good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. rail workers announce a new series of strikes, as a union leader warns of a summer of discontent. the conservative leadership hopefuls are whittled down to five, as the remaining candidates prepare to face each other in a tv debate. calls for an apology to thousands of women forced to give up their babies for adoption because they weren't married. with because they weren't married. businesses preparir weekend, with businesses preparing for a hot weekend, i am at an ice cream parlour trying to find ways to call

down. good morning from southampton, where northern ireland and england face each other in their final group game at the euros. england look to continue their winning form as they head to the quarterfinals, while northern ireland want to finish their first major women's tournament on a high. sunny in the southern half of the country at the moment but a cloudy and damp start in the north. it will brighten up. news of exceptional heat coming our way into next week. it's friday, 15thjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain's biggest union warns of a "summer of discontent". the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail

companies would stage a walk—out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union, says workers are being made to pay the price of inflation. our economics editor faisal islam reports. there have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic — because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that — now, it's over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorrent to me. the idea that you say that we'd said out, you go,

you defend what's going on out there and, by the way, now you're back, and everyone knows it's ok to go out again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits. and those companies now need to make sure that workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that's militant. i think that's basically saying workers deserve to get more money in their pay packets. it's as simple as that. but hundreds of disputes are definitely on the cards? so are you and your fellow union bosses kind of holding the economy to ransom in terms of a summer of discontent? well, i love the cliches, because they do come out quite a lot. we could be playing bingo at the moment, all the ways they are coming out. but summer of discontent in the sense that... look, what i'd say to that is that, for workers, they have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and, quite honestly, if what that means is an employer who can pay, an employer who has made a profit — an employer who has made a profit out of workers has to pay a proper fair wage to those workers, and notjump on the bandwagon of, we can't pay.

we saw this in a previous crisis. but employers are able to pay, then they should pay workers. what are people expected to do? the bank of england and government say high wage rises risk prolonging the inflation crisis. but for some jobs, where there are worker shortages, for example bus drivers and bin collectors, the unions are threatening strikes and getting healthy pay rises. the government will decide how much to give millions of its workers in the coming days. five candidates remain in the race to be the next prime minister after a second round of voting amongst conservative mps eliminated the attorney general suella braverman. there will be a third round of voting on monday. ahead of that, the contenders will face each other in a series of tv debates beginning tonight. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. we are getting a step closer and

tonight a debate situation for the first time between those who remain. that is right. there will be a debate this evening and another on sunday. mps will watch that closely. because what they will be looking for is notjust the policy platforms which we have got, which are mostly tax cuts now versus rishi sunak�*s tax cuts now versus rishi sunak�*s tax cuts now versus rishi sunak�*s tax cuts later, they will look for help someone is coming across to the public, do they look like an election winner? and also they will be making calculations on who to support if they have not declared already. although liz truss is in third place, there seems to be a concerted effort to give her momentum. suella braverman said she will back liz truss, the former brexit negotiator lauder frost is backing her. inoculating herfrom the charge that she is remain after

all. and her opponent penny mordaunt, in second place so far, effectively supporters of liz truss, not herself, she said she would not be disparaging towards other candidates, but her supporters say penny mordaunt is too lazy and too woke. so i think we will see dirty tricks the next few days and by next wednesday i think we will get to the final two. a, wednesday i think we will get to the final two. �* ., , wednesday i think we will get to the finaltwo. �* ., , ., wednesday i think we will get to the finaltwo. ., ~ , final two. a group of mps has urged the government _ final two. a group of mps has urged the government to _ final two. a group of mps has urged the government to apologise - final two. a group of mps has urged the government to apologise to - the government to apologise to thousands of women forced to give up babies for adoption between the 19505 and 705 because they were not married. a parliamentary inquiry found that nearly 200,000 women were shamed and coerced into giving their babies away. duncan kennedy reports. many are now in their 705 and 805, many can neverforget the shame they felt. these are some of the women who lived through forced adoption, losing the baby they wanted to keep.

when i found myself pregnant, that was in 1963, i was still in school. pat tugwell was unmarried and pregnancy out of wedlock broke one of the major taboos of post—war years. she neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful, it was painful, and she looked at me and she said, i don't know how you could get pregnant if you can't let me do this to you. it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married, so why did she say that to me because i was unmarried and she obviously thought i was one of the lowest of the low? forced adoptions took place in the three decades after 1919. the first pressures on the unmarried mothers to give up their babies came from parents and church groups. but today's report makes clear coercion and cruelty also came from state employees, such as social workers and nurses.

the parliamentary inquiry received harrowing accounts from hundreds of women. one said she had her baby pulled out of her arms. another said she screamed and hung onto her baby like a woman possessed. during delivery, one woman was told she deserved all the pain she got. another, who had her newborn baby put out of reach, said the treatment in hospital was frankly inhumane. these women have suffered from shame and vilification and the burden of secrecy for decades. i think the least the government can do is recognise that this shouldn't have happened then and it would never happen now, and it is right for the government to apologise. the government said it would consider the report's findings and offered its deepest sympathy to all those affected by historic forced adoptions. today's report says women were railroaded into unwanted adoptions by public institutions

and state employees. and says they were treated in an appalling way by those whose job it was to help them. duncan kennedy, bbc news. ukrainian officials say 23 people have been killed in a russian missile strike that hit a city southwest of the capital kyiv. more than 100 were reported injured in the attack in vinnytsia. let's speak to our correspondent jo inwood. this is quite a way away from the east, the donbas region. why are we seeing now strike so far into the country? it seeing now strike so far into the count ? , , country? it is interesting, there have been _ country? it is interesting, there have been a _ country? it is interesting, there have been a few _ country? it is interesting, there have been a few of _ country? it is interesting, there have been a few of these - country? it is interesting, there l have been a few of these recently with one in a shopping centre and one in a resort to the west of 0desa and now this appalling attack in vinnytsia. we understand it was

three calibre cruise missiles fired from a russian submarine causing terrible destruction. as to why, it is not clear. the russians say they targeted a military facility but the bbc team has been there and said there was no military facility. the missiles are quite accurate and the accusation from the ukrainians says this was a deliberate attack on a civilian area. president zelensky last night made that point, saying russia is showing itself to be a terrorist state and doing these for the purpose of terrorising the people of this country. the russians denied that and always deny they hit civilian targets, even when the evidence is overwhelmingly showing something different. they say they are targeting military facilities. as to the reality of it, people have their own interpretations. it is difficult to know without being inside the minds of those who fired the missile. the death toll is high,

23 already with dozens missing. president zelensky said it is thought the death toll will go higher because people are still buried there potentially or not identified. there is an image that stuck with me from what i saw yesterday, disturbing, a young girl, four years old, called liza. a photo of her face down on the floor, next to her buggy. juxtaposed with video her mother posted on social media hours before walking along and laughing. and these attacks have been continuing weeks and weeks now. the images coming through are heartbreaking and very tragic. thank you. the sri lankan parliament will begin the process of electing a new president tomorrow to replace gotabaya rajapaksa, who has quit following mass demonstrations. crowds of people defied a curfew in the capital to celebrate his resignation — the former president fled

to singapore after protesters took over government buildings last weekend. ivana trump, the first wife of the former us president donald trump, has died aged 73. unconfirmed reports suggest she may have fallen down the stairs at her home in new york. mr trump described her as a "wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman". the couple had three children together. all eyes on the weather. how is it looking? good morning, a contrast this morning with sunshine on the rooftops in central london. if we take a look at the forecast, the contrast from south to north, whilst sunny in the south, further north a cloudy start with rain across mainland scotland this morning and across parts of northern england. rain and drizzle will take

us through the coming hours. it will brighten up with heavy showers later across north—east england and south—east scotland which will linger into the afternoon. 0ther linger into the afternoon. other parts of the west will become dry. sunshine in the south. feeling coolest across north—west scotland. tonight, another reasonably fresh night across many parts with cloud in the north—west of scotland but most places having a dry night. temperatures down to single figures for some. temperatures down to single figures forsome. into temperatures down to single figures for some. into tomorrow, the start of the weekend, it looks like it will be where we see the heat building. may isolated shower towards the south—west later. more cloud in parts of scotland as we see rain develop in the afternoon. temperatures in north—west scotland in the mid teens tomorrow but for most, creeping up. could be 28 in

southern counties of england. and thatis southern counties of england. and that is the start. we have exceptional heat heading our way sunday into the start of next week and as we start next week, we could see record—breaking temperatures. more later. in february, we spoke tojoe appiah. he'd recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was on the programme urging other men to get themselves checked. it was part of an nhs campaign which led to a surge in men contacting their doctor. but for one man, joe's interview had a life—changing impact. ted sayers was watching breakfast that day and decided to get a test. a decision which he says saved his life. now the pair have met for the first time, and breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin was there. this is a story about a gift. oh, wow. back again. this is brilliant. my name isjoe appiah. 0n the 17th of february,

i was live on bbc breakfast withjon and naga talking about prostate cancer. definitely not easy sharing the story and, generally, men, we don't like to talk about these things. my gp said to me, what do you want a test for? i said my friend, the same age as me, he has been diagnosed with it. it transpired my one was 17%. it should be, at my age, around 3—5%. i've been diagnosed early and it means that my friend saved my life. my name is ted sayers. 0n the 17th of february, this year, i was watching bbc breakfast at home. i sanoe's story about prostate cancer and how it has affected him and i thought i need to get myself tested. and that's exactly what he did. so can i introduce somebody? this is ted coming down right now. inspired byjoe's story, ted was tested.

and his prostate cancer was caught before there were even any symptoms. today, he's in treatment with a great chance of recovery. joe, ted. all thanks to joe. brilliant, brilliant. withoutjoe, i would not be here today talking to you. i mean, it's really good to speak to you. that's exceptional. it's just amazing that somebody�*s life, and yourfamily, are now happy because of the story i've told. that's amazing for me. yes, excellent. i've got so many questions to ask. go ahead. ask me anything you want to ask me because i'm here to support you. just as joe's friend gave him the gift of information that saved his life, sojoe has done the same for ted. one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. for black men, that is one in four. but with early diagnosis, it can be treated.

so what happened when you saw me on tv? so, from that point, the same day, actually, i phoned the doctor, the gp, and said look, can i get psa test? i saw this programme on bbc. i thought i've got nothing to worry about here. and all the way through, everything i thought, this is nothing, i've got no symptoms. yeah, it'sjust a complete shock. when they are telling you you've got cancer. it's not what's going on in your head. just because you don't have symptoms does not mean that there may not be something wrong. what treatment did you go for, because obviously a number of options? because of my age and because of the fact it has been caught early, i was advised to do the operation to remove my prostate. you can see i have recovered really quickly. you have recovered so well. that really helps me. you got in there early. you are still young and you have got a chance now to live your life and live your life as normal as possible. i have. you can tell that, absolutely. you will be fine.

the worst moment was being told i had cancer. i've tried to stay positive throughout but meeting joe today has boosted that no end, really. the feeling of meeting ted today has been absolutely brilliant. just a dream come true that the message i sent out has got to ted and saved his life. having seenjoe and knowing what he has been through and recovered, and literally bounced back, it does inspire me to think i can do that, too. delighted to say they will both be with us later. who knows, may be someone else will hear and see and it makes an impact. let's take a look at today's papers. several of them lead on the rivalry between penny mordaunt and liz truss.

the times reports that supporters of the foreign secretary have criticised penny mordaunt�*s record as a minister, calling her "utterly incompetent". the daily mail also leads on scrutiny of penny mordaunt, with the headline "mordaunt under the microscope", highlighting comments from former brexit negotiator lord frost, who's a liz truss supporter, saying he has grave reservations about her. the daily mirror reports that nhs doctors fear a surge in heat—related illnesses and deaths as the met office warns hot weather could cause danger to life. and the bbc news website is reporting that the comedian rhod gilbert is receiving treatment for cancer at a hospital he is a patron of and has fundraised for. he annonced the news in a facebook post, writing, "i know better than anyone that i am in the best possible hands". we can take a look on the inside. i

like a dog picture. i love this picture. the duchess of cornwall. and this is flora. they met at a reception for in the 160th anniversary of battersea dogs and cats home. i think it is a nice picture. the duchess of cornwall turning 75 on sunday, so happy birthday. 160 years? wow. a marvellous thing. we were talking about the heat. did you know you can buy dog sunscreen? i had cats who had fine hair on their ears so i would put sun cream on their ears when it was hot one summer. they did not appreciate it. but i felt better. the advice is if you go walking with your dog, taking them to the beach, etc, you do not feel the heat from the sun because it is breezy but there is pet safe

sunscreen. apply it before you go into the sunshine. spf 30 and reapply every 30—110 minutes. look after your dogs because they look after us. these are the police and crime dogs. this is dexter. a metropolitan police first wellbeing dog. and 0liver, thought to be the firstjustice facility dog. dexter's work is directly with police. dexter is here, originally a sniffer dog, called into action during covid. he helped out police officers. they say dexter can have an instantaneous effect on officers and emergency responders who have dealt with harrowing incidents. his operator says 15 minutes with dexter can make

a huge difference to cheer someone up. 0liverworks a huge difference to cheer someone up. 0liver works in criminal justice. for example, 12—year—old autistic girl who had been raped, brought in to answer questions with the police. she would not speak. they could not get the child to speak. 0liver comes in and after a couple of minutes, 0liver comes in, relaxes, lays his head on her lap, and she starts talking because 0liver has that calming effect. two dogs awarded for their service. brilliant work. whether it's an ice lolly or a triple scoop, there's no doubt ice cream sellers... va ns vans and stores are rammed with people. hannah is at a parlour in cheshire, where they're getting ready for the days ahead.

getting ready for i imagine a busy weekend. yes, they are all set here for people to come through the doors. more than 30 flavours. 0ne people to come through the doors. more than 30 flavours. one is called yum yum. we have cappuccino and pistachio, elderflower and rhubarb. even turkish delight. something for everyone. they expect 20,000 to 30,000 to come through the doors as temperatures are expected to hit 35 degrees over the next week. what else are we going to be buying? it is expected there will be 10% more people on the high street this weekend compared to last weekend as weekend compared to last weekend as we go out to buy barbecue things and have a drink in the sunshine. perhaps take advantage of air—conditioning in the shops. in the past week we have seen an online

marketplace have a rise of over 500% in paddling pool sales and air—conditioning units are up by almost 1500% as we try to find a way to call off —— cool. let's have a chat. kittyjoins me now. you are sales and marketing director here and we havejoe sales and marketing director here and we have joe from sales and marketing director here and we havejoe from marketing cheshire. are you prepared for those customers? we cheshire. are you prepared for those customers? ~ . cheshire. are you prepared for those customers?— customers? we are absolutely. we have been waiting _ customers? we are absolutely. we have been waiting for _ customers? we are absolutely. we have been waiting for this - customers? we are absolutely. we| have been waiting for this heatwave and ramped up production. we have been waiting for this heatwave and ramped up production.- and ramped up production. we are ve bad. and ramped up production. we are very bad- how _ and ramped up production. we are very bad. how far— and ramped up production. we are very bad. how far in _ and ramped up production. we are very bad. how far in advance - and ramped up production. we are very bad. how far in advance do i and ramped up production. we are l very bad. how far in advance do you plan? we very bad. how far in advance do you ian? ~ ., ., , , very bad. how far in advance do you [an?~ ., , very bad. how far in advance do you ian? ., , very bad. how far in advance do you ian? ., plan? we always build up stock in preparation _ plan? we always build up stock in preparation for — plan? we always build up stock in preparation for summer, - plan? we always build up stock in preparation for summer, but - plan? we always build up stock in preparation for summer, but now| preparation for summer, but now there is a heatwave on the agenda, we doubled our production. [30 there is a heatwave on the agenda, we doubled our production.- we doubled our production. do you start looking _ we doubled our production. do you start looking well _ we doubled our production. do you start looking well in _ we doubled our production. do you start looking well in advance? - we doubled our production. do you start looking well in advance? do | start looking well in advance? do ou start looking well in advance? drr

you look at the weather forecast? 0ur you look at the weather forecast? our customers started ordering a week ago says since last week we have doubled production. thea;r week ago says since last week we have doubled production. they come to ou have doubled production. they come to you and say _ have doubled production. they come to you and say we — have doubled production. they come to you and say we need _ have doubled production. they come to you and say we need more! - have doubled production. they come to you and say we need more! ice i to you and say we need more! ice cream sales do well in hot weather. is it good for business in general in cheshire?— in cheshire? cheshire has green sace in cheshire? cheshire has green space and _ in cheshire? cheshire has green space and countryside _ in cheshire? cheshire has green space and countryside with - in cheshire? cheshire has green l space and countryside with family friendly— space and countryside with family friendly attractions, stately homes, castles_ friendly attractions, stately homes, castles and places for wild swimming. do castles and places for wild swimming-— castles and places for wild swimminu. ., castles and places for wild swimmin.. ., , swimming. do people go indoors as well as outdoors? _ swimming. do people go indoors as well as outdoors? do _ swimming. do people go indoors as well as outdoors? do people - swimming. do people go indoors as well as outdoors? do people seek. swimming. do people go indoors as l well as outdoors? do people seek out ways to cool off?— ways to cool off? there will be laces ways to cool off? there will be places to _ ways to cool off? there will be places to cool _ ways to cool off? there will be places to cool off _ ways to cool off? there will be places to cool off but - ways to cool off? there will be places to cool off but the - ways to cool off? there will be - places to cool off but the sunshine makes _ places to cool off but the sunshine makes a _ places to cool off but the sunshine makes a difference for people getting — makes a difference for people getting out, visitors, people coming out for— getting out, visitors, people coming out for the _ getting out, visitors, people coming out for the day. we getting out, visitors, people coming out for the day-— out for the day. we talk about the cost of living _ out for the day. we talk about the cost of living crisis _ out for the day. we talk about the cost of living crisis and _ out for the day. we talk about the cost of living crisis and people - cost of living crisis and people wanting to find ways to save money. has that changed habits in what people are likely to do in a heatwave?— people are likely to do in a heatwave? ~ , ., , heatwave? we see last-minute

bookinrs heatwave? we see last-minute bookings for — heatwave? we see last-minute bookings for larger _ heatwave? we see last-minute bookings for larger attractions, | heatwave? we see last-minute - bookings for larger attractions, may be people _ bookings for larger attractions, may be people waiting to see what the weather _ be people waiting to see what the weather will be like. people shopping around to get the best deals_ shopping around to get the best deals and a focus on people wanting quality— deals and a focus on people wanting quality and — deals and a focus on people wanting quality and a great experience which is why— quality and a great experience which is why places like snugburys will do so welt _ is why places like snugburys will do so welt |t— is why places like snugburys will do so well. , ., ., ., , ., so well. it is never too early for ice cream- _ so well. it is never too early for ice cream. what _ so well. it is never too early for ice cream. what is _ so well. it is never too early for ice cream. what is in _ so well. it is never too early for ice cream. what is in yum - so well. it is never too early forj ice cream. what is in yum yum. so well. it is never too early for- ice cream. what is in yum yum. nuts, a coffee biscuit _ ice cream. what is in yum yum. nuts, a coffee biscuit and _ ice cream. what is in yum yum. nuts, a coffee biscuit and caramel— ice cream. what is in yum yum. nuts, a coffee biscuit and caramel sauce. i a coffee biscuit and caramel sauce. studio: according to charlie only one flavour counts and guess what it is. vanilla. it cannot be vanilla! you are a vanilla man? i mean, really, that is how it is. if you had to choose one ice cream flavour for all—time you could only have, it has to be vanilla. no, no. time now to get the news travel where you are.

good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. a study suggests the metropolitan police faces significant reform in order to regain public trust, after it found the majority of londoners asked do not have a positive view of the force. the study, by think tank centre for london and market research firm comres, suggests just over a third believed the force treats everyone fairly, and a third believed they could be relied on to deal with minor crimes. it comes as the met tries to rebuild trust after a series of scandals, and welcomes new commissioner sir mark rowley. there are growing calls for a ban on holding major events in finsbury park. it follows concerns about the handling of this year's wireless festival, after videos appeared to show people climbing fences to avoid being crushed. more than 1,500 people have now signed a petition to stop hosting concerts there. haringey council said income from major events helps to fund improvements and benefits the local area. how many butterflies have you spotted recently?

scientists are inviting us to pay a bit more attention to them. it's all for the annual big butterfly count, which begins today. last yea r�*s survey saw the lowest average number logged in more than a decade. wildlife experts say the information is vital and could help to save some species. we're pretty frightened about what's going on with these beautiful and important insects. in fact, things are so bad that 50% of them are now on the red list, which means that they're threatened, or near threatened, with extinction in the uk. now if we know where they are, and we can monitor those populations, then we can implement conservation, which can help these insects, and, of course, all of the wider countryside as well. on the tube, there are severe delays on the disdtrict line. and the hammersmith and city line and the elizabeth line are part suspended, and the waterloo & city line is currently closed. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning.

the temperature overnight brought a little relief. it was slightly cooler than the last few nights. sunshine this morning. a little bit of cloud sinking south through the afternoon. temperatures again hot at 27 celsius. overnight tonight, after a warm evening, it is dry and it is clear, that cloud dissolving. temperatures dropping down to around 11 away from central london. in the city, around 1a or 15 celsius. for tomorrow morning, saturday, of course, the high pressure is still with us. plenty of fine and dry weather through the weekend, but it is said to get much hotter. for saturday, sunshine and temperatures through the afternoon getting up to a warm, if not hot, 28 celsius. now for sunday, the high pressure continues to drift east. as it does so, it is dragging in much warmer air from the south. the met office has an amber weather warning in place for extreme heat. that is valid from sunday through to tuesday. temperatures on sunday, we are looking at 33, potentially 3a celsius. monday and tuesday, they are going to get much warmer.

