morning! we are at hume community garden centre, which is in the centre of manchester, and as you say, we're talking about peat, because lots of people will go to the garden centre to buy compost to plant things like this for next year. hume community garden centre —— peat is really important for the environment, storing more carbon than trees, but it grows very slowly so than trees, but it grows very slowly so the moss dogs rose millimetre every year and what we've been doing for the past 70 years is digging up all of that peat to grow stuff like

this but also digging it up to burn it -- this but also digging it up to burn it —— the moss rose millimetre. if we are to keep our carbon targets we need to keep the peat in the ground —— the moss grows a millimetre. let see what the larger more commercial garden centres are doing —— let's see. they say we are a nation of gardeners, but at what cost? we've been digging up peat to use in compost for 70 years, and we get through a lot. every year, uk gardeners and commercial growers use enough to fill nearly 50 0lympic—sized swimming pools. it's great for growing things, but peatlands take thousands of years to form, and they're really important for the environment because they store vast amounts of carbon. it worries me to know that the compost we buy from the local garden centres has peat in, because we're concerned for the environment.

i'd usuallyjust buy the cheapest basically if i'm honest. so i don't really think about it. i thought peat was different than compost, and i never buy peat. i didn't know they was mixed. if i'd known that i might not have bought it. ten years ago the government told the horticulture industry that they had to reduce the amount of peat in compost, and they gave them until 2020 to do that. today, a bag of compost like this will contain about 56% peat. some will have more, some will have less. that figure has dropped by 2% in eight years. the industry say they are working hard to reduce the use of peat and come up with alternatives. peat is a very, very good natural product for growing plants. so there's been a lot of time and money spent in the last ten years researching the alternative, creating a new, viable and sustainable products that can replace peat.

the amount of peat in compost has only reduced by 2% in eight years. yes, there's been a variation in that. there have been years when there's been less peat has been used, but we have to find something that is viably as good. the actual research takes time. it takes time to actually identify if a plant flourishes as well in an alternative source of compost. but there are some in the industry that say it's really not that difficult. the national trust has been peat—free for the last 20 years. we buy in peat—free compost to use in the garden. we part everything up, we use 1,000 dahlia cuttings every year, they go into peat—free compost. it's in every aspect of what we do. commercial gardeners say that they can't get enough peat—free compost to be able to grow all the plants that they have to sell all year—round. we can. we need commitment from the compost producers, from the people that are making it. we need to force the hand

of the people in the middle of the chain. the government says they will review what peat alternatives there are on the market at the end of the year. if they think progress has been too slow, they will consider legislation. so we're here today to talk about what alternatives there on the market, and over here we can find simon. you're a shepherd from the la ke simon. you're a shepherd from the lake district, penrith. you've been developing this peat—free compost here, which is mainly bracken.. mixture of cheap ? ?nosapce ‘s weather and bracken, and what we get from bracken is a high level of potassium. very sustainable. —— sheep's wall. it's a good

alternative i'm going to use what's on the farm and there isn't a market for sheep ‘s wool any more. it feeds nitrogen. how much is a bag? this is a 30 litre bag. about £6 in a garden centre. that's quite expensive when you compare it with the multipurpose compost with peat in it. its a bit more but in the bag you've got the feed that you need for a full year. with a bag of peat it probably does 4-6 with a bag of peat it probably does 4—6 weeks. with a bag of peat it probably does 4-6 weeks. what about the people who say you can't grow plants as well in this type of compost and you can in the peat compost? you can grow it better, because when you think about it, when you have the feel of it, the texture is the same as peat but

it has more feed in it and the feed is coming from the goodness, from the harvest, it's coming from nature, from the bracken and from the wool, it is all organic. you can grow your tomatoes in it and the flavour is going to be there because it's all the goodness from nature. thank you very much for watching us. this is gorgeous to put your hands through, it's just lovely. later on in the programme we're going to be talking to a gardener who is tested all these types of peat—free products to find out which he thinks is the best one to your tomatoes in. that will be good thanks very much, sam! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. 11 police officers have been injured during notting hill carnival. scotland yard says nearly 100 people have been arrested, the majority for drugs offences.

meanwhile, people heading to the second day of carnival are being urged to take extra care as it's predicted to be one of the hottest on record. the mayor says it's important europe's biggest street party isn't spoiled by those causing trouble. there are people that spend literally weeks and months sewing the costumes, practising their steel drums, getting ready for the sound systems and the floats, and we've got to remember it's a celebration, it's a carnival. unfortunately, though, there are some people who come here to commit crimes. there are some people see an opportunity when there's a million or two million people to commit crimes. we've got to make sure we help the police keep the carnival as safe as we can. we'll have thousands of officers working really hard. two people have died in a light aircraft crash near henley—on—thames. the small bi—plane came down in a field in the area of stonor yesterday afternoon. the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. police say no—one on the ground was injured. it's 80 years since the mass evacuation of londoners at the outbreak of world war ii. the british government gave an order for all city—based children, and mothers with babies to evacuate to safer countryside towns.

armed with their gas masks, ration books and small suitcases millions of children left london to escape the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the piccadilly and metropolitan lines are part suspended between rayners lane and uxbridge due to planned engineering works. there is no service on the 0verground between euston and willesden junction due to emergency engineering work. in southwark, there are roadworks on tooley street westbound at the junction with boss street looks 0k at the moment but it might cause problems later i guess. roads are closed in the area for the notting hill carnival, although the westway and west cross route remain open. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, yesterday we saw temperatures climb to 33.3 celsius at heathrow, making it the warmest bank holiday weekend day recorded so far. today, more of the same — temperatures similar too. it's going to be sunny and hot.

now, there's barely any cloud if any cloud at all, so the temperatures soaring into the afternoon. again we're looking at around 32 in central london and to the west of london, around 33 again. so if you're going to notting hill carnival, be sure to wear some sunscreen and drink plenty of water. now, overnight tonight, it stays nice and warm, it's a clear and really pleasant evening as well and the minimum temperature not dropping down too far. we are looking at a minimum of around 16—18 celsius in central london. so for tomorrow morning, more of the same — blue sky and sunshine. there's a cold front trying to sneak in. it will do as we head into wednesday, giving us a few showers, and then temperatures gradually cooling off. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the flames after global concern that not enough was being done to put out the fires. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. meanwhile, a series of wildfires in bolivia have already destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president evo morales has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires, but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested

the corporation had gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune, it was announced that only low income households, where one person received pension credit, would be eligible for a free tv licence. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london. forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was slightly cooler, reaching highs of 27 degrees. police are investigating what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on a beach in essex yesterday. people in frinton—on—sea were advised not to go in the water. one woman said her daughter was left "gasping" for breath. a coastguard spokesman said there'd been no reports of spillages from passing ships. the family of a scottish woman found dead off the coast of crete ten years ago are launching a public

appeal for new information about her death. jean hanlon's sons believe she was murdered, but the greek authorities originally ruled her death as accidental. it comes after a tv documentary revealed fresh details about jean's final days. the case has been reopened before and it has also been closed so we are not thinking that in a heartbeat they could easily close the case again however last week i wrote a letter, along with a foreign common office, saying there is extensive amount of unanswered questions that you have not investigated so if this new lead falls through then please look at all of the other unanswered questions and do not close the case until you have exhausted every eventuality. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was "overwhelmed" to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs and prompted huge singalongs from the crowds.

