good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: an above inflation pay rise for nearly a million public sector workers on the coronavirus front line, including doctors, teachers, and police officers. how will the pay rise be paid for and what difference will it really mean for public sector workers‘ pay packets? i'll be finding out. the long—awaited report into russian interference in british politics will be released this morning. it's going down to the wire, as england beat the west indies at old trafford to set up a thrilling third test decider. it's one of the most stunning railwayjourneys in britain. now a new service on the settle

to carlisle line will help to kickstart the local economy. good morning from midfield lavender farm in surrey. what a view we have of the lavender and the scent is intoxicating. today the forecast, for many it will be dry with sunny intervals, showers in the north of scotland, and later thicker cloud and rain bringing more rain across northern ireland and western scotland. i will have all the details later on in the programme. good morning. it's tuesday the 21st ofjuly. our top story: almost a million public sector workers will receive pay rises above inflation, after the chancellor said he recognised their enormous effort during the coronavirus pandemic. the pay increases, which will come out of existing budgets, will be awarded to workers including teachers, police officers, and doctors. nurses negotiated a separate pay deal in 2018. andy moore has the story.

after several months on the frontline of the some welcome news to keep public sector workers stop they will get the full pay increases recommended by the independent pay review body is. teachers in england will get the biggest pay rise, 3-.1%. will get the biggest pay rise, 3—.i%. doctors and dentists across the uk will see their pay increase by 2.8%. police officers and prison staff in england and wales will get to .5%. while the armed forces and the judiciary across the uk will get 296. the judiciary across the uk will get 2%. some of the increases, such as the ones for doctors, will be backdated to april. others will come into effect in september. more than a million nurses and hospital staff are not included in this announcement. they have already agreed a separate deal which works out at over 4%. chancellor rishi

sunak said "these past months have underlined what we always knew, that oui’ underlined what we always knew, that our public sector workers make a vital contribution to our country and that we can rely on them when we need them. " the labour party and the trade unions say the pay rises are good news, but don't make up for a decade of real—time cuts in the years of austerity. the doctors union, the british medical association, said the government could have done even more. who had put their lives on the line during the pandemic stop government departments won't get extra funding to pay for these rises. the treasury claims that pay awards should be affordable, that they shouldn't affect the provision of public services. but where budgets are already under pressure, this decision could force other tough choices. andy moore, bbc news. nina's with us now to dig

into the numbers a bit more. good morning to you. looking at the impact of that pay rise. good morning. on sunday —— ways is good news. it doesn't take a pay rise? we have been look at the numbers. atg in england and wales and £35,000, for example, will earn an extra £1085, a prison officer on £24,000 will get an extra £600. it's not a great deal of money but inflation is low. theoretically that means the workers will spend more so the money will end up back in the wider economy. the problem pointed out by labour and unions are backed up by most economists is once you take on inflation they would agree it is still way below the levels that most public sector workers would pay back in 2010 -- public sector workers would pay back in 2010 —— were paid. as andy said backin in 2010 —— were paid. as andy said back in his piece, unlike the furlough system, it will come out of their budgets. and also care workers aren't included. they are paid by

local councils which financially we re local councils which financially were already in dire straits. so they won't get an increase in pay. the brutal reality is, this is a sweet and albert the predictions for the shape of the economy are really bleak. we are facing the biggest public debt in peacetime. addictions of unemployment of up to 4 million. there might not be another pay rise for these workers for some time. nina, thank you very much. thank you. it's a good job you've been doing your yoga. it's a long way to turn round. it's lovely to have you back, nina. a long—awaited report on alleged russian interference in british politics will be published this morning — more than a year after it was completed. its original release, due before the general election in december, was held back by the government, leading to accusations of a cover—up. here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. what does the threat from russia look like, and has enough been done to counter it? that's the focus of today's

long russia report. it's written by the intelligence and security committee of parliament, which oversees the work of britain's spy agencies and it's based on those agencies' classified contribution, as well as other expert witnesses. it's expected to cover the range of moscow's activities, from the poisoning with nerve agent through to the questioning of whether there was any interference in british politics, including the brexit referendum, and what impact it might have had. what it's actually going to do is unveil a whole range of often really very small—scale activities, from pushing particular subversive news stories through to attempts to woo particular individuals, and that actually gives us a more accurate position of how the russians operate. the report itself was completed over one year ago, but the government failed to publish it before the last election, leading to questions

as to what details it might contain. but last week, a new intelligence and security committee was formed, but only after manoeuvring meant that the government's preferred chair, chris grayling, missed out on the role. so this morning, we should finally find out what is in the russia report, or at least in the public version. a classified version will remain under wraps. gordon corera, bbc news. our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster for us. good morning to you. saying long—awaited, it is nearly a year? yes. it was finished in october last year, sent to the prime minister, and it is only today we are seeing it, louise. think it will be a pretty broad report looking at a lot of areas where russia has influenced the uk, going back to the scottish independence referendum back in 2014, looking at the brexit

referendum in 2016, looking at russian money in the uk, particularly in politics, and a whole host of other areas. it interesting because normally with these reports you get a rough idea of what's going to be in it, either because they preview at all because people have leaked some of it. and that's not really happened here, for the simple reason that anyone who was involved in putting it together as to sign the official secrets act. so if they were to tell us exactly what was in it they could well end up what was in it they could well end up injailfor doing so. they have spoken to some people around westminster who say it's not a block also, it's not going to be a com plete also, it's not going to be a complete jaw dropper that changes everything, but it is informative and it will give us more of an idea about russian influence in the uk. why does it matter? firstly because it matters if there is foreign influence in british politics, secondly, because some are increasingly worried about tensions with russia and also with china over the last few days, and these big

diplomatic rows the uk is having. if this report points the finger at the russian state and says there is an example of it trying to influence the way british politics works, those diplomatic tensions could get even more fraught. nick, i thank you very much indeed. thank you. talking about those foreign relations... the uk will "bear the consequences" if it continues to go "down the wrong road" on hong kong, china has warned. foreign secretary dominic raab suspended an extradition treaty with hong kong yesterday, over a new security law for the ex—colony. in response, the chinese ambassador in london said the uk had "blatantly interfered" in china's affairs. european union leaders have agreed the terms of a huge recovery fund for member states hit by coronavirus, after their summit in brussels stretched into a fifth day. the package totals 750 billion euros —

about £680 billion, with almost half in loans which countries will have to pay back. the river thames is severely polluted with plastic, according to a new report. it has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics for any river in the world. researchers are calling for stricter regulations on the labelling and disposal of plastic products. they warn that careless disposal of gloves and masks during the coronavirus pandemic might make the situation worse. we've been keeping you up to date with 104—year—old joan willet who was so inspired by captain sir tom moore and his fundraising efforts, that she decided to take on her own challenge. she's been walking up a steep hill near her care home in hastings to raise money for the british heart foundation. well we're delighted to tell you that she has now raised almost £40,000. it started at 11. when we first had her own. it is remarkable. we will

have to get her back on. she is an absolutely have to get her back on. she is an a bsolutely lovely have to get her back on. she is an absolutely lovely lady. and inspiring as well. she had a sort of half a day yesterday. she said you would not do it four times, she would not do it four times, she would do it three times. just the three. excellent. a german man accused of trying to storm a synagogue and kill worshippers in the city of halle last year is due to go on trial today. prosecutors say stephan balliet was motivated by anti—semitism. our berlin correspondentjenny hill has been finding out how the case has affected germany's jewish community. it was the holiest day of the jewish year and the killock knew it. opening fire on the streets of halle, he murdered two people. but his intended target was this synagogue and the people praying inside. the front door, newly reinforced, held firm and saved their lives. christina told us

inside she and others rushed to secure the other entrances to the complex. i didn't even understand what was happening, ijust knew there was like some guy in full battle gear and they didn't know if he was already on the premises, on the street, didn't know anything. as saw my friend jumping up, and the street, didn't know anything. as saw my friendjumping up, and i thought are not dying alone, so i jumped up and raced outside with him and we barricaded the doors. the attack horrified germany, is the president paid his respects, there was concern, soul—searching, this country, after the horror of the holocaust, vowed never again. but the jewish community here holocaust, vowed never again. but thejewish community here has been warning of rising anti—semitism for yea rs. warning of rising anti—semitism for years. the goal is that people should trust, that people should not have to worry when their children go out alone just because they have a star of david on their chain. two yea rs star of david on their chain. two years ago germany appointed this man as its anti—semitism commissioner.

the government has also passed a law against online hate speech, but even felix klein admits there is a long way to go. we have a severe problem in germany that in—school guards the word jew is very common as an insult. so there are many fields we have to tackle. i think the main thing is that people should meet jews and it should see thatjewish life is just a jews and it should see thatjewish life isjust a normal jews and it should see thatjewish life is just a normal integral part of our culture. less than a year on, halle still mourns its dead. this trail about bringing macular justice, but for many it is also a chance to emphasise the continuing threat of anti—semitism. chance to emphasise the continuing threat of anti-semitism. it also gives me a chance to look the guy in the eye, if they can manage that emotionally, to look him in the eye and kind of like proved to him, but especially me, you're the one that tried to kill me, but i'm still here, you failed, not only that but i'm basing you in court. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian's headline

is about the coronavirus vaccine breakthrough produced at the university of oxford. trials suggest the jab appears safe and trains the immune system. the daily express reports there will be a pay rise reward for frontline public sector workers. the paper says teachers, doctors and nurses will be rewarded with inflation—busting pay increases. the daily telegraph leads with what it says are some of the findings of an upcoming report into russian interference in uk politics. we talked about that a bit earlier. the paper says the report, due to be published this morning, finds moscow tried to influence the result of the 2014 scottish independence referendum. the photo is of borisjohnson on a visit to a school in kent. and finally, on the bbc news website, there is a story about a dog that disappeared in the us state of kansas earlier this month which has been found more than 50 miles away. cleo, a four—year—old labrador, was reported missing and showed up

several days later on the porch of her old home in lawson, missouri. what is the movie about that?|j don't what is the movie about that?” don't know, turner and hooch? that is not it. someone will tell us. i just thought dog film. dogs are great, aren't they? i am sure lots of you have seen this on social media, but if you haven't, you need to see these pictures. this is from inside the daily mail, and look at this picture. this is a black bear. it is in mexico. some people were hiking in an ecological park near monterey, mexico, when this bear came, from my point of view, way too close and personal to this young woman who stayed remarkably calm, didn't she? there were people just telling her to keep calm, keep calm, trying to distract the bear, and it

sort of pawed her, stood up next to her, but eventually got bored and walked away. that could have ended horrendously. the get bear smart society says most encounters with bears rarely lead to aggressive behaviour and attacks are even rarer. most avoid contact with humans and any bear you do see is probably just as frightened as you are. that bear wasn't frightened, was it? no. amazing, and everybody got away unscathed, even though it did saya got away unscathed, even though it did say a few little scratches on her leg. what is that movie with john candy where he gets chased by... is it planes, trains and automobiles? i don't know. iwas just trying to get an answer from my own brand. 79 square feet, what do

you think that sold for? this is the shower, this is the kitchen, this is the bed, and the toilet is in this corner of the room. i know how much it is, i am not going to say. it is, ladies and gentlemen, a £200,000 cupboard. that is the headline. this is at notting hill, isn't it? it was on the market for £250,000, but it sold underneath. this is what the estate agent said. a wonderful opportunity to create a london bolthole in this prime location. it could become a wonderful base for someone. could become a wonderful base for someone. £250,000 it was on, but they couldn't sell it for that much. eventually they got £200,000 for what they call a cupboard. there is a loo in the corner, a tv on the wall... i suppose it is sort of like a hotel room, but for £200,000. and

briefly mentioning kanye west, the start of his pitch for us presidency, and lots of people are really quite concerned about him. the family fear for chaotic kanye, after his pitch for the us presidency. the coronavirus pandemic has hit care homes in the uk hard. in england and wales, a third of all covid—related deaths occurred in care settings. it is something saint cecilia's nursing home in scarborough knows about all too well. our reporter olivia richwald has spent the day with the residents and staff to find out how they came together in a crisis. all right, so start turning for me. it's been scary, it's been said, there's been tears. we've also laughed. the people came in knowing they were putting their own lives on they were putting their own lives on the line, they were putting their lives of their own family and loved

ones on the line. they are all heroes, in my eyes. they look after you, and they don't get paid enough bloody money, i'll tell you. sorry for swearing. these are the staff and residents of saint cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. there was an outbreak here early on during the pandemic. ten patients died, three were confirmed covid cases. the other seven were not tested, so theirfamilies will the other seven were not tested, so their families will never know. i wore full ppe to enter the home and filmed the story. the true story is that we lost people that were in the nursing home for years. we knew them, because we are like a family, more or less. we lost friends. very sad. to date, 23 staff have self isolated after showing symptoms, and many still don't know if they've had coronavirus. i many still don't know if they've had coronavirus. | was many still don't know if they've had coronavirus. i was quite ill with a viral illness, very tired, lethargic, high temperature. sol would like to know if i have had it,

whether my antibodies... but it doesn't matter. all i know is i have got over whatever it is i had and i have carried on. the home except elderly patients from hospital. they live in the second floor and they are all isolated for two weeks in case they are covid positive, but many of them have ended up staying a lot longer, waiting for the social ca re system lot longer, waiting for the social care system to find them a new permanent home. lily has been here on the second floor for six weeks. and a gentleman came and said i was fit to go home, but i'm still here. but somebody came the other week and they said, is there anything you want? i said they said, is there anything you want? isaid i'd they said, is there anything you want? i said i'd love a mirror. they said, is there anything you want? isaid i'd love a mirror. i said there's mirror here. and all of a sudden they stuck that there. staff are frustrated they can't help, and find that those living in limbo on the second floor become isolated and lonely. so they can't see any of their family, they can't

see any of their family, they can't see any of their family, they can't see any of their friends. i have noticed the massive detrimental effect it has for their mental health. care workers here are paid the living wage, but residentjack thinks it is not enough. if i could afford it, iwould thinks it is not enough. if i could afford it, i would give them some money, and ifi afford it, i would give them some money, and if i win any money, they are going to get some, so... the home has started allowing families to meet in the garden, but hopes to open its doors and welcome the world back one day soon. if you have ever travelled along the settle to carlisle railway, you will know it's one of the uk's most spectacular routes, and as of this week, there is a new way to enjoy it. with fewer commuter trains running because of coronavirus, a regular tourist train can run along the line for the first time in decades. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin was one of its first passengers.

whistle blows. step on board the staycation express, the very first timetabled tourist train in the country, something this enthusiast... i think i am a bit more than a railway enthusiast. i think i might be the golden anorak. ..this anorak is very enthusiastic about. so this is purely for tourists, people that have all day to spend just looking out the window and enjoying the railwayjourney. the views are spectacular, right along the service from skipton in yorkshire to appleby in cumbria. it's beautiful, yes. you getting some good shots there? iam indeed. everybody who comes on this railway line wants to see the ribblehead viaduct. well, i have to say, brace yourself for a slight disappointment because the best views of the viaduct are most certainly not from the train, as it's underneath us. fear not — we've thought of that.

