good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today... an evacuation operation begins in corfu, where wildfires are threatening parts of the north of the island. relief flights will begin today in roads. i have never been so scared in my — today in roads. i have never been so scared in my life. _ today in roads. i have never been so scared in my life. running _ today in roads. i have never been so scared in my life. running down - today in roads. i have never been so scared in my life. running down to l scared in my life. running down to the beach. spain's general election ends in deadlock — the centre—right people's party win the most seats but, it may not be enough to avoid another vote. have shoppers lost their appetite for meat alternative and vegan food? cost of living pressures feel it is

too expensive. i have come to a factory in milton keynes to find out more. brian harman makes it through the rain at royal liverpool. despite soaking conditions — it's all smiles — as the american holds his nerve to win the open. british cinemas report their biggest audiences since before the pandemic — thanks to the release of two blockbuster films — barbie and oppenheimer. a chilly start in the north of the country this morning compared with the south where we have a weather front producing heavier rain. that will clear away. front producing heavier rain. that will clearaway. forall front producing heavier rain. that will clear away. for all of us a day of sunshine and showers. all the details later on in the programme. it's monday, the 24th ofjuly. wild fires wildfires broke out last night in

coffee. around 19,000 people have already been evacuated from rhodes. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. fires have made rhodes a holiday hell. flames turning skies red overnight. british holidaymakers are among those fleeing for their lives. it literally felt like we were in some sort of apocalypse film because the sky behind the hotel was lit up bright orange and red. the hotel was abandoned. there was just things, sort of people who'd been by the pool. stuff has been totally abandoned by the pool. suitcases abandoned in the lobby, on the beach. there wasn't enough coaches to move 800 people. but the fire was coming. the smoke was coming. so we all set off on foot. i walked 12 miles in this heat yesterday. it took me four hours,

along with 800 — 700 or 800 other people. we were told to go to the beach because there'll be boats coming. this happened four times and then they moved us off the beach. "carry on walking. keep moving away." many took to the roads, either evacuated by coaches or hire cars. 16,000 have left by land, 3,000 by sea. it is the biggest evacuation from wildfires greece has ever seen. at rhodes airport, huge queues as people wait days to be evacuated with little food and drink. no clue what's going on. there's been absolutely no communication. all we've heard of flights to take us out are from the news. jet2 and tui have cancelled flights to rhodes, but airlines are flying british nationals out with two repatriation flights organised by easyjet leaving today. the greek tourism minister called for perspective and said the island's fire

service was in control. we remain very vigilant. our very brave firemen are working around the clock to ensure that the fire doesn't get out of reach. as i said, currently, it's10% of the island in rhodes that has been affected. the foreign office has sent a rapid deployment team of five, and four british red cross responders to rhodes to help authorities with bringing british tourists back home. but now corfu, another popular holiday island, is on fire. a blaze broke out in the northern part of the island, which is popular with british tourists, and an evacuation order has been issued. with the greek fire brigade now forecasting fires will break out on other islands, including crete, the nightmare on the holiday islands rages on. louisa pilbeam, bbc news.

passengers began arriving back in the uk from rhodes overnight on scheduled flights, and our reporter simon hare was at east midlands airport, to hear about some of their experiences. here at east midlands airport in leicestershire, we've seen scheduled flights returning from rhodes overnight and many relieved holidaymakers and their relatives here in the arrivals lounge. we've heard stories of evacuation, of power cuts at hotels, holidays cut short and lots and lots of smoke from those wildfires in rhodes. close up, it looked like hell on earth, to be honest. and, you know, there's a lot of fire, but ijust hope everybody is ok. we heard multiple sirens this morning. all the power went off, so we were panicked. you saw everyone coming out in their balconies trying to see what's going on. no—one was telling us anything. i think we went to some

of the actual hotel staff, knew that there was fires and stuff, but i don't think anyone realised how bad it was when you're like, no, the centre of it. yeah. we got to the airport ati am. so yeah. you had to wait 16 hours for yourflight home. well, many flights and holidays to rhodes have been cancelled, but flights to repatriate stranded holidaymakers are still going ahead. and later today, easyjet putting on an extra two flights as well. and if you've got a holiday or a flight to rhodes booked in the near future, the advice is to contact your travel operator or hotel. simon hare, bbc news, east midlands airport. travel expert simon calder will be here at 6:30am with help and advice for those hoping to travel to greece — or looking to get home. plans to prioritise building new homes in inner city areas rather than

in the countryside are expected to be announced by the prime minister later today. we'rejoined now by our senior political correspondent, nick eardley. what will the government to announce? it what will the government to announce?— what will the government to announce? , ., ,, announce? it has been a tricky issue for the government _ announce? it has been a tricky issue for the government trying _ announce? it has been a tricky issue for the government trying to - announce? it has been a tricky issue| for the government trying to balance the need for new homes which everyone accepted that and some of the local opposition you get from people to building on the back yard. we are going to see another attempt to answer it this morning from the prime minister and from michael gove, the minister in charge of housing. firstly the prime minister is going to say, we promise to build a million houses by the next general election. we are still confident we are on course to do that. he is going to say those houses should be in inner cities rather than the countryside. basically, they want it on brownfield sites rather than greenfield. that has become a big

part of the political debate because there has always been the question over whether it is fair to build loads more houses in the countryside. the government is going to come down firmly today on the side of saying, that does pose questions for how exactly you meet the targets the government set. to do it, ministers are going to announce some reforms. they are going to make it easierfor announce some reforms. they are going to make it easier for people to build lofts or extensions to the houses. they're going to talk about making it easier to turn retail sites like shops or restaurants into houses if you want. i do think i'm going to talk a lot about this over the next year or so in the run—up to the next year or so in the run—up to the general election. labour is saying, the government is running scared of its own backbenchers when it comes to radical reform of the housing sector that is needed. they want ministers to go a lot further in introducing targets for building new homes. it is a big debate. i

think we will see a lot of the politics in this playing out as well. we talk later. a group of more than 60 organisations has called on the government to do more to support social care in england. the care and support alliance says no progress has been made to improve the sector — and millions of people have been left struggling. the government says it's "fully committed" to its ten year plan to reform adult social care. events were disrupted over the weekend, due to heavy rainfall and flood alerts. organisers of northern pride in newcastle were forced to close the festival's site after it became "unsafe," while bluedot festival in cheshire had to turn away those with day tickets as entrances became flooded, meaning only those already on site could be accommodated. it reached saturation point after unprecedented amounts of rain.

the number of breakdowns caused by potholes, hit a five year high in the three months tojune, according to new figures. the government has already announced an extra 200 million pounds, to help local authorities in england pay for repairs. the simultaneous release of two films — barbie and oppenheimer — resulted in a bumper weekend for cinemas across the uk. the chain, vue international, said they'd seen their biggest audience numbers since before the pandemic. our reporter gareth barlow has more. hey, barbie, can i come to your house today? it's been a box office weekend unlike any we've seen in recent years. on friday, barbie and oppenheimer both hit the big screen, becoming a cultural smash hit, or barbenhim, as it's now known. or barbenheim, as it's now known. # closer...# agh! we've got one hope. all america's industrial—minded scientific innovation connected here — a secret laboratory. for vue, europe's largest

privately—owned cinema chain, it's been the second busiest weekend in the firm's history, as fans flock to see a vision in pink and a vision of a deadly dark past. i just love the reaction that everyone's had to the film. like, so many peoplejust dressing up in pink. like, you know who's going to go and watch barbie? can't recommend it enough. best thing i've probably seen this year. what was so good? just about women empowerment. i don't think one can exist - without the other because i think in the culture, what created such l anticipation for those two films i i is actually, you know, the clashl that everybody thinks, you know, that it was going to bring out. many moviegoers have done the double — watching barbie and oppenheimer back—to—back, racking up 4 hours and 5a minutes of screen time in the process. and, for the industry, success this weekend was vital. we are now facing an actors' strike. we're well into an actors' strike now as well, which does leave a bit of a murky future in terms of when big films are

going to be released. so, yeah, i think it is... it is incredibly heartening to see. turn to the barbie next to you and tell her how much you love her. compliment her. it's a sentiment that definitely rings true for both film—makers and film—goers, gratefulfor a big weekend on the big screen. are we saying there's a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world? thankfully, it seems the only thing that might be broken are more records. gareth barlow, bbc news. sounds like a good idea. what we do when it is raining outside? go to the cinema. along with millions of other people. the weather has not been great, has it, it has been pouring down across the uk. goad pouring down across the uk. good morninu. pouring down across the uk. good morning- this— pouring down across the uk. good morning. this weekend _ pouring down across the uk. good morning. this weekend we - pouring down across the uk. (13cm morning. this weekend we saw a lot of rainfall in a short amount of time. the rain affecting the cricket

yesterday is continuing to push south. it will eventually clear. we are looking at a mix of sunshine and showers. here is the band of rain. quite heavy. you can hear the odd rumble of thunder. it does pull away and then a lot of dry weather but still some showers. later in the day a new weather front coming in across the north west of scotland will introduce showery outbreaks of rain. not as windy as it was this weekend but it will still be a breezy day. nonetheless we have temperatures 14 in the north to 18, nonetheless we have temperatures 11; in the north to 18, 19, maybe 20 in the channel islands. as we head on through the evening and overnight we hang on to some of the showers. across the north of scotland they will be frequent and heavy, some of them will merge to give prolonged spells of rain. also clear skies and the winds is wilful that bit lighter except across the north—east of scotland. we could see mist and fog patches forming. overnight lows

lower than the nightjust gone. we are looking at eight and 12 degrees. tomorrow very much is the day of sunshine and showers. again some of the showers in the north will merge, they will be heavy and give prolonged spells of rain. it will become drier across the south west as a ridge of high pressure starts to building. we will see a bit more sunshine. temperatures ranging from 13 in the north to 20 in the south. thank you very much. the snap general election in spain has resulted in no clear majority. our correspondentjoins us live from madrid. we waited so long for this defining moment in this defining election but things look a bit stuck this morning.

election but things look a bit stuck this morning-— election but things look a bit stuck this morning. yes. that is certainly the case. this morning. yes. that is certainly the case- the _ this morning. yes. that is certainly the case. the winner _ this morning. yes. that is certainly the case. the winner of _ this morning. yes. that is certainly the case. the winner of this - the case. the winner of this election, as we heard, the conservative people's party fell short of the majority, even with the support of the far right vox party, they will be unable to form a government. the winning party will almost certainly fail to form a government. the runner—up would be invited to try to form a government. in a way, he was the big winner in this election. he performed much better than expected, pushing the conservatives very hard. above all, he appears to have prevented them from being able to form a new

government. he will be invited to try to form a new government. again it looks like it will be difficult for the socialist to do that. they will have slightly more chances than the conservatives. in order to do so they would need the support of an array of catalan and basque nationalist parties. among them a hardline n pro—independence party wanting to hold an independence in catalonia. looks like that could be a sticking point and preventing mr sanchez from forming a new government. if that is indeed the case we have a stalemate and we go to an electoral repetition a few months down the line. find to an electoral repetition a few months down the line. and you it all over again- — months down the line. and you it all over again. thank _ months down the line. and you it all over again. thank you _ months down the line. and you it all over again. thank you very - months down the line. and you it all over again. thank you very much - over again. thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at today's

papers, and as you'd expect many are leading with the situation in greece. rhodes on fire, is the headline on the front of the metro alongside an image of families making their way to safety on the holiday island. the daily telegraph reports that travel companies are under pressure to repatriate thousands of britons from the greek island. the paper says it understands the prime minister is urging firms to ensure tourists who want to return home, can do. the allied warns against "fiddling with green policies" in the face of what it calls a �*widening split�* in the party over whether to scrap "unpopular, expensive" climate pledges. and the guardian features an image of england captain ben stokes yesterday who said his teams ashes hopes being over was a "tough pill to swallow. " australia retained the urn with one test to play after the fifth day at old trafford was washed out by heavy rain.

there is a theme this morning. this is a picture of spectators sitting in torrential rain yesterday. you have really got to love golf to do that. that was at the royal liverpool. a tremendous few days. a gorgeous place to host it, right on the beach, very beautiful. the weather was terrible. that could have been so many events in so many parts of the country. lots of things were cancelled, especially in the north. flood alerts in england. the ashes we mentioned. a festival in cheshire. all cancelled because of the weather. the green man, who lets you cross the road as a pedestrian, he is going to give us a little bit longer. apparently because we are getting slower and more unfit, a bit older, we need longer to cross the road. i think that is true. currently it is 6.1 seconds to cross two lanes and we are getting an extra second, 7.3 seconds. that is a

very good idea. nothing being scarier than being halfway across and the green mangoes. that means extra time waiting in your car. yes. extra trafficjams. that might make some people grumpy. happy rush hour! when the taliban took over kabul nearly two years ago, many members of the afghan national women's football team escaped to australia. they've now settled in melbourne and are continuing to play. but because the taliban have banned women's sport, fifa has refused to recognise them as a national team. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has been spending time with the players and joins us now from sydney. great to see you. tell us about their story. it is incredible, isn't it? it is . uite it is incredible, isn't it? it is quite remarkable. _ it is incredible, isn't it? it 3 quite remarkable. spending time with them is such a privilege to be privy to their back stories. how difficult it was for them to get out of kabul

at the time of the taliban takeover, one of them told me she was seller delayed macro separated from her family. she had to cut the connection to survive and do what she loves. you can see what it means to her, that they can play football and do what they love. you can see how conflicted they are. on the one hand they can do what they love but there is anxiety, loneliness went knowing family and friends are at risk. they have represented their country before as a national team and are calling on the 30 recognise them officially again. this is not prep for a world cup game, but these women have already come a long way. two years ago, they were running for their lives, fleeing their home country after the taliban takeover. they're safe now, following their dreams. but it's not lost on them that millions of their country women can't do the same.

everything you see here, the jerseys they're wearing, the hairstyles. even the laughter is enough to get them severely punished or killed had they stayed in afghanistan. now, there are many people who are in a voiceless journey, and i have to be the voice for them. i have an obligation to represent those ladies back in my home country. those who cannot study, those who cannot work, and those who cannot play soccer or do anything they like. so now i'm representing them and i feel more strong and proud and it will be awesome to represent that country that women and ladies are banned from everything there. it's a bittersweet moment for these players representing afghanistan nearly two years after they fled their home country. many say this is much more than just about football for them. "we play for afghan women," they tell me, "and we pray for their freedom."

none of them take this moment for granted. the taliban government has banned women's sports, which means they're not officially recognised by their country or fifa. i'm very sad. i was expecting a lot from the governing bodies of football. to stand with these women, when taliban say the women of afghanistan belong to the kitchen, these women sacrificed a lot to change that mindset, that women don't belong to the kitchen, women belong to everywhere in the society and that's what we want — the leadership. we want a strong voice to stand with us and just don't keep silent. we've asked fifa for a response and they sent us this statement, saying that the selection of players and teams representing a member association is an internal affair, adding that fifa does not have the right to officially recognise any team unless it is first recognised by its own association. they also said that they'll continue to closely monitor the situation

of the afghan team. doing what they love comes at a heavy price. the constant anxiety about the safety of family and friends back home and the loneliness of having left everything behind. these players have given up a lot for football and they're hoping that football doesn't give up on them. a few days ago the afghan players were able to go and watch the moroccan women's team in bad training. the young player you saw in that piece actually sent us a message saying what a privilege it was and how happy she was to watch another team, was and how happy she was to watch anotherteam, mostly was and how happy she was to watch another team, mostly muslim players, to take part in the world cup and i am hoping one day to represent their country on the world stage again. morocco is the only team representing north africa and middle

east. if she takes —— the first player wearing a muslim head scarf, if she plays today. the first arab and north african team to make it to the semifinals. they were looking at counterparts and hoping to have a similar performance. what counterparts and hoping to have a similar performance.— similar performance. what a story that would be! _ similar performance. what a story that would be! great _ similar performance. what a story that would be! great talking - similar performance. what a story that would be! great talking to . similar performance. what a story i that would be! great talking to you. coming up here later this morning... # you would know how much i do believe... # wishi # you would know how much i do believe... # wis— believe... # wish i you could see sally dancing! — believe. .. # wish i you could see sally dancing! alexander- believe... # wish i you could see sally dancing! alexander o'neil l believe... # wish i you could see | sally dancing! alexander o'neil is

heading off on a farewell tour after almost 50 years in the music business. that is coming up at ten to nine. i didn't do that! you dance later. no. time to check in with our teams around the uk to get the news, travel and weather where you are. the a minute. —— see you in a minute. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm paul murphy—kasp. from today wandsworth bridge will be closed to all motor vehicles for around ten weeks. wandsworth council is closing the bridge so corroded bearings can be replaced. it will still be open for people to walk across, but cyclists will need to dismount. calls for a statue of wartime hero alan turing to be placed on trafalgar square's fourth plinth have been backed by the lgbtq+ armed forces charity fighting with pride. the plinth currently has no permanent display, instead the mayor's fourth plinth commission has used it to showcase temporary installations. defence secretary ben wallace made the suggestion for the turing statue in the house of commons last week.

a junior doctor who was left with life changing injuries after a man landed on her afterjumping from the third floor of an east london shopping centre has had her image immortalised by an artist for a bbc programme. grace spence green was still a student when the incident happened in october 2018. grace has been paired with painterjemisha maad—havji, an artist whose vibrant works of art are inspired by subjects who don't fit conventional social labels. what it feels like is you sort of go on a journey with your artist and they find out more about you and you find out a lot about them as well and their process of working and at the end you get a portrait of yourself. the northern section of the bakerloo line and the london overground from euston to watford junction are closed for the next few weeks for improvement works. the bakerloo line between queen's park and harrow & wealdstone is shut until the 17th of august — with the london overground between euston and watford junction affected until august the 25th. let's take a look at the tubes now.

apart from those engineering works i've just mentioned, all lines are currently running a good service. and for all the latest information on the roads and the rails where you are , tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates throughout the morning. time for a look at the weather now, here's sara thornton. a really mild start this morning across the capital and the whole of the south—east but we do have some wet weather heading towards us, a weather front slipping south in the coming hours. behind it for tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure should make things a bit more settled, but typically a few showers or bursts this morning and then some rain moving across us could be heavy and thundery for a time, and some following showers this afternoon, although more sunshine later and in the best of it temperatures up in the very high teens, typically 19 celsius, 66 fahrenheit. a ridge of high pressure starts to kill off any showers tomorrow, becoming more settled, but more wet weather for the middle part of the week. another topsy—turvy week of weather. there are some drier

days to be had at times, most notably as we go through the second half of tomorrow. there will have been some showers around but they start to fade away. then some more wet weather or showers towards the middle part of the week, especially on thursday. again they could be thundery. turns a little bit warmer at the end of the week. that's it for now, there's plenty more on our website and socials — including more on how the popular day travelcards, a mainstay often used by tourists and day—trippers, are to be phased out by transport for london. i'll be back with more in half an hour but for now i'll hand you back tojon and sally — goodbye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. let's return to our top story now and the situation in greece, where around 19,000 people have been evacuated so far due to the wildfires. let's take a look at the latest on uk flights in and out of the island.

it's offering to either re—book or offer refunds and says it will send empty planes to bring customers back to the uk. easyjet has also cancelled package holidays until tuesday and says it will put on three extra flights from rhodes, to bring people home. the airline is still selling flights to the island though, while ryanair is also still operating its schedule as normal. meanwhile, tour operator tui has cancelled trips to the island until tuesday and said customers due to travel from wednesday can cancel, or change to another holiday. currently, the uk government isn't advising against travelling to rhodes and says to check with your operator or hotel prior to travel. we can get more detail on the situation now from the independent�*s travel correspondent, simon calder. i know this is something changing every hour about what is the situation now for people who might

be watching due to fly to the roads or anywhere in greece over the next few days? it’s or anywhere in greece over the next few da s? �* , . or anywhere in greece over the next fewda s? �*, . ._ or anywhere in greece over the next fewda s? �*, . ., , ., few days? it's a really tough osition few days? it's a really tough position to _ few days? it's a really tough position to be _ few days? it's a really tough position to be in. _ few days? it's a really tough position to be in. people - few days? it's a really tough | position to be in. people who few days? it's a really tough - position to be in. people who are booked _ position to be in. people who are booked to — position to be in. people who are booked to travel to rhodes on those bil booked to travel to rhodes on those big tour_ booked to travel to rhodes on those big tour operators, jet2 and tui will not — big tour operators, jet2 and tui will not be going in the next few days _ will not be going in the next few days. jet2— will not be going in the next few days. jet2 say they will not be flying — days. jet2 say they will not be flying until sunday. if you are a passenger with easyjet and you are booked _ passenger with easyjet and you are booked to — passenger with easyjet and you are booked to travel by next saturday then you — booked to travel by next saturday then you can postpone or change your ticket _ then you can postpone or change your ticket to— then you can postpone or change your ticket to a _ then you can postpone or change your ticket to a voucher. there will be flights _ ticket to a voucher. there will be flights going out, including those extra _ flights going out, including those extra repatriation flights to bring back around 400 holiday— makers who want to _ back around 400 holiday— makers who want to come back. other airlines are different. ryanair say are going normativ— are different. ryanair say are going normally from the uk to rhodes.

