28/07/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Increased safety concerns following the Grenfell Tower fire -

dozens of tower blocks fail a new, more thorough, fire safety test.

The BBC understands at least 60 buildings will be declared

Councils warn that the cost of making them safe will run

Also this morning, links between how much you drink and developing Type 2

diabetes, new research suggests you're no better

Demonstrators are beginning their third day camped out on top of

delivery lorries just a quarter of a mile away from a fracking side were

exploratory drilling is about to begin. -- site.

Nearly ?30 billion in mis-sold PPI compensation has been paid out

by British banks, and there's still much more to come.

I'll be taking a look at when it will ever end.

In sport, England's women ease into the quarter-finals

of the European Championship, with victory over Portugal -

but for Scotland it's a case of so near, yet so far.

And there's confusion at the races as a 50-1 winner turns out to be

I am below the streets of London. These tunnels were built over 100

years ago. They used to be used to transport mail and parcels below the

streets of London. They are about to be reopened to the public after

being long abandoned. We will find out how and why later on. New line

and Sarah has the weather. Our unsettled theme continues. Lots

of cloud and heavy showers forecast. I will have the details in 15

minutes. BBC News understands that at least

60 high-rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding

similar to Grenfell Tower, The test is seen as more

thorough than previous ones, as more materials were analysed

together for the first time. So far, just nine of the buildings

which failed have been identified. They're in Salford

in Greater Manchester, where the local council is asking

for help from central government Ministers will publish the full test

findings later this morning, While those touched by Grenfell

Tower wait for a full picture of how this fire spread, the residents in

other towers are nervous, wondering if they are safe. These blocks in

Salford, nine of them, are among the 60 across England we understand will

be declared a risk after failing the latest tests. The fire, lying in bed

at night, thinking that it is not safe, you know... It is bad, isn't

it? They should take the lot. I don't care how much money it costs,

it is people's lives. I think we are sitting on a tinderbox. Some of the

cladding had already come down. Now the rest will come to. In the first

round of tests, panels from every building failed. After criticism

that wasn't realistic, experts have now combined cladding and the

installation fitted behind it to show which materials are dangerous

when they are put together, like they were on Grenfell Tower.

Yesterday police said there are reasonable grounds to suspect

corporate manslaughter may have been committed by the Council or the

tenant management organisation. More than six weeks since Groenefeld

burned, the investigation is finding its focus, while the reverberations

beat right across the country. -- Grenfell burned.

At 7:10 we'll be speaking to the trade magazine,

Its new investigation suggests that hundreds of tower blocks in England

have safety flaws, including broken fire doors and holes in walls,

Defence cuts have left the UK reliant

on other countries to protect British waters,

According to figures obtained by the party,

NATO allies sent nearly 40 planes to the UK last year to help

The Ministry of Defence says most of the aircraft were for training

People who drink alcohol three to four times a week are 30% less

likely to develop diabetes than those who never drink.

More than 70,000 people took part in a large Danish health study that

The UK's leading diabetes charity warns this isn't a "green light"

Our health reporter Katie Silver explains.

Diabetes is one of the biggest health challenge is the UK faces

today. More than three and half million people currently live with

the condition, and the numbers are only getting worse. But new findings

from Denmark could revive some hope. Researchers at the national

Institute of Public health at the University of Southern Denmark found

that people who drink alcohol have the lowest risk of getting type 2

diabetes, beating even the teetotallers. The best results were

found for men who drink 14 drinks per week and women who drink nine.

But rather than drinking at all on a Saturday night, they found this

weekly intake has to be spread over three or four days. The study also

found that not all alcohol is equal. Line appeared to be particularly

beneficial, as the chemical compounds, especially in red wine,

seem to help manage blood sugar. -- wine appeared. And women were warned

to stay clear of gin. A daily tipple of that, or other spirits, increases

their diabetes risk by 83%. Diabetes UK warns that the effect of alcohol

on developing diabetes differs from one person to the next. Where did

the people who were drinking an awful lot, when was this happening?

Were there different times of the year that they would thinking more

alcohol? Which had an impact? For example, if you are in the festive

season, people drink a little bit more and eat a little bit more.

Those kinds of things really were not discussed in much detail. While

this study is in its early stages, it is hoped it might spur future

research to help some of the 12 million Brit on is currently at risk

of developing type 2 diabetes. -- Britons.

Aid workers in Greece have told BBC News they're dealing with hundreds

of extremely vulnerable refugees being held on the island of Lesbos.

Many have suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands

of so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

The European Commission said that such refugees should be moved

We'll be live in Lesbos in just over half an hour's time,

as our reporter Gavin Lee tell us more on this story.

Bags of rubbish are piling up in Birmingham as bin collectors

A row with the council over job losses and changes to working

Thousands of residents have been affected, despite council efforts

to add extra collections, and many people are complaining

The strike is set to last until September.

Istanbul was hit by violent thunderstorms yesterday which caused

major disruption in the city and injured at least two people.

These pictures show the ferocity of the storm, which led rush hour

commuters to take cover as hailstones as big

The storm also uprooted trees and led to flight cancellations.

Donald Trump's new communications director has launched a foul-mouthed

attack against two of his senior colleagues.

Anthony Scaramucci used obscene language to describe

the White House Chief of Staff, Reince Preibus,

It's the latest drama to hit Mr Trump's West Wing,

as our Washington correspondent Laura Bicker reports.

President Trump's west wing is at war with itself. The appointment of

the flashy financier Anthony Scaramucci as the new director of

communications has prompted a bitter battle to win the ear of the

President. Anthony Scaramucci has indirectly accused his colleague,

White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, of leaking information

about the administration. He called a US network show to say that only

Mr Trump could judge with the tense relationship between the two was

rapper of all. We have had differences. When I said we were

brothers from the podium, that is because we are. But some brothers

are like Cain and Abel. Other brothers can fight with each other

and get along. I don't know whether this is repairable or not, that will

be up to the President. Tonight, in an extraordinary phone call with a

reporter from the New Yorker, Anthony Scaramucci describe Reince

Priebus as a paranoid schizophrenic. He also talked personally about Mr

Trump's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon. On Twitter he said he would

refrain from using colourful language but would not give up the

passionate fight for Donald Trump's agenda. Anthony Scaramucci has been

in the Westminster just one week, and appears to have spent more time

launching personal attacks than pushing the President's odysseys. He

may also be forcing the chief of staff, and a key Republican

establishment figure, out the door. We will continue with the saucy

theme, perhaps. There's a North-South divide when it

comes to what sauce we choose to put New research claims that people

in north-west England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

are more than twice as likely to have brown sauce on their shelves

than those in London. Three quarters of us apparently

can't eat a meal without a bit of sauce on the side,

and half of us have even had to make a dash to the shops to buy some

sauce before sitting down to eat. Do you have a preference, Charlie? I

tell you what, one of the things that occurs to me, looking at a full

English breakfast like that, including baked beans, is that I

would sometimes have tomato sauce with a full English breakfast. But I

like to separate the beans away from... Yes, that is what Alan

Partridge does! He uses the source is a breakwater. -- uses the

sausage. You can buy a T-shirt saying that. I will buy that for you

to Christmas. I am not a particular Alan Partridge fan, but that is

true. It is very important to separate them. Yes, you cannot let

the egg and the beans merge. Very messy. You've got me excited now. It

is so good when you know the perfect present. Exactly. I'm definitely a

red sauce man. Anyway, very exciting to England, but disappointing to

Scotland in the European championship. -- for Scotland.

England kept their winning momentum going, and go

into their quarter-final against France as the team

After they beat Portugal 2-1, in front of nearly 3,500 in Tilborg.

The Lionesses weren't at their best, but goals from Toni Duggan

and Nikita Paris were enough to win the group.

But for scotland it was a case yet again of so near but so far.

They beat Spain but couldn't score enough goals to take them

It was a happy homecoming for Wayne Rooney in his first

Thanks to Leighton Baines, they won the first leg

of their Europa league qualifying tie, 1-0,

This is an amazing tale from Yarmouth Races where the winner

of the first race, Mandarin Princess, was later found

She was the shock 50-1 winner - or so it was thought,

because after routine testing, it was discovered that

Mandarin Princess, here in the blue, was actually stablemate

Millie's Kiss - a horse with more experience.

