our headlines today... wildfires continue to grip the greek island of rhodes as thousands of british tourists try to return home. radiographers, who scan patients to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries, begin a 48—hour strike in hospitals in england this morning. the countdown is on for paris 202a. we're on the water with team gb's first ever canoe slalom olympic champion, who says he is determined to take gold next year. good morning. it's big business meets fast fashion — the new season's premier league kits are about to be released, but in a cost of living crisis, are they simply too expensive? i'll be finding out. good morning. in sport, it's millions for mbappe from saudi arabia — 269 million to be exact — a world—record transfer fee offered to paris saint—germain for their star striker. good morning. it is another day of

sunshine and showers. some of those showers should be thundery and heavy, but they will ease from the south—west. it's tuesday the 25th july. wildfires on the greek island of rhodes have now forced almost 20,000 people to abandon their homes. hundreds of holiday—makers have left the island, with more repatriation flights set to take place. evacuation orders have also been issued in corfu and evia. louisa pilbeam reports. with the tourists gone, this is all that's left on some beaches in rhodes. for a holiday island, it's greek livelihoods that have gone up in flames. in the restaurants and bars that remain, greeks are left to pick up the pieces.

0ur houses maybe not to be there tomorrow, maybe now we are on fire, we don't know what to do. it's very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but wildfires aren't uncommon in greece. this bar owner is ready to rebuild. eh, we lost the business. we have good health, _ and we are hopeful to fix it again. fires still rage in the south—east of the island, and corfu has seen blazes too. another popular tourist island, crete, is on alert. thousands of british tourists are still at rhodes airport. more than 2,000 have been flown home, but many are still stuck. we've had to pay to come home, so i want that money refunded, and i want an explanation. i've had no texts, no nothing from them. where are they? the only help that we have had through this whole thing has been from greek people. we've had no help from any british holiday companies or any british authorities. we've had no help whatsoever.

travellers from the uk have been advised to contact their airline or holiday company. some have begun sending flights to bring people back. but it's estimated as many as 10,000 britons are still on rhodes. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. if you're planning to head out to the greek islands, if you've got family over there at the moment, we will give you all the information you need to know this morning. we will hear from our correspondents this morning who are on rhodes and corfu. but first sally has more of today's news. thank you, jon. a 48—hour strike by nhs radiographers in england begins this morning. it is expected to disrupt patients waiting for x—rays, mri and ct scans. staff at 37 nhs trusts are expected to walk out after rejecting the government's pay offer of a 5% increase plus a one—off payment. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports.

scanning for problems. it's estimated the vast majority of nhs patients undergo tests or therapy with a radiographer while being treated, including mri, ct, ultrasounds and radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017, and since then 20% of my class has actually left radiography after doing a degree for three years, specifically for radiography. and that's like a great shame, really. 30—year—old john kelly works as a radiographer in liverpool, but he still lives with his parents because he says he can't afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job and poor pay have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that you want to patients. the uk lags behind a lot of other countries in the number of ct scanners, but we haven't got the staff to staff them either, and that's where we need to sort of invest in radiography as a whole, and that's why a lot of people are going on strike, really. this two—day strike follows a series

of walk—outs by nhs staff. radiographers have rejected a 5% pay increase for this year plus a one off payment. but ministers say the rise is reasonable and are calling for an end to the disruption so the nhs can focus on cutting record high waits for patients. delays in appointments, particularly for patients with cancer who know how vital it is to be treated quickly, can cause huge anxiety, as centres like this know only too well. meeting people's needs in a timely fashion, in an organised fashion that doesn't change, is really critical to people feeling that they've got confidence in their clinical team, confidence in the cancer outcome and that they can get on and face the life—changing challenges that cancer pose for them. maggie's centres provide support and advice for cancer patients across britain. we have two or three meetings, group meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better, does it?

oh, yeah, it makes a huge difference. but there are times, you know... it can be hard? yes, it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, really. what does that feel like if you're a cancer patient waiting for an appointment and there's a delay? very worrying. i've had several appointments cancelled, and if you're waiting for results or waiting for a scan, thatjust leaves you in limbo for longer. hello. with a million people estimated to be waiting for radiography services, the strike will inevitably cause further delays. radiographers have apologised, but insist there could be more walk—outs if their concerns aren't addressed. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. protests have been held across israel in response to a government measure to curtail the power of the supreme court. the proposed plans would limit the right of the court to overturn government policy that it finds unreasonable. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the measures are necessary, but opponents say they're

a threat to democracy. almost 17,000 people were reported to the home office as potential victims of modern slavery last year — the highest number since records begain in 2009. a bbc investigation has found that the uk care industry could be being targeted, with the number of cases in the sector doubling. the gangmasters and labour abuse authority has said companies use work visas to threaten people with deportation. the number of people living with major illnesses in england will rise nine times faster than the healthy working age population, according to the health foundation charity. currently, 6.6 million people are living with conditions such as dementia or cancer, but that's expected to rise to more than 9 million by 2040. the charity says the change could have a major impact on the nhs. this is a wake—up call for those who

need the service and politicians that we need to invest now to put in place capacity so that the nhs can respond. it is really important for patients that need care, but it's also really important for the staff in the system, because people are already feeling under intense pressure, and burn—out rates are really high. all state schools in england have been equipped with life—saving defibrillators to increase the chances of suriviving cardiac arrest. over 20,000 defibrillators have successfully been delivered to almost 18,000 schools since january. the government had committed to providing them before the end of this academic year. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, sally, and good morning to your too. the weather todayis morning to your too. the weather today is a mixture of sunshine, clarke and also some showers. some of the showers especially in south—east scotland and north—east england are likely to be heavy, and one or two could prove to be

thundery as well. you can see where we have got the showers, we have a weak weather front moving across scotland at the moment but scattered showers in between, some dry conditions as well. quite a keen north—westerly breeze accentuate in the cool feel. through the course of the cool feel. through the course of the afternoon, the maximum temperature likely to be between 13 and the north and 21 in the south, so a little below average for the time of year. through this evening and overnight we hang onto the showers, they could pick up across southern scotland and also northern england, and on either side of them, some clearer skies and drier conditions and it could be a cool night, temperatures 7—11, lower in sheltered glens in scotland where we could see low temperatures at four or five. could see low temperatures at four orfive. through could see low temperatures at four or five. through the course of the day tomorrow, many of the showers will fade, leaving a lot of dry weather and sunshine around but we also have another weather front coming our way, and that will be introducing some rain across

northern ireland and into wales in the south—west as we head through the south—west as we head through the course of the afternoon. temperatures 1a in lerwick, 21 or 22 in norwich and london, that is 72 in old money. as we go through the night and into thursday, that rain quickly whips across, we will have the remnants still across north—east scotland and across the english channel, and it will be quite a murky day as well, a bit of cloud around and one or two showers. so the weather is not going to be dry all week. it is not going to be great. carol, thank you. at ten past six, we return to our main story, the wildfires gripping the greek island of rhodes. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri is in rhodes for us this morning. azadeh, as many as 10,000 britons are estimated to be on the greek island. good morning to you. how are they coping?

i was iwas in i was in the airport yesterday, and there were estimated to be 7000 to 10,000 people on the island as the fires were breaking out. yesterday people were traumatised, but they were also really angry. that was a thread in every conversation i had, because they felt like they were not being supported by the airlines around them. even though the airlines were insisting that they were conscious of how difficult the situation was here on the island, in rhodes, they were trying to support customers and that customers should reach out to airport staff. but people felt like they were very visible. that did change throughout the day. airlines were sending more staff as they realised how big the situation was, because a lot of people have been trying to leave the island, and here where i am, in one of the last villages to be evacuated, take a look at the ground behind me, this is why people were trying to leave.

we will have more updates throughout the programme. for nine years, people in yemen have faced an ongoing war that has caused thousands of deaths and created a humanitarian crisis. for many children, they have never known life without conflict. the un says more than 11,000 children have been killed or seriously injured, and young people still can't escape the dangers. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. yemen's young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there's one place that shows their suffering, it's al—rasheed street, a front—line neighborhood in the city of taiz. it's home to badr al—harbi, who's seven. he and his brother hashem were hit

by houthi shelling last october. coming home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war? bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells, he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? i feel scared and run. there's a lot of explosions. badr wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people.

first the brothers need to return to school. i want to go back, he tells me. but my leg has been cut off. how can i go out of the house? and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october in a second round of shelling. if it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amari, shares his pain. a he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory.

translation: he remembers every moment from the - shelling to the hospital. he says, this happened to my uncle. this happened to my cousin. he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. don't be scared, my love. you're a man. but he's just a child who has seen too much. he asks amir what he wants in the future. buy me a gun, he says. i will put a bullet in my gun and fire at those who took my leg. it will go right to them.

most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis. but some died in air strikes by the saudi—led coalition. if peace comes, and many yemenis have their doubts, the young will carry this war forever. 0rla guerin, bbc news, taiz. let's take a look at today's papers. the sun front page leads on trevor francis after it was announced he had died from a heart attack at the age of 69. it says he was one in a million — in reference to his legacy as britain's first £1 million transfer signing. lots of papers have the greek wildfires on their front pages. the guardian features an image of firefighters tackling a blaze on the island of rhodes. its headline "climate crisis link to heatwave undeniable according to scientists".

"we ran for our lives" is the headline on the front page of the daily mirror, which features interviews with some of the british tourists on the greek islands. and all papers reflecting this morning on the life and work of our friend and colleague, george alagiah, who has died at the age of 67. lovely picture there of george at the desk on the six 0'clock news, so familiar to many of us over the news. george was one of the bbc�*s longest—serving and most respected journalists who presented the news at six for 20 years. we'll be remembering him here on breakfast this morning. we will remember those special qualities he brought, and a lot of people at home will feel very much like he was one of their friends. it meant a lot to him when people would talk to him about hisjob on meant a lot to him when people would talk to him about his job on the six 0'clock news and the reporting he did around the world. also one of the kindest men you would ever wish to meet, i have to say. it has been

a tough time in the newsroom, so many people loved him and knew him so well, he was an integral part of the entire bbc operation for so long. but he has a top bloke, and he will be much missed. lots of memories of george coming out through the programme today. thejuly heatwaves in europe and the us would have been virtually impossible without the effects of human—induced climate change, according to a study by scientists in the world weather attribution group. 0ne plan to tackle the climate crisis is the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, but is the uk ready for the electric car revolution? 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt reports. i've been told that here in the welsh countryside could lie the future of the car. so this is not what i was expecting. it's a vw beetle. ah, you must bejustin.

former petrolhead moggy is running a business turning classic cars into modern electric vehicles. this is more like back to the future here. you can see the history and the future of transportation. he is no environmental campaigner. he just thinks electric cars are better. when you feel like you can, you can floor it. wahey! it's good, isn't it? though many more people than moggy need to be won over, because in 2030 the uk government will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and there are some real blocks in the road to the uk's electric future. there's basically only a few places you can actually get charging, and then half the time they're full up. i should be able to take this car across the country without worry, but i can't. a lack of public chargers is a stumbling block, especially for the 35% of us

who don't have off—street parking. so what is holding it up? mark constable works for one of the few dozen private companies who are trying to install more public chargers on our roads. in the next ten years, we've got to deliver ten times the amount of infrastructure that's been delivered in the last ten years. all of the councils in the uk are kind of having to work through a set of rules and regulations that weren't designed for this type of works in mind. this is a brand—new challenge for the council. with long planning delays, over 200 local authorities and little co—ordination from the centre, at the current rate the uk will be 100,000 chargers short of its 2030 net zero target. i spoke to chris stark, the ceo of the climate change committee, the government's independent watchdog on climate change. the government has set these targets for the introduction of evs and then this cliff edge where the sale of non—electric vehicles is going to be banned. and then it appears to just leave it

to private companies to kind of make the arrangements. is that sufficient? no, it's not sufficient. and to give the government some credit, they do have a plan to increase the number of public chargers that we have in this country quite significantly. but it's quite difficult to know how that plan will be delivered. and we don't have a planning system that's set up for net zero in the round. so the targets are there, but what we don't have is a government that's put its shoulder to the wheel on it. the government says it has told local authorities they need to develop their own plans for installing chargers, but says the rate of installation is going up. and the government's net zero plans have huge implications even beyond the way we all get around. this is the ford plant at dagenham in london. the traditional car industry is worth £14 billion a year to the british economy. this huge plant is an important employer. about 2,000 people work here, crucialjobs in quite a deprived part of the country. but if it doesn't adapt to the ev revolution,

it could face a death sentence in years to come. electric vehicles represent the biggest change in the car industry since the model t replaced the horse and cart. except, of course, this time round we've got a decade to do it. it represents a huge opportunity. but here in the uk we've got a hell of a lot of work to do. justin's programme, electric cars: what they really mean for you will be on bbc one at eight o'clock tonight, or you can watch it right now on iplayer. we'll be speaking tojustin on the sofa later on in the show. we will also talk about the targets and plans for net zero, and we will have michael gove a little later so i will put that to him as well. if you're a football fan, you might be eagerly awaiting

the arrival of your team's new replica kit. they are bigger, bolder, dare i say a little pressure than ever before. maybe not the main kits, but the second kits, the away kits are getting a little cheeky. yes, the designs have got a bit bolder, as you say. some of the adverts don't even have a football insight. very much being marketed as a day—to—day addition to your wardrobe. let me explain a little bit more. yes, football shirts are big business, of course, and the clubs this year all want to make an impression. but the summer so far has shown that teams second and third kits in particular are deliberately aimed at being worn beyond the stadium. just look at arsenal's new away kit. and the marketing around it very much pushes it as something you'd wear day—to—day. manchester united's new second kit is designed and being sold very much in the same way. and here's liverpool's bright new offering. inspired by a surge

in interest for vintage kits, as you can see from the striking resemblance with this mid—90s effort. and it's notjust the big teams making a splash. league one carlisle with this vibrant away strip. but buying thse shirts continues to get more expensive for families. this is the brand—new nottingham forest shirt. it cost just shy of £60 last year. this season it'll set you back £75, a rise of 26%. and fans wanting this season's west ham, fulham and manchester united shirts will all have to pay out an extra tenner compared to last season. it's a massive money—spinner for the clubs, of course. manchester united, for example, made almost £110 million on branded products according the club's latest accounts — the vast majority of which was clothing. the football supporters association told us it would like more clubs to follow premier league brentford's example and replace the kits every

two years instead of annually. it said the introduction of "sell—by" dates on kits would help make it clear exactly how long they would be in use. let us know what you think this morning. how much more have you paid already this season? will you be able to afford these new kits? do you like the bold new designs? get in touch in the usual ways. email bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or scan the qr code to send us a whatsapp. we would love to hear your thoughts this morning. but it is that time of year when the kids presumably will be getting very excited about the new kits, the parents looking at the numbers on the price tag thinking it gets more and more every year. when you describe it as bold, that might have been kind. some of them are absolutely awful! it comes down to taste. 0r lack of! you certainly wouldn't mix up which team was on the pitch

if they were wearing those! and i think that is part of the point, it is not necessarily, they are meant to stand out, meant to be slightly hideous. i suppose if you're looking through the rails at the shop, you have to be out there in the face the customers. send in some photos as well if you have pictures of yourself modelling the latest kit. we would love to see them. if we can cope! you're watching breakfast. coming up on the programme... with just one year to go until the paris 0lympics, we're catching up with british gold medalistjoe clarke as he gets ready to ride the rapids once again. we will also be talking about the beautiful river through paris which is getting cleaner and cleaner by the week, so clean you will be able to swim in it. we will find out. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

a very good morning and welcome to bbc london, i'm thomas magill. the family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg's island in richmond on one of the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place. they are also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children. radiographers across london will be taking strike action for 48 hours today in a row over pay. the society of radiographers union says worrying numbers of staff who carry out scans on patients are leaving the profession and not enough is being done to recruit more. appointments across many hospitals will be affected today, but there will be emergency cover. the governement says the 5% pay rise

offered is fair and reasonable. the skipping sikh became a social media star for his videos during lockdown and raised quite a bit for charity. now he's helping young people get fit by teaching skipping in schools and youth clubs. and this time he's not doing it alone — as he's partnered with his wife known as hula hoop kaur. when the children were told, they were so happy that we were here, because, obviously, we are an old couple and if we can do it, they can do it, too. when we come here, we put a smile on their face. so it is something we want to carry on doing. we want children to be happy and stay fit. a look at how the tube is running.

few problems. minor few problems. best to check the tfl website for more details before you travel. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. the unsettled theme continues today. another day of scattered showers and sunny spells. the front is coming down from the north which will bring showers. a north—westerly flow and breeze. in the breeze feeling cool. showers could be sharp but still sunny spells in temperatures reaching 21 celsius. this evening showers around to start with. they will fade, and becoming dry and clear largely overnight. the minimum temperature could feel quite cool. eight celsius the minimum. a bright start to wednesday morning with plenty of sunshine around tomorrow morning. a front coming in which will introduce more cloud, especially towards the end of the

afternoon and into the evening. staying unsettled through this week. temperatures widely staying in the low 20s. that's it. there's more on all of today's stories on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london. stories on the bbc news app for now, back to sally and jon. stories on the bbc news app hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. wildfires continue to burn on greek islands as the country s prime minister warns it is at war with the blazes. the worst of the fires are on the island of rhodes, a popular destination for tourists, where firefighters have been battling the flames for six days. fires have also hit corfu,

and the smaller island of evia, though officials say the situation on those islands isn t as severe. at least 21,000 people have had to be evacuated from the islands over the past few days, including many tourists. the emergency comes during the peak of the summer holiday season. the foreign office has sent staff to rhodes to assist british people who are already there. it is urging anyone due to travel to affected areas to contact their travel operator. emma brennan from abta — which represents uk travel agents — joins us now from east london. what is the advice for people planning to travel to rhodes? if you are due to travel— planning to travel to rhodes? if you are due to travel to _ planning to travel to rhodes? if you are due to travel to rhodes, - planning to travel to rhodes? if gm. are due to travel to rhodes, check with your travel provider to understand hat if w with your travel provider to understand hsati w with your travel provider to understand hastihnappeing with with your travel provider to understand what is happening with your holiday, with your flight. some

companies have cancelled holidays until the end of the week, end of july, and that varies from company to company so it is important that you check. some airlines are still operating flights. it might be if you are booked on a flight, your holiday might be able to go ahead. also worth bearing in mind that rhodes is a large island and while a large number have been evacuated from an area, other parts are fully functioning and people are able to travel and enjoy a holiday there. a lot of people are doing that at the moment. ~ . , . ., , ., ~ moment. what difference does it make if ou moment. what difference does it make if you haven't — moment. what difference does it make if you haven't booked _ moment. what difference does it make if you haven't booked a _ moment. what difference does it make if you haven't booked a package - if you haven't booked a package holiday and have booked accommodation and flight separately. what are your rights? whenever you book, you are protected if you book a package and also through an abta member, as well. if you booked a

package and your holiday has been cancelled, you would be entitled to be offered an alternative holiday so some of the people who had holidays cancelled might have been able to go to another destination instead. if thatis to another destination instead. if that is not suitable, you would be able to get a refund to the cost of the package. where it is different, if you booked independently, is if yourflight if you booked independently, is if your flight is cancelled. that airline would need to offer you a chance to book later or a refund but then you would need to look at individual arrangements for accommodation, transfers and any other services and see what those could terms and conditions say in whether you can get money back. fix, whether you can get money back. a lot of people are returning from holidays earlier than planned because they do not want to stay there any longer. what is there advice? i!

