18/08/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast with Louise Minchin and Charlie Stayt.

Spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists,

thought to be linked to the van attack in Barcelona which killed

The suspects, who were wearing explosive belts,

were killed in the seaside resort of Cambrils overnight.

Police are still searching for the driver who carried out

Three days of mourning have been declared.

We'll be live in Spain for the latest shortly.

Our other headlines this morning: The Defence Secretary,

Sir Michael Fallon, has personally apologised to the mother

of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover

A call to cut calories in pizzas, burgers and ready meals

as the government tries to tackle child obesity in England.

In Sport, England shine under the Test match lights.

Centuries for Joe Root and Alastair Cook put England

in control of the first day-night Test against West Indies.

Good morning. I am alongside 12 yachts which will start a 40,000

miles round the world trip and race on Sunday. It is run by amateurs. I

have the weather details and more on that. The day contained sunshine,

showers and a fairly blustery wind. See you in 15 minutes.

Our main is those events in Spain where overnight five suspected

terrorists were shot dead by police in the costal town of Cambrils.

Police say the men, who were wearing explosive belts,

are linked to the attack in Barcelona yesterday afternoon 13

people were killed there when a van was driven into crowds in a popular

It's believed 15 of those are in a critical condition.

So far, two people have been arrested in connection

with the attack in Barcelona, but police say they're

still searching for the driver of the van.

The latest on the situation now from our reporter Sarah Corker.

In the early hours of Friday morning, a dramatic shootout

in a holiday resort of Cambrils, 120km south of Barcelona.

The authorities say five suspected terrorists wearing what appeared

to be suicide belts were shot dead by police.

Police opened fire after the attackers drove

The next thing, police arrived there, really quick.

Then they started shouting at the guy and the next thing,

The incident has been linked to the deadly than attacking the heart of

Barcelona just hours earlier. Hundreds of holidaymakers, locals,

shoppers ran for their lives. This white van ploughed

into pedestrians on Spain's I saw a white van with

the side door open. Whether it was on police or the van,

I don't know, we didn't hang We ran into the Burger

King to not get shot. Police released this photo of

Dreessen Kabir whose documents were used to hide the van but latest

reports suggest he told police he is passport was stolen -- Driss

Oukabir. The so-called Islamic State group said it was behind the attack.

TRANSLATION: I want to express the solidarity of the whole of Spain

with Barcelona, today hit by jihadist terrorism. Like other

cities around the world before it. The authorities are now linking the

attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils with an explosion on Wednesday in

the town of Alcanar - where one person died. Police police suspect

that the house were preparing explosives. And as people anxiously

wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have learnt Dell might

want the number of dead may rise. Barcelona is just the latest

European city to witness the terrible effects of a vehicle

attack on pedestrians. The problem for the authorities

is that such attacks are extremely Our security correspondent

Gordon Corera has been looking at what more, if

anything, can be done. Barcelona is just the latest in a

series of vehicle attacks, leaving a terrible but tragically now almost

familiar scene on the streets of Europe.

The first major incident was in Nice when a lorry ploughed into a crowd

celebrating bastille Day just over a year ago. It was a target and moment

to maximise the casualties and the impact. Then there was a lorry

attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, and a van driven into the

city centre of Stockholm. And Britain has not been immune from

what's been dubbed low-tech terrorism. In March Khalid Massoud

ploughed into people on Westminster Bridge before being shot dead as he

approached the house of parliament with a knife. In June three men

drove down London Bridge before attacking people in Borough market

with knives. And later that month worshippers near Finsbury Park

Mosque were struck by a car. One man died. The problem is that stopping

these kind of attacks is hard. Here at Westminster Bridge they have

installed these barriers to stop the vehicle is ramming into pedestrians

on the bridge. But an attacker could just pick a different crowded place.

The authorities also looking at things like more checks on people

making short notice rentals of vans. But the problem is these attacks

require just everyday items, just a car, no guns or explosives, and with

so little planning required it can be hard to spot them and stop them.

New shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may offer

some protection but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all

attacks happening. It is an almost impossible thing to prevent

completely, but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for

the terrorist, and that to some extent is all that we can do. The

way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming

radicalised or by people being willing to come forward and saying,

I know someone that might be going to do this because that is how to

stop it. This is one of the man authorities believe responsible, and

so-called Islamic State said what it called its soldiers carried out the

attack, responding to its call. But this does not always mean there was

a direct link with the group. And one major concern for security

services around the world is that these kind of attacks can be carried

out with little or no training, direction or co-ordination.