Both horses were trained by Charlie McBride,

and an investigation has been ordered by the British Horseracing

Just to be clear, the horse that you said one the race, she actually

didn't win the race? No, because it wasn't that horse. But it has been

allowed to keep first place? All the punters thought it was the horse

that they thought it was, so it wasn't their fault they thought it

was a different horse, so they were allowed to keep their winnings of 50

to one. But the horse didn't officially win? Um... The horse did

win, but it was not the force that everybody thought it was. A horse

won. Yes! It had four legs, a mane in the tail. We are never short of

the facts here. Let's talk to Sarah and find out what is happening with

the weather. Quite a lot of cloud across much of

the country to begin the day. A little bit of sunshine here and

there. This photograph of the sunrise was taken by one of our

Weather Watchers in Henley-on-Thames. A few brighter

spells breaking through the clouds. Through the day that will increase.

Sunny spells in the morning, but by the afternoon it should be cloudy in

many places, with showers on the heavy side. Low pressure still

dominating the weather. At the moment it is sitting to the

north-west of the UK. Quite tightly spaced isobars and a breezy feel to

the weather as we move through the day. The breeze coming in from the

south-west, bringing with it some showers, especially across Scotland

and Northern Ireland through this morning. Later this afternoon, more

of those showers across parts of England and Wales, drifting their

way east. At four o'clock this afternoon, Scotland and Northern

Ireland will see a mix of sunny spells but also blustery showers,

with some on the heavy side and they could really odd rumble of thunder.

Heading south, a bit more brightness across Yorkshire, but cloud

increasing across Wales and bringing with it outbreaks of persistent rain

pushing in across the south-west of England, where it will be quite

windy through the afternoon. Largely dry across the south-east in the

afternoon. Fairly cloudy here, but the brain will push east later in

the day. For the third test at the Oval, a cloudy sort of day. The wind

will pick up later on. We could see a little bit of rain in the second

half of the afternoon. This area of weight -- rain across Wales and

southern England will push north and east through the afternoon. Heavy

for a time across northern and central England, clearing to the

south-east overnight tonight. A spell of wet weather for many of us.

Scotland and Northern Ireland also keeping the showery theme to the

weather through tonight. What about the weekend? It is looking unsettled

steel. -- still. Low pressure sitting to the north-west of the UK,

dragging in showers. The weather fronts that brought the rain

overnight, on Saturday it sits off the south coast. Dry for many of us

on the first half of Saturday, then that weather front creeps north

across parts of southern England during Saturday afternoon. We still

have showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland, but elsewhere

there will be drier and brighter weather. On Sunday, another day of

sunshine and showers. The same theme continuing through the weekend. Some

of those showers will bring the odd rumble of thunder as well, towards

the north and the west in particular. Drier in the south-east,

temperatures around 17- 21. All in all, to summarise your weekend

weather, it is looking cool, breezy, not a washout, there will be some

spells of sunshine, but also some fairly frequent and at times heavy

showers as well. Sean and Mike are back with us now.

Look at the papers. First, the Daily Telegraph. This is just what will be

the situation of the Brexit? Many ministers giving their opinions.

These are the quotes from the Home Secretary Amber Rudd, saying that

citizens will be allowed to come to the UK and live and work after

wrecks it, for a period of time, as long as they register -- Brexit.

Philip Hammond will be with us later.

We will try to clear up with him what exactly... What stage we are at

with Brexit and what we can expect when we officially leave the EU. The

FT reports that he has been speaking to business leaders and says he

wants to negotiate a two phased Brexit deal, starting with an

off-the-shelf transition period, where the UK will maintain a trading

relationship with the EU and then the next two years will see further

negotiations, or a further transition. We will try to clear

this up with him later. On the theme of money, on the front

page of the Times, this is the boss of Amazon. Is that right? Jeff

Bezos. I love the way they have put him on the front page with Bill

Gates. It's like a movie.

Because Jeff Bezos founded Amazon and he is now worth, well, for a

moment yesterday when the shares got high enough it was worth $96

billion, which took him over Bill Gates, only $90 billion. But when

the share price dropped again Jeff Bezos became the second richest man.

I think when you are that which you don't care. But Jeff Bezos looks

like he's enjoying it. Why not? Many of the papers this morning, the

Daily Mail, the final ruling on Charlie Gard's situation was made

yesterday and many of the papers have those images on the front pages

and also the front page of the Daily Mirror.

Also a story we are covering on Breakfast this morning, drinking

wine can fight diabetes. The study has taken a look at the impact of

drinking alcohol and diabetes. What this study says is that drinking

alcohol three or four days a week can significantly cut the chance of

getting diabetes, but this isn't giving the green light to drink

excessively. More on the tale of the horses, the

two people couldn't tell apart. The editor says there needs to be

changes because at the moment they all arrive, they are scanty in with

a microchip -- scanned with a microchip. Then the stewards checked

to make sure they have the same race equipment, the right colour and the

right sex. So if two horses look similar, it is possible to see how a

mistake like this might happen. The trainer says he is really sorry, it

was human error, he was stressed and rushing and somehow the wrong horse

went to the wrong race. Mandarin Princess was meant to be the horse

running and then Kiss went in. She was far more experienced and was

able to win, even though everyone thought it was Mandarin Princess.

And everyone was happy because the punters have got their money, the

journalists have a story. I think they are paying out. The

trainer could face a fine because of this. There is an investigation. It

is a bit embarrassing. But people do accept it was genuine human error,

but it can't really happen again. Thank you very much.

Fracking, the controversial process of drilling into shale rock

to extract gas, could get under way within weeks,

after the rig used to drill arrived at a site in Lancashire yesterday.

Protesters are continuing to try and delay the start of the fracking,

and are holding a carnival by the site later.

Good morning. Just give us a sense of what's happening. Good morning.

We've got three delivery lorries that will be servicing the site

about a quarter of a mile up the road. Protesters have been up there

now for three days. They climbed up early in the week and have been up

there 20 -- 24/ seven. Lancashire Constabulary said they are spending

about ?500,000 a month. Despite the big camp and escalation in

demonstrations in the last couple of weeks, the company that is seeking

to explore for shale gas up the road has managed to get a major drill

into position, so they will be installing mat and building it over

the next couple of weeks and fracking, Explorer to it fracking,

will start. This area is very much at the vanguard of fracking in the

UK. While the party and protest

continued outside the site, insight behind the thin yellow line

preparations for the next major step in UK fracking are taking place.

This is a big deal for all sides. Local campaigner Barbara Richardson

has fought this fracking site, known as Preston new road, every step of

the way and believes if shale gas is extracted here than other sites will

follow. Imagine these every two 25 miles across this beautiful, rural

place, known for agriculture and tourism. Imagine what it will be

like. If you don't stop it now, you're opening the door, so you've

got to stop it now. July has in the local T bolstered by protesters the

group Reclaim the Power. They've been trying to disrupt access,

climbing on top of lorries, sitting on the road and locking themselves

to vehicles. How do you justify this? We are not targeting the lorry

drivers, we understand they did a job and they need to feed their

children and take some money. We are not obviously targeting them, but

what they have on the back of their lorries is more equipment for them

to get into the fracking site and create the fracking, so the more we

delay it has lowered the task is going to be, the more it costs the

company. But despite their efforts the drilling will go as low as 3500

metres below the soil and it has just been brought in. They will then

drill horizontally, fractured a shale rock and release the gas. And

this site will be the most monitored gas exploration site ever, I would

say. We are monitoring air-quality, water quality, noise, traffic

movement, all of that being monitored 24 hours a day and all of

that made publicly available. We also have the Environment Agency

that have already visited a six times, we only started constructing

in January, doing their own monitoring. So I can say to people

that you don't need to take my word for it. The data will be out there

to demonstrate that this is being done properly. The process remains

highly controversial. From the for shale gas to the technology, to the

way these demonstrations are policed. -- the demand for shale

gas. The answer is locked deep within our feet, but not for much

longer. Let's talk to Sebastian Kelly, from

the campaign group Reclaim the Power, that has organised a lot of

the protest this week. We know this drilling kit has gone through, to

allow for the Explorer tree says. Does that mean you have failed? --

exploratory. Not at all. This was never going to hinge on one event or

piece of infrastructure. The fight against fracking has been going on

for many years and it is building up and escalating and the fight will

continue. The mood in the camp is good. We would hear a couple of days

ago, but there have been issues. There have been confrontations with

the police at times. We have heard from contractors, that some other

people have verbally abused the contractors. What do you say to

people to try to make sure you are protesting lawfully? Our focus is

always on treating those that we encountered in the course of

deploying actions with respect. I've been here much of the month and my

own personal experience has been that the protests have been

overwhelmingly peaceful in intent and action. Unfortunately there has

been some violence from the company's own private security and

on occasion from police but overwhelmingly the mood has been

peaceful. I know some of that stuff is being looked into and an

investigation is taking place. Both sides will have a different version

of events. When you think about fracking, if the site is successful,

it becomes the first in the UK due horizontally Phrack for shale gas.

