good morning. welcome to breakfast with jon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today: a "nakedly political put—up job". downing street reacts angrily as borisjohnson is referred to the police watchdog over his

links to an american businesswoman when he was mayor of london. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, promises to replace the government's controversial welfare policy, universal credit, should they get into power. the heat dominates at the world athletics championships. kenya's ruth chepngetich wins the women's marathon but nearly half the field pull out. good morning. a very unsettled weekend ahead. whilst there is some sunshine in the forecast, there's also heavy rain and some strong winds. all of the details in the next half an hour. it's saturday the 28th of september. our top story — downing street has reacted angrily after borisjohnson was referred to the police watchdog over his friendship with an american businesswoman. over his friendship the independent office for police conduct will look at whether a criminal investigation should be launched into allegations thatjennifer arcuri was given

favourable treatment, including financial grants, when mrjohnson was mayor of london. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. come to london, build your business is your... the american take entrepreneurjennifer arcuri received sponsorship events run by her company from organisations linked to borisjohnson‘s office while he was mayor of london. she then went on three overseas trade missions with borisjohnson — all of which she'd originally been turned down for. the bbc has spoken to several people who were on the trips. they said jennifer arcuri seemed out of place, as her companies were less substantial than those of other participants. borisjohnson‘s office intervened to make sure that she got on one of the trips to tel aviv, though she paid her own way. i like it! it's brilliant! the allegations of improper conduct were originally made in the sunday times and have been

looked at by the greater london authority monitoring officer this week. she's now decided to ask the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct, to assess whether borisjohnson should be investigated for the criminal offence of misconduct in public office. the iopc are involved because, as mayor of london, borisjohnson was also in charge of london's metropolitan police. i really think there are so many more important issues like putting more important issues like putting more police on our streets, increasing funding for schools. all of these things are the kind of issues that my constituents and the general public want is to focus on. ijust do not believe that this complaint is the issue that is being made out to be in the media this morning. the prime minister has vigorously denied the allegations. a senior government source said the referral to the iopc was "a nakedly political put—up job". daniel sandford, bbc news. labour have promised to scrap the welfare system

of universal credit if the party wins the next general election. the party leaderjeremy corbyn will today condemn the system as an "unmitigated disaster" which is "inhumane and cruel". the government says the proposal is irresponsible. in few minutes we'll be speaking about that pledge to the shadow local government secretary, andrew gwynne. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said the snp could backjeremy corbyn as an interim prime minister to prevent borisjohnson from taking the uk out of the eu without a deal. she called for a vote of no—confidence in the current government, followed by a caretaker administration. our political correspondent nick eardley is in our london newsroom. nick, how likely is this to happen? it is one thing nicola sturgeon saying she thinks this is a way forward , saying she thinks this is a way forward, but are the numbers there in the house of commons to make it happen? the simple answer at the moment as the numbers are not there because this would need the support notjust

of labour, not just the this would need the support notjust of labour, notjust the snp, but the liberal democrats, former tory mps who were chucked out of the party for refusing to back borisjohnson‘s brexit plan. at the moment, it looks like a bit of a long shot. however, it indicates a nervousness amongst opposition parties that the legislation they pass, which is supposed to stop a no deal brexiteer month, that that is not going to be enough. they are really worried that the prime minister might ignore it oi’ the prime minister might ignore it orfind a way the prime minister might ignore it or find a way around the prime minister might ignore it orfind a way around it, and so the prime minister might ignore it or find a way around it, and so they are increasingly talking about this idea of trying to replace boris johnson and put somebody in temporarily to go and get a brexit extension, then call a general election. the argument the snp are making privately is that mr corbin comes first, because he is leader of the opposition. but when all of the opposition parties meet on monday, i think they will have a big discussion about potentially who else could do it and get some more

support. thank you for now, nick. more than half of patients with a type of skin cancer once seen as "untreatable" have been handed a lifeline thanks to a revolutionary new treatment, doctors will announce today. a decade ago, most patients diagnosed with late—stage melanoma would not survive more than a few months. now drugs that harness the body's immune system mean 52% are living for longer than five yea rs, according to research carried out at the royal marsden hopsital. there's been reports of an explosion near a polling station in the afghan city of kandahar, as voting gets under way in the country's presidential election. tens of thousands of afghan forces were deployed across the country to counter taliban militants, who had vowed to target polling stations. a number of people were reportedly injured in the blast. the broadcasting regulator ofcom is to investigate the way the bbc has handled a complaint about breakfast‘s naga munchetty. she was speaking on this programme after president trump called for four non—white congresswomen to

‘go back to their countries'. the bbc said naga was entitled to comment about her own experience of racism, but she should not have speculated about the president's motives as that breached impartiality. the bbc‘s david jordan explained the decision. unfortunately towards the end of the discussion, she did sort of venture into speculating about what president trump's motives might have been in making the comments that he made. there's no doubt that the comment that he made is racist. to say to anybody from a minority ethnic community, from an immigrant community that they should go back to where they came from is just ignorant prejudice and is racism, and she was right to identify it as such. so there's no doubt that the comment was racist. but what she then went on to speculate about, together with dan walker later in the conversation, was what was motivating that. was it being done for — to attract attention or for some other reason? and you can watch that episode of newswatch in full on the bbc iplayer now.

