10/08/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

:00:08. > :00:09.Police defend a decision to pay a convicted paedophile ?10,000

:00:10. > :00:14.The payment was made as part of an investigation that led

:00:15. > :00:16.to the prosecution of a grooming gang operating in Newcastle.

:00:17. > :00:25.by the actions of Northumbria Police.

:00:26. > :00:44.The force insists its priority was keeping children safe.

:00:45. > :00:46.Good morning, it's Thursday the 10th of August.

:00:47. > :00:50.North Korea says its plan to fire missiles towards an American

:00:51. > :00:56.military base in the Pacific will be ready within days.

:00:57. > :01:05.Here at the London Stadium, it was a magical moment for Makwala

:01:06. > :01:09.Finally allowed to race in the 200m, the Botswana athlete came out

:01:10. > :01:11.of quarantine and powered his way into tonight's showpiece.

:01:12. > :01:20.When it comes to household bills, people with money problems

:01:21. > :01:23.are likely to end up on the worst deals,

:01:24. > :01:26.so says the boss of one of the UK's biggest comparison sites,

:01:27. > :01:28.who I'll be talking to a little later.

:01:29. > :01:31.Our very own Ore hotstepped his way to the Strictly crown

:01:32. > :01:35.but who will be trying to take the title when the series

:01:36. > :01:39.We'll reveal the fourth contestant in the line-up live on the programme

:01:40. > :01:41.when they join us just after 08:30am.

:01:42. > :01:49.Good morning. After yesterday's deluge in the south east we have the

:01:50. > :01:53.dregs left in the far south-east corner, that will clear with a few

:01:54. > :01:57.showers behind it, cloud and result in the north but in between a lot of

:01:58. > :01:59.dry weather and a lot of sunshine. More in 15 minutes. Carol, thank

:02:00. > :02:00.you. Northumbria Police has defended

:02:01. > :02:04.paying thousands of pounds to a convicted child rapist

:02:05. > :02:06.to gather information The force has defended

:02:07. > :02:10.its actions after 17 mostly Asian men and one woman

:02:11. > :02:12.were convicted of grooming Critics said it could have put

:02:13. > :02:28.victims at greater risk. The faces of just some of those who

:02:29. > :02:32.abused young women across Newcastle's West End. Vulnerable

:02:33. > :02:42.girls are given drinks and drugs and passed around for sex. The gang was

:02:43. > :02:47.caught in one of the biggest child abuse investigations the North of

:02:48. > :02:53.England has seen. But now there are questions, outrage even, over some

:02:54. > :02:58.of the police tactics. Was it right to pay a convicted child rapist

:02:59. > :03:02.?10,000 to be an informant? I get entirely that for some people it

:03:03. > :03:06.would be morally Republican, the very very thought that we would, but

:03:07. > :03:12.if you put it in the context of we have paid money to somebody and as a

:03:13. > :03:15.result of that we know that we have safeguarded vulnerable women and

:03:16. > :03:19.girls and we know that there are dangerous men behind bars that would

:03:20. > :03:23.not be behind bars for lengthy terms of imprisonment, that would not have

:03:24. > :03:28.happened were it not for the information that we have gathered.

:03:29. > :03:33.Still, some of those helping abused children feel it's unacceptable,

:03:34. > :03:37.even dangerous. Perfectly reasonable to resume this individual presented

:03:38. > :03:40.an ongoing risk and the police didn't know what he was doing when

:03:41. > :03:43.he was out there providing information to them, he could

:03:44. > :03:48.himself be involved in grooming and abusing those vulnerable children.

:03:49. > :03:54.Northumbria police have stressed that the informant was not sent to

:03:55. > :03:58.gather direct evidence of abuse. The force's police commissioner said she

:03:59. > :04:03.was uneasy about playing the rapist but old she was satisfied everything

:04:04. > :04:08.was done properly. Visa complex cases and difficult judgements have

:04:09. > :04:09.to be made. Daniel Johnson, BBC News -- these are.

:04:10. > :04:12.We're joined now by Allison Freeman, who is at Northumbria Police's

:04:13. > :04:28.The force facing difficult questions? It does and they have

:04:29. > :04:32.been overshadowed by the use of this informant, which you have heard has

:04:33. > :04:35.been defended robustly by the Chief constable but the force is saying

:04:36. > :04:39.this has been very significant in a number of ways, not least because it

:04:40. > :04:46.sends a message that these vile crimes by evil men were simply not

:04:47. > :04:49.tolerated. The force said the largest investigation it ever

:04:50. > :04:53.carried out, so out, so much so it has grown the kitchen sink at it

:04:54. > :04:54.resource wise since the first complaints were made at the end of

:04:55. > :05:01.2013. They're saying they spoke to more

:05:02. > :05:05.than 700 potential complainants, arrested more than 450 people and

:05:06. > :05:09.this investigation is very much ongoing. They're also saying it has

:05:10. > :05:14.created a cultural shift within the force and the way they deal with

:05:15. > :05:17.these kinds of crimes. One officer was in fact sacked during the

:05:18. > :05:23.investigation for not investigating one of the suspects correctly. One

:05:24. > :05:26.of the girls involved in this was actually in the care of the local

:05:27. > :05:30.authority when she was being abused, so now a safeguarding review is

:05:31. > :05:34.going to be carried out to ensure or to find out whether these girls

:05:35. > :05:36.could have been protected much sooner. Allison, for the moment,

:05:37. > :05:37.thank you. We'll be speaking to

:05:38. > :05:39.Northumbria Police chief constable Steve Ashman later

:05:40. > :05:41.in the programme. North Korea has dismissed

:05:42. > :05:45.President Trump's warnings that it will face fire and fury

:05:46. > :05:48.as a load of nonsense in the latest escalation of tension

:05:49. > :05:51.between the two leaders. Last night, Pyongyang said

:05:52. > :05:54.it was drawing up plans to launch four ballistic missiles

:05:55. > :05:55.towards the sea Our correspondent

:05:56. > :06:09.Yogita Limaye has more. A show of strength in Pyongyang.

:06:10. > :06:13.North Korean state television showed a mass of people marching in support

:06:14. > :06:18.of the leadership in the country, even as the government made more

:06:19. > :06:23.threats. Visa details of its plan to attack Guam. Four rockets will fly

:06:24. > :06:28.over Japan and land in the Pacific Ocean near the island, it says. 'S

:06:29. > :06:32.drills by US bomber aircraft like these which are stationed at once

:06:33. > :06:36.that have angered Pyongyang -- it's. While a fierce reaction from North

:06:37. > :06:41.Korea is expected, this time it is matched by a aggression from the US

:06:42. > :06:46.president. After saying Pyongyang would be met by fire and fury,

:06:47. > :06:49.Donald Trump boasted about America's nuclear arsenal, a message which

:06:50. > :06:54.will be perceived as another threat by North Korea. It's making people

:06:55. > :07:02.around the world nervous and many countries have urged restraint. Our

:07:03. > :07:09.strong wish is the United States keeps calm and referring is from any

:07:10. > :07:12.moves that would provoke another party into actions that might be

:07:13. > :07:18.dangerous. The border is just about 50

:07:19. > :07:22.kilometres from here, but things on the streets are not tense. This

:07:23. > :07:26.country has dealt with threats from its neighbour for a long time now

:07:27. > :07:34.and that's why perhaps now people here are unlikely to believe just

:07:35. > :07:36.yet that this war war of words is likely to turn into something more.

:07:37. > :07:39.Yogita Limaye, BBC News, Seoul. Police hunting a jogger who knocked

:07:40. > :07:42.a pedestrian into the path of a London bus say they have

:07:43. > :07:45.received a good response to their appeal for information,

:07:46. > :07:48.and they are following up several CCTV footage of the incident,

:07:49. > :07:51.on Putney Bridge, show the man appear to barge

:07:52. > :07:54.into the 33-year-old to the quick reactions

:07:55. > :08:05.of the bus driver. A new trial in the treatment

:08:06. > :08:08.for Type-1 diabetes has displayed encouraging results,

:08:09. > :08:10.according to scientists in London. The therapy aims to slow down

:08:11. > :08:13.the advance of the disease by retraining the immune system

:08:14. > :08:16.and so far tests show the treatment It's now hoped the therapy

:08:17. > :08:20.could lead to a cure for Type-1 diabetes and free people from taking

:08:21. > :08:23.daily insulin injections. A widow has spoken of her shock

:08:24. > :08:26.and horror after a private GP who treated her late husband

:08:27. > :08:29.admitted failings in the case. Doctor Peter Wheeler,

:08:30. > :08:31.who was Princess Diana's doctor, has acknowledged he failed

:08:32. > :08:33.to properly monitor his patient by not arranging the

:08:34. > :08:35.recommended blood tests. Our health correspondent,

:08:36. > :08:38.Jane Dreaper, has the details Stefanos Vavalidis died from liver

:08:39. > :08:46.failure after spending the last eight months

:08:47. > :08:50.of his life in hospital. His widow is suing the private GP

:08:51. > :08:56.who was the family's trusted doctor over the prescribing of a drug

:08:57. > :08:59.Mr Vavalidis took for a skin It's heartbreaking enough

:09:00. > :09:03.to lose your partner of 45 years. But the complete shock and horror

:09:04. > :09:23.when we found out that it had That last period of his life was

:09:24. > :09:25.horrifying, so we'd like to prevent it from happening to other people.

:09:26. > :09:27.Dr Peter Wheeler continues to practise at this private surgery,

:09:28. > :09:33.which was declared safe when audited four years ago.

:09:34. > :09:36.But he's since admitted in legal papers for this case

:09:37. > :09:39.that there were no systems at the time for flagging up the need

:09:40. > :09:42.for regular blood tests in cases like this, and that he failed

:09:43. > :09:48.Had he done so, his patient could have lived up to two years longer.

:09:49. > :09:51.The lawyer working on the family's legal claim says it is one

:09:52. > :10:02.Private healthcare does have certain advantages over the NHS.

:10:03. > :10:04.It's more convenient, generally, and it is more comfortable.

:10:05. > :10:13.Dr Wheeler states in legal papers that Stefanos would still have died

:10:14. > :10:15.from liver failure because of his diabetes and obesity.

:10:16. > :10:21.The doctor is under investigation by the General Medical Council.

:10:22. > :10:26.Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with TV networks

:10:27. > :10:33.and online platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

:10:34. > :10:36.Social media users will soon see a Watch tab

:10:37. > :10:39.on their feeds, which will offer a range of shows, some of which have

:10:40. > :10:44.It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching

:10:45. > :10:47.and start conversations with others who are interested

:10:48. > :10:54.Can you imagine doing that, Charlie, sitting there while we're both on

:10:55. > :10:58.Facebook, watching the same programme and commenting every

:10:59. > :11:02.evening. I don't know but I try to keep an open mind about new

:11:03. > :11:05.technology. We could try. It's not going to happen, though!

:11:06. > :11:06.The Botswanan athlete, Isaac Makwala, has qualified

:11:07. > :11:10.for the final of the World Athletics 200m after running his heat

:11:11. > :11:14.He was unable to take part in the heats on Monday night

:11:15. > :11:17.because the athletics authorities said he had the norovirus.

:11:18. > :11:19.Meanwhile, Mo Farah qualified for the 5000m final.

:11:20. > :11:37.24 hours ago his dream seemed -- tonight he could be world champion.

:11:38. > :11:41.Isaac Makwala's remarkable evening began with a race against the clock

:11:42. > :11:45.after the athletics authorities said he could finally run his 200 metres

:11:46. > :11:50.heat two days after his rivals. After meeting his qualifying time he

:11:51. > :11:55.hardly seemed to be suffering. And barely two hours later he roared

:11:56. > :11:59.through on the inside to reach the final with Britain's athlete also

:12:00. > :12:05.threw. Afterwards Makwala thanked the authorities for his chance but

:12:06. > :12:09.said the crowd also inspired him. I want to thank the IAAF for giving me

:12:10. > :12:13.another chance and the crowd is so amazing. They didn't need to

:12:14. > :12:19.believe, the crowd being British, just want to thank this crowd, so

:12:20. > :12:24.amazing! Also a good evening for Sir Mo Farah as he is through his 5000

:12:25. > :12:29.metres heat in second place. He'll be joined in Saturday's final by

:12:30. > :12:35.fellow Briton Andrew Prichard. But tonight, the focus here will be

:12:36. > :12:37.on the men's 200 metres and four Isaac Makwala, after an

:12:38. > :12:43.extraordinary few days, there just might be a fairytale finish. Andy

:12:44. > :12:44.Swiss, BBC News, at the London Stadium.

:12:45. > :12:50.It really was good to watch yesterday. All the rain on the track

:12:51. > :13:05.and they were constantly moving it away. It might get better tonight!

:13:06. > :13:10.Is that an official term? Squuegy? Squeegy to me means a little bit

:13:11. > :13:15.wonky. A whole new meaning for it! This morning we are off to a fine

:13:16. > :13:19.start, in rural areas it is quite chilly but for many parts of the UK

:13:20. > :13:23.it will be dry with some lengthy sunny spells and where we have the

:13:24. > :13:27.torrential rain yesterday, it's going to be much drier. You can see

:13:28. > :13:31.this weather front in the south-east, this is the dregs of the

:13:32. > :13:34.rain yesterday, a bit more cloud and also spots of light rain and drizzle

:13:35. > :13:39.but that will move away through the morning. Across the far north of

:13:40. > :13:42.Scotland, more cloud, in the Northern Isles, a bit damp with a

:13:43. > :13:46.few showers flirting with the north and west but a lot of dry weather

:13:47. > :13:51.and sunshine. In Northern Ireland you can see we are also looking at a

:13:52. > :13:55.dry and sunny start to the day, as we are across the bulk of England

:13:56. > :13:58.and Wales. A little bit of mist and fog first thing but that will lift

:13:59. > :14:02.readily and here's our weather front, the remnants of that rain

:14:03. > :14:06.yesterday. Through today that will continue to weaken and move away,

:14:07. > :14:11.clearing Kent probably last. Could catch a few heavy showers around

:14:12. > :14:15.Kent, Essex, Sussex, but they will be the exception rather than the

:14:16. > :14:19.rule. For most, dry and fine. Temperatures, 20 or 21, what a

:14:20. > :14:22.different day it's going to be today for the south-east compared to

:14:23. > :14:26.yesterday and that holds true for the athletics. It should stay dry,

:14:27. > :14:31.we should see some decent amounts of sunshine with temperatures 20 or 21.

:14:32. > :14:35.Through the evening and overnight, again there will be a lot of dry

:14:36. > :14:38.weather around but we've got a more active weather front coming in

:14:39. > :14:41.across the north-west, bringing in some rain and some strengthening

:14:42. > :14:47.winds. Move away from that and there is some cloud around and clear skies

:14:48. > :14:50.and in towns and cities, temperatures falling to around 11 or

:14:51. > :14:54.13. As we head into tomorrow, we start on this dry note across

:14:55. > :14:57.central and eastern areas, you can see our weather fronts coming in,

:14:58. > :15:02.look at the squeeze on those isobars again, telling you it's going to be

:15:03. > :15:06.windy. The rain is going to advance from the north-west in the direction

:15:07. > :15:10.of the south-east. It will always be heaviest in the west with height and

:15:11. > :15:17.ahead of it the cloud will continue to build, so parts of the south-east

:15:18. > :15:22.during daylight hours getting away with a dry day and highs once again

:15:23. > :15:25.up to about 21. But as we go further north, still 17 to 19 so

:15:26. > :15:28.temperatures roughly where they should be at this stage in August.

:15:29. > :15:31.Then Friday into Saturday, we still the weather fronts cross us taking

:15:32. > :15:34.the rain to the south-east and clearing away. Things settle down

:15:35. > :15:38.with a ridge of high pressure across us on Saturday so again the weekend

:15:39. > :15:42.looking pretty fine, a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine, just

:15:43. > :15:45.a few showers dotted around here and there with the breeze coming in from

:15:46. > :15:53.the north-west and again temperatures up to 21. A very quick

:15:54. > :15:56.look at Sunday, again a lot of dry weather with high pressure still

:15:57. > :16:00.across us and a few showers with temperatures around 17 to 21 but

:16:01. > :16:03.worth noting it will be chilly first thing, and surely if you're heading

:16:04. > :16:08.out in the evenings this weekend, Charlie and Lagat.

:16:09. > :16:15.Jacket on, jacket off. Thank you. Shall we look through the front

:16:16. > :16:20.pages? The front of most of the papers today is our lead story,

:16:21. > :16:26.Northumbria police's actions in the case of investigating a paedophile

:16:27. > :16:32.gang. They were grooming young girls, and also the police's use of

:16:33. > :16:37.an informant who was a convicted paedophile as well. We will discuss

:16:38. > :16:43.that through the programme. And the picture you see here is supporters

:16:44. > :16:47.of the Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odingo protesting in Nairobi

:16:48. > :16:53.after he said he was hacked and the election result currently under way

:16:54. > :16:58.has been manipulated. The unsuccessful prosecution of the gang

:16:59. > :17:04.on the Sunday mail, asking how many more lives will be torn apart. And

:17:05. > :17:10.the summer money paid to a child rapist who was an informant to the

:17:11. > :17:16.police, ?10,000 paid for information without enquiry. Another story is on

:17:17. > :17:20.Korea, we have seen this escalation in words when it comes to President

:17:21. > :17:29.Trump and Kim Jong-un as well. The trumpet -- Trump administration

:17:30. > :17:35.warning to de-escalate. Kim Jong-un threatening his missile capability

:17:36. > :17:39.could reach Guam, which is American territory. Sean, what have you got?

:17:40. > :17:47.The front of the times, going more in-depth. This one here? Yes, the

:17:48. > :17:53.hosts attacking the clampdown on Airbnb. If you own a flat in

:17:54. > :17:58.Majorca, one of those islands, you need a licence to be able to put the

:17:59. > :18:04.flat on Airbnb, which makes it more complicated. Those that own it are

:18:05. > :18:08.kicking off because they say it will limit the amount of business they

:18:09. > :18:13.can do. It is a higher standard required, that kind of stuff. Airbnb

:18:14. > :18:18.said it has brought loads of tourism to these islands. They have helped

:18:19. > :18:21.bring people in, more affordable, more competition, so that is

:18:22. > :18:25.changing things are little bit. If you wanted to go on Airbnb and get

:18:26. > :18:29.some of those things, that will change over the next 12 months.

:18:30. > :18:33.Quite interesting. One in the FT which has been going along the last

:18:34. > :18:40.couple of days, Disney, at the moment, on Netflix, something like

:18:41. > :18:44.that platform, you can get Disney films, they have said no, we are

:18:45. > :18:48.keeping it to ourselves and we will have Alan platform because content

:18:49. > :18:52.is king at the moment. If you have content at the moment, it is worth a

:18:53. > :19:00.lot. Charlie and I are going to start sharing thoughts as we watch

:19:01. > :19:06.TV together in our separate places. The goggle box kind of thing. Group

:19:07. > :19:12.watch session. What should we watch next? Sean is taking it seriously. I

:19:13. > :19:16.am just trying to work out if he realises that is something that

:19:17. > :19:18.won't ever happen. Come on, Charlie. We will get you a smartphone

:19:19. > :19:29.one-day! Thank you. Tensions have been increasing

:19:30. > :19:33.between North Korea and the US and Kim Jong-un has dismissed President

:19:34. > :19:37.Trump's warning as a load of nonsense. Pyongyang said it was

:19:38. > :19:46.drawing up plans to launch ballistic missiles towards Guam. Let's speak

:19:47. > :19:50.to our correspondent Yagita Limai. Is it a war of words, or is it some

:19:51. > :19:57.physical action that might be taken soon rather than later? Let me start

:19:58. > :20:03.with the reaction in South Korea. Just a short while ago we heard a

:20:04. > :20:07.military spokesman who said they are sending out a stern warning to North

:20:08. > :20:11.Korea that if there is any provocation there will be a strong

:20:12. > :20:15.response from the joint forces of the US and South Korea. At the same

:20:16. > :20:20.time the spokesman said that across the border in North Korea there is

:20:21. > :20:23.no indication of anything unusual. They say there doesn't seem anything

:20:24. > :20:29.out of the ordinary, or any provocation. Analysts say this kind

:20:30. > :20:35.of sharp rhetoric from Pyongyang is not new. During August the US and

:20:36. > :20:39.South Korean forces conducted joint military drills. During August

:20:40. > :20:44.experts studying North Korea for a long time say that you hear these

:20:45. > :20:48.strong words coming out of Pyongyang. Now you also have a US

:20:49. > :20:53.president making aggressive remarks. That is making things more tense. If

:20:54. > :20:57.you go out on the streets of Seoul things are normal. People are going

:20:58. > :21:00.about their lives as usual. I spoke to people here to ask what they

:21:01. > :21:04.think about the situation. A couple of people said they are worried and

:21:05. > :21:07.that this is a scary, intense situation. Others said they had

:21:08. > :21:12.heard these threats from Pyongyang for so long now that they don't

:21:13. > :21:17.actually think anything is going to play out on the ground. One man said

:21:18. > :21:22.he thinks North Korea is bluffing. Yogita, I know it is difficult to

:21:23. > :21:26.get insight into what is happening in North Korea as well. The IDE is,

:21:27. > :21:33.as we've been told, Kim Jong-un wants to make sure that he makes it

:21:34. > :21:37.clear that the US wants to exterminate the country -- idea is.