the settle to carlisle line, its many tunnels and viaducts, were built over 140 years ago, almost entirely by hand. haunted tunnels give way to staggering scenery around the three peaks. and if you walk round all those three peaks in under 12 hours, you get a certificate. much over 24 hours, you get a helicopter. dedicated tourist trains might be common on the continent. not so here. when we've been to switzerland, we've been on tourist trains, we've been on the glacier express, we've been on steam trains going up some mountains. yeah, it's — they have their tourist trains. they take people to areas that otherwise would be inaccessible, and it's great. and i'm sure that this will be very popular too,

once the word gets out. that is the hope, and this part of the world really needs it. in appleby, businesses are open for the tourists. but, post—lockdown, the return has been slow. chris, i bet you never imagined you'd live through the first day of the summer holidays with no kids in this shop. i've had two in this morning, both heading back to middlesbrough. but, yes, they're a rarity. two — two. the town's become old all of a sudden. it has been really tough here. it must be heartbreaking for you, though. you can't break your heart. you've got to keep going. yeah, plough on. i mean, you do have a message for people out there, don't you? come! you know, don't forget your little shops. we're the ones who've stayed open. we need support. it's all right going to the big ones who'll fetch it and put it on your doorstep. but your little shop here in town is desperate for you.

slowly, though, they are returning. joel and his family part of the first wave. you're here on holiday. finally! finally. this is the first time we've left the house since march. we come from a little town just outside of oxford, so it is a long way. we're up visiting my wife's grandma. yeah, and not left garden since then. this new service is all part of this slow return to normality, which they hope can help save summer here. on board, there is constant cleaning and face coverings are largely worn, although because it's a private service, aren't compulsory. it's kind of pointless saying, say cheese, isn't it, with these masks on? smile more with your eyes! this line has survived two attempts to close it down in the ‘60s

and the ‘80s, and they're fighting the negative impact of covid just as they did foot—and—mouth. there's a huge post—covid place for this sort of service because i think people are going to have more and more staycations, thus the name the staycation express. and i think people are going to want to discover parts of the uk that they haven't seen before. iam i am always staggered with how many people have never heard of this line. and when they see it, they are a lwa ys line. and when they see it, they are always impressed. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. i love train journeys. i love trainjourneys. the staycation express, brilliant idea. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: the british masters gets underway behind closed doors this week. i've been to meet legend of the sport lee westwood to find out how golf has changed since coronavirus. looking forward to seeing that. looking forward to seeing thatm started well, that is all i am going

to say. more on that shortly, and we'll bring you the latest news and weather. now let's get the weather, with carol, who is at a lavender farm in surrey this morning. what on earth is going on there? good morning, everybody. iam in mayfield lavender farm in good morning, everybody. iam in mayfield lavenderfarm in banstead in surrey. we are surrounded by rows and rows of beautiful lavender, and ican and rows of beautiful lavender, and i can tell you the perfume is intoxicating. we worried we're all going to fall asleep, actually, before the end of the show because of the lavender itself. now, it has been open here since 2006, this particular farm, been open here since 2006, this particularfarm, and been open here since 2006, this particular farm, and it been open here since 2006, this particularfarm, and it is the largest organic lavender farm in the whole of the uk. they are passionate about sustainability here, so no pesticides are used at all, and you can probably see all the bees and the wasps just buzzing around. the forecast for today, it's not a bad one, actually. it is a cold start to the day if you haven't yet ventured out. there's a lot of sunshine to start the day as well. but through the course of the day, the cloud is

going to build. the sunshine will turn hazy and then later on we are going to see some more rain coming in across the north of northern and also into western scotland. now, first thing this morning we do have some showers dotted around the north of scotland. as we go through the course of the day we will hang onto them, as well. but 9am you can see where they are across the north, one or two getting into southern areas but for most of scotland it is dry, it is bright, but you have got some sunny intervals. for northern ireland, a bright start with some sunshine. that is going to change, though. for northern england and for the rest of england, the channel islands and also wales, we have got that sunny start. but it is a cold one. in some rural parts of wales this morning the temperature is only three celsius, but in london it is 14. and in the sunshine the temperature will pick up quite quickly. so as we go through the day, a bit more cloud building, turning the sunshine hazy for some of us. areas of cloud, as well, the cloud thickening up to the west across northern ireland and also western scotland, and this is where we will see the rain, across the

north of northern ireland and western scotland. temperature is a wee bit below par, actually, temperatures up to 22 in london. at this time of year it should be around about the 24 celsius mark. now, through this evening and overnight that band of rain coming into the west should drift across much of the west of scotland, northern ireland and going into parts of northern england as well. it won't reach the very far north of scotland, and for the rest of england and wales, we're looking at some cloud but clear spells as well, with overnight lows between about nine and 13 degrees. so tomorrow we pick up that rain crossing northern scotland, the rest of scotland, northern england, out of northern ireland, into the north sea, leaving behind it some showery outbreaks of rain. to the south of that, we've got more cloud around, but we're still going to be seeing some sunshine, and still a lot dry weather, with highs up to about 22, 23, maybe 24 degrees. and really, as we go through the next day into thursday, a weather front will be

drifting south, bringing some patchy rain with it. i will have more weather in half—an—hour, so i will look forward to seeing you then. hello this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it is 6:30am exactly. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning we'll explore the lockdown backlogs that have left many of us without valid passports or driving licences and how long it might take to get to the front of the queue. i like how the drums and guitars and vocals all go together, like a big punk sandwich. also this morning, we'll meet ten—year—old arlo, the ‘pint—sized punk‘ who's launched his own music magazine, selling hundreds of copies. and later, we'll say happy birthday to lillian and doris, britain's oldest identical twins who turned 96 yesterday. good morning.

good morning. here is a summary of the main stories around today for bbc news. almost a million public sector workers will receive pay rises above inflation. doctors, teachers, and police officers are among those who will get salary increases of up to 3.1% this financial year. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has praised them for their "vital contribution" to the country, but labour say the rise does not make up for years of real—terms cuts. a report on alleged russian interference in british politics will be published this morning — more than a year after it was written. it's based on secret intelligence material from the uk's spy agencies, and is expected to outline the threat russia poses to the uk and what has been done to counter it. it comes after allegations of russian interference in last year's election, which the kremlin has said are false.

the river thames is severely polluted with plastic, according to a new report. it has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics for any river in the world. researchers are calling for stricter regulations on the labelling and disposal of plastic products. they warn that careless disposal of gloves and masks during the coronavirus pandemic might make the situation worse. now it's time to speak to one of our regular breakfast gps. dr richard bircherjoins us from stockport this morning. good morning to you. good to see you. thanks very much for talking to us. you. thanks very much for talking to us. so much to talk about, particularly about vaccines and the university of oxford made appears they may have found a safe vaccine which triggers an immune response. that is usually significant, isn't it? think that's usually significant, yes. ithink it? think that's usually significant, yes. i think you are talking about the one developed by the university of oxford. it has been shown and is promising in the lab at the moment. it has produced

an immune response into things, both the ig ‘s and also t cells. and most of our successful vaccines in this country have that response —— ig ‘s. they have to sign up, they have to give it a volunteers, do they? i'm not a vaccine by a technician, not an expert on this, i am at the sharp end of jan an expert on this, i am at the sharp end ofjan —— general practice were a give these out to people. it is to try it on healthy human beings as the next age. i think they have said the next age. i think they have said the uk and the us, brazil, other countries, where they immunise tens of thousands of people. they watched them and hope they will pick up the coronavirus list was often those who are not immunise. you are at the sharp end, used to giving flu

vaccine, we don't know the details as yet, but you would presume vulnerable people might be given at first? i would hope so, yes. you've got to make sure that any vaccine that has been produced is acceptable. eye at the sharp end have to answer questions people ask me about is it safe, will it work, et cetera, things like safety are really paramount to make sure that as many people as possible get covered. the hope is, to get it before winter would be really beneficial, wouldn't it? that would beneficial, wouldn't it? that would be amazing. but knowing how long vaccines normally take to develop, i don't think that is likely unless a lot of corners are cut. vaccines are different from medicines. you allow considerable side—effects with medicines because they are saving people's lives are getting people better but vaccines are given to healthy people so they have to be

really safe for those side effect. how are things going in your surgery at the moment, people returning?m starting to feel very much like routine general practice again, i'm pleased to say, in the initial stages of lockdown the population of the uk did exactly as they were asked, give us space, stay away, and we managed to reorganise our services, but people coming back, yes, we're getting to see our old friends back in general practice. it's amazing watching our staff, we have got some staff working so hard to get things back up and running to what we normally expect at this time of year. are just tell us a little bit about cancer patients and patients who may have suspected cancer. there has been so much concern about the impact on them. what's going on? well, if general practices returning back to normal in the normal mix of cases is coming to then we are back to where we were before in picking up cancer cases. of course, because we have reduced footfall we are seeing less people.

it's interesting, i think it was the su btle it's interesting, i think it was the subtle presentations of cancers that we re subtle presentations of cancers that were starting to slow down during lockdown, so things like feeling tired all the time or weightless or a chronic lot —— cough, things where you think i can wait awhile to go and the doctor, assorted people are now coming to us. we have started revamping all our routine tests as well in the routine tests are sometimes the route to finding unusual blood test results and then following that to find cancer. so things are starting to return to normal and is very good news. and you have a sort of sense, i know you tell us about the human impact, one 88—year—old lady you saw the other day. on video calling, yes. she didn't even know her phone had a camera. so she was very surprised when she saw my face appear. she shouted to her son and switched me off, she was so frightened. ten

minutes later we saw her again. i was examining her knee. it was amazing that you could have a consultation without leaving the house, she is very disabled, make a diagnosis, and they get treated by the chemist. things have changed, haven't they? thank you so much, dr richard bircher, thank you for your time this morning. thank you. it's fascinating, isn't it? it is 6:37. sally is here this morning. talk about the cricket, what's going on? yes, it was an incredible day the cricket yesterday. and we have a whopper of a catch coming up to show you. it will go down to the third and final test, beginning on friday, as england beat the west indies to level the series at 1—1. ben stokes and stuart broad inspired the win at old trafford — which finished with a spectacular catch. andy swiss has the details. it took them till gonnet six o'clock, but it was worth waiting for. a victory completed by the bowlers but earlier created by the

pa rt bowlers but earlier created by the part of her wealth but ben stokes? where's that gone? with england needing quick runs, stokes went into overdrive. with no crowd, the west indies had to pitch the ball themselves and they ended up catching it rather a lot. stokes' blistering 78 pushing england cosm ically blistering 78 pushing england cosmically beyond 300 before they declare. england needed all ten west indies wickets. no problem, it seemed. stuart broad, left out of the last match, bowling like a man with a point to prove. the west indies 37 slush for, surely game over. “— indies 37 slush for, surely game over. —— 37 slush four. they let a spirited fightback, was victory slipping from england's grass? in stokes they have a man with a midas touch. jos buttler with a grab and was finally still the west indies resisted, and at last. a stunning

catch from ollie pope a fitting way to win it. stokes the player of the match after a first innings hundred and that remarkable morning master class. obviously the game situation dictated how the game was to be played. but it was obviously true trying to get as many runs as possible. the most pleasing thing is we managed to get over the line, especially when you consider that we lost a day's later rain. after losing the first test, this was some performance from england, they will go into the series decider, starting here on friday, with renewed confidence. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. it's a huge night at the bottom of the premier league. aston villa could be relegated. they play arsenal and will go down, if they don't match watford's result. they're just three points above villa and visit manchester city. meanwhile, brighton are now safe after a goalless draw against newcastle. at the other end wolves moved into the sixth and final spot

to guarantee european football with a 2—0 win over crystal palace. jonny otto with their second as palace lost a seventh match in a row. but sheffield united's hopes of finishing in the top six are over. richarlison with the only goal as they lost at home to everton. and finally, you might have seen a couple of days ago the news that england and tottenham star is going to be a dad for the third time. hes got two little girls with his wife kate already how about this for a "gender reveal" they were joined by family and friends on a zoom call before kane did what he does best — putting the ball in the net, bursting the huge football, and revealing the couple's third child will be a boy. do you think that was the first take he managed to hit? no! i don't know. it probably was, actually. it is a very cool way of doing it to

congratulations to them all. they had loads of friends and family on the big zoom screen as well. that's a stable sport. —— let's stay with sport. tomorrow is the start of the british masters, with the tournament behind closed doors as golf adapts to life in the time of coronavirus. ahead of the competition, i went for a round with golfing legend lee westwood to find out how the sport is returning. follow that. you've out driven me. i've out driven lee westwood, i will now be retiring from golf! golf has been at the forefront, hasn't it, is one of the first was to come back andi one of the first was to come back and i think there was a lot of

excitement about that people have been waiting for the return of the european tour and now it's here i think that, for a lot of people, that they step back towards normality. yeah, think of has an advantage because it's an individual sport and it's played outside, you know, on a big area, so the social distancing issues, you know, while they are still here they are not as big as they might be another sports, tea m big as they might be another sports, team sports and sports played indoors. so golf has been at the forefront of that and we've got to try to set an example. it's going to bea try to set an example. it's going to be a bit strange though, isn't it, there is still a two metre social distancing everywhere, even in the clubhouse. anna would imagine there is hand sanitiser probably all over the place. so it will feel probably unusual but good to be back on the golf course anyway. the european tour, things are starting up again, we have to take all the precautions and, you know, the last thing we wa nt to and, you know, the last thing we want to do is start off another spike of the coronavirus. we've got protocols and testing in place. and no—one is allowed outside the sport. we go from the golf course to the

hotel and back again. no going out and having dinners, in the secure areas of the hotels in the clubhouse and in the venue. and they are just the new rules and it's a new way and that's what everyone has to stick to. this is the first time i've carried this bag or a bag like this since i was about 15 years of age. just going to try my best to get it on the dance floor. oh! oh! oh, that was annoying. your whole birdie putt and there is no roarfrom the was annoying. your whole birdie putt and there is no roar from the crowd. will you acknowledge the fake crowd anyway? we get into a routine as golfers when we set up the ball and stuff like that. i'm sure there will bea stuff like that. i'm sure there will be a routine for holding a pot, and holding for a round of applause or a chairand it holding for a round of applause or a chair and itjust holding for a round of applause or a chair and it just won't holding for a round of applause or a chair and itjust won't be there. i'm sure there will be a few people dipping the two invisible people,

invisible crowds. personally, whatever the last three months being like away from the sport that you loved ? like away from the sport that you loved? it has been an opportunity to reset, really. i'm starting to get a little bit on the heavy side so we have worked on fitness and strength. how much have you lost? made some progress though. just over two stone. as long as period i've had away from the game, really. it's been a chance to stay home and sleep in your bed and not go through all the different time zones that we go through as professional golfers stop by honestly didn't realise how much sport i've watched on tv until there was none there and they had to start watching boxed sets and stuff like that. i have rattled through a few boxed sets. this is the real test. we've both missed the green. yes. i have left is of a tricky one here. what would you advise? somewhere down there. i will hit the target. you are in great shape. the swing looks fantastic. how do you compare the golf you are playing out to some

of the golf you played in the last 20 years or so? i think i'm playing as good as, you know, as i've done throughout my career. if you like my swing is improving all the time, you wouldn't think you could teaching —— an old dog new tricks, we have been trying to change some of the positions in my swing and they simply working to stop in terms of goals in mind, have you got a couple of long—term plans are as a tournament by tournament? haven't really been setting goals. you just don't know what to expect. i feel fit now so why not carry on playing golf? and i can still compete, i've read that a few months ago. so no need to think about the seniors' 20 just yet. just keep working hard and enjoying playing golf and see where it takes me. that looks a bit fast. there's an old adage, drive for show, putt for dough, that was a perfect example. there is no reason for driving it 400 hours of the fairway if you are going to make

