31/07/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Thousands of extra mental health workers are to be recruited

The Government says it wants to treat another million people

by 2021, but health unions say the figures don't add up.

Also this morning: Remembering Passchendaele.

Commemorations have begun to mark the centenary of one

of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

The Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will appear

in court this morning charged with evading millions

Lenders could be asked to do more checks on borrowers,

particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report

by the regulator is published this morning.

I will have more on that a little later.

In sport: England are into the semi-finals of the European

Jodie Taylor scored the winner, as the Lionesses beat France 1-0.

Good morning. Today's the Day of sunshine and showers, especially in

Central and northern areas. They will be fewer and further between

them were yesterday. That leads us into a showery start to the week.

First, our main story: Thousands of extra mental health workers

are to be recruited by the NHS in England.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra

The Royal College of Nursing has questioned how so many staff can be

hired and trained in such a short space of time.

Here is more from our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.

Ministers in England have already acknowledged the treatment offered

to patients struggling with mental health problems suffers in

comparison to those with physical ailments. An extra ?1 billion in

funding for mental health services in England was promised last year.

Now we know that some of that cash will be spent on recruiting

thousands of extra nurses, doctors, psychologist and other clinicians.

The plan includes recruiting 2000 staff to work in child and

adolescent mental health services. Nearly 3000 extra therapists working

with adults. And an extra 4800 staff, mostly nurses, working in

crisis came. It was mental health services have been underfunded for

such a long time, this initiative in and of itself will not help us to

achieve the parity that so many of us want. But what it will do is set

the foundations to be able to look forward to a future where mental

health is treated an equal footing to physical health. But simply

creating post does not always mean you can find the staff to fill them.

These jobs are among the most challenging in the health service.

Data published last week showed that even before this latest recruitment

drive many thousands of nursing posts across the wider NHS remain

unfilled. Prince Charles will attend

the second day of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary

of the start of the Battle of 500,000 Allied and German

soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in action

during the three months of fighting In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow

between the crosses... In Ypres' main square last night,

Dame Helen Mirren spoke the words of the war poet John McCrae,

who recounted the horror The larks, still

bravely singing, fly. Winston Churchill wanted to keep

the ruins of Ypres preserved for posterity, so we

would not forget. But, instead, it was agreed the city

would be rebuilt exactly The story of men now gone was retold

in a place that has kept its promise and continues to

remember their passing. Officially known as the Third Battle

of Ypres, Passchendaele lasted until November 1917,

fought in the west Flanders region It became infamous not only

for the number of deaths, Constant shelling and the heaviest

rain for 30 years created a muddy wasteland, that became so deep,

men and horses drowned in it. The Last Post has been played

at Ypres through the decades. The Menin Gate has over 54,000 names

carved into its stone, remembering those who

have no known grave. It marks where the troops marched

when heading to the battlefields. The Dude and Duchess of Cambridge

attended a ceremony of remembrance there, together with

the Prime Minister. With the sounding of this bugle

call, the 250,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers

who were killed on the Ypres Salient during the First World

War are remembered. The defence of the city at such

great cost meant that it Today's commemorations will continue

with a special service at Tyne Cot Cemetery,

where thousands are buried. Such was the slaughter, the majority

of the graves remain unmarked. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

appears to have stepped back from a suggestion that the UK

could cut taxes and regulation in a bid to undercut EU

countries after Brexit. In an interview with the French

newspaper Le Monde, he says the Government has no plans to make

big changes to tax policy in order His remarks are in sharp contrast

with what he said earlier The United States says

President Putin's decision to order 755 of its diplomatic staff to leave

Russia is unjustified. They have been told

to leave by one September. The move is in retaliation

for new sanctions approved by the US Congress for Russia's alleged

involvement in last year's presidential election

and the annexation of Crimea. The High Court will today

decide whether Tony Blair, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw,

and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith can be prosecuted

over the 2003 Iraq War. The attempt to bring them to court

was launched by a former Iraqi general, Abdulwaheed al-Rabbat,

who calls the invasion A dedicated mental health service

has been set up to help people affected by the

Manchester Arena attack. 22 people were killed

when a homemade bomb was detonated Doctors say the NHS service

is specifically for those closest to the victims, or those

who witnessed the attack and who may need extra support

dealing with the trauma. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo

will appear in court in Madrid today He is the latest player to fall

foul of Spain's taxman, and will attend a hearing to answer

four counts of tax evasion. Our sports correspondent

Richard Conway has the details. He is one of the highest-paid sports

stars on the planet. But Spanish tax authorities allege

Cristiano Ronaldo hid around $70 They also claim the Real Madrid

and Portugal star only declared around a quarter of his pay over

a three-year period from 2011-2014. As one of the world's most

marketable individuals, Cristiano Ronaldo has secured

a string of lucrative endorsements, But it is claimed he failed

to declare $33 million of such income when he sold five

years of his image rights He denies all the allegations,

and says his conscience is clear. But he is not the only football star

to face such scrutiny in Spain. Last year, Barcelona's Lionel Messi

was convicted on the same charge Meanwhile, Manchester Unity manager

Jose Mourinho is under investigation for alleged facing tax fraud

from the time when was in charge Other big names in the game

face similar claims. After already threatened to leave

Spain, given his anger over the claims against him,

Cristiano Ronaldo says he will now With a potential fine of ?25 million

hanging over him if found guilty, that may require

a lot of win bonuses. HIV testing should be offered

to patients when they register with a new GP in areas

where there are high rates of infection, according

to new research. More than 13,000 people are unaware

that they have the condition, and researchers from two London

universities say screening Our health correspondent

Jane Dreaper reports. A simple finger prick test -

that is all that is needed now to find

out whether you have HIV. GPs' surgeries in some parts

of London are making this This study says those efforts should

be much more widespread. The researchers looked at surgeries

where new patients are offered a HIV This led to a much higher rate

of diagnosing the virus. The authors say the benefits mean

more screening is affordable. That means they carry the virus

without actually knowing it. So having an HIV test

at your surgery will allow you to have access to excellent

treatment, but then also prevent people - prevent you from passing

on the virus to someone else. Routine testing has previously been

recommended by Public Health England But investment in testing has fallen

in some areas because of financial pressures on local authorities'

public health budgets. The charity Terrence Higgins Trust

called on healthcare commissioners Dozens of people were left suspended

in mid-air after a cable car came to a stop over the River

Rhine, in Germany. Fire crews and rescue teams

in Cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers,

some of whom were left 130 A number of children

were lowered to the ground. That would have been so frightening.

Yes, just exactly what you don't want to happen! But everyone was OK,

so it is all right. Sally has the sport, and we have great news. How

are you feeling about the Euros at the moment? Is in how are they

doing? I have a feeling England will do very, very well. An exciting game

last night, fantastic win for them. You can see when they play together

they are such a tight unit. They get on so brilliantly well, they are on

something of a roll. England's women are

into the semi-finals of the European Championships,

beating France for the first time Jodie Taylor scored the crucial goal

that gave England the 1-0 victory. They will face the hosts, Holland,

in the last four on Thursday. England's cricketers enter the final

day of the third Test against South Africa needing six

wickets to go ahead in the series. Lewis Hamilton could end up counting

the cost of keeping a promise. He handed third place

to teammate Valtteri Bottas at the Hungarian Grand Prix,

allowing race winner Sebastian Vettel to extend

his championship lead. Wigan Warriors beat

Salford Red Devils to reach the Challenge Cup final,

where they will meet the holders, And it is medal number seven

for Great Britain on the final day Adam Peaty helps the men's team

to a medley relay silver. A music festival has been called

off partway through, due to safety concerns

after heavy rain and wind. Severe weather on Friday night

turned much of the Y Not site, near Matlock, into a mud bath,

and stopped several acts, including headliners

The Vaccines, performing. Fans on social media demanded

refunds, which organisers have promised to provide

further information on. When you go to a festival you expect

a bit of mud, but that looks like too much mud. Completely off the

scale. Could you have predicted that kind of mud with the weather, Carol?

Certainly predicted the rain. Not all festivals were affected. We were

in pretty good shape on Saturday. It is disappointing if you were at that

festival. We had a lot of rain yesterday as well and some heavy

showers in Northern Ireland, for example. In the next few days the

forecast is for sunny spells, although fewer showers than we had

at the weekend. Low pressure still very much dominating our weather.

