keir starmer speaks to breakfast about his first few months in office and tells us he's optimistic about the future, but change won't happen overnight. that is why i wanted to level with people. i didn't want to say we could fix the economy by christmas or the health service within a year. that is not a bad thing to say to boaters. the prime minister has told britons in lebanon to leave immediately as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. british troops are being sent to cyprus to help possible evacuations. as the number of women accusing former harrods boss of sexual abuse rises. we'll speak to survivors live in the studio, who will tell us their stories. is the wallet on the way out? as shoppers increasingly ditch cards and cash for smartphone

and smartwatch payments, the once—essential item could become a thing of the past. good morning. it's goals galore for chelsea and signs of lift off this season, as they beat barrow 5—0. all the premier league sides in action avoiding an upset in last night's league cup.. a dry start to the day for many. a few showers around. when wilful on areas already saturated. all of the details shortly. —— when will all. it's wednesday, 25th september. labour's first party conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the prime minister promising delegates that change is on the horizon. today the focus will be on the scrapping of the winter fuel payment for pensioners, and the debate from unions to reverse it. our political correspondent helen catt sent this report. applause. it was the first time in 15 years that a sitting prime minister had addressed labour's

party conference. in his speech, sir keir promised the country that change was coming. i know that the cost—of—living crisis drew a veil over the joy and wonder in our lives, and that people want respite and relief. may even have voted labour for that reason. so first, let me be clear. our project has not and never will change. i changed the labour party to restore it to the service of working people. and that is exactly what we will do for britain. but i will not do it with easy answers. i will not do it with false hope. not now, not ever. applause. the hall seemed happy, applauding him and his wife, victoria. shortly after he came off stage, the prime minister sat down with bbc breakfast, and he was clear that change would mean unpopular decisions and wouldn't happen overnight. all of those changes appear to be quite a long way

in the distance. are you asking people to be very, very patient when maybe there isn't a lot of patience around? well, the ones i announced today that we've already done are obviously already happening. so i'm really pleased that we've been able to get on with those early steps. so change has already begun. we're seeing things change. the big change in terms of the economy, the health service, yes, that will take time. and that's why i wanted to level with people, because what i don't want to say is we can fix the economy by christmas, or that the health service will be completely fixed within a year. that is not a fair thing to say to voters. his government's decision to scrap the winter fuel payment for most pensioners has already been controversial. later today, the conference will debate a call from trade unions to reverse it. but the pm is standing firm. we'll protect pensioners who need protection through pension credit. we will make sure that we stabilise the economy. so every pensioner watching

this has my assurance that they will be better off year on year, because we will stick to the triple lock to make sure that their pension is raised in accordance with the triple lock, so they get more money in their pocket. and with pensioners set to face this cut, there have been more questions about whether mps should be able to accept gifts. will sir keir look to change that? in the end, it comes down tojudgment in relation to the individual cases and mps have to exercise theirjudgment and then, of course, they have to declare, so that everybody can see how they've exercised theirjudgment. thank you, conference. the prime minister has now left his conference to travel to the un in new york. the journey towards change will be longer and harder. helen catt, bbc news, liverpool. we're joined now by our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. he has been right across the

conference all week. overnight in an interesting disagreement about the government's messaging on the nhs. just explain. you government's messaging on the nhs. just exlain. ., , ., just explain. you will remember one ofthe just explain. you will remember one of the first things _ just explain. you will remember one of the first things wes _ just explain. you will remember one of the first things wes streeting - of the first things wes streeting said when he became health secretary three months ago as the nhs in england is broken. that where'd he keeps using and the government keeps using. our colleague is reporting there is growing unease among senior nhs figures about that government messaging. he has a story running on the bbc website where he creates a hospital leader saying they are worried about speaking patients, worried about speaking patients, worried about speaking patients, worried about patients being put off seeking care and causing lasting damage to staff morale. a spokesperson for the department of health and social care can —— say patients can see the nhs is going through the worst crisis in its history and they want the government to be honest about that. perhaps we

will get honesty this morning from wes streeting when he addresses the labour party conference. he will say parts of the country with the highest numbers of people out of work due to ill health will get priority support to cut nhs waiting lists. teams of clinicians will be sent to the 20 hospital trusts when there is highest level of economic activity in order to roll out reforms, looking to do things like turning operating theatres in two versions of formula i pit stops, so more operations are carried out. the government is really worried about this. 2.8 million people out of work due to ill health. if wes streeting can fix that i am not sure many people will be fussed about the messaging. keir starmer is heading across the atlantic to look at foreign affairs.

the prime minister has warned british nationals still in lebanon to leave immediately, as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. arriving in new york this morning, where he will attend the annual un general assembly, sir keir starmer said the government was ramping up contingency plans. 700 british troops are also being sent to cyprus to help possible evacuations, as our correspondent aru na iyengar reports. sirens wail. firing across borders. the israeli iron dome defence system intercepts rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon into the town of safed in israel. the iranian—backed militant group was hitting back after israel's massive airstrikes on southern lebanon on monday. the area is on the brink of all—out war, and that's why british nationals in lebanon have been urged to leave immediately. the ministry of defence is sending 700 troops to cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. lebanese families have been packing their belongings and fleeing homes in the south to escape from this.

israel says it's bombing hezbollah military sites in southern lebanon, but more than 50 children are among more than 500 people who've been killed. and in beirut, israel says it targeted another top hezbollah commander. the goal of its strikes, it says, is to stop hezbollah�*s rocket attacks on northern israel, which started in parallel to the war in gaza and return israeli citizens to their homes. for 11 months, there have been nearly daily exchanges of fire across the border between israeli forces and hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in lebanon, there's mourning. in the village of saksakieh, ii were killed on monday by israeli bombs. israel said it targeted military sites and gave warnings to people to get out. but innocents still suffer. and there's anger. this man's daughter was killed.

he pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sayyed hassan nasrallah. "even if they kill us," he says, "we are at your service." also killed was dina darwish and her son, ziad. here she was at work with the un refugee agency. it says it's outraged and deeply saddened. world leaders are warning of the dangers of full—blown war at the un general assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed by the escalation. lebanon is at the brink. the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. the us president, joe biden, has said a diplomatic solution is still possible. britain's prime minister, sir keir starmer, will be speaking at the assembly later today.

aruna iyengar, bbc news. let's speak to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, who is in beirut. hugo, what's been happening overnight? yes, sally. good morning. it is a busy morning here because the israeli military said it had intercepted a missile fired from lebanon. there were air raid alerts in tel aviv and central israel about an hour ago that this appears to be the first time ever that hezbollah has targeted tel aviv. we haven't had reaction from them yet. this is probably a message from the group that despite all the attacks from the last few days it continues to have the ability to launch those attacks and target positions inside israel. this will possibly be used

by israeli authorities as an example these air in this campaign against hezbollah needs to continue to stop these attacks coming from lebanon. also this morning the israeli military again warned residents in lebanon to stay away from hezbollah positions and say these air strikes are going to continue targeting hezbollah across the country. thousands of people are still trying to leave south lebanon because of those attacks. in new york the lebanese foreign minister urged the united states to put pressure on hostilities here saying that washington was the key to this country's salvation. the man suspected of trying to kill donald trump at his florida golf course has been charged with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. ryan routh already faces up to 20 years behind bars on two gun—related charges. but he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on the new, more serious charge.

sean combs — the us rapper known as p diddy — is facing another lawsuit, accusing him of rape. the latest allegation comes from a woman who says that she was drugged and abused in his music studio. he denies all the charges. a former sub—postmaster, who successfully campaigned to highlight the post office horizon scandal, will today receive his knighthood after he was recognised in the king's birthday honours injune. sir alan bates famously took action after more than 900 post office colleagues were prosecuted for stealing because of incorrect accounting information from a computer system he had repeatedly complained about. teenagers are increasingly displaying addictive behaviour in their use of social media, according to a major international study. the world health organization is calling for enhanced mental health provision and better enforcement of age restrictions by social platforms. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. when does social media use become problematic?

the world health organization report lists behaviours such as lying about how much time is spent on it, not being able to come off it, and choosing to be on social media rather than do anything else. it said the number of teens displaying this sort of behaviour across 44 countries has increased since the pandemic. here in the uk, young people in england and scotland were more likely to show addiction—like symptoms towards social media than those in wales. the figures included one in five 13—year—old girls in scotland. meanwhile, 47% of girls in england said they were in constant contact with their friends online. and more than half of the boys in england and scotland played digital games every day. social media and gaming is part of young people's lives these days, so that's not going to change. so it's... but it's how can we promote more healthy online behaviours? how can we find the right balance between the benefits of online engagement versus some of the potential risks of spending too much time online? so i think that's the sort

of critical thing. the report found that overall, 13—year—old children were most likely to develop problematic social media use. the researchers suggest potential solutions, including digital literacy skills lessons in schools and more responsibility for the tech firms which run the platforms. zoe kleinman, bbc news. it's a terrifying thought. your child goes sleep—walking during the night — and goes wandering into the woods. that's what happened to a little girl in louisiana but have a look at this. that is terrifying. oh, my gosh, look! 10—year—old payton was spotted by a thermal—imaging drone camera. she was found by police curled up on the ground in her pyjamas the evening after she went missing. a whole day and night later. she was

woken up by her best friend's dad taken away to woken up by her best friend's dad ta ken away to safety woken up by her best friend's dad taken away to safety and she is fine, fine and well. that door would be locked in my house! you are never going out again. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we are starting off on a largely dry note in many areas. there are a few showers around. we had further brain to come from the south—west today. that will be with us today, tonight and into tomorrow, unfortunately falling on areas where the ground is already saturated. it will turn much colder. on friday there are lower temperatures and a wind chill. for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, we are looking at a bright start with clear skies and a bright start with clear skies and

a few showers around. further south, for wales and the south—west, heavier when pushing through the morning. that will push north and east through the day. the crowd ahead of it building across northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland with the rain arriving here later. windy and the south west with temperatures ten to 16. as we had gone through this evening and overnight the rain continues to push north. then this next batch coming in, a lively batch of more heavy rain with the odd rumble of thunder in it. temperatures holding up into double figures. in parts of scotland and sheltered areas where they could fall away once again to three, four degrees. the two band merge. you can see how it would be a wet day in northern england and northern ireland. to the south of that sunshine and showers. to the north a bit brighter. it will be windy. temperature wise it will not feel that brilliant. we will have their

rain with us as we had three thursday evening as well. a lot to look out for. thursday evening as well. a lot to look out for-— days after a bbc investigation exposed decades of serious sexual abuse allegations against the former harrods owner — mohamed al fayed — we're dedicating half an hour of today's programme to hear testimonies from survivors. of today's programme to hear later in the programme, we'll be joined by five of the women, who say they were either raped or sexually assaulted by the billionaire businessman, whilst working for the luxury department store. but first, our correspondent, ellie price looks at the story so far. he was the egyptian billionaire with links to the highest level of british society. he died without the world knowing the truth. i woke up startled and he was just there wearing nothing but a silk, like, dressing gown type smoking jacket thing. and he tried to get in the bed with me and i told him, "no,

i don't want you to." and he proceeded to just keep trying to get in the bed, at which point he was kind of on top of me and really couldn't move anywhere. i was kind of face down on the bed and hejust pressed himself on me. he threw himself on top of me. his hands were all over me. and, you know, i was wearing a dress. he was very, very forceful. i, thank god, reacted and kicked him off, ran down the hallway into my room in sheer terror because ijust didn't know what would happen. we will say it plainly. mohamed al—fayed was a monster. lawyers for his victims say this may be the worst case of corporate sexual exploitation of young women the world has ever seen. mohamed al—fayed owned harrods between 1985 and 2010. in that time, multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault were made, and yet neither the police nor the crime prosecution service were able to bring a case against him.

the boss of the cps during some of that time told breakfast he had nothing to do with it. no, it didn't cross my desk. senior prosecutors take decisions all the time in the crown prosecution service. hundreds of thousands of decisions are taken every year. so i don't know the details, but certainly i had nothing to do with it. since the documentary aired, dozens of people have contacted the bbc to share their experiences. among them jessica, not her real name, who told me a manager who still works for harrods failed to investigate when she complained about al—fayed's inappropriate behaviour. she claims another manager cherry picked young girls for him. i feel quite strongly that the people that facilitated it happening also need to be brought to justice, and that is part of the reason why i'm now speaking out about it. um, those people, you know,

i can see are still working either within the company or in other companies. and, um, i have no doubt there's... they have to have been fully aware of what was happening. harrods, under new ownership, says it's appalled by the allegations and has launched a compensation scheme for former employees, who say they were attacked by al—fayed. it also says it's investigating whether any current employees were involved, but has not told us whether anyone has faced any action as a result of that internal review. mohamed al—fayed died last year, but many of his victims hope some justice can still be brought. ellie price, bbc news. at 8.30am, we'll be joined by five of the women, who worked for the former harrods owner — along with their solicitor — to hear their experiences. and, you can watch

the full documentary, al fayed: predator at harrods on bbc iplayer now. let's take a look at today's papers. and many of the front pages are reacting to the prime minister's speech at the labour party conference. the mirror says sir keir starmer plans to lead britain toward a brighter future by making tough choices. that was very much the theme of his speech, wasn't it? but the times leads with the prime minister's vow to "turn up our collar and face the storm", as he warns of more tax rises. we'll be airing an interview with sir keir starmer at 7.30am. elsewhere, the daily mail's top story is on the 700 troops being sent to cyprus for the possible "dunkirk style" evacuation of british nationals from lebanon. and the daily express leads on the princess

of wales returning to work, helping to plan a christmas concert. the princess had taken some time away from public engagements while undergoing cancer treatment. that is good news. doesn't she generally has that every year? good to know she is at least planning it and it would be wonderful if she could actually be there. a really interesting story in the guardian today saying there is what they call a major public health concern globally about children's eyesight. there is a university in china which has done research in countries around the world, thousands of kids involved. they now think one in three children are short—sighted. they think it is because we are spending too much time on screens. they say it was heightened by the pandemic when children were having to work at home, away from friends

and not socialising. i had to say, probably the same. i keep thinking, i need a much bigger phone, there is something wrong with my phone. have you not gone to bigger text yet? yes. me as well. we'll need them, don't we? there we go. fidel castro famously called cuba "the safest country in the world" and, when it came to the island slow rates of violent crime, it may have had a legitimate claim to that title. however, in recent months, more and more victims have been reporting their experiences on social media ? from muggings at knifepoint to burglary and even gang—related violence. will grant reports from havana. fidel castro once called cuba the safest country in the world. but havana's dimly—lit streets have changed since the late leader of the cuban revolution uttered those words. and today, cubans are reporting a surge in violent crime on social media.

in the neighbourhood of cayo hueso, friends of an aspiring music producer called jan franco gathered to send him off in song. just 19 when he was killed, he was stabbed twice in an apparent gang dispute outside a recording studio. his sister, samantha, doesn't much feel like she lives in the world's safest nation. translation: so many young people have been killed this year. _ the violence is getting out of hand. they're basically gangs. they fall out with each other. and that's where it's all coming from — the killings and the deaths of young people. a few photos are all she has left of her sibling. street quarrels, she says, are often settled with knives, machetes, even guns rather than fists. in part, she blames a new drug circulating in cuba called quimico. the government has even acknowledged the problem with the cheap chemical high on state tv. amid a public perception of worsening crime, communist party officials denied

the crime rate is growing, insisting only 9% of crimes are violent and just 3% are murders. the difficulty facing the authorities in cuba is that a low crime rate has traditionally been one of the revolution�*s standout achievements. when critics pointed to the lack of rights on the island, they could retort that the streets of havana are safer than almost any in the united states. if that is beginning to slip, people will increasingly ask what they are getting in return for their lack of basic freedoms. for its part, cuba's supreme court rejects any issue with the justice system. translation: in my 30 years as a judge, i don't think- that the cuban people lack confidence in their authorities. the police have a high success rate in solving crimes, and we don't see people taking the law into their own hands, which happens in other parts of latin america, suggesting that people trust in the cuban justice system. transgender activist shaira disagrees. she was attacked at knifepoint one

night and says she ran to two police officers for help, but they refused to come to her aid. "i was clearly distressed, but they said, we're not here for that," shaira explains. "i told them where the attacker was going, what he was wearing, but they ignored me." as jan franco's coffin was loaded onto the hearse, the mourners' songs gave way to weeping and prayer. public security is a pillar of the cuban revolution, but buried with every young victim of violence is another piece of the island's claim to be the safest country in the world. will grant, bbc news, havana. coming up on breakfast... we have some nostalgia for you.