If it is successful it's a game changer. You will have lost? We

haven't lost. Actually, our motto is not here, not anywhere. This is

currently the fracking frontline. People have gathered from all over

the country, especially this month, to come and support the heroic

actions happening locally, the fight Quadrilla and the fracking industry

and other termination only grows to turn back this toxic on a hazardous,

unnecessary, unsustainable industry. Thank you very much. You will have

heard in the film Quadrilla talking about the safeguards they make sure

are in place to ensure the practice is in fact say. We will talk to all

sorts of different voices throughout the morning, hear from some local

people and hear some local people against. Just to give you an idea of

the timescale, because that's important. These are Explorer to --

exploratory drilling. Then they will have to set up a brand new set of

admissions to see if it will be commercially viable. If that than

approved we could see shale gas, out of the Lancashire shale rock in the

next couple of months, probably the first part of 2018, the first part

of next year. It is a big if. We will have to wait and see.

We will be getting lots of views on this. Speak to you later.

Time now to get the news from our BBC teams across the UK.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Naga

But still ahead this morning, Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus

will tell us why he's swapping the studio for football to take part

Tim Muffett is deep beneath London's streets, discovering six miles

And last month BA went into global meltdown after a computer glitch -

its boss will discuss the impact it's had on the airline.

But now a summary of this morning's main news.

BBC News understands that at least 60 high-rise buildings,

which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower,

The test saw the materials analysed together for the first time.

The only buildings identified so far are nine council blocks in Salford

in Greater Manchester, where the local council is asking

for help from central government to meet the cost of replacements.

Ministers will publish the full test findings later this morning.

Defence cuts have left the UK reliant on other countries

to protect British waters, according to Labour.

Figures obtained by the party, show NATO allies sent nearly 40

planes to the UK last year to help with maritime patrols.

The Ministry of Defence says most of the aircraft were for training

People who drink three to four times a week are 30% less likely

to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who never touch alcohol.

Researchers in Denmark studied the drinking habits of more

But the UK's leading diabetes charity says this isn't a "green

There are so many other associations made with higher intake of alcohol.

For example, it will increase your cloud pressure, and your cloud

pressure in turn is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. --

increase your blood pressure, and your blood pressure in turn is a

risk factor. It is hard to imagine that alcohol have much of a role in

reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Anthony Scaramucci has used obscene language to describe the White House

chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Allen. It is

the latest drama to hit Mr Trump's West Wing.

Two teenagers are in custody will in connection with one of the recent

wildfires in the south of France. The pair are suspected to have the

liberally set fire to scrubland on Tuesday. -- deliberately set fire.

The wildfires that to thousands of people, including British

holidaymakers, being evacuated this week. They have largely been put

out. Firefighters want people to be vigilant, as other blazes could

still start. Four men have been arrested after trying to make an

explosive device at Cardiff prison. The incident came to light when a

prison worker contacted a Welsh assembly member with concerns about

staffing. A driver lost control

of his new ?200,000 Ferrari and careered off a motorway before

it burst into flames, South Yorkshire Police released

these pictures of the wrecked vehicle, after it left the M1

near Barnsley during wet weather. Remarkably, the driver escaped

with minor injuries. Let's talk to Mike. Good morning.

England's football team did really well. Scotland's... Agonising for

Scotland. It really was. So close in the end, but not enough. England are

probably the favourites now, even though they have to face Nemesis

France. They haven't beaten France as 1974 in the quarter-finals. The

way they plan, with the best record of the tournament, you would have

back them to go all the way. But let's not tempt fate.

England's women are through to the quarterfinals

of the European Championship with a 100% record.

They were made to work by Portugal, but eventually won 2-1 to finish top

Toni Duggan and Nikita Parris with the goals.

Next up they face France, who have knocked them out

of their last three major tournaments.

We go into this knockout round feeling like whatever is going to

come our way, we have the answers to those questions and we can find

solutions. Of course it will be a difficult challenge. France are a

great team. We have to get ready for that. It will enjoy tonight first.

We have to days to prepare for the quarter-final, which we are already

incited by. -- excited by. England's win meant that Scotland,

in the same group, needed to beat Caroline Weir got some help

from the Spanish goalkeeper to put her side ahead,

but Scotland just couldn't find that crucial second goal and exit

the competition at the group stage. Wayne Rooney received a hero's

welcome at Goodison Park last night, He played the full 90 minutes

in their Europa League qualifier It was a scrappy game,

settled only by Leighton Baines The second leg takes

place next Thursday. Aberdeen also won their Europa

League qualifying third round match. They hold a 2-1 lead over Cyprus

side Apollon Limassol Alastair Cook is close to a century

after an eventful opening day of the Third Test between England

and South Africa at the Oval. It rained on and off throughout,

but there was still time for England captain Joe Root to get

caught behind on 29. While one of three England

debutants, Davvid Malan, But former Captain Cook

was at his gutsy best and got to 82 not out as England

ended on 171 for 4. He has batted brilliantly throughout

the day. Hopefully he can continue that tomorrow also. I think

obviously the longer the outers are out there, the easier it gets. --

batters. Their bowlers may tire as the game goes on. If we can keep

going we could be in a good place. Great Britain's swimmers couldn't

add to their medal tally on day five Max Litchfield had set a new British

record on the way to qualifying for the final of the 200

metre indiviidual medley, but just fell short of the podium -

he's third from top He goes in his favoured event,

the 400 medley on Sunday. Next, to the long faces at Yarmouth

races, where the winner of the first race, Mandarin And says, was later

found to be another horse. -- Mandarin Princess.

Mandarin Princess, here in blue, was the shock 50/1 winner -

but routine testing discovered that she was actually her

stablemate, Millie's Kiss, a horse with more experience.

Both were trained by Charlie McBride, and an investigation has

been ordered by the British Horseracing Authority.

Finally if you're shopping in the high street of the Welsh town

of Rhiwbina, you might stumble across some

That's because the Lions captain Sam Warburton has donated his Lions

kit from the tour of New Zealand to his local charity shop,

Warbuton tweeted a picture outside the shop in the town

where he played his junior rugby - the shop has already been inundated

with questions from fans eager to get their hands on the kit.

I don't think it will last a very long. I suppose he has a view

changes of kit, a cue shorts and shirts and socks. -- a few changes.