38 celsius possible, but in one or two spots it could be a degree or two higher. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. i will say, charlie, iwill say, charlie, we i will say, charlie, we are getting of e—mails ice cream. after you declared. just one flavour of ice cream, it has to be vanilla, says one viewer. queenie says, mentor choc chip all day long. and another says, have you ever tried pistachio? it is not that i haven't tried, it is just that if you could only choose one, then it would be

vanilla. i think that is a given. on breakfast this morning... as the weather gets set to heat up again here in the uk, the rest of europe is sweltering — we'll be live in seville, the frying pan of spain, to see how people are coping. from ramsey street to a stage near you — dr karl kennedy, aka alan fletcher, willjoin us before eight this morning as he releases his debut solo album. and the world's biggest classical music festival, the bbc proms, returns to our screens tonight. host clive myrie will tell us what we can expect over the next eight weeks.

the five remaining candidates in the conservative leadership race will take part in their first tv debate tonight. attorney general suella braverman is the latest person eliminated from the contest, after she came last in the second round of voting by tory mps, that saw former chancellor rishi sunak emerge top. she confirmed who she would now be supporting. i have carefully considered all of the options and i've decided that from _ the options and i've decided that from a _ the options and i've decided that from a policy point of view, an experience _ from a policy point of view, an experience point of view and a character— experience point of view and a character point of view, liz truss is my— character point of view, liz truss is my choice _ character point of view, liz truss is my choice for candidate. suella itraverman _ is my choice for candidate. suella braverman discussing _ is my choice for candidate. suella braverman discussing -- - is my choice for candidate. suella i braverman discussing -- supporting braverman discussing —— supporting liz truss. well, to discuss where we stand in the race, we can speak to political columnist martha gill, and to george parker from the financial times. welcome to you both. george, maybe i can start with you. if there are

people watching this morning already slightly weary of these names and the process that is going on, what is the thing that is different tonight? the tv debate has them in a kind of set to environment. does that change things much? i kind of set to environment. does that change things much?- kind of set to environment. does that change things much? i think it does. it is the _ that change things much? i think it does. it is the first _ that change things much? i think it does. it is the first time _ that change things much? i think it does. it is the first time we - that change things much? i think it does. it is the first time we have i does. it is the first time we have seen _ does. it is the first time we have seen the — does. it is the first time we have seen the men combat in this contest. a lot of— seen the men combat in this contest. a lot of it— seen the men combat in this contest. a lot of it has— seen the men combat in this contest. a lot of it has been done behind closed _ a lot of it has been done behind closed doors. liz truss... this is the first— closed doors. liz truss... this is the first chance for tory mps to see how they _ the first chance for tory mps to see how they do in debates with each other~ _ how they do in debates with each other. that is quite an important moment — other. that is quite an important moment. some of them aren't really that experience that doing this kind of stuff _ that experience that doing this kind of stuff. rishi sunak, for example, he has _ of stuff. rishi sunak, for example, he has been — of stuff. rishi sunak, for example, he has been through a lot as chancellor, but he has never done question— chancellor, but he has never done question time or stuff like that. seeing — question time or stuff like that. seeing him up against other people, including _ seeing him up against other people, including people from his own side, will be _ including people from his own side, will be interesting. liz truss needs some _ will be interesting. liz truss needs some momentum in this contest. she is more _ some momentum in this contest. she is more experience. penny mordaunt, probably— is more experience. penny mordaunt, probably less so. is more experience. penny mordaunt, probably less so-_

probably less so. martha, 'ust pick u . probably less so. martha, 'ust pick u- on that probably less so. martha, 'ust pick up on that thought i probably less so. martha, 'ust pick up on that thought about i probably less so. martha, just pick up on that thought about this i probably less so. martha, just pick up on that thought about this next | up on that thought about this next environment, the debate environment. is it to a degree that it doesn't matter how many votes where you have got so far, it is sort of a level playing field? someone in the league right now could have a moment, and someone else who is behind, equally well, could have a moment? that someone else who is behind, equally well, could have a moment?- well, could have a moment? that is true. well, could have a moment? that is true- these — well, could have a moment? that is true- these tv _ well, could have a moment? that is true. these tv debates _ well, could have a moment? that is true. these tv debates are - well, could have a moment? that is true. these tv debates are always l true. these tv debates are always risky— true. these tv debates are always risky for— true. these tv debates are always risky for front _ true. these tv debates are always risky for front runners _ true. these tv debates are always risky for front runners and - risky for front runners and well— known _ risky for front runners and well—known names, - risky for front runners and j well—known names, which risky for front runners and i well—known names, which is risky for front runners and - well—known names, which is why risky for front runners and _ well—known names, which is why boris johnson _ well—known names, which is why boris johnson put _ well—known names, which is why boris johnson put a — well—known names, which is why boris johnson put a stop— well—known names, which is why boris johnson put a stop to _ well—known names, which is why boris johnson put a stop to any _ well—known names, which is why boris johnson put a stop to any such - johnson put a stop to any such things— johnson put a stop to any such things when— johnson put a stop to any such things when he _ johnson put a stop to any such things when he was _ johnson put a stop to any such things when he was in- johnson put a stop to any such i things when he was in leadership contest _ things when he was in leadership contest in — things when he was in leadership contest in the _ things when he was in leadership contest in the past. _ things when he was in leadership contest in the past. yes, - things when he was in leadership contest in the past. yes, some . things when he was in leadership| contest in the past. yes, some of the lesser—known— contest in the past. yes, some of the lesser— known candidates, i contest in the past. yes, some of| the lesser—known candidates, this could _ the lesser—known candidates, this could be _ the lesser—known candidates, this could be their— the lesser—known candidates, this could be their chance _ the lesser—known candidates, this could be their chance to _ the lesser—known candidates, this could be their chance to pull- the lesser—known candidates, this could be their chance to pull in i could be their chance to pull in front — could be their chance to pull in front the _ could be their chance to pull in front. the tory _ could be their chance to pull in front. the tory members - could be their chance to pull in front. the tory members and i could be their chance to pull in i front. the tory members and mps could be their chance to pull in - front. the tory members and mps care very much— front. the tory members and mps care very much about — front. the tory members and mps care very much about electability _ front. the tory members and mps care very much about electability as - front. the tory members and mps care very much about electability as a - very much about electability as a candidate, — very much about electability as a candidate, so— very much about electability as a candidate, so there _ very much about electability as a candidate, so there will - very much about electability as a candidate, so there will be - very much about electability as a candidate, so there will be all i candidate, so there will be all kinds — candidate, so there will be all kinds of— candidate, so there will be all kinds of poles _ candidate, so there will be all kinds of poles going - candidate, so there will be all kinds of poles going on- candidate, so there will be all kinds of poles going on about| candidate, so there will be all i kinds of poles going on about how the public— kinds of poles going on about how the public will— kinds of poles going on about how the public will respond _ kinds of poles going on about how the public will respond to - kinds of poles going on about how the public will respond to these i the public will respond to these debates. — the public will respond to these debates, which— the public will respond to these debates, which they _ the public will respond to these debates, which they will - the public will respond to these debates, which they will be i the public will respond to these i debates, which they will be keeping a close _ debates, which they will be keeping a close eye — debates, which they will be keeping a close eye on _ debates, which they will be keeping a close eye on— debates, which they will be keeping a close eye on. george, what do you make of the — a close eye on. george, what do you make of the tactics _ a close eye on. george, what do you make of the tactics being _ a close eye on. george, what do you make of the tactics being used i a close eye on. george, what do you make of the tactics being used so i make of the tactics being used so far? it seemed quite, i'm not going to say dirty, but certain things

were being put out on social media from all camps. now there seems to be this collective, no, i respect all the members, we have to work together. there is almost like, we are against each other but as a party we have to be seen to be united? . , party we have to be seen to be united? ., , ., , ., united? that is what they are saying ublicl , united? that is what they are saying publicly. but — united? that is what they are saying publicly, but behind _ united? that is what they are saying publicly, but behind the _ united? that is what they are saying publicly, but behind the scenes i united? that is what they are saying publicly, but behind the scenes it i publicly, but behind the scenes it is a different story. the spectator magazine — is a different story. the spectator magazine has a front cover this weekend — magazine has a front cover this weekend with the headline, blue murder, — weekend with the headline, blue murder, which sums up some of the background — murder, which sums up some of the background briefings. yes, it is true _ background briefings. yes, it is true naga — background briefings. yes, it is true naga the candidate are saying, we respect — true naga the candidate are saying, we respect each other and need to work— we respect each other and need to work together behind the scenes. behind _ work together behind the scenes. behind the scenes also out shenanigans going on. borisjohnson because _ shenanigans going on. borisjohnson because my— shenanigans going on. borisjohnson because my people are desperately trying _ because my people are desperately trying to— because my people are desperately trying to stop rishi sunak from becoming leader. liz truss says penny _ becoming leader. liz truss says penny mordaunt doesn't have the experience. rishi sunak says penny mordaunt— experience. rishi sunak says penny mordaunt doesn't know anything about economics _ mordaunt doesn't know anything about economics. it is pretty tough. in the tv— economics. it is pretty tough. in the tv debate some of that roughness will come _ the tv debate some of that roughness will come out. to pick up on lead debate, — will come out. to pick up on lead debate, the _ will come out. to pick up on lead debate, the two people we haven't

mentioned, tom tugendhat and kemi badenoch, _ mentioned, tom tugendhat and kemi badenoch, who came fourth and fifth last night, _ badenoch, who came fourth and fifth last night, they have nothing to lose _ last night, they have nothing to lose i— last night, they have nothing to lose i can— last night, they have nothing to lose. i can see them being quite good _ lose. i can see them being quite good tonight. lose. i can see them being quite good tonight-— lose. i can see them being quite good tonight. lose. i can see them being quite aood toniaht. . ., ,, good tonight. martha, where are you out when it comes _ good tonight. martha, where are you out when it comes to _ good tonight. martha, where are you out when it comes to the _ good tonight. martha, where are you out when it comes to the tactics? i l out when it comes to the tactics? i have to echo george. they are absolutely _ have to echo george. they are absolutely vicious. _ have to echo george. they are absolutely vicious. of - have to echo george. they are absolutely vicious. of course, i have to echo george. they are i absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss _ absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came — absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came out _ absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came out and _ absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came out and said - absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came out and said that i absolutely vicious. of course, liz truss came out and said that she wasn't _ truss came out and said that she wasn't personally— truss came out and said that she wasn't personally going - truss came out and said that she wasn't personally going to - truss came out and said that she i wasn't personally going to disparage any candidate, — wasn't personally going to disparage any candidate, but _ wasn't personally going to disparage any candidate, but her— wasn't personally going to disparage any candidate, but her team - wasn't personally going to disparage any candidate, but her team has i wasn't personally going to disparage i any candidate, but her team has been going _ any candidate, but her team has been going absolutely— any candidate, but her team has been going absolutely studs _ any candidate, but her team has been going absolutely studs in _ any candidate, but her team has been going absolutely studs in zip - going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt _ going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt -- _ going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt. —— in— going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt. —— in for- going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt. —— in for a - going absolutely studs in zip mordaunt. —— in fora pennyj mordaunt. —— in fora penny mordaunt _ mordaunt. —— in fora penny mordaunt. lord _ mordaunt. —— in fora penny mordaunt. lord frost- mordaunt. —— in fora penny- mordaunt. lord frost yesterday criticised — mordaunt. lord frost yesterday criticised mordaunt, _ mordaunt. lord frost yesterday criticised mordaunt, saying i mordaunt. lord frost yesterday criticised mordaunt, saying she| mordaunt. lord frost yesterday- criticised mordaunt, saying she was incompetent — criticised mordaunt, saying she was incompetent when— criticised mordaunt, saying she was incompetent when she _ criticised mordaunt, saying she was incompetent when she worked i criticised mordaunt, saying she was incompetent when she worked for i criticised mordaunt, saying she was. incompetent when she worked for him and he _ incompetent when she worked for him and he had _ incompetent when she worked for him and he had to— incompetent when she worked for him and he had to move _ incompetent when she worked for him and he had to move around. _ incompetent when she worked for him and he had to move around. he - incompetent when she worked for him and he had to move around. he has i and he had to move around. he has very firmly— and he had to move around. he has very firmly backed _ and he had to move around. he has very firmly backed liz— and he had to move around. he has very firmly backed liz truss. - and he had to move around. he has very firmly backed liz truss. all i very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds _ very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds of— very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds of briefings _ very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds of briefings going - very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds of briefings going on. i very firmly backed liz truss. all| kinds of briefings going on. just very firmly backed liz truss. all kinds of briefings going on. just a thou . ht kinds of briefings going on. just a thought for _ kinds of briefings going on. just a thought for you — kinds of briefings going on. just a thought for you george. - kinds of briefings going on. just a thought for you george. boris i thought for you george. boris johnson looms large in a strange sort of way over events. do you think tonight will be an exercise in

watching how people deal with your links to boris, or your non—links to boris? is that going to be a big part of the equation? i boris? is that going to be a big part of the equation?— boris? is that going to be a big part of the equation? i think so. it cuts both ways — part of the equation? i think so. it cuts both ways for _ part of the equation? i think so. it cuts both ways for the _ part of the equation? i think so. it cuts both ways for the candidates. it is interesting that liz truss was playing _ it is interesting that liz truss was playing up— it is interesting that liz truss was playing up her loyalty to boris johnson — playing up her loyalty to boris johnson yesterday. i think she thinks — johnson yesterday. i think she thinks that is a way of attracting particularly people on the right, people — particularly people on the right, people who stuck with boris johnson until the _ people who stuck with boris johnson until the bitter end. people who stuck with boris johnson untilthe bitter end. for people who stuck with boris johnson until the bitter end. for people like rishi — until the bitter end. for people like rishi sunak, yes, publicly he will say— like rishi sunak, yes, publicly he will say to— like rishi sunak, yes, publicly he will say to —— he will say he is loyal— will say to —— he will say he is loyal to— will say to —— he will say he is loyal to borisjohnson will say to —— he will say he is loyal to boris johnson and will say to —— he will say he is loyal to borisjohnson and his works. — loyal to borisjohnson and his works, but there will always be a but. works, but there will always be a but the — works, but there will always be a but. the danger is people will pay lip service — but. the danger is people will pay lip service to what boris johnson achieved — lip service to what boris johnson achieved as prime minister, but at the same — achieved as prime minister, but at the same breath say we need to move on. the same breath say we need to move on, �* ., ., . ., . on. martha, collective responsibility, - on. martha, collective responsibility, that i on. martha, collective responsibility, that is | on. martha, collective i responsibility, that is what on. martha, collective _ responsibility, that is what those close to borisjohnson have been falling on in defence. does it fly? well, i don't think so. i think what the candidates _ well, i don't think so. i think what the candidates are _ well, i don't think so. i think what the candidates are trying - well, i don't think so. i think what the candidates are trying to - well, i don't think so. i think what the candidates are trying to do i well, i don't think so. i think whatl the candidates are trying to do now is to project— the candidates are trying to do now

is to project themselves _ the candidates are trying to do now is to project themselves as - the candidates are trying to do now is to project themselves as a - the candidates are trying to do now is to project themselves as a freshl is to project themselves as a fresh start, _ is to project themselves as a fresh start, a _ is to project themselves as a fresh start, a breakaway— is to project themselves as a fresh start, a breakaway from _ is to project themselves as a fresh start, a breakaway from boris- start, a breakaway from boris johnson, _ start, a breakaway from boris johnson, which, _ start, a breakaway from boris johnson, which, of— start, a breakaway from boris johnson, which, of course, i start, a breakaway from boris- johnson, which, of course, serves the front— johnson, which, of course, serves the front runners, _ johnson, which, of course, serves the front runners, who— johnson, which, of course, serves the front runners, who are - johnson, which, of course, serves the front runners, who are betterl the front runners, who are better known _ the front runners, who are better known because _ the front runners, who are better known because of— the front runners, who are better known because of the _ the front runners, who are better known because of the role - the front runners, who are better known because of the role they l known because of the role they played — known because of the role they played in — known because of the role they played in boris _ known because of the role they played in borisjohnson's - known because of the role they i played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very— played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very welt _ played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very well. and _ played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very well. and that _ played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very well. and that might i played in borisjohnson's cabinet, not very well. and that might be. played in borisjohnson's cabinet, i not very well. and that might be why penny— not very well. and that might be why penny mordaunt _ not very well. and that might be why penny mordaunt is _ not very well. and that might be why penny mordaunt is pulling _ not very well. and that might be why penny mordaunt is pulling ahead i penny mordaunt is pulling ahead ri-ht penny mordaunt is pulling ahead right now. — penny mordaunt is pulling ahead right now, because _ penny mordaunt is pulling ahead right now, because while - penny mordaunt is pulling ahead right now, because while she - penny mordaunt is pulling ahead - right now, because while she served under_ right now, because while she served under boris, — right now, because while she served under boris, she _ right now, because while she served under boris, she didn't _ right now, because while she served under boris, she didn't have - right now, because while she served under boris, she didn't have a - under boris, she didn't have a particularly _ under boris, she didn't have a particularly big _ under boris, she didn't have a particularly big role, - under boris, she didn't have a particularly big role, and - under boris, she didn't have a particularly big role, and shei under boris, she didn't have ai particularly big role, and she is seen _ particularly big role, and she is seen as— particularly big role, and she is seen as a — particularly big role, and she is seen as a clean _ particularly big role, and she is seen as a clean skin. _ particularly big role, and she is seen as a clean skin.— particularly big role, and she is seen as a clean skin. martha gill, olitical seen as a clean skin. martha gill, political columnist _ seen as a clean skin. martha gill, political columnist from - seen as a clean skin. martha gill, political columnist from the - seen as a clean skin. martha gill, political columnist from the newl political columnist from the new statesman and evening standard, george parker, political editor of the financial times, thank you for joining us. the first of those tv debate takes place this evening.— place this evening. let's talk to mike. place this evening. let's talk to mike- where — place this evening. let's talk to mike. where is _ place this evening. let's talk to mike. where is he _ place this evening. let's talk to mike. where is he this - place this evening. let's talk to | mike. where is he this morning? place this evening. let's talk to - mike. where is he this morning? he is in southampton. there is football. there you are. you have got so much to talk about. that stadium is going to be full later on. yes, it is a salad. good morning. we are at southampton. —— it is a

sell—out. england playing northern ireland. the first time they have ever met other women's major tournament. we look ahead to the match at any moment. but already they have broken the total attendance record for a women's euros. they are still in the group stage. and talking about record crowds, it is the same outside and those with the goal. a record 290,000 fans expected to swarm over the course to watch the action. those that saw the opening day saw a fantastic opening day of golf. rory mcilroy is one of the leaders. joe wilson reports. the 150th open. but this is no time to linger on tradition. here's ian poulter, first tee. listen. crowd boos. he is permitted to play here, but is part of the saudi—financed liv golf series, which the open organisers say is undermining the sport. is poulter aware of that? purposely haven't looked at all. so, i don't want to know.

you can tell me, i'm not going to listen. rory mcilroy has stood firmly against the new liv golf. he navigated his way to six under par in the first round. tiger woods values st andrews over everything. but when the dust cleared on the first tee, he watched his ball bounce into the burn. water, in other words. ah, many sympathise. well, you know when tiger woods is on the course, even when you can't see him, because you can't see him. look — he is surrounded by a crowd, everyone still trying to catch him a glimpse of him. they saw the former champion fight and falter to six over par. oh, no, it'sjust gone by. suddenly it seemed like a youngster�*s game. at 25, cameron young topped the leaderboard on eight under par. but for perseverance it was si—woo kim's day. stuck still. but with his next shot, watch. when they talk about celebrating the challenges of this place... oh, please. what a putt!

..they mean this. joe wilson, bbc news, saint andrews. england have levelled their odi series against india, after a convincing victory at lords. having suffered a humiliating loss in the opening match of the series, england needed a response, and moeen ali led the way with the bat, top scoring with a7, as england set india nj to win. but thanks to an inspired performance from reece topley, the visitors didn't get anywhere near, as he finished with the best everfigures by an england bowler in a men's one—day international. tom pidcock has become the first british rider to win a stage at this year's tour de france. this is the 22—year—old's first appearance at the tour. you might remember him from last year's olympics, where he won gold in mountain biking. he claimed stage 12 in style on the iconic alpe d'huez mountain, winning by 48 seconds. and you can see just how much it meant to him.

afterwards he said it was one of his best experiences in cycling. france booked their place in the quarter finals of the euros with a game to spare, after beating belgium 2—1 in rotherham. belgium had levelled france's early goal, but the french quickly responded through griedge mbock to put them back in control. they missed a penalty late on, but by then they'd already done enough to win the game and reach the last eight. valentina bergamaschi was italy's saviour, as they scraped a h draw with iceland. the draw means both sides have a fighting chance of making the quarter finals. back to tonight, where it's another clash of home nations, as england take on northern ireland here in southampton. it will mark the end of northern ireland's euros adventure, as they lost their opening two games. but against england, they will want to leave the tournament on a high. it will be tough up against the hosts, though,

who beat norway 8—0 in their last group game, and who are strong favourites for the whole tournament. what we just want to do is play a good game. we are focused, we are concentrated. we'll probably be a lot in possession. we keep the ball going and then, yeah, be composed. that's what we have to do, and then play the game. you always know, what ijust said, at this level you always look for the edge. now that we're out of it — i can say this — we could go on and win the tournament. i think most people feel that way. but we will try our best to do something that our country can be proud of. yeah. already northern ireland fans are so proud. i was talking to a couple last night. both were saying what a difference it has already made by com in terms of their daughters wanting to play football for northern ireland at the euros.

maybe in eight years. they have an ambition that is real now. maybe by then a lot of the northern ireland players will be professional. there will be a career. that is the difference being at a major tournament for the first time. mike, thank you. he is happy there. absolutely. i was thinking some of those continental european teams might be quite glad not to be in the 46 degrees that are currently in spain, portugaland france. but we now that upcoming, over the next few days into the weekend, it is going to get a very hot and quite few places. it hasn't kicked in yet. people will be aware in the north of england at the moment, the weather temperatures are not that high? no, we had one brief hit of heat earlier in the week. this next hit heat of is going to be exceptional and more severe, and we will certainly be talking about it very shortly. let's get on with the forecast. it

is a little bit fresher out there for many. a bit of a dam start across the northern half of the country. cloud and outbreaks of rain. —— damp start. we are going to see that cloud which has been spilling in a cross from the north and the west of the atlantic pushing its way in. that will bring outbreaks of rain. it is on the move into the north sea. we will see the worst of the wet weather this morning in parts of northern england and scotland, breaking into some showers, brightening up. the further southend west you are, the sunshine will continue. cloud building up in east anglia and the south—east. you can't rule out the odd spot of rain in east anglia and the east midlands. temperatures in the mid 205 in southern counties of england. more comfortable than of late. most parts of the country, high teens or low 205. some spots in scotland a bit down and where it would normally be at this time injuly. clear skies for many through the night. more

cloud towards the north—west. like last night, it should be a fraction of night to get your sleeping. open the windows again. temperatures down into low single figures for one or two as we start tomorrow morning. into the weekend we go. we are sad to see more sunshine develop on saturday. sunshine more widely compared to today. the odd isolated shower in north—west lincoln. the first sign that temperatures creep up, 27 or 28 in southern england. that continues into sunday. overnight showers. one or two in the northern half of the uk to begin with. increasing amounts of sunshine. by this stage temperatures started to get up to around 30 degrees. all parts of the country feeling warmer. that is just the start. as we go through sunday ending to the start of next week, we are expected to see exceptional heat. it looks like not only are we going to break the record for the temperatures are set here in the uk,

but look at that. probably the first 40 but look at that. probably the first a0 degrees day we have ever seen here in the uk. this is significant. this is a situation that could have a massive impact to health, to travel as well. and also to potential power as we go to the start of next week. much like you would do with a big storm system coming our way, would do with a big storm system coming ourway, it would do with a big storm system coming our way, it is best to make some plans. there will be some impact next week and health could be the major one. not only will we see those temperatures at record—breaking levels by day, there is the potential to see some record night time temperatures, with some not dropping much below 2a or 25 degrees. thank you. to pick up on the health point, we are going to be talking to the chief executive of the nhs confederation in about 20 minutes, talking about ambulance weights and the concern from that extreme heat and the impact it would have on emissions. well, the extreme heat that matt was referring to is coming to us from the continent, where soaring temperatures have already sparked wildfires,

and caused damage across southern europe. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra, killing at least one person. meanwhile, the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of aa degrees, with the country's meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating. further north in france, a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux, and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled. the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba, from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual.

the country is in the grip of a second heatwave of recent weeks. for many of the tourists who come here, temperatures in the mid—a05 celsius come as the shock. we're from denmark, for me, too hot. this is too hot. i don't mind actually. this is crazy. for locals experience has shown how to deal with the conditions. translation: if you have certain underlying conditions and you expose yourself to the sun, you might suffer heatstroke, and it will get worse. but if you go out earlier in the day, you hydrate properly, then you will be ok. older people and young children are among those most at risk of being affected by the heat, according to doctors. you must force the elderly and babies to be hydrated, to drink water. you must watch them closely. i suggest that people stay

at home from 1—6pm now, with the risk so high. this heatwave is unusual because of its impact across the whole country. even northern areas, which would normally escape the worst of the summer heat, are seeing extreme temperatures. the north—western region of galicia has been on red alert due to temperatures of up to a2 degrees. the extreme heat and high winds have fuelled wildfires, which have devastated swathes of land in the centre of the country. in neighbouring portugal, similar conditions have left firefighters battling multiple blazes. swimming pools like this one provide relief forfamilies but despite the relaxed mood, there is a sense that this kind of heat is becoming increasingly normal.

translation: it's changed. we have longer summers now. the spring and autumn don't exist any more, we go directly from the cold to intense heat in a few weeks, just a short period of time. it is evening time in cordoba and the temperature has dropped just enough for people to start coming out into squares like this one for a drink. but it's still not clear exactly when this heatwave will end, or indeed, whether they will be others like it later this summer. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, cordoba. for more on this we can speak now to a group of graduates who had to evacuate their holiday villa in portugal early on thursday morning, when it was threatened by wildfires. anna, millie, guy, cameron, louisa and olivia are all safe and sound, and join us from faro. hello, guys. hello! hello. first thin,

hello, guys. hello! hello. first thing. you— hello, guys. hello! hello. first thing. you are _ hello, guys. hello! hello. first thing, you are all— hello, guys. hello! hello. first thing, you are all safe - hello, guys. hello! hello. first thing, you are all safe and - hello, guys. hello! hello. first. thing, you are all safe and sound? thumbs up. excellent. you got together after finishing thumbs up. excellent. you got together afterfinishing uni thumbs up. excellent. you got together after finishing uni for a holiday. who is going to kick us off as to where you are staying and what happened? as to where you are staying and what ha ened? . , , happened? yeah, we “ust finished uni a few weeks _ happened? yeah, we “ust finished uni a few weeks ago. — happened? yeah, we “ust finished uni a few weeks ago. we — happened? yeah, wejust finished uni a few weeks ago. we thought - happened? yeah, wejust finished uni a few weeks ago. we thought it - happened? yeah, wejust finished uni| a few weeks ago. we thought it would be a nice _ a few weeks ago. we thought it would be a nice thing for all of us to go on holiday— be a nice thing for all of us to go on holiday for a week and celebrate, especially— on holiday for a week and celebrate, especially as we will be doing various— especially as we will be doing various things after going our separate _ various things after going our separate ways. so we decided to come out for— separate ways. so we decided to come out for a _ separate ways. so we decided to come out for a week in portugal. there were _ out for a week in portugal. there were seven — out for a week in portugal. there were seven of us. one of us has gone home _ were seven of us. one of us has gone home today — were seven of us. one of us has gone home today. we were having a really .ood home today. we were having a really good time _ home today. we were having a really good time for the first few days. had some — good time for the first few days. had some really fun nights out. then two days— had some really fun nights out. then two days ago, i think, there were some _ two days ago, i think, there were some wildfires that started a fair bit further away, a few kilometres away _ bit further away, a few kilometres away. yeah, throughout the day, someone — away. yeah, throughout the day, someone looking after the villa came

up someone looking after the villa came up to us— someone looking after the villa came up to us and — someone looking after the villa came up to us and said, by the way, there could _ up to us and said, by the way, there could he _ up to us and said, by the way, there could he a _ up to us and said, by the way, there could be a danger of your villa in the wildfires. she was checking on us. the wildfires. she was checking on us that _ the wildfires. she was checking on us. that happened a few times throughout the day. we evacuated the villa. throughout the day. we evacuated the villa there _ throughout the day. we evacuated the villa. there was smoke coming across — villa. there was smoke coming across. there was no imminent danger at across. there was no imminent danger al that— across. there was no imminent danger at that point _ across. there was no imminent danger at that point for our villa. that was _ at that point for our villa. that was a — at that point for our villa. that was a couple of days ago. the smoke from those _ was a couple of days ago. the smoke from those wildfires had gone down by the _ from those wildfires had gone down by the evening. most of us were pretty— by the evening. most of us were pretty comfortable there wasn't going _ pretty comfortable there wasn't going to — pretty comfortable there wasn't going to be any danger for the rest of that— going to be any danger for the rest of that day — going to be any danger for the rest of that day. but going to be any danger for the rest of that day-— of that day. but that wasn't the case, of that day. but that wasn't the case. was _ of that day. but that wasn't the case. was it. — of that day. but that wasn't the case, was it, millie? _ of that day. but that wasn't the case, was it, millie? it- of that day. but that wasn't the case, was it, millie? it all- of that day. but that wasn't the i case, was it, millie? it all became a bit imminent, didn't it? you got —— at closer to the villa and you decided to leave. until you have come face—to—face with a wildfire or a bushfire, you don't know how scary scary it is. you had to get through and passed it. tell us about that moment? . .

