continue to struggle with bills. and with those bills expected to stay high for the foreseeable future, there'll be plenty of scruitny when those profits are announced at seven o'clock. i'll be breaking down the numbers. # nothing compares... tributes from around the world to singer—songwriter sinead o'connor, who's died at the age of 56. her family say they're devastated. calls for tighter rules on the sales of batteries for e—bikes and e—scooters after a series of deadly fires that have ripped through homes. they can't win the ashes, but can england finish the series on a high? the fifth test against australia begins at the oval today with ben stokes�* side hoping to draw level.

good morning. we could well see some rain interruption at the oval, especially this afternoon. most of us are starting with a cloudy, damp start to the day, the rain persisting across northern scotland and the english channel, but in between it should brighten up with some sunny spells and showers. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it's thursday 27th july. our top story. injust under an hour, two major energy companies will be announcing their latest profits — shell and centrica, which owns british gas. it comes as people struggle with high household energy bills. hannah miller reports. injanuary, i paid £341 for gas. and if you go to electricity, that's11i5. i mean, that's almost £600 on your fuel bill injanuary. yeah. over the past two years, haj has seen her monthly energy bill go up dramatically. when i first had my old company before british gas came in, i was paying something £128 a month.

then that went up to £250 a month. and then when the hikes went up around about last year some time, i was told i had to pay anything up to £600 to keep up on top of the usage. when they went up, what changes did you have to make? i had to cut back a lot on lots of different things, because it's almost like paying another mortgage, and i pay the mortgage on my own as well at the moment. so it was difficult choices to make. i mean, one of the biggest ones, i've actually stopped contributing to my pension, or, you know, not going out as much in terms of going out for meals, etc, and just wherever i can, save wherever i can. her supplier, british gas, is owned by centrica, a giant of the energy industry that makes the vast majority of its profits from producing gas and oil at facilities like this and then selling it at prices dictated by an international market. but by storing gas, centrica is also able to maximise its profits by selling when prices are higher.

the reason why it's doing so well at the moment is the war in ukraine. that has elevated underlying commodity and energy prices, which means it literally can't sell its energy for a greater price. but it's also the volatility in the market, because it means if it times that volatility well, it's buying energy at a lower price, storing it and selling it back to the market at a profit. for every customer like haj, british gas itself only made around e8 in profit over the whole of last year. but as that figure rises today in the middle of a cost of living crisis, haj is farfrom impressed. when you hear that british gas are making a profit, how does that make you feel? annoyed, frustrated. i think it's really a shambles, really. and i think for a company like that, how are they, you know, bringing those profits down to the consumer? british gas does have a support fund in place to provide grants to customers in need, but many today will look

on aghast as they try to make sense of their bills. hannah miller, bbc news, walsall. hannah's here to explain more. what are we expecting from these two big energy firms? irate what are we expecting from these two his energy firms?— what are we expecting from these two big energy firms?— big energy firms? we have said it there but i _ big energy firms? we have said it there but i will— big energy firms? we have said it there but i will make _ big energy firms? we have said it there but i will make the - big energy firms? we have said it there but i will make the point. there but i will make the point again, because it is an important prediction. when we get british gas's profits, they are the ones over many have heard of, but they are relatively small part of the overall picture. centrica, the parent company, makes billions of pounds, british gas we are expecting to be in the millions. but we are expecting that number to have gone up expecting that number to have gone up significantly compared to last year, and throughout the whole of last year, british gas made around £72 million, approximately £8 per customer. that figure for the first six months of this year, one analyst has suggested could be as high as 800 million, and that will raise eyebrows at a time when many people have been facing higher bills.

ofgem, the energy regulator, say they need to be allowed to make that extra money because prices previously went up faster than they were allowed to charge us all, but that of course will be difficult for some customers to take. find that of course will be difficult for some customers to take. and that is the oint, some customers to take. and that is the point. isn't _ some customers to take. and that is the point, isn't it? _ some customers to take. and that is the point, isn't it? these _ some customers to take. and that is the point, isn't it? these will- some customers to take. and that is the point, isn't it? these will be - the point, isn't it? these will be looked at closely, because we are all seeing our energy bills at home still pretty high. find all seeing our energy bills at home still pretty high-— still pretty high. and not expected to come down _ still pretty high. and not expected to come down a _ still pretty high. and not expected to come down a huge _ still pretty high. and not expected to come down a huge amount - still pretty high. and not expected to come down a huge amount for. still pretty high. and not expected - to come down a huge amount for some time. we are expecting the price cap, the average amount that a household will pay per year, to remain around just under £2000 or so towards the end of this year and into next year, which is still of course massively above where it was before the pandemic, so much higher, and that's what causes this anger that we are expecting perhaps this morning. for that we are expecting perhaps this morninu. ., ., ., ,, i. , morning. for now, thank you very much, i morning. for now, thank you very much. i know— morning. for now, thank you very much, i know you _ morning. for now, thank you very much, i know you will _ morning. for now, thank you very much, i know you will have - morning. for now, thank you very much, i know you will have all- morning. for now, thank you very j much, i know you will have all the details for us injust much, i know you will have all the details for us in just under an hour. the greek government says more

than 600 wildfires have burned in the country in less than a fortnight. temperatures are still well over a0 degress in many areas. fires are raging on the islands of corfu and rhodes, from wherejenny hill reports. up close, you can feel its power. horns honk. and you can sense their panic. this was southeastern rhodes, still burning out of control. things change here almost by the second. we were just driving down this road when these flames reared up almost out of nowhere. you can hear the crackle as they consume this pine forest. and actually they're just trying to cut down the trees to create a firebreak. it feels desperate. a scramble to save the nearby village. a state of emergency has been declared. across the mediterranean,

wildfires are raging. this was portugal overnight. firefighters and locals doing all they could to battle the flames. translation: this is not right. we've been here for hours. the firemen waited for the flames to come. the interior minister should be here now. it's now a familiar sight. people fleeing their homes, others helped to safety. in algeria, the danger has passed, but the mourning has begun. at least 3a people died in these fires. in sicily, a horrifying journey for one driver. croatia, too, where the wildfires burned near dubrovnik. here on rhodes, they hope cooler temperatures will bring some relief, but the fires rage on. jenny hill, bbc news, vati in rhodes.

there's a warning from the met office that record—breaking hot summers as we saw last year will be the average by 2060. the state of the uk climate report says last year's extreme temperatures were made much more likely by climate change. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports. last summer's searing heatwaves sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through a0 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over—65s than usual in england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn't confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long—term average. this saw 2022 become the uk's warmest year in records dating back to 1884.

driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. a year like 2022, the warmest year on record for the uk in our current climate, will be roughly an average year by the middle of the century, just after mid—century, by 2060. by 2100, nine out of ten years will actually be warmer than 2022. researchers say that in the uk, temperature extremes are increasing much faster than the average. this will likely see far more high temperature records broken in the years to come, potentially by quite wide margins. scientists say that this pattern is now being seen all over the world, including the dramatic heat that's driving wildfires in greece and many other locations right now. but even though these higher temperatures will become increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare

for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news. an extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available this winter to help the nhs copt this winter, according to nhs england. it means there'll be access to nearly 100,000 permanent beds at the busiest time of the year — a 5% rise on current levels. nhs england is also promising better arrangements to quickly discharge patients out of hospital when they are medically—fit to leave. a retired british miner will be sentenced in cyprus later today for the manslaughter of his terminally ill wife. david hunter had been on trial for killing janice at their retirement home in december 2021. he was cleared of murder

charges on friday. his lawyers hope he will be given a suspended sentence. an agreement which was expected to see us presidentjoe biden's son plead guilty to tax charges and admit a gun offence has fallen apart in court. the plea deal was likely to spare hunter biden prison time. but a judge on wednesday said she could not rubber—stamp the agreement. tributes have been paid to the irish singer—songwriter sinead o'connor who has died aged 56. she shot to fame in the 1990s, and used her platform to speak out about her social and political views. david sillito reflects on her life. # since you've been gone i can do whatever i want. # i could see whomever i chose. sinead o'connor. nothing compares two u. # i could eat my dinner in a fancy restautrant. quite why a song becomes such a huge global hit is often a bit of a mystery. but one thing is certain, the emotion... # because nothing compares... ..the heartbreak. # nothing compares to you.

there was nothing fake here. # but i do know mandinka... herfirst hit, mandinka, marked her out as a performer with an edge. when a record executive had started talking about her hair, she shaved it off. she was wary, angry. she had had a troubled upbringing and spent part of it in care. butjoining a band revealed her gift. # i've sinned a lot... but globalfame caught her by surprise. she was more a protest singer than a pop star. # we used to worship god as a mother. # now look at what we're doing to each other. and in an era when the truth about child sexual abuse within the catholic church had yet to be fully exposed, her condemnation of the church,

especially when she shredded a picture of the pope on american television, caused outrage. # i'll remember it. # in dublin in a rainstorm... but as the years went by, people began to realise she'd been the one telling the truth. # keeping warm. # i'll remember it. her life, though, was troubled. there were many struggles with her mental health, and the death last year of her 17—year—old son shane left her utterly bereft. she posted this photograph just a few days ago. # nothing compares to you. sinead o'connor. those tears were real. # nothing compares. #to you...#

sinead o'connor, who's died at the age of 56. many tributes have been paid to sinead o'connor on social media. fellow singer alison moyet described her as having an "astounding presence and voice that cracked stone with force", adding that sinead was "as beautiful as any girl around and never traded on that card". musician bryan adams worked with sinead, and said he loved "making photos, doing gigs in ireland together and chats", adding "all my love to your family". and the president of ireland, michael d higgins, has also paid tribute to her commitment to the "important issues, no matter how uncomfortable those truths may have been". it is quarter past six. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. carol, iam carol, i am so glad to see you on a bright colour, because outside it is grey and murky, i think it is worse

than dreich, which i learned from you. that was top broadcasting there! it is a cloudy, murky, dreich, wet start to the day. there is rain in the forecast, and that will linger. there is also rain in the forecast today, and temperatures a little higher than they were. what has happened is we have had all this rain moving from the west towards the east, it has dragged on a lot of cloud, suncoast and hill fog with it, and the rain lingers across parts of scotland and northern england and also close to the south coast of england the channel islands. through the day it should pull further south across the english channel where it is also going to be breezy, and the rain across northern england and scotland

moves a little bit further north. in between, we will see the cloud break up, and that will spark a few showers, some of them will be sharp and might interrupt the cricket, for example, at the oval. across the far north of scotland, a high temperature of 1a celsius. through the evening and overnight the rain edges further north, pulling away from the channel islands, some clear skies and one or two showers. we have almost got it all. and it will be humid again tonight, 10—15 being our maximum temperatures. tomorrow we will still have the rain for a time across shetland, and elsewhere there will be some showers around, also some cloud to start with, but that should break up more readily than today. the showers will be fewer and further between and temperatures of 15—23. it will still be unsettled into the weekend, and blustery as well.

i will take that, not that you are in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, as in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, as much in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, as much as in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, as much as i in charge of the orlova weather of the whole country, as much as i like to give you the blame for everything thatis to give you the blame for everything that is going wrong in the weather, but i will take that. let's take a look at today's papers. "nothing compared" to sinead o'connor the daily mirror says, referring to her most famous song as it pays tribute to the irish singerfollowing her death at the age of 56. the telegraph carries a picture of actor kevin spacey standing outside court as he was cleared of all charges in his sexual assault trial in london. and the times says dame alison rose, the chief executive of natwest who quit yesterday over the nigel farage scandal, could be in line for a multi—million pound payoff. and take a look at this picture for you this morning. it is a royal likeness, but maybe not like you have seen before. in a pie. pie

face. do you know what i love about this? the king and queen were guests of honour at the royal sandringham flower show. they started walking around, and apparently camilla ushered charles over and said, that is a very nice pastry. he walked away, and he says, it looks like something out of wallace and gromit, you know the cartoon characters. and he didn't say anything about it at all, but camilla has obviously seen what it is meant to be. she did say it looks very much like her husband. what you think gave it away? the crown! don't you draw me into that stuff! it was the crown, nothing else. i like the crown, it is glittery and everything. and the blueberry eyes. there is a food

theme, talking about what would divide the differences across the country. we have one here on the sofa. but what are the definitions of that north—south divide, we talk about scones and cream, dinner or tea. what is your verdict for your evening meal? we have been into this a few times, and i don't think i have ever said. if you said to me, shall we go out for tea, i would think that you meant drinking tea, and the whole timing of it confuses me. i would and the whole timing of it confuses me. iwould never, eversay and the whole timing of it confuses me. iwould never, ever say let's p0p me. iwould never, ever say let's pop out for tea. but when what i have a suggest that we would go out for tea? this is why it would confuse me if you said tea, but what time is tea? tea is early evening, after five o'clock. that is when you get home from work or school. that is tea. and then you have dinner? so tea would be like four o'clock, then you have dinner? no, now you are trying to make that two southern, and making it afternoon tea.

you are making it northern, i'm giving it the southern perspective. you wouldn't have tea and dinner. i did! we could go on about this all day. that was in the daily mail. 20 minutes past six is the time. sales of batteries for e—bikes should be as tightly regulated as fireworks, heavy machinery or medical devices because of the fire—risk they pose, a charity has said. in the uk eight people have been killed and at least 190 injured by e—bike and e—scooter fires since 2020. tim muffett reports. that's my 11—year—old's football boots. as you can see here... this here, that's that window. gone in seconds. it was a christmas present for andrew's 11—year—old son. this is what it's like, everyone. and it caused the fire that devastated their family

home in lancaster. we'd gone to bed, say eleven o'clock. i've got a 21—year—old son come down for a drink of water, goes in the kitchen. next thing you hear is pep, pep, pep- the bike had exploded, the batteries on her little electric bike. i heard my son shouting, dad, dad, dad! bike's on fire. two, three minutes, the house had gone. everything's in there. come out with a pair of underpants, that were it. telly, melted. this is the back. despite the devastation, andrew feels fortunate. this is how lucky we were that we got down. that's off my daughter's bed. my wife and my daughter were stuck on the first of landing. so i had to throw bowls of water for them to,

so they could get down the stairs. and if you hadn't done that, they wouldn't have able to get down. no, they'd have been gone. what's your view on e—scooters and e—bikes? never have another one. when we're buying stuff, we're assuming it's safe. e—scooters and e—bikes can be an environmentally friendly, safe way of getting about. they're powered by lithium ion batteries, which contain a large amount of energy in a small space. but this is thermal runaway demonstrated in a lab. if a cell in a faulty battery heats up uncontrollably, a devastating chain reaction can follow. the owner of this electric bike was lucky to escape unharmed. in illingworth in west yorkshire in february, an electric motorbike was left on charge overnight. four people were taken to hospital. luckily none of their injuries were life—threatening. sophia was staying at her boyfriend's house in london on new year's day. a bike that had been

converted into an e—bike caught fire in the hallway when its battery failed catastrophically. sophia died in the blaze. when it comes to the sale of batteries that power e—scooters and e—bikes, there are now calls for change. as things stand, uk manufacturers can self—certify that their batteries are safe. but a report out today is calling for legally—enforced independent third party regulation of safety standards, which is what happens for other high risk products such as heavy machinery, medical devices and fireworks. in new york city, where they've had a similar spate of these types of problems, they have introduced legislation to make sure that these products have to be certified by a third party rather than being self—certified by the manufacturers. and we feel that would really help if that was done in this country as well. as part of its report, the charity electrical safety first is also calling for the regulation

of online sales. so this is a charger for an e—bike. and we purchased this on an online marketplace. you can see the plug is really small. it doesn't have a fuse. and the fuse is there for a reason. it's so that it can cut out when there's a safety issue, and it hasn't got one, so this is highly dangerous. cambridgeshire fire and rescue service believes an electric bike left on charge was the most likely cause of a fire that killed a mother and her two children last month. london fire brigade says the number of fires caused by faulty lithium ion batteries is up 60% in 2023 compared to the same time last year. now in london, we're nearly one fire every two days, _ and tragically we're seeing loss of life in london and _ around the country. if you are having to charge an e—scooter or an e—bike, where should you charge it? where is the safest place to do that? preferably away from the home, such as in a garage _ or other safe location. we do appreciate not| everyone can do that, and in such cases, ideally, |

where you can shut a door, where you have smoke detection, where it won't block— and if possible, not whilst sleeping. the fact that your son got up to get a drink of water basically saved your life and your family's. yeah, he saved our life. my son's a hero to us. andrew and his family have lost everything... no, it's shoes. ..but still count themselves lucky. tim muffett, bbc news. we will be talking a lot more about that later on in the programme. those pictures really are astonishing and a reminder of some of the dangers. we will talk about that a bit more later. still to come on gray. —— breakfast. as we mark 70 years since the end of the korean war, we'll hear from the veterans of what's often referred the "forgotten war". time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. tram operators have been told to pay half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydon crash. seven passengers were killed when a tram derailed in 2016. it was travelling three times the speed limit. transport for london and tram operations limited have admitted failing in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fines will be handed out at the old bailey later. police are investigating after two bottles of acid were found at north greenwich tube station. they've released this photo of two men — they say they may have information about the bottles found on tuesday afternoon in a rucksack. it's thought the acid had begun to leak and it was abandoned by the owner. anyone else who may have seen anything is being asked to contact british transport police or crimestoppers. a new production of the show "i believe in unicorns" — which is based on the book by children's author michael morpurgo — is opening tonight in the west end

to mark its 10th anniversary. the show follows the story of tomas, an eight—year—old boy who doesn't like reading and school. tickets from a gala performance are going towards the charity?the reading agency, which aims to get people of all ages to read, and it's all about books, and our designer, just phenomenal design of all these amazing books. we're sitting on some, you know, where you just open them up and all these magical things come out of them. yeah. yeah, really special. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are part closures on the bakerloo and overground lines — lines — and severe delays on the district line. there's a good service on the other lines at the moment but we will keep you updated on that,

and of course for all the latest travel news where you are on the trains and the roads, tune into your bbc local radio station for regular updates throughout the morning. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. it's a largely grey, cloudy start this morning and it's feeling rather humid. temperatures stayed in the mid—teens celsius overnight. we've got some outbreaks of rain through this morning and for the afternoon as well. but towards the north of london, the home counties, we mightjust see the cloud break a little in those sunny spells. we could see one or two showers sparked. now temperatures today, 2a, 25 celsius. if you get that sunshine. now, overnight tonight stays largely dry, any shower risk will start to fade. still quite a lot of cloud moving around, however, and it stays humid overnight. the minimum temperature, 13 celsius. a cloudy start to friday, but the cloud will start to break up. we'll see some sunny spells but still can't rule out a shower through tomorrow and see that low pressure takes charge as we head through the weekend. the isobars squeezing together. so it is going to be another blustery weekend through saturday and through sunday and there's

always a chance of a shower. one or two of those could be quite heavy. still some sunny spells mixed in there and into next week it stays unsettled. that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour, but for now i'll hand you back to naga and ben hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and naga munchetty. british gas and shell are announcing results this morning — and its expected that both will have made big profits. hannah 5 having a look at this for us. i at this for us. said british gas, but it is centrica. i said british gas, but it is centrica-— i said british gas, but it is centrica. , ., ., centrica. yes, an important distinction _ centrica. yes, an important distinction because - centrica. yes, an important distinction because a - centrica. yes, an important distinction because a lot. centrica. yes, an important distinction because a lot of| centrica. yes, an important- distinction because a lot of money comes through the oil and gas production and will run through it so everyone understands. yes, this all comes after a winter where we all faced a big squeeze on our living costs,

where energy bills of course played a massive part. let's start by looking at british gas. it made £72million last year — that 5 around £8 per customer. this morning, they re expected to announce much bigger profits for the start of this year. one estimate suggests we could be looking at more than £800m forjust six months ? other analysts think it may be a little lower. that s because the energy regulator ofgem raised the price cap to over £4000 in the first three months of this year — allowing suppliers to charge more in part to make up for the fact that previously the price cap didn t go up as quickly as wholesale costs. if we look at the bigger picture — british gas is owned by centrica ? they, too, did incredibly well last year. that s because centrica produces its own gas and electricity and when the war in ukraine led to a squeeze on energy supplies, it's a similar story for shell, which last year enjoyed its highest

profit in its 115—year history — over 32 billion pounds. it's already made more than seven billion pounds in the first three months of this year. but a fall in the wholesale price of oil is expected to mean their profits go down in the coming months. shell's also likely to announce its paid significantly more tax than it has done in the past. it's previously said it expects to pay £400 million this year. that's after the government introduced a one—off levy ? a so—called windfall tax ? on energy company s profits, after growing anger from campaigners. some very big numbers ? and we ll get an update on all of them at 0700. thanks very much and important to make the distinction because a lot of big numbers published at 7am and it's trying to work out what is

applicable to wear, particularly the british gas element, so hannah will have all of that.— have all of that. they are numbers that net have all of that. they are numbers that get peeple — have all of that. they are numbers that get people talking. _ have all of that. they are numbers| that get people talking. something that get people talking. something that has had us talking for how many weeks, chetan, five weeks, four weeks? it weeks, chetan, five weeks, four weeks? . , weeks, chetan, five weeks, four weeks? ., , ., ., weeks? it felt really long at the weekend with _ weeks? it felt really long at the weekend with all— weeks? it felt really long at the weekend with all the _ weeks? it felt really long at the weekend with all the rain - weeks? it felt really long at the weekend with all the rain and l weeks? it felt really long at the l weekend with all the rain and we thought. — weekend with all the rain and we thought, are england going to be able to— thought, are england going to be able to level the series and we were looking _ able to level the series and we were looking forward today to talking about _ looking forward today to talking about being at the oval and england potentially winning the ashes and the rain _ potentially winning the ashes and the rain scuppered all of that. there's— the rain scuppered all of that. there's been lots of debate about whether there should be rest days and all sorts of stuff, but that's kind offer last week. how do you think this england team will be revving itself up, even though it hasn't won the ashes? ben rewing itself up, even though it hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talkin: hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about — hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about how— hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about how flat _ hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about how flat it _ hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about how flat it felt _ hasn't won the ashes? ben stokes was talking about how flat it felt at - talking about how flat it felt at the weekend because of the rain, and for both— the weekend because of the rain, and for both sides, even for australia, who kept— for both sides, even for australia, who kept hold of the ashes, they werent— who kept hold of the ashes, they weren't really celebrating. that's not the _ weren't really celebrating. that's not the way they wanted to do it. i think— not the way they wanted to do it. i think england have got themselves up

for this— think england have got themselves up for this because they know it's an opportunity to draw the series. yes, the stakes— opportunity to draw the series. yes, the stakes aren't as high as they could _ the stakes aren't as high as they could have — the stakes aren't as high as they could have been but it's a chance to .et could have been but it's a chance to get some _ could have been but it's a chance to get some momentum and end on a high. it is get some momentum and end on a high. it is test _ get some momentum and end on a high. it is test cricket and there is a world — it is test cricket and there is a world cup— it is test cricket and there is a world cup coming up later this year and then— world cup coming up later this year and then they go back to india later in the _ and then they go back to india later in the winter. so it's understandable why ben stokes is trying _ understandable why ben stokes is trying to _ understandable why ben stokes is trying to rev england up for this final_ trying to rev england up for this final test— trying to rev england up for this final test at old trafford, sorry at the oval — final test at old trafford, sorry at the oval which starts today as england — the oval which starts today as england look to level the series and end on— england look to level the series and end on a _ england look to level the series and end on a draw. australia haven't won a series outright in england for more than twenty years. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. beneath the south london construction, a cricket ground built for endings. this oval fifth test won't be the climax to the ashes england wanted, but there's still lots to play for. still much for the captain to discuss beneath the gym, about to speak... barbie girl plays. i could see what he couldn't. guess which player is up there, ben?

