but you stepping into the boots of david dimbleby but you stepping into the boots of david dimble by dimbleby who has done an incrediblejob foryears. he is something of a national treasure, fiow something of a national treasure, now 80, and gradually winding down. i think next month, september 13, that will be his final question time. but she has quite a job on their hands. you are right. dimbles, a sea of often called, he is a national treasure. a lot of it which union for him. —— as he is often called. —— a lot of people tune in for him. he has that status. i'm delighted that there is a woman presenting it. there is a female editor at the moment as well. that isa editor at the moment as well. that is a double whammy and that is great. i would like to see more shakeups. i think a lot of politicians over the years, it is not that dedan kimathi lets them get away with it, but theyjust not that dedan kimathi lets them get away with it, but they just at the same soundbite red over again. —— david dimbleby. the audience has become aggressive and this is a sign of the times. is that notju

david dimbleby had said on air that aaron banks was going to be on next thursday's programme but thebbc said in a statement that: well, let's talk about the interview which did take place withjohn neil, the editor of the andrew marr show, why did you decide to interview aaron banks last sunday? aaron banks made the single biggest donation in british political history to the unofficial leave campaign, and on tuesday, the electoral commission published a six page document which set out questions that it still thinks needs answering about where the money came from aaron banks passed on to leave.eu, and then on thursday, the national crime agency announced they were undertaking a criminal investigation into these details, so on sunday there was a clear public interest in doing that interview, and it is a news story and we're a news programme and it's an obvious interview for us to want to do. of course this was after we knew he was under investigation by the national security agency, who look into serious and organised crime, is it right for the bbc to have decided to interview him under

as the tide swept in at folkestone beach he spoke to david dimbleby about this project. me to do it i thought we associate the beaches with the second world war, obviously because of dunkirk you think of nolan film recently, but actually of course in the first world war everybody left from the beaches and harbours, because there was no plane transport of any significance then so transport of any significance then so this would have been their last title of home. and for many of them of course it was the last sight of home. i thought what a wonderful way to reconnect with them. we make a temporary portrait which is a reminder of your own and their mortality, but it is also the way a community can gather in a public space that does not have the associations that the cenotaph as of solemnity, and we can come here and celebrate in a way, or as we did this morning, observed in, there was a wonderful silence with just the noise of the tide beginning to pull in and cover the portrait. that is being repeated in other beaches. we can see them all but who were the people you chose

at 10 o'clock this morning, here on bbc one, david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley will bring youe sunday commemorations. time now for the rest of the morning's news with chris. good morning to you. more bodies have been found in california as the state continues to battle the latest wildfires. the death toll now stands at 25 with the town of paradise almost completely destroyed. officials say the blaze is the state's most destructive in history, although some evacuation orders have been lifted, allowing people to return to their homes. peter bowes has the latest from los angeles. the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. this is all that remains of paradise, a quiet retirement community to the north of sacramento. thousands and thousands of homes reduced to rubble. the brits are strewn with burned—out vehicles were some people were ove 1120 m e vehicles were some people were ove rco m e by vehicles were some people were overcome by the flames trying to escape. others made it but only just. 0h! escape. others made it but only just. oh! oh my god! are my god! —— oh my god! iams

david dimbleby had said on air that arron banks was going to be on next thursday's programme but the— made the single biggest donation in british political history to the unofficial leave campaign, leave. eu and on tuesday, the electoral commission published a 6—page document which set out questions that it still thinks needs answering about where the money came from aeron banks passed on to leave.eu, and then on thursday, the national crime agency announced they were undertaking a criminal investigation into these details, so on sunday there was a clear public interest in doing that interview, and it is a news story and we're a news programme and it's an obvious interview for us to want to do. of course, this was after we knew he was under investigation by the national crime agency, who look into serious and organised crime. is it right for the bbc to have decided to interview him under those circumstances? i can see why people are concerned about this. i mean, absolutely i think it is. so, first of all if we deal with the legal side of it, so arron banks has denied any wrongdoing a

i mean there was in the receipt in the even david dimbleby didn't say anything even to say this was regis elias and smith has gone on for the last two and a half he is quite interesting that you know i mean remember ajah queues of saying it was a zionist complete loan but it went around the world globally the simple fact is until jeremy coleman came lida he's forty five years important nearly i live nine hundred forty five you have nearly forty is involved and no one ever suggested that jeremy was anti semitic any more than anyone did about me he calls we've campaigned or had on a spit tolerance we've oppose racism sexism and he semitism i mean when i was accused me and i said to journey in my is a smear anti semitic incidents in london were cut by half on the boris johnson they doubled want it was about why that was but these lies go on and on i mean it's like i say it's not just us i mean back in one nine hundred thirty three when president roosevelt introduced benefit. the unemployed the right wing press are saying it's the first step to communism and the nine hundred forty five electi

