john maguire, bbc news, cumbria. — a free challenge which rewards competitors for exploring their town or city on foot or bicycle. the idea's to get people more active, and is currently being played in poole, weymouth, torbay, southwark and swindon. mike bushell has been to find out more. suddenly one day they appeared — nearly 200 grey boxes on lamp posts around swindon. ping. from a distance they might look like new parking metres, but when approached they make funny noises. fanfare. they're not parking metres or anything of the sort. no, these are part of the beat the street game. 175 boxes have been put around swindon, just like this, and other towns and cities around the uk, so we can get out there and explore more our urban environment. and tap our cards on here, make it light up, and score points. and onto the next one. these little boxes have helped this family settle into their new home in swindon. they now go exploring after work and school, making friends with the place and people. ping. we are new here, b

john maguire, bbc news, manchester. us much more information about the seafaring warriors' movements in the middle ages. the boat—like shape was found about half a meter was found about half a metre beneath a burial mound, using radar technology — excavation has been ruled out for the moment, though, because winter is coming. the vikings were known to bury their kings and chiefs aboard a boat hoisted onshore and left under a mound of earth. only three viking ships in good condition have been discovered in norway. now we are going to head to the house of commons and hear the start of that urgent question, there is a statement following on from the report about bullying and behaviour within the houses of parliament. what the house might ultimately decide, ifirmly believe what the house might ultimately decide, i firmly believe that the only possible way to resolve this matter is the establishment of a body which is both entirely independent of and external to parliament to hear and adjudicate upon all allegations of bully

breakfast‘s john maguire went to meet them.oks at its very best. and it's this landscape, the soil, the plants, and the animals, where david and bekka corrie—close have chosen to live and to farm. finally getting this was installed so we have water in every field. it will make a massive difference to the farm. they are not from a farming family and neither went to agricultural college. this is their dream. not a fairytale one though. and they are determined to make it a reality. so our family initially, when we decided that we were going to live off grid in a yurt and start buying animals and start farming, they thought we were absolutely nuts, didn't they? well, they were supportive, but they probably thought it would last five minutes. but it didn't last five minutes. and we are incredibly stubborn, determined people. after five years learning the ropes, they have taken on a national trust tenancy. both parties are adamant that land end farm must be nature friendly. we want to make sure that there is a viable business for the

john maguire reports.was just 16 years old when he was knocked off his moped by a hit—and—run driver in north london two years ago. they just left my son. they basically got out of the car and ran, and didn't even go out and hold his hand, sit with him, theyjust ran. theyjust ran and left him there to die. nine days after the collision, alfie died in hospital. the driver pleaded guilty to careless driving and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. dangerous driving is what he should have been charged with and he should have got a lot longer sentence, but he didn't. i think it would've made a bit of difference to me, obviously, not my heartache, because that's never going to go away. but i would have felt something was... justice was done, something was done for my son, for him having his life taken like that. 27 of the 44 police forces in england and wales responded to a freedom of information request from the bbc. the figures show the number of times a driver or rider failed to stop after a collision rose

john maguire, bbc news, at the somme battlefield. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willets. the weather dominic king. —— dominating. it has been, particularly hurricane michael a phenomenally strong storm, one of the most powerful to hit the us mainland, almost category five and it is ripping through the south—east, moving through georgia and into the carolinas and there is and into the carolinas and there is a concern of more flash flooding, following on from florence. on to oui’ following on from florence. on to our shores and this is the start of storm callum, nothing in comparison to michael but it will bring wet and windy weather. it will develop through this evening and overnight and it has prompted the met office toissue and it has prompted the met office to issue an amber warning for the rain, particularly for south wales. it will be a main event for most of us it will be a main event for most of us and there it ain't splashed or two ahead of it, sharon was in the north—east of scotland and rain behind it —— showers. between there is some sunshi

john maguire, bbc news, at the somme battlefield. time for a look at the weather. particularly hurricane michael a phenomenally strong storm, one of the most powerful to hit the us mainland, almost category five and it is ripping through the south—east, moving through georgia and into the carolinas and there is and into the carolinas and there is a concern of more flash flooding, following on from florence. on to our shores and this is the start of storm callum, nothing in comparison to michael but it will

