02/08/2017

:00:00. > :00:18.After 65 years of service, Prince Philip prepares to step back from

:00:19. > :00:21.public life. He will meet Royal Marines in his

:00:22. > :00:35.final appearance before a officially retiring from royal duties.

:00:36. > :00:47.Good morning. It's Wednesday, the second of August. Also coming up

:00:48. > :00:54.this morning... I've given up my car, I can't afford holidays. More

:00:55. > :00:57.than 1 million women have become poorer because of delays to their

:00:58. > :01:03.state pensions, according to new research. Up to 3000 elderly people

:01:04. > :01:07.won't be able to find a bed at a UK care home to the end of next year.

:01:08. > :01:12.We have a special investigation. It has been for months been -- since

:01:13. > :01:19.those business rate changes affected millions of companies. Didcot has

:01:20. > :01:23.seen some of the biggest rises. In sport, as Usain Bolt get set to

:01:24. > :01:27.race for the final time, a time Olympic champion has told us the

:01:28. > :01:35.sport will die if athletes keep doping.

:01:36. > :01:43.And plans to rip up speed bumps in a -- an effort to tackle speed bumps.

:01:44. > :01:47.For many of us it's a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. But

:01:48. > :01:52.we have rain coming to the south-west. That will be moving

:01:53. > :01:57.north-east. Some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. It will

:01:58. > :02:02.be accompanied by casting wins. More details on 15 minutes.

:02:03. > :02:07.The Duke of Edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement

:02:08. > :02:11.before he retires from royal duty this afternoon.

:02:12. > :02:14.Prince Philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade

:02:15. > :02:18.In May it was announced he would be retiring after spending more

:02:19. > :02:21.than six decades supporting the Queen as well as attending

:02:22. > :02:23.events for his own charities and organisations.

:02:24. > :02:30.Here's more from our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.

:02:31. > :02:33.He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life

:02:34. > :02:37.ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947.

:02:38. > :02:40.And although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes

:02:41. > :02:43.got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion

:02:44. > :02:47.to royal duty, most often in support of the Queen and also in pursuit

:02:48. > :02:58.of his own programme, with issues like the environment

:02:59. > :03:00.and the development of the awards programme for children,

:03:01. > :03:03.which he created and which is named after him.

:03:04. > :03:05.But this afternoon it will come to an end.

:03:06. > :03:08.The Duke, who turns 96 in June, will attend his last solo

:03:09. > :03:10.engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines

:03:11. > :03:12.on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

:03:13. > :03:15.It is not a complete retirement from public life.

:03:16. > :03:20.The Duke may still accompany the Queen to certain events,

:03:21. > :03:23.but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and 600

:03:24. > :03:26.solo overseas visits since the Queen came to the throne it marks

:03:27. > :03:31.a significant moment for the Duke and for the Queen.

:03:32. > :03:35.No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of the public

:03:36. > :03:37.appearances, other younger members of the Royal family

:03:38. > :03:39.will take his place, as the self-declared leading plaque

:03:40. > :03:47.unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier.

:03:48. > :03:50.We'll be speaking to the Royal Editor of the Sunday Express

:03:51. > :03:54.about Prince Philip's role within the Royal family at 7:10am.

:03:55. > :03:57.More than 1 million women in their early 60s are worse-off

:03:58. > :04:01.financially as a result of the rise in the state pension age.

:04:02. > :04:04.The Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the change,

:04:05. > :04:07.which saves the government ?5 billion a year,

:04:08. > :04:10.sees those affected lose more than ?30 a week on average.

:04:11. > :04:12.Our Personal Finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.

:04:13. > :04:16.Waiting for your pension and struggling to get by.

:04:17. > :04:19.Shirley from Aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill-health

:04:20. > :04:22.and she won't qualify for the state pension until she's 66.

:04:23. > :04:24.I can't afford holidays, I've given up my car.

:04:25. > :04:38.But it's the only thing I've got really, not getting my pension,

:04:39. > :04:44.Pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men.

:04:45. > :04:48.By the end of the decade they'll be 66 for both with reform

:04:49. > :04:56.The result is more than a million women in their early 60s having

:04:57. > :04:59.weekly average incomes ?32 less than they would have been,

:05:00. > :05:02.the hit would be bigger but for the fact many are working.

:05:03. > :05:05.18% are living in poverty, that's on under ?237 a week

:05:06. > :05:13.Perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones

:05:14. > :05:16.who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but can't do

:05:17. > :05:19.so because they can't find work or their health prevents them

:05:20. > :05:23.Women have been campaigning for compensation saying they weren't

:05:24. > :05:26.given enough warning of the pension changes which save ?5

:05:27. > :05:30.But the government says they're fair and, because of rising life

:05:31. > :05:32.expectancy, women now get the state pension for longer

:05:33. > :05:39.Recent unrest in English and Welsh prisons is causing "grave concern",

:05:40. > :05:44.according to the President of the Prison Governors Association.

:05:45. > :05:46.In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said

:05:47. > :05:50.a decision to separate operational and policy decisions in the prison

:05:51. > :05:56.The letter comes after two days of trouble at The Mount Prison in

:05:57. > :06:03.The Ministry of Justice said it was dealing with long-term

:06:04. > :06:06.Stronger powers to cut off funding for terrorists,

:06:07. > :06:09.by freezing their assets and blocking access to bank

:06:10. > :06:10.accounts, will form part of the Government's plans

:06:11. > :06:14.to introduce the UK's own post-Brexit sanctions regime.

:06:15. > :06:16.Our assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster

:06:17. > :06:22.Norman, the government says this new legislation will make it easier

:06:23. > :06:38.It will set out a distinctive British sanctions policy. At the

:06:39. > :06:42.moment our sanctions are trade embargoes, travel ban is, as it

:06:43. > :06:46.freezes on suspected tariffs, all imposed through the EU. We operate

:06:47. > :06:50.as a block. Now we will have to have our own sanctions policy. The

:06:51. > :06:54.government is saying they want to make it easier to seize the assets

:06:55. > :07:01.of terror suspects because under the current EU system the government has

:07:02. > :07:04.to show that not only is someone thought to be part of a terrorist

:07:05. > :07:08.organisation but they also represent a threat to the public. Under the

:07:09. > :07:11.new system they will simply have to show that they believe they might be

:07:12. > :07:15.part of a terror organisation, so it will be easier to stop them selling

:07:16. > :07:19.their house or stop them selling their car to raise funds for

:07:20. > :07:22.terrorism and on our way, say the government, they believe it will

:07:23. > :07:23.give the government are better chance to tackle terrorism. Thanks

:07:24. > :07:26.for explaining that. America is not seeking to invade

:07:27. > :07:29.North Korea or oust its leader Kim That's according to its Secretary

:07:30. > :07:32.of State, Rex Tillerson. He was speaking after a senior

:07:33. > :07:34.Republican senator said President Trump considered

:07:35. > :07:37.going to war with North Korea Last week, the communist country

:07:38. > :07:45.carried out a second test of an intercontinental ballistic

:07:46. > :07:47.missile, in defiance Police looking for the missing

:07:48. > :07:51.airman Corrie McKeague say they're examining

:07:52. > :07:53.whether material found at an incinerator plant

:07:54. > :07:56.in Ipswich is linked to him. The 23-year-old was last seen

:07:57. > :07:59.near a bin loading bay following a night out

:08:00. > :08:03.in Suffolk last September. Police ended a 20 week search

:08:04. > :08:06.of a nearby landfill site last Road safety campaigners say

:08:07. > :08:17.a government proposal to reduce air pollution by removing speed humps

:08:18. > :08:20.would be dangerous and ineffective. They claim the move would make

:08:21. > :08:23.pedestrians less safe and encourage more parents to drive

:08:24. > :08:25.their children to school. The BBC's Environment and Energy

:08:26. > :08:34.correspondent Roger Harrabin Children are vulnerable to polluted

:08:35. > :08:37.air. It can harm to develop and their lungs. But the government's

:08:38. > :08:42.plan to combat pollution includes paying council to rip up speed humps

:08:43. > :08:48.installed to protect those same children. Here is why cars will

:08:49. > :08:52.typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of

:08:53. > :08:56.it, increasing pollution in the process. Safety campaigners say if

:08:57. > :09:00.councils remove humps without replacing them with something else

:09:01. > :09:05.to slow traffic it simply increase the risk for children. -- it will

:09:06. > :09:12.simply. Rachel is a safety campaign based in Cardiff, where she walks

:09:13. > :09:14.her two-year-old to nursery. Her organisation is writing to

:09:15. > :09:18.ministers, criticising the decision to remove speed bounce. It's a

:09:19. > :09:22.really weak plan based on really weak evidence. Getting Redox be

:09:23. > :09:26.bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality.

:09:27. > :09:29.It's going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban

:09:30. > :09:35.areas like this and the money could be spent elsewhere. The challenge

:09:36. > :09:38.over humps created confusion in Whitehall, with different department

:09:39. > :09:41.saying they weren't responsible for the policy. A government spokesman

:09:42. > :09:43.said later that he would ensure that any changes on roads didn't reduce

:09:44. > :09:46.safety. Former Spitfire pilot

:09:47. > :09:48.Ken Wilkinson has died, Ken was one of the last surviving

:09:49. > :09:57.Battle of Britain pilots who were known as The Few,

:09:58. > :10:02.after Winston Churchill's famous phrase, "never was so much owed

:10:03. > :10:05.by so many to so few." In a statement, the Battle

:10:06. > :10:08.of Britain Memorial Trust said Ken He famously made headlines in 2015

:10:09. > :10:12.when he jokingly told off Prince William for flying

:10:13. > :10:22.helicopters instead of planes. Well, because he doesn't fly proper

:10:23. > :10:28.aeroplanes, he flies choppers. I said, there's nothing like the sound

:10:29. > :10:28.of a Merlin and he hasn't got that pleasure.

:10:29. > :10:31.Three Australian women trying to save their bowls club

:10:32. > :10:33.from closure have become overnight internet stars,

:10:34. > :10:36.after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the Beyonce

:10:37. > :10:41.The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video

:10:42. > :10:45.after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn

:10:46. > :10:49.A warning, there is some flash photography at the very start

:10:50. > :10:56.What does the queen of pop, Beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn balls

:10:57. > :11:10.Meet Terri, Janine and Wyn, from Melbourne.

:11:11. > :11:14.Their parody of Beyonce's Single Ladies has been watched at least 1

:11:15. > :11:33.They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink

:11:34. > :11:36.plans to build an indoor stadium on this site.

:11:37. > :11:39.One of our younger members, Denise, she had obviously been in PR,

:11:40. > :11:43.just cottoned on to the song, Beyonce's song, and two of us had

:11:44. > :11:53.heard of Beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song.

:11:54. > :11:55.Wyn says the club, founded in the 1950s,

:11:56. > :12:06.has 600 members and is like a big family.

:12:07. > :12:12.The council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling

:12:13. > :12:16.with demand for sporting facilities. Now the ladies hope their fancy

:12:17. > :12:21.footwork may just catch Beyonce's attention.

:12:22. > :12:27.Don't mess with them! Two of them didn't know who Beyonce

:12:28. > :12:31.was. It didn't stop them.

:12:32. > :12:38.They were fantastic. What do you reckon? I think they are

:12:39. > :12:42.brilliant! I hope I can still do that in my 70s.

:12:43. > :12:46.Good luck to them. What have you got for us?

:12:47. > :12:53.Usain Bolt, who is racing in London this weekend. He would have the --

:12:54. > :12:58.retired by Sunday. Will we win the 100 metres? He has only run

:12:59. > :13:01.undetected seconds once this season, a couple of weeks ago in Monaco, the

:13:02. > :13:11.people are saying... Perhaps ex-con it a -- perhaps. He is confident as

:13:12. > :13:17.ever. It's not a big enough word to describe how he thinks of himself.

:13:18. > :13:20.One of sports biggest stars, Usain Bolt, as I said has issued

:13:21. > :13:23.a stark warning ahead of the final races of his career.

:13:24. > :13:26.The eight-time Olympic champion who will retire

:13:27. > :13:29.after the World Championships in London which begin this weekend.

:13:30. > :13:33.But he told the BBC that athletics "will die" if doping in the sport

:13:34. > :13:39.That is actually fairly low key for him.

:13:40. > :13:42.England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of Women's Euro

:13:43. > :13:45.2017 after breaking her leg in Sunday's quarter-final win over

:13:46. > :13:49.Siobhan Chamberlain is now likely to step in to face the Netherlands

:13:50. > :13:55.There's another injury scare for Daniel Sturridge.

:13:56. > :13:58.The Liverpool striker scored, but then goes off injured in a pre

:13:59. > :14:02.season friendly against Bayern Munich in Germany.

:14:03. > :14:05.Manager Jurgen Klopp says he hopes it isn't serious.

:14:06. > :14:08.And Big Orange failed to become the first horse to win

:14:09. > :14:11.the Goodwood Cup three times in a row.

:14:12. > :14:14.Frankie Dettori's favourite lost out to Stradivarius on the opening

:14:15. > :14:22.Much more on Usain Bolt and the fantastic press conference that he

:14:23. > :14:30.held yesterday. We've got a treat on the sofa today.

:14:31. > :14:36.Lots of treats. I thought you meant chocolate, what you mean Adam Peaty.

:14:37. > :14:39.Both pretty sweet! And Alastair Cook. As well as talking about Usain

:14:40. > :14:42.Bolt. I thought you were going to say they

:14:43. > :14:51.were tasty. Only in private...

:14:52. > :14:59.This morning for some of us, a fine but chilly start. For others, a wet

:15:00. > :15:03.one. Rain coming in from the south-west accompanied by stronger

:15:04. > :15:09.winds, that is moving north eastwards. Concentrating on this

:15:10. > :15:14.area of pressure in the north. The wind is going to strengthen. Ahead

:15:15. > :15:18.of that, a lot of dry weather. Some heavy rain this morning across parts

:15:19. > :15:23.of Cornwall and Devon, South Wales as well. As that moves north, some

:15:24. > :15:28.fragmenting. Cloud moving ahead of that as well. Four Northwest

:15:29. > :15:32.England, a bright start. One or two showers. Rain close to Southern

:15:33. > :15:39.Ireland, Northern Ireland mostly dry. For most of Scotland, dry and

:15:40. > :15:44.sunny to start. Highlands temperatures have dipped. A chilly

:15:45. > :15:50.start. Across north-east England, a dry and bright start. That extends

:15:51. > :15:56.down across the Midlands, east Anglia, Essex and Kent. Temperatures

:15:57. > :16:01.around six degrees Celsius in London. These weather fronts,

:16:02. > :16:06.spreading out as they move north eastwards. Heavy and persistent rain

:16:07. > :16:09.across the Channel Islands and Southern counties. Pushing through

:16:10. > :16:15.Northern Ireland into Scotland, leaving behind that some showers.

:16:16. > :16:19.You will find it will be quite muggy in some parts, humid air across

:16:20. > :16:24.Northern Ireland and Wales. Rain continuing to journey, steadily

:16:25. > :16:30.moving in the direction of the North Sea. Picking up overnight across the

:16:31. > :16:37.south-east. Quite windy, but also quite humid. Not a cold night. Low

:16:38. > :16:42.temperatures, 12- 16 degrees. That is how the day starts tomorrow. The

:16:43. > :16:49.rain ensconced across the Northern Isles, behind that, rotating around

:16:50. > :16:54.this area of low pressure, showers. Some heavy and thundery, some hail

:16:55. > :16:58.across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Try a further south,

:16:59. > :17:05.temperatures roughly where they should be. High temperatures, 14- 22

:17:06. > :17:09.as they pushed further south. On Friday, a day of sunshine and

:17:10. > :17:14.showers. Most showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some

:17:15. > :17:18.blown in across northern England, possibly into Wales. Driest

:17:19. > :17:23.conditions in the south. Saturday, the driest conditions in the south.

:17:24. > :17:31.Some showers in the breeze further north. Temperatures 14- 22. In the

:17:32. > :17:38.next couple of days, heading through Friday, Saturday and Sunday, looking

:17:39. > :17:43.pretty good weatherwise. Back to you in the studio.

:17:44. > :17:54.At last, it is looking better fantastic. -- better, fantastic.

:17:55. > :18:00.The Daily Mail drawing attention to some of the problems that they say

:18:01. > :18:06.British tourists are having. Queueing up for four hours at

:18:07. > :18:12.airports across the UK. They are saying that new restrictions, lack

:18:13. > :18:19.of staff and other problems are affecting travel. We will be talking

:18:20. > :18:25.about that with the Association of British travel agents later in the

:18:26. > :18:30.programme. Now, there is a row erupting between British Gas and the

:18:31. > :18:36.government over renewable subsidies. British Gas is claiming that this is

:18:37. > :18:41.going to rise because the government has put, because of a rise in

:18:42. > :18:51.electricity bills, we spoke to the head of that yesterday. They are

:18:52. > :18:55.blaming the government for the rise. She looks brilliant, doesn't she?

:18:56. > :19:00.She is saying that, to get more golfers into the game, young golfers

:19:01. > :19:06.should be allowed to wear what they are comfortable in. If that means it

:19:07. > :19:13.is short shorts or a deep neck on your T-shirt, that should be fine.

:19:14. > :19:20.This is in retaliation to be LPGA saying that they do not want women

:19:21. > :19:30.wearing shorts that shows a" bottom areas", nor do they want women

:19:31. > :19:39.wearing low-cut shirts. If you want to wear a short pair of shorts on a

:19:40. > :19:46.hot day, you should do it. Why does sport, why do women need to be over

:19:47. > :19:50.sexualised, wearing what ever pair of shorts and whatever colour

:19:51. > :19:54.T-shirt you want to wear should not make a difference. The attention

:19:55. > :20:00.should be on your game, not on what you are wearing. I get the point,

:20:01. > :20:06.this woman wants young people to be interested in sport, surely that's a

:20:07. > :20:17.good thing. I am going to call it 15- 15. The Daily Mirror, the

:20:18. > :20:21.biggest killer shark caught in the UK, but they did put it back. I

:20:22. > :20:24.don't know how big it is, but it looks quite big.

:20:25. > :20:28.I don't know how big it is, but it looks quite

:20:29. > :20:31.There is a growing shortfall in the number of beds needed to care

:20:32. > :20:34.for the elderly across the UK according to a BBC investigation.

