the health secretary matt hancock is herejust after 7:30.john mcdonnell, joins us at 8:10. as well as members of other parties. we have the green party, and ed davey from the lib dem is at 7:10am. and ian blackford from the snp. it is ten minutes past six. meanwhile, mps are due to debate the findings of the inquiry into the emergency response to the grenfell tower fire, when the report is officially published later. 72 people died in the disaster. the prime minister says the findings mean the world will finally hear the truth about the events. let's get more on this from breakfast‘s graham satchell, who's in kensington this morning. good morning to you. good morning. yes, the report is finally officially published this morning at ten o'clock. as you say, there was a link to the daily telegraph, so we know pretty much what's in it. it is a damning report. this is that the principal cause of the fire was the cladding, which didn't comply with regulations. it spread the fire very quickly up the side of the building to the top and then across a

the health sector that it matt hancock said he was seriously considering making vaccination is compulsoryin england but some in the medical profession one that could make parents suspicious. simon stephens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue but stops short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does pledge the nhs will make it easierfor parents to he does pledge the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed the commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. good morning. for parts of northern ireland and scotland it is a mainly dry weekend but for others more rain is any forecast. the focus today for the rain is southwest and southern counties of england, south wales and east anglia. mainly dry to the north of this but still some sharp showers, for northern and scotland particular. northern ireland and north—west england. wind is not as strong as recent days and temperatures reaching 16 celsius in the sunshine or 1

we're joined now by the health secretary, matt hancock.s new tool is about helping everybody, whether you have strong mental health or whether you've got a mild problem. or something more significant. to strengthen your mental health. the film about it is being narrated by prince william and prince harry. and the duchesses because they recognise how important it is that everybody positively thinks about their mental health, thinks about their mental health, thinks of it as an asset. i'm delighted this is going out today. i'm sure we will talk to you about that in a bit more detail. we have said this a lot, it's a big week for brexit. having conversations and today as well about trying to secure this deal. quite a few of those eu leaders are talking about the importance of compromise. where are you willing to compromise and where might be the shifting of the sand? i'm not going to go into details of the negotiation, i'm here to talk about improving britain's mental health and what we can all do to do that. clearly you've heard some of the n

the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsory could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. four major payments firms — including mastercard and visa — have pulled out of facebook‘s project to launch its own cryptocurrency. the scheme — called libra — has been strongly criticised by american regulators, who worry it could be used for money laundering. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. you are not alone and not looking cheery this afternoon. many parts of the southern coast and southern parts of the midlands and wales are really quite dark this afternoon. brighter skies further north. further winds there are shrink showers in but there is a chance of furth

in a speech, matt hancock apologised and said the nhs didn't do enough to help.lauren has become a case history for things ever wrong the nhs. andrea has come to london to meet the secretary of state for health. injune, changes to the 2016 junior medical contracts, including rest facilities and rostering, were finally agreed. how serious are you taking the suicide of doctors like my daughter lauren? i take the mental health of doctors incredibly seriously. the story of lauren really motivated me to do something about this. do you accept that understaffing has put more pressure onjunior doctors? yes, and i see it in hospitals. we're hiring more doctors, partly because of the pressures on them and i want to make sure that everybody who goes in to work as a doctor gets the support they need. also, people when they sign up to be a medical in the first place, they're signing up to work and give their working life to the care of others, and we need to care for them. i don't have anywhere to go to grieve for lauren, i cannot make a set beside a grave. but this house to

the health secretary matt hancock said he was seriously considering making vaccination compulsory for parents suspicious. simon stephens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue but stops short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does pledge the nhs will make it easierfor parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed the commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. scientists say that the speed at which people walk in their 40s can reveal a lot about how fast their brains are ageing. they've been studying a thousand people in new zealand from birth to the age of 45 — testing every aspect of their physical health. they found slower walkers' bodies were ageing more quickly —— and they had smaller brains. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina. for parts of northern ireland and scotland it is a mainly dry weekend but for others more rain is any forecast. the focus today for the rain is southwest and southern counties of england, south wales and east anglia. mainly dry to

the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryion warned that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. british and eu officials have begun a weekend of intensive discussions in brussels aimed at reaching a brexit deal. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier gave the green light yesterday for the talks to take place amid speculation that the two sides might be edging towards an agreement. detectives are continuing to explore possible motives for a knife attack on five people in the centre of manchester yesterday. three of the victims were treated for stab wounds following the incident at the arndale shopping centre. a ao—year—old man has been detained under the mental heal

the health secretary, matt hancock, said they have already taken strong action in this area, but theylosely and act on the evidence. my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to professorjacqueline blissett, a specialist in childhood eating behaviour at aston university. i think this report is absolutely vital. we are really struggling to tackle the problem of childhood obesity, and the report recommends a whole host of changes that we really need to make urgently. actually, the recommendation suggesting a ban on eating on public transport is just one of those. it might not be the easiest to implement, and it might make very small changes to people's habits, but that is the whole idea. we need to be changing our food environments so that it makes it easierfor all of us, notjust children, to make healthy choices. in the work that you are doing you say there are multiple factors that can influence whether someone will become obese. for one person a small change like reducing portion sizes might be enough to make the difference, for others it will require multiple changes. tell us more about the