coming up on the programme, nick will have the weather. right now, going to celebrate, aren't we? we have the ashes back on track which is kind of the mechanical bit of this but we also have a hero. yes. don't england love hero as well? people are calling it the greatest innings in test history for england as well. it seems so unlikely because england had a huge chase, 359 was the highest i have ever faced. australia chase, 359 was the highest i have everfaced. australia look chase, 359 was the highest i have ever faced. australia look like chase, 359 was the highest i have everfaced. australia look like they we re everfaced. australia look like they were going to win at headingley and retain the ashes and it was going to be over so quickly for england after three test but ben stokes had other ideas, didn't he? we get after wickett had fallen and eventually it was him and jack leach at the crease. jack leach is a bowler, not really a batsman, and they had 73 ru ns to really a batsman, and they had 73 runs to get and at that point ben stokes turned into england's hero. he scored eight sixes and four fours

in the innings, scoring an unbeaten 135 and when he hit the last four and saved the ashes for england, well, what a roar he gave out. he allowed himself to celebrate and hug jack leach. all down to ben stokes and his partnerjack leach who, incidentally, scored one run and it was very incidentally, scored one run and it was very important. very important. he had to hold his nerve as well. we saw him polishing his glasses in between. a very well—known optician has agreed to give him free glasses for the rest of his like —— life, apparently. put in perspective, the people who writing about this are saying this is right up there, ben stokes's performance as an individual within a team sport is up there with anything you will see across all sports, really.” there with anything you will see across all sports, really. ithink probably because it was so unlikely and such a huge target. at the beginning of the day, england had to

get 203 runs and because they had been bowled out for 67 in the first innings, nobody was expecting them to do it and the fact he took the test by the scruff of the neck and, imean, he test by the scruff of the neck and, i mean, he was hitting fours and sixes and because there were so much pressure on him, and don't forget he had been hit in the head, remember, earlier? and parts of his helmet had smashed. he was exhausted. but he was getting cramped, he persevered, and it was an incredible innings in the most incredible that i have ever watched them so many people have watched them so many people have watched and series a level that one and there is a chance for england, the momentum is firmly with england now, so how do australia attempt to recover? the job forjustin langer, the coach, and tim paine, the captain, and support staff is to keep their act together and do not let this define their entire tour and remind them they came so close to retaining the urn, and they bowled england out for 67 in the first innings — these are the type of messages that

need to be reinforced, rather than focusing on a couple of moments yesterday that if they do let them define what happens for the rest of the series, australia will not end up winning this. 0 nto 0nto football. manchester city are second in the premier league after a 3—1 win at bournemouth. sergio aguero scored the first goal 15 minutes in, david silva with the initial cross. he was making his 400th appearance for city and was involved in all three city goals. raheem sterling scored the second. a couple of minutes later, callum wilson pulled one back for bournemouth, but it wouldn't be enough as aguero scored again in the second half. steve bruce claimed his first win as newcastle manager, leading his side to a surprise 1—0 win at tottenham. club record signing joe linton with the only goal of the game. throughout the ride, we'll look at a little bit of times but overall, i thought to a man, they were excellent today and they put — you know, they keep surprising them. and of course the staff who worked with me all week to try and quiet the storm, if that is the right word, but hopefully that'll shut

a few people up for a little bit, anyway. elsewhere, rauljimenez scored a stoppage time penalty to salvage a point for wolves as they drew 1—1 with burnley. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat hearts 3—1 to maintain their 100% record and stay ahead of rangers, who also made it three wins out of three. it was borna barisic who scored the only goal at st mirren for steven gerrard's side. the croatian fired this incredible free kick on his return to the side. st mirren have now lost their last four meetings with rangers. rory mcilroy won the tour championship last night in atlanta, the final event in the fedex cup, earning him more than £12 million in prize money. he finished with a birdie on the last hole to win by four shots. it's the second time that the northern irishman has ta ken the tournament. england's women missed out on a bronze medal at the eurohockey championships in antwerp, losing to spain. it was 1—1 at full—time

and went to a shoot—out. england captain hollie pearne—webb, unable to score the decisive penalty, leaving england empty—handed in the tournament. there was drama at the start and finish of the british motogp at silverstone as spain's alex rins claimed his second win of the season. andrea dovizioso won last time out in austria, but the italian's hopes of victory ended painfully at the first corner. his ducati team say he didn't break any bones, but was taken to hospital for further checks. it looked like world champion marc marquez would win, but he was pipped on the line by fellow spaniard rins. britain's cal crutchlow was sixth. and that is all in sport. they are brave individuals. when you see those crashes and they get back on the bike? i cannot believe how he recovered. he was taken to hospital with a head injury and he had mild

concussion— mild— and he was all otherwise 0k, thankfully. the death of a teenager from a suspected drugs overdose at this weekend's leeds festival has led to renewed warnings about the dangers of taking illegal substances. each festival season, we hear of similar tragedies. so what is being done to try and tackle the problem? joining us now from southampton is janine milburn, whose daughter georgia died at a festival last year. good morning to you and thank you so much for your time this morning. i can only imagine, it is only one year since this dreadful thing happened to your family. i wonder, this time of year must be particularly difficult when you know that other youngsters are going to be doing the same thing as georgia did that time. yes, yes, it is extremely scary time of year, as is every weekend, to be honest, but when festivals are around, people

let their guard down and that is when they do these things, u nfortu nately. when they do these things, unfortunately. there is a campaign that means so much to you and if you could, could you tell us about what happened to georgia and what you know about the sequence of events? georgia had gone to mutiny festival and had met friends there and during the afternoon, she had been found by a couple of other friends who had noticed that she had taken something and unfortunately, we don't know, in georgia's case, who she was with or exactly what pills she took but all we know is she took two mdma pills which were later found out to be of high strength. she was i believe six times over the average dose. and her temperature rose dramatically and then, subsequently, she died, yes? that's right. the pills were —— work by raising the body temperature and as of this weekend the temperatures we re as of this weekend the temperatures were really high that weekend. so trying to keep the body temperature

down is a hard thing to do. trying to keep the body temperature down is a hard thing to dom trying to keep the body temperature down is a hard thing to do. it must be so frustrating for you when you hear, as we are over the course of this weekend, hearing more incidents. what would you like to see done that would practically make any difference? personally, i do believe education is the key. it should be taught in schools. truthful education, what really happens. notjust truthful education, what really happens. not just the truthful education, what really happens. notjust the science behind it all. and they should be taught how to look after each other, what to do when things go wrong, and i also believe front of house, on—site testing at festivals, as well as city centres, would make a huge difference. i think if georgia had known what she was doing and how to do it she may have stood a chance that day. janine, you go into schools yourself, don't you? i can only imagine that, given your experience and what happened to

georgia, do you see young people's attitudes changing when they hear the story first hand, if you like? yeah, you could hear a pin drop. when i tell her story. and hopefully, some of the story stays with them. young people are going to do it anyway. but if they can sort of learn a little bit about it, then hopefully they can help to keep themselves safe or change their mind and not do it at all. you seem to have quite a daesh i'm interested in how you phrased that. you said "young people will do it anyway but if you can give them knowledge" what do you mean? it is a lot more commonplace these days. u nfortu nately, commonplace these days. unfortunately, as a society, we sort of brush this topic under the carpet and we don't think about it. i didn't realise myself how many kids are doing recreational drugs these days. and unfortunately, it is becoming more commonplace. i'm not saying every child does it but there isa saying every child does it but there is a possibility that your child one

day will be offered drugs and if they guardians down with peer pressure and everything else that goes along with being a teenager, there is a high chance they may think about it. janine, thank you for your time this morning. janine is now a drug safety campaigner. her daughter lost her life just over one year ago, actually, having attended a festival, and her daughter's name was georgia. i'm sure you all know it has been very warm out there. we are watching a triathlon this morning. we've seen the swimmers go into the pool and i'vejust morning. we've seen the swimmers go into the pool and i've just moved to locations to look at the transition from the swimming part to the cycling part, where they come out and doa cycling part, where they come out and do a soggy run to their bikes, pick them up and go to do a 21 kilometre bike ride and then they drop the bike off and then they run five kilometres at nearby bushey

park and we've talked to some people who have done the swim, done the bike ride, and then they do the run. around 6:25am they started and will finish running at about 8am, quite an achievement on a bank holiday monday morning! it's going to get hot, around 18 at the moment but temperatures will be on the up. the highest temperature yesterday we had over late august bank holiday weekend, 33.3, around that today and that will break the record for the hottest late august bank holiday itself on record. lots of people are concerned about how often we are breaking these heat records in the uk as part of climate change, but looks like it will happen again today. let's look at the forecast and what we can expect not just the forecast and what we can expect notjust in the hot parts but across the country. in scotland, it's not a bank holiday, and it's going to be a bit cooler and northern ireland

