26/07/2017 Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin.

New diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040.

It's part of a strategy to tackle air pollution but critics say it

doesn't go far enough or fast enough.

A High Court judge will today decide whether Charlie Gard should be

We'll find out later how quickly the economy grew over the last three

months, but the figure is expected to be great. What does it mean for

all of us? I'll be finding out in this cotton mill in Manchester.

In sport, Adam Peaty continues to push the boundaries in a pool.

The Olympic champion broke his own world record

in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day.

Could dogs hold the key to early diagnosis of Parkinson's?

After a bright start in the east, the rain already in the west will

move east through the day and we will all see it, heaviest in

Scotland and Northern Ireland and northern England and it'll be

accompanied by blustery winds. Behind it we see a return to

sunshine and showers. More in 15 minutes.

All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040

as part of efforts to reduce air pollution.

The government is also expected to announce more than ?250 million

of funding for local councils to tackle emissions

Drives up in a 900 1908 model T. We've come a long way in terms of

design but for 100 years we've been relying on vehicles with an internal

combustion engine burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change?

Several major carmakers including BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo have

already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a keen

way to tackle air pollution and now the government is signalling the end

of petrol and diesel engines in the UK with a ban on sales by 2040. It's

part of a ?3 billion air quality strategy that also includes ?255

million to help local authorities cut pollution. It'll mean a ban on

sales and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the UK as well

as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. The move follows a

similar pledge earlier this month by President Macron of France where the

band will also be introduced in 2040. Campaigners are likely to

complain the government hasn't gone far enough or fast enough while

Labour is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with

illegal levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not in 23

years time. Holly Hamilton, BBC News.

If you have any ideas on that you can send them in.

And after half 6am we'll ask a motor industry expert whether the move

to all electric vehicles is realistic.

A High Court judge will decide today whether Charlie Gard should be

allowed to die at home His parents want to take him out of hospital.

But lawyers for Great Ormond Street say a hospice would be a more

appropriate place for Charlie, given the level of medical

The legal battle over Charlie Gard now centres on where and how he

spends his final days, perhaps hours. It follows his parents'

decision earlier this week to abandon their lengthy legal battle

to be allowed to take into America for treatment. Yesterday, Charlie's

mum, Connie Yates, returned to court to make it clear she didn't want him

to die in the intensive care unit. The parents' lawyer said it was

their last wish that Charlie dies at home for a few days of tranquillity

outside the hospital setting. Last night they appealed for a paediatric

intensive care doctor to come forward who would be willing to help

take care of their son but the court heard there were practical issues to

be resolved, but for example whether Charlie's ventilator would fit

through their front door. In a statement, Great Ormond Street

Hospital said: The hospital has offered a compromise, for Charlie to

be transferred to a hospice where doctors would supervise his palette

of care and death after a period of some hours. But Charlie's parents

say they want days, not ours, and a hospice is a second-best option.

Alan Clayton, BBC News. The US House of Representatives has

voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia despite President Donald

Trump objecting to the legislation. Senior officials will be targeted

in retaliation for alleged Russian interference

in the 2016 American election. The measures will also see fresh

sanctions against North Korea and Iran over ballistic

missile tests. Two men have been treated

in hospital after a suspected acid attack at Bethnal Green

in East London last night. The pair are believed to be

in their late teens. Video footage shows one man pouring

water over his face and torso while the other is

treated by paramedics. No arrests have been made

and inquires continue. The judge leading the inquiry

into the Grenfell Tower fire has told survivors he would get

to the bottom of the tragedy Shouting broke out as residents

expressed their anger on what the investigation should

cover. This meeting was impassioned,

heated, and more than once, the inquiry chair,

Sir Martin Moore-Bick, This meeting's broken up

after almost three hours of talking. It has been fractious

at times emotional too. I think what the inquiry panel

can't have failed to take away

is the frustration exists, here, and the fact that some

people don't have faith in their ability to

do the job properly. You know, quite honestly,

I don't know why we have an inquiry that the so-called chair,

who's a judge, cannot compel We need to see that they

are representative, that they are going to understand

the pain, the humanitarian issues, because they're all very

relevant in this as well. The main reason people

are angry is because they're Whether that was the right forum

to get the answers is questionable, but the fact is that people

are still entitled to them. We will continue to work with them,

and hope that by careful preparation and discussion, and so on,

we can make them realise that we can give them justice by finding out

what the facts really were. Today, there is another meeting,

when residents can question But six weeks after this fire,

there is little sign of things Dan Johnson, BBC News,

north Kensington. One of the Pope's most senior

advisors has appeared in an Australian court this morning

to face historic charges Cardinal George Pell,

who is the Vatican Treasurer, says that he is innocent,

and will clear his name. Our correspondent Phil Mercer

is outside the magistrates' court Good morning. What can you tell us

about what will happen today? Cardinal George Pell, this was his

first court appearance since being charged by police in the southern

state of Victoria in June. He was escorted into the court a few hours

ago by a very heavy police presence. There was an enormous media

contingent, I don't think any Australian court in recent times has

seen such a media scrum. Difficult for the Cardinal to get in, he

didn't say anything on his way into court, the hearing was pretty brief,

about five or six minutes. His lawyer did say that Cardinal George

Pell would intend to plead not guilty to all of the accusations

levelled against him. That media scrum was waiting for him when he

tried to blocking part of the road in Melbourne. What happens next is

evidence will be given to the lawyers in the next few weeks and he

is too back in court in Melbourne in early October. Thanks very much for

bringing us up to date from Melbourne. Thank you.

More than 500,000 pupils in state schools in England

are being taught by unqualified teachers according to Labour.

shows the number of teachers without formal qualifications has

risen by more than 60% since 2012, a situation which Labour

A Department for Education spokesman said the proportion of qualified

The number of people over 90 who hold a driving license

in Great Britain has topped 100,000 for the first time.

That's according to data revealed by the DVLA.

Currently drivers aged 70 and over are required to fill

in a self-assessment form every three years but some think the law

should be changed and they should be re-tested.

This woman from Leeds is almost 95 years old. She first learned to

drive during the Second World War when she was 17 and 80 years later

she has no plans to stop. I think they should give up if they haven't

got the confidence. You need plenty of confidence and be very alert and

your eyesight has got to be good. Latest figures show the number of

people aged 90 or over who hold a driving licence in Great Britain has

topped 100,000 for the first time. They are amongst 4.5 million drivers

over the age of 70. But a number of incidents over the last few years

have given old drivers a bad reputation. Here a 77-year-old man

drives the wrong way up the M6. This incident ended with only minor

injury but others have been much more serious. At the moment it's

down to the driver themselves to assess whether they are safe enough

to be on the road. But some feel that's not enough. It's led to a

debate over whether all drivers over 70 should be forced to reset their

driving test. We've had a look at the data on road collisions and

looked at those statistics in depth and we don't think as a cohort all

the drivers are any more dangerous than other road users. The

Department for Transport says age alone isn't a reliable indicator of

driving ability. If there is evidence a driver doesn't meet the

appropriate medical standards they're entire, to drive is

immediately removed. Louise Fewster, BBC News. -- their entitled to

drive. We probably make friends and

families jealous with holiday videos but we have some extraordinary ones

here. Nasa astronaut Jack Fischer captured

this footage of the aurora borealis from the International Space Station

while it was 250 miles above Earth and travelling at more

than 17,000 miles an hour. Jack was clearly impressed

with the timelapse shots describing of awesomeness smothered

in awesome sauce. I'm not sure about that description!

I think that rather do means it. I agree with you. Amazing. Beautiful.

If you can't take a good picture from space... Mind you, I probably

would do that if I was there, I would have my finger over the lens.

