this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. claims of torture are credible — the un releases its long—awaited report on allegations of human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china the boss of the uk's third largest energy supplier proposes a plan to subsidise bills for the poorest households as costs continue to spiral. if we don't start working on this first thing on monday, we have a new government, a new prime minister, this has to be the first order of business and if we don't use every available moment over the next 12 weeks to solve this, we are going to see a winter like never before. speaking live here on bbc news, sir keir starmer denies labour's energy policy amounts to "kicking

the can down the road", and says more will have to be done early next year to tackle the energy crisis. for the labour party to have a big, bold, strong, fully costed plan, which will not put them through that misery this winter is not kicking the can down the road, it is meeting the can down the road, it is meeting the concerns of millions of people who, even when they hear there sums of £3500 on energy bills. united nations inspectors are on their way to visit the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with shelling nearby raising fears of a potential accident. tributes pour in for bbc breakfast television presenter and tv personality bill turnbull who has died at the age of 66. and coming up this hour, we take a look at some of the stunning pictures in the running for wildlife photographer of the year.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in a long—awaited report, the un says the allegations of serious human rights abuses in china's xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. it found that reports of torture and sexual abuse at detention camps against uighur muslims are credible and urged china to release all detainees in xinjiang and comply with international law. china, on the other hand, has dismissed the findings of the report as a farce planned by the un and western nations. here's the chinese foreign ministry spokesman speaking a little earlier. translation: the so—called assessment is orchestrated and manufactured by the us and some western forces. it is wholly illegal and invalid. the report is

misinformation which serves as a political tool for the us and the west to strategically use shing zhang to contain china. joining me now is michael bristow. he is the asia pacific editor for the bbc world service. china dismissing this report is misinformation, but tell us about the evidence the us has gathered. it has taken a while to get this together to get it to the point where it is released. it is interesting _ where it is released. it is interesting to _ where it is released. it is interesting to hear- where it is released. it is interesting to hear the i where it is released. it 3 interesting to hear the foreign ministry spokesman saying it is misinformation because much of the detail for misinformation because much of the detailfor this report misinformation because much of the detail for this report came from the chinese government themselves. the un pored over documents supplied by the chinese government, the reports that they had done, and statistics about what was going on, so it is from china itself that a lot of this information which drove these conclusions by the un. also, you mentioned the delay. this report was released just an hour before the outgoing un human rights commission

left office at 11 o'clock on wednesday evening, right at the last minute. that is because china fought tooth and nail to try and suppress this report and not to get it out. that shows you the credibility they give to it and how much they did not want this report to see the light of day. want this report to see the light of da . ., , want this report to see the light of da . . , ., ., . day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. _ day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. tell— day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. tell us _ day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. tell us a - day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. tell us a little - day. unveiled in a very dramatic fashion then. tell us a little bitl fashion then. tell us a little bit more about the detail of it. the detail is more about the detail of it. tue: detail is interesting more about the detail of it. tte: detail is interesting because essentially what it does is over the last five years we have had a whole raft of allegations against the chinese government that they had committed abuses against the rigour and other ethnic minorities. essentially what the un is saying is there is credibility to all those allegations. we are talking about arbitrary detention in camps of hundreds of thousands of people. people were sent there on a whim by a police officer and they did not know how long they were going, there was no legal redress. forced labour,

people were forced into working in factories and other programmes by the chinese government. perhaps most shocking of all is the forced sterilisation of women. from chinese statistics the number of births dropped dramatically after 2017. the un says this essentially amounts to coercion of women's reproductive rights in the province, so a whole litany of allegations which the un says essentially are true. what says essentially are true. what difference _ says essentially are true. what difference is _ says essentially are true. what difference is this _ says essentially are true. what difference is this going - says essentially are true. what difference is this going to - says essentially are true. what difference is this going to make in terms of any consequences? we see how aggressive — terms of any consequences? we see how aggressive the _ terms of any consequences? we see how aggressive the chinese - how aggressive the chinese government was there and reacting against this report. it does not accept the findings. in the past it has shown itself reluctant to change its policy. essentially what it says is it is fighting extremism and terrorism in the province and it wants to continue with its policy, so it is unlikely china will show it

is changing its policies, but nevertheless it will be extraordinarily embarrassed about these findings. the reputational damage to china is enormous. 0f damage to china is enormous. of course, from this report, there might be all kinds of legal ramifications. there are moves to try and charge china in the international court, so it might form the basis of legal challenges to china in the coming years. michael bristow, the asia pacific editor for the michael bristow, the asia pacific editorfor the bbc michael bristow, the asia pacific editor for the bbc world michael bristow, the asia pacific editorfor the bbc world service. the boss of the uk's third—largest energy company has warned households need urgent help to avoid a winter of hardship. steven fitzpatrick from 0vo energy wants the government to subsidise soaring bills, but with help tapering off for high earners who use more electricity. energy prices have rocketed around the world since the invasion of

ukraine. it comes as a report from the resolution foundation think—tank warns three million people could be in absolute poverty by next year without a change in government policy. a separate study from university college london has warned of the "dangerous consequences" for children of growing up in cold homes. meanwhile, in his final speech in office the prime minister is expected to announce up to 700 million pounds of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk. it's part of the government's long—term strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build and a final go—ahead will have to wait for mrjohnson�*s successor. jon donnison reports. is going nuclear the answer to britain's energy insecurity? the government says it wants to build eight new reactors, including one here at the existing plant at sizewell in suffolk. today, in his final days in the top job, borisjohnson is expected to pledge £700 million towards the sizewell c project, saying he never again wants the uk's energy needs to be at the mercy

of international markets and foreign despots. what you've got to do — and what we've been doing flat out, really, since putin unleashed his war — is accelerate the supply of uk energy. but the government is pledging only a fraction of the expected £20 billion that's needed for the sizewell c project. it's hoped the bulk of the investment will come from the largely state—owned french energy company edf, in a deal that's not yet been finalised. please welcome liz truss. and it's those vying to be the next prime minister who will have to try and sort out the uk's energy crisis. at the final conservative leadership hustings last night, the frontrunner suggested the country was playing catch—up. the fact is, we should have made decisions years ago i about nuclear power. we should be using more - of the resources in the north sea. we should be doing fracking in areas |where local communities support it. |

in the meantime, she ruled out limiting energy use this winter. a pledge her opponent said he wouldn't make. and energy rationing? we shouldn't rule anything out because the challenges that we face with this crisis are significant. there is currently one nuclear power plant being built at hinkley point in somerset, but such things take time. a new nuclear power station is likely to take something...at least ten years in order to come online and help us with our energy bills. there's no quick fix to the problem that we've got at the moment. so nuclear might provide an energy solution in the long term, but will offer little comfort to those struggling to pay their bills this winter. jon donnison, bbc news. however, many in the energy industry believe there needs to be an immediate plan to lower bills. the boss of 0vo energy is the latest to put forward a plan. he's been speaking to our

business editor simonjack. if we don't start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister, this has to be the first order of business. and if we don't use every available moment over the next 12 weeks to solve this, we are going to see a winter like never before with people going hungry, going cold, and the nhs being overwhelmed by the health impacts of the energy crisis this winter. there's almost nothing that we can do right now that's going to be in time for the 1st of october, when prices go up. but there are lots of changes that we can make short, medium and long term to the energy system to make it work better for customers. but we really need to get started straight away. are you in favour of this industry's solution of a big fund underwritten by government, which was dismissed by the current chancellor because it wasn't targeted enough? richer households are getting the same kind of relief as poorer households. what's the answer to that?

so we've been arguing and talking to government about this kind of tariff deficit mechanism, so a way to artificially lower the price of energy for consumers to help shield them from the worst of the price rise. the challenge that we've got is that we don't know how long this situation is going to last for. it could be years of higher prices. and one of the ways we think this could be done most effectively is by launching a tariff deficit mechanism, where we lower the price of energy, but we do it for a certain number of units per household in a lower price band that everybody gets access to. and then over and above that, consumers will pay the full price. and what that would mean is that it would disproportionately benefit lower—income households, but at the same time provide everybody with the incentive to find energy savings. it would cost less money to the taxpayer, and it would give more benefit

to lower—income households. are you disappointed that with only a month to go we still don't know, whoever will be the next prime minister, what their big idea is? it feels like we have wasted the last 12 months. we have seen this crisis slowly unfold for a long, long time now. that one thing i would say, when we have a new government, there will be a new prime minister, new leadership. it is an opportunity to do something very bold. in the absence of a big bazooka of a plan like the one you have described, which sounds more progressive than other iterations, what happens? there will be millions of people who cannot pay their bills because they simply can't. what does that mean for a company like yours, is your survival under threat? last winter, as a country we were relatively lucky. it was a mild winter. this winter the price customers are paying is treble what it was a year ago.

if it's cold, it's going to be extremely difficult for millions and millions of households and of course it will have an impact on all kinds of businesses and this is why i think it's incredibly important that we have a plan that will get us through the winter, no matter what. we can't wait for the cold weather to come to try to figure out what we're going to do about it. you are residential only but obviously businesses are out there and they are getting hit by higher prices because they are not covered by the cap. if you are talking about trying to support businesses as well as residential we are talking about hundreds of billions of pounds? consumers, businesses, everywhere are paying record prices for energy. the best thing we can do as a country and the best thing the government can do is to support consumers and make sure they are able to pay their bills, have money in their wallets, because that is the best way to support businesses, as well. if we don't address the massive issue of vulnerability

and affordability for low income households, those consumers aren't going to have money to spend in the businesses anyway. whatever the long—term cost is going to be, the short—term cost in people's health and lives is going to be real. the boss of 0vo energy talking to simon jack. soaring energy bills and the rising cost of living were at the forefront of the final hustings of the conservative leadership contest, held at wembley arena last night. rishi sunak said he was best placed to bring down inflation and his rival, liz truss, hinted that the government would provide extra help with energy costs if she became prime minister. meanwhile, sir keir starmer has denied labour's energy policy amounts to "kicking the can down the road", but acknowledged that something will have to be done early next year to tackle the crisis in the longer term. he was speaking during a 0&a on bbc radio 5 live. for more on that, and the leadership

hustings last night, i'm joined by our political correspondent helen catt. helen, those were the last hustings, the last of many hustings in this leadership contest. everyone is looking for hints and ideas on what the next prime minister, whether it is rishi sunak or liz truss, is going to do to help with the energy bill crisis and the cost of living crisis. liz truss has been writing in the sun newspaper today. any more clues there?— clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest _ clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication _ clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication yet - clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication yet that i clues there? yes, this morning is l her clearest indication yet that she is going to give some kind of support to people. she wrote in the sun newspaper that she would deliver immediate support to ensure people would not face unaffordable fuel bills this winter. she said she would be robust in her approach. that is seen as the clearest indication yet that that will mean more payouts. 0f indication yet that that will mean more payouts. of course, earlier on in this contest she had said she would not be in favour of any more

hand—outs and this is the clearest indication she has moved quite a long distance from that. but what there is not is any specifics about what these payments and support might look like, what it might be. again she defends her position on that in this piece saying it is not right for her to set out the specifics until she is in office. tell us about sir keir starmer, the labour leader, answering viewers and listeners questions on bbc five live and on the bbc news channel this morning. what were the key takeaways from that? the morning. what were the key takeaways from that? ., , , ., morning. what were the key takeaways from that? ., , ,., , ., ., from that? the opportunity to hear from that? the opportunity to hear from sir keir _ from that? the opportunity to hear from sir keir starmer _ from that? the opportunity to hear from sir keir starmer over - from that? the opportunity to hear from sir keir starmer over the - from sir keir starmer over the course of 45 minutes, taking questions from callers, so facing things very directly and head—on. 0ne things very directly and head—on. one of the first thing that came up was the issue around the strikes happening across the country at the moment and labour's position on whether or not its mps and shadow ministers should be on picket lines. there has been some criticism from

the unions and others that labour�*s position is that ministers should not bejoining picket position is that ministers should not be joining picket lines. position is that ministers should not bejoining picket lines. he sacked one shadow minister, sam tarry, a few weeks ago when he gave an an authorised interview on a picket line during the rail strikes. sir keir starmer was pretty strong in defending that stance. this is what he said.— in defending that stance. this is what he said. ~ _, , ., .,, what he said. when it comes to those dis - utes i what he said. when it comes to those disputes i completely _ what he said. when it comes to those disputes i completely understand - what he said. when it comes to those j disputes i completely understand why so many _ disputes i completely understand why so many working people feel that they have — so many working people feel that they have had below wage increases, ten years— they have had below wage increases, ten years of— they have had below wage increases, ten years of not very much increase in wages _ ten years of not very much increase in wages and now we are in the middle — in wages and now we are in the middle of— in wages and now we are in the middle of a _ in wages and now we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis, so i completely understand what people _ so i completely understand what people are going through and i surrpori— people are going through and i support the right to strike. but i want _ support the right to strike. but i want to— support the right to strike. but i want to ensure we get a labour government and i want to be the labour_ government and i want to be the labour prime minister and i don't think_ labour prime minister and i don't think the — labour prime minister and i don't think the role of the prime minister is to have _ think the role of the prime minister is to have a — think the role of the prime minister is to have a cabinet meeting and go on to— is to have a cabinet meeting and go onto a _ is to have a cabinet meeting and go on to a picket line because the role of the _ on to a picket line because the role of the prime minister is to resolve these _ of the prime minister is to resolve these disputes because in the end with a _

these disputes because in the end with a strike pretty well everybody loses, _ with a strike pretty well everybody loses, those who are disrupted and people _ loses, those who are disrupted and people who are striking. it is a last resort _ people who are striking. it is a last resort and they lose money. that _ last resort and they lose money. that is _ last resort and they lose money. that is also _ last resort and they lose money. that is also a way of looking at the other things he said during that phoning, the idea that he wants to set himself out as a future labour prime minister. therefore he was pretty categoric on issues like when he was asked if he thought brexit could make the uk great he said unequivocally yes, although he said it needed to be improved on what was happening at the moment and the way it was working. he also has been pretty clear about how labour would address the energy crisis, talking about the energy fuel bill crisis, talking about fees and energy prices, that has been labour's policy for a couple of weeks now. but when challenged about what would happen after this temporary freeze, which would end in april, he accepted that something would have to be done, although he did not have any more specifics on that. he also talked more widely about shoring up energy supply. here is what he had

to say. energy supply. here is what he had to sa . , . . ., , , to say. freeze the price increases across the — to say. freeze the price increases across the board _ to say. freeze the price increases across the board for _ to say. freeze the price increases across the board for struggling i across the board for struggling mittions— across the board for struggling millions of people, freeze it, don't do anything less radical than that. and use _ do anything less radical than that. and use the excess profits from oil and gas _ and use the excess profits from oil and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay— and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay for— and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay for that. that answers the question— to pay for that. that answers the question do you get it for how hard it is for— question do you get it for how hard it is for so— question do you get it for how hard it is for so many people across the country? _ it is for so many people across the country? i— it is for so many people across the country? i completely get it. my dad worked _ country? i completely get it. my dad worked in _ country? i completely get it. my dad worked in a — country? i completely get it. my dad worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse _ worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse and _ worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse and i_ worked in a factory and my mum was a nurse and i know what it is like to sit around — nurse and i know what it is like to sit around a — nurse and i know what it is like to sit around a kitchen table not being able to _ sit around a kitchen table not being able to pay— sit around a kitchen table not being able to pay your bills. i remember our phone — able to pay your bills. i remember our phone being cut off because we could _ our phone being cut off because we could not— our phone being cut off because we could not pay our bill. how our phone being cut off because we could not pay our bill.— our phone being cut off because we could not pay our bill. how long was the hone could not pay our bill. how long was the phone cut _ could not pay our bill. how long was the phone cut off— could not pay our bill. how long was the phone cut off for? _ could not pay our bill. how long was the phone cut off for? for _ could not pay our bill. how long was the phone cut off for? for periods . the phone cut off for? for periods of time, i don't _ the phone cut off for? for periods of time, i don't know, _ the phone cut off for? for periods of time, i don't know, months - the phone cut off for? for periods of time, i don't know, months at| the phone cut off for? for periods| of time, i don't know, months at a time, _ of time, i don't know, months at a time, but — of time, i don't know, months at a time, but we — of time, i don't know, months at a time, but we got to a point where we could _ time, but we got to a point where we could not— time, but we got to a point where we could not pay for utilities. i am not claiming great poverty. no, but ou have not claiming great poverty. no, but you have been _ not claiming great poverty. no, but you have been through _ not claiming great poverty. no, but you have been through that. - not claiming great poverty. no, but you have been through that. we - not claiming great poverty. no, but| you have been through that. we did sit around the _ you have been through that. we did sit around the table _ you have been through that. we did sit around the table and _ you have been through that. we did sit around the table and we - you have been through that. we did sit around the table and we couldn't make _ sit around the table and we couldn't make ends— sit around the table and we couldn't make ends meet. the sit around the table and we couldn't make ends meet.— make ends meet. the other interesting _ make ends meet. the other interesting thing _ make ends meet. the other interesting thing about - make ends meet. the other- interesting thing about listening to the phoning was it did show up that there are tensions within the labour

