22/07/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

A big rise in the number of children declared homeless.

Councils in England say nearly a thousand each month

are being forced into temporary accommodation.

The government says it's taking action to tackle the problem.

People who fly drones will have to pass safety courses

and register their devices following concerns over the danger

White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, explains why he's stepping down

I just think it was in the best interests of the communications

department and the press organisation to not have too many

cooks in the kitchen. Good morning. The sport.

Jordan Spieth leads the Open Championship.

He's two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the British

summer had to throw at him, at Royal Birkdale.

A new official portrait is released to mark his birthday.

And we have the weekend weather. Good morning. Looking like a

sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday looks like the

better of the two. All of the details in about 15 minutes. We will

see you then. Thank you. Almost 1,000 children

are being forced into temporary accommodation every month

because more families are becoming homeless, according

to councils in England. The Local Government Association

says the number has increased It wants more powers

to build what are described Our social affairs correspondent,

Michael Buchanan, reports. Councils say more than 900 children

are what they describe homeless each month. In total, they say more than

120,000 children and families are in temporary accommodation. That has

increased one third since 2014. Councils in the south-east and major

cities are dealing with the largest numbers. Though other places have

significant problems. The councils say they need more affordable homes

built. They need investment in new housing development. Councils need

the power to intervene more in the home market. We need more affordable

housing built in the right place to provide decent affordable housing.

We need to intervene earlier as well. Rather than waiting for people

to become homeless, we need to stop them becoming homeless in the first

place. Ministers say they are spending ?550 million attacking

homelessness. A new bill passed earlier this year will prevent

families from losing homes in the first place. Michael Buchanan, BBC

News. Later we'll be talking to a couple currently living in temporary

accommodation with their children, about the effect it has had on

family life. That's at 7:20. Drone owners will have to complete

a safety awareness course under The unmanned aircraft will also

have to be registered, amid growing concern about

the dangers they pose to aircraft. Earlier this month, five flights

were diverted from Gatwick Airport because a drone was flown too

close to the runway. Our technology correspondent,

Rory Cellan-Jones, reports. They have quickly become a very

popular gadget, mostly used to take great aerial pictures. But as the

use of drones has grown, so have concerns about the dangers.

Professional users already have to pass proficiency test. Now, the

government wants to bring in wider regulation. Any drone weighing more

than 250 g needs to be registered and the owner needs to complete a

safety awareness test. And it will be expanded that they will not be

able to go near prisons and airports. People flying safely have

nothing to worry about. Research by the union found a drone weighing 400

g could damage a helicopter windscreen. Though it would take a

two kilograms drone to harm an aeroplane at high speeds. If there

is a collision between a drone and a manned aircraft, plane or a

helicopter, it could be catastrophic. We have to do

something now to make sure that does not happen. There are plenty of

commercial uses for drones. Amazon is testing them for parcel delivery.

The government says it is keen to promote exciting technology while

making sure it is used responsibly. Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News.

Boots the chemist has apologised for its response to a row

about the cost it charges for the morning-after-pill.

The chain initially rejected calls to reduce the price,

saying it didn't want to encourage the misuse of emergency

contraception, but after criticism from a string of Labour MPs,

Our reporter, Tom Burridge, is outside one of their flagship

Tom, this is a bit of a U-turn, isn't it? The story is quite

complicated. Will they reduce the price after saying sorry? Yes. Good

morning. The advisory service provider abortions in the UK,

calling on Boots to reduce the price of the morning after pill. The

cheapest at present is more than ?26 at Boots. At Tesco you can get a

version of it for around ?13, half the price. On Thursday, Boots said

they would not reduce the prices and said the reason was because they did

not want to, in their words, incentivised inappropriate use of

the morning after pill. That statement prompted more than 30

female Labour MP is the write to the company, accusing Boots of treating

women like children, and of basically encouraging people to

basically take a moral position on an issue of choice, whether to take

it or not. And then, basically, last night, we had a complete reversal of

the position from Boots, with the company saying it is truly sorry for

their position which has caused offence and misunderstanding. As you

say, Boots is now looking at providing cheaper alternatives,

cheaper versions of the morning after pill, at their stores in

future. Thank you very much for explaining that. Will talk to you

again later in the programme. -- We will.

The outgoing White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has told a US

television network that he resigned because he feared there would be

"too many cooks in the kitchen" if he remained in his job.

The American media reported he decided to quit because he was

unhappy about President Trump appointing the Wall Street

financier, Anthony Scaramucci, as his new Director of

financier, Anthony Scaramucci, as his new Director of

Our Washington correspondent, Laura Bicker, reports.

It is all change at the White House. Sean Spicer is saying farewell. For

six months and one day, he has been defender in chief for the tortuous

the West Wing. He says he is stepping down to give the newly

appointed Communications Director a fresh start. The president obviously

wanted to add to the team more than anything. I just felt it was in the

best interests of the department, the press organisation, do not have

too many cooks in the kitchen. Sean Spicer had controversy from his

first briefing, just after the inauguration of Donald Trump. Heber

rated reporters who said the crowd size was smaller than farmers. -- He

berated. This is the largest around the globe. He left to give this man

a clean slate to work with. Wall Street financier, Anthony

Scaramucci, a different style with the press. Outspoken and slick,

fiercely loyal to the president. The president is fantastic. The world

turns to him. He is genuinely a wonderful human being. Once members

of Congress get to know him better and get comfortable with him, he

will lead them to the right things for the American people. This young

administration is desperate to break free from the swirl of controversy

over Russia helping Donald Trump win the White House. A new face may

help, but that will still still need to be dealt with. Laura Bicker, BBC

News, Washington. Britain's Got Talent judges have

paid tribute to the dog, Pudsey, after his death

was announced yesterday They won the contest in 2012

with their dance routine Ashleigh described Pudsey

as a "beautiful boy" who had Sir Chris Hoy has warned

British Cycling they risk losing over ?40 million in public funding,

unless they vote in favour of reforms at a special

meeting today. The six-time Olympic champion has

written a letter to all the regional chairmen and women, urging them

to back changes to the way British Cycling is one of the

country's best funded and most successful sports governing bodies.

It was the driving force behind the unprecedented success in the Olympic

and Paralympic game is. But its continued funding hinges on the new

governance code. From November, boards of governing bodies must be

more independent and diverse. The reforms need to receive at least 75%

of the vote to go through today. Jess Varnish made her accusations

about Jane Sutton more than a year ago. Only one of the nine

accusations against him was upheld. In his letter, Sir Chris Hoy warns

that if the reforms are rejected and funding is then cut, future

generations will not get the opportunities for medals that he

had. But Peterkin has said he expects the proposals to be

rejected. -- Peter King. He believes there is opposition among the

members who feel the proposed changes are too severe and are being

rushed through and members are losing control. Mike Bushell, BBC

News. An official photograph has

been unveiled to mark The young prince has

just returned to the UK, along with his parents The Duke

and Duchess of Cambridge and sister Princess Charlotte, from an official

visit to Poland and Germany. Our royal correspondent,

Peter Hunt, reports. Beaming George at four, a prince

poised to start school soon. A happy little boy, according to the

photographer who took his official portrait. Once more. He let loose on

a violin. Hamburg's young being encouraged to take up music almost

something Kate did in her youth. One day, William will be centre stage.

Not this day, which was left to his wife to take up the baton he

declined. For a helicopter mad young prince, a pre-birthday treat, being

shown around one like the one his dad uses as an air ambulance pilot.

This is the sort of moment when being on public display has its

drawbacks. A princess not overly keen on being filmed. Peter Hunt,

BBC News. Mo Farrah may be one of our most

decorated Olympians but now a graphic designer from Swindon

claims to have broken one of his world records.