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those businesses right now in terms of supporting people still out in rhodes who have been evacuated, sorting out alternative arrangements for people due to fly. also looking ahead and thinking what is next beyond the period identified as potential cancellations. we have heard from _ potential cancellations. we have heard from people _ potential cancellations. we have heard from people in _ potential cancellations. we have heard from people in greece - potential cancellations. we have | heard from people in greece who potential cancellations. we have - heard from people in greece who are not happy with the way communication has worked between travel companies and them, whether in hotels or the airport. is there any other way to get information? who else could they be speaking to and how did they complain about this? we be speaking to and how did they complain about this?— be speaking to and how did they complain about this? we know the situations are _ complain about this? we know the situations are challenging. - complain about this? we know the situations are challenging. the - situations are challenging. the nature of wildfires in particular, it means things can change quickly, which is what we have seen over the weekend. what i would say is travel companies have worked closely with greek authorities and also uk

authorities, as well as abta. even if you have not heard directly, spoken to an individual in the company, there has been a huge effort to contact everyone displaced to identify where they are and try to identify where they are and try to get them onto a departure flight if they were due to go in the past days. there have been challenges with the nature of these events and communications can break down. if you are in that situation and have not got in touch with your travel company, if you are in an evacuation centre, speak to people who can help you get the information from your travel companies. a lot of the main ones have information on the website. they have phone numbers. we do know they want to hear from you to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart

on. to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart on. thank to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart on. . ~ , ., to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart on. . ~' i., ., to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart on. . ~ i. ., ,., to ensure you are getting on the next flight you are due to depart on. . ~ ., , ., ., on. thank you for explaining that. the abta spokesperson _ on. thank you for explaining that. j the abta spokesperson explaining what you need to do if you are stuck in greece and want to claim any money. and how quickly you can get it. that is the key. i have tried that before. it takes a long time and thenit before. it takes a long time and then it does not happen at all. we were talking about how much it costs to get a football shirt. 0ne were talking about how much it costs to get a football shirt. one man who does not need to worry about the prices kylian mbappe. not yet. the amount of shirts he could buy with the amount talked about this morning. it is an extraordinary situation with high—profile footballers going to saudi arabia but one player they have not captured is lionel messi and apparently he was offered 350 million a year and he decided to go to america instead. which means they

might have money to spend. kylian mbappe, if he goes, would he go for very long, a season? this is the intrigue. what happens to him during that season? does he come back and move to real madrid. this is a many layered story. i am sorry, a lot of questions. there is a difficulty in this situation. slightly different to how you might expect a big name going for huge amounts of money. we will talk later about the money. we could be heading towards the biggest transfer deal in football history. and by some distance. kylian mbappe is refusing to sign a new deal with his current club psg, who want to sell him as a result. so could saudi arabia break the impasse. joe lynskey reports. kylian mbappe is a world cup winner. should he move clubs this summer, it could bring world—record numbers.

paris saint—germain have a deal on the table for a price not seen before. the saudi club al hilal say they'd pay 300 million euros to sign him. monsieur kylian! the player has 12 months left on his psg contract, so, in a year, could leave for free. clubs from around the world want to sign him, but few could match those figures. mbappe is 2a and the french captain. now, it's up to him. i don't think it's going to put his position in the french national team in jeopardy. we're talking about a potential one—year deal with al hilal here. so there's every chance, given the money involved — we're talking perhaps a salary, cbs are reporting, of 700 euros million for a year. that's going to be very hard for mbappe to turn down. mbappe has options, and premier league clubs are part of the race. but this has been the year where the landscape has changed.

saudi arabia's top clubs now have state backing. al—nassr have cristiano ronaldo, while the champions al—ittihad have last year's ballon d'or winner, karim benzema. england's top flight has lost stars to this league. n'golo kante has gone from chelsea and ruben neves left wolves for nearly £50 million. now, jordan henderson of liverpool and city's riyad mahrez look set to make the journey. the saudi pro league has emerged and moved the market. well, something new is obviously happening. saudi pro league have stated they want to be a top—ten league by 2030. and they're obviously investing in players and investing in managers to try and raise the profile of the league and their clubs. it's taken us 30 years to get to the position that we have in terms of our profile, in terms of competitiveness and the revenue streams that we have. and so i wouldn't be too concerned at the moment, but, obviously,

saudi arabian clubs have as much right to purchase players as any other league does. up to now, it's been a start, but a mbappe would be a statement. if a saudi club can bring him in, then no player is off the table. joe lynskey, bbc news. co—hosts new zealand kicking off the second round of fixtures of the women's world cup. if they beat the phillipines this morning they'll qualify for the knockout stage for the first time in their history. meanwhile colombia and south korea were the last two teams to meet in the first round of group fixtures, with colombia winning 2—nil. they're second in their group behind germany, who thrashed morocco 6—0 yesterday. history was made in that game. south korea's casey phair coming on to become the youngest player at a football world cup atjust 16 years and 26 days, beating the previous record byjust eight days. nottingham forest are mourning the passing of two former players. chris bart—williams, one of the most promising young midfielders of his generation, has died at the age of 49. he also played for

sheffield wednesday, where he was managed by trevor francis, who also passed away yesterday. he was 69. forest made francis britain's first million—pound footballer. hejoined them from birmigham in 1979 and scored the winner in forest's european cup win that same year. he also won 52 caps for england. he passed away in spain after a heart attack. for all those watching the immovable rain clouds on the final day of the fourth ashes test on sunday, they would no doubt be frustrated that the weather in manchester yesterday was delightful. england's chances of regaining the urn were ended at old trafford. but they can still draw the series at the oval with the final test starting there on thursday. that too could be affected by the weather. so can anything different be done to help test matches be completed in the future? you could start at 10.30 — there's no reason why not. then, secondly, there are 90 overs in the day specifically there for a reason.

why would you notjust play the 90 overs? you've got full lights, you've got drainage. it doesn't get dark till ten o'clock at night, and then everyone is seeing the full 90 overs. i think something needs to be done. maybe a little bit of common sense will prevail at some stage, hopefully. meanwhile in edinburgh, scotland had no weather concerns as they eased past italy in a t20 world cup qualifier. 0llie hairs equalled scotland's highest t20 score with 127 not out to help his side to 245—2 from their 20 overs — a run rate of more than 12 an over. italy couldn't get close in reply — bowled out forjust 90 in 13 overs. scotland winning by 155 runs to make it three qualifying wins from three. lotte kopecky has retained the yellow jersey after the second stage of the tour de france femmes, despitejust missing out on back to back stage wins. with the finish line in sight, she was outsprinted by germany's liane lippert — her first stage win in the race. more hills await the riders later

on today in stage three. i have talked enough about the weather so i will hand to someone more qualified. we are all talking about the weather too much. ifeel guilty. a lot of the news at the moment is about the weather. but the expert is in the room. here's carol. i was thinking i could have had a lion! 0nce i was thinking i could have had a lion! once again sunshine and showers. beautiful start to the day in wales. many looking at blue skies first thing but showers are in the forecast. a mixture of sunshine and showers and the heaviest in south—east scotland and north—east england. to start, a lot of dry weather with a keen north—westerly breeze accent are you waiting the cool field. this weather front

syncing across scotland. through the day, high pressure building in wales and south—west england. it means many showers will fade here. temperatures 13—21 north to south. a little bit below average. 0vernight, the showers are likely to pep up particularly in south—west scotland, northern england. some clear skies. temperatures in sheltered parts of scotland could fall down to 3—4. in towns and cities, 7—11 as the overnight low. tomorrow, starting with high pressure. many starting dry. then we have france coming our way stop this is a warm sector. later in the day, it will start to turn humid. a lot of dry weather, showers to start with, and then the cloud builds, heralding the arrival of the next weather front that will

bring rain to western areas. temperatures 14—22 c. as we head into thursday, weather fronts temperatures 14—22 c. as we head into thursday, weatherfronts move across. thursday will feel humid. some rain across north—east scotland and the english channel. a lot of cloud and murky conditions to start the day, especially on the coast and hills. it should start to brighten up hills. it should start to brighten up with sunshine coming our way. temperatures 15—23, up just a touch. the latter part of the week, friday and saturday, mixture of sunshine and saturday, mixture of sunshine and showers. some heavy and thundery, particularly in the north. and then rain coming in on sunday and monday and tuesday. we have been talking about the weather in europe. yesterday in sardinia, the

temperature reached 48 celsius making it europe's hottest day so far this year. the hottest day on record in europe is 48.8. today we expect temperatures like this. in sardinia, falling by 10 degrees. looking at 43 in italy and greece and in tunisia, 49. to show the temperature compared to what we would expect, this is the key. white and blue, temperatures are average or below. and look what happens at the end of the week. the white returns, the blue returns. that means temperatures will be average or even below average. but, it also means across parts of north africa, the heat will transfer into parts of southern iberia and temperatures there could get into the low 405.

it is really changeable. it is, but relief at least on the cards from the searing heat we have seen. fascinating. in a year, the paris olympic games, athletes are gearing up for the competition. 0ne 5port where britain has seen success in the past is canoeing — but what does next year have in store? john maguire is at the lee valley white water centre this morning to find out. we have done really rather well? ye5, absolutely. ignore what the australians say about us being good at sitting down sport5. it is something team gb has excelled at and one reason is this. the lee valley white water centre. the pumps have not been turned on so it looks fairly benign. if you have been here on one of the white water rafting

trips you have probably come under the bridge and thought what has happened to me the last couple of minutes? it is rather extreme. the gold standard for this type of course, cour5e5 gold standard for this type of course, courses that have been built since london 2012 have followed the same sort of design. so good the world championships will be here in september. the french team were here practising last week in anticipation of the world championships and they are very good, they will certainly be amongst the medals at their home games. an incredible venue. we were game5. an incredible venue. we were here last week to meet a previous 0lympic here last week to meet a previous olympic champion hoping to become a future 0lympic olympic champion hoping to become a future olympic champion once again. every day, twice a day, joe clarke goes to work at the lee valley white water centre north of london. and this is his office.

joe took gold in the kayak 5lalom at rio in 2016. commentator: the time of 88.7 could be beaten. i it is! oh, sensational! the winning margin — a fraction of a second, a blink. the margins are so tight in this sport and that's why the training is so intense. since rio, joe's been through more twists and turns than a 5lalom run. he failed to qualify for the last olympics in tokyo 2020 and, in recent months, has become a father to hugo, giving him a new focus.

i'm doing this to put food on the table for hugo and for belle. so it's very much a case of it's notjust me any more — if it doesn't quite go to plan, i can eat some beans on toast. i'm not sure that's going to go down very well, is it, mate? so, yeah, it's very much a case of this is my living and i've got a mortgage, i've got a child. so it's very much like the focus has changed from notjust me. i'm doing it for my whole family now. so the outlook changes, but the goal and the process remains the same. it's about winning medals. as with any elite athlete, he spends a great deal of time travelling and competing over5ea5 — not always easy for the family back home. even thouthoe hasn't been here, he does still really support me when he's away, just facetiming and things like that. so, yeah, it's been tough, but it's been fine, really. yeah. it's nice to have him home. it's really nice to have him home. he wasn't actually sleeping that great and thenjoe's come home

and got him to sleep through, so, yeah, superman, actually. so i'm very grateful. joe won this gold medal when he was 23 — relatively young to reach the pinnacle of his sport. so he approaches paris, next year, older and, partly due to the disappointment of missing out on tokyo, much wiser. the upset of tokyo has kind of really lit the afterburner5 and relit that fire and, sometimes, you need a setback or disappointment to push on and reach your best. so the kind of redemption story for me is a massive one and things are going great and, yeah, just very much excited to get to that world championships, push on and hopefully get that paris spot confirmed. and there'll be something else different next summer. following success in snow sports and bmx, there'll be a cross event where four kayakers at the same time battle it out down the slalom course. it's boisterous, its bold, it's bedlam.

joe came in first. benjamin from france was pretty close on his tail, but becausejoe managed so well to execute individually, he got out before benjamin even got there. but very, very committed, because he almost had a boat to the face. kayak coach campbell walsh, a silver medallist from athens in 2004, is on hand with instant video analysis. joe is training against french paddlers who may very well go head—to—head against him in their home water next summer. they're evenly matched, having shared victories and gold medals so far this season. but it's another olympic medal he's chasing. and, now, with two events to compete in, he may need a bigger trophy cabinet.

let's hope so. someone else also competing, hopefully, this time next year is adam burgess. a canoeist rather than kayak. for those of us not up to speed, explain the difference.— not up to speed, explain the difference. , ., ~ , ., ., difference. the kayak, you are sat down with your — difference. the kayak, you are sat down with your legs _ difference. the kayak, you are sat down with your legs upfront, - difference. the kayak, you are sat down with your legs upfront, and | down with your legs upfront, and inca newcomer we are kneeling in the boat and paddle on one side. we were talkin: and boat and paddle on one side. we were talking and saw— boat and paddle on one side. we were talking and saw pictures _ boat and paddle on one side. we were talking and saw pictures of _ boat and paddle on one side. we were talking and saw pictures of the - boat and paddle on one side. we were talking and saw pictures of the new. talking and saw pictures of the new eventin talking and saw pictures of the new event in paris. this crazy kayak cross. could you do that with the canoe? it cross. could you do that with the canoe? ., , ., , canoe? it would be fun to try. comina canoe? it would be fun to try. coming off— canoe? it would be fun to try. coming off the _ canoe? it would be fun to try. coming off the ramp - canoe? it would be fun to try. coming off the ramp on - canoe? it would be fun to try. coming off the ramp on your. canoe? it would be fun to try. - coming off the ramp on your knees, no one has tried it yet. how coming off the ramp on your knees, no one has tried it yet.— no one has tried it yet. how are you caettin no one has tried it yet. how are you getting on? — no one has tried it yet. how are you getting on? you _ no one has tried it yet. how are you getting on? you were _ no one has tried it yet. how are you getting on? you were an _ no one has tried it yet. how are you getting on? you were an agonisingl getting on? you were an agonising fourth at the last 0lympics. everybody always says the one position you really do not want his fourth, and the margins are so tight

in this sport. how are you going? i have kicked on since tokyo. in pretty much every final since then. we have a home world championships to look forward to which is the main thing this year. to be world champion on my home course ahead of the olympic games in paris is a dream. , , ., , ., ., ., dream. this is the gold standard for courses with — dream. this is the gold standard for courses with other _ dream. this is the gold standard for courses with other courses - dream. this is the gold standard for| courses with other courses following suit. �* , ., ' , suit. are they that different? they use raid suit. are they that different? they use rapid blocks _ suit. are they that different? they use rapid blocks here, _ suit. are they that different? they use rapid blocks here, which - suit. are they that different? they use rapid blocks here, which is - suit. are they that different? they | use rapid blocks here, which is like lego. a concrete channel with blocks inside you can move around. in paris, we will try to move the blocks around and make the core similar to theirs. every course built since has followed this system. we are in a good place to train for anywhere. find system. we are in a good place to train for anywhere.— system. we are in a good place to train for anywhere. and have you got eve da train for anywhere. and have you got every day between — train for anywhere. and have you got every day between now— train for anywhere. and have you got every day between now and - train for anywhere. and have you got every day between now and next - every day between now and next summer accounted for?- every day between now and next summer accounted for? pretty much. you can only — summer accounted for? pretty much. you can only plan _ summer accounted for? pretty much. you can only plan so _ summer accounted for? pretty much. you can only plan so far. _ summer accounted for? pretty much.