party that have not gone away because of how sir keir starmer has changed since the 2017 election. there were some callers who accused him of moving away from labour values, something that he very strongly pushed back on, claiming that what he set out in terms of energy policy was absolutely in line with labour values.— energy policy was absolutely in line with labour values. helen, thank you very much- — a british man has been killed while volunteering as a medic in ukraine. craig mackintosh, from thetford in norfolk, died last week. his sister has raised more than £4,500 to bring his body home. the foreign office says it's supporting the family. news coming into us from ukraine. 0ne reactor at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been shut down due to shelling. the un team sent to inspect it is on the way to the site right now. this was the convoy setting off

towards the plant a short while ago. but there is still some uncertainty. the head of the regional administration is accusing russia of shelling the pre—agreed route and one of two operational reactors at the plant has been shut down due to russian shelling, operator energo—atom has said. the nuclear plant, which was taken by russia in march, sits on the banks of the dnipro river. let's go live to our correspondence in the ukrainian capital kyiv. hugo, first of all on this line coming from the operator of zaporizhzhia. 0ne reactor at the plant shutdown. it is clearly a very precarious and troubling situation. what more can you tell is? tt troubling situation. what more can ou tell is? . , troubling situation. what more can you tell is?— you tell is? it really is. it has been a morning _ you tell is? it really is. it has been a morning full- you tell is? it really is. it has been a morning full of- you tell is? it really is. it hasj been a morning full of claims you tell is? it really is. it has - been a morning full of claims and counter claims from both russia and ukraine. let me start with what we know. this team of the international atomic energy agency left zaporizhzhia earlier this morning. they are travelling and they are

trying to get to the city where this facility is located. they are travelling through a grey zone between territory controlled by the ukrainians and territory occupied by the russians. it seems they are now stuck on the ukrainian side at a checkpoint. we heard just in the last hour from a spokesperson at the international atomic agency saying that the mission has been delayed for three hours. rafael grossi, the head of the agency, who is leading this mission, he is determined that this mission, he is determined that this mission, he is determined that this mission should get to the zaporizhzhia complex today. now, the ukrainians have accused the russians of shelling the route this morning and they also say that the russians have been shelling the town where this facility is located. so a very tense situation around this complex. the russians are accusing the ukrainians of shelling this

facility. it really shows how difficult this omission is going to be for these international inspectors. be for these international inspectors-— be for these international inspectors. be for these international insectors. �* , ., ., inspectors. and when they arrive at the site, inspectors. and when they arrive at the site. do — inspectors. and when they arrive at the site. do we _ inspectors. and when they arrive at the site, do we have _ inspectors. and when they arrive at the site, do we have any _ inspectors. and when they arrive at the site, do we have any idea - inspectors. and when they arrive at the site, do we have any idea how. the site, do we have any idea how long they hope to spend there? what sort of access they will have? the answer is no _ sort of access they will have? the answer is no and _ sort of access they will have? the answer is no and i _ sort of access they will have? tte: answer is no and i don't think it is surprising that we have not been given any details of what is being negotiated for this visit to go ahead. there is a little bit of confusion about how long these inspectors will be allowed to stay at the facility. raphael grossi said he expects this visit to last a few days, but the local authorities appointed by the russians said the visit will last only one or two days. we still don't know what kind of access they will be given once they reach this facility. raphael grossi when he was here in kyiv two days ago, he said he hoped the inspectors would be able to talk to the ukrainian technicians who are

still operating the facility. he also said the hope was that a permanent mission could be created inside this complex, but the events of today show that this is a very complicated situation at this nuclear facility. complicated situation at this nuclearfacility. aha, complicated situation at this nuclear facility.— complicated situation at this nuclear facility. complicated situation at this nuclear facili . �* ., ., nuclear facility. a word as well and the efforts of— nuclear facility. a word as well and the efforts of the _ nuclear facility. a word as well and the efforts of the family _ nuclear facility. a word as well and the efforts of the family of - nuclear facility. a word as well and the efforts of the family of craig i the efforts of the family of craig mackintosh to get his body back home to the uk, he was killed last week while volunteering as a medic. yes. while volunteering as a medic. yes, and the family _ while volunteering as a medic. yes, and the family has _ while volunteering as a medic. yes, and the family has set _ while volunteering as a medic. yes, and the family has set up _ while volunteering as a medic. te: and the family has set up this page to raise money for his body to be repatriated to the uk. and his sister described him as a war hero, a selfless man who died in the line of duty. we don't have details of what happened. we know he was volunteering as a medic, according to his family, but the family has already managed to raise the money needed for his body to be brought back to the uk.—

needed for his body to be brought back to the uk. ., ., ,, , ., , back to the uk. hugo, thank you very much. the bbc breakfast presenter and reporter, bill turnbull, has died. he was 66, and had been diagnosed with cancer five years ago. bill turnbull who appeared on bbc breakfast from 2001 until 2016, had spent his later years campaigning on prostate cancer. graham satchell looks back at his life thank you for letting me into your home in the morning, whether it's in the kitchen, the living room or, as i'm often told, the bedroom. and whether you've been with us for the past 15 years orjust this morning, i hope you find it worthwhile. it certainly has been for me. breakfast, back as usual tomorrow from six. until then, have a great day, bye—bye. bill turnbull�*s final show on bbc breakfast tv in 2016. he became a much loved fixture in people's homes. so this is where it all started for me, up there on the top floor of those windows there, was the newsroom of radio clyde 261, the heartbeat of glasgow and the west of scotland. it's where i learned my craft as a cub reporter, had

to learn some very tough lessons, very quickly. bill was at heart, always a reporter. his bbc career took him to the biggest stories, like the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in 1998. this may have been one of the shortest days of the calendar year, but for lockerbie, it's been the longest in its history. his style, honest, straight talking, down to earth. on many levels this is a thriving, bustling city doing very good business, like many others. we've been here for about 20 minutes and people have made us feel very welcome. but there is also a sense that at any point, something could go wrong. from tear—away toddlers... 0h, he's back. what you're doing here is a bit of psycho campaigning, you are planting a seed of doubt in the electorate's mind... ..to prime ministers... even if it explained away later, order has been restored. ..he was always ready with a quick one—liner. well, i was taking great interest in your isobars there, would you say

they were tightly packed? they are quite tightly packed, yes. bill became a star of shows like strictly. but it was while filming celebrity bake—off for stand to cancer that he revealed his own diagnosis. the doctor said it's fairly clear from this that you have advanced prostate cancer. may the healing properties of your bees... again, bill was straightforward about the condition, clear with his advice. for heaven's sake, go and get yourselves tested. if you catch it early then that's much better than finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable impact. the number of people getting treatment for prostate cancer went up by more than a third in a year. it's very heart—warming when people get in touch and i think, i have done at least one useful thing in my life. helping thousands of other men remains, perhaps, his greatest legacy.

bill turnbull, who has died at the age of 66. the news came in while the bbc breakfast show was on air earlier. bill's former colleagues and friends on the bbc breakfast sofa gave their response and tributes. well many people have been paying tribute and sharing their memories of bill turnbull. dan walker, who took over presenting breakfast after bill said he was �*kind and generous'. he was full of brilliant advice and it was clearjust how loved he was by his colleagues and the audience. it was an honour to sit on his sofa. and he adds: my thoughts are with his family and friends. another former breakfast colleague, steph mcgovern, says bill was a �*fantastic broadcaster and a brilliant friend, i learnt so much from him. adding �*we had some cracking arguments about how you should pronounce words like "poor", we all loved him'. and his former co—host on the show,

susanna reid, has tweeted �*bill was the kindest, funniest, most generous man in the business. i feel lucky to have worked with him and he taught me everything. but above all, he was devoted to his family and i am heartbroken for them. rip bill. we will miss you so much.�* another of his former co—hosts, sian williams, says goodbye to �*the kindest, most generous of presenters. a wonderful friend for 30 years. and a man devoted to his family. all thoughts and love with them. you will be so, so missed — thank you for the laughter and friendship'. george alagiah syas it's a very sad day for the millions who knew bill from tv and colleagues at the bbc. and says well done for setting an example for all of us living with life—threatening illness. and a tribute from bill's football team, wycombe wanderers — mourning the passing of an �*incredibly wonderful man and passionate supporter

of our football club�* international aid agencies are struggling to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by deadly floods in pakistan. flash floods and landslides along the indus and kabul rivers have left more than 1,000 dead and 1,600 injured. 0ur reporter farhat jawad has sent this report from the western province of baluchistan. this is quetta, the provincial capital of baluchistan, one of the most affected provinces. and it�*s been two and a half months of flooding here and people are still waiting for help, they are still suffering. i am surrounded by houses which are razed to the ground. all you can see right now is rubble. and one reason, these houses were built right next to a stream. sobbing. this lady and her family, they are trying to collect whatever is left of their home. translation: no one is helping us. everything my husband and i had is lost.

we struggled all our lives and built our home in this old age. now we are left with nothing. we appeal you to help us. whoever is the prime minister, imran or shahbaz, we don't care. i beg you. baluchistan has 3a districts and out of them, 31 are directly affected by the flood and many of them are completely cut off from the rest of the country. in quetta, the provincial capital, it�*s been five days that there is no electricity, no gas supply, and mobile phones are not working. now you can imagine the magnitude of the problem people in other districts are facing, which are still cut off from the rest of the country. and people here in the capital and in other parts of the province are still waiting for help. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani is in the south—east of the country in the city of dadu

in sindh province. there is more water coming into this district. authorities have warned people to leave everything and try to get to safety. for people, what they were able to salvage is blankets, some pillows, othersjust a plastic bag that they could try to use for cover. this area has been flooded for weeks, and their water levels have been high already, but there is now a secondary threat of water coming down from the mountains threatening to flood this entire region. authorities tell us 250,000 people are in danger. they need resources to get them out, they need a place to take them, and both of those things currently, there simply aren�*t enough of. it�*s unclear to these people what help is coming, they don�*t know how long they are going to need to stay here, and they don�*t know if food is even going to come. these are some of the pictures that we are seeing across rural pakistan, but especially now dadu is where the most effort is needed, authorities tell us because they realise

that there are people, if nothing happens within the next day or the next few hours, even, that there are people whose lives are in danger and they are worried that theyjust don�*t have enough resources to get everyone to safety. the uk�*s disasters emergency committee has launched an urgent appeal for pakistan today. this follows the devastating floods that have affected 33 million people with one third of the country under water and over 1,000 people dead. you can find out more information about this on our website. just 40% of ukrainian schools are ready for the new academic year, according to authorities. sites need to be inspected for damage, as well as have a nearby bomb shelter to re—open. it�*s as western officials warn that children will be "reprogrammed" in territories occupied by russia. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has more on a start of term which was never going to be normal.

this is irpin lyceum no 3 — a school once on the front line, used by both ukrainian and russian troops in the fight for kyiv. now, wounded from war and empty of children since february. this new term, a fraction will be returning. it was my favourite place because i am sportsman and trainer of wrestling. stanislav, a director here, reckons at least a0 shells hit the building. translation: the building needs to be renovated. - we�*re looking for the money to do that. it could take up to a year. if you want to see what this war has done to people, look how nine—year—old danyl reacts to something crashing in the background. his mum, marina, is desperate to get him back to school. translation: he's scared.

he didn�*t speak for two weeks. he would scream, "rockets, rockets!" and he still doesn�*t sleep well. i hug him and say, "mummy�*s with you and she�*ll never leave you." for so many families, at the end of summer, september means returning to normality, routine and a chance to see friends again. but for the 2000 pupils here and many more across ukraine, they�*re going to be denied that — and will be for some time. in the kyiv region, three quarters of schools are ready to welcome pupils back, but the majority want to be taught remotely. not this family. translation: we want a proper future for our children and that _ depends on their education. we want them to have in—person

communication with their peers and not through the screen. we�*ve already done online schooling because of covid, and we don�*t want to do it again because of the war. i'm more scared of my new teacher than i am of the war, says andriy. the authorities are keen to show that they�*re ready to welcome back a generation for ever changed by this war. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. the body representing housing associations in england is urging ministers to help around 400,000 households who are not covered by the energy price cap, because their heating is supplied through a communal system. the national housing federation says many people in this situation are elderly or vulnerable, living in sheltered or supported housing projects. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. now it�*s gone down to 94%. this oxygen machine helps keep maria blamey alive. the 64—year—old suffers

from multiple lung conditions. but maria and her husband, richard, fear the impact of rising prices. so they�*ve started to cut down on electricity to ensure her machine can be charged. i don�*t use the hairdryer any more. everything that needs electric, we turn off. cooking—wise — limit our cooking because it�*s using electric. so trying to keep it down as much as possible. the couple live in sheltered accommodation in bristol, where they pay £29 a week towards their heating costs. but such properties aren�*t part of the energy price cap, so their bills are set to rise to £90 a week in october. i've worked all my life, got my pension, got the little, few pensions i've got, but i've thought ahead. but we didn't know this was going to come. i mean, 50—odd years of working, never worried about... we never wasted electric, so far as we know. we just used it. brought up three children, paid ourway. never been in debt.

their housing association, brunel care, owns around 1000 sheltered accommodation homes across southwest england, supporting mainly elderly or disabled residents. the charity�*s total energy bill has risen to £7.7 million — four times higher than it was — forcing them to pass the cost on. for most of our residents, it�*s going to take about 35% of their income. now, the general benchmark is that to be in fuel poverty, you have to spend about 10% of your income on energy. so this is so much higher than that. i don�*t know how they�*re going to manage and i don�*t know how to advise them. it's ridiculous. i can't really absorb it. i mean, you know, ijust couldn't absorb it. another resident, clifford hodge, doesn�*t know what he�*ll do when his energy costs go up. the former navy man, who�*s on a fixed income, has already seen his other bills soar.

just have to cut back on what i spend and, you know, make do, you know, like they did in the old days — reduce down to corned beef and potatoes and make meals last. the national housing federation say 400,000 households in england, mostly elderly and on low incomes, need help, as they get energy through communal heating systems whose prices aren�*t capped. this type of housing is for people who�*ve experienced domestic abuse. it�*s housing for people with learning and physical disabilities. it�*s for older people. and they�*re going to be least equipped to be able to pay these huge, escalating costs. we need the government to intervene now and ensure that there is an energy price cap for all households in this country. clifford is understandably proud of his naval service, but his focus is very much on the future, not the past.

ministers say pensioners will get £300 this winter to help with rising bills, as well as the £400 that all british households will receive. it�*ll help, of course, but not enough, perhaps, to calm this proud man�*s fears. michael buchanan, bbc news. a government spokesperson said further funding will be available for those using heat networks and confirmed they�*re giving 0fgem new powers to regulate prices in this sector. in the democratic republic of congo, dozens have been killed after protests against the presence of a un peacekeeping mission turned deadly in the eastern city of goma. the victims include peacekeepers and an 11—year—old child. many are calling for the un to leave the country, saying it�*s not doing enough to protect them. but that could have a devastating humanitarian effect on one of the poorest countries on earth, asjoice etutu reports.

civilians in the eastern democratic republic of congo, tired of witnessing death and destruction, have taken matters into their own hands. but it�*s not the deadly armed groups in the region who they�*re fighting. it's the un peacekeeping mission, monaco, who they accuse of failing to protect them from attacks by armed groups. these are scenes from anti un protests which erupted in the city of goma in latejuly. when protests began eric bana puga, a member of the political party, moved more national congolese attended with other party members, including his cousins. peacekeepers shot at my cousins and they lost their lives. ifeel profound pain in my heart. eric is now among those calling for the u.n. to leave the country entirely.