You can tell from the space in the isobars it is just breezy, nothing

too strong and this morning we have some rain. This weather front is

moving north-east, taking rein with it with some showers following on

behind. A lot of dry weather to use up the day, but equally a lot of

showers. This band of rain continues to sweep north eastwards across

Scotland. For Northern Ireland and northern England there are some

showers around, the same across parts of Wales. Drift further east

and we have some brighter skies and dry conditions. A few showers around

Gloucestershire into Somerset, into Cornwall as well. Not all of us will

see them as we head towards East Anglia and Kent. Yesterday in Kent

it was very wet. As we go through the course of the day we will see

further showers develop, especially across central and northern areas.

Some of those could be slow-moving, heavy and thundery with some hail in

between there will be bright spells of sunshine. There will be fewer

showers in the south, and less intense. In the sunshine, highs up

to 23 will feel pleasant enough in light breezes. As we head on through

the evening and overnight many of the showers will tend to fade. We

still have some coming in from the west. Some of them will form lines

in the second half of the night in some western areas, and temperatures

at 11 to about 14 as our overnight lows. So not desperately cold if you

are camping it is worth taking some extra layers with you. Tomorrow we

start off with some sunshine and showers. Showers becoming more

prolific as we go through the course of the day. Again, some of them with

hail and thunder and lightning in them. Not all of us seeing them, and

highs in the south-east of 22 to 24. It will feel pleasantly warm. From

Tuesday into Wednesday we have our next area of low pressure coming our

way. With the attendant fronts ringing in some rain and you can

tell from the squeeze on those isobars that it will feel that bit

windier. On Wednesday we start off on a dry note for central and

eastern areas. Even some sunshine. But then this rain starts to career

in from the south-west across the Channel Island into the Isles of

Scilly, and you can see by the middle of the afternoon in a line

from the Isle of Wight towards south-west Scotland and all points

west. Highs by then up to 21. In summary, for the week ahead,

sunshine and showers for the first couple of days. Then we will see

some rain coming our way, and with that rain it is going to turn that

bit windier. Thank you very much. A look through

the papers. Very welcome. Morning to you. Let's look at the front pages.

First, the Daily Telegraph, you can see the Duke and Duchess there.

Commemorations for Passchendaele. Going across yesterday but also into

today. We will be live there later on in the programme. The main story

in connection, this is holiday car rental insurance. Drivers may be

ripped off when they go rent a car. On the front page of The Times here.

The Menin Gate in Ypres marking the centenary of the First World War

battle. Gathering there at Passchendaele. "Hammond We Won't Be

A Tax Haven After Brexit" Britain will not cut that to undercut

European rivals. It is a marked softening of tone as the Chancellor

is saying that there won't be these clashes between the EU as we leave

the European Union. Front pages, this is about a documentary coming

up in an interview with Princess Diana, it is being used on the front

page of The Mirror and The Sun. What have you got? I have some news here.

We have a picture of Andy Holt who has invested in his club. They've

put a new drain in so fans who go to the toilet at half-time can wash

their hands. And they can flush the toilets too. The plumbing was that

bad? Yes. If the sprinklers were on the water would cut off everywhere

else. The water system will work now. I'm sure many fans will be

grateful for that now. Progress. Talking a bit this morning about

crackdown on loans to vulnerable customers. This in The Times. A

report about pay day loans, overdraft fees, lending to more

vulnerable borrowers and want banks and lenders should be doing about

that. A little one in The Guardian, we'll be talking about fifth of

estate agents could go out of business partly because this report

says online estate agents have had such a big growth in the last few

months and years. Are people now just turning more and more online?

Is the high street estate agent as we know it on the way? We'll discuss

that. I raised your statistic with another. 12% of young people have

never seen a cow. 12% of young people, one in eight young people

have never seen a cow in real life. They've seen a picture but not one

in real life. That's according to a survey. Unless you travel out into

the country you're not going to. That's the thing. No statistics but

I want to show you spourtsmanship from yesterday. They're talking

about -- sportsmanship from yesterday. They're talking about the

Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton wanted to have a go add overtaking the two

Ferraris. When he wanted to do that, his team-mate was ahead of him. He

said let me get past him, go and see if I can get one or two of those

Ferraris, if I can't, he can have his place back, reclaim it. He had a

go. Couldn't do it and Valtteri Bottas got his place back which is a

sportsmanlike gesture. Interesting the Mercedes team-mates are very

much seen as equals. They're not given preferential orders, unless

the Ferraris which favour Sebastian Vettel as driver number one. No

statistics but a long word here. Would you like to have a go at it:

Tell me I'm wrong. You don't know. Maybe the last syllable is slightly

wrong. I thought that was marvellous. It is a serious word.

It's a form of lung disease but a 16-year-old has made it into the

record books by using the longest word ever spoken in the Commons. The

previous record was held by a Conservative MP. He used a different

word which I'm not going to use which meant something being

worthless. This was used during a Youth Select Committee Hearing. It

has volcano in the middle of it. It must be a bad one. Microscopic is in

there as well. It takes away the funny side of it given it's a deadly

disease. Did he know it off the top of his head? He said it correctly.

See you later. Thank you very much. Time now and we'll find out why

closing the road where you live could encourage more children to be

active. More than 500 streets have signed up to the Playing Out Scheme.

We've been along to join in with the fun. Now today marks the 100th

anniversary of the start of the Battle of Passchendaele. Infamous

not only for the scale of the casualties, also for the dreadful

weather conditions. Constant shelling churned the clay soil and

smashed the drainage systems and heavy rain turned the soil into a

quagmire. Bert Fearns was lucky enough to survive.

They were establishing themselves in this field before moving on another

two miles to make the very first attacks on the Passchendaele Ridge.

The weather was very different to today. It was appalling weather.

Bert and his comrades, hundreds, thousands of them, were in these

fields around us in shell holes. Let's hear Bert's own memories which

you recorded 21 years ago? All around us seemed to be nothing more

than the sea of gluttonous mud. You couldn't dig any trenches. We used

to dig the side of the shallow out and let it drain out a bit, to make

it possible to stay in it. Instead of standing in water. Andwurt his

pals are leaving at dusk -- Bert and his pals are leaving at dusk.

They're on an 18-inch wide track. I won't call it a march. It was a

trudge. We were very often taking a quarter of an hour to go a couple of

yards. Men were falling in to shallows. We got some out and there

were some we couldn't get out. And the point Wozniacki it worth

rescuing two men's lives to save one? They walked for 10 hours and

this is where they end up, their jumping off point. He sheltered

behind this bunker. Turned his rifle upside down and fell asleep on the

stock. I was too exhausted to have any feeling at all. I never got that

exhilaration at the time. It was just a case of, "Go, lads," and you

wentd. He crested that rise and dropped down into a dip on the other

side. And it was there that he told me about an experience which he

recalled every single day for the rest of his life. We came across

what would have been about 100 yards square of bodies that had been

caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. They were absolutely

massacred and they were cut to pieces. I did 65 hours or more of

interviews with Bert Fearns. He always believed that his battalion

had reached their objective. They hadn't. They got nowhere near it. In

actual fact, Passchendaele church, which is almost within touching

distance here, it took another six weeks and thousands of lives to get

there. In the end, the only thing we could do was turn back to almost -

not quite as far - but almost from where we started. The whole thing

was a dismal failure. What's so moving hearing that first-hand

evidence from Bert Fearns and our thanks to Bert Fearns's family to

give us permission to replay his memories in that film. Last night

commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the

fighting at Passchendaele got under way at the Menin Gate at Ypres.

We're seeing some of the pictures of the service which was led by Dame

Helen Mirren. Yes. We have seen a number of musical and spoken

performances - all of them set to that extraordinary backdrop of light

projections. That's the historic Cloth Hall which you can see right

now. There was also a specially written piece by the War Horse

author, Michael Morpurgo. And it was attended by the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge and Theresa May. And families of the men who died in the

fighting. More of those events continuing today. We will be there

later on. Our correspondent is in France for us. The time now is 26

minutes past 6. Time to rising tomorrow as well. That's your

forecast. just the odd shower, temperatures

rising tomorrow as well. That's your forecast. See you soon. Sile see you

soon too. All the -- I'll see you again soon.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

We will have the latest news and sport in just a moment,

and coming up on Breakfast today: The boom in online house sales.

