the biggest strike of the summer. nearly 150,000 royal mail and bt workers walk out in disputes over pay. it is back to school but the numbers around energy bills simply don't add up. good morning from cheshire where i will be finding out about the tough decisions schools around the country are having to make. emma raducanu's reign as us open champion is over as she's beaten by france's alize cornet in straight sets in the opening round. and good morning from grimsby, where about 55 miles in that direction in the north sea, a huge wind farm has come on stream. it's about four times the size of manchester and willpower about 1.3 million homes.

a cold start to the day in highlands, temperatures overnight falling to three degrees but for many of us it will be dry with some sunny spells, just a few showers around, and into the weekend it all changes as we start to see some rain. it's wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute, with president biden describing him as a "man of remarkable vision" and un chief antonio guterres saying he "changed the course of history". 0ur moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed.

in the west, he acquired almost pop—star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev stood out — he was young, energetic, unlike his colleagues. as kremlin old—timers died in quick succession, the ussr was looking more like a cemetery than a superpower. but in 1985, gorbachev became leader and launched perestroika — reforms to reinvigorate the soviet union. at home, there were western—style walkabouts. abroad, he charmed an iron lady and a us president. together, gorbachev and reagan

slashed their nuclear arsenals. with a reformer in the kremlin, eastern europe saw a chance to break free from moscow. when the berlin wall fell, crucially gorbachev refused to intervene to prop up the iron curtain. by now, his own country was breaking apart amid ethnic conflicts and economic chaos. gorbachev was losing control. in august 1991, communist hardliners staged a coup. it collapsed — but soon after, so did the soviet union.

president gorbachev resigned and the ussr was consigned to history. many russians still blame gorbachev for letting a superpower slip away. some of what he changed didn't last — the arms race and geopolitical tension are back. gorbachev will be remembered for at least having tried to end the rivalry between east and west. but i will remember him for this. after one interview, he invited me to play his piano while he sang the favourite songs of his late wife. it was a surreal but special moment that showed the warm, human side of the russian leader who'd struck a chord with millions around the world.

0ur moscow editor steve rosenberg will bejoining us later to 0ur moscow editor steve rosenberg will be joining us later to reflect on that encounter at the piano and covering the politics of mikhail gorbachev through the years. 115,000 royal mail workers will walk out for the second time today in a row over pay in what's being called the "biggest uk strike since 2009" by the communication workers union. the industrial action will disrupt deliveries of packages and letters, with further strikes planned for next week. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. singing. postal workers were out making noise on the picket lines on friday, and they'll be back there again today. it's the second in a series of one—day strikes by some 115,000 staff at royal mail. what do we want? decent wage! it's a familiar tale this summer. members of the communication workers union insist that, with the cost of living rising rapidly, they need more money to make ends meet. royal mail say their workers have already been given a 2% rise. a further 1.5% is also

now on the table — but that would depend on staff agreeing to changes, which could include compulsory sunday working. and the company says a further 2% bonus could be paid if productivity targets are met. but the cwu says that, with prices rising so fast, the current offer would lead to a dramatic fall in workers�* living standards. and this isn't the only strike taking place this week — thousands of staff at bt and 0penreach have also walked out in a dispute over pay. these are just the latest in a series of industrial disputes this year. we've also seen major stoppages on transport networks, and rubbish going uncollected due to a refuse workers�* strike in scotland. and, if the cost of living continues to rise, they're highly unlikely to be the last. theo leggett, bbc news. heavy fighting continues in ukraine, as troops try to take back the russian—occupied region of kherson in the south. ukraine says it's destroyed russian command posts and ammunition depots

but the kremlin is reporting that the operation has already failed. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. hugo, trying to make sense of these conflicting accounts, what do you make of it?— make of it? there was an update overniaht make of it? there was an update overnight from _ make of it? there was an update overnight from the _ make of it? there was an update overnight from the ukrainian - make of it? there was an update | overnight from the ukrainian army saying that russian forces have sustained significant losses in the south of the country. they say they're more than a hundred russian troops have been killed, two dozen military vehicles destroyed, four russian ammunition depots attacked. it incredibly difficult to independently verify those claims, russia has dismissed any advance by ukrainian forces. this seems to be part of this offensive by the ukrainians to retake kherson, which is a city which has been under

russian occupation since the beginning of the war. in a separate development in kyiv, a team of international inspectors has left towards the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. for weeks we have been talking about tensions around this nuclear facility which has talking about tensions around this nuclearfacility which has been under russian occupation since early march, and raised fears of a possibly possible nuclear catastrophe. the head of the international atomic energy agency rafael grossi is leading the mission, before the team left he said it was a very important task and he was conscious of the relevance of this mission. thank ou, relevance of this mission. thank you. hugo. _ relevance of this mission. thank you. hugo. in — relevance of this mission. thank you, hugo, in kyiv. _ an unprecedented climate catastrophe. that's how the un has described the devastating floods in pakistan, which has left a third of the country under water. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but heavy rain has also hit mountainous regions in the north—west. let's speak now to our correspondent pumza fihlani, who's in sindh.

we know that aid efforts are being increased and ramped up, pumza, but how much is not going to help and how much is not going to help and how long will it take for help to arrive? ., , how long will it take for help to arrive? . , ., ., . ., arrive? the answer for how much that is auoin to arrive? the answer for how much that is going to help _ arrive? the answer for how much that is going to help is _ arrive? the answer for how much that is going to help is that _ arrive? the answer for how much that is going to help is that when - arrive? the answer for how much that is going to help is that when it - is going to help is that when it does arrive, it literally could mean the difference between people surviving and people dying. the reason i say that is because i have spent time visiting communities here, speaking to them about what their immediate needs are. they tell me that there are families who have not eaten for days and have not had access to clean drinking water. those are some of the things that the government is hoping to use the money for. this was a farming community, especially in rural pakistan, people had livelihoods and were able to feed them selves and their children and that has been completely destroyed. as it stands they are dependent on aid, living on they are dependent on aid, living on the side of busy roads waiting for

food to come, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. local aid workers say there are not enough resources in the country to go around and they are having to make difficult decisions about who to give food to you. they hope that will become better when the aid starts coming in.— will become better when the aid starts coming in. thank you very much, pumza. _ nasa has announced plans to re—launch its new moon rocket, artemis 1, on saturday, after monday's attempt failed due to technical problems. the 42 day test flight will be unmanned and is a key step in the usa's programme to return astronauts to the moon, for the first time in 50 years. the blast—off will happen at the kennedy space center in florida. we talked to chethan yesterday about how little sleep he had because he was watching the tennis, you stayed

up was watching the tennis, you stayed up again but it didn't go so well? but you got more sleep? it wasn't three sets for _ but you got more sleep? it wasn't three sets for emma _ but you got more sleep? it wasn't three sets for emma raducanu, . but you got more sleep? it wasn't i three sets for emma raducanu, not good enough in the end against alize cornet. she good enough in the end against alize cornet. ,, _ , , good enough in the end against alize cornet. ,, , , , ., good enough in the end against alize comet-_ yes. - cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the _ cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the fairy _ cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the fairy tale _ cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the fairy tale run - cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the fairy tale run in - cornet. she says she is out. yes, she had the fairy tale run in new| she had the fairy tale run in new york a year ago but she is out tonight. this is the fifth grand slam champion she has beaten at a major this year, alize cornet, but raducanu would have been hoping to have flushing meadows bring the best out of her. but he has had injury struggles and fitness problems over the past year. the questions around the past year. the questions around the chopping and changing in coaches and around the sponsorship deals is not going to go away. afterwards she says she was hurting and disappointed but happy that this could be a clean slate and a target

is of her back. that important to mention, that pressure and weight of expectation when you are grand slam champion. she drops outside of the top 80 after the tournament, which is a more realistic place for a 19—year—old player who is an incredibly young with her career ahead of her. it's about keeping a sense of perspective but still disappointment this morning. taking the tar: et disappointment this morning. taking the target of — disappointment this morning. taking the target of her _ disappointment this morning. taking the target of her back, _ disappointment this morning. taking the target of her back, let's - disappointment this morning. taking the target of her back, let's be - the target of her back, let's be positive, see if he can go from there. , ., , ., ., positive, see if he can go from there. , ., ., ., ., ., there. pete sampras won a ma'or at 19 and then — there. pete sampras won a ma'or at 19 and then said i there. pete sampras won a ma'or at 19 and then said he i there. pete sampras won a ma'or at 19 and then said he felt * there. pete sampras won a ma'or at 19 and then said he felt really _ 19 and then said he felt really heavy for a year and then when he lost the american open again, he then went on to win a lot of grand slams. rumours of rain on the way, and a picture which is looking slightly autumnal. it is only three degrees in some

parts of the highlands this morning. patchy mist and fog to watch out for in northern ireland and the north of scotland and the northern isles, and todayis scotland and the northern isles, and today is going to be mainly dry once again. pretty breezy in the south and a few showers knocking around. predominantly across yorkshire, they will fade but more coming in on the breeze from the north sea as we go through the day. the cloud is breaking up in scotland allowing sunny spells to develop and for most of us is going to be dry with some sunny intervals. these are the temperatures, 1a in the north to 2a as we push down towards the south. heading on into the evening and overnight, clearskies, clearer in scotland than we have had in the last few nights. 0nce scotland than we have had in the last few nights. once again we will see some mist and fog patches form across northern england, northern ireland and parts of scotland, to breezy in a cell for that to happen. 0vernight lows really in the

highlands could drop down to 5 degrees. —— ruralareas in highlands could drop down to 5 degrees. —— rural areas in the highland could drop down. tomorrow, one ought to show is coming in from the north sea but we will start to see some more showers coming in from the channel islands, especially afternoon and evening. 1a to 25 and afternoon and evening. 1a to 25 and after that there is some rain in the forecast. we after that there is some rain in the forecast. ~ ., after that there is some rain in the forecast. ~ . , ., ., ~ forecast. we have been warned, thank ou. let's take a look at today's papers. many lead with the death of mikhail gorbachev. the metro dedicates its whole page to the former soviet leader, calling him a "true man of peace". as well as paying tribute to mr gorbachev, the times also reports that people will be able to use the nhs app to "shop around" for hospitals with the shortest waiting lists, in a renewed drive to cut backlogs for routine care. the mirror leads with soaring energy prices.

in a poll of its readers, it says that 82% of people back an urgent freeze in energy bills, and that 12 million homes may not be able to meet the annual rise. the hike comes in in october and of course, the new prime minister comes in next week. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website is emma raducanu's defeat in the us open overnight. she lost to france's alize cornet in straight sets. afterwards, she said, may be that just takes the pressure of her a little bit. ,, ., ., ., ~ just takes the pressure of her a little bit. ,, ., ., little bit. should we look at the inside pages? _ little bit. should we look at the inside pages? i _ little bit. should we look at the inside pages? i don't _ little bit. should we look at the inside pages? i don't think- little bit. should we look at the inside pages? i don't think i'm| inside pages? i don't think i'm allowed to _ inside pages? i don't think i'm allowed to hold _ inside pages? i don't think i'm allowed to hold one. - inside pages? i don't think i'm allowed to hold one. after- inside pages? i don't think i'm allowed to hold one. after the| allowed to hold one. after the malfunction _ allowed to hold one. after the malfunction yesterday. - allowed to hold one. after the malfunction yesterday. we - allowed to hold one. after the | malfunction yesterday. we had allowed to hold one. after the i malfunction yesterday. we had a allowed to hold one. after the - malfunction yesterday. we had a bit of an incident _ malfunction yesterday. we had a bit of an incident yesterday _ malfunction yesterday. we had a bit of an incident yesterday but - malfunction yesterday. we had a bit of an incident yesterday but this - of an incident yesterday but this morning is clear! we quite like this. this is the daily mail this morning, the comfort around the house that make it a definition of

home. the number one comfort that really makes us feel relaxed and our own roof, the smell of a roasting meat in an oven. i5 own roof, the smell of a roasting meat in an oven.— meat in an oven. is my favourite there? the _ meat in an oven. is my favourite there? the second _ meat in an oven. is my favourite there? the second one, - meat in an oven. is my favourite there? the second one, the - meat in an oven. is my favourite i there? the second one, the smell meat in an oven. is my favourite - there? the second one, the smell of laundry. when you go into a house and you have done your laundry and it smells gorgeous, it has been out on the line, the beds are made. that is my favourite thing. find on the line, the beds are made. that is my favourite thing.— is my favourite thing. and then you realise you — is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have _ is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have got _ is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have got to _ is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have got to do - is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have got to do it - is my favourite thing. and then you realise you have got to do it again. | realise you have got to do it again. the sound of the kettle boiling is “p the sound of the kettle boiling is up there. i'm not sure about the sound of the kettle.— sound of the kettle. scented candles, having _ sound of the kettle. scented candles, having the - sound of the kettle. scented candles, having the radio . sound of the kettle. scented candles, having the radio on j sound of the kettle. scented i candles, having the radio on in sound of the kettle. scented - candles, having the radio on in the kitchen. my favourite is number 15, the smell of a cake baking in the oven. ., ., the smell of a cake baking in the oven. . ., , ., oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if you _ oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if you have _ oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if you have got _ oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if you have got smells - oven. rather than the roasting of meat! if you have got smells and j meat! if you have got smells and sights around the home that relax you and keep you comfortable, let us know. imagine a childhood where simply playing with your friends could endanger your life. for one little boy, that's been his reality since birth until now.

seven—year—old charlie has a rare form of haemophilia which means his blood doesn't clot properly. but, after becoming the youngest child to take part in a pioneering trial, him and his family have now been given hope for the future. 0ur correspondent robert hall has been to meet him. in a jersey park, seven—year—old charlie is loving life. at last, he can see a way of coping with the condition which has left him with memories of pain and hospital visits. from a family perspective, i always knew that it was a possibility. i've known since i was 16 that i was a carrier of haemophilia. my brother is a sufferer, so i had some experience, but i guess i didn't... i was only 21, so i didn't really know what that was going to mean directly for me and for charlie. kind of hurt. and it was terrifying. charlie has a rare form of haemophilia.

if he hurts himself, it can cause bleeding, which is hard to stop. since he was a baby, he's needed what's called a portacath so that medical staff and his mum can administer a clotting agent to slow that process. it's quite an intense procedure. everything has to be sterile. i had to go over to great 0rmond street and learn how to do that over a month period so that i could get fully trained to do that at home. charlie was having medicine every other day into a vein. _ and then when he has a bleed, which he had quite often two . or even three times a day, so that meant for him - some of the time, having - the needle sort of staying in. then you have to put the needle in, and then you have to put, like, five syringes in. the trouble was that charlie still had to take extreme care with any physical activity, and worse still, his body reacted badly to the clotting agents. that's where the team at great 0rmond street stepped in. they already had a trial

of new treatment running with older children. the new treatment has been kind of on the horizon for a long time. he was the first person within his age category to start this treatment. so that's a real result, obviously, coming from a tiny island. and can you just remind me, i so you've got a little pen thing and you take the top off, - and you go like clickety click? so this is a new treatment, which is a trial medicine at the moment. - and so instead of being given into a vein, it's. given under the skin. so it's the same kind of process las giving insulin for diabetics. i charlie actually asked if he could learn how to do it himself, which i didn't think was going to be something that would come for another few years yet. but he did it and he now does it all the time. everybody else was doing it. ijust wanted to do it myself. so far, so good. the new treatment has opened up new possibilities. charlie can live and play much more like his friends.

which one of you is a betterfootballer? me! the future for charlie looks much brighter. he's already been able to go to things that he wouldn't have been able to go to before, like football camps and clubs. i mean, i'm going to say it's the bestjob in the world - when something like this happens. i mean, i can see him literally growing. - and i mean, it's amazing to see just his level of confidence. - the other side of it is not. bleeding, not being in pain. the team at great 0rmond street will still need more data before they can take this trial further. charlie knows he still has to be careful, but his smile says it all. ijust don't know what to say, i'm just so happy. robert hall, bbc news, jersey. a great smile as well! lovely smile, lovely story. — a great smile as well! lovely smile, lovely story. good — a great smile as well! lovely smile, lovely story, good luck _ a great smile as well! lovely smile, lovely story, good luck to _ a great smile as well! lovely smile, lovely story, good luck to charlie. . headteachers are warning that young people will lose out as a result of rising energy costs faced by schools this winter. ben is at a primary school

in cheshire for us this morning. good morning, happy to be back in the classroom, new term? weill. the classroom, new term? well, indeed! itut _ the classroom, new term? well, indeed! but if— the classroom, new term? well, indeed! but if you _ the classroom, new term? well, indeed! but if you are _ the classroom, new term? well, indeed! but if you are looking i the classroom, new term? well, | indeed! but if you are looking for the classroom, new term? well, l indeed! but if you are looking for a fairy tale ending around this story i'm afraid, there is no sign of one. we were talking about businesses yesterday and energy bills, same situation for schools. they are not protected by the price cap that applies to households. so it's causing them some real problems with their gas and electricity costs. let me run you through some of the figures. this is hartford mayor manor primary where they have kindly invited us down to cheshire. 83%, thatis invited us down to cheshire. 83%, that is the rise in gas and electricity costs in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period in 2021. as a result, almost half, 46% of school

governing bodies say that they see rising costs now is their biggest challenge when it comes to balancing the budget for the coming year. and one in six head teachers say they feel now that bills are likely to triple, with most saying they think bills will at least double. that is leaving some tough choices for them to make. you're left with very few choices as a leader. you can either take money that you want to spend on doing special projects for young people and not spend it on that. that's the easy decision, frankly. 0r, secondly, you increase class sizes so that you're paying fewer teachers overall, or you cut some courses — smaller courses like, i don't know, gcse drama, for example — or you make staff redundant, such as teaching assistants. every one of those decisions educationally is really bad news, which is why there is a note of panic from so many school and college leaders.