indeed. — normally from the uk to rhodes. indeed, rhodes town is unaffected. the most _ indeed, rhodes town is unaffected. the most surprising thing i've heard overnight— the most surprising thing i've heard overnight as thomas cook says it took— overnight as thomas cook says it took people out on holiday to rhodes yesterday _ took people out on holiday to rhodes yesterday and is taking more today and the _ yesterday and is taking more today and the majority of its customers, even _ and the majority of its customers, even though they have the option to cancel— even though they have the option to cancel over— even though they have the option to cancel over the next few days, most of them _ cancel over the next few days, most of them are — cancel over the next few days, most of them are saying they are not in the affected area and are happy to id the affected area and are happy to go ahead — the affected area and are happy to go ahead. scheduled flights going out today on easyjet, british airways _ out today on easyjet, british airways from london gatwick, so taking _ airways from london gatwick, so taking more people out to a situation _ taking more people out to a situation which, as you've been showing — situation which, as you've been showing in— situation which, as you've been showing in the past half an hour, looks— showing in the past half an hour, looks absolutely horrific, both for holiday— looks absolutely horrific, both for holiday in — looks absolutely horrific, both for holiday in for a terrible ordeal, and for— holiday in for a terrible ordeal, and for the local people, many of whom _ and for the local people, many of whom have — and for the local people, many of whom have perhaps lost their homes and face _ whom have perhaps lost their homes and face losing their livelihoods as welt _ and face losing their livelihoods as well. �* , ., .,

well. and fires on corfu as well, so it nets well. and fires on corfu as well, so it gets even _ well. and fires on corfu as well, so it gets even more _ well. and fires on corfu as well, so it gets even more complicated - well. and fires on corfu as well, so it gets even more complicated for. it gets even more complicated for holiday—makers, businesses and airlines. what can people get in terms of compensation or their money back if they have to come home early? back if they have to come home earl ? ., ., . ., back if they have to come home earl? ., ., ., .,~ , early? for a package holiday makers the law is pretty _ early? for a package holiday makers the law is pretty straightforward. - the law is pretty straightforward. tui, one — the law is pretty straightforward. tui, one of the two giants tour operators, _ tui, one of the two giants tour operators, says its customers will be coming — operators, says its customers will be coming home as normal on the flight _ be coming home as normal on the flight that— be coming home as normal on the flight that they were originally expected to take. clearly you can make _ expected to take. clearly you can make your — expected to take. clearly you can make your own moves if you want to, if you've _ make your own moves if you want to, if you've had — make your own moves if you want to, if you've had a — make your own moves if you want to, if you've had a horrible ordeal and you just _ if you've had a horrible ordeal and you just want to come home. there are some _ you just want to come home. there are some flights available although i are some flights available although i can't _ are some flights available although i can't see — are some flights available although i can't see any on sale today from rhodes _ i can't see any on sale today from rhodes although there are some tomorrow— rhodes although there are some tomorrow night going from rhodes to gatwick— tomorrow night going from rhodes to gatwick and on wednesday to manchester. some people are sailing to nearby— manchester. some people are sailing to nearby islands or to turkey to

fly to nearby islands or to turkey to fly hack— to nearby islands or to turkey to fly back from there. if you are in pretty— fly back from there. if you are in pretty extreme circumstances and you need to _ pretty extreme circumstances and you need to come back early and it will cost you _ need to come back early and it will cost you hundreds of lbs then you should _ cost you hundreds of lbs then you should he — cost you hundreds of lbs then you should be able to reclaim that from your travel— should be able to reclaim that from your travel insurance. if you just think. _ your travel insurance. if you just think. welt, _ your travel insurance. if you just think, well, it's pretty horrible year— think, well, it's pretty horrible year and — think, well, it's pretty horrible year and we think, well, it's pretty horrible yearand we are think, well, it's pretty horrible year and we are not having much of a holiday— year and we are not having much of a holiday and _ year and we are not having much of a holiday and we are worried, that would _ holiday and we are worried, that would he — holiday and we are worried, that would be termed as disinclination to travel— would be termed as disinclination to travel and _ would be termed as disinclination to travel and you wouldn't get much of a refund _ travel and you wouldn't get much of a refund. but if you have to... clearly a terribly distressing series— clearly a terribly distressing series of events for a lot of people in the _ series of events for a lot of people in the south—eastern part of rhodes and many— in the south—eastern part of rhodes and many of them will be glad to get home _ and many of them will be glad to get home. we _ and many of them will be glad to get home. ~ , , ., ~ and many of them will be glad to get home. ~ , , ., ,, ., and many of them will be glad to get

home. ~ ,, ., ,, ., ., home. we will speak to some of them shortl on home. we will speak to some of them shortly on the — home. we will speak to some of them shortly on the programme. _ home. we will speak to some of them shortly on the programme. thank- home. we will speak to some of them | shortly on the programme. thank you. now we have all the weekend's sport. quite a weekend. i know it was disappointing for anyone watching the golf yesterday but the weather as part of it, isn't it? at least with the golf you can get on with it unlike the cricket. but what a story for this guy, almost an also ran for so long. brian harman is the new open champion. the 36—year—old american finished six shots clear of the field at hoylake to claim his first major title. our correspondent andy swiss reports. reigning supreme, brian harman, 26th in the world rankings but here in a class of his own. on a soggy sunday

he began five shots clear but after whacking it into the bushes of the gap began to narrow. could anyone catch him? rory mcilroy briefly threatened. but ultimately finished seven behind, and localfavourite tommy fleetwood was nine behind. after the shaky start, brian harman rose to the occasion. he strolled down the last with a six shot lead before sealing the most emphatic of winds. —— wins. a first international title at 36, worth celebrating. i international title at 36, worth celebrating-— international title at 36, worth celebratina. ~' ., ., , celebrating. i knew i would drop some shots. _ celebrating. i knew i would drop some shots, very _ celebrating. i knew i would drop some shots, very difficult - celebrating. i knew i would drop some shots, very difficult day i some shots, very difficult day today, and i typically haven't been very good player in the rain. i was nervous today so to make those birdies on six and seven really good. 50 birdies on six and seven really

ood. �* ., birdies on six and seven really aood. �* . ., ., birdies on six and seven really nood, �* . . . ., birdies on six and seven really ood. �* ., ., ., , ., good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and — good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beat— good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beat on _ good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beat on his _ good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beat on his rivals. - good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beat on his rivals. a- rain here and beat on his rivals. a surprise winner perhaps but after a stunning display, a hugely deserved one. great for brian harman. it was wet at old trafford too — with rain washing out england's hopes of winnings the ashes — as the fourth test ended in a draw. not a ball was able to be bowled on the final day which means australia remain 2—1 up in the series and retain the ashes with just one match to go. that begins at the oval later this week, with england now only able to draw the series. captain ben stokes still trying to stay positive: we look at the cricket that was played. we win the toss and bowl, bowl australia out for 320, score 520 at 5.5 runs an over. we have australia five down. then we get three hours' play after that. i think regardless of what we did we would have still ended up in the same position and sometimes weatherjust gets the better of you. and it's unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it but itjust is what it is.

it's unfortunate that after the cricket that we did play we find ourselves here drawing this game when we felt we were in a great position to be able to win it. zharnel hughes' impressive season continues — after he broke the 30—year—old british men's 200 metres record, at the diamond league meeting at the london stadium. america's noah lyles won the race in a new meeting record of 19.47 seconds, ahead of botswana's letsile tebogo. but look at hughes... in lane seven, second from the outside, he finished third to break a record that's stood since 1993, set byjohn regis at the world championships... hughes clocking 19.73 seconds — almost a quarter of a second quicker than the previous mark. max verstappen called it a pretty perfect day as he continued his domination of formula one with victory at the hungarian grand prix. verstappen overtook lewis hamilton — who was on his first pole since 2021 — at the first corner in hungary

and led the race from there. it's his seventh victory in a row, and ninth of the season. red bull's 12th consecutive win, dating back to the final race of 2022, which sets a new record. mclaren's lando norris came second — that's back to back podium finishes from him — while verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez finished third. hull kr willjoin leigh leopards in rugby league's challenge cup final — after a dramatic golden point win over wigan warriors at headingley. with the score tied at ten points each at full—time, it was left to brad schneider to decide the match. his drop goal sealing a famous win for rovers. the final will take place at wembley next month. in the second women's semifinal, leeds rhinos came out on top against wigan warriors. caitlin beavers scored the pick of the tries as the rhinos sealed their place in the final where they will face st helens. for the second year in a row, denmark's jonas vingegaard is the tour de france champion. the final stage in paris was won by the young belgianjordi meeus

but the day belonged to vingegaard, who crossed the line in the yellow jersey on the champs—elysees to confirm victory by almost seven and a half minutes. tadej pogacar and britain's adam yatesjoined him on the podium after finishing second and third overall. adam's twin brother simon was fourth. vingegaard's next target will now be the vuelta a espana at the end of august. and the tour de france femmes is under way — belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win the first stage of the week—long race. the pre—race favourites annamiek van vleuten and demi vollering finished in the main bunch, and are 43 seconds behind kopecky in the standings. at least there was no rain for that finish. traditionally when you think of the olympic games, you might imagine a battle in the swimming pool, or a photo—finish on the track — but there's a new sport

on the scene, just in time for paris 2024. a high—energy form of street dance — known as breaking — will feature at the games for the first time next year. john maguire is at a dance school in manchester this morning, finding out more. who else do you send? he will throw some shapes foreigners live on breakfast. —— throw some shapes for us. look at these guys from dance studios in manchester. they are going through the moves. eddie runs this group. the kids are phenomenal. you should see some of the moves. it has its own language. one of the great things about the olympics as we become instant armchair experts,

we become instant armchair experts, we will be learning all the different phrases and comparing their tactics and techniques. breaking is something you will become obsessed with because it is high energy, extremely impressive and sometimes terrifying. i went to meet one of the members of team gb who will hopefully be strutting his stuff in paris this time next year. every olympicjourney has to start somewhere. so why not a suburban garage in derby? this is where it all goes down. normally we fit about ten people in there. no way! yeah, kind of spread right around. a bit of safety padding. yeah, we've seen some injuries here, honestly! but obviously we've got the great judo mats underneath, we've got the lino on top and stuff, it gives you a bit of a sense of security. this is where karam singh, one of team gb�*s two b—boys, as they're known, creates, practices and perfects his moves. so here's a beginner's guide to breaking. we'll start with some top rock, which is a stand up dance.

and this one is called the indian step. and this one is a basic step called a six step. and it's because there's six steps. this one's called a munch mill, some people call it a baby mill. and this is what it looks like. it all started when a seven year old karam was watching television. somebody was doing head spins in the back of a music video and i said to my family, like, just as a complete joke, i'll do that one day, because i'm like quite a bit of a prankster. and then i went to a funfairjust around here in derby, and i saw my first ever crew, trinity warriors, they were performing there and i was like, "oh, can i get up and try some?" here is competing as kid karam at the european championships where he won silver.

the olympics will follow the same format with two competitors facing each other in what's called a battle, taking it in turns to perform. like synchronized swimming or figure skating, they're scored byjudges on their movement, their creativity and their athleticism. so they need to be fit, very fit. come on. this is power. come on, come on, come on, come on. because we're doing sprints, relaxed, sprints, relaxed, it almost replicates what i'm doing in a battle, so because i'm training like that, it's in my head. so when i'm on the battlefield, i can kind of replicate it which i think is the most beneficial. karam's trainer kirk gibbons has coached world and commonwealth champions from motorsports to boxing, so he knows what it takes to be the best. it's someone's hunger to want to be successful. it's someone's drive to want to go and win the olympic gold medal, you know. but it's also what's going on there. and this young fella has got all the ingredients. he's got the drive, he's got the enthusiasm,

he's got the ability. and we're just copying all of that, putting all of the tools, everything together, all the pieces of the jigsaw. the fitness levels got to be right but the mindset most important has got to be right. breaking makes it to paris after its success in the 2018 youth games in buenos aires. along with surfing and climbing, it's part of the strategy to attract younger audiences to the olympics. i think itjust has an urban and cool factor to it that it's had such a great impact so far with its involvement in everything. like obviously in buenos aires and the youth games it went down really well. recently i just featured in a film and i've done quite a lot of screenings and there's a lot of kids and as soon as they see it, they're just going for it, like running around on the floor and stuff. so it's having a great impact everywhere, i think. he hopes the work done in the gym, his garage or the dance studio over the next year will enable him to light up the games in paris. and if he is the last man standing after the battles, what about a new version

of the national anthem? i hope you medal, and then there should be a hip—hop version of god save the king. yeah, definitely! definitely, with a bit of a beat in there! he could win it standing or spinning on his head. so here we are back at dance studio manchester and you get the impression here that it is a sport, art form as well, activity. he was telling me he likes the phrase art—lete, you are an artist and athlete. what sort of difference do you think the olympics will make to your sport? it’s you think the olympics will make to our sort? �*, ., ., ., . you think the olympics will make to your sport?— your sport? it's now a dance sport i cuess your sport? it's now a dance sport i cues and your sport? it's now a dance sport i guess and it —

your sport? it's now a dance sport i guess and it will _ your sport? it's now a dance sport i guess and it will revolutionise - your sport? it's now a dance sport i guess and it will revolutionise the l guess and it will revolutionise the sector, change how we look, for example this studios inspired by having time to train so it is changing lots of things, government is paying attention to our dance form now, young people will have a direct route into team gb, so it has changed everything. it's an established art form and now we are driving towards it be an established dance form. j driving towards it be an established dance form-— driving towards it be an established dance form. , ., dance form. i remember it from the 90s as part — dance form. i remember it from the 90s as part of— dance form. i remember it from the 90s as part of american _ dance form. i remember it from the 90s as part of american hip-hop . 90s as part of american hip—hop culture initially and it seems like it is having yet another rebirth. another resurgence. we havejust it is having yet another rebirth. another resurgence. we have just had

the movie and karam is like our david beckham. it is amazing to see and i am excited to see where it goes. 1 and i am excited to see where it toes. ., and i am excited to see where it oes. ., ., ,. ., and i am excited to see where it toes. ., ., ,. ., ,y goes. i am fascinated by the competition _ goes. i am fascinated by the competition element, - goes. i am fascinated by the competition element, the i goes. i am fascinated by the - competition element, the battle element. one goes against another. it can be one against one, two against two, three against three. sometimes a whole crew battle with a time limit. it's about it doesn't matter your age, time limit. it's about it doesn't matteryourage, it time limit. it's about it doesn't matter your age, it is what skill set you can pick up in training and how hard you train. you could be a world champion at ten or 20 or whatever. world champion at ten or 20 or whatever-— world champion at ten or 20 or whatever. ., ,, , ., . . ., world champion at ten or 20 or whatever. ., ,, . . ., ., whatever. thank you so much. want to brina ou whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round — whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round to _ whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round to talk _ whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round to talk to _ whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round to talk to harry, - whatever. thank you so much. want to bring you round to talk to harry, a - bring you round to talk to harry, a bit of a star here, you saw some of his movesjust bit of a star here, you saw some of his moves just now. bit of a star here, you saw some of his movesjust now. what bit of a star here, you saw some of his moves just now. what do you enjoy about breaking? i his movesjust now. what do you enjoy about breaking?— enjoy about breaking? i love it, i've been doing _ enjoy about breaking? i love it, i've been doing it _ enjoy about breaking? i love it, i've been doing it for— enjoy about breaking? i love it, i've been doing it for four - enjoy about breaking? i love it, i've been doing it for four or - enjoy about breaking? i love it, | i've been doing it for four or five i've been doing it forfour orfive

years now and it's like art and sport and i do it every day. what is our sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite _ sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite move _ sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite move to _ sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite move to do? - sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite move to do? i - sport and i do it every day. what is your favourite move to do? i like i your favourite move to do? i like doinu . .. your favourite move to do? i like doing--- we _ your favourite move to do? i like doing... i've only _ your favourite move to do? i like doing... i've onlyjust_ your favourite move to do? i like doing... i've onlyjust learned i your favourite move to do? i l age: doing... i've onlyjust learned air flares. on your hands, going here and then here, you arejumping. like and then here, you are “umping. like and then here, you are “umping. like a handstand. — and then here, you are jumping. like a handstand. what about the competition element? i’m a handstand. what about the competition element? i'm very competitive — competition element? i'm very competitive but _ competition element? i'm very competitive but i _ competition element? i'm very competitive but i love - competition element? i'm very - competitive but i love competition, sometimes can be nervous but i love it. ., ., �* , ., sometimes can be nervous but i love it. you don't seem to display any nerves. it. you don't seem to display any nerves- well _ it. you don't seem to display any nerves. well done. _ it. you don't seem to display any nerves. well done. we _ it. you don't seem to display any nerves. well done. we might - it. you don't seem to display any| nerves. well done. we might see harry in the olympics in some years' time. it's extraordinary, quite breathtaking up close, and i can appreciate why it's called breaking.

it's a good way of keeping the kitchen floor clean as well. save a lot of mopping. good work, lads. we'll see them again later. carol has the weather. those temperatures are looking very serious in parts of the southern mediterranean. the hi . hest the southern mediterranean. tie: highest temperature the southern mediterranean. ti9 highest temperature ever the southern mediterranean. ti9: highest temperature ever recorded the southern mediterranean. ti9 highest temperature ever recorded in europe was 48.8 celsius. today inland in sicily we could reach 47. over the next few days we hang on to the heat but towards the end of the week it looks like things will cool down a little bit. in palermo, 44 today, but wednesday and thursday it could drop to 29. rhodes today, 36 or 37, and that could drop to about 33. but we have heaped still in north africa and it looks like this

weekend that could spread through iberia and western parts of europe so we are not out of the woods yet. the heat is not coming our way. we have rain clearing today and then we are looking at sunshine and showers later. we have this weather front pushing south through the course of the night. then a week front comes on across the north west producing some showery rain. the rain will continue to move slowly south, some of heavy at the moment, the odd rumble of thunder, but a lot of dry weather behind, a lot of sunshine, areas of cloud and scattered showers. but showers coming in from the north west week weather front. not as windy as the weekend, temperatures ranging from 14 in the north west, to 20 in the channel islands. this evening and overnight, some showers will fade, we will see some showers will fade, we will see

some clear skies, and we could have some clear skies, and we could have some mist and fog patches. showers in northern scotland will be heavy, frequent and prolonged, some of them merging. overnight lows of about 8-14. merging. overnight lows of about 8—14. into tomorrow, we hang on to some showers, the heaviest across the north of scotland. some of those will have some thunder and lightning embedded. lighterwinds will have some thunder and lightning embedded. lighter winds will be across most of us but still breezy across most of us but still breezy across the north—east of scotland. it is also going to be sunnier than today. temperatures 13—20 north to south. into the middle of the week we have low pressure in the atlantic spreading weather fronts across us which will bring some rain through wednesday. initially it starts off dry with some sunshine, one showers ahead of the weather front coming in

from the west, then the rain comes in through the afternoon. temperatures on wednesday, as high as perhaps in the sunshine 21. as the cost of living continues to rise, there's been a drop in sales of vegan and meat—substitute foods. ben's looking at this for us this morning. he is ata he is at a factory where they are being impacted right now. it is being impacted right now. it is uuite being impacted right now. it 3 quite mesmerising watching these fly off the production line. we are at a factory in milton keynes. let me talk you through the process. they come up that belt and at this end of the production line they are making up the production line they are making up the boxes, then they make their way along they are to be packaged up. about a dozen go in each box, then the boxes are passed along and

stacked on a pallet ready to go out to tesco, lidl, etc. how many boxes do you get through a day? 4000-5000. i have do you get through a day? 4000-5000. l have worked — do you get through a day? 4000-5000. i have worked here _ do you get through a day? 4000-5000. i have worked here about _ do you get through a day? 4000-5000. i have worked here about five _ do you get through a day? 4000-5000. i have worked here about five years. - i have worked here about five years. there _ i have worked here about five years. there has— i have worked here about five years. there has been rising demand for products like these in recent years with people perhaps choosing to have less meat in their diet either for health reasons are to have more sustainable and environmentally friendly diet but cost of living pressures mean people are thinking again and perhaps buying fewer of these. spending on meat free, meat alternative and vegan products was down by £40 million and as a result manufacturers are producing less and you will find fewer varieties on the shelves at the main supermarkets. the vegan society says the cost of living crisis is affecting what people choose to buy with one third