# underground, overground, wombling free...# he's best—known as the man who created the wombles music, but mike batt�*s also worked with some of the biggest names in rock — as well as great uncle bulgaria. from art garfunkel to george harrison. he'll be here to talk to us about his new memoir at just before eight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, and a very good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. parents in south east london are campaigning to keep a not—for—profit nursery open, which has been serving the community for a0 years. the st andrew's centre in brockley, which is also home to play groups, sports and drama clubs, has announced its closing on friday. the board of trustees says increasing running costs have placed an unsustainable financial burden on the centre. it's been really devastating. finding one, let alone two,

nursery spaces on no notice, in london, at the start of the school year, its next to impossible. and so, we have found a place for some of the hours we need, some distance away, at double the price, with less experienced staff. it's been quite challenging. and we still have some gaps in provision that are going to affect my work and my partner's work. a memorial stone dedicated to a police officer who was shot and killed on duty in croydon will be unveiled later, exactly four years after his death. sergeant matt ratana, who'd served nearly 30 years in the met and was nearing retirement, was murdered by a suspect at a custody centre. a campaign group made up of local mums is prepared to take an east london council to court over recurring fires at a landfill. clean air in havering says it wants to challenge the council after it decided not to designate arnolds field, in launders lane, as contaminated. havering council has said it is aware of the proposed legal action and so is unable to comment.

it smoulders, causing air pollution that affects children, and in the summer months, it catches fire and you see great plumes of smoke covering playgrounds like this, schools, playgrounds. parents are terrified, understandably, for their children's health, for their children's futures. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. morning. another unsettled day of weather. we have showers and some longer spells of rain. now the showers this morning fairly frequent, some heavy ones mixed in there as well. the longer spells of rain, the more persistent rain, moving in as we head towards the afternoon into the evening. so affecting the rush hour. temperatures today around 16 celsius. now we still have flood warnings, flood alerts in place for parts

of the home counties where we saw the floods the other day. there will be more heavy rain as we head through the evening, but it will clear overnight tonight. minimum temperature dropping down to ten celsius. so a brighter start further south and east as we head into tomorrow morning. but the cloud is going to increase fairly quickly. we'll see again some outbreaks of rain especially further south, but a drier day. temperatures tomorrow getting up to 18 celsius. now for friday we have a cold front sinking south. as it does so it's going to introduce this colder air, so getting much chillier by the end of the week. with a northerly breeze, the temperature significantly colder than it has been. sunshine for saturday but again the temperatures feeling chilly. that's it — there's plenty more on the bbc news app and our website. for now though it's back to sally and jon. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. how did you last pay for something in the shops?

maybe by cash, by card perhaps — or did you use your phone? phone all the time. young people in particular are said to be ditching their physical wallets, cards and cash in favour of going completely digital. ben's looking at the numbers for us. it is true, you never used to leave the house without your wallet or your purse and no lots of us never do. yes, it is almost the exception to leave with a wallet. we often talk about the impact of things on our wallets. today we are talking about the impact on are wallets literally. yes, you do wonder if people will carry a wallet or a purse around at all in the future given the trends we're seeing. 30% of all adults in the uk made a contactless payment at least once a month on their mobile last year. younger adults are doing it much more often. 60% of 25 to sa—year—olds paid for things regularly

on phones or smart watches, rather than physical credit or debit cards. and that figure rises to more than 70% among those aged 16 to 2a, who use mobile methods for most of their payments. already cash is only used for i2% of all payments, but by 2033 that figure is expected to drop just 6% of transactions. so what does that mean for the traditional wallet? our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey has been to find out. deep in the leicestershire countryside, this barn isn't home to a trendy micro brewery, but a business that's much more rare in the uk. a micro tannery. out of these giant reclaimed drums come the beginnings of quality leather that's come from deer and goat skins that otherwise would have gone to waste. these big drums here are a bit like a large

washing machine, basically. and inside these we tumble the hides and by the end of the process, we've got leather that we can turn into products — bags, wallets, that type of thing. those wallets are carefully crafted in a nearby workshop, piece by piece, one by one. but is there much point in all this skill and intricacy to create a leather wallet, when the majority of twentysomethings are using one of these, rather than cards and cash, to make their day to day payments? we do pay contactless on our phone, don't we? on the phone, yeah, yeah, yeah. so everything's in that, right? pretty much. there are things that you need money for. like, we've just been the barbers. so we do have cash for that, yeah. yeah. got a wallet, only get paid cash, so it's all right. - it's not too bad for us. we only take cash in here as well. just use my phone, it's much easier. i feel like cash — i don't have cash any more.

and if i do, it'sjust in my bag in my change, or in my bag. yeah. and never comes out? no, yeah, it's going mouldy, probably! do you still carry one of these — or do you ever carry one of these? a wallet? a wallet, yeah. of course, always. prefer a wallet to, um, paying with your phone? probably, yeah, i'd say so. over the years we've seen demand for a classic wallet, so we designed one of those. and it always surprises me how many of those we sell. so for now at least, it seems many still want to carry the physical money to make our world go round. kevin peachey, bbc news. what do you think? will you still carry your wallet, or do you prefer to have everything on your phone? perhaps you have a wallet that's particularly special to you? whatever it is, we want to hear from you. get in touch in the usual way — the details are on your screen now. and please leave us your name so we can give you a little mention. sally, jon, i am one of these people, although i do pay for stuff

on the phone, i am always worried about the battery running out, so i do carry this little wallet around with me. it is notjust cards and cash in here. there are a few other items. have a guess and i will give you the answers later. just for fun. no prizes. certainly not the contents of the wallet as a prize. that is the first time your wallet has been out for ages will stop because of the contactless payments. it's an antique! interesting talking point. when did you last leave the house with a wallet? you are all talking about wallets like it is only men who have them. we have purses. how do we make women's football less reliant from money on the men's game? a new global investment group says it aims to stop women's football becoming more financially reliant on the men 5 game, telling the bbc it is ripping up the rule book on football ownership. mercury 13 bought its first club, fc como women, earlier this year,

and says investment in england is an absolute priority. katie gornall travelled to como and sent this report. in a corner of northern italy the town of como glistens. it's a location that has always attracted investors, and now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fc como women. the ambition is very much to build a global portfolio, starting with women's professional teams in europe. we believe that there is an incredible opportunity to give those clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sport. it was here in these glamorous surroundings that mercury 13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como, and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the group want to invest over £80 million into the women's game and turn their teams into global brands. they've already given como — a mid—table team in italy's

top flight — a whole new look. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings have come through the door. they're getting ready for the first game of the new season. i came because of the project. when you have a woman only club, then a first women's team, it's the first team, you know, and you get everything, you get priorities. it hasn't all been plain sailing. the group were in discussions to buy lewes fc in england, but the deal fell through. for now, the focus is here at stadio ferruccio. como's supporters are getting their first glimpse of the new team, and so are the owners. they hope women's football can be big business. so what's their response to those who doubt their vision? if you give women's football, dedicated management, - dedicated capital and nurture it, it's going to grow and _ blossom tremendously and become that sustainable business. - but it's kind of nonsensical-

to expect it to be that today, if no one's invested in it- over the last hundred years. so, we're trying. to be that solution. what's your ambition regarding english women's football? to be there. it's a plan that's attracted some high profile investors. that is the aim, to make sure that it's seen as a viable business, and it's also seen as an exciting product on the pitch, off the pitch, it's something that people want to really get behind. on the pitch como put their best foot forward. a 1—0 win against ac milan to get their season in italy's top flight off to the perfect start. if this project succeeds, it could change the way investors view women's football in europe. it's far from a sure thing, but no one is doubting their ambition. katie gornall, bbc news, como.

properly basis. coming to a club near you. properly basis. coming to a club nearyou. interesting properly basis. coming to a club near you. interesting report. properly basis. coming to a club nearyou. interesting report. not the worst place in the world to travel to either. i can imagine if you are going to invest somewhere, do it there! i can imagine a lot of players would be willing to play there. good morning. a busy night last night. plenty of football action. brilliant goal celebrations as well. we have seen interesting dances on the sidelines, dives, people wearing masks. christopher and in cuckoo of chelsea likes to inflate a balloon. he should bring out thejuggling balls and maybe a unicycle next time. (pres) morning. four premier league sides in league cup action last night, all avoiding an upset and it wasn't just the goal celebrations that were eye catching. chelsea into the fourth round after scoring five goals against league two leaders barrow. christopher nkunku with their first two and three more would follow — including his hat—trick for the french forward as he made the most of some overambitious defending by barrow goalkeeper paul farman.

aston villa beat league one side wycombe wanderers 2—i. they were kept at bay for almost an hour before emi buendia put villa ahead. jon duran added a late penalty with a consolation goal for wycombe. manchester city are also through, after they beat watford 2—i. the drama came as league two walsall took premier league side leicester to penalties, but saw three straight spot kicks saved by keeper danny ward, all of which went the same way, the third the easiest to save of the lot as they squeezed through 3—0 in the shoot—out. great britain won nine medals yesterday at the para—cycling road world championships and will hope more will follow today in zurich. fran brown amongst those winning gold having missed out on first place at the paralympics, but successfully defended her world title she won in glasgow last year, that led to a british one—two. lora fachie is amongst the british athletes in action today — one of three britons that goes in the women's b road racejust before i! o clock this morning.

england's one day series with australia remains alive with two matches still to play after a 46 run victory at chester le street. the australians won the first two matches and looked good in this one thanks to a 77 from alex carey, setting england a target of 305 for victory. willjacks hit 84 in reply with harry brook notching his first one day international century with an unbeaten iio. england eventual winners by the duckworth—lewis method after the rain came and are now only 2—1 down in the series. and the weather has been a big story this week, with afc wimbledon only now getting to grips with the scale of devastation to their plough lane stadium following flooding there when a nearby river burst its banks, as patrick gearey reports.

even from a distance it's clear what has happened wimbledon�*s plough lane pitch is beyond the work of a groundsman�*s rake. the surface scarred after the flooding of the nearby river wandle on sunday night, caused an underground eruption of pressure. at one point the whole stadium was submerged, 100,000 litres of water were pumped out, and the damage is still being calculated. i mean, it's absolutely devastating. we're a fan owned club. there isn't somebody of the end of the phone writing checks for us, like the majority of football clubs in this circumstance. so there's no getting around it, this is a serious incident for this football club to face. but the club has proved time and again that it overcomes adversity. there's no football club in the country that has a story like ours. in that story plough lane holds an almost spiritual significance for wimbledon fans. let's get out there, let's improve. it was nearby that they rampaged up the football pyramid as the crazy gang, but had to leave in 1991. the ground became derelict, a phoenix club was formed when the original wimbledon was moved

to milton keynes, and after a long climb through the divisions, they returned to a new ground on plough lane in 2020. now once again, their fans are rallying around in a time of trouble. a crowdfund of under initially aimed to raise £10,000. but the total kept rising. premier league newcastle, who were due to play a cup match at plough lane last night, chipped in 15,000. former players and supporters of other clubs have also contributed. dons fan graham stacey set it up. it's been inspiring how clubs in the wider football community have come together, rallied together. we spend 90 minutes shouting at each other on a saturday. for it to take off like this, and the support we've had from all quarters, all walks of life, it's been heartening. clearly wimbledon will have to find somewhere else to play accrington stanley this weekend. the diggers will move in next week. they have hopes of being back next month. this is, after all, the football club that wouldn't sink. patrick geary, bbc news.

they will need every penny of money raised to repair that a pitch, which in fairness looks more like a golf course at the moment with the way the sand has come up. it looks like bunkers on a golf course. incredible what happened. thank you. carol will have the weather in a moment. figures released this week show there's been another rise in the number of people living in temporary homeless accommodation in scotland. as of march this year, more than 16,000 households were in the system, the highest level since records began in 2002. there is also a record number of children, with more than 10,000 youngsters waiting for a permanent home. in total, there were 31,800 and 70 unresolved homeless cases ? that's an 8% rise on the previous year. it comes after the scottish government and 12 local councils declared a housing emergency over increasing pressure on homelessness services and the social housing system. our social affairs correspondent

chris clements has been speaking to one family stuck in the system. we're visiting michelle in glasgow. with three daughters, she's been stuck in temporary homeless accommodation for over a year. so how long have you been in the temporary accommodation system? um, since march 2023. and this is your first property? this is our second property. and you've got one to go to after this? we've got another one to go, yeah. it'll be our third temporary accommodation we've been in. and how did you end up in the homeless system in the first place? um, we were in a private way and the house was repossessed. did you think you'd be waiting this long to find a property? i didn't think we'd be waiting this long. um, we were in a hotel for three and a half weeks. we were told that within a week we'd be moved to a suitable property. but we've just been moved from property to property that's not been suitable. it's hard. it's really affecting my mental health, it's affecting my kids as well. they just says there's nothing, there's nothing, there's no three bedroom ground floor properties

that can suit our needs. so, they told us a five year wait. a five year wait? a five year wait. michelle's kids are not alone. they're among 10,000 children living in homeless accommodation in scotland, a record total. the real pressure in the housing system at the moment is people like michelle, who have been classed as homeless, and then find themselves for longer periods of time in temporary accommodation. on average, people are waiting six times as long for a permanent home than they did 20 years ago. the biggest issue is supply. despite government pledges to build more affordable homes, councils are struggling to keep pace with demand. over the last 15 months, 12 scottish councils — more than a third — have declared their own housing emergency, citing growing pressure on homelessness services and a shortage of social housing. there simply aren't enough larger properties for families to be rehoused into, and that's why we're calling

on the scottish government not just to build new homes, but to urgently buy home in the open market so that children are not left to be warehoused in temporary accommodation. the housing minister today at a social housing development in falkirk. the scottish government itself declared a housing emergency in may, but it has no real legal effect. the minister says the government is reinvesting 80 million into affordable housing, making more money available to areas struggling with a surge in homelessness. this, after a cut to the affordable housing budget this year of £200 million. but is that notjust offsetting all the money that you've already cut, £200 million from the affordable housing budget? there's a capital budget cut to ourselves of 9%. that's one of the key things we're having to ask, is making sure that the uk government, the new uk government, reverse that capital cut. come on. he says the housing bill making its way through holyrood will make a difference for those at the bottom, with measures such as more homelessness responsibilities for councils, rent controls to prevent more people losing their home.

but for families like michelle's, it's actually getting a permanent home that's the problem. chris clements, bbc news. good luck to michelle and her kids. carol has the weather. morning. you've got a friend. i have indeed. lovely song, by the way. good morning. we are in for a summer rain as we go through the next couple of days. today and tomorrow, some heavy rain to come. friday on the weekend will turn colder but drier. it looks very much like overnight sunday into monday and tuesday we could well be in for some weight and very windy conditions. it is something we are keeping a close eye on. to do today what we have got is this system coming in from the

south—west introducing heavy rain, falling on ground that is already saturated as we go through the day. we have also got showers in the north of scotland. some of them getting into northern ireland, parts of wales and showers drifting eastwards across the south—east. you can already see the rain in the south—west. here are the winds are picking up. the showers continue to drift over towards the east. they continue across northern scotland. and really, for the rest of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, after a cold and dry start, they will be some sunshine but the cloud will build through the day with the rain arriving later. temperatures today, ten to 16 degrees. as we head through this evening and overnight we have this band of rain pushing northwards. then you can see the next lively band coming in right behind it. some of this notjust being heavy, you could hear the odd rumble of thunder. under clear skies across the highlands, temperatures could fall away to three or 4

degrees. that could be the exception rather than the rule. most of us, ten to 13 degrees. tomorrow, the bands of rain emerge. slow moving over areas that do not need to see any more rain. northern england, north midlands into northwards. south of that tomorrow we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. to the north of it a few showers. to the north of it a few showers but dry conditions. you can see the direction the wind is coming in. it is coming from the north, so it will feel chilly. these hardy temperatures. 11 and 12 in the north. 17, maybe 18 as we push further south. as we into friday this cold air, this northerly wind, penetrate to the whole of the uk. we have lower temperatures but we also have lower temperatures but we also have a wind chill. friday is going to feel cold. with the dregs of the rain pulling away, it will take the longest to clear east anglia and the south—east. behind it, right conditions, some sunshine but also

some showers. a keen wind towards the west. these are the temperatures. nine to about 1k, maybe 15 in the south—west, and also the channel islands. beyond that into the weekend, it is looking mostly dry but colder. as we head towards the latter part of the weekend into the early part of next weekend into the early part of next week we could have some white and very windy conditions coming our way. very windy conditions coming our wa . . ~' very windy conditions coming our wa . . ~ , ., , very windy conditions coming our wa. . , ., very windy conditions coming our wa . . ~ , ., ., way. thank you. it is bad enough for us, it is way. thank you. it is bad enough for us. it is even — way. thank you. it is bad enough for us, it is even worse _ way. thank you. it is bad enough for us, it is even worse for— way. thank you. it is bad enough for us, it is even worse for the - way. thank you. it is bad enough for us, it is even worse for the roads. i potholes always get you talking. an average of six potholes per mile on council—controlled roads in england and wales — they pose a risk to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. but north yorkshire council think they've found a solution to the problem — bringing in new technology all the way from australia to fill the roads. ian reeve reports.

the bane of the motorist and cyclist�*s life, and an expensive one. the aa tells us that repair costs last year for pothole—related incidents hit £500 million. but in north yorkshire, a new piece of kit is, it's said, filling in potholes in double quick time. a birmingham company has bought this half a million pound machine from australia, is doing the work, and the council's impressed. the entire repair process can be done by a single operative, the driver. they don't even have to leave the cab. it's much quicker, it's lightning fast. a job that would usually take about 2k minutes, takes just three. and it's also significantly cheaper, less than half the cost of a usual repair. north yorkshire's budget for road maintenance is £40 million a year, but it's now looking to buy its own pothole filler. it's £500,000. it's an expensive piece of machinery, but it has been so effective. this is also something new in the county — road resurfacing, but with a cheaper method.

the spreading of a slurry, then stones and bitumen, means the road doesn't have to be dug up. by this low cost investment in the road that the council were making, they're preserving the life span of this road by another ten to 12 years. it's thought that it would cost £16 billion and take years to clear a pothole repair backlog in england and wales. in north yorkshire, the claim is that they've made more than a start. ian reeve, bbc news. councils across the country form an orderly queue to borrow it. it would help enormously. a little six—wheeled robot has become a local celebrity, after starting work as a parcel courier in a lincolnshire village. luna, the delivery robot, is part of a trial by the company dpd and has been trained to find its own way around the village, cross busy roads and deliver parcels, all without the help of a human operator. jake zuckerman reports.

begin the day with able mabel. she'll run your bath to exactly - the temperature she knows you like. having a robot assistant may feel like a distant fantasy, but in one lincolnshire village, science fiction has become reality. meet luna. for the last three weeks, she's been delivering parcels in witham saint hughs, near lincoln, where she's become a local celebrity. everyone loves it. it's all over the facebook page. everyone's taking videos of it. the kids love it because they all go up to the gate at the school, watching it go past. luna! came to deliver to our house the other day. oh, right, what was it like? did it knock on the door? it came to the door, and then you get a message that comes, and then you have to put the pin in,

you lift it up and itjust goes off. i saw it the other day, and i thought i was in a dream. that came past me and i stood there waiting for the mailman to come, and nobody came. i think it's funny. what does your dog do when it sees her? just growls. she's rather robotic, isn't she? she is a bit robotic. oh, she's turning around. oh, yes, she is. hello? she's got her eyes open. do you dare to stroke her, make friends? yeah, she's really nice, isn't she? hello, luna! luna can cross busy roads unaided, and is able to avoid pedestrians with ease. is she a hard worker? absolutely, she is. yesterday she did over 12 hours of delivering, just under 20 stops yesterday. so, she's an absolute welcome asset. and did she stop for a lunch break? no, unfortunately she didn't, no! is there anything that she can't handle? can she handle stairs? no, 0 she she can handle kerbs,

and that's a limit at the minute. so she's a bit like a dalek then — she can't take over the world if you go upstairs? luna is a hit with the locals, and she seems to be enjoying her work. luna, do you ever get tired of delivering parcels? i think that was a no. luna's still got a way to go before she can match her human colleagues, but she's here to stay for the foreseeable future. jake zuckerman, bbc look, north witham saint hughs. very cute. i want one. as well as one of the potholed fillers. coming up on breakfast... just days after multiple rape and sexual assault allegations began to emerge about mohamed al fayed, we're dedicating half an hour of today's programme to hearing from five of his survivors. they'll come together here in the studio — along with their lawyer —

to share their experiences of working for the former harrods owner. we are also going to hear in detail sally's full interview with keir starmer at half past seven. a busy programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. parents in south—east london are campaigning to save a not—for—profit nursery — which has been serving their community for a0 years. the st andrew's centre in brockley, which is also home to playgroups and sports and drama clubs, has announced its closing on friday. in a letter to parents, the chair of the board of trustees said it was mainly down to increasing running costs. the impact�*s been really devastating. finding one, let alone two, nursery spaces on no notice, in london, at the start

of the school year, its next to impossible. and so, we have found a place for some of the hours we need, some distance away, at double the price, with less experienced staff. a memorial stone dedicated to a police officer who was shot and killed on duty in croydon will be unveiled later, exactly four years after his death. sergeant matt ratana, who'd served nearly 30 years in the met was murdered by a suspect at a custody centre. a campaign group of local mums is prepared to take an east london council to court over recurring fires at a landfill. clean air in havering says it wants to challenge the council after it decided not to designate arnolds field, in launders lane, as contaminated. havering council said it's aware of the proposed legal action and so is unable to comment. it smoulders, causing air pollution that affects children, and in the summer months, it catches fire and you see great plumes of smoke covering playgrounds like this, school playgrounds. parents are terrified,

understandably, for their children's health, for their children's futures. visitors to the royal parks in london have been warned to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate. between late september and early november, stags engage in dramatic displays of power and aggression. the royal parks says walkers in richmond park and bushy park should keep dogs on leads, and watch from a distance. let's take a look at the tubes now. just some minor delays on the district line between earl's court and wimbledon. now, on to the weather with kate kinsella. morning. another unsettled day of weather. we have showers and some longer spells of rain. now, the showers this morning fairly frequent, some heavy ones mixed in there as well. the longer spells of rain, the more persistent rain, moving in as we head towards the afternoon into the evening. so affecting the rush hour. temperatures today around 16 celsius.

