life is for living, and i think we've got to keep that hope and positivity and keep fighting. spreading the cost of living. more and more people are choosing buy now pay later options to cover the daily essentials including groceries and bills. i'll have the details. in sport, rice to the rescue as arsenal's record signing scores in stoppage time to help them beat manchester united in the premier league. beat manchester united good beat manchester united morning. today is going tt sunny, good morning. today is going to be sunny, dry and warm for most of us. away from the far north of scotland where there is a bit more cloud and rain. through this week temperatures are going to continue to rise, for some of us we could see 30 or 31 celsius. 0ne some of us we could see 30 or 31 celsius. one of the details later in the programme. it's monday the 11th of september. our main story. more than 100 schools in england

and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. investigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam reports. from the midlands to suffolk... and london... more than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. the problem — crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. sarah, a mum of two who didn't want to be on camera, told us... the main issue for me is we don't have any certainty about when the children are going back to school. the lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. the school haven't been that specific about the actual

meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said... the government has been criticised for not acting faster despite concerns being raised. but some parents believe ministers are doing their best. safety is paramount at the end of the day. there's a reason why the schools are doing this. you know, they're being told by the government to close and to get it sorted and that's what they're doing. labour say if the government doesn't publish a full list of affected schools, they'll force a vote in the house of commons this week to make them. it's a scandal that parents are being left in the darkjust at the point of the new school term starting. ministers need to be upfront, publish that list and get a grip. schools in scotland,

wales and northern ireland are also being assessed. in scotland, raac has been detected in 35 schools, but first minister humza yousaf said he had no plans to close any schools in the short term. some court buildings and hospitals are also impacted, with the scale of the problem yet to be fully realised. good morning, sir. chancellorjeremy hunt has said he will spend what it takes to make the schools affected safe. as some parents try to juggle their children being kept away from school today after a turbulent time in their education, the government is under pressure to reveal precisely which schools are at risk and what they are going to do about it. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. we can speak now to our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn, who is at one of the schools affected, aylesford school in warwick.

morning, kathryn. what is going to happen at the school where you are today? happen at the school where you are toda ? ,., ., happen at the school where you are toda ? , ., ., ., happen at the school where you are toda ? ,., ., ., ., today? good morning. i dilated the new school— today? good morning. i dilated the new school year _ today? good morning. i dilated the new school year for _ today? good morning. i dilated the new school year for some - today? good morning. i dilated the new school year for some up - today? good morning. i dilated the new school year for some up and l today? good morning. i dilated the - new school year for some up and down the country as you have been hearing, —— there is a delay to the new school year. and it's all to do with raac, this type of concrete that most of us had not heard of before the last few days, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, a less robust more lightweight form of concrete that was used in lots of buildings like schools between the 60s and 90s, and it has a shelf life of 30 years which many schools are rapidly approaching now. that is where the concerns about safety are coming from. we know over 150 schools are affected, 52 deemed so dangerous they have to carry out immediate structural works, the others are being looked into but schools i told they cannot use those spaces. that means partial closures,

a logistical headache, that is what is happening here. year seven pupils will be starting today, year 12 pupils on wednesday, but none of the other secondary pupils will begin until next monday. that is what the school says and they cannot guarantee that either. in a statement on the website it says, it's well known many school buildings built in the 1960s were constructed using methods that would not be used today. unfortunately during work this summer, contractors have found a number of issues that need immediate attention and they have been forced to close a significant area of the school while work continues. we will be talking to the parents here later. there are questions for government about the timing of this and the urgency of it happening right before the start of the new term, some say with a construction time bomb like this, why wasn't it higher up on a priority list somewhere? the government says they have been acting on evidence as soon as they

have got it and some of that has been very recent evidence. they are being pushed to publish the full list of schools affected, they say they would rather directly communicated with parents than they have that centralised list somewhere. you had the chancellor jeremy hunt saying yesterday they will spend their money necessary to make schools safe but in the meantime quite a lot of disruption and worry at the start of the school year. the education secretary, gillian keegan, will bejoining us at 7.30 this morning. the labour leader sir keir starmer is expected to reshuffle his shadow cabinet later. the changes will coincide with the return of mp's to parliament following their summer break. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who is in westminster. morning, henry. are we expecting any significant changes to labour�*s front bench? i significant changes to labour's front bench?— significant changes to labour's front bench? ~ ., ., , , front bench? i know that we shuttles are one of those _ front bench? i know that we shuttles are one of those things _ front bench? i know that we shuttles are one of those things that - front bench? i know that we shuttles are one of those things that happens in westminster where those of us

here get very excited but it's a bit hard to understand why or even if they matter. this one i think really matters. fora they matter. this one i think really matters. for a few different reasons. this is one significant change we are expecting, angela rayner, keir starmer�*s deputy, will get a newjob. rayner, keir starmer�*s deputy, will geta newjob. she rayner, keir starmer�*s deputy, will get a newjob. she will remain his deputy, she was elected to that, but we expect she will be giving a new government to shadow, is to be levelling up which is a fancy word for housing and local government. keir starmer�*s leadership has been rocky at points, there have been moments where labour mps have been uncomfortable with his pole position and the direction he is taking the party is, this is not one of those moments. you now has complete authority to shape his shadow cabinet how he likes. the decision he makes later will give as a guide to what the man who could be our

next prime minister thinks about politics, issues of tax, spending, all sorts of other things. the final reason that this really matters is that there is going to be a general election next year almost certainly, possibly even as soon as the spring. and if you look at the opinion polls, keir starmer could plausibly become prime minister. so when we get that list of names, his new shadow cabinet later today, what we are really getting is a list of the people who could be running the country as soon as fairly and next year. and that i think is the most important thing we will take away from today. important thing we will take away from today-— important thing we will take away from toda . . ~' ,, , . from today. thank you very much, hen . ukrainian generals claim they have broken through russia's defence lines in the south. kyiv launched a counter—offensive injune which has been slow to progress, but officials claim they've now reached a turning point. it comes after white house spokesman john kirby told reporters in washington that ukrainian forces had "achieved some success against that second line."

winter vaccinations in scotland will start today after a new coronavirus variant was found to be spreading. public health scotland said the new variant was identified last month and winter vaccinations, which were set to begin in mid—october, would now begin for care home residents, the over 75s and those who are clinically vulnerable. nearly half of all trains in britain were at least one minute late between january and july of this year according to bbc analysis. huddersfield station had the highest rate of cancelled trains. network rail says it is working closely with train operating companies to improve. thousands of homes remain without power this morning across much of eastern taiwan, after typhoon haikui slammed into the island yesterday afternoon. it's the first typhoon to make a direct hit on the island in four years. around a0 people are reported to have been injured. but so far there are no reports of major structural damage, some of the tens of thousands

of people at the burning man festival in the united states have managed to leave the desert site, which has been turned into a quagmire by heavy rain. road access has been closed and with further thunderstorms possible it could be several days before everyone can get home. 0ur correspondent, david willis, sent this report from the festival site in nevada. # i want to know, have you ever seen the rain? they've seen it here. what's thought to be the longest, heaviest rainfall since this festival was launched 37 years ago. the day before people were due to start heading home, the dusty desert sand was transformed into a quagmire, prompting organisers to close the gates. a driving ban remains in force here but the organisers say it's too wet and muddy for people to leave and they're warning that heavy vehicles could end up getting bogged down in the mud. but for those who are desperate to get out of here, well,

they're not stopping them. and this morning saw a steady stream of vehicles headed for the exit. the advice to those stranded in the ankle—deep mud is conserve food, fuel and water supplies, because it's unclear how long you'll be here. for me and my husband, this is an escape from the hard things. and this is kind of hard. so i'm sad. it is hard, isn't it? when are we going to get out of it? oh, that's a really good question. everyone keeps saying your guess is as good as mine. what do you make of all this? i mean, i'm having a great time. is it going to spoil the fun? no, clearly not. this week—long festival transforms a remote area of northwestern nevada into a sprawling desert city. but even before the event got under way, organisers were dealing with flooding caused by the remnants of hurricane hilary. burning man culminates with a large wooden effigy being set alight.

that has been delayed, and its timing now depends entirely on the weather. david willis, bbc news, in black rock city, nevada. here's a brand new meaning to changing the guard. a parade of corgis dressed up in crowns, tiaras and royal outfits were seen outside buckingham palace all in memory of queen elizabeth. the breed were the late queen's pet of choice, she owned around 30 throughout her life. around 20 royal fans walked their pet corgis outside the palace gates. 0rganisers are hoping to make it an annual event. look at them in the sunshine being very well_ look at them in the sunshine being very well behaved! how look at them in the sunshine being very well behaved!— look at them in the sunshine being very well behaved! how did they get the ball to stay _ very well behaved! how did they get the ball to stay so _ very well behaved! how did they get the ball to stay so still? _ very well behaved! how did they get the ball to stay so still? the - the ball to stay so still? the leaders are _ the ball to stay so still? the

leaders are very _ the ball to stay so still? the leaders are very tied! -- - the ball to stay so still? the - leaders are very tied! -- because the are leaders are very tied! -- because they are tied _ leaders are very tied! -- because they are tied to _ leaders are very tied! -- because they are tied to the _ leaders are very tied! -- because they are tied to the gates - leaders are very tied! -- because they are tied to the gates with i leaders are very tied! -- because | they are tied to the gates with the leads! corgis are too cute. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. are you going to say the scorchio word for us this morning? absolutely, it is going to be scorchio for some of us and we are starting this morning on a very warm note, in cornwall, just short of 20 degrees, 19.8. but in newcastle, are: nine. —— it is a cooler 9 degrees. it will be warm or hot this week, sunshine, mistand degrees. it will be warm or hot this week, sunshine, mist and fog, and we're starting that this morning across parts of northern ireland, northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales and the south—west and quarter of the uk. that will lift quite quickly and most of us will have a dry and sunny day, away

from the north—west where we have got a ragged weather front producing a bit more cloud. you might have the odd spot of drizzle from that, a brighter day here than yesterday. 16 in the north, to 29 or 30 in the south—east. this evening and overnight, breezy in southern areas, clear skies, still a ragged front producing the odd spot of rain here and there overnight. 0nce producing the odd spot of rain here and there overnight. once again mist and there overnight. once again mist and fog forming across parts of northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland. by the end of the night we could have a few showers coming in across the south—west but it is not going to be a cold night, overnight lows between nine and 15. tomorrow, a lot of dry weather and sunshine, the cloud or break—up across scotland, a few showers in the south—west to start with but a fine day for most, temperatures ranging to 29 in the

south. as we go through this week, some parts could get to 31 degrees, we are watching closely. it makes such a change, it was gorgeous yesterday, here's hoping it continues for a little longer. on this programme, we've followed two legends of rugby, rob burrow and ed slater, as they adjust to living with motor neurone disease. it doesn't just affect them, but it affects their families too, especially their wives, who are taking on the role of carers. this is their story. two rugby families, both living with the devastating condition motor neurone disease. rob burrow, a rugby league legend, was diagnosed when he was 37. ed slater, a rugby union star, was told he had mnd last year when he was just 34. the two families have been

supporting each other in the hardest of times. you know, i was devastated when i heard the news that ed had been diagnosed. as rob said so many times, it doesn't just affect the person, it affects the whole family. and essentially you become a carer as well as a mum and a wife and, you know, juggling sort of everything. juggling all of the sort of different things. yeah. seeing what you guys have achieved and what you've kind of done with the kids, i think for me it was so reassuring and also helpful to see you guys doing what you're doing with the three kids, and just thinking, "ok, i can do this." the burrows and the slaters both have three young children. see them all playing, kids, they're amazing. and, you know, even some of the most difficult situations, you know, they bring a lot of light, laughter, energy. and it's no different today getting them all together.

motor neurone disease is a life limiting degenerative condition. rob can no longer walk or talk and needs 2a hour care. ed is starting to lose function in his arms and legs. but it's the children that both families worry about. you know, i think it's a worry of, how are they going to cope with it? how are they going to deal? and, you know, you kind of i think as a parent, you just you just want your children to be happy, don't you? and you kind of, you know, i know what's coming and it's really difficult to prepare them. how long has daddy got, what does that mean? and it's really difficult to have those conversations with your children and to kind of say, you know, that it is a life limiting disease and it's going to mean that daddy, you know, is not going to be around as long as we... and that's so hard because then it's in those moments, i think that's actually the hardest thing is, you can't give them an answer. and kids do love to know a factual answer or,

what does that actually mean? it is amazing, though, when they are doing bits or when they kind of offer to do bits. like, "oh, i'll fill up daddy's water bottle" or "i can do that, i can do that," which has been amazing to see. hi, ed, jo and kids, - it is great to see you all. how are you doing? rob is showing ed his eye gaze machine, which helps him to talk. it's something ed himself may need in the future. it basically works on infra red. so there's a little light that rob looks at the letters. this is where rob will get mad at me because i press all the wrong buttons! hear that?! both rob and ed know they would be lost without their wives. well, i'm really proud of her. i think in my situation, if i didn't have someone like jo, built like jo, the way she kind of processes things,

her kindness, her compassion, i would be a very different person in the way i handle it. so i'm very lucky i've got someone like jo by my side and i'm sure rob thinks same about lindsey. i am so grateful for everything that lindsey does for me. _ i couldn't wish for a better wife and mother to our children. - without her i wouldn't be here today. - ijust hope she knows that i'd do the same for her. - hide your eyes, go! one, two, three. mum'sjust like doing everything she can and, like, she's doing really well at the matter of fact, that dad has mnd. now we've got an extra room that's downstairs. when he can't move any more, we canjust go down to his room when mum allows us to at bedtime, instead of him coming up. there's not enough words i could use to describe how special

she is, she's the best mum in the entire world. she's a great mum because she's got a few of us to look after and she's keep going fighting, every day. she's helped my dad, she puts him to bed, feeds him, and ijust couldn't wish for a better mum. in his playing days, rob was one of the most successful rugby league stars. ed was also a winner for both leicester tigers and gloucester. with the help of the rugby community, both men have put mnd on the map and raised millions of pounds to find a cure. i've been kind of taken abackjust by how the rugby community has come together to kind of support us as a family, it's been overwhelming, i think. i never expected the support that we've had. have you found you've had a lot of support from the union side of things? yeah, it's been amazing. it's so reassuring, i think, especially when it's kind of those harder bits or there's times

where he's having a harder day or there's progressions and things like that. i think it's that reassurance that, you know, the people that are so supportive and ijust love that. you know, life is for living. and i think we've got to keep that hope and positivity and keep fighting. you know, mnd might win the battle, but we'll keep fighting and we'll keep banging that drum and, you know, do all we can. definitely. thank you to both families for talking to us, gorgeous film. bbc breakfast�*s documentary following rob, lindsey and their children's journey, "rob burrow: living with mnd", has made the final shortlist in the national tv awards. it's in the authored documentary

category alongside deborah james, matt willis and lewis capaldi. you can vote in this year's ntas by visiting the website nationaltvawards. com. voting is open now and it closes at midday tomorrow. let's have a look at today's papers. and some front pages carry the latest on crumbling concrete in schools. the guardian reports that money to fix buildings would come from the department for education's existing budget for buildings and not from additional funds. the telegraph quotes the policing minister chris philp, who says forces must investigate shoplifting offences, even if the goods are worth less than £200. the mirror has an interview with labour leader sir keir starmer, who promises not to increase income tax in what it says is a "major election promise". he tells the paper his party "will do nothing to increase the burden on working people." and the mail reports that there's

been a "dramatic ten—fold rise" in the number of council employees given permission to work from overseas. it claims the figure has risen from 73 in the year 2020—21 to more than 700 last year. the raf red arrows display team performed for thousands of people at bournemouth air festival on sunday. spitfires, lancaster bombers and typhoons were also seen during the event, which was held for the 15th time over the weekend. i love how neat that is! impressive. the red and blue vapour trails of the red arrows are created by injecting a mixture of 75% diesel and 25% dye into the hot exhaust from the jet engine of the aircraft. i never knew that's how it worked, i thought it was a powder of some sort. it thought it was a powder of some sort-- itjust _ thought it was a powder of some sort.- it just goes - thought it was a powder of some sort.- itjust goes in - thought it was a powder of some sort.- itjust goes in the l sort. clever. it 'ust goes in the enaine.

sort. clever. itjust goes in the engine. beautiful— sort. clever. itjust goes in the engine. beautiful picture. - sort. clever. itjust goes in the - engine. beautiful picture. gorgeous blues . engine. beautiful picture. gorgeous blue sky- 50 — engine. beautiful picture. gorgeous blue sky. so perfect, _ engine. beautiful picture. gorgeous blue sky. so perfect, love _ engine. beautiful picture. gorgeous blue sky. so perfect, love it. - peat bogs are a vital part of the fight against climate change because of their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide but they're under threat from farming and compost production. the government has recently announced £16 million in funding to protect thousands of hectares of peatlands, and a huge swathe of yorkshire is also being surveyed for the first time, as plans are made to restore it. paul murphy went to find out more. 0n the moorlands of east yorkshire, mark is on a mission. so we use the gps to capture what we call ground control points. he's surveying more than ten square miles of plant life and the peat that grows on it. we're working in collaboration with natural england to actually understand what those important vegetation types are, which are an indication of the health of the peatland. peatlands are doing nothing less than helping our planet function.

in fact, this boggy landscape of decomposing plants is something of an unsung hero in our battle against climate change. it absorbs and stores huge quantities of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that's causing global warming. the great advantage of peat if it is in good condition, it will grow. and if it grows, what it's doing is taking in layers of carbon from the atmosphere in each one of those little increments. so every year, a little bit more moss is stored underground and it grows and grows and grows. this survey is on a huge scale. images from aircraft and from satellites are identifying areas of peatland that need help, perhaps more water orjust protection from human activity. the history of this place has been all about exploitation. it's been drained for agriculture. millions of tonnes of compost has been dug up and taken away

for garden centre use across europe. but the future for the moors, well, that's going to be a story of restoration, of growth, of bringing back the peat. we think there could be up to five metres of missing peat here. that's more than twice my height, yeah, that's missing here. so the capacity is really enormous. this wants to be a peat bog, this was a peat bog, it wants to be a peat bog. so therefore, we're effectively restoring it to its natural state. and the bigger it gets, the more harmful c02 this peatland can absorb. this is an unlikely front line in the fight against global warming, but scientists believe it's playing a key role. paul murphy, bbc news, at yorkshire's humberhead levels. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. from today all primary school pupils in london will be able to get a free school meal. the policy, announced by the mayor in february, aims to help with the cost of living crisis. it's estimated families could save more than £400 per child. tower hamlets council has decided to extend the scheme, and is funding meals for secondary students as well. we've been in touch with children first hand who have, on a regular basis, missed school lunches because their families are really struggling. and often it's like a stigma that you don't want to share that they're missing the lunches, so they will make excuses and say they are not hungry, or, "i'm going to eat something later." so, i think it is fantastic that now everybody can just queue up and have a healthy meal at lunchtime. meanwhile, as many young people start a new term,

research suggests almost two thirds dread going back to school as they're being bullied. a charity set up in memory of princess diana has released a film and is working with schools and students to tackle the issue. a poll by the diana award also found half of parents were concerned about their children suffering mental or physical abuse. it helped many of us during the lockdowns — now we're being reminded of the benefits of a daily walk michael's behind a group which organises walks for lg bt people. it comes as research suggests the community are more likely to experience poor mental health. i want to bring an opportunity where people are not alone, and i want to sort of get them out of pubs and clubs. nothing beats the outdoors. like, when you're walking, it's when you are walking and talking with people you can share more, especially when you look someone in the eye. sir mo farah is one step closer to retirement after finishing his final race in his home city. he came fourth in the big half marathon which goes through the capital

after overcoming a cold. the four—time olympic gold medallist will officially retire from competitive running at next week's great north run. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. just as many of our schools go back for the start of the autumn term, it's going to feel an awful lot more like summer. it's dry, it's warm and it's settled, and it's all set to last for much of the week, with temperatures climbing day on day too. we start off with with some early mist. it shouldn't last for too long. it will be burnt back by the sunshine. there will be lots of that. plenty of blue sky through the day. just a bit of high level cloud making the sunshine hazier at times. perhaps top temperatures all the way up to 27, even 28 celsius for some spots. the winds stay light. as we head through this evening and overnight, still relatively comfortable for sleeping. clear skies, some more mist developing into tuesday morning. tuesday, more of the same.

but it will start to feel a little breezier. this is a south—easterly wind dragging in that warm, humid feeling air from the near continent. so temperatures are likely to rise even further by the time we get to wednesday, with some rather warm and muggy nights. that's it — back to sally and ben. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. let's return to our top story now — those continued safety concerns over crumbling concrete in some schools, just as thousands of pupils are looking ahead to the new term. so why is this happening now? how many more schools could be affected? and how long will it take to make them safe? 0ur analysis editor, ros atkins, has been looking at some of the key questions. these are four questions the government's facing about unsafe concrete in england's schools.