I'm going to talk about a burrito of awesome in awesome source. If there

is anyway to describe this dude, this is it! He just keeps breaking

records! He keeps going faster, we talked about him yesterday morning,

as we were walking out of the building he broke another record and

later in the day he did it again. Adam Peaty continues to push

the boundaries in a pool. The Olympic champion

beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day,

breaking the 26-second mark He goes in the final today looking

to set an even faster time. Former Olympic long jump champion

Greg Rutherford says he's devastated that he'll miss next week's

World Championships in London There's been more criticism

of the Rugby Football Union's decision not to renew the contracts

of England's women's 15 The Shadow Sports Minister doctor

Rosena Allin-Khan has written to chief executive Ian Ritchie

expressing her deep concern. And Chelsea's record signing

Alvaro Morata made his debut He set up this goal but couldn't

stop them going down 3-2 in a pre-season match

against Bayern Munich. If you were ever wondering how you

get to be brilliant at swimming and all the things you have to do around

your training, I'm going to tell you in about five minutes. I want to

know now! You will have to keep watching! It involves 8000 calories

a day! If we eight that we would all be in trouble!

You are sounding surprised just then.

But you were there, so everything is fine!

Good morning. Today we've got a bright start in the east, however

rain in the west will be steadily moving eastwards as we go through

the day. The heaviest will be across Northern Ireland, Scotland and

northern England. It is already in the west. If you are travelling this

morning bear that in mind. Spray on the roads could lead to tricky

travelling conditions. Further east across eastern England, the

Midlands, east Anglia, heading south, patchy mist around first

thing, but that will clear. It won't stay dry. The rain is on its way.

Rain by 7am pushing across south-west England, heading towards

Dorset. A wet start for Wales. The rain moving eastwards. Northern

Ireland has the rain ensconced across you, but it will drift

steadily eastwards, clearing first of all for you. Rain getting on

across Scotland. Still dry ahead of it with few showers in the far

north. Through the day this lovely start will be eradicated by the rain

heading across our shores. Blustery winds around it, strongest in the

north, with the lightest in the south, but there could be the odd

heavy burst. Then it brightens up, but there will be showers and some

of them could be heavy. A little bit of cloud. At dull -- a duller

overnight. Overnight there will be dry weather, but further showers

coming on across western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some could be

heavy and possibly thundery. Temperatures in towns and cities

remaining in double figures. We are dragging the low pressure ever

closer to the north-west. Still squeeze in the isobars, so it will

be through Thursday, especially in the north-west where we could have

coastal gales. Some of the showers will merge and give longer spells of

rain and there will be sunshine and showers across the rest of the UK.

Temperature wise tomorrow we have a range of 15- 20 Celsius. Then more

of the same as the head-on into Thursday and Friday. The low

pressure is still close to the north-west of the UK. Still tightly

packed isobars. Keep your eye on this chap, it will come your way

later. So on Friday we have rain in the north-west, sunshine and showers

in many other areas and towards the weekend this is coming our way,

starting in the south-west of Wales on Friday.

That is not looking fantastic. Thank you. See you in half an hour.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: Sales of new petrol and diesel cars

will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce air pollution.

A fund will also be made available for council schemes

A High Court judge will rule today on whether Charlie Gard can be taken

home to die, or whether he should be cared for in a hospice.

Sally is back with us for a quick look through the papers.

Starting with some of the front pages. The Telegraph talks about

what we mentioned, the main story about the diesel car ban, to cut

pollution. Already some of you sending on questions about that,

asking what it means for long distance travel. And the Prime

Minister is on holiday. We always seem to do that, have pictures of

the Prime Minister on holiday. That shot, a lot of the papers have

the same story. Theresa May on the front page of the Mail. You can see

what they are saying about what she's wearing. And this story will

generate many questions. More questions than answers about this

war on diesel, as new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from

2040, that sales of new cars. All will be electric.

Daniel Craig says he will never played Bond again, guess what?

Looks like he will. He said he would rather slash his wrist than take the

role again. But it seems he will be James Bond on the 25th film. This is

talking about diesel and petrol cars as well, and also Charlie Guard.

The Mirror speaks about Charlie as well. The crucial day as the judge

will make a decision about where it is that Charlie spent his final

days. One more story that makes the front

pages. This is about sperm counts having halved for men in the past

few years, according to research. Scientists admit the cause of the

decline remain unclear, but of course lots of discussion on the

paper about what it might mean for the future of humanity.

Including environmental conditions, like pollution, which brings us to

one of the main stories again. I mentioned I would talk about Adam

Peaty who broke his own world record twice yesterday in the 50 metres

breast stroke. This is in the Mail. A great piece about how you get to

be as fit as Adam Peaty. Is your bicep 15 inches in diameter? Because

Adam's is. This is what I was talking about on Monday. Is he doing

press ups with his coach? Do you remember in the Olympics he did

those clap press ups? You do a press up, break yourself off the ground

and clap. He does that all the time. He gets up at 5am, he has 8000

calories during winter, he trains and once he has banana, peanut

butter, bubbly six bananas -- probably. And he has shoe size 12?

That's not dainty! The other thing he does before a race, this is

fascinating, is he shaves his whole body, all of the body hair on his

chest, legs... Don't we all? Is that what you do in that room! I shared

too much. I can't imagine that would make any

difference at all. Then it leaves a layer of hypersensitive cells and he

travels faster over the water. Fascinating. Just very quickly,

these are real places. Dull, Bland and Boring. Apparently they have all

got together and we have a week of festive it is to celebrate their

distinctive order therein is. Are their names ordinary or is it

what people said about them? One of them will be hosting

something at the local cinema. Mayor of Bland, they are in Australia. And

Boring is in the US. From finding bombs to catching drug

smugglers, a dog's sense of smell has long been used to help law

enforcement to do their jobs. Now a new trial has started to see

if it could help doctors diagnose The degenerative condition affects

more than 10 million people worldwide, but is often

only identified years Breakfast's Tim Muffett went

to see the dogs in action. Kiwi is demonstrating

a remarkable skill. This is one of our fully trained

dogs, and it's looking for cancer Dogs can smell the odour

of human disease. But when we have disease

or infection, we have a biochemical changing our body and this

changes our smell. The ability of dogs to sniff out

cancer has been acknowledged for years, but now Kiwi and other

medical detection dogs are beginning What we hope to do is to train them

to find the odour associated If they can do this,

it could revolutionise the way Parkinson's disease

is a degenerative neurological Les Milne died in 2015,

having had it for 20 years. Parkinson's can cause body tremors

and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk, but as there's no

diagnostic test in its early stages sufferers often miss out

on medication that can help. We didn't understand

what was happening. Joy, however, has a highly

developed sense of smell. She noticed something different

about Les ten years before So I started complaining

about his smell. So, what was this smell like,

that you could detect I would describe it

as a very strong musky smell. After Les's diagnosis,

Joy noticed the same smell I said to him, "Those people

smell the same as you." He said, "What are

you talking about?" I said, "The people who have

Parkinson's in the group smell Joy's sense of smell is so strong

doctors say it's rarely For dogs, however,

it's a different story. Some breeds of dog have more

than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that's compared

to around 5 million for a human. Many believe that by harnessing that

incredible sense of smell, more medical conditions could be

sniffed out earlier. These medical detection dogs live

with families and come to the testing centre

during the daytime. Backed by the charity Parkinson's

UK, swabs from Parkinson's sufferers will be introduced to see

if the dogs can identify them. People might present

at a neurological clinic, or they might go to casualty,

because they have had a fall or because they have had some other

event that's not usual for them. And, very rarely, will they think

they might have is Parkinson's. But if we can develop an early

test, it really improves the patient's well-being

if they know what's going on. The research and training

will take six months, but 200 years after the condition

was identified it's hoped dogs will soon help doctors diagnosed

Parkinson's earlier. We talked before about sniffing out

cancer. We will be talking a bit more about this later with some of

those involved in a research. It is amazing.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

We'll get the official figures on how the economy grew over

Ben's out and about to see how confident businesses and consumers

Good morning. This place might look like the hive of modern activity.

The new mill right here in Manchester. This place built in

1900, but it has a new lease on life after remaining derelict for years.