:21:38. > :21:41.That is exactly right. Their defence of the missile programme, the

:21:42. > :21:46.nuclear programme has been that it is our defence against invasion.

:21:47. > :21:51.They have said that time and again. What has changed in the last month

:21:52. > :21:57.is they say they have the capability of hitting the US, the mainland of

:21:58. > :22:03.the US and that is perhaps why America is sitting up, taking notice

:22:04. > :22:07.of it. That is why we have heard such strong reactions coming from

:22:08. > :22:11.the US. It is in no one's interest for there to be all-out war on the

:22:12. > :22:17.Korean Peninsular. North Korea doesn't want it - having this

:22:18. > :22:22.nuclear programme is a defensive measure. South Korea doesn't want

:22:23. > :22:27.it. China, an important player, does not want instability right next to

:22:28. > :22:31.it. Obviously this is not something that the US wants as well. At the

:22:32. > :22:35.moment, when I speak with analysts about what they think will happen in

:22:36. > :22:40.the next few days or weeks or months, they say they believe this

:22:41. > :22:44.is just a war of words at the moment and they don't think they are going

:22:45. > :22:46.to see anything happen. Let's hope it stays that way. Thank you,

:22:47. > :22:48.Yogita. Now, in an exclusive

:22:49. > :22:50.interview with BBC Breakfast, Michael Palin has told us more needs

:22:51. > :22:53.to be done to support New research published today shows

:22:54. > :22:57.that prisoners who receive visits from a family member

:22:58. > :23:13.during their time inside This is Cairo. How are you? Very

:23:14. > :23:20.nice to meet you. Come in. Michael Pailin is a household name and Kyra

:23:21. > :23:27.is a 12-year-old daughter of a convicted criminal. They are here to

:23:28. > :23:31.create an animation for the support group Pact. The film you are about

:23:32. > :23:35.to watch tells the story of Kyra. The film tells the story of her

:23:36. > :23:38.stepdad's conviction and Howard first she didn't know her stepdad

:23:39. > :23:43.was in jail, how much it helped to visit and how much it hurt when he

:23:44. > :23:47.was eventually moved away. There are some bits I want to talk to him

:23:48. > :23:51.about but I can't because I can't really choose when I want to call

:23:52. > :23:55.him, when I want to meet up with him, when I want to go on a visit,

:23:56. > :24:02.so it is really hard. Do you miss him? Yeah, a lot. Today in a report

:24:03. > :24:06.commissioned by the Ministry of Justice highlights the important

:24:07. > :24:10.link between prisoners and families. Inmates who receive family visits

:24:11. > :24:19.are, the report says, 39% less likely to reoffend. I love the

:24:20. > :24:22.question on their little noses. Reoffending, rehabilitation, issues

:24:23. > :24:28.Michael Palin has felt strongly about. From what one reads in the

:24:29. > :24:34.press, prison numbers are higher than ever, people just keep the lid

:24:35. > :24:38.on rather than being able to do any decent work in helping these people

:24:39. > :24:42.improve their lives afterwards. There is no point sending someone

:24:43. > :24:46.out into the world if they are going to just be the same again, there has

:24:47. > :24:51.to be some change either inside or with the family. The reality of the

:24:52. > :24:55.Prison Service right now is this - funding and staffing levels down,

:24:56. > :25:00.serious assaults and drug use up, a prison population which has almost

:25:01. > :25:06.doubled in 25 years, reoffending rates which stubbornly hover around

:25:07. > :25:11.the 25% mark. Children of prisoners have three times the incidence of

:25:12. > :25:14.mental health issues, much likelier to suffer poverty, homelessness,

:25:15. > :25:19.educational problems, one study said six out of ten boys with a father in

:25:20. > :25:22.prison are likely to go to prison themselves in later life. The

:25:23. > :25:41.Ministry of Justice told us this... Kyra, still a long way from her

:25:42. > :25:45.stepfather, feels punished for his crime. Kind of upset, it gets me

:25:46. > :25:52.wondering sometimes. How he is doing? Yeah, if he is fine and if he

:25:53. > :25:57.is OK. Do you know when you are going to see him? No. Access to

:25:58. > :26:01.parents in prison is clearly something that is important to

:26:02. > :26:06.children like Kyra. The report says it is important to prisoners too.

:26:07. > :26:11.When I saw my step that I was so happy. It is not about being soft on

:26:12. > :26:15.prisoners. It is about a calculated social and economic benefit. Because

:26:16. > :26:20.if report recommendations bring down reoffending rates, they also help

:26:21. > :26:28.bring down the ?15 billion annual cost of the reoffending. How is

:26:29. > :26:28.that, all at? APPLAUSE. LAUGHTER.

:26:29. > :26:33., Lovely girl. Still to come: It's TV's biggest

:26:34. > :26:36.show, but Game of Thrones is the latest victim of hackers,

:26:37. > :26:39.who are demanding millions Sean will be looking at whether TV

:26:40. > :26:46.is a new target for cybercriminals. I'm back with the latest

:26:47. > :30:10.from the BBC London newsroom Now, though, it's back

:30:11. > :30:14.to Naga and Charlie. with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

:30:15. > :30:17.Stayt. Headlines in a moment,

:30:18. > :30:20.but coming up this morning: Was it right that Northumbria police

:30:21. > :30:23.paid a convicted sex offender thousands of pounds for evidence

:30:24. > :30:25.in a grooming case? It's not often we get speak

:30:26. > :30:36.to a Former US Vice President, us his view of the Trump White

:30:37. > :30:40.House. And we'll reveal the third celebrity

:30:41. > :30:43.who'll be doing sequins and spray tans in this

:30:44. > :30:44.year's Strictly. But first, this

:30:45. > :30:53.morning's top stories: Northumbria Police has defended

:30:54. > :30:55.paying thousands of pounds to a convicted child rapist

:30:56. > :30:57.to gather information The force has stood by its actions

:30:58. > :31:01.after 17 mostly Asian men and one woman were convicted

:31:02. > :31:04.of grooming vulnerable Critics said it could have put

:31:05. > :31:07.victims at greater risk. The faces of just some of those

:31:08. > :31:15.who abused young women Vulnerable girls are given drinks

:31:16. > :31:26.and drugs and passed around for sex. The gang was caught in one

:31:27. > :31:29.of the biggest child abuse investigations the North

:31:30. > :31:35.of England has seen. But now there are questions,

:31:36. > :31:37.outrage even, over some Was it right to pay a convicted

:31:38. > :31:41.child rapist ?10,000 I get entirely that for some people

:31:42. > :31:51.it would be morally repugnant, the very very thought that we would,

:31:52. > :31:55.but if you put it in the context of we have paid money to somebody

:31:56. > :31:59.and as a result of that we know that we have safeguarded

:32:00. > :32:01.vulnerable women and girls, and we know that there are dangerous

:32:02. > :32:05.men behind bars that would not be behind bars

:32:06. > :32:07.for lengthy terms of imprisonment, that would not have happened were it

:32:08. > :32:10.not for the information Still, some of those helping

:32:11. > :32:17.abused children feel it's Perfectly reasonable to assume this

:32:18. > :32:24.individual presented an ongoing risk and the police didn't know

:32:25. > :32:28.what he was doing when he was out He could himself have been involved

:32:29. > :32:32.in grooming and abusing those Northumbria police have stressed

:32:33. > :32:37.that the informant was not sent The force's police commissioner said

:32:38. > :32:45.she was uneasy about playing the rapist but ultimately

:32:46. > :32:47.she was satisfied everything These are complex cases

:32:48. > :32:50.and difficult judgements have North Korea has dismissed

:32:51. > :33:01.President Trump's warnings that it will face the fire and fury

:33:02. > :33:04.of the United States as "a load will face the fire and fury

:33:05. > :33:08.of the United States as a load of nonsense, in the latest

:33:09. > :33:10.escalation of tension North Korea has said

:33:11. > :33:14.it was drawing up plans to launch four ballistic missiles

:33:15. > :33:16.towards the sea off the coast of Guam,

:33:17. > :33:19.a US territory and a major strategic Police hunting a jogger who knocked

:33:20. > :33:26.a pedestrian into the path of a London bus say they have

:33:27. > :33:29.received a good response to their appeal for information

:33:30. > :33:32.and they are following up several CCTV footage of the incident

:33:33. > :33:35.on Putney Bridge appears to show the man barging

:33:36. > :33:37.into the 33-year-old She escaped serious injury thanks

:33:38. > :33:51.to the quick reactions is Everytime I see that I am still

:33:52. > :33:52.shocked someone would do something like that!

:33:53. > :33:55.A new trial in the treatment for Type-1 diabetes has displayed

:33:56. > :33:57.encouraging results, according to scientists in London.

:33:58. > :34:02.The therapy aims to slow down the advance of the disease

:34:03. > :34:04.by retraining the immune system and so far,

:34:05. > :34:06.tests show the treatment is safe.

:34:07. > :34:09.It's now hoped the therapy could lead to a cure for Type-1

:34:10. > :34:11.diabetes and free people from taking daily insulin injections.

:34:12. > :34:15.Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with TV networks

:34:16. > :34:17.and online platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

:34:18. > :34:19.Social media users will soon see a Watch tab

:34:20. > :34:23.on their feeds, which will offer a range of shows, some of which have

:34:24. > :34:28.It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching

:34:29. > :34:30.and start conversations with others who are interested

:34:31. > :34:44.There we go, that's what's going to happen! We will watch the same TV

:34:45. > :34:48.programmes and talking to each other online. Quite a few hurdles of that

:34:49. > :34:49.happening. We will overcome them, Charlie!

:34:50. > :34:58.It was marvellous yesterday evening watching Isaac Makwala run alone to

:34:59. > :35:03.qualify for the next heat in the 200 metres. Jess, you are on the track,

:35:04. > :35:10.you are alone but at least you don't have to run 20.2 seconds at least? I

:35:11. > :35:14.think I might do! It would warm me up! Good morning, we've been talking

:35:15. > :35:17.a lot recently about the Botswana athlete Isaac Makwala, he's gone

:35:18. > :35:23.from thinking his World Championships were over to being

:35:24. > :35:27.given a remarkable second chance. It was here in lane seven at the start

:35:28. > :35:32.of the 200 meet a line that he was given the opportunity to run a solo

:35:33. > :35:36.time trial. Incredible, just Makwala against the clock, no rivals around

:35:37. > :35:41.him at all to spur him on. To give you some background on this, he was

:35:42. > :35:42.one of a number of athletes affected by a stomach bug and removed on

:35:43. > :35:45.medical grounds on competing. He missed the chance

:35:46. > :35:48.to run in the 400 metres but after his quarantine period

:35:49. > :35:50.ended yesterday afternoon. He was given the chance

:35:51. > :35:53.to run a solo time trial He had to achieve the qualifying

:35:54. > :35:58.time and roared on by the crowd, he did and took his place

:35:59. > :36:01.in the semi-finals. Remarkably, Makwala came

:36:02. > :36:03.second in his semi-final, and just behind him in third was

:36:04. > :36:05.Britain's Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake, The 400 metre champion

:36:06. > :36:09.Wayde Van Niekerk also For Makwala though it was all

:36:10. > :36:13.about the chance to race again and show the world

:36:14. > :36:23.what he could do. I wish to thank the IAAF for giving

:36:24. > :36:30.me another chance. They didn't need to believe,

:36:31. > :36:35.the crowd being British, I just want to thank

:36:36. > :36:40.this crowd, so amazing! Mo Farah will go for double gold

:36:41. > :36:43.in these Championships again after he qualified for the final

:36:44. > :36:46.of the 5,000 metres. He'll also be joined by fellow

:36:47. > :36:48.Briton Andy Butchart after he qualified as a fastest

:36:49. > :36:51.loser from the second heat. Farah is retiring from track racing

:36:52. > :36:54.at the end of these championships and says he wants

:36:55. > :37:01.to go out on a high. You can't dream of something unless

:37:02. > :37:05.you do something about it. I've been given a chance in life and I work

:37:06. > :37:09.hard for it and I achieve what I've achieved through hard work and keep

:37:10. > :37:13.grafting. To all the kids out there Common youngsters, you can be like

:37:14. > :37:17.me and we've got to start thinking about how we can get the

:37:18. > :37:18.next-generation to leave a legacy behind.

:37:19. > :37:20.The bad weather here in London yesterday caused problems

:37:21. > :37:24.for athletes both on the track and field.

:37:25. > :37:26.Particularly hard for the long jumpers and in the women's

:37:27. > :37:29.qualifying, Lorraine Ugen was the only one of three British

:37:30. > :37:31.athletes to make it into tomorrow's final.

:37:32. > :37:33.Britain's Nick Miller is into Friday's final

:37:34. > :37:37.He made the qualifying distance with his very first throw.

:37:38. > :37:39.He'll more than likely need to better his British record

:37:40. > :38:01.There was late drama in the women's 400m.

:38:02. > :38:04.The Bahamas runner Shaunae Miller-Uibo looked to have the race

:38:05. > :38:06.won but pulled up in the last 20 metres

:38:07. > :38:09.and finished fourth, missing out on a medal.

:38:10. > :38:11.The American Phyllis Francis won gold, her compatriot Allyson Felix

:38:12. > :38:14.Away from the athletics, England made an impressive start

:38:15. > :38:17.to their defence of the Women's Rugby World Cup,

:38:18. > :38:22.a nail-biting opener against Australia.

:38:23. > :38:25.They were leading by nine points after Sophie Spence's try

:38:26. > :38:28.but the Australians fought back and Ireland went through 19-17.

:38:29. > :38:31.Andy Murray looks set to lose his world number one ranking

:38:32. > :38:33.after withdrawing from the Cincinnati Masters with the hip

:38:34. > :38:35.injury that hampered his Wimbledon campaign.

:38:36. > :38:39.which starts at the end of this month.

:38:40. > :38:43.And Rory McIlory says he has nothing to prove ahead of the USPGA

:38:44. > :38:46.Championship, which starts this evening in North Carolina.

:38:47. > :38:49.He's among a top-class field trying to stop the American Jordan Spieth

:38:50. > :38:55.becoming the youngest player to complete a career grand slam.

:38:56. > :39:08.There's coverage across the BBC, including live coverage via the red

:39:09. > :39:12.button, from 6pm and on BBC Two from 11:15pm

:39:13. > :39:18.No morning session here today, things much drier after the weather

:39:19. > :39:20.yesterday, more favourable conditions when they get under way

:39:21. > :39:25.in the evening session hopefully. Yesterday, it emerged that 17

:39:26. > :39:33.mostly-Asian men and one woman have been

:39:34. > :39:35.convicted of targeting vulnerable girls in Newcastle as part

:39:36. > :39:38.of a child sex gang. As part of the operation

:39:39. > :39:40.to catch the gang, Northumbria Police paid a convicted

:39:41. > :39:43.child rapist thousands of pounds to act as an informant,

:39:44. > :40:01.a decision the police The NSPCC has come out clearly

:40:02. > :40:07.saying you don't think this was the right move, to pay a convicted

:40:08. > :40:11.rapist, paedophile, to be part of the operation? Absolutely not. We

:40:12. > :40:15.want to acknowledge the bravery and courage of the young women coming

:40:16. > :40:22.forward and speaking in court and helping security, this is a start

:40:23. > :40:26.for their recovery journey but we don't support the police. We think

:40:27. > :40:30.it was a misguided action, putting a person who had a track record

:40:31. > :40:37.against abusing girls into this situation with other vulnerable

:40:38. > :40:41.girls and perpetrators. And then paying for the privilege of doing

:40:42. > :40:45.that. The police services involved have been clear about what they saw

:40:46. > :40:49.as the difficult moral and ethical situation, they understand some

:40:50. > :40:53.people will criticise, but if you're in the middle of an investigation

:40:54. > :41:01.and you believe the only way you can progress that investigation to get

:41:02. > :41:06.what you want is to do this, to pay this man. What do you do in that

:41:07. > :41:10.situation? They presented this very clearly, they say this is what

:41:11. > :41:15.needed to be done to get the result. We would argue it shouldn't have

:41:16. > :41:20.been a person who has a record against children, this man was a

:41:21. > :41:24.child rapist, had gone to court and being prosecuted for that. Putting

:41:25. > :41:28.that man into a situation with other vulnerable girls and men they

:41:29. > :41:32.similar ilk, we don't know what the outcome could have been for those

:41:33. > :41:36.young people. We don't know really what happened in this situation and

:41:37. > :41:41.why can they have used a different informant, one that didn't have a

:41:42. > :41:46.track record. Is the issue about how they used him? We understand he was

:41:47. > :41:50.put back... He was taking as we understand, we will find out more

:41:51. > :41:54.later, he was taking vulnerable girls back into some of those

:41:55. > :41:59.situations. Is it that or that he was used at all? At all, we

:42:00. > :42:03.fundamentally disagree with the use of someone who is convicted against

:42:04. > :42:09.sexual offences against children in this situation. Without being blase

:42:10. > :42:14.at all, he was convicted, he did his time, he was done and then willing

:42:15. > :42:18.to how the police in this situation. He was proven to be dishonest

:42:19. > :42:22.throughout this case and even the judge throughout some of his

:42:23. > :42:27.comments against the police, calling him very dishonest. Yet the evidence

:42:28. > :42:31.was used in the case that he provided, that was used. This case

:42:32. > :42:36.is about gathering evidence from those people who have been affected

:42:37. > :42:40.by this abuse at the hands of those perpetrators. It's really important

:42:41. > :42:44.those women are listened to, believed and supported. There have

:42:45. > :42:48.been criticisms, I'd be interested to hear your view on this, about the

:42:49. > :42:51.length of time it took to gather evidence, the length of time these

:42:52. > :42:56.vulnerable girls were in this situation. Around 21 months for that

:42:57. > :43:00.sequence. Do you understand what the police needed to do in order to

:43:01. > :43:04.gather enough evidence to conflict 18 people? We absolutely recognise

:43:05. > :43:09.how difficult it is for police forces across the country trying to

:43:10. > :43:14.tackle the issue of child sexual exploitation. It's an absolute

:43:15. > :43:17.nightmare and we praise the police for their tactics in bringing these

:43:18. > :43:22.people to justice but it's never right to use a known sex offender to

:43:23. > :43:28.go into a situation like this with vulnerable young women. Is the

:43:29. > :43:31.payment the issue? The principle of policing would be clearly in any

:43:32. > :43:36.investigation you need someone who has a link to the crime to get the

:43:37. > :43:43.information. Yeah. Is it the payment or the use of someone that's been

:43:44. > :43:47.previously convicted? It's the use. If you can't approach those or try

:43:48. > :43:52.to get those people to give you information, who do you talk to? You

:43:53. > :43:54.have to talk to someone involved unnecessarily, given the

:43:55. > :43:59.circumstances here, child sex abuse... These are all people you

:44:00. > :44:04.don't want to do business with. Absolutely, but this is not a bank

:44:05. > :44:09.job or a drug scam, this is a robe of vulnerable young people under 16

:44:10. > :44:14.who have been plied with alcohol and drugs and forced to have sex with

:44:15. > :44:18.people against their will -- group of. Putting them with a known sex

:44:19. > :44:23.offender and you can't manage the risk. We had no idea what would

:44:24. > :44:26.happen and what the man would do. This is a different argument, you're

:44:27. > :44:30.saying they couldn't guarantee the person they were using for

:44:31. > :44:35.information wasn't himself perpetrating war crimes? Wasn't a

:44:36. > :44:41.risk to those young people, yes -- more crimes. Who is to save the

:44:42. > :44:43.victims, we are prepared to use a child rapist, by paying them, to

:44:44. > :44:52.gather the evidence -- to say. Thank you very much. We will speak

:44:53. > :44:54.with the chief constable from Northumbria police at 7:10am a

:44:55. > :44:58.little later this morning. You're watching

:44:59. > :45:00.Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

:45:01. > :45:02.Northumbria Police has defended paying thousands of pounds

:45:03. > :45:05.to a convicted child rapist to gather information

:45:06. > :45:07.in an abuse investigation. North Korea has accused Donald Trump

:45:08. > :45:10.of being "bereft of reason" as it gave more details about its threat

:45:11. > :45:26.to an American military base Time to talk to Carol to take a look

:45:27. > :45:29.at the weather - there was a divide in terms of weather yesterday

:45:30. > :45:37.because we were watching their championships in London and they

:45:38. > :45:45.were squeegying the track and then it was glorious elsewhere. That's

:45:46. > :45:49.right, Naga. Surrey had almost two inches of rain in 24 hours and we

:45:50. > :45:53.have the dregs of that in the south-east, which will clear, and

:45:54. > :45:57.for most of us we have a mainly dry day with lengthy sunny spells, and

:45:58. > :46:03.it will feel pleasant in the sunshine with highs of around 20-

:46:04. > :46:07.21. This is what is left of the rain, affecting Essex, Kent, Sussex

:46:08. > :46:11.as well, with patchy rain that will clear. At the other end of the

:46:12. > :46:15.country another weather front here is producing more clout, rain and

:46:16. > :46:20.drizzle across the Northern Isles, also affecting northern Scotland.

