:00:00. > :00:07.South Korea says it's seen signs that the North is preparing
:00:08. > :00:09.more missile launches, after it tested a nuclear
:00:10. > :00:16.The south says in response, it's strengthening its defence systems -
:00:17. > :00:21.and has carried out live-fire exercises.
:00:22. > :00:24.President Trump tells North Korea any threat will be met
:00:25. > :00:27.with a massive response - and the US is ready to use
:00:28. > :00:39.We'll be live in Seoul for the latest.
:00:40. > :00:43.We will look at what the world's options are to stop the nuclear
:00:44. > :00:44.crisis spiralling out of control. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:00:45. > :00:48.are expecting their third child; the Duchess has pulled out
:00:49. > :01:01.of an engagment this afternoon Sorry to bother you, how do you feel
:01:02. > :01:05.about the news that you will be an Anglican? Fantastic. How is your
:01:06. > :01:11.sister-in-law doing? I have not seen her in a while but I think she is
:01:12. > :01:13.doing OK. -- that you will be an uncle again.
:01:14. > :01:15.McDonald's is hit by its first ever strike in the UK,
:01:16. > :01:19.The company says those who've walked out are a tiny
:01:20. > :01:22.And, the Queen opens the new Queensferry Crossing -
:01:23. > :01:29.53 years to the day since she opened the neighbouring Forth Road Bridge.
:01:30. > :01:36.Coming up in the sport, eight months after a man attacked her with a
:01:37. > :01:37.knife in her home, Petra Kvitova is through to the quarterfinals of the
:01:38. > :01:56.US Open. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:57. > :02:00.to the BBC News at One. South Korea says it has seen
:02:01. > :02:04.indications that the North is preparing more missile launches,
:02:05. > :02:05.possibly an intercontinental The South has carried out
:02:06. > :02:11.live-fire exercises, and says it is strengthening
:02:12. > :02:14.its missile defence system. The escalation follows North Korea's
:02:15. > :02:17.testing of a hydrogen nuclear bomb at the weekend,
:02:18. > :02:19.which it announced can fit The US has warned that any threat
:02:20. > :02:25.to itself or its allies will be met Our correspondent Robin
:02:26. > :02:41.Brant is in Seoul. The events of the last 36 hours have
:02:42. > :02:45.been dramatic. For many people living here it is the latest
:02:46. > :02:48.instalment in a decades-old confrontation with their neighbours
:02:49. > :02:52.in the north. They have grown used to it. What they've not got used to
:02:53. > :02:55.is signs of division with the US, their great allies.
:02:56. > :02:56.After the North's nuclear explosion Underground,
:02:57. > :03:01.A series of missile launchers aboveground.
:03:02. > :03:04.From land and from the air, South Korea's Armed Forces carried
:03:05. > :03:10.It was designed to replicate an attack on North Korea's
:03:11. > :03:15.This was how North Koreans heard about the perfect success
:03:16. > :03:25.that was their nation's six nuclear missile test on Sunday.
:03:26. > :03:28.It was more powerful than any before, and came with claims that
:03:29. > :03:31.Kim Jong-Un now has the ability to order a nuclear strike
:03:32. > :03:35.Fresh from briefing the president of the United States,
:03:36. > :03:39.America's Defence Secretary gave this very stark warning.
:03:40. > :03:41.Any threat to the United States or territories, including Guam,
:03:42. > :03:44.or our allies, will be met with a massive military
:03:45. > :03:55.response, a response both effective and overwhelming.
:03:56. > :03:57.In the aftermath of this latest nuclear test,
:03:58. > :03:59.one of the most troubling thing is the amount is evidence
:04:00. > :04:02.of a split between South Korea and the United States.
:04:03. > :04:06.But it came from, you guessed it, a Tweet.
:04:07. > :04:08.President Trump has attacked not just the north,
:04:09. > :04:12.but also his counterpart in the south, an ally.
:04:13. > :04:17.He criticised what he called South Korea's appeasement.