well, the department for education told us that they recognised the pressures on schools and they say that schools have been given £4 billion, in england and wales, £4 billion, in england and wales, £4 billion extra funding to help with that which is 7% increase per pupil. let's find out how far that goes. with me now is simon kidwell. all that money coming in, 7% per pupil, why is that still a problem? we had a generous pay increase in 2019 but that did not include funding for new staff. schools have the energy price and staff pay rises and costs like food so it is not enough. i have spent 18 years as a school head teacher and i have never known things as scary as they are today. known things as scary as they are toda . ~ . ~ ., , ., known things as scary as they are toda .~ . ~ ., ,., today. what kind of things are you havin: to today. what kind of things are you having to decide _ today. what kind of things are you having to decide as _ today. what kind of things are you having to decide as a _ today. what kind of things are you having to decide as a result? - today. what kind of things are you

having to decide as a result? we i having to decide as a result? we will have to _ having to decide as a result? - will have to look at nonessential activities, so things like school trips, that costs about £200 if we take the children to london so we might have to look at reviewing that. we will have to look at after—school activities like sports coaching, and activities like swimming which cost £700 for the coach just to get to the sewing —— swimming baths. all the things that children miss out on during lockdown will have to be reviewed. imilieu children miss out on during lockdown will have to be reviewed.— will have to be reviewed. when it comes to looking _ will have to be reviewed. when it comes to looking at _ will have to be reviewed. when it comes to looking at parents - will have to be reviewed. when it - comes to looking at parents plugging the gap, you might find race to the parent teacher association all that kind of thing, —— you might fund raise, is that still an option? we know that _ raise, is that still an option? - know that many of our families are asking for support for school uniform and we have a pre—loved scheme, when parents need maximum support, schools have limited funding to help them.- support, schools have limited funding to help them. what happens when ou funding to help them. what happens when you have _ funding to help them. what happens when you have cut _ funding to help them. what happens when you have cut back _ funding to help them. what happens when you have cut back all _ funding to help them. what happens when you have cut back all of - funding to help them. what happens when you have cut back all of the - when you have cut back all of the extras and nice things like school

trips, and all of you are left with is the essentials, lighting, heating, that sort of thing, wages, and you still cannot balance the books? ~ ., ., ., , books? we have to have staffing cuts, we books? we have to have staffing cuts. we will _ books? we have to have staffing cuts, we will have _ books? we have to have staffing cuts, we will have to _ books? we have to have staffing cuts, we will have to review - books? we have to have staffing cuts, we will have to review the | cuts, we will have to review the amount of teaching assistants and teachers we have in front of the children and we know that our children and we know that our children need to catch up because of the pandemic and they need those essential adults working with them. they eventually will have to be cut. thank you very much, simon, head teacher here, thank you for having us down here this morning. a really worrying time for many and notjust at this school where they have to make tough decisions, we will be speaking to other head teachers and hearing about the situations in their schools little later this morning. their schools little later this morninu. ., their schools little later this morning-— their schools little later this morninu. ., ., morning. you look very at home with our en morning. you look very at home with your pen and — morning. you look very at home with your pen and your— morning. you look very at home with your pen and your flip _ morning. you look very at home with your pen and your flip chart, - morning. you look very at home with your pen and your flip chart, and - your pen and yourflip chart, and very much the teacher. your pen and your flip chart, and very much the teacher.— very much the teacher. well, i think, i need _ very much the teacher. well, i think, i need to _ very much the teacher. well, i think, i need to work - very much the teacher. well, i think, i need to work on - very much the teacher. well, i think, i need to work on my i think, i need to work on my handwriting. perhaps i should have practised it a couple of times. work in progress, i will let you to

decide on the school report. we will rive ou decide on the school report. we will give you your _ decide on the school report. we will give you your grade _ decide on the school report. we will give you your grade at _ decide on the school report. we will give you your grade at the _ decide on the school report. we will give you your grade at the end - decide on the school report. we will give you your grade at the end of i give you your grade at the end of it, we will rely on an algorithm or something. it, we will rely on an algorithm or something-— it, we will rely on an algorithm or something. let's grade him every time we go _ something. let's grade him every time we go back— something. let's grade him every time we go back to _ something. let's grade him every time we go back to him. - something. let's grade him every time we go back to him. he - something. let's grade him every time we go back to him. he gets| something. let's grade him every| time we go back to him. he gets a gold star, it's fine. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. a boy, thought to be 12 years old, has been stabbed in east london. he was treated at the scene of the attack last night in plaistow in newham, and officers say they're waiting for an update on his condition. two people have been arrested. there are growing calls from businesses across london for immediate help as the cost of energy continues to rise, pushing up prices that they say they just can't absorb. many are starting to see their gas and electricity prices skyrocket. with no cap on energy prices for businesses, the hsopitality

with no cap on energy prices for businesses, the hospitality sector has said it's particularly vulnerable, and is predicting more venues will fold unless something is done. police investigating the murder of a 21—year—old man who died after being stabbed at this weekend's notting hill carnival have launched an appeal for video and photo evidence. takayo nembard was found at around 8:00 last night near ladbroke grove, but later died in hospital. detectives also say there are likely to have been a number of witnesses, and have renewed calls for them to come forward. this autumn the capital will help play host to what's being hailed as the most inclusive world cup of all—time — ten years on from hosting the london 2012 paralympics. for the first time, the rugby league world cup will include men's, women's and wheelchair competitions. many of the wheelchair matches will take place at the olympic park. looking at all these seats around now, you know — if we can fill it up, it's going to be huge and probably the biggest crowd that i would have played in front of. so...it�*s exciting and it fills you full of emotions

just being here now, looking around and probably the same emotions that we'll feel as players on the day when we come and play here. a look at how the tubes are running this morning. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a largely bright and sunny start this morning. high pressure still in charge to the north of the uk, but we're still hanging on to that rather noticeable northeasterly breeze. so a little bit more cloud in the east first thing, but that cloud spreading further west. it's patchy, though, so we're still going to see some sunny spells. one or two isolated showers potentially — not very widespread — and temperatures today reaching 2a celsius. it is, of course, the last day of meteorological summer, but the weather stays fairly consistent as we head into thursday. dry and clear overnight tonight, the minimum temperature dropping down to 12 or 13 celsius. so a bright start to thursday — the first day, of course, of meteorological autumn. the high pressurejust starts to slip away, but it is a largely fine,

dry start and through the afternoon, again, largely dry. could just see a bit more cloud coming up from the south by the end of thursday, but the temperature tomorrow getting up to 2a celsius. now it is turning progressively more unsettled — there's more chance of a shower for friday. largely dry for saturday — the risk of an isolated shower but, as i say, largely dry. but the weather turning progressively more unsettled with more chance of showers as we head through sunday. and if you missed it yesterday, we've got a video showing the journey of a londoner who ran 3,000 kilometers across europe in a world first. it's on our instagram. now it's back to sally and jon. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. coming up on breakfast this morning... three, two, one blast off — take two. nasa's second attempt at launching its giant new moon

rocket will take place on saturday. we hope. we'll have all the details soon. grand designs is back with a brand—new series, following the country's most ambitious self—build projects. the programme's presenter kevin mccloud will be herejust before 9:00. look at that. beautiful. and we'll chat to the two army officers who've completed a 62—mile nonstop swim around the isle of wight to raise money for charity. what did you do at the weekend? let's return to the news now that the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev has died aged 91. here are some key dates in his career. mr gorbachev first officially visited the uk before he was soviet leader, in late 1984, meeting then prime minister margaret thatcher at chequers. he rose to power three months later,

in march 1985, and launched a programme of perestroika and glasnost — translated as restructuring and openness. in 1987 mr gorbachevjoined us president reagan in washington to sign the first treaty to cut nuclear arsenals — it pledged to dismantle all soviet and us intermediate range missiles. two years later, in december 1989, the soviet leader and us president bush hailed the end of the cold war at a summit in malta. following an attempted coup in august 1991, mr gorbachev stepped down as the leader of the communist party, and in december he resigned as soviet president after almost seven years in power. the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, met and interviewed mr gorbachev on several occasions over the years — hejoins us now from moscow. good morning. thank you for talking to us about him this morning, live from moscow. your reaction to the

news he has died? watching all those images we have watched of him for the last few moments, he really feels like a man of history. absolutely. absolutely. we hear the phrase end of an era so often. but really this is the end of an era, the passing of mikhail gorbachev. he was the man who did so much to end the cold war. a man who really changed the world. he didn't mean to destroy communism, he didn't mean to spike the disintegration of the soviet union. he wanted to reform the ussr, change it, tweak it here and there. but in so doing the whole system eventually collapsed. you know, this man is a hero abroad, a hero in the west, but he was no angel, he had faults, flaws and shortcomings. he was in many ways

naive but i think a couple of things sets him apart from other soviet leaders, bureaucrats and officials. he had this humanity to begin with. he had this humanity to begin with. he was a very warm person. he wanted to do his best, i think, for his country, and for his people and he was also driven by a desire, and age to end the confrontation between east and west. he was desperate to avoid a third world war, and when i interviewed him once on the subject of war, there were tiers in his eyes as he recalled how when he became the soviet leader, he travelled around the country and soviet people were saying to him, please, our main concern is that they should be no war, no war. there were tiers in his eyes talking about that. and he did, together with ronald reagan, and western leaders, do a lot to make the world safer. 0f western leaders, do a lot to make the world safer. of course it's

another question what happened to that legacy. 30 years on we are in a very different world but, yes, his role in history is huge, for sure. i am fascinated by what she mentioned there, how he is remembered will be remembered in the west, he is probably significantly differently remembered at home in russia. what has been the reaction there? yeah. remembered at home in russia. what has been the reaction there?- has been the reaction there? yeah, i mean, has been the reaction there? yeah, i mean. many — has been the reaction there? yeah, i mean, many russians _ has been the reaction there? yeah, i mean, many russians view - has been the reaction there? yeah, i l mean, many russians view gorbachev as a failure, as a weak leader, they see him, they blame him for losing their country, for losing the soviet superpower. vladimir putin once described the collapse, the disintegration of the ussr is the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century and i think that explains his view of mikhail gorbachev. putin is the polar opposite of mikhail gorbachev. mikhail gorbachev tried to open up his country, try to bring more

democracy to the soviet union, more freedom to speech, to criticise the government. we are seeing pretty much the exact opposite happened under vladimir putin. what much the exact opposite happened under vladimir putin.— under vladimir putin. what was he like? you met— under vladimir putin. what was he like? you met and _ under vladimir putin. what was he like? you met and interviewed - under vladimir putin. what was he | like? you met and interviewed him several times he said he was warm. what was he like and what was your relationship with him like? he what was he like and what was your relationship with him like?- what was he like and what was your relationship with him like? he was a very interesting. _ relationship with him like? he was a very interesting, very _ relationship with him like? he was a very interesting, very nice _ relationship with him like? he was a very interesting, very nice man, - very interesting, very nice man, decent man with a cheeky sense of humour and always cracking jokes that he felt he had a heart and soul and it was in the right place. after and it was in the right place. after a a0 minute heavy political interview afterwards, mr gorbachev pointed to a grand piano and asked, do any of you bbc people play the piano? so i put my hand up and said i play. he said sit down and play something i sat down and started

playing some russian folk songs and he started playing. the man who ended the cold war was standing next to me singing these songs and said his late wife, raisa, loved it when he sang. he sang some of her favourite songs. i learned more about mikhail gorbachev in those few minutes than in the interviews. he loved his late wife. her portrait was across all the walls of his office and i think that sets him apart from many of the officials in power in russia today. do apart from many of the officials in power in russia today.— power in russia today. do you imaaine power in russia today. do you imagine in _ power in russia today. do you imagine in our— power in russia today. do you imagine in our lifetime - power in russia today. do you imagine in our lifetime we - power in russia today. do you i imagine in our lifetime we might power in russia today. do you - imagine in our lifetime we might go back to more open relations between russia and the west? the kind of relationship that he was trying to build? it relationship that he was trying to build? , ., ., ., , ., relationship that he was trying to build? , ., , ., ., build? it is a good question and i am uuite build? it is a good question and i am quite an _ build? it is a good question and i am quite an optimistic— build? it is a good question and i am quite an optimistic person. . build? it is a good question and i | am quite an optimistic person. at the moment i have very little optimism, though, about the

situation now. such is the level of confrontation between east and west. but if you step back and you take a long view over hundreds of years russian history, then you can see that the pendulum swings. it does swing towards the west, sometimes russia looks towards the west and wants to be friends with the west end sees itself as being part of the west, and at other times pendulum swings the other way and takes a different path and sees its future somewhere else and is against the west and we are in one of those periods now, when the pendulum swings back, i don't know, but that's in point it may do. thank you for sharing — that's in point it may do. thank you for sharing your _ that's in point it may do. thank you for sharing your memories - that's in point it may do. thank you for sharing your memories of- that's in point it may do. thank you i for sharing your memories of mikhail gorbachev. that is steve rosenberg. such fascinating tales.— such fascinating tales. those of us who remember _ such fascinating tales. those of us who remember the _ such fascinating tales. those of us who remember the 1980s, - such fascinating tales. those of us who remember the 1980s, stories| who remember the 1980s, stories every day and that story about the

piano, the moments in history and the moments of privacy. what a difference a year makes in the tennis. chetan has been getting an update and we dream to. we tennis. chetan has been getting an update and we dream to.— emma raducanu was helpful. she is out of the us open, using words like disappointed and hurting but also happy that she now has a clean slate and perhaps that pressure slightly off her shoulders and that incredible spotlight that has been on her for the last 12 incredible spotlight that has been on herfor the last 12 months as incredible spotlight that has been on her for the last 12 months as you mentioned. her us open defence has ended at the very first hurdle, beaten by alize cornet, not a player that perhaps everyone is familiar with. but those 13 extra years of experience really showed her where. emma raducanu becomes the fifth grand slam champion she has beaten at a major this year. in the end and marella carly did not have anywhere near enough to get over the line, as

laura scott now reports from new york. back in the big apple, the scene of her stunning success. in the eyes of the teenager, this was a chance for her to start from scratch and gain crucial experience, and she was up against a player who's become part of the furniture at grand slams. this is alize cornet�*s 63rd consecutive major. raducanu showed razor—sharp reflexes. alize cornet showed her consistency with a lob after lob after lob. unbelievable reaction. figs with a lob after lob after lob. unbelievable reaction. as this flew ast emma unbelievable reaction. as this flew past emma raducanu, _ unbelievable reaction. as this flew past emma raducanu, so - unbelievable reaction. as this flew past emma raducanu, so did - unbelievable reaction. as this flew past emma raducanu, so did the i unbelievable reaction. as this flew i past emma raducanu, so did the first set. halfway to the door and hampered by blisters. time for a regroup or perhaps some intervention from above. as the rain started to fall, raducanu's. the comeback was on until it wasn't. in the face of

relentless french resistance, nothing seemed to be going raducanu's away and she was going out. i tumbling out of the tournament, raducanu will also tumble down the rankings, from 11th in the world to around 80 f. disappointed for her, but elsewhere it has been a positive start for the brits. there was no actual breeze when cameron norrie took to the court but he at least enjoyed a metaphorical one. the inform seventh seed face no contest against the frenchman, and raced to a swifter victory than we expected, while dan evans also coped well with conditions, making similarly light work to come through his opening match in straight sets. with those confident and convincing wins there are five players through to round two. thejoint most are five players through to round two. the joint most since 1981. are five players through to round two. thejoint most since 1981. they will fly the flag while the reigning champion twice home. there were four premier league games

last night, with a big upset at southampton where they came from behind to beat chelsea 2—1, romeo lavia with the pick of the goals here. it's their first home win over chelsea in nine years. thomas tuchel�*s side have now lost two of their first five games. it's too easy to put us off balance, to confuse us, to beat us, to push us off track. it's too easy, but it happens. happened in leeds, happened today here. and we need to understand why, and find solutions. brighton could have gone top of the table with a win at fulham, but aleksandar mitrovic grabbed the headlines again — he scored his fifth goal in five premier league games as fulham won 2—1. frank lampard's everton are still looking for their first win of the season as they drew 1—1 with leeds at elland road. luis sinisterra scored a long range equaliser for leeds to cancel out anthony gordon's opener. next up for everton is the merseyside derby on saturday. brentford remain in the top ten after a late equaliser against crystal palace at selhurst park —

yoane wissa with the goal two minutes from time. rangers beat queen of the south 3—1 in the second round of the scottish league cup. scott arfield scored two of rangers' three goals. elsewhere there were wins for partick thistle, dundee, and aberdeen. the rift in golf continues with this year's 0pen champion cameron smithjoining the rebel saudi funded liv golf series. the world number two becomes the highest ranked player to defect to the saudi—backed series. the new liv series started injuly with huge prize money of around £336 million. and finally, what about this for a catch? naomi dattani and alice monaghan for london spirit helped put an end to birmingham phoenix's chances of reaching the knockout stage of the women's hundred. spirit, who were already out of the running for the the next round won by four wickets at lord's.

a great double act, great teamwork and they clearly enjoyed that. all smiles for them. no smiles for emma raducanu, but it is another night of no sleep. serena williams is back out playing the world number two. that is at midnight. andy murray is on earlier so you can watch that in the daytime. harriet dart continues and jack draper against felix holger. as laura was saying in her report, plenty of british hopefuls are still going strong. ihla report, plenty of british hopefuls are still going strong.— are still going strong. no sleep et, are still going strong. no sleep yet. chetan- — are still going strong. no sleep yet, chetan. may _ are still going strong. no sleep yet, chetan. may be _ are still going strong. no sleep yet, chetan. may be sunday i are still going strong. no sleep i yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think. yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think- good — yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think. good luck! _ yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think. good luck! thank _ yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think. good luck! thank you - yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i think. good luck! thank you for i yet, chetan. may be sunday week, i | think. good luck! thank you for now. we have been talking a lot about energy bills and prices and how we can bring them down in the future, become more self—reliant that this is a story for you this morning. the world's largest operating offshore wind farm becomes fully operational today. hornsea two is located 55 miles off the yorkshire coast and will power more than one million homes. 0ur environment correspondent

jonah fisher is in yorkshire for us this morning. good morning. it is enormous! good morninu. good morning. it is enormous! good morning- yes. _ good morning. it is enormous! good morning- yes. it— good morning. it is enormous! good morning. yes, it is _ good morning. it is enormous! (13mg. morning. yes, it is enormous. it is, as you said, in that direction probably about 55 miles in that direction in the north sea. it covers an area about four times the size of manchester when it is in full operating mode it could power a city about the sigh of manchester. that is the way the offshore wind sector is going at the moment. bigger turbines, sector is going at the moment. biggerturbines, big get sector is going at the moment. bigger turbines, big get wind farms. why are we here today? because this new wind farm, hornsea two, has become fully operational. it is another milestone in the government's efforts to decarbonise the way we generate electricity, to move away from what is at the moment are very expensive way and polluting way of generating electricity, which

relies to a significant extent on gas power patients. if you look behind me you can see one of the ships that is used to service some of the many wind farms in the north sea that is being loaded up at the moment. the crew go out for two weeks at a time, they were out there, two weeks, then come back to shore. these wind farms are so far out they can't do it in a day trip. how did they build this power station, this new wind farm? and crucially, of course, will it have any impact on our energy bills? i was here yesterday talking to people and i put together this report. in the midst of an energy crisis, there's at last some positive news. 55 miles off the yorkshire coast, the world's largest offshore wind farm is now on stream. covering an area more than four times the size of manchester, hornsea two consists of 165 monster turbines, each more than twice the height of big ben.