compared with yesterday, butjust as much sunshine and heat across particularly england compared to yesterday. it's all due to high pressure centred across continental europe. we've got low pressure in the north—west, that will win out this week, bringing atlantic air our way, and it will cool things down. fog around this morning in wales, western england and south—west scotland, some of that will be slow to clear but for most a grey start with sunshine coming through. some showers in south—west england, cornwall, rain in the western isles but for most it will be dry and sunny. low 20s in scotland and northern ireland and parts of wales and western england, but high 20s to the 30s in east england, western side of england, and 33 looks to be on the cards. a warm evening where it's been so hot and although still showers in south—west england, maybe into wales and with a rumble of thunder, still reigning in the western isles and some of that rain will be quite heavy. temperatures for some in scotland will dip down

to single figures and warm where it's been so hot during the day. tomorrow, the greater chance of a shower author underfrom tomorrow, the greater chance of a shower author under from south—west england running up through wales, the midlands, northern england. heat four east anglia and the south—east of england, around 30, but more of us are of england, around 30, but more of us are calling down and the process that continues on wednesday with more cloud around, more showers and that weather front that's been sitting across north—west scotland finally moves south—east and as it does behind at the atlantic air ta kes does behind at the atlantic air takes over. notice more of us are cooler on wednesday, high teens, low 20s, so if you don't like the heat, mid—20s in the south—east. another day of heat four many today, but then those temperatures will start to come down. good news for these folks doing the triathlon, they're doing it in quite pleasant temperatures at the moment before the heat shoots up and everyone will come to hampton pool to relax around

the pool and do a bit of sunbathing. lots of them setting out on their runs. thanks, nick, we'll baby back with you later. —— we'll be back with you later. —— we'll be back with you later. —— we'll be back with you later. a woman who says her bank inadvertently gave away her new address to her violent ex—husband, has called for banks and building societies to better protect victims of economic abuse. a domestic abuse charity says financial institutions have made big improvements in the way they deal with cases of economic abuse. controlling a partner through financial means became an offence last month. here's our business correspondent katy austin. the economic abuse, i didn't even realise the scale of it until i'd left. claire, which isn't her real name, says her violent ex— partner also controlled her financially. when says her violent ex— partner also controlled herfinancially. when she eventually fled, claire says she was left with nothing. he'd also taken every personal item of mine that was identity, so my passport, my bank statements, so i have nothing to prove who i was so i couldn't really do anything.

without id, she couldn't even access their joint without id, she couldn't even access theirjoint account without id, she couldn't even access their joint account for her without id, she couldn't even access theirjoint account for her partner had withdrawal all the money. that wasn't the own problem, a bank letter sent to claire and her former partner revealed her new address.” was absolutely petrified. i didn't know what to do. i just was absolutely petrified. i didn't know what to do. ijust phoned everybody and said can i come and stay, i can't stay here. claire has received support from a charity that raises awareness of economic abuse which can include limiting access to money and other things like housing and clothing. this training session is for trial no staff at lloyds's new domestic abuse unit. 0ne no staff at lloyds's new domestic abuse unit. one of the ways the charity is trying to help thanks better support victims. we're looking at amazing practice across—the—board. what looking at amazing practice across—the—boa rd. what can looking at amazing practice across—the—board. what can be upsetting sometimes for victims is they might rank with different institutions whose responses might be very different. economic abuse is set to be defined

in law as a form of abuse for the first time and campaigners say that is focusing attention on the issue. they say banks who sign up to that are increasingly bringing in measures which will help victims. exa m ples measures which will help victims. examples that high street banks told the bbc they had brought in include reviewing whether to signatures are needed to remove a partner from a joint account, allowing a letter from a refuge to be used when opening a new account after leaving an abuser, sort codes that hide a customer's location and protecting a customer's location and protecting a customer's mailing address. lloyds says the industry is gradually recognising it as an important business issue. the more we start to raise awareness about it the more the individual customers will start to come to their bank and expect their banks to be taking action in this space, so i think those things, raising awareness, removing the stigma, the training, that will help

bring awareness. campaigners say the action taken so far isjust campaigners say the action taken so far is just the start of a journey towards making sure all financial institutions can help and protect people like claire. it's the little things that make the difference, you know, and safety is paramount. it was a big night in manchester last night, with ariana grande headlining the pride festival. it was the first time she'd performed in the city since a memorial concert for those killed in the arena bombing in 2017. in the crowd, were fans who'd attended ariana's show on the night of the attack. two of them met up with our entertainment correspondent colin paterson to explain why it was so important for them to be there. an emotional ariana grande, back on stage in manchester for the first time since the one love concert more than two years ago. this was not a full performance,

but rather a 35—minute set to headline the manchester pride festival, an lgbt+ celebration. in may, 2017, 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at her manchester arena show. last night, security was tight, with only see—through bags allowed and many of the fans who had been there on the night of the attack were back, including mollie and alex. my anxiety has been at an all—time high, let's put it that way. it's been kinda screwing with my stomach a little bit, but it's the sort of thing when i have something resented to me like this i'm determined. i'm, like, i want to do this. i'm not going to lie, it did take a lot of time to think about it because of what happened last time, but ijust thought it was a brilliant chance for everybody to get together and show solidarity in the best way. on this tour, ariana grande is playing arena shows in london, birmingham, sheffield and glasgow but for manchester, she's done something different. this is pride.

i came from italy especially for ariana grande. i'm here only for her. so proud of her. she's amazing. we saw her last week and we told her we've got so much love to give her and that it'sjust going to blow her away. but pride is for over—18s only, meaning that her younger fans missed out. her set consisted of only nine songs, and the likes of thank u, next and no tears left to cry prompting huge sing—alongs. and mollie and alex clearly enjoyed themselves. i was just so grateful i was able to do it and ijust feel so happy and so relieved. it was emotional, as i expected, but i had a really good time. it was amazing. it's better than ever the other act that's ever come to pride. i'm happy with that. she's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal! she's the biggest name ever to come to pride. the set wasn't long enough, we need more. i decided not to cry, took too long,

but i'm emotional on the inside. many fans thought there would be an onstage announcement from ariana grande about her putting on her own manchester show in the future, but there wasn't, meaning her performance at pride could be her last in the city for quite a while. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. cheering a very happy set of people. having a wonderful night. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: he is known for mixing pop with classical music and conductorjules buckley will be here to tell us about his prestigious new role with the bbc symphony orchestra. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london,

i'm victoria hollins. 11 police officers have been injured during notting hill carnival. scotland yard says nearly 100 people have been arrested, the majority for drugs offences. meanwhile, people heading to the second day of carnival are being urged to take extra care as it's predicted to be one of the hottest on record. the mayor says it's important europe's biggest street party isn't spoiled by those causing trouble. there are people that spend literally weeks and months sewing the costumes, practising their steel drums, getting ready for the sound systems and the floats, and we've got to remember it's a celebration, it's a carnival. unfortunately, though, there are some people who come here to commit crimes. there are some people see an opportunity when there's a million or two million people to commit crimes. we've got to make sure we help the police keep the carnival as safe as we can. we'll have thousands of officers working really hard. two people have died in a light aircraft crash

near henley—on—thames. the small bi—plane came down in a field in the area of stonor yesterday afternoon. the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. police say no—one on the ground was injured. it's 80 years since the mass evacuation of londoners at the outbreak of world war ii. the british government gave an order for all city based children, and mothers with babies to evacuate to safer countryside towns. armed with their gas masks, ration books and small suitcases millions of children left london to escape the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, the piccadilly and metropolitan lines are part suspended between rayners lane and uxbridge due to planned engineering works. there is no service on the 0verground between euston and willesden junction due to emergency engineering work. trains to and from kings cross and moorgate are running a reduced servcie today. in southwark, there are roadworks on tooley street westbound at the junction with boss street. roads are closed in the area for the notting hill carnival, although the westway and west cross route remain open.

now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, yesterday we saw temperatures climb to 33.3 celsius at heathrow, making it the warmest bank holiday weekend day recorded so far. today, more of the same. temperatures similar too. it's going to be sunny and hot. now, there's barely any cloud if any cloud at all, so the temperatures soaring into the afternoon. again we're looking at around 32 in central london and to the west of london, around 33 again. so if you're going to notting hill carnival, be sure to wear some sunscreen and drink plenty of water. now, overnight tonight, it stays nice and warm, it's a clear and really pleasant evening as well and the minimum temperature not dropping down too far. we're looking at a minimum of around 16—18 celsius in central london. so for tomorrow morning, more of the same — blue sky and sunshine. there's a cold front trying to sneak in. it will do as we head

into wednesday, giving us a few showers, and then temperatures gradually cooling off. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin.