Sir Mo set the record for the 100-metre sack race in 2014

with a time of 39.91 seconds. But yesterday, dad of two

Stephen Wildish took on the challenge and hopped over

the line in just over 28 seconds. He's now waiting for his time to be

officially verified in order Yeah, you get an idea of the

technique. Clearly he is 1-handed and holding it with one hand and has

a lot of arm waving. That is for balance. I have never done one of

those races. The papers. The Times. A story to do with politics. Jeremy

Corbyn. Hard left Labour supporters plotting to dispose of the deputy

leader. That is Tom Watson. The main picture is Dick Van Dyke, who has

apologised all these years later for the 1964 musical, Mary Poppins, in

which he had, by all accounts and his own admission, an atrocious

mockney cockney accent. But the film would not be the film without it.

Commuter trains. Many people understand this story. The

first-class department will disappear for crowded train. Chris

Grayling, the Transport Secretary, has pledged that, saying he

understands how passengers can be miffed because they are forced to

stand in crowded carriages when the first-class carriages are empty. He

has committed to scrapping them. The picture is Prince George on his

fourth birthday. Not all of my newspaper contributions this morning

will be about Dick Van Dyke. But here is the full quote from him

about the film. Announcing the confirmation of a Britannia Award of

Excellence from BAFTA. I am sorry for inflicting the most atrocious

Cockney accent in the history of cinema. How will we move on? The

Daily Mail looking at Labour in the Boots boycott furore, which we were

talking about with Tom Burridge. It has made a U-turn and reduced the

price of the morning after pill. It had said it was trying to discourage

the use of it by pricing at higher than some of its rivals.

A royal birthday. George is four years old. Are you a little bit

confused by that headline? The owner of Pudsey has got a new dog.

Unfortunately, Pudsey had died. The new dog has been renamed Pudsey. You

with me? Sorry, it took a little while to explain that having lost

pets, however people cope. It's very sad.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

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

It was brutal at some points yesterday? Really wet, windy. Trees

down as well. I have had to put the rainbow picture in because this

weekend, low pressure is fairly nearby. It will be a feeling area of

low pressure so the winds will continue to fall light which is good

news for the south-west. Here it is again. I said, is pretty influential

to our weather. There is a weather front across southern Scotland which

has been bringing lots of rain. It will continue to move northwards and

become more confined to central southern Scotland and northern

England. The North of Scotland and into Northern Ireland, a fine start.

There will be some sunshine around but a bit of a great start from

southern Scotland and northern England. Parts of north-west England

and the Midlands, you will start off with a mist and fault and low cloud

and then it will lift for some sunshine. -- fog. There will be

showers moving in and some of these will be widespread and heavy through

the afternoon as they spread north and east. There will be getting into

much of England and Wales but they will be quite heavy across this

south-western quadrant and some of them will be quite heavy as well.

Some torrential downpours. Northern Ireland, nice and warm, 20 degrees,

maybe 21. For the golf. There could be a few showers on Saturday, today,

obviously. And then tomorrow, it could be cloudy but potentially dry.

The weather isn't that great for the tournament through the weekend.

Through the overnight period, showers fizzle out for most and

becoming more confined to northern England and Scotland. It will turn

quite chilly with fog patches. Sunday is looking like a better day

of the two. There will be some showers developing again. The odd

heavy, thundery one. It will feel warmer across-the-board,

temperatures in the low 20s Celsius in the south and maybe across parts

of southern Scotland. Average of high pressure then builds in. -- and

then high pressure builds in. Now it's time for the Film Review

with Mark Kermode and Jane Hill. Hello and welcome to the Film Review

and to take us through the cinema We have Dunkirk, about

which everyone is talking. We have City of Ghosts,

a very harrowing documentary. And we have Captain Underpants,

which is very funny. The scale and ambition

of this is remarkable. It is and also the ambition

of the release. It is the story of Dunkirk told

by Christopher Nolan and it is the story

of the evacuation told through three intertwining strands that

loosely follow land, But although the story itself

is fairly straightforward, it is told over three different

timescales, one of the stories lasts one day, and one last one hour

and these strands... If you know anything

about Christopher Nolan, That temporal elasticity.

to play with time. The brilliant thing about this

is that he does in a way that is very clear, you understand

what is happening even though It is shot on large format film

and you have seen from the images, they are astonishing,

great big cameras, plaudits to the cinematographer,

carrying around these bulky cameras and doing really

extraordinary work with them. The film is available in numerous

different formats and depending on where you go to see it,

you can see it in digital, 70... The picture will be different

and look different. The advice I would give is that make

sure you see it in the cinema that you know does the best possible

presentation and sound. Sound is very important,

it plays a huge part in this. Christopher Nolan talked about this

being a movie about tension, it is not to do with explicitly

what you see, it is about the build-up and the score

is like a rising tide and it thrills I think the most impressive thing,

you know I am huge fan of Christopher Nolan,

the most impressive thing is that for a film on this scale,

it is actually, the thing you take away from it, the smaller images,

the image of a man walking hopelessly into the sea,

the image of Kenneth Branagh's face looking over a lost horizon,

those are very impressive pieces of work and it is great to see

someone making a blockbuster movie that imagines that the audience

are smart enough to keep up Christopher Nolan's whole thing has

been that the audience are clever Why be Michael Bay when you can

be Christopher Nolan? It is what everyone

will be watching. Stories of the terror of Dunkirk

and stories of heroism and there are stories as well

in your next choice of some very brave individuals

and I have to be honest, the more I read about this,

another one I am not sure I quite have the stomach for,

but it is important work. It is a documentary

and it is the harrowing account of Isis' brutality as seen

through the eyes of a citizens' They formed a collective

and they decided that what they would do was document

what was going on, to let the world know and they did that

at great personal cost. The thing that I think the film does

really well is that it pays greater tribute to the bravery of these

people in doing this citizen journalism reporting and it

contains horrifying images. There are several occasions

while I was watching The bravery of it is that the people

who were doing this, they did not look away,

they saw it as their As you quite rightly say,

it is a documentary that takes on very, very difficult subject

matter and I think is really important, but it is absolutely

necessary to say that there are things in this documentary,

quite rightly, that are very harrowing, but it is a real tribute

to the bravery, that they were trying to get

the message out all the time, even though their own

lives are under threat. Even there of course,

there is the sense that they are We approach the summer holidays

and we move to entirely different matters and perhaps

for a younger age group? I'm 54 and I love

Captain Underpants. This is based on the

much-loved books. If you're familiar with the books,

and I am, I was worried that someone would make a movie

but now they have. Kids accidentally turn their

headmaster into Captain Underpants with the help of hypnotising ring

from the cereal packet. It's the paperwork

to separate you two! I can actually see the end

of your friendship. Put the pen down or we

will hypnotise you! When I snap my fingers

you will obey our every command! You're now be amazing

Captain Underpants! You laughed all

the way through that. I started laughing at the beginning

of this movie and I did not stop. The more it went on,

the funnier it became. I was sitting with critics

who were enjoying it but they tend to be well-behaved,

but I was laughing like a hyena. It is really funny and how great

that we have a family movie out that you can take young kids to see

and you will enjoy it Captain Underpants is

a real standout delight. That's one day at

least that's sorted. It is lovely, when there are not

the best kids films around to see. It is very hard to find something

that you think will work both for the young audience and also

for an older audience. I would quite happily go and see

this again tomorrow. I laughed all the way through it

and you know what a fan Funnier than the Minions

and that is really saying something. I have gone back to Baby Driver, it

is still in cinemas and I love it. Edgar Wright has managed to cross

a car chase movie with a romantic musical and make this film

which is funny and sharp and smart and as a piece of cinema,

I think it is really great and I want people to

see it in the cinema. It will come out on home video,

but it is one of those things. I did not do well

on homework last week. As I said last week,

you need to see The Levelling. Get Out is out, it is

a great horror thriller. Jordan Peel is one of the voices

in Captain Underpants and he wrote What this does is, it is kind

of inspired by the books of Ira Levin, who wrote the Stepford

wives, and tells a about white middle-class liberal America

and it is more of a psychological thriller than a horror

movie, although there It is sharp and satirical

and really well played and what I loved about it,

it was one of those films, you couldn't quite see

where it was going. It has great performances,

it is very bright and I didn't know much about it when I went

in and I was really surprised and I love the books anyway,

it is not directly adapted from the books, but it is a really

fine piece of work, but try not to read too much about it before

you see the film. A quick reminder before we go that

you'll find more film news and reviews from across the BBC

online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode - including Mark's top ten

