03/08/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast with Steph McGovern and Naga Munchetty.

Hundreds of mental health patients are kept waiting to be discharged

from hospital, despite being medically fit to leave.

Research for the BBC finds some have faced delays of up to three years.

Many more have had to wait for over six months.

Also this morning: Nearly 200 buildings in England are now known

to have failed safety tests on cladding and insulation

We'll speak to the man in charge of making them safe.

Britain's big business bosses earned ?4.5 million on average last year.

That's down nearly 20%, but can that level of pay be justified?

It's a big night for English football as the Lionesses play

the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the Women's Euros.

I'm out on the training pitch this morning to see how the excitement

We're asking if any footballer is worth the record breaking ?200

million expected to be paid for Neymar to move from Barcelona

And five weeks into a bin strike that's left rubbish piling up

on the streets of Birmingham, we meet the volunteers taking

Good morning. Today we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers,

the heaviest across Scotland, northern England and Northern

Ireland with a wee bit of thunder thrown in and in between quite a bit

of sunshine, though it is going to the windy, especially for England

and why. I will have more in 15 minutes. Thanks, see you in a bit.

Research by BBC News has revealed that some mental health patients

are waiting more than three years to be discharged from hospital

Figures from across the UK, obtained through Freedom

of Information requests, show that at least five patients

have waited more than three years, while hundreds have been waiting

NHS England says its providing ?400 million to help

Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan reports.

It helps when I am bored or anything and I haven't got anything to do.

Toni lives with five other people in supported accommodation.

The 32-year-old suffers from schizophrenia and a personality

She has spent almost half her life in psychiatric hospitals.

But arguments over who should pay for her care means she spent months

longer in hospital than she needed to.

I would see other people leaving before me.

I thought I was ready for a long time.

Many psychiatric patients would recognise her experience.

We've discovered that at least five patients waited more than three

More than 300 spent six months longer in hospital

Often people are in a revolving door of hospital placement and they don't

get into community placement because it is too significant a step.

By providing a comprehensive package of support, we hope

The complex is provided by a national charity who say

She says she will soon move into a small bungalow

Too many mental health patients are being denied a similar chance.

In just over an hour we'll hear more on this issue from the Royal College

Children from the very poorest families in some parts of England

are continuing to fall further behind at school.

The Education Policy Institute says by the end of secondary school,

the most disadvantaged children can be two years behind their peers.

The government says it's directing an extra ?72 million into areas

It starts in primary school and widens in the years that followed,

the attainment gap between poorer and wealthier children. Now, for

some disadvantaged kids that gap did close slightly over the last decade.

But when you look at the very poorest children, it didn't. The

report calculates that by the time they sit their GCSEs they are two

years behind. But the picture does vary nationwide. You can speculate

that funding would be a factor in certain parts of the country. We

know that aspirations are quite important, and cultural expectations

as well. So, I think all of these things will be having, and more,

we'll be having an influence. Disadvantaged children are more

likely to earn less in future and suffer bad health. Put simply, it

leads to wasted potential. The Department for Education says there

is over ?2 billion this year to support schools in this area, and

money to help young people in so-called social mobility cold

spots. Today's report acknowledges there has been progress overall but

the conclusion - it is far too slow. If the rate of change over the last

decade continues the study says it would take a staggering 50 years for

the gap is closed. More than 100 buildings have failed

the latest fire safety test, implemented in the wake

of the Grenfell Tower fire. It was the second in a set of six

tests ordered by the government and takes the number of buildings

that don't meet current regulations The BBC has learnt that cladding

and insulation panels failed the test within seven minutes

of being set alight. We'll be speaking to the chair

of the panel in charge of making buildings safe after

Grenfell at around 7:40am. The Venezuelan President,

Nicolas Maduro, has dismissed allegations of fraud

in the country's controversial A company based in London,

responsible for providing the voting system, has claimed electoral

authorities inflated the turn-out The opposition has called for more

mass demonstrations. A cot death charity has raised

concerns over the use of Finnish-style baby boxes designed

for newborns to sleep in. The cardboard box,

filled with baby products and a mattress, became synonymous

with record-low infant mortality They're now given to new parents

by some NHS trusts, but the Lullaby Trust warns

there is no evidence that they reduce the likelihood

of sudden infant death syndrome. It's been revealed that it

would take the average UK worker 160 years to earn what a top chief

executive earns in just one. Sean's got more on the latest report

on what the country's bosses Loads in the news about pay, so this

is timely. It is, and continues a similar story we heard about BBC pay

as well. This is the FTSE 100 bosses, the 100 biggest companies on

the stock exchange people can invest in, pension funds invested in these

companies, so what goes on is important. The average pay fell 20%

last year to four and a half million on average each. That is to do with

investors and shareholders kicking up a fuss more than previously on

bass's pay and talked about how they should do more to use their power to

reduce executive pay. It seems they are starting to do that now. When

you look at the detail it has gone down partly because Martin Sorrell,

who is boss of WPP, the advertising company, his pay fell from ?75

million to ?48 million, which has a big effect on the average figures.

And you mentioned it takes the average worker to earn that money

and the issue around women's pay is noticeably different. Six bosses in

the FTSE 100 are women and on average they earn 2.6 million, ?1

million on average less than the average male. We will talk about

this in half an hour, looking at the issue of why company bosses are not

paid the same. You have to balance it share price, profit, performance,

targets, to see if they match up as well. And the FTSE 100 has done well

over the last year. They are getting a pay cut while the share price is

increasing. High pay has been talked about for a while. They haven't got

anything on this next man. No, nothing. This is eye watering.

Brazilian striker Neymar will become the most expensive footballer

in history when he completes his transfer from Barcelona to Paris St

The French club have agreed to pay nearly ?198 million to release him

The 25-year-old is expected to earn ?40 million a year before tax.

Neymar gave me the green light in August, so I went to Barcelona with

a proposal from PSG for a pay clause that will be done in the next few

hours. We will talk about that through the programme.

The UK has become a nation of binge watchers according to research

It suggests that eight in ten adults now view multiple episodes

of their favourite shows in a single sitting.

It is really not good if you have to get up early the next morning. And

it is ten o'clock and you are like, oh, just one more episode.

However, most of us still watch at least some live TV each week.

Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba has more.

For decades TV watching was something families often enjoyed

together. Now, increasingly, the different generations are enjoying

TV in different ways. We need to get back. According to Ofcom watching

multiple episodes of this series back-to-back is something done

weekly by only around one in six adults over the age of 64. But it is

the norm for more than half of all teenagers either using catch up

services like the iPlayer or streaming services like Netflix and

Amazon, often to ensure they have watched an episode before spoilers

appear on social media. The thing is the young generation is inherently

impatient, so everything they want they have instantly. If they have

watched episode one and they are desperate for the second episode,

they want it now. Younger adults are also the biggest viewers of online

services in general with three quarters of them watching

subscription on demand or streaming services. But older viewers are not

being totally left behind. Overall around eight out of ten adults have

at some point taken advantage of the recent technology to watch more than

one episode of a series at a time. Even so, despite the growing

popularity of everything from the iPlayer to Netflix, the overwhelming

majority of TV is still watched live.

It was a big night for English football.

The Lionesses play the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the women's

My favourite IIc. Absolutely brilliant. -- to see.

Is the sport on target when it comes to bringing girls

and young women onto the pitch though?

Mike is at the Manchester City's academy for us this morning.

Morning, Mike. Yes, good morning. They are putting me through my paces

early on. Yes, the academy, the community players getting involved.

And they have certainly been inspired by the success of the

Lionesses not in this tournament only but in the World Cup, and in

2009, when England reached the semifinals of the Euros to beat the

Netherlands, ironically enough. So, will history repeat? In terms of how

it is inspiring, well, evidence is clear, with a 19% increase since

2011, and the FA say football is the biggest sport for women in this

country. Sorry, just got in your way. We will be glued to the TV and

radio this evening cheering on the Lionesses, the highest ranked team

in the competition, and the girls over their want meat to put in as

they get some training in at the academy. Oh, dear. It was too low.