We'll have more updates on the investigation into that

attack throughout the programme this morning.

Overnight of course we know that there were five suspected terrorists

shot dead. This is the scene in Cambrils. Cambrils is a seaside

resort around 100 kilometres from Barcelona and those shootings

overnight directly link police say two events in Barcelona. And

throughout the programme we will be in Barcelona as well. We are hearing

stories and many will have heard them already of the terror as people

fled. This van careered down the street, packed with pedestrians and

tourists from all different parts of the world. And people hiding in

restaurants, being given safe places to go to by residents as well. We

will hear lots of different eyewitnesses talking to us here on

the programme this morning and we will keep you up-to-date of course

with that situation as well. As far as we understand they have still not

found the driver of the van. We will keep you right up-to-date with the

latest news as well he on Breakfast. It's emerged that the Defence

Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has personally apologised

to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured

Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. The BBC has seen the letter sent

to Sue Smith, whose son Private Philip Hewett died

in a bombing in 2005. Our legal affairs correspondent

Clive Coleman reports. Sue Smith's some private Hewitt was

killed while travelling in a lightly armoured Snatch Land Rover in Iraq

July 2000 and five. Seu hoped an inquest to last five days would

provide answers about the Smack and how Philip died but it lasted just

three Alice -- 2005. She found an inability to get answers from the

Ministry of Defence maddening -- hour. Sometimes I thought they just

wanted me to go away or die. I couldn't give up. In 2013 Seu and

two other families of soldiers killed in Snatch Land Rover is one a

landmark ruling at the Supreme Court enabling them to sue the MoD because

of the Human Rights Act was deemed to apply to soldiers on the

battlefield. It was the publication here in July last year of the report

into the enquiry into the Iraq war by Sir John Chilcot that changed

everything. It gave a damning assessment of how for years the

Ministry of Defence failed to replace the inadequate and lightly

armoured snatch land Rovers. Almost a year after the Chilcott report,

Sue's case and two other families were settled. She received a letter

of apology from the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, in which

he wrote... It means that he didn't die for nothing, at the end of it

all. That is something. That is the only thing I can say. Sue's 12 year

legal battle with the army that send her son to Iraq is finally over, but

her grief will endure. The UK has pledged ?5 million

to help the victims of the mud slide in the west African

state of Sierra Leone. 400 people are known to have died

and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused

the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of

the capital Freetown. The International Development

Secretary, Priti Patel, said the money would be

used to provide food, Portugal has declared a state

of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating

some of the country's forests. Thousands of firefighters have been

tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several

villages have been evacuated Food manufacturers will be told

to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready

meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood

obesity in England. Last year, the government asked

companies to cut the sugar But charities and health campaigners

say ministers "must try harder" Food manufacturers and retailers

have already been told to cut sugar content by one fifth by 2020. It is

not compulsory but when the childhood obesity strategy was

unveiled last year there were hints that if the industry didn't comply

there would be legislation. Now the same approach is to be adopted for

calorie content in manufactured products including ready meals,

pizza, curry, savoury snacks and sandwiches. This could mean smaller

portions or reducing high calorie ingredients. No figures have yet

been announced. An average man is said to need around 2500 calories a

day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman the

figure is around 2000. For school-aged children it is anything

between 1600 and 2500. Health officials say people on average

consume between 200 and 300 calories more than they should, so action has

to be taken. We know through our work on salt that a voluntary

programme of salt reduction has worked. We are seeing very positive

signs from the industry on sugar reduction. So we consider that a

calorie reduction programme would be possible as well. The National

Obesity Forum said there was next to nothing to show for the government's

last 12 months of work, and that was a serious disappointment. The

British Medical Association said the government hadn't strengthened

existing controls on how unhealthy food and in some marketed to

children. -- drinks are marketed. We can return to our main story

and Spanish police say they've stopped a second terror attack,

shooting and killing five people in the town of Cambrils,

south of Barcelona. The operation's linked

to yesterday's van attack that left Our Europe correspondent

Gavin Lee is in Barcelona. Gavin, you're overlooking Las

Ramblas, the scene of the attack. Just tell us a little more of what

we know what happened yesterday afternoon. Well, the chronology of

what police said happen, as you can see, the police have lifted the

police caught him, this is where the van finished after 500 metres

driving a long Las Ramblas at up to 50 miles an hour through the crowd

of people -- police cordon. The whole place was packed. People said

you couldn't move, it is the busiest, most famous promenade in

the whole of Spain. What the police are saying is after the car drove,

use or scene where there were bodies lying in the street, some people

were rushing to help, some 13 people killed. More than 80 people injured.