six. i owe you 8-ender. come on. i told you, it started well, louise, you see? and then mr westwood showed his class, unfortunately. how lucky are you to get to play with him? his class, unfortunately. how lucky are you to get to play with him7m sta rts are you to get to play with him7m starts tomorrow, and just like the cricket, which we were talking about with sally last week, you are either at the golf course or one of these three hotels where everybody is staying and you only had one of those two locations for the entire time, and then the whole thing on to the next tournament. so it is six weeks of that at various places around the uk, and that is the only way they are going to do it. the european tour put so much effort into making sure everyone is safe, eve ryo ne into making sure everyone is safe, everyone is tested all the time as well. it will be fascinating to see how it works. more bad news for the high street yesterday, with confirmation that nearly 1,000 jobs are to go at m&s. nina is looking into this one for us this morning. you know, there is a real sense of change, isn't there? things were already bad pre—covid,

weren't they, and we all know why they're worse now. the latest casualty is marks and spencer. 950 jobs will go, store management posts as well as roles in head office. the retailer was already planning some losses before the pandemic, but yesterday the boss said three years' worth of cuts will have to happen now. m&s's food shops did remain open throughout the lockdown, but clothing sales were down by three quarters over april and some of may. it's a familiar story, isn't it? john lewis is shutting eight stores and cutting 1,300 jobs, boots says 4,000 jobs will go — just two on a growing list of businesses letting people go. non—essential retailers are now trading again across the uk, but there is a lot of ground to make up, and experts say we're not ready to splash the cash on the high streetjust yet. following the opening of non—essential retail stores,

footfall increased enormously in that week, rising by over 40%. it continues to rise but at a slower rate in subsequent weeks, and then at the beginning ofjuly, when hospitality opened, again it had another burst of around 20% in that week. but once again it fell away to single digit increases. and what seeing now is this trickle rather thana seeing now is this trickle rather than a flood of footfall returning to shops and destinations, and that is really because shoppers are feeling nervous about covid. the thing is, we are still buying. injune, overall sales were up over 3% compared to last year. we were buying more computers, furniture, toys — things to make lockdown life a bit more comfortable. and because we have been buying online, that is creating opportunities. for it specialists, for example, with reports of a 15% spike in demand for web designers and developers. and the delivery firm hermes says it is looking for 1,500 full—time staff and 9,000 freelance couriers. while that is good news, delivery services won't replace shop floor numbers job for job.

and lockdown saw lots of consumers shop online for the first time. will they switch back? not sure. one thing we can say with some certainty is there will be more. the clothing store ted baker has confirmed they're in talks about losses — reports up to 500 jobs will go there. we will find out more about that later today. nina, thank you very much, thank you. people hoping to renew their passports could be facing severe delays due to a backlog of applications during the coronavirus pandemic. we've been hearing from people who have already been waiting as long as four months for the passport office to issue their new documents. tracy bridgeman applied for hers before the lockdown in march and still doesn't have them. we can speak to her now from her home in wiltshire. iamso i am so sorry, good morning to you. thank you so much for talking to us. and this was the first time your family had applied for a passport, wasn't it? yes, so my husband and i

have never had passports before. neither have our children. so back at the beginning of march we decided that this was going to be the year. it is our 20th wedding anniversary coming up in september, so we thought we would apply for our first ever passports and book a lovely holiday, so we could all go away and get some sunshine. and then coronavirus happened, and it has been almost 19 weeks since we put in our application for passports. still nothing has come. we have had to cancel the holiday, because wejust won't know when the passport office is going to get back to work and do what they need to do.” is going to get back to work and do what they need to do. i am so sorry to hear that. have you got any idea when the passport office might appear at this point, or not? know, all i have been told at the moment is that our applications are being processed. they have still got all of our documents and everything.

apart from generic e—mails, we have not had any other correspondence from them. as for when they are going to arrive, the answer at the moment is theyjust don't know. it depends when they can start doing interviews again, because apparently to get your first adult passport you have to have an interview, face to face, which the passport office is just not doing at all at the moment. so who knows? tracy, on that point, i don't know if you are watching a few moments ago, but louise was speaking to a gp and talking about how they are doing quite a few video calls at the moment with some of their patients. has that been a suggestion that you have made, that we can do this over a screen somehow instead of doing it face—to—face?” have suggested it. i have phoned the passport office twice to suggest they might like to try using something like skype so that they can doa something like skype so that they can do a video call to do the interviews. the first two times they just flat out said no, they wouldn't be doing that. the third time they told me that they are trialing

skype, but it is only a trial, and there is no way to actually get on there is no way to actually get on the list of volunteers to do the interviews by skype. you must be, this is an understatement, hugely disappointed. yes, very, very much so. disappointed. yes, very, very much so. you are only going to get one 20th wedding anniversary, and it is ruined, frankly. tracy, i am really sorry. thank you so much for talking to us. we are talking to someone now who may be able to help. we will find out a little bit wire, actually, these huge delays are happening, and perhaps what people can do. we can speak now to ben clatworthy, assistant travel editor for the times. good morning to you. it is desperate hearing that story, isn't it, and she is not alone. good morning. it looks like ben might have frozen on us. looks like ben might have frozen on us. so we try again, or it definitely gone? definitely gone. us. so we try again, or it definitely gone? definitely gonem is frustrating for tracy, loads of other people waiting for weeks as

well. under normal circumstances it is about three weeks to get a passport. it is notjust passports. we will be talking about it later in the programme as well. driving licenses as well being delayed. he is back, we allowed to talk to ben, or not? i don't know if you were able to hear tracy, but she was telling us how upsetting it is. she has had to cancel her holiday for her 20th wedding anniversary. there are her 20th wedding anniversary. there a re lots of her 20th wedding anniversary. there are lots of people not able to get passports. what is going on? well, this is slightly surprising, because if we cast our mind back to april, there a slight controversy when passport office staff were told to go back to work by the home office, told that they were key, crucial workers and to get back to it. but now we are hearing delays of up to months, but also people who were renewing standard adult passports, saying they are being made to wait six weeks, and also they have got rid of the fast track service. there will be people that were booking holidays at the moment i have one

coming up who go and look at their passport and think oh, my word, it has expired, think it's ok, i can pay more and get it quickly, but at the moment you can't. so there are lots of reports of people waiting six months. but yes, forfirst adult passports, the backlog is even bigger. there are reports, aren't there, some people getting their passports back quite quickly. have you got any ideas of how they are trying to prioritise which ones they are working through? no, it seems to be that standard renewals are first and then any adult applications last. that is because of the interview that was mentioned, to prevent identity fraud. but during the height of lockdown, i saw reports of people getting their passport back within one week, when they might have waited three weeks. it really does seem that the backlog is being created as lockdown has eased, especially as people are

hearing talk of the air bridges and so on hearing talk of the air bridges and so on and people being able to go away. some estimates suggest1 million passports will have expired during lockdown, so you can see there will now be a rapid number of people wanting to apply for passports in a very short period of time. and if you're in that really difficult situation which people will be, like tracy, for example, she said she has had to cancel her holiday. is there anything you can do to make it faster, or get your money back? no, that's the problem at the moment. in the past i would have said that yes, it is going to cost you more, but use the fast track service, it sometimes means driving to a passport office to pick up driving to a passport office to pick up the passport would do a quick interview on the day to get it, in a very quick turnaround. but that is not an option at the moment. that has been turned off because of the coronavirus crisis. so really the advice is check now if you are going to book anything. check that you have got your passport and don't expect it to the back if it has

expired or is it expiry, to be back within the three weeks you would normally expect. but also, it's worth remembering generally, across—the—board, particularly for long—term travel, which although we are not long—term travel, which although we a re not really long—term travel, which although we are not really doing at the moment, you generally need six months on your passport. so yes, you do end up losing a little bit of money, but i would recommend renewing your passport eight, nine months ahead of this expiry, just to be on the safe side. thank you very much for that. it is really good to talk to you this morning. we have asked the home office, and they have said they are prioritising urgent and compassionate cases and they are now working hard to get back to full capacity at what they call their normal processing sites. let us know what is going on with you, if you have been having delays. you can e—mail us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag #bbcbrea kfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. you can even ask carol about the

weather, if you like, which is what we're going to do right now, because is ata we're going to do right now, because is at a beautiful lavender farm in surrey. i forgot to ask you about that phone box in the middle of the field. i don't know where it is in terms of the geography at the moment stop it is just to my right, terms of the geography at the moment stop it isjust to my right, dan, and we're going to ask the owners when we speak to in about an hour or so when we speak to in about an hour or so why it is there, but i imagine it is more decoration than anything else. but we are in banstead, in surrey, and what of you. you can see lavender as far as the eye can see, rows and rows of it, and the perfume is just beautiful. now, rows and rows of it, and the perfume isjust beautiful. now, there have been growing —— they have been growing lavender in these fields on the 18th and 19th centuries but the farm itself has only been open since 2006, and! farm itself has only been open since 2006, and i am told that the harvest this year is a bit later because of the frost and the mixed weather during the course ofjune. talking of the forecast, the forecast for today is, after a chilly start, plenty of sunshine around. but we're

looking at cloud building through the course of the day, and then we will start to see some rain coming across the north of northern ireland also western scotland later on this afternoon. this morning, in the bigger picture, you can see how much dry weather there is. but we do have a peppering of showers, more especially across the north of scotland, although you could see one or two a bit further south in scotland, but still a lot of dry weather for you as well, with some sunshine. northern ireland, you've got variable amounts of cloud this morning, some sunshine, as indeed has northern england. again, there is bits and pieces of cloudier, but as we come south across the midlands, wales and east anglia and southern counties, the sun is out. after a cold start, and i can tell you it was cold first thing this morning, the sun is already doing itsjob and morning, the sun is already doing its job and temperatures are rising quite steadily now. now, through the course of the day we will hang onto those showers across the north of scotland. fairly hit and miss, and we will see a bit more cloud build, turning the sunshine hazy. for some, and areas of cloud to others. but at the same time a weather front coming

across northern ireland and western scotla nd across northern ireland and western scotland will introduce the cloud for you and some rain across the north of northern ireland and western scotland. now, temperatures a bit below average. we are looking at 13 to 22 celsius. normally at this stage injuly in london we would be expecting about 24. through this evening and overnight, a band of rain continues to romp steadily eastwards a cross of rain continues to romp steadily eastwards across much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. drier in the far north of scotland, and on the other side of that and of rain, dry for the rest of england and wales, with some clear skies. temperatures falling to between nine and 13 degrees. so tomorrow, where we have got the rain, we watch it drift off into the north sea. behind it in the west we will see a return to some showers and also some brighter skies, brightening up across northern ireland as we go through the course of the afternoon. and then as we come further south, again, there will be areas of cloud. there will be some sunshine around as well, and temperatures a little bit better in the south. we are looking at highs of 24, so that's where it should be.

but in the north we are still looking at about 13. and then as we move through thursday and friday and into the weekend, we continue with some unsettled weather. there will still be some dry conditions, with some sunshine, but still some rain and showers. headlines are coming up next. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: an above inflation pay rise for nearly a million public sector workers on the coronavirus front line, including doctors, teachers, and police officers. good morning. but how will that be paid for and what difference will it really mean for public sector workers' incomes? i'll be finding out. the long—awaited report into russian interference in british politics will be released this morning. it's going down to the wire. as england beat the west indies at old trafford with this, catch of the day, to set up a thrilling third test decider. and on the day of jack charlton's

funeral, i'll be catching up with the former republic of ireland manager mick mccarthy to talk about his legacy. good morning. it's tuesday the 21st ofjuly. our top story: almost a million public sector workers will receive pay rises above inflation, after the chancellor said he recognised their enormous effort during the coronavirus pandemic. the salary increases, which will come out of existing budgets, will be awarded to: teachers in england, who'll receive the largest increase of 3.1%. doctors and dentists across the uk will have their pay improved by 2.8%. police officers and prison staff in england and wales will get 2.5%. while the armed forces and the judiciary across the uk will get 2%. nina's with us now to dig into the numbers a bit more. what impact could this pay rise have, nina?

good morning again. good morning. it's a good headline, but people will be wondering what it means for take—home pay. in some ways it's good news. a teacher in england and wales currently on £35,000 will earn an extra £1,085. a prison officer on £24,000 will earn another £600. inflation is very low at the moment — 0.5% — so their money will go further. and theoretically — more money in the pockets of workers means more spend in the wider economy. the problem — pointed out by labour and by unions and which most economists would agree with, is that once inflation is taken out still way below levels seen in 2010 when austerity kicked in. and then the shadow chancellor, annalise dodds, has rightly pointed out that care workers in homes for example — aren't included

in that they are paid by local plus, unlike the furlough scheme for example — this isn't new money — so if the department of education is paying teachers more what else in the budget will have to give? the brutal reality is it is a swing now, but the predictions are bleak. when you look at the wider economic picture there might not be another public sector pay rise for some time. nina, thank you. a long—awaited report on alleged russian interference in british politics will be published this morning — more than a year after it was completed. its original release, due before the general election in december, was held back by the government, leading to accusations of a cover—up. here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. what does the threat from russia look like, and has enough been done to counter it? that's the focus of today's long—awaited russia report. it's written by the intelligence and security committee of parliament, which oversees the work of britain's spy agencies and it's based on those agencies' classified contribution,

as well as other expert witnesses. it's expected to cover the range of moscow's activities, from the poisoning of sergei skripal in salisdury in 2018 with nerve agent, through to the questioning of whether there was any interference in british politics, including the brexit referendum, and what impact it might have had. what it's actually going to do is unveil a whole range of often really very small—scale activities, from pushing particular subversive news stories through to attempts to woo particular individuals, and that actually gives us a more accurate position of how the russians operate. the report itself was completed over one year ago, but the government failed to publish it before the last election, leading to questions as to what details it might contain. but last week, a new intelligence and security committee was formed, but only after manoeuvring meant that the government's preferred chair, chris grayling,

missed out on the role. so this morning, we should finally find out what is in the russia report, or at least in the public version. a classified version will remain under wraps. gordon corera, bbc news. the uk will bear the consequences if it continues to go down the wrong road on hong kong. that is a quote from china. the chinese ambassador in london said the uk had "blatantly interfered" in china's affairs. it comes after the foreign secretary dominic raab suspended an extradition treaty with hong kong, over a new security law for the ex—colony. european union leaders have agreed the terms of a huge recovery fund for member states hit by coronavirus, after their summit in brussels stretched into a fifth day. the package totals 750 billion euros, about £680 billion pounds, with almost half in loans which countries will have to pay back.