all these un agencies, have the same mission, and it�*s not for the betterment of the congolese people. this time, congolese people have opened their eyes, and so they�*ve asked for the departure of monaco, of all un agencies. the un told us that an investigation into what happened during the demonstrations is under way. they said that they would spare no efforts to establish responsibility and take appropriate action if it�*s proven that a peacekeeper was involved. the congolese governments have expressed wishes to remove monaco from the country before the year 2024, but those here say that is simply not good enough. they want them gone and they want them gone now. but the departure of the un would bring its own problems in a country with one of the highest rates of poverty in the world. the un provides education and health

care to thousands of children and shelter to millions of refugees. the peacekeeping force was established in 2010 with the aim of protecting civilians and supports the government of the drc in its stabilization and peace efforts. while some progress has been made, the government has nowjoined in calls for them to leave. we cannotjust come here, say it was peacekeeper or it was this guy. because when you have this kind of crowd, you don�*t know there is manipulation. but now we just we have just to wait what will be the result of the inquiries and then from there, we can establish the responsibility and make people accountable. those who have been those who have been behind those killings, they must be punished. the people in eastern drc have made their feelings towards the un very clear. but in a country with many complex issues, the full withdrawal of the humanitarian agency could be catastrophic for millions. now, this year�*s wildlife photographer of the year will be announced next month. some spectacular images have been shortlisted at london�*s natural history musuem,

including an underwater wonderland, a disappearing giraffe and a treefrog pool party. and what has been described as a tree frog pool party. 0ne and what has been described as a tree frog pool party. one of those frogs looking directly at the photographer. let�*s talk more about this to dr natalie cooper. she is a senior researcher at the natural history museum and was on the jury for this year�*s awards. i have been looking through those images and i don�*t know how you begin to choose, what makes a winner? ~ . ., :: :: :: ., , begin to choose, what makes a winner? ~ . ., 11:11: ., , ., winner? we have about 4000 images to to winner? we have about 4000 images to no throu . h winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and — winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and we _ winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and we have _ winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and we have to _ winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and we have to get _ winner? we have about 4000 images to go through and we have to get it - go through and we have to get it down to 100. we look for things that are technically excellent, also beautiful but things that have a lasting impression is, the kinds of things you are still thinking about the next morning after you have looked at them the night before. we are looking for things that are

unusual, stuff we have not seen before, you may have seen the image of the mongoose being petted. as a scientist, ifound that of the mongoose being petted. as a scientist, i found that image really excited. ~ �* . scientist, i found that image really excited. �* , , ., , excited. we're 'ust showing viewers that ima . e excited. we're just showing viewers that image now— excited. we're just showing viewers that image now and _ excited. we're just showing viewers that image now and that _ excited. we're just showing viewers that image now and that is - excited. we're just showing viewers that image now and that is on - excited. we're just showing viewers that image now and that is on our l that image now and that is on our website well. tell us more about the picture and the circumstances, do you get the back story with the entry? you get the back story with the ent ? . you get the back story with the ent ? , ., , ., you get the back story with the ent ? , . , ., entry? yes, we get a bit of the back sto but entry? yes, we get a bit of the back story but now _ entry? yes, we get a bit of the back story but now we — entry? yes, we get a bit of the back story but now we have _ entry? yes, we get a bit of the back story but now we have had - entry? yes, we get a bit of the back story but now we have had more - entry? yes, we get a bit of the back i story but now we have had more from the photographer. nobody is entirely sure what is going on, but what they think it is happening, this monkey picked up the mother of the mongoose and ate it, and then hung on to this one for unknown reasons. it did have a happy ending, she released it. but we�*re not sure whether the story was cute or a little bit darker.

we're not sure whether the story was cute or a little bit darker.— cute or a little bit darker. some of the images _ cute or a little bit darker. some of the images are — cute or a little bit darker. some of the images are incredibly - cute or a little bit darker. some of. the images are incredibly beautiful, but they also tell a story of peril as well, don�*t they? it is very appropriate with the competition as well—known as this and of the standard of this competition, that you are driving out the message of the need to protect the natural world. . the need to protect the natural world. , ., , ., . , , world. there is lots of incredibly movinu world. there is lots of incredibly moving and _ world. there is lots of incredibly moving and striking _ world. there is lots of incredibly moving and striking images - world. there is lots of incredibly moving and striking images in l world. there is lots of incredibly l moving and striking images in this competition, like every year. some of the ones we have released in this first batch, there is a great photograph showing the droughts in the zambezi river. it is an emotionally impactful picture. there is a man stood between two houses, his original house on very high stilts because the water is used to rise very high, and his new house, which is much shorter. it is a beautiful visual representation how

climate change is impacting people all over the world. there is another striking image of some fish that have been taken out of the sea, so loads and loads of swordfish in areas where these fisheries are not very sustainable, something like 85% of fisheries are overfished and billions of people around the world rely on those stocks. it is important we are showing people what is going on in these images. talk important we are showing people what is going on in these images.— is going on in these images. talk to us about the _ is going on in these images. talk to us about the octopus _ is going on in these images. talk to us about the octopus image? - is going on in these images. talk to us about the octopus image? this l is going on in these images. talk to | us about the octopus image? this is a coconut octopus _ us about the octopus image? this is a coconut octopus and _ us about the octopus image? this is a coconut octopus and one - us about the octopus image? this is a coconut octopus and one of - us about the octopus image? this is a coconut octopus and one of the i a coconut octopus and one of the things they are very famous for doing is disguising themselves and hiding inside shells or famously, coconuts. this octopus is peeking out of a clamshell it has been hiding inside. it is also well—known for walking around just on two of its legs, rather than just all

eight. and it holds all the others together and people think it looks like a coconut blowing around at the bottom of the ocean, disguising itself from predators. lgrate bottom of the ocean, disguising itself from predators.— itself from predators. we have another one — itself from predators. we have another one we _ itself from predators. we have another one we can _ itself from predators. we have another one we can show i itself from predators. we have another one we can show our i itself from predators. we have i another one we can show our viewers of some mink?— of some mink? yes, one of those shockin: of some mink? yes, one of those shocking images, _ of some mink? yes, one of those shocking images, unpleasant i of some mink? yes, one of those i shocking images, unpleasant images to look at, but we hope they are the kind of images that help people connect with the natural world and think about how they might be able to advocate for the planet or advocate for these animals. this is advocate for these animals. this is a fur farm advocate for these animals. this is a furfarm in sweden and you can see that some of the babies have died and they are in very cramped conditions. these conditions have gotten slightly better since this photograph was taken, but it is still happening around the world. there are images throughout this competition, as they are every year, to provoke emotional responses from joy. to provoke emotional responses from joy, distress and wonder. it is as

thought—provoking as ever, and the winner will be announced on? fin thought-provoking as ever, and the winner will be announced on? on the 11th of october. — winner will be announced on? on the 11th of october, we _ winner will be announced on? on the 11th of october, we will— winner will be announced on? on the 11th of october, we will announce i 11th of october, we will announce the winner and the grand title winner and the young wildlife photographer of the year. thshd winner and the young wildlife photographer of the year. and people can see these — photographer of the year. and people can see these photos _ photographer of the year. and people can see these photos at _ photographer of the year. and people can see these photos at the _ photographer of the year. and people can see these photos at the natural. can see these photos at the natural history museum now? thea;r can see these photos at the natural history museum now?— can see these photos at the natural history museum now? they will be on disla at history museum now? they will be on display at the — history museum now? they will be on display at the natural— history museum now? they will be on display at the natural history - display at the natural history museum from the 14th of october but they will be online and you will be able to see them on tour at various places around the world.— places around the world. doctor natalie could _ places around the world. doctor natalie could thank _ places around the world. doctor natalie could thank you - places around the world. doctor natalie could thank you for- places around the world. doctor i natalie could thank you for talking to us today. spain�*s famous tomato—throwing festival has returned, after a two—year break due to the covid pandemic. around 15,000 people braved the mess, to take part in la tomatina, as sylvia lennan—spence reports. the spanish town of bunol, awash once again with tomatoes. six trucks carrying 130 tonnes of ripe tomatoes rolled through the narrow streets,

to the delight of thousands of people who turned up. the techniques were different. some threw tomatoes, others sat in the pulp, others tried to swim in it. for two years, the covid pandemic meant la tomatina was cancelled, but this year the festival billed as the world�*s biggest food fight was allowed to go ahead, pleasing many tourists. we were enjoying it a lot, there were a lot of tomatoes, a lot of big trucks. a lot of tomatoes on my head as well. this is our first time and i'm loving it. i really love the flavour of tomatoes, the fun, all the vibrant energy over here. i love europe. i love the experience. and when the fight is over, the clean—up begins, some think these people are used to. then the clean—up begins. tomatina has been going since 1945. it certainly gives a new meaning to painting the town red. we are loving tomatina!

(pres)to the us now — where the owner of social media app snapchat has announced it�*s cutting a fifth of its workforce, or around 1200 jobs. like many of its tech rivals, snap has been suffering from a slowdown in the advertising market — as companies cut back on spending. a year ago, snap was worth $130 billion. today it�*s valued at less than 20 billion. from new york, our business correspondent samira hussain reports since the beginning of the year, shares in snap have plummeted nearly 75%. like so many other companies, it is grappling with tough economic conditions as high inflation persists and the cost of borrowing will go higher. their advertisement revenues have taken a big hit and thatis revenues have taken a big hit and that is why they have decided to cut about 1200 staff, which should save

about 1200 staff, which should save about $500 million annually. it is not the only cost—cutting measures it is embarking on, it is cancelling shows, in app games and other things. it will focus on community growth, revenue growth and augmented reality. snap is not alone, financial markets in the us have seen their fourth consecutive day of losses and leading the way is the tech sector. in fact, the nasdaq, which has a lot of technology companies has dropped 5% in the month of august. for months, tech companies have been warning about hiring freezes, lay—offs and other cost—cutting measures. great news for serena williams fans. the 40—year—old produced a scintillating performance in the us open to reach round three. she was cheered on by a fanatical home support, including celebrities like tiger woods and gladys knight. she�*d been expected to lose to anett kontaveit who was the second seed for the tournament. but williams prevailed over three

sets, much to the delight of the vociferous home crowd in new york. after the match serena was asked why she played well in the third set. yeah, no. ijust got lighter. use your imagination. laughter but it wasn�*t number two. laughter at their height, the pop band the monkees was one of the most popular bands in america. and it turns out they attracted the attention of the fbi who compiled a file on them. now their singer micky dolenz is suing the agency to find out what information is being held. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest from los angeles.

it was 11 years ago, but it was heavily redacted. tt it was 11 years ago, but it was heavily redacted.— it was 11 years ago, but it was heavily redacted. it was a heavily redacted fbi _ heavily redacted. it was a heavily redacted fbi document _ heavily redacted. it was a heavily redacted fbi document relating l heavily redacted. it was a heavily| redacted fbi document relating to the monkeys. it quoted an informant who was apparently at a 1967 concert and had made some observations about what was happening. for example, this person said subliminal messages that were being put up on a big screen sent out to the audience, messages that constituted left—wing interventions of a political nature. and there were references to race riots in america, to anti—us sentiment. clearly, this was the 19605. sentiment. clearly, this was the 1960s. we know the fbi did monitor, it did keep tabs on certain individuals, high profile pop stars, rock stars, the beatles, john lennon, jimi hendrix as well. interestingly, jimi hendrix opened for the monkeys on a few occasions.

looking back now, it seems like an unlikely combination. they were at the centre of this very controversial atmosphere at the time, clearly an anti—war sentiment in the country. south korea is to decide whether boy band bts is be granted exemption from mandatory military service. the country�*s defence ministry said they are considering a survey to gauge public opinion. exemptions are granted to athletes and artists, but some argue k—pop stars shouldn�*t face military service due to their economic input. the oldest of the seven man band, jin, faces enlistment when he turns 30 in december. and there�*s just time to tell you about a penguin at san diego zoo in california who�*s been fitted with orthopedic shoes. meet lucas, a four—year—old south african penguin with a degenerative foot condition known as bumblefoot. the therapy boots stop lucas from limping on his left foot.

that�*s it from me, you are watching bbc news. hello again. low pressure is going to be driving our weather from this weekend so the weather is set to change. but today we still have high pressure clinging on and a weather front coming up across the south of england, bringing in some showers. still with the breeze coming in from the north sea, we�*ll see a few showers coming into eastern areas as well. and after a chilly start across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures picking up — we�*ll see some sunshine, any showers that form in northern ireland during the course of the afternoon will fade quite quickly. temperatures today ranging from 13 in lerwick to 25 in london. as we head on through the evening and overnight period, again, there will still be some showers coming in across the east, but if anything, the showers coming up from the south will become more widespread and some of them will be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. we�*ve got an approaching

weather front bringing more cloud into the west. and it�*s not going to be as cold a night across scotland as it was last night. so into tomorrow, still those showers moving northwards. there will be fairly hit and miss, not all of us will catch one. 0ut towards the west the rain starts getting into outer hebrides and also western parts of northern ireland. temperatures 15 to about 26 degrees, with a subtle change in the wind direction to more of a south easterly as opposed to the northeasterly we�*ve had in the last few days. and then we�*ve got the rain coming in, we�*ve got showers which could be heavy and thundery, the rain coming in from the west. now, in between, there will be some dry and some bright conditions and we�*ve also got gusty winds across the north and northeast and the southwest but the positioning of those bands of rain could change so do keep watching the weather forecast. 0ur temperatures by then 15 to about 23 degrees. into sunday, you can see we still have our rain moving around our area of low pressure so moving northwards across scotland. the second band follows hot

and pursuit across northern ireland, parts of england and wales as well. some of this could be heavy and again it�*s going to be windy, especially so in the southwest and also the northeast with temperatures up to 24 degrees. as we head into the new working week, low pressure does remain with us and you can see from the isobars, it�*s also going to be pretty windy as well as wet. so the longer range forecast for monday and tuesday remains unsettled with some rain and windy conditions.

this is bbc news. i�*mjoanna i�*m joanna gosling. the headlines at 11am: the boss of the uk�*s third largest energy supplier proposes a plan to subsidise bills for the poorest households as costs continue to spiral. if we don�*t start working on this first thing on monday, we have a new government, a new prime minister, this has to be the first order of business and if we don�*t use every available moment over the next 12 weeks to solve this, we are going to see a winter like never before. speaking live here on bbc news, sir keir starmer denies labour�*s energy policy amounts to "kicking the can down the road", and says more will have to be done early next year to tackle the energy crisis. for the labour party to have a big, bold, strong, fully costed plan, which will not put them through that

misery this winter, is not kicking the can down the road, it is meeting the concerns of millions of people. claims of torture are credible — the un releases its long—awaited report on allegations of human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china. the family of british medic craig mackintosh, who was killed while volunteering in ukraine, have raised more than £4500 to bring his body home. the disaster emergency committee launches an appeal to help millions of people affected by devastating floods in pakistan. tributes pour in for bbc breakfast television presenter and tv personality bill turnbull, who has died at the age of 66. he was funny, when we sat here on the sofa, he was a brilliant journalist and he loved this programme and he loved serving you

the audience. i�*m sure you will miss him but we certainly will. the uk�*s disasters emergency committee is launching an urgent appeal for pakistan today after the devastating floods that have affected 33 million people and left more than a thousand people dead. let�*s now cross over to the live press conference by the disasters emergency committee who are launching it. with food, clean drinking water and shelter. i�*m also pleased to announce that the uk government will beat matching donations for this appeal so for every pound donated by the public, the uk government will

aid match up to £5 million. this means the support will double the impact of those donations and ensure charities on the ground will reach even more people. today we have for aid workers speaking to us directly from pakistan to give us an account of how serious the situation is underground and to provide an insight into how they are reaching the most vulnerable with vital aid and the challenges they all face. there will also be an opportunity for you to ask questions directly to myself and the panellists at the end, so please post your questions directly onto the q and a box at the bottom of the screen. but first i will introduce maryam imtiaz from care pakistan, who hasjust returned from baluchistan, one of the hardest hit areas. thank you forjoining us. what have you seen? hit areas. thank you for “oining us.

