20/07/2017 Breakfast

Good morning, it's Thursday the 20th of July.

To lifestyle changes could ward off dementia. New research says one in

three cases could be prevented. Stopping smoking could be one of the

ways to reduce the risk. Good morning, it's

Thursday the 20th of July. A Council under pressure -

survivors of the Grenfell fire speak out at an emotionally charged

meeting as the new council leader I reiterate that apology to you

directly. Note is no buts, no excuses.

Children are getting excited about the summer holidays but for parents,

child care costs are up 4% on last year. Third I am at a holiday club

in Manchester to find our wide. Climbing to the summit of Snowdon

in a motorised wheelchair - we'll hear how one man

with Motor Neurone Disease has been In sport, the Open Championship gets

under way this morning here at Royal Over in Holland though,

England's footballers make a winning start to their European

championship campaign - And that has our website. Good

morning. Things will improve for the golf and for many others. A few

heavy showers around after flooding yesterday in north-west England and

Wales. With the bright skies can something a little fresher. Details

in 15 minutes. One in three cases of dementia

could be prevented if more people looked after the health

of their brain better throughout their lives,

according to new research. An international study published

in the Lancet lists key risk factors including lack of education,

hearing loss, smoking Here's our medical

correspondent, Fergus Walsh. Now there is another reason to stay

active. Keeping fit can reduce your risk of getting dementia as well is

protect against heart disease and cancer. Keeping the mind active

throughout life builds what the study calls cognitive reserve,

strengthening the brain so that it can function in later life despite

damage. The main risk for dementia is old-age. But the Lancet study

says that 35% of all cases could potentially be prevented if nine

other factors that were addressed. They are - lack of education,

hearing loss, smoking, depression, social isolation, physical

inactivity, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes. Throughout

your adult life, having an enriched environment where you can socialise

and exercise and do cognitively stimulating things, that all does

it. Do that. Do not smoke, try not to be obese, try to be active. These

things can make a difference. Outside is calm is about two thirds

of dementia cases. There is still no drug that can slow progress. The

Alzheimer's Society says the manager is said to be the 21st-century's

biggest killer. We all need to be aware of the risks and start making

positive lifestyle changes. The new leader of Kensington

and Chelsea council has been heckled by furious residents

of Grenfell Tower, at the authority's first full

meeting since the fire. Elizabeth Campbell was told

to resign as she admitted that the council needed

to change fundamentally, if it was to regain

the trust of the community. At least 80 people were killed

in the blaze last month. Our reporter Frankie McCamley

was at the meeting, and witnessed Tensions were always going to be

high here with hundreds protesting outside the council hall. And

inside, it got off to a difficult start. With jeering from Grenfell

Tower residents towards Elizabeth Campbell, elected as the new council

leader. Know ifs, no buts, no excuses. I am deeply sorry for the

grief and trauma that you are suffering. I am deeply sorry. That

we did not do more to help you when you needed it the most. The agenda

was then scrapped, giving residents a chance to have their say. Won by

one they gave their accounts but some still left frustrated. The

people must choose you. We have not chosen new. So, madam, please, step

down and resigned. Behind these memories, hundreds of people have

been killed, have died. As others continue calling on the Council for

parents support, more and more residents watched tensely from

outside after around four hours the meeting was abruptly closed when one

resident collapsed. The next will be in October. Until then, there is

clearly a lot of work to be done. The BBC's admitted it needs to do

more to address the difference in pay between men and women

after naming the stars who earn The corporation defended the high

salaries which were revealed yesterday in its annual report,

but has been urged to close the pay gap earlier than its

current target of 2020. BBC executive James Purnell said pay

cuts were part of the solution. Quite a lot of men have been taking

pay cuts already. That was said today. Will you expect more mail on

the air talent to take a pay cut? I will not negotiate on air but that

is one of the levers we can pool and we have been doing that.

We'll find out later today whether the UK

and the European Union are any closer to a Brexit deal.

The Brexit Secretary David Davis and the EU's negotiator

Michel Barnier will outline the progress of their talks so far.

Our political correspondent, Chris Mason joins us -

Chris, are we expecting any agreement to be announced?

Good morning. Good question. I cannot give you a direct answer

because we are not 100% certain. What we do know is that David Davis,

the Brexit secretary, is travelling back to Brussels today. He was there

earlier this week and in between many British officials have been

involved in negotiations with the EU opposite numbers. When I called the

Brexit Department last night for an answer to the question I anticipated

you would ask me, my pen was poised above a blank page on my notebook

but it is still as naked as a newborn after the conversation ended

another drop of input was used. They acknowledged they simply did not

know. Now with all of this briefing going on within the government over

the last ten days they may argue that keeping quite a tight lid on

what they hope to announce, possibly at a news conference this afternoon,

as up to being a good thing. What it does not add up to is giving me

anything new to tell you this morning. Maybe then negotiating the

time, we will find out later at some point. Let's discuss a deal leader

of the liberal Democrats, he is assumed because no-one else has

thrown their name into the hat? We can hazard a reasonable guess that

there is a decent chance that by the end of today Vince cable will be the

new leader of the Liberal Democrats. How can I be confident? Well, as of

now at ten minutes past six in the morning, ten hours before the

deadline for candidates to put their name forward, his is the only name

that has been put forward. A man who used to be in government as business

Secretary and then was defeated a couple of years ago after losing his

seat he is now back in Parliament. It would appear likely to be Liberal

Democrat leader by the end of the day because of fears the only

candidate they will not go through the business of an election. And he

will become the leader, replacing Tim Farron. Thank you very much.

Members of Donald Trump's inner circle will be questioned by the two

US Congressional Committees - investigating allegations of Russian

interference in last year's election.

His eldest son, Donald Junior, and former campaign manager

Paul Manafort, will appear next Wednesday.

His son-in-law, Jared Kushner will face questions on Monday.

Mr Trump and his allies have denied any collusion.

Concerns have been raised about the number of adult mental

health patients being held in locked rehabilitation wards in England.

The Care Quality Commission said it was "surprising"

there were around 3,500 people in locked wards,

with some patients spending years in such facilities.

Our health reporter Smitha Mundasad reports.

Jeff Clarke spent years locked in psychiatric rehabilitation units

after developing schizophrenia. It was very boring. Not a lot to do.

People I did not get on with. Things add up. It was not a pleasant place

to be. He is now back in his community, close to home. But

England's health regulator says locked rehabilitation wards are not

the right model of care for the 21st century. It is worried that some

people face years of being institutionalised, rather than being

helped on the road back home. We suspect that there are a high

proportion of people in these services who could and should be

moved back to be closer to home and be cared for in settings, in

residential settings that are far more independent. Inspectors say

safety is another major concern. They rated about one third of

services as needing improvement. One in 20 were deemed inadequate. Their

report says old buildings with blind spots that make it harder to monitor

patients, and a shortage of nursing staff could leave people at risk.

But staff were praised for being caring and treating people with

dignity and respect at the vast majority of trust. NHS England says

big steps have been made in improving mental health services

with all money going into the system. It agrees that there is

still more work to be done. Heavy machinery will be brought in

today to start work on the main road into a Cornish village are badly hit

by flooding. Much of the road was washed away drink stormy weather on

Tuesday afternoon. Villagers have been clearing up properties which

ended up on the water. Everywhere you seem to look, there

are workers in high viz jackets. It is all about trying to bring some

sort of normality back to this village. The downpour on Tuesday had

an impact which will be sold here for a very long time. The location

at the bottom of steep hills that means it was in the path of the

rain. This is what is left of the main road in. Some of it ripped up

by nature, other parts taken up as council staff work out how much

damage has been done and what repairs are needed. The promise is

they will not leave until the job is done. They have committed that they

will stay here until people have access and the road is usable.