it is five minutes past seven. we return to one of the top stories we are looking up this morning. we have been talking with nina and about the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced an above—inflation pay rise for almost a million public sector workers. doctors, teachers, and police officers are among those who will see wage increases, with the money coming out of existing budgets. let's get the reaction now from mike welsh, who is the former president of the national association of head teachers, and dr david wrigley, the vice chair of the british medical association. a very good morning to you both. lots of public—sector workers waking up lots of public—sector workers waking up this morning to hear they are going to get a pay rise. i imagine they will think that's good news. what's your impression, mike welsh lizzie lowe there is widespread support for our key workers in this country, particularly in the nhs, of course, but teachers who have mainly had pay freezes or 1% pay increases, so had pay freezes or 1% pay increases, so this is a step in the right direction for the first time in a decade. the key though is that

school budgets are constantly under pressure and the government should fully find that this increase otherwise we are at risk of losing teachers and letting our children down at a time when they need teachers the most. dr david wrigley, what is the reaction from your doctors? i think has doctors had out today to gather their patients they will feel disappointed and let down. you've got to remember this is on the back of one of the most difficult professional times of our lives and, perhaps, in a generation in dealing with this covid crisis and helping our patients and, also, on the back of ten years plus of sometimes 0% or lower than inflation pay rises, so pay has fallen way behind and we were hoping for far better today, so it is a real disappointment. so when you hear, david, the chancellor rishi sunak say that the past months have always known that care workers make a vital

contribution by country, how do you feel about that? it's true, the workers have been fantastic in the past six months in caring for the patients, putting lives on the line, and we have seen dozens of doctors who have died due to the virus and going to work on the line of duty. we have to remember this deal is something that, it should just happen in normal times. given that borisjohnson was on happen in normal times. given that boris johnson was on the steps of downing street clapping, as was mr hancock, we would have expected far more, because pay has fallen so far behind, we expect above inflation rises for public workers, to get around the table to think again. cannot talk to you, mike welsh, as well, you indicated you are concerned of the press on other budgets. we understand this is coming out of existing budgets stop what are your concerns? that's a major problem. our budgets are under tremendous pressure. we need to attract and retain an excellent teaching force in this country on behalf of our children. and we're not going to be doing that if we

ta ke not going to be doing that if we take out existing budgets, nearly 90% of my budget is spent on staff and that is absolutely vital. we've got brilliant teachers in this country. what we've got to do is pay them properly. but we risk losing teachers if we have to take it out of existing budgets. what about the other pressures as well, mike welsh, on budgets, given what has happened with coronavirus. where will you be seeing with coronavirus. where will you be seeing squeezes, with coronavirus. where will you be seeing squeezes, do you think? we've been open every day this year and we've been buying things like ppe equipment and various other equipment and various other equipment to support our children. there are pressures all the time on buying new materials and so on and inflation over a period of time, it might be low at the moment, but it does rack up over a period of time. as school budgets are under pressure and if we have to take this out of the school budget then the only thing we can do to do that is to have fewer teachers and that's not

the direction of travel to have an excellent teaching force in this country. we will put that to the minister for crime country. we will put that to the ministerfor crime and country. we will put that to the minister for crime and policing, country. we will put that to the ministerfor crime and policing, kit malthouse, who will join ministerfor crime and policing, kit malthouse, who willjoin us from the government in about 20 minutes' time. dr david wrigley, to come back to you, what point would you like to make to the government this morning? there is another issue, actually, junior doctors, doctors in training, and gps assigned the last year for 296 and gps assigned the last year for 2% for a few years. the deal will continue. the government hasjust completely ignore the fact that we have been through one of the most difficult times, so gps and junior doctors will get less than the rest of the nhs colleagues and that just isn't right. how can the government for one—time bank doesn't say we have worked really hard to put our lives on the line, but another time just ignore these deals? itjust isn't good enough. we have a huge backlog of work ahead of us. there are millions of people in the waiting list. as a gp, is a patient suffering every day in the waiting list. there is no plan or dealing with that. their morale is very low

amongst doctors, we have had six months with very little time off, we are exhausted. the government needs to get back round the table and think again. theyjust haven't come up think again. theyjust haven't come up with the goods. it's true about morale being low. the doctors and other staff waking up this morning to hear they are getting a pay rise, does that help at all? it will help, yes, and acknowledge that. but, as they say, these are the sorts of rises you would expect to see in normal times, not at a time when many of us haven't had a day off in six months and are putting our lives on the line. we hearfrom six months and are putting our lives on the line. we hear from the government, we have heard them clapping on the doorstep and, really, we just want to hear more from them and get a result from them that thanks all nhs staff all they have been through and was ahead of us have been through and was ahead of us in winter, we are really concerned about the winter ahead with flu and coronavirus. so, again, i would owed them to get back round the table and think again. to come back to you, micah, on the point to put to the government, to be about those pitch points, your concerns about losing teachers in the only

way to balance the budget? absolutely. it should be fully funded by government. they can't expect schools to actually pick up a 3-.1% expect schools to actually pick up a 3—.1% increase. our budgets are not there. our governors know that, and i think we must with that up to the minister and expect that the government should fully find this rise. just looking at what the treasury is saying, claiming the pay awards are assessed for affordability and shouldn't affect the provision of public services, but that is not how you see it, mike welsh? not at all. the reality is com pletely welsh? not at all. the reality is completely different. schools are under pressure all the time. this just makes it a pressure too far. we wa nt just makes it a pressure too far. we want this pay rise for our staff, they work hard, we don't want to let our children down in this country. we wa nt our children down in this country. we want a world—class education system, we have brilliant teachers, we wa nt system, we have brilliant teachers, we want to attract and retain them, but we do need is a fully funded settlement. ok, we will put some of those points you have been raising

to the government at 7:30am live on brea kfast. to the government at 7:30am live on breakfast. mike welsh and dr david wrigley, good to speak to both this morning. thank you. thank you very much. on friday, england willjoin scotland in making it compulsory for people to wear face coverings in shops, but what problems might this cause for people who are deaf or hard of hearing? charities are warning it can be isolating as it makes lip—reading impossible. these members of hull and east yorkshire centre for the deaf discussed some of the issues they face. i'm not happy about masks. i've been in the shops, people are ma, i don't know what they're saying. they asked them to move down, they refuse. it's not good. i can't lip read. i know i have and implant. at the implant helps me here, but they needed to see the lips to understand as well.

masks do help stopping the virus spread. but i'm fully deaf, i can't hear anything and they needed to lip read. i feel really it's deaf dissemination. hopefully it gives you a clear picture, that. to try and tackle this problem, the charity deaf action has launched a campaign calling on the uk and scottish governments to make transparent masks more accessible. we can speak now to the chief executive, philip gerrard, who is alongside his sign language interpreter, yvonne. good morning, both. thank you for joining us. just explain to us, and we have seen a little bit there, philip, how difficult it is if people are wearing coverings where you can't see their mouth. and showers. headlines are coming up next. absolutely, louise. in scotland of course it has been mandatory in shops since tenjuly, so this is something we already had to deal with, and deaf people have been into shops and realised that when the mouth and nose is covered it is

really difficult to lip read, communication is impossible and it raises anxiety for people. and you are going shopping for everyday things, so even everyday life has become impossible for deaf people communicating. it is a real problem. what can be done about it, do you think? well, our campaign offers a solution. we are asking for people to wear clear masks, that are transparent, that you can see through so you can see the lips, so as an alternative to the opec cloth masks that everyone wears. if people could be wearing transparent masks, that could be a solution —— opaque cloth masks. are these transparent masks easy to get a hold of?” cloth masks. are these transparent masks easy to get a hold of? i have to say it is not easy. it has been a little bit of a challenge for the manufacturers to make them. you know, we have looked at different prototypes, and these types here, with the plastic and the window,

they can be a challenge to make. there are several companies who are making them. people are hand making them as well. so there are some out there, but there is a little bit of confusion over which is the best, which offers the best protection, whether they are fully safe, whether they affect your breathing. there is an issue around the clear perspex fogging up and actually blocking the lips, and so part of that campaign is to have more made. so with today's world, with technology, surely this is possible. one of the things i have seen is i think a paramedic using a phone where the words come up, for example. is that the kind of thing that could help? yes, absolutely. you know, that is one of the options that is a really good help to communication, using a speech to text app and being able to show that, whether that is a phone, or writing notes, or a pen and paper, but absolutely the best thing

that can help is if everybody had a transparent mask on. that would be ideal. you could see facial expressions, you can see people smiling, you know when someone is talking to you. you know, and it is not just a benefit to deaf and hard of hearing people. it can truly benefit everyone. just give us a sense, as well, because this must have a real impact on people's quality of life. absolutely, absolutely. you know, and from what we are seeing, as the people are now avoiding going to the shops, they are avoiding being out of home, they are avoiding being out of home, they are avoiding being out of home, they are avoiding public transport and places that they have to wear masks, because they are worried about communication, and that makes them more isolated. and so they are having to ask nz families to do these tasks for them. so we know that we have already got a huge mental health challenge in this charity, and for deaf people, even before lockdown. so with these masks, it's just a

before lockdown. so with these masks, it'sjust a huge barrierfor people. even going to buy something like your daily milk and bread, that should be such a simple task, but that has become a barrier for people every day. so the impact is massive. and you talk about the mental health issues. it is going to make life tougher, isn't it? yes, absolutely. you know, when you think about being more organised, you have to plan your shopping, whether that's online. .. your shopping, whether that's online... you know, people are actually changing their lifestyle because of this. they have to organise and plan things differently. you know, people we have seen her maybe didn't use the internet more have to use it more now, and if somebody has run out of elk, then they have to go. you are not able to just pop in and out, because if they see people with masks on, that is really offputting. and you have to put it on yourself, as well, and then that also limits your own communication, really affects people's confidence, you know? so both wearing masks and communicating with people with

masks. you have talked with the government about this. have you had a response from them? yes, so father government response has been that they will look into it and will do some research, so they will look into it and will do some research, so we're still waiting to see how that is going to materialise. you know, having ministers, mps, msps themselves obviously being pictured in the media wearing masks that are not transparent is disappointing. i would really like to see more ministers and msps wearing transparent masks themselves. thank you so much for talking to us, and yvonne, thank you for helping us out. it has been good to chat to you. we are talking to somebody later, as well, who is actually making some of those transparent masks as well, and she is trying to make them quickly enough, but it is not quickly enough because there is so not quickly enough because there is so much demand. now to something we have spoken about yesterday, i know

many of you are very interested in this. a team of scientists at oxford university say they've reached a really important milestone in their work to develop a vaccine for coronavirus. they say the vaccine appears to be safe and triggers an immune response. the trial involved more than 1,000 people and showed the injection led to them making both antibodies and t—cells that can fight coronavirus. there will now be more trials. while scientists say the vaccine appears promising, it is too soon to know whether it can either prevent people from getting covid—19 or lessen their symptoms. let's speak now to professor andrew pollard from the oxford vaccine group and lydia guthrie, who took part in the trial. lydia, really nice to speak to you. thank you for coming on the programme. hope is this is a really significant step forward. what is it like to be part of a trail like this that can be so significant? it is really exciting, to be honest. when i saw the advert where the team were looking for participants to volunteer in oxford, i felt straightaway that it was just a really good thing to do to try to

make a very small contribution to this massive human effort that the scientists have made, that everybody will benefit from. and lydia, thank you for doing it, on everybody‘s behalf, but some people think, and i think, it is a brave thing to do, because this is untested, isn't it? it is, and i guess that's the point. the researchers were very honest with all the participants that they had skipped out some of the initial animal testing stages that would usually be used for vaccines, because of the urgency of the coronavirus situation. but i felt, reading all the material from the research team, i felt it was a small risk. because it was untested, they couldn't guarantee they wouldn't be any complications, but it felt like any complications, but it felt like a measured risk, and a risk that i could take. it also felt like the trade—off between the risk and the possible benefits made it really worth taking. and we are all taking risks at the moment. the coronavirus

situation has really changed the way that we are all making decisions about our lives. when you think about our lives. when you think about frontline health practitioners or teachers, or all the people who are keeping the wheels going in society, everybody is having to take risks just to society, everybody is having to take risksjust to go society, everybody is having to take risks just to go about their daily life. so for me it felt like a small pa rt life. so for me it felt like a small part that i could play. i could just do my bit. what did your family make of the decision? was it a full family discussion around this? of the decision? was it a full family discussion around thi57m was, yes. how did you know? i have got two teenage children who are 14 and 16, and a husband, and ifelt that it was a decision that affected everybody, so i wanted to be sure that i had their support. and if any of them had strongly objected, then i wouldn't have done it. but my teenage children were at first... they were quite disinterested, to be honest. they have been more interested because mum is on the

telly. so they are a little bit more interested in that. they love to tease me, they go around calling me bionic mum. so they weren't worried at all. my husband had previously volunteered as a vaccine participant ina volunteered as a vaccine participant in a trial volunteered as a vaccine participant ina triala volunteered as a vaccine participant in a trial a few years ago, and he had had a really good experience with the team. so i felt like i was in safe hands. i will hold you there for a in safe hands. i will hold you there fora minute, lydia, because in safe hands. i will hold you there for a minute, lydia, because we have on the line andrew pollard, director of the oxford vaccine group. thank you so much forjoining us. this is such great news. tell us about what this vaccine does, or you think that it does. you are absolutely right, this is very good news, because this is an important milestone in vaccine development. what we have shown is that the vaccine is able to make the immune responses, neutralising antibodies and t—cells, which i really thought to be important and

might be the mechanisms for protection. but it is only a milestone along the way, because we still have to do the next step, which is to find out whether these responses actually do protect. and that's why i paid tribute to all of the volunteers who are helping us with this work as participants in the study, and of course all of the staff working on it, notjust around the uk, but all around the world. and i am sure, professor, you know what it is like, whenever you mention we have had good news with the vaccine, with these tests, the immediate question from everybody is when. when is it going to become available? can you give us any sort of timescale on that? on the front page of the papers this morning saying a possible vaccine by the end of this year. is there any truth in that at all? is that possible? well, it is entirely possible, but it is also dependent on what happens next in the pandemic. you know, and i think we're all aware how difficult it has been to predict what is going to happen in a month from now in terms of the number of cases. and we

saw this huge deluge of cases that happened in march and april, and the lockdown was very successful and controlled that. and now we are living very differently, as you were just discussing, with social distancing and masks and all these other discussions. and we really don't know how that will affect transmission of the virus. and if it has a major impact on transmission, it will take much longer to see cases emerging to see whether the vaccine is protective. and there was something yesterday which showed that because we have done what we have done in the uk, you might not have done in the uk, you might not have enough people to trial it on. will you be trialing itjust in the uk, or where will you be going to trial it? well, the trials we are running at the moment include the uk, brazil and south africa, where we have already 11,000 people vaccinated across those different areas, and we will over the next month or so get up to about 15,000

or 16,000 month or so get up to about 15,000 or16,000 in the month or so get up to about 15,000 or 16,000 in the clinical trials. and because we have variable rates of transmission in different populations, and also here in the uk we are seeing outbreaks in different parts of the country, it is i think very likely that at some point we will start accumulating enough cases to be able to give us a signal of whether or not the vaccine works. lydia, we have heard the professor say how important people like yourself are. what is the next step for you now? now, my bodyjust has to get on and incubate antibodies to the vaccine. i just to get on and incubate antibodies to the vaccine. ijust have to carry on life as usual. i have already been back for one blood test. that happened about 28 days after the vaccination. and over the course of the next year, i might be called back for further blood tests, and as professor polla rd back for further blood tests, and as professor pollard said, the scientists are going to figure out what would be useful as the pandemic unfolds, and make their decisions over the next year. it is so good to chat. thank you very much for your work on incubation. professor andrew

pollard, as well, let's hope we can speak to you again when you have more good news. and say hello to your teenagers, hopefully very excited. tell them you have been on the telly. one of mine is 13, and she does get up much later than the others. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: the settle to carlisle railway is one of the uk's most spectacular routes, and as of this week, with fewer commuter trains running because of coronavirus, it has opened up a regular tourist train. we'll take you along for the ride just before 8:30am. and we'll bring you the latest news and weather. it's time to go back to carole, who is in it's time to go back to carole, who isina it's time to go back to carole, who is in a phone box, i think, in a lavender farm. is in a phone box, i think, in a lavenderfarm. good morning. is in a phone box, i think, in a lavender farm. good morning. good morning. iam indeed, right next lavender farm. good morning. good morning. i am indeed, right next to this lovely phone box. we are in mayfield lavender farm in