of people saying that products that are meat alternatives are simply too expensive for them now. we have spoken to people in london about how their shopping habits have changed. some of the vegan products are not great, _ some of the vegan products are not great, not _ some of the vegan products are not great, not very tasty. some are pretty— great, not very tasty. some are pretty good. if the quality was better — pretty good. if the quality was better i— pretty good. if the quality was better i would eat more. | pretty good. if the quality was better i would eat more. i think it is more sustainable _ better i would eat more. i think it is more sustainable to _ better i would eat more. i think it is more sustainable to use - better i would eat more. i think it is more sustainable to use more. better i would eat more. i think it. is more sustainable to use more bins in our— is more sustainable to use more bins in our diet— is more sustainable to use more bins in our diet and — is more sustainable to use more bins in our diet and more _ is more sustainable to use more bins in our diet and more natural- is more sustainable to use more bins in our diet and more natural produce | in our diet and more natural produce and it— in our diet and more natural produce and it makes— in our diet and more natural produce and it makes more _ in our diet and more natural produce and it makes more sense _ in our diet and more natural produce and it makes more sense to- in our diet and more natural produce and it makes more sense to me - in our diet and more natural produce j and it makes more sense to me than buying _ and it makes more sense to me than buying more — and it makes more sense to me than buying more processed _ and it makes more sense to me than buying more processed things - buying more processed things marketed _ buying more processed things marketed specifically - buying more processed things marketed specifically for - buying more processed things i marketed specifically for vegans. with a _ marketed specifically for vegans. with a view — marketed specifically for vegans. with a view and _ marketed specifically for vegans. with a view and ready—made - marketed specifically for vegans. i with a view and ready— made stuff, there _ with a view and ready— made stuff, there are _ with a view and ready— made stuff, there are buy that i don't... the cost _ there are buy that i don't... the cost of— there are buy that i don't... the cost of living weighs heavily on that _ cost of living weighs heavily on that. ~ , , cost of living weighs heavily on that. g , :, cost of living weighs heavily on that. g ,, :, that. my parents and sister are vegetarian _ that. my parents and sister are vegetarian so _ that. my parents and sister are vegetarian so i eat _ that. my parents and sister are vegetarian so i eat those - that. my parents and sister are i vegetarian so i eat those products that. my parents and sister are - vegetarian so i eat those products a lot. vegetarian so i eat those products a lot we _ vegetarian so i eat those products a lot we try— vegetarian so i eat those products a lot we try out _ vegetarian so i eat those products a lot. we try out different _ vegetarian so i eat those products a lot. we try out different brands. - vegetarian so i eat those products a lot. we try out different brands. i. lot. we try out different brands. i still eat— lot. we try out different brands. i still eat meat. _ lot. we try out different brands. i still eat meat. the _ lot. we try out different brands. i still eat meat. the only— lot. we try out different brands. i

still eat meat. the only thing - lot. we try out different brands. i still eat meat. the only thing i. still eat meat. the only thing i think— still eat meat. the only thing i think that _ still eat meat. the only thing i think that is — still eat meat. the only thing i think that is keeping _ still eat meat. the only thing i think that is keeping me - still eat meat. the only thing i| think that is keeping me eating still eat meat. the only thing i- think that is keeping me eating meat is it is— think that is keeping me eating meat is it is a _ think that is keeping me eating meat is it is a hit— think that is keeping me eating meat is it is a bit cheaper. _ think that is keeping me eating meat is it is a bit cheaper. let’s _ think that is keeping me eating meat is it is a bit cheaper.— is it is a bit cheaper. let's speak to jason belmont, _ is it is a bit cheaper. let's speak to jason belmont, the _ is it is a bit cheaper. let's speakj to jason belmont, the managing director. what times of patterns are you seeing from the business side of things as the result of what shoppers are doing now? latte things as the result of what shoppers are doing now? we are seeinu shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall— shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there _ shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there is _ shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there is a - shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there is a bit - shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there is a bit of i shoppers are doing now? we are seeing overall there is a bit of a | seeing overall there is a bit of a drop— seeing overall there is a bit of a drop in— seeing overall there is a bit of a drop in the _ seeing overall there is a bit of a drop in the plant —based market but if you _ drop in the plant —based market but if you look— drop in the plant —based market but if you look back at the wider trends, _ if you look back at the wider trends, depending on the dataset you look at. _ trends, depending on the dataset you look at, over the last 5—10 years the plant —based market has grown about _ the plant —based market has grown about five _ the plant —based market has grown about five to ten times, so a bit of about five to ten times, so a bit of a reset— about five to ten times, so a bit of a reset button after the last two or three _ a reset button after the last two or three months the market is recovering after a slight decline. we heard — recovering after a slight decline. we heard from people in london, why are these products so much more expensive than meat —based products in some cases where the costs involved can be much higher with

farming, animals and so on? it farming, animals and so on? it depends what area of plant —based you look— depends what area of plant —based you look at. there are a number of categories — you look at. there are a number of categories in — you look at. there are a number of categories in plant —based. if you look at _ categories in plant —based. if you look at the — categories in plant —based. if you look at the meat mimics, burgers or bacon— look at the meat mimics, burgers or bacon rashers, the real story is if you take — bacon rashers, the real story is if you take a — bacon rashers, the real story is if you take a burger, the meat market has been _ you take a burger, the meat market has been around hundreds of years and the _ has been around hundreds of years and the economies of scale and efficiencies are there. some of the burger— efficiencies are there. some of the burger producers, plant based, they are quite _ burger producers, plant based, they are quite new and start up cost and investments are still there so the costs— investments are still there so the costs are — investments are still there so the costs are a — investments are still there so the costs are a bit higher. in time i think— costs are a bit higher. in time i think prices _ costs are a bit higher. in time i think prices will come down. thank ou for think prices will come down. thank you for having _ think prices will come down. thank you for having us _ think prices will come down. thank you for having us down _ think prices will come down. thank you for having us down here - think prices will come down. thank you for having us down here this i you for having us down here this morning. we are seeing the sharp end of the effective cost living pressures on what people choose to buy. we will let you get back to studying

the conveyor belt. it is we will let you get back to studying the conveyor belt.— the conveyor belt. it is very mesmerising. _ hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm paul murphy—kasp. from today, wandsworth bridge will be closed to all motor vehicles for around ten weeks. wandsworth council is closing the bridge so corroded bearings can be replaced. it will still be open for people to walk across, byt cyclists will need to dismount. calls for a statue of wartime hero alan turing to be placed on trafalgar square's fourth plinth have been backed by the lgbtq+ armed forces charity fighting with pride. the plinth currently has no permanent display — instead, the mayor's fourth plinth commission has used it to showcase temporary installations. defence secretary ben wallace made the suggestion for the turing statue in the house of commons last week. a junior doctor, who was

left with life—changing injuries after a man landed on her afterjumping from the third floor of an east london shopping centre, has had her image immortalised by an artist for a bbc programme. grace spence green was still a student when the incident happened in october 2018. grace has been paired with painterjemisha maad—havji, an artist whose vibrant works of art are inspired by subjects who don't fit conventional social labels. what it feels like is you sort of go on a journey with your artist and they find out more about you and you find out a lot about them as well and their process of working and at the end you get a portrait of yourself. the northern section of the bakerloo line and the london overground from euston to watford junction are closed for the next few weeks for improvement works. the bakerloo line between queen 5 park and harrow & wealdstone is shut until the 17th of august, with the london overground between euston and watford junction affected until august the 25th. let's take a look at the tubes now. apart from those engineering works

i've just mentioned, problems on the central line. time for a look at the weather now, here's sara thornton. a really mild start this morning across the capital and the whole of the south—east but we do have some wet weather heading towards us, a weather front slipping south in the coming hours. behind it for tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure should make things a bit more settled, but typically a few showers or bursts this morning and then some rain moving across us could be heavy and thundery for a time, and some following showers this afternoon, although more sunshine later and in the best of it temperatures up in the very high teens, typically 19 celsius, 66 fahrenheit. a ridge of high pressure starts to kill off any showers tomorrow, becoming more settled, but more wet weather for the middle part of the week. another topsy—turvy week of weather. there are some drier days to be had at times, most notably as we go through the second half of tomorrow.

there will have been some showers around but they start to fade away. then some more wet weather or showers towards the middle part of the week, especially on thursday. again they could be thundery. turns a little bit warmer at the end of the week. that's it for now. there's plenty more on our website and socials — including more on how the popular day travelcards, a mainstay often used by tourists and daytrippers, are to be phased out by transport for london. i'll be back with more in half an hour but, for now, i'll hand you back tojon and sally. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today... another greek holiday island is hit by wild fires. evacuations are now underway in corfu as the north of the island is threatened. relief flights will arrive in rhodes

today to help bring back british tourists who were among the 19,000 displaced by fires there. it was horrendous. i have never been so scared in my life. especially running down to the beach. a commitment to build a million new homes by 2024 — the government says that won't mean lconcreting over of the countryside. we meet the families backing the campaign to make criminals appear in court for their sentencing brian harman makes it through the rain at royal liverpool. despite soaking conditions, it's all smiles, as the american holds his nerve to win the open. under clearer skies in the north of the country actually start. rain in the country actually start. rain in the southern half. that will clear during the course of the day. for most of us it would be a day of

sunshine and scattered showers. all the details later on in the programme. it's monday the 24th july. corfu has become the latest greek island to issue an evacuation order, after wildfires broke out late last night in the soaring temperatures. 19,000 people have been displaced on rhodes, as firefighters try to contain three separate fires there. the first repatriation flights, to rescue stranded british tourists will arrive on the island today. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. fires have made rhodes a holiday hell. flames turning skies red overnight. british holidaymakers are among those fleeing for their lives. it literally felt like we were in some sort of apocalypse film because the sky behind the hotel was lit up bright orange and red. the hotel was abandoned. there was just things, sort of people who'd been by the pool. stuff has been totally abandoned by the pool.

suitcases abandoned in the lobby, on the beach. there wasn't enough coaches to move 800 people. but the fire was coming. the smoke was coming. so we all set off on foot. i walked 12 miles in this heat yesterday. it took me four hours, along with 800 — 700 or 800 other people. we were told to go to the beach because there'll be boats coming. this happened four times and then they moved us off the beach. "carry on walking. keep moving away." many took to the roads, either evacuated by coaches or hire cars. 16,000 have left by land, 3,000 by sea. it is the biggest evacuation from wildfires greece has ever seen. at rhodes airport, huge queues as people wait days to be flown out with little food and drink. no clue what's going on. there's been absolutely no communication. all we've heard of flights to take

us out are from the news. jet2 and tui have cancelled flights to rhodes, but airlines are flying british nationals out with two repatriation flights organised by easyjet leaving today. the greek tourism minister called for perspective and said the island's fire service was in control. we remain very vigilant. our very brave firemen are working around the clock to ensure that the fire doesn't get out of reach. as i said, currently, it's10% of the island in rhodes that has been affected. the foreign office has sent a rapid deployment team of five, and four british red cross responders to rhodes to help authorities with bringing british tourists back home. but now corfu, another popular holiday island, is on fire. a blaze broke out in the northern

part of the island, which is popular with british tourists, and an evacuation order has been issued. with the greek fire brigade now forecasting fires will break out on other islands, including crete, the nightmare on the holiday islands rages on. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. our reporter azade moshiri is in rhodes for us this morning. azadeh, what's the situation there this morning? expected a fire service moments ago. when it comes to the fires on rhodes, they are mostly under control. now it is about repatriating the getting tourist who have been through so much back to

safety. that is what they have been focusing on. jet2 cancelled all its flights and are using planes to get people back home. the same with easyjet. and for tourists, who had been through so he had been sleeping in airports, conference rooms, schools, they are going to going to want to see support after what they have been through. when i spoke to someone from the hellenic red cross, which response to situations like this regularly, she said this was not normal, it was devastating. that is why the british cabinet is deploying a rapid deployment team. some british red cross workers are arriving to get everyone the support they need. latte arriving to get everyone the support the need. ~ :, �* :, :, they need. we haven't heard from tourists already _ they need. we haven't heard from tourists already this _ they need. we haven't heard from tourists already this morning - they need. we haven't heard from tourists already this morning on i they need. we haven't heard from i tourists already this morning on the programme. some of them have incredible stories to tell about simply having to walk to a place of safety. what stories have you been

hearing? ! safety. what stories have you been hearin: ? :, :, , :, , safety. what stories have you been hearinu? :, :, , :, , :, :, hearing? i heard of the story of a famil , a hearing? i heard of the story of a family, a grandmother, - hearing? i heard of the story of a family, a grandmother, and - hearing? i heard of the story of a i family, a grandmother, and mother and her children, who had to run away from the hotel. they were at a place which is really at the forefront of that fire. they ran and left everything behind, including passports, documents were things they would need. that was the level of fear they had. they saw flames and ran. they were helped by our hosts, the people we are staying with a local couple who helped them to get their documents back before they took a flight back home to safety. that is a thread we are hearing a lot from different people, about locals showing their generosity and kindness and helping tourists in their time of need. thank you very much indeed. we will be discussing what help is available

for british holiday—makers with foreign minister andrew mitchell in 20, 25 minutes' time. plans to prioritise building new homes in inner city areas rather than in the countryside are expected to be announced by the prime minister later today. we're joined now by our senior political correspondent, nick eardley. he is like for us in westminster. it is a delicate balancing act the government have got, isn't it? it absolutely is. for years we have covered the tension between building new homes, something the government and the opposition parties think is necessary and where to do it. we have seen so many times over the past few years when the government tries to announced new plans, a lot of local mps are concerned about building on their own back yard. what the government will say today is we will build a million homes in this parliament by the next election from 2019 to the next election but

we are going to do it in inner cities, not as the prime minister is saying, concrete over the countryside. there will be reforms announced. it will be easier to turn shops into houses, build a loft or extension if that is what you want to do in your house. there will be new plan is put in place to try to enter some the backlogs in the system. a couple of questions. is it going to be enough? is a million homes over the course of five years enough to end the housing shortage in the uk? a lot of people think not. also a big political debate in the run—up to the general election. labour says the government is not prepared to choices on this. there needs to be much more radical plans to enter the housing shortage. they shortage. they say they would build on green belt sites, like turning disused car parks into houses if needs be. there is definitely a big

debate coming on this. today the government is setting out a bit more of its plans. i think this will run and run and run. bill! of its plans. i think this will run and run and run.— of its plans. i think this will run and run and run. all the way to the election. thank _ and run and run. all the way to the election. thank you _ and run and run. all the way to the election. thank you very _ and run and run. all the way to the election. thank you very much - election. thank you very much indeed. a group of more than 60 organisations has called on the government to do more to support social care in england. the care and support alliance says no progress has been made to improve the sector, and millions of people have been left struggling. the government says it's "fully committed" to its ten year plan to reform adult social care. spain's snap general election has resulted in no party winning winning a clear majority. the centre—right people's party took the most seats, but not enough to be able to form a government. let's speak to our correspondent, who is in madrid. what happens now? i think we have a theme weeks, if not a few months of uncertainty. the

conservatives won the election but fell short of a majority. many had expected them to form a coalition with the far right vox party. that would have been the first time in a long while the far right that have beenin long while the far right that have been in government. looks like that will not happen. instead we could see the socialist prime minister trying to form a government. he came in second yesterday. in a way he was celebrating last night as if it was a victory because he performed so much better than pretty much everyone expected. he made some slight gains. he gave himself a very small chance of being able to form a new government although it would be a government that needs the support of an array of parties in parliament from catalan and basque nationalists. if he cannot do matter if mr sanchez cannot form a new

government, we may see is what happened back in 2015 and in 2019 when no one could form a new government and therefore we have a repeat election. if that happens we could possibly have a repeat election at the end of this year, if not the beginning of next year. thank you very much indeed. several big events were disrupted over the weekend, due to heavy rainfall and flooding. organisers of northern pride in newcastle were forced to close the festival's site after it became "unsafe," while bluedot festival in cheshire had to turn people away when entrances flooded. organisers said the water level had reached saturation point after "unprecedented amounts of rainfall." the number of breakdowns caused by potholes hit a five—year high this spring, according to new figures. the rac said its patrols went out to more than 8,000 incidents — including damage to vehicles — caused by poor road surfaces. the government has already announced

an extra £200 million to help local authorities in england pay for repairs. twitter owner elon musk has said he wants to get rid of twitter�*s iconic blue bird logo, and replace it with an ""x. it's part of his wider plans to rebrand the social media platform. the billionaire has already changed the name of the company to x corp, after buying the company last year. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. mixed is probably the best way of describing the weather. today a band of rain a sinking sound. as it plays we are looking at sunshine and showers following on. there are a few showers ahead of it with murky conditions. behind it a few showers. a lot of dry weather under the clear skies overnight. a

fresh start to the day in the north. this band of rain will push down clearing probably the south of england later on in the day, early afternoon. behind that it brightens up. there will be areas of cloud at times but sunshine is well with well scattered showers through the course of the morning. as we push further north a lot of dry weather here are the first signs of the weather front coming in from the north—west. that will come in during the north—west. that will come injoe nichols course of the afternoon introducing showery outbreaks of rain. it would be breezy today, not as windy as it was at the weekend. highs 14 in the north to 20 in the south. this evening and overnight we hang on to a few showers. they will turn heavier and more frequent across the far north of scotland. under clearing skies with light winds we could see mist and fog patches forming. these are the overnight lows, ten to 13. as we had on

through the course of tomorrow, still heavy showers across the north of them urging to give longer spells of them urging to give longer spells of rain. we will see at the showers developing during the course of the day. they will be fairly well scattered. tomorrow an area of high pressure will start to building across the south—west and it will tend to dry up with more sunshine. temperatures 13 in the north to 20 in the south. thy, temperatures 13 in the north to 20 in the south-— in the south. a little brighter for the da s in the south. a little brighter for the days ahead. _ in the south. a little brighter for the days ahead. thank- in the south. a little brighter for the days ahead. thank you. - last week on breakfast, the mother of murdered nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, joined calls for new laws to be introduced, to force criminals to attend sentencing hearings. olivia was shot dead by thomas cashman last year, after he chased a drug dealer into her home. he was jailed for life in april, but refused to attend his sentencing in person. a petition calling for a change in the law, has now received more than 22,000 signatures. fiona lamdin has been to meet several families supporting the

campaign. she wanted something, she'd get it. you couldn't say no, but the smile. nine—year—old olivia pratt corbel was shot and killed in her home last august. thomas cashman was sentenced to 42 years for her murder, but he refused to leave his court cell and face his sentence. attending the trial 18 days every day. we had to relive that night over and over. we had no voice right through the trial. so the day of sentence that was our time to have our our voice the impact statements.

to the offender. and he didn't turn up. cheryl is one of many who are trying to change the law. this isjan. she was really lively, bubbly. you would hear her before you saw her. she had a beautiful smile. in 2019, she vanished, leaving her three children. hello, police. a year later, police made a grim discovery. there's a freezer here. it's locked. but inside were the bodies of two women. one of them was jan. mr yunis was sentenced to 38 years in prison. but like cashman, he chose not to hear his sentence or listen to statements from jan's family. it's horrible. like we've been through so much ordeal, we've lost our loved one.

you need to sit there now. you need to look us in the face. we need to look at you. we want to see your reaction when they say four years in prison, you're not coming out like we never got that opportunity. thejustice secretary alex chalk has said he's committed to introduce legislation so that convicted criminals would have to be in court for sentencing. but until the law is changed, other families are still suffering. jan's cousin aisha hussein is trying to help others, going to court, supporting families. i think we're angry, disappointed. i think there's all different emotions. eamonn and sarina lost their sister and their best friend. alice walsh was 22 weeks pregnant when she was killed by her partner, liam taylor. the build up. we've, you know, you had for days, weeks, you sit there and mentally prepare yourself for sentencing and then it doesn't happen.

and i think how was he able to get away with it? and he can go back to his cell, have his dinners, and we have to still live with. and it's a waiting game again, isn't it? alicia's family and friends came to court to see taylor sentenced, but he didn't show up. it's a kick in the face. i mean, he's done whatever he done. and obviously he murdered my sister, but obviously he could have had at least common decency to face us and actually show us that you have some sense of remorse. but obviously he doesn't. taylor's defence said he was ill. the judge insisted that taylor would be there for sentencing. how important was that for you? not coming out because you have anxiety or whatever you want to call it, it'sjust kind of a joke considering we've been having to deal with our mental health for the last six months because of something that he'd done, because he couldn't control his temper. it's never going to bring her back. it's never going to make anything better. but, obviously, itjust... it's that one little sense of something you can hold on to.

i looked square in your face and i told you and i want to i want him to see the pain he caused and the hurt. the family now have to wait another month to see taylor sentenced. hi. how are you? united by their drive to see the law changed. yeah. another meeting with alex chalk. so you said you're going to do it. when are you going to do it? zara was murdered by a complete stranger. jordan mcsweeney, as she walked home after a night out. you're under arrest for rape and murder. mcsweeney was sentenced to 38 years in prison, but again chose not to be in court. to hear this. making people face the judgment is actually, it's a deterrent. it is part of deterrent. it is part of stopping people from committing murder. people do not want to face justice. nobody wants to face up to what they did.