and passed it. tell us about that moment? , . , ., moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended. — moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended. l'm _ moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended, i'm afraid. _ moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended, i'm afraid. as _ moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy - moment? yes, that is not where the fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, | fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot— fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of— fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us— fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us went _ fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us went to— fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us went to sleep _ fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us went to sleep that - fear ended, i'm afraid. as guy said, a lot of us went to sleep that nighti a lot of us went to sleep that night feeling _ a lot of us went to sleep that night feeling quite — a lot of us went to sleep that night feeling quite relaxed. _ a lot of us went to sleep that night feeling quite relaxed. but - a lot of us went to sleep that night feeling quite relaxed. but louisa . feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not — feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not and _ feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not. and to _ feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not. and to set _ feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not. and to set an— feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not. and to set an alarm - feeling quite relaxed. but louisa did not. and to set an alarm forl did not. and to set an alarm for three _ did not. and to set an alarm for three o'clock— did not. and to set an alarm for three o'clock in _ did not. and to set an alarm for three o'clock in the _ did not. and to set an alarm for three o'clock in the morning. i did not. and to set an alarm for. three o'clock in the morning. she was -- _ three o'clock in the morning. she was -- we — three o'clock in the morning. she was -- we were— three o'clock in the morning. she was —— we were sharing - three o'clock in the morning. she was —— we were sharing a - three o'clock in the morning. she was —— we were sharing a room. i three o'clock in the morning. she . was —— we were sharing a room. she .ot was —— we were sharing a room. she got up _ was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at _ was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at about— was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at about three _ was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at about three o'clock- was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at about three o'clock in - was —— we were sharing a room. she got up at about three o'clock in the i got up at about three o'clock in the morning _ got up at about three o'clock in the morning and — got up at about three o'clock in the morning and did _ got up at about three o'clock in the morning and did a _ got up at about three o'clock in the morning and did a recce _ got up at about three o'clock in the morning and did a recce of- got up at about three o'clock in the morning and did a recce of the - morning and did a recce of the villa _ morning and did a recce of the villa about— morning and did a recce of the villa. about 100 _ morning and did a recce of the villa. about 100 metres- morning and did a recce of the villa. about 100 metres in- morning and did a recce of the villa. about 100 metres in the| villa. about 100 metres in the distance. _ villa. about 100 metres in the distance, 200 _ villa. about 100 metres in the distance, 200 metres - villa. about 100 metres in the distance, 200 metres in - villa. about 100 metres in the distance, 200 metres in the l distance, 200 metres in the distance. _ distance, 200 metres in the distance, she _ distance, 200 metres in the distance, she could - distance, 200 metres in the distance, she could see - distance, 200 metres in the| distance, she could see what distance, 200 metres in the - distance, she could see what looked like a _ distance, she could see what looked like a small— distance, she could see what looked like a small campfire _ distance, she could see what looked like a small campfire in— distance, she could see what looked like a small campfire in someone . like a small campfire in someone because — like a small campfire in someone because my— like a small campfire in someone because my garden. _ like a small campfire in someone because my garden. she - like a small campfire in someone because my garden. she came i like a small campfire in someone i because my garden. she came back in and reported — because my garden. she came back in and reported to — because my garden. she came back in and reported to me _ because my garden. she came back in and reported to me and _ because my garden. she came back in and reported to me and said, - and reported to me and said, generally— and reported to me and said, generally everything - and reported to me and said, generally everything looks i and reported to me and said, i generally everything looks fine but there _ generally everything looks fine but there is— generally everything looks fine but there is this — generally everything looks fine but there is this small— generally everything looks fine but there is this small fire. _ generally everything looks fine but there is this small fire. vc- there is this small fire. vc straightaway— there is this small fire. vc straightaway that- there is this small fire. vc straightaway that kind i there is this small fire. vc straightaway that kind of i there is this small fire. vc- straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct — straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct inside _ straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct inside me _ straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct inside me to _ straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct inside me to think, i straightaway that kind of kicked off an instinct inside me to think, why| an instinct inside me to think, why would _ an instinct inside me to think, why would somebody— an instinct inside me to think, why would somebody start _ an instinct inside me to think, why would somebody start a _ an instinct inside me to think, why would somebody start a bonfire i an instinct inside me to think, whyj would somebody start a bonfire on the night _ would somebody start a bonfire on the night after— would somebody start a bonfire on the night after a _ would somebody start a bonfire on the night after a really _ would somebody start a bonfire on the night after a really dangerousi the night after a really dangerous wildfire _ the night after a really dangerous wildfire where _ the night after a really dangerous wildfire where people _ the night after a really dangerous wildfire where people were - the night after a really dangerous wildfire where people were in i the night after a really dangerous wildfire where people were in a l the night after a really dangerousi wildfire where people were in a lot of imminent— wildfire where people were in a lot of imminent danger. _ wildfire where people were in a lot of imminent danger. we _ wildfire where people were in a lot of imminent danger. we stayed i wildfire where people were in a lotj of imminent danger. we stayed up wildfire where people were in a lot i of imminent danger. we stayed up for another— of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 _ of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes— of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes to _ of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes to keep _ of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes to keep an - of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes to keep an eye i of imminent danger. we stayed up for another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it. another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it as _ another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it as louisa _ another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it as louisa got— another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it. as louisa got out— another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it. as louisa got out of— another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it. as louisa got out of bed _ another 20 minutes to keep an eye on it. as louisa got out of bed and - it. as louisa got out of bed and pulled — it. as louisa got out of bed and pulled the _ it. as louisa got out of bed and pulled the curtains _ it. as louisa got out of bed and pulled the curtains back, - it. as louisa got out of bed and pulled the curtains back, i- it. as louisa got out of bed and| pulled the curtains back, i could see flames _ pulled the curtains back, i could see flames licking _ pulled the curtains back, i could see flames licking the _ pulled the curtains back, i could see flames licking the windowsi pulled the curtains back, i could. see flames licking the windows of our villa — see flames licking the windows of

our villa i— see flames licking the windows of our villa. i think— see flames licking the windows of our villa. i think at _ see flames licking the windows of our villa. i think at that _ see flames licking the windows of our villa. i think at that moment, | our villa. i think at that moment, obviously— our villa. i think at that moment, obviously we _ our villa. i think at that moment, obviously we both _ our villa. i think at that moment, obviously we both went - our villa. i think at that moment, obviously we both went into i obviously we both went into autopilot _ obviously we both went into autopilot mode _ obviously we both went into autopilot mode and - obviously we both went into autopilot mode and panic. i obviously we both went into . autopilot mode and panic. we obviously we both went into - autopilot mode and panic. we were running _ autopilot mode and panic. we were running around _ autopilot mode and panic. we were running around the _ autopilot mode and panic. we were running around the villa _ autopilot mode and panic. we were running around the villa trying i autopilot mode and panic. we were running around the villa trying to i running around the villa trying to wake _ running around the villa trying to wake everybody _ running around the villa trying to wake everybody up. _ running around the villa trying to wake everybody up. trying - running around the villa trying to wake everybody up. trying to i running around the villa trying to| wake everybody up. trying to get everybody — wake everybody up. trying to get everybody in _ wake everybody up. trying to get everybody in the _ wake everybody up. trying to get everybody in the car. _ wake everybody up. trying to get everybody in the car. to - wake everybody up. trying to get everybody in the car. to be i wake everybody up. trying to get . everybody in the car. to be honest, unless _ everybody in the car. to be honest, unless you — everybody in the car. to be honest, unless you are _ everybody in the car. to be honest, unless you are in— everybody in the car. to be honest, unless you are in that _ everybody in the car. to be honest, unless you are in that position i unless you are in that position yourself— unless you are in that position yourself it— unless you are in that position yourself it is _ unless you are in that position yourself it is difficult - unless you are in that position yourself it is difficult to - unless you are in that position i yourself it is difficult to imagine. iwent— yourself it is difficult to imagine. i went to — yourself it is difficult to imagine. i went to sleep _ yourself it is difficult to imagine. i went to sleep the _ yourself it is difficult to imagine. i went to sleep the night - yourself it is difficult to imagine. i went to sleep the night beforel i went to sleep the night before thinking, — i went to sleep the night before thinking, nothing _ i went to sleep the night before thinking, nothing to— i went to sleep the night before thinking, nothing to worry i i went to sleep the night before i thinking, nothing to worry about, you guys— thinking, nothing to worry about, you guys are _ thinking, nothing to worry about, you guys are being _ thinking, nothing to worry about, you guys are being dramatic. i thinking, nothing to worry about, you guys are being dramatic. we| thinking, nothing to worry about, i you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated _ you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated we — you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated. we are _ you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated. we are so _ you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated. we are so far— you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated. we are so far away - you guys are being dramatic. we got evacuated. we are so far away it i evacuated. we are so far away it would _ evacuated. we are so far away it would never— evacuated. we are so far away it would never happen _ evacuated. we are so far away it would never happen to - evacuated. we are so far away it would never happen to us. i evacuated. we are so far away it would never happen to us. at i evacuated. we are so far away it i would never happen to us. at three o'clock— would never happen to us. at three o'clock that — would never happen to us. at three o'clock that morning _ would never happen to us. at three o'clock that morning i— would never happen to us. at three o'clock that morning i was - would never happen to us. at three o'clock that morning i was kinda i o'clock that morning i was kinda running — o'clock that morning i was kinda running for— o'clock that morning i was kinda running for my— o'clock that morning i was kinda running for my life _ o'clock that morning i was kinda running for my life with - o'clock that morning i was kinda running for my life with flames. running for my life with flames following — running for my life with flames following the _ running for my life with flames following the as _ running for my life with flames following the as we _ running for my life with flames following the as we were i running for my life with flames . following the as we were driving. it following the as we were driving. it was _ following the as we were driving. it was really _ following the as we were driving. it was really scary. _ following the as we were driving. it was really scary. louisa, - following the as we were driving. it was really scary. louisa, you . following the as we were driving. i it was really scary. louisa, you are obviously the sensible one in the group. you are all nodding. brute obviously the sensible one in the group. you are all nodding. we are really thankful _ group. you are all nodding. we are really thankful she _ group. you are all nodding. we are really thankful she set _ group. you are all nodding. we are really thankful she set the - group. you are all nodding. we are really thankful she set the alarm i really thankful she set the alarm for w — really thankful she set the alarm for3m. otherwise, if we'd really thankful she set the alarm for 3m. otherwise, if we'd waited 20 minutes, _ for 3m. otherwise, if we'd waited 20 minutes, half an hour later, for 3m. otherwise, if we'd waited 20 minutes, halfan hour later, it would — minutes, halfan hour later, it would have been catastrophic. louisa. — would have been catastrophic. louisa, they have all thank you,

obviously. there were seven of you. you all got into the car. seven of you in the car. where could you go from there? one has obvious the gone home because they have had enough? i default moulded straight back to their because i knew that was away from _ their because i knew that was away from the _ their because i knew that was away from the fire. we can at least get a hold of— from the fire. we can at least get a hold of the — from the fire. we can at least get a hold of the guy who looked after the villa. hold of the guy who looked after the villa you _ hold of the guy who looked after the villa. you how do we control a recently — villa. you how do we control a recently started fire?- villa. you how do we control a recently started fire? anna, can i “ust ask recently started fire? anna, can i just ask you. _ recently started fire? anna, can i just ask you. you _ recently started fire? anna, can i just ask you, you have _ recently started fire? anna, can i just ask you, you have all- recently started fire? anna, can i just ask you, you have all been . just ask you, you have all been through, judging by the way you are talking about it, a genuinely frightening moment. how are you all? anna, how are you? are you ok? yeah. anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, i am 0k. anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, i am 0k- i _

anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, lam 0k- lthink— anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, | am ok. | think the — anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, i am ok. i think the hours— anna, how are you? are you 0k? yeah, i am ok. i think the hours following i i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving _ i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving the — i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving the villa _ i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving the villa where _ i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving the villa where the - i am ok. i think the hours following us leaving the villa where the most| us leaving the villa where the most surreal— us leaving the villa where the most surreal thing — us leaving the villa where the most surreal thing. we _ us leaving the villa where the most surreal thing. we arrived _ us leaving the villa where the most surreal thing. we arrived at - us leaving the villa where the most surreal thing. we arrived at the i surreal thing. we arrived at the villa _ surreal thing. we arrived at the villa manager's— surreal thing. we arrived at the villa manager's place, - surreal thing. we arrived at the villa manager's place, said i surreal thing. we arrived at the villa manager's place, said in. surreal thing. we arrived at the . villa manager's place, said in their completely— villa manager's place, said in their completely shell—shocked. - villa manager's place, said in their completely shell—shocked. it - villa manager's place, said in their completely shell—shocked. it was i completely shell—shocked. it was still the _ completely shell—shocked. it was still the middle _ completely shell—shocked. it was still the middle of— completely shell—shocked. it was still the middle of the _ completely shell—shocked. it was still the middle of the night. - completely shell—shocked. it was still the middle of the night. in . still the middle of the night. in the distance _ still the middle of the night. in the distance we _ still the middle of the night. in the distance we could - still the middle of the night. in the distance we could see - still the middle of the night. in the distance we could see the. still the middle of the night. in - the distance we could see the fire. it seemed — the distance we could see the fire. it seemed to — the distance we could see the fire. it seemed to be _ the distance we could see the fire. it seemed to be growing _ the distance we could see the fire. it seemed to be growing rapidly. l the distance we could see the fire. i it seemed to be growing rapidly. we were thinking, — it seemed to be growing rapidly. we were thinking, it _ it seemed to be growing rapidly. we were thinking, it could _ it seemed to be growing rapidly. we were thinking, it could be _ it seemed to be growing rapidly. we were thinking, it could be spreading| were thinking, it could be spreading much _ were thinking, it could be spreading much further — were thinking, it could be spreading much further. they _ were thinking, it could be spreading much further. they could _ were thinking, it could be spreading much further. they could be - were thinking, it could be spreading| much further. they could be another fire that _ much further. they could be another the that tests — much further. they could be another fire that lasts for _ much further. they could be another fire that lasts for days. _ much further. they could be another fire that lasts for days. other- fire that lasts for days. other vittas — fire that lasts for days. other villas could _ fire that lasts for days. other villas could be _ fire that lasts for days. other villas could be affected - fire that lasts for days. other villas could be affected too. i fire that lasts for days. other- villas could be affected too. those few hours — villas could be affected too. those few hours were _ villas could be affected too. those few hours were really _ villas could be affected too. those few hours were really horrible. - villas could be affected too. those i few hours were really horrible. we could _ few hours were really horrible. we coutd actually— few hours were really horrible. we could actually see _ few hours were really horrible. we could actually see them _ few hours were really horrible. we could actually see them put - few hours were really horrible. we could actually see them put it - few hours were really horrible. we could actually see them put it outi could actually see them put it out quite _ could actually see them put it out quite quickly, _ could actually see them put it out quite quickly, which _ could actually see them put it out quite quickly, which was - could actually see them put it out quite quickly, which was a - could actually see them put it out quite quickly, which was a big - quite quickly, which was a big retiet — quite quickly, which was a big retiet we _ quite quickly, which was a big relief. we sense _ quite quickly, which was a big relief. we sense kind - quite quickly, which was a big relief. we sense kind of- quite quickly, which was a big relief. we sense kind of ran l quite quickly, which was a big - relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby— relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town _ relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town. we _ relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town. we feel— relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town. we feel a _ relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town. we feel a lot - relief. we sense kind of ran away to a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. i a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went _ a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went out — a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went out for— a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went out for dinner— a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went out for dinner last - a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. we went out for dinner last night l a nearby town. we feel a lot safer. i we went out for dinner last night to celebrate _ we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the — we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the last _ we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the last few _ we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the last few hours - we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the last few hours of - we went out for dinner last night to celebrate the last few hours of ouri celebrate the last few hours of our holiday _ celebrate the last few hours of our holiday i— celebrate the last few hours of our holiday. i don't _ celebrate the last few hours of our holiday. i don't think— celebrate the last few hours of our holiday. i don't think any- celebrate the last few hours of our holiday. i don't think any of- celebrate the last few hours of our holiday. i don't think any of us - holiday. idon't think any of us slept— holiday. idon't think any of us slept very— holiday. i don't think any of us slept very well _ holiday. i don't think any of us slept very well last _ holiday. i don't think any of us slept very well last night. - 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they could be relied on to deal with minor crimes. it comes as the met tries to rebuild trust after a series of scandals and welcomes new commissioner sir mark rowley. there are growing calls for a ban on holding major events in finsbury park. it follows concerns about the handling of this year's wireless festival, after videos appeared to show people climbing fences to avoid being crushed. more than 1,500 people have now signed a petition to stop hosting concerts there. haringey council said income from major events helps to fund improvements and benefits the local area. how many butterflies have you spotted recently? scientists are inviting us to pay a bit more attention to them. it's all for the annual big butterfly count, which begins today. last yea r�*s survey saw the lowest average number logged in more than a decade. wildlife experts say the information is vital and could help to save some species. we're pretty frightened about what's

going on with these beautiful and important insects. in fact, things are so bad that 50% of them are now on the red list, which means that they're threatened, or near threatened, with extinction in the uk. now if we know where they are, and we can monitor those populations, then we can implement conservation, which can help these insects, and, of course, all of the wider countryside as well. on the tube there are severe delays on the district and hammersmith and city lines. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. the temperature overnight brought a little relief. it was slightly cooler than the last few nights. sunshine this morning. a little bit of cloud sinking south through the afternoon. temperatures again in at 27 celsius. overnight tonight, after a warm evening, it is dry and it is clear, that cloud dissolving. temperatures dropping down to around 11 away from central london. in the city, around ia or 15 celsius.

for tomorrow morning, saturday, of course, the high pressure is still with us. plenty of fine and dry weather through the weekend, but it is said to get much hotter. for saturday, sunshine and temperatures through the afternoon getting up to a warm, if not hot, 28 celsius. now for sunday, the high pressure continues to drift east. as it does so, it is dragging in much warmer air from the south. the met office has an amber weather warning in place for extreme heat. that is valid from sunday through to tuesday. temperatures on sunday, we are looking at 33, potentially 3a celsius. monday and tuesday, they are going to get much warmer. 38 celsius possible, but in one or two spots it could be a degree or two higher. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. rail workers announce a new series of strikes, as a union leader warns of a "summer of discontent". the of a "summer of discontent". companies we are ta| that the companies we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits and those companies now need to make sure workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that is militant. calls for an apology to thousands of unmarried women forced to give up their babies for adoption. the conservative leadership hopefuls are whittled down to five, as the remaining candidates prepare

to face each other in a tv debate. maybe a sunny start in southern areas but cloudy and damp in the door. many will brighten up. the big story is this weekend and into next week with potentially record—breaking levels and our first 40 record—breaking levels and our first a0 degrees day. good morning from southampton where northern ireland and england face each other in the final group game of the euros tonight. while at the open, it's the northern irishman rory mclroy who's among the front runners ahead of the second round at st. andrews. it's friday, isthjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain's biggest union warns of a "summer of discontent". the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced

a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk—out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union, says workers are being made to "pay the price of inflation". our economics editor faisal islam reports. there have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic — because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that — now, it's over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorrent to me.

the idea that we'd said out, you go, you defend what's going on out there and, by the way, now you're back, and everyone knows it's ok to go out again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits, and those companies now need to make sure that workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that's militant. i think that's basically saying workers deserve to get more money in their pay packets. it's as simple as that. but hundreds of disputes are definitely on the cards? so are you and your fellow union bosses kind of holding the economy to ransom in terms of a summer of discontent? well, i love the cliches, because they do come out quite a lot. we could be playing bingo at the moment to find all the ones that are coming out. but summer of discontent in the sense that... look, what i'd say to that is that, for workers, they have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and, quite honestly, if what that means is an employer who can pay, an employer who has made a profit — an employer who has made a profit out of workers has to pay a proper

fair wage to those workers, and notjump on the bandwagon of, we can't pay. we saw this in a previous crisis. but employers are able to pay, then they should pay workers. what are people expected to do? the bank of england and government say high wage rises risk prolonging the inflation crisis. but for some jobs, where there are worker shortages, for example bus drivers and bin collectors, the unions are threatening strikes and getting healthy pay rises. the government will decide how much to give millions of its workers in the coming days. well, let's get more on this with our political correspondent iain watson. what we have now is effectively four strikes over the space of a month. what has been said about politicians?— what has been said about oliticians? ., . , politicians? the government has weiuhed politicians? the government has weighed in _ politicians? the government has

weighed in on — politicians? the government has weighed in on this _ politicians? the government has weighed in on this to _ politicians? the government has weighed in on this to say - politicians? the government has weighed in on this to say first, i weighed in on this to say first, unsurprisingly, they are disappointed by strike action, but they go further and attack the union is concerned, suggesting the rmt union representing station staff and guards, they are not serious about negotiations and aslef, the train drivers, they say they have effectively called action to put as much pressure on the government and public in the run—up to the commonwealth games, to disrupt the commonwealth games, to disrupt the commonwealth games, to disrupt the commonwealth games later this month and said they have rushed into strike action so quickly after the ballot they are not serious about negotiations. the unions would say the government are not the train companies are pulling the strings in the dispute and have not come up with an offer that goes anywhere near meeting demands to protect members from the cost of living crisis. . ~ ., , members from the cost of living crisis. . ~ ., , . ., crisis. talk to us about the race to be conservative _ crisis. talk to us about the race to be conservative leader _ crisis. talk to us about the race to be conservative leader and - crisis. talk to us about the race to be conservative leader and prime| be conservative leader and prime minister. five left. what hurdles will they have to face today? the

first is a will they have to face today? tie: first is a televised will they have to face today? tte: first is a televised debate will they have to face today? "tt9 first is a televised debate to will they have to face today? tt9 first is a televised debate to see how they come across notjust in terms of policy but how they might communicate as leaders to the wider public and another debate on sunday. while the weather is heating up, the tory leadership contest is heating up. intervening this morning, the former brexit negotiator lauder frost effectively indulging in public horse trading, which usually goes on the scenes —— lord frost. saying kemi badenoch should drop out of the race and get a seniorjob in government in other words back liz truss and become a cabinet member. this is a measure of negotiations you might see between now and next wednesday when we should get down to the final two. a group of mps has urged the government to apologise to thousands of women who were forced to give

up babies for adoption between the 19505 and �*70s, because they weren't married. a parliamentary inquiry found that nearly 200,000 women were shamed and coerced into giving their babies away. duncan kennedy reports. many are now in their 70s and 805, many can neverforget the shame they felt. these are some of the women who lived through forced adoption, losing the baby they wanted to keep. when i found myself pregnant, that was in 1963, i was still at school. pat tugwell was unmarried and pregnancy out of wedlock broke one of the major taboos of post—war years. she neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful, it was painful, and she looked at me and she said, i don't know how you could get pregnant if you can't let me do this to you. it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married,

so why did she say that to me just because i was unmarried and she obviously thought i was one of the lowest of the low? forced adoptions took place in the three decades after 1949. the first pressures on the unmarried mothers to give up their babies came from parents and church groups. but today's report makes clear coercion and cruelty also came from state employees, such as social workers and nurses. the parliamentary inquiry received harrowing accounts from hundreds of women. one said she had her baby pulled out of her arms. another said she screamed and hung onto her baby like a woman possessed. during delivery, one woman was told she deserved all the pain she got. another, who had her newborn baby put out of reach, said the treatment in hospital was frankly inhumane. these women have suffered from shame and vilification and the burden of secrecy for decades.

i think the least the government can do is recognise that this shouldn't have happened then and it would never happen now, and it is right for the government to apologise. the government said it would consider the report's findings and offered its deepest sympathy to all those affected by historic forced adoptions. today's report says women were railroaded into unwanted adoptions by public institutions and state employees. and says they were treated in an appalling way by those whose job it was to help them. duncan kennedy, bbc news. ukrainian officials say 23 people have been killed in a russian missile strike that hit a city southwest of kyiv, far from the front—line of the fighting in the donbas region. 100 more were reported injured in the attack in vinnytsia president volodymyr zelensky condemned the attack. ivana trump, the first wife of the former us president donald trump, has died aged 73. unconfirmed reports suggest she may

have fallen down the stairs at her home in new york. mr trump described her as a "wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman". the couple had three children together. now the weather with matt. we are talking about it more than we ever talk about it. not necessarily for the best reasons. good morning. good morning. some people love the heat but this is quite exceptional. we could see new records broken next week and that will have big impacts on plans into monday and tuesday. more on that later. today, a fresher day. we have a north and south split. sunshine in southern areas. it is feeling fresher than the past mornings.