woody? you got it. mark wood seems full of life. and that's good news for england, especially after all that old trafford gloom. you know, shaking hands with the umpires in the opposition at the end, you could see that from both sides. it was just sort of like an emotionless australia retained the ashes. we couldn't win it back, but it was just like, yeah, it was very bizarre. and that's, you know, two teams of professional athletes. for your perspective, what's the motivation to get you from that flatness to the point where we always see you in a match? well, putting the shirt on, walking out, representing the country and leading this team out was all the emotion that i needed. you know, captaincy is a tough business on this ground. last month under pat cummins, australia won the world test championship, beating india. and these australians of course have retained the ashes under pat cummins and yet at times his captaincy is questioned.

to retain, it's not easy. again, it's been 20 odd years since we've won it. so that's the goal. but you know, in some regards i still think our best cricket's ahead of us, which is exciting. so england's task is to limit the australian celebrations here and maybe keep mark wood away from the music. i feel like i need to... irrepressible. joe wilson, bbc news at the oval. at the women's world cup, the holders and favourites the united states came from behind to draw against the netherlands in a rematch of the final four years ago. new manchester city signing jill roord put the dutch on course for an upset after scoring early in the first half in wellington. the us struggled to break them down until captain lindsey horan scored just after the hour mark. the draw keeps them top of group e ahead of the netherlands on goal difference. later, portugal take on vietnam and then australia play nigeria. as for england, they play denmark tomorrow in their second group game.

and they will be hoping for an improved performance after their underwhelming 1—0 win over haiti last week that came via georgia stanway's penalty. they struggled for goals pre—world cup against portugal and australia — but defender alex greenwood is confident they'll improve. i see the girls every day in training, so it's not a concern for me. i think the games that you've just said have come in a small space of time, and i think we've proved in the past that we can score goals. we've got players all over the pitch who can score goals and are dangerous in different moments. i think in football you go through little spells where you might not score as many goals as you'd like, but the chances are created. and i think that's the most important thing. we now know that ireland's game against nigeria on monday will be their last at the world cup after they suffered their second defeat, against the olympic champions canada. playing at their first world cup, ireland did get off to the perfect start when katie mccabe scored directly from her corner kick after just four minutes. and you can see what that

historic goal meant to them. canada were level before the breakthough, and then found a second half winner here, ending ireland's hopes of reaching the knockout stages. away from the world cup, jordan henderson has confirmed he's leaving liverpool after 12 years and will become the latest big name player heading to saudi arabia. the 33—year—old midfielder looks set to join steven gerrard's al—ettifaq in a deal worth £12m plus add—ons. in a social media message to liverpool fans last night henderson, the club captain, said, "it's hard to put these last 12 years into words and it's even harder to say goodbye. i will always be a red. until the day i die." halfway through the eight—stage—long tour de france femmes, and belgium's lotte kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. dutch rider yara kastelijn got her reward for a long—range breakaway — she won stage 4 to move up to seventh place overall. kopecky keeps the yellowjersey

after finishing 14th on the stage — she's 43 seconds ahead of her team—mate, demi vollering, who moved up to second place. that stages are hundred and ten miles long, the longest stage on the tour. . , . tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, — tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, - tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, we - tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, we will. tour. ouch is all i will say. i thanks, chetan, we will see tour. ouch is all i will say. - thanks, chetan, we will see you later. a man who spent 17 years in jail for a rape that he did not commit is waking up this morning as a free man. andy malkinson was cleared by the court of appeal yesterday after being convicted in 2004 of raping a 33—year—old woman in salford. he has accused greater manchester police of covering up his wrongful conviction. he spoke to newsnight�*s kirsty wark about his battle forjustice. andy, now you've cleared your name, i suppose that for the first time in more than 20 years, you must feel safe. i'm starting to feel like i'm drawing a line under it. yes.

it's too early to say i feel safe right now, but it's the beginning. yeah. and when the judge said, you're a free man, what was that like for you? and of course, yourfamily was there as well. very emotional. to have a high courtjudge say you're a free man now was very emotional for me, also for my mother and my sister who were present. i could hear them crying and i was sort of trembling from my core inside. i could feel myself trembling and i was welling up. but that's what i've wanted to hear for 20 years. yeah. i wonder what it was like for you in court, because until today, you were a registered sex offender. yeah, that's right. and what did that do to you, to be called a registered sex offender? oh, it's horrific to be labelled falsely like that.

but i've all the instruments of the state, the probation, the police, everybody else treat you like that. one thing is for sure, though, that your case would have an impact because there was dna matches. a dna match was on the national database from 2012. what do you make of that? yeah. yeah, it's... i could have been out eight years before i was. yeah. if someone had actuallyjust looked at that match on the database, if someone had trawled the database. yes. well, i have to say, the ccrc, had the opportunity back in 2010. they failed. the greater manchester police issued an apology to you today. there hasn't been one from the ccrc, but what does the manchester police apology mean? the greater manchester police apology? i've not seen it, but it's meaningless to me. absolutely meaningless.

and an apology without accountability, what is that? it's nothing. it means nothing. the ccrc turned down two opportunities. yes. ..to take this case. they took it in the third? yes. but they turned down two opportunities. exactly. what's your reaction to that? they failed twice previously and they've failed a lot of other people, too, i know for a fact. they don't do what they're supposed to do. they don't refer cases that obviously have merit. they don't investigate. basically, they refused the two previous applications. this third application, finally, i believe they only accepted because it was handed to them on a platter. all the work had been done. and actually it makes me quite angry. they're claiming all the credit for the work and it was appeal that did the work. and so i'm appalled by them.

greater manchester police has apologised to andy malkinson — and you can see the full interview on last night's edition of newsnight, on the bbc iplayer. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. isee good morning. i see that picture and i imagine you have wellington boots on at this moment in time. i am wondering how far you would walk. it's a test of how daring you are, in the muddy flats, how far you would walk before you got stuck. that is what i was thinking about. the things you say to me that i don't _ the things you say to me that i don't expect at this time of day. good _ don't expect at this time of day. good morning, everybody. this morning — good morning, everybody. this morning it's a murky start to the day and — morning it's a murky start to the day and a — morning it's a murky start to the day and a lot of low cloud and mist and fog _ day and a lot of low cloud and mist and fog particularly so in the hills and fog particularly so in the hills and coasts— and fog particularly so in the hills and coasts and we have seen some heavy _ and coasts and we have seen some heavy rain — and coasts and we have seen some heavy rain sweeping steadily east as

we go _ heavy rain sweeping steadily east as we go through the night but still some _ we go through the night but still some round at the moment. quite humid _ some round at the moment. quite humid and — some round at the moment. quite humid and warm start of the day for most _ humid and warm start of the day for most of— humid and warm start of the day for most of the country. what has been happening _ most of the country. what has been happening is we have weather fronts moving _ happening is we have weather fronts moving west to east, still lingering across— moving west to east, still lingering across northern scotland and england and also _ across northern scotland and england and also across southern areas. you can see _ and also across southern areas. you can see the — and also across southern areas. you can see the amount of rain we have had through— can see the amount of rain we have had through the course of the night and still— had through the course of the night and still have. some of it has been thundery, — and still have. some of it has been thundery, especially in northern ireland — thundery, especially in northern ireland and north—west england and wales— ireland and north—west england and wales hut— ireland and north—west england and wales but this will tend to move north— wales but this will tend to move north through the day and the band will tend _ north through the day and the band will tend to move southwards. a lot of cloud, _ will tend to move southwards. a lot of cloud, poor visibility in places, and the _ of cloud, poor visibility in places, and the rain _ of cloud, poor visibility in places, and the rain continuing to push up to the _ and the rain continuing to push up to the north—east of scotland, away from the _ to the north—east of scotland, away from the south coast where it will be from the south coast where it will he breezy— from the south coast where it will be breezy today and across the channel — be breezy today and across the channel islands. in between that murky— channel islands. in between that murky start the cloud will break up and we _ murky start the cloud will break up and we will— murky start the cloud will break up and we will see some sunny spells develop _ and we will see some sunny spells develop but that could well spark off some — develop but that could well spark off some showers. breezy across the far north _ off some showers. breezy across the far north of— off some showers. breezy across the far north of scotland with temperatures between 14 and 24

degrees — temperatures between 14 and 24 degrees depending on how much sunshine — degrees depending on how much sunshine we end up seeing. as we head _ sunshine we end up seeing. as we head through the evening and overnight we are again looking at a fair bit _ overnight we are again looking at a fair bit of cloud and there will be some _ fair bit of cloud and there will be some clear— fair bit of cloud and there will be some clear spells, one or two showers — some clear spells, one or two showers and the rain in scotland will march — showers and the rain in scotland will march across orkney in the direction — will march across orkney in the direction of shetland and another humid _ direction of shetland and another humid night in store and these are the temperatures, so falling away to roughly— the temperatures, so falling away to roughly ten to 16 degrees, so it's going _ roughly ten to 16 degrees, so it's going to — roughly ten to 16 degrees, so it's going to be a warm start the day of the humid — going to be a warm start the day of the humid one tomorrow and what is happening _ the humid one tomorrow and what is happening is we have the area of low pressure _ happening is we have the area of low pressure in _ happening is we have the area of low pressure in the atlantic and it is edging — pressure in the atlantic and it is edging ever closer to bringing in some _ edging ever closer to bringing in some rain— edging ever closer to bringing in some rain and showers and strengthening winds as well. friday sees the _ strengthening winds as well. friday sees the rain push into shetland and it's a drier— sees the rain push into shetland and it's a drier day for more of us and there will— it's a drier day for more of us and there will be showers around and there _ there will be showers around and there will— there will be showers around and there will be showers around and there will be a fair bit of cloud and that— there will be a fair bit of cloud and that will break up more than it will today— and that will break up more than it will today and there will be fewer showers — will today and there will be fewer showers around than we are looking at today— showers around than we are looking at today as — showers around than we are looking at today as well. temperatures 15 in lerwick, _ at today as well. temperatures 15 in lerwick, 20 — at today as well. temperatures 15 in lerwick, 20 navidi 923 on hold,

norwich— lerwick, 20 navidi 923 on hold, norwich and london that you can already— norwich and london that you can already see behind me the first signs— already see behind me the first signs of— already see behind me the first signs of that area of low pressure coming _ signs of that area of low pressure coming in — signs of that area of low pressure coming in with some showery rain. for the _ coming in with some showery rain. for the cricket in the next few days, — for the cricket in the next few days, today we could see some rain interruptions in the afternoon and it's looking — interruptions in the afternoon and it's looking unsettled as we go through— it's looking unsettled as we go through the next few days, not just at the _ through the next few days, not just at the oval— through the next few days, not just at the oval but across many areas, because _ at the oval but across many areas, because this area of low pressure is going _ because this area of low pressure is going to _ because this area of low pressure is going to become the dominant area as we go _ going to become the dominant area as we go through the weekend, so it will bring — we go through the weekend, so it will bring rain and showers, especially to the north of the country— especially to the north of the country but it will be windy at times— country but it will be windy at times and _ country but it will be windy at times and quite gusty and temperatures are a bit lower than we would _ temperatures are a bit lower than we would expect at this time of year so we are _ would expect at this time of year so we are looking at a range of 18 degrees — we are looking at a range of 18 degrees and similar in belfast and swansea _ degrees and similar in belfast and swansea and oxford at about 20 and not a _ swansea and oxford at about 20 and not a huge _ swansea and oxford at about 20 and not a huge change as we head into sunday _ not a huge change as we head into sunday i— not a huge change as we head into sunday. i will have more weather details _ sunday. i will have more weather details later on. veterans of the korean war

are gathering today to mark 70 years since the end of the conflict. more than one—thousand british troops lost their lives, and many who fought in the war feel that their contribution has been forgotten — overshadowed by the second world war. celestina olulode has been meeting some veterans and hearing their stories. in my mind, the korean war was one of the most brutal and bloodiest wars of the 20th century simply because people don't know about the huge loss. ronald yardley was barely 18 when he became one of the tens of thousands of servicemen who fought in the korean war. he served on board the royal navy cruiser hms belfast. the korean war experience was the biggest learning curve in my life, without a shadow of doubt. i was on a ship that was cramped with 1,000 men. really cramped, and you had to learn to live with your colleagues, all of whom came from a different

background from you. the conflict erupted after communist north korea invaded the south injune 1950. in korea, united nations forces continued their offensive against the reds, blasting the enemy with everything they got. in august, british troops arrived and helped launch a counterattack. in three years of combat, more than three million deaths. many military, many more civilians. rifleman kenneth keld served in the duke of wellington's regiment in 1953. there'd been so much dhell fire that the trenches, were all the bunkers were all, you know, blown into open bunkers. on the side, there was the smell of decay, you know, buried limbs and even bodies.

kenneth has been named in the king's birthday honours for his military service and will soon receive an mbe. but the fate of his fallen comrades continues to play heavy on his mind. we had to leave the korean soldiers. what had fought alongside us, but most of all, the lives in the cemetery. yeah. that was the moment... ..we were leaving and... ..they knew there was going to be casualties, of your mind it was never going to be you. you know, that kept you going, mostly. we were all on a knife edge all the time, but you try not to show it. yeah, because when we when we'd lost our most of our platoon, we got a new officer, and he came round,

and he said, "put it all behind you, mourning your friends won't do you any good. tomorrow's another day. " it was easy saying that. forgetting it was different. yet the conflict is referred to by some as the forgotten war. but the service of these veterans is recognized. there's a letter from the president of korea, and halfway through it, he says, "south korea went from a country that was receiving aid to one that is now giving aid." and that is a huge, huge step in any country's progression. but ronald has one more wish. what us remaining korean veterans want, above all, is for a peace treaty to be signed between south and north. if that was to occur, then we could all say to ourselves, ourjob

has now been completed. that was veteran ronald yardley speaking to our reporter celestina olulode. we're nowjoined by philippa rawlinson, the royal british legion 5 director of remembrance, who's at horse guards parade in london, where today's service is taking place. good morning to you. how important is the parade today? i good morning to you. how important is the parade today?— is the parade today? i think this service, is the parade today? i think this service. this _ is the parade today? i think this service, this coming _ is the parade today? i think this service, this coming together. is the parade today? i think this - service, this coming together mean so much and we've been talking to some of the veterans who will be joining us later here today on horse guards parade for the service of the service today and to share the memories with heard about this morning as we have been gathering today, the memories of the service and sacrifice, bringing people together so they know they've not been forgotten as we come together

as a nation and all that they did for a 70 years ago. the as a nation and all that they did for a 70 years ago.— for a 70 years ago. the people ou've for a 70 years ago. the people you've spoken _ for a 70 years ago. the people you've spoken to, _ for a 70 years ago. the people you've spoken to, the - for a 70 years ago. the people | you've spoken to, the veterans you've spoken to, the veterans you've spoken to, when they say they feel as if they are forgotten, what impact has it had on their lives? from talking to them, they feel overshadowed by the end of the second world war because of the korean conflict where over hundred and 10,000 british and commonwealth troops served and over 100,000 lost their lives, so moments like today when we take a time out of our lives to come together and say thank you we remember and share the stories with those coming to our service, you can come to horse guards parade and if you are here at 1130 you can watch the service from around us here and you can hear the testimony is first hand and i know they are really poignant and have the opportunity to share that with more

people. they did serve and they served for the freedoms we have today and we know our armed forces are out there every day caring for us and keeping a safe and that's something we want to make sure that at the british legion we are remembering.— at the british legion we are remembering. there will be testimonies _ remembering. there will be testimonies to _ remembering. there will be testimonies to be _ remembering. there will be testimonies to be heard - remembering. there will be testimonies to be heard at. remembering. there will be . testimonies to be heard at 1130 today, but when you have spoken to veterans and they recall what it was like to leave the uk and go somewhere completely foreign like korea, what was it like for them? it was shocking. we are so familiar with travel today but for those largely young men 70 years ago, it was extraordinary. we've been hearing stories of how hot it was and that was expected, but how utterly cold it was and that was a real challenge for them. just utterly cold it was and that was a real challenge for them.- real challenge for them. just in terms, real challenge for them. just in terms. using — real challenge for them. just in terms, using you _ real challenge for them. just in terms, using you almost - real challenge for them. just in terms, using you almost as - real challenge for them. just in terms, using you almost as a l terms, using you almost as a mouthpiece. terms, using you almost as a mouthpiece-— mouthpiece. i've 'ust lost my ear - iece mouthpiece. i've 'ust lost my earpiece and _ mouthpiece. i've 'ust lost my earpiece and i _ mouthpiece. i've just lost my earpiece and i will— mouthpiece. i've just lost my earpiece and i will recover. mouthpiece. i've just lost my earpiece and i will recover it| mouthpiece. i've just lost my i earpiece and i will recover it but we will get back with you. just talkin: to we will get back with you. just talking to philippa rawlinson from the royal british legion and we have

the royal british legion and we have the horse guards parade taking place at 1130. i think philippa we have sorted out the technical problems. are you back with me? . yang yes, your team are great and keeping me under control. i was using you as a mouthpiece for the veterans who have told you their stories but give me an example of a story that has touched you. an example of a story that has touched yon-— an example of a story that has touched you. an example of a story that has touched ou. ., ., . , touched you. one that touches me most and we _ touched you. one that touches me most and we will _ touched you. one that touches me most and we will hear _ touched you. one that touches me most and we will hear it _ touched you. one that touches me most and we will hear it today - touched you. one that touches me most and we will hear it today is i most and we will hear it today is the story of a brother who was 12 at the story of a brother who was 12 at the time, his big brother who he looked up to and went off to this place called korea and didn't think much of it and then he started getting letters home and he recalls getting letters home and he recalls getting out his geography textbook and thinking why is this small country so important and why is my big brother there so it's notjust the impact there but those at home and that they will demand about where they were and why they were

there and then sadly he remembers hearing his brother had been injured not knowing what was going on because communications were very different and then sadly telegram coming to say his brother had lost his life and our speaker was a young boy at the time and he speaks about the pain he felt on behalf of his mother, so we are hearing notjust of those who went but those family members and what it means to them. that emphasises weight so important to have services of remembrance. absolutely and we are thinking about remembrance for all, all of the armed forces family so the stories we will be hearing today there are some leases and sons and daughters who served with a veterans and that's really important because it is the whole family impacted by those that serve us. iii}

is the whole family impacted by those that serve us.— is the whole family impacted by those that serve us. 70 years ago, and continuing _ those that serve us. 70 years ago, and continuing today _ those that serve us. 70 years ago, and continuing today there - those that serve us. 70 years ago, and continuing today there are - and continuing today there are families with loved ones overseas missing those special moments and we want to make sure everybody is remembered.— want to make sure everybody is remembered. philippa rawlinson, director of remembrance, - remembered. philippa rawlinson, director of remembrance, royal i director of remembrance, royal british legion, thank you for joining us ahead of the ceremony today, head of the parade. coming up later on the programme, we'll be talking to ukweli roach, star of the new bbc series called wolf — which is an adaptation of the jack caffery detective novels. it is very scary. sinister, i was auoin it is very scary. sinister, i was going far— it is very scary. sinister, i was going far as— it is very scary. sinister, i was going far as to _ it is very scary. sinister, i was going far as to say. _ it is very scary. sinister, i was going far as to say. that's - it is very scary. sinister, i was going far as to say. that's the | going far as to say. that's the ri . ht going far as to say. that's the right word- — going far as to say. that's the right word. nothing _ going far as to say. that's the right word. nothing sinister. going far as to say. that's the - right word. nothing sinister here. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. this hello. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. tram operators have been told to pay

half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydon crash. seven passengers were killed when a tram derailed in 2016. it was travelling three times the speed limit. transport for london and tram operations limited have admitted failings in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fines will be handed out at the old bailey later. police are investigating after two bottles of acid were found at north greenwich tube station. they've released this photo of two men they say they may have information about the bottles found on tuesday afternoon in a rucksack. it's thought the acid had begun to leak and it was abandoned by the owner. anyone else who may have seen anything is being asked to contact british transport police or crimestoppers. nominees for this year's mercury music prize will be announced later this morning in central london. last year's winner of album of the year was londoner little simz. the prize recognises the best

new british and irish music. a new production of the show i believe in unicorns, which is based on the book by children's author michael morpurgo, is opening tonight in the west end to mark its tenth anniversary. the show follows the story of tomas, an eight—year—old boy who doesn't like reading and school. tickets from a gala performance are going towards the charity?the reading agency, which aims to get people of all ages to read. and it's all about books, and our designer, just phenomenal design of all these amazing books. we're sitting on some, you know, where you just open them up and all these magical things come out of them. yeah. yeah, really special. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are part closures on the bakerloo and overground lines and severe delays on the district line. there's a good service on the other lines at the moment. now on to the weather with kate kinsella. good morning.

it's a largely grey, cloudy start this morning and it's feeling rather humid. temperatures stayed in the mid—teens celsius overnight. we've got some outbreaks of rain through this morning and for the afternoon as well. but towards the north of london, the home counties, we mightjust see the cloud break a little in those sunny spells. we could see one or two showers sparked. now temperatures today, 24, 25 celsius if you get that sunshine. now, overnight tonight stays largely dry, any shower risk will start to fade. still quite a lot of cloud moving around, however, and it stays humid overnight. the minimum temperature, 13 celsius. a cloudy start to friday, but the cloud will start to break up. we'll see some sunny spells but still can't rule out a shower through tomorrow and see that low pressure takes charge as we head through the weekend. the isobars squeezing together. so it is going to be another blustery weekend through saturday and through sunday and there's always a chance of a shower. one or two of those could be quite heavy. still some sunny spells mixed in there and into next week it stays unsettled. that's all from us for now.

we'll be back in half an hour, but for now i'll hand you back to naga and ben. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. our headlines today... two of the uk's big energy firms, shell and british gas,

are expected to report bumper profits this morning as households continue to struggle with bills. # nothing compares to you...# tributes from around the world to singer—songwriter, sinead o'connor, who's died at the age of 56. hailed as the greatest voice of her generation. calls for better protection for staff in convenience stores — with attacks on shop workers said to be out of control. they can't win the ashes, but can england finish the series on a high? the fifth test against australia begins at the oval today, with ben stokes' side hoping to draw level. good morning. there could well be some rain interrupted _ good morning. there could well be some rain interrupted play - good morning. there could well be some rain interrupted play at - good morning. there could well be some rain interrupted play at the l some rain interrupted play at the oval this afternoon, all of us starting on a murky, damp note but the cloud should break for many with sunny skies developing and a few

showers. the rain lingering across the far north of scotland and the very far south of england. i will have more later. good morning to you. two major energy companies — shell and centrica, which owns british gas — are to announce their latest profits in the next few minutes. it comes as people struggle with the cost of living crisis and household energy bills remain high. hannah will have the full details a bit later, but first, she's been speaking to those who've been affected by rising energy costs. injanuary, i paid £341 for gas. and if you go to electricity, that's 145. i mean, that's almost £600 on your fuel bill injanuary. yeah. over the past two years, haj has seen her monthly energy bill go up dramatically. when i first had my old company before british gas came in, i was paying something £128 a month. then that went up to £250 a month. and then when the hikes went up around about last year some time, i was told i had to pay anything up to £600 to keep up

on top of the usage. when they went up, what changes did you have to make? i had to cut back a lot on lots of different things, because it's almost like paying another mortgage, and i pay the mortgage on my own as well at the moment. so it was difficult choices to make. i mean, one of the biggest ones, i've actually stopped contributing to my pension, or, you know, not going out as much in terms of going out for meals, etc, and just wherever i can, save wherever i can. her supplier, british gas, is owned by centrica, a giant of the energy industry that makes the vast majority of its profits from producing gas and oil at facilities like this and then selling it at prices dictated by an international market. but by storing gas, centrica is also able to maximise its profits by selling when prices are higher. the reason why it's doing so well at the moment is the war in ukraine. that has elevated underlying commodity and energy prices, which means it literally can't sell its energy for a greater price.