first, why is this happening now? because raac has long been a known problem, while the government says the risk assessment has changed. education secretary gillian keegan says there's new evidence of when raac had failed unexpectedly, most recently towards the end of august. and that has led to a new policy where, if raac is identified in schools, those buildings will be taken out of use, according to the schools minister, nick gibb, at least while mitigation measures are taken. which leads us to how many more schools could be affected. well, gillian keegan says that of 22,000 schools in england, 156 have confirmed they have raac concerns, and 52 have already taken action. but the process of each school completing a raac questionnaire that began last year, is ongoing. the truth is, right now, we're not sure how many schools are affected, but some definitely are. and so, how long to make sure they are safe? well, mitigating measures can include reinforcing buildings,

or using portable classrooms. but some specifics on timescale and cost are outstanding. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says, "we will spend what it takes." the government says it will pay for mitigating measures, but it hasn't said how much money it will spend, nor how long the work will take, nor if there'll be new funding for long term building work. and then there's a longer term question. is all of this connected to austerity? go back to 2010, and david cameron's coalition government ended labour's building schools for the future scheme. pointing to that, labour now says that chickens are coming home to roost after 13 years. now, it's true that overall spending on education infrastructure, which includes building repairs and building new schools, has declined since labour was in power. if we adjust for inflation, for the year to april 2010, that spending was almost £10 billion. the equivalent to april this year was about £6 billion.

though the government highlights that since 2015, it spent £15 billion to keep school buildings safe and in good working order. also, labour has declined to say if it would fund a full school rebuilding programme if it were in power. now last week, gillian keegan advised that most parents should not be worried about this at all. that may be right, but injune, an official report said that the department of education sees raac as the greatest risk to safety across the school estate. and that was before the risk was upgraded, which is why this issue is raising questions for parents, children and teachers. we're joined now by niamh sweeney, deputy general secretary of the national education union. good morning. thank you for being with us. we looked at some of the details. some of the big questions facing students, teachers and

parents as many students go back to work, back to school, this morning. the government says the disruption will be minimal. they say a few days rather than weeks, do you believe them? ., ~ ., , , . rather than weeks, do you believe them? ., , them? no. we have seen, since june we have been — them? no. we have seen, since june we have been talking _ them? no. we have seen, since june we have been talking to _ them? no. we have seen, since june we have been talking to head - we have been talking to head teachers _ we have been talking to head teachers that have had raac identified in their schools already, that have — identified in their schools already, that have had propping up medications or portakabins put in place _ medications or portakabins put in place to— medications or portakabins put in place to help educate young people. that is _ place to help educate young people. that is still ongoing. we know from other— that is still ongoing. we know from other public buildings, the queen elizaheth— other public buildings, the queen elizabeth hospital in king's lynn, for example, has had mitigations of pmpping _ for example, has had mitigations of propping put in place since 2021. now it _ propping put in place since 2021. now it has — propping put in place since 2021. now it has over 2500 posts propping up now it has over 2500 posts propping up its _ now it has over 2500 posts propping up its ceilings. we need confirmation from the government that this _ confirmation from the government that this will be dealt with swiftly, that children can get on with their— swiftly, that children can get on with their education and teachers can get— with their education and teachers can get on— with their education and teachers can get on with teaching children in appropriate buildings as quickly as possible — appropriate buildings as quickly as ossible. , . ., , appropriate buildings as quickly as ossible. , .

possible. yes, and as you said some ofthe possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern _ possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern is _ possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern is about _ possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern is about the - possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern is about the lack - possible. yes, and as you said some of the concern is about the lack of i of the concern is about the lack of information. we are expecting an update from the government in the coming days. hundreds of sites still to be inspected. as you said, other measures put in place to make those that are found to have this concreted, to make them safe. what would you say to parents this morning who are worried about sending their children to school? well, of course parents should be able to— well, of course parents should be able to send their children to school— able to send their children to school with full confidence that the school _ school with full confidence that the school is _ school with full confidence that the school is safe. they should be reassured _ school is safe. they should be reassured that head teachers will have made inspections, they will have _ have made inspections, they will have made inspections, they will have made sure that they have completed the survey for the department for education. but the government guidance has changed. where _ government guidance has changed. where head teachers suspect there may now _ where head teachers suspect there may now be raac, a site inspection is not _ may now be raac, a site inspection is not good — may now be raac, a site inspection is not good enough. will be they ensuring — is not good enough. will be they ensuring that further investigations take place. teachers always make sure that — take place. teachers always make sure that the children are cared for and in _ sure that the children are cared for and in secure and safe surroundings. please, _ and in secure and safe surroundings. please, we _ and in secure and safe surroundings. please, we don't want to stoke up

anxiety— please, we don't want to stoke up anxiety on — please, we don't want to stoke up anxiety on what should be a really special— anxiety on what should be a really special day for so many children going _ special day for so many children going back to school. but this is an ongoing _ going back to school. but this is an ongoing problem. parents will know that our— ongoing problem. parents will know that our school building stock is not fit _ that our school building stock is not fit for — that our school building stock is not fit for purpose. raac is one issue _ not fit for purpose. raac is one issue we — not fit for purpose. raac is one issue. we also know that asbestos is an issue _ issue. we also know that asbestos is an issue in _ issue. we also know that asbestos is an issue in many of our school buildings _ an issue in many of our school buildings. many of them are too hot in summer— buildings. many of them are too hot in summerand too buildings. many of them are too hot in summer and too cold in winter. the national audit office published information injune saying that a third _ information injune saying that a third of— information injune saying that a third of school buildings are past their— third of school buildings are past their life — third of school buildings are past their life span. so, this is back to a cancellation of the building schools — a cancellation of the building schools for the future programme. we have not— schools for the future programme. we have not had _ schools for the future programme. we have not had a big enough investment in or school— have not had a big enough investment in or school infrastructure in the last in or school infrastructure in the tast13 _ in or school infrastructure in the last 13 years. that means the current — last 13 years. that means the current children are paying for that by being _ current children are paying for that by being taught in buildings not fit for purpose. you by being taught in buildings not fit for purpose-— for purpose. you talk about the surve is for purpose. you talk about the survey is being _ for purpose. you talk about the survey is being done _ for purpose. you talk about the survey is being done by - for purpose. you talk about the l survey is being done by teachers for purpose. you talk about the - survey is being done by teachers and head teachers. are there qualified to do so? it's putting a lot of responsibility on teachers to walk around their buildings and to

visually inspect the building, to spot if this stuff is present? well, that is the pressure _ spot if this stuff is present? well, that is the pressure that - spot if this stuff is present? well, that is the pressure that the - that is the pressure that the department for education put on those _ department for education put on those head teachers. it sent out a survey— those head teachers. it sent out a survey giving them instructions of how to _ survey giving them instructions of how to look for this type of building _ how to look for this type of building material. summer school local authorities and multi—academy trusts— local authorities and multi—academy trusts will— local authorities and multi—academy trusts will have god surveyors into do that _ trusts will have god surveyors into do that. but the advice from the government at that stage was that a site inspection was good enough. what _ site inspection was good enough. what we — site inspection was good enough. what we are saying is that the government needs to take responsibility. it needs to make sure _ responsibility. it needs to make sure it — responsibility. it needs to make sure it has _ responsibility. it needs to make sure it has got accurate records that all— sure it has got accurate records that all of— sure it has got accurate records that all of those inspections have been _ that all of those inspections have been taking place in buildings where they now— been taking place in buildings where they now that raac may have been used _ they now that raac may have been used they — they now that raac may have been used. they know the life span of those _ used. they know the life span of those buildings. they should be ensuring — those buildings. they should be ensuring they have got accurate details — ensuring they have got accurate details and that they're supporting head teachers to make sure that happens — head teachers to make sure that happens as quickly as possible. good to have ou happens as quickly as possible. good to have you with _ happens as quickly as possible. good to have you with us. _ happens as quickly as possible. (ems. to have you with us. thank you. nave sweeney, the national education union. it is worth saying as well

that in about an hour from now we will speak to the education secretary. thank you. john is here with the sport. a busy day in the premier league yesterday? it was. arsenal v manchester united. whenever these two made it is always a classic. when you spend a huge amount of money on a player, £105 million, you soon forget the price tag when they are worth it. they show their worth it by scoring a huge goal at a crucial time, as declan rice did yesterday for arsenal. good morning. yes, so much for a quiet sunday afternoon. it was edge of your seat stuff as arsenal beat manchester united, thanks in part to a priceless finish from £100 million man declan rice, as patrick gearey reports. premier league drama at its latest and greatest. it sucks you in, it spits you out. never give up and never leave early. arsenal's wild ride began with a plunge. manchester united found a familiar target.

it's a great finish by marcus rashford! perhaps a jump start for united's season. but keeper andre 0nana had barely landed when arsenal and martin 0degaard responded just seconds later. for some time the pulse slowed, quickening suddenly when arsenal thought they had a penalty. until the referee looked again. overturned. and in the 88th minute arsenal were being overrun too. alejandro garnacho thought he'd won it for united. but in a sealed room in a replay was being shown, a line was being drawn, a game was being changed. offside. that process takes time, which was added onto the match. and maybe that allowed arsenal to take this corner and declan rice to snatch a sensational victory. arsenal's record signing now embedded. there was still the chance for gabrieljesus to make the scoreline look comfortable. the numbers conceal the story though. i love the mentality. i think the determination of the team shows to go and go and go.

against any opponent we want to go and we want to win. and the draw is not enough. this is a fixture which fuels grudges and makes headlines. and so again. arsenal versus manchester united, eventful to the end. patrick geary, bbc news. so, a bad result for united — and some bad feeling behind the scenes. manager erik ten hag said he didn't pickjadon sancho because he didn't train well. the player responded, saying, "please don't believe everything you read. "i will not allow people saying things that are completely untrue." he added, "i've been a scapegoat for a long time, which isn't fair". perhaps a storm brewing at united? the subject of a huge bid from saudi arabia, mo salah proved his worth again to liverpool, scoring one and having a hand in their other two, in a 3—0 win over aston villa. he's believed to have told his team—mates he'll

be staying at anfield, despite al ittihad thought to be preparing a fresh bid for the player, after their 150 million bid was turned down. three goals too for crystal palace as they beat wolves. 0dsonne edouard scored twice in the 3—2 win at selhurst park — which moves palace up to seventh. just one win from four for wolves — they're 15th. it was celebrations for celtic in the first old firm derby of the season — but their victory at ibrox was not without controversy. rangers thought they'd scored on two occasions — but both were disallowed — kemar roofe's strike the second of those — ruled out for a foul earlier in the build up. and their frustration would only get worse when kyogo scored the only goal of the game late in the first half. celtic top the premiership then, level on points with motherwell, who beat hearts 1—0. rangers — are four points back. and celtic�*s women made it a double

cause for celebration, as they stay top of the scottish women's premier league. amy gallagher's hat trick saw them beat hibernian 4—2, to remain two points clear of rangers, after they beat partick thistle. it's a perfect ten for max verstappen in formula one. he accomplished yesterday what no other driver has achieved in the sport, winning ten races in a row, beating the previous record held by sebastien vettel. at the italian grand prix, verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez was second with carlos sainz third. george russell and lewis hamilton just missed out on a podium finish, coming fifth and sixth. england's cricketers missed the chance to complete a series victory against new zealand with a match to spare, after defeat in their latest t20 international. new zealand chose to bat, and soon began piling on the runs. finn allen scored 89 of them offjust 53 balls, as they set england 203 to win. and in response,

england never got close, losing early wickets, eventually bowled out for 128, losing by 7a runs. england lead the series 2—1, with the decider at trent bridge on tuesday. rugby great david watkins has died at the age of 81. watkins was a legend in both codes of the sport, winning 21 wales caps in rugby union, before getting 16 more in league. he also represented the british and irish lions teams in both union and league too. britain's last hope at the us open, jack draper, is back in action today, as he aims to make the quarter—finals of a grand slam for the first time. he faces the world number eight andrey rublev. three—time champion novak djokovic is already into the quarterfinals as he won in straight sets agaisnt borna gojo. the second seed is looking for a record equalling 24th major title. there was a big shock in the women's draw, as the defending champion

iga swiatek was knocked out byjelena 0stapenko. the top seed losing in three sets to the latvian 20th seed. 0stapenko will face american sixth seed coco gauff next. that's after she beat caroline wozniaki, ending her dream run in three sets. wozniacki is only playing in her third tournament since making the decision to come out of retirement, and having two children. the 19—year—old gauff is among the favourites, as she goes for her first grand slam. what a story that would be. just as it would be if jack what a story that would be. just as it would be ifjack draper what a story that would be. just as it would be if jack draper could book his place in the next round. wouldn't that be incredible? thank you. some arrived yesterday, finally. it was warm in most places. carol and give us more detail. goad carol and give us more detail. good morninu. carol and give us more detail. good morning- it — carol and give us more detail. good morning- it was _ carol and give us more detail. good morning. it was 28 _ carol and give us more detail. (ems. morning. it was 28 degrees yesterday in london. if we look at the

temperatures during the meteorological summer, this is what we achieved. the highest temperature being 32.2 celsius injune. we are now at the start of the meteorological autumn. and this week we could potentially reach 31 celsius, maybe even 32 celsius in one or two places. it is one we are keeping a night on because the forecast for this week is a very warm or hot one. there will be plenty of sunshine. we will start the day is with mist and fog. high pressure firmly in charge. this is the weather front that has been plaguing the far north of scotland as we have gone through the course of the weekend, producing some rain. it is still with us today. they will be some drizzle in 0rkney. a brighter day in the north west. a lot of sunshine. when we lose the mist and fog. it is quite prolific in the south—east. we have also got some in northern ireland, northern england, south—west of scotland and wales. most of us enjoying some sunshine with highs of 16 and lyric

to 29, possibly 30, somewhere in the south—east. —— lerwick. this evening and overnight clear skies, breezy in the south, the weather front across the south, the weather front across the north of scotland producing some light rain. by the end of the night we will have some showers in the south—west. it is not going to be a cold night. overnight lows of nine to 15 degrees. as we move on from tuesday, you can see that we still do have high pressure firmly in charge. we have still got some showers dotted across the south—west to start the day. the weather front a weak affair across the north of scotland. they will still be cloud but it will break up and we will see some more brightness and sunshine. during tuesday we have got an onshore breeze coming in across the east. 0n the coast it will feel cooler. still pleasant, 21 to 23 degrees. in land we are looking at “p degrees. in land we are looking at up to 28, 29. as we head into the middle of the week we start drawing

in more of a southerly wind across our shores. in more of a southerly wind across ourshores. it in more of a southerly wind across our shores. it will turn more humid and it will also turn that bit hotter. 0n and it will also turn that bit hotter. on wednesday itself we start off with low cloud, mist and fog in eastern scotland are parts of eastern scotland are parts of eastern england. also moving up from the south—west across the irish sea. some of this in the east will be slow to clear. it may burn back to the coast where it could linger in parts. temperatures 16 to about 31 degrees. we could see more than that on wednesday. we will keep you posted. brute on wednesday. we will kee ou osted. ~ we will keep you posted. we will listen to everything _ we will keep you posted. we will listen to everything you - we will keep you posted. we will listen to everything you say. - we will keep you posted. we will i listen to everything you say. thank you. if you think about the words buy now pay later, you probably think about buying something for the home. now more people are opting for it for everyday essentials, things like bills and groceries, according to new research. ben has more. that's right.

these schemes let you buy something now and pay in instalments without any interest. it sounds like a good deal. the worry is that people are using it to cover the cost of essentials rather than those big one—off items. let me explain. buy now pay later allows you spread the cost of a purchase without interest fees, but for some people there are concerns it means they overspend — and some have trouble affording the repayments. and in the current cost of living crisis it appears people aren'tjust using these services for those big ticket items, or an expensive treat — millions are now reliant on them for their everyday necessities. new research from the government, funded by the money and pensions service, shows nearly one in five customers using buy now pay later services have done so to pay for essentials. that includes groceries, toiletries, household bills and fuel. buy now pay later is changing how people shop, and rising bills and costs have meant it is being chosen more and more. currently, over ten million people are estimated to use it, and half of those say they have a transaction they haven't paid off. and of those with outstanding

payments, 55% owe more than £100 — that's around three million people. and for an idea of the amount of money involved, the bank of england this week said about three million households in the uk are currently grappling with a collective debt of £2.7 billion due to their use of buy now, pay later services. of course some people have faced issues with making the repayments, sometimes using a credit card to cover it or being charged a late fee, so the advice is to check first. debt charities such as step change and citizens advice have been calling for more regulation of buy now, pay later services, in some cases you might be approved to borrow amounts that you realistically cannot afford to pay back. so, our study actually found that one in five users said they felt that they had borrowed too much. so, really give yourself time when checking out to figure out whether this is the right payment option for you. and then the other risks come in when you begin to miss payments. so, the providers will take different approaches to charges and late fees, and they can be more expensive than other forms of borrowing, like credit cards. so, make sure you read the terms

and conditions and understand what you might be up for. debt charities are calling for more regulation of buy now pay later services. the government has previously said it is a useful option, but the treasury is working on protecting borrowers from falling into problem debt. we would love to hear from you on this today. are you having to use buy now pay later for certain things, perhaps to cover the cost of essentials for the first time? lots of ways you can get in touch. you can send a message on whatsapp. 0r touch. you can send a message on whatsapp. or you can scan the qr code with your phone camera and it will start a chat with us. get in touch in all the other usual ways as well. we will share some people's experiences later. thank you. for most people, black cabs are a handy way to get from a to b. but for thousands of military veterans, they represent a once in a lifetime chance

to pay their respects to their fallen comrades. the taxi charity has supported world war two veterans since 1948, and each year it gives former soldiers the opportunity to travel to abroad and visit the final resting place of the men they fought alongside. 0ur correspondent anna holligan was in the netherlands to find out more. i can do it for you, if you want. yeah. the ones he left behind are the ones he has returned for. don travelled hundreds of miles to honour those who never made it home. one of your brothers in arms, i guess. yeah. operation market garden was the largest airborne assault in history. thousands of british and american parachute and glider troops dropped behind enemy lines. their mission was to capture the bridges and hold the territory until british tanks and infantry arrived. but the land forces couldn't break through. don was among them. they was to land, make it quicker

for our people to finish the war. you know they was being killed and bombed or whatever. you just can't get to them. it was bang, bang, bang all the way around you. and that where i was, not many survived. callum and don met by chance. there's a 19—year—old one. you just feel this level of debt, you know, owed to these guys, and they're not going to be around for a lot longer, and that's the sad thing. and the friendship that's developed over time — when he asked me to come on this trip, iwas thinking, well, i'm not a career by trade, but, you know, i'll do my best for you, support you. and it seems to be going 0k, doesn't it, don? yeah, brilliant, brilliant. and yeah, remembrance is important because it'll be in the history books soon and you won't have all these living guys that can tell you the stories and chat to about it. almost 1500 british and polish troops were killed. thousands more became prisoners of war. operation market garden was ultimately a bold, heroic failure, and the war dragged on.

arnhem's 0osterbeek war cemetery contains the graves of most of those killed during the september landings. this isjohn's first time in the netherlands. some of these lads, i've got a cousin that we're going to lay a wreath to today that was 19 and he never made love. that's terrible, isn't it? to die without making love. when the war finally ended, three london cabbies set up a charity to take their friends who had sustained life changing injuries, on day trips. lvoiceover: shades of lily marlene | and mademoiselle from armentieres. let her go. — nowadays, my hobby's beer. and since then, the taxi charity for military veterans has served thousands of ex—service personnel, with day trips, social events and free rides to the netherlands and france for acts of commemoration.

this year, the taxi charity is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and we're on the road with them. when i bring him here, it feels like he's 20 again and everybody loves him. and you just can't explain what it's — what it does for him. you can't explain what the dutch people give these guys. that's right. oh, it's incredible. they bring them back to life again. this is priceless what we do. yeah, money can't buy these trips. yeah. to be here today, it's one of the best things that's happened to me in my life. i appreciate the black cabs of london and their charity, and the wonderful people that run it, and the cab drivers that look after us and take us about. and i hope at some time in my life, i can... ..repay what they done.