We are looking at the future of the traditional high

Loving letters - if you are fussy about the look of text,

you will want meet the expert who has made a new documentary

They knocked their friend Ed Sheeran from the top spot

to claim their first number one album.

The Vamps will be on the sofa after 9:00am.

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

Thousands of extra mental health workers

are to be recruited by the NHS in England.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra

The Royal College of Nursing has questioned how so many staff can be

hired and trained in such a short space of time.

Here is more from our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.

Ministers in England have already acknowledged the treatment offered

to patients struggling with mental health problems suffers

in comparison to those with physical ailments.

An extra ?1 billion in funding for mental health services

Now, we know that some of that cash will be spent on recruiting

thousands of extra nurses, doctors, psychologist and other clinicians.

The plan includes recruiting 2,000 staff to work in child

and adolescent mental health services, nearly 3,000 extra

therapists working with adults, and an extra 4,800 staff,

mostly nurses, working in crisis came.

Because mental health services have been underfunded for such a long

time, this initiative, in and of itself will not help us

to achieve the parity that so many of us want.

But what it will do is set the foundations to be able to look

forward to a future where mental health is treated on an equal

But simply creating posts does not always mean you can find the staff

These jobs are among the most challenging in the health service.

Data published last week showed that, even before this latest

recruitment drive, many thousands of nursing posts across the wider

Prince Charles will attend the second day of commemorations

to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of

500,000 Allied and German soldiers were killed,

wounded or went missing in action during the three months of fighting

Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a service

with 200 descendants of those who fought there.

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, appears to have stepped back

from a suggestion that the UK could cut taxes and regulation

in a bid to undercut EU countries after Brexit.

In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, he says

the Government has no plans to make big changes to tax policy in order

His remarks are in sharp contrast with what he said earlier

The United States says President Putin's decision to order

755 of its diplomatic staff to leave Russia is unjustified.

They have been told to leave by one September.

The move is in retaliation to new sanctions approved by the US

Congress for Russia's alleged involvement in last year's

presidential election, and the annexation of Crimea.

The High Court will today decide whether Tony Blair,

former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and former attorney general

Lord Goldsmith can be prosecuted over the 2003 Iraq War.

The attempt to bring them to court was launched by a former Iraqi

general, Abdulwaheed al-Rabbat, who calls the invasion

Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will appear

in court this morning charged with evading millions

The Portugal international will attend a hearing to answer four

HIV testing should be offered to patients when they register

with a new GP in areas where there are high rates

of infection, according to new research.

More than 13,000 people are unaware that they have the condition.

Researchers from two London universities say screening

You would need one if you wanted to use what is apparently

the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, which has just

It is around a third of a mile long, and at its highest point,

nearly 300 feet high, but only two feet wide.

I couldn't tell it was only two feet wide. That is not very wide. I would

love to walk it, would you? Yes, it is absolutely stunning. Sally

doesn't look convinced. Not if you paid me. I actually can't look at

those pictures, it makes me feel like I am going to fall over. It is

just so narrow, and... Anyway. Who cares about a bridge. We have great

news to talk about. England are doing fantastically at the women's

Euros. One thing really struck me. When those footballers fell over,

they got back up again. Did you notice that? Says it all, doesn't

it? Wasn't quite as much rolling about in agony going on. Just

getting on with it. England are through to

the semi-finals of the Women's A single goal from Jodie Taylor

secured the Lionesses' first victory Next up for Mark Sampson's side

are the tournament hosts, the Netherlands, who they will

play on Thursday night. Our correspondent Katie

Gornall was at the match. England advance, and it feels like a

huge step forward. France had beaten them in the last three major

tournaments. Finally it was England's term. It just shows, the

celebration on the pitch, how much it means for everyone. So happy, I

don't know how many times I have been involved in games against

France, come away with a win. So tonight means absolutely everything.

In this latest chapter of an old feud, England bristled with belief.

But in the early stages the plated not match the PR. A French player

coming closest in a nervy first half. Mark Sampson had described his

players as a team of streetfighters. Jill Scott, otherwise impressive,

took that to heart. This would rule her out of the semi-final. France

started to take control until Lucy queued up the ball and Jodie Taylor,

one chance, 1-0, this is her fifth goal of the tournament. An injury

only added to the tension and although France threatens, for the

first time in a long time against their rivals, England held out. This

was a historic win for the Lioness is. Mark Sampson's side will now

face the Netherlands and the last four. And with the holders, Germany,

knocked out, England are now the favourites for the title.

Only an almighty South African defence can stop England's

cricketers taking a series lead on the final day of the third Test.

Some big hitting from England's batsmen meant they were able

to declare, setting South Africa a world record chase of 492 to win.

England's bowlers took four wickets before the close,

with two in two balls for Ben Stokes.

South Africa resume this morning still 375 runs behind.

Last-innings pressure, 450 looks like 900 sometimes,

especially on a wicket that's been playing like this.

So, you know, we've done very, very well to get the four wickets.

So hopefully we can get these two here at the moment,

and then, you know, finish it off pretty

Lewis Hamilton says he listened to his heart rather than his head

when he sacrificed a three vital points at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Briton honoured a promise made earlier in the race

to let his teammate Valtteri Bottas overtake him to finish third.

It allowed race winner Sebastian Vettel to extend his

World Championship lead to 14 points, with nine races to go.

Wigan Warriors will play Hull FC in the Challenge Cup final

at Wembley next month, after coming from behind to beat

Despite dominating early on, Wigan were behind at half-time.

This try from Michael McIlorum then helped them to victory.

It will be Wigan's 31st Challenge Cup final appearance,

Great Britain have ended the World Swimming Championships

in Hungary with seven medals, after the men's 4x100 metre relay

Double world champion Adam Peaty dragged the British team back

into contention with a stunning breaststroke leg, and they were able

to hold off a strong Russian team to finish second to the USA.

It is a third medal of the week for Peaty, who believes he can go

Everyone has got some areas to work on. Obviously I get a lot of

criticism for my start, and it is a good job I am good at the other 90%

of the swim but that 10% is now what I am going to pick up that amazing

time that I need. I will be even more ruthless than I have been last

year. I have picked up 0.3 from Rio enters the 100, and the progression

is very good for me -- into the 100. A three-day festival of cycling

on the streets of Surrey and London ended with an elite event billed

the world's richest one-day race. Many of the world's

best cyclists took part in the RideLondon-Surrey Classic,

with Norway's Alexander Kristoff taking the prize money of ?90,000

in a sprint finish on the Mall. They have been riding for 100 miles,

and right at the very end there was a sprint. Quite interesting tactics,

because they obviously want to stay together, they want to stay in the

group, and they know that last stretch will be where it happens.

Your legs would be burning by then. More on the Euros a little later on.

They are all around us and they guide us through life, but

day-to-day many of us are not really aware of them. The words on signs,

buses, shops and documents, two in particular being regarded as very

British. They are now the subject of a new documentary. Our correspondent

has been looking at their enduring legacy and how they have had to move

with the times. We are surrounded by words informing

us, guiding us and tempting us. All of these are in a typeface, and

choosing the right one is more important than you think. Choose the

wrong one and, well, it is just wrong. Two types in particular are

all around us. We are so used to them, we may not even notice them.

But they are fundamentally British. They are Johnston and Gill Sans.

