good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: jeremy corbyn will meet other opposition party leaders this morning to thrash out ideas on how to stop a no—deal brexit. documents seen by the bbc show that the government knew three years ago that the h52 rail project was over budget and probably behind schedule. the skills olympics. 37 of the uk's most talented young people have been going for gold in russia at the worldskills competition in things such asjoinery, autobody repair, robotics, beauty therapy, the list goes on. i'll be speaking to some of them. it is a deadline day like no other for bolton wanderers. they could go out of business if they don't find a new owner by 5pm, while league

one neighbours bury face the same deadline to complete the sale of the club. strictly stars take to the stage ahead of the show‘s 17th series. we hear from a familiar face as he prepares to take a leap into the unknown. good morning from primrose hill. after a weekend some record—breaking late bank holiday august temperatures, today once again in the south—east it's going to be hot, dry and sunny, but there are some thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll tell you where in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 27th of august. our top story: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will today meet other opposition party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no—deal brexit. mr corbyn has said he's open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. let's cross to westminster and join our political

correspondent iain watson. good morning to you, iain. how likely are they all to get to an agreement? i think it's going to be difficult. they all agree they don't want no—deal, but they can't agree the tactics for at this stage opposing no—deal. for example, the preferred option from jeremy corbyn would still be a caretaker prime minister who would call an election and campaignfor who would call an election and campaign for another referendum. but the new leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, wants some clarity about what would happen during that referendum. for example, would labour put forward its own option to leave? she'll be asking jeremy corbyn that at the meeting. but apart from that even before we get therejo but apart from that even before we get there jo swinson‘s but apart from that even before we get therejo swinson‘s argument is in order to have a caretaker prime minister, you need to wind a vote of no confidence against the existing prime minister and many conservative rebels will be reluctant to do so if

that meant putting jeremy corbyn in downing street. she'll also be asking him if he is willing to stand aside for someone else to lead an emergency government, for example parliamentary veterans harriet harman and ken clarke. barry gardiner has described jo swinson as petulant, so perhaps that doesn't look good for the talks reaching an agreement. what looks more likely is rather than rush to a vote of no—confidence in boris johnson, rather than rush to a vote of no—confidence in borisjohnson, they might agree to what's a legislative proposal, seizing control of the agenda in parliament from the government and trying to compel borisjohnson to ask government and trying to compel boris johnson to ask for an extension to brexit, an extension beyond october the 31st, if no—deal looms. thank you very much that. so many discussions to be had. and in around an hour's time, we'll speak to the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer about this issue. that's at 7:10am. also jo swinson, alsojo swinson, live dem leader, we will speak to her as welljust alsojo swinson, live dem leader, we will speak to her as well just after

8am —— lib dem leader. documents seen by the bbc show that the government and hs2 knew that the new high—speed railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016, before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project, which raises the question — was parliament given the full picture? our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new high—speed railway was on budget and on time. there was only one budget for hs2, and it is £55] billion. but bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasn't the case. the evidence we've got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer who's funding it, weren't given the full picture. this letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. in it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london,

was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. he also proposes opening the railway a year late to try to save money. and all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. a former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate and internally teams knew it was a not higher. another former hs2 director doug thornton says he often told government the budget was not realistic. i was briefing personally the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department of transport and the department of transport and the department of transport head of property team so at that level the department new. and all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. as protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps we re site, people will ask whether mps were misled. hs2 does have strong support, but the evidence we've seen not only

raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about transparency and trust. hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the national audit office and parliamentary committees. and the department of transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. but with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, it's hard to say how high speed 2 will evolve in the coming weeks. tom burridge, bbc news. changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. it's part of a wider government move to boost the rollout of 5g networks and improve mobile coverage across britain, especially in the countryside. ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for rural commuities to host new 5g technology schemes.

the drug manufacturerjohnson & johnson has been ordered by a judge in the american state of oklahoma to pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids. the ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states, where about 400,000 people have died from opioid overdosing over the past two decades. johnson &johnson says they will appeal. two of the oldest clubs in english football may have just hours left to secure their future. bolton wanderers and bury both need to confirm deals with new owners by 5pm this evening in order to avoid expulsion from the football league. a deal to buy out bolton collapsed at the weekend, while bury is trying to complete its own takeover. sally joins us now. such a worrying time for both clubs, particularly fans, isn't it? really distressing, especially when you look at these two clubs that are steeped in the history of football.

bolton, founder member of the football league in england. to be in the situation where they were in the premier league not that long ago is quite frankly really distressing and upsetting, particularly when you compare and contrast the amount of money at the top of the premier league at the moment with manchester city and here you have bolton wanderers, who, i've been there reporting on incredible games of football. fantastic new stadium not that long ago. they were very forwardthinking in so much as were one of the first clubs to put a big four or five star hotel next to the stadium. you would think that was a clu b stadium. you would think that was a club almost recession proof, not relegation proof, and over the last few years it's been desperately sad and the situation at the moment is there's several options for bolton at the moment. there's several parties involved in a deal that collapsed at the weekend, perhaps they will get their heads together and something will happen. potentially a compromise between two

former owners of the club or the estate of one former owner and anotherformer owner, or estate of one former owner and another former owner, or perhaps another former owner, or perhaps another buyer comes in and puts cash on the table but if things don't get resolved by 5pm they could potentially be in liquidation by tomorrow morning. the clock is ticking. and for bury, they have the same deadline, we've spoken about them over the past few days, very sad situation. the fans are so desperate to try to save their club but they are in really grave financial trouble at the moment and they have the same deadline of 5pm this afternoon after the previous deadline from last friday was extended. we all have more with you in just a moment with the rest of the sport. —— we'll have. thank you. brazil's environment minister has welcomed a package of financial aid promised by the g7 countries to help tackle fires in the amazon rainforest but he said his country would decide how the money would be used. £18 million has been promised in emergency funding forfirefighting equipment and military assitance, but campaigners are worried it will not go far. will grant reports.

as each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. this is just one of the 75,000 fires in brazil which have prompted such an angry response as a finite resource vanishes before the world's eyes. but now it seems the world's wealthiest nations are at least trying to react. the g7 have promised funds for the battle to save it. £18 million to be precise. while that's welcomed by environmental campaigners in brazil, most would say it's no way near enough for the scale of the problem. president bolsonaro says the idea of an international alliance to save this would turn brazil into a colony or no man's land. more evidence, if any were needed, of the deep hostility between the international community and brazil's leader on this issue. an operation by brazilian forces is supposedly under way in the state of rondonia, but resources appear thin and critics say the response

has been slow and woefully undermanned. that is at the heart of why people are turning out on the streets in brazilian cities. in rio and sao paulo, people rarely protest over the amazon, but this is their country and thousands in the urban centres are furious at bolsonaro. with much of latin america in flames, europe's response is insufficient to put them out. will grant, bbc news, rondonia province, brazil. parents spend so much money to get their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk, according to a survey by legal & general. the average parental contribution for homebuyers this year is just over £24,000, up by more than £6,000 compared to last year, the financial services firm warned that parents' generosity could leave britain's over—55s facing

an uncertain retirement. it's that time of year... the glamourous outfits and the glitter balls were out in force last night for the launch of the latest series of strictly come dancing. we're we' re pretty we're pretty excited around here about this, aren't we? but there there's a good reason. among the celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfast‘s mike bushell. last night wasn't a televised event. it was a party to show who was going to be on the show. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson watched them waltz down the red carpet. the launch of strictly come dancing 2019. with a familiar face taking a lea p 2019. with a familiar face taking a leap into the unknown. 2019. with a familiar face taking a leap into the unknownlj 2019. with a familiar face taking a leap into the unknown. ijust thought, well, i have to make up for lack of tech gullibility with a lot

of energy and enthusiasm and i did a dadjump are of energy and enthusiasm and i did a dad jump are used to do at weddings and discos when i was younger. but i nearly went off the stage, the jump was higher than rehearsal. that could have been the end. the crowd could have been the end. the crowd could have been the end. the crowd could have caught me! he is the favourite to leave the show but anneka rice thinks she is going to find strictly a challenge. i've literally never danced in my life, no—onein literally never danced in my life, no—one in my family has ever seen me dance one move, not in a disco, not ata dance one move, not in a disco, not at a wedding ever. i got a complete thing about dancing. others plan on relying on pride and tested dance moves honed during the clubbing days. ymca. 0h, serious! i love a good old steps routine. bit of tragedy. when faith was on this la st of tragedy. when faith was on this last year, yes, sister! the body

roll is when you're looking over the edge. 0h, not today! see you later, sister! one interesting thing to look out for this series, she's one of the professional dancers, there's a new judge this year and it's her big sister. how's that going to work out? neither of them are talking today. on saturday, the 11! celebrities will find out with which professional they've been paired and then they'll have just three weeks to practise before they are dancing on live tv. we wish mike all the best. colin paterson, bbc news, television centre. i think we're going to see that jumperfrom mike... i think we're going to see that jumper from mike... the kick mother sidekick thing. the height he got was very impressive. he's got the enthusiasm. let's take a look at today's front pages. the guardian reports on labour's plans to prevent borisjohnson from potentially suspending parliament to force through a no—deal brexit.

the paper has seen legal advice to the party which says that jeremy corbyn could mount a legal challenge to block what it calls "the greatest abuse of power in living memory." the times says the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has also been involved in plans to prevent a no—deal brexit, which has been condemned as inappropriate by pro—brexit mps. it also shows a picture of a deer cooling off in london's richmond park during the hot weather. the telegraph has a large picture of the prime minister borisjohnson giving a thumbs—up at the g7 summit. its main story is about the government seeking to eliminate mobile phone blind spots by allowing taller masts. and the daily mirror's front page is taken over by the paper's columnist, the england cricket hero ben stokes, talking about the support he gets from his wife clare. what a week it has been for him. do

you want to start, sally? can i mention the brilliant, wonderful jack leach? he was of course at the other hand, ben stokes a big hero, but a heroic performance from jack leach. someone else had to stay in. that is all he had to do. everyone was asking, he was slightly taking the mickey out of himself. every so often i had to take my helmet off, glasses off because they get really hot and steamed up. i can't see very well. everyone is saying why doesn't he wear contact lenses. he can't because he has astigmatism. in the papers today, they done this brilliant piece about how comic areas with axon, not the best vision in the world but still holding on. olding on. a sporting hero for our

time. and a well—known spectacle company has offered him three lenses for life. i think that is really lovely to see. that takes courage, doesn't it? to slow yourself down when all the pressure is on and go no, i'm going to clean my glasses. that's what he did. a few people are writing about the bank of mum and dad story. apparently there is a sweet potato shortage at the moment. supermarkets have run out because of various hurricanes and brains that have led to a worldwide shortage. it's interesting to read about what vegetable we are not getting enough of due to the weather. and another one, a chip shop that opened in china, it was off the back of the chinese leader coming here in 2015, david cameron took a tour with him and they had a paint. —— they had a

paint ata and they had a paint. —— they had a paint at a chip shop. now scots fish and chips are looking to open their second vision chip shop in china because the first one has done so well —— fish and chip shop stop it's ha rd to well —— fish and chip shop stop it's hard to get it right. they can't do itjust like it, can they?” hard to get it right. they can't do itjust like it, can they? i had a fish and chips in wales.” itjust like it, can they? i had a fish and chips in wales. i love this story because i think i probably would class myself as an optimist. optimist tend to live longer and have a greater chance of reaching the 85th birthday. always look on the 85th birthday. always look on the bright side saying, apparently optimists cope better with stress. charlie has scepticism about this story. how do they know? they tracked 70,000 women for a decade,

almost 100500 men. they were asked how much they agree with statements, including for women, in uncertain times are usually hope for the best, yes or no? and this is for men, i usually expect to succeed in things i do. yes or no, charlie? no. no. so you are probably not an optimist. but what is the difference between a pessimist and a pragmatist. we don't have time for that. asking that question tells us all we need to know. really? they are more likely to set themselves goals and believe they will achieve them. what is our goal this morning? to they will achieve them. what is our goalthis morning? to make it through. my goal is to make it to