the liberators�* stories will live on as an indelible part of our own present and past. # i'm sure we'll meet again some sunny day.# anna holligan, bbc news, arnhem. # keep smiling through just like you always do incredible thing to do. amazing stories as well. each of those stories as well. each of those stories really personal, really individual. to have that time with the people they fought alongside with that... and to hear their stories. coming up... we're going to be joined by hollywood royalty sir ian mckellen and roger allam. they'll be here in the studio to talk about their new west end play. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. from today all primary school pupils in london will be able to get a free school meal. the policy, announced by the mayor in feburary, will run for this academic year and aims to help with the cost of living crisis. it's estimated families could save more than £400 per child. tower hamlets council has decided to extend the scheme and is funding meals for secondary students as well. we've been in touch with children first hand who have, on a regular basis, missed school lunches because their families are really struggling. and often it's like a stigma that you don't want to share that they're missing the lunches, so they will make excuses and say they are not hungry, or, "i'm going to eat something later." so, i think it is fantastic that now everybody can just queue

up and have a healthy meal at lunchtime. meanwhile as many young people start a new term, research suggests almost two thirds dread going back to school as they're being bullied. a charity set up in memory of princess diana has released a film and is working with schools and students to tackle the issue. a poll by the diana award also found half of parents were concerned about their children suffering mental or physical abuse. an on demand bus service is expanding into five surrey towns from today, as part of a push for sustainable travel. surrey connect buses can be booked using an app or over the phone. it will run in areas including tandridge, cranleigh, west guildford and longcross. fares start from £2 perjourney and are based on miles travelled. sir mo farah is one step closer to retirement after finishing his final race in his home city. he came fourth in the big half marathon which goes through the capital after overcoming a cold.

the four—time olympic gold medallist will officially retire from competitive running at next week's great north run. let's take a look at the tubes now. the 0verground has severe delays between surry quays and claphamjunction because of a signal problem. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. just as many of our schools go back for the start of the autumn term, it's going to feel an awful lot more like summer. it's dry, it's warm and it's settled, and it's all set to last for much of the week, with temperatures climbing day on day too. we start off with with some early mist. it shouldn't last for too long. it will be burnt back by the sunshine. there will be lots of that. plenty of blue sky through the day. just a bit of high level cloud making the sunshine hazier at times. perhaps top temperatures all the way up to 27, even 28 celsius for some spots. the winds stay light. as we head through this evening and overnight, still relatively comfortable for sleeping. clear skies, some more mist developing into tuesday morning.

tuesday, more of the same. but it will start to feel a little breezier. this is a south—easterly wind dragging in that warm, humid feeling air from the near continent. so temperatures are likely to rise even further by the time we get to wednesday, with some rather warm and muggy nights. that's it from me. time to hand you back to sally and ben and i'll see you in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. delays to the start of term for some children in england as pressure mounts on the government to publish a full list of schools at risk from crumbling concrete. ukraine says it's punched through russian lines in its counter—offensive in the south of the country. with teenage vaping on the rise we look at concerns some companies

are targeting underage vapers. the thought in the back of my head to have a go on my vape is always there, like, it's a need. in sport, rice to the rescue for arsenal as their record signing scores in stoppage time to help them beat manchester united in the premier league. good morning. some low cloud, mist and fog to lift this morning but when it does, most of us will have a dry, sunny and warm day, away from the north of scotland where there is more cloud and drizzle. all of the details later on in the programme. it's monday the 4th of september. more than 100 schools in england and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. investigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has more.

from the midlands to suffolk... and london... more than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. the problem — crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. sarah, a mum of two who didn't want to be on camera, told us... meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said... the government has been criticised

for not acting faster despite concerns being raised. but some parents believe ministers are doing their best. safety is paramount at the end of the day. there's a reason why the schools are doing this. you know, they're being told by the government to close and to get it sorted and that's what they're doing. labour say if the government doesn't publish a full list of affected schools, they'll force a vote in the house of commons this week to make them. it's a scandal that parents are being left in the darkjust at the point of the new school term starting. ministers need to be upfront, publish that list and get a grip. schools in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also being assessed. in scotland, raac has been detected in 35 schools, but first minister humza yousaf said he had no plans to close any schools in the short term. some court buildings and hospitals are also impacted, with the scale of the problem yet to be fully realised.

good morning, sir. chancellorjeremy hunt has said he will spend what it takes to make the schools affected safe. as some parents try to juggle their children being kept away from school today after a turbulent time in their education, the government is under pressure to reveal precisely which schools are at risk and what they are going to do about it. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. we can speak now to our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn, who is at one of the schools affected, aylesford school in warwick. morning, kathryn. so how is that school going to be dealing with this issue this morning? yes. school going to be dealing with this issue this morning?— issue this morning? yes, a new school year _ issue this morning? yes, a new school year normally _ issue this morning? yes, a new school year normally means - issue this morning? yes, a new school year normally means a l issue this morning? yes, a new - school year normally means a fresh start but that fresh start being delayed for some pupils up and down the country today. including some here at aylesford school in warwick. we know that more than 50 schools

are seeing urgent repairs being done. at the majority, it is things just being looked into but meaning they cannot use spaces while the happens and aylesford is one of those. in a statement it says there is a significant proportion of the school affected here. i am with neil, a parent of two children who go to the primary school, we know the primary school is going to be open as normal, but year seven is only starting today, year 12 is on wednesday, what have you been told about how problematic it is on there? it about how problematic it is on there? . , , about how problematic it is on there? ., , ., ., there? it has been good communication - there? it has been good communication from - there? it has been good| communication from the there? it has been good - communication from the school, there? it has been good _ communication from the school, and there _ communication from the school, and there is— communication from the school, and there is not— communication from the school, and there is not any inference in terms of the _ there is not any inference in terms of the scale — there is not any inference in terms of the scale of and what they are dealing _ of the scale of and what they are dealing with but in terms of how they are — dealing with but in terms of how they are managing this time that the children— they are managing this time that the children can attend so we are happy with the _ children can attend so we are happy with the comms. it is children can attend so we are happy with the comms.— with the comms. it is worrying, thou~h, with the comms. it is worrying, though. isn't — with the comms. it is worrying, though, isn't it? _ with the comms. it is worrying, though, isn't it? you _ with the comms. it is worrying, though, isn't it? you cannot- with the comms. it is worrying, i though, isn't it? you cannot really worry because _ though, isn't it? you cannot really worry because you _ though, isn't it? you cannot really worry because you don't _ though, isn't it? you cannot really worry because you don't know - though, isn't it? you cannot reallyl worry because you don't know what you don't _ worry because you don't know what you don't know, the school is trying to find _ you don't know, the school is trying to find out — you don't know, the school is trying to find out as quickly as possible and then—

to find out as quickly as possible and then they will tell us and we may or— and then they will tell us and we may or may not worry. while we don't know _ may or may not worry. while we don't know anything, there is no need to panic _ know anything, there is no need to panic ih— know anything, there is no need to anic. �* , ., . know anything, there is no need to anic, �*, ., ,, know anything, there is no need to anic. m ., ,,., panic. a bit of a surprise at the end of the _ panic. a bit of a surprise at the end of the summer _ panic. a bit of a surprise at the end of the summer holiday? i panic. a bit of a surprise at the - end of the summer holiday? yeah, it was a big surprise. _ end of the summer holiday? yeah, it was a big surprise. i _ end of the summer holiday? yeah, it was a big surprise. i think— end of the summer holiday? yeah, it was a big surprise. i think the - was a big surprise. i think the speed — was a big surprise. i think the speed of— was a big surprise. i think the speed of it _ was a big surprise. i think the speed of it to go from thursday, a notification — speed of it to go from thursday, a notification about it, then how quickly— notification about it, then how quickly government has responded to this one. _ quickly government has responded to this one. it— quickly government has responded to this one, it does make you wonder what _ this one, it does make you wonder what is _ this one, it does make you wonder what is really going on because they are not— what is really going on because they are not really known for their speed of response. are not really known for their speed of response-— of response. there are questions about how _ of response. there are questions about how many _ of response. there are questions about how many other— of response. there are questions about how many other schools i of response. there are questions - about how many other schools might be affected, the chancellorjeremy hunt saying yesterday that the government will spend what it takes to make schools safer.— to make schools safer. thank you, kath n. the education secretary, gillian keegan, will be joining us at 7.30. now ben has more of this morning's news. a weight loss injection will be prescribed to patients in the uk for the first time from today. wegovy, also known as semaglutide, will be made available to patients through the nhs as part of a "controlled and limited launch" and will be prescribed alongside a reduced calorie diet and exercise. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports.

could this weekly self—administered medicine really tackle the uk's expanding waistline? research has shown wegovy can help clinically obese patients lose more than 10% of their body weight. the active ingredient called semaglutide suppresses appetite by mimicking a hormone released after eating, making you feel full. supplies are likely to be limited at first. but nhs england says tens of thousands of patients could eventually be offered wegovy for a maximum of two years. although when people come off it, they usually put weight back on. over 12 million adults in england are obese with a body mass index of at least 30, and obesity is estimated to cost the nhs around £65 billion a year. so the hope will be it could reduce pressure on hospitals. last month, the makers of wegovy,

danish firm novo nordisk, said its latest study showed the drug cut the risk of a stroke or heart attack in overweight people with heart disease by a fifth. fergus walsh, bbc news. we'll have more on that in a moment, when we'll speak to a gp about what the new drug could mean. winter vaccinations in scotland will start today, after a new coronavirus variant was found to be spreading. public health scotland said the new variant was identified last month, and winter vaccinations which were set to begin in mid—october would now begin for care home residents, the over 75s and those who are clinically vulnerable. nearly half of all trains in britain were at least one minute late between january and july of this year according to bbc analysis. huddersfield station had the highest rate of cancelled trains. network rail says it is working closely with train operating companies to improve.

weather warnings have been issued in the spanish regions around madrid, toledo and cadiz, because of flooding caused by torrential rain. floods brought by storm dana have caused mudslides. more rain is forecast today. the labour leader sir keir starmer is expected to reshuffle his shadow cabinet later. the changes will coincide with the return of mp�*s to parliament following their summer break. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who is in westminster. henry, good morning. give us a sense of what we are expecting, are there significant changes to be announced to labour's front bench? i significant changes to be announced to labour's front bench?— to labour's front bench? i probably should not admit _ to labour's front bench? i probably should not admit this _ to labour's front bench? i probably should not admit this as _ to labour's front bench? i probably should not admit this as someone l to labour's front bench? i probably - should not admit this as someone who spent all of my time skulking around the corridors of power in westminster but often, reshuffles are one of those funny things where we get very excited about them but they don't necessarily matter that much. i think this one is different,

and that's for a few different reasons. one of them is that what i'm expecting today is that angela rayner, keir starmer�*s deputy, is going to be moved. she will remain his deputy, that's something she was elected to by labour members, she has her own mandate. the question of what she does as well as being his deputy has hung over their relationship for a while. i think she's going to be given a big department to shadow, possibly the department for levelling up, the government's fancy phrase for housing, planning, local government and a few other important issues. that will be interesting how it goes down with her and the party, it will be worth watching out for. the other reason this matters is i have been talking about how angela rayner has been getting a big department to shadow but if you look at the opinion polls, what we are really talking about his group of people who very soon, potentially as soon as the spring, could plausibly been government. when you get the list later today of the top team of keir starmer, think about this. that is

keir starmer telling you that these are the people who he wants to be running the country perhaps even in a matter of months.— a matter of months. thank you, hen . ukrainian generals claim they have broken through russia's defence lines in the south. kyiv launched a counter—offensive injune which has been slow to progress, but officials are now claiming they've reached a turning point. we're joined now by diplomatic correspondent paul adams who can tell us more. how significant is this breakthrough?- how significant is this breakthrou~h? ., ~' breakthrough? good morning. ithink ou would breakthrough? good morning. ithink you would probably _ breakthrough? good morning. ithink you would probably not _ breakthrough? good morning. ithink you would probably not hear - you would probably not hear officials here necessarily using the free turning point, they have learned to be pretty cautious in their assessment of what's going on in the battle front. however as you say, yesterday we heard from one of the top generals in the south, one of those generals are leading the counteroffensive that began injune saying his forces had indeed as are

some suggestions had been made for several days before, that ukrainian forces had broken through the first of several russian defensive lines. what does that mean? if you look at a map of southern ukraine you can see this mass of overlapping and interlocking russian defensive lines including minefields, tank traps and trenches and so forth. so what we think it means is that some ukrainian units, we don't know how many and we don't know over what scale, have broken through some of those defensive lines, probably fighting inside the trenches, maybe even beyond those first trenches, to try and open up a gap, that would allow ukraine's armed forces equipped with some of those tanks and armoured vehicles that the west has been supplying in recent months, to push through. that gap needs to be wide enough that the forces are not vulnerable to russian artillery. it's very early days but clearly officials here believe that this is

possibly the start of a slightly accelerated offensive.- possibly the start of a slightly accelerated offensive. thank you very much. _ accelerated offensive. thank you very much. for— accelerated offensive. thank you very much, for now, _ accelerated offensive. thank you very much, for now, paul- accelerated offensive. thank you very much, for now, paul adams accelerated offensive. thank you i very much, for now, paul adams in kyiv. it's really quite a beautiful day in many parts of the country yesterday, carol can tell us what it is going to be like today. good morning. when we lose the mist and fog, it will be another beautiful day for many of us. some thick fog in northern ireland, not just there but south—west scotland, northern england, wales and the south—east and quarter as well. most of that will lift quickly and then we are looking at a lot of sunshine, dry weather, brighter across north—west scotland than yesterday but in 0rkney we could see the odd spot of drizzle. the mist and fog lifting from south—west scotland and northern ireland allowing tension to come through and the same for northern ireland, wales and the south—east and quarter. the mist and fog lifting in the sunshine breaking through. the sunshine will prevail

as we go through the course of the afternoon. breezy across the north, breezy across the south as well and temperature is 16 to 29, potentially 30 degrees somewhere in the south—eastern corner. this evening we hang on to clear skies for a time but once again we see mist and fog forming across northern england, ireland and parts of wales and scotland. a weak weather front across the north of scotland producing the odd spot of run of rain and these are the overnight lows. tomorrow we will lose the mist and fog that has formed overnight, starting with a few showers in the south—west of england, we still have a weather front draped across the north of scotland but it will be breaking up through the day. a brighter day with some sunny intervals. temperatures 14 in the north to 28 and 29 in the south. 0n north to 28 and 29 in the south. on wednesday we might hit 20 231 and it

will become increasingly humid through the week. —— we might hit 31 degrees on wednesday. a lot of dry weather and sunshine, and temperatures are continuing to creep up. thank you, carol. there are calls for urgent changes to the family court system in england following a bbc investigation into the deaths of five women. the women, all mothers, died after family courts allowed fathers accused of abuse to apply for contact with their children. 0ne mother died after her child was forced to live with a child rapist. we'll speak to our special correspondent ed thomas in a moment, but first here's ed's report. we should warn that you might find some of what you hear distressing. it's really bad. he's kept my child.

it's killing me. the words of a desperate mother we're calling grace. they asked me to come home. messages after the family court transferred the residency of her child to her former partner. i need to talk, i'm falling apart. we can't identify grace. family courts operate mostly in secret to protect the privacy of children and families. but we've discovered the man in her case was a convicted child rapist and the family court knew. he got custody. i'm like a puddle on the floor. grace's friends told us she only found out about her ex�*s conviction after they met. she told me that she felt sick. her world wasjust turned upside down. after losing her child, friends say she gave up and became ill. a short time later, grace died. i'm unable to eat or sleep. it's a mess. dead, dead, dead! i hate the family court. this was one of her final messages.

it was almost like they signed her death warrant, i think. who did? the court, 100%, the family court. sorry... we've investigated the deaths of five women linked to trauma suffered inside the family court. we've spoken to friends, family, obtained coroner's reports and published family courtjudgments. four of the women were accused of a disputed concept called parental alienation when a child rejects one parent because of manipulation by the other. 0ne mother suffered the most horrendous abuse. she was raped, controlled, her partner monitored her using cctv in their home. she was accused of parental alienation and during family court proceedings, she took her own life. parental alienation is used frequently, but it's been heavily criticised,

especially in domestic abuse cases. and we've learned the government is investigating its use in family courts. this is the national scandal of our time. we can report exclusively on a study into the impact of parental alienation claims on mothers who had suffered domestic abuse. when the women and children raised abuse, the fathers immediately counter—claimed that this was alienation. dr elizabeth dalgarno and her team spoke to 45 mothers of 77 children. all of the mums were accused or threatened with parental alienation and 75 of the 77 children in the study were forced into contact by the family court with the fathers reported for abuse, including those with child sex abuse convictions. the focus became about the mother and her behaviours and wrongs that she'd done, but actually there was no evidence that the women had done anything wrong and plenty of evidence that the fathers had done wrong.

i'm talking about criminal convictions. so there were fathers who were convicted paedophiles. this is not a small issue. it is the biggest issue in my inbox. it's almost like they signed her death warrant, i think. - labour'sjess phillips, shadow minister on domestic violence, is demanding urgent reform. the push on parent alienation is dangerous and it's harming children and women. the urgency of this is for governments to act on. it's a national tragedy and we just don't know it's going on. in response to our investigation, the ministry ofjustice said the judiciary had issued new draft guidance on handling alienation claims and it had improved the family court system to protect domestic abuse victims. ed thomas, bbc news. we're joined now by the bbc�*s special correspondent, ed thomas,

who has been looking into this. just explain to us, a little bit more about the concept within family court of parental alienation, what does that mean? the court of parental alienation, what does that mean?— court of parental alienation, what does that mean? the term parental alienation, does that mean? the term parental alienation. i— does that mean? the term parental alienation, i had _ does that mean? the term parental alienation, i had never— does that mean? the term parental alienation, i had never even - does that mean? the term parental alienation, i had never even heard i alienation, i had never even heard of it before we started this investigation and many people have never been to the family courts and they will say, what's that? but for several months now, we have spoken to dozens and dozens of parents, the vast majority of them mothers, and they have been accused of parental alienation in the family court. and most of them were victims of domestic violence. and there was a pattern repeating with their stories. they arrive at the family court, expecting to say, this is what happened to me, but very quickly, they are accused of parental alienation. this basically means they are poisoning their child against the other parent. and the tables turn. the focus does not

become the domestic abuse, that the mother has suffered, but the focus becomes the mother, and many people are concerned about this. only last week the domestic abuse commission it was raising the alarm about this. the un special repertory against violence against women and children say this should be prohibited. how big is this? we don't know because family courts operate behind closed doors data is hard to come by but labour's jess doors data is hard to come by but labour'sjess phillips, shadow labour's jess phillips, shadow minister for domestic labour'sjess phillips, shadow minister for domestic abuse, says that she has heard of thousands of cases. . ., , that she has heard of thousands of cases. .., , , .,, cases. there could be people listenin: cases. there could be people listening to _ cases. there could be people listening to this _ cases. there could be people listening to this this - cases. there could be people listening to this this morning | cases. there could be people - listening to this this morning that have experienced exactly this, one parent turning the child against the other parent, so if there are changes, where potentially could it leave them?— changes, where potentially could it leave them? , ., , .., , leave them? these are very complex cases, leave them? these are very complex cases. private _ leave them? these are very complex cases, private law _ leave them? these are very complex cases, private law cases, _ leave them? these are very complex cases, private law cases, with - leave them? these are very complex cases, private law cases, with one i cases, private law cases, with one claim by a parent, another parent claiming something else. and to try and navigate their way through this,

the judiciary is offered new guidance since we began their investigation, they have been offered a new way forward, a framework for family courts to operate through to make sure that especially in cases of domestic abuse that the right outcome happen in ourfamily courts. abuse that the right outcome happen in our family courts.— in our family courts. whatever the government _ in our family courts. whatever the government said _ in our family courts. whatever the government said about _ in our family courts. whatever the government said about all- in our family courts. whatever the government said about all of- in our family courts. whatever the government said about all of this, j government said about all of this, what are thejudiciary government said about all of this, what are the judiciary saying? we what are the 'udiciary saying? we know what are the judiciary saying? - know the judiciary are concerned about this. they are looking into it and the government as well. we have learned since our investigation, they are investigating the use of parental alienation to see if more action needs to be taken. the case studies we have shown, the government was not aware of the details of the case studies but they have said these are deeply tragic cases and their thoughts are with the parents the people cases and their thoughts are with the people who have lost loved ones and they have made significant improvements to the family courts.