Obviously in terms of making a perfect surface that may take a

little while it they are getting to it as quickly as possible, to give

people access to their properties and over the road. Houses that need

cleaning up go on. This is our kitchen. I don't think we will be

cooking anything in there for a few months. Insurance and services are

visiting some but for others like this couple they will need to for

the repair bill themselves, as they could not get insurance. It is the

start of the busiest six weeks of the tourist season but the weather

has dealt this village a major blow. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

will renew their friendly sporting rivalry when they visit the German

city of Heidelberg today. The Royal couple will take

to the water in opposing rowing The Duke and Duchess,

who are on a three-day tour of of the country with Prince George

and Princess Charlotte, will also visit the German

Cancer Research Centre. It is now 13 minutes past six and

those are the main stories. Sport coming up a little later on. Letter

look at the newspapers. Lompoc at one story dominating the front pages

and that is the pay revelations that the BBC. The Guardian says there is

a backlash as male stars dominate the top a list, saying that the

highest-paid woman is on 20% of Chris Evans's salary and that men

make up two thirds of staff on at least ?250,000 a year. The

corporation has been attacked for clear discrimination. We will

discuss that later on with the BBC. Not everyday day the BBC Breakfast

sofa makes the front page of the sun but there we go. Figures are out

there. As said, looking at some of the detail and some of the

discrepancies highlighted. Of the Daily Mail saying mutiny. Bitter

recriminations at the politically correct BBC as the gulf between men

and women's pay is revealed. And... Let's choose and stories from the

inside pages as well. If you wanted something else entirely away from

other things here is a chance to dwell on an image free second. Look

at this. An extraordinary picture from the Daily Mail. We knew Anand

was strong, didn't we? But this shows you how strong they really

are. They are like the Altima workers. It is capturing the moment

where it it is lifting up and insect 40 times its weight. The equivalent

for you, if you were as strong as an ant, in relative terms... If you are

as strong as in and you would be lifting four and a half tons of your

head. Right. Like studio, basically? Strongman. The time now was a

quarter past six and you are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

One in three cases of dementia could be avoided if more people looked

after the health of their brains, this according to a new study.

Furious residents of Grenfell Tower have booed and heckled

the new leader of Kensington Council at the authority's first full

Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

We will be speaking to Mike, rather, and it is quite windy and raining

out there, but we have seen flooding down in Cornwall as well?

Good morning. Through the past 24 hours it has been all over the

country. This was the scene yesterday. In the afternoon we saw

nasty storms moving through. Conditions are quieting down today.

The odd rumble of thunder in northern and eastern areas. It will

turn dry out and writer for many. A big contrast if you are about to

step out the door, as far as temperatures are concerned. A muggy

18 in the south-east, but Northern Ireland is only eight Celsius. It is

that fresh air that will be working its way in with those sunny

conditions. Much of Scotland and England again today cloudy and wet.

-- big in the day. It will start to improve for the vast majority

through the day. North-east Scotland will stay wet and we will see shower

is pushing into the West Lakes that in the day. -- into the west later.

Rain and gusty winds across northern Scotland. A few showers in Northern

Ireland this afternoon. Those could be on the Heavyside but nowhere near

the of recent days. Need to late afternoon, some of the rain will

clear parts of western England. Isolated showers this afternoon in

south-west England and Wales. Temperatures around 23 or 24 in

parts of western England before the fresher our pushes in. Tonight the

rain will continue in northern Scotland. Our eyes later turned to

this feature, aid big amount of cloud and rain and gusty winds set

to push their way in. It should DH early start to Friday. Bang on cue

for the start of summer holidays across England and Wales. As low

pressure moves in it will affect Northern Ireland first, with

outbreaks of rain and wind, becoming persistent across Wales, south-west

England, and not just that, winds could be hit in gale force. Showers

to the east of that, but much of eastern England, northern England

and Scotland will have a dry day. Temperatures generally a little bit

higher than some of you will see today. Through Friday night that

area of low pressure moves east. Rain overnight spreads across

England and Wales, into southern Scotland. Saturday looking wet

across some parts of southern Scotland. Elsewhere there will be

sunshine and hit and miss showers this Saturday. Overall, temperatures

out, if not a bit lower than, average. That low pressure system

sticks around into Sunday as well. Most resistant rain across eastern

Scotland and we could see something particularly wet across the English

Channel as well. In between, fewer showers around then we see on

Saturday. Temperatures on the disappointing side to you, for those

of you breaking up for the summer term. So if you are heading into

Europe, it is looking warm a round the Mediterranean. Temperatures in

the low to mid- 20s. Just a few storms across parts of France.

We're talking about the price of childcare during the school

A new report says the cost is rising, and in some cases

is double what you'd pay during term time.

Sean is at a school holiday club in Manchester with the details.

Good morning, Sean. Good morning. I am in south Manchester. We are at a

holiday club this morning, where we have lots going on. The kids haven't

arrived yet. I'm just preparing breakfast. It is a big deal, because

all of this doesn't cost nothing. It doesn't come for free. Comparative

asked Yeo, costs are up 4%. There are with me while I make the egg on

toast. 4%, everything like this is costing more than last year. Parents

are also finding it harder to find the child cannot doubt. So when kids

come in, they sat down for Brett is this morning, before they go to the

school over the road. There will be lots of kids coming here to have a

holiday already started. Some parents cannot afford to pay this

for six or seven weeks. ?124, on average, per week. We asked a few

parents at the gates yesterday at the other school, which is already

finished, what they were planning for the summer holidays. During the

holidays obviously I take some time off work, but the rest of the time

that she usually spends with her grandparents with some friends who

have children at the school as well. My wife and I will take time off

this year to look after the kids. My parents-in-law are going to look

after my youngest daughter. We sat down before the summer holidays and

think of what we will do, try to plan it all out, and plan

financially to pay for it as well. Sometimes that is the hardest part.

I'm very lucky, I've got parents can take care of my children most of the

time. Either that or I'm off for one day of the week or Myanmar husband

will try to do it. We work at around parents and family, basically. So,

I'm actually looking forward to some kids actually getting here so they

can make a better deal of this than me. Over the morning will be talking

about those costs going up. In large parts of the country there is

actually a shortage childcare provision, particularly in England,

which is why you hear of parents having to make so many of those

alternative arrangements. We will be speaking to the people running this

place when the kids get here, I'm sure, and it will kick off then, and

will be speaking to some parents about how much they can afford to

keep up with the price rises that are generally happening across the

country. I'm looking forward to some kids turning up as well to keep you

company. We will see you later. What could go wrong?

Snowdon is a mountain which offers breathtaking views and climbing

Now imagine getting to the summit in a wheelchair.

Jason Liversidge has motor-neurone disease.

He has limited movement and needs 24-hour care but was determined

to attempt the climb just a few days ago.

Breakfast has been following Jason and his family.

We sent Graham Sachell to join them on their journey.

The top of Snowdon is three and half thousand feet above sea level. A

challenge if you are fit and able. Jason Liversedge is attempting it in

a wheelchair. One of those ideas that seemed like a good idea at the

time. The further we get the more excited I get to get to the top.

Jason has made a neurone disease. He is here with his wife Liz and a team

of helpers. But this is difficult terrain. They will use ramps and

muscle and will power. Jason is determined and very curvaceous. He

has got this is zest for life. -- determined and very tenacious. I

will be right behind him and want him to keep going as long as he can.

The must have slowly taken Jason's ability to walk and talk, not his

determination. -- the illness. Not brilliant, but on the other hand, it

has probably been the best time of my life. Jason was diagnosed three

and a half years ago. He has gone from being fit and active to needing

24-hour care. Jason and Liz have to daughters, Lily and poppy. He has

got a lot to live for, he has two little girls who are four and five.

You know, Jason would love to see them grow up. It is probably not

realistic, but he wants to spend every day with them for as long as

you can. More than four hours into the climb, this has become a battle

with the mountain. An inch by inch push and pull struggle of wills.

Jason is climbing partly to raise money for two charities, Mary Carey

and Dahlhaus Hospice, but also to create memories for his two

daughters. -- Dove House Hospice. His speeches already deteriorating

and he will eventually rely a synthesised computer-generated

voice. What to make sure his children still recognise him he

recorded hundreds of his own words, so his computerised voice will sound

like him. This is the first time I have heard my new voice. That's

pretty good! That is, yeah. Back on the mountain, the batteries are

starting to run out on Jason's wheelchair. So it is a mad dash to

the top. But finally, after more than eight hours, they have done it.

Absolutely amazing. What an achievement, to get to the top. You

know, it is an achievement for all of us, and we are perfectly

able-bodied, but the Jason, it is a huge achievement. What do you think?

Amazing. Jason's next challenge, he plans to abseil from the Humber

Bridge. But this is a moment to stop and remembrance taking the awesome

beauty. You can just see how much that meant to him. What an

achievement. Yeah, our congratulations to him and his team.