films of the year so far. And you can find all our previous

programmes on the bbc iPlayer. This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. A big rise in the number

of children declared homeless. Councils in England say nearly

a thousand each month are being forced into

temporary accommodation. The government says it's taking

action to tackle the problem. People who fly drones will have

to pass safety courses and register their devices

following concerns over the danger Earlier this month, five flights

were diverted from Gatwick Boots the chemist has apologised

for its response to a row about the cost it charges

for the morning-after-pill. The chain initially rejected calls

to reduce the price, saying it didn't want to encourage

the misuse of emergency contraception, but after criticism

from a string of Labour MPs, It's also said it's looking

for cheaper alternatives. White House spokesman, Sean Spicer,

explains why he's stepping down He said there were too many

cooks in the kitchen. US media said he was unhappy about

the new Director of Communications. Mr Spicer said he didn't

want to be in the way. An official photograph has

been unveiled to mark The young prince has

just returned to the UK, along with his parents The Duke

and Duchess of Cambridge and sister Princess Charlotte, from an official

visit to Poland and Germany. He was Mary Poppins's lovable

chimney sweep with a rather Now Dick Van Dyke has

apologised for his accent, The 91-year-old American actor made

the comments after he was chosen by BAFTA to receive The Britannia

Award For Excellence In Television. The star has long been derided

for his attempt at an East End accent, but this is the first time

he has publicly apologised I don't think he needs to apologise.

That made the film personally. I should try... No, it will be

atrocious. That clip we had was not the worst of it. He had mastered

during the songs. It was not as good out of them. That was part of the

charm, though. Still going strong. The Open, the golf. Who would bet

against Jordan Spieth? Playing in winds of 35 miles per hour! Have you

ever played in that? Yes. Into the breeze, swing with ease. You have to

be calm. Don't get flustered. And so it's the American,

Jordan Spieth, who heads the field at the halfway stage

of the Open Championship. He negotiated some foul conditions

at Royal Birkdale yesterday The two-time major winner,

lies on six under par, two shots ahead of his nearest

rival, despite playing in the worst He's three shots off the lead,

after a consistent round yesterday. And after Rory McIlroy feared

he might miss the cut in the first round, he's bounced back,

into a tie for seventh place Anything around even par, conditions

will bring a good score. I got off to the best possible start. I made

some birdies early on. I needed some big up and downs.

It will be great to tee off late and have a lie-down in the morning, look

at the pin locations, see how other players are playing certain holes.

How the course should be played. I just want a nice weekend without too

much rain. Fat chance. The American leads after two rounds

from his compatriot Matt Kuchar Ian Poulter is the best-placed

British player on three under par, with Rory McIlroy's 68

putting him back in contention. Defending champion, Henrik Stenson,

lies at two over par. His preparations for the second

round were less than ideal, after the house that he's staying

in, was burgled on Thursday. Clothes, personal effects

and jewellery were stolen but Stenson refused to blame that,

for a poor round yesterday. Not too much on, you know, the

effect of today's round, I would say, but being with the police

rather than staying where you want to do, it was a difficult evening,

if I could put it that way. Kadeena Cox won Britain's 14th gold

at the World Para Athletics Championships last night,

winning the T38 400m. Cox, who holds the world

record in the event, beat the rest of the field by six

seconds for her second medal She'll run again today

in the T38 100m. Cox won gold, silver and bronze

on the track in Rio last year I was confident for 300 metres. It

is massive. It was good. I did not know if I had the strength. I have

not been on the bike. I just needed to give myself a gap to have a bit

of a buffer. Usain Bolt was victorious in his

final race before his swansong at the World Athletics Championships

in London next month. Competing in the Monaco Diamond

League, Bolt produced a season's best, running under ten seconds

for the first time this year. And there was a great

run from Laura Muir Smashing her personal best by eight

seconds as she finished third, a place ahead of her fellow

Scot Eilish McColgan who also set 12 seconds faster

than her previous best. Chris Froome is just two stages away

from a fourth tour de france title. He finished in the bunch

on stage 19 yesterday as Norway's Edvan

Bosen-Hagen took the win. Froome has a 23-second lead

to protect going into today's time If he emerges unscathed,

he'll be crowned champion Tom Daley is through to the Men's

ten metre platform final at the World Aquatics Championships

in Hungary Daley, who won bronze in this event in London,

qualified in second place Compatriot, Matty Lee,

is also through. I think this year it has been all

about enjoying it. Last year was such a serious year with it in the

Olympic year. I just wanted the best shot I could have. I wanted to have

fun with it. Wigan completed their regular

Super League season with a crushing 34-0 victory over Leeds Wigan

had already qualified for the Super Eights,

but ran in seven tries There were wins elsewhere

for Leigh and Hull FC, Now on a weekend, when England

and Scotland's women play their second matches at Euro

2017, are the stars of tomorrow, completely in the dark

about their potential ? If you're too embarrassed or self

conscious to take up football, would you be more encouraged to,

if no-one could see you. That's the thinking behind

a new league, which has taken off I've been to join Stoke City's

women to find out more. We are all dressed up with facepaint

on. Some more than others, admittedly. We are ready for kick

off. It seems like an ordinary game at the moment. All of that changes

with the flick of a switch. It all started with glow badminton and

squash, then football a few years ago in Stoke. It has spread to the

north and other parts of the country as well it is three factors, playing

with your friend, the music is playing. It is great. No one cares

about how you look, everyone looks the same. It is great for teenage

girls. There is now a weekly UV League run by the Stoke city

Community Trust, backed by the FA. It is like ping-pong at times.

Sometimes you are just looking for an orange shirt. It is part of a

wider push, looking to start leagues at many clubs to reach girls who

would otherwise not get into it, like this girl. You are in the dark

so you can see anyone. If you are embarrassed or anything, it doesn't

matter. No one can really see you. Is that what helps you get into it?

Yeah. Girls can show themselves. The game is finely poised, level. The

opposition are making a substitution. And what a

substitution it was! Tackled. That super sub made all the difference.

It is no surprise. 93 caps for England. Your first experience with

glow football. It was so much fun. It is great to show girls and boys

who don't have confidence you can do it. You don't know who is there. It

was good. I managed to score an own goal. But it could have been anyone.

It certainly makes for some interesting team photos.

That is scary. Did you make your make up up? I had some steel on my

ears and I didn't realise until the gas attendant said why have you got

blue ears? -- still. They're vital modern-day tools used

for search and rescue operations and crop surveillance but drones

also have the potential Last year, there were 70

near misses with aircraft. The government wants

to stem their misuse by introducing measures that will help

authorities trace their owners. Joining us from our London newsroom

is Phil Binks who is in charge of managing drones for

the National Air-Traffic Services. Good morning. Thank you for your

time. Before we go into the new measures and what they mean, give us

an outline. You will represent air-traffic controllers. Tell us

about the problems they have caused. Drones have caused many problems.

Airports by merrily have these problems. -- primarily. It is not

just about delays. Think about the people on the aircraft. Aeroplanes

may not be able to land at the appropriate airport. It can cause

problems. We need to address this. We are pleased the government is

looking into establishing a Drone Registration Scheme, electronic

tagging, and education. It is a fantastic way forward. Talk us

through this. I am sitting at home and I have one. It is over a certain

size. What I obliged to do and what happens if I don't? The fine details

have not been established. But if you have one over 250 g, relatively

small, you will be asked to register your drone. That can be tied into

education. If you sign up for registration, you can do an on line

education piece to become more aware of what is around you, the air space

you cannot fly, the ground issues. It sounds good if you can do it. But

if I have one in my cupboard, who makes sure I take this course and

register? Well, there are laws, there will be laws, introduced, if

we do go down this route. The police can take you to court and you can be

fined. There will be custodial sentences if you cause hazards.