Very decent of him. 30,000 migrants have passed

through the Greek Island of Lesbos since March 2016, but aid workers

say many of them are extremely vulnerable after escaping torture

and abuse at the hands of so-called Our Europe reporter Gavin Lee

is in Lesbos this morning and we'll speak to him in a moment, but first,

he sent us this report. Life inside Moria

migrant camp, Lesbos. Rare footage from a place

journalists are banned. It shows tents have been

replaced by containers, a reflection of Europe's waiting

room being made that little bit more long-term for the 4,000

being held on the island. Most are destined to return

to Turkey to apply for asylum from there as part of the EU

migration plan but as they wait for a legal decision,

violence, rioting and fires The camps are full and migrants,

though smaller in number, The people arriving here

in Lesbos are different now because of the ripple effect

from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria since so-called Islamic State

started to lose ground. Many who've arrived in Greece

have escaped attention. Men tortured by IS fighters,

women used as sex slaves, some are pregnant here,

there's little support and it's worsening the problem

on an already volatile island. We're very worried, we think we need

to improve the healthcare given If they're vulnerable they need

to be recognised as such and many to move somewhere where

they can get care. The reality is there isn't this care

here on the island and they need to move to the mainland

to receive it. Scars from years of torture,

Osama was once a civilian policeman that was caught by rebel

groups and sold to IS. He said he was regularly beaten

and sexually abused by his captors. "I have so many marks of torture

on my body," he tells me, "I've been in captivity for three

years, two years locked in one room. I lost my family, I lost my wife,

I haven't seen anything about them. All this and now I'm here in this

humiliation for one year." Another man from Mosul,

who doesn't want to be identified, The Greek refugee policy is clear

that extremely vulnerable migrants should be taken off the island

quickly for specialist Greek authorities claim they've been

overwhelmed by cases and they say I would like at this point to remind

that 30,000 people have come through the island since March,

2016, so there can be individual cases, some individual cases,

where they may not have been For the moment those needing

the most help are still waiting and with more migrants arriving

and the camp increasing, the vulnerable are left

to cope in volatile, Our Europe reporter Gavin Lee

is in Lesbos for us this morning. Gavin, good morning. Such a

beautiful setting, where you are, but such a contrast to the needs of

these people, who have been through absolute hell, and now authorities

have to think of how to help these people integrate, but also move on

with their lives. Yeah, it is almost two separate issues. There is the

asylum issue for those still on the island, some of whom have been here

for more than a year, but there is the separate issue of mental health,

the trauma that these people have been through, and the new wave of

people coming through this push back of Islamic State in Raqqa and Mosul,

who are still in the island and absolutely deserve trauma care and

mental health support. You have the Greek government and the European

Commission all saying that they will be helping them, but the Greek

government says they are not getting enough cases referred, the charity

workers say they are screaming at the Greek government to get these

people to Athens for medical care. The latest this morning appears to

be that the Greek government is saying it is looking urgently at the

situation. We may see some movement. Some people could be taken off the

island in the next few days. Gavin, thank you. That was Gavin Lee in

Lesbos. The main stories this morning: the

BBC understands cladding and installation used in at least 60

tower blocks in England has failed a new fire safety tests following the

Grenfell Tower disaster. People who drink 3-4 times per week are less

likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink, Danish

research has suggested. You know that moment when you read a drinking

story and you sound like you have been drinking? And then you hear the

laughter in your ear. Those Danish researchers, they are the best in

the business. Sarah, will you save me, please?

Good morning. Lots of cloud across much of the country this morning.

This was the scene in Suffolk, this picture taken by one of our Weather

Watchers. Similar skies across much of the country. Some sunshine in

central England through this morning. Some sunny spells around,

but also scattered showers, and they could be quite heavy later in the

day. Certainly that unsettled weather is set to stick around for a

few days. Low pressure to the north-west of the UK is going to be

feeding in showers coming from the Atlantic. Plenty of showers from

Scotland and Northern Ireland through the morning. Not two further

south England and Wales. In the afternoon you will see cloud

increasing across England and Wales. More persistent rain here, and the

breeze picking up as well. Some of the showers across Scotland and

Northern Ireland could be quite heavy. The odd rumble of thunder as

possible. They will be hit and miss, some sunshine in between. And if you

spells of sunshine developing this afternoon across northern England as

well. -- a if you spells of sunshine. In the south-west of

England and Wales, you can see this rain moving in, quite heavy at

times. Drier in the south-east, but quite cloudy and quite breezy as

well, as we head into the afternoon. So the wind is picking up. If you're

heading to the Oval today there will be lots of cloud around, turning

glossary later. There is the chance we could see some of that rain

arriving in the second half of the afternoon at particular. That area

of rain across Wales and the south-west of England marchers north

and east through this evening and overnight. It will clear towards the

south-east in the overnight period. Tomorrow morning, many of us with

clear skies, but still the scattered and blustery showers in the far

north-west of the UK. During the day tomorrow it is a slight improvement

in terms of losing that low pressure from the south-east quite quickly,

but we still have low pressure to the north-west, and that is going to

drive in further showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

England and Wales have a pretty decent day, actually. Some sunshine

here. But during the afternoon notice this area of rain creeping in

across southern England and pushing up towards East Anglia as well.

Temperature wise, 18- 22, pleasant enough or you get those sunny skies,

but still quite breezy. Onto Sunday, another day of sunny spells and

scattered showers. You might see the odd thunderstorm around as well,

especially across northern and western parts of the country. Those

heavy showers drifting east through the day. Temperatures nothing to

write home about. Rather cool for this time of year. Quite breezy on

the weekend. Some sunshine, so not all bad news in terms of the

weather, but you are likely to see plenty of those heavy and at times

thundery showers through the course of Sunday, and on Saturday as well

for some of us. At one to hear about that, just the

sunshine! Selective hearing.

We'll find out later this morning how much more banks,

like Barclays and Santander, are having to put aside to pay back

customers affected by the PPI scandal.

We got a little snippet yesterday from Lloyds bank, quite an expensive

snippet, and today we will hear more from other banks about how much that

PPI scandal will cost them overall. Good morning.

You might have thought online was being drawn under the scandal, at

payments keep coming. The idea of PPI is to cover those loan

repayments people might have if they fell ill or lost their job, but the

problem was it was mis-sold to millions of people who didn't need

it or wanted and the compensation pay-outs have piled up ever since.

Since January 2011, more than ?27 billion has already been paid back

to people who have complained that they were mis-sold PPI.

Santander, RBS and Barclays have set aside more than ?37 billion to pay

back people affected, although that figure could still rise.

From the 29th August 2019, in just over two years,

people will no longer be able to make a claim.

With so many still claiming, is the deadline fair?

Let's talk to personal finance expert Hannah Maundrell.

We have talked about this lost -- lots before. Never-ending. Is it

fair that there is a deadline with so many people claiming? What the

financial regulator wants to do with the deadline is give banks some

reprieve after year after year putting massive amounts aside to

repay people, and it is hoping by then most people will have had the

opportunity to reclaim. It will be doing a massive awareness campaign

to try to encourage people to go to their lender to find out if they

were mis-sold PPI had actually something has changed again so that

even more people will now be eligible to be considered as

mis-sold. So if you haven't ever checked, whether you even had PPI,

it is definitely worth checking because there is quite a good chance

you may have been mis-sold it. But a reprieve for the banks is how they

will look at it a little bit, but if there are so many people still to

claim, 9008 weeks up until that date, does that mean some people

might miss out because there is a deadline? -- 9000 a week. Yes, some

people could lose out and it isn't right to put that deadline there. If

people were mis-sold they shouldn't have a limit on when they can get it

back. Are some people claiming that probably won't mis-sold it in the

first place? We get all of these calls saying we can help you make a

claim. The fact of the matter is everybody should check. If people

about a loan agreement or credit card agreement in the last 17 or 18

years, you should check whether you had PPI and didn't know about it

because many people simply won't aware that they had this insurance

is added on, which could have added up to 15% - 30% of the premiums. Any

claims are managed by people -- by companies, encouraging people to

make claims, but because of the new ruling that people are entitled to

compensation if the amount of commission their banked it was over

50% of the premium, that means even people who had their PPI claim

rejected might now have a case. If you think you've got a case what's

the first thing you do? The first thing is to go to a claims

management companies are might you can check yourself call. Go back to

your loan and credit card details, and contact your lender. Ask them

whether you are going to have payment protection insurance, or

whether you had payment protection insurance. If they are not sure or

you can't remember who you had a loan with, check your credit report,

it was details from the last six years will be on there. If the

lender is an sure, and they should be able to help you, any of the big

banks have dedicated teams to help you with this, it's a very simple

process. There are so many temp late letters online. -- template. If you

do it yourself you can keep all of the money yourself and it is simple.

Thank you very much. People are getting thousands back but it is

worth it. And it will keep going on. Those thousands are adding up to

billions for the banks. In a few minutes, Berkeley is, sat on debt

and Royal Bank of Scotland will announce whether they are making

more provisions. -- Barclays, Santander.

For 75 years, an underground network of railways used by Royal Mail ran

under the streets of London, sorting the city's post.

But in 2003 Mail Rail closed and the system was abandoned.