:20:35. > :20:39.By the end of next year up to 3,000 people won't be able to find a place

:20:40. > :20:43.The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services is calling

:20:44. > :20:46.for more money to be spent on nurses and carers so people can receive

:20:47. > :21:01.This man visits his grandmother every day. She moved into the home

:21:02. > :21:04.care centre 12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and she could

:21:05. > :21:10.not be looked over our time -- looked after. She is really looked

:21:11. > :21:15.after, they provide her activities and take her on trips, she recently

:21:16. > :21:19.went to Blackpool. We are really happy with that. But in June,

:21:20. > :21:24.Bradford Council decided to close the home. It was supposedly too

:21:25. > :21:28.expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another place for her to

:21:29. > :21:33.live. This is not an isolated case. One in 20 care home beds have closed

:21:34. > :21:42.in the UK in the past three years. In two months, work will be

:21:43. > :21:47.complete. This will be a television room. There will also be 70 bedrooms

:21:48. > :21:51.with en suites. Research suggests we are not building enough care homes

:21:52. > :21:58.like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall. The data suggest that by

:21:59. > :22:05.the end of next year, there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds. By 2026,

:22:06. > :22:09.they predict the industry could be 70,000 beds short. There are more

:22:10. > :22:15.people living for longer. Next day, there will be 2.5 million more

:22:16. > :22:25.people over 65. That means there will be anticipated demand for hair

:22:26. > :22:28.to make care homes. As capacity decreases, there will be more

:22:29. > :22:32.pressure on NHS beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital,

:22:33. > :22:38.because they can't cope at home. This company builds more care homes

:22:39. > :22:42.than any other provider. They add 600 beds per year. But it isn't

:22:43. > :22:48.enough. In the future, those that need help might not be able to get

:22:49. > :22:55.it. Potentially, the eligibility criteria will be waived, so

:22:56. > :23:00.increasingly, we will see only the most wealthy clients will meet the

:23:01. > :23:07.criteria in future. The government say they have given local

:23:08. > :23:12.authorities an extra ?2 billion to help, but the fear is that they will

:23:13. > :23:16.end up in a similar situation to this woman. This care home will

:23:17. > :23:20.close in the autumn, and they are struggling to find a new one. She is

:23:21. > :23:23.going to have to move. It is a question of, is it going to be my

:23:24. > :23:30.bedroom? Where am I going? You can hear more about this

:23:31. > :23:34.on "You and Yours" on Radio 4 And Samantha will join us

:23:35. > :23:37.to answer your questions about care home provision in

:23:38. > :23:39.just under an hour. Back in April, businesses in England

:23:40. > :23:46.and Wales faced what analysts called the largest changes to business

:23:47. > :23:51.rates in a generation. We reported that 25,000 small

:23:52. > :23:54.businesses were facing big hikes, 4 months on, Sean is in Didcot

:23:55. > :24:10.to find out how firms Is this an illustration of some of

:24:11. > :24:15.the Riblon -- problems? Yes, it closed down on Saturday, hence the

:24:16. > :24:19.bare shelves. Business rates are not the only reason they have closed

:24:20. > :24:32.down, they saw a big rise in April. A big change in valuations. Many

:24:33. > :24:39.companies saw a big rise. Around the back of these buildings, this is the

:24:40. > :24:44.old high Street, but around the back there is a new shopping centre.

:24:45. > :24:49.Yesterday, I got a two to find out how much had changed around the

:24:50. > :24:59.area. What has changed over the years? Ten years ago, this wasn't

:25:00. > :25:03.here. This is the developing area, this is the first phase of the new

:25:04. > :25:09.centre. We have a second phase being built now, we might see that a bit

:25:10. > :25:15.later. We have elicited from having lots of new businesses come in.

:25:16. > :25:20.Should we go and have a look at the independent stores on the

:25:21. > :25:30.traditional high-street? You know these places a bit better than I do.

:25:31. > :25:39.?300,000, when you look at that price, is that expensive? I assume

:25:40. > :25:42.that they have looked at the overall values of the buildings, residential

:25:43. > :25:50.or business, and they have adjusted the rates to that higher value. They

:25:51. > :25:53.feel they should be getting that business because they are on the

:25:54. > :25:59.high street. The area has changed? Yes, it used to be the busy shopping

:26:00. > :26:04.area, now it is all in the shopping centre. So, the calculation is being

:26:05. > :26:16.made as if this was a busy high street, but that was decades ago.

:26:17. > :26:22.Exactly. It was really interesting walking around this street. There

:26:23. > :26:29.are a lot of charity shops, takeaway is, very few independent businesses

:26:30. > :26:37.like there were many years ago. They are effectively acting as a council

:26:38. > :26:42.tax on businesses, they are based mainly on property value and the

:26:43. > :26:47.rent you can get for it. We are looking at what else has affected

:26:48. > :26:49.the businesses to get them to close down. We will be talking to business

:26:50. > :30:09.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:30:10. > :30:15.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:16. > :30:17.Now though it's back to Naga and Charlie.

:30:18. > :30:21.Hello, this is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

:30:22. > :30:28.We'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment.

:30:29. > :30:32.Thousands of holidaymakers are being caught up in long delays

:30:33. > :30:36.We'll ask why some border and security checks are taking

:30:37. > :30:46.As a child he refused to sit in the bath and now at the age of 22

:30:47. > :30:57.Adam Peaty is here on our sofa after 8am.

:30:58. > :30:59.If you like singers to have soul, you'll

:31:00. > :31:04.the Queen of British blues, who'll also join us later.

:31:05. > :31:11.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:12. > :31:14.The Duke of Edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement

:31:15. > :31:17.before he retires from royal duty this afternoon.

:31:18. > :31:19.Prince Philip, who'se 96 years old, will attend a parade

:31:20. > :31:26.In May it was announced he would be retiring after spending more

:31:27. > :31:29.than six decades supporting the Queen as well as attending

:31:30. > :31:32.events for his own charities and organisations.

:31:33. > :31:34.Here's more from our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.

:31:35. > :31:40.We'll be speaking to the Royal Editor of the Sunday Express

:31:41. > :31:43.He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life

:31:44. > :31:47.ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947.

:31:48. > :31:49.And although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes

:31:50. > :31:52.got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion

:31:53. > :31:56.to royal duty, most often in support of the Queen and also in pursuit

:31:57. > :32:00.of his own programme, with issues like the environment

:32:01. > :32:02.and the development of the awards programme for children,

:32:03. > :32:08.which he created and which is named after him.

:32:09. > :32:10.But this afternoon it will come to an end.

:32:11. > :32:14.The Duke, who turns 96 in June, will attend his last solo

:32:15. > :32:16.engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines

:32:17. > :32:21.on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

:32:22. > :32:23.It's not a complete retirement from public life,

:32:24. > :32:26.the Duke may still accompany the Queen to certain events,

:32:27. > :32:28.but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and 600

:32:29. > :32:31.solo overseas visits since the Queen came to the throne it marks

:32:32. > :32:35.a significant moment for the Duke and for the Queen.

:32:36. > :32:39.No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of the public

:32:40. > :32:41.appearances, other younger members of the Royal family

:32:42. > :32:44.will take his place, as the self-declared leading plaque

:32:45. > :32:55.unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier.

:32:56. > :32:58.More than a million women in their early 60s are worse off

:32:59. > :33:02.financially as a result of the increase in the state pension

:33:03. > :33:17.According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, raising the age

:33:18. > :33:21.from 60 to 63 was saving the government ?5 billion a year

:33:22. > :33:24.but those affected were losing more than ?30

:33:25. > :33:28.The Department for Work and Pensions says the changes are fair

:33:29. > :33:32.Recent unrest in English and Welsh jails is causing "grave concern",

:33:33. > :33:35.according to the President of the Prison Governors Association.

:33:36. > :33:37.In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said

:33:38. > :33:40.a decision to separate operational and policy decisions was "madness".

:33:41. > :33:43.The letter comes after two days of trouble at The Mount

:33:44. > :33:46.The Ministry of Justice said it was dealing with long-term

:33:47. > :33:51.America is not seeking to invade North Korea or oust its leader Kim

:33:52. > :33:54.That's according to its Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

:33:55. > :33:56.He was speaking after a senior Republican senator said

:33:57. > :33:58.President Trump considered going to war as an option.

:33:59. > :34:02.Last week North Korea carried out a second test of an intercontinental

:34:03. > :34:09.ballistic missile, in defiance of a United Nations ban.

:34:10. > :34:11.Police looking for the missing airman Corrie McKeague

:34:12. > :34:13.say they're examining whether material found

:34:14. > :34:16.at an incinerator plant in Ipswich is linked to him.

:34:17. > :34:18.The 23-year-old was last seen near a bin loading bay

:34:19. > :34:24.following a night out in Suffolk last September.

:34:25. > :34:27.Police ended a 20 week search of a nearby landfill

:34:28. > :34:32.Road safety campaigners say a government proposal to reduce air

:34:33. > :34:39.pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective.

:34:40. > :34:42.Humps cause cars to burn more fuel, as drivers accelerate

:34:43. > :34:46.Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal,

:34:47. > :34:49.but others say the move would endanger pedestrians

:34:50. > :34:51.and force more parents to drive their children to school.

:34:52. > :34:53.Former Spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died,

:34:54. > :34:58.Ken was one of the last surviving Battle of Britain pilots

:34:59. > :35:07.who were known as 'the few', after Winston Churchill's famous

:35:08. > :35:10.phrase, that never "was so much owed by so many to so few".

:35:11. > :35:14.The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Ken would be "dearly" missed.

:35:15. > :35:17.He hit the headlines in 2015 when he jokingly told off

:35:18. > :35:23.Prince William for flying helicopters instead of planes.

:35:24. > :35:26.They may be God's representatives on earth, but it seems that even

:35:27. > :35:30.priests can struggle to get past the beady eye of a pub bouncer.

:35:31. > :35:32.This group of trainee clergymen were initially turned away

:35:33. > :35:35.from a bar in central Cardiff because the doorman assumed

:35:36. > :35:38.they were a stag party in fancy dress.

:35:39. > :35:41.A member of staff quickly realised the mistake and invited them

:35:42. > :35:47.The group are said to have seen the funny side.

:35:48. > :36:01.They had a good night out. Easy mistake to make, really.

:36:02. > :36:06.I've never seen as dad -- a stag party dressed up as priests.

:36:07. > :36:14.You haven't lived! Have you ever seen Father Ted? That's what that

:36:15. > :36:17.story reminds me of. Talking about Usain Bolt for possibly one of the

:36:18. > :36:22.last times in a competitive sense. He was speaking yesterday at head of

:36:23. > :36:26.his race in London this weekend. I mentioned earlier he will go in the

:36:27. > :36:31.100 metres and the relay as well. So we haven't quite seen the last of

:36:32. > :36:35.him. IT has been talking about in athletics and how that needs to be

:36:36. > :36:37.tackled more than anything else -- but he has been.

:36:38. > :36:40.The eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has told the BBC that

:36:41. > :36:43.if athletes continue to use drugs the sport "will die."

:36:44. > :36:46.Bolt will run the final races of his career

:36:47. > :36:49.at the World Championships in London, which start this weekend.

:36:50. > :36:52.He says after hitting "rock bottom", athletics is now beginning to move

:36:53. > :37:03.We are going in the right direction now. I think we made changes and I

:37:04. > :37:07.said earlier that the sport hit rock bottom last season, so now it's

:37:08. > :37:11.moving forward and I think it's going in the right direction now. I

:37:12. > :37:16.think as long as athletes understand that if they keep this up the sport

:37:17. > :37:20.will die and then they won't have a job, so hopefully athletes

:37:21. > :37:22.understand that and will help the sport move forward.

:37:23. > :37:25.England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of Women's Euro

:37:26. > :37:27.2017 after it's been revealed she broke her leg.

:37:28. > :37:30.The Manchester City keeper was injured in the second half

:37:31. > :37:33.of Sunday's quarter-final win over France but managed to walk

:37:34. > :37:37.Siobhan Chamberlain, who came on for Bardsley,

:37:38. > :37:41.is now likely to face the Netherlands in tomorrow night's

:37:42. > :37:51.The camp was a bit down, but from her point of view we will all

:37:52. > :37:56.rallying around her and support her. We know she did a fantastic job to

:37:57. > :38:01.get to this point, in the last tournament and the last three years,

:38:02. > :38:05.and she will play a big part of the field. She will be with us,

:38:06. > :38:06.supporting her teammates from the sidelines rather than the field.

:38:07. > :38:09.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridge's thigh

:38:10. > :38:11.injury isn't serious, after the striker went off injured

:38:12. > :38:18.Sturridge scored his sides last goal in a 3-0 win

:38:19. > :38:21.against Bayern Munich in Germany, but he immediately pulled up

:38:22. > :38:23.and was subbed just before full time.

:38:24. > :38:26.Injuries have limited Sturridge to 46 league appearances in the past

:38:27. > :38:37.Ahead of England's fourth and final test against South Africa,

:38:38. > :38:40.Stuart Broad says the side are firmly focussed

:38:41. > :38:43.England go into the match, which starts on Friday

:38:44. > :38:46.at Old Trafford, with a 2-1 lead in the series.

:38:47. > :38:49.I certainly don't think we will be looking to go out

:38:50. > :38:55.We need to play the way that naturally we've got characters

:38:56. > :38:58.That is that sort of counter-attacking, free-flowing

:38:59. > :39:00.play, but using the experience and adaptability to be able

:39:01. > :39:07.So we will be going out to win this Test match,

:39:08. > :39:11.and I think that is when we play at our best, when we are looking

:39:12. > :39:15.Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the second

:39:16. > :39:19.He beat Hyeon Chung of South Korea in straight sets.

:39:20. > :39:21.Heather Watson is out of the Women's Singles.

:39:22. > :39:24.She was beaten in straight sets by Patricia Maria Tig from Romania,

:39:25. > :39:27.who's ranked 134 in the world, 59 places below Watson.

:39:28. > :39:29.Tig took both sets on a tie-break, as Watson double-faulted

:39:30. > :39:39.He's been described as the finest racing driver of his generation.

:39:40. > :39:42.Robert Kubica was amongst the fastest in Formula 1

:39:43. > :39:45.until his arm was severely injured in a rally crash in 2011.

:39:46. > :39:48.He thought back then he'd never race at the top level again.

:39:49. > :39:52.Earlier this year he drove an old Formula 1 car.

:39:53. > :39:56.Later today, it's a big day for him, he'll get behind the wheel

:39:57. > :39:59.of a current Renault in a test in Hungary to see if he's

:40:00. > :40:02.got what it takes to return to the sport.

:40:03. > :40:12.I was hoping to get the chance to try the 2017 car and I think,

:40:13. > :40:17.you know, to have this opportunity in the official test,

:40:18. > :40:20.post the Hungarian Grand Prix, is something special and I really

:40:21. > :40:22.appreciate and, yeah, Renault gave me such

:40:23. > :40:28.Ellie Downie will miss October's World Gymnastics Championships

:40:29. > :40:30.in Canada to recover from ankle surgery.

:40:31. > :40:32.The 18-year-old injured her left ankle at the British Championships

:40:33. > :40:36.in March, but went on to win four medals in April's European

:40:37. > :40:40.Downie plans to return for next year's Commonwealth

:40:41. > :40:44.Her older sister Becky will also miss the Worlds,

:40:45. > :40:47.as she continues to recover from an elbow injury.

:40:48. > :40:50.Finally, the favourite and two time winner Big Orange couldn't make it

:40:51. > :40:55.No horse has managed to take the race for three consecutive years

:40:56. > :40:58.and Frankie Dettori's mount could only finish second behind

:40:59. > :41:01.the 6-1 shot Stradivarius on the feature race on day one

:41:02. > :41:07.The three year old is now second favourite for the final classic

:41:08. > :41:12.of the season, the St Leger, next month.

:41:13. > :41:18.Isn't it great to see Robert back in a car? An amazing achievement. And

:41:19. > :41:23.it is years since that accident, so it has taken a long time to recover

:41:24. > :41:28.and I think a lot of it was a mental recovery, as well as the physical.

:41:29. > :41:31.The confidence to get back in. I was mindful of... You are in the when

:41:32. > :41:38.Nicky louder had that terrible accident? It was a matter of weeks

:41:39. > :41:44.in those days. They are made of stern stuff, motor racing drivers.

:41:45. > :41:47.Yes, and Robert spoke very publicly about the challenge of sitting back

:41:48. > :41:52.in the car and the physical challenge of a Formula 1 car. Not an

:41:53. > :41:56.easy thing to do. The pressure on your whole body, your neck and arms,

:41:57. > :41:56.is huge, which will be interesting day.

:41:57. > :41:58.Thanks. Tightened security checks at some

:41:59. > :42:00.European airports means holidaymakers are waiting in queues

:42:01. > :42:05.for more than four hours. The measures were brought

:42:06. > :42:08.in after the Paris and Brussels But a trade body representing some

:42:09. > :42:12.of the UK's biggest airlines calls the situation "shameful",

:42:13. > :42:14.with reports that some passengers Sean Tipton is from the Association

:42:15. > :42:27.of British Travel Agents and joins Thanks we'll time this morning. We

:42:28. > :42:31.are hearing a lot of reports about considerable delays. What's

:42:32. > :42:34.happening? Back in April the European Union brought in new

:42:35. > :42:38.requirements for passport holders who aren't in the Schengen zone. It

:42:39. > :42:41.sounds technical but that means as and the Republic of Ireland and

:42:42. > :42:45.other countries around the world. They said that if you aren't in the

:42:46. > :42:49.Schengen zone, once you arrive at the airport your passport will be

:42:50. > :42:54.subject to extra checks. They will basically be taking details and they

:42:55. > :42:58.also do this on departure. So in the past they would check you had a

:42:59. > :43:03.valid passport, that it was you and leave you through. They say the new

:43:04. > :43:08.checks will be a couple of minutes, but in the past if it took just 15-

:43:09. > :43:12.20 seconds and it is now two minutes, all that is adding to the

:43:13. > :43:16.length of queues. At this time of year you often see long queues

:43:17. > :43:21.anyway, at the height of summer. You say it should only take a couple of

:43:22. > :43:24.extra minutes. Anecdotally and through evidence we've heard it is

:43:25. > :43:29.taking up to four hours in some places and they are looking at the

:43:30. > :43:34.booth is they would normally go through, the staffing levels haven't

:43:35. > :43:40.gone up. -- booths. As you say, already there is an upscale in the

:43:41. > :43:43.numbers anyway. A couple of minutes is just per passenger but all of

:43:44. > :43:47.that adds up. It is incredibly important. They obviously knew this

:43:48. > :43:52.extra security was coming in. The most annoying thing is when you

:43:53. > :43:56.arrive at the airport and we see a big queue and there are two empty

:43:57. > :44:00.booths. Sevigny to make sure they have additional staff to keep

:44:01. > :44:04.accused to a minimum. So that's pretty unlikely it will happen to

:44:05. > :44:09.those people. The issue is we are already busy, they need to have the

:44:10. > :44:12.staff in place and a lot of it is luck of the draw. If your flight

:44:13. > :44:16.arrives in conjunction with a few other flight you will see longer

:44:17. > :44:22.queues. If it arrives on its own the queues will be shorter. In Majorca,

:44:23. > :44:25.that's getting a lot of coverage, I've been through them many times

:44:26. > :44:29.and when you travel in July and August it is incredibly busy. So the

:44:30. > :44:33.main thing to bear in mind is you probably will end up queueing longer

:44:34. > :44:38.than in the past. That's annoying when you arrive, but you will be

:44:39. > :44:41.subject to these checks when you depart as well. They haven't

:44:42. > :44:49.previously when people didn't know they would end up queueing longer

:44:50. > :44:53.and they ended up missing flights. And at the airport make sure you

:44:54. > :44:57.have extra staff involved to make sure we keep the queues to a

:44:58. > :45:01.minimum. However annoying these situations are, ultimately people

:45:02. > :45:04.have to bear in mind that the only reason these delays are happening is

:45:05. > :45:08.because someone is trying to keep you safe? Exactly. This extra

:45:09. > :45:12.requirements were brought in by the EU after the Brussels and Paris

:45:13. > :45:15.attacks. They wanted to see how they could make sure these people

:45:16. > :45:19.couldn't get into the country. So it is annoying but there is a good

:45:20. > :45:23.reason for it. I want to stress that as long as you bear in mind that you

:45:24. > :45:26.will have to wait longer, being prepared for that is less

:45:27. > :45:30.frustrating and leave that extra time so you don't risk missing your

:45:31. > :45:33.flight. Our members who sell package holidays have been factoring the

:45:34. > :45:37.scene when taking people to the airports and they haven't reported

:45:38. > :45:41.any major problems. So it is annoying but as long as you know we

:45:42. > :45:42.will have to queue longer it won't massively inconvenienced you. Thank

:45:43. > :45:50.you. Here's Carol with a look

:45:51. > :46:01.at this morning's weather. It looks a bit wet outside. Indeed,

:46:02. > :46:05.we do have some rain. Spilling across the south-west. It be

:46:06. > :46:12.accompanied by strengthening winds, gales from the south-western coasts.