what have you seen?_ hit areas. thank you for “oining us. what have you seen? thank you for this opportunity- — what have you seen? thank you for this opportunity. it _ what have you seen? thank you for this opportunity. it would _ what have you seen? thank you for this opportunity. it would be - what have you seen? thank you for this opportunity. it would be fair i this opportunity. it would be fair to say— this opportunity. it would be fair to say the — this opportunity. it would be fair to say the situation on the ground is devastating. there are 33 million people _ is devastating. there are 33 million people who have been affected by floods. _ people who have been affected by floods, over 900,000 houses damaged an 800,000 plus livestock perished. more than— an 800,000 plus livestock perished. more than 2 million acres of crop has been — more than 2 million acres of crop has been washed away, people have notjust_ has been washed away, people have not just lost has been washed away, people have notjust lost their has been washed away, people have not just lost their homes but their livelihoods. 0ver1000 people have died and _ livelihoods. 0ver1000 people have died and many more injured, and major— died and many more injured, and major infrastructures have been lost. _ major infrastructures have been lost, schools, hospitals, markets, bridges— lost, schools, hospitals, markets, bridges and — lost, schools, hospitals, markets, bridges and roads. the infrastructure will take years to rebuild — infrastructure will take years to rebuild. the most hard—hit communities have been living under poverty— communities have been living under poverty line and with little to no access _ poverty line and with little to no access they have had no food or clean _ access they have had no food or clean water. viruses have been circulating _ clean water. viruses have been circulating for provinces have covered _ circulating for provinces have covered themselves with plastic

sheets— covered themselves with plastic sheets to protect themselves from rain. sheets to protect themselves from rain we _ sheets to protect themselves from rain. we know from experience that women. _ rain. we know from experience that women, girls and other marginalised groups— women, girls and other marginalised groups face the biggest challenges in accessing assistance, for example pregnant— in accessing assistance, for example pregnant women have nowhere to give birth safely— pregnant women have nowhere to give birth safely as floods have washed away their homes and health facilities _ away their homes and health facilities and the lives of their babies— facilities and the lives of their babies will be at risk if they cannot— babies will be at risk if they cannot access proper health care. according — cannot access proper health care. according to the un's reproductive health— according to the un's reproductive health agency there are almost 650,000 pregnant women in pakistan's flooded _ 650,000 pregnant women in pakistan's flooded areas. in quater i met a woman— flooded areas. in quater i met a woman who told me she has not been able to— woman who told me she has not been able to nurse her baby as she has had no _ able to nurse her baby as she has had no food — able to nurse her baby as she has had no food herself. she says she fears— had no food herself. she says she fears for— had no food herself. she says she fears for the survival of a newborn and there — fears for the survival of a newborn and there are thousands more like her. violence against women increases _ her. violence against women increases in the aftermath of such

disasters — increases in the aftermath of such disasters with entire villages washed _ disasters with entire villages washed away, families are broken and many— washed away, families are broken and many people sleeping under the sky. the usual— many people sleeping under the sky. the usual social structure that keep people _ the usual social structure that keep people safe has fallen and this can be very— people safe has fallen and this can be very dangerous for women and girls. _ be very dangerous for women and girls, exposing them to risks. that is the launch _ girls, exposing them to risks. that is the launch of— girls, exposing them to risks. that is the launch of the _ girls, exposing them to risks. tngt is the launch of the disaster or emergency committee in the uk appealing for support for those effected in pakistan by that flooding, those heavy rains going on over months now. 33 million people affected in pakistan, 15% of the population and 1100 people have died so now there is uk charity is coming together to appeal for emergency support for those affected. if you want to find out what you can go to the disasters emergency committee website, the ec dollar org .uk. ——

dec.orh.uk. the prime minister is expected to make a significant nuclear announcement today as part of the government�*s long term strategy to bring down energy costs. mrjohnson is due to give details of up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk. however it could take 15 years to build — and a final go—ahead will have to wait for boris johnson�*s successor. jon donnison reports. is going nuclear the answer to britain�*s energy insecurity? the government says it wants to build eight new reactors, including one here at the existing plant at sizewell in suffolk. today, in his final days in the top job, borisjohnson is expected to pledge £700 million towards the sizewell c project, saying he never again wants the uk�*s energy needs to be at the mercy of international markets and foreign despots. what you�*ve got to do — and what we�*ve been doing flat out, really, since putin unleashed his war — is accelerate the supply of uk energy.

but the government is pledging only a fraction of the expected £20 billion that�*s needed for the sizewell c project. it�*s hoped the bulk of the investment will come from the largely state—owned french energy company edf, in a deal that�*s not yet been finalised. please welcome liz truss. and it�*s those vying to be the next prime minister who will have to try and sort out the uk�*s energy crisis. at the final conservative leadership hustings last night, the frontrunner suggested the country was playing catch—up. the fact is, we should have made decisions years ago i about nuclear power. we should be using more - of the resources in the north sea. we should be doing fracking in areas |where local communities support it. | in the meantime, she ruled out limiting energy use this winter. a pledge her opponent said he wouldn�*t make.

and energy rationing? we shouldn't rule anything out because the challenges that we face with this crisis are significant. there is currently one nuclear power plant being built at hinkley point in somerset, but such things take time. a new nuclear power station is likely to take something...at least ten years in order to come online and help us with our energy bills. there�*s no quick fix to the problem that we�*ve got at the moment. so nuclear might provide an energy solution in the long term, but will offer little comfort to those struggling to pay their bills this winter. jon donnison, bbc news. many in the energy industry believe there needs to be an immediate plan to lower bills. the boss of 0vo energy is the latest to put forward a plan. he�*s been speaking to our business editor simonjack. if we don�*t start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister, this has to be

the first order of business. and if we don�*t use every available moment over the next 12 weeks to solve this, we are going to see a winter like never before with people going hungry, going cold, and the nhs being overwhelmed by the health impacts of the energy crisis this winter. there�*s almost nothing that we can do right now that�*s going to be in time for the 1st of october, when prices go up. but there are lots of changes that we can make short, medium and long term to the energy system to make it work better for customers. but we really need to get started straight away. are you in favour of this industry�*s solution of a big fund underwritten by government, which was dismissed by the current chancellor because it wasn�*t targeted enough? richer households are getting the same kind of relief as poorer households. what�*s the answer to that? so we�*ve been arguing and talking to government about this kind of tariff deficit mechanism, so a way to artificially lower

the price of energy for consumers to help shield them from the worst of the price rise. the challenge that we�*ve got is that we don�*t know how long this situation is going to last for. it could be years of higher prices. and one of the ways we think this could be done most effectively is by launching a tariff deficit mechanism, where we lower the price of energy, but we do it for a certain number of units per household in a lower price band that everybody gets access to. and then over and above that, consumers will pay the full price. and what that would mean is that it would disproportionately benefit lower—income households, but at the same time provide everybody with the incentive to find energy savings. it would cost less money to the taxpayer, and it would give more benefit to lower—income households.

that is the boss of 0boe energy with his idea to address that cost of energy. the successor to borisjohnson is of course due to be announced very shortly, that�*s coming on the fifth of september, and as we�*ve been hearing the energy prices issue did come up at the latest leadership hustings. we can talk to our political correspondent helen catt. lots of suggestions but it will be one of two people who get to make the choices. this one of two people who get to make the choices-— the choices. this has come to dominate _ the choices. this has come to dominate the _ the choices. this has come to dominate the contest - the choices. this has come to dominate the contest and i the choices. this has come to j dominate the contest and you the choices. this has come to i dominate the contest and you heard in the hustings last night liz truss rooting out energy rationing, rishi sunak saying that could not be ruled out and we�*ll have to see what the winter brings. we heard more from liz truss to date writing in the son newspaper she said there would be more financial coming, giving

immediate support to make sure people were not facing food bills and that she would be robust in her approach but no specifics about what that help would be, she goes on to say in the article she stands by her stance of saint she is right that she doesn�*t set out that sort of specific until she is in office and has all the information, if it is her. ,, has all the information, if it is her, ,, ., ., has all the information, if it is her. ,, ,, ., ., , her. sir keir starmer has also been s-teakin her. sir keir starmer has also been speaking this _ her. sir keir starmer has also been speaking this morning, _ her. sir keir starmer has also been speaking this morning, what i her. sir keir starmer has also been speaking this morning, what has i her. sir keir starmer has also been| speaking this morning, what has he said? he speaking this morning, what has he said? . . speaking this morning, what has he said? ., , ., ., speaking this morning, what has he said? .,, ., ., ., ., speaking this morning, what has he said? ., ., ., ., said? he has done a radio phone in takint said? he has done a radio phone in taking calls — said? he has done a radio phone in taking calls from _ said? he has done a radio phone in taking calls from people _ said? he has done a radio phone in taking calls from people asking i taking calls from people asking questions. a lot of things that came up questions. a lot of things that came up so one of the first thing is put to him was the issue of strikes. there have been a number of strikes across the country in the number of sectors and there has been an ongoing row in the labour party about whether senior labour figures, shadow ministers, should bejoining strikers on picket lines. it blew up the other week when sam tarry,

shadow transport minister, was sacked because he gave unauthorised interviews on a picket line, but keir starmer standing by the party�*s stance. when it comes to those disputes i completely understand why so many working people feel that they have had below wage increases, ten years of not very much increase in wages and now we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis, so i completely understand what people are going through and i support the right to strike. but i want to ensure we get a labour government and i want to be the labour prime minister and i dont — think the role of the prime minister is to have a cabinet meeting and go on to a picket line because the role of the prime minister is to resolve these disputes because in the end with a strike, pretty

well everybody loses, those who are disrupted and also people who are striking. it is a last resort and they lose money. that attempt to set himself up as a future labour prime minister was evident throughout the 45 minutes he was taking calls so when he was questioned by brexit and asked if it could make the uk grade he gave an unequivocal yes but said changes are needed to be made to make it work and one of the biggest thing is facing any potential leader is the cost of living, those energy bills. labour has used the conservative leadership contest to set out its clear policy that it would freeze energy prices temporarily until april. sir keir starmer was perched on what labour would do at the end of that time because energy bills are unlikely to have gone down by april. he said he accepted that some would need to be done in april but wouldn�*t be drawn on specifics on what that would be. here is what he said about the wider energy strategy from labour.

freeze the price increases across the board for struggling millions of people. freeze it, don't do anything less radical than that and use the excess profits from oil and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay for that. that answers the question, do you get it how hard it is for so many people across the country? i completely get it. you know, my dad worked in a factory, my mum was a nurse. i actually do know what it's like to sit around the kitchen table not being able to pay your bills. i remember our utilities, our phone being cut off because we couldn't pay the bill. so i know what's going through people's minds. how long was the phone cut off for? oh, for periods of time, you know, i don't know, months at a time. but we got to a point where we couldn't pay for the utilities. i'm not claiming great poverty or... no, no, no, it�*sjust interesting that you�*ve been through that. but i do know what it's like to sit around the table and think we can't make ends meet. the other interesting thing from this time the labour leader spent answering questions was that some of

the disquiet that is still in the party did come through. sir keir starmer has tried hard to shift the party quite a long way from where it was in 2017 and some of the callers who content were unhappy with that as a move and questions about whether he had moved it too far away from labour values. he was strong in pushing back against and listed things like the energy price cap phrase as being on board with labour values. . ~' , ., thousands of british university staff have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, the trade union unison are saying. staff including librarians, cleaners and community workers will walk out.

unison have said this ludicrously low increase does nothing to ease financial pressure for thousands of struggling staff so they have voted to strike. no detail yet on when that will be but some of those key staff, cleaners, administrators, librarians and commuters —— security workers, will be walking out. a british man has been killed while volunteering as a medic in ukraine. craig mackintosh, from thetford in norfolk, died last week. his sister has raised more than four and a half thousand pounds to bring his body home. the foreign office says it�*s supporting the family. in a long—awaited report, the un says the allegations of serious human rights abuses in china�*s xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. it found that reports of torture and sexual abuse at detention camps against uyghur muslims are credible — and urged china to release all detainees in xinjiang and comply with international law. china, on the other hand,

has dismissed the findings of the report as a farce planned by the un and western nations. here�*s the chinese foreign ministry spokesman speaking a little earlier. translation: the so-called | assessment is orchestrated and manufactured by the us and some western forces. it is wholly illegal and invalid. the report is misinformation which serves as a political tool for the us and the west to strategically use xinjiang to contain china. our world service asia pacific editor, michael bristow, says china�*s response implicitly affirms the report�*s accuracy. it is interesting to hear the foreign ministry spokesman saying it is misinformation because much of the detail for this report came from the chinese government themselves. the un pored over documents supplied by the chinese government, the reports that they had done,

statistics about what was going on, in xinjiang, so it is from china itself that a lot of this information which drove these conclusions by the un has come. also, you mentioned the delay. this report was released just an hour before the outgoing un human rights commission left office at 11 o�*clock on wednesday evening, right at the last minute. that is because china fought tooth and nail to try and suppress this report and not to get it out. that shows you the credibility they give to it and how much they did not want this report to see the light of day. the detail is interesting because essentially what it does is over the last five years we have had a whole raft of allegations against the chinese government that they had committed abuses against uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. essentially what the un is saying is there is credibility to all those allegations. we are talking about arbitrary detention in camps of hundreds of thousands of people. people were sent there on a whim

by a police officer and they did not know how long they were going, there was no legal redress. forced labour, people were forced into working in factories and other programmes by the chinese government. perhaps most shocking of all is the forced sterilisation of women. from chinese statistics the number of births dropped dramatically after 2017. the un says this essentially amounts to coercion of women�*s reproductive rights in xinjiang, so a whole litany of allegations which the un says essentially are true. joining me now is rahima mahmut who is the uk director for the world uyghur congress. since 2017 she has lost contact with

her own family. thank you for joining us. what is your reaction to this report? t�*m joining us. what is your reaction to this report?— this report? i'm relieved that finall , this report? i'm relieved that finally, having _ this report? i'm relieved that finally, having waited - this report? i'm relieved that finally, having waited for- this report? i'm relieved that finally, having waited for so i this report? i'm relieved that i finally, having waited for so long, last nightjust before midnight it was released and its mixed emotion for me. one of relief but also disappointment that the report didn�*t really mention what the exact crime, the crime is genocide, that is what we believe. you mentioned the timint is what we believe. you mentioned the timing of _ is what we believe. you mentioned the timing of the _ is what we believe. you mentioned the timing of the report _ is what we believe. you mentioned the timing of the reportjust - is what we believe. you mentioned the timing of the reportjust before midnight, the significance of that as it was released on michelle basher late�*s final day on the job after spending four years as un high commissionerfor human rights so it was released at the last moment on her last day in the job. what do you read into that? tt�*s

her last day in the 'ob. what do you read into that?— read into that? it's unbelievable how china _ read into that? it's unbelievable how china had _ read into that? it's unbelievable how china had thought - read into that? it's unbelievable how china had thought this, i read into that? it's unbelievablel how china had thought this, tried read into that? it's unbelievable i how china had thought this, tried to whitewash and bury this report, prevent her from reporting, providing misinformation and completely denying everything that has been happening despite mountains of evidence from leaked documents, satellite images, drone footage and many survivor statements. it�*s just unbelievable. it has been such a long wait for us. we knew the report was ready in september last year. china has responded saying this report is political and misinformation. do you think it will make any difference? t

misinformation. do you think it will make any difference?— misinformation. do you think it will make any difference? i don't expect china to change _ make any difference? i don't expect china to change its _ make any difference? i don't expect china to change its attitude - make any difference? i don't expect china to change its attitude from i china to change its attitude from their behaviour. repeatedly denying what is happening, as i mentioned despite mountains of evidence. i guess the chinese government has no other evidence to show the world apart from completely denying and repeating what they are saying, counterterrorism effort etc, but this report has laid out detailed evidence of sexual violence, torture, disappearance, separating children, forced labour, all these crimes. t children, forced labour, all these crimes. ., ., , ., children, forced labour, all these crimes. ., . . crimes. i mentioned that you have lost contact _ crimes. i mentioned that you have lost contact with _ crimes. i mentioned that you have lost contact with your _ crimes. i mentioned that you have lost contact with your own - crimes. i mentioned that you have lost contact with your own family i lost contact with your own family for five years, lost contact with your own family forfive years, no lost contact with your own family for five years, no contact since 2017. would you mind telling us more about your own experience and what

you understand to have been the experiences of your loved ones? since october 2016i couldn�*t get hold of anyone and then on the 3rd of january 2017, having hold of anyone and then on the 3rd ofjanuary 2017, having called my brother and my sisters many times, finally my eldest brother answered the phone call and he said please leave us in god�*s hand, we leave you in god�*s hand, so indirectly asking me not to call them again and i knew this was notjust like a special kind of incident because i had heard many other uighurs living in turkey and in many other countries receiving very similar messages from

their loved ones and we knew there was something really terrible happening at that time and since then, i didn�*t hear anything. happening at that time and since then, i didn�*t hearanything. i tried to reach out indirectly because i knew if i call them directly it would put them in danger of being detained but there isjust no way, and it is like a general kind of situation, a situation that i can say the majority, 80 or 90% of uighurs living in exile that are suffering, not being able to contact, not knowing what happened to our loved ones. all we know is from the reports from the other investigations, from leaked documents, for example a recent shanzhang lai police file that leaked many photographs. a lot of my

acquaintances found their relative�*s photograph from that police file. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you for having me. the bbc breakfast presenter and reporter bill turnbull has died. he was 66, and had been diagnosed with cancer five years ago. bill turnbull, who appeared on bbc breakfast from 2001 until 2016, had spent his later years campaigning on prostate cancer. the news came in while bill�*s former colleagues and friends were live on air for bbc breakfast. they�*ve been reflecting on his life. i think today after we get over the shock of this, we will start remembering the really funny things that bill did, likejust when i presented with him, his energy was amazing. he came into this programme and threw everything at it every single day. he was funny when we sat here on the sofa. he was a brilliantjournalist and he loved this programme and he loved serving