nine 15 am. through. my goal is to make it to nine 15 a.m.. ithink through. my goal is to make it to nine 15 a.m.. i think the trick is to have small goals. i think that was chris lloyd ? to have small goals. i think that was chris lloyd? have small goals. aim for the next half hour. to get us aim for the next half hour. to get us there we have the lovely carolyn. —— carol. i think we're going to go to her now, optimistically, i'm hoping. look at this beautiful sunrise we have here in primrose hill this morning. it is absolutely perfect. it's a chilly start for some of us. if you're in aberdeenshire, temperatures only six or seven. if you're in the south—west of england, it's closer to 18 or 19 degrees. talking of temperatures, as we mentioned there, we did have some late august bank holiday weekend record—breaking temperatures. so one sunday we reached 33.3dc at heathrow, and

yesterday it was 33.2dc. parts of the south—east of england especially today could reach similar values. now what's happening today, as you can see in the charts, we got a weather front coming in from the north—west, introducing some rain. another from the south—west. later that will push into wales, southern england, central wales and eventually into northern england, southern and eastern scotland. to these devout, dry sunny and hot. to these devout, dry sunny and hot. to the west we've got our other weather front producing some rain across north and west scotland. so brighter in the east of northern ireland. talking of those temperatures, we could get to 32—33. in hull we are

in the 20s, but as we push further west, temperatures won't be as high, roughly 14—24. through this evening and overnight will have those thunderstorms anywhere from lincolnshire onwards towards the northern isles. we'll still have rain coming in across the north and the west of the uk, jays conditions in the south—east. more cloud coming in from the south—east, spilling this overnight. temperatures not as low example, where they are low this morning. double figures across the board. so we start tomorrow with our weather front in the north and the west. quite an unsettled day tomorrow as rain comes settling eastwards. it will be dry in the south—east with just the odd shower. temperatures down — are maximum tomorrow is likely to be around the 23 or 21! mark. and as we head into thursday, we start off with a weather front in the south—east with some spots of rain. that clears and then a lot of dry weather, except

further north—west. it will be wet and the wind is picking up. temperatures again about 23 at best. next weekend, blue and charlie will be quite different to the weekend that has just gone. for some of us it will be a good 10 degrees cooler. that is quite a difference. thank you very much stop —— blue and charlie. new figures suggest that just three private fostering agencies are dominating the market in england. analysis commissioned for the bbc shows that 45% of the funds local authorities spend with independent providers are going to three private equity companies. each year they receive more than £300 million, to find homes for children in care. sanchia berg has the details. meet linger. for 12 years she welcomed children in care into her liveable home. the youngest she fostered was just two years old, now she has three teenagers living with her —— me linger. they arrive, they're very small, very weighed

down and scared of everything. very, not willing to engage. and for me, the best thing is when here stopped talking to you like this of quietly hunched on the kind of reach their full height and they look you in the face and they talk to you and they find their voice. today she works directly with liveable counsel, even fronting their recruitment campaign. but she started fostering through an independent fostering agency, ifa. as it became bigger and bigger it became a more profit driven, morally oriented —— muggy oriented, focus on the bottom line. i think the focus moved away from the child centred philosophy —— money oriented. moved away from the child centred philosophy -- money oriented. the groups have been expanding, taking

over other agencies and selling them again. i've studied this in the best figures i can come up with suggest there are three large agency that now account for something like 45% or more of all independent fostering agency spending within england. it's profitable. the sort of returns that have been seen, some of the people have been seen, some of the people have reported, trying to triangulate that information is that they are thin in the three — seven year period able to double or treble their investment. record numbers of children are in the care of local authorities. many more than in the past irene independent placements run by companies operated for profit. for cash strapped councils, it's a major concern. the companies, it's a major concern. the companies, it's good business. liverpool pay

more for independent places than in—house foster carers. they're worried about the implications of three groups becoming so big. because the supply of placements doesn't meet the demand, the natural laws of economics will tell you that they can charge higher prices for us and they've got us over a barrel really, it's very difficult to do. the private companies say they provide a vital, high—quality service were england's most vulnerable children. last year, a government backed review said the price difference between in—house and private foster care was small, other costs were taken into account. but many argue it's hard to follow the money and their needs to be greater transparency in this area at a time when record numbers of children are in care. sanchia berg, bbc news. still to come on bbc breakfast: we'll bring you tim muffett‘s powerful, moving and life—affirming interview with joe hammond about the father of two's experience of living with and dying

of motor neurone disease. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, i'm asad ahmad. record temperatures of up to 33 celsius were enjoyed by almost 2 million notting hill carnival—goers over the bank holiday weekend. dancers and crowds were sprayed with water to keep them cool at what's been described as a successful celebration of music, colour and dance in west london. police made arrests in line with previous years, which, when you take the size of carnival into account, is less than half the rate of arrests of events like glastonbury. formula 1 motor racing science is using lending its knowledge to supermarket fridges. sainsbury‘s is trialling new technology which is based on the aerodynamics of f1 to make it more efficient by keeping cold air in and reducing it's carbon footprint. over half of electricity used in supermarkets is in their fridge

areas, with some people suggesting the fridges should have doors. at home were all very careful to shut the door quickly when we are opening ourfridge. we don't leave it open unnecessarily. we know it ourand it open unnecessarily. we know it our and energy bills, but so far supermarkets haven't seem to be bothered about that. they need to be. all of us need to be to make the uk carbon neutral as soon as possible. old age pensioners in essex have been getting down and funky to the latest hip—hop beats to combat loniness. it's the idea of charlie blair from east london, started to visit a dance studio when she was homeless to pick herself up. she now runs a hip—hop dance business for herself and uses it to help the elderly and the young who might be lonely. let's take a look at the travel situation now. you the travel situation now. see it's a good service on lines,

you see it's a good service on all lines, while on the trains there is disruption to some services. data london bridge and victoria due to electrical and supply problems. just outside london bridge station there are roadworks on tooley street westbound at the junction with tower bridge road. let's take a look at the weather forecast for today with kate. good morning. yesterday we saw another temperature record broken. at heathrow we got to 33.2dc, making it the hottest late august bank holiday monday on record. today, more of the same. another hot and sunny day. now the wind is still late, the sun is still strong, temperatures getting up into the low 30s. through the afternoon you may just get the low 30s. through the afternoon you mayjust get a bit more cloud bubbling up towards the west and with that, the further west you go the risk of shower. elsewhere, dry, sunny and temperatures going up to 33 celsius. another lovely evening actually in the sunshine, warm late evening sunshine. but then overnight will start to see this cloud moving in. we'll get a spot or two of mixed rain in there as well. delay one night, quite uncomfortable for

sleeping, 15— 18 celsius. there will be more cloud on wednesday, one or two showers around as well as a cold front two showers around as well as a cold fro nt m oves two showers around as well as a cold front moves through which introduces some fresh air. temperatures taking quite a drop over the next few days but still largely dry from thursday onwards. yes, still quite decent then. va nessa yes, still quite decent then. vanessa phelps is on bbc london with her breakfast show at seven a. m.. she is talking aboutjeremy corbyn amongst other things in his bid to stop a no—deal brexit. was very impressive. he's got the enthusiasm. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. coming up: we'll have all the gossip and glitterfrom last night's strictly red carpet launch with our very own mike bushell to find out if he's ready to rumba! comedian sara pascoe joins us to tell us about her latest book which explores why there is still such a stigma around women and the oldest profession. ahead of his proms debut we'll talk

to the 21—year—old pianist, eric lu who just last year dazzled the judges at the leeds piano festival and cemented his position as a musical prodigy. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. jeremy corbyn will meet with party leaders today to get support for his plans to block a no—deal brexit. the labour leader says he's open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. the conservatives said all mr corbin offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. documents seen by the bbc show the government and hs2 knew the new high—speed railway was running over budget and probably behind schedule yea rs budget and probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016 before mps signed off the first phase of the project.

until recently ministers and bosses at hsz until recently ministers and bosses at hs2 insisted it was all on track. the department for transport said like all major projects, delivery plans evolve over time. changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts as part of a wider government move to improve mobile coverage, especially in the countryside. ministers have launched a30 countryside. ministers have launched a 30 million competition for rural amenities to launch new 5g schemes stop injohnson amenities to launch new 5g schemes stop in johnson & johnson amenities to launch new 5g schemes stop injohnson &johnson has been ordered by a judge in oklahoma to pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling pay a fine of more than $500 million forfuelling an pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of painkilling opioids. the ruling is seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the us, where about 400,000 people have died from opioid overdoses over the past two decades. johnson &johnson says they will appeal. brazil's environment minister has

welcomed a package of financial aid promised by the g7 to help tackle fires in the amazon, but says his country will decide how the money will be used. it comes after the country's president responded to the offer and accused other nations of treating brazil like a colony. £18 million has been promised in emergency funding for firefighting equipment and military assistance. those are the main stories this morning and the time is 6:43am. a difficult time for a couple of football clu bs, difficult time for a couple of football clubs, that could be an understatement! we like to bring you a more positive spin sometimes on sports news but todayit spin sometimes on sports news but today it is quite a tough watch. so sad to see two such great old clubs in dire straits, bolton wanderers, founder members of the football league, they finished seventh in the premier leaguejust 12 league, they finished seventh in the premier league just 12 years ago but today they could go out of business and be kicked out of the league itself. they have until 5pm to complete

the sale of the club to new owners, the same deadline for fellow league one side bury, who are also fighting for their existence. andy swiss reports. nat lofthouse charges in and there is bolton's second. it's one of england's oldest and most historic clubs. fa cup winners, premier league regulars until recently, but how times change. this year's seen bolton's fans protesting against their owners, with the club mired in financial problems and now it's on the brink. a takeover has collapsed and barring developments, administrators say they'll start closing it down this week. fans are fearing the worst. it would just be so, so sad that a clu b it would just be so, so sad that a club of this long—standing history, one of the founding clubs in the league, would cease to exist. having been a fan my whole life, i can't imagine that happening and nor can anyone else, but if these people

don't do the right thing that's where this is headed. here at bolton it's already been a pretty challenging season. they've had to field mainly youth team players, their manager's just resigned and they've lost their last two matches 5—0, but it seems the crisis here could get even worse. one of the club's greatest goalscorers, like the fans, can only wait and hope. it's got to the stage now where frustration has taken over, it really is, and you feel so sorry for the supporters that back this club to the help. theyjust want to something happen. and bolton's not the only club fighting for its survival. it's also bury‘s deadline to complete their sale or potentially face expulsion from the football league. for two clu bs from the football league. for two clubs with between them centuries of history, it could be a pivotal day. andy swiss, bbc news, bolton. the final tennis major of the year is under way in new york, the us open at flushing meadows. andy murray isn't there of course

but there is plenty of home interest to keep an eye on. the british number onejohanna konta is into the second round. she beat russia's daria kasatkina in a deciding third set. konta's already the only british woman left in the singles after harriet dart lost. 6—time champion serena williams needed just 59 minutes to record a 19th consecutive victory over maria sharapova. the eighth seed won 6—1, 6—1. in the men's draw, the british number one kyle edmund gets his campaign at flushing meadows underway today. number two dan evans is already through to the second round. he had a tough encounter against frenchman adrian mannarino, beating him in four sets. fellow brit cameron norrie is out. i mentioned andy murray... and while andy murray isn't at flushing meadows, he is playing singles again on tennis' challenger tour, the tournaments mainly for players outside the top 100. murray got his first win

since his hip surgery yesterday. well, this week rangers will have part of their ibrox stadium closed to supporters for their europa league match on thursday. it's after sectarian chants were heard in the ground in the previous round. but the scotland manager steve clarke thinks the closure could help change attitudes at the club. he was subject to abuse in february when his former side kilmarnock faced rangers at ibrox. now he wants both rangers and celtic to do more to stamp it out the night i lost it to be honest. i was really upset. the sectarian singing, you don't need. if it happens in the street it's a crime. if it's happening in the football stadium it's not a crime with so many people doing it. that can't be correct. may be the uefa ban will make people think about what they say in the future. a big day, that deadline 5pm for bolton and bury. we'll keep you updated on the programme and a difficult time for the fans. a difficult place to be

and may be when you see other clubs at the premier league dripping in cash. seems really unfair. some difficult questions at the heart of this because the passion for the fa ns this because the passion for the fans and the belief in their club stands, every time we hear that from them it is loud and clear but there's a big yet. somewhere between there's a big yet. somewhere between the business and the passion, something is going badly wrong. i hate to say it, lots of fans would say that's where the owners come in. you need owners who really know what they're doing. and, you know, football is such a big business and such a complex business these days, some clubs have suffered over the yea rs. we'll hear more later in the day. sally, thanks very much.