:46:13. > :46:27.This weather front coming in from the Atlantic, squeezing the I --

:46:28. > :46:31.isobars. That is making good progress in towards Northern

:46:32. > :46:35.Ireland. A wet start, heavy rain across Cornwall, Devon and South

:46:36. > :46:39.Wales. It is pushing north eastwards. They had of it, cloud

:46:40. > :46:45.building. One to showers across north-west England. Off to a bright

:46:46. > :46:49.start and they mostly dry one. You can see some showers ahead of the

:46:50. > :46:53.band of rain coming in across Northern Ireland. A lot of dry and

:46:54. > :46:58.bright weather. Clear skies across the Highlands. A cold but sunny

:46:59. > :47:04.start. Cloud as we come further south. In north-east England, a

:47:05. > :47:07.bright side with some sunny spells. Extending to the Midlands into east

:47:08. > :47:12.Anglia, the odd shower here and there. Showers building ahead of the

:47:13. > :47:17.band of rain. Through the day, the wind picking up. Along the coast,

:47:18. > :47:22.rain heavy and persistent. Parts of Wales with height. But it will

:47:23. > :47:26.eventually clearing from Northern Ireland and moving across northern

:47:27. > :47:31.England into central and southern Scotland. Quite a warm air mass at

:47:32. > :47:36.the moment. Feeling quite humid. Not feeling cold, that's for sure.

:47:37. > :47:41.Heading through the evening and overnight, rain continuing to push

:47:42. > :47:44.towards the North Sea. Moving into the Channel Islands and the

:47:45. > :47:49.south-east corner of England, then becoming ensconced in the north of

:47:50. > :47:55.Scotland with a platter of showers following behind. In this mild,

:47:56. > :47:59.humid air, not going to be a cold night. Starting on that note

:48:00. > :48:04.tomorrow. Rain across far north Scotland. A lot of showers rotating

:48:05. > :48:08.around this area of low pressure. Some across Northern Ireland

:48:09. > :48:14.Scotland be heavy, possibly some hail and thunder and lightning. Less

:48:15. > :48:19.likely to see them further south. If you are going to the country

:48:20. > :48:26.tomorrow, take your umbrella just in case. But you would be unlucky to

:48:27. > :48:31.catch one. But as 14- 22. On Friday, more showers, low pressure in the

:48:32. > :48:35.North Sea. Showers in Scotland and Northern Ireland, a few getting in

:48:36. > :48:41.across northern England. In the south and sunshine, 23 degrees. And

:48:42. > :48:52.that will feel quite pleasant! If you run a small business,

:48:53. > :48:55.you're probably all too aware that back in April business rates

:48:56. > :48:58.were revalued for the first time Many areas - especially

:48:59. > :49:01.in the south-east - saw a big jump in rates to reflect

:49:02. > :49:04.increasing property values. Sean is in Didcot to see how

:49:05. > :49:13.businesses there are coping. What's the picture? It is quite

:49:14. > :49:21.varied down the high street this morning in Didcot. It is effectively

:49:22. > :49:30.the old high Street. The shop we are in now, Saturday was its last day.

:49:31. > :49:38.That is why the shells are so bare. Some of the customers enjoyed their

:49:39. > :49:42.shelves so much, they are actually purchasing them. They have had to

:49:43. > :49:48.close down, partly because the change in business rates saw a big

:49:49. > :49:52.increase. Before we go on, those are effectively a council tax on

:49:53. > :49:58.businesses, business rates. This property has a rental value, and

:49:59. > :50:02.then a business tax is worked out based on that rental value. That was

:50:03. > :50:10.changed in April, affecting a lot of businesses. A lot of witnesses saw

:50:11. > :50:16.increases, but many more saw decreases. You had to close your

:50:17. > :50:21.shop down. How much of a change did you see when it came to the changing

:50:22. > :50:27.business rates? House went up sixfold. It was not the only reason

:50:28. > :50:33.we decided to close, but it was a factor. What scale are you talking

:50:34. > :50:41.about? Before and after? We were paying about ?350 per month, I know

:50:42. > :50:45.that is not a huge amount, but nevertheless, it was an increase we

:50:46. > :50:52.did not expect that the time. We had already lost our European retail

:50:53. > :50:57.rate relief, so it was just another cost on the building that pushed us

:50:58. > :51:02.over the edge. We had to re-evaluate what we were doing and whether or

:51:03. > :51:08.not we would survive in future. It is not the only thing, but it

:51:09. > :51:12.reflected the business rate change. You see a lot of charity shops on

:51:13. > :51:17.the high street. You said to me you had a pottery service out the back,

:51:18. > :51:21.it was a very community focused place. How did it feel having

:51:22. > :51:25.charity shops next door that were getting rate relief, but you

:51:26. > :51:31.provided community services and didn't get them? I love charity

:51:32. > :51:35.shops, I have worked for many of them in my lifetime. But it is very

:51:36. > :51:41.hard for an independent family business, even charity shops have

:51:42. > :51:47.huge head office is backing them up. They are able to shop fit with

:51:48. > :51:55.lovely fittings and fixtures when they get a property. We were always

:51:56. > :51:59.borrowing furniture, it was quite tough for any family business to get

:52:00. > :52:04.going. There is room for both of us on the high street, but we do feel

:52:05. > :52:10.that Independents do get the rough end of the stick. Having a quick

:52:11. > :52:16.chat with Dean. You keep an eye on the wider business rates market? Is

:52:17. > :52:20.this reflective of what's going on across the country? There are more

:52:21. > :52:26.than a million businesses seeing falling business rates. Yes, they

:52:27. > :52:30.are, but we are seeing seven years of growth here. The revaluation is

:52:31. > :52:35.meant to take base every five years. The government put that back to

:52:36. > :52:41.seven years. So you are seeing seven years of growth, all cumulating in

:52:42. > :52:50.an increase in this property. There can be relief given, but what you

:52:51. > :52:57.are seeing here is a rental value before April at ?50 per month, now

:52:58. > :53:02.we are faced with a bill of ?350 per month. So, a different valuation

:53:03. > :53:07.might have helped manage that. Through the morning, we will be

:53:08. > :53:11.looking at other shops in the high street. There is a broad mix of

:53:12. > :53:15.businesses, hairdressers and things like that. We will be looking at

:53:16. > :53:18.others this morning to see how they have been affected.

:53:19. > :53:25.We will be looking at others this morning to see how they have been

:53:26. > :53:28.Last night an opera company, which has received millions

:53:29. > :53:30.in funding from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,

:53:31. > :53:33.gave a special performance in aid of those affected

:53:34. > :53:37.It's been criticised as the symbol of a council which prioritised

:53:38. > :53:40.the needs of its richer residents over their poorer neighbours.

:53:41. > :53:53.Verdi's Requiem is often used in memoriam, and last night

:53:54. > :53:56.it was used for those who lost their lives and their homes

:53:57. > :54:05.a couple of miles up the road in Grenfell Tower.

:54:06. > :54:07.The disaster was more than geographically close to this

:54:08. > :54:10.opera company - it directly affected one of their own,

:54:11. > :54:13.a member of staff, Debbie, who lived on the 16th floor,

:54:14. > :54:22.It is difficult for me to talk about it because last time

:54:23. > :54:26.I saw her was sitting at this bench on the night of the fire.

:54:27. > :54:29.We were listening to the end of the opera we were performing that

:54:30. > :54:32.night and we say good night at the end of it,

:54:33. > :54:37.So, yes, that helps the feeling why we wanted to make such an impact,

:54:38. > :54:41.Grenfell is to the north of Kensington, the part

:54:42. > :54:44.of the borough the council has been accused of neglecting,

:54:45. > :54:46.all the while amassing a huge budget surplus.

:54:47. > :54:49.Until two years ago the opera was a council service,

:54:50. > :54:52.the same as any leisure facility, like a gym or swimming pool,

:54:53. > :54:55.and that has led to criticism from those who have questioned

:54:56. > :54:57.the priorities of those of the Royal Borough

:54:58. > :55:01.The philistine council would rather spend ?30 million on opera

:55:02. > :55:04.for a minority in Holland Park over 20 years -

:55:05. > :55:06.why is it relevant to the debate today?

:55:07. > :55:08.Kensington and Chelsea council has misspent government and council

:55:09. > :55:11.taxpayer funds on countless vanity projects and handouts,

:55:12. > :55:13.as we have heard, and underfunding essential services.

:55:14. > :55:32.But those who run the operating system that theirs is the most

:55:33. > :55:34.accessible opera company in the country and have long

:55:35. > :55:37.contributed to north Kensington through fundraising and direct

:55:38. > :55:41.When you put it as opera is not as important as homes and living

:55:42. > :55:44.standards in the borough, then that is not an argument

:55:45. > :55:47.I would ever have with you or anybody else.

:55:48. > :55:49.But they spend millions of lots of other services

:55:50. > :55:52.and I think it is the word opera that is clearly

:55:53. > :55:56.Perhaps if we were a straight theatre company it wouldn't

:55:57. > :56:01.But in this country opera generally has this stereotype that people

:56:02. > :56:06.Stereotype or not, last night's one-off performance was a sell-out

:56:07. > :56:15.with all proceeds going to help the victims of Grenfell Tower.

:56:16. > :59:38.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:59:39. > :59:40.More in the way of sunny spells, fewer showers

:59:41. > :59:43.as we head into the weekend and temperatures staying at around

:59:44. > :59:46.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:59:47. > :59:48.Now though it's back to Naga and Charlie.

:59:49. > :00:08.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

:00:09. > :00:12.After 65 years of service, Prince Philip prepares to step back

:00:13. > :00:15.He'll meet Royal Marines in his final solo appearance before

:00:16. > :00:29.officially retiring from royal duties.

:00:30. > :00:40.Good morning, it's Wednesday the 2nd of August.

:00:41. > :00:44.Also coming up: Grave concern at the state of prisons in England

:00:45. > :00:47.Governers say the rise in violence and pressure

:00:48. > :00:54.Up to 3,000 elderly people won't be able to find a bed in a UK care home

:00:55. > :01:06.It has been four months since those business rate changes affected many

:01:07. > :01:09.businesses and shops like these. I am in Didcot, looking at how it has

:01:10. > :01:11.affected its high street. In sport, as Usain Bolt gets set

:01:12. > :01:14.to race for the final time. The eight time Olympic champion has

:01:15. > :01:17.told us the sport will die And how three Australian pensioners

:01:18. > :01:32.have chanelled their inner Beyonce in an attempt to save

:01:33. > :01:43.their local bowls club. Good morning. Some of us are

:01:44. > :01:48.starting on a dry and bright note. A couple of showers. However, we have

:01:49. > :01:50.a batch of rain coming in the west and south, which will spread

:01:51. > :01:54.north-eastwards through the date and the wind will strengthened. More

:01:55. > :01:56.details later. The Duke of Edinburgh

:01:57. > :02:00.will officially retire from royal duties today when he carries

:02:01. > :02:03.out his final public engagement. Prince Philip will be guest

:02:04. > :02:06.of honour at a parade by the Royal The Duke, who is 96,

:02:07. > :02:09.announced his retirement in May, after more than six decades

:02:10. > :02:12.of supporting the Queen, and attending events for his own

:02:13. > :02:14.charities and organisations. Here's our royal correspondent,

:02:15. > :02:24.Nicholas Witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes

:02:25. > :02:27.forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then

:02:28. > :02:31.Princess Elizabeth in November 1947. And although his robust approach

:02:32. > :02:34.to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble,

:02:35. > :02:37.few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support

:02:38. > :02:40.of the Queen and also in pursuit of his own programme,

:02:41. > :02:43.with issues like the environment and the development of the awards

:02:44. > :02:45.programme for children, which he created and

:02:46. > :02:51.which is named after him. But this afternoon it

:02:52. > :02:53.will come to an end. The Duke, who was 96 in June,

:02:54. > :02:57.will attend his last solo engagement, a parade

:02:58. > :02:59.by the Royal Marines on the forecourt

:03:00. > :03:01.of Buckingham Palace. It's not a complete

:03:02. > :03:03.retirement from public life, the Duke may still accompany

:03:04. > :03:14.the Queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000

:03:15. > :03:17.solo engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the Queen

:03:18. > :03:20.came to the throne it marks a significant moment for the Duke

:03:21. > :03:23.and for the Queen. No longer will she have her husband

:03:24. > :03:27.at her side for most of the public appearances, other younger

:03:28. > :03:29.members of the Royal family will take his place,

:03:30. > :03:31.as the self-declared leading plaque unveiler in the world finally takes

:03:32. > :03:43.things a little easier. We can show you Buckingham Palace

:03:44. > :03:49.this morning, where the Duke will carry out his final engagement.

:03:50. > :03:54.Buckingham Palace have stressed that although his diary of engagements

:03:55. > :03:58.will come to an end, we may choose to attend certain events alongside

:03:59. > :04:01.the Queen from time to time. We will talk about what the future holds

:04:02. > :04:04.with a royal editor of the Sunday express NFU minutes. -- in a fume

:04:05. > :04:05.minutes. More than 1 million women

:04:06. > :04:08.in their early 60s are worse-off financially as a result of the rise

:04:09. > :04:11.in the state pension age. The Institute for Fiscal Studies

:04:12. > :04:14.found that the change, which saves the government

:04:15. > :04:16.?5 billion a year, sees those affected lose more

:04:17. > :04:19.than ?30 a week on average. Our personal finance correspondent

:04:20. > :04:22.Simon Gompertz reports. Waiting for your pension

:04:23. > :04:25.and struggling to get by. Shirley from Aberdeen is 61,

:04:26. > :04:28.not working because of ill-health and she won't qualify for the state

:04:29. > :04:34.pension until she's 66. I can't afford holidays,

:04:35. > :04:37.I've given up my car. But it's the only thing I've got

:04:38. > :04:43.really, not getting my pension, Pension ages used to be 60

:04:44. > :05:01.for women and 65 for men. By the end of the decade

:05:02. > :05:04.they'll be 66 for both, The result is more than a million

:05:05. > :05:09.women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes ?32 less

:05:10. > :05:12.than they would have been, the hit would be bigger

:05:13. > :05:15.but for the fact many are working. 18% are living in poverty,

:05:16. > :05:18.that's on under ?237 a week Perhaps the group who are worst off

:05:19. > :05:22.in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire

:05:23. > :05:25.a bit later, but can't do so because they can't find work

:05:26. > :05:28.or their health prevents them Women have been campaigning

:05:29. > :05:33.for compensation saying they weren't given enough warning of the pension

:05:34. > :05:35.changes which save ?5 But the government says they're fair

:05:36. > :05:39.and, because of rising life expectancy, women now get

:05:40. > :05:42.the state pension for longer Recent unrest in English and Welsh

:05:43. > :05:50.prisons is causing "grave concern", according to the President

:05:51. > :05:52.of the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter to her

:05:53. > :05:55.organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational

:05:56. > :05:58.and policy decisions in the prison The letter comes after two days

:05:59. > :06:14.of trouble at The Mount Prison in There have been days of disorder at

:06:15. > :06:17.prisons in Wiltshire and Hertfordshire, where riot trained

:06:18. > :06:23.officers were deployed to some due on unruly prisoners. This past year

:06:24. > :06:28.has brought an average of 28 takes a day on staff in prisons in England

:06:29. > :06:32.and Wales following a decline in a number of prison officers over the

:06:33. > :06:38.past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of the prison

:06:39. > :06:41.governor's associations blaming the government for what she calls a

:06:42. > :06:45.crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety

:06:46. > :06:51.amongst workers. In an open letter to prison governor is she says the

:06:52. > :06:55.state has failed to help them cope with population pressures in prison,

:06:56. > :06:59.having changed the way prisons have run for the worse. She says the

:07:00. > :07:03.government's decision taken early this year to separate operational

:07:04. > :07:07.control of the prison system from responsibility for policy was

:07:08. > :07:12.madness, leaving a gaping hole in operational intelligence. The

:07:13. > :07:15.Ministry of Justice says she recognises the long-standing

:07:16. > :07:20.challenges facing prisons and is recruiting more officers, but with

:07:21. > :07:21.only 75 more in place since last year she recruitment remains in a

:07:22. > :07:26.critical condition. Stronger powers to cut off

:07:27. > :07:29.funding for terrorists by freezing their assets

:07:30. > :07:31.and blocking access to bank accounts will form part

:07:32. > :07:33.of the Government's plans to introduce the UK's

:07:34. > :07:37.own post-Brexit sanctions regime. Our assistant political editor

:07:38. > :07:48.Norman Smith is in Westminster We know lots of things need

:07:49. > :07:53.unpicking in the run-up to Brexit and this is one of those? It is. At

:07:54. > :08:00.the moment are sanctions policy, like trade embargo is, as it

:08:01. > :08:04.freezes, travel bans, are all operated through the EU. So when we

:08:05. > :08:08.leave we will have to have our system and what the government is

:08:09. > :08:14.doing today is setting out the sort of us spoke British sanctions policy

:08:15. > :08:17.and part of that is to make it easier to freeze the assets of

:08:18. > :08:23.suspected terrorists, in other words to stop them selling their house or

:08:24. > :08:27.their car to raise funds for terrorism. So what they're doing is

:08:28. > :08:31.lowering the threshold at which the government can in those an asset

:08:32. > :08:37.freeze. At the moment they have to show not only that someone is a

:08:38. > :08:41.suspected terrorist, but in the future they will just have to show

:08:42. > :08:46.someone is a member of a terrorist organisation before they can freeze

:08:47. > :08:50.their assets. So the argument is it will actually make it easier to stop

:08:51. > :08:53.terrorist accessing funds. Thanks for the moment.

:08:54. > :08:57.America is not seeking to invade North Korea or oust its leader Kim

:08:58. > :09:01.That's according to its Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

:09:02. > :09:04.He was speaking after a senior Republican senator said

:09:05. > :09:06.that President Trump considered going to war with North Korea

:09:07. > :09:15.Last week, North Korea carried out a second test

:09:16. > :09:17.of an intercontinental ballistic missile, in defiance

:09:18. > :09:21.Road safety campaigners say a government proposal to reduce air

:09:22. > :09:24.pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective.

:09:25. > :09:27.Humps cause cars to burn more fuel as drivers accelerate

:09:28. > :09:33.Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal,

:09:34. > :09:36.but others say the move would endanger pedestrians and force

:09:37. > :09:38.more parents to drive their children to school.

:09:39. > :09:40.Former Spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died,

:09:41. > :09:47.Ken was one of the last surviving Battle of Britain pilots

:09:48. > :09:55.who were known as The Few, after Winston Churchill's famous

:09:56. > :09:59.phrase, "never was so much owed by so many to so few".

:10:00. > :10:01.The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Ken

:10:02. > :10:05.He famously made headlines in 2015 when he jokingly told off

:10:06. > :10:09.Prince William for flying helicopters instead of planes.

:10:10. > :10:12.Three Australian women trying to save their bowls club

:10:13. > :10:13.from closure have become overnight internet stars,

:10:14. > :10:17.after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the Beyonce

:10:18. > :10:26.The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video

:10:27. > :10:29.after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn

:10:30. > :10:33.A warning, there is some flash photography at the very start

:10:34. > :10:42.What does the queen of pop, Beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn balls

:10:43. > :10:56.Meet Terri, Janine and Wyn, from Melbourne.

:10:57. > :10:59.Their parody of Beyonce's Single Ladies has been watched at least 1

:11:00. > :11:11.They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink

:11:12. > :11:15.plans to build an indoor stadium on this site.

:11:16. > :11:19.One of our younger members, Denise, she had obviously been in PR,

:11:20. > :11:22.just cottoned on to the song, Beyonce's song, and two of us had

:11:23. > :11:39.heard of Beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song.

:11:40. > :11:44.The council says no final decision has been made,

:11:45. > :11:46.but it is struggling with demand for sports facilities.

:11:47. > :11:49.Now the ladies hope their fancy footwork may just catch Beyonce's

:11:50. > :12:04.They were going for it. They did really well. We will have

:12:05. > :12:06.all the sport and the weather coming up later.