Since climbing the mountain, Jason and his family have raised

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning, we'll be live at the Open Golf Championship

where fans have been braving the wind and weather

I hope Westwood wins it, he has not won yet and he is getting old.

Getting old! I don't know how he would feel about that. Michael have

the latest for us. Do remember there's more

on our website at the usual address, Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on Breakfast this morning:

Kay Mason made history by donating her kidney

to save a stranger's life - ten years later we'll hear

how her fight to change the law has We've had finger prints to unlock

phones, voice recognition to access your money,

now could your eyes be the latest tool in the fight

against banking fraud? And we'll meet the Jane Austen

super-fans who are keeping My ultimate goal is to walk into a

ballroom and say oh, excellent. All the men are properly dressed.

And we'll meet the Jane Austen super-fans who are keeping

the author's legacy alive, 200 years after her death.

One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if people looked

after their brain health better throughout their lives,

An international study published in the Lancet lists nine key risk

factors - including lack of education, hearing loss,

Throughout your adult lives having an enriched environment where you

socialise and act the size and do cognitively stimulating things,

about will do it. Do not smoke. Try not to be obese, try to be active.

These things can make a difference. The new leader of Kensington

and Chelsea council has been heckled by furious residents

of Grenfell Tower, at the authority's first full

meeting since the fire. The new leader of Kensington

and Chelsea council has been heckled by furious residents

of Grenfell Tower, at the authority's first full

meeting since the fire. The BBC's been giving more detail

about how it plans to deal with the difference in pay

between men and women, after it named the stars

who earn more than ?150,000. Two thirds of those

listed were male. The corporation defended the high

salaries, which were revealed yesterday in its annual report,

but has been urged to close the pay gap earlier than its

current target of 2020. BBC executive James Purnell said pay

cuts were part of the solution. Quite a lot of men have been taking

pay cuts already. Will you be expecting more mail on their talent

to take a pay cut? I'm not about to start negotiating live on air but

that is one of the levers we can pull.

The Brexit Secretary, David Davis and the EU's negotiator,

Michel Barnier will today set out what progress has been made

in the latest round of talks, which are about to end.

Over the past four days, officials have been discussing

citizen's rights, the Irish border and any financial settlement

involved in Britain leaving the European Union.

The Liberal Democrat MP Sir Vince Cable looks set to become

The former Business Secretary is expected to be the only candidate

on the ballot paper when nominations close at 4pm.

Other possible contenders ruled themselves out

following the decision of Tim Farron to stand down.

Sir Vince will be oldest leader of the party in its near 30-year

In about ten minutes, we'll speak to a former Lib Dem

adviser about the party leadership contest.

Members of Donald Trump's inner circle will be questioned by the two

US Congressional Committees investigating allegations of Russian

interference in last year's election.

His eldest son, Donald Junior, and former campaign manager

Paul Manafort, will appear next Wednesday.

His son-in-law, Jared Kushner will face questions on Monday.

Mr Trump and his allies have denied any collusion.

Concerns have been raised about the number of adult mental

health patients locked in rehabilitation wards in England.

The Care Quality Commission has said it's surprising

that there are around 3,500 beds in locked wards.

NHS England said big steps had been made in improving mental healthcare

with higher funding, but the health regulator said it

believed a "significant number" of patients had the capacity to live

We suspect that a high proportion of people in these services could and

should be moved back to be closer to home and cared for in settings,

residential settings, that provide much more independence.

Heavy machinery will be brought in today to start work on the main

road into a Cornish village which has been badly

Much of the road into Coverack was washed away during stormy

Villagers have been clearing out properties which ended up

More than 8 billion tons of plastics have been manufactured

since the 1950s according to scientists in the US.

That's the equivalent of the weight

of a billion elephants, or enough to cover a country

The researchers, from the University of California, say most plastics

are used just once; the vast majority ends up in landfill.

They hope their findings will now help inform discussions

A block of flats with wicker balconies, a dockyard redevelopment

and a new college campus are among those in the running to be named

Six buildings have been shortlisted for the prestigious architecture

Previous winners include the Scottish Parliament

The winner will be announced in October.

Mike is a royal Birkdale for us, it is a day that will be challenging

for golfers out there. It is challenging for you just to hold the

umbrella up how are I am quite good. I'm sure you would love it if I took

off now Mary Poppins style into the Irish Sea. But I will hold an. That

is what makes it exciting and challenging. Of this course was a

difficult enough already, let me set the for you already. Hind me there

we have an eye on the sky on a platform to show you the wider

picture here overlooking the third green. As you can see, there is rain

on the lands, it is quite blustery. Really very windy and that will make

it difficult for golfers going out this morning. Back here on the

ground I am close by the third green. The flag right behind me so

they will be coming through here in about an hour. The opening group of

Ryan Moore, Chris Wood and the 1998 champion. They are getting things

under way as I speak right now on the first tee. Because of the

conditions and the fact that the top players in the world have been

struggling so much recently that is what makes this the most open of

opens for many years. We will hear from some contenders shortly. But

able to become whether in the Netherlands first of all because

England made a stunning start to their European championship

campaign. They were always one of the favourites to win this

tournament out there in Holland but few could have foreseen the

thrashing they handed out to Scotland. For Scotland it was a

tournament debut they will want to forget.

England scored six goals plus Scotland that there was player who

stole the limelight successes come late in the career for Jodie Taylor.

This was almost worth the wait. I worked for years to get to this

point, with difficult times and obstacles in my way. Being in a good

team and to be a part of this right is incredible. I just hope we can

continue winning and be successful as a team. This team is said to be

the fittest yet. It may even be the fastest. Teddy Taylor had them up

and running in no time. Two years ago the striker was carrying an

injury when she played at the World Cup. This is what she can do when

she is fully fit. The first England women's player to score a hat-trick

and a major tournament. For Scotland, it was a sobering

introduction to European competition. The tide kept coming

and there was nothing they could do to turn it back. As for England,

they have shown they are a team to be feared. There will be tougher

challenges ahead for England but this was by far the most ruthless

performance yet by a team at these Euros which underlines why they

believe they are serious contenders for the title.

Some cheer for Scottish football if you are a Celtic fan. They are into

the third qualifying round for the Champions League after a 4-0 win

over Irish side Linfield. That took them 6-0 on aggregate. Meanwhile

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign the -- had a Real Madrid striker

Morata. Let's go to the mountains, the Alps and a shoulder injury has

ended Martin's hopes of the green jersey at the two France. Chris

finished third to extend his overall lead. He is now 27 seconds ahead of

the Colombian ride and the French writer, with four stages to go.

Maria Lyall overcame a calf injury to score 80 bronze medal at the para

athletics World Championships in London. Her third place was

replicated by Sunni in the 50 metres. She has made it 22 medals at

all for Britain in the championship so far. Back by the third green, the

10th time the opium championships has been staged on this famous horse

as they take is the claret jug. There is a strong local favourite,

everybody in town wanted to talk about the local lad with the long

hair. Is almost like a pop star, his poster is up on some of the lamp

posts. Tommy Fleetwood. Is well backed because if the world number

14, he grew up a tee shot away from the course here and he has been

shooting up the rankings lately, finishing fourth at the US Open.

Let's hear from him and a few of the other contenders.

Being talked about with the chance to win the open, that something that

is hard to deal with the I would rather it be that way though nobody

talking about it. It is great. Looking back as a kid, 20 years on,

a lot gone into it. Yeah, to come back home and have a chance to win

the open is very special. Once you win one that is off your shoulder

and it is more about putting yourself into contention again to

try and win a second one. Given how long and successful career -- my

career has been, I would like a few more chances to win major

championships. That is where that spark can come from, I think. My

form has not been what I wanted it to be but that is fine. That is

golf. There will always happen. You miss four from five cuts going into

the summer of 12 and I won a major. The difference between playing well

and not playing well is very small and fine in golf. Even more so for

me, I feel. Aggressor, I am not far away. Rory McIlroy their. You can

understand why he is 20 to one, even though he is the world number four.

He has missed the cut three out of four times recently. Fans will walk

the path alongside the fairways here trying to get a view of the start.

