good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... a letter from universities to the education secretary calls for urgent clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaching social distancing guidelines. night vision footage released by the police shows a party held in breach of coronavirus restrictions — the organiser is fined £100. the wife of pc andrew harper speaks out about the loss of her husband, and her campaign to change what she says is a "broken justice system." if a person commits a crime and as a result of that crime, you know, a front line worker is killed, then the sentence needs to reflect that.

good morning. could we be paying more for trains despite using then less. we get the numbers for millions ofjourneys. less. we get the numbers for millions of journeys. campaigners say we need a different deal in a post—pandemic world. they're partying in paris as psg reach the champions league final for the very first time after beating rb leipzig last night. there is a rainbow in the sky this morning. if you are lucky enough to get a ccess morning. if you are lucky enough to get access to the pot of gold at the bottom of it and you have spare cash to get a private island, i have one, two, maybe three ideas for you later in the programme. we are in for an unusual spell of weather in the next few days. storm allen is coming our

way. the risk of coastal flooding as well. all the details later in the programme. it's wednesday, the 19th of august. our top story... university leaders say they need urgent financial support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u—turn on a—level results. they've also written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, demanding clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaching social distancing guidelines. our education correspondent dan johnson reports. teaching space, accommodation and a staff will all be stretched on socially distanced campuses. and now many more students have the grades they need, universities are wondering how to fit them all in. clearing lines are busy, with thousands more trying to get into their first choice, having missed out last week. a letter sent to the education secretary on behalf of uk universities calls for help solving that puzzle, and the support

for the institutions that will lose out if places are rejected in favour of higher grade offers. there was only one place that this could go to, which is the point we've reached now. i think the question we all ask is, why wasn't that point reached before thursday, when all those applicants, those hundreds of thousands of people who...whose lives were left in uncertainty, could have had some, you know, just clarity about where their futures lay? one early pinch point is medical schools, where places are highly competitive and still limited because part of the cost is met by the government. universities are now asking for the limit to be lifted. medicine is both a very practical discipline and also requires a great deal of clinical and practical experience, and hence clinical placement capacity needs also to be increased.

it is going to be layer—upon—layer in terms of it's a long course and it isn'tjust a fix for a year. the education secretary has said he's sorry for the confusion and announced he's created a task force to tackle the issues facing universities. the immediate challenge is matching students with places. there are warnings — some may need to defer if they are intent on sticking to theirfirst choice. dan johnson, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who joins us from westminster. we will have a look through some of the papers later on the programme. the future of the education secretary continues to dominate the front pages and it is still the hot topic today. it certainly is. no letu p topic today. it certainly is. no letup in the pressure on gavin williamson, judging those questions yesterday about whether he would resign. he said sorry again to stu d e nts resign. he said sorry again to students for the disruption they

have faced as a result of the way the government has handled exams this year. apologising is one thing, accepting responsibility another. mr williamson has attempted to shift some of the blame for what happened to the exams regulator quual can i did not deliver the system the government was expecting. —— quual, saying they did not deliver. he intends to stay in his job at the moment. ministers in this government do not make a habit of resigning, even when they are under intense pressure to do so, as we might have expected with administrations in the past. it is about ensuring students can take up university places they have been offered and that universities have the resources to accept them and the return to school

pupils across england next month. no small tasks that gavin williamson seem safe for now. will he be safe come the next cabinet reshuffle? that is another question. thank you. beauty salons and nail bars in leicester can re—open from today, almost two months after they were ordered to close in the uk's first local lockdown. body—piercing and tattoo parlours can also start to trade again — and up to six people can meet outside. geeta pendse is there for us this morning. it is quite a change for people, isn't it? they must be relieved. good morning. there is a sense of relief. anytime there is further easing of restrictions here. matt hancock announced the infection rate had fallen to levels enough to reopen businesses like nail bars, beauty parlours and tatty salons. we

will also see the opening of outdoor venues like theatres and outdoor pools. there are some restrictions in place. restrictions on gatherings in private homes and gardens. shielding remains in place for the vulnerable. there is shielding people can go outdoors and meet in groups of up to six providing social distancing remains. there is a high number of cases in leicester. in england, it has one of the highest number of cases. the rate of infection has fallen significantly from when they first love dan was introduced at the end ofjune. there isa introduced at the end ofjune. there is a sense of relief that leicester continues to move in the right direction. thank you. a house, which was used to host a party for around 200 people over the weekend, has had a three—month closure order placed on it —

with only the owner allowed inside. have a look at these pictures. a police helicopter captured this footage of the party, which took place in the gorton area of manchester. officers were pelted with missiles when they tried to break it up. the tenant, who hosted the party, was fined £100. pizza express is to close 73 of its uk restaurants with the potential loss of 1100 jobs. the chain, which currently has a54 uk outlets, has also cut a deal to reduce rents. its managing director said the decision to close branches was hard but would ultimately safeguard 9,000 jobs. joe biden has been officially anointed as the democratic presidential candidate at the party's online convention, backed by some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen of both parties. former us presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter — both democrats — endorsed mr biden. so did the former secretary of state colin powell, a republican. here's our north america

correspondent peter bowes. this was the night thatjoe biden has been working towards for decades, the seal of approval from his party to run for the white house. with leadership as the theme, two former democratic president spoke to rally the troops. jimmy carter sent an audio message and bill clinton lashed out at donald trump. you have to decide whether to renew his contract or hire someone else. if you want a president who spent hours a day watching tv and chatting to people on social media, he is your man. the keynote speaker was joe he is your man. the keynote speaker wasjoe biden, he is your man. the keynote speaker was joe biden, who he is your man. the keynote speaker wasjoe biden, who spent eight years as america's second lady when her husband was vice president. she reintroduced herself to the country.

across this country, educators, pa rents, across this country, educators, parents, first responders, americans of all walks of life are putting their shoulders back, fighting for each other. we have not given up. we just need leadership worthy of our nation. the main business of the night was the roll call, without the usual convention centre razzmatazz. it is time to begin our virtual trip around america. i am honoured to contest connecticut's 75 votes for joe biden. it was a speeded up format for prime time tv. 24 votes format for prime time tv. 24 votes for our next president, joe biden. quick firing contributions from sea to shining sea. 11 votes forjoe biden. the democrats from all 57 us states and territories pledging

delegates for the next candidate. the next president of the united states, mrjoe biden. the result was neverin states, mrjoe biden. the result was never in doubt. joe biden is now the pa rty‘s never in doubt. joe biden is now the party's official nominee for president. motorists could be allowed to drive hands—free in the uk next year using new technology, if the government believes it's safe enough. the department for transport is calling for evidence into the so—called "lane—keeping" device, which takes control of a vehicle at low speed. the driver still needs to be ready to take the wheel when prompted. send us your thoughts on that. i am slightly sceptical. let's take a look at some of today's papers. exam results once again feature

on several of the front pages this morning. the metro has the headline "you're gavin a laugh!" alongside a picture of the education secretary, gavin williamson, who the paper claims is clinging to hisjob. the guardian reports the number of adults in britain with depression has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to official data. the paper says the study has prompted calls for an urgent national plan to avert a "looming mental health crisis." it also has a picture of michelle 0bama, the former first lady, who addressed the democratic party's online convention. the times has that story about drivers potentially being allowed to take their hands off the steering wheel while on the road in a big step towards fully driverless cars. the department for transport has published plans today to legalise the use of "lane—keeping" technology by as early as next spring. and finally, here's one of the most read stories on the bbc news website, which is about the loss of smell that patients can experience when they

have coronavirus. european researchers say it's a unique and different experience from someone with a bad cold orflu, mainly because covid—19 patients usually don't have a blocked, stuffy or runny nose. so they lose the sense of taste and smell without a stuffy nose. we will speak to a gp later on the programme about that. i want to show you a couple of pictures. this is an extraordinary picture. it is in china. it is a large city in china, looking like something out of independence day. parts of china battered by heavy rain in the last 24 hours. doesn't it look a little bit like independence day! then it is at the top. it is a film team,

isn't it, john? did you call me john? i have no idea why. thank you. thank you, gertrude. big hair, big shoulder pads, big power ballads according to hollywood. a number of 90s remakes are coming back to this dream. that the screen. coming to america, dirty dancing america three, ghostbusters, top gun maverick is coming back, bill and ted and gremlins. we are still waiting for the new bond movie. do

you remember manikin? iwant waiting for the new bond movie. do you remember manikin? i want to see a remake of that. what is that about? it is about a mannequin that comes to life. i did quite a lot of clearing out in my house that you would not have wanted to clear these out. these four chairs, you could not sit on them at the moment, they have sold for more than £1 million. they were made back in 1778 and they have sold for £1 million. they will need some work. they feature ornate carvings of laurel branches. you could not use them around our dinner table because they would get covered in yoghurtand table because they would get covered in yoghurt and baked beans. a feed —based theme here. how do you stop

flies from ruining your picnic? the a nswer flies from ruining your picnic? the answer is... a tartan picnic blanket. does it have to be tartan? yes, it does, actually. they were trying to see how to keep horseflies away from horses and discovered if you put a tartan blanket over the back of a horse, horseflies do not like tartan and the feeling is that flies in general do not like tartan because the feeling is they cannot gauge where they can land because they cannot land. they are determined by the patterned cloth and they found out that ten times fewer horseflies landed every hour on those horses when there were checked all striped blankets. tartan performed particularly well. it all goes back to when zebras had the fewest a mou nt of goes back to when zebras had the fewest amount of flies on them because they cannot gauge the black and white stripes.

if you still travel by train, we'll be finding out shortly how much more you may be paying for your tickets from january. nina is at leeds station with all the details. good morning. i cannot get over this. look behind me! this is leeds station, a major northern transport hub, and it is dead on a wednesday morning. railjourneys are down to between a quarter and a third of pre—covert levels. we will look at how inflation is linked to price increases. kate is one of millions of people who has radically changed the way she travels because of covid. during the

pandemic! because of covid. during the pandemic i bought a hybrid car. i am not as worried about myself but my family and my parents. my dad has heart problems. for me, i need to look after my dad. we do not need to be in the office to do ourjobs but what we have here is a creative and special culture. that is why i want to be in the office much as i can. lots of people changing their habits, possibly for ever. later this morning we will get the latest inflation figures, how much prices have increased on goods and services. offered millions of rail journeys are linked to that increase. david thinks that system is out of date. good morning to you. why does it need to change? the fare increase will not bring people back to the railway. only a third of people are using the railway then usedit

people are using the railway then used it before. people are working from home now and more into the future. we need to incentivise people to get back using trains safely in the future. instead of a season safely in the future. instead of a season ticket, you would want a packet of tickets. it is unlikely that people will be needing a season ticket in the future. bundles can attend for the price of eight, ten for the price of 90 bring people back onto the railway. it is about confidence, nothing to do with money. would you like a scheme like eat out to help out which would get people onto the trains? get people incentivise back to using trains. 85% of people using trains, it is safe. it is about building

confidence, reassurance and incentivising people to use trains again. it is quite an experience today. i am looking forward to it. thank you. at seven o'clock we will find out the latest inflation figures. we will not know immediately if they will affect numbers. this is a golden opportunity to radically change the way we look at change because working patterns have probably changed for ever. we will be back at leeds station for more on that. it's just over a year since pc andrew harper was killed while he tried to stop a gang of quadbike thieves in berkshire. he was 28 years old and had been married for just four weeks. his widow lissie has been talking about the trauma of the subsequent trial, which saw three teenagers convicted of manslaughter, and how she wants to fix what she calls a "broken justice system." graham satchell reports.

he was just really selfless. just constantly thinking of others. and loving every moment he had in life and making the most of it. he would constantly say that we're a team and we'd get through anything together. we were constantly laughing and joking, and just kind of best friends, to be honest. we just liked being together and my life is different in every single way that it could be. lissie and andrew met at school. they were childhood sweetheart, together for 13 years. they'd just got married, were planning a family, when andrew was killed.

august last year, andrew harper and a colleague were called to reports of a quad bike being stolen. as the suspects tried to escape, pc harper was caught in the tow rope. he was dragged along the road for more than a mile, suffering horrific, fatal injuries. just such a, you know, barbaric and...and remorseless act. this is a situation where people have gone out to commit a crime. and they've been, you know, immensely careless. not having regard for other people's lives. so yeah, that's something that i will have to live with forever. at the subsequent trial, lissie had to watch as the defendants laughed and joked their way in and out of court. you do expect a certain level of remorse. there wasn't any. and that was very hard to cope

with and to witness. yeah, it was, you know, a real ordeal for all of us. it was just a battle getting there every day and sitting through it. and so to see them sort ofjoking around, as if they could have been anywhere really, was unbearable. no verdict or sentence will ever bring my incredible, selfless and heroic husband back. the results from this trial i had hoped would bring justice. but in reality make no difference to the heart—wrenching pain i will continue to feel for the rest of my life. jesse cole, henry long and albert bowers were found guilty not of murder but of manslaughter. it was a verdict that left lissie devastated. we were just heartbroken. and all i could think of was how andrew hadn't got the justice that he needed and they had taken his life, whereas they will

just spend a small amount of years behind bars and then that's it. give us strength and wisdom to protect the weak and vulnerable... a memorial service at newbury police station last week to mark the one—year anniversary of andrew's death. the horrific nature of this crime, the way andrew died, has sent shock waves through the police force. the police family is very tight—knit. and i really feel a part of that now. from, you know, the officer that gave me the news, who has been immensely supportive of me through the whole process. and also, andrew's colleagues. yeah, i honestly can't imagine what it was like for them being there. but they have, you know, done him proud. lissie is now campaigning to introduce harper's law.

it would mean an automatic life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker. if a person commits a crime, and as a result of that crime, you know, a front line worker is killed, then the sentence needs to reflect that. and the verdict. so what we want is, you know, a life sentence ultimately. obviously in this country life doesn't mean life, but it needs to reflect that. changing the law and sentencing guidelines will be an uphill battle. but it is one lissy is determined to fight. andrew made the ultimate sacrifice and it wasn'tjust his life, it was his future and my future. and, you know, the lives of everyone who loved him. so harper's law isjust so important that we bring in. you know, maybe it'll give other families a little bit of closure that we haven't got.