but it's also the volatility in the market, because it means if it times that volatility well, it's buying energy at a lower price, storing it and selling it back to the market at a profit. for every customer like haj, british gas itself only made around e8 in profit over the whole of last year. this but as that figure rises today in the middle of a cost of living crisis, harj is farfrom impressed. when you hear that british gas are making a profit, how does that make you feel? annoyed, frustrated. i think it's really a shambles, really. and i think for a company like that, how are they, you know, bringing those profits down to the consumer? british gas does have a support fund in place to provide grants to customers in need, but many today will look on aghast as they try to make sense of their bills. hannah miller, bbc news, walsall.

well, we will have all those figures for you just as soon as we get them, and hannah will be looking through that report. but before that, naga has the rest of the day's stories. evacuation orders have been issued for cities in greece, as wildfires continue to spread. a state of emergency has been declared in rhodes. our reporter azadeh moshiri is in rhodes for us — azadeh, how are people coping? that looks like a really bleak, almost apocalyptic picture behind you. almost apocalyptic picture behind ou. , , , ., ., almost apocalyptic picture behind ou. , , ., ., you. yes, this is one of the areas affected in _ you. yes, this is one of the areas affected in the _ you. yes, this is one of the areas affected in the southern - you. yes, this is one of the areas affected in the southern part - you. yes, this is one of the areas affected in the southern part of l you. yes, this is one of the areas l affected in the southern part of the island, and as we got here we realised they were fire extinguishers just strewn around at the hotels, and a british tourist i met at the airport a few days ago had to evacuate from one of these

hotels a few days ago. the fire are really close and they consumed this area. in the fires that were burning locally overnight, two people have died in that prefecture, a man, a farmer, and a woman in her home. and itjust reminds you of the stakes here, when you see scenes like this. the temperatures are high, and the winds are strong. there is expected to see a dip in the temperatures here in greece today, but unfortunately when i spoke to the fire service, they said the real problem is that dry wind that makes scenes like this so dangerous for both firefighters as well as the people of greece.— both firefighters as well as the people of greece. both firefighters as well as the --eole of greece. �* . ., ,, ,., people of greece. azadeh, thank you so much, azadeh _ people of greece. azadeh, thank you so much, azadeh moshiri _ people of greece. azadeh, thank you so much, azadeh moshiri for- people of greece. azadeh, thank you so much, azadeh moshiri for us - people of greece. azadeh, thank you so much, azadeh moshiri for us in i so much, azadeh moshiri for us in rhodes. the met office has warned that record—breaking hot summers, as we saw last year, will be the norm by 2060. the met office's state of the uk climate report for this year shows

that apart from december, every month last year was warmer than the 1991 to 2020 average. an extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available to help the nhs in england to cope this winter. it means there'll be access to nearly 100,000 permanent beds at the busiest time of the year — a 5% rise on current levels. health bosses are also promising better arrangements to quickly discharge patients out of hospital when they are medically fit to leave. the duke of sussex will find out today if his legal challenge over allegations that tabloid newspapers gathered information about him unlawfully will go to a high court trial. prince harry alleges he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators, who were working for the sun and the now—defunct news of the world. the number of young swans on the river thames fell by almost 40% in the last year. the number was revealed after the birds were counted as part of an historic royal tradition. it's thought avian flu and attacks by dogs could be to blame for declining numbers.

tributes are being paid to the irish singer—songwriter sinead o'connor, who has died aged 56. # nothing compares to you...# sinead shot to fame in the 19905 with that smash hit — nothing compares to you. she was also well known for her social and political views. her family announced the news, saying it's devastated. there have been lots of tributes to sinead o'connor on social media. american singer—songwriter tori amos called her a force of nature. she said she had such intense presence and a beautiful soul. the charity women's aid in ireland praised her for her fearless voice and courageous light giving strength to many survivors to speak out. and professional fighter conor mcgregor, who once had sinead o'connor performing live as he walked out to a fight, paid tribute to one of ireland's absolute finest. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, carol. mixed? i don't

know. all i'm saying is rain at the moment, but i know that you are going to bring me the prospect of no rain at some point.— rain at some point. absolutely riaht, rain at some point. absolutely right. but _ rain at some point. absolutely right. but it — rain at some point. absolutely right, but it is _ rain at some point. absolutely right, but it is going _ rain at some point. absolutely right, but it is going to - rain at some point. absolutely right, but it is going to remain unsettled for the next while. this is a typical picture this morning, a lot of low cloud around, there is poor visibility especially on the coasts and hills. this picture was taken earlier in gwynedd. we still have some of this rain across parts of scotland and northern england, still some across the south coast and the channel islands, but if anything it will move a little further south through the course of the day, and breezy across the south coast, also quite a keen breeze across the north—east. in between, some of the cloud will break and we will see some sunshine coming through which could trigger showers. temperatures today 14 to about 24 degrees. even as we go for the latter part of the afternoon at the early evening, there will still be some showery outbreaks of rain

moving across scotland, one or two showers with brighter spells in northern ireland, and the same for northern england. they will still be two showers. as we come further south, the rain will move away from the channel islands and quite a lot of dry weather overnight, some breaks in the cloud and that rain pushing up towards shetland. it will be another humid night following on from a humid day, and that leads us into the next few days, as low pressure really is in charge of our weather, so it is going to bring us rain and also some showers, mostly across the northern half of the country, and it is also going to be windy. i will have more later. in the past few minutes we've had an update on the profits of the british gas owner, centrica and we've also heard from oil company shell. hannah's here to explain. we have only just we have onlyjust had these figures,

still going through the details. at the headline is that centrica, who owns british gas, made more than £2 billion in the first half of this year. if we look more closely at the company that many people will have heard of, british gas itself, they made almost £1 billion in the first half of this year. that is an enormous rise, they made about £72 million in the whole of the previous year, so a massive rise, partly because the price cap went up much higher than it had previously been, people were paying more, and the energy regulator ofgem said that previously prices that people were paying hadn't risen as quickly as the costs on the international market, so they say british gas and other energy suppliers had to be allowed to make more to make up for some of that difference. meanwhile if we look at shell, they made £3.9 billion, that figure is four april tojune, so a three month period. it brings their profits for the first

half of this year to £11 billion. we should be clear these are global profits. shell is headquartered in the uk, but it makes the vast amount of its money from production internationally, and it will pay tax internationally, and it will pay tax internationally as well although it has said previously it is expecting to pay more tax this year than it has in previous years. find to pay more tax this year than it has in previous years.— to pay more tax this year than it has in previous years. and i know that ou has in previous years. and i know that you are _ has in previous years. and i know that you are still— has in previous years. and i know that you are still looking - has in previous years. and i know that you are still looking for - has in previous years. and i know that you are still looking for the l that you are still looking for the numbers, but it is interesting that when you look at the predictions and you were talking about centrica and that massive rise, with shell, these numbers are short of expectations according to many analysts as well, so the fortunes, it is not as simple as just saying, they all make money from oil and production, and they pass it to us, there are different things going on with the businesses as well. we things going on with the businesses as well. ~ . , . ., ., as well. we are expecting oil and as well. we are expecting oil and gas prices _ as well. we are expecting oil and gas prices to _ as well. we are expecting oil and gas prices to remain _ as well. we are expecting oil and gas prices to remain much - as well. we are expecting oil andj gas prices to remain much higher than they were before the pandemic, and people can expect to see their energy bills higher than we were used to a couple of years ago, but they have started to come down very slightly, so particularly in shell's

case you would expect to see these profits start to fall as the year goes on. profits start to fall as the year noes on. . . ., ~ i. profits start to fall as the year noes on. . . ., ~ profits start to fall as the year noes on. ., ., ., ~' . goes on. hannah, thank you so much for that. goes on. hannah, thank you so much forthat. shell— goes on. hannah, thank you so much for that. shell and _ goes on. hannah, thank you so much for that. shell and centrica _ goes on. hannah, thank you so much for that. shell and centrica profits . for that. shell and centrica profits just coming through at seven o'clock. we can now speak to ed miliband, shadow secretary of state of climate change and net zero, who joins us now from westminster. ed miliband, good morning to you. what do you make of what you have heard? i what do you make of what you have heard? ~ . �* what do you make of what you have heard? ~ ., �* ., , ., heard? i think what we've got is oil and as heard? i think what we've got is oil and gas companies _ heard? i think what we've got is oil and gas companies making - heard? i think what we've got is oil and gas companies making profits, the windfalls of war, as somebody earlier— the windfalls of war, as somebody earlier onset on your programme, and people _ earlier onset on your programme, and people will— earlier onset on your programme, and people will be scratching their heads — people will be scratching their heads and thinking, isn't the government doing a windfall tax? the answer— government doing a windfall tax? the answer is _ government doing a windfall tax? the answer is they are, but it is full of holes, — answer is they are, but it is full of holes, so _ answer is they are, but it is full of holes, so there are billions of pounds — of holes, so there are billions of pounds being made by these companies which government could be using to tackle _ which government could be using to tackle the _ which government could be using to tackle the cost of living crisis. we need _ tackle the cost of living crisis. we need a _ tackle the cost of living crisis. we need a fair— tackle the cost of living crisis. we need a fairand tackle the cost of living crisis. we need a fair and proper windfall tax, but there _ need a fair and proper windfall tax, but there is— need a fair and proper windfall tax, but there is a wider lesson here which _ but there is a wider lesson here which means as long as we are dependent on oil and gas, we are subject— dependent on oil and gas, we are subject to — dependent on oil and gas, we are subject to what dictators around the world _ subject to what dictators around the world due _ subject to what dictators around the world due to energy prices. that is why the _

world due to energy prices. that is why the central plank of labour's energy— why the central plank of labour's energy plan is 2030 clean power, driving _ energy plan is 2030 clean power, driving forward a green sprint on renewables. that is the one way to cut bills _ renewables. that is the one way to cut bills for — renewables. that is the one way to cut bills for families and businesses, and also the right way to tackle _ businesses, and also the right way to tackle the climate crisis. let�*s to tackle the climate crisis. let's talk first of— to tackle the climate crisis. let's talk first of all _ to tackle the climate crisis. let's talk first of all about _ to tackle the climate crisis. let's talk first of all about the - to tackle the climate crisis. let�*s talk first of all about the windfall tax. we know the conservative government has targeted the rules about it, they want more of companies' profits into that windfall tax margin. what is an appropriate level that these firms should be paying? the appropriate level that these firms should be paying?— appropriate level that these firms should be paying? the level could be a little bit higher, _ should be paying? the level could be a little bit higher, so _ should be paying? the level could be a little bit higher, so we _ should be paying? the level could be a little bit higher, so we said - should be paying? the level could be a little bit higher, so we said it - a little bit higher, so we said it should — a little bit higher, so we said it should be _ a little bit higher, so we said it should be 78% not 75, but the real issue _ should be 78% not 75, but the real issue is— should be 78% not 75, but the real issue is not— should be 78% not 75, but the real issue is not that. the real issue is that this — issue is not that. the real issue is that this is — issue is not that. the real issue is that this is like the proverbial swiss— that this is like the proverbial swiss cheese, it is full of holes, because — swiss cheese, it is full of holes, because there is a massive loophole in this— because there is a massive loophole in this windfall tax, so—called super— in this windfall tax, so—called super deduction that rishi sunak introduced as chancellor for these companies. so they have a get out of

'ail companies. so they have a get out of jail free _ companies. so they have a get out of jailfree card... companies. so they have a get out of jail free card... but companies. so they have a get out of jail free card- - -_ jail free card... but they could invest in infrastructure - jail free card... but they could invest in infrastructure in - jail free card... but they could invest in infrastructure in the l jail free card... but they could i invest in infrastructure in the uk and not take their operations elsewhere, is that not it? but the truth is they _ elsewhere, is that not it? but the truth is they are _ elsewhere, is that not it? but the truth is they are not _ elsewhere, is that not it? but the truth is they are not in _ elsewhere, is that not it? but the truth is they are not in investing. | truth is they are not in investing. the key— truth is they are not in investing. the key thing i gather is that this is going — the key thing i gather is that this is going back to shareholders in dividends _ is going back to shareholders in dividends. they argue these companies make is that it is all about— companies make is that it is all about investment but the truth is it isn't, _ about investment but the truth is it isn't, it— about investment but the truth is it isn't, it is— about investment but the truth is it isn't, it is about money for shareholders. this is a transfer from _ shareholders. this is a transfer from families like the ones you featured — from families like the ones you featured at seven o'clock on your programme, people really struggling to pay— programme, people really struggling to pay their bills, to these companies and their shareholders, and the _ companies and their shareholders, and the government say, you could have some — and the government say, you could have some money back. that is the wrong _ have some money back. that is the wrong priority. we should be standing _ wrong priority. we should be standing up for the british people who are _ standing up for the british people who are standing up and struggling with their— who are standing up and struggling with their energy bills, not the companies. | with their energy bills, not the companies-— with their energy bills, not the comanies. , . ., , ., , companies. i understand that people will find it unpalatable _ companies. i understand that people will find it unpalatable given - companies. i understand that people will find it unpalatable given that - will find it unpalatable given that domestic energy bills are still so high, but these firms will say they are paying theirfair, legally

required share of the tax burden, and they are businesses, they are not charities, they are businesses designed to make money, and they are making this money in large part outside the uk in refining. you are completely — outside the uk in refining. you are completely right — outside the uk in refining. you are completely right about _ outside the uk in refining. you are completely right about that. - outside the uk in refining. you are completely right about that. they | completely right about that. they are businesses. it is not around these _ are businesses. it is not around these companies as much as around government. the response ability of these _ government. the response ability of these companies is as they see it do i’ili'it these companies is as they see it do right by— these companies is as they see it do right by their shareholders. the responsibility of government is to do right— responsibility of government is to do right by the british people, and let's be _ do right by the british people, and let's be honest, the government was dragged _ let's be honest, the government was dragged kicking and screaming to do a windfall— dragged kicking and screaming to do a windfall tax on the first place, then— a windfall tax on the first place, then the — a windfall tax on the first place, then the introduced lots of loopholes in the people paying through— loopholes in the people paying through the nose for this are families— through the nose for this are families and businesses up and down the country — families and businesses up and down the country, and that is why a labour— the country, and that is why a labour government would end those loopholes _ labour government would end those loopholes and to tackle the cost of living _ loopholes and to tackle the cost of living crisis. it loopholes and to tackle the cost of living crisis-— living crisis. it is a fine line, ed miliband, _ living crisis. it is a fine line, ed miliband, because _ living crisis. it is a fine line, ed miliband, because if— living crisis. it is a fine line, ed miliband, because if you - living crisis. it is a fine line, ed miliband, because if you tax i living crisis. it is a fine line, ed . miliband, because if you tax these firms too highly, they will simply go elsewhere, and it makes some of these firms perhaps unviable. harbour energy, the north sea's

biggest producer, they said that the windfall tax has all but wiped out its profits last year. so that is the point, what is an appropriate level of taxation? i the point, what is an appropriate level of taxation?— the point, what is an appropriate level of taxation? i have said that we want the _ level of taxation? i have said that we want the windfall _ level of taxation? i have said that we want the windfall tax - level of taxation? i have said that we want the windfall tax at - level of taxation? i have said that we want the windfall tax at 78% l level of taxation? i have said that l we want the windfall tax at 78% not 75%, we want the windfall tax at 78% not 75%. but _ we want the windfall tax at 78% not 75%. but i_ we want the windfall tax at 78% not 75%, but i think really what i'm asking — 75%, but i think really what i'm asking for— 75%, but i think really what i'm asking for and what i'm saying is that there — asking for and what i'm saying is that there should be fairness, and what _ that there should be fairness, and what most — that there should be fairness, and what most people will recognises, .ood what most people will recognises, good luck— what most people will recognises, good luck to these companies if they make _ good luck to these companies if they make investment and make profits, but these _ make investment and make profits, but these are unlearned, unexpected profits, _ but these are unlearned, unexpected profits, and _ but these are unlearned, unexpected profits, and as your analyst said at seven— profits, and as your analyst said at seven o'clock, this is because russia — seven o'clock, this is because russia launched an appalling invasion— russia launched an appalling invasion of ukraine and drove gas prices _ invasion of ukraine and drove gas prices up. — invasion of ukraine and drove gas prices up, but i come back to this other— prices up, but i come back to this other point — prices up, but i come back to this other point. the long—term answer to this, the _ other point. the long—term answer to this, the only— other point. the long—term answer to this, the only long—term answer, is to move _ this, the only long—term answer, is to move off— this, the only long—term answer, is to move off fossil fuels as quickly as we _ to move off fossil fuels as quickly as we can, — to move off fossil fuels as quickly as we can, because even though we imported _ as we can, because even though we imported very small amounts from russia _ imported very small amounts from russia before the war, we have been so badly— russia before the war, we have been so badly affected as a country. that is why— so badly affected as a country. that is why the _ so badly affected as a country. that is why the drive to increase onshore wind, _ is why the drive to increase onshore wind, solar — is why the drive to increase onshore wind, solar energy, offshore wind, cheaper— wind, solar energy, offshore wind, cheaper than fossil fuels, is the

right— cheaper than fossil fuels, is the right answer for the country, to my regret— right answer for the country, to my regret is— right answer for the country, to my regret is not— right answer for the country, to my regret is notjust that right answer for the country, to my regret is not just that we right answer for the country, to my regret is notjust that we don't have _ regret is notjust that we don't have a — regret is notjust that we don't have a proper windfall tax, we don't have a proper windfall tax, we don't have a _ have a proper windfall tax, we don't have a government committed to the green _ have a government committed to the green sprint either.— green sprint either. interesting you sa that, green sprint either. interesting you say that, because _ green sprint either. interesting you say that, because labour _ green sprint either. interesting you say that, because labour has - green sprint either. interesting you i say that, because labour has delayed plans to borrow £28 billion, that money would have been invested in green jobs and infrastructure. money would have been invested in greenjobs and infrastructure. so you can't have it both ways, can you, that you want to move us away from fossil fuels, you, that you want to move us away from fossilfuels, but you, that you want to move us away from fossil fuels, but not willing to put up money to invest in renewable green technology? we are willin: , we renewable green technology? we are willing. we are _ renewable green technology? we are willing, we are going _ renewable green technology? we are willing, we are going to _ renewable green technology? we are willing, we are going to meet - renewable green technology? we are willing, we are going to meet the - willing, we are going to meet the fiscal— willing, we are going to meet the fiscal rules, and that is what the public— fiscal rules, and that is what the public will— fiscal rules, and that is what the public will expect. 30 fiscal rules, and that is what the public will expect.— fiscal rules, and that is what the public will expect. so who will pay for this? public will expect. so who will pay forthis? let— public will expect. so who will pay for this? let me _ public will expect. so who will pay for this? let me be _ public will expect. so who will pay for this? let me be absolutely - for this? let me be absolutely clear, for this? let me be absolutely clear. the _ for this? let me be absolutely clear, the central— for this? let me be absolutely| clear, the central commitment for this? let me be absolutely - clear, the central commitment the keir starmer made, which is by 2030 to have _ keir starmer made, which is by 2030 to have all— keir starmer made, which is by 2030 to have all of our electricity coming _ to have all of our electricity coming from a zero carbon sources as a way— coming from a zero carbon sources as a way to— coming from a zero carbon sources as a way to cut _ coming from a zero carbon sources as a way to cut bills by £93 billion across — a way to cut bills by £93 billion across the _ a way to cut bills by £93 billion across the economy, that commitment is absolutely central. it will be our clear — is absolutely central. it will be our clear mission, our north star is a government, and it stands in stark contrast— a government, and it stands in stark contrast to _ a government, and it stands in stark contrast to a — a government, and it stands in stark contrast to a government that won't

even lift — contrast to a government that won't even lift the onshore wind band which _ even lift the onshore wind band which is — even lift the onshore wind band which is costing every family watching this programme £180 on their bills. and we have heard a lot of debate _ their bills. and we have heard a lot of debate in — their bills. and we have heard a lot of debate in the last few days about whether _ of debate in the last few days about whether we can afford to go green. in whether we can afford to go green. in this _ whether we can afford to go green. in this area, — whether we can afford to go green. in this area, actually going green will save — in this area, actually going green will save us money, and it is absolutely perverse that the government is refusing to do that. we can— government is refusing to do that. we can tackle the climate crisis, we can tackle _ we can tackle the climate crisis, we can tackle the cost of living crisis together~ — can tackle the cost of living crisis together. is can tackle the cost of living crisis touether. , ., ,., ., , together. is labour united on this ledue? together. is labour united on this pledge? there — together. is labour united on this pledge? there are _ together. is labour united on this pledge? there are reports - together. is labour united on this pledge? there are reports sir- together. is labour united on this| pledge? there are reports sir keir starmer, your leader, says he ate tree huggers. he has denied saying it, but it raises doubt in the minds of the voters —— he hates tree huggers, and he has denied saying it. are you united on this? we absolutely _ it. are you united on this? we absolutely are. rachel reeves, shadow— absolutely are. rachel reeves, shadow chancellor, has done more than any— shadow chancellor, has done more than any shadow chancellor before her to— than any shadow chancellor before her to put— than any shadow chancellor before her to put this front and centre of our agenda, her to put this front and centre of ouragenda, and so

her to put this front and centre of our agenda, and so has keir starmer, our agenda, and so has keir starmer, our leader~ _ our agenda, and so has keir starmer, our leader. obviously this is something i am driving forward, and keir starmer has five central missions— keir starmer has five central missions for government. one of them is to have _ missions for government. one of them is to have 2030 clean power, but let me just _ is to have 2030 clean power, but let me just say — is to have 2030 clean power, but let me just say this really important point _ me just say this really important point this — me just say this really important point. this is about the climate crisis _ point. this is about the climate crisis but — point. this is about the climate crisis but also about jobs and lower bills _ crisis but also about jobs and lower bills it _ crisis but also about jobs and lower bills it is _ crisis but also about jobs and lower bills. it is about energy security. it's bills. it is about energy security. it's about— bills. it is about energy security. it's about all of those things. that is the _ it's about all of those things. that is the modern case for taking climate — is the modern case for taking climate action. it is right for future — climate action. it is right for future generations, it is right to protect— future generations, it is right to protect ourselves but it is also right _ protect ourselves but it is also right to — protect ourselves but it is also right to cut bills for families. find right to cut bills for families. and one reason _ right to cut bills for families. fific one reason people might right to cut bills for families. a"ic one reason people might be confused about what labour's stance on the environment is, those by—elections last week, those ultra low emission zones, sadiq khan in london wanting to expand them, and it lost your constituency, didn't it? it to expand them, and it lost your constituency, didn't it?- constituency, didn't it? it was definitely _ constituency, didn't it? it was definitely a — constituency, didn't it? it was definitely a concern, - constituency, didn't it? it was definitely a concern, to - constituency, didn't it? it was definitely a concern, to my i constituency, didn't it? it was - definitely a concern, to my appeal to voters— definitely a concern, to my appeal to voters and my principle here is very clear. — to voters and my principle here is very clear, which is we have got to tackle _ very clear, which is we have got to tackle the — very clear, which is we have got to tackle the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis. but

tackle the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis.— tackle the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis. but can you have both, can the climate crisis. but can you have both. can you _ the climate crisis. but can you have both, can you have _ the climate crisis. but can you have both, can you have it _ the climate crisis. but can you have both, can you have it all? _ the climate crisis. but can you have both, can you have it all? we - the climate crisis. but can you have both, can you have it all? we can i the climate crisis. but can you have | both, can you have it all? we can do both, can you have it all? we can do both, but we — both, can you have it all? we can do both, but we can't _ both, can you have it all? we can do both, but we can't leave _ both, can you have it all? we can do both, but we can't leave people - both, can you have it all? we can do both, but we can't leave people to i both, but we can't leave people to shoulder _ both, but we can't leave people to shoulder the cost alone. that is why we need _ shoulder the cost alone. that is why we need a _ shoulder the cost alone. that is why we need a proper scrappage scheme. sadig _ we need a proper scrappage scheme. sadig has _ we need a proper scrappage scheme. sadiq has introduced a scrappage scheme, — sadiq has introduced a scrappage scheme, but he is reflecting on those _ scheme, but he is reflecting on those deep concerns we had in ukbridge — those deep concerns we had in uxbridge and saying, how can we better— uxbridge and saying, how can we better tackle and hear those concerns? but there is an answer for our society — concerns? but there is an answer for our society, which is green energy is often _ our society, which is green energy is often cheaper. where there are costs. _ is often cheaper. where there are costs. we — is often cheaper. where there are costs, we don't leave people to shoulder — costs, we don't leave people to shoulder them alone, we help people with those _ shoulder them alone, we help people with those costs, like labour's plant — with those costs, like labour's plant insulates 90 million homes if we get _ plant insulates 90 million homes if we get into government. that is the way to— we get into government. that is the way to tackle climate crisis, but at the same — way to tackle climate crisis, but at the same time, and this is our watchword, tackle the cost of living crisis _ watchword, tackle the cost of living crisis. ed _ watchword, tackle the cost of living crisis. ~ ., ., ., watchword, tackle the cost of living crisis. ~ ., ., crisis. ed miliband, good to have ou with crisis. ed miliband, good to have you with us _ crisis. ed miliband, good to have you with us this _ crisis. ed miliband, good to have you with us this morning. - crisis. ed miliband, good to have you with us this morning. ed - you with us this morning. ed miliband, shadow secretary of state for climate change in net zero. it is 21 past seven.