:12:07. > :12:09.After 65 years, 22,000 solo engagements and 600 overseas visits,

:12:10. > :12:13.the Duke of Edinburgh officially retires from public duty today.

:12:14. > :12:16.Let's speak now to Camilla Tominey, Royal Editor of the Sunday Express,

:12:17. > :12:31.We will see the Duke there later. Good to have you with us. What do

:12:32. > :12:36.you think people will be saying about the Duke and his role? He has

:12:37. > :12:42.been there all the time and he isn't disappearing completely from public

:12:43. > :12:45.life, is he? Exactly. What is interesting about what Buckingham

:12:46. > :12:48.Palace has been telling us is they haven't been using the word

:12:49. > :12:53.retirement. Only people like me and the media have. They are saying he

:12:54. > :12:58.is stepping down from the day-to-day unveilings old clerks and planting

:12:59. > :13:00.of trees, but behind palace gates he will be carrying on his

:13:01. > :13:06.administrative duties. It also stressed that he will be by the

:13:07. > :13:12.row's site for major occasions, so I can't imagine him being away from

:13:13. > :13:19.things like trooping the colour. -- the Queen's side. It feel seismic

:13:20. > :13:23.because he has been by the side of the Queen since the Coronation and

:13:24. > :13:26.we are used to them being together. On the other hand the notion of a

:13:27. > :13:30.96-year-old retiring is hardly a shock and I think most people out

:13:31. > :13:35.there will think it is probably about time stop white peers of

:13:36. > :13:42.course known to be a character, do have a twinkle in his eye. -- about

:13:43. > :13:47.time. He is of course known. He has also worked a lot on his own charity

:13:48. > :13:51.work? If you look at what he has done with the Duke of Edinburgh

:13:52. > :13:56.awards scheme, which is lovely when you see him handing out awards to

:13:57. > :14:01.young people, and there is in his 90s engaging with them and relating

:14:02. > :14:07.to them, that's what he's on jobs. Of course journalists like me always

:14:08. > :14:13.follow him around so when the Queen and Kym split at events you would

:14:14. > :14:21.always follow him in case he said something unusual. There have been

:14:22. > :14:28.an -- I'm seeing remarks, but they are of yesteryear. He puts people at

:14:29. > :14:31.ease because when he and the Queen need people publicly, they are often

:14:32. > :14:36.like rabbits in headlights. He will often make a funny joke. A couple of

:14:37. > :14:40.years ago he started having a go at this young chap because he had a

:14:41. > :14:45.beer. Shouldn't you have shaved this morning if you are going to meet Her

:14:46. > :14:50.Majesty! -- a beard. That's the kind of thing that makes people feel

:14:51. > :14:56.relaxed. Often his comments are focused on and what is often

:14:57. > :14:59.overlooked is his role in the royal family and his keenness to make sure

:15:00. > :15:02.the next generation comes through with their own personalities as

:15:03. > :15:08.well, at upholding certain traditions. Sisley. We describe her

:15:09. > :15:13.as the head of state -- precisely. He is the head of the family. We

:15:14. > :15:20.don't on his grandchildren and great chunk -- grandchildren. He has

:15:21. > :15:25.always spoken his mind. If he does go on engagement he has banter with

:15:26. > :15:28.the people his meeting and we instil that in his grandchildren and says

:15:29. > :15:32.you also need to have your own opinions. We are not a secret

:15:33. > :15:36.society, you need to get out there and engage with the people you meet.

:15:37. > :15:40.If you look at some of the stats that Buckingham Palace gave us,

:15:41. > :15:46.22,000 solo engagements, more than 5000 speeches, 6000 countries, he is

:15:47. > :15:50.as well travelled as his wife, which means he has built up a lot of

:15:51. > :15:54.knowledge and he has all met a lot of different people. As William and

:15:55. > :15:58.Harry have said in the past, there's not much he doesn't know little bit

:15:59. > :16:02.about and that's because he has been there and done it and got the

:16:03. > :16:10.T-shirt. We have just been showing pictures of Prince Philip unveilings

:16:11. > :16:19.many plaques. He once described himself as the world's most

:16:20. > :16:25.experienced plaque unveilings. He will now be with the Queen? I think

:16:26. > :16:31.we will see her having a number of different plus ones. Prince Charles,

:16:32. > :16:35.the Duke of York, printers and and also we should expect to see more of

:16:36. > :16:41.the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -- Princess Anne. And Prince Harry. At

:16:42. > :16:46.the moment the young royals will have to come and do more. Prince

:16:47. > :16:51.George will start school in September as they are moving down.

:16:52. > :16:55.We are going to be seeing more engagements from them. So I think

:16:56. > :16:59.there will be a bit of a reordering of the family, just to support the

:17:00. > :17:04.Queen and make sure she has someone either side, albeit not her husband,

:17:05. > :17:05.but a member of the family to help with this engagements moving

:17:06. > :17:10.forward. Thank you very much. You're watching

:17:11. > :17:20.Breakfast from BBC News. The Duke of Edinburgh will take part

:17:21. > :17:25.in his final official It will be a parade

:17:26. > :17:29.at Buckingham Palace to mark the end Research suggests more

:17:30. > :17:33.than a million women in their early 60s are worse off as a result

:17:34. > :17:37.of the increase in the state pension Here's Carol with a look

:17:38. > :17:56.at this morning's weather. Take your umbrella this morning, we

:17:57. > :18:00.have got rain on the cards. It is also going to be windy. Low pressure

:18:01. > :18:05.driving the weather, you can see the range coming in with it. Moving in

:18:06. > :18:12.from the south-east. Isobars squeezing across the south-west, we

:18:13. > :18:16.have got later on. Rain cladding in across the Channel Islands,

:18:17. > :18:21.south-west England, heading into Northern Ireland. The heaviest rain

:18:22. > :18:27.in the and Southern counties of England and South Wales. As this

:18:28. > :18:31.moves north-east, starting to fragment. A fair bit of cloud ahead

:18:32. > :18:36.of it, and some showers. North-west England, a bright start to the day.

:18:37. > :18:42.One to showers. Some rain crossing Northern Ireland, a cool start

:18:43. > :18:48.across the Highlands. Temperatures currently six degrees. Sunshine,

:18:49. > :18:52.temperatures picking up quickly. Across north-east England, more

:18:53. > :19:00.cloud. A bright start with some sunny intervals. The odd shower at

:19:01. > :19:08.this stage in the day. Through the morning, watch how this way rain

:19:09. > :19:12.continues to drift. Moving north eastwards as a weaker feature

:19:13. > :19:16.fragmenting. In between, dry and brighter slot. Some sunshine at

:19:17. > :19:22.times. All south-west England, Wales and Ireland, a return to sunshine

:19:23. > :19:26.and showers are softening. Going to feel quite humid. Through the

:19:27. > :19:33.evening and overnight, rain continues to drift in the direction

:19:34. > :19:37.of the North Sea. Moving up across the south-east portion of England,

:19:38. > :19:42.becoming ensconced in Scotland and the northern islands. An array of

:19:43. > :19:47.showers coming in from the west. Humid air mass, not going to be a

:19:48. > :19:55.cold night. Temperatures about 13- 16 Celsius. Tomorrow, a band of rain

:19:56. > :20:02.left over from today. Low pressure brings showers, that is across

:20:03. > :20:06.Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland. Some will be heavy

:20:07. > :20:12.with hail and thunder. The further south, the less likely you are to

:20:13. > :20:17.catch a shower. Thaisa to 22 degrees. In any sunshine, that will

:20:18. > :20:22.feel quite pleasant. Friday, low pressure moves over to the North

:20:23. > :20:26.Sea. Piling in showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

:20:27. > :20:33.Breeze across north-west England, a lot of dry weather around. Few

:20:34. > :20:36.showers the further south you travel, highs of 23 degrees.

:20:37. > :20:41.Few showers the further south you travel, highs of 23

:20:42. > :20:45.There is a growing shortfall in the number of beds needed to care

:20:46. > :20:47.for the elderly across the UK according to a BBC investigation.

:20:48. > :20:51.By the end of next year, up to 3,000 people won't be able

:20:52. > :20:53.to find a place in a care home.

:20:54. > :21:02.Sam visits his nan Jean in this care home every day.

:21:03. > :21:11.She moved into this home care centre 12 months ago after her dementia

:21:12. > :21:13.deteriorated and Sam could not look after her at home.

:21:14. > :21:16.She is really looked after, they provide her activities

:21:17. > :21:20.and take her on trips, she recently went to Blackpool.

:21:21. > :21:25.But in June, Bradford Council decided to close

:21:26. > :21:27.It was supposedly too expensive to maintain,

:21:28. > :21:30.they are now looking for another place for Jean to live.

:21:31. > :21:47.One in 20 care home beds have closed in the UK in the past three years.

:21:48. > :21:49.In 10 months' time, work will be complete.

:21:50. > :21:52.I am standing in what will be a television room.

:21:53. > :21:55.There will also be 70 bedrooms with en suites.

:21:56. > :21:58.Research for the BBC suggests we are not building enough care

:21:59. > :22:00.homes like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall.

:22:01. > :22:03.The data suggests that by the end of next year,

:22:04. > :22:05.there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds.

:22:06. > :22:08.By 2026, they predict the industry could be

:22:09. > :22:11.There are more people living for longer.

:22:12. > :22:14.Next decade, there will be 2.5 million more

:22:15. > :22:28.That means there will be anticipated demand for care homes.

:22:29. > :22:31.To fix that, we need to double the rates of delivery.

:22:32. > :22:33.As capacity decreases, there will be more

:22:34. > :22:36.pressure on NHS beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital

:22:37. > :22:40.This company builds more care homes than any other provider.

:22:41. > :22:43.Every year they add 600 beds per year.

:22:44. > :22:47.In the future, those that need help might not be able to get

:22:48. > :23:02.Potentially, the commissioners will raise eligibility criteria

:23:03. > :23:16.to justify entry to care homes, so increasingly, we will see only

:23:17. > :23:19.the most poorly off clients will meet the criteria in future.

:23:20. > :23:20.The government say they have given local

:23:21. > :23:23.authorities an extra ?2 billion to help, but the fear

:23:24. > :23:26.is that they will end up in a similar situation to Sam

:23:27. > :23:29.This care home will close in the autumn,

:23:30. > :23:32.and they are struggling to find a new one.

:23:33. > :23:37.It is a question of, is this going to be my

:23:38. > :23:58.It is a really sad situation, what will happen to people like them?

:23:59. > :24:03.Their worries that that care home is closing, and that is around the

:24:04. > :24:09.corner from where Sam lives. His worry is that the new care home

:24:10. > :24:13.could be a long way away. It is so important, continuity of people

:24:14. > :24:16.visiting and that sort of thing. Yes, for people with dementia,

:24:17. > :24:20.seeing new things constantly does really help them. It can also be

:24:21. > :24:26.incredibly disruptive for someone with dementia to be moved away from

:24:27. > :24:30.home. The numbers we are hearing, the number of people who could be

:24:31. > :24:35.affected and how that rises, how is being calculated? We have looked at

:24:36. > :24:41.population increases and expected growth over the age of 65 for the

:24:42. > :24:46.next ten years. We expect there will be 14,000 more people looking to be

:24:47. > :24:51.in a care home in the next ten years. We know that we build about

:24:52. > :24:56.7000 care homes every year, so we need to double the rate we are

:24:57. > :25:02.building those to meet demand. Who benefits from this and who needs to

:25:03. > :25:07.build this? There is pressure being put on the government for land, as

:25:08. > :25:13.well as contracts for private contractors? The government say they

:25:14. > :25:23.have allocated an extra ?2 billion to help pay for social care over the

:25:24. > :25:29.next few years. They also planned... They have introduced more measures,

:25:30. > :25:33.those we talked about later in the year. They also want people to

:25:34. > :25:39.remain at home, but they also want more funding to be put into nursing

:25:40. > :25:41.care so that people can be looked after at home.

:25:42. > :25:46.You can hear more about this on "You and Yours" on Radio 4

:25:47. > :25:51.And Samantha will join us to answer your questions about care

:25:52. > :25:59.I imagine this touches a lot of people at home.

:26:00. > :26:03.And Samantha will join us to answer your questions about care

:26:04. > :26:05.home provision in just under an hour.

:26:06. > :26:17.Still to come this morning, Sean is in Didcot to find out how businesses

:26:18. > :26:22.are coping with hikes in business rates. You could see we were talking

:26:23. > :26:27.a bit earlier about the new shopping centre that has been built. We were

:26:28. > :26:33.on the older high street. Now, we are a little bit closer to this new

:26:34. > :26:38.area. We are looking at how business rates and those changes that came in

:26:39. > :26:43.in April have affected these shops. We saw one shop struggling that had

:26:44. > :26:49.to close down. This hair and beauty shop is doing a bit better. Sally

:26:50. > :26:54.runs this place. What is your biggest challenge at the moment?

:26:55. > :27:00.Rates are the biggest issues. In what way? They have gone up

:27:01. > :27:04.considerably this year. I commissioned a review earlier this

:27:05. > :27:09.year, so I'm hoping appeal that. We will talk of it about that this

:27:10. > :30:30.morning. Lots of questions about is the Straits

:30:31. > :30:33.Now though it's back to Naga and Charlie.

:30:34. > :30:43.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

:30:44. > :30:47.The main news: The Duke of Edinburgh will carry out his final public

:30:48. > :30:57.engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon.

:30:58. > :31:01.The 96-year-old will attend a parade by the Royal Marines.

:31:02. > :31:04.In May it was announced he would be retiring after spending more

:31:05. > :31:07.than six decades supporting the Queen as well as attending

:31:08. > :31:09.events for his own charities and organisations.

:31:10. > :31:13.He has attended more than 20,000 solo engagements over his time.

:31:14. > :31:17.More than a million women in their early 60s are worse off

:31:18. > :31:20.financially as a result of the increase in the state pension

:31:21. > :31:23.According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, raising the age

:31:24. > :31:26.from 60 to 63 was saving the government ?5 billion a year

:31:27. > :31:28.but those affected were losing more than ?30

:31:29. > :31:32.The Department for Work and Pensions says the changes are fair

:31:33. > :31:38.Recent unrest in English and Welsh jails is causing "grave concern",

:31:39. > :31:41.according to the President of the Prison Governors Association.

:31:42. > :31:43.In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said

:31:44. > :31:46.a decision to separate operational and policy decisions was "madness".

:31:47. > :31:49.The letter comes after two days of trouble at The Mount

:31:50. > :31:52.The Ministry of Justice said it was dealing with long-term

:31:53. > :32:02.America is not seeking to invade North Korea or oust its leader Kim

:32:03. > :32:10.Stronger powers to block terrorist access to bank accounts will forge

:32:11. > :32:15.part of the government's plans to forge post Brexit sanctions. The UK

:32:16. > :32:20.currently backs EU sanction such as travel bans and asset freezes

:32:21. > :32:22.against regimes including Russia, North Korea, Iran and the Islamic

:32:23. > :32:23.State group and Al Qaeda. America is not seeking to invade

:32:24. > :32:27.North Korea or oust its leader Kim That's according to its Secretary

:32:28. > :32:30.of State, Rex Tillerson. He was speaking after a senior

:32:31. > :32:32.Republican senator said President Trump considered

:32:33. > :32:35.going to war as an option. Last week North Korea carried out

:32:36. > :32:38.a second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, in defiance

:32:39. > :32:45.of a United Nations ban. Police looking for the missing

:32:46. > :32:47.airman Corrie McKeague say they're examining

:32:48. > :32:48.whether material found at an incinerator plant

:32:49. > :32:57.in Ipswich is linked to him. The 23-year-old was last seen

:32:58. > :32:59.near a bin loading bay following a night out

:33:00. > :33:01.in Suffolk last September. Police ended a 20 week search

:33:02. > :33:04.of a nearby landfill Road safety campaigners say

:33:05. > :33:09.a government proposal to reduce air pollution by removing speed humps

:33:10. > :33:14.would be dangerous and ineffective. Humps cause cars to burn more fuel,

:33:15. > :33:16.as drivers accelerate Motoring groups have

:33:17. > :33:23.welcomed the proposal, but others say the move

:33:24. > :33:25.would endanger pedestrians and force more parents

:33:26. > :33:28.to drive their children to school. Former Spitfire pilot

:33:29. > :33:30.Ken Wilkinson has died, Ken was one of the last surviving

:33:31. > :33:35.Battle of Britain pilots who were known as 'the few',

:33:36. > :33:38.after Winston Churchill's famous phrase, that never "was so much owed

:33:39. > :33:42.by so many to so few". The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust

:33:43. > :33:52.said Ken would be "dearly" missed. Well, because he doesn't

:33:53. > :33:54.fly proper aeroplanes, And I said to him, there's nothing

:33:55. > :34:11.like the sound of a Merlin A couple of other stories. It sounds

:34:12. > :34:17.like the beginning of a joke. Seven Priest walk into a bar. This group

:34:18. > :34:23.of trainee clergyman were originally turned away from a pub. The Dorman

:34:24. > :34:31.assumed they were a stag party in that address. -- doorman.

:34:32. > :34:34.A member of staff quickly realised the mistake and invited them

:34:35. > :34:38.The group are said to have seen the funny side.

:34:39. > :34:46.How do you prove you are Priest? Maybe some kind of ID. Sally might

:34:47. > :34:53.know. Ten hail Mary's? I don't know. I've got a shark attack story you

:34:54. > :34:57.might like. We all get a bit snappy when we aren't in the mood. Take a

:34:58. > :35:06.look at the moment when a great white shark took a bite out of a

:35:07. > :35:11.marine researcher's camera. Greg was diving off the coast of when this 12

:35:12. > :35:19.foot shark... Look at that!

:35:20. > :35:23.Took a bite. The key and the camera remained intact.

:35:24. > :35:26.He thought of just opened his doors to have a look inside and then

:35:27. > :35:37.backed off again. I think it romped on it. Here we go.

:35:38. > :35:45.-- chomped. Comes in, gave it a little nick.

:35:46. > :35:47.There we are. Anyway, everyone was fine.

:35:48. > :35:52.That's an image you really don't want imprinted on your brain. Great

:35:53. > :36:01.teeth. Talking about great, great smile.

:36:02. > :36:06.Fantastic smile. His smile has lit up the athletics world for years.

:36:07. > :36:11.Usain Bolt who we will see running in London in a few days. He has been

:36:12. > :36:16.reflecting on his career. He will raise the 100 metres and then go in

:36:17. > :36:21.the relay. He is in a serious mood. We normally see him chirpy and

:36:22. > :36:23.happy. He has told the BBC that if athletes continue to use drugs the

:36:24. > :36:26.sport will quite simply died. Bolt will run the final

:36:27. > :36:29.races of his career at the World Championships

:36:30. > :36:32.in London, which start this weekend. He says after hitting "rock bottom",

:36:33. > :36:35.athletics is now beginning to move We are going in the

:36:36. > :36:37.right direction now. I think we made changes and I said

:36:38. > :36:41.earlier that the sport hit rock bottom last season, so now it's

:36:42. > :36:44.moving forward and I think it's I think as long as athletes

:36:45. > :36:50.understand that if they keep this up the sport will die and then

:36:51. > :36:53.they won't have a job, understand that and will help

:36:54. > :37:08.the sport move forward. How fast can he run? Have to

:37:09. > :37:17.remember, his record was 9.85 seconds, setting 2009. -- set in.

:37:18. > :37:18.People say those kinds of times aren't likely now.