Edward Johnston was commissioned to solve a problem caused by the growth

of what became London Underground. In the early 1900s, stations were

awash with advertising, and the station signs were inconsistent. It

was all a bit chaotic. Frank Peck was brought in to bring order to the

underground and he commissioned calligrapher Edward Johnston to

create a radically new, clear type that would be used across the entire

network. This author and presenter explains the impact it had. With

Frank Peck's vision and Edward Johnson's style, transport in London

now has its own brand. Signage stood out from the rest of the graphic

noise, to form a clear and concise wayfinding system. Such was the

success of the new Johnston to face, other transport companies want a

similar clear look. But London Underground owned and guarded

Johnston for its own use. To meet the demand, a commercial company

commissioned a similar, clear typeface. This is the original,

first, hand drawn Gill alphabet. It proved a huge commercial success and

was adopted by railway companies, and when the war came, most

companies had Gill Sans. So the typeface was used for everything

from ration books to morale building posters. After the war, Gill Sans as

the typeface of authority gradually fell out of fashion until a British

designer working with the Beatles made it hip again. I didn't realise

that it had fallen out of fashion, to be honest. I just thought it was

a great, legible typeface. Gill Sans was now called. The UK's newest TV

channel adopted it. Others followed, including the BBC. Meanwhile,

Johnston was on the wane. London transport had started using other

typefaces, as Johnston was limited. It needed an upgrade, which is

exactly what happened. 100 years after these typefaces were first

created, they are still in use, updated and adapted. They remain

quintessentially British typefaces, that are set to keep evolving and be

part of the look of Britain for generations to come.

The thing about that story is, once you start thinking about it,

everything you look at, you are thinking why does it look like that?

I am quite particular about which font I writing. Honestly, it is... I

am in arial girl. Not the one that it is at the

moment. We're stuck in a bit of a rut at the moment. Showers are

fairly hit and miss and for some of us there will be fewer showers than

we've seen. For example, in the south-east. Low pressure is driving

our weather. You can tell from the isobars that it won't be

particularly windy today. We have a front moving across Scotland and

it's producing rain. We have showers coming in from behind. There will be

bright spells. For Northern Ireland and northern England we have showers

around this morning. There will be bright spells, sunshine, showers

across Wales. Some of those could be heavy in the north. Kent and down to

a lot of dry weather around. Fewer showers as we push through to the

south-west. Through the day that's the scenario. It is central in

northern areas that are prone to seeing more showers. Some of those

slow-moving, heavy and thundery with hail. And fewer showers as we push

in towards the south-east. We have highs of 23 Celsius between about 13

and 19 elsewhere. Through this evening and overnight we lose most

of those showers. Housks we'll keep some in the west. Some of them --

however, we'll keep them in the west. Some of them will form some

lines. A lot of dry weather. Temperatures slipping down to

between 11 and 14 Celsius. So not particularly cold but if you are

camping you may want to stick another few layers in your bag. The

showers will develop as we go through the course of the day and

some of those will be heavy, slow moving, heavy and thundery.

Temperatures could get up to 24 Celsius in London. If you're in the

south-east corner with fewer showers that will be feel plezant. We have

our next area -- pleasant. We have our next area of low pressure

coming. That will produce rain. It will turn that bit windier. On

Wednesday, we start off largely on a dry note. The rain will push in

through the Channel Islands, across Wales, and in through northern

England and into Northern Ireland. This picture finishes at 4 o'clock

in the afternoon. So this is the kind of timing we're looking at. It

will be accompanied by gusty winds. In summary for this week, we do have

sunshine and showers for the first couple of days, then it turns wetter

and windier as we head through the middle part of the week. At least

something positive on the horizon. Thank you very much. See you later

on. 21,000 new staff to cover NHS mental health services in England by

the year 2021. That's the promise from the Health Secretary. With some

hospitals reportedly struggling to fill nursing posts, there are

questions over whether this is realistic. Thank you very much for

your time this morning, Janet. When you hear that ambition to treat an

extra one million people by 2021, from Jeremy Hunt, what do you think?

The first thing is it's fantastic that we're looking at such an

important subject such as mental health, which has been starved of

attention for quite some time. So it is great we have such good ambition.

Our worry is that it's not very long away, 2021, and those nurses, those

skilled nurses will need to be in training now. And what we need is

lots of comeming in to train as mental health nurses this September

when the programme is open. We need to match all the policies. The

policy of taking away the funding for training our student nurses

means quite a lot of people who would make fantastic mental health

nurses - those who are more mature with life experience - have not

applied this year because they don't want to take out a student loan. We

need to make sure we get our policies lined up. We need to scrap

that idea and enable people to come and train in September. We know

there are people who would want to do that. There are alternatives that

we're hearing but they will take much longer but they will not be

ready in time for this ambitious project. Talk us through, as I

understand it, this plan, this idea would see 2,000 additional nurses,

consltants and therapists' posts created. You talked about the

September deadline - what's the scale of the shortfall as it stands,

looking at at what we have compared with what Jeremy Hunt is trying to

create? We've got a catch-up to do. Nobody is hiding that. Even in the

report it does talk about, there's about a 10% vacancy. So we need one

in 10 posts aren't filled already in mental health. We need to fill those

as well as bring in those additional people. So it is really quite

important we get on with this now and use the methods we already have.

There are universities with places already and we can easily increase

those numbers if the funding is put in to nurse education. At the same

time it's looking at the whole picture. This is great for mental

health but also we've got to look at prevention and at the same time as

putting funding in for treatment of mental health, we have cuts being

made in local authorities, in district nursing, but particularly

for mental health, in health visiting, getting that good start in

life with families, school nursing who are so important to people at a

very vulnerable age. Whilst we're cutting those and putting money into

mental health, we need to look at health and social health in its

totality and keep us all well with our mental, physical health and

looking after the whole population. I'm trying to get as clear a picture

as I can of the funding issue and you keep relating it to that. So

crucial. You're talking about nurse training. The situation you seem to

be, the picture you seem to be painting is without more money, as

in new money, that it's not possible to create these posts that they're

talking about. The nursing posts without new money into nurse

training. We're talking about this bogue a quick solution. We're

talking about three and four years before we've got those figures. What

is new is from this September it will be the very first time that the

education of nurses has not been funded by the Government. So for the

first time nurses going into training will need to pay for their

own education by taking out a student loan. This is a new thing

and we have seen already that the applications for mental health

training has gone down. Can I ask one last question? Apologies for

interrupting. We're short for time. If you had a message for Jeremy

Hunt, what would it be in relation to his targets? The first thing is

well done, it's a great ambition. The second one is get that funding

back into nurse education. Look at all the policies in totality,

including those about keeping people mentally well in the first place and

please lift that cap on nurses' pay which are creating such difficulty

in keeping people in nursing. Thank you very much for your time this

morning. As we say, we will be peeking to Jeremy Hunt. That's after

7 o'clock this morning. We're talking about lenders and the way

they decide who to offer credit to. Could bow a pay day loan or an

overdraft and there are new rules perhaps being brought in to protect

borrowers. This is what Sean is log at. You can often get high interest

rates and costs that you don't realise will hit you? You may not

have sat down with anybody and been told what you could be charged. It

could get a few more charges today. It's an issue we've talked about a

lot. The costs that can mount up quickly, whether you borrow money

from a pay day loan company. Or an unarranged overdraft. The watchdog

for all these products, the Financial Conduct Authority, has

been looking into all of this and we'll hear what they're going to say

later on. They're worried about how reliable credit checks are,

particularly for those in financial difficulty. Let's talk about this

now with Helal Miah. We have seen changes in this market maybe for pay

day lending, the interest rates were capped for what people could charge.

Has that had an epifect on the market do you know? In terms of the

number of loans being taken out for pay day loans t did significantly

drop when the caps were introduced at the beginning of 2015. I think

the question is where those borrowers are going to? Are they

going elsewhere in terms of illegal loan sharks and the issue there is

they could end up getting into further trouble. That's clearly one

of the big worries for the regulator - where are people who are in a bad

financial situation who need to borrow money? Where are they going?

What are the things the regulator could do to try and make the market

a bit bigger for them? It's a balancing act. In terms of what they

can, they could require credit agencies to actually have better

data on their customers. Effectively trying to, effectively trying to

reduce the loans going out to certain individuals who may not

necessarily have the best credit. More stringent credit requirements.

Because credit checks and the credit score people have seems more and

more important with a lot of things you do. What kind of things could

Sayers to those credit rating agency -- what sort of things could those

credit rating agencies say that you need to make sure that person can

afford the money they're borrowing? They need to look at incomes and

afford blt in far more detail. That certainly is going to be I think,

certainly lenders have been lending a little too easily in recent times.

It's really a question of restriction, restricting the amount

of credit available out there for people who can't fles searl afford

it. The head of the financial conducts authority has written in --

the Financial Conduct Authority has written in The Times and talked

about consumer debt rising. How serious is this? It seems to be a

big issue at the moment. The Bnk of England raised their concerns. They

estimated the amount of -- Bank of England raised their concerns. They

estimated the amount is going up about 10% in the last year or so.