murals have become a colourful part of life on city streets — but would you want one on the edge of your street? of course. bright and fun and related to music. but the people of hull are divided over whether this type of art undermines the appearance of an area. some residents have asked the council to restrict the artwork in future — but following a survey, hull city council has turned down the request to ban the public art. jo makel reports. they celebrate, they commentate. the city of hull has embraced the mural. i think they really brighten up the area. nice and colourful. it is good representation _ area. nice and colourful. it is good representation of _ area. nice and colourful. it is good representation of the _ area. nice and colourful. it is good representation of the local - area. nice and colourful. it is good| representation of the local culture. ithink— representation of the local culture. i think they— representation of the local culture. i think they are lively and they add to the _ i think they are lively and they add to the city — i think they are lively and they add to the ci . �* , i think they are lively and they add totheci .�* ,., i think they are lively and they add to the city-—

to the city. artist and ep says they do an important — to the city. artist and ep says they do an important job. _ to the city. artist and ep says they do an important job. there - to the city. artist and ep says they do an important job. there is - to the city. artist and ep says they do an important job. there is a - do an important 'ob. there is a whole load — do an important 'ob. there is a whole load of _ do an important job. there is a whole load of people _ do an important job. there is a whole load of people who - do an important job. there is a| whole load of people who don't do an important job. there is a - whole load of people who don't like to step across the door into an art gallery because they feel it is not for them. art is for everybody, and if you can put it in the public realm, that is a good thing. but in the avenues _ realm, that is a good thing. but in the avenues area, _ realm, that is a good thing. but in the avenues area, where - realm, that is a good thing. but in the avenues area, where period i the avenues area, where period properties hug tree—lined streets, they are a little controversial. it is a conservation area, so becky marshall asked her neighbours and the residents association, before having her mural painted. they even helped with the design. it has having her mural painted. they even helped with the design.— helped with the design. it has been lovely sitting _ helped with the design. it has been lovely sitting in _ helped with the design. it has been lovely sitting in the _ helped with the design. it has been lovely sitting in the living _ helped with the design. it has been lovely sitting in the living room, . lovely sitting in the living room, and seeing people walk by and admire it. and seeing people walk by and admire it however. _ and seeing people walk by and admire it. however, idid and seeing people walk by and admire it. however, i did see in the newsletter that they were against murals _ newsletter that they were against murals when it was someone who suggested the owl. i did think it was bizarre.— suggested the owl. i did think it was bizarre. . , , , was bizarre. recently, the residents association have _ was bizarre. recently, the residents association have also _ was bizarre. recently, the residents association have also raised - association have also raised concerns about the street art, and

want restrictions for their area. so the council surveyed the people. they make it look like 19705 belfast, 5aid they make it look like 19705 belfast, said one. it will be a mess ifju5t belfast, said one. it will be a mess if just anyone belfast, said one. it will be a mess ifju5t anyone can paint. but most people like murals. {jut ifjust anyone can paint. but most people like murals.— ifjust anyone can paint. but most people like murals. out of the 260 resonses people like murals. out of the 260 responses we _ people like murals. out of the 260 responses we got, _ people like murals. out of the 260 responses we got, the _ people like murals. out of the 260 responses we got, the majority - people like murals. out of the 260. responses we got, the majority view was that they just responses we got, the majority view was that theyjust need to be further restrictions.— was that theyjust need to be further restrictions. ~ ,., ,., , further restrictions. when somebody wants to have _ further restrictions. when somebody wants to have a _ further restrictions. when somebody wants to have a mural, _ further restrictions. when somebody wants to have a mural, is _ further restrictions. when somebody wants to have a mural, is that - further restrictions. when somebody wants to have a mural, is that a - wants to have a mural, is that a planning process to go through? fist planning process to go through? at the moment there is no planning process, so people can do murals if they want. we would encourage them to talk to the council and we have art5 officers to help. i to talk to the council and we have arts officers to help.— arts officers to help. i wouldn't want to paint _ arts officers to help. i wouldn't want to paint in _ arts officers to help. i wouldn't want to paint in an _ arts officers to help. i wouldn't want to paint in an area - arts officers to help. i wouldn't want to paint in an area where | arts officers to help. i wouldn't i want to paint in an area where the residents— want to paint in an area where the residents didn't want it. i think there _ residents didn't want it. i think there has— residents didn't want it. i think there hasjust got residents didn't want it. i think there has just got to residents didn't want it. i think there hasjust got to be a conversation with people in the community. it conversation with people in the community-— community. it may not be up everyone's — community. it may not be up everyone's street, _ community. it may not be up everyone's street, but i community. it may not be up everyone's street, but in i community. it may not be up. everyone's street, but in hull, community. it may not be up- everyone's street, but in hull, this art is here to stay. it is incredible art. itju5t

depend5 may be where it is. it is 24 minutes past seven. tribute5 have been paid to the irish singer—songwriter sinead o'connor, who has died aged 56. she shot to fame in 19905, and used her platform to speak out about her social and political views. our media and arts correspondent david sillito reflects on her life. # since you've been gone i can do whatever i want. # i could see whomever i chose. sinead o'connor. nothing compares 2 u. # i could eat my dinner in a fancy restautrant. quite why a song becomes such a huge global hit is often a bit of a mystery. but one thing is certain, the emotion... # becau5e nothing compares... ..the heartbreak. # nothing compares to you. there was nothing fake here.

# but i do know mandinka... herfirst hit, mandinka, marked her out as a performer with an edge. when a record executive had started talking about her hair, 5he shaved it off. she was wary, angry. she had had a troubled upbringing and spent part of it in care. butjoining a band revealed her gift. # i've sinned a lot... but globalfame caught her by surprise. she was more a protest singer than a pop star. # we used to worship god as a mother. # now look at what we're doing to each other. and in an era when the truth about child sexual abuse within the catholic church had yet to be fully exposed, her condemnation of the church, especially when she 5hredded a picture of the pope on american television, caused outrage. # i'll remember it.

# in dublin in a rainstorm... but as the years went by, people began to realise she'd been the one telling the truth. # keeping warm. # i'll remember it. her life, though, was troubled. there were many struggles with her mental health, and the death last year of her 17—year—old son shane left her utterly bereft. she posted this photograph just a few days ago. # nothing compares to you. sinead o'connor. tho5e tears were real. # nothing compares. #to you...# sinead o'connor, who has died at the age of 56. a5 you'd expect, so many

tribute5 being paid to her this morning. fellow singer alison moyet described her as having an astounding presence and voice that cracked stone with force, adding that sinead was as beautiful as any girl around and never traded on that card. musician bryan adams worked with sinead, and said he loved making photo5, doing gigs in ireland together and chats, adding all my love to yourfamily. and the president of ireland michael d higgins has also paid tribute to her commitment to the important issues, no matter how uncomfortable tho5e truth5 may have been. and i guarantee you, that song will be in your head all day. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. tram operators have been told to pay half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydon crash. seven passengers were killed when a tram derailed in 2016. it was travelling three times the speed limit. transport for london and tram operation5 limited have admitted failings in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fine5 will be handed out at the old bailey later. more than 47,000 burglarie5 in london went unsolved last year — four out of five of the total reported to the met police. that made it the second worst—performing force in the country. scotland yard say5 officers now attend 94 per cent of burglaries. the annual census of 5wans on the thames has uncovered a sharp decline in the numbers of younger bird5. only 94 cygnets were found during the five—day "swan upping" survey — almost 40 per cent fewer than last the king's swan marker says it's due to avian flu,

as well as a rise in 5hooting5, catapult attacks and dog attacks. a new production of the show i believe in unicorns, which is based on the book by children's author michael murpurgo, is opening tonight in the west end to mark its 10th anniversary. the show follows the story of tomas, an eight—year—old boy who doesn't like reading and school. tickets from a gala performance are going towards the charity?the reading agency, which aims to get people of all ages to read and it's all about books, and our de5igner, ju5t phenomenal design of all these amazing books. we're sitting on some, you know, where you just open them up and all these magical things come out of them. yeah. yeah, really special. let's take a look at the tubes now — there are part closures on the bakerloo and overground line5 — but there's a good service on the other lines at the moment. but for all the latest travel news where you are on the trains and the roads, tune into your bbc local radio station

for regular updates. now onto the weather with kate kin5ella. good morning. it's a largely grey, cloudy start this morning and it's feeling rather humid. temperatures stayed in the mid—teens celsius overnight. we've got some outbreaks of rain through this morning and for the afternoon as well. but towards the north of london, the home counties, we mightjust 5ee the cloud break a little. in those sunny 5pells, we could see one or two showers 5parked. now temperatures today, 24, 25 celsius. if you get that 5un5hine. now, overnight tonight 5tays largely dry, any shower risk will start to fade. still quite a lot of cloud moving around, however, and it stays humid overnight. the minimum temperature, 13 celsius. a cloudy start to friday, but the cloud will start to break up. we'll see some sunny spell5 but still can't rule out a shower through tomorrow and you see that low pressure takes charge as we head through the weekend. the isobars squeezing together. so it is going to be another blu5tery weekend through saturday and through sunday and there's always a chance of a shower. one or two of those

could be quite heavy. still some sunny spell5 mixed in there and into next week it stays unsettled. that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour but for now i'll hand you back to naga and ben hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. it's being called martyn's law — new legislation proposed by the government to ensure venue5 are better protected against terror attacks. it's named after martyn hett, who died in the manchester arena attack in 2017. but today an influential committee of mp5 has raised concerns that the planned anti—terror bill fails to address the real risk of attacks. for example, a local village hall would be required to have certain safety precautions, but an outdoor market in a city centre would not. simonjones has been looking at the mp5' findings. the aftermath of the

manchester arena bombing, which left 22 people dead. among them, martyn hett. his mother has been campaigning ever since for change. we will observe a minute's silence to remember those who were killed in the arena attack. the inquiry into what happened that night expo5ed huge failings. now the government has proposed legislation to ensure venue5 are prepared for and ready to respond to the possibility of an attack. those with the capacity of more than 100 people will have to introduce terrorism protection training and a preparedne55 plan. venue5 which can hold more than 800 people will have to carry out additional risk assessments. but the home affairs committee fears the burden on smaller busine55e5 could be too great. there's obviously a cost for the implementation of the provisions in this bill to smaller organisations and we all know with the cost

of living crisis at the moment that costs could put busine55e5 out of business. the committee find5 there is too much focus on indoor venues and not enough on outdoor events like farmer's market5 or christmas market5. in response, the home office said the government is committed and martyn's family believe5 what's proposed will make a difference. simon jone5, bbc news. we can speak now to martyn's mum, figen murray who supports the legislation. you have seen this report and you have been so involved in the changes being proposed. what do you make of this report? first being proposed. what do you make of this reort? , ., ., ., ., this report? first of all i want to thank dame _ this report? first of all i want to thank dame diana _ this report? first of all i want to thank dame diana johnson i this report? first of all i want to thank dame diana johnson who | this report? first of all i want to i thank dame diana johnson who met as prior to the committee and was very

kind and once the meeting started, things started going wrong and there's been a lot of misunderstanding of the report is very misleading and misleading and dangerous in my opinion. those very misleading and misleading and dangerous in my opinion.— dangerous in my opinion. those are owerful dangerous in my opinion. those are powerful words. — dangerous in my opinion. those are powerful words, misleading - dangerous in my opinion. those are powerful words, misleading and i powerful words, misleading and dangerous cla55e5 explain them. i dangerous classes explain them. i think diana johnson was talking about the cost of living cri5i5 think diana johnson was talking about the cost of living crisis but what we are asking for, the cost to smaller venues, there was a lot of discussion in the scrutiny committee meeting about smaller venue5 going out of business having to shut down. and we are asking smaller venue5 literally to do the free of charge online training and cost of any of one hour of staff wages and for the volunteers, nothing but the only

thing we ask for a smaller venues as we look at the building and find an escape route, tell staff in case of an event that this is the escape route and where you evacuate and hide and that is all we are asking. that is not affecting costs in any way, in most cases.— that is not affecting costs in any way, in most cases. one of the other key recommendations _ way, in most cases. one of the other key recommendations is _ way, in most cases. one of the other key recommendations is basing i way, in most cases. one of the other key recommendations is basing thatl key recommendations is basing that precaution on the risk, notjust the size of the venue. explain the significance of that, if you would. the size of the venue is sort of important, of course, but actually you could have a small venue. somebody was telling the other day that actuallyjoe biden came to ireland and walked the streets in the village and went to a pub. risk is a weird thing, isn't it? what we are talking about isn't necessarily that. this law is about people, it's

about protecting people. we want people to be protected when they are out and about and literally the proportionality element comes into that rather than the risk. and proportionality element comes into that rather than the risk.— that rather than the risk. and the out and about _ that rather than the risk. and the out and about element _ that rather than the risk. and the out and about element is - that rather than the risk. and the i out and about element is important, because if we look at a number of occasions where attacks have taken place, they've been christmas markets, sea fronts pride parades and that's really important, it's notjust and that's really important, it's not just about indoor venues. and that's really important, it's notjust about indoor venues. man notjust about indoor venues. won those people _ notjust about indoor venues. won those people to — notjust about indoor venues. tam those people to be protected at venues and they have been targets in the past and can become targets again but i fear that the recommendations, certainly the one the committee is recommending, the higher tier, the 800 plus capacity should do martyn's law, but that is

quite dangerous because it signposts anyone who wants to harm people to the smaller venues that are more vulnerable. in the smaller venues that are more vulnerable-— vulnerable. in terms of resources and i vulnerable. in terms of resources and i know _ vulnerable. in terms of resources and i know you've _ vulnerable. in terms of resources and i know you've explained i vulnerable. in terms of resources and i know you've explained the i and i know you've explained the training, but in terms of getting the training programme out, isn't it easier to target the bigger venues first. macri i know, because the bigger venues know what they have to do. you saw that, but with the arena bombing we saw training was lacking when the inquiry came out and the security guards that were there. that's because martyn's law didn't exist and there was one witness that said martyn's law wouldn't have made any difference to the attacks that have taken place including the arena, but i beg to differ because there is a good example that we gave about borough market and there was

one restaurant manager who had done the training not long before and this person saw one of the terrorists approach their building. that person ran to the front door and locked it and basically locked the building down which gave people, the building down which gave people, the customers and staff enough time to go and hide in the basement and thatis to go and hide in the basement and that is what i'm talking about, simple training and martyn's law would have prevented the arena attack, i believe because of the better training.— attack, i believe because of the bettertrainina. ~ . ., ,, , better training. what happens next? you ush better training. what happens next? you push back— better training. what happens next? you push back on _ better training. what happens next? you push back on the _ better training. what happens next? you push back on the report - better training. what happens next? you push back on the report but i better training. what happens next? | you push back on the report but what happens next in terms of discussion or development?— or development? rishi sunak spoke with me in september _ or development? rishi sunak spoke with me in september and - or development? rishi sunak spoke with me in september and gave i or development? rishi sunak spoke with me in september and gave the| with me in september and gave the commitment to the legislation and explained the process that has to happen with the legislative scrutiny committee, but i really want to urge him to actually move this forward

because they are put at risk unnecessarily and the problem is terrorism has changed from the old terrorism, the new terrorism landscape is such that people get radicalised in their bedroom and can literally attack anywhere, anytime and one of my co—campaigners because it the martini terrorism because it can happen anywhere. any of us could be vulnerable.— be vulnerable. always good to talk to, and be vulnerable. always good to talk to. and thanks _ be vulnerable. always good to talk to, and thanks for _ be vulnerable. always good to talk to, and thanks for coming - be vulnerable. always good to talk to, and thanks for coming in, i be vulnerable. always good to talk to, and thanks for coming in, and l to, and thanks for coming in, and the report was officially released this morning and i know you had sight of it before.— all the sport coming up. we will start with the _ all the sport coming up. we will start with the cricket _ all the sport coming up. we will start with the cricket with i all the sport coming up. we will start with the cricket with the i start with the cricket with the frustration at the weekend with the rain that— frustration at the weekend with the rain that denied england a win that would _ rain that denied england a win that would have levelled the ashes series and we _ would have levelled the ashes series and we go _ would have levelled the ashes series and we go into today's final test at the oval— and we go into today's final test at the oval with england knowing that victory _ the oval with england knowing that victory would at least give them a

draw _ victory would at least give them a draw to _ victory would at least give them a draw to end things with a win against — draw to end things with a win against the aussies. england captain ben stokes still focused on ending the series on a high. we are aware as a group about what we want to achieve going forward, even beyond this game, and we've been very clear about that even before the series started and we want to win this game and if things don't go our way this game and we don't go our way this game and we don't end up being on the right side of the result, things will not stop and we will not be hampered by the result of the series and that will not dictate how we go about things in the series to come. dare not dictate how we go about things in the series to come.— in the series to come. dare i say, some light _ in the series to come. dare i say, some light rain _ in the series to come. dare i say, some light rain forecast - in the series to come. dare i say, some light rain forecast at - in the series to come. dare i say, some light rain forecast at the i in the series to come. dare i say, i some light rain forecast at the oval but it should get data in the afternoon and tomorrow looking brighter. —— get better. at the women's world cup, the holders and favourites the united states came from behind to draw against the netherlands in a rematch of the finalfour years ago. new manchester city signing jill roord put the dutch on course for an upset

after scoring early in the first half in wellington. the us struggled to break them down until captain lindsey horan scored just after the hour mark. the draw keeps them top of their group ahead of the netherlands on goal difference. later portugal take on vietnam and then australia play nigeria. it's such a good team we are facing and it was such a competitive match under battle and i do take it as a winner. what we did in the second half of the opportunities we created and coming back and scoring that goal and tying up the game, so that part is a winter me but we would love to have ta ken part is a winter me but we would love to have taken the three points and we look forward to the next game. we now know that ireland's game against nigeria on monday will be their last at the world cup after they suffered their second defeat, against the olympic champions canada. playing at their first world cup, ireland did get off to the perfect start when katie mccabe scored directly from her corner kick after just four minutes. and you can see what that historic goal meant to them.

canada were level before the break, though, and then found a second half winner here ending ireland's hopes of reaching the knockout stages. away from the world cup, jordan henderson has confirmed he's leaving liverpool after 12 years and will become the latest big name player heading to saudi arabia. the 33—year—old midfielder looks set to join steven gerrard's al—ettifaq in a deal worth £12m plus add—ons. in a social media message to liverpool fans last night henderson, the club captian, said "it's hard to put these last 12 years into words and it's even harder to say goodbye. i will always be a red. until the day i die." he is reportedly refusing to meet officials, mbappe over the move from psg to saudi arabia, but we will keep you across that. summer holidays can be

a difficult time for families when it comes to finances, especially for those receiving free school meals. government support to tackle holiday hunger often comes in the form of food vouchers, but rising prices mean the vouchers are worth less now, than a year ago. and what you get varies across the uk. in england, 67 councils out of 92 either cut or froze the value of their vouchers compared to last year. the welsh government has stopped funding food through the holidays, but is spending nearly five million pounds on a holiday scheme for children to attend activities and have a meal. scotland, support varies from council to council — but the government there says it has nearly £2 million in funding to support eligible children through holiday clubs where they can get a meal. and in northern ireland, holiday payments were scrapped in march with no schemes in place to offer alternative support. our reporter elaine dunkley has been finding out how these changes have been impacting families.

so let's put a little bit of cinnamon in. not too much. across the country, schools have been preparing for the summer holidays, but this isn't a cookery class for children. at wesley methodist primary school in leigh, head teacher mrs mcgregor has been giving lessons to parents to help them make and plan cheap, nutritious meals for the next six weeks. we had our own business for seven years and then covid struck and then everything just went pear shaped. these parents have all recently become eligible for free school meals because of changing circumstances and difficult times. when they're all together at home, it's breakfast, it's dinners, it's teas, snacks in between it's suppers. and the weekly shop can go from anywhere from a normal school day, which is like £100 a week to over £200 when they're all off school. it is really difficult knowing that i'm working all the hours that i can do. earning the money that i am doing and thinking, actually,

i still haven't got enough. children who usually get free school meals will receive a £15 a week food voucher throughout the summer. some naan bread, some rice. and the council is providing holiday activity and food clubs for those on low incomes. bring me your bowl and i'll put you some potatoes in. there's loads here. the six weeks holiday is a much needed break from the demands of teaching, but for this head teacher, it's also a worry. we know as professionals that that six week holiday becomes a real pinch point for some of the families. there's that increase of food that they're having to put on the table, maybe over lunch times when the children would typically be in school, and that added pressure of days out and activities to attend. so it's such a long time not to see some of those children. we really, really do worry. did anyone else want a drink? over in stockport, rachel and her team of volunteers are getting ready to run a holiday

activity and food club with some funding from the council. rachel has to prioritise the children on free school meals, but she's worried about families on low incomes who don't qualify for additional help. you've got loads of organisations like mine who let everyone in the door who needs it, but then actually don't receive the funding for it. so you have to constantly fundraise to pay for the extras because you can't turn them away. and that's not the only concern. the hub only has funding to run a programme for 16 days over the summer. on the last school holiday, i had one of my helpers crying in the kitchen because the kids had not eaten in nearly two days. so it's normal. it doesn't shock us anymore for those children who come here. this place means a lot. we go to the park and have picnics, and i think it'sjust overall great because you get food and drinks and treats sometimes. you canjust be you i without anyjudgement. yeah, and that's.