you can only plan so far. we - summer accounted for? pretty much. you can only plan so far. we still - you can only plan so far. we still have selection to take place. we will know roughly in october this year but every day until then is planned. then you have plan a, go to the olympics, and plan b, not sure what that looks like yet. just focusina what that looks like yet. just focusing on _ what that looks like yet. just focusing on being _ what that looks like yet. just focusing on being in paris. all the very best. we will vote for plan a. joining we will catch up withjoe again. the boats qualify and the athletes go in afterwards. the world championships will be qualifying boats but the athletes will not know until closer to the olympics whether they will represent team gb embarrassed. i reckon we have given them the breakfast seal of approval. those we are talking to this morning, we are sure will be representing team gb. studio: seal of approval or the kiss of death. no, all looking good.

coming up. oliver king was just 12 when he died of cardiac arrest. we'll speak to his father mark as the government says every school in england now has access to a defibrillator. we have spoken to mark a lot. a big moment. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning and welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. the family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg 5 island in richmond on one of the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place. they's also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children.

radiographers across london will be taking strike action for 48 hours today in a row over pay. says worrying numbers of staff who carry out scans on patients, are leaving the profession, and not enough is being done to recruit more. appointments across many hospitals will be affected today, but there will be emergency cover. the governement says the 5% pay rise offered is fair and reasonable. the skipping sikh became a social media star for his videos during lockdown, and raised quite a bit for charity in the process. well, now he's helping young people get fit by teaching skipping in schools and youth clubs. and this time he's not doing it alone — as he's partnered with his wife. when the children were told, they were so happy that we were here, because, obviously, we are an old couple and if we can do it, they can do it, too.

when we come here, we put a smile on their face. so it is something we want to carry on doing. we want children to be happy and stay fit. ok, let's take a look at how the tube is running at this time of the mornng. the bakerloo line has no service between queens park and harrow & wealdstone. minor delays on the circle minor due to train cancellations. the elizabeth line has severe delays between paddington and reading — that's due to a signal failure. and there's a reduced service on parts of the overground — best to check the tfl website for more details before you travel. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. the unsettled theme to the weather continues, another day of scattered showers and sunny spells. this front will bring the showers, a north—westerly flow and breeze, so in the breeze it could feel quite cool in the breeze it could feel quite cool. one or two showers could be

quite sharp but still the sunny spells and temperatures today reaching 21 celsius. into this evening, one or two showers around to start with but they will start to fade, becoming dry and clear largely overnight, the minimum temperature could feel quite cool, eight celsius the minimum, but with the cloud clearing, we have a bright start to wednesday morning. we have another front coming in from the west which will introduce more cloud, especially towards the end of the afternoon and into the evening. staying unsettled through this week, and temperatures widely staying in the low twenties. that's it from me — there's more on all of today's stories on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london, but for now lets go back to sally and jon. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. wildfires continue to grip the greek island of rhodes as thousands of british tourists try to return home. radiographers, who scan patients to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries, begin a 48—hour strike in hospitals in england this morning. tributes to one of the bbc�*s most respected journalists — george alagiah. we hearfrom colleagues who became friends, and how his openness about bowel cancer helped others. good morning. it's millions for mbappe from saudi arabia — 269 million, to be exact — a world—record transfer fee offered to paris saint germain for their star striker. good morning. today is a day of sunshine and showers, some will be heavyin sunshine and showers, some will be heavy in places but they should dry out from the south—west as we go through the course of this afternoon as a ridge of high pressure builds in. all the details later in the

programme. good morning. it's tuesday the 25th july. our main story. wildfires on the greek island of rhodes have now forced almost 20,000 people to abandon their homes. hundreds of holidaymakers have left the island, with more repatriation flights set to take place. evacuation orders have also been issued in corfu and evia. louisa pilbeam reports. with the tourists gone, this is all that's left on some beaches in rhodes. our holiday livelihood, many greek livelihoods have gone up in flames. in the restaurants and bars that remain, greeks are left to pick up the pieces. they worry what they will find when they return home. our houses maybe not to be there tomorrow, maybe now we are on fire, we don't know what to do. it's very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but wildfires aren't

uncommon in greece. this bar owner is ready to rebuild. eh, we lost the business. we have good health, _ and we are hopeful to fix it again. fires still rage in the south—east of the island, and corfu has seen blazes too. another popular tourist island, crete, is on high alert. many have had to sleep in schools and sports centres as they wait to come home. we've had to pay to come home, so i want that money refunded, and i want an explanation. i've had no texts, no nothing from them. where are they? the only help that we have had through this whole thing has been from greek people. we've had no help from any british holiday companies or any british authorities. we've had no help whatsoever. travellers from the uk have been advised to contact their airline or holiday company.

some have begun sending flights to bring people back. but its estimated as many as 10,000 britons are still on rhodes. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. how to get them home, then? our reporter azadeh moshiri is in rhodes for us this morning. azadeh, as many as 10,000 britons are estimated to be on the greek island. what can they expect today? many of them will be hoping for repatriation flights. up to 10,000 tourists were said to be on the island when these fires broke out in the last two days, many who i met yesterday at the airport have been boarding those flights to leave. hundreds have gone back to the uk, reunited with their families after having gone through very difficult or deals, but of course many are also waiting to get on flights today. the foreign office hasn't told brits to stay away, they

haven't said that rhodes and greece as a whole is an area to avoid, and neither have greek officials. and that's because a lot of these fires it is important to are localised, they are mainly in the south and you will see bulldozers behind me because they were creating fire breaks as the fire from the hills behind me got here, so it is very much an active situation. but they are insisting, all these officials, that the fact is that these wildfires happen mostly in remote areas. the scenes we saw in rhodes which were because of fires that were out of control won't be happening all the time. but of course when i spoke to the fire service they made clear that because of the dry heat at the strong winds that you can see around me and because of the humidity it is so hard to predict where these fires are going to go, which islands they might begin on, whether they might reignite in other places on the mainland, so they have made sure to insist that as heat records

continue, as peaks of temperatures could rise on wednesday and thursday, the risk of fires is still high. thursday, the risk of fires is still hiuh. �* ., thursday, the risk of fires is still hi h, �* . ., thursday, the risk of fires is still hiuh. �* ., ., ., thursday, the risk of fires is still hiuh. ~ . ., ., ., ~ thursday, the risk of fires is still hiuh. ~ ., ., ., ., ~ thursday, the risk of fires is still hiuh. ~ ., ., ., ., , high. azadeh for now, thank you very much. on high. azadeh for now, thank you very much- 0n the — high. azadeh for now, thank you very much. on the bbc— high. azadeh for now, thank you very much. on the bbc wed _ high. azadeh for now, thank you very much. on the bbc wed -- _ high. azadeh for now, thank you very much. on the bbc wed -- website i much. on the bbc wed —— website there is advice on what you can do if you're struggling to get home. sally has more of the day's news. a 48—hour strike by nhs radiographers in england begins this morning. it is expected to disrupt patients waiting for x—rays, mri and ct scans. staff at 37 nhs trusts are expected to walk out after rejecting the government's pay offer of a five percent increase plus a one—off payment. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. scanning for problems. it's estimated the vast majority of nhs patients undergo tests or therapy with a radiographer while being treated, including mri, ct, ultrasounds and radiotherapy.

i qualified in 2017, and since then 20% of my class has actually left radiography after doing a degree for three years, specifically for radiography. and that's like a great shame, really. 30—year—old john kelly works as a radiographer in liverpool, but he still lives with his parents because he says he can't afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job and poor pay have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that you want to patients. the uk lags behind a lot of other countries in the number of ct scanners, but we haven't got the staff to staff them either, and that's where we need to sort of invest in radiography as a whole, and that's why a lot of people are going on strike, really. this two—day strike follows a series of walk—outs by nhs staff. radiographers have rejected a 5% pay increase for this year plus a one off payment. but ministers say the rise is reasonable and are calling for an end to the disruption so the nhs can focus on cutting

record high waits for patients. delays in appointments, particularly for patients with cancer who know how vital it is to be treated quickly, can cause huge anxiety, as centres like this know only too well. meeting people's needs in a timely fashion, in an organised fashion that doesn't change, is really critical to people feeling that they've got confidence in their clinical team, confidence in the cancer outcome and that they can get on and face the life—changing challenges that cancer pose for them. maggie's centres provide support and advice for cancer patients across britain. we have two or three meetings, group meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better, does it? oh, yeah, it makes a huge difference. but there are times, you know... it can be hard? yes, it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, really. what does that feel like if you're a cancer patient waiting for an appointment

and there's a delay? very worrying. i've had several appointments cancelled, and if you're waiting for results or waiting for a scan, thatjust leaves you in limbo for longer. hello. with a million people estimated to be waiting for radiography services, the strike will inevitably cause further delays. radiographers have apologised, but insist there could be more walk—outs if their concerns aren't addressed. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the number of people living with major illnesses in england will rise nine times faster than the healthy working age population, according to the health foundation charity. currently 6.6 million people are living with conditions such as dementia or cancer, but that's expected to rise to more than 9 million by 2040. the charity says the change could have a major impact on the nhs. protests have been held across israel in response to a government measure to curtail the power of the supreme court.

the proposed plans would limit the right of the court to overturn government policy that it finds unreasonable. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the measures are necessary, but opponents say they're a threat to democracy. all state schools in england have been equipped with life—saving defibrillators to increase the chances of suriviving cardiac arrest. over 20,000 defibrillators have successfully been delivered to almost 18,000 schools since january. the government had committed to providing them before the end of this academic year. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. today's weather can be summed up by saying sunshine and showers, with some of us off to a beautiful start as you can see from this picture taken just a little earlier in buckinghamshire, where we already do have some showers around. we have some coming on across the

north of scotland, some of those are heavy with scattered showers across parts of northern ireland, northern england, if anything becoming more widespread through the course of the afternoon. howeverwe widespread through the course of the afternoon. however we also have a ridge of high pressure starting to build in across wales and south—west england. so here the showers will become fewer and further between. light winds today, but breezy across the north east and temperatures ranging from 15 to 21. we continue with scattered showers across scotland, with showers coming in across northern ireland on the first signs of some rain as well, and then those showers continue across northern england and into the south—east, but still dry across wales and south—west england for a time. a weather front peps up through the night across south—west scotland and northern england, a lot of dry and clear conditions, you might see a little bit of mist forming here and there, but it will be chilly in sheltered glens, three

or 4 degrees the overnight lows, but generally we are looking at 8—11. by the end of the night, the cloud will build out towards the west, heralding the arrival of a clutch of weather fronts coming our way, introducing some rain and also some muqqy introducing some rain and also some muggy conditions through the course of wednesday night and also into thursday, so the weather remains unsettled right the way into the weekend and the beginning of next week. carol thank you. it is 12 minutes past seven. here on breakfast this morning, we are remembering bbc presenter george alagiah whose death was announced yesterday at the age of 67. he was diagnosed with bowel cancer nine years ago. he had a long career as a foreign correspondent reporting on everything from famine to war before he became the face of the news at six — a job he had for two decades. let's take a look at his story, in his own words. my life is, for what it's

worth, is divided into pre—cancer and post—cancer. you know, the weird thing about a bowel cancerjourney is you don't really know the beginning and you don't really know the end. so i know the day i was diagnosed with bowel cancer, but i don't know when it started because i was at the top of my game. i was having a fantastic time at work, at home, when suddenly you hear those words. "i'm sorry to have to tell you, mralagiah, you've got bowel cancer. " at first when you're told you don't know how to how to kind of respond. and it took me a while to understand what i needed to do. for me, i had to get to i had to get to a place of contentment. and the only way i knew how to do that was literally to look back at my life. actually, when i looked back,

i looked at myjourney where it all started. looked at the family i had. the opportunities my family had. and the great good fortune to bump into fran, who's now been my wife and lover for all these years. the kids that we brought up. it didn't feel like a failure. you know, i wish i hadn't had cancer, obviously, but but i have cancer. and i'm glad of the things i've learnt about myself and about my community, my friends and my family as a result. i have got to see life as a gift and rather than kind of worrying about when it's going to end and how it's going to end, i've got to a place where i can see it for the gift it is. i feel that gift keenly every morning.

george alagiah. we are all going to miss him so much. we're joined now by sir craig oliver, a former editor of bbc news and friend of george's, and genevieve edwards, the chief executive of bowel cancer uk. thank you for coming in. craig, you worked with him in stressful journalism situations. we all did. and yet he was as calm in the maelstrom of news is we just saw him reflecting on that piece. that maelstrom of news is we 'ust saw him reflecting on that piece._ reflecting on that piece. that is riaht, reflecting on that piece. that is right. calm _ reflecting on that piece. that is right. calm is— reflecting on that piece. that is right, calm is a _ reflecting on that piece. that is right, calm is a very _ reflecting on that piece. that is right, calm is a very good - reflecting on that piece. that is right, calm is a very good word | reflecting on that piece. that is i right, calm is a very good word to use for him. i think he was a very exceptional human being. he was at the top of his game as a reporter and presenter, and he won all sorts of awards and millions of people watched him, but he was also exceptional in his private life. he had a close family that meant a huge amount to him and he meant a huge amount to him and he meant a huge amount to him and he meant a huge amount to them, lots of friends. and the key to that success in his public and private life with his warmth and empathy and love of life. one of the words that everybody has

used about george over the last few hours is how kind he was, and that wasn't necessarily always a word that you would associate with journalists right at the cutting edge of their game, is it? he was unusual. he was kind with everybody and generous with everybody. i think that is right. — and generous with everybody. i think that is right, and _ and generous with everybody. i think that is right, and you _ and generous with everybody. i think that is right, and you make - and generous with everybody. i think that is right, and you make a - and generous with everybody. i think that is right, and you make a really l that is right, and you make a really good point. to get to the top of your game as a foreign, correspondent which he did first and middle part of his career, a lot of people really are quite pushy, they have to have a lot of drive to get to the stories, to get the top assignments, that kind of thing. that wasn't george at all, and that was what made it stand out. there was what made it stand out. there was something in him that wanted to tell people's stories, but wanted to get there, but he managed to do it in a way that wasn't about him, wasn't about the glory that you can get from being a foreign correspondent. it was about wanting to tell people's stories, and that warmth and humanity. he to tell people's stories, and that warmth and humanity. he wanted to tell other people's _ warmth and humanity. he wanted to tell other people's stories, - warmth and humanity. he wanted to tell other people's stories, didn't - tell other people's stories, didn't

he? he wasn't always particularly open about his own life, he wasn't pushing himself forward. and yet he chose to talk about his cancer diagnosis and his prognosis very openly. what was it that motivated him to do that, against type, if you like? .. , ., , him to do that, against type, if you like? , .,, , ., ., like? exactly. i was starting a odcast like? exactly. i was starting a podcast called _ like? exactly. i was starting a podcast called desperately i like? exactly. i was starting a - podcast called desperately seeking wisdom and i thought the best first guest would be george because he was a wise person. we talked about it beforehand, and we talked about the need to be vulnerable. he said he thought it was important that human beings just talk to each other and tell each other what they are going through, so he wanted to share his experience of having cancer, and one of the most powerful moments in the interview i did with him, he was talking about the fact that when he is diagnosed, he felt that he had been cheated of all the experiences he could have had notjust as a reporter going forward but also with his family, but how he also went on a journey of learning to look at his life and think, actually i'm incredibly grateful for all the things i've had, it isjust amazing to be in this world to have

experienced all this. and the journey that he went on was extraordinary. you wanted to share it with people. we spend a lot of time complaining owning about life and talking about the difficulties, but i think he wanted to say to people, it is amazing that we'll get to be here, amazing that we get to share that and make those connections, and i think he really managed to do that.— managed to do that. genevieve edwards, chief _ managed to do that. genevieve edwards, chief executive - managed to do that. genevieve edwards, chief executive of - managed to do that. genevieve i edwards, chief executive of bowel cancer uk, you also recorded an interview with george, went out to know him. and you have benefited from the thing that craig has detail there, his decision to be really open, almost against type, to share with people what happened to him. yes, he was extraordinary. in telling — yes, he was extraordinary. in telling his— yes, he was extraordinary. in telling his story and raising awareness, he was such an advocate for bowel _ awareness, he was such an advocate for bowel cancer uk and the work that we _ for bowel cancer uk and the work that we did. he supported our campaign to lower the screening age to 50 _ campaign to lower the screening age to 50 successfully. it worked, and it is wonderful to see that. and he