when the wind blows, this farm will provide clean energy to more than 1.3 million homes. each of its turbine blades is a whopping 81 metres long. this is fantastic news for the british consumer, for everybody in the uk. a single turn of these enormous turbines will produce enough power to power a home for a day, or to drive an electric car for something like 75 miles. we'll see what it's like in the morning. this is the control centre, where the output from each of the individual wind turbines can be monitored in real time. the bigger these wind farms get — and they are huge — the cheaper the power that they produce becomes. and in the long term, that's good news for all of us, and our electricity bills. but big offshore wind projects like this take time. and with energy prices soaring, some argue we should be looking

at quicker options on land. 0nshore wind actually can be produced and start generating within a year, so it's a really good option if we want to get low—cost energy quickly. so why aren't we doing that? we're not doing that at the moment because the planning process allows for a single person to object to an onshore wind farm, and that closes the whole thing down. so we really need government to take action and put our country's energy needs first. the renewables boom has also meant newjobs for grimsby — a port town brought to its knees by the collapse of the fishing industry. probably never been more important to get these ruddy wind farms up. bridey is helping her dad patrick pack smoked fish — but she's turned her back on the family business, and will work as a technician on the new wind farm. today we're just doing service and routine maintenance, like topping up grease and just

checking it's all running perfectly. for patrick, the wind farms have brought notjust a job for his daughter, but new hope. you know, grimsby has, for a long, long time been slightly down on its uppers. so green energy's vital for the planet, green energy's vital for the country, and it's no less vital for grimsby. hornsea two won't be a world—beaterfor long — even bigger wind farms with even larger turbines are already being built nearby. and this increase in offshore capacity is going to just ramp and this increase in offshore capacity is going tojust ramp up over the next few years. the government's plans at the moment i to increase our capacity for cold by 2030. it helps that it's currently a lot cheaper than many of the other options, particularly with gas prices being so high. you may well be saying at home, what happens if

it's not windy, what will we do then? the first thing to say is it is so far out at sea, that means it is so far out at sea, that means it is windy a lot of the time, but it also should be said that the strategy is to have an energy mix, so notjust offshore wind but other renewables, as well, with an increase in our nuclear capacity providing a back—up to the system. thank you very much, that isjonah fisher reporting from grimsby in north—east lincolnshire. carol fisher reporting from grimsby in north-east lincolnshire. carol has not the north-east lincolnshire. carol has got the weather. _ good morning. in altnaharra it is cold, just under 2 degrees at the moment. tulloch bridge is 2.2. come south to the channel islands and the temperatures 17 degrees. for many it will be dry today, some funny spells, but still fairly breezy across england and wales. also is

cloud across scotland which will break up and we will see sunny spells developed. up the road from artemis we have some showers and they will come in on the brisk breeze set up the road from jonah. black circles represent the wind gusts strength so across england and wales and the channel islands, today will be noticeable. these are afternoon temperatures, 1a in the north to 2a in the south. yesterday's top temperature was along the south coast at 25. through this evening and overnight once again there will be clear skies, less cloud in scotland than there was, and in parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland, where there is less of a breeze, we could see some patchy mist and fog form. across england and wales they will be too much of a breeze for that to happen. temperatures overnight roughly ten to 1a degrees, but in sheltered glens it could fall lower than that. on thursday, for many, a dry day.

for most of the day. look what is coming up from the bay of biscay. we have an area of low pressure with its fronts, and it was like to introduce showers. some of those could be heavy and thundery across southern counties but for much of the uk, sunny intervals, if few shower his coming in off the north sea but again temperatures between 19 and 23, up to 2a inland. thursday into friday, if anything the weather front moves a bit further north and we have a clutch of them coming in from the atlantic. during the course of friday, you can see how the showers, some heavy and thundery, pushed further northwards getting into scotland, england and wales for the day. meanwhile this other weather front is coming in from the west so we have a pincer effect. more will see rain and showers and temperatures 15 to 2a. that leads us into an unsettled weekend and also

an unsettled start next week with some rain on the cards and of course rain is welcome! many haven't had it, many still in drought conditions. not enough rain to alleviate that but at least there is some rain in the forecast. i got into terrible trouble with someone on twitter yesterday because i said, good, someone on twitter yesterday because isaid, good, we someone on twitter yesterday because i said, good, we have got rain. she said, i'm getting married on saturday! don't wish for rain! you can't win. , , , , ., saturday! don't wish for rain! you can't win. , , , ., , saturday! don't wish for rain! you can'twin. , , , ., _ can't win. just put up a very fancy umbrella- — can't win. just put up a very fancy umbrella. good _ can't win. just put up a very fancy umbrella. good advice. _ after a failed lift—off earlier this week, nasa officials say they will make a second launch attempt of artemis i on saturday. it's hoped the unmanned test flight will orbit the moon, bringing the usa closer to putting humans on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. research scientist dr ken kremerjoins us now. good morning. good to see you again.

thank you for having me back. we said we would get you back on the programme as we know it's going to happen this weekend. how confident are you that it will go ahead this time? ~ , ., ., ., time? well, they will go ahead with a launch attempt. _ time? well, they will go ahead with a launch attempt. whether- time? well, they will go ahead with a launch attempt. whether it i a launch attempt. whether it actually launches is another question. there can always be new problems. they wanted to take a little bit more time to analyse the situation which is pretty much what i thought would happen, so they will try on saturday instead of friday and look at the engine in more detail, they have modified the procedure a bit. they did some work with the hydrogen leak. then we will see where we go. we will get an update, another one, on thursday, so about the day and a half from now and then we will have a more clear idea. the intention is to go saturday, but that could always change. there are more days in the window that they could launch. the other thing to do is talk about the weather, like you guysjust other thing to do is talk about the weather, like you guys just were. the weather is really not looking

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there are growing calls from businesses across london for immediate help as the cost of energy continues to rise, pushing up prices they say they just can't absorb. with no cap on energy prices for businesses the hospitality sector has said it's particularly vulnerable and is predicting more venues will fold unless something is done. police investigating the murder of a 21—year—old man who died after being stabbed at notting hill carnival are asking anyone with video or photo evidence to submit it online. takayo nembhard was found at around eight o'clock on monday night near ladbroke grove but later died in hospital. new figures show there are almost a0% fewer places for homeless people to stay than in 2010. the annual review of single homelessness support also says the number of people sleeping rough has increased and is likely to get worse because of the cost—of—living crisis. this autumn the capital will help play host to what's being hailed as the most inclusive world cup

of all time. for the first time the rugby league world cup will include men's, women's and wheelchair competitions. many of the wheelchair matches will take place at the olympic park. looking at all these seats around now, you know — if we can fill it up, it's going to be huge and probably the biggest crowd that i would have played in front of. so...it�*s exciting and it fills you full of emotions just being here now, looking around and probably the same emotions that we'll feel as players on the day when we come and play here. a look at how the tubes are running this morning. and it's all looking good at the moment. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a largely bright and sunny start this morning. high pressure still in charge to the north of the uk, but we're still hanging on to that rather noticeable northeasterly breeze. so a little bit more cloud in the east first thing, but that cloud spreading further west. it's patchy, though, so we're still going

to see some sunny spells. one or two isolated showers potentially — not very widespread — and temperatures today reaching 2a celsius. it is, of course, the last day of meteorological summer, but the weather stays fairly consistent as we head into thursday. dry and clear overnight tonight, the minimum temperature dropping down to 12 or 13 celsius. so a bright start to thursday — the first day, of course, of meteorological autumn. the high pressurejust starts to slip away, but it is a largely fine, dry start and through the afternoon, again, largely dry. could just see a bit more cloud coming up from the south by the end of thursday, but the temperature tomorrow getting up to 2a celsius. now it is turning progressively more unsettled — there's more chance of a shower for friday. largely dry for saturday — the risk of an isolated shower but, as i say, largely dry. but the weather turning progressively more unsettled with more chance of showers as we head through sunday. and if you missed it yesterday — we've got a video showing the journey of a londoner who ran three thousand kilometers across europe in a world first. you can watch it on our instagram. now it's back to sally and jon. bye for now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. mikhail gorbachev, the final leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the biggest strike of the summer. nearly 150,000 royal mail and bt workers walk out in disputes over pay. heading for a cashless society. as more and more places accept card payments only, we ask whether it's the end of the road the old fashioned readies. back to school but the numbers around the energy prices do not add up. good morning, finding out about the tough choices they are having to make at schools around the country. emma raducanu's reign as us open champion is over as she's beaten by france's alize cornet in straight sets

in the opening round. good morning. for many others it is going to be a dry day with sunny intervals. a few showers coming in from the north sea, but if it is when you are after, most of us will see this at the end of the week. all of the details later in the programme —— if it is in rain you are after. it's wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century. world leaders have been paying tribute, with president biden describing him as a "man of remarkable vision" and un chief antonio guterres saying he "changed the course of history". 0ur moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost

pop—star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev stood out — he was young, energetic, unlike his colleagues. as kremlin old—timers died in quick succession, the ussr was looking more like a cemetery than a superpower. but in 1985, gorbachev became leader and launched perestroika — reforms to reinvigorate the soviet union. at home, there were western—style walkabouts. abroad, he charmed an iron lady and a us president. together, gorbachev and reagan slashed their nuclear arsenals. with a reformer in the kremlin,

eastern europe saw a chance to break free from moscow. when the berlin wall fell, crucially gorbachev refused to intervene to prop up the iron curtain. by now, his own country was breaking apart amid ethnic conflicts and economic chaos. by now, his own country was breaking apart amid ethnic conflicts and economic chaos. gorbachev was losing control. in august 1991, communist hardliners staged a coup. it collapsed — but soon after, so did the soviet union. president gorbachev resigned and the ussr was consigned to history.

many russians still blame gorbachev for letting a superpower slip away. some of what he changed didn't last — the arms race and geopolitical tension are back. gorbachev will be remembered for at least having tried to end the rivalry between east and west. but i will remember him for this. after one interview, he invited me to play his piano while he sang the favourite songs of his late wife. it was a surreal but special moment that showed the warm, human side of the russian leader who'd struck a chord with millions around the world.

0ur moscow editor steve rosenberg remembering the life of mikhail gorbachev. 115,000 royal mail workers will walk out for the second time today in a row over pay in what's being called the "biggest uk strike since 2009" by the communication workers union. the industrial action will disrupt deliveries of packages and letters, with further strikes planned for next week. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. postal workers were out making noise on the picket lines on friday, and they'll be back there again today. it's the second in a series of one—day strikes by some 115,000 staff at royal mail. what do we want? decent wage! it's a familiar tale this summer. members of the communication workers union insist that, with the cost of living rising rapidly, they need more money to make ends meet. royal mail say their workers have already been given a 2% rise. a further 1.5% is also now on the table — but that would depend on staff agreeing to changes, which could include

compulsory sunday working. and the company says a further 2% bonus could be paid if productivity targets are met. but the cwu says that, with prices rising so fast, the current offer would lead to a dramatic fall in workers' living standards. and this isn't the only strike taking place this week — thousands of staff at bt and 0penreach have also walked out in a dispute over pay. these are just the latest in a series of industrial disputes this year. we've also seen major stoppages on transport networks, and rubbish going uncollected due to a refuse workers' strike in scotland. and, if the cost of living continues to rise, they're highly unlikely to be the last. theo leggett, bbc news. we will speak to dave ward from the cwu about the strike in the next few minutes. a bbc investigation has found that shamima begum, who left london to join the islamic state group when she was 15, was smuggled

into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. footage has emerged which appears to show mohammed al rasheed with the teenager and two other girls she travelled with, as they got out of a taxi and into a waiting car not far from the syrian border. files seen by the bbc show mr rasheed claimed to have shared ms begum's passport details with canada, and smuggled other britons to fight for is. a team from the international atomic energy agency is travelling to the russian—held nuclear power plant in southern ukraine to inspect for damage, after recent shelling sparked fears of a radiation leak. the zaporizhzhia plant was captured by russian forces soon after they launched their invasion of ukraine. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. what we know about this visit, you 90, what we know about this visit, you go, and what has happened so far? ==

go, and what has happened so far? » hugo? a team of international inspectors left kyiv earlier today, and one of the goals of the mission is to guarantee the stability of this nuclear facility because we have been talking for days about tensions around this complex with russia and ukraine trading accusations on who is to blame for shelling the complex. rafael grossi, the head of the international atomic energy agency who is leading the mission, says the visit is expected to last a few days. we don't know when the visit will start. he said he knew it was a very important task and he understood the relevance of this moment. in a separate development, we have been talking about the ukrainian offensive in the south of the country, overnight we had an update on the ukrainian army saying that russian forces had sustained significant losses in the south of the country, more than 100 russian troops killed. it is difficult to verify those claims.

russia in the past has dismissed any advance by ukraine.— advance by ukraine. thank you very much, advance by ukraine. thank you very much. hugo- _ an unprecedented climate catastrophe. that's how the un has described the devastating floods in pakistan, which has left a third of the country under water. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but heavy rain has also hit mountainous regions in the north—west. let's speak now to our correspondent pumza fihlani, who's in sindh. we know that there are international efforts to try and get help to places like the one where you are now, pumza, but is there any sign of the aid yet? hat now, pumza, but is there any sign of the aid yet?— the aid yet? not yet. people have told us here. _ the aid yet? not yet. people have told us here, local— the aid yet? not yet. people have told us here, local aid _ the aid yet? not yet. people have told us here, local aid agencies i told us here, local aid agencies have told us they are overstretched and are running very low on resources. there is an expectation that when the aid starts coming in from international partners that it will be a slow process. one of the

reasons for that is that a lot of the infrastructure, the roads and bridges that are used as one of the main means of ferrying goods here, have been washed away. aid agencies having to think of other ways of getting food to where it is desperately needed. getting food to where it is deseratel needed. . ,, , ., , desperately needed. thank you very much, desperately needed. thank you very much. pumza. _ desperately needed. thank you very much, pumza, we _ desperately needed. thank you very much, pumza, we are _ desperately needed. thank you very much, pumza, we are looking i desperately needed. thank you very much, pumza, we are looking at i desperately needed. thank you very i much, pumza, we are looking at those terrible pictures of the ongoing flooding. it seems to go on and on. thank you for now. nasa has announced plans to re—launch its new moon rocket, artemis 1, on saturday, after monday's attempt failed due to technical problems. the a2 day test flight will be unmanned and is a key step in the usa's programme to return astronauts to the moon, for the first time in 50 years. the blast—off will happen at the kennedy space center in florida. emma raducanu's defence of her us open title fell at the first hurdle overnight, as she crashed out of this year's contest in the first round. that's a very different story from a year ago. that's a very different story from a ear auo. ,, , ,

that's a very different story from a earauo. ,, , , " that's a very different story from a earauo. ,, , ," , year ago. she is 'ust 19, she was beaten year ago. she is 'ust19, she was beaten by _ year ago. she is 'ust19, she was beaten by alize i year ago. she isjust19, she was beaten by alize cornet. - year ago. she isjust19, she was beaten by alize cornet. you i year ago. she isjust19, she was i beaten by alize cornet. you stayed up beaten by alize cornet. you stayed up late to watch it, not much sleep? yet again, not much sleep! in radical— yet again, not much sleep! in radical new's furnace, she is having the year— radical new's furnace, she is having the year of— radical new's furnace, she is having the year of her life, cornet, she has knocked out five major champions this year— has knocked out five major champions this year in_ has knocked out five major champions this year in championships. but emma raducanu _ this year in championships. but emma raducanu would have thought that her defence _ raducanu would have thought that her defence of _ raducanu would have thought that her defence of the title could have gone beyond _ defence of the title could have gone beyond the first round. the discussion will be around chopping and changing coaches or too many sponsorship deals, even though her agent— sponsorship deals, even though her agent says — sponsorship deals, even though her agent says she only does that 18 days of— agent says she only does that 18 days of the year. she was out hustled — days of the year. she was out hustled last night, she has had injury— hustled last night, she has had injury niggles and challenges around fitness _ injury niggles and challenges around fitness this year. those questions will not _ fitness this year. those questions will not go — fitness this year. those questions will not go away quickly but she said after— will not go away quickly but she said after the match, she is hurt and disappointed but she feels happy that this _ and disappointed but she feels happy that this is a clean slate, the pressure _ that this is a clean slate, the pressure is now potentially off her shoulders. — pressure is now potentially off her shoulders, it is like a monkey on

your— shoulders, it is like a monkey on your back— shoulders, it is like a monkey on your back if— shoulders, it is like a monkey on your back if you are grand slam champion _ your back if you are grand slam champion. think of pete sampras and serena _ champion. think of pete sampras and serena williams, winning grand slams when they— serena williams, winning grand slams when they were young, and they felt that the _ when they were young, and they felt that the racket was very heavy in their— that the racket was very heavy in their hand — that the racket was very heavy in their hand fora that the racket was very heavy in their hand for a year or two afterwards. let's give raducanu time, _ afterwards. let's give raducanu time, as— afterwards. let's give raducanu time, as you said, sadly, she is only— time, as you said, sadly, she is only 19 — time, as you said, sadly, she is only 19 put _ time, as you said, sadly, she is only 19. put it into perspective, but still— only 19. put it into perspective, but still a — only 19. put it into perspective, but still a disappointing night for her to— but still a disappointing night for her to lose in the opening round. 0nty— her to lose in the opening round. only a _ her to lose in the opening round. only a few— her to lose in the opening round. only a few weeks just before wimbledon you spoke to her, and how do you think she will deal with this? ~ do you think she will deal with this? . ., do you think she will deal with this? . . , , ., do you think she will deal with this? . , ., ., this? we have spoken before about how she deals _ this? we have spoken before about how she deals with _ this? we have spoken before about how she deals with difficulties i this? we have spoken before about how she deals with difficulties and l how she deals with difficulties and the mental pressure, and at that point she seems to have a handle on it, she is in a bubble, she is very cocooned by her team. very much away from the fast and the chat, she probably won't even be paying any attention to this this morning. hopefully she is away from it and she will keep playing tennis. find she will keep playing tennis. and bounce back. _ she will keep playing tennis. and bounce back. thank you very much, chethan. �* , ., ., .,

chethan. let's go to the weather with carol and _ chethan. let's go to the weather with carol and another _ chethan. let's go to the weather with carol and another beautiful| with carol and another beautiful picture. nice, isn't it? good morning, everybody. it is chilly in the highlands this morning, but not so everyone else. it will be dry with sunny spells and a few showers coming in in the next few days, and as we head towards the end of the week, many of us will see some much—needed rain. what we have this morning is a lot of dry weather. the cloud that we have across scotland continues to break up through the course of the morning allowing sunny spells to develop as it will do across northern ireland. a few showers across eastern parts of england, into the midlands, wales and the south—west and the south coast away from kent, we are looking at a dry start to the day with some sunshine. that includes the channel islands. a few showers might penetrate further west, on that breeze, and temperatures today at 14 in the north to 2a in the south. this evening and overnight at will

be too much of a breeze in england and wales forfog be too much of a breeze in england and wales for fog patches to form. we could see them in northern england, northern ireland and into scotland. and in sheltered glens it will be a cold night but for the rest of us it will not be. tomorrow any mist and fog will lift quite readily and then another dry days with sunny spells for most. a few showers coming in from the north sea and then later in the day more showers coming into the channel islands with a top temperature of 25. thank you, talk to you soon. 115,000 royal mail workers will walk out today in a row over pay, in what's being called "the biggest uk strike in a decade" by unions. let's take a look at which industries have seen the most disruption and what action is still to come. rail unions are in an ongoing dispute with the government and train companies over pay, job cuts and changes to working terms and conditions. no new dates have been announced yet after a series of strikes injuly and august but it's thought more are likely.