prince harry has said that visiting the most famous site of his late mother's anti—landmine campaigning was an "emotional" experience. he was speaking after walking through a partially cleared landmine field in angola — just as diana, princess of wales, did in 1997, shortly before her death. our correspondent pumza fihlani joins us from cape town in south africa. pumza, was this also a significant moment for the people of angola? incredibly poignant images. indistinct and also in angola, that really powerful image that we saw of prince harry walking through a minefield. it was a different area he passed than his mother... iam afraid than his mother... i am afraid we are going to have to leave it there. we cannot quite hear

your microphone. we will try to rectify that and come back to you in little bit later. apologies. and if you like to back a horse at "short odds", this could be the race for you. they don't get much shorter than this! the annual shetland pony grand national took place at newmarket yesterday. 13 riders, who had to be aged between nine and 13, and under five feet tall, raced over two and a half furlongs. that's four miles shorter than the full—sized race at aintree. 12—year—old zac kent won by a nose — which must have left the other riders feeling rather low. everyone feeling low! they are beautiful, though, aren't they? it feels like you need to adjust the picture ratio on the screen. there we go, there is that nose. photo finish! so dramatic.

it is bbc breakfast, believe it or not, it is coming up to 750 two 80 am. when universal credit was first announced in 2010, it was hailed by its architects as a "once in many generations reform" to the welfare system which would simplify payments and "make work pay". today, the labour leader jeremy corbyn will condemn the system as an "unmitigated disaster" which he will scrap if he gets into power. we're joined now by shadow local government secretary, andrew gwynne. the thing with universal credit was the government acknowledged at the time that rolling it out had been a problem but now it has been established, there is lots of evidence it is working for lots of families. that is not the case. the real evidence is that we are universal credit has been rolled out, it has increased poverty. it has increased hardship. many families are struggling and children are being pushed into poverty. food

bank use has escalated massively since 2010 and there is a direct correlation between that increase in food bank use and an increase in rent arrears as well. and the roll—out of universal credit. it is a broken system and it is a system that has to be scrapped. the government has apologised for that delay in payment but i have spoken for example to jobcentre workers delay in payment but i have spoken for example tojobcentre workers in liverpool, to somebody who broke their leg in manchester, who said their leg in manchester, who said the simplicity of the system when it works beats everything that has come before it. the simplicity of it, if it works, is a good idea and a principle that we supported. the simplicity of it. the problem is it doesn't work. people accrue massive rent arrears that they are then kept perpetually in poverty as a result of that. what we have said is you cannot tinker around with universal credit. the next labour government will scrap universal credit. it will ensure that we put families and children first, that we will scrap,

for example, the two child limit, the so—called rate clause, we will ensure that there are frequent payments and that payments to landlords will be made in respect of rent, to avoid the chronic rent arrears that many people have now accrued. that is the right and sensible thing to do. but people would argue that you negate the benefits of universal credit, which would argue that some people become more financially responsible if they do have to manage their budget over a period of time. we are living in the real world here. ideal on a free quit basis in my constituency —— make frequent basis in my constituency with families on real hardship because they have accrued massive rent arrears that would be difficult for them to ever recover. it does not save the public purse. you know, the job it does not save the public purse. you know, thejob i have in the shadow cabinet is the shadow local

government secretary. the impact of this poverty inducing policy, which universal credit has done, particularly on children, has led to a massive cost explosion for children's services up and down the country, so it pushes the burden elsewhere on to the public purse. let's tackle the root cause of child. let's get a welfare system that works. that is why we will scrap universal credit, we will also scrap universal credit, we will also scrap the department for work and pensions and replace it with a department for social security, because the clue is in the name. we wa nt to because the clue is in the name. we want to have a social security, a safety net for everybody. that is really important going forwards. you talk about the public purse and the importance of that, how does it help public money to scrap something that has caught a lot —— might cost a lot of money to set up, a department to be reorganised, a whole new system? is trying to get the existing system

to work as best as it can rather than spending more money to change it not better question mark what you're suggesting has been described as expensive fantasy that will cost billions of pounds. the tory party would say that. there is a commons library has said this would cost in the region of about under an £80 million. 180 million? for some of the changes, the immediate changes to universal credit, and scrapping the two child system, would cost around that. we have factored in 300 million. the totality of the changes that we propose would cost £3 billion and we have budgeted for that in our manifesto for the next general election. so it is very complicated but where does that money come from? it has got to come from taxes or some other money somewhere else. we have already said that £2 billion was identified in the 2017 general election to try to

fix universal credit, that money is there already in our costings. that will move across to our new plans. the extra billion pounds that we have to find will be fully costed when we get to that general election. we will have a great book, as we did at the last general election, specifying exactly how these measures will be paid for. but look, we are paying through the nose and children's services and local authorities across the country. tackling child poverty will be the number one priority of the next labour government. you mentioned they are that there were elements of universal credit that you respect, the idea of it being to work. will you take on elements of that, the single payment of that, for example? one of the things we are looking at is how you get to the system that we wa nt to is how you get to the system that we want to get to. we recognise it is not going to be a quick fix. we. the roll—out of universal credit... but people will argue that you are just