They are now working here, fully up and running, manning these machines

this morning. But we are here because we are looking at what

contributions places like this might have to the overall economic age of.

We will get the latest figures today and they aren't expected to be very

good. 0.2% in the first quarter. We are expecting it to be slightly

better for the last three months. That's between April and June. We

are expecting maybe 0.3%. But the reason we are paying attention is

the big question about Brexit. Has that changed our spending and buying

habits and what does it mean for the economy? More on that little later.

First, with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, Double the number of hours of free

childcare in England, good news for parents,

but is it forcing some top nurseries Also this morning, she was part

of the Olympic cycling dream team, double gold-medallist

Joanna Rowsell Shand will be here to tell us about why she's

encouraging more women And after 9am, we'll

have the bittersweet story of Britain's 400-year-old

sweet-tooth. But now a summary of this

morning's main news. All sales of new petrol and diesel

cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to

reduce air pollution. The government is expected

to announce a fund of ?255 million to help local councils speed up

efforts to combat emissions And there'll be consultations

on a possible scrappage scheme, ARCHIVE: Drives up

in a 1908 Model T. We've come a long way in terms

of design, but for 100 years we've been relying on vehicles

with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel,

but is that about to change? Several major carmakers including

BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo have already announced ambitious

plans for electric cars, seen as a key way to tackle air

pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol

and diesel engines in the UK It's part of a ?3 billion air

quality strategy that also includes ?255 million to help local

authorities cut pollution. It'll mean a ban on sales

and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the UK

as well as a consultation The move follows a similar

pledge earlier this month by President Macron of France

where the ban will also be Campaigners are likely to complain

the government hasn't gone far enough or fast enough while Labour

is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal

levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not

in 23 years time. The High Court judge overseeing

the case of the terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard will decide today

whether the child's parents can Doctors at Great Ormond

Street Hospital say that, in the interest of his care,

he should stay where he is or be His parents have appealed

for a specialist doctor to come forward so he can spend his

final hours at home. We will discuss that and the role of

mediation in that a bit later. France has appealed

for help to fight the fires that are raging through the

southeast of the country. There are reports that 10,000 people

have been evacuated. One of the worst fires is raging

in the hills above the popular and troops have been mobilised

to extinguish the flames, The US House of Representatives has

voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia despite President Donald

Trump objecting to the legislation. Senior officials will be targeted

in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the 2016

American election. The measures will also see fresh

sanctions against North Korea and Iran over ballistic

missile tests. The judge leading the inquiry

into the Grenfell Tower fire has told survivors he would get

to the bottom of the tragedy Shouting broke out at points

during the gathering, as residents expressed their anger

at the limits of the inquiry. A final meeting will be held tonight

on the scope of the investigation. At least 80 people were

killed in the blaze. Scientists are warning humans

could become extinct if male sperm counts continue to fall

at current rates. According to the Human

Reproduction Update, sperm counts among Western men have

fallen by more than 50% It has been linked to exposure

to chemicals, diet and stress although some experts remain

sceptical about the findings. More than 500,000 pupils

in state schools in England are being taught by unqualified

teachers according to Labour. shows the number of teachers

without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012,

a situation which Labour A Department for Education spokesman

said the proportion of qualified The number of people over 90

who hold a driving license in Great Britain has topped

100,000 for the first time. That's according to data

revealed by the DVLA. Currently drivers aged 70 and over

are required to fill in a self-assessment

form every three years. They must declare that

their eyesight meets the minimum standard, but some think the law

should be changed and they should be We have all made our friends

and families jealous with holiday photos and videos but nothing

quite compares to this. Lots of people might be waking up on

holiday, sorry if you haven't had a lie in, enjoying themselves taking

photos and videos but none are going to beat this!

Nasa astronaut Jack Fischer captured this footage of the aurora borealis

from the International Space Station while it was 250 miles above Earth

and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour.

He got his camera out and that was the shot! Really beautiful! Let's do

the description again because it is really beautiful.

Jack was clearly impressed with the timelapse shots describing

of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce.

I'm not sure if my words would be any better than that. It's sort of

spoils the imagery in a way? There's nothing much better than a burrito,

Charlie, that's what he is saying! Gorgeous burrito with the best

source in the world. Anyway, a great picture! That's the main thing!

Fairly awesome person in the pool yesterday, Adam Peaty. Unbelievable.

On and on. Even he said yesterday I don't know what else there is in the

tag, there might be more. When he goes into the pool he thinks of

himself as a gladiator and it's that kind of thing. He listens to grime

music when he goes in the water to get pumped up and then he is a

gladiator in the pool. Adam Peaty continues to push

the boundaries in a pool. The Olympic champion

beat his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day,

breaking the 26 second mark He goes in the final today looking

to set an even faster time. Honestly, that is... This morning I

went 26.1 and I thought it was going to be hard to beat that. Coming in

the night I was a bit down because it's been such an emotional few days

but I thought, right, get up for it and do what you're going to do and

Mal said I'm not going to waste an opportunity because you don't know

when is going to be your last so I just went out and did what I do.

James Guy couldn't defend his world title in the 200m

He finished in fifth just behind fellow Briton Duncan Scott.

Today there are seven Brits in individual final action,

including Scott who goes again in the 100 metre freestyle

Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford will miss next

week's Athletics World Championships in London because of

Rutherford won't be able to defend his title and says he's

devastated that he won't be competing in front of the best fans

in the world, in the stadium that changed my life.

a three-time European Champion next year.

Another absentee will be sprinter Richard Kilty.

He was expected to compete in the 4x100m relay

broken a finger on his changeover hand.

There's been more criticism of the Rugby Football Union's

decision to not renew the contracts of England's

In a letter seen by BBC Sport the Shadow Sports Minister doctor

Rosena Allin-Khan tells chief executive Ian Ritchie

will remain on the World Cup next month.

We were fully aware of and understood the situation when we new

contracts were coming out and it was something that we were... We never

thought would happen in a million years and have been really excited

by and have benefited from it and I think as a team we've benefited from

it. But right now our focus is purely on getting to Ireland and

doing well at that World Cup. There's no point being on a

full-time contract, sitting in a gym all day and playing six times a

year. They've got to play more than 20 times a year to be religion

bettered, we've got to get that competition programme right so that

I working on, we got to work on that and the kids programme -- really

competitive. We need to double the number of participants. Its special

and really moving us forward and that's where we're going.

England will look to retake a series lead when they face South Africa

in the third Test at the Oval which starts tomorrow.

They'll have debutant Tom Westley in the side,

who comes in to replace the injured Gary Ballance.

Westley will be making his England debut at the age of 28.

It's probably started to sing in now, it's been quite a surreal few

days. I suppose it's just the buildup really. Come Thursday I'm

going to be nervous, as expected, but I think the challenge for me is

to replicate what I've been doing for Essex and hopefully do that for

England. And Manchester United manager

Jose Mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much

for players this summer. We spent a lot of money in the

striker, and if you don't do that then we have no striker, that's

obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers the amount of money is

amazing. Every club is getting players, every club is investing a

lot. I think some clubs obviously they are paying too much and by

paying too much they create a very strange and out of control market.