further north, outbreaks of rain in scotland, parts of north of england. but that rain will gradually move away. some showers in south—east scotland and north—east england later. brightening up in the west of scotland and northern ireland. highest temperatures in the south. may be up to 25 degrees or higher. overnight, the cloud in eastern areas moves away. clear skies and then more cloud into the west of scotland tomorrow morning. and night where you can throw open the windows and let in some fresh air. it means we will have a sunny start to the weekend with sunshine across the country. more cloud in northern scotland with rain and in the south—west of england a small chance of a shower. temperatures creeping

up of a shower. temperatures creeping up to around 27 may be more in the south and lifting further north but only the start because sunday, into the start of next week, we will see the start of next week, we will see the temperature is really rocket. i cannot believe i am saying this, there is a chance of seeing a0 celsius recorded in the uk early next week. you emphasise that is a chance. an increasing chance. thanks. pressure on nhs emergency services in england is getting worse, with ambulance call—outs last month hitting an all—time high forjune. an investigation by bbc newsnight into six of the worst performing hospitals has found that in some cases ambulances were waiting up to 11 hours to hand over their patients. david grossman reports. the people who were giving jamie cpr were screaming down the phone,

where is the ambulance, why has it taken so long? jamie was 18 and out with friends in rugby on new year's eve when he collapsed with a cardiac arrest. an ambulance should have been with jamie within seven minutes. it actually took 17 and a half. we were told there were 32 ambulances available after midnight on new year's day. sadly, 17 of those were outside hospitals. the first minutes are the most crucial time and getting oxygen and a defibrillator to jamie were so crucial. this is not a new issue but it has got significantly worse. this graph shows the number of hours lost in waits over two hours long. the figures were slightly better in may but between april last year and april this year, there was a a000% increase in the number of hours lost. guided by unpublished handover delay data, newsnight went to six of the hospitals with the longest delays. they all happen to be in the south west or west midlands. this is a snapshot

on a random monday injuly. it is not official data, merely what our researchers recorded over a 12—hour period. at royal cornwall, an ambulance waiting ten and a half hours to handover a patient and two ambulances that arrived at 9:30am and were still waiting to leave when we start collecting data at 8pm. at one point in the afternoon there were 25 ambulances waiting with patients in the back. that's 25 ambulances and crews not on the road. at worcestershire royal, our observer was eventually ordered to leave and stop observations. but before that happened, they recorded 15 ambulances waiting. one for four hours. at derriford hospital in plymouth, we saw an 11—hour wait. at points, there were as many as 20 ambulances waiting outside the hospital and in an overflow car park. at bristol royal and royal shrewsbury, we recorded three—hour waits to hand over patients.

and at heartlands in birmingham, the longest delay we saw was more than five hours. newsnight spoke to all of the hospitals about what we saw. spokespeople for each told us that the health service was experiencing unprecedented demand, that they were sorry for delays and were working hard on new initiatives to try to improve things. so what is happening? we heard from many ambulance staff and they all painted a similar picture. brendan is a paramedic who has worked in the ambulance service over a decade. we've hidden his identity and changed his name. i've had senior sisters say to me, if we let you go, you willjust bring us more. why do you bring us patients? and those are people who may be in dire need of an ambulance? absolutely, yeah. i would be wrong to say that there are times when i haven't shed a tear. ..for people we haven't been able to help.

because it's been too late. but those who represent emergency doctors say there are no easy solutions. they can't admit more ill people, they say, because they can't discharge thousands of recovering patients into social care. the basic contract between somebody becoming unwell and needing an ambulance is broken. the problem is we can'tjust open them up and into a corridor in an emergency department where there isn't space. the corridors in an emergency department are frequently fall, anyway. so just off—loading an ambulance into an area inside and emergency into an area inside an emergency department, all you are doing is transferring one problem into another. what is better is if we can discharge patients from hospital, create that space so we unblock our emergency departments and allow ambulances to handover their patients seamlessly. could the ambulance service that you work in collapse to the point where people ring up and they say look, we can't help you, sorry? we are doing that now. we are right on the

fringe of that now. people phoning up and being told they will not be getting an ambulance for six or nine hours. and that is happening routinely. it is notjust one—offs. naomi will never know ifjamie would have survived had the ambulance reached him sooner. she is now trying to get more defibrillators installed, this one at jamie's old school. everyone we have spoken to thinks things are getting worse with, we were warned, some services possibly weeks away from total collapse. the uk government says the nhs in england has been given 150 million in extra funding to address pressures on ambulance services. but restoring trust in emergency care is, it seems, beyond anyone's capabilities right now. david grossman, bbc news. matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation, joins us now. good morning. you heard that report. did anything in that report surprise you? did anything in that report surprise ou? :, ~' did anything in that report surprise

ou? :, ~ . . . :, you? no, i think we are aware of the challenaes you? no, i think we are aware of the challenges we _ you? no, i think we are aware of the challenges we face _ you? no, i think we are aware of the challenges we face in _ you? no, i think we are aware of the challenges we face in emergency - challenges we face in emergency services and we need to understand there are two macro issues. one is there are two macro issues. one is the underlying issue which you illustrated in the report, a gap between huge levels of demand facing the health service and the capacity of the health service, with 100,000 vacancies and a crumbling state. this problem of ambulances waiting outside hospitals is part of a more general issue that is reflected in people waiting nand and also on people waiting nand and also on people in hospital who should not be in hospital but are not able to get out because of the care not being available in the community. —— a&e. we need a realism reset and to be honest about the challenges the health service faces and need to stop saying that social care has been sorted out. it has not. it is

falling apart. there is a general question about how we close the gap between demand and capacity in the health service. there is the specific question of what we do about ambulances outside hospitals and we need to take urgent action because the problem is this. when people are in ambulances waiting outside hospitals, those ambulances are not then available to go to people who are calling for ambulances in the community. even though quite a lot of people who go to accident and emergency end up not needing to be admitted, 30% in general, if the ambulances not available to go to a call—out you do not know how serious that cases until you are there. you not know how serious that cases until you are there.— until you are there. you refer to what the government, - until you are there. you refer to what the government, boris - until you are there. you refer to - what the government, boris johnson what the government, borisjohnson has been saying. i have been listening to former secretaries, the prime minister, who say more people have been employed in the nhs, a net figure. you say there are 100,000

vacancies in the health service. it takes time to employ people, to get vacancies filled. is there a realistic timeline as to how long we will have to see the situation? it is going to take a great deal of time to close the gap between demand and capacity. there is no mystery to this. we know why demand is growing. it is because we have an ageing population, because we have two years of backlog with covid and people waiting years for operations. we know the reason we do not have the capacity is we had ten years of low spending on the health service that created the vacancies and meant the estate is in a poor condition. one of the reasons some hospitals are better than others with ambulances is they have better facilities and newer accident and

emergency departments and space in a hospital is more flexible. it will take time. we have to have that realism reset, and perhaps not talk so much about tax cuts but how we fund the health and social care system so it is resilient. then we need to deal with the tragic situation described in your film. that is about enabling hospitals in a variety of ways to be able to take people out of ambulances as quickly as they can, and if there is one thing the government could do tomorrow it would be to raise the minimum wage of social care workers. that collapse of social care, the reason hospitals cannot get people out of the back door of the hospital, which is why they cannot get people into beds in hospital, that situation in social care is getting worse. we have a tight labour market —— labour market. hospitality for example, they can charge people more to have a meal

and then pay higher wages. we cannot do that in the social sector. t and then pay higher wages. we cannot do that in the social sector.— do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you _ do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you about _ do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you about a _ do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you about a story - do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you about a story we - do that in the social sector. i need to talk to you about a story we are covering on this programme and everybody is talking about the weather. high temperatures this weekend. there is a chance that a0 degrees could be here and with that a weather warning and the impact it will have on health. how is the nhs preparing for that? the will have on health. how is the nhs preparing for that?— preparing for that? the nhs will re are preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as _ preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as well _ preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as well as _ preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as well as it _ preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as well as it can - preparing for that? the nhs will prepare as well as it can but - prepare as well as it can but unfortunately, as well as the issues, we are dealing with another surge in covid which has a double effect with more people coming into hospital with covid. many people have other conditions but a third of people coming in because of covid. also we have more staff. i would say to people please be very, very careful. the nhs is not able at the moment to provide the service they want so take advice, protect

yourself in these times of hot weather. ~ :, yourself in these times of hot weather. ~ . . , :, . ,, yourself in these times of hot weather. :, . ,, , :, weather. matthew taylor, thank you for our weather. matthew taylor, thank you for yourtime- _ you can see more on this story on newsnight on bbc two at 10.30 this evening. former scotland rugby player doddie weir is a familiar face here on breakfast. we've been following his journey as he lives with motor neurone disease. since his diagnosis, six years ago, he's campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of the condition, and he's now been awarded an honorary degree. louise cowie was there. motor neurone disease may have robbed doddie weir of many things, but not his sense of humour. the revered rugby player,

charity campaigner and fearless fundraiser added yet another accolade to his cv. doddie weir, honorary degree of doctor of science at abertay university. the 52—year—old former lock won 61 international caps for the scotland squad. commentator: when he goes like that is like a mad giraffe, l but he has great skills. since then, he has become as well—known for his battles off the pitch as on them. in 2017, he revealed he had been diagnosed with mnd.

in that time, he has raised almost £10 million through the foundation he set up to tackle the incurable condition. and he finished the ceremony with this advice for students. if things don't go your way, don't give up. instead, use your tremendous energy and brains. try again. oh, yes, and one more thing. don't forget to enjoy the guinness and red wine along the way. just never in the same glass. thank you very much.

i have been lucky enough to meet doddie weir. that is a classic line from him. a classic doddie weir line. what a great day for him and in honourfor the line. what a great day for him and in honour for the students to be line. what a great day for him and in honourfor the students to be in that room with him. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a study suggests the metropolitan police faces significant reform to regain public trust, after it found the majority of londoners asked do not have a positive view of the force. the study, by think tank centre for london and market research firm comres, suggests just over a third believed the force treats everyone fairly and a third believed they could be relied on to deal with minor crimes. it comes as the met tries to rebuild trust after a series of scandals,

and welcomes new commissioner, sir mark rowley. there are growing calls for a ban on holding major events in finsbury park. it follows concerns about the handling of this year's wireless festival, after videos appeared to show people climbing fences to avoid being crushed. more than 1,500 people have now signed a petition to stop hosting concerts there. haringey council said income from major events helps to fund improvements and benefits the local area. a venue in south east london has won the museum world's largest award. the horniman in forest hill was named museum of the year by the art fund, and scooped a £100,000 prize. thejudges praised its art, nature and collections. a three—year—old labrador has been honoured for his work in helping london's police officers. dexter is the uk's first police well—being dog. he's been in the role for the past two years,

to support and comfort those dealing with traumatic events or the pressures of the job. he's one of five dogs given awards by vet charity pdsa. on the tube, there are minor delays on the district line, and there are severe delays on the hammersmith and city line due to an earlier signal failure at bromley by bow. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. the temperature overnight brought a little relief. it was slightly cooler than the last few nights. sunshine this morning. a little bit of cloud sinking south through the afternoon. temperatures again hot at 27 celsius. overnight tonight, after a warm evening, it is dry and it is clear, that cloud dissolving. temperatures dropping down to around 11 away from central london. in the city, around 1a or 15 celsius. for tomorrow morning, saturday, of course, the high pressure is still with us. plenty of fine and dry weather through the weekend, but it is set to get much hotter. for saturday, sunshine and temperatures through

the afternoon getting up to a warm, if not hot, 28 celsius. now for sunday, the high pressure continues to drift east. as it does so, it is dragging in much warmer air from the south. the met office has an amber weather warning in place for extreme heat. that is valid from sunday through to tuesday. temperatures on sunday, we are looking at 33, potentially 3a celsius. monday and tuesday, they are going to get much warmer. 38 celsius possible, but in one or two spots it could be a degree or two higher. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.

7:31am. there are calls for the government to formally apologise to the thousands of women in england and wales, whose babies were taken away from them simply because they were not married. let's take a look at some of the key facts. this was an inquiry by thejoint committee on human rights, looking into the treatment of unmarried mothers and the 185,000 babies forcibly taken from them for adoption from 19a9 to 1976. it was launched last autumn, following years of campaigning by some of those mothers and the children they lost. its report is published today. the key demand is for a formal government apology, along with more support for those who have been traumatised by their experience, by giving better access to specially trained counsellors and improving access to birth records. we'rejoined now byjudy baker, who had her baby daughter taken away from her in the 1960s, and liz harvie, who was taken away from her birth parents in the 70s.

very pleased you are both here this morning. judy. can you just tell us... i always feel awful in these circumstances because it is such a massive part of your life and we get you to condense something so emotional, with so many implications, down to a short moment in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby. in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby-— in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i — had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had _ had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had been _ had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had been conditioned i ok, already i had been conditioned even before she was born that the route _ even before she was born that the route to _ even before she was born that the route to go — even before she was born that the route to go down was to give her up for adoption. route to go down was to give her up foradoption. because route to go down was to give her up for adoption. because somebody else could give _ for adoption. because somebody else could give her a much better life than _ could give her a much better life than i _ could give her a much better life than i could, because they were married — than i could, because they were married and financially stable, and i married and financially stable, and i was _ married and financially stable, and i was pregnant, single and without support _ i was pregnant, single and without support. there was no financial support— support. there was no financial support offered by the government. there _ support offered by the government. there was— support offered by the government. there was no counselling. it was 'ust there was no counselling. it was just taken— there was no counselling. it was just taken as a given that the baby woutd _ just taken as a given that the baby would go — just taken as a given that the baby would no. . , just taken as a given that the baby would no. . , :,

would go. there was an assumption that ou would go. there was an assumption that you felt — would go. there was an assumption that you felt was _ would go. there was an assumption that you felt was overwhelming, - would go. there was an assumption l that you felt was overwhelming, that this was something that should happen. what did happen? what unfolded? 50. happen. what did happen? what unfolded? . , . happen. what did happen? what unfolded? :, , . : unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we sent unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we spent seven — unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we spent seven weeks _ unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we spent seven weeks together. - unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we spent seven weeks together. and - unfolded? so, i had my daughter. we| spent seven weeks together. and then itook— spent seven weeks together. and then i took to— spent seven weeks together. and then i took to the adoption agency. i went— i took to the adoption agency. i went in— i took to the adoption agency. i went in one door, she went out in another— went in one door, she went out in another door— went in one door, she went out in another door with her adopted parents — another door with her adopted parents -- _ another door with her adopted parents —— adoptive parents. that is my baby— parents —— adoptive parents. that is my baby daughter. yes. parents -- adoptive parents. that is my baby daughter-— parents -- adoptive parents. that is my baby daughter. yes. now, take us throu~h my baby daughter. yes. now, take us throu . h the my baby daughter. yes. now, take us through the story _ my baby daughter. yes. now, take us through the story beyond _ my baby daughter. yes. now, take us through the story beyond that. - my baby daughter. yes. now, take us through the story beyond that. is - my baby daughter. yes. now, take us through the story beyond that. is an l through the story beyond that. is an important time, there i —— the idea there should be an official apology. what happened after that? this there should be an official apology. what happened after that? 955 t there should be an official apology. what happened after that? as i say, there was no — what happened after that? as i say, there was no counselling, _ what happened after that? as i say, there was no counselling, there - what happened after that? as i say, there was no counselling, there wasj there was no counselling, there was nothing _ there was no counselling, there was nothing i_ there was no counselling, there was nothing. i was told that i should 'ust nothing. i was told that i should just go— nothing. i was told that i should just go on. _ nothing. i was told that i should just go on, live my life, i would have _ just go on, live my life, i would have other— just go on, live my life, i would have other children, which i never did. have other children, which i never did and _ have other children, which i never did and it — have other children, which i never did. and it would be as if it hadn't happened — did. and it would be as if it hadn't happened i— did. and it would be as if it hadn't happened. i mean, how ridiculous is that?! _ happened. i mean, how ridiculous is that?! how— happened. i mean, how ridiculous is that?! how can you have a baby and

pretend _ that?! how can you have a baby and pretend it _ that?! how can you have a baby and pretend it never happened? your family must _ pretend it never happened? your family must have _ pretend it never happened? gm;- family must have known? pretend it never happened? your family must have known? my - pretend it never happened? your. family must have known? my family knew. i family must have known? my family knew- i didn't— family must have known? my family knew. i didn't tell— family must have known? my family knew. i didn't tell anybody - family must have known? my family knew. i didn't tell anybody else. - family must have known? my family knew. i didn't tell anybody else. so | knew. i didn't tell anybody else. so when _ knew. i didn't tell anybody else. so when people asked me, do you have any children? i said no. how do you say, _ any children? i said no. how do you say, oh. _ any children? i said no. how do you say. oh. yes, — any children? i said no. how do you say, oh, yes, i've got a daughter, but actually, _ say, oh, yes, i've got a daughter, but actually, i gave her to somebody else to _ but actually, i gave her to somebody else to raise?— else to raise? what did you know about her? _ else to raise? what did you know about her? nothing. _ else to raise? what did you know about her? nothing. you - else to raise? what did you know about her? nothing. you came i else to raise? what did you know| about her? nothing. you came to else to raise? what did you know - about her? nothing. you came to meet her? she found — about her? nothing. you came to meet her? she found me. _ about her? nothing. you came to meet her? she found me. there _ about her? nothing. you came to meet her? she found me. there is _ her? she found me. there is something — her? she found me. there is something called _ her? she found me. there is something called an - her? she found me. there is| something called an adoption register— something called an adoption register held by the gr row, where you can _ register held by the gr row, where you can put — register held by the gr row, where you can put your details. there was another— you can put your details. there was another register and it was through that that _ another register and it was through that that my daughter found me. and through— that that my daughter found me. and through a _ that that my daughter found me. and through a social worker she approached me in 2000. did through a social worker she approached me in 2000. did she have an idea of approached me in 2000. did she have any idea of the — approached me in 2000. did she have any idea of the circumstances? - approached me in 2000. did she have any idea of the circumstances? no. i any idea of the circumstances? no. and what he _ any idea of the circumstances? no. and what he believed was that i coutdn't— and what he believed was that i couldn't have loved her and that she

had been _ couldn't have loved her and that she had been inherently bad because i had been inherently bad because i had given— had been inherently bad because i had given her away. that obviously was not the _ had given her away. that obviously was not the case. _ had given her away. that obviously was not the case. of— had given her away. that obviously was not the case. of course - had given her away. that obviously was not the case. of course not. . had given her away. that obviously was not the case. of course not. i | was not the case. of course not. i loved her- — was not the case. of course not. i loved her- i— was not the case. of course not. i loved her. i love _ was not the case. of course not. i loved her. i love -- _ was not the case. of course not. i loved her. i love -- loveto - was not the case. of course not. i loved her. i love -- loveto then, ij loved her. i love —— loveto then, i her now — loved her. i love —— loveto then, i her now. hit— loved her. i love -- loveto then, i her now— loved her. i love -- loveto then, i hernow. : ., , ., her now. all you can do is have the time now to _ her now. all you can do is have the time now to express _ her now. all you can do is have the time now to express that. - her now. all you can do is have the time now to express that. liz, - her now. all you can do is have the time now to express that. liz, i - her now. all you can do is have the | time now to express that. liz, i see you nodding there. just to pick up on the emotion, is that how you felt about the woman, the mother who gave you up for adoption, or was told to give you up for adoption?- give you up for adoption? yeah. i crew u- give you up for adoption? yeah. i grew op thinking _ give you up for adoption? yeah. i grew up thinking i _ give you up for adoption? yeah. i grew up thinking i was _ give you up for adoption? yeah. i grew up thinking i was not - give you up for adoption? yeah. i i grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no _ grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea — grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea as _ grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea. as a _ grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea. as a child _ grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea. as a child that - grew up thinking i was not wanted. i had no idea. as a child that is - had no idea. as a child that is realty— had no idea. as a child that is really difficult _ had no idea. as a child that is really difficult to _ had no idea. as a child that is really difficult to swallow. - had no idea. as a child that is really difficult to swallow. i l had no idea. as a child that is - really difficult to swallow. i found my birth — really difficult to swallow. i found my birth mother. _ really difficult to swallow. i found my birth mother. i— really difficult to swallow. i found my birth mother. i didn't- really difficult to swallow. i found my birth mother. i didn't meet. really difficult to swallow. i foundi my birth mother. i didn't meet her my birth mother. ididn't meet her untit— my birth mother. i didn't meet her until i_ my birth mother. ididn't meet her until i was— my birth mother. i didn't meet her until i was 28. _ my birth mother. i didn't meet her until i was 28, which _ my birth mother. ididn't meet her until i was 28, which is— my birth mother. i didn't meet her until i was 28, which is quite - until i was 28, which is quite tight — until i was 28, which is quite liuht. , , ., until i was 28, which is quite liuht. , ., ., light. did you go through the same rocess? i light. did you go through the same process? i did. _ light. did you go through the same process? i did. there _ light. did you go through the same process? i did. there is _ light. did you go through the same process? i did. there is a - light. did you go through the same process? i did. there is a contact | process? i did. there is a contact reuister. process? i did. there is a contact register- both —

process? i did. there is a contact register. both parties— process? i did. there is a contact register. both parties have - process? i did. there is a contact register. both parties have to - register. both parties have to agree — register. both parties have to agree we _ register. both parties have to agree. we shared _ register. both parties have to agree. we shared letters- register. both parties have to agree. we shared letters and| register. both parties have to- agree. we shared letters and photos, but it— agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took— agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took ten — agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took ten years _ agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took ten years for _ agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took ten years for me _ agree. we shared letters and photos, but it took ten years for me to - but it took ten years for me to actually — but it took ten years for me to actually meet _ but it took ten years for me to actually meet her. _ but it took ten years for me to actually meet her.— but it took ten years for me to actually meet her. what do you know now about the _ actually meet her. what do you know now about the circumstances - actually meet her. what do you know now about the circumstances she - actually meet her. what do you know| now about the circumstances she was facing at that time?— facing at that time? there was coercion involved. _ facing at that time? there was coercion involved. i— facing at that time? there was coercion involved. i believe - facing at that time? there was coercion involved. i believe it. facing at that time? there was i coercion involved. i believe it was the church, — coercion involved. i believe it was the church, it _ coercion involved. i believe it was the church, it was _ coercion involved. i believe it was the church, it was the _ coercion involved. i believe it was the church, it was the state, - coercion involved. i believe it was the church, it was the state, it. coercion involved. i believe it wasi the church, it was the state, it was the church, it was the state, it was the government. _ the church, it was the state, it was the government, maternity- the church, it was the state, it was| the government, maternity nurses, social— the government, maternity nurses, social workers _ the government, maternity nurses, social workers. that _ the government, maternity nurses, social workers. that was _ the government, maternity nurses, social workers. that was definitelyi social workers. that was definitely the common— social workers. that was definitely the common theme. _ social workers. that was definitely the common theme. she - social workers. that was definitely the common theme. she was - social workers. that was definitely the common theme. she was with| social workers. that was definitely. the common theme. she was with my birth father~ _ the common theme. she was with my birth father. they _ the common theme. she was with my birth father. theyjust _ the common theme. she was with my birth father. theyjust weren't - birth father. theyjust weren't married _ birth father. theyjust weren't married. the _ birth father. theyjust weren't married. the narrative - birth father. theyjust weren't married. the narrative was, . birth father. theyjust weren't l married. the narrative was, you birth father. theyjust weren't - married. the narrative was, you are not fated _ married. the narrative was, you are not fated to — married. the narrative was, you are not fated to keep _ married. the narrative was, you are not fated to keep this _ married. the narrative was, you are not fated to keep this baby, - married. the narrative was, you are not fated to keep this baby, you - married. the narrative was, you are not fated to keep this baby, you are going _ not fated to keep this baby, you are going to _ not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put — not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put it— not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put it up— not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put it up for— not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put it up for adoption- not fated to keep this baby, you are going to put it up for adoption and i going to put it up for adoption and we witt— going to put it up for adoption and we will give — going to put it up for adoption and we will give it _ going to put it up for adoption and we will give it a _ going to put it up for adoption and we will give it a more _ going to put it up for adoption and we will give it a more suitable - we will give it a more suitable parents — we will give it a more suitable parents the _ we will give it a more suitable parents. the shame _ we will give it a more suitable parents. the shame was - we will give it a more suitable parents. the shame was thati we will give it a more suitable - parents. the shame was that great. what _ parents. the shame was that great. what difference _ parents. the shame was that great. what difference does _ parents. the shame was that great. what difference does it _ parents. the shame was that great. what difference does it make - parents. the shame was that great. what difference does it make to - parents. the shame was that great. i what difference does it make to you, this idea of an apology? the idea that something should be officially recognised in some way? how does that tangibly impact? this