it is really hard listening to some of that. we will be talking to one of that. we will be talking to one of his friends from thames valley police about the changes they want to come into law as well. that is coming up later on the programme. to come into law as well. that is coming up later on the programmelj tore coming up later on the programme.” tore off the seal on the envelope and looked inside. i had a huge sigh of relief, i was safe. last year jessica johnson won a prize for writing a piece of fiction about a computer programme which sorted students by their social background. now she says she's living her own story — after her a—level results were downgraded by the exam watchdog's algorithm. it seems quite extraordinary. we ll be speaking to

jessica in around 20 minutes and bringing you the latest news. carol has a rather impressive winsock with her today. pretty impressive wind speeds over the next few days, potentially damaging as well. —— wind sock. the trees are in full leaf, so we could see some damage. today there is potentialfor high wind. it is potential, does that mean it will necessarily happen. we have this cloud streaming towards us, it is already across parts of south—west england and wales and it is producing a fair bit of rain. that will be pushing steadily northwards. it not be as

heavy as it is at the moment. we have also got a lot of low cloud, mist and merck in the far north east, some of which will linger. for the rest of us, it is largely dry. temperatures today ranging from 15 to about 23 degrees stop the wind will be starting to pick up. as we head on to the evening and tonight, you can see how the rain band continues to move northwards. the next band of rain is coming our way. this has been named as storm ellen. the strongest winds will be across the republic of ireland. you can see across the rest of the uk that guests are strengthening.

temperature —wise, 13 to 18 degrees. these are overnight temperatures. tomorrow, the first band of rain will push steadily northwards. there isa will push steadily northwards. there is a bit ofa will push steadily northwards. there is a bit of a lull. you can see the wind arrows indicating it will be gusty. the strongest winds will be in the west. we could have in excess of 50 miles an hour. still gusty in the east, not as strong. a fair bit of dry weather and sunshine but showers coming in towards the west. these are our temperatures. 15 to 25 degrees. overnight thursday into friday, look how the wind does strengthen. the isobars are closer together as storm ellen moves across ireland. these are a wind gust you can expect. still reign with us and

showers. temperature is fairly academic, we are looking at highs of up academic, we are looking at highs of up to 24. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning — how's this for social isolation? three victorian forts in the solent are up for sale today — and they're all yours for a cool £9 million. john maguire will be giving us the guided tour in around 20 minutes. we'll speak to nine—year—old reilly, who grew his hair long to look like his football hero, gareth bale. now he's sacrificed his "man bun" to help children who've lost their hair through illness. and the journalist and campaigner anna whitehouse has built up a huge following for her parenting blog, mother pukka. she'll be telling us about her struggle with post—natal depression.

good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. university leaders have written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, calling for urgent clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaking social distancing guidelines. they also asked for financial support to cope with a rise in applications for university places, following the government's u—turn on a—level results. the education secretary says he has set up a taskforce to deal with the issues. beauty salons and nail bars in leicester can reopen from today, almost two months after they were ordered to close in the uk's first local lockdown. spas, body piercing and tattoo pa rlours can also start to trade again, and up to six people can meet outside, provided they follow social distancing guidelines. the city still has one of the highest rates of new cases in england. pizza express is to close 73 of its uk restaurants with the potential loss of 1100 jobs.

the chain, which currently has 454 uk outlets, has also cut a deal to reduce rents. its managing director said the decision to close branches was hard, but would ultimately safeguard 9,000 jobs. a police officer is under investigation after a video emerged of a man being arrested while being told chill out or i ll choke you out. the video shows an officer wrestling a man to the ground before holding him with an arm around the neck. west yorkshire police said the matter has been referred to the police watchdog after the footage was reviewed as a matter of urgency. as we've been hearing this morning, coronavirus restrictions in leicester are being further eased today. but 100 miles north, the town of oldham is on the verge of a full local lockdown. it's already subject to restrictions applied across greater manchester, and further measures would see the closure of pubs and restaurants. we're joined now by the leader

of oldham council, sean fielding. morning to you. thank you for being with us. what is your take on the current situation in oldham? what is happening? we have more up-to-date information compared to the figures people might be familiar with. cases have fallen to 83 per 100,000, but we are not complacent because that is two or three times higher than other parts of greater manchester. still a lot of work to do to bring it under control. what is different about the case is now compared to the outbreak earlier in the year, is that this is among the working age population, 20 to 60. we are not seeing any significant increase in hospital admissions or deaths. it is a significant outbreak in nature compared to earlier in the year. do you think in terms of assessing whether oldham you think in terms of assessing whether old ham goes you think in terms of assessing whether oldham goes into that a

tighter lockdown, the likes of which we saw in leicester, do you think they will be looking at that level of detail? it sounds like you are quite worried about that luck dan happening? well, i hope they will consider that information. it's incredibly relevant to whatever decision the government wishes to make. there is so much else that plays into where a local lockdown in oldham would be relevant or practical. oldham is a place that is very closely linked with the rest of greater manchester and even parts of west yorkshire. if nonessential shops were to close down, i could turn right out of my front door and walk to a pub in oldham, but if that was closed i could turn left and go toa pub was closed i could turn left and go to a pub on the boundaries of the borough of manchester. it's not to enforce the same style of lockdown as leicester. if you were to close down such nonessential businesses in oldham, you would risk people just

conducting their businesses and shopping and socialising another pa rt shopping and socialising another part of greater manchester, on the north west, and therefore potentially spreading the virus to other parts of the conurbation. we have got a robust plan in place in terms of increasing the number of people that have been tested. targeted engagement with communities. we are trying to get the message out about how important it is to self—isolate and how important it is to quarantine if thatis important it is to quarantine if that is appropriate. we believe we have got the right plan in order to bring this virus back under control in oldham. any local lockdown perhaps wouldn't deliver the results the government is looking for in terms of bringing the infection rate down, could be counter—productive and premature. the problem is the numberare and premature. the problem is the number are worrying. if you look back to the end ofjuly when it was around about 50 per 100,000 in oldham, and oldham has been part of that wider lockdown across greater manchester, those increased measures, and yet the number went up

to more than 100 and has now come back down to the 80s. what has been happening? do you think people have not been listening? do you think there was a little complacency around what was going on in oldham? i think some of the messaging we we re i think some of the messaging we were seeing, i think some of the messaging we were seeing, even i think some of the messaging we were seeing, even the simple messaging and hand washing that was ubiquitous in the early stages of the pandemic, seemed to drop off the agenda. some of the basic things people were told to do were no longer being said. i think there is an element of fatigue with some of the restrictions people have been placed under and that is understandable when you consider it as been like this for a number of months. i am talking down the line that you wouldn't have spoken to me ona that you wouldn't have spoken to me on a few months ago. we have a robust plan in place to increase the take—up in testing to communicate how important it is to the communities and to our people. the government needs to give us more time. like i said, any local

lockdown would be premature and risk closing businesses, damaging the economy in oldham and not even solving the problem and bringing the infection rate but under control. it is the working age population this is the working age population this is affecting. it is also showing people are picking it up within their own household. in summary goes to work in an industry where they are in contact with the public, there bringing it back and infecting theirfamily. it there bringing it back and infecting their family. it is there bringing it back and infecting theirfamily. it is not there bringing it back and infecting their family. it is not that they are going to the pub or going to the shops, it is household spread. that is what requires a very different solution and it is the solution i believe we have provided the answers to in oldham. we are discussing it with the government. the case that you are making their about the types of people who are contracting the virus and how you feel that would be u naffected virus and how you feel that would be unaffected by potentially a tighter lockdown in oldham, are you getting that opportunity to make the case to the government, or is it a case of them saying, tighter lockdown in

oldham them saying, tighter lockdown in old ham because of them saying, tighter lockdown in oldham because of the figures? no, to be fairto oldham because of the figures? no, to be fair to the government they are listening to what we have to say. we have high levels of engagement almost every day because of the situation. i do get the impression that ministers and the releva nt impression that ministers and the relevant scientists and the people in westminster are listening to the case we are making. they are sympathetic to our difficulties here. so i am hopeful that presented with the evidence, presented with the plan that we've got to tackle the plan that we've got to tackle theissue the plan that we've got to tackle the issue we've got here in oldham, they are listening and giving us some support. of course we could do with greater support in oldham. the finances is one issue. we have not been reimbursed for responders a coronavirus in the way we said we would. that is a challenge. there have been issues with some of the testing centre is not turning up on time and of not making appointments available. we need to negotiate that. there are a few more things the government could do to support us. the government could do to support us. it is not a case of them not

listening, i must say that. john fielding, good to talk to you. show will be listening in our chat with the health secretary, matt hancock. we will ask him about the situation in oldham and whether the government are considering that local lockdown. he will be here at 7:30am. let's get a medical view on this, and some of today's other health stories, from a gp. dr william bird is in reading. good morning. great to see you. thank you forjoining us. i am sure you are listening to some of that interview. the point about oldham is that if this is a reminder that coronavirus has not gone away, has it? no, it certainly hasn't. the thing to remember though is that it has changed a bit. so, whereas before back in march and april we had this very high mortality rate and people going into hospital, what we are seeing and people going into hospital, what we are seeing now and people going into hospital, what we are seeing now is that it has got down to a younger population. fortu nately, down to a younger population. fortunately, there are less admissions into hospital and the deaths have continued to come down. but we know it is absolutely in the community. it is not going to go away. the worry is we get to winter

is that as older people become more vulnerable again because of lack of vitamin d macro, we are going to find that actually the virus levels will probably increase again. we are just not out of the woods by any means. he also talked about the fact it might be household spread particularly. what can be done, what can everybody do about that? well, during the some of the most important thing to do is obviously the social distancing. if you got a big, cramped family commander makes between young and old, keep as much a part as possible. make sure not to make people come in. keep to those rules. ventilation is really important. what we know is that the virus has got a free rein in the most enclosed space, particularly if people are all cooped up in one room. if you have the windows open and the door open, that does help.

keeping the ventilation in a house, during the summer that is fine, it would become more difficult in the winter. you are talking about trying to get people fit for winter. what do you mean and why might make —— why might it make a difference? we know the virus is around. we know it will come back in the winter. we don't know how much it is going to be. we have seen in australia and new zealand. we don't understand how it is going to interact with influenza. that's why it's so important to get the flu vaccine. that is the first thing. if you are entitled. and also the new group of people who need the flu vaccine, people who need the flu vaccine, people over the age of 50. we've really got to get that sorted out. then of course as we know, if you are overweight and obese, then you are overweight and obese, then you are more likely to get the severity of the virus. that's so important. we know it affects the breathing, but also your immune system is changed when you are obese. lose that weight. almost 100 days to

christmas, not sure how long, but we have the preparation time now. physical activity calms down the immune system so it is very targeted to deal with the coronavirus secondary effects, which we can see when people go into icu. physical activity, the same old thing, losing weight, the obesity. the other thing is social distancing. but as it comes to cold, older people living on their own, particularly in houses where there is poor insulation, very much more at risk of developing infections, flu infections, but also pneumonia and other things. if you got someone living down the road, if you've got an elderly relative living in a house that is purely insulated, there was a time to get it sorted. -- poorly insulative. we have talked all this week and starting last week about a—level results and all the stress, and it's not just a levels, results and all the stress, and it's notjust a levels, its gcses, all those children who have not been able to be at school for so long,

stress — how can people help their children to help themselves?” stress — how can people help their children to help themselves? i know. i think the young people have had a dreadful time with covid. we often think about the elderly, of course, and they have had a terrible time with the infections and bee mortality at the hospital admissions. but young people, i think there was a survey and of those people who have already got some anxiety, 80% say that lockdown has made things worse and 87% of people felt they were more lonely, even though they are online. we got a baseline of young people who have already been very stressed. the most difficult thing people have here when you have been waiting is the fa ct when you have been waiting is the fact you have had this uncertainty. on top of so many things being taken away from young people, all the hopes, the newjobs, the graduate schemes. now we've got this uncertainty of a—levels. what is needed and what young people have said all along is theyjust need that stability, they need someone there for them. there's not much we

can do. we are out of control of a lot of things going on. but try to be there for your teenager if they are going through a really difficult time. hopefully the grades going up will mean there are people happier out there. if you have a problem, if you fight for your child to try to get them into a university, you feel they are being valued, that is incredibly important and feels very secured for a person. wejust incredibly important and feels very secured for a person. we just need that security, they need that love and you need to be there for them. i'm sure lots of people listening will take that on board. another story lots of people are reading about, it's on the bbc website, is about, it's on the bbc website, is about the sense of smell, particularly with coronavirus, is a p pa re ntly particularly with coronavirus, is apparently different to the loss of sense and taste you may have with a cold, for example. what can you tell us? that's really fascinating. we did say early on that the sense of smell seem to be different from when you get a cold. when you get a cold at the mucus blocks the olfactory

nerves and receptors from the smell hanging around, so they can't reach the nerve or the sensory places in the nerve or the sensory places in the nose. but with coronavirus it is com pletely the nose. but with coronavirus it is completely different. they knock out that nerve. the olfactory nerve has lots of what is called receptors. those receptors are at the entry point of the virus into the body. the olfactory nerve, the smelling nerve, has many more of these receptors. therefore, it seems to knock it out completely. so you can't taste coffee, you can't taste the bitterness, sweetness, you can test yourself if you want back in the kitchen and just find out what's going on. if you put some spices or sugar or some lemon, you just can't taste it. it's completely different to when you have a cold, which does seem to when you have a cold, which does seem to be less of a sense of smell for the bitterness. this one is the nerve being taken out by the

coronavirus. we don't know of any other virus that does this. we —— that's why this research is so important. absolutely fascinating. really good to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed. really interesting. 6:46am. sally is with us. champions league again, the football season continues to roll on, sally? yes, it shows you how much the football season has been disrupted when you realise we're playing one champions league in the next one already started. let's begin with this year's competition, and paris saint—germain have reached the final for the first time after beating rb leipzig 3—0. angel di maria was man of the match, setting up their first goal, before he was set up himself, by a spectacular neymar flick, to score the second. so on sunday they'll face either lyon or bayern munich, who play tonight. and qualifying for this season's champions league began last night. celtic made light work of kr reykjavik in glasgow,

mohamed elyounoussi scoring twice as they won 6—0. but northern ireland's champions linfield are out, beaten 1—0 at legia warsaw. they now join fellow irish premiership sides glentoran and coleraine in the europa league. if you're a fan of a lower league club, you'll soon be able attend games after the government updated its guidance. clubs in the seventh tier in england — that's the level below the national league north and south — will be able to open their gates to spectators for the first time since the pandemic began. fans will need to abide by social distancing rules, and what's being called "discrete six—person gathering limits". what matters is there are hundreds of non—league clubs now, and their local communities can now go back and watch their team. so they're going to survive financially, they're going to get back to business.