But this is the reality now. He looks quite grumpy about it but

he is right, the numbers this summer have been ridiculous. Talking about

Lukaku, ?75 million, it could be nearly ?90 million after you add on

the extras. It's a huge sum of money and where does it stop? Wasn't it

nice by way of contrast to hear Adam Peaty and his attitude. Delighting

in his own ability and showing it off and taking the moment. He

referenced his brilliant coach, mall, hear ye has been with since 14

and they are a phenomenal team -- who he has been with. -- Mel. It was

nice she got a name check. I love his attitude! I would love to swim

with him! -- like him! Back to our main story,

the government is set to announce plans to ban the sale

of all new petrol or diesel cars Electric and hybrid cars made up

just 4% of car sales last

month so can the UK car industry make such

a drastic transformation work? David Bailey is car industry expert

at Aston University. He joins us from our

Birmingham studio. We have a date and the clock is

ticking, a complete ban on all diesel and petrol cars by that

point, what do you make of it? It sets a clear direction of travel for

the industry, that's a good thing but it's like saying we will ban the

steam engine by 2040 because petrols and diesels won't exist by then, we

will see a huge transition to electric cars sometime in the mid 20

20s so the long-term goal is great but we need more short-term action

to get people into electric cars out of diesel cars and these measures

are far short of what's needed to clean up urban air quality. Using

confident these changes will happen and the market will dictate it

sooner -- you seem. Looking at the situation right now there are issues

with cost and practicality and the infrastructure. When does the big

change start to happen? We are seeing more electric cars on the

roads, costs are coming down, range is improving, there will be a

tipping point in them it when 20s where the electric car will

outcompete the internal combustion engine and at that point we will see

the big switchover but even that isn't soon enough and we need to

encourage people to get out of diesel cars much more quickly into

electric cars given they are increasingly viable. We could do

things like having some sort of scrappage scheme or charging diesel

cars for going into city centres, these measures stop short of that so

long-term, good, short term, not very effective. The phrase you used

was outcompeting diesel cars with electric cars, talk about price, one

way to encourage people to buy an electric car within the next ten

years for example would be to make sure electric cars are cheaper than

other cars? At the moment there are subsidies, I just bought my second

electric car and I got a subsidy from the government to do that. You

are buying an expensive car? That's true, at the moment they are more

costly and as the cost come down they will be more competitive. We

need subsidies in the short-term to encourage people to switch. The

first range of genuinely competitive electric cars are coming through,

the Hasler and so on. People for the first time will have a genuine

choice about what type of car to drive -- Tesla. We need to support

that but at the same time we should be saying, look, we will give you

bonuses to get out of an old dirty deeds and into an attractive new car

to help speed up the market. What about the practicalities? Lots of

people listening may be live in a terraced street and already the

sheer practical practical issues of plugging in an electric car remain a

major obstacle. What do you think the solution is, paint a picture of

a street in 2028? Firstly we need to encourage people to use public

transport, secondly as range improves targeting becomes less of

an issue so we need to see the big improvement in the charging

infrastructure. One year ago I wouldn't have been able to easily

find the charging point. But in the future we could see street lights

all used for charging points, so they become multifunctional, people

could plug into street lights all over the city and we could see more

charging infrastructure. It is those sorts of shifts that the government

has to encourage in order to get a massive take-up of electric cars

more quickly than the market would otherwise dictate. Thank you very

much for your time. We will be talking about that

throughout the programme. If you have questions, keep sending them

into as. Some people say 2040 won't matter because they might not be

here then. On a more at the mystic -- optimistic note, what happens to

buses and lorries? It is looking great out there this morning.

Good morning. We have rain on the way. Some of us have already had the

rain and it is heaviest in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern

England through the day. But the whole band is moving across the UK

in an eastwards direction. This is what we have already this morning.

You can see it in the west and that's where we start with a lot of

surface water and spray on the roads. Drift further east and we are

back in brighter skies and even sunshine. There is a little bit of

mist around this morning, but that will clear readily. Then from the

Isle of Wight towards Gloucestershire and Somerset, south

England generally, we have the rain. Rain too in Wales. Not strong winds

but breezy. In the Northern Ireland the rain continues to move out of

Northern Ireland, so it will start to brighten up through the morning

in the west. That Rainey is moving into Scotland, where we have creams

and yellows it tells you where we have the heaviest rain. -- greens.

At head of it it is still bright in the Northern Isles. Not too long

before the rain moves to the east. Reaching east Anglia and Kent last.

In the south we have lighter rain. In the north the rain will be heavy

for a time and as it clears we have this regime of bright spells and

sunshine and showers. Some of the showers could be sharp and hanging

onto a bit more cloud in the south-east, just behind the rain.

Through the evening and overnight a lot of us will have a dry night and

it will still be blustery and there will also be quite a few showers

coming in across Northern Ireland, but especially Northwest Scotland.

Temperatures 11- 15. The reason for the showers is the centre of the low

pressure is ever closer to the north-west and you can see from the

proximity of the isobars it will also be a windy day, especially so

in the north-west. With exposure we could see gales, especially coastal

gales. At times they will merge on the north-west and form rain. Away

from that it's a day of sunshine and showers. The showers fairly hit and

miss. In the sunshine it won't feel too bad. Temperatures are a bit

disappointing for the stage in July. Moving into Friday the low pressure

centre drifts a little bit further north-west, still tightly packed

isobars, so still windy. Friday itself is looking a mixture of

sunshine and showers, for the bulk of the UK. If you don't have the

sunshine there will be right spells come at the cloudy at times, and

showers merging at times in the north-west. Then the rain looks like

it will come from the south-west during Friday.

It won't be great on Friday. A three much and see you later.

Official figures telling us how much the UK economy's been growing over

the last three months will be out later.

Ben's at the UK's only commercial cotton spinner

We are fascinated already. Show us around and tell us what's going on!

Good morning and welcome to Manchester. This is fascinating

because you think of the history of Manchester and the north-west and

you think of cotton and spinning and weaving. This is roughly what it

comes in at. It is raw cotton before it has been processed. This is what

it comes out as, and they use it in all sorts of things. In industry,

including, fabric and textiles all over the country. It is interesting

because this place looks pretty modern. A huge investment in new

facilities. But it is actually the original 1900 Victorian mill that is

being built here. So a sign of optimism in the economy and spending

in this region. Andy is the boss. Good morning. Thanks for having us.

Looking around here, it's a pretty big investment and you are able to

do it in the original mill, with cotton moving back to the

north-west. You must be pretty optimistic about the economy? We

are. But there's a big resurgence in the UK textile industry. People are

really starting to look at what they need, to look for quality and their

local business and support their local manufacturing. A lot of risks

for the economy, though. We talk about wrecks it, consumer spending

slowdown, uncertainty -- talk about Raqqa. Does any of that for you?

Most of it gives us hope. When you look at Brexit, most think they have

to be able to buy these products in the UK and while we won't bring the

textile industry back to the size it was in the 1940s and 50s, we have a

resurgence of weavers and knitters and a lot of high street retailers

are saying if you spend the money Nate Shaw that money is value for

that money. -- make sure. Rank you. I want to introduce you to Mike and

Tom. I will find you amongst the weaving mill. Tom, we heard about

the confidence in the business, but it's not the case were everyone, is

it? Know, and we will find our later this morning how the British economy

is doing because we will get a snapshot of the growth in the

economy, so-called GDP figures, and there's a lot of focus on this

because in the first quarter there was a marked slowdown in growth. The

big surprise was last year after the referendum growth was bigger than

people expected. At the turn of the year it really slowed down so the

second-quarter figures were really important. You are from the

Federation of Small Businesses if business is going to feel

uncertainty and concerned about the area, small businesses might feel

that more than most? More business, according to the latest quarterly

index, has shown homefront cost pressures -- small business. So

natural living wage, the drop in Stirling for those who are importing

goods and it is causing problems. Then we have the problems around the

actual rate relief that isn't getting to those businesses that

desperately needed. Given all the problems you've outlined, are there

any solutions? Most small businesses just get their heads down, get on

with doing what they are good at and do their business. I think talking

to a local engineer yesterday from my own business, he was saying he is

remarkably... INAUDIBLE. A couple of problems with the link. We will be

back with Ben later. Intriguing. The place is effectively a modern mill.

Was that your picture of a mill? Would have been hundreds of people

working in bills across the UK, in the north as well especially,

decades ago -- mills. We will talk to Ben later.

After a tour as a UN Peacekeeper in Bosnia,

Peter Millns returned home carrying memories of the horrors he had

witnessed, but also of the friendships he had made,

many with children he thought he would never see again.

However, almost a quarter of a century later, he received

a message from one of the girls he had helped.

Our reporter Dave Guest went to meet him.