:04:18. > :04:19.Calling out your ally is not business as usual,
:04:20. > :04:22.but as things undoubtedly heat up here in Seoul, South Korea,
:04:23. > :04:24.something it is their president who has the right approach
:04:25. > :04:30.TRANSLATION: It's our country's business.
:04:31. > :04:39.I hope President Trump will refrain from making comments like that.
:04:40. > :04:41.This man said, about the appeasement, I think we need two
:04:42. > :04:46.tracks, sanctions and dialogue at the same time.
:04:47. > :04:49.The views of this man are very important, China's president,
:04:50. > :05:06.He had a summit of world leaders upset by the nuclear test.
:05:07. > :05:08.He and Russia's President Putin have promised to deal appropriately
:05:09. > :05:12.As the US reminds the world that nuclear weapons are an option here,
:05:13. > :05:15.the focus once again at an emergency UN meeting will be on sanctions,
:05:16. > :05:19.The talk now, though, in South Korea, is of beefing up
:05:20. > :05:23.With new evidence the North may launch another missile test soon,
:05:24. > :05:25.the signs are this is becoming more about myself and meetings.
:05:26. > :05:27.Robin Brant, BBC News, Seoul, South Korea.
:05:28. > :05:35.It's clear now that this country's president is changing tack. He was
:05:36. > :05:39.elected a few months ago. Parking on a pledge to extend an olive branch
:05:40. > :05:43.to the north, trying to get negotiations going again, but that
:05:44. > :05:46.is now in tatters. Now we have a potential plan of attack
:05:47. > :05:51.demonstrated this morning by that live missile drill. In the last few
:05:52. > :05:54.hours, evidence of what South Korea's defence plan would look
:05:55. > :05:59.like. They have confirmed they would fully deploy the US missile defence
:06:00. > :06:00.system in parts of this country. Thank you very much.
:06:01. > :06:03.Well, the UN Security Council will meet later today to discuss
:06:04. > :06:04.further sanctions against North Korea.
:06:05. > :06:06.And President Donald Trump has asked to be briefed
:06:07. > :06:09.on all available military options, according to his defence chief.
:06:10. > :06:11.Switzerland - with its long history of neutral diplomacy -
:06:12. > :06:23.Richard Galpin looks at what options are on the table.
:06:24. > :06:31.With North Korea now believed to have developed a hydrogen bomb, Kim
:06:32. > :06:34.Jong-Un could soon achieve his goal of possessing a credible nuclear
:06:35. > :06:40.arsenal capable of hitting the United States. It has left Donald
:06:41. > :06:44.Trump floundering. His threats of fire and fury failing to deter the
:06:45. > :06:52.North Korean regime from the course on which it is set. But he is still
:06:53. > :06:59.signalling a military response is president, you attack North Korea?
:07:00. > :07:03.Will sue. At the same time he has been lashing out at the Allies.
:07:04. > :07:08.Including South Korea. Accusing it of being too soft on its approach to
:07:09. > :07:13.the crisis. That could make today's meeting of the UN Security Council
:07:14. > :07:16.even more difficult. The aim of the discussion is to get agreement on
:07:17. > :07:21.imposing more sanctions. But already, Russia is warning against
:07:22. > :07:26.this, saying it could break the North Korean economy. Amid the
:07:27. > :07:31.fractured diplomacy, one thing all sides agree on is that China could
:07:32. > :07:36.play the key role in preventing this crisis from leading to a war. As
:07:37. > :07:42.North Korea's closest ally and trading partner, it has enormous
:07:43. > :07:46.leverage. By far the best option would be for President Trump to sit
:07:47. > :07:53.down with the Chinese president and work out how they will control this
:07:54. > :07:58.unruly regime and country. While China has cut some of its trade with
:07:59. > :08:06.North Korea, the United States and other world powers have been
:08:07. > :08:11.pressing Beijing to go much further. But today the Chinese Foreign
:08:12. > :08:17.Ministry spokesman announced its response to North Korea's nuclear
:08:18. > :08:23.test was to launch what it called Stern negotiations with North Korean
:08:24. > :08:28.diplomats. No surprise, then, that countries in the region like Japan
:08:29. > :08:31.and South Korea continue to prepare for the worst. Installing increasing
:08:32. > :08:37.numbers of defence systems to protect themselves from a North
:08:38. > :08:40.Korean missile strike. Attempts to defuse this crisis peacefully to
:08:41. > :08:42.continue. But the need for a breakthrough is becoming ever more
:08:43. > :08:47.urgent. Richard Galpin. BBC News. Our diplomatic correspondent
:08:48. > :08:57.James Landale is here. We heard some of the options there.