0ur headlines today... an emergency deal to help fight the devastating amazon fires could be agreed today by world leaders at the g7 summit. daring to dream — a spectacular comeback keeps england's ashes hopes alive. and the man who single—handedly reserected england. ben stokes' dramatic innings means there is still a chance of winning back the urn from the aussies. the prime minister tells the bbc to cough up and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. ariana grande plays manchester pride, telling fans — including survivors of the 2017 terror attacks — that she's "overwhelmed" to be back.

good morning from hampton pool in south—west london. if you had a quiet start to the bank holiday in mind, not these people, taking part ina mind, not these people, taking part in a triathlon. they are getting it done before the heat kicks in, because it is going to be another fine and, for some, hot day. i've got your forecast coming up. our top story... a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning forest. this morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating — notjust for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. for president macron of france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix — a common threat that

requires collective action by the world's major economies. so today, he and other leaders will discuss and potentially agree a new plan to help countries first with the fires, and then subsequent reforestation. translation: there are contacts that are being made with all the countries of the amazon by our teams so that we can finalise very concrete commitments of technical and financial means. the german chancellor angela merkel said the earth's lung was being affected, so there had to be a common solution. borisjohnson promised an immediate £10 million to help brazil with reforestation. but it's still not clear what else may be agreed. president bolsonaro of brazil has accused foreign governments of interfering in the sovereignty of his country, and the g7 is divided over whether to block an eu trade deal with some south american countries if they do not take more action to tackle fires lit deliberately by loggers and farmers. james landale, bbc news, in biarritz. 0ur diplomatic correspondent,

james landale, is at the summit in biarritz for us this morning. the forest fires in the amazon, of course, have put on extra urgency on what was already to be discussed. what might come out of this today? what might come out of this today? what we are expecting is what the french president described as financial and technical help, just for brazil and other countries are dealing with the fires in south america, primarily to tackle fires, but also to support the process of reforestation in all of the affected areas in the years to come. what i think is less clear is whether or not they are going to include those carrots with a bit of stick and say to these countries, particularly brazil, if you guys do not do more to stop the loggers and farmers deliberately starting the fires, then we, the west, the european union, the g7, whoever, are going to start perhaps imposing some financial trade penalties. president macron for example floated the idea of not ratifying a eu and south

american trade deal that has been in the making for years, if not decades. that didn't go down very well with the brazilian leader. so, i'm not sure there is unanimity on that at the g7. it certainly some kind of financial help. boris johnson can't go anywhere without questions about a number of things, brexit is one of those. also, on this occasion, his first face—to—face with donald trump? yeah, and it was a fascinating meeting. as you would expect, there isa meeting. as you would expect, there is a bit ofa meeting. as you would expect, there is a bit of a diplomat at romance going on between them, showering each other with compliments and all of that. certainly donald trump saying we want to have a uk— us trade deal after brexit as quickie as possible. what was really interesting was that the public part of their breakfast meeting, boris johnson shows twice to push back against mrtrump johnson shows twice to push back against mr trump saying we don't agree with the trade war with china, and when it comes to trade, you have to open your markets to british

goods as well. it was interesting that he was calibrating his relationship, so if he was accused of being too close to the trump administration he can give these examples, on some areas i administration he can give these examples, on some areas i am more administration he can give these examples, on some areas i am more in the european camp, for example on china, we don't support the trade war. it was an interesting bit of diplomacy today. with regard to those wildfires, a series of wildfires in bolivia have destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president, evo morales, has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires, but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. england made an incredible comeback to win the third ashes test against australia yesterday, largely thanks to an unbeaten century from ben stokes. the win keeps england's hopes of winning the series alive. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss has more. commentator: cut away! what an innings, what a player!

it was the stuff of sporting miracles. ben stokes, the hero of headingley after one of the most remarkable victories cricket has surely ever seen. england had begun needing an unlikely 203 more runs. with stokes leading the charge, though, the fans were starting to believe. but then, the wickets tumbled. when stuart broad was the ninth man out, england still needed 73. all over, surely? but after being joined by last manjack leach, stokes unleashed something quite extraordinary, tearing into the australian bowling and as he reached his century, the crowd sensed something special. hundred for ben stokes! what a summer he's having! six followed six as the target ticked down. stokes utterly inspired. it was spine—tingling, spectacular drama, as this took england within two. it's six! australia had their chances. they dropped a catch,

then they fumbled a run out. could you believe it? and moments later, stokes sent headingley into dreamland. single—handedly, single—battedly, he dragged england to an astonishing win. even by his standards, an extraordinary feat. moments like that don't come along very often and, you know, it's just an amazing game to be a part of, to — to be there at the end and still keep our ashes hopes alive. it was a pretty special feeling coming off at the end, yeah. and for those who'd just watched him, well, what a day to be an england fan! that's one of those performances that goes down in history, i think. that's a we were there moment. we were like, "oh, my god. it's not gonna happen. it can't happen. " and then it happened, and we were like... we were all — i think everyone was just in shock. sir ben stokes now! brilliant innings. we said he had to start playing some shots, hitting it. well, he done that and some, did he?

well, the fans here can barely believe what they've seen. come on, england! ben stokes he has given them one of english cricket's most incredible comebacks. it was phenomenal, really, to be able to pull off that, and of course we rode our luck at times, but we had some things go against us as well throughout the test match and sometimes, you have to ride it, and phwoar, it was just incredible to watch. his other team—mates have also been paying tribute. "not sure he can believe what he has done," said stuart broad, while his employers posted this photo, calling stokes "a superhero in white." and after this, it's pretty hard to disagree. one of english's cricket's most dazzling talents and one of its most unforgettable days. andy swiss, bbc news, headingley. former england cricketer monty panesar will share his verdict with us in a few moments. and we are going to speak to jonathan agnew, who i imagine has gone to bed buzzing like many other people, after commenting on it

yesterday. lets talk about the weather now. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england — with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london. forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was slightly cooler — reaching highs of 27 degrees. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested the corporation had gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton who's in our london newsroom for us. he has said this before. how significant is it and is it likely to change things? well, you know, this does pile more political pressure on the bbc to reverse this decision. this all dates back to 2015, when a new licence fee

settle m e nt 2015, when a new licence fee settlement saw responsibility for funding these free tv licences for over 75 is passed from the government to the bbc. well, just a couple of months ago, at the start ofjune, the bbc announced it would stop funding those free licenses for anybody who didn't receive the benefit pension credit. that would mean about 3.7 million extra over 75s would have to start paying for their own licences. well, there has been a political row brewing ever since that announcement. this intervention by boris johnson, calling on the bbc, in his words, to cough up, is quite frankly a blunt one. he says the deal that was reached back in 2015 was conditional on of the bbc continuing to fund these free licences. downing street said last night that the bbc should honour the agreement. at the corporation said that it was the government that decided to stop funding free tv licences, and when the deal was struck there was no guarantee that the bbc would carry

on paying for them. they say if they did, it would use a fifth of the corporation's annual budget and would lead to them having to cancel entire channels, including bbc two and radio5 entire channels, including bbc two and radio 5 live. labour's deputy leader tom watson has pitched in, and says the blame for scrapping the free tv licences lies with the government, and says ministers should, in his words, stop passing the buck and agree to fund them themselves again. police are investigating what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on a beach in essex yesterday. people in frinton—on—sea were advised not to go in the water. one woman said her daughter was left "gasping" for breath. a coastguard spokesman said there'd been no reports of spillages from passing ships. the family of a scottish woman found dead off the coast of crete ten years ago are launching a public appeal for new information about her death. jean hanlon's sons believe she was murdered, but the greek authorities originally ruled her death as accidental. 0ur reporter katie hunterjoins us

now from the island. this is clearly a very important moment forjean hanlon's family today. tell us a little bit about the evidence they are pointing to. well, the greek authorities announced that they were reopening the case last month. that was because a new witness came forward following a tv documentary that was aired in the uk. jean's body was pulled from the harbour here in march 2009. an initial postmortem into her death concluded that she had drowned, that it had been an accident. herfamily later had drowned, that it had been an accident. her family later found out that she had suffered injuries consistent with a struggle. it is thought that she spent her last night here, at a cafe with a greek man. at the authorities have never got to the bottom of what happened to her that. they are back after here today, they are going to hold a

news conference. they hope by raising the profile of her case, by asking for new witnesses, they will finally get the truth about what happened here more than a decade ago. thank you, more on that later today. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was ‘overwhelmed' to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs, and prompted huge sing—alongs from the crowds. a great night for many, many people. quite emotional as well for some of those that attended. more now on that momentous day for england's cricketers — they kept their ashes hopes alive with a massive comeback against australia. we're joined by former england cricketer monty panesar.