Some fans are camping out, bless their souls, in the wind in the rain

last night. I popped along to one of the sides last night to see who they

thought my wind. Anyone can win it, really. Jordan Speith. Westwood I

hope he wins it, because he has not won one yet. That parades. He was

out there playing well today. I will always go to the home-town

favourite. Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow, getting up early,

camping is lovely anyway. You can fall out of your tent and go

straight to the cause. My husband sold camping to me because he is

said tables, chairs and mattresses. And nice weather. But... We are a

hardy camps camp and now, all the way from Luxembourg just to be hit.

So hopefully they slept well in their luxury tent. They will not

mind, they will be up early like all the other fans to try and get a view

of the opening group come out on the course already. I have the flag,

well, not the flag, but a souvenir flag. I will try and get it signed

today. It shows how windy it is, sort of. I promise, this is not the

actual flag, it is just a souvenir. Good to know that you are not going

around stealing flags. I'd believe they are important during the game.

We will see you later, stay dry if you can. He did look miserable,

didn't it? He is doing a good job of being cheerful out their. It has

been a leadership contest in name only, today the Liberal Democrats

find out if Sir Vince Cable will be their new leader. Other contenders

have ruled themselves out. With big now to a former special adviser.

Good morning to you. As it stands now, you are not going to tell as

behind-the-scenes something has changed. Is what is the situation?

No, I don't think we can anything to change. A few -- fewer candidates

than expected. It does look like Vince cable, he has been temporary

leader before, it looks like he will get a crack at leading the party

properly. What does it tell us about the state of the party? Only one

person, who has been connected with it for a very long time, still wants

to be leader? Liberal Democrats is always a difficult job because a lot

of it is a race to get coverage and to be noticed. When you have as few

MPs as the Lib Dems do it is a real battle. That was what Tim Farron

struggled against, he had to get people to notice him and taken

seriously. That if they slogged. As a party, the Lib Dems are used to

it, historically, many parties have had to do it before. They had to be

dragged up from being close to zero in the opinion polls. That is what

this job will involve for Sir Vince. And you will need to get out there

and get the party noticed because they are bumping along with a low

poll rating even though there is really an opportunity for a party

that stands the things that the Lib Dems do. You are talking about

getting noticed, 1-way would be to choose someone a little unlikely a

very different. Of course, in Vince Cable, you have somebody who is an

MP for 20 years, formerly of business secretary in the Cameron

administration. It feels like there is an awful other stuff attached to

his past which fuels are not forward-looking. It feels like it is

to do with what happened previously. I think that is true. One of the

challenges Cable will have is carrying the Lib Dems reputation

forward with him. They were damaged by being in coalition and doing some

of the things they did in those years. There is a counterpart to

that. Vince Cable is unusual, he is a polish and that lots of people in

the country have heard of. Even more unusually, he is a Liberal Democrat

politician lots of people have heard of. So he has that to his advantage.

He has been on Strictly, people know who he is, he has name recognition.

A counterpart of that is the history that he has, which means that he is

somebody who frankly has some name recognition, he has been on TV and

people recognise him. I am not being glib or insulting, but all

politicians that is a challenge, and if you are leading the Lib Dems it

is an even bigger one. So he has that in his favour, I think. Thank

you for your time. It's 7:46 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather. We spoke to Michael earlier, and he

was trying his best to be chirpy and Liverpool, but it was really quite

miserable out there. What is it like elsewhere?

I promise things will improve the him. It is not quite as bad

yesterday -- as yesterday. Yesterday we saw flooding across parts of

north Wales, north-west England and Northern Ireland. I don't think we

will see scenes like this over the next 24 hours. Conditions are

improving. With that comes a drop in temperature. A very big contrast

from east to west. 18 in south-east corner. Just eight in Northern

Ireland at the moment. That fresh air will be pushing westwards.

Brighter weather on the way. Much of Scotland and northern England starts

off cloudy. Outbreaks of rain and lots of cloud. Those outbreaks will

ease from the west. Sunshine will develop and a few showers pushing in

later, particularly from Northern Ireland. Hit and miss, not quite as

heavy as in recent days, but there will be the odd flash of lightning.

Same with the rain that persists in the far north of Scotland, into

Orkney and Shetland. For the rest of Scotland the sunshine will come out

in the afternoon, brightening up down the eastern coast. Temperatures

getting to about 23 degrees. Isolated showers in the afternoon in

Wales and south-west England. Most places will be dry and bright. The

breeze easing down as well, that will be crucial for those golfers. I

think the early starters will have the worst of it. The sky is

continuing to brighten this morning. Sunshine this afternoon and the wind

easing. Winds will pick up overnight in the south-west of the country,

would showers in Wales and south-west England. Still waiting

Orkney and Shetland for a time before that eases later on. -- still

wait in Orkney and Shetland. Lifting after that initial dip thanks to

southerly winds, it is all linked to this. Not what you want to see if

you are beginning the summer break, especially across England and Wales.

An area of low pressure which will slowly moving to the UK on Friday.

That rings rain, especially in the morning in Northern Ireland. Dusty

winds, rain becoming more persistent across Wales and south-west England.

Gale force winds through the Irish Sea. Turning blustery through the

rest of England and northern Scotland. Away from this far western

areas, many will be dry, with sunshine and temperatures into the

20s. Friday night into Saturday, that low pressure system still with

us. A band of rain sweeping across England and his southern Scotland on

Saturday. It is really a case of sunshine and hit and miss showers on

Saturday. Showers could be just about anywhere. Still blustery for

some. Nice enough once the showers dry out, but while they are with you

it will feel distinctly cool for July. Temperatures struggling to get

much above the mid if not high teens. Sunday, persistent rain

remains across eastern Scotland. The chance we could see heavier bursts

of persistent rain in being the channel. In between, more showers

around, maybe not as many Saturday. The winds, away from the north of

Scotland and the Channel Islands, should be mainly light. Hopefully

things will warm up again later the next week.

The summer holidays are nearly here, which might be music to the ears

of kids, but maybe not for working parents.

Sean's looking at the cost of childcare this morning.

Here is that a young... Well, he is with some young friends in

Manchester. Good morning. Yes, thank goodness they have

arrived. Connor, Fraser, Charlie. Good

morning, guys. I think they are making a horse, we will see how that

goes through the morning. Lots of ages here. Childcare costs for

parents, that is what we are talking about today. They are up 4% in some

parts of the country. What are they going to do this summer? Costs can

add up over six or seven weeks. Millie, Spencer, I'm really good at

remembering the children's names. Gemma, you are merely's mother. What

are your plans for the summer holidays? How easy will it be? You

drop nearly off before school, you do for six weeks? Well, it is a bit

of a challenge. A lot of the holiday clubs that we have come across only

run from nine to three. They don't do the whole wraparound care. We are

managing it with a mixture of me having time off, my husband having

time off, and then Millie will be going to both sets of grandparents

over the six weeks. Do you get a moment where you are all off at the

same time? I don't think that we have managed to actually book that

in yet, so we need to! Right. So there might be a bit of chaos this

summer? Spencer is already. I was going to ask your question, you have

run. You like it here? Yeah. Do you come here every day? No. Not every

day? Only on Tuesday. On Monday as I go straight to school and on Monday

and Wednesday and Thursday I go to Kids Next. Thank you, Spencer. He is

a star in the making. Your costings be going up, let's speak to sue, the

owner and operator. I don't know how you do this every day. I using this

cost pressures that we are hearing about? Definitely. What kind of

stuff? Things like pensions going up, you have to have that for the

staff now. Minimum wage has gone up, food prices have gone up, the rent

has gone up. Does that mean your prices have gone up as well? Yes.

How do parents take that? Actually quite well here. It is quite a nice

area around here. So the parents are happy to do that? Yes. That is good

news at least. The reason we can talk about this morning, the family

and child care trust have these figures together. Megan, you are

from there stock we have heard about the parents' issues and business

issues. What can be done to change it, because we have shortages in

childcare provision? There is only enough childcare for the holidays in

one in four areas in England. We need to make sure there is enough

childcare for every family that needs it. The government has put

lots of attention on childcare for younger children, which is great,

that we know that parents are telling us it is just as tricky for

kids once they are school-aged. The government introduced right to

request for parents. They could ask their schools to provide holiday

childcare. But our research found that only had a positive impact in

4% of local areas. It is a great policy with loads of potential so we

would like the government to go back to that and make sure that is really

achieving that potential. We will get into that a bit more through the

morning, because there are some tricky challenges therefore the

government. The money has to come from somewhere. Parents, people

running the business, reporters try to deal with the kids what I could

tell you about a story, that is probably the least of the trouble

this morning. It seems very quiet, Sean. I was inspecting more noise.