so it's massive news. one of the biggest names in women's football has joined the women's super league in england — the american rose lavelle has signed for manchester city. lavelle scored in the final as the usa won the world cup last year. going overseas is something i wanted to experience at some point in my career and man city is obviously a great club. for the man's and woman's side they have a lot of resources and, erm, i don't know much about the city yet but i do know that the football culture is amazing. so all this was just something i wanted to be a part of. and finally, to good news if you're a netball player — recreational matches have been given the go ahead to resume in england. some rule modifications will be put in place to make the sport covid secure, but with up to 30 people allowed on court, it means clubs can arrange training sessions and friendlies. england netball hope to have the domestic super league up and running by the end of september.

and i know lots of women up and down the land enjoy playing netball as a recreational sport and i've really missed not just doing recreational sport and i've really missed notjust doing the sport, but also the social side of that because it's really great fun. good news for our netball players. isn't it. thank you, sally. we're all doing our best to stay socially distanced at the moment, but where we live can play a big part in how successful we are. this feels like normal now. we feel very close to each other. if you're looking for a slightly more secluded property, breakfast‘s john maguire might have found just the place — in the middle of the solent. tell us more, john. good morning. good morning, louise. i don't know what happened this morning, i will have to double check with carol. i woke up and it seemed to be october. absolutely teeming down. there are lots of people ——

places where you can escape the weather. we are on one of the three forts on the solent. there is portsmouth over there. gosport on this site. and over there, the isle of wight. if we bring you right around here, you get an idea of what the fort looks like. those are the other two solent forts. just at protecting the entrance to the solent as they have done for 150 yea rs. solent as they have done for 150 years. they are now on the market if you've got 9 million quid are burning a hole in the bottom of your pocket. you might want to get in touch with the estate agents. when buying property there are important things to consider. the commute to work. the neighbours. seem friendly, but a very serious. and local schools. well, here they're all fish. but of course the main factor — location, location, location. so how do you fancy the middle of the solentjust off portsmouth. the three forts being sold separately, or together

for £9 million, were built around 150 years ago, as part of the sea defences against a french invasion, the brainchild of the british prime minister, lord palmerston. it's time to take a look around. first up, we have no man's fort. fourfloors, 23 bedrooms, 99,000 square feet and plenty of fresh air. if you get too hot lounging in the garden, what about this? your own private diving board. it used to be used to train royal commandos. it's called commando leap. theyjump off here and swim right around the fort. rather them than me. and down below a passageway designed to allow divers access to attack invading ships. initially manned during the 19th century, the forts also saw service in both the first and second world wars.

so many different people touched these forts in so many different ways, from the people who built them in the first place, to the people who manned them in the early wars, and eventually people who manned them through world war one and world war two, when they became really anti—aircraft defence batteries. much cheaper, and in need of some tlc, is horse sand. in your best estate agent pitch, how do you describe this one?! well, erm, in need of some refurbishment, of course. definitely not deceptively spacious. it's100,000 square foot of fort, which is really an amazing, amazing opportunity for someone to bring this historic piece of england back into something exciting that works for them. cash may well be an issue, but if its vision you're lacking, well, here's one they made over earlier. this is a spit bank.

it's being run as a nine room boutique hotel. and the admiral fisher suite comes complete with its own fishing hole. here, the gun emplacements have been modified for peaceful pursuits. and the many million dollar question, of course — who is in the market for a sea fort or three? a lot of the people we've had so far are people who have been incredibly successful, as the current owner was himself. they've sold a business. and they want to do something fun, but at the same time something that will bring them a financial reward as well, and perhaps looking for something that they can isolate in again, or maybe just have for their own sort of peace of mind and privacy. so for a cool £9 million you get these three victorian forts. one drawback though i've noticed — no car parking. luckily, they come with

a helicopter landing pad. let's come back inside. it's pretty grim out there! lots of places to sell to. just watching the ferry go across from the isle of wight into portsmouth. never a dull moment out here in the channel. martin, one of the stories you are telling me about that i'm fascinated by, is that of these three forts have fresh water supplies. how does that work? basically in the victorian days they worked out where the water supply was, through geology etc. they have drilled down over 400 feet on each of the forts. we drilled down to an artesian well, down to the aqua fill below, and the very interesting thing, considering they were built to defend against the french, is that it runs from france, under the isle of wight, under the english channel, but the source of the water

is france. built to defend ourselves against france but all along we were nicking their water supply! never a dull moment. you spend the night here last night. it is a very busy area, isn't it? a lot of ships going by. it's interesting. they are always going in different routes. very interesting to watch at night. very interesting to watch at night. very much a ship at's paradise. we heard a little bit about it in the film. they are unique, these places. what is it you love about them?” think it is the fact you have got the unique opportunity to own a bit of english heritage. they are three very different concepts. spit bank fort has the luxury, homely feel. no man's fort is fun, a play centre, thatis man's fort is fun, a play centre, that is where the activity is, lovely for parties. you can do laser quest and things like that. then we have got a blank canvas, horse sand fort, which is open to whoever has

got the imagination and how they would like to develop it. lots of opportunities. if ever there was a euphemism, blank canvas! they are really fascinating. do you expect somebody to buy all three or you expect people to split them? what is it of interest have you had so far? mike is the first person to own all three other than the mod. yes, they are available to buy, all three, and certainly of someone with the right mind can utilise them, there are great opportunities. they can be bought individually. there are three very different personalities to the forts and it is a case of people selecting and trying to find what suits them best. we are battling against the weather a little bit of this morning. we had some very spectacular skies early doors. low tide right now. the water is quite shallow. five to six feet deep? yes, they were built on sand banks, they are like little mountains under the sea. are like little mountains under the sea. at low tide we could be as low as four feet. in the spring tides

and things. it is very low. then we have got a 30 foot rise. high tide, 34 feet. a big difference. we came across this morning, came across yesterday, absolutely fine. how many days a year is it impossible to access the forts very rare. they will be the odd occasion. but it is very rare. it doesn't impact us that much. i guess it depends on how brave you are and how brave the skipper is! yes, we have a very good skipper is! yes, we have a very good skipper and make sure you have the right boat. lovely. martin, thank you very much. i will come into the drive. this is the crow's nest, set up drive. this is the crow's nest, set up as drive. this is the crow's nest, set upasa drive. this is the crow's nest, set up as a penthouse on board this one. very interesting. incredible to see. if you see an aerial view of them, andi if you see an aerial view of them, and i think we got a sense of them, one of the things is during the first world war there was a submarine net strung between the three of them as well to protect the entrance to the harbour and to

protect portsmouth as a naval port as the forts have done for 150 yea rs. as the forts have done for 150 years. anyway, iwill show as the forts have done for 150 years. anyway, i will show you more later. back to you. gosh, it is so interesting to see all of that. i wonder who will buy them? a proper slice of history. good place for a party! i like the one with a jacuzzi. we can alldream. i like the one with a jacuzzi. we can all dream. you wouldn't probably want this weather if you are trying to get a, would you, carol? good morning. good morning everybody. we have got some potentially damaging winds. and potentially damaging winds. and potentially some coastal flooding in parts of south—west england and south wales in the next few days. unusually windy for this time of year. you will see that in a jiffy. to start the day we have rain piling in across the channel islands towards the south—east, south—west england and also awaits. and as this continues to move northwards, the rain will ease a little bit. ahead of it, a lot of dry weather, a bit

of it, a lot of dry weather, a bit of sunshine, low cloud and work across the northeast. some of that will linger across north—east scotla nd will linger across north—east scotland and the northern isles for much of the day. temperatures 15 to 23 degrees. the winds are strengthening to about 40 mph later on the south—west. through this evening and overnight that first band of rain pushes northwards. behind it, there is a lull. then the second band of rain comes in. don't forget, it is still going to be fairly gusty. that is because we have got this deepening area of low pressure coming our way named storm eleanor by the irish meta service. if you look at those isobars, particularly over the republic of ireland, this is where the strongest winds are. across northern ireland and parts of mainland britain, 50 mph. you can see how through the night the rain continues to push steadily northwards. the wind will bea steadily northwards. the wind will be a feature. it is going to be a mild night. temperatures falling to between 30 and 18 degrees. tomorrow the rain continues to push

northwards. tomorrow we are looking at gusty winds. 50 mph it was the west. plus 30 plus as we push further east. a lot of dry weather across central and eastern areas. some of these gusts could well prove to be damaging. don't forget trees are infull to be damaging. don't forget trees are in full leaf and we could see debris on the roads as well as some surface water issues. as we move through thursday night, look at those isobars once again. if anything, it's going to be, windier ina more anything, it's going to be, windier in a more widespread fashion. so, during the course of thursday night into friday, these are the kind of wind gusts that we can expect. so once again, the potentialfor damaging costs. and they will be particularly gusty around the heaviest showers. they will be some sunshine on friday as well. and temperatures, 15 in the north to 24 in the south. headlines coming up. good morning and welcome

to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... a major increase in household testing for covid—19 as the office for national statistics expands its infection survey in a bid to catch outbreaks earlier. a letter from universities to the education secretary calls for urgent clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaching social distancing guidelines. night vision footage released by the police shows a party held in breach of coronavirus restrictions — the organiser is fined £100. good morning. could we be paying more for train tickets despite hardly anybody using then? in the next few minutes, we get the latest inflation numbers. campaigners say we need a better dealfor a post covid world. after decades of trying,

paris st germain reach the champions league final for very first time. their coach says they showed determination, spirit and quality, to beat rb leipzig in lisbon. why nine—year—old reilly, who'd never had his hair cut, finally decided to have it cut off to help other children. it's wednesday the 19th of august. free home—testing kits are to be offered to thousands more people in the uk, to help get a better idea of how and where coronavirus is spreading. the office for national statistics says it hopes to test 150,000 people every fortnight in england by october — that's compared to 28,000 now. keith doyle reports. the same swab goes up each nostril and into the liquid. this is part of the household infection survey, run by the office of national statistics. it is separate to nhs testing. it tests thousands of people, who have volunteered to estimate the level of infection

across the population. it is the most accurate indicator of infection levels in england. now it has been extended to also include households in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the number of people being tested every two weeks is being increased from 28,000 to 150,000. quickly identifying local outbreaks, such as those in leicester, is seen as vital in combating covid—19. the ons believes extending its testing will show what is going on in much greater detail, down to city levels. helping government and local authorities to quickly identify any outbreaks and impose restrictions and lock times. —— lockdowns. these police helicopter pictures show how the local restrictions currently in place in manchester were broken at the weekend. the organiser of this party was fined. testing, tracing and combating covid relies on people sticking to the rules.

the new increased levels of testing will be in place by october and the results will be published every week. keith doyle, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, in westminster. these are ambitious plans, aren't they? yes, they certainly are. the government has something of a chequered past when it comes to meeting testing targets although the initial 100,000 tests a day back in may was initially met. it fell off slightly after that. the 200,000 tests per day by the following month was met but this is, as you suggest, a huge increase by five times the number of tests currently being done to mapa number of tests currently being done to map a scale of coronavirus cases across what will be the whole of the uk because this is being extended from england to wales, northern

ireland and scotland as well. an ambitious target certainly to have 150,000 ambitious target certainly to have 150 , 000 tests ambitious target certainly to have 150,000 tests being done per fortnight by october but it is crucial as matt hancock has made clear in comment this morning, to have this data, to map as accurately as possible how many people in the population as a whole are estimated to have coronavirus at any one time and how the spread of cases differs from area to the area. just to give you the latest details from the office of national statistics survey at the moment, it suggests the presence of antibodies is higher in london than it is in many other regions of the uk. that is just one piece of information this survey has shown and the government hopes will allow it —— help it to allow

lockdown restrictions in the winter when cases are expected to rise. beauty salons and nail bars in leicester can re—open from today, almost two months after they were ordered to close in the uk's first local lockdown. body—piercing and tattoo parlours can also start to trade again — and up to six people can meet outside. geeta pendse is there for us this morning. geeta, is the virus now back under control there? well, yesterday, matt hancock, the health secretary, when he announced further easing of restrictions here said the rate of infection had fallen to save enough levels to reopen more businesses. there is a sense of relief there is this further easing. places like beauty salons, nail bars, tatty parlours will be able to reopen and we will

also see the reopening of outdoor theatre, music venues and outdoor pools. there are still restrictions in place. restrictions on gatherings in private homes and gardens still remain and also shielding for their most vulnerable, although that is easing slightly. leicester does still have one of the highest number of cases in england but the rate of infection has significantly dropped from when we had that first localised lockdown happen here at the end ofjune. always when we hear these enhancements there is a sense particularly for businesses that have not been able to trade since march that leicester is moving in the right direction. we will be speaking to the health secretary about that, as louise said, at 7:30am today. university leaders have written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, calling for urgent clarity on how they can offer more

places to students without breaking social distancing guidelines. they also asked for financial support to cope with a rise in applications for university places following the government's u—turn on a—level results. the education secretary says he has set up a taskforce to deal with the issues. a police officer is under investigation after a video emerged of a man being arrested while being told "chill out the video shows an officer wrestling a man to the ground before holding him with an arm around the neck. west yorkshire police said the matter has been referred to the police watchdog after the footage was reviewed "as a matter of urgency." pizza express is to close 73 of its uk restaurants with the potential loss of 1100 jobs. the chain, which currently has 454 uk outlets, has also cut a deal to reduce rents. its managing director said the decision to close branches was hard but would ultimately safeguard 9,000 jobs. joe biden has been officially anointed as the democratic presidential candidate

at the party's online convention, backed by some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen of both parties. former us presidents bill clinton andjimmy carter — both democrats — endorsed mr biden. so did the former secretary of state colin powell, a republican. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. this was the night that joe biden has been working towards for decades — the seal of approval from his party to run for the white house. with leadership as the theme, two former democratic presidents spoke to rally the troops. jimmy carter sent an audio message, while bill clinton lashed out at donald trump. you have to decide whether to renew his contract or hire someone else. if you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching tv and zapping people on social media, he is your man. the keynote speaker wasjill biden, who spent eight years as america's

second lady, when her husband was vice president. a lifelong teacher, hoping to become the next first lady. she reintroduced herself to the country and laid out the case for a new family in the white house. across this country, educators, parents, first responders, americans of all walks of life are putting their shoulders back, fighting for each other. we have not given up. wejust need leadership worthy of our nation. the main business of the night was the roll call, without the usual convention centre razzmatazz. coming to you live from the wisconsin centre. it is time to begin our virtual trip around america. i am honoured to cast connecticut's 75 votes for our next president, joe biden. alaska. it was a revamped and speeded—up format for prime time tv. 24 votes for our next

president, joe biden. quick—fire contributions from sea to shining sea. 11 votes for our next president, joe biden. with democrats from all 57 us states and territories pledging delegates to their chosen candidate. 50 votes for our next president of the united states, mrjoseph r biden. the result was never in doubt. joe biden is now the party's official nominee for president. it's been almost a week since a—level results were published and — in a normal year — most students would know by now which university they would be heading off to in the autumn. it is not normal though. this year, however, many young people remain unclear

about their next move after the government reversed its decision to use grades calculated by a controversial algorithm. azaria is one of them. she lost out on a place to study medicine after her results were downgraded. she's now been awarded her teacher's estimated grades but her future remains far from uncertain. obviously, iam really pleased i have been given the grades my teachers thought i would get but itjust came with a whole new set of problems, as if they have picked up students from one problem and dropped them into a whole heap of others. the most stressful part of it is the fact the students who are now there with places for that course, there is no difference between us now, apart from four days and the mistake the government has made. i think the government is going to have to do something to support universities to allow them to accept those students into the courses they have got onto. if they are taking an extra 50 students, and saying, no, we are going to leave you till next year, that impacts the next year of students trying to apply for that course. they are now disadvantaged as well.