With the UK economy moderating slowly, questions have to be raised

whether consumers can actually afford to pay this? Are banks making

lots of money out of these arranged overdrafts? They are. Customers are

paying a fixed fee. If they go overdrawn by 10 pounds, they could

be paying far more than that. In terms of a persentage of what

they're getting overdrawn by, it's a huge amount. For the banking

industry, a lot of the money is made from charging overdraft fees to

people who aren't necessarily managing their account too well.

Because the rest of us have mostly free currents accounts and that's

where that come -- current accounts and that's where that comes from.

We'll get the very latest from the Financial Conduct Authority about

what they'll do in about 10, 15 minutes. Thank you very much. Time

to tomorrow as well. That's your

forecast. I'll be back in half an hour.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Thousands of extra mental health workers are to be recruited

The Government says it wants to treat another million people

by 2021, but health unions say the figures don't add up.

Also this morning: Remembering Passchendaele.

Commemorations have begun to mark the centenary of one

of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

And the Prince of Wales will join invited guest is, many with

relatives who died in the battle of Passchendaele, here at one of the

largest war cemeteries in the world. What is the future for high

street estate agents? It is warned some could go out

of business, as more and more homes I will be asking if

we still need them. England into the semifinals of the

European Championships. Jodie Taylor scoring the winner as England beat

France last night. A day of sunshine and showers, the

heaviest across central and northern areas, some of those thundery with

hail. They will be fewer and less intense in the south and parts of

the south-east could skip altogether. More details in 15

minutes. First, our main story: Thousands

of extra mental health workers are to be recruited

by the NHS in England. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

said the aim is to treat an extra The Royal College of Nursing has

questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such

a short space of time. Here is more from our health

correspondent Dominic Hughes. Ministers in England have already

acknowledged the treatment offered to patients struggling with mental

health problems suffers in comparison to those

with physical ailments. An extra ?1 billion in funding

for mental health services Now, we know that some of that cash

will be spent on recruiting thousands of extra nurses, doctors,

psychologists and other clinicians. The plan includes recruiting 2,000

staff to work in child and adolescent mental health

services, nearly 3,000 extra therapists working with adults,

and an extra 4,800 staff, mostly nurses, working

in crisis care. Because mental health services have

been underfunded for such a long time, this initiative,

in and of itself, will not help us to achieve the parity of esteem

that so many of us want. But what it will do is set

the foundations to be able to look forward to a future where mental

health is treated on an equal But simply creating posts does not

always mean you can always find These jobs are among the most

challenging in the health service. Data published last week showed

that, even before this latest recruitment drive, many thousands

of nursing posts across the wider And, in ten minutes' time,

we will be speaking to the Health Secretary,

Jeremy Hunt. Prince Charles will attend

the second day of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary

of the start of the Battle of 500,000 Allied and German

soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in action

during the three months of fighting In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow

between the crosses... In Ypres's main square last night,

Dame Helen Mirren spoke the words of the war poet John McCrae,

who recounted the horror The larks, still

bravely singing, fly. Winston Churchill wanted to keep

the ruins of Ypres preserved for posterity, so we

would not forget. But instead, it was agreed

the city would be rebuilt, The story of men now gone was retold

in a place that has kept its promise and continues to

remember their passing. Officially known as the Third Battle

of Ypres, Passchendaele lasted until November 1917,

fought in the west Flanders region It became infamous not only

for the number of deaths, Constant shelling and the heaviest

rain for 30 years created a muddy wasteland, that became so deep,

men and horses drowned in it. The Last Post has been played

in Ypres through the decades. The Menin Gate has over 54,000 names

carved into its stone, remembering those who

have no known grave. It marks where troops marched

when heading to the battlefields. The Dude and Duchess of Cambridge

attended a ceremony of remembrance there, together with

the Prime Minister. With the sounding of this bugle

call, the 250,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers

who were killed on the Ypres Salient during the First World

War are remembered. The defence of the city at such

great cost meant that it Today's commemorations will continue

with a special service at Tyne Cot Cemetery,

where thousands are buried. Such was the slaughter, the majority

of the graves remain unmarked. Our correspondent Robert Hall

is at Tyne Cot for us this morning. Just watching that film through and

seeing that archive footage of that extraordinary loss of life and those

desperate conditions, I am looking behind you and you seem to have blue

skies, and in that extraordinary backdrop that you are in this

morning. Yes, it is very, very difficult to begin to imagine the

horrors that faced the soldiers during those 3.5 months of fighting,

fighting, remember, which started extremely positively. The advance

went really quite well in decent weather for a bit, and then it

started to rain, and with some breaks on the weather it rained and

rained and range. And because the drainage had been smashed up in the

artillery fire, the water had nowhere to go. It settled into the

Flanders clay, and turned no man's land into a wasteland of dreadful,

stagnant water. Shell holes and all the horrors of that sort of warfare.

Tyne Cot is one of the world's largest war cemeteries. Let me show

you the landscape that the men had to advance over. We have a shot

looking out towards Ypres and you can see the terrain. It doesn't look

too challenging, because it is really a series of shallow valleys

and shallow hills. At the German forces were on most of that higher

ground, which meant an attack uphill. They could look down on the

attackers from Britain and the Commonwealth as they struggled

through the mud, and that explains the slaughter. It was very, very

slow going, and morale sapping. I think a lot of the soldiers that

talked about what happened here after the event referred to the

horrors of Passchendaele, I hell on earth. And eventually, when troops

did reach Passchendaele itself, they could say that the attack had been a

success, but at a terrible cost. We will be hearing a lot more of that

this morning, as this ceremony, which is due to start a little later

on, around midday hour time, gets under way. But for now, from Tyne

Cot, back to you. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

appears to have stepped back from a suggestion that the UK

could cut taxes and regulation in a bid to undercut EU

countries after Brexit. In an interview with the French

newspaper Le Monde, he says the Government has no plans to make

big changes to tax policy in order His remarks are in sharp contrast

with what he said earlier The United States says

President Putin's decision to order 755 of its diplomatic staff to leave

Russia is unjustified. They have been told

to leave by one September. The move is in retaliation

to new sanctions approved by the US Congress for Russia's alleged

involvement in last year's presidential election,

and the annexation of Crimea. Real Madrid footballer

Cristiano Ronaldo will appear in court this morning charged

with evading millions The Portugal international

will attend a hearing to answer four HIV testing should be offered

to patients when they register with a new GP in areas

where there are high rates of infection, according

to new research. More than 13,000 people are unaware

that they have the condition. Researchers from two London

universities say screening Dozens of people were left suspended

in mid-air after a cable car came to a stop over the River

Rhine, in Germany. Fire crews and rescue teams

in Cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers,

some of whom were left 130 A number of children

were lowered to the ground. That is a dramatic event. Everyone

is fine, so all good. All the weather and sport coming up a little

later on. 21,000 new staff to cover NHS mental

health services in England by 2021 - that is the promise

from the Health Secretary, But, with some hospitals struggling

to fill already vacant positions, there are concerns

the plans are unrealistic. Earlier on Breakfast, the chief

executive of the Royal College of Nursing had this

message for Jeremy Hunt. Get that funding

back into nurse education. Look at all the policies

in totality, including those about keeping people

mentally well in the first place and please lift that

cap on nurses' pay which are creating such difficulty

in keeping people in nursing. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

joins us now from Westminster. Did you hear that soundbite clearly?

If you did, would you mind responding? Sure. I mean, first of

all, I completely agree that we need to invest more in nurse education.