now, we still have flood warnings, flood alerts in place for parts of the home counties where we saw the floods the other day. there will be more heavy rain as we head through the evening, but it will clear overnight tonight. minimum temperature dropping down to 10 celsius. so a brighter start further south and east as we head into tomorrow morning. but the cloud is going to increase fairly quickly. we'll see again some outbreaks of rain especially further south, but a drier day. temperatures tomorrow getting up to 18 celsius. now for friday we have a cold front sinking south. as it does so it's going to introduce this colder air, so getting much chillier by the end of the week. with a northerly breeze, the temperature significantly colder than it has been. sunshine for saturday but again the temperatures feeling chilly. that's it. there's plenty more on the bbc news app. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... after his first conference speech as prime minister, keir starmer speaks to breakfast about his first few months in office and tells us he's optimistic about the future, but change won't happen overnight. that is why i wanted to level with people. i didn't want to say we could fix the economy by christmas or the health service within a year. that is not a fair thing to say to voters. the prime minister has told britons in lebanon to leave immediately as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. british troops are being sent to cyprus to help

possible evacuations. warnings that women are dying "unnecessarily" from heart disease in the uk because they are "underdiagnosed and undertreated." in sport... there's always fireworks when england and australia meet and it's captain harry brook looking to the skies as he keeps their one day series alive. good morning. for some of the said cold and sunny start to the day. some showers around but heavy rain sweeping in from the south—west pushing north—east. it will fall on areas already saturated. all of the details shortly. it's wednesday, 25th september. labour's first conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the prime minister telling breakfast that change is on the horizon. today, delegates will focus on the scrapping of the winter fuel payment for pensioners, with some unions trying to reverse it. our political correspondent, helen catt, sent this report from the conference in liverpool.

applause. it was the first time in 15 years that a sitting prime minister had addressed labour's party conference. in his speech, sir keir promised the country that change was coming. shortly after he came off stage the prime minister sat down with bbc breakfast. all of those changes appear to be quite a long way in the distance. are you asking people to be patient when maybe there isn't a lot of patience around. the be patient when maybe there isn't a lot of patience around.— lot of patience around. the ones announced _ lot of patience around. the ones announced today _ lot of patience around. the ones announced today are _ lot of patience around. the ones announced today are already - announced today are already happening. iam really announced today are already happening. i am really pleased we have been able to get on with those early steps. we have seen things change. the big change in terms of the economy and the health service will take time. that is why i wanted

to level with people. i didn't want to level with people. i didn't want to say we could fix the economy by christmas or the health service would be completely fixed in a year. that is not a fair thing to say to voters. , . , ., ., that is not a fair thing to say to voters. , . ., ,. voters. his decision to scrap the winter fuel _ voters. his decision to scrap the winter fuel payment _ voters. his decision to scrap the winter fuel payment has - voters. his decision to scrap the | winter fuel payment has already voters. his decision to scrap the - winter fuel payment has already been controversial. today there will be a debate with trade unions to reverse it. ~ debate with trade unions to reverse it. . , ., . debate with trade unions to reverse it. , it. we will protect pensioners throu . h it. we will protect pensioners through pension _ it. we will protect pensioners through pension credit - it. we will protect pensioners through pension credit and i it. we will protect pensioners . through pension credit and make it. we will protect pensioners - through pension credit and make sure we stabilise the economy so every pensioner watching as has my assurance they will be better off year on year because we will stick to the triple lock to make sure that pension is raised in accordance with the triple lock and they get more money in their pocket.— the triple lock and they get more money in their pocket. there have been more — money in their pocket. there have been more questions _ money in their pocket. there have been more questions about - money in their pocket. there have l been more questions about whether mps should be able to accept gifts.

will sir keir look to change that? in the end, it comes down tojudgment in relation to the individual cases and mps have to exercise theirjudgment and then, of course, they have to declare, so that everybody can see how they've exercised theirjudgment. thank you, conference. the prime minister has now left his conference to travel to the un in new york. the journey towards change will be longer and harder. helen catt, bbc news, liverpool. we will hear about that trip to new york in a moment. we're joined now by our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. henry, reports of growing unease within the nhs. it was one of the first things wes streeting said about the nhs in england when he became health secretary almost three months ago, it was broken. a broken nhs, a broken health service. our colleague is reporting today there is growing unease in parts of the nhs about that messaging. they fear it may

mean some patients being put up seeking care but also that it will damage staff morale. he speaks to a hospital leader on the bbc website who says they are worried about speaking patients. the department of health and social care says they are completely adamant they are being honest about the scale of the challenge and the public can see the nhs is facing the biggest crisis in its history. wes streeting will be addressing the conference later today. i would not be surprised if he uses that broken phrase. also an announcement, that parts of the country with the highest numbers of people out of work due to ill health will have priority support, teams of raiding clinicians trying to turn operating theatres into the health equivalent of formula 1 pit stops. if that works and improves waiting list in crucial parts of england, i

am not sure many people will mind what language wes streeting uses. we will see that full interview in about 25 minutes. the prime minister has warned british nationals still in lebanon to leave immediately — as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. arriving in new york this morning, where he will attend the annual un general assembly, sir keir starmer said the government was ramping up contingency plans. 700 british troops are also being sent to cyprus to help possible evacuations, as our correspondent, aruna iyengar, reports. sirens wail. firing across borders. the israeli iron dome defence system intercepts rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon into the town of safed in israel. the iranian—backed militant group was hitting back after israel's massive airstrikes on southern lebanon on monday. the area is on the brink of all—out

war, and that's why british nationals in lebanon have been urged to leave immediately. the ministry of defence is sending 700 troops to cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. lebanese families have been packing their belongings and fleeing homes in the south to escape from this. israel says it's bombing hezbollah military sites in southern lebanon, but more than 50 children are among more than 500 people who've been killed. and in beirut, israel says it targeted another top hezbollah commander. the goal of its strikes, it says, is to stop hezbollah�*s rocket attacks on northern israel, which started in parallel to the war in gaza and return israeli citizens to their homes. for 11 months, there have been nearly daily exchanges of fire across the border between israeli forces and hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government.

in lebanon, there's mourning. in the village of saksakieh, 11 were killed on monday by israeli bombs. israel said it targeted military sites and gave warnings to people to get out. but innocents still suffer. and there's anger. this man's daughter was killed. he pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sayyed hassan nasrallah. "even if they kill us," he says, "we are at your service." also killed was dina darwish and her son, ziad. here she was at work with the un refugee agency. it says it's outraged and deeply saddened. world leaders are warning of the dangers of full—blown war at the un general assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed by the escalation. lebanon is at the brink.

the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. the us president, joe biden, has said a diplomatic solution is still possible. britain's prime minister, sir keir starmer, will be speaking at the assembly later today. aruna iyengar, bbc news. let's speak to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega — who's in beirut. we know that people are still desperately trying to leave and get to safety. desperately trying to leave and get to safe . , , , ., to safety. yes, sally, tens of thousands — to safety. yes, sally, tens of thousands of _ to safety. yes, sally, tens of thousands of people - to safety. yes, sally, tens of thousands of people have . to safety. yes, sally, tens of. thousands of people have now to safety. yes, sally, tens of- thousands of people have now left southern lebanon. we know these journeys continue because these israeli air strikes have continued to target villages in southern lebanon. this morning again the israeli military warns residents to

stay away from hezbollah positions because these attacks will continue. people are coming to places like beirut where schools have been turned into shelters. i was at one of those shelters yesterday and 6000 people were in this shelter. they described how they had to leave under heavy air strikes on monday. many of those people have nowhere to go. it is a desperate situation. a lot of pressure on the government here, on the authorities, to help those people. there is a clear these air strikes could be the beginning of a much wider israeli offensive against hezbollah. there could be a ground invasion of southern lebanon to create a so—called buffer zone and push hezbollah fighters away from the borders. there is a fear many people who live in the south may never be able to go back home again. may never be able to go back home aaain. . ~' ,,

may never be able to go back home aaain. . ~' , may never be able to go back home aaain. . , . our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. yolande, israel says it has intercepted a missile that was fired from lebanon at tel aviv, how significant is that? that is believed to be the first time hezbollah has fired towards tel aviv using one of its longer range missiles. that caused alarm for people with rockets, warning sirens going off in the centre of israel this morning. the single rocket was intercepted by israeli air defence systems. there was no damage or casualties. has palau would have been expecting that. expectation this could have been meant as a warning. there are lots of these longer range rockets in its arsenal, rockets cap that could reach any part of israel. the israeli military has said it has attacked the launch

site for that market overnight and it said it hit a number of targets in lebanon, continuing its attacks against hezbollah. the israeli prime minister's office has said he delayed once again his trip to new york to address the un general assembly. he was originally planning to go there for most of this week. he will address the assembly we believe on friday still in person and will come back quickly afterwards, as this crisis continues to escalate. the un security council meanwhile is due to discuss these later developments —— latest developments later today. the man suspected of trying to kill donald trump at his florida golf course has been charged with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. ryan routh already faces up to 20 years behind bars on two gun—related charges. but he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on the new, more serious charge. sean combs — the us rapper known as p diddy —

is facing another lawsuit, accusing him of rape. the latest allegation comes from a woman, who says that she was drugged and abused in his music studio. he denies all the charges. a former sub—postmaster, who successfully campaigned to highlight the post office horizon scandal, will today receive his knighthood after he was recognised in the king's birthday honours injune. sir alan bates famously took action after more than 900 post office colleagues were prosecuted for stealing because of incorrect accounting information from a computer system he had repeatedly complained about. teenagers are increasingly displaying addictive behaviour in their use of social media, according to a major international study. the world health organization is calling for enhanced mental health provision and better enforcement of age restrictions by social platforms. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. when does social media use become problematic? the world health organization report lists behaviours such as lying

about how much time is spent on it, not being able to come off it, and choosing to be on social media rather than do anything else. it said the number of teens displaying this sort of behaviour across 44 countries has increased since the pandemic. here in the uk, young people in england and scotland were more likely to show addiction—like symptoms towards social media than those in wales. the figures included one in five 13—year—old girls in scotland. meanwhile, 47% of girls in england said they were in constant contact with their friends online. and more than half of the boys in england and scotland played digital games every day. social media and gaming is part of young people's lives these days, so that's not going to change. so it's... but it's how can we promote more healthy online behaviours? how can we find the right balance between the benefits of online engagement versus some of the potential risks of spending too much time online? so i think that's the sort of critical thing. the report found that overall,

13—year—old children were most likely to develop problematic social media use. the researchers suggest potential solutions, including digital literacy skills lessons in schools and more responsibility for the tech firms which run the platforms. zoe kleinman, bbc news. interesting health story this morning relating to that. a global study has found that children's eyesight is steadily getting worse — as they spend less time outdoors and more time looking at screens. a review of research from 50 countries estimates that one in three children and teenagers are now short—sighted. there has been a notable rise after the covid pandemic, with the highest rates injapan, korea and russia. i was saying this morning i do not think it isjust i was saying this morning i do not think it is just children. luckily, the screen over here is just about big enough to see carol.

the screen over here isjust about big enough to see carol.- the screen over here isjust about big enough to see carol. many of us are starting — big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off _ big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off on _ big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off on a _ big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off on a dry _ big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off on a dry note, - big enough to see carol. many of us are starting off on a dry note, cold l are starting off on a dry note, cold and sunny. when coming in from the south—west which will be with us today, tonight and tomorrow. on friday into the weekend it will turn colder. some showers scooting across the south—east. when coming on across the southwest. some of this will be heavy and it is pushing slowly north—east. the of it all the time across england and wales the will build. for northern england, northern ireland and much of scotland, there are showers around the sunshine. a nippy start. in the north of scotland that showers will be on and off through the course of the day. you can see how slowly the brain pushes steadily north—east. the winds are picking up and we had temperatures ten to 16. this evening

and overnight the rain continues to move north. the next batch of lively rain will come then. and the clearer skies in sheltered glands temperatures could fall away to three, four. most of us will stay in double figures. tomorrow those bands of rain madge. to the south we are looking at a mix of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be heavy. to the north, some brighter skies but it will be cool. by brighter skies but it will be cool. by the time we get to friday, the northerly wind will be across the country and it will feel much colder thanit country and it will feel much colder than it has done.— women are dying "unnecessarily"

from heart disease in the uk because they are "under—diagnosed and under—treated" according to health experts. more than seven million people are living with heart and circulatory diseases in the uk, 3.6 million of them are women. heart and circulatory diseases cause more than 170,000 deaths a year, which is around a quarter of all deaths in the uk. this morning doctors are warning that heart disease is the "number one killerfor women in the uk", and symptoms are often being ignored. we're nowjoined by faith harrison, who has suffered a heart attack, and dr sonya babu nahryean from the british heart foundation. shall wejust shall we just start with your story? you were really fit, really healthy and then what happened? i was -la in: and then what happened? i was playing hockey _ and then what happened? i was playing hockey the _ and then what happened? i was playing hockey the day - and then what happened? i was playing hockey the day it - and then what happened? i was playing hockey the day it all - playing hockey the day it all happened. i was 30 minutes into my drive and suddenly my chest was

internally crushing me, my arm went numb and tingly. i got home and said something was wrong. there was impending doom that something was wrong but i could not verbalise what was wrong. i took paracetamol and then was profusely vomiting did not know who i was any more. we decided to ring emergency care and they said i was having a panic attack and was denied that care. i went to a&e and they said they had stomach bug. i was having at big major heart attack. i was taken away 50 miles to attack. i was taken away 50 miles to a hospital to have a clot removed. from what you told us commit you sounded to me like someone who is obviously young, really fit for a really healthy, exercising. he would never have imagined you had a heart

problem. it wouldn't have crossed your mind. problem. it wouldn't have crossed your mind-— problem. it wouldn't have crossed our mind. ~ , ., ., your mind. when they told me what was auoin your mind. when they told me what was going on _ your mind. when they told me what was going on i— your mind. when they told me what was going on i couldn't _ your mind. when they told me what was going on i couldn't believe - your mind. when they told me what was going on i couldn't believe it. i was going on i couldn't believe it. i thought it was a lie, to be honest. you want to get your message across to people. sounds like a lot of the time the system doesn't really look at people like faith and think she could possibly be having a heart attack. think she could possibly be having a heart attack-— heart attack. their system reflects our society — heart attack. their system reflects our society where _ heart attack. their system reflects our society where there _ heart attack. their system reflects our society where there is - heart attack. their system reflects our society where there is a - heart attack. their system reflects our society where there is a myth l our society where there is a myth that a _ our society where there is a myth that a heart— our society where there is a myth that a heart attack is a man's disease — that a heart attack is a man's disease only. more men at a given a-e disease only. more men at a given age will_ disease only. more men at a given age will have a heart attack than a woman— age will have a heart attack than a woman at— age will have a heart attack than a woman at a — age will have a heart attack than a woman at a given age. women tend to have heart— woman at a given age. women tend to have heart attacks ten years older than men — have heart attacks ten years older than men. a heart attack can happen at any— than men. a heart attack can happen at any age _ than men. a heart attack can happen at any age. the symptoms need to be seriously— at any age. the symptoms need to be seriously taken for women and men. just because at one given age it is more _ just because at one given age it is more common in amman but it doesn't mean _ more common in amman but it doesn't mean the _ more common in amman but it doesn't mean the heart attack is uncommon in women _ mean the heart attack is uncommon in women. sadly it is very common. the

statistics— women. sadly it is very common. the statistics are — women. sadly it is very common. the statistics are that 3.6 million women — statistics are that 3.6 million women live with cardiovascular disease — women live with cardiovascular disease in _ women live with cardiovascular disease in the uk. the problem is at every— disease in the uk. the problem is at every stage — disease in the uk. the problem is at every stage in the women's heart genitalia — every stage in the women's heart genitalia under aware to start with, we are _ genitalia under aware to start with, we are part — genitalia under aware to start with, we are part of society not thinking of a heart — we are part of society not thinking of a heart attack. we may feel unheard — of a heart attack. we may feel unheard as faith was talking about. we are _ unheard as faith was talking about. we are underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed with the _ we are underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed with the wrong thing. we are undertreated. fewerwomen with the wrong thing. we are undertreated. fewer women go on and have a _ undertreated. fewer women go on and have a stout _ undertreated. fewer women go on and have a stent. we put a balloon into the heart _ have a stent. we put a balloon into the heart to— have a stent. we put a balloon into the heart to open up a blocked coronary— the heart to open up a blocked coronary artery, a metal structure to unlock— coronary artery, a metal structure to unlock the problem. fewer women have heart— to unlock the problem. fewer women have heart surgery and it doesn't stop a _ have heart surgery and it doesn't stop a heart attack. it is true for heart _ stop a heart attack. it is true for heart disease, heart rhythm disturbances. as experts for the british— disturbances. as experts for the british cardiovascular society have said, _ british cardiovascular society have said. it _ british cardiovascular society have said, it spans every stage of a

woman's_ said, it spans every stage of a woman's heartjourney and said, it spans every stage of a woman's heart journey and the said, it spans every stage of a woman's heartjourney and the breath of cardiovascular conditions. when it comes _ of cardiovascular conditions. when it comes to — of cardiovascular conditions. when it comes to research, women are underrepresented in cardiovascular trials _ underrepresented in cardiovascular trials and _ underrepresented in cardiovascular trials and studies. how do we know the research designed to find the best research and treatments will find everyone who needs it? in their workforce _ find everyone who needs it? in their workforce less than one in five cardiologists are women, like me. how do _ cardiologists are women, like me. how do we — cardiologists are women, like me. how do we improve the research and clinical— how do we improve the research and clinical work. how do we improve the research and clinicalwork. be more clinical work. be more representative clinicalwork. be more representative and have that diverse cognitive _ representative and have that diverse cognitive team, cognitive knowledge and teams _ cognitive team, cognitive knowledge and teams that means there is better care, _ and teams that means there is better care, better— and teams that means there is better care, better research and innovation for women _ care, better research and innovation for women and care, better research and innovation forwomen and men? care, better research and innovation for women and men? this care, better research and innovation for women and men?— care, better research and innovation for women and men? this has been a hue for women and men? this has been a huge shock- — for women and men? this has been a huge shock- you _ for women and men? this has been a huge shock. you are _ for women and men? this has been a huge shock. you are at _ for women and men? this has been a huge shock. you are at a _ for women and men? this has been a huge shock. you are at a crossroads i huge shock. you are at a crossroads in your life. here we are looking very well and fit and healthy. what is life like for you now?— is life like for you now? really different- _ is life like for you now? really different. to _ is life like for you now? really different. to viewers - is life like for you now? really different. to viewers at - is life like for you now? really different. to viewers at home | is life like for you now? really|

different. to viewers at home i is life like for you now? really - different. to viewers at home i may look healthy but i am currently awaiting the fib because i am at risk. i have a lot of dead tissue that will never be ok again. i'm going through a process to say i can not naturally have children again. the process of having a heart attack to now, i never expected to be told all of these things. the problem being delayed, the treatment. if it were found early enough i wouldn't have to sit here and go through all of this. ., ., . of this. how do we find it earlier? there are — of this. how do we find it earlier? there are three _ of this. how do we find it earlier? there are three kinds _ of this. how do we find it earlier? there are three kinds of- of this. how do we find it earlier? there are three kinds of things. i of this. how do we find it earlier? i there are three kinds of things. we need to raise awareness. faith telling her story today. the british heart foundation lots of information. it is notjust raising awareness, which is crucially important, it is also making the health care system work for us women as well as it can. how can we make every contact with health care