rubbish has piled up in two—thirds of scottish constituencies affected by august's bin strikes. another wave of walk—outs will take place across 19 council areas next week, after an improved pay offer was rejected by the unions. in england and wales, criminal barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from next month. and after today's postal industrial action, there will be more walk—outs from royal mail in september. meanwhile, 40,000 bt and 0penreach staff, also members of the communication workers union, join royal mail in their second day of strikes today. here with us now is the cwu's general secretary, dave ward. welcome to the programme, thank you for coming in. that is quite a list of strikes across the country over the last few weeks. for people waiting this morning for an important letter and they aren't going to get it because of your strike, what do you say to them about why you are doing this? {lila

strike, what do you say to them about why you are doing this? ok, so as the country — about why you are doing this? ok, so as the country faces _ about why you are doing this? ok, so as the country faces the _ about why you are doing this? ok, so as the country faces the biggest - as the country faces the biggest cost of living crisis in living memory, royal mail workers, cost of living crisis in living memory, royal mailworkers, great workers, who really take pride in the service that they deliver for many years, are absolutely sick and tired of the hypocrisy and the greed that has come from the leadership of the company. just back in april, the company posted record profits of £758 million. they gave away over £400 million to shareholders. they knew there was a cost of then. and at the same time as the ceo and chief financial officer received £1 million bonuses for apparently hitting financial targets, they have posed a 2% increase in postal workers. that's why they voted in record numbers, 97.7% on a 77% turnout, that's an astonishing mandate and an indictment of the way

that companies like royal mail are being run today. i think it's happening across the whole of the uk. ~ ., happening across the whole of the uk. . ., ., y ., happening across the whole of the uk. . ., , , happening across the whole of the uk. what are your members asking for? they want _ uk. what are your members asking for? they want a _ uk. what are your members asking for? they want a substantial- uk. what are your members asking for? they want a substantial pay i for? they want a substantial pay rise that reflects _ for? they want a substantial pay rise that reflects the _ for? they want a substantial pay rise that reflects the work - for? they want a substantial pay rise that reflects the work that l rise that reflects the work that they undertook during a pandemic. they kept the company going, they went above and be beyond as key workers during that period and they want something that protects them against soaring inflation. we are saying the company can afford that, the company are not telling the truth about some of the figures they are putting out at the moment about what is on offer. they are saying there is a 5.5% offer on the table. our members knew that was there before they voted for strike action, we haven't rejected that, the membership have rejected that in those numbers. the reason they rejected it is 2.5% had already been imposed, 1.5% is against a series of changes that can only be described as a complete levelling down agenda

for the future and turning royal mail, one of the greatest iconic companies in the uk, intojust another gig economy employer. and we are not going to that. £500 is apparently, they were calling it 2%, but it's a lump sum that is against a set of bonuses that are only about this change which is unacceptable. can i say, they cannot even sit in front of you and tell you what the workers have to do to achieve that bonus. we workers have to do to achieve that bonus. ~ , , ., ~ ., ., bonus. we will speak to them later. you have rejected _ bonus. we will speak to them later. you have rejected 5.596... _ bonus. we will speak to them later. you have rejected 5.596. .. there - bonus. we will speak to them later. | you have rejected 5.596... there was you have re'ected 5.596... there was not 5.596. you have rejected 5.596... there was not 5-5%- what _ you have rejected 5.596... there was not 5.596. what are _ you have rejected 5.596... there was not 5.596. what are you _ you have rejected 5.596... there was not 5.596. what are you calling - you have rejected 5.596... there was not 5.596. what are you calling for? l not 5.596. what are you calling for? the need not 5.596. what are you calling for? they need to _ not 5.596. what are you calling for? they need to give _ not 5.596. what are you calling for? they need to give us _ not 5.596. what are you calling for? they need to give us a _ not 5.596. what are you calling for? they need to give us a substantial. they need to give us a substantial pay rise. what is that? i am not going to negotiate on air with you, that would be wrong. we are sensible people and our numbers know what a good deal would be in the current circumstances. royal mail wants to get around the table. they need to

get around the table. they need to get around the table. theyjust want to detect the workforce about the challenges they are facing, so—called challenges. our union neverfaces away from so—called challenges. our union never faces away from change, we have agreed every bit of automation and technology, we had an agreement 1818 months ago which set out in the future direction of the company. the company have walked away from that. what has come out in the last week orso what has come out in the last week or so is that they have been having secret talks with a private equity investment company behind the backs of the workforce, behind the backs of the workforce, behind the backs of the workforce, behind the backs of the public, and if this is definitely about turning royal mail into a gig economy employer. they are going to abandon the universal service and they are lining it up, and this dispute is being manufactured by the people that are leading the company. what manufactured by the people that are leading the company.— leading the company. what is absolutely — leading the company. what is absolutely clear _ leading the company. what is absolutely clear is _ leading the company. what is absolutely clear is that - leading the company. what is | absolutely clear is that change leading the company. what is i absolutely clear is that change is necessary. change is going to come. you say you are open to change and that changes were negotiated i8 that changes were negotiated 18 months ago, even in the last 18 months, the economic climate has changed so you must understand that is why royal mail wants to change

again. is why royal mail wants to change aaain. , ~' , is why royal mail wants to change aaain. , ~ , ., again. sally, i think every postal worker in the _ again. sally, i think every postal worker in the uk _ again. sally, i think every postal worker in the uk knows - again. sally, i think every postal worker in the uk knows that. - again. sally, i think every postal. worker in the uk knows that. that's why we agreed the change programme. we are a union which is the conscience of the company when it comes to developing new products and services. this company are not interested in the agreements that they are made with as 18 months ago which would have seen the role of postal workers expanded, it would have seen postal workers going into local communities and developing a range of products and new services that we believe would have helped local economies, regional economies. they are not interested in that. we have got to nail this myth that modernisation is suddenly the workers are opposing it. that's completely untrue. modernisation is about levelling down. let me say, i think it's the same thing happening everywhere, and the uk economy will never grow if these business leaders are allowed to get away without. ii are allowed to get away without. if we zoom out from today's strike and look at some of the other drugs around the country that we there is

around the country that we there is a lot of talk about the union coordinating and a general mass strike across different sectors and industries, how likely is that, if that chatter going on? anime it's certainly going on. i think it's the most serious ——. it’s certainly going on. i think it's the most serious --._ most serious --. it's definitely auoin most serious --. it's definitely going on- _ most serious --. it's definitely going on- i _ most serious --. it's definitely going on. i think— most serious --. it's definitely going on. i think this - most serious --. it's definitely going on. i think this is - most serious --. it's definitely going on. i think this is the - most serious --. it's definitely l going on. i think this is the most serious situation we have seen for workers in the uk, the tuc is meeting week after next and that will be discussed. i favour forms of collective action that all workers can participate in whether they are in a union or not which would be separate from the disputes we have currently got, and i think it is time for people to protest in the strongest way possible about what's going on in british business, what's going on in british business, what's going on in british business, what's going on with the government, not really taking any account of the struggles that people are facing. they have gone missing in action, it'sjust they have gone missing in action, it's just not they have gone missing in action, it'sjust not on, they have gone missing in action, it's just not on, what is going on in the moment. it'sjust not on, what is going on in the moment.— it'sjust not on, what is going on in the moment. ., ~ i. ., _, in the moment. thank you for coming in. more strikes _ in the moment. thank you for coming in. more strikes ahead _ in the moment. thank you for coming in. more strikes ahead by _ in the moment. thank you for coming

in. more strikes ahead by the - in the moment. thank you for coming in. more strikes ahead by the sounds| in. more strikes ahead by the sounds of it. we will hear from royal mail later the programme. fishing crews in the north east of england have launched a legal campaign against the government, after thousands of dead shellfish washed up on the coastline last year. government scientists say natural algae in the water was responsible, but the fishing community fear it was a chemical incident. our north of england correspondent fiona trott reports. expectation. what lives beneath these waters will make or break fishermen like paul. we've got four fleets in the really shallow water and they've been sat there for three days now. we're just going to go and see what we've got in them. there's the first pot. there's nothing in them. no, it's not normal at all. after a whole day at sea, they brought back seven lobsters. compare that to three years ago. they were able to catch

50 times as many. it's costing them £1,000 a day. this is the only environmental disaster i've ever seen, and i don't want to see no more of them. i mean, it's hit us now. it's going to be six, seven, maybe ten years before we get fishing back to normal. here's why. thousands of dead shellfish were washed up on the northeast coastline last october. the fishing community blamed dredging work in the river tees. they're convinced a chemical called pyridine was released into the water. they want the mayoral authority to test for it before new dredging work begins for an offshore wind development in september. it's notjust pyridine, they think that it's agent orange, apparently from secret factories in the second world war. we've also been told that it was russian submarines trying to cause problems for the uk government. so i'm sure you're not suggesting and they're suggesting that we should be doing testing for those types of completely conspiratorial ideas because if we do that, we'll never get this development

under way and finished and that's equally as damaging to the local people who in our local area want jobs and they want money in their pocket to look after themselves and their family. down the coast here in whitby, fishermen and women say they're also feeling the effects of last year's die—off. and they, too, want more tests for pyridine. but the department for the environment, food and rural affairs say tests have already been carried out. it believes algae was the most likely cause. marine biologistjoe redfern says the fishing community needs more proof. we are pursuing a judicial review and that will basically force the agencies such as defra and cefas to explain all their actions and allow the courts to then judge whether the investigations were performed in a lawful and thorough manner. forfishermen likejohn, any new evidence will come too late. they're not crab pots any more.

they might as well be plant pots because the grass is just going to grow through them all. the drastic drop in shellfish is forcing him to sell his boat. it's really worrying. you just sit there with your in your hands thinking, am i in the rightjob? but i'm too old now to find anotherjob, so i'm just going to stick to this. and if it comes to where it's got to be chopped up or decommissioned, bring a decommission in for us. chop them up, pay us. what next for the fourth generation of this hartlepool fishing family? defra says the die—off is a complex area of research and it's working with universities and other experts to understand it better. fiona trott, bbc news, teesside. we're talking about the effect of rising energy costs on schools and young people this morning. ben's at a primary school in cheshire with the details.

it's affecting people at home and institutions like schools. getting ready for the new term and the kids to arrive, ben, good morning! goad to arrive, ben, good morning! good morninu. to arrive, ben, good morning! good morning- lining _ to arrive, ben, good morning! good morning. lining up _ to arrive, ben, good morning! good morning. lining up the _ to arrive, ben, good morning! (2an morning. lining up the numbers. it might look easy, but anything but when it comes to gas and electricity bills. as you say, the schools are facing the pressures we have been talking about affecting businesses. higher bills, higher gusts, they are really feeling the squeeze. of course, they don't have a price cap like households do, to cap the rises in gas and illiteracy. they have got to keep the lights on and the building is warm and make school dinners, for some hundreds of pupils every day. they cannot easily turn to the parent teacher association for fundraising to the parent teacher association forfundraising because to the parent teacher association for fundraising because we to the parent teacher association forfundraising because we know to the parent teacher association for fundraising because we know that household budgets are being squeezed. forschools household budgets are being squeezed. for schools like this, it is leading them to have to make some

really tough choices. you is leading them to have to make some really tough choices.— really tough choices. you can either take the money _ really tough choices. you can either take the money that _ really tough choices. you can either take the money that you _ really tough choices. you can either take the money that you wanted - really tough choices. you can either take the money that you wanted to | take the money that you wanted to spend _ take the money that you wanted to spend on— take the money that you wanted to spend on special projects for young people _ spend on special projects for young pe0ple or— spend on special projects for young people or you can increase staff sizes _ people or you can increase staff sizes so — people or you can increase staff sizes so you pay fewer teachers overall. — sizes so you pay fewer teachers overall. or _ sizes so you pay fewer teachers overall, oryou sizes so you pay fewer teachers overall, or you cut some courses, smaller_ overall, or you cut some courses, smaller courses, like gcse drama, for example, oryou smaller courses, like gcse drama, for example, or you make staff redundant. everyone of those decisions, educationally, is really bad news — decisions, educationally, is really bad news because why there is a note of panic— bad news because why there is a note of panic from so many school leaders _ leaders. we will be finding out leaders. — we will be finding out later about some of the tough decisions that teachers are having to make in order to balance their books. but, let's get the news, travel and weather wherever you are this morning. good morning, i'm alice salfield. a boy, thought to be 12 years old, has been stabbed in east london.

he was treated at the scene of the attack last night in plaistow in newham, and officers say they're waiting for an update on his condition. two people have been arrested. there are growing calls from businesses across london for immediate help as the cost of energy continues to rise, pushing up prices they say they just can't absorb. with no cap on energy prices for businesses, the hospitality sector has said it's particularly vulnerable and is predicting more venues will fold unless something is done. police investigating the murder of a 21—year—old man who died after being stabbed at notting hill carnival — are asking anyone with video or photo evidence to submit it online. takayo nembhard was found at around 8:00 on monday night near ladbroke grove, but later died in hospital. new figures show there are almost 40% fewer places for homeless people to stay than in 2010. the annual review of

single homelessness support also says the number of people sleeping rough has increased — and is likely to get worse because of the cost—of—living crisis. this autumn the capital will help play host to what's being hailed as the most inclusive world cup of all time. for the first time the rugby league world cup will include men's, women's and wheelchair competitions. many of the wheelchair matches will take place at the olympic park. looking at all these seats around now, you know — if we can fill it up, it's going to be huge and probably the biggest crowd that i would have played in front of. so...it�*s exciting and it fills you full of emotions just being here now, looking around and probably the same emotions that we'll feel as players on the day when we come and play here. a look at how the tubes are running this morning. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a largely bright and sunny start this morning. high pressure still in charge to the north of the uk, but we're still hanging on to that rather noticeable northeasterly breeze. so a little bit more cloud in the east first thing, but that

cloud spreading further west. it's patchy, though, so we're still going to see some sunny spells. one or two isolated showers potentially — not very widespread — and temperatures today reaching 24 celsius. it is, of course, the last day of meteorological summer, but the weather stays fairly consistent as we head into thursday. dry and clear overnight tonight, the minimum temperature dropping down to 12 or 13 celsius. so a bright start to thursday — the first day, of course, of meteorological autumn. the high pressurejust starts to slip away, but it is a largely fine, dry start and through the afternoon, again, largely dry. could just see a bit more cloud coming up from the south by the end of thursday, but the temperature tomorrow getting up to 24 celsius. now it is turning progressively more unsettled — there's more chance of a shower for friday. largely dry for saturday — the risk of an isolated shower but, as i say, largely dry. but the weather turning progressively more unsettled with more chance of showers as we head through sunday.

and on our instagram we've got a video showing the journey of a londoner who ran 3,000 kilometers across europe — in a world first. i'm back in an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. thank you forjoining us this morning. let's return to our main story now — the death and life of the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, aged 91. he's regarded as one of the most influential politicians of the 20th century. here are some key dates in his career. mr gorbachev first officially visited the uk before he was soviet leader, in late 1984, meeting then prime minister margaret thatcher at chequers. it was said to be a crucial moment. we will speak to somebody in a moment he was there for that meeting. he rose to power three months later, in march 1985, and launched

a programme of perestroika and glasnost — translated as restructuring and openness. in 1987 mr gorbachevjoined us president reagan in washington to sign the first treaty to cut nuclear arsenals — it pledged to dismantle all soviet and us intermediate range missiles. two years later, in december 1989, the soviet leader and us president bush hailed the end of the cold war at a summit in malta. following an attempted coup in august 1991, mr gorbachev stepped down as the leader of the communist party, and in december he resigned as soviet president after almost seven years in power. margaret thatcher famously said that mr gorbachev was "a man one could do business with" — let's have a look at one of their meetings, at downing street in the late 1980s. the talks have been very deep, very wide—ranging and very friendly and, as always, we got to grips with the

real issues. translation: ~ , ., translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for — translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for two _ translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for two and _ translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for two and a _ translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for two and a half _ translation: mrs thatcher said that we talked for two and a half hours. i we talked for two and a half hours. but i must deny that, i must say that we began talking at 10am and then we continued until this very moment without even breaking up for lunch. we're joined now by sir malcolm rifkind, who was a foreign office minister under margaret thatcher, and later served as foreign secretary injohn major's cabinet. good morning to you, sir malcolm. talking about that first time that mikhail gorbachev came to the uk in 1984, met margaret thatcher, and you were there at chequers that time. how did it feel at that moment to be in the room? it how did it feel at that moment to be in the room— in the room? it was quite extraordinary _ in the room? it was quite extraordinary because i in the room? it was quite i extraordinary because mikhail gorbachev was quite different to all the soviet leaders that i that mrs thatcher or anyone else have met. he was a modern figure with modern

ideas, very open to new thoughts and what happened when he and margaret thatcher had their various discussions? she was still the iron lady. he was about to become leader of the soviet communist party and yet they got on dramatically well. why? because over a series of talks, although they didn't agree on very much they began to trust each other, and you can trust someone even if you are not necessarily agreeing with them. if you come to the judgment that you believe what they say will they do, they saw each other in those terms. in say will they do, they saw each other in those terms.— say will they do, they saw each other in those terms. in that room, watchin: other in those terms. in that room, watching and _ other in those terms. in that room, watching and listening _ other in those terms. in that room, watching and listening to _ other in those terms. in that room, watching and listening to that i watching and listening to that relationship, could you almost a sense that the icy relationship between east and west thawing in front of you? did it feel different? i don't think any of us realised how quickly and dramatically event would develop. nobody was predicting the end of the soviet union and three or

four years later, the end of communism. he was an extraordinary opportunity perhaps for a new relationship with the soviet union. written by itself could not have delivered that, but margaret thatcher was a close an ally of ronald reagan and she spoke to ronald reagan and she spoke to ronald reagan and said this is a man with whom i think we can do business. that's coming from anyone else would not have impressed ronald reagan. coming from the iron lady meant he sat up and say, well, this is something we have to advance. the consequences could have been more dramatic. within three or four years the cold war has ended, communism from europe have disappeared, the soviet union itself imploded, and most countries of eastern europe has become a working democracy is, part of the european family of nations. we are seeing some pictures right now from outside number 10, standing there with margaret thatcher, but smiling and interacting with politicians and the public on the streets of london and moscow, as

well. such a different soviet leader at the time. i well. such a different soviet leader at the time-— at the time. i will give you an example- _ at the time. i will give you an example- he _ at the time. i will give you an example. he was _ at the time. i will give you an example. he was at - at the time. i will give you an| example. he was at chequers at the time. i will give you an i example. he was at chequers on at the time. i will give you an - example. he was at chequers on one of the evenings at my wife and i had to host a more light—hearted evening for mr and mrs gorbachev so we took them to the ballet and then we had dinner together and we were able to have a long conversation with him and quite unprompted he started talking about his childhood and how he had been brought up by his grandparents and he started telling us aspects of his personal life, which you would never have got from any other soviet leader, have his grandparents had been religious, had religious icons on the wall, as well as portraits of lenin and stalin. and then when he and raisa decided to get married, they had a civil ceremony because they were not believers in god but he said his grandmother was very upset, she

said, mikhail, you have forgotten god but i shall pray for you. he was telling me about that. that was not the kind of intimacy you got from the kind of intimacy you got from the soviet leader in those days and it showed he was much more like an western political leader was that he had a social and personal site, good humour, but he was also totally determined to achieve political results and, by god, he did. and results and, by god, he did. and those results, _ results and, by god, he did. and those results, politically, has significant do you think he was in terms of what he triggered? he is of mandela status. _ terms of what he triggered? he is of mandela status. he _ terms of what he triggered? he is of mandela status. he is _ terms of what he triggered? he is of mandela status. he is someone i terms of what he triggered? he is of mandela status. he is someone who j mandela status. he is someone who changed the world and did so in a peaceful way, just as mandela helped bring the end of apartheid. the cold war came to an end virtually without a shot being fired and the crucial decision, that distinguishes him from putin, is what i said a few months ago that people could trust gorbachev to mean what he said, which sadly you cannot do it with

putin but also gorbachev took an immediate decision when he came to power that he would not use the soviet army, the red army, to impose admission well on its neighbour so he refused to send troops to the baltic states, who were successfully campaigned to break away from the soviet union. he would not send troops to save the east german communist who were loathed by their own people. likewise pollen, which became a free and independent country. these are crucial decisions because it sent a fundamental signal that under gorbachev at least, something not now, the people in the kremlin wanted peaceful solutions and would not seek to deny the right of their neighbours to be truly independent countries, and if only mr putin followed the lead of gorbachev and not the disastrous way he is pursuing at this moment. you mention putin _ he is pursuing at this moment. you mention putin because there is such a contrast this morning about how mikhail gorbachev is being remembered in what we call the west and how he is remembered in putin

russia today, where many people regard his time in power as the beginning of the end, really, they think of him as an embarrassment. you know it is not entirely irrational. from their perspective, the end of the cold war, the end of the end of the cold war, the end of the soviet union, that was the end of russia as one of the— of russia as one of the world's su er of russia as one of the world's super power- _ of russia as one of the world's super power. it _ of russia as one of the world's super power. it is _ of russia as one of the world's super power. it is a _ of russia as one of the world's super power. it is a very i of russia as one of the world's i super power. it is a very powerful country but not remotely of the level of the us or china. but in addition to that, because he decided they had to move to some form of market capitalism, that was a dramatic and traumatic change, couldn't happen overnight. in the short term, there was high inflation and disastrous fall in living standards. that lasted several years and of course within the country people often judge their leaders not by theirforeign policy people often judge their leaders not by their foreign policy but by the

domestic implications of what they are doing. that explains at least in part why he was unpopular. not with all questions, but with a significant number who yearned for not the poverty, but the security as they saw it the old soviet system. so at home at least, his legacy, despite being historic, tainted. well, yes, in that sense, but, you know, there will be millions, tens of millions of russians today who wish they had a political leader at this moment in time who did not believe you could achieve russia's aspirations by invading your neighbour, killing their civilians and destroying the stability of europe. that is not what russians as a whole believe, but sadly they are not allowed to actually have an impact on policy of their own government. 5ir impact on policy of their own government.— impact on policy of their own covernment. ,, a, _, ~ government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank ou government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank you so _ government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank you so much _ government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank you so much for— government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank you so much forjoining i government. sir malcolm rifkind, thank you so much forjoining us i government. sir malcolm rifkind, i thank you so much forjoining us on bbc breakfast this morning, remembering mikhail gorbachev, who has died at the age of 91.