this lovely phone box. we are in mayfield lavenderfarm in surrey, and you are asking about this earlier, why it is plonked in the middle of the lavender field. the owners tell us it is because they have a lot of international guests who like to take selfies with something that is quintessentially british, so rather nice. talking about nice, we are surrounded by rows and rows of beautiful lavender and we will be talking to the owners about this in the next half hour. but what we have at the moment is a fine start to the day. now, it was very cool first thing this morning, the son is doing its thing, it is warming up quite nicely, and the forecast for today is rather pleasa nt forecast for today is rather pleasant for some and it is going to get wet for others. so after the chilly start, the cloud is building. we will see some sunny spells, having said that, but later we will also see some rain coming into the north of northern ireland and also western scotland. so first thing this morning there are some showers dotted around the north of scotland. but for most of us it is dry. for some of us we have got some cloud. so starting the forecast that nine

in scotland. most of the showers are in the north. you could catch the odd rogue one a little bit further south, but a lot of dry weather. for northern ireland, some sunny skies but a northern ireland, some sunny skies butafair northern ireland, some sunny skies but a fair bit of cloud. for northern england, a similar story. some sunshine around, but you have got some cloud. come south of that, into the midlands, wales and east anglia, some showers, as we had in surrey. temperatures here starting to pick up, after a cold start. as we go through the course of the day you will find we still hang onto a few showers across the north of scotland. the cloud will build on for some we will have areas of cloud. for some it willjust turn the sunshine hazy. in western scotla nd the sunshine hazy. in western scotland and northern ireland the cloud will build and in the north of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland you will see some rain stop temperatures ranging from 13 in the north to about 22 in the south, and 22 isa north to about 22 in the south, and 22 is a bit low average for this stage injuly. 22 is a bit low average for this stage in july. through 22 is a bit low average for this stage injuly. through the evening and overnight, that rain starts to move steadily across scotland, also

into northern england, and also into the rest of northern ireland. come south of that, we're looking at some clear skies, variable amounts of cloud and overnight lows from around nine to around 13 degrees. tomorrow, then, you can see where we have got then, you can see where we have got the rain on the charts, and it advances off into the north sea. but behind it, there will still be some bright spells. there will also be some showers. and through the afternoon, it will start to brighten up afternoon, it will start to brighten up across afternoon, it will start to brighten up across parts of northern ireland. now, for the rest of the country, again we will see areas of cloud. it will turn the sunshine hazy at times. some of us will get away with quite a bit of sunshine, and temperatures will be ranging from about 13 degrees in the north to about 13 degrees in the north to about 24 in the south. they will be more whether in half—an—hour. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. let's get you up—to—date on the

latest news at 7:30am. doctors, teachers, and police officers are to receive above—inflation pay increases, in what the chancellor has called recognition of their vital contribution during the coronavirus pandemic. the pay will go to 900,000 public sector workers, but labour say the rise will not make up for years of real—terms cuts. let's speak now to the minister for crime and policing, kit malthouse. hejoins us live on bbc he joins us live on bbc breakfast this morning. thank you very much for being with us. good to talk to you. let's start with a pay increases, if we we know this is a new money, can you tell us exactly where it's coming from? so when the pay review body is look at what pay increases they want to recommend, one of the things they take into account is affordability for the organisations that will be paying for it, for example, in my area of policing, there is a 2.5% pay rise going to police officers, which is fantastic news, and that will be paid for in this pending settlement of 1.1

billion extra that was given to policing last year. the highest settlement, have to say, for over a decade. and that we think is affordable within the envelope that has been given to leasing. it equates to about 159 million across the whole of policing in england and wales. so we think that's going to be fine. but we all know that the uk is facing the biggest deficit in finances in peacetime and just on the specifics of this money, because we have spoken to somebody who's in sector, and someone from, divides —— vice—chair of the bma this morning, and their concerns seem to be the same, that they are thankful for the pay increase, they feel it should be more because they feel they are still being paid less than they would be based on those figures from when austerity came back in 2010, which we will get onto, but there are other concern is where the other snips are going to take place, because they feel they have to be cuts because of the situation we are

in financially at the moment and they are concerned about where those cuts will be. what can you tell us about that this morning? well, they are quite right that we are obviously going to face some difficult decisions when we look at our public finances post—coronavirus. and that will be for the treasury to look at. as you know we are going into a spending round over the summer that will come to some conclusions in the autumn, no doubt, and there will be decisions taken during that period. they can't tell you what those are going to be. nevertheless, there are also quite right that after the last crash, you know, a period of wage restraint was required to get a public finances in order. to be honest with you, thank god we did, given the impact coronavirus is at. but over the last couple of years we have seen over inflation pay rises in the sector to correct that. this is obvious the part of that, with inflation running up zero and 6%, the teachers it is obviously very significantly above... crosstalk.

it represents both a reward for their work and a correction to their salaries. will 80 to be paid more than they would have been had an inflation rise been in their pay every year since 2010? well, these are real term pay rises above inflation... no is the answer to that, minister... crosstalk we have a manifesto commitment to get teachers to positive starting salaries up above £30,000 because we recognise the value... inaudible. we wa nt inaudible. we want people to get into teaching. but these were settle recommendations by pay review body ‘s that are obviously independent bodies that look at these jobs within the widerjobs market and pay and what is affordable and come to recommendations. this year the government has decided, happily, to accept all the recommendations. we are having a few issues with your loan. we can hear you but are struggling to see you on a few occasions. we'll stay with you if

that's ok. they say once inflation is stripped out the average pay for the workers remains below those levels of 2010. well, obviously, as they say, we did have a period of wage restraint in the public sector while we were dealing with the aftermath of the crash of 2007— 2008, which did mean that wages well done. of the last two or three years we re done. of the last two or three years were starting to see a correction with above inflation pay rises of which this is a very significant one and, you know, decisions about future pay, obviously... inaudible. they will have to be taken against the backdrop of what we face economically over the next four yea rs. economically over the next four years. for the moment, today, economically over the next four years. forthe moment, today, hope the 900,000 public sector workers affected will see this as good news, because alongside some of the pension enhancements we have seen of the last couple of years this means that they are making significant advancesin that they are making significant advances in pay which is, you know, both right and a reward for the work they have done over the past few months to them, with spoke to the

former head of the association of doedee just, says he former head of the association of doedeejust, says he and former head of the association of doedee just, says he and a former head of the association of doedeejust, says he and a lot former head of the association of doedee just, says he and a lot of his colleagues away because he says the only way to make up that money in pay, if it's not fully funded, is to reduce teachers, because there is no other way to balance those budgets. well, as i've said before, first of all we are going into a spending round over the summer and in the autumn, can't predict what will come out of that. secondly, one of the things that the pay review body is look at is affordability stop and their recommendation is this is affordable within the current envelope and teachers, hopefully, will be comforted by that. do think it will solve the problems of attention, because 40% of teachers say they plan to quit thejob according to of teachers say they plan to quit the job according to the survey was from the national education union. that was last year's survey. well, as they say, we have an aspiration to get starting salaries for teachers up and we recognise we need to recruit more really good people

into teaching, but if you look at my area, policing, we are on a big recruitment drive at the moment. we have had over 70,000 applications thus far and have recruited well over 3000 police officers towards a first—year target of 6000 in next march. it is looking pretty good for us. march. it is looking pretty good for us. iam march. it is looking pretty good for us. i am very pleased inaudible. it isa us. i am very pleased inaudible. it is a job that is rewarded in terms of the work you do, but in terms of the work you do, but in terms of the pay you get as well. we are looking at those pay rises a lot this morning. another big story we're talking about on bbc breakfast is the long—awaited release of the russia report. you will know, of course, that it was ready to go in october but held back and then promised around the time of the election. then injanuary we interviewed the prime minister on this programme and asked him specifically when it would come out, they asked if it would be weeks or months and he said weeks. it is now 27 weeks since that interview in january and finally this report is being published, why on earth has it

taken so long? well... we have obviously had one or two issues to deal with in the interim, not least a general election. and the fact this report is the property of the committee itself and they make a decision about his publication and the fact that the committee took a little bit of time to get going after the general election properly delayed it to. but it will be here ina delayed it to. but it will be here in a couple of hours and we will be able to read it and ijust it. do you think that russia did try to influence the scottish and the eu referendum ‘s? influence the scottish and the eu referendum 's? i don't know. they haven't read the report. they will haven't read the report. they will have to wait and see what they say. do you feel uncomfortable that some of the money that your party receives comes from russian business people every year? so all the money that we receive as a party is done so that we receive as a party is done so in accordance with the law. while the law and donations to political parties to disseminate on the basis

of citizenship, they don't discriminate on the basis of race and, you know, all our donations, as all the parties are, declared publicly for people to examine and see for themselves. just to run you through, i know you are aware of these, but our viewers might not be, a russian socialite has donated £450,000 in the last year, she won successfully better hundred and £60,000 at a fundraiser to play tennis with david cameron and boris johnson. £30,000 to have dinner with the defence secretary at the time, gavin williamson there is another british businessmen, ukrainian born, who has supported, with £1.3 million, to the party. i suppose the question is, they understand what you are saying about where that money comes from, but do you think there is an accusation that you have been too naive and some of your dealings with these russian business

individuals? well, i'm not quite sure what you are insinuating. as i said, all our donations are accepted in accordance with uk law from people who are citizens of this country and comply with the regulations. there are lots of people who donate to political parties of all colours who have a background outside of the uk. we don't discriminate on the basis of their race or their immigration origin. the law is the law and we comply with that. and, happily for us, all donations politically in this country are very transparent and for people to see and, as you quite rightly said, people can go on to the website and examine those donations and see for themselves. 0k, donations and see for themselves. ok, i've wanted to ask you about face masks as well, seeing as you other policing ministers morning. the chairman of the north police association, a gentleman called and he must, said the force does not have the capacity to police face coverings. in england it becomes

mandatory to wear them in shops from this weekend. what do you say in response to that from andy marsh? he is quite right that there is no intention for the police to be standing outside every branch of asda or greggs and making sure people are wearing facemasks. what we're doing is adopting the same posture we did throughout the lockdown, which is encourage people to comply. we know from the previous experience that the vast majority of people will and that shops and others should encourage people to wear facemasks if at all possible and they obviously are. it's going to be compulsory. but if people resist or won't leave the premises or there is any kind of altercation then obviously the police will be called and they should attend if it's a public order issue, as they would in any other retail circumstances. if there was a scuffle or a conflict that arose. but, as they say, denting there has been any intention of police officers should be patrolling shopping centres making sure people

are wearing masks. do you think defines will be handed out? -- that finds? the record on previous fines is that some were, in extreme circumstances. for 65 million people to only have a few thousand fixed penalty notices handed out is astonishing. what we hope and believe is the vast majority will recognise that we all have a collective responsibility towards our individual health and will comply and i'm pretty confident the british people will use their common sense and will do so. kit malthouse, appreciate your time. thank you for talking to us on bbc breakfast this morning. and apologies to our viewers or some of the technical issues we had. hopefully you could hear most of what the minister had to say this morning. it is a 7:42am. let's catch up with the sport. sally, good morning again. good morning, good morning again. well—wishers and football fans are expected to line the streets of ashington and newcastle this morning ahead of the funeral of jack charlton, who died earlier this month.

'big jack‘, as he was known, won the world cup with england in 1966 and later led ireland to the world cup quarter finals as manager. let's speak now to the man who played for him and took the reins at the republic of ireland after him — good morning to you, mick. i want to ask if your personal memories of jack charlton, your friend and mentor. good morning. personal memories of a man that, gosh, when you have him as a boss you don't ever think of him as a friend, i guess, but i reckon we all did. we did in the team, the squad. i certainly did as they got to know him. they had known him before. i've played for him. we lived in a similararea. played for him. we lived in a similar area. when played for him. we lived in a similararea. wheni played for him. we lived in a similar area. when i got to play for him he was such a warm, bright, intelligent guy. my load so much of him, bearing in mind he was a world cup winner playing at centre—back ——

a loan. no—one to play for him. a loader so much. what was he like to play for? he was brilliant to play for. a red loads about him, of course, since his passing, his sad passing and condolences to his family ——i passing and condolences to his family —— i read a lot about him. he said he didn't pick the best players, he picked place who fitted a system. an eye could see that now with him. i certainly wasn't the best player, the best centre—half, but he fitted me, he put me as captain and he trusted me. i will be forever grateful to him for that. he just got the best out of people. that's what he did. he created teams and a winning mentality. we had a great team spirit amongst our team from 1986 to 1996 when he left, it was just amazing. and jack created

that. what was it like taking over from this man that you had worked for, playful, looked to for so long? it was ridiculous, really. 36, i was at the time. i was taking over after the guy who had just qualified for two world cups and a european championship. honestly, when i look back on it, it seems like a ridiculous decision. but i was never going to turn it down and i got his support right from the start. what was lovely with jack was he never once did an interview, as i can remember, about me, about my tenure, about how i was doing with the job. if there was ever any comments came from him, he was only ever supportive, and very protective of me. so that was very kind of him. but yes, you know, considering what he had achieved, taking over after him wasa he had achieved, taking over after him was a big ask. and today, of

course, lots of people will get the chance to pay tribute to him, pay respects to him, in difficult circumstances. i know people will wa nt to circumstances. i know people will want to line the streets of ashington and newcastle, but there isa ashington and newcastle, but there is a warning from the family or any appealfrom is a warning from the family or any appeal from jack‘s family that obviously everyone has to comply with the regulations at the moment. that is going to be a challenging time, isn't it? it is going to be challenging, yes. ispoke time, isn't it? it is going to be challenging, yes. i spoke to his son, john, and he said they were going to drive through ashington, because they wanted to line the streets and pay tribute to him. i have my ireland shirt on today, we have my ireland shirt on today, we have been asked to wear green to remember him, just to celebrate him and what he did for all of us in ireland. it was this orjosh's shirt, having just moved house. ireland. it was this orjosh's shirt, havingjust moved house. he would probably like me to see that shirt, because i think it is a small

andi shirt, because i think it is a small and i am definitely large or extra—large, i thinkjack would have got a kick from that. it is going to be difficult, but i think there will be difficult, but i think there will bea be difficult, but i think there will be a great tribute to him in ireland, with everyone wearing green and flags out. what was it about jack that made him so well suited to that role in ireland? for everyone who was lucky enough to meet him, you knew within ten seconds what sort of man he was, and he was so warm and welcoming. how did ireland ta ke warm and welcoming. how did ireland take him into their hearts so quickly? well, in ireland we took him into our hearts because he qualified for us for 1988 for the european championships. prior to that, when he took the job, european championships. prior to that, when he took thejob, he wasn't warmly welcome then. it is a lwa ys wasn't warmly welcome then. it is always the same, somebody gets the job and there is always somebody who can do it better. of course that was proven completely wrong. it