:08:58. > :09:03.What is realistic or achievable, do you think? The most likely option is
:09:04. > :09:06.some sort of toughening of sanctions. Some corporation by
:09:07. > :09:12.countries like South Korea and Japan. -- some corroboration. They
:09:13. > :09:16.seem to be there. But the problem is that missile defence systems can
:09:17. > :09:22.fail. And sanctions, the world does not speak in one voice on that.
:09:23. > :09:26.There are differences of opinion. If the US really wanted its way it
:09:27. > :09:31.would try to restrict the amount of oil that is pouring into North Korea
:09:32. > :09:34.from China. Naturally, the Chinese are very reluctant to go down this
:09:35. > :09:37.route, because they believe that would destabilise North Korea.
:09:38. > :09:44.Potentially bringing an end to the regime. It could involve refugees
:09:45. > :09:49.poring over the Chinese borders. They don't want to stabilise this.
:09:50. > :09:54.We have another UN meeting today. Yet people are talking about
:09:55. > :09:56.accelerating the pace of sanctions. The international community has
:09:57. > :10:00.imposed sanctions against North Korea since 2006 when it first did a
:10:01. > :10:02.nuclear test. It has not changed its behaviour as a result. Thanks very
:10:03. > :10:05.much. Kensington Palace has
:10:06. > :10:07.announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:10:08. > :10:09.are expecting their third child. The Queen and both families
:10:10. > :10:12.are said to be delighted. As with her previous two
:10:13. > :10:14.pregnancies, the Duchess is suffering from hyperemesis
:10:15. > :10:15.gravidarum, or severe morning sickness -
:10:16. > :10:17.and has cancelled an engagement Our Royal Correspondent
:10:18. > :10:36.Nicholas Witchell reports. The Duchess of Cambridge last week
:10:37. > :10:41.with her husband and Prince Harry. No hint of the announcement of a
:10:42. > :10:45.third baby. Kensington Palace was forced to disclose the pregnancy
:10:46. > :10:49.this morning because the Duchess had had the pull-out of a public
:10:50. > :10:52.engagement because of acute morning sickness. The condition she
:10:53. > :10:57.experienced for both of her previous pregnancies. She is now resting at
:10:58. > :10:59.Kensington Palace. According to the statement, the Queen, opening the
:11:00. > :11:03.Queensferry crossing near Edinburgh this morning, and other members of
:11:04. > :11:07.the Royal family are delighted with the news. The baby will be the
:11:08. > :11:13.Queen's six great grandchild and will be fifth in line of succession
:11:14. > :11:17.to the throne. It is more than four years now since the birth of Prince
:11:18. > :11:21.George in July 20 13. This is an important week for him, he is due to
:11:22. > :11:26.start at his new school in London, something his mother certainly will
:11:27. > :11:30.not want to miss. Their second child, Princess Charlotte, was born
:11:31. > :11:33.in May 20 15. She is fourth on the line of succession and she will
:11:34. > :11:41.retain that position even if the new baby is a boy. On a visit by -- on a
:11:42. > :11:45.visit to Poland, she joked about having another baby which was
:11:46. > :11:49.presented with a gift intended for a baby. It did not seem significant at
:11:50. > :11:51.the time. Today, the first response from within the royal family to the
:11:52. > :11:56.news she is expecting another child has come from Prince Harry, who is
:11:57. > :12:02.visiting Manchester. Fantastic, great, very happy for them. And how
:12:03. > :12:06.is your sister in law doing? I have not seen her in a while but I think
:12:07. > :12:11.she's OK. The news of a third child comes just as William is beginning
:12:12. > :12:16.full-time royal duties. Soon the team of four will become five.