professionals count? as a woman we might see a doctor big heads —— because of problems with periods. they might go for a smear test or symptoms of menopause. these are golden opportunities to be screened for heart disease and find out if we have high blood pressure or high cholesterol or need help to lose weight do you think your condition could have been picked up earlier? absolutely. i had previous health conditions and there were a simple tests— conditions and there were a simple tests that — conditions and there were a simple tests that could have been taking place _ tests that could have been taking place we — tests that could have been taking lace, . ., , ., tests that could have been taking lace. ~ . ,., , tests that could have been taking lace. ~ ., , , .,. place. we also need better research. the british heart _ place. we also need better research. the british heart foundation - place. we also need better research. the british heart foundation is - place. we also need better research. the british heart foundation isjust l the british heart foundation isjust about to launch a $10 million grant to fund with international partners, asking people to come with their best ideas on how we can shift the dial and meet and to change critical

gaps in cardiovascular care for women. i gaps in cardiovascular care for women. . y ., gaps in cardiovascular care for women. , ., women. i bet you have some ideas. what would — women. i bet you have some ideas. what would you _ women. i bet you have some ideas. what would you like _ women. i bet you have some ideas. what would you like to _ women. i bet you have some ideas. what would you like to see - women. i bet you have some ideas. | what would you like to see change? women. i bet you have some ideas. i what would you like to see change? i am a pfo, i have a hole in my heart. they— am a pfo, i have a hole in my heart. they can _ am a pfo, i have a hole in my heart. they can he — am a pfo, i have a hole in my heart. they can be picked up very easily on echo _ they can be picked up very easily on echo. making it routine so it is not scary _ echo. making it routine so it is not scary i_ echo. making it routine so it is not sca . ., , , ., , echo. making it routine so it is not sca . , ., echo. making it routine so it is not sca. , .,, scary. i hope this has not been sca , scary. i hope this has not been scary. coming _ scary. i hope this has not been scary, coming here _ scary. i hope this has not been scary, coming here this - scary. i hope this has not been i scary, coming here this morning. thank you. thank you for your time. coming up on breakfast... just days after multiple rape and sexual assault allegtions began to emerge about mohamed al fayed, we're dedicating half—an—hour of today's propramme to hearing from some of his survivors. they'll come together here in the studio — along with their barrister — to share their experiences of working for the former harrods owner. inafew

in a few minutes we will have sally's full interview with keir starmer taken yesterday just after he had stepped off the stage. after his speech in his assessment of how things had gone so far. i asked him if he had any regrets and he didn't say no. he hedged his bets slightly. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. parents in south—east london are campaigning to save a not—for—profit nursery, which has been serving their community for a0 years. the st andrew's centre in brockley, which is also home to playgroups and sports and drama clubs, has announced its closing on friday. in a letter to parents, the chair of the board of trustees said it was mainly down to increasing running costs. it's been really devastating. finding one, let alone two, nursery spaces on no notice, in london, at the start of the school year, its next to impossible.

and so, we have found a place for some of the hours we need, some distance away, at double the price, with less experienced staff. it's been quite challenging. a memorial stone dedicated to a police officer who was shot and killed on duty in croydon will be unveiled later, exactly four years after his death. sergeant matt ratana, who'd served nearly 30 years in the met was murdered by a suspect at a custody centre. a campaign group of local mums is prepared to take an east london council to court over recurring fires at a landfill. clean air in havering says it wants to challenge the council after it decided not to designate arnolds field, in launders lane, as contaminated. havering council said it's aware of the proposed legal action and so is unable to comment. it smoulders, causing air pollution that affects children, and in the summer months, it catches fire and you see great plumes of smoke covering playgrounds like this, school playgrounds. parents are terrified, understandably, for their children's health, for their children's

futures. visitors to the royal parks in london have been warned to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate. between late september and early november, stags engage in dramatic displays of power and aggression. walkers in richmond park and bushy park are being told to keep dogs on leads and watch from a distance. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. morning. another unsettled day of weather. we have showers and some longer spells of rain. now the showers this morning fairly frequent, some heavy ones mixed in there as well. the longer spells of rain, the more persistent rain, moving in as we head towards the afternoon into the evening. so affecting the rush hour. temperatures today around 16 celsius. now we still have flood warnings, flood alerts in place for parts of the home counties where we saw

the floods the other day. there will be more heavy rain as we head through the evening, but it will clear overnight tonight. minimum temperature dropping down to ten celsius. so a brighter start further south and east as we head into tomorrow morning. but the cloud is going to increase fairly quickly. we'll see again some outbreaks of rain especially further south, but a drier day. temperatures tomorrow getting up to 18 celsius. now for friday we have a cold front sinking south. as it does so it's going to introduce this colder air, so getting much chillier by the end of the week. with a northerly breeze, the temperature significantly colder than it has been. sunshine for saturday but again the temperatures feeling chilly. that's it — there's plenty more on the bbc news app and our website. for now though, it's back to sally and jon. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. sir keir starmer has arrived in the us, where he'll press for meetings with both presidential candidates, kamala harris

and donald trump. fresh from his first speech to the labour party conference as prime minister, he headed straight to the united nations general assembly in new york. before he set off to the airport, he took the time to sit down with breakfast. here's what he had to say. prime minister, you havejust given your first conference speech as prime minister of this country, and the word you used a lot was change. we've seen that word used throughout the election campaign and again here in conference. what can people who are watching at home expect to change? well, the first thing i set out in my speech was the change that's already happened. the fact that we've set up a national wealth fund to get investment into our country. we've launched gb energy to make sure that we can get clean energy for the future, that we have taken the steps to stabilising the economy. and today, obviously, i was able to add to that by saying that we will enact the hillsborough law, which for many of the injustices, notjust in liverpool with hillsborough, but others, you know, horizon,

windrush, grenfell tower, make a meaningful difference to people's lives. and i was able to announce that we will make sure that veterans who are homeless, care leavers who are homeless, and those that have suffered domestic abuse or are homeless, will be given a roof over their head. so the first thing was really to set out the change that has already begun. we've been busy these three months, but also there was a broader message which was, you know, this is going to be tough. there are difficult decisions along the way, and i need to level with you about how difficult it will be. but there's a purpose. there is light at the end of the tunnel because the britain we are building will be a better britain, and we will make sure that living standards go up so people feel better off, our public services are functioning properly, and our nhs is not just back on its feet, but fit for the future. all of those changes appear to be quite a long way in the distance.

are you asking people to be very, very patient when maybe there isn't a lot of patience around? well, the ones i announced today that we've already done are obviously already happening, so i'm really pleased that we've been able to get on with those early steps, so change has already begun. we're seeing things change. the big change in terms of the economy, the health service, yes, that will take time. and that's why i wanted to level with people, because what i don't want to say is we can fix the economy by christmas, or that the health service will be completely fixed within a year. that is not a fair thing to say to voters. i've got to say to them it's going to take time. but the reason we're stabilising the economy, the reason we are going to reform the nhs, is because we will deliver that better britain for you, because that, in the end, is what people voted for when they voted for a labour government. three months in, is there anything you've done and you've looked back and thought, that was a mistake, i regret that, whether it's the way you've handled something or the way you've delivered the

message about something? well, look, i think in any walk of life, there are daily things that you look back on and say, well, i would have done that differently. i wouldn't be human. go on, for example? i'm not going to go over a great list of that. i think anybody in any working environment, any family, will know, um, you know, in retrospect, perhaps i'd have done that differently. we all do that. what would you have done differently? well, for me, the most important thing is what do i wake up every day focused on and determined to deliver? and i'm really pleased that we've made those early steps. now in august, we obviously had an additional challenge, which i don't think anybody predicted, which was the disorder across the country that we had to deal with very rapidly and very effectively. and i had to make big asks of the police, of prosecutors, of criminaljustice, to ensure that those that were on the streets involved in thuggery went to prison as quickly as possible. now, you know, that's three weeks, which i would have liked to use to focus on other things, but it was necessary to restore

calm, restore order. and we did it. um, but we've still done a lot in the first three months. there's a long way to go, but the most important thing is, what do i wake up focused on? and i wake up focused on the job i've been given, which is to change our country for the better. i wonder if one day you might regret the decision to take away winter fuel allowance from ten million pensioners? i think the first thing to say about that, because i do understand why you put that to me and why people are concerned about it is, um, why did we even have to make this decision? and the answer to that is because we knew we were inheriting a bad economy. but when we then audited the books, we found a £22 billion black hole unaccounted for by the last government off the books. and we've got to fix that this year. and we're not going to pretend the problem isn't there. so we've got to take really difficult decisions. but the purpose of fixing

it is to stabilise the economy. that means that we can and do commit to the triple lock, which means that for pensioners they had a £900 increase. this year they will have a predicted £a60 next year. and we will keep to the triple lock because we're stabilising the economy. and that means that pensioners, every pensioner, as i said in my speech, will be better off with a labour government. these are difficult decisions, but equally as you would expect, we are getting as many pensioners as possible onto pension credit, which means they are guaranteed the winter fuel payment and many more have now got pension credit. that is a very good thing to ensure that they've got the protection they need and the allowance which will go towards their winter fuel. not every pensioner will get the uplift that you have just described. not everybody is eligible for it. but let's talk about this winter, shall we? because in terms of this winter, they won't be getting that. they wouldn't get it

anyway until next year. what's your message to people? many pensioners who will watch bbc breakfast who are frightened about paying their fuel bills this winter, who are frightened maybe to put the heating on? my message is we'll protect pensioners who need protection through pension credit. we will make sure that we stabilise the economy. so every pensioner watching this has my assurance that they will be better off year on year, because we will stick to the triple lock to make sure that their pension is raised in accordance with the triple lock, so they get more money in their pocket. but also, i think many pensioners watching this will say, i need the nhs fixed. many pensioners will be reliant on the nhs, maybe waiting for operations and we're fixing that. many pensioners will say, as they do to me, i use buses and i want you to fix the buses. so having more regional control of routes that pensioners use so they can get from a to b or fares, so there's fixed fares, they are really important things for pensioners.

and many pensioners will also say to me, as they have done, i want my grandchildren to be able to own a house. so you need to fix that as well. so all of those things are being done for the whole country and that includes pensioners. talking about the previous government, do you accept that they made some mistakes when accepting gifts from donors? and when you reflect on your own acceptance of gifts from donors, do you think maybe now that wasn't the best thing to do? i'm thinking about clothes. glasses. my criticism of the last government was about declarations and whether they're being transparent. and everything i've done is transparent. it's all in accordance. but for people who read the headlines at home, they don't always make that difference. let me, let me i mean, you're right to raise this handstand while you're raising questions. i understand why people look in and say, hang on, i've got some

questions here in relation to clothes. for example, in opposition, you're charging around all over the country focussed on winning the election. many people say i can come forward and help you, and in some cases they say i'll donate towards some clothes, so you don't need to worry about that and you can get on with what you've got to get on with. um, actually, ithink in opposition, that's one thing. in government it's another. so you won't be seeing declarations from me in relation to clothes again. um, other issues are slightly different. i've got season tickets. for example, at arsenal, i go with my son, we pay for the tickets, but for security reasons now i can't sit in the stands and therefore the club have said, you can be our guest in the directors' box. it doesn't cost the taxpayer anything. they're not tickets you can buy, so a nominal sum is given to them. what would they be worth if you could buy them even though you can't? and that is declared properly i think. should ministers be going to what might appear to be jollies? yeah.

paid for by big business. every mp, labour or any party has to exercisejudgement and i'd expect them to exercise judgment in relation to any of these issues. and of course, declare in accordance with the rules anything that they've received that is really important. is it time to change the culture of gifts for everyone in government? well, i think the difficulty of that is there are some circumstances where, you know, it may be that i don't know. the ministerfor culture needs to go to an event, or an mp is asked to go and support an event because it's important for the country. and so i think that's why i say in the end it comes down to judgement in relation to the individual cases, and mps have to exercise theirjudgment. and then of course, they have to declare so that everybody can see how they've exercised theirjudgment. i have a question for you from joe hamilton, who you will know, former postmistress, talking

about the post office scandal and compensation. she wants to know why the government continues to spend more money on lawyers fighting post office. on lawyers fighting post office victims than if they had just settled the claims. she also wants to know when will compensation be given? well, we've made a commitment in relation to. compensation and we're getting on with it. we've already started that process. and i want to remake that commitment because there's a huge injustice here. it's got to be put right. so we recommit to that compensation as speedily as possible. and we are already taking decisions. but also, as i made clear in the announcement on the hillsborough law today, that is, of course, a law for the 97 in liverpool, but also its a law which will help us deal in future with scandals like the horizon scandal, grenfell tower, the infected blood, because what we can't have is a continuation of these deep injustices where people are let down by the very public servants that are there to serve them.

sir keir starmer, thank you. thank you. that was recorded yesterday in liverpool at the conference, which is a real eye opener to see what the atmosphere was like in the room as he gave that speech. and then he just stepped off the stage, been uploaded and comes down to sit in a room one on one. definitely a little sigh of relief to have that done. but yeah, it was interesting. obviously we did our interview, various other interviews. he got on a plane and flew to new york. the business of being prime minister continues. it never stops. there are no brakes. really interesting. coming up to a quarter to eight. and johnjoins us quarter to eight. and john joins us with the sport. england not giving up on their series with australia, as you would expect. you know summer is over in durham when you look at the crowds and they are there in bobble hats and they are there in bobble hats and coats. not exactly cricketing

mother. you needed it yesterday. with austrlia threatening to wrap up the five match series against england by taking an uncatchable three nil lead — up stepped harry brook, england's stand in skipper, to score his first one day century that leaves everything still to play for. asjoe wilson explains. england's player often enjoy their football. it is still the cricket season, honestly. still time for england versus australia. mitchell marge versus jofra england versus australia. mitchell marge versusjofra archer. still intense in late september. australia's style is patient, prudent one—day cricket. it was working in durham and their supporters, and their wine, pleasantly chilled. steve smith was gone. even a 35 cricket can still surprise you. alex carey took over and australia made 30a. how would harry brooke's england chase that? brooke batted boldly and not rashly,

like a captain, in fact. will jackson aimed high. he made 82. sixes certainly have their place. but there were glances and guides from brooke as he made a decisive hundred. when it rained england were ahead on the duckworth—lewis algorithm, in other words they won. the cricket is looking better. shame it is nearly october. not great conditions there. england no 2—1 with two to play. could it be lift off for chelsea who scored five against barrow in last night's leageu cup action with christopher nkunku showcasing his unique celebration. the forward scored three goals as they eased into round four in this comfortable win over the league two side // he got their first two and found time for his hat—trick making the most of overambitious defending by barrow goalkeeper�*s paul farman. aston villa beat league one side wycombe wanderers 2—1. they were kept at bay for almost an hour before emi buendia put villa ahead. jon duran added a late penalty with a consolation goal for wycombe.

manchester city are also through, after they beat watford 2—1. the drama though came as league two walsall took premier league side leicester to penalties only to see three spot kicks saved by keeper danny ward, all going the same way, as they squeezed through three nil in the shoot—out. great britain won nine medals yesterday at the para—cycling road world championships and will hope more follow today in zurich. fran brown amongst those winning gold having missed out on first place at the paralympics, but successfully defended her world title she won in glasgow last year, that led to a british one—two. lora fachie is amongst the british athletes in action today — one of three britons that goes in the women's b road racejust before 11 o clock this morning. and afc wimbledon say they've been blown away by the generosity

from across the football community with donations rolling in to help repair their pitch after severe flooding. it's been left looking more akin to a golf course than a football surface and is a long way from being fit to stage matches. a sink hole emerged, the club say they've pumped 100,000 litres of water away. donations have hit more than £9a,000, including a pledge of 15,000 from newcastle united after their match with wimbledon was abandoned last night with the pitch unplayable. very generous. thank you. well done to them, good community effort. we have had some shocking weather. carol and tell us if it is going to be clearing up. good morning. some of us this morning it is a cold but sunny start. you can see this picture from

one of our weather watchers of ailsa craig. there is more rain in the forecast today and also tomorrow. as we head into the weekend and friday, it is going to turn colder and drier as high pressure comes in. but sunday night into monday and tuesday, at the moment there is the potential for some wet and very windy weather coming our way. it is want to keep posted about. what we have today is this area of low pressure with this weather front. moving on from the south—west, breeze, some rain pushing north—east. it will follow in areas where the ground is saturated. north of that for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, we are looking at a combination of bright spells, sunshine and showers. as the rain advances into the midlands, into parts of southern england and northern england, the cloud will build. the wind will also pick up today across the south—west and these are the temperatures. ten to about 16 degrees. through this

evening and overnight, the first batch of rain continues to push northwards, curling into northern ireland, back into wales, only to be joined another one coming in from the south—west. another weather front. this one will also have heavy and thunderstorms embedded in it. to the north we have some clear skies in the highlands. temperatures could fall away to three or a degrees. for most we're staying double figures. as we head through the course of thursday into friday you can see how we still have a weather front. it starts to sink southwards, bringing more rain. that will mean a northerly wind, which means colder conditions. the rain will take its time to clear on friday. here is the cold wind following down into most areas. a wind chill as well as lower temperatures. so you will the difference. back to thursday, we have bands of rain putting northwards, getting into northern

ireland, southern scotland and also northern ireland. to the north of that, cold air coming in on that northerly wind. to the south of it, we are looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and some showers. temperatures ranging from 11 to about 70 degrees. into friday, the rain does push down into the south—east what it takes its time to clear east anglia and south east england. we are now exposed to this northerly wind across the country. they will be a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine, a few showers. some could be wintry, down to about 600 metres in the highlands. these are the temperatures. nine to 1a degrees. this cooler weather stays with us through the weekend. but it with us through the weekend. but it will with us through the weekend. but it will be with us through the weekend. but it will be drier with us through the weekend. but it will be drier for with us through the weekend. but it will be drier for most. with us through the weekend. but it will be drier for most. that is aood but it will be drier for most. that is good to _ but it will be drier for most. that is good to know. _ is good to know. thank you. ten to eight. mike batt has had an incredible career in music, reaching fame in 1973 with his fantastic tunes for the wombles, managing and writing for the pop mega star katie melua, and also conducting many of the world's

great orchestras. mike has now put pen to paper and covered all of the best moments of his illustrious career in an memoir. we'll hear all about that in a minutes. but first, lets take a listen to some of his best—known tracks. # underground, overground, wobbling free, one was of wimbledon, norway. # are making good use of the things we find, things the everyday leaves behind. # that's a fact. # that's a fact. # it's a thing we can't deny. # it's a thing we can't deny. # like the fact i will love you till i die. idie. #

i die. # bright eyes, burning like fire. # bright eyes, burning like fire. # bright eyes, how can we close the pale? # how can the light that burns so brightly, suddenly burned so pale? # bright eyes. mike battjoins us now. making us laugh. that is such a terribly sad song, still. filth. making us laugh. that is such a terribly sad song, still.- making us laugh. that is such a terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smilin: terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smiling and _ terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smiling and you _ terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smiling and you are _ terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smiling and you are saying - terribly sad song, still. oh, i am smiling and you are saying sad i terribly sad song, still. oh, i am - smiling and you are saying sad stop. it is a sad song but it is also a song of wondering where you go and what happens after life. i was asked by the director of watership down, please write me a song about death. i went on but i thought, how can i do that? i thought, it is such an important thing that we all think about. after about two days i