Almost a chance. Plenty more. We will speak with some former

Manchester City players later on here at the Etihad academy. Thanks

very much, Mike. I am glad they are putting you through your paces. You

need it. I am not sure about the sportswear. Have you seen how out of

breath he is? You wanted to see shorts? I do. No, we don't. It is

too early! See later, Mike. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Well, looking at the map, it looks

hot in places. Absolutely, yes. There has been record-breaking heat

yesterday in Corsica, temperatures reaching 44 degrees. Rome, 43

degrees. Today, 42 in Rome and the heat extends three Italy into the

Balkans. We have a red warning in place. If you add the humidity,

there are nasty situations. It is life-threatening heat and there is a

shortage of water in Italy, the equivalent of the whole lake Como, a

round 22 billion cubic metres of water. That is a lot of deficit. The

heat is going to continue. We have a different scenario at home. Sunny

spells, heavy showers and windy across England and Wales. This

morning, quite a lot of showers, they will develop further through

the day, rotating around this low pressure area. You can see from the

squeeze on the isobars across England and Wales that we are

looking at windy conditions. We also have showers. If anything further

south. There is a lot of dry weather around and sunshine. On either side

of the showers you will also see some sunshine. Further north into

northern England, Ireland and Scotland, showers are more prolific

today, not just this morning, some with hail and thunder and lightning

embedded in them. This is yesterday's rain ensconced across

the Northern Isles. Through the day the showers will rattle quickly

across England and Wales on the wind. There will be bright and

sunniest is in between. Heavier showers across Scotland and Northern

Ireland continue. Even so there will be some sunshine in between. The

rain continuing to move steadily northwards. Temperatures 14- 22 out

of the wind. Into the sunshine and it is 22 and feeling nice. The cough

at Kingsbarns not far from Saint Andrews can expect showers and some

can be heavy with highs of around 20 degrees -- golf. Overnight, well, we

will have the wind to start with and there will be a lot of dry weather

around with showers. The rain coming south across Scotland into the north

and west. Temperatures 13- 15 degrees. Into tomorrow, a lot of dry

weather around. Yes, there will be showers. A low pressure centre in

the North Sea. We are pulling the showers around that across Northern

Ireland and into northern England with one or two popping up almost

anywhere. We are looking at sunshine in between. I don't want to paint a

really gloomy picture. We will see a rash of showers and we

could see them almost anyway. Not all of us will catch them. Lots of

dry weather around as well. Hires 13- 21.

Thank you, Carol. You know how much we love you, we could never protect

price on you. You know that. The only reason I say that it is,

obviously Neymar is loved, but not as loved as Carol, because you can

put a price on Neymar. Yeah. What do you make of it? It is a lot of

money, that is they are. ?198 million! For a footballer. Shall we

go through the facts? We were trying to think of what else you could buy

for ?198 million. Well, ?198 million buys you three

Boeing 737-700 passenger planes. It is enough to match the cost

of the GDP of six countries, including Tuvalu

in the South Pacific. You could also buy 440 million

individual pints of milk - that's enough to fill 100

Olympic-size swimming pools. If you want to visualise that, 100

Olympic swimming pools. That is lots of milk. I think PSG made the right

decision. Has the Financial Times done a more smart analysis? What,

measuring them in milk is not smart? Well, the fact that it makes the

front page of the Financial Times, offer a start. They have spoken

quite a bit about the Qatar links. PSG have strong links with Qatar.

Barcelona used to have strong links with Qatar until recently, when

Cattai rail lines used to sponsor Barcelona, but that has dropped. --

Katter airlines. There is some talk about Neymar being an ambassador for

them. There are financial FairPlay issues. If you just look at the

business side of it, football clubs in and around Europe are supposed to

make money every year, not get into losses. But his name, it is not just

the money that he is earning from, here, it is on the back pages, it is

not just his salary, is it? It is endorsements and other things as

well. Exactly. Agents' fees, some of those are our watering. The people

who work around him are making huge amounts off this. One agent

involved, it might have been his father, he was being paid more than

Lionel Messi. Yes, he gets more than Lionel Messi's football salary.

Crazy. We were looking at this story yesterday. The Guardian put this

down as the final engagement, but it will not be the final engagement of

the Duke of Edinburgh. It is his last official public and --

engagement. We're not watching yesterday morning, Steph? We were

told this. They said he would continue doing work with his

charities. The major events, he was still accompany Her Majesty the

Queen, but he has taken a step. He is 96. He is on many front pages

today. We were at an event with him not long ago, Carol and are, and he

is such a chip of local for his age. That is how I want to be like. He is

on the front page of the Daily Telegraph as well. A lovely picture

of him. After 65 years of selfless service and more than 22,000

official engagements, Prince Philip is deserving of the nation's

gratitude. And the front page of the times. Do you know much about this

story of Lloyd's being sued for $10 million? It is to do with the

cancellation of one of Kanye West's tours. I have not looked into this

in great detail. Lloyds are a big insurance company. Yes. There are

questions about cancellations in his tour. A nice way to get in the

headlines again, isn't it? Whether or not he will be successful in

suing them will be interesting. Any more? An interesting story here.

Asda profits plunged 20% yesterday, sales down nearly 6%. One of the

nation's supermarkets not doing well at the all -- not doing well at all

at the moment. William Hill saying they have seen a large increase in

betting on women's sport this summer, ?3 million on the women's

cricket World Cup, ?3 million on the euro Twitter 17. That could come

into and more lucrative area for bookmakers as well as those of us

watching on TV. There is a story in the times this morning about

somebody who won a quarter of ?1 million based on picking horses with

a nice name. See, that theory works. That is what I have always done.

There are many different ways. Do you talk to your neighbours? Do they

ever come around for a cup of tea? I recently moved, so I have to put in

more effort. You should bake a cake. OK. I suppose I have committed now.

When I moved into a house, that is what the neighbours did, they sent

the kids round with a plate of Brownies. It became a tradition. We

are talking about that today. Whether not you ask your neighbours

to what your plans on holiday, or where the often pop around.

Apparently not many of us do. A survey by the social networking app

Nextdoor found that nearly 50% of us do not know our neighbours well, or

at all. Nearly half of us feel that the neighbourhood we grew up in was

friendlier and safer than the one we live in now. Rose tinted glasses,

perhaps. Max Chambers from Nextdoor joins us. Good morning. Thank you

for talking to us. What have you found out in this survey? This

research, we have essentially found that sense of community that we used

to have in the United Kingdom is dying away. A big cause of that,

according to the people we surveyed, is actually technology. So the more

time that we spend on our phones, talking to people that we already

know in the virtual world, the biggest problem gets. The good news

is that technology can actually be part of the solution. Next door is a

-- Nextdoor is a private social network apps for your neighbourhood,

designed to connect people who do not already know each other, around

the thing they share in common, the neighbourhood. We find people are

using Nextdoor in the UK for everyday things like finding a good

plumber or babysitter, but also personal things. Nextdoor is the

best way to find a lost pet is all to start a running club or a mother

and toddler group. We are also seeing Nextdoor Iain Hughes for more

urgent things. After the dreadful Grenfell Tower disaster, we saw

neighbours coming together to talk about disaster relief, how they

could get supplies to the right places. So designed in the right

way, even though technology has helped cause the problem, it can be

part of the solution as well. It is a bit ironic that you are the

director of the south, saying that we are spending too much time on our

phones, but you want us to use your up. But it is for obvious reasons.

You are a former counterterrorism policy adviser for ten Downing St,

so you have looked at how we are integrating quite closely, and what

can be done about it. I said when we reintroduced in you, that many of us

think it was better when we were growing up, that the streets were

friendlier and we spoke more to each other. Why do you think that is? Is

it because there has been a change in social housing all the way we are

informed about crime on the streets. What do you think is changing

attitudes? I think a lot of this is about the way we behave in the

modern world. What is interesting about the research is that it shows

that there are some places, Wales, the West Midlands, Yorkshire, where

these problems are less acute. But the big cities, London, parts of

Manchester, the problem is bigger. I think that is about people being

more mobile, perhaps more transient in big cities, not feeling like they

need to invest the time in getting to know their neighbours. As I say,

technology as well. There is nothing wrong with those social networks

like Facebook and Twitter, which are mentioned. What we are saying is

that actually having a social network that connects you to people

you do not already know, and maybe don't share the same background, you

know, didn't go to the same university, maybe they have

different life experiences, that is a good thing. Especially if you

focus it on utility, you know, getting things done with each other

and cooperating, sorting out problems together, that is the way

to start to break down some of these barriers. Certainly in my time in

government this was a problem we started to get very concerned about.