There is a significant threat around that. We have to encourage people to

have safe usage. We want to promote drones, they are fantastic new tool.

The only way to do that is safe operations being encouraged.

Are a air-traffic controllers are loaded by pilots? You mentioned some

electronic devices whereby there could be detected by air-traffic

controllers. Can you explain the sequences? What we get today is

pilot reports. The pilot will say, "We have seen a drone." And then

they will see a report written. They will write one up, the location. We

have the radar tapes, everything is recorded. We see if we can drone on

radar. Unfortunately, the drones are too small for us to see them

sometimes but we will still investigate. We want to make sure

safety is maintained. Because we can't see them using traditional

radars, we can use a thing called a let to -- something that allows us

to see the drone electronically even though we can't physically see it

using traditional air-traffic control radar. Then once we know the

-- where the drone is, we get a better picture of what is going

around us. Here's Stav with a look

at this morning's weather. I have got a sunshine and showers

picture behind me because that is what we will see this weekend thanks

to low pressure. Some of the showers could be poky with hail and thunder

mixed in. The winds will be falling lighter issues could use after

yesterday's gales. -- good news. The wind has moved north overnight and

is across northern parts of Ireland, England. Eastern England and behind,

the skies will brighten up. The rain always threatened Easter Nereus in

the morning. Northern Scotland doing very well. -- eastern areas. A dry

start, a bit of mist and fog that there should be sunshine. Showers

pushing into the south-west. These will become more widespread. Pushing

their way eastwards to the afternoon. Some of them could be

heavy. Some heavy showers across northern England. Some sunny spells

in between for Northern Ireland and North of Scotland. The odd 20- 21,

30 South. Beverley, high-teens were you get the showers. Generally

cloudy skies. The sunshine will be limited for the golf. The showers

stay away from much of England and Wales that they will be patchy rain

across northern England and in towards Scotland. Dry, clear skies

otherwise. Particularly rule places will have missed and fog and chilly

skies. Mr and fog will clear away. -- mist and fog. -- mist and fog.

They could have hired around 19- 24 degrees. As we had to next week, I

reach of high pressure builds. Northerly winds but they are light.

-- a ridge of high pressure. This week Spencer Kelly and the team

are immersing themselves It's fun, but it's not

going to change the world... It's not going to

change the world... It wouldn't fit in as much as,

say, my phone would. Not really what you want to hear

when you are talking about VR. Especially since the technology has

actually been around But it wouldn't be the first bit

of amazing looking tech to simply One of the problems is the media

goes mad over it and then everything gets overhyped, not that we would be

guilty of that of course... But the truth is, sometimes stuff

gets overblown and the people who buy the thing end up getting

disappointed by the thing. Well, this week, the BBC,

in partnership with Ipsos Mori, has published research

into the reality of virtual reality. 16 ordinary people were given

Samsung Gear VR headsets for three months, and asked to use them

in their free time at home. And for any long-term observers

of tech, the results Actually finding your headset

in the first place, it might be shoved in a drawer or somewhere,

under your bed, dust it off, it might be dirty, it

might not be totally clean. Getting your phone and putting

it into the headset, if you have a mobile-driven VR

headset, and making sure that the phone has high battery

because that will often be Finding a piece of content

to actually watch, the phone might overheat and the experience

will then stop. You might be a family,

friends or flatmates pranking you as you are doing it

so you will feel self-conscious. Your hair might be messed up,

or your make-up, or whatever. And all of those various barriers

come to be quite significant behavioural hurdles

to get people to do this. These things just aren't

ready for prime time yet. They are not easy to use

and they are not easy to share. For example, as soon

as I take this off my head, it switches off to save power,

which means I cannot get something going and then give it

to someone else to enjoy. It will switch off and they have

to navigate to the content It means I've ended up putting

a sticker over the sensor so it doesn't know when it's been taken

off, which is stupid! There's really no argument that

VR can blow your mind. But after those initial experiences,

keeping people interested Once they are exhausting

the key experiences, the novelty experiences around

the roller-coaster rides, and the horror experiences,

those kinds of things, then their enthusiasm

ebbs away quite quickly. And one of the reasons why people

get bored is that there was not much With VR content, I think

there is a bit of a chicken Obviously, to encourage more

people to buy VR headsets, it would be good to have more

and more VR content. But it costs a lot of money to make

and you don't necessarily want to invest in making the content

unless you are confident a lot So, it is difficult to put a lot

of money into something if you do not know that people

will buy the headset but then to convince them to buy the headset,

maybe you have to do that? It's a problem that's

also beset Blu-ray, 4K, We've moved incredibly far

in the last two years in terms of what has been produced,

but there was a lot There is consumer uptake

of headsets, technology needs to be better for production,

tools and things to produce that. All of these things are happening

at once and incredibly fast, This might explain why last week

Facebook cut the price of their Oculus headset

for the second time. It's a lot to shell out

for something that might just end up By reducing its prices,

oculus will probably appeal to more people who were already

considering buying the headset, but I'm not sure it will convince

many people to buy it, It still costs about the same

as a games console. And it's not just the price

of the headset itself, you need to have a pretty high-end

machine to run these things on. And even Sony, the company that

provides a high-end PlayStation 4 with its VR headsets,

which has sold 1 million of the things, told us not to get

too excited about it. I think that, in the last

six months to a year, we have seen a little

bit of overhyping of We saw this as the start of a very

long process of bringing VR You will see a lot more

technology innovation. I think content makers,

game makers, and others, including folks making

television programmes, they are really only just starting

to learn what the tools are to make Everybody knows it will take some

time before we produce really good and compelling content,

but we are inventing a new medium here and that is obviously

going to take time. But unless we start somewhere,

we will never do it. So we need to wait a few years

while you guys get it right, so there is something

worth watching? LAUGHTER You cannot develop anything

unless it is in conjunction with the audience too,

say if we have no audience, we would never be able to create

something and make it really It certainly seems that VR

is struggling to become commonplace in the home at the moment,

but that is not the end This little fellow

is called Sea Turtle. Designed to move, like,

you guessed it, a sea turtle, his arms are shaped

like the fins found in nature. He has been developed by researchers

at Arizona University to detect landmines, and sadly

for him, detonate them. Unsurprisingly, current de-mining

bots on the market, cost a pretty penny,

but Sea Turtle has been made Powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero

computer, this disposable device Not bad for a machine

that learns as it goes. And every time a robot makes a move,

it essentially gives itself some positive reinforcement, in terms of,

maybe I should try that again. If it gets negative,

or it does not do very well, in trying a new type of control,

then it is set negative reinforcement, then it does not try

that type of motion again. In reinforcing it, by giving it

good or bad feedback, it was able to learn

to walk upon its own. Not only could the lightweight

robot, potentially save lives here on earth, he could also

potentially be used to further One of our goals is to use this

in order to manufacture The idea is, rather than altering

the design of the robot here on earth, where we do not

have the environment, in which it is going to be deployed,

we can actually just ship the materials into space

and manufacture the robot Currently battery-powered,

Sea Turtle is fairly powered after about three hours of charge,

so researchers want to add solar cells to his back so that

he can charge himself. They also plan to manufacture

loads and alternate them, so swarms of bots working together

could quickly cover large areas. This robot is really good

at powering through sand, so not just landmines detection,

but applications such as farming, for anywhere where you do not want

a very expensive robot, interacting with very dirty

environments, this robot is very I am studying at university. I have

had a starter ever since I was six years old. Although a starter isn't

curable, Gareth has dedicated his master 's degree to finding a way to

treat it as best he can through virtual reality. Exposure therapy.

It is to treat social anxiety and people who stutter. Eye movement can

be affected when somebody is stuttering. They can close, it --

flicker in a certain space. Fixing 1's eye movement is part of

established therapy for stutter rivers. Gareth is able to suggest

similar exercises and techniques and in the future he hopes his research

might be used by speech therapists in treatment. When the person is in

the environment, they will see an animated avatar and they are to talk

to the avatar. About a certain topic like their favourite holiday and

they would have had time tracking their behaviours and seeing what

they do when they stutter. They will be advising them what to do and how

to improve their speech as well. Gareth has previously improved a

more basic headset to improve people 's confidence for an entire audience

for them to speak in front of. And although he is only addressing the

iron movement and not the speech element directly, he hopes this

research might be able to improve the confidence of those who stutter

and indeed those who don't. -- eye movement.