recorded _ it is wonderful to see that. and he recorded a — it is wonderful to see that. and he recorded a podcast series for us, three _ recorded a podcast series for us, three series, actually. just think, first week— three series, actually. just think, first week i — three series, actually. just think, first week i i started in thisjob, iwent— first week i i started in thisjob, i went to — first week i i started in thisjob, i went to do that with george and to see him _ i went to do that with george and to see him and — i went to do that with george and to see him and his skill and phenomenal talent _ see him and his skill and phenomenal talent up _ see him and his skill and phenomenal talent up close, and drawing stories out from _ talent up close, and drawing stories out from patients, oncologists, radiographers, researchers. hejust radiographers, researchers. he just used radiographers, researchers. hejust used his— radiographers, researchers. hejust used his talent and his gifts to really— used his talent and his gifts to really raise awareness and support other— really raise awareness and support other people with bowel cancer. and ithink— other people with bowel cancer. and i think we _ other people with bowel cancer. and i think we will always be so grateful— i think we will always be so grateful for how generous he was with his _ grateful for how generous he was with his time, how kind he was to all of— with his time, how kind he was to all of us _ with his time, how kind he was to all of us who have met him. he will be all of us who have met him. he will he so _ all of us who have met him. he will he so sadly— all of us who have met him. he will be so sadly missed. but i think that looking _ be so sadly missed. but i think that looking back on the legacy he has left behind, heightened awareness, a lower screening age, information that will— lower screening age, information that will be out there, and i think his gift _ that will be out there, and i think his gift of— that will be out there, and i think his gift of communicating meant that all those _ his gift of communicating meant that all those conversations other people find easier— all those conversations other people find easier to have because he talked —

find easier to have because he talked and shared his story. and that shows _ talked and shared his story. and that shows in _ talked and shared his story. and that shows in the _ talked and shared his story. fific that shows in the messages into the bbc in the last 24 hours. lots of us as colleagues remember him, but then millions of people out there watching on the news every week, he was part of their lives. they felt that they knew him, they did know him because what you saw was what you got. i him because what you saw was what ou rot. ., him because what you saw was what ou rot. ~ ., him because what you saw was what ou rot. ~ . .,, ., , you got. i think that was really wonderful. _ you got. i think that was really wonderful, the _ you got. i think that was really wonderful, the fact _ you got. i think that was really wonderful, the fact that - you got. i think that was really wonderful, the fact that he - you got. i think that was really| wonderful, the fact that he was you got. i think that was really - wonderful, the fact that he wasjust in every— wonderful, the fact that he wasjust in every household, known and trusted — in every household, known and trusted by— in every household, known and trusted by so many people, and i was so moved _ trusted by so many people, and i was so moved yesterday to look at my social— so moved yesterday to look at my social media and to see all of you, his former— social media and to see all of you, his former colleagues, and the very moving _ his former colleagues, and the very moving tributes, and also people in the bowel— moving tributes, and also people in the bowel cancer community who had met him _ the bowel cancer community who had met him in_ the bowel cancer community who had met him in one way, shape or form, or connected — met him in one way, shape or form, or connected with him on social media, _ or connected with him on social media, i— or connected with him on social media, i think kindness and empathy, i media, i think kindness and empathy, i have _ media, i think kindness and empathy, i have heard _ media, i think kindness and empathy, i have heard a lot in the last 24 hours. — i have heard a lot in the last 24 hours. but _ i have heard a lot in the last 24 hours, but they really did some him up, hours, but they really did some him up. and _ hours, but they really did some him up. and he — hours, but they really did some him up, and he had a remarkable impact. and craig, _ up, and he had a remarkable impact. and craig, you have spoken about that podcast that you did with him.

how significant that was. i think a lot of people have remarked on, he was a very elegant man, and don't just mean in his demeanour, he was elegant in all forms of his life, in all areas, and at the end there was all areas, and at the end there was a level of acceptance about what was going to happen to him, wasn't there? how has he been the last few months over the last year, when you have been in touch with him? i months over the last year, when you have been in touch with him?- have been in touch with him? i think ou are have been in touch with him? i think you are right. _ have been in touch with him? i think you are right. i— have been in touch with him? i think you are right, i think— have been in touch with him? i think you are right, i think there _ have been in touch with him? i think you are right, i think there is - have been in touch with him? i think you are right, i think there is a - you are right, i think there is a sort of strange balance there between his acceptance of what was happening to him, his gratitude for life and the wisdom that he had after all of that, but he hadn't given up. he wanted to do things. so this week i received a bowel cancer test through the post, i am a man over 50. that is because of the kind of campaigning that george did. he also spoke to me in the last few months about his desire to have an immigration museum in london, which i think is going to happen, because he felt very passionately about the immigrant experience and he wanted to share that. so he wasn'tjust a

minute he was calm in the sense of not doing anything. he was still pushing for things he wanted to do, but he did it in a way that was caring and thoughtful,. one of the things he has left me with his he told me that he got up every day and then went to bed every night saying to himself, look, i'm grateful to be here, am i going to be here tomorrow? yes, iam, that's here, am i going to be here tomorrow? yes, i am, that's good. and today i'm thinking, he is not here today but he is and lots of people's hearts, and they also think his message is to be grateful that we are here and grateful that we got to experience and have summary like george in our lives, and i think thatis george in our lives, and i think that is probably his real legacy, millions of people saying, aren't we grateful that he was here, wasn't it great that we get experience such a wonderful person.— wonderful person. genevieve, let's . ive wonderful person. genevieve, let's rive it a wonderful person. genevieve, let's give it a final _ wonderful person. genevieve, let's give it a final word _ wonderful person. genevieve, let's give it a final word here. _ wonderful person. genevieve, let's give it a final word here. what - give it a final word here. what would george want you to say to everybody watching at home today? what is the message?— everybody watching at home today? what is the message? firstly, if you have not what is the message? firstly, if you have got that _ what is the message? firstly, if you have got that screening _ what is the message? firstly, if you have got that screening test - what is the message? firstly, if you have got that screening test that - have got that screening test that craig _ have got that screening test that craig has — have got that screening test that craig has at home, do it, don't delay — craig has at home, do it, don't delay and _ craig has at home, do it, don't delay. and if you have anything that

is worrying — delay. and if you have anything that is worrying about symptoms in your -ut is worrying about symptoms in your gut that— is worrying about symptoms in your gut that doesn't feel right, particularly blood in your to or a change — particularly blood in your to or a change in — particularly blood in your to or a change in bowel habit, talk to your gp, because it is very treatable. genevieve. _ gp, because it is very treatable. genevieve, thank you very much indeed for coming in this morning. craig, you have been told you have got to do your test, ok? i am going to do it! ok, thank you. it is 23 minutes past seven. specially—trained guardian dogs could soon be used by farmers and crofters — to live among their sheep, in the hope they may help protect them from scotland's largest bird of prey. farmers believe white—tailed sea eagles have killed hundreds of lambs over the last decade. our reporter andrew thomson has been to find out more. they might look soft and cuddly, but these sheepdogs have been used since roman times to scare off predators. the idea is that they generally

wander around mountains following sheep and goats, and stopping wolves from actually coming in and killing livestock. they drive away predators. what we would like to do is teach them to prevent eagles coming in and killing lambs in the lambing season. sea coming in and killing lambs in the lambing season.— coming in and killing lambs in the lambing season. sea eagles can have an eiuht lambing season. sea eagles can have an eight foot — lambing season. sea eagles can have an eight foot long _ lambing season. sea eagles can have an eight foot long wingspan, - lambing season. sea eagles can have an eight foot long wingspan, and - an eight foot long wingspan, and have the nickname flying barn doors. their sheer power can be seen here in the bbc�*s wild iles programme. they are adaptable creatures and in some cases they have developed a taste for land. here, sheep have been gathered for shearing. over the last decades, crofters think hundreds of their lambs may have been taken by sea eagles to feed their chicks. haste been taken by sea eagles to feed their chicks-— their chicks. we were gathering shee- their chicks. we were gathering shee in, their chicks. we were gathering sheep in. and — their chicks. we were gathering sheep in, and there _ their chicks. we were gathering sheep in, and there was - their chicks. we were gathering sheep in, and there was sea - their chicks. we were gathering i sheep in, and there was sea eagle just cruising around, and if they want to kill something, it is so easy for them to do it. they will

even kill lambs at this time of year. i have taken the lan was killed injuly, it was year. i have taken the lan was killed in july, it was fresh with talent marks any one we got it. it just died from its injuries.- just died from its in'uries. johnny and daisy _ just died from its in'uries. johnny and daisy run a — just died from its injuries. johnny and daisy run a falconry - just died from its injuries. johnny | and daisy run a falconry business, and daisy run a falconry business, and they hope their expertise on sea eagles and guardian dogs could help. they will learn very quickly to take the lambs, — they will learn very quickly to take the lambs, but they can also learn that there — the lambs, but they can also learn that there are predators with those lambs _ that there are predators with those lambs that will run at them and bark _ lambs that will run at them and bark. , , ., ., ., ., ., bark. they use a drone to imitate a sea eaule bark. they use a drone to imitate a sea eagle swooping _ bark. they use a drone to imitate a sea eagle swooping down. - bark. they use a drone to imitate a sea eagle swooping down. they - bark. they use a drone to imitate a l sea eagle swooping down. they think that the dogs will be more useful in smaller fields rather than extensive hill grazing areas. they can provide a range of support to holdings affected by sea eagle predation, and

they said they will consider the use of guardian dogs if there is interest. if of guardian dogs if there is interest. of guardian dogs if there is interest-— of guardian dogs if there is interest. . ., of guardian dogs if there is interest. . interest. if the pro'ect was to be mm h interest. if the project was to be successful, maybe _ interest. if the project was to be successful, maybe the _ interest. if the project was to be i successful, maybe the government interest. if the project was to be - successful, maybe the government or other conservation bodies could help farmers— other conservation bodies could help farmers out by funding them to have a dog _ farmers out by funding them to have a do. �* , , a dog. and hopefully it will help them and see _ a dog. and hopefully it will help them and see eagles _ a dog. and hopefully it will help them and see eagles as - a dog. and hopefully it will help them and see eagles as well, i a dog. and hopefully it will help - them and see eagles as well, because it means that if we can hopefully win. still to come this morning... with just one year until the paris olympics, john maguire is at the lee valley white water centre to see how some of the gb team are getting ready. it looks like you are going in for a dip yourself, john! i it looks like you are going in for a dip yourself, john!— it looks like you are going in for a dip yourself, john! i have made your have not dip yourself, john! i have made your have got my — dip yourself, john! i have made your have got my life _ dip yourself, john! i have made your have got my life jacket _ dip yourself, john! i have made your have got my life jacket on, - dip yourself, john! i have made your have got my life jacket on, although j have got my life jacket on, although funnily enough there isn't any water on this part of the course just yet. they will turn on the pumps and a couple of minutes, and then the training session will start for around two hours before the public are allowed here just ten o'clock. i think the americans and another nation are here today, and the team

gb athletes will be training today as well. i would just give you a quick look around. most large doors there is where the water is going to pump out off into the top of this channel. the camera crew this morning, they call that is one of those things like a ski resort where they can use it on there and they are brought up, and this is the top of the ramp for the kayak cross, this is a crazy new event for paris where four kayakers will go off at the same time and go down to the course. i guess that alarm means that the water is about to flow, so we might see that in a second, which will be nice. adam burgess is a member of team gb, he was telling us about the lego blocks earlier on if you were watching, and that is how they design the features in the course. if you think of a river with white water, that is caused by the flow of the water and also by the features on the riverbed, the rocks and large boulders underneath, so this is how they recreate those features and can change the course

with those large plastic blocks that they can move around, and as you can see, the green and red slalom gates suspended there, and that is what the athletes need to try and manoeuvre in between and around. it is a sport that we have been saying all morning is one and lost on extremely tight margins, but if you miss a gate touch again then it is game over. here comes the water! perfect timing. we will show you around, we will see the white water as it should be really pumping around the course. and talk to more athletes. now it's time to get the news and weather where you are. a very good morning and welcome to bbc london, i'm thomas magill. the family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg 5 island in richmond on one of the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place.

they're also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children. 0k radiographers across london will be taking strike action for 48 hours today in a row over pay. taking strike action for 48 the society of radiographers union taking strike action for 48 says worrying numbers of staff who carry out scans on patients, are leaving the profession — and not enough is being done to recruit more. appointments across many hospitals will be affected but there will be emergency cover. the governement says the 5% pay rise offered is fair and reasonable. the skipping sikh became a social media star for his videos during lockdown and raised quite a bit for charity in the process. well, now he's helping young people get fit by teaching skipping in schools and youth clubs. and this time he's not doing it alone — as he's partnered with his wife. when the children were told, they were so happy that we were here, because, obviously, we are an old couple and if we can do it, they can do it, too.

when we come here, we put a smile on their face. so it is something we want to carry on doing. we want children to be happy and stay fit. a look at how the tube is running. the bakerloo line — there's no service between queen's park and harrow and wealdstone. minor delays on the circle. overground as overg round as part overground as part close. best to check the tfl website for more details before you travel. now the weather with kate. good morning. the unsettled theme continues today. another day of scattered showers and sunny spells. we have a front coming down from the north, which will bring showers. a north—westerly flow and breeze. in the breeze, it could feel cool. showers could be sharp, but still sunny spells and temperatures reaching 21

celsius. this evening, showers still around to start with. they will fade, becoming dry and clear largely overnight. the minimum temperature could feel quite cool — 8c the minimum. with the cloud clearing, a bright start to wednesday morning with plenty of sunshine around tomorrow morning. a front coming in which will introduce more cloud, especially towards the end of the afternoon and into the evening, with outbreaks of rain. staying unsettled through this week. temperatures widely staying in the low 205. that's it from me. there's more on all of today's stories on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london, but for now lets go back to sally and jon.

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. we saw we sanohn at lee valley with potential olympic canoeists heading to paris and we have another watery olympic story. paris is where it will happen this time next year. flowing through the heart of paris, the seine forms the backbone of the french capital. but until very recently, it was a polluted and lifeless waterway. it has been transformed for the first time since the second world war. a year from the paris olympics and here's a bit of a foretaste — a diving competition. you could say they're testing the water. it's more than eight years since there have been competitive events in the river seine. now, thanks to the improved water quality, they're back. it wasn't just that swimming in the old seine was illegal — no one in their right mind

would have taken the risk. and now... we try to not drink it too much, but a few sips, it's kind of ok. it's beautiful water — soft and hot. for us, it's the best. the story of paris is also the story of the seine. but, over a century, thanks to industry and human waste, it became little more than a picturesque channel. the turnaround began 20 or 30 years ago and, now, regular tests carried out by the city show bacteria levels well within safety norms. it's taken time, commitment and a lot of money. and here, just by austerlitz station, is the result in concrete. if you want an idea of the scale of the effort that the french are putting in to cleaning up the river seine, take a look at this. the depth of 20 olympic swimming pools, this massive underground reservoir is for storing storm water — the runoff in heavy rain that can otherwise carry human

sewage into the river. operational next year, it will make the seine safe for swimming notjust in the olympics, but afterwards for the paris public. they see the guys, the athletes, coming in the river and swimming without any problem — they will be confident to go themselves in the river seine. that's our massive legacy of the games. life in all its forms is returning. catfish — one of the 35 or so types of fish that can now be found in paris. in the �*705, anglers reported just three species surviving. not only the fish, also aquatic insects, jellyfish, shrimps, crabs, sponges. a lot of life. for nearly 100 years, scenes like this have been banned.

