good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today: after thes to try and prevent legal battles over life support ending up in court. the death toll rises in gaza after israeli air strikes. palestinian militants have fired dozens of rockets into israel overnight. liz truss promises to bring in a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative leadership race, but rishi sunak says the plan would do little to help most people.

thank you, nina warhurst and _ dual-fuel bill.servative leadership contest heads to scotland tonight — where candidates rishi sunak and liz truss will attend a hustings in perth. the event will give local tory members the chance to question the candidates on scottish issues — as well as other topics such as the cost of living. let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells. what do we expect? a big focus toniuht what do we expect? a big focus tonight will— what do we expect? a big focus tonight will be _ what do we expect? a big focus tonight will be what _ what do we expect? a big focus tonight will be what both - what do we expect? a big focus - tonight will be what both candidates are pledging to, in their words, try to take on the snp and nicola sturgeon and try to reduce support for independence in scotland and strengthen the union. the context of this as borisjohnson was not particularly popular in scotland, a number of scottish conservatives were among the first to publicly distance from him. he was not very active a

let's speak to our business correspondent nina warhurst, who is in salford. hello there.rt of the psychology? it is control and when _ part of the psychology? it 3 control and when people aren't feeling that when it comes to their finances, it is pretty rare to see a reversal like this in consumer behaviour. but after the last ten, 15 years, we have seen the percentage of transactions used by cash reduced that more than 50%. what has happened injuly alone, and 8% increase in the number of transactions where cash is used. year on year, compared to last year, it's gone up by 20%. the post office tell us the reason that is happening is because people need to see and hold their cash, to be in control of their budgets. they are budgeted not just month by month and week by week but day—to—day. they have reported incidents of people withdrawing the cash they need to the absolute penny and part of it they think of the reason for increases in july and august, is because more people are having holidays in the uk and they are notjust rigorously tapping away with the contactless card

good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and charlie stayt. our headlines today.vel, t—level and btec results this morning. thousands of students will be hoping anxiety turns to relief, after three years of disruption. we will be following those students as they get their grades and looking at all of their grades and looking at all of the different options and opportunities available to them. tributes have been paid to 87—year—old thomas o'halloran, as police issued cctv footage of a suspect they urgently wish to identify.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: after the death of archie battersbee calls for changes to try and prevent legal battles over life support ending up in court. the death toll rises in gaza after israeli air strikes. palestinian militants have fired dozens of rockets into israel overnight. liz truss promises to bring in a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative leadership race, but rishi sunak says the plan would do little to help most people. it wasn't quite as super saturday on the track for the home nations of the track for the home nations of the commonwealth games, but still, keely hodgkinson winning a great meal on night of athletics. temperatures are set to rise. we could see a heatwave once again in parts of england and wales this week. it's sunday 7th august. our main story — 12—year—old archie battersbee has died in hospital after weeks of legal battles over his care. his mother hollie dance said she was the proudest mum in the world. his life—sustaining treatm

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst.ts you've transformed from trash to treasure. �*money for nothing' presenter sarah moore will also give us some tips on where to find the best pre—loved items. we'll also bejoined by former england cricket captain, sir andrew strauss, as lord's turns �*red for ruth' in memory of his wife and in support of families who are facing the death of a parent. and we'rejoined from the edinburgh fringe by comedian maisie adam, whose show covers everything from weddings, to football and houseplants. as we've been hearing, thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland will be getting their a level and vocational results today, the first externally—assessed exams in three years. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has followed four students, who are all hoping today will kick—start their future plans. for these four friends, it's the end of exams and the beginning of new adventures. soon the wait for results will be over. and they will be heading off in different direction

good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: sir salman rushdie is said to be "talking and joking" again in hospital after being stabbed. a man's appeared in court charged with attempted murder. more disruption for rail passengers as major train operator, ava nti west coast, slashes its timetable because of staff shortages. warnings over the use of disposable barbecues after a weekend of wildfires across england, as the heatwave continues. good morning, today will be the last of the _ good morning, today will be the last of the very— good morning, today will be the last of the very hot days in this current heatwave — of the very hot days in this current heatwave. we have some showers and thunderstorms in the forecast on the north_ thunderstorms in the forecast on the north and _ thunderstorms in the forecast on the north and west and they will become more widespread over the next few days _ days. good days. - good morning, t good morning, he worst start for a manchester- united manager for more than 100 year

good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: sir salmany hot days in this current heatwave — of the very hot days in this current heatwave. we have some

nina warhurst has the latest from manchester piccadilly station.shifts and we don't know when this will end. let's look at the implications of your travelling. these are avanti services up and down the west coast. taking in glasgow, manchester, liverpool, london, and cities connected to them. there will be a limited temporary timetable which came into effect yesterday, running until further notice. what it means avante running for services out of london every hour, that's around one third of usual services. they weren't available for interview this morning but here's what they told us. it's because of the current industrial relations climate which has resulted they say in severe staff shortages in some grades and increase sickness levels and this is interesting. they say as well as the majority of drivers making themselves unavailable for overtime in a coordinated fashion and at short notice. essentially what they are saying is this is an official strike action and what avante drivers are saying is we are just working to what we were put on the rot

nina warhurst is in birmingham for us this morning. 10% inflation forjuly, the businesses this morningg we don�*t know, because they have been factoring in increased costs of importing stock, they are managing stock, tanker, lorries are more expensive, when they are talking to consumer, people who buy the stocks their foot fall is down. it peaked overjubilee weekend, it peaked over the commonwealth games but what their bayers are saying is, people on the street, people coming into shops and restaurants are saying they can�*t afford the treats any more and that has an. i pact on the growth of the economy. we know how we got here with inflation, it was because of the stop—start of the global economy, that pressure on those resources, petrol, of gas, of electricity and then the invasion of ukraine contributed to that and pushed up grocery prices on average families are looking at £10 more per week for their an incredible amount of money for some to absorb, the big question of course, joanna and you were touching on it there, is where we go from here, how we bring that inflation down, josi

our business correspondent nina warhurst has more details on those uk job figures.rage pay is growing faster than for 15 years but what is crucial at the moment, what everybody watching will have noticed, is inflation, which is above 9%, the predictions are it could go up to 13% and once you factor in how much more things cost it does not matter if you get a pay rise unless it is massive. on average we are all —3%, losing 3% of pay, the fastest rate since records began, the rate of that fall, which is across all sectors on average. but it is interesting what you said to your guest about the public average private sector wages grew in that period by 5.4%, 1.8% in the public sector, record—breaking, the biggest gap for 20 years. pay increases are coming for nurses and teachers, 4%, the basic of 4% and 5% depending on the grade for teachers, but workers in health and education are saying to look at where inflation isn't where it is heading, this is an insulting real terms pay cut so already we have seen industrial action on the railways, on buses, communication workers

our business correspondent nina warhurst says reversals like this are rare.up by 20%. the post office tell us the reason that is happening is because people need to see and hold their cash, to be in control of their budgets. they are budgeting notjust month by month and week by week but day—to—day. they have reported incidents of people withdrawing the cash they need for that day or a particular bill to the absolute penny and part of it they think of the reason for increases injuly and august, is because more people are having holidays in the uk and they are notjust rigorously tapping away with the contactless card but they need to know they have £300 to spend and it cannot be a penny more. it says a lot about how lots of people are feeling at the moment about their finances. they need the absolute control before they feel things are starting to run away. we have had some messages this morning from viewers who say this presents a real problem for lots of people. mark said, my preference has always been cash but it�*s getting harder to use it and he�*s right.