take you to something we've been talking about over recent weeks. —— let's ta ke talking about over recent weeks. —— let's take you. —— let's take you. described as the lungs of the world, the amazon rainforest‘s record number of fires have made headlines across the world in the last few days. world leaders at the g7 summit have agreed to provide millions of pounds in an attempt to help tackle the fires. to discuss what impact it will have, let's talk to camila silva, a researcher in rainforest recovery at lancaster university. good morning. good morning. this is a place you know well, you've been many times to the amazon, haven't you? on a personal level, when you see the scale of the damage now, it's really harrowing to see, isn't it? yellow yeah, it's a huge problem and it didn't start now. we've been facing this problem for the last 30 yea rs. facing this problem for the last 30 years. but at this scale it's really a high concern, especially because we have not yet reached the peak of

the dry season. so we estimate that these fires can become even worse when we reach the peak of the high season in the middle of september. if there was the willingness to do it, at this point could fires be put out do you think? we now know there is international concern, international money going there, for example. could they be put out? it's going to be very challenging because when fires get out of control, it's very difficult to control, it's very difficult to control them. we always say the plan capital a is always to stop the fires from starting. i think the money now will be very helpful to help populations that inhabit the amazon. yes, some control actions can be made but it's going to be very challenging. talk a little bit about the politics that surround this, it seems to be

getting more front and centre. the brazilian kickback if you like to international interest in what they see as their business. how do we work out this thing? the amazon ra i nfo rest work out this thing? the amazon ra i nforest is work out this thing? the amazon rainforest is something the world needs to care about. it exists in certain countries who want to have control over what happens there. it's a very complicated case because i don't think our government is very committed to control the deforestation and the wildfires and it definitely doesn't represent the massive number of brazilians and indigenous people and traditional populations interested in protecting the amazon forest. it's a bit difficult... how can brazilians not be represented by our leader? it is still such a big role. we feel a bit

helpless, you know? we do need the support of the other countries at this moment. but, yes, he's definitely not representing us. one of the things i know you're looking at and have looked at in the pastis looking at and have looked at in the past is whether or not... the forest is burned, many parts of it are burned, but how will it recover? that's a study we're doing at the moment. we have found in 30 years the forests aren't capable to recover fully. they can only recover 7596 recover fully. they can only recover 75% of the carbon stocks, for example. so we estimate this recovery will ta ke example. so we estimate this recovery will take much longer than 100 years, for example. so it's a very long—term process, and that's why we need to avoid the fires in the first place. what do you make of that figure that the g7 have come up with, the £18

million? clearly it's better than nothing, but in the great scheme of money that's spent on various things, £18 million doesn't sound like much. it's a bit difficult to estimate how much would be necessary to, you know, avoid or to control now because we don't really know at this stage how big the fires can get. so, yes, of course it's going to be helpful. it's going to be very important for the communities, for example, now. but it's difficult at this moment to estimate how large it's going to be, this damage. camila silva from lancaster university, thanks so much for your time. let's have a look at the weather for this tuesday morning. carol's at london's primrose hill with a look at this morning's weather. looks lovely! good morning.

looks lovely! good morningm looks lovely! good morning. it is! we've just seen the most stunning sunrise this morning. not too cold first thing. i'll give you an idea of the temperatures, you might disagree if you're in braemar, you have six at the moment but in cromer in norfolk, 20 at the moment. temperatures haven't fallen away too far here overnight. but of course, the bank holiday weekend was a recordbreaker in terms of temperature for the late august bank holiday. on sunday, heathrow recorded 33.3dc. yesterday it was 33.2dc. today we could see very similar values. what's happening, as you can see on the pressure chart, is we have a weather front across the north and west producing some rain and another one coming in across the south—west and see how it wiggles across the country. that one will be producing some heavy, thundery showers. the driest, sunniest conditions today will be in

most of eastern england and this is where we'll see the highest temperatures. rain will continue on and off in northern and western scotla nd and off in northern and western scotland and also the north—west of northern ireland. east of northern ireland will stay dry and you'll see some sunshine, but we'll see thundery showers coming in from the channel across south—west england, into wales, into the midlands, eventually into northern england, southern and eastern scotland through the day. as a result, most of us will have temperatures between 14 and 24 degrees, but as we push further east across england, we're looking at anywhere between 25 or 32 and 33. this evening and overnight we hang onto some of those thunderstorms, some still quite heavy, anyway from lincolnshire northwards to the northern ireland, still rain in the north and west. driest in the southeast with more cloud in the south—west. as a result, not as cold a night as the onejust gone where result, not as cold a night as the one just gone where it's cold, most staying in double figures. tomorrow

is rather unsettled with rain coming in from the north—west moving south—east but before it gets to the south—east, in the south—east and parts of eastern england, a largely dry day and again you might see the odd shower but not much more than that. temperatures down a touch compared to today with highs of about 24. as we head on into thursday, that weather front coming south—eastwards will be in the south—eastwards will be in the south—east first thing producing some spots of rainbow table clear, leaving a largely dry day for much of the uk but wet and windy weather coming our way from the north and west courtesy of another weather front. temperatures down a notch once again. we're looking at temperatures of 23. louise ancelotti, the temperature is going to continue to slide and in fact by next weekend we could have 10 degrees lower temperatures than we saw last weekend —— louise and charlie. does that mean i have to put away the shorts? that's very disappointing... for me anyway! just

for a disappointing... for me anyway! just fora time! disappointing... for me anyway! just for a time! beautiful today, isn't it? lovely! for the past four days, 37 young people from the uk have competiting at a skills olympics. steph's got all the details. it's called world skills. we call it the skills olympics because there's lots of young people testing their skills. let me tell you about it. it's held every two years and showcases all sorts of vocational skills: from plumbing and tiling to hairdressing and floristry. there are 56 skills put to the test. cooking, carpentry, the list goes on. they've been in a huge stadium in russia with thousands of other people around the world. you can see there that is the opening ceremony, so like the sports olympics they

have amazing fireworks, flags, eve ryo ne have amazing fireworks, flags, everyone being screamed onto the stage as they come on. then they get down to the hard graft of four days in kazan. we can go live on out the stadium. good morning to you guys. give us a flavour of some of the people you've got there from team uk? yeah, sure. we've got jack from carpentry, liz who competes in forestry and then we have danny and jack to compete in mecca tronics. as well as restaurant services, in computer skills. that's get a good wave. i know you've been working

hard, tell me what it's been like? you've been doing aircraft maintenance, so what have you been doing? my competition consists of five different modules, so we compete in different skills that an aircraft mechanic can be expected to have. so we have sheet metal, electrical tasks, aircraft electronics, component inspection, mechanical component inspection and refit, as well as an aircraft inspection. and you are doing this in the intensity of his stadium with lots of people walking around, the judges analysing you, what has it been like? it's been 0k. judges analysing you, what has it been like? it's been ok. i have had good energy going all the way through from the moment we walked out of the opening ceremony. all that sort of stress just went away. there was some pressure obviously because we are competing, but we are so because we are competing, but we are so focused on our task and what we're doing. phoebe, you've been

doing hairdressing, what has that felt like for the last few days? dance? it's been very stressful, a lot of emotion, but it has been a really, really good week for me. was over things have you had to do? lots of style and you are timed to do them? we have different tests altogether, cutting, styling, cutting, catwalk and we have set times for each module. you have to completely finish in each one. this isa completely finish in each one. this is a bit ofa completely finish in each one. this is a bit of a dream through you because you were originally sweeping up because you were originally sweeping up in because you were originally sweeping upina because you were originally sweeping up in a hassle on and now you're like the best in the uk for her? yeah, it's completely different. it's really, really changed me as a person and as a hairstylist i never thought i'd be where i am right now at this age. it's just amazing. thought i'd be where i am right now at this age. it'sjust amazing. what has the training been like over the last few years for you? it's been

intense. so, since the nationals, we had about six weeks of formal training with our training managers where we went through different courses and sword have had training where, with the squad members together. then it was also practising my own time and after being selected into the team in march, i had another six weeks of training, if you tas in brazil and i also came here and make —— a few tests in brazil. i deferred my course at university to allow me to train full—time for the last eight weeks. tonight, is the medal ceremony, are we going to get some metals, do you think? there are i reckon so. yeah. a lot of people think they have done really well in their tasks and so hopefully we will be ok. we don't know what other countries feel like or other people, so countries feel like or other people, so hopefully we will pick up a few medals. good luck for us and

hopefully you come back with a load of metals denied. have a wonderful time and welcome for —— thank you for all the hard work you have put in. you very much from us. lovely. they are all wrapped up in the flag as well. they all work in such different trades. it's a really big thing for them, you can make a big difference to the rest of their career. thanks, steph. two years ago, the writer, joe hammond was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, the terminal condition left him unable to move or speak. he knows he dying and now he's writing about how that feels for both him and his young family. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet him to hear his story in his own words. asi as i get weaker, there is a part of this world, or less of what i love, less a pa rt this world, or less of what i love, less a part of my family's life, i

can perceive its edges with fantastic clarity. joe hammond's book is about saying goodbye, about living with and zone from mode to neurone disease. why did you you have the desire to share your experiences through this book?” knew i wouldn't be there for my sons andi knew i wouldn't be there for my sons and i wanted to tell them about their father. it's so and i wanted to tell them about theirfather. it's so important and i wanted to tell them about their father. it's so important to protect children, but also vital not to gloss over the truth. i know that one day there may be other important men injimmy‘s one day there may be other important men in jimmy's life one day there may be other important men injimmy‘s life and it's hard. joe was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017 and was able to type the words to his book, but since finishing it, is the condition has worsened. communicate, he needs this

computer which struck his eye movements. you were a playwright and you said that a terminal diagnosis is the best tool a writer can have. i wonder if you could explain what you meant by that? i found it wrought so much more live and experience into focus asthmatic life stop moments, which have long floated in vast pools of memory, suddenly become visible and reformed and completely still. joe completely amazes me because i and completely still. joe completely amazes me because i have never, and completely still. joe completely amazes me because i have never, ever once heard him say something like why me? how could this happen to me? it's not fair. and they are definitely the thoughts i have. so, i use definitely the thoughts i have. so, iuse—i definitely the thoughts i have. so, i use — itake his definitely the thoughts i have. so, i use — i take his strength, actually, and that helps me. ready? yourfamily seems actually, and that helps me. ready? your family seems remarkable. actually, and that helps me. ready? yourfamily seems remarkable. how important have they been to you as

you contended with your diagnosis?” feel like my life has been blessed. you, you, you, you, you, you, you. in this book you write about this condition, in time is a positive way, extraordinary. are you scared about what is going to happen to you? i've been scared all along. but it is balanced by other feelings. and i would say my recent life has been incredibly rich. anyjourney, no matter how enjoyable, it will, at some point, come to an end. and thank you tojoe and his family as well for talking to us and tim muffett as well. it puts things into perspective, dealing with such a difficult situation and his words

really resonate. quite an amazing story. a couple of things to flag for you this morning. we will be speaking to the communication secretary about the rollout of 5g. they are talking about relaxing the rules on how high the mast can be. —— masts. there are discussions about changing those regulations. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk and or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag #bbcbreakfast — or follow us for the latest from the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, i'm asad ahmad. record temperatures of upto 33 celsius were enjoyed by almost two million notting hill carnival goers over the bank holiday weekend. dancers and crowds were sprayed with water to keep them cool

at what's been described as a successful celebration of music, colour and dance in west london. police made arrests in line with previous years, which, when you take the size of carnival into account, is less than half the rate of arrests of events like glastonbury. formula one motor racing science is lending its knowledge to supermarket fridges. sainsbury‘s is trialling new technology which is based on the aerodynamics of f1 to make it more efficient by keeping cold air—in and reducing it's carbon footprint. over half of electricity used in supermarkets is in their fridge areas, with some people suggesting the fridges should have doors. at home we're all very careful to shut the door quickly when we are opening our fridge. we don't leave it open unnecessarily. we know it hits our and energy bills, but so far supermarkets haven't seem to be not bothered about that. they need to be. all of us need to be,

to make the uk carbon—neutral as soon as possible. old age pensioners in essex have been getting—down and funky to the latest hip—hop beats to combat loniness. nice, toni! it's the idea of charlie blair from east london started to visit a dance studio when she was homeless to pick herself up. she now runs a hip—hop dance business for herself, and uses it to help the elderly and the young who might by lonely. let's take a look at the travel situation now. we the travel situation now. can see a good service on lines. we can see a good service on all lines. on the roads there are two lanes closed westbound on the marylebone road. that's due to water mains work. in the west end, hanover street is closed westbound between the junctions with regent street and pollen street due to an accident. now the weather with kate. good morning. yesterday we saw another temperature record broken. at heathrow we got to 33.2dc, making it the hottest late august bank holiday monday on record. today, more of the same, another hot and sunny day.