criticising universal credit. you're not being clear about what you will replace it with or where the money will come from. we are being very clear with what we will replace it with. we are saying that we would develop a new social security system and would have an interim period where we can actually use statutory instruments, secondary legislation, ministerial direction... what does that mean to people? with they have the same payment? to change the way that universal credit works so that they will have a faster payment, we will get rid of the bedroom tax, we will get rid of the bedroom tax, we will be able to end the two child limit, which has pushed many children into poverty. these are quick fixes that we do not need legislation to introduce. then we will bring forward a package of reforms for a new social security system in due course. 0k, reforms for a new social security system in due course. ok, but it is not entirely clear what it is just yet? well, we have been very clear about the changes that we would make in the immediate, day one of a

labour government but the new package of what will replace universal credit will take time. we don't want to get into the mess that the tories have got into, in introducing a massive change overnight. but there are things that we can do immediately to make the current system work in the interests of families and children. many thanks, good to see you. thank you forjoining us. if you are planning your weekend, you need to know what the weather is going to do. there is some sunshine to talk about. it is not a wash—out at all this weekend. however, there is going to be some heavy rain around, particularly across parts of england and wales tonight and for a time tomorrow. some strong winds could cause travel disruption. it is all tied in with this bank of cloud in the atlantic heading towards us. that is tied in with a deep area of

low pressure. still low pressure across us low pressure. still low pressure across us at the moment, particularly scotland and northern england, which has been generating overnight claim. —— overnight rain. eventually pushing its way across northern england. behind that, some spells of sunshine developing, which you have already got across western scotland, northern ireland and a large swathe of england and wales again still some showers though. through this afternoon, more showery rain developing across parts of north wales, north—west england and the midlands. for most, sunny spells, scattered showers, before persistent rain arrives into south—west england and south wales later. it is a breezy if not windy day. temperatures this afternoon mid to high teens for most of us. cooler across northern scotland. here is this area of low pressure through this area of low pressure through this evening and overnight which will deliver some very heavy rain across south—west england and wales, before pushing its way north and eastwards into parts of northern ireland, the far north of england. coupled with that, some very strong

winds particularly across central and southern england and wales, where they could touch 55 mph. very mild across much of england and wales. temperatures not much lower than 1a celsius. wait tomorrow across the midlands, northern england, with that rain pulling away north and eastwards. sharp showers pushing their way north to east. winds fairly light but a cooler feeling day across northern ireland and scotland. and into northern england, particularly where that rain persists. further south, temperatures in the high teens. this pressure pulling away and as it does, some really strong and gusty winds. particularly across the south coast of england, pushing up towards parts of the kent coast where they could touch 50 mph in places. that system pulls away north and eastwards so monday, dry and bright to start. but another area of low pressure waiting in the wings will

bring in more light and windy weather. if you're looking for something dry and bright, middle of the week may be better for you but hand—in—hand with that will be something quite a bit colder. i keep thinking she is going to say, if you are looking for something drier and brighter, go if you are looking for something drierand brighter, go abroad. leave now. the guardian's film critic peter bradshaw is here to tell us what's caught his eye in the papers this morning. let's go straight in. this story on the front page of various papers about the ongoing argument over the handling by the bbc of comments that we re handling by the bbc of comments that were made by our presenter on this very sofa following those tweets by donald trump. what is your take on the coverage in the papers. the meal never misses an opportunity to bash the bbc and i think there is

an overwhelming upsurge of the support for naga, and rightly so, with the bbc having to qualify its own attitude to this. but i cannot help but smile when ic the meal making it a front—page story, antiracism as its new thing. there is morejoy in heaven through one senna repenting. what would have happened if they had been in favour of herfrom happened if they had been in favour of her from the start? i think there's something about strange... ‘s it is on the front page of the a guardian as well. not quite splashed in the same way but you are right. the bbc have come out to clarify things over yesterday evening and again this morning, we have seen on news watch this morning. does that begin to explain what happened and the decision in a way that people

get? i don't think so. i think, i certainly agree with tony's commented that the racist comment is a racist comment. the bbc‘s explanation that it was the intention rather than the statement itself about what she considered to be his intention, that was arguably wrong. i think that is a fine distinction and i think the overwhelming majority of people would think that. the distinction is so complicated that it could have the unintended outcome of censorship, which is what the letter to the guardian said. yes, although, it has got to the stage where people are starting to regard racism as an opinion, is something of which there are two sides to the story and i think naga is quite right in suggesting that is not the approach at all. let's move on, equalfor drum attacks on netflix and amazon. there

isa attacks on netflix and amazon. there is a push for them to pay tax to sustain high quality. this is an interesting story the papers are nowadays full, quite rightly so, of the staggering success of fully back, where there is reportedly a deal worth $50 million over how many years. are you all right? it may just be are you all right? it mayjust be the budget for the entire thing. but very interestingly, some more protectionist cultures like france and germany already levy a tax on the big streaming giants and make them give money to their national film production budgets. and there is an argument to say, well, the bbc licence pair has invested in vb's career, she would be nothing without fully back and the sensational bbc productions and then goes on to glory and fame and riches. that is