it is one of those times when you have one player in a team sport that rises above the others. good morning to you. do you want to do your tribute to ben stokes? so many people have been saying this was an unbelievable performance. how do you rate it? oh, it wasjust something you can't even imagine, you know? 0ne wicket to victory, 78 runs, in normal circumstances you would expect australia to win, or any other team, in expect australia to win, or any otherteam, in any expect australia to win, or any other team, in any situation like this. this was just such a key moment. itjust this. this was just such a key moment. it just happened this. this was just such a key moment. itjust happened out of nowhere. ben stokes kind of hit sixes, fours, went into twenty20 mode. you kind of thing is it one six, two, a third one and then he will be out under game over. but he took england over the line. i don't think this will happen ever again in

england, or we may not see this kind of context, you know, this game situation in any other game of cricket anywhere in the world. this is... it's great that it is in england and it is great that we have ben stokes. it's brilliant for cricket and for the ecb. it seems, and i'm not a cricket expert at all, but he was just seeing that ball in an inspirational and braved off he was so an inspirational and braved off he was so brave, wasn't he? i think even he didn't expect to ta ke i think even he didn't expect to take england over the line, he thought, let me chance my arm, i will try to hit a few boundaries and see where we are at. next thing you know he is celebrating and england, eve ryo ne know he is celebrating and england, everyone in england isjust enjoying it, loving the victory. you know, it's just... i it, loving the victory. you know, it'sjust... i think it, loving the victory. you know, it's just... i think what he did it, loving the victory. you know, it'sjust... i think what he did in the world cup kind of won us the world cup, and now he has done another fine world cup, and now he has done anotherfine moment world cup, and now he has done another fine moment in the ashes. you kind of think, like, where does

it stop? is this the cricketer we are seeing in ben stokes now? he's going to produce these magical moments for england and keeps playing like this? it's incredible. a fantastic thing for a sport. some people watching this will be old enough to remember ian botham, now sir ian botham. i'm not going to say at similar, because you can't compare, but there was a moment where there was this amazing swashbuckling performance from him. not only did it galvanise that moment in time, it also brought cricket out. you know, it made more people interested in the sport through one person's endeavours. does this have a feel of it, like that? i think it has a huge resemblance. headingley, ian botham did it in 81, now ben stokes did it in 2019. you just get that feeling that ben stokes is bringing cricket to places where people would not

follow, and a lot of people, i reckon, in their gardens, in club cricket, everybody will be, like, emulating the england cricket players. i am sure there will be people like jack leach, you know, wearing glasses, in the garden. this is what you want, at grassroots levels, these youngsters emulating the england players and that is what is great to see. we will continue talking a lot about ben stokes, but talking a lot about ben stokes, but talking about jack leach, he had to really hold his nerve, didn't he? what was going through his mind?- was probably... i think he was probably more nervous than ben stokes. he nearly lost the game, he got run out about halfway. jack leach, number 11 batsmen, got run out about halfway. jack leach, number11 batsmen, left—arm spinners, i had a similar moment in new zealand with matt prior, the whole of the england team just putting their hands down and

laughing, we are going to lose the game on a really bizarre moment. tha nkfully game on a really bizarre moment. thankfully nathan lyon completely missed that and ben stokes got us over the line. i thinkjack leach will be getting a free pair of glasses from specsavers for the rest of his life, he got something out of it, being with ben stokes and hanging out. and lehmans terms, try to give us a sense, lou alluded to it, ben stokes appeared to be able to do whatever he wanted on the crease, at that moment in time is. in leach terms, there is a moment when your senses are so in leach terms, there is a moment when your senses are so tuned in you can do anything. he was very modest about it afterwards, but everything aligns? it was his sheer will, it was his intention to think, i'm going to hit boundaries, i'm going

to win this game for england. you know, in sport you have that moment in time where everything is in line, in favourfor you. this in time where everything is in line, in favour for you. this was that moment. you know, the hour with jack leach, everything was in line for ben stokes. i think the cricketing gods were thinking, well, we are going to be with you for this hour and we are going to help you win the game for england. for him, that bristol incident that he had, this will be a thing where he will think, finally, i can tell the nation that this is the cricketer that i am. he has got everybody talking about ben stokes this morning. what is your prediction for the ashes? briefly!” think for the ashes, australia are going to be thinking, you know, how are we going to cope if england keep playing like this? if england play this level of cricket, and other players in the team are going to be inspired by it, they are going to

get confidence. i've got a new sports channel, called monte channel, i do batting analysis, it has had over 90,000 views. i am sure he looked at it and thought, monty has given me a good batting tip, this is how i'm going to do it! however it happened, it was utterly brilliant. we will speak to jonathan agnew as well shortly. imagine commentating on that, what a joy. it is what every commentator wanted. you saw those beautiful blue skies yesterday. temperatures reached 33.3 degrees celcius in england yesterday — making it the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record. nick has the forecast in a moment, first here's a look at how some people made the most of the heat. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! lift—off!

we knew that it was a hot weekend and we knew brighton was going to be pretty busy, but yeah, we came for the sun. came down to the beach just to cool off. the water was nice and cold, so good just to restore core temperature i think. so is the warm weather likely to last through today? what is it like for the triathletes

that already set off on their bikes? nick miller is at the pool for us this morning. hampton pool in south—west london, you are right, we have been watching a triathlon. we just saw the last swimmers come out of the pool. i understand they save the quick ones to the end, they have been up and down really quickly, they got their bikes and they started a 21 kilometre bike ride. you will see some people going behind me, embarking on a five kilometre run, and that will be the end of the triathlon. 0ften, and that will be the end of the triathlon. often, if you're going to do something like this, you'd think it would take all of the day. they started at about 6.25, some of them are finishing at 8.30 in the morning, and they have the rest of the day free. getting their fitness in early on a day which will be a hot one. i can already feel the heat from the sunshine after what was a fairly chilly start this morning. temperatures are going to be on the up. we talked about at 33 celsius temperature, the record for a bank holiday weekend. the record for the

bank holiday itself the day is 28.2. that is going to be smashed today as we get back into the 30s. a bit of an artificial record in the sense that it an artificial record in the sense thatitis an artificial record in the sense that it is a bank holiday, so it is not all records, itjust goes back to where the bank holiday started. it has been hotter in late august, just not on the bank holiday itself. either way, the record is going to be broken on what is going to be another hot and sunny day across a large part of the uk, as temperatures rise. we got high pressure to the east of the british isles at the moment, and it is around that we have been having this flow of hot air coming in. low pressure is sitting to the north—west of us and it is that that is going to win out this week as it brings cooler, fresher air back in from the atlantic and a chance of seeing some wet weather at times. so, things are going to change. the heat is still around to start the day and the week, but then it will cool off. not sunny everywhere this morning. there are fog patches in wales and