Maybe it will be busier later on. It is only 6:15am, Charlie. We'll be

back with later. Thank you. And thank you for your comments on

childcare as well. We can talk about a couple. Leonora says, don't people

plan to this when they decide to have children? Always moaning,

parents want it all their own way, whereas Darren says, get rid of the

six-week holiday. It puts lots of stress on families and the only

people who benefit are those in the teaching profession. One from Emma,

saying that her daughter goes to work with her. She sits on her

laptop. Don't have a choice. Tell us your stories this morning about how

you handle childcare. I imagine that a lot of people, if they have

applicability, maybe they do take their kids to work, depending on the

nature of the workplace. -- have that flexibility. It is 6:55am.

It might seem the preserve of spy thrillers, but using retina scans

as a way of accessing your money is very much a reality,

as TSB has become the first bank in Europe to adopt the technology.

It's one of a number of biometric methods being used to give customers

a secure but simple way to access to their accounts,

Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones reports.

From September, your eyes could be your password into your bank

account. We will show you how to scan your iris. TSB customers will

need an advanced Samsung smartphone to try out the advanced iris

scanning technology. The clone's camera scans your eyes. If you want

to log onto your bank account you just need glance at the screen.

Because it is looking at 266 different characteristics of your

ire... Let's just check. Can you get in, using your own eyes? It will not

work if somebody else takes a look. It is extremely fast. It takes less

than a second. It is extremely secure. And there is nothing more

convenient than looking at the screen of your smartphone. You don't

have to do anything special. We all know about the complexities of

getting into your online accounts, remembering all sorts of passwords,

dealing about with little devices like this. So could metrics, which

depend on something unique about you, be as simple and secure -- EA

simple and secure answer? Facial recognition and retina scanning are

used at passport control in various country, and think and scanning on

smartphones has taken off as a means of paying for anything from a cocky

Mac to a bus ticket. -- pay in Faure coffee. But consumers have to big

concerns. Privacy, and the security of the technology, whether it can be

spoofed. If we get that right and put the right processes in place, I

think the convenience that biometrics offers will create a

fantastic customer experience. German hackers claimed they fooled

Samsung's iris scanner with a high-definition photo. But the phone

maker and TSB insist it is very unlikely that anybody would have

both phone and the photo needed to beat the system. Technology. It used

to be in the films, now it is becoming

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

How lifestyle changes could ward off dementia -

new research says one in three cases could be prevented.

Exercise, staying in education, treating hearing loss and stopping

smoking could be just some of the ways to reduce the risk.

Good morning, it's Thursday the 20th of July.

A Council under pressure - the new leader of the Kensington

and Chelsea authority is heckled by survivors of the Grenfell fire

The people must choose you and we have not chosen. So Madam, please

madam, step down. The children are getting excited

about some holiday is about to begin but the parents not so much.

Childcare cost is 4% on last year. I am at a holiday club in Manchester

trying to work out why costs rising so much.

Reaching the summit of Snowdon in a motorised wheelchair -

we follow one man with Motor Neurone Disease as he makes it

It is probably the best time of my life.

In sport, the Open Championship gets under way this morning here at Royal

Over in Holland though, England's footballers make a winning

start to their European championship campaign -

Don't feel too sorry for Mike because there is sunshine on the way

for him. And for many, if you have a few burst of rain around this

morning but the sunshine into the afternoon. Will look fresher and I

will have the details coming up in 15 minutes.

One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people

looked after the health of their brain better

throughout their lives, according to new research.

An international study published in the Lancet lists key risk factors

- including lack of education, hearing loss, smoking

Here's our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh.

Now there is another reason to stay active.

Keeping fit can reduce your risk of getting dementia

as well as protect against heart disease and cancer.

Keeping the mind active throughout life builds what the study calls

cognitive reserve, strengthening the brain so that it

can function in later life despite damage.

The main risk for dementia is old-age.

But the Lancet study says that 35% of all cases could potentially be

prevented if nine other factors that were addressed.

They are - lack of education, hearing loss, smoking,

depression, social isolation, physical

inactivity, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes.

Throughout your adult life, having an enriched

environment where you can socialise and exercise and do cognitively

stimulating things, that all does it.

Do not smoke, try not to be obese, try to be active.

Alzheimer's accounts for about two thirds of dementia cases.

There is still no drug that can slow the progress.

The Alzheimer's Society says dementia

is set to be the 21st-century's biggest killer.

We all need to be aware of the risks and start making

The new leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council has been heckled by

by furious residents of Grenfell Tower,

at the authority's first full meeting since the fire.

Elizabeth Campbell was told to resign, as she admitted

that the council needed to change fundamentally,

if it was to regain the trust of the community.

At least 80 people were killed in the blaze last month.

Our reporter Frankie McCamley was at the meeting, and witnessed

Tensions were always going to be high here with hundreds protesting

And inside, it got off to a difficult start.

With jeering from Grenfell Tower residents towards Elizabeth

Campbell, elected as the new council leader.

I am deeply sorry for the grief and trauma that you are suffering.

That we did not do more to help you when

The agenda was then scrapped, giving residents

One by one they gave their accounts but

So, madam, please, step down and resigned.

Behind these memories, hundreds of people have

As others continue calling on the Council for parents support,

more and more residents watched tensely from

After around four hours the meeting was abruptly closed

Until then, there is clearly a lot of work to be done.

The BBC's been giving more detail about how it plans to deal

with the difference in pay between men and women,

after it named the stars who earn more than 150,000 pounds.

Two thirds of those listed were male.

The corporation defended the high salaries, which were revealed

yesterday in its annual report, but has been urged to close the pay

gap earlier than its current target of 2020.

BBC executive James Purnell said pay cuts were part of the solution.

will you be expecting mail on their talent to take a pay cut? I will not

be negotiating on air but that is one of the leaders we can pull.

We'll find out later today whether the UK

and the European Union are any closer to a Brexit deal.

The Brexit Secretary David Davis and the EU's negotiator

Michel Barnier will outline the progress of their talks so far.

Our Europe reporter Gavin Lee is outside

Are we expecting any agreement to be announced?

I think so. The words we got later this week was not to expect much in

the way of real development because they have until October to get the

early sticky points out of the way that is, Citizen rights, the issue

of the Irish border and what they call the Brexit exit deal, how much

Britain will need to pay. The seventh floor of this building

behind me is where, at one point this week, there were 98 British

negotiators walking in. Apparently there were fingerprint scanners to

get them all in, you can see inside, make it out, there is a British flag

and the European flag. You cannot hit the screens, however. What we

have had this week, have heard, on citizens ride is they are coming

closer together but there is still a big issue, they do not want the

European Court of Justice to be involved, the Europeans do. They

believe that should be the final arbiter. When it comes to payment,

there seems to be in exasperation on the European side that the British

do not have a position on it. We are hearing from the British side that

they do, they just do not work off the same script is the European side

because they have more to play with. Were getting shades and nuances of

different frustrations but the main message is that they are coming

together. At about two o'clock this afternoon, they will stand together

and provide an account of how this four days have gone.

The Liberal Democrat MP Sir Vince Cable is expected

to become the new leader of his party today.

The former Business Secretary is the only person to put himself

forward for the role, following the decision by Tim Farron

Our political correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster -

Chris, Sir Vince Cable hasn't faced any opposition -

has he got backing of the whole party?

An absolute nailbiter. For all the twists and turns of politics over

the last few months I have promised myself to stop making a prediction.