now, with the olympics around the corner, humans, too, are coming back to the seine. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. fa ncy fancy a fancya dip? fancy a dip? definitely paris, for sure. always. planning rules are going to be relaxed in england in an effort to encourage more homes to be created in cities. the changes would make it easier to convert empty shops into flats and houses. will that help the government reach its housing targets? we're joined now by the housing secretary michael gove. good morning. the government has pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year. you have not got there yet. when will that happen? in the next few years. we are on course to make sure we have

delivered the new homes in the lifetime of this parliament. it is difficult for everyone in the market because inflation meant interest rates and mortgage costs have risen but we are getting inflation down and the proposals you kindly mentioned at the beginning of the interview will ensure we have an additional supply of new homes and we are making sure we direct efforts in buildingm where want them. it is the kind of homes being created. we hear this morning 1 million people are on waiting lists for council housing. how many of these new homes will be council accommodation? tens of thousands- — will be council accommodation? tens of thousands. we _ will be council accommodation? tais of thousands. we need will be council accommodation? tezis of thousands. we need homes will be council accommodation? tez“i3 of thousands. we need homes of every kind and, in the past, when this country has managed to hit housing targets it has been because the lion's share has been delivered by builders from the private sector. who do a greatjob. it is also the case it has been complemented by

homes for social rent, some provided by councils, others by housing associations, the social enterprises that help us to deliver housing ambitions. that help us to deliver housing ambitions-— that help us to deliver housing ambitions. , ., ., , ., ambitions. tens of thousands of new council homes _ ambitions. tens of thousands of new council homes does _ ambitions. tens of thousands of new council homes does not _ ambitions. tens of thousands of new council homes does not sound - ambitions. tens of thousands of new council homes does not sound like i council homes does not sound like many when you have 1 million on the waiting list. as far as social housing is concerned, how many of these 300,000 a year will be affordable housing? aha, these 300,000 a year will be affordable housing? a significant number. affordable housing? a significant number- the _ affordable housing? a significant number. the thing _ affordable housing? a significant number. the thing about - affordable housing? a significant i number. the thing about affordable homes, as well as homes for social rent it is also the case there is a desire we want to support shared ownership where people own a part of the property. but they also pay rent on the part they do not own. there are a range of options. we will be seeing more in the weeks to come about our ambitions for social homes but most people, whether they are renting or not, they aspire to home ownership, quite rightly. we need to

ensure we are building homes that as well as our being available for rent, are also homes that people can own. �* , ., rent, are also homes that people can own. �* y ., . rent, are also homes that people can own. �* i. ., rent, are also homes that people can own. �* ., , own. but you are way behind schedule- — own. but you are way behind schedule. 13 _ own. but you are way behind schedule. 13 years _ own. but you are way behind schedule. 13 years of - own. but you are way behind - schedule. 13 years of conservative government with announcements like yesterday, we have had them before, and yet we are still not on track. again, building more homes is absolutely critical to ensure people have the quality of life they need, the economy is powering ahead. we have a record as a government stronger than our predecessors, stronger than our predecessors, stronger under labour under tony blair and gordon brown and last year, we managed to have the highest number of new homes built in three decades and, indeed, the highest number of first—time buyers buying a home in two decades. so again, i do not want to diminish the scale of the challenge which is big, but we

have made more progress than our predecessors, but we also need to write a new chapter witches as well as the planning changes, we have also got exciting plans for development in london docklands, leeds, cambridge, manchester, wolverhampton and sheffield and elsewhere. in wolverhampton and sheffield and elsewhere. ., , wolverhampton and sheffield and elsewhere. . , ., elsewhere. in cambridge, the local conservative _ elsewhere. in cambridge, the local conservative mp _ elsewhere. in cambridge, the local conservative mp in _ elsewhere. in cambridge, the local conservative mp in cambridge - elsewhere. in cambridge, the local conservative mp in cambridge is i conservative mp in cambridge is against these plans. can your party deliver when there is so much disagreement within the conservatives about how to go ahead? are right. the individual mp in south cambridgeshire has expressed concerns, which are principally about water, which is understandable. we believe what we have set up will be able to resolve that question possibly with a new reservoir and appropriate infrastructure. i am convinced we can take him and others with us. the business leaders, scientific leaders vital to cambridge's future have

welcomed the proposals and the majority of conservative mp5 who have expressed an opinion about the announcement yesterday have been supportive. in announcement yesterday have been su ortive. ., , announcement yesterday have been su ortive. . , ., ., , supportive. in cambridge and many laces, it supportive. in cambridge and many places. it comes — supportive. in cambridge and many places, it comes down _ supportive. in cambridge and many places, it comes down to _ places, it comes down to environmental concerns, housing. with what we are seeing, another environmental story in greece, fires, high temperatures in europe, warnings of climate change. a lot of people think the conservatives are going soft on climate ambitions. rishi sunak saying he did not want to hassle householders with extra costs and admin to reach net zero. have you gone soft? absolutely not. our approach to the environment is thoughtful, rigorous and informed by the science. it is absolutely the case that man—made climate change is having an effect and we need to take action. we have shown leadership. we are among g7 countries, we have been

the fastest to decarbonise. we are doing more in terms of nature recovery and the electrification of the grid. critically, we need to ensure we continue to take people with us. we have seen on the continent of europe a backlash against some policies that have imposed excessive costs on individuals. we need to ensure particularly when there are cost of living challenges that we do not have unfair expectations on individuals about the amount they have to contribute as part of this broader effort. is have to contribute as part of this broader effort.— broader effort. is that global leadership — broader effort. is that global leadership on _ broader effort. is that global leadership on climate - broader effort. is that global l leadership on climate change? broader effort. is that global - leadership on climate change? for rishi sunak to say he does not want to hassle householders with extra costs? ., , to hassle householders with extra costs? . , ., ,, costs? that is the right approach. there are some _ costs? that is the right approach. there are some people, - costs? that is the right approach. there are some people, they - costs? that is the right approach. there are some people, theyjust| there are some people, theyjust stop oil brigade, who have got a religion on this and they do not care about the impact on individuals, they are just prosecuting a narrow crusade. i

think the right thing to do is to have an environment policy in the round that does not impose excessive costs on individuals but looks at the competition we can make as a country. so everything from restoring health, planting trees, supporting farmers to move to a sustainable way of using land. these are big steps and big steps we are taking using the power of government to support a thoughtful approach to the environment, similarly with oil and gas we need to use less over time. one of the problems with the just stop oil brigade and labour party, they want us to unilaterally disarm in energy terms by no longer getting any more oil and gas out of the north sea which means we put our energy future into the hands of putin and unstable leaders in the middle east. flan putin and unstable leaders in the middle east-—

middle east. can i ask about the situation in _ middle east. can i ask about the situation in greece. _ middle east. can i ask about the situation in greece. i— middle east. can i ask about the situation in greece. i believe - middle east. can i ask about the | situation in greece. i believe you are going to the greek islands on holiday. what is the government advice to people in your position? the official advice is it is safe to go to greece and the greek government and people on the ground have responded effectively. it is tragic that people in rhodes have had holidays disrupted but we are helping the government and the foreign office maintains an up—to—date travel advice and my advice would be to check the foreign office advice, but it is safe to go to greece and it is a wonderful place for those fortunate enough to go abroad to spend time this summer. you are still going? xtes. go abroad to spend time this summer. you are still going?— you are still going? yes. michael gove, thank _ you are still going? yes. michael gove, thank you. _ you are still going? yes. michael gove, thank you. and _ you are still going? yes. michael gove, thank you. and have - you are still going? yes. michael gove, thank you. and have a - you are still going? yes. michael| gove, thank you. and have a nice holiday. q has news of an extraordinary deal for kylian mbappe. eye watering numbers and notjust

the transfer fee the saudi club is offered, 400 million euros, but it would be we understand in the region of 200 million forjust a year for kylian mbappe. and then add in sponsorship, attendant image rights that a player of his quality can afford asked for and you get to 1 billion euros. genuinely, it might just be for one year that this club having because in the background are real madrid. do it for one day! it would be the biggest transfer deal in football history and by some margin too. a saudi arabian club have offered to buy kylian mbappe from psg for £259 million. the french striker won't sign a new deal with his club, who want to sell him this summer as a result.

because he could leave for free next year, and psg haven't accepted the bid but have allowed mbappe to talk to al hilal — one of the four teams in the country bankrolled by the state's investment fund. saudi pro league have stated, really, they want to be a top—ten league by 2030. and they're obviously investing in players and investing in managers to try and raise the profile of the league and their clubs. it's taken us 30 years to get to the position that we have in terms of our profile, in terms of competitiveness and the revenue streams that we have. and so i wouldn't be too concerned at the moment, but, obviously, saudi arabian clubs have as much right to purchase players as any other league does. england's lionesses have made the trip from brisbane to just outside sydney to prepare for their second match at the world cup. it's against denmark, with both teams knowing a win could qualify them for the last 16 with a game to spare. katie gornall is with the team out in australia. you watched

england train today. yes. they have settled in well. they are just across the bay, in their base camp. this is lovely, the australian winter. the hotel is amazing. we had a glimpse on social media. everything the players could want from darts, table football, a coffee machine that can print the players' faces on the coffee. they have been training at their base which is half an hourfrom here, the central coast stadium. it was a community event open to fans and more than 2500 turned up to watch them being put through their paces by sarina wiegman. a combination of schoolchildren, expatriates, fans in australia who wanted to get their heroes to sign their shirts. there is a lot of work behind—the—scenes because although the lionesses have

had days off the hard work has started because there is an acknowledgement that although they got three points from their match against haiti, the performance was not where they wanted it to be so they are trying to iron things out on the training pitch. they have a lot of work because next up is denmark on friday night. that on paper is their toughest game of the group. denmark are decent, beating china 1—0 with a late winner. i think england will want to get those partnerships working better. they are a new site. we have millie bright back from long—term injury trying to play her way back to fitness. the big question about the england team is is it rustiness, is this a sign of things to come? they will hope it is rustiness and they will hope it is rustiness and they will have a better performance against denmark. a win there will put them on the brink of the last 16. b. put them on the brink of the last 16. �* ., , put them on the brink of the last 16. ~ ., y 16. a lovely evening in new south wales.

nottingham forest are mourning the passing of two former players. chris bart—williams, one of the most promising young midfielders of his generation, has died at the age of 49. he also played for sheffield wednesday, where he was managed by trevor francis, who also passed away yesterday. he was 69. forest made francis britain's first million pound footballer. francisjoined them from birmigham in 1979 and scored the winner in forest's european cup win that same year. he also won 52 caps for england. he passed away in spain after a heart attack. those of us who worked with him in the media speak of his gentle kindness, trevor francis passing away. a very lovely man. we saw beautiful sunshine in new south wales. anything that might pass for an australian winter here today? perhaps not quite that. we are looking at some sunshine. i am

starting with a picture taken earlier in cumbria. some blue sky around. north—west england has been particularly wet this weekend, with some places seeing twice thejuly average rainfall. a lovely cumbria but we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. cool rural areas. most towns and cities are into the teens already. through the course of this morning we continue with showers and some will be heavy in parts of scotland. scattered over northern ireland, england and wales. we have bits and pieces of cloud. there is sunshine as well. the showers across scotland will sink further south through the rest of the day and some of those will be heavy. we will see heavy showers in south—east scotland and north—east

england. high pressure is building across wales and the south—west and hear their showers should fade through the afternoon. we also have a keen north—westerly breeze accentuating the cooler field to the weather. as we head through the evening and overnight, some clear skies but the weather front sinking south. it peps up in southern scotland and northern england say wetter here. under clear skies, especially in sheltered areas, temperatures could be 3—4. in towns and cities, 7—11. by the end of the night, the next where the system is waiting. it will come our way, bringing rain. this is it. between the warm and cold fronts, we have humid air coming ourway the warm and cold fronts, we have humid air coming our way later on wednesday and also thursday. a lot will start on a dry note with sunshine. just a few showers. the

cloud building out towards the west and in comes the rain. it has a southerly component to it. temperatures 14—22. it is going to feel humid tomorrow, especially overnight and into thursday. talking of which, the weather front crosses us wednesday into thursday but we have the drags across north—east scotland and the english channel. here we will see rain. it will be murky during thursday but we are looking at showers. in the afternoon it could brighten up. top temperatures up to 23. when 12—year—old oliver king died of a cardiac arrest during a school swimming lesson, his dad mark vowed that oliver's death would not be in vain. mark has spent more than ten years campaigning for life—saving defibrillators to be provided

in schools — now that mission has been successful. the government has announced the delivery of thousands of life—saving defibrillators in all state schools in england. markjoins us now. you are punching the air. it is fantastic news. we have campaigned over a decade to get this done. this is an accumulation of a lot of hard work and five prime ministers. what work and five prime ministers. what difference do _ work and five prime ministers. what difference do you _ work and five prime ministers. what difference do you hope it will make? it will make a difference. the defibrillators have been used not in the schools we have put them in but with those we have put out ourselves as a foundation we have saved 71 lives. it does work and will work. and hopefully our children will become a statistic. talk and hopefully our children will become a statistic.— and hopefully our children will become a statistic. talk to us about how important _ become a statistic. talk to us about how important those _ become a statistic. talk to us about how important those minutes - become a statistic. talk to us about how important those minutes are. i become a statistic. talk to us about| how important those minutes are. it is about the timing. it is all about

the timing. you go into cardiac arrest, you have four minutes to start using one. when we go to businesses and schools, we train members of staff, awareness training, taking the fear out of using them, because they will be the first point of survival if someone goes into cardiac arrest. brute first point of survival if someone goes into cardiac arrest.- first point of survival if someone goes into cardiac arrest. we can see oliver, a lovely _ goes into cardiac arrest. we can see oliver, a lovely picture. _ goes into cardiac arrest. we can see oliver, a lovely picture. if _ goes into cardiac arrest. we can see oliver, a lovely picture. if there - oliver, a lovely picture. if there had been a defib on the day he had a cardiac arrest, he could have survived. cardiac arrest, he could have survived-— cardiac arrest, he could have survived. ~ , , , survived. most definitely. this is his legacy- _ survived. most definitely. this is his legacy- this _ survived. most definitely. this is his legacy. this is _ survived. most definitely. this is his legacy. this is just _ survived. most definitely. this is his legacy. this isjust the - survived. most definitely. this is his legacy. this isjust the start. | his legacy. this is just the start. i have told the government they can have the summer off and i will see them in september. what is next? we have always said we need to have a testing centre like a community centre. people who have a cardiac arrest and heart attack and have defibs fitted and pacemakers fitted. they are in hospital and the

cardiologist says this is your exercise plan and diet plan, see you later. it is mental as well as physical, worrying about it. the foundation will turn up. we will come up in a van, get in the van, and we will take you to the centre and we will take you to the centre and you will be speaking to like—minded people, talking on the same wavelength. we will get you to live again, get out and get some fresh air. cardiology nurses, get on the running machines. get fresh air. cardiology nurses, get on the running machines.— the running machines. get going toaether the running machines. get going together and _ the running machines. get going together and live. _ the running machines. get going together and live. it _ the running machines. get going together and live. it is _ the running machines. get going together and live. it is a - the running machines. get going together and live. it is a realistic approach. together and live. it is a realistic a- roach. ., together and live. it is a realistic a- roach. . , ., ., approach. that is what we need to have. approach. that is what we need to have- what _ approach. that is what we need to have. what has _ approach. that is what we need to have. what has brought _ approach. that is what we need to have. what has brought us - approach. that is what we need to have. what has brought us this i approach. that is what we need to l have. what has brought us this far, we have been through five prime ministers and so many mp5 and ministers and so many mp5 and ministers we have spoken to. we have never had a negative meeting. we just take the positives out of work with them. we want to grow and grow

again. we do not have a reverse gear so we are not going away. we are making plans for september, when we start on the government again. in terms of finding out who might be more likely to suffer from a cardiac arrest, how do we make that screening better? it arrest, how do we make that screening better?— arrest, how do we make that screening better? it is genetic. i did not know _ screening better? it is genetic. i did not know i _ screening better? it is genetic. i did not know i had _ screening better? it is genetic. i did not know i had the _ screening better? it is genetic. i did not know i had the gene. - screening better? it is genetic. i did not know i had the gene. myj screening better? it is genetic. i - did not know i had the gene. my son has the gene and he is at university and we had to have a word with his head of year and cardiologist. he said you cannot party like everyone doesin said you cannot party like everyone does in university. glastonbury, parties. he is living. as long as he is on beta—blockers, he will be safe. this news from the government, we work closely and tirelessly. at

oliver school, they were the first ones to get them. the first ones to get delivery from the government. it has been rolled out. we have worked with them closely. we have got there and it is great news and great news for parents. we are working with alder hey children's hospital and royal brompton and children there need defibrillators to go home. thea;r need defibrillators to go home. they cannot aet need defibrillators to go home. they cannot get them. _ need defibrillators to go home. they cannot get them. portable? - need defibrillators to go home. they cannot get them. portable? for - need defibrillators to go home. they| cannot get them. portable? for their own use. cannot get them. portable? for their own use- and — cannot get them. portable? for their own use- and it— cannot get them. portable? for their own use. and it is _ cannot get them. portable? for their own use. and it is worrying _ cannot get them. portable? for their own use. and it is worrying for - own use. and it is worrying for parents. but the foundation will help them. we went to the royal brompton last week. a young fellow went home with one. we went to alder hey and donated one. we work with other organisations. istate

hey and donated one. we work with other organisations.— hey and donated one. we work with other organisations. we sit here and meet amazing _ other organisations. we sit here and meet amazing people _ other organisations. we sit here and meet amazing people who _ other organisations. we sit here and meet amazing people who have - other organisations. we sit here and | meet amazing people who have been through terrible things in their lives like you did when you lost oliver burke from deep within them come strength and determination to make a change. did you ever think you had this drive to push this? find you had this drive to push this? and to succeed as _ you had this drive to push this? ji.“ic to succeed as you you had this drive to push this? el“ic to succeed as you have? not when we first started. i was apprehensive. you are going down to government and meeting people and you think, i am just a working class dad. i soon learned be yourself. tell them how it is. just plod on and do what you need to do. it is. just plod on and do what you need to do-_ need to do. that is what we have done. need to do. that is what we have done- you _ need to do. that is what we have done. you have _ need to do. that is what we have done. you have had _ need to do. that is what we have done. you have had some - need to do. that is what we have i done. you have had some incredible team—mates along the way. i done. you have had some incredible team-mates along the way. i support everton but jamie _ team-mates along the way. i support everton but jamie is _ team-mates along the way. i support everton but jamie is ok. _ team-mates along the way. i support everton but jamie is ok. jamie i everton butjamie is ok. jamie carragher. he has been an inspiration. he has been with us a few times. when you get off the train with him at euston he brings euston to a standstill. he has time

for everyone. that is the way to beat. that is what we do. what we strive to do. to help anyone. anyone who goes down, if i went down with a cardiac arrest, i would want someone to help me. not to fear using a defibrillator, to have the confidence to get it off the wall and start cpr and save my life. that is what we are trying to do and we will carry on doing it.— will carry on doing it. thank you. congratulations. _ time for the news, travel and weather where you are. are a a very good morning and welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. the family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg 5 island in richmond on one of

the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place. they's also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children. radiographers across london will begin 48 hours of strike action in the next few minutes in a dispute over pay. the society of radiographers union says worrying numbers of their members are leaving the profession, and not enough is being done to recruit more. some appointments across many hospitals will be affected today — but there will be emergency cover. the governement says the 5% pay rise offered is "fair and reasonable". ok, let's take a look at how the tube is running at this time of the mornng. the bakerloo line is part suspended. minor delays on the circle line. and there's a reduced service on parts of the overground. now onto the weather, and we will start with some cloud and scattered showers, which will persist throughout the afternoon.