it is just a trickle effect which will keep affecting students to come. lots of very good points made by her. we're joined now by professor richard harvey, the director of admissions at the university of east anglia, and angela gardiner, the director of student services at the university of hull. good morning. thank you both for joining us. professor richard harvey, festival, have you got places for those students who have the grades that they needed? —— first of all. no. it is a mixed story. if we are talking about medicine, no. universities are fined by the government for going over. it isa by the government for going over. it is a really extraordinary situation. we are speaking to matt hancock later. well, that is excellent. i am not quite sure which minister needs to sort this out but probably education needs to talk to health and we need to sort it out quickly.

specifically on medicine you would need the cap lifted or do you need more money to support these students? broadly speaking, you need the cap lifted and you need the fans to follow. it costs about £56,000 to allocate a medical student per annum. if that money is not found, there is a funding gap that pulls in there is a funding gap that pulls in the nhs. just continuing with those thoughts, it is a really difficult time for students and a difficult time for students and a difficult time for students and a difficult time for the university as well. what is your advice to students? stuff the university, let's think about students. it is a nightmare for them. you'll student could not have got it more accurately. they had done fantastically well to get these grades and we are all in a bind. these suggestions which have been flying around from the

department for education, overshoot by 5% and we will claw it back over the next few years, it is weaselly. now is the time to call up universities uk and get a solution. we need that in the next few days. let's see what the situation is at the university of hull and speak to and to levels that i am sure you have been listening in to what richard has been saying very carefully. in terms of students who are exasperated, worried and concerned by how many phone calls are you getting at the moment? we have extended our online chat service and we are having students contact us regularly who are concerned about their places, wanting to understand what opportunities are available. we have put a variety of different routes through. we had returning students

who still had concerns about what the next academic year will look like and how we are managing things for them. we like and how we are managing things forthem. we are like and how we are managing things for them. we are having students coming through and we are doing everything we can to ensure they are supported fully. what about from your perspective of making sure if your perspective of making sure if you have a larger intake this year, you have a larger intake this year, you can commit to use the buzz phrase, can be coded secure? universities uk has provided a lot of guidance will stop —— can be covid secure. in terms of being able to extend provisions, we are extending asked student teaching timetable into early evenings. we are continuing to avoid wednesday afternoon and weekends to allow students to engage in sporting activities and extracurricular activities. we are increasing peeing

space around communal teaching and social spaces and ensuring we follow all government guidelines. —— cleaning. we have a variety of on—campus accommodation on university as well. is your accommodation full? we do still have some spaces accommodation full? we do still have some spaces and accommodation full? we do still have some spaces and we accommodation full? we do still have some spaces and we work very closely with partners to provide that. can i ask you as well, i am really conscious people had been left in really difficult situations. —— have been left. how do you... what a going to do? you will not tell people they cannot come, are you? uea was lucky, we saw the storm coming. we dramatically lowered grades. we are not talking about

medicine and midwifery imposed by government guidelines by then we are open. i would government guidelines by then we are open. iwould be government guidelines by then we are open. i would be delighted to hear from people on live chat, which is open now. when i said that there is probably a million people at the uea screaming, it does not open until nine commit you idiot. we will be happy to hear from nine commit you idiot. we will be happy to hearfrom people nine commit you idiot. we will be happy to hear from people with good grades. —— until nine, you idiot. do not reject people unnecessarily, they said. this is not the year for nit—picking. we had been bending over backwards to help people. the remaining bind in the system is government imposed limits which need to get sorted out. but everyone else, very happy to have them, brilliant congratulations to them. fantastic, fantastic and super delighted to help people. you are dealing with it with a wonderful sense of humour this morning. underlying that is this sense of frustration. are you worried about

what university will look like for many students who are preparing to go for the first time? are you worried about this academic year? any citizen is worried about the next six months. in orderfor me any citizen is worried about the next six months. in order for me to come into university this last week, i think come into university this last week, ithinki come into university this last week, i think i had to fill in 11 different safety assessments. universities are serious places when it comes to safety, socialisation and so on. we employ most of the epidemiologists and biologists in this country. i am sure it will be as safe as it can be. —— virologists. as full social and fern and all that sort of stuff, i do not think we had to worry about that. i am confident people will find ways of having social interactions that are fun, interesting, intellectually stimulating and safe. many of these

stu d e nts stimulating and safe. many of these students had not been at school for many months. they had been through a very stressful situation. what can you do to help them? -- they have been. we have provided opportunities to engage with academic areas. the normal learning environment has been quite different and they have not beenin quite different and they have not been in the classroom. we have extended a welcome period and have extended a welcome period and have extended faculty social activities to help students settle into their experience with us. in terms of campus accommodation, leading away from home can be an anxious time without the situation we find ourselves in that we still need this to be an exciting time. we're working hard to ensure the accommodation is only a covid—19

space... the accommodation is only a covid—19 space. .. the student accommodation is only a covid—19 space... the student union is critical and we work closely with it to ensure this happens so that students have a variety of different activities, clubs and societies to engage with both before they arrive and to ensure that continues whilst they are with us. we will put on our social media when your lines open, social media when your lines open, so we will get you out of that. thank you, sorry. tell them and we can put it on. i can see the team saying, why did he say that on television? if you still travel by train, we'll be finding out now how much more you may be paying for your tickets from january. nina is at leeds station with all the details. yes, good morning. i cannot get over just how quiet it is. for a major

transport hub like this too had barely any passengers heading into rush—hour. it is unlikely they are tracking the latest inflation figures but come january they are the numbers used to increase ticket prices for millions ofjourneys. we found out in the last few minutes, the rpi, the inflation rate linked to ticket prices is 1.6% forjuly and that could mean passenger prices go and that could mean passenger prices 9° up and that could mean passenger prices 9° up by and that could mean passenger prices go up by1.6% and that could mean passenger prices go up by 1.6% comejanuary. another indicator says part of that increase is down to prices going up for homeware and petrol at the pump, this is higher than people anticipated, potentially a higher increase in prices comejanuary. that would mean for a season ticket pass between manchester and leeds for one month, that it go from

£263.50, it would see a £4.20 increase every month. over the year, that does add up. people are fearful of getting on trains and lots of people are working from home. they wa nt people are working from home. they want a ticketing system to be overhauled and no longer linked to inflation in this way and may be made towards pricing of tickets where it is ten for the price of nine, for example. we will be speaking to passenger focus groups and the impact on passenger numbers later. motorists could be allowed to drive hands—free in the uk next year using new technology — if the government believes it's safe enough. the department for transport is calling for evidence into the so—called "lane—keeping" device, which takes control of a vehicle at low speed. daniel ruiz is the chief executive of the automated trade body zenzic —

he joins us from winchester. so, what is this all about and does it mean you can drive on the motorway but without your hands on the wheel? it could do but it is fundamental to recognise this is very different from the main... the device is currently on some cars which give some lane guidance. this is automated, an automated system, an automated lane keeping system, which is something which is coming m, which is something which is coming in, part of the whole fleet of systems that make a vehicle automated or self driving. it is something that will be tested very, very vigorously and apparently cannot be certified in my view before it can be deemed to be fully safe and therefore can be deployed on motorways. it is something that is coming, that is very exciting that something we should not be worried about. this is part of the process the department for transport goes through to make sure systems

are safe and the public are aware and accept it does not cause fear but unlocks the potential for improving transport and travel. on that point let's say there is an emergency situation which suddenly rises because that happens and your hands are not on the steering wheel. he is responsible? again, put yourself in a mind that this system is far more intelligent than something you are used to playing with. the system has taken control ina manner with. the system has taken control in a manner which is predefined and you are used to. if the car is in control and the system has been certified to be in control, the car is in control, not the occupant. it is in control, not the occupant. it is no longer a driver, it is an operator, you could call it. the challenge comes at the beginning and

end of the point where the car is in control can be handed over. work is being done by all the manufacturers, by technologists. there is a very close collaboration between not only the technologists, the manufacturers, the government, but also ensures many other parties who have a role to play next to make sure the handover point where the occupier, the operator, what would have been called the driver hands ever to be vehicle and then vice ve rsa . ever to be vehicle and then vice versa. the scenario we are considering here is one where you have got vehicles driving in an approximately straight line on a motorway said it is less complicated thanit motorway said it is less complicated than it would be in a town or a city. there are some points which had to be considered as more complicated, like junctions. also the point my m is the handover and that needs to be considered very

carefully a nd that needs to be considered very carefully and is being considered very carefully at the moment. —— is the point where there is the handover. let's say best case scenario, it is found to be saved how soon before it gets onto the roads? i recommend your viewers to go online and look at the uk's connected and automated web map to 2013. very simple. —— road map. this has been put together by 150 organisations across the uk and it maps those situations out. there is potential to be made to may running of vehicles in the next couple of yea rs. of vehicles in the next couple of years. that is one for later. some people might genuinely want to do that. of course. i am sure it is

fascinating. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come... nine—year—old reilly grew up wanting long hair, like his football hero, gareth bale. now he's had it all chopped off for charity and to make wigs for children who have lost their hair through illness. we ll be speaking to reilly in around 20 minutes, and bringing you the latest news, but the time now is 7:28am. now let's get the weather with carol. good morning. it is going to be windy, not just later on good morning. it is going to be windy, notjust later on today but for the next couple of days and night. unusually windy for the time of year, potentially damaging gusts as well. with the strong winds and combination of high tides, there is potential for coastal flooding across parts of south—west england today and south—west england and also south wales tomorrow and also on friday. what is happening today is we have all this rain piling in

from the south—west. heavy rain in cornwall, devon and dorset you could have as much as 30 millimetres as we go through the next few hours. that warning runs out at midday. ahead of ita warning runs out at midday. ahead of it a lot of dry weather with one or two showers. low cloud and merck will linger in parts of north—east scotla nd will linger in parts of north—east scotland and the northern isles for much of the day. temperatures, 15 to 20 degrees. the winds will strengthen later in the south—west and it will continue to do so for the rest of the night. a second band of rain will come in behind it. we could have gusts of over 50 miles an hour. that is because we have a deepening area of low pressure, named storm ellen. the isobars are squeezed as we push towards maine

and parts of the uk. that will continue as we go through the course of the night. damaging winds, don't forget the potential for coastal flooding as well. it will be a mild night. as we go through tomorrow, the first band of men will push northwards. a lot of dry weather around. gusts of wind in the west. —— band of rain. nota around. gusts of wind in the west. —— band of rain. not a pleasant combination with temperatures getting up to around 25 in norwich as our top temperature. thursday into friday, this storm ellen moves in and there will be more widespread gusts of wind. in the west, in excess of 50 miles an hour, for sum in excess of 60 miles an hour. for the rest of the uk we are looking widely at gusts of over 40 miles an

hour. potential for widely at gusts of over 40 miles an hour. potentialfor damage widely at gusts of over 40 miles an hour. potential for damage for very crossings, for example, to be disrupted and also debris lying around. temperature wise, 15 in the north to 24 in the south. more later. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. free home—testing kits are to be offered to thousands more people in the uk — to help get a better idea of how and where coronavirus is spreading. the office for national statistics says it hopes to test 150—thousand people every fortnight in england by october — that's compared to 28—thousand now. university leaders have written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, calling for urgent clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaking social distancing guidelines. they also asked for financial support to cope with a rise in applications for university places following the government's u—turn on a—level results.