:12:17. > :12:20.Kensington Palace has not said when the new baby is due, but it must be
:12:21. > :12:25.assumed it will be in February or March of next year.
:12:26. > :12:29.Downing Street says the Prime Minister is ready to increase the
:12:30. > :12:34.pace of Brexit negotiations, suggesting they should be continuous
:12:35. > :12:36.rather than for one week every month.
:12:37. > :12:38.Also this week, MPs begin debating the raft of legislation about
:12:39. > :12:39.withdrawing from the European Union. The bill, which is seen as a key
:12:40. > :12:42.plank of the government's Brexit policy, transfers EU law
:12:43. > :12:44.into UK legislation. Senior Cabinet figures
:12:45. > :12:46.have appealed for unity from Conservative MPs,
:12:47. > :12:47.while Labour is demanding Our Assistant Political Editor
:12:48. > :12:58.Norman Smith is at Westminster. The holiday is officially over, how
:12:59. > :13:02.big a week is this for the PM? Imagine you are facing a five
:13:03. > :13:07.Parkgate and you take a running jump to try and leap over the gate, and
:13:08. > :13:10.if successful you find there are a whole series of other five Parkgate
:13:11. > :13:14.you've got to the over. In parliamentary terms that is what the
:13:15. > :13:18.PM is facing as she seeks to push through a whole series of Brexit
:13:19. > :13:21.bills paving the way for our departure from the EU, starting this
:13:22. > :13:25.week with their withdrawal bill. In many ways it is a technical bill
:13:26. > :13:30.designed to bring into British law all the many thousands of pieces of
:13:31. > :13:35.EU legislation. The difficulty is how proponents are intent on using
:13:36. > :13:44.it to table a whole raft of critical amendments. -- is her opponents are
:13:45. > :13:46.intent. She could quite possibly be defeated on one of those. That could
:13:47. > :13:49.dent and unravel her approach to Brexit. It could unravel her
:13:50. > :13:53.authority. It will eat up valuable parliamentary time, time the PM
:13:54. > :13:58.simply does not have because she has the get this legislation through
:13:59. > :14:02.before our departure in March 2019, which, realistically means, that by
:14:03. > :14:08.the summer of next year that is the mother of all five bar gates. And
:14:09. > :14:13.perhaps a sign of growing nervousness in number ten about time
:14:14. > :14:20.slipping by, this lunchtime number ten saying, OK, they are ready now
:14:21. > :14:25.to step up the pace of negotiations with Brussels, because the clock is
:14:26. > :14:26.ticking, not just over there, but here at Westminster, too.
:14:27. > :14:29.Thanks very much. A rise in interest rates won't take
:14:30. > :14:32.place for more than a year. That's according to a majority
:14:33. > :14:34.of economists in a snapshot of expectations for key economic
:14:35. > :14:36.indicators conducted by the BBC. Most are also predicting that pay
:14:37. > :14:39.rises will continue to fall behind inflation until the spring of next
:14:40. > :14:42.year - continuing the renewed squeeze on the average
:14:43. > :14:44.earner's living standards. Our economics correspondent
:14:45. > :14:53.Andy Verity reports. What more at these economists been
:14:54. > :15:04.saying? There is uncertainty, when will
:15:05. > :15:09.inflation peak, when can we get back to a normal interest rate. So we
:15:10. > :15:13.asked for their opinions and as far as the peak of inflation, what
:15:14. > :15:17.they're saying is that will come soon. Some thing it has already
:15:18. > :15:26.come. Some say it should come in October 2017. That is next month and
:15:27. > :15:30.it will peak at 3%. We asked when pay rises would beat inflation. They
:15:31. > :15:35.have a lot in the last three or four years, but in the last few months
:15:36. > :15:40.there is a renewed squeeze on living standard. Then the next interest
:15:41. > :15:45.rate rise that the Bank of England will have to do has been anticipated
:15:46. > :15:49.for years, instead of going up. We went down to the lowest ever. A
:15:50. > :15:54.quarter of a percentage point. We have been on emergency rates for
:15:55. > :15:58.nine years. Some say it won't be until the back half of next year
:15:59. > :16:04.that we get an interest rise and some think it maybe 2019 or 2020. So
:16:05. > :16:07.their forecasts and they're only that, but they're saying the
:16:08. > :16:15.Our top story this lunchtime: longer. Thank you.