It is more than 20 years since Peter Millns served with UN peacekeepers

in Bosnia. But he remembers it as if it were yesterday. Some of the

things that people did to each other, as young soldiers we saw

that. In particular he remembers the local children who befriended the

soldiers. At first, to see uniform in a civil war, they are going to

back off, not be engaging with it. But after a bit we had sweets, bags

full of sweets and chocolates, and they kept on shouting bom bom. Among

them an 80 Roald called Djuldina. He last saw her two decades ago. Then

last weekend out of the blue she contacted via Facebook. In this

picture she is holding the Teddy Eta gave her all those years ago. What

did you think when she got in touch? I first broke down crying. Because

we thought she had been either killed or hurt, because when we were

there it was quite badly shelled. Today the pair met face-to-face for

the first time via Skype. Hi! How are you? Everything is OK. Nice to

see you alive. And you! 35 years. My wife sends her love to all of your

family and hopes they are fine. I am so glad that you are alive now and

that you have family. And you. You've gone on to be a teacher and

are doing really well. At the end of their conversation the emotion

shows. She is obviously home now and... I've managed to contact her.

She still got the bear. And when I spoke to Djuldina it was clear she

has never forgotten the kindness of Peter and his comrades. They told us

that peace will come soon. They gave us hope, not only chocolates. They

were... I do know, they were strangers with different names from

different countries, but they were our friends. And you never forgotten

it? Never and I will never forget him. The next step is to arrange a

visit to meet Djuldina and her family.

What a truly wonderful story. Very moving that she still has the

teddy bear. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Still to come this morning: He's

the prolific football manger you've Stephen Constantine's coached more

national sides than any other He'll be here to tell us

about his latest gig in charge Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. I'm back with more

in half an hour. Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin. New diesel and petrol cars

are to be banned from 2040. It's part of a strategy to tackle

air pollution but critics say it doesn't go far enough or fast

enough. Good morning, it's

Wednesday, 26th, July. Good morning, it's

Wednesday, 26th July. A High Court judge

will today decide whether Charlie Gard should be

allowed to return home to die. We'll find out later how quickly

the economy grew over the last three months, but the figure is not

expected to be great. I'm at this cotton mill in

Manchester this morning to find out. In sport, Adam Peaty continues

to push the boundaries in a pool. The Olympic champion

broke his own world record in the 50m breaststroke

twice in one day. Could dogs hold the key to early

diagnosis of Parkinson's? the rain already in the west

will move east through the day and we will all see it,

heaviest in Scotland and Northern Ireland and northern

England and it'll be accompanied Behind it we see a return

to sunshine and showers. Thank you.

Good morning. All sales of new petrol and diesel

cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to

reduce air pollution. The government is also expected

to announce more than ?250 million of funding for local

councils to tackle emissions ARCHIVE: Drives up

in a 1908 Model T. We've come a long way in terms

of design, but for 100 years we've been relying on vehicles

with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel,

but is that about to change? Several major carmakers including

BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo have already announced ambitious

plans for electric cars, seen as a key way to tackle air

pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol

and diesel engines in the UK It's part of a ?3 billion air

quality strategy that also includes ?255 million to help local

authorities cut pollution. It'll mean a ban on sales

and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the UK

as well as a consultation The move follows a similar

pledge earlier this month by President Macron of France

where the ban will also be Campaigners are likely to complain

the government hasn't gone far enough or fast enough while Labour

is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal

levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not

in 23 years time. Earlier, we spoke to

car industry expert Professor David Bailey

from Aston Business School who told us the government will need

to address a number of concerns for these measures to be

implemented effectively. It sets a clear direction

of travel for the industry, that's a good thing but it's

like saying we will ban the steam engine by 2040 because petrol

and diesels won't exist by then, in the mid-2020s

so the long-term goal is great

but we need more short-term action to get people into electric cars out

of diesel cars and these measures are far short of what's needed

to clean up urban air quality. Jane-Francis Kelly joins

us from Oxford Street, one of the most polluted

streets in Britain. Jane, does this go far

enough, quickly enough? I think environmentalists or some

environmentalists will say this doesn't do enough. The Mayor of

London Sadiq Khan said Oxford Street is one of one of the worst polluted

streets in the world. In January that egg quality was worse than

Beijing. Transport for London have introduced more buses that are

electrically powered -- egg quality. In October the worst polluting cars

will have to pay an extra ten pounds to pay the congestion charge. Many

councils want congestion charges in other cities but this isn't being

introduced by the government. It says it will consult about car

scrappage schemes but that isn't being guaranteed, instead it will

encourage councils to improve road layout and reprogram traffic lights

so traffic runs more smoothly. But some people might say not enough.

Jane-Frances Kelly, thanks very much from a surprisingly quiet Oxford

Street at this time in the morning. Thanks very much.

A High Court judge will decide today whether Charlie Gard should be

allowed to die at home His parents want to take him out of hospital.

But lawyers for Great Ormond Street say a hospice would be a more

appropriate place for Charlie, given the level of medical

The legal battle over Charlie Gard now centres on where and how

he spends his final days, perhaps hours.

It follows his parents' decision earlier this week

to abandon their lengthy legal battle to be allowed to take

Yesterday, Charlie's mum, Connie Yates, returned to court

to make it clear she didn't want him to die in the intensive care unit.

The parents' lawyer said it was their last wish that Charlie

dies at home for a few days of tranquillity outside

Last night they appealed for a paediatric intensive care

doctor to come forward who would be willing to help take care

of their son but the court heard there were practical issues to be

resolved, but for example whether Charlie's ventilator

In a statement, Great Ormond Street Hospital said it wanted to honour

The hospital has offered a compromise,

for Charlie to be transferred to a hospice where doctors

would supervise his palette of care and death after a period

But Charlie's parents say they want days, not ours,

and a hospice is a second-best option.

France has appealed for help to fight the fires that

are raging through the southeast of the country.

There are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated.

One of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular

and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames,

The journalist Lisa Minot is on holiday in the region

and was evacuated from her camp site last night.

Good morning. What is the situation like right now? Good morning. We are

really exhausted. Our campsite is just about 20 Minutes Drive from St

Tropez and the fires have been going all night. Our campsite had its own

beach and at 2am they evacuated everyone, there's about one 1000

pitches on the campsite and they got everyone on the beach and there are

strong winds and I'm trying to speak to you and this is what has

happened, it has hampered the treating of the fire because they

can't predict the flames. The winds are gusting at very high speeds and

they switch from One Direction to the other. It's been a very long

night and we are still not out of the woods. I've been hearing from

other people on the beach, there's other campsites that haven't been as

lucky as us and they have suffered serious damage. What was the first

point you realised the gravity of the situation? We were having dinner

on a French pitch right on the beach at around 1am. Then we looked up and

in the sky but why does we could see huge yellow flames licking into the

sky. By 2am they put out an alert and asked us to evacuate all of the

pitches and that's when everyone was sent to the beach. There was

probably about 3000 people sent to the beach and we have been here ever

since. What's the atmosphere among the people? A lot of children will

be involved, this is a family campsite, who is with you on the

beach and what is the atmosphere like? Last night when we first did

the evacuation we opened up our pitch because we were right on the

beach to families who had young children and we gave them someone to

stay with out of the cold wind. We did T and coffee, that's what the

English do in a crisis! -- teas. But everyone now is tired. The sun came

up. It will be 31 today. Because of the smoke over the entire sky, the

sun isn't as hot as it could be. People are just very tired and we

have been told the next hour will be critical, they won't let anybody

leave the front of the campsite for the next hour because they think it

is critical in the fighting of the fire. They are using these Canada

aeroplanes, these incredible planes that scooped up water from the

Mediterranean and take it to the hills to extinguish the fire is.