top temperature, 21 celsius. that's it from me. there's more on all of today's stories on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london, but for now lets go back to sally and jon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... wild fires continue to grip the greek island of rhodes as thousands of british tourists try to return home. here, radiographers who scan patients to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries begin a 48—hour strike in hospitals in england this morning. the countdown is on for paris 2024. we're on the water with team gb's first ever canoe slalom olympic champion who says he is determined to take gold next year. we will be held live at the london

2012 white water centre, where as you can see athletes are already well into training for the world championships, and of course for the summer olympics next year. good morning, big business meets fast fashion, the new premier league kits are about to be released, but in a new cost of living crisis, are they too expensive? and we find out how much kylian mbappe eight might be worth to saudi arabia. a world record £269 million has been offered to buy the striker from psg. todayis to buy the striker from psg. today is a day of sunshine and also scattered showers. many of the showers will fade in the south—west for the afternoon as high pressure builds in, but the rest of the week remains unsettled. more details later in the programme. good morning all. it's tuesday the 25th july. our main story.

wildfires on the greek island of rhodes have now forced almost 20,000 people to abandon their homes. hundreds of holiday—makers have left the island, with more repatriation flights set to take place. evacuation orders have also been issued in corfu and evia. louisa pilbeam reports. with the tourists gone, this is all that's left on some beaches in rhodes. a holiday island, many greek islands have gone up in flames. in the restaurants and bars that remain, greeks are left to pick up the pieces. they worry what they will find when they return home. our houses maybe not to be there tomorrow, maybe now we are on fire, we don't know what to do. it's very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but wildfires aren't uncommon in greece. this bar owner is ready to rebuild. eh, we lost the business. we have good health, i and we hope to fix it again.

fires still rage in the south—east of the island, and corfu has seen blazes too. another popular tourist island, crete, is on high alert. many british holidaymakers have had to sleep in schools and sports centres as they wait to come home. we've had to pay to come home, so i want that money refunded, and i want an explanation. i've had no texts, no nothing from them. where are they? the only help that we have had through this whole thing has been from greek people. we've had no help from any british holiday companies or any british authorities. we've had no help whatsoever. travellers from the uk have been advised to contact their airline or holiday company. some have begun sending flights to bring people back. but its estimated as many as 10,000 britons are still on rhodes. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. we will be speaking to our correspondent on the greek islands later in the programme, and there is

lots of advice and information if you are affected by this will have loved ones out there on the bbc news website right now. what else do we need to know this morning? sally has more news. thank you, jon. in the last few minutes a 48—hour strike by nhs radiographers in england has begun. it is expected to disrupt patients waiting for x—rays, mri and ct scans. staff at 37 nhs trusts are expected to walk out after rejecting the government's pay offer of a 5% increase plus a one—off payment. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. scanning for problems. it's estimated the vast majority of nhs patients undergo tests or therapy with a radiographer while being treated, including mri, ct, ultrasounds and radiotherapy. i qualified in 2017, and since then 20% of my class has actually left radiography after doing a degree for three years, specifically for radiography. and that's like a great shame, really.

30—year—old john kelly works as a radiographer in liverpool, but he still lives with his parents because he says he can't afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job and poor pay have made it intolerable. not being able to give the care that you want to patients. the uk lags behind a lot of other countries in the number of ct scanners, but we haven't got the staff to staff them either, and that's where we need to sort of invest in radiography as a whole, and that's why a lot of people are going on strike, really. this two—day strike follows a series of walk—outs by nhs staff. radiographers have rejected a 5% pay increase for this year plus a one off payment. but ministers say the rise is reasonable and are calling for an end to the disruption so the nhs can focus on cutting record high waits for patients. delays in appointments, particularly for patients with cancer who know how vital it is to be treated quickly, can cause huge anxiety,

as centres like this know only too well. meeting people's needs in a timely fashion, in an organised fashion that doesn't change, is really critical to people feeling that they've got confidence in their clinical team, confidence in the cancer outcome and that they can get on and face the life—changing challenges that cancer pose for them. maggie's centres provide support and advice for cancer patients across britain. we have two or three meetings, group meetings, men's group. it helps you to feel better, does it? oh, yeah, it makes a huge difference. but there are times, you know... it can be hard? yes, it can be very hard. it's a bit frightening, really. what does that feel like if you're a cancer patient waiting for an appointment and there's a delay? very worrying. i've had several appointments cancelled, and if you're waiting for results or waiting for a scan,

thatjust leaves you in limbo for longer. hello. with a million people estimated to be waiting for radiography services, the strike will inevitably cause further delays. radiographers have apologised, but insist there could be more walk—outs if their concerns aren't addressed. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the number of people living with major illnesses in england will rise nine times faster than the healthy working age population, according to the health foundation charity. currently, 6.6 million people are living with conditions such as dementia or cancer, but that's expected to rise to more than 9 million by 2040. the charity says the change could have a major impact on the nhs. protests have been held across israel in response to a government measure to curtail the power of the supreme court. the proposed plans would limit the right of the court to overturn government policy that it finds unreasonable.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the measures are necessary, but opponents say they're a threat to democracy. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. it has been very tense over there, hasn't it? it it has been very tense over there, hasn't it? ., . it has been very tense over there, hasn't it? . , ., , , . hasn't it? it has. it has very much a kind of morning _ hasn't it? it has. it has very much a kind of morning after _ hasn't it? it has. it has very much a kind of morning after the i hasn't it? it has. it has very much a kind of morning after the day i a kind of morning after the day before all the night before field today. we were down in the parkjust below the knesset which had been full of protesters. they are all packing up and heading off. everyone is taking stock of what happened yesterday. the streets here in jerusalem were in absolute turmoil late into the night, but it is totally come this morning. i think there is a sense now that the government has achieved a significant victory, benjamin netanyahu has managed to push through the first stage in his quite expensive and ambitious reform of the system, aimed at limiting the

power of the supreme court, and now the protesters need to figure out what they do next, because last night when he went on television, benjamin netanyahu made it clear that while he spoke of the need for unity and dialogue, he wants to push ahead with that reform process, and so everyone now is trying to figure out where does this issue go, where is the next battle to be fought? it is the next battle to be fought? it is possible that petitions will be brought to the supreme court to challenge the bill that was passed yesterday. that hasn't materialised yet, but it could do in the coming days, and in the meantime we had a possibility of industrial action by trade unions, and alarmingly for the security establishment, the possibility that thousands of military reservists will not answer the call for their reserved service, and in a country which depends heavily on their reservists, that is a significant danger. so i think at the moment there is a real sense of taking stock and figuring out where

does this go next.— does this go next. paul, thank you very much — does this go next. paul, thank you very much indeed. _ all state schools in england have been equipped with life—saving defibrillators to increase the chances of suriviving cardiac arrest. more than 20,000 defibrillators have successfully been delivered to almost 18,000 schools since january. the government had committed to providing them before the end of this academic year. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, and today is going to be a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy and potentially sundry as well, particularly later across parts of south—east scotland and north—east england. but the showers are very much with us across northern scotland at the moment, more scattered across northern ireland, wales and also england. you can see the amount of cloud we have as well, some starting with sunshine and some of that easing in places. the weather front producing the

showers across the north of scotland through the day will sink southwards, and will continue also with further showers coming in across england and wales, but you can see how well scattered they are, not all of us will catch one by any stretch. a few showers getting to northern ireland in the west of scotland and also the heaviest ones, and we have quite a key north—westerly breeze ascent rate in the good feel. some of the showers could be thundery across north—east england in the afternoon, but a ridge of high pressure starts to build in later across wales in the south—west, so many of the showers will fade through the course of the afternoon. temperatures below average for the time of year, we are looking at 13—21 north to south. heading on through the evening and overnight, we will still have those showers, and if anything they will p9p up showers, and if anything they will pep up across the north of northern ireland, south—west scotland and northern england, but on either side of those clear skies, it will be cold, three or 4 degrees the

overnight lows, but generally looking at seven to about 12 degrees, and then beyond that, the weather does remain rather unsettled. we all need a pep up. back to our top story now, and wildfires are continuing to grip the greek island of rhodes. azadeh moshiri is there for us this morning, and the sky is looking brighter, but some parts of the island still affected by these fires. . , ,., , island still affected by these fires. . , , ., ., ., island still affected by these fires. . , ., ., ., , fires. absolutely, and i have got my -hone fires. absolutely, and i have got my phone because _ fires. absolutely, and i have got my phone because i _ fires. absolutely, and i have got my phone because i have _ fires. absolutely, and i have got my phone because i have got _ fires. absolutely, and i have got my phone because i have got some i fires. absolutely, and i have got my i phone because i have got some notes here, because the fire service called me only moments ago with news of more fires here on the island of rhodes. he said they watch the fires every day. the fires are their biggest problem. he said there are new fires raging because of two rivers that have dried up. he said

currently it isn't threatening any residents, but they did have to make some evacuations around midnight in local villages. some evacuations around midnight in localvillages. he some evacuations around midnight in local villages. he also said corfu and evia have had strong winds across the day and wildfires haven't been raging as they were before and causing evacuations that we saw, he says he can't exactly say the situation is under control either. and there are all those holiday—makers who are either trying to get back or waiting to decide whether they can get back. what is the latest on that, azadeh? the absolutely _ the latest on that, azadeh? the absolutely of — the latest on that, azadeh? t“ie: absolutely of having more fires on the island is not something that any of these holiday—makers want to hear. tourist are still at the airport, still trying to make it back on repatriation flights, but of course hundreds have also arrived backin course hundreds have also arrived back in the uk to be reunited with loved ones after having gone through meant so many traumatic events, having been forced out of hotels and rushed onto beaches where they are

fighting with thousands of others to make it onto evacuation boats. i talked to some people who had to sleep on sunbeds outside of other hotels, and i have gone to the airport and felt that they won't support it that way they were needed to. the uk's rapid deployment team sent about six people to help facilitate some of that and guide people as they try to speak to their airlines and get back home, and they are certainly trying to address some of that, but the fact is that the people there are angry, tired, hurt and upset. people there are angry, tired, hurt and uset. “ ., people there are angry, tired, hurt and uset. “ . ~ ., ,, people there are angry, tired, hurt and uset. “ . ., ~ ,. and upset. azadeh moshiri, thank you for that update _ and upset. azadeh moshiri, thank you for that update from _ and upset. azadeh moshiri, thank you for that update from rhodes. - thejuly heatwaves in europe and the us would have been "virtually impossible" without the effects of human—induced climate change, according to a study by scientists in the world weather attribution group. one plan to tackle the climate crisis is the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 — but is the uk ready for the electric car revolution? our climate editor

justin rowlatt reports. i've been told that here in the welsh countryside could lie the future of the car. so this is not what i was expecting. it's a vw beetle. ah, you must bejustin. former petrolhead moggy is running a business turning classic cars into modern electric vehicles. this is more like back to the future here. you can see the history and the future of transportation. he is no environmental campaigner. he just thinks electric cars are better. when you feel like you can, you can floor it. wahey! it's good, isn't it? though many more people than moggy need to be won over, because in 2030 the uk government will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and there are some real blocks in the road to the uk's electric future.

there's basically only a few places you can actually get charging, and then half the time they're full up. i should be able to take this car across the country- without worry, but i can't. a lack of public chargers is a stumbling block, especially for the 35% of us who don't have off—street parking. so what is holding it up? mark constable works for one of the few dozen private companies who are trying to install more public chargers on our roads. in the next ten years, we've got to deliver ten times the amount of infrastructure that's been delivered in the last ten years. all of the councils in the uk are kind of having to work through a set of rules and regulations that weren't designed for this type of works in mind. this is a brand—new challenge for the council. with long planning delays, over 200 local authorities and little co—ordination from the centre, at the current rate the uk will be 100,000 chargers

short of its 2030 net zero target. i spoke to chris stark, the ceo of the climate change committee, the government's independent watchdog on climate change. the government has set these targets for the introduction of evs and then this cliff edge where the sale of non—electric vehicles is going to be banned. and then it appears to just leave it to private companies to kind of make the arrangements. is that sufficient? no, it's not sufficient. and to give the government some credit, they do have a plan to increase the number of public chargers that we have in this country quite significantly. but it's quite difficult to know how that plan will be delivered. and we don't have a planning system that's set up for net zero in the round. so the targets are there, but what we don't have is a government that's put its shoulder to the wheel on it. the government says it has told local authorities they need to develop their own plans for installing chargers, but says the rate of installation is going up. and the government's net zero plans have huge implications even

beyond the way we all get around. this is the ford plant in london. the traditional car industry is worth £14 billion a year to the british economy. this huge plant is an important employer. about 2,000 people work here, crucialjobs in quite a deprived part of the country. but if it doesn't adapt to the ev revolution, it could face a death sentence in years to come. electric vehicles represent the biggest change in the car industry since the model t replaced the horse and cart. except, of course, this time round we've got a decade to do it. it represents a huge opportunity. but here in the uk we've got a hell of a lot of work to do. justinjoins us now. there is a lot of work to do. is it achievable in that timeframe? it is

interesting, _ achievable in that timeframe? it is interesting, i— achievable in that timeframe? it is interesting, i was _ achievable in that timeframe? it 3 interesting, i was talking to people about this, and people were saying, it is 2023, we have got six and a half years to do it. we are building the infrastructure, and it is getting better. i did a big electric carjourney, from london to north yorkshire, the weekend. we stopped once, parked up, had a coffee, came back and we had got 80% charge in the car, so you can make it work. and the more charging points there are, the easier as it is, and sometimes you need to top up, only 50 or 100 miles in the tank, it doesn't take that long and isn't that difficult.— doesn't take that long and isn't that difficult. unless you are in a hur . that difficult. unless you are in a hurry- unless — that difficult. unless you are in a hurry. unless they _ that difficult. unless you are in a hurry. unless they are _ that difficult. unless you are in a hurry. unless they are in - that difficult. unless you are in a hurry. unless they are in a i that difficult. unless you are in a | hurry. unless they are in a hurry, the are hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not _ hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not working _ hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not working or _ hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not working or there i hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not working or there is l hurry. unless they are in a hurry, they are not working or there is a queue of people waiting for them, it does become very frustrating. but the apps that you can use tell you whether charges are available and that kind of stuff. so it is getting better. it is not there, nobody would say it is there, it can be

difficult and people get in trouble but it is definitely getting better, and the government has a big pot of cash to help these things roll out. it is complicated, and as we explained in the programme, local authorities are responsible so you have 200 local authorities, planning issues about digging up the roads, public charges on the street and that kind of stuff, but they are ramping it up and hopefully we will get there. we are behind schedule at the moment, but hopefully we will get there, and it will begin to be workable. “ ., , ., ~' workable. and do you think the art ument workable. and do you think the argument about _ workable. and do you think the argument about the _ workable. and do you think the i argument about the environment is persuading enough people? because i know one of the people you speak to in the film says they simply think that electric cars are better. is that electric cars are better. is that also quite a powerful argument? i think most electric car companies who sell these will let you test drive, and i would advise you to do so, because they are good vehicles with a lot of acceleration. so i

think they are persuasive now with the kind of range we are getting. but let's be clear, they are expensive at the moment. they are basically premium vehicles. there is a second—hand market, they are getting cheaper, but the world is gearing up for this huge switchover, and it really is a massive kind of change in the industry, and in china for example they have got a new electric car made by a chinese company that is £8,000 with a 200 mile range, and when you're in that kind of territory, it does become potentially a mass—market vehicle, and we are not there yet. but this is, i don't want to overstate it, there is an industrial revolution happening, switching away from fossil fuels to these new technologies. they are new, that they are being manufactured on a huge scale now. this is happening globally, things will get cheaper and they will get better. istate globally, things will get cheaper and they will get better. we spoke to michael gove, _ and they will get better. we spoke to michael gove, government i to michael gove, government minister, 45 minutes ago on the