It does lead to all sorts of other problems, whether it is to do with

social isolation, problems with well-being, also issues around

extremism and people feeling like they don't belong in the UK. Part of

the reason that I became involved with Nextdoor was to try to help

bring people together, and Nextdoor is a great way of doing that. There

are a lot of issues that need to be tackled, but I am afraid we do not

have any more time to talk to you about this. Thank you for bringing

this to our tension. The exchanges, director of Nextdoor. Thank you.

Ashley Max Chambers. Still to come this morning,

with bags of rubbish piling up in Birmingham as bin

collectors continue to strike, we'll meet the volunteers working

to clear up the city's streets. We are literally going to be talking

rubbish. Now though, it's back

to Steph and Naga. This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Naga Munchetty. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on Breakfast this morning:

Some mental health patients are waiting years to be

discharged from hospital After 7am, we'll ask

the Royal College of Psychiatrists The main character wasn't even

there. Having scooped the Best Actress

prize at the Scottish Comedy Awards for her political musings,

we'll be joined by three year old Isla's father to find out how

the toddler has taken the news. And after 8:30am, Def Leppard

front-man Joe Elliot will be here, as we celebrate the rock band made

of Sheffield steel who went But now a summary of this

morning's main news. Some mental health patients

are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital,

despite being medically Figures obtained by the BBC

through freedom of information requests show that at least five

patients waited more Meanwhile, hundreds more have been

waiting for more than six months. NHS England says it's committed ?400

million to help ease the problem. And then I used to see other people,

like, leaving before me and I would be like, yeah, but I have been ready

for a long time and I am more equipped, but they seem to get out

quicker, so, yeah. NHS England says it's committed ?400

million to help ease the problem. We will be talking more about that

later in the programme. Children from the very poorest

families in some parts of England are continuing to fall

further behind at school. The Education Policy Institute says

by the end of secondary school, the most disadvantaged children can

be two years behind their peers. The government says it's directing

an extra ?72 million into areas More than 100 buildings have failed

the latest fire safety test, implemented in the wake

of the Grenfell Tower fire. It was the second in a set of six

tests ordered by the government and takes the number of buildings

that don't meet current regulations The BBC has learnt that cladding

and insulation panels failed the test within seven minutes

of being set alight. In just over an hour,

we'll be speaking to the chair of the panel in charge

of ensuring buildings safe, The Venezuelan President,

Nicolas Maduro, has dismissed allegations of fraud

in the country's controversial A company based in London

responsible for providing the voting system has claimed electoral

authorities inflated the turn-out The opposition has called for more

mass demonstrations. More education is needed to help

people treat the victims of acid The Royal College of

Emergency Medicine warns corrosive liquids are fast replacing

knives as the weapon Writing in the British Medical

Journal, the medics advise people to use water to help

remove the chemical. The pay of the UK's top chief

executives' has fallen, but a report has found there's

still a huge gap between them Research from the High Pay Centre

think tank reveals the bosses of FTSE 100 companies now make

on average 4.5 million pounds a year - that's down nearly

20% on two years ago. But it would take the average UK

worker 160 years to make The six female CEOs on the list also

earned on average nearly ?2 million a year less than their

male counterparts. The UK has become a nation of binge

watchers, according to research New research suggests eight in ten

adults now view multiple episodes of their favourite shows

in a single sitting, though most of us still watch

at least some live TV each week. Like, perhaps, maybe our show. May

be. The thing is, you know, the younger generation is inherently

impatient, they have grown up with all this technology, so everything

they want they have instantly, so the if they have watched episode one

and they desperately want to see two, they want it now.

Health warnings are in place across Europe as temperatures reach

The strongest heatwave of the year is predicted to hit large swaths

of the continent in the coming days, with Italy, France, Spain and parts

of the Balkans among the countries affected.

Now, I don't know about you, but I am properly excited about tonight,

with England playing against the Netherlands in the semifinals this

evening - I am getting more loud with my voice!

Mike's at Manchester City's Etihad Academy to see how the Lionesses'

success so far will affect the sport at grassroots level.

Yes, good morning. I am not sure how loud Steph is going to be by the

time kickoff, with excitement building and it is as you say a huge

night for English football, the Lionesses the highest ranked team

left in the Euros this year after beating France, their nemesis, for

the first time since the 1970s, and Germany surprisingly knocked out by

Denmark, so it is England against the Netherlands. The hosts in front

of 21,000 fans and millions watching on TV to see if the Lionesses can

win their first ever major tournament. We are reflecting that

here at the Manchester academy. England are without their

goalkeeper. Siobhan Chamberlain will replace

the injured Karen Bardsley. That doesn't seem to worry her

team-mates or manager. Mark Sampson says she is now

the best goalkeeper England are the highest ranked

team left in the Euros Holland will be the team that under

pressure because if it has been in their home country the crowd will be

full of Dutch people and they will be all against us but I think we

have obviously been three experiences where we have been in

the dog, we went to Canada and beat a host nation in the quarter-final,

which was a fantastic experience. We have better players now and we have

players that have really improved their individual games and really

want to put on the England shirt and do what is right for the team.

The biggest transfer in world football should be completed today.

Brazillian forward Neymar will leave Barcelona and sign

for Paris St Germain for a world record, wait

He left Barcelona for the French capital yesterday.

His new deal at PSG is believed to be worth 45 million euros a year,

Here's what some PSG fans think of the move.

We are all very excited for his coming. I think he can make good

things in this team. The price is ridiculous, that's the only thing I

think about. I think it's good that they take him, but let's be honest,

it's ridiculous, the prices they pay for players is ridiculous at this

moment. Scottish champions Celtic are now

just one step away from a place in the group stages

of the Champions League after a hard-fought victory over

the Norwegian side Rosenborg. James Forest's brilliant second-half

strike was enough to give Brendan Rodgers' side

a 1-0 aggregate win. They now go into the playoff

round which will be drawn tomorrow. This time last year I was going into

these games with the hope that we could get through and try and find a

way. Now we go into them and we come up to here to play with that level

and that composure, and, you know, everyone is talking about the

pressure of the game. But to play that way was sensational, really,

and, yeah, I am really happy about the players.

There was a surprise in the big race of the day at Goodwood with 20-1

outsider Here Comes When winning the Sussex Stakes.

Odds-on favourite Ribchester finished in second after rival

Churchill was forced to pull out because of the heavy rain.

Here Comes When held on to win by a neck.

Rory McIlroy says that he and former caddy JP Fitzgerald remain the best

of friends since ending their professional relationship.

The pair worked together for nine years but the four time major winner

And a lot of great times, a lot of great times on and off

And I still consider JP one of my best friends,

But sometimes to preserve a personal relationship,

you might have to sacrifice a professional one.

We are watching the young community players from Broadheath and Ashton

and I am joined by Kevin, technical director. We can see the enthusiasm

for what the Lionesses is doing. What impact it is it having on the

grassroots level? It has been absolutely massive. At the football

club we have the "Is and we had over 800 participants apply. -- so, to

see 800 girls participating is fantastic. -- we have the open

girls. They are participating in football. It has had a massive

impact. You saw that in the World Cup and the European Championships.

And what's crucial is seven Manchester City players playing for

England on the same features as these girls in the community. It is

huge for us. The Manchester City women's team are fantastic models.

Alice is within the academy, the young girls aspire to be the Steff

Wharton, these girls play in the same as the women's team as well,

they have the same aspirations. Without the injured Barnsley and

Scott suspended, do they have the depth and strength to win?

Absolutely. It is a major blow to lose the players from the squad. The

team has shown in the past the depth of talent they have in the team. I

genuinely think tonight that they will win the game and go through.

Thank you, Kevin. Let's go and get the reaction from some of the girls

to see what they think. We have Izzy. You are from Broadheath, how

confident that England beat the Netherlands in a friendly, have they

got too much for the Dutch? It is going to be hard, and I hope they

win, obviously, and it is going to be as vital to way through. We will

see if they can keep it together. That is confidence for you. And you

play alongside the top players, so how inspirational is that for you?

Honestly, people hope you are gonna be one of them players in future.

The Kizhi a role model, doesn't it? Yeah. Can I have a ball? This keeper

is doing so well, she needs a proper test. Just give a bit of a warmup.