It does look at this vantage point quite rightly that Sir Vince, by the

time we reach late afternoon, will be the new leader of the Liberal

Democrats. There could still be a cavalry charge of previously

unannounced ambition amongst the Lib Dem ranks, somebody who wants to

take on Sir Vince Cable. But that seems unlikely. The challenge then

fall Vince Cable, I thought that was summed up well earlier, is,

effectively, to be noticed as the leader of the small party. You are

decent chance of that because he is relatively well-known. That is rare

among politicians, even rarer amongst liberal Democrats. With that

comes the challenge of what some will see as the baggage of his past,

being a cabinet minister as he was during the coalition years and we

know that Liberal Democrats took an almighty beating at the polls a

couple of years back after those using government. -- used in

government -- years in government. Members of Donald Trump's inner

circle will be questioned by the two US Congressional Committees

investigating allegations of Russian interference in last

year's election. His eldest son, Donald Junior,

and former campaign manager Paul Manafort, will

appear next Wednesday. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner

will face questions on Monday. Mr Trump and his allies have

denied any collusion. Concerns have been raised

about the number of adult mental health patients locked

in rehabilitation wards in England. The Care Quality Commission has

said it's surprising that there are around 3,500

beds in locked wards. NHS England said big steps had been

made in improving mental healthcare with higher funding,

but the health regulator said it believed a "significant number"

of patients had the capacity to live We do suspect that quite a high

proportion of people in these services could and should be moved

back to be much closer to home and be cared for in settings, in

residential settings that provide much more independence.

Heavy machinery will be brought in today to start work on the main

road into a Cornish village which has been badly

Much of the road into Coverack was washed away during stormy

Villagers have been clearing out properties

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will renew their friendly sporting

rivalry when they visit the German city of Heidelberg today.

The Royal couple will take to the water in opposing rowing

The Duke and Duchess, who are on a three-day tour

of of the country with Prince George and Princess Charlotte,

will also visit the German Cancer Research Centre.

Dementia can have a devastating effect on families, and it's

We have Mike out at Royal Birkdale today. It is wet and windy, but he

is always chirpy and he is delighted to be their. Matt will give us the

weather forecast for the rest of the country as well.

Dementia can have a devastating effect on families, and it's

estimated that 850,000 people across the UK are living

Today, new research suggests that there could be a way of making

changes earlier in life, to stop people from developing it.

The study in the Lancet says people should target nine lifestyle factors

These include things like, staying in education,

treating hearing loss and stopping smoking.

They claim it could potentially prevent one in three dementia cases.

Let's speak now to David Reynolds, the Chief scientific officer

Good morning. What makes this research different and how can

people act upon it for it to actually be effective? What this

research is done is put together a lot of studies done in the past and

then said what can we tell us we put all together and they looked how big

an impact a given factor can have as well is how common it is. From that,

it has pulled out nine key things that you're in report earlier

mentioned. Just to be clear, that is smoking, brain activity, more

education, earlier in life... And hearing loss is probably the one we

knew least about. It shows it is actual quite an important factor

because it is so common, particularly in the over 55. Through

that issue. These things a person has control over. You have control

over your fitness level and diet, those kind of an. Hearing loss is

something that happens to you. How do you handle that? This is two

things in younger life, try to damage your ears by listening to

really loud music or wearing you defenders when doing loud things.

The other thing with hearing loss is that we have hearing aids. People

should use them. The research is not yet proved effective use of hearing

loss is able to reduce dementia but it would seem intuitive that it

could do. Effective use of hearing aids? yes. One thing that has come

out including hearing loss and mental health is that it is not just

the physical loss linked to dementia, it is the well-being

surrounding it, IT loneliness, that could arise if you have hearing loss

or lack of social connection. Or interaction. That has been proven,

been linked to dementia? We have known that before in this study

reinforces the point. Social isolation is not good for your brain

and trying to maintain and social networks and your brain active,

either doing a crossword puzzle, learning to dance or higher

education later in life, it does not particularly matter. It is about

keeping your brain active and healthy. You also linked it to

earlier in life, saying that people should be in education at beyond the

age of 15. Education is something that is easy

to measure and quantify. It is clearly linked to more education in

younger life has in effect on not developing dementia in later life.

It is also an indicator of how act is someone's mind is in later life,

potentially, they keep using their brain and trying to learn. It is

such an important subject, a lot of people watching this have family

members who are suffering. Try to explain, if you can, someone will be

watching this and saying, my dad has dementia. He is so bright, he did

crosswords every morning, he is fit as a fiddle. All of those factors

you talked about don't seem to be any part of their make-up, and yet,

they are suffering from dementia. Can you try those things together?

This study shows that one third could be prevented, which means that

two thirds are not impacted. We know that our genes play a part of it,

there is a large part that, as yet, scientists don't know the exact

cause. While you can try and reduce your risk, there are many people out

there for whom a healthy lifestyle and doing the crossword is not going

to prevent development. That is where you need to develop medicines

that can help those people that have dementia or are going to get it for

which lifestyle factors won't be affecting them. Once you have it,

you have it, don't you? We want to try and find people very early in

the disease course, and when those medicines are available, give that

to them so that they don't develop symptoms or they remain very mild.

If you think about many other diseases, it is much easier to treat

a disease in the early stages than the later stages. Thank you very

much. It's 7:17am and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning: One

in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked

after the health of their brain, Furious residents of Grenfell Tower

have booed and heckled the new leader of Kensington Council

at the authority's first full Perfect golfing weather, not. We

wouldn't go out in this, would we? Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather. Things will improve over the next

few hours, sunshine coming out in the rain clearing in the next

half-hour. Winds easing, certainly an improvement today compared to

yesterday. This is a scene in North Wales and north-west England, parts

of Northern Ireland as well. Some bursts around today, what you

probably notice, humid in eastern areas. Contrast that with Northern

Ireland, temperatures as low as 16 degrees. In the way of sunshine, if

you have got some rainy moments in England and Scotland, you will

likely lose it. Eastern England will likely see some rain, and rain

lingering in the finals of Scotland. For the rest of Scotland, writes Guy

's and some sunshine. Most places dry, temperatures in the mid teens.

Some showers pushing into Ireland, after a spell of wet weather through

eastern England, we will see rain clear and sun come out. 23 degrees,

clear a east Anglia. A fresh appeal across the board. Strong sunshine

overhead through much of England and Wales, isolated showers through

southern Wales in south-west England. Tonight, rain lingering

across far north Scotland. Lottery three weather and some showers

pushing into south-west England and Wales. Something a bit more sinister

lurking across Ireland as we finish tonight. Temperatures holding up

recently well tonight, winds coming in from the south -- reasonably. Not

what you want to see if you are starting your summer break this

weekend. Low pressure moving onshore. Bringing wet and windy

weather to Northern Ireland. To start the day, rain on and off.

Turning wetter and rainy across south-west England and Wales. Gales

in some places. Blustery conditions developing. Much of England will be

dry. Sunny spells across Scotland, temperatures could get back into the

20s for some. Friday night and into Saturday, rain across England and

into southern Scotland. Sitting there through much of Saturday.

Batches of showers pushing across Northern Ireland, England and Wales.

Showers are little on the heavy side. We you see the showers,

distinctly cool for this stage in July. Temperatures not reaching the

20s for many of you. Most persistent rain, it is in Scotland. We could

see some rain through the English Channel. Some of you get away with a

dry day Saturday. Temperatures a bit disappointing. If you are starting

your summer break, heading into Europe, the Mediterranean is looking

good. Temperatures mid- high 30s. Could be some storms in France and

Italy, but for most, dry and sunny. Back to you.

Sometimes on Breakfast, we show you people who have achieved

Dad of two Jason Liversidge is definitely one of them.

We've been following Jason on Breakfast for some time -

he has motor neuron disease and needs 24-hour care.

Earlier this week, Jason attempted to reach the top of Mount Snowdon -

The top of Snowdon is three and half thousand feet above sea level.

Jason Liversedge is attempting it in a wheelchair.

One of those ideas that seemed like a good idea at the time.

The further we get the more excited I get to get to the top.

He is here with his wife Liz and a team of helpers.

They will use ramps and muscle and willpower.

Jason is determined and very tenacious.

I will be right behind him and want him to keep going as long

The illness has slowly taken Jason's ability to walk and talk,

Not brilliant, but on the other hand...

It has probably been the best time of my life.

Jason was diagnosed three and a half years ago.

He has gone from being fit and active to needing 24-hour care.

Jason and Liz have two daughters, Lily and Poppy.

He has two little girls who are four and five.

You know, Jason would love to see them grow up.

It's probably not realistic, but he wants to spend every day

More than four hours into the climb, this has become a battle

An inch-by-inch push and pull struggle of wills.

Jason is climbing partly to raise money for two charities,

Marie Curie and Dove House Hospice, but also to create memories

His speech is already deteriorating and he will eventually rely

a synthesised computer-generated voice.

But to make sure his children still recognise him,

he recorded hundreds of his own words, so his computerised voice

This is the first time I have heard my new voice.