:16:16. > :16:17.With tensions rising, South Korea says it's seen signs
:16:18. > :16:28.a nuclear bomb at the weekend. missile launches, after it tested
:16:29. > :16:31.And coming up - we examine the financial hardships faced
:16:32. > :16:38.Coming up in sport on the BBC News Channel:
:16:39. > :16:41.England would be on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup
:16:42. > :16:57.Scotland, and Northern Ireland are all also in action.
:16:58. > :16:59.The Queen has officially opened the new Queensferry Crossing
:17:00. > :17:06.She unveilled a plaque on the bridge - 53 years to the day
:17:07. > :17:08.since she opened the neighbouring Forth Road Bridge.
:17:09. > :17:11.The Queen was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh -
:17:12. > :17:13.making his first official appearance alongside her since retiring
:17:14. > :17:24.Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon is there.
:17:25. > :17:33.Yes the weather is no respecter of those hoping to travel over this
:17:34. > :17:40.stretch of water. Today there was at times torrential rain, but the
:17:41. > :17:48.weather was better earlier when the Queen opened the new crossing, just
:17:49. > :17:55.as she did more than 50 years ago. Today it was turn of the queen as
:17:56. > :18:02.she arrived to open the new Queensferry crossing. Alongside her
:18:03. > :18:06.the Duke of Edinburgh. Hundreds of local children who have grown up
:18:07. > :18:11.watching as the bridge has stretched across the Forth were there to
:18:12. > :18:15.welcome them to Scotland's billion pound bridge. This is a bridge that
:18:16. > :18:19.celebrates the skills of hand and heart and mind. Many thousands of
:18:20. > :18:27.people were involved in the bridge's construction. A small group of the
:18:28. > :18:33.workers on hand as the Queen cut the ribbon. Then a short drive over to
:18:34. > :18:36.Fife, one a little quicker than the journey made by many when the
:18:37. > :18:41.crossing briefly opened to traffic last week and so many came to see it
:18:42. > :18:47.there were long delays. This was perhaps a reminder of an earlier
:18:48. > :18:53.visit by the Queen 53 years ago when in front of large crowds she opened
:18:54. > :18:59.its older neighbour, the Forth Road Bridge. The structure she said was
:19:00. > :19:05.like the two other bridges, all feats of engineering. The crossing
:19:06. > :19:11.joins it is iconic neighbours to create not only a breath-taking
:19:12. > :19:16.sight over the Firth of Forth, but to provide an important link for so
:19:17. > :19:20.many in this community and the surrounding areas. Those who live
:19:21. > :19:25.near by excited to be part of this special day. It was amazing seeing
:19:26. > :19:30.the queen and everything and all the bands. Oh, my gosh. Amazing that she
:19:31. > :19:37.was here to open it and for us as locals to be allowed to be so close
:19:38. > :19:42.to her. That was fantastic. Marking the occasion from the water a
:19:43. > :19:51.flotilla of boat and above the Red Arrows. Now three bridges standing
:19:52. > :19:55.side by side. A unique Scottish vista. A royal opening to the latest
:19:56. > :19:59.addition to the Scottish landscape for those who use the bridge, the
:20:00. > :20:01.question is when will it open to traffic? We are told that will
:20:02. > :20:06.happen by Thursday. Thank you. A senior police officer is warning
:20:07. > :20:10.that forces in England and Wales are heading towards a perfect storm,
:20:11. > :20:13.because of staff cuts The President of the Police
:20:14. > :20:18.Superintendents' Association, Gavin Thomas, says a policing model
:20:19. > :20:21.based on fewer officers doing more The Home Office says calls for extra
:20:22. > :20:25.funding are still under discussion. Here's our home affairs
:20:26. > :20:33.correspondent Danny Shaw. Is the thin blue line
:20:34. > :20:36.becoming too thin? Yes, says the Police
:20:37. > :20:39.Superintendents' Aassociation. it represents a thousand middle