The full-length one is on-line right now.

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

A big rise in the number of children declared homeless.

It has increased by a third in three years.

Councils in England say nearly a thousand each month

are being forced into temporary accommodation.

The government says it's taking action to tackle the problem.

People who fly drones will have to pass safety courses

and register their devices following concerns over the danger

White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, explains why he's stepping down

He said there were too many cooks in the kitchen.

US media said he was unhappy about the new Director of Communications.

Mr Spicer said he didn't want to be in the way.

Some of the memes you have to laugh at yourself a bit. But sometimes it

goes from funny to mean. Jordan Spieth leads

the Open Championship. He's two shots clear of the field,

after mastering all the British summer had to throw at him,

at Royal Birkdale. And the weather. Good morning.

Looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday looks

like it will be the better of the two. I will have all the details and

around 15 minutes. Thank you. Almost 1,000 children

are being forced into temporary accommodation every month

because more families are becoming homeless, according

to councils in England. The Local Government Association

says the number has increased It wants more powers

to build what are described Our social affairs correspondent,

Michael Buchanan, reports. Councils say more than 900 children,

what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school,

become homeless each month. In total, they say more than 120,000

children and families are being supported

by temporary accommodation. That has increased

one third since 2014. Councils in the south-east

and major cities are dealing Though Cornwall and the Isle

of Wight, for instance, The councils say they need more

affordable homes built. They want rules on borrowing relaxed

to help with new investment Councils need the power to intervene

more in the home market. We need more affordable housing

built in the right place to provide We also need to be able

to intervene earlier as well. Rather than waiting for people

to become homeless, we need to stop them becoming homeless

in the first place. Ministers say they're spending ?550

million to tackle homelessness. A new bill passed earlier this year

will prevent families from losing Later we'll be talking to a couple

currently living in temporary accommodation with their children,

about the effect it has had on family life. That's in about 20

minutes. Drone owners will have to complete

a safety awareness course under The unmanned aircraft will also

have to be registered, amid growing concern about

the dangers they pose to aircraft. Earlier this month, five flights

were diverted from Gatwick Airport because a drone was flown too

close to the runway. Our technology correspondent,

Rory Cellan-Jones, reports. They've quickly become

a very popular gadget, mostly used to take

great aerial pictures. But as the use of drones has grown,

so have concerns about the dangers Professional users already have

to pass proficiency tests. Now, the government wants to bring

in wider regulation. The new rules mean any drone

weighing more than 250 grams will have to be registered

and the owner needs to complete And the use of geofencing,

preventing drons flying near prisons and airports,

will be expanded. People flying safely have

nothing to worry about. Research by the union found a drone

weighing 400 g could damage Although it would take a two

kilograms drone to harm an airliner If there is a collision

between a drone and a manned aircraft, be that a plane

or a helicopter, it We have to do something now to make

sure that does not happen. There are plenty of

commercial uses for drones. Amazon is testing them

for parcel delivery. The government says it's keen

to promote an exciting technology while ensuring it's

used responsibly. Boots the chemist has apologised

for its response to a row about the cost it charges

for the morning-after-pill. The chain initially rejected calls

to reduce the price, saying it didn't want to encourage

the misuse of emergency contraception, but after criticism

from a string of Labour MPs, Our reporter, Tom Burridge,

is outside one of their flagship Boots got a lot of criticism and now

they have responded. Yeah. Essentially, they have almost done

an about turn on the issue. Where did it begin? The service that

provides abortions in the UK, they were calling on Boots and other

retailers in the UK to slash prices on the morning after pill, because

it is so much cheaper in other parts of Europe. At Boots, you can get the

cheapest version of it for just over ?26. In Tesco, you can get it for

around ?13, half the price. This row picked up speed on Thursday when

Boots released a statement saying it would not reduce prices, saying it

did not want to promote or encourage overuse of the morning after pill.

That prompted an angry response from more than 30 female Labour MPs and

some Conservative MPs as well, basically accusing the company of

treating women like children and of taking a moral position on an issue

of choice, whether or not to take the pill. Last night we had a

statement from Boots, quite an unequivocal apology, really, saying

the company was truly sorry for the poor choice of words causing

misunderstanding and defence. They say they will now provide cheaper

alternatives for the morning after pill in its stores. For the moment,

thank you. The outgoing White House Press

Secretary Sean Spicer has told a US television network that he resigned

because he feared there would be "too many cooks in the kitchen"

if he remained in his job. The American media reported

he decided to quit because he was unhappy about President Trump

appointing the Wall Street financier, Anthony Scaramucci,

as his new Director of Our Washington correspondent,

Laura Bicker, reports. For six months and one day,

he's been Defender in Chief for the often tumultuous

the West Wing. I just felt it was in the best

interests of the department, the press organisation,

do not have too many cooks Sean Spicer had controversy

from his first briefing, just after the inauguration

of Donald Trump. He berated reporters

who said the crowd size This is the largest period both

in person and around the globe. He earned the nickname

Spicey when mocked on TV. He said some of it hit too hard. You

have to laugh at yourself sometimes. But sometimes it used to mean. There

is the difference. He left to give this man

a clean slate to work with. Wall Street financier,

Anthony Scaramucci, has a very Outspoken and slick, he's fiercely

loyal to the president. This young administration

is desperate to break free from the swirl of controversy over

whether Russia helped Donald Trump win

the White House. A new face may help,

but the old problems will still need Britain's Got Talent judges have

paid tribute to the dog, Pudsey, after his death

was announced yesterday They won the contest in 2012

with their dance routine Ashleigh described Pudsey

as a "beautiful boy" who had One of the judges tweeted "Farewell

to a special dog the nation fell in love with."

An official photograph has been unveiled to mark

The young prince has just returned to the UK,

along with his parents The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and sister

Princess Charlotte, from an official visit to Poland and Germany.

Our royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, reports.

Beaming George at four, a prince poised to start school soon.

A happy little boy, according to the photographer

Hamburg's young being encouraged to take up music almost something

One day, William will be centre stage.

Not this day, which was left to his wife to take up

For a helicopter-mad young prince, a pre-birthday treat,

being shown around one similar to the one his dad uses

This is the sort of moment when being on public display

A sit-down protest from a princess not overly keen

Sometimes I want to sit down and have a protest. What, right now? No,

I am on it. Maybe later. Mo Farrah may be one of our most

decorated Olympians but now a graphic designer from Swindon

claims to have broken one Sir Mo set the record

for the 100-metre sack race in 2014 But yesterday, dad of two

Stephen Wildish took on the challenge and hopped over

the line in just over 28 seconds. He's now waiting for his time to be

officially verified in order Good technique! You approved of it,

his one-arm waving means of maintaining balance. We might have

some thoughts on that later from Mike.

UK holidaymakers have been describing scenes of panic

after a powerful earthquake struck the Greek Island of Kos

Two people were killed and at least 100 people injured.

10,000 British tourists are said to be out there and many others

Joining us now from our London newsroom is Emma Coulthurst

from the website TravelSupermarket.com.

Good morning. Thank you very much for your time. Good morning. Many

people will be worried. Not so much about whether another earthquake

will happen, but what has happened to the infrastructure, the

facilities over there, of many things they have booked. The

epicentre was ten miles east of Kos in Greece. But it is Kos that has

had most of the damage. Some of the buildings have been damaged. There

was a bit of flooding in Turkey, low-level flooding in Bodram. If you

are going to any of these places, and many British holidaymakers are

going there this summer, the advice is to follow the Commonwealth Office

advice, they are not advising against travel, but keep things in

mind. Flights are operating. There are about five or six flights from

the UK, Heathrow, Glasgow. There is a flight from the East Midlands.