the big sports news overnight is that emma raducanu, he was aiming to keep hold of the us open title... what happened? defence is over at the very first hurdle. it is done for her. very tella new york, beaten in straight sets. cornet is having the time of her life. for emma raducanu clearly there are inevitable questions about where she goes next and what she learns from this. joining us now is former british number one, jo durie. and former world number five. and former world numberfive. thank you for being with us. what did you make of emma performance last night and where is her performance as it? what a tough draw, cornet beating the world number one as well and she

is a classy player and i don't think anyone would want to play the first round of the us open... i think emma has been playing better the last few weeks, i think we have seen her swing a bit more freely. i think it was also pretty tough conditions, very windy and very difficult for her to get her serve going, which is one of her major threats, and she couldn't get many cheap points with her first serve. couldn't get many cheap points with herfirst serve. for couldn't get many cheap points with her first serve. for emma, couldn't get many cheap points with herfirst serve. for emma, it couldn't get many cheap points with her first serve. for emma, it sounds weird, i know she has lost the first round, but she is playing a lot better than she has done in the year since she won a grant from —— won a grand slam. the way she did it was tremendous — grand slam. the way she did it "wes tremendous and grand slam. the way she did it w:3 tremendous and like grand slam. the way she did it "wes tremendous and like a grand slam. the way she did it :w3 tremendous and like a fairy tale. the main criticism in raducanu faces, you only have to go on twitter to see them, the commercial sponsorship deals, distracting as many people feel and the troubling and changing of coaches. on those

two key criticisms, what is your take? i two key criticisms, what is your take? ., . two key criticisms, what is your take? ~' ., , , two key criticisms, what is your take? ~ ., , , , take? i think that the sponsors she not, she take? i think that the sponsors she got, she absolutely _ take? i think that the sponsors she got, she absolutely deserved, i take? i think that the sponsors she got, she absolutely deserved, he l take? i think that the sponsors she | got, she absolutely deserved, he is a grand slam champion. not many tennis players can say that. with that comes a bit of a burden. you have to do the days, you have to give of yourself to the sponsors, but i wouldn't mind that kind of money! she has gone from nothing to millions. her life has changed so radically in the past year. at the moment, where she is at, he will be ranked about 80 in the world and for a i9—year—old —— she will be ranked at about 80. that is not. we have to get over the fact that she is also a grand slam champion. she is still finding herfeet, she is playing... now she has played a whole year she has played a lot of these tournaments, a lot of different players. the players know how she

plays and they have got used to her. now she just has to build again, plays and they have got used to her. now shejust has to build again, and as she said, it is a clean slate, she can start again. all of that has gone and now she is ranked 80 in the world, she has another year where she can build on her tennis. working with a new coach _ she can build on her tennis. working with a new coach now, _ she can build on her tennis. working with a new coach now, as _ she can build on her tennis. working with a new coach now, as a - she can build on her tennis. working with a new coach now, as a former. with a new coach now, as a former british number one, someone who had to learn to deal with pressure, i am sure you are thrilled you didn't play in the time of twitter. if you were working within our comic giving her advice, what would you say to her advice, what would you say to her about dealing with the position she finds herself in this white well, i think she has come to terms with it because she was trying to say, oh, there is no pressure, you guys are putting the pressure on me. in the back of her mind you know there is pressure. i think it would be good for her to have stability in her coaching arrangements. for a whole year would be good for her to find someone she trusts and can really work with and then she just

has to build week after week after week, try and get that ranking back up week, try and get that ranking back up because she is obviously a very good player and it will take a little bit more time for her to mature into it. i don't think there is any panic at all. let's judge her in another year. is any panic at all. let's 'udge her in another yeahi in another year. could not agree with ou in another year. could not agree with you more. _ in another year. could not agree with you more. keep _ in another year. could not agree with you more. keep a - in another year. could not agree with you more. keep a sense i in another year. could not agree with you more. keep a sense of| with you more. keep a sense of perspective, she is 19. great to be speaking to you in the drive. last time we were at wimbledon and as we finished it started to pour down. i was worried you are going to get wet, and then my hair... not my hair! ican wet, and then my hair... not my hair! i can confirm we both ate dry. jo durie, thank you so much. important point about keeping a sense of perspective british tennis at the moment. lots of positives at the moment. cameron norrie is into the moment. cameron norrie is into the second round. let's show you how he got the job done. the number seven seed wimbledon semifinalist tookjust 18 minutes to win the first set against benoit paire

of france, before taking the next two to ease into the next round. dan evans is also through — the number 20 seed in new york encountering few problems aganst jiri veseley, winning in straight sets 6—4, 6—1, 6—1. rafa nadal survived a scare against australia's wildcard rinky hijikata, coming from a set down to reach the second round. nadal�*s chasing a record extending 23rd grand slam title, which would put him two ahead of novak djokovic. there were four premier league games last night, with a big upset at southampton, where they came from behind to beat chelsea 2—1, romeo lavia with the pick of the goals here. it's their first home win over chelsea in nine years. thomas tuchel�*s side have now lost two of their first five games. it's too easy to put us off balance, to confuse us, to beat us, to push us off track. it's too easy, but it happens. happened in leeds, happened today here. and we need to understand why,

and find solutions. brighton could have gone top of the table with a win at fulham but aleksandar mitrovic grabbed the headlines again — he scored his fifth goal in five league games as fulham won 2—1. frank lampard's everton are still looking for their first win of the season as they drew 1—1 with leeds at elland road. luis sinisterra scored a long range equaliser for leeds to cancel out anthony gordon's opener. next up for everton is the merseyside derby on saturday. brentford remain in the top ten after a late equaliser against crystal palace at selhurst park — yoane wissa with the goal two minutes from time. rangers beat queen of the south 3—1 in the second round of the scottish league cup. scott arfield scored two of rangers' three goals. elsewhere there were wins for partick thistle, dundee, and aberdeen backin back in the tennis we have jack draper, andy murray and harriet dart

all to come later lots draper, andy murray and harriet dart all to come late— all to come later lots to look forward to- _ all to come later lots to look forward to. are _ all to come later lots to look forward to. are you - all to come later lots to look forward to. are you worried | all to come later lots to look i forward to. are you worried about rain in your— forward to. are you worried about rain in your hair? _ forward to. are you worried about rain in your hair? 0h, _ forward to. are you worried about rain in your hair? oh, yes. - forward to. are you worried about rain in your hair? oh, yes. carol. rain in your hair? oh, yes. carol and i spent _ rain in your hair? oh, yes. carol and i spent years _ rain in your hair? oh, yes. carol and i spent years at _ rain in your hair? oh, yes. carol and i spent years at wimbledon | and i spent years at wimbledon worrying about our hair. good morning. to worrying about our hair. good morninu. ., ., ., ., , ., morning. to true, and it do any of us any favours. — morning. to true, and it do any of us any favours, either. _ a chilly start to the some, the last day of— a chilly start to the some, the last day of meteorological summer. altnaharra, they have gone early, won a _ altnaharra, they have gone early, won a 2_ altnaharra, they have gone early, won a 2 degrees. can south down to the wash— won a 2 degrees. can south down to the wash and the channel islands, currently— the wash and the channel islands, currently at 17 degrees. —— one or 2 degrees _ currently at 17 degrees. —— one or 2 degrees ls — currently at 17 degrees. —— one or 2 degrees. is mostly dry today, breezy across_ degrees. is mostly dry today, breezy across england and wales once again and that— across england and wales once again and that will drag on some showers from the _ and that will drag on some showers from the north sea. high—pressure stuff in _ from the north sea. high—pressure stuff in the — from the north sea. high—pressure stuff in the in charge of our weather, _ stuff in the in charge of our weather, hence the breeze down the north— weather, hence the breeze down the north sea _ weather, hence the breeze down the north sea coastline and also for the english _ north sea coastline and also for the english channel but you will notice also across much of england and wales— also across much of england and wales and — also across much of england and wales and it would write in some showers — wales and it would write in some showers. we have some at the moment across_ showers. we have some at the moment across the _ showers. we have some at the moment across the north—east, the pennines. a few— across the north—east, the pennines. a few more _

across the north—east, the pennines. a few more developed but will be fairly— a few more developed but will be fairly light. the cloud across scotland _ fairly light. the cloud across scotland continuing to break up. here _ scotland continuing to break up. here we — scotland continuing to break up. here we will see sunny intervals, as we will— here we will see sunny intervals, as we will across northern ireland and these _ we will across northern ireland and these are _ we will across northern ireland and these are our average wind speeds, is a not _ these are our average wind speeds, is a not particularly strong, but temperatures 14 in the north to 24 in the _ temperatures 14 in the north to 24 in the south. through this evening and overnight, still breezy across much _ and overnight, still breezy across much of— and overnight, still breezy across much of england and wales, so we are not looking _ much of england and wales, so we are not looking at mist and fog patches forming _ not looking at mist and fog patches forming although we could see some across— forming although we could see some across northern ireland, northern england _ across northern ireland, northern england and also parts of scotland and in _ england and also parts of scotland and in sheltered glens, temperatures will he _ and in sheltered glens, temperatures will he a _ and in sheltered glens, temperatures will he a hit _ and in sheltered glens, temperatures will be a bit lower than you can see on the _ will be a bit lower than you can see on the charts, for most we are looking — on the charts, for most we are looking at— on the charts, for most we are looking at between seven and 14 degrees — looking at between seven and 14 degrees. into thursday, any patchy mist and _ degrees. into thursday, any patchy mist and fog that has formed will readily— mist and fog that has formed will readily disperse. we are looking at a lot of— readily disperse. we are looking at a lot of dry— readily disperse. we are looking at a lot of dry weather. once again we could _ a lot of dry weather. once again we could see _ a lot of dry weather. once again we could see the shower coming in from the north— could see the shower coming in from the north sea and by the end of the day, more _ the north sea and by the end of the day, more showers gathering across the channel islands with temperatures 14 to 25 degrees, the highest _ temperatures 14 to 25 degrees, the highest temperatures being further west _ highest temperatures being further west. into friday, the showers that were _ west. into friday, the showers that were in— west. into friday, the showers that were in the — west. into friday, the showers that were in the channel islands on

thursday— were in the channel islands on thursday it will move steadily northwards, becoming more widespread, getting as far north as eastern _ widespread, getting as far north as eastern scotland and, at the same time, _ eastern scotland and, at the same time, we _ eastern scotland and, at the same time, we have another weather front coming _ time, we have another weather front coming in _ time, we have another weather front coming in from the west bringing in rainto— coming in from the west bringing in rain to western scotland and also northern — rain to western scotland and also northern ireland. 15 to 24 degrees, subtle _ northern ireland. 15 to 24 degrees, subtle change in the wind direction. the south—easterly as opposed to a north—easterly or an easterly, which are colder— north—easterly or an easterly, which are colder directions for us. on saturday, — are colder directions for us. on saturday, a _ are colder directions for us. on saturday, a bit of a mess, actually. you can _ saturday, a bit of a mess, actually. you can see — saturday, a bit of a mess, actually. you can see where we have a line of showers. _ you can see where we have a line of showers, some could be heavy and thundery — showers, some could be heavy and thundery. then we have rain coming in from _ thundery. then we have rain coming in from the — thundery. then we have rain coming in from the west, eventually the twain— in from the west, eventually the twain shall meet but don't take this as gospel~ — twain shall meet but don't take this as gospel. it is likely to change. what _ as gospel. it is likely to change. what we — as gospel. it is likely to change. what we do know is low pressure is coming _ what we do know is low pressure is coming our— what we do know is low pressure is coming our way what we do know is low pressure is coming ourway and what we do know is low pressure is coming our way and it will bring some _ coming our way and it will bring some rain _ coming our way and it will bring some rain. in between the showers, a lot of— some rain. in between the showers, a lot of dry— some rain. in between the showers, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine and the _ lot of dry weather, some sunshine and the wind will strengthen across the far— and the wind will strengthen across the far north—east of scotland. it is sunday and monday, low pressure _ it is sunday and monday, low pressure remains with us, inclement conditions. _

pressure remains with us, inclement conditions, the rain also remains, and the _ conditions, the rain also remains, and the rain — conditions, the rain also remains, and the rain is welcome for many. remaining — and the rain is welcome for many. remaining unsettled with temperatures sliding for some. all change _ temperatures sliding for some. all change from friday. thank you. the pandemic saw a huge increase in contactless payments, as people avoided using cash to help stop the spread of coronavirus. but, post pandemic — is it getting harder to use cash to buy goods and services? this sign in a starbucks cafe has been widely shared on social media. the message is plain to see — they won't be taking cash from the beginning of october. starbucks itself says it has no plans to go cashless across its uk stores — but the firm doesn't own every outlet directly. many are run as franchises and can make their own decisions on whether to take cash or not. we tracked this sign down to an outlet at a service station in the northeast of england — where it looks like that decision has already been made — and it might not be the only one.

to discuss this, we're joined by retail expert kate hardcastle, and natalie ceeney — chair of the cash action group. good morning. kate, is this the end of cash as far as you can see it? good morning. no, it is not the end of cash but we do need to make sure that provision is put in place in our society for the mere 8 million adults who are reliant on using cash every day. i do think there is a rationale and an argument for businesses who have to deal with the administration costs of running cash payments as well as card payments but they also has to be acceptance that people will still need to use cash for time to come and we need to make sure those retailers and businesses are doing all they can to educate consumers in terms of cashless payments but also supporting those who do want to make cash payments. supporting those who do want to make cash payments-— cash payments. natalie ceeney, when ou saw cash payments. natalie ceeney, when you saw those — cash payments. natalie ceeney, when you saw those signs, _ cash payments. natalie ceeney, when you saw those signs, we _ cash payments. natalie ceeney, when you saw those signs, we have - cash payments. natalie ceeney, when you saw those signs, we have shown i cash payments. natalie ceeney, when| you saw those signs, we have shown a couple this morning on the screen,

when you saw them, did you immediately think, this is chris going to happen now, this is the way ahead? i going to happen now, this is the way ahead? ., , ., ., going to happen now, this is the way ahead? .,, ., ., j~ ahead? i hope not. there are 8 million people _ ahead? i hope not. there are 8 million people in _ ahead? i hope not. there are 8 million people in britain - ahead? i hope not. there are 8 million people in britain who i ahead? i hope not. there are 8 i million people in britain who depend on cash. the cost—of—living crisis is increasing that number. and i think many retailers... i speak to a lot. they do recognise that there are a segment of their customers who need to pay in cash. unfortunately i think there are people who are naive in business who, because they work digitally, assume everybody can. but the reality is, as well as there being 8 million people who depend on cash, there are 4.5 million people without a smartphone, 1.5 million cash, there are 4.5 million people without a smartphone,1.5 million in britain without internet, similar numbers without a bank account. so we really do need to support cash. what would a cashless society moving that way for consumers, kate? i think we have got to make sure that consumers feel they have a place to be able to spend. i recommend many

consumers use cash, particularly when they are trying to budget. it makes sense that when you draw out what you have to spend, when it is gone it is gone whereas contactless payments sometimes we are not telling how much that expenditure is amounting to. and with the crisis coming up, a lot of families are relying on that budgeting technique for the challenging months ahead. we had from the post office that cash withdrawal had gone up, and we know we have lost a lot of atms across the country, nearly 5000 bank and societies branches. it provides an important service for people. retailers have had a lot to go through over recent years. we have had the pandemic, the lockdown is, challenges to running business, and indeed mounting costs for them, as well. they will be looking at every opportunity is to make businesses as lean and efficient as possible why they tried to tackle her while they tackle us as consumers and our needs

and they may look at it and say, well, cash is something they will take out of the business. you do so at your peril, have the potential of losing customers who only want to trade with you in that way.- trade with you in that way. kate, ou look trade with you in that way. kate, you look at _ trade with you in that way. kate, you look at trends _ trade with you in that way. kate, you look at trends in _ trade with you in that way. kate, you look at trends in retail i trade with you in that way. kate, you look at trends in retail and i you look at trends in retail and consumer behaviour really closely. isn't this just one of those things that changed over the last couple of years because of everything we have all been through, and might be here to stay, people using cards instead of cash? 50 to stay, people using cards instead of cash? . , to stay, people using cards instead ofcash? ., , , ., , of cash? so many people have shifted to it. the change _ of cash? so many people have shifted to it. the change effectively _ to it. the change effectively started around 2017, debit transactions overtook cash payments in stores, so it was pre—pandemic, but if you remember at the time when we entered into those stores, —— when we re—entered, we didn't want to go near cash. some organisations have continued with that but they have continued with that but they have to be mindful that there will always be people, like me, not like to pay cash because we like to be in control of our finances.— control of our finances. natalie, had consumer _ control of our finances. natalie, had consumer habits _ control of our finances. natalie, had consumer habitsjust i control of our finances. natalie, l had consumer habitsjust changed had consumer habits just changed permanently now? i had consumer habits 'ust changed permanently now?_