now the wind is still light, the sun is still strong, temperatures getting up into the low 30s. through the afternoon you mayjust get a bit more cloud bubbling up towards the west and with that, the further west you go the risk of showers. elsewhere, dry, sunny and temperatures going up to 33 celsius. another lovely evening, actually, in the sunshine, warm, late, evening sunshine. but then overnight will start to see this cloud moving in. we'll get a spot or two of mixed rain in there as well. still another warm night, quite uncomfortable for sleeping, 15—18 celsius. there will be more cloud on wednesday, one or two showers around as well as a cold front moves through which introduces some fresh air. temperatures taking quite a drop over the next few days but still largely dry from thursday onwards. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom

good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin charlie stayt. our headlines today: jeremy corbyn will meet other opposition party leaders this morning to thrash out ideas on how to stop a no—deal brexit. documents seen by the bbc show that the government knew three years ago that the hs2 rail project was over—budget and probably behind schedule. the skills olympics. 37 of the uk's most talented young people have been going for gold

in russia at the worldskills competition in things such asjoinery, autobody repair, robotics, beauty therapy, the list goes on. i'll be speaking to some of them. it is a deadline day like no other for bolton wanderers. they could go out of business if they don't find a new owner by 5pm, while league one neighbours bury face the same deadline to complete the sale of the club. strictly stars take to the stage ahead of the show‘s 17th series. we hear from a familiar face as he prepares to take a leap into the unknown. good morning from primrose hill, where the sun is already beating down. it's pleasantly warm. forecast today, warm in many parts of the uk, hot in the east, but there is rain in the forecast as well, that's coming in from the west. some of

that will be thundery. i'll have more in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 27th of august. our top story: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will meet other opposition party leaders today, as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no—deal brexit. mr corbyn has said he's open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. let's cross to westminster and join our political correspondent iain watson. so, camila —— iain, outlined the scale of this meeting and what might come out of it. it's a huge meeting, every opposition party apart from the dup to prop up the government, will be there but that's not to say there will be anything other than the desire to stop no—deal. as you say, united we stand, divided we fall, and they seem divided on tactics. for example, jeremy corbyn would

like to be a caretaker prime minister and then call a general election and then campaign for another referendum. but the liberal democrats' new leaderjo swinson is asking whether he would put forward asking whether he would put forward a labour version of leave in the referendum would be committed to. brexit entirely. others will attend today including anna soubry, the former conservative and now independent mp, who would like to go straight to a referendum without a general election at all. in order forjeremy corbyn to be installed in the first place he would have to win a motion of no confidence against borisjohnson, but a motion of no confidence against boris johnson, but to a motion of no confidence against borisjohnson, but to get conservative rebels onside that would be necessary to get this over the line, they might prefer somebody else to be in charge of a caretaker administration, perhaps harriet harman or ken clarke. there's a whole range of difficulties, as you can see. the most likely outcome todayis can see. the most likely outcome today is they try to seize control of the parliamentary agenda from

borisjohnson of the parliamentary agenda from boris johnson and the of the parliamentary agenda from borisjohnson and the government and basically to legislate for no—deal, that in itself wouldn't stop boris johnson, for example, potentially suspending parliament for a few days or calling jeremy corbyn's bluff and calling a general election and campaigning to come out. iain, thanks very much. worth saying what they might be talking about, we will find out more... in 10 minutes we'll speak to the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer about this issue. that's at 7:10am. we'll be asking some of those questions coming up. documents seen by the bbc show that the government and hs2 knew that the new high—speed railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016, before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project, which raises the question — was parliament given the full picture? our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new high—speed railway was on budget and on time. there was only one budget for hs2,

and it is £55.7 billion. but bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasn't the case. the evidence we've got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer who's funding it, weren't given the full picture. this letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. in it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london, was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. he also proposes opening the railway a year late to try and save money. a former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate, and internally teams knew it was a lot higher. another former hs2 director, doug thornton, says he often told government the budget was not realistic. i was briefing personally

the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department of transport and the department of transport‘ project representative team, so at that level the department knew. and all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. as protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps were misled. for all the opposition, hs2 does have strong support, the evidence we've seen not only raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about transparency and trust. hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the national audit office and parliamentary committees. and the department of transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. but with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, it's hard to say how

high speed 2 will evolve in the coming weeks. tom burridge, bbc news. changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. it's part of a wider government move to improve mobile coverage, especially in the countryside. ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for rural commuities to host new 5g technology schemes. a lot of people very interested in that story, so if you have thoughts on that, the culture secretary nicky morgan isjoining on that, the culture secretary nicky morgan is joining us on that, the culture secretary nicky morgan isjoining us in about half—an—hour, so let us know if you have particular concerns about that. really interested to hear from you. the drug manufacturerjohnson & johnson has been ordered by a judge in the american state of oklahoma to pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids. the ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states, where about 400,000 people have died from opioid overdosing over the past two decades.

johnson &johnson says they will appeal. two of the oldest clubs in english football may have just hours left to secure their future. bolton wanderers and bury both need to confirm deals with new owners by 5pm this evening in order to avoid expulsion from the league. sally's here. really worrying times for both clu bs' fa ns et really worrying times for both clu bs' fans et cetera. anyone who knows their football history will know these clubs really well. we've talked about bury a lot in recent days, but bolton in a similar situation, the deadline is 5pm today for both clubs to be bought. this stadium, in its day it was state—of—the—art, very fancy posh hotel attached, one of the first clu bs posh hotel attached, one of the first clubs to ever do that. not that long ago, 20121 think, bolton we re that long ago, 20121 think, bolton were relegated out of the premier league. they were in the top flight not too long ago and successful for a period of time. to see them come to this point is really distressing,

particularly for the fans because they have the most loyal supporters. the fabric of their family is woven through that club. if they don't find a buyer by 5pm today there is a serious risk they could go into liquidation tomorrow. we were at bury market last friday, weren't we? they are in a similar situation, there is potential deals for both to be bought, but the bury one hasn't gone through. the clock really is ticking. it is so ironic that in the north—west, it is kind of a football hotbed, isn't it? just up the road there is some of the biggest and wealthiest clubs in the world, and europe, and here we have clubs struggling and could potentially disappear and go out of business. not that there's a link between the two but there's the irony, so much money at the top of the game and this level of the game is in need of

clever, responsible ownership and some money. 5pm this afternoon the deadline? 5pm. tell us what happens tomorrow. i will. a fourth earthquake has been recorded near the uk's only active shale gas site in less than a week. a tremor with a magnitude of 2.9 was recorded at the site in lancashire at about 8:30am yesterday morning, and was stronger than those that forced cuadrilla to suspend test fracking in 2011. cuadrilla confirmed another tremor registering a magnitude of one was recorded at 10:20pm last night. parents spend so much money to get their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk, according to a report by legal & general. of those surveyed, the average parental contribution for homebuyers this year isjust over £24,000, up by more than £6,000 compared to last year, the financial services firm warned that parents' generosity could leave britain's over—55s facing an uncertain retirement.

it is about that time of year... the glamourous outfits and the glitter balls were out in force last night for the launch of the latest series of strictly come dancing. among the celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfast‘s mike bushell. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson watched them waltz down the red carpet. how is it going so far for how is it going so farfor him? are we talking to him later? yes we are. we'll talk to him later. the launch of strictly come dancing 2019, with a familiar face taking a leap into the unknown. i just thought, "well, i have to make up for lack of technical abibility with a lot of energy and enthusiasm and i did a dadjump are used to do at weddings and discos when i was younger. but i nearly went off the stage, i have to say. the jump was higher than in rehearsal. that could've been the end, end of your strictly dream. they might‘ve caught me in the crowd, because the crowd were so supportive. bookmakers have cruelly made mike the favourite to be the first to leave the show, but anneka rice thinks she is going to find strictly a challenge.

i've literally never danced in my life, no—one in my family has ever seen me dance one move, not in a disco, not at a wedding ever. i've got a complete thing about dancing. others plan to rely on tried—and—trusted dance moves honed during the clubbing days. ymca. sings: y-m-c-a! oh, serious! i love a good old steps routine. a bit of tragedy. so when faith was on this last year, i was, like, "yes, sister!" the way you do the body roll is you're meant to pretend you're looking over a ledge. 0h, not today! see you later, sister! now, one interesting thing to look out for this series, there's oti mabuse, she's one of the professional dancers. there's a newjudge this year and it's her big sister motsi. how's that going to work out? neither of them are talking today. on saturday, the 14 celebrities will

find out with which professional they've been paired, then they'll have just three weeks to practise before they're dancing on live tv. we wish mike all the best. colin paterson, bbc news, television centre. a little glimpse of what mike busheu a little glimpse of what mike bushell is capable of. yeah, and we'll be speaking to him in about an hour on breakfast in. —— on brea kfast. let's return to our top story. later today, jeremy corbyn will meet with other opposition party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plan to block a no—deal brexit. let's talk about this with the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer, whojoins us now from westminster. good morning thanks forjoining us. what does he want out of this meeting today? the purpose of the meeting is to bring opposition leaders together and try to agree a plan going into

next week. it's very important we getan next week. it's very important we get an agreed plan if we can, that people hold to it, and it's really important we act very swiftly next week because the prime minister johnson is taking us on this reckless route to a no—deal brexit, which will have really important ramifications for our country and we have to stop him. the purpose of the meeting is to bring people together and have a pretty frank and open discussion. as you can imagine, lots of conversations have gone on over the summer and this is reallyjeremy corbyn bringing that to a head to have that discussion to try to agree that plan, a united front of what i think will be a majority of mps in parliament, to say to borisjohnson as soon as we get back, this parliament is not prepared to support a no—deal brexit. parliament is not prepared to support a no-deal brexit. what is the plan, is it a vote of no—confidence? the plan, is it a vote of no-confidence? there's a number of different options and we will look at those this morning. one is a vote

of no confidence and the other is to do what we did in march and april this year, take control of the business in parliament and to pass legislation that requires the prime minister to seek an extension of article 50. we did that in april this year and by the time we did it theresa may decided she was going to extend in any event, so there's a number of different ways. today is about exploring the discussions on those and trying to agree what we don't want and whatjeremy is trying to avoid... arriving at the resumption of parliament next week with lots of different approaches. we need to bring it together in one agreed plan that we can all get behind and then we need to agree pretty swiftly because as you can see, this prime minister has been taking advice on whether he can shutdown parliament from the ninth of september to the middle of october. that's a sign of a prime

minister who firstly isn't confident he will get a deal and doesn't think he will get a deal and doesn't think he would win a clash with parliament. so we've got to act quickly. borisjohnson quickly. boris johnson saying quickly. borisjohnson saying it's the job of everybody in parliament to deliver brexit... everybody in parliament to deliver brexit. .. you everybody in parliament to deliver brexit... you might everybody in parliament to deliver brexit. .. you might want to ask him why he voted against theresa may's deal twice then! it's all very well but he is saying exactly what theresa may said. her mantra right through from the tail end of last year until she finally gave up was you have to deliver, you have to vote for my deal and he didn't do it. to now say i'm going to put before you something worse than theresa may and you've got to get on with it is ridiculous! are you trying to delay brexit, stock brexit? what is it? it is to stop brexit. boris johnson stock brexit? what is it? it is to stop brexit. borisjohnson has put us on this reckless course. he's not explaining the alternative options