you, the audience. so i�*m sure you will miss him, but we certainly will too. he was a wise head and he didn't take himself too seriously when he sat here, which is a great combination. i can only say that as a team, we are in shock this morning. we know what he meant to so many of you viewers. and i can honestly say, having worked with bill so closely as mike, you did, charlie, we all did, that he cared so much about this programme and the audience and the words about him being funny and lively to the end, that is what he did. it was like, wow, bill turnbull- is doing this because we knew him as a really serious correspondent. but when he joined us to starti working with him, i did the odd i breakfast shift and i realized howi funny he was, how he could change the mood brilliantly-

between the hard news and the lighter stuff. and he was so funny. and then we developed this banter and he was instrumental— in getting me more regularly on the bbc breakfast. - so he became a mentor, so i owe him so much. i i did my first ever shift with him on breakfast. i can't believe it. he drove this programme, didn�*t he? yeah. and that�*s what, you know, great presenters do and great journalists do. and he we are, of course, sending our thoughts and condolences as well to bill�*s family. we will miss him very much. one side of it, of course, is the professional side that we all knew well. but the most important thing this morning, of course, is his family. so we wish them all the best. i�*m joined now by the professional dancer karen hardy. she was partnered with bill when they competed in strictly come dancing in 2005. thank you forjoining us. i imagine it�*s a hard day. tt�*s thank you forjoining us. i imagine it's a hard day-— it's a hard day. it's a big shock. it has it's a hard day. it's a big shock. lt hasjust _ it's a hard day. it's a big shock. it hasjust hit _ it's a hard day. it's a big shock. it hasjust hit me _ it's a hard day. it's a big shock. it hasjust hit me now. - it's a hard day. it's a big shock. it hasjust hit me now. i'm i it hasjust hit me now. i�*m currently in new zealand so the phone started going like crazy and

the last time my phone went this crazy from the media was the passing of bruce forsyth so thatjust goes to show... of bruce forsyth so that 'ust goes to show. . .— to show... karen, i'm sorry. take our to show... karen, i'm sorry. take yourtime- _ to show... karen, i'm sorry. take your time- it's — to show... karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. _ to show... karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. oh, _ to show... karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's. your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's something _ your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's something to — your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's something to reflect, _ your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's something to reflect, he - your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's something to reflect, he was i your time. it's ok. oh, god. it's i something to reflect, he was such a gentleman, such a mentor. life changing for me. i thinkjust hearing that last summary of everything... hearing that last summary of everything- - -_ hearing that last summary of eve hint... ., ., . everything... you have some water. what is everything. .. you have some water. what is clear— everything... you have some water. what is clear from _ everything... you have some water. what is clear from everybody's i what is clear from everybody�*s memories of him is that he brought a smile to so many faces as well, and

thatis smile to so many faces as well, and that is presumably something you benefited from when you danced with him. ~ ., ., him. when i met him, i had an incredible _ him. when i met him, i had an incredible career, _ him. when i met him, i had an incredible career, i— him. when i met him, i had an incredible career, i had - him. when i met him, i had an incredible career, i had been i incredible career, i had been dancing for 20 odd years, i had won some of the biggest titles in the world and i had long retired and out of the blue i got this phone call from the bbc saying i�*m not sure if you have heard about this tv show strictly come dancing but we would love to have you on it and long story short, bill turnbull was my first ever partner on strictly come dancing and i�*ll never forget, first ever partner on strictly come dancing and i�*ll neverforget, we were never allowed to know who the celebrities were, everything was very secretive and i was driven out in a bbc car, it seemed like we were driving forever and there was this

beautiful driveway we drove up to and all the white thinking what have i done? i�*m coming out of retirement, i have won these titles and i didn�*t know who would be behind the store and i remember standing there and this gruff voice came out from behind, good lord, can we pleasejust get came out from behind, good lord, can we please just get on and get this over with? and i�*ll neverforget it and i said to myself, i�*m hiding outside the door to the camera crew are with me and they say don�*t worry. does this gentleman know what i have given up for him, does he even know who i am and what i have achieved? all that was going through my mind and then i met this man that turned out to be my mentor, friend,

gosh, so much, so much he ended up being and i owe him so much because it was from that first show and my debut on tv that he made tv magical, he told me what it was about and shared all the magic. so he said you said he was your mental, what did you learn from him? —— mental. == mental, what did you learn from him? -- mental. ., mental, what did you learn from him? -- mental-— -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon — -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as— -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as l _ -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as i came _ -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as i came up, _ -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as i came up, he'd - -- mental. -- mentor. if he was on top soon as i came up, he'd go, i top soon as i came up, he�*d go, right, karen. he didn�*t setup correctly. pronounce your words much better. all i�*m saying is a row of teeth and i�*m hearing nothing. i

would get to the point where i�*d come offset and hold my phone and the saying, yes, bill, he�*s the legend of tv. he was into bees. yes. he was into them. i know when he had to move away and leave his beesit he had to move away and leave his bees it was difficult for him. tie: took me to see them and told me the importance of it and told me the importance of it and told me the importance of it and told me the importance of them and he was crazy! the hymn, it was all about the truth and i remember he was, like... filth.

and i remember he was, like... oh, bless you. — and i remember he was, like... oh, bless you, karen. _ and i remember he was, like... oh, bless you, karen. take your time. and i remember he was, like... oh, bless you, karen. take yourtime. i bless you, karen. take your time. i do want to hear from you what was so important to him about the truth. he important to him about the truth. tie: told me about the news and it was always about seeking the truth and finding the truth.— always about seeking the truth and finding the truth. absolutely. well, that is absolutely _ finding the truth. absolutely. well, that is absolutely what _ finding the truth. absolutely. well, that is absolutely what it _ finding the truth. absolutely. well, that is absolutely what it about. i that is absolutely what it about. thank you, karen. thank you for taking the time to talk to us and we wish a peaceful day. thank you. this da we wish a peaceful day. thank you. this day we are — wish a peaceful day. thank you. this day we are remembering bill turnbull who tragically passed away aged 66. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. there will be at least one more, encore, in her singles career

for serena williams, who reached round three of the us open with a stunning win over the second seed anett kontavayt, who�*s in her prime at 26. williams, may be 41 next month, and plans to focus on her family after her farewell grand—slam, but showed, once more, she�*s in no rush to retire as laura scott reports. i�*m going to see serena. they had the hottest ticket in town to watch the hottest ticket in town to watch the next instalment of the serena show, praying it wasn�*t the last. who are you here to see? serena. serena. serena. serena. 0nly who are you here to see? serena. serena. serena. serena. only on paperwas serena. serena. serena. only on paper was the number two seed the favourite there was only one in the sand. —— stands. there was high quality tennis. crowdjeers

cheering but then came the plot twist. it wasn�*t over and williams knew it. the undaunted and unwarranted gate—crasher rewarded with a second set. she knew this could be it but when she broke, 0h, set. she knew this could be it but when she broke, oh, how they roared. cheering it was vintage, valid and in the end, it was victorious. crowd cheers honestly, i�*mjust looking at it as a bonus. i don�*t have anything to prove. i don�*t have anything to win. wild cheering i have absolutely nothing to lose. honestly, i have never got to play like this since �*98, really. literally, i�*ve had an x on my back since �*99. so it�*s kind of fun and i really enjoyed just coming out and so it�*s kind of fun.

it was a memorable match that could so have easily been a final, not a second round. pres)manchester united have signed brazil winger antony from ajax manchester united have signed brazil winger antony from ajax for an initial fee of 95 million euros, that�*s £82 million. the deal, which includes a potential 5 million euros of add—ons, is the fourth most expensive signing in premier league history. the 22—year—old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. and you�*ll be able to catch up with all the latest news from transfer deadline day, with a special episode of the football news show on bbc iplayer from 11 o�*clock tonight. now onto football, and erling haaland, is like a bull in a china shop, and has smashed his way to a premier league record, already, afterjust 5 games.

his second hat—trick in as many games, means he now has 9 for the season, breaking the 5 game record, set a couple of decades if haaland keeps up this rate, he could get 60 by may. there was nothing nottingham forest could do, as champions manchester city won 6—0. but it�*s still arsenal who are the early leaders. they made it five wins out of five, after they beat aston villa 2—1 at the emirates. gabriel martinelli, scoing the winner. there was a dramatic finish at anfield, where liverpool beat newcastle 2—1 with the final kick of the game, fabio, this volley, in the 97th minute handing jurgen klopp�*s side a massive victory after newcastle�*s new signing alexander isaak had opened the scoring. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

that�*s bbc.co.uk/sport. ill be back later with another update. a report has warned that families are on course for the deepest living standards squeeze in a century. the resolution foundation think tank says real household disposable incomes are expected to fall by 10% over this year and the next. it predicts that the number of people living in absolute poverty is set to rise by three million —— to 14 million people. i�*m nowjoined by the lead author of the resolution foundation report, lalitha try. welcome, thanks for joining welcome, thanks forjoining us. so real time income of four by 10%. it's real time income of four by 10%. it�*s a huge drop, the like of which most people have simply not known. what impact is that going to have? so, this is a terrifying fall in incomes. 10% income for over two years is the largest we�*ve seen in at least one century. so, the cost of living crisis is already

something households up and down the country are experiencing. you can see it in food prices, yourfood shop is going up and people will definitely be able to see it when energy bills go up next month but i don�*t know if people quite realise the extent and the debt of this crisis and the effect it will have. we forecast in the number of poverty will be rising by 4 million to 14 million, so explain what that means. so absolute poverty is a fixed poverty measure so we would expect that number to reduce every year as the country experiences natural income growth, however because these are falling, for lower income households and across the distribution to er expecting to see absolute poverty increased by 3

million people over the course of this year and next.— million people over the course of this year and next. absolute poverty is defined by — this year and next. absolute poverty is defined by what, _ this year and next. absolute poverty is defined by what, exactly? - this year and next. absolute poverty is defined by what, exactly? it's i this year and next. absolute poverty is defined by what, exactly? it's a i is defined by what, exactly? it's a fixed measure _ is defined by what, exactly? it's a fixed measure of _ is defined by what, exactly? it's a fixed measure of poverty - is defined by what, exactly? it's a fixed measure of poverty and i is defined by what, exactly? tt�*s —. fixed measure of poverty and defined as 60% of the median income in 2010. in the number of children in poverty, predicted to reach the highest level since the peaks of the 19905? , ., highest level since the peaks of the 1990s? , ., , highest level since the peaks of the 1990s? , ., y , highest level since the peaks of the 1990s? , ., , , ~:: , 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096 ofthe 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096 of the average _ 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096 of the average income _ 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096 of the average income each - 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096 of the average income each year, i 1990s? yes. relative poverty is 6096| of the average income each year, and that changes year by year, where, by the end of a forecast period which is 2026, we are expecting relative child poverty to be the highest it�*s been since the 1990s. he child poverty to be the highest it's been since the 1990s.— child poverty to be the highest it's been since the 1990s. he said people feel like -- — been since the 1990s. he said people feel like -- you _ been since the 1990s. he said people feel like -- you have _ been since the 1990s. he said people feel like -- you have said _ been since the 1990s. he said people feel like -- you have said that - feel like —— you have said that people haven�*t really understood what is happening!

people haven't really understood what is happening!— people haven't really understood what is happening! everyone knows this winter is _ what is happening! everyone knows this winter is going _ what is happening! everyone knows this winter is going to _ what is happening! everyone knows this winter is going to be _ this winter is going to be difficult, for households up and down the country but what people may not have realised is that this income squeezes set to continue through winter and through the whole of next year, as well. so through winter and through the whole of next year, as well.— of next year, as well. so what proposal _ of next year, as well. so what proposal is — of next year, as well. so what proposal is the _ of next year, as well. so what proposal is the resolution i of next year, as well. so what i proposal is the resolution counsel making? and we don't know what the next government is going to do because we won't find who the leader is until next week. what because we won't find who the leader is until next week.— is until next week. what your suggestions? _ is until next week. what your suggestions? we _ is until next week. what your suggestions? we will - is until next week. what your suggestions? we will be - is until next week. what your i suggestions? we will be getting is until next week. what your - suggestions? we will be getting new prime minister next year and top of their agenda has to be doing something about energy costs. we've suggested they could either do that through social tariff where bills would be a bit cheaper for lower income households or they could reduce the cost of energy across the

income distribution which might be bit simpler to implement but might be more expensive so they could offset those costs by increasing income tax. offset those costs by increasing income tax— income tax. effectively means testina income tax. effectively means testing peoples _ income tax. effectively means testing peoples ability - income tax. effectively means testing peoples ability to - income tax. effectively means testing peoples ability to pay l income tax. effectively means - testing peoples ability to pay their energy bills?— energy bills? essentially, the -roblem energy bills? essentially, the problem with _ energy bills? essentially, the problem with this _ energy bills? essentially, the problem with this crisis - energy bills? essentially, the problem with this crisis is - energy bills? essentially, the| problem with this crisis is that it's notjust problem with this crisis is that it's not just affecting problem with this crisis is that it's notjust affecting the lowest income households so may be delivering support by the benefit system would not help people who are earning slightly too much to be entitled to benefits but who are still really, really suffering over this crisis. still really, really suffering over this crisis-— still really, really suffering over this crisis. �* ., , , this crisis. and regarding benefits, ou are this crisis. and regarding benefits, you are concerned _ this crisis. and regarding benefits, you are concerned about _ this crisis. and regarding benefits, you are concerned about how - this crisis. and regarding benefits, you are concerned about how the l you are concerned about how the upgrading happens in september, in september, the amount the subsequent year will be fixed but you think this will be outstripped by inflation so what are you suggesting on that front? at

inflation so what are you suggesting on that front?— on that front? at the moment, september's — on that front? at the moment, september's level _ on that front? at the moment, september's level of _ on that front? at the moment, september's level of cpi - on that front? at the moment, i september's level of cpi inflation sees benefit rises each april. the problem is the energy price cap rises in october so we are asking the government to use october's cpi inflation rise which will better reflect the inflation households are experiencing. you reflect the inflation households are exoeriencing-_ reflect the inflation households are experiencing. you are looking in the short to medium-term. _ experiencing. you are looking in the short to medium-term. de - experiencing. you are looking in the short to medium-term. de have - experiencing. you are looking in the i short to medium-term. de have any short to medium—term. de have any projections or views on what happens beyond this, because when a crisis hits, they would normally have white along tail of impact.— along tail of impact. having looked at what has — along tail of impact. having looked at what has happened _ along tail of impact. having looked at what has happened over - along tail of impact. having looked at what has happened over the - along tail of impact. having looked j at what has happened over the last 20 years, we have not had very strong wage growth and actually real

wages are falling. by the time we get to 2023 we will have wiped out 20 years of wage growth. the government needs to improve wage growth so households will be protected when a crisis like this comes along. we protected when a crisis like this comes along-— protected when a crisis like this comes alonu. ~ . , ., , comes along. we are seeing many new members in — comes along. we are seeing many new members in various _ comes along. we are seeing many new members in various workplaces - comes along. we are seeing many new members in various workplaces voting | members in various workplaces voting for strike action because wages are so much lower than inflation and increases may have been seen as reasonable in recent years but because inflation is at 10%, inflation is outstripping wage growth. inflation is outstripping wage . rowth. inflation is outstripping wage urowth. , ., , ., , , growth. the problem with wage rises durin: this growth. the problem with wage rises during this crisis _ growth. the problem with wage rises during this crisis is _ growth. the problem with wage rises during this crisis is that _ growth. the problem with wage rises during this crisis is that they - growth. the problem with wage rises during this crisis is that they come i

during this crisis is that they come on the back of a decade of wages not increasing very much so it means the cost of living has increased over the course of this decade and wages haven't risen by much and then when a crisis such as this one hits, people are less prepared to deal with the cost of this crisis, which means that even if you are giving out sort of pay increases that might be seen as really big and much bigger than they have been in the last ten years, for a lot of people, they are still not enough. the lead author of the _ they are still not enough. the lead author of the resolution _ they are still not enough. the lead| author of the resolution foundation report, thank you very much for your time. the body representing housing associations in england is urging ministers to help around 400—thousand households who are not 400,000 households who are not

covered by the energy price cap, because their heating is supplied through a communal system. the national housing federation says many people in this situation are elderly or vulnerable, living in sheltered or supported housing projects. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. now it's gone down to 94%. this oxygen machine helps keep maria blamey alive. the 64—year—old suffers from multiple lung conditions. but maria and her husband, richard, fear the impact of rising prices. so they've started to cut down on electricity to ensure her machine can be charged. i don't use the hairdryer any more. everything that needs electric, we turn off. cooking—wise, limit our cooking because it's using electric. so trying to keep it down as much as possible. the couple live in sheltered accommodation in bristol, where they pay £29 a week towards their heating costs. but such properties aren't part of the energy price cap, so their bills are set to rise to £90 a week in october. i've worked all my life, got my pension, got the little, few pensions i've got, but i've thought ahead. but we didn't know this

was going to come. i mean, 50—odd years of working, never worried about... we never wasted electric, so far as we know. we just used it. brought up three children, paid ourway. never been in debt. their housing association, brunel care, owns around 1,000 sheltered accommodation homes across southwest england, supporting mainly elderly or disabled residents. the charity's total energy bill has risen to £7.7 million — four times higher than it was — forcing them to pass the cost on. for most of our residents, it's going to take about 35% of their income. now, the general benchmark is that to be in fuel poverty, you have to spend about 10% of your income on energy. so this is so much higher than that. i don't know how they're going to manage and i don't know how to advise them. it's ridiculous. i can't really absorb it. i mean, you know, ijust

couldn't absorb it. another resident, clifford hodge, doesn't know what he'll do when his energy costs go up. the former navy man, who's on a fixed income, has already seen his other bills soar. just have to cut back on what i spend and, you know, make do, you know, like they did in the old days — reduce down to corned beef and potatoes and make meals last. the national housing federation say 400,000 households in england, mostly elderly and on low incomes, need help, as they get energy through communal heating systems whose prices aren't capped. this type of housing is for people who've experienced domestic abuse. it's housing for people with learning and physical disabilities. it's for older people. and they're going to be least equipped to be able to pay these huge, escalating costs.