actually really nice. i think it's great because it's good for kids that don't like have anywhere else to go. so if your mum and dad were working, they could just come to this place. are we doing good? good. did you want tomatoes? the cost of living crisis is changing the way people shop. this is the bounty club in harlow, essex. there are schemes like this across the country offering heavily discounted food which would otherwise end up in landfill. you can get two bafguls if you're a big family for £5. so it really does help us a tremendous lot. what have you got here? zoe is a full time carerfor her husband. three of her children each receive a voucher worth £75 for the duration of the holiday. but because of the rising cost of basic essentials, it doesn't stretch as far as it did last year. she says she doesn't know how she would manage

without places like this. what sort of things do you kind look at the receipt, and you think, gosh, that was more than i was expecting. cereals are going up by an extra £1.50 fruit and veg. it's gone up everywhere. and that's another reason why we come here. don't be proud. come and help yourself. we were proud. but we come once a week. we've got our own little, you know, chat to everybody. and for me, this is a good thing. the government says it's invested more than £200 million into holiday activity and food programmes in england to help support families on low incomes. forfamilies like zoe's, schemes like this provide a break from the financial worries of the summer holidays. do you like tomatoes? elaine dunkley, bbc news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. awarning. a warning. that view will greet most people this morning. i a warning. that view will greet most people this morning.— people this morning. i thought you were talking _ people this morning. i thought you were talking about _ people this morning. i thought you were talking about carol _ people this morning. i thought you were talking about carol herself, i were talking about carol herself, not the picture behind. the were talking about carol herself, not the picture behind.— were talking about carol herself,

not the picture behind. the ray of sunshine into _ not the picture behind. the ray of sunshine into the _ not the picture behind. the ray of sunshine into the fog. _ not the picture behind. the ray of sunshine into the fog. i _ not the picture behind. the ray of sunshine into the fog. i am not i not the picture behind. the ray of i sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments _ sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments at _ sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments at this _ sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments at this time - sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments at this time of i sunshine into the fog. i am not used to compliments at this time of the l to compliments at this time of the day. to compliments at this time of the day good — to compliments at this time of the day. good morning. and then it is right, _ day. good morning. and then it is right, it _ day. good morning. and then it is right, it is — day. good morning. and then it is right, it is a — day. good morning. and then it is right, it is a cloudy, murky start to the _ right, it is a cloudy, murky start to the day— right, it is a cloudy, murky start to the day and as we can see from the weather— to the day and as we can see from the weather watchers picture taken earlier— the weather watchers picture taken earlier in— the weather watchers picture taken earlier in county durham. we've had a lot of— earlier in county durham. we've had a lot of rain— earlier in county durham. we've had a lot of rain through the night and it's been— a lot of rain through the night and it's been steadily coming in from the west. — it's been steadily coming in from the west, pushing east, and as the cloud _ the west, pushing east, and as the cloud fades— the west, pushing east, and as the cloud fades you can see there's a lot of— cloud fades you can see there's a lot of cloud — cloud fades you can see there's a lot of cloud around this morning withjust — lot of cloud around this morning withjust one or two breaks. the rain across— withjust one or two breaks. the rain across northern england and scotland — rain across northern england and scotland moves north and the rain across _ scotland moves north and the rain across england will continue to push south _ across england will continue to push south away — across england will continue to push south away from southern counties across _ south away from southern counties across the — south away from southern counties across the channel islands. quite breezy— across the channel islands. quite breezy in — across the channel islands. quite breezy in the southern coastal counties _ breezy in the southern coastal counties. moving north, a lot of cloud _ counties. moving north, a lot of cloud and — counties. moving north, a lot of cloud and won or two glimmers of sunshine — cloud and won or two glimmers of sunshine but the picture is a cloudy one wherever you are with the rain across _ one wherever you are with the rain across northern england and scotland continuing _ across northern england and scotland continuing to push north east. it should _ continuing to push north east. it should brighten up across northern ireland _ should brighten up across northern ireland and across parts of the

midlands, east anglia, lincolnshire but in— midlands, east anglia, lincolnshire but in doing so as temperatures rise, _ but in doing so as temperatures rise. you — but in doing so as temperatures rise, you will find it could spark some _ rise, you will find it could spark some showers. temperatures today, 14 in the _ some showers. temperatures today, 14 in the north— some showers. temperatures today, 14 in the north and up to 24 depending on the— in the north and up to 24 depending on the amount of sunshine we see in the south _ on the amount of sunshine we see in the south. through the evening and overnight— the south. through the evening and overnight the rain pushes northeast, not quite _ overnight the rain pushes northeast, not quite getting into shetland and it moves— not quite getting into shetland and it moves away from the channel islands — it moves away from the channel islands and in between there will be a lot of— islands and in between there will be a lot of cloud and some showers but we will _ a lot of cloud and some showers but we will see — a lot of cloud and some showers but we will see clear skies, but following on from a humid day it will be _ following on from a humid day it will be a — following on from a humid day it will be a humid night and these are the overnight lows. tomorrow there will be _ the overnight lows. tomorrow there will be cloud around but it will break — will be cloud around but it will break more readily than today and they will— break more readily than today and they will still be showers as well but there — they will still be showers as well but there will be fewer and further between _ but there will be fewer and further between than we are looking at today and the _ between than we are looking at today and the top temperature in the sunshine — and the top temperature in the sunshine up to about 23 or 24. carol, we will see you later. shop workers say they're fearing for their safety because of a rise in violence. the retailer co—op, says crime,

shoplifting and anti—social behaviour in its stores has increased by more than a third in the past year. violent incidents — like this one in the west midlands, where a gang overpowered security guards to force their way into a store — are becoming more frequent, according to industry experts. we're joined now by co—op's operations director, kate graham, and store manager david brook, who has first—hand experience of some of the violent and threatening behaviour we're talking about. good morning to you both. david, you saw those pictures. fleetingly, is that something you recognise is happening in store?— happening in store? sadly. i've worked in _ happening in store? sadly. i've worked in retail— happening in store? sadly. i've worked in retail for _ happening in store? sadly. i've worked in retail for 20 - happening in store? sadly. i've worked in retail for 20 years i happening in store? sadly. i've. worked in retail for 20 years and shoplifting has always been an issue but recently it's at unprecedented levels _ but recently it's at unprecedented levels with my colleagues having to put up _ levels with my colleagues having to put up with this daily, and with the anxiety— put up with this daily, and with the anxiety from the threats they are receiving — anxiety from the threats they are receiving. it's not part of their job _ receiving. it's not part of their 'ob. ~ . receiving. it's not part of their 'ob. . ., ., ,., receiving. it's not part of their 'ob. . ., ., y., ., receiving. it's not part of their job. what do you think is driving this increase? _ job. what do you think is driving this increase? it's _ job. what do you think is driving this increase? it's such - job. what do you think is driving this increase? it's such a - job. what do you think is driving this increase? it's such a big i this increase? it's such a big increase, more than a third and when your colleagues are you are facing this, what do you think is driving

it. why are people becoming more emboldened or desperate? boufal the main offenders of all of the crimes are organised crime gangs or drug users stealing these items, hundreds of pounds a time, looting our stores, upsetting our colleagues and intimidating customers just for a fix or so they can sell on and the perception that these people are doing it because they cannot afford is incorrect. that is what a lot of this is put down to when you look over it, the cost of living crisis and people are desperate but you are saying its criminal gangs taking advantage of the narrative. that's not what we _ advantage of the narrative. that's not what we are _ advantage of the narrative. that's not what we are seeing. - advantage of the narrative. that's not what we are seeing. we i advantage of the narrative. that's not what we are seeing. we are i not what we are seeing. we are seeing — not what we are seeing. we are seeing criminal gangs, sometimes in balaclavas. _ seeing criminal gangs, sometimes in balaclavas, walking with bags, sacks. — balaclavas, walking with bags, sacks, suitcases and freely filling the bags— sacks, suitcases and freely filling the bags and walking out, upsetting colleagues, breaching the kiosk, jumping — colleagues, breaching the kiosk, jumping behind them where colleagues are trapped and feel really

vulnerable.— are trapped and feel really vulnerable. . , , ., , vulnerable. that is the problem, kate, in the _ vulnerable. that is the problem, kate, in the sorts _ vulnerable. that is the problem, kate, in the sorts of _ vulnerable. that is the problem, kate, in the sorts of situations, l kate, in the sorts of situations, these criminals will feel there is no punishment and they will not get caught and there will be no push backin caught and there will be no push back in store because it is probably dangerous to do so. they can do it with impunity. dangerous to do so. they can do it with impunity-— with impunity. absolutely and i think ultimately _ with impunity. absolutely and i think ultimately people - with impunity. absolutely and i think ultimately people are i with impunity. absolutely and i. think ultimately people are quite aware _ think ultimately people are quite aware of— think ultimately people are quite aware of that— think ultimately people are quite aware of that now _ think ultimately people are quite aware of that now and _ think ultimately people are quite aware of that now and of - think ultimately people are quite aware of that now and of course i think ultimately people are quite i aware of that now and of course we don't _ aware of that now and of course we don't want — aware of that now and of course we don't want to — aware of that now and of course we don't want to put— aware of that now and of course we don't want to put any— aware of that now and of course we don't want to put any colleagues i aware of that now and of course we don't want to put any colleagues at| don't want to put any colleagues at risk and _ don't want to put any colleagues at risk and we — don't want to put any colleagues at risk and we encourage _ don't want to put any colleagues at risk and we encourage colleagues i don't want to put any colleagues at i risk and we encourage colleagues not to put— risk and we encourage colleagues not to put themselves _ risk and we encourage colleagues not to put themselves at _ risk and we encourage colleagues not to put themselves at risk _ risk and we encourage colleagues not to put themselves at risk and - risk and we encourage colleagues not to put themselves at risk and to i to put themselves at risk and to think— to put themselves at risk and to think about _ to put themselves at risk and to think about their— to put themselves at risk and to think about their own _ to put themselves at risk and to think about their own safety i to put themselves at risk and to| think about their own safety first but ultimately _ think about their own safety first but ultimately there _ think about their own safety first but ultimately there is _ think about their own safety first but ultimately there is no - think about their own safety first i but ultimately there is no sanction and people — but ultimately there is no sanction and pe0ple are _ but ultimately there is no sanction and people are able _ but ultimately there is no sanction and people are able to— but ultimately there is no sanction and people are able to do- but ultimately there is no sanction and people are able to do what - but ultimately there is no sanction i and people are able to do what they want which — and people are able to do what they want which is — and people are able to do what they want which is horrific— and people are able to do what they want which is horrific for— and people are able to do what they want which is horrific for store - want which is horrific for store colleagues _ want which is horrific for store colleagues and _ want which is horrific for store colleagues and makes - want which is horrific for store colleagues and makes them . want which is horrific for store . colleagues and makes them feel really— colleagues and makes them feel really unsafe _ colleagues and makes them feel really unsafe every— colleagues and makes them feel really unsafe every day. - colleagues and makes them feel really unsafe every day. iaili�*ho - colleagues and makes them feel really unsafe every day. who should be olicin: really unsafe every day. who should be policing this? _ really unsafe every day. who should be policing this? ultimately - be policing this? ultimately retailers have _ be policing this? ultimately retailers have a _ be policing this? ultimately i retailers have a responsibility be policing this? ultimately - retailers have a responsibility and we took_ retailers have a responsibility and we took the — retailers have a responsibility and we took the responsibility- retailers have a responsibility and we took the responsibility really. we took the responsibility really seriously— we took the responsibility really seriously and _ we took the responsibility really seriously and we've _ we took the responsibility really seriously and we've invested - we took the responsibility really. seriously and we've invested over £200 _ seriously and we've invested over £200 miiiioh _ seriously and we've invested over £200 million in — seriously and we've invested over £200 million in recent— seriously and we've invested over £200 million in recent years - seriously and we've invested over £200 million in recent years to i seriously and we've invested over - £200 million in recent years to make sure we _ £200 million in recent years to make sure we can — £200 million in recent years to make sure we can keep— £200 million in recent years to make sure we can keep stores— £200 million in recent years to make sure we can keep stores are - £200 million in recent years to make sure we can keep stores are safe - £200 million in recent years to make sure we can keep stores are safe andi sure we can keep stores are safe and secure _ sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as— sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as possible _ sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as possible so _

sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as possible so we _ sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as possible so we can- sure we can keep stores are safe and secure as possible so we can truly. secure as possible so we can truly look secure as possible so we can truly iook afier— secure as possible so we can truly look after colleagues _ secure as possible so we can truly look after colleagues and - look after colleagues and communities _ look after colleagues and communities but- look after colleagues and communities but we - look after colleagues and | communities but we need look after colleagues and - communities but we need more look after colleagues and _ communities but we need more support from poiicihg~ _ communities but we need more support from policing and — communities but we need more support from policing-— from policing. and what does that 200 million _ from policing. and what does that 200 million gets spent _ from policing. and what does that 200 million gets spent on? - from policing. and what does that 200 million gets spent on? get i from policing. and what does that - 200 million gets spent on? get spent on lots of things, _ 200 million gets spent on? get spent on lots of things, security _ on lots of things, security guarding, _ on lots of things, security guarding, tactical- on lots of things, security l guarding, tactical guarding, on lots of things, security - guarding, tactical guarding, covert guarding, — guarding, tactical guarding, covert guarding, body— guarding, tactical guarding, covert guarding, body cameras, - guarding, tactical guarding, coverti guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so— guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so we— guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so we have _ guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so we have a _ guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so we have a network - guarding, body cameras, intelligent cctv so we have a network of - guarding, body cameras, intelligenti cctv so we have a network of people watching _ cctv so we have a network of people watching the — cctv so we have a network of people watching the stores _ cctv so we have a network of people watching the stores and _ cctv so we have a network of people watching the stores and they - cctv so we have a network of people watching the stores and they can - watching the stores and they can actually — watching the stores and they can actually speak _ watching the stores and they can actually speak to _ watching the stores and they can actually speak to shoplifters in l actually speak to shoplifters in store — actually speak to shoplifters in store. , ., it actually speak to shoplifters in store._ it works i actually speak to shoplifters in | store._ it works to actually speak to shoplifters in - store._ it works to an store. does it work? it works to an extent for — store. does it work? it works to an extent for certain _ store. does it work? it works to an extent for certain things _ store. does it work? it works to an extent for certain things but - extent for certain things but what we are _ extent for certain things but what we are seeing— extent for certain things but what we are seeing is— extent for certain things but what we are seeing is prolific- we are seeing is prolific shoplifting _ we are seeing is prolific shoplifting and - we are seeing is prolific shoplifting and a - we are seeing is prolific shoplifting and a lot - we are seeing is prolific shoplifting and a lot of| we are seeing is prolific- shoplifting and a lot of repeat offenders _ shoplifting and a lot of repeat offenders and _ shoplifting and a lot of repeat offenders and it's _ shoplifting and a lot of repeat offenders and it's way- shoplifting and a lot of repeat offenders and it's way more l shoplifting and a lot of repeat. offenders and it's way more than anything — offenders and it's way more than anything we've _ offenders and it's way more than anything we've seen— offenders and it's way more than anything we've seen before - offenders and it's way more than anything we've seen before and i anything we've seen before and that is the _ anything we've seen before and that is the challenge. _ anything we've seen before and that is the challenge.— is the challenge. what is a re5ponsive _ is the challenge. what is a responsive david - is the challenge. what is a responsive david or - is the challenge. what is a responsive david or one i is the challenge. what is a responsive david or one ofi is the challenge. what is a . responsive david or one of his colleague says to you, i don't feel safe coming to work? —— what is the response? safe coming to work? -- what is the resonse? . . safe coming to work? -- what is the resonse? ., , , , response? that is the re-response that does happen. _ response? that is the re-response that does happen. we _ response? that is the re-response that does happen. we look- response? that is the re-response that does happen. we look at - that does happen. we look at everything _ that does happen. we look at everything we _ that does happen. we look at everything we do _ that does happen. we look at everything we do and - that does happen. we look at everything we do and we - that does happen. we look ati everything we do and we look that does happen. we look at. everything we do and we look at community— everything we do and we look at community groups _ everything we do and we look at community groups which - everything we do and we look at community groups which we - everything we do and we look at community groups which we doi everything we do and we look at. community groups which we do buy standard, _ community groups which we do buy standard, but — community groups which we do buy standard, but we _ community groups which we do buy standard, but we will _ community groups which we do buy standard, but we will bringing - standard, but we will bringing police — standard, but we will bringing police and _ standard, but we will bringing police and have _ standard, but we will bringing police and have a _ standard, but we will bringing| police and have a conversation with then _ police and have a conversation with then i— police and have a conversation with them. , , ,.,, police and have a conversation with them. , , , ., , , police and have a conversation with

them. , , ., them. i suppose the thing is, and david ou them. i suppose the thing is, and david you might _ them. i suppose the thing is, and david you might be _ them. i suppose the thing is, and david you might be better- them. i suppose the thing is, and david you might be better placed | them. i suppose the thing is, and l david you might be better placed to answer this and of course you want more support from the police but if you have a gang diving behind the counter, it's all happening in split seconds. however quickly you want the police to come, they will not come. so what do you need to see for it to improve? you will not stop these criminals, if they think they are getting away with it and they will carry on, what do you need to see to feel safe in work? in will carry on, what do you need to see to feel safe in work? in store, we are protected _ see to feel safe in work? in store, we are protected by _ see to feel safe in work? in store, we are protected by the _ see to feel safe in work? in store, we are protected by the co-op - see to feel safe in work? in store, l we are protected by the co-op that we are protected by the co—0p that they can _ we are protected by the co—0p that they can protect us, but however it is the _ they can protect us, but however it is the same — they can protect us, but however it is the same faces, day in, day out. iwork— is the same faces, day in, day out. i work in _ is the same faces, day in, day out. i work in leeds city centre, six stars _ i work in leeds city centre, six stars in — i work in leeds city centre, six stars in -- _ i work in leeds city centre, six stars in —— six stores in a 1.5 mile radius— stars in —— six stores in a 1.5 mile radiusand— stars in —— six stores in a 1.5 mile radius and we _ stars in —— six stores in a 1.5 mile radius and we get hit by the same 20 characters. _ radius and we get hit by the same 20 characters, we know their and we are seeing _ characters, we know their and we are seeing them — characters, we know their and we are seeing them in the stores, day in, day out _ seeing them in the stores, day in, day out and — seeing them in the stores, day in, day out and there's nothing we can do. day out and there's nothing we can do we _ day out and there's nothing we can do. we need a quicker police response _ do. we need a quicker police response and that police response needs— response and that police response needs to _ response and that police response needs to be taking these people off the streets. do needs to be taking these people off the streets. , ., ~ ., the streets. do you feel like a soft taraet? the streets. do you feel like a soft

target? yes- _ the streets. do you feel like a soft target? yes- lt— the streets. do you feel like a soft target? yes. it feels _ the streets. do you feel like a soft target? yes. it feels like - the streets. do you feel like a soft target? yes. it feels like retail- target? yes. it feels like retail crime is something _ target? yes. it feels like retail crime is something that - target? yes. it feels like retail crime is something that has i target? yes. it feels like retail- crime is something that has become acceptable _ crime is something that has become acceptable but with retail crime, not just — acceptable but with retail crime, not just the cost, acceptable but with retail crime, notjust the cost, it acceptable but with retail crime, not just the cost, it weighs acceptable but with retail crime, notjust the cost, it weighs heavy on our— notjust the cost, it weighs heavy on our colleagues mines. we are responsible for our colleagues coming — responsible for our colleagues coming to work, being safe and being able to— coming to work, being safe and being able to go— coming to work, being safe and being able to go home to their families without— able to go home to their families without any concerns. we come to work _ without any concerns. we come to work to _ without any concerns. we come to work to serve the community, not to be put _ work to serve the community, not to be put in _ work to serve the community, not to be put in a _ work to serve the community, not to be put in a position where either us or the _ be put in a position where either us or the customers are in danger. what is the solution? _ or the customers are in danger. what is the solution? when _ or the customers are in danger. transit is the solution? when does it or the customers are in danger. wisgt is the solution? when does it go? are we getting to the point where everything will be behind glass and you have to ask the cashier to get anything? we see cheese, razor blades, coffee, putting security boxes. i blades, coffee, putting security boxes. . blades, coffee, putting security boxes. , ., ., , blades, coffee, putting security boxes. . ., . , boxes. i believe, unfortunately, you will see more _ boxes. i believe, unfortunately, you will see more of— boxes. i believe, unfortunately, you will see more of that _ boxes. i believe, unfortunately, you will see more of that across - boxes. i believe, unfortunately, you will see more of that across all- will see more of that across all retailers — will see more of that across all retailers and _ will see more of that across all retailers and you _ will see more of that across all retailers and you can _ will see more of that across all retailers and you can see - will see more of that across all retailers and you can see lots i will see more of that across alli retailers and you can see lots of movement— retailers and you can see lots of movement in— retailers and you can see lots of movement in that _ retailers and you can see lots of movement in that space, - retailers and you can see lots of movement in that space, the i retailers and you can see lots of. movement in that space, the kiosk breaches— movement in that space, the kiosk breaches you've _ movement in that space, the kiosk breaches you've seen _ movement in that space, the kiosk breaches you've seen in _ movement in that space, the kiosk breaches you've seen in the - movement in that space, the kiosk breaches you've seen in the clips, i breaches you've seen in the clips, you will— breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start _ breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start to _ breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start to see _ breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start to see they- breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start to see they will- breaches you've seen in the clips, you will start to see they will be l you will start to see they will be designed — you will start to see they will be designed out _ you will start to see they will be designed out so _ you will start to see they will be designed out so we _ you will start to see they will be designed out so we will - you will start to see they will be designed out so we will look - you will start to see they will be designed out so we will look toi you will start to see they will be i designed out so we will look to put more _ designed out so we will look to put more glass— designed out so we will look to put more glass frames _ designed out so we will look to put more glass frames and _ designed out so we will look to put more glass frames and security- more glass frames and security frames— more glass frames and security frames around _ more glass frames and security frames around the _ more glass frames and security frames around the till - more glass frames and security frames around the till point - more glass frames and security frames around the till point is i more glass frames and securityi frames around the till point is to keep— frames around the till point is to keep colleagues— frames around the till point is to keep colleagues save _ frames around the till point is to keep colleagues save more - frames around the till point is to keep colleagues save more thanj keep colleagues save more than anything — keep colleagues save more than anything else _ keep colleagues save more than anything else. that's— keep colleagues save more than anything else. that's the -

keep colleagues save more than anything else. that's the most. anything else. that's the most important _ anything else. that's the most important thing. _ anything else. that's the most important thing.— anything else. that's the most im-uortantthin. ~ . ., , ., important thing. which does nothing for the atmosphere _ important thing. which does nothing for the atmosphere of _ important thing. which does nothing for the atmosphere of the _ important thing. which does nothing for the atmosphere of the store. - important thing. which does nothing for the atmosphere of the store. if. for the atmosphere of the store. if anything does it not make it worse because there is a danger you might try to force those staff to open a cabinet to get to the stuff inside? we have seed lots of people trialling _ we have seed lots of people trialling this— we have seed lots of people trialling this and _ we have seed lots of people trialling this and it _ we have seed lots of people trialling this and it makes i we have seed lots of people trialling this and it makes a i trialling this and it makes a difference, _ trialling this and it makes a difference, and _ trialling this and it makes a difference, and i— trialling this and it makes a difference, and i believe i trialling this and it makes a i difference, and i believe that trialling this and it makes a - 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brook, thank you very much. i hope your next shift is a decent one and event free. thank you.— time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. tram operators have been told to pay half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydon crash. seven passengers were killed when a tram derailed in 2016. it was travelling three times the speed limit. transport for london and tram operations limited have admitted failings in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fines will be handed out at the old bailey later. more than 10,000 burglaries in london went unsolved last year — four out of five of the total reported to the met police. that made it the second worst—performing force in the country. scotland yard says officers now

attend 94% of burglaries. nominees for this year's mercury music prize will be announced later this morning in central london. last years winner of album of the year was londoner little simz. the prize recognises the best new british and irish music. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are part closures on the bakerloo and overground lines — but there's a good service on the other lines at the moment. let's have a look at the weather now. it'll be a mostly cloudy start. there might be some light rain in the earlier part of the afternoon — but this should clear and then we may see some sunshine later on. top temperature of 2a celsius. that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour, but for now i'll hand you back to naga and ben. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. our headlines today... british gas announces record profits for the first six months of the year — up nearly £900 million — as households struggle with the cost of bills. these profits published in the past hour are far higher than expected, and come as the oil giant shell also announces it made more than £2 billion in the last three months. i'll be breaking down the numbers. # nothing compares to you...# tributes from around the world to singer—songwriter sinead o'connor, who's died at the age of 56 — hailed as the greatest voice of her generation. calls for tighter rules on the sales of batteries for e—bikes and e—scooters after a series of deadly fires that have ripped through homes. they can't win the ashes, but can england finish the series on a high. the fifth test against australia begins at the oval today,

with ben stokes' side hoping to draw level. good morning. it's a cloudy, damp and murky start to the day. overnight rain pushing east is going to linger across the north of scotland and also the channel islands. forthe scotland and also the channel islands. for the rest of us it should brighten up a touch, with one or two showers. i will have all the details later in the programme. it's thursday the 27th ofjuly. our top story. british gas has announced its highest ever six—month profits. the company made almost a billion pounds in the first half of this year. owner centrica released financial results in the last hour, as has oil and gas company shell — we'll have more on that in a moment, but first hannah has been speaking to a british gas customer. injanuary, i paid £341 for gas. and if you go to electricity, that's 145. i mean, that's almost £600 on your fuel bill injanuary.