you know, when i do something wrong, when i was a kid, you don't want to face up to the teacher telling you off. detention itself wasn't the problem. the problem was the telling off — the humiliation, the shame. olivia, jan, eilish and zara. young lives stolen by violent criminals who've been exposed as cowards in court. fiona lamdin, bbc news. and joining us on the sofa is criminal lawyer, craig mackenzie. thank you for coming in. what happens at the moment? if the defendant says they are not going into a courtroom full sentence and when they refuse, what happens? it very much depends on where they are. if they are already in the court building themselves and they refuse to be brought up, then thejudge may direct they be brought up. at the

moment, because of safety concerns and resources that the court, that does not tend to happen because if someone is struggling, if they are being aggressive and violent, it is unlikely that the security staff at the cells would bring them up. if they are refusing to leave their sale and getting on the bus to be brought to court, the judge would tend to speak to the prison. they might want to hear from the governor as to why that is or hear through that person's applicant as to why they are not coming. if there is a reason, for example, they are unwelcome of the case may get adjourned and the judge may try again to get them to court. ultimately, it is very difficult if they point blank refuse. haifa ultimately, it is very difficult if they point blank refuse. how common is that? how— they point blank refuse. how common is that? how often _ they point blank refuse. how common is that? how often have _ they point blank refuse. how common is that? how often have you _ they point blank refuse. how common is that? how often have you seen - they point blank refuse. how common is that? how often have you seen it i is that? how often have you seen it in yourjob? it is that? how often have you seen it in yourjob?— in yourjob? it is becoming more common- _

in yourjob? it is becoming more common- l _ in yourjob? it is becoming more common- i see _ in yourjob? it is becoming more common. i see it _ in yourjob? it is becoming more common. i see it quite - in yourjob? it is becoming more common. i see it quite often, i in yourjob? it is becoming more | common. i see it quite often, not always full sentencing hearings. it is very common at the moment in terms of people being brought before the courts, the law courts, that are remanded in custody. that is because the prisons are overcrowded. if someone settled on a particular prison, they tend to not want to be produced at court, they can go to any prison from the court. it is happening on quite a regular basis. i suppose the potential irony is the campaign a lot of families are having in putting this out there, some prisoners are choosing not to be there for their sentencing might put it into the minds of the prisoners they have that option worth beforehand they might not have considered it. worth beforehand they might not have considered it— considered it. absolutely. if they did not know _ considered it. absolutely. if they did not know they _ considered it. absolutely. if they did not know they had _ considered it. absolutely. if they did not know they had the - considered it. absolutely. if they did not know they had the option considered it. absolutely. if they i did not know they had the option to refuse and just assumed they would be dragged into court by false, you

know what i mean? they may have elected not to leave their sale. if they know if they refuse they are not going to be taken out, it gives them the option. i think that is correct. :, ' : them the option. i think that is correct. :, , : , :, :, correct. how difficult is it for a court to insist _ correct. how difficult is it for a court to insist someone - correct. how difficult is it for a court to insist someone are i correct. how difficult is it for a - court to insist someone are several sentencing? what other practical steps that have to be put into place? steps that have to be put into lace? , ' : place? very difficult with the resources. _ place? very difficult with the resources. the _ place? very difficult with the resources. the judge - place? very difficult with the resources. the judge can - place? very difficult with the i resources. the judge can direct place? very difficult with the - resources. the judge can direct they be brought to court. that is referred to the prison governor he would have to put into place a plan as to how to get them there. ultimately, if it came down to the fact that full squad had to be used when they were being disruptive, it is unlikely that would happen. if someone was brought into court with the use of force, it would take a number of guards, take resources away from other courts. reality is

he would not be able to conduct this in normal circumstances, it would be too disruptive. if you've been affected by any of the issues mentioned in that report, there's help on the bbc website. visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm paul murphy—kasp. from today, wandsworth bridge will be closed to all motor vehicles for around 10 weeks. wandsworth council is closing the bridge so corroded bearings can be replaced. it will still be open for people to walk across, but cyclists will need to dismount. calls for a statue of wartime hero alan turing to be placed on trafalgar square's fourth plinth have been backed by the lgbtq+ armed forces charity fighting with pride. the plinth currently has no permanent display — instead,

the mayor's fourth plinth commission has used it to showcase temporary installations. defence secretary ben wallace made the suggestion for the turing statue in the house of commons last week. a junior doctor who was left with life changing injuries after a man landed on her afterjumping from the third floor of an east london shopping centre has had her image immortalised by an artist for a bbc programme. grace spence green was still a student when the incident happened in october 2018. grace has been paired with painterjemisha maad—havji, an artist whose vibrant works of art are inspired by subjects who don't fit conventional social labels. what it feels like is you sort of go on a journey with your artist and they find out more about you and you find out a lot about them as well and their process of working and at the end you get a portrait of yourself. the northern section of the bakerloo line and the london overground from euston to watford junction are closed for the next few weeks for improvement works. the bakerloo line between queen 5 park and harrow & wealdstone is shut until the 17th of august — with the london overground

between euston and watford junction affected until august the 25th. let's take a look at the tubes now. in addition to those engineering works i've just mentioned, there's no service on the central line between epping and woodford following a customer incident. we also have severe delays on large section of trams near wimbledon. but all other lines are running a good service. time for a look at the weather now, here's sara thornton. a really mild start this morning across the capital and the whole of the south—east but we do have some wet weather heading towards us, a weather front slipping south in the coming hours. behind it for tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure should make things a bit more settled, but typically a few showers or bursts this morning and then some rain moving across us could be heavy and thundery for a time, and some following showers this afternoon, although more sunshine later and in the best of it temperatures up in the very high teens, typically 19 celsius, 66 fahrenheit.

a ridge of high pressure starts to kill off any showers tomorrow, becoming more settled, but more wet weather for the middle part of the week. another topsy—turvy week of weather. there are some drier days to be had at times, most notably as we go through the second half of tomorrow. there will have been some showers around but they start to fade away. then some more wet weather or showers towards the middle part of the week, especially on thursday. again they could be thundery. turns a little bit warmer at the end of the week. that's it for now, there's plenty more on our website and socials — including more on how the paper day travelcard ticket, a mainstay often used by tourists and daytrippers, are to be phased out by transport for london. i'll be back with more in half an hour but for now i'll hand you back tojon and sally — goodbye. back to our top story now and the latest on the situation

in greece, where a state of emergency has been declared, as firefighters try to contain three separate wildfires on the island of rhodes. they have now spread from the centre of the island towards its eastern coast, where many of the beaches and resort hotels are situated. greece — like a number of other european countries — has been facing a prolonged period of extreme heat this month, as temperatures exceeded 40 degrees celsius. so far, around 19,000 people have been displaced. some holiday—makers were moved to hotels in other parts of the island, but others had to find emergency accommodation. holiday companyjet2 has already cancelled five flights to rhodes, while tui has grounded all flights to the island until wednesday. meanwhile, easyjet says it will operate extra repatriation flights to bring british holiday—makers home. we can speak now to laura and marc hall who are currently on holiday in rhodes —

and are waiting to be evacuated. i'm so sorry you're i'm s o r w you t r e 9 o in 9 i'm so sorry you're going through this, not least because it is your wedding anniversary today, is that right? it wedding anniversary today, is that riuht? , wedding anniversary today, is that right? it is. happy anniversary. right? it is. happy anniversary. sor it right? it is. happy anniversary. sorry it is— right? it is. happy anniversary. sorry it is starting _ right? it is. happy anniversary. sorry it is starting like - right? it 3 happy anniversary. sorry it is starting like this. talk us through the last couple of days. it has been a nightmare. on saturday night we were having a drink and we knew that other places were being evacuated but we were told to stand by. there was ash falling in our drinks and we could see a blaze in the distance and a lot of smoke. we were told not to do anything and then alarms went off on our phones, then alarms went off on our phones, the waiter said to stand by, he was shouting mayday, mayday, it was a mad panic and we started packing. we were told we might have to evacuate. we stayed in our rooms, we got a

call at 3am that we had to go, a couple of coaches outside, but there weren't enough so we couldn't get on a coach. so there are five of us, other family a coach. so there are five of us, otherfamily members, a member of staff took us in there minibus and drove us into rhodes, we didn't know where we were going, and eventually we were taken to a basketball stadium with loads of people, there must have been about 400 people, a handful of mattresses, so we tried to sleep on the floor. the volunteers were amazing, plenty of food and water, but we didn't know what was happening, no information from any reps. fist what was happening, no information from any reps— from any reps. at the basketball stadium, when _ from any reps. at the basketball stadium, when we _ from any reps. at the basketball stadium, when we walked - from any reps. at the basketball stadium, when we walked in, i from any reps. at the basketball stadium, when we walked in, it| from any reps. at the basketball. stadium, when we walked in, it was so full— stadium, when we walked in, it was so full of— stadium, when we walked in, it was so full of people laid down, it was clear— so full of people laid down, it was clear there — so full of people laid down, it was clear there hotels were the ones that had — clear there hotels were the ones that had burnt down. fortunately ours hadn't burnt down when we left.

we went _ ours hadn't burnt down when we left. we went into the car park with lots of other— we went into the car park with lots of other people. my dad is 66, he somehow— of other people. my dad is 66, he somehow managed to get in a sleeping ba- somehow managed to get in a sleeping bag and _ somehow managed to get in a sleeping bag and slipped on the car park floor. _ bag and slipped on the car park floor, which i didn't think i'd see him do _ floor, which i didn't think i'd see him do that— floor, which i didn't think i'd see him do that but he did. we spent about— him do that but he did. we spent about seven hours there. there was no information from tui. there were a few— no information from tui. there were a few reps _ no information from tui. there were a few reps around but they said they were awaiting further information and they— were awaiting further information and they would let us know if anything _ and they would let us know if anything changed but we needed to stay there. we had some contact from our hotel— stay there. we had some contact from our hotel and the hotel said the authorities said it was ok to be there _ authorities said it was ok to be there and — authorities said it was ok to be there and the police were monitoring there and the police were monitoring the situation with the drones, so we could _ the situation with the drones, so we could go— the situation with the drones, so we could go back. the hotel sent a car and we _ could go back. the hotel sent a car and we came back. you could go back. the hotel sent a car and we came back.— could go back. the hotel sent a car and we came back. you are back they are now at your— and we came back. you are back they are now at your original _ and we came back. you are back they are now at your original hotel? i and we came back. you are back they are now at your original hotel? we i are now at your original hotel? we are now at your original hotel? we are but are now at your original hotel? 9 are but we have had to pack up again, a phone call last night said we had to be ready to evacuate

again. it's very stressful but our flight home isn't until friday, we'd only been here 24 hours, and they say we are on our original flight home. �* . . :. : say we are on our original flight home. , ,., say we are on our original flight home. , , home. tui's stance seems to be you can stay in — home. tui's stance seems to be you can stay in the _ home. tui's stance seems to be you can stay in the evacuation _ home. tui's stance seems to be you can stay in the evacuation centre i can stay in the evacuation centre until— can stay in the evacuation centre until friday — can stay in the evacuation centre until friday or be at the hotel if they— until friday or be at the hotel if they say— until friday or be at the hotel if they say it _ until friday or be at the hotel if they say it is safe. the only information we have had from tui is an e-mail_ information we have had from tui is an e-mail to— information we have had from tui is an e—mailto say information we have had from tui is an e—mail to say hope you are enjoying — an e—mail to say hope you are enjoying your holiday, and we were 'ust enjoying your holiday, and we were just like _ enjoying your holiday, and we were just like them to be upfront about saying _ just like them to be upfront about saying they aren't offering any flights — saying they aren't offering any flights earlier so our only choice is the _ flights earlier so our only choice is the evacuation centre or be on standby— is the evacuation centre or be on standby in— is the evacuation centre or be on standby in the hotel, which is what we have _ standby in the hotel, which is what we have decided to do, so at least we have decided to do, so at least we can— we have decided to do, so at least we can eat — we have decided to do, so at least we can eat a — we have decided to do, so at least we can eat a meal and stuff. at the minute, _ we can eat a meal and stuff. at the minute, i_ we can eat a meal and stuff. at the minute, i don't know if you can see, the minute, idon't know if you can see, the sky— minute, i don't know if you can see, the sky is _ minute, i don't know if you can see, the sky is quite clear. last night

it was— the sky is quite clear. last night it was full— the sky is quite clear. last night it was full of smoke again but this morning _ it was full of smoke again but this morning it — it was full of smoke again but this morning it seems to be a different situation — morning it seems to be a different situation. third night, we have managed — situation. third night, we have managed to sleep through, but there are tonnes _ managed to sleep through, but there are tonnes of people in a worse situation — are tonnes of people in a worse situation than others, the staff at the hotel. — situation than others, the staff at the hotel, some of their families lost their— the hotel, some of their families lost their homes, people'sjobs, businesses, we are ok but tonnes of people _ businesses, we are ok but tonnes of people are _ businesses, we are ok but tonnes of people are really badly impacted. it is awful— people are really badly impacted. it is awful for the greeks. we people are really badly impacted. it is awful for the greeks.— is awful for the greeks. we really ho -e ou is awful for the greeks. we really hope you get _ is awful for the greeks. we really hope you get sorted _ is awful for the greeks. we really hope you get sorted and - is awful for the greeks. we really hope you get sorted and settled. | is awful for the greeks. we really i hope you get sorted and settled. and happy anniversary. we can get an update on the situation now with foreign minister andrew mitchell. what is the advice now, the foreign office advice for people who are stranded? :, , :, :, :,

stranded? our hearts go out to the families and _ stranded? our hearts go out to the families and individuals _ stranded? our hearts go out to the families and individuals whose i families and individuals whose holidays — families and individuals whose holidays have been ruined, often in very frightening circumstances, by what is _ very frightening circumstances, by what is happening in rhodes. the foreign— what is happening in rhodes. the foreign office advice is stick very close _ foreign office advice is stick very close to — foreign office advice is stick very close to your tour company. the tour operators _ close to your tour company. the tour operators know best what you should do. operators know best what you should do it _ operators know best what you should do it is _ operators know best what you should do. it is important to recognise that there _ do. it is important to recognise that there are between 7000 and 10,000 _ that there are between 7000 and 10,000 british holiday—makers on rhodes, _ 10,000 british holiday—makers on rhodes, it— 10,000 british holiday—makers on rhodes, it is peak holiday season. we immediately deployed a rapid forward _ we immediately deployed a rapid forward team of six experts from the british— forward team of six experts from the british foreign office, as well as four red — british foreign office, as well as four red cross operators as well. they— four red cross operators as well. they are — four red cross operators as well. they are based at the airport and as of last— they are based at the airport and as of last night — they are based at the airport and as of last night they had 20 people come _ of last night they had 20 people come to— of last night they had 20 people come to them for support, all of whom _ come to them for support, all of whom we — come to them for support, all of whom we have been able to support. we are _ whom we have been able to support. we are monitoring the situation every— we are monitoring the situation every hour— we are monitoring the situation every hour and if the advice from the foreign— every hour and if the advice from the foreign office changes we will let everyone know immediately.

getting — let everyone know immediately. getting hold of travel companies has been frustrating for some people. what can the foreign office do to help people? i know you say to go to the tour operator but they simply can't get hold of them. the important _ can't get hold of them. the important thing _ can't get hold of them. the important thing is - can't get hold of them. the important thing is to i can't get hold of them. the important thing is to stick to the tour operator and local greek services _ tour operator and local greek services on rhodes who will give the best advice. we have deployed the forward _ best advice. we have deployed the forward team to the airport and we will deal— forward team to the airport and we will deal with any problems arising when _ will deal with any problems arising when people bring them to us there and if— when people bring them to us there and if necessary we will reinforce the team — and if necessary we will reinforce the team that is already at the airport — the team that is already at the airport it _ the team that is already at the airport. it was immediately deployed when the _ airport. it was immediately deployed when the crisis broke. we are monitoring what is happening on the ground _ monitoring what is happening on the ground on— monitoring what is happening on the ground on an hour by hour basis. do ground on an hour by hour basis. dy: you ground on an hour by hour basis. you expect the ground on an hour by hour basis. d9 you expect the travel advice to change? if you expect the travel advice to chance? : , change? if necessary then it will chan . e change? if necessary then it will change but _ change? if necessary then it will change but at — change? if necessary then it will change but at the _ change? if necessary then it will change but at the moment i change? if necessary then it will change but at the moment that l change? if necessary then it will. change but at the moment that is change? if necessary then it will i change but at the moment that is the clear advice _ change but at the moment that is the clear advice but as i say you can rest _ clear advice but as i say you can rest assured that if there is a need to change —

rest assured that if there is a need to change then expert advice will be approved _ to change then expert advice will be approved instantly by ministers. you mention to approved instantly by ministers. mt. mention to the team deployed immediately, a team of around five people and you mentioned there are thousands of british tourists on rhodes at the moment. is that enough help? the rhodes at the moment. is that enough hel ? :. rhodes at the moment. is that enough hel ? :, :, , rhodes at the moment. is that enough help? the team we have deployed as a team of ten. — help? the team we have deployed as a team of ten, four _ help? the team we have deployed as a team of ten, four red _ help? the team we have deployed as a team of ten, four red cross _ team of ten, four red cross operators, an important side of this, _ operators, an important side of this, and — operators, an important side of this, and then six concealer experts -- six _ this, and then six concealer experts -- six experts — this, and then six concealer experts —— six experts in consumer matters. -- consular— —— six experts in consumer matters. —— consular matters. we keep the matter— —— consular matters. we keep the matter under very close review. if numbers— matter under very close review. if numbers need to be increased or amplified — numbers need to be increased or amplified then they will be. is

numbers need to be increased or amplified then they will be. is it amplified then they will be. is it appropriate _ amplified then they will be. is it appropriate to _ amplified then they will be. us if appropriate to put the responsibility onto teams on the ground whether it is tour operator teams are local greek people to help? the people living there have in some cases lost everything themselves.— in some cases lost everything themselves. :, :, :, :, :, themselves. you have to do what you can with the — themselves. you have to do what you can with the ability _ themselves. you have to do what you can with the ability on _ themselves. you have to do what you can with the ability on the _ themselves. you have to do what you can with the ability on the ground i can with the ability on the ground to do— can with the ability on the ground to do that — can with the ability on the ground to do that. these fires... the authorities— to do that. these fires... the authorities on the ground are best placed _ authorities on the ground are best placed to — authorities on the ground are best placed to give advice and to help but our— placed to give advice and to help but ourjob is to look after the very— but ourjob is to look after the very large _ but ourjob is to look after the very large number of british people on holiday— very large number of british people on holiday on rhodes at what is peak holiday— on holiday on rhodes at what is peak holiday season at the moment and we are going _ holiday season at the moment and we are going to— holiday season at the moment and we are going to do everything we possibly— are going to do everything we possibly can to help. at the moment there _ possibly can to help. at the moment there advice is as i've set out. a little there advice is as i've set out. little update has come on in the last minute or two from the afp news

agency who suggest 2000 people are being evacuated from corfu now. what is the advice for people in coffee or planning to try to get there in the next few days. the or planning to try to get there in the next few days.— or planning to try to get there in the next few days. the advice again is listenin: the next few days. the advice again is listening carefully _ the next few days. the advice again is listening carefully to _ the next few days. the advice again is listening carefully to your - the next few days. the advice again is listening carefully to your tour i is listening carefully to your tour operator — is listening carefully to your tour operator or travel company but to the information i had one minute before _ the information i had one minute before this — the information i had one minute before this interview started is that there are not any evacuations from _ that there are not any evacuations from corfu — that there are not any evacuations from corfu. there has been movement of people _ from corfu. there has been movement of people overnight within corfu but this morning they have been sent back to _ this morning they have been sent back to earlier accommodation. i hope _ back to earlier accommodation. i hope the — back to earlier accommodation. i hope the situation is a little better— hope the situation is a little better and more stable than your report— better and more stable than your report suggests. it better and more stable than your report suggests-— better and more stable than your report suggests. a perfect example, eo - le report suggests. a perfect example, --eole are report suggests. a perfect example, people are confused _ report suggests. a perfect example, people are confused about _ report suggests. a perfect example, people are confused about this, i report suggests. a perfect example, people are confused about this, it i people are confused about this, it is difficult to pin down what is happening over there. we hearfrom news agencies that that is happening, you obviously have information that might suggest people were evacuated but now not. it must be terribly distressing for

people heading out there are people at home with families out there. yes, and we are very conscious of that and _ yes, and we are very conscious of that and that is why i say it is important _ that and that is why i say it is important to stick to the advice you are given _ important to stick to the advice you are given by your tour operator or travel— are given by your tour operator or travel company, and the advice of the emergency experts on the ground in rhodes, _ the emergency experts on the ground in rhodes, and i think that is the best— in rhodes, and i think that is the best way— in rhodes, and i think that is the best way to — in rhodes, and i think that is the best way to handle this, and that is the way— best way to handle this, and that is the way it— best way to handle this, and that is the way it is— best way to handle this, and that is the way it is being handled. we best way to handle this, and that is the way it is being handled.- the way it is being handled. we are seeinu a the way it is being handled. we are seeing a heatwave _ the way it is being handled. we are seeing a heatwave across - the way it is being handled. we are seeing a heatwave across europe i the way it is being handled. we are| seeing a heatwave across europe at the moment, torrential rain in the uk, wildfires, and we heard from michael gove who called for a relaxation of some of the net zero measures, suggesting perhaps the government is asking too much from people too quickly on environmental changes. in terms of net zero, is the government perhaps going soft a little bit on environmental policies? lt little bit on environmental policies?— little bit on environmental policies? it is important to emphasise _ policies? it is important to emphasise it _ policies? it is important to emphasise it is _ policies? it is important to emphasise it is not - policies? it is important to emphasise it is not a i policies? it is important to l emphasise it is not a choice policies? it is important to i emphasise it is not a choice of either— emphasise it is not a choice of either or. _ emphasise it is not a choice of either or, you can do both. the

british— either or, you can do both. the british government's net zero plans and policies have been extremely successful. we are ahead on many of the targets— successful. we are ahead on many of the targets and we are the leading country— the targets and we are the leading country amongst the g7 for implementing the necessary measures to reach— implementing the necessary measures to reach net zero. but this is also a government which wants to defend people _ a government which wants to defend people from price rises and you saw that during — people from price rises and you saw that during the pandemic, you saw it during _ that during the pandemic, you saw it during the _ that during the pandemic, you saw it during the energy crisis when the government deliberately stepped in to soft _ government deliberately stepped in to soft their price rises and you see it _ to soft their price rises and you see it in — to soft their price rises and you see it in the prime minister's determination to combat inflation, and we _ determination to combat inflation, and we had encouraging figures last week. _ and we had encouraging figures last week, so— and we had encouraging figures last week, so it — and we had encouraging figures last week, so it is not a choice between the two _ week, so it is not a choice between the two we — week, so it is not a choice between the two. we have to do both. under this government, we will.— the two. we have to do both. under this government, we will. and we will continue, bbc news teams here in the uk and around europe, to get the very latest for you on what

those evacuations mean and the plans that might change for people still going on holiday to the affected zones over the next few days. the situation is _ zones over the next few days. tt9 situation is changing all the time and the advice, as we just heard, may change in the coming days. so unfair, all those families waiting all yearfor a summer unfair, all those families waiting all year for a summer holiday and unfair, all those families waiting all yearfor a summer holiday and in dealing with that. we had a rather wet weekend in the uk. , , , :, :, we had a rather wet weekend in the uk. ,, , uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if ou uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if you were _ uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if you were at — uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if you were at the _ uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if you were at the open. - uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if. you were at the open. umbrella uk. yes, but still a lot of fun if- you were at the open. umbrella in hand, you — you were at the open. umbrella in hand, you probably— you were at the open. umbrella in hand, you probably had _ you were at the open. umbrella in hand, you probably had a - you were at the open. umbrella in hand, you probably had a good i you were at the open. umbrella in. hand, you probably had a good time watching brian harman winning the open, his first title. tommy fleetwood, localfrom southport, trying to do it at home, and of course matthewjordan as well from the wirral, but this guy, the 36—year—old american got his hands on his first major title.