we need the government to intervene now and ensure that there is an energy price cap for all households in this country. clifford is understandably proud of his naval service, but his focus is very much on the future, not the past. ministers say pensioners will get £300 this winter to help with rising bills, as well as the £400 that all british households will receive. it'll help, of course, but not enough, perhaps, to calm this proud man's fears. michael buchanan, bbc news. a review into failings at an nhs maternity unit has launched, with a call for affected families to come forward. the independent inquiry, led by midwife donna ockenden, will examine how dozens of babies died or were injured at nottingham university hospitals trust and is expected to take around 18 months. the trust says it welcomes the review. rail workers will go

strike again this month, workers at 12 train companies will walk—out on the 15th of september, with another nine companies and network rail taking action on the 26th of september. the bbc breakfast presenter and reporter, bill turnbull, has died. he was 66, and had been diagnosed with cancer five years ago. graham satchell reports.

up up here is the newsroom of radio six. bill was, at heart, reporter. his bbc career took him to the bigger stories like the bombing of pan am 103 over lockerbie. this may have been one _ pan am 103 over lockerbie. this may have been one of _ pan am 103 over lockerbie. this may have been one of the _ pan am 103 over lockerbie. this may have been one of the shortest - pan am 103 over lockerbie. this may have been one of the shortest days l have been one of the shortest days of the calendar year but the look in the longest. his of the calendar year but the look in the longest-— the longest. his style, honest, straiaht the longest. his style, honest, straight talking _ the longest. his style, honest, straight talking and _ the longest. his style, honest, straight talking and down - the longest. his style, honest, straight talking and down to i the longest. his style, honest, i straight talking and down to earth. on many levels this is a thriving, bustling city. we've been here for 20 minutes and people have made us feel very welcome but there is also a sense that, at any point, something could go wrong. laughter oh, his back. something could go wrong. laughter 0h. his back-— 0h, his back. what you are doing, is a bit of psycho- _ 0h, his back. what you are doing, is

a bit of psycho- campaigning. i 0h, his back. what you are doing, is a bit of psycho- campaigning. no, . a bit of psycho— campaigning. no, not at all. a bit of psycho- campaigning. no, not at all. ., , , a bit of psycho- campaigning. no, not at all. . , , , ., not at all. order has pin restored. he was a was _ not at all. order has pin restored. he was a was ready _ not at all. order has pin restored. he was a was ready with - not at all. order has pin restored. he was a was ready with a - not at all. order has pin restored. he was a was ready with a quick l not at all. order has pin restored. i he was a was ready with a quick one liner. i he was a was ready with a quick one liner. ., , , he was a was ready with a quick one liner. . , , , ., liner. i was interested in your isobars there. _ liner. i was interested in your isobars there. where - liner. i was interested in your isobars there. where they i liner. i was interested in your i isobars there. where they tightly packed? were they tightly packed? but it was while filming celebrity bake off that he revealed his own diagnosis. the bake off that he revealed his own diainosis. ., , diagnosis. the doctor said it is fairly clear _ diagnosis. the doctor said it is fairly clear from _ diagnosis. the doctor said it is fairly clear from this _ diagnosis. the doctor said it is fairly clear from this that i diagnosis. the doctor said it is fairly clear from this that you i diagnosis. the doctor said it is i fairly clear from this that you have advanced prostate cancer. maybe healing properties of your bees... he was very clear with his advice. get yourself tested. if you catch it early then it's much better than finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable _ finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable effect. - finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable effect. people | had a remarkable effect. people seeking diagnosis for prostate cancer went up by one third in a

year. helping thousands of other men remains perhaps his greatest legacy. remembering bill turnbull. the emitter ball bill turnbull. let's get the weather, with carol. after a chilly start between scotland and ireland, we will see some showers in northern ireland through the course of the afternoon and they will fade quite quickly. temperatures range from 13 in lerwick to 25 in london. as we head into london and the overnight

period, some showers coming in across the east. showers will become more widespread and heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. with the approaching weather front coming into the west is not going to be as cold tonight across scotland as it was last night. into tomorrow, as the showers move northwards, it will be fairly hit and miss, the rain will start getting into the outer hebrides and northern ireland. temperatures 15—26 c with a subtle change in the wind direction, south—easterly rather than the north—easterly we've had in the last few days. and then we got the rain coming in. showers, which could be heavy and thundery, rain from the west. in between, some dry, bright conditions and gusty wins across the north— north—east and south—west but the positioning of those bands of rain could change, so do keep watching your weather forecast.

temperatures by then 15 celsius. an area of low pressure moving northwards across scotland, the second band follows across northern ireland and parts of england and wales as well. again, it's going to be windy so in the south—west and north—east with temperatures up to 24 celsius. as we head into the new working week, low pressure remains with us and you can see from the isobars it's going to be pretty windy as well as wet. so the longer range forecast for monday and tuesday remains unsettled, with some rain and windy conditions.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the boss of the uk's third largest energy supplier puts forward a plan to help the poorest households as bills continue to spiral. if we don't start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister, this has to be the first order of business and if we don't use every available moment over the next 12 weeks to solve this, we are going to see a winter like never before. speaking live here on bbc news, sir keir starmer denies labour's energy policy amounts to "kicking the can down the road", and says more will have to be done early next year to tackle the energy crisis. for the labour party to have a big, bold, strong, fully costed plan, which will not put them through that misery this winter, is not

kicking the can down the road, it is meeting the concerns of millions of people. the disaster emergency committee launches an appeal to help millions of people affected by devastating floods in pakistan. claims of torture are credible — the un releases its long—awaited report on allegations of human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china. the family of british medic craig mackintosh, who was killed while volunteering in ukraine, have raised more than four and a half thousand pounds to bring his body home. tributes pour in for bbc breakfast television presenter and tv personality bill turnbull, who has died at the age of 66. he was funny when we sat here on the sofa, he was a brilliant journalist and he loved this programme, and he loved serving you the audience. i'm sure you will miss him but we certainly will too.

welcome. we will hear very soon from the prime minister who will be speaking at an event at the east of england and is expected to announce up england and is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor and reactor in suffolk as part of a strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build on the final go—ahead will have to wait for a borisjohnson's go—ahead will have to wait for a boris johnson's successor. go—ahead will have to wait for a borisjohnson's successor. this is his last major speech as prime minister and he is expected to stress the need to safeguard uk's energy security in worrying times.

his replacement will come in on monday, liz truss currently the front runner but voting continues until today from conservative party members across the country and they have been able to change their votes on line right up until the last moment so we wait to hear on monday who will be the successor and two will be the person tasked with making decisions on energy policy going forward. there have been a number of suggestions including from the bosses of uk energy companies, the bosses of uk energy companies, the latest the boss of the uk's third largest energy company morning households need help to avoid winter hardship. steven fitzpatrick from ovo energy wants the government to subsidise soaring bills, but with help tapering off for high earners who use more electricity.

the picture as you will be aware is those soaring costs. energy prices have rocketed around the world since the russian invasion of ukraine. to date what we will hear from boris johnson is his suggestion of a longer term strategy to deal with energy availability in this country and tried to make this country energy independent with what is expected to be an announcement of up to £700 million for the sizewell c project and he is reportedly also hoping to get a deal with edf and private sector investors agreed in principle soon. it is all part of money that was allocated already in this year's energy strategy to get a nuclear power deal done by the next election so these funds have already

been agreed by cabinet which is why he can announce it now before the new prime minister takes over next week because the continuous line from downing street has been that while conversations have been ongoing from downing street with the bosses of energy firms to try to come up with a weight through as energy prices go up, no decisions will be taken until the next leader of the conservative party, the next prime minister, is announced next week. so here is borisjohnson. thank you for coming today, thank you for coming to sizewell. it's wonderful to see this astonishing plant and to meet the staff and some of the young people who will be working here or already are. when i was a child i had a wonderful book,

a much thumbed ladybird book because the story of nuclear power. it was published in 1972 and i used to go through it again and again and was in thrall to hear how scientists split the atom here in the uk for the first time and they did it in the first time and they did it in the cavendish laboratory is in cambridge and i noted that the world's first civilian nuclear reactor was at calder hall in cumbria, now sellafield. i look back at the optimism that you see on every page on that book and i look at what has happened since and the short termism of the successive british governments and their failure to dojustice british governments and their failure to do justice to work pioneering nuclear history and their abject failure to think of the needs of future generations, above all the families that today are struggling with the cost of energy in this country and i feel like one of those

beautifully drawn illustrations in that ladybird book of what happens in a nuclear pile when the graphite rods are taken out at the wrong moment and my blood starts to boil and steam comes out of my ears and i think i'm going to melt down and i ask myself what happened to us? when sizewell opened in 1966 it was the eight reactor this country had built injust seven years. eight reactor this country had built in just seven years. why have we never got back to that kind of rhythm? have we lost the gumption and dynamism of our parents and grandparents kerr smith went sizewell b, fantastic white dome, was completed in 1995 it was the fifth reactor in seven years remember 1995, an era that was technologically so primitive that people used to use car phones and went to blockbuster to rent vhs

videos. think of that colossal progress in other areas and contrast the paralysis in british nuclear energy. how many new nuclear power stations have we build on the 27 years since, how many slices of bread could we toast with the additional nuclear power, how many washing machines could wave power, how many families have we helped? the answer is zilch. the french have loads of nuclear power stations and have built for more since 1995, bringing the total reactor fleet up to 56. the indians have added 12, the chinese have built more than 50 reactors since 1995 and you know why we've failed? it's not even as though we have some cultural aversion to nuclear power can. i just met those nice protesters outside, it wasn't some lefty thing,

they seem to be objecting to the roads, that's not the issue. i will diagnose the issue. it's called myopia. it's called short termism. it's a chronic case of politicians not being able to see beyond the political cycle. for13 not being able to see beyond the political cycle. for 13 years the previous labour government did nothing to develop this country's nuclear industry. they said it didn't make economic sense. thanks a bunch, tony and gordon. tell that to british businesses and industries that are now desperately short of affordable and reliable electricity, families that are struggling with the cost of heat and light this winter and they are not the only culprits because in the run—up to the 2010 election you will have seen the 2010 election you will have seen the video on youtube of nick clegg, leader of the liberal democrats, who

said the uk shouldn't build more nuclear power stations like sizewell c. he didn't say it was unsafe, he didn't have a theological objection, he said the problem was it wouldn't be completed, at no point starting it because it wouldn't be completed until 2021 or 2022, south thanks, nick. it's because of that kind of myopia that here in the country that first split the atom we have only 15% of our energy from nuclear and it is falling whereas in france it is at 70% and we ask ourselves why france is more self—reliant than we are when it comes to energy, why they find it easier to hold down costs. nuclear always looks when you begin, it always looks expensive to build and run but look at what's

happening today, the results of putin's more. it is cheap by comparison with hydrocarbons today. in fact, if hinkley point c were already running this year, it's been delayed for ages, it would be cutting fuel bills by £3 billion. i will say that again, if hinkley point c were running it now it would be cutting our national fuel bills by three billion pounds so you have to be aware of a false economy. if you have an old cattle that takes ages to boil it may cost £20 to replace but if you get a new want you will save £10 a year for every year on your electricity bill. i remember when the government did the deal on hinkley point c, i think i was in the cabinet and some people protested about the strike price, we

did £92 50 per kilowatt are, very expensive but it doesn't look expensive but it doesn't look expensive today. that is why we need to pull our national finger out and get on with sizewell c, why we are putting £700 million into the deal, part of the £1.7 billion of government funding to develop a large—scale nuclear project to final investment stage in this parliament and in the next few weeks i am confident it will get over the line and we will get it over the line because it would be madness not to. this project will create tens of thousands ofjobs and also power 6 million homes, roughly a fifth of all the homes in the uk so it will help to fix the energy it needs not just of this generation but the next, a baby born this year will be

getting energy from sizewell c long after she retires. this new reactor is just part of our great british nuclear campaign. we will build a reactor a year and again, we will build at least eight of them, large and small modular reactors and they are not the entire solution to our energy needs, we are increasing our own domestic hydrocarbons, we have more gas out of the north sea this year than last year, 26% more, we are putting a big bet on hydrogen, on carbon capture and storage and because of the activism of the government we are racing towards our target of 50 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. 50 gigawatts is roughly half the electricity consumption of this country, from offshore wind and i will tell you who thinks hydrocarbons are the only

answer, offshore wind is not the cheapest form of electricity in this country. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. i will say that again, nine times cheaper than gas because of the insanity of what putin has done and that way it makes sense for us to become more self—reliant and it's entirely clean and grades to renewables are not only helping us defeat climate change and helping to keep bills lower now than they would otherwise be in this crisis. what putin has done is launch a kamikaze attack on the world economy. he doesn't care how much pain russia suffers. he believes ultimately we will french, western politicians don't have the stomach for the fight. he believes we will give up on ukraine, given to

his aggression and go back to mainlining his hydrocarbons. i have to tell you he is wrong in his assumption about the british people. i think he is wrong in his assumption about other european governments. i talked to olaf scholz last night and it's clear that germany is resolute in moving away from dependence on russia and putin in his strategy is going to fail, so we are helping people now with the cost of living and of course there will be more cash to come, whoever takes over from will be more cash to come, whoever takes overfrom me in the months ahead, substantial sums, but even more important than that, our british energy security strategy, great british nuclear, is rectifying the chronic mistakes of the past, taking long—term decisions in this country needs and i would say over the last three years this government has done some pretty difficult things and some of the hardest tasks

you can set a politician, we fixed our relations with the eu, we settled that argument conclusively, we got brexit done and took back control of lawmaking even though we knew it would not be easy, we opened our economy post—covid faster than any other major country because of the speed of our vaccine roll—out, we lead europe in helping the ukrainians stand up to putin and seeing the wisdom in arming and assisting them and at every stage in the last three years and i hope i can say this given it will be one of my class beaches in this office, what we tried to do is put into things this country will need for the long term, to try to look at what future generations will need for their prosperity, their productivity and for their quality of life and to reduce the cost of

living so whether that's gigabit broadband gone up from 7% penetration to 70% of premises, the rate new high—speed rail lines, investing in this country's energy to make vaccines, fixing social care, coming up with a solution for that, it's fair to say this government has not shirked the big decisions. we have looked to the horizon and whoever follows me next week, i know they will do the same so no more national myopia, no more short turnovers and, let's think about the future and our kids and our grant children in the next generation so i say with the prophetic candour and clarity of one who was about to hand over the torch of office, i say go nuclear and goat large and go with sizewell c. thank you all very much.