:46:21. > :46:24.The rest of Scotland has a fine start to the day. Chilly in rural

:46:25. > :46:30.areas. Temperatures around Braemar currently four. Northern Ireland,

:46:31. > :46:35.England, into the south-west, a lot of dry weather and a lot of

:46:36. > :46:40.sunshine. There is the rain. This rain will slowly move away, clearing

:46:41. > :46:44.Essex and Kent last. And in doing so it will leave a little cloud, one or

:46:45. > :46:48.two showers, but the sun will come out and for most of the UK away from

:46:49. > :46:52.the north-west we are looking at a dry and sunny day. Temperatures

:46:53. > :46:57.around where they should be for this time in August with a range of 14 in

:46:58. > :47:00.the north and 21 in the south. So, Naga mentioned the athletics

:47:01. > :47:04.yesterday. Today it should be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around

:47:05. > :47:08.too. So as we head through the evening and overnight period we hang

:47:09. > :47:13.onto a lot of dry weather, some clear spells as well, and is active

:47:14. > :47:16.weather front comes in across northern and western Scotland and

:47:17. > :47:20.Northern Ireland. The wind strengthening about it as it moves

:47:21. > :47:25.southwards. Some clear skies, chilly in rural areas but generally in

:47:26. > :47:28.towns and cities we stay in double figures. Tomorrow you can see the

:47:29. > :47:34.weather fronts and squeezed isobars, the combination tells us we have

:47:35. > :47:39.rain and windy conditions coming in from the north-west, spreading south

:47:40. > :47:42.eastwards. The heaviest rain with height in the west. As the front

:47:43. > :47:47.moves south it will weaken and fragment and parts of the south-east

:47:48. > :47:50.will stay dry until early evening, hanging on to the brightness the

:47:51. > :47:55.longest, the sunshine across East Anglia and Kent. And then as we head

:47:56. > :47:59.into the weekend, well, first of all, the fronts come south, we will

:48:00. > :48:03.see rain overnight, then this high pressure builds in, settling things

:48:04. > :48:10.down nicely, not just on Saturday but also into Sunday. So, on

:48:11. > :48:16.Saturday, a chilly start, sunshine, one or two showers in the north of

:48:17. > :48:22.the country and we have highs of 13- 21. As we head into Sunday it is a

:48:23. > :48:27.chilly start with a fair bit of sunshine around, mostly dry, just

:48:28. > :48:30.one or two showers. Temperatures 14- 21. And before I go it is worth

:48:31. > :48:34.mentioning that although we have dry and sunny weather during the day

:48:35. > :48:38.with respectable temperatures, if you are heading out in the evening

:48:39. > :48:44.it will feel quite nippy, Charlie and Naga. Thanks very much, Carol. I

:48:45. > :48:48.always think you are very savvy. When was the last time you switched

:48:49. > :48:53.energy or insurance provider to make sure you got the best rates? Two

:48:54. > :48:59.years ago. Gosh! I should do it every year. Most people wouldn't be

:49:00. > :49:04.able to save two years ago. I think I was about one and a half years

:49:05. > :49:08.ago. Sean is always telling us we should be doing this. There are have

:49:09. > :49:13.been mixed messages with more people switching, as we have heard, then

:49:14. > :49:17.the energy Secretary Greg Clark said he has never switched, it is too

:49:18. > :49:19.much hassle, the industry needs to change, so what is better for

:49:20. > :49:20.people? Despite the abundance of -

:49:21. > :49:24.some might say annoying - adverts trying to get us to switch,

:49:25. > :49:28.it seems a quarter of us still have never shopped around when it comes

:49:29. > :49:31.to those household bills, like car and home insurance

:49:32. > :49:34.or our gas and electricity. And those with financial problems

:49:35. > :49:37.are the ones likely to end up This research was commissioned

:49:38. > :49:40.by the comparison site Gocompare, and its chief executive

:49:41. > :49:54.is Matthew Crummack, Good morning. Those with the most

:49:55. > :50:00.financial distress often end up with the poor deal. Lots of us use these

:50:01. > :50:05.deals, why can you not help those people? The report looks at why

:50:06. > :50:09.consumers are essentially not making the most of the information

:50:10. > :50:14.available to them, and reducing their household bills. We looked at

:50:15. > :50:19.the amount of money on the table that could be saved, and why they

:50:20. > :50:23.were not taking that opportunity. Some of the behaviours behind that

:50:24. > :50:26.as well. We teamed up with a professor who looked into

:50:27. > :50:31.behaviours. What he found was that people who could benefit most from

:50:32. > :50:36.switching and reducing energy bills sometimes under financial stress

:50:37. > :50:46.were not doing that. Why is that? What could you do more of? Less

:50:47. > :50:52.information is better. People in the financial stress don't want to look

:50:53. > :50:58.at bills. Yeah, yeah. The professor ran a test and gave people two

:50:59. > :51:02.bills, one person under financial stress and one not under financial

:51:03. > :51:06.stress. The person under financial stress spent half the time looking

:51:07. > :51:10.at the bill then the person that wasn't because they don't want to

:51:11. > :51:16.look at that. So simplifying the information. Interesting - when you

:51:17. > :51:19.say simplify down, I did a comparison this morning, you know,

:51:20. > :51:23.you're used to filling in the forms. I got to the end and it wanted

:51:24. > :51:27.details that I didn't think I needed to give, my mobile phone number, and

:51:28. > :51:32.it wouldn't give me a quote without giving it. People are worried they

:51:33. > :51:38.will be bombarded with e-mails. Can't you simplify your website?

:51:39. > :51:44.We're constantly looking to simplify that process. At the very heart of

:51:45. > :51:50.it is where someone has already taken out a policy, gas and

:51:51. > :51:54.electricity provider, car and home insurance, the three main ones, they

:51:55. > :52:02.have done that and then they get a renewal notice, and we have set,

:52:03. > :52:07.let's simplify the process. What am I paying today, and went away have

:52:08. > :52:10.to make a decision? It is about transparency and comparison sites

:52:11. > :52:15.were not be ten years ago. Now they are huge. There are lots around.

:52:16. > :52:20.People want to know more about how you make. How much would you make on

:52:21. > :52:26.a switch, on average, roughly? You would get a fee from the insurance

:52:27. > :52:31.pushing people towards - what would you get from them? Let me tell you

:52:32. > :52:35.how it works. When a person comes onto the website and does a search,

:52:36. > :52:39.then they go through and they might choose to switch and they take out a

:52:40. > :52:45.contract or switch provider, at the end of the process, as a rule,

:52:46. > :52:49.people save money. Then we get paid from that. We are a business. We get

:52:50. > :52:53.paid from that. We don't disclose the number on that. What I can tell

:52:54. > :52:57.you is we don't have advertising on the website. We don't make money

:52:58. > :53:02.from advertising. We don't sponsor people through the sites. We get

:53:03. > :53:09.paid for that. When I search this morning, it was all about cheap,

:53:10. > :53:13.cheap, cheap, that was the filter, but is there an argument to say your

:53:14. > :53:17.industry has forced people to look at the cheapest price, when the

:53:18. > :53:23.policy details are crucial for people? We couldn't agree more. You

:53:24. > :53:27.say that, but everything is done according to price. Naturally,

:53:28. > :53:32.people want price of first and foremost. They say they want

:53:33. > :53:38.products, but they want price of. If they claim, there could be problems.

:53:39. > :53:43.We are keen to make sure people have the content. The team who started

:53:44. > :53:46.the business in Newport started the business because they wanted the

:53:47. > :53:50.detail on the policy provisions, what you get for your money. We

:53:51. > :53:54.spent a lot of time internally looking at how to present the

:53:55. > :53:59.information simply. And that is the challenge, how to simplify this, as

:54:00. > :54:07.we said, to make it clear for people at a good price. The balance between

:54:08. > :54:11.cheap and detail. Thank you. Can I have a quick question, sorry,

:54:12. > :54:18.Matthew, can you be punished for switching to much, as in, you are

:54:19. > :54:22.not seen as a loyal customer? I don't think you can be punished for

:54:23. > :54:26.that in the products we are talking about. I think there is a perception

:54:27. > :54:30.that the longer you stay with someone the better it is. Certainly

:54:31. > :54:35.the maths we have done suggest the longer you stay with someone the

:54:36. > :54:36.more you pay. OK, good advice. Matthew, Sean, thank you very much.

:54:37. > :54:39.As the World Athletics Championships carries on in London,

:54:40. > :54:43.there's another huge sporting event happening in Sheffield this week,

:54:44. > :54:46.Around 2,600 competitors are taking part in the games,

:54:47. > :54:48.featuring athletes with a variety of learning disabilities.

:54:49. > :54:54.Hayley Hassall has been to watch some of the action.

:54:55. > :55:03.Yeah! This year's Special Olympics has had more interest than ever

:55:04. > :55:10.before and more athletes have taken to the track. Kyra is the current

:55:11. > :55:13.women's world champion in cycling for women with intellectual

:55:14. > :55:16.abilities and she has been cycling for three years in the Special

:55:17. > :55:22.Olympics. Not long until the race. How are you feeling? Nervous, I am

:55:23. > :55:27.not going to lie. There are a some great writers here, so the

:55:28. > :55:29.competition is going to be high. Do you think you're learning ability

:55:30. > :55:35.fracture your training, does it make it difficult? Yes, I struggle with

:55:36. > :55:38.direction and time as well -- riders. This Olympics gave me a

:55:39. > :55:44.place where I can be myself with everybody else. It is just amazing.

:55:45. > :55:47.Kiera's that has taken her around the world to compete, but lack of

:55:48. > :55:51.financial support from the games makes things difficult. In terms of

:55:52. > :55:56.funding, it is an ongoing battle all the time, it is doing whatever from

:55:57. > :56:00.raising what you can do to help with the cost of getting to the events

:56:01. > :56:03.and things. So unlike the Olympics you have to find yourself?

:56:04. > :56:09.Completely. That is a lot of pressure. Yes. Is it worth it? At

:56:10. > :56:13.the end of the date, it you wouldn't change a thing with the success and

:56:14. > :56:20.the experiences that she has had, it you know. And, as I say, it develops

:56:21. > :56:23.us as people. There is no age limit in the Special Olympics and Ian has

:56:24. > :56:28.been training with the Special Olympics for the last 17 years. He

:56:29. > :56:32.has autism, which he used to find that stopped him joining in things

:56:33. > :56:37.like sports, but now it is the complete opposite. I used to be

:56:38. > :56:41.nerve racked in the beginning, I would shy away and all of that. Then

:56:42. > :56:46.suddenly I got hooked on it for life. We're not only competing, we

:56:47. > :56:53.are also doing other things behind the scenes as well to try to make it

:56:54. > :56:58.more accessible to the other athletes with intellectual

:56:59. > :57:02.disabilities. But for athletes like Kiera, has all of that hard work

:57:03. > :57:11.paid off? I have just found out the results and I can tell you that you

:57:12. > :57:13.came second. Yay! Well done, how do you feel? Really good. Silver medal,

:57:14. > :57:17.well done! Thank you. Plenty more on our website

:57:18. > :00:46.at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:00:47. > :00:48.with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Police defend a decision to pay

:00:49. > :00:51.a convicted paedophile ?10,000 The payment was made as part

:00:52. > :00:55.of an investigation that led to the prosecution of a grooming

:00:56. > :00:58.gang operating in Newcastle. The NSPCC says it's appalled

:00:59. > :01:01.by the actions of Northumbria The force insists its priority

:01:02. > :01:08.was keeping children safe. We'll speak to their Chief Constable

:01:09. > :01:22.in the next few minutes. Also this morning, North Korea

:01:23. > :01:30.says its plan to fire missiles towards an American military base

:01:31. > :01:33.in the Pacific will be Here at the London Stadium

:01:34. > :01:39.it was a magical moment for Makwala. Finally allowed to race in the 200m,

:01:40. > :01:43.he came out of quarantine and stormed his way

:01:44. > :01:49.into tonight's showpiece. As the makers of Game of Thrones

:01:50. > :01:52.face a ransom demand from hackers. I'll be asking why TV

:01:53. > :01:58.is a target for cybercriminals. Naga was among the contestants

:01:59. > :02:01.tangoing their way around the Strictly dancefloor

:02:02. > :02:13.last time around. But who will be trying to take

:02:14. > :02:31.the title when the series Good morning. A chilly start in some

:02:32. > :02:35.rural areas. For most of us it will be dry and sunny. There are some

:02:36. > :02:39.showers to get rid first of all in the south-east and a bit more cloud

:02:40. > :02:42.in the far north of Scotland, with spots of rain. I will have all the

:02:43. > :02:43.details in 15 minutes. Northumbria Police has defended

:02:44. > :02:47.paying thousands of pounds to a convicted child rapist

:02:48. > :02:49.to gather information The force has stood by its actions

:02:50. > :02:53.after 17 mostly Asian men and one woman were convicted

:02:54. > :02:56.of grooming vulnerable Critics said it could have put

:02:57. > :03:00.victims at greater risk. The faces of just some of those

:03:01. > :03:07.who abused young women Vulnerable girls were given drinks

:03:08. > :03:12.and drugs and passed around for sex. The gang was caught in one

:03:13. > :03:15.of the biggest child abuse investigations the North

:03:16. > :03:22.of England has seen. But now there are questions,

:03:23. > :03:24.outrage even, over some Was it right to pay a convicted

:03:25. > :03:28.child rapist ?10,000 I get entirely that for some people

:03:29. > :03:41.it would be morally repugnant, the very very thought that we would,

:03:42. > :03:45.but if you put it in the context of we have paid money to somebody

:03:46. > :03:49.and as a result of that we know that we have safeguarded

:03:50. > :03:54.vulnerable women and girls, and we know that there are dangerous

:03:55. > :03:57.men behind bars that would not be behind bars for lengthy

:03:58. > :03:59.terms of imprisonment, that would not have happened were it

:04:00. > :04:02.not for the information Still, some of those helping

:04:03. > :04:25.abused children feel it's We do not support the police in

:04:26. > :04:28.doing this. We think it was a misguided action, putting someone

:04:29. > :04:32.with a track record of abusing girls into this situation with other

:04:33. > :04:33.vulnerable girls and perpetrators, and paying them for the privilege of

:04:34. > :04:35.doing that. Northumbria police have stressed

:04:36. > :04:38.that the informant was not sent The force's police commissioner said

:04:39. > :04:42.she was uneasy about playing the rapist but ultimately

:04:43. > :04:44.she was satisfied everything These are complex cases

:04:45. > :05:00.and difficult judgements We will be speaking to the chief

:05:01. > :05:02.constable of Northumbria police in just a few minutes.

:05:03. > :05:04.We'll be speaking to Northumbria Police chief constable

:05:05. > :05:06.North Korea has dismissed President Trump's warnings that it

:05:07. > :05:10.will face "fire and fury" as "a load of nonsense" in the latest

:05:11. > :05:11.escalation of tension between the two leaders.

:05:12. > :05:15.Last night, Pyongyang said it was drawing up plans to launch

:05:16. > :05:16.four ballistic missiles towards the sea off

:05:17. > :05:22.Our correspondent Yogita Limaye has more.

:05:23. > :05:26.North Korean state television showed a mass of people marching in support

:05:27. > :05:29.of the leadership in the country, even as the government

:05:30. > :05:43.These are details of its plan to attack Guam.

:05:44. > :05:46.Four rockets will fly over Japan and land in the Pacific Ocean

:05:47. > :05:49.It's drills by US bomber aircraft like these,

:05:50. > :05:52.which are stationed at Guam, that have angered Pyongyang.

:05:53. > :05:55.While a fierce reaction from North Korea is expected,

:05:56. > :05:57.this time it is matched by aggression from the US president.

:05:58. > :06:00.After saying Pyongyang would be met by fire and fury,

:06:01. > :06:02.Donald Trump boasted about America's nuclear arsenal,

:06:03. > :06:05.a message which will be perceived as another threat by North Korea.

:06:06. > :06:08.It's making people around the world nervous, and many countries

:06:09. > :06:17.Our strong wish is that the United States keeps calm

:06:18. > :06:20.and refrains from any moves that would provoke another party

:06:21. > :06:31.into actions that might be dangerous.

:06:32. > :06:40.The border is just about 50 kilometres from here,

:06:41. > :06:42.but things on the streets are not tense.

:06:43. > :06:46.This country has dealt with threats from its neighbour for a long time

:06:47. > :06:49.now, and that's why perhaps now people here are unlikely to believe

:06:50. > :06:53.just yet that this war of words will turn into something more.

:06:54. > :07:00.Miscarriages and birth defects could be significantly reduced

:07:01. > :07:01.if women take vitamin B3 supplements.

:07:02. > :07:04.Scientists at a Research Institute in Sydney believe the vitamin can

:07:05. > :07:06.prevent embryos and babies' organs developing incorrectly

:07:07. > :07:09.The discovery has been called the most significant breakthrough

:07:10. > :07:12.in pregnancy research, and will transform the way

:07:13. > :07:21.Police hunting a jogger who knocked a pedestrian into the path

:07:22. > :07:24.of a London bus say they have received a good response

:07:25. > :07:27.to their appeal for information, and they are following up several

:07:28. > :07:35.CCTV footage of the incident on Putney Bridge appears to show

:07:36. > :07:37.the man barging into the 33-year-old woman without warning.

:07:38. > :07:40.She escaped serious injury thanks to the quick reactions

:07:41. > :07:49.Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with TV networks

:07:50. > :07:51.and online platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

:07:52. > :07:54.Social media users will soon see a "Watch" tab on their feeds,

:07:55. > :07:58.which will offer a range of shows, some of which have been funded

:07:59. > :08:02.It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching

:08:03. > :08:05.and start conversations with others who are interested in the same

:08:06. > :08:09.The Botswanan athlete, Isaac Makwala has qualified

:08:10. > :08:13.for the final of the World Athletics 200m, after running his heat alone

:08:14. > :08:17.He was unable to take part in the heats on Monday night,

:08:18. > :08:19.because the athletics authorities said he had the norovirus.

:08:20. > :08:21.Meanwhile, Mo Farah qualified for the 5000m final.

:08:22. > :08:34.24 hours ago his dream seemed dashed, tonight

:08:35. > :08:41.Isaac Makwala's remarkable evening began with a race against the clock

:08:42. > :08:45.after the athletics authorities said he could finally run his 200 metres

:08:46. > :08:51.After meeting his qualifying time he hardly seemed to be suffering.

:08:52. > :08:54.And barely two hours later he roared through on the inside to reach

:08:55. > :08:56.the final with Britain's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake also through.

:08:57. > :08:58.Afterwards Makwala thanked the authorities for his chance

:08:59. > :09:06.but said the crowd also inspired him.

:09:07. > :09:09.I want to thank the IAAF for giving me another chance

:09:10. > :09:15.They didn't need to believe, the crowd being British,

:09:16. > :09:21.I just want to thank this crowd, so amazing!

:09:22. > :09:25.Also a good evening for Sir Mo Farah as he is through his 5000 metres

:09:26. > :09:29.He'll be joined in Saturday's final by fellow Briton Andrew Prichard.

:09:30. > :09:33.But tonight, the focus here will be on the men's 200 metres and four

:09:34. > :09:38.Isaac Makwala, after an extraordinary few days,

:09:39. > :09:43.there just might be a fairytale finish.

:09:44. > :09:46.Andy Swiss, BBC News, at the London Stadium.

:09:47. > :10:00.It is 7:10am. Returning to our main story.

:10:01. > :10:03.Northumbria Police has been forced to defend its decision to pay

:10:04. > :10:05.thousands of pounds to a convicted sex offender as part

:10:06. > :10:08.of an investigation into a child grooming gang.