This morning, Tim Muffett is following the six and a half

miles of underground tracks before they open to the public

Let's find out where about underground Tim is. Other trains

actually big enough for people to travel in, if mail used to be in

them? They are. Construction on these tunnels began 100 years ago

and opened the Mail Rail 90 years ago. It transformed the way post was

moved across the capital. It sped up the service. From September,

passengers will be able to write in these tunnels again. It is all part

of the new Postal Museum, most of which opens today in London. It

explains the extraordinary story behind our postal service. I've been

taking a look. Throughout its 500 year history, the

Royal Mail's mission has remained pretty much unchanged. Now down the

chute... To harness technology of the day, to deliver letters and

parcels as quickly and accurately as possible. This new Postal museum

shows how deliveries have evolved. By the early 20th century, the mail

system in London faced two big problems. Heavy fog caused by smoke

billowing from chimneys and heavy traffic. The answer lay below

ground. In 1927, this underground rail network opened. On the post

Office tube railway, over 20,000 bags travel through six and a half

miles... For 75 years unmanned trains shuttled male between six and

sorting offices and two railway stations, Liverpool Street and

Paddington. A bit of a squeeze. I guess it was designed for letters,

not people. The service was stopped in 2003 and passengers will soon be

able to write specially adapted trains through the tunnels. It was a

really important part of moving the mail and speeding up the process. It

was essential to allowing that communication to happen quickly and

to get that mail delivered as quickly as people needed it. Switch

Caverns, keep everything under control, ringing trains to a stop on

loading platforms. About 220 people were working on the railways in a

shift pattern, it was a pretty four-hour operation and there was a

huge team of people with different jobs and response abilities. In

2003, the service stopped. The running costs were deemed too high,

transporting mail above ground was considered more cost effective, even

though some disagreed. This is one of the mail platforms, where the

male would have been loaded into containers. The suddenness of the

system's closure also surprised many. It almost looks like it was

abandoned. It pretty much was. The equipment was left down here,

newspapers and things like that still laying behind, trolleys, the

train was still down here. Soon to become a quirky visitor attraction,

for some the Mail Rail has been underappreciated. It is really the

first social network, allowing people to stay in touch over

distance and quickly and it was important, the speed was imported,

and that's what this was about, speeding the system on.

What an extraordinary story and we have special permission to walk on

these tracks. That won't be available to members of the public.

The Mail Rail system will open at the beginning of September. The rest

of the Postal Museum opens today. You are from the Postal Museum. An

extraordinary story. Most people have never seen this part of London.

How does it feel to shortly be opening? It feels fantastic. After

six years of working on this project, the trains are nearly ready

to go. Rob Sitch -- from September people will be able to take the

plunge down the tunnels and see themselves. I assumed that when you

reopened there would be mice and rats. But that wasn't the case. Why

not? White right. That's because there were no passengers on this

railway, as it was always meant for post, and as a result there is no

food and so there isn't that problem. What did this do for post?

It revolutionised how it was carried, it made it so much easier

for it to pass through London. It took 4 million letters a day through

the system, under the streets, avoiding the congestion above at its

heyday and it made such a difference. Thanks ever so much.

Later we will talk to some people who worked on the system. An

extraordinary story, these specially converted trains, soon to be open to

the public. That's really interesting. Abandoned

train, underground... I like that. Still to come, Olympic

gold-medallist Chris Boardman is Greater Manchester's first ever

cycling and walking commission. Time now to get the news

where you are waking with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty. Increased safety concerns

following the Grenfell Tower fire. Dozens of tower blocks

fail a new more thorough The BBC understands at least 60

buildings will be declared Councils warn that the cost

of making them safe will run into the tens of

millions of pounds. Good morning, it's

Friday the 28th of July. Links between how much you drink

and developing type 2 diabetes. New research suggests you're no

better off being tee-total. Campaigners continue their lorry top

protest near to the entrance of what is now the UK's Premier for most UK

fracking psych. -- psych. -- psych. There's been strikes,

disruption and a massive power failure in a difficult few months

for British Airways. I'll be speaking to Willie Walsh,

the boss of the company that owns In sport, England's

women ease into the quarter-finals of the

European Championships with victory over Portugal,

but for Scotland it's a case And there's confusion at the races

as a 50-1 winner turns out to be beneath the streets of London these

male trains have been reopened. We will find out why later. -- mail.

A bit of sunshine this morning but equally some heavy showers,

especially later. A full forecast in about 15 minutes.

BBC News understands that at least 60 high-rise buildings

which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower

The test is seen as more thorough than previous ones

as more materials were analysed together for the first time.

So far, just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified.

They're in Salford in Greater Manchester

where the local council is asking for help from central government

Ministers will publish the full test findings later this morning.

pursue corporate manslaughter charges.

While those touched by Grenfell Tower wait for a full

picture of how this fire spread, other residents in other towers

are nervous, wondering if they're safe.

These blocks in Salford, nine of them, are among the 60

across England we understand will be declared a risk after failing

The thought of you not being safe when you're sleeping in bed

of a night-time, thinking that that's not safe,

I don't care how much money it costs, it is people's lives

I think we're sitting on a tinderbox.

Some of the cladding had already come down.

In the first round of tests, panels from every building failed.

After criticism that wasn't realistic, experts have now combined

cladding and the installation fitted behind it to show which materials

are dangerous when they are put together, like they were on Grenfell

Yesterday police said there are reasonable grounds

to suspect corporate manslaughter may have been committed

by the council or the tenant management organisation.

More than six weeks since Grenfell burned, the investigation

is finding its focus, while the reverberations beat right

Defence cuts have left the UK reliant on other countries

to protect British waters, according to Labour.

Figures obtained by the party, show Nato allies sent nearly 40

planes to the UK last year to help with maritime patrols.

The Ministry of Defence says most of the aircraft were for training

People who drink alcohol three to four times a week are 30% less

likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink.

More than 70,000 people took part in a large Danish health study that

The UK's leading diabetes charity warns this isn't a "green light"

Our health reporter Katie Silver explains.

health challenges the UK faces today.

More than 3.5 million people currently live with the condition,

and the numbers are only getting worse.

But new findings from Denmark could provide some hope.

Researchers at the National Institute of Public Health

at the University of Southern Denmark found that people

who drink alcohol have the lowest risk of getting Type 2 diabetes,

The best results were found for men who drink 14 drinks per week

But rather than drinking it all on a Saturday night,

they found this weekly intake has to be spread over three

The study also found that not all alcohol is equal.

Wine appeared to be particularly beneficial, as the chemical

compounds, especially in red wine, seem to help manage blood sugar.

And there was a warning to women to stay clear of gin.

A daily tipple of that, or other spirits, increases their diabetes

Diabetes UK warns that the effect of alcohol on developing diabetes

Where did the people who were drinking an awful lot,

Was there different times of the year that they

were drinking more alcohol

For example, if you are in the festive season,

people drink a little bit more and eat a little bit more.

Those kinds of things really weren't discussed in much detail.

While this study is in its early stages, it is hoped it might spur

future research to help some of the 12 million Britons currently

at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Donald Trump has failed in his latest attempt to replace

Three Republicans voted against the so-called skinny repeal

bill in the Senate within the past hour.

The bill was a watered-down version of Trump's first plan

which he originally launched during last

Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain was among

Two teenagers are in custody in connection with one of the recent

The pair are suspected to have deliberately set fire to scrubland

on Tuesday, the wildfires, which led to thousands of people,

including British holidaymakers, being evacuated this week have

Firefighters have warned people to be vigilant as other blazes

Aid workers in Greece have told BBC News they're dealing with hundreds

of extremely vulnerable refugees being held on the island of Lesbos.

Many have suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands

of so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

The European Commission said that those refugees should be moved

Bags of rubbish are piling up in Birmingham as bin collectors

A row with the council over job losses and changes to working

Thousands of residents have been affected, despite council efforts

to add extra collections, and many people are complaining

The strike is set to last until September.

There's a North-South divide when it comes to what sauce we choose to put

New research claims that people in north-west England,

Scotland and Northern Ireland are more than twice as likely

to have brown sauce in their kitchens than those in London.

Three quarters of us apparently can't eat a meal without a bit

of sauce on the side and half of us have even had to make

a dash to the shops to buy some sauce before sitting down to eat.