epitomises him for me, when we were playing northern ireland in belfast and he was stood at the dugout, and let's say it was a fairly hostile atmosphere. the republic of ireland versus northern ireland. and they we re versus northern ireland. and they were giving him real abuse from behind, and he stood in after a while he took a cigarette out of his pocket and put it in his mouth and he turned to one of the guys giving him the abuse and he asked him for a light. and there must have been 20 or 30 people rattling in their pockets, breaking their neck to give him a light. and he took all the bitterness and all the anger out of them, and all they wanted to do was light a cigarette for big jack. that was lovely. i think that sums him up perfectly. it is lovely to talk to you this morning. thank you so much for talking to us here on bbc brea kfast. for talking to us here on bbc breakfast. that is mick mccarthy with his memories ofjack charlton, whose funeral will be taking place later today. just a note that we

have had from jack‘s family, that we are have had from jack‘s family, that we a re really have had from jack‘s family, that we are really conscious that coronavirus is still here. we ask anyone coming to pay tribute to stay two metres apart from everyone else and please wear a face covering on a mask. thank you very much, that was lovely to hear from him. so many stories about jack charlton, one newspaper last week had anecdotes for ten pages of people who knew him, and they could have filled many more as well. remember at the start of lockdown when many of us made plans to learn new skills and complete ambitious projects? well, ten—year—old arlo from bristol has done both. he has launched his own magazine celebrating the type of music he loves. it's called pint—sized punk, and it's a hit, selling hundreds of copies, and he even got to interview the manic street preachers. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet him. meet the pint—sized punk, pre—

covid, ten—year—old arlo went to two or three gigs a month in bristol and would often be found right down the front. during lockdown he was missing his music, so came up with an idea. my mum asked what i would like to write about and i said i would like to write about hands. the pint—sized punk fa nzine would like to write about hands. the pint—sized punk fanzine was born. they approached his favourite bands for interviews, mercury prize nominees idol said yes and became his first cover staff. i really like punk music, because i like how the drums and guitars and vocals all go together, like a big punk sandwich. and the fanzine has features you wouldn't find anywhere else. this one is a picture i did from super

ferry animals. i asked everyone interviewed their of marmite —— super furry animals. john and carlos, they are sitting on the fence. they don't mind it but don't hate it. mum hannah started taking arlo to gigs when they realised it was cheaper than hiring a babysitter. luckily his school i really, really supportive and we have spoken to them about the skills he is using. but it would be very easy for me as a parent to take over. but, no, he has been involved in everything. we have edited and done interviews, and i have had to count up the costs. at one point he said maybe he should continue to be homeschooled, because school would get in the way of the zine. i am not sure how we actually feel about that. and word-of-mouth is spreading. the first issue sold 300

copies. the second has attracted orders from australia and america, and he is about to launch a t—shirt range. and big acts are on board. arlo has spoken to the manic street preachers. he wasjust arlo has spoken to the manic street preachers. he was just about to interview dream wife, his new album has gone top 20. what sorts of things have you been asking?” has gone top 20. what sorts of things have you been asking? i am going to be doing some sensible ones, like what music were you listening to when you were ten, what is the stinky skeg you ever played? what did you want to be when you attend? i wanted to be either an artist, an astronaut or an acrobat, andl artist, an astronaut or an acrobat, and i think being in this band, get to be all three. and, when social distancing ends, arlo will get to put on his own gig. his local record shop, rough trade, say he can host a lunch party there. let's hope not

too many issues come out before that. imean, i mean, just what a brilliant entrepreneur, isn't he?” i mean, just what a brilliant entrepreneur, isn't he? ithink we're going to hear bit more from the pint—sized punk. we're going to hear bit more from the pint-sized punk. we know there have been delays to passports, drivers' licenses as well, thank you for getting in touch. stephen says i have been waiting nine weeks for my driver's license to be renewed. during this time i have missed out on numerous delivery jobs during this time i have missed out on numerous deliveryjobs as they require a copy of my license. jennifer says i applied for renewal of my photo driving licence. i am over 70 and this has to be done every three years. i applied in earlyjuly and it arrived on 15 july. emmett e—mails that i work as a pilot and i july. emmett e—mails that i work as a pilotand i require july. emmett e—mails that i work as a pilot and i require six months on my passport, i have been waiting sincejune my passport, i have been waiting since june for it my passport, i have been waiting sincejune for it to be renewed. i have had numerous phone calls and e—mails at passport offices across the country and getting nowhere. at

the country and getting nowhere. at the end of this month i will no longer be able to fly as i need my passport to work. she makes the point that after being furloughed for three months, this is not ideal. lots of people, it is notjust about travel. abby says that a valid passport is required to sell a property in england. my brother had to get his first passport last year at the age of 63 so he could sell a late mother's robert e. he went to london for the interview so there are still quite a few people waiting for identification for those sorts of things as well, and it is holding up of things as well, and it is holding up quitea of things as well, and it is holding up quite a few people. people saying it is holding up the purchase of a house for them over someone else. we will talking about delays for drivers' licenses in the next 15 minutes or so. now let's get the weather with carol, who is at a lavender farm in surrey this morning. it looks absolutely glorious this morning. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it certainly is glorious, dan. we have got lavender as far as the eye can see. and who better to talk to this morning than the owners of this beautiful farm in surrey. we've got brendan and lorna

may. good morning, both. now, brendan, why did you set up this farm in the first place?” brendan, why did you set up this farm in the first place? i was working in the beauty industry and had the idea of reviving the lavender industry in the uk, which was in decline. and i found this field originally 15 years ago, and it had been an original lavender growing field. sol it had been an original lavender growing field. so i took a lease out on it, planted lavender, and the re st on it, planted lavender, and the rest is history. and how has the season been for you, lorna? it has taken usa season been for you, lorna? it has taken us a little bit by surprise because we weren't sure what to expect with all the restrictions associated with covid. but we have had a great response from the general public. we have had lots of local visitors, as usual, and we have had a lot of visitors that are coming from outside the local area. i think people just want to get out, get a bit of fresh air, and go into the great outdoors. and a lot of people are very stressed these days,

and going to a lavender farm, which you can walk through and it has got the lovely fragrance and having that sort of relaxing feeling as you are walking through, so we have been actually overwhelmed with the visitors and the good reports that we have had. and you are right about the fragrance, it is quite intoxicating, the fragrance of the lavender. how has the crop been this year? we have had quite contrary whether. that's right, in may this year we had quite a hot start to the summer, and the effect of that is to force the flowers to come out early. but also in may we had two very bad frosts, so those frosts then killed all of the early flowers, so the plants had to regenerate and essentially start again. so the season is a little bit later and perhaps a little bit more intense than previous years. but what we have learnt over time is sometimes what you lose at the start of the season you gain at the end of the season. so we might end up with a longer season overall. we will have

to wait and see. and lorna, when you harvest your beautiful crop of lavender, what do you do with it? we do anything we can think of with lavender. of course we have the oil, we sell lots of the essential oil, but we converted into lots of different products. we have lots of lovely lavender soap and other toiletries, including the sanitiser, which i have to say has been one of our biggest sellers this year. and we make room fragrance, candles and diffusers. but one of the biggest things, i guess, diffusers. but one of the biggest things, iguess, is diffusers. but one of the biggest things, i guess, is allthe foodstuff. people love to eat lavender in food, and they are very experimental, the general public. so we have lavender shortbread, lavender fairy cakes, washed down with lavender tea, lavender lemonade, and even lavender cider. thank you so much for letting us come here this morning and for joining us as well. thank you for having us. now, the forecast today has been for a chilly start but the

temperature is picking up quite nicely in the sunshine and there is a lot of sunshine around. the cloud is also building, so some of us will have hazy sunshine and areas of cloud this afternoon. but if you are on the north of northern ireland or western scotland you can expect some rain stop now, first thing this morning, there is still some showers dotted around the north of scotland. one or two getting into southern scotland. but for most it is dry, with variable amounts of cloud. in northern ireland, you are off to a bright start as well, with some sunny intervals, as indeed you are in northern england, you also seeing some sunny in northern england, you also seeing some sunny intervals. but you can also see the cloud. but come south into the midlands, east anglia, wales, southern counties of england, the channel islands, there is a lot of blue skies. rather like we have got here in surrey this morning. but it has been a cold start, but now that habit is rising quite nicely. now, as we go through the day, we will hang onto some of those showers across northern scotland as the cloud builds. the sunshine will turn hazy, but there will be areas with just cloud and then as the cloud thickens across western scotland and northern ireland, we will see some rain across the north of northern

ireland and western scotland. temperatures today ranging from 13 in the north to 22 in the south, so 22 isa in the north to 22 in the south, so 22 is a bit below average for this stage injuly. 22 is a bit below average for this stage in july. normally 22 is a bit below average for this stage injuly. normally we would expect about 24. now, through this evening and overnight, the rain coming across northern ireland, western scotland, will advance across much of the west of scotland away from the north. northern and also northern england stop for the rest of england and wales, variable amounts of cloud and some clear skies, with temperatures falling between about nine and 13 degrees. so tomorrow, we pick up that band of rain across northern ireland, scotla nd rain across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, and it is going to push through the day into the north sea, leaving behind it some showers, and also some brighter skies. it will brighten up quite nicely tomorrow afternoon across, for example, northern ireland. for the rest of england and wales, there will be some hazy sunshine, there will be some spells of blue skies, and temperature—wise, well, we're looking at a range

roughly from about 13 to 24 in the south. that's it from me for now. the headlines are coming up next. good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: an above inflation pay rise for nearly a million public sector workers on the coronavirus front line, including doctors, teachers and police officers.

how will the pay rise be paid for and what difference will it really mean for public sector workers' pay packets? i'll be finding out. the long—awaited report into russian interference in british politics will be released this morning. we are in skipton to talk about a brand—new way of taking on some of britain's best scenery. could this become a model for the future? for lovers of trains and drones, this one is for you. good morning. it's tuesday the 21st ofjuly. our top story. almost a million public—sector workers will receive pay rises above inflation, after the chancellor said he recognised their enormous effort during the coronavirus pandemic. the salary increases, which will come out of existing budgets, will be awarded to... teachers in england, who'll receive the largest increase of 3.1%. doctors and dentists across the uk will have their pay improved by 2.8%.

police officers and prison staff in england and wales will get 2.5%. while the armed forces and the judiciary across the uk will get 2%. earlier we spoke to the vice chair of the british medical association, dr david wrigley, who said his members feel let down by the announcement. the thing is, as doctors head out to work today to care for their patients, they'll feel disappointed and let down by this. you've got to remember this is on the back of one of the most difficult, professional times of our lives and perhaps in a generation, in dealing with this covid crisis and helping our patients. and also on the back of ten years plus of sometime 0% or lower than inflation pay rises. so pay has fallen way behind and we were hoping for far better today, so it is a real disappointment. here's what cabinet minister, kit malthouse had to say when we put that point to him. over the last two or three years we are starting to see a correction of that. there have been above—inflation pay

rises, of which this is a very significant one, and, you know, decisions about future pay, obviously, will have to be taken against the backdrop of what we face economically over the next few years. but for the moment, today, i hope that the 900,000 public sector workers who are affected will see this as good news, because alongside some of the pension enhancements that we've seen over the last couple of years, this means that, you know, they are making significant advancements in pay, which is, you know, both right, but also a reward for the work they have done over the last few months. nina's with us now to dig into the numbers a bit more. what impact could this pay rise have nina? let's pay rise have nina? have a look at the numbers an start let's have a look at the numbers and start with the good news, which is a teacher in england and wales currently on £35,000 will and an extra 1000 and 35,000. a prison officer on £24,000 will earn another £600. inflation is low at the moment so £600. inflation is low at the moment

so this money will go further and more money in their pockets means theoretically, more spending in the wider economy. the problem which has been pointed out by labour and was not disputed by kit malthouse this morning, once inflation has been taken out morning, once inflation has been ta ken out it morning, once inflation has been taken out it is still below the levels of pay in 2010 when austerity kicked in. the housing minister said those cuts happened because we are now ina those cuts happened because we are now in a better financial position for covid. unlike the fellow scheme, this pay rise is a new money. if the department for education is paying teachers more, what has to give? some unions are saying the only way to pay more is to employ fewer people and that feeds into a worrying wider picture. predictions of of up to4 worrying wider picture. predictions of of up to 4 million by the end of the year and this morning we have learned the government has spent £80 billion more than it received in taxes over the past two months. we are hurtling towards the biggest public debt in peacetime. there may

not be another public sector pay rise some time. thank you very much. a long—awaited report on russian interference in british politics will be published this morning, more than a year after it was completed. its original release, due before the general election in december, was held back by the government, leading to accusations of a cover—up. our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster for us. i know this isn't being released until later, but what are the indications? i don't think it will be jaw—dropping where we find out huge amounts of new information about russia has been up to in the uk. but it is going to be an important analysis of what that influence is and where it might have had an impact. we don't know for sure, nobody is allowed to talk about the contents before it is published because it is subject to the official secrets act. you can

get thrown injailfor talking the official secrets act. you can get thrown in jail for talking about it. but it will be looking at things like the 2014 scottish independence referendum bill stop 2016 brexit referendum. other big political events, but also russian money. you heard kit malthouse talking about how the conservative party takes money from russian donors, saying it is all within the rules. but it will be interesting to see what that report says and whether that is an attempt to influence the political process in the uk. it has been a long time coming, louise. we have been waiting over a year for this report and we are getting it at 10.30 and it will be interesting to see how far it goes in detailing russian influence in the uk. nick ea rd ley, russian influence in the uk. nick eardley, thank you. the uk will "bear the consequences" if it continues to go "down the wrong road" on hong kong, china has warned. the chinese ambassador in london said the uk had "blatantly interfered" in china's affairs. it comes after the foreign secretary

dominic raab suspended an extradition treaty with hong kong, over a new security law for the ex—colony. european union leaders have agreed the terms of a huge recovery fund for member states hit by coronavirus, after their summit in brussels stretched into a fifth day. the package totals 750 billion euros — about £680 billion, with almost half in loans which countries will have to pay back. we've been talking this morning about the backlog in vital services caused by the coronavirus pandemic. earlier on we heard about significant delays for people receiving their passports, but there's also a problem for those waiting for new driving licences from the dvla. and on top of this, there's also a backlog of people waiting to take their tests. to chat through these issues with us now is edmund king, president of the aa, driving instructor jacqueline dunn, and her daughter elle

who is learning to drive. being taught by your mum is one thing, but at least she is a qualified driving instructor. edmund king, we will come to first of all. the issue is around passports the backlog for many people waiting for a driving licences, what is your ta ke a driving licences, what is your take on that this money? i am sure many of our viewers are in that situation. the problem with the dvla is the people who actually posted in their licence renewals or their applications for provisional licences. it is really the people who posted them in. if people applied online, the service is actually much better. that is something that the dvla tried to encourage last year. so if you applied for your provisional licence online, and the majority of people do, it is cheaper online than it is

by post and the service is better. but the big worry for us is the 17—year—olds. when you get a 70 you have to renew your license. —— 70. if you have sent in to renew your license, you can actually continue to drive. section 88 of the road traffic act says you are still eligible to drive even though you have not got the renewal back. we have not got the renewal back. we have had a lot of elderly people contacting us, who are very worried because they haven't received the physical licence back, they think they cannot drive. for many elderly, they cannot drive. for many elderly, the car is a lifeline to get out and see friends, get to the shops. that has been a major concern and we are trying to reassure them, if their driving circumstances or medical circumstances have not changed, they can legally continue to drive.“