:10:09. > :10:10.We can speak live to Northumbria Police chief constable

:10:11. > :10:20.Good morning. Thank you for your time. I wonder if first, I could

:10:21. > :10:24.read out the quote from the NSPCC, which encapsulates what many people

:10:25. > :10:28.are thinking at this stage. This is their statement. "We Are appalled to

:10:29. > :10:32.learn that police paid a child rapist and planted him in the midst

:10:33. > :10:35.of vulnerable young children. It Jaegar 's belief that it would ever

:10:36. > :10:49.have been considered, let alone approved". -- beggars belief. Can

:10:50. > :10:53.you respond to that? Yes, it does beggar belief, because it didn't

:10:54. > :10:56.happen. It is disappointing that the NSPCC has adopted the stance that

:10:57. > :11:01.they have. This is an well-informed position they have taken. The fact

:11:02. > :11:08.of the matter is that we absolutely did not plant the informant, who is

:11:09. > :11:12.referred to as XY in this case, in the midst of vulnerable women and

:11:13. > :11:16.girls. That didn't happen. He was never tasked to go to these parties,

:11:17. > :11:20.all sessions, as they are being referred to in the trial. So not

:11:21. > :11:25.only did we not asked him to do it, there is no evidence that he did, it

:11:26. > :11:28.is if you look in detail at the judge's assessment and the legal

:11:29. > :11:32.finding in this case, there is no evidence whatsoever he was involved

:11:33. > :11:38.or engaged in offending against these victims or indeed anybody

:11:39. > :11:43.else. So it does beggar belief, it didn't happen. Just by way of

:11:44. > :11:46.clarification, is it true that the handlers of your informer asked him

:11:47. > :11:54.to take vulnerable children to parties? Is that true? I cannot go

:11:55. > :11:59.into detail about what we did didn't do with deployments. What I can say

:12:00. > :12:06.is that we absolutely did not tasked him to go to parties with vulnerable

:12:07. > :12:10.women and girls. -- task him. We are very clear and very specific about

:12:11. > :12:15.that. Has been a drawing away from the central point here. The use of

:12:16. > :12:19.the informant was principally about finding out who might be involved,

:12:20. > :12:22.the cars they were driving, the addresses they were living out, who

:12:23. > :12:27.might be using drugs and supplying dogs. It was very much the case that

:12:28. > :12:33.this was the starting point for the investigation. It is never resulted

:12:34. > :12:37.in XY being exposed to any offending whatsoever. Had it done so, they

:12:38. > :12:39.would have been only one of two outcomes. He either would have in

:12:40. > :12:43.giving evidence against the people who were convicted, which he didn't,

:12:44. > :12:47.or he would have in the dock alongside them, which she wasn't. So

:12:48. > :12:50.I need to be very clear about that point. It was the gathering of

:12:51. > :12:54.information we could not get from any other source. Things like who

:12:55. > :12:57.they were, where they lived, the cars they were driving. It was

:12:58. > :13:02.nothing to do with him being placed close to vulnerable women and girls.

:13:03. > :13:06.I really must stress that one. Many of those who may comment on the way

:13:07. > :13:09.you conduct of the investigation have said that what they are

:13:10. > :13:13.confused by this that the police's first responsibility, surely, in

:13:14. > :13:17.these situations, is to safeguard children. What appears to have

:13:18. > :13:22.happened is that you have prioritised gathering evidence, over

:13:23. > :13:29.quite a long period of time, while knowing that children were being

:13:30. > :13:36.abused. No. Charlie, that is really not true. Our primary role is to

:13:37. > :13:42.protect, it is to preserve life and protect people from harm. Many years

:13:43. > :13:46.ago, a more esteemed police officer they myself that the primary object

:13:47. > :13:50.of a efficient police force is the prevention of crime. That is what we

:13:51. > :13:54.were looking to do. This was about the protection of vulnerable people

:13:55. > :13:58.from harm. I know this is difficult. It is a challenging moral dilemma

:13:59. > :14:01.that we were faced with, that I was faced with, that the officers

:14:02. > :14:06.involved had to content with and wrestle with and reassess every step

:14:07. > :14:09.of the way. But I have to be content that what we ended up doing here was

:14:10. > :14:12.putting dangerous men behind bars in protecting vulnerable women and

:14:13. > :14:16.girls, and that we simply wouldn't have been able to do that if we

:14:17. > :14:20.didn't have that jumping off point that we got from an informant who

:14:21. > :14:23.was able to tell us who was involved, where they were likely to

:14:24. > :14:28.be, the cars they were driving and the people they were associating

:14:29. > :14:30.with. It is a fact that in other investigations of a similar nature,

:14:31. > :14:34.and I understand that every investigation is different, but in

:14:35. > :14:40.Rochdale, Oxford and Cambridge, they were able to secure prosecutions of

:14:41. > :14:45.sex gangs abusing young children without the need to pay money to

:14:46. > :14:49.convicted child rapists. How is it that you were not able to do that

:14:50. > :14:56.and felt the necessity to turn to what a lot of people think is an

:14:57. > :15:00.unacceptable practice? We were clear from the outset that what we were

:15:01. > :15:05.not faced with here and Northumbria was a long list of people who were

:15:06. > :15:08.claiming that public services, that the police and social services, had

:15:09. > :15:12.let them down. That they had been making these allegations for many

:15:13. > :15:15.years. This was not about allegations of historic abuse that

:15:16. > :15:18.had gone unaddressed and had not indulged with professionally. This

:15:19. > :15:23.was about pro at Ridley searching and trying to find victims of child

:15:24. > :15:30.sex exportation. -- proactively searching. We have thrown every

:15:31. > :15:34.single tactic and resource we have at this, and there is not a single

:15:35. > :15:38.tactic in the book, overt or covert, that we have not employed, but we

:15:39. > :15:43.did not have at our disposal in doing this. You know, it is not

:15:44. > :15:46.about our satisfaction. We have to be content with what we have done,

:15:47. > :15:50.but I absolutely understand that this is challenging for some people.

:15:51. > :15:54.I am left with the question that a throwback, not to try to be clever

:15:55. > :16:01.or repaid the issue, what would you do in those circumstances? -- eBay

:16:02. > :16:08.it the issue. -- evade the issue. If by and listing a child sex offender,

:16:09. > :16:12.paying a child sex offender, we can protect people we would not

:16:13. > :16:15.otherwise be able to, you have to ask if you would take that risk, and

:16:16. > :16:18.it is under carefully managed circumstances which does not expose

:16:19. > :16:22.him to vulnerable women and girls. If you can gather that information

:16:23. > :16:24.that ultimately might be too prosecutions, morally, is it the

:16:25. > :16:38.right thing to do? I believe it is. You are under great scrutiny. Help

:16:39. > :16:41.us with the process. Was part of accepting the difficult decision,

:16:42. > :16:45.and some people have said unacceptable decision, to use this

:16:46. > :16:51.man in this way, was it the scale of the abuse that made you choose a

:16:52. > :16:57.path that you may not have otherwise done. I am trying to work out... You

:16:58. > :17:01.said it was a difficult decision. Were there some people in your group

:17:02. > :17:09.saying we cannot do this and it is too far? Did others argue a

:17:10. > :17:13.different way? No, I think it is a professional process for the

:17:14. > :17:18.management and the handling of any individual informant. In this case,

:17:19. > :17:22.I will point to some milestones. In the outset, it would have been

:17:23. > :17:29.impossible to investigate reactively and move on. We did not have to

:17:30. > :17:33.throw resources at this that we did. We thought there was something out

:17:34. > :17:37.there and we went to look for it and find it because it was the right

:17:38. > :17:41.thing to do. If you move the clock forward to the next milestone,

:17:42. > :17:50.coming forward to make the allegation, the allegations

:17:51. > :17:54.dismissed by the judge, there was an opportunity for us then to dismiss

:17:55. > :18:02.the cases and not reveal the identity of XY. But girls needed to

:18:03. > :18:08.see justice and they trusted us and we respect of that and we have done

:18:09. > :18:13.that. Why did we do that? It was the right thing to do. There are many

:18:14. > :18:18.moral dilemmas, not just for me as a constable, but for the staff who are

:18:19. > :18:23.committed to the efforts for those victims. And why is that? It is the

:18:24. > :18:29.right thing to do. Some people disagree. I understand. We have to

:18:30. > :18:36.think about it as well. But with all of my experience, we could not do

:18:37. > :18:41.this without what we did. This was the right thing to do. I appreciate

:18:42. > :18:45.it. But one more thought. Many people this morning are thinking

:18:46. > :18:49.about it. One of the things we cannot know, and I am not sure you

:18:50. > :18:54.can know, is good you have prosecuted these people without

:18:55. > :19:02.using a convicted paedophile? -- could. You don't know it, do you? Or

:19:03. > :19:08.are you certain it could not have happened any other way? I am

:19:09. > :19:12.probably as certain as I can be to be one of the criteria for the

:19:13. > :19:15.registering and handling of an individual informant would be we

:19:16. > :19:21.cannot get that information from elsewhere. The time we registered

:19:22. > :19:25.him, we had no idea about the sort of information he could give us and

:19:26. > :19:29.whether we could get it from elsewhere. You have to have a

:19:30. > :19:33.suspicion and it is a jump off point for an investigation and it leads

:19:34. > :19:37.you to evidence. It could have taken a whole lot longer to get the

:19:38. > :19:43.information. That would have exposed many more women and girls to

:19:44. > :19:48.unacceptable risk. That does not sit comfortable you with me either.

:19:49. > :19:55.Thank you so much for your time this morning. Thank you. We will talk to

:19:56. > :20:00.Carol and find out what is happening with the weather today. I hope it is

:20:01. > :20:06.getting better than the last week. Good morning. Good morning. It won't

:20:07. > :20:11.be as wet as yesterday. Many parts of the UK today, sunny spells and

:20:12. > :20:17.mainly dry. I say mainly dry because there are some flies in the ointment

:20:18. > :20:22.in the shape of this weather front to the south. Some cloud and rain.

:20:23. > :20:26.Patchy rain and drizzle. At the other end of the country in northern

:20:27. > :20:29.Scotland, another weather front producing cloud and also some rain

:20:30. > :20:34.and drizzle, especially in the Northern Isles. The rest of

:20:35. > :20:40.Scotland, a dry start in rural areas. A bright start. In the

:20:41. > :20:45.morning sunshine, temperatures picking up rapidly. Wales in

:20:46. > :20:49.south-west England, the Midlands, down towards Hampshire, the Isle of

:20:50. > :20:58.Wight, a beautiful sight to the day. In the south-east, a bit more cloud.

:20:59. > :21:03.Splashes of rain, though light. That will clear away. Behind that, one or

:21:04. > :21:08.two showers in the afternoon. Some of us will mist them all together

:21:09. > :21:12.and have a largely dry day away from the finals of Scotland. The

:21:13. > :21:21.temperatures are aware they should be. Roughly 21. The athletics today

:21:22. > :21:27.should be dry. As we go through the evening, hanging on to the sunshine.

:21:28. > :21:29.Through the course of the night, we have a weather front coming in

:21:30. > :21:34.across Scotland and Northern Ireland. England and Wales,

:21:35. > :21:40.remaining largely dry. Some clear spells. Variable cloud. Temperatures

:21:41. > :21:45.dipping in towns and cities to 11- 13 degrees. Weather fronts coming

:21:46. > :21:52.our way tomorrow morning. Cloud and rain. This is the first one

:21:53. > :21:55.overnight. That will all be slipping steadily south-east. The heaviest

:21:56. > :22:00.rain will be on the west with height. As it goes south-east, the

:22:01. > :22:03.cloud will be old. The far south-east of England, hanging onto

:22:04. > :22:09.the bright skies and sunshine for the longest. Getting here during the

:22:10. > :22:13.evening. Temperatures tomorrow, 13- 21. And then as we move through the

:22:14. > :22:17.course of Friday evening and overnight, there are the fronts.

:22:18. > :22:21.Then a ridge of high pressure building in for the weekend. Not

:22:22. > :22:27.just Saturday, also Sunday. That settle things down quite nicely.

:22:28. > :22:31.Saturday, a chilly start to the day, especially in rural areas. A lot of

:22:32. > :22:36.dry weather. A few showers in the north and the highlands in

:22:37. > :22:39.particular. Again, not everyone will see them. Similar on Sunday. A lot

:22:40. > :22:49.of dry weather. Chilly in the evening. In the daytime, 21 is not

:22:50. > :22:54.too bad at all, Naga and Charlie. About time. I must confess I am sick

:22:55. > :23:00.of the rain and I prefer the sunshine as well. You are a ray of

:23:01. > :23:02.sunshine but even you are not enough when it is raining this much. Thank

:23:03. > :23:07.you. Scientists in Australia say simply

:23:08. > :23:10.taking a common vitamin could significantly reduce

:23:11. > :23:12.the number of miscarriages The research, which has been

:23:13. > :23:15.described as ground-breaking, has found that vitamin B3 can cure

:23:16. > :23:17.molecular deficiencies We can speak now to the leader

:23:18. > :23:21.scientist on this Professor Sally Dunwoodie who joins us on Skype

:23:22. > :23:30.from Sydney this morning. Thank you very much for your time

:23:31. > :23:35.this morning. Can you explain... Obviously, time is limited. But can

:23:36. > :23:39.you explain how you got to the conclusion that B3 is the key to all

:23:40. > :23:45.this. We were studying families who had multiple miscarriages and babies

:23:46. > :23:51.with multiple birth defects, heart defects, kidney defects, a cleft

:23:52. > :24:02.palate, club fought. We were sequencing Baird genes. We found

:24:03. > :24:06.mutations. -- foot. This led to NAD, it is an energy source. This showed

:24:07. > :24:14.babies born with defects had reduced levels of NAD. So then we moved into

:24:15. > :24:22.preclinical studies and we realised we could raise those NAD levels with

:24:23. > :24:29.Niacin, which is B3. We put it into the drinking water and then we had

:24:30. > :24:36.babies born completely normally. B3 had bypassed the genetic mutation

:24:37. > :24:43.were found in the human. I apologise, there is some microphone

:24:44. > :24:49.noise. If women are trying to get pregnant or are in early pregnancy,

:24:50. > :24:54.what is the advice with taking B3? At this stage, we would say take the

:24:55. > :24:59.recommended amount that appears in a pregnancy multi vitamin. We cannot

:25:00. > :25:04.advise more than that because we have not done the research. But we

:25:05. > :25:10.are embarking on that research so we can identify women who do have low

:25:11. > :25:15.NAD levels at risk of having babies with birth defects, and we will do

:25:16. > :25:19.more work to see what sort of levels of the vitamin, B3, would be safe to

:25:20. > :25:25.the event birth defects and multiple miscarriages. How can you get B3 if

:25:26. > :25:32.you are not taking supplements? What food? You probably won't get enough

:25:33. > :25:38.just from food. But you can get Niacin from red meat, poultry, fish,

:25:39. > :25:46.legumes, his and lentils, and vegetables. -- peas. Supplements are

:25:47. > :25:51.important. But for the moment, we are working towards identifying

:25:52. > :26:00.other and better ways to supplement pregnant women with higher doses of

:26:01. > :26:03.Niacin. Thank you very much for your time this morning.

:26:04. > :26:06.In a couple of minutes, we'll be speaking to former US

:26:07. > :26:09.Vice President, Al Gore, about everything from current

:26:10. > :26:12.tensions with North Korea, to Donald Trump pulling the US out

:26:13. > :29:42.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:29:43. > :29:46.Now, though, it's back to Naga and Charlie.

:29:47. > :29:48.Hello, this is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

:29:49. > :29:58.Let's bring you up-to-date with the main news of the day.

:29:59. > :30:00.Northumbria Police has defended paying thousands of pounds

:30:01. > :30:02.to a convicted child rapist to gather information

:30:03. > :30:12.In the last few minutes, the chief constable told us that while the

:30:13. > :30:16.decision to pay ?10,000 to the registered sex offender was

:30:17. > :30:19.understandably difficult for some people, not using the anonymous

:30:20. > :30:23.informant could have left the 18 people convicted of grooming

:30:24. > :30:28.Newcastle abuse victims for longer. The time that we registered him, we

:30:29. > :30:32.had no idea about the sort of information he would give us, and

:30:33. > :30:36.whether or not we could get it from elsewhere. So you have a suspicion,

:30:37. > :30:39.it is a jumping off point for an investigation which leads you to

:30:40. > :30:43.evidence. Yes, you might have got that evidence through other means,

:30:44. > :30:47.and it could have -- but it could have taken longer, and that in

:30:48. > :30:50.itself would expose vulnerable women and girls to an unacceptable level

:30:51. > :30:51.of risk. And that wouldn't sit comfortably with me, morally,

:30:52. > :30:53.either. Let's talk more about one our other

:30:54. > :30:56.top stories this morning. The tensions between

:30:57. > :30:58.America and North Korea. Jean Lee is a former

:30:59. > :31:00.Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press

:31:01. > :31:09.and is in Seoul for us. Thank you for your time today. We

:31:10. > :31:12.have obviously been talking about the tensions that are ratcheting up

:31:13. > :31:18.between US resident Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. What is

:31:19. > :31:26.your reaction, at what stage do you think we are outcome in terms of how

:31:27. > :31:30.worried we should be? We have definitely seen an escalation in the

:31:31. > :31:34.rhetoric between the US and North Korea. Frankly, we are used to

:31:35. > :31:38.hearing this rhetoric from North Korea, but what we are not used is

:31:39. > :31:44.seeing this fiery language from the US President. That has certainly

:31:45. > :31:48.raised tensions. The question is, how much are they bluffing, and how

:31:49. > :31:52.much will they be able to back down from some of these very strong and

:31:53. > :31:56.specific threats they have made? I should point out nobody in this

:31:57. > :32:01.region wants another war. But we have more than 80,000 US troops in

:32:02. > :32:05.this region. The North Korean sub tens of thousands of troops lined up

:32:06. > :32:10.on the border, and their forces ready to fire. Could there be a

:32:11. > :32:16.false move I want these military 's, which would force or trigger a

:32:17. > :32:22.military complex? -- conflict? That is what China and South Korea do not

:32:23. > :32:26.want, they bought a North Korea and have the most to lose. It is

:32:27. > :32:29.important to remember that this is somewhat seasonal and somewhat

:32:30. > :32:33.cyclical. South Koreans are not too ruffled by this. But the question

:32:34. > :32:38.is, if you keep ratcheting up attention and talk a big game, how

:32:39. > :32:44.do you back down peacefully? For all intents and purposes, Kim Jong-un is

:32:45. > :32:47.very mindful of the Indo and, being on the world stage and being

:32:48. > :32:51.recognised. How much is this about making sure that North Korea stays

:32:52. > :33:00.at the forefront of people's mines and is not forgotten or dismissed?

:33:01. > :33:04.-- minds. Extremely important to him. He takes a lot of pride in

:33:05. > :33:08.being such a small nation which commands the world's attention. I

:33:09. > :33:11.have to say, for the US President to address North Korea directly is

:33:12. > :33:16.something of a coup for Pyongyang. That is something to keep in mind.

:33:17. > :33:19.That is something that experienced leaders understand as well, so they

:33:20. > :33:24.try to limit the kind of attention they give North Korea. That said,

:33:25. > :33:27.there is no denying that the acceleration of the buildup of the

:33:28. > :33:30.nuclear weapons and blistered missile programme in North Korea

:33:31. > :33:35.needs to be addressed. -- ballistic missile. There are competing

:33:36. > :33:38.interests you. You don't want to give them more attention than they

:33:39. > :33:43.deserve, but it does deserve prompt attention. So it is a complicated

:33:44. > :33:48.dance with North Korea. Good to talk to you. Thank you.

:33:49. > :33:51.Police hunting a jogger who knocked a pedestrian into the path

:33:52. > :33:55.of a London bus, say they have received a good response

:33:56. > :33:57.to their appeal for information, and they are following up several

:33:58. > :34:01.CCTV footage of the incident on Putney Bridge, appears to show

:34:02. > :34:04.the man barging into the 33-year-old woman without warning.

:34:05. > :34:07.She escaped serious injury thanks to the quick reactions of the bus

:34:08. > :34:12.Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with TV networks

:34:13. > :34:14.and online platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

:34:15. > :34:18.Social media users will soon see a "Watch" tab on their feeds,

:34:19. > :34:21.which will offer a range of shows, some of which have been funded

:34:22. > :34:25.It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching

:34:26. > :34:29.and start conversations with others who are interested in the same

:34:30. > :34:41.What are we going to watch together? Really, there are so many issues

:34:42. > :34:45.around about... At this stage, we are not at that stage. I will bring

:34:46. > :34:48.a list of suggestions and tomorrow so we can start planning our

:34:49. > :34:52.evenings. Some of them are purely practical things, about the ability

:34:53. > :34:55.to do those things. Others are about whether you want to do it. There are

:34:56. > :34:58.all sorts of bombs. We will talk about it later. But not online. We

:34:59. > :35:12.can think of a way. Time to talk sport. It has been so

:35:13. > :35:17.exciting. We had Isaac Makwala go it alone, just to show he was running

:35:18. > :35:21.his race. Yes, good morning. It was incredible last night. I have come

:35:22. > :35:24.up into the stands just to show you where the fans are sitting during

:35:25. > :35:31.the athletics. Because so many of the athletes have raised them.