Mostly this afternoon. And then flying out this afternoon. EasyJet,

they are all saying they are going and are scheduled. The flights are

there, but what about accommodation? Some buildings have been damaged.

You are talking about flooding as well. And just general

infrastructure, the resources, the facilities. They have been affected.

It will not be, for some, the typical environment they expected

for a family holiday. There is a bit of damage in the Kos main part of

the town. It is obvious advice, but don't go into buildings, near

buildings, anywhere that has been damaged, anything vulnerable to

damage... What if your hotel, the on new books, has been damaged? -- the

one you booked. People have to be reassured that tour operators, if

there is any risk, you will be moved. We have not heard of anyone

having to be moved, any problems with hotels. I think the advice is

just, you know, everything is as scheduled, flights are going. The

Commonwealth Office is saying it is fine to travel. Many people are

going to be eastern Med this summer. Kos has had a bad time, a turbulent

one, in the last two years, because of world events. And now people are

going back in big numbers. There are a thousand people in Kos at the

moment. Lights are going. -- 8000. People should not be concerned. What

if you are out there at the moment and you see the damage? I know you

said it is minimal, but we are showing some significant damage in

pictures. What if they think it is not the environment they want to be?

I am not safe and happy. What are your rights?

The advice is it safe to travel. If people are concerned then quite

rightly, they can talk to the tour operators and they can talk to the

travel insurance as well. You might be able to claim in terms of

disruption that if you are thinking, oh, I don't want to travel there,

speak to your tour operator. Only if the Foreign Office say it is unsafe

to travel somewhere can you get your money back but talk to your travel

provider and speak to them about it. When we see pictures of people

sleeping outside their hotels in these tourist areas, they have to

have travel insurance to be guaranteed to get a refund or to be

re- accommodated? Not at all, no. If there is any trouble with the hotel,

the tour operator will move you. In terms of insurance, if you face any

delays, you may be able to claim if you have that as part of your

insurance, for any delays. Thank you for joining us.

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

Good morning to you both. Sunshine and showers are the order of play

for the weekend. They could be heavy with some hail and thunder possibly

mixed in through the afternoon, particularly today. These hit and

myth showers, some areas may stay dry. They are falling light which is

good news after yesterday's strong winds. It is starting to feel which

means the width will be getting light as the weekend wears on. We

start off with a mixture, rain across northern areas and sunshine

through central areas and showers across the state -- south-west.

Largely dry for Northern Ireland. Central, southern, northern England.

Rain clearing away from eastern England. Then for Wales and the

Midlands, apart from the odd fog patch, it should be dry. Showers

already getting into the south-west and these will be moving north and

east through the day. As the temperatures rise as well, the

showers will become heavier. There will be some sunshine mixed in

across northern England, southern Scotland some torrential downpours.

Parts of the Midlands in towards Wales, some decent, good spells of

sunshine and it could get up to 21 Celsius. There could be a shower for

the golf today and into Sunday, unless a chance of showers but

cloudier skies with temperatures around the high-teens. Wins

remaining light. The showers right along this evening and they should

clear a way. -- winds. There should be the Chao into overnight. -- the

odd shower. A cool start to Sunday. Showers developing again into the

afternoon. More scattered than what we saw today. A good chance many

places will stay dry. 23 is the high today and spend next week, a reach

of high pressure else in. At least it isn't strong sunshine and it will

feel a little bit warmer. 900 children a month are entering

temporary accommodation. No child should be homeless,

but according to latest figures. The Local Government

Association, which represents councils in England,

says the number of children needing accommodation has risen

by a third in three years, which it describes

as 'unsustainable'. So what's causing the problem,

and what is the impact Joining us is Mark Coleman

and Gillian Cooper, who are currently living

in temporary accommodation And, Anne Baxendale

from the homelessness Could you establish your

circumstances right now? You have a number of children and the place you

are living. We have five children, three currently living with us.

There are circumstances with the old to moving out. They wanted to spread

their wings and it means we became under occupied which meant we

couldn't afford the rent. The rent is made up of third number of

occupants. --A number of occupants. He wasn't going to take a lower rent

and white top up the difference. It was about ?400. The result? We asked

to be evicted so we could get local authority help because we couldn't

find any 3-bedroom properties for the rest of us. The local

authorities said OK. We got evicted and then we went to the Housing

Department who then rejected our application. That meant you and your

children went through a number of different accommodation situations.

We actually didn't know what to expect when we first got made

homeless. It was a big shock when we went into the whole family sharing

one room and none of us could believe it. It was just, we actually

got there at eight PM and we just didn't know what we were looking at

and how long we were going to be there. Nobody gives you any

information. When removed from that, we had just come home from work and

they said what are you doing here? We didn't have any notice we should

be gone and then we got moved to another place which was much further

than the children's schools. There was about a three-hour distance to

go to school. Then we moved back to the burrow that we were in

originally. How typical is this story? In your experience? Sadly,

very common. There are places are there down the country having people

in this situation every day. It's people who are living it. While we

are clear that temporary accommodation is vital in ensuring

that no family has no roof over their head, we need to find good

quality accommodation as fast as possible. Not all of the properties

were up to scratch? Who is responsible for making sure these

guidelines is adhered to. Local authorities have limited room when

there are not enough affordable homes to put people in and also

housing benefits have been frozen so there is no way of topping up the

rent in private sector. Yes, councils have a responsibility, some

better than others. Really, they are operating in a situation where there

is not much they can do. Should the priority always be given to families

with children Mr Mark disruption to education in itself. -- families

with children? The disruption to education in itself. No one was to

see children growing up in a situation where they are being moved

from pillar to post with no uncertainty. What has the impact

been? Tell us the ages of your children. I have a seven-year-old,

14-year-old and a 16-year-old. Their mental health has really suffered.

Before this all started, I would say they would just like any other

child. Right now, because they are so unsure, tomorrow we could be

moving. We are living in a house today. Tomorrow, I could be moving.

We don't know where or when. They find it hard to find friends. Should

we talk to the neighbours? We might not be here tomorrow. They are so

scared that I think they have suddenly become much closer to us

because we are secure and we are the only thing that is sure in their

lives. When removed from one bedroom to the house, they still save with

us in one bedroom in the house for at least four or five months. Why

don't you know when you are moving? Is it just a lack of communication?

Yes. I think it is more like a nomadic life. Because the councils

are trying to find accommodations, it is the newest accommodation that

is more suitable to your family. That is what they are doing. Can I

just ask, some people will be thinking, how is it that you got

into this position in the first place? Needing to help someone else.

You know this there is often a blame attached to people in your

circumstances for some reason. Now you see how easy it is to slip to

the other side where you do need help. That's what surprised us. In

this particular vermin infested hotel, there were doctors,

lecturers, everyone was working. There was no unemployed people. It

was just a complete shock. When I think of homeless I think of people

sleeping rough in the street, I don't think of families. It just

got, it was a real eye-opener, that's I can say. It has certainly

made me appreciate where I live. I think anyone is very vulnerable to

this happening. It could happen to anyone. All it will take is just a

lack of money. We were working and there is lots of people working and

then although they are homeless, they are still working. It could

happen to anyone, we are not special in any way. It wasn't until we were

made homeless that I found that out. And the government says it is

working hard to tackle the problem will stop it is not that work at the

moment isn't what is needed. It needs to change now. We need urgent

action. Yes, there has been some good announcement in the past few

months from the government. And to build more homes. And that is very

welcome. We look forward to working with them on that but we need more

urgency and we need to make sure the government are not distracted from

this mission, given everything else going on. We said the number of

children in temporary accommodation has risen by a third. Do you see the

trend reversing? No. It takes time to build homes and in the meantime,

with rents so high, we need to lift the freeze on housing benefit

because that is the only way we can make sure that people on low or

ordinary incomes can pay their rent each month. Thank you all very much.