had consumer habits 'ust changed permanently now? i think some have but there are — permanently now? i think some have but there are a _ permanently now? i think some have but there are a number _ permanently now? i think some have but there are a number of _ permanently now? i think some have but there are a number of whom i permanently now? i think some have but there are a number of whom dig | but there are a number of whom dig it upjust doesn't but there are a number of whom dig it up just doesn't yet work so we have to have a society where some use digital some rely on cash. there is legislation coming, the second reading is next week, to put a legal obligation on banks to support cash access so i think we need to put the brakes on here and make sure that people have real choice and if they need to use cash they still can. hagar need to use cash they still can. how do ou need to use cash they still can. how do you support _ need to use cash they still can. how do you support consumers and in doing that?— doing that? one of the initiatives we are working — doing that? one of the initiatives we are working on _ doing that? one of the initiatives we are working on it _ doing that? one of the initiatives we are working on it through i doing that? one of the initiativesj we are working on it through that cash action group is to set up shed banking services in communities where bank branches have closed. as kate said, it is tough being a retailer at the moment and if you are a small retailer who takes cash you need to be able to bank it and if your bank branch closed and used to be able to pop out at lunchtime, deposit your cash and maybe now you need to shut up shop for an hour and a drive to a bank branch, you might think twice. we are opening bank clubs across the uk which has shed

banking services for small towns and we are looking at shared deposit facilities so that small retailers can go and find that cash, which makes them more likely to keep accepting cash. makes them more likely to keep accepting cash-— makes them more likely to keep accepting cash. kate, i am saying retailers, but _ accepting cash. kate, i am saying retailers, but actually _ accepting cash. kate, i am saying retailers, but actually if _ accepting cash. kate, i am saying retailers, but actually if we i accepting cash. kate, i am saying | retailers, but actually if we narrow it down more specific retailers are probably more likely to not want to continue to use cash. perhaps in coffee shops, cafes will go more contactless. it coffee shops, cafes will go more contactless-— coffee shops, cafes will go more contactless. w , , , ., , �* contactless. it makes sense, doesn't it? it is about _ contactless. it makes sense, doesn't it? it is about speed _ contactless. it makes sense, doesn't it? it is about speed and _ it? it is about speed and efficiency. if you are waiting for you very much awaited carpet you might not want to deal with a queue of people in front of you are trying to pay cash and may see that credit and debit card transactions are more efficient. from a retail and business perspective there are many costs involved with taking cash. it isn't trying to be awkward, they have to think about the banking, the infrastructure, security, security with staff, so there's a lot to take into account. that said, i think overall we have to make sure that,

as a uk wide nation, we have the infrastructure to be able to help everyone bank and spend in the way that suits them, in the way that they feel comfortable for a generation to come. i don't see there being a significant shift immediately where we will see no cash whatsoever. kate immediately where we will see no cash whatsoever.— immediately where we will see no cash whatsoever. kate hardcastle is natalie ceeney. _ cash whatsoever. kate hardcastle is natalie ceeney, thank _ cash whatsoever. kate hardcastle is natalie ceeney, thank you - cash whatsoever. kate hardcastle is natalie ceeney, thank you both i cash whatsoever. kate hardcastle isj natalie ceeney, thank you both very much indeed. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. mikhail gorbachev, the final leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91.

the biggest strike of the summer. nearly 150,000 royal mail and bt workers walk out in disputes over pay. it is back to school but the numbers just don't add up when it comes to gas and electricity bills. good morning from hartford manor primary in cheshire where i am finding about the tough decisions this school and others are having to make. emma raducanu's reign as us open champion is over as she's beaten by france's alize cornet in straight sets in the opening round. good morning from sunny grimsby, where about 55 miles in that direction into the north sea, the world's largest offshore wind farm is now operational. it covers an area around four times the size of manchester, and will generate electricity for about 1.3 million

homes. a dry day with sunny spells, a few isolated showers in the forecast, read it because much of england and wales and there is rain in the forecast later in the week —— it will be breezy across much of england and wales. it's wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century. world leaders have been paying tribute, with president biden describing him as a "man of remarkable vision" and un chief antonio guterres saying he "changed the course of history". our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost

pop—star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev stood out — he was young, energetic, unlike his colleagues. as kremlin old—timers died in quick succession, the ussr was looking more like a cemetery than a superpower. but in 1985, gorbachev became leader and launched perestroika — reforms to reinvigorate the soviet union. at home, there were western—style walkabouts. abroad, he charmed an iron lady and a us president. together, gorbachev and reagan slashed their nuclear arsenals.

with a reformer in the kremlin, eastern europe saw a chance to break free from moscow. when the berlin wall fell, crucially gorbachev refused to intervene to prop up the iron curtain. by now, his own country was breaking apart amid ethnic conflicts and economic chaos. gorbachev was losing control. in august 1991, communist hardliners staged a coup. it collapsed — but soon after, so did the soviet union. president gorbachev

resigned and the ussr was consigned to history. many russians still blame gorbachev for letting a superpower slip away. some of what he changed didn't last — the arms race and geopolitical tension are back. gorbachev will be remembered for at least having tried to end the rivalry between east and west. but i will remember him for this. after one interview, he invited me to play his piano while he sang the favourite songs of his late wife. it was a surreal but special moment that showed the warm, human side of the russian leader who'd struck a chord with millions around the world. in the last hour the prime minister borisjohnson has been paying

tribute to mr gorbachev. mikhail gorbachev is one of those people who changed the world, and unquestionably changed it for the better. when you look at what he did to make europe three, to give freedom to the countries of the former soviet union, it was a quite extraordinary thing. and of course mikhail gorbachev is one of those people who triggered a series of changes that perhaps he didn't anticipate, maybe he paid his own political price for it. but when history is written, he will be one of the authors of fantastic change for the better.— for the better. boris johnson s-ueakin for the better. boris johnson speaking in _ for the better. boris johnson speaking in the _ for the better. boris johnson speaking in the last - for the better. boris johnson speaking in the last few i for the better. boris johnson i speaking in the last few minutes. 115,000 royal mail workers will walk out for the second time today in a row over pay in what's being called the "biggest uk strike since 2009" by the communication workers union. the industrial action will disrupt deliveries of packages and letters, with further strikes planned for next week.

here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. singing. postal workers were out making noise on the picket lines on friday, and they'll be back there again today. it's the second in a series of one—day strikes by some 115,000 staff at royal mail. what do we want? decent wage! it's a familiar tale this summer. members of the communication workers union insist that, with the cost of living rising rapidly, they need more money to make ends meet. royal mail say their workers have already been given a 2% rise. a further 1.5% is also now on the table — but that would depend on staff agreeing to changes, which could include compulsory sunday working. and the company says a further 2% bonus could be paid if productivity targets are met. but the cwu says that, with prices rising so fast, the current offer would lead

to a dramatic fall in workers' living standards. and this isn't the only strike taking place this week — thousands of staff at bt and 0penreach have also walked out in a dispute over pay. these are just the latest in a series of industrial disputes this year. we've also seen major stoppages on transport networks, and rubbish going uncollected due to a refuse workers' strike in scotland. and, if the cost of living continues to rise, they're highly unlikely to be the last. theo leggett, bbc news. a team from the international atomic energy agency is travelling to the russian—held nuclear power plant in southern ukraine to inspect for damage, after recent shelling sparked fears of a radiation leak. meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in the country as troops try to take back the russian—occupied region of kherson in the south. ukraine says it's destroyed russian command posts and ammunition depots but the kremlin is reporting that the operation has already failed.

the un has described pakistan's deadly floods which have left a third of the country underwater as an "unprecedented climate catastrophe". monsoon rains have left 1,100 people dead and millions more homeless. un secretary general antonio guterres has launched a $160 million appeal for those affected and has urged the world to come to pakistan's aid. nasa has announced plans to re—launch its new moon rocket, artemis 1, on saturday, after monday's attempt failed due to technical problems. the 42 day test flight will be unmanned and is a key step in the usa's programme to return astronauts to the moon, for the first time in 50 years. the blast—off will happen at the kennedy space center in florida. so, they're going to try on saturday instead of friday. and look at that engine in more detail. they have modified the procedure a little bit, they have done a little bit of work

on the hydrogen leak. and then we will see where we go. we are going to get an update, another one on thursday, about a day and a half from now, and then we will have a clearer idea. the intention is to go saturday but that could always change, there are more days in the window that they could launch. the other thing to do is talk about the weather. like you guys were just talking about. the weather is really not looking good at all. but apart from that, it is brilliant! saturday, fingers crossed! headteachers are warning that young people will lose out as a result of rising energy costs faced by schools this winter. ben is at a primary school in cheshire for us this morning. i guess the kitchen is the perfect place to show the gusts that racked up place to show the gusts that racked up for any school, it will cost them a fortune to run the other end —— the costs that racked up for any school. .. , , the costs that racked up for any school. , , ~ school. exactly, 'ust like businesses, i school. exactly, just like businesses, schools i school. exactly, just like businesses, schools do i school. exactly, just like i businesses, schools do not

school. exactly, just like - businesses, schools do not have a price cap on their energy bills that household to do, we talk about the price cap but it does not apply to schools like this one, hartford manor primary in cheshire. here in the kitchen they provide 200 hot dinners every day for the pupils. the ovens and appliances, they all cost money to run. and of course they have got to keep providing those facilities. they have also got to keep the lights on, keep it warm in here in the school hall, with all the children gathered for assembly, especially in the winter. there's costs are really adding up. let me run you through exactly how much pressure it's putting on schools and those who run them. 83% is how much school gas and electricity bills have gone up compared to 2021. as a result, 46%, almost half of school governing bodies say they now expect energy bills to be a major obstacle

for them being able to balance their budgets for the coming year. it's so bad that one in six head teachers believe that energy bills for schools will triple and best case scenario, they think they will double. all of these numbers mean that schools just like this one and others around england are having to make some really, really tough choices. you're left with very few choices as a leader. you can either take money that you want to spend on doing special projects for young people and not spend it on that. that's the easy decision, frankly. or, secondly, you increase class sizes so that you're paying fewer teachers overall, or you cut some courses — smaller courses like, i don't know, gcse drama, for example — or you make staff redundant, such as teaching assistants. every one of those decisions educationally is really bad news, which is why there is a note of panic from so many school and college leaders. we spoke to the government, the

department for education told us that they provided an extra £4 billion of funding in this school yearfor billion of funding in this school year for schools in billion of funding in this school yearfor schools in england and billion of funding in this school year for schools in england and that represents an increase of 7% per pupil. how far will that go? let's pupil. how farwill that go? let's speak pupil. how far will that go? let's speak to a head teacher. emily proffitt, the headteacher of cooper perry primary school in stafford. you have had to make some cutbacks, tell us about the issues. thea;r you have had to make some cutbacks, tell us about the issues.— tell us about the issues. they are aaivin £1 tell us about the issues. they are giving it and _ tell us about the issues. they are giving £1 and taking _ tell us about the issues. they are giving £1 and taking away - tell us about the issues. they are giving £1 and taking away ten i tell us about the issues. they are giving £1 and taking away ten so i tell us about the issues. they are l giving £1 and taking away ten so in the last decade we have seen cuts. we have stripped back everything in my school over the last 18 months, i have lost three tas but have not been able to replace them. where else are you _ been able to replace them. where else are you going _ been able to replace them. where else are you going to _ been able to replace them. where else are you going to have - been able to replace them. where else are you going to have to i been able to replace them. where else are you going to have to be i else are you going to have to be cutting back? we else are you going to have to be cutting back?— else are you going to have to be cutting back? we are not going to u- urade cutting back? we are not going to upgrade our— cutting back? we are not going to upgrade our it— cutting back? we are not going to upgrade our it resources, - cutting back? we are not going to upgrade our it resources, we i cutting back? we are not going to | upgrade our it resources, we have cutting back? we are not going to i upgrade our it resources, we have to do the bare minimum so children cannot access what they need. my office manager is already very frugal with everything and the answer is just going to have to be answer is just going to have to he know when teachers ask for things. once you cut back

know when teachers ask for things. once you cutback all of the nice things and the extra things like after—school clubs and school trips and you are left with the essentials, and even then you cannot balance the books, what happens? the reali balance the books, what happens? iia: reality is, balance the books, what happens? tia: reality is, we balance the books, what happens? tij: reality is, we have to look balance the books, what happens? ti: reality is, we have to look at staffing. it's the last thing that any head teacher wanted to do because the staff are vital and they are a huge resource supporting the children and we don't want them to go. children and we don't want them to .o_ ., children and we don't want them to go. head teachers will often look to trovernin go. head teachers will often look to governing bodies _ go. head teachers will often look to governing bodies and _ go. head teachers will often look to governing bodies and head - go. head teachers will often look to governing bodies and head teachers —— parent teachers association is to fund raise. you are a parent teacher governor at this school, what is the situation when it comes to fundraising?— situation when it comes to fundraising? situation when it comes to fundraisina? ~ , ., , situation when it comes to fundraisina? , ., fundraising? we used to be able to su ort fundraising? we used to be able to support the — fundraising? we used to be able to support the school _ fundraising? we used to be able to support the school with _ fundraising? we used to be able to support the school with £20,000 i fundraising? we used to be able to i support the school with £20,000 per year but this last year we have seen a huge downturn in the attendance of our pta events which is taking a knock on how much money we can support the school with. in knock on how much money we can support the school with.— support the school with. in that case, support the school with. in that case. when _ support the school with. in that case. when you _ support the school with. in that case, when you are _ support the school with. in that case, when you are able - support the school with. in that case, when you are able to i

support the school with. in that| case, when you are able to raise support the school with. in that i case, when you are able to raise a lot less than you normally would, what impact does that have on the children, the families? it what impact does that have on the children, the families?— children, the families? it means that we cannot _ children, the families? it means that we cannot support - children, the families? it means that we cannot support the - children, the families? it means i that we cannot support the school that we cannot support the school that we cannot support the school that we used to, we can't put on the same events that we used to put on for the children, because the support isn't there, understandably, as it was in the past. we cannot support the school with the big ticket items that they have previously come to us for full support. previously come to us for full su ort. . ~' ,, ., previously come to us for full su ort. ., ~ ., ., ~ previously come to us for full su ort. . ~ ., . ~' ., previously come to us for full su--ort. . ~ ., . ~' ., , support. thank you for talking to us this morning- _ support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it _ support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is _ support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is a _ support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is a real— support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is a real worry - support. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is a real worry for. this morning. it is a real worry for schools around england, it is a devolved issue, we are talking specifically about schools in england. head teachers and governing bodyis england. head teachers and governing body is really having to work hard to balance the books. just briefly, sally, jon, i know you were assessing my handwriting on the flip chart earlier, ijust assessing my handwriting on the flip chart earlier, i just spotted assessing my handwriting on the flip chart earlier, ijust spotted as we were walking around, someone agrees with you or your assessment. i don't recognise the handwriting on that at

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showers across north—east england and the pennines and breezy across england, wales and the channel islands. that is bringing a few showers, a little bit further west. temperatures iii showers, a little bit further west. temperatures 1a to 25 degrees. this afternoon there is a lot of dry weather around across much of southern england, the channel islands, a few showers in the midlands and getting in through part of lincolnshire and yorkshire, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. northern england, northern ireland and scotland largely dry. the northern isles hanging on to cloud through the day. overnight tonight, still breezy across england and wales, not expecting any patchy mist or fog. we might see some across northern ireland, northern england or scotland, and in scotland it will be chilly and sheltered glens but further south, double figures. chilly and sheltered glens but furthersouth, double figures. if you are wondering when the rain is coming, there is some in the forecast especially for friday and the weekend, where there are also

some showers as a longer forecast well. in half an hour but now back tojon well. in half an hour but now back to jon ancel. well. in half an hour but now back tojon ancel. you have got an a+ at least! a bbc investigation has found that shamima begum, who left london to join the islamic state group when she was 15, was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. files seen by the bbc show mohammed al rasheed claimed to have shared her passport details with canada, and smuggled other britons to fight for is. 5 live's podcast on the story i'm not a monster has been investigating all of this. it's presented byjosh baker, who joins us now. good morning. remind us what we know about the journey that we definitely know did happen, to syria. the back sto to know did happen, to syria. the back story to share _ know did happen, to syria. the back story to share mean _ know did happen, to syria. the back story to share mean is _ know did happen, to syria. the back story to share mean is that - know did happen, to syria. the back story to share mean is that she i know did happen, to syria. the back story to share mean is that she was| story to share mean is that she was 15 when she left east london with

two school friends —— the back story to share my mother —— to shamima begum. shejoined the terrorist group is in syria. she emerged four years later. at that point the british government decided that shamima point the british government decided that shamima was point the british government decided that shamima was a point the british government decided that shamima was a threat point the british government decided that shamima was a threat and point the british government decided that shamima was a threat and took away her citizenship and she has beenin away her citizenship and she has been in a detention camp in syria ever since. been in a detention camp in syria ever since-— been in a detention camp in syria ever since. ~ . ., , ., _, ever since. what have you uncovered as art of ever since. what have you uncovered as part of the — ever since. what have you uncovered as part of the investigation? - ever since. what have you uncovered as part of the investigation? we i as part of the investigation? we uncovered _ as part of the investigation? , uncovered that the man who facilitated shamima and herfriends' transport through turkey into syria was cold mohammed al rasheed. he was part of a substantial smuggling network directed from is controlled syria. we have obtained a dossier which shows all of this but also shows that he was gathering information on the people he helped,

passport details, even things like baggage tags. he says he was doing this to provide this information to canadian intelligence who were based at the embassy injordan. we have been able to speak to a senior intelligence officer who has confirmed to us that this officer was an agent for canadian intelligence. ._ was an agent for canadian intelligence. . was an agent for canadian intelliaence. . , . intelligence. . sorry, josh, you have been _ intelligence. . sorry, josh, you have been talking _ intelligence. . sorry, josh, you have been talking to _ intelligence. . sorry, josh, you have been talking to shamima| intelligence. . sorry, josh, you - have been talking to shamima begum herself, what has she been saying? she said to me that basically this man had organised the entire journey through turkey for her and that she would not have been able to do it without him. and that many travellers to isis like her were dependent on people smugglers to make it there. it's also important to note that the canadian government, a spokesperson for canadian intelligence has said that they do not comment on operational matters so that has been their response to this. band matters so that has been their response to this.— matters so that has been their response to this. and what has

happened _ response to this. and what has happened to — response to this. and what has happened to mohammed i response to this. and what has happened to mohammed al i response to this. and what has i happened to mohammed al rasheed since then? he happened to mohammed al rasheed since then? , ., happened to mohammed al rasheed since then? , ~ " , since then? he is in 'ail in turkey, there have _ since then? he is in 'ail in turkey, there have been i since then? he is in 'ail in turkey, there have been a i since then? he is in jail in turkey, there have been a number- since then? he is in jail in turkey, there have been a number of- since then? he is in jail in turkey, | there have been a number of times when it looked like he was scheduled for release but it's not clear when he is going to be coming out of jail. he is going to be coming out of 'ail. ., . he is going to be coming out of “ail. ., ., ., he is going to be coming out of 'ail. ., ., ., , ., ~ ., jail. you have also been talking to a la er jail. you have also been talking to a lawyer for— jail. you have also been talking to a lawyer for the — jail. you have also been talking to a lawyer for the family _ jail. you have also been talking to a lawyer for the family of - jail. you have also been talking to | a lawyer for the family of shamima begum, how have they reacted? the la er begum, how have they reacted? the lawyer says — begum, how have they reacted? ila: lawyer says this begum, how have they reacted? “11a: lawyer says this is begum, how have they reacted? 1“1a: lawyer says this is significant because later this year in november, her lawyers will attempt to argue that when the government removed shamima's citizenship, they did not consider the fact that she was a victim of trafficking. so the presentation of the trafficking network that we have uncovered certainly means that they will be making the case that there was indeed a network that she passed through. band indeed a network that she passed throuuh. �* ., ., through. and how have the authorities _ through. and how have the authorities responded i through. and how have the authorities responded to i through. and how have the i authorities responded to what you have uncovered through this process? reminders about shamima begum's situation right now?—