Oh, what a save, fantastic. I will see you later on for more. Oh, Mike,

"Proper test Klose you just got nailed. I am loving the analysis as

well. We -- We are used to football finances

hitting the headlines, from record transfers and high

wages, to the cost of TV rights. Yet, even for a sport flush

with cash, the likely transfer fee of Brazilian striker,

Neymar, from Barcelona to Paris St Germain

seems eye-watering. The near ?200 million move

represents a 110% increase Kieran McGuire is a football finance

lecturer and joins us now. good morning. Is he worth it? He is

to the Qatari owners to PSG and he probably is to PSG as well because

they have struggled to make an impact on European football in terms

of competing with the big boys. Can one man make a difference, ?200

million man, can he make the difference? If he can push them past

the quarter-finals of the Champions League he can, and he brings a lot

with him, he has a bigger social media following is an Real Madrid,

than Manchester United individually, so PSG will piggyback on his fame to

become more famous. Why is it so much bigger than anything we have

seen before? I know they are always heading upwards. Why is it bigger?

His side a contract with Barcelona last year. In the contract it was

written his clause would be 220 million euros and at the time

everyone laughed and thought it would never be paid. I think because

the Qatari owners are desperate to increase their profile - this is

done for political and full ball reasons - they have said they will

bite the bullet and pay the money. Political reasons? If you look at

what's happening in the Middle East with Qatar isolated by the other

countries, this is a show of defiance, "We are still in business,

still able to buy whatever we want." What does it mean for the football

market? It will be ratcheted up. Barcelona have ?200 million in the

bank account. They are going to have to replace Neymar. So the clubs they

will approach will save, well, previously we try to sell you a plea

for 60 million, but maybe it will increase, so the clubs will say they

want 100. How can you break down the money? Often you talk about, OK,

this is the player salary, then we look at the endorsements,

advertising, sponsorship. How does it work with Neymar and his

management team? His manager is his father. He will take a proportion of

the fee as they negotiator. Did you say that he is going to earn more

than Messi? He will earn more than tour might Messi owns? Certainly.

You would expect the manager fee to be significant. There will be image

rights and whether they will go to PSG or Neymar will determine how

much money will be split between them. PSG may be able to recover the

sea because they will get a proportion every time his signature

is on a commercial deal, they will take a slice out of that. The worry

when I hear these numbers, I know the money comes from TV rights and

all of the commercial deals, as you say. What does it mean for the fans?

They already fork out money for the tickets. Are we going to see this

push up the prices? No. If you look at pricing over the last five or six

years, the Premier League has realised it has reached a tipping

point. Most prices have been frozen or close to the rates of inflation.

Football clubs get money from three sources - the fans, I don't think

they can be squeezed further, they get it from TV. TV money will

continue to increase. And they get it from commercial sponsors. The

sponsors in relation to PSG will pay more. The fans will be safe in this.

That is good to hear. You could talk about it for hours. It is

fascinating. It is a lot of money. We were working out earlier it is

the equivalent of buying three Boeing planes. 440 million pints of

milk if you needed it. Thank you. Neymar in milk.

I wonder what tempted -- Carol is worth. She is priceless. I tell you

what, lots of people want to be enjoying these temperatures we are

seeing in Europe. Absolutely right. These are

life-threatening temperatures. There are warnings out for the heat and

the humidity. These are yesterday's temperatures. 44 in Corsica and

Sardinia, 43 in Rome. That is a good 10- 15 above average for this time

of year. In Italy there is a drought. The extent of the drought

is equivalent to Lake Como. That is how much water they are lacking.

That is equivalent to about 20 billion cubic metres. That is a lot

of water they are short of. Last week we saw pictures of Corsica and

the south of France, with wildfires. This area is at risk of wildfires,

especially as we push from Corsica Italy into the Balkans and southern

Poland. It is a serious situation. Raqqa time there is nothing this. We

have sunny spells, showers, and it is going to be windy. The strongest

winds will be across England and Wales. It is being driven by this

area of low pressure. You can see the isobars and the centre of the

low pressure system, with showers coming all the way around it. This

morning we have showers across southern parts of England and Wales.

Fairly hit and miss. Fewer showers today. They will be less intense

than further north. On each side of those showers there will be

sunshine, and some of us will miss them altogether. For northern

England and Ireland, and Scotland, this is where we have the heaviest

showers. Some of those, especially in Scotland, will be slow-moving.

There will also be Honda rent -- thunder and possibly hail. The

showers will get going through the day. Across the south, you will find

generally in England and Wales we will see the showers blowing through

quite quickly on those gusty winds. In between we will have sunshine. If

you are out of the window and in the sunshine and out of the showers, 19-

22 will not feel too bad. Through the evening and overnight it will

still be windy. Lots of dry weather around. We will still see showers.

If anything the rain across the Northern Isles will slip further

south. No problem with the temperatures overnight. We are still

looking at double figures in towns and cities. Tomorrow it is another

showery day. Rain in Scotland. Turning more showery across Northern

Ireland, England and Wales. Fairly isolated. Lots of us will not see

them. We will hang on to a dry day with sunny spells and hires up to 23

Celsius. As we head into the weekend, more showers on Saturday.

Turning dry on Sunday. We've been talking about high pay

this morning, looking especially high if you're

the footballer Neymar. Sean's got more on the latest report

about how much the UK's biggest Still a lot, but not as much as they

had then? Not as much, but it is still high watering. Weather you are

Neymar or you are the boss of BP, are you worth it? That is where the

controversy comes from. Yes, high pay's certainly been

in the spotlight recently. We're talking about some of the UKs

highest earners this morning. The bosses at the top of Britain's

biggest 100 companies that There's been some research

carried out into this by the High Pay Centre,

who look at this area. It found that the average pay

package of a FTSE 100 chief executive last year

was ?4.5 million. People who work full-time in the UK

earn an average salary of ?28,000. So that means, it would take one

of those workers about 160 years The report also found

that top female bosses - and there are only six

in those top 100 companies - earned an average of ?2.6 million,

well below their male equivalents. Let's talk to Edwin Morgan,

from a group representing business leaders, the Institute

of Directors. Good morning. Good morning. These

losses are earning a well over 100 times what their employees are

earning. -- bosses. Is that right? The first thing to say is that at

the Institute of directors we represent about 30,000 business

leaders, and their average pay is more like ?100,000 a year, she is

obviously very generous but nothing like the ?4.5 million a year. --

which is obviously. It is important to recognise that lots of people in

business do think that these very high salaries on the FTSE 100 are a

risk to what people think of business in general. They have been

signs today that there has been some moderation right at the top. That is

obvious the positive. It shows that they are listening. Lau listening to

public concerns and political pressure. So that annual moderation

is a good thing. When it comes down to it, you say that even your

members, lots of people are running smaller businesses around the UK and

they look at these figures, some of the bosses, the boss of WPP earning

nearly ?50 million. He is paid quadruple, ?22 million. Is that

right? I think like you say, clearly, these are listed companies

which are owned by the shareholders. The people who have the bigger stake

in the mother 's shareholders, and of course the owners and the people

who work for them. The moderation is positive. Clearly these levels are

still incredibly high and they need to be kept down. With a quite a long

period, in fact, in order to get back in line with the overall

performance of these companies, of the FTSE, and really to get back in

line with public expectations. If we look at the six female bosses,

earning nearly half as much on average as the mail ulcers, how does

that work? -- male bosses. I think the FTSE in general as a big issue

with women at senior levels. It is not just these female CEOs who are

earning less on average, it is the whole number of women in the

executive positions. Is that because the boards of these companies not

listening and are not actually saying, looking fairly at women in

the top job, and saying, we will give you a fair amount? I think

there are a whole range of problems. Headhunters are not putting thought

enough women for the most senior jobs, there are not enough women in

the pipeline right up to the top, so that is why they are

underrepresented as a whole. Then you have everything, from

unconscious bias, I am sure that plays a part, it is a big problem

and it needs to be look that much more widely than just the pay issue.

It is a big, systemic problem in business. The government is trying

to tackle the particular issue of women in executive positions through

the Hampson and Alexander Review. It is something that all business needs

to recognise. We have a problem at the top of these biggest companies.