:37:19. > :37:20.There is a reason he is retiring. England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley

:37:21. > :37:23.will miss the rest of Women's Euro 2017 after it's been

:37:24. > :37:25.revealed she broke her leg. The Manchester City keeper

:37:26. > :37:28.was injured in the second half of Sunday's quarter-final win over

:37:29. > :37:30.France but managed to walk Siobhan Chamberlain,

:37:31. > :37:33.who came on for Bardsley, is now likely to face

:37:34. > :37:36.the Netherlands in tomorrow night's The camp was a bit down,

:37:37. > :37:47.but from KB's point of view we're all rallying around her

:37:48. > :37:49.and supporting her. We know she did a fantastic job

:37:50. > :37:53.to get to this point, in this tournament and

:37:54. > :37:56.the last three years, and she'll play a big

:37:57. > :37:58.part of the field. She'll be with us, supporting her

:37:59. > :38:08.teammates from the sidelines rather Not only did she walk off, but I

:38:09. > :38:17.didn't realise what happened. A fairly innocuous collision with a

:38:18. > :38:21.teammate. She carried on for a fair bit and then managed to walk.

:38:22. > :38:22.Obviously she was in significant pain.

:38:23. > :38:25.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridge's thigh

:38:26. > :38:27.injury isn't serious, after the striker went off injured

:38:28. > :38:34.Sturridge scored his sides last goal in a 3-0 win

:38:35. > :38:37.against Bayern Munich in Germany, but he immediately pulled up

:38:38. > :38:39.and was subbed just before full time.

:38:40. > :38:42.Injuries have limited Sturridge to 46 league appearances in the past

:38:43. > :38:53.Daniel Sturridge himself is playing down the injury, saying he thinks he

:38:54. > :38:54.will be OK. Britain's Kyle Edmund

:38:55. > :38:57.is through to the second He beat Hyeon Chung

:38:58. > :39:01.of South Korea in straight sets. Heather Watson is out

:39:02. > :39:03.of the Women's Singles. She was beaten by Patricia

:39:04. > :39:05.Maria Tig from Romania, who's ranked 134 in the world,

:39:06. > :39:08.59 places below Watson. Tig took both sets on tie-breaks

:39:09. > :39:10.as Watson double-faulted Ahead of England's fourth and final

:39:11. > :39:18.test against South Africa, Stuart Broad says the side

:39:19. > :39:21.are firmly focussed England go into the match,

:39:22. > :39:24.which starts on Friday at Old Trafford, with a 2-1

:39:25. > :39:28.lead in the series. I certainly don't think

:39:29. > :39:33.we will be looking to go out We need to play the way that

:39:34. > :39:37.naturally we've got characters That is that sort of

:39:38. > :39:40.counter-attacking, free-flowing play, but using the experience

:39:41. > :39:42.and adaptability to be able So we will be going out

:39:43. > :39:47.to win this Test match, and I think that is when we play

:39:48. > :40:00.at our best, when we are looking Who would be the England captain? We

:40:01. > :40:04.can ask that question! We know someone who has done it and

:40:05. > :40:07.didn't want to do it any more. Alastair Cook will be coming in in

:40:08. > :40:11.about one hour. Talking about Friday and Old

:40:12. > :40:14.Trafford and how England will apparently go out and play to win.

:40:15. > :40:16.They don't want to settle for a draw.

:40:17. > :40:22.Lots of winners this morning. Let's mention the other one. Adam Peaty.

:40:23. > :40:25.He is coming on at 8:10am. Thank you.

:40:26. > :40:27.They are the bane of many driver's morning commute,

:40:28. > :40:32.particularly those with a bad back or in a car with poor suspension.

:40:33. > :40:35.But now the government is encouraging councils to rip up

:40:36. > :40:37.speed humps, not to make car journeys more comfortable

:40:38. > :40:42.The BBC's Environment and Energy Analyst Roger Harrabin

:40:43. > :40:48.Children are vulnerable to polluted air.

:40:49. > :40:51.It can harm the development of their lungs.

:40:52. > :40:54.But the government's plan to combat pollution includes

:40:55. > :40:56.paying councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect

:40:57. > :41:02.Cars will typically break as they reach a hump

:41:03. > :41:05.and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution

:41:06. > :41:09.Safety campaigners say if councils remove humps without replacing them

:41:10. > :41:12.with something else to slow traffic it will simply increase

:41:13. > :41:17.Rachel is a safety campaigner based in Cardiff, where she walks

:41:18. > :41:21.Her organisation is writing to ministers, criticising

:41:22. > :41:30.It's a really weak plan based on really weak evidence.

:41:31. > :41:33.Getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not

:41:34. > :41:38.It's going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban

:41:39. > :41:45.areas like this and the money could be spent elsewhere.

:41:46. > :41:47.The challenge over humps created confusion in Whitehall,

:41:48. > :41:49.with different departments saying they weren't responsible

:41:50. > :41:53.A government spokesman said later that he would ensure that any

:41:54. > :42:05.changes on roads didn't reduce safety.

:42:06. > :42:12.Joining us now is a professor from the centre of energy, environment

:42:13. > :42:18.and sustainability, at Sheffield university. Good morning. We saw the

:42:19. > :42:23.thinking, that it will prevent cars from exhilarating, helping the

:42:24. > :42:28.environment. -- accelerating. How quantifiable is that? The new

:42:29. > :42:35.recommendation to remove speed bumps is quite interesting. I think there

:42:36. > :42:38.are controversial views from different groups of stakeholders,

:42:39. > :42:46.whether this is from the government the spec if all from passengers, the

:42:47. > :42:50.drivers or from the wider public. The idea of removing speed bumps is

:42:51. > :42:58.just one of the very potential... One of the many measures to reduce

:42:59. > :43:05.air pollution. And air quality is one of the major concerns,

:43:06. > :43:10.especially in major cities. If we don't do anything as part of the

:43:11. > :43:18.solution mix to reduce our environmental emissions in this

:43:19. > :43:22.regard it will be very damaging. Part of the problem here is that you

:43:23. > :43:26.have the big picture and then the small picture. We heard from Rachel

:43:27. > :43:30.in Cardiff, who was walking her daughters to school. How does the

:43:31. > :43:34.science help us in relation to the argument she is talking about,

:43:35. > :43:38.saying the cars are speeding up and slowing down. At least they are

:43:39. > :43:42.slowing down and she's saying the air pollution wouldn't be any

:43:43. > :43:46.different if you kept it the way it was and changed it. It wouldn't make

:43:47. > :43:49.much difference. It wouldn't because there are bigger measures that will

:43:50. > :43:53.be more impactful in order to improve air quality and reduce

:43:54. > :43:57.emissions. For instance, we are improving driver behaviour in using

:43:58. > :44:03.other mechanisms such as Smart traffic light systems. And with the

:44:04. > :44:11.increased introduction, in terms of use of electric vehicles, in the

:44:12. > :44:14.future potentially autonomous vehicles, I think the entire

:44:15. > :44:18.transport system will become smarter and more intelligent and that will

:44:19. > :44:25.lead to automation in which congestion management can be done in

:44:26. > :44:29.a more efficient way, rather than simply using the old traditional

:44:30. > :44:37.speed humps. It does seem like this as more measures and if you say it

:44:38. > :44:41.won't make much difference, is council focusing on the wrong thing

:44:42. > :44:44.when they say they have a ?3 billion plan to tackle air pollution? It

:44:45. > :44:48.seems like the headlines are coming out without there being very

:44:49. > :44:52.effective. Is that fair? There are various ways of looking into it.

:44:53. > :44:56.Obviously we have to make sure that we make use of limited resources

:44:57. > :45:03.available and revive that the local authorities to manage air quality in

:45:04. > :45:06.certain cities and regions. As we know across the UK there are certain

:45:07. > :45:10.regions that are still underperforming in terms of air

:45:11. > :45:17.quality performance. I think it will be a mixture of solutions.

:45:18. > :45:27.One of the issues with individual streets, a car goes slower, if it is

:45:28. > :45:33.a diesel car, you will literally see the black smoke. They are trying to

:45:34. > :45:39.hurry through the speed bumps, it is very visible. People think, if they

:45:40. > :45:45.are standing next to it, they are going to breathe out in. Yes, diesel

:45:46. > :45:56.cars are very important contributor to this. Because of that, those key

:45:57. > :45:59.reasons, we are shifting to a more sustainable options such as an

:46:00. > :46:05.electric vehicle, that will be one of the most important moves in order

:46:06. > :46:11.to develop a much more environmental, sustainable future

:46:12. > :46:17.and a low carbon future. As part of this movement, I think policy change

:46:18. > :46:23.is key. This is one of the important drives from the government to meet

:46:24. > :46:28.the air quality targets, to reduce emissions as part of our commitment.

:46:29. > :46:35.I think there is plenty of research and innovation across the UK that

:46:36. > :46:38.drives that, investment in factories, autonomous vehicles and

:46:39. > :46:44.others, that will fit into this supply chain. A lot of the work we

:46:45. > :46:55.are doing already in preparation, in terms of how this initiative will

:46:56. > :46:57.move, and build towards that integrated future, that is what we

:46:58. > :46:59.are looking at. and build towards that integrated

:47:00. > :47:02.future, that is what we are looking You're watching

:47:03. > :47:04.Breakfast from BBC News. The Duke of Edinburgh will take part

:47:05. > :47:08.in his final official It will be a parade

:47:09. > :47:12.at Buckingham Palace to mark the end Research suggests more

:47:13. > :47:17.than a million women in their early 60s are worse off as a result

:47:18. > :47:21.of the increase in the state pension Here's Carol with a look

:47:22. > :47:40.at this morning's weather. A wet one for many of us? Yes, rain

:47:41. > :47:46.this morning and through the day for some of us. Also turning windy.

:47:47. > :47:53.Coastal gales across the south-west, rain piling in. It has been doing so

:47:54. > :48:00.as we go through the night. Continuing to drift north-east

:48:01. > :48:06.today. Quite a humid day. It is currently 18 degrees in Brighton, in

:48:07. > :48:10.Edinburgh, a bit colder at nine degrees. Even colder than that in

:48:11. > :48:16.the Highlands. This morning we have sunshine across the Highlands. A

:48:17. > :48:21.much drier day than yesterday. A big arc of rain continuing to fan out as

:48:22. > :48:27.it moves north-east. The heaviest rain across South Wales, south-west

:48:28. > :48:31.England and Wales. As it moves north, it tends to fragment. This

:48:32. > :48:36.afternoon across northern England, some rain. Not as heavy as in the

:48:37. > :48:43.south. In between, some bright spells and sunshine. South, lots of

:48:44. > :48:47.cloud, heavy and persistent rain. Right behind the rain, a lot of

:48:48. > :48:53.cloud. Starting to break up through the afternoon. Brightening up as

:48:54. > :48:59.well. Rain continuing across Wales through the day. And Northern

:49:00. > :49:06.Ireland, the main rain band pushing through. Behind that, sunshine and

:49:07. > :49:11.showers. It is the north that remains dry and sunny. Quite a humid

:49:12. > :49:18.feel wherever you are. Through this evening and overnight, here is our

:49:19. > :49:21.arc of rain. Becoming ensconced across northern Scotland and the

:49:22. > :49:29.Northern Isles. A plethora of showers coming in across the west.

:49:30. > :49:34.Not going to feel cold overnight. Lows of 11- 16. Tomorrow, rain

:49:35. > :49:38.across the Northern Isles. For the rest of us, showers rotating around

:49:39. > :49:45.this area of low pressure. Showers further south, but at times, bright

:49:46. > :49:53.and sunny. In the sunshine, feeling quite pleasant. Temperatures up to

:49:54. > :49:59.22 degrees. 90 degrees in Aberdeen and Glasgow. Friday, low pressure

:50:00. > :50:04.pushing into the North Sea. Showers coming around it across Scotland, a

:50:05. > :50:09.few of those getting into Northern Ireland and northern England. That

:50:10. > :50:13.aside, for most of the rest of England and Wales, a dry day. Some

:50:14. > :50:19.sunshine around, high temperatures up to 23 degrees. After the rain

:50:20. > :50:25.today, looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. More sunshine,

:50:26. > :50:47.that is what I say. Sean is in Didcot to find out how

:50:48. > :50:50.businesses are coping with hikes in business

:50:51. > :51:00.Didcot saw one of the biggest rises in business rates. Lots of changes

:51:01. > :51:07.in Didcot, as they did in a lot of UK high streets. Yesterday I took a

:51:08. > :51:16.tour with one of the business leaders to see how much the area had

:51:17. > :51:22.changed. What has changed about Didcot over the years? Back ten

:51:23. > :51:30.years ago, this was not here. This is the developing area, the second

:51:31. > :51:37.phase is being built now. We have actually benefited from having lots

:51:38. > :51:41.of new businesses come in. Should we go and have a look at some of the

:51:42. > :51:52.independent businesses on the high street?

:51:53. > :51:54.You know these places a bit better than I do.

:51:55. > :51:57.?300,000, when you look at that price, is that expensive?

:51:58. > :52:00.I assume that they have looked at the overall

:52:01. > :52:01.values of the buildings, residential or business,

:52:02. > :52:08.and they have adjusted the rates to that higher value.

:52:09. > :52:09.They feel they should be getting that

:52:10. > :52:12.business because they are on the high street.

:52:13. > :52:17.Yes, it used to be the busy shopping area, now it is all in the shopping

:52:18. > :52:27.So, the calculation is being made as if this was a busy high street,

:52:28. > :52:43.Be busy area is over there now, there should be a readjustment for

:52:44. > :52:48.it. -- the. And we are in one of those busy areas now, in a salon. It

:52:49. > :52:55.is a business that has had to deal with a rise in business rates

:52:56. > :53:00.earlier in the year. Time to have a chat. You run this business, you are

:53:01. > :53:11.from the Federation of Small Businesses. Talking about your

:53:12. > :53:15.challenges, you are appealing your race, why? I discovered it had not

:53:16. > :53:21.been reviewed since April 2000 and eight. When I got the assessment, I

:53:22. > :53:25.discovered there were a number of things in the salon that were

:53:26. > :53:32.affecting the rate value. Things like uneven floors, damp in the

:53:33. > :53:36.walls, no natural light in half the salon. I knew I could get a

:53:37. > :53:41.reduction, but that has not been taken into consideration with what I

:53:42. > :53:53.am paying right now. How much of an effect is that having on your

:53:54. > :53:58.business? The way the salon is run, it is hard work. To try and get

:53:59. > :54:02.business in, the expenses going out as well, it is very challenging.

:54:03. > :54:07.That is a common problem. The fact that everything was valued in 2008,

:54:08. > :54:11.that is when the last values were done. How much of an effect is it

:54:12. > :54:16.having on businesses across the country? They are losing. They are

:54:17. > :54:21.having Starc arises because it has taken so long for the valuation.

:54:22. > :54:25.Those businesses are also seeing a reduction, because they are

:54:26. > :54:31.offkilter, they will only get 10% of their reduction. Nobody is winning.

:54:32. > :54:35.There are more than a million businesses who have seen a freeze or

:54:36. > :54:39.a fall in rates. It may not have been as much as they were hoping

:54:40. > :54:50.for, but that will theoretically, one day if busy -- be valuations

:54:51. > :54:55.keep going the way they are. Not necessarily. We are calling for a

:54:56. > :55:00.complete review of this tax, it is out of date, it does work. It stops

:55:01. > :55:05.businesses from borrowing and divesting themselves, it stops them

:55:06. > :55:10.from taking on apprentices. It is an interesting one. It is a tax that

:55:11. > :55:14.businesses have to pay, a bit like council tax. Do you think it needs

:55:15. > :55:21.to be changed fundamentally? Absolutely. I pay a lot of money,

:55:22. > :55:27.just short of ?900 per month, and what do I get for it? I don't even

:55:28. > :55:32.get my rubbish collected. There are a lot of things that affect the

:55:33. > :55:46.business. It is hard enough to run a business as it is. This is my third

:55:47. > :55:57.additional cost. One business closing down around the corner,

:55:58. > :56:01.several others are on the way out as well. She will be enjoying herself,

:56:02. > :56:08.and we will be talking more throughout the morning about how

:56:09. > :56:11.Didcot has changed. A lot of people have been getting in touch to say

:56:12. > :56:16.that similar things are happening around the country. You have said

:56:17. > :56:20.the classic wine, going anywhere nice on your holidays? It is not

:56:21. > :59:44.often I get to go, you see! Now, though, it's back

:59:45. > :59:47.to Naga and Charlie. Hello, this is Breakfast, with

:59:48. > :00:24.Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. After 65 years of service,

:00:25. > :00:27.Prince Philip prepares to step Hello, this is Breakfast, with

:00:28. > :00:32.Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. He'll meet Royal Marines

:00:33. > :00:35.in his final solo appearance before officially retiring

:00:36. > :00:46.from royal duties. Good morning.

:00:47. > :00:51.It's Wednesday, 2nd August. Grave concern

:00:52. > :00:54.at the state of prisons in England and Wales -

:00:55. > :00:57.governors say the rise in violence and pressure

:00:58. > :01:01.on staff is unacceptable. Up to 3,000 elderly people won't be

:01:02. > :01:18.able to find a bed in a UK care home It has been four months since the

:01:19. > :01:22.big business rate changes affected millions of businesses like that

:01:23. > :01:25.saloon here. I'm in Didcot where the rises have been particularly big

:01:26. > :01:28.looking at how it has affected its high street.

:01:29. > :01:32.In sport, as Usain Bolt gets set to race for the final time.

:01:33. > :01:35.The eight-time Olympic champion has told us the sport will die

:01:36. > :01:49.From being scared of the bath to a five-time world swimming champion.

:01:50. > :02:00.Good morning. For some of us it's a dry start to the day, even a bright

:02:01. > :02:03.one, but we have rain on the cards. It is already in the south and the

:02:04. > :02:07.west and it is moving north-east wards and the wind will pick up as

:02:08. > :02:09.well. I will have more details in 15 minutes.

:02:10. > :02:14.The Duke of Edinburgh will officially retire from royal

:02:15. > :02:16.duties today when he carries out his final public engagement.

:02:17. > :02:19.Prince Philip will be guest of honour at a parade

:02:20. > :02:27.The Duke, who is 96, announced that he was stepping away

:02:28. > :02:30.from the spotlight in May, after more than six decades

:02:31. > :02:32.of supporting the Queen, and attending events

:02:33. > :02:33.for his own charities and organisations.

:02:34. > :02:37.Here's more from our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.

:02:38. > :02:41.He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life

:02:42. > :02:46.ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947

:02:47. > :02:49.and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes

:02:50. > :02:51.got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion

:02:52. > :02:54.to royal duty, most often in support of the Queen, but also

:02:55. > :02:57.in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues

:02:58. > :03:00.like the environment and the development of the awards

:03:01. > :03:02.programme for young people which he created and

:03:03. > :03:12.But this afternoon it will come to an end.

:03:13. > :03:14.The Duke, who was 96 in June, will attend his last solo

:03:15. > :03:16.engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the

:03:17. > :03:19.It's not a complete retirement from public life.

:03:20. > :03:22.The Duke may still accompany the Queen to certain events,

:03:23. > :03:27.but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and 600 solo overseas

:03:28. > :03:31.visits since the Queen came to the throne, it does mark

:03:32. > :03:33.a significant moment both for the Duke and for the Queen.

:03:34. > :03:36.No longer will she have her husband at her side for most

:03:37. > :03:38.of her public appearances, other younger members

:03:39. > :03:40.of the Royal Family will take his place,

:03:41. > :03:43.as the self-declared leading plaque unveiler in the world finally takes

:03:44. > :04:01.That final event is taking place at Buckingham Palace. The Duke will

:04:02. > :04:10.carry out the final public engagement later on.

:04:11. > :04:13.We will speak to his friend of 40 years, the broadcaster.

:04:14. > :04:20.Recent unrest in English and Welsh jails is causing "grave concern",

:04:21. > :04:22.according to the Prison Governors Association.

:04:23. > :04:24.In an open letter, the President of the organisation said governors

:04:25. > :04:28.The letter comes after two days of unrest at The Mount

:04:29. > :04:38.There have been days of disorder at prisons Wiltshire

:04:39. > :04:40.and Hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed

:04:41. > :04:49.This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day

:04:50. > :04:53.on staff in prisons in England and Wales, following a decline

:04:54. > :04:56.in the number of prison officers over the past few years

:04:57. > :05:01.Now the President of Prison Governors' Association

:05:02. > :05:04.is publicly blaming the Government for what she calls a crisis in many

:05:05. > :05:10.jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers.