east england. most places are dry. south—west england, showered into cornwall, rain in scotland for the western isles. it's going to be a little bit cooler for scotland and northern ireland compared with yesterday. still many into the low 20s. yesterday. still many into the low 205. it yesterday. still many into the low 20s. it is central and eastern parts of england into the south—east, round the 30 celsius mark, as high as 33 or thereabouts in south—east england once again. into this evening and tonight, we are going to keep a few showers running into south—west england, maybe one or two might go to wales tonight, maybe with a runner of thunder. —— rumble. a warm night to come, where it has been hot through the day. a little bit cooler overnight in scotland. as we go through tuesday, more of us have a chance of seeing a shower or thunderstorm in south—west englund, wales, the midlands, towards southern and eastern scotland. still reigning in north—west scotland. the heat is really confined to eastern parts of england at this stage, east anglia and the south—east, still around 30 degrees and the last day

of that. for wednesday, you will notice there is more cloud around. a greater chance of seeing some wet weather. that weather front is sitting across north—west scotland and finally move south—east. as it does so, it has cooler atlantic air behind it. temperatures down towards the mid 20s in south—east england, still warm but not as hot as it has been and it will cool down further through the week. if you are not a fan of the heat, not long to wait, the nights will get cooler as well. here, and across many areas today, the sun is out and temperatures are certainly on the way up. back to you. let's return to one of our top stories now. the amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. today, there are hopes that world leaders will reach a deal on the best way to tackle the huge wildfires. so how urgent is it that an agreement is reached? the bbc‘s will grant has been flying over the area to assess the damage. this is environmental destruction at its most brutal.

swathes of forest reduced to a graveyard of blackened, charred remains. the flames raged unabated, fanned by the dry weather and wind, no—one putting them out. the smoke, at times, reduces visibility to almost nothing. an acrid stench of burning, hanging over the devastated landscape. greenpeace flew over the state of rondonia to map the extent of the damage. and they blame one man for letting the situation get out of hand, brazil's president jair bolsonaro. the bolsonaro government is totally responsible for what is happening now. because the numbers of deforestation are increasing since the beginning of the year. so in eight months he's dismantled all the environmental policies that brazil took more than ten years to build. ignoring the politics for a moment, on an ecological level,

on a human level, this isjust a very disturbing sight. hectare after hectare of pristine amazon, the world's lungs, going up in smoke. and worse still, it's taking place in a supposedly protected national park. but in brazil, you can't ignore the politics. all weekend, angry protests have been held in major brazilian cities and outside its embassies abroad. people furious at bolsonaro's terrible environmental record. but president bolsonaro remains unrepentant, accusing europe of a colonialist attitude and insisting brazil has the right to open up the amazon to development. many believe the fires are especially bad this year thanks to his message — that subsistence farmers, cattlemen and major industry feel emboldened to set the forest alight. but there is some sympathy for greater development in the state of rondonia, where bolsonaro won over 70% of the vote. i'm not against bringing

international companies here, as long as they bring jobs, says the owner of a lumberyard in amazonas state. it's no use just pointing your finger to say something is wrong and not providing an alternative to people. it has always been a challenge for brazilian governments to strike a balance between using the amazon to provide a living for the millions who live there and protecting it for the common good. but president bolsonaro has opted to exploit it for mining and farming. with the dry season much worse in september and october, the fires are likely to burn for many weeks yet. will grant, bbc news, rondonia state. dramatic pictures. we are expecting an announcement from the g7 meetings that are happening today. we will wait to see what they decide. in the next ten minutes or so we are going to be speaking to cricket commentatorjonathan

to be speaking to cricket commentator jonathan agnew about that extraordinary day yesterday, and what it was like watching it, what kind of impact it will have, i suppose come on the future of cricket. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. of the hottest on record. the mayor says it's important europe's biggest street party isn't spoiled by those causing trouble. there are people that spend literally weeks and months sewing the costumes, practising their steel drums, getting ready for the sound systems and the floats, and we've got to remember it's a celebration, it's a carnival. unfortunately, though, there are some people who come here to commit crimes. there are some people see an opportunity, when there's a million or two million people,

to commit crimes. we've got to make sure we help the police keep the carnival as safe as we can. we'll have thousands of officers working really hard. two people have died in a light—aircraft crash near henley—on—thames. the small bi—plane came down in a field in the area of stonor yesterday afternoon. the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. police say no—one on the ground was injured. it's 80 years since the mass evacuation of londoners at the outbreak of world war ii. the british government gave an order for all city—based children and mothers with babies to evacuate to safer countryside towns. armed with their gas masks, ration books and small suitcases millions of children left london to escape the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube the piccadilly and metropolitan lines are part suspended between rayners lane and uxbridge due to planned engineering works. the district line, circle, and hammersmith and city are part suspended between high street kensington and edgware road due to a signal failure.

and on london 0verground there is no service between euston and willesden junction due to emergency engineering work. southwark — there are roadworks on tooley street westbound at the junction with boss street. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, yesterday we saw temperatures climb to 33.3 celsius at heathrow, making it the warmest bank holiday weekend day recorded so far. today, more of the same. temperatures similar too. it's going to be sunny and hot. now, there's barely any cloud if any cloud at all, so the temperatures soaring into the afternoon. again we're looking at around 32 in central london and to the west of london, around 33 again. so if you're going to notting hill carnival, be sure to wear some sunscreen and drink plenty of water. now, overnight tonight, it stays nice and warm, it's a clear and really pleasant evening as well and the minimum temperature not

dropping down too far. we're looking at a minimum of around 16—18 celsius in central london. so for tomorrow morning, more of the same — blue sky and sunshine. there's a cold front trying to sneak in. it will do as we head into wednesday, giving us a few showers, and then temperatures gradually cooling off. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. the charlie stayt and louise minchin. time is 8:31am. l right the time is 8:31am. let's bring you right up to day with the main stories. a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of world leaders today. brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the flames, after global concern that not enough was being done to put out the fires. this morning, borisjohnson has

pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. meanwhile, a series of wildfires in bolivia have already destroyed more than a million hectares of forest. the country's president, evo morales, has said he's willing to accept international help to control the fires but is facing increasing criticism from environmental groups for his slow response. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s, according to the prime minister. borisjohnson suggested the corporation had gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton who's in our london newsroom for us. good morning. this is a story that is bouncing around for some time. why by the prime minister's comments now and where does it get us? this all dates back to 2015 when during a license for negotiation the bbc

agreed to take on responsibility for the free tv licences for over 75 is from the government. at the start of june, the corporation announced it would only fund those tv licences, those free tv licences for pensioners who were receiving a pensioners who were receiving a pension credit, meaning that about 3.7 million extra over 75s would have to pay for their own license. since then there has been a political row brewing. this intervention bite boris johnson saying that the bbc should cough up is quite frankly a blunt one. he says the deal reached with the bbc backin says the deal reached with the bbc back in 2015 was conditional on the corporation continuing to fund those free tv licences. downing street last night said the bbc should honour that agreement. the corporation says it was actually the government that decided to stop funding these free tv licences and when the deal was reached in 2015 there was no guarantee the bbc would

carry on paying for them. it says if it did it would use up a fifth of its annual budget and mean it would have to cancel some entire channels, including bbc two and bbc radio 5 live. thank you. it's officially been the hottest august bank holiday weekend on record in england, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees in london. forecasters say temperatures could reach similar levels in the south—east of england today. in scotland, it was slightly cooler, reaching highs of 27—degrees. police are investigating what caused a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on a beach in essex yesterday. people in frinton—on—sea were advised not to go in the water. one woman said her daughter was left gasping for breath. a coastguard spokesman said there'd been no reports of spillages from passing ships. the family of a scottish woman found dead off the coast of crete ten years ago are launching a public appeal for new information about her death. jean hanlon's sons believe she was murdered, but the greek authorities originally

ruled her death as accidental. it comes after a tv documentary revealed fresh details about jean's final days. the case has been reopened before, and it's also been closed, so we're not fools to think that within a heartbeat they can easily close the case again. however, last week i wrote a letter, along with the foreign common 0ffice, saying, you know, there is an extensive amount of unanswered questions that you have not investigated. so if this new lead falls through, then please look at all them other unanswered questions and do not close the case until you have exhausted every eventuality. the pop star ariana grande has performed in manchester for the first time since a memorial concert to remember the victims of the arena attack in 2017. the american singer was headlining the city's pride festival and said she was overwhelmed to be back. the 35—minute set featured nine songs and prompted huge singalongs from the crowds. it's official. the uk's favourite