brian harman is the new open champion after strolling to victory at a very wet hoylake. the american overcame an early wobble in his final round to finish on 13 under, winning by six shots and claiming his first major title. rory mcilroy ended six under while home favourites tommy fleetwood and matthewjordan finished on four under par. i'm very aware of my own emotions and i knew at some point i would drop some shots — it's a real difficulty day out today. i haven't typically been very good rain player so i was nervous starting today, so to make those two birdies on six and seven today was really good. australia's cricketer�*s have retained the ashes. the final day was a wash—out in the fourth ashes test at old trafford and the match drawn, meaning england can't now win the series. there is just one there isjust one match there is just one match to go, beginning at the oval later this week.

we have a chance of levelling the series 2—2, and that is the best we can hope for. so for us that is the best we can hope for. although we cant get it back, there are a bigger things for us than winning the ashes, if that makes sense. zharnel hughes' impressive season contiues — after he broke the 30—year—old british men's 200 metres record, at the diamond league meeting at the london stadium. america's noah lyles won the race in a new meeting record of 19.47 seconds, ahead of botswana's letsile tebogo. but look at hughes... in lane seven, second from the outside, he finished third to break a record that's stood since 1993, set byjohn regis at the world championships. hughes clocking 19.73 seconds — almost a quarter of a second quicker than the previous mark. max verstappen called it a pretty perfect day as he continued his domination of formula one with victory at the hungarian grand prix. verstappen overtook lewis hamilton — who was on his first pole since 2021 — at the first corner in hungary and led the race from there. it's his seventh victory in a row, and ninth of the season.

red bull's12th consecutive win, dating back to the final race of 2022, which sets a new record. mclaren's lando norris came second — that's back to back podium finishes for him — while verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez finished third. for the second year in a row — denmark's jonas vingegaard is the tour de france champion. the final stage in paris was won by the young belgianjordi meeus but the day belonged to vingergaur, who crossed the line in the yellow jersey on the champs—elysees to confirm victory by almost seven and a half minutes. tadej pogacar and britain's adam yatesjoined him on the podium after finishing second and third overall. adam's twin brother simon was fourth. vingegaard's next target will now be the vuelta a espana at the end of august. one big football transfer line to bring you — newcastle united have continued to strengthen their squad ahead of the new season, with the signing of harvey barnes from leicester city

for £38 million. the wingerjoins as newcastle look ahead to their first season in the champions league in 20 years. and you'd think pep guardiola had everything he wanted in his life — but the manchester city boss, who has called hollywood actress julia roberts one of his idols — admits it pains him to see her support manchester united. he won't be happy to see this then... julia roberts with the united manager erik ten haag. she's been visiting the united squad on their preseason tour of america. marcus rashford getting a hug too. united shared these photos after they beat arsenal 2—0 in a pre season friendly in newjersey. his other idols are tiger woods and michaeljordan, in case you're wondering. i don't know what order thatis wondering. i don't know what order that is in butjulia roberts is up there too. l that is in but julia roberts is up there too-— that is in but julia roberts is up there too. ~' . :, , there too. i think the julia roberts thing hurts- _ there too. i think the julia roberts thing hurts. you _ there too. i think the julia roberts thing hurts. you can _ there too. i think the julia roberts

thing hurts. you can see _ there too. i think the julia roberts thing hurts. you can see erik- there too. i think the julia roberts thing hurts. you can see erik ten i thing hurts. you can see erik ten hag looking very pleased with himself. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. a real mixed bag of weather through this week. we have some rain trundling south across england and wales, not yet in the south of england but it will get there and clear and then behind it we are looking at sunshine and showers. this is the weather front responsible for the rain. a few showers ahead, it won't be as windy as the weekend but still breezy. a few showers ahead of the main band of rain which is still moving south. a few showers in the north of scotland and the north—east of england. is this weather front moves away, and it probably won't clear the far south until early afternoon, you will find a mixture of areas of cloud, some sunny skies and a few

showers. a new weatherfront cloud, some sunny skies and a few showers. a new weather front is coming in across the north—west which will introduce showery outbreaks rain through the day. temperatures 14—20 north to south. through the evening and overnight, we hang onto a few showers but there will be a lot of dry weather, clear skies, some mist and fog patches forming, and showers across the north of scotland will be heavy and frequent. temperatures, 9—12 roughly. through tomorrow for many of us we will see a lot of dry weather, areas of cloud and some sunny skies, but showers get going through the course of the day. some of those will be heavy and quite frequent. temperatures 13 in the north to 20 in the south but looking drier overall tomorrow. in the middle of the week, tuesday to wednesday we have this area of low pressure coming our way and later in the day it will introduce some more

isobars and also weather fronts, so it is a recipe for rain and windy conditions to the west. but it will start to dry with some sunshine and a few showers and then heavier rain moves into western areas through the afternoon. temperatures 14—21. moving into thursday, the rain pushes across as overnight and then we have the dregs of it across southern england and the channel islands. something brighter coming from the west but still a few showers and temperatures getting up to, again, potentially 21 depending on the amount of sunshine we see. beyond that it remains unsettled, still looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, and temperatures for most a little disappointing for this time of year. we would expect them to be a bit higher. high is up to 22. unsettled

and disappointing _ higher. high is up to 22. unsettled and disappointing as _ higher. high is up to 22. unsettled and disappointing as a _ higher. high is up to 22. unsettled and disappointing as a very - higher. high is up to 22. unsettled and disappointing as a very polite. and disappointing as a very polite way of putting it. i can think of other words. way of putting it. i can think of otherwords. not way of putting it. i can think of other words. not that we are going to see here. from performing on the royal opera house stage, to winning the hearts of the nation on this year's britain's got talent — 14—year—old malakai has been described as classical music's newest star. the teenage opera singer has now released his debut album called 'golden' — inspired by his original britain's got talent audition. let's take a look at that moment. operatic singing. cheering. there's only one word

i could use to describe that. golden. singing. malakai joins us now with his mum, magdalene. good morning to you both. congratulations on the whole thing. just watching that moment with all the gold confetti, what was the whole experience like for you? really fun. hard to believe.

watching those clips back now, what is it like? lt’s watching those clips back now, what is it like? �*, ,, :, is it like? it's kind of embarrassing i is it like? it's kind of i embarrassing because no is it like? it's kind of - embarrassing because no one is it like? it's kind of _ embarrassing because no one really likes watching videos of themselves. but it— likes watching videos of themselves. but it was— likes watching videos of themselves. but it was really cool. you likes watching videos of themselves. but it was really cool.— but it was really cool. you should not be embarrassed, _ but it was really cool. you should not be embarrassed, you - but it was really cool. you should not be embarrassed, you should | but it was really cool. you should i not be embarrassed, you should be super proud. such a sensational voice. talking of proud, good morning. how proud are you? extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could _ extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could see — extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could see his _ extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could see his reaction _ extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could see his reaction when i extremely proud, unbelievable, and you could see his reaction when the| you could see his reaction when the confetti _ you could see his reaction when the confetti came — you could see his reaction when the confetti came down, _ you could see his reaction when the confetti came down, "i'm _ you could see his reaction when the confetti came down, "i'm saving i confetti came down, "i'm saving this" _ confetti came down, "i'm saving this" he — confetti came down, "i'm saving this" he still— confetti came down, "i'm saving this." he still has— confetti came down, "i'm saving this." he still has some. - confetti came down, "i'm saving this." he still has some.- confetti came down, "i'm saving this." he still has some. what has ha--ened this." he still has some. what has happened since — this." he still has some. what has happened since then? _ this." he still has some. what has happened since then? it's - this." he still has some. what has happened since then? it's been i happened since then? it's been really cool _ happened since then? it's been really cool because _ happened since then? it's been really cool because a _ happened since then? it's been really cool because a lot i happened since then? it's been really cool because a lot of i happened since then? it's been i really cool because a lot of people have recognised me in the street and asked _ have recognised me in the street and asked for— have recognised me in the street and asked for pictures. and have recognised me in the street and asked for pictures.— asked for pictures. and you don't mind that? _

asked for pictures. and you don't mind that? yeah. _ asked for pictures. and you don't mind that? yeah. that's - asked for pictures. and you don't mind that? yeah. that's a i asked for pictures. and you don't mind that? yeah. that's a good i asked for pictures. and you don't i mind that? yeah. that's a good place to start. mind that? yeah. that's a good place to start- what — mind that? yeah. that's a good place to start. what has _ mind that? yeah. that's a good place to start. what has been _ mind that? yeah. that's a good place to start. what has been happening with music?— with music? after britain's got talent i with music? after britain's got talent i got — with music? after britain's got talent i got signed _ with music? after britain's got talent i got signed a _ with music? after britain's got talent i got signed a record i with music? after britain's got i talent i got signed a record deal with universal studios and then that released _ with universal studios and then that released on friday so, year. when ou to released on friday so, year. when you go back _ released on friday so, year. when you go back to _ released on friday so, year. when you go back to school— released on friday so, year. when you go back to school in _ released on friday so, year. igtrt99�*t you go back to school in september and your mates so what did you do in the summer holidays, you can say you released an album. that must be special to have your name in the charts. :. special to have your name in the charts-- and _ special to have your name in the charts.- and some - special to have your name in the charts.- and some shows i special to have your name in the charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well- in a — charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in a few _ charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in a few days _ charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in a few days in _ charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in a few days in august i charts. yeah. and some shows coming as well. in a few days in august and i as well. in a few days in august and september — as well. in a few days in august and september l — as well. in a few days in august and september i am _ as well. in a few days in august and september i am doing _ as well. in a few days in august and september i am doing the - as well. in a few days in august and september i am doing the proms. i as well. in a few days in august and i september i am doing the proms. the actual september i am doing the proms. actual proms? september i am doing the proms. the actual proms? highlands _ september i am doing the proms. the actual proms? highlands estate i september i am doing the proms. the actual proms? highlands estate essex on the 5th of — actual proms? highlands estate essex on the 5th of august _ actual proms? highlands estate essex on the 5th of august and _ actual proms? highlands estate essex on the 5th of august and the - actual proms? highlands estate essex on the 5th of august and the next i on the 5th of august and the next one is— on the 5th of august and the next one is the — on the 5th of august and the next one is the 12th of august in stoner park in _ one is the 12th of august in stoner park in oxfordshire.—

park in oxfordshire. have you written them _ park in oxfordshire. have you written them down _ park in oxfordshire. have you written them down so - park in oxfordshire. have you written them down so you i park in oxfordshire. have you i written them down so you don't miss them? :, , ,, :, , them? then the next one is stansted park in hampshire, _ them? then the next one is stansted park in hampshire, 19th _ them? then the next one is stansted park in hampshire, 19th of— them? then the next one is stansted park in hampshire, 19th of august. i park in hampshire, 19th of august. then— park in hampshire, 19th of august. then the _ park in hampshire, 19th of august. then the 9th of september. your saturda s then the 9th of september. your saturdays in _ then the 9th of september. your saturdays in august _ then the 9th of september. your saturdays in august are - then the 9th of september. tm." saturdays in august are going to be really busy. tell us about the music. what will you be singing? mostly songs from my album. i still have to _ mostly songs from my album. i still have to decide.— have to decide. here you are. sinauin have to decide. here you are. singing and — have to decide. here you are. singing and being _ have to decide. here you are. singing and being brave i have to decide. here you are. singing and being brave at i have to decide. here you are. | singing and being brave at the have to decide. here you are. i singing and being brave at the same time. when did you realise he had this gift? what age was he? ltrufheh this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because _ this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as _ this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as a _ this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as a kid - this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as a kid he i this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as a kid he had l this gift? what age was he? when he was seven, because as a kid he had a\ was seven, because as a kid he had a voice _ was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for— was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for screaming, _ was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for screaming, and _ was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for screaming, and i— was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for screaming, and i had - was seven, because as a kid he had a voice for screaming, and i had a - voice for screaming, and i had a daughter— voice for screaming, and i had a daughter and _ voice for screaming, and i had a daughterand i_ voice for screaming, and i had a daughter and i knew— voice for screaming, and i had a daughter and i knew what - voice for screaming, and i had a daughter and i knew what kids. voice for screaming, and i had a - daughter and i knew what kids sound like when _

daughter and i knew what kids sound like when they— daughter and i knew what kids sound like when they cry, _ daughter and i knew what kids sound like when they cry, but _ daughter and i knew what kids sound like when they cry, but when - daughter and i knew what kids sound like when they cry, but when he - like when they cry, but when he screamed — like when they cry, but when he screamed he _ like when they cry, but when he screamed he would _ like when they cry, but when he screamed he would have - like when they cry, but when he screamed he would have to - like when they cry, but when he screamed he would have to putl like when they cry, but when he - screamed he would have to put your fingers _ screamed he would have to put your fingers in _ screamed he would have to put your fingers in your— screamed he would have to put your fingers in your ears _ screamed he would have to put your fingers in your ears literally, - screamed he would have to put your fingers in your ears literally, but - fingers in your ears literally, but when _ fingers in your ears literally, but when he — fingers in your ears literally, but when he was _ fingers in your ears literally, but when he was seven _ fingers in your ears literally, but when he was seven he _ fingers in your ears literally, but when he was seven he sang, - fingers in your ears literally, but - when he was seven he sang, because every— when he was seven he sang, because every christmas — when he was seven he sang, because every christmas we _ when he was seven he sang, because every christmas we would _ when he was seven he sang, because every christmas we would sing - when he was seven he sang, because every christmas we would sing to - every christmas we would sing to entertain— every christmas we would sing to entertain each— every christmas we would sing to entertain each other, _ every christmas we would sing to entertain each other, and - every christmas we would sing to entertain each other, and he - every christmas we would sing to| entertain each other, and he sang word _ entertain each other, and he sang word for— entertain each other, and he sang word for word _ entertain each other, and he sang word for word and _ entertain each other, and he sang word for word and perfect - entertain each other, and he sang word for word and perfect and - entertain each other, and he sang word for word and perfect and i i entertain each other, and he sang l word for word and perfect and i said he could _ word for word and perfect and i said he could join— word for word and perfect and i said he could join the _ word for word and perfect and i said he could join the choir— word for word and perfect and i said he could join the choir with - word for word and perfect and i said he could join the choir with his - he could join the choir with his sister— he could join the choir with his sister now _ he could join the choir with his sister now. did _ he could join the choir with his sister now— he could join the choir with his sister now. , , i, i, ,, i, sister now. did you make him 'oin the choir? — sister now. did you make him 'oin the choir? .— sister now. did you make him 'oin the choir? i did! i sister now. did you make him 'oin the choir? i did! when i sister now. did you make him 'oin the choir? i did! when did i sister now. did you make himjoin the choir? i did! when did you - the choir? i did! when did you realise you — the choir? i did! when did you realise you had _ the choir? i did! when did you realise you had this _ the choir? i did! when did you realise you had this voice? - the choir? i did! when did you realise you had this voice? a i the choir? i did! when did you i realise you had this voice? a few da s into realise you had this voice? a few days into the _ realise you had this voice? a few days into the choir, _ realise you had this voice? a few days into the choir, a _ realise you had this voice? a few days into the choir, a lot - realise you had this voice? a few days into the choir, a lot of - realise you had this voice? a few i days into the choir, a lot of people said i_ days into the choir, a lot of people said i had — days into the choir, a lot of people said i had a — days into the choir, a lot of people said i had a nice voice. they said my voice — said i had a nice voice. they said my voice sounded really nice. the trouble with _ my voice sounded really nice. the: trouble with being a my voice sounded really nice. tt9: trouble with being a boy of my voice sounded really nice. tt9 trouble with being a boy of 14 and trouble with being a boy of ia and having a beautiful voice like that is it doesn't last forever. do you feel you want to enjoy it and sing as much as you can for now. yes. do ou as much as you can for now. yes. do you worry — as much as you can for now. yes. do you worry about _ as much as you can for now. yes. do you worry about when your voice

breaks? ., . , you worry about when your voice breaks? ., ., , , , breaks? not really because i will 'ust sin breaks? not really because i will just sing a _ breaks? not really because i will just sing a lower _ breaks? not really because i will just sing a lower part. _ breaks? not really because i will just sing a lower part. how - breaks? not really because i will just sing a lower part. how do i breaks? not really because i will. just sing a lower part. how do you balance everything, _ just sing a lower part. how do you balance everything, coming - just sing a lower part. how do you balance everything, coming up. just sing a lower part. how do you balance everything, coming up to| just sing a lower part. how do you | balance everything, coming up to a busy time in school? how will you fit in exams and singing and going on tourand fit in exams and singing and going on tour and releasing albums? l on tour and releasing albums? i finished my exams already so that is -ood finished my exams already so that is good but _ finished my exams already so that is good but i _ finished my exams already so that is good but i don't think i have anything _ good but i don't think i have anything for my christmas exams so, yeah _ anything for my christmas exams so, eah. ., , . . ,, yeah. your mum will be checking her notes, yeah. your mum will be checking her notes. checking _ yeah. your mum will be checking her notes, checking the _ yeah. your mum will be checking her notes, checking the diary _ yeah. your mum will be checking her notes, checking the diary again. - yeah. your mum will be checking her notes, checking the diary again. it i notes, checking the diary again. it is amazing how he does it because even _ is amazing how he does it because even when — is amazing how he does it because even when he _ is amazing how he does it because even when he was _ is amazing how he does it because even when he was doing _ is amazing how he does it because even when he was doing the - is amazing how he does it becausel even when he was doing the operas and stuff, _ even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he — even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he would _ even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he would be _ even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he would be at _ even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he would be at the - even when he was doing the operas and stuff, he would be at the royali and stuff, he would be at the royal opera _ and stuff, he would be at the royal opera and — and stuff, he would be at the royal opera and have _ and stuff, he would be at the royal opera and have school— and stuff, he would be at the royal opera and have school the - and stuff, he would be at the royal opera and have school the next i opera and have school the next morning — opera and have school the next morning and _ opera and have school the next morning and doing _ opera and have school the next morning and doing other- opera and have school the nexti morning and doing other things, opera and have school the next i morning and doing other things, and it is unbelievable _ morning and doing other things, and it is unbelievable how— morning and doing other things, and it is unbelievable how he _ morning and doing other things, and it is unbelievable how he gets - morning and doing other things, and it is unbelievable how he gets the i it is unbelievable how he gets the energy— it is unbelievable how he gets the energy trut— it is unbelievable how he gets the energy but he _ it is unbelievable how he gets the energy but he seems— it is unbelievable how he gets the energy but he seems to _ it is unbelievable how he gets the energy but he seems to manage i it is unbelievable how he gets the i energy but he seems to manage ok. i energy but he seems to manage ok. i think energy but he seems to manage ok. think you are managing ok, it is fairto say. think you are managing 0k, it is fair to say-— fair to say. the album is called golden, fair to say. the album is called golden. is _ fair to say. the album is called golden, is that _ fair to say. the album is called golden, is that because - fair to say. the album is called golden, is that because of- fair to say. the album is called golden, is that because of the| golden, is that because of the golden, is that because of the golden buzzer?—