john maguire, bbc news, manchester.esleyjudd and peter duncan. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. five teenagers who were said to be on a mission "to do violence" have been jailed for fatally stabbing a man in an unprovoked attack. daniel frederick, a stranger to his killers was knifed repeatedly by the group just yards from his home in hackney. three teenagers were convicted of murder while another two were found guilty of manslaughter. an online fundraising platform has announced it will scrap fees for campaigns set up in response to major incidents and distasters. it's following criticism from the mp for bermondsey, neil coyle, who claimed justgiving had profited from £5000,000 of public donations, including money raised for grenfell tower residents and victims of the london bridge attack. the university of reading is backing a project to help save the declining bee population which experts say is threatening hundreds of billions of pou

john maguire, bbc news, manchester.tour in australia. they visited the governor general. prince harry thanked the australians for their warm welcome. thank you for the incredibly warm welcome. we generally couldn't think of a better place to announce the upcoming baby. be ita place to announce the upcoming baby. be it a boy, or girl. thank you very, very much. they also visited syd ney‘s very, very much. they also visited sydney's famous opera house. 0ur correspondence was there. day one of a16 correspondence was there. day one of a 16 day tour. they've already got suitcases worth of gifts for the nursery. stuffed animals, boots, and flowers a nd nursery. stuffed animals, boots, and flowers and cards handed out when they did a walkabout, here in australia. they were over there earlier today. hundreds of people queued for hours wanting to see them. everyone was asking about the baby and wanted to see if there was a bump or not. some people werejust keen to give congratulations. the young royals are genuinely popular here

john maguire, bbc news, cumbria. that's an interesting project and some stunning scenery.o look at the papers. we are joined by tim walker. good morning again. you've picked out a variety of stories in the papers. i think this will get people talking. an mp insists his second job as a doctor won't interfere with his duties. the issue here is, is being a mpa full—timejob or not? are the issue here is, is being a mpa full—time job or not? are we voting for someone who's going to freelance, part—time as well? the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich has pulled in extra money by putting in 28 hours a week in a hospital, on top of his mp time, at £77,000? there has been some disquiet about it. people say he's learning what it's like in a hospital and it informs his knowledge of the health service, but i wonder if he's got the stamina. it's an awkward subject for the telegraph, they pay borisjohnson £270,000 a year to write a column the paper. when an mp's salary is 77,000, and they are getting more elsewhere, where are your loyalties? there are two ends of this story, some

john maguire reports. a gentle giant, but alfie 0'keefe—hedges was just 16 years old when he was knocked off his moped by a hit—and—run driver in north london two years ago. they just left my son. they basically got out of the car and ran, and didn't even go out and hold his hand, sit with him, theyjust ran. theyjust ran and left him there to die. nine days after the collision, alfie died in hospital. the driver pleaded guilty to careless driving and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. dangerous driving is what he should have been charged with and he should have got a lot longer sentence but he didn't. i think it would've made a bit of difference to me, obviously not my heartache, because that's never going to go away. but i would have felt something was... justice was done, something was done for my son, for him to have his life taken like that. 27 of the 44 police forces in england and wales responded to a freedom of information request from the bbc. the figures show the number of times a driver or rid

breakfast‘s john maguire reports from norfolk. robbed, we put it up here... off and we can't hold big events in here in the summer. it's too much work. there's only a few of us to do the work, to clean... so wings just don't get done i'm afraid. their waste, especially their urine, is no respect of faith, history or culture. all species of bat in the uk are protected by law, so in churches, as elsewhere, people have to learn how to live with them. this is by far the principle species here, the sopranos purpose—build, almost identical, just a slightly pinker phase but the soprano picker stroll is a much smellier bat. when you get large numbers, they can create issues with smell. ecologists have come up with a plan, to encourage the bats into a corner of the church where the damagejustice brett kava naugh the church where the damagejustice brett kavanaugh i is the. how do you persuade them to the other side of the church? that's it, so the idea is rather bleak to use ultrasound —— where the damage can be contained. not all churches will need such a high—tech so

the bbc‘s john maguire went with him...the idea that we're standing on the soil that these men are actually in, you know, when i've dealt with it for so long, thinking about this, and the idea in some way of bringing them back from here, in a small way, it's so positive. it could easily — people could think it's morbid, but it's not. back home in somerset, rob heard creates each and every shroud by hand, matching them to name of the official record of those missing in the somme. he came up with the idea after a car crash, after seeing images of the dead and wounded returning from afghanistan. you ask the question why, why are you doing this, self funding? and it's always been a struggle. but, like this, you really do understand. you really do understand, deep down, what the point of this was. and these are just small figures. it's nothing like the real thing, obviously. but i think, once you do this, you do understand what all that effort and all that time and those years was for. next month, there will be 72,396, the numbe