applause. thank you all very much and i will take some questions from our friends in the media, we have andy bell from channel 5. in the media, we have andy bell from channel5. ., ~ in the media, we have andy bell from channel5. ., ,, , ., channel5. thank you, prime minister- _ channel5. thank you, prime minister. you _ channel5. thank you, prime minister. you just _ channel5. thank you, prime minister. you just said i channel 5. thank you, prime i minister. you just said substantial sums— minister. you just said substantial sums will— minister. you just said substantial sums will be coming to help people with their_ sums will be coming to help people with their energy bills. a lot of people — with their energy bills. a lot of people will look at what you have announced an say that will not help in the _ announced an say that will not help in the short— announced an say that will not help in the short term but he said sums will be _ in the short term but he said sums will be coming, is that wishful thinking — will be coming, is that wishful thinking or have you discussed it with either— thinking or have you discussed it with either of the people who may be your successor and would you like to say your successor and would you like to say whoever — your successor and would you like to say whoever it might folly must go ahead _ say whoever it might folly must go ahead and — say whoever it might folly must go ahead and offer targeted help to people _ ahead and offer targeted help to people in the short term? you will have heard — people in the short term? you will have heard this _ people in the short term? you will have heard this before _ people in the short term? you will have heard this before but - people in the short term? you will have heard this before but it's i have heard this before but it's vital people remember that money is

coming anyway over the next few weeks and months so by october you will have another £650 going to 8 million vulnerable households by the autumn, 29 million, virtually every home in the country will get £400 to help with the costs of energy. every pensioner will get £300, everyone who receives disability benefit and that's one in ten of us, they will get another £150 so there are chunks of money that will keep arriving in people's bank accounts but what is clear from what both candidates have said is that come the new administration there will be a further package that will be announced and we have the fiscal firepower to sort it out and one of the reasons for that is because in spite of the difficulties we have

had especially in spite of covid we have a robust employment situation. we have the revenues coming into the exchequer that will enable us to help people. we got unemployment down to 3.8% which is pretty low, it hasn't been as low as that since i was a kid and that gives us the strength to continue to support people but what i'm trying to say todayis people but what i'm trying to say today is we have to do that but we also have to look at the medium and long term and that is where we failed as a country, we have to be honest with ourselves and now is the time notjust to put in the wind and all the other renewables, notjust to do the hydrocarbons but to remember the vital importance of nuclear in the baseload and the great british nuclear strategy will take us back up to at least 25% of our electricity coming from nuclear, it has to be done and i know the

next leader, whoever he or she may be, will also want to deliver that. camilla turner, the telegraph. hate camilla turner, the telegraph. we know the covid inquiry is coming up which _ know the covid inquiry is coming up which may— know the covid inquiry is coming up which may define your legacy. when you look— which may define your legacy. when you look at — which may define your legacy. when you look at access doubts, problems in schools _ you look at access doubts, problems in schools and delays in ourjustice system, _ in schools and delays in ourjustice system, do — in schools and delays in ourjustice system, do you think enough attention— system, do you think enough attention was paid to the trade—offs of lockdown and looking back would you do _ of lockdown and looking back would you do the — of lockdown and looking back would you do the second lockdown again? | you do the second lockdown again? i think you do the second lockdown again? think it's you do the second lockdown again? i think it's important when people look at this and i have read some of the commentary that appeared in your distinguished pages on this matter, it is important for people to remember what the measures to restrict the transmission of covid were trying to do. we had at the peak of the pandemic about 40,000 people work more in nhs beds, the nhs has a total of about 100,000

birds and we knew that if you had another 20,000, 30,000 more and birds and we knew that if you had another20,000, 30,000 more and it could easily have happened in the nhs, the system would have been overwhelmed and what would have happened is all those cases you just mention from all those people who didn't get the help they wanted with our cardiac, concerns with their cancer diagnosis, all those other health conditions you just described would have been pushed out even further to the right and people would have not come nhs would have beenin would have not come nhs would have been in an even worse position now to deliver the help required so what the government is doing is mounting a massive campaign to cut the covid backlogs, putting 100 community diagnostic hubs, investing in the nhs now to help people get the treatment they need. i appreciate

delays in a&e are very severe and the ambulances are backing up but thatis the ambulances are backing up but that is why we are funding the reforms of social care, trying to help people get out of the acute sector and into a place where they can be treated better but i think there is an inversion of logic going on, people are now saying too much lockdown caused the current problems in the nhs and i'm afraid to say the opposite is the case in the sense that if we hadn't locked down, if we haven't tried to prevent the spread of disease, the problems we are facing now in the nhs would be even worse and i really urge people to think about the logic of what they are saying. natasha clark, the sun newspaper. i are saying. natasha clark, the sun newspaper-— are saying. natasha clark, the sun news--aer. ., ., ., ~ ., ., newspaper. i would love to know what our advice newspaper. i would love to know what your advice might _ newspaper. i would love to know what your advice might be _ newspaper. i would love to know what your advice might be for _ newspaper. i would love to know what your advice might be for millions i newspaper. i would love to know what your advice might be for millions of. your advice might be for millions of brits who _ your advice might be for millions of brits who will be struggling with energy— brits who will be struggling with energy bills, should they be turning down _ energy bills, should they be turning down the _ energy bills, should they be turning down the heating were putting on a

jumper, _ down the heating were putting on a jumper, any words of comfort and i would _ jumper, any words of comfort and i would like — jumper, any words of comfort and i would like to know if you have any regrets _ would like to know if you have any regrets about your time in office? natasha, — regrets about your time in office? natasha, on the second thing i will leave that to you because i'm sure... i'm sure, you know, younger, fitter, more activejournalists sure... i'm sure, you know, younger, fitter, more active journalists than meat can readily uncover things we might have got wrong. if you really put your mind to it. but i think on the whole i'm very proud of a lot of what we did. we had some very tough things to deal with and on the whole of the country has come through them well. to get to your point, families up well. to get to your point, families up and down this country will face a very tough winter and we just have to accept that and i think what i would say to people is that the

government really understands the difficulties you are facing. we totally get it. i want to go back to the things i said to andy about the measures we have in place to reassure people that more is coming, we are on your side and will do all we are on your side and will do all we can to help, but i think what i would like to get over to people is the sense of the future that is going to be better once we become more nationally self—reliant, once we have a british energy security strategy in place that delivers long—term sustainable electricity energy for our people and that is ultimately how to fix this problem so what i would say to people is i know it will be tough and i'm sorry it will be tough but once we are through it will be a much better state and out of this catastrophe of putin �*s war, i think good is going to come in that europe will wean

itself russian hydrocarbons, we are no longer going to be vulnerable to his blackmail and in this country we will have greatly accelerated long overdue reforms and steps to become energy independent in particular by rectifying the damage we have done to our nuclear industry. sam lister, the express. to our nuclear industry. sam lister, the express-— to our nuclear industry. sam lister, the express. given that you mention in our the express. given that you mention in your speech _ the express. given that you mention in your speech about _ the express. given that you mention in your speech about decisions i the express. given that you mention in your speech about decisions that l in your speech about decisions that haven't— in your speech about decisions that haven't been taken on energy can do you regret _ haven't been taken on energy can do you regret not developing fracking more _ you regret not developing fracking more enthusiastically, there was a moratorium which you seem too soft and on _ moratorium which you seem too soft and on recently and also given it is your last _ and on recently and also given it is your last few days in office, david cameron — your last few days in office, david cameron disappeared quite quickly and has _ cameron disappeared quite quickly and has kept a low profile, theresa may is _ and has kept a low profile, theresa may is an— and has kept a low profile, theresa may is an assiduous backbencher, so what kind _ may is an assiduous backbencher, so what kind of— may is an assiduous backbencher, so what kind of ex prime minister should — what kind of ex prime minister should we expect you to be? on the

second thing. _ should we expect you to be? on the second thing, only _ should we expect you to be? on the second thing, only time _ should we expect you to be? on the second thing, only time will - should we expect you to be? on the second thing, only time will tell- second thing, only time will tell but my intention and what i will do is give my full and unqualified support to whoever takes over from me and otherwise ready to get on with life but on fracking, you know, i'm not intellectually, morally opposed to this at all. i think if we could track effectively and cheaply in this country that would be possibly a very beneficial thing. i have to say i'm slightly dubious that it will prove to be a panacea and that is all i would say. i would much rather we focused on the things where we are brilliant and where the

environmental damage is really minimal like offshore wind. did you pick upjust now, can minimal like offshore wind. did you pick up just now, can you remember how much cheaper offshore wind is than gas? nine times cheaper so i rest my case was that we are brilliant at offshore wind, we need to put in sustainable baseload in the form of nuclear. of course we need to diversify and were local communities want different solutions they should be allowed to go for different solutions but i don't think that particular solution will be the panacea some people suggest. i could be flexible but we shouldn't put all our eggs in that particular basket. antonello gomera. speaking about nuclear _ basket. antonello gomera. speaking about nuclear power, _ basket. antonello gomera. speaking about nuclear power, how— basket. antonello gomera. speaking about nuclear power, how certain i basket. antonello gomera. speaking | about nuclear power, how certain are you about _ about nuclear power, how certain are you about what is going on around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in

ukraine — the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine and how close is the risk of a nuclear— ukraine and how close is the risk of a nuclear catastrophe, and secondly still about— a nuclear catastrophe, and secondly still about ukraine, as you mentioned the topic in your speech, we are _ mentioned the topic in your speech, we are seeing a counteroffensive of ukrainians — we are seeing a counteroffensive of ukrainians starting for kherson, do you think— ukrainians starting for kherson, do you think this might be turning point _ you think this might be turning point to— you think this might be turning point to regain crimea and other occupied — point to regain crimea and other occupied russian territories and pushed — occupied russian territories and pushed russia out of ukraine? first on zaporizhzhia, _ pushed russia out of ukraine? f “sit on zaporizhzhia, it's very important to understand this is a huge plant and it delivers a large proportion of ukraine's electricity supply. it's legitimate of the ukrainian government to want to take it back in as effective a way as they can from russian control but it's clearly the objective of the russians about which they are explicit that they want to unplug it from the ukrainian grid and plug it

into the russian grid, and there are much greater nuclear experts to me in this room, i'm told that has all sorts of risks doing something like that. we don't want to take any risks with zaporizhzhia, i think it's important that matteo grossi and the iea are allowed to get in and the iea are allowed to get in and do their inspection but i have to tell you that zaporizhzhia is eight ukrainian plant and ukrainians should have it back in their control and on your point about what is happening in kherson, everybody should not minimise what the ukrainians have already done. it is astonishing what they have done. they have repelled the russians from kyiv and driven them out of huge tracts of territory that the russians had occupied. the russians are making glacial progress in as

they are making any at all, they are not winning and they are not going to win and that is the crucial thing, whatever happens in kherson or the donbas, it's vital that friends of ukraine in the uk or other parts of europe stay absolutely rock solid and steadfast in support for the ukrainians so we shouldn't allow our support to be in any way conditional on what happens in kherson although obviously i hope and pray the ukrainians art successful in what they are doing. it's their country and i have never seen a clearer case are right and wrong, they have an absolute right to defend it and expel the russians from the territories they had occupied. andrew sinclair, bbc. prime minister, many people will

appreciate what you've said. do you worry that your legacy for this part of this country will completely change it with dozens of new substations and lots and lots of pylons cluttering up the countryside. is this the price east anglia has to pay? i countryside. is this the price east anglia has to pay?— countryside. is this the price east anglia has to pay? i thank you for our anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question- — anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question. i— anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question. i can _ anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question. i can see - anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question. i can see the i anglia has to pay? i thank you for your question. i can see the local| your question. i can see the local mp here who is good enough... she's mentioned all this to me herself. even though she's a strong supporter of what the government is doing. we've got to make sure we do this sensitively. i saw protesters outside. i think they are wrong. i think it will be worth it for the country. think of those 6 million homes that are going to have electricity as a result of this incredible project. think of the difference it will make to people in this country and when it comes to east anglia's position in offshore

wind, its formidable and yes, we've got to make sure the cables are putting in a way that is environmentally friendly but it will drive high wage, high skilljobs in this part of the country, as well. as well as being part of the clean, green future for this country so i would be very surprised if the majority of people didn't strongly support this approach. i appreciate there are always going to be descent and objectors. that's the nature of democratic politics, as i've discovered. thank you all, very much. ., ~ discovered. thank you all, very much. . ,, i. discovered. thank you all, very much. . , discovered. thank you all, very much. . much. thank you. boris johnson comini much. thank you. boris johnson coming to _ much. thank you. boris johnson coming to us — much. thank you. boris johnson coming to us live _ much. thank you. boris johnson coming to us live from - much. thank you. boris johnson coming to us live from suffolk. much. thank you. boris johnson i coming to us live from suffolk with that speech which he said was... he summed it up, his message, go

nuclear and go large. having a long—term strategy on providing energy for this country to become self —dependent in the future. he said there was a failure in that, based on short—term is. he said this country only gets 15% of its energy from nuclear and compare that to 70% in france. let's go to michael fitzpatrick, from coventry university, a nuclear expert. i5 university, a nuclear expert. is this the answer? it is for the uk. if you look at countries that do very well on low carbon energy generation, you have france, which heavily relies on nuclear or you have countries with access to hydro

generation or bison that uses geothermal. if you are looking at an energy mix where you want to go heavily on renewables to decarbonise them, as he says, you have to have something to cover your base flow for when renewables aren't generating. women are situation where lack of investment in nuclear means the number of generators and what they will produce over the next decade, we need to turn the clock on that, with nuclear providing much more. ~ ., that, with nuclear providing much more. ~ . , . that, with nuclear providing much more. ~ ., ' . ., ~' more. what difference will it make? it's a major — more. what difference will it make? it's a major investment _ more. what difference will it make? it's a major investment because i more. what difference will it make? | it's a major investment because what that enables is the plant to be accelerated through the detailed design phase, that you can start to look at the various background work that needs to be done. there are major civil and mechanical

engineering problems but once they are constructed, they generate electricity at scale. this will be a three gigawatt plant. it will generate electricity at scale for a long time. one thing is investment, we've heard that the wind is significantly cheaper than gas. one of the reasons for this is because of the reasons for this is because of the reasons for this is because of the amount of investment that we have 13 so if we do the same with nuclear then it will get cheaper too. ' , ., , , too. offshore wind is nine times chea er too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than — too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. _ too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. why - too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. why is - too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. why is it i too. offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas. why is it that | cheaper than gas. why is it that there is renewable energy supplies, there is renewable energy supplies, the bills that people who are signed up the bills that people who are signed up to those on much cheaper than other forms of energy supply? it’s other forms of energy supply? it�*s essentially the renewables do not generate all the time. the win does not always blow and the sun does not always shine. this has to be

backfilled by gas. we know why gas prices have gone up so much because of the conflict in ukraine driving up of the conflict in ukraine driving up the prices. and as long as you don't have anything to replace the renewables with, other than the gas, that always going to be the situation. so having increased level of nuclear could get you to the point where you could use nuclear, renewables and storage technology which we hope will come on in the next 10—20 years which means fossil. be removed from the system altogether. i5 be removed from the system altogether-— altogether. is that a realistic timeframe — altogether. is that a realistic timeframe for _ altogether. is that a realistic timeframe for this _ altogether. is that a realistic timeframe for this country i altogether. is that a realistic| timeframe for this country to altogether. is that a realistic i timeframe for this country to be energy independent if investment goesin energy independent if investment goes in that direction? i energy independent if investment goes in that direction?— goes in that direction? i think we are looking _ goes in that direction? i think we are looking at — goes in that direction? i think we are looking at that _ goes in that direction? i think we are looking at that sort _ goes in that direction? i think we are looking at that sort of- are looking at that sort of timescale. a nuclear plant takes a very long time to construct and come online because of the scale of the project. earlierthis

online because of the scale of the project. earlier this year, we heard about small modular reactors, which are cheaper and faster to construct, and the development of those are running in parallel to the current projects like hinkley point and sizewell. i think if you look ten years from now when we've got a nuclear plant coming online, that's going to be a good launch pad for the next decade of bringing in more nuclear into the mix and hopefully seeing an even further increasing renewables and the availability of those and then your storage technologies that these which means when the renewables aren't generating you don't have to full—back on fossil fuel is. professor michael fitzpatrick, thank you very much. when borisjohnson was speaking he was asked about what is going on in ukraine, particularly at the nuclear power plant there. we are just hearing from ukraine that

the mission there has now arrived. those un inspectors had said they would continue with their visit to the power plant which is being held by the russians some time now. they said they would continue to visit it, despite reports that one of its two working reactors was shutdown on thursday because of russian shelling is. there's been a huge amount of concern around that plant because it is under control of the russians. there has been fighting around it and concerns of what that might mean and concerns of what that might mean and there have been ukrainian attempts to recapture the plant and there has been increased military activity around it. so, the iaea request put in by inspectors, asked

by president volodymyr zelenskyy, we are now hearing that that mission has arrived at the power plant so we will stay across what happens there. china has been urged to release all detainees. china has dismissed the fighting is as a farce planned by the un and western nations. here is

the un and western nations. here is the chinese foreign ministry spokesman speaking a little earlier. the so—called assessment is orchestrated and manufactured by the us and some western forces. it's wholly illegal and invalid. the report is misinformation which serves as a political tool the us and the west to use shing jang to... this woman has had no contact with her family this woman has had no contact with herfamily since this woman has had no contact with her family since 2017. she told me how this had affected her and her love ones but she started off by giving our reaction to that report. having waited for so long, last night, just before midnight, it was released and its mixed emotions for me. one of relief but also of disappointment that the report didn't really mention what the exact