yeah. over the past two years, harj has seen her monthly energy bill go up dramatically. when i first had my old company before british gas came in, i was paying something £128 a month. then that went up to £250 a month. and then when the hikes went up around about last year some time, i was told i had to pay anything up to £600 to keep up on top of the usage. when they went up, what changes did you have to make? i had to cut back a lot on lots of different things, because it's almost like paying another mortgage, and i pay the mortgage on my own as well at the moment. so it was difficult choices to make. i mean, one of the biggest ones, i've actually stopped contributing to my pension, or, you know, not going out as much in terms of going out for meals, etc, and just wherever i can, save wherever i can. her supplier, british gas, is owned by centrica, a giant of the energy industry that makes the vast majority of its profits from producing gas

and oil at facilities like this and then selling it at prices dictated by an international market. but by storing gas, centrica is also able to maximise its profits by selling when prices are higher. the reason why it's doing so well at the moment is the war in ukraine. that has elevated underlying commodity and energy prices, which means it literally can't sell its energy for a greater price. but it's also the volatility in the market, because it means if it times that volatility well, it's buying energy at a lower price, storing it and selling it back to the market at a profit. for every customer like harj, british gas itself only made around £8 in profit over the whole of last year. but as that figure rises today in the middle of a cost of living crisis, haj is farfrom impressed. when you hear that british gas are making a profit, how does that make you feel? annoyed, frustrated. i think it's really a shambles, really.

and i think for a company like that, how are they, you know, bringing those profits down to the consumer? british gas does have a support fund in place to provide grants to customers in need, but many today will look on aghast as they try to make sense of their bills. hannah miller, bbc news, walsall. hannah's here to explain more. these are really big numbers. put them into context.— these are really big numbers. put them into context. they are record rofits, them into context. they are record profits. almost _ them into context. they are record profits, almost £1 _ them into context. they are record profits, almost £1 billion _ them into context. they are record profits, almost £1 billion in - them into context. they are record profits, almost £1 billion in the - profits, almost £1 billion in the first half of this year, which is better—than—expected and almost ten times what they made in their same period last year. it averages to around £80 per customer in six months. they say today that they are proud of the work they do to help customers who are struggling, and they have increased their support package to over £100 million, but that really is a tiny fraction of the profits they are announcing. band

the profits they are announcing. and the profits they are announcing. and the problem will be many people at home still see their gas and electricity bills at really high levels, and yet they will see these headlines and say, why are they making so much money and still charging me so much? band making so much money and still charging me so much?— making so much money and still charging me so much? and that is in art charging me so much? and that is in part because — charging me so much? and that is in part because the _ charging me so much? and that is in part because the prices _ charging me so much? and that is in part because the prices they - charging me so much? and that is in part because the prices they were i part because the prices they were allowed to charge went up. the energy regulator did it in part to allow suppliers to make more money when they raised the price cap, remember it is not that long ago that several suppliers went bust, and they want supplies to make money to avoid that happening again. part of that is dictated by the international market, and centrica made more than £2 billion in the first half of this year, and of course we had shell this morning announcing almost £4 billion of profit for a three—month period, thatis profit for a three—month period, that is an international figure. profit for a three—month period, that is an internationalfigure. all of this comes as oil and gas prices on that international market, they have fallen from their peak, what are not expecting it to come down a

huge amount more. so what people are paying at home is pretty much more or less what they will be paying this winter, and i think that will be a difficult time ahead for many people. be a difficult time ahead for many --eole. �* , be a difficult time ahead for many ..eole, �* , ., ., be a difficult time ahead for many aneole, �* , ., ., ., " people. absolutely, hannah, thank ou ve people. absolutely, hannah, thank you very much _ people. absolutely, hannah, thank you very much for _ people. absolutely, hannah, thank you very much for explaining - people. absolutely, hannah, thank you very much for explaining that. l let's bring you some other news that is happening today. the italian fire brigade says it has responded to more than 4,000 incidents linked to the extreme weather in the last few days. at least seven people are known to have died as a result of the severe weather events including floods. our reporter sofia bettiza joins us from calabria in southern italy — sofia, how are the emergency services coping? good morning, naga. it has been tough. italian emergency services are used to tackling wildfires in the summer, but the heatwave this year has been so long and so intense

that firefighters are stretched. they have had to deal with nearly 2000 fires in the last few days, and if you look behind me you can see the aftermath of one of those fires. that used to be a lot of greenery. calabria is famous for its nature. and that has been completely burned to the ground. if you look to that side, you can see a lorry, a car and what i think used to be a small boat, all very badly damaged by the fire. and if you look up, you can seejust how fire. and if you look up, you can see just how close the fire came to a village. lots of buildings over there damaged by the flames. naga, while all this is happening in the south of the country, in the north we are seeing a very different picture, with heavy rain, strong winds and hurricanes, so to try to deal with this weather emergency, the italian government yesterday introduced emergency measures to try and help businesses and families deal with this extreme weather.

sofia bettiza in calabria, thank you so much. the met office has warned that record—breaking hot summers — such as the one we had last year — will be commonplace by 2060. the state of the uk climate report shows that apart from december, every month in 2022 was warmer than the 30—year average to 2020. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports. last summer's searing heatwaves sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through 40 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over—655 than usual in england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn't confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long—term average. this saw 2022 become the uk's warmest year in records dating back to 1884.

driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. a year like 2022, the warmest year on record for the uk in our current climate, will be roughly an average year by the middle of the century, just after mid—century, by 2060. by 2100, nine out of ten years will actually be warmer than 2022. researchers say that in the uk, temperature extremes are increasing much faster than the average. this will likely see far more high temperature records broken in the years to come, potentially by quite wide margins. scientists say that this pattern is now being seen all over the world, including the dramatic heat that's driving wildfires in greece and many other locations right now. but even though these higher temperatures will become

increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news. an extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available to help the nhs in england to cope this winter. it means there'll be access to nearly 100,000 permanent beds at the busiest time of the year — a 5% rise on current levels. health bosses are also promising better arrangements to quickly discharge patients out of hospital when they are medically fit to leave. the duke of sussex will find out today if his legal challenge, over allegations that tabloid newspapers gathered information about him unlawfully, will go to a high court trial. prince harry alleges he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators, who were working for the sun and the now defunct news of the world. a former royal marine has sold his conspicuous gallantry cross

for a record sum to fund a retreat for other soldiers. 37—year—old brad malone, also known as bugsy, was awarded the medal, which is the second highest honour for bravery, after three incidents in afghanistan in 2008. it was bought by a private collector for £160,000. tributes are being paid to the irish singer—songwriter sinead o'connor, who has died aged 56. # nothing compares to you sinead o'connor shot to fame in the 19905 with that smash hit — nothing compares 2 u. she was also well known for her social and political views. her family announced the news saying they are devastated. there have been lots of tributes to sinead o'connor on social media. american singer—songwriter tori amos

called her a force of nature. she said she had such intense presence and a beautiful soul. the charity women's aid in ireland praised her for her fearless voice and courageous light giving strength to many survivors to speak out. and professionalfighter conor mcgregor, who once had sinead o'connor performing live as he walked out to a fight, paid tribute to one of ireland's absolute finest. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. talking of the finest, i don't think the weather is going to match that beautiful song. i the weather is going to match that beautiful song.— beautiful song. i think you are riaht, beautiful song. i think you are right. naga. _ beautiful song. i think you are right, naga. the _ beautiful song. i think you are right, naga. the weather - beautiful song. i think you are right, naga. the weather is i beautiful song. i think you are - right, naga. the weather is cloudy to start with, and heavy rain has been sweeping from the west to the east through the course of the night. it is feeling humid as well. we will see a bit of brightness today, but as the sun comes out, that could trigger some sharp

showers. the rain has been pushing east, and you can see this big curve here. rain is moving away from the south but remaining across the channel islands, and across england and scotland, it will move north—eastward through the course of the day, but there is a lot of cloud around where you are. we will see a few more breaks developed through the day, but as i mentioned as the sun comes out, as temperatures rise, that could well trigger some showers. it is going to be breezy across the south coast, temperatures 14 in the north to 24, depending on such an amount in the south—east. as we head for the evening and overnight, once again they will be showers around, but the rain pushing up showers around, but the rain pushing up through towards shetland, clearing away from the channel islands, some clear skies and like today, tonight will also feel humid. these are our overnight lows, ten in lerwick to 15 in plymouth. into tomorrow, we start off with some

cloud, but it will break more readily than it is likely to do today, so there is more sunshine around. they will still be showers too, but not as many as we are looking at today. and these are our temperatures. into the weekend, it remains unsettled, with rain and showers mostly in the north, and once again, ben and naga, it is going to be windy. carol, thank you. sales of batteries for e—bikes should be as tightly regulated as fireworks, heavy machinery or medical devices because of the fire—risk they pose, a charity has said. in the uk eight people have been killed and at least 190 injured by e—bike and e—scooter fires since 2020. tim muffett reports. that's my ii—year—old's football boots. as you can see here... this here, that's that window. gone in seconds.

it was a christmas present for andrew's 11—year—old son. this is what it's like, everyone. and it caused the fire that devastated their family home in lancaster. we'd gone to bed, say eleven o'clock. i've got a 21—year—old son come down for a drink of water, goes in the kitchen. next thing you hear is pop, pop, pop- the bike had exploded, the batteries on her little electric bike. i heard my son shouting, dad, dad, dad! bike's on fire. two, three minutes, the house had gone. everything's in there. come out with a pair of underpants, that were it. telly, melted. this is the back. despite the devastation, andrew feels fortunate. this is how lucky we were that we got down. that's off my daughter's bed.

my wife and my daughter were stuck on the first bit of landing. so i had to throw bowls of water for them to, so they could get down the stairs. and if you hadn't done that, they wouldn't have able to get down. no, they'd have been gone. what's your view on e—scooters and e—bikes? never have another one. when we're buying stuff, we're assuming it's safe. e—scooters and e—bikes can be an environmentally friendly, safe way of getting about. they're powered by lithium ion batteries, which contain a large amount of energy in a small space. but this is thermal runaway demonstrated in a lab. if a cell in a faulty battery heats up uncontrollably, a devastating chain reaction can follow. the owner of this electric bike was lucky to escape unharmed. in illingworth in west yorkshire in february, an electric motorbike was left on charge overnight. four people were taken to hospital.

luckily none of their injuries were life—threatening. sophia was staying at her boyfriend's house in london on new year's day. a bike that had been converted into an e—bike caught fire in the hallway when its battery failed catastrophically. sophia died in the blaze. when it comes to the sale of batteries that power e—scooters and e—bikes, there are now calls for change. as things stand, uk manufacturers can self—certify that their batteries are safe. but a report out today is calling for legally—enforced independent third party regulation of safety standards, which is what happens for other high risk products such as heavy machinery, medical devices and fireworks. in new york city, where they've had a similar spate of these types of problems, they have introduced legislation to make sure that these products have to be certified by a third party rather than being self—certified

by the manufacturers. and we feel that would really help if that was done in this country as well. as part of its report, the charity electrical safety first is also calling for the regulation of online sales. so this is a charger for an e—bike. and we purchased this on an online marketplace. you can see the plug is really small. it doesn't have a fuse. and the fuse is there for a reason. it's so that it can cut out when there's a safety issue, and it hasn't got one, so this is highly dangerous. cambridgeshire fire and rescue service believes an electric bike left on charge was the most likely cause of a fire that killed a mother and her two children last month. london fire brigade says the number of fires caused by faulty lithium ion batteries is up 60% in 2023 compared to the same time last year. now in london, we're nearly one fire every two days, _ and tragically we're seeing loss of life in london and _ around the country. if you are having to charge an e—scooter or an e—bike, where should you charge it? where is the safest

place to do that? preferably away from the home, such as in a garage _ or other safe location. we do appreciate not| everyone can do that, and in such cases, ideally, | where you can shut a door, where you have smoke detection and where it| won't block your escape path. and if possible, not whilst sleeping. the fact that your son got up to get a drink of water basically saved your life and your family's. yeah, he saved our life. my son's a hero to us. andrew and his family have lost everything... no, it's shoes. ..but still count themselves lucky. tim muffett, bbc news. and when you see it like that, it is frightening. and it really does underline how scary it can be. we're nowjoined by martyn allen from the charity electrical safety first, and lee bourne from the greater manchester fire and rescue service. martin, let me start with you. i'm

quite surprised there is not more regulation already.— regulation already. yes, we have seen more _ regulation already. yes, we have seen more of _ regulation already. yes, we have seen more of these _ regulation already. yes, we have seen more of these scooters - regulation already. yes, we have seen more of these scooters andj seen more of these scooters and bikes, and with that, there are substandard charging units. we saw on the video that those batteries carry such an amount of energy, energy akin to a grenade, so when it goes into failure mode, the heat builds up and that goes to the next cell, to the next cell, it is unstoppable. so see all the coming out, the toxic fumes, the ferocious fires. ., ., ~' out, the toxic fumes, the ferocious fires. ., ., ~ . out, the toxic fumes, the ferocious fires. ., ,. , fires. looking at those pictures there. fires. looking at those pictures there- as _ fires. looking at those pictures there. as more _ fires. looking at those pictures there. as more and _ fires. looking at those pictures there. as more and more - fires. looking at those pictures i there. as more and more people fires. looking at those pictures - there. as more and more people have these scooters and bikes, we are going to see more of these problems, and is it that they have not been charged in the right way, or it is a faulty battery? what is usually the cause? brute faulty battery? what is usually the cause? ~ ., ., ., , ., cause? we are going to see more fires, we cause? we are going to see more fires. we are — cause? we are going to see more fires, we are seeing _ cause? we are going to see more fires, we are seeing those - cause? we are going to see more fires, we are seeing those now i cause? we are going to see more| fires, we are seeing those now on cause? we are going to see more - fires, we are seeing those now on we are seeing fatalities to go with the

fires as well. there is a combination of poor quality batteries, incompatible chargers, and also the way people are charging those batteries as well. so we need tighter regulation. there are moves to ban these products, but we need tighter regulation to make sure that people can buy them and have a safe product in their home.— product in their home. before regulation _ product in their home. before regulation comes _ product in their home. before regulation comes in, - product in their home. before regulation comes in, how - product in their home. before regulation comes in, how do | product in their home. before i regulation comes in, how do you identify a bad battery or a bad charger? identify a bad battery or a bad charter? ., �* ., charger? you can't. the main thing is to stick to _ charger? you can't. the main thing is to stick to a _ charger? you can't. the main thing is to stick to a reputable _ is to stick to a reputable manufacturer that you know and trust. when you go for the cheaper option, that is when you run the risk of buying a substandard battery and that is when we need tighter regulation, tighter regulation in online marketplaces and for e bikes and scooters. we have been calling for mimicking what they have done in new york city. they introduced regulation to say that batteries for e bikes in the scooters need to be certified by a third party. reputable manufacturers are already doing that, so the impact wouldn't be significant, but that would also

weed out the smaller manufacturers who are not taking the attention but it would protect consumers. band who are not taking the attention but it would protect consumers. and lee, ou see it would protect consumers. and lee, you see this. — it would protect consumers. and lee, you see this. you _ it would protect consumers. and lee, you see this, you see _ it would protect consumers. and lee, you see this, you see the _ you see this, you see the consequences of these poorly made, poorly designed batteries and charger. are you seeing more of it? absolutely. as you demonstrated, fire and _ absolutely. as you demonstrated, fire and rescue services up and down the country— fire and rescue services up and down the country are seeing more and more incidents— the country are seeing more and more incidents as _ the country are seeing more and more incidents as a — the country are seeing more and more incidents as a result of these batteries— incidents as a result of these batteries and chargers. in greater manchester alone, we've had 14 incidents— manchester alone, we've had 14 incidents this year already, and in december— incidents this year already, and in december we had incidents this year already, and in decemberwe had an incidents this year already, and in december we had an incident on a tenth— december we had an incident on a tenth floor— december we had an incident on a tenth floor flat of a 17—storey building. _ tenth floor flat of a 17—storey building, and we can think back to gren— building, and we can think back to gren "— building, and we can think back to gren —— grenfell, how serious that could _ gren —— grenfell, how serious that could be — gren -- grenfell, how serious that could be. r . gren -- grenfell, how serious that could be. . ., ., i. gren -- grenfell, how serious that could be. . ., ., y., ., could be. and what do you have in terms of putting — could be. and what do you have in terms of putting out _ could be. and what do you have in terms of putting out these - could be. and what do you have in terms of putting out these fires? l terms of putting out these fires? they are very difficult to extinguish _ they are very difficult to extinguish with- they are very difficult to extinguish with water. they are very difficult to - extinguish with water because of they are very difficult to _ extinguish with water because of the chemicals, _ extinguish with water because of the chemicals, so— extinguish with water because of the chemicals, so we _ extinguish with water because of the chemicals, so we contain _ extinguish with water because of the chemicals, so we contain the - extinguish with water because of the chemicals, so we contain the fire - chemicals, so we contain the fire and cool—

chemicals, so we contain the fire and cool the _ chemicals, so we contain the fire and cool the area _ chemicals, so we contain the fire and cool the area around - chemicals, so we contain the fire and cool the area around intel. and cool the area around intel itself — and cool the area around intel itself extinguishes. _ and cool the area around intel itself extinguishes.- itself extinguishes. watching someone do _ itself extinguishes. watching someone do if _ itself extinguishes. watching someone do if they - itself extinguishes. watching someone do if they have - itself extinguishes. watching someone do if they have got| itself extinguishes. watching - someone do if they have got one in their home and this happens? they are explosive and intense, and you have special ways of dealing with it, butjoe blogs is not going to. absolutely. the batteries, as they start to _ absolutely. the batteries, as they start to react, or before they burst into flames, they often produce a vapour— into flames, they often produce a vapour cloud. if you see that cloud, you have _ vapour cloud. if you see that cloud, you have to— vapour cloud. if you see that cloud, you have to move straightaway. it is toxic _ you have to move straightaway. it is toxic and _ you have to move straightaway. it is toxic and extremely flammable, and then it _ toxic and extremely flammable, and then it will— toxic and extremely flammable, and then it will ignite. you can't use water— then it will ignite. you can't use water on — then it will ignite. you can't use water on it. _ then it will ignite. you can't use water on it, it won't extinguish it, so get _ water on it, it won't extinguish it, so get out — water on it, it won't extinguish it, so get out of— water on it, it won't extinguish it, so get out of your property, stay out and _ so get out of your property, stay out and call 999. and so get out of your property, stay out and call 999.— so get out of your property, stay out and call 999. and we have also talked about _ out and call 999. and we have also talked about not _ out and call 999. and we have also talked about not storing _ out and call 999. and we have also talked about not storing them - out and call 999. and we have also talked about not storing them in i out and call 999. and we have also. talked about not storing them in the house. ~ , ,., , talked about not storing them in the house. ~ , ~ talked about not storing them in the house. , . house. absolutely. we appreciate some people _ house. absolutely. we appreciate some people do _ house. absolutely. we appreciate some people do not _ house. absolutely. we appreciate some people do not have - house. absolutely. we appreciate| some people do not have garages, gardensm — gardens... security issues, of gardens... — security issues, of course. gardens... securi issues, of course. �* security issues, of course. but if ou are security issues, of course. but if you are putting _ security issues, of course. but if you are putting your _ security issues, of course. but if you are putting your house, - security issues, of course. but if you are putting your house, and| security issues, of course. but if you are putting your house, and we strongly— you are putting your house, and we strongly say — you are putting your house, and we strongly say do not, but don't put your scooter on charge in a hallway,

blocking _ your scooter on charge in a hallway, blocking doors, in a bedroom, living room: _ blocking doors, in a bedroom, living room. etc~ — blocking doors, in a bedroom, living room, etc. don't block any escape routes. _ room, etc. don't block any escape routes. don't— room, etc. don't block any escape routes, don't charge it overnight when _ routes, don't charge it overnight when you — routes, don't charge it overnight when you are asleep. is routes, don't charge it overnight when you are asleep.— routes, don't charge it overnight when you are asleep. is this a case, thou~h, when you are asleep. is this a case, though. that _ when you are asleep. is this a case, though. that the — when you are asleep. is this a case, though, that the technology - when you are asleep. is this a case, though, that the technology has - when you are asleep. is this a case, | though, that the technology hasjust though, that the technology has just got way ahead of the regulation? that these things have sort of seemly appeared overnight and we have just not caught up in how we police who was able to sell them, where they are able to sell them and where they are able to sell them and where they've been made? that where they are able to sell them and where they've been made?— where they are able to sell them and where they've been made? that is why we need tighter _ where they've been made? that is why we need tighter regulation, _ where they've been made? that is why we need tighter regulation, because i we need tighter regulation, because these things are flooding the market, and people like them. but they need to be safe. we need the government to introduce legislation now so that we can stop further fires occurring. find now so that we can stop further fires occurring.— now so that we can stop further fires occurring. and there are a lot of them already _ fires occurring. and there are a lot of them already out _ fires occurring. and there are a lot of them already out there, - fires occurring. and there are a lot of them already out there, that. fires occurring. and there are a lot of them already out there, that is| of them already out there, that is the problem. of them already out there, that is the problem-— of them already out there, that is the roblem. ., , ., the problem. there are loads of them out there, the problem. there are loads of them out there. and — the problem. there are loads of them out there, and if _ the problem. there are loads of them out there, and if you _ the problem. there are loads of them out there, and if you have _ the problem. there are loads of them out there, and if you have really - out there, and if you have really got one, what we're talking about now is to be mindful when you are charging them. if you have any concerns, speak to the retailer that you brought it from.— you brought it from. really good advice. thank _ you brought it from. really good advice. thank you _ you brought it from. really good advice. thank you for _ you brought it from. really good advice. thank you for coming - you brought it from. really good advice. thank you for coming in | you brought it from. really good i advice. thank you for coming in this morning. it is 26 minutes past

eight. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. kimberly and gethin are at the helm. sometimes you go out and you show off on your balcony, all smiles, and i wonder why you are not out there today! we i wonder why you are not out there toda ! ~ . i wonder why you are not out there toda ! ~ , ._ ., today! we were 'ust saying that, we can't today! we were 'ust saying that, we cant believe — today! we were just saying that, we can't believe this _ today! we were just saying that, we can't believe this is _ today! we were just saying that, we can't believe this is july! _ today! we were just saying that, we can't believe this is july! we - today! we were just saying that, we can't believe this is july! we are - can't believe this is july! we are dressed for _ can't believe this is july! we are dressed for summer. _ coming up — cashing in on the chaos caused by the greece wildfires. rav shows us how fraudsters are targeting tourists left in limbo. criminals are creating fake social media profiles, pretending to be airlines offering support. i'll tell you how paying close attention to the words they use can help spot the scam. plus, a child being in hospital is every parent's nightmare, especially if it's a long term stay. paying for things like petrol and hotels to be by their side only adds to the stress, costing hundreds of pounds a week. we find out about the charity

providing a lifeline to families, with free accommodation. such a powerfulfilm, that. also today, after 30 players missed the women's world cup due to knee injuries, dr xand explains how to protect your joints whatever your age. and it's notjust pro sports players that suffer, millions of people are in pain. i'll show you how a tennis ball and leg raises could help relieve your discomfort and prevent surgery. i really wanted you to lift that leg fully! and dr ranj�*s getting his trainers on at the opening of the british transplant games. 1,000 athletes are going for gold to prove just how life—changing an organ donation can be. all that, plus cook crystelle pereira's whipping up a sweet treat using a store cupboard staple. peanut butter. what are they called?