recognised in some way? how does that tangibly impact?— that tangibly impact? this is huge. this is the outcome _ that tangibly impact? this is huge. this is the outcome we _ that tangibly impact? this is huge. this is the outcome we were - that tangibly impact? this is huge. | this is the outcome we were hoping for. this is the outcome we were hoping for to _ this is the outcome we were hoping for to get — this is the outcome we were hoping for to get that _ this is the outcome we were hoping for. to get that report _ this is the outcome we were hoping for. to get that report is _ for. to get that report is monumental. _ for. to get that report is monumental. it - for. to get that report is monumental. it is - for. to get that report is monumental. it is very. for. to get that report is - monumental. it is very validating. you can— monumental. it is very validating. you can see — monumental. it is very validating. you can see the _ monumental. it is very validating. you can see the pain. _ monumental. it is very validating. you can see the pain. it _ monumental. it is very validating. you can see the pain. it is - monumental. it is very validating. you can see the pain. it is still- you can see the pain. it is still very— you can see the pain. it is still very raw— you can see the pain. it is still very raw today _ you can see the pain. it is still very raw today for _ you can see the pain. it is still very raw today for all - you can see the pain. it is still very raw today for all those . you can see the pain. it is still. very raw today for all those birth mothers — very raw today for all those birth mothers and _ very raw today for all those birth mothers and adoptees _ very raw today for all those birth mothers and adoptees or- very raw today for all those birth | mothers and adoptees or anyone involved — mothers and adoptees or anyone involved in— mothers and adoptees or anyone involved in this _ mothers and adoptees or anyone involved in this process. - mothers and adoptees or anyone involved in this process. but - mothers and adoptees or anyone involved in this process. but this| involved in this process. but this is not _ involved in this process. but this is not the — involved in this process. but this is not the end _ involved in this process. but this is not the end. this— involved in this process. but this is not the end. this is— involved in this process. but this is not the end. this isjust - involved in this process. but this is not the end. this isjust the i is not the end. this isjust the beginning _ is not the end. this isjust the beginning for— is not the end. this isjust the beginning for us. _ is not the end. this isjust the beginning for us. an - is not the end. this isjust the beginning for us. an apologyi is not the end. this isjust the| beginning for us. an apology is lovely— beginning for us. an apology is lovely to— beginning for us. an apology is lovely to have _ beginning for us. an apology is lovely to have and _ beginning for us. an apology is lovely to have and it _ beginning for us. an apology is lovely to have and it is - beginning for us. an apology is lovely to have and it is very - lovely to have and it is very vatidating. _ lovely to have and it is very validating, but _ lovely to have and it is very validating, but we - lovely to have and it is very validating, but we need - lovely to have and it is very . validating, but we need access lovely to have and it is very - validating, but we need access to proper— validating, but we need access to proper adoption, _ validating, but we need access to proper adoption, trauma - validating, but we need access to| proper adoption, trauma informed therapies — proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by— proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by experts. _ proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by experts. it _ proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by experts. it is- proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by experts. it is a - proper adoption, trauma informed therapies by experts. it is a very. therapies by experts. it is a very niche _ therapies by experts. it is a very niche trauma _ therapies by experts. it is a very niche trauma we _ therapies by experts. it is a very niche trauma we suffer, - therapies by experts. it is a veryi niche trauma we suffer, maternal separation — niche trauma we suffer, maternal separation and _ niche trauma we suffer, maternal separation and loss. _ niche trauma we suffer, maternal separation and loss. we - niche trauma we suffer, maternal separation and loss. we need - niche trauma we suffer, maternal. separation and loss. we need access to birth _ separation and loss. we need access to birth records, _ separation and loss. we need access to birth records, adoption _ separation and loss. we need access to birth records, adoption records, l to birth records, adoption records, that show— to birth records, adoption records, that show two _ to birth records, adoption records, that show two completely - to birth records, adoption records, j that show two completely different names _ that show two completely different names we — that show two completely different names we need _ that show two completely different names. we need access— that show two completely different names. we need access to - that show two completely different names. we need access to our- that show two completely different - names. we need access to our medical records, _ names. we need access to our medical records, medicat— names. we need access to our medical records, medical history. _ names. we need access to our medical records, medical history. i— names. we need access to our medical records, medical history. i still- records, medical history. i still don't _ records, medical history. i still don't know— records, medical history. i still don't know how _ records, medical history. i still don't know how the _ records, medical history. i still. don't know how the government records, medical history. i still- don't know how the government is going _ don't know how the government is going to _ don't know how the government is going to put — don't know how the government is going to put this— don't know how the government is going to put this in— don't know how the government is going to put this in place, - don't know how the government is going to put this in place, it - don't know how the government is going to put this in place, it is - going to put this in place, it is also _ going to put this in place, it is also complex _ going to put this in place, it is also complex. but _ going to put this in place, it is also complex. but there - going to put this in place, it is also complex. but there are l going to put this in place, it is - also complex. but there are certain things— also complex. but there are certain things we _ also complex. but there are certain things we need _ also complex. but there are certain things we need to _ also complex. but there are certain things we need to happen- also complex. but there are certain things we need to happen now. - also complex. but there are certain things we need to happen now. we| things we need to happen now. we will carry— things we need to happen now. we will carry on — things we need to happen now. we will carry on campaigning. - things we need to happen now. we will carry on campaigning. judy, . will carry on campaigning. judy, have ou will carry on campaigning. judy, have you had — will carry on campaigning. judy, have you had any _ will carry on campaigning. judy, have you had any help, - will carry on campaigning. judy, have you had any help, any - will carry on campaigningm have you had any help, any therapy? this is one of the things you spoke

about, any counselling? t this is one of the things you spoke about, any counselling?— about, any counselling? i paid for counselling _ about, any counselling? i paid for counselling and _ about, any counselling? i paid for counselling and i _ about, any counselling? i paid for counselling and i knew— about, any counselling? i paid for counselling and i knew more - about, any counselling? i paid for counselling and i knew more thanj about, any counselling? i paid for - counselling and i knew more than she did. we _ counselling and i knew more than she did. ~ ., counselling and i knew more than she did. ., ., _ counselling and i knew more than she did. . ., ., _ ., did. we have obviously read the notes. did. we have obviously read the notes- you _ did. we have obviously read the notes. you and _ did. we have obviously read the notes. you and your _ did. we have obviously read the notes. you and your daughter. did. we have obviously read the . notes. you and your daughter have had an up and down relationship. your access to the birth records, what does that do to the relationship your daughter has with her adoptive parents, her mum and dad, as they were? messi is exactly the right word. it is more than an apology. you can't fix it. you can't change the fact damage happened. the damage has hit you and it is damage. it can be helped, perhaps? yes. damage has hit you and it is damage. it can be helped, perhaps?— it can be helped, perhaps? yes. i think it is a _ it can be helped, perhaps? yes. i think it is a very _ it can be helped, perhaps? yes. i think it is a very isolating - think it is a very isolating experience. many of us mothers betieve — experience. many of us mothers believe we were the only once this had happened to. we never talked about— had happened to. we never talked about it _ had happened to. we never talked about it. so now it is coming out that— about it. so now it is coming out that we — about it. so now it is coming out that we were not alone, there were

thousands— that we were not alone, there were thousands who suffered in this way. and those _ thousands who suffered in this way. and those of us perhaps you are maybe _ and those of us perhaps you are maybe further on in ourjourneys, i mean, _ maybe further on in ourjourneys, i mean. i_ maybe further on in ourjourneys, i mean. i have — maybe further on in ourjourneys, i mean, i have been reunited with my daughter— mean, i have been reunited with my daughter for 22 years, i've done a lot daughter for 22 years, i've done a tot of— daughter for 22 years, i've done a tot of work— daughter for 22 years, i've done a lot of work around that, i have done a lot lot of work around that, i have done a tot of— lot of work around that, i have done a lot of reading, i've informed mysetf, — a lot of reading, i've informed myself, i've run is in support groups. _ myself, i've run is in support groups, i've done a lot to help myself — groups, i've done a lot to help myself. we can help each other, but we shouldn'tjust be relying on peer support _ we shouldn'tjust be relying on peer support. we should be able to have peer support, supported by professionals that can deal with this trauma.— professionals that can deal with this trauma. ., ., ., this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago- — this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago- it _ this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago. it is _ this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago. it is quite _ this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago. it is quite hard - this trauma. you alluded to the same moment ago. it is quite hard for - moment ago. it is quite hard for people who have not been through what both of you have been through, to comprehend the extent to which it overtakes your life. can you give people a sense of that, how much of the space in your head eight occupies, both in the past and even now? , ., ,

now? ok. in the past i was, i believe. _ now? ok. in the past i was, i believe, fortunate _ now? ok. in the past i was, i believe, fortunate that - now? ok. in the past i was, i believe, fortunate that i - now? ok. in the past i was, i believe, fortunate that i just| now? ok. in the past i was, i- believe, fortunate that ijust built a brick— believe, fortunate that ijust built a brick wall around my emotions. so i did a brick wall around my emotions. so i did shut _ a brick wall around my emotions. so i did shut down. but what i see now with hindsight is the way that i lived _ with hindsight is the way that i lived my— with hindsight is the way that i lived my life was affected by the trauma — lived my life was affected by the trauma i— lived my life was affected by the trauma. i didn't look after myself. i trauma. ididn't look after myself. i didn't— trauma. i didn't look after myself. ididn't have — trauma. i didn't look after myself. i didn't have healthy relationships. i didn't have healthy relationships. i did ididn't have healthy relationships. i did att— i didn't have healthy relationships. i did all sorts of things that actually— i did all sorts of things that actually were harmful to me. after my daughter found me, the brick wall came _ my daughter found me, the brick wall came tumbling down like a really hugety~ _ came tumbling down like a really hugely. and it was a terrible time of grief _ hugely. and it was a terrible time of grief. when you lose a baby to adoption, — of grief. when you lose a baby to adoption, you can't mourn because the baby— adoption, you can't mourn because the baby has not died. so you have no wetcome — the baby has not died. so you have no welcome for that baby because it is going _ no welcome for that baby because it is going to _ no welcome for that baby because it is going to be living with somebody else, _ is going to be living with somebody else, and _ is going to be living with somebody else, and so you also have no chance to grieve _ else, and so you also have no chance to grieve because the baby hasn't died _ to grieve because the baby hasn't died so— to grieve because the baby hasn't died. so all of that grief, eventually, came out. extraordinary.

i eventually, came out. extraordinary. iwanted _ eventually, came out. extraordinary. iwanted to— eventually, came out. extraordinary. i wanted to tear my clothes, drove to a high— i wanted to tear my clothes, drove to a high point and are set in the carand— to a high point and are set in the car and screamed. to a high point and are set in the carand screamed. it to a high point and are set in the car and screamed. it was really very scary _ car and screamed. it was really very sca . . . . car and screamed. it was really very sca , , , , :, car and screamed. it was really very sca . , , , ., , scary. this sense of identity -- there is a _ scary. this sense of identity -- there is a sense _ scary. this sense of identity -- there is a sense of _ scary. this sense of identity -- there is a sense of identity - scary. this sense of identity -- there is a sense of identity is l there is a sense of identity is changes for you as well? yeah, absolutely- _ changes for you as well? yeah, absolutely. when _ changes for you as well? yeah, absolutely. when you - changes for you as well? yeah, absolutely. when you grow- changes for you as well? yeah, absolutely. when you grow up| changes for you as well? yeah, l absolutely. when you grow up in changes for you as well? yeah, - absolutely. when you grow up in an adopted _ absolutely. when you grow up in an adopted famity _ absolutely. when you grow up in an adopted famity -- _ absolutely. when you grow up in an adopted family —— adoptive - absolutely. when you grow up in an adopted family —— adoptive family, i adopted family —— adoptive family, you have _ adopted family —— adoptive family, you have no — adopted family —— adoptive family, you have no genetic— adopted family —— adoptive family, you have no genetic mirroring. - adopted family —— adoptive family, j you have no genetic mirroring. you don't _ you have no genetic mirroring. you don't took— you have no genetic mirroring. you don't took tike _ you have no genetic mirroring. you don't look like the _ you have no genetic mirroring. you don't look like the people - you have no genetic mirroring. you don't look like the people in- you have no genetic mirroring. you don't look like the people in your. don't look like the people in your family. _ don't look like the people in your family. you — don't look like the people in your family. you don't _ don't look like the people in your family, you don't necessarily- don't look like the people in your. family, you don't necessarily behave like the _ family, you don't necessarily behave like the people — family, you don't necessarily behave like the people in— family, you don't necessarily behave like the people in your— family, you don't necessarily behave like the people in your family. - family, you don't necessarily behave like the people in your family. so, . like the people in your family. so, that sense — like the people in your family. so, that sense of— like the people in your family. so, that sense of identity _ like the people in your family. so, that sense of identity is _ like the people in your family. so, that sense of identity is missing. i that sense of identity is missing. it's that sense of identity is missing. its amazing _ that sense of identity is missing. it's amazing. it's _ that sense of identity is missing. it's amazing. it's very— that sense of identity is missing. it's amazing. it's very confusing. j that sense of identity is missing. i it's amazing. it's very confusing. i it's amazing. it's very confusing. t think it's amazing. it's very confusing. think both of you have it's amazing. it's very confusing.“ think both of you have articulated just how clearly this apology, more than an apology, what it leads to is why it is important and important to discuss it. for you to talk about your personal stories, identity, the trauma, the pain, is very brave. and it's needed. it is required. we thank you both so much. judy becker

and liz harvey. the thank you both so much. judy becker and liz harvey-— and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing- — and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing- you _ and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing. you both _ and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing. you both have _ and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing. you both have a - and liz harvey. the stories are very harrowing. you both have a great . harrowing. you both have a great energy around you. when you first came in here, there was a lovely vibe about you both.— came in here, there was a lovely vibe about you both. thank you. very fulfillinu. vibe about you both. thank you. very fulfilling- 17 — vibe about you both. thank you. very fulfilling. 17 minutes _ vibe about you both. thank you. very fulfilling. 17 minutes to _ vibe about you both. thank you. very fulfilling. 17 minutes to eight. - fulfilling. 17 minutes to eight. that morning. there has been a tournament going on. it has been really good to watch. somebody who is loving it is mike, who is in southampton for us. nestled among the seats. you are almost camouflaged in there, mike bushell. those seats are going to be roaring with atmosphere later, ——? it is a sell—out. records have already been broken at the women's euros. this is the home dugout at southampton, where northern ireland will be set in, the substitutes and some of the coaching team. i'm sure the manager will be in the technical area. they will be in the technical area. they will be in the technical area. they will be savouring this final match of their first ever women's major

tournament. england just over there. the first clash between these two nations in a tournament. let's go to the gulf. —— the gulf. the second round of the 150th open isjust getting under way at st andrews. yesterday's opening round saw rory mcilroy get right in contention at the top of the leaderboard. a six under par means he's second and just two shots off the leader, the american cameron young. but tiger woods had a difficult day, hitting the water on the first hole on the way to a six over par, which did still include three birdies. obviously i can't get ahead of myself. ijust have to keep playing the way that i know that i'm playing, and if i can do that, this course does give you a lot of opportunities. so, you know, even, yeah, ijust, i've got to... ..birdie the holes that you should birdie here, try to limit your mistakes on the tough holes. and if i can keep doing that for three more days, i should have a great chance.

tom pidcock has become the first british rider to win a stage at this year's tour de france. this is the 22—year—old's first appearance at the tour. you might remember him from last year's olympics, where he won gold in mountain biking. he claimed stage 12 in style on the iconic alpe d'huez mountain, winning by a8 seconds. and you can see just how much it meant to him. afterwards he said it was one of his "best experiences in cycling". france booked their place in the quarter finals of the euros with a game to spare, after beating belgium 2—1 in rotherham. belgium had levelled france's early goal, but the french quickly responded through griedge mbock to put them back in control. they missed a penalty late on, but by then they'd already done enough to win the game and reach the last eight.

valentina bergamaschi was italy's saviour as they scraped a 1—1 draw with iceland. the draw means both sides have a fighting chance of making the quarter finals. back to tonight, where it's another clash of home nations, as england take on northern ireland here in southampton. it will mark the end of northern ireland's euros adventure, as they lost their opening two games. but against england, they will want to leave the tournament on a high. it will be tough up against the hosts, though, who beat norway 8—0 in their last group game, and who are strong favourites for the whole tournament. i think for them it is really good if they now have their first tournament. forthe if they now have their first tournament. for the development of players you need tournament to become better and to know what you can expect next time. what we can see is that they are trying to of course develop their style of play. and i am absolutely sure that they

want to get a competitive game tomorrow and do everything to make the best out of it, and that is what we want to do too. it is a big occasion for our girls to play— it is a big occasion for our girls to play in— it is a big occasion for our girls to play in a _ it is a big occasion for our girls to play in a full house like this. we want — to play in a full house like this. we want to do our best. if we can .ive we want to do our best. if we can give of— we want to do our best. if we can give of our— we want to do our best. if we can give of our best, then we can't have any complaints, we don't want to leave _ any complaints, we don't want to leave anything behind. this is the culmination of ourjourney in the euros _ culmination of ourjourney in the euros finals. and we want to leave on a _ euros finals. and we want to leave on a feel—good and certainly we will be trying _ on a feel—good and certainly we will be trying to— on a feel—good and certainly we will be trying to do that. getting to a major tournament, this is what it means. you get your place cemented in the famous iconic sticker books. doing the country proud. i have only got one board to go in the northern ireland team. i will get my packs out and see who i have got. see you later. t am will get my packs out and see who i have got. see you later.— have got. see you later. i am busy. how many — have got. see you later. i am busy. how many sticker _ have got. see you later. i am busy. how many sticker albums - have got. see you later. i am busy. how many sticker albums have - have got. see you later. i am busy. how many sticker albums have you | how many sticker albums have you

got? t how many sticker albums have you not? :. how many sticker albums have you i at? ., :, how many sticker albums have you not? ., ., , how many sticker albums have you not? :. :, , ., got? i need a whole building to house them — got? i need a whole building to house them all. _ got? i need a whole building to house them all. i _ got? i need a whole building to house them all. i have - got? i need a whole building to house them all. i have literally| house them all. i have literally dozens. d0 house them all. i have literally dozens. ., ., house them all. i have literally dozens. ., ., , ., house them all. i have literally dozens. ., ., dozens. do you want to put a shout out for anyone _ dozens. do you want to put a shout out for anyone that _ dozens. do you want to put a shout out for anyone that you _ dozens. do you want to put a shout out for anyone that you are - dozens. do you want to put a shout i out for anyone that you are missing? ashley hodson. —— ashley hodson. i've got marisa callaghan. the captain of northern ireland. i'm missing loads of other gaps in the other teams. where have they gone? it is getting a bit fiddly now. fingers and thumbs. missing a few england players. i'm up for swaps, if anybody can help me. georgia stanway if anybody can help me. georgia sta nway would if anybody can help me. georgia stanway would be good. t am if anybody can help me. georgia stanway would be good. i am so deliahted stanway would be good. i am so delighted that _ stanway would be good. i am so delighted that those _ stanway would be good. i am so delighted that those sticker - stanway would be good. i am so . delighted that those sticker albums are still happening.— are still happening. brilliant. talkin: are still happening. brilliant. talking of— are still happening. brilliant. talking of old _ are still happening. brilliant. talking of old school, - are still happening. brilliant. talking of old school, matt, | are still happening. brilliant. - talking of old school, matt, how are you doing?! did you have sticker

albums? i used to love my sticker albums. i have _ i used to love my sticker albums. i have not— i used to love my sticker albums. i have not done it for a few years now _ have not done it for a few years now we — have not done it for a few years now. i've tried to persuade my girls but they— now. i've tried to persuade my girls but they are — now. i've tried to persuade my girls but they are not interested. the women's euros _ but they are not interested. tt9 women's euros will get them interested.— women's euros will get them interested. ~ , , ., , interested. absolutely. lovingly football. good _ interested. absolutely. lovingly football. good luck _ interested. absolutely. lovingly football. good luck for - interested. absolutely. lovingly football. good luck for them - interested. absolutely. lovingly. football. good luck for them sunny spells _ football. good luck for them sunny spells a _ football. good luck for them sunny spells. a fine start in southern areas — spells. a fine start in southern areas today. good morning. it is a lovely— areas today. good morning. it is a lovely sunny — areas today. good morning. it is a lovely sunny start here in london. but the _ lovely sunny start here in london. but the forecast is one that shows a bit of— but the forecast is one that shows a bit of a _ but the forecast is one that shows a bit of a split— but the forecast is one that shows a bit of a split across the country today~ — bit of a split across the country today. whilst we have got the sunshine _ today. whilst we have got the sunshine in the south, across many northern— sunshine in the south, across many northern areas it is starting cloudy and damp — northern areas it is starting cloudy and damp. you are probably thinking, where _ and damp. you are probably thinking, where is _ and damp. you are probably thinking, where is the _ and damp. you are probably thinking, where is the heatwave? it is on the way _ where is the heatwave? it is on the way quite — where is the heatwave? it is on the way quite a — where is the heatwave? it is on the way. quite a severe one. the cloud and rain _ way. quite a severe one. the cloud and rain we — way. quite a severe one. the cloud and rain we have got at the moment, you can _ and rain we have got at the moment, you can see _ and rain we have got at the moment, you can see it — and rain we have got at the moment, you can see it putting in on the satellite — you can see it putting in on the satellite image. it is coming off the atlantic. moving its way from north—west to south—east. it will gradually— north—west to south—east. it will gradually tear away. rain or drizzle turns _ gradually tear away. rain or drizzle turns more — gradually tear away. rain or drizzle turns more sherry in eastern scotland. _ turns more sherry in eastern scotland, not easing them. western

scotland. _ scotland, not easing them. western scotland, northern ireland, north—west thing that will brighten up north—west thing that will brighten up the _ north—west thing that will brighten up the afternoon. sunniest in the south—west. temperatures in the mid 20s across _ south—west. temperatures in the mid 20s across southern areas. but overall— 20s across southern areas. but overall it — 20s across southern areas. but overall it feels fresher. make the most _ overall it feels fresher. make the most of— overall it feels fresher. make the most of it— overall it feels fresher. make the most of it if you can. the vast majority — most of it if you can. the vast majority seen temperatures of high teens _ majority seen temperatures of high teens and _ majority seen temperatures of high teens and low 20s. the cloud lingers in the _ teens and low 20s. the cloud lingers in the southeast this evening. cloud pushing _ in the southeast this evening. cloud pushing into the north of scotland with outbreaks of rain or drizzle. temperatures will drop back in rural areas _ temperatures will drop back in rural areas to— temperatures will drop back in rural areas to single figures. another good _ areas to single figures. another good night to open the windows and .et good night to open the windows and get some _ good night to open the windows and get some fresh air. you should get a good _ get some fresh air. you should get a good night's — get some fresh air. you should get a good night's sleep. it takes is until— good night's sleep. it takes is until we — good night's sleep. it takes is until we get. so it begins. more sunshine — until we get. so it begins. more sunshine on saturday. on the north of scotland. — sunshine on saturday. on the north of scotland, more cloud that breaks of scotland, more cloud that breaks of rain _ of scotland, more cloud that breaks of rain and — of scotland, more cloud that breaks of rain and drizzle. isolated showers _ of rain and drizzle. isolated showers towards the south—west. most will be _ showers towards the south—west. most will be dry _ showers towards the south—west. most will be dry. the first sign temperatures are creeping up, 27, 20 8 degrees — temperatures are creeping up, 27, 20 8 degrees and drizzle. isolated showers — 8 degrees and drizzle. isolated showers towards the south—west. most will be _ showers towards the south—west. most will be dry _ showers towards the south—west. most will be dry. the first sign temperatures are creeping up, 27, 20 degrees _ temperatures are creeping up, 27, 20 degrees in — temperatures are creeping up, 27, 20 degrees in southern counties. elsewhere, lifting a degree or so on today _ elsewhere, lifting a degree or so on today. they— elsewhere, lifting a degree or so on today. they were left further into

sunday — today. they were left further into sunday. overnight showers in the northern — sunday. overnight showers in the northern half of the uk into the morning — northern half of the uk into the morning. they will gradually ease. decent _ morning. they will gradually ease. decent amounts of sunshine. for someday, — decent amounts of sunshine. for someday, temperatures are now more widely— someday, temperatures are now more widely putting into words the 30s, particularly across england and wales — particularly across england and wales. temperatures will climb further— wales. temperatures will climb further into next week. just take a look at _ further into next week. just take a look at what we can expect on monday and tuesday. we have not seen this on a chart— and tuesday. we have not seen this on a chart before, but we could see our first _ on a chart before, but we could see our first 40 — on a chart before, but we could see our first 40 celsius day. it is increasingly likely we will break national— increasingly likely we will break national temperature records across the country — national temperature records across the country as we go into the start of next _ the country as we go into the start of next week. an exceptional heatwave. if you are thinking, it is summer. — heatwave. if you are thinking, it is summer, that is not quite normal for the uk, _ summer, that is not quite normal for the uk, our— summer, that is not quite normal for the uk, our houses, our infrastructure and not built for temperatures like infrastructure and not built for temperatures like that. it temperatures like that. it can— temperatures like that. it can have a significant impact on your health, notjust it can have a significant impact on your health, not just for the vulnerable. take the best advice you can. vulnerable. take the best advice you can the _ vulnerable. take the best advice you can. the bbc website gives you tips to cope _ can. the bbc website gives you tips to cope with heat. start thinking about— to cope with heat. start thinking about plans for next week because there _ about plans for next week because there may— about plans for next week because there may be impact sea transport also power, particularly on monday and tuesday, where we see the heat peak _ and tuesday, where we see the heat peak. just— and tuesday, where we see the heat

peak. just to give you some context, i peak. just to give you some context, i know _ peak. just to give you some context, i know we _ peak. just to give you some context, i know we have seen heat hot spells in the _ i know we have seen heat hot spells in the past — i know we have seen heat hot spells in the past. but out of the ten hottest — in the past. but out of the ten hottest days in the uk, seven have been _ hottest days in the uk, seven have been since — hottest days in the uk, seven have been since 2003. our hottest days in the uk, seven have been since 2003.— been since 2003. our climate is warminu. been since 2003. our climate is warming- lt _ been since 2003. our climate is warming. it certainly _ been since 2003. our climate is warming. it certainly is. - been since 2003. our climate is warming. it certainly is. if- been since 2003. our climate is warming. it certainly is. if you i warming. it certainly is. if you want advice to keep cool, you would kind of turn to australia, wouldn't you? not a bad place to turn to. they are better fixed for it there. they should — better fixed for it there. they should have some good advice. if you want advice — should have some good advice. if you want advice and _ should have some good advice. if you want advice and wanted _ should have some good advice. if you want advice and wanted to _ should have some good advice. if gm. want advice and wanted to ask somebody from down under, say doctors carl kennedy, what would be asking? doctors carl kennedy, what would be askin: ? ~ . doctors carl kennedy, what would be askinu? ~ . :. doctors carl kennedy, what would be askinu? ~ , ., ., doctors carl kennedy, what would be askinu? ., doctors carl kennedy, what would be askina? ,., ., asking? well, he is a doctor, so you could ask him _ asking? well, he is a doctor, so you could ask him anything. _ asking? well, he is a doctor, so you could ask him anything. how- asking? well, he is a doctor, so you could ask him anything. how do - asking? well, he is a doctor, so you could ask him anything. how do i. could ask him anything. how do i keep— could ask him anything. how do i keep cool, — could ask him anything. how do i keep cool, doctor carl?— could ask him anything. how do i keep cool, doctor carl? when i used to work in the _ keep cool, doctor carl? when i used to work in the shearing _ keep cool, doctor carl? when i used to work in the shearing sheds - keep cool, doctor carl? when i used to work in the shearing sheds in - to work in the shearing sheds in western— to work in the shearing sheds in western australia, _ to work in the shearing sheds in western australia, when - to work in the shearing sheds in western australia, when the - western australia, when the temperature _ western australia, when the temperature inside - western australia, when the temperature inside the - western australia, when the temperature inside the roof| western australia, when the - temperature inside the roof was getting — temperature inside the roof was getting up— temperature inside the roof was getting up to _ temperature inside the roof was getting up to 50, _ temperature inside the roof was getting up to 50, very, - temperature inside the roof was getting up to 50, very, very- temperature inside the roof was getting up to 50, very, very hot| temperature inside the roof was - getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet— getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet black _ getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet black tea _ getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet black tea was _ getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet black tea was what - getting up to 50, very, very hot and very sweet black tea was what i- very sweet black tea was what i drank — very sweet black tea was what i drank that _ very sweet black tea was what i drank. that puts— very sweet black tea was what i drank. that puts you _ very sweet black tea was what i drank. that puts you right- very sweet black tea was what i drank. that puts you right up. i drank. that puts you right up. presumably— drank. that puts you right up. presumably that _ drank. that puts you right up. presumably that helps - drank. that puts you right up. presumably that helps you - drank. that puts you right up. . presumably that helps you sweat more? :. �* .