:20:40. > :20:42.ranking officers - the men and women who make the key
:20:43. > :20:47.operational decisions. The superintendents are concerned
:20:48. > :20:49.there are fewer police officers doing more and working
:20:50. > :20:52.longer hours in a more challenging The man who leads the organisation
:20:53. > :20:57.believes that's a model of policing which is
:20:58. > :21:01.fundamentally flawed. My members are saying
:21:02. > :21:10.they're doing their best. They leadhighly
:21:11. > :21:11.committed, professional But there is only so much we can
:21:12. > :21:16.expect from our police service before this starts showing -
:21:17. > :21:18.things are starting to stretch The Superintendents' Association
:21:19. > :21:22.conducted a survey of its members 72% of those who responded
:21:23. > :21:25.said they didn't use all the annual leave
:21:26. > :21:29.they were entitled to. 50% of superintendents said they had
:21:30. > :21:33.signs of anxiety and over a quarter, 27%, were
:21:34. > :21:35.experiencing symptoms of depression A recent study by
:21:36. > :21:42.the Police Federation, which represents 120,000
:21:43. > :21:43.officers, suggested most felt under-valued and
:21:44. > :21:44.under-paid and wouldn't What we are seeing is
:21:45. > :21:53.the front line resources being dwindled back, which means
:21:54. > :21:56.those on the front line are having We need mechanisms in
:21:57. > :22:01.place to ensure that this does not continue
:22:02. > :22:04.moving forward. The Home Office said it is piloting
:22:05. > :22:07.a new national service to provide welfare support
:22:08. > :22:12.to officers who need it. Ministers have also been having
:22:13. > :22:13.discussions with police leaders amid calls for extra funding
:22:14. > :22:16.for forces, but no decisions have A report by the law firm
:22:17. > :22:27.Herbert Smith Freehills has heavily criticised the work of a British PR
:22:28. > :22:29.firm in South Africa. Bell Pottinger spread "inaccurate
:22:30. > :22:31.and misleading" information when contracted to work
:22:32. > :22:33.for the Gupta brothers, a controversial family with close
:22:34. > :22:36.links to President, Jacob Zuma. James Henderson, the CEO
:22:37. > :22:39.of Bell Pottinger, resigned over the weekend, in anticipation
:22:40. > :22:58.of today's findings. Explain what has been going on here.
:22:59. > :23:06.This comes back to this family called the Guptas, three brothers
:23:07. > :23:11.who have acquired huge power and they're accused of corruption.
:23:12. > :23:14.Allegations they deny. But they have a reputation that needed managing,
:23:15. > :23:32.so they gave this firm a call. Bell Pottinger the PR firm of
:23:33. > :23:43.accused of having spread false and malicious information. They're
:23:44. > :23:53.accused of stirring up racial and sectarian divisions. There is a
:23:54. > :23:59.report from lawyers commissioned by Bell Pottinger, but there is a big
:24:00. > :24:05.report out tomorrow in the UK that will be scathing about them. This
:24:06. > :24:09.scandal has shown is there some bad dealing going on in South Africa and
:24:10. > :24:14.a lot of money is being spent to shore up the reputation of those
:24:15. > :24:16.with something to hide or be less than honest about. Thank you.
:24:17. > :24:20.One of Italy's most wanted fugitives - the alleged boss
:24:21. > :24:23.of a mafia syndicate - has been arrested in Uruguay.
:24:24. > :24:26.Rocco Morabito was detained in a hotel in the capital,
:24:27. > :24:29.Montevideo, with a woman who's thought to be his wife.
:24:30. > :24:32.Morabito had been on the run since 1994, evading a 30-year prison
:24:33. > :24:40.sentence for mafia association and drug trafficking.
:24:41. > :24:42.Workers at two McDonald's restaurants have walked out,
:24:43. > :24:46.in the first strike to affect the company in Britain.
:24:47. > :24:48.About 40 staff in Cambridge and Crayford, in south-east London,
:24:49. > :24:52.are demanding higher pay and more secure working hours.