thank you very much, ed. for more on this story, head to iplayer to watch the documentary 'mums 0n the run: failed by the family court�* and if you've been affected by any of the issues mentioned, please visit the bbc action line for support. let's get more now on the news we've had in just the last few minutes that the weight loss injection wegovy will be prescribed to patients in the uk for the first time from today. we'rejoined now by gp dr nighat arif. morning. so, this newsjust coming in in the last few minutes, what does it mean and what can you tell us about wegovy?— does it mean and what can you tell us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for _ us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for quite _ us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for quite a _ us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for quite a while, - us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for quite a while, it's - us about wegovy? wegovy has been discussed for quite a while, it's a i discussed for quite a while, it's a weight loss medication, it an injection that you put into the abdomen and it mimics a hormone which works in our guts to slow down the gut from processing food to

quickly and it gives you the sensation that you are quite full, so therefore you eat less. and now nice has given it the go—ahead that nhs patients can have it and gps and health care professionals who look at a weight management can prescribe this for their patients. we at a weight management can prescribe this for their patients.— this for their patients. we know at the ci is this for their patients. we know at the city is a _ this for their patients. we know at the city is a huge _ this for their patients. we know at the city is a huge problem - this for their patients. we know at the city is a huge problem in - this for their patients. we know at the city is a huge problem in this i the city is a huge problem in this country —— we know obesity is a huge problem in this country but this is also about taking pressure off the health service dealing with problems caused by obesity.— caused by obesity. obesity is a chronic disease _ caused by obesity. obesity is a chronic disease and _ caused by obesity. obesity is a chronic disease and it - caused by obesity. obesity is a chronic disease and it should l caused by obesity. obesity is al chronic disease and it should be dealt with it as such and i don't think we are dealing with it the way we should as a community because there is so much stigma and taboo around obesity and there is a lack of research in gender bias and ethnic minority communities and how it impacts on chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. whether wegovy will take up the

pressure, i'm not too sure as a doctor just as yet, pressure, i'm not too sure as a doctorjust as yet, we need to make sure that we don't think of this as a silver bullet. that it will treat obesity in our communities, and reduce the impact on the nhs. i have seen lots of other drugs have a similar noise made about them, i used to prescribe other drugs in some of our patients. medication to reduce weight loss is not the key, the key is still diet, get information and education from a young age, around nutrition and movement. even wegovy, the manufactures and the data around to show that just having manufactures and the data around to show thatjust having the injection on its own is not what is going to make you lose weight. you need to have a really good diet and movement. so the study which was the biggest one done around wegovy showed it had to come down to educating and having a biophysical

psychological component around the injection to help the people who are struggling to lose weight to lose weight when they use wegovy. doctor ni . hat, weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat. great — weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat. great to _ weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat, great to talk— weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat, great to talk to _ weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat, great to talk to you, - weight when they use wegovy. doctor nighat, great to talk to you, thank you for talking to us here on bbc breakfast. i you for talking to us here on bbc breakfast. , ., ~ breakfast. i feel i will be talking about this quite _ breakfast. i feel i will be talking about this quite a _ breakfast. i feel i will be talking about this quite a bit _ breakfast. i feel i will be talking about this quite a bit in - breakfast. i feel i will be talking about this quite a bit in the - about this quite a bit in the future. coming up, we will hearfrom the wives of sporting legends rob burrow and ed slater, sharing their hopes and fears with us for the future as their husbands continue to live with mnd. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. from today, all primary school pupils in london will be able to get a free school meal. the policy, announced by the mayor in feburary, will run for this academic year and aims to help with the cost of living crisis.

it's estimated families could save more than £400 per child. tower hamlets council has decided to extend the scheme, and is funding meals for secondary students as well. we've been in touch with children first hand who have, on a regular basis, missed school lunches because their families are really struggling. and often it's like a stigma that you don't want to share that they're missing the lunches, so they will make excuses and say they are not hungry, or, "i'm going to eat something later." so, i think it is fantastic that now everybody can just queue up and have a healthy meal at lunchtime. meanwhile, as many young people start a new term, research suggests almost two thirds dread going back to school as they're being bullied. a charity set up in memory of princess diana has released a film and is working with schools and students to tackle the issue. a poll by the diana award also found half of parents were concerned about their children suffering mental or physical abuse.

a boy who was thrown from the tenth floor of the tate modern art gallery, is mostly out of his wheelchair, his family has said. the french youngster was six when he suffered life—changing injuries in an attack by teenager jonty bravery four years ago. his family, who call him notre petit chevalier — our little knight — posted the update on their fundraising page. sir mo farah is one step closer to retirement after finishing his final race in his home city. he came fourth in the big half marathon which goes through the capital after overcoming a cold. the four—time olympic gold medallist will officially retire from competitive running at next week's great north run. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. just as many of our schools go back for the start of the autumn term,

it's going to feel an awful lot more like summer. it's dry, it's warm and it's settled, and it's all set to last for much of the week, with temperatures climbing day on day too. we start off with with some early mist. it shouldn't last for too long. it will be burnt back by the sunshine. there will be lots of that. plenty of blue sky through the day. just a bit of high level cloud making the sunshine hazier at times. perhaps top temperatures all the way up to 27, even 28 celsius for some spots. the winds stay light. as we head through this evening and overnight, still relatively comfortable for sleeping. clear skies, some more mist developing into tuesday morning. tuesday, more of the same. but it will start to feel a little breezier. this is a south—easterly wind dragging in that warm, humid feeling air from the near continent. so temperatures are likely to rise even further by the time we get to wednesday, with some rather warm and muggy nights. that's it from me. time to hand you back to sally and ben.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. let's return to our top story now, and more than 100 schools in england have been identified as having a type of potentially dangerous concrete, with many now closing buildings, classrooms or entire sites. we'rejoined now by sarah skinner, from the penrose learning trust, who manages eight schools, some of which are affected — including, sarah, the one you're at this morning? the no entry sign is there. give me a sense of what this means for you today? a sense of what this means for you toda ? ~ , ., ., a sense of what this means for you toda? , ., ., a sense of what this means for you toda ? ~ , . ., , ., ., today? well instead of starting out or ears today? well instead of starting out or years talking — today? well instead of starting out or years talking to _ today? well instead of starting out or years talking to the _ today? well instead of starting out or years talking to the students, i or years talking to the students, welcoming new staff and students, talking about results over the summer, talking about the year ahead, we are scrabbling to find temporary accommodation and manage

the logistics at three of our high schools. i the logistics at three of our high schools. ., ., ., ~ ., schools. i want to talk about some of those logistics. _ schools. i want to talk about some of those logistics. far _ schools. i want to talk about some of those logistics. far from - schools. i want to talk about some of those logistics. far from the - of those logistics. far from the morning you were expecting to have today, having to look for those new facilities, do you have them? where do they come from? how do you organise this sort of thing? we have three companies _ organise this sort of thing? we have three companies coming _ organise this sort of thing? we have three companies coming out - organise this sort of thing? we have three companies coming out today l three companies coming out today that are trying to help us procure temporary classrooms. we don't know yet whether we have managed to get any and how long they will take to be delivered. but we are obviously flat out looking at it. share be delivered. but we are obviously flat out looking at it.— flat out looking at it. are we talkin: flat out looking at it. are we talking about _ flat out looking at it. are we talking about things - flat out looking at it. are we talking about things like - talking about things like portakabins, temporary buildings? is that how you will get through this? yes, definitely. we will utilise any classrooms we have in our high schools as we have a timetable where we often have a few free rooms in a day. we will utilise those first. we

will utilise our learning resource centre, possibly our main hall for teaching space. then we will look to bring in as many temporary classrooms as we can to make up the deficit. ~ , ., ., ~ ., deficit. when you talk about brinuain deficit. when you talk about bringing in _ deficit. when you talk about bringing in other _ deficit. when you talk about bringing in other firms - deficit. when you talk about bringing in other firms to i deficit. when you talk about - bringing in other firms to provide bringing in otherfirms to provide these facilities, that costs money. where is this money coming from? we have where is this money coming from? - have been assured that all of those capital costs will be paid for. the temporary classrooms and the subsequent work, the mediation work, to make the building safe. we are assured that it's all covered. covered by government? yes, yeah. it is interesting because there is so much we don't know at this stage. i'm interested to find out how you determined you had this sort of concrete in your buildings. we know that surveys were sent out, that head teachers were asked to have a look and if they were suspicious or had any concerns, an official surveyor could come in. how did it

work for you? how could you spot these types of concrete structures? some of them quite clearly are hidden behind other things. yes. hidden behind other things. yes, certainl . hidden behind other things. yes, certainly- we _ hidden behind other things. yes, certainly. we had _ hidden behind other things. yes, certainly. we had our— hidden behind other things. 1a: certainly. we had our own deep hidden behind other things. 12: certainly. we had our own deep dive surveys done as a trust in 2019. we had a plan for working on the areas where we needed immediate action. those were taken care of. the rest of our raac was deemed safe. we had a longer term plan. we had surveys done by the department for education injuly. they gave us further updates on things we should be doing. at that point all the safe raac was ok, it was deemed 0k to be in those spaces where we were using it. some things have happened over summer. the safe areas are now deemed unsafe. i have one area in this school which is not determined. i have a surveyor coming out today. in this school it is ten classrooms.

and a staff room. these are areas we know we can't use. i have a non—determined area which will be a further ten classrooms, dining hall, a kitchen, office space. if those spaces are not given the all clear then i will have much bigger logistical problems at this school. we are about to speak to the education secretary right after we finish speaking with you. what would you want to ask? what would you want to hear from you want to ask? what would you want to hearfrom her this morning? really, i want to know how quickly the temporary classrooms, the dfe have procured, can get to us. i need a timeline on that. if i can utilise ones that have the dfe have, i want to know how quickly they can arrive at school. and if i have revenue costs rather than capital costs, i would like some clarity about whether those costs will be met. for example, i have a container company who can possibly give me temporary

space, but they come without furniture. furniture would not be deemed a capital cost. i would like to know if that can be funded. that would be helpful. _ to know if that can be funded. that would be helpful. we will try to get you some answers. thank you for joining us. good luck. thank you. we're joined now by the education secretary, gillian keegan. morning. i hope you were able to hear some of that interview. can you give that particular ceo any answers?— answers? yes. first of all, everybody _ answers? yes. first of all, everybody has _ answers? yes. first of all, everybody has a _ answers? yes. first of all, everybody has a case - answers? yes. first of all, i everybody has a case worker, so answers? yes. first of all, _ everybody has a case worker, so each school _ everybody has a case worker, so each school will _ everybody has a case worker, so each school will have a caseworker who can specifically give the answers and provide the support that they need _ and provide the support that they need we — and provide the support that they need. we have eight surveying companies. we have a national propping — companies. we have a national propping company prepared to go in and proper. and we have contracted with three _ and proper. and we have contracted with three portacabin, or temporary

accommodation companies, who have on stock the _ accommodation companies, who have on stock the portacabin is available. normally— stock the portacabin is available. normally we would not do this. the responsible bodies would do this. but to— responsible bodies would do this. but to make it more efficient we have _ but to make it more efficient we have centrally ta ken but to make it more efficient we have centrally taken that but —— on board _ have centrally taken that but —— on board so — have centrally taken that but —— on board. so that we can pay for it and make _ board. so that we can pay for it and make sure — board. so that we can pay for it and make sure it— board. so that we can pay for it and make sure it is very quickly available _ make sure it is very quickly available-— make sure it is very quickly available. : . . make sure it is very quickly available. �* ., ., ., available. are you guaranteeing that for all schools _ available. are you guaranteeing that for all schools affected? _ available. are you guaranteeing that for all schools affected? yes, i available. are you guaranteeing that for all schools affected? yes, we i for all schools affected? yes, we have a caseworker _ for all schools affected? yes, we have a caseworker for _ for all schools affected? yes, we have a caseworker for all - for all schools affected? yes, we | have a caseworker for all schools. so that _ have a caseworker for all schools. so that is — have a caseworker for all schools. so that is a — have a caseworker for all schools. so that is a guarantee? they have a caseworker for all schools. so that is a guarantee?— so that is a guarantee? they are individuals- _ so that is a guarantee? they are individuals. we _ so that is a guarantee? they are individuals. we have _ so that is a guarantee? they are individuals. we have the - individuals. we have the portacabins. we will probably not need _ portacabins. we will probably not need all— portacabins. we will probably not need all of them. we have the propping — need all of them. we have the propping company. a big national company — propping company. a big national company. and the surveyors for those that still— company. and the surveyors for those that still need to be surveyed we have _ that still need to be surveyed we have increased to eight companies so we can— have increased to eight companies so we can do— have increased to eight companies so we can do this quickly, yes. how many schools — we can do this quickly, yes. how many schools are _ we can do this quickly, yes. firm? many schools are affected? we can do this quickly, yes. how many schools are affected? so, | we can do this quickly, yes. how i many schools are affected? so, what ha--ened many schools are affected? so, what happened over _ many schools are affected? so, what happened over the _ many schools are affected? so, what happened over the summer - many schools are affected? so, what happened over the summer is i many schools are affected? so, what happened over the summer is we i many schools are affected? so, what| happened over the summer is we had three _

happened over the summer is we had three cases _ happened over the summer is we had three cases which we could send our structural— three cases which we could send our structural engineers to look at. how man are structural engineers to look at. how many are affected _ structural engineers to look at. finn" many are affected now? sorry to interrupt. i know it is irritating. just tell us how many schools are affected now this monday morning? 104 not mitigated that are being mitigated right now. that is how many _ mitigated right now. that is how many affected. those were all ones that were _ many affected. those were all ones that were identified out of the 15,000 — that were identified out of the 15,000 built in the period, 90% responded to the surveys, only 1% of them _ responded to the surveys, only 1% of them had _ responded to the surveys, only 1% of them had any raac. between those we basically _ them had any raac. between those we basically categorised them between critical— basically categorised them between critical and noncritical. the critical _ critical and noncritical. the critical 52 _ critical and noncritical. the critical 52 were already done. the 104 were — critical 52 were already done. the 104 were deemed as noncritical, which _ 104 were deemed as noncritical, which the — 104 were deemed as noncritical, which the advice and guidance from the structural institute, the institute of structural engineers, was to— institute of structural engineers, was to monitor those and they didn't need any— was to monitor those and they didn't need any particular action. over the summer— need any particular action. over the summer when i need any particular action. over the summerwhen i sent need any particular action. over the summer when i sent engineers into see two— summer when i sent engineers into see two incidents we could get

access— see two incidents we could get access to, _ see two incidents we could get access to, we identified that there was a _ access to, we identified that there was a case — access to, we identified that there was a case where a roofer had been assessed _ was a case where a roofer had been assessed as — was a case where a roofer had been assessed as noncritical had a panel that had _ assessed as noncritical had a panel that had fallen. that is what has created — that had fallen. that is what has created a — that had fallen. that is what has created a change. that was towards the end _ created a change. that was towards the end of— created a change. that was towards the end of august. i would always put pupils' — the end of august. i would always put pupils' safety first. it is a very— put pupils' safety first. it is a very cautious effect because i do want _ very cautious effect because i do want to— very cautious effect because i do want to be — very cautious effect because i do want to be cautious, but that is what _ want to be cautious, but that is what has — want to be cautious, but that is what has changed the guidance. the 104 that _ what has changed the guidance. the 104 that were noncritical we have now said — 104 that were noncritical we have now said are critical. we need to .et now said are critical. we need to get them — now said are critical. we need to get them done. in addition to that there _ get them done. in addition to that there will— get them done. in addition to that there will be some surveys still to do. there will be some surveys still to do the _ there will be some surveys still to do. the vast majority of surveys come _ do. the vast majority of surveys come back— do. the vast majority of surveys come back without raac. but where we find it _ come back without raac. but where we find it we _ come back without raac. but where we find it we will then treat everyone as critical— find it we will then treat everyone as critical and we will either prop them _ as critical and we will either prop them up. — as critical and we will either prop them up. or— as critical and we will either prop them up, or put temporary accommodation into place. then we will refurbish all buildings. how many surveys — will refurbish all buildings. how many surveys do _ will refurbish all buildings. how many surveys do you _ will refurbish all buildings. firm? many surveys do you expect need to be done? :, many surveys do you expect need to be done? ., ,., , , , be done? there are some surveys we are pushing — be done? there are some surveys we are pushing for- _ be done? there are some surveys we are pushing for. you _ be done? there are some surveys we are pushing for. you are _ be done? there are some surveys we are pushing for. you are missing i are pushing for. you are missing 10%, is are pushing for. you are missing 10%. is that _ are pushing for. you are missing 10%, is that right? _

are pushing for. you are missing 10%, is that right? probably i are pushing for. you are missingj 1096, is that right? probably not. the have 1096, is that right? probably not. they have been _ 1096, is that right? probably not. they have been stories - 1096, is that right? probably not. they have been stories of- 1096, is that right? probably not. i they have been stories of thousands more _ they have been stories of thousands more to— they have been stories of thousands more to cases expected. it will not be in _ more to cases expected. it will not be in that— more to cases expected. it will not be in that nature. will more to cases expected. it will not be in that nature.— be in that nature. will it be hundreds? _ be in that nature. will it be hundreds? it _ be in that nature. will it be hundreds? it could - be in that nature. will it be hundreds? it could be, i be in that nature. will it be hundreds? it could be, but| be in that nature. will it be i hundreds? it could be, but we be in that nature. will it be - hundreds? it could be, but we need to net the hundreds? it could be, but we need to get the surveys _ hundreds? it could be, but we need to get the surveys back. _ hundreds? it could be, but we need to get the surveys back. we - hundreds? it could be, but we need to get the surveys back. we have i to get the surveys back. we have been _ to get the surveys back. we have been trying to get the surveys done and the _ been trying to get the surveys done and the questionnaires done. we started _ and the questionnaires done. we started in— and the questionnaires done. we started in march last year. the vast majority _ started in march last year. the vast majority are — started in march last year. the vast majority are given us the information we need. we have sent building _ information we need. we have sent building surveyors in, so we have been _ building surveyors in, so we have been able — building surveyors in, so we have been able to have... by the way, we are the _ been able to have... by the way, we are the only— been able to have... by the way, we are the only country and the only government that can tell you where raac_ government that can tell you where raac is— government that can tell you where raac is in— government that can tell you where raac is in schools and had this process— raac is in schools and had this process to _ raac is in schools and had this process to do something about it. but you _ process to do something about it. but you can't tell me about the state of these buildings? brute but you can't tell me about the state of these buildings? we have a few surveys — state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we _ state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we still _ state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we still have _ state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we still have to - state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we still have to do. i state of these buildings? we have a few surveys we still have to do. we | few surveys we still have to do. we have eight — few surveys we still have to do. we have eight companies that are going in to look— have eight companies that are going in to look at them. the responsible bodies _ in to look at them. the responsible bodies will— in to look at them. the responsible bodies will have done some action already _ bodies will have done some action already. the responsible bodies are responsible for this. what the dfe is doing _ responsible for this. what the dfe is doing is— responsible for this. what the dfe is doing is basically taking a more

centralised approach because we are not comfortable it was going quick enough. _ not comfortable it was going quick enough, we were not comfortable that we had _ enough, we were not comfortable that we had an— enough, we were not comfortable that we had an overall view. when enough, we were not comfortable that we had an overall view.— we had an overall view. when you say not auoin we had an overall view. when you say not going quick _ we had an overall view. when you say not going quick enough, _ we had an overall view. when you say not going quick enough, what - we had an overall view. when you say not going quick enough, what do i we had an overall view. when you say not going quick enough, what do you | not going quick enough, what do you mean? that the teachers, head teachers inspecting their own buildings, are not doing it quick enough? buildings, are not doing it quick enou~h? ~ :, buildings, are not doing it quick enou~h? : ., ., buildings, are not doing it quick enourh? : ., ., 4' ., enough? well, i wanted to know centrally who — enough? well, i wanted to know centrally who had _ enough? well, i wanted to know centrally who had looked i enough? well, i wanted to know centrally who had looked for i enough? well, i wanted to know. centrally who had looked for now, whether— centrally who had looked for now, whether they had done the assessment, whether they had found it or not. _ assessment, whether they had found it or not, how it was being dealt with _ it or not, how it was being dealt with it — it or not, how it was being dealt with it was _ it or not, how it was being dealt with. it was all being done by each individual— with. it was all being done by each individual responsible body, of which — individual responsible body, of which there are thousands. so, i wanted — which there are thousands. so, i wanted to— which there are thousands. so, i wanted to have a picture. the reason i wanted to have a picture. the reason i could _ wanted to have a picture. the reason i could make — wanted to have a picture. the reason i could make the decision, actually, once we _ i could make the decision, actually, once we got— i could make the decision, actually, once we got this new information over the — once we got this new information over the summer, the reason i could make _ over the summer, the reason i could make the _ over the summer, the reason i could make the decision is because we had all of— make the decision is because we had all of that— make the decision is because we had all of that information. i could say, _ all of that information. i could say, i— all of that information. i could say, i know that these 104 have been classified _ say, i know that these 104 have been classified as — say, i know that these 104 have been classified as noncritical. they probably— classified as noncritical. they probably are noncritical. but based on this— probably are noncritical. but based on this new— probably are noncritical. but based on this new evidence, i want to take a cautious— on this new evidence, i want to take a cautious approach. i want to make sure we _ a cautious approach. i want to make sure we take —