Thank you for sharing your story with us this morning. This

He was the much-mocked press secretary that often became

the story, now Sean Spicer is making headlines once again as he quits

We'll be looking at what this latest resignation means

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

But first, a summary of this morning's main news:

Nearly a thousand children are being forced into temporary

accommodation every month because more families are becoming

homeless, according to councils in England.

The Local Government Association says the number has increased

It wants more powers to build what are described

The government says it is investing ?550 million to help tackle

Drone owners will have to complete a safety awareness course under

Machines that weigh more than 250 grams will also have to be

registered, amid growing concern about the dangers

Earlier this month, five flights were diverted from Gatwick Airport

because a drone was flown too close to the runway.

Boots the chemist has apologised for its response to a row

about the cost it charges for the morning-after-pill.

The chain initially rejected calls to reduce the price,

saying it didn't want to encourage the misuse of emergency

contraception, but after criticism from a string of Labour MPs.

It now says it's looking at lower priced alternatives.

An official photograph has been unveiled to mark

by royal photographer Chris Jackson, who described the young prince

The prince has just returned to the UK from an official visit

to Poland and Germany with The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

He was Mary Poppins's friendly chimney sweep with a rather

Now Dick Van Dyke has apologised for his accent,

The 91-year-old American actor made the comments after he was chosen

by BAFTA to receive The Britannia Award for Excellence in Television.

The star has long been derided for his attempt at an East End

accent, but this is the first time he has publicly apologised

Charming to apologise. It is the "I" in that song that is wrong. I grew

up as a child thinking he was from the East End. Did you believe Mary

Poppins was real as well? Of course, she is! Apparently they are going to

remake it, but how could you do it without the original cast? Anyway,

can anyone stop Jordan Spieth? Not according to statistics. It is

suggested he can tame all of the conditions and go on to win it.

And so it's the American, Jordan Spieth, who heads the field

at the halfway stage of the Open Championship.

He negotiated some foul conditions at Royal Birkdale yesterday

The two-time major winner, lies on six under par,

two shots ahead of his nearest rival, despite playing in the worst

He's three shots off the lead, after a consistent round yesterday.

And after Rory McIlroy feared he might miss the cut in the first

round, he's bounced back, into a tie for seventh place

Anything around even par, conditions will bring a good score.

I got off to the best possible start.

It will be great to tee off late and have a lie-down in the morning,

look at the pin locations, see how other players

I just want a nice weekend without too much rain.

The American leads after two rounds from his compatriot Matt Kuchar

Ian Poulter is the best-placed British player on three under par,

with Rory McIlroy's 68 putting him back in contention.

Defending champion, Henrik Stenson, lies at two over par.

His preparations for the second round were less than ideal,

after the house that he's staying in, was burgled on Thursday.

Clothes, personal effects and jewellery were stolen

but Stenson refused to blame that, for a poor round yesterday.

Not too much on, you know, the effect of today's round,

I would say, but being with the police rather than staying

where you want to do, it was a difficult evening,

Kadeena Cox won Britain's 14th gold at the World Para Athletics

Championships last night, winning the T38 400m.

Cox, who holds the world record in the event,

beat the rest of the field by six seconds for her second medal

She'll run again today in the T38 100m.

Cox won gold, silver and bronze on the track in Rio last year

She'll run again today in the T38 100m.

Cox won gold, silver and bronze on the track in Rio last year

I did not know if I had the strength.

I just needed to give myself a gap to have a bit of a buffer.

Usain Bolt was victorious in his final race before his swansong

at the World Athletics Championships in London next month.

Competing in the Monaco Diamond League, Bolt produced a season's

best, running under ten seconds for the first time this year.

I am always excited for the championship. Right now I am really

excited going into the championship. I knew it was going to be energetic.

I knew there would be many Jamaicans. For me, I am excited to

come into this. I will just do my best as always, and that is it.

And there was a great run from Laura Muir

Smashing her personal best by eight seconds as she finished third,

a place ahead of her fellow Scot Eilish McColgan who also set

12 seconds faster than her previous best.

Chris Froome is just two stages away from a fourth tour de france title.

He finished in the bunch on stage 19 yesterday

as Norway's Edvan Bosen-Hagen took the win.

Froome has a 23-second lead to protect going into today's time

If he emerges unscathed, he'll be crowned champion

Tom Daley is through to the Men's ten metre platform final

at the World Aquatics Championships in Hungary Daley, who won bronze

in this event in London, qualified in second place

Compatriot, Matty Lee, is also through.

I think this year it has been all about enjoying it.

Last year was such a serious year with it in the Olympic year.

I just wanted the best shot I could have.

Wigan completed their regular Super League season with a crushing

34-0 victory over Leeds Wigan had already qualified

for the Super Eights, but ran in seven tries

There were wins elsewhere for Leigh and Hull FC,

After a half century, in his first game back for Surrey,

Kevin Pietersen was brought back down to earth last night.

Struggling with a calf injury, he made just nine, in their latest

In his nine ball innings, he also found time to run out one

Surrey did manage to win though by 15 runs.

But, yes, a bit embarrassing. Last weekend, we had the British Grand

Prix at Silverstone. This weekend, it is the British Speedway Grand

Prix in Cardiff. Tai Woffinden is in fifth place going into it. It should

be fantastic. His press briefings gave birth

to the phrase "alternative facts" and led to much mocking on social

media, but Sean Spicer's brief but turbulent time as the face

of President Trump's administration Mr Spicer quit his role

as The White House Press Secretary, reportedly in response

to an organisational shake-up. So where does that leave

the Trump administration? We'll look at the implications

in a moment, but first let's remind ourselves of some of his most

memorable moments. This was the largest audience to

ever witnessed an inauguration period! Both in person and around

the globe. These attempts to lessen it are shameful and wrong. The

default narrative is always negative and is demoralising. Someone as this

, this despicable, like Hitler, they did not even sink to chemical

weapons. Bashar... Al... Al Assad. You have mispronounced his name.

Bashar al-Assad. So, Donald Trump puts Russian salad dressing on his

salad and suddenly he is connected to Russia. Put your hand up like a

big boys. Are you OK? I can sense the love-in the room. Sean! Sean!

Sean! Sean! Donald Trump says it is all fine.

With us now is James Boys. Are you surprised he has gone so soon? It

has been on the cards for a long time, to be honest. He was the face

of the Donald Trump administration coming in in January. In the last

few weeks he has been replaced by his deputy. His replacement had been

touted for a while. Those briefings have gone off camera for a while. It

was acknowledged Donald Trump was not happy with how the presentation

had gone. That clip showed he was mocked by everyone on Saturday Night

Live. That did not go down well at the White House. For the last couple

of weeks and months, many people have been going in to be

interviewed. Some from Fox News. His demise had been forecast for a

while. To what extent was that adversarial and sometimes comic

approach to those press briefings, to what extent in the early days was

that what Donald Trump wanted? Presumably, it was the first day

that they were arguing over the numbers at the inauguration. That

set the benchmark for what... Presumably, the White House thought

that was the right approach, or he would have been gone a long time

ago. Possibly. This guy has a great relationship with the White House

Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus. That kind of performance, you are right,

as you refer to it, it is carried on last night with his new boss. He

came in, the new White House communications director. Donald

Trump want someone who with an entertainer at the podium. In the

media that is fine. By the press needs someone who with an honest

broker, someone who can convey the word of the White House. -- but.

Increasingly, there was a gulf between reality and what the press

man was having to say. What about his replacement? A Wall Street

financier, a business background, Anthony Scaramucci, who has already

been up on the podium. Is he confident? Certainly he is

confident. There is no doubt about it. He will do what Donald Trump

wants. The problem is you have a massive rift in the administration.