fine, iam glory and fame and riches. that is fine, i am as big a fan of hers as anybody. —— she would be nothing without fleabag. anybody. —— she would be nothing without flea bag. but anybody. —— she would be nothing without fleabag. but then there is an argument that the per old british national party should get kind of a kickback. it is interesting. the bbc, being objective, it seems to keep doing well if you look at things like killing eva and there is the argument that people are never as good again, like des lynam. is that a warning to me and john? don't leave! nobody wants me. interesting story here in the guardian saying spitting image is coming back is there enough material? is our politics interesting enough these days? there is almost too much. in these days of social media, everybody is a

satirist. there is possiblyjust too much satire, we are almost enables satire situation. everything has gone beyond satire. in an era of social media when any 14—year—old can become a viral global smash with a meme on instagram, may be spitting image cannot keep up. it seems to be much more international. in the 19805, it much more international. in the 1980s, it was much more about frank bruno and now they want to do vladimir putin. i think it is great. they still have not only channel for it. i suspect it might go to somebody bbc america. pa rt somebody bbc america. part of the charm of it, the satire ofjohn major eating peas with norma was how dull lots of politics was at the time. everything was dull in those days except for, arguably, margaret thatcher and satire was what made it interesting but now, it is beyond a joke. when you come back in an hour, we will go back in time because you have got a piece you're about

margaret thatcher and john major. let's talk about that then. everything changes but nothing changes. true enough. thank you so much. washington was abuzz this week when the democratic party launched impeachment proceedings against president trump. they want him removed from office over allegations that he put pressure on the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden, mr trump's likely opponent in next year's presidential election. but how important is this issue to voters outside the us capital? james cook has been to the crucial swing state of pennsylvania to find out. donald trump's route to the white house ran through the mid west. his promise to make the rust belt shine again was critical in 2016. and how pennsylvanians feel about the president now could determine his chances of re—election. so what do voters here make of mr trump asking ukraine's leader to investigate his

potential opponent? i don't like the idea that trump is asking or trying to get someone else to investigatejoe biden. that doesn't seem right. him being the president, um, he has permissions and kind of can get away with different things that, you know, you or i wouldn't be able to get away with. i mean, i don't know the actual laws behind it, it just seems not straightforward or appropriate of a public official. at the heart of this affair is the us relationship with ukraine and at the heart of pittsburgh's big ukrainian community, these voters sound pretty devoted to president trump. i just think it was probably a normal political conversation and i don't think there was any malicious intent behind it. and that's my opinion. and what's your feeling about why the democrats are now doing what they doing? i think it's foolish and it's just another attempt on the part

of the democrats to put our country through more pain and turmoil because they lost the last election. for many voters there are more pressing concerns. these americans say the big issues at stake next year will be immigration and the economy. he's pushing entrepreneurship, as well as individuality. so is donald trump my number one pick? probably not. but he's in office so i'm with him all the way because i'm american. as you know, he makes it very hard for, how should say it, the coloured folks, hispanics, african americans. ok, but... when we say make it harder, you know some of the laws and policies he's coming outwith, tearing families apart... i think we're getting four more years. laughter. now this will be the year that i go out and vote. laughter.

and the focus here is the election rather than impeachment. an air of scandal fatigue may help the president. although who knows what's coming down the track? well, donald trump really should have a one—way ticket to re—election. the economy is growing, unemployment has been falling, and wages have been rising at last. and, in normal times, that's what americans think about when they decide how to vote. the thing is, these are far from normal times in us politics. james cook, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. you can see more stories like that on bbc scotland every week day evening at nine o'clock, or on the bbc iplayer. coming up on today's show, the actor emily mortimer has a new film out next week directed by her lifelong friend dolly wells. it's called good posture and they'll both be sitting up straight on the sofa in around 20 minutes.

exactly. i always get loads of grief when i sit here. we will be sitting up when i sit here. we will be sitting up straight. headlines coming up in the moment. techis tech is advancing so fast it can be ha rd to tech is advancing so fast it can be hard to keep up. a! might be predicting the fashion of the future. but there is no need to be overwhelmed. ireland made up of solar panels. walking on water. this is what it feels like to be on the moon. consult the experts. this is how you really do it. take a look at tomorrow's technology today. click. hello. this is breakfast with jon kay and nina warhurst. coming up before nine, alina will have the weather for you. holly will have all the sport, as well. there was developments in the by well. there was developments in the rugby so she will bring us up to date. just gone 8:30.