15 people currently in a critical condition in hospital. The driver of

the car fled on foot. He hasn't been seen since. The manhunt for him

continues. What we know of a wider attack which the Prime Minister,

Trade Minister Rajoy, says is a jihadist attack, is two men 500

metres from here were arrested in connection with the attack, one of

them, Driss Oukabir, is the man whose name was on the rental

agreement. There was a firm mandate was shot dead by police after a car

chase" in the city. There was a second attempted attack. 120

kilometres south of here in a town called Cabrils on the coast five

people injured after Cabrils drove into them. Some people in the car at

the A to B wearing suicide vests. And the moment is these attacks are

linked. We have six people dead, two questioned and a manhunt for the

main suspect driver and no real sense of how big this attack is.

Yes, Gavin, as you take us through what is really now quite a complex

pattern of events, all linked, as police are saying, really getting a

sense of the sale of what happened, both there and now with the other

link events. The thing to point out about this is you can probably hear

and see behind me that people with suitcases just art into a pair with

children who many of them overnight were waiting for some of them 9-10

hours in the dark, on the one hand to as police a evacuate the city, to

keep away, on the other side tourist, thousands of them without

hotels, people just arriving. Locals told to stay away and the bars and

restaurants as well for five hours last night the supermarkets were all

hidden and told to stay and keep quiet. The police went door-to-door

to question people to find out whether one of those involved in the

attack was still here. This is the biggest terrorist attack in Spain

for more than ten years since the Madrid bombings in 2004. And right

now we are just at the start of this investigation. As we look at the

street behind you a lot of that people from the UK will know

Barcelona well and they will have been to that place. They will be

thinking themselves and security analysts will be thinking about what

protection could be in place and how in other big European cities

precautions have been taken about those kind of areas where there are

lots of pedestrians. And we look at the street and seek that now.

UN I spoke after the attack in Nice, the attack on Brussels, the truck

attack in Berlin, this has become a thing where big pedestrian areas are

cordoned off. The other senses, according to the Spanish media, the

CIA warned Spanish officials two months ago to say that Las Ramblas

was being targeted, to be prepared. It may explain why the eyewitnesses

on the street say the police were rapid in their response. But still

this morning no new details yet as to where this man-hunt is going, as

the police continue their search. For the moment, thank you. We will

be speaking to you throughout the morning. And some of the tourists

caught up in the event, and we will be speaking to some of those caught

up in the event shortly. This is a shot taken from Cambrils, where

overnight there has been another incident which police in Spain are

saying was connected to Barcelona. They have shot dead five suspected

terrorists in the seaside resort of Cambrils during the night, saying

they were thwarting what they believed to have been an attack

similar to the one in Barcelona hours earlier. So lots of questions

still to be answered about the connection between these two events,

and exactly what is going on. And as Gavin was saying they are still

searching and they haven't yet found the man who was driving the van in

Barcelona. We will try and get to the bottom of exactly what is going

on, but the authorities at the moment are still investigating. So

many things happening, we will keep you right up to date throughout the

morning and speak the eyewitnesses as well.

Here is Matt with a look at this morning's weather,

and he is at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.

Good morning. A very good morning to you as well. The reason we are here

as this will be the start in finishing point of the clip around

the world race. It is one of the world's longest ocean races,

covering 40,000 nautical miles over 11 months, over six continents and

six ocean crossings. There will only be one professional sailor, the rest

of the crew entirely made up of amateurs -- Clipper Round the World

Yacht Race. 40% of the amateurs had never sailed before in their life.