you are 70, trying to get your licence renewed, you can still drive in the meantime. jacqueline, presumably you have not been able to work for some time, what impact is it having? huge, actually. we have been following the government guidelines, the two metre distance, it came as a shock. we were given very short notice when we can go back to work on the 4th ofjuly. i decided to gently phase in my driving lessons because i wanted to give priority to the peoples i had who had a driving test booked, cancelled, rescheduled and then placed on hold. actually, we still don't know when the tests are going to take place. it could be short notice, it could be long—term but we don't have any idea. every industry we have spoken to when they have been returning to work, we have spoken to some hairdressers who have

thousands on the waiting is, what is the backlog been like for you from people who are trying to get in touch with you to continue their lessons or take their test?” touch with you to continue their lessons or take their test? i feel very frustrated for the peoples who don't have a test booked because a few of them are close to becoming test standard and it is a huge impact. they want to continue with their driving lessons but it could be until the end of the year until they can have a driving test. my daughter, who i have been teaching, good fun! i did try and persuade elle... wejust good fun! i did try and persuade elle... we just lost you the. i have been teaching elle to drive and persuade her to book her driving test before lockdown. couldn't quite

persuade her to do it, so now we are in this awful situation where she is ready to take her test and we cannot book it. that is such an important step ina book it. that is such an important step in a teenager's life, being able to get out and drive on your own. other than the professional capacity, as a parent it would be a great relief if she did. what difference would it make for you and are you frustrated as well?” difference would it make for you and are you frustrated as well? i am frustrated because it will be nice, especially when i go back to uni. to be able to get to and from giggs will be helpful, especially with the equipment and everything. without this, because it has been happening

for such a long time because i really did take a long time, i am not going to lie, i want to book it andl not going to lie, i want to book it and i can't and it is quite frustrating. the problem is, i do really feel for the young, young people. this not knowing element for us, it is hugely frustrating to run a business. i cannot book people in for driving lessons indefinitely. there is a goal, a decision to be made when they are ready. you are just breaking up, ijust want to pick up with edmund. the fact that the tests cannot happen at the moment, is there any indication when that might start up again? you can actually buck the theory test now, the problem is there is a long waiting list. my son is learning to

drive. iam not waiting list. my son is learning to drive. i am not teaching waiting list. my son is learning to drive. iam not teaching him waiting list. my son is learning to drive. i am not teaching him yet, waiting list. my son is learning to drive. iam not teaching him yet, he has got an aa instructor, but he tried to book a theory test and the earliest he could get was september the 15th. he has got to try and learn to drive in that period before he goes to university. the problem is, if he cannot get the actual practical test before then, obviously he will need to take lessons again. it is very frustrating for young drivers out there. there is a massive demand, a massive backlog. we had a backlog of about 5000 people who wanted to learn to drive. they are getting their lessons now, but yes, it is difficult. we don't know if all test centres will open and there will be quite a waiting list to get your test. it is going to be very frustrating for learner drivers, i think, for the next three orfour months. elle, we allowed your mum to say it was a challenge to teach you,

so say it was a challenge to teach you, so in the spirit of fairness, what is it like to be taught to drive by your mum? the fact that she is my mum, although i love her, it is frustrating at times. but i love her. you say all the right things, elle. well done. thank you very much indeed and edmund, thank you very much for your time. if you e—mail is in. ifeel for my much for your time. if you e—mail is in. i feel for my son who a—levels we re in. i feel for my son who a—levels were cancelled and he was so looking forward to receiving his licence, it is another disappointment for him to cope with. it has a massive impact on so many cope with. it has a massive impact on so many people. but they are smiling, elle and jacqueline. thank you for your text messages and e—mails, it is nice to know the sort of things you are going to and then we can put those questions to the experts. we are going to get on board a train

now. if you've ever travelled along the settle to carlisle railway, you'll know it's one of the uk's most spectacular routes, and as of this week, there's a new way to travel along it. a regular tourist train can run along the line for the first time in decades. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin is at skipton train station where it's making a stop. good morning, jane. have you stopped everybody? i have just spent the last five minutes running round trying to get nice people tojoin minutes running round trying to get nice people to join us who are going on board. good morning, everybody. they are getting ready to go on the staycation express. phil, can you give us a sound effect. ready to go now. for lovers of trains, we know you're out there and lovers of drones, we know you are out there great numbers. feast your eyes on this. this is the firstjenny made

by the staycation express yesterday. we were on board. —— journey. whistle blows. step on board the staycation express, the very first timetabled tourist train in the country, something this enthusiast... i think i'm a bit more than a railway enthusiast. i think i might be the golden anorak. ..this anorak is very enthusiastic about. so this is purely for tourists, people that have all day to spend just looking out the window and enjoying the railwayjourney. the views are spectacular, right along the service from skipton in yorkshire to appleby in cumbria. it's beautiful, yes. you getting some good shots there? lam indeed. everybody who comes on this railway line wants to see the ribblehead viaduct. well, i have to say, brace yourself for a slight disappointment because the best

views of the viaduct are most certainly not from the train, as it's underneath us. fear not — we've thought of that. the settle to carlisle line, its many tunnels and viaducts, were built over 140 years ago, almost entirely by hand. haunted tunnels give way to staggering scenery around the three peaks. and if you walk round all those three peaks in under 12 hours, you get a certificate. much over 24 hours, you get a helicopter! dedicated tourist trains might be common on the continent — not so here. when we've been to switzerland, we've been on tourist trains. we've been on the glacier express. we've been on steam trains going up some mountains. yeah, it's... they have their tourist trains. they take people to areas that otherwise would be

inaccessible, and it's great. and i'm sure that this will be very popular, too, once the word gets out. that is the hope, and this part of the world really needs it. in appleby, businesses are open for the tourists. but, post—lockdown, the return has been slow. chris, i bet you never imagined you'd live through the first day of the summer holidays with no kids in this shop. i've had two in this morning, both heading back to middlesbrough. but, yes, they're a rarity. two, two. the town's become old all of a sudden. it has been really tough here. it must be heartbreaking for you, though, that. you can't break your heart. you've got to keep going. yeah, plough on. mm! i mean, you do have a message for people out there, don't you? come! you know, don't forget your little shops. we're the ones who've stayed open. we need support.

it's all right going to the big ones who'll fetch it and put it on your doorstep. but your little shop here in town is desperate for you. slowly, though, they are returning, joel and his family part of the first wave. you're here on holiday. finally! finally. this is the first time we've left the house since march. we come from a little town just outside of oxford, so it's a long way. we're up visiting my wife's grandma. yeah, and not left our garden since then. this new service is all part of this slow return to normality, which they hope can help save summer here. on board, there's constant cleaning and face coverings are largely worn, although because it's a private service, aren't compulsory. it's kind of pointless saying, "say cheese," isn't it, with these masks on? smile more with your eyes!

this line has survived two attempts to close it down, in the '60s and the '80s, and they're fighting the negative impact of covid just as they did foot—and—mouth. there's a huge post—covid place for this sort of service, because i think people are going to have more and more staycations, thus the name, the staycation express. and i think people are going to want to discover parts of the uk that they haven't seen before. i am always staggered by how many people have never heard of this line, and when they see it, they're just absolutely mesmerised. those shots are absolutely glorious. whisper it, there are people, i kid you not, who travel through this pa rt you not, who travel through this part of the world on their way to scotland, down to london, leeds or

bradford. they spend the whole time on their mobile phone. the service is about trying to completely redesign trains for torah so they ta ke redesign trains for torah so they take all of this beauty in. have a little look on board when the rail franchise will split up between the private companies, the aim was to pack people on board and you are probably sat facing somebody else's chair may be a bit of plastic in the window with a curtain in your place. tourist trains on the continent are more like this. everybody has a table for their picnic and everybody is nicely spaced around. it is nice. the windows are huge so you can take in the scenery and it is gorgeous. this is what they would love to be a model for other beauty spots around the country. step outside. good morning. good morning, staycation express. meet two of the first travellers today, good morning eve and ron. good morning. i met eve and

ron a few minutes ago and i asked if you were enthusiast and you said what? ron is an enthusiast about stea m what? ron is an enthusiast about steam trains. he watches every day. yesterday, i met a young man called ciaran, who said there is a generational divide going on. because older people, forgive me, like steam. kieran loves a bit of diesel, of which this is?” like steam. kieran loves a bit of diesel, of which this is? i do prefer steam because i was brought up prefer steam because i was brought up with steam but when i first got into railways, the majority of the trains were steam. but obviously, things progressed and steam was replaced by diesel. but i am still interested in... you are an aficionado of the dirty diesel? it is just pulling off into the sidings

at the moment before you can get on board. the idea behind this is a tourism train. have you travelled on anything like that on the continent and why are you enthusiastic about this one? the settle to carlisle route is probably the prettiest in england. i just enjoyed route is probably the prettiest in england. ijust enjoyed train travel. i find england. ijust enjoyed train travel. ifind it england. ijust enjoyed train travel. i find it very relaxed and interesting. and there is a birthday board. and do you know what, eve? they serve gin and tonic. enjoy that. today they will take in the sides and a slow pace, enjoy it. you will have a great time. we have lost the train but hopefully we have some more of those scenic shots with the drone over the countryside. it really is beautiful. they want this tourism train to be a model for the future but covid is still keeping people away. you guys are the only passengers on board this morning.

that is sad, isn't it? the people behind the service said they will not make any money this year but by next year they hope it becomes a viable torah service and something thatis viable torah service and something that is replicated across all of the uk's beauty spots. is it too late for me to get there and catch the train? yes. ten minutes. ten minutes. thank you so much. it is absolutely gorgeous. that the birthday as well, you cannot do that at the moment. —— perfect. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come... we'll say happy birthday to lillian and doris, britain's oldest identical twins, who turned 96 yesterday. hgppy happy birthday for yesterday. they'll be with us just before the end of the show. we'll bring you the latest news and weather shortly, but the time now is... golf returns to the european tour.

now let's get the weather with carol who's at a lavender farm in surrey this morning. he talked about the bees, there must be so many of them. there certainly are, this is mayfield lavender farm in there certainly are, this is mayfield lavenderfarm in surrey. miles of beautiful lavender. the perfume is quite intoxicating and i am glad we have all managed to stay awake, because of the perfume. it is awake, because of the perfume. it is a very relaxing smell. this particular farm has been a very relaxing smell. this particularfarm has been here since 2006, when it was opened first of all. started working it in 2002 but there were fields of lavender here in the 18th and 19th centuries as well. it was a cold start to the day but the sun is out and we have blue skies and the heat has picked up. the forecast today is quite mixed. after the chilly start we are

looking at some sunshine, some cloud building turning the sunshine hazy and later in the afternoon thick cloud pushing and across parts of western scotland and northern ireland, introducing rain to the north of northern ireland and also western scotland. this morning, there are some showers around, primarily across northern scotland but we could see one or two a bit further south. for northern ireland you have a dry and bright start also with some sunny skies and for northern england you have a similar scenario. some cloud around the sunshine getting through. for the midlands, into east anglia and southern counties we have a lot of sunshine and temperatures picking up. the lowest temperatures last night were —2.2. as we head through the course of the day we will hold onto the showers across northern scotland. we will also see the clouds thicken, turning the sunshine hazy but there will be areas of

cloud at times and the thicker cloud across western scotland and the north of northern ireland will produce some rain. temperatures ranging from 13 in the north, two highs of about 22 celsius in the south. just a little bit below average for the time of year. through this evening and overnight, that rain coming into the west. it will advance across northern ireland and most of scotland away from the far north and northern england. south of that there will be areas of cloud but they will be clear skies around and temperatures falling to between nine and 13 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with the rain across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. through the day it pushes off into the north sea but behind it we will be left with some showery outbreaks of rain. in between there will be some sunshine as well. brightening up in northern ireland through the course of the afternoon and for england and wales, you will find they will be areas of cloud, some of it turning the sunshine hazy. but some of us will enjoy a fair bit of sunshine and

temperatures between 13 and about 24. so bang on average. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. is just after isjust after 8:30am. a long awaited report into russian interference in uk politics will be released this morning. its original release — due before the general election in december — was held back by the government, leading to accusations of a cover—up. let's find out more from our security correspondent, gordon corera, whojoins us from london. so much chatter about this report, people really wanting to know what is in it. what can you tell us? we will find out in a couple of hours from now, really. this is a report which looks at the threat from russia in recent years, over a range of issues, espionage, assassinations, the salisbury poisonings, subversion, political interference. that section of the

report is likely to get the most attention, people wondering whether there is evidence of russian interference, successful or not in brexit or the scottish independence referendum and also, the question, i think the report will look at, has enough been done about russia and if why not? will it make uncomfortable reading for the government, what do you know about that?” reading for the government, what do you know about that? i think that's one of the big question is, why it was delayed and not release before the general election last year and that's certainly led to a lot of speculation, perhaps there was something embarrassing about it. one of the issue is likely to come up is the influence of russian money in british public life, including politics. questions about whether there will be details of political donations, potentially to the conservative party which could be embarrassing. i think that could be in there, whether it's explosive and names names, i think that's less likely. there might be some embarrassment. but i think also, the fa ct embarrassment. but i think also, the fact it wasn't released was partially a test of wills between the prime minister in downing street

backin the prime minister in downing street back in last autumn, dominic grieve, chairman of the committee, lost the conservative whip over brexit so i think we'll have to study it carefully to see if there's anything explosive but generally, these intelligence and security committee reports, tend to be quite cautiously written, you will have to read between the lines little. will they referred to anything about russia trying to get information on vaccines, for example. that's right, that came out last week, as did another allegation that russia might have promoted or amplified messages around the general election last december. i think it is worth seeing this report coming out today is actually quite old, most of the evidence was taken a year or more ago. the report itself is finished more than a year ago, in some senses it won't be up to date but it will, the idea behind the report, was to give people a sense of the russian threat and ask whether the british government has done enough to deal with it. good luck with the speed

reading later. gordon, thank you. and that report comes out at 10:30am. well—wishers and football fans are expected to line the streets of ashington and newcastle this morning ahead of the funeral of jack charlton, who died earlier this month at the age of 85. 'big jack‘, as he was known, won the world cup with england in 1966 and later led ireland to the world cup quarter finals as manager. patrick gearey has this report. you couldn't miss jack charlton, tall in stature, big in character. the miner turned manager who won a world cup in between. he grew up in ashington, northumberland, with brother bobby. the family was steeped in football and coal. jack went underground for a while with his dad, but it was mum's passion, football, that proved his calling. and while bobby spun silk, jack was granite. he came in like a brick wall and he's hurt... i can't play. i can stop other people playing, but i can't play. bobby can play, he's a creative player. but there's a place in the game for both types.

the two brothers were there on english football's most famous day. that, a rare slip from jack, as they became world cup winners together. but while bobby became a manchester united hero, jack spent his entire playing career across the pennines in leeds. he was there right through their golden age, an unforgettable presence. when ijoined the club, big jack was an established player, and you look up to players like that, when you're a young lad, you know, because they've achieved something. and a wonderful servant to leeds united football club. a one—club man, all his playing career. always a natural leader, jack moved to the dugout, at first with middlesbrough, but most famously with ireland. they'd never reached a world cup before charlton took charge. in 1990, they shocked everyone to make the quarterfinals. and the party can begin! four years later, in the heat of america, they beat italy, and again made the knockouts. an english hero, now an irish one, too.