but first, a summary of this morning's main news. downing street has reacted angrily after borisjohnson was referred to the police watchdog over his friendship with an american businesswoman. the independent office for police conduct will look at whether a criminal investigation should be launched into allegations thatjennifer arcuri was given favourable treatment, including financial grants, when mrjohnson was mayor of london. the prime minister denies any wrongdoing. labour will promise to scrap the welfare system of universal credit if the party wins the next general election. the party leaderjeremy corbyn will today condemn the system as an "unmitigated disaster" which is "inhumane and cruel". the government says the proposal is irresponsible. the brexit party leader nigel farage has warned the prime minister not to return from brussels with — in his words — a "reheated" version of theresa may's deal. mrs may's deal was rejected three times by mps. speaking at a brexit conference in london, mr farage said the conservatives will "lose votes" to his party if people think the same

deal is being offered. i'll tell you this, mrjohnson, mrcummings. if you think — if you think — and if you do get this through, that you can sell this as brexit, you're in for a big surprise. the british people won't swallow it. if they realise nothing has changed, they will not put up with it and you will lose votes to us in absolutely huge numbers. heed that warning, please! cheering and applause the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered by democrats to turn over documents relating to the trump administration's dealings with ukraine. they want to impeach president trump over allegations that he put pressure on his ukrainian counterpart to investigatejoe biden — mr trump's likely opponent in next year's presidential election. five state department employees have been summoned to congress. there have been reports of a series of explosions across afghanistan, including the capital kabul, as voting gets under

way in the country's presidential election. a number of people were reported injured in a blast near a polling station in the city of kandahar. tens of thousands of afghan forces were deployed to counter taliban militants, who had vowed to target polling stations. more than half of patients with a type of skin cancer once seen as "untreatable" have been handed a lifeline thanks to a revolutionary new treatment, doctors will announce today. a decade ago, most patients diagnosed with late—stage melanoma would not survive more than a few months. now drugs that harness the body's immune system mean 52% are living for longer than five years, according to research carried out at the royal marsden hopsital. we will talk later to someone who's been on that treatment and see the benefits. they never dreamt when they were diagnosed they would still be around. a good story.

pensioners across the globe are going head to head in a world cycling competition visiting thousands of cities from the comfort of their nursing homes. it's a virtual experience on a stationary bike. at this care home in iceland the team have already cycled more than 1800 miles. 200 teams and more than 4,000 cyclists are taking part in the challenge. i like the ones who are starting to get on next. it's my turn, i want to have a go! thanks forjoining us this morning. holly is here with a busy morning of sport. so much going on. for me personally, the rugby world cup, the second game for ireland. they've started against the hosts japan, few minutes in, and the atmosphere, when it first started, the atmosphere in japan atmosphere, when it first started, the atmosphere injapan is remarkable. 52,000 fans packed into

that stadium. we know ireland will be in full voice, but the japanese fa ns be in full voice, but the japanese fans are something else but ireland have got off to a pretty good start at the moment. gary ring rosa scored at the moment. gary ring rosa scored a try in the first game and they have beaten japan a try in the first game and they have beatenjapan in their last seven meetings, so they are definitely the favourites but you have to think back to the last world cup,japan have to think back to the last world cup, japan caused have to think back to the last world cup,japan caused an have to think back to the last world cup, japan caused an upset in the first games when they beat south africa. so there will be some nervous irish fans. we could definitely hear it there. i love the fa ct definitely hear it there. i love the fact you've got it on the telly in the corner of the room just to monitor its. yes, purely for research reasons, of course. yes, you can follow the live commentary on the bbc sport website. we've had one game already this morning. earlier, argentina picked up a bonus point as they beat tonga 28—12. all their four tries came in the first—half withjulian montoya scoring three of them. argentina move to second place in pool c, behind leaders england who they play next

saturday in tokyo. some people have complaining about a little bit of humidity injapan. well, they should count themselves lucky they're not dealing with the temperatures in qatar. the heat is causing all kinds of problems at the world athletics championships, with last night's marathon starting at midnight and nearly 40% of competitors dropped out. let's head to doha and colin jackson, who's there for us. good morning to you. we were talking about this hot weather constantly, it is detracting from a lot of the action but how will you finding it? well, it's not too bad if i'm honest. i think the air conditioning is working on a stadium but if you go to track—side it's pretty cool. not to bad conditions to what happened in seville a few years ago or even last year in berlin at the european championships where we had

extreme temperatures in berlin. it's not too bad on the track—side. extreme temperatures in berlin. it's not too bad on the track-side. let's get back to the action. yesterday we had the 800 metre heats. huge disappointment for lynsey sharp. you could see it on herface. that disappointment for lynsey sharp. you could see it on her face. that was not part of the plan. no, no, no. i can't reiterate that any more. she was very last heat so knew exactly what was in front of her. but everybody felt that she was, in her capacity to come down that straight and take the position needed, but u nfortu nately, and take the position needed, but unfortunately, things didn't go to plan and she ended up getting run out. really disappointed for her because i think she had a real chance at a medal at the 800 metres. now of course she will be sitting out. she will be hugely frustrated. but ask a clerk and alexandra bell, they are comfortable in through to today's semifinals, and today we see dina asher—smith in action. a lot of expectation on her, isn't there?‘