thought, this is the most incredible subject to write a song about. that is why bright eyes and how can they fade and die... it does affect all of us. that is why you have to write a serious song about it. that is how it came about. i a serious song about it. that is how it came about-— a serious song about it. that is how it came about. i remember absolutely blubbin: it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my — it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my eyes _ it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my eyes out _ it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my eyes out in _ it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my eyes out in the _ it came about. i remember absolutely blubbing my eyes out in the cinema i blubbing my eyes out in the cinema watching it. it is the mixture, the images and the tune. it’s watching it. it is the mixture, the images and the tune.— images and the tune. it's quite a brutal film. _ images and the tune. it's quite a brutal film, isn't _ images and the tune. it's quite a brutalfilm, isn't it? _ images and the tune. it's quite a brutalfilm, isn't it? very. - images and the tune. it's quite a brutalfilm, isn't it? very. i- images and the tune. it's quite a j brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink briaht brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink bright eyes— brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink bright eyes gave _ brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink bright eyes gave it _ brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink bright eyes gave it some - brutalfilm, isn't it? very. ithink bright eyes gave it some romance, although it is about death, it is also about everything. it is about existence, you know. that is why it was written. existence, you know. that is why it was written-— was written. and mike, you have decided to _ was written. and mike, you have decided to write _ was written. and mike, you have decided to write down _ was written. and mike, you have decided to write down so - was written. and mike, you have decided to write down so many i was written. and mike, you have| decided to write down so many of these incredible stories about your career. and there are a lot. you have met some amazing people along the way? have met some amazing people along the wa ? ~ �* . ., ., the way? well, i've had quite a long life. i'm

the way? well, i've had quite a long life- i'm hoping _ the way? well, i've had quite a long life. i'm hoping there's _ the way? well, i've had quite a long life. i'm hoping there's a _ the way? well, i've had quite a long life. i'm hoping there's a bit - the way? well, i've had quite a long life. i'm hoping there's a bit more i life. i'm hoping there's a bit more road left for some more adventures. but it is has been a quite colourful life. we were joking when but it is has been a quite colourful life. we werejoking when i came on the show that i brought my special jacket. i painted this especially for the show. there isn't a tiger in the book. but there are lots of characters. and you do meet a lot of people you work with. that's what i do. i make records. i've had a lot of fun in my life. and there have been downs and ups. it is actually a book, my book, the closest thing to crazy, we chose that title because it is the closest thing to crazy, thatis it is the closest thing to crazy, that is an apt title. the way i have directed my own life, myjourney through life, and it is a journey, there are big highs and there are quite severe lows. and i wanted to put across that. i didn't want to be

a book about, these are all the glorious i did. because you do go through it, particularly if you are a risk taker like me. i've had my darker moments.— a risk taker like me. i've had my darker moments. how do you get throu~h darker moments. how do you get through the _ darker moments. how do you get through the darker— darker moments. how do you get through the darker moments? . darker moments. how do you get through the darker moments? i i darker moments. how do you get i through the darker moments? i did darker moments. how do you get - through the darker moments? i did a radio four bbc _ through the darker moments? i did a radio four bbc radio _ through the darker moments? i did a radio four bbc radio last _ through the darker moments? i did a radio four bbc radio last night - through the darker moments? i did a radio four bbc radio last night and i radio four bbc radio last night and ifound myself saying, really, i find it kept up my creative energy. let's say the one box had happened and i bought a block of condominiums in new york or something and that was it, and i thought, i'll retire, it would not have been anything near as much fun. to answer your question, if you do yourself a whole by mistake sometimes, and sometimes on was deliberately, and you happen to fall into it, climbing out is where you get your creative energy from. and that is why sort of sometimes i think in my later years, rather than one of the big names who

might have had success in a constant basis and become a big star, what i have done is i have had the ups and downs. it is climbing out of the hole that me the creative energy. i wouldn't say i enjoy being in a dark place. and i've had some pretty hairy moments. but i have also had some fantastic moments. like, i don't know, i can't think what they are, but they are in the book. buy the book! . are, but they are in the book. buy the book! , ., , ., ,, , the book! the first to break up was the book! the first to break up was the one bulls- _ the book! the first to break up was the one bulls. how— the book! the first to break up was the one bulls. how old _ the book! the first to break up was the one bulls. how old you - the book! the first to break up was the one bulls. how old you are - the book! the first to break up was i the one bulls. how old you are asked to write tunes for these funny creatures on wimbledon common? i’d creatures on wimbledon common? i�*c beenin creatures on wimbledon common? i�*c been in the music business for five years, since i was 18. so i was 23. they said, we would like you to write a tune for the one bulls. i didn't know what they were. i went along and saw them. tiny puppets. and i thought, maybe i should write you a song. i could write about

great uncle bulgaria and tobermory. they said, that sounds like a great idea. they offered me 200 quid to write it, which was actually in those days not a bad fee. but i had a big hole in my genes and i thought it might be a good idea. anyway, i said, why don't you give me the rights to do a pop group? that is what i got instead. that is how the one came about. i made all the costumes. one came about. i made all the costumes-— one came about. i made all the costumes. �* . ., , costumes. and that was a very good decision? it — costumes. and that was a very good decision? it was _ costumes. and that was a very good decision? it was a _ costumes. and that was a very good decision? it was a good _ costumes. and that was a very good decision? it was a good decision. i decision? it was a good decision. but a . ain decision? it was a good decision. itut again it _ decision? it was a good decision. but again it was _ decision? it was a good decision. but again it was almost - decision? it was a good decision. i but again it was almost accidentally good. it was not as if i went in there thinking, i know what the deal is going to be, itjust happened. they were happy because they weren't losing anything. of course, it was good for them as well because eventually we became the biggest selling group in 197a, the biggest selling group in 197a, the biggest selling singles group, having three simultaneous singles in the charts for two weeks at the same time. the

first time it had ever been done since the beatles. so that was something fun. iho since the beatles. so that was something fun.— since the beatles. so that was something fun. since the beatles. so that was somethin: fun. ., , something fun. no regrets with the one bulls? there _ something fun. no regrets with the one bulls? there is— something fun. no regrets with the one bulls? there is a _ something fun. no regrets with the one bulls? there is a combination i something fun. no regrets with the | one bulls? there is a combination of recret and one bulls? there is a combination of regret and delight. _ one bulls? there is a combination of regret and delight. -- _ one bulls? there is a combination of regret and delight. -- the _ one bulls? there is a combination of regret and delight. -- the one - regret and delight. —— the one bulls. my mum made the costumes. as i said before, bulls. my mum made the costumes. as isaid before, keep bulls. my mum made the costumes. as i said before, keep going on about that, but it is very important. when we went to glastonbury, they were two years a fantastic success when i was 23, which actually was fantastic. i can never, ever say i would like to look back... the book is a big section about that. but it did cast a shadow over my more serious rock, pop, all the other things i like, symphonic conducting, and all the other things i like to do. i like to put variety into what i do. and the one bulls tend to be the thing we talk about. and we are talking about it now. but by the

same breath, in the same breath, i am delighted to talk about it, because what joy am delighted to talk about it, because whatjoy it has given me and a few other people. because what joy it has given me and a few other people.— a few other people. absolutely. all of us. a few other people. absolutely. all of us- lovely _ a few other people. absolutely. all of us. lovely to _ a few other people. absolutely. all of us. lovely to talk _ a few other people. absolutely. all of us. lovely to talk to _ a few other people. absolutely. all of us. lovely to talk to you - a few other people. absolutely. all of us. lovely to talk to you about i of us. lovely to talk to you about that and everything else. i thought if i am that and everything else. i thought if i am coming _ that and everything else. i thought if i am coming on _ that and everything else. i thought if i am coming on a _ that and everything else. i thought if i am coming on a colourful- that and everything else. i thought if i am coming on a colourful tv i if i am coming on a colourful tv show like yours, i better make something colourful. mike's memoir, the closest thing to crazy: my life of musical adventures, comes out tomorrow. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. parents in south—east london are campaigning to save a not—for—profit nursery, which has been serving their community for a0 years. the st andrew's centre in brockley, which is also home to playgroups and sports and drama clubs, has announced its closing on friday. in a letter to parents, the chair of the board of trustees said it was mainly down

to increasing running costs. the impact�*s been really devastating. finding one, let alone two, nursery spaces on no notice, in london, at the start of the school year, its next to impossible. and so, we have found a place for some of the hours we need, some distance away, at double the price. visitors to the royal parks in london have been warned to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate. between late september and early november, stags engage in dramatic displays of power and aggression. walkers in richmond park and bushy park are being told to keep dogs on leads and watch from a distance. let's take a look at the tubes now. the district line has severe delays between edgware road and wimbledon. today's weather now. overcast with some rain in places this morning. heavy rain will move in late in the afternoon. and the environment agency has issued three flood

alerts for london. there'll be a high of 16 degrees celsius. that's all. there's plenty more on the bbc news app and our website. see you in half an hour. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... as the number of women accusing former harrods boss of sexual abuse rises, at 8:30am,

we'll devote half an hour of the programme to speak to survivors live in the studio, who will tell us their stories. the prime minister has told britons in lebanon to leave immediately as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. british troops are being sent to cyprus to help possible evacuations. after his first conference speech as prime minister, keir starmer speaks to breakfast about his first few months in office and tells us he's optimistic about the future, but change won't happen overnight. that is why i wanted to level with people because what i don't want to say is we can fix the economy by christmas or that the health service will be completely fixed within a year. that is not a fair thing to say to voters. is the wallet on the way out? as shoppers increasingly ditch cards and cash for smartphone and smartwatch payments, the once—essential item could become a thing of the past. good morning. for many as a dry but

chilly start to the day. some scattered showers around but also rain sweeping in from the south—west and pushing north—east. all of the details shortly. it's wednesday the 25th of september. our main story. the prime minister has warned british nationals still in lebanon to leave immediately, as violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. arriving in new york this morning, where he will attend the annual un general assembly, sir keir starmer said the government was ramping up contingency plans. 700 british troops are also being sent to cyprus to help possible evacuations, as our correspondent, aruna iyengar, reports. sirens wail. firing across borders. the israeli iron dome defence system intercepts rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon into the town of safed in israel. the iranian—backed militant group was hitting back after israel's

massive airstrikes on southern lebanon on monday. the area is on the brink of all—out war, and that's why british nationals in lebanon have been urged to leave immediately. the ministry of defence is sending 700 troops to cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. lebanese families have been packing their belongings and fleeing homes in the south to escape from this. israel says it's bombing hezbollah military sites in southern lebanon, but more than 50 children are among more than 500 people who've been killed. and in beirut, israel says it targeted another top hezbollah commander. the goal of its strikes, it says, is to stop hezbollah's rocket attacks on northern israel, which started in parallel to the war in gaza and return israeli citizens to their homes. for 11 months, there have been nearly daily exchanges of fire across the border between israeli forces and hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist

organisation by the uk government. in lebanon, there's mourning. in the village of saksakieh, 11 were killed on monday by israeli bombs. israel said it targeted military sites and gave warnings to people to get out. but innocents still suffer. and there's anger. this man's daughter was killed. he pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sayyed hassan nasrallah. "even if they kill us," he says, "we are at your service." also killed was dina darwish and her son, ziad. here she was at work with the un refugee agency. it says it's outraged and deeply saddened. world leaders are warning of the dangers of full—blown war at the un general

assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed by the escalation. lebanon is at the brink. the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. the us president, joe biden, has said a diplomatic solution is still possible. britain's prime minister, sir keir starmer, will be speaking at the assembly later today. aruna iyengar, bbc news. earlier, we spoke to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, who is in beirut. tens of thousands of people have now left southern lebanon. we know these journeys continue because these israeli air strikes have continued to target villages in southern lebanon. this morning again the israeli military warned residents to stay away from hezbollah positions

because these attacks will continue. people are coming to places like beirut where schools have been turned into shelters. i was at one of those shelters yesterday and 6,000 people were in this shelter. they described how they had to leave under heavy air strikes on monday. many of those people have nowhere to go. it is a desperate situation. a lot of pressure on the government here, on the authorities, to help those people. there is a fear that these air strikes could be the beginning of a much wider israeli offensive against hezbollah. there could be a ground invasion of southern lebanon to create a so—called buffer zone and push hezbollah fighters away from the borders. there is a fear many people who live in the south may never be able to go back home again. our middle east correspondent,

yolande knell, is injerusalem. dramatic developments overnight potentially in tel aviv. explain what is happening. this potentially in tel aviv. explain what is happening. this morning, in tel aviv, what is happening. this morning, in tel aviv. mh _ what is happening. this morning, in telaviv, mh simon _ what is happening. this morning, in telaviv, mh simon started - what is happening. this morning, in| telaviv, mh simon started sounding tel aviv, mh simon started sounding out and you have people rushing to their bomb shelters. we have just had the israeli military confirming to us this is the first time has bella had launched one of its longer range rockets reaching as far into israel as tel aviv, the centre of the country. they say it was a heavy warhead that was used and could reach even further into israel. they are stressing that civilian areas were being targeted, they say. although we have had hezbollah saying its aim was to target a mossad headquarters. of course it has blamed mossad for being behind the pager attack, that targeted its operatives last week, as this round

of violence began to spiral. israel still hasn't directly commented on that attack. this was a single rocket that was intercepted by israel's air defence systems without any casualties or damage. there is some speculation it really could have been meant as a message from the armed group that it still has this armed arsenal of longer range rockets that could potentially reach any part of israel that are overnight we are told israeli military strikes continued, particularly targeting hezbollah sites in the south of lebanon. we have also got against all of this backdrop that development this morning the israeli prime minister has delayed once again his trip to new york for the un general assembly. he is expected to speak there on friday. world leaders have been increasingly voicing their concern this could all lead to a

wider regional war. we have the un security council expected to discuss the latest developments later today. thank you. keir starmer hasjust keir starmer has just touched down. labour's first conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the prime minister telling breakfast that change is on the horizon. today, delegates will focus on the scrapping of the winter fuel payment for pensioners, with some unions trying to reverse it. our political correspondent helen catt sent this report from the conference in liverpool. applause. it was the first time in 15 years that a sitting prime minister had addressed labour's party conference. in his speech, sir keir promised the country that change was coming. applause.

in the end it comes down to judgment in relation to cases. mp5 in the end it comes down to 'udgment in relation to casesh in relation to cases. mps have to make their _ in relation to cases. mps have to make theirjudgment _ in relation to cases. mps have to make theirjudgment and - in relation to cases. mps have to i make theirjudgment and declared in relation to cases. mps have to - make theirjudgment and declared so everybody can see how they have exercised their judgment. have exercised theirjudgment. the have exercised their 'udgment. the prime have exercised theirjudgment. the prime minister has left the conference to travel to the un in new york. the journey towards change will be longer and harder. we are joined now by our chief political

correspondent, henry zeffman, from liverpool. good morning. when we were watching that speech at conference yesterday, there was a real sense of it being a moment in this conference. the prime minister is not there today but conference carries on?— carries on? that's right. good morning- _ carries on? that's right. good morning- the _ carries on? that's right. good morning. the big _ carries on? that's right. good morning. the big speech - carries on? that's right. good | morning. the big speech today carries on? that's right. good i morning. the big speech today is from wes streeting, the health secretary, and bridget phillipson, the education secretary. wes streeting 's speech as health secretary comes at an interesting moment because we are reporting at bbc today of growing unease in the nhs is the way that wes streeting is talking about the nhs in england. he has been saying since he got the job almost three months ago that the nhs is broken. well health leaders are telling our colleague nick triggle thad they are worried that could spook patients, put them off seeking care as well as damaging staff morale. a spokesperson says the public and see the nhs is in the

biggest crisis in its history and they want honesty from the politicians. i'm sure we'll hear that word from wes streeting in his speech later this morning. what we will also hear from speech later this morning. what we will also hearfrom him is a new policy, where the part of the country with the highest rates of worthlessness, the largest number of people out of work due to ill—health, will have crack teams of clinicians sent there to give them advice on best practice, with the hope example of operating theatres been turned into what we are told are formula 1 pit stop style polices were more operations can be carried out. —— places. if that works, if that cut waiting lists in those areas, if that gets down the benefits bill is for those who are out of work due to ill—health, i am not sure in time many people would be that forced what words wes streeting used to describe the nhs. thank you. the man suspected of trying to kill donald trump at his florida golf course has been charged with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. ryan routh already faces up to 20 years behind bars on two gun—related charges. but he faces a maximum

sentence of life in prison if convicted on the new, more serious charge. sean combs — the us rapper known as p diddy — is facing another lawsuit, accusing him of rape. the latest allegation comes from a woman, who says that she was drugged and abused in his music studio. he denies all the charges. a former sub—postmaster, who successfully campaigned to highlight the post office horizon scandal, will today receive his knighthood after he was recognised in the king's birthday honours injune. sir alan bates famously took action after more than 900 post office colleagues were prosecuted for stealing because of incorrect accounting information from a computer system he had repeatedly complained about. teenagers are increasingly displaying addictive behaviour in their use of social media, according to a major international study. the world health organization is calling for enhanced mental health provision and better enforcement of age restrictions by social platforms. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports.