:24:53. > :24:55.McDonald's said the people involved represent one hundredth of 1%
:24:56. > :25:11.Just before day break the first worker worked out on what is
:25:12. > :25:16.becoming known as the McStrike. It is the first time employees have
:25:17. > :25:20.taken such action in the UK. Staff at this McDonalds in London and
:25:21. > :25:33.another in Cambridge are striking for pay and better conditions.
:25:34. > :25:35.Staff from Cambridge and Crayford are taking place part
:25:36. > :25:38.Backers include the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
:25:39. > :25:40.who tweeted his support and the Labour Shadow
:25:41. > :25:43.I am supporting the McDonald's strikers.
:25:44. > :25:44.I think they have got genuine grievances.
:25:45. > :25:46.Two years ago we launched the fast-food campaign.
:25:47. > :25:49.It was all about ending zero hours contract and making sure
:25:50. > :25:52.But above all else as well making sure that the company
:25:53. > :25:57.Many staff say the wages are so low they are impossible to live on.
:25:58. > :26:00.The main demands are ?10 an hour and union recognition and that is
:26:01. > :26:02.because we are on minimum wage which is not enough,
:26:03. > :26:05.especially in Cambridgeshire where the cost of living is high.
:26:06. > :26:07.We want trade union recognition because we feel we don't get
:26:08. > :26:22.Although unions are not recognised at McDonald's the bakers food
:26:23. > :26:25.and Allied workers union said it agreed to take up their case.
:26:26. > :26:28.If they value their people as much as they say they do they would not
:26:29. > :26:32.They wouldn't have these people making this very brave decision
:26:33. > :26:36.This restaurant is one of two involved in the strike and it's
:26:37. > :26:39.clear not all staff are taking part as it is serving meals as normal.
:26:40. > :26:43.McDonald's employs 85,000 people in the UK and says it is already
:26:44. > :26:45.offering them the option of going into fixed contracts but it
:26:46. > :26:49.says that so far more than eight out of ten of its staff prefer to stay
:26:50. > :26:58.The company adds the strike affects fewer than 1% of its workforce
:26:59. > :27:01.in two of its 1270 restaurants, adding that since April last year it
:27:02. > :27:15.Britain's coast is home to 11 million people,
:27:16. > :27:18.and is a special part of our heritage and identity,
:27:19. > :27:21.but the latest analysis has found that many people who live in coastal
:27:22. > :27:24.According to the Social Market Foundation, the economic gap
:27:25. > :27:26.between coastal and inland communities is growing.
:27:27. > :27:28.Our correspondent Jayne McCubbin reports on the efforts being made
:27:29. > :27:35.This used to be one of the best and busiest seaside resorts
:27:36. > :27:43.John tells me the story of Ardrossan.
:27:44. > :27:52.It was such a vibrant and lively place.
:27:53. > :27:58.An industry which once employed thousands has gone.
:27:59. > :28:04.A small marina now sits where the busy port once sprawled.
:28:05. > :28:07.There are super yachts worth hundreds of thousands,
:28:08. > :28:10.but unemployment rates are amongst the very worst in the UK.
:28:11. > :28:17.In the job club, plenty feel left behind.
:28:18. > :28:24.Do you feel that the powers that be care about the changes that go
:28:25. > :28:28.Definitely not because I don't even think they know
:28:29. > :28:32.They cannot experience the problems because they don't see it everyday.
:28:33. > :28:35.A sense the coast has been left behind is backed
:28:36. > :28:43.Over 80% of people who live in these areas are paid less.
:28:44. > :28:45.The economic gap between coastal and non-coastal
:28:46. > :28:52.Here in the West of Scotland, they are still waiting for funding.
:28:53. > :28:56.But in the north-east the wait is over.
:28:57. > :28:59.So much of Whitley Bay's story was the same as Ardrossan.
:29:00. > :29:01.A resort which teamed with holiday-makers eager to visit
:29:02. > :29:04.the Spanish City with fair rides and dancing and the
:29:05. > :29:14.I worked my way up to probably the prime job
:29:15. > :29:20.But now Andrew has a new top job back in Spanish City.