:35:32. > :35:34.Capacity crowds here of about 60,000 for pretty much every session. They

:35:35. > :35:39.have really been getting behind the athletes. That was especially true

:35:40. > :35:44.for one athlete, Isaac Makwala, who was roared on by the crowd. What a

:35:45. > :35:48.special and emotional night it was for him. To give you some

:35:49. > :35:52.background, he was given a second chance to compete after he was one

:35:53. > :35:57.of the athletes found to be a fact to buy the stomach bug outbreak that

:35:58. > :36:02.happened here at the championships. -- affected by the stomach bug. He

:36:03. > :36:06.was removed on medical grounds. So he was given the chance to run a

:36:07. > :36:09.solo time trial in the 200 metres. He had to achieve the qualifying

:36:10. > :36:11.time. He was cheered on by the crowd. He did it, which means he has

:36:12. > :36:18.booked his place in the semifinals. Remarkably, Makwala came

:36:19. > :36:20.second in his semi-final, and just behind him in third was

:36:21. > :36:23.Britain's Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake, The 400 metre champion

:36:24. > :36:26.Wayde Van Niekerk also For Makwala though it was all

:36:27. > :36:31.about the chance to race again and show the world

:36:32. > :36:33.what he could do. I wish to thank the IAAF

:36:34. > :36:36.for giving me another chance They didn't need to believe,

:36:37. > :36:40.the crowd being British, I just want to thank

:36:41. > :36:44.this crowd, so amazing! Mo Farah will go for double gold

:36:45. > :36:47.in these Championships again after he qualified for the final

:36:48. > :36:51.of the 5,000 metres. He'll also be joined by fellow

:36:52. > :36:56.Briton Andy Butchart after he qualified as a fastest

:36:57. > :36:59.loser from the second heat. Farah is retiring from track racing

:37:00. > :37:03.at the end of these championships and says he wants

:37:04. > :37:06.to go out on a high. You can't dream of something

:37:07. > :37:09.unless you do something about it. I've been given a chance in life

:37:10. > :37:14.and I work hard for it and I achieve what I've achieved through hard

:37:15. > :37:16.work and keep grafting. To all the kids out there,

:37:17. > :37:19.youngsters, you can be like me and we've got to start thinking

:37:20. > :37:22.about how we can get the next-generation

:37:23. > :37:29.to leave a legacy behind. The bad weather here in London

:37:30. > :37:31.yesterday caused problems for athletes both on

:37:32. > :37:33.the track and field. Particularly hard for the long

:37:34. > :37:40.jumpers and in the women's qualifying, Lorraine Ugen

:37:41. > :37:43.was the only one of three British athletes to make it

:37:44. > :37:44.into tomorrow's final. Britain's Nick Miller

:37:45. > :37:47.is into the men's hammer final. He made the qualifying distance

:37:48. > :37:50.with his very first throw. He'll more than likely need

:37:51. > :37:52.to better his British record distance if he's to win

:37:53. > :37:55.a medal tomorrow. There was late drama

:37:56. > :38:00.in the women's 400 metres. The Bahamas runner Shaunae Miller

:38:01. > :38:04.We-Bo looked to have the race won but pulled up in the last 20 metres

:38:05. > :38:07.and finished fourth, The American Phyllis Francis won

:38:08. > :38:14.gold, her compatriot Allyson Felix Away from the athletics,

:38:15. > :38:17.England made an impressive start to their defence of

:38:18. > :38:20.the Women's Rugby World Cup, And the hosts Ireland won

:38:21. > :38:25.a nail-biting opener against They were leading by nine points

:38:26. > :38:29.after Sophie Spence's try but the Australians fought back

:38:30. > :38:32.and Ireland just clinched it, Andy Murray looks set

:38:33. > :38:42.to lose his world number one ranking after withdrawing from

:38:43. > :38:48.the Cincinnati Masters with the hip injury that hampered

:38:49. > :38:49.his Wimbledon campaign. He's also a doubt for the US Open,

:38:50. > :39:06.which starts at the end No action here this morning but

:39:07. > :39:10.preparations are already under way. The lawnmowers are out for the start

:39:11. > :39:14.of the evening session. It is the man's javelin tonight and the field

:39:15. > :39:23.will be in pristine condition for that. -- men's Javelin.

:39:24. > :39:28.So, day seven of the championships, three gold medals up for grabs,

:39:29. > :39:36.including the man's 200 metres. Let's see what is in store for us

:39:37. > :39:39.later. Britain's Laura Muir is in her second event at these

:39:40. > :39:44.championships. She finished fourth in the 1500 metres. She won the

:39:45. > :39:48.European indoor title in the 1500 and 3000 metres in March but has

:39:49. > :39:53.only run twice before in the 5000 metres distance. Britain's Lynsey

:39:54. > :39:58.Sharp will be hoping to better sixth-place finish in Rio. Also

:39:59. > :40:03.competing in this race is the Olympic 800 metre champion Caster

:40:04. > :40:06.Semenya. Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be competing

:40:07. > :40:10.in this single event, traditionally her strongest event in the

:40:11. > :40:13.heptathlon. She struggled at the weekend, which affected her chances

:40:14. > :40:18.of winning a medal. British team captain A-League oil took one of the

:40:19. > :40:22.fastest qualifying slots in the semifinals to make it through to the

:40:23. > :40:27.final. It is the fourth consecutive global final. Dina Asher-Smith

:40:28. > :40:30.breezed through her heat to qualify despite having struggled for much of

:40:31. > :40:35.the season, after breaking her foot back in February. Also through as

:40:36. > :40:42.the fastest qualifier is Bianca Williams. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake

:40:43. > :40:46.is representing Britain in the 200 metres final. He will be up against

:40:47. > :40:52.Botswana's Isaac Mcquire and South Africa's Wade Vanni Kirk. -- Issac

:40:53. > :40:57.Makwala. Al Gore served in Bill Clinton's

:40:58. > :41:00.White House for eight years before becoming an Oscar-winning

:41:01. > :41:03.documentary maker with his film about climate change,

:41:04. > :41:04.An Inconvenient Truth. It was described as a global

:41:05. > :41:07.warming wake-up call Now, he's releasing a sequel,

:41:08. > :41:12.at a time when President Trump has reset America's commitments

:41:13. > :41:14.to climate change. We'll speak to Mr Gore in a moment,

:41:15. > :41:30.but first here's a clip. Some stuff negotiations going on.

:41:31. > :41:34.What would it take to shift to renewables? I am talking about

:41:35. > :41:38.breaking the impasse. Virtually every nation in the entire world has

:41:39. > :41:44.agreed to get to zero greenhouse emissions. It is unprecedented. It

:41:45. > :41:46.is time to put America first. That includes a promise to cancel

:41:47. > :41:56.billions on climate change spending. Our plan will lend the EPA. -- end

:41:57. > :42:00.the EPA. The next generation would be justified in looking back at us

:42:01. > :42:03.and saying, what we thinking? Couldn't you hear what the

:42:04. > :42:04.scientists were seen? Couldn't you hear what Mother Nature was

:42:05. > :42:05.screaming at you? Joining us now from Central London

:42:06. > :42:12.is former US vice-president, Thank you very much the joining us.

:42:13. > :42:17.It is a pleasure having you with us on the programme. Thank you. So much

:42:18. > :42:21.to talk to you about. We were looking at your film there. Your

:42:22. > :42:26.passion for tackling climate change is unabashed. How do you feel now

:42:27. > :42:30.about hazard and Trump has made clear that the US is coming out of

:42:31. > :42:35.the Paris climate accord? -- President Trump. I was concerned

:42:36. > :42:39.when he made that announcement but I was relieved the next day when the

:42:40. > :42:43.rest of the world redoubled their commitments to the Paris agreement.

:42:44. > :42:47.And in the US, our largest states and hundreds of cities and business

:42:48. > :42:51.leaders said, we are still in the Paris agreement. It now looks as if

:42:52. > :42:55.the US is going to meet our commitments in spite of Donald

:42:56. > :42:58.Trump. How do you meet they are going to meet the commitments if

:42:59. > :43:02.they are going to pull out? I don't think they can pull out until 2019,

:43:03. > :43:06.but there are still efforts being made to withdraw the US. Yes, well,

:43:07. > :43:10.the cost of renewable energy is coming down so quickly and cost.

:43:11. > :43:16.Many cities are now shifting in the US to 100% renewable energy. The

:43:17. > :43:19.first date on which the legal withdrawal could take place, in any

:43:20. > :43:24.case, is the day after the next presidential election in 2020. More

:43:25. > :43:27.importantly, the state governments and local governments and businesses

:43:28. > :43:32.are moving forward with reductions in spite of Donald Trump. Do you

:43:33. > :43:35.know what I would love to see, and I am sure many would as well, is a

:43:36. > :43:41.conversation between you and Donald Trump. Has that happen? Is it

:43:42. > :43:44.scheduled at all? I went to see him after the election and continued my

:43:45. > :43:48.conversations with him after he went into the White House. I thought

:43:49. > :43:53.there was a chance he would come to his senses, but I was wrong. Yes, if

:43:54. > :43:59.I may, Al Gore, that is a very glib answer. People will be fascinated.

:44:00. > :44:04.One of the phrases you use a lot in the film is "Speaking truth to

:44:05. > :44:08.power". It is a great phrase and one that some people might hope Al Gore,

:44:09. > :44:12.meeting Donald Trump, that is a situation where speaking truth to

:44:13. > :44:16.power possibly might have an effect. Do you get the sense that he nods

:44:17. > :44:19.and listens and probably shakes your hand, and you talk about the old

:44:20. > :44:26.days, and then he ignores everything you said? Well, he has surrounded

:44:27. > :44:28.himself with a rogues gallery of climate deniers, controlled by the

:44:29. > :44:34.large carbon polluters. This is well known. I had reason to believe that

:44:35. > :44:40.he might stay in the Paris agreement, but I think they control

:44:41. > :44:43.his thinking on this. The truth about the climate crisis is still

:44:44. > :44:48.inconvenient for these large polluters and the politicians they

:44:49. > :44:51.control. You will excuse us for asking 12 questions about Donald

:44:52. > :44:55.Trump more generally, and you will understand the interest we have been

:44:56. > :44:59.hearing views. -- one or two questions. Once or twice in the

:45:00. > :45:03.documentary you talk about your despair, to do with issues to do

:45:04. > :45:07.with climate change. I wonder if some of that despair revolves around

:45:08. > :45:11.the President that you now have and the way that he goes about his

:45:12. > :45:16.business? What can you tell us about that?

:45:17. > :45:25.This is a challenging time for my country. Congress seemed to be fed

:45:26. > :45:32.up with him. In the next few months it may be challenging. I have no

:45:33. > :45:36.insight as to how it might come out. We will get through this and we will

:45:37. > :45:40.work around Donald Trump to solve the climate crisis. This new movie

:45:41. > :45:46.shows the solutions are advancing rapidly. Sometimes we listen

:45:47. > :45:50.carefully to what politicians say. You still are one, though not

:45:51. > :45:55.officially. From what you are saying about Donald Trump, you think there

:45:56. > :46:00.is a possibility he is in serious trouble to the point where he may no

:46:01. > :46:07.longer be president? You are seeing the same developments I am, Charlie,

:46:08. > :46:11.and I have no insight into what the special investigator is finding, but

:46:12. > :46:17.there was a predawn raid yesterday on the home of his campaign manager.

:46:18. > :46:23.We will all have to wait and see what develops and whether there is

:46:24. > :46:27.fire with all this smoke. But in the meantime, we have to move forward.

:46:28. > :46:30.All these distractions have interfered with the ability of the

:46:31. > :46:37.US to provide the kind of leadership the world has a right to expect from

:46:38. > :46:41.the US. But luckily, as I said, governors, mayors, others, they are

:46:42. > :46:49.stepping up to fill the gap and move forward without Trump. That must be

:46:50. > :46:58.very brighter -- reassuring for you. By in Donald Trump, not afraid of

:46:59. > :47:05.increasing rhetoric and escalating tensions between the US and North

:47:06. > :47:12.Korea, do you feel secure? Do you think Americans feel secure under

:47:13. > :47:20.his leadership? I think he's comments a few days ago did not help

:47:21. > :47:25.matters. -- his. But to be fed to Donald Trump, he inherited this

:47:26. > :47:32.impasse and it is difficult to solve. -- to be fair. I hope China

:47:33. > :47:39.will enforce the sanctions the UN authorised. It is a very difficult

:47:40. > :47:42.situation. I would say this. His Secretary of Defence and National

:47:43. > :47:52.Security Advisor are universally race record. There are some cool

:47:53. > :47:55.hands around him during this crisis and I hope he listens. There are

:47:56. > :48:02.criticisms he inherited it from administrations like your Roman and

:48:03. > :48:10.Bill Clinton that failed to get a grip on 03. -- your own. The Obama

:48:11. > :48:18.administration and so on as well. South Korea has a capital city just

:48:19. > :48:22.a few miles from the border, and they are our allies. It is a very

:48:23. > :48:27.difficult situation. Diplomacy is the best chance to resolve this. It

:48:28. > :48:36.has not worked for decades now and they have continued with their

:48:37. > :48:40.testing of long-range missiles and nuclear testing. I will take you

:48:41. > :48:44.back to climate change. It is a personal film. You talk about your

:48:45. > :48:49.family. Is that a driving force, thinking about the legacy, what will

:48:50. > :48:55.be left behind by your generation and others? I will also point out we

:48:56. > :48:58.are feeling the effects of the climate crisis now. You have had

:48:59. > :49:03.all-time record downpours here in the United Kingdom in the last

:49:04. > :49:07.couple of years. Just this week there were record fires and high

:49:08. > :49:16.temperatures in southern Europe. You could go right around the world.

:49:17. > :49:21.Every weather forecast is like a nature hike in the book of

:49:22. > :49:26.Revelation. Many people might not see this as a political controversy,

:49:27. > :49:31.it is about the survival of our civilisation. We have the solutions

:49:32. > :49:38.now. The movie, opening this Friday, in 300 some odd theatres in England,

:49:39. > :49:51.it everything you need to know about the crisis and the solutions to

:49:52. > :49:56.fight yes. -- solutions. How is the view in London? I am optimistic we

:49:57. > :50:00.are going to solve this climate crisis, but we need to move forward

:50:01. > :50:16.more quickly. Thank you very much, Al Gore. He has an ending passion to

:50:17. > :50:22.solve climate change -- unending. There will be some sun in the

:50:23. > :50:28.forecast. Good morning. For many of us today, the forecast is a dry one

:50:29. > :50:32.and one of sunny spells. As always, a few exceptions. Parts of the

:50:33. > :50:36.south-west of England had a lot of rain courtesy of this area of low

:50:37. > :50:43.pressure still dragging across the south-east. In the shape of showers

:50:44. > :50:49.and patchy rain and cloud, that is. We will move away. The bulk of the

:50:50. > :50:52.UK will be dry and sunny. Northern Scotland, a weather front producing

:50:53. > :50:57.more cloud, some rain and drizzle, especially in the Northern Isles.

:50:58. > :51:03.The rest of Scotland, it will be dry. Dry in southern counties of

:51:04. > :51:12.England and the Isle of Wight to be Dorset, Somerset. In the wind,

:51:13. > :51:19.pleasant. Call on the coast. Wales, a dry start. Some sunshine. Sunny

:51:20. > :51:29.spells across Northern Ireland is cloud coming our way. Dry with sunny

:51:30. > :51:33.spells. Cloud and spots of rain at times. As we come across north-east

:51:34. > :51:41.England, north-west England, dry weather and sunny spells. The same

:51:42. > :51:45.for most of the Midlands. A little bit of cloud and the odd showers the

:51:46. > :51:52.south-east to be staying dry for the athletics in London today. Highs of

:51:53. > :51:57.21 in the sun. The evening and overnight. The weather front will go

:51:58. > :52:02.away. Brightening up in the evening. Most of England and Wales will be

:52:03. > :52:05.dry. Scotland and Northern Ireland, a weather front coming our way

:52:06. > :52:11.introducing rain. Also some strengthening wind. This is the

:52:12. > :52:17.first one going south. Another one behind that. It is more week. The

:52:18. > :52:23.space between the isobars shows it will be windy. Dry and bright with

:52:24. > :52:27.sunshine. The rain is already in Northern Ireland in Scotland and it

:52:28. > :52:32.goes south. As it does that, it will start to turn more patchy in nature

:52:33. > :52:38.and it will start to bring rain to the west. This rain will not make it

:52:39. > :52:43.to the south-east until even in time. Eventually it will. Overnight,

:52:44. > :52:51.both weather fronts will go south. High pressure building in. That is

:52:52. > :52:56.it for this weekend, settled and chilly in the morning and evening

:52:57. > :53:01.with sunshine between. Saturday, showers to the north. Temperatures

:53:02. > :53:06.getting to 21. Sunday. Almost the same thing. Dry weather. Chilly in

:53:07. > :53:17.the morning and evening. Temperatures up to 21 in the

:53:18. > :53:23.sunshine. It will feel quite nice. Have you started watching Game of

:53:24. > :53:28.Thrones? No. Us either. But it is one of the most successful TV shows.

:53:29. > :53:40.You don't want to give away the plot. They have been hacked. Scripts

:53:41. > :53:44.are out. Ransoms are being required. Good morning.

:53:45. > :53:48.Game of Thrones is undoubtedly one of the most talked about shows on TV

:53:49. > :53:51.But this week it's also hit the headlines as the latest

:53:52. > :54:20.Everyone except us was talking about the seventh series. I was born to

:54:21. > :54:25.rule the seven kingdoms, and I will. Your brothers and father are gone,

:54:26. > :54:27.but yet EU stand. The last defence against the coming storm. Millions

:54:28. > :54:37.of viewers. So millions of viewers can mean

:54:38. > :54:40.millions in profits, and that's caught the eye

:54:41. > :54:43.of hackers, who stole scripts of future programmes from HBO along

:54:44. > :54:46.with sensitive data about how They've leaked some of the scripts

:54:47. > :54:50.and demanding a ransom to stop How serious an issue

:54:51. > :54:53.is it for the show, Let's speak to media analyst

:54:54. > :55:00.Richard Broughton from Ampere Good morning. Good morning. We have

:55:01. > :55:04.heard of other companies suffering these kinds of things. Sony had a

:55:05. > :55:08.huge one a few years ago. What is it about HBO and Game of Thrones that

:55:09. > :55:11.has brought this to them? They are high-profile targets in the public

:55:12. > :55:18.eye. They are making huge sums of money. HBO turns over $6 billion a

:55:19. > :55:26.year. People also want access to the show. It is known to be housed in a

:55:27. > :55:35.database for months or is in years before release. -- even. What is the

:55:36. > :55:41.big threat? Some scripts were released. The latest episode still

:55:42. > :55:55.had unbelievable viewing figures for HBO. Is it affecting the business?

:55:56. > :55:57.In terms of some of the leaks of scripts and videos for other HBO

:55:58. > :56:01.shows leaked pre-release, ultimately, they are set up well as

:56:02. > :56:09.a business to weather that. In the UK, we know HBO through Sky

:56:10. > :56:14.Atlantic. Provided people keep paying the monthly fee, it doesn't

:56:15. > :56:24.matter if one episode in one week as a drop in viewing figures.

:56:25. > :56:27.Financially, the impact of any leaked videos or scripts will be

:56:28. > :56:33.minimal. The bigger risk is the contents of leaked e-mails. At the

:56:34. > :56:38.moment, HBO is indicating it is still conducting investigation into

:56:39. > :56:43.what has been taken and how. It is not clear yet what may have been

:56:44. > :56:49.taken. Thank you very much, Richard. There you go. The viewers are not

:56:50. > :56:54.being put off by the fact the scripts are out there. When you read

:56:55. > :56:58.it on line, everyone is staying together to not reveal what is going

:56:59. > :57:02.on, which will help HBO in the short-term, but in the longer term,

:57:03. > :00:23.if it gets out there, it could cost them a bit of money is a

:00:24. > :00:25.Now, though, it's back to Naga and Charlie.

:00:26. > :00:32.Hello this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

:00:33. > :00:35.Police defend a decision to pay a convicted paedophile ?10,000

:00:36. > :00:39.The payment was made as part of an investigation that led

:00:40. > :00:41.to the prosecution of a grooming gang operating in Newcastle.

:00:42. > :00:43.The NSPCC says it's appalled by the actions

:00:44. > :00:50.The force insists its priority was keeping children safe.

:00:51. > :00:56.The Chief Constable has told us his priority was keeping children safe.

:00:57. > :00:58.I've got to be content that what we've ended up doing

:00:59. > :01:00.here is putting dangerous men behind bars, and protecting

:01:01. > :01:03.vulnerable women and girls, that we simply wouldn't have been

:01:04. > :01:15.Good morning, it's Thursday 10th August.

:01:16. > :01:20.North Korea says its plan to fire missiles towards an American

:01:21. > :01:28.military base in the Pacific will be ready within days.

:01:29. > :01:31.Here at the London Stadium it was a magical moment for Makwala,

:01:32. > :01:34.finally allowed to race in the 200 metres, he came out of quarantine

:01:35. > :01:39.and stormed his way into tonight's showpiece.

:01:40. > :01:42.Co-op Bank is still making a loss and losing customers.

:01:43. > :01:52.I'll have more on what's going wrong at the troubled bank.

:01:53. > :01:58.Michael Pailin tells Breakfast why he is backing a new campaign to get

:01:59. > :02:02.more support for the children of prison inmates.

:02:03. > :02:04.Naga was among the contestants tangoing their way around

:02:05. > :02:05.the Strictly dance floor last time around.

:02:06. > :02:08.But who will be trying to take the title when the series

:02:09. > :02:12.We'll reveal the fourth member of the 2017 line up when they join

:02:13. > :02:30.Good morning. Today we are looking at a largely dry day with sunshine.

:02:31. > :02:35.It'll feel pleasant in the sunshine. However we've got some showers to

:02:36. > :02:39.get rid of, first of all across south-east England. Also cloud

:02:40. > :02:42.across northern Scotland with some spots of rain. More in 15 minutes.