Much more needs to be done. Thank you. So that pay scale is coming

down to those chief executives. That shareholder revolt we have talked

about for years seems to be having an impact, saying that they are paid

too much. There are still big disparities between what the

employees of the companies are paid and also the difference between

women and men. Rubbish has been piling up

in Birmingham after bin collectors Refuse workers are taking part

in a series of walk-outs in a row Our Midlands correspondent,

Sima Kotecha, is in Birmingham this Sima, some residents are taking

matters into their own hands, Well, absolutely. It isn't very

pleasant here at the moment. In fact it smells rather awful, if I'm

honest. This strike has been going on since June 30. It has been five

weeks. It is over the council wanting to change the shift patterns

for bin workers. At the moment they do four-day weeks. Council wants

them to do five-day weeks. In workers say that means less pay and

fewer supervisor jobs. -- bin workers. The council says it

doesn't, but they have to change the way that they work because they have

to make some savings. People have become so fed up that in some cases

they have started clearing up this rubbish themselves. I went out with

some from the committee yesterday who got a tipper truck and do just

that. The whole city knows that the binmen are on strike and we, as

collective rudders, we have come together to clear up as much of the

streets in Birmingham as we can. -- collective brothers. We are really

upset that we have to live in these dire straits of rubbish. We did one

load, we picked up one load, and the smell, and everything that has come

out of it, we have been disgusted by it. The whole purpose of this is to

encourage everybody else to stop lying on the council, roll up your

sleeves, and if you cannot do it get in touch with us and we will happily

come out and clear the rubbish for you. Why have you felt so strongly

about coming out yourself with this tipper truck and all your friends to

do this today? We feel that we as malls sums have a responsibility to

our community, hence the reason, cleanliness is half of our religion,

and clearly hear the cleanliness is an issue. This is why we as Muslims,

and there that brothers, we have come together with one agenda, which

is due keep our neighbourhoods clean, to come out and help you. As

you heard there, some people taking it into their own hands to clean up

this rubbish. Like I said, it smells grows here. Look at this rubbish.

Piles of lack bags, falling out from these wheelie bins. This strike is

due to go on until September, and if I am totally honest, speaking to

people over the last couple of days there is not much optimism about a

resolution any time soon between the council and The Unite union, which

represents the bin workers. If there is no resolution any time soon, this

city could become incredibly smelly. Not very pleasant as tall. -- at

all. Time to get the Now though, it's back

to Steph and Naga. This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Naga Munchetty. Mental health patients

are being kept waiting to be discharged from hospital

for up to three years, despite being medically

fit to leave. Research for the BBC finds that

hundreds of others across the UK are facing delays of

more than six months. Also this morning: Nearly 200

buildings in England are now known to have failed safety tests

on cladding and insulation We'll speak to the man in charge

of making them safe. Britain's big business bosses earned

?4.5 million on average last year. That's down nearly 20%, but can that

level of pay be justified? It's a big night for English

football as the Lionesses play the Netherlands in the semi-finals

of the Women's Euros. I'm out on the training pitch this

morning to see how the excitement Health and weather warnings are put

in place across large parts of Southern Europe as potentially

life-threatening high Good morning. Not to that extent,

Naga, looking at 40 degrees plus in Europe, today our best in Britain is

23- 24, sunshine and showers heaviest in the northern half of the

country and blowing through quickly in the southern half on quite a

gusty wind. I will have more in 15 minutes.

There are fresh concerns about the state of mental healthcare

A BBC investigation has revealed that some patients are waiting more

than three years to be discharged from hospital,

despite being medically fit to leave.

Figures obtained through freedom of information requests show

at least five patients waited more than 1,000 days,

while hundreds more have been waiting for more than six months.

The government says the NHS is investing hundreds of millions

of pounds in treating mental health patients in the community.

Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan reports.

It helps when I'm bored or anything and I haven't got anything to do.

Toni shows me round her home, where she lives with five other

The 32-year-old suffers from schizophrenia and a personality

She has spent almost half her life in psychiatric hospitals.

She moved here last year, though, and loves it.

But arguments over who should pay for her care means she spent months

longer in hospital than she needed to.

I would see other people leaving before me.

I would be like, yeah, but I I've been ready

Many psychiatric patients would recognise Toni's experience.

We've discovered that at least five patients waited more than three

While more than 300 spent six months longer in hospital

Often, people are in a revolving door of hospital placement,

and then then a failed community placement,

because that step is just too significant.

So, by providing a comprehensive package of support, we hope

The complex where Toni lives is is provided by a national charity

who say there aren't enough similar units.

Toni says she will soon move into a small bungalow

a further step towards rebuilding her life.

Too many mental health patients are being denied a similar chance.

In a few minutes we'll hear more on this issue from the Royal College

Children from the very poorest families in some parts of England

are continuing to fall further behind at school.

The Education Policy Institute says by the end of secondary school,

the most disadvantaged children can be two years behind their peers.

The government says it's directing an extra ?72 million into areas

It starts in primary school and widens in the years that follow,

the attainment gap between poorer and wealthier children.

Now, for some disadvantaged kids, that gap did close slightly over

But when you look at the very poorest children, it didn't.

The report calculates that by the time they sit their GCSEs

But the picture does vary nationwide.

You can speculate that funding would be a factor in certain parts

We know that aspirations are quite important,

So, I think all of these things will be having -

and more - will be having an influence.

Disadvantaged children are more likely to earn less in future

Put simply, it leads to wasted potential.

The Department for Education says there is over ?2 billion this year

to support schools in this area, and money to help young people

in so-called social mobility cold spots.

Today's report acknowledges there has been progress overall

but the conclusion - it is far too slow.

If the rate of change over the last decade continues the study says it

would take a staggering 50 years before the gap is closed.

More than 200 buildings have failed the latest fire safety test,

implemented in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

It was the second in a set of six tests ordered by the government

and takes the number of buildings that don't meet current regulations

The BBC has learnt that cladding and insulation panels failed

the test within seven minutes of being set alight.

In just over half an hour, we'll be speaking to the chair

of the panel in charge of making buildings safe

A cot death charity has raised concerns over the use

of Finnish-style baby boxes designed for newborns to sleep in.

The cardboard box, filled with baby products and a mattress,

became synonymous with record-low infant mortality rates

They're now given to new parents by some NHS trusts,

but the Lullaby Trust warns there is no evidence

that they reduce the likelihood of sudden infant death syndrome.

It's been revealed that it would take the average UK worker 160

years to earn what a top chief executive earns in just one.

Sean's got more on the latest report on what the country's bosses

We are talking a lot about pay at the moment. This year we have been

talking about pay rises. And not keeping up with price rises. Then we

have the BBC pay, with some quite eye watering figures. And today the

FTSE 100 is what we are looking at, the 100 biggest companies on the

stock exchange. Lots of pension funds invest in these companies. The

high pay centre found those bosses running the companies are earning

four and a half million, which is down 20% on the previous year.

Shareholders have been criticised for not holding bosses and companies

to account for the size of pay. They have started to kick up a fuss.

Within that there are disparities that are still quite obvious. You

mentioned 160 times the average worker on ?28,000 a year. The

difference between women and men running these companies, only six

women running these companies on the FTSE 100. That hasn't gone up over

recent years. They earn to 6p -- 2.6 million a year. As we heard earlier,

it is a fundamental problem in business. Starting from the bottom,

recruitment, having people in the pipeline, then you end up with this

figure on top. Thanks very much and I am sure we will talk about that a

lot more. Yes, we are going to stick with pay.

Brazilian striker Neymar will become the most expensive footballer

in history when he completes his transfer from Barcelona to Paris St

The French club have agreed to pay nearly ?198 million to release him

The 25-year-old is expected to earn ?40 million a year before tax.