the education secretary says he has set up a taskforce to deal with the issues. beauty salons and nail bars in leicester can re—open from today, almost two months after they were ordered to close in the uk's first local lockdown. spas, body—piercing and tattoo pa rlours can also start to trade again, and up to six people can meet outside, provided they follow social distancing guidelines. the city still has one of the highest rates of new cases in england. we are going to speak to the health secretary, matt hung talk now. -- matt hancock. he joins us from central london. thank you for coming on the programme. we have got a bit of time with you today. quite a few issues to get through. one of our main story is that it is this expansion of the office of national statistics infection a survey. give

us an statistics infection a survey. give us an idea of how it will work and why it's important? so, this survey for coronaviruses one of the most important tools we've got for understanding how the disease is spreading. and we look at it every week with great interest. it comes into my inbox late on a wednesday night each week, to tell us how many people have got the virus, how many people have got the virus, how many people are catching it each day. that is a really, really important piece of information for managing the pandemic. as the number of cases has come down, thankfully, and as a country we've got a grip of the spread of the disease, so it finds, obviously finds fewer positive cases in the survey, so to be more accurate, to get more localised information, to have more nuance in the information that we get, we are going to expand it essentially by

almost ten times, so that we get more detailed information about where the virus is taking root, about whether that's men or women, about whether that's men or women, about which parts of the country, so that we can better manage in a more targeted way the measures that we need to take to tackle the virus. so this is an almost ten times expansion in our single most important tool for making policy decisions and then obviously coming to explain them to the public on bbc brea kfast. to explain them to the public on bbc breakfast. there was an hour and a nice study out yesterday and one of the interesting part of that was talking about people with the virus, almost three quarters of whom have no symptoms. that asymptomatic, what's the word? not a transition. asymptomatic transmission, i'm sorry. that is a really important pa rt sorry. that is a really important part of wider track and trace and test and trace is so essential. will

you promise —— we were promised a world beating programme. is it working properly? yes, the test and trace working properly? yes, the test and tra ce syste m working properly? yes, the test and trace system is now working very effectively. we set a goal at the end —— by the start of september it should be able to reach 80% of the contacts should be able to reach 80% of the co nta cts of should be able to reach 80% of the contacts of positive cases. last week that figure was 79.7. we are very nearly there. and of course we co nsta ntly very nearly there. and of course we constantly try to improve it. but this is a mission critical part of our response. actually, the biggest gap, the biggest challenge we've got, is finding people who don't have symptoms, so don't know they've got a coronavirus, but can still pass it on. and getting tested. so the message to the public is, if in doubt, get a test. if you think there is any chance you might have coronavirus symptoms, eekhoff, ora temperature, loss of taste and

smell, then you must get a test. —— a car. getting people who are asymptomatic to get tests is obviously challenge —— or challenging because they don't know they have the virus, but this service tariff —— server will help us service tariff —— server will help us pinpoint where the viruses. according to the most recent government data, the number of close contacts identified, those in close contacts identified, those in close contact with somebody infected with the virus, has fallen 61% since contact tracing began. you must be concerned by that figure? as you just said, this is essential to getting the virus under control? no, i don't recognise that figure. the figure in terms of getting 80% of contacts, which is the goal, internationally set as the standard, that figure is 79.7, very close to 80%. i very much hope that we hit it. the contact tracing system is

effective. it is up and running and working. the challenges we need to find more people who have the virus, who might be transmitting the virus, but don't know they have the virus, hence the big expansion in the survey testing that we are talking about today. ok, local lockdown to raise an area many people will be interested in because the local lockdown in leicester is being eased but it has been in place for eight weeks and lester has still got one of the highest rates per 100,000 in england. we have spoken to the leader of oldham council this morning and potentially oldham could be somewhere where you look at a more local lockdown as well. oldham has been part of this wider lockdown across greater manchester. and yet cases there have gone up from 57 per 100,000, to last week, over 100. cases there have gone up from 57 per 100,000, to last week, over100. do you think this is a concern, and this was expressed by the leader of oldham council, this was expressed by the leader of old ham council, that this was expressed by the leader of oldham council, that people have stopped listening?” oldham council, that people have stopped listening? i don't think so.

and the evidence for that is that the people of leicester have taken the people of leicester have taken the action is needed. i'm really pleased that we are able to take leicester out of many of the lockdown measures that were still in place there. health secretary, with respect, it is eight weeks on from when you put that lockdown in place and the average across england, i think, is seven per 100,000, and it leicester it is still above 50? no, it's not, actually. it has come down from that figure. the good news for the people of leicester is the number of new infections is coming right down. of course we have a far, far more testing in leicester as well because of the outbreak, and we are putting more testing into places like oldham and greater manchester and across the north west and part of west yorkshire, which have got measures in place. the example of leicester is an illustrative one. we took this local lockdown approach.

leicester was the first place into it. now we're able to bring it out. it shows the local lockdown approach works. when we put the huge focus into an area where there is a particularly strong outbreak. and i'm really pleased that the people of leicester responded positively. we got the infection rate down. and on the latest figures it is in the mid—30s, it is not over 50, as you say, which is great news. and of course we haven't undertaken all of the lockdown measures off in leicester because it is still too high. and much higher than the national average. there is still work to do. then places like oldham, where we are now seeing the number of cases rise, we have to take the same localised approach, working very closely with the local council, and make sure that we get both the m essa g es to and make sure that we get both the messages to the public and also the rules right in place and the resources likely testing resources that we are talking about. to get a grip on it in all the areas where

there is an outbreak, including oldham. talking about getting a grip, oldham as part of greater manchester, as is the footage we are about to show you. this is from dalton, where police released footage of a party broken up in dalton in greater manchester. i'm sure you have seen dalton in greater manchester. i'm sure you have seen these pictures. is this a sign of people not listening to the government messaging? the person responsible for this was only fined £100. yes, we are strengthening the fines and the enforcement available to us. to what, mr hancock? well, we're doubling them. i think it is an open question about how we strengthen enforcement. the truth is the vast majority of people follow the rules and that is great. and throughout this we have seen pictures, throughout the whole crisis, we have seen throughout the whole crisis, we have seen pictures, examples of where people have broken the rules. but tha nkfully people have broken the rules. but thankfully they are rare. but that doesn't make them any less wrong. we

are all affected by this virus. and younger people who might feel that they're younger people who might feel that they‘ re less younger people who might feel that they're less likely to die as a result of the virus, they can still invite others, they can still infect members of their family and loved ones, so it's incredibly important that everybody follows the rules. generally, that is what is happening. and of course there are individual examples where it is not. and there we are going to take tough action. it is notjust the fine we have put in place in that example in manchester. we have also put stronger rules in place in terms of the use of that house. can i get you to a nswer the use of that house. can i get you to answer a couple of questions quickly? there is one other subject i want to get to. and what is happening in france, from september the 1st, france will have face coverings and coverings to be used in offices and workplaces. is that something you are considering looking at in the uk? well, we

co nsta ntly looking at in the uk? well, we constantly look at the scientific. and the answer here is that we are not currently considering doing that. and the reason is that of the evidence from nhs test and trace that we were talking about, for where people catch the disease, is that very largely, they catch it from one household meeting another household, usually in one of their homes. and so it's that household transmission that is the core, the route of passing on this virus. the amount of people who have caught it in workplaces is relatively low, we think, from the evidence that we have got. just a couple of more. i know you are running out of time and you have got another interview. we've spoken to somebody from a university today asking for the release in the cap on the number of medical students who can go to university. are you looking at that, will that happen? we are looking at that. clearly these are unprecedented circumstances with not

having the a levels having been taken. we are looking at that. tha nkfully taken. we are looking at that. thankfully we have got an expansion in the number of medical places this year. the biggest number of medical places ever, because we're hiring into the nhs, we're growing the nhs and we want to make sure that the nhs has the doctor is that it needs in the future. but i am absolutely looking at this issue, yes. and one other big issue to finish on, we are in the middle of a pandemic, you tell us all the time about the fact you are learning lessons. so why are you are learning lessons. so why are you choosing to axe public health england now? well, we're strengthening the public health response by bringing together the three organisations into one and having a national institute for health protection that will be dedicated to fighting pandemics. and i think, you dedicated to fighting pandemics. and ithink, you know, the dedicated to fighting pandemics. and i think, you know, the people who have worked in public health england over the pandemic have done an unbelievable work in very difficult circumstances, we're very lucky to have them. but one of the things i

have them. but one of the things i have learnt, exactly, as you say, over the pandemic, is having several different organisations responsible for different parts of the pandemic response, that needs to be brought together, and hence we are making the change now, precisely learning from experience so far and making sure we are as best prepared as we possibly can be to respond to the virus in the future. there has been some criticism of the appointment of baroness dido harding to be in charge of this new body. one says it makes as much sense as chris whitty being appointed head of vodafone head of branding and corporate image. why is he the right person for thisjob? image. why is he the right person for this job? is she qualified? absolutely. she is simply the best person who could be doing this job now. she has enormous experience, both in the private sector running very large organisations, and this isa very large organisations, and this is a very large organisation now, with a budget of over £10 billion.

also in the nhs, she has been the chair of also in the nhs, she has been the chairof nhs also in the nhs, she has been the chair of nhs improvement for the last three years. she's been expanding and building that testing capacity, the test and traced system we talked about that is so effective infinding we talked about that is so effective in finding people now and asking them to self—isolate. so we're very lucky have her. giving this public service at such a critical time. matt hancock, thank you for your time. thank you very much indeed. sally is going to talk about some celebrations. morning. yeah, talking about tenacity and never giving up and also having quite a bit of cash as well. it's taken them 110 games, but paris saint germain have, at last, reached the champions league final. that's the most matches played by a side before reaching the final for the first time. they beat rb leipzig 3—0 in lisbon. angel di maria was man of the match, setting up their first goal,

before he was set up himself, by a spectacular neymar flick, to score the second. so on sunday they'll face either lyon or bayern munich, who play tonight. and before the champions league has even finished, qualifying for this season's competition has begun. northern ireland's linfield are out, but celtic made light work of kr reykjavik in glasgow, mohamed elyounoussi scoring twice as they won 6—0. fans of lower league clubs will soon be able attend games, thanks to a change in the government's rules. clubs in the seventh tier in england — that's the level below the national league north and south — will be able to open their gates to spectators for the first time since the pandemic began. social distancing will be in place and fans will need to stick to, what's being called, "discrete six—person gathering limits". the women's super league in england is attracting the best players in the world.

and the latest to make the move is world cup winner rose lavelle. she's signed for manchester city. lavelle scored in the final as the usa beat the netherlands to lift the world cup last summer. she believes the wsl is getting better every year and she's excited to be heading to manchester. going overseas is something i wanted to experience at some point in my career and man city is obviously a great club. for the men's and women's side they have a lot of resources and, erm, i don't know much about the city yet, but i do know that the football culture is amazing. so it was just something i wanted to be a part of. just two days before the resumption of the pro 14 rugby union season, the wales and dragons centre jamie roberts has tested positive for coronavirus. he's said to be in good health but he is in isolation, and he won't be playing against ospreys on sunday. and if there are any more positive tests among the dragons squad, the match could be in doubt.

i know a lot of women up and down the land have been missing netball in the last few months. they will be delighted to hear that recreational matches have been given the go—ahead to resume in england. some rule modifications will be put in place to make the sport covid secure, but with up to 30 people allowed on court it means clubs can arrange training sessions and friendlies. england netball hope to have the domestic super league up and running by the end of september. obviously the sport of netball is great for keeping everybody fit. i know lots of women have been missing the social side of that. great to see it coming back. such a fun game. sally, thank you. it's back—to—school haircut season for millions of children. but one nine—year—old boy has just had his first ever trip to the barbers. reilly grew his hair long because he wanted to emulate his favourite footballer, gareth bale, complete with the "man bun". but yesterday, he had it all snipped

off and donated to a charity for children who have lost their own hair through illness. hejoins us now from essex, along with his mum daisy. my my goodness me, you have a very smart haircut, riley. wow! tell us when you first decided to grow your hairlong? when you first decided to grow your hair long? why was that? well, i really wa nted hair long? why was that? well, i really wanted to be a bit different to other boys. i wanted to be a bit different and be recognised around school and places and stuff like that. i liked my hair long but i do like it now. and talk us through the process , like it now. and talk us through the process, the cropping process? were you a bit worried sitting in the baba's chairfor the you a bit worried sitting in the baba's chair for the first time? yeah, i was so nervous when the ponytail came off. but when they

started to get the hair right, i started to get the hair right, i started to get the hair right, i started to look at it and i felt like i liked it. it looks really nice on me now. daisy, that was long hair, wasn't it? and it's going to go to hair, wasn't it? and it's going to gotoa hair, wasn't it? and it's going to go to a special place? yes, that was to put up here and it's been donated to put up here and it's been donated to the little princess trust. to create waits for hopefully, with the amount of money he's raised, the charity he — — amount of money he's raised, the charity he —— got in contact and said he should help up to seven children have a wake and fitting as well. mum, what do you think of the new hrgota? i love it. i love it. i'm very, very proud of him. -- haircut. it must‘ve been quite hard luck looking after your long hair. are you it is gone? yeah, i'm happy it's gone because i had to use

shampoo, conditioner, and when we got out of the bath it took ages for the hair to dry. it was quite a long process. it was quite a long process. it was quite a long process. now it's so easy. ijust need to put some gel in it. that's how i wanted. your mum has talked about trying to help other people by donating your hair. how does that make you feel that somebody else who might have lost their hair, might be having their own troubles and struggles, might be wearing your hairon their struggles, might be wearing your hair on their head? how does that make you feel? it makes me feel happy because i'm glad someone is happy, i'm glad someone has her again. ifeel really happy, i'm glad someone has her again. i feel really bad for people who don't. daisy, this is because riley saw children who have been affected by her loss when he had to go to hospital? yes, riley has been

under great omen straight from birth and he has come across a lot of children. —— great orme and street. lots of children fighting cancer in the hospital. riley was inspired to donate his hair. it was always an idea he had from when he was young. this year he decided to do it. we looked into it a little bit more. how you do it. with the amount of hair he has grown, he will actually supply quite a length of a week for someone. supply quite a length of a week for someone. he is very, very happy and so am someone. he is very, very happy and soaml someone. he is very, very happy and so am i for him. you started out trying to raise £100, you have already raised over £3000. i can see your mum looking at you with great pride about that as well. what does that make you feel, to have raised so much money? it's amazing. i didn't expect, i didn't expect this to get so much attention, i didn't expect to get so much money for the kids. i can't thank anyone enough

who donated. it's such a good cause. i'm so happy about it. you are going to be going back to school presumably soon and sing all your friends again. what will they make of the brand—new sharp haircut? well, i've told most of them. i think they've seen pictures on their mum's facebook page. they have been really liking it. i don't think anyone except for my friends have seen anyone except for my friends have seen the hair yet. so when i go back to school, yeah, my teacher probably won't recognise me! i've got to ask you, because you've got an arsenal shirt on and your say your hair hero is gareth bale, used to play for arsenal's big rivals, tottenham, and is currently at real madrid. was it just the hair that attracted you to gareth bale? yeah, it wasjust the