situation right now? british and canadian authorities _ situation right now? british and canadian authorities have i situation right now? british and i canadian authorities have declined to comment, as for shamima's situation, she has been in a detention camp for north—east syria for a number of years and she is unable to come home because she does not have citizenship in the uk any more. ., ~' not have citizenship in the uk any more. . ~ i, not have citizenship in the uk any more. ., ~ ,, y not have citizenship in the uk any more. . ~ i, , . not have citizenship in the uk any more. . , . more. thank you very much, josh. the odcast is more. thank you very much, josh. the podcast is called _ more. thank you very much, josh. the podcast is called i'm _ more. thank you very much, josh. the podcast is called i'm not _ more. thank you very much, josh. the podcast is called i'm not a _ more. thank you very much, josh. the podcast is called i'm not a monster, i podcast is called i'm not a monster, you can listen to it now on bbc sounds. , , , ., , sounds. the first series was absolutely _ sounds. the first series was absolutely outstandingly i sounds. the first series was l absolutely outstandingly good sounds. the first series was i absolutely outstandingly good so looking forward to it. imagine a childhood where simply playing with your friends could endanger your life. for one little boy, that's been his reality since birth. ..until now. seven—year—old charlie has a rare form of haemophilia which means his blood doesn't clot properly. but, after becoming the youngest child to take part in a pioneering trial, him and his family have now been given hope for the future. our correspondent robert hall has been to meet charlie and his family. in a jersey park, seven—year—old

charlie is loving life. at last, he can see a way of coping with the condition which has left him with memories of pain and hospital visits. from a family perspective, i always knew that it was a possibility. i've known since i was 16 that i was a carrier of haemophilia. my brother is a sufferer, so i had some experience, but i guess i didn't... i was only 21, so i didn't really know what that was going to mean directly for me and for charlie. kind of hurt. and it was terrifying. charlie has a rare form of haemophilia. if he hurts himself, it can cause bleeding, which is hard to stop. since he was a baby, he's needed what's called a portacath so that medical staff and his mum can administer a clotting agent to slow that process. it's quite an intense procedure. everything has to be sterile. i had to go over to great ormond

street and learn how to do that over a month period so that i could get fully trained to do that at home. charlie was having medicine every other day into a vein. _ and then when he has a bleed, which he had quite often two i or even three times a day, so that meant for him i some of the time, having i the needle sort of staying in. then you have to put the needle in, and then you have to put, like, five syringes in. the trouble was that charlie still had to take extreme care with any physical activity, and worse still, his body reacted badly to the clotting agents. that's where the team at great ormond street stepped in. they already had a trial of new treatment running with older children. the new treatment has been kind of on the horizon for a long time. he was the first person within his age category to start this treatment. so that's a real result, obviously, coming from a tiny island. and can you just remind me, i so you've got a little pen thing and you take the top off, i and you go like clickety click?

so this is a new treatment, which is a trial medicine at the moment. i and so instead of being given into a vein, it's. given under the skin. so it's the same kind of process las giving insulin for diabetics. i charlie actually asked if he could learn how to do it himself, which i didn't think was going to be something that would come for another few years yet. but he did it and he now does it all the time. everybody else was doing it. ijust wanted to do it myself. so far, so good. the new treatment has opened up new possibilities. charlie can live and play much more like his friends. which one of you is a betterfootballer? both: me! the future for charlie looks much brighter. he's already been able to go to things that he wouldn't have been able to go to before, like football camps and clubs. i mean, i'm going to say it's the bestjob in the world i when something nice happens. i mean, i can see him

literally growing. i and i mean, it's amazing to see just his level of confidence. i the other side of it is not i bleeding, not being in pain. the team at great ormond street will still need more data before they can take this trial further. charlie knows he still has to be careful, but his smile says it all. ijust don't know what to say, i'm just so happy. robert hall, bbc news, jersey. it's great to see charlie smile. morning, if you are watching. breakfast is on bbc one until 9.15am this morning then it's time for morning live with sam and gethin. they can tell us what they have in store. good morning. coming up on morning live. with record—high levels of customer—service complaints about everything from energy providers to travel companies, it could be tempting to go on social media to get your voice heard, but rav's here to tell us about a brand—new scam. you might be struggling to get through to customer services, so you complain on social media and the company gets back in touch.

but i'll tell you why that company might not be who you think — and could be scammers trying to cash in on your concerns. plus, we've been talking about it this week — i the energy price cap is pushing bills up 80% from october. i so to save you money, i our home economics expert nancy birtwhistle tells. you the kitchen gadgets that can cut costs. air fryer versus microwave versus the traditional oven — when it comes to cooking there are hundreds of pounds to be saved if you simply switch the appliance you use. wasting money is a real bug bear for people. another one is when you're talking to somebody and they've got their head buried in their mobile. they could he being rude, or they could be addicted to their phone. dr ranj has been to investigate how your helpful device can become unhelpful, and finds out that he has an issue with it, too. also, after this dramaticj cliff— hanger in the latest episode of crime drama shetland...

explosion. ..we're catching up with actor - shauna macdonald, who plays rachel, i to find out what's in store for dii jimmy perez and his team tonight. and katie's giving us our daily dose of strictly fitness, and we're taking inspiration from rav on the dance floor today with a tango from 2009. the one and only! from back in 2009! oh, goodness me! good hairas well. we will— oh, goodness me! good hairas well. we will look— oh, goodness me! good hairas well. we will look forward to that faith later on — we will look forward to that faith later on. ., ~' ., we will look forward to that faith later on. ., ~ ., ., ., ., later on. you know that the tango face is world _ later on. you know that the tango face is world famous, _ later on. you know that the tango face is world famous, jon - later on. you know that the tango face is world famous, jon and i later on. you know that the tango l face is world famous, jon and sally, and he _ face is world famous, jon and sally, and he knows how to do the face, whelher— and he knows how to do the face, whether he — and he knows how to do the face, whether he has got the moves is something else.— something else. that is the best tanuo something else. that is the best tango face _ something else. that is the best tango face i— something else. that is the best tango face i have _ something else. that is the best tango face i have ever— something else. that is the best tango face i have ever seen! it l something else. that is the best| tango face i have ever seen! it is treat, tango face i have ever seen! it is great. isn't _ tango face i have ever seen! it is

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or photo evidence to submit it online. takayo nembhard was found at around 8:00 on monday night near ladbroke grove but later died in hospital. new figures show there are almost 40% fewer places for homeless people to stay than in 2010. the annual review of single homelessness support also says the number of people sleeping rough has increased — and is likely to get worse because of the cost—of—living crisis. this autumn the capital will help play host to what's being hailed as the most inclusive world cup of all time. for the first time the rugby league world cup will include men's, women's and wheelchair competitions. many of the wheelchair matches will take place at the olympic park. looking at all these seats around now, you know — if we can fill it up, it's going to be huge and probably the biggest crowd that i would have played in front of. so...it�*s exciting and it fills you full of emotions just being here now, looking around and probably the same emotions that we'll feel as players

on the day when we come and play here. a look at how the tubes are running this morning. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a largely bright and sunny start this morning. high pressure still in charge to the north of the uk, but we're still hanging on to that rather noticeable northeasterly breeze. so a little bit more cloud in the east first thing, but that cloud spreading further west. it's patchy, though, so we're still going to see some sunny spells. one or two isolated showers potentially — not very widespread — and temperatures today reaching 21; celsius. it is, of course, the last day of meteorological summer, but the weather stays fairly consistent as we head into thursday. dry and clear overnight tonight, the minimum temperature dropping down to 12 or 13 celsius. so a bright start to thursday — the first day, of course, of meteorological autumn. the high pressurejust starts to slip away, but it is a largely fine, dry start and through the afternoon, again, largely dry. could just see a bit more cloud

coming up from the south by the end of thursday, but the temperature tomorrow getting up to 211 celsius. now it is turning progressively more unsettled — there's more chance of a shower for friday. largely dry for saturday — the risk of an isolated shower but, as i say, largely dry. but the weather turning progressively more unsettled with more chance of showers as we head through sunday. and we've got a video showing the incredible journey of a londoner who ran 3,000 kilometers across europe, in a world first. you can watch it on our instagram. i'm back in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. good morning. if you are waiting for some post this morning it probably won't turn up. 115,000 royal mail workers will walk out today in a row over pay, in what's being called "the biggest strike of the summer so far" by the tuc. let's take a look at which industries have seen the most disruption —

and what action is still to come. rail unions are in an ongoing dispute with the government and train companies over pay, job cuts and changes to working terms and conditions. no new dates have been announced yet after a series of strikes injuly and august — but it's thought more are likely. rubbish has piled up in two—thirds of scottish constituencies affected by august's bin strikes. another wave of walkouts will take place across 19 council areas next week, after an improved pay offer was rejected by the unions. in england and wales, criminal barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from next month. and after today's postal industrial action, there will be more walk—outs from royal mail in september. meanwhile, 40,000 bt and 0penreach staff — also members of the communication workers union — join royal mail in their second day of strikes today. joining us now is royal mail's

operations director, ricky mcaulay. good morning. first of all, how close do you think you might be to resolving the current dispute? imelt. resolving the current dispute? well, we have tabled _ resolving the current dispute? well, we have tabled a _ resolving the current dispute? well, we have tabled a 5.596 _ resolving the current dispute? well, we have tabled a 5.5% pay _ resolving the current dispute? 711 we have tabled a 5.5% pay offer to the cw you, which has been rejected. we want to pay more. we understand that our employees are challenged with the cost—of—living crisis and to pay more, we have been very clear, that royal mail needs to modernise, to change, and for the first three to four months of negotiations the cwu position has been incredibly unhelpful. we want an inflationary pay rise and they are not willing to talk about change and a business that lost £1 million per day in the first quarter of this year is just not going to happen. can you help me clarify something?

we had the cwu on the programme an hour ago and he spoke about the 5.5% that you mentioned has been tabled. he said that the 5.5% offer you are talking about has not really been offered officially, formally. 2% has already been imposed, and 1.5% of thatis already been imposed, and 1.5% of that is dependent on changes which the workers have not agreed to. can you explain the truth in all of that? ., ' , , ., , you explain the truth in all of that? .y , , ., , ., that? the offer is up to 5.5% and the cwu had _ that? the offer is up to 5.5% and the cwu had meaningful- that? the offer is up to 5.5% and | the cwu had meaningful dialogue that? the offer is up to 5.5% and i the cwu had meaningful dialogue back in april when we first started discussing the pay and change offer, that could well have been implemented by now, if they had. 2% have been implemented. the 1.5% will be implemented once changes are agreed. important to royal mail to thrive as a parcel company going forward. an additional 2% is on the

basis of productivity improvement and we are trying to find the balance between investing in the company and putting pay into the pockets of our employees because they need that support, but we have to make sure that we deliver the one thing that is most important to our employees, which isjob security thing that is most important to our employees, which is job security in the long term and we are striving to find that fans of.— find that fans of. dave ward said the had find that fans of. dave ward said they had proposed _ find that fans of. dave ward said they had proposed numerous i find that fans of. dave ward said i they had proposed numerous changes themselves which they think would help guarantee of security going forward. do you understand why dave ward said that that 5.5% isn't really a genuine offer? his ward said that that 5.5% isn't really a genuine offer? 1401 ward said that that 5.5% isn't really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5.5% really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5-5% is _ really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5-5% is a _ really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5.5% is a genuine _ really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5.5% is a genuine offer, i really a genuine offer? no i don't. the 5.5% is a genuine offer, that i really a genuine offer? no i don't. | the 5.5% is a genuine offer, that is very transparent. the only way for us to pay the 5.5% is to modernise royal mail so that they are relevant for customers. customers expect a seven date parcel delivery service. they expect to audit late at night next day delivery. royal mail has

been around 500 years, we desperately want it around for next hundred or more but to do that we need to face into the reality that people are not posting as many letters and to grow into the future, remain the best employee in this industry, which we want to do, we need to change and we need to deliver what customers want. if royal mail doesn't do that there are plenty of other competitors out there that will.— plenty of other competitors out there that will. how do you feel when employees _ there that will. how do you feel when employees suggest i there that will. how do you feel when employees suggest that i there that will. how do you feel. when employees suggest that the changes you are talking about would move them more towards a gig economy career which is not what they want? that is not the proposal. we are talking about making sure our network is set up in way that delivers what customers want. historically we have flown 36 flights out every evening, carrying letters. that does not work parcel. parcels increase every year and we

need to reduce our dependency on the network, railand road need to reduce our dependency on the network, rail and road is much betterfor network, rail and road is much better for the environment, network, rail and road is much betterfor the environment, and network, rail and road is much better for the environment, and that sets us up better to compete going forward in the future. it is that type of change, enabling customers to late into the evening, seven days, delivering on a sunday, that will allow royal mail to thrive as a parcel business and we provide job security our employees and we know thatis security our employees and we know that is the most important thing to them. strike action does not help. is royal mail involved in secret talks with private equity firm who already invest in royal mail? 1 am already invest in royal mail? i am an operations _ already invest in royal mail? i am an operations person, _ already invest in royal mail? i am an operations person, i _ already invest in royal mail? 1—11 an operations person, i don't discuss any things with shareholders, i am discuss any things with shareholders, iam not discuss any things with shareholders, i am not aware of secret talks. the cwu have put that out there, purely deflection. if you don't want to face the reality of the scale of change that this network needs to be the best

employee in the industry. we already pay well above competitors. our employees are fantastic but we need to make sure that we need to be able to make sure that we need to be able to do that into the future, which means the network needs to deliver. ricky mcaulay, royal mail operations director, thank you. we have been talking about rocketing energy bills and how we might create more sustainable energy in the uk. here is a story for you. the world's largest operating offshore wind farm becomes fully operational today. hornsea two is located 55 miles off the yorkshire coast and will power more than one million homes. our environment correspondent jonah fisher is in grimsby for us this morning. somewhere out at sea, way behind him, is this giant wind farm. you have been to have a look.- him, is this giant wind farm. you have been to have a look. well, i had a look _ have been to have a look. well, i had a look from _ have been to have a look. well, i had a look from the _ have been to have a look. well, i had a look from the shore, i - have been to have a look. well, i l had a look from the shore, i didn't go all the way out but at last some

good news about energy and potentially energy prices in this country. as you said, around 55 miles into the north sea from here in grimsby is the hornsea two wind farm. it is vast, about four times the size of manchester, and today it is fully operational with the ability to power about 1.3 million homes. we are in grimsby because this is an operations hub for wind farms in the north sea. you can see behind me one of the ships that goes out to these wind farms, it leaves for two weeks at a time because it is so far out there, the crew is loading up at the moment to go out for another stint in the north sea. obviously today people are talking about hornsea two, this new wind farm, the biggest in the world are sure. i was here yesterday to speak to some of the people involved in putting that all together and also to find out what impact, if any, it might have on our energy bills.

in the midst of an energy crisis, there's at last some positive news. 55 miles off the yorkshire coast, the world's largest offshore wind farm is now on stream. covering an area more than four times the size of manchester, hornsea two consists of 165 monster turbines, each more than twice the height of big ben. when the wind blows, this farm will provide clean energy to more than 1.3 million homes. each of its turbine blades is a whopping 81 metres long. this is fantastic news for the british consumer, for everybody in the uk. a single turn of these enormous turbines will produce enough power to power a home for a day, or to drive an electric car for something like 75 miles. we'll see what it's like in the morning. this is the control centre, where the output from each of the individual wind turbines can be monitored in real time. the bigger these wind farms get —

and they are huge — the cheaper the power that they produce becomes. and in the long term, that's good news for all of us, and our electricity bills. but big offshore wind projects like this take time. and with energy prices soaring, some argue we should be looking at quicker options on land. onshore wind actually can be produced and start generating within a year, so it's a really good option if we want to get low—cost energy quickly. so why aren't we doing that? we're not doing that at the moment because the planning process allows for a single person to object to an onshore wind farm, and that closes the whole thing down. so we really need government to take action and put our country's energy needs first. the renewables boom has also meant newjobs for grimsby — a port town brought to its knees by the collapse of the fishing industry.