:05:11. > :05:14.In an open letter to prison governors, Andrea Albutt says

:05:15. > :05:17.the State has failed to help them cope with population

:05:18. > :05:19.pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons

:05:20. > :05:25.Ms Albutt says the Government's decision taken earlier this year

:05:26. > :05:30.to separate operational control of the prison system

:05:31. > :05:32.from responsibility for policy was madness, leaving a gaping hole

:05:33. > :05:39.The Ministry of Justice says it recognises the long-standing

:05:40. > :05:42.challenges facing prisons and that it's recruiting more officers.

:05:43. > :05:44.But with only 75 more in place since last year,

:05:45. > :05:56.Ms Albutt says recruitment remains in a critical condition.

:05:57. > :05:59.More than one million women in their early 60s are worse-off

:06:00. > :06:02.financially as a result of the rise in the state pension age.

:06:03. > :06:04.The Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the change,

:06:05. > :06:07.which saves the government ?5 billion a year, sees

:06:08. > :06:11.those affected lose more than ?30 a week on average.

:06:12. > :06:13.Our Personal Finance Correspondent, Simon Gompertz, reports.

:06:14. > :06:17.Waiting for your pension and struggling to get by.

:06:18. > :06:20.Shirley from Aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill-health

:06:21. > :06:23.and she won't qualify for the state pension until she's 66.

:06:24. > :06:36.But it's the only thing I've got really, not getting my pension,

:06:37. > :06:45.Pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men.

:06:46. > :06:48.By the end of the decade they'll be 66 for both -

:06:49. > :06:53.The result is more than a million women in their early 60s having

:06:54. > :06:56.weekly average incomes ?32 less than they would have been,

:06:57. > :06:59.the hit would be bigger, but for the fact many are working.

:07:00. > :07:02.18% are living in poverty, that's on under ?237

:07:03. > :07:10.Perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones

:07:11. > :07:13.who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but are

:07:14. > :07:16.Perhaps they can't find work or their health prevents them

:07:17. > :07:20.Women have been campaigning for compensation saying they weren't

:07:21. > :07:22.given enough warning of the pension changes which save

:07:23. > :07:25.But the Government says they're fair and that

:07:26. > :07:27.because of rising life expectancy, women now retiring will get

:07:28. > :07:38.the state pension for longer than previous generations.

:07:39. > :07:41.Stronger powers to cut off funding for terrorists

:07:42. > :07:43.by freezing their assets and blocking access to bank

:07:44. > :07:46.accounts will form part of the Government's plans

:07:47. > :07:48.to introduce the UK's own post-Brexit sanctions regime.

:07:49. > :07:50.Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster

:07:51. > :07:57.Norman, the Government says this new legislation will make it easier

:07:58. > :08:11.Because at the moment our sanctions policy is operated through the EU

:08:12. > :08:15.and when we leave the EU, we have to have our own arrangement. So what

:08:16. > :08:20.the Government is doing today is setting out how a bespoke British

:08:21. > :08:24.sanctions policies, that's our trade embargoes, our asset freezes, our

:08:25. > :08:28.travel bans on suspected terrorists will operate and as part of that,

:08:29. > :08:32.they are saying they're going to make it easier to freeze the assets

:08:33. > :08:37.of suspected terrorists. That's to say to stop them selling their

:08:38. > :08:42.houses or cars to raise cash or to launder money by lowering the

:08:43. > :08:46.threshold at which their assets can be frozen because under the EU

:08:47. > :08:49.system you can only freeze the assets, not only if you suspect

:08:50. > :08:54.someone of being a terrorist, but also they have to be a threat to the

:08:55. > :08:56.public. Under the new system, the bespoke British system, all the

:08:57. > :09:00.Government will have to establish is that they believe someone may have

:09:01. > :09:05.links to a terrorist organisation and the argument is that will make

:09:06. > :09:08.it easier and swifter and simpler to freeze the money of suspected

:09:09. > :09:10.terrorists. OK. Norman, thank you very much for explaining that.

:09:11. > :09:16.Norman there from Westminster. America is not seeking

:09:17. > :09:17.to invade North Korea That's according to its Secretary

:09:18. > :09:21.of State, Rex Tillerson. He was speaking after a senior

:09:22. > :09:23.Republican senator said President Trump considered

:09:24. > :09:25.going to war as an option. Last week North Korea

:09:26. > :09:28.carried out a second test of an intercontinental

:09:29. > :09:30.ballistic missile in defiance Tightened security checks at some

:09:31. > :09:37.European airports means holidaymakers are waiting in queues

:09:38. > :09:40.for more than four hours. The measures were brought

:09:41. > :09:42.in after the Paris and But a trade body representing some

:09:43. > :09:50.of the UK's biggest airlines calls the situation "shameful",

:09:51. > :09:52.with reports that some passengers Earlier, the Association

:09:53. > :09:55.of British Travel Agents told us that airports need to make sure

:09:56. > :10:06.there are more staff in place. I mean obviously they knew this

:10:07. > :10:10.extra security was coming in. The most annoying thing I found when you

:10:11. > :10:13.arrive at an airport and there is a big queue and there are two empty

:10:14. > :10:17.booths. They need to make sure they have additional staff in place to

:10:18. > :10:19.keep the queues to a minimum. The four hours that we are hearing

:10:20. > :10:23.about, that's unlikely that's going to happen to most people. The issue

:10:24. > :10:28.we are already busy. They need to have the staff in place. A lot is

:10:29. > :10:31.the luck of the draw. If your flight arrives in conjunction with three or

:10:32. > :10:34.four other flights then you will see longer queues.

:10:35. > :10:37.Former Spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99.

:10:38. > :10:39.Ken was one of the last surviving Battle of Britain pilots

:10:40. > :10:42.who were known as "the few" after Winston Churchill's famous

:10:43. > :10:45.phrase that never "was so much owed by so many to so few."

:10:46. > :10:56.The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Ken would be "dearly" missed.

:10:57. > :11:03.Three Australian women trying to save their bowls club

:11:04. > :11:05.from closure have become overnight internet stars after posting

:11:06. > :11:08.a video of themselves performing a parody of the Beyonce song Single

:11:09. > :11:13.The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video

:11:14. > :11:15.after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls

:11:16. > :11:20.A warning - there is some flash photography at the very start

:11:21. > :11:31.What does the queen of pop, Beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn

:11:32. > :11:44.# All the bowling ladies. # All the bowling ladies. #

:11:45. > :11:46.Meet Terri, Janine and Wyn, from Melbourne.

:11:47. > :11:49.Their parody of Beyonce's Single Ladies has been watched at least

:11:50. > :11:59.# Is our life. # You can't be evicting me.

:12:00. > :12:02.They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink

:12:03. > :12:08.plans to build an indoor stadium on this site.

:12:09. > :12:11.One of our younger members, Denise, she'd obviously been in PR,

:12:12. > :12:15.just cottoned on to the song, Beyonce's song, and two of us

:12:16. > :12:18.had heard of Beyonce, but two of us had not any idea

:12:19. > :12:36.The council says no final decision has been made,

:12:37. > :12:39.but it is struggling with demand for sporting facilities.

:12:40. > :12:41.Now the ladies hope their fancy footwork may just catch

:12:42. > :12:50.They have got a lot of attention by doing that. They have got a load of

:12:51. > :12:52.energy! Sal has joined us. We have got a rather special guest coming

:12:53. > :12:55.in. As an Olympic gold medallist

:12:56. > :12:57.and five-time world champion, no one can deny that swimmer,

:12:58. > :13:00.Adam Peaty has reached But at last week's World

:13:01. > :13:03.Championships in Budapest he proved that when it comes

:13:04. > :13:05.to the breaststroke, We'll speak to Adam in a moment

:13:06. > :13:21.but first here is a reminder of just Double world champion at 20 years

:13:22. > :13:27.old. Hungry for more. He occupied himself with the pursuit of more

:13:28. > :13:34.precious metal. Adam Peaty takes Olympic gold. Fast forward to

:13:35. > :13:39.Budapest and Peaty arrives looking to make a bit of his own. He

:13:40. > :13:46.obliterated them. He is an absolute beast. World title number three. The

:13:47. > :13:50.best of the world by some distance. Distance and time. Not just the best

:13:51. > :14:05.in the world now, but the best in the world ever. 25.95. That's

:14:06. > :14:11.phenomenal. Utter dominance. Like a lion hunting its prey. Peaty is

:14:12. > :14:16.relentless. On to the next one and history becons. This is quite

:14:17. > :14:26.amazing. Absolutely brilliant breaststroke swimming. Now, gold

:14:27. > :14:33.number 15. The double, double, an outstanding achievement.

:14:34. > :14:37.Good morning, Adam. How are you? Great thank you. Sal is with us, of

:14:38. > :14:43.course, as well. What have you got in your hand? These are the gold

:14:44. > :14:46.medals from Budapest. This is what the relay got us, but hopefully

:14:47. > :14:50.we're going to catch the USA one day. Just explain, so you got your

:14:51. > :14:55.own two personal gold medals there. Yes. The silver, the one you're

:14:56. > :15:03.bitter about is because the Americans just pipped you? Yeah, I

:15:04. > :15:07.mean, we're such a young team and we are getting experience, Rio was an

:15:08. > :15:12.amazing experience and we're getting stronger and stronger each year. We

:15:13. > :15:16.are faster than Rio, but hopefully we will come together and get ahead

:15:17. > :15:19.in the zopb for Tokyo and try and take the USA down because they have

:15:20. > :15:23.never lost that race and that just makes me want to spoil the party. It

:15:24. > :15:26.is not that long ago that a swimmer, even the best swimmer could walk

:15:27. > :15:31.down the street in this country and probably nobody would notice. I bet

:15:32. > :15:36.you can't do that anymore? Yes. It has changed a lot. But I see that as

:15:37. > :15:40.a positive. My goal is to inspire as many people as possible, young and

:15:41. > :15:45.old. Getting people involved in sport because it has given me so

:15:46. > :15:50.much. Without sport I would be a different person and it's great to

:15:51. > :15:53.check my Twitter after the race and check Instagram and all the people

:15:54. > :16:00.saying thank you and I'm going swimming today or I'm going to work

:16:01. > :16:03.extra hard today. Without swimming, there would be rumours, you weren't

:16:04. > :16:07.a clean person because you were scared of taking a bath at one

:16:08. > :16:13.point. Do you want to tell us about that? My mum says, "Go down there

:16:14. > :16:20.with your friends and get the inflatables out. Ever since then, I

:16:21. > :16:25.was hooked. Wasn't it your brother's fault that you didn't like the bath?

:16:26. > :16:34.I used to think stuff came out of the drain. Like what? Like sharks

:16:35. > :16:40.and stuff. I think kids used to tell each other stories like that. If you

:16:41. > :16:44.are of a certain age or watched the movie Jaws. You got over it and

:16:45. > :16:47.swimming got you over that because even your mum couldn't take you

:16:48. > :16:58.swimming because she was worried about how much you cried.

:16:59. > :17:06.In overcame everything. Everything I did, still to this day, I make a

:17:07. > :17:12.decision whether it will make me faster or slower -- I overcame

:17:13. > :17:15.everything. One of the things that happens when you become world

:17:16. > :17:20.champion, we kind of getting our bit, but strangely we also get to

:17:21. > :17:25.know your family. A lot of your family become quite famous. Let's

:17:26. > :17:31.have a little look at an interview, and this was after the most recent

:17:32. > :17:35.exploits. COMMENTATOR: Good start from Peaty

:17:36. > :17:42.right in the centre, a very good start from him... Come on, you can

:17:43. > :17:49.do it! Absolutely fantastic. Adam Peaty takes Olympic gold... A

:17:50. > :17:56.wonderful world record. Yes! Oh, he has done it! This is really all

:17:57. > :18:09.about Adam Peaty. The world record is 57.1 three. -- 50 7.13. It meant

:18:10. > :18:12.the world to me. Amazing. Peaty in the centre, he is making the rest of

:18:13. > :18:19.the world beset their dreams, because their dreams are no longer

:18:20. > :18:25.quick enough. It is 20 years since I had flown, but it was well worth it.

:18:26. > :18:30.Something tells me you got a big hug from your nan at some point. Did you

:18:31. > :18:38.meet up immediately after the events? Yes, I caught her and my mum

:18:39. > :18:41.since the relay, but I have been quite busy. It is great obviously to

:18:42. > :18:50.have that support. Nothing like walking out when there are that many

:18:51. > :18:53.people, all cheering, but when you see the GB flag, my nan in a

:18:54. > :19:03.wheelchair, God bless her, and my mum next, it touched my heart. Who

:19:04. > :19:13.do you inherit the nan from? Is it your mum, your nan? -- would you

:19:14. > :19:19.inherit your grit from? You are very personable fellow, but very focused.

:19:20. > :19:22.Where is that from? A bit of both. My dad and my mum have always worked

:19:23. > :19:28.hard and I have always had that drive, in a sense. If I have taken

:19:29. > :19:34.my foot off Regasel I don't see the point. They were but 4am, taking me

:19:35. > :19:37.to the pool, and I thought I am not going to waste their time, with the

:19:38. > :19:47.opportunity they are giving me, I will train as hard as I can, so as

:19:48. > :19:51.fast as I can -- foot off the gas, then I don't see the point. We see

:19:52. > :19:56.the Olympic rings there but I want to speak about the word under those

:19:57. > :20:00.Olympic rings. Yes, not many people ask that actually. You see, we get

:20:01. > :20:04.in the special questions! LAUGHTER

:20:05. > :20:08.It is about balancing all areas of my life, at home, friends and

:20:09. > :20:12.family, financially, everything has to be OK, the training has to be

:20:13. > :20:23.perfect, and if all of those are in equilibria, nice and balanced, I can

:20:24. > :20:28.perform to the other strokes... I wouldn't be sitting here if I did

:20:29. > :20:32.other strokes! Is it really that extreme? You ever have a race

:20:33. > :20:37.against the guys with other strokes? Yes, all that annoy them. If I win

:20:38. > :20:40.it is game over. But there are dramatic differences. They can't

:20:41. > :20:46.compete in other... You can't see, this year, I will do... Yes, it is

:20:47. > :20:50.tough. I think to become an elite athlete in any kind of sport or

:20:51. > :20:54.stroke in this sense, 10,000 hours, a long time, so I think I would need

:20:55. > :20:59.to start doing that in backstroke to change. What are you doing for the

:21:00. > :21:02.rest of the day? Just chilling. Trying to spread the message,

:21:03. > :21:08.hopefully inspire a lot of people. Chilling. I love it! Good luck. We

:21:09. > :21:12.are all behind you. Thank you. See you later on. The time is 8:21am.

:21:13. > :21:18.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:21:19. > :21:24.What is it like? Good morning. Some rain across the North and parts of

:21:25. > :21:27.the West and the South, all spreading north eastwards through

:21:28. > :21:31.the course of the day and also going to turn windy. Low pressure is

:21:32. > :21:35.driving our weather once again. We have an array of fronts squeezing in

:21:36. > :21:47.the eyes buyers, already some deals around the South Western approaches.

:21:48. > :21:53.-- some gales and an array of fronts squeezing in the isobars. You can

:21:54. > :21:59.see this fragmenting, I defined art currently but that will break up.

:22:00. > :22:03.Even though we will see rain crossing the UK, at times it will be

:22:04. > :22:08.brighter and we will see a little sunshine, but persisted across the

:22:09. > :22:10.south coast. Clearing through the south-west in the afternoon, leaving

:22:11. > :22:14.residual low cloud, but it will break up in the wind. But we hang on

:22:15. > :22:16.to the persistent rain across the southern counties, and from east

:22:17. > :22:22.Anglia into the Midlands, a lot of cloud, and we will start to see some

:22:23. > :22:24.showers with some patchy rain, again continuing to journey

:22:25. > :22:29.north-eastwards. We will have this across parts of North England, but

:22:30. > :22:33.equally some bright spells, rain in central and southern Scotland. For

:22:34. > :22:38.northern Scotland after a chilly start, sunny day, much drier than

:22:39. > :22:43.yesterday. For Northern Ireland, the rain pushes away, then a mixture of

:22:44. > :22:48.bright spells, sunshine and showers, and the rain on and off across Wales

:22:49. > :22:53.throughout the day. Wherever you are there it will feel quite humid. Then

:22:54. > :22:55.the rain picks up across the Channel Islands and the south-eastern

:22:56. > :23:00.quarter of England, and you can see that arc it into northern Scotland

:23:01. > :23:04.and the Northern Isles, then an array of showers across the West.

:23:05. > :23:09.Humid air mass across us at the moment so tonight it will not be

:23:10. > :23:13.cold. Temperatures are about 11-15. Tomorrow we start with rain across

:23:14. > :23:16.the Northern Isles, Centre of low pressure across Scotland, and all

:23:17. > :23:20.these showers rotating around it, coming in on the wind as well. Quite

:23:21. > :23:24.a breezy day tomorrow, but the further south you travel the drier

:23:25. > :23:29.and brighter it is likely to be, and if you are likely to get into any

:23:30. > :23:33.sunshine out of that breeze, 22 Celsius will feel quite pleasant.

:23:34. > :23:38.Friday, low-pressure anchored in the North Sea. Still showers around its

:23:39. > :23:41.Scotland, Northern Ireland, a few into Wales and the south-west on the

:23:42. > :23:46.breeze, but again the further east you travel warmer and drier and

:23:47. > :23:51.brighter it will be. After today, we back into sunshine and showers.