Yeah, well, Ciaran McGuire told us this would in fact the rest of the

market. Everything will be ratcheted up because Barcelona have ?200

million in the bank account and they will have to replace Neymar so the

clubs approaching him will say, previously resold you a plea for 60

million, although if it is going to be Coutinho, whoever it will be,

will say we want 80 or 90 or 100. The UK has become a nation of binge

watchers according to research Health warnings are in place

across Europe as temperatures reach A record-breaking heatwave

is currently affecting swathes of the continent, from Romania,

to Spain and Portugal. As much of Europe sizzles,

just what is the best way An almost continent-wide heatwave

has pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, breaking records

and sending people and their pets In Austria, the elephants at

Vienna Zoo took to the pool to cool. The city's horses had to go

home, it was so hot. Others, though,

weren't quite so lucky. It's experiencing its worst

drought in 60 years. 11 of its 20 regions could soon

declare a state of emergency. And there are weather warnings

in place across Europe. After last week's wildfires

in France, firefighters With dry conditions,

the risk of further fires is high. In southern Spain, forecasters

described the weather as extreme. A high of 47 degrees

is expected in Cordoba. The advice is to drink plenty

of water, and despite the lure of the Mediterranean sun,

sea and sand, the authorities are urging people

to stay inside during the hottest hours

of the day. Carol will have more on that later

on. As we've been hearing this morning,

research by the BBC has revealed how some mental health patients

are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital,

despite being medically NHS England says its providing ?400

million to help tackle the problem, but what exactly is going wrong

and where should the money be spent? Doctor Arpan Dutta is from

Royal College of Psychiatrists. Thank you very much for joining us

this morning. Why is this such a delay? It sounds like such a long

time people are staying in hospital when they should be discharged. Yes,

I think there is a number of factors within this, I think from the data I

have seen. There is issues in terms of funding, in terms of disputes

around funding issues. Funding in terms of what, though? In terms of

accommodation placements for people. There are problems sometimes with

delays around assessment for commendation. And what we know is

one in six people who might be on an acute mental health inpatient ward

don't need to be there any more but might be waiting for another

service, maybe for supported accommodation, they might be waiting

for mental health rehabilitation services. So the problem is you

haven't really got anything between the hospital and going back into the

community for lots of them, so there isn't anywhere to go next? I suppose

it is trying to prevent that cycle of people returning back into

hospital. So in some cases people often remain on inpatient mental

health wards where there are actually better and more suitable

alternatives. It is about the provision of those alternatives, and

sometimes there isn't the availability of the appropriate

supported accommodation. What does it do for their mental health in the

meantime considering they are there to be helped? Absolutely, and I

suppose they are people with vulnerability at that point, and it

has a number of effects on them, not only in terms of getting to a point

where people become institutionalised, they sometimes

become deskilled, and it affects blocking the flow of people through

the system, so that people coming in will often end up going to out of

area placements hundreds of miles from their loved ones, families, and

that has a big impact for families and carers. Tell me how it works for

you. Have you been in the situation where you have had to assess someone

and decide whether or not it is safe for them to leave hospital? Yeah. Or

you have worked with people, because I don't genuinely understand how

someone can be kept for three years in a hospital when they are

medically fit? What process has taken place where doctors have said

you are fine, but we can't help you move on, who have you spoken to, is

it counsels, other parts of the NHS, how does this happen? Yes, the

services are quite fragmented, and I suppose that needs development in

terms of integration of services. Certainly there is a divide between

health and social care. And a lot of placements for people are jointly

funded. So in my work it would be linking up with social workers, with

other professions trying to identify appropriate placements for people. I

suppose it is finding the right placement for the right person. And

that is often creating a delay. How does it make someone in that

position Field who is in charge someone 's health? A doctor's job is

to do the best job you can and physically your hands are tied? Yes,

it can be really difficult. I think it is working with what we've got to

maintain hope for people, to try to help them understand that, actually,

it is finding the right placement. And I think that there is that

opportunity for mental health rehabilitation services to really

look at how they can improve things to prevent people returning back

into hospital, 'cause what we don't want is... We want people to be

in... Finding the right placements but also in terms of appropriately

looking at alternatives to admission. So there is crisis

resolution home treatment teams, there is other things like supported

accommodation. So it is looking for the alternative options to

admission. We talk a lot about NHS funding, and

the NHS says they will provide an extra ?400 million for crisis

resolution home treatment teams. What difference will this make, do

you think? I think any funding is welcome. I think it will start to

make a difference. I think part of the royal college of the country,

part of the work that has been done is to look after the commission, to

look at what service capacity is and how services can manage supply and

demand. I think that is important. Resources are scarce these days. It

is about working more efficiently and smarter with what we have. If

the situation going to get worse or better? That is a difficult one

to... The implication of your hesitation is that it is going to

get worse. You have just been talking about funding being tight,

and resources being scarce. If things are not changed, the services

are at a critical point. We need things to change, really, so that

people are moving forward. And that is not just doctors, that is the

linked professions, occupational therapists, psychologists, nurses,

it is investment in all of those professions linked together. A whole

systems approach. Thank you for your candid thoughts and analysis. Yes,

thank you. It's 7:18am and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Temperatures in Europe are

incredible at the moment. Way above average. Yes, Rome should

have a temperature of about 30, as should Sardinia. You can see how

much higher they are. There is a red heat warning across Sardinia,

southern Italy, the Balkans and southern Poland. These are

dangerous, life-threatening amounts of heat. If you are travelling to

these areas, note that we are not acclimatise to this kind of heat.

Bear that in mind. There is also the risk of wildfires, because

everything is tinderbox dry. We saw wildfires in Corsica and southern

France last week. All of these areas are at risk of that. In Rome they

are rationing water, as well as in 20 other towns in Italy. No letup in

this drought situation in the short-term forecasts. To be warned,

if you are travelling there. Nothing quite like that at home. We are

looking at a day of sunshine and showers. Some showers will be heavy

in the north of the country and in the south there will be blown

through quickly on strong winds. Low pressure is dominating our weather,

high pressure is dominating the weather in Europe. You can see the

squeeze in the isobars telling you that it is going to be windy. We

have these showers rattling around the area of low pressure, so they

are heaviest in the centre. They are not so heavy to come further south,

but we are looking at some decent dry spells and quite a bit of

sunshine. If you do catch a shower it will go through quickly than we

will see the sunshine comeback. For northern England, Northern Ireland

and Scotland, there are heavy showers. Some of those will be

slow-moving because the wind here is not as strong, particularly across

Scotland. Hail and thunder, and between them we will see sunshine.

In the Northern Isles we have the remnants of yesterday's rent. That

will continue to push north. Later tonight it will come south again.

Sunshine and showers sums it up. Windy also sums it up, across

England and Wales. In the sunshine, we are looking at highs in the low

20s. That will feel quite as on. 22 in London, 19 as we sweep up towards

Aberdeen. As we move into the evening and the overnight period, we

will lose some of the showers. It will still be windy. This rain

across the Northern Isles starts to sink south into Scotland.

Temperature wise, we are in pretty good shape. 13- 15. That is how we

start the day tomorrow. The rain in the north, and increasingly that

will turn more showery through the day. Northern Ireland, Scotland and

Wales will be looking at sunshine and showers, but fewer showers than

today, with highs up to 23. As for the weekend, showers and sunshine on

Saturday, but something drier for most of us on Sunday, with rain

coming in to Northern Ireland later on.

Carol, not just dry weather but a dry throat. Get some water. I need a

cup of tea. I am as dry as a horse's hoof.

LAUGHTER . When you were young, I mean really

young... Not that long ago! Maybe eight years ago. What were you into?

Children's TV programmes, you know. Thomas the Tank Engine, that sort of

thing. You're not into politics and business and finance? Well, I did

spreadsheets... Did you? Of course not. There is a reason we are

talking about this. Yes, there is a very smart young girl, Isla. She has

scooped the Best Actress prize at the Scottish Comedy catnap awards.

Why? Her political musings. We'll speak to her father,

comedian Mark Nelson, But first, here they are discussing

the general election. You love elections. I am sick of the

elections. Did you not even enjoy the debate? They were not even

there. Who would you vote for? None of them. I think Theresa May is the

leader we need right now. She will provide a strong... Strong and

stable, strong and stable. That is all she says. What about Jeremy

Corbyn, then? Leader material? He is too old to lead the country. What do

you mean? Here looks older than that Papa. Ten two cannot even use an

iPad. Do you not think he has good policies? How would we pay for them?

You need to be realistic. What about the SNP? What if they wind all the

seats in Scotland? We will be a 1-party state. We will all have to

get the same haircut. You would not good with the Nicola Sturgeon how,

dad. You can always vote for the Lib Dems. Good one, dad!

Mark Nelson joins us now. Mark, good to have the reverse on the

programme. You must be proud of. Extremely proud. It is really good

fun. How much of this is Isla and how much of this is script writing,

and you are and conversations that have kind of happened over playtime?