That is really what we are doing. This is part of a package which

means we will be spending ?1 billion more every year in real terms on

mental health provision, because we want to treat around 1 million more

people every year. We are recognised in this country as having some of

the best mental health provision anywhere in the world. Last week the

New York Times said it was the world's most ambitious effort to

tackle depression and anxiety. What we can only do that if we invest in

the people who can deliver the care that is going to help people in

these very debilitating conditions. So I think Janet Davies is right on

that. On the 1% cap, I hear what she says. I have had very constructive

discussions with her. I recognise that things are very tough on the

frontline. Nurses are working very hard, and we have an independent

process, a pay review body which is completely independent of the

government, they are going to look at all of this and we will listen

very carefully to what they say before we make a final decision. You

are not funding training. This September, this point was made by

the chief executive of the Royal College of nursing. You are not

funding training, so what we were hearing is that training needs to

begin this September to fill the numbers for this mental health

provision in Europe. Without that funding, you are not going to see

the numbers. You're still going to be short. You are not going to make

this target for 2021. Well, it is an ambitious target, but I think the

mistake that Health Secretary after Health Secretary from different

parties in different governments have made is that they have thought

that if you want to solve a problem you put the money on. And money is

of course very important. But actually, you have to have the

people as well. So we are investing more in training up people. We have

32,000 more people providing mental healthcare than we did in 2010. So

there has been a big expansion already. But today we are announcing

another 21,000 post, which will mean a lot more money going into

training. And we have worked very closely with the Royal colleges, the

Royal College of nursing, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, charities

like Mind, to say exactly how many people do we need in different

areas? To give you an example, we know we want to do a lot better for

children and young people, and today's announcement means an extra

2000 post in children and young people's mental health provision. We

know we need to do a lot better in crisis care, if you like, the A of

mental health provision, although A units do a lot of mental health

work as well. We will have extra units in crisis care. We have 8000

nurses in mental health training at the moment, and obviously they will

help boost the numbers. But Janet Davies is absolutely right. This has

to be about getting those training numbers up. And we are very

committed to doing that. Listening to those numbers, you want to have

21,000... Overall. 8000 in training. You have provision for 6600,

including those for children and mental healthcare, children's mental

healthcare, so that leaves you around 7000 short. Will you be able

to fill 7000 nurses if you are not funding student nurses and there is

a pay cut, why would anyone trained to be a nurse? 21,000 is overall,

not just nurses, psychiatrists, that is a therapist who help people with

depression and anxiety, and people elsewhere in the mental health

provision. Nurses are a very important part of it. We are

confident we can get these numbers. There are people who are trained as

nurses and psychiatrists who are not working in the NHS. We have a

programme to attract them back into the NHS. We want to say to them we

have the biggest expansion in mental health provision in Europe going on

at the moment. We are proud of what we are doing. We want to do a lot

more. We have too many people in this country where young life is

blighted because we don't get them the mental healthcare they need

quickly enough and there are too many old people living in isolation

and suffering from depression they think it automatic and we want to

sort it out. It is important and we wouldn't deny that. When it is so

important I wonder how you will recruit nurses with a 1% pay cap and

it seems all you will do is paced advertisements for a job which many

think is underpaid, low paid, annual pay rises going to be less than

inflation, so you are earning less money each year which is frankly

really hard. It is a very tough job and I was a frontline nurses have

never worked harder. -- and I would say. We are expanding the workforce.

There are 6000 more nurses on the frontline that we had in 2010. We

want to expand it further. One of the reasons we have been able to

expand the workforce to date is because with a limited budget in a

difficult economic situation we have shown pay discipline. We have to

balance it against the need for recruitment. The need to keep people

in nursing. That is why we have this independent process with the Pay

Review Body. We will listen carefully to what they say before we

make a final decision. Where will you get the nurses? I am looking at

the Guardian this morning. As we have seen over the last week, there

appears to be tension in the Cabinet over the direction that Brexit and

the negotiations are taking. Now it seems like there is a clash on free

movement. If Brexit means we will limit free movement and reduce

immigration, who is going to fill these post-s in the NHS? The Cabinet

is united. We are going to deliver Brexit, because that is what Britain

voted for. We will leave the EU in March, 2019. And that means leaving

with a deal giving us control of laws, borders and money, which is

what people voted for. Secondly, we are clear that we want Brexit to

make Britain more global and not more isolationist. That means a

business friendly Brexit. It means hospitals after Brexit will be able

to recruit people from overseas in the EU as they do now. And we want

to avoid a cliff edge as we move to a new immigration policy. That will

take a period of time to do that. We recognise for hospitals recruiting

from the EU is a very important part of what they do. We want to have a

gradual transition to a new immigration policy that is voted on

and decided on by British people through parliament, which is what we

can't do at the moment in the EU. It needs to be an implementation

process, that there is been a period of time in which we move to that

approach. There will not be as strategy once we leave the EU, no

strategy lined up? There is a clear strategy. The strategy is a

transition period and work towards a solution. I am asking, this is the

policy, this is the strategy, once we leave the EU? That's what you're

getting on mental health. We have looked very carefully at the number

of psychiatrists, nurses, therapist that we need in mental health. We

want an extra 20 1000. We will do that across the NHS for cancer care,

primary care, every sector of the NHS and every sector of the economy.

Then we can work out what we need, how many people we can get by

training people at home, because there is huge demand for people in

the UK to go to the NHS. It is one of the most popular career routes

people can go into because we have a fantastic NHS. We will still need

people from overseas. We will be very strategic about that. And we

will make sure hospitals can recruit from the EU and from outside the EU.

The doctors and nurses we need. We have around 20% of our doctors were

born overseas. They do a fantastic job. Jeremy Hunt, thank you for your

time this morning. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Did you have a nice weekend, Carol?

Lovely, thank you. Did you do anything special? I had really good

fun. What happened, Carol? I was on stage, and I had a wee song with

Rick Astley, which was really nice. You and Rick Astley on stage,

singing live at a music festival? Yes. I like the sound of that. Do we

have pictures? No, no pictures. Thank you. Moving on with the

weather. This morning is quite chilly to start. Temperatures in

single figures across parts of the UK. For many of us for the next

couple of days we have sunny spells and showers, for some fewer than

over the weekend. Low pressure is driving the weather. You can see

from the isobars they are quite open. It is going to be breezy. At

the moment we have rain moving north-east was across northern

England and Scotland. It will continue to fragment as it does so.

It will turn more showery. He it is at 8am moving northwards. Some

bright spells ahead of it. For Northern Ireland and England,

showers already. Further showers develop. And the same in Wales.

Heavy showers in north Wales. Into the Midlands, East Anglia, London

and into southern counties, yes, there are showers here and there.

For most of us it is dry and that extends into the south-west and

Channel Islands. Isolated showers at this stage. Through the day the

showers will develop further in Wales, the Midlands, northern

England, Northern Ireland and especially Scotland. Some of those

will be heavy and thundery with some hail. Further south, there will be

fewer showers. If you catch one, it won't be as intense as it was

yesterday. We had downpours in Kent yesterday. Through the evening and

overnight, a lot of dry weather and around. Most of the showers fading.

We will see them line up in the west at the end of the night.

Temperature-wise, 11- 14 is in very cool but if you are camping take

extra layers because you will notice it. Tomorrow we start off on a dry

note. It isn't long before the showers develop. Some of those will

be heavy, slow-moving, sundry with hail. In between, there will be some

sunshine and tomorrow is the first of August. Sunshine is strong and it

will be warm, 24, for example, in the south-east. Tuesday into

Wednesday, low pressure is drifting in with the attendant weather

fronts, it is bringing rain and the squeezed isobars tell us that the

wind is going to strengthen. We start off on a dry and bright note

for most of the UK. It is not long before the rain comes in across the

Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Wight, into

south-west England, into Wales, northern England and eventually into

south-west Scotland, and with the combination of wind and rain you

will feel quite cool if you are stuck under it. For the week,

sunshine and showers, Wednesday it would turn rather wet and windy,

then on Thursday the rain breaks down and turns more showery. Things

quieten down it looks like at the moment for the weekend. Thank you

very much. See you later on. When you were young, did you used to

go out... All those years ago? I wasn't going to say that. You would

rush home from school, in the summer holidays, you would run out and you

would leave the house in the morning, come back in for lunch and

you would be out for the rest of the day? The tradition that has

virtually disappeared for a number of reasons, concerns about safety

and traffic issues. As Breakfast's Graham Satchell

has been finding out there is a movement to get children

back out playing in the street. We are in north London. The streets

closed, it is time to play. I am rolling! For many of these children

it is the first time they have ever played out on the street.