You know, you like tomato sauce but separated? I like all sauce, there

is almost no source I don't like. Would you have brown and tomato?

Yes. Tabasco sauce? They are all good in my book. The sport coming up

later and also the weather. Some of the front pages now. We'll talk to

Philip Hammond later on. Lots of stories about Brexit. On the front

page of the papers here. The Telegraph is looking at the freedom

of movement continuing after Brexit and whether or not EU citizens will

have the right to work in Britain after a transitional period as long

as they register. That phrase has been picked up in other newspapers

as well. Let's show you the front page of the Financial Times. One of

the questions people are casting, what is going on with the government

position on Brexit? -- are asking. The Immigration Minister yesterday

told us how it would shape up in terms of who would be allowed to

stay and what would happen post-Brexit. Philip Hammond, who we

will speak to in about half an hour, has apparently been speaking to

business leaders outlining how he sees what they are calling this

transition period and we will try to get to the bottom of what he is

suggesting later on this morning. We'll find out later this morning

exactly how many tower blocks the government's new fire safety

test. Tests on the cladding and insulation

have been carried out in the weeks since the Grenfell Tower disaster,

a previous method of testing was criticised for

being unrealistic. Meanwhile, the industry magazine

Inside Housing has carried out its own research,

suggesting hundreds of tower blocks Let's talk to Peter Apps

from the magazine. Thank you very much for your time

this morning. Would you like to go through the research you obtained or

commission and tell us what you found? No problem. What we were

looking into was the fire risk assessments that have been carried

out on these tower blocks. We sent Freedom of Information request is to

councils and we asked Housing associations to provide details as

well and we ended up getting back risk assessments for 436 tower

blocks up and down England. That allowed us to have a look at what

sort of issues fire risk assessors were worried about and what sort of

things they were telling councillors and housing associations weren't

right with their buildings. That showed us there were quite a few

issues that were raised and raised quite frequently, the most common

being fire doors. In 61% of those 461 blocks there was some kind of an

issue with fire doors ranging from there being a few leaseholders in

the building who have replaced the door with something non- fire

resistant to full-scale problems were communal fire doors aren't

quite right and doors are damaged and broken. It showed that there is

a large number of issues that councils and housing associations

needed to deal with. Is it legal to replace a fire door with a non- fire

protective door? The landlord of that building, the owner, has a

responsibility under fire regulations to make sure the

building is fire safe. If the fire doors aren't replaced and

leaseholders have doors replaced with non- fire safe ones then we can

take them to court and make them put a proper fire door back in. The

reason I'm asking is police investigating the Grenfell Tower

fire so they have reasonable grounds to suspect corporate manslaughter

may have been committed, does that surprise you? I don't know enough

about what the police have been looking at to say for certain

whether this is anything to do with that. Certainly there are issues in

lots of tower blocks, issues councils and housing associations

have been having to deal with. I'm sure you're aware that the BBC has

learned 60 buildings have failed a whole fire system test were, I'm

sure you can explain better than I, involving a nine metre tall wall,

which looked at how flammable the panels, insulation and cladding were

altogether. Yeah. The BBC has got that info. The government's

initially looked at these aluminium composite panels, which were found

on Grenfell. Then after appointing an expert panel, they looked at what

they called a whole system. Rather than just the insulation behind the

panel and the way it's put together with the firebreaks and so on, they

were testing to see if that whole system would resist the spread of

flame. What's been reported and what's coming out from councils in

the last few days is the first one of those tests, which is the system

on Grenfell, has failed and despite all the firebreaks put into that

building it clearly wasn't able to stop flames spreading quickly on the

outside. Peter Apps, news editor at Inside Housing magazine, thanks for

your time this morning. and insulation used in at least 60

tower blocks in England has failed following the Grenfell Tower

disaster. People who drink three to four times

a week are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never

drink, Danish researchers suggest. Here's Sarah with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning. Well, quite a lot of

cloud on the forecast today. Temperatures not doing well for the

time of year. We are just about heading into August and it is

feeling a little bit more autumnal, with the unsettled weather set to

continue. There will be sunshine breaking through the cloud. This is

how things are looking in Suffolk this morning. Some sunshine through

the morning in central parts of the country, but equally scattered

showers. Some of the rain today could be heavy and thundery. Low

pressure is dominating things, sitting towards the north-west.

Tightly spaced isobars means a blustery day. The breezy winds

coming in from the south-west and importing showers into Northern

Ireland and Scotland. A few showers in south-west England and Wales.

Showery rain will become heavier as we head into the afternoon. Across

Scotland and Northern Ireland day of sunny intervals and a few blustery

and at times heavy showers. There could be the odd rumble of thunder.

Sunny skies for a time in northern England this afternoon, but across

Wales you can see the cloud and rain. Persistent rain pushing on

here and across the south-west of England this afternoon. The breeze

beginner. It should stay dry for much of the day in south-east

England and east Anglia, although we have a lot of cloud. Overall a

cloudy and breezy day. The winds begin later and through the second

half of the afternoon there is a chance that we will see some of that

were in arriving. This rain across Wales and the south-west of England

pushes eastwards widely across the rest of England's overnight. It will

be accompanied by blustery winds. Just about clearing the south-east

coast by first in tomorrow morning. We continue to see showers feeding

in the north-western parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland

overnight. Low pressure still sticking around into the weekend.

Sitting out towards the north-west again. Saturday we have the westerly

breeze coming in. Saturday should be not a bad day across the bulk of the

country. Certainly through the morning. Later in the afternoon we

have rain heading across southern England, later in the east Anglia

and we continue to see that theme of showers across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Temperatures around about 18- 22. You might average or a bit

cooler than average. But feeling cooler with the breeze. Sunday will

be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers, moving through on

the breeze. Some of them heavy and potentially thundery, especially

towards the north-west. Fewer showers south-east by the time we

get to Sunday. To summarise the weekend of weather, it is pretty

cool and breezy. A mix of some sunshine and some of those heavy

showers. Thanks very much and speak to you

later. We are going to now talk about some

figures coming from the banks. Especially Barclays. Generally they

are doing all right, but payment protection insurance, PPI, they've

put aside for that 700 million, on top of what they put previously,

?8.4 billion they already put aside. It has gone up by almost 10%. Yes.

The reason it has gone up by more, and we heard the same from Lloyds

yesterday, is because there a deadline for when people can claims

for compensation, about being mis-sold insurance over the past few

decades for top initially the deadline was thought to be due 2019

at when the regulator came out and made the decision on it, they said

August. Sofa the past couple of months banks have had to gone back

-- go back to the calculator is and work out how much it will cost them.

They have said how much they think people will claim. We've done the

city is many times. When they say they've put this aside, these are

staggering amounts of money. Does that mean they are paying out that

amount of money or the money is sitting to one side waiting to be

paid out? It sits there for a bit until it is paid out, but up until

now the reason they keep making these provisions is because what

they've said in the past isn't covering what they envisage will be

the total amount by the end. And if that because it's becoming easier to

track down whether or not you are owed PPI? A lot of the banks do

wonder how many people are actually thinking they were mis-sold back on

the day, but because of all the claims, a huge amount of these

claims are people who got this cold calls or text and actually responded

to them, allowing the business to have a look at when they are due

compensation. But you had a guest earlier who said to get in touch

with your lender? Yes. But a product you took out in 1992, a store card

that you have, did it have PPI attached to it? That's not the

easiest thing to find out. If it is more recent you would have more of a

chance of finding out quickly. Thanks very much.

Fracking could get under way within a week after the drill that is

needed to stop the process arrived at a site in Lancashire yesterday.

Protesters are continuing to try to delay the start of fracking and are

holding a carnival by the site later. John Maguire is there. We can

get a sense behind you. May be the scene. Protesters on top of some of

the lorries. Yes, they are. They've been up there for three days, 24

hours a day, three on lorries, wagons, that were bringing in

supplies. We are about a quarter of a mile away from the entrance to the

site. We used the word in the introduction "Controversial". It

doesn't do fracking justice, word. It splits communities. For example,

police are operating a contraflow, this is the Preston New Road going

along. Two cars went past. One beat their corn and wave to support the

campaign is on top of the trucks, the very next car shouted some

abuse, so that gives you an idea of the division of opinions. This

campaign has been here for about a month. There will be a big

combination of the demonstrations today and over the next couple of

days. Meanwhile, the work is still going on to try to make this the

very much first commercially successful fracking site in the UK.