Donald Trump wanted him, Sean Spicer did not come to that idea. Steve

Bannon and Priebus didn't. It is debatable how long he stays. What

about the relationship with the press? To say that is fractious is

an understatement. No doubt. Is it his job to smooth that relationship

out? Anthony? The challenge fundamentally is Donald Trump wants

someone who can go out there and be quiet, you know, old and engaging

with the media. I think Donald Trump in the White House has a different

take about what it is the relationship should be with the

media, the fake media, as he constantly refers to it to be

increasingly, media outlets, including conservative ones, Fox,

The Wall Street Journal, they understand what is going on. Some

have said they are lying. Is Donald Trump is losing the Rupert Murdoch

press, it is questionable where it goes from there. Umm... Shall we see

that again? It is an interesting reminder of... Sorry, I will ask you

one more question, James. You mentioned the administration. Just

seeing this tweet, he will go on to bigger and better things, I just

wonder if the staffing levels are collapsing around him. Are they

collapsing? Is he just saying, right, a clean slate, I am starting

again. His departure is the most visible departure from the White

House. We have lost a Federal Bureau of Investigation director. A White

House press man. So many others. Donald Trump has to set the reset

button. He has been in office six months. Usually the administration

would be touting great success. So far they have put someone on The

Supreme Court, not unsubstantial, but they have not repealed Obamacare

and have not done anything else. Keep us entertained. The weather.

This weekend will have sunshine and showers. Today, the most frequent

showers. Sunday will be better. There will be some sunshine between

them and they will be light winds, which is good news after the

atrocious windy weather in the west of the UK. Brightening up thanks to

this. This weather front goes north and clear its way east. Sunshine to

begin the day in central areas and also across northern Scotland.

Northern Scotland doing well today. Staying dry with sunshine. Turning

warm. Central and southern areas have a weather front bringing

outbreaks of rain. Northern Ireland, the rain trying to get into eastern

areas at times during the morning. Drying up in the afternoon. Sunshine

in central areas. Mist and fog. Showers in the south-west. Showers

will continue to go north and east. Through the afternoon becoming more

widespread. It is this south-west quadrant, south Wales, seeing the

heaviest and most thundery showers. Elsewhere, some good spells of

sunshine, especially in Northern Ireland and the north of Scotland.

Possibly 21 to the south. Under those showers, it will feel more

fresh. 17 degrees. There could be a show at Royal Birkdale. 19 degrees.

Nice in the sunshine. Variable cloud and showers. Sunshine and showers.

They should tend to die away in England and Wales in the evening and

overnight as sky is clear. Turning chilly. There will be some mist and

fog to start Sunday morning. A good deal of dry weather and sunshine.

Through the afternoon, showers developing once again. Turning

scattered. Some areas turning dry. In the sunshine with light winds,

fairly pleasant. 23 degrees. That fine weather continues on into

Monday and Tuesday. That she dry things out. Good sunny spells.

Feeling warm. Temperatures widely in the low 20s. Back to you. Thank you.

Now it's time for Newswatch with Samira Ahmed.

Hello and welcome to Newswatch with me, Samira Amehd.

Coming up: News presenters featured prominently in the BBC's list of

its best paid on-air stuff this week,

And how will the BBC deal with the gap in pay revealed

Wednesday was a difficult day for the BBC.

As ordered by the government, against its wishes,

the corporation published the names and salary bands

of all of its oniair employees paid more than ?150,000 a year.

This led to some uncomfortable interviews,

with those unused to being on the receiving end of questions.

On paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money,

if you compare me with lots of other people who do visible good,

a doctor saves a child's live or a nurse who comforts a dying person.

I've never for a second doubted how lucky I am to work in there

and I'm just sorry, I think the BBC is really hurting today.

John Humphrys and Jeremy Vine there, who were the two leading

news presenters on the list, earning over ?600,000

They were followed by the likes of Huw Edwards on more than ?550,000.

Fiona Bruce with more than ?350,000 and Laura Kuenssberg on over

?200,000, who was in same range as Andrew Neil,

Many BBC outlets indulged in what some viewers felt

was washing their dirty linen in public.

Including Breakfast, with this surreal self-referential

Paper Review, presented awkwardly by on-the-list Naga Munchetty

Not every day the BBC Breakfast sofa makes the front page

Many of the papers, as Naga's said, looking at some of the detail

and some of the discrepancies highlighted.

Bitter recriminations at the politically correct BBC

as this gulf between men's and women's pay is revealed.

So that's us on Newswatch, broadcast during Breakfast,

showing a clip of Breakfast, featuring a newspaper

Apologies for adding to the self absorption which on Wednesday

And another Twitter user called Jerome thought...

Others felt the difference between men's and women's earnings

revealed by the list was being poured over to excess,

Well, Amol Rajan has been reporting on this story all week,

as the BBC's media editor and he joins me now.

I mean, maybe I have a certain advantage to many,

that I have not in here that long so I haven't become best friends

with various of the people that I was reporting on.

You are talking about people like Huw Edwards, that you have to

end up working with, but you just try very, very hard.

You come across a lots awkward situations in journalism,

you just try very, very hard to think, how would I cover this as

an organization if it wasn't the BBC, if I was somewhere else,

and you try and do it straight down the line.

You have, of course, come from newspapers, the Independent in

particular, has it affected how you view the row over BBC pay?

I don't think it has affected how I view the row.

I do not appraoch this as a company man.

It is a juicy story, it's fantastically gossipy

At it's core, this is a story which is a list of names,

a list of numbers and I find it completely fascinating

so as an old-fashioned hack, I think this is a really...

I wouldn't say sexy story but a juicy one.

A lot of viewers say there was too much self-flagellating coverage,

and the media talking about itself at the expense of other news.

I don't think it was self-flagellating.

If you're the BBC you have to cover yourself in a way that tries to be

I had two interview with Tony Hall on the News at Ten,

two nights in a row - there's no way I was going to let the director

general get on to the News at Ten - which is a prestige bulletin -

So, yeah, when I was editing the packages, I made sure that we

were seen to be giving them a hard time but I don't think

There is a hugely important public interest story,

There is a question, did we do too much?

That is complicated one, because it has to do with what else

But I think we got it roughly right - I would say that, wouldn't I -

but broadly speaking I'm pretty satisfied we got it about right.

There is also an accusation from some viewers that

news coverage actually focused too much on the gender gap

to distract from the sheer size of the salaries?

Were you under any pressure to report the story in any way?

I was under absolute no pressure whatsoever.

I can tell you, hand on heart, no one tried to...

Maybe to go back to your first question, maybe you're conscious

but I came under no editorial pressure whatsoever to make sure

Having been a kind of media adviser and having thought about the cons

in the previous job and having gone through some pretty difficult things

in my journalistic career, like shutting a newspaper,

I was obviously thinking to myself, what is the line that the BBC

And I'm conscious that they feel they have a decent story to tell

on gender - Tony Hall in particular because he has made

So I tried to make sure I did not focus too much just on gender

and was kind of thinking about what the audience,

what the public would care about and at base, if you're finding out

that Chris Evans is paid ?2.2 million you think,

That was at the forefront of my mind.

And also not just gender but there's other issues revealed by this list,

like diversity, like class and I made sure I got those into my live

for the air for the ten o'clock news.

Well, many of those who contacted Newswatch expressed their dismay

and disgust about the levels of salary revealed,

and there was also concern about the gender disparity in pay -

with the top seven on the list all men,

and on the issue of race - the top 24 are all white.

One might assume that people are paid partly according

to their experience, to the amount of work done,

For instance, John Humphrys and Jeremy Vine

both present TV quiz shows which contribute to their wage bills.

Trickier factors are how replaceable each person is

and how much they would earn elsewhere.

BBC says that, though it often pays below the market rate,

But that cuts no ice with David Goodchild who told us...

Well, the BBC direct general, Lord Hall, responded

to all these points in an interview he gave on Wednesday.

He said the gender pay gap was lower on the BBC

and pledged equal pay on the air between men and women by 2020.

He pointed to the increased competition to the BBC

for presenters, not just domestically, but from companies,

such as Apple and Amazon, and he said he'd continue efforts to

We are constantly working at ensuring that we get

the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows

presented by stars and great presenters,

and them also wanting to know that their money -

is being spent properly and that is always a balance.

Mark Damazer has worked at the BBC for many years,

including as deputy director of BBC News,

He is now Master at Saint Peters College Oxford.