motown track is... # very superstitious... i was just waiting for that to kick ..superstition by stevie wonder. the 1972 single tops a list of 100 songs compiled by the official charts company to celebrate 60 years of the motown records label. i had to wait for that, didn't i? yes! the rating is based on the number of downloads and streams. we thought we would give you that as a present for the rest of your day. we could just play that more. it is one of those kind of songs. we could just play that more. it is one of those kind of songsm we could just play that more. it is one of those kind of songs. it is. coming up here on breakfast this morning... we'll take a look at why garden centres are being urged to stop selling peat to help protect the environment. we've got the highlights from a big night in manchester, as pop singer ariana grande returns to the city for the first time since the concert to remember

victims of the arena bomb more than two years ago. and after nine — he's known for mixing pop with classical music, the conductorjules buckley is here tell us all about his prestigious new role with the bbc symphony orchestra. seeing all that music is very inspiring, gets you going! right here, right now stop i was already going. sport can do that, as well. i haven't stopped going since yesterday! that momentum is still with me was not what a magnificent day for ben stokes and for england, as well. that, in a way, that shot that has been behind us so much this morning, that says it all. that moment of release where he goes, yes! it encapsulates it because it

was so yes! it encapsulates it because it was so tense in the lead up. i don't think anyone could dare to believe they were going to do it because there have been so many occasions where england have been down tojust a few runs and there are only two of them left and one wicket and that would have been it, they'd be gone. ben stokes was in the zone, magnificent performance from him. people are calling it the greatest innings in england's history. nobody thought they could do it because of that huge run chase. so let's hear from the man of the moment. ben stokes says the important thing is that the series is still alive. i think, in terms of where we are at, in terms of this ashes series, i'm obviously over the moon that, you know, we've managed to stay in the series. you know, we knew if we'd lost this game, the ashes were gone. so to be sat here, especially after getting all out for 67, to still be in with a chance of getting the urn back is an amazing feeling, and walking off there at the end was, you know, just a time to take everything in and realise what we'd just done as a team,

not just as an individual. very humble, ben stokes, there. so a momentous day for england's cricketers, keeping their ashes hopes alive with a massive comeback against australia. let's speak now to the bbc‘s cricket commentator jonathan agnew. you've been covering cricket since the late ‘80s. was that the best innings you've seen an englishman play? yes, absolutely. you throw everything in. the fact he is there with the number 11 batsmen. why is he 11? because he is supposedly the worst batsmen in the team. not expected to last long. still with 70 odd needed. you have that they're at the other end. can he survive we sell also how will he imply those —— how will he play those incredible shots with all the fielders on the boundary? they were waiting and if he got it slightly wrong, they'd catch him out, and you have the courage, strength, conviction to do that and keep hitting boundaries under those circumstances was

unbelievable. was it the greatest innings of all time quiz lol how could we say that? it certainly feels like it. there was so much pressure on him. how tense was it in headingley? what was the atmosphere like when it was getting within reaching distance? where you feeling nervous? it's amazing to be able to commentate on that. that's the second time this year. third in a way. we had two in the world cup final. you just go with it, don't you? you final. you just go with it, don't you ? you try final. you just go with it, don't you? you try to be impartial but at the same time you know that most of the same time you know that most of the audience is listening here, although we were going live to australia. you just enjoy it, don't you? you australia. you just enjoy it, don't you ? you are australia. you just enjoy it, don't you? you are a spectator and you are caught up in itjust as all those people at headingley were. the noise of the spectators certainly matched lourdes in the world cup final but sto kes' lourdes in the world cup final but stokes' brilliance will make that unbeatable. but one man has kept the

ashes alive and you mustn't gloss over the other things that have been going wrong for england. it will be interesting to see what team england pick for the next test because there are issues there that have to be addressed but for now let's just go with it. also, what about the impact on people listening, watching, the impact on cricket for optimism? it feels like england's summer. optimism? it feels like england's summer. if you think of the freakish inns that have happened for them to win the world cup and those bits of magic and look and again yesterday, the drop catch, run out that really should have happened, an appalling umpire decision. any of those had happened and they would have lost. somehow everything is going with england and people get caught up in it. people who might not have much

interest in cricket. they know something big is going on and people talk about it at work. did you see that yesterday? 0k! that's what we want. this is always going to be, or had to be, as some are for english cricket to put itself up there on a pedestal and show itself up for what it is a. it's the greatest sport in the world, cricket, and... laughter it's great that people are... the people who are getting into it, fantastic, thank you, welcome along! laughter it is interesting you say that thing about, i was there. a few people we re about, i was there. a few people were coming out at our cameras caught them saying, i'll always be able to say i was there on the day. do you and your fellow commentators and the professionals, if you like, who see a lot of cricket, did you have a moment where you sat back at the end of the commentary and went, wow? that really was something. absolutely. you have to get it right yourself, as well, so there is a bit

of pressure to make sure you don't muck it up because this is going to stand for years, that bit of commentary is what happened on that incredible day, so there is a bit of pressure there to make sure you get it right. but then you do just sit back. for me, as soon as i finished commentating, i was downstairs to interview ben and jack leach and joe root and was going with it. it was the journey root and was going with it. it was thejourney home, really. i had a phone call from ben stokes' mother from new zealand who had been up all night listening. you just let it go over you , night listening. you just let it go over you, really. i can't let that one past, what did ben stokes' mum say? she was taking! she's an amazing lady. that whole family is incredible. she was, i don't know if she still is, the only bereavement counsellor on the south island of new zealand. you think of what happened in christchurch, and ben's

mum was right in that so they are an extraordinary family, great fun. jed is very much like ben, his father, bit and tattooed. they love cricket and they are such a warm, lovely people. for her to get in touch was fantastic and i was able to say how proud everyone is of ben, who has had a pretty up and down couple of yea rs. to had a pretty up and down couple of years. to hark back to the incident outside a nightclub in bristol, but i think people have long got over that now and he is so knuckled down to redeeming himself, i think, that now and he is so knuckled down to redeeming himself, ithink, and earning the respect of people again. he's done that, there is no doubt about that. not just he's done that, there is no doubt about that. notjust by he's done that, there is no doubt about that. not just by that he's done that, there is no doubt about that. notjust by that innings yesterday but the way he has thrown himself back into english cricket again, he's been a fantastic example. thank you so much. great to speak to you. there are others but available, but you have put your market down by saying it is the greatest in the world. thank you so much. it is lovely that all of that

enthusiasm, someone like him who has seen so enthusiasm, someone like him who has seen so much cricket, it really brings it home how there's been lots of reaction on twitter. comedian stephen fry said test cricket is the gift that does not know how to stop giving. he is with us, a big cricket fan. there are a couple of other things going on in sport! let's move on to football.