lot of weight on those young shoulders for sure and that becomes the thing when you're running so well. she's had a really stellar season already and we are just hoping she can cap it with two medals here. it will be very tough for her as we know, but she is vastly experienced now and she has rounded into form well so let's keep our fingers crossed she progress is nicely and can deliver when it matters. all three british men's semifinals in the 100 metres, what can we expect from that? well, electric, that is what you can expect from the men's100 metres today. i think the taffeta semifinal will be number two, which is yohan blake in it. and justin catlin. coleman is in the very first one. he should see himself through to the final but, you know, nothing is given. it's going to be very high quality with a lot of fast times

already posted yesterday so don't ta ke already posted yesterday so don't take anything for granted. everybody has to raise well. it will be exciting. colinjackson, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. a busy day in the premier league — liverpool take their 100% record to promoted sheffield united at lunchtime and later champions manchester city travel to everton. dan walkerjoins us. what's happening? it'll be one of those incredibly packed programmes, harry kane is on the show, that in fa ct, harry kane is on the show, that in fact, i wrote a statistic about sheffield united and liverpool which i thought you may be interested in. we did some research yesterday in the office and the last time the reigning european champions went to bramble lane and wish play, was in 1979, and liverpool lost that game 1-0. so there you go. don't tell liverpool fans about. it's one of those very strange conversations in the office yesterday, i wonder when

the office yesterday, i wonder when the last time was? a fella called chris spent four hours digging it out. thank you very much. a legend. harry kane, these unlawful run at the moment, four runs in 17 games. their manager has spoken about different agendas in the dressing room. harry kane is on and he has taken room. harry kane is on and he has ta ken southampton this room. harry kane is on and he has taken southampton this weekend and says it's all about delivering silverware and winning will get rid of the detractors. have a look. we're all in this game to win trophies and we've taken the club a long way in the last four, five years, but it doesn't mean we stop there and be happy with what we've achieved and be happy with champions league football, and just be happy that we're competing at a high level. we want to win. we want to turn those close margins into trophies and we have to find a way to do it. there isn't any excuses about being young any more or inexperienced, or the stadium. it's ultimately down to us to perform.

plenty more from harry kane in the programme and also we have gone to qpr this week. fourth against fifth in the championship this weekend, taking on west brom. also, barry in recent times, this week there was an announcement made they won't be admitted to the lead —— bury. the chair of the efl will come on football focus and explain that decision and also hopefully talk about whether they made any mistakes in the last few weeks in the way that they dealt with bury and how do they make sure we don't have another situation like that. jermaine janice is gone vegan. a lot of sports stars are doing that —— novak djokovic, lewis hamilton, quite a few have done it —— jermaine janice. lewis hamilton, quite a few have done it -- jermaine janice. chris, where are you? when was the last time? that is a niche start. alfonso

davis, really interesting story, a refugee camp in ghana, went to canada, plays the canada internationally but now plays by munich. 18 years old. we will learn a bit more about him. he will be one of the big stars of the future of european football, so all of that to fit in, i think i mentioned everything. dion dublin. martin keown. midday, bbc one. that's it in a nutshell. you would think that is but there is even more sporty. thanks for that, damn. we got to talk about rugby league, of course. to rugby league, where st helens are through to their first super league grand finalforfive years after thrashing wigan a0 points to 10. st helens, who won the league leaders shield, were all over the reigning champions wigan. mark percival took the game beyond wigan with two tries. the warriors will another chance to make the grand final when they play salford next week, but for saints the celebrations could begin.

a few more stories to bring you. england wicket keeper sarah taylor has retired from international cricket because of her ongoing issues with anxiety. she previously took a break from the game in 2016, returning to win the world cup with england in 2017. taylor has been named the world's best women's t20 player three times, and she's second on the england all time women's list of run—scorers. and britain's nicola adams has retained her wbo world flyweight title after a split decision draw in her historic fight against maria salinas. after becoming the first female boxers to fight at the royal albert hall, the pair were closely matched. afterwards the two—time olympic champion admitted she was a bit "ring rusty" after a year out and offered the mexican a rematch. a quick score update. ireland

currently leading 12—3 against japan, going the way it should come at the minute. amazing how you read the autocue with one eye throughout the autocue with one eye throughout the entire thing. quite a talent. it isa the entire thing. quite a talent. it is a skill i have developed. impressive. thank you very much. can igo and impressive. thank you very much. can i go and watch the island going now? i thought you were going to make the bulletin really short for that reason is but you didn't. thank you, holly. if you are playing sport outdoors this morning were over the weekend you need to know what the weather is doing. those skies looked ominous. good morning to you both. an u nsettled good morning to you both. an unsettled weekend ahead and we have got more heavy rain to come and some strong winds, as well, particular to night across england and wales. some travel disruption in places. it's not all doom and gloom. this is tonight and tomorrow's weather. a huge bank of cloud in the atlantic. ahead of that, low pressure bringing some outbreaks of rain across the eastern side of scotland and northern england but that will pull away over the coming hours, so