Five-year-old Noah is playing noughts and crosses with his dad and

brother, and loving it! I think it is quite amazing, and I like that we

are having a party! Yeah, man. Party, let's go, party! Organised

street play sessions like this started about five years ago in

Bristol. Groups of residents from across the country are applying to

local authorities to close roads and let their children play. I have to

make kids and they spend quite a bit of time inside the house and it is

old school, how I used to play back in the day -- two kids. We used to

go outside and play on the straights, so bringing it back.

Reliving your childhood. Through my children -- streets. A series of

studies published today show these play projects have increased

children's physical activity, improved mental health and social

skills. The advantages are even more widespread. It is not just about the

children playing out. It is about the neighbours are starting to know

each other. There is a nice community here. Having the chance to

get out and see Java and relax is nice and it reminds us of what it

was like when we were kids. There are now more than five hundred St in

45 locations doing play sessions like this but today's study shows

that there would be more if local authority procedures were

streamlined and cost barriers removed. -- 500 streets. It needs to

be made as easy as possible, so there is not lots of bureaucracy and

people can simply reclaim the street for a couple of hours monthly with

minimal paperwork. I think that would be a much bigger uptake.

Meanwhile, Noah has been trying to draw... A stink-bug, half stink-bug,

half man. Perfect. Carry on, young man.

See, the youngsters look like they are having such good time.

Alice Ferguson is the from the Playing Out movement and joins

Everyone can see that. It looks lovely. What about the bureaucracy?

Immediately, it think it would be lovely, let's close the street,

let's do it on Saturday. And then you call the council and what

happens? It depends on your council. And Bristol City Council led the way

a few years ago, putting in a policy that left residents on most quiet

residential streets apply to close once a week -- lets. And is now

quite a few other councils have followed suit. So you are from

Bristol, to you do it in advance? How much warning do you have to

give? Six weeks. There is a process. You need to talk to your neighbours

to make sure people are OK about it. That there are no major concerns and

then, pretty much... So, no cars can leave all come in at all? Cars can

come into the street. The idea is you get two neighbours on each end

of the street wearing high-vis, and their job is to walk cars in, so it

is no intermediates for the people living on the street. Any cars that

want to drive through and use it as a rat run have to go a different

way. The thing is, I don't think anyone could object to it. If it is

working, if you are not being inconvenienced. It works on quiet

residential street. Not everyone lives on a quiet residential street.

Main roads, you know. This is part of the reason we have a decline in

people playing is safety concerns. What should this be used as, in

terms of kickstarting children getting outside again, and parents

feeling comfortable? Yes, obviously you have to use common sense,

whether it is a street that is suitable for it or not. Cul-de-sacs

are amazing. What we have seen are that they use the model for one or

two years and it builds up a culture where it is normal for children to

be playing out on the street. I was out on a street in Bristol where

they have done this for a couple of years. The road was not closed to

cars but there were loads of kids out there. There were parents out

there. And I saw a couple of cars coming in slowly. It is just about

shifting our idea about what a street should be and realising that

it should be a place people can be, you know... Clearly, if it is a

cul-de-sac, it makes an enormous difference. Thank you very much for

your time this morning. And if you have a story that you

want to share with us about what it was like, what it is like, let us

know. Rollerblading. Still got them? No, if

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Thousands of extra mental health workers are to be recruited

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra

The Royal College of Nursing has questioned how so many staff can be

hired and trained in such a short space of time.

Prince Charles will attend the second day of commemorations

to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of

500,000 Allied and German soldiers were killed,

wounded or went missing in action during the three months of fighting

Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a service

with 200 descendants of those who fought there.

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, appears to have stepped back

from a suggestion that the UK could cut taxes and regulation

in a bid to undercut EU countries after Brexit.

In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, he says

the Government has no plans to make big changes to tax policy in order

His remarks are in sharp contrast with what he said earlier

The United States says President Putin's decision to order

755 of its diplomatic staff to leave Russia is unjustified.

They have been told to leave by one September.

The move is in retaliation to new sanctions approved by the US

Congress for Russia's alleged involvement in last year's

presidential election and the annexation of Crimea.

The cost of borrowing money, Sean has a date. The regulator has been

looking at high cost loans -- and a date. Overdrafts as the big one. --

and update. They said a while back it was the maximum they could charge

and they think it has had a good effect for consumers. Today they are

starting to turn their attention to unauthorised overdrafts and they

have said this morning that in a lot of cases you see overdrafts,

unauthorised overdraft, charging more than some payday loans. They

think there needs to be a fundamental change to how that

works. We just don't treat an arranged overdrafts, where you are

going over without having told the bank beforehand, as a loan. What it

is not alone. It is alone, but... Alone that hasn't been agreed to.

People don't treat it as a loan, they treated as if they are a bit

overdrawn, but the costs are very high. We have seen Lloyds make

changes in recent weeks in this market where they have got rid of

unauthorised overdrafts and have a set charge which will come in at

some point. The other area they are looking at is rent to own, where you

rent a fridge or a washing machine, and sometimes you can end up paying,

by the time you have painted Orloff, three or four times what you would

pay if you had the cash to pay it -- paid it all off.

Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will appear

in court in Spain this morning charged with tax evasion.

Prosecutors have accused the player of defrauding the authorities

If found guilty, he could face a prison sentence.

You would need one if you wanted to use what is apparently

the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, which has just

It is around a third of a mile long, and at its highest point nearly 300

So watch your step. It is very narrow, and I bet there will be

people on there. They will jump and start shaking a little bit, just to

see it... Although we can't see how steady it is, it is clearly safe.

Often they have a little bit of movement in them. I would be the one

doing that. Would you? Yes, I am really annoying. More annoying than

usual. Sally, take us to somewhere more comfortable. A brilliant night

last night. There is something about this England team, they are playing

well, scoring goals, defending well. The manager, Mark Sampson, looks

exhausted, but the players look great.

England are through to the semi-finals of the Women's Euros,

after the Lionesses beat France for the first in 43 years.

Next up for Mark Sampson's side are the tournament hosts,

the Netherlands, who they will play on Thursday night.

Our correspondent Katie Gornall was at the match.

England advance, and it feels like a huge step forward.

France had beaten them in the last three major tournaments.

It just shows, the celebration on the pitch, how much it

I don't know how many times I've been involved in games

against France, come away with a win.

So tonight means absolutely everything.

In this latest chapter of an old feud, England

But, in the early stages, the play did not match the PR,

French player Marie-Laure Delie coming closest in a nervy first

Mark Sampson had described his players as a team of streetfighters.

Jill Scott, otherwise impressive, took that to heart.

This would rule her out of the semi-final.

France started to take control until Lucy Bronze cued up the ball,

This is her fifth goal of the tournament.

An injury to Karen Bardsley only added to the tension,

and although France threatened, for the first time in a long time

against their rivals, England held out.

This was a historic win for the Lionesses.

Mark Sampson's side will now face the Netherlands in the last four,

and with the holders, Germany, knocked out,

England are now the favourites for the title.

Our correspondent Katie Gornall was at the match and joins us now.

You said in your report that England are favourites. There is huge

expectation around this site now. 'S is. Looking at how England have

performed in the past against France, for a long time it felt like

they would never beat them. This is a huge step forward. They haven't

beaten France since 1974, before the manager of England was even born. So

you could tell they were absolutely buzzing at the final whistle.

Whereas France have always been better in the past, there is

something different about this English team. There is a confidence,

our belief that hasn't been there before. They are saying they are

better prepared, they are fitter than ever before as well. And a

change I have seen as they are so ruthless in front of goal now. They

don't need many chances, and they take them. That has been summed up

by Jodie Taylor this tournament as well. Speaking to the players

afterwards, normally when you speak to them about a match which has just

happened, they say they want to move on to the next one. This time they

admitted they wanted to enjoy this. They wanted to let it sink in,

Sherratt with their families. They said they wouldn't be sleeping very

much last night. But they are just so excited about what they have

achieved, and now it is onto a huge semi-final against the hosts, the

Netherlands. And I imagine the atmosphere on Thursday would have

been fairly intimidating for this England side. Yes, I think you can

say that. The hosts have not quite embraced the tournament as a whole,

this country, but they have really got behind their team. We have seen

sell-out crowds following the Netherlands throughout this

tournament, and it is a 30,000 seat stadium which I think will be packed

for this England game in the Dutch players are really excited about it.