david dimbleby: and still the march past does on.by trafalgar square, nearly, and then come down to where the princess royal ta kes then come down to where the princess royal takes the salute. now, as far asi royal takes the salute. now, as far as i know, and we don't know for certain, i don't think the civilians are going to have the same recognition of a royal salute from the princess royal at the end. i think once the veterans have gone past, she will be leased from her position on the podium there. here on whitehall, the military contingent is now marching off. the royal marine band in the background there. and the infantry. the royal navy goes past. saluting the cenotaph as they go. and this site in this sunshine has been really powerful and impressive today, the two minute's silence, everybody down here has remarked how extraordinary it is when a whole city just for and falls silent for those two minutes. dan snow is on horse guards parade we canjoin him for a moment and then we will be back here in the studio. i've got two rem

current host david dimbleby will leave the show in december after 2a years.atures have reached a record high in the past year. a major source of carbon dioxide is power stations that burn coal. they account for one—third of all greenhouse gases produced worldwide, and environmental groups say chinese companies are building dozens more of these plants. one of the latest is in serbia and our science editor is there. 0ne one of the big concerns among climate scientists is the amount of coal that is burned around the world. that is what is happening at this power station in serbia, the coal is burned to produce water to produce steam is to drive turbines to generate electricity. in many countries around the world coal is an important means of generating power but hear of the problem. look at the top of the chimney. a great plume of smoke emerging, a lot of polish and you can see and carbon dioxide you cannot see that hangs around in the air and warms the atmosphere. in serbia they want to expand this place, just as britain and other countries are moving away from

and tomorrow, david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley present live coverage of the service of remembrance have been evacuated as two wildfires continue to burn out of control in california. five of those killed were found in their cars in butte county, where the town of paradise has been devastated by the flames. further south, the city of thousand oaks, where a mass shooting claimed the lives of 12 people on wednesday, has also been affected. conservative mp jo johnson is being both praised and criticised by members of his own party after quitting as transport minister over the government's brexit plans. mrjohnson, whose brother boris also resigned from his cabinet post this year, said theresa may's proposals are a terrible mistake, and called for another referendum. downing street's ruled out another vote. thousands of plug—in hybrid cars bought with government grants are burning as much fuel as regular cars, according to new research shown to the bbc. data shows that many drivers never charge their vehicles and rely instead on their petrol or diesel engines. subsidies for new plug—ins

and tomorrow david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley present live coverage of the service of remembranceave been killed and more than 250,000 have been evacuated from their homes, as three wildfires continue to burn out of control in california. five of those killed were found in their cars in butte county, where the town of paradise has been devastated by the flames. further south, the city of thousand oaks, where a mass shooting claimed the lives of 12 people on wednesday, has also been affected. james cook sent this report from northern california. the devastation here in paradise is almost complete. houses for block after block have been destroyed. it is actually quite difficult to identify a lot of the debris that is lying around, such was the intense ferocity of this believes. power ca bles ferocity of this believes. power cables and trees are both down. still smouldering as well. we have seen a few emergency still smouldering as well. we have seen a few emergency workers here and police have liked through the rubble, checking, soon, we expect search teams to come through and see i

and tomorrow david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley present live coverage of the service of remembrancere than 250,000 have been evacuated from their homes, as three wildfires continue to burn out of control in california. five of those killed were found in their cars in butte county, where the town of paradise has been devastated by the flames. further south, the city of thousand oaks, where a mass shooting claimed the lives of 12 people on wednesday, has also been affected. at least seven people are now known to have died as a result of flash—flooding in jordan. rescue teams and helicopters are searching for five others whose car was swept away following heavy downpours. nearly 4,000 tourists have been evacuated from the ancient city of petra. it comes just two weeks after 21 people — most of them children — drowned in a flood in the dead sea area. the conservative mp jo johnson is being both praised and criticised by members of his own party after quitting as transport minister over the government's brexit plans. mrjohnson, whose brother boris also resigned from his cabinet post this

current host david dimbleby will leave the show in december after 24 years.tall smart energy meters, according to a report from the national audit office. every home in britain is supposed to have a smart meter by 2020. they allow readings to be made remotely and are supposed to help customers save money and energy. michael kell from the national audit office explained why the governnment would miss the deadline. i think there are two reasons for that, really. the first and probably most important is that when the government was deciding what kind of smart meter system to adopt for the country, they went for a technically more complicated system. they underestimated to the complexity and that means the roll—out has taken longer than they expected. the other reason is that consumers have not been as enthusiastic in adopting smart meters as the government hoped they would be. and also you have these first—generation smart meters and second—generation smart meters and there is an issue there, isn't there? tell us about what happens if a consumer, a customer, has