It is pretty much all me writing it. Despite what a lot of people on

Facebook think, that I was coming up with a lot of the stuff herself. --

that Isla was coming up. But lots of it comes up when we are doing it. We

can spend a small while chatting away, and lots of it comes out of

that. So it is mostly me, but some of it is improvised. Tell me, how

does the filming process work with Isla? You obviously have to get her

in the mood. Because although you are doing the writing, she is the

star. Yes, it is a process. The process of bribery, in a way. There

are a lot of sweets in there. She knows that after every couple of

lines she is going to get some sweets. So she knows how to play the

system. I love your honesty about this. I think it is fantastic. It

would have been quite easy for you to say, though, it is all her. How

much does she understand of what she is talking about in terms of policy?

Steph and I said we were not doing spreadsheets when we were three or

four, and was certainly not having political conversations. She doesn't

really understand initially, but after we do the videos, if we are

listening to the car, she will recognise names like Theresa May or

Donald Trump. Then she will acknowledge that we were talking

about that as well. So she is starting to get a wee inkling about

what we have in discussing. Tell us, what is of people have been watching

these videos. Have you been surprised at just how popular this

has become? Stunned. I thought the first couple

of videos we did, we were delighted if that doesn't people have seen it.

We were blown away with that. Then the one that we did over Easter got

about 70 million. It was ridiculous. That whole weekend, we found out

that we had people messaging me from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Mexico could

all sorts of stuff. It has been a surprise. Not a natural thing to do

with a three-year-old. Outages find out she has an aptitude for this? --

how did you find out. Just from spending time with her. She has

always been easy to chat to. She has always on how to be funny, which is

nice. It is weird. Being a stand-up comedian, it is weird seeing

somebody that young know exactly what a joke is. She has aways been

very expressive and she has been talking. So we just worked it from

there. What next? Are there more programmes to come? Do you think she

is moving on? I hope so. There is a time frame on it, in terms of

eventually her getting bored of doing it, but I think there is a

view things that are going on in the world that I would like to do videos

about. -- a view things. So hopefully will doing more. She is a

delight to watch. I hope she enjoyed herself birthday. Thank you for

joining us. Thank you so much. Mark Nelson is performing his

new show, Irreverence, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

until the 27th of August. Charlie is going up there. He will

be there tomorrow. Yes, the fund. No, he is working. That was the

wrong thing to say. He'll be working very hard from the Edinburgh

Festivals were. Now though, it's back

to Steph and Naga. This is Breakfast with

Steph McGovern and Naga Munchetty. Some mental health patients

are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital,

despite being medically Figures obtained by the BBC

through freedom of information requests show that at least five

patients waited more Meanwhile, hundreds more have been

waiting for more than six months. NHS England says it's committed ?400

million to help ease the problem. The services are at a critical point

and we need things to change, really, so that people are moving

forward, and that's not just sort of doctors, that is the lead

professions, psychologists, nursing, all of those, investment in all of

those professions put together, a whole systems approach, I suppose.

Children from the very poorest families in some parts of England

are continuing to fall further behind at school.

The Education Policy Institute says by the end of secondary school,

the most disadvantaged children can be two years behind their peers.

The government says it's directing an extra ?72 million into areas

More than 100 buildings have failed the latest fire safety test,

implemented in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

It was the second in a set of six tests ordered by the government

and takes the number of buildings that don't meet current regulations

The BBC has learnt that cladding and insulation panels failed

the test within seven minutes of being set alight.

In a short while, we'll be speaking to the chair of the panel in charge

of ensuring building's safe, following the Grenfell Tower fire.

The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has dismissed

allegations of fraud in the country's controversial

A company based in London responsible for providing the voting

system has claimed electoral authorities inflated the turn-out

The opposition has called for more mass demonstrations.

More education is needed to help people treat the victims of acid

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns corrosive

liquids are fast replacing knives as the weapon

Writing in the British Medical Journal, the medics advise people

to use water to help remove the chemical.

The pay of the UK's top chief executives has fallen,

but a report has found there's still a huge gap between them

Research from the High Pay Centre think tank reveals the bosses

of FTSE 100 companies now make on average 4.5 million pounds a year

- that's down nearly 20% on two years ago.

But it would take the average UK worker 160 years to make

The UK has become a nation of binge watchers, according to research

New research suggests eight in ten adults now view multiple episodes

of their favourite shows in a single sitting,

though most of us still watch at least some live TV each week.

The thing is, you know, the younger generation is inherently

impatient, they have grown up with all this technology,

so everything they want they have instantly,

so the if they have watched episode one and they desperately want to see

Binge watching. Yeah. I was up to it last night. Once you start on the

Yukon stop, can you? When you know that there are eight episodes -- you

can't stop. I get upset if I have to watch only one per week, I feel I am

being deprived. Yeah, thankfully, though, we are still alive. You

can't ever get too much of carol, though, I will tell you that much.

We will have the weather with her in a short while. First, Mike, again,

someone you can never have too much of. Are you sure? Mike, are you

there? I am indeed. My OK to go? I will pay you later for the lovely

compliment, Naga, thank you very much indeed. We are at the home of

the English champions in football and it is a huge night ahead for

everyone who will be cheering on the Lionesses, here are the England

stars of the future, inspired by the England team, who have done so well.

Such a chance to make history. Let's not underestimate what it means.

England face Holland tonight in the semi-finals

of the European Championships as they look to win their first

This time they can't be knocked out or beaten in the final by Germany.

They have gone, as have France, the team England failed to beat since

1974. England have put it right, the Lionesses did it, they beat them in

the quarter-finals. They have good form against the Dutch team as well,

beating them in the semifinals in 2009 in the Euros, and in November

England beat the Netherlands in a friendly there as well. There is a

real hope they can win a major tournament for the first time. I

know that they have a couple of suspensions with Jill Scott out and

their keeper, Karen Barnsley, after the collision in the quarter-finals,

so she is out as well. Siobhan Chamberlain will replace

the injured Karen Bardsley. That doesn't seem to worry her

team-mates or manager. Mark Sampson says she is now

the best goalkeeper England are the highest ranked

team left in the Euros Holland will be the team that under

pressure because if it has been in their home country the crowd

will be full of Dutch people and they will be all against us

but I think we have obviously been three experiences where we have been

in the dog, we went to Canada and beat a host nation

in the quarter-final, We have better players now

and we have players that have really improved their individual games

and really want to put on the England shirt and do

what is right for the team. The biggest transfer in world

football should be completed today. Brazillian forward Neymar

will leave Barcelona and sign for Paris St Germain

for a world record, wait He left Barcelona for

the French capital yesterday. His new deal at PSG is believed

to be worth 45 million euros a year, Here's what some PSG

fans think of the move. We are all very excited

for his coming. I think he can make good

things in this team. The price is ridiculous,

that's the only thing I think about. I think it's good that they take

him, but let's be honest, it's ridiculous, the prices they pay

for players is ridiculous Scottish champions Celtic are now

just one step away from a place in the group stages

of the Champions League after a hard-fought victory over

the Norwegian side Rosenborg. James Forest's brilliant second-half

strike was enough to give Brendan Rodgers' side

a 1-0 aggregate win. They now go into the playoff

round which will be drawn tomorrow. This time last year I was going

into these games with the hope that we could get through

and try and find a way. Now we go into them and we come up

to here to play with that level and that composure, and,

you know, everyone is talking But to play that way

was sensational, really, and, yeah, I am really

happy about the players. Rory McIlroy says that he and former

caddy JP Fitzgerald remain the best of friends since ending

their professional relationship. The pair worked together for nine

years but the four time major winner Back here at the Manchester City

academy and this is where the English champions Manchester City

play. I am joined by two teammates. Thank you, ladies. You know what it

is like to be in the thick of it, don't you. First of all, how do you

feel for Karen after the injury in the quarter-final? Devastating. We

are all gutted for her. As soon as we heard how it was. Knowing Karen,

the ultimate professional, she will be back note -- no doubt about it. I

think they will get the job done. What it -- is it like coming in at

this stage of the tournament with the pressure on? She will be fine.

She came in the previous World Cup in the quarter-finals and did a

great job. The girls have faith in her. She has plenty of ready and

experience. She will just enjoy the occasion. And hopefully they will

get the job done. You played for the under 23s. What will it be like as

they wake before this semi-final? They will be relaxed. They have made

a name for themselves. It is just rooting for them now. It is a big

occasion. They are ready for them. And they know what it takes to beat

the Dutch. They did it in 2009, a long time ago, and last year in a

friendly. Holland are on a good run. Just the same as England. So I hope

they get the job done. How important is it for England to have this

momentum, and they have been together a long time, they got to

the semifinals of the World Cup, came third, and kept it going - how

important is that cohesion, togetherness? Yes, obviously, they

have a feelgood approach, they know the friends and family, that is

important to the girls and that has got them through so far.