he left a massive imprint on ireland and a lot of people's lives, but he left a massive imprint on my life as well, because ofjust what he did. you know, he was an inspiration, he was someone you wanted to play for. he was just a fantastic character. eventually, jack retreated to the tranquillity of the countryside. the peace didn't extend to his relationship with bobby. now, sir bobby. a family feud kept them apart until 2008, when jack presented his brother with the lifetime achievement award at sports personality of the year. when we were kids and we used to go to the park and play, i would go home for dinner and he would stay on all day. bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. he's me brother. today, sir bobby will be reunited with the other charlton brothers, gordon and tommy, to say goodbye to jack in ashington, the town where it all began. the streets will be lined, socially distant, but united, as elsewhere in england and in ireland, too, they will all miss big jack. patrick gearey, bbc news.

it's so beautiful. really wonderful memories. i think that speech that he gave at sports personality to his brother and bobby looks down there was a big family feud at that time. let's go to his home town of ashington now, where our correspondent fiona trott has been speaking to locals ahead of the funeral possession. good morning to you. good morning to you. this is where it started for jack charlton, you heard about him owing to the local park to play foot ball owing to the local park to play football with his brother, that was down the road, this is his old school behind me. these are his streets. what does it say about the man, despite a pandemic, the family has been working with the county council so people can come out here today and pay their respects to him. that is how much he is loved here in the north—east of england. i want to

introduce you to one of his relatives, ian skinner. i suppose one of the comforting things about days like this, people can share stories and everybody here has a story about jack charlton. he spoke to everybody. he knew everyone, they knew him. what is your fondest memory? might most fondest memories will be as a small child. i remember jack being manager of newcastle united in the 805, 85, jack being manager of newcastle united in the 805,85, i think, jack being manager of newcastle united in the 805,85, ithink, i would only have been nine years old. and he very kindly invited myself and my dad, hi5 and he very kindly invited myself and my dad, his cousin, and my 5i5ter, along to a game, we arranged, the arrangements were all made through his mother, si55y, and 5he made through his mother, si55y, and she met u5 made through his mother, si55y, and she met us at the players entrance and took a sin and a5 she met us at the players entrance and took a sin and as soon as we walk through the doors, jack came acr055 5traight embraced u5, welcomed u5, took us into the players lounge and for a young boy,

nine, iwa5 players lounge and for a young boy, nine, i was in all of all the players. he made sure we went round all the players. gary a5ked players. he made sure we went round all the players. gary asked me to hold his beer while he signed an autograph! at the age of nine, you got that sense of how important this man was, your father 's cousin. over in ireland, the irish football league asking people to wear green, post sent from ireland and england will be stamped with your relative 's will be stamped with your relative '5 name on it. how does that feel? proud, but we are quite a humble family, we never shouted it from the rooftops. the fact that i am currently manager of the town '5 foot ball currently manager of the town '5 football club, in more recent times i sawjack, football club, in more recent times i saw jack, usually football club, in more recent times i sawjack, usually at family occasions, a wedding, an anniversary, or sadly, funerals, he would always want to talk about how the club was doing. how was i doing.

offer words of advice. that's how it jack was, he was very, very set in how he saw football and how he wanted it to be played. he was more than happy to share some of that wisdom with me. to take on my journey. thank you so much for sharing your memories, ian. from ashington, hometown ofjack charlton. back to you. fiona, thank you so much. and what a lovely sunny day for it. so good to hear from his family, so many people have great stories about jack because he spoke to everybody! on friday, england willjoin scotland in making it compulsory for people to wear face coverings in shops, and this morning we've been talking about the problems this might cause for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. charities are warning it can be isolating, as it makes lip reading impossible. so what's the solution? there have been a few different suggestions — here are a few of them. sewing machine whirrs. so itjust has a really simple plastic panel that gives a good portion of the face

that can be seen. i've been making them for people who are deaf but also their families as well, so it isn't just the people that's deaf that need them, it's the people around them need to be wearing them so those people that are deaf and lipread can then get the benefit of them. voice activated led which goes under a face mask. as you can see i'm talking. this is activated as i'm speaking. if i was to smile, it would click. i'll try my best. some of our patients and service users rely on lip reading to communicate and wearing a mask makes lip reading almost impossible. i've found using this app called google live transcribe and other voice to text transcribe apps can be really, really beneficial in communicating with those patients.

that video has been watched millions of times. clear face coverings were one of the ideas featured there — and our next guest, julie, who is profoundly deaf, has been having a go at making them. juliejoins us now with her daughter michelle, who will also act as an interpreter for us. good morning to both of you and so great to speak to you. how difficult do facemasks make it very you to communicate with people?” do facemasks make it very you to communicate with people? i feel there is constant barriers all the time. it's frustrating for myself andi time. it's frustrating for myself and i get quite agitated by it. i'm not comfortable with clear, full masks, not comfortable with them.” was going to askjulie whether she's been surprised by the response of this idea trying to make them

herself? i didn't expect it at all, really shocked! it's gone crazy this last week. gone really, really mad! give us an idea, hopefully you can't demonstrate this to us, demonstrate how these clearer face coverings work and how it makes such a difference. -- hopefully you can. these are the masks, these go round your ears, they fit well on your mouth. julie, you've been making as many of these as you can so how many hours have you put into making these masks? all day, 15 hours every day. yes, she's had to get her friend to come and help her because she can't catch up, really thankful for her help. give us an idea, your worries about friday, we've spoken a lot

about, i suppose many issues about these becoming mandatory to wear a face coverings in shops in england. what are your concerns about what will happen on friday when you are, at some stage, no doubt, going out and about yourselves? ifi if i was wearing the masks that i've made, i'd be really happy, it will be equal, myself and a hearing person will be equal. if the hearing person will be equal. if the hearing person had a clearface mask, i'd be really comfortable with communication so i could see their lips. both would be equal. but yes, it would be a really good help.” know there is a big campaign to try and make clear coverings like the onesjulie is and make clear coverings like the ones julie is making and make clear coverings like the onesjulie is making more widely available, if you could speak to the government what would you want the government what would you want the government to do about that?

it's useful for anyone, people with autism, learning difficulties. a lot of people are scared to actually go out and use the full masks. you can see their emotions, their smiles, if you can't see them, how do you know? a lot of people i know, a lot of death people are very anxious to go out on friday because of the rules. —— deaf. these masks that are being made, it can stop the barriers being created so these masks are really helpful. brilliant to speak to you both, thank you so much for coming on the programme this morning. michelle and julie, churning out these clear facemasks for 15 hours a day with the help of friends. thank you so much for talking to us. thank you, both of you. let's talk about

another idea as well. paramedic danny hughes has also had an idea — he put a video on social media showing how you can use text transcription apps to subtitle your conversations if you're wearing a face covering, and it's been viewed more than four million times. we can speak to danny now — who is alongside interpreter yvonne, who can sign at home for our deaf or hard of hearing viewers. good morning and thank you for joining us. danny, how did you come up joining us. danny, how did you come up with this idea and when did you realise it was a problem for people? good morning, iwas realise it was a problem for people? good morning, i was speaking to a friend of mine who has a hearing impairment and he said he had challenging difficulties, recent hospital appointments, he couldn't quite understand the doctor or nurse looking after him and suggested he wished people could come with subtitles and we looked into that and found the voice detect —— to text transcripts can provide a subtitling service to those who

don't know signing or have to have their face covered. it potentially has a really positive potential to help those who are hearing impaired. it isa help those who are hearing impaired. it is a pretty quick service, i've watch the video, 4 million people watched it. it works well, does it? from trialling the app, as you saw in the video, yes. it has. seems to really beneficial and potentially has our wider potential that it could be used in institutions like schools, shops, health care. the potential is really quite interesting. have you noticed in your work, presumably you are wearing a face covering for a lot of your work, it's having an impact on how people anyway are able to communicate? absolutely, notjust individuals who are hearing impaired but communications between colleagues, if you are both wearing face coverings and ppe, definitely

have seen in my role as a paramedic and day to day life, going out shopping, these coverings do pose quite a significant challenge to communication. it's difficult to tell people's expressions and we judge so much on that, don't we? absolutely. what we sometimes don't realise is that hearing impaired people will use racial expression is just as much as lip—reading, any form of face covering can be a hindrance to communication. your tweet has been seen some 4 million times. what is your reaction to that, you are a superstar! it's been, i rather humbling, actually. my attention for the tweet and my intention was to raise awareness of the benefits these apps have, the benefits they are to those who are hearing impaired. it's been quite incredible, i never expected level of response but it demonstrates to

meet the level of the problem that exists. anybody can use it, presumably? absolutely. i would certainly say if you work in health care, school, shop, if these small changes that we can't make have a significant impact on an individual, speak to management, your employers, see if we can rule that out into your employment. we can still hear you, don't worry, even though the lights went out. real pleasure to chat, what an excellent idea on behalf of everyone watching, thank you to yvonne. for helping us this morning with the interpreting as well. goodbye and thank you! and michelle did a greatjob as well, didn't she? fantastic. we are going to talk about golf now! staying with sport because this week, the european tour golf returns with the first of six back to back

tournaments all being held in the uk. back to back, strict virus prevention measures, sporting bubble. tomorrow the british masters starts at close house. it's being played behind closed doors as golf adapts to life in the time of coronavirus. the tournament host is lee westwood and i went for chat and a swing before things got underway to see if golf is ready. follow that. got it! you've out driven me, dan. do you hear that, everybody? i've out driven lee westwood. i will now be retiring from golf! i can't remember where i went. can you? golf has been at the forefront, hasn't it, is one of the first sports to come back and there was a lot of excitement about that and people have been waiting for the return of the european tour and now it's here, i think that,

for a lot of people, that's a step back towards normality. yeah, i mean, golf‘s got advantages in that it's an individual sport and it's played outside, you know, on a big area, so the social distancing issues, you know, while they are still here they are not as big as they might be in other sports, team sports and sports played indoors. so golf has been at the forefront of that and we've got to try to set an example. it's going to be a bit strange though, isn't it, there is still a two metre social distancing everywhere, even in the clubhouse. and i would imagine there is hand sanitiser, probably all over the place. so it will feel unusual but probably good to be back on the golf course anyway. the european tour, things are starting up again, we have to take all the precautions and, you know, the last thing we want to do is start off another spike of the coronavirus. we've got protocols and testing in place. and no—one is allowed outside this bubble. we go from the golf course to the hotel and back again. no going out and having dinners, everything's in secure

areas of the hotels in the clubhouse and on the venue. and they are just the new rules and it's a new way and that's what everbody has to stick to. this is the first time i've carried this bag or a bag like this since i was about 15 years of age. giving you a chance! just going to try my best to get it on the dance floor. 0h! little bit short. oh, that was annoying. you hole a birdie putt and there's no roar from the crowd. will you acknowledge the fake crowd anyway? we get into a routine as golfers when we set up the ball and stuff like that. i'm sure there will be a routine for holing a putt, and waiting for a round of applause or a cheer and it just won't be there. i'm sure there will be a few people tipping their cap to invisible

people, invisible crowds. personally, what have the last few months been like for you, being away from the sport that you loved? it has been an opportunity to reset, really. i was starting to get a little bit on the heavy side so we have worked on fitness and strength. how much have you lost? made some progress there. just over two stone. it's the longest period i've had away from the game, really. it's been a chance to stay home and sleep in your bed and not go through all the different time zones that we go through as professional golfers. but i honestly didn't realise how much sport i've watched on tv until there was none there and they had to start watching box sets and stuff like that. i have rattled through a few box sets. this is the real test. we've both missed the green. yes. i have left myself a tricky one here. what would you advise? somewhere round there. i will hit the target. you cannot blame me! you are in great shape. the swing looks fantastic.

how do you compare the golf you are playing out to some of the golf you played in the last 20 years or so? i think i'm playing as good as, you know, as i've done throughout my career. i feel like my swing ifeel like my swing is improving all the time. i've been doing some work, changing positions with the swing, they seem to be working. goals in mind, have you got a couple of years in mind, working towards a tournament? i haven't been setting goals, you don't know what to expect. i feel fit now so why not carry on playing? i can still compete out here, i prove that a few months ago, no need to think about the seniors tour yet, just keep working hard. enjoying playing golf. see where it takes me. that looks a bit fast! there is an old adage, drive for show, but for doe. perfect example. no point driving it three yards if you are going to make a six. i owe you a tenner. come on!

still annoyed about that ship. really, really annoyed. that laughs had way too much. you enjoy that far too much. i'm reminded about the one and only time i played golf in the last five years. we had a golf day and she won it. there is an extra incentive to do well in these, six tournaments, back to back in the uk. the top ten golfers on the money list get to donate money to their favourite charity, part of the european tour, it's called golf for good. trying their best to support local communities and get the sport bag as well. excellent, good luck next time. let's talk to two very special people now. lil and doris from tipton in the west midlands are britain's oldest identical twins. they're also internet stars — with almost 24 thousand followers across their social media platforms, where they post updates about their

life, adventures and their love of jason statham. that is my favourite bit of the story! yesterday they turned 96 and they're already planning their 100th birthday celebrations. let's speak to them both now. good morning to you! welcome to the programme. give us an idea of what your birthday was like yesterday. what did you get up to? what did we get up to yesterday? nothing. talking to the family. we had all the family come over. yes, it was lovely seeing them. i beg your pardon? so sorry to interrupt you. i saw you had enormous balloons for the birthday, did you manage to get some cake as well? yes, lovely balloons. and they were embossed.

did he? it went down quick! doris, give us an idea how you've been keeping yourself entertained. what have the pair of you been up to? not a lot. we couldn't do a lot. we weren't allowed to go out. and did you get all the cooking and washing up you get all the cooking and washing up done for you? i watched a couple of things. can you tell us a bit about your fascination with jason statham? about your fascination with jason statham ? what about your fascination with jason statham? what is it you like about him and his films? ifi spent statham? what is it you like about him and his films? if i spent one night with him i would die happy! he don't know how old i am! have you

ever met him? now! you've been watching his films, we can't see him on our screens. have you been watching his films during lockdown? n we can see watching his films during lockdown? —— we can see him. can you repeat that? have you been watching his films? we watch every one that comes out. he's lovely. tell us a little bit about your family. i understand you've got quite a lot of grandchildren and great—grandchildren. grandchildren and great-grandchildren. yes, i have got a lot. nine grandchildren, 18 grandchildren. i'm only too glad that they don't come home together. i only live in a one—bedroom flat! i'm desperate to ask both of you about the secret to your long life

together. 96, celebrated your birthday yesterday. what is the secret to long life? no six and ple nty of secret to long life? no six and plenty of guinness! i'm not quite sure how to respond to that.” plenty of guinness! i'm not quite sure how to respond to that. i will. i want to ask both of you, you got to 96, have you got big plans for the 100th birthday? we've got to ask him upstairs. talk to him above. we'd like him, wouldn't we? if we are still as able as we are now. yes, it would be nice. tell us, you do quite a lot on social media. who was behind that, who's idea was that? kerry. my granddaughter. and

do you like the technology? it's nice, it's something new. and what about the way you get on with each other? you know each other very well. you've been around for 96 yea rs well. you've been around for 96 years together. have you fallen out, hopefully we haven't lost you have you fallen out at all during lockdown or do you just get on. we say what's on our mind and forget it. if they don't like it, well tough. it's really lovely to speak tough. it's really lovely to speak to you. what are your plans today? what did ijust say? no, what are the plans today. nothing, i ain't got nothing. anything comes out of our mouth! i've very much enjoyed speaking to you both. thank you so much and happy birthday for yesterday. and enjoy today and the

rest of the week. i hope you get to meet jason at some rest of the week. i hope you get to meetjason at some point. rest of the week. i hope you get to meet jason at some point. that's it from us. what an experience,! the tipton twins. enjoy the rest of your day. goodbye.

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