:23:52. > :23:56.STUDIO: Thank goodness, what I say! Thanks very much, Carol. The time is

:23:57. > :23:57.8:23am. An opera company which received

:23:58. > :23:59.millions of pounds in funding from Kensington and Chelsea council

:24:00. > :24:02.has staged a special performance in aid of those affected

:24:03. > :24:04.by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. One of its members died in the fire,

:24:05. > :24:07.but still the company has been the focus of some criticism -

:24:08. > :24:10.some believe that the council has prioritised the needs

:24:11. > :24:12.of its richer residents Verdi's Requiem

:24:13. > :24:26.is often used in memoriam. Last night in Holland Park

:24:27. > :24:28.it was used for those who lost their lives and their homes

:24:29. > :24:31.a couple of miles up The disaster was more

:24:32. > :24:40.than geographically close to this opera company -

:24:41. > :24:42.it directly affected one of their own, a member of staff,

:24:43. > :24:45.Debbie Lamprell, who lived on the 16th floor,

:24:46. > :24:57.missing presumed dead. It is difficult for me to talk

:24:58. > :25:00.about it really because the last time I saw her was sitting at this

:25:01. > :25:03.bench on the night of the fire. We were listening to the end

:25:04. > :25:06.of the opera we were performing that night and we said good night

:25:07. > :25:10.at the end of it, wasn't it So, yes, that helps the feeling why

:25:11. > :25:14.we wanted to make such an impact, Grenfell is to the north

:25:15. > :25:18.of Kensington, the part of the borough the council has been

:25:19. > :25:20.accused of neglecting, all the while amassing

:25:21. > :25:22.a large budget surplus. Until two years ago

:25:23. > :25:24.the opera in Holland Park was a council service,

:25:25. > :25:27.the same as any leisure facility, like a gym or swimming pool,

:25:28. > :25:29.and that has led to criticism from those who have questioned

:25:30. > :25:32.the priorities of those of the Royal Borough

:25:33. > :25:34.of Kensington and Chelsea. The philistine council would rather

:25:35. > :25:36.spend ?30 million on opera for a minority in Holland Park over

:25:37. > :25:39.20 years - why is this relevant Because Kensington and Chelsea

:25:40. > :25:51.Council has for many years misspent government and council

:25:52. > :25:53.taxpayer funds on countless vanity projects and handouts,

:25:54. > :25:56.as we have heard, while underfunding But those who run

:25:57. > :26:02.the operating system that theirs is the most accessible

:26:03. > :26:05.opera company in the country and have long contributed

:26:06. > :26:07.to North Kensington through fundraising and direct

:26:08. > :26:11.involvement with the community. When you pitch it as opera is not

:26:12. > :26:14.as important as homes and living standards in the borough,

:26:15. > :26:17.then that is not an argument I would But they spend millions

:26:18. > :26:21.of lots of other services and I think it is the word opera

:26:22. > :26:23.that is clearly Perhaps if we were a straight

:26:24. > :26:29.theatre company it wouldn't I don't know, but in this country

:26:30. > :26:33.opera generally has this stereotype Stereotype or not, last night's

:26:34. > :26:38.one-off performance was a sell-out, with all proceeds going to help

:26:39. > :26:51.the victims of Grenfell Tower. Now though it's back

:26:52. > :30:21.to Charlie and Naga. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:22. > :30:22.with Naga Munchetty The Duke of Edinburgh will meet

:30:23. > :30:29.Royal Marines in his final public engagement before he retires

:30:30. > :30:32.from royal duties. The 96-year-old announced

:30:33. > :30:35.he was stepping away from the spotlight in May,

:30:36. > :30:37.after decades of supporting the Queen, as well as attending

:30:38. > :30:40.events for his own charities Prince Philip has completed 22,219

:30:41. > :30:51.solo engagements since 1952. Recent unrest in English and Welsh

:30:52. > :30:54.jails is causing "grave concern", according to the President

:30:55. > :30:56.of the Prison Governors' In an open letter to her

:30:57. > :31:01.organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational

:31:02. > :31:06.and policy decisions was "madness". The letter comes after two days

:31:07. > :31:09.of trouble at The Mount The Ministry of Justice said

:31:10. > :31:13.it was dealing with long-term More than one million

:31:14. > :31:17.women in their early 60s This as a result of the increase

:31:18. > :31:21.in the state pension age. The Institute for Fiscal Studies

:31:22. > :31:24.found that raising the age from 60 to 63 was saving the government

:31:25. > :31:28.?5 billion a year. however, those affected were losing

:31:29. > :31:33.more than ?30 a week on average. The Department for Work and Pensions

:31:34. > :31:36.says the changes are fair Tightened security checks at some

:31:37. > :31:47.European airports means holidaymakers are waiting in queues

:31:48. > :31:50.for more than four hours. The measures were brought

:31:51. > :31:52.in after the Paris and But a trade body representing some

:31:53. > :31:57.of the UK's biggest airlines calls the situation shameful,

:31:58. > :31:59.with reports that some passengers Earlier, the Association

:32:00. > :32:04.of British Travel Agents told us that airports need to make sure

:32:05. > :32:16.there are more staff in place. They knew this extra security was

:32:17. > :32:20.coming in. The most annoying thing I found personally is when you arrive

:32:21. > :32:24.at an airport and see a big queue and there I2 empty booths. They need

:32:25. > :32:29.to make sure they have additional staff in place to keep the keys to a

:32:30. > :32:34.minimum. I think four hours is unlikely to happen to most people.

:32:35. > :32:39.They are already busy and they need to have staff in place. It is the

:32:40. > :32:44.luck of the draw. If your flight arrives along with a few others, as

:32:45. > :32:46.often happens, you will see longer queues.

:32:47. > :32:48.America is not seeking to invade North Korea

:32:49. > :32:51.That's according to its Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

:32:52. > :32:54.He was speaking after a senior Republican senator said

:32:55. > :32:56.President Trump considered going to war as an option.

:32:57. > :32:58.Last week North Korea carried out a second test of an intercontinental

:32:59. > :33:03.ballistic missile in defiance of a United Nations ban.

:33:04. > :33:05.Road safety campaigners say a government proposal to reduce air

:33:06. > :33:08.pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective.

:33:09. > :33:10.Humps cause cars to burn more fuel as drivers accelerate

:33:11. > :33:16.Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal but others say the move

:33:17. > :33:19.would endanger pedestrians and force more parents to drive

:33:20. > :33:28.Former Spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99.

:33:29. > :33:31.Ken was one of the last surviving Battle of Britain pilots

:33:32. > :33:35.who were known as "the few" after Winston Churchill's famous

:33:36. > :33:40.phrase that "never was so much owed by so many to so few."

:33:41. > :33:51.The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Ken would be "dearly" missed.

:33:52. > :33:59.He does not fly proper aeroplanes, he flies choppers and there is

:34:00. > :34:11.nothing like the sound of a Merlin and he has not got that pleasure.

:34:12. > :34:15.Just one other story, a picture story.

:34:16. > :34:18.We can all get a bit snappy when we're not in the mood to be

:34:19. > :34:21.photographed, but take a look at the moment when a great white

:34:22. > :34:24.shark took a bite of a marine researcher's camera.

:34:25. > :34:28.Greg Skomal was diving off the coast of Massachusetts in the USA

:34:29. > :34:30.when his close encounter with the 12-foot shark took place.

:34:31. > :34:37.Despite the Jaws-style drama, both he and his camera remained intact.

:34:38. > :34:50.Carol will have the weather in about ten minutes' time,

:34:51. > :34:54.but also coming up on Breakfast this morning:

:34:55. > :34:59.to have soul, you'll want to hear from Elkie Brooks,

:35:00. > :35:01.the British Queen of Blues's latest work sees her teaming up

:35:02. > :35:02.with Canadian rocker, Bryan Adams.

:35:03. > :35:05.He's been friends with Prince Philip for more than 40 years.

:35:06. > :35:07.The writer and broadcaster, Gyles Brandreth will assess

:35:08. > :35:12.what he'll do now that he's retiring from royal duties.

:35:13. > :35:15.We'll discover how a portrait led author Shrabani Basu to uncover

:35:16. > :35:17.the hidden friendship of Queen Victoria and her Indian

:35:18. > :35:19.servant Abdul and how that led to Dame Judi Dench

:35:20. > :35:33.But first let's get the sport with Sally.

:35:34. > :35:47.Can I tell you about a chat I had with Adam Peaty. I wanted to ask him

:35:48. > :35:54.how you get to 6% body fat. He has 6-8000 calories in the winter. Do

:35:55. > :35:59.you know what they are made of? Chicken, fish, salads, vegetables.

:36:00. > :36:05.No eggs. Chicken, fish, salads and vegetables. Does that mean he can do

:36:06. > :36:12.something a bit different after today? No, I think he stays on that.

:36:13. > :36:20.Here is another man with dedication. I think Usain Bolt has a more

:36:21. > :36:25.laissez faire attitude. Adam was sitting there and he gleams and he

:36:26. > :36:29.delights in what he does. Usain Bolt also does that, he loves what he is

:36:30. > :36:34.doing and the enjoyment he gives to people. He thrives on it. How much

:36:35. > :36:35.will he miss it when he stops running competitively?

:36:36. > :36:41.The eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has told the BBC that

:36:42. > :36:43.if athletes continue to use drugs the sport "will die."

:36:44. > :36:46.Bolt, who will run the final races of his career

:36:47. > :36:48.at the World Championships in London which start this weekend,

:36:49. > :36:50.says after hitting "rock bottom", athletics is now beginning

:36:51. > :36:56.We are going in the right direction now.

:36:57. > :36:59.I think we made changes and I said earlier that the sport hit rock

:37:00. > :37:02.bottom last season, so now it's moving forward and I think it's

:37:03. > :37:08.I think as long as athletes understand that if they keep this up

:37:09. > :37:11.the sport will die and then they won't have a job,

:37:12. > :37:14.so hopefully athletes understand that and will help

:37:15. > :37:20.England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of Women's Euro

:37:21. > :37:23.2017 after it's been revealed she broke her leg.

:37:24. > :37:25.The Manchester City keeper was injured in the second half

:37:26. > :37:27.of Sunday's quarter-final win over France but managed

:37:28. > :37:31.Siobhan Chamberlain, who came on for Bardsley,

:37:32. > :37:33.is now likely to face the Netherlands in tomorrow

:37:34. > :37:42.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridge's thigh

:37:43. > :37:44.injury isn't serious after the striker went off injured

:37:45. > :37:49.Sturridge scored his side's last goal in a 3-0 win

:37:50. > :37:52.against Bayern Munich in Germany but he immediately pulled up and was

:37:53. > :37:59.Injuries have limited Sturridge to 46 league appearances

:38:00. > :38:05.Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the 2nd

:38:06. > :38:09.He beat Hyeon Chung of South Korea in straight sets.

:38:10. > :38:11.Heather Watson is out of the Women's Singles.

:38:12. > :38:14.She was beaten in straight sets by Patricia Maria Tig from Romania,

:38:15. > :38:17.who's ranked 134 in the world, 59 places below Watson.

:38:18. > :38:19.Tig took both sets on tie-breaks as Watson

:38:20. > :38:27.He's been described as the finest racing driver of his generation.

:38:28. > :38:29.The Polish driver Robert Kubica was amongst the fastest

:38:30. > :38:32.in Formula One until his arm was severely injured

:38:33. > :38:38.He thought he'd never race at the top level again.

:38:39. > :38:42.Earlier this year he drove an old Formula One car.

:38:43. > :38:44.Later today he'll get behind the wheel of a current Renault

:38:45. > :38:48.in a test in Hungary to see if he's got what it takes to

:38:49. > :38:52.I was hoping to get the chance to try the 2017 car and I think,

:38:53. > :38:55.you know, to have this opportunity in the official test,

:38:56. > :38:58.post the Hungarian Grand Prix, is something special and I really

:38:59. > :39:02.appreciate and, yeah, Renault gave me such

:39:03. > :39:12.England's cricketers play their fourth and final Test

:39:13. > :39:15.against South Africa on Friday and with the series poised at 2-1

:39:16. > :39:19.But the former captain Alastair Cook, who remains part

:39:20. > :39:22.of the team, will be aiming much higher than that.

:39:23. > :39:36.A draw will not be enough for you, will it? We hope not. "- one up is

:39:37. > :39:40.nice, you cannot lose the series. Our side over the last 18 months has

:39:41. > :39:44.struggled to back-up a good performance with another good

:39:45. > :39:49.performance. Consistency is something we need to go up the

:39:50. > :39:55.rankings and this is a good test for us under Joe Root. How is it not

:39:56. > :40:01.being captain? It is a bit different. The break helped from the

:40:02. > :40:05.end of India when I announced I was not the captain up until the first

:40:06. > :40:10.test match at Lord's. It gave me time to get my head around it and it

:40:11. > :40:20.gave Joe time to fix his plans and get his ideas in order. It was not

:40:21. > :40:25.quite strange. There was a test match two weeks after, that would

:40:26. > :40:30.have been strange. There is a little bit less stress being back in the

:40:31. > :40:35.ranks. Did you give him any advice? It would have been wrong if I did

:40:36. > :40:39.not. But he is a Yorkshireman and he is strong willed and he knows what

:40:40. > :40:43.he is doing. A few ideas along the way is important because it is such

:40:44. > :40:52.a big job and nothing can prepare you for it. The job is so different.

:40:53. > :40:57.I am always at the end of the phone for him and he listens to my ideas

:40:58. > :41:03.and it is good. We were talking to Adam Peaty. You were saying Usain

:41:04. > :41:06.Bolt and Adam Peaty, there is something about them, they exude

:41:07. > :41:11.delight in what they are doing, the way they go about their business. He

:41:12. > :41:15.has that thing about him where he loves what he is capable of doing

:41:16. > :41:19.and the effect it has on other people. Seeing some of the pictures

:41:20. > :41:23.we have seen from the cricket you get a bit of a sense of the

:41:24. > :41:29.atmosphere growing within the group of players. Is there something

:41:30. > :41:32.different happening at the moment? I cannot speak about swimming, but it

:41:33. > :41:37.must be nice going into a race knowing you are going to win it

:41:38. > :41:43.before you start. You still have to do it. When you are so much faster

:41:44. > :41:47.than everyone else, it must be a great thing. Pressure is the thing.

:41:48. > :41:52.Pressure performing as a favourite constantly is tough in any

:41:53. > :41:59.profession. The one thing is this England side has been together quite

:42:00. > :42:05.a long time. Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, they have played 30 odd test matches

:42:06. > :42:08.as a group together. If anyone watches our football in the morning,

:42:09. > :42:14.they will have seen our banter going. I scored a few hat tricks

:42:15. > :42:18.before in the football, but I have never got a cricket happy, that is

:42:19. > :42:24.what mowing Ali said. So it is brilliant. It is a good team to be

:42:25. > :42:28.part of and it does help when you are winning. Trent Bridge was a

:42:29. > :42:32.great win and there were smiles on your faces if you play like that.

:42:33. > :42:37.How much were you heard by the criticism in the press? If I am

:42:38. > :42:44.brutally honest, that is what happens when you play badly. If you

:42:45. > :42:48.play well, it is brilliant. We have all been around long enough to know

:42:49. > :42:54.that we will get criticism. What hurt us more was the way we played.

:42:55. > :42:58.In sport if you play badly, you accept the criticism, but to play as

:42:59. > :43:03.badly as we did and nacho anything in that last innings to get bowled

:43:04. > :43:08.out like we did at Trent Bridge as a batting group really hurt. To

:43:09. > :43:14.respond like we did at the Oval when the conditions were a lot tougher

:43:15. > :43:19.and to bat like we did, Ben Stokes' 100 was a really good 100. But we

:43:20. > :43:25.were all hurt by our own performance. Is there a kind of

:43:26. > :43:30.policy? You said it is great when you are winning, life is good and

:43:31. > :43:34.you get on well. When you do play badly and there is criticism, do you

:43:35. > :43:39.feel a responsibility amongst yourselves to cheer yourself up or

:43:40. > :43:45.do you retreat into yourselves? We do not retreat into our shells. We

:43:46. > :43:49.do not get too excited when we win and we laugh it off a little bit

:43:50. > :43:53.when we lose. That is quite a good way of dealing with it. The dressing

:43:54. > :43:59.room after Trent Bridge was a sad place for a bit. But it was like,

:44:00. > :44:06.how are we going to improve it? If you mope around, it will not help.

:44:07. > :44:11.You do not have to show everyone how much it is hurting, certainly not on

:44:12. > :44:17.TV. If you walk around looking sad, it is false. It hurts more inside.

:44:18. > :44:20.Leaving Trent Bridge we were embarrassed as a side. We left the

:44:21. > :44:26.dressing room saying, that was not good enough. In one way I do not

:44:27. > :44:30.want to use the word week, but it was a weak batting performance. Then

:44:31. > :44:35.to show the character we did at the Oval was really pleasing in tough

:44:36. > :44:40.batting conditions. It would have given Joe Root a lot of confidence

:44:41. > :44:48.as a captain. What he spoke about we put into action. Does a cricketer's

:44:49. > :44:55.diet match up to a swimmer's diet? Chicken, fish, vegetables and salad?

:44:56. > :44:59.No. I wish I could eat as much as he does!

:45:00. > :45:02.A new study has revealed a large and growing shortfall in the number

:45:03. > :45:10.of beds needed to care for the elderly across the UK.

:45:11. > :45:14.Add to 3000 people won't be able to find a place in a care home by the

:45:15. > :45:16.end of next year. Samantha Fenwick from Radio 4's

:45:17. > :45:18.You and Yours programme has been Sam visits his nan Jean in this

:45:19. > :45:23.care home every day. She moved into this home care centre

:45:24. > :45:26.12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and Sam could not

:45:27. > :45:31.look after her at home. She is really looked after,

:45:32. > :45:35.they provide her activities and take her on trips,

:45:36. > :45:38.she recently went to Blackpool. But in June, Bradford

:45:39. > :45:42.Council decided to close It was supposedly too

:45:43. > :45:46.expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another

:45:47. > :45:49.place for Jean to live. One in 20 care home beds have closed

:45:50. > :45:58.in the UK in the past three years. In ten months' time,

:45:59. > :46:01.work will be complete. I am standing in what will

:46:02. > :46:04.be a television room. There will also be 70

:46:05. > :46:11.bedrooms with en suites. But research for the BBC suggests

:46:12. > :46:14.we are not building enough care homes like this, and we are

:46:15. > :46:21.facing a huge shortfall. The data from JLL suggests that

:46:22. > :46:24.by the end of next year, there will be a shortfall

:46:25. > :46:26.of 3000 beds. By 2026, they predict

:46:27. > :46:28.the industry could be There are more people

:46:29. > :46:31.living for longer. Next decade, there will

:46:32. > :46:33.be 2.5 million more That means there will be anticipated

:46:34. > :46:39.demand for care homes. To fix that, we need to double

:46:40. > :46:48.the rates of delivery. The worry is, as capacity

:46:49. > :46:50.decreases, there will be more pressure on NHS beds as elderly

:46:51. > :46:53.people are admitted to hospital This company builds more care homes

:46:54. > :46:59.than any other provider. Every year they add

:47:00. > :47:04.600 beds per year. In the future, those that need help

:47:05. > :47:08.might not be able to get Potentially, the commissioners

:47:09. > :47:14.will raise eligibility criteria to justify entry to care homes,

:47:15. > :47:24.so increasingly, we will see only the most dependent clients will meet

:47:25. > :47:26.the criteria in future. The government say

:47:27. > :47:28.they have given local authorities an extra ?2 billion

:47:29. > :47:33.to help, but the fear for families is that they will end

:47:34. > :47:36.up in a similar situation to Sam This care home will

:47:37. > :47:39.close in the autumn, and they are struggling

:47:40. > :47:46.to find a new one. She has been crying in her bed,

:47:47. > :47:50.knowing that she is going to have to move.

:47:51. > :47:53.It is a question of, is this going to be my

:47:54. > :47:59.It is a really sad situation, what will happen to people

:48:00. > :48:08.It is very touching, that was gene we saw with her grandson, Sam. It

:48:09. > :48:15.really brings it home, they are asking those questions and will be

:48:16. > :48:21.increasingly knowing over time there will be a lack of places. They are

:48:22. > :48:25.legally bound to find you a care home place. Sam is worried that his

:48:26. > :48:28.man may find another place but it will be a long way from where they

:48:29. > :48:34.live and he is worried they cannot visit every day as he may have a 40

:48:35. > :48:38.minute journey. For someone living with dementia, as Jean is, that is

:48:39. > :48:44.quite concerning for the family as that kind of disruption and lack of

:48:45. > :48:49.things happening all the time will really affect her state. We spoke to

:48:50. > :48:54.you about one hour ago, we asked viewers to get in touch. We had a

:48:55. > :48:58.lot of people getting in touch. Gary says that his mother is currently in

:48:59. > :49:04.care due to dementia. Families funding it privately after selling

:49:05. > :49:08.their home due to the poor quality of local authority care homes, in

:49:09. > :49:13.his opinion. He says that she is in a superb home but the money will run

:49:14. > :49:17.out. Everybody has that in mind. They have set aside a huge amount of

:49:18. > :49:24.the proceeds from selling their home but by the end of 2018 it will be

:49:25. > :49:29.gone, what happens then? If you have assets of lower than ?23,000,

:49:30. > :49:33.including your house and any other assets, you will be paid for by the

:49:34. > :49:37.local authority but what may happen to Gary is that she will become

:49:38. > :49:42.state funded, staying in the same home she is in. The local authority

:49:43. > :49:47.will pick up the fee and the family may be asked to tack up anything

:49:48. > :49:49.that will be paid for for her. Samantha, thank you. There is more

:49:50. > :49:55.on your investigation. Here's Carol with a look

:49:56. > :50:03.at this morning's weather. Rain in the forecast but some sun as

:50:04. > :50:06.well? Top of the class! That's right.