golden, is that because of the golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the — golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the studios _ golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the studios and _ golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the studios and we - golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the studios and we had i golden buzzer? yes. who's idea was that? at the studios and we had a i that? at the studios and we had a talk about what _ that? at the studios and we had a talk about what it _ that? at the studios and we had a talk about what it should - that? at the studios and we had a talk about what it should be i that? at the studios and we had a talk about what it should be cold i talk about what it should be cold and i_ talk about what it should be cold and i said — talk about what it should be cold and i said it should be called golden— and i said it should be called golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti- _ golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti. can _ golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti. can you _ golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti. can you spot - golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti. can you spot the i golden because of the buzzer. and the confetti. can you spot the bit i the confetti. can you spot the bit ou the confetti. can you spot the bit you saved? _ the confetti. can you spot the bit you saved? the _ the confetti. can you spot the bit you saved? the video _ the confetti. can you spot the bit you saved? the video we - the confetti. can you spot the bit you saved? the video we played | you saved? the video we played before a view on the roof with your leg dangling off the side of the building, that looked terrifying. not scary? ads, building, that looked terrifying. not sca ? : . building, that looked terrifying. notsca 7m building, that looked terrifying. not scary?— building, that looked terrifying. notsca 7m building, that looked terrifying. notsca 7. ., not scary? a bit scary when you got to the edge- — not scary? a bit scary when you got to the edge. when _ not scary? a bit scary when you got to the edge. when we _ not scary? a bit scary when you got to the edge. when we were - not scary? a bit scary when you got to the edge. when we were filming | to the edge. when we were filming it, to the edge. when we were filming it. one _ to the edge. when we were filming it. one of— to the edge. when we were filming it, one of the people with the cameras, _ it, one of the people with the cameras, they slipped, they slid down~ _ cameras, they slipped, they slid down. �* , ., cameras, they slipped, they slid down. �* , . yeah, down. but they were all right? yeah, the were down. but they were all right? yeah, they were fine- _ down. but they were all right? yeah, they were fine. thank _ down. but they were all right? yeah, they were fine. thank goodness. i they were fine. thank goodness. lovel to they were fine. thank goodness. lovely to meet _ they were fine. thank goodness. lovely to meet you. _ they were fine. thank goodness. lovely to meet you. thanks i they were fine. thank goodness. lovely to meet you. thanks for l lovely to meet you. thanks for coming in and good luck with your tourer. not much of a summer break for you. tourer. not much of a summer break foryou. he tourer. not much of a summer break

for ou. . . tourer. not much of a summer break for ou. ., , ., tourer. not much of a summer break for ou. .,, ., ., tourer. not much of a summer break for ou. ., ., ., ., , for you. he has to go around -- gets to to for you. he has to go around -- gets to go around — for you. he has to go around -- gets to go around singing _ for you. he has to go around -- gets to go around singing for _ for you. he has to go around -- gets to go around singing for people i for you. he has to go around -- gets to go around singing for people so i to go around singing for people so that is— to go around singing for people so that is good — malakai's album 'golden' is out now. we will have the headlines in the moment but first let's get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm paul murphy—kasp. from today, wandsworth bridge will be closed to all motor vehicles for around ten weeks. wandsworth council is closing the bridge so corroded bearings can be replaced. it will still be open for people to walk across, but cyclists will need to dismount. calls for a statue of wartime hero alan turing to be placed on trafalgar square's fourth plinth have been backed by the lgbtq+ armed forces charity fighting with pride. the plinth currently has no permanent display — instead, the mayor's fourth plinth commission has used it to showcase temporary installations. defence secretary ben wallace made the suggestion for the turing statue

in the house of commons last week. let's take a look at the tubes now. and it's a very busy morning on the board. we've got planned engineering works affecting the bakerloo line between queens park and harrow and wealdstone, and on the london overground between euston and watford junctrion. also on the overground, there's no service at the moment between willesden junction and clapham junction because of power problems. and a points failure at richmond means no service between richmond and south acton and severe delays between acton central and stratford. that's also affecting the district line which has no service between turnham green and richmond. we've also got severe delays on the trams. there are also minor delays on the piccadilly line near heathrow. however, the rest of the lines are running a good service. now, on to the weather. a bit of a miserable start, overcast with spells of rain through this morning. but turning drier and brighter later this afternoon. top temperature today of 18 degrees. that's it for now. there's plenty more on our website and socials. i'll be back with more in half an hour. goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today... another greek holiday island is hit by wild fires. evacuations are now underway in corfu as the north of the island is threatened. relief flights will arrive in rhodes today to help bring back british tourists who were among the 19,000 displaced by fires there. it was horrendous. i have never been so scared in my life. especially running down to the beach. a commitment to build a million new homes by 202a. the government says that won't mean concreting over of the countryside.

pressures take their impact. brian harman makes it through the rain at royal liverpool. despite soaking conditions — it's all smiles — as the american holds his nerve to win the open. with a year to go to the paris olympics, we're with the dancers hoping to take part in the event's newest sport. all from a dance studio in manchester. a band of rain preceded by showers moving south across england and wales. as it plays later on this afternoon, what you will find it we will all have a day of areas of cloud, sunshine and showers. not as windy as the weekend. all the details later on in the programme. it's monday the 24th july. corfu has become the latest greek island to issue an evacuation order, after

wildfires broke out late last night in the soaring temperatures. 19,000 people have been displaced on rhodes, as firefighters try to contain three separate fires there. the first repatriation flights, to rescue stranded british tourists will arrive on the island today. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. fires have made rhodes a holiday hell. flames turning skies red overnight. british holidaymakers are among those fleeing for their lives. it literally felt like we were in some sort of apocalypse film because the sky behind the hotel was lit up bright orange and red. the hotel was abandoned. there was just things, sort of people who'd been by the pool. stuff has been totally abandoned by the pool. suitcases abandoned in the lobby, on the beach.

there wasn't enough coaches to move 800 people. but the fire was coming. the smoke was coming. so we all set off on foot. i walked 12 miles in this heat yesterday. it took me four hours, along with 800 — 700 or 800 other people. we were told to go to the beach because there'll be boats coming. this happened four times and then they moved us off the beach. "carry on walking. keep moving away." many took to the roads, either evacuated by coaches or hire cars. 16,000 have left by land, 3,000 by sea. it is the biggest evacuation from wildfires greece has ever seen. at rhodes airport, huge queues as people wait days to be flown out with little food and drink. no clue what's going on. there's been absolutely no communication. all we've heard of flights to take us out are from the news.

no clue what's going on. there's been absolutely no communication. all we've heard of flights to take us out are from the news. jet2 and tui have cancelled flights to rhodes, but airlines are flying british nationals out with two repatriation flights organised by easyjet leaving today. the greek tourism minister called for perspective and said the island's fire service was in control. we remain very vigilant. our very brave firemen are working around the clock to ensure that the fire doesn't get out of reach. as i said, currently, it's10% of the island in rhodes that has been affected. the foreign office has sent a rapid deployment team of five, and four british red cross responders to rhodes to help authorities with bringing british tourists back home. but now corfu, another popular holiday island, is on fire. a blaze broke out in the northern part of the island, which is popular with british tourists, and an evacuation order has been issued. with the greek fire brigade now forecasting fires will break out on other islands, including crete,

the nightmare on the holiday islands rages on. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. passengers began arriving back in the uk from rhodes overnight on scheduled flights — and our reporter simon hare was at east midlands airport, to hear about some of their experiences. here at east midlands airport in leicestershire, we've seen scheduled flights returning from rhodes overnight and many relieved holidaymakers and their relatives here in the arrivals lounge. we've heard stories of evacuation, of power cuts at hotels, holidays cut short and lots and lots of smoke from those wildfires in rhodes. close up, it looked like hell on earth, to be honest. and, you know, there's a lot of fire, but ijust hope everybody is ok. we heard multiple sirens this morning. all the power went off, so we were panicked. you saw everyone coming out in their balconies trying to see what's going on. no—one was telling us anything.

i think we went to some of the actual hotel staff, knew that there was fires and stuff, but i don't think anyone realised how bad it was when you're like, no, the centre of it. not at the centre of it. yeah. we got to the airport at! am. and then ourflight was at 9:00 at night. so yeah. you had to wait 16 hours for yourflight home. it was either that or get on a coach ship anywhere. so. well, many flights and holidays to rhodes have been cancelled, but flights to repatriate stranded holidaymakers are still going ahead. and later today, easyjet putting on an extra two flights as well. and if you've got a holiday or a flight to rhodes booked in the near future, the advice is to contact your travel operator or hotel. simon hare, bbc news, east midlands airport. our correspondentjenny hill is in rhodes for us this morning. jenny, what's the situation there this morning?

well, it looks idyllic, doesn't it? for so many people, their last few days had been a real nightmare. 19,000 people, locals and tourists had to flee homes and hotels over the weekend. those fires are still burning. you can see how windy it is. that has been the case over the last day or so. the wind is forecast to strengthen. the firefighters are still trying to bring fire under control. theirjob is so much more difficult and dangerous. they reported overnight there were large flare ups on the three main fronts of that fire. at the same time we have heard about fires breaking out in coffee and also on evia, where they had their worst fires in the world history last year. firefighters extremely nervous about what will come in the next few hours

and days. some settlements in both coffee and evia have had to be evacuated already. it is not clear whether the fires will spread. the full cast in terms of wind may be different. what you can be certain of is another heat wave is predicted to hit this region in the coming days. that will not help at all. when you talk to people here, people of course are immediately concerned with what is happening right now. some places do not have running water. there had been power outages overnight because a power station near the fire was shut down. although this is focusing minds, not just in the region that across the world, on the changing climate and the potential effects it could have, the potential effects it could have, the impact it could have on regions like this and of course here on the all tourism industry.— like this and of course here on the all tourism industry. thank you very much indeed- _ all tourism industry. thank you very much indeed. now _ all tourism industry. thank you very much indeed. now the _ all tourism industry. thank you very much indeed. now the rest - all tourism industry. thank you very

much indeed. now the rest of i all tourism industry. thank you very much indeed. now the rest of the i much indeed. now the rest of the news. plans to prioritise building new homes in britain's inner city areas rather than the countryside are expected to be announced by the prime minister later today. we'rejoined now by our senior political correspondent, nick eardley. these are the two big issues, housing and the environment coming together. housing and the environment coming totether. . housing and the environment coming totether. , ~., housing and the environment coming totether. , a, ., i. together. yes. morning to you. the government — together. yes. morning to you. the government has _ together. yes. morning to you. the government has been _ together. yes. morning to you. the government has been trying - together. yes. morning to you. the government has been trying for- together. yes. morning to you. the government has been trying for a i government has been trying for a while to square this circle of how to build more homes. everybody except you need more homes in the uk and keeping everyone happy. a whole bunch of mps unhappy when you say they will build more homes in that area. the government hopes it will still meet its target of building a million new homes in this parliament, so between 2019 and whenever the general election is, probably towards the end of next year. it believes it will meet that target. to do it it will say let's not build on the green belt and

concrete over the countryside. let's build in the cities where people want more homes. that is the pitch from the government to do it. it will relax rules to allow people to make it easier to turn shops into houses or to build lofts or extensions on to current properties. that is the plan from the government. it will be a big political debate. the labour party is saying the government has not been radical enough, not prepared to take on its own mps to say we had to do this, we had to build in parts of the country where housing is required. labour has said it will build on parts of the green belt, and partly nuanced point. they are not saying let's build everywhere, let's build on things like disused car parks that are classified as the green belt. it will be a big issue going up to the general election. how do you get more homes and make sure more people are able to buy

homes? today the government is setting out more of its pitch. thank you very much indeed. very much indeed. spain's snap general election has resulted in no party winning a clear majority after four years of left—wing rule. the centre—right people's party took the most seats, but not enough to be able to form a government, meaning a coalition is likely to be formed. several big events were disrupted over the weekend, due to heavy rainfall and flooding. organisers of northern pride in newcastle were forced to close the festival's site after it became "unsafe", while bluedot festival in cheshire had to turn people away, when entrances flooded. organisers said the water level had reached saturation point after "unprecedented amounts of rainfall". the number of breakdowns caused by potholes hit a five—year high this spring, according to new figures. the rac said its patrols went out to more than 8,000 incidents —

including damage to vehicles caused by poor road surfaces. the government has already announced an extra £200 million to help local authorities in england pay for repairs. the simultaneous release of two films — barbie and oppenheimer — resulted in a bumper weekend for cinemas across the uk. the chain, vue international, said they'd seen their biggest audience numbers since before the pandemic. is it cinema whether or going out weather? ., , , ,., is it cinema whether or going out weather? ., , , . ., ., weather? probably both. what we had this morning. — weather? probably both. what we had this morning. a _ weather? probably both. what we had this morning, a beautiful— weather? probably both. what we had this morning, a beautiful start- weather? probably both. what we had this morning, a beautiful start to i this morning, a beautiful start to the day in some parts of the country. cooler where we have had clear skies at night. this is from argyll and bute. rain moving steadily across england and wales, heading south through the course of

this morning, eventually clearing in the afternoon. behind that areas of cloud, some sunny skies and a few showers. more showers coming in across the north west during the course of the afternoon. these white circles represent the course of the wind. not particularly strong, more of a breeze. temperatures of ia wind. not particularly strong, more of a breeze. temperatures of m to 20 north to south. through the latter part of the afternoon and into the early evening, we continue with the showers across the north west of scotland. they fear getting into the south of scotland and the north west of england. more cloud coming in from the west during the day. furthersouth coming in from the west during the day. further south you can see how the rain has pulled away and we are back into areas of cloud and clear skies. might continue through the night. with the clear skies that is where we could see mist and fog patches forming. showers across the north of scotland heavy and prolonged. these are the overnight lows, nine to m north to south. as

we go into tomorrow, we will have an mixture to start with sunshine and showers. the heaviest ones will be in the north of scotland. a ridge of high pressure building on from the south—west to kill of a lot of the showers. it will be trying any afternoon with more sunshine. on wednesday another area of low pressure coming away introducing rain from the west. overnight wednesday into thursday it will cross over to the east. as i mentioned at the top the weather this week is suddenly mixed. certainly is. see you later. great ormond street hospital have completed their 500th heart transplant — thanks to a team of more than 50 specialists. the milestone operation was carried out on i2—year—old thomas, who has an extremely rare genetic heart condition. we're joined now by thomas and his mum khristene — alongside his sisters lucy and bethany. heart transplant lead jacob simmonds is also speaking to us from great ormond

street hospital. morning to all of you. thank you for coming in. thomas, if we could just start with you. how are you? i know you had a very big operation last year. how are you? i you had a very big operation last year. how are you?— year. how are you? i feel really tood year. how are you? i feel really good after _ year. how are you? i feel really good after the _ year. how are you? i feel really good after the operation. i i year. how are you? i feel really good after the operation. i can | year. how are you? i feel really l good after the operation. i can do more stuff afterwards and be active more stuff afterwards and be active more than i usually was. what more stuff afterwards and be active more than i usually was.— more than i usually was. what can ou do more than i usually was. what can you do now _ more than i usually was. what can you do now you — more than i usually was. what can you do now you could _ more than i usually was. what can you do now you could not - more than i usually was. what can you do now you could not do i more than i usually was. what can i you do now you could not do before? i can run more and play out with my friends, football, basketball and stuff. ., ' friends, football, basketball and stuff. ., , ., , stuff. how different are these some ofthe stuff. how different are these some of the day is — stuff. how different are these some of the day is going _ stuff. how different are these some of the day is going to _ stuff. how different are these some of the day is going to be _ stuff. how different are these some of the day is going to be for - stuff. how different are these some of the day is going to be for you i of the day is going to be for you compared with a year ago or years gone by? pt compared with a year ago or years one b ? : ., ' . gone by? a lot different than it was. gone by? a lot different than it was- mum. _ gone by? a lot different than it was. mum, what— gone by? a lot different than it was. mum, what a _ gone by? a lot different than it was. mum, what a relief- gone by? a lot different than it was. mum, what a relief for. gone by? a lot different than it | was. mum, what a relief for you gone by? a lot different than it i was. mum, what a relief for you that is. so i was. mum, what a relief for you that is- so i have — was. mum, what a relief for you that is- so i have a _ was. mum, what a relief for you that is. so i have a fun _ was. mum, what a relief for you that is. so i have a fun summer - was. mum, what a relief for you that is. so i have a fun summer planned. | is. so i have a fun summer planned. alton towers and being able to do the normal things that we have not

been able to do in the past. thomas wouldn't have been able to able to go to a theme park or anything like that. he go to a theme park or anything like that. . . , go to a theme park or anything like that. ., ., , ., that. he had an icd fitted that reduced him _ that. he had an icd fitted that reduced him a _ that. he had an icd fitted that reduced him a lot. _ that. he had an icd fitted that reduced him a lot. a - that. he had an icd fitted that reduced him a lot. a cardiac i reduced him a lot. a cardiac defibrillator inside, a pacemaker as such _ defibrillator inside, a pacemaker as such as _ defibrillator inside, a pacemaker as such as i _ defibrillator inside, a pacemaker as such. as i say, he was quite restricted _ such. as i say, he was quite restricted. if we were to go to alton— restricted. if we were to go to alton towers cassette right and things. — alton towers cassette right and things, now he is able to do anything _ things, now he is able to do anything and everything he has wanted — anything and everything he has wanted to do. he can play football and basketball and rugby and things like that _ and basketball and rugby and things like that. he has always been a little _ like that. he has always been a little bit — like that. he has always been a little bit restricted in case he got a knock— little bit restricted in case he got a knock to— little bit restricted in case he got a knock to the chest or something like that — a knock to the chest or something like that. he was puffed out and physically unable to do these things — physically unable to do these things. a new lease of life, amazing _ things. a new lease of life, amazing-— things. a new lease of life, amazint. ., ., ., things. a new lease of life, amazin.9 ., ., ., ., amazing. we said thomas had a rare tenetic amazing. we said thomas had a rare genetic issue — amazing. we said thomas had a rare genetic issue with _ amazing. we said thomas had a rare genetic issue with his _ amazing. we said thomas had a rare genetic issue with his heart - amazing. we said thomas had a rare genetic issue with his heart that i genetic issue with his heart that had to be replaced and corrected. as a family, this goes wider, doesn't

it? ., ., , ., ., ., it? unfortunately we were not aware of m self it? unfortunately we were not aware of myself and _ it? unfortunately we were not aware of myself and my — it? unfortunately we were not aware of myself and my husband _ it? unfortunately we were not aware of myself and my husband carrying l of myself and my husband carrying this condition until our other daughter, alicia, was five years old _ daughter, alicia, was five years old she — daughter, alicia, was five years old. she became very poorly. we had a trip _ old. she became very poorly. we had a trip to— old. she became very poorly. we had a trip to a&e. she had a really bad chest— a trip to a&e. she had a really bad chest infection and was not clearing _ chest infection and was not clearing. an x—ray showing she had dilated _ clearing. an x—ray showing she had dilated cardiomyopathy. she was transferred to alder hey and eventually she was diagnosed with culverhouse syndrome. she suffered two strokes. she did incredibly well recovering — two strokes. she did incredibly well recovering from the strokes. unfortunately in 2008 she passed away. _ unfortunately in 2008 she passed away, suddenly at home. she was under— away, suddenly at home. she was under great ormond is to but we were not listed _ under great ormond is to but we were not listed as _ under great ormond is to but we were not listed as yet because she was doing _ not listed as yet because she was doing quite well. it was sudden and unexpected. from herwe doing quite well. it was sudden and unexpected. from her we got the diagnosis — unexpected. from her we got the diagnosis so lucy was tested and

thomas. — diagnosis so lucy was tested and thomas. it — diagnosis so lucy was tested and thomas, it was shown they did carry this faulty— thomas, it was shown they did carry this faulty gene. they have had close _ this faulty gene. they have had close monitoring really since. lucy, this is a condition _ close monitoring really since. lucy, this is a condition that _ close monitoring really since. lucy, this is a condition that has - close monitoring really since. lucy, this is a condition that has hugely i this is a condition that has hugely affected your family, obviously affected your family, obviously affected you. tell us what happened to you. you are further down the road than thomas. t to you. you are further down the road than thomas.— road than thomas. i was in the hos - ital road than thomas. i was in the hospital for _ road than thomas. i was in the hospital for a _ road than thomas. i was in the hospital for a while _ road than thomas. i was in the hospital for a while after. i road than thomas. i was in the hospital for a while after. you | road than thomas. i was in the i hospital for a while after. you have had a heart — hospital for a while after. you have had a heart transplant. _ hospital for a while after. you have had a heart transplant. thomas i hospital for a while after. you have | had a heart transplant. thomas was in recovery- — had a heart transplant. thomas was in recovery. before _ had a heart transplant. thomas was in recovery. before it _ had a heart transplant. thomas was in recovery. before it was _ had a heart transplant. thomas was in recovery. before it was like, i i in recovery. before it was like, i missed school a lot, i was tired all the time, stuff like that. now i am like more active like thomas, more able to do stuff is a family like go out on walks and stuff, so it is better. .,