:02:43. > :02:47.Northumbria Police has defended paying ?10,000 to a convicted child

:02:48. > :02:49.rapist to gather information in an abuse investigation.

:02:50. > :02:52.The force has stood by its actions after 17 mostly Asian men and one

:02:53. > :02:54.woman were convicted of grooming vulnerable girls in Newcastle.

:02:55. > :02:57.Critics said it could have put victims at greater risk.

:02:58. > :03:07.The faces of just some of those who abused young women

:03:08. > :03:18.Vulnerable girls were given drinks and drugs and passed around for sex.

:03:19. > :03:20.The gang was caught in one of the biggest child abuse

:03:21. > :03:24.investigations the North of England has seen.

:03:25. > :03:27.But now there are questions, outrage even, over some

:03:28. > :03:35.Was it right to pay a convicted child rapist ?10,000

:03:36. > :03:50.We don't support the police in doing this. We think it was a misguided

:03:51. > :03:55.action, putting a person who had eight track record of abusing girls

:03:56. > :03:57.into a situation with other vulnerable girls and perpetrators,

:03:58. > :04:07.and then paying them for the privilege of doing that. Northumbria

:04:08. > :04:11.Police has strongly defended the payment. It's surprising and

:04:12. > :04:16.disappointing for the NSPCC to adopt the stance they have. This is an ill

:04:17. > :04:27.informed position they have taken. The fact is we absolutely do not

:04:28. > :04:31.plant XY the informant in the midst of vulnerable girls, that did not

:04:32. > :04:36.happen. The force says this information to get convictions and

:04:37. > :04:40.stopped other girls being abused. Northumbria's Police Commissioner

:04:41. > :04:45.says she was uneasy about paying a rapist but ultimately she satisfied

:04:46. > :04:48.everything was done properly. These are complex cases and difficult

:04:49. > :04:51.judgments have to be made. Dan Johnson, BBC News.

:04:52. > :04:53.We're joined now by Alison Freeman, who is at Northumbria Police's

:04:54. > :05:05.The Chief Constable is criticising the NSPCC in turn for what he said

:05:06. > :05:07.and he's been categorical and still defending the way they went about

:05:08. > :05:16.this investigation. Yes, it's been a very robust

:05:17. > :05:20.defence. The Chief Constable saying you have to bear in mind that they

:05:21. > :05:25.used this informant as a starting point. He wasn't tasked with going

:05:26. > :05:28.to parties. If he had been there when any abuse was taking place he

:05:29. > :05:33.would have ended up in the dock as a defendant or have had to give

:05:34. > :05:38.evidence against the other defendants. He said he found vital

:05:39. > :05:42.evidence that could not have been got from anywhere else. He was able

:05:43. > :05:45.to give names, addresses, details about cars, whether they were

:05:46. > :05:49.dealing drugs or not. He said there was a possibility of doing it

:05:50. > :05:54.another way but it would have taken much longer. During that time, more

:05:55. > :05:57.young women could have ended up becoming victims. He said it was a

:05:58. > :06:02.moral question and he still thinks they made the right decision using

:06:03. > :06:08.that informant. As a result of the initial complaints at the end of

:06:09. > :06:11.2013, Northumbria Police carried out the largest investigation they say

:06:12. > :06:16.they've ever carried out. They say they've spoken to more than 700

:06:17. > :06:22.women who were potential victims, they've arrested more than 460 men

:06:23. > :06:27.in that time. The investigation is still very much on going. He said

:06:28. > :06:31.it's also led to a cultural shift in the way the force deals with these

:06:32. > :06:34.type of crimes. One officer was sacked for failing to do his duties

:06:35. > :06:40.in terms of investigating one of the suspects. There is now going to be a

:06:41. > :06:43.safeguarding reviewed to see if anything could have been done to try

:06:44. > :06:46.to help these young women and girls any sooner. Thank you.

:06:47. > :06:49.North Korea has dismissed President Trump's warnings that it

:06:50. > :06:51.will face the "fire and fury" of the United States

:06:52. > :06:54.as "a load of nonsense" - in the latest escalation of tension

:06:55. > :06:58.North Korea has said it was drawing up plans to launch four ballistic

:06:59. > :07:01.missiles towards the sea - off the coast of Guam,

:07:02. > :07:07.a US territory and a major strategic hub in the South Pacific.

:07:08. > :07:17.Earlier on Breakfast Al Gore told us that the stand-off with North Korea

:07:18. > :07:21.existed long before Trump's presidency began. To be fair to

:07:22. > :07:27.Donald Trump, he'd inherited this. It's a very difficult one to solve.

:07:28. > :07:33.He did achieve a unanimous Security Council resolution earlier in the

:07:34. > :07:37.week. I hope China will follow up by in forcing the sanctions the United

:07:38. > :07:41.Nations authorised. It's a very difficult situation. I would say

:07:42. > :07:47.this, his secretary of defence and national security adviser are

:07:48. > :07:54.universally respected. There are some cool hands around him and I

:07:55. > :07:56.hope he listens to them. Our correspondent joins us.

:07:57. > :08:01.Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is in Seoul this morning.

:08:02. > :08:07.Cool hands but the hotheads and hot language between him and Kim Jong-Un

:08:08. > :08:12.are obviously at the front of people's minds. That's right. What

:08:13. > :08:17.analysts say is that every year in August when the US and South Korean

:08:18. > :08:23.forces are about to conduct military training exercises and joint drills,

:08:24. > :08:27.you hear this sharp language coming from Pyongyang. This year you also

:08:28. > :08:31.have a US president making aggressive remarks. As far as this

:08:32. > :08:37.country is concerned, South Korea, it has made them nervous to an

:08:38. > :08:40.extent. There is a niche meeting of the National Security Council that

:08:41. > :08:44.started an hour ago and we are hoping to hear from that scene. We

:08:45. > :08:47.also heard a military spokesperson saying earlier in the day that this

:08:48. > :08:53.country is sending a stern warning to North Korea but if there is any

:08:54. > :08:58.provocation there will be a strong response from US and South Korean

:08:59. > :09:02.forces. This country adopts two tracks in dealing with Pyongyang. It

:09:03. > :09:06.ramps up its defence on the one hand. On the other hand it also says

:09:07. > :09:11.it's open to talks. That is an offer that has been reiterated by the

:09:12. > :09:13.country's Foreign Ministry today. It was an offer first made in July.

:09:14. > :09:26.Thank you. Miscarriages and birth defects could

:09:27. > :09:31.be significant reduced if women take vitamin tea supplements. Researchers

:09:32. > :09:39.in Sydney vitamin can prevent babies organs developing correctly. They

:09:40. > :09:42.say it will transform the way mothers to be are cared for.

:09:43. > :09:44.The Botswanan athlete, Isaac Makwala has qualified

:09:45. > :09:47.for the final of the World Athletics 200m - after running his heat

:09:48. > :09:59.He was unable to take part in the heats on Monday night,

:10:00. > :10:02.because the athletics authorities said he had the norovirus.

:10:03. > :10:04.Meanwhile, Mo Farah qualified for the 5,000m final.

:10:05. > :10:10.24 hours ago his dream seemed dashed, tonight

:10:11. > :10:22.Isaac Makwala's remarkable evening began with a race against the clock

:10:23. > :10:25.after the athletics authorities said he could finally run his 200 metres

:10:26. > :10:32.After meeting his qualifying time he hardly seemed to be suffering.

:10:33. > :10:35.And barely two hours later he roared through on the inside to reach

:10:36. > :10:39.the final with Britain's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake also through.

:10:40. > :10:44.Afterwards Makwala thanked the authorities for his chance

:10:45. > :10:46.but said the crowd also inspired him.

:10:47. > :10:49.I want to thank the IAAF for giving me another chance

:10:50. > :10:53.They didn't need to believe, the crowd being British,

:10:54. > :11:02.I just want to thank this crowd, so amazing!

:11:03. > :11:06.Also a good evening for Sir Mo Farah as he is through his 5000 metres

:11:07. > :11:12.He'll be joined in Saturday's final by fellow Briton Andrew Prichard.

:11:13. > :11:16.But tonight, the focus here will be on the men's 200 metres and four

:11:17. > :11:17.Isaac Makwala, after an extraordinary few days,

:11:18. > :11:24.there just might be a fairy tale finish.

:11:25. > :11:32.Andy Swiss, BBC News, at the London Stadium.

:11:33. > :11:35.The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police has

:11:36. > :11:37.defended his force's decision to pay a registered sex offender

:11:38. > :11:40.to act as an informant in a child grooming investigation.

:11:41. > :11:45.Yesterday, 18 people were convicted of systematically abusing vulnerable

:11:46. > :11:51.girls in Newcastle as part of that investigation.

:11:52. > :11:56.Chief Constable Steve Ashman spoke to Breakfast an hour ago.

:11:57. > :12:07.He challenged the NSPCC's criticism of the case. The fact of the matter

:12:08. > :12:14.is, we didn't plant XY the informant in the midst of vulnerable women and

:12:15. > :12:18.girls. That did not happen. He wasn't tasked to go to these parties

:12:19. > :12:22.or sessions as they were referred to in the trial. There is no evidence

:12:23. > :12:28.he did that. If you look in detail at the Judge's assessment and his

:12:29. > :12:33.ruling and legal finding, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was

:12:34. > :12:36.involved or engaged in offending against these victims or anybody

:12:37. > :12:45.else. It does beggar belief, it didn't happen. Is it true you or

:12:46. > :12:54.informers handlers asked him to take from rubble children to parties? --

:12:55. > :12:58.vulnerable children. I can't go into the detail of what we did or didn't

:12:59. > :13:03.do with deployments. What I can say is that we didn't tasked him to go

:13:04. > :13:08.to parties with vulnerable women and girls. That didn't happen. We are

:13:09. > :13:13.very specific about that. I think there has been a drawing away from

:13:14. > :13:17.the central point, that the use of the informant was principally about

:13:18. > :13:21.finding out who might be involved, the cars they were driving, the

:13:22. > :13:26.addresses they were living at, who might be using or supplying drugs.

:13:27. > :13:31.It's very much the case this is the starting point for an investigation.

:13:32. > :13:35.It never resulted in XY being exposed offending. Had it done so

:13:36. > :13:39.that there would have been one of two outcomes. He would either have

:13:40. > :13:43.been giving evidence against the people convicted, which he didn't,

:13:44. > :13:47.or he would have been in the dock alongside them, which he wasn't.

:13:48. > :13:52.This was the gathering of information that we couldn't get

:13:53. > :13:55.from any other source. Things like where are they, who are they, what

:13:56. > :14:01.car that they driving. It's nothing to do with him being placed close to

:14:02. > :14:06.vulnerable women and girls. Many of those who made comments on the way

:14:07. > :14:11.you conducted the investigation have said that what they are confused by

:14:12. > :14:16.is that the police's first responsibility is surely in these

:14:17. > :14:20.situations is to safeguard the children. What appears to have

:14:21. > :14:25.happened is you prioritised gathering evidence over quite a long

:14:26. > :14:33.period of time, whilst knowing children were being abused.

:14:34. > :14:34.No, Charlie, that is really not true.

:14:35. > :14:37.Our primary role is to protect, it is to preserve life

:14:38. > :14:40.Many years ago, a more esteemed police officer they myself

:14:41. > :14:43.said the primary object of a efficient police force

:14:44. > :14:48.This was about the protection of vulnerable people from harm.

:14:49. > :14:54.It is a challenging moral dilemma that we were faced with,

:14:55. > :14:57.that I was faced with, that the officers involved

:14:58. > :14:59.had to contend with and wrestle with

:15:00. > :15:05.But I have to be content that what we ended up doing here

:15:06. > :15:07.was putting dangerous men behind bars in protecting

:15:08. > :15:09.vulnerable women and girls, and that we simply wouldn't have

:15:10. > :15:12.been able to do that if we didn't have that jumping off point

:15:13. > :15:15.that we got from an informant who was able to tell us

:15:16. > :15:18.who was involved, where they were likely to be,

:15:19. > :15:27.the cars they were driving and the people they were associating with.

:15:28. > :15:30.And that was Northumbria Police's Chief Constable.

:15:31. > :15:33.Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal, who was instrumental in convicting

:15:34. > :15:35.the Rochdale grooming gang, joins us now.

:15:36. > :15:40.Good morning. You have an understanding of what Northumbria

:15:41. > :15:46.Police was dealing with when it comes to this gang, that was a very

:15:47. > :15:52.robust and there is justification of the tactics that were used there.

:15:53. > :15:55.Using a convicted paedophile to go undercover, paying him ?10,000,

:15:56. > :16:01.using evidence to convince 17 man and a woman of grooming a gang of

:16:02. > :16:06.young women. Your opinion on the tactics used? First, the good news,

:16:07. > :16:10.we have brought that the traders to justice, and the victims have been

:16:11. > :16:13.given justice. The bad news, I think, is the decision-making in

:16:14. > :16:19.this case, and I don't know the inns and outs, and even the chief

:16:20. > :16:22.prosecutor did not know about the presence of this paid informant

:16:23. > :16:26.until very late on. My concerns are around how you manage the risk. It

:16:27. > :16:30.would never have occurred to me, when I dealt with Rochdale, and I

:16:31. > :16:34.lead nationally on these cases, there are so many other options, and

:16:35. > :16:39.I would like to know what other options were considered. Putting a

:16:40. > :16:42.predator, you know, I think we all appreciate, more than anybody else,

:16:43. > :16:46.that you should use informants when you are tackling organised crime,

:16:47. > :16:51.because they have credibility. When it comes to child sexual abuse, I

:16:52. > :16:54.prosecute them in their 70s and 80s, they don't change their behaviour,

:16:55. > :16:59.so putting a predator with other predators in the company of their

:17:00. > :17:02.prey is really dangerous, and I can't think how you could manage

:17:03. > :17:07.that risk. You are not there to protect them in real-time, and that

:17:08. > :17:11.is the issue for me, why that happened. To be fair, he made clear

:17:12. > :17:15.in the interview that this convicted paedophile was not put in those

:17:16. > :17:20.situations. He said he didn't ask him, so he didn't tell them to do

:17:21. > :17:25.that. Listen to the words. The Chief Constable says, we received the

:17:26. > :17:28.information from him, and we paid him to carry on collecting. We

:17:29. > :17:33.didn't ask him to go to these parties. He clearly did, I mean when

:17:34. > :17:36.he gave evidence before the judge a couple of years ago, key did say

:17:37. > :17:40.that he went to further parties, as he calls them, and saw what was

:17:41. > :17:45.happening and left, as he said it. The judge said he was totally

:17:46. > :17:48.dishonest, unreliable, and he decided that the prosecution could

:17:49. > :17:53.not rely upon his evidence at all. It needs to be said, how do you

:17:54. > :17:56.manage that risk? I can't think of how you can manage that risk. I

:17:57. > :18:03.would ask what other options are available. The Chief Constable laid

:18:04. > :18:06.out very clearly, during the course of an investigation, you have access

:18:07. > :18:12.to someone who could give you what they considered to be hugely

:18:13. > :18:15.important information - he is a convicted child rapist, can you say

:18:16. > :18:19.categorically that you would not do that if you thought that was the

:18:20. > :18:23.avenue to get there two he is quicker than waiting for other

:18:24. > :18:30.informants to come forward? Well, we don't know that. It is the position

:18:31. > :18:32.he outlined. I would happily receive his information and advice the

:18:33. > :18:37.officers to say, thank you very much indeed, we don't need any more from

:18:38. > :18:42.you, now it is our turn to investigate this matter. We have

:18:43. > :18:44.used other options across the country, surveillance, technology,

:18:45. > :18:48.you don't have to have him in the room, you can have listening devices

:18:49. > :18:52.in the room, in cars, and undercover officers. We are viewed them

:18:53. > :18:56.frequently, and we continue to use them frequently. When I was the

:18:57. > :19:00.first contact for the paedophile unit at Scotland Yard, I met the

:19:01. > :19:03.brilliant undercover officers, I could not do their job. My concern

:19:04. > :19:08.is that I do not know what options were considered before they ask this

:19:09. > :19:12.individual to do this. Were undercover officers available for

:19:13. > :19:16.this? Because this was specific, 17 Asian men and a woman were convicted

:19:17. > :19:21.from Newcastle, so the basic question, is there a profile that

:19:22. > :19:24.would fit? That is an interesting question, one I have been thinking

:19:25. > :19:30.about for the last three or four macro hours. We haven't had a major

:19:31. > :19:35.increase in undercover offices in our country, we are asking more of

:19:36. > :19:38.them, we are dealing with terrorism, extremism, harmful practices in

:19:39. > :19:43.certain communities. Was there someone from a minority background

:19:44. > :19:46.available, and if not, maybe this is why this particular individual was

:19:47. > :19:50.so attractive. The point is, I don't know the answer that question, but I

:19:51. > :19:55.would not have put this individual into the position that he was put

:19:56. > :19:58.in, and as we discovered, the judge would not allow his evidence to be

:19:59. > :20:04.used. An undercover officer, we could have used this evidence. As it

:20:05. > :20:06.happens, we relied on the victims to obtain these convictions, and we

:20:07. > :20:10.could have had more evidence. As I said to you, I am second guessing, I

:20:11. > :20:14.don't know what the decision-making was. But it is important to have

:20:15. > :20:16.some understanding of what other options were considered. Nazir

:20:17. > :20:18.Afzal, thank you very much for your time, a former chief

:20:19. > :20:21.prosecutor. Let's find out what is happening

:20:22. > :20:33.with the weather. A chilly start for some of us this

:20:34. > :20:38.morning, temperatures are now rising, and for many a day of sunny

:20:39. > :20:41.spells and mostly dry. Across south-east England, the jags of

:20:42. > :20:45.yesterday's rain will continue to push away with a few showers

:20:46. > :20:48.following behind this afternoon, and across northern Scotland and other

:20:49. > :20:52.weather front is producing a fair bit of cloud, some patchy rain and

:20:53. > :20:57.some drizzle, more especially across the Northern Isles. You can see in

:20:58. > :21:01.between, all this dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. Even as we

:21:02. > :21:04.head through the course of the afternoon, we hang on to a fair bit

:21:05. > :21:10.of sunshine across the bulk of the UK. That can be said from the

:21:11. > :21:12.Midlands, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Gloucestershire, down through

:21:13. > :21:17.Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel

:21:18. > :21:21.Islands. For Wales, you off to a bright start that will continue

:21:22. > :21:26.through the day with some sunshine, healing very nice in gentle breezes.

:21:27. > :21:31.Northern Ireland has sunny spells, areas of cloud at times, but equally

:21:32. > :21:35.some sunshine too. Northern Scotland hanging on to more cloud courtesy of

:21:36. > :21:39.that weather front with patchy light rain, but mainland Scotland largely

:21:40. > :21:43.dry with sunshine. Northern England dry with some sunshine, through the

:21:44. > :21:46.Midlands a similar story. East Anglia, heading down towards Surrey

:21:47. > :21:52.and Sussex, a wee bit more cloud with just the risk of a shower. It

:21:53. > :22:00.should stay dry for the athletics in London, temperatures up to 20, maybe

:22:01. > :22:03.21 in the afternoon sunshine. Through the well, most of us will

:22:04. > :22:09.start and a dry not, early evening sunshine, but then a weather front

:22:10. > :22:12.arrives across northern Scotland, and whooping southeastwards it will

:22:13. > :22:14.take this rain with it, the wind strengthening. Temperatures are

:22:15. > :22:21.indicative of towns and cities, a little bit lower in the countryside.

:22:22. > :22:29.Tomorrow, that weather front, this one is a weak Bicik coming in behind

:22:30. > :22:33.it, and you can see the isobars. Quite windy in the north-west. We

:22:34. > :22:37.will start off dry in central and eastern parts, but as the weather

:22:38. > :22:41.front sinks southwards, the cloud will build. The rain will not get

:22:42. > :22:45.into the far south-east until later in the evening, and the heaviest

:22:46. > :22:50.rain will be in western areas, anywhere with a bit of height.

:22:51. > :22:54.Through Friday night, there go both weather fronts crossing us, patchy

:22:55. > :22:57.rain, then this ridge of high pressure building, settling the

:22:58. > :23:06.weather down for the weekend. Not just Saturday - this may look gloomy

:23:07. > :23:11.and that it is going to be. -- gloomier than it is going to be.

:23:12. > :23:15.Some showers in the Highlands, but most of us will miss them all

:23:16. > :23:20.together. A chilly evening on Saturday, chilly start to the day on

:23:21. > :23:24.Sunday, but a lot of dry weather, just a few showers, up to 21

:23:25. > :23:26.Celsius, and again chilly in the evening, but we will not talk about

:23:27. > :23:34.Monday just yet! What is going to be happening?

:23:35. > :23:35.It is looking like it will be turning a wee bit more unsettled

:23:36. > :23:43.again. Michael Palin has told us that more

:23:44. > :23:47.needs to be done to support the families of prisoners. New research

:23:48. > :23:51.published today shows that prisoners who receive visits from family

:23:52. > :24:12.members during their time inside 40% less to reoffend.

:24:13. > :24:15.Michael Palin is a household name and Kyra is the 12-year-old

:24:16. > :24:16.stepdaughter of a convicted criminal.