A lot of the players are based in England, the Arsenal striker being

one, another player from Liverpool. They are the only other team with a

100% record at I don't think anyone will be particularly intimidated by

them. Two years ago they beat the host nations, Canada, despite it

being in front of a packed crowd. There is a confidence and

fearlessness about this England team, and with Germany being knocked

out, they are the favourites, and they seem to wear that tag very

lightly. It is lovely to talk to you. Hopefully two more games for

you to be reporting on at the Euros. Only an almighty South African

defence can stop England's cricketers taking a series lead

on the final day of the third Test. Some big hitting from England's

batsmen meant they were able to declare, setting South Africa

a world record chase of 492 to win. England's bowlers took four

wickets before the close, with two in two balls

for Ben Stokes. South Africa resume this morning

still 375 runs behind. Last-innings pressure,

450 looks like 900 sometimes, especially on a wicket that's

been playing like this. So, you know, we've done very,

very well to get the four wickets. So hopefully we can get these

two here at the moment, and then, you know, finish

it off pretty quickly, Lewis Hamilton says he listened

to his heart rather than his head when he sacrificed a three vital

points at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Briton honoured a promise

made earlier in the race to let his teammate Valtteri Bottas

overtake him to finish third. It allowed race winner

Sebastian Vettel to extend his World Championship lead to 14

points, with nine races to go. It wasn't easy, I didn't do a favour

to Kimi, but towards the end I did come back a bit and had a couple of

laps where I had a bit of a cushion and could read the bet. But I really

had to stay focused the whole race. I should just say thank you very

much indeed to Charlie state for that team effort there. Your problem

we can't tell what he did. He lent me his microphone. Here it is. Would

you like to go on that one? Popping that back on.

Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, today marks 100 years

since one of the bloodiest offensives of the First World War,

Fighting in the summer and autumn of 1917 left more than 500,000 men

Our correspondent Robert Hall is at the Tyne Cot cemetery,

near Ypres, where commemorations will take place later this morning.

Good morning. Yes, good morning. And what an

appropriate place for the ceremony to take place. It is the largest war

cemetery in the world, close to 12,000 graves, with a thousand more

names. And of the 12,000, and large number are unknown. What is also

interesting is that this is in one of the objectives of the battle,

gently sloping ground, which the British needed to take to gain the

advantage. Let's get more on the context to this. Charlotte is an

historian from the Imperial War Museum. Talk through the challenges

for this attack. Looking behind you, looking at Ypres in the distance, it

looks flat, it looks easy to move across. Absolutely. When you look at

this terrain it is flat compared with some areas of England. Any part

of high ground would give you an advantage, so you can see it right

out over the battlefield, as we came this morning. It was extremely

difficult to cross this terrain because it was liquid mud. All of

the shelling caused the land to be disturbed, which meant drainage

systems were destroyed, so it meant very quickly men were waist height

in mud. It took weeks to reach the spot where we are now. It started

quite well. It was dry to start with. The rain came and then went

and then set in. And there were hopes that it would be a success. In

September, they saw dry weather and they made great advances. In

October, the rain returned and winter came early as well. It was

cold and it was wet. You can imagine the streets would have been

miserable and the troops exhausted. The pictures came to symbolise this

battle. Passchendaele was synonymous with the bodies and the mud. It was

hell on earth. They were trying to cross that ground and live in it

once they had gained the ground and reached where they were supposed to.

That is right. We have on display one of the Dock boards used in the

battle. This is a wooden platform put across the landscape to try to

help you get across. There were stories of men who slipped off and

many drowned in the mud. That image would haunt veterans for years to

come. Let me bring in Colonel Paddy Jackson. You lost a relative in the

battle around Ypres. Think back to last night. Charlotte was talking

about the terrible losses. Last night there was an excellent effort

from Ypres, from a collective group of people, to tell the story. What

did you make of that? It was an amazing privilege to be there. To

see the effort they had gone into. This is a huge story. To capture

that story through commemoration last night and later, most

impressive was the light show and the projections onto the cloth hall.

And within that, the testimony of the veterans who had been

fortuitously recorded in the 1960s, I think. Yes, interesting point.

Sorry to interrupt. The testimony is from a generation that is now gone.

We look across Tyne Cot and we wonder where we go from here. Where

does the army go? You are a serving soldier. When we think back on this,

and we heard from Charlotte about the fight to get to where we are.

That required a huge amount of courage and discipline, but also...

And these themes still run through up to date with soldiers today who

display that integrity and the selfless commitment ultimately that

got the army here in 1917. And so, I think it isn't over, there is a

sense of the sacrifices that were made there. Certainly from a

soldier's perspective. I have seen the same values on display on

operations - soldiers today are not that different. Thank you both very

much indeed. And we will follow the developments that move towards that

ceremony during the morning here on BBC News and of course a special

programme later on as well, so you can watch the ceremony live.

Thank you very much. Yes. And there's a BBC One Special

programme, World War One Remembered: Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. It is still quite gloomy sometimes,

isn't it? Yes, sometimes, Na, though there is still sunshine in the

forecast. For the next couple of days, sunshine and showers. That is

sunshine and showers, not just showers. Midweek, we are looking at

rain, it will be windy. The rain will fragment, leading us into the

end of the week, when we return to sunshine and showers. It is looking

quieter this weekend. Today, low pressure is dominating the weather.

We also have isobars here. That means it won't be as windy as it was

for some over the weekend. We have a weak weather frontrunning

northwards. It will continue to fragment across Scotland through the

morning and stern showery. We have breezy conditions, nothing very

strong, and a lot of dry weather. Through the day showers will

develop. Especially heavy across Wales, the Midlands, northern

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where we might see thunder

and lightning and hail. Further south showers are fewer and further

between and less intense than on the weekend. So a lot of dry weather and

a lot of sunshine. It is the 31st of July. Temperatures will get up to 22

or 23. Across East Anglia and into the Midlands lot of dry weather. But

the north Midlands were prone to more showers. Not all of us will

catch one. There is a higher chance of seeing a shower. Not all of us

will see one. It could be sundry with some hail. It is the same for

Northern Ireland. There is the odd heavy one but in between quite a bit

of dry weather. For Wales, sunshine and showers sums it up. Don't

forget, in the sunshine it will feel pleasant. As we had on through the

course of the evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade. We

will see some of them line up in the west. Temperature-wise, falling

between 11- 14 or 15 Celsius. If you are camping, take something warm

with you. Otherwise, temperatures are not too bad. And into tomorrow

we start with showers in the west, and then through the day you will

find more showers will develop and it is a similar scenario - not all

of us will see one but some will be heavy and thundery. And again in the

sunshine, temperatures up to 23, 24 in the south-east. As removing to

Wednesday, that's when we have the next area of low pressure coming in.

It is more potent. It will bring rain and a squeeze on the isobars

tells you it will be accompanied by windy conditions. We start on a dry

and bright note with sunshine in central and eastern areas. Then the

area of low pressure comes in, taking rain with it, steadily moving

north-east was through the day. And timing wise, this chart ends at 4pm.

Four o'clock on the dot, OK. Thank you.

The Internet has had an effect on how we purchase everything. And Sean

is going to explain how we buy houses as well. We have seen an

increase in how many people are buying homes online through online

estate agents. It has been a tough time for estate agents generally.

Countrywide, and Foxtons as well, have reported huge falls in profit.

There is a report out this morning which reckons around 5000 estate

agents around the country have financial problems. We have heard a

lot about how few houses agents have at the moment. That is making it

tough to make money. And there is increased competition from online

estate agents. Has the high street estate agent had its day? The ones

we have were really good and we had no problems with them although we

developed a relationship with the person we bought the house from as

well so it was seamless. I remember the estate agent clearly so that I

never use them again. It wasn't a great experience. In future, we are

going to sell our house shortly, we might do an online one where you pay

a certain fee. If you have an online presence with one of the Purple Bri

or one of those, then I don't see why you should pay more. If you have

bricks and mortar with the traditional estate agent, in

reality, the service is no different.

Robert Reed is an estate agent from Cheshire.

Is it tough times out there for estate agents? Estate agencies are a

competition industry and they always will be and there is a mixed

picture. Some estate agents have found the market, have found deals

to be done, and some areas it is tougher because of shortage of stock

in the first place. Across the country it is a mixed picture. There