a cautious approach. i want to make sure we take action because i don't want _ sure we take action because i don't want any— sure we take action because i don't want any impact on any person pass safety — want any impact on any person pass safety it— want any impact on any person pass safety it is— want any impact on any person pass safety. it is very difficult for parents _ safety. it is very difficult for parents and for the school is impacted. but i do believe it is the film impacted. but i do believe it is the right decision and i do believe it is really— right decision and i do believe it is really important to put the safety — is really important to put the safety of _ is really important to put the safety of children and staff working in schools — safety of children and staff working in schools is the number one priority _ in schools is the number one priority. so we have been cautious but i _ priority. so we have been cautious but i think— priority. so we have been cautious but i think it — priority. so we have been cautious but i think it is the right approach. the reason i could do it is because — approach. the reason i could do it is because i— approach. the reason i could do it is because i knew this information. jeremy— is because i knew this information. jeremy hunt yesterday said the government would provide the money to make sure all peoples are safe. does that mean the government will commit financially to provide long—term replacements for any buildings that might be affected, financially? who is going to pay for it? , , ., , it? the first thing is the temporary work we are _ it? the first thing is the temporary work we are doing _ it? the first thing is the temporary work we are doing now, _ it? the first thing is the temporary work we are doing now, the i work we are doing now, the department for education is paying for that, _ department for education is paying for that, whether it is propping or temporary— for that, whether it is propping or temporary accommodation. your guest before, _ temporary accommodation. your guest before, sarah, ithink temporary accommodation. your guest before, sarah, i think it was, asked about— before, sarah, i think it was, asked about revenue. where there is a revenue — about revenue. where there is a revenue requirement we will look at that on— revenue requirement we will look at that on a _ revenue requirement we will look at that on a school basis to make sure that on a school basis to make sure that they— that on a school basis to make sure that they get the support they need, so they— that they get the support they need, so they should, through their caseworker, present that case. then

there _ caseworker, present that case. then there is— caseworker, present that case. then there is the — caseworker, present that case. then there is the longer term, which is there is the longer term, which is the refurbishment, or rebuilding programme, which we have committed to do. _ programme, which we have committed to do. but— programme, which we have committed to do, but we will then have two get a case _ to do, but we will then have two get a case together to basically figure out how— a case together to basically figure out how much it is going to cost. but we _ out how much it is going to cost. but we have committed to refurbish or rebuild _ but we have committed to refurbish or rebuild all those that need it. from _ or rebuild all those that need it. from an — or rebuild all those that need it. from an existing budget, or is this new money? iflat from an existing budget, or is this new money?— from an existing budget, or is this new mone ? ., ., ,. , , new money? not from school budgets. it will be new money? not from school budgets. it will be from — new money? not from school budgets. it will be from a _ new money? not from school budgets. it will be from a combination _ new money? not from school budgets. it will be from a combination of- it will be from a combination of department for education budgets and, department for education budgets and. you _ department for education budgets and, you know, otherfunding. every review— and, you know, otherfunding. every review we _ and, you know, otherfunding. every review we get an allocation for building — review we get an allocation for building maintenance and for capital funding _ building maintenance and for capital fundinu. :, , building maintenance and for capital fundinu. . , ., . building maintenance and for capital fundin. . , ., ., ., funding. that is from a departmental budaet? funding. that is from a departmental budget? yes- — funding. that is from a departmental budget? yes. that _ funding. that is from a departmental budget? yes. that means _ funding. that is from a departmental budget? yes. that means you i funding. that is from a departmental budget? yes. that means you are i funding. that is from a departmental| budget? yes. that means you are not sendin: budget? yes. that means you are not spending money on anything else. what do you think you've been need to cut, no, desire for that purpose. it is ever building maintenance, rebuilding — it is ever building maintenance, rebuilding schools, so we would be rebuilding — rebuilding schools, so we would be rebuilding some schools. one of the

things— rebuilding some schools. one of the things we _ rebuilding some schools. one of the things we have done, and i or schools— things we have done, and i or schools rebuilding programme is different— schools rebuilding programme is different from anything that has gone _ different from anything that has gone before, is the condition of the buildings _ gone before, is the condition of the buildings is — gone before, is the condition of the buildings is one of the criteria for how we _ buildings is one of the criteria for how we prioritise which ones get rebuilt _ how we prioritise which ones get rebuilt and refurbished etc. that was never — rebuilt and refurbished etc. that was never part of a previous programme. so, this means that it actually— programme. so, this means that it actually fits — programme. so, this means that it actually fits with the condition. this goes— actually fits with the condition. this goes right to the top in terms of raac — this goes right to the top in terms of raac it — this goes right to the top in terms of raac. it will be prioritise. we want _ of raac. it will be prioritise. we want to — of raac. it will be prioritise. we want to be — of raac. it will be prioritise. we want to be refurbishing or replacing them _ want to be refurbishing or replacing them. ., ., , , them. your own department figures in 2020 say that — them. your own department figures in 2020 say that £4 _ them. your own department figures in 2020 say that £4 billion _ them. your own department figures in 2020 say that £4 billion is _ them. your own department figures in 2020 say that £4 billion is needed i 2020 say that £4 billion is needed per year for maintaining and rebuilding schools until 2025. the 1.7 billion a year you have spent is not even half of that. are we seeing repercussions of perhaps underfunding a now school buildings that has been going on for many years? that has been going on for many ears? ~ :, , , ' that has been going on for many ears? . ,, ',., years? we have spent £15 billion since 2015- _ years? we have spent £15 billion since 2015. and _ years? we have spent £15 billion since 2015. and one _ years? we have spent £15 billion since 2015. and one of— years? we have spent £15 billion since 2015. and one of the i years? we have spent £15 billion| since 2015. and one of the things years? we have spent £15 billion i since 2015. and one of the things we have done _ since 2015. and one of the things we have done with this programme is,

the previous programme, often boasted — the previous programme, often boasted about by a previous government, was very inefficient. there _ government, was very inefficient. there was— government, was very inefficient. there was a — government, was very inefficient. there was a scathing review about it. there was a scathing review about it it _ there was a scathing review about it it was — there was a scathing review about it. it was terribly behind schedule. very inefficient. they built schools without _ very inefficient. they built schools without the classroom walls and they cost a _ without the classroom walls and they cost a fortune. one of the things we have done _ cost a fortune. one of the things we have done is— cost a fortune. one of the things we have done is work to modernise an approach _ have done is work to modernise an approach to— have done is work to modernise an approach to building schools. it is quicker— approach to building schools. it is quicker and a third cheaper. you get much _ quicker and a third cheaper. you get much better— quicker and a third cheaper. you get much better value for money. every single _ much better value for money. every single school comes complete with classroom — single school comes complete with classroom walls, not something that was under— classroom walls, not something that was under the last building programme. was under the last building programme-— was under the last building programme. was under the last building rouramme. ., ' , ., programme. you 'ust 19 £15 billion. i am programme. you 'ust 19 £15 billion. i am assuming _ programme. you just 19 £15 billion. i am assuming that _ programme. you just 19 £15 billion. i am assuming that was _ programme. you just 19 £15 billion. i am assuming that was over i programme. you just 19 £15 billion. i am assuming that was over the i programme. you just 19 £15 billion. l i am assuming that was over the last seven years. under labour it was 10 billion a year. , —— you havejust mentioned. i billion a year. , -- you have 'ust mentionedfi billion a year. , -- you have 'ust mentioned. i don't think it was 10 million every _ mentioned. i don't think it was 10 million every year. _ mentioned. i don't think it was 10 million every year. for _ mentioned. i don't think it was 10 million every year. for that i mentioned. i don't think it was 10 | million every year. for that school rebuilding — million every year. for that school rebuilding programme i think they delivered — rebuilding programme i think they delivered 180 schools. we have already— delivered 180 schools. we have already delivered more than 500 schools —

already delivered more than 500 schools. so, it is about efficiency. the public, — schools. so, it is about efficiency. the public, you know, what we have done _ the public, you know, what we have done is _ the public, you know, what we have done is we _ the public, you know, what we have done is we have modernised a very highly— done is we have modernised a very highly efficient building as well, but it— highly efficient building as well, but it is— highly efficient building as well, but it is also value engineered and it is a _ but it is also value engineered and it is a very— but it is also value engineered and it is a very good model for schools. what _ it is a very good model for schools. what they— it is a very good model for schools. what they were doing previously is, each one _ what they were doing previously is, each one was different, each one was experimental. in knowsley, where i come _ experimental. in knowsley, where i come from. — experimental. in knowsley, where i come from, they built schools without — come from, they built schools without a _ come from, they built schools without a single classroom wall. they— without a single classroom wall. they were — without a single classroom wall. they were known as wacky warehouses. we had _ they were known as wacky warehouses. we had to— they were known as wacky warehouses. we had to spend millions refurbishing them and putting walls in retrospectively. the programme only delivered 180 secondary schools _ only delivered 180 secondary schools. there were zero secondary schools _ schools. there were zero secondary schools -- — schools. there were zero secondary schools —— primary school is delivered _ schools —— primary school is delivered. they have proven they can spend _ delivered. they have proven they can spend money but whether they deliver value for— spend money but whether they deliver value for money is a different guestioh _ value for money is a different question. the report into that building — question. the report into that building programme was absolutely scathing _ building programme was absolutely scathing in 2011. | building programme was absolutely scathing in 2011.— scathing in 2011. i 'ust want to make you h scathing in 2011. i 'ust want to make you aware i scathing in 2011. i just want to make you aware of _ scathing in 2011. i just want to make you aware of somethingj scathing in 2011. i just want to i make you aware of something that john slater has said on air this morning. he was permanent secretary for the department for education from 2016 to 2020. he said, "the spending review was completed a year

after i left in 2020. i was amazed to see the education department was having the school build programme and the money was only 450 schools. the chancellor in charge at the time was rishi sunak." isis the chancellor in charge at the time was rishi sunak." is is false? ida. was rishi sunak." is is false? no. we have a — was rishi sunak." is is false? no. we have a school— was rishi sunak." is is false? no. we have a school rebuilding programme. obviously, as a department you are always going to — the whole _ department you are always going to — the whole government is going to ask for more _ the whole government is going to ask for more than it is going to get. that— for more than it is going to get. that is— for more than it is going to get. that is the _ for more than it is going to get. that is the nature of public spending and prioritising. but what we have _ spending and prioritising. but what we have been doing since jonathan left is _ we have been doing since jonathan left is making sure that we have a really _ left is making sure that we have a really thorough understanding of where _ really thorough understanding of where there is raac. whether it is critical _ where there is raac. whether it is critical or— where there is raac. whether it is critical or noncritical. and taking action~ — critical or noncritical. and taking action. those surveys and questionnaires we —— which we have done _ questionnaires we —— which we have done in _ questionnaires we —— which we have done in 90%— questionnaires we —— which we have done in 90% of the buildings that could _ done in 90% of the buildings that could be — done in 90% of the buildings that could be affected based on the rage, about— could be affected based on the rage, about i%_ could be affected based on the rage, about 1% have come back with now. we have taken _ about 1% have come back with now. we have taken swift action. i increased

the action— have taken swift action. i increased the action last week because of the new cases — the action last week because of the new cases that we found. we are in a good _ new cases that we found. we are in a good position because of the decisions we made last year to collect — decisions we made last year to collect that information and to get detailed _ collect that information and to get detailed surveys. and also, to make sure that _ detailed surveys. and also, to make sure that we — detailed surveys. and also, to make sure that we were looking at any other— sure that we were looking at any other cases so we can always keep on top of— other cases so we can always keep on top of raac_ other cases so we can always keep on top of raac and make sure it is safety _ top of raac and make sure it is safety dealt with in our schools. when _ safety dealt with in our schools. when will — safety dealt with in our schools. when will parents sending children to school this week or in the next few weeks, when will they know if their school is on that list? when are you going to publish that list? we are going to publish it this week — we are going to publish it this week. ~ :, :, , we are going to publish it this week-_ i'm - we are going to publish it this week._ i'm giving . we are going to publish it this i week._ i'm giving some we are going to publish it this - week._ i'm giving some time week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make — week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make sure. _ week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make sure. not _ week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make sure. not all— week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make sure. not all of- week. what day? i'm giving some time so i can make sure. not all of these i so i can make sure. not all of these goals— so i can make sure. not all of these goals are _ so i can make sure. not all of these goals are back today. what i am doing _ goals are back today. what i am doing is— goals are back today. what i am doing is making sure that i want to make _ doing is making sure that i want to make sure — doing is making sure that i want to make sure that every school has the capability— make sure that every school has the capability to speak to parents. it is right— capability to speak to parents. it is right that parents learn about what _ is right that parents learn about what is — is right that parents learn about what is going to happen with their children— what is going to happen with their children from their school, not from the bbc_ children from their school, not from the bbc breakfast show or another media _ the bbc breakfast show or another media outlet. it will be published

this week— media outlet. it will be published this week once we have been reassured by the caseworkers that every _ reassured by the caseworkers that every school has had the chance and opportunity — every school has had the chance and opportunity to speak to parents and put some _ opportunity to speak to parents and put some early mitigations place. that is— put some early mitigations place. that is what we have been working on. thank you. good mornin.. it is 'ust thank you. good morning. it isjust about to turn 12 minutes to eight. john is here with the sport. arsenal and manchester united, a game that needs little introduction. drama, late goals. united at 1.1 thought they had won it. —— at one point... good morning. what is it about matches between these two? with the score level at 1—1, it appeared to be heading for a draw — until united thought they'd won it late on, but alejandro garnacho was ruled offside. moments later, record signing declan rice picked the perfect time to score his first goal for the gunners. and after the celebrations subsided, there was still time for gabrieljesus to add a third. what a moment. you know, what a moment to score. so many people that

—— told me that i would score today. staff members and players had a funny feeling. i was getting into good positions. but to finish that one off and get the three points, i think you can see the relief. i'm still recovering now. now what do you make of this? manchester united forward jadon sancho says he has been made a scapegoat at the club. manager erik ten hag said he didn't pick the player for his squad yesterday because he didn't train well. but sancho hit back, saying, "please don't believe everything you read. "i won't allow people saying things that are completely untrue." he added, "i've been a scapegoat for a long time, which isn't fair". perhaps a storm brewing at united? well, talking of big money, mo salah is believed to have told his teamates he's staying at the club, despite a mega money offer from saudi arabia. he scored in their 3—0 win over aston villa following that 150 million bid from al—ittihad, who are thought to be preparaing another bid to test liverpool's resolve.

celtic fans will be skipping into work this morning after winning the first old firm derby of the season — a match with it's fair share of drama, too. rangers thought they'd scored — on two occasions — but both were disallowed — kemar roofe's strike the second of those — ruled out for a foul in the build up and their frustration would only get worse when they watched kyogo score the only goal of the game late in the first half. celtic are level on points at the top of the premiership with motherwell. rangers are four points back. it's a perfect ten for max verstappen in formula one. he accomplished yesterday what no other driver has achieved in the sport, winning ten races in a row, beating the previous record held by sebastien vettel. at the italian grand prix, verstappen's red bull team mate sergio perez was second with carlos sainz third. george russell and lewis hamilton coming 5th and 6th. the sole british hope in the singles at the final grand slam

of the year is jack draper. he is back in action at the us open today agaisnt the world number eight andrey rublev. the three time champion novak djokovic is already into the quarter finals as he won in straight sets agaisnt borna gojo. the second seed is looking for a record equalling 24th major title. there was a shock in the women's draw. the top seed iga swiatek knocked out. that is the top line. jack draper would top that if he could make the quarterfinals. thank you. you may have noticed it is looking a little warmer this week. carol has the details. summer has finally arrived. it certainly has. the irony of that is that we are now in the meteorological autumn. but you are quite white, if you look at some of the temperatures at the moment, for example, st helier, 20 celsius. there is some mist and fog around.

that is holding the temperatures down. as we go through this week what you will find a seat will be very warm, or hot. plenty of sunshine. some mist and fog as we have this morning. we could reach heatwave criteria. for that we have to have three consecutive days with the temperature exceeding a certain temperature level. in the southeast it is 28 celsius. in the north end of the west it is 25. that is quite possible. we have the mist and low cloud and fog in wales, northern ireland, south—west scotland and northern ireland. that will lift. a lot of sunshine. a weak weather front in the far north of scotland producing more cloud and some drizzle in 0rkney. temperatures getting up to about 29, possibly even 30 degrees in the south. 27 in aberdeen. a day ahead. as we go through the evening and overnight we will hang onto some clear skies. 0nce will hang onto some clear skies. once again there will be some mist

and fog forming in northern ireland, northern england and scotland. some showers in the south—west. it week whether front of the far north of scotland. it will not be a cold night. in towns and cities the temperatures falling to between nine and 15 degrees. tomorrow we start off with the mist and fog. that will lift. a lot of dry weather. showers clearing away. a brighter day in the north of scotland. these are the temperatures. 14 to 28, or 29, possibly higher than that on wednesday. then it will turn more humid by day and by night. thank you. it does look nice. make the most of it while you can. the number of teenagers vaping is on the rise, with schools, parents and doctors all calling for action. a panorama investigation has looked into the impact of vapes, and whether companies are targeting young people. we're joined now by 17—year—old leia, who is trying to quit vaping, along with rachel burden, who's been investigating this for panorama.

morning. you vape. happy to talk about vaping. but you are trying to stop? about vaping. but you are trying to sto - ? :, about vaping. but you are trying to sto n ? ., ., , about vaping. but you are trying to sto - ? . ., , , about vaping. but you are trying to sto n ? ., ., , , ., stop? yeah, i have been trying to stop? yeah, i have been trying to sto for stop? yeah, i have been trying to stop for about — stop? yeah, i have been trying to stop for about four _ stop? yeah, i have been trying to stop for about four weeks. i stop? yeah, i have been trying to stop for about four weeks. the i stop? yeah, i have been trying to i stop for about four weeks. the first one to two weeks it was smooth sailing. i thought it was easier thanit sailing. i thought it was easier than it was. then we went through some family troubles and things. that is when you rely on your vape is a comfort blanket. if i was stressed when i have been vaping for the three and a half years, the first thing i would do is pick up my vape. first thing i would do is pick up my va e. ~ :, first thing i would do is pick up my va .e, . ., ., first thing i would do is pick up my vae. ~ :, . ,. first thing i would do is pick up my vae.~ . ., ,., ., , vape. what made you start and why did ou vape. what made you start and why did you want _ vape. what made you start and why did you want to _ vape. what made you start and why did you want to stop? _ vape. what made you start and why did you want to stop? i _ vape. what made you start and why did you want to stop? i started i did you want to stop? i started smokin: did you want to stop? i started smoking cigarettes. _ did you want to stop? i started smoking cigarettes. then, i did you want to stop? i started l smoking cigarettes. then, when did you want to stop? i started i smoking cigarettes. then, when i wanted to stop smoking, i moved on to the vapes. i feel like to get off the cigarettes was really easy compared to the vapes. it was one or two days vaping. you just don't know

what you are smoking.— what you are smoking. rachel, you have been working _ what you are smoking. rachel, you have been working on _ what you are smoking. rachel, you have been working on this - what you are smoking. rachel, you i have been working on this programme. you have been looking into this for quite a while. how big of an issue is vaping, particularly among young people? it is vaping, particularly among young --eole? , , is vaping, particularly among young .eo ale? , , ., is vaping, particularly among young --eole? , , ., , is vaping, particularly among young n-eole? , , ., , ., people? it is big and it is growing. when ou people? it is big and it is growing. when you look— people? it is big and it is growing. when you look at _ people? it is big and it is growing. when you look at the _ people? it is big and it is growing. when you look at the trends i people? it is big and it is growing. when you look at the trends that i people? it is big and it is growing. | when you look at the trends that is what worries a lot of people. we have _ what worries a lot of people. we have been— what worries a lot of people. we have been talking about are done bbc five live _ have been talking about are done bbc five live for— have been talking about are done bbc five live for the year. you have done _ five live for the year. you have done plenty of stories as well. we have hurled —— heard from schools, health— have hurled —— heard from schools, health professionals, policymakers, all of them concerned. there is a spectrum — all of them concerned. there is a spectrum of— all of them concerned. there is a spectrum of views about how harmful they may _ spectrum of views about how harmful they may be. there's a gap at the evidence — they may be. there's a gap at the evidence about the long—term harm. we don't _ evidence about the long—term harm. we don't really know how it might affect _ we don't really know how it might affect people in the future. at the moment— affect people in the future. at the moment there is no evidence to say she will_ moment there is no evidence to say she will badly be physically impacted by vaping. but clearly the whole _ impacted by vaping. but clearly the whole addiction aspect of this is a bil whole addiction aspect of this is a big problem. it is massive in schools. _ big problem. it is massive in schools, having to deal with the kids. _ schools, having to deal with the kids, giving lessons, crowding in toilets — kids, giving lessons, crowding in toilets. behavioural problems associated with addiction. why do