:24:17. > :24:18.They are here to create an animation of Kyra's story

:24:19. > :24:20.for the prisoner family support group, PACT.

:24:21. > :24:23.The film you are about to watch tells the story of Kyra.

:24:24. > :24:25.The film tells the story of her stepdad's conviction,

:24:26. > :24:28.how at first she didn't know he was in jail, how much it helped

:24:29. > :24:31.to visit, and how much it hurt when he was eventually moved away.

:24:32. > :24:35.There's some bits I want to talk to him about, but I can't,

:24:36. > :24:37.because I can't really choose when I want to call him,

:24:38. > :24:41.when I want to meet up with him, when I want to go on a visit,

:24:42. > :24:43.so it is really hard. Do you miss him?

:24:44. > :24:46.Today a report commissioned by the Ministry of Justice

:24:47. > :24:48.highlights how important the link between prisoners

:24:49. > :24:53.Inmates who receive family visits are, the report says,

:24:54. > :25:01.I love the question mark on their little noses.

:25:02. > :25:08.all issues Michael Palin has long felt strongly about.

:25:09. > :25:13.From what one reads in the press, prison numbers are higher than ever,

:25:14. > :25:15.people just talk about keeping the lid on,

:25:16. > :25:17.rather than being able to do any decent work

:25:18. > :25:19.in helping these people to improve their lives afterwards.

:25:20. > :25:23.There is no point sending someone out into the world

:25:24. > :25:27.if they are going to just do the same again.

:25:28. > :25:32.There has to be some change, either inside or with the family.

:25:33. > :25:35.The reality of the Prison Service right now is this -

:25:36. > :25:38.funding and staffing levels down, serious assaults and drug use up,

:25:39. > :25:40.a prison population which has almost doubled in 25 years,

:25:41. > :25:49.reoffending rates which stubbornly hover around the 25% mark.

:25:50. > :25:53.Children of prisoners have three times the incidence

:25:54. > :25:55.of mental-health issues, much likely to suffer poverty,

:25:56. > :26:03.One study said six out of ten boys with a father in prison are likely

:26:04. > :26:06.to go to prison themselves in later life.

:26:07. > :26:21.The Ministry of Justice told us this...

:26:22. > :26:23.Kyra, still a long way from her stepfather,

:26:24. > :26:30.Kind of upset, it gets me wondering sometimes.

:26:31. > :26:34.How he is doing? Yeah, if he is fine and if he is OK.

:26:35. > :26:40.Do you know when you are going to see him? No.

:26:41. > :26:46.is clearly something that is important to children like Kyra.

:26:47. > :26:48.The report says it is important to prisoners too.

:26:49. > :26:53.When I saw my stepdad, I was so happy.

:26:54. > :26:54.It's not about being soft on prisoners.

:26:55. > :26:59.It's about a calculated social and economic benefit.

:27:00. > :27:03.Because if report recommendations help bring down reoffending rates,

:27:04. > :27:05.they also help bring down the ?15 billion annual cost

:27:06. > :27:25.We are building up to that moment, the Strictly season, we have the

:27:26. > :27:26.fourth contestant to be revealed here on Breakfast. But now it is

:27:27. > :30:50.time to get the news where you are Hello, this is Breakfast with

:30:51. > :31:06.Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Northumbria Police has denied

:31:07. > :31:08.vulnerable women and children were put at risk by the use

:31:09. > :31:11.of a convicted child rapist to gather information

:31:12. > :31:13.in an abuse investigation. Speaking to Breakfast this morning,

:31:14. > :31:15.Chief Constable Steve Ashman said that while paying ?10,000

:31:16. > :31:17.to the registered sex offender was a difficult decision

:31:18. > :31:20.for some to understand, not using the informant could have

:31:21. > :31:33.meant victims were subjected The time that we registered him, we

:31:34. > :31:36.had no idea about the sort of information he would give us and

:31:37. > :31:40.whether or not we could get it from elsewhere, so you have a suspicion,

:31:41. > :31:44.it is a jump off point for an investigation and it leads you to

:31:45. > :31:47.evidence. Yes, you might have got that evidence through other means

:31:48. > :31:51.but it could have taken a whole lot longer and that in itself would have

:31:52. > :31:54.exposed vulnerable women and girls, given the scale of this, to an

:31:55. > :31:56.unacceptable level of risk. North Korea has dismissed

:31:57. > :31:59.President Trump's warnings that it will face the "fire and fury"

:32:00. > :32:01.of the United States as "a load of nonsense"

:32:02. > :32:04.in the latest escalation of tension North Korea has said it was drawing

:32:05. > :32:09.up plans to launch four ballistic missiles towards the sea off

:32:10. > :32:11.the coast of Guam, a US territory and a major strategic hub

:32:12. > :32:19.in the South Pacific. Police are searching

:32:20. > :32:21.for the murderer of an 83-year-old dog walker whose body was found last

:32:22. > :32:23.Saturday in Norfolk. Peter Wrighton was

:32:24. > :32:25.stabbed several times. His family described him

:32:26. > :32:26.as 'immensely kind'. Our report Katherine

:32:27. > :32:39.Nash is in Norfolk. Day five of this investigation, this

:32:40. > :32:45.murder investigation. What do we know?

:32:46. > :32:48.Well, it is, as you say, day five of the investigation, there is still a

:32:49. > :32:52.strong police presence here in East Harling after a man in his 80s who

:32:53. > :32:56.was out walking his dogs was stabbed to death in woodland about one mile

:32:57. > :33:01.down the track just behind me. Yesterday police named that man as

:33:02. > :33:05.83-year-old Peter Righton, they say he is a family man and tributes were

:33:06. > :33:07.paid to him yesterday, saying he was a loving man and his family say that

:33:08. > :33:25.when they think of Peter they think of him in a fond and

:33:26. > :33:27.loving way. In terms of that investigation, very much underway

:33:28. > :33:29.here in East Harling, police are keen that members of the public get

:33:30. > :33:32.involved with this, they are asking for any CCTV images or dashcam

:33:33. > :33:34.footage that was taken around the time of Peter's murder last Saturday

:33:35. > :33:37.morning, anyone with anything like that to get in touch with them. They

:33:38. > :33:41.have even set up a police mobile unit, situated just down the lane

:33:42. > :33:45.behind me, they are asking people to come and talk to them, tell them if

:33:46. > :33:52.they saw anything suspicious in the area at that time. Crimestoppers

:33:53. > :33:57.have issued their number, that is 0800 555111, and detectives really

:33:58. > :34:01.do feel that the key to this murder and finding the person responsible

:34:02. > :34:09.lies within the local community. Thanks very much.

:34:10. > :34:16.Miscarriages and birth defects could be significantly reduced if women

:34:17. > :34:22.take vitamin B3 supplements. Researchers in Sydney police it

:34:23. > :34:27.could stop the baby's organ is incorrectly in the womb. It has been

:34:28. > :34:29.called a significant development in pregnancy research and will

:34:30. > :34:31.transform the way mothers are cared for.

:34:32. > :34:33.Police hunting a jogger who knocked a pedestrian

:34:34. > :34:36.into the path of a London bus, say they have received

:34:37. > :34:38.a good response to their appeal for information,

:34:39. > :34:40.and they are following up several lines of enquiry.

:34:41. > :34:43.CCTV footage of the incident on Putney Bridge appears to show

:34:44. > :34:46.the man barging into the 33-year-old woman without warning.

:34:47. > :34:50.She escaped serious injury thanks to the quick reactions

:34:51. > :35:07.Police are appealing for information about this man.

:35:08. > :35:11.It is clearly time now to seek a balloon type thing that looks a bit

:35:12. > :35:14.like Donald Trump. If you have not been on social

:35:15. > :35:17.media, this is what we are talking about.

:35:18. > :35:28.A huge Donald Trump chicken, with a perfect quiff

:35:29. > :35:30.of golden hair - and it says it has little hands that

:35:31. > :35:35.It popped up outside the White House in protest to his leadership.

:35:36. > :35:44.So maybe he has not had the pleasure of seeing it, or maybe somebody has

:35:45. > :35:50.pointed it out online. It looks like quite an angry little

:35:51. > :35:54.chicken. Not so little, actually! Any thoughts on the giant chicken,

:35:55. > :35:58.Sean? Mr Trump is quite big on social

:35:59. > :36:01.media, I think you probably would have spotted it, even if he had

:36:02. > :36:06.tried to avoid it. What are you talking about today?

:36:07. > :36:08.Not Donald Trump and chickens, but banks and Facebook.

:36:09. > :36:11.The Co-operative Bank has said this morning that it is still losing

:36:12. > :36:13.money and still losing customers, but not quite as badly

:36:14. > :36:19.The bank recently agreed a rescue deal to stop it being wound-up,

:36:20. > :36:22.and the Co-op Group are set to have only a very small

:36:23. > :36:35.A mixed bag when it comes to house prices.

:36:36. > :36:38.House prices are barely moving as price growth is slowing,

:36:39. > :36:40.according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

:36:41. > :36:43.A slowdown in the housing market is spreading from London to other

:36:44. > :36:49.In other parts of the country prices are generally on the rise.

:36:50. > :36:52.Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with TV networks

:36:53. > :36:55.and online platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

:36:56. > :37:00.Users will soon see a "Watch" tab on their feeds,

:37:01. > :37:04.which will offer a range of shows, some of which have been paid for

:37:05. > :37:08.It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching

:37:09. > :37:19.Have a bit of a chat. We are ready.

:37:20. > :37:21.You are going to set up the chat for us, Charlie will provide the

:37:22. > :37:26.popcorn. Let's see what he makes Enders.

:37:27. > :37:32.The thing is, we talked about the practical flaws earlier on, but if

:37:33. > :37:37.we wanted to do that we could always sit down together and watch

:37:38. > :37:39.something, which would be an alternative!

:37:40. > :37:45.We can come round. Is that what you are proposing?

:37:46. > :37:50.It is something we could do. I am happy to have an evening around

:37:51. > :38:02.Charlie's, Ayew, Sean? We will put it in!

:38:03. > :38:08.So much going on with the athletics, we had Isaac Makwala doing well in

:38:09. > :38:14.qualifying and the amazing guests there as well.

:38:15. > :38:17.Yes, such an unusual day yesterday, completely remarkable, emotional and

:38:18. > :38:20.special for one athlete in particular, as you say, Isaac

:38:21. > :38:24.Makwala, because he was given this quite remarkable second chance to

:38:25. > :38:27.compete after thinking that his World Championships were over. To

:38:28. > :38:32.give you some background on this, he was one of a number of athletes

:38:33. > :38:37.affected by this sickness bug that is affecting a group of athletes,

:38:38. > :38:42.coaching staff and support staff at these World Athletics Championships,

:38:43. > :38:47.so he was removed from competing on medical grounds, but the IAAF were

:38:48. > :38:52.able to give him the chance to run solo time trial in the 200 metres,

:38:53. > :38:55.and he had to achieve this qualifying time. He was bored on by

:38:56. > :39:00.the crowd, you've reached that time and took his place in the

:39:01. > :39:06.semifinals. He then came second in the semifinal just behind him in

:39:07. > :39:11.third was Britain's Nathanial Mitchell Blake who also made the

:39:12. > :39:14.final. The 400 we to champion also secured a place. But for Makwala it

:39:15. > :39:16.was all about the chance to race again and show the world what he

:39:17. > :39:25.could do. I wish to thank the IAAF are giving

:39:26. > :39:29.me another chance. The crowd dared me to believe. I just want to thank

:39:30. > :39:33.this crowd. So amazing. Mo Farah will go for double gold

:39:34. > :39:35.in these Championships again after he qualified for the final

:39:36. > :39:38.of the 5000 metres. He'll also be joined by fellow

:39:39. > :39:41.Briton Andy Butchart after he qualified as a fastest

:39:42. > :39:43.loser from the second heat. Farah is retiring from track racing

:39:44. > :39:46.at the end of these championships and says he wants to go out

:39:47. > :39:59.on a high. You can't dream of something unless

:40:00. > :40:04.you do something about it and I have been given a chance in life, I work

:40:05. > :40:08.hard for it and I achieved what I achieved through hard work and I

:40:09. > :40:11.keep grafting and all the kids out there, youngsters, you can be like

:40:12. > :40:14.me and we've got to start thinking about how we can get the next

:40:15. > :40:16.generation and leave this legacy behind.

:40:17. > :40:18.The bad weather here in London yesterday caused

:40:19. > :40:21.problems for athletes both on the track and field.

:40:22. > :40:25.Particularly hard for the long jumpers and in the women's

:40:26. > :40:27.qualifying, Lorraine Ugen was the only one of three

:40:28. > :40:32.British athletes to make it into tomorrow's final.

:40:33. > :40:34.Away from the athletics, England made an impressive

:40:35. > :40:40.start to their defence of the Women's Rugby World Cup,

:40:41. > :40:45.And the hosts Ireland won a nail-biting opener

:40:46. > :40:50.They were leading by nine points after Sophie Spence's try

:40:51. > :40:52.but the Australians fought back and Ireland just

:40:53. > :41:03.And Rory McIlory says he has nothing to prove ahead of the US PGA

:41:04. > :41:05.Championship which starts this evening in North Carolina.

:41:06. > :41:08.He's among a top-class field, trying to stop the American Jordan Spieth

:41:09. > :41:14.becoming the youngest player to complete a career grand slam.

:41:15. > :41:17.You can follow it across the BBC, including live coverage via the red

:41:18. > :41:24.button from 6pm and on BBC Two from 11.15.

:41:25. > :41:34.Back here at the world athletics, I am delighted to say I am joined by

:41:35. > :41:37.Denise Lewis, the Olympic heptathlon champion from Sydney 2000. A

:41:38. > :41:40.pleasure to have you with us. You probably heard me saying, most of

:41:41. > :41:44.the talking point over the last few days has been around Isaac Makwala,

:41:45. > :41:49.he has been through so much, we saw the remarkable scenes of him running

:41:50. > :41:52.the solo time trial. Do you think you will still be able to compete

:41:53. > :41:58.for medals considering all he has been filling the last few days?

:41:59. > :42:02.Absolutely do, he is coming to these championships in the shape of his

:42:03. > :42:07.life, running really well on the Diamond league circuit, he is ready.

:42:08. > :42:11.Yesterday he proved he is mentally tough as well, those press ups were

:42:12. > :42:15.incredible at the end of his time trial and! Which, at the condition

:42:16. > :42:20.to brand them in, it was sensational. I read somewhere that

:42:21. > :42:27.someone in the media described his performance also like Lazarus and

:42:28. > :42:31.yes, it was, he has been sick but he missed the opportunity in the 400,

:42:32. > :42:35.how poetic it would be if he was to come through this. We also saw Mo

:42:36. > :42:41.Farah on the track last night, he is on course to do his double gold. We

:42:42. > :42:45.were not sure how much that 10,000 metres took out of him, he had blood

:42:46. > :42:48.on his legs afterwards, he got spiked, do you think he is all

:42:49. > :42:59.right, do you think you looked good in the 5000 metre heat? We have seen

:43:00. > :43:01.him in this condition before after a 10,000 metres where he looks not

:43:02. > :43:04.fantastic but does enough to qualify, because he knows he needs

:43:05. > :43:07.the recovery and Mo Farah, more than any athlete in these championships,

:43:08. > :43:12.has the best recovery system in this place, it is tried and tested and he

:43:13. > :43:17.will look like a different, fresh Mo Farah in a couple of days, he will

:43:18. > :43:21.have a 60,000 strong support here in the stadium. British fans will also

:43:22. > :43:24.be cheering the likes of Katarina Johnson-Thompson who goes in the

:43:25. > :43:28.high jump qualifying, it is her strongest event but went wrong for

:43:29. > :43:35.her in the heptathlon. Can she turn it around? I hope so, she is a good

:43:36. > :43:40.high-jumper, she holds a British record of 1.90 eight. I think she

:43:41. > :43:44.had a blip, maybe she over thought it in the heptathlon, did not quite

:43:45. > :43:51.get it together. But I think she will be fine tonight. We also have

:43:52. > :43:55.Morgan Lake, another heptathlete, which is great, also going. There is

:43:56. > :43:59.a great chance for them, fingers crossed. We went into these

:44:00. > :44:04.championships, the British team, with high medal hopes, six to eight

:44:05. > :44:08.was the target, Day seven, are you worried the British team will not

:44:09. > :44:13.quite reach the target? Unless there is a miracle I don't think they will

:44:14. > :44:18.reach their target. We have got a big team but also of the beyond team

:44:19. > :44:22.using some of this as experience. But I know the athletes will be

:44:23. > :44:28.disappointed, we have had really good form places, some good --

:44:29. > :44:31.really good fourth places, some good finishes, but in these championships

:44:32. > :44:37.you have to have the ability to raise your game. They are funded,

:44:38. > :44:40.they have had preparation camps so they know this environment. I don't

:44:41. > :44:44.know what has happened, maybe the pressure has been a bit too much.

:44:45. > :44:49.The home crowd has been great here. Denise Lewis, thank you for talking

:44:50. > :44:52.to us, always a pleasure. We are quite far away from the medal

:44:53. > :44:56.target at the moment but there are three golds going for the Brits

:44:57. > :45:00.tonight, two of them, Eilidh Child in the 400-metre hurdles final and

:45:01. > :45:03.Nathanial Mitchell Blake in the final of the 200 metres, so a

:45:04. > :45:16.possibility of some medals here for the British fans tonight. If that

:45:17. > :45:22.slightly took me by surprise! It was not like you were told about it

:45:23. > :45:29.before! Why have the lights gone down? We have been teasing viewers

:45:30. > :45:32.that the time has gone to reveal the fourth celebrity contestant who will

:45:33. > :45:35.be taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Is there a

:45:36. > :45:40.drum roll? Building up the tension. She's an actor, a model,

:45:41. > :45:42.a radio presenter and no Known to millions as Carly Hope

:45:43. > :45:47.on the ITV soap Emmerdale, Gemma Atkinson to swap

:45:48. > :46:00.The Woolpack for the waltz. Could not be more awkward! Come and

:46:01. > :46:05.sit down. Thank you. We should have had a round of applause. You will be

:46:06. > :46:12.hearing that soon. Congratulations. Thank you. How difficult has it been

:46:13. > :46:19.for you to keep this is a secret? I felt snide lying to my family. My

:46:20. > :46:26.mum has obviously known and Mike. I did not tell my mum. I had to tell

:46:27. > :46:33.my mum. Under no circumstances do you say anything to anyone? Were you

:46:34. > :46:39.confident your mum... My mum is brilliant. My auntie said, I have

:46:40. > :46:46.had a Google alert you are doing Strictly. I can finally say I am

:46:47. > :46:50.doing it and I am sorry for lying! I think they will understand. What are

:46:51. > :46:56.you looking forward to the most? Learning to dance. It is so out of

:46:57. > :47:02.my comfort zone. Even wearing heels is big, put me in a sparkly frock,

:47:03. > :47:07.out of my comfort zone. Trying to challenge myself. It will be very

:47:08. > :47:11.different. It always happens when you have actors and actresses, there

:47:12. > :47:17.is always the question about stage school, dance lessons, what have you

:47:18. > :47:23.done? I did disco dancing from age nine to ten. It was cartwheels

:47:24. > :47:28.across the floor, pop, cartwheels back, pick and mix, go home. As far

:47:29. > :47:33.as dance training goes, I have not had any. How good a dancer are you

:47:34. > :47:38.in the nightclub generally? After a few drinks, I think I am Britney

:47:39. > :47:43.Spears, but I am not! The disco dancing thing, that could come in

:47:44. > :47:49.handy, some of the shapes. Is that a good phrase to use? Throw some

:47:50. > :47:59.shapes on the dance floor? Did I say the wrong thing? Did you find it

:48:00. > :48:04.easy? I was rubbish. I tell you what is amazing, you do not know who your

:48:05. > :48:07.partner is, you do end up having a brilliant relationship with your

:48:08. > :48:15.partner because they know you are petrified and you are new to it as

:48:16. > :48:20.well. How tall are you? Five foot nine. You will need a taller dancer.

:48:21. > :48:26.It is difficult not to try to speculate who you will get. Any

:48:27. > :48:32.preferences? I am big for a goal. As long as it is someone tall and

:48:33. > :48:39.strong, I do not want them to drop me. -- for a girl. I don't mind. The

:48:40. > :48:47.whole thing about joining Strictly, it is a big deal. Massive deal. Puts

:48:48. > :48:52.a lot of scrutiny on you. The job I am in at the minute, it is great

:48:53. > :48:56.because I do the job I love with amazing people but you have... You

:48:57. > :49:00.are not thrown out, so to speak. Most mornings, now normally, you

:49:01. > :49:06.would be on-air on a radio station in Manchester. They have been

:49:07. > :49:11.looking for me all morning! Do you want to practice? The moment when

:49:12. > :49:20.you find out who you are dancing with, do you want to practice the

:49:21. > :49:26.face? You did that well! They are all lovely. Have you thought about

:49:27. > :49:32.how your life will change during training? Not to the extent... Now

:49:33. > :49:38.it is becoming real, I text my mum this morning, that is it, I cannot

:49:39. > :49:45.change my mind. I have been told it is nattering and the hours are long.