They are coming down to the sea in front of us and going to the pool of

black smoke -- the fires. Can I ask you in terms of the practicalities,

with the safety advice you have been given, there is concern about the

smoke and you have been told to be on the beach, that is deemed the

safest place? It is because it is a wooded campsite, a beautiful

campsite, I have been coming here for 42 years and it's the first time

anything like this has happened. It's all pine trees and with the

very dry winds we've got, they want everyone on the beach because if the

flames catch they could pass through the campsite very quickly. That's

why they ask everyone to stay on the beach next to the water. It should

hopefully give us some protection. Apologies, the wind is really strong

at the moment. To be clear, in terms of damage, there's no damage as yet

from the fire where you are to either tents or know people injured

at this stage? Not at this campsite but we are hearing reports from

other campsites that there have been camps destroyed in the flames. They

are further back the other side of the road. There's a road that runs

parallel to the seed and the campsite sits one side of it, the

campsite the other side which is where the fires have been closer

haven't been as lucky. Thanks very much for speaking to us. She is on a

campsite very close to where the fires have broken out in the south

of France, detailing the scale of the evacuation. She said 3000 people

were on the beach with her replicated at a number of campsites

on the coast. She talked about the next hour being critical so we will

stay with that and keep you up to date because many of you will no

people on holiday there as well. She talked about it being a critical

situation right now. We will keep you up to date with it through the

morning. More than 500,000 pupils

in state schools in England are being taught by unqualified

teachers according to Labour. shows the number of teachers

without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012,

a situation which Labour A Department for Education spokesman

said the proportion of qualified We have all made our friends

and families jealous with holiday photos and videos but nothing

quite compares to this. Lots of people might be

waking up on holiday, sorry if you haven't had a lie in,

enjoying themselves taking photos and videos but none

are going to beat this! Nasa astronaut Jack Fischer captured

this footage of the aurora borealis from the International Space Station

while it was 250 miles above Earth and travelling at more

than 17,000 miles an hour. He got his camera out

and that was the shot! Jack was clearly impressed

with the timelapse shots describing of awesomeness smothered in awesome

sauce. I'm a fan of burritos but I'm not

sure I would call it that! Those are the main stories this morning, more

on the sport and Carol will have the weather later on.

It's a case that has divided doctors, parents and politicians

but yesterday Charlie Gard's parents formally withdrew their legal

challenge, accepting that treatment could no longer help.

This time to decide where Charlie will spend his final hours.

The judge in the case described it as a matter that requires mediation,

but how could that help at this late stage?

Let's speak now to Director of the Medical Mediation Foundation,

Good morning to you, Sarah. We have discussed it for so long now, this

case, and once again these parents find themselves in court with once

again an incredibly difficult matter to get settled. It seems

extraordinary they should have to go back to court to ask to take their

son home. The mediation helps people to have conversations that they

would otherwise find really difficult to have, all have been

avoiding for whatever reason. So a mediator comes in, someone who is

independent, to try to support people in this incredibly difficult

situations to try to agree a way forward. And in a much less

confrontational manner that happens when you go to court. However hard

the judges and lawyers will be trying in cases like this to support

the parents and support everybody and the health professionals

involved through the process, it always feels like a battle. It is

described as a battle and essentially at the heart of this, a

complex and private dilemma has been played out in the private eye, what

mediation allows you to do is to try and have conversations in a way

which will allow people to express their positions, for people to

understand each other's views and try to arrive at a point they can

agree on. At this point it feels like that process won't work, but it

is very far down the line perhaps for mediation to be offered at this

stage. The judges said they didn't want to rule on this particular

issue because at the end of the day everyone is trying to work in the

best interests of this young boy and it's so difficult to find a way

through, isn't it? Yes. I would say from a own experience that the

earlier you get involved as a mediator in really difficult cases

like this the better chance you may have of finding a way forward. But

we know that mediation doesn't always work, what it can be run

along the same lines and at the same time as preparing to go to court,

because I think fundamentally mediation is all about trying to

maintain the human relationships and so often when you get into

situations which do feel like battles, of course there are no

winners in this case, what mediation does is a very flexible process, so

mediators are running all sorts of different places and ways. You try

to keep people focused on the human relationships, on maintaining

working relationships and of course on the person who is most important

in this case, which is the child themselves. I'm not sure how much

you can tell me really, but what are the options open? They bask for a

specialist paediatric doctor to assist them -- they've asked. What

are the options? I don't know, I haven't been involved in this

particular case and I'm sure the hospital will be exploring every

possible way that they can try and accommodate the parents' wishes, but

at the same time keeping the focus on what is best for this child.

Thank you very much for joining us on Breakfast.

Time for a look at today's weather. Good morning. We have rain on the

cards today. Some of us already have it. The east of the UK is still dry

and bright, but rain already in the west. It will move eastwards,

eventually clearing from all but the south-east of the Northern Isles by

the end of the day. We have the rain steadily moving out of Northern

Ireland but it is across western Scotland, Western England and Wales.

So a wet start across the south-west of England. The same across Wales.

The rain continues to move from the west towards the east. The Northern

Ireland, Ray makes progress out of Northern Ireland. It should more or

less have cleared by 9am this morning and then it will start to

brighten up, I did is making good inroads across Scotland. Apart from

the far north where we have brightness and a few showers across

the Northern Isles. Meanwhile, north-west England has the rain, the

north-east is still dry, as it is in the Midlands, east Anglia and the

south-east. The mist we have, only pockets here and there, are

clearing. The rain progressing through the Midlands, the Isle of

Wight and in the direction of Berkshire as we go through the

morning. It makes good progress as it drifts eastwards. The heaviest

rain in the north. For much of southern England and Wales it won't

be as heavy and as it moves away it brightens up the Hind. We will have

some sunshine coming through and showers. Some of them could be

Sharp. Cloud hanging on behind the rain in the south-east as it

increasingly turns patchy. That moves away overnight and clears from

the Northern Ireland is and then it will be mostly dry. However, we will

have showers coming in across the north-west of Scotland and a few

coming in across Northern Ireland as well. That's because the centre of

the low pressure is more or less across this particular areas and if

you look at the isobars it is also telling us that it will be fairly

blustery again. Stronger winds with exposure across the north-west of

the UK, the coastal gales and Gailes with height. Those showers merging

at times through the day. Some could be heavy again, with some thunder

and maybe hail. But for the rest of the UK we have a mixture of bright

spells, sunshine and showers and as is the way with shower was not all

of us will see them. Through Thursday and into Friday if anything

the low pressure area is dragged further north-west. Still blustery

winds around, still a lot of showers in the north-west. Sunshine and

showers for the rest of the UK, but we do have rain showing its hand,

coming in from the south-west later on.

I just want to say rain, rain, go away!

NETschool holidays of course -- and it is school holidays.