when does social media use become problematic? the world health organization report lists behaviours such as lying about how much time is spent on it, not being able to come off it, and choosing to be on social media rather than do anything else. it said the number of teens displaying this sort of behaviour across aa countries has increased since the pandemic. here in the uk, young people in england and scotland were more likely to show addiction—like symptoms towards social media than those in wales. the figures included one in five 13—year—old girls in scotland. meanwhile, a7% of girls in england said they were in constant contact with their friends online. and more than half of the boys in england and scotland played digital games every day. social media and gaming is part of young people's lives these days, so that's not going to change. so it's... but it's how can we promote more healthy online behaviours? how can we find the right balance between the benefits of online engagement versus some of the potential risks of spending

too much time online? so i think that's the sort of critical thing. the report found that overall, 13—year—old children were most likely to develop problematic social media use. the researchers suggest potential solutions, including digital literacy skills lessons in schools and more responsibility for the tech firms which run the platforms. zoe kleinman, bbc news. it's a terrifying thought. your child goes sleep—walking during the night — goes wandering into the woods — and can't be found. that's what happened to a little girl in louisiana. but have a look at this! than she is. 10—year—old payton was eventually spotted by a thermal—imaging drone camera. she was found by police curled up on the ground in her pyjamas she was woken up by her best

friend 5 dad and taken to safety. she is fine, she is safe and well. what a lucky escape! like high tech and to a fairy or something. have you ever done anything like that? not that i know. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. some of us are starting off on a cold note with variable amounts of cloud and some sunshine. others are seeing showers or rain. we can see mist in wales this morning. when steadily through the course of the night across the north of scotland. a few showers in northern ireland, north—west england and into wales pulled pushing away from the south—east. also this band of rain coming in. it will continue to drift

north and east during the course of the day pushing cloud into southern scotland and northern ireland with when arriving later. south we come into this band of rain falling on an already saturated ground. potentially exacerbating the issues we have. as we had onto the evening a day the night, the rain continues to push north. another curl of rain coming in across the south—west. this will be heavy, potentially thundery, as it merges with the first band. in sheltered glands, temperatures could follow 83, four degrees. generally speaking we are in the low teens or high single figures. to push north. another curl of rain coming in across the south—west. this will be heavy, potentially thundery, as it merges with the first band. in sheltered glands, temperatures could follow 83, four degrees. generally speaking we are in the low teens or high single figures. tomorrow we start off the south of that band of rain there is a mix of sunshine, bright spells and showers. to the north it

still will feel cold with the northerly wind and there will be a few showers. it will turn colder again for us all on thursday. drier into the weekend. by the weekend and early part of next week looks for the moment we could see some wet and windy weather. that the moment we could see some wet and windy weather-— windy weather. that rain is never too far away. _ windy weather. that rain is never too far away. is _ windy weather. that rain is never too far away, is it? _ windy weather. that rain is never too far away, is it? sadly - windy weather. that rain is never too far away, is it? sadly not. . windy weather. that rain is never too far away, is it? sadly not. do ou use too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a — too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a wallet _ too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a wallet or— too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a wallet or purse? - too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a wallet or purse? i - too far away, is it? sadly not. do you use a wallet or purse? i do i too far away, is it? sadly not. do i you use a wallet or purse? i do not use either- — how did you last pay for something in the shops? maybe by cash, by card perhaps, or did you use your phone? that is the way lots of us are doing it. young people in particular are said to be ditching their physical wallets, cards and cash in favour of going completely digital. ben's looking at the numbers for us. a big shift in things day—to—day. we talk about the impact on our wallets

and purses. quite literally, it is our changing habits. yes, you do wonder if people will carry a wallet or a purse around at all in the future given the trends we're seeing. 30% of all adults in the uk made a contactless payment at least once a month on their mobile last year. younger adults are doing it much more often — 60% of 25 to 3a—year—olds paid for things regularly on phones or smart watches, rather than physical credit or debit cards. and that figure rises to more than 70% among those aged 16 to 2a, who use mobile methods for most of their payments. already cash is used for 12% of all payments but by 2033 that figure is expected to drop just 6% of transactions. so what does that mean for the traditional wallet? our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey has been to find out. deep in the leicestershire countryside, this barn isn't home to a trendy micro brewery,

but a business that's much more rare in the uk. a micro tannery. out of these giant reclaimed drums come the beginnings of quality leather that's come from deer and goat skins that otherwise would have gone to waste. these big drums here are a bit like a large washing machine, basically. and inside these we tumble the hides and by the end of the process, we've got leather that we can turn into products — bags, wallets, that type of thing. those wallets are carefully crafted in a nearby workshop, piece by piece, one by one. but is there much point in all this skill and intricacy to create a leather wallet, when the majority of twentysomethings are using one of these, rather than cards and cash, to make their day to day payments? we do pay contactless on our phone, don�*t we? on the phone, yeah, yeah, yeah. so everything's in that, right?

pretty much. there are things that you need money for. like, we�*ve just been the barbers. so we do have cash for that, yeah. yeah. got a wallet, only get paid cash, so it�*s all right. - it�*s not too bad for us. we only take cash in here as well. just use my phone, it�*s much easier. i feel like cash — i don�*t have cash any more. and if i do, it�*sjust in my bag in my change, or in my bag. yeah. and never comes out? no, yeah, it�*s going mouldy, probably! do you still carry one of these — or do you ever carry one of these? a wallet? a wallet, yeah. of course, always. prefer a wallet to, um, paying with your phone? probably, yeah, i'd say so. over the years we�*ve seen demand for a classic wallet, so we designed one of those. and it always surprises me how many of those we sell. so for now at least, it seems many still want to carry the physical money to make our world go round. kevin peachey, bbc news. thanks for your messages about this.

details on the screen now. we will run through some of those comments later. people like me having slimmed down to a slimmer version. the amount they keep in and out of money and cards but all sorts of other things. what else can you fit in there? ., ., , , , , , there? you would be surprised. it is like mary poppins — there? you would be surprised. it is like mary poppins handbag. - morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with michelle and gethin. coming up... new figures show a shocking rise in abuse on public transport as innocent people are attacked whilst just going about their day. former copper rav wilding shares how to report an incident quickly and discreetly with an app on your phone. plus, we�*re continuing our living with cancer series. a diagnosis can turn anyone�*s life upside down, and on top of that, you can be bombarded with information. michaela strachan meets sarah

whose dyslexia has made understanding her leukaemia treatment challenging. it�*s hard at the best of times - when you are told you have cancer. but someone who gets told they�*ve got it but they- can�*t read to understand what they�*ve got. - that hurts, that�*s hard. it's a really powerful film. we're finding out how medical staff are changing the way they work to help. and as more retailers offer cashback rewards, consumerjournalist rebecca wilcox tells us how you could save hundreds by using them and why leaving a “cookie trail“ will bag you the best bargains. also today, we're barely into autumn, but now is the time of year to start planting your spring bulbs. gardener mark lane has his guide. i�*ll show you the best way to pot them up to keep them _ healthy during the heavy downpours

i happening in parts of the country. i even he was shocked. a gardener�*s work is never done. ex—sas leader billy billingham is joining police forces on raids as part of his new bbc series. he's giving us the inside scoop on becoming mates with clint eastwood when he was a bodyguard for angelina jolie. so hollywood now. he has changed. he has changed. i am now going to run away. has changed. i am now going to run awa . ., , ., . has changed. i am now going to run awa. ., , ., ., ., away. lots of name dropping going on. see away. lots of name dropping going on- see you _ away. lots of name dropping going on- see you in _ away. lots of name dropping going on. see you in an _ away. lots of name dropping going on. see you in an hour. _ good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. parents in south—east london are campaigning to save a not—for—profit nursery, which has been serving their community for a0 years. the st andrew's centre in brockley, which is also home to playgroups and sports and drama clubs, has announced its closing on friday. in a letter to parents, the chair of the board of trustees said it was mainly down

to increasing running costs. it's been really devastating. finding one, let alone two, nursery spaces on no notice, in london, at the start of the school year, its next to impossible. and so, we have found a place for some of the hours we need, some distance away, at double the price, with less experienced staff. a memorial stone dedicated to a police officer who was shot and killed on duty in croydon will be unveiled later, exactly four years after his death. sergeant matt ratana, who'd served nearly 30 years in the met, was murdered by a suspect at a custody centre. a campaign group of local mums is prepared to take an east london council to court over recurring fires at a landfill. clean air in havering says it wants to challenge the council after it decided not to designate arnolds field, in launders lane, as contaminated. havering council said it's aware of the proposed legal action and so is unable to comment. it smoulders, causing air pollution that affects children,

and in the summer months, it catches fire and you see great plumes of smoke covering playgrounds like this, school playgrounds. parents are terrified, understandably, for their children's health, for their children's futures. visitors to the royal parks in london have been warned to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate. between late september and early november, stags engage in dramatic displays of power and aggression. walkers in richmond park and bushy park are being told to keep dogs on leads and watch from a distance. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kate kinsella. morning. another unsettled day of weather. we have showers and some longer spells of rain. now the showers this morning fairly frequent, some heavy ones mixed in there as well. the longer spells of rain, the more persistent rain, moving in as we head

towards the afternoon into the evening. so affecting the rush hour. temperatures today around 16 celsius. now we still have flood warnings, flood alerts in place for parts of the home counties where we saw the floods the other day. there will be more heavy rain as we head through the evening, but it will clear overnight tonight. minimum temperature dropping down to ten celsius. so a brighter start further south and east as we head into tomorrow morning. but the cloud is going to increase fairly quickly. we'll see again some outbreaks of rain especially further south, but a drier day. temperatures tomorrow getting up to 18 celsius. now for friday we have a cold front sinking south. as it does so it's going to introduce this colder air, so getting much chillier by the end of the week. with a northerly breeze, the temperature significantly colder than it has been. sunshine for saturday but again the temperatures feeling chilly. that's all. there's plenty more on the bbc news app and our website. bye— bye.

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. days after a bbc investigation exposed decades of serious sexual abuse allegations against the former harrods owner mohamed al—fayed, we're dedicating half an hour of today's programme to hear testimonies from survivors. in a few minutes we'll speak to some of the women who say they were either raped or sexually assaulted by the billionaire businessman, whilst working for the luxury department store. but first, our correspondent, ellie price looks at the story so far. he was the egyptian billionaire with links to the highest level of british society. he died without the world knowing the truth. i woke up startled and he was just there wearing nothing but a silk, like, dressing gown type smoking jacket thing. and he tried to get in the bed with me and i told him, "no,

i don't want you to." and he proceeded to just keep trying to get in the bed, at which point he was kind of on top of me and really couldn't move anywhere. i was kind of face down on the bed and hejust pressed himself on me. he threw himself on top of me. his hands were all over me. and, you know, i was wearing a dress. he was very, very forceful. i, thank god, reacted and kicked him off, ran down the hallway into my room in sheer terror because ijust didn�*t know what would happen. we will say it plainly. mohamed al—fayed was a monster. lawyers for his victims say this may be the worst case of corporate sexual exploitation of young women the world has ever seen. mohamed al—fayed owned harrods between 1985 and 2010. in that time, multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault were made, and yet neither the police nor the crime prosecution service were able to bring a case against him.

the boss of the cps during some of that time told breakfast he had nothing to do with it. no, it didn't cross my desk. senior prosecutors take decisions all the time in the crown prosecution service. hundreds of thousands of decisions are taken every year. so i don't know the details, but certainly i had nothing to do with it. since the documentary aired, dozens of people have contacted the bbc to share their experiences. among them jessica, not her real name, who told me a manager who still works for harrods failed to investigate when she complained about al—fayed's inappropriate behaviour. she claims another manager cherry picked young girls for him. i feel quite strongly that the people that facilitated it happening also need to be brought to justice, and that is part of the reason why i'm now speaking out about it. um, those people, you know,

i can see are still working either within the company or in other companies. and, um, i have no doubt there's... they have to have been fully aware of what was happening. harrods, under new ownership, says it's appalled by the allegations and has launched a compensation scheme for former employees, who say they were attacked by al—fayed. it also says it's investigating whether any current employees were involved, but has not told us whether anyone has faced any action as a result of that internal review. mohamed al—fayed died last year, but many of his victims hope some justice can still be brought. ellie price, bbc news. we arejoined by we are joined byjen, we arejoined byjen, nicole, lindsay, gemma and katherine. along with their barrister

dean armstrong, and ellie price. katherine, the first thing i would say is take your time because we know you will have difficult, challenging and complicated stories to tell. katherine, if we could start with you, tell us what happened? i was hired in 2005 _ you, tell us what happened? i was hired in 2005 through _ you, tell us what happened? i was hired in 2005 through an - you, tell us what happened? i —" hired in 2005 through an actual formal selection process. i didn't actually know who i was going to be working for. it was said to be a high net worth individual. it was only at the last minute we discovered who it was going to be for. i was hired with nicole behind me. but we never really saw one another. we were kept very much a part. the first week or so was really humiliating because i had the attire of a black suit. he would call me into my —— into his office and tell me, this doesn't work, this

is distracting. he would rip the buttons open in the front of my shirt and stuff money in my pocket and tell me to go and buy more suits. i would come back next day and would repeat it for a week. then it was, your hair is awful, you need to straighten your hair. send me for a lip wax. by the end of the first week i was shattered because this is supposed to be the big newjob. that supposed to be the big new 'ob. that was the first — supposed to be the big newjob. that was the first week? supposed to be the big new 'ob. that was the first week? yeah. _ supposed to be the big new job. that was the first week? yeah. so, - supposed to be the big new job. that was the first week? yeah. so, i - was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up _ was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up with _ was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up with a _ was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up with a lot _ was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up with a lot of- was the first week? yeah. so, i ended up with a lot of suits. . was the first week? yeah. so, i i ended up with a lot of suits. that was my initial experience. i later travelled to paris with him. realised i was in danger there because my door didn't lock. i had to barricade the door with a suitcase and a chair. and ultimately, he forced himself on me in his office. ifought him off and i said, i am apa and apa only. that's all i do. he said, you should have gone to work at the post office if that is what you want. the next day my desk was gone and i lost my

job. i day my desk was gone and i lost my 'ob. . , ., day my desk was gone and i lost my 'ob. . , job. i am so sorry. nicole, you mentioned _ job. i am so sorry. nicole, you mentioned you _ job. i am so sorry. nicole, you mentioned you started - job. i am so sorry. nicole, you mentioned you started work. job. i am so sorry. nicole, youj mentioned you started work at job. i am so sorry. nicole, you - mentioned you started work at the same time as you would like to share your story with us this morning as well? . , , ., , , ., your story with us this morning as well? . ., well? yeah, my story is a similar want to katherine. _ well? yeah, my story is a similar want to katherine. i— well? yeah, my story is a similar want to katherine. i was - well? yeah, my story is a similar want to katherine. i was broughtj well? yeah, my story is a similar. want to katherine. i was brought in from _ want to katherine. i was brought in from an— want to katherine. i was brought in from an external recruiter, not through— from an external recruiter, not through harrods. as a senior executive _ through harrods. as a senior executive assistant. one of the things— executive assistant. one of the things i— executive assistant. one of the things i vividly remember in the office _ things i vividly remember in the office was— things i vividly remember in the office was this palpable anxiety that you — office was this palpable anxiety that you could really feel. there was like — that you could really feel. there was like a — that you could really feel. there was like a home in the air. he would come _ was like a home in the air. he would come in _ was like a home in the air. he would come in and — was like a home in the air. he would come in and you would never know what _ come in and you would never know what you _ come in and you would never know what you are — come in and you would never know what you are going to get. you would never _ what you are going to get. you would never know _ what you are going to get. you would never know if he was going to be in a good _ never know if he was going to be in a good mood, he would be shouting. every— a good mood, he would be shouting. every single — a good mood, he would be shouting. every single day you had this sort of anxiety— every single day you had this sort of anxiety of, what is the day going to bring? _ of anxiety of, what is the day going to bring? how will i have to manage this? _ to bring? how will i have to manage this? how— to bring? how will i have to manage this? how i— to bring? how will i have to manage this? how i going to get through the day? it _ this? how i going to get through the day? it was — this? how i going to get through the day? it was a battle to sort of come out the _ day? it was a battle to sort of come out the other side smiling. the

awful— out the other side smiling. the awful thing is you get used to it. it becomes normal. it was an interesting introduction to working for him _ interesting introduction to working for him it— interesting introduction to working for him. it was difficult. and interesting introduction to working for him. it was difficult.— for him. it was difficult. and a mac, for him. it was difficult. and a mac. you _ for him. it was difficult. and a mac, you would _ for him. it was difficult. and a mac, you would like _ for him. it was difficult. and a mac, you would like us - for him. it was difficult. and a mac, you would like us to - for him. it was difficult. and a . mac, you would like us to explain what happened to you. i am going to read this for people watching. you worked as one of al—fayed's personal assistants between 2007 and 2009. you have told us you were raped by mohamed al fayed in paris. you say his behaviour became more upright —— more frightening during work trips abroad. and it is very often the case, isn't it, gemma, that even having to say the words again is another trauma. having to say the words again is anothertrauma. i having to say the words again is another trauma. i am sorry you even have to hear the words again because i know it is deeply, deeply distressing for you. just tell us the impact this period of time has had on your life? you the impact this period of time has had on your life?—

had on your life? you know, it's something _ had on your life? you know, it's something that _ had on your life? you know, it's something that will _ had on your life? you know, it's something that will probably - had on your life? you know, it's i something that will probably never go away. i think there are going to be ways we can start to deal with it, cope with it, but ultimately it feels like harrods is never going to disappear. and it is something that is present in everyday life. and, you know, ithink is present in everyday life. and, you know, i think being able to come out and speak about it, although it is rehashing the trauma, it is helpful. these women have been an amazing support. i think we are sort of getting stronger together day by day. but yeah, it is definitely trauma that is lifelong. you can feel that strength _ trauma that is lifelong. you can feel that strength when - trauma that is lifelong. you can feel that strength when you - trauma that is lifelong. you can - feel that strength when you walked in together, looking after one another, supporting one another. if we turn to you, jen, you have waived your right to anonymity for the first time. you have asked us to explain what happened to you while you are working at harrods. you say you are working at harrods. you say you worked for mohamed al fayed for almost five years. you've told us you were subjected to a number of serious sexual assault and attempted

rape. why is it so important for you to speak this morning?— to speak this morning? well, i think, to speak this morning? well, i think. first _ to speak this morning? well, i think, first and _ to speak this morning? well, i think, first and foremost - to speak this morning? well, i think, first and foremost it - to speak this morning? well, i think, first and foremost it is i to speak this morning? well, i i think, first and foremost it is part of the _ think, first and foremost it is part of the healing _ think, first and foremost it is part of the healing process. _ think, first and foremost it is part of the healing process. i- think, first and foremost it is part of the healing process. i have - think, first and foremost it is part. of the healing process. i have lived with this _ of the healing process. i have lived with this is — of the healing process. i have lived with this is a — of the healing process. i have lived with this is a secret _ of the healing process. i have lived with this is a secret that _ of the healing process. i have lived with this is a secret that i - 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able to tell my family, which has been a huge thing for me. it - able to tell my family, which has been a huge thing for me. it was something — been a huge thing for me. it was something i_ been a huge thing for me. it was something i hoped _ something i hoped never to have to do but _

something i hoped never to have to do but i _ something i hoped never to have to do but i have now. _ something i hoped never to have to do but i have now. and _ something i hoped never to have to do but i have now. and i would - something i hoped never to have to do but i have now. and i would like| do but i have now. and i would like to be _ do but i have now. and i would like to be able — do but i have now. and i would like to be able to — do but i have now. and i would like to be able to appeal— do but i have now. and i would like to be able to appeal to _ do but i have now. and i would like to be able to appeal to anybody - do but i have now. and i would likei to be able to appeal to anybody else who has _ to be able to appeal to anybody else who has been— to be able to appeal to anybody else who has been through _ to be able to appeal to anybody else who has been through something. to be able to appeal to anybody elsei who has been through something like this that _ who has been through something like this that has — who has been through something like this that has not _ who has been through something like this that has not yet _ who has been through something like this that has not yet come _ who has been through something like this that has not yet come forward, i this that has not yet come forward, and i_ this that has not yet come forward, and i am _ this that has not yet come forward, and i am hoping _ this that has not yet come forward, and i am hoping that— this that has not yet come forward, and i am hoping that in— this that has not yet come forward, and i am hoping that in doing - this that has not yet come forward, and i am hoping that in doing what| and i am hoping that in doing what we're _ and i am hoping that in doing what we're doing. — and i am hoping that in doing what we're doing. we— and i am hoping that in doing what we�*re doing, we will— and i am hoping that in doing what we�*re doing, we will encourage - and i am hoping that in doing what i we�*re doing, we will encourage more people _ we�*re doing, we will encourage more people to _ we�*re doing, we will encourage more people to do — we�*re doing, we will encourage more people to do the _ we�*re doing, we will encourage more people to do the same. _ we�*re doing, we will encourage more people to do the same. find - we're doing, we will encourage more people to do the same. and lindsay, ou would people to do the same. and lindsay, you would like _ people to do the same. and lindsay, you would like us _ people to do the same. and lindsay, you would like us to _ people to do the same. and lindsay, you would like us to explain - people to do the same. and lindsay, you would like us to explain your- you would like us to explain your story. you worked as a personal assistant to mohamed al fayed for five months from 1989 to 1990. you have told us he sexually harassed you, sexually assaulted you, grope you, sexually assaulted you, grope you on a daily basis and traffic due to paris where he attempted to rape you. you have no memory of your trip home from paris but did sustain significant injuries. you assume you were drugged. you are then falsely imprisoned in the harrods management office by a colleague under mohamed al fayed's instruction, but you managed to escape. lindsay, we were just hearing from jen, the fear that