presumably that helps you sweat more? . �* , , more? that's right. it triggers the body internally — more? that's right. it triggers the body internally to _ more? that's right. it triggers the body internally to start _ more? that's right. it triggers the body internally to start sweating, | body internally to start sweating, to protect — body internally to start sweating, to protect you _ body internally to start sweating, to protect you from _ body internally to start sweating, to protect you from the _ body internally to start sweating, to protect you from the extra - body internally to start sweating, i to protect you from the extra heat. that must — to protect you from the extra heat. that must be — to protect you from the extra heat. that must be seriously— to protect you from the extra heat. that must be seriously hot. - to protect you from the extra heat. that must be seriously hot. [- to protect you from the extra heat. that must be seriously hot. was. to protect you from the extra heat. that must be seriously hot.- that must be seriously hot. i was a kid. i that must be seriously hot. i was a kid- i used — that must be seriously hot. i was a kid- i used to _ that must be seriously hot. i was a kid. i used to go _ that must be seriously hot. i was a kid. i used to go up _ that must be seriously hot. i was a kid. i used to go up there - that must be seriously hot. i was a kid. i used to go up there every - kid. i used to go up there every holidays — kid. i used to go up there every holidays. they— kid. i used to go up there every holidays. they would _ kid. i used to go up there every holidays. they would get - kid. i used to go up there every holidays. they would get me i kid. i used to go up there every holidays. they would get me to kid. i used to go up there every- holidays. they would get me to she gre- holidays. they would get me to she greg knight— holidays. they would get me to she greg knight sweep _ holidays. they would get me to she greg knight sweep spray— holidays. they would get me to she greg knight sweep spray wool i holidays. they would get me to she| greg knight sweep spray wool while the shearers— greg knight sweep spray wool while the shearers worked. _ greg knight sweep spray wool while the shearers worked. probably i greg knight sweep spray wool while the shearers worked. probably onei greg knight sweep spray wool while i the shearers worked. probably one of the shearers worked. probably one of the hardest _ the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs _ the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs i _ the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs i have _ the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs i have ever- the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs i have ever had i the shearers worked. probably one of the hardestjobs i have ever had to. the hardestjobs i have ever had to do. the hardestjobs i have ever had to do click— the hardestjobs i have ever had to do click now— the hardestjobs i have ever had to do. click now these _ the hardestjobs i have ever had to do. click now these years, - the hardestjobs i have ever had to do. click now these years, we i the hardestjobs i have ever had to| do. click now these years, we used to sing _ do. click now these years, we used to sing l— do. click now these years, we used to sin. ~ ., do. click now these years, we used to sin. ~' . ., to sing. i think we have heard enou:h to sing. i think we have heard enough of— to sing. i think we have heard enough of that _ to sing. i think we have heard enough of that one. - to sing. i think we have heard enough of that one. no, i i to sing. i think we have heard| enough of that one. no, i was en'o in: enough of that one. no, i was enjoying it! — enough of that one. no, i was enjoying it! you _ enough of that one. no, i was enjoying it! you are _ enough of that one. no, i was enjoying it! you are actually, i enough of that one. no, i was i enjoying it! you are actually, -- enjoying it! you are actually, —— you are actually royalty, aren't you? you are good at playing doctor carl kennedy on neighbours. the show�*s final episode will air in exactly two weeks. but as one door closes, another is opening for alan, who is releasing his debut solo album. before we speak to him about that,

let's take a look back at some of his moments as ramsay street's longest serving doctor. # neighbours # everybody needs good neighbours...# 0k, carl. sorry, mr kennedy. it's doctor, actually. whatever it's called, i've had enough. there's nothing wrong with being friendly. i'm not going to change just because we've moved. i don't see what you're getting so excited about, from the look of the neighbours i've seen so far — they're not my type, that's for sure. i i don't know what to do. it's got a collar. i suppose we should call the rspca. we certainly can't keep it. well, if pizza's out, a lamb roast could be the goer. i take it that's a, "yes, susan, i like your idea of dinner." yes, susan, ilike your idea of dinner! oh, no, susan! yes, ambulance. hurry! 0h! i'm on the old keith road. i'm having a heart attack. what is carl doing? i don't know. i guess it's his interpretation of a song. carl? do you take susan to be your wife? do you promise to love, honour, cherish and protect her,

forsaking all others and holding only onto her? i do. # that's when good neighbours become good friends.# what about that then? very sad. does it make ou what about that then? very sad. does it make you nostalgic? _ what about that then? very sad. does it make you nostalgic? very _ it make you nostalgic? very nastasic- — it make you nostalgic? very nastasic. we _ it make you nostalgic? very nastasic. we have - it make you nostalgic? very nastasic. we have seen - it make you nostalgic? very nastasic. we have seen sol it make you nostalgic? very nastasic. we have seen so many clips lately _ nastasic. we have seen so many clips lately from _ nastasic. we have seen so many clips lately from the past. i have got a lot of— lately from the past. i have got a lot of my — lately from the past. i have got a lot of my own, actually, because i collected — lot of my own, actually, because i collected a — lot of my own, actually, because i collected a lot of footage. i like looking — collected a lot of footage. i like looking back at it. it is a journey. it is a _ looking back at it. it is a journey. it is a massive journey. did looking back at it. it is a 'ourney. it is a massive journey._ it is a massive 'ourney. did you take your — it is a massive 'ourney. did you take your first — it is a massive journey. did you take your first episode? - it is a massive journey. did you take your first episode? it - it is a massive journey. did you | take your first episode? it would have been typing by then. i take your first episode? it would have been typing by then. i would have been typing by then. i would have had a _ have been typing by then. i would have had a vhs _ have been typing by then. i would have had a vhs tape _ have been typing by then. i would have had a vhs tape running - have been typing by then. i would i have had a vhs tape running around somewhere. i very quickly stopped doing _ somewhere. i very quickly stopped doing that. i did have a fan get in contact _ doing that. i did have a fan get in contact wants to say they had taped on vhs _ contact wants to say they had taped on vhs every single episode of neighbours that ever aired. which is astounding. it neighbours that ever aired. which is astoundinu. . ,

astounding. it was intriguing when we have actors _ astounding. it was intriguing when we have actors on _ astounding. it was intriguing when we have actors on here, _ astounding. it was intriguing when we have actors on here, how- astounding. it was intriguing when | we have actors on here, how much they like or dislike looking at themselves. even something that happened just recently, sometimes people look away. sometimes things that are even older, they look away more. what is your approach? itrr; more. what is your approach? i try to look at it _ more. what is your approach? i try to look at it objectively. if we shot — to look at it objectively. if we shot a — to look at it objectively. if we shot a scene and we were trying to achieve _ shot a scene and we were trying to achieve this — shot a scene and we were trying to achieve this command i wanted back and say, _ achieve this command i wanted back and say, i— achieve this command i wanted back and say, i feel like we achieved it? a lot _ and say, i feel like we achieved it? a lot of— and say, i feel like we achieved it? a lot of the — and say, i feel like we achieved it? a lot of the time you go, no, terrible. _ a lot of the time you go, no, terrible, miss that. i don't look at terrible, miss that. idon't look at myself— terrible, miss that. i don't look at myself as— terrible, miss that. idon't look at myself as if— terrible, miss that. i don't look at myself as if to go,, it's me. you looked at _ myself as if to go,, it's me. you looked at that _ myself as if to go,, it's me. you looked at that and _ myself as if to go,, it's me. you looked at that and you - myself as if to go,, it's me. om. looked at that and you said, i had a great head of her there. alopecia happened this year? yes. great head of her there. alopecia happened this year?— happened this year? yes, i got circular patches _ happened this year? yes, i got circular patches in _ happened this year? yes, i got circular patches in my - happened this year? yes, i got circular patches in my beard. i happened this year? yes, i got i circular patches in my beard. that is quite _ circular patches in my beard. that is quite common. that is specific, alopecia _ is quite common. that is specific, alopecia for — is quite common. that is specific, alopecia for the bird. i saw a dermatologist. he said, robbed the sun. dermatologist. he said, robbed the sod it _ dermatologist. he said, robbed the sun. it disappeared inside my hairline _ sun. it disappeared inside my hairline. there was fake you're

getting — hairline. there was fake you're getting sprayed —— there was fake kerry— getting sprayed —— there was fake kerry getting sprayed on the set of neighbours. fans were worried. i shot a _ neighbours. fans were worried. i shot a video. i shaved my hair off because — shot a video. i shaved my hair off because it — shot a video. i shaved my hair off because it was getting silly. it was kind of— because it was getting silly. it was kind of a _ because it was getting silly. it was kind of a good accident that i did the video — kind of a good accident that i did the video. so many people came back to me _ the video. so many people came back to me and _ the video. so many people came back to me and said, i have got alopecia, my brother— to me and said, i have got alopecia, my brother has got alopecia, nobody talks about _ my brother has got alopecia, nobody talks about it. people hide it. kids .et talks about it. people hide it. kids get bullied because of it. it�*s get bullied because of it. it's interesting — get bullied because of it. it�*s interesting how fans react. you realise why they are called fans because they do care and they do listen and you have a platform that perhaps you didn't realise in terms of health care that you could influence?— of health care that you could influence? ~ , ,., , . , influence? absolutely. that is where our show take _ influence? absolutely. that is where our show take that _ influence? absolutely. that is where our show take that responsibility - our show take that responsibility seriouslv — our show take that responsibility seriously. we did an ms storyline. the response to that was overwhelming. people said, thank you so much _ overwhelming. people said, thank you so much for— overwhelming. people said, thank you so much for highlighting a disease that doesn't get enough attention in terms _ that doesn't get enough attention in terms of— that doesn't get enough attention in terms of fundraising. it is that doesn't get enough attention in terms of fundraising.— terms of fundraising. it is good when you _ terms of fundraising. it is good when you have _ terms of fundraising. it is good when you have a _ terms of fundraising. it is good when you have a voice - terms of fundraising. it is good when you have a voice like - terms of fundraising. it is good | when you have a voice like that.

what you have a voice, literally, which people may or may not now. shall we have a listen. # the words that are unspoken. # the words that are unspoken. # is the reason we are broken. as # you choose to stand your ground. two hearts lie in pieces. # sorry is the word you never found. who is that he are singing with? elise platt, who was on neighbours years— elise platt, who was on neighbours years ago — elise platt, who was on neighbours years ago. more recently played the character— years ago. more recently played the character olivia bell, who carl kennedy— character olivia bell, who carl kennedy was accused of pushing down the stairs _ kennedy was accused of pushing down the stairs. did kennedy was accused of pushing down the stairs. , ., kennedy was accused of pushing down the stairs-_ not _ the stairs. did he do it? not reall . the stairs. did he do it? not really. well, _ the stairs. did he do it? not really. well, yes, _ the stairs. did he do it? not really. well, yes, kind - the stairs. did he do it? not really. well, yes, kind of! l the stairs. did he do it? not. really. well, yes, kind of! it's a bit difficult. carl completely lost it. he was very angry _ carl completely lost it. he was very angry in— carl completely lost it. he was very

angry in a — carl completely lost it. he was very angry. in a sense he morally felt he was responsible for her falling down the stairs _ was responsible for her falling down the stairs. he didn't push.— the stairs. he didn't push. anyway, ou are the stairs. he didn't push. anyway, you are singing _ the stairs. he didn't push. anyway, you are singing together. _ the stairs. he didn't push. anyway, you are singing together. she - the stairs. he didn't push. anyway, you are singing together. she has l you are singing together. she has forgiven you. she you are singing together. she has forgiven you-— you are singing together. she has forgiven you. she has forgiven me. we are great _ forgiven you. she has forgiven me. we are great pals. _ forgiven you. she has forgiven me. we are great pals. she _ forgiven you. she has forgiven me. we are great pals. she is _ forgiven you. she has forgiven me. we are great pals. she is a - we are great pals. she is a wonderful singer. she was a natural choice _ wonderful singer. she was a natural choice to— wonderful singer. she was a natural choice to do— wonderful singer. she was a natural choice to do my duet with me for my album _ choice to do my duet with me for my album she — choice to do my duet with me for my album. she has a beautiful country voice~ _ album. she has a beautiful country voice~ she — album. she has a beautiful country voice. she has released tonnes of around _ voice. she has released tonnes of around music. at voice. she has released tonnes of around music.— around music. at these original sonus? around music. at these original songs? yes- — around music. at these original songs? yes. who _ around music. at these original songs? yes. who wrote - around music. at these original songs? yes. who wrote them? | around music. at these original - songs? yes. who wrote them? me! my wonderful friend _ songs? yes. who wrote them? me! my wonderful friend from _ songs? yes. who wrote them? me! my wonderful friend from liverpool - songs? yes. who wrote them? me! my wonderful friend from liverpool who i wonderful friend from liverpool who made _ wonderful friend from liverpool who made me _ wonderful friend from liverpool who made me on the steps of the bombed out of— made me on the steps of the bombed out of charge. i do cover a john prine _ out of charge. i do cover a john prine song. _ out of charge. i do cover a john prine song, fish and whistle, because — prine song, fish and whistle, because for me he is the king of country— because for me he is the king of country music. | because for me he is the king of country music.— because for me he is the king of country music. i was going to say. there one — country music. i was going to say. there one or— country music. i was going to say. there one or two _ country music. i was going to say. there one or two other _ country music. i was going to say. | there one or two other neighbours and stars who have done ok with the music. off the top of my head, there are a couple. abs, music. off the top of my head, there are a counte— are a couple. a lass with curly hair, remember. _

are a couple. a lass with curly hair, remember. it— are a couple. a lass with curly hair, remember. it is- are a couple. a lass with curly hair, remember. it is gone. . are a couple. a lass with curly l hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you— hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you are _ hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you are here _ hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you are here in - hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you are here in the i hair, remember. it is gone. the reason you are here in the uk, | reason you are here in the uk, because we have spoken to you when you have been in australia, is because you are going to be touring, aren't you? because you are going to be touring, aren't ou? , because you are going to be touring, aren't you?— aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september _ aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september to _ aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september to do _ aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september to do my _ aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september to do my doctor- aren't you? yes, we're coming back in september to do my doctor carl. aren't you? yes, we're coming back| in september to do my doctor carl in conversation — in september to do my doctor carl in conversation tour. it was booked for april 2020 — conversation tour. it was booked for april 2020. travelling all over the country _ april 2020. travelling all over the country. then back again in march next _ country. then back again in march next year — country. then back again in march next year with my wonderful stage wife, _ next year with my wonderful stage wife, jackie would and other actors to do— wife, jackie would and other actors to do them — wife, jackie would and other actors to do the... do wife, jackie would and other actors to do the- - -— to do the... do people ask your medical questions? _ to do the... do people ask your. medical questions? occasionally, to do the... do people ask your- medical questions? occasionally, but aenerall it medical questions? occasionally, but generally it is — medical questions? occasionally, but generally it is young _ medical questions? occasionally, but generally it is young then _ medical questions? occasionally, but generally it is young then mucking i generally it is young then mucking about, _ generally it is young then mucking about, asking about the various rashes — about, asking about the various rashes and _ about, asking about the various rashes and things.— about, asking about the various rashes and things. great note to leave it on- _ rashes and things. great note to leave it on. let's _ rashes and things. great note to leave it on. let's not _ rashes and things. great note to leave it on. let's not talk- rashes and things. great note to leave it on. let's not talk about | leave it on. let's not talk about that. leave it on. let's not talk about that- lovely _ leave it on. let's not talk about that. lovely to _ leave it on. let's not talk about that. lovely to see _ leave it on. let's not talk about that. lovely to see you. - leave it on. let's not talk about that. lovely to see you. i i leave it on. let's not talk about that. lovely to see you. i give l leave it on. let's not talk about i that. lovely to see you. i give are coming in. that. lovely to see you. i give are coming im— that. lovely to see you. i give are cominu in. �* ., �*, ., , , ., ., coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks — coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks until— coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks until the _ coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks until the final _ coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks until the final episode i coming in. alan's album is out now. two weeks until the final episode of neighbours. neighbours: the finale airs friday 29thjuly at 9pm on channel 5. you have got to watch. i will.

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good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines. rail workers announce a new series of strikes, as a union leader warns of a "summer of discontent". the companies we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits, and those companies now need to make sure workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that is militant. after decades of suffering, thousands of unmarried women forced to give up their babies for adoption are told they should be given a formal apology. the conservative leadership hopefuls are whittled down to five, as the remaining candidates prepare to face each other in a tv debate. as businesses prepare for a hot weekend i am at an ice cream parlour

trying to find a way to cool down. notjust hot but exceptionally hot as we go into next week with potentially record—breaking and may be a first a0 celsius day. now, feeling fresher. sunshine in the south. rain in the north were clear. the details later. it's friday, isthjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain's biggest union warns of a "summer of discontent". the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk—out on saturday 30th july.

sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union, says workers are being made to pay the price of inflation. our economics editor faisal islam reports. there have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic — because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that — now, it's over, we want you to pay for it. now, that is actually abhorrent to me. the idea that we'd said out, you go, you defend what's going on out there and, by the way, now you're back, and everyone knows it's ok to go out again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making

profits, and those companies now need to make sure that workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that's militant. i think that's basically saying workers deserve to get more money in their pay packets. it's as simple as that. but hundreds of disputes are definitely on the cards? so are you and your fellow union bosses kind of holding the economy to ransom in terms of a summer of discontent? well, i love the cliches, because they do come out quite a lot. we could be playing bingo at the moment to find all the ones that are coming out. but summer of discontent in the sense that.. look, what i'd say to that is that, for workers, they have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and, quite honestly, if what that means is an employer who can pay, an employer who has made a profit — an employer who has made a profit out of workers has to pay a proper fair wage to those workers, and notjump on the bandwagon of, we can't pay. we saw this in a previous crisis. but employers are able to pay, then they should pay workers. what are people expected to do?

the bank of england and government say high wage rises risk prolonging the inflation crisis. but for some jobs, where there are worker shortages, for example bus drivers and bin collectors, the unions are threatening strikes and getting healthy pay rises. the government will decide how much to give millions of its workers in the coming days. five candidates remain in the race to be the next prime minister after a second round of voting amongst conservative mps eliminated the attorney gerneral suella braverman. there will be a third round of voting on monday. ahead of that, the contenders will face each other in a series of tv debates beginning tonight. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. the battle for the conservative leader and prime minister takes on a

different feel because we see candidates face—to—face up against each other. candidates face-to-face up against each other. , candidates face-to-face up against each other-— each other. yes. face-to-face and also facing — each other. yes. face-to-face and also facing an _ each other. yes. face-to-face and also facing an audience _ each other. yes. face-to-face and also facing an audience of- each other. yes. face-to-face and also facing an audience of actual i also facing an audience of actual voters. the audience they face here at westminster is fellow mps. any undecided mp will see how well they come across as a potential leader and communicator, it will notjust be about policy but the impression they create especially on swing voters. while the weather is heating up voters. while the weather is heating up at westminster so also is the contest. marked by attacks on penny mordaunt, currently running in second place, by supporters of liz truss who suggest she is too lazy and woke. astonishingly, the former brexit negotiator lord frost, he is saying the fourth placed candidate kemi badenoch should withdraw and return for a serious job in the liz

truss administration if she put her support behind liz truss. we will have another tv debate on sunday and voting on monday and should be down to the final two by wednesday. but who knows how many knives are being sharpened for each other between now and then. a group of mps has urged the government to apologise to thousands of women who were forced to give up babies for adoption between the 1950s and 70s, because they weren't married. a parliamentary inquiry found that nearly 200,000 women were "shamed and coerced" into giving their babies away. duncan kennedy reports. many are now in their 70s and 80s, many can neverforget the shame they felt. these are some of the women who lived through forced adoption, losing the baby they wanted to keep. when i found myself pregnant, that was in 1963, i was still at school. pat tugwell was unmarried, and pregnancy out of wedlock broke one of the major taboos

of post—war years. she neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful, it was painful, and she looked at me and she said, "i don't know how you could get pregnant if you can't let me do this to you." it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married, so why did she say that to me just because i was unmarried and she obviously thought i was one of the lowest of the low? forced adoptions took place in the three decades after 19a9. the first pressures on the unmarried mothers to give up their babies came from parents and church groups. but today's report makes clear that coercion and cruelty also came from state employees, such as social workers and nurses. the parliamentary inquiry received harrowing accounts from hundreds of women. one said she had her baby pulled out of her arms. another said she screamed and hung on to her baby like a woman possessed. during delivery, one woman was told

she deserved all the pain she got. another, who had her newborn baby put out of reach, said the treatment in hospital was frankly inhumane. these women have suffered from shame and vilification and the burden of secrecy for decades. i think the least the government can do is recognise that this shouldn't have happened then and it would never happen now, and it is right for the government to apologise. the government said it would consider the report's findings and offered its deepest sympathy to all those affected by historic forced adoptions. today's report says women were railroaded into unwanted adoptions by public institutions and state employees. and says they were treated in an appalling way by those whose job it was to help them. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

ukrainian officials say 23 people have been killed in a russian missile strike that hit a city southwest of the capital kyiv. more than 100 were reported injured in the attack in vinnytsia. let's speak to our correspondentjoe inwood. we spoke not so long ago. what we are witnessing now is an escalation of attacks on civilians. away from the donbas region. yes of attacks on civilians. away from the donbas region.— the donbas region. yes there has been a number— the donbas region. yes there has been a number of _ the donbas region. yes there has been a number of these - the donbas region. yes there has been a number of these big i the donbas region. yes there has i been a number of these big missile attacks. there was a shopping centre and a resort to the west of odesa. we have seen attacks in another place today but this attack in vinnytsia seems to have hit hard. it has killed 23 at least, three of them children. terrible destruction of ordinary people's lives as they were going about their business in the middle of yesterday morning. you

can see cars wrapped around posts. three strikes, they think, absolutely devastating the centre of the city. according to ukrainians the city. according to ukrainians the missiles were launched from a submarine in the black sea. the russians said they aimed for a military target in the centre of the city but a bbc team on the ground could not see evidence of that. there does not seem to have been any, indeed there was a medical facility in the area hit. president zelensky said it was a terrorist attack, and they say russia was doing this deliberately. they are targeting civilians to terrify them, they say, to essentially force an end to the war and it is having a terrible consequence on people. one struck me hard, footage of a young girl, photograph, four years old, lying dead on the floor, really upsetting to see and what makes it

difficult particularly is there was a video from her mother, in critical condition in hospital, released hours before, not knowing what would come, showing the little girl going about her ordinary life and it is ordinary lives like that shattered with every missile strike like this. we saw the picture of that little girl. it truly makes it all the more vicious, nasty reality. thank you to you and your team. for what you are bringing us, in kyiv. now the weather with matt. you can tell us a story that varies according to where you are. certainly this morning. good morning. exceptional heat coming but for some this morning would be

thinking where is it because it is a cloudy and damp start for some. the northern half of the country has cloud and rain which will move away. a sunny start in the south. it will stay dry and sunny much of the day here. rain and drizzle in parts of scotland and the north of england. more showers through the day. but generally brightening up. and we are seeing that in western scotland and northern ireland and north—west england. cloud building up in the south. but sunny conditions in south—west england and south of wales. here the temperatures in the low 20s. more comfortable than earlier this week. elsewhere, temperatures generally in the high teens and low 20s. this evening and overnight, cloud and rain lingers in eastern counties. it clears. more

cloud and drizzle in the north of scotland later. temperatures tonight in the comfortable range. a much more sunny day to come on saturday. the far north of scotland staying cloudy at times with outbreaks of rain. and a chance of cloud in the south—west that could bring the odd shower. more sunshine and light wind and temperatures building more widely into the 20s at this stage. through sunday and into the start of next week, temperatures will increase and we could see record—breaking heat by monday and tuesday. more on that in about half an hour. in february, we spoke tojoe appiah. he'd recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and was on the programme urging other men to get themselves checked. it was part of an nhs campaign that

led to a surge in men contacting their doctor. but for one man, joe's interview had a life—changing impact. ted sayers was watching breakfast that day and decided to get a test. a decision which he says saved his life. now the pair have met for the first time and jayne mccubbin was there. this is a story about a gift. oh, wow. back again. this is brilliant. my name isjoe appiah. on the 17th of february, i was live on bbc breakfast withjon and naga talking about prostate cancer. definitely not easy sharing the story and, generally, men, we don't like to talk about these things. my gp said to me, what do you want a test for? i said my friend, the same age as me, he has been diagnosed with it. it transpired my one was 17%. it should be, at my age, around 3—5%. i've been diagnosed early and it

means that my friend saved my life. my name is ted sayers. on the 17th of february, this year, i was watching bbc breakfast at home. i sanoe's story about prostate cancer and how it has affected him and i thought i need to get myself tested. and that's exactly what he did. so can i introduce somebody? this is ted coming down right now. inspired byjoe's story, ted was tested. and his prostate cancer was caught before there were even any symptoms. today, he's in treatment with a great chance of recovery. joe, ted, ted, joe. all thanks to joe. brilliant, brilliant. withoutjoe, i would not be here today talking to you. i mean, it's really good to speak to you. that's exceptional. it's just amazing that somebody�*s life, and yourfamily, are now happy because of the story i've told.