We will be talking to one of those later in the programme and to the

founder later, in around half an hour's time. But here, at the

moment, we have a shower pushing its way through and it is a sign of what

is to come for many of you. Taking a look at the forecast, it is a day

once again across the UK of sunshine and showers but unlike yesterday and

the day but all there will be a bit more in the web showers than we have

seen. So hard pressed to completely avoid them. Wet at the moment across

parts Scotland. Showers will be pushing their way to the north-east,

where they will become quite heavy and persistent, and this is where we

could see around 50 millimetres, that is around two inches of rain,

throughout the day. Brightening up a little bit in western Scotland

compared to what we have at the moment. A bit of sunshine between

the showers. Heading further south across Midlands, East Anglia and the

south-east, this is where we will have a few showers to start with. Do

not leave your umbrella because there will be a few more developing,

a greater chance of one or two coming your way compared to

yesterday. Blustery winds bringing the showers in, and that wind will

be pretty lively at times towards the south-western and western parts

of Wales. You may be stubborn sunshine but showers will never be

too far away, and some heavy showers working into Northern Ireland,

especially pushing across southern parts. Those showers really will get

going. The most persistent rain will be in the of Scotland. The showers

could come with hail and thunder across England, Wales and Northern

Ireland. You would be completely hard pressed to avoid them but there

could be some sunshine around at times, and in the sunshine,

especially in the south-east, you might get 20 degrees. Through the

day, temperatures for most of the teams. The winds could pick up into

the evening across Northern Ireland, Wales and England in particular. We

could see further heavy showers working their way eastwards.

Improvements towards the north-east of Scotland overnight and because it

stays blustery overnight, temperatures should not drop away

too much. Maybe down into single figures through some rural parts for

the weekend. As for Saturday, but last three to begin with and a few

showers around, especially across western areas. Compared to today,

fewer showers by and large in northern and eastern parts of

Scotland will have about the improved day. A lot more in the way

of dry weather. Temperatures similar to today's values but the winds

eased down and touch it will feel a touch warmer. As we go into Saturday

night the showers continue to clear. We will see winds for that light is

so probably a bit of a cool night to take us into Sunday. Competitions as

we go into Sunday. We have the remnants of what was Hurricane Gert.

There is the chance of some heavy burst of rain working in from the

south-west. And with that comes some slightly humid air as well. What I

will say about Sunday's forecast, if you have got plans to change them

yet, because that forecast could change. I will keep you updated. In

the very much, we will see you throughout the programme. We will

look through the front pages. It is worth a word of caution that

inevitably because of the events in Barcelona, some of the photographs

chosen contains some very grim images. Unavoidable, I'm afraid.

Particular cell inside pages. On the front page of the Times, they write

simply evil strikes again. Tourists and residents trying to help one of

the victims of that attack in Barcelona. On the front page of the

Daily Mail, they call this a massacre and some of the images of

the immediate aftermath, and inside more coverage. Drawing attention

amongst other things, many of the papers drawing attention to just how

many people go to Las Ramblas. It is one of those places of an evening

where so many people spend time. During the afternoon we know it is

absolutely packed, with many holidaymakers, are very, very famous

place. It is the sort of Mecca. And all of these victims coming from all

over the world. It is very much a tourist destination, as well as

people who live in Barcelona, as well. The front page of the Daily

Telegraph, more pictures. Van ploughing into the crowd, killing at

least 13 people. The van jumping onto the pavement, and mowing down

pedestrians in its way. So many stories about how people managed to

escape. We will hear one of those now, actually.

People fleeing the attack in Barcelona yesterday were forced

Jessica Tanner was shopping when the van hit a nearby market stall.