of the backstop, he is pursuing a course which is likely to end up with a no—deal brexit. parliament has never accepted that an boris johnson thinks he can just not parliament out of the way. it doesn't matter that parliament things, you know, something that ultimately will lead to a hard border in northern ireland that will disrupt medical supplies, will cause disruption at the border, these are all things that his paper is producing. he thinks that reckless course or to go ahead even though parliament doesn't wanted to. can i...? so boris johnson has been pretty free of the accountability of being in parliament. today is about making sure we pull together all the necessary strands, so a united front to ta ke necessary strands, so a united front to take johnson on

necessary strands, so a united front to takejohnson on in this reckless approach is god. can ijust ask to takejohnson on in this reckless approach is god. can i just ask you aboutjeremy approach is god. can i just ask you about jeremy corbyn, approach is god. can i just ask you aboutjeremy corbyn, jo swinson, liberal democrat, saying for example, if he were caretaker leader, he wouldn't win, he wouldn't win the vote of no—confidence. ru — does it have to bejeremy corbyn, from your point of view? are people talking about harriet harman, for example? i think this period of today or to be people coming into the room, not saying what they aren't going to do, but saying what they are to do. and, obviously a vote of no—confidence is obviously one option that we need to look out. the option of seizing the order paper and taking control of the business doesn't require a caretaker government. but it is a vote of no—confidence, we need to win it and thatis no—confidence, we need to win it and that is the first thing. if we do when it, then of course it is the leader of the opposition that ought to form a government, that is traditionally how we've always done it. just to be clear, are you ruling out an alternative to jeremy corbyn? either this stage i'm not ruling out anything anew there isjeremy corbyn. because our approach is to say how can we bring people together in order to stop a no—deal brexit? and that is the spirit in which we

are entering these dogs. but i think the idea that if there is a vote of no—confidence, there is something wrong with the lid of the opposition does these dogs. —— wrong with the opposition, these talks. we mustn't lose sight of the fact that if we don't have a united plan and implement it next week, the chances of living without a deal go up and that will have terrible consequences for our country. ‘s the base upon which i think we all to focus going forward. there will be give or take is that usually is in the sorts of discussions. if you weren't ruling outjeremy corbyn, who would it be? all summer we've had this in politics, who do you want to have your prime minister to be? we've got to win — we've got to agree a plan and win to get to stage one and i'm absolutely focused on that. not

stage two, three, four, all will find is that one person's preferred choice is not the next person's. so therefore, let's focus on the task in hand which is can we sing with us opposition leaders and mps — along with some tory mps, —— can we, opposition leaders and mps, and that is why it's importantjeremy pulls people together to have this really important meeting this morning. thank you very much for your time on brea kfast. thank you very much for your time on breakfast. we will be speaking tojo swinson, a liberal democrat leader and that isn't one hour. —— and that is in one hour. england saw its hottest ever august bank holiday monday, yesterday, as yet another weather record was broken for the summer. thousands flocked to parks and beaches to bask in the sunshine as temperatures soared at heathrow, beating the previous record of 28.2 set two years ago.

but will it continue? carol's at london's primrose hill with a look at this morning's weather. it's looking lovely this morning. good morning. good morning both. good morning. good morning both. good morning. good morning both. good morning to you, too. yes indeed it is looking lovely. here in london at the moment, the temperature is 18 degrees. in chrome are, is shot up to 21, that is in norfolk. but if you are waking up in braemar this morning and stepping out now, the temperature is just under six celsius. now, talking about the record—breaking here, on sunday, at heathrow, the temperature reached 33.3dc. yesterday, it reached 33.2dc. so far and august late bank holiday that certainly was a record

breaker. today, some of us will see similar temperatures. what's happening as we have two weather fronts, one in the north—west introducing some rain and another one wiggling up from the south—west through the midlands into northern england, that is producing some sharp showers, some of which will be thundery. and as we go through the course of the day, not all of us seeing them yet. first thing this morning, the greatest kaiser across central and eastern and south—eastern parts of england. this is where its warmest and where it will be hottest to the day. already we've got some sharp showers coming to south—west england. ready to move into wales and through the day we will see showers develop across the midlands, northern england, southern and eastern scotland. at the same time we've got a weather front coming in bringing rain across northern and western scotland, and northern ireland. generally, temperatures 14—24 today, but as we move temperatures 14—24 today, but as we m ove a cross temperatures 14—24 today, but as we move across central and eastern england, they will be higher, up to

32 or 33. through this evening and overnight we still hang onto those thunderstorms. anyway now from lincolnshire north to the northern isles, will still have rain coming in across northern west scotland, northern ireland, darting to think southeast words. for the rest of us, largely dry, a bit more cloud in the south—west. so, across the board, not a chilly overnight as it has been. tomorrow we start off with a rain in the north and west, moving south—east woods. tomorrow will be quite an unstable day. so it will be a cooler day, temperatures speaking at 24 degrees, the driest exemptions done that conditions in the —— conditions in the ears, but you still could catch a shower. the rain will clear away early on on thursday and then we are looking at a largely dry day foremost, but a new weather front into the north—west will introduce wet and noticeably windy conditions. it is down a touch again, down to about a maximum of 23. but as we head into next

weekend, quite different weather. it's looking more and settled with much lower temperatures. charlie and blue. 18, thank you very much. i wa nted blue. 18, thank you very much. i wanted to ask you, blue, are you an optimist? do you look on the bright side of life? i tried to, yes. there is good news. if you are an optimist, thank you very much carol, if you are an optimist, you tend to live longer and have a greater chance of reaching your 85th birthday —— thank you very much, lou. researchers have tracked almost 70,000 women for a decade, almost 1500 men for 30 years, and they were asked various different questions to determine whether they were optimists or not, an optimist had a life 1118 15% longer and more likely to achieve exceptional longevity, which means the age of 85. —— 11—

15% longer. you said i wasn't an optimist. i think i've classified myself as a pragmatist who thinks anything's possible. i'lljust call you sceptical. sometimes i can lose my optimism, but definitely i'm generally a glass half full. let's take a look at today's front pages. the guardian reports on labour's plans to prevent boris johnson from potentially suspending parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. the paper has seen legal advice to the party which says that jeremy corbyn could mount a legal challenge to block what it calls the "greatest abuse of power" in living memory. the times says the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has also been involved in plans to prevent a no—deal

brexit, which has been condemned as "inappropriate" by pro—brexit mps. it also shows a picture of a deer cooling off in london's richmond park during the hot weather. the telegraph has a large picture of the prime minister borisjohnson giving a thumbs—up at the g7 summit. its main story is about the government seeking to eliminate mobile phone blind spots by allowing taller masts. and the daily mirror's front page is taken over by the paper's columnist, the england cricket hero ben stokes, talking about the support he gets from his wife, clare. yes, those blind spots, something that really matter to people. and just very briefly, one inside page, one in ten british teenagers meet the recommended guidelines for sleep, exercise and screen time.

children between 5—17 should spend an houra day children between 5—17 should spend an hour a day doing moderate— vigorous exercise and only two hours a day in front of the screen. the other one was about eight hours of sleep a night. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. record temperatures of up to 33 celsius were enjoyed by almost 2 million notting hill carnival goers over the bank holiday weekend. dancers and crowds were sprayed with water to keep them cool at what's been described as a successful celebration of music, colour and dance in west london. police made arrests in line with previous years, which, when you take the size of carnival into account, is less than half the rate of arrests of events like glastonbury. formula one motor racing science is lending its knowledge to supermarket fridges.

sainsbury‘s is trialling new technology which is based on the aerodynamics of f1 to make it more efficient by keeping cold air—in and reducing it's carbon footprint. over half of electricity used in supermarkets is in their fridge areas, with some people suggesting the fridges should have doors. at home we're all very careful to shut the door quickly when we're opening ourfridge. we don't leave it open unnecessarily. we know that it hits our energy bills, and supermarkets so far have seemed quite — not quite bothered about that. and they need to be, because all of us need to be contributing to making the uk carbon—neutral as soon as possible. old—age pensioners in essex have been getting—down and funky to the latest hip—hop beats to combat loneliness. nice, toni." it's the idea of charlie blair from east london started to visit a dance studio when she was homeless to pick herself up. she now runs a hip—hop dance business for herself and uses it to help the elderly and the young

who might by lonely. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. on the roads, there are two lanes closed westbound on the marylebone road at the junction with york gate. that's due to water mains work. on the roads, fulham road has temporary traffic lights for water mains work by chelsea and westminster hospital. now the weather with kate. good morning. yesterday we saw another temperature record broken. at heathrow we got to 33.2dc, making it the hottest late august bank holiday monday on record. today, more of the same, another hot and sunny day. now the wind is still light, the sun is still strong, temperatures getting up into the low 30s. through the afternoon you mayjust get a bit more cloud bubbling up towards the west and with that, the further west you go the risk a shower. elsewhere, dry, sunny and temperatures going up to 33

celsius. another lovely evening, actually, in the sunshine, warm, late, evening sunshine. but then overnight we'll start to see this cloud moving in. we'll get a spot or two of mixed rain in there as well. still a warm night, quite uncomfortable for sleeping, 15—18 celsius. there will be more cloud on wednesday, one or two showers around as well as a cold front moves through, as it does it introduces some fresher air. temperatures taking quite a drop over the next few days but still largely dry from thursday onwards. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. jeremy corbyn will meet with other opposition party leaders today as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no—deal brexit. the labour leader has said

he's open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. the conservatives said that all mr corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. earlier, the shadow brexit secretary told this programme all options were on the table to block a no—deal. documents seen by the bbc show that the government and hs2 knew that the new high—speed railway was running over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016, before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project. until recently, ministers and bosses at hs2 were insisting it was all on track. the department of transport said, like all major projects, delivery plans evolve over time. changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. it's part of a wider government move to improve mobile coverage, especially in the countryside. ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for rural commuities to host

new 5g technology schemes. the drug manufacturerjohnson & johnson has been ordered by a judge in the american state of oklahoma to pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids. the ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states, where about 400,000 people have died from opioid overdosing over the past two decades. johnson &johnson says they will appeal. parents spend so much money to get their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk, according to a report by legal & general. of those surveyed, the average parental contribution for homebuyers this year isjust over £24,000, up by more than £6,000 compared to last year. the financial services firm warned that parents' generosity could leave britain's over—55s facing an uncertain retirement. a fourth earthquake has been

recorded near the uk's only active shale gas site in less than a week. a tremor with a magnitude of 2.9 was recorded at the site in lancashire at about 8:30am yesterday morning, and was stronger than those that forced cuadrilla to suspend test fracking in 2011. cuadrilla confirmed another tremor registering a magnitude of one was recorded at 10:20pm last night. sally, would you like to see a little glimpse of mike bushell as he is preparing for his strictly endeavours? let me think about this for a nanosecond... yes, please! here we go then! it was the launch party... there he isjumping up and down. this is... the first official tv pa rt

down. this is... the first official tv part of it starts on the weekend. among the 15 celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfast‘s mike bushell. bookmakers have suggested that mike is the favourite to leave the show first, but he says he will make up for a lack of technical ability with energy. sally, you log outraged by this! never! —— you look outraged by this. of course! we're speaking to him at 8:10am. i was waiting to see mike bouncing. when you see a massive fa nfa re, bouncing. when you see a massive fanfare, that's when you know. when have we got him? 8:10am. i cannot wait! he will be in until blackpool. and we will be going! we will get a minibus to black ball! a couple of stories around a couple of really historic football clubs with passionate fans facing a deadline today, 5pm this afternoon, explain. they were there at the start of the premier —— football league.