While the party and protests continue outside the site,

inside, behind the thin yellow line, preparations for the next major step

Local campaigner Barbara Richardson has fought this fracking site,

known as Preston New Road, every step of the way and believes

if shale gas is extracted here then other sites will follow.

Imagine these every two to four to five miles across this beautiful,

rural place, known for agriculture and tourism.

If you don't stop it now, you're opening the door,

July has seen the local efforts here bolstered by protesters

They've been trying to disrupt access, climbing on top of lorries,

sitting in the road and locking themselves to vehicles.

We're not targeting the lorry drivers, we understand they did

a job and they need to feed their children and take some money.

We're not obviously targeting them, but what they have on the back

of their lorries is more equipment for them to get into the fracking

site and create the fracking, so the more we delay it,

the slower the task is going to be, the more it costs the company.

But despite their efforts, the drilling rig that will bore

as deep as 3,500 metres below the Lancashire soil has just

They will then drill horizontally, fracture the shale rock

And this site will be the most monitored gas exploration site ever,

We are monitoring air-quality, water quality, noise,

traffic movements, all of that being monitored 24-7

and all of that made publicly available.

Of course we also have the Environment Agency that have

and we only started constructing in January,

doing their own monitoring and disclosure.

So I can say to people that you don't need to take my

The data will be out there to demonstrate that this

The process remains highly controversial, from the demand

for shale gas to the technology of fracking, to the way these

demonstrations are policed.

Environmental catastrophe or energy game changer, the answer is locked

deep within our feet, but not for much longer.

I want to introduce you to somebody from Lancashire For Shale. You have

done some work for Quadrilla in the past. Can you understand why there

is such opposition to this industry? Acting partly that's due to the

experiences in the early days of shale development -- I think partly.

There have been mistakes made and I think the fear is those mistakes

will be repeated here. I don't believe they will be. I spent 20

years now managing environmental risk. I've seen nothing that suggest

it can't be done safely or in a way that doesn't compromise the

environment. Citing the fears are broadly unfounded, but I understand

why people have them. So Lancashire county council voted against this,

it makes you wonder why. I think it voted against the recommendations of

planning experts and that's something you have to bear in mind.

The people who actually understand the role of planning and the rules

behind it and what we can and can't do in terms of safety development,

they said we should go ahead. What we've also heard from one of the

local campaigners here at is that they fear that if the shale reserves

are as people think they might be, then this whole wonderful

countryside could be littered with these mine heads. I don't think

that's the case at all. If you look at North Yorkshire, it's already

Britain's largest onshore gas field. Most people wouldn't even know they

are there. They are well screened. The timeframe, Quadrilla hope this

exploit region -- this drilling will produce gas and there will be

commercial production in the early part of next year. What sort of

difference do you think this will make to the industry, to the

economy? So far just to get to this point Quadrilla has spent about ?1.5

million in the economy. That's what we want to see. Jobs created,

opportunities for local companies and we want to see that grow. I

think that we get to the point, and people are seeing it for themselves

and seen that drilling is very temporary and the disruption is

temporary from a traffic perspective, I think people will

start to feel more comfortable with it as a process. All right, thank

you very much for joining us here this morning. As I say, the actual

entrance is about a quarter of a mile further along the Preston New

Road and demonstrations taking place will very much buildup. You can see

there's a large police presence here. The Lancashire force has been

supported by other neighbouring forces, although north Wales has

taken some of its officers back. We've been told by the constabulary

that this is costing the police about ?500 -- ?500,000 a month to

manage this. So a big issue for this part of the country and UK wide.

Thanks very much. Back to you later. Plenty coming up on the programme.

We will talk to Philip Hammond in about 15 minutes. We will also speak

to Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga BBC News understands that at least

60 high-rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding

similar to Grenfell Tower, The test saw the materials analysed

together for the first time. The only buildings identified so far

are nine council blocks in Salford in Greater Manchester,

where the local council is asking for help from central government

to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers will publish the full test

findings later this morning. People who drink alcohol three

to four times a week are 30% less likely to develop type

2 diabetes than those Researchers in Denmark studied

the drinking habits of more But the UK's leading diabetes

charity says this isn't a "green There are so many other associations

made with higher intake of alcohol. For example, it will

increase your blood pressure and your blood pressure

in turn is a risk factor It is hard to imagine that alcohol

have much of a role in reducing Donald Trump has suffered

an embarrassing defeat on one of his key campaign pledges

to reform US healthcare. A number of Republicans,

including former presidential nominee John McCain,

voted against a bill passed by former President Barack

Obama. The bill was rejected in a dramatic,

late-night vote by 51-49. The Republican Party's leader

in the Senate described it Defence cuts have left the UK

reliant on other countries to protect British waters,

according to Labour. Figures obtained by the party,

show Nato allies sent nearly 40 planes to the UK last year to help

with maritime patrols. The Ministry of Defence says most

of the aircraft were for training Two teenagers are in custody

in connection with one of the recent The pair are suspected to have

deliberately set fire to scrubland on Tuesday, The wildfires which led

to thousands of people, including British holidaymakers,

being evacuated this week have Firefighters have warned people

to be vigilant as other blazes A driver lost control

of his new ?200,000 Ferrari and careered off a motorway before

it burst into flames after owning it South Yorkshire Police released

these pictures of the wrecked vehicle after it left the M1

near Barnsley during wet weather. Remarkably, the driver escaped

with minor injuries. How long his wallet will be injured

for, who knows? Coming up on the programme,

Sarah will be here with the weekend weather in ten minutes,

but first here is Mike Success and disappointment in

football? In a moment we will get to the bottom of the horse's tale in

mistaken identity but first, the football, completely contrasting

emotions for England and Scotland. Scotland so near, doing so well but

they are disappointed and England Mark John and they keep their

winning momentum going in the European Championships in the

Netherlands -- March on. against France as the team

with the best record so far after beating Portugal 2-1,

Nikita Paris with the winner. And Scotland came so clos,

in fact this close, had that chance from three yards gone it,

they would have been celebrating But a 1-0 win over Spain

wasn't enough and they go home

on goal difference. In the Europa League qualifiers,

Aberdeen hold a 2-1 lead over Cyprus side, Apollon Limassol,

after the first leg. And

Everton's Wayne Rooney received a hero's welcome at Goodison Park

last night. He played the full 90 minutes

against Slovakian side Rozumberok. It was a scrappy game,

settled only by Leighton Baines' The second leg takes

place next Thursday. day between England and South Africa

at the Oval. Debutant Davvid Malan

was bowled as the tourists dominated, but former captain

Alastair Cook is closing in on a century as

England ended on 171-4. There was controversy at the races

in Great Yarmouth yesterday after a case of mistaken identity

meant the wrong horse won a race Two-year-old Mandarin Princess

was declared winner of the 1:40pm, but they later realised

it was in fact her stablemate Let's find out more from Radio 5

Live commentator Derek Thompson Hello! You were there, how did it

unfold and how did everyone react? It was incredible because I called

the horse on and the redhot favourite finished second we had a

50 to one stunner in the first race and when I came down to the

commentary box a lady said a pound each way at 50 to one and all that

sort of thing and the crowd was stunned and all that sort of stuff.

What happened was the jockeys weighed in and after the race it was

official, the bookies were paying out on the 50 to one winner, betting

shops around the country and around the world, we go live on At the

Races around the world, it's not just the 1:40pm at Great Yarmouth,

it goes around the world and the stewards said we had better dope

test the winner. That happens, they randomly pick two horses after each

race, it later transpired that when the vet who did the dope test put

the scanner on the horse's neck, each course has a microchip, he said

this isn't Mandarin Princess, it is Millie's Kiss, due to run in the

fourth race. We had a three-year-old running against two -year-olds,

which are much stronger and probably quicker and much faster. That's the

reason but it didn't come out for at least two hours. There were rumours

going around saying we hear the wrong horse won the first race but

nobody knew until about two hours later, by which time all the money

had been paid out and now what are they going to do? The British

horseracing authority are going to look at what happened. The trainer

said I'm sorry I put the saddle on the wrong horse. A good trainer at

Newmarket, he had two horses there, when they got into the stables they

have passports like you and I going on a plane and they have the

microchips so they knew the two horses but they must have brought

out the wrong horse, put the saddle on the wrong horse and the wrong

horse won at 50 to one. May be there needs to be changes, a second scan

above for each race. Wouldn't the jockeys notice a different horse?