Back on the mountain, the batteries are starting to run

But finally, after more than eight hours, they have done it.

What an achievement, to get to the top.

You know, it's an achievement for all of us, and we're perfectly

able-bodied, but for Jason, it's a huge achievement.

Jason's next challenge, he plans to abseil from the Humber

But this is a moment to stop and take in the awesome beauty.

You could really feel for raw emotions knocking around at that

time -- the. That's an extraordinary achievement

- Jason has so far managed to raise It's almost the summer holidays,

which might be great new for kids but maybe a bit of a headache

for working parents. Sean's looking at the cost

of childcare and he's at a school The children seem to be enjoying it,

are you? I very much down. I am having my seat stolen at every

opportunity. Sofia has kindly move of. Talking about cost going up this

morning, child care particularly. 4% higher according to Forbes. Making

it harder for parents not only to sort out what they are doing with

their kids, but to pay for it. What is your situation? I am really

trying to figure out what I can and can't afford, because I have health

problems. I have got them in on Thursday afternoons, but it is

difficult because I can't really afford it. But I've got dad and

grandparents to help out. A lot of people will be familiar with the

idea of relying on the family. Pricing is what we are talking

about, now has a theory about that. Why do you think the cost of child

care is going up? I think because bills and food prices are going up,

so to keep us hydrated and fed is much more expensive, so the prices

are going to be much more expensive. That is a big reason why. We will be

speaking to Now, though, it's back

to Charlie and Naga. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie One in three cases of dementia

could be prevented if people looked after their brain health better

throughout their lives, An international study published

in the Lancet lists nine key risk factors - including lack

of education, hearing loss, Social isolation is not good for

your brain and, actually, trying to maintain social networks and keep

your brain active, beat through a crossword puzzle, learning to dance

or higher education later in life it doesn't matter. Is about keeping

your brain active and healthy. The new leader of Kensington

and Chelsea council has been heckled by furious residents

of Grenfell Tower, at the authority's first full

meeting since the fire. Elizabeth Campbell was told

to resign, as she admitted that the council needed

to change fundamentally, if it was to regain

the trust of the community. At least 80 people were killed

in the blaze last month and many survivors still waiting

to be re-housed. In about an hour, we will be asking

the deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea council how they can win

the community's trust back. The BBC's been giving more detail

about how it plans to deal with the difference in pay

between men and women, after it named the stars who earn

more than 150,000 pounds. Two thirds of those

listed were male. The corporation defended the high

salaries, which were revealed yesterday in its annual report,

but has been urged to close the pay gap earlier than its

current target of 2020. BBC executive James Purnell said pay

cuts were part of the solution. Quite a lot of men have been

taking pay cuts already. Will you expect more on air

talent to take a pay cut? I will not negotiate on air

but that is one of the levers we can The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis and the EU's negotiator, Michel Barnier will today set out

what progress has been made in the latest round of talks,

which are about to end. Over the past four days,

officials have been discussing citizen's rights, the Irish border

and any financial settlement involved in Britain leaving

the European Union. Sports Direct profits have

fallen by nearly 60%. The firm blames the fall

in the value of the pound The retailer's underlying profit

before tax for the year to 30 April Down from the previous

year's 275 million. The Liberal Democrat MP

Sir Vince Cable looks set to become The former Business Secretary

is expected to be the only candidate on the ballot paper

when nominations close at 4pm. Other possible contenders

ruled themselves out following the decision

by Tim Farron to stand down. Sir Vince will be oldest

leader of the party Members of Donald Trump's inner

circle will be questioned by the two US Congressional Committees

investigating allegations of Russian interference in last

year's election. His eldest son, Donald Junior,

and former campaign manager Paul Manafort, will

appear next Wednesday. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner

will face questions on Monday. Mr Trump and his allies have

denied any collusion. Concerns have been raised

about the number of adult mental health patients locked

in rehabilitation wards in England. The Care Quality Commission has

said it's surprising that there are around 3,500

beds in locked wards. NHS England said big steps had been

made in improving mental healthcare with higher funding,

but the health regulator said it believed a "significant number"

of patients had the capacity to live We do suspect that quite a high

proportion of people in these services could and should we moved

back to be much closer to home and be care -- cared for in settings

that provide much more independence. Heavy machinery will be brought

in today to start work on the main road into a Cornish village

which has been badly Much of the road into Coverack

was washed away during stormy Villagers have been

clearing out properties More than 8 billion tons of plastics

have been manufactured since the 1950s according

to scientists in the US. That's the equivalent of the weight

of a billion elephants, or enough to cover a country

the size of Argentina. The researchers, from the University

of California, say most plastics are used just once -

the vast majority ends They hope their findings

will now help inform A block of flats with wicker

balconies, a dockyard redevelopment and a new college campus are among

those in the running to be named Six buildings have been shortlisted

for the prestigious architecture Previous winners include

the Scottish Parliament The winner will be

announced in October. That building looked quite odd, with

the weaker balconies. I hope they are sturdy. You would hope so. Mike

can tell us what the weather is like a Royal Birkdale. You are braving

the weather, Mike. Has it stopped raining? Yes. A glorious day. I have

dropped the umbrella, the rain has stopped and you can see clear skies

behind me. Had better remain quiet because I am only about 100 yards

away from the fourth T. Behind me is the third green with the flag and

the marshals and orange. You can probably see spectators of wandering

along to the fourth green to see how that goes. It is only a 200 yard par

three whole. It has improved but it is still difficult for the players

because of this wind expected to last for a few hours this morning.

It has made life difficult because no player so far has managed to be

under par. Mark O'Meara, the player who won was held here in 1998 was

five over after just two holds. I will give you another update from

here in a few moments time. I need to keep my voice down a little, the

wind is carrying my voice over their. England's footballs bid to

win the women's European championship

with a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Scotland.

Jodie Taylor became the first English woman to score a hat trick

at a major tournament when she scored England's fourth

And there was also a goal with the last kick of the match

from the new Barcelona striker Toni Duggan.

Scotland take on Portugal next, while England play Spain on Sunday.

I have worked years to get to this point through difficult times and

Being in a good team and to be a part of this right

I just hope we can continue winning and be successful

it is a tournament football. When you make errors and Miss

opportunities, we are the top five in the world for a reason. They

punished us for it. It is a harsh lesson and we need to learn quickly.

Some cheer for Scottish football though if you are a Celtic fan.

They are into the third qualifying round for the Champions League

after a 4-0 win over Irish side Linfield took them through 6-0

Chelsea have agreed to sign the Real Madrid striker Morata. He is 24,

still quite young, and scored 20 goals for the Spanish giants last

year. Elsewhere, a shoulder injury has

ended Germany's Marcel Kittel's hopes of winning the sprinters'

Green Jersey at the Tour de France, Chris Froome finished third

on Stage 17 to extend He's now 27 seconds ahead of both

Colombia's Rigoberto Uran, and the French rider Romain Bardet,

with four stages to go. Maria Lyle overcame a calf injury

to scoop a bronze medal in the Women's T35 100 metres

at the Para Athletics World Her third place was replicated

by Sammi Kinghorn in She just held on for a bronze medal

to make it 22 in total for Great Britain at

the championships so far. Back here at Royal Birkdale it is

the 10th time this of course has held the open championship. I am

delighted to say I am joined by Andrew Murray. Good morning. You'll

twin six open. I have played a bit but this is exciting. It is one of

the great golf courses in the world. A blustery horrible day to start

with and it is clearing up now exactly as the BBC weather forecast

said it would. This is great for spectators, but what about the

players? Not one of them under par. A brutal start. The first hole it is

the opposite wind to what they practised win yesterday. Abounds on

the right-hand sides of the first hole, possibly one of the most

intimidating tee shots I have ever faced. The wind blowing the ball

towards out of bounds which is where, of course, former champion

went. It was coming in sideways with rain at that point as well so it was

horrid, certainly not pleasant. The most open of opens for many a year.