the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryhat could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. the government is planning to change the law to reduce disruption to passengers when an airline goes into administration. the announcement, due in the queen's speech on monday, follows the collapse of monarch and thomas cook — which triggered huge repatriation operations. our business correspondent, katy prescott, has more. when thomas cook and monarch went under, the airline regulator, the civil aviation authority, had to cobble together aeroplanes from around the world to bring stranded holiday—makers home. even though many passengers were not covered by the industry's atol scheme, a decision was taken to

the health secretary matt hancock recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryession warn that that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges that there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated, and he's welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. scotland has become the first part of the uk to ban plastic cotton buds. the new regulations prohibit the manufacture and sale of the items, as part of measures to reduce damaging waste. david cowan reports. bathed in autumn sunshine, this east lothian beach looks beautiful. is that one there? but ugly pieces of plastic are scattered in the sand. let's have a look. six years ago, a charity called fidra noticed thousands of plastic stemmed cotton buds washed up along the coast. they‘ re not just unsightly, they've been found in the stomachs of fulmars and turtles.

the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryhat could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. to mark national album day — bbc radio 2 have revealed the list of the 21st century's biggest chart of the biggest albums of the 21st century. complied by the official charts company, the chart is based on physical sales, downloads and streams since the beginning of the century. i'll speak to radio 2's paul gambaccini in a moment and reveal what made the top five. but first, here's there rest of the top ten. # let go of your head. # and feel it now. # babylon. # i won't go. # i won't sleep. # and i can't breathe. # until you're resting here with me. # she give me love, love, love, lov

the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryland but some in the medical profession warned that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. let's bring you right up to date with the situation with turkey this morning. the united states has warned turkey that it's prepared to impose "crippling sanctions" if it continues to take military action against kurdish forces in northern syria. last night it was revealed that us troops had come underfire from turkish positions, but turkey has denied deliberately targeting american soldiers. turkey's invasion has been criticised and condemned but so far, the world is merely watching as conflict consumes northern syria. tens of thousands

i am joined by matt hancock, the health secretary.at prime ministerial, lots of jokes but didn't feel that prime ministerial, lots ofjokes but no new policies. was it a serious speech from a prime minister? yes, a very optimistic speech. typical burris, of course there were lots ofjokes and he tells them very well but there was also a thread and a story through it, which is once we get brexit done, we can get on to building all the things britain wants to see in helping people in all parts of the country to live their best life. whether that is on the health service, building 40 new hospitals over the next decade, or whether it is on schools and the police and transport, infrastructure— he set out that one nation vision very clearly. he also dealt with brexit because in order to get onto that, we have to get brexit done. that slogan has been everywhere this week, we have heard it many times but it is pretty simplistic, isn't it? it is notjust a matter of getting brexit done but how you do it and there are still many people, people i s

get over other domestic policies too, a point made clear this morning by the health secretary matt hancockrd this optimistic, positive agenda on delivering brexit with a deal and then there is one—nation, optimistic, positive domestic agenda. so, there's a clear choice. the problem with voting lib dem, ijust saw ed davey on your programme, the problem with voting lib dem is if you vote lib dem you're voting to putjeremy corbyn into downing street... the liberal democrats were telling us they're hoping for a couple of hundred mps. there is no chance of them getting a majority. a vote for the lib dems is a vote to put corbyn in downing street and more deadlock in this building here. as for labour, jeremy corbyn‘s message is he represents "real change" pledging to produce the most radical, transformative change" pledging to produce the most radical, tra nsformative manifesto this country has seen for many, many yea rs. this country has seen for many, many years. and already we are getting a flavour of some of those labour policies, including renationalisation of the railways, some of the majo

charlotte edwardes is a respected journalist, matt hancock said she was very trustworthy and at the very johnson and his relationship with the truth over many years. if you look at both sides, who would you actually really believe? we are in he said, she said situation so we do need an investigation. let's take that to its logical conclusion, how could you investigate this? it is he said, she said, although charlotte edwardes said he did it to another woman at the same time because the two women had a conversation about it afterwards and perhaps that woman needs to come forward? we need to find out who the other woman was and what she is likely to say about it, i don't think the whole matter can be dropped. in terms of boris johnson plasma provider relationship with women, does he respect women? i used to be his deputy in brussels and we were reporting on the eu together. he did not treat me with respect at all, i can safely say that. maybe he has changed over the yea rs ? that. maybe he has changed over the years? maybe has, he didn't respect any of his wives in the way he carried on wi