programme, and we put it to him that the government was going a bit soft on its net zero targets, because the language seems to have change even in the last few days, that maybe they are talking about making changes, adjustments, maybe not quite so ambitious as in the past. what would you detect? thea;r quite so ambitious as in the past. what would you detect?— quite so ambitious as in the past. what would you detect? they are in the run-up — what would you detect? they are in the run-up to _ what would you detect? they are in the run-up to an — what would you detect? they are in the run-up to an election _ what would you detect? they are in the run-up to an election and i what would you detect? they are in the run-up to an election and they i the run—up to an election and they don't want anything that will threaten their chances at the ballot box. one thing that both parties have been clear about is that the overall net zero ambition, the idea that we will go to net zero by 2050, is not going to change, and they are also sticking to this target to stop the sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, so i think they are holding firm to the kind of main agenda, and let's hope they do, because we have seen the influence of climate change today. the heatwaves in southern europe would have been virtually impossible without climate change. the temperatures and the intensity of those heatwaves, and we have seen the consequences in terms of what is happening in rhodes, so hopefully

people will realise how important this is, and will support those efforts. ., . ~' this is, and will support those efforts. ., ., ,, ., efforts. you talk about the wildfires — efforts. you talk about the wildfires and _ efforts. you talk about the wildfires and climate i efforts. you talk about the i wildfires and climate change. efforts. you talk about the - wildfires and climate change. you yourself want to cover, did you go to rhodes? i yourself want to cover, did you go to rhodes?— yourself want to cover, did you go to rhodes?_ so i yourself want to cover, did you go to rhodes?_ so a l to rhodes? i went to spain. so a coule of to rhodes? i went to spain. so a couple of very — to rhodes? i went to spain. so a couple of very high _ to rhodes? i went to spain. so a l couple of very high temperatures, and it was picked up i think by one of the national newspapers that you flew there. . ., flew there. yes, and there were claims of _ flew there. yes, and there were claims of hypocrisy _ flew there. yes, and there were claims of hypocrisy that - flew there. yes, and there were claims of hypocrisy that we i flew there. yes, and there were claims of hypocrisy that we flewj claims of hypocrisy that we flew there. i am a reporter, claims of hypocrisy that we flew there. iam a reporter, it claims of hypocrisy that we flew there. i am a reporter, it is myjob to cover the big stories. ion the climate editor of the bbc. climate change is a hugely important story notjust change is a hugely important story not just for change is a hugely important story notjust for britain but change is a hugely important story not just for britain but for the world, for all of life on earth, it is changing, the environment in which we live, in a really profound way. as a journalist myjob is to bring home, tell the stories in vivid ways that connect with people and make people understand the issues under discussion. i think that by being there and going out

with for example social services in a city in spain that was experiencing heat of 43 degrees, going out with social services to see homeless people and checking that they are ok, i think that vividly brings it home and these are difficult decisions. we do take into account carbon emissions when we make these choices, but the viewers will judge make these choices, but the viewers willjudge for make these choices, but the viewers will judge for themselves whether they think it is important, but like with any deployment, sending a foreign correspondent to cover a war, royal correspondent, a royal tour, you decide whether they will be value—added, and we the bbc and i certainly felt that there would be value added. i certainly felt that there would be value added.— value added. i wonder how many millions of— value added. i wonder how many millions of people _ value added. i wonder how many millions of people went - value added. i wonder how many millions of people went on i value added. i wonder how many millions of people went on to i value added. i wonder how many| millions of people went on to see that report. millions of people went on to see that report-— millions of people went on to see that reort. , ., .,, , , that report. yes, that was broadcast not 'ust that report. yes, that was broadcast not just here — that report. yes, that was broadcast notjust here but _ that report. yes, that was broadcast notjust here but on _ that report. yes, that was broadcast notjust here but on radio, _ that report. yes, that was broadcast notjust here but on radio, tv, i notjust here but on radio, tv, online. so hopefully id reach a lot of people. online. so hopefully id reach a lot of --eole., . online. so hopefully id reach a lot of --eole. , ., ,, online. so hopefully id reach a lot of --eole. . . ~' , of people. justin, thank you very much indeed _ of people. justin, thank you very much indeed for _ of people. justin, thank you very much indeed for coming - of people. justin, thank you very much indeed for coming in i of people. justin, thank you very much indeed for coming in and l much indeed for coming in and joining us on the sofa. justin's programme, electric cars: what they really mean for you will be on bbc one at eight o'clock tonight, or you can watch it

right now on iplayer. you can't watch it at quarter past nine, though, because morning life is here on bbc one. let's find out what they have in store. and here we were thinking that we were a team! coming up, forced to evacuate their hotels, left stranded with just their passports and spending hours on boats as they struggle to find a way home. terrified tourists tell us just how frustrating it's been trying to escape the wildfires in greece. incredibly frightening, isn't it? and our consumer champ matt allwright explains what you can do if you're stuck or have a holiday booked to go there. some travellers are hearing nothing from airlines or tour operators. if you don't know where to turn, i'll tell you why you should keep your eye on the foreign office website and how a dedicated team

at rhodes airport can help with any missing travel documents. plus, thousands of holiday—makers on cruise ships have been struck with norovirus. cases are skyrocketing for the first time in over ten years. dr ranj explains how you can avoid catching it. it's highly infectious i and can ruin your trip. i'll tell you why giving food served on ice a miss - could stop you getting it, _ and why alcohol—based hand sanitiser doesn't protect you. and whether it's on holiday or at home, so many parents and grandparents will feel the pressure to keep children's screen time down which can be really tough. we find out why it matters what they watch, not for how long. plus, we'll be speaking to two of the stars of the gripping bbc series the sixth commandment eanna hardwicke and annabel scholey reveal the emotional strain involved in recreating such a sinister storyline that's based on a true story. see you at 9:15.

i will be there throughout the entire programme! and i will be checking on him. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning and welcome to bbc london, i'm thomas magill. the family of a 14—year—old who drowned in the thames has urged councils to take measures that will prevent people from dying in the water this summer. brian sasu drowned at tagg 5 island in richmond on one of the hottest days of last year. his family and london fire brigade are calling for councils to make sure safety measures are in place. they's also asking parents to talk about the dangers of open water with children. wimbledon has apologised to a disabled tennis fan who had to use a service lift to get to his accessible seats on court1 during this years tourament. bob cozens and his wife say

they spent three—quarters of an hour asking for directions from staff before being told to enter through a lift used to take out rubbish. the all england lawn tennis club said the seats should not have required a lift to access. radiographers across london will be taking strike action for 48 hours today in a row over pay. the society of radiographers union says worrying numbers of staff who carry out scans on patients, are leaving the profession and not enough is being done to recruit more. the governement says the 5% pay rise offered is fair and reasonable. the skipping sikh became a social media star for his videos during lockdown, and raised quite a bit for charity in the process. now he's helping young people get fit by teaching skipping in schools and youth clubs. and this time he's not doing it alone, as he's partnered with his wife. when the children were told, they were so happy that we were here, because, obviously, we are an old couple and if we can do it, they can do it, too.

when we come here, we put a smile on their face. so it is something we want to carry on doing. we want children to be happy and stay fit. a look at how the tube is running. the bakerloo line — no service on part of it. there's a reduced service on parts of the overground. best to check the tfl website for more details before you travel. now the weather with kate. the unsettled theme continues today. another day of scattered showers and sunny spells. we have a front coming down from the north, which will bring showers. a north—westerly flow and breeze. in the breeze, it could feel cool. showers could be sharp, but still sunny spells and temperatures reaching 21 celsius. this evening, showers still around to start with. they will fade, becoming dry and clear largely overnight. the minimum temperature could feel quite cool — 8c the minimum. with the cloud clearing,

a bright start to wednesday morning with plenty of sunshine around tomorrow morning. a front coming in which will introduce more cloud, especially towards the end of the afternoon and into the evening, with outbreaks of rain. staying unsettled through this week. temperatures widely staying in the low 205. that's it from me — there's more on all of today's stories on the bbc news app. and there are regular bulletins on bbc radio london. now let's go back to sally and jon. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. we are talking once again about the wildfires. the country s prime minister warns it is at war

with the blazes. the worst of the fires are on the island of rhodes, a popular destination, where firefighters have been battling the flames for six days. fires have also hit corfu, and the smaller island of evia, though officials say the situation on those islands isn t as severe. at least 21,000 people have had to be evacuated from the islands over the past few days, including many tourists. the emergency comes during the peak of the summer holiday season. the foreign office has sent staff to rhodes to assist british people who are already there. it is urging anyone due to travel to affected areas to contact their travel operator. sarah george is a bar owner in the village of lindos on rhodes, while faye mortimer is on holiday on the island. share with us what the last few days

have been like.— have been like. pretty surreal. i never imagined _ have been like. pretty surreal. i never imagined seeing - have been like. pretty surreal. i never imagined seeing anything j have been like. pretty surreal. i- never imagined seeing anything like this. the reason i got in touch was to share the perspective of locals who are doing so much to try to fight, either witnessing first—hand, helping alongside them neighbouring villages, and until the fire services could get through. i never imagined an experience like that. thtnn imagined an experience like that. am i ritht, imagined an experience like that. am i right, you are only open to this business in the past couple of weeks? it must have had a huge impact. weeks? it must have had a huge imact. . weeks? it must have had a huge imact. , , weeks? it must have had a huge imtact, , ., , , . weeks? it must have had a huge imact. , , . ., , impact. yes, absolutely. we have put so much into — impact. yes, absolutely. we have put so much into opening, _ impact. yes, absolutely. we have put so much into opening, it— impact. yes, absolutely. we have put so much into opening, it took- impact. yes, absolutely. we have put so much into opening, it took six i so much into opening, it took six months to get ready. things were going super well. lots of visitors through the doors. to close at the weekend. we opened again last night,

there are people around, but it is uncertain what will happen in the next weeks. it is pretty worrying for business owners here. the business side _ for business owners here. the business side of _ for business owners here. the business side of things, we can speak to someone on holiday there. how have things been for you? it has been terrifying- _ how have things been for you? it has been terrifying. it _ how have things been for you? it has been terrifying. it really _ how have things been for you? it has been terrifying. it really has - how have things been for you? it has been terrifying. it really has been chaotic _ been terrifying. it really has been chaotic. such an ordeal. we have the emergency— chaotic. such an ordeal. we have the emergency alertjust before midnight on saturday. we had to evacuate down to the _ on saturday. we had to evacuate down to the beach _ on saturday. we had to evacuate down to the beach where we are staying. we were _ to the beach where we are staying. we were told navy rescue boats are coming _ we were told navy rescue boats are coming. we waited and waited. hours passed _ coming. we waited and waited. hours passed we _ coming. we waited and waited. hours passed. we must have been on the beach— passed. we must have been on the beach almost four hours until some coaches _ beach almost four hours until some coaches that to be put on to take us to someplace for rescue —— put on by

tui. to someplace for rescue —— put on by tui~ we _ to someplace for rescue —— put on by tui~ we ended — to someplace for rescue —— put on by tui. we ended up in a high school. first _ tui. we ended up in a high school. first we _ tui. we ended up in a high school. first we were turned away from a school _ first we were turned away from a school and — first we were turned away from a school and went to another one half an hour— school and went to another one half an hour drive on coaches. it was so surreal~ _ an hour drive on coaches. it was so surreal. nobody spoke. it was eerie. eventually. — surreal. nobody spoke. it was eerie. eventually, taken to a sports centre the following day. there must have been _ the following day. there must have been 1000 — the following day. there must have been 1000 people or more layout and whatever— been 1000 people or more layout and whatever the locals could provide. crash _ whatever the locals could provide. crash mats, towels. the locals have been _ crash mats, towels. the locals have been absolutely amazing. without them, _ been absolutely amazing. without them, i _ been absolutely amazing. without them, i do not know what we would have done — them, i do not know what we would have done. it them, i do not know what we would have done-— have done. it sounds like a nightmare- _ have done. it sounds like a nightmare. we _ have done. it sounds like a nightmare. we are - have done. it sounds like a nightmare. we are sorry i have done. it sounds like a nightmare. we are sorry to have done. it sounds like a i nightmare. we are sorry to hear have done. it sounds like a _ nightmare. we are sorry to hear what you have been going through. what now? how long are you due to be there? ~ ., now? how long are you due to be there? . . ., ., ., there? we are due to leave tonight. the early hours _ there? we are due to leave tonight. the early hours of _ there? we are due to leave tonight. the early hours of the _ there? we are due to leave tonight. the early hours of the morning. i there? we are due to leave tonight. the early hours of the morning. we | the early hours of the morning. we had no _ the early hours of the morning. we had no contact, communication for our tour— had no contact, communication for our tour operator whatsoever. i am still waiting _ our tour operator whatsoever. i am still waiting for a suitcase. i am due to — still waiting for a suitcase. i am due to go — still waiting for a suitcase. i am due to go home. i have had no

clothes — due to go home. i have had no clothes for— due to go home. i have had no clothes for a week. it has been horrendous. yesterday we decided to check— horrendous. yesterday we decided to check into— horrendous. yesterday we decided to check into a — horrendous. yesterday we decided to check into a hotel, pay for a hotel for a _ check into a hotel, pay for a hotel for a couple — check into a hotel, pay for a hotel for a couple of nights, ourselves, because — for a couple of nights, ourselves, because we — for a couple of nights, ourselves, because we have not heard. we have not had _ because we have not heard. we have not had a _ because we have not heard. we have not had a call from tui, an e—mail, nothing _ not had a call from tui, an e—mail, nothing we — not had a call from tui, an e—mail, nothing. we just don't exist. the locals, _ nothing. we just don't exist. the locals, the — nothing. we just don't exist. the locals, the women who were there, they provided transport, found a hotel~ _ they provided transport, found a hotel~ we — they provided transport, found a hotel. we did not know where we were located _ hotel. we did not know where we were located in _ hotel. we did not know where we were located in rhodes. we have come here which _ located in rhodes. we have come here which is _ located in rhodes. we have come here which is safe, — located in rhodes. we have come here which is safe, which is great. but unfortunately, i am which is safe, which is great. but unfortunately, lam in which is safe, which is great. but unfortunately, i am in the same dress _ unfortunately, i am in the same dress from _ unfortunately, i am in the same dress from a week ago i had to buy. well it— dress from a week ago i had to buy. well it looks — dress from a week ago i had to buy. well it looks great. for millions on bbc one this morning. we have a statement from tui. they say teams in rhodes are working tirelessly to support customers, trying to get in contact with everyone. they said

repatriations lights have started and they have representatives in all evacuation centres. if i could pick up on something which is the help from the local greek people, who have been working so hard to try to help tourists in this difficult situation. some of these locals have lost homes and businesses. these locals have lost homes and businesses-— these locals have lost homes and businesses. . , ., businesses. what stories have you heard? yes, _ businesses. what stories have you heard? yes, the _ businesses. what stories have you heard? yes, the greek _ businesses. what stories have you heard? yes, the greek people i businesses. what stories have you heard? yes, the greek people will| businesses. what stories have you i heard? yes, the greek people will do anything, give anything to help, whether it is locals, and everyone i know, the younger generation, they have been up there day and night, fighting fires. they are doing everything they can. unfortunately, some villagers have been affected and people have lost homes. all the villages are connected. everyone knows of someone who lives in one of

the affected villages. it is super worrying for everyone, locals and tourists alike. it is unpredictable. it is changing. it is hard to find out, unless you are connected to people here, social media, it is hard to find out what is going on and keep up—to—date. it can change so quickly. today, i think it is looking better. the wind has dropped. our power has literally come onjust now, dropped. our power has literally come on just now, just come back, so during the night i have not been in touch with anyone, heard anything. we will see what today brings, i guess. we will see what today brings, i tuess. ~ . we will see what today brings, i tuess. ~ , y ., we will see what today brings, i tuess. ~ , , ., , , we will see what today brings, i tuess. ~ , , , ., we will see what today brings, i tuess.~ , , , ., guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank ou guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for— guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for talking _ guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for talking to _ guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for talking to us _ guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for talking to us and i guess. we wish you the best of luck. thank you for talking to us and the i thank you for talking to us and the best of luck. tributes are being paid to bbc presenter george alagiah, who died yesterday at the age of 67. he was diagnosed with bowel cancer nine years ago. he had a long career as a foreign

correspondent reporting on everything from famine to war, before he became the face of the news at six — a job he had for two decades. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, said audiences could sense his kindness, empathy and wonderful humanity, adding he was loved by all and will be missed enormously. broadcasterjeremy vine said he was one of the best, and he had no ego, adding that he worked with him and saw the profound care and understanding he brought to every story and the kindness he showed to every single person who crossed his path. many stories are being shared about how much he meant to the asian community. bbc radio presenter rima ahmed remembers herfamily shouting when he was on tv so they'd all gather and watch together. she described him as a powerful representative for south asian people at a time when that was rare. we can now speak to bbc