How do we start trying to choose a winner? I don't think you do. Are

just as we see it already a one-hour interplay and, the forecasts of this

afternoon is significantly better, brighter and the wind drops is a

fraction. Plays in the afternoon may have a shot advantage over the

players who played early. Will be fascinating. It there are so many

world-class players. I was out on the town yesterday and so many

people wanted to talk about their man, Tommy Fleetwood. He has a

chance given his recent form. No question. He has a chance. He hits

the ball low and street and this is a straight hitters golf courses over

there was one. He has so much pressure on his shoulders, all of

the petrol stations and houses are saying go, Tommy! He is carrying a

lot of local support. How he handles it will show us what sort of Astarte

gets off to. Will this course favourite Justin rose's game? No, he

has never won, he has never done well in the open. Is a fantastic

player and one of my pics. It depends on the weather. Of the wind

blows harder than this than maybe it doesn't. I think it will have clubs

in the bag that will knock the ball down well and keep it out of the

wind. That is an exciting prospect. Who are your pics? One word. Garcia.

Back-to-back majors. Fingers crossed. We will let you go because

you need to go followed Ian Poulter. You can follow and you're in the

team on 5 Live tonight from eight o'clock to ten o'clock. I quite like

whispering. Got excited because Nick Faldo worked past. I was so excited

that I shouted out and then got told off for raising my voice. I quite

like this whispering. So atmospheric thank you very much and stay warm

and dry. The time now is 742. The story that is dominating the front

pages and many people discussing it, the pay period the BBC. Some of the

highs but aid presenters and actors including some who work on this

programme have had their salaries published. This is the first time

that the pay of staff who earn over ?150,000 a year has been made

public. The BBC has admitted it needs to address the gap between men

and women. We can talk now to the former controller of BBC One, who

joins us from outside the headquarters in London. Thank you

for joining us. Are just want to make clear a couple of things. You

have a production company called expectation. BBC worldwide is an

investor in that company. We want to make clear the angle you are coming

from. Also you are the former controller of BBC One. Tell me, when

you are controller of BBC One you must have looked at the salaries and

the discrepancies between men and women. When was that, ten years ago?

Would you expect that to be different now? 12 years ago it was a

very different climate, in particular in relation to how the

BBC behaved vis-a-vis its commercial rivals. It was a competitive BBC,

much less consciousness of the fact that BBC, in a sense, was answerable

to the licence payer because it was public money. Yesterday, Vista has

been a long time coming, and represents the inevitable victory of

transparency over confidentiality. When public money is involved. And,

although, obviously a difficult and in some way slightly embarrassing

days of the BBC yesterday, I think good will come of it. I think now it

is as if finally the lights have been switched on, rather

reluctantly, and once they have been switched on, things like gender

inequality, some of the extreme differentials in talent paid, will

start to be corrected. I don't believe, as I have heard said

elsewhere, that the inevitable result of this is inflationary. I

think the opposite would be the case. I think that restraint will

follow from disclosure and pay may come down. That would bring pay down

across the sector because why would commercial rivals overbid for talent

if the BBC are limiting or reducing talent payment. I think it has been

a difficult episode for the BBC. It is like years or so they have had a

tooth ache that would not go away. The good thing is that the tooth has

now come out. Things can now start to get better. Quickly will change?

You have been inside the BBC, you know how this huge machine works.

How quickly will this change if the answer is to curtail or cut pay of

those men who are earning more? It is a very good question and there

is no simple answer. What you are looking at is a complicated

patchwork of individual contracts and negotiations, all negotiated by

different agents, some with different views as to whether talent

should approach working for the BBC as something you take a natural

discount for. I think over the next years, all these contracts will come

up for renewal and the private will have changed even further as a

result of yesterday. The director-general said he wanted to

achieve gender equality by 2020. Some people say that is not fast

enough. That is three years away. It feels like a realistic timescale to

me. I would not doubt for a minute the BBC's intentions to get this

right, having, if you like, suffered the embarrassment of somebody

shining a brighter light on it. People are struck by the sheer size

of payments made to staff and the obvious gender inequality, which is

not defendable. The right thing to do is to get on and correct it. I

think that will happen. Tell us how this works. You have mentioned the

agents and the bargaining that agents do. Surely it is the BBC

which should say, we want a presenter, our programme is worth

this much. Are you telling me that the agents have more control and

influence to push up salaries? Agents can be very powerful. On the

other hand, the BBC is an extraordinarily attractive and

powerful platform. People come to the BBC in whatever role they may

want to work in, not just for the money. That is right, because it is

a very unique organisation, publicly funded and orange. The BBC has so

many networks and services, it is not just a -- an organisation that

reacts to the market. It makes the market. Having been obliged to

disclose what they pay people, this will strengthen the BBC's hand in

negotiations with agents. Us getting out the cheque-book and overpaying

new is bad for us, they could say. It is also bad for you, which we saw

yesterday with some of the embarrassment suffered by BBC staff

who have been challenged. Although it is awkward and difficult, setting

talent to pay is not like setting grades in the civil service where it

is all predetermined. There is, in a sense, no question about it. It is

far more fluid than that. I think the inevitable arrival of

transparency will lead to restraint, and will lead to making it easier

for the BBC to address issues like gender inequality and some of the

other oddities that emerged after the publication yesterday. What is a

restrained pay packet? What is less than ?2 million per year? This is

what is unclear, and what many people will find unclear. Why is it

not easy to say that ?2 million per year is too much? Or that ?450,000

per year is too much? These salaries don't relate to everyday people's

jobs, to the Prime Minister's job. There is a huge range of people

playing different roles, journalistic roles, entertainment

roles. In a world of entertainment, entertainers who are greatly loved

by the public, where there are other places for them to go, living in a

world where there is Netflix and Amazon, there are all sorts of

platforms for entertainers and media personality to take their

entertainment, the BBC it was that at its peril. That has been the case

since, going back 60 years to when the BBC was created. They had to

decide whether they competed, or whether because they are publicly

funded, they decided to do something else. I am sure that the public are

glad that the BBC said, we compete. We have shows like Strictly Com

Dancing. They must continue to do that. There is now transparency,

which in some ways makes it better. It strengthens their hand, and it

should not stop the BBC from saying, we want to play that game. The

licence payer would not thank the BBC if they had styles they did not

want to see or second-rate presenters. It is difficult when you

put it in the context of what people in the public sector want, and that

plays to the uniqueness of the BBC, publicly owned and funded by

operating in a nakedly commercial domain and where other companies

will put their hands into their pockets to pay people more if you

don't pay it. Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather. We saw Mike losing his umbrella,

conditions improving for the golfers. The area set to get much

fresher after the and humid air of late. 18 degrees towards east Anglia

and the south-east. Northern island, just eight degrees. With it,

sunshine, chasing away the morning cloud. Outbreaks of rain across good

parts of England and Scotland. A drop of thunder, rain lingering

across parts of north-east Scotland in the afternoon, parts of

Sutherland, Orkney and Shetland. Elsewhere, sonny. One or two

isolated showers. Wattel two may spoil the air now and again, but

mostly brightening up across England. Taking until mid-afternoon

to lose some rain from the north-east. Light showers in Wales

and the south-west, most areas dry. Temperatures mid- high 20s, hiking

the best for many. Could hit 24 across parts of the south-east and

east Anglia. The day finishing mainly dry, rain continuing in

northern Scotland. Through the night, south-west England and Wales

will see some splashes of rain. Something sinister lurking in

Ireland to take us into Friday morning. Friday starting reasonably

mild, cool across northern Scotland. Low pressure arising for the run-up

to the weekend. That will produce some wet windy weather. Turning

increasingly wet and windy through Wales and south-west England.

Persistent wind. Could touch gale force in the Irish Sea. Breeze

picking up in Scotland and England, but most will have a dry day.

Temperatures a bit up on what we have seen today. We have seen rain

and move across slowly from Friday to Saturday, rather cloudy and damp

on Saturday in central and southern Scotland. Elsewhere, sunshine and

showers. Not heavy showers expected, some will avoid that altogether. It

may be towards the end of July, but temperatures may be disappointing on

what you can expect. Wet and windy across eastern Scotland on Sunday, a

bit of uncertainty around the English Channel. Sunshine and hit

and miss showers, temperatures lower than they should be at this time of

year. Things will The summer holidays are nearly here,

which might be music to the ears of kids, but maybe not

for working parents. Sean's looking at the cost

of childcare this morning and he's at a children's club

in Greater Manchester. How do you juggle childcare, how do

you work out your timetables? We are in a holiday breakfast club in

Manchester. Good morning, everybody! They are just tucking into

breakfast. Cost by going up, that is what we have in hearing this

morning. 4% on average for childcare costs. Some places, more than 10%.