manchester city are second in the premier league after a 3—1win at bournemouth. sergio aguero scored the first goal 15 minutes in, david silva with the intial cross. he was making his 400th appearance for city and was involved in all three city goals. raheem sterling scored the second. a couple of minutes later, callum wilson pulled one back for bournemouth, but it wouldn't be enough, as aguero scored again in the second half. steve bruce claimed his first win as newcastle manager, leading his side to a surprise 1—0 win at tottenham. club record signing joe linton with the only goal of the game. throughout the ride, we'll look at a little bit of times but overall, i thought to a man, they were excellent today and they put — you know, they keep surprising them. and of course the staff who worked with me all week to try and quiet the storm, if that is the right word, but hopefully that'll shut a few people up for a little bit, anyway. elsewhere, rauljimenez scored a stoppage—time penalty to salvage a point for wolves as they drew 1—1 with burnley. in the scottish premiership,

celtic beat hearts 3—1 to maintain their 100% record and stay ahead of rangers, who also made it three wins out of three. it was borna barisic who scored the only goal at st mirren for steven gerrard's side. the croatian fired this incredible free kick on his return to the side. st mirren have now lost their last four meetings with rangers. rory mcilroy won the tour championship last night in atlanta, the final event in the fedex cup, earning him more than £12 million in prize money. he finished with a birdie on the last hole to win by four shots. it's the second time that the northern irish man has taken the tournament. england's women missed out on a bronze medal at the euro hockey championships in antwerp losing to spain. it was 1—1 at full—time and went to a shoot—out. england captain hollie pearne—webb unable to score the decisive penalty, leaving england empty—handed in the tournament. there was drama at the start and finish of the british motogp at silverstone, as spain's alex rins claimed

his second win of the season. andrea dovizioso won last time out in austria, but the italian's hopes of victory ended painfully at the first corner. look at that! his ducati team say he didn't break any bones but was taken to hospital for further checks. it looked like world champion marc marquez would win, but he was pipped on the line by fellow spaniard rins. britain's cal crutchlow was sixth. and that is your sport. i know i have seen those pictures a couple of times, but is staggering, those kind of incidents, that they can be ok. i know they were injured... so dangerous, isn't it? i think they learn to fall, they know how to do it without getting too badly injured! the time is 8:48am, very warm,

certainly was yesterday, record temperatures for this time of year. so what a good idea to go to a pool! nick miller is at hampton pool in london for us this morning. transition time, we have been watching people taking part in a triathlon, pretty much done, get that out of their way on your bank holiday monday morning, then time to enjoy the fine day that is to come for most. the transition is really getting things ready for everyone else to come in, and they will come m, else to come in, and they will come in, sunbathe, enjoyed a pool, the doors open at about nine o'clock, andi doors open at about nine o'clock, and i will be a lot of people here today, a lot of people will be wanting to enjoy the sunshine on this bank holiday. amazingly enough, thatis this bank holiday. amazingly enough, that is how things are going to play out across a large part of the uk, i know it is not a bank holiday in scotland, record temperatures, 33.3 celsius yesterday. for the bank holiday itself, the record stands at 28.2, which will be easily

surpassed, temperatures in the low 30s in the hottest parts of england in particular. most places yet again will have another fine day, but changes in the week ahead. this is the forecast we can expect for the next few days, today a little bit cooler, in scotland and northern ireland, compared with yesterday, but still a lot of heat and sunshine to be had through particularly central and eastern parts of england. if it is too hot for you, it is going to come down during the week. the heat has been coming in from this area of high pressure sitting across the continent, a flow ofairfrom sitting across the continent, a flow of airfrom the sitting across the continent, a flow of air from the south or south—east, but notice the low pressure to the north—west, that will push a weather front through in the next few days, bringing fresher air back. some fog to start the day across parts of wires, western england, low cloud and gradually clearing here, so showers in south—west england, cornwall, rain and the western isles of scotland, but for most it is going to be dry without again, and i

was temperatures down a little, low 20s in wales and western parts of england, but around the midlands, the south—east, up to 30, 30 three degrees in the south—east. still i few showers tonight, south—west england, maybe wales, could come with a rumble of thunder, still raining in the western isles, that could be quite heavy, as were dry, misty in places, a warm night where you have the hottest temperatures during the day, but cooler in scotland, where temperatures dipped down into single figures. now, tomorrow, a chance of catching a shower, south—west england, wales, southern and eastern scotland, hit and miss but they could be thundery. the sunshine and heat really now towards east anglia and the south—east for one more day, as temperatures here top out at 13 degrees. 0n temperatures here top out at 13 degrees. on wednesday, more cloud around, that weather front sitting to the north—west now finally moving south—east, behind at the atlantic air is coming in, with it you could

see some rain or showers around, temperatures now high teens, low 20s, closer to average, temperatures now high teens, low 20s, closerto average, mid temperatures now high teens, low 20s, closer to average, mid 20s now towards the south—east of england. you see the trend through the week, not becoming cold, but temperatures coming down. if you want some rain in the garden, a greater chance of getting that. i feel like in the garden, a greater chance of getting that. ifeel like i have done my exercise for the dayjust watching a triathlon, not sure it works like that! and don't ask me to step back any further, i don't want a mike bushell moment! you literally read our minds, we we re you literally read our minds, we were sitting here going, do you remember that moment? go on, step back! you are not that close, are you?! no, iam! you are not that close, are you?! no, i am! yes! you are not that close, are you?! no, iam! yes! listen, thank you very much indeed for bringing back that wonderful memory of mike bushell. a woman who says her bank inadvertently gave away her new address to her violent ex—husband has called for banks and building societies to better protect victims of economic abuse. controlling a partner through financial means became an offence last month, as our business correspondent

katy austin reports. the economic abuse. i didn't even realise the scale of it until i'd left. claire — which isn't her real name — says her violent ex—partner also controlled her financially. when she eventually fled, claire says she was left with nothing. he'd also taken every personal item of mine that was identity — so my passport, my bank statements — so i had nothing to prove who i was, so i couldn't really do anything. without id she couldn't even access their joint account before her partner had withdrawn all the money. that wasn't the only problem. a bank letter sent to claire and her former partner revealed her new address. i was absolutely petrified. i didn't know what to do. ijust phoned everybody and said, "can i come and stay? i can't stay here." claire's received support

from a charity that raises awareness of economic abuse, which can include limiting access to money and other things like housing and clothing. things you need to survive... this training session is for staff at lloyds bank's new domestic abuse unit — one of the ways the charity is trying to help banks better support victims. there would have been some amazing practice across the board. what can be upsetting sometimes for victims is that they might bank with different institutions, whose responses might be very different. economic abuse is set to be defined in law as a form of domestic abuse for the first time, and campaigners say that's really helped to focus attention on the issue. as, they say, a finance industry code of practice around dealing with financial abuse, which was already a crime. they say banks who signed up to that are increasingly bringing in measures which will help victims. examples that high street banks told the bbc they've brought in include...

lloyds says the industry is gradually recognising it as an important business issue. the more that we start to raise awareness about it, i think the more the individual customers will start to come to their bank and expect their banks to be taking action in this space, and so i think those things — raising awareness, removing the stigma, increasing the training — all of those things will really help to move this issue up people's agenda. who is at risk, then? anyone's at risk? campaigners say the action taken so far is just the start of a journey towards making sure all financial institutions can help and protect people like claire. it's the little things that make the difference, you know? and safety is paramount. katy austin, bbc news. we'll be back in a moment, but first here's a last, brief look at the headlines

where you are this morning. expect to see some outbreaks of rain, thunderstorms on tuesday. cooler conditions too. some showers are possible today, particularly for parts of devon and cornwall. some rain edging into the west are as per the time we get a lunch time,

otherwise it's dry and largely fine, the club, mist and fog towards western coasts lifting and clearing, western coasts lifting and clearing, we should see some sunshine everywhere. the heat hangs on to the south—east of england, 32 at 33 degrees. cooler day for scotland and northern ireland and wales. monday night, we got a weather front edging into northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain, some of which could be heavy. showers moving into wales, heavy and thundery possibly for most of us it's try and clear, uncomfortable night for sleeping towards the east. given the heat that we've seen during the day. for tuesday, the sunshine hangs on towards the south—east of england, elsewhere it's cooler and cloudier. the showers, some of them heavy, thundery, possibly even a flasher of lightning putting into the north—easterly direction. in the south—east we could see temperatures nudging 30 or 31 degrees. it will turn cooler here by the time we get

to wednesday. we could see thunderstorms are possible on tuesday night, could be a stormy night, flashes of lightning. heavy downpours may be, the storm is continuing to move north—east roots. we've got the main cold front pushing its way eastwards as we move through the day on wednesday, i think most of us likely to see showery outbreaks of rain and a drop in temperature, quite dramatic for the south—east of england, by a good few degrees. writer conditions by thursday.

this is bbc news, i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at nine... the international response to the devastating amazon fires — the g7 looks to make an emergency deal to tackle the crisis. as the fires continue to spread — brazil steps up its emergency response and deploys its military — after concern that not enough was being done. the prime minister tells the bbc to ‘cough up' and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. # one last time... ariana grande plays manchester pride, telling fans — including survivors of the 2017 terror attacks — that she's "overwhelmed" to be back.