bolton wanderers were founder members of the football league, they finished seventh in the premier league just 12 years ago, but today could be the day when they go out of business and are kicked out of the efl. they have until 5pm to complete the sale of the club to new owners, the same deadline for fellow league one side bury, who are also fighting for their existence. andy swiss reports. commentator: nat lofthouse charges in and there's bolton's second goal. it's one of england's oldest and most historic clubs. commentator: bolton wanderers have scored their fourth fa cup victory in their history. fa cup winners, premier league regulars until recently, but how times change. this year's seen bolton's fans protesting against their owners, with the club mired in financial problems and now it's on the brink. a takeover has collapsed and barring developments, administrators say they'll start closing it down this week. fans are fearing the worst. it would just be so,

so sad that a club of this long—standing history, one of the founding clubs in the league, would cease to exist. having been a fan my whole life, i can't imagine that happening and nor can anyone else, but if these people don't do the right thing that's where this is headed. here at bolton it's already been a pretty challenging season. they've had to field mainly youth team players, their manager's just resigned and they've lost their last two matches 5—0, but it seems the crisis here could get even worse. one of the club's greatest goalscorers, like the fans, can only wait and hope. it's got to the stage now where frustration has taken over, it really is, and you feel so sorry for the supporters that back this club to the help. —— to the hilt. theyjust want to something happen. and bolton's not the only club fighting for its survival. it's also bury‘s deadline

to complete their sale or potentially face expulsion from the football league. for two clubs with between them centuries of history, it could be a pivotal day. andy swiss, bbc news, bolton. well, this week rangers will have part of their ibrox stadium closed to supporters for their europa league match on thursday. it's after sectarian chants were heard in the ground in the previous round. but the scotland manager steve clarke thinks the closure could help change attitudes at the club. he was subject to abuse in february when his former side kilmarnock faced rangers at ibrox. now he wants both rangers and celtic to do more to stamp it out. the night i lost it, to be honest, i was really upset. the sectarian singing, you don't need. if it happens in the street, it's a crime. if it's happens in a football stadium with so many people doing it, it's not a crime. that can't be correct. maybe the uefa ban will make people think about what they say in the future.

the final tennis major of the year is under way in new york, the us open at flushing meadows. andy murray's not there this time, but there is plenty of home interest to keep an eye on. the british number onejohanna konta is into the second round. she beat russia's daria kasatktina in a deciding third set. konta's already the only british woman left in the singles after harriet dart lost. six—time champion serena williams needed just 59 minutes to record a 19th consecutive victory over maria sharapova. the eight seed won 6—1, 6—1. in the men's draw, the british number one kyle edmund gets his campaign at flushing meadows underway today. number two dan evans is already through to the second round. he had a tough encounter against frenchman adrian mannarino, beating him in four sets. fellow briton cameron norrie is out. and while andy murray isn't at flushing meadows, he is playing singles again on tennis' challenger tour.

the tournament's mainly for players outside the top 100. murray got his first single win since his hip surgery yesterday. if you were playing on that challenger tour... if you were playing on that challenger tour. .. and andy murray turns up! no thanks! you could look at it that way or you could think what an extraordinary opportunity to play against someone. i'm being optimistic. you are an optimist after all! normally you play against people like... and lo and behold, there is andy murray, someone you can learn from. positivity, you've got it! and what if you do if you beat him? charlie thinks you can. you've got to go into it with that mindset. you think you could beat him, don't you?“ into it with that mindset. you think you could beat him, don't you? if! we re you could beat him, don't you? if! were in that position, of course, what's the point in being on court otherwise? we've discovered he's an

optimist, brilliant! thanks very much! most of us, at one time or another, have experienced the frustration of a poor mobile phone signal. the government is now proposing to speed up the roll—out of 5g networks and in turn improve coverage in rural areas. let's get more detail now from the culture secretary nicky morgan, who's in our southampton studio. good morning to you and thank you for your time this morning. this is a subject that really matters to a lot of people, how we communicate in the modern world we live in. what is it you're proposing to change? there's two announcements this morning, the first is as you say, digital connectivity, resilient mobile phone coverage is really important. many viewers perhaps work from home and they want to download things so the next generation of mobile phone coverage, 5g, is very important in that and the uk can be a global leader so today we're announcing a competition for rural communities in particular, 30 million pot and ten companies can

bid to test 5g collectivity in their area. that could be good for agriculture, homeworking, tourism, and we have lots of projects going on. secondly to make sure we have the resilient connectivity we need to look at the planning system, especially in relation to mobile phone masts and the infrastructure to see whether or not we can speed up to see whether or not we can speed up or simplify so it doesn't have to go through the planning processes. but we want to hear from individuals, planning authorities, businesses, mobile operators as to how we can best do that while clearly balancing the impact that infrastructure has on our rural areas. the alarm bells might be ringing if you live in a rural area and you're looking out of your window and you can see a mast over a certain height and thinking i didn't like that very much, and now nicky morgan is saying we will add an extra 30 foot and don't worry about it. what's the maximum height a mast could be in a rural area? i can't tell you the

maximum today because that's one of the points we want to hear people on. at the moment the maximum is 25 metres in a nonprotected area, 20 metres in a nonprotected area, 20 metres in a protected area like an area of outstanding natural beauty. we've got to find that balance, as i say. if you end up having fallen masts, you can have more infrastructure meaning you can get rid of other masts that have been a bit ofan rid of other masts that have been a bit of an eyesore and we can make sure we have more building based masts near to roads, for example. this is about finding that balance. asa this is about finding that balance. as a local member of parliament i know i used to get lots of people objecting to masts, i don't get that so much now because people understand the need for collectivity. we want to hear from people and the consultation will close in november. huawei are interested in being involved in 5g in this country. we spoke to one of their spokespeople last week on the programme and they are saying no—one has anything to fear from what we bring to the

table. what is your position on huawei? my huawei? my position is we want to make sure they're not involved in our security or government networks. we will put national—security at the top of the way we're responding to the consultation, but also to the 5g test projects. we'll make a decision asa test projects. we'll make a decision as a government on huawei in due course, perhaps the next couple of months. we were obviously waiting to find out... the prime minister said it didn't come up with president donald trump over the weekend at the g7 summit but we will make the right decisions for our national security and we will make sure the point about testing this is to make sure we've got that resilience. we'll hear from other we've got that resilience. we'll hearfrom other riders we've got that resilience. we'll hear from other riders as well. we did a supply chain review, published injuly, that looked did a supply chain review, published in july, that looked at did a supply chain review, published injuly, that looked at all of this —— providers. we need to talk about brexit, in relation to today because opposition

parties are getting together, as you well no. it would appear that boris johnson's position is he isn't ruling out the possibility of suspending parliament as a means of making sure he reaches that deadline of leaving on the date he said he would. are you as an individual co mforta ble would. are you as an individual comfortable to be part of a government that would suspend parliament? the prime minister has made it very clear in the past he is not a fan of archaic conventions like prorogation. the best ways to find their way through the brexit impasse andi their way through the brexit impasse and i hope today's meetings are focused on that. it's all very well to wa nt focused on that. it's all very well to want to stop something, but the question is what are you for? this government's been very clear. he wa nts to government's been very clear. he wants to find a deal, and those discussions the prime minister has

had in the past week, we will leave by october 31, ifully had in the past week, we will leave by october 31, i fully support that. my by october 31, i fully support that. my question was though, specifically about suspending parliament for you, is that something you could be part of? well, i haven't even thought about it. why not? it hasn't even come up on the radar. it's not something he was attracted to. the whole government is focused on finding a way to the brexit impasse with a deal if preferable, if possible, but otherwise without a deal. and i think the trouble is, with brexit as we've seen over the course of the last three years, i think the reason the people in the country are so frustrated with all of this is that westminster spends a long time debating hypotheticals and what if rather than finding a way through —— what—ifs. and those practical means are things i was working on before focusing on the

brexit impasse. with your culture secretary hat on, about the coverage of the duke and duchess of sussex recently, i'm looking at the comments from david laming, this was in specific connection with the cove rs in specific connection with the covers of their flights on the way they were travelling. he said the hounding of harry and megan has become a witch—hunt replete with nasty racial lens of phobic overtones. —— harry and meghan was up overtones. —— harry and meghan was up have you had any cause for concern over anything you've seen recently? obviously members of the royal family recently? obviously members of the royalfamily will recently? obviously members of the royal family will make the decisions, in this case on travel and others. david has a strong track record as he speaks out finding things, particularly as they are targeted for their race of things they have said. i think as culture secretary, what we've seen recently as the pushback from some football players and others, particularly those managers about racism in

football. unfortunately, racism in our society still exists and it's right that people do pushback. i think, as i say, most people in this country have got far more things to think about van, you know, what's going on in terms of his flying where, how they're flying and everything else. well away, the question wasn't so much about the flights themselves, it was about the tone of the coverage. yeah. this is very much within your domain, isn't it? people are thinking you might a thought process about it. has anyone asked you to have a look at it? in terms of, what has been paid out? know, nobody is asked me to have a look at it. one of the things i discovered about this role, we have a very free and active person this country which the bbc is very much a key pa rt. country which the bbc is very much a key part. i don't think it is for ministers to speak out and to say well, i don't like this coverage and of course we will have our own individual views. a lot of people,

including david lambie have been subject to very, very vicious abuse both on and off line and as i say, david is very good at speaking out as he finds things. but for ministers, certainly i'm finding this role, it's again about finding that balance its when respecting the fa ct that balance its when respecting the fact and wanting to preserve the fa ct. fact and wanting to preserve the fact. we have a very free and open press in this country where people are able to say things, but of course if it dips over, as it has done potentially into football, into racist comments, i'm very glad to see the players are managers themselves wanting to take action on that. anna morgan, thank you very much for your time. the culture secretary speaking from southampton. you are watching breakfast. it's been a lovely few days of lovely weather and so carol is out and about four hours on primrose hill with gorgeous views. good morning. good morning. it certainly is one here in primrose hill in london this morning. we've got blue skies, the sun is beating down and the

temperature's about 18 degrees. at the moment in north, it's 21 degrees. damages have on file in a way to file overnight in some parts of the country. however, in braemar it's closer to six degrees. so, much cooler. do the weekend we had high temperatures for late august bank holiday. on sunday, heathrow recorded 33.3dc. yesterday, it was 33.2dc and some of us will see similar values today. but by no means will we all. we have a weather front coming in across the north and the west of the uk, introducing some rain. and another one in the southwest is doing a similar thing. heavy showers, sharp showers, and they will be thundery as we go through the course of the morning. singularly, initially across southwest england and wales, and then later across the midlands, heading into northern england, southern and eastern scotland. but not all of us will because one. so the driest and sunnis conditions

will be across some central and eastern and south—eastern parts of england and this is where we will have the highest averages —— sunniest conditions. generally, we are looking between 14—24. through this evening and overnight we will hang on to some of those hours, anywhere from lincolnshire northwards towards the northern isles. again, not all of us will because one. we still have the rain coming in from the north—west of scotla nd coming in from the north—west of scotland and also northern ireland. more cow building in the south—west, driest conditions will be in the south—east. but as a result of all of this, where it is a cold start todayit of this, where it is a cold start today it won't be a cold start tomorrow. most of us staying in double figures. tomorrow, what we have for rain, coming in from the north—west, heading south—east, quite an unsettled day tomorrow, actually. the driest conditions will be in the south—east, that even here we could catch a shower. temperatures down on today, we're

looking at a maximum of up to 24 degrees. either time we get to thursday, our weather front will have made it into the south—east, still producing some early morning cloud and the odd spot of rain it clears. then it will brighten up. a new weather front coming in from the north and the west willing to do some rain and in the north—west, the rain is going to pick up. temperatures by the time we get to thursday roughly 14— 23 degrees. after that louise and charlie, the outlook remains daily unsettled and temperatures continuing to slide down towards the weekend. you mentioned the slide! we'll catch up with you later. lots of people jogging. with you later. lots of people jogging, walking the dogs, it looks glorious. yes! so much activity. it's now 7:51am. we always celebrate the achievements of young people, don't we, is death?