Jessica, good morning to you. I know you are OK, but tell us what

happened. What did you see? My friend and I were shopping along Las

Ramblas. We were actually where the... The stall where the van first

drove into, we were taking pictures of the street. And there was a shop

across the road may friend wanted to go into. We crossed the street, and

literally minutes later we hear a massive bang behind us. Screaming,

and crying. And instinctively we just ran with the crowd, and he had

in some of the local shops. And they were trying to throw the shutters

down and the police ran towards Las Ramblas. I think at first everyone

was just praying it was just a road accident or collision. So we went

back up to the main road to see if everything was OK, as it seemed safe

at the time. The police were actually tapering off the area, and

telling us that we needed to go away -- taping. And as we started to turn

we could hear people shouting that shots had been fired. So everybody

ran towards either a cafe or shop, and all the shutters were being

thrown down and people were diving into the shutters. Are clearly

terrifying experience. How long did you have to take refuge for? We were

in there for about two hours. The locals had been... I would say the

emergency services and the locals have been wonderful. Everyone has

stuck together, they let us judge our phones, so that we could wring

our families. They gave us drinks. People were offering to give people

lifts home and taxis were offering to give lifts to tourists. But we

were terrified, because there was banging on the shutters and voices

saying that it was the police, and it was just terrifying because

everyone in the cafe froze because we had no idea if it really was the

police. And it took ages, and a lot of courage, before finally the cafe

owner slowly opened the gates, and it was the police. They told us it

was safe. Jessica, are you OK? Yes, yes. Well, absolutely heartbroken,

but... Well, I appreciate your time. Thank you very much indeed for

joining us and telling us about what was clearly a very terrifying

experience for you. Best of luck for the best of your travels, as well.

We will keep you updated with the police investigation, which is

ongoing. We know a number of terrorist suspects were shot

overnight. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. I'm back with the latest

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to Charlie and Louise. This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt

and Louise Minchin. Spanish police say they have shot

dead five suspected terrorists thought to be linked to the van

attack in Barcelona which killed The suspects, who were wearing

explosive belts, were killed overnight in the resort of Cambrils

after they drove a car into pedestrians,

injuring seven people. Fitzroy Davies was on

holiday in the resort. Some people started running past us,

and then one of our friends look down the street and says, run. Then

the next thing we saw this guy coming running at us. Someone

shouted, call the police, call the police. And then the next thing the

police were right there. It was really quick. And then they started

shouting at the guy. And then the next thing they just shot him, they

shot him and then he fell on the ground, and then he got back up and

then... Like, he went towards the police, and then they shot him again

and then that was it. Police are still searching

for the driver who carried out the deadly attack at Las Ramblas

in Barcelona yesterday. More than 100 injured when a van

was driven into crowds So far, two people have been

arrested in connection I saw a white van with the side door

open. We heard gunshots. Whether it was the police or from the van, I

don't know. We didn't hang around for that. We ran into the Burger

King to get shelter. Joan is visiting from Amsterdam and

was on Las Ramblas when the attack happened. I left a shop 50 metres

from Las Ramblas, walking to Las Ramblas when I heard different

bangs. It was not shooting, but accidental bangs, and then I saw

people falling on the pavement, I think some six people. And then I

was doubting what to do, to run towards, but it was very unclear, we

were not sure what was going to happen. And then people ran towards

the victims on the ground and then we then I think half a minute or a

minute there was police and ambulances.

Throughout Breakfast this morning we will bring you up-to-date with the

very latest. There seem to be two incidents. This is the scene live in

Cambrils where Spanish police have shot dead five. Six people were

injured as a car was driven into a crowd of people. Four of the

attackers in that event were shot dead at the scene. Later confirming

that a fifth person had died of their injuries. They say that about

that event that they were carrying explosive belts. That is at the

scene this morning. There is an ongoing investigation going on in

the seaside town which will be filled with holidaymakers from Spain

and across the world. This is very much a seaside town where evidence

happened overnight last night. In Barcelona in Las Ramblas, this is

the scene this morning. Some parts of Las Ramblas, the barriers have

been put down. We know that 13 people killed in the attack in Las

Ramblas and we know up to 100 others have been injured, some of them

seriously. We will have more on the investigation of course throughout

the programme this morning. Actually, right now we can speak

with a security specialist. It happens that you are in Barcelona

yesterday when this happened. What can you tell us? The situation

evolved incredibly quickly. I was about one kilometre away from Las

Ramblas, which is where I am right now. You can see it behind me. I was

here a couple of hours before the incident took place. What we know,

and certainly information has been confirmed by the local authorities,

is obviously the attack took place here. And this is normally... At the

moment it is the emptiest it has been. Normally it is absolutely

packed, rammed with tourists and foreign visitors and locals

obviously to the city. Yesterday was no different to any other day from

what I have been told by my local contacts here. The development of

this further attack overnight shows that there is very much an active

cell operation, sells co-ordinating with each other here in Spain right

now. And we are waiting on more information on last night's attack

to see if there was any direct contact or whether it was simply

triggered off the back of this attack in Barcelona. So many

questions to be answered - give us a sense of where you are. This is

quite a heavily pedestrianised zone, isn't it? No, it is not. As you can

see guide me, I will try not to move around much, this boulevard is quite

small. It is quite narrow. There is one lane either side for vehicles

and vehicles move up and down here quite quickly. And on this concourse

in which I am standing in the middle of it, there are usually an awful

lot of tourists and pedestrians, there are human statues, there are

traders, so a lot of activity, not on the pavements on either side, in

the centre. So making for the ideal prospect for a terrorist to attack.