They ride so many and some look the same. They ride so many. The jockey

that rode the horse, he is 49, one of our top senior jockeys, he never

rode the horse before the track so he wouldn't know, they ride six or

seven races a day and sometimes more so something needs to be done. I

hope it's a 1-off, it's like a Dick Francis novel, all the skulduggery

and betting coups, it was nothing like that but it shouldn't happen

again. Tomorrow we have the King George at Ascot, one of the biggest

races in the world and then glorious Goodwood next week. We don't want

this again. When we get on planes we have to show our passport and our

boarding pass, something like that must now happen in British racing.

We will have to leave it there but Derek Thompson, fascinating, 5 Live

commentator getting to the bottom of it. Racing commentators always tell

a great tale! Just like a Dick Francis novel! Brilliant! I hope you

know how it happened and it's all fully explained! Thanks, Mike!

More than a year after the UK voted to leave the European Union

and after two rounds of talks in Brussels there's still plenty

of uncertainty around the Brexit process.

One of the most important figures in all this

and he joins us from Westminster now.

Thank you very much for your time this morning, Chancellor. We'll get

to Brexit in a second but our lead story this morning you're probably

aware of is in connection with Grenfell Tower and the BBC

understands up to 60 tower blocks have failed new tests around safety

and local authorities are saying they need tens of millions of powers

for the money. Will you be prepared to pay directly for any work that

needs doing to do with those safety concerns? Landlords of these

buildings are in most cases either local authorities or housing

associations, many of them have reserves. What we have said is that

we will insure that any works that need doing it carried out, there

should be and will be no case where a lack of funding prevents safety

works from being carried out. Where landlords have reserves themselves

to carry out that work, that's the way they should do it. If there are

local authority landlords out there or housing associations that really

do not have access to the funding then we will insure arrangements are

put in place to allow them access to the funding to do the necessary

work. The simple answer is yes the government will directly pay for the

work that needs doing? What I said is there won't be any work that

needs doing that doesn't get done because of lack of funding. All

these landlords borrow, they have access to borrowing capacity and in

the case of local authorities directly from the government, in the

case of housing associations they mostly borrowed from the

marketplace. We Can Podemos place arrangements to ensure that they

have access to borrowing capacity in order to do any immediately

necessary works -- borrow -- We Can Podemos place. There was a meeting

you reportedly had with business leaders, you can tell us if this is

the case, a phrase called standstill transition in relation to Brexit.

Did you use that phrase and what does that mean? I conduct meetings

all the time of roundtable meetings, with business leaders from different

sectors to talk about the Brexit process and other aspects of the

economy. It's very important that people in those meetings can speak

freely. We have generally free-flowing discussions around the

table where I am able to get their ideas about how the government

should conduct the processes and they can hear our evolving thoughts

about the way things are going. But it's very important those meetings

are private meetings so we can exchange views freely. My view on

transition is well-known. I believe it would be in Britain's interest

and in the EU's interest if after we leave the European Union, the single

market and the customs union on the 29th of March 2019, there is then a

period, call it transition, interim period, whatever you like, during

which we will allow our economies to adjust to the new situation rather

than having a cliff edge in March, 2019, which would cause immense

disruption for businesses and citizens. Did you use the phrase

standstill transition? I'm trying to be clear on this one. I don't keep a

minute of these meetings so I don't know, they are generally

free-flowing discussions around the table and people come up with

different thoughts and different ideas. These aren't statements of

government policy, they are discussions flowing around the table

when we exchange views. That's the way I'd like to carry on conducting

business. We've heard from business that they have been concerned in the

past about lack of access to government, lack of discussion with

government. We've gone to great lengths to ensure that business does

have access to government, that we do have a free-flowing discussion

with them but obviously we can only do that if people are able to speak

freely within a private meeting to exchange ideas. I tell you what

strikes me and made... What strikes me and might strike other people is

why should these things be secret? This is everyone's future, why

should you say one thing in a meeting and a different thing to

ask? Hang on, I'm not saying one thing... Can I finish my question.

Let me finish the answer. On the issue of what you said and what you

save should remain secret, how long is the transition period you're

talking about? What we're hearing from different government ministers

appears to be very contradictory. On the one hand we're hearing from

Brandon Lewis, who we spoke to yesterday on the programme, saying

free movement of labour ends when we leave the, Spring, 2019. You seem to

be saying if a transitional standstill arrangement happens than

that means everything stays the same -- leave the U. I haven't said

anything secret and I don't think this is remotely controversial.

Government needs to have the ability to discuss with business leaders

from different sectors in a free-flowing way. Their ideas and

our thoughts about the way we might take things forward need to be

discussed. That is helpful and constructive but it won't be if

everything everyone says is reported in public. How long is the

transition period you would like? You are asking me a question I have

answered many times before, we don't have a fixed idea about the length

of that but we know it will need to be for a fixed period but whether

that time needs to be a year, two years, three years, that will be

determined by the facts, that will be determined by questions like how

long it will take us to put in place changes at our customs border as we

processed goods coming into the UK. How long it will take us to put in

place changes at the border in Heathrow for example where we

processed people. These are matters of fact about the way we work -- we

process. They're not political decisions, they are practical,

pragmatic decisions and it's for pragmatic reasons that we

increasingly think a transition period will be the right way forward

both for the UK economy and for our neighbours in the European Union.

There's no attempt to keep anything secret, it is simply free-flowing

discussion. We need to understand the challenges that business faces

as it transitions from EU membership, Customs union membership

a single market membership, to what happens after March 20 19. You

understand the challenges from government point of view, around

border and customs control, but we also need to understand the

challenges from business's point of view. For someone who voted in

favour of leaving the EU is listening to you now and they

remember the phrase Brexit means Brexit, and then you say it could be

two, three, we don't know how long it will remain the same, they might

think you are talking about something completely different from

what was initially suggested and apparently this government

supported. Let me say very simply that we will leave the European

Union. We believe the customs union and we will leave the single market

on the 25 of March, 2019. Period. The question of what we do after the

protect the British economy, protect British jobs and businesses, is this

government's day job. That's what we are working on and that's what we

have to map out in a way that works for business, that will keep the

board is operating smoothly, that will allow people to get on

aeroplanes and travel around in the normal way. Nobody in this country

wants to see a cliff edge of disruption on the 29th of March,

2019. So we will leave the European Union, but we will do it in a

sensible and pragmatic way that allows us to get on with our lives

and I think that is what the vast majority of people in this country

will want us to do. Chancellor Philip Hammond, they give very much

for your time this morning. Here's Sarah with a look

at this morning's weather. A mixed picture had?

-- ahead. That's right. Our changeable summer holiday weather

continues. Unsettled weather, but for some of us there sunshine

around. This is the view in Worcestershire taken recently.

Patchy cloud around, winning showers through the day. So a mix of sunny

spells this morning, but plenty of blustery showers as well. Low

pressure dominates the weather and is sitting towards the north-west at

the moment. Quite tightly spaced isobars, meaning we will have quite

a blustery day, especially in north-western areas. Windy, with

scattered showers. A few showers across northern England and into

Wales and some of England. Some sunshine to be seen through central

parts and in the northern England as we move into the afternoon. At 4pm

we still have plenty of showers across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. It could be the odd rumble of thunder and then a drier slot of

weather across parts of northern England. Cloud increasingly

developing across Wales, bringing outbreaks of rain through the

afternoon. Some of the rain pushing across the south-west of England

this afternoon. The south-east of England and east Anglia, fairly

cloudy and mostly dry. If you are heading to the cricket, it will be a

cloudy day and the wind will pick up later. Through the middle part of

the afternoon there's a chance we could have wet weather move again.

That rain across Wales and the south-west of England initially

through the afternoon moves northwards and eastwards through

much of England and Wales, clearing to the south-east overnight. So

clear skies for many parts of the country into the early hours the

morning, but we continue to see showers in the far north-west. 12-