out on walks and stuff, so it is better. 9. ., out on walks and stuff, so it is better. ., ., , ., _, , better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult. — better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult. it _ better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult, it was _ better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult, it was really _ was difficult, it was really difficult, wasn't it? what happened? a lot happened, a note. it difficult, wasn't it? what happened? a lot happened, a note.— a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward _ a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward as _ a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward as thomas's i as straightforward as thomas's recovery. you were in ica for two months with heels. you got to the end goal. you are nicknamed the warrior at great ormond is to because she really thought and overcame every obstacle that was thrown at you. she did incredibly well. 9 , ., ., , ., thrown at you. she did incredibly well.9 , ., ., , ., well. we should have put that as our well. we should have put that as your graphic— well. we should have put that as your graphic name, _ well. we should have put that as your graphic name, lucy, - well. we should have put that as your graphic name, lucy, the i your graphic name, lucy, the warrior. ,, i: i: your graphic name, lucy, the warrior. ,, :: :: ., ., ., warrior. us 500 at great ormond street. warrior. us 500 at great ormond street- 500 _ warrior. us 500 at great ormond street. 500 child _ warrior. us 500 at great ormond street. 500 child heart _ warrior. us 500 at great ormond i street. 500 child heart transplants. let's speak to the lead at great ormond street. 500 is a milestone for to every single story, every patient presents different issues and challenges.—

patient presents different issues and challenges. that is right. you have heard _ and challenges. that is right. you have heard from _ and challenges. that is right. you have heard from thomas - and challenges. that is right. you have heard from thomas and i and challenges. that is right. you | have heard from thomas and lucy and challenges. that is right. you i have heard from thomas and lucy how their stories, have heard from thomas and lucy how theirstories, even have heard from thomas and lucy how their stories, even with the same condition, going from the same family, are different in the end. what we have in all of the cases, despite how unique the cases are from the recipient end, we have a donorfamily making the from the recipient end, we have a donor family making the choice to donate the organs which is really underpinning everything we do. heart transplantation is our only option for children like thomas and lucy and all the other 500 children you have mentioned. all of those who are reliant on organ donation and that has to come from the families. hogs has to come from the families. how much of your— has to come from the families. how much of youriob — has to come from the families. how much of yourjob is _ has to come from the families. how much of yourjob is talking to families about that and the difference, the impact it can make on people's lives?— difference, the impact it can make on people's lives? from my side of thins, on people's lives? from my side of things. we — on people's lives? from my side of things. we meet — on people's lives? from my side of things, we meet families _ on people's lives? from my side of things, we meet families as - on people's lives? from my side of things, we meet families as they i things, we meet families as they come in to their very difficult situation of having a child in heart

failure. some of the children will stabilise and we can keep them away from a heart transplant. despite all our best efforts, some of those children cannot go on any further without the prospect of heart transplantation. many children will wait a long time for those organ so unfortunately despite the fact we have over 200 children waiting for organ transplants in the uk at the moment and over 50 of them needing heart transplantation, many of them will not live long enough for an organ to come along. we have other teams in intensive care around the country dealing with very sick children and adults because some of our children can receive adult organs if they are big enough. we have intensive care teams around the country talking to families who have had a loved one passing away, dying. it is those teams that are crucial to asking those families to make

that very, very difficult decision. the most crucial thing before that happens is for people to have had that discussion themselves as a family before any tragedy occurs. we know that around 90% of the uk population believes in transplantation in general. unfortunately, only 60% of families will allow transplantation for organ donation to occur after death. i think if people can have those discussions has families before any tragedy occurs, should that tragedy occur, it makes it very much easier for a family to come to the decision thatis for a family to come to the decision that is best for them and in that way we might increase the number of organ donations we have children will not have to for a year or more in hospital before they get organs. when it comes to a transplant operation, is it particularly difficult carrying out this surgery on children, smaller human beings? yes, it is a very complex and difficult operation. in some children it can be even more difficult. if they have been born

with an anatomical problem with their heart, it might make the transplant operation more difficult. what is crucial is time. when the organist being transported from one person to another, the organ is being damaged for every minute. the surgeon is doing these operations are really up against the pressure, not only of doing a perfect operation but also doing it in the right amount of time to the organ can recover as quickly as possible. thank you. you are the eldest here, you have watched your family go through all of this. there might be people watching this morning at home who are in a similar situation to yourfamily. what would who are in a similar situation to your family. what would you say to them in terms of hope and the fact that there is positivity out there? that is it. being positive, obviously, to see how much they have been through is just, obviously, to see how much they have been through isjust, like, unbelievable. ijust feel helpless

because i cannot help them. i am there to support them. i take their strength and kind of build it. keep positive, that is what you have to think about in these situations and be there for them. i think about in these situations and be there for them.— be there for them. i can tell you how to have _ be there for them. i can tell you how to have me _ be there for them. i can tell you how to have me go _ be there for them. i can tell you how to have me go to _ be there for them. i can tell you how to have me go to alton i be there for them. i can tell you i how to have me go to alton towers this summer. how to have me go to alton towers this summer-— how to have me go to alton towers this summer._ definitely | this summer. definitely. definitely treat to this summer. definitely. definitely great to hear— this summer. definitely. definitely great to hear you _ this summer. definitely. definitely great to hear you are _ this summer. definitely. definitely great to hear you are doing - this summer. definitely. definitely great to hear you are doing so i this summer. definitely. definitely| great to hear you are doing so well. 500 operations that can happen at great ormond is to. sign up are so thankful to everyone involved. yes. thank you. thank you for coming and sharing your story. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. coming up, throughout this year, we ve been following presenterjonnie irwin s emotionaljourney through his terminal cancer diagnosis. on a mission to tackle some of the biggest taboos, he s spoken about securing the future with life insurance to making memories for your loved ones after you ve gone. today, he s teaming up with dr ranj to talk about how palliative care has helped him through the darkest

of times and why it s important to see the treatment as a way to live life to the fullest, not a countdown to the end. also on the show, it's the new spin on an old scam. fraudsters are clocking back the mileage on second hand cars. if you're in the market for a new motor, we'll show you how a quick online check could save you thousands. plus, if you're lucky enough to be going overseas for a holiday, finance expert iona bain tells us which cards give you the most bang for your buck. we spend a staggering £58 billion on trips abroad. i'll tell you why you should be checking out your local supermarket for the best rates on your foreign money. and, if you want to attract wildlife and pollinators to your garden, green—fingered mark lane is here to show us how to make a bug hotel. all you need is an old brick or an empty plastic bottle, it's a wonderful way to encourage more insects into our green spaces to help them thrive! plus, we'll have strictly fitness the end of the show with dance pro maria tsiatiani.

see you at 9:15am. much, much, much more coming your way. something like that!— much, much, much more coming your way. something like that! much, much more to come — way. something like that! much, much more to come here _ way. something like that! much, much more to come here as _ way. something like that! much, much more to come here as well. _ way. something like that! much, much more to come here as well. the i way. something like that! much, much more to come here as well. the news, j more to come here as well. the news, travel and weather where you are first. see you in a second. hello, good morning from bbc london. from today wandsworth bridge will be closed to all motor vehicles for around 10 weeks. wandsworth council is closing the bridge so corroded bearings can be replaced. it will still be open for people to walk across, but cyclists will need to dismount. calls for a statue of wartime hero alan turing to be placed on trafalgar square's fourth plinth have been backed by the lgbtq+ armed forces charity fighting with pride. the plinth currently has no permanent display — instead, the mayor's fourth plinth commission has used it to showcase temporary installations. defence secretary ben wallace made the suggestion for the turing statue in the house of commons last week.

a junior doctor who was left with life changing injuries after a man landed on her afterjumping from the third floor of an east london shopping centre has had her image immortalised by an artist for a bbc programme. grace spence green was still a student when the incident happened in october 2018. grace has been paired with painterjemisha maadhavji, an artist whose vibrant works of art are inspired by subjects who don't fit conventional social labels. what it feels like is you sort of go on a journey with your artist and they find out more about you and you find out a lot about them as well and their process of working and at the end you get a portrait of yourself. let's take a look at the tubes now. and it's a very busy morning on the board. we've got planned engineering works affecting the bakerloo line between queens park and harrow and wealdstone, and on the london overground between euston and watford junctrion. also on the overground, there's no service at the moment between willesden junction and clapham junction because of power problems. and a points failure at richmond means no service between richmond and south acton and severe delays

between acton central and stratford. that's also affecting the district line which has no service between turnham green and richmond. there are also minor delays on the piccadilly line near heathrow. we've also got severe delays on the trams. however, the rest of the lines are running a good service. time for a look at the weather now, here's sara thornton. a really mild start this morning across the capital and the whole of the south—east but we do have some wet weather heading towards us, a weather front slipping south in the coming hours. behind it for tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure should make things a bit more settled, but typically a few showers or bursts this morning and then some rain moving across us could be heavy and thundery for a time, and some following showers this afternoon, although more sunshine later and in the best of it temperatures up in the very high teens, typically 19 celsius, 66 fahrenheit. a ridge of high pressure starts to kill off any showers tomorrow, becoming more settled, but more wet weather for the middle part of the week. another topsy—turvy week of weather.

there are some drier days to be had at times, most notably as we go through the second half of tomorrow. there will have been some showers around but they start to fade away. then some more wet weather or showers towards the middle part of the week, especially on thursday. again they could be thundery. turns a little bit warmer at the end of the week. that's it for now, there's plenty more on our website and socials — including more a two—year—old litter—picker from south east london who could be the capital's youngest eco—warrior. i'll be back with more in half an hour, but for now i'll hand you back tojon and sally — goodbye. hello this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. it is one year until the paris olympics.

traditionally when you think of the olympic games you might imagine a battle in the swimming pool, or a photo—finish on the track, but there's a new sport on the scene, just in time for paris 202a. a high—energy form of street dance, known as breaking, will feature at the games for the first time next year. john maguirejoins us now from a dance school in manchester. ididn't i didn't agreed to have a go! this is breathtaking. if you joined us earlier, they have been doing it throughout, they haven't really stopped. it has been extraordinary. it will be the newest and hottest sport in paris next yearfor it will be the newest and hottest sport in paris next year for the summer olympics. it has a history of coming overfrom the summer olympics. it has a history of coming over from the states with hip—hop culture in the 90s although i am told it is as old as 50 years old. if you love the dressage, weightlifting, basketball, prepare to fall in love with breaking next

summer at the paris games. i've been to meet a member of team g b and that guy knows what he is doing. every olympicjourney has to start somewhere. so why not a suburban garage in derby? this is where it all goes down. normally we fit about ten people in there. no way! yeah, kind of spread right around. a bit of safety padding. yeah, we've seen some injuries here, honestly! but obviously we've got the great judo mats underneath, we've got the lino on top and stuff, it gives you a bit of a sense of security. this is where karam singh, one of team gb's two b—boys, as they're known, creates, practices and perfects his moves. so here's a beginner's guide to breaking. we'll start with some top rock, which is a stand up dance. and this one is called the indian step. and this one is a basic step called a six step. and it's because there's six steps. this one's called a munch mill,

some people call it a baby mill. and this is what it looks like. it all started when a seven year old karam was watching television. somebody was doing head spins in the back of a music video and i said to my family, like, just as a complete joke, i'll do that one day, because i'm like quite a bit of a prankster. and then i went to a funfairjust around here in derby, and i saw my first ever crew, trinity warriors, they were performing there and i was like, "oh, can i get up and try some?" here is competing as kid karam at the european championships where he won silver. the olympics will follow the same format with two competitors facing each other in what's called a battle, taking it in turns to perform. like synchronized swimming or figure skating, they're scored byjudges on their movement, their creativity and their athleticism. so they need to be fit, very fit.

come on. this is power. come on, come on, come on, come on. because we're doing sprints, relaxed, sprints, relaxed, it almost replicates what i'm doing in a battle, so because i'm training like that, it's in my head. so when i'm on the battlefield, i can kind of replicate it which i think is the most beneficial. karam's trainer kirk gibbons has coached world and commonwealth champions from motorsports to boxing, so he knows what it takes to be the best. it's someone's hunger to want to be successful. it's someone's drive to want to go and win the olympic gold medal, you know. but it's also what's going on there. and this young fella has got all the ingredients. he's got the drive, he's got the enthusiasm, he's got the ability. and we're just copying all of that, putting all of the tools, everything together, all the pieces of the jigsaw. the fitness levels got to be right but the mindset most important has got to be right. breaking makes it to paris after its success in the 2018 youth games in buenos aires.

along with surfing and climbing, it's part of the strategy to attract younger audiences to the olympics. i think itjust has an urban and cool factor to it that it's had such a great impact so far with its involvement in everything. like obviously in buenos aires and the youth games it went down really well. recently i just featured in a film and i've done quite a lot of screenings and there's a lot of kids and as soon as they see it, they're just going for it, like running around on the floor and stuff. so it's having a great impact everywhere, i think. he hopes the work done in the gym, his garage or the dance studio over the next year will enable him to light up the games in paris. and if he is the last man standing after the battles, what about a new version of the national anthem? i hope you medal, and then there should be a hip—hop version of god save the king. yeah, definitely! definitely, with a bit of a beat in there! he could win it standing or spinning on his head.

we are going to do a battle for you now, live on bbc breakfast. we have harry and caleb. eddie will do the commentary, telling us what all the moves are cold.— moves are cold. harry on our left, beginners — moves are cold. harry on our left, beginners champion, _ moves are cold. harry on our left, beginners champion, kay - moves are cold. harry on our left, beginners champion, kay labour i moves are cold. harry on our left, i beginners champion, kay labour on our right. they are staring at each other, it's a conversation who's someone decide. the champ is easier. that was a burden, he hasjust someone decide. the champ is easier. that was a burden, he has just kind of gun over his head, looking at the eye contact it is serious, he is not here to play. this is serious. those are flyers. the devil is in the detail. that was round one. straight

to the head spins. caleb is going to reply, he is a man of flavour. straight to the backspin, pop. it's a reply. now his footwork, let's see where he is going next. it's a serious battle, it looks like. how does he outdo _ serious battle, it looks like. how does he outdo him? _ serious battle, it looks like. how does he outdo him? flavour- serious battle, it looks like. how does he outdo him? flavour and| does he outdo him? flavour and technique- _ does he outdo him? flavour and technique. he _ does he outdo him? flavour and technique. he has— does he outdo him? flavour and technique. he has gone - does he outdo him? flavour and technique. he has gone for- does he outdo him? flavour and i technique. he has gone for footwork. technique. he has gone forfootwork. he is saying what was that, i don't respect that. so there is a conversation going on. t respect that. so there is a conversation going on. i will have a tuick chat conversation going on. i will have a quick chat to _ conversation going on. i will have a quick chat to pepper. _ conversation going on. i will have a quick chat to pepper. you - conversation going on. i will have a quick chat to pepper. you are i conversation going on. i will have a quick chat to pepper. you are a i quick chat to pepper. you are a fairly new recruit, tell me about the other types of dancing you do

and how this compares. l the other types of dancing you do and how this compares.— the other types of dancing you do and how this compares. i have done ta and and how this compares. i have done tap and ballet— and how this compares. i have done tap and ballet and _ and how this compares. i have done tap and ballet and the _ and how this compares. i have done tap and ballet and the foundations i tap and ballet and the foundations and i_ tap and ballet and the foundations and l have — tap and ballet and the foundations and i have seen stuff like this on tv and _ and i have seen stuff like this on tv and thought it was really cool so i tv and thought it was really cool so i should _ tv and thought it was really cool so i should give it a try. it is really fun _ i should give it a try. it is really fun. : ,., i should give it a try. it is really fun. : ' i should give it a try. it is really fun. : , ., fun. and so different to something like a ballet. _ fun. and so different to something like a ballet. with _ fun. and so different to something like a ballet. with valley _ fun. and so different to something like a ballet. with valley there i fun. and so different to something like a ballet. with valley there is l like a ballet. with valley there is a riaht like a ballet. with valley there is a right and _ like a ballet. with valley there is a right and wrong _ like a ballet. with valley there is a right and wrong whereas i like a ballet. with valley there is a right and wrong whereas with l like a ballet. with valley there is i a right and wrong whereas with this it is free _ a right and wrong whereas with this it is free and more relaxed. it it is free and more relaxed. doesn't it is free and more relaxed. it doesn't look relaxed at all! how are you? what do you make of this? i you? what do you make of this? i have only been doing it for five months — have only been doing it for five months but _ have only been doing it for five months but i've _ have only been doing it for five months but i've been- have only been doing it for five months but i've been doing - have only been doing it for five months but i've been doing it. have only been doing it for five l months but i've been doing it at school— months but i've been doing it at school as— months but i've been doing it at school as well. _ months but i've been doing it at school as well. i— months but i've been doing it at school as well. i do _ months but i've been doing it at school as well. i do it— months but i've been doing it at school as well. i do it here - months but i've been doing it at school as well. i do it here on . school as well. i do it here on sundays — school as well. i do it here on sundays for _ school as well. i do it here on sundays for two _ school as well. i do it here on sundays for two hours - school as well. i do it here on sundays for two hours and . school as well. i do it here on sundays for two hours and at| school as well. i do it here on - sundays for two hours and at school for one~ _ sundays for two hours and at school for one~ i _ sundays for two hours and at school for one~ i love — sundays for two hours and at school for one. i love how— sundays for two hours and at school for one. i love how you _ sundays for two hours and at school for one. i love how you get- sundays for two hours and at school for one. i love how you get to - for one. i love how you get to express— for one. i love how you get to express yourself _ for one. i love how you get to express yourself freely - for one. i love how you get to express yourself freely and i for one. i love how you get to - express yourself freely and discover this art—

express yourself freely and discover this art that — express yourself freely and discover this art that you _ express yourself freely and discover this art that you can _ express yourself freely and discover this art that you can dance - express yourself freely and discover this art that you can dance freely, . this art that you can dance freely, and you _ this art that you can dance freely, and you can — this art that you can dance freely, and you can make _ this art that you can dance freely, and you can make money- this art that you can dance freely, and you can make money out- this art that you can dance freely, and you can make money out of. this art that you can dance freely, - and you can make money out of doing the stuff— and you can make money out of doing the stuff you — and you can make money out of doing the stuff you love. _ and you can make money out of doing the stuff you love. that _ and you can make money out of doing the stuff you love.— the stuff you love. that is always a aood the stuff you love. that is always a good thing- _ the stuff you love. that is always a good thing. caleb, _ the stuff you love. that is always a good thing. caleb, come _ the stuff you love. that is always a good thing. caleb, come and - the stuff you love. that is always a good thing. caleb, come and have| the stuff you love. that is always a l good thing. caleb, come and have a chat with us. can you breathe? a just about. chat with us. can you breathe? a just about-— chat with us. can you breathe? a just about— i i just about. that was amazing. i started breakdancing _ just about. that was amazing. i started breakdancing doing - just about. that was amazing. i started breakdancing doing the| started breakdancing doing the helicopter, a move like this. i started — helicopter, a move like this. i started doing that first and i knew how to _ started doing that first and i knew how to do — started doing that first and i knew how to do it so one day ijoined breakdancing club but it was like ballerinas so then ijoined this place — ballerinas so then ijoined this place and _ ballerinas so then ijoined this place and i got better and better and had — place and i got better and better and had such good coaches and such a -ood and had such good coaches and such a good time _ and had such good coaches and such a good time doing breakdancing and i hope one _ good time doing breakdancing and i hope one day to win the olympics. set your— hope one day to win the olympics. set your ambitions as high as you can. and it will be an olympic sport

from now on. do you do other sports as well? ., ., from now on. do you do other sports as well? ., as well? football, basketball and breakdancing. _ as well? football, basketball and breakdancing. so _ as well? football, basketball and breakdancing. so you've - as well? football, basketball and breakdancing. so you've got - as well? football, basketball and breakdancing. so you've got the l breakdancing. so you've got the ol mics breakdancing. so you've got the olympics covered. _ breakdancing. so you've got the olympics covered. do _ breakdancing. so you've got the olympics covered. do you - breakdancing. so you've got the olympics covered. do you like l breakdancing. so you've got the i olympics covered. do you like this one the best?— olympics covered. do you like this one the best? ., , , , ~ one the best? probably the best. and eddie is the best _ one the best? probably the best. and eddie is the best coach. _ one the best? probably the best. and eddie is the best coach. eddie - eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell _ eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell you _ eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell you to _ eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell you to say - eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell you to say that, - eddie is the best coach. eddie didn't tell you to say that, did j eddie is the best coach. eddie - didn't tell you to say that, did he? i didn't mean it. idistill]! didn't tell you to say that, did he? i didn't mean it.— i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit. this i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit- this is _ i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit. this is high _ i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit. this is high energy _ i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit. this is high energy stuff- i didn't mean it. will cut that last bit. this is high energy stuff and | bit. this is high energy stuff and it takes a lot of work and dedication. ifind it absolutely terrifying watching at this close—up. we will all be doing that by next summer. it we will all be doing that by next summer. . . we will all be doing that by next summer. , , , summer. it will be big next summer. i am worried —

summer. it will be big next summer. i am worried about _ summer. it will be big next summer. i am worried about their— summer. it will be big next summer. i am worried about their neck. - summer. it will be big next summer. i am worried about their neck. got i i am worried about their neck. got an i am worried about their neck. (shit any breakdancing? i am worried about their neck. got any breakdancing? just _ i am worried about their neck. got any breakdancing? just been - any breakdancing? just been practising — any breakdancing? just been practising the _ any breakdancing? just been practising the helicopter. - any breakdancing? just been practising the helicopter. if i any breakdancing? just been . practising the helicopter. if they can bring bollywood dancing into it, i might have a chance. bollywood breakdancing. i think that is the one that everyone is watching next summer for the olympics. brian harman has won the open and he says he will celebrate by sitting on his tractor. the 36—year—old american finished 6 shots clear of the field at hoylake to claim his first major title. tommy fleetwood missed out, and rory mcilroy. our correspondent andy swiss reports. reigning supreme, brian harman,