has actually continued through the years. i wonder, has actually continued through the years. iwonder, havingjust has actually continued through the years. i wonder, having just heard a tiny bit of your story there, whether you may be carry that fear with you now too? i whether you may be carry that fear with you now too?— whether you may be carry that fear with you now too? i do. harrods will never leave — with you now too? i do. harrods will never leave me. _ with you now too? i do. harrods will never leave me. the _ with you now too? i do. harrods will never leave me. the thoughts, - with you now too? i do. harrods will never leave me. the thoughts, the i never leave me. the thoughts, the memories— never leave me. the thoughts, the memories i— never leave me. the thoughts, the memories i have from those tragic episodes. — memories i have from those tragic episodes, you know, are inside me. i 'ust episodes, you know, are inside me. i just think— episodes, you know, are inside me. i just think that harrods need to have some _ just think that harrods need to have some accountability. somebody paid for the _ some accountability. somebody paid for the medical —— some accountability. somebody paid forthe medical —— medical. i had an invasive _ forthe medical —— medical. i had an invasive medical procedure. harrods must _ invasive medical procedure. harrods must have _ invasive medical procedure. harrods must have paid for that. they enabled — must have paid for that. they enabled a _ must have paid for that. they enabled a whole team of people. who needs— enabled a whole team of people. who needs 25_ enabled a whole team of people. who needs 25 personal assistants? they enabled _ needs 25 personal assistants? they enabled all of these people, enabled the situation, and left us like lambs — the situation, and left us like lambs to— the situation, and left us like lambs to the slaughter for one purpose — lambs to the slaughter for one purpose. so, the trauma is, for me there _ purpose. so, the trauma is, for me there are _ purpose. so, the trauma is, for me there are lots — purpose. so, the trauma is, for me there are lots of things that trigger— there are lots of things that trigger me, keep —— gypsy kings

music. _ trigger me, keep —— gypsy kings music, particularly. he was always playing _ music, particularly. he was always playing it — music, particularly. he was always playing it. he was always playing it. playing it. he was always playing it celine — playing it. he was always playing it. celine dion. lots of things trigger— it. celine dion. lots of things trigger me. ijust think we won�*t ever— trigger me. ijust think we won�*t ever get— trigger me. ijust think we won�*t ever get over it. but being together now is— ever get over it. but being together now is a _ ever get over it. but being together now is a fantastic support. just extend to _ now is a fantastic support. just extend to people _ now is a fantastic support. inst extend to people watching, we have talked to before about what imagery you are ok with this morning because we don't want to cause you any more extra distress about seeing and sensing things. katherine, what kind of strength do you get from all being together? i can see you nodding and acknowledging stories that you were hearing from your new—found friends? that you were hearing from your new-found friends?— that you were hearing from your new-found friends? yeah, watching the whole documentary _ new-found friends? yeah, watching the whole documentary last - new-found friends? yeah, watching the whole documentary last week i | the whole documentary last week i was shouting at the screen because of the things people were saying. i was like, yes, that is exactly what happened. and that is what happened on friday. we met at the press conference. and became instant

friends, really. we were swapping war stories. we all have the same pattern, even though, if you lined us up, we go from working there in the 80s to the mid to thousands, but nothing really changed from what he was doing. we were all in the same places, the same unlocked doors, the same passports were taken away for the entire trip to france, all of us had the same experiences. being altogether, i think it is quite good to think, oh, god, ithought altogether, i think it is quite good to think, oh, god, i thought for to think, oh, god, ithought for ages to think, oh, god, i thought for ages this wasjust to think, oh, god, i thought for ages this was just me. so yeah, i think it wasjen who said on friday about walking out there feeling three feet taller. yeah, you feel like you are empowered by everybody else as well. find like you are empowered by everybody else as well-— else as well. and nicole, listening to the start _ else as well. and nicole, listening to the start of _ else as well. and nicole, listening to the start of your— else as well. and nicole, listening to the start of your stories, - else as well. and nicole, listening to the start of your stories, i - to the start of your stories, i wonder whether there was a tremendous culture of secrecy for a long time? tremendous culture of secrecy for a lona time? . ~ ., ,

long time? yeah, i think! really did feel that — long time? yeah, i think! really did feel that people _ long time? yeah, i think! really did feel that people weren't - long time? yeah, i think i really i did feel that people weren't being did feel that people weren�*t being honest— did feel that people weren�*t being honest and open. but it was a really difficult _ honest and open. but it was a really difficult thing to broach. because i actually— difficult thing to broach. because i actually didn�*t know what was true, what wasn�*t true. there were a lot of rumours — what wasn�*t true. there were a lot of rumours. people sort of talk to. but for— of rumours. people sort of talk to. but for me — of rumours. people sort of talk to. but for me his reputation was more sort of. _ but for me his reputation was more sort of. he — but for me his reputation was more sort of. he is— but for me his reputation was more sort of, he is a bit of a lecture, he is _ sort of, he is a bit of a lecture, he is a — sort of, he is a bit of a lecture, he is a bit _ sort of, he is a bit of a lecture, he is a bit hands—on. it wasn�*t the more _ he is a bit hands—on. it wasn�*t the more serious _ he is a bit hands—on. it wasn�*t the more serious accusations because there _ more serious accusations because there is— more serious accusations because there is absolutely no way i would ever have — there is absolutely no way i would ever have worked for him if that was the case _ ever have worked for him if that was the case i_ ever have worked for him if that was the case. i mean, we probably should have had _ the case. i mean, we probably should have had a _ the case. i mean, we probably should have had a clue we did the medical and it— have had a clue we did the medical and it was— have had a clue we did the medical and it was highly invasive. i remember thinking, and it was highly invasive. i rememberthinking, hang on and it was highly invasive. i remember thinking, hang on a and it was highly invasive. i rememberthinking, hang on a minute, that is— rememberthinking, hang on a minute, that is not— rememberthinking, hang on a minute, that is not right. but it was sold to me _ that is not right. but it was sold to me as— that is not right. but it was sold to me as an _ that is not right. but it was sold to me as an mot, a bupa full body m0t~ _ to me as an mot, a bupa full body mot. aren�*t you lucky, this would cost you _ mot. aren�*t you lucky, this would cost you thousands? you are so lucky getting _ cost you thousands? you are so lucky getting this — cost you thousands? you are so lucky getting this. we were basically gas late into _ getting this. we were basically gas late into accepting behaviour that really_ late into accepting behaviour that really was not normal at all. gemma, i was really was not normal at all. gemma, i was struck — really was not normal at all. gemma, i was struck when _ really was not normal at all. gemma, i was struck when katherine - really was not normal at all. gemma, i was struck when katherine was - i was struck when katherine was talking about the range of dates when you and others worked for him. just summarise this. how long a

period are we talking about? it�*s disgusting. it�*s shocking the amount disgusting. it's shocking the amount of women that have probably been involved over those years. they could be thousands at this point. you just don't know. in my time there must have been hundreds of women that were brought up to the offices and disappeared into meeting rooms and were left crying. but like you said, it is such a secrecy surrounding it all. you are terrified to speak out and ask questions. so you kind of accepted what was going on and internalised it. is itjust me? am i the victim of the really hard behaviour? it is just terrifying to think of. lindsay, i'm curious, because there is a pattern here, isn't there? an absolute pattern of behaviour. tell us about the significance of the trips, the foreign trips?- us about the significance of the trips, the foreign trips? well, he alwa s trips, the foreign trips? well, he always try _ trips, the foreign trips? well, he always try to _ trips, the foreign trips? well, he

always try to isolate _ trips, the foreign trips? well, he always try to isolate me - trips, the foreign trips? well, he always try to isolate me and - trips, the foreign trips? well, he always try to isolate me and i - trips, the foreign trips? well, he | always try to isolate me and i was told that — always try to isolate me and i was told that i— always try to isolate me and i was told that i was going on a business trip to— told that i was going on a business trip to paris— told that i was going on a business trip to paris when in fact it turns out i _ trip to paris when in fact it turns out i was — trip to paris when in fact it turns out i was being trafficked. because iwent— out i was being trafficked. because i went for— out i was being trafficked. because iwent for dinner, out i was being trafficked. because i went for dinner, we went for dinner— i went for dinner, we went for dinnerto— i went for dinner, we went for dinner to the rates with another colleague — dinner to the rates with another colleague and three celebrities. i -ot colleague and three celebrities. i got it— colleague and three celebrities. i got it up— colleague and three celebrities. i got it up on the shoulder by the security — got it up on the shoulder by the security. there is another colleague -ot security. there is another colleague got taken _ security. there is another colleague got taken to our accommodation, which _ got taken to our accommodation, which i _ got taken to our accommodation, which i assumed would be the ritz hotel~ _ which i assumed would be the ritz hotel~ but — which i assumed would be the ritz hotel. but we got taken to dodi al fayed's _ hotel. but we got taken to dodi al fayed�*s flat. as you walked in all the doors — fayed�*s flat. as you walked in all the doors locked behind you. i said to the _ the doors locked behind you. i said to the security guy, what is that all about? — to the security guy, what is that allabout? he said it to the security guy, what is that all about? he said it isjust to keep— all about? he said it isjust to keep you _ all about? he said it isjust to keep you safe. but it was to make sure you _ keep you safe. but it was to make sure you couldn�*t escape. so, yeah, that was— sure you couldn�*t escape. so, yeah, that was my— sure you couldn�*t escape. so, yeah, that was my experience. it was the most _ that was my experience. it was the most terrifying night of my life. jen. i_ most terrifying night of my life. jen, i think we are just all speechless listening to the stories. you must share that sense of, even though you have been through it,

that sense of incredulity that so many others were going through? absolutely. as far as i am aware i think— absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i_ absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i was— absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i was one _ absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i was one of— absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i was one of the _ absolutely. as far as i am aware i think i was one of the earlier- think i was one of the earlier people — think i was one of the earlier people to _ think i was one of the earlier people to have _ think i was one of the earlier people to have worked - think i was one of the earlier people to have worked for. think i was one of the earlier. people to have worked for him think i was one of the earlier- people to have worked for him at harrods — people to have worked for him at harrods and _ people to have worked for him at harrods. and i— people to have worked for him at harrods. and i felt— people to have worked for him at harrods. and i felt at _ people to have worked for him at harrods. and i felt at the - people to have worked for him at harrods. and i felt at the time i people to have worked for him at i harrods. and i felt at the time that it was— harrods. and i felt at the time that it wasjust — harrods. and i felt at the time that it was just happening _ harrods. and i felt at the time that it was just happening to _ harrods. and i felt at the time that it wasjust happening to me. - it wasjust happening to me. isolation— it wasjust happening to me. isolation was— it wasjust happening to me. isolation was ably— it wasjust happening to me. isolation was ably important| it wasjust happening to me. - isolation was ably important thing for him _ isolation was ably important thing for him he — isolation was ably important thing for him. he made _ isolation was ably important thing for him. he made you _ isolation was ably important thing for him. he made you feel- isolation was ably important thing for him. he made you feel like . isolation was ably important thing i for him. he made you feel like you were _ for him. he made you feel like you were the _ for him. he made you feel like you were the only— for him. he made you feel like you were the only person _ for him. he made you feel like you were the only person he _ for him. he made you feel like you were the only person he was - for him. he made you feel like you were the only person he was doing this too _ were the only person he was doing this too but — were the only person he was doing this too but you _ were the only person he was doing this too. but you have _ were the only person he was doing this too. but you have to _ were the only person he was doing i this too. but you have to remember as well_ this too. but you have to remember as well our— this too. but you have to remember as well our phones _ this too. but you have to remember as well our phones were _ this too. but you have to remember as well our phones were tapped, i as well our phones were tapped, there _ as well our phones were tapped, there were — as well our phones were tapped, there were surveillance - as well our phones were tapped, there were surveillance cameras| as well our phones were tapped, i there were surveillance cameras in our office — there were surveillance cameras in our office i— there were surveillance cameras in our office i had _ there were surveillance cameras in our office. i had a _ there were surveillance cameras in our office. i had a flat— there were surveillance cameras in our office. i had a flat in— there were surveillance cameras in our office. i had a flat in park- our office. i had a flat in park lane — our office. i had a flat in park lane that _ our office. i had a flat in park lane that was _ our office. i had a flat in park lane that was given - our office. i had a flat in park lane that was given to - our office. i had a flat in park lane that was given to me i our office. i had a flat in park lane that was given to me by our office. i had a flat in park— lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed _ lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to— lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live — lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live in _ lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live in. i— lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live in. i found _ lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live in. i found out - lane that was given to me by mohamed al fayed to live in. i found out at - al fayed to live in. i found out at a later— al fayed to live in. i found out at a later date — al fayed to live in. i found out at a later date that _ al fayed to live in. i found out at a later date that also _ al fayed to live in. i found out at a later date that also had - al fayed to live in. i found out at. a later date that also had cameras in it _ a later date that also had cameras in it so _ a later date that also had cameras in it so we — a later date that also had cameras in it. so we never— a later date that also had cameras in it. so we never had _ a later date that also had cameras in it. so we never had an- in it. so we never had an opportunity— in it. so we never had an opportunity to— in it. so we never had an opportunity to speak - in it. so we never had an opportunity to speak to i in it. so we never had an. opportunity to speak to one in it. so we never had an— opportunity to speak to one another. and try— opportunity to speak to one another. and try and — opportunity to speak to one another. and try and find _ opportunity to speak to one another. and try and find that _ opportunity to speak to one another. and try and find that common - opportunity to speak to one another. i and try and find that common ground, that this _ and try and find that common ground, that this wasn't — and try and find that common ground, that this wasn�*t just _ and try and find that common ground, that this wasn�*t just happening - and try and find that common ground, that this wasn�*t just happening to - that this wasn�*t just happening to you, that this wasn�*t just happening to you. because _ that this wasn�*t just happening to you. because we _ that this wasn�*t just happening to you, because we were _ that this wasn�*t just happening to you, because we were constantlyj you, because we were constantly living _ you, because we were constantly living in — you, because we were constantly living in fear— you, because we were constantly living in fear of— you, because we were constantly living in fear of the _ you, because we were constantly living in fear of the fact - you, because we were constantly living in fear of the fact that - you, because we were constantly living in fear of the fact that we i living in fear of the fact that we were _ living in fear of the fact that we were being _ living in fear of the fact that we were being listened _ living in fear of the fact that we were being listened to- living in fear of the fact that we were being listened to and - living in fear of the fact that we - were being listened to and watched at all times — were being listened to and watched at all times. and _ were being listened to and watched at all times. and as _ were being listened to and watched at all times. and as sad _ were being listened to and watched at all times. and as sad as- were being listened to and watched at all times. and as sad as it - were being listened to and watched at all times. and as sad as it is, - at all times. and as sad as it is, one _ at all times. and as sad as it is, one of— at all times. and as sad as it is, one of the — at all times. and as sad as it is, one of the things _ at all times. and as sad as it is, one of the things that _ at all times. and as sad as it is, one of the things that has - at all times. and as sad as it is, one of the things that has givenj at all times. and as sad as it is, - one of the things that has given me hu-e one of the things that has given me huge comfort— one of the things that has given me huge comfort is— one of the things that has given me huge comfort is that _ one of the things that has given me huge comfort is that kind _ one of the things that has given me huge comfort is that kind of- one of the things that has given me huge comfort is that kind of safetyi huge comfort is that kind of safety in numbers— huge comfort is that kind of safety in numbers think _ huge comfort is that kind of safety

in numbers think now. _ huge comfort is that kind of safety in numbers think now. it - huge comfort is that kind of safety in numbers think now. it wasn�*t i huge comfort is that kind of safety. in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me. in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me it _ in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me it is _ in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me it is terribly— in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me. it is terribly sad _ in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me. it is terribly sad how— in numbers think now. it wasn�*tjust me. it is terribly sad how many- me. it is terribly sad how many women — me. it is terribly sad how many women it— me. it is terribly sad how many women it is— me. it is terribly sad how many women it is happening - me. it is terribly sad how many women it is happening to. - me. it is terribly sad how many women it is happening to. and| me. it is terribly sad how manyl women it is happening to. and i think— women it is happening to. and i think there _ women it is happening to. and i think there are _ women it is happening to. and i think there are probably - women it is happening to. and i think there are probably still - think there are probably still victims — think there are probably still victims out _ think there are probably still victims out there _ think there are probably still victims out there that - think there are probably still victims out there that have i think there are probably still i victims out there that have not think there are probably still - victims out there that have not had the strength— victims out there that have not had the strength to _ victims out there that have not had the strength to come _ victims out there that have not had the strength to come forward. - victims out there that have not had the strength to come forward. do i victims out there that have not had the strength to come forward. do you think that sense _ the strength to come forward. do you think that sense of _ the strength to come forward. do you think that sense of being _ the strength to come forward. do you think that sense of being watched, i think that sense of being watched, being monitored at that time, do you think then that lasted for years? is that one of the reasons why you felt you couldn't come forward, didn't want to speak about this for so long? want to speak about this for so lona ? . ., want to speak about this for so lona ? , ., ., ., long? yes, the other thing that none of us have spoken _ long? yes, the other thing that none of us have spoken about _ long? yes, the other thing that none of us have spoken about yet, - long? yes, the other thing that none of us have spoken about yet, but i of us have spoken about yet, but certainly — of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for _ of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me _ of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me is _ of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me is a _ of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me is a big - of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me is a big issue, i of us have spoken about yet, but certainly for me is a big issue, is| certainly for me is a big issue, is feeling _ certainly for me is a big issue, is feeling ashamed _ certainly for me is a big issue, is feeling ashamed of— certainly for me is a big issue, is feeling ashamed of what - certainly for me is a big issue, is. feeling ashamed of what happened, feeling _ feeling ashamed of what happened, feeling guilty. — feeling ashamed of what happened, feeling guilty, feeling _ feeling ashamed of what happened, feeling guilty, feeling that- feeling ashamed of what happened, feeling guilty, feeling that this i feeling guilty, feeling that this was my— feeling guilty, feeling that this was my fault. _ feeling guilty, feeling that this was my fault, was _ feeling guilty, feeling that this was my fault, was my- feeling guilty, feeling that this was my fault, was my skirt i feeling guilty, feeling that thisj was my fault, was my skirt too short. — was my fault, was my skirt too short. was— was my fault, was my skirt too short. was my— was my fault, was my skirt too short, was my lip _ was my fault, was my skirt too short, was my lip gloss - was my fault, was my skirt too short, was my lip gloss to i was my fault, was my skirt too i short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i_ short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have — short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have spent _ short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have spent the _ short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have spent the last- short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have spent the last 35- short, was my lip gloss to glassy? and i have spent the last 35 years| and i have spent the last 35 years thinking _ and i have spent the last 35 years thinking that _ and i have spent the last 35 years thinking that was _ and i have spent the last 35 years thinking that was my _ and i have spent the last 35 years thinking that was my fault, - and i have spent the last 35 years thinking that was my fault, that i thinking that was my fault, that what _ thinking that was my fault, that what happened _ thinking that was my fault, that what happened was _ thinking that was my fault, that what happened was my- thinking that was my fault, that what happened was my fault, i thinking that was my fault, that i what happened was my fault, that i stayed _ what happened was my fault, that i stayed for— what happened was my fault, that i stayed for nearly— what happened was my fault, that i stayed for nearly five _ what happened was my fault, that i stayed for nearly five years, - what happened was my fault, that i stayed for nearly five years, that i stayed for nearly five years, that was my— stayed for nearly five years, that was my fault _ stayed for nearly five years, that was my fault i_ stayed for nearly five years, that was my fault. i was _ stayed for nearly five years, that was my fault. i was terrified i stayed for nearly five years, that was my fault. i was terrified to i was my fault. i was terrified to leave — was my fault. i was terrified to leave i— was my fault. i was terrified to leave i had _ was my fault. i was terrified to leave. i had threats _ was my fault. i was terrified to leave. i had threats made i was my fault. i was terrified to i leave. i had threats made against myself _ leave. i had threats made against myself and — leave. i had threats made against myself and my— leave. i had threats made against myself and my family _ leave. i had threats made against myself and my family if _ leave. i had threats made against myself and my family if i - leave. i had threats made against myself and my family if i were i leave. i had threats made against myself and my family if i were to| myself and my family if i were to leave _ myself and my family if i were to leave and — myself and my family if i were to leave and speak _ myself and my family if i were to leave and speak about _ myself and my family if i were to leave and speak about it. - myself and my family if i were to leave and speak about it. so, - myself and my family if i were to i leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took_ leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me — leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me a — leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me a great _ leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me a great deal— leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me a great deal of _