:29:21. > :29:27.The famous dome, derelict for 17 years, is getting ready to reopen
:29:28. > :29:30.with almost ?10 million of public money.
:29:31. > :29:33.I am very honoured to be able to do it.
:29:34. > :29:35.It is something which is close to my heart.
:29:36. > :29:37.I think it will bring some good times back to Whitley Bay.
:29:38. > :29:39.Two million has come from the government's
:29:40. > :29:41.coastal communities fund, that has invested over
:29:42. > :29:44.170 million in the last five years in areas like this.
:29:45. > :29:48.It was extended today with an extra ?40 million.
:29:49. > :29:50.Do you think the government is doing enough?
:29:51. > :29:54.If you look around the country and see how many people
:29:55. > :29:57.are living in these towns, which have almost been left to die,
:29:58. > :30:01.they are as important as the people who live in the big cities.
:30:02. > :30:08.Britain's coast has an incredible story.
:30:09. > :30:10.Often a white knuckle ride for the communities that
:30:11. > :30:12.live there, but proof here success follows investment.
:30:13. > :30:21.No proof yet there is enough investment to go around.
:30:22. > :30:32.Let's catch up with the weather with Chris Fawlkes. Is it officially
:30:33. > :30:37.autumn? It is meet logical autumn. Maybe the weather's turned. It is
:30:38. > :30:42.going to be an unsettled picture this week. Cloudy with rain. It will
:30:43. > :30:47.turn cooler and fresher with a mixture of sunshine and showers
:30:48. > :30:52.working in later on in the week. The satellite shows the extent of
:30:53. > :30:57.today's cloud. In between those two weather fronts we have a warm sector
:30:58. > :31:02.and that cloud will break up in Wales and the west of England and
:31:03. > :31:08.the Midlands and if the sunshine comes out it could be warm with
:31:09. > :31:12.temperatures up to 24 degrees and even where we don't see sunshine it
:31:13. > :31:19.will feel warm under the cloudy skies. Some drizzle in East Anglia
:31:20. > :31:24.and south-east England. We will see brighter skies edging into the
:31:25. > :31:28.north-west of Scotland later on. But on the satellite, you can see a bump
:31:29. > :31:32.here on the weather front. This is called a wave and it is going to
:31:33. > :31:37.enhance the rain tonight. First, we will see the rain turning heavy in
:31:38. > :31:43.Northern Ireland before that pulse of heavy rain works across Scotland,
:31:44. > :31:48.into northern England and Wales. The south-east stays humid and warm with
:31:49. > :31:52.temperatures 16 or 17 degrees. And we have the fresher air in Scotland
:31:53. > :31:58.and Northern Ireland. Here is a picture of Tuesday. A soggy start.
:31:59. > :32:05.That rain will be heavy and last all day in the north of England. Not
:32:06. > :32:08.much rain in south-east of England and temperatures into the 20s.
:32:09. > :32:13.Through Scotland and Northern Ireland we should see sunshine in
:32:14. > :32:18.the afternoon, but as the sunshine works, the temperatures will go
:32:19. > :32:24.down. On Wednesday sunshine for most of us. Through Thursday and Friday,
:32:25. > :32:30.showers will become widespread and feeling cool in the north-west. Then
:32:31. > :32:40.heading into the Atlantic. It is the peak of hurricane season and this is
:32:41. > :32:46.a beast. Hurricane Irma. Winds gusting up to 160mph and it will
:32:47. > :32:53.make land fall across the Leeward islands. It will go the Virging
:32:54. > :33:00.islands. There is uncertainty about where it will go, but it could go
:33:01. > :33:08.into Florida for the weekend. If you know anyone heading there, make sure
:33:09. > :33:15.they stay in touch with the weather. Our main story: With tensions
:33:16. > :33:19.rising, South Korea said it has seen signs the North is preparing more
:33:20. > :33:22.missile launches after it tested a nuclear bomb at the weekend.
:33:23. > :33:25.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me
:33:26. > :33:29.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.