hair. i support arsenal because my mum used to play for them. i have a lwa ys mum used to play for them. i have always supported them. the only reason why alike gareth bale is because he had like the hair that i really wa nted. because he had like the hair that i really wanted. you like to be different, don't you? well, you look very smart now. you've done a brilliant thing. i've got hair envy both before and afterwards, to be honest. thank you both very much indeed. congratulations. and daisy. thank you. enjoy going back to school. thank you. we're live off the coast of portsmouth this morning as three victorian forts — originally built to defend us against the french — are going up for sale. we'll get more details from breakfast'sjohn maguire later but for now let's see how it's looking in the solent. can we speak tojohn? can you hear us? good morning. i can. can you hear me? yes, live and clear. we can

see the rain as well. it is thumping down with rain. i will lose the brolly. i don't get —— mind getting my hair wet this morning. you can see behind me where we are. right in the mouth of the solent really. the isle of wight behind us. gosport, portsmouth, the spinnaker tower. three of these victorian forts for sale. this one runs as a boutique hotel at the moment with nine rooms. one of them is effectively derelict and would need total refurbishment and would need total refurbishment and another is a hotel and party space and another is a hotel and party space as and another is a hotel and party space as well. this is the crow‘s nest, the penthouse. just going to come inside out of the weather. built originally against napoleonic french invasion. they are incredible. they said right here out in the middle of the sea a 15 minute boat ride from portsmouth and gosport. you can see all sorts of

shipping. 9 million quid for all three of them, or they will be sold separately. one thing guaranteed, they are unique and they are spectacular. we will tell you a lot more about them later. and you certainly feel the weather, don't you, john? thank you. we need an update. here is carol with the weather. good morning everyone. it is certainly wet. the other feature of the weather in the next couple of days and nights is the wind. unusually windy for this time of the year. with a combination of high tides, it does mean there is the potential for some coastal flooding across parts of south—west england and also parts of south wales in the next few days. we have got all this rain which has been steadily coming in to the south—west. some of it heavy. a weather warning ad for southern cornwall, devon and dorset. you can have as much as 20 to 30 millimetres. it runs out at noon, that weather warning. ahead of this band of rain there is a lot of dry

weather. some showers, some sunshine, a lot of more clinging to the coast of scotland and the northern isles. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees. through the day you will notice the winds starting to pick up across the south—west. 40 mph. that wind will continue to strengthen as we go through the rest of the evening and overnight. the rain moves northwards, a second band right behind it. we havejust potentially offer 50 miles an hour. plus in some western areas. that is because we have a deepening area of low pressure coming in from the atla ntic low pressure coming in from the atlantic named storm ellen by the irish met service. you can see the isobars. they are squeezed across the republic of ireland. you are going to have strong winds tonight. potentially damaging ones. strong winds continue across northern ireland, through the irish sea and western parts of the uk. it will be mild. temperatures falling to between 13 and about 18 degrees.

tomorrow a band of rain pushes north. a lot of dry weather. quite a bit of sunshine. some squally showers towards the west and very windy. again, these are the wind gusts. out towards the west we are looking at gusts in excess of 50 mph. in the east, in excess of 30 mph. in the east, in excess of 30 mph. around the showers the ghosts could well be in excess of 60 mph. temperatures ranging from 15 in the north the 25 in the south. we are not out of the woods just yet because storm ellen is going to continue to move closer to ireland. you can see all of these isobars are becoming more widespread across the rest of the uk. during the course of thursday night and friday very gusty winds. on friday afternoon this is what you can expect. again i get out towards the west, in excess of 50 mph, and in the east, in excess of 40 mph. damaging gusts, potentially disruptive gusts as well. you can find disruption to ferry crossings, for example, small trees could be

uprooted potentially, branches down, that kind of scenario. when you add in the rain it is not a pretty picture. temperatures during the course of friday 15 in lerwick, 20 in newcastle, 24 as we push down to norwich. but of course tempered by the wind and some heavy showers. if you're wondering how long this is going to last, the winds tend to ease during the course of saturday. and ease some more during the course of sunday. headlines next. good morning, and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today...

a major increase in household testing for covid—19 as the government expands its infection survey in a bid to catch outbreaks earlier. the health secretary tells this programme of the response to outbreaks will be more accurate and more localised. night—vision footage released by the police shows a party held in breach of coronavirus restrictions — the organiser is fined £100. good morning, could train ticket prices be going up despite fewer passengers buying them ? prices be going up despite fewer passengers buying them? today's inflation figures suggest a 1.6% increase could be on the cards. passenger groups say if we are travelling differently than prices should be different as well. the wife of pc andrew harper speaks out about the loss of her husband, and her campaign to change what she says is a "broken justice system". if a person commits a crime and as a result of that crime, you know, a front line worker is killed, then the sentence needs to reflect that.

it's wednesday the 19th of august. our top story... thousands more people in the uk will be tested at home for covid—19 — to help get a better idea of how and where the virus is spreading. the office for national statistics says it hopes to test 150,000 people every fortnight in england by october — that's compared to 28,000 now. the tests will be carried out by trained operatives who visit volunteers at home. let's speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blake, in westminster. we have been hearing from the health secretary in the last half an hour talking about these ambitious testing targets, something we have spoken a lot about in the last few months. yes, the government has at various points in its response to the coronavirus set targets for the number of tests it wanted to achieve. it hit or miss those targets at various points but the

big one was 200,000 tests per day at the end of may, which it did manage to reach. this new target is about the survey done by the office for national statistics to try to build the most accurate picture possible of how many people are infected with coronavirus at any one time. the geographical spread of those infections as well. so it's not necessarily about individuals who have symptoms going to get a test to see if they have the virus or not, this is as widespread as possible and an increase, as you say, the aim now is 150,000 tests per fortnight by october and that will be expanded across wales, northern ireland and scotla nd across wales, northern ireland and scotland as well. the survey is currently done in england. it is to provide the government with the most accurate picture possible about the spread of coronavirus at any one time. speaking on breakfast in the last hour, health secretary matt

hancock said this survey was the government's single most important tool in shaping its response to the pandemic. to be more accurate, to get more localised information, to have more nuance in the information we get, we are going to expand it, essentially by almost ten times, so we get more detailed information about where the virus is taking root, about whether that's men or women, about which parts of the country, so that we can better manage in a more targeted way the measures we need to take. the reason this is so important is because if things go to plan and the data is reliable and the government is able to increase testing to the extent that it aims to, it will get a better picture of where the virus is most prevalent. and that will allow it to introduce or extend or relax restrictions on certain

places, as we have seen in leicester, greater manchester and other parts of northern england. that is exceptionally important coming into the winter when an increase in cases is expected and more cases of flu and other conditions are also expected, putting greater pressure on the nhs. so this is a very important and ambitious aim from the government and we will have to wait and see if that testing target is met. white backjonathan that testing target is met. white back jonathan blake, that testing target is met. white backjonathan blake, thank you. university leaders say they need urgent financial support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u—turn on a—level results. they've also written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, demanding clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaching social distancing guidelines . our education correspondent dan johnson reports. teaching space, accommodation

and a staff will all be stretched on socially distanceed campuses. and now many more students have the grades they need, universities are wondering how to fit them all in. clearing lines are busy, with thousands more are trying to get into their first choice, having missed out last week. a letter sent to the education secretary on behalf of uk universities calls for help solving that puzzle, and the support for the institutions that will lose out if places are rejected in favour of higher grade offers. there was only one place that this could go to, which is the point we've reached now. i think the question we all ask is, why wasn't that point reached before thursday, when all those applicants, those hundreds of thousands of people who...whose lives were left in uncertainty, could have had some, you know, just clarity about where their futures lay? one early pinch point is medical schools, where places are highly competitive and still limited because part of the cost is met by the government. universities are now asking for the limit to be lifted. medicine is both a very practical

discipline and also requires a great deal of clinical and practical experience, and hence clinical placement capacity needs also to be increased. it is going to be layer upon layer in terms of it's a long course and it isn'tjust a fix for a year. the education secretary has said he's sorry for the confusion and announced he's created a task force to tackle the issues facing universities. the immediate challenge is matching students with places. but there are warnings — some may need to defer if they are intent on sticking to theirfirst choice. dan johnson, bbc news. beauty salons and nail bars in leicester can re—open from today, almost two months after they were ordered to close in the uk's first local lockdown. body—piercing and tattoo parlours can also start to trade again — and up to six people can meet outside. geeta pendse is in a beauty salon in the city this morning. geeta, this has been a very dificult time for small

businesses in leicester. they must be relieved. good morning, yes, it's been a really tough time here. you can't see their smiles but i know there are big smiles on the faces of the therapists. they have been telling me how happy and excited they are bad for the first time since march they can invite clients back here. as you say, this localised lockdown in leicester has extended that challenge for businesses. you are the owner of this salmon, so what's it been like for you? all the emotions, roller—coasters, up and down. one minute we are opening on the next we are not. it's been a long, hard, tough five months. there is a reason why you have experienced this localised lockdown while other beauty salons were able to open elsewhere in england. what was that like for you? it was hard but then you have to understand the reasoning

behind it, safety comes first so we did understand that. there's nothing you can do with that kind of situation. how are you feeling today because you have been in the business more than 30 years and use said this was something you could never imagine experiencing. no, i started my business in the recession, went through a second recession, went through a second recession and this is my third and in my lifetime i have never experienced anything like this before. good luck today. i know you had nonstop phone calls yesterday so hopefully business will be booming for you. thank you, i appreciate it. is everyone here gets excited about meeting their first customers, there isa meeting their first customers, there is a sense of relief that there is further easing in leicester. there are still restrictions in place in terms of gatherings in private homes and gardens but it's a step in the right direction for many people here. i have a feeling there will be some very here. i have a feeling there will be some very smiley customers coming through the door very soon.” some very smiley customers coming through the door very soon. i expect there will be. thank you.

(05) a house which was used to host a party for around 200 people over the weekend has had a three—month closure order placed on it — with only the owner allowed inside. a police helicopter captured this footage of the party, which took place in the gorton area of manchester. officers were pelted with missiles when they tried to break it up. the tenant who hosted the party was fined £100. the health secretary said early on this programme that he hopes to increase that fine in future incidents like this to £200. motorists could be allowed to drive hands—free in the uk next year using new technology — if the government believes it's safe enough. the department for transport is calling for evidence into the so—called "lane—keeping" device, which takes control of a vehicle at low speed. the head of the organisation which represents the industry says the new technology makes the idea of a "driver" redundant. this is a system that is far more intelligent than you are currently

used to playing with. it is a system that has taken control in a manner which is predefined and you are used to. if the car is in control and the system has been certified to be in control, then the car is in control, not the occupant. it is no longer a driver, it is an operator, you could call it. it's just over a year since pc andrew harper was killed while he tried to stop a gang of quadbike thieves in berkshire. he was 28 years old and had been married for just four weeks. his widow lissie has been talking about the trauma of the subsequent trial, which saw three teenagers convicted of manslaughter, and how she wants to fix what she calls a "broken justice system". graham satchell reports. he was just really selfless. just constantly thinking of others. and loving every moment he had in life and making the most of it.

he would constantly say that we're a team and we'd get through anything together. we were constantly laughing and joking, and just kind of best friends, to be honest. we just liked being together and my life is different in every single way that it could be. lissie and andrew met at school. they were childhood sweethearts, together for 13 years. they'd just got married, were planning a family, when andrew was killed. august last year, andrew harper and a colleague were called to reports of a quad bike being stolen. as the suspects tried to escape, pc harper was caught in the tow rope. he was dragged along the road for more than a mile, suffering horrific, fatal injuries.

just such a, you know, barbaric and...and remorseless act. this is a situation where people have gone out to commit a crime. and they've been, you know, immensely careless. not having regard for other people's lives. so yeah, that's something that i will have to live with forever. at the subsequent trial lissie had to watch as the defendants laughed and joked their way in and out of court. you do expect a certain level of remorse. there wasn't any. and that was really hard to cope with and to witness. yeah, it was, you know, a real ordeal for all of us. it was just a battle getting there every day and sitting through it. and so to see them sort ofjoking

around, as if they could have been anywhere really, was unbearable. no verdict or sentence will ever bring my incredible, selfless and heroic husband back. the results from this trial i had hoped would bring justice. but in reality make no difference to the heart wrenching pain i will continue to feel for the rest of my life. jessie cole, henry long and albert bowers were found guilty not of murder but of manslaughter. it was a verdict that left lissie devastated. we were just heartbroken. and all i could think of was how andrew hadn't got the justice that he needed and they had taken his life, whereas they will just spend a small amount of years behind bars and then that's it. give us strength and wisdom to protect the weak and vulnerable... a memorial service at newbury police station last week to mark the one—year anniversary of andrew's death. the horrific nature of this crime,

the way andrew died, has sent shock waves through the police force. the police family is very tight—knit. and i really feel a part of that now. from, you know, the officer that gave me the news, who has been immensely supportive of me through the whole process. and also, andrew's colleagues. yeah, i honestly can't imagine what it was like for them being there. but they have, you know, done him proud. lissie is now campaigning to introduce harper's law. it would mean an automatic life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker. if a person commits a crime, and as a result of that crime, you know, a front line worker is killed, then the sentence needs to reflect that. and the verdict.