ou now associated with addiction. why do you now want _ associated with addiction. why do you now want to _ associated with addiction. why do you now want to stop? _ associated with addiction. why do you now want to stop? i - associated with addiction. why do you now want to stop? i would i you now want to stop? i would correct i feel— you now want to stop? i would correct i feel it _ you now want to stop? i would correct i feel it like _ you now want to stop? i would correct i feel it like it - you now want to stop? i would correct i feel it like it was i you now want to stop? i would | correct i feel it like it was more looking into at time after time. you don't know what is in them. when i was smoking cigarettes i was having three a day. i am using a vape 90% of the day and i don't even realise i am doing it. of the day and i don't even realise iam doing it. i of the day and i don't even realise i am doing it. i will be sitting on my phone and i will pick it up and not even realise it. ijust think it really shows how much more addictive it is that the cigarettes. fine really shows how much more addictive it is that the cigarettes.— it is that the cigarettes. one of the issues _ it is that the cigarettes. one of the issues is _ it is that the cigarettes. one of the issues is the _ it is that the cigarettes. one of the issues is the sweet - it is that the cigarettes. one of. the issues is the sweet flavours, which _ the issues is the sweet flavours, which makes them so attractive. it is something i have spoken tojohn dunn, _ is something i have spoken tojohn dunn, from — is something i have spoken tojohn dunn, from the uk vaping industry association, and he is adamant that the sweet _ association, and he is adamant that the sweet flavours are justified because — the sweet flavours are justified because adults like them. avalos gre- because adults like them. avalos greg might have a listen. do you _ greg might have a listen. do you accept there is a problem with a _ do you accept there is a problem with a growing number of teenagers? absolutely. this is why we need to keep— absolutely. this is why we need to keep it _ absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out — absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out of— absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out of the _ absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out of the hands _ absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out of the hands of- absolutely. this is why we need to keep it out of the hands of young i keep it out of the hands of young people — keep it out of the hands of young pe0pte. bui— keep it out of the hands of young --eole. �* ., , keep it out of the hands of young ..eole, �* ., , ., , , people. but then do they absolutely need to be pink—

people. but then do they absolutely need to be pink and _ people. but then do they absolutely need to be pink and sparkly? - people. but then do they absolutely need to be pink and sparkly? first l need to be pink and sparkly? first of all, neither _ need to be pink and sparkly? first of all, neither of _ need to be pink and sparkly? first of all, neither of those devices are products— of all, neither of those devices are products made _ of all, neither of those devices are products made by— of all, neither of those devices are products made by our— of all, neither of those devices are products made by our members. l of all, neither of those devices are . products made by our members. but the are products made by our members. they are sold by your members? absolutely they are a legal product. it is gummy— absolutely they are a legal product. it is gummy bear— absolutely they are a legal product. it is gummy bear legal— absolutely they are a legal product. it is gummy bear legal product? - it is gummy bear legal product? adults _ it is gummy bear legal product? adults like flavours. are it is gummy bear legal product? adults like flavours.— adults like flavours. are you tellin: adults like flavours. are you telling me — adults like flavours. are you telling me that _ adults like flavours. are you telling me that got - adults like flavours. are you telling me that got me - adults like flavours. are you| telling me that got me there adults like flavours. are you i telling me that got me there is adults like flavours. are you - telling me that got me there is not designed _ telling me that got me there is not designed to be attractive to children?— designed to be attractive to i children?_ this designed to be attractive to - children?_ this is a children? absolutely not. this is a leual children? absolutely not. this is a legal product _ children? absolutely not. this is a legal product and _ children? absolutely not. this is a legal product and it _ children? absolutely not. this is a legal product and it is _ children? absolutely not. this is a legal product and it is sold - children? absolutely not. this is a legal product and it is sold by - legal product and it is sold by retailers. _ legal product and it is sold by retailers, a number of retailers, who— retailers, a number of retailers, who are — retailers, a number of retailers, who are part of your organisation? well, _ who are part of your organisation? well, that— who are part of your organisation? well, that is something i can talk to or— well, that is something i can talk to or members _ well, that is something i can talk to or members about, _ well, that is something i can talki to or members about, absolutely. well, that is something i can talk- to or members about, absolutely. we are not— to or members about, absolutely. we are not out— to or members about, absolutely. we are not out there _ to or members about, absolutely. we are not out there to _ to or members about, absolutely. we are not out there to get _ to or members about, absolutely. we are not out there to get young - are not out there to get young people _ are not out there to get young people hooked _ are not out there to get young people hooked on _ are not out there to get young people hooked on these - are not out there to get young - people hooked on these products. that is— people hooked on these products. that is not— people hooked on these products. that is not our— people hooked on these products. that is not our goal. _ people hooked on these products. that is not our goal. he _ people hooked on these products. that is not our goal. he seemed l people hooked on these products. | that is not our goal. he seemed to have _ that is not our goal. he seemed to have made — that is not our goal. he seemed to have made unicorn shape was one of the flavours — have made unicorn shape was one of the flavours that may not kind of pass _ the flavours that may not kind of pass the — the flavours that may not kind of pass the bar for him. but when you talk about— pass the bar for him. but when you talk about the design... pass the bar for him. but when you talk about the design. . .— pass the bar for him. but when you talk about the design... yeah, there is a talk about the design. .. yeah, there is a designer— talk about the design... yeah, there is a designer cartoon _ talk about the design... yeah, there

is a designer cartoon characters. - talk about the design... yeah, there is a designer cartoon characters. we don't love the impact. we don't know too much about the science. have you noticed an impact on you? the too much about the science. have you noticed an impact on you?— noticed an impact on you? the only bad science — noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that _ noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i _ noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i have _ noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i have saw- noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i have saw is - noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i have saw is i - noticed an impact on you? the only bad science that i have saw is i get| bad science that i have saw is i get out of breath a lot easier than i usually would walking up hills. that has been over the past three and a half years. other than that i have had no health problems.- half years. other than that i have had no health problems. rachel, when ounr had no health problems. rachel, when young peeple — had no health problems. rachel, when young peeple or— had no health problems. rachel, when young people or children _ had no health problems. rachel, when young people or children want - had no health problems. rachel, when young people or children want to - young people or children want to stop vaping, what hope is there? there isn't any. nobody has really had to— there isn't any. nobody has really had to deal— there isn't any. nobody has really had to deal with this. i think it is something — had to deal with this. i think it is something that gps are slowly beginning to be aware of and they may need — beginning to be aware of and they may need to have access to resources to help _ may need to have access to resources to help support young people. but at the moment they say is a new problem. _ the moment they say is a new problem, this nicotine addiction, among _ problem, this nicotine addiction, among this new generation. what about regulation? _ among this new generation. what about regulation? we _ among this new generation. wrath about regulation? we know among this new generation. “yousgt about regulation? we know tobacco products are so tightly regulated. blank packages etc. you products are so tightly regulated. blank packages etc.— blank packages etc. you will see va -e blank packages etc. you will see vape sheps _ blank packages etc. you will see vape sheps all — blank packages etc. you will see vape shops all over— blank packages etc. you will see vape shops all over the - blank packages etc. you will see vape shops all over the high - blank packages etc. you will see . vape shops all over the high street. you will— vape shops all over the high street. you will see them everywhere. a lot of people _ you will see them everywhere. a lot of people think that should be more

restricted _ of people think that should be more restricted. the vape association want _ restricted. the vape association want shops to be licensed, they want finds to _ want shops to be licensed, they want finds to he _ want shops to be licensed, they want finds to be much stiffer for people who flout — finds to be much stiffer for people who flout the rules on selling to under— who flout the rules on selling to under to — who flout the rules on selling to under 18. the government to say they will move _ under18. the government to say they will move on— under 18. the government to say they will move on this. they have put money— will move on this. they have put money into— will move on this. they have put money into an illicit vaping squad. they— money into an illicit vaping squad. they will— money into an illicit vaping squad. they will look at the marketing of vapes~ _ they will look at the marketing of vapes. one of the things we don't want _ vapes. one of the things we don't want to— vapes. one of the things we don't want to put— vapes. one of the things we don't want to put adults off switching from _ want to put adults off switching from cigarettes to vapours, because they are _ from cigarettes to vapours, because they are very valuable device. greg kni . ht they are very valuable device. greg knight vapes- _ they are very valuable device. greg knight vapes. thank _ they are very valuable device. (en knight vapes. thank you. she is doing brilliantly. keep going. panorama: teenage vaping — what's the harm?“ is on bbc one at eight o'clock tonight, or you can catch up on the bbc iplayer. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm alice salfield. from today all primary school pupils in london will be able to get a free school meal. the policy, announced

by the mayor in feburary, aims to help with the cost of living crisis. it's estimated families could save more than £400 per child. tower hamlets council has decided to extend the scheme and is funding meals for secondary students as well. we've been in touch with children first hand who have, on a regular basis, missed school lunches because their families are really struggling. and often it's like a stigma that you don't want to share that they're missing the lunches, so they will make excuses and say they are not hungry, or, "i'm going to eat something later." so, i think it is fantastic that now everybody can just queue meanwhile as many young people start a new term, research suggests almost two thirds dread going back to school as they're being bullied. the diana award charity has released a film and is working with schools and students to tackle the issue. a poll by them also found half of parents were concerned about their children suffering mental or physical abuse. on the tubes. the 0verground has severe delays

between surrey quays and clapham junction. now onto the weather. a warm week ahead. today will be bright and sunny with little to no cloud around. temperatures getting up to 29 or 30 degrees celsius. that's all from me, now it's back to sally and ben. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today. delays to the start of term for some children in england. the education secretary tells this programme hundreds more schools could be at risk from crumbling concrete. ukraine says it's punched through russian lines in its counter—offensive in the south of the country. living with mnd. the families of two sporting legends, rob burrow and ed slater, share their hopes and fears for the future.

life is for living, and i think we've got to keep that hope and positivity and keep fighting. spreading the cost of living. more and more people are choosing buy now pay later options to cover the daily essentials including groceries and bills. i'll have the details. in sport. rice to the rescue as arsenal's record signing scores in stoppage time to help them beat manchester united in the premier league and stars of the stage and screen sir ian mckellen and roger allam will be on the sofa to tell us about teaming up for a new play. the mist this morning and then for most of us it will be dry, sunny and warm. all of the details later. it's monday the lith of september.

our main story. in the last few minutes the education secretary has admitted that hundreds more schools could be at risk from crumbling concrete. more than 100 schools in england and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, amd onvestigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. speaking on this programme in the last few minutes gillian keegan said there were still outstanding surveys from some schools. the surveys from some schools. vast majority of survey do the vast majority of surveys that we do come back without raac but where we find it, we will then treat everyone as critical and we will p"°p everyone as critical and we will prop them up or put temporary accommodation into place and then we will refurbish or rebuild them if they require. will refurbish or rebuild them if they require-— will refurbish or rebuild them if the reauire. ., ., , i, they require. how many more surveys ou think they require. how many more surveys you think needs _ they require. how many more surveys you think needs to _ they require. how many more surveys you think needs to be _ they require. how many more surveys you think needs to be done? - they require. how many more surveys you think needs to be done? there i you think needs to be done? there are some surveys _ you think needs to be done? there are some surveys we _ you think needs to be done? there are some surveys we have - you think needs to be done? there are some surveys we have been i are some surveys we have been pushing for? is are some surveys we have been pushing for?— are some surveys we have been pushing for? is it missing 10% in terms of pushing for? is it missing 1096 in terms of responses? _ pushing for? is it missing 1096 in terms of responses? probably . pushing for? is it missing 1096 in i terms of responses? probably not, there are stories _ terms of responses? probably not, there are stories of— terms of responses? probably not, there are stories of thousands - terms of responses? probably not, there are stories of thousands of l there are stories of thousands of more cases being discovered. it will

more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? _ more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? it— more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? it could _ more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? it could be, - more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? it could be, but - more cases being discovered. it will be hundreds? it could be, but we i be hundreds? it could be, but we will wait to _ be hundreds? it could be, but we will wait to see _ be hundreds? it could be, but we will wait to see the _ be hundreds? it could be, but we will wait to see the surveys. - we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who is in westminster. the government clearly seem to be dealing with this issue quickly, how is it going? —— they want to be seen to be dealing with this quickly. this is a difficult problem for the government because this is a crisis, and it's government because this is a crisis, and it“sjust government because this is a crisis, and it's just about fair to start using that word, which is very open—ended. you heard from julian mckeag in the education secretary that the government doesn't know everything, they don't know how many people are affected or schools, and this is beyond gillian keegan“s breathe, they don't know how many other public buildings might be affected. i think what parents, teachers and other peoples will want reassurance is is that the government has a sense of what is going on. that is what they want to project today, gillian keegan will

be facing intense questioning and has house of commons today. it's difficult when the governmentjust doesn't know a lot of things for them to be able to project that security and confidence that people want. one other thing was going to be a bit of an issue for the government today and going forward, the question about the past. not about how many buildings are affected now but about whether enough was done to deal with this issue when the government was first warned about it. you asked gillian keegan about these claims from the former head of department for education that when rishi sunak was chancellor, he cut funding for school repairs. i think we will be hearing a lot today of claims that the government in neglecting this issue as labour would argue has made this problem worse. that's something then that notjust gillian keegan but rishi sunak will have to have an answer to. ., ., but rishi sunak will have to have an answer to. ., ,, , ., , we can speak now to our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn, who is at one of the schools affected, aylesford school in warwick.

morning, kathryn, how is that school dealing with this? good morning, kathryn, how is that school dealing with this?— morning, kathryn, how is that school dealing with this? good morning. the new school term _ dealing with this? good morning. the new school term feeling _ dealing with this? good morning. the new school term feeling is _ dealing with this? good morning. the new school term feeling is being - new school term feeling is being delayed for some up and down the country including here in warwick. it's all due to these concerns about raac, a term that most of us outside of the construction industry had never heard of apart from in the last few days. we know that about 50 schools are immediately undertaking construction work, the rest of them on this 150 list so far are looking into what the situation is where they are. here at aylesford school, we know that the primary school, just after my left which you cannot see, that is fine, it's a building. but the secondary school behind us is being affected. the new year seven cohort is arriving this morning and will be here this week, year 12 is going to be from wednesday. every other school group will not be here until at least next

monday. in a statement on this school's website, they say, to ensure the safety of everyone in our school community, we have been forced to close a significant area of the school while work continues to resolve issues. they say they will update parents on thursday whether or not the monday date, next monday, is still feasible. questions for the government, you have been hearing about the nature of this, the last—minute nature of, we are hearing that hundreds more could also be affected. meantime schools like this are preparing for more disruption than they would have expected. no more of the morning's news. —— now more. a weight loss injection will be prescribed to patients in the uk for the first time from today. wegovy, also known as semaglutide, will be made available to patients through the nhs as part of a "controlled and limited launch" and will be prescribed alongside a reduced calorie diet and exercise. our medical editor fergus walsh reports.

could this weekly self—administered medicine really tackle the uk“s expanding waistline? research has shown wegovy can help clinically obese patients lose more than 10% of their body weight. the active ingredient called semaglutide suppresses appetite by mimicking a hormone released after eating, making you feel full. supplies are likely to be limited at first. but nhs england says tens of thousands of patients could eventually be offered wegovy for a maximum of two years. although when people come off it, they usually put weight back on. over 12 million adults in england are obese with a body mass index of at least 30, and obesity is estimated to cost the nhs around £6.5 billion a year. so the hope will be it could reduce pressure on hospitals. last month, the makers of wegovy,

danish firm novo nordisk, said its latest study showed the drug cut the risk of a stroke or heart attack in overweight people with heart disease by a fifth. fergus walsh, bbc news. ryanair says more than 350 of its flights were cancelled as a result of air traffic control failures that caused disruption for passengers flying in and out of the uk at the end of last month. the airline says 63,000 of its passengers were affected. an initial report into the incident is due to be released later this week. nearly half of all trains in britain were at least one minute late between january and july of this year according to bbc analysis. huddersfield station had the highest rate of cancelled trains. network rail says it is working closely with train operating companies to improve. weather warnings have been issued in the spanish regions around madrid, toledo and cadiz, because of

flooding caused by torrential rain. floods brought by storm dana have caused mudslides. more rain is forecast today. some of the tens of thousands of people at the burning man festival in the united states have managed to leave the desert site, which has been turned into a quagmire by heavy rain. road access has been closed, and with further thunderstorms possible it could be several days before everyone can get home. our correspondent, david willis, sent this report from the festival site in nevada. this was supposed to be the day that people attending this festival headed home. instead, tens of thousands of them are stranded here, mired in mud, which has thickened over the course of the last few hours following renewed downpours of rain. as you can see behind me, some people are packing up in readiness for their departure but a driving

ban remains in force here. the organisers say it simply to when and many other people to leave. some have tried it, only for their vehicles to end up stuck in the mud. others have abandoned their camping gear altogether and left this festival on foot. meanwhile, the local sheriffs department is investigating a death which took place at the height of the torrential rain on saturday night at this festival. at the moment they are saying very little identity of the disease, no me that his next of kin have been informed —— we know the identity of the deceased. only that his next of kin have been informed. there is still the chance of some thunderstorms here and it could be several days before the landscape is dry enough for everyone here to be able to leave. people here to be able to leave. people here are tired and wet and very muddy in many cases, and everybody seems to be very anxious now to

leave. . , ., ., ukrainian generals claim they have broken through russia's defence lines in the south. kyiv launched a counter—offensive injune which has been slow to progress, but officials claim they've now reached a turning point. it comes after white house spokesman john kirby told reporters in washington that ukrainian forces had "achieved some success against that second line." red phone boxes are becoming a bit of a rarity but if you do manage to get your hands on one what would you do with it? turn it into a bar maybe? that's not just about, that's notjust about, it's a disco! —— notjust a that's notjust about, it's a disco! —— notjusta bar! a former serviceman has converted his red phone box into a mini bar with music and disco lights. lee copeland bought

the kiosk five years ago. he has got a lot in there, hasn't he? it he has got a lot in there, hasn't he? , ., ,_, ., he has got a lot in there, hasn't he? , . ., ., he? it might be a disco for one, you won't aet he? it might be a disco for one, you won't get many _ he? it might be a disco for one, you won't get many people _ he? it might be a disco for one, you won't get many people in _ he? it might be a disco for one, you won't get many people in there. - he? it might be a disco for one, you won't get many people in there. i i won't get many people in there. i wonder what his neighbours think about it. do wonder what his neighbours think about it. ,, ,, , , wonder what his neighbours think about it. ,, , , ., about it. do you think they 'ust go all day every fl about it. do you think they 'ust go all day every day. i about it. do you think they 'ust go all day every day, those i about it. do you think theyjust go all day every day, those lights? i all day every day, those lights? yes, and that song playing! that will be in your head all day. carol is here with a look at the weather, summer in september? it certainly is! many of us starting with blue skies as you can see from this weather watcher picture in pembrokeshire. some mist and fog around because parts of northern england, northern ireland and the south—west but this morning that will lift and blue sky from the word go. temperatures continuing to romp up. the same for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, hanging on to the sunshine. towards the north and west, a bit more

cloud, a weak weather front could produce some drizzle in orkney but nothing too heavy. breezy across the north and north—west but also through the english channel and southern counties. but nothing to strong. 16 in lerwick, 23 in belfast, 30 in the south—eastern, corner. we hang on to clear skies, weak weather front and the odd spot of light rain coming in. a few showers coming into the south—west. some mist and fog patches forming in northern ireland and northern england, seven scotland, and it's not going to be a cold night. not a cold start to the day, mist and fog lifting quickly, showers moving away from the south—west and most of us having a dry, sunny and warm day. still a weak weather front across the north of scotland but it is continuing to weaken, there will be holes in it and we will see sunny

spells. iii in lerwick, 27 in liverpool, 28 or 29 across southern england. wednesday somewhere in the south could hit 31 degrees, we are keeping an eye on that. it will be warm, dry and sunny wherever you are, away from the east coast where we will have a little bit more low cloud at times. i we will have a little bit more low cloud at times.— we will have a little bit more low cloud at times. i love it when you say those — cloud at times. i love it when you say those words, _ cloud at times. i love it when you say those words, warm, - cloud at times. i love it when you say those words, warm, sunny i cloud at times. i love it when you | say those words, warm, sunny and dry. say those words, warm, sunny and d . ., ., �* say those words, warm, sunny and on this programme, we've followed legends of rugby, rob burrow and ed slater, as they adjust to living with motor neurone disease. it doesn't just affect them, but it affects their families too, especially their wives, who are taking on the role of carers. graham satchell has their story. two rugby families, both living with the devastating condition motor neurone disease.