this time it's their practical skills. asthmatic don't we, steph —— don't we, steph? for the past four days, 37 young people from the uk have been competing in russia to be crowned the best in the world for their trade. it's called worldskills. this is basically the olympics for apprentices and other young people doing vocational training. so there are 56 skills put to the test, like plumbing, plastering, robotics, computer games design, carpentry, beauty therapy, cooking — the list goes on. for the past four days they've been in a huge stadium in russia with thousands of other young people from around the world being put through their paces. it is a massive deal. if you take a look at these sites from the opening ceremony, you can see russia has hosted it. team uk sent 37 competitors out there to take part and later today they find out how they did in a closing event attended by the russian president vladimir putin. let's go live to the stadium

and talk to orlando rawlings who competed in refrigeration and air—conditioning and collette gorvett whose event was restaurant services. it's very diverse. morning to you guys. good morning! i know you guys are happy because you finally finished after four intense days. orlando, tell us about who you've got in the background and the type of things you have been doing? yeah, so here we have tyler from construction, we have some from electrical installation, and we have shay and sam from landscape gardening. excellent. tell us about what it's been like the last few days, you've been in this huge stadium, haven't you, competing against people from all over the world ? can you against people from all over the world? can you be doing restaurant services, what does that involve? restaurant services is split into

five modules this year. we had a bar module, then next a casual dining model, then increasingly formal up to fine dining. so you would tested byjudges who were seeing what you're restaurant services work? we had quite a fewjudges walking around and the judges mark different criteria. there's a lot on how you wore, how you stand, posture, etiquette, everything like that. wore, how you stand, posture, etiquette, everything like thatm it hard? yeah, the levels are definitely there. it's nice to see such professional people in the industry. tell us, orlando, what you've been doing. refrigeration? how does that work? yeah, so in refrigeration you have the main module which is building a refrigeration system to design specifications. we have the pipe it up, gathered up and install the electrics and have it running and

making ice as low as —15. so it's quite a big deal. and this is your dayjob as well, you work for a company doing this, you done a lot of extra work to be part of the team? yeah, so i work as a service engineer for team? yeah, so i work as a service engineerfor daikin, i deliver units easily, so it was not such a big jump easily, so it was not such a big jump stop what was your training like? to get to this point you gone through lots of other competitions, haven't you? yeah, we started at regionals, which is then the top six went to nationals and then the top four from nationals went into team training for squad uk, four from nationals went into team training forsquad uk, and it whittled down to one person for the tea m whittled down to one person for the team selection. and you have the closing ceremony tonight. are we expecting metals from team uk, would you say? yeah, there are a lot of positive people who think they have done very well, we've all done our best and shown the skills and assets that the uk have. and colette, for

you, how important is this to you in your life, being part of team uk? it's really amazing. i have such a wonderful team, it's like my second family, and just to be able to broadcast my skills in the international level is just outstanding. and they are skills which have served prince charles, andi which have served prince charles, and i right? yeah, so he came to iceland previously owned came therefore the celebration. so, yeah, such a group of wonderful, outstanding people. will have a good look at the medal ceremony tonight. thank you. see you! goodbye! cheering. 0h, oh, we missed the cheer! i've been

to events like that, it's amazing. well, good luck to them. it's 7:56am. still to come: we'll have all the gossip and glitterfrom last night's strictly red carpet launch when we speak to breakfast‘s mike bushell, the man with all the moves but not necessarily in the right order. he has a lot of bounce. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm asad ahmad. record temperatures of up to 33 celsius were enjoyed by almost two million notting hill carnival goers over the bank holiday weekend. dancers and crowds were sprayed with water to keep them cool at what's been described as a successful celebration of music, colour and dance in west london. police made arrests in line with previous years, which, when you take the size of carnival into account, is less than half the rate of arrests of events like glastonbury.

formula one motor racing science is lending its knowledge to supermarket fridges. sainsbury‘s is trialling new technology which is based on the aerodynamics of f1 to make it more efficient by keeping cold air—in and reducing it's carbon footprint. over half of electricity used in supermarkets is in their fridge areas, with some people suggesting the fridges should have doors. at home we're all very careful to shut the door quickly when we're opening ourfridge. we don't leave it open unnecessarily. we know that it hits our energy bills, and supermarkets so far have seemed quite — not quite bothered about that. and they need to be, because all of us need to be contributing to making the uk carbon—neutral as soon as possible. old—age pensioners in essex have been getting—down and funky to the latest hip—hop beats to combat loneliness. teacher: nice, toni!

it's the idea of charlie blair from east london started to visit a dance studio when she was homeless to pick herself up. she now runs a hip—hop dance business for herself and uses it to help the elderly and the young who might by lonely. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. it's been like that all this morning, which is great. on the roads, there are two lanes closed westbound on the marylebone road at the junction with york gate. that's due to water mains work. on the roads, fulham road has temporary traffic lights for water mains work by chelsea and westminster hospital. now the weather with kate. good morning. yesterday we saw another temperature record broken. at heathrow, we got to 33.2dc, making it the hottest late august bank holiday monday on record. today, more of the same, another hot and sunny day. now the wind is still light, the sun is still strong, temperatures getting up into the low 30s. through the afternoon you mayjust get a bit more cloud bubbling up towards the west and with that, the further west you go, the risk of a shower. elsewhere, dry, sunny and temperatures going up to 33

celsius. another lovely evening, actually, in the sunshine, warm, late, evening sunshine. but then overnight we'll start to see this cloud moving in. well, you mightjust get a spot or two of light rain mixed in there as well. still another warm night, quite uncomfortable for sleeping, between 15—18 celsius. there is going to be more cloud on wednesday, one or two showers around as well as a cold front moves through, as it does, it introduces some fresher air. so temperatures taking quite a drop over the next few days but still largely dry from thursday onwards. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin charlie stayt. our headlines today. jeremy corbyn will meet other opposition party

leaders this morning, to thrash out ideas on how to stop a no—deal brexit. documents seen by the bbc show that the government knew three years ago that the hs2 rail project was over—budget — and probably behind schedule. the skills olympics. 37 of the uk's most talented young people have been going for gold in russia at the worldskills competition in things such as cabinet making, refrigeration, health and social care, car painting — the list goes on. i'll be speaking to some of them. it is a deadline day like no other for bolton wanderers. they could go out of business if they don't find a new owner by 5 o'clock. while league one neighbours bury face the same deadline to complete the sale of the club. strictly stars take to the stage ahead of the show‘s seventeenth series. we hear from a familiar face as he prepares to take a leap into the unknown. good morning, the sun is beating down, it is pleasantly warm already,

and for central and eastern england it is going to be another hot day, for the west though, we will see some rain and some of that will be thundery. i will have more it's tuesday the 27th august. our top story. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will meet other opposition party leaders today, as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no—deal brexit. mr corbyn has said he's open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. let's cross to westminster and join our political correspondent iain watson. iain, how likely are they to agree? this meeting, give us a sense of what it is that they are trying to achieve, who will be there and what might come out of it. it is a wide—ranging meeting, it includes all opposition parties apart from northern ireland's dup who are of course propping up borisjohnson's

government, giving him the slimmest majority. if the parties can agree on something potentially they can defeat borisjohnson, they on something potentially they can defeat boris johnson, they all want to, they say, avoid a no—deal scenario, britain leaving the eu on 3ist scenario, britain leaving the eu on 31st october without a deal. the trouble is they are divided on tactic, for example jeremy corbyn would prefer to be a caretaker prime minister who calls a general election and campaigned for referendum. others would prefer to go straight to a referendum in the first place, and the new leader of the liberal democratsjo swinson is saying to jeremy the liberal democratsjo swinson is saying tojeremy corbyn, look, the only way to become a caretaker prime minister is if you win a motion of no confidence against borisjohnson, you will need conservative rebels to help row do that, and frankly, they will not countenance you in number ten, so think about an alternative, think about perhaps harriet harman or ken clark, a veteran politician, perhaps taking over for a short time instead. that point was put to keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary

on this very programme and this is how he responded.” on this very programme and this is how he responded. i at this stage am not ruling out anything and neither isjeremy corbyn, not ruling out anything and neither is jeremy corbyn, our approach not ruling out anything and neither isjeremy corbyn, our approach is not ruling out anything and neither is jeremy corbyn, our approach is to say how can we bring people together in orderto say how can we bring people together in order to stop a no—deal brexitment that is the spirit we are entering the talk, but i think the idea that if there is a vote of no confidence there is something wrong with the leader of the opposition being centre stage. historically that has been the position. keir starmer setting out the historic position but to get agreement at the meeting today, what i think is a far more likely outcome, is that the agree to try to come together, in the first week when parliament resume, nec week and they say look, let us legislate for no—deal. seize control away from borisjohnson no—deal. seize control away from boris johnson and the no—deal. seize control away from borisjohnson and the government, making it clear that he will have to seek a deal with the european union, and possibly extend the brexit date beyond 31st october. however, that doesn't stop him trying to

potentially suspend parliament for a period of time or to calljeremy corbyn's bluff and call a general election with opinion polls suggesting that the conservatives are in the lead. thank you iain. worth saying as well one of those who will be in the meeting jo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, we will speak to her in about ten, 15 minutes. documents seen by the bbc show that the government and hs2 knew that the new high speed railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016 — before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project — which raises the question: was parliament given the full picture? our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build

the new high—speed railway was on budget and on time. there was only one budget for hs2, and it is £55.7 billion. but bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasn't the case. the evidence we've got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer who's funding it, weren't given the full picture. this letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. in it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london, was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. he also proposes opening the railway a year late to try and save money. a former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate, and internally teams knew it was a lot higher. another former hs2 director, doug thornton, says he often told government the budget wasn't realistic. i was briefing personally the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department for transport

and the department of transport‘s project representative team, so at that level the department knew. and all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. as protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps were misled. for all the opposition, hs2 does have strong support, but the evidence we've seen not only raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about is value for money, but about transparency and trust. hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the national audit office and parliamentary committees. and the department for transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. but with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, it's hard to say how

high speed 2 will evolve in the coming weeks. tom burridge, bbc news. changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. it's part of a wider government move to improve mobile coverage, especially in the countryside. ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for rural commuities to host new 5g technology schemes. we have to find the balance, if you have taller masts you could put more struck infrastructure on it which means you could get some masts that are an eyesore, make sure we have more building based masts close to roads, it is all the time. it is about finding that balance, i know asa about finding that balance, i know as a local mp i had a lot of people saying they objected to mast, they don't get that so much now because people understand the need for connectivity. the drug manufacturer, johnson and johnson has been ordered by a judge in the american state of oklahoma to pay a fine of more than half a billion dollars for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids. the ruling is being seen

as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states, where about 400,000 people have died from opioid overdosing over the past two decades. johnson and johnson says they will appeal. a fourth earthquake has been recorded near the uk's only active shale gas site in less than a week. a tremor with a magnitude of 2.9 was recorded at the site in lancashire at about 8.30 yesterday morning, and was stronger than those that forced cuadrilla to suspend test fracking in 2011. cuadrilla confirmed another tremor registering a magnitude of1 was recorded at 10.20 last night. we are going to talk about two football clu bs we are going to talk about two football clubs facing real possible problem, you don't have to be a fan to know there have been major issues for a couple of clubs lately. you don't have to be that much of a fan to know bolton and bury have been round for many years. two of the old est clu bs round for many years. two of the oldest clubs in the league.