so what we want is, you know, a life sentence ultimately. obviously in this country life doesn't mean life, but it needs to reflect that. changing the law and sentencing guidelines will be an uphill battle. but it is one lissie is determined to fight. andrew made the ultimate sacrifice and it wasn'tjust his life, it was his future and my future. and, you know, the lives of everyone who loved him. so harper's law isjust so important that we bring in. you know, maybe it'll give other families a little bit of closure that we haven't got. it is tough to hear that story. joining us now is sergeant andy fiddler from the thames valley police federation. thank you forjoining us. i know you we re thank you forjoining us. i know you were friends with andrew harper and

have been supporting lissie throughout. this has been really difficult. it house, it has been immensely difficult to come in the last 12 months, and as you heard lissie say, we are grateful from the support we received from the police family asa support we received from the police family as a whole and the public. we have received worldwide support. this is why it has given lissie the extra drive to spearhead her campaignfor extra drive to spearhead her campaign for harper's law and we at the federation are in total support of that. how much different would it be if it was murder rather than manslaughter? it's not necessarily whether it's murder rather than manslaughter. we are actually saying if the offence itself would be the killing of a police officer, firefighter, paramedic, prison officer, though is there to protect us. if you kill them while committing a crime then the sentence should be a life imprisonment sentence. this campaign, she is

obviously very passionate about it, as are you, so what do you need to make it happen? i would urge the home secretary, priti patel, to arrange the meeting. lissie has written a letter to priti patel requesting a less to do is make meeting with lissie and myself to discuss it. we need that meeting to kick—start where we can go with this, what support we can get, we have support from prominent mps such as mike penning, and we have support from the public. it's also just mentioning to priti patel that back in 2013 the then home secretary theresa may, who went on to be prime minister, at the federation conference said criminals who kill police officers should face life in prison without parole, and seven yea rs prison without parole, and seven years and nothing has happened and we wa nt years and nothing has happened and we want to change that. it isn't just police officers who put their lives on the line, is it? there are also other emergency services. do you think if you were to join

together that would be really powerful? yes, and that is the plan tojoin together powerful? yes, and that is the plan to join together with others. only a few months ago you had an incident with a paramedic stabbed. you have firefighters going into buildings. if that building is set on fire by criminal act and something happens to them then that person should face the same law. it would apply to them as well. these front—line workers are there to protect us, help us, keep the queen poss mike peace and keep the queen poss mike peace and keep us all safe. we should be offering them that extra protection for the danger and risks they put in to protect us and keep us safe. —— make the queen's piece. lissie spoke very strongly about feeling part of the police family. that how it felt tooyou? yes, definitely forced up the support has been overwhelming. notjust from the support has been overwhelming. not just from across the support has been overwhelming. notjust from across this country but from worldwide, we had messages from europe, america, in total

support of this and discussed at the crime. i don't need to go over that. there's lots more examples. gareth brown was seriously injured in 2013 and lost his life as a result of the injuries in 2017. the person convicted of that crime is due to be released in september, in one month, just seven years after the initial incident. that's why i urge priti patel to have this meeting to bring this forward. one thing lissie spoke about in the interview very emotionally was going to the trial and seeing a lack of remorse. what impact did that have on you?m and seeing a lack of remorse. what impact did that have on you? it was, as lissie said, it is an impact of angen as lissie said, it is an impact of anger, and impact of disbelief, almost, how you could be so dismissive of taking a life. let's

talk a little bit about andrew. he would be proud of what's happening, presumably, in his name and what lissie has managed to do. andrew will be immensely proud of lissie, the way she has been, how strong she has been, how she is turning her grief into the fuel that has given her the energy, if you like, to really go for this campaign. andrew was a police officer through and through. he loved it, would have had a prosperous career. he would have been totally behind this, 100%, and i know he will be looking down on lissie, a very proud man of what she is going to achieve. what a lovely thing to say. thank you, sergeant. the pandemic has made us appreciate the hard work of medical staff more than ever but — of course — they were going above and beyond the call of duty long before we'd even heard of covid—19. last year, a trainee nurse called isobel corrie saved a man's life

after he had a heart attack on a flight from thailand. to say thank you, he's nominated her for a nurse of the year award. let's speak to isobel now — she joins us from her home near stratford—upon—avon. good morning to you. potential nominee for nurse of the year. lovely to have you on this morning. talk us through the story, what happened on the plane? as i understand it, at the time you hadn't actually graduated from the course when it happened?” hadn't actually graduated from the course when it happened? i was due to graduate upon my return to england. i was travelling by myself from thailand on an eight hour flight. from thailand on an eight hour flight. about halfway through the flight flight. about halfway through the flight there was a call over the tannoy, the call we all dread to hear, and someone was requiring medical assistance. so i went to his aid and with the support of the flight aid and with the support of the flight attendant team i had to

perform cpr for 45 minutes before we could make an emergency diversion to mumbai in india, where he was able to be taken to hospital and the care was taken over by the medical team there. it was quite traumatic and very difficult. what you say it's the tannoy announcement dreads but people are probably thankful there is someone like you on board. is it right you are having a nap at the time and someone had to wake you up? yes, i had been speaking to my neighbouring passenger. i had been travelling for quite a few days. i was in well need of a nap, yes. i was in well need of a nap, yes. i was quite disorientated when i woke up, ididn't was quite disorientated when i woke up, i didn't know what was going on. ina up, i didn't know what was going on. in a situation like that i'm always fascinated by how people react to stop you have had your medical training and are going to graduate when you get back but how do you stay calm in that situation? is that something naturalfor stay calm in that situation? is that something natural for who you are, or is that your training kicking in? i think rather than just remaining

purely calm it was adrenaline. i knew i had to do something and whatever i could do would be better than nothing. i had to call back to my training. i had never performed cpr on a person before so it was quite terrifying for the first time to be ona quite terrifying for the first time to be on a plane by myself at 30,000 feetin to be on a plane by myself at 30,000 feet in the air. but pure adrenaline, doing what i could. feet in the air. but pure adrenaline, doing what i couldm amazing to think that, and you had to do it for 45 minutes. presumably did he have someone with him, was his partner there? his partnerjulie was present at the time. as you can imaginea plane was present at the time. as you can imagine a plane is a small area so trying to manage the situation and helpjulie as much as possible was challenging. it must have been very difficult for her, but it was very ha rd to have difficult for her, but it was very hard to have her there at the time of the incident. i'm trying to imagine what it was like for eve ryo ne imagine what it was like for everyone on the plane watching as well for 45 minutes. did you get a

response in the end after administering cpr? not particularly, no, which i wouldn't have expected to stop i wasn't doing it for a round of applause. sorry, i don't meana round of applause. sorry, i don't mean a response from the people on the plane, i mean from the guy you we re the plane, i mean from the guy you were looking after. i was very fortu nate to were looking after. i was very fortunate to find him on twitter. i tweeted to both the airline and to james. i put out the flight number and james found me from that and we have been in contact ever since. to get this right, you look after him for 45 minutes before an emergency landing in mumbai. he gets taken away for medical care and you have no idea what happened to him after that and you found him on social media. it's an amazing end to an already incredible story.” media. it's an amazing end to an already incredible story. i was so fortu nate to already incredible story. i was so fortunate to be able to find him. when we did the first phone call it was so emotional. for both myself and james was so emotional. for both myself andjames and was so emotional. for both myself and james and julie, just to be able

to hear his voice and hers and know they were both doing so well considering what had happened, it was a real tonic, very valuable to me. i'm just imagining the emotion of someone you don't know what happened to them after you have looked after them for 45 minutes on a plane, they give you a call and presumably he says, thank you for saving my life! it was shocking and emotional. it was very difficult to not know what has happened for so long. it was a matter of weeks before i was actually able to make contact with him. but, yeah, it was amazing, what every nurse wants. and as well as the thank you he has nominated you for the nurse of the year awards. how do you find out about that? i received an e-mail about that? i received an e-mail about two weeks ago. i was so shocked, really shocked. and so grateful for the team at rcn i who had been so thoughtful to put me

forward from james's nomination. it's such an amazing group of people that have been shortlisted so to be pa rt that have been shortlisted so to be part of them is a real honour. what an amazing first year, all this happening, the nomination, and a court coronavirus as well. it's not a year you will forget. no, definitely not. a pleasure to talk to you. thank you for spending the time with us and telling us about that story and all the best with your nurse of the year nomination, isobel. a real candidate. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come. slowly i tore the seal of the envelope and peeked inside. band two was stamped across the sheet. it was difficult to miss, as was my huge sigh of relief. i was safe. last yearjessica johnson won a prize for writing a piece of fiction about a computer programme which sorted students by their social background.

now she says she's living her own story — after her a—level results were downgraded by the exam watchdog's algorithm. it's like an episode of black mirror! we ll be speaking tojessica in around 20 minutes — and bringing you the latest news. now let's get the weather with carol. good morning. it is 8.27 and 25 seconds at the moment. we have varied weather at the moment. over the next few days we are looking at an unusually strong winds for the time of year, potentially destructive and damaging. coupled with high tides there is the potential for flooding across parts of south—west england today and

parts of south—west england and parts of south—west england and parts of south—west england and parts of south wales tomorrow and also friday. lots going on with the weather. rain coming in from the south—west, it has been heavy in places this morning. the met office has a yellow weather warning out until noon for parts of south cornwall, south devon and south dorset where you could have as much as 20—30 millimetres of rainfall in that timeframe. north of the rain, drier and brighter with sunshine and some showers. hang on to low cloud and murkiness across the north and east of the country for stop temperatures, 20—23 with strengthening winds, gusting at 45 mph by the end of the afternoon in the south—west. this evening and overnight, the first band of rain moving north with another moving in behind it. it will turn increasingly windy. you can see why with this deepening area of low pressure, named by the irish met service as storm ellen. looking at the isobars, the strongest wind across the republic of ireland but even across

western parts of the british isles western parts of the british isles we are looking at gusts in excess of 50 mph, continuing through the course of the night as rain continues to move north. not a good night if you are thinking of perhaps camping somewhere in the rest of the uk. the temperatures, it will be mild, between 13 and 18. tomorrow, the rain continuing to advance north with a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine and it will be a windy day. western areas, gusts of windy day. western areas, gusts of wind in excess of 50 mph. in the east, in excess of 30 mph. there will also be squally showers and around the shower is the wind strength will increase. temperatures tomorrow, 15—25. tomorrow night, look how the low pressure gets closer to ireland. look at all the isobars, but not just closer to ireland. look at all the isobars, but notjust in the west. getting to the east as well. overnight and into friday, we are looking at very windy conditions. again in the west we are looking at

in excess of 50 mph and in the east, we could have in excess of 40 mph so there is the potential for disruption and also the potential for damage to be caused by the strong winds and we also have showers, some of which will merge to give longer spells of rain. temperatures on friday, 15—24. as we head into the weekend the wind should start to ease down. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. the journalist and broadcaster anna whitehouse — also known as mother pukka — has gained millions of fans for her funny and frank take on parenthood. but while she was posting happy images like these on social media, she was also struggling to cope with postnatal depression and postpartum psychosis. this week she opened up about her recent diagnosis, and she's hoping to help other people to do the same. anna joins us now from manchester alongside kerry mcleod from mental

health charity mind. good morning to you both. thank you so much forjoining us. this is quite something to put on social media. take us back to what was going on. so, you are posting these lovely pictures, but actually, things were a little bit different, weren't they? well, i think! didn't realise they where at the time, that is the thing with any kind of mental illness, it takes you some time to see illness, it takes you some time to see how lost you really are. you can only look back at it retrospectively and feel... i think i said in my post i winced slightly when i look back at how i was operating. because who i was and howl back at how i was operating. because who i was and how i was feeling was very different to what was being presented. but it wasn't intentional, i was not intentionally trying to do that. that is why i posted about going through postnatal

depression for the last three years because i think it felt disingenuous if anyone was looking back at the photos and thought, how is she doing it all, i absolutely wasn't, looking back. hats off to you for saying that because so many people would have been going through similar things and dealing with it in different ways. it is amazing when people like you put that message out there. talking about postnatal depression firstly, how was it affecting you? so, the only way i can describe it is that i felt like a laptop sort of shutting down, but i got to a laptop sort of shutting down, but igot toa a laptop sort of shutting down, but i got to a point where i was barely functioning, but i had to keep going because i kept thinking i have to get my children to school, i have to finish this bit of work, i have to get to the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the year,

when actually, i just of the week, the end of the year, when actually, ijust needed help. and i think how it felt was being lost in a dark, a darkness, that i didn't think any medication, person or therapy could ever get me out of. i kept wishing it was something physical, and i kept saying to my husband i wish that i had a broken leg and that there was a plaster cast so that people could see it, because what they were seeing was... journal, it was not someone on social media, it was any mother going about our day, any person to get up and earn money, to pay the rent, to function. there is not always the luxury of stopping. so, that was how it felt, but at the time, ijust felt so alone and so lost. thank you to talking to us because i can see it brings back powerful emotions for you. and,

kerry, anna is not alone in feeling like this, is she? absolutely not. we know that postnatal depression is actually quite common, it can affect one in ten women. it normally comes one in ten women. it normally comes on in the first few weeks after giving birth, but it can be anything up giving birth, but it can be anything up to one year afterwards. and it is worth saying, it is very different to the baby blues which you often hear about, which is quite tearful in the first two days after giving birth. it is something that can really affect your daily life and make you feel very low for long periods of time. anna, i would imagine, you know, for those who have seen the post, was it one of those that took a long time to write it, start it, delete it, go back, think about whether you want to share it or not? and once it was out there, the response to it, that that help and encourage you?”