crispy peanut butter marshmallow squares that costjust 40p each. who cares what they are called! they're delicious! see you at 9:15. thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria cook. tram operators have been told to pay half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydon crash. seven passengers were killed when a tram derailed in 2016. it was travelling three times the speed limit. transport for london and tram operations limited have admitted failings in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fines will be handed out at the old bailey later.

more than 47,000 burglaries in london went unsolved last year — four out of five of the total reported to the met police. that made it the second worst—performing force in the country. scotland yard says officers now attend 94 per cent of burglaries. police are investigating after two bottles of acid were found at north greenwich tube station. they would like the public to help them identify these men — they say they may have information about the bottles found on tuesday afternoon in a rucksack. it's thought the acid had begun to leak and it was abandoned by the owner. the annual census of swans on the thames has uncovered a sharp decline in the numbers of younger birds. almost 40 per cent fewer cygnets were found, compared to last year. it's thought this is due to avian flu, as well as a rise in shootings, catapult attacks and dog attacks. a new production of the show i believe in unicorns — which is based on the book by michael morpurgo — is opening tonight in the west end to mark its 10th anniversary. the show follows the story of tomas,

an eight—year—old boy who doesn't like reading and school. the show is raising money for the charity?the reading agency. and it's all about books, and our designer, just phenomenal design of all these amazing books. we're sitting on some, you know, where you just open them up and all these magical things come out of them. yeah. yeah, really special. let's take a look at the tubes now — there are part closures on the bakerloo and overground lines — but there's a good service on the other lines at the moment. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a largely grey, cloudy start this morning and it's feeling rather humid. temperatures stayed in the mid—teens celsius overnight. we've got some outbreaks of rain through this morning and for the afternoon as well. but towards the north of london, the home counties, we mightjust see the cloud break a little in those sunny spells. we could see one or two showers sparked.

now temperatures today, 24, 25 celsius, if you get that sunshine. now, overnight tonight stays largely dry, any shower risk will start to fade. still quite a lot of cloud moving around, however, and it stays humid overnight. the minimum temperature, 13 celsius. a cloudy start to friday, but the cloud will start to break up. we'll see some sunny spells but still can't rule out a shower through tomorrow and see that low pressure takes charge as we head through the weekend. the isobars squeezing together. so it is going to be another blustery weekend through saturday and through sunday and there's always a chance of a shower. one or two of those could be quite heavy. still some sunny spells mixed in there and into next week it stays unsettled. that's all from us for now. we'll be back in half an hour but for now i'll hand you back to naga and ben. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. we've been reflecting on the life and work of singer and activist sinead o'connor, who's died at the age of 56. she shot to fame in the 19905,

and used her platform to speak out about her social and political views. our media and arts correspondent david sillito reflects on her life. # since you've been gone i can do whatever i want. # i could see whomever i chose. sinead o'connor. nothing compares 2 u. # i could eat my dinner in a fancy restautrant. quite why a song becomes such a huge global hit is often a bit of a mystery. but one thing is certain, the emotion... # because nothing compares... ..the heartbreak. # nothing compares to you. there was nothing fake here. # but i do know mandinka... herfirst hit, mandinka, marked her out as a performer with an edge. when a record executive had started talking about her hair,

she shaved it off. she was wary, angry. she had had a troubled upbringing and spent part of it in care. butjoining a band revealed her gift. # i've sinned a lot... but globalfame caught her by surprise. she was more a protest singer than a pop star. # we used to worship god as a mother. # now look at what we're doing to each other. and in an era when the truth about child sexual abuse within the catholic church had yet to be fully exposed, her condemnation of the church, especially when she shredded a picture of the pope on american television, caused outrage. # i'll remember it. # in dublin in a rainstorm... but as the years went by, people began to realise she'd been

the one telling the truth. # keeping warm. # i'll remember it. her life, though, was troubled. there were many struggles with her mental health, and the death last year of her 17—year—old son shane left her utterly bereft. she posted this photograph just a few days ago. # nothing compares to you. sinead o'connor. those tears were real. # nothing compares. #to you...# we can speak not to film maker kathryn ferguson who's made a documentary about sinead, and radio dj dave fanning, who did sinead's first ever interview and knew her well — both join us now.

you both knew her well, so condolences for the loss of someone who obviously greatly admired and have worked with. dave, can we go back to when you first met sinead o'connor? i know you've met her dozens of times since, but when you first met her, and what were your initial impressions of her? she had written a song _ initial impressions of her? she had written a song for _ initial impressions of her? she had written a song for abounding - initial impressions of her? she had written a song for abounding1984| written a song for abounding 1984 and she _ written a song for abounding 1984 and she was in a band and then she went— and she was in a band and then she went to— and she was in a band and then she went to london to make a debut and was only— went to london to make a debut and was only 18 — went to london to make a debut and was only 18 years of age and pregnant and the record company said no way— pregnant and the record company said no way are you going to produce your own album _ no way are you going to produce your own album and you will dress like this she — own album and you will dress like this. she didn't do any of this and she produced her own album and there are photographs of the head of the record _ are photographs of the head of the record label with a hat a knife and fork eating — record label with a hat a knife and fork eating his own head. so it was brilliant _ fork eating his own head. so it was brilliant. i had met her before a few times — brilliant. i had met her before a few times and her manager who had

been managing the boomtown rats, he brought— been managing the boomtown rats, he brought her into the radio and said, i brought her into the radio and said, i was _ brought her into the radio and said, i was thinking, what if she worried about— i was thinking, what if she worried about gosh— i was thinking, what if she worried about gosh much she was a fantastic interview. _ about gosh much she was a fantastic interview, but no doubt about it, she did _ interview, but no doubt about it, she did have a very difficult and traumatic— she did have a very difficult and traumatic life and it was no less dramatic— traumatic life and it was no less dramatic in _ traumatic life and it was no less dramatic in the last five years than throughout— dramatic in the last five years than throughout the 1990s. of dramatic in the last five years than throughout the 1990s.— dramatic in the last five years than throughout the 1990s. of course. you saw her change _ throughout the 1990s. of course. you saw her change greatly _ throughout the 1990s. of course. you saw her change greatly through - throughout the 1990s. of course. you saw her change greatly through her i saw her change greatly through her life. what were your observations in term of where her focus life. what were your observations in term of where herfocus had life. what were your observations in term of where her focus had shifted from perhaps music to more social commentary on political activism? commentary on political activism ? it's commentary on political activism? it's not so much it shifted, but when — it's not so much it shifted, but when you _ it's not so much it shifted, but when you have a second album and nothing _ when you have a second album and nothing is — when you have a second album and nothing is a — when you have a second album and nothing is a major single and made her the _ nothing is a major single and made her the most famous woman in popular culture _ her the most famous woman in popular culture besides madonna at the time, she decided, this is not what i signed — she decided, this is not what i signed up _ she decided, this is not what i signed up for, i don't want any of this _ signed up for, i don't want any of this as _ signed up for, i don't want any of this as you — signed up for, i don't want any of this. as you said in a report there, she sort— this. as you said in a report there, she sort of— this. as you said in a report there, she sort of said, fight the real enemy— she sort of said, fight the real enemy and tore up the picture of the pope and _ enemy and tore up the picture of the pope and it _ enemy and tore up the picture of the pope and it didn't shock people, but

her prescience was unbelievable. she always— her prescience was unbelievable. she always made bold public statement about— always made bold public statement about child abuse and organised religion — about child abuse and organised religion and said the vatican was a nest of— religion and said the vatican was a nest of devils and people were saying. — nest of devils and people were saying, what is wrong with this woman? — saying, what is wrong with this woman? in ten years later the pope came _ woman? in ten years later the pope came out— woman? in ten years later the pope came out and said there's been a lot of bad _ came out and said there's been a lot of bad thing and in the next 20 years— of bad thing and in the next 20 years ten— of bad thing and in the next 20 years ten times worse. she was 100% correct _ years ten times worse. she was 100% correct and _ years ten times worse. she was 100% correct and one of the first types of people — correct and one of the first types of people who we have heard say that and don't _ of people who we have heard say that and don't forget that was you know, in britain _ and don't forget that was you know, in britain we — and don't forget that was you know, in britain we had cheeky chappie, jimmy— in britain we had cheeky chappie, jimmy savile with his cigar and nobody— jimmy savile with his cigar and nobody knew anything and sinead did open doors, and she was a major icon for females _ open doors, and she was a major icon for females who realised that they could _ for females who realised that they could be _ for females who realised that they could be themselves because there was an— could be themselves because there was an interview in the new york times— was an interview in the new york times last — was an interview in the new york times last year around the time of her autobiography and there were 3000 _ her autobiography and there were 3000 4000 comments underneath and it's astonishing. astonishing just how much— it's astonishing. astonishing just how much culturally she meant to so many— how much culturally she meant to so many people living the patriarch e. that is _ many people living the patriarch e. that is the — many people living the patriarch e. that is the issue. she meant so much

to make people —— to so many people and it started with the music. whilst what was it about the music the men are so popular and gave her such profile around the world? i such profile around the world? i think her music cut through the noise — think her music cut through the noise i— think her music cut through the noise. i think— think her music cut through the noise. i think she _ think her music cut through the noise. i think she sang - think her music cut through the noise. i think she sang through| think her music cut through the - noise. i think she sang through the heart _ noise. i think she sang through the heart and _ noise. i think she sang through the heart and was _ noise. i think she sang through the heart and was incredibly— noise. i think she sang through the heart and was incredibly authentici heart and was incredibly authentic with all— heart and was incredibly authentic with all that — heart and was incredibly authentic with all that she _ heart and was incredibly authentic with all that she did _ heart and was incredibly authentic with all that she did as _ heart and was incredibly authentic with all that she did as dave - heart and was incredibly authentic with all that she did as dave said, | with all that she did as dave said, and i_ with all that she did as dave said, and iiust— with all that she did as dave said, and ijust think _ with all that she did as dave said, and ijust think it _ with all that she did as dave said, and ijust think it cut _ with all that she did as dave said, and ijust think it cut through - with all that she did as dave said, and ijust think it cut through the| and ijust think it cut through the noise _ and ijust think it cut through the noise and — and ijust think it cut through the noise and really— and ijust think it cut through the noise and really reaches - and ijust think it cut through the noise and really reaches people i and ijust think it cut through the| noise and really reaches people in every _ noise and really reaches people in every corner — noise and really reaches people in every corner of _ noise and really reaches people in every corner of the _ noise and really reaches people in every corner of the world - noise and really reaches people in every corner of the world and - noise and really reaches people in every corner of the world and had | noise and really reaches people in. every corner of the world and had a profound _ every corner of the world and had a profound emotional— every corner of the world and had a profound emotional effect - every corner of the world and had a profound emotional effect on - every corner of the world and had a i profound emotional effect on people and that— profound emotional effect on people and that is— profound emotional effect on people and that is what _ profound emotional effect on people and that is what really— profound emotional effect on people and that is what really drew - profound emotional effect on people and that is what really drew people i and that is what really drew people to her— and that is what really drew people to her and — and that is what really drew people to her and obviously— and that is what really drew people to her and obviously people - and that is what really drew peoplej to her and obviously people adored everything — to her and obviously people adored everything she _ to her and obviously people adored everything she wrote _ to her and obviously people adored everything she wrote and _ to her and obviously people adored everything she wrote and sang - to her and obviously people adored everything she wrote and sang but| everything she wrote and sang but when _ everything she wrote and sang but when she — everything she wrote and sang but when she started _ everything she wrote and sang but when she started to _ everything she wrote and sang but when she started to use _ everything she wrote and sang but when she started to use her- everything she wrote and sang but i when she started to use her platform to speak _ when she started to use her platform to speak out — when she started to use her platform to speak out as — when she started to use her platform to speak out as dave _ when she started to use her platform to speak out as dave mentioned, - when she started to use her platformj to speak out as dave mentioned, she became _ to speak out as dave mentioned, she became this — to speak out as dave mentioned, she became this incredibly— to speak out as dave mentioned, she became this incredibly potent - to speak out as dave mentioned, she became this incredibly potent figure i became this incredibly potent figure for speaking — became this incredibly potent figure for speaking truth _ became this incredibly potent figure for speaking truth to _ became this incredibly potent figure for speaking truth to power- became this incredibly potent figure for speaking truth to power and -

became this incredibly potent figure for speaking truth to power and she| for speaking truth to power and she was really— for speaking truth to power and she was really adored _ for speaking truth to power and she was really adored and _ for speaking truth to power and she was really adored and looked - for speaking truth to power and she was really adored and looked up - for speaking truth to power and she was really adored and looked up to| was really adored and looked up to for that _ was really adored and looked up to for that. she— was really adored and looked up to for that. ., ., ~' was really adored and looked up to for that. ,, ., ~ ., , was really adored and looked up to forthat. ,, ., ~ ., , . , for that. she worked really closely with her. for that. she worked really closely with her- i — for that. she worked really closely with her. i wonder— for that. she worked really closely with her. i wonder who _ for that. she worked really closely with her. i wonder who was - for that. she worked really closely with her. i wonder who was the i with her. i wonder who was the sinead you got to know that was perhaps different to the one we all know? i perhaps different to the one we all know? ., , ,, ., ., , know? i only met sinead a few times, for the documentary _ know? i only met sinead a few times, for the documentary and _ know? i only met sinead a few times, for the documentary and when - know? i only met sinead a few times, for the documentary and when i i know? i only met sinead a few times, for the documentary and when i made a music— for the documentary and when i made a music video for her in 2013 so i didn't— a music video for her in 2013 so i didn't get— a music video for her in 2013 so i didn't get to _ a music video for her in 2013 so i didn't get to meet her a huge amount of time _ didn't get to meet her a huge amount of time but _ didn't get to meet her a huge amount of time but she feels incredibly close _ of time but she feels incredibly close and — of time but she feels incredibly close and has done for many years. and i_ close and has done for many years. and i can _ close and has done for many years. and i canjust speak as an irish woman— and i canjust speak as an irish woman and _ and i canjust speak as an irish woman and what she has meant to me and us _ woman and what she has meant to me and us and _ woman and what she has meant to me and us and she was this huge icon to all of— and us and she was this huge icon to all of us, _ and us and she was this huge icon to all of us, someone we hugely admired and looked _ all of us, someone we hugely admired and looked up to and a big reason i wanted _ and looked up to and a big reason i wanted to— and looked up to and a big reason i wanted to make the film at all was because _ wanted to make the film at all was because of— wanted to make the film at all was because of the impact she had on me as a young _ because of the impact she had on me as a young irish teenager and the impact _ as a young irish teenager and the impact she — as a young irish teenager and the impact she had and the emotional dent that — impact she had and the emotional dent that was left when my friends

witness _ dent that was left when my friends witness one tongue to happen to her in the _ witness one tongue to happen to her in the mid—90s and the backlash she enjoyed _ in the mid—90s and the backlash she enjoyed. we in the mid-90s and the backlash she en'o ed. ~ , ., , ., , enjoyed. we should explain this, because she _ enjoyed. we should explain this, because she was _ enjoyed. we should explain this, because she was 25 _ enjoyed. we should explain this, because she was 25 years - enjoyed. we should explain this, because she was 25 years old i enjoyed. we should explain this, | because she was 25 years old and enjoyed. we should explain this, i because she was 25 years old and she tore up a picture of the pope, and the vitriol she was on the end of regarding that was devastating to a certain point. it regarding that was devastating to a certain point-— certain point. it was disgraceful, and certainly _ certain point. it was disgraceful, and certainly when _ certain point. it was disgraceful, and certainly when you - certain point. it was disgraceful, and certainly when you watch i certain point. it was disgraceful, | and certainly when you watch the film now — and certainly when you watch the film now and get to that point in the documentary, you are almost aghast. _ the documentary, you are almost aghast, because people are still astounded with the level of backlash and how— astounded with the level of backlash and how violent it was against a 25—year—old woman who was just speaking — 25—year—old woman who was just speaking her truth. 25—year—old woman who was just speaking hertruth. it 25—year—old woman who was just speaking her truth. it is horrendous to think— speaking her truth. it is horrendous to think that, that that is what she had to— to think that, that that is what she had to endure.— had to endure. dave, i understand ou were had to endure. dave, i understand you were with _ had to endure. dave, i understand you were with her— had to endure. dave, i understand you were with her as _ had to endure. dave, i understand you were with her as recently i had to endure. dave, i understand you were with her as recently as i you were with her as recently as four months ago, is that right? yes,, we were with her a lot in the

last few— yes,, we were with her a lot in the last few years _ yes,, we were with her a lot in the last few years because _ yes,, we were with her a lot in the last few years because it _ yes,, we were with her a lot in the last few years because it was - last few years because it was catherine's brilliant - last few years because it was i catherine's brilliant documentary and we _ catherine's brilliant documentary and we were _ catherine's brilliant documentary and we were working _ catherine's brilliant documentary and we were working on - catherine's brilliant documentary. and we were working on something else with _ and we were working on something else with her— and we were working on something else with her as— and we were working on something else with her as well— and we were working on something else with her as well and _ and we were working on something else with her as well and it - and we were working on something else with her as well and it was - and we were working on something else with her as well and it was too difficult _ else with her as well and it was too difficult in — else with her as well and it was too difficult in the _ else with her as well and it was too difficult in the end _ else with her as well and it was too difficult in the end and we - else with her as well and it was too difficult in the end and we gave - else with her as well and it was too difficult in the end and we gave upl difficult in the end and we gave up by the _ difficult in the end and we gave up by the end — difficult in the end and we gave up by the end of— difficult in the end and we gave up by the end of 2021 _ difficult in the end and we gave up by the end of 2021 and _ difficult in the end and we gave up by the end of 2021 and then- difficult in the end and we gave up by the end of 2021 and then in- by the end of 2021 and then in january— by the end of 2021 and then in january 2022 _ by the end of 2021 and then in january 2022 her— by the end of 2021 and then in january 2022 her son - by the end of 2021 and then in january 2022 her son died, . by the end of 2021 and then in- january 2022 her son died, shane, and she _ january 2022 her son died, shane, and she hadn't— january 2022 her son died, shane, and she hadn't been— january 2022 her son died, shane, and she hadn't been out— january 2022 her son died, shane, and she hadn't been out in- january 2022 her son died, shane, and she hadn't been out in the - january 2022 her son died, shane, | and she hadn't been out in the last 18 months— and she hadn't been out in the last 18 months except _ and she hadn't been out in the last 18 months except this _ and she hadn't been out in the last 18 months except this once, - and she hadn't been out in the last 18 months except this once, therei and she hadn't been out in the last. 18 months except this once, there is a thing _ 18 months except this once, there is a thing called — 18 months except this once, there is a thing called the _ 18 months except this once, there is a thing called the mercury— 18 months except this once, there is a thing called the mercury music- a thing called the mercury music prize _ a thing called the mercury music prize and — a thing called the mercury music prize and we _ a thing called the mercury music prize and we have _ a thing called the mercury music prize and we have one _ a thing called the mercury music prize and we have one here - a thing called the mercury music prize and we have one here calli a thing called the mercury music. prize and we have one here call the choice _ prize and we have one here call the choice and — prize and we have one here call the choice and the _ prize and we have one here call the choice and the classic— prize and we have one here call the choice and the classic album - prize and we have one here call the choice and the classic album went. prize and we have one here call the. choice and the classic album went to her second _ choice and the classic album went to her second album _ choice and the classic album went to her second album and _ choice and the classic album went to her second album and the _ choice and the classic album went to her second album and the album - choice and the classic album went to her second album and the album is. her second album and the album is brilliant, _ her second album and the album is brilliant, the — her second album and the album is brilliant, the one _ her second album and the album is brilliant, the one with _ her second album and the album is brilliant, the one with the - her second album and the album is brilliant, the one with the single i brilliant, the one with the single on it. _ brilliant, the one with the single on it. and — brilliant, the one with the single on it. and we _ brilliant, the one with the single on it, and we were _ brilliant, the one with the single on it, and we were quite - brilliant, the one with the single| on it, and we were quite amazed brilliant, the one with the single - on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided _ on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided to — on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided to come _ on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided to come to— on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided to come to collect - on it, and we were quite amazed that she decided to come to collect her. she decided to come to collect her award. _ she decided to come to collect her award. and — she decided to come to collect her award, and when _ she decided to come to collect her award, and when she _ she decided to come to collect her award, and when she did, - she decided to come to collect her award, and when she did, she - award, and when she did, she came out on _ award, and when she did, she came out on stage — award, and when she did, she came out on stage and _ award, and when she did, she came out on stage and the _ award, and when she did, she came out on stage and the love _ award, and when she did, she came out on stage and the love in - award, and when she did, she came out on stage and the love in the - out on stage and the love in the audience, — out on stage and the love in the audience, wanting _ out on stage and the love in the audience, wanting to _ out on stage and the love in the audience, wanting to go - out on stage and the love in the audience, wanting to go up - audience, wanting to go up individually— audience, wanting to go up individually and _ audience, wanting to go up individually and hug the - audience, wanting to go up - individually and hug the woman and the smite _ individually and hug the woman and the smite oh— individually and hug the woman and the smile on her— individually and hug the woman and the smile on her face, _ individually and hug the woman and the smile on her face, it _ individually and hug the woman and the smile on her face, it was - individually and hug the woman and the smile on her face, it was so - the smile on her face, it was so good _ the smile on her face, it was so good to— the smile on her face, it was so good to see _ the smile on her face, it was so good to see her— the smile on her face, it was so good to see her and _ the smile on her face, it was so good to see her and she - the smile on her face, it was so good to see her and she had . the smile on her face, it was so good to see her and she had ani the smile on her face, it was so - good to see her and she had an elmo read -- _ good to see her and she had an elmo read -- album — good to see her and she had an elmo read —— album already— good to see her and she had an elmo read —— album already with _ good to see her and she had an elmo read —— album already with david - read —— album already with david holmes, — read —— album already with david holmes, the _ read —— album already with david holmes, the belfast— read —— album already with david holmes, the belfast musician, i read —— album already with david l holmes, the belfast musician, that she played — holmes, the belfast musician, that she played irr— holmes, the belfast musician, that she played in her— holmes, the belfast musician, that she played in her house _ holmes, the belfast musician, that she played in her house and - holmes, the belfast musician, that she played in her house and i- holmes, the belfast musician, that she played in her house and i don'ti she played in her house and i don't know— she played in her house and i don't know if— she played in her house and i don't know if it _ she played in her house and i don't know if it will — she played in her house and i don't know if it will ever— she played in her house and i don't know if it will ever get _ she played in her house and i don't know if it will ever get released - know if it will ever get released

but she — know if it will ever get released but she seemed _ know if it will ever get released but she seemed to— know if it will ever get released but she seemed to be - know if it will ever get released but she seemed to be happy. know if it will ever get released - but she seemed to be happy enough or getting _ but she seemed to be happy enough or getting through — but she seemed to be happy enough or getting through life _ but she seemed to be happy enough or getting through life or— getting through life or understanding - getting through life or understanding how. getting through life orl understanding how bad getting through life or- understanding how bad life can getting through life or— understanding how bad life can be and we _ understanding how bad life can be and we soldier— understanding how bad life can be and we soldier on. _ understanding how bad life can be and we soldier on. the _ understanding how bad life can be and we soldier on.— and we soldier on. the single everybody — and we soldier on. the single everybody will _ and we soldier on. the single everybody will know - and we soldier on. the single everybody will know is - and we soldier on. the single everybody will know is the i and we soldier on. the single l everybody will know is the one and we soldier on. the single - everybody will know is the one we are playing now, nothing compares two u, originally written by prince, and went through a number of artists before it landed on her desk. tell us a little of the story, particularly the video that was so iconic. ., . , . . _ iconic. the video was created by her [on . -term iconic. the video was created by her long-term collaborator, _ iconic. the video was created by her long-term collaborator, film - long—term collaborator, film director _ long—term collaborator, film director john long—term collaborator, film directorjohn maybury, and they had been making iconic videos together up been making iconic videos together up to— been making iconic videos together up to that _ been making iconic videos together up to that point and then this incredible track came in and they made _ incredible track came in and they made this— incredible track came in and they made this beautiful, iconic piece of p0p made this beautiful, iconic piece of pop history. shot in paris, they were _ pop history. shot in paris, they were meant to be multiple extra scehes_ were meant to be multiple extra scenes but in the end the they

decided — scenes but in the end the they decided to edit together the shots of sinead — decided to edit together the shots of sinead in the black polo neck singing — of sinead in the black polo neck singing directly down the lens and you could — singing directly down the lens and you could see and feel how potent it was, even _ you could see and feel how potent it was, even when they were in the film studio— was, even when they were in the film studio on— was, even when they were in the film studio on the — was, even when they were in the film studio on the day of the shoots and again. _ studio on the day of the shoots and again. this — studio on the day of the shoots and again, this was the mtv generation with so— again, this was the mtv generation with so much happening in graphics and there's— with so much happening in graphics and there's a lot of bells and whistles _ and there's a lot of bells and whistles in pop videos at that point and i_ whistles in pop videos at that point and i think— whistles in pop videos at that point and i think it was such a distilled, pure. _ and i think it was such a distilled, pure, potent piece of film and it 'ust pure, potent piece of film and it just connected with literally the milliohs— just connected with literally the millions around the world and is surely— millions around the world and is surely ohe — millions around the world and is surely one of the most famous videos of all time _ surely one of the most famous videos of all time and will always be. it of all time and will always be. [it is of all time and will always be. is those of all time and will always be. it is those tears, right at the end, that bring it home. really good to talk to you both and thank you for sharing your memories of sinead o'connor. thank you.