world affairs editorjohn simpson, who hired george in 1989. good morning. it is great to see you. explain to us how you came to hire him. bbc news had a huge injection of money in 1988. the desire was to make it the dominant force in british and world news broadcasting which in fact was successful and is still successful. i was given the job of setting up what we call the world affairs unit. which was to have foreign correspondence based in london but travelling out all over the world. we wanted somebody to be our developing world correspondence. so i sat there, as one does, at these

appointments, boards. lots of highly qualified, really good people were there. and yet nobody seemed to kinda fit the bill. last person in was a young sort of early 305 figure, very, very good looking, i have to say. very handsome and very charming. but in a nice way. not a kind of smooth, i am working the room, i look so good way. just really sincere and decent and nice and incredibly knowledgeable. there are always decision—makers on these boards and i was one of them. the other chap was sitting half opposite me. ijust caught his eye and we both knew this was the one. he lifted the room by coming in. maybe

i am being fanciful at this long distance, but he made you feel better for having him there. distance, but he made you feel betterfor having him there. he distance, but he made you feel better for having him there. he was unusual because _ better for having him there. he was unusual because there _ better for having him there. he was unusual because there is _ better for having him there. he was unusual because there is a - better for having him there. he was unusual because there is a brilliant| unusual because there is a brilliant tribute written to him yesterday by one of our colleagues who described him as having no ego. he was never the story. i think that is something that came across in everything he did. it that came across in everything he did. ., , that came across in everything he did. . , ., ., did. it was never about him. no. that is absolutely _ did. it was never about him. no. that is absolutely right. - that is absolutely right. eventually, we sent him to south africa to be the correspondent. just after nelson mandela had won the election. apartheid had finished and it was an exciting and hopeful time in south africa. sadly, the hope has largely faded. george was the ideal person to be there because exactly

as you say, this was not about george, this was about south africa. and most of us, when we are based abroad somewhere, we do ourjob well, perhaps. and people take notice of us. but there are some people in some situations who kind of set themselves at the heart of the story. nelson mandela absolutely loved him. and so did desmond tutu. even robert mugabe in zimbabwe actually took a liking to him. you could not fail to like george. and it was precisely as you say. it was all about southern africa he was telling us, not about how brave i am, how fantastic i am, how many people i know. it was about the country he was there to broadcast

about. in country he was there to broadcast about. , , ., about. in the friendship that developed _ about. in the friendship that developed between - about. in the friendship that developed between you i about. in the friendship that developed between you and| about. in the friendship that - developed between you and lasted decades, how did he change? did he not? lots of people watching this morning will be familiar with watching him behind the desk on the six o'clock news. he brought something special to that. film. something special to that. oh, absolutely- _ something special to that. oh, absolutely. he _ something special to that. oh, absolutely. he was _ something special to that. on absolutely. he was really one of my favourite news readers of all time. i think itjust was that he moved the set of qualities he had shown in places such as south africa, but also he did a lot of reporting all over the world from somalia, afghanistan, iraq. he brought that sense of straightforward decency and honesty and experience and knowledge. he brought them

altogether when he sat that desk. you could see it in his eyes, in his mouth, in the way that he sat there. you knew that he was confident that what he was telling you was true and honest and straightforward. it came across. directly i heard, i was so upset, you can imagine. i think a lot of us were, when i heard the news he had died. even though we had of course known it was pretty much inevitable. but i wrote various things on social media about him. hundreds, i think, things on social media about him. hundreds, ithink, of things on social media about him. hundreds, i think, of people replied. so many of them seemed to say i felt he was talking just to mean, although i never met him, he

was a realfriend. it mean, although i never met him, he was a real friend. it was a lovely response. was a real friend. it was a lovely response-_ was a real friend. it was a lovely resonse. , ., ~ ., , response. john, i think that is the erfect response. john, i think that is the perfect point _ response. john, i think that is the perfect point to — response. john, i think that is the perfect point to finish. _ response. john, i think that is the perfect point to finish. it - response. john, i think that is the perfect point to finish. it is - perfect point to finish. it is lovely to talk to you. john simpson, thank you for talking about george alagiah. studio: that was a good hire. there is a lovely tribute to george from his fellow newsreader sophie raworth on the bbc news website. they were really close and presented the six o'clock news for years and she was in touch with him the past few days and it is about how he would want to be remembered, notjust how we remember him. if you are a football fan, you might be waiting for the arrival of your team's new kit. they are getting brighter and more colourful than ever. i have a bit of

a reveal later. stay tuned. football shirts are big business of course, and the clubs this year all want to make an impressionbut all want to make an impression. but the summer so far has shown that teams second and third kits in particular are deliberately aimed at being worn beyond the stadium. just look at arsenal's new away kit. wear day to day. manchester united's new second kit is designed and being sold very much in the same way. here's liverpool's bright new offering. inspired by a surge in interest for vintage kits — as you can see from the striking resemblance with this mid—905 effort. and it's notjust the big teams making a splash — league one carlisle getting in on the act with this vibrant away strip. but buying thse shirts continues to get more expensive forfamilies. this is the brand—new

nottingham forest shirt. this season it'll set you back £75. that's up from about £60 last year. a rise of 26%. and fans wanting this season's west ham, fulham and manchester united shirts will all have to pay out an extra tenner compared to last season. it's a massive money—spinner for the clubs of course. manchester united for example made £110 million on branded products, according the club's latest accounts — the vast majority of the football supporters association told us it would like more clubs to follow premier league brentford's example — and replace the kits every two years instead of annually. it said the introduction of sell—by dates on kits would help make it clear exactly how long they would be in use. lots of you have been getting in touch this morning,

and as you may expect cost is a big factor for people. chris from surrey says "as a matter of principle i have stopped buying the shirts as its too expensive." he says he has two daughters and to buy arsenal shirts for the three of them it will cost nearly £200. a manchester united fan has been in touch, they buy a shirt every season but have held off at the moment due to the price, further down the football chain, some clubs are concious of the cost it seems, samuel in stoke says: i support port vale, our new home shirt is £46 which i don t think is too bad at all. the club also offers younger fans a free kit with every child 5 season ticket — a club who look after their fans for sure. and one final one — my son is 15 and loves the bold coloured shirts. plain isn't always fashionable at that age. i promised you a big reveal. manchester city have revealed their third kit. they say inspired by their electrifying style of play.

it has lightning bolts. that is a bit understated compared to those you have shown us. you would not have any confusion about which team is on the pitch. in a way, the more hideous, the better. i think that is it. they want to get people wearing them notjust on match day but as something you would go out socially in, an evening out going for drinks. some of the original vintage shirts cost even more. they cost a lot. that is another story. i cannot help wondering whether the thinking is in future some of these shirts may become the future vintage shirts. that people will really seek out and we would have to pay more for. that is looking back, let's look forward in sport. with just one year to go until the olympic games in paris, and one sport britain tends to do

well in is canoeing. definitely not us doing that, can you imagine? but what are our chances for paris? john maguire is at the lee valley white water centre this morning to find out. good morning, looking the part. yes, you always have to look the part. i did not pull it off for breakdancing yesterday but more in keeping with today. here is somebody coming down. that is adam who we spoke to you earlier. he was telling us about the difference between the kayak and canoe. he is kneeling and has the paddle on one side. getting a pretty good run down. you get a sense standing next to the channel of the speed and flow of the water. they have to come down the green one and go back up through the red ones. the cables allow coaches to move the

gates to enable them to train and there are parts of the course where there are parts of the course where the white water is more intense and the white water is more intense and the flow seems to be faster. and there are drops. we showed you the plastic blocks under the water's surface that enables them to get the features as if it is a natural river. a brilliant training facility. and we are going to speak tojoe in a second. he lives here. he spends a good deal of his time here to try to perfect those times because believe me, the margins between winning and losing in this sport are incredibly fine. every day, twice a day, joe clarke goes to work at the lee valley white water centre north of london. and this is his office.

joe took gold in the kayak slalom at rio in 2016. commentator: the time of 88.7 could be beaten. i it is! oh, sensational! the winning margin — a fraction of a second, a blink. the margins are so tight in this sport and that's why the training is so intense. since rio, joe's been through more twists and turns than a slalom run. he failed to qualify for the last olympics in tokyo 2020 and, in recent months, has become a father to hugo, giving him a new focus. i'm doing this to put food on the table for hugo and for belle. so it's very much a case of it's notjust me any more — if it doesn't quite go to plan,

i can eat some beans on toast. i'm not sure that's going to go down very well, is it, mate? so, yeah, it's very much a case of this is my living and i've got a mortgage, i've got a child. so it's very much like the focus has changed from notjust me. i'm doing it for my whole family now. so the outlook changes, but the goal and the process remains the same. it's about winning medals. as with any elite athlete, he spends a great deal of time travelling and competing overseas — not always easy for the family back home. even thoughjoe hasn't been here, he does still really support me when he's away, just facetiming and things like that. so, yeah, it's been tough, but it's been fine, really. yeah. it's nice to have him home. it's really nice to have him home. he wasn't actually sleeping that great and thenjoe's come home and got him to sleep through, so, yeah, superman, actually. so i'm very grateful.

joe won this gold medal when he was 23 — relatively young to reach the pinnacle of his sport. so he approaches paris, next year, older and, partly due to the disappointment of missing out on tokyo, much wiser. the upset of tokyo has kind of really [it the afterburners and relit that fire and, sometimes, you need a setback or disappointment to push on and reach your best. so the kind of redemption story for me is a massive one and things are going great and, yeah, just very much excited to get to that world championships, push on and hopefully get that paris spot confirmed. and there'll be something else different next summer. following success in snow sports and bmx, there'll be a cross event where four kayakers at the same time battle it out down the slalom course. it's boisterous, it's bold, it's bedlam. joe came in first. benjamin from france was pretty close on his tail, but becausejoe managed so well

to execute individually, he got out before benjamin even got there. but very, very committed, because he almost had a boat to the face. kayak coach campbell walsh, a silver medallist from athens in 2004, is on hand with instant video analysis. joe is training against french paddlers who may very well go head—to—head against him in their home water next summer. they're evenly matched, having shared victories and gold medals so far this season. but it's another olympic medal he's chasing. and, now, with two events to compete in, he may need a bigger trophy cabinet. adam is in the channel. having a think about what he will do next.

joe is with us and also mallory franklin. a silver, congratulations on that. did you get enough sleep last night? 50 on that. did you get enough sleep last niuht? ,., on that. did you get enough sleep last night?- 723. _ on that. did you get enough sleep last night?- 723, will- on that. did you get enough sleep last night?- 723, will take i last night? so so. 723, will take it. how last night? so so. 723, will take it- how is _ last night? so so. 723, will take it. how is your— last night? so so. 723, will take it. how is your season - last night? so so. 723, will take it. how is your season going? . last night? so so. 723, will take it. how is your season going? i | last night? so so. 723, will take - it. how is your season going? i know we are a year out but you are already thinking about the season. j already thinking about the season. i have only done a couple of races this yeah — have only done a couple of races this yeah i— have only done a couple of races this year. i had a medal in one. at the hack— this year. i had a medal in one. at the back end — this year. i had a medal in one. at the back end of the year it is more busy— the back end of the year it is more busy but _ the back end of the year it is more busy but i'm — the back end of the year it is more busy but i'm looking forward to it. the benefits of being able to use this course twice a day, if you can, what... how much of a benefit is that? , , ., , what... how much of a benefit is that? , y . , , that? definitely a benefit. easily the best course _ that? definitely a benefit. easily the best course in _ that? definitely a benefit. easily the best course in the _ that? definitely a benefit. easily the best course in the world - that? definitely a benefit. easily the best course in the world so i that? definitely a benefit. easilyl the best course in the world so to be here _ the best course in the world so to be here training is amazing. the worlds — be here training is amazing. the worlds which is a qualification race is here _ worlds which is a qualification race is here so— worlds which is a qualification race is here so we are in a good place trying _ is here so we are in a good place trying to— is here so we are in a good place trying to get spaces in paris. we

have seen _ trying to get spaces in paris. , have seen other teams training. what fascinates me, we saw you training with the french. you train together despite the fact on race day you are rivals. , ., ., rivals. this morning, we are trainina rivals. this morning, we are training with _ rivals. this morning, we are training with the _ rivals. this morning, we are training with the swiss - rivals. this morning, we are| training with the swiss team. rivals. this morning, we are - training with the swiss team. they are one of the best nations in the cross event. we are using them as sparring partners and trying to learn their tactics and techniques ahead of the world championships in september. find ahead of the world championships in se tember. �* ahead of the world championships in setember. �* .,, ., , , ahead of the world championships in setember. �* ., _ , ., september. and then obviously beat them. one september. and then obviously beat them- one of _ september. and then obviously beat them. one of the _ september. and then obviously beat them. one of the french _ september. and then obviously beat them. one of the french were - september. and then obviously beat| them. one of the french were saying a colleague of his broke his jaw in kayak cross. mr; a colleague of his broke his 'aw in kayak _ a colleague of his broke his 'aw in ka ak cross. g , ., , ., ., ., kayak cross. my plan is to get ahead of them so nothing _ kayak cross. my plan is to get ahead of them so nothing gets _ kayak cross. my plan is to get ahead of them so nothing gets broken - kayak cross. my plan is to get ahead of them so nothing gets broken and| kayak cross. my plan is to get ahead| of them so nothing gets broken and i do not lose any teeth. my to—do list is to get a gumshield and make sure i am protected. irate is to get a gumshield and make sure i am protected-— i am protected. we talked earlier with adam _ i am protected. we talked earlier with adam who _ i am protected. we talked earlier with adam who said _ i am protected. we talked earlier with adam who said he _ i am protected. we talked earlier with adam who said he did - i am protected. we talked earlier with adam who said he did not i i am protected. we talked earlier. with adam who said he did not fancy having a go, actually he has had a go at kayak cross. it is having a go, actually he has had a go at kayak cross.— go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite _ go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite thing _ go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite thing but _ go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite thing but i _

go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite thing but i want - go at kayak cross. it is not my favourite thing but i want to l go at kayak cross. it is not my i favourite thing but i want to take part and — favourite thing but i want to take part and learn it as much as i can. i part and learn it as much as i can. lam_ part and learn it as much as i can. lam hot— part and learn it as much as i can. lam nota— part and learn it as much as i can. i am not a contact and aggressive person— i am not a contact and aggressive person which is why i do my own sport _ person which is why i do my own sport it — person which is why i do my own sport it is — person which is why i do my own sport. it is fun and has its own intricacies _ sport. it is fun and has its own intricacies which is fun to learn and try— intricacies which is fun to learn and try to _ intricacies which is fun to learn and try to develop it as much as possible — and try to develop it as much as ossible. ,, ., ., ~ and try to develop it as much as ossible. ,, ., ., . i. possible. silver in tokyo. when you are on the course, _ possible. silver in tokyo. when you are on the course, how _ possible. silver in tokyo. when you are on the course, how aware - possible. silver in tokyo. when you are on the course, how aware are i possible. silver in tokyo. when you l are on the course, how aware are you of whether it is a good run? we are talking about that, the difference between. ., .., talking about that, the difference between. ., ,, ., ., ., between. you can know if you are on a aood between. you can know if you are on a good run- — between. you can know if you are on a good run- how— between. you can know if you are on a good run. how it _ between. you can know if you are on a good run. how it translates - between. you can know if you are on a good run. how it translates is - a good run. how it translates is harder— a good run. how it translates is harder to — a good run. how it translates is harder to tell because it depends on how others— harder to tell because it depends on how others do but i try to focus on delivering — how others do but i try to focus on delivering my plan and you go for the finish — delivering my plan and you go for the finish line and you find out where — the finish line and you find out where that tops out.— the finish line and you find out where that tops out. good to see you toda . i where that tops out. good to see you today- i think— where that tops out. good to see you today. i think you _ where that tops out. good to see you today. i think you are _ where that tops out. good to see you today. i think you are in _ where that tops out. good to see you today. i think you are in the - where that tops out. good to see you today. i think you are in the water- today. i think you are in the water soon. , , ., ., soon. yes, we will be in again, facina soon. yes, we will be in again, facing the _ soon. yes, we will be in again, facing the swiss. _ soon. yes, we will be in again, facing the swiss. thank - soon. yes, we will be in again, facing the swiss. thank you - soon. yes, we will be in again, facing the swiss. thank you so| soon. yes, we will be in again, - facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonsto -. facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop- they _ facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are _ facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are a _ facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are a year— facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are a year out - facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are a year out but - facing the swiss. thank you so much. nonstop. they are a year out but as l nonstop. they are a year out but as we said to adam, he pretty much has every day planned to make sure they

are in peak condition to be able to perform at the olympics. ultimately, thatis perform at the olympics. ultimately, that is the goal, the aim. gold medal in paris. back to you. studio: thank you. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59. this morning...

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