rob burrow, a rugby league legend, was diagnosed when he was 37. ed slater, a rugby union star, was told he had mnd last year when he was just 34. the two families have been supporting each other in the hardest of times. you know, i was devastated when i heard the news that ed had been diagnosed. as rob said so many times, it doesn't just affect the person, it affects the whole family. and essentially you become a carer as well as a mum and a wife and, you know, juggling sort of everything. juggling all of the sort of different things. yeah. seeing what you guys have achieved and what you've kind of done with the kids, i think for me it was so reassuring and also helpful to see you guys doing what you're doing with the three kids, and just thinking, "ok, i can do this." the burrows and the slaters both have three young children.

see them all playing, kids, they're amazing. and, you know, even some of the most difficult situations, you know, they bring a lot of light, laughter, energy. and it's no different today getting them all together. motor neurone disease is a life limiting degenerative condition. rob can no longer walk or talk and needs 26 hour care. ed is starting to lose function in his arms and legs. but it's the children that both families worry about. you know, i think it's a worry of, how are they going to cope with it? how are they going to deal? and, you know, you kind of i think as a parent, you just want your children to be happy, don't you? and you kind of, you know, i know what's coming and it's really difficult to prepare them. how long has daddy got, what does that mean? and it's really difficult to have those conversations with your children and to kind of say, you know, that it is a life

limiting disease and it's going to mean that daddy, you know, is not going to be around as long as we... and that's so hard because then it's in those moments, i think that's actually the hardest thing is, you can't give them an answer. and kids do love to know a factual answer or, what does that actually mean? it is amazing, though, when they are doing bits or when they kind of offer to do bits. like, "oh, i'll fill up daddy's water bottle" or "i can do that, i can do that," which has been amazing to see. hi, ed, jo and kids, - it is great to see you all. how are you doing? rob is showing ed his eye gaze machine, which helps him to talk. it's something ed himself may need in the future. it basically works on infra red. so there's a little light that rob looks at the letters. this is where rob will get mad at me because i press all the wrong buttons! hear that?! both rob and ed know they would be lost without their wives.

well, i'm really proud of her. i think in my situation, if i didn't have someone like jo, built like jo, the way she kind of processes things, her kindness, her compassion, i would be a very different person in the way i handle it. so i'm very lucky i've got someone like jo by my side and i'm sure rob thinks same about lindsey. i am so grateful for everything that lindsey does for me. _ i couldn't wish for a better wife and mother to our children. - without her i wouldn't be here today. - ijust hope she knows that i'd do the same for her. - hide your eyes, go! one, two, three. mum'sjust like doing everything she can and, like, she's doing really well at the matter of fact, that dad has mnd.

now we've got an extra room that's downstairs. when he can't move any more, we canjust go down to his room when mum allows us to at bedtime, instead of him coming up. there's not enough words i could use to describe how special she is, she's the best mum in the entire world. she's a great mum because she's got a few of us to look after and she's keep going fighting, every day. she's helped my dad, she puts him to bed, feeds him, and ijust couldn't wish for a better mum. in his playing days, rob was one of the most successful rugby league stars. ed was also a winner for both leicester tigers and gloucester. with the help of the rugby community, both men have put mnd on the map and raised millions of pounds to find a cure. i've been kind of taken abackjust by how the rugby community has come together to kind of support us as a family, it's been overwhelming, i think.

i never expected the support that we've had. have you found you've had a lot of support from the union side of things? yeah, it's been amazing. it's so reassuring, i think, especially when it's kind of those harder bits or there's times where he's having a harder day or there's progressions and things like that. i think it's that reassurance that, you know, the people that are so supportive and ijust love that. you know, life is for living. and i think we've got to keep that hope and positivity and keep fighting. you know, mnd might win the battle, but we'll keep fighting and we'll keep banging that drum and, you know, do all we can. definitely. bbc breakfast“s documentary following rob, lindsey and their children's journey,

"rob burrow: living with mnd", has made the final shortlist in the national tv awards. aren't those kids gorgeous? it really underlines that it is a full family journey. it's in the authored documentary category, alongside deborahjames, matt willis and lewis capaldi. you can vote in this year's ntas by visiting the website. peat bogs are a vital part of the fight against climate change because of their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide but they're under threat from farming and compost production. the government has recently announced £16 million in funding to protect thousands of hectares of peatlands, and a huge swathe of yorkshire is also being surveyed for the first time, as plans are made to restore it. paul murphy went to find out more.

on the moorlands of east yorkshire, mark is on a mission. so we use the gps to capture what we call ground control points. he's surveying more than ten square miles of plant life and the peat that grows on it. we're working in collaboration with natural england to actually understand what those important vegetation types are, which are an indication of the health of the peatland. peatlands are doing nothing less than helping our planet function. in fact, this boggy landscape of decomposing plants is something of an unsung hero in our battle against climate change. it absorbs and stores huge quantities of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that's causing global warming. the great advantage of peat if it is in good condition, it will grow. and if it grows, what it's doing is taking in layers of carbon from the atmosphere in each one of those little increments.

so every year, a little bit more moss is stored underground and it grows and grows and grows. this survey is on a huge scale. images from aircraft and from satellites are identifying areas of peatland that need help, perhaps more water orjust protection from human activity. the history of this place has been all about exploitation. it's been drained for agriculture. millions of tonnes of compost has been dug up and taken away for garden centre use across europe. but the future for the moors, well, that's going to be a story of restoration, of growth, of bringing back the peat. we think there could be up to five metres of missing peat here. that's more than twice my height, yeah, that's missing here. so the capacity is really enormous. this wants to be a peat bog, this was a peat bog, it wants to be a peat bog.

so therefore, we're effectively restoring it to its natural state. and the bigger it gets, the more harmful co2 this peatland can absorb. this is an unlikely front line in the fight against global warming, but scientists believe it's playing a key role. paul murphy, bbc news, at yorkshire's humberhead levels. it's the sort of thing you just take for granted, and actually hugely important, so a lot of work being donein important, so a lot of work being done in yorkshire to try to restore it. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with michelle and rav. morning. thanks, guys. coming up. more than half of adults in the uk don't have a will like our own wayne perrey. in an exclusive investigation, we expose an online will writing company, using misleading terms to take thousands from devastated families grieving for a loved one.

how much are they asking for? just over12,000- _ how much are they asking for? just over12,000. i'm _ how much are they asking for? just over12,000. i'm in _ how much are they asking for? just over12,000. i'm in shock. - how much are they asking for? just over 12,000. i'm in shock. i - how much are they asking for? just over12,000. i'm in shock. i think. over12,000. i'm in shock. ithink we all are- _ also today, after a near fatal stroke, formula 1 presenter jennie gow's returned to the pit lane. she shares the challenges of relearning how to speak and how it caused her to develop dyslexia. dr xand joins jennie to talk through the main symptoms. yes, you might know about changes to your face, arms and speech - but i'll explain the lesser known signs to look out for that - could save your life. and ourfinance expert, iona bain“s got her eye on the benefits that you could be missing out on. nearly £19 billion is left unclaimed every year. i i'll tell you my top three that could get you hundred - of pounds in support. also, making the most out of what's left of your sunday roast, cook crystelle pereira's whipping up her cheap and delicious goan chicken chilli fry.

look at that! looking forward to eatin: look at that! looking forward to eating that! _ and serving up a treat is comedian katy brand with her new radio 1! series influencers. she tells us how mayo and horses are two ingredients her character carla's hoping will make her new online business a recipe for success. really? who knew! i will definitely be watching _ really? who knew! i will definitely be watching for _ really? who knew! i will definitely be watching for that! _ really? who knew! i will definitely be watching for that! see - really? who knew! i will definitely be watching for that! see you - really? who knew! i will definitely| be watching for that! see you later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm alice salfield. from today, all primary school pupils in london will be able to get a free school meal. the policy, announced by the mayor in feburary, will run for this academic year, and aims to help with the cost of living crisis. it's estimated families could save more than £400 per child. tower hamlets council has decided to extend the scheme, and is funding meals

for secondary students as well. we've been in touch with children first hand who have, on a regular basis, missed school lunches because their families are really struggling. and often it's like a stigma that you don't want to share that they're missing the lunches, so they will make excuses and say they are not hungry, or, "i'm going to eat something later." so, i think it is fantastic that now everybody can just queue up and have a healthy meal at lunchtime. meanwhile, as many young people start a new term, research suggests almost two thirds dread going back to school as they're being bullied. the diana award charity has released a film and is working with schools and students to tackle the issue. a poll by them, also found half of parents were concerned about their children suffering mental or physical abuse. the parents of a 13—year—old girl who died after failures in treating her sepsis at king's college hospital, are calling for patients and families to be given the right to ask for an urgent second opinion if they feel their concerns are not being taken seriously.

martha mills died just over two years ago. king's college hospital says it is deeply sorry and that improvements have been put in place. some hospitals have introduced a version of martha's rule already, but her parents want to see it rolled out across the uk. an on—demand bus service is expanding into five surrey towns from today, as part of a push for sustainable travel. surrey connect buses can be booked using an app or over the phone. fares start from £2 perjourney and are based on miles travelled. now, the tubes. it's going to be a warm week ahead, so let's get the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. just as many of our schools go back for the start of the autumn term, it's going to feel an awful lot more like summer. it“s dry, it's warm and it's

settled, and it's all set to last for much of the week, with temperatures climbing day on day too. we start off with with some early mist. it shouldn't last for too long. it will be burnt back by the sunshine. there will be lots of that. plenty of blue sky through the day. just a bit of high level cloud making the sunshine hazier at times. perhaps top temperatures all the way up to 27, even 28 celsius for some spots. the winds stay light. as we head through this evening and overnight, still relatively comfortable for sleeping. clear skies, some more mist developing into tuesday morning. tuesday, more of the same. but it will start to feel a little breezier. this is a south—easterly wind dragging in that warm, humid feeling air from the near continent. so temperatures are likely to rise even further by the time we get to wednesday, with some rather warm and muggy nights. i'll be back in half an hour. now it's back to sally and ben. bye—bye.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. they are two of the uk“s most well—known actors. and now, sir ian mckellen and roger allam are starring opposite one another in a new play in london later this month. frank and percy focuses on the friendship that develops between two men who meet while walking their dogs. and roger and sir ianjoin us now. it is all about friendship, isn't it? ., ., , ., �* it is all about friendship, isn't it? ., ., �* ., it is all about friendship, isn't it? ., ., r ., it? no dogs, we haven't got any dos. it? no dogs, we haven't got any dogs- where — it? no dogs, we haven't got any dogs. where is _ it? no dogs, we haven't got any dogs. where is the _ it? no dogs, we haven't got any dogs. where is the dog? - it? no dogs, we haven't got any dogs. where is the dog? i - it? no dogs, we haven't got any i dogs. where is the dog? i thought ou were dogs. where is the dog? i thought you were providing _ dogs. where is the dog? i thought you were providing one! _ dogs. where is the dog? i thought you were providing one! i - dogs. where is the dog? i thought you were providing one! i am - dogs. where is the dog? i thought you were providing one! i am so i you were providing one! i am so excited to _ you were providing one! i am so excited to be _ you were providing one! i am so excited to be in _ you were providing one! i am so excited to be in salford. - you were providing one! i am so excited to be in salford. not i you were providing one! i am so i excited to be in salford. not many people say that. my mother was brought up about 100 yards from here near pendleton. i was born in bolton. and when i was in bolton i used to come and see the place in manchester eight miles away. it was cobbled all the way. this was in the

50s. the number eight bus, by the time you got to old manchester you weren't defeated to see the play. did you ever think back then you might end up in a tv studio in salford? it might end up in a tv studio in salford? “ might end up in a tv studio in salford? �* . .,,, might end up in a tv studio in salford? �* . , , . salford? it didn't cross my mind. we rushed through _ salford? it didn't cross my mind. we rushed through salford _ salford? it didn't cross my mind. we rushed through salford in _ salford? it didn't cross my mind. we rushed through salford in those - rushed through salford in those days. now it is the place to stay. yes, overnight. we are glad to have you ever. you can linger here for a little longer. talk to me about the play. it is a new play? it little longer. talk to me about the play. it is a new play?— play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by _ play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by a _ play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by a young _ play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by a young man, - play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by a young man, only i play. it is a new play? it is. yes, written by a young man, only 31. play. it is a new play? it is. yes, l written by a young man, only 31. it is very— written by a young man, only 31. it is very much— written by a young man, only 31. it is very much about the possibility of friendship and love as you get on, of friendship and love as you get on. as— of friendship and love as you get on. as you — of friendship and love as you get on, as you get older, and your need for someone — on, as you get older, and your need for someone else, the difficulty of forming _ for someone else, the difficulty of forming a — for someone else, the difficulty of forming a relationship and of keeping _ forming a relationship and of keeping it going. i forming a relationship and of keeping it going.— forming a relationship and of keeping it going. forming a relationship and of keeina itrroin. ., keeping it going. i thought you said our keeping it going. i thought you said your knees. — keeping it going. i thought you said your knees. rrot _ keeping it going. i thought you said

your knees, not need! _ keeping it going. i thought you said your knees, not need! this - keeping it going. i thought you said your knees, not need! this is - keeping it going. i thought you said your knees, not need! this is a - your knees, not need! this is a comedy- _ your knees, not need! this is a comedy- that _ your knees, not need! this is a comedy. that hits _ your knees, not need! this is a comedy. that hits you - your knees, not need! this is a comedy. that hits you most. i your knees, not need! this is a - comedy. that hits you most. when you first read it. . . comedy. that hits you most. when you first read it— first read it. yes, i agree with ian. first read it. yes, i agree with lan- not _ first read it. yes, i agree with ian. not always! _ first read it. yes, i agree with ian. not always! i— first read it. yes, i agree with ian. not always! i read - first read it. yes, i agree with ian. not always! i read the i first read it. yes, i agree with i ian. not always! i read the script out loud to _ ian. not always! i read the script out loud to myself _ ian. not always! i read the script out loud to myself and _ ian. not always! i read the script out loud to myself and was - ian. not always! i read the script i out loud to myself and was creased up out loud to myself and was creased up with laughter. i thought, this is brilliant. and it is approved, hasn't it? if you are like alan ayckbourn or alan bennett, it is in that line. wonderful air for dialogue. that line. wonderful air for dialogue-— that line. wonderful air for dialorue. ., , ., ., dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue- _ dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue. there's _ dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue. there's quite - dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue. there's quite a - dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue. there's quite a lot i dialogue. -- wonderful year for dialogue. there's quite a lot of| dialogue. there's quite a lot of hope on it. you talk about friendship and love, you talk a little bit about loneliness. as people get older those can be real issues that they are confronted by? yes, which is what i thinks what attracts percy to frank and vice versa. a 91—year—old friend of ours came to see us. and he came and got we'd be in the dressing room afterwards. i said, we'd be in the dressing room afterwards. isaid, are we'd be in the dressing room afterwards. i said, are you all right? he said, yes, but this play

has given me such hope. we are doing social services. that has given me such hope. we are doing social services.— social services. that is the point. it will resonate _ social services. that is the point. it will resonate with _ social services. that is the point. it will resonate with some - social services. that is the point. it will resonate with some new i it will resonate with some new people, particularly after the pandemic. the relations we have with the people around us, growing older. may in this modern day the fact that meeting other people is a lot harder perhaps. you talk about meeting each other while walking the dog. that is the premise of the play. yes. other while walking the dog. that is the premise of the play.— the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people _ the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people do _ the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people do that. _ the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people do that. i _ the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people do that. i don't - the premise of the play. yes, and a lot of people do that. i don't have l lot of people do that. i don't have a dog _ lot of people do that. i don't have a dog myself but i observed that a lot of— a dog myself but i observed that a lot of the — a dog myself but i observed that a lot of the time. doing research. about _ lot of the time. doing research. about walking and dogs. i lot of the time. doing research. about walking and dogs.- lot of the time. doing research. about walking and dogs. i want to sa to about walking and dogs. i want to say to people _ about walking and dogs. i want to say to people who _ about walking and dogs. i want to say to people who are _ about walking and dogs. i want to say to people who are all - about walking and dogs. i want to say to people who are all wired i about walking and dogs. i want to l say to people who are all wired up, they can't hear the traffic, they are on their iphone, watching videos, bumping into people, and i just want to say to them, stop. the love of your life just walked in the opposite direction. you missed them.

# some enchanted evening, you may meet a stranger... but no, not any more. meet a stranger... but no, not an more. �* . ., but no, not any more. but these old bo s are but no, not any more. but these old boys are rather— but no, not any more. but these old boys are rather like _ but no, not any more. but these old boys are rather like that. _ but no, not any more. but these old boys are rather like that. how- but no, not any more. but these old boys are rather like that. how does| boys are rather like that. how does that relationship _ boys are rather like that. how does that relationship form? _ boys are rather like that. how does that relationship form? it - boys are rather like that. how does that relationship form? it begins i that relationship form? it begins with the dog. what do you addressing this? , ., , ., ., this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene. ben- _ this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, ben. and _ this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, ben. and there _ this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, ben. and there is - this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, ben. and there is a - this? oh, well there is a bedroom scene, ben. and there is a death. and there is a serious accident. i feel like these are quite big spoilers. feel like these are quite big soilers. ~ ., ., i. spoilers. well, i am not telling you who dies. tell— spoilers. well, i am not telling you who dies. tell me _ spoilers. well, i am not telling you who dies. tell me they _ spoilers. well, i am not telling you who dies. tell me they dogs - spoilers. well, i am not telling you who dies. tell me they dogs make | spoilers. well, i am not telling you | who dies. tell me they dogs make it throuah! it who dies. tell me they dogs make it through! it is _ who dies. tell me they dogs make it through! it is a _ who dies. tell me they dogs make it through! it is a very _ who dies. tell me they dogs make it through! it is a very cunningly - through! it is a very cunningly written play- _ through! it is a very cunningly written play. you _ through! it is a very cunningly written play. you are - through! it is a very cunningly written play. you are looking| through! it is a very cunningly - written play. you are looking very da er. it written play. you are looking very dapper- it is _ written play. you are looking very dapper- it is a _ written play. you are looking very dapper- it is a joy _ written play. you are looking very dapper. it is a joy to _ written play. you are looking very dapper. it is a joy to play. - written play. you are looking very dapper. it is a joy to play. we - written play. you are looking very dapper. it is a joy to play. we are| dapper. it is a 'oy to play. we are -la in: it dapper. it is a 'oy to play. we are playing it in _ dapper. it is a 'oy to play. we are playing it in a — dapper. it is a joy to play. we are playing it in a small— dapper. it is a joy to play. we are playing it in a small theatre, - dapper. it is a joy to play. we are. playing it in a small theatre, which is what i like. the last time i was in salford i was at the lowry with

the pantomime and john bishop. we are going to be in a 300 seater. beautiful little theatre in london. the only trouble is with it being a small not many people can come to see us. we are only on until christmas. see us. we are only on until christmas-— see us. we are only on until christmas. , ., christmas. the fact it is a new -la , christmas. the fact it is a new play. that _ christmas. the fact it is a new play. that is — christmas. the fact it is a new play, that is interesting - christmas. the fact it is a new play, that is interesting as i christmas. the fact it is a new play, that is interesting as a l play, that is interesting as a dynamic because people don't really have any expectations. nobody has played these parts before. nobody has established these parts. how often do you get to do that? probably less than roger. i have not done enough new plays in my time and i wish i had. i done enough new plays in my time and i wish i had. ., ., done enough new plays in my time and i wish i had-— i wish i had. i have done a lot of new place- _ i wish i had. i have done a lot of new place- i _ i wish i had. i have done a lot of new place. i am _ i wish i had. i have done a lot of new place. i am attracted - i wish i had. i have done a lot of new place. i am attracted to - i wish i had. i have done a lot of. new place. i am attracted to them i wish i had. i have done a lot of- new place. i am attracted to them if they are _ new place. i am attracted to them if they are good. and you read them and you think. _ they are good. and you read them and you think, yes, i want to do this. i am attracted — you think, yes, i want to do this. i am attracted to them for precisely that reason. you are not treading on anyone _ that reason. you are not treading on anyone else's footsteps, really. if you anyone else's footsteps, really. you are anyone else's footsteps, really. if you are doing hamlet or king year, you are doing hamlet or king year, you know however dreadful you are, the play will probably resonate. ——