actually some spells of sunshine to talk about today before the wet and windy weather arrives in the southwest this afternoon. here is where the rain has been falling in the last few hours, eastern scotland, northern england, and both of these areas will gradually pull away through the morning, and it may ta ke away through the morning, and it may take its time to clear from eastern scotland. behind us, spells of sunshine, showers across england and wales, becoming more persistent across north wales through the midlands through the afternoon but it should be a reasonably fine day across much of northern ireland, western scotland, northern england, once the rain is cleared away. a breezy if not windy day. the gusts will strengthen to the afternoon as a band of heavy rain arrives in south—west england and south wales. in the sunshine, 18—20 across eastern areas of england. quite cool in northern scotland. low pressure and heavy and persistent rain pushing its way across south—west england and wales tonight and then further northwards up into northern england and northern ireland. some strong winds with this particular across central and southern england

and wales. 50 miles an hour in places. a mild night, very mild can actually come across england and wales. temperatures not much lower than 14—15. wet tomorrow morning as the rain continues to push north and east across northern england and the midlands may be into southern scotland. slowly starting to pull away. to the north and south, a scattering of showers, sunny spells across england and wales. not too bad a day for scotland and northern ireland, spells of sunshine, the wind is light, but it will be quite a chilly day, temperatures not much higher than 14—15. through sunday evening, as the area of low pressure pulls away, the isobars come closer together across central and southern england and east anglia so some gusty winds, potentially 40—50 miles an hour across southern coasts. low pressure pulls away north and east, dry for pressure pulls away north and east, dryfora time pressure pulls away north and east, dry for a time on monday. another one waiting in the wings so that will bring more wet and windy weather across england and wales and parts of scotland, may be northern

ireland, later on monday, so still very unsettled next week. thing potentially are looking drier, brighter, quieter through wednesday and thursday. look at those temperatures. it will turn quite cold. back to you. thank you very much. batten down the hatches until next week when things get a bit better. this week the bbc has been spending a lot of time in stoke—on—trent, whose residents are among the most indebted in england and wales. more than 1,000 people in the city declared personal insolvency last year. money box presenter paul lewis is in stoke to find out why. first of all, paul, when can you declare personal insolvency? it's different to bankruptcy? well, yes, it includes bankruptcy. ba n kru ptcy yes, it includes bankruptcy. bankruptcy is the nuclear option. you just declare you can't meet any of your bills to be declared

bankrupt and your assets are taken and it is divided amongst creditors and it is divided amongst creditors and that is a serious step. today this options, one is a personal individual voluntary arrangement where your creditors are contacted bya where your creditors are contacted by a professional practitioner and you do a deal and you say, ok, i can afford this and some of the debts may be written off and others you pay a certain proportion of them and when you have paid that proportion, in some cases you pay all of them over a period of time, then you are out of insolvency, so that's a much better and much gentler way of doing it and that makes up the bulk of the thousand people in stoke—on—trent who entered insolvency last year. thousand people in stoke—on—trent who entered insolvency last yeahm sounds like a frightening position to be in, quite a worrying time for people who are in that position. why is it so bad in stoke? why other numbers higher than other pa rt why other numbers higher than other part of the country? well, there's a table and stoke is at the top of it.

portsmouth, torbay, scarborough are all close to the top and i think because people are hard up here and thejobs don't pay because people are hard up here and the jobs don't pay well. the potteries obviously are here, 35,000 jobs they used to having the potteries and now it is 7000, so people get badly paid, some people can't work, and so, because they don't have much money, they do get in debt paying their rent. i believe buildings are being split into houses for multiple occupation so the rents are high and at a difficult place to live if you don't have much money and i think low incomes is the cause of it. what can people do? when they declared insolvency and made their way out of it, what would you suggest? yes, i think that the big thing is that people want to avoid it. according to one report we are looking at on the programme later, 93,000 people in stoke—on—trent have debt problems. and the work that's going on is to

try to help those people, manage those debts, not to get to the position where they reallyjust can't pay them so that advice on budgeting, certainly on benefits and things you can get help with, and that's advising how to get work, and so all of those things are there to be found here, but 92,000, only one in six get any help, and two thirds could get help, but don't do it. we went to a food bank, there are 1a now in stoke—on—trent, and talk to a single woman there, three children, she couldn'tjuggle a job which she had with looking after those three children so she had to give it up. she was at the food bank for the very first time and there was a debt counsellor there and she didn't know any of these things, didn't know any of the ways you might get help and you might talk to your creditors long before you go into insolvency, and try to sort out your bills and so on, so she was really grateful and was helped and it's trying to get that sort of help throughout stoke—on—trent that the move seems to be, and of course what they need

is better well—paid jobs and attracting industry to the place so they can get them. indeed, to stop cutting in a position in the first place. good advice there, many thanks. you can hear more about that on money box on radio 4 from midday today. you got football focus, clash, money box, the choice is yours. record one and listen to the other. had the radio and the television on at the same time. complete breakfast loyalty. working with a close friend can be a risky business. you might have a whale of a time and produce great results or it might quickly spell the end of the friendship. however, our next guests — are you saying something, nina? i'll be friends? no, we are not. the actor emily mortimer and her best friend dolly wells — have been collaborating on projects for years. their latest is a movie called good posture, which was directed by dolly and stars emily as a reclusive writer.