leave and speak about it. so, yeah, it took me a great deal of courage i it took me a great deal of courage to be _ it took me a great deal of courage to be able — it took me a great deal of courage to be able to _ it took me a great deal of courage to be able to even _ it took me a great deal of courage to be able to even voice _ it took me a great deal of courage to be able to even voice the - it took me a great deal of courage i to be able to even voice the words. and in_ to be able to even voice the words. and in situations _ to be able to even voice the words. and in situations like _ to be able to even voice the words. and in situations like this _ to be able to even voice the words. and in situations like this very - and in situations like this very often the perpetrator will take your power away, that is what happeneds, you feel powerless. was there ever a moment where you could try and, despite that, confront him? and if you did, what happened? i test despite that, confront him? and if you did, what happened? i lost my 'ob! you did, what happened? i lost my “oh! i said you did, what happened? i lost my job! i said no. _ you did, what happened? i lost my job! i said no, get— you did, what happened? i lost my job! i said no, get away— you did, what happened? i lost my job! i said no, get away from - you did, what happened? i lost my job! i said no, get away from me i you did, what happened? i lost my l job! i said no, get away from me and that was_ job! i said no, get away from me and that was it _ job! i said no, get away from me and that was it. that's what happens theta _ that was it. that's what happens there. ultimately i was glad about, i was _ there. ultimately i was glad about, twas lucky— there. ultimately i was glad about, i was lucky to get out. he there. ultimately i was glad about, i was lucky to get out.— i was lucky to get out. he said to me when i— i was lucky to get out. he said to me when i first _ i was lucky to get out. he said to me when i first worked _ i was lucky to get out. he said to me when i first worked with - i was lucky to get out. he said to me when i first worked with him | i was lucky to get out. he said to - me when i first worked with him that i was _ me when i first worked with him that iwas to— me when i first worked with him that i was to took— me when i first worked with him that i was to look upon _ me when i first worked with him that i was to look upon him _ me when i first worked with him that i was to look upon him as _ me when i first worked with him that i was to look upon him as a - me when i first worked with him that i was to look upon him as a father. i was to look upon him as a father figura _ i was to look upon him as a father figura and — i was to look upon him as a father figure. and that _ i was to look upon him as a father figure. and that he _ i was to look upon him as a father figure. and that he would - i was to look upon him as a father figure. and that he would protect| figure. and that he would protect me, figure. and that he would protect me. carefully. _ figure. and that he would protect me, carefully, look— figure. and that he would protect me, carefully, look after- figure. and that he would protect me, carefully, look after me, - figure. and that he would protect. me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment. _ me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment, so— me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment, so i— me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment, so i didn't _ me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment, so i didn't have - me, carefully, look after me, hence the apartment, so i didn't have to l the apartment, so i didn't have to travel— the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home — the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home late _ the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home late at _ the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home late at night. - the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home late at night. and - the apartment, so i didn't have to travel home late at night. and he| travel home late at night. and he asked _ travel home late at night. and he asked me — travel home late at night. and he asked me to— travel home late at night. and he asked me to call— travel home late at night. and he asked me to call him _ travel home late at night. and he asked me to call him papa - travel home late at night. and he asked me to call him papa wheni travel home late at night. and he . asked me to call him papa when we were on— asked me to call him papa when we were on our— asked me to call him papa when we were on our owrr~ _ asked me to call him papa when we were on our own. the _ asked me to call him papa when we were on our own. the abuse - asked me to call him papa when we i were on our own. the abuse started, and the _ were on our own. the abuse started, and the attacks — were on our own. the abuse started, and the attacks became _ were on our own. the abuse started, and the attacks became more - were on our own. the abuse started, i and the attacks became more regular. my response. — and the attacks became more regular. my response. time _ and the attacks became more regular. my response, time after— and the attacks became more regular. my response, time after time - and the attacks became more regular. my response, time after time after- my response, time after time after

time. _ my response, time after time after time. was — my response, time after time after time. was to— my response, time after time after time. was to say. _ my response, time after time after time, was to say, you _ my response, time after time after time, was to say, you can't - my response, time after time after time, was to say, you can't do - my response, time after time after| time, was to say, you can't do this, i time, was to say, you can't do this, i took— time, was to say, you can't do this, i took at _ time, was to say, you can't do this, i took at you — time, was to say, you can't do this, i took at you as _ time, was to say, you can't do this, i took at you as a _ time, was to say, you can't do this, i look at you as a father— time, was to say, you can't do this, i look at you as a father figure, - i look at you as a father figure, please — i look at you as a father figure, please don't _ i look at you as a father figure, please don't behave _ i look at you as a father figure, please don't behave in- i look at you as a father figure, please don't behave in this - i look at you as a father figure, - please don't behave in this manner. and please don't behave in this manner. ami to _ please don't behave in this manner. ami to some — please don't behave in this manner. and to some degree _ please don't behave in this manner. and to some degree in _ please don't behave in this manner. and to some degree in certain- and to some degree in certain circumstances _ and to some degree in certain circumstances that— and to some degree in certain circumstances that work. - and to some degree in certain circumstances that work. in i and to some degree in certain- circumstances that work. in others, not so _ circumstances that work. in others, not so much — circumstances that work. in others, not so much irite— circumstances that work. in others, not so much-— not so much. we will give you all a break. not so much. we will give you all a break- we — not so much. we will give you all a break. we will— not so much. we will give you all a break. we will come _ not so much. we will give you all a break. we will come back - not so much. we will give you all a break. we will come back to - not so much. we will give you all a break. we will come back to you i not so much. we will give you all a break. we will come back to you in just a moment. if i can turn to dean armstrong, you are a barrister. and the women we have here the studio this morning had come forward before the documentary went out last week, but you have heard from others in the meantime over the last few days. what is happening legally now? well, we have heard from scores and scores, probably up to 200 people. they are coming to us to give their accounts. very similar accounts to the women's' accounts this morning. what is happening legally as we are building a claim, a worldwide acclaim, it's very important that i stress that there are individuals

who were affected by this in this country principally, but other countries as well, the usa, canada, to name but two, and we are building a worldwide claim. but our claim is very much centred around harrods. because the real issue, there was a monster, i called him a monster last week and i stand by that remark, but there was a whole system to facilitate this. he wasn't installing cameras for these purposes on his own. he wasn't removing keys on his own. he wasn't creating this atmosphere of fear. he wasn't, for example, you talked about speaking up and things of that nature and how it has lasted with people, he would say, if you reveal this to anyone, we are after your family, wait know where your family lives. in orderfor that family, wait know where your family lives. in order for that thread to have any validity, which it did,

other people must have been involved. and so our legal claim, very much centres on the point that this was a process, this was a system in harrods. it was to facilitate the abuse that al—fayed indulged in. and it's really important, the key thing for me today is, first of all, the bravery of these women, the community that they are creating so that people can come forward and say, there was a process, i want to join that process. we have had a number of people who have said until the documentary, untilthe people who have said until the documentary, until the women have been public, which is wonderful, and i applaud and salute you all, until such times, i didn't have the courage to do that, but i do now. through that community we will get to the bottom of this widespread panoply of people who were involved

in this system, who created this system. in this system, who created this s stem. ,, ., i. . , system. ellie, i know you have been followin: system. ellie, i know you have been following this _ system. ellie, i know you have been following this investigation - following this investigation tremendously closely. i wonder at this point are you also hearing more women who are able to come forward? unfortunately, yeah. since the documentary was released last thursday, we have had dozens, to prop— thursday, we have had dozens, to prop billy — thursday, we have had dozens, to prop billy -- — thursday, we have had dozens, to prop billy —— to probably put a conservative estimate honour, women who have _ conservative estimate honour, women who have come forward with a similar stories— who have come forward with a similar stories to _ who have come forward with a similar stories to the ones we have heard today, _ stories to the ones we have heard today, as — stories to the ones we have heard today, as well as those who worked at harrods — today, as well as those who worked at harrods from 1985 to 2010, and i will give _ at harrods from 1985 to 2010, and i will give you those dates again, because — will give you those dates again, because that was such a long time that mohamed al fayed was the chairman, and we have been hearing test me _ chairman, and we have been hearing test me from women who have had this situation _ test me from women who have had this situation and _ test me from women who have had this situation and people who worked with them _ situation and people who worked with them -- _ situation and people who worked with them. —— testimony. what is really striking _ them. —— testimony. what is really striking is— them. —— testimony. what is really striking is the stories are so similar— striking is the stories are so similar to _ striking is the stories are so similar to all of this. it is busily worth— similar to all of this. it is busily worth mentioning that harrods came under— worth mentioning that harrods came under new— worth mentioning that harrods came under new ownership in 2010. they say that— under new ownership in 2010. they say that it — under new ownership in 2010. they

say that it is — under new ownership in 2010. they say that it is very much a different place _ say that it is very much a different place to— say that it is very much a different place to work now. they have said, as i mentioned in my report earlier, they are _ as i mentioned in my report earlier, they are appalled by what happened, they are appalled by what happened, they say— they are appalled by what happened, they say they understand that they failed _ they say they understand that they failed victims in all of this. that they— failed victims in all of this. that they seek— failed victims in all of this. that they seek to redress the balance in all of— they seek to redress the balance in all of this — they seek to redress the balance in all of this. they have said they have _ all of this. they have said they have launched a compensation scheme for anybody _ have launched a compensation scheme for anybody who feels that they were a victim _ for anybody who feels that they were a victim to _ for anybody who feels that they were a victim to mohamed al fayed to come forward _ a victim to mohamed al fayed to come forward and _ a victim to mohamed al fayed to come forward and talk to them, but they do have _ forward and talk to them, but they do have different working processes in place _ do have different working processes in place. but there are other unanswered questions. so, for ekample. _ unanswered questions. so, for ekample. i_ unanswered questions. so, for example, i talked to another woman who was— example, i talked to another woman who was not in the documentary the other— who was not in the documentary the other day, _ who was not in the documentary the other day, he says that she felt she was collusion. there was somebody in harrods— was collusion. there was somebody in harrods who _ was collusion. there was somebody in harrods who she felt cherry picked her and _ harrods who she felt cherry picked her and put on the line of fire, if you like. — her and put on the line of fire, if you like. for— her and put on the line of fire, if you like, for mohamed al fayed. and when _ you like, for mohamed al fayed. and when she _ you like, for mohamed al fayed. and when she complained about his inappropriate behaviour, she felt she wasn't— inappropriate behaviour, she felt she wasn't listening to. she claims one of— she wasn't listening to. she claims one of the — she wasn't listening to. she claims one of the people she spoke to still works— one of the people she spoke to still works at— one of the people she spoke to still works at harrods. i have put that to

harrods _ works at harrods. i have put that to harrods. they say is part of an internal— harrods. they say is part of an internal review there have been undergoing since 2023, they are investigating whether any current staff were involved in any of these allegations. they have not told us whether— allegations. they have not told us whether anyone has faced any —— any action— whether anyone has faced any —— any action because of that internal review— action because of that internal review is— action because of that internal review is or how long it will take. let's _ review is or how long it will take. let's come — review is or how long it will take. let's come back to all of you as survivors and give you the last word in this section of the programme. we have had so many scandals, globally, over the past few years, haven't we? you don't need me to mention the names that have hit the headlines in the uk, america, where women have been treated so badly. when you heard those names, that are out there, but you know there is another name and another story that has not really been out there, what has that been like to live with? i really been out there, what has that been like to live with?— been like to live with? i think it is one of those _ been like to live with? i think it is one of those things - been like to live with? i think it is one of those things where i been like to live with? i think it| is one of those things where you just hope that it will eventually come to the surface, which, you know, it has been now bubbling away. but it has been such a long time

that i had almost given up hope that anyone was going to actually find out anything, really, anyone was going to actually find outanything, really, because anyone was going to actually find out anything, really, because he was so successful at covering his tracks and he was so successful at putting people in front of him that he could hide behind, that basically enabled their behaviour to continue for so long unchecked. and the people that should have stepped in, that that should have stepped in, that that should have stepped in, that that should have been the checks and balances along the way, warrant. and so one of the things we hear is, why didn't you come forward earlier, why didn't you come forward earlier, why didn't these women speak up at the time, it is all very well now? i feel like saying, where are they going to go, who are they going to speak to you? this man was a litigious billionaire and if you are a 20—something girl earning 20,000 a year, who is going to go against him? nobody. so these people really, we, had nowhere to go. and it's

really, really heart—warming for us now to see that people are believing stories and listening, and more and more women are feeling confident to tell their story. d0 more women are feeling confident to tell their story-— tell their story. do you feel, gemma. — tell their story. do you feel, gemma, that _ tell their story. do you feel, gemma, that listening - tell their story. do you feel, gemma, that listening to i tell their story. do you feel, i gemma, that listening to those tell their story. do you feel, - gemma, that listening to those words there, do you feel like there might be, after this horror, there might be, after this horror, there might be some hope to come? yeah, i would like to think so. i would _ yeah, i would like to think so. i would like _ yeah, i would like to think so. i would like to _ yeah, i would like to think so. i would like to think _ yeah, i would like to think so. i would like to think that - yeah, i would like to think so. i would like to think that hr i would like to think that hr departments _ would like to think that hr departments around - would like to think that hr departments around the i would like to think that hr i departments around the world would like to think that hr - departments around the world are getting _ departments around the world are getting those _ departments around the world are getting those checks _ departments around the world are getting those checks in _ departments around the world are getting those checks in place. i. getting those checks in place. i mean _ getting those checks in place. i mean my— getting those checks in place. i mean my harrods _ getting those checks in place. i mean my harrods can't - getting those checks in place. i mean my harrods can't be i getting those checks in place. i mean my harrods can't be the i getting those checks in place. i- mean my harrods can't be the only place _ mean my harrods can't be the only place this— mean my harrods can't be the only place this has— mean my harrods can't be the only place this has happened _ mean my harrods can't be the only place this has happened to. - mean my harrods can't be the only place this has happened to. if- mean my harrods can't be the only place this has happened to. if theyj place this has happened to. if they should _ place this has happened to. if they should just — place this has happened to. if they should just stops _ place this has happened to. if they should just stops it _ place this has happened to. if they should just stops it happening i place this has happened to. if they should just stops it happening to l should just stops it happening to one person. _ should just stops it happening to one person. it— should just stops it happening to one person, it is— should just stops it happening to one person, it is a _ should just stops it happening to one person, it is a win, - should just stops it happening to one person, it is a win, isn't i should just stops it happening to one person, it is a win, isn't it? i one person, it is a win, isn't it? we shouldn't— one person, it is a win, isn't it? we shouldn't have _ one person, it is a win, isn't it? we shouldn't have to _ one person, it is a win, isn't it? we shouldn't have to be - one person, it is a win, isn't it? we shouldn't have to be sitting| one person, it is a win, isn't it? i we shouldn't have to be sitting here i’i l ht we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now _ we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now going _ we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now going over— we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now going over this _ we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now going over this story, i we shouldn't have to be sitting here right now going over this story, leti right now going over this story, let alone _ right now going over this story, let alone to _ right now going over this story, let alone to have _ right now going over this story, let alone to have had _ right now going over this story, let alone to have had gone _ right now going over this story, let alone to have had gone through i right now going over this story, let alone to have had gone through iti right now going over this story, let. alone to have had gone through it in the first— alone to have had gone through it in the first place — alone to have had gone through it in the first place-— the first place. lindsay, i saw you noddin: the first place. lindsay, i saw you nodding about — the first place. lindsay, i saw you nodding about the _ the first place. lindsay, i saw you nodding about the prospects i the first place. lindsay, i saw you nodding about the prospects for l the first place. lindsay, i saw youj nodding about the prospects for a change. that is what you want? yes. change. that is what you want? yes, they should — change. that is what you want? yes, they should be _ change. that is what you want? yes, they should be some _ change. that is what you want? yes, they should be some checks in place. particularly— they should be some checks in place. particularly for younger people in

the workplace because they don't know _ the workplace because they don't know where to go and how to manage this. know where to go and how to manage this there _ know where to go and how to manage this there is— know where to go and how to manage this. there is rent to pay and stuff — this. there is rent to pay and stuff we _ this. there is rent to pay and stuff. we could not have gone anywhere. so i think if they know that there — anywhere. so i think if they know that there is a route out of it or they— that there is a route out of it or they don't— that there is a route out of it or they don't have to go through it, that is— they don't have to go through it, that is a — they don't have to go through it, that is a good thing.— they don't have to go through it, that is a good thing. because the roblem that is a good thing. because the problem is. _ that is a good thing. because the problem is. l _ that is a good thing. because the problem is, i would _ that is a good thing. because the problem is, i would imagine, i that is a good thing. because the problem is, i would imagine, it's| problem is, iwould imagine, it's all very well simply saying to you, why didn't you speak earlier? the person that the centre of these, who is the victim of all of this, is the person who is able to speak up at the time. they are the person who needs protecting? yeah. jen, we said that you decided to waive your right to anonymity. you explained why you are doing that. having sat here for the last half an hour and told your story, ijust wonder what the last half an hour and told your story, i just wonder what that feels like, and also what your messages to anybody else who might be watching this morning who has a similar story to tell, but may be has told nobody and has not come forward? i to tell, but may be has told nobody and has not come forward? i mean, i would absolutely _ and has not come forward? i mean, i

would absolutely urge _ and has not come forward? i mean, i would absolutely urge anybody i and has not come forward? i mean, i would absolutely urge anybody now | would absolutely urge anybody now who is in any doubt about whether there will be supported and looked after and importantly, listen to, that will happen now. i urge anyone to come forward if they haven't already. and i think we can't hold mohamed al fayed to account because he is dead, but the one thing we can do now is be absolutely sure that people know the truth about this man. that he was not a gregarious charity giving clown. he was a dangerous sexual predator. thank you all so much for coming in and talking so honestly. we do not underestimate the challenge of doing that on the sofa on live television with the lights and the cameras and everything. but we really do appreciate you. and i know that people are watching will have learnt a lot from everything you said. yes, thank you jen, lindsay, katherine, nicole and gemma. and dean and ellie as well. so much we will keep across in the weeks and

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