there, the response to it, that that help and encourage you? i think i stopped seeing it as a social media. i was seeing it as a need to be myself wherever i am now and that is with my family, with work, and i rewrote it, deleted it, spent a lot of time thinking about it, because i felt so much shame. i thought, my employer will see this, my family and friends. i think the constant thing i was thinking was as they say failure? is this weakness? and actually seeing mental health in such a binary way, being strong or weak, was kind of my unravelling in a way, and i think my biggest thing was that, look, my footprint will be online for ever, do i want my girls to look back and see that their mother was broken for three years? i say broken, because i was not broken, i was unwell, it is important to use the correct language, but actually, what i

decided after rewriting it over and over was that, yes, decided after rewriting it over and overwas that, yes, i decided after rewriting it over and over was that, yes, i want them to know that life is not always sunshine and i think this is actually my biggest success story. and i want them to know that, and i wa nt and i want them to know that, and i want other women... i and i want them to know that, and i want otherwomen... i have and i want them to know that, and i want other women... i have a following of lots of mothers, often vulnerable, post nadal depression sufferers, and i wanted to put it out so that people know what i was going through. i want my two girls to look back and know that they were a big part of my success story, along with my husband, who sat with me saying, i don't know what to do but i am here until one day, quite recently, i was there, too. but i am here until one day, quite recently, iwas there, too. oh, anna, it is so powerful what you are telling us. i will come back to you shortly. kerry, there are so many important messages here and there is help available, isn't there? this

does not have to be a continued story, does it? absolutely not, help is available. if you are in the same situation as anna and you are experiencing difficulties, probably the most important thing you can do is to speak to somebody. so, if you can, talk to a health professional like yourgp ora can, talk to a health professional like your gp or a health visitor, or a midwife, and that is a great first step. if that feels too much, opening up to a loved one is a really good first step. it is normal to feel a whole range of emotions after giving birth. it is an overwhelming experience, but if your feelings are quite severe or impacting upon your daily life, then it is really important to talk to someone, because you can get it is really important to talk to someone, because you can get help. anna, as louisa said, it is important to ask you what help you got and how you are now. yes, i think that is also something i want

to speak about. i am not fixed, but thenl to speak about. i am not fixed, but then i was never broken. i do not see then i was never broken. i do not see it like that any more. i am myself, you know? and i am highly functioning, and that has been the biggest misconception with myself, but also a lot of other people suffering from depression that you can be highly functioning, you can be...| can be highly functioning, you can be... iwas can be highly functioning, you can be... i was doing government talks with a baby strapped to me thinking i was changing minds when actually i was damaging my own, and that was a really big disconnect. i would say now, sitting here, ifeel more myself than i have in the last two years, and that came from i wish i had sought help sooner. i reached out to mind 18 months ago and i started following a brilliant woman called the psychology mum, doctor

emma hepburn, and she helped me because she visualises and draws mental health. i could not see it myself and this whole keep calm and carry on and crack on, well... it helped me to see my mental health on a page almost. i think it was those building blocks and probably having the most difficult conversation with my partner that i think we have ever had. we did not marry on our wedding day, we married 18 months ago, when he just sat with me and said, we will do whatever it takes, and i think it doesn't have to be a partner, it could be a friend, your mother, someone... do not do what i did which was to continue for too long, because the damage is too great, and! long, because the damage is too great, and i think that is why... i can sit here and tell you i am feeling more like myself, but i am not better or fixed, i don't think,

that will probably potentially happen, i don't know, i am not trying to get to that point, i am trying to get to that point, i am trying to get back to myself every day, every minute, with my family, andl day, every minute, with my family, and i think i found sunshine for the first time a couple of weeks ago with sitting in a sandpit with my two children playing with an old mccoy is a crisp packet, and it was those moments where i thought, this is success but not potentially what society believes that success is. so, if! society believes that success is. so, if i can see the sunshine, i would just say to anyone else, it is they are, and if you are in that hole and you do not think you can get out of it, you can and you will, just give yourself time and seek help. please, seek help. anna, i mean, you are strong, and it is wonderful that you tell your story, because so many people will listen to you and hopefully take that advice and about seeking help,

because one last question to you, kerry. anna has spoken so powerfully about her partner at having that support, and that is absolutely fantastic, but that really important point about seeking help and your gp is one place that people could presumably go to as well? absolutely. there are several options. you could speak to your gp. if you are a new mother or in the ca re of if you are a new mother or in the care of your health visitor or midwife, you can speak to them. you can see midwife, you can speak to them. you can see phone the mind healthline and be directed to services near to you. there are so many options. thank you both for coming on and particularly, anna, for speaking to us this morning. that will help a lot of people watching. have a good day, both of you. thank you. wow, i just want to give hhaa a virtual

hug. well, the hug goes a long way sometimes. we've had a steer this morning as to how much more our train tickets will cost from january. nina is at leeds station with more details. yes, good morning, louise and dan. i know i keep saying this, but look at the entrance to leeds station this morning, it is 8:45am on a weekday, barely anyone in the background, just the pigeon's for company! we have learned that despite things being so quiet, comejanuary because of your‘s inflation rate, we could see millions of passengerjourney prices increase by 1.6%. thank you to everyone who has got in touch on twitter. chris has said it is vital for the economy that prices remain low, it is a big part of the covid comeback. he has said we can see why prices have had to go up because overheads are the same for rail providers. joe is a key worker and

uses trains every day and does not wa nt uses trains every day and does not want prices to go up. katie said she is moving now to an electric car. what will it mean for passengers? notjust what will it mean for passengers? not just the what will it mean for passengers? notjust the inflation price but the way that we are travelling. let speak to david, good morning. your reaction to this news that prices could go up slightly?” reaction to this news that prices could go up slightly? i think passengers will be dismayed. it is ha rd to passengers will be dismayed. it is hard to reconcile... may need to get businesses moving again. what needs to happen then, because the way that we travel has changed, possibly for good, david. 4 million rail commuters have said they are not likely to come back anytime soon. ten tickets for the price of eight. we need to cut tickets with an incentive to get people travelling again. ok, we know that in terms of hospitality, we have seen the eat

out to help out scheme to build up the confidence of people to get back into restaurants the confidence of people to get back into restau ra nts a nd the confidence of people to get back into restaurants and pubs, could that work for transport? transport wa nts that work for transport? transport wants people to be encouraged to come out and travel with confidence. people have been telling us using the trains that it is safe but there isa the trains that it is safe but there is a huge gap in perception and reality. we need to get people incentivised and confident again. you want a change in structure and prices. let aspect to the owner of a cafe. two of three minutes walk up there. you will have been hit hard by covid and you have been helped out by the eat out to help out scheme, if prices rise and people choose to remain at home what does that do to businesses like yours? unfortunately, apart from the coronavirus, we have seen action trying to save about life blood, the high street. we have businesses supporting out—of—town retail units and no action from the multinationals who have a massive

tax advantage. anything put in place will lessen our footfall and it is a disaster and we will need some help. james, what would you say to someone who if we are not using trains more, businesses like yours would be redundant and you will have to accept that? we want to see more people coming and when it is safe. go to your local high street, i would love you to come to leeds but go to your local high street, there are so many go to your local high street, there are so many fantastic businesses, we need your support, don't go to the big chains, we need you to support us. big chains, we need you to support us. i am sure they would argue differently, but independent businesses have been hit hard by covid. the department for transport this morning, we have been in touch with them to see if they can give us a steer on the 1.6% inflation, whether that will be passed the passengers? no answer on that so far but the way that we have been travelling is changing forever and there are questions around what other prices should reflect that. nina, thank you for your thoughts. we're all doing our best to stay "socially—distanced" at the moment,

but where we live can play a big part in how successful we are. if you're looking for a slightly more secluded property, breakfast'sjohn maguire might have found just the place — in the middle of the solent. tell us more, john. good morning. good morning, louise, right in the middle of the solvent and in that dark blue patch on carol's weather map this morning. it has been raining this morning but we are managing to get in among some of the scores that have been growing through. —— solent. welcome to spitbank fort built in 1870, one of three forts sitting he as sea defences. it is an extremely location, only about a mile from shore. it only takes about 15 minutes to get here by boat, you can get your on a day like today. there are three of these forts up for grabs. small issue, 9 million quid.

let us take a look around. when buying property there are important things to consider. the commute to work. the neighbours. seem friendly, but very serious. and local schools. well, here they're all fish. but of course the main factor — location, location, location. so how do you fancy the middle of the solentjust off portsmouth? the three forts being sold separately, or together for £9 million, were built around 150 years ago, as part of the sea defences against a french invasion, the brainchild of the british prime minister, lord palmerston. it's time to take a look around. first up, we have no man's fort. fourfloors, 23 bedrooms, 99,000 square feet and plenty of fresh air. if you get too hot lounging in the garden, what about this? your own private diving board.

it used to be used to train royal commandos. it's called commando leap. theyjump off here and swim right around the fort. rather them than me. and down below a passageway designed to allow divers access to attack invading ships. initially manned during the 19th century, the forts also saw service in both the first and second world wars. so many different people touched these forts in so many different ways, from the people who built them in the first place, to the people who manned them in the early wars, and eventually people who manned them through world war one and world war two, when they became really anti—aircraft defence batteries. much cheaper, and in need of some tlc, is horse sand. in your best estate agent pitch, how do you describe this one?! well, erm, in need of some refurbishment, of course. definitely not deceptively spacious. it's100,000 square foot of fort,

which is really an amazing, amazing opportunity for someone to bring this historic piece of england back into something exciting that works for them. cash may well be an issue, but if its vision you're lacking, well, here's one they made over earlier. this is spitbank. it's being run as a nine—room boutique hotel. and the admiral fisher suite comes complete with its own fishing hole. here, the gun emplacements have been modified for peaceful pursuits. and the many million dollar question, of course — who is in the market for a sea fort or three? a lot of the people we've had so far are people who have been incredibly successful, as the current owner was himself. they've sold a business.

and they want to do something fun, but at the same time something that will bring them a financial reward as well, and perhaps looking for something that they can isolate in again, or maybe just have for their own sort of peace of mind and privacy. so for a cool £9 million you get these three victorian forts. one drawback though i've noticed — no car parking. luckily, they come with a helicopter landing pad. all mod cons, of course, we are back on spitbank fort and this is the crow's nest, the penthouse on top. have a little look down here, pretty flash pad. it is like a sea view —— if you like a sea view, you have some over 360 degrees. martin, do you expect the properties, the forts to be sold as all three or

individually? there is the opportunity to be sold all together but because each has unique characteristics, each are very different, we are offering the opportunity for people to buy them individually so that they can purchase the one that fits their needs or by the whole group and live with it like that, they have more toys that way. some are a little bit bigger. yes, to r 99,000 square feet, spitbank is slightly different. in terms of style, spitbank fort is more the home and isa spitbank fort is more the home and is a great individual residence, it has eight bedrooms and it is very luxurious. no man's has all the toys, the fun, it has the cabaret bars, we have also got things like hot tubs, laser quests and things like that. lots of toys and things

to play with, lots more space. and the final one is the blank canvas opportunity to be used for someone to paint for themselves! yes, good phrase, blank canvas. after coronavirus is over we will all need change like this! some great historical stories, i love the one about the water. tell me how you get your water here. the victorians had a good study of the geological base but they discovered there was an aquifer that runs under the channel thatis aquifer that runs under the channel that is actually below us and they have drilled 400 feet down to the aquifer and each of the forts has its own unique freshwater supply. the napoleonic wars, against the french, the aquifer actually runs from france, so the source water is all french water. not that we have thrown their own water back at them but certainly the forts are supplied by french water. how on earth did

they find it, some sort of divining rod?! lots of geographical studies, they knew their stuff in the victorian days. yes, a marvel of victorian days. yes, a marvel of victorian engineering. thank you, martin, go to speak to you throughout the morning. some interesting whether this morning with the squally showers blowing through but you can batten down the hatches and watch the weather go past, perhaps see the odd ship or hovercraft or ferry going out. very busy, as we know, this neck of the woods in the stretch of water. a fascinating place to be. 9 million quid, that's all you need. perhaps you too should deck deep into your pockets and see what the piggy bank will produce! if you had the money and you could purchase one, which one would it be? i would have to go for the blank canvas, definitely. you can turn it intojohn maguire

towers! thanks for taking us round all of that, john. that's a great qi question, where can you drink french water and an english town? thank you for that, john. it's sometimes said that life imitates art. but when a teenager called jessica johnson wrote a prize—winning short story last year — about a computer programme which sorts students by social class — she had no idea how those words would return to haunt her. like many others, jessica's a—level results were downgraded by the exam watchdog's algorithm and her hopes of going to her first—choice university were dashed. before we speak to her, let's hearjessica reading an excerpt from her story. james' eyes flickered, glancing at every display and picture but not once at his envelope. "you're not even the one who should be stressing, james. just don't worry about it," i said, trying to reassure him. "i mean, miss has been saying you should be getting band 1 all year." "it's not about that any more is it?", he snapped. "doesn't even matter what miss said,

mum still thinks i can be a doctor. she doesn't understand how hard it is to get into band 1 for people like us." "yeah, hard if you can't afford it", i replied, trying to lighten the mood. it was one of our inside jokes that we'd had since the university scandal a few years back — before they decided to change the system to make it more 'meritocratic'. and we can talk tojessica now at her home in greater manchester... good morning to you, thank you so much forjoining us. this is quite an extraordinary thing. so, you sort of imagined this, didn't you? yes, i guess. i sort of wanted to write a story about educational inequality and so that is what i did and i turned it into a dystopia by adding in the band systems and the algorithms and it just in the band systems and the algorithms and itjust happened this year that the algorithm was actually added! it is scary how quick it turned into that dystopia. so, when

you fictional hail became reality for thousands of students, it must have been pretty bizarre to see that coming and actually being real life. definitely, my characters and stuff we nt definitely, my characters and stuff went through a very similar experience to what many students have gone through this year. all of the disappointment and the heartbreak after not getting into the place that you want, or not getting the grades that you need to move on getting the grades that you need to move on to your next step in feeling so move on to your next step in feeling so out of control with that. because it really was, it really did feel like it was out of our control. you said it did feel like that, take us through what has happened with your own grace will stop so, on results day, i was awarded a*, a*, v and i needed search results to get into st

andrews but my english was downgraded. but as a a few days ago since we got the other results, i have managed to get three a and another a which means i should be able to get into st andrews university. either way, very impressive results. thank you. so, would st andrews originally be telling you you could not get the place, what is happening now? they sent out an e—mail today saying that they will sort out the qualification results for me. i am waiting for ucas to update and i am waiting for final confirmation. but hopefully if all goes well and goes to plan, i should be going in september. how stressful have the last few days been for you and some of your school friends, i would

been for you and some of your school friends, iwould imagine? been for you and some of your school friends, i would imagine? really stressful, there was so much confusion, you know? they said that they were not going to make a u—turn whatsoever for this and we had hoped that they were going to because there was nowhere that they were going to everywhere else there, it would be completely unfair. i was competing against scottish students to get my place. so, it would have been quite unfair if they had got those results and we didn't. so, there was a lot of confusion, i think. sorry, we are running out of time, but! think. sorry, we are running out of time, but i don't want to ask what else you are writing about in case that comes through as well?! what are you writing about anyway?” that comes through as well?! what are you writing about anyway? i am writing another dystopia about political thought and social media and the interaction between both and it will be an audio drama. it is exciting and it should come to the radio at some point next year. wow, i should really look forward to

that, i think! i should really look forward to that, ithink! good i should really look forward to that, i think! good luck to you. i went to st andrews university and i loved that, enjoy that. it will probably come true in 2022 or something! that's all from breakfast today. charlie and naga will be with you from 6am tomorrow. have a lovely day.

good morning, welcome to bbc news — i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines. a big increase in coronavirus testing across the country. the office for national statistics says 150,000 people a fortnight will be tested by october. this is an almost ten times expansion in our single most important tool for making policy decisions. ajump in inflation means railfares are set to rise by 1.6%, despite people being urged to head out and return to workplaces. universities write to the education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u—turn on a—level grades.