let's take a look at a clip. this has been such a fun project, julia. we have just kind of jumped right in. and you should be so proud. i mean, these writers havejust been so forthcoming. they've been so happy to talk about you. are you familiar with my work? no. no, but lillian and i decided very early on very deliberately to kind of come at it blindly. you know, not blind. just without an angle, without any sort of approach. so that it could kind of take it's own form. we could kind of go on this organic journey together. yes. yes, isee. and i guess you could say we've kind of scooped you up and taken you on this crazy little ride. kidnapping of sorts. oh no! julia, shut up! no. you writers are so dramatic. no, i like to think of it

as more of a surprise. we are all sitting up incredibly straight now. emily mortimer and dolly wells join us now. explain that title. if not two hours on keeping your back straight, is it? no, first of all it is the name of the book emily's character writes which is pivotal plot —wise but also ijust which is pivotal plot —wise but also i just thought it was a phrase that lillian macbeth character has good posture, she can be full of posture and her life is fine and everything is wonderful and she has a front in the way she behaves. she is posturing. exactly. she is a lost young lady who, through the course of the movie, sort of finds herself. it's a kind of coming—of—age story for the younger character played so great by grace than pattern. why is she lost? because, first of all i feel like she's a bit of an orphan,

her father is very successful and works in music and is put money into her bank account and moved her around, sort of not... and her mother has not been around, so she's had to grow her own and she's very pretty and charming and rather entitled but she hasn't really... she is to find herself through what other people think of her, especially boys and men. and then she comes into this has lived in by me, this kind of very austere intimidating distant reclusive writer who lives in a room at the top of the house, and at first my husband is in there too but we have a row and he leaves and the minute the man leaves the house, the two of us the man leaves the house, the two of us start to actually kind of find we are interested in each other and develop this unlikely kind of friendship between this younger woman and an older woman. friendship is key to i want to talk to because of the friendship of the film of the relations between the characters but

your friendship relations between the characters but yourfriendship in real life is fascinating, so you were kind of brought together as friends through family before you even born. yes, our fathers knew each other. and family before you even born. yes, ourfathers knew each other. and i think we met when we were about four ata think we met when we were about four at a party and then at 70 went on a skiing holiday and we've been friends ever since. —— seven. skiing holiday and we've been friends ever since. -- seven. how did you find it? your paths had crossed professionally for this phone? yes, we wrote john and emma together. we were in our 20s and we wrote a film we spent ten years on and learned that we really enjoyed writing together. and then dolly land was our first collaboration which was incredibly fun because you are thinking, we get on so well, how would it be onset? what's going to be like working with your husband or wife and it was just brilliant,

brill. the sad thing about acting and doing what we do in general is you tend to have to leave the people you tend to have to leave the people you love most in the world and go somewhere far away from them often to work and we found we could bring everyone you love with you. all of our children and mothers were in it. both our husbands were in it. and they all cant understand why we made such a big fuss about it. it was so easy. do you know how much i struggle? jol carried out on with this film and there was a feeling of saying friends and family in collaboration because a touch of collaborative thing making a film and if you bring the people you love most in the world with you it's the ultimate thing. the new film was madejust round ultimate thing. the new film was made just round the corner from where you live. yes, basically between where we both live. bring your friends and family onset down

the road from where you live. i like your style for that you can walk to work. maybe it is a whole new thing working from home. we know you are good friends. in that relationship, director, actor, collaborators, does that friendship get tested? does it change and develop because i guess there is a pecking order onset?|j think, there is a pecking order onset?” think, because dolly and m were so equal, and people doing make—up said it was like watching a car race because we were writing before a scene, and i think with this it was a different thing, the first thing i had written on my own and i definitely had a feeling of being so grateful emma was in it but i wanted to step up and do yourjob, and it's a slightly different relationship for those days you are directing. but that is also enhancing your friendship because you are really excited and grateful they want to be

a part of it and really excited just to watch them. any arguments? no, i asked about my character motivation on the first day and she was a bit like donna but why are you asking me that? isn't that something we should have done before you got here? bring it back to the film, what is it about this relationship? what does it bring out and the younger character by the end of the film?” think both me as the older lady and grace as the younger woman have both, through our friendship together, which is so nice to see, a rare thing to see this intergenerational friendship between two women, have discovered that there is a realjoy and excitement to be had out of a nourishing interest in other women and that you don't need to rely on... that is oversimplifying the beauty and the complexity of the movie, but i do

think that that was a part of it. the truth is the minute my husband leaves the house and he does come back at the end, but once the man is out of the room, it leaves space for us out of the room, it leaves space for us to develop this kind of interest in each other that's actually really exciting. it isn't all about sex. also their own vulnerability. there isa also their own vulnerability. there is a scene together where you are expecting either they are to be jealousy between these two women, but also they are different generations and emily macca boss character is not necessarily any more sort of certain on how you are supposed to live your life than the younger character. that's something which is a work in progress. we have to leave it there, i'm afraid. i think i will go. thank you, both, for coming in. "good posture" will be released in uk cinemas next friday, 11th october. stay with us. headlines coming up.