sad and disappointing times. bolton wanderers were not that long ago we re wanderers were not that long ago were in the premier league, doing very well. posh hotel, a stadium, one of the first clubs do that, very forward thinking in their time. when sam alla rdyce forward thinking in their time. when sam allardyce was in charge, they we re sam allardyce was in charge, they were one of the first clubs to use all different types of nutrition, chinese medicine but they are in serious financial trouble. 5. 00 today, if they haven't been bought, then the football league could start a move that would kick them out of the league, they could be in liquidation by tomorrow. bury in a similar position. bury have had a deadline extension from last week but 5.00 today, if somebody hasn't stepped up and bought the club they could be gone. so, forfans, who have followed the clubs through theirfamilies, have followed the clubs through their families, through the generations it is desperate, really disparate time, bolton though, it is sad if you follow the story, they

have had to sell off land, car park, not pay their players u they have had junior academy players playing in senior matches to the point where they had to drop a match recently because the young players had played too much football. you know, in terms of a duty of care, they couldn't carry on. so you can see there are people at the heart of these clubs desperately trying to hold them together, but it is going to come to the crunch round 5.00 today. we will talk to a couple of people closely linked in a few minutes' time. we will have the fans on shortly. coming up as we we will be talking about strictly. we knowjeremy corbyn is having this meeting with opposition leaders this morning as well. speaking to the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson about what she is expecting from that meeting coming up shortly. no confusion there, jeremy corbyn is

not involved in strictly, just in case... dev i give that impression. to be clear as they say. let us go and have a look at that weather. carol is there this morning. what a lovely morning. . good morning. temperature in london at the moment is already 20 degree, in london bay it is already 24 degrees, now in braemar we have been saying it is six degree, it is probably round about ten by now, so temperatures are rising, but today, is the last day of this very warm weather. for a wee while any way. so, this weekend, we saw some late august bank holiday record breakers, in heathrow for example in on sunday the temperature reached 33.3 celsius. yesterday, it was 33.2 celsius, and somewhere in the south east today could hit very similar values. so we look at the chart, you

will see what i am talking about. basically, we have got a couple of weather fronts so the first one is across north—west scotland, and northern ireland. that is producing rain. that rain will be on and off as we go through the course of the day. meanwhile, we have another one coming up from the south—west of england, wiggling through wales, the midlands into northern england and south—east scotland. that is what will produce heavy thundery downpour, we do have some in south—west england and through this morning they will move into wales, then we will see some develop in the midlands, into northern england, southern and eastern scotland. so we continue with the rain in the north and west, in between these two weather fronts there will be a drier slice of weather and on the other side we say the in the dry and hot and sunny condition, temperatures in hull getting up to 29 today, but potentially 32 or 33 around the london area. widely though we are

looking between 14 and 24. now, through this evening and overnight we will have the downpour, anywhere from lincolnshire northwards up into the northern isle, we still also have a weather front producing rain in the north and north—west and that is starting to slide, and across the south—west quarter we will see more cloud build. driest conditions in the south—east. as a result of this, it is not going to be a cold night. where it has been cold this morning for exam million the highlands we will see double figure overnight low temperatures. so tomorrow, it looks u nsettled. temperatures. so tomorrow, it looks unsettled. rain in the north and west moving southwards and eastwards. ahead of it there will be cloud build, could see the odd shower in the south—east, but here we will have the driest conditions but temperatures down, so a maximum temperature tomorrow, more likely to be 24, rather than 33. as we head into thursday, a weather front makes it into the south—east, so early on we will have cloud and spots of rain, that will clear away, it dries up, we will see more sunshine, but a

new weather front coming into the north—west of the country, will introduce more rain and the wind will strengthen. by then our temperatures widely13—23 degrees. as we head to the end of the week it continues unsettled with the temperatures continuing to slide, so if this is too hot for you it is good news but if it has been perfect, it is perhaps not as good news on the horizon. we are going to talk about brexit later, that key meeting at 11.00. the opposition party leaders will be gathering. labour's plans to prevent borisjohnson from gathering. labour's plans to prevent boris johnson from suspending parliament. the paper has seen legal advice that says jeremy corbyn could mount a legal challenge to block

what it calls the greatest abuse of power in living memory. the times says the archbishop of canterbury has been in plans to prevent a no—deal brexit which has been described as inappropriate. it shows a picture of a deer, a stag, cooling off in london's richmond park during that hot weather that some have been enjoying. the daily telegraph, and there they have the image of prime minister borisjohnson of course, thumbs up at the g7 summit. many issues discussed including the amazon ra i nfo rest, discussed including the amazon ra i nforest, a discussed including the amazon rainforest, a sum 06 money allocated to brazil in connection with that. —— sum of. the other story we were talking about was about the plan by the government to try and eliminate mobile phone blind spots allowing taller masts, in some rural area, they will not welcome that but some

restrictions will still apply. front—page of the mirror is taken over by ben stokes and he is talking about the support he gets from his wife. another thing, we will be looking at this morning is this research about optimists, it is in lots of the paper, according to research and they talk to a lot of people, they have tracked 70,000 women, and they found by asking men and women whether they agreed with various statements that optimists tend to live longer and have a greater chance of reaching their 85th birthday. you have almost decided you are an opted mist. i have transformed my character in this programme. amazing what happens when you are an optimist. let's return to our top story. later today, jeremy corbyn will meet

with other opposition party leaders as he tries to secure support for his plan to block a no—deal not everyone supports the proposals which would see him installed as caretaker prime minister. let's speak to the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinsonjoins us jo swinson joins us now. what do you wa nt jo swinson joins us now. what do you want out of today's meeting?” jo swinson joins us now. what do you want out of today's meeting? i want us to be able to have confidence that we can stop the catastrophe of a no—deal brexit. as liberal democrat leader we have been very clear and democrat leader we have been very clearand campaigning democrat leader we have been very clear and campaigning for three yea rs or clear and campaigning for three years or more now, to stop brexit all together, and obviously the immediate crisis we face is crashing out without a deal. so, i want us to be able to stop that, and i am putting forward a triple lock of three potential actions that could make sure that that is a reality, i think the first and most important thing is that we agree that we should pass legislation to require the government to extend article 50. i would like that to be for the

purpose of holding a people's vote. secondly, if we end up in the scenario of a vote of no confidence, and a general election, it is hugely important that there is a agreement that such an election would give the people, the public the chance to choose and therefore it would have to be either before 31st october or come with an extension to article 50, and then finally, if we are on the verge of crashing out without a deal, and all else has failed we need to be prepared to revoke article 50, because in 2019, we should not have the situation where british government policy leads to food and medicine shortages. so you are clear, about your party's message. let us talk about, and you talk about the various different ways of getting it. let us talk about if there were to be and we talked to keir starmer and this is not necessarily what you might ee, not necessarily what you might agree, if there were to be a vote of no confidence, you have been clear

that you wouldn't necessarily supportjeremy corbyn leading that. what i think we are less likely to wina what i think we are less likely to win a vote of no confidence if the suggestion is that it will as a result injeremy corbyn becoming prime minister. and than isjust from looking at the publicly available stated positions of several opposition mps from anna soubry and change uk, to heidi allen or nick boles, or ian austin who have said they couldn't support jeremy corbyn as prime minister, and you would then need for a conservative mps to vote for that, so that proposal makes it less likely that we would succeed in achieving a vote of no confidence. he is the leader of the opposition though isn't he. he. he would need to bring forward that vote of no confidence. if he is serious as he says he is about stopping no—deal and the legislative approach i have outlined which i think is the best way of doing it. if that doesn't work and we end up in a vote for no

confidence, if he is genuine in his view that is what he wants to do, he will table that vote of no confidence, and recognise that such an emergency government would need to be led by somebody who commanded genuine support across the house. what strikes me listening to you and keir starmer, you tell me from your point of view, what is the chance of reaching agreement, you have so many people in that room with differing view, how will you reach an agreement? well optimism is in the news today, and i do come at this with a view that is positive that, we can reach agreements because brexit can be stopped. we do not need to settle for this damaging path for our country and whether it isa path for our country and whether it is a labour path for our country and whether it isa labouror path for our country and whether it is a labour or conservative brexit, the result is the same, it will be bad for our country, so i welcome the opportunity to talk with others on the opposition benches and we need to talk with those on the conservative benches who are very

concerned about no—deal as well. conservative benches who are very concerned about no-deal as well. you are clear, you are very clear about your position, what do you say to those people who don't want brexit stopped? well, i understand that there are differences of preponderance, but what i would say, is that if we are to go down the route of a specific brexit path, whether that is a no—deal brexit that wasn't only the ballot paper in 2016, that is no democratic mandate for or whether it's the brexit deal that theresa may negotiated or something else which borisjohnson negotiates, we need to have confidence that that genuinely commands majority support in the country, given how high the stakes are, and that is why i have been clear and the liberal democrats have been clear, is that should be put to the people to decide in a people's vote. if people voted again, saying they did want to leave, and we don't know what the beale would be —— deal would be, you would supported that? if they voted for a specific brexit

deal i would have confidence that was the majority view and they had had the chance to vote to remain. i am not suddenly going to change my view, my belief we will be better off as members of the european union, of course i am not going to change that any more than i would suddenly believe if in 2005 when i first got elected and labour won the general election, i didn't stop thinking that the liberal democrats had the right policies and start thinking that suddenly labour was right, so, you know, iam not going to change my beliefs but i would have confidence that the public genuinely wanted that path. at the moment i have no confidence, that there is a majority in this country for any specific form of brexit, whether that is the undemocratic no—deal brexit or whether that is theresa may's deal or any other. thank you jo swinson. in the corner of my eye i could see a certain person cavorting, i can

see someone cavorting. is that distracting? it was a little. i could see mike bushell. we will talk to him in a moment but mike is of course as we well know is involved in strictly this year and we have the first glimpse of all of them, all of those involved doing their thing. here they are. i near list went off the stage, the jump i near list went off the stage, the jump was higher than in rehearsal. that could have been the end. they might have caught me because they we re might have caught me because they were so supportive. bookmakers have made him the favourite to leave the show but anneka rice thinks she will find strictly a challenge. i have never danced in my life.

no—one in my family has seen me dance one move. not in a disco or a wedding ever. i have a complete thing about dancing. others plan to rely on tried and trusted dance moved, honed during their clubbing days. ymca. oh, serious. i love a good old pushed steps routine. a bit of tragedy. so when fay was on this last year it was like, yes sister. the the way you do the body roll it is like looking over a ledge. not today. see you later sister. one interesting thing to look out for there is oti. she is one of the professional dancer, there is a newjudge this year and it is her big sister motsi, how is that going to work out? neither of them are talking today. on saturday, them are talking today. on saturday, the 14 celebrities will find out with which profession they'll have been paired. then they will have

three weeks to practise before they are dancing on live tv. we wish mike all the best. here he, the man himself. how you feeling. that wasn't a dance move. i am feeling fine but for some reason round the grass there is loads of flies that keep biting my leg, that is not a dance move, that is me trying to get rid of the flies. i didn't sleep a wink, i was so excited, on this high after this launch show filming last night. it was one of the best party, the live music, tess and claudia were there, thejudges were there music, tess and claudia were there, the judges were there but the most nerve—wracking bit, myself and saffron barker were told we would be the first to come out to introduce ourself and i thought it was going to bea ourself and i thought it was going to be a walk, waving at the crowd, a bit of dancing on spot. they said

fill 15 seconds, do some sort of routine. saffron is brilliant, she told me what to do. i thought i would go for the jump told me what to do. i thought i would go for thejump but told me what to do. i thought i would go for the jump but as you saw it was a bit high. high. higher than in rehearsal, i had been warned several times not to get too near to the edge of things because of a certain incident involving a imswiming pool once. we saw the jump. it is a wonderful piece of work, can you replicate that moment for us right now. well i am a one trick pony. it is hard on the grass which is slippy. but i think over the time we have to try and develop a few more tricks because will people will be board of that.. it could go wrong on the floor. it is something i used to do forfun could go wrong on the floor. it is something i used to do for fun with the kids at a wedding. bookies, what are they making of your chances? not very good. but i don't blame them. i

am the oldest male competitor with limited dad dance experience so if i was a bookie i could make myself favourite to go out first. it is the best place to start, the only way is up. every time the underdog has its day. so i am looking to do maybe a wigan or a leicester time round, i understand being the favourite. david james, one of the competitor, very experienced footballer, he said we are a team. that is what i am feeling, the, if love and team work of this brilliant set of people from different walks of life and we will be supportive of people. if i go out the first week i will be back to cheer on the others. i can't express how much we are looking forward to it. thank you. very good luck and yes, it is, he is going to do it for dads anywhere. i am going back to

training. there is no—one round so i have my friend the gnome. he is a bit wooden but strictly gnome dancing. it helps to have someone to hold. by the weekend i should know which partner it will be. better than the gnome. thank you so much. he isa than the gnome. thank you so much. he is a bit wooden. he is going to carry on. anyone looking out their window seeing mike... more on that throughout the next let us hope few months, time to get the news, travel and weather

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