:49:46. > :49:49.You will miss your family. Really? I understand you have a passion for

:49:50. > :50:00.your babies, your dogs. Norman and Ollie. We have put them in the mood

:50:01. > :50:06.for you! That is Norman. And what have we done to Ollie? Norman does

:50:07. > :50:12.not look impressed. He looks cool with his shades! I do not know how

:50:13. > :50:16.that is a Strictly outfit. You have to find dog walkers because you will

:50:17. > :50:21.be very tired and you will carry on doing the Breakfast Show? Yes. I

:50:22. > :50:26.will do the show six till ten and then go and train with the weather

:50:27. > :50:30.and then go and sleep. It is a weird world you are entering. I say that

:50:31. > :50:35.from an outsider's perspective. You are right. It is weird and

:50:36. > :50:41.wonderful. It goes quick, doesn't it? No, it feels like it goes on

:50:42. > :50:47.forever. I don't know! I will be a nervous wreck. You should talk to

:50:48. > :50:52.Carol. She gave me a box... Good morning. A box of glittery plasters

:50:53. > :50:58.and false eyelashes. You loved it, didn't you? I did. The most

:50:59. > :51:02.brilliant experience. The main thing is to remember to enjoy it because

:51:03. > :51:07.you get bogged down in the training which is good fun and you look back

:51:08. > :51:12.and think, wow, that was awesome. Good luck. Thank you. The best

:51:13. > :51:19.advice, just enjoy every single moment. I will do. We wish you the

:51:20. > :51:24.best. Thank you for being unveiled on Breakfast. We will give you some

:51:25. > :51:31.tips later. Now the weather. It is a fine start to the day for many. This

:51:32. > :51:38.beautiful picture from East Yorkshire. For some, some rain. In

:51:39. > :51:41.the south-east, the remnants of yesterday's rain clearing away and

:51:42. > :51:45.another weather front in the north of the country also producing thick

:51:46. > :51:49.cloud in the north of Scotland and the Northern Isles and spots of

:51:50. > :51:54.rain. A lot of dry weather in between and sunshine and we will see

:51:55. > :52:00.a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up. Most of us staying dry.

:52:01. > :52:03.This afternoon, Southern counties of England, from the Midlands,

:52:04. > :52:08.Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, further west into Devon and Cornwall

:52:09. > :52:13.including Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands, sonny. Temperatures

:52:14. > :52:20.up to 19. Cooler on the coast. The same for Wales as well. Northern

:52:21. > :52:26.Ireland, some sunny spells, areas of cloud at times. We are not spoiling

:52:27. > :52:30.the day. Northern Scotland, compared to yesterday, more cloud. The rain

:52:31. > :52:35.affecting some of the islands. For the rest of Scotland, sunny spells.

:52:36. > :52:39.Northern England, sunny spells, and the North Midlands, down towards

:52:40. > :52:43.Cambridgeshire, but then the remnants of the weather front

:52:44. > :52:48.leaving cloud and the odd shower. For the athletics in London this

:52:49. > :52:54.afternoon, it should stay dry, areas of cloud at times, fair weather

:52:55. > :52:58.cloud, temperatures up to 20, 21, in the sunshine. Overnight, a lot of

:52:59. > :53:03.dry weather once again especially across England and Wales with a new

:53:04. > :53:05.weather fronts bringing rain and strengthening winds across Scotland

:53:06. > :53:11.and Northern Ireland. The temperatures represent towns and

:53:12. > :53:17.cities. Lower in the countryside. We start off with the first weather

:53:18. > :53:22.went moving south through the day. -- weather front. Another comes in

:53:23. > :53:27.behind. Windy conditions with it. Again for much of England and Wales,

:53:28. > :53:31.starting off on a bright and sunny note. The first weather front comes

:53:32. > :53:38.through, weakening. The second comes in right behind it. Pushing south.

:53:39. > :53:42.Southeast will stay dry the longest. Overnight, fronts clearing and

:53:43. > :53:46.Saturday and Sunday, a ridge of high pressure builds in settling things

:53:47. > :53:50.down nicely. A chilly start on Saturday, a lot of sunshine, fair

:53:51. > :53:54.weather cloud developing through the day, some showers primarily across

:53:55. > :54:00.the Highlands, but you know the drill, not all of us will catch one.

:54:01. > :54:06.Heading out on Saturday evening, despite the fact there will be

:54:07. > :54:11.sunshine, it will feel cool. A call start the day on Sunday. Once again

:54:12. > :54:17.a lot of dry weather and sunshine and a few showers dotted here and

:54:18. > :54:22.there. Temperatures similar, 15 to 21. Heading into Monday, you can see

:54:23. > :54:28.behind me the two areas of blue, things will turn more unsettled once

:54:29. > :54:34.again. I think you should magic away the blue things. It is a long way

:54:35. > :54:36.off. It could change. It will. Power of the mind. Thank you. Enjoy your

:54:37. > :54:40.day. The UK has one of the highest rates

:54:41. > :54:44.of type 1 diabetes in the world, with around 400,000 sufferers

:54:45. > :54:46.of the disease. But in a recent medical trial,

:54:47. > :54:48.a pioneering treatment to slow the condition's progress has been

:54:49. > :54:52.classed as safe and it's hoped it could lead to a cure, putting an end

:54:53. > :54:55.to daily insulin injections. Rachel Connor is from

:54:56. > :54:59.the diabetes charity, JDRF. And Aleix Rowlandson

:55:00. > :55:11.took part in the trial. Good morning to you both. First of

:55:12. > :55:17.all, Rachel, if you could explain to us what it is the trial is trying to

:55:18. > :55:24.achieve, what it is looking at. This study has taken small molecules

:55:25. > :55:28.which exist in the body naturally as the body produces insulin and broken

:55:29. > :55:33.them into tiny bits and we have put them back into people who have

:55:34. > :55:39.recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. That is trying to retrain

:55:40. > :55:44.the immune system so that it knows that the insulin producing cells are

:55:45. > :55:50.safe and the body does not need to destroy them. Then it can allow the

:55:51. > :55:55.body to keep producing a tiny bit of insulin itself which we now helps

:55:56. > :56:01.people with type 1 diabetes through their lives. The obvious question,

:56:02. > :56:06.does it work? It seems like it. It is a very early phase study, a small

:56:07. > :56:11.number of people, and what you are looking for in studies like this is,

:56:12. > :56:15.it is the treatment safe? Exciting me with this study, we have got some

:56:16. > :56:20.indications it is working because the people in the trial who received

:56:21. > :56:24.the treatment needed less insulin over the course of time they were in

:56:25. > :56:28.the trial than the people who received the placebo, the fake

:56:29. > :56:35.treatment, so they did not actually receive that active molecule. It is

:56:36. > :56:39.a sign it really might work. Aleix, you took part in the trial, what

:56:40. > :56:43.happened and what differences did you see? I went to London, twice a

:56:44. > :56:48.month. First time, they did the injection of the molecule or the

:56:49. > :56:53.placebo, under the skin, then I would go back and they would test my

:56:54. > :56:56.blood and see what was going on, give me food and see what a

:56:57. > :57:01.difference it was making. What did you see? Did you see any

:57:02. > :57:09.differences? Did you feel different? I did not notice a direct difference

:57:10. > :57:13.but we do not know whether I had the placebo. You are relatively recently

:57:14. > :57:18.diagnosed, which is the point of this in the first place. Tell us

:57:19. > :57:21.about how it has affected you? It affects you more at first because it

:57:22. > :57:29.is a massive change going from eating whatever you want and having

:57:30. > :57:34.to inject. The study has helped. You inject every day? Every time I eat

:57:35. > :57:40.and twice a day, morning and night time. If this trial works, it would

:57:41. > :57:45.change your life? It would be fantastic. Rachel, what is the time

:57:46. > :57:51.frame in terms of this trial to actually making a difference on a

:57:52. > :57:56.wider scale? That is a really tricky question to answer because we need

:57:57. > :57:59.to now go into further phases of clinical testing which will take

:58:00. > :58:05.longer than this trial date. This one was to analyse safety so now we

:58:06. > :58:10.need to go into longer, bigger trials which will test the efficacy,

:58:11. > :58:18.how well this actually works for people with type 1 diabetes. It is

:58:19. > :58:22.probably going to be another good few years, if everything goes

:58:23. > :58:27.swimmingly, but we hope it does. Rachel, thank you for your time. And

:58:28. > :58:31.thank you for joining us on the sofa, Aleix.

:58:32. > :58:33.As the World Athletics Championships carries on in London,

:58:34. > :58:36.there's another huge sporting event happening in Sheffield this week -

:58:37. > :58:39.Around 2,600 athletes are taking part in the Games,

:58:40. > :58:41.featuring swimmers, cyclists and relay teams, all with a variety

:58:42. > :58:47.Hayley Hassall is at the Athletes' Village this morning.

:58:48. > :59:00.Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to the Special Olympics Village.

:59:01. > :59:04.Thousands of athletes milling around. There they are, some

:59:05. > :59:09.mascots, already full of the joys. Most have been to breakfast. This

:59:10. > :59:13.place has been transformed, we have had rooms turned into training

:59:14. > :59:17.facilities, coaching lessons, they have things like medical facilities,

:59:18. > :59:21.lots of the things that athletes cannot access in everyday life. This

:59:22. > :59:27.is a special year, the 50th year of the Special Olympics and we have got

:59:28. > :59:31.20 sports going on in 28 venues, they are expecting 5000 spectators

:59:32. > :59:35.today, the biggest year they have had yet. Unlike the Olympics and the

:59:36. > :59:39.Paralympics, none of the athletes receive funding and none are

:59:40. > :59:41.professionals, they all have learning difficulties or

:59:42. > :59:45.intellectual difficulties which makes it harder for them to train

:59:46. > :59:51.and to access facilities. I was around all day yesterday and I

:59:52. > :59:53.watched some of the sports and I met some of the athletes. Have a look at

:59:54. > :59:55.this. This year's Special Olympics has had

:59:56. > :59:59.more interest than ever before. And more athletes have

:00:00. > :00:02.taken to the tracks. Kiera Byland is the current women's

:00:03. > :00:05.world champion in cycling for women with intellectual abilities,

:00:06. > :00:07.and she's been training for three OK, not long until the race,

:00:08. > :00:12.how are you feeling? There are quite a lot

:00:13. > :00:18.of great riders here, so obviously the competition

:00:19. > :00:21.is going to be high. Do you find that your learning

:00:22. > :00:23.difficulty does have an affect on your training, does it

:00:24. > :00:27.make it difficult? Yes, because I struggle

:00:28. > :00:30.with direction and time as well. Special Olympics gave me a place

:00:31. > :00:34.where I could be myself with everybody else,

:00:35. > :00:36.it's just amazing. Kiera's dad has taken her around

:00:37. > :00:41.the world to compete, but lack of financial support

:00:42. > :00:43.from the Games does In terms of funding, that's

:00:44. > :00:51.an ongoing battle all the time, that's doing whatever

:00:52. > :00:53.fund-raising you can do to help with the cost of getting

:00:54. > :00:56.to the events and things. So unlike the Olympics,

:00:57. > :00:58.you have to fund yourself? At the end of the day,

:00:59. > :01:06.you wouldn't change a thing with the success and the experiences

:01:07. > :01:08.that she's had, you know. And, as I say, it does,

:01:09. > :01:17.it develops them as people. But for athletes like Kiera,

:01:18. > :01:21.has all of that hard work paid off? Now, I've just found out

:01:22. > :01:23.the results, and I can tell More to go, but you just got

:01:24. > :01:42.a silver medal, well done! That was such a good result for

:01:43. > :01:46.Akira, I was so pleased! Here we are, everyone is having a healthy

:01:47. > :01:51.and nutritious Breakfast, but this week is not just about the games

:01:52. > :01:55.themselves, the Special Olympics set up 140 specialist projects around

:01:56. > :01:59.the country and last year gave 27,000 free coaching sessions and

:02:00. > :02:06.800 volunteers get involved in the games. One lady who knows much more

:02:07. > :02:10.about that is Karen, thank you for coming. I was talking to the

:02:11. > :02:13.athletes yesterday and boast of them said it is not just about the

:02:14. > :02:16.medals, the Special Olympics is more than that. It is, we are the

:02:17. > :02:21.community Olympics, it is about these guys coming together and

:02:22. > :02:24.making friends, and for the families it is important for them to talk to

:02:25. > :02:29.other people going through the same situations. As we saw in the film

:02:30. > :02:34.better, more athletes than ever before, however it is still

:02:35. > :02:40.difficult for people to get access and funding. Is that the case, do we

:02:41. > :02:43.still need to do more? Absolutely, 1.5 million people in this country

:02:44. > :02:47.have a learning disability, we currently cater for about 10000 and

:02:48. > :02:52.there are over 2000 athletes here at these games. We want to reach more

:02:53. > :02:57.people, it is like changing, we note it transforms people's lives so the

:02:58. > :03:01.funding side of it, many people with learning disabilities struggle every

:03:02. > :03:03.day of their lives so we need more help and sponsors from the

:03:04. > :03:08.Government. We also have one of the volunteers,

:03:09. > :03:12.Steve, you are doing as much as you possibly can. What are you doing

:03:13. > :03:16.today, what is happening for you and the volunteers? My role is health

:03:17. > :03:19.and safety so I am going around the venue is to make sure they are safe

:03:20. > :03:23.and people are able to get on with the games and succeed at the games

:03:24. > :03:27.in a safe environment. But above that it is just so much good fun and

:03:28. > :03:38.great to see people enjoying sport and having a great time and there

:03:39. > :03:41.are lots of volunteers like me just wanting to muck in and help out. I

:03:42. > :03:42.have done all sorts of jobs, setting up athletics and gymnastics

:03:43. > :03:45.equipment, directing traffic, but overall we get a job allocated to

:03:46. > :03:48.us, trained when we needed to be, and we just want to put something

:03:49. > :03:52.back into the games for young people. It seems great fun, everyone

:03:53. > :03:56.is having such an-tastic time but why do you think it is important and

:03:57. > :04:02.is there anything we can do to reach more people? The more we can help

:04:03. > :04:06.these games succeed the better, there are 1000 volunteers here, more

:04:07. > :04:09.would be great and if there were even more competitors we would need

:04:10. > :04:12.more volunteers so the more people know about this and know the rewards

:04:13. > :04:18.that we get from volunteering and the athletes get from competing, the

:04:19. > :04:21.better. The more the merrier, I'm hearing! There are more games on

:04:22. > :04:25.tomorrow and Saturday so I will stick around and fingers crossed for

:04:26. > :04:31.Akira and the other athletes there will be more muggles on the way but

:04:32. > :04:33.I will keep you up-to-date with any medical news online and on the

:04:34. > :04:34.website. It sounds like a very lively event.

:04:35. > :04:37.In a couple of minutes, we'll be speaking to the director

:04:38. > :04:40.of a new play that imagines huge new floods in Hull as part

:04:41. > :04:44.But first, a last brief look at the headlines

:04:45. > :06:29.And I'll be back with your lunchtime news at 1.30pm.

:06:30. > :06:32.It's a play that's making waves in the UK City of Culture.

:06:33. > :06:36.Flood is a year-long project told in four parts.

:06:37. > :06:38.Each one includes scenarios that have impacted Hull in the past,

:06:39. > :06:40.from the 2007 flood disaster, to exploring issues connected

:06:41. > :06:44.The third installment of the play is set on a floating stage

:06:45. > :06:50.and will be shown on BBC Two this Saturday.

:06:51. > :06:54.We will meet the team behind it in a moment. Let's take a look at what it

:06:55. > :07:37.is all about. I can safely say we haven't given

:07:38. > :07:45.anything away as to what happens. With us is Allen Lane, who directed

:07:46. > :07:49.it, and Nadiya hit man, who plays the main character, Gloria. This

:07:50. > :07:56.must have been quite a challenge, to set something like this on water?

:07:57. > :08:02.Yes, the water we filmed it in is in the middle of a housing estate in

:08:03. > :08:08.Hull so just a few yards behind the shot our people's houses, it was

:08:09. > :08:14.incredibly exciting. What is the story you are telling? It is a flood

:08:15. > :08:17.in the near future, raised water levels in Europe which causes people

:08:18. > :08:23.to leave their homes and try to find sanctuary here, so the whole country

:08:24. > :08:26.becomes overrun by people and people have to make a decision about who

:08:27. > :08:30.they let in and who they don't let in and at that point the water comes

:08:31. > :08:33.and everything is destroyed and we are all in the same boat. It is more

:08:34. > :08:38.than environmental issues brought to mind, the whole issue of immigration

:08:39. > :08:44.and how people are kind to each other or not is brought into focus.

:08:45. > :08:48.Absolutely, water makes part of the world inhospitable, then people are

:08:49. > :08:52.going to come somewhere else and in our fiction England is the last

:08:53. > :08:57.place people can come to before water overtakes ours as well.

:08:58. > :09:00.Nadiya, I can't help but say a water-based play in Hull, I'm

:09:01. > :09:08.thinking called, primarily! What was it like to film? It was very

:09:09. > :09:13.exciting and challenging as well, embracing the elements. It was quite

:09:14. > :09:22.warm when we filmed in summer that it was very different. Are you a

:09:23. > :09:30.good swimmer? I can swim. You can now! I don't want to give away too

:09:31. > :09:37.much about your character, but there is almost mystical element to your

:09:38. > :09:43.character as well, quite a difficult one to portray? Yes, she was pulled

:09:44. > :09:50.out of a fishing net from the bottom of the North Sea so there is a lot

:09:51. > :09:53.of interpretation that can be placed by the audience. She makes her own

:09:54. > :09:59.decision about where she's from and it is interesting because she is

:10:00. > :10:06.also displaced so she finds an affinity with these people that are

:10:07. > :10:11.also displaced, in the world that she appears in. We were talking

:10:12. > :10:15.earlier to Al Gore, who is famously involved in the environmental

:10:16. > :10:19.campaign, he has a new film out now, very high-profile environmental

:10:20. > :10:21.campaigner. You mentioned the different themes, clearly

:10:22. > :10:27.environmental issues are a big part of what this is about. Yes, I think

:10:28. > :10:31.what it is about is trying to raise the questions that we wrestle with

:10:32. > :10:36.other society and make them human, we think about environmental issues

:10:37. > :10:39.and issues around immigration and they can seem quite abstract but

:10:40. > :10:47.they are about people that we don't meet and what can we do to try to

:10:48. > :10:50.make it personal and go, that seems an incredibly dramatic version of

:10:51. > :10:56.that, and realise the people behind it and for that to be on TV and the

:10:57. > :10:59.conversation to be nationwide is amazing because normally it is just

:11:00. > :11:03.the people who turn up to watch which could be a few hundred, but

:11:04. > :11:05.this could be as many people who watch BBC Two on Saturday night to

:11:06. > :11:10.see this and think about those questions. You said you were just 20

:11:11. > :11:15.metres from local residents, did they ever comment on what was going

:11:16. > :11:20.on? They are our biggest fans now! It can go one way or the other! We

:11:21. > :11:23.arrived at lorries and caravans and people started putting things in the

:11:24. > :11:30.water and they were suspicious but we had been there for six months, we

:11:31. > :11:33.have met their children, done assemblies in the school hall, they

:11:34. > :11:38.have seen us at work and it is a different relationship now. There

:11:39. > :11:51.was a Hollywood movie, was it Waterworld? Kevin Costner? Don't

:11:52. > :11:56.jinx us! There is a fascination with that kind of post-apocalyptic notion

:11:57. > :12:02.of a water world that people find fascinating. Yes, they do, and I

:12:03. > :12:06.think it also puts us in the perspective that when a crisis hits

:12:07. > :12:10.us, before that we might have a plan, be able to think rationally

:12:11. > :12:17.about what we were that scenario, who we would turn to, but in that

:12:18. > :12:23.moment, it all goes out of the window because we don't know what we

:12:24. > :12:28.would do, in the immediate time of the crisis. Can I ask, logistically,

:12:29. > :12:34.when you were filming and you were in the water, you said it was warm

:12:35. > :12:37.but it must get cold and miserable? Breaks must be scheduled and

:12:38. > :12:43.warm-ups? And when the director says, that was

:12:44. > :12:51.great, one more take! This is what is interesting about the series we

:12:52. > :12:55.are part of, we do it in one take, in one run, they filmed at a couple

:12:56. > :12:59.of times, but it is a 30 minute show and the guys do it for 30 minutes,

:13:00. > :13:06.we are a theatre company, it is part of an arts Council scheme where we

:13:07. > :13:11.make television how we want to. Did Alan ever get in the water, just to

:13:12. > :13:14.feel... I have got to lead from the front!

:13:15. > :13:17.Lovely to see you this morning, thank you very much.

:13:18. > :13:24.Flood is on BBC Two this Saturday. If you missed it earlier, we

:13:25. > :13:29.revealed the Emmerdale actress Gemma Atkinson will join this year's Strip

:13:30. > :13:34.the line-up when it returns. She will be joining us on Facebook

:13:35. > :13:35.live in a few minutes.