What can you tell us about the fact that, as far as I understand, there

were security warnings about the vulnerability of Las Ramblas? Yes,

indeed. Las Ramblas and also the beach promenade. Yesterday, as I

headed over here, I was about one kilometre away, the beaches are

absolutely packed with visitors. This is peak season, after all.

Therefore there are a lot of people. We have seen guards around, quite

visible around the city this week, but I think again Spain has been on

the same levels of alert pretty much as every other European city is

because no other city is exempt from these kinds of threats. We know that

the police were on the scene quickly. What will their priorities

be right now? At the moment they will be undertaking their

investigation. When I got here there were a lot of bluelight services,

medics, Guarda, plainclothes police officers, and they set up the

cordons very quickly. There are a lot of sidestreets, markets, squares

off the side of Las Ramblas. They were pushing back the cordon and

extending it every 15- 20 minutes. At the moment forensically they will

look at the incident itself and gathering as much evidence as they

can. There are a lot of leads following up on. Certainly the

driver, who is still at large as we understand, and their identity is

probably known to intelligence agencies. They will be looking for

any close associates that could create any other problems or attacks

on the mainland. That is just what they wanted to ask you as a final

thought, because, as you say, it is peak tourist season, there are many

tourist from all over the world including Britain in Spain at the

moment. Yes, certainly the hotels around the city, mine included, have

taken some very good proportions. They have got a much more robust

physical security presence, quite a lot of them, including mine,

blocking off vehicle access with large minivans to prevent vehicles

coming up to the entrances of the hotel. So it is a very important

thing for the city to try to settle back into it as much as it came in

the wake of this horrific incident, which will be a challenge in itself.

But especially to reassure the tourists and foreigners who are not

only here, who are intending to travel here, that they have the

situation in hand. And from what I am seeing I feel confident that they

are on their game right now. Thank you very much. And I know you are

with us through the programme. Thank you. We will keep you up-to-date

with everything in connection to the attack. Reuters newsagency is a 26

French citizens are known to have been injured, that is from the

French Foreign Ministry. And of course we are awaiting the

identities of 13 confirmed dead so far. So more on that of course

throughout the programme this morning. Let's tell you about the

other news as well. It's emerged that the Defence

Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has personally apologised

to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured

Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. Philip Hewett died

in a bombing in 2005. Four years ago, his family won

the right at the Supreme Court In his letter, Sir Michael

apologises for the delay in introducing protective vehicles

which he says "could have saved The UK has pledged ?5 million

to help the victims of the mud slide in the west African

state of Sierra Leone. 400 people are known to have died

and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused

the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of

the capital Freetown. The International Development

Secretary, Priti Patel, said the money would be

used to provide food, Portugal has declared a state

of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating

some of the country's forests. Thousands of firefighters have been

tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several

villages have been evacuated Food manufacturers will be told

to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready

meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood

obesity in England. Last year, the government asked

companies to cut the sugar But charities and health campaigners

say ministers "must try harder" The new plans could see the size

of products reduced or ingredients are right up-to-date with the latest

news and we will be live in Barcelona and also in Cambrils

through the programme to keep you up-to-date with the emerging stories

coming out of there and we will speak with eyewitnesses as well.

Right now, though, Jessica has the sport. Talking Cricket this morning

to start with because obviously England against the West Indies.

Much built up because it was the first day-night Test in England and

because it was played under floodlights there is talk of a pink

ball being used - will it be different, how would it feel? I

think the jury is still very much out on the final decision. We will

hear from the England captain Joe Root in a second. The jury is out on

whether it affects plate and whether it was any good for England to

practise with this pink wall ahead of the Ashes. Yes, because the

lights come on gradually as the natural light goes. They do. That is

how it works in practice. And with cricket players in traditional white

clothing, the ball would be lost, so they had to dye it. Let's find out

from Joe Root himself, whether it made any difference.