that's amazing for me. yes, excellent. i've got so many questions to ask. go ahead. ask me anything you want to ask me because i'm here to support you. just as joe's friend gave him the gift of information that saved his life, sojoe has done the same for ted. one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. for black men, that is one in four. but with early diagnosis, it can be treated. so what happened when you saw me on tv? so, from that point, the same day, actually, i phoned the doctor, the gp, and said look, can i get psa test? i saw this programme on bbc. i thought i've got nothing to worry about here. and all the way through, everything i thought, this is nothing, i've got no symptoms. yeah, it'sjust a complete shock. when they are telling you you've got cancer. it's not what's going on in your head. just because you don't have symptoms does not mean that there may not be something wrong. what treatment did you go for, because obviously a number of options?

because of my age and because of the fact it has been caught early, i was advised to do the operation to remove my prostate. you can see i have recovered really quickly. you have recovered so well. that really helps me. you got in there early. you are still young and you have got a chance now to live your life and live your life as normal as possible. i have. you can tell that, absolutely. you will be fine. the worst moment was being told i had cancer. i've tried to stay positive throughout, but meeting joe today has boosted that no end, really. the feeling of meeting ted today has been absolutely brilliant. just a dream come true that the message i sent out has got to ted and saved his life. having seenjoe and knowing what he has been through and recovered,

and literally bounced back, it does inspire me to think i can do that, too. it isa it is a good story. joe and ted join us now. along with chiara de biase from prostate cancer uk. very jovial atmosphere veryjovial atmosphere in the studio this morning. this is a good time. who would have it, you were sitting there and i were sitting here. who would have thought the impact he would have thought the impact he would make, and the campaign, of course. i would make, and the campaign, of course. ., ~ ., would make, and the campaign, of course. ., 4' ., . ., would make, and the campaign, of course. ., ~ ., . ., , course. i would like to say jon is sick, course. i would like to say jon is sick. isn't _ course. i would like to say jon is sick, isn't he? _ course. i would like to say jon is sick, isn't he? i— course. i would like to say jon is sick, isn't he? i hope _ course. i would like to say jon is sick, isn't he? i hope he - course. i would like to say jon is | sick, isn't he? i hope he recovers soon. i never thought! sick, isn't he? i hope he recovers soon. i never thought i would come back here and also to hear ted's story, that he saw me on tv and it

inspired him to use the test. you wanted to _ inspired him to use the test. you wanted to make _ inspired him to use the test. you wanted to make a _ inspired him to use the test. you wanted to make a difference. even saying if one person hears this. ted, it was not thatjoe was saying you must test. it was football, the chat about football. he you must test. it was football, the chat about football.— chat about football. he mentioned five-a-side _ chat about football. he mentioned five-a-side football _ chat about football. he mentioned five-a-side football which - chat about football. he mentioned five-a-side football which i - chat about football. he mentioned five-a-side football which i take i five—a—side football which i take part in— five—a—side football which i take part in and — five—a—side football which i take part in and it clicked. i don't know why _ part in and it clicked. i don't know why it _ part in and it clicked. i don't know why it is — part in and it clicked. i don't know why. it is strange to say that. because _ why. it is strange to say that. because of football, otherwise i did not take _ because of football, otherwise i did not take as much notice of what he said at— not take as much notice of what he said at that — not take as much notice of what he said at that time. | not take as much notice of what he said at that time.— said at that time. i am wary of generalisations, _ said at that time. i am wary of generalisations, men - said at that time. i am wary of generalisations, men don't i said at that time. i am wary of generalisations, men don't go j said at that time. i am wary of. generalisations, men don't go to said at that time. i am wary of- generalisations, men don't go to the doctor very much and don't think about it, are you one of those people? i about it, are you one of those --eole? . , ~ about it, are you one of those eo le? ., , 4' ., about it, are you one of those --eole? . , ~ ., ., people? i generally thinki do not need to. people? i generally thinki do not need to- l— people? i generally thinki do not need to. i have _ people? i generally thinki do not need to. i have been _ people? i generally thinki do not need to. i have been healthy i people? i generally thinki do not need to. i have been healthy all. people? i generally think i do not i need to. i have been healthy all my life but this — need to. i have been healthy all my life but this was _ need to. i have been healthy all my life but this was joe _ need to. i have been healthy all my life but this was joe that _ need to. i have been healthy all my life but this was joe that pushed i need to. i have been healthy all my| life but this was joe that pushed me life but this wasjoe that pushed me and gave _ life but this wasjoe that pushed me and gave me the interest to look into it _ and gave me the interest to look into it. ., , , and gave me the interest to look into it. , . ., , .,

into it. people will be curious. you saw the piece _ into it. people will be curious. you saw the piece and _ into it. people will be curious. you saw the piece and hear _ into it. people will be curious. you saw the piece and hear the - into it. people will be curious. you saw the piece and hear the words. | saw the piece and hear the words. what do you do next? do you sit back and go, 0k, what do you do next? do you sit back and go, ok, i what do you do next? do you sit back and go, 0k, iwill what do you do next? do you sit back and go, ok, i will make an appointment?— and go, ok, i will make an appointment? and go, ok, i will make an anointment? ~ . . ,, appointment? what happened next? i had history because _ appointment? what happened next? i had history because my _ appointment? what happened next? i had history because my uncle - appointment? what happened next? i had history because my uncle died i appointment? what happened next? i had history because my uncle died ofl had history because my uncle died of prostate _ had history because my uncle died of prostate cancer in christmas last year _ prostate cancer in christmas last year and — prostate cancer in christmas last year and it — prostate cancer in christmas last year and it was in my mind and when joe mentioned it i thought it is something i should do something about _ something i should do something about. most of us would think i will do something and forget it, but i didn't _ do something and forget it, but i didn't i— do something and forget it, but i didn't i do — do something and forget it, but i didn't. i do not know why, it was one of— didn't. i do not know why, it was one of those _ didn't. i do not know why, it was one of those things that stayed with me. one of those things that stayed with me so _ one of those things that stayed with me. , ., , one of those things that stayed with me. , .,, ~ ., one of those things that stayed with me. , ~ ., , me. so people know the story up-to-date. _ me. so people know the story up-to-date, how _ me. so people know the story up-to-date, how are - me. so people know the story up-to-date, how are things? | me. so people know the story| up-to-date, how are things? i me. so people know the story i up-to-date, how are things? i have had a lot of— up-to-date, how are things? i have had a lot of tests. _ up-to-date, how are things? i have had a lot of tests. i _ up-to-date, how are things? i have had a lot of tests. i am _ up-to-date, how are things? i have had a lot of tests. i am having i had a lot of tests. i am having surgery— had a lot of tests. i am having surgery in— had a lot of tests. i am having surgery in a fortnight in liverpool. what _ surgery in a fortnight in liverpool. what does — surgery in a fortnight in liverpool. what does that involve? it's complete removal of the prostate by a robot _ complete removal of the prostate by a robot. six complete removal of the prostate by a robot. ,, . , ., , . . a robot. six incisions, which i had exactly the _ a robot. six incisions, which i had exactly the same. _

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your story with us, i think i can safely say we will be interested to know. i know it is personal what happens next and you might not want to do but if you do, keep in touch. how about that? that to do but if you do, keep in touch. how about that?— to do but if you do, keep in touch. how about that? that is fine. always believe there — how about that? that is fine. always believe there is _ how about that? that is fine. always believe there is great _ how about that? that is fine. always believe there is great support - how about that? that is fine. always believe there is great support at - believe there is great support at there. you have the support of me for example. i am supporting someone recently diagnosed who met me by chance at a fundraising event called raise the roof hosted byjools holland. people are there who are willing to support. anyone in the same situation as you there is great support. you are not alone. jae. support. you are not alone. joe, ted, support. you are not alone. joe, ted. thank — support. you are not alone. joe, ted, thank you. _ support. you are not alone. joe, ted, thank you. and _ support. you are not alone. joe, ted, thank you. and thank you very much. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. katie and gethin can tell us what they have in store. they are out on the balcony. ready

for your run back into the studio after the headlines. what is coming up? you have not done the run into the studio yet? find up? you have not done the run into the studio yet?— the studio yet? and i do not think i have the right _ the studio yet? and i do not think i have the right shoes. _ the studio yet? and i do not think i have the right shoes. we _ the studio yet? and i do not think i have the right shoes. we are - the studio yet? and i do not think i have the right shoes. we are on i the studio yet? and i do not think i l have the right shoes. we are on the balcony expecting — have the right shoes. we are on the balcony expecting heat _ have the right shoes. we are on the balcony expecting heat in _ have the right shoes. we are on the balcony expecting heat in the - have the right shoes. we are on the balcony expecting heat in the next i balcony expecting heat in the next few days. coming up on morning live. as temperatures rise, so do the number of burglaries, thanks to windows left open and gardens filled with temptation for thieves. rav wilding has the essential advice you need to prevent criminals gaining access to your property. yes, the summer spike is here, it's a prime time for break?ins it's a prime time for break—ins and 64% happen when someone's still at home. so i'll be giving you the simple ways to keep your place secure. that's not all we'll be talking about with rav. having opened up about his struggles with dyslexia and dyspraxia, he's now taken the brave move to get tested for autism. we'll be finding about his diagnosis, and what led him to seek it later. also, it's a condition that's almost entirely preventable, yet millions fail to turn up

for their cervical cancer screening. dr punam's here to tell us why it's so important. fear and embarrassment are huge factors, but i'll explain how a diy home kit could revolutionise the way doctors test for the cancer. plus, our diy expert wayne perrey will be helping our tomatoes climb to new heights on the balcony and he's got a nifty hack for keeping your plants watered in the hot weather. and she's been in some of the hottest bbc dramas — line of duty and the syndicate's taj atwal, is here with the inside scoop on the new must—watch thriller the control room. a brilliant actress. see you at 9:15. time now to get the news where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. new polling suggests barely a third of londoners believe the met police

treat everyone fairly regardless of who they are and can be relied on to deal with minor crimes. the comres survey for the centre for london backs up research by city hall, which found trust and confidence in the met has fallen to an all—time low. the new commissioner sir mark rowley has promised urgent reforms. there are growing calls for a ban on holding major events in finsbury park. it follows concerns about the handling of this year's wireless festival, after videos appeared to show people climbing fences to avoid being crushed. more than 1,500 people have now signed a petition. haringey council said income from major events helps to fund local improvements. how many butterflies have you spotted recently? scientists are inviting us to pay a bit more attention to them. it's all for the annual big butterfly count, which begins today. last yea r�*s survey saw the lowest average number logged in more than a decade. wildlife experts say the information is vital and could help to save some species. we're pretty frightened about what's going on with these beautiful and important insects.

in fact, things are so bad that 50% of them are now on the red list, which means that they're threatened, or near threatened, with extinction in the uk. now if we know where they are, and we can monitor those populations, then we can implement conservation, which can help these insects, and, of course, all of the wider countryside as well. a three—year—old labrador has been honoured for his work in helping london's police officers. dexter is the uk's first police well—being dog. he's been in the role for the past two years, to support and comfort those dealing with traumatic events or the pressures of the job. he's one of five dogs given awards by vet charity pdsa. on the tube, there are minor delays on the central line. and there are severe delays on the hammersmith and city line. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. the temperature overnight brought a little relief. it was slightly cooler than the last few nights. sunshine this morning. a little bit of cloud sinking south through the afternoon.

temperatures again hot at 27 celsius. overnight tonight, after a warm evening, it is dry and it is clear, that cloud dissolving. temperatures dropping down to around 11 away from central london. in the city, around ia or 15 celsius. for tomorrow morning, saturday, of course, the high pressure is still with us. plenty of fine and dry weather through the weekend, but it is set to get much hotter. for saturday, sunshine and temperatures through the afternoon getting up to a warm, if not hot, 28 celsius. now for sunday, the high pressure continues to drift east. as it does so, it is dragging in much warmer air from the south. the met office has an amber weather warning in place for extreme heat. that is valid from sunday through to tuesday. temperatures on sunday, we are looking at 33, potentially 3a celsius. monday and tuesday, they are going to get much warmer. 38 celsius possible, but in one or two spots it could be a degree or two higher. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. aid 30 4am. well, the extreme heat that matt was referring to is coming to us from the continent, where soaring temperatures have already sparked wildfires, and caused damage across southern europe. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra, killing at least one person. meanwhile, the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of 44 degrees, with the country's meteorological agency saying some regions were suffocating. further north in france a wildfire ripped through vast areas of pine trees south of bordeaux, and many bastille day celebrations had to be cancelled.

the spanish region of andalusia has endured some of the hottest temperatures, including the city of cordoba from where our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. the people of cordoba know all about heat. situated in the guadalquivir valley in southern spain, summers in this historic city are notoriously hot and dry. but this summer already looks hotter than usual. the country is in the grip of the second heatwave of recent weeks. for many of the tourists who come here, temperatures in the mid—405 celsius come as the shock. we're from denmark, for me, too hot. this is too hot. i don't mind actually. this is crazy. for locals experience has shown how to deal with the conditions. translation: if you have certain underlying conditions _

and you expose yourself to the sun, you might suffer heatstroke, and it will get worse. but if you go out earlier in the day, you hydrate properly, then you will be ok. older people and young children are among those most at risk of being affected by the heat, according to doctors. you must force the elderly and babies to be hydrated, to drink water. you must watch them closely. i suggest that people stay at home from 1—6pm now, with the risk so high. this heatwave is unusual because of its impact across the whole country. even northern areas, which would normally escape the worst of the summer heat, are seeing extreme temperatures. the north—western region of galicia has been on red alert due to temperatures of up to 42 degrees.

the extreme heat and high winds have fuelled wildfires, which have devastated swathes of land in the centre of the country. in neighbouring portugal, similar conditions have left firefighters battling multiple blazes. swimming pools like this one provide relief forfamilies, but despite the relaxed mood, there is a sense that this kind of heat is becoming increasingly normal. translation: it's changed. l we have longer summers now. the spring and autumn don't exist any more, we go directly from the cold to intense heat in a few weeks, just a short period of time. it is evening time in cordoba and the temperature has dropped just enough for people to start coming out into squares like this one for a drink. but it's still not clear exactly when this heatwave will end, or indeed, whether they will be others

like it later this summer. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, cordoba. not farfrom cordoba is seville, which is used to extreme heat in the summer, but has seen temperatures surpass a0 in recent days. we can speak now to english teacher james bolam, who lives there. whenever we speak to guests by zoom, you do look like you are in an enclosure because you have to bring the blinds down, part of the keep cold message?— the blinds down, part of the keep cold messaue? ., i. , cold message? yeah. if you can see, the blinds are _ cold message? yeah. if you can see, the blinds are down, _ cold message? yeah. if you can see, the blinds are down, the _ cold message? yeah. if you can see, the blinds are down, the windows - cold message? yeah. if you can see, | the blinds are down, the windows are closed _ the blinds are down, the windows are closed at _ the blinds are down, the windows are closed. at this time of the day it is 0k_ closed. at this time of the day it is ok to — closed. at this time of the day it is ok to have the windows open and you can _ is ok to have the windows open and you can go — is ok to have the windows open and you can go outside because the air is cooler — you can go outside because the air is cooler. but from tpm to 9pm, you are close _

is cooler. but from tpm to 9pm, you are close everything down like this and put _ are close everything down like this and put the air conditioning onjust to keep _ and put the air conditioning onjust to keep the — and put the air conditioning onjust to keep the heat out. so and put the air conditioning on 'ust to keep the heat outi to keep the heat out. so what is it like for you _ to keep the heat out. so what is it like for you and _ to keep the heat out. so what is it like for you and people _ to keep the heat out. so what is it like for you and people living - to keep the heat out. so what is it like for you and people living in i like for you and people living in seville? ., , . , ., seville? people here are used to these kind _ seville? people here are used to these kind of— seville? people here are used to these kind of temperatures, - these kind of temperatures, particularly injuly and these kind of temperatures, particularly in july and august. people — particularly in july and august. people take their holidays. or if they have — people take their holidays. or if they have to stay at home and work, during _ they have to stay at home and work, during the _ they have to stay at home and work, during the day they will go out in the morning, do what they need to do, go _ the morning, do what they need to do, go shopping, go to the gym, whatever, — do, go shopping, go to the gym, whatever, if they are not working. then _ whatever, if they are not working. then between two o'clock and nine, stay—at—home with the shutters down. take a _ stay—at—home with the shutters down. take a siesta. — stay—at—home with the shutters down. take a siesta, because the heat takes _ take a siesta, because the heat takes it— take a siesta, because the heat takes it out of you. and also, at nine _ takes it out of you. and also, at nine o'clock. _ takes it out of you. and also, at nine o'clock, run that time, people will go _ nine o'clock, run that time, people will go out — nine o'clock, run that time, people will go out because in this city, it is a very— will go out because in this city, it is a very social city, people live their— is a very social city, people live their life — is a very social city, people live their life in— is a very social city, people live their life in the street, you meet friends _ their life in the street, you meet friends for— their life in the street, you meet friends for a coffee and appear regularly~ _ friends for a coffee and appear regularly. that is how someone's they would — regularly. that is how someone's they would look. at the weekends when _ they would look. at the weekends when people aren't working, the escape _ when people aren't working, the escape to— when people aren't working, the escape to the mountains or the nearby— escape to the mountains or the nearby beaches to get out of the stifling _ nearby beaches to get out of the stifling heat of the city. just

nearby beaches to get out of the stifling heat of the city.- stifling heat of the city. just to net some stifling heat of the city. just to get some air- _ stifling heat of the city. just to get some air. and _ stifling heat of the city. just to get some air. and of _ stifling heat of the city. just to get some air. and of course i stifling heat of the city. just to get some air. and of course it| stifling heat of the city. just to | get some air. and of course it is known as the frying pan of spain because it is so hot in seville. people are used to it. have you been told anything by the authorities in this case, because the temperatures have risen so soon in the year? well, yeah. they gave the usual messages. the usual precautions you should _ messages. the usual precautions you should take — messages. the usual precautions you should take. don't go out may be between — should take. don't go out may be between two o'clock and nine o'clock. — between two o'clock and nine o'clock, and if you do, don't go out for too _ o'clock, and if you do, don't go out for too long — o'clock, and if you do, don't go out for too long. go out in the morning before _ for too long. go out in the morning before it _ for too long. go out in the morning before it gets too hot. drink lots of water — before it gets too hot. drink lots of water and isotonic drinks. also, watermelon— of water and isotonic drinks. also, watermelon is a good snack to get fluid into— watermelon is a good snack to get fluid into your body. take it easy, take _ fluid into your body. take it easy, take a _ fluid into your body. take it easy, take a rest — fluid into your body. take it easy, take a rest. moving from the uk to seville, _ take a rest. moving from the uk to seville, the — take a rest. moving from the uk to seville, the first thing you notice is how— seville, the first thing you notice is how slow people walk compared to the uk, _ is how slow people walk compared to the uk, where everybody is rushing. when _ the uk, where everybody is rushing. when you _ the uk, where everybody is rushing. when you experience these kind of temperatures you don't realise why. it is ingrained in the culture, doing — it is ingrained in the culture, doing things that little bit slower because — doing things that little bit slower because the body needs to. yeah,

that taking — because the body needs to. yeah, that taking things _ because the body needs to. yeah, that taking things slowly, - because the body needs to. yeah, that taking things slowly, soundsl that taking things slowly, sounds really simple but it is a good tip. talk to me about your walk to the bus stop. you turn —— sent us a picture? bus stop. you turn -- sent us a picture?— bus stop. you turn -- sent us a icture? , ., . , . picture? yes, i went to a beautiful ci on picture? yes, i went to a beautiful city on the — picture? yes, i went to a beautiful city on the coast. _ picture? yes, i went to a beautiful city on the coast. about _ picture? yes, i went to a beautiful city on the coast. about one - picture? yes, i went to a beautiful city on the coast. about one hourl city on the coast. about one hour and 40 _ city on the coast. about one hour and 40 minutes from seville. i came back because i had some things i needed _ back because i had somethings i needed to— back because i had some things i needed to do from seville. it is a 20 minute — needed to do from seville. it is a 20 minute walk from the station to where _ 20 minute walk from the station to where i_ 20 minute walk from the station to where i live. after ten minutes i took— where i live. after ten minutes i took a _ where i live. after ten minutes i took a break, went inside a nearby bar and _ took a break, went inside a nearby bar and had — took a break, went inside a nearby bar and had an isotonic drink. the streets _ bar and had an isotonic drink. the streets were completely empty. people — streets were completely empty. people don't go out. theyjust appear— people don't go out. theyjust appear at— people don't go out. theyjust appear at 9pm. the city comes alive again _ appear at 9pm. the city comes alive again it _ appear at 9pm. the city comes alive again. it goes like a lockdown between _ again. it goes like a lockdown between 2pm and 9pm. i have the isotonic— between 2pm and 9pm. i have the isotonic drink to take a break. i didn't— isotonic drink to take a break. i didn't expose myself to the heat too much _ didn't expose myself to the heat too much. walked through the shadows. even though it was 45 degrees outside — even though it was 45 degrees outside the sun, according to the weather— outside the sun, according to the weather apps, outside the sun, according to the weatherapps, i noticed outside the sun, according to the weather apps, i noticed that there

was a _ weather apps, i noticed that there was a temperature gauge at the bus stop showing what it was in the sun. it stop showing what it was in the sun. it was _ stop showing what it was in the sun. it was an— stop showing what it was in the sun. it was an astonishing 51 degrees. i it was an astonishing 51 degrees. should say, it was an astonishing 51 degrees. i should say, and i'm sure matt, it was an astonishing 51 degrees. i should say, and i'm sure matt, doing the weather today, will clarify this. usually temperatures are taken in the shed. what does that physically feel like? —— shade. what does it feel like in that heat? it’s does it feel like in that heat? it's oppressive- _ does it feel like in that heat? it's oppressive. it feels like the air is coming _ oppressive. it feels like the air is coming in — oppressive. it feels like the air is coming in on you. to a degree you kind of— coming in on you. to a degree you kind ofcan— coming in on you. to a degree you kind of can feel your face, although it feels— kind of can feel your face, although it feels as _ kind of can feel your face, although it feels as if — kind of can feel your face, although it feels as if it is going to fall off — it feels as if it is going to fall off. within two or three minutes your— off. within two or three minutes your t-shirt_ off. within two or three minutes your t—shirt will start sticking to you. _ your t—shirt will start sticking to you. not— your t—shirt will start sticking to you, not very pleasant. people in seville _ you, not very pleasant. people in seville joke when these temperatures are rife _ seville joke when these temperatures are rife that somebody has just opened — are rife that somebody has just opened the door to hell and we are all going _ opened the door to hell and we are all going back to more door again. it all going back to more door again. it affects _ all going back to more door again. it affects you, it affects your energy — it affects you, it affects your energy levels, your ability to sleep _ energy levels, your ability to sleep. .— energy levels, your ability to sleep. i didn't sleep very well last night _ sleep. i didn't sleep very well last night at _ sleep. i didn't sleep very well last night at all. i woke at 6am, earlier

than _ night at all. i woke at 6am, earlier than i _ night at all. i woke at 6am, earlier than i would — night at all. i woke at 6am, earlier than i would do, too hot to go back to sleep _ than i would do, too hot to go back to sleep. what i will do is what we always— to sleep. what i will do is what we always do— to sleep. what i will do is what we always do and have a siesta. everybody is in the same boat. everybody is in the same boat. everybody is in the same boat. everybody is the same. you will communally deal with it together. even though locals are used to it, they will— even though locals are used to it, they will say to you, a lot of heat. a lot _ they will say to you, a lot of heat. a lot of _ they will say to you, a lot of heat. a lot of heat — they will say to you, a lot of heat. a lot of heat in spanish. very hard. or they— a lot of heat in spanish. very hard. or they will— a lot of heat in spanish. very hard. or they will also say, there is a lot of— or they will also say, there is a lot of heat _ or they will also say, there is a lot of heat-— or they will also say, there is a lot of heat. it's been really good to talk to you. _ lot of heat. it's been really good to talk to you. thanks _ lot of heat. it's been really good to talk to you. thanks for - lot of heat. it's been really good l to talk to you. thanks for popping the blinds them. sounds like you are doing all the sensible things. [10 doing all the sensible things. do stay safe. thank you very much. nice talking _ stay safe. thank you very much. nice talkina. ~ ., ., stay safe. thank you very much. nice talkina. . . ., ., , , stay safe. thank you very much. nice talkinu. . . . ., , , , stay safe. thank you very much. nice talkina. . . ., ., , , , . talking. what a lovely guy. he is a teacher. talking. what a lovely guy. he is a teacher- he _ talking. what a lovely guy. he is a teacher. he explained _ talking. what a lovely guy. he is a teacher. he explained everythingl teacher. he explained everything really well.