26th in the world rankings but here in a class of his own. on a soggy sunday he began five shots clear but after whacking it into the gorse bushes the gap began to narrow. could anyone catch him? rory mcilroy briefly threatened but ultimately finished seven behind, and local favourite tommy fleetwood was nine behind. after the shaky start, brian harman rose to the occasion. he strolled down the last with a six shot lead before sealing the most emphatic of wins. a first international title at 36, worth celebrating. —— a first major title at 36, worth celebrating. i'm very aware of my own emotions and i knew at some point i would drop some shots — it's a real difficulty day out today. i haven't typically been very good rain player so i was nervous starting today,

so to make those two birdies on six and seven today was really good. so brian harman has beaten the rain here and beaten his rivals. a surprise winner perhaps but after a stunning display, a hugely deserved one. it was wet at old trafford too, with rain washing out england's hopes of winnings the ashes as the fourth test ended in a draw. not a ball was able to be bowled on the final day which means australia remain 2—1 up in the series and retain the ashes with just one match to go. that begins at the oval later this week, with england now only able to draw the series. we look at the cricket that was played. we win the toss and bowl, bowl australia out for 320, score 520 at 5.5 runs an over. we have australia five down. then we get three hours' play after that. i think regardless of what we did we would have still ended up in the same position and sometimes weatherjust gets the better of you. and it's unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it

but itjust is what it is. it's unfortunate that after the cricket that we did play we find ourselves here drawing this game when we felt we were in a great position to be able to win it. it feels a bit weird. it's really nice to retain it. obviously not in the circumstances we would have liked but, yeah, you look back at the last series and the first two games here and get ourselves into this position, yeah, albeit to the rain might have helped out but great result. zharnel hughes' impressive season contiues after he broke the 30—year—old british men's 200 metres record, at the diamond league meeting at the london stadium. america's noah lyles won the race in a new meeting record of 19.47 seconds, ahead of botswana's letsile tebogo. but look at hughes in lane seven, second from the outside — he finished third to break a record that's stood since 1993, set byjohn regis at the world championships. hughes clocking 19.73 seconds, almost a quarter of a second quicker than the previous mark.

i got it done right here on home soil, most important, and today was an experimental day for me, i'm still learning the 200, because i stopped running the 200 since 2015, probably, 2018! started back the 100, so for me i'm just learning and bettering my performance, following the instruction my coach gave me, and might see some bits we can work on but it's very good racing against these guys. max verstappen called it a pretty perfect day as he continued his domination of formula one with victory at the hungarian grand prix. verstappen overtook lewis hamilton, who was on his first pole since 2021, at the first corner in hungary and led the race from there. it's his seventh victory in a row, and ninth of the season. red bull's12th consecutive win, dating back to the final race of 2022, which sets a new record. mclaren's lando norris came second — that's back—to—back podium finishes for him — while verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez finished third. hull kr willjoin leigh leopards

in rugby league's challenge cup final after a dramatic golden point win over wigan warriors at headingley. with the score tied at ten points each at full—time, it was left to brad schneider to decide the match. his drop goal sealing a famous win for rovers. the final will take place at wembley next month. in the second women's semi—final, leeds rhinos came out on top against wigan warriors 16—4. caitlin beavers scored the pick of the tries as the rhinos sealed their place in the final where they'll face st helens. for the second year in a row — denmark's jonas vingegaard is the tour de france champion. the final stage in paris was won by the young belgianjordi meeus but the day belonged to vingegaard, who crossed the line in the yellow jersey on the champs—elysees to confirm victory by almost seven and a half minutes. tadej pogacar and britain's adam yatesjoined him on the podium after finishing second and third overall. adam's twin brother simon was fourth. vingegaard's next target will now

be the vuelta a espana at the end of august. and the tour de france femmes is under way — belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win the first stage of the week—long race. the pre—race favourites annamiek van vleuten and demi vollering finished in the main bunch, and are 43 seconds behind kopecky in the standings. one big football transfer line to bring you — newcastle united have continued to strengthen their squad ahead of the new season, with the signing of harvey barnes from leicester city for around £38 million. the wingerjoins as newcastle look ahead to their first season in the champions league in 20 years. the back pages also talking about harry kane potentially moving from spurs. what will he do, i wonder? so we

were talking about how where it was for the golf and cricket over the weekend but elsewhere in europe some ridiculously high temperatures. in sicily, the forecasts could get up in sicily, the forecasts could get up to a7. the highest temperature ever recorded in europe is a8.8. palermo today is aa, but it looks like things will cool down a touch as we head into the middle part of the week, so that aa and palermo will drop to around 29 on wednesday and also thursday. rhodes today, 36 or 37, and also thursday. rhodes today, 36 or37, it looks and also thursday. rhodes today, 36 or 37, it looks like it will come down to about 33 into the middle of the week. we still have fresh to moderate north—westerly winds which

will not help the situation in terms of fighting wildfires. the other thing is that the heat in north africa today and tomorrow in the coast of algeria for example will get up to 50. the heat will build across iberia and western parts of the mediterranean so we are not quite out of the woods yet. but at home we have some rain pushing south, followed by sunshine and showers. this weather front is continuing to move away onto the near continent. looking at the isobars, they are widely spaced which means it will not be as windy as the weekend, but it will be breezy. the rain continues to push down with showers ahead of it, into southern england. areas of cloud and some showers and sunshine behind it but i knew weather front coming across the north west will introduce showery outbreaks of rain across the north west of scotland. the rain clears in the afternoon from the

south and temperatures in the sunshine could be as high as 18—19, 20 in the channel islands. in the north, 1a-17. 20 in the channel islands. in the north, ia—i7. this evening and overnight, we hang onto a few showers, some clear skies, lighter winds, we could see mist in fog patches developing, but showers across goal and is turning heavier and if anything a bit more prolonged through the day. cooler tonight, 9-12 through the day. cooler tonight, 9—i2 north to south. tomorrow starts off with heavy showers across scotland and through the day we will see more showers developing, really anywhere except in the south—west where it will start to dry out through the day. a ridge of high pressure building on. temperatures tomorrow ranging from 13 in the north to 20 in the south. on wednesday, low pressure coming our way with its front bringing wet

weather from west to east. we start relatively dry in eastern and southern areas on wednesday but one or two showers ahead of the weather front and then the rain pushes in with strengthening winds in western areas. temperatures from ia — 21 north to south, depending on how much sunshine is on the far south—east. thursday, the rain moves away, with brighter skies behind it, away, with brighter skies behind it, a few showers and western areas, and temperatures 15—21. a few showers and western areas, and temperatures 15-21.— temperatures 15-21. great to have ou back temperatures 15-21. great to have you back with — temperatures 15-21. great to have you back with us. _ temperatures 15-21. great to have you back with us. i _ temperatures 15-21. great to have you back with us. i missed - temperatures 15-21. great to have you back with us. i missed you - temperatures 15-21. great to have | you back with us. i missed you last week when we were talking about the barbie movie and we all dressed in pink but i see you have done it for us today. pink but i see you have done it for us toda . . ., . . , , us today. pure coincidence but it is lovel to us today. pure coincidence but it is lovely to be _ us today. pure coincidence but it is lovely to be back. _ us today. pure coincidence but it is lovely to be back. i— us today. pure coincidence but it is lovely to be back. i thought - us today. pure coincidence but it is lovely to be back. i thought she . lovely to be back. i thought she lanned lovely to be back. i thought she planned it- _ alexander o'neal was one of the most

popular and successful r&b artists of the 1980s, with criticize, fake and if you were here tonight among some of his greatest hits. now he's embarking on a farewell tour celebrating his career spanning nearly 50 years. the show will celebrate his incredible career, # if you were here tonight. # you're a fake baby # you can't conceal it

that is how to start a monday morning. alexander o'neal joins us now. lovely to have you here. a farewell tour, really, this is it?— tour, really, this is it? after 40 ears in tour, really, this is it? after 40 years in the _ tour, really, this is it? after 40 years in the music _ tour, really, this is it? after 40 years in the music industry, - tour, really, this is it? after 40 years in the music industry, i l tour, really, this is it? after 40 i years in the music industry, i want to see _ years in the music industry, i want to see if— years in the music industry, i want to see if there are some other things— to see if there are some other things i— to see if there are some other things i can do with my life before it is too— things i can do with my life before it is too late. things i can do with my life before it is too late-— it is too late. what would you like to do? something _ it is too late. what would you like to do? something simple. - it is too late. what would you like to do? something simple. i'd - it is too late. what would you like to do? something simple. i'd likej it is too late. what would you like i to do? something simple. i'd like to to do? something simple. i'd like to t to to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make — to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make shoes. _ to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make shoes. i'm _ to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make shoes. i'm going - to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make shoes. i'm going to - to do? something simple. i'd like to try to make shoes. i'm going to try i try to make shoes. i'm going to try some _ try to make shoes. i'm going to try some kind — try to make shoes. i'm going to try some kind of trade where i can use

my hands — some kind of trade where i can use my hands i— some kind of trade where i can use m hands. ., , ., some kind of trade where i can use my hands-— some kind of trade where i can use m hands. ., , ., �* my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than — my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than sole! _ my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than sole! it _ my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than sole! it has _ my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than sole! it has been - my hands. i thought you were r&b, rather than sole! it has been a - rather than sole! it has been a treat rather than sole! it has been a great time but _ rather than sole! it has been a great time but it _ rather than sole! it has been a great time but it is _ rather than sole! it has been a great time but it is time - rather than sole! it has been a great time but it is time to - rather than sole! it has been a great time but it is time to do | great time but it is time to do something different.- great time but it is time to do something different. what brought ou to this something different. what brought you to this point? _ something different. what brought you to this point? you _ something different. what brought you to this point? you have - something different. what brought you to this point? you have all - you to this point? you have all these concerts lined up, royal albert hall, how did you get a point where you were ready to walk away? growing up, i have grandkids, a lot of family. _ growing up, i have grandkids, a lot of family, and the industry doesn't -ive of family, and the industry doesn't give you _ of family, and the industry doesn't give you a — of family, and the industry doesn't give you a lot of time to spend quality— give you a lot of time to spend quality time, so am looking at things— quality time, so am looking at things differently because my grandkids are so young so young so i would _ grandkids are so young so young so i would like _ grandkids are so young so young so i would like to really —— like them to know _ would like to really —— like them to know who — would like to really —— like them to know who grampa is. i will give the

music industry a pass and try to do something — music industry a pass and try to do something different. this music industry a pass and try to do something different.— something different. this farewell tour has fantastic _ something different. this farewell tour has fantastic dates, - something different. this farewell tour has fantastic dates, all - something different. this farewell tour has fantastic dates, all over i tour has fantastic dates, all over the country in the uk and finishing at the royal albert hall. it’s the country in the uk and finishing at the royal albert hall.— at the royal albert hall. it's such at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege _ at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege to _ at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege to be _ at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege to be able _ at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege to be able to - at the royal albert hall. it's such a privilege to be able to finish - at the royal albert hall. it's such | a privilege to be able to finish my tour they— a privilege to be able to finish my tour they are. june 24 at the royal albert— tour they are. june 24 at the royal albert hall, what a privilege. i played — albert hall, what a privilege. i played there before but i think this time will— played there before but i think this time will be really special. i'm looking — time will be really special. i'm looking forward to bringing a big r and to— looking forward to bringing a big r and to the — looking forward to bringing a big r and to the royal albert hall and it is going _ and to the royal albert hall and it is going to be fantastic. $0 and to the royal albert hall and it is going to be fantastic.— is going to be fantastic. 40 years career, is going to be fantastic. 40 years career. who _ is going to be fantastic. 40 years career, who are _ is going to be fantastic. 40 years career, who are the _ is going to be fantastic. 40 years career, who are the people - is going to be fantastic. 40 years career, who are the people you i career, who are the people you worked with ahmet who changed directions or made difference to you? i directions or made difference to ou? ., ., ., directions or made difference to ou? . ., ., ., directions or made difference to ou? ., ., ., ., ., you? i learnt a lot from women in the music— you? i learnt a lot from women in the music industry, _ you? i learnt a lot from women in the music industry, gladys- you? i learnt a lot from women in | the music industry, gladys knight, patti labelle, i never thought i would — patti labelle, i never thought i would he — patti labelle, i never thought i would be calling them my friends because — would be calling them my friends because i— would be calling them my friends because i grew up listening to their

music _ because i grew up listening to their music but — because i grew up listening to their music but i — because i grew up listening to their music. but i learned a lot about the industry— music. but i learned a lot about the industry from a lot of big female artists— industry from a lot of big female artists and it really helped me to sustain— artists and it really helped me to sustain my career. find artists and it really helped me to sustain my career.— artists and it really helped me to sustain my career. and what a career it has been- — sustain my career. and what a career it has been- we _ sustain my career. and what a career it has been. we have _ sustain my career. and what a career it has been. we have some _ sustain my career. and what a career it has been. we have some footage l sustain my career. and what a career| it has been. we have some footage of you on top of the pops in the uk in years gone by. here you go. this is how so many of your fans remember you. what do you think of the music industry today? what is the state of the business? i industry today? what is the state of the business?— the business? i am so glad that the ouni the business? i am so glad that the young artist — the business? i am so glad that the young artist today, _ the business? i am so glad that the young artist today, i _ the business? i am so glad that the young artist today, i often - the business? i am so glad that the young artist today, i often see - the business? i am so glad that the young artist today, i often see the. young artist today, i often see the music— young artist today, i often see the music industry as a young persons game. _ music industry as a young persons game, they— music industry as a young persons game, they are creating new sounds and new— game, they are creating new sounds and new music, i am so glad they have _ and new music, i am so glad they have found — and new music, i am so glad they have found new directions, certainly in rtith— have found new directions, certainly in r&b music especially with the caribbean kind of sound mixed in, it is great, _ caribbean kind of sound mixed in, it is great, and — caribbean kind of sound mixed in, it is great, and i really enjoy

listening to a lot of new artists. i think— listening to a lot of new artists. i think they— listening to a lot of new artists. i think they are fantastic and i wish them _ think they are fantastic and i wish them nothing but the best. do you think it is a — them nothing but the best. do you think it is a young _ them nothing but the best. do you think it is a young persons - them nothing but the best. do you i think it is a young persons game? we speak to lots of artists on the sofa and i think at the moment lots of people are coming back after years away because the demand is there and the fans want to see them. {line away because the demand is there and the fans want to see them.— the fans want to see them. one of the fans want to see them. one of the reasons _ the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i _ the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i love _ the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i love my _ the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i love my fans - the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i love my fans in i the fans want to see them. one of the reasons i love my fans in the i the fans want to see them. one of. the reasons i love my fans in the uk and englanders because they go up with you _ and englanders because they go up with you and they also grow older with you and they also grow older with you — with you and they also grow older with you and they also grow older with you and they also grow older with you and they still come out and support— with you and they still come out and support you — with you and they still come out and support you and i want to thank all of the _ support you and i want to thank all of the fans— support you and i want to thank all of the fans over the years for buying — of the fans over the years for buying my music and coming to the concerts _ buying my music and coming to the concerts. everybody in america knows i concerts. everybody in america knows l have _ concerts. everybody in america knows l have a _ concerts. everybody in america knows i have a special passion for the uk and especially england because they have been so supportive over the years _ have been so supportive over the years and — have been so supportive over the years and they told america who alexander o'neal was going to be [on- alexander o'neal was going to be long before he knew who he was going to he! _

long before he knew who he was going to he! i_ long before he knew who he was going to he! ilook— long before he knew who he was going to be! i look forward to coming out and performing for you guys and giving _ and performing for you guys and giving some love back for all the love you — giving some love back for all the love you have given be over the years — love you have given be over the ears. ., , ., , , ., years. one of the problems of performing — years. one of the problems of performing in _ years. one of the problems of performing in the _ years. one of the problems of performing in the uk - years. one of the problems of performing in the uk is - years. one of the problems of performing in the uk is the i years. one of the problems of i performing in the uk is the weather, and you performed in the rain this weekend. it and you performed in the rain this weekend. . ., ._ weekend. it rained all day yesterday. _ weekend. it rained all day yesterday, didn't - weekend. it rained all day yesterday, didn't stop. i. weekend. it rained all day i yesterday, didn't stop. ithought weekend. it rained all day - yesterday, didn't stop. ithought it yesterday, didn't stop. i thought it would _ yesterday, didn't stop. i thought it would like — yesterday, didn't stop. i thought it would like not a little bit. i used to live _ would like not a little bit. i used to live in — would like not a little bit. i used to live in manchester, i was in manchester and that area. i have seen _ manchester and that area. i have seen rain — manchester and that area. i have seen rain but, goodness gracious, all day— seen rain but, goodness gracious, all day and — seen rain but, goodness gracious, all day and all night, it was ridiculous. the fans were so great. they— ridiculous. the fans were so great. they stayed. people in the uk and england. _ they stayed. people in the uk and england, the get prepared, umbrellas, they come out to the concert, — umbrellas, they come out to the concert, whereas in america they 'ust concert, whereas in america they just want— concert, whereas in america they just want come. they are like, it's raining. _ just want come. they are like, it's raining. girl, — just want come. they are like, it's raining, girl, ijust got my hair done — raining, girl, i 'ust got my hair done. ., ., y., .,

raining, girl, i 'ust got my hair done. ., ., ., ., , ., done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? — done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? i _ done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? i stay _ done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? i stay the _ done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? i stay the course. - done. how do you go on stage when it is torrential? i stay the course. i i is torrential? i stay the course. i think i have _ is torrential? i stay the course. i think i have figured _ is torrential? i stay the course. i think i have figured out - is torrential? i stay the course. i think i have figured out what i i is torrential? i stay the course. i | think i have figured out what i do for a _ think i have figured out what i do for a living — think i have figured out what i do for a living and that is i make people — for a living and that is i make people feel good. and i try to concentrate on that. if someone is having _ concentrate on that. if someone is having a _ concentrate on that. if someone is having a rough day or a rough life i try to _ having a rough day or a rough life i try to give — having a rough day or a rough life i try to give them a brighter day and that is— try to give them a brighter day and that is what i concentrate on because _ that is what i concentrate on because my fans, i try to make them happy _ because my fans, i try to make them ha . _ ~' because my fans, i try to make them happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting _ happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting you — happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting you to _ happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting you to say. _ happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting you to say. i - happy. making shoes was not what i was expecting you to say. i have i was expecting you to say. i have been procrastinating _ was expecting you to say. i have been procrastinating certain i was expecting you to say. i have i been procrastinating certain things for years— been procrastinating certain things for years and now i have a chance not to _ for years and now i have a chance not to have — for years and now i have a chance not to have an excuse to do it. i think— not to have an excuse to do it. i think i_ not to have an excuse to do it. i think i have _ not to have an excuse to do it. i think i have a good eye for fashion, women _ think i have a good eye for fashion, women and — think i have a good eye for fashion, women and men's, so i would like to learn _ women and men's, so i would like to learn how— women and men's, so i would like to learn how to — women and men's, so i would like to learn how to actually make them as opposed _ learn how to actually make them as opposed to — learn how to actually make them as opposed to delegating decisions. you could me

opposed to delegating decisions. wm. could me some —— make some wellington boots for the rain as well. the time to say goodbye farewell world tour will begin in sheffield in september. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59.

good morning to you. i hope you had a good weekend. it has been hell for some people. wildfires in greece, what is happening. we are going to hearfrom you this what is happening. we are going to hear from you this morning. absolutely terrifying for people there and horrific to look on from afar. we've read some of the stories from people caught up in the fires in roads, tourists describing how they were evacuated by land and sea, some walking miles to safety from a hell. and the situation many miles away from roads in corfu, a different sea, people on a dream holiday, many people arrive because they couldn't get out of the airport as the roads were blocked. on another level, think of the locals. who have lost family homes and precious wildlife, burnt to a

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