crime is. crime is genocide, we believe. ., ., ., believe. you mention the timing of the re ort believe. you mention the timing of the reportjust _ believe. you mention the timing of the reportjust before _ believe. you mention the timing of the reportjust before midnight. i believe. you mention the timing of| the reportjust before midnight. the significance of that is that was released on the final day on the job after spending years as the un high commissionerfor human rights. what do you read into that? iiiiut’eiii. commissioner for human rights. what do you read into that?— do you read into that? well, it's 'ust do you read into that? well, it's just unbelievable _ do you read into that? well, it's just unbelievable how— do you read into that? well, it's just unbelievable how china i do you read into that? well, it's just unbelievable how china has| just unbelievable how china has fought this, you know, try to whitewash and bury this report, prevent her from reporting and providing this information and completely denying everything that has been happening, despite mountains of evidence from leaked documents and images, footage. many

survivors' statements. it's unbelievable. it's been such a long wait for us. we knew the report was ready in september last year. {irina ready in september last year. china has already — ready in september last year. china has already responded _ ready in september last year. china has already responded saying this report is political. it misinformation. what impact will it have, will it make a difference? i don't expect china to change its attitude. their behaviour is to repeatedly deny what's happening. as i mentioned, despite mountains of evidence. i guess the chinese government has no other, you know, evidence to show the world, apart from completely deny and repeat what they are saying, counterterrorism

effort, etc. but this report has laid out detailed evidence of sexual violence, torture, disappearances, separating children. for labour, all these crimes. i separating children. for labour, all these crimes.— these crimes. i mentioned that ou've these crimes. i mentioned that you've lost _ these crimes. i mentioned that you've lost contact _ these crimes. i mentioned that you've lost contact with - these crimes. i mentioned that you've lost contact with your i these crimes. i mentioned that l you've lost contact with your own family for five years. no contact since 2017. would you mind telling us a bit about your own personal experience and what you understand to have been the experiences of your loved ones?— loved ones? well, since october 2016, i loved ones? well, since october 2016, i couldn't _ loved ones? well, since october 2016, i couldn't get _ loved ones? well, since october 2016, i couldn't get hold - loved ones? well, since october 2016, i couldn't get hold of- loved ones? well, since october i 2016, i couldn't get hold of anyone and then on the 3rd ofjanuary, 2017, having called my brother and sisters many, many times, finally,

my eldest brother answered the phone call. he said please leave us in gods hands. ads, call. he said please leave us in gods hands-— call. he said please leave us in iods hands. �* ., ., , gods hands. a review into failings into an nhs _ gods hands. a review into failings into an nhs maternity _ gods hands. a review into failings into an nhs maternity hospital i gods hands. a review into failingsl into an nhs maternity hospital has come forward. this was at nottingham university hospital trust. natalie and dave from nottinghamshire will be taking part in the review. their baby son, cooper, died when he was just 24 months old. they feel that nobody listened. iie just 24 months old. they feel that nobody listened.— nobody listened. he tried to feed but he cant _ nobody listened. he tried to feed but he cant do — nobody listened. he tried to feed but he cant do anything. - nobody listened. he tried to feed but he cant do anything. he i nobody listened. he tried to feed i but he cant do anything. he couldn't even finish his _ but he cant do anything. he couldn't even finish his cry. _ but he cant do anything. he couldn't even finish his cry. there _ but he cant do anything. he couldn't even finish his cry. there was i even finish his cry. there was nothing — even finish his cry. there was nothing there for him to bring out. the natalie and dave, it was clear from birth that there was something wrong with baby cooper. he died at

home after being discharged from hospital. i home after being discharged from hosital. , , w' home after being discharged from hosital. , , w , home after being discharged from hosital. , , , ., hospital. i 'ust picked him up and there was hospital. ijust picked him up and there was just — hospital. ijust picked him up and there wasjust no... _ hospital. ijust picked him up and there wasjust no... i _ hospital. ijust picked him up and there wasjust no... i gave i hospital. ijust picked him up and there wasjust no... i gave him i hospital. ijust picked him up and there wasjust no... i gave him a | there wasjust no... i gave him a kiss put him back down and then had to go upstairs and tell your wife that your baby is dead. sol to go upstairs and tell your wife that your baby is dead. so i went up and said, i'm sorry, he's not breathing. and said, i'm sorry, he's not breathing-— and said, i'm sorry, he's not breathing. and said, i'm sorry, he's not breathina. . . ., breathing. natalie and david felt midwives had _ breathing. natalie and david felt midwives had not _ breathing. natalie and david felt midwives had not been - breathing. natalie and david feltl midwives had not been interested breathing. natalie and david felt i midwives had not been interested in coopefs midwives had not been interested in cooper's condition. i had midwives had not been interested in cooper's condition.— cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times — cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times that _ cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times that he _ cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times that he was _ cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times that he was quite i cooper's condition. i had mentioned a few times that he was quite blue. | a few times that he was quite blue. blue round his nose and mouth. 50, blue round his nose and mouth. so, very triangular to his face, his hands — very triangular to his face, his hands and _ very triangular to his face, his hands and feet were almost purple. those _ hands and feet were almost purple. those were — hands and feet were almost purple. those were the only concerns from the family. cooper never his eyes. he was very quiet. he the family. cooper never his eyes. he was very quiet.— the family. cooper never his eyes. he was very quiet. he wouldn't feed. the said, he was very quiet. he wouldn't feed. they said. why _ he was very quiet. he wouldn't feed. they said, why aren't _ he was very quiet. he wouldn't feed. they said, why aren't you _ he was very quiet. he wouldn't feed.

they said, why aren't you feeding? l they said, why aren't you feeding? she's worried about the way her baby is presenting. she's worried about the way her baby is presenting-— is presenting. natalie and dave feel opportunities _ is presenting. natalie and dave feel opportunities were _ is presenting. natalie and dave feel opportunities were missed - is presenting. natalie and dave feel opportunities were missed to - is presenting. natalie and dave feel opportunities were missed to save i opportunities were missed to save baby cooper's life and instead, were left with the task of telling their older children of his death. i looked at them and look them in the eye and said, he's dead and he is not coming back, and paisley... and paisley was the worse because she askedif paisley was the worse because she asked if it was because she didn't love him enough. iiiiuiith asked if it was because she didn't love him enough.— asked if it was because she didn't love him enough. with the maternity services, love him enough. with the maternity services. it's — love him enough. with the maternity services, it's very _ love him enough. with the maternity services, it's very much _ love him enough. with the maternity services, it's very much potluck- love him enough. with the maternity services, it's very much potluck on . services, it's very much potluck on your care. there is no continuity. so if you've gone in and had an amazing experience, that lucky because it is potluck and it should not be that way.— because it is potluck and it should not be that way. everybody deserves the best care — not be that way. everybody deserves the best care and _ not be that way. everybody deserves the best care and everybody - not be that way. everybody deserves| the best care and everybody deserves the best care and everybody deserves the same care. the best care and everybody deserves the same care-—

the same care. natalie and dave talkin: to the same care. natalie and dave talking to us _ the same care. natalie and dave talking to us there. _ the bbc breakfast presenter and reporter, bill turnbull, has died. he was 66, and had been diagnosed with cancer five years ago. bill turnbull who appeared on bbc breakfast from 2001 until 2016, had spent his later years campaigning on prostate cancer. graham satchell loks back at his life thank you for letting me into your home in the morning, whether it's in the kitchen, the living room or, as i'm often told, the bedroom. and whether you've been with us for the past 15 years orjust this morning, i hope you find it worthwhile. it certainly has been for me. breakfast, back as usual tomorrow from six. until then, have a great day, bye—bye. bill turnbull�*s final show on bbc breakfast tv in 2016. he became a much loved fixture in people's homes. so this is where it all started for me, up there on the top floor of those windows there, was the newsroom of radio clyde 261, the heartbeat of glasgow and the west of scotland. it's where i learned my craft as a cub reporter, had to learn some very tough lessons, very quickly. bill was at heart, always a reporter. his bbc career took him to the biggest stories, like the bombing of pan am flight

103 over lockerbie in 1998. this may have been one of the shortest days of the calendar year, but for lockerbie, it's been the longest in its history. his style, honest, straight talking, down to earth. on many levels this is a thriving, bustling city doing very good business, like many others. we've been here for about 20 minutes and people have made us feel very welcome. but there is also a sense that at any point, something could go wrong. from tear—away toddlers... 0h, he's back. what you're doing here is a bit of psycho—campaigning, you are planting a seed of doubt in the electorate's mind... ..to prime ministers... even if it explained away later. order has been restored. ..he was always ready with a quick one—liner. well, i was taking great interest in your isobars there, would you say

they were tightly packed? they are quite tightly packed, yes. bill became a star of shows like strictly. but it was while filming celebrity bake—off for stand to cancer that he revealed his own diagnosis. the doctor said it's fairly clear from this that you have advanced prostate cancer. may the healing properties of your bees... again, bill was straightforward about the condition, clear with his advice. for heaven's sake, go and get yourselves tested. if you catch it early then that's much better than finding out too late. his openness had a remarkable impact. the number of people getting treatment for prostate cancer went up by more than a third in a year. it's very heart—warming when people get in touch and i think, i have done at least one useful thing in my life. helping thousands of other men remains, perhaps, his greatest legacy.

earlier, i spoke to the professional dancer karen hardy, who was partnered with bill when they competed in strictly come dancing in 2005. she started by reflecting on today's news. it's a big shock. it's just hit me now. i'm currently in new zealand so the phone started going like crazy and i think, believe it or not, the last time the phones went this crazy from the media was the passing of bruce forsyth. it'sjust so... karen, i'm sorry. bruce forsyth. it's 'ust so... karen, i'm sorry._ bruce forsyth. it's 'ust so... karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. it's, — karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. it's, 0h, _ karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. it's, oh, my _ karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. it's, oh, my god. - karen, i'm sorry. take your time. it's ok. it's, oh, my god. it's - it's ok. it's, oh, my god. it's something to reflect with this gentleman, such a gentleman, such a mentor. life changing for me. just

hearing that last summary of everything... it's ok. we hearing that last summary of everything... it's ok. i've got water ready- _ everything... it's ok. i've got water ready. yes, _ everything... it's ok. i've got water ready. yes, you - everything... it's ok. i've got water ready. yes, you have i everything... it's ok. i've got - water ready. yes, you have some water. i think people's memories of him, i think he brought a smile to so many faces too and that's presumably something you benefited from when you danced with him? it’s from when you danced with him? it's hard. from when you danced with him? it�*s hard. when i met him, i had had an incredible career. i had been dancing for the last 20 or do years. i had won some of the biggest titles in the world and i had long retired and out of the blue i got this phone call from the bbc saying, i'm not sure if you've heard of strictly come dancing but we would love to have you on it. and, long story short, bill turnbull was my first ever partner on the show and i will

never forget, ever partner on the show and i will neverforget, you know, we were neverforget, you know, we were never allowed to know who the celebrities were. everything was very secretive. i was driven out in a bbc car into what seemed like a forest. we were driving forever and there was a beautiful driveway we drove up to and all along i was going, "what have i done? i've come out of retirement! what am i doing?" i didn't know who would be behind the door and i remember standing there and this gruff voice came out from behind, "good lord! can we pleasejust get on from behind, "good lord! can we please just get on and get this over with!" i said to myself, and i'm hiding outside the door, the camera crew were with me and i'm going, does this gentleman even know what i've given up the him? does he even know who i am and what i'd achieved in my life? all of that was going

through my mind and then i met this man. that turned out to be my mentor, friend, 0h, man. that turned out to be my mentor, friend, oh, gosh. so much. so much, he ended up being. i him so much because it was from that very first show in my debut on tv that he made tv magical. he told me what it was about. he shared all the magic. so you said he was your mentor. what did you learn from him? filth. so you said he was your mentor. what did you learn from him?— did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much- they'd — did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. they'd invite _ did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. they'd invite me _ did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. they'd invite me on _ did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. they'd invite me on the - did you learn from him? oh, gosh. so much. they'd invite me on the couch. much. they'd invite me on the couch on bbc breakfast to talk about the show and if he wasn't on, if it was someone else doing breakfast that

morning ijust knew he would be watching because as soon as i came off, he would say, right, karen. you did not sit properly. all i'm seeing is a load of teeth and i'm hearing nothing. i got some point where i would come off set and hold my phone and oh, there he is! yes, bill. yes. he taught me... he's the legend of tv. he was into bees. i'm going to change the subject. he tv. he was into bees. i'm going to change the subject.— change the sub'ect. he was into bees! he had — change the subject. he was into bees! he had to _ change the subject. he was into bees! he had to leave _ change the subject. he was into bees! he had to leave them - change the subject. he was into i bees! he had to leave them down south when he moved because it wasn't so windy. he south when he moved because it wasn't so windy.— south when he moved because it wasn't so windy. he took me to see them. he wasn't so windy. he took me to see them- he put _ wasn't so windy. he took me to see them- he put me — wasn't so windy. he took me to see them. he put me in _ wasn't so windy. he took me to see them. he put me in that _ wasn't so windy. he took me to see them. he put me in that outfit - wasn't so windy. he took me to see them. he put me in that outfit and | them. he put me in that outfit and them. he put me in that outfit and the things that i would leave the

bill, 0h, the things that i would leave the bill, oh, my god. it was crazy. i remember... i'm probably going to have to go because i'm crying too much now but for him, it was all about the truth. and i remember him saying... about the truth. and i remember him sa inc . .. , , , about the truth. and i remember him sa in... , . about the truth. and i remember him sa in... , ,, . saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take our saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take yourtime- — saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take yourtime- i— saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take your time- i do _ saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take your time. i do want _ saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take your time. i do want to _ saying... oh, bless you, karen. take your time. i do want to hear- saying... 0h, bless you, karen. take your time. i do want to hear what - your time. i do want to hear what was so important to him about the truth and then we'll let you go if you can... he truth and then we'll let you go if you can- - -_ truth and then we'll let you go if ou can... . ., you can... he taught me about the news and it — you can... he taught me about the news and it was _ you can... he taught me about the news and it was always _ you can... he taught me about the news and it was always about - you can... he taught me about the i news and it was always about seeking the truth, no matter what. karen hard , the truth, no matter what. karen hardy, remembering _ the truth, no matter what. karen hardy, remembering bill- the truth, no matter what. karen| hardy, remembering bill turnbull the truth, no matter what. karen hardy, remembering bill turnbull who has died at the age of 66. the ipm uses coming up with ben brown but right now let's get a look natural weather now. hello, there. the day

is the first of the meteorological autumn and we have low pressure setting into bring some of us wet and windy weather followed by sunshine and showers. that team will last into next week as well but we have high pressure dominating the scene today. some weather fronts affecting southern parts of the country. a bit more ploughed around. a few showers with heavier ones later in the day. sunnier for scotland and northern england and mainly dry here. temperatures 20-21 c. mainly dry here. temperatures 20—21 c. below the mid—20s for england and wales. this evening and overnight, showers more widespread across britain. heavy showers with a rumble of thunder and pushing into western scotland and northern ireland. warmerair western scotland and northern ireland. warmer air tonight so temperatures not as low across scotland as they have been the last few nights. friday is a mixed picture, fine and dry when showers

for northern ireland in western scotland. a few showers dotted around england and wales but worn with highs of 26 celsius. as we move out to friday into the start of the weekend, this area of low pressure really gets going and sits towards the west of the country so it's going to be an unsettled day, windy for scotland and northern england and they will be a line of thundery showers, slow—moving at times with wet weather pushing into wales and northern england. again, quite warm in the south and the aged, 23—24 c. cooler out west where the wind and rain has been. a brisk of gates in the south—west, heavy rain, pushing northwards. showers getting towards the east but the weather front will fizzle as it pushes into the south—east. some warmth but a little bit fresher further north and west because of the wind and rain. the low pressure sets out to the west so

we are heading into next week and they will be blustery showers, some heavy rain and thunder. you are showers tending to affect the east and the south—east where we will see the best of the temperatures.

the star of the breakfast sofa, bill turnbull, has died at the age of 66 after a long struggle with prostate cancer. his family said he brought warmth and humour into people's homes — and he's been praised for raising awareness about the disease which eventually killed him. it's very heart—warming when people get in touch and i think, "well, i have done at least one useful thing in my life." we'll be looking back on bill turnbull�*s career and discussing his warnings about prostate cancer with our medical editor. also this lunchtime... go nuclear, says borisjohnson, as he promises £700 million for the sizewell c power station project — his last major speech as prime minister. so i say to you with the prophetic candour and clarity of one who is about to hand over the torch of office, i say go nuclear and