Thank you. From finding bombs to catching drug

smugglers, a dog's sense of smell has long been used to help law

enforcement to do their jobs. Now a new trial has started to see

if it could help doctors diagnose The degenerative condition affects

more than 10 million people worldwide, but is often

only identified years Breakfast's Tim Muffett went

to see the dogs in action. Kiwi is demonstrating

a remarkable skill. This is one of our fully trained

dogs, and it's looking for cancer Dogs can smell the odour

of human disease. But when we have a disease

or infection, we have a biochemical change in our body and this

changes our smell. The ability of dogs to sniff out

cancer has been acknowledged for years, but now Kiwi and other

medical detection dogs are beginning What we hope to do is to train them

to find the odour associated If they can do this,

it could revolutionise the way Parkinson's disease

is a degenerative neurological Les Milne died in 2015,

having had it for 20 years. Parkinson's can cause body tremors

and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk, but, as there's no

diagnostic test, in its early stages sufferers often miss out

on medication that can help. We didn't understand

what was happening. Joy, however, has a highly

developed sense of smell. She noticed something different

about Les ten years before So I started complaining

about his smell. So, what was this smell like,

that you could detect I would describe it

as a very strong musky smell. After Les's diagnosis,

Joy noticed the same smell I said to him, "Those people

smell the same as you." He said, "What are

you talking about?" I said, "The people who have

Parkinson's in the group smell Joy's sense of smell is so strong

doctors say it's rarely For dogs, however,

it's a different story. Some breeds of dog have more

than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that's compared

to around 5 million for a human. Many believe that by harnessing that

incredible sense of smell, more medical conditions could be

sniffed out earlier. These medical detection dogs live

with families and come to the testing centre

during the daytime. Backed by the charity Parkinson's

UK, swabs from Parkinson's sufferers will be introduced to see

if the dogs can identify them. People might present

at a neurological clinic, or they might go to casualty,

because they have had a fall or because they have had some other

event that's not usual for them. And, very rarely, will they think

they might have is Parkinson's. But if we can develop an early

test, it really improves the patient's well-being

if they know what's going on. The research and training

will take six months, but 200 years after the condition

was identified it's hoped dogs will soon help doctors diagnosed

Parkinson's earlier. Dr Beckie Port from

Parkinsons UK joins us now. It is wonderful to see those dogs in

action. How important do you think this could be? At the minute we have

no definitive diagnostic test for Parkinson's, so it's very difficult

to diagnose and often we hear about stories where people wait months and

maybe even longer, or they were misdiagnosed to start off with. The

diagnosis is a real issue for many people. And it is also one of the

reasons why we haven't developed any treatments that slow or stop the

condition because we just can't find out who has got it early enough, so

we are looking for treatment that might be able to save those brain

cells that are being lost. One of the best ways to find new treatments

would be to diagnose people at the earliest possible stage. Fascinating

hearing from Joy, who described that smell. She detected in her own

husband and then spelt the same thing in other Parkinson's

sufferers. But what point does that become almost anecdotal? She knows

it because it is what happened, but at what point does that become

almost anecdotal, where people think that's happening but then when it

can become part of science? She went to an event and after the event

finished this researcher asked her to smell 12 different shirts. Six of

them had been warned by people with Parkinson's and six by people who

didn't have the condition and she smelt them and got all but one

right, being able to tell who had Parkinson's and who didn't, and the

one who she got wrong she was adamant the person had Parkinson's

and they were diagnosed within a few months. It is just staggering. So

much that we don't know with life that could help us. For people who

go on to have it, how much difference would it make to know? We

talked a bit about it, but to knowing and to their treatment? At

the minute we don't have any drugs that slow down Parkinson's, so

treatment may not change if you are diagnosed earlier, but it's all

about the stress of not knowing what condition you have, so it's

definitely not useful waiting so long for a diagnosis. But it really

could help with developing new treatments that we desperately need

from the condition. So we can start tackling this and saving those brain

cells. They give very much for talking to us.

This is Breakfast. We will have more on those fires in the south

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

with Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin.

All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040

as part of efforts to reduce air pollution.

The government is expected to announce a fund of ?255 million

to help local councils speed up efforts to combat emissions

And there'll be consultations on a possible scrappage scheme,

although the Treasury is said to be resisting this idea.

Critics say the plans do not go far enough,

Earlier, we spoke to car industry expert,

Professor David Bailey from Aston Business School,

who told us the government will need to address a number of concerns

for these measures to be implemented effectively.

I think it sets a very clear direction of travel

for the industry, that's a good thing, but it's like saying

we'll ban the steam engine by 2040

because petrol and diesels won't exist by then,

we will see a huge transition to electric cars some time

goal is great but we need more short-term action to get people

cars and these measures are far short of what's needed to clean up

France has appealed for help to fight the fires that

are raging through the southeast of the country.

There are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated.

One of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular

Earlier we spoke to Lisa Minot who was evacuated from her

The winds are gusting at very high speeds and they switch

It's been a very long night and we are still not out

I've been hearing from other people on the beach,

there's other campsites that haven't been as lucky as us and they have

She said there were 3000 people on the campsite she was on and there

are problems with smoke further inland.

The High Court judge overseeing the case of the terminally-ill baby

Charlie Gard will decide today whether the child's parents can

Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital say that,

in the interest of his care, he should stay where he is or be

His parents have appealed for a specialist doctor to come

forward so he can spend his final hours at home.

We will discuss that and the role of mediation in that a bit later.

The judge leading the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has

told survivors he would get to the bottom of the tragedy

Shouting broke out at points during the gathering,

as residents expressed their anger at the limits of the inquiry.

A final meeting will be held tonight on the scope of the investigation.

At least 80 people were killed in the blaze.

Scientists are warning humans could become extinct if male sperm

counts continue to fall at current rates.

According to the Human Reproduction Update,

sperm counts among Western men have fallen by more than 50%

It has been linked to exposure to chemicals, diet and stress

although some experts remain sceptical about the findings.

The number of people over 90 who hold a driving license

in Great Britain has topped 100,000 for the first time.

That's according to data revealed by the DVLA.

Currently drivers aged 70 and over are required to fill

in a self-assessment form every three years.

They must declare that their eyesight meets the minimum

should be changed and they should be re-tested.