teacher. he explained everything reall well. ., teacher. he explained everything really well-— really well. some of those things are simple- _ really well. some of those things are simple. the _ really well. some of those things are simple. the thing _ really well. some of those things are simple. the thing about - really well. some of those things i are simple. the thing about slowing down. take a little bit more time. have we got a picture of the skies above london? it is looking very beautiful, mad, this morning. buti know across the uk there are two parts of your weather forecast today, there is the ti'd bay debate —— to david. then there is that big number 40, which has appeared, is a the first time ever you have had to officially put out the possibility officially put out the possibility of a 41 of your forecasts? it is officially put out the possibility of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we _ of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we have _ of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we have ever— of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we have ever put - of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we have ever put it - of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the first time we have ever put it on i of a 41 of your forecasts? it is the | first time we have ever put it on a uk forecast — first time we have ever put it on a uk forecast chart. yes, it is a possibility. _ uk forecast chart. yes, it is a possibility, not 100%. even that is quite _ possibility, not 100%. even that is quite alarming itself. something we never— quite alarming itself. something we never have — quite alarming itself. something we never have seen before the uk. into next week— never have seen before the uk. into next week we are going to have to be prepared _ next week we are going to have to be prepared to _ next week we are going to have to be prepared to make a few lifestyle changes — prepared to make a few lifestyle changes to deal with heat we are not used to— changes to deal with heat we are not used to dealing with on a day—to—day basis _ basis. todayis basis. — today is something different. let's look at _ today is something different. let's look at the —

today is something different. let's look at the forecast for today. it is a case — look at the forecast for today. it is a case that we have got a bit of a north—south split. any thoughts of heatwave _ a north—south split. any thoughts of heatwave a — a north—south split. any thoughts of heatwave a long way off for many of you in _ heatwave a long way off for many of you in scotland and northern ireland~ _ you in scotland and northern ireland. outbreaks of rain and drizzle — ireland. outbreaks of rain and drizzle around. it comes from an area _ drizzle around. it comes from an area of— drizzle around. it comes from an area of cloud drifting in off the atlantic— area of cloud drifting in off the atlantic through the night. pushing its way— atlantic through the night. pushing its way southward and eastward. a weather _ its way southward and eastward. a weather front which will edge way through— weather front which will edge way through the day. damp in scotland and northern ireland. that will break— and northern ireland. that will break into showery conditions this afternoon — break into showery conditions this afternoon. the chair in scotland and north-east — afternoon. the chair in scotland and north—east england later. it brightens up the further west you are. brightens up the further west you are lots— brightens up the further west you are. lots of sunshine to begin with in southern — are. lots of sunshine to begin with in southern counties of bingen and wales _ in southern counties of bingen and wales. more cloud in the afternoon. sunniest— wales. more cloud in the afternoon. sunniest conditions in the west. more _ sunniest conditions in the west. more comfortable heat than we have experienced earlier in the way. most places— experienced earlier in the way. most places might feel cooler. the cloudm _ places might feel cooler. the cloud... this evening and overnight the cloud _ cloud... this evening and overnight the cloud in— cloud... this evening and overnight the cloud in the east clears away. clearer _ the cloud in the east clears away. clearer skies around. patchy mist and fog — clearer skies around. patchy mist and fog. rain returns to northern

scotland — and fog. rain returns to northern scotland later. under clear skies, another— scotland later. under clear skies, another comfortable night, temperatures ten to 12 degrees. in rural areas— temperatures ten to 12 degrees. in rural areas six or seven. a sunny start— rural areas six or seven. a sunny start to — rural areas six or seven. a sunny start to saturday, a sunny start to the weekend for the vast majority. northern— the weekend for the vast majority. northern ireland will see more cloud. — northern ireland will see more cloud, patchy rain. the isolated shower— cloud, patchy rain. the isolated shower towards the south—west later. temperatures creeping up again. maybe _ temperatures creeping up again. maybe into the high 20s in southern counties~ _ maybe into the high 20s in southern counties. by sunday, after some overnight— counties. by sunday, after some overnight showers, to begin with across— overnight showers, to begin with across northern england and scotland, very much hit and miss. they— scotland, very much hit and miss. they will— scotland, very much hit and miss. they will ease away. temperatures rise further— they will ease away. temperatures rise further across england and wales — rise further across england and wales. we could see them into the 30s. wales. we could see them into the 30s as _ wales. we could see them into the 30s. as charlie has mentioned, as we head into _ 30s. as charlie has mentioned, as we head into the — 30s. as charlie has mentioned, as we head into the first part of next week. — head into the first part of next week, this is where the exceptional heat. _ week, this is where the exceptional heat, potentially record—breaking heat. _ heat, potentially record— breaking heat. will — heat, potentially record—breaking heat, will be with us. england and wales— heat, will be with us. england and wales the — heat, will be with us. england and wales the greatest concern. temperatures are widely mid 30s, hi-h temperatures are widely mid 30s, high 30s. — temperatures are widely mid 30s, high 30s, potentially hitting the 40 degrees _ high 30s, potentially hitting the 40 degrees mark. even in scotland and

northern— degrees mark. even in scotland and northern ireland will be potentially hot. northern ireland will be potentially hot~ that _ northern ireland will be potentially hot. that will have a big impact on our health — hot. that will have a big impact on our health. daytime temperatures high. _ our health. daytime temperatures high, night—time temperatures not much _ high, night—time temperatures not much lower than 25 degrees. you may have to _ much lower than 25 degrees. you may have to make — much lower than 25 degrees. you may have to make some lifestyle changes. there _ have to make some lifestyle changes. there are _ have to make some lifestyle changes. there are likely to be problems with transport _ there are likely to be problems with transport in — there are likely to be problems with transport in the early part of next week and there are likely to be problems with transport in the early part of next week and potentially there are likely to be problems with transport in the early part of next week and potentially power there are likely to be problems with transport in the early part of next week and potentially power well. we will _ week and potentially power well. we will keep you updated through the weekend _ we will keep you updated through the weekend here on breakfast micra. enon_ weekend here on breakfast micra. enjoy your— weekend here on breakfast micra. enjoy your weekend. how big do you think that drill is? l enjoy your weekend. how big do you think that drill is?— think that drill is? i think it is very big- _ think that drill is? i think it is very big- it — think that drill is? i think it is very big. it has _ think that drill is? i think it is very big. it has been - think that drill is? i think it is very big. it has been keeping| think that drill is? i think it is - very big. it has been keeping me company— very big. it has been keeping me company all morning. it company all morning. it is _ company all morning. it is all _ company all morning. it is all the way down there, is it? all the way down there, yes. they are putting — all the way down there, yes. they are putting scaffolding up. why don't ou are putting scaffolding up. why don't you wave _ are putting scaffolding up. why don't you wave to _ are putting scaffolding up. “twig don't you wave to them and are putting scaffolding up. “ltd'iy don't you wave to them and say hello? if you are being friendly, maybe they wouldn't have done it. they are the other side of the building. _ they are the other side of the building, i can't even see them. building, ican't even see them. that— building, ican't even see them. that is— building, ican't even see them. that is how— building, i can't even see them. that is how loud they are! by building, i can't even see them. that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, that is how loud they are! by way of contrast. lets _ that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, lets go _ that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, lets go to _ that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, lets go to a _ that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, lets go to a very _ that is how loud they are! by way of contrast, lets go to a very calm, - contrast, lets go to a very calm, for the moment, mike bushell in southampton. i have a big match tonight.

southampton. i have a big match toniaht. . southampton. i have a big match toniaht. , ., ~ , . ., tonight. yes, good morning. a sea of tranquillity- — tonight. yes, good morning. a sea of tranquillity- the _ tonight. yes, good morning. a sea of tranquillity. the seagulls, _ tonight. yes, good morning. a sea of tranquillity. the seagulls, the - tonight. yes, good morning. a sea of tranquillity. the seagulls, the lon - tranquillity. the seagulls, the lon morris, england and northern ireland will meet each other in this big game tonight. england have already qualified for the quarterfinals, northern ireland heading out. it is the first hand i have met in a women's tournament. a little bit of history tonight and happy to play for. the seagulls, the smell of freshly cut grass, the same i am sure can be set at st andrews. the 150th open second round underway. our reporter ben croucher is there. morning. i did spy you with an umbrella early on? i guess conditions are different than they are here and the south coast. all eyes later on will be on two of the crowd favourites who had a very different fortunes on the first day. we are talking about rory mcilroy and tiger woods? we are talking about rory mcllroy and tiger woods?— and tiger woods? yeah, very contrasting — and tiger woods? yeah, very contrasting fortunes - and tiger woods? yeah, very contrasting fortunes for - and tiger woods? yeah, very contrasting fortunes for two i and tiger woods? yeah, veryl contrasting fortunes for two of and tiger woods? yeah, very - contrasting fortunes for two of the game's biggest names on thursday.

let's start with rory mcllroy. traditionally a slow starter. he made an absolute flyer yesterday. a six under par round of 66 leaves him two shots off the lead. around a place like st andrews you can get a few bad breaks but mcllroy said he is able to deal with them, so that shows he is in a really good place mentally and hopefully, he is going to bounce back from when he shot 80 here in his second round seven years ago. from six under parfor the right, to six over par for tiger woods. wow, did he look a shadow of his former self? there is one water hazard on this course and he found it on the very first hole. his round went downhill from there. he said he struggled with his putting. all of those men trying to catch the surprise leader, cameron young, a rookie american on eight under par. what are conditions going to do

later and what can we expect as the day unfolds?— day unfolds? well, much like yesterday _ day unfolds? well, much like yesterday morning, - day unfolds? well, much like yesterday morning, the - day unfolds? well, much like - yesterday morning, the conditions in the morning are expected to be easier than the afternoon. there is barely a breath of wind in the sky at the moment. we have got this rain but that makes the course a little bit easier. for some of those early starters, dustinjohnson and scott scheffler, the world number one, who has played under the radarfor much of this week, shot a really impressive round yesterday, though he has dropped a shot at the first hole this morning to move back to three under par. somebody enjoying it is the american taylor gooch. he is one of those liv it is the american taylor gooch. he is one of those l iv golfers. he is on six under par. two birdies today. we are very much excited to see what happens this morning, expecting more low scores, potentially maybe even record scores to match rory mcllroy“s 63 from a few years ago.

it will be fascinating. we just want the rain to stop, just for our on site. —— our own sake. site. -- our own sake. ~ ., site. -- our own sake. ~ . ., ., -- our own sake. we are holding on those images _ -- our own sake. we are holding on those images for _ -- our own sake. we are holding on those images for a _ -- our own sake. we are holding on those images for a moment. - -- our own sake. we are holding on i those images for a moment. because they are frozen. i think maybe mike has frozen. �* . they are frozen. i think maybe mike has frozen-— has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i aet has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben- i get a _ has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i get a chance _ has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i get a chance to _ has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i get a chance to talk - has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i get a chance to talk to - has frozen. ben still live. morning, ben. i get a chance to talk to you. | ben. i get a chance to talk to you. 0k, ben. i get a chance to talk to you. ok, so weather—wise, it has been really interesting. we have obviously been talking about the weather here. the joy of links golf is the wind. the joy of links golf is the wind. the joy of links golf is the wind. the joy of links golf is the brits tend to do well in the wind because the americans don't like it. how is it panning out in terms of who it is favouring? well, it's a little bit — terms of who it is favouring? well, it's a little bit of _ terms of who it is favouring? well, it's a little bit of a _ terms of who it is favouring? well, it's a little bit of a contrast, - it's a little bit of a contrast, because _ it's a little bit of a contrast, because we have got an american leading _ because we have got an american leading the way in cameron young. this is— leading the way in cameron young. this is his — leading the way in cameron young. this is his first open championship. last week— this is his first open championship. last week he played at the scottish 0pen _ last week he played at the scottish 0pen and _

last week he played at the scottish open and missed the cut. he didn't enjoy— open and missed the cut. he didn't enjoy it _ open and missed the cut. he didn't enjoy it then. he played early yesterday morning when it wasn't as windy _ yesterday morning when it wasn't as windy and — yesterday morning when it wasn't as windy. and he shot a low score. those _ windy. and he shot a low score. those that — windy. and he shot a low score. those that played in the afternoon, the likes _ those that played in the afternoon, the likes of— those that played in the afternoon, the likes of matt fitzpatrick and tiger— the likes of matt fitzpatrick and tiger woods, the likes of matt fitzpatrick and tigerwoods, really the likes of matt fitzpatrick and tiger woods, really struggled because the wind picked up. but this morning. _ because the wind picked up. but this morning, this is as calm as we have had it— morning, this is as calm as we have had it all— morning, this is as calm as we have had it all week. only in the last 20 minutes— had it all week. only in the last 20 minutes as — had it all week. only in the last 20 minutes as the wind gone up a little bit. minutes as the wind gone up a little bit there's — minutes as the wind gone up a little bit. there's barely a breath of wind in the _ bit. there's barely a breath of wind in the sky — bit. there's barely a breath of wind in the sky. that makes it easy because — in the sky. that makes it easy because the players don't have to judge _ because the players don't have to judge where their ball is going to land _ judge where their ball is going to land. tiger woods, judge where their ball is going to land. tigerwoods, on his judge where their ball is going to land. tiger woods, on his first hole. — land. tiger woods, on his first hole. had _ land. tiger woods, on his first hole. had a _ land. tiger woods, on his first hole, had a gust of wind that blew his ball— hole, had a gust of wind that blew his ball into the burn. those are the challenges these golfers face. this morning is probably going to be the best— this morning is probably going to be the best of— this morning is probably going to be the best of it. it is this morning is probably going to be the best of it— the best of it. it is fabulous. listening — the best of it. it is fabulous. listening to _ the best of it. it is fabulous. listening to it _ the best of it. it is fabulous. listening to it is _ the best of it. it is fabulous. listening to it is brilliant. i listening to it is brilliant. highlights on bbc. we will have full coverage on bbc five live as well. ben, thank you.— coverage on bbc five live as well. ben, thank you. then croucher at st andrews. yeah, _ ben, thank you. then croucher at st andrews. yeah, sorry _ ben, thank you. then croucher at st andrews. yeah, sorry we _ ben, thank you. then croucher at st andrews. yeah, sorry we lost i ben, thank you. then croucher at st andrews. yeah, sorry we lost mike. | andrews. yeah, sorry we lost mike. in a way probably the biggest story of the day is another clash of the home nations as england take on

northern ireland. that is in southampton. it will mark the end of northern ireland's euros adventure, as they lost their opening two games. but against england they will want to leave the tournament on a high. a lot of pride at stake. it will not be easy. it will be tough up against the hosts, though, who beat norway 8—0 in their last group game, and who are strong favourites for the whole tournament. lots more coverage throughout the day on the bbc. seven minutes to nine. the world's biggest classical musical festival is back on our screens, as the bbc proms gets underway tonight. there“ll be 84 concerts held over eight weeks, and for the first time people can watch them at multiple venues around the country. let's take a look at some of the performances from last year.

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clive myriejoins us. suddenly stopped. anticipation. clive myrie joins us. good suddenly stopped. anticipation. clive myriejoins us. good morning. did we spoil the moment? i clive myrie joins us. good morning. did we spoil the moment?- did we spoilthe moment? i hope it does a did we spoilthe moment? i hope it goes a little — did we spoilthe moment? i hope it goes a little bit _ did we spoilthe moment? i hope it goes a little bit better— did we spoilthe moment? i hope it goes a little bit better than - did we spoilthe moment? i hope it goes a little bit better than that i goes a little bit better than that of the _ goes a little bit better than that of the night at the royal albert hall _ of the night at the royal albert hall l— of the night at the royal albert hall. ., �* ~' ., of the night at the royal albert hall. ., �* ,, ., . of the night at the royal albert hall. ., �* 4' ., . y., . hall. i don't know what you mean, clive myrie- _ hall. i don't know what you mean, clive myrie. it _ hall. i don't know what you mean, clive myrie. it was _ hall. i don't know what you mean, clive myrie. it was all _ hall. i don't know what you mean, clive myrie. it was all planned. i hall. i don't know what you mean, | clive myrie. it was all planned. so, dive us clive myrie. it was all planned. so, give us the — clive myrie. it was all planned. in. give us the big picture. clive myrie. it was all planned. sr, give us the big picture. we have all been through some difficult times. that has been said a lot. music is a big part to play. this is a bit of a moment, no matter what your taste. there is something in all of these concerts? charlie, you are so right. we have .ot charlie, you are so right. we have got so _ charlie, you are so right. we have got so many— charlie, you are so right. we have got so many concerts with so many different _ got so many concerts with so many different performers, so many different — different performers, so many different composers, so many different — different composers, so many different genres. there is even a prom _ different genres. there is even a prom on — different genres. there is even a prom on music from gaming, video games. _ prom on music from gaming, video games, kids, men, women, playing video— games, kids, men, women, playing video games. the music that comes up

on this— video games. the music that comes up on this has— video games. the music that comes up on this has been turned into a proper— on this has been turned into a proper work. there has been some suggestion. — proper work. there has been some suggestion, i heard it yesterday, that the — suggestion, i heard it yesterday, that the majority, a vast majority of people — that the majority, a vast majority of people under the age of 18, get most _ of people under the age of 18, get most of— of people under the age of 18, get most of their music or sounds, from games. _ most of their music or sounds, from games, because they are on three, foui’. _ games, because they are on three, four. five _ games, because they are on three, four, five hours a day. that is the kind _ four, five hours a day. that is the kind of— four, five hours a day. that is the kind of thing _ four, five hours a day. that is the kind of thing we have got throughout the programme. eight weeks, music that is— the programme. eight weeks, music that is going to be played all of the country. we've got international orchestras _ the country. we've got international orchestras back after covid. we have .ot orchestras back after covid. we have got the _ orchestras back after covid. we have got the berlin philharmonic. we have .ot got the berlin philharmonic. we have got the _ got the berlin philharmonic. we have got the philharmonic orchestra. we have got— got the philharmonic orchestra. we have got australian world orchestra, a ukrainian — have got australian world orchestra, a ukrainian orchestra made up of refugees— a ukrainian orchestra made up of refugees and serving soldiers given special— refugees and serving soldiers given special dispensation by president zelensky— special dispensation by president zelensky to go on tour and they will be playing _ zelensky to go on tour and they will be playing the royal albert hall. the first— be playing the royal albert hall. the first night is tonight. i am hosting — the first night is tonight. i am hosting i_ the first night is tonight. i am hosting. i haven't got my glad rags on. hosting. i haven't got my glad rags on i_ hosting. i haven't got my glad rags on i have — hosting. i haven't got my glad rags on. i have got a knackered old polo shirt _ on. i have got a knackered old polo shirt i_ on. i have got a knackered old polo shirt iwill— on. i have got a knackered old polo shirt. i will be getting changed

later~ — shirt. i will be getting changed later it — shirt. i will be getting changed later it is _ shirt. i will be getting changed later. it is very's requiem, which requires — later. it is very's requiem, which requires a — later. it is very's requiem, which requires a huge orchestra, the bbc symphony— requires a huge orchestra, the bbc symphony orchestra. and two reguires~ _ symphony orchestra. and two requires. that is testament to the fact that _ requires. that is testament to the fact that choral works were particularly hit during covid because _ particularly hit during covid because he could not stand on stage and open _ because he could not stand on stage and open your mouth because of the possibility— and open your mouth because of the possibility that you might spread covid _ possibility that you might spread covid. this is a statement of the fact that — covid. this is a statement of the fact that the proms are back and we are all— fact that the proms are back and we are alliust — fact that the proms are back and we are alljust so excited about it. what _ are alljust so excited about it. what is — are alljust so excited about it. what is your outfit then? i are alljust so excited about it. what is your outfit then?- are alljust so excited about it. what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... _ what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... i— what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... i am _ what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... i am not— what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... i am not going i what is your outfit then? i am going to be wearing... i am not going to i to be wearing... i am not going to tell you _ to be wearing... i am not going to tell you a— to be wearing... i am not going to tell ou. �* . ~ . to be wearing... i am not going to tell ou. . , ,, , ., tell you. a silk scarf is involved. apparently. _ tell you. a silk scarf is involved. apparently. naga. _ tell you. a silk scarf is involved. apparently, naga, i— tell you. a silk scarf is involved. apparently, naga, i am - tell you. a silk scarf is involved. apparently, naga, i am a i tell you. a silk scarf is involved. i apparently, naga, i am a fashion icon~ _ apparently, naga, i am a fashion icon~ did — apparently, naga, i am a fashion icon. did you read that? i read that _ icon. did you read that? i read that it's — icon. did you read that? i read that. it's only because you want to .et that. it's only because you want to get bundled up a little bit. we need to talk about _ get bundled up a little bit. we need

to talk about the _ get bundled up a little bit. we need to talk about the platinum - get bundled up a little bit. we need to talk about the platinum jubilee l to talk about the platinum jubilee stop yes, indeed. l to talk about the platinum jubilee stop yes, indeed.— to talk about the platinum jubilee stop yes, indeed. i am going to be presenting — stop yes, indeed. i am going to be presenting a _ stop yes, indeed. i am going to be presenting a prom _ stop yes, indeed. i am going to be presenting a prom called - stop yes, indeed. i am going to be presenting a prom called music. stop yes, indeed. i am going to be| presenting a prom called music and the monarchy, music that has been specifically— the monarchy, music that has been specifically composed for various monarchs — specifically composed for various monarchs down the ages in this country — monarchs down the ages in this country. and of course it is the queen's— country. and of course it is the queen's platinum jubilee. this is our of— queen's platinum jubilee. this is our of her— queen's platinum jubilee. this is our of her 70 years on the throne. the chapel— our of her 70 years on the throne. the chapel royal, the private little orchestra _ the chapel royal, the private little orchestra that henry viii had at hampton— orchestra that henry viii had at hampton court, a lot of the music composed — hampton court, a lot of the music composed for his chapel royal, that is going _ composed for his chapel royal, that is going to _ composed for his chapel royal, that is going to be part of the performance were. and of course the that has _ performance were. and of course the that has been performed at royal ceremonies, the coronations etc, that would — ceremonies, the coronations etc, that would be part of the programme as well _ that would be part of the programme as well so _ that would be part of the programme as well. so a little tribute to her majesty — as well. so a little tribute to her ma'es . ., ~ as well. so a little tribute to her ma'es . . ~' ,, , as well. so a little tribute to her ma'es . . ,, i. , i. majesty. thank you. every time you sa the majesty. thank you. every time you say the word _ majesty. thank you. every time you say the word games, _ majesty. thank you. every time you say the word games, do _ majesty. thank you. every time you say the word games, do you - majesty. thank you. every time you say the word games, do you put i majesty. thank you. every time you i say the word games, do you put your thumbs up every time? there you go. he is a gamer. l

thumbs up every time? there you go. he is a gamer-— he is a gamer. i am a gamer. no question. — the first night of the proms is on bbc two tonight at 7.15 you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8.59.

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