the health secretary matt hancock recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsory but some in the medical profession warn that that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges that there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated, and he's welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. the united states has warned turkey that it's prepared to impose "crippling sanctions" if it continues to take military action against kurdish forces in northern syria. last night, it was revealed that us troops had come underfire from turkish positions, but turkey has denied deliberately targeting american soldiers. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has the latest from washington. turkey's invasion has been criticised and condemned but so far, the world is merely watching as conflict consumes northern syria. tens of thous

the health secretary matt hancock recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsoryldren in england, but some in the medical profession worn but could make pa rents profession worn but could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for pa rents to get that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. japan is bracing itself for one of the strongest storms to hit the country in decades. typhoon hagibis is expected to make landfall near the capital tokyo at around 10am this morning with winds of up to 110 miles per hour. one man is already thought to have died after his car overturned in the gusty conditions. tens of thousands of homes are without power and residents in low—lying areas have been told to be ready to evacuate. we will g

government we will totally rebuild that hospital and thanks to the work of the health secretary, matt hancockbecause after 70 years of the existence of the nhs, 44 of them under the conservative government, it is time for is to say loud and clear, we are the party of the nhs. —— for us. i claim that title. i claim that title because it is our one nation conservatism that has delivered and will deliver the economic growth that makes those investments possible and it is we conservatives that will solve the problems of social injustice and end the injustice which means people have to sell their homes to pay for their old age. if you ask me how we're going to do it, p flit and grow the uk economy, i would tell you it is by raising the productivity of the whole of the uk, not with socialism, not with the dead instant realist plans borrowed from the revolutionaries of venezuela but by creating the economic platform of a dynamic free—market capitalism. yes! you heard that right. when did you last heard that right. when did you last hear actually neither talk about capitalism? we are the party of the

but matt hancock in 2019 stood with those families and said funding is not an issue and this will be you know. can you give us the basic line as to why what we have seen that is different to alfie's circumstances? it is not different. alfie has improved on medical cannabis. we ran an effective campaign and we were given a licence to be quiet and go away. i believe the law was changed, as far as away. i believe the law was changed, as farasi away. i believe the law was changed, as far as i can see now, as a pr stu nt as far as i can see now, as a pr stunt because it made people like me not have any airtime on the media any more. because the government have done nothing to help doctors and they have not released any guidance and they have not released any guidance to patients. all they have done is say it is now the clinicians' problem and that is not fairon clinicians' problem and that is not fair on clinicians because they cannot prescribe when nice is coming out with his guidance and the trusts will not allow them to do it. when it comes to the science of this, you say you have the

the health secretary matt hancock said they have already taken strong action in this area, but they willin a crash in northamptonshire in august. anne sacoolas, who's 42, and the wife of a us official, later flew home to the states. mr dunn's family wants her to return for questioning by the police, a demand supported by borisjohnson, who has raised it with mr trump. the prime minister will meet his irish counterpart leo varadkar today, in an attempt to find enough common ground to reach a brexit deal. borisjohnson will meet the taoiseach in the north west of england at lunchtime. the prospect of agreement seems remote as each side's plan has been rejected by the other, and the eu summit, where any deal would have to be signed off, is just a week away. rebekah vardy, the wife of footballerjamie vardy has instructed her lawyers to conduct a ‘forensic investigation' after she was accused of leaking stories to a tabloid newspaper by coleen rooney. fellow england teammate wayne rooney's wife, coleen caused a social media storm when she posted the allegations on twitter. she revealed that she

the health secretary at matt hancock has said it is wonderful news and they have agreed this deal.and i think now we have access to these drugs they will be less hospital admissions and ultimately i think we will save the nhs money through that so it will be better in a long run. ican so it will be better in a long run. i can only imagine the frustration that he felt for so long, campaigning, in the sure knowledge that there is a product that could tangibly affect your life just out of reach. yeah, it was really difficult to hear that there was a drug that would change my life and yet i couldn't have access. in some ways it would have been better not knowing so i could carry on. i was determined that we would get it and i still had hope we would get it and kept going for it. give us an idea of what everyday life is like for you in the meantime before this drug in terms of managing cystic fibrosis. i do an hour or two of treatment in the morning and then at night, tablets, physiotherapy and inhale nebulisers and i do a lot of exercise, sort of keep myself well asi exercise, sort of

the health secretary matt hancock said they have already taken strong action in this area, but they willort closely and act on the evidence. the prime minister will meet his irish counterpart leo varadkar today, in an attempt to find enough common ground to reach a brexit deal. borisjohnson will meet the taoiseach in the north west of england at lunchtime. the prospect of agreement seems remote as each side's plan has been rejected by the other, and the eu summit, where any deal would have to be signed off, is just a week away. president trump has said his officials will speak to the american woman who claimed diplomatic immunity and left the uk after she was involved in the death of a british motorcyclist. harry dunn was 19 when he was killed in a crash in northamptonshire in august. anne sacoolas, who's 42, and the wife of a us official, later flew home to the states. mr dunn's family wants her to return for questioning by the police, a demand supported by borisjohnson, who has raised it with mr trump. prince harry and the singer, ed sheeran havejoined forces to raise awareness about m