Thank you for all your comments about diesel and petrol engines. We

were continuing to talk about that, where will the electricity come

from? There are endless questions. What about big vehicles, HGVs, do we

have the technology to allow electric power to drive those

vehicles as well? Lots more of those questions coming up but now Sally is

here. We will talk about pollution free transport in a minute, cycling,

your favourite, no diesel there. What drives you to cycle, what are

the benefits of cycling, what puts you off? Do you want me to start? It

is really fun! Adam Peaty continues to push

the boundaries in a pool. The Olympic champion

beat his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day,

breaking the 26 second mark He goes in the final today looking

to set an even faster time. This morning I went 26.1

and I thought it was going to be Coming out there tonight I was a bit

down because it's been such an emotional few days but I thought,

right, get up for it and do what I do and Mel said don't waste

an opportunity because you don't know when is going to be your last

so I just went out and did James Guy couldn't defend his

world title in the 200m He finished in fifth just behind

fellow Briton Duncan Scott. Today there are seven Brits

in individual final action, including Scott who goes again

in the 100m freestyle Former Olympic long jump champion

Greg Rutherford will miss next week's Athletics World Championships

in London because of Rutherford won't be able

to defend his title and says he's "devastated that he won't be

competing in front of the best fans in the world, in the stadium

that changed my life." a three-time European

Champion next year. England will look to retake a series

lead when they face South Africa in the third Test at the Oval

which starts tomorrow. They'll have debutant

Tom Westley in the side, who comes in to replace

the injured Gary Ballance. Westley will be making his England

debut at the age of 28. It's probably started to sink

in now, it's been quite I suppose it's just

the build-up really. Come Thursday I'm going to be

nervous, as expected, but I think the challenge for me

is to replicate what I've been doing for Essex and hopefully

do that for England. And Manchester United manager

Jose Mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much

for players this summer. We spent a lot of money

in the striker, and if you don't do that then we have no striker,

that's obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers

the amount of money is amazing. Every club is getting players,

every club is investing a lot. I think some clubs obviously

they are paying too much and by paying too much they create

a very strange and out She was a huge part

of Great Britain's cycling success but now double Olympic champion

Joanna Rowell Shand is encouraging The number of female cyclists

in the UK has shot up by over It puts British Cycling on track

to reach its target to get one million

women cycling by 2020. Good morning. We're not just talking

about your type of cycling because your type is the top of the game,

the most challenging competitive cycling, you mean normal people

getting on their bikes? We mean everybody, anyone that wants to ride

a bike that feels a bit nervous, any level, from the grassroots to people

riding to the shops to going on cafe social rides to the end of the

sport, getting more women with any ability happy and confident to get

on their bikes. You say happy and confident and I know you lead out

bike rides for women, why are they scared and don't want to do it? I'm

part of the Breeze network, part of an initiative to get women on bike

s, things that come up quite a lot are roadside geek, that comes up all

the time, fear of riding in a group comes up a lot, people feel by

themselves they are OK but in a group what if they can't keep up or

are a bit wobbly? Also bike mechanics comes up, what if I get a

puncture or can't change the inner tube or something happens, how do I

deal with that? If you're in a group situation, what if they have to wait

and if I'm too slow? Those are the most common things that come up that

I here. It is a success story about the numbers, are these people who

have never cycled before or is it people who used to cycle a bit and

for whatever reason it slipped out of their routine? It varies, the

figure British Cycling comes from is members, coaches, leaders, women

joining for fun as a 1-off. It is a variety of people that may have

cycled before but then stopped or brand-new. I'm going to be honest

and say the thing that has put me off, because I did it a lot, the

thing that puts me off is the faf. If you're going somewhere, you have

to change your shoes, you get a bit sweaty. Where are you going? If I

was going to go to the supermarket with a basket to bring my shopping

back or to meet a friend for some lunch, it's the faf. What clothes I

going to wear, what if it rains? I get that and it comes with people

riding to work and they say they don't want to turn up looking

sweaty. I get that, I understand that. That's down to employers to

provide changing facilities, showers, lockers, secure bike

parking, that comes up a lot. In terms of riding to the shops or to

meet your friends, there's kit you can buy that is more feminine and

normal looking. I would look for that sort of thing. There's always a

retail opportunity! You can do that. If it rains... I admit, no one likes

riding their bike in the rain but if you get the right kit then it's not

so bad. I get that but when it comes to commuting there's a

responsibility from employers to provide better facilities for

everybody. One last question, we were talking about diesel and petrol

cars being banned by 2040, how you feel about cycling on polluted

roads, does that affect you and concerned people you are cycling

with? It isn't something that comes up a lot -- concern. Most people are

aware if they cycle then they are doing their bit for the environment

and it helps reduce pollution and congestion and everyone is keen to

improve that so that's a good thing. You mentioned group riding and

people concerned they wouldn't keep up if they had a puncture, what

would you say to that? Don't worry! If you find a local network like the

Breeze ones I do we will wait for everyone. Cycling clubs, even though

they are male dominated, they are friendly and they will wait for you.

Find a women's only group if you can but cyclists are a friendly bunch

and we include everyone and if you can't repair your puncture then

someone else will do it for you. You don't have to go and wear lycra on a

bike ride? I have seen Charlie on his bike. The best thing about it is

cyclists normally like to stop for a tea and some cake! Lovely to see you

this morning! Thanks very much. We'll find out how much the economy

grew in the last three months today. Ben's at the UK's only

commercial cotton spinner in Greater Manchester,

weaving his way through what businesses and consumers

think about the future. Show us around, it looks fantastic?

So interesting down here this morning. Earlier we were upstairs

where they do some of the weaving, here you can see the brilliantly

named blender mat, it comes in from California and this big machine

plucks stuff off the top, the bits of cotton, and they start their

process from here. They blend the different colours, strengths and the

righties of cotton to make one yarn. It might look chunky here but come

with me over this side and I will show you how it ends up, this is

wonderful, looks like it should be really heavy but have a look at

this. Look at that. This is the start of the process and you can see

how fine it is. I'm covered in this stuff this morning! We are talking

about GDP figures, we get the growth figures for the three months between

April and June to tell us what the economy has done and how it is

going. Business here is optimistic, they've spent money investing in

this place. It was built in 1900, derelict since the 80s but it is up

and running as the UK's only cotton mill. Andy is the boss, good

morning. You are confident about the economy, given what we have heard

about Brexit and uncertainty and the future, you have spent a lot of

money and you're confident it will pay off? ?5.6 million of confidence!

With Brexit and the uncertainty, everyone is starting to think we

need to look after ourselves and bring back textile manufacturing and

this investment really helps that, it helps the textile industry bring

back its heartland. What do your customers tell you about what they

are thinking about the economy, you only do well if they do well? The

high-street are doing marketing campaigns today to say if you're

going to spend money then spend it wisely, look for the value and the

quality in the product. Something that will last and something that

belongs to the UK. Wonderful that textiles are back in Manchester! Let

me introduce you to Tom and Mike, Tom is from Fidelity International

and Mike is from the Association of small business. You heard about Andy

being optimistic but it isn't the same fall businesses, there is

uncertainty around? There is and we get a feel for it later today when

we get a snapshot of the growth in the UK economy in the second quarter

from April to June, the GDP figures. A lot of focus on those because at

the start of the year we saw a marked slowdown in the economy. The

cost of living is growing faster than household earnings and that is

freezing spending power. That determines the end the mind for this

wonderful cotton. Mike, from a small business point of view, it is easy

to suggest big business can weather a downturn and weather any storm,

small businesses will find it tough? They are and the SSP's last index

showed a distinct loss in confidence. There are increased cost

pressures, whether that be the national living wage, rate increases

and all of these things are holding back investment and job creation.

What do you want to see change? What would help small business? With got

to make sure that confidence is restored. Cost pressures are

certainly reduced and it would make sure the investment is there, which

would mean the access to finance is there. We need to make sure business

is returned to what we have seen a couple of years back. At the moment

we aren't seeing Matt there is concern around what Brexit will mean

once we reach the end of the negotiations. Back so much. We will

be here for the rest of the morning. I will show you around the rest of

this place because it is fascinating. We are covered in

cotton this morning. A great success story, getting the textiles back

here in the north-west. The camera is focusing on... Is that

being pulled up into the machinery or coiled down?

This is basically from the raw material that you saw earlier, this

is what they blend it to. So this is basically the young before it starts

getting spun out. After this it becomes a twisted yarn, which is

when it becomes the fine thread. Thank you very much. See you later.

It is wonderfully serene there as well, for some reason.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: Sales of new petrol and diesel cars

will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce air pollution.

10,000 people including British holidaymakers have been evacuated

as huge wildfires break out in the south of France.

What's going on here? We've got rain, which I am sure they

would be pleased to get in the south of France. If anything where we have

the fires temperatures will rise as we head into the weekend. A lot of

dry weather. Temperatures rising by five degrees above average. Not a

good situation. We have rain coming in from the west. It will be pushing

eastwards and clearing. That's for most of us, after a dry and bright

start. You can see that nicely on the satellite picture. Some cloud in

the east. We've got the rain towards the west and that rain will carry on

moving eastwards through the day. Is clearing from Northern Ireland where

it will brighten up. The heaviest rain in northern England and

Scotland, accompanied by blustery winds. The rain lighter and more

patchy as it arrives later in the day across the south-east and east

Anglia. It will linger in the Northern Isles through the day. The

rest of Scotland has bright spells, sunshine and showers and as we come

across northern England it is brightening up nicely from the west,

with a few showers. The east Anglia and a six, Kent, the Midlands and

towards the Isle of Wight, heading towards Hampshire, there will be

more cloud and patchy rain through the afternoon. A sunny afternoon in

south-west England. Not especially warm. For Wales brightening up

behind the rain with sunshine. You might catch the odd shower. Showers

in Northern Ireland more likely and again we have bright spells. In

between we have sunshine and some of the showers will be happy. Through

the evening and overnight eventually the rate moves away from the

Northern Isles. We have dry weather and showers. As low pressure pools

close to the north-west of the UK, we have heavy showers across

northern and western Scotland and Northern Ireland if you look at the

spacing on the isobars, once again it is tightly packed, so it will be

a fairly blustery night. Blustery day as well. Coast and hills, we are

likely to have cost is touching gale force. Some of the showers will

merge, but away from that we have dry weather, bright spells and

showers. Not all of us will catch a shower. At best we have 20 Celsius.

That's a wee bit disappointing for the time of year, especially if you

are on holiday. Into the weekend we have the low pressure close by for

Thursday and Friday. They're looking further north-westwards we still

have a lot of showers. Some of them merging across north-west Scotland

and Northern Ireland. Then we have the band of rain coming in from the

south-west. The positioning of this keeps changing, so do keep in touch

with the weather forecast if you have outdoor plans during the course

of Friday and Saturday. Thank you.

From September, working parents in England will be able to claim 30

hours free childcare for three and four-year-olds,

But while this might be welcomed by families,

some nurseries say the financial pressure of providing additional

free hours could put them out of business.

We visited a nursery to see what parents thought.

As of September, every child can get 30 hours free. How it will affect