probably never been more important to get these ruddy wind farms up. bridie is helping her dad patrick pack smoked fish — but she's turned her back on the family business, and will work as a technician on the new wind farm. today we're just doing service and routine maintenance, like topping up grease and just checking it's all running perfectly. for patrick, the wind farms have brought notjust a job for his daughter, but new hope. you know, grimsby has, for a long, long time been slightly down on its uppers. so green energy's vital for the planet, green energy's vital for the country, and it's no less vital for grimsby. hornsea two won't be a world—beaterfor long — even bigger wind farms with even larger turbines are already being built nearby. to find out a bit more about what

this means for all of this i am joined by duncan clark, the head of the company who have built and will operate this when fired. , orsted. this is a sign of the scale for energy sector. we this is a sign of the scale for energy sector.— this is a sign of the scale for energy sector. this is a sign of the scale for ener: sector. ~ ., ., , ., , energy sector. we are able to build what is effectively _ energy sector. we are able to build what is effectively a _ energy sector. we are able to build what is effectively a massive - energy sector. we are able to build what is effectively a massive power generation station out at sea and with all the resources we have for offshore wind in this country, that means we can make this accelerated transition, deploying these power station scale offshore wind farms one after the other and at great prices. one after the other and at great rices. . , one after the other and at great rices. ., , , . one after the other and at great prices-_ yeah. - one after the other and at great i prices._ yeah, some one after the other and at great - prices._ yeah, some of prices. cheap prices? yeah, some of the lowest cost _ prices. cheap prices? yeah, some of the lowest cost of _ prices. cheap prices? yeah, some of the lowest cost of electricity - prices. cheap prices? yeah, some of the lowest cost of electricity we - the lowest cost of electricity we have from any technology at the moment. ., , ., ., , moment. people at home will be watchin: moment. people at home will be watching this _ moment. people at home will be watching this and _ moment. people at home will be watching this and saying, - moment. people at home will be i watching this and saying, fantastic, they have built a new wind farm, they have built a new wind farm, they are talking about is being cheap. when are my bill is going to come down? this

cheap. when are my bill is going to come down?— cheap. when are my bill is going to come down? this is the way to bring the bills come down? this is the way to bring the mus down. — come down? this is the way to bring the bills down. we _ come down? this is the way to bring the bills down. we need _ come down? this is the way to bring the bills down. we need to - come down? this is the way to bring the bills down. we need to reduce . the bills down. we need to reduce our reliance on international gas prices. every unit of electricity we produced renewable source is a unit we don't need to buy off global fossil fuel markets. we don't need to buy off global fossilfuel markets. so we don't need to buy off global fossil fuel markets. so we need to do this, bring forward this convoy of renewable electricity projects and do so as fast as we can get out of the question is, this is great, we have a crisis right now, this winter. most likely it will last into next year, as well. can we do this faster, should we be looking at, for example, getting wind farms up at, for example, getting wind farms up on the land, unsure? we at, for example, getting wind farms up on the land, unsure?— at, for example, getting wind farms up on the land, unsure? we need to do that as well _ up on the land, unsure? we need to do that as well as. _ up on the land, unsure? we need to do that as well as. we _ up on the land, unsure? we need to do that as well as. we need - up on the land, unsure? we need to do that as well as. we need to - do that as well as. we need to streamline the processes which bring these projects through, that process for planning permission, forgetting the grid sorted, for sorting out all sorts of issues with other users of the sea, military radar, all of that, the day—to—day difficulties of bringing forward a power station

like this, we need to get smoother and smoother and smoother doing it and smoother and smoother doing it and the convoy of projects will go on. and the convoy of pro'ects will go on. , , ., , ., ., on. there will be people at home sa in: on. there will be people at home saying this _ on. there will be people at home saying this is _ on. there will be people at home saying this is great, _ on. there will be people at home saying this is great, but - on. there will be people at home saying this is great, but what - on. there will be people at home saying this is great, but what if i on. there will be people at home saying this is great, but what if itj saying this is great, but what if it is not windy and we commit so much of our energy to offshore wind farms? ., , , ., farms? that is why in our electricity _ farms? that is why in our electricity system - farms? that is why in our electricity system we - farms? that is why in our - electricity system we designed it to have a mix of different sources, different technologies, sources, some on and some off at different times, flexible ones like battery storage and stuff like that. that enables us to manage supply and demand. , u, enables us to manage supply and demand. , ., ~ ,, , . demand. duncan, thank you very much and congratulations _ demand. duncan, thank you very much and congratulations on _ demand. duncan, thank you very much and congratulations on your— demand. duncan, thank you very much and congratulations on your new - demand. duncan, thank you very much and congratulations on your new wind l and congratulations on your new wind farm. good news from here in grimsby. world's largest offshore wind farm is now online, producing electricity, feeding into the national grid and it is a lot cheaper than most of the electricity we generate. cheaper than most of the electricity we generate-— cheaper than most of the electricity we uenerate. ., ~ g ., ., we generate. thank you, jonah. some --eole we generate. thank you, jonah. some peeple watching _ we generate. thank you, jonah. some peeple watching tv — we generate. thank you, jonah. some people watching tv this _ we generate. thank you, jonah. some people watching tv this money - we generate. thank you, jonah. some people watching tv this money could l people watching tv this money could

get power from that.— get power from that. chetan is here with an update _ get power from that. chetan is here with an update on _ get power from that. chetan is here with an update on the _ get power from that. chetan is here with an update on the tennis - with an update on the tennis overnight. emma raducanu is out to. it is overfor overnight. emma raducanu is out to. it is over for her. we talk so much about the fairytale of new york last year but falling at the first hurdle, but the speaking tojo durie in the last hour, everyone keep a sense of perspective. interesting minutes from raducanu in her post match press conference, saying she is hurting, disappointed, but also hoping this can be a clean slate and that the target might be off her back. all of that spotlight and scrutiny she has been dealing with the last 12 months, maybe this will loosen her up and allow her to play a lot more freely but it won't do never get rid of the sense of disappointment, going out in the first row, beaten by alize cronet who has a great record against some grand slam winners and that has continued with a 6—3, 6—3 win in new york.

back in the big apple, the scene of her stunning success. but those who mentioned pressure did so at their peril. in the eyes of emma raducanu, this was a chance to start from scratch and gain experience against a player who's part of the furniture at grand slams — this alize cornet�*s 63rd consecutive major. raducanu's reflexes were razor—sharp. the magic�*s still there. cornet showed her consistency with a lob... and just as this flew past raducanu, so did the first set. halfway to the door, and hampered by blisters — time for a regroup... as the rain started to fall, raducanu's level rose. cornet�*s serve broken, the comeback was on — until it wasn't. in the face of relentless french resistance, soon nothing seemed to be going raducanu's way, and she was going out. obviously really disappointing, really sad to leave here. it's probably my favourite tournament.

but also, i mean, in a way happy because it's a clean slate. there are five british players through to round two — the joint—most since 1981. they'll be flying the flag while the reigning champion flies home. laura scott, bbc news, new york. to hear raducanu speaking so openly and also talking about sponsorship, her agent say it is only 18 days of the year. the question, is it still too many? jo durie said he can't beat whichever doing it. carlos alcatraz, 18—year—old, loves our commercial deals, no questions when his form is off a bit, but when it is a young woman that is the accusation that goes against them. raducanu is chopping and changing coaches. she needs to work on her fitness, making sure her body holds up fitness, making sure her body holds up but again she mightjust be a bit more loose and free that monkey is off her back. she more loose and free that monkey is off her back-—

off her back. she is so young. peo - le off her back. she is so young. peeple are — off her back. she is so young. people are calling _ off her back. she is so young. people are calling her - off her back. she is so young. people are calling her a - off her back. she is so young. people are calling her a one i off her back. she is so young. - people are calling her a one slam wonder. indie people are calling her a one slam wonder. ~ u, people are calling her a one slam wonder. ~ u, ., ~ people are calling her a one slam wonder. ~ u, ., ~ ., people are calling her a one slam wonder. ~ ., ,, ., ., wonder. we can ever take that away from her. wonder. we can ever take that away from her- -- — wonder. we can ever take that away from her. -- never— wonder. we can ever take that away from her. -- never take _ wonder. we can ever take that away from her. -- never take that - wonder. we can ever take that away from her. -- never take that away. l from lavish castle renovations to breath—taking eco treehouses — grand designs has followed the most ambitious self—build projects, since it first hit our screens more than two decades ago. sometimes a slightly bonkers piano ambitious. yeah. now, the bafta—winning programme is back with a new set of cutting—edge homes for its 23rd series. let's take a look at what's in store. once we've got the steel frame up, hopefully the latvians will come on site for 12 weeks. they will glaze it, they'll do all the woodwork and then hopefully we'll be able to afford, like, another contractor to come in and finish the whole thing off with the help of an italian fit—out company. italian fit—out company? yeah. how exotic — how'd you find them? why italian? through the swedish architect. of course.

yeah. i thought i wasjust coming up to manchester to look at... laughter. ..turns out this is an international project. yeah. kevin mccloud is here. good morning. 23rd series? i’m kevin mccloud is here. good morning. 23rd series?— 23rd series? i'm not counting! laughter _ laughter what is it that everyone loves so much about it?— much about it? old-fashioned storytelling — much about it? old-fashioned storytelling but _ much about it? old-fashioned storytelling but it _ much about it? old-fashioned storytelling but it is _ much about it? old-fashioned storytelling but it is proper . much about it? 0ld-fashioned| storytelling but it is proper tv. stories don't happen by themselves, you have to craft them. we don't know how things will end, what will happen. it is thanks to the genius of the directors and the editors and producer and the commissioning editors, everyone who cares. because it's been going for so long, it is one of those little institutions that everybody loves and we polish it and because it takes years to make a story, it all becomes like a

marker, a record of our times, you know, in recent years. do marker, a record of our times, you know, in recent years.— know, in recent years. do you ever worry you — know, in recent years. do you ever worry you will _ know, in recent years. do you ever worry you will run _ know, in recent years. do you ever worry you will run out _ know, in recent years. do you ever worry you will run out of _ know, in recent years. do you ever worry you will run out of projects, | worry you will run out of projects, stories? it worry you will run out of pro'ects, stories? ., ~ worry you will run out of pro'ects, stories? . ,, ,., ., ., worry you will run out of pro'ects, stories? .«r ., ., .«r worry you will run out of pro'ects, stories? ., ., ., stories? it take so long to make a series that _ stories? it take so long to make a series that new _ stories? it take so long to make a series that new ones _ stories? it take so long to make a series that new ones that - stories? it take so long to make a series that new ones that do - stories? it take so long to make a| series that new ones that do come along. and it is slow, building is very slow, everything is very slow. i tried my hand at daily and weekly journalism and it is too much, the paceis journalism and it is too much, the pace is too great. tao journalism and it is too much, the pace is too great.— journalism and it is too much, the pace is too great._ and | journalism and it is too much, the pace is too great._ and i | pace is too great. too fast? and i really slow- _ pace is too great. too fast? and i really slow- i _ pace is too great. too fast? and i really slow. i like _ pace is too great. too fast? and i really slow. i like my _ pace is too great. too fast? and i really slow. i like my deadlines i pace is too great. too fast? and i j really slow. i like my deadlines to be a year and a half ahead, you know? ., , be a year and a half ahead, you know? . , , ., | be a year and a half ahead, you know?_ i can'ti know? that is brilliant. i can't bear the idea _ know? that is brilliant. i can't bear the idea of _ know? that is brilliant. i can't bear the idea of long-term i know? that is brilliant. i can't - bear the idea of long-term projects bear the idea of long—term projects like you _ bear the idea of long—term projects like you need to develop my patience, jon. you must meet phenomenal patience and faith that the story— phenomenal patience and faith that the story and the brilliant directors and producers but also the people _ directors and producers but also the people who want to take part. they are glorious — people who want to take part. tia: are glorious because people who want to take part. tta: are glorious because of people who want to take part. ttaz1: are glorious because of course people who want to take part. ttaz1 are glorious because of course they don't get paid. they are doing it because they feel they are going to get a really beautifully cut home

video of the project at the end of it and we are completely beholden to them and to the gifts they bring and their stories, them and to the gifts they bring and theirstories, of them and to the gifts they bring and their stories, of course, them and to the gifts they bring and theirstories, of course, because they are all different. you their stories, of course, because they are all different.— they are all different. you have been making — they are all different. you have been making this _ they are all different. you have been making this as _ they are all different. you have been making this as the - they are all different. you have i been making this as the economy they are all different. you have - been making this as the economy dips and people _ been making this as the economy dips and people watching at home, watching — and people watching at home, watching this series, will be struggling with their bills, and for then the — struggling with their bills, and for then the idea of these kinds of homes — then the idea of these kinds of homes and projects ijust fantasy. that is— homes and projects ijust fantasy. that is quite a difficult balance for you. — that is quite a difficult balance foryou, isn't it, in terms that is quite a difficult balance for you, isn't it, in terms of the difference? _ for you, isn't it, in terms of the difference? it for you, isn't it, in terms of the difference?— difference? it is not the first recession — difference? it is not the first recession we _ difference? it is not the first recession we have _ difference? it is not the first recession we have a - difference? it is not the first recession we have a film - difference? it is not the first. recession we have a film three. difference? it is not the first - recession we have a film three. we learned last time that what happens when money gets tight as people start thinking really hard and i'm not a fan of cheque—book anything, cheque—book architecture, spend your way out of a problem. when people get into tight spots that is when they think most creatively and that is what i love because great ideas are often free and i think the other thing to say is that people look at these expensive projects with amazing tech and innovative ideas and really weird design and think, how can that be relevant to my life at all? if you look at social

housing, what housing associations and local housing assertions are doing, that tate goes there straightaway. these people we are filming, they are experimentalists, they bring their own money into a new idea that then hits the affordable sector, and that is really why it matters. irate affordable sector, and that is really why it matters. we talk a lot on this programme _ really why it matters. we talk a lot on this programme about - really why it matters. we talk a lot on this programme about rising - really why it matters. we talk a lot | on this programme about rising fuel costs. _ on this programme about rising fuel costs, cost—of—living crisis, have you noticed _ costs, cost—of—living crisis, have you noticed in this series that be are starting to pay attention to mayhe — are starting to pay attention to maybe insulating their homes better, thinking _ maybe insulating their homes better, thinking more about the bills? i thinking more about the bills? think that thinking more about the bills? 1 think that has always been the thinking more about the bills? t think that has always been the case for these people because they are building from scratch and think why should i have any energy bills when i can alter the sign of my house when i'm building it so i don't? of course now that has hurt a lot of our builders and delayed a lot of projects, the way materials has gone up. steele has doubled in price, even tripled in two years. some materials you can't even get this week. next week it will be something

else. —— steel has doubled in price. i people at the end, how much have you spent? i don't care stop whatever you spend it will not be in your control. that has been a big shift and has really impacted people's ability to finish and to finish well and keep it contained. you like telling the stories over time but the stories are also going to expand. irate time but the stories are also going to exand. ~ ., ., ., time but the stories are also going to exand. . ., ., ., , ., . to expand. we have got one pro'ect we are revisiting �* to expand. we have got one pro'ect we are revisiting at i to expand. we have got one pro'ect we are revisiting at the i to expand. we have got one pro'ect we are revisiting at the end, i to expand. we have got one pro'ect we are revisiting at the end, a h we are revisiting at the end, a lighthouse in north devon. lighthouse! that is 12 years we have been filming that project. and lighthouse! that is 12 years we have been filming that project.— been filming that pro'ect. and that is the wonderful _ been filming that project. and that is the wonderful thing, _ been filming that project. and that is the wonderful thing, we - been filming that project. and that is the wonderful thing, we went i is the wonderful thing, we went through two recessions and the pandemic and brexit for this! that is what i mean in the way series marks time. irate is what i mean in the way series marks time-— is what i mean in the way series marks time. ~ . , , . , marks time. we have seen pictures, it looks finally _ marks time. we have seen pictures, it looks finally finished? _ marks time. we have seen pictures, it looks finally finished? it _ marks time. we have seen pictures, it looks finally finished? it does i it looks finally finished? it does look like it _ it looks finally finished? it does look like it is _ it looks finally finished? it does look like it is finally _ it looks finally finished? it does look like it is finally finished. i look like it is finally finished. how is he doing? it is as much about the people behind the project and

the people behind the project and the relationships as the structures. right at the end i interview his daughters, who are now young women and they were nine years old when i first met them, and we sit down and they are very sassy. and she started interviewing me, saying, so, kevin, do you think we are finished? i was like... it is a miracle, he retained ownership with his wife hazel and did finish wife do you ever start the project and— the project and think you are worried for _ the project and think you are worried for them? _ the project and think you are worried for them? more i the project and think you are worried for them? more so l the project and think you are i worried for them? more so now the project and think you are - worried for them? more so now than ever because — worried for them? more so now than ever because of _ worried for them? more so now than ever because of the _ worried for them? more so now than ever because of the volatile - ever because of the volatile circumstances. in a way, we don't have to engineer the story, we don't have to engineer the story, we don't have to engineer the story, we don't have to engineer the adventure that people go on because it's always exciting and myjob is to hold the viewers' hand, not theirs. make sure we get to the other side safely. it

is a joy because every time we start you are entering an unknown territory, which i like. $55 you are entering an unknown territory, which i like. as well as bein: a territory, which i like. as well as being a housing _ territory, which i like. as well as being a housing expert, - territory, which i like. as well as being a housing expert, you i territory, which i like. as well as i being a housing expert, you become a relationship consultant sometimes. can you sometimes sense, oh, i've got to... can you sometimes sense, oh, i've not to... ~ ., can you sometimes sense, oh, i've rotto... ~ ., , got to... like a good therapist, i ack got to... like a good therapist, i pack away _ got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at _ got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at the _ got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at the end _ got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at the end of - got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at the end of the i got to... like a good therapist, i pack away at the end of the day | got to... like a good therapist, i i pack away at the end of the day and get in my van and drive off. you cannot carry the baggage around. there is a lot of relationship therapy and a lot of kind of... people, often they operate, we all sort of operate quite emotionally. i feel. human beings are very good at post rationalising. "i did this because..." i bought the new car because..." i bought the new car because i really needed it. no, you didn't. with grand designs what happens is that people are making these decisions, they are in highly volatile and vulnerable positions when they are doing at and then asking them questions, they are have to think about what they are doing. thinking seriously for the first

time. ,, , , ., thinking seriously for the first time. ,, ,, ., ., thinking seriously for the first time. ,, ,, ., ., ., time. stress. you are welcome having the camera is — time. stress. you are welcome having the camera is their _ time. stress. you are welcome having the camera is their only _ time. stress. you are welcome having the camera is their only piles - time. stress. you are welcome having the camera is their only piles on i the camera is their only piles on the camera is their only piles on the stress. he says with a sinister smile. t the stress. he says with a sinister smile. ., �* ~ ., the stress. he says with a sinister smile. ., �* ~' ., , , the stress. he says with a sinister smile. ., �* ~ ., , , , smile. i don't know why they left us in. would smile. i don't know why they left us in- would you? _ smile. i don't know why they left us in. would you? no! _ smile. i don't know why they left us in. would you? no! a _ smile. i don't know why they left us in. would you? no! a brand-new. in. would you? no! a brand-new house, in. would you? no! a brand-new house. the _ in. would you? no! a brand-new house, the whole _ in. would you? no! a brand-new house, the whole being - in. would you? no! a brand-new house, the whole being painted, | house, the whole being painted, everything. house, the whole being painted, everything-— house, the whole being painted, everything. you are exposing the underbelly and _ everything. you are exposing the underbelly and you _ everything. you are exposing the underbelly and you feel- everything. you are exposing the underbelly and you feel this i everything. you are exposing the underbelly and you feel this is i everything. you are exposing the underbelly and you feel this is a l underbelly and you feel this is a private world, these people are making it... yeah, making it open to everyone. but making it... yeah, making it open to eve one. �* ., making it... yeah, making it open to eve one. ., ., everyone. but somehow you are able to make people _ everyone. but somehow you are able to make people trust _ everyone. but somehow you are able to make people trust you _ everyone. but somehow you are able to make people trust you and - everyone. but somehow you are able to make people trust you and you i to make people trust you and you have _ to make people trust you and you have been— to make people trust you and you have been doing that for a long time now _ have been doing that for a long time now we _ have been doing that for a long time now we are — have been doing that for a long time now. we are going to show you... i think— now. we are going to show you... i think we _ now. we are going to show you... i think we have — now. we are going to show you... i think we have one of the earliest episodes — think we have one of the earliest episodes. in fact, the very first episode — episodes. in fact, the very first episode of— episodes. in fact, the very first episode of grand designs stuck in this is— episode of grand designs stuck in this is very— episode of grand designs stuck in this is very cool. it is the start of a _ this is very cool. it is the start of a glorious two decades of fabulous tv. when you look back now,

can you _ fabulous tv. when you look back now, can you believe all the things you have _ can you believe all the things you have learned over the years? | can you believe all the things you have learned over the years? i have learnt quite — have learned over the years? i have learnt quite a _ have learned over the years? i have learnt quite a lot _ have learned over the years? i have learnt quite a lot about _ have learned over the years? i have learnt quite a lot about how- have learned over the years? i have learnt quite a lot about how to i have learned over the years? i have | learnt quite a lot about how to make television. that has been great, huge adventure for me, to understand how important it is to collaborate with really important people because they really affect how well you come across an equally i have learnt a lot about human nature, yes. that has been really interesting. i have come to the view in the end... once i was shown a chart of human emotions. i thought they were three and there was about a0. i looked and felt, my goodness, every single one of those, envy, hate, lust, greed and anxiety, hope, joy. they are all in buildings. what we construct and make in the world is who we are and all of our emotional outpouring site in these things. quite heady. the new series of grand designs starts tonight at 9pm on channel a. thank you for coming in. you're watching bbc breakfast, it's 8.59.

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