veterans of the korean war are gathering today to mark 70 years since the end of the conflict. more than 1,000 british troops lost their lives, and many who fought in the war feel that their contribution has been forgotten, overshadowed by the second world war. celestina olulode has been meeting some veterans and hearing their stories. in my mind, the korean war was one of the most brutal and bloodiest wars of the 20th century simply because people don't know about the huge loss. ronald yardley was barely 18 when he became one of the tens of thousands of servicemen who fought in the korean war. he served on board the royal navy cruiser hms belfast. the korean war experience was the biggest learning curve in my life, without a shadow of doubt. i was on a ship that was cramped with 1,000 men. really cramped, and you had to learn to live with your colleagues, all of whom came from a different

background from you. the conflict erupted after communist north korea invaded the south injune1950. newsreel: in korea, united nations forces continued their offensive - against the reds, blasting the enemy with everything they got. in august, british troops arrived and helped launch a counterattack. in three years of combat, more than three million deaths. many military, many more civilians. rifleman kenneth keld served in the duke of wellington's regiment in 1953. there'd been so much shell fire that the trenches, were all the bunkers were all, you know, blown into open bunkers. 0n the side, there was the smell of decay, you know, buried limbs and even bodies.

kenneth has been named in the king's birthday honours for his military service and will soon receive an mbe. but the fate of his fallen comrades continues to play heavy on his mind. we had to leave the korean soldiers. what had fought alongside us, but most of all, the lives in the cemetery. yeah. that was the moment... ..we were leaving and... ..they knew there was going to be casualties, but at the back of your mind it was never going to be you. you know, that kept you going, mostly. we were all on a knife edge all the time, but you try not to show it. yeah, because when we when we'd lost our most of our platoon,

we got a new officer, and he came round, and he said, "put it all behind you, mourning your friends won't do you any good. "tomorrow's another day. " it was easy saying that. forgetting it was different. yet the conflict is referred to by some as the forgotten war. but the service of these veterans is recognised. there's a letter from the president of korea, and halfway through it, he says, "south korea went from a country that was receiving aid to one that is now giving aid." and that is a huge, huge step in any country's progression. but ronald has one more wish. what us remaining korean veterans want, above all, is for a peace treaty to be signed between south and north.

if that was to occur, then we could all say to ourselves, ourjob has now been completed. that was celestina olulode reporting. we've been talking about how hot it is in some parts of europe, and it is in some parts of europe, and it is starting to cool down and carol has the details this morning. that map tells us a lot. it has the details this morning. that map tells us a lot.— map tells us a lot. it certainly does. map tells us a lot. it certainly does- good — map tells us a lot. it certainly does. good morning - map tells us a lot. it certainly does. good morning to - map tells us a lot. it certainly does. good morning to you i map tells us a lot. it certainly - does. good morning to you both. ben is right, _ does. good morning to you both. ben is right, it _ does. good morning to you both. ben is right, it is — does. good morning to you both. ben is right, it is starting to cool dowrr~ — is right, it is starting to cool dowrr~ this _ is right, it is starting to cool down. this is the temperature anomaly— down. this is the temperature anomaly chart and shows the difference in temperature is between what we _ difference in temperature is between what we would expect in july. difference in temperature is between what we would expect injuly. you can see _ what we would expect injuly. you can see the — what we would expect injuly. you can see the blues, colder than average — can see the blues, colder than average forjuly and the deep reds are hotter— average forjuly and the deep reds are hotter than average forjuly, so the cool— are hotter than average forjuly, so the cool air— are hotter than average forjuly, so the cool air pushing across the balkahs— the cool air pushing across the balkans and the average temperature

getting _ balkans and the average temperature getting into greece and turkey and already— getting into greece and turkey and already irr— getting into greece and turkey and already in corsica and sardinia and parts _ already in corsica and sardinia and parts of— already in corsica and sardinia and parts of iberia. i will run the sequence _ parts of iberia. i will run the sequence so you see what happens. first of— sequence so you see what happens. first of all— sequence so you see what happens. first of all the cool air spreads eventually all the way into turkey but in the — eventually all the way into turkey but in the next few days it's going to warm _ but in the next few days it's going to warm up — but in the next few days it's going to warm up again across corsica, sardinia. — to warm up again across corsica, sardinia, italy, the balearics and eastern — sardinia, italy, the balearics and eastern spain but not to the extent that we _ eastern spain but not to the extent that we have seen in the last few weeks _ that we have seen in the last few weeks. still pretty hot in north africa — weeks. still pretty hot in north africa. through sunday it warms up a touch— africa. through sunday it warms up a touch in— africa. through sunday it warms up a touch in the — africa. through sunday it warms up a touch in the balkans but we are not going _ touch in the balkans but we are not going to _ touch in the balkans but we are not going to have the extreme heat we have seen — going to have the extreme heat we have seen. closer to home, not heat we are _ have seen. closer to home, not heat we are looking at and for many of us temperature is below average and we've _ temperature is below average and we've had — temperature is below average and we've had a lot of rain crossing courtesy— we've had a lot of rain crossing courtesy of— we've had a lot of rain crossing courtesy of the weather fronts through — courtesy of the weather fronts through the course of the night and we still— through the course of the night and we still have some rain left over from _ we still have some rain left over from those _ we still have some rain left over from those weather fronts, particularly across scotland and northern — particularly across scotland and northern england and also the south of england _ northern england and also the south of england that will push into the channel— of england that will push into the channel islands and remain through the course — channel islands and remain through the course of the day with some of

us already— the course of the day with some of us already seeing that. there's a lot of— us already seeing that. there's a lot of cloud — us already seeing that. there's a lot of cloud around first thing, murky— lot of cloud around first thing, murky conditions and some mist and fog around _ murky conditions and some mist and fog around the coasts and hills but we will _ fog around the coasts and hills but we will start to see some break develop — we will start to see some break develop in _ we will start to see some break develop in the cloud around the midlands — develop in the cloud around the midlands and we could see more into east anglia _ midlands and we could see more into east anglia and lincolnshire and a few in— east anglia and lincolnshire and a few in northern ireland and northern england _ few in northern ireland and northern england but as the sun comes out, that could — england but as the sun comes out, that could trigger showers which could _ that could trigger showers which could be — that could trigger showers which could be sharp. it will be breezy across— could be sharp. it will be breezy across the — could be sharp. it will be breezy across the english channel and areas adjacent _ across the english channel and areas adjacent and also a keen breeze across— adjacent and also a keen breeze across the — adjacent and also a keen breeze across the north—east of scotland. for the _ across the north—east of scotland. for the cricket today at the oval we could see _ for the cricket today at the oval we could see some interruptions in the afternoon _ could see some interruptions in the afternoon due to some rain and it's going to _ afternoon due to some rain and it's going to remain unsettled as you can see, in— going to remain unsettled as you can see, in the _ going to remain unsettled as you can see, in the next few days, not just at the _ see, in the next few days, not just at the oval, — see, in the next few days, not just at the oval, but for all of us and heading — at the oval, but for all of us and heading through the evening and overnight we hang on to a lot of cloud _ overnight we hang on to a lot of cloud and — overnight we hang on to a lot of cloud and there will be clear skies and also _ cloud and there will be clear skies and also some showers with the rain pushing _ and also some showers with the rain pushing through shetland towards 0rkney— pushing through shetland towards orkney and we are also seeing once again— orkney and we are also seeing once again the _ orkney and we are also seeing once again the rain in the channel islands — again the rain in the channel islands tending to move away. it

will be _ islands tending to move away. it will be a — islands tending to move away. it will be a humid night following a humid _ will be a humid night following a humid day and the overnight low is between _ humid day and the overnight low is between ten and 15 degrees. that leads— between ten and 15 degrees. that leads us— between ten and 15 degrees. that leads us into the latter part of the week, _ leads us into the latter part of the week, another area of low pressure very nruch— week, another area of low pressure very much with us and bringing in wet and _ very much with us and bringing in wet and windy conditions. most of this will— wet and windy conditions. most of this will be — wet and windy conditions. most of this will be across the northern half of— this will be across the northern half of the country but for friday it's looking largely dry and there will be _ it's looking largely dry and there will be a — it's looking largely dry and there will be a few showers, not as many as today _ will be a few showers, not as many as today in — will be a few showers, not as many as today in the cloud continues to break— as today in the cloud continues to break and — as today in the cloud continues to break and temperatures getting up to potentially 22 or 23. it looks a little better, certainly the temperatures, but still too much rain around for my liking.— rain around for my liking. blame carol. rain around for my liking. blame carol- we _ rain around for my liking. blame carol. we always _ rain around for my liking. blame carol. we always do. _ rain around for my liking. blame carol. we always do. enjoy - rain around for my liking. blame carol. we always do. enjoy the l rain around for my liking. blame i carol. we always do. enjoy the rest carol. we always do. en'oy the rest ofthe carol. we always do. en'oy the rest of the week. — carol. we always do. en'oy the rest of the week. always _ carol. we always do. enjoy the rest of the week. always delivers - carol. we always do. enjoy the rest of the week. always delivers the i carol. we always do. enjoy the rest. of the week. always delivers the bad news with such _ of the week. always delivers the bad news with such a _ of the week. always delivers the bad news with such a smile. _ we're going to introduce to a new six—part series called wolf — made by the creators of sherlock.

so far so good. think sinister, mysterious, a family in a remote house under attack. all communications blocked off and think of a detective who has his own issues to deal with and is dragged into this case. it's so good so far. take a look. it's not working. our phone lines been cut. hello? i'm detective inspector honey. this is detective sergeant molina.

we'rejust making.... thank goodness you're here. pardon me. how did you know to come? we haven't been able to make a call. our phone line has been cut. it's been cut. are you certain? well, it's not working. just a moment now. if you're not here about our phone line. what are you here about? another matter entirely. oh, they do find out. 0h, they do find out. how is it ossible 0h, they do find out. how is it possible that _ 0h, they do find out. how is it possible that they _ 0h, they do find out. how is it possible that they are - 0h, they do find out. how is it possible that they are really . 0h, they do find out. how is it - possible that they are really creepy already, and how do they not know they are really creepy already? all of these questions will be answered. we rejoined by ukweli roach, who stars in the series as the mysterious di jack caffery. good morning. the mysterious dui, because you have your own issues in this, but before we get into the plot and everything, how much of a role, and i love this story, did your mum play in your latestjob? and i'm already so interested in

money —— mother wrote. mr; and i'm already so interested in money -- mother wrote. my mum tends to know more — money -- mother wrote. my mum tends to know more about _ money -- mother wrote. my mum tends to know more about my _ money -- mother wrote. my mum tends to know more about my career _ money -- mother wrote. my mum tends to know more about my career and - to know more about my career and me in whatever— to know more about my career and me in whateverjob i am on and she'd finished _ in whateverjob i am on and she'd finished reading the first book before — finished reading the first book before i— finished reading the first book before i got on the job and was trying — before i got on the job and was trying to— before i got on the job and was trying to fill me in with tidbits of information.— trying to fill me in with tidbits of information. ., ., ,., ., information. you made the point of not reading — information. you made the point of not reading the _ information. you made the point of not reading the book. _ information. you made the point of not reading the book. that's right. | not reading the book. that's right. i wanted not reading the book. that's right. i wanted to — not reading the book. that's right. i wanted to base _ not reading the book. that's right. i wanted to base it _ not reading the book. that's right. i wanted to base it on _ not reading the book. that's right. i wanted to base it on the - i wanted to base it on the adaptation of megan gallagher's script. _ adaptation of megan gallagher's script, not the book and i am reading — script, not the book and i am reading it _ script, not the book and i am reading it now,.— script, not the book and i am reading it now,. you've been and done it. reading it now,. you've been and done it- so _ reading it now,. you've been and done it. so what _ reading it now,. you've been and done it. so what did _ reading it now,. you've been and done it. so what did your - reading it now,. you've been and done it. so what did your mum . reading it now,. you've been and i done it. so what did your mum say about the part? fline done it. so what did your mum say about the part?— about the part? one of the things she said is _ about the part? one of the things she said is that _ about the part? one of the things she said is that she _ about the part? one of the things she said is that she could - about the part? one of the things she said is that she could see - about the part? one of the thingsj she said is that she could see why about the part? one of the things l she said is that she could see why i would _ she said is that she could see why i would be _ she said is that she could see why i would be a — she said is that she could see why i would be a good jack caffery and i wasn't _ would be a good jack caffery and i wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not, really, given his issues and traumas _ or not, really, given his issues and traumas but — or not, really, given his issues and traumas but she was filling me in on similarities— traumas but she was filling me in on similarities and differences. as traumas but she was filling me in on similarities and differences.- similarities and differences. as she alwa s similarities and differences. as she always done _ similarities and differences. as she always done that _ similarities and differences. as she always done that with _ similarities and differences. as she always done that with your - similarities and differences. as she always done that with your career? j always done that with your career? not always but she tends to do research — not always but she tends to do research and once she knows i got a job she _ research and once she knows i got a job she does — research and once she knows i got a job she does the research into the 'ob job she does the research into the job and _ job she does the research into the job and knows more about it when i turn up _ job and knows more about it when i turn up to— job and knows more about it when i turn up to the read—through. is job and knows more about it when i turn up to the read-through.- turn up to the read-through. is she watchin: turn up to the read-through. is she watching this _ turn up to the read-through. is she watching this morning? _ turn up to the read-through. is she watching this morning? i _

turn up to the read-through. is she watching this morning? i believe i watching this morning? i believe she is. your watching this morning? i believe she is- your camera _ watching this morning? i believe she is. your camera is _ watching this morning? i believe she is. your camera is number _ watching this morning? i believe she is. your camera is number four. - is. your camera is number four. there you _ is. your camera is number four. there you go- — is. your camera is number four. there you go. hello, _ is. your camera is number four. there you go. hello, mum. - is. your camera is number four. i there you go. hello, mum. there is. your camera is number four. - there you go. hello, mum. there you to. we there you go. hello, mum. there you go- we don't — there you go. hello, mum. there you go. we don't want _ there you go. hello, mum. there you go. we don't want to _ there you go. hello, mum. there you go. we don't want to get _ there you go. hello, mum. there you go. we don't want to get you - there you go. hello, mum. there you go. we don't want to get you in - go. we don't want to get you in trouble. ., , ., , go. we don't want to get you in trouble. ., , . , ., trouble. you said she had picked out all the bits that — trouble. you said she had picked out all the bits that make _ trouble. you said she had picked out all the bits that make it _ trouble. you said she had picked out all the bits that make it an _ trouble. you said she had picked out all the bits that make it an ideal - all the bits that make it an ideal character, but how much of you is on the character? it’s character, but how much of you is on the character?— the character? it's difficult to say exactly but _ the character? it's difficult to say exactly but there _ the character? it's difficult to say exactly but there are _ the character? it's difficult to say exactly but there are definitely . exactly but there are definitely similarities but there's a lot of differences as well. he similarities but there's a lot of differences as well.— similarities but there's a lot of differences as well. he is quite troubled- _ differences as well. he is quite troubled. he _ differences as well. he is quite troubled. he is, _ differences as well. he is quite troubled. he is, that _ differences as well. he is quite troubled. he is, that has - differences as well. he is quite l troubled. he is, that has fuelled him on to be the detective he is and to be a very detective one. ltruthen him on to be the detective he is and to be a very detective one. when the scri -t to be a very detective one. when the script comes — to be a very detective one. when the script comes via _ to be a very detective one. when the script comes via your _ to be a very detective one. when the script comes via your agent - to be a very detective one. when the script comes via your agent and it's l script comes via your agent and it's from the creators of sherlock, do your eyes light up?— from the creators of sherlock, do your eyes light up? yes, they do. you know — your eyes light up? yes, they do. you know that _ your eyes light up? yes, they do. you know that a certain _ your eyes light up? yes, they do. you know that a certain quality i your eyes light up? yes, they do. you know that a certain quality ofj you know that a certain quality of production. what do you do? your agent has a conversation with you answers, yeah, this is milling around, they are kind have you in

for a shot, so do you call your mum or get her involved or do you fight for the role? boufal once i've read the script and know it is great news doctor brett and you do a bit of research and what about the playlist you put together?— you put together? music is a good tatewa you put together? music is a good gateway for _ you put together? music is a good gateway for me. _ you put together? music is a good gateway for me, emotionally i gateway for me, emotionally and mentally— gateway for me, emotionally and mentally into a role and and that's part of— mentally into a role and and that's part of the — mentally into a role and and that's part of the preparation. is mentally into a role and and that's part of the preparation.— part of the preparation. is music art of part of the preparation. is music part of the _ part of the preparation. is music part of the preparation - part of the preparation. is music part of the preparation it - part of the preparation. is music part of the preparation it helps l part of the preparation. is music i part of the preparation it helps you into character?— part of the preparation it helps you into character? they tend to kind of blend, but definitely _ into character? they tend to kind of blend, but definitely music- into character? they tend to kind of blend, but definitely music that i blend, but definitely music that reflects — blend, but definitely music that reflects the character and the storyline. reflects the character and the

sto line. ., �* . ., ., reflects the character and the sto line. . ., ., , storyline. you've created a playlist for the character, _ storyline. you've created a playlist for the character, so _ storyline. you've created a playlist for the character, so when - storyline. you've created a playlist for the character, so when do i storyline. you've created a playlist for the character, so when do you| for the character, so when do you player? in for the character, so when do you -la er? , ., for the character, so when do you .la er? , ., ., for the character, so when do you -la er? , ., ., ., player? in the gym, going for a run. you are trying _ player? in the gym, going for a run. you are trying to — player? in the gym, going for a run. you are trying to imagine _ player? in the gym, going for a run. you are trying to imagine yourself. you are trying to imagine yourself in the character even outside. yes and the music— in the character even outside. yes and the music helps me think about the state _ and the music helps me think about the state of mind of the character and it's— the state of mind of the character and it's a — the state of mind of the character and it's a mental preparation and when _ and it's a mental preparation and when i _ and it's a mental preparation and when i was — and it's a mental preparation and when i was on the way to set. what is the music— when i was on the way to set. what is the music of _ when i was on the way to set. what is the music of your _ when i was on the way to set. transit is the music of your character? when i was on the way to set. what is the music of your character? a i is the music of your character? a lot of different artists but there is a track— lot of different artists but there is a track called easy and one called — is a track called easy and one called lanterns and they sue jak and wolf down _ called lanterns and they sue jak and wolf down to the ground.— wolf down to the ground. where did ou feel wolf down to the ground. where did you feel numb _ wolf down to the ground. where did you feel numb what _ wolf down to the ground. where did you feel numb what was _ wolf down to the ground. where did you feel numb what was the - you feel numb what was the atmosphere like because you have great characters and great actors in this and it does look like when those two are nasty, and i'm spoiling the first 20 minutes if that and if you're going to watch six episodes, you will forgive me. those two are so nasty you have to have a laugh. the

those two are so nasty you have to have a laugh-— have a laugh. the sector could sometimes — have a laugh. the sector could sometimes be _ have a laugh. the sector could sometimes be heavy - have a laugh. the sector could sometimes be heavy with i have a laugh. the sector could| sometimes be heavy with what have a laugh. the sector could i sometimes be heavy with what was going _ sometimes be heavy with what was going on. _ sometimes be heavy with what was going on, so there was a lot of socialising _ going on, so there was a lot of socialising and and having jokes and fun because you have to otherwise it will bog _ fun because you have to otherwise it will bog you — fun because you have to otherwise it will bog you down. now fun because you have to otherwise it will bog you down.— will bog you down. now you've done the media for— will bog you down. now you've done the media for everything, _ will bog you down. now you've done the media for everything, what i will bog you down. now you've done the media for everything, what are i the media for everything, what are you doing next? ltrutha the media for everything, what are you doing next?— the media for everything, what are i you doing next?_ you've you doing next? who knows? you've tot you doing next? who knows? you've not to you doing next? who knows? you've got to have — you doing next? who knows? you've got to have something. _ you doing next? who knows? you've got to have something. don't - you doing next? who knows? you've got to have something. don't sit i got to have something. don't sit there and be all coy. i’m got to have something. don't sit there and be all coy. i'm working on a computer — there and be all coy. i'm working on a computer game — there and be all coy. i'm working on a computer game but _ there and be all coy. i'm working on a computer game but i'm _ there and be all coy. i'm working on a computer game but i'm not - there and be all coy. i'm working on i a computer game but i'm not actually allowed _ a computer game but i'm not actually allowed to— a computer game but i'm not actually allowed to say what the name of the game _ allowed to say what the name of the game is _ allowed to say what the name of the game is. unfortunately. you allowed to say what the name of the game is. unfortunately.— game is. unfortunately. you are workin: game is. unfortunately. you are working on _ game is. unfortunately. you are working on a _ game is. unfortunately. you are working on a computer- game is. unfortunately. you are working on a computer game, i game is. unfortunately. you are| working on a computer game, or game is. unfortunately. you are i working on a computer game, or a tv thing related to the game? he. working on a computer game, or a tv thing related to the game?— thing related to the game? no, a comuter thing related to the game? no, a computer game _ thing related to the game? no, a computer game where _ thing related to the game? no, a computer game where i - thing related to the game? no, a computer game where i am i thing related to the game? no, a i computer game where i am playing thing related to the game? no, a computer game where i am playing the main character and it's a facial capture. — main character and it's a facial capture, motion capture. this is such big business. _ capture, motion capture. this is such big business. i— capture, motion capture. this is such big business. i didn't i capture, motion capture. this is such big business. i didn't quite| such big business. i didn't quite know how _ such big business. i didn't quite know how big — such big business. i didn't quite know how big the _ such big business. i didn't quite know how big the business i such big business. i didn't quite| know how big the business was. such big business. i didn't quite i know how big the business was. it is incredible. it _ know how big the business was. it 3 incredible. it will be nice to see you. incredible. it will be nice to see ou. ., ~' incredible. it will be nice to see ou. ., ~ , ., incredible. it will be nice to see ou. . ~ . ~ incredible. it will be nice to see ou. ., . ~ ., incredible. it will be nice to see ou. . . ~ ., ., you. thank you so much. and hello to our mum you. thank you so much. and hello to your mum as — you. thank you so much. and hello to your mum as well— you. thank you so much. and hello to your mum as well for— you. thank you so much. and hello to your mum as well for pushing - you. thank you so much. and hello to your mum as well for pushing you i your mum as well for pushing you into the path. it is a fascinating

start. "wolf" is on bbc one, on monday at 9pm, with all episodes available to watch on iplayer. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59. british gas — gross profits?

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