:50:07. > :50:10.Certainly there is rain in the forecast, some already have it, some

:50:11. > :50:18.are yet to get it and it will turn windy across the south-west, it

:50:19. > :50:21.gusts and as gale force. We have low pressure driving the weather, with

:50:22. > :50:28.France coming this way. Isobars close together in the wind is

:50:29. > :50:33.continuing to strengthen. Rain piling in, this is what we have had

:50:34. > :50:37.through the early part of today. Heavy rain across Wales, south-west

:50:38. > :50:43.England, and southern coastal counties. Heavy across the Channel

:50:44. > :50:45.Islands, this big arc of a weather front drifting north-eastwards,

:50:46. > :50:50.fragmenting as we go through the day. Some rain but in between there

:50:51. > :50:57.will be bright spells, even glimpses of our old friend, the sun. In

:50:58. > :51:00.Scotland, a dry day, some sunshine for much of the day. That pushes

:51:01. > :51:08.across southern and central Scotland, into England, and then dry

:51:09. > :51:12.interludes, a couple of gradual breaks, and splashes of rain. The

:51:13. > :51:17.heaviest rain will be in Southern counties, is denoted by that green

:51:18. > :51:22.you see in the charts. Away from south-west England, left with a fair

:51:23. > :51:26.bit of cloud, wind breaking it up through the afternoon. In Northern

:51:27. > :51:29.Ireland, wind is with us on and off, cloud in between and in Northern

:51:30. > :51:36.Ireland, there goes the rain, sunshine with some showers. It is

:51:37. > :51:40.quite humid today too. Through the evening and overnight, rain across

:51:41. > :51:45.the Channel Islands, as it continues to journey into the North Sea,

:51:46. > :51:52.followed that arc round, and it is in Scotland and the Northern Isles.

:51:53. > :51:58.Showers in the West, 11-16d and with humid air, it will feel humid, not a

:51:59. > :52:04.cold night. Rain in the Northern Isles, Central low-pressure, and of

:52:05. > :52:07.radio showers, rotating around its -- an array of showers. Most of

:52:08. > :52:11.these showers will be in the south-east but generally across

:52:12. > :52:16.England and Wales, we will not see huge amounts. Up to 22 degrees,

:52:17. > :52:21.showers in Scotland and Northern Ireland could have hail and thunder

:52:22. > :52:27.and lightning embedded. On Friday, low-pressure moving into the North

:52:28. > :52:29.Sea, showers coming in across Scotland, Northern Ireland, some

:52:30. > :52:42.wind in northern England but a lot of dry weather around. Some sunshine

:52:43. > :52:44.and highs of up to 23 degrees, Naga. STUDIO: You always please me!

:52:45. > :52:50.Carol, see you later. Thank you. In a career spanning five decades,

:52:51. > :52:52.Elkie Brooks has worked with the likes of Robert Palmer,

:52:53. > :52:56.Humphrey Lyttelton and The Beatles. Dubbed the British Queen

:52:57. > :52:59.of the Blues, she was at one stage the biggest selling female artist

:53:00. > :53:01.in British chart history. We'll speak to Elkie in a moment

:53:02. > :53:04.but first let's take a listen to her collaboration

:53:05. > :53:16.with Canadian Rocker, Bryan Adams - # You want to walk

:53:17. > :53:21.# Back in my life # With your sweet apologies

:53:22. > :53:28.# And so many times I said # That's all right

:53:29. > :53:35.# Whatever will be will be... # Now listen

:53:36. > :53:40.# Before me, we see this through # It's something we've got to do

:53:41. > :53:49.# Ooh # Forgave and forget

:53:50. > :53:51.# No looking back, and no regrets # Just forgave... #

:53:52. > :54:01.You cannot help but rock along. I do not think you sound any different!

:54:02. > :54:08.Thank you. New music in this album and there is music that people will

:54:09. > :54:13.be very familiar with too. What is your message in this new album?

:54:14. > :54:18.Well, it is a compilation album with all of the old stuff I have done. Of

:54:19. > :54:28.course, I have two new songs as well. One of them isn't that new, it

:54:29. > :54:32.was written in 1965, I believe, by Wah Wah Watson, or Wawa Ragland, I

:54:33. > :54:40.do not know if they are the same person. And composed by the

:54:41. > :54:45.marvellous musician Bobby Womack. Tell us about the collaboration with

:54:46. > :54:53.Bryan Adams. That song we heard, how did it come about? A record company

:54:54. > :55:00.had the idea of putting this compilation out, virgin and EMI,

:55:01. > :55:05.they suggested to Bryan Adams that I would do some bonus tracks, did I

:55:06. > :55:10.have anything suitable? And Bryan Adams said, I have had this song a

:55:11. > :55:15.long time but maybe she will like this one? Did you have connections

:55:16. > :55:20.from the past, did you know him previously? He's a wonderful artist,

:55:21. > :55:25.a great musician. But no, it's marvellous, when I learn a song, I

:55:26. > :55:30.have to go through it 100 times. Once I get it I'm OK but it takes me

:55:31. > :55:35.a long time to really get my head around it and get used to it. It was

:55:36. > :55:40.nice listening to his voice, he is a very good singer. When you listen to

:55:41. > :55:44.a new song and you go through it 100 times, do you get to know it the way

:55:45. > :55:48.they have written it or do you get to make it more yours with your

:55:49. > :55:55.style? Hmm, that is a difficult one to answer, actually. I get into that

:55:56. > :56:00.phrasing but obviously I have my own sound. He sounds like Bryan Adams,

:56:01. > :56:11.and I sound like Elkie Brooks. I have to put my little thing on it. I

:56:12. > :56:15.have done with loads of stuff, like Knights in White Satin. I listen to

:56:16. > :56:22.their phrasing and he does that really well. And about the old days,

:56:23. > :56:27.you went with the Beatles, and you were their warm up act, have I got

:56:28. > :56:34.that right? A support act? Yes, but I was on the show with so many other

:56:35. > :56:41.artists. The Yard Birds, the Mike Cotton sound, they were my backing

:56:42. > :56:47.band, there were loads of people, not just me, on the show. I was just

:56:48. > :56:52.part of the whole thing. Interesting times, I would imagine? Well, I

:56:53. > :56:58.hated the 1960s, to be honest, I really did. Why? I was always on my

:56:59. > :57:06.own, and having to put up with house bands. In northern clubs and things,

:57:07. > :57:11.I hated it, I was driving myself, I didn't like it, it wasn't a happy

:57:12. > :57:16.time for me. I found myself in the 70s. People thought it must be a

:57:17. > :57:21.wonderful time? I was thinking about doing something else as I was not

:57:22. > :57:25.enjoying it. A music business is such a hard business that unless you

:57:26. > :57:31.really enjoy what you are doing, you may as well go and do something

:57:32. > :57:38.else. Really I was thinking of going back to Manchester and perhaps being

:57:39. > :57:44.a PE teacher. That is kind of what I thought of doing. I had all

:57:45. > :57:55.-- always been fairly athletic. And you have been adept at martial arts?

:57:56. > :58:00.My son, Jay, he manages me with his wife Joanna, he was looking for

:58:01. > :58:07.karate when he was a little boy in North Devon. There was an aikido

:58:08. > :58:12.master, he died many years ago, he was a wonderful man who brought it

:58:13. > :58:17.over from Malaysia when he was in the Army. We went to see what it was

:58:18. > :58:21.all about and it was wonderful. So yes, I have continued, as some of

:58:22. > :58:28.the family have, over the years with my aikido. I do it every day. I was

:58:29. > :58:33.up at 4:30am this morning doing the exercises and it keeps me going. And

:58:34. > :58:38.you, my darling, you are pretty fit. My friends and all of that. I try!

:58:39. > :58:43.Charlie... You just ask the questions!

:58:44. > :58:53.A lot of people would be happy to hear some of your classic songs.

:58:54. > :59:02.Puzzle Singer, that is on the album, -- Pearl is a Singer. I get everyone

:59:03. > :59:08.to join me, my saxophone player does a great solo. I have been singing it

:59:09. > :59:13.for 40 years. It is one of those songs, would you credit it with

:59:14. > :59:18.being the song that put you on the map is that how it worked? Without a

:59:19. > :59:22.doubt. When Jerry Lieber first played me the song, it did not have

:59:23. > :59:27.a middle section, he didn't think I would like it. But I love it, it is

:59:28. > :59:34.very country music. Rhythm and blues, country music. I said, write

:59:35. > :59:39.a middle, and it will be great. 30 minutes later he did. And you still

:59:40. > :59:44.have the gold dress? Is it she gorgeous...! Still is, thank you so

:59:45. > :59:52.much for joining us, Elkie Brooks. A pleasure having you with us. The

:59:53. > :59:57.album is called Pearls, the very best of Elkie

:59:58. > :59:59.After 65 years, 22,000 solo engagements and 600 overseas visits,

:00:00. > :00:01.the Duke of Edinburgh will officially retire

:00:02. > :00:04.Earlier this year, Prince Philip announced he'd be stepping

:00:05. > :00:06.away from the spotlight, but would continue as

:00:07. > :00:08.patron to the hundreds of charities he supports.

:00:09. > :00:10.The broadcaster and writer, Gyles Brandreth has been friends

:00:11. > :00:13.with Prince Philip for more than 40 years and joins us now

:00:14. > :00:21.Good morning. Della mac good morning. The friendship with Prince

:00:22. > :00:29.Philip, where did that start? I became the chairman of the National

:00:30. > :00:36.Playing Fields Association and it was the first national charity that

:00:37. > :00:41.began in 1947 when he became Duke of Edinburgh. He has been the Duke of

:00:42. > :00:46.Edinburgh for all those years. He began it as Prince Philip of Greece

:00:47. > :00:50.and then he became Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy and he

:00:51. > :00:54.ended it being the Duke of Edinburgh when he married Princess Elizabeth.

:00:55. > :01:02.He has been doing this longer than I have been alive. The thing about the

:01:03. > :01:06.film Dunkirk, Survival is Victory, the thing about the Duke of

:01:07. > :01:12.Edinburgh is he has survived and 96 he is still at it. He has stepped

:01:13. > :01:18.back from solo engagements, but he will pop up now and again supporting

:01:19. > :01:22.the Queen. People hold him in great affection not least because he goes

:01:23. > :01:25.about his business slightly differently from other royals. Give

:01:26. > :01:32.us examples of the stories you have heard and the occasions you have

:01:33. > :01:37.been involved in. He is his own man, he is completely natural. He is not

:01:38. > :01:40.interested in the media. He does not play to the camera and he does not

:01:41. > :01:46.like the camera, he lives in the moment and he is himself. He

:01:47. > :01:57.reflects his generation. Emperor Napoleon said if you want to

:01:58. > :02:00.understand a man, you must remember what the world was like in the year

:02:01. > :02:03.that man turned 21. Prince Philip turned 21 in 1942 and was mentioned

:02:04. > :02:05.in dispatches in the Royal Navy. He is of the wartime generation and his

:02:06. > :02:08.sense of humour and stoicism reflects that. He does not talk

:02:09. > :02:15.about his own private life and he does not wear his heart on his

:02:16. > :02:19.sleeve. He is direct and amusing. He said, if ever you see a man opening

:02:20. > :02:25.the car door for his wife, it is either a new car or a new wife. I

:02:26. > :02:28.was speaking at a function at Buckingham Palace and he was

:02:29. > :02:34.barracking me, we have heard all this before, shut up. He is

:02:35. > :02:39.completely natural, he is himself. But he goes out of his way to make

:02:40. > :02:44.people feel relaxed, he tries to break the ice. The Queen does not

:02:45. > :02:56.need to do that, she is Queen. The Duke of Edinburgh, coming down the

:02:57. > :02:58.line shaking hands, he has been doing it for 70 years, 23,000

:02:59. > :03:01.individual engagements, he tries to break the ice and he said something

:03:02. > :03:04.people think it's amusing. He dreads the press because he thinks they

:03:05. > :03:09.will be listening out hoping that it is one of his famous gaffes. The

:03:10. > :03:14.part of him that people do not get so much is his vision of the future

:03:15. > :03:19.and his role in creating the new face of the Royal family as they

:03:20. > :03:26.emerge now. It is a very important part of the role that he brings to

:03:27. > :03:30.the table. He is the author of the modern royal family. If we regard

:03:31. > :03:34.the Queen's rain, the longest reign in our history, as a success, the

:03:35. > :03:39.joint author is the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen says, he has

:03:40. > :03:45.been my strength and stay all these years. He is very influential. He

:03:46. > :03:49.got the cameras into the palace for the first time and gave the first

:03:50. > :03:55.interview. He is interested in the world around him and not in himself.

:03:56. > :03:59.He has promoted science, engineering, technology, the

:04:00. > :04:04.worldwide fund for nature and the British Equestrian Association. He

:04:05. > :04:07.is the founder of the Duke of Edinburgh's awards scheme which has

:04:08. > :04:13.changed the lives of millions of people in this country and around

:04:14. > :04:19.the world. He is remarkable. If you look at him today, aged 96, how fit

:04:20. > :04:25.he is, how eagle eyed, he is a phenomena and somebody to salute. He

:04:26. > :04:30.is of his generation. He is not touchy-feely. He would not do like

:04:31. > :04:35.the princes have done recently, talk about, is in his own life. He had a

:04:36. > :04:41.challenging start to life himself, his parents separated when he was

:04:42. > :04:49.ten and he had a peripatetic life between Europe and Britain. He never

:04:50. > :04:56.talks about that. He believes in getting on with life. He will still

:04:57. > :05:02.be doing carriage driving, after all, he said, I am only 96. I was

:05:03. > :05:06.once in a room when he arrived and he arrives in a room and there is a

:05:07. > :05:12.certain bars. With the younger royals it is glamour. With the Queen

:05:13. > :05:17.it is very important. When the Duke of Edinburgh comes in the room there

:05:18. > :05:22.is a different atmosphere. People will miss that because he will not

:05:23. > :05:29.be doing those things on his own. No, he will not. He was involved in

:05:30. > :05:35.847 different organisations and has been captain, General, Colonel, air

:05:36. > :05:42.Marshal, Admiral of the fleet, Field Marshal, and I feel sorry for his

:05:43. > :05:45.valet having all those uniforms! When he comes into the room he

:05:46. > :05:53.crackles with energy and he comes and he can be a mixture of amusing,

:05:54. > :05:57.and sometimes a bit alarming. He looks at you and always questions

:05:58. > :06:03.you. He is always interested. The two words that come off and from his

:06:04. > :06:07.lips are yes, but. His spirit of inquiry is constantly there when you

:06:08. > :06:13.say something. He is very good with people. He has been doing this all

:06:14. > :06:19.these years, but he is particularly good with official people. With real

:06:20. > :06:25.people he is real. Lovely to talk to you this morning. Thank you so much.

:06:26. > :06:30.Giles Brandreth talking about Prince Philip as we look ahead to his last

:06:31. > :06:32.solo engagement today at Buckingham Palace. Time for a brief look at the

:06:33. > :08:14.headlines The close relationship

:08:15. > :08:16.between Queen Victoria and her young Indian servant caused uproar

:08:17. > :08:20.during the last years of her life. But a 100 years later,

:08:21. > :08:23.Abdul Karim had all but been That was until the author

:08:24. > :08:28.Shrabani Basu spotted From Queen Victoria's personal

:08:29. > :08:36.diaries, she learned he was her closest friend

:08:37. > :08:38.and confident, teaching her to write in Urdu, not to mention

:08:39. > :08:48.inspiring a love of curry. You have published a book that you

:08:49. > :08:54.have had to rewrite because history keeps popping up with new bits of

:08:55. > :08:59.information. We always knew about Victoria and Mr Brown and that

:09:00. > :09:04.relation, but this relationship is not so publicly spoken about.

:09:05. > :09:10.Absolutely because there was every attempt to delete it from history.

:09:11. > :09:14.John Brown died in 1883 and Queen Victoria was devastated. Four years

:09:15. > :09:19.later she is celebrating her Golden Jubilee and Abdul Karim is sent to

:09:20. > :09:26.her. If you are the Queen you get presents like that. She was sent a

:09:27. > :09:31.young man to be a servant. Two of them were sent and Abdul was one of

:09:32. > :09:36.them and their role was decorative. Where these gorgeous clothes, stand

:09:37. > :09:41.behind her representing empire as it were. But very quickly it moved on

:09:42. > :09:46.from that. Which is very unusual in that time for a servant to have such

:09:47. > :09:51.a close relationship which was disapproved of. Absolutely because

:09:52. > :09:55.he was not a servant for a very long. She liked him very much and

:09:56. > :10:00.she made him her teacher because she wanted to learn would do. Queen

:10:01. > :10:07.Victoria actually learned to read and write it and she was fluent in

:10:08. > :10:11.it by the end of her life. How was it that you gain insight into what

:10:12. > :10:16.their relationship consisted of? How did you find out about that? I knew

:10:17. > :10:21.a little bit about him and I knew she loved Carrie and I knew she had

:10:22. > :10:26.Indian servants who could them for her. But when I went to Osborne

:10:27. > :10:30.house there is this corridor and there is a portrait of Abdul Karim

:10:31. > :10:35.and he is painted in red and gold and cream and he is holding a book

:10:36. > :10:40.in his hand and he does not look like a servant. That was intriguing.

:10:41. > :10:45.There was another portrait and in Queen Victoria's dressing room there

:10:46. > :10:49.is a picture of John Brown and below it of Abdul Karim. That nailed it

:10:50. > :10:54.for me. I thought he was somebody special and I wanted to know more

:10:55. > :10:58.about him. To be very clear, he brought over his wife and family as

:10:59. > :11:05.well. He was given an elevated status. Also when it came to her

:11:06. > :11:11.funeral she specifically asked for him to be one of the chief mourners.

:11:12. > :11:17.That is when after she died the relationship was almost hidden. It

:11:18. > :11:22.was quite devastating. They hated him all along. He was Indian, a

:11:23. > :11:26.young Muslim, a commoner. So there was racism and class and Queen

:11:27. > :11:31.Victoria stood up with him and battled with her household over

:11:32. > :11:35.this. They used to call the Indians the Black brigade and there was a

:11:36. > :11:42.lot of racism around. But she backed him and they hated him and once she

:11:43. > :11:44.died they erased him. As with great stories, the movie people get

:11:45. > :11:54.interested and it has been made into a film. What can you be talking

:11:55. > :12:01.about? I would like the mango. They only grow in India. I am the Empress

:12:02. > :12:08.of India, so have one sent to me. I thought she was meant to be dying.

:12:09. > :12:16.Nobody knows what it's like to be Queen. Mother! Are you spying on me?

:12:17. > :12:23.What is the point, Abdul? Solace. I would like Mr Abdul to teach me. But

:12:24. > :12:29.he is an Indian. I am the Queen of England I will have everything I

:12:30. > :12:35.want. The film will bring even more attention to the book. I hope so. It

:12:36. > :12:40.is quite important because this is a hidden story that needs to be told.

:12:41. > :12:44.This is a young Muslim at the heart of the Royal Court at the time when

:12:45. > :12:47.the empire was at its height and it has never happened before that and

:12:48. > :12:53.it has never happened since. The fact they were trying to delete him

:12:54. > :12:59.from history... I found his grave and it was desperate, with brambles

:13:00. > :13:09.and stray dogs in Agra. Nobody knew him in India or here. I said, this

:13:10. > :13:14.man was important, he taught Queen Victoria urdu, he was a major part

:13:15. > :13:17.in her life and he caused a storm if nothing else. His story must be

:13:18. > :13:20.told, he cannot be deleted from history. Lovely to see you

:13:21. > :13:29.The book is called 'Victoria Abdul'.

:13:30. > :13:36.That brings as an end to this morning.

:13:37. > :13:39.I've always been told that breakfast is the most important meal

:13:40. > :13:43.of the day and it's certainly going down well here.

:13:44. > :13:48.But also important is every time the keepers feed the animals,