king lear. if you are doing a new play that you are bad in and it is a very good, it is misery. fortunately, this one is a winner, a crowd pleaser. d0 fortunately, this one is a winner, a crowd pleaser-_ fortunately, this one is a winner, a crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond — crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond this? _ crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond this? oh, _ crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond this? oh, yes. - crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond this? oh, yes. it - crowd pleaser. do you think it might exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will i exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will be done by _ exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will be done by actors _ exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will be done by actors all _ exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will be done by actors all over- exist beyond this? oh, yes. it will be done by actors all over the - be done by actors all over the world, i am convinced of it. i want to go and see it to see what they make of it, because two different actors will make it feel different. you said it is about nurturing new talent, a new young writer. some of the proceeds from the ticket sales will go into a fund to support new young writing. is that something we are goaded in this country? ida. young writing. is that something we are goaded in this country?- are goaded in this country? no, not reall . i are goaded in this country? no, not really- i mean. _ are goaded in this country? no, not really. i mean, not— are goaded in this country? no, not really. i mean, not really, - are goaded in this country? no, not really. i mean, not really, no, - really. i mean, not really, no, otherwise— really. i mean, not really, no, otherwise we wouldn't need to be putting _ otherwise we wouldn't need to be putting money from a run of a new play into _ putting money from a run of a new play into a — putting money from a run of a new play into a fund. but i think it is a good — play into a fund. but i think it is a good thing to do. no, there has been _ a good thing to do. no, there has been a _ a good thing to do. no, there has been a thinning out of that kind of money— been a thinning out of that kind of money to— been a thinning out of that kind of money to encourage people in all areas _ money to encourage people in all areas of—

money to encourage people in all areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady _ areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady time _ areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady time just _ areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady time just after- areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady time just after the - areas of drama to get into it. there was a heady time just after the last world war when the arts council of great britain set out to sponsor ads of all sorts, including drama, when we felt, oh, we don't need to worry any more, we can pay people reasonable wages and we can keep the price of tickets down because we are being subsidised by the government. well, that all seems to have been gone. almost. these initiatives like commercial management saying i'm going to give some of my profits to the future, it is quite proper. but there are other sources where the money could come from. hand there are other sources where the money could come from. and how im ortant money could come from. and how important is _ money could come from. and how important is it _ money could come from. and how important is it that _ money could come from. and how important is it that after _ money could come from. and how important is it that after a - money could come from. and how important is it that after a rough l important is it that after a rough few years, postcode, cost of living crisis, how important is it, i know money is tight, but that people do get to sit in a theatre and escape and get out of their own heads for a

while? ~ ., ., and get out of their own heads for a while? ~ . ., ., ., while? well, i am a great four -- ureat while? well, i am a great four -- great advocate _ while? well, i am a great four -- great advocate for _ while? well, i am a great four -- great advocate for live _ great advocate for live entertainment, whether it is football, a pantomime or frank and percy. but it is different from watching the telly, if you excuse me. we know you because we see you on the telly. but when you come and see us in the theatre you are within touching distance. it is are bred from our stomachs through our mouths going across that little bit of space. it is very intimate. it can't be reproduced. just for tonight when you are there it is special. i think audiences know that. i you are there it is special. i think audiences know that.— you are there it is special. i think audiences know that. i think they do. that audiences know that. i think they do- that is _ audiences know that. i think they do. that is the _ audiences know that. i think they do. that is the great _ audiences know that. i think they do. that is the great attraction i audiences know that. i think they do. that is the great attraction of live entertainment, that you are in the same — live entertainment, that you are in the same room. there are now some wonderful— the same room. there are now some wonderful national theatre on screen and stuff— wonderful national theatre on screen and stuff like that, which is great if you _ and stuff like that, which is great if you can't— and stuff like that, which is great if you can't get to see it. it is not _ if you can't get to see it. it is not the — if you can't get to see it. it is not the same as being in the room with an _ not the same as being in the room with an audience and with the performance. it with an audience and with the performance-— with an audience and with the performance. it is the difference between facetime _ performance. it is the difference between facetime and - performance. it is the difference between facetime and being i performance. it is the difference between facetime and being in | performance. it is the difference i between facetime and being in the same room as your parents, kids. you

both consider— same room as your parents, kids. you both consider yourselves theatre actors first and foremost, is that right? you have had similar careers. roger has had a very distinguished career on television.— roger has had a very distinguished career on television. where is your true love? — career on television. where is your true love? well, _ career on television. where is your true love? well, it _ career on television. where is your true love? well, it certainly - career on television. where is your true love? well, it certainly began | true love? well, it certainly began with the theatre _ true love? well, it certainly began with the theatre very _ true love? well, it certainly began with the theatre very much - true love? well, it certainly began with the theatre very much so - true love? well, it certainly began with the theatre very much so as l true love? well, it certainly began j with the theatre very much so as a schoolboy— with the theatre very much so as a schoolboy in london. i discovered going _ schoolboy in london. i discovered going to _ schoolboy in london. i discovered going to the old vic when laurence olivier— going to the old vic when laurence olivier was— going to the old vic when laurence olivier was running the national theatre — olivier was running the national theatre. you could sit in the gallery _ theatre. you could sit in the ralle . ., , ., , gallery. you must have seen someplace? _ gallery. you must have seen someplace? you _ gallery. you must have seen someplace? you could - gallery. you must have seen someplace? you could sit i gallery. you must have seen someplace? you could sit in | gallery. you must have seen i someplace? you could sit in the ralle someplace? you could sit in the gallery for— someplace? you could sit in the gallery for 15p. _ someplace? you could sit in the gallery for 15p, the _ someplace? you could sit in the gallery for 15p, the price - someplace? you could sit in the gallery for 15p, the price of - someplace? you could sit in the gallery for 15p, the price of a i someplace? you could sit in the i gallery for 15p, the price of a tube fare _ gallery for 15p, the price of a tube fare so. — gallery for 15p, the price of a tube fare so. it — gallery for 15p, the price of a tube fare. so, it wasn't available to everyone _ fare. so, it wasn't available to everyone but it was available if you could _ everyone but it was available if you could find — everyone but it was available if you could find it and you could afford it. could find it and you could afford it if— could find it and you could afford it. , ., ., �* could find it and you could afford it. i. ., �* ., ., it. if you aren't unfortunate -- fortunate _ it. if you aren't unfortunate -- fortunate enough _ it. if you aren't unfortunate -- fortunate enough to _ it. if you aren't unfortunate -- fortunate enough to have - it. if you aren't unfortunate -- | fortunate enough to have stage fright, and some actors do, if, like

roger and i do, you come alive when there is an audience, and you want to be there, you want to leave the dressing or get onto the stage because there are a lot of friends out there, or people you would make your friends by the end of the evening, well, that's energising. on a film set or even a tv set you can be hanging around for ages waiting to be called. be hanging around for ages waiting to be called-— be hanging around for ages waiting to be called._ don't,| to be called. getting older. don't, rorer, to be called. getting older. don't, roger. don't! _ to be called. getting older. don't, roger, don't! no, _ to be called. getting older. don't, roger, don't! no, i— to be called. getting older. don't, roger, don't! no, i get— to be called. getting older. don't, roger, don't! no, i get older- to be called. getting older. don't, roger, don't! no, i get older as i roger, don't! no, i get older as well. # you make wen. — # you make me feel so young... well. # you make me feel so youn-... #. # you make me feel so young... #. roger is the singer and gets to sing in this show. singing again on stage in this show. singing again on stage in public. irlat in this show. singing again on stage in ublic. ., ._ in public. not in quite the same way as lead maize. _ in public. not in quite the same way as lead maize. -- _ in public. not in quite the same way as lead maize. -- les— in public. not in quite the same way as lead maize. -- les miserables. l in public. not in quite the same wayj as lead maize. -- les miserables. it as lead maize. —— les miserables. [i has as lead maize. —— les miserables. has been as lead maize. —— les miserables. it has been lovely to talk to. i could chat to you all morning. can you just stay and keep us

company?! thank you so much for coming in. you can see sir ian and roger in frank and percy at the other palace in london. its run starts on friday and continues until sunday the 3rd of december. for most people, black cabs are a handy way to get from a to b. but for thousands of military veterans, they represent a once in a lifetime chance to pay their respects to their fallen comrades. the taxi charity has supported world war two veterans since 19118. each year it gives former soldiers the opportunity to travel abroad and visit the final resting place of the men they fought alongside. our correspondent anna holligan was in the netherlands to find out more. i can do it for you, if you want. yeah. the ones he left behind are the ones he has returned for. don turrell travelled hundreds of miles to honour those who never made it home. one of your brothers in arms, i guess. yeah. operation market garden was the largest airborne

assault in history. thousands of british and american parachute and glider troops dropped behind enemy lines. their mission was to capture the bridges and hold the territory until british tanks and infantry arrived. but the [and forces couldn't break through. don was among them. they was to land, make it quicker for our people to finish the war. you know they was being killed and bombed or whatever. you just can't get to them. it was bang, bang, bang all the way around you. and that where i was, not many survived. callum and don met by chance. there's a 19—year—old one. you just feel this level of debt, you know, owed to these guys, and they're not going to be around for a lot longer, and that's the sad thing. and the friendship that's developed over time — when he asked me to come on this trip, iwas thinking, well, i'm not a carer by trade, but, you know, i'll do my best for you, support you. and it seems to be going ok, doesn't it, don?

yeah, brilliant, brilliant. and yeah, remembrance is important because it'll be in the history books soon and you won't have all these living guys that can tell you the stories and chat to about it. almost 1500 british and polish troops were killed. thousands more became prisoners of war. operation market garden was ultimately a bold, heroic failure, and the war dragged on. arnhem“s oosterbeek war cemetery contains the graves of most of those killed during the september landings. this isjohn poyner“s first time in the netherlands. some of these lads, i've got a cousin that we're going to lay a wreath to today that was 19 and he never made love. that's terrible, isn't it? to die without making love. when the war finally ended, three london cabbies set up a charity to take their friends who had sustained life changing

injuries, on day trips. lvoiceover: shades of lily marlene | and mademoiselle from armentieres. let her go. — nowadays, my hobby's beer. and since then, the taxi charity for military veterans has served thousands of ex—service personnel, with day trips, social events and free rides to the netherlands and france for acts of commemoration. this year, the taxi charity is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and we're on the road with them. when i bring him here, it feels like he's 20 again and everybody loves him. and you just can't explain what it's — what it does for him. you can't explain what the dutch people give these guys. that's right. oh, it's incredible. they bring them back to life again. this is priceless what we do. yeah, money can't buy these trips. yeah. to be here today, it's one of the best things that's happened to me in my life. i appreciate the black cabs of london and their charity, and the wonderful people that run

it, and the cab drivers that look after us and take us about. and i hope at some time in my life, i can... ..repay what they done. the liberators“ stories will live on as an indelible part of our own present and past. # i'm sure we'll meet again some sunny day.# anna holligan, bbc news, arnhem. # keep smiling through just like you always do # till the blues skies chase those dark clouds far away.# an amazing thing to do. an incredible story, giving them the opportunity to spend some time with the soldiers they fought alongside.

14 the soldiers they fought alongside. iii minutes to nine. john is here. good morning. manchester united against arsenal, a game that always is high on drama. didn't arsenal by well? didn't they? and he looks a steal. arsenal beat manchester united. looks good value, perhaps. good morning. declan rice delivering on that price tag in a game that delivered on drama. so much for a quiet sunday afternoon. it was a feisty affair and ended in arsenal's way. here's patrick gearey. premier league drama at its latest and greatest. it sucks you in, it spits you out. never give up and never leave early. arsenal's wild ride began with a plunge. manchester united found a familiar target. it's a great finish

by marcus rashford! perhaps a jump start for united“s season. but keeper andre onana had barely landed when arsenal and martin odegaard responded just seconds later. for some time the pulse slowed, quickening suddenly when arsenal thought they had a penalty. until the referee looked again. overturned. and in the 88th minute arsenal were being overrun too. alejandro garnacho thought he'd won it for united. but in a sealed room a replay was being shown, a line was being drawn, a game was being changed. offside. that process takes time, which was added onto the match. and maybe that allowed arsenal to take this corner and declan rice to snatch a sensational victory. arsenal's record signing now embedded. there was still the chance for gabrieljesus to make the scoreline look comfortable. the numbers conceal the story though. i love the mentality. i think the determination the team shows to go and go and go. against any opponent

we want to go and we want to win. and the draw is not enough. this is a fixture which fuels grudges and makes headlines. and so again. arsenal versus manchester united, eventful to the end. patrick geary, bbc news. that can rice and arsenal buoyant. not so much manchester united. —— declan rice. manchester united forward jadon sancho says he has been made a scapegoat at the club. manager erik ten hag said he didn't pick the player for his squad yesterday because he didn't train well. but sancho hit back, saying, "please don't believe everything you read. i won't allow people saying things that are completely untrue." he added, "i've been a scapegoat for a long time, which isn't fair." perhaps a storm brewing at united? well, talking of big money, mo salah is believed to have told his team—mates he's staying at the club, despite a mega money offerfrom saudi arabia. he scored in their 3—0 win over aston villa following that £150 million bid from al—ittihad, who are thought to be preparaing another bid to test liverpool's resolve.

celtic fans will be skipping into work this morning after winning the first old firm derby of the season — a match with its fair share of drama, too. rangers thought they'd scored on two occasions, but both were disallowed — kemar roofe“s strike, the second of those, ruled out for a foul in the build up and their frustration would only get worse when they watched kyogo score the only goal of the game late in the first half. celtic are level on points at the top of the premiership with motherwell. rangers are four points back. and celtic“s women made it a double cause for celebration as the stay top of the scottish women's premier league. amy gallagher's hat trick saw them beat hibernian 14—2, to remain two points clear of rangers after they beat partick thistle. it looks like there is no stopping max verstapen this season. it is now a record ten wins in a row for the f1 driver. he accomplished what no other driver has managed, beating the previous record held

by sebastien vettel. verstappen“s red bull team mate sergio perez was second with carlos sainz third at the italian grand prix. england's cricketers missed the chance to complete a series victory against new zealand with a match to spare, after defeat in their latest t20 international. new zealand chose to bat, and soon began piling on the runs. finn allen scored 89 of them offjust 53 balls, as they set england 203 to win. and in response, england never got close, losing early wickets, eventually bowled out for 128, losing by 76 runs. england lead the series 2—1 — with the decider at trent bridge on tuesday. the sole british hope in the singles at the final grand slam of the year is jack draper. he is back in action at the us open today agaisnt the world number eight andrey rublev. the three—time champion novak djokovic is already

into the quarter—finals, as he won in straight sets against borna gojo. the second seed is looking for a record equalling 24th major title. there was a shock with iga swiatek the top seed knocked out in the women's draw. the top seed losing in 3 sets to the latvian 20th seed. jelena ostapenko will face american sixth seed coco gauff next. she ended caroline wozniacki“s dream return in three sets. wozniacki is only playing in her third tournament since making the decision to come out of retirement, and having two children. the 19—year—old gauff is among the favourites, as she goes for her first grand slam. so there we go. john, thank you. let's get the all—important weather. carol is

here. who would have thought it, september and summer arrives? i who would have thought it, september and summer arrives?— and summer arrives? i know, isn't that typical? _ and summer arrives? i know, isn't that typical? good _ and summer arrives? i know, isn't that typical? good morning. - and summer arrives? i know, isn't that typical? good morning. to i and summer arrives? i know, isn't. that typical? good morning. to give you an idea of what has been like in the meteorological summer ofjune, july and august, the highest temperature we saw was injune, 32.2 celsius. but this week we could potentially challenge that temperature with 31, possibly 32, maybe a little bit more. it is something we are keeping a close eye on. in fact, something we are keeping a close eye on. infact, this something we are keeping a close eye on. in fact, this week the weather is going to be very warm, or out. it would be humid in the middle of the week by day and night. plenty of sunshine. some mist and some fog. high pressure is firmly in charge of the weather. follow the isobars, we are dragging in some warm continental air. we have a weak weather front in the north of scotland. it has been with us as we have gone through the course of the weekend. today it could well produce the odd spot of drizzle, for example, in orkney. forthe the odd spot of drizzle, for example, in orkney. for the rest of

scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, we are looking at a lot of dry conditions, warm and sunny weather, with 18 degrees in stornoway, 26 in hull, 29 or 30 in london. this evening and overnight we have this week weather front. by the end of the night we will be having some showers appearing in the south—east of england. some mist and fog patches clearing in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. it will not be a cold night. these are the overnight lows in towns and cities. nine in glasgow. 15 in london. as we head into tomorrow, we still have high pressure very much in charge. a few showers in the south—west. they will fight as we go through the course of the day. patchy mist and fog lifting. it would be another dry, sunny and warm day. this week weather front continuing to weaken. it will brighten up. more sunny intervals tomorrow across the north of scotland. we do have an onshore breeze along the east coast of england. that will peg back the temperatures are a little. we are

still looking at 22, 2o temperatures are a little. we are still looking at 22, 20 three degrees. inland will have the higher values. 26 in glasgow, 22 in belfast, 28 in cardiff. by the middle of the week we started to pull in a southerly wind. we are dragging in some warm or hot air across our shores. we start off with some low cloud, mist and fog in scotland and eastern england. a lot of it will push back to the coast. some of it could linger. we have some moving up the irish sea as well. a late share in the south—west. more cloud in parts of scotland during the day. this is the day when we could see 31, possibly a little bit more. we can see 25 in glasgow as well. it is going to be humid overnight wednesday into thursday. then we get into the humid days as well. it looks like the fine weather will remain. by the time we get to the weekend it looks like we might start to see it break down from the atlantic. thank you. look at those sums.

i like the look of that. millions of people are resorting to "buy now pay later" options for everyday essentials — including bills and groceries — according to new research. ben can tell us more. why is this happening? morning. this buy now pay later idea allows you to spread the cost of a purchase over several instalments without any interest charges. it sounds like a good idea, but it leads to some people over spending and then struggling to afford the repayments. let me explain why there is a warning about it being such a problem. and in the current cost of living crisis there's a warning that people aren'tjust using that option for the big one—off items or expensive treats — millions are now relying on buy now pay later for everyday necessities. research by the government—funded money and pensions service shows nearly one in five customers who use deferred payment plans — have done so to pay for essentials. that includes groceries, toiletries,

household bills and fuel. buy now pay later is changing how people shop, with more opting for it, due to rising bills and costs. currently, more than 10 million people are estimated to use it, and half of those say they have a balance they haven't and 55% of those with outstanding payments — that's around 3 million people — owe more than one hundred pounds each. that all adds up — the bank of england says, in total, about 3 million households in the uk have, between them, built up a collective debt of 2.7 billion pounds through using buy now pay later services. some people struggle to make the repayments. sometimes using a credit card to pay it off — or being charged a late payment fee. so make sure you check the terms. in some cases you might be approved to borrow amounts that you realistically cannot afford to pay back. so, our study actually found that one in five users said they felt

that they had borrowed too much. so, really give yourself time when checking out to figure out whether this is the right payment option for you. and then the other risks come in when you begin to miss payments. so, the providers will take different approaches to charges and late fees, and they can be more expensive than other forms of borrowing, like credit cards. so, make sure you read the terms and conditions and understand what you might be up for. check the small print. debt charities like stepchange and citizens advice are calling for more regulation of buy now pay later services. the government has previously said they are a useful option but it is working on protecting borrowers from falling into problem dead. someone who didn't want to give their name got in touch and said using clarinet and clear pay has become second nature to them now despite both being experienced teachers on a substantial weight. they say there is not enough money to meet monthly bills, currently owing over elioo, or

130 a month, and wild they do agree they need to be used carefully, they are so useful to many people to spread the cost of purchases. chris and southampton says he has been using tilse for over a year. always see make sure there aren't too many payments due in one go. a lot of experiences people using these services not out of choice but out of necessity. thank you. you're watching bbc breakfast.

good morning, good to see you, the radio, on the telly, the big story of the day for the next hour. take your chance, get in touch. we are talking about the state of our schools. who knows what other public buildings as well. say what you see. crumbling, dilapidated, past their design life. these are metaphors the government could well do without at the moment, but it's a problem a

long time in the making. there are criticisms today by a former senior civil servant of a former chancellor, for not doing stuff soon to sort it out. the former chancellor is rishi sunak. the current chancellorjeremy hunt has promised to spend what it takes to sort out this problem. but to do that, will they take what is spent on the education budget from the education budget already? the expectation is that there will be no new money. notjust a concrete problem, asbestos, dilapidated building stock, all needing much more than a lick of paint. 38% of school buildings in england are believed to be past their estimated design life. we are where we are, but why? that's another aspect to this. it means 700,000 pupils in england are learning in buildings which require major rebuilding or refurbishment. parents, teachers, senior leaders, builders, what have

you got to say? everybody is welcome. your