Togetherness on and off the pitch shows, and look what they are doing

on the pitch when together, it is amazing. Just watching the little

one spine due. To see how inspirational it is, starting out

their career, we cannot underestimate the impact on women's

football. It is the bigger sport according to the FA with a 19%

increase in grassroots since 2011. When you have teams like Manchester

City putting all the resources into it, and now as you say, six and

seven-year-old girls can aspire to be the next Steph, the next Karen,

and they have fantastic role models. Hopefully they will look back and

go, England were the European champions. In a nutshell, the

prediction? 1-0 England. And you? 2- zero. It is going to be tight but,

as the players say, England have what it takes to beat the Dutch -

they know what to do. I can't wait for the match. You have the England

planned, have you? Of course of. What time should I come around?

Straightaway after work, we have to get the snacks in. We are going to

speak with Carol in a minute about the weather, but first.

Nearly two months after a deadly fire spread

through Kensington's Grenfell Tower, thousands of people

across the country remain unsure about the safety of their own homes.

Nearly 200 buildings in England have failed safety tests ordered

Sir Ken Knight chairs the Government's independent fire

safety panel and we can speak to him now.

Thank you very much for joining us. Just looking at the figures now

nearly 200 buildings which are unsafe. What needs to be done to

make these buildings safe? Good morning. You will recall we started

off, I chair the expert panel advising government, and we started

off doing some screening tests of the external part of the cladding to

see is combustibility. This phase of tests is recommended by the expert

panel to test the cladding system as a whole. And as you see the latest

results show that the first screening tests were correct and

with the cladding together the cladding system with the aluminium

composite materials have failed those tests to meet the current

building regulations. So the importance is to ensure that

landlords know what to do. The residents need to feel safe and we

are also made recommendation measures they need to put in place

and have started to put in place already. So how quickly will this

happen, then, when will people in buildings feel safe? I hope they

feel safe now because every one of these buildings has had an

inspection from the local Fire and Rescue Service. They have all had a

fire risk inspection. The landlords have made interim measures such as

making sure smoke detectors work, people know what to do in the event

of fire and special measures they have put in place. I hope residents

feel the expert panel on the advice we gave the government is being

heeded and is undertaken. And landlords themselves have been

responsible to take those mitigating actions required. What is the advice

you are giving? The advice we are giving is first of all to ensure

that in advance of the test results being known, and landlords know, and

that's important to make sure their residents know that the landlords

ensure there is a risk assessment taken place in the building. Such as

the fire doors working, smoke detectors working, people know what

to do in the event of fire. All of those measures have to be put in

place as well as the local Fire and Rescue Service both being available

for advice and having given advice to each of these buildings. It is

all very well giving advice and saying to make sure people know what

to do in the event of a fire but they are still in buildings that are

not safe. And the cladding is so should not be in those buildings and

we are also giving advice on removing that cladding. And as the

test continues, these are full-scale test to test the whole cladding

system of what happens in the event of fire, and it is a well-respected

standard test used around the world, actually, so that as the further

test results emerge we can give further advice not only on those

buildings that have been found to be unsafe, but more importantly how to

make those buildings safe and take the cladding of that is on now. Is

it fair to say this is a fairly chaotic process? Some authorities

have removed cladding. Others haven't. This process have taken a

long time. People are not sure if homes are safe or not. I don't think

it is chaotic. I certainly wouldn't, nor did we recommend, that the

outside cladding should be taken off prematurely to leave what is the

installation of loan underneath. And we have issued new advice on that.

Longer term it is important to know that only last week the government

announced a review of building regulations and fire safety

generally, chaired by Dame Judi Hackett, which will be an important

milestone as well. My role and the expert panel's role is to deal with

the immediacy - the question you asked - how to make sure people feel

safe and that they are safe and we are doing everything we can to give

the best possible expert advice to government. This isn't the first

time you've looked at fire safety in tower blocks because he wrote a

report after a fire in 2009. One of the things you said was not to

retrofit sprinklers and instead take a more holistic look at fire safety.

Do you think it is still the case, and what do you mean by a holistic

approach to fire safety? That was some time ago. Since then technology

has moved on as well. There are other fire suppression systems. I am

pleased to see the wider field, not just sprinklers, automatic systems,

the technical aspect is an important, the holistic aspect is

insuring sprinklers play a very important part in fire safety. But

that is not instead of making sure smoke detectors work and people know

what to do in the event of fire. And that fire doors were properly and

close properly. The holistic fire safety is the whole of the parts

working together to keep people safe in the buildings they live and work

in. Have you changed your mind about

retrofitting sprinklers? No, I think that is right to be considered a lot

of the time. That is why, after the last review, and after the

Southampton fire, in which we tragically saw the death of

firefighters, the government did write to all local authorities and

ask them to carefully consider the retrofitting of sprinklers were it

was appropriate to do so. I'm sure that debate will come further and

faster as we go through both the review of the building regulations

and the wider public enquiry, which of course has also been announced.

Thank you. It's 07:47 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Carroll, you are looking at these

dangerous, really, some people might think they are fabulous, but these

temperatures can be harmful? Absolutely right. In fact, in

certain parts of Europe, such as Sardinia, Italy, the Balkans and

southern Poland, there is a red heat warning in force. That is the top

level of warning. We don't see many of those in the course of a year. It

is not just heat, it is also humidity. Life-threatening heat

false on people. What we have at the moment is no rain in the short-term

forecast. There is also a drought across parts of Italy. In fact,

there is water rationing in Rome and another 20 cities across Italy.

Those temperatures are a good ten to 15 degrees above where they should

be at this stage of the year. If you are travelling to any of these

places across southern Europe, bear that in mind. We British are not

acclimatise to this kind of heat and humidity. Back home we have

something quite different. Sunshine and showers, some of those showers

will be heavy on the northern half of the country, and also pretty

windy across England and Wales. You will see that in the isobars. If you

catch a shower in England and Wales, it will rattle through quite

quickly. In the centre of the high pressure there isn't much wind at

all. The showers will be slow-moving and heavy. You can also see the high

pressure dominating much of Europe at the moment. To translate that

onto our charts, it is basically sunshine and showers. The showers

are blowing through quite quickly on the wind, which means if you catch a

shower in England or Wales it will not be as heavy or as frequent as

further north, and you will see sunshine fairly quickly afterwards,

as soon as that shower goes through. For Northern Ireland Scotland, we

are also at sunshine and showers. Those showers, from the lack of

wind, will be slow-moving. There is lots of dry weather around and some

sunny spells as well. The rain across the northern islands will

continue to push northwards and will come south later on. Northern

England, some showers, lots of dry weather. As we come south into the

Midlands, East Anglia, Fx and Kent, heading to Hampshire and the Isle of

Wight, lots of dry weather around and fewer showers. Fewer showers as

well, as we go from the Isle of Wight towards the Isles of Scilly

and all points in between. Sunshine and showers. Wales will see some

showers, but it will be windy, especially close to the coast.

Inland you will notice it. This evening and overnight we hang on to

the wind. We will see that rain across the north of Scotland go

further south, and there will be lots of dry weather around as well.

No problems with the minimum temperatures. 13- 15. Tomorrow we

begin with that rain across Scotland turning more showery through the

day. Then we're back into a day of sunshine and showers. Fewer showers

than most of us saw today. As a result, with the lighter winds, it

will feel warm across single and Wales and cool Scotland and Northern

Ireland. That leaves us into Saturday, which is sunshine and

showers. Sunday is looking dryer for most of us, with rain in Northern

Ireland later. The high street clothes retailer

Next has just reported it's sales They are often a bellwether for the

high street. So how are they doing? Better than earlier in the year, but

they have already told us they do not expect it to be a great year. So

it is a slight improvement. Next is a big name

on our high street, in our shopping centres,

on many retail parks - but it's those physical stores

where it's struggling. What they call full price sales have

fallen by nearly 8% in-store compared to the first

half of last year. But online sales are up

by a similar amount. I'm joined now by Kirsty McGregor

who's the deputy editor of the fashion and retail

magazine, Drapers. Good news or not? Good and bad news.