Day-night Test cricket arrived in England for the first time,

and England took to it quite nicely, closing the opening day of the first

After winning the toss, England lost early wickets

but a partnership between skipper Joe Root and Alastair Cook put

Cook, the last England captain, scored even more.

He'll resume on 153 not out this afternoon, and England seem at ease

with the controversial pink ball being used for this match.

I think there were periods throughout the whole day really

where, randomly, it started to move around, then it would go very quiet

again. And I suppose trying to identify those quickly and playing

accordingly is going to be very important. But we have a very

skilful bowling unit that I am sure will be jumping at the bit to

hopefully defend a very high first-innings lead.

Adam Lyth hasn't been picked for England for a while,

but he's scoring plenty of runs for Yorkshire.

Last night he broke the record for the highest British domestic

He made 161 against Northamptonshire at Headingley.

Lyth hammered seven sixes and 20 fours as Yorkshire reached 260-4,

England will play France on Tuesday for a place in the final

of the women's rugby World Cup, after beating the USA by 47

Marlie Packer crossed the line twice as the defending champions ran

in seven tries, to win their last Pool match and confirm their place

France made the semi-finals, thanks to a 21-5 win over hosts

They were 21-0 up after just 30 minutes, and comfortably

topped their group after three victories.

Wales couldn't make the semis, but still beat Hong Kong

to win their final pool match with help from two

In the Super League, Castleford beat Wakefield 45-20

Jake Webster scored four of Castleford's eight tries,

as they finished top of the table for the first time

They did it with four games to spare.

Everton are in a strong position to reach the Europa League group

stage after a 2-0 first-leg win over Hajduk Split last night.

But the match was overshadowed by crowd trouble.

The Croatian side's supporters surged towards the Goodison Park

pitch, and threw objects, including seats, as play was stopped

Moments earlier, Michael Keane had scored his first goal for the club,

while Idrissa Gueye completed the victory.

Jo Konta's US Open preparations are going to plan, as she's

into the quarter-finals of the Cincinatti Open.

She beat Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets and will now face

second seed Simona Halep for a place in the last four.

And she can be fairly confident, having beaten Halep

in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last month.

Double track world champion and Olympic silver-medallist

Becky James has retired from cycling.

The Welsh athlete, who's 25, says she intends to start

James won silver in the kierin and sprint races at last year's Rio

In a statement she says she's grateful for the success

This interesting to hear she is starting a baking business. I have

been looking at some of her creations and they are absolutely

fantastic. She is very good at wedding and birthday cakes. You

talked about the light in connection with the cricket, it is that time of

the year when you start noticing the evenings creeping in, don't you? I

find it very disappointing. Good morning to you, Matt. -- good

morning to you. We are at Albert Dock in Liverpool, at the start and

finish of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which begins this

Sunday. Some of the yachts taking place behind me. 40,000 nautical

mile race around the world, mainly by amateurs. To tell us more about

it, the first person to sail non-stop around the globe in 1968,

thank you very much for joining us. What made you want to set up this

race? I think there is always an opening for adventure these days,

but I was in Greenland and they told me how much it costs to climb Mount

Everest and I realised I could set up an opportunity for people to sail

around the world for half the price. I put an advert in the paper, got

8000 ounces and thought I'd had better do it. The crucial thing is

it is mainly amateurs, the only professionals are the skippers --

8000 answers. It is difficult at the start, people are not used to living

in a camp isolated from the rest of the world, the nearest humans

probably being the space station. So they have to get used to giving and

taking and working together. I keep saying to people, why do the easy

things in life. You will have much more to be proud of doing the tough

things, you don't have to boast about it, but you can be proud of

it. The hardest thing they have to face is that solitude away from the

rest of the world. That's right, and having to put up with other people,

cheek by jowl for weeks. If you are taking part in another one, what

sort of person are you looking for? A person with enthusiasm and

willingness. I will turn them into a sailor. Good luck with the race, and

the weather may play a part to begin with. Let's see what you have to

say! We could have the remnants of an old hurricane with us as we go

through the weekend. The day of sunshine and showers for the UK.

Unlike yesterday there will be a few more showers around, so a greater

chance of getting wet at least at some point during the day. The

wettest parts will be in north-east Scotland where we have some hefty

downpours in the west, pushing their way over the North Sea. Western

Scotland should brighten up over the next few days and we should see a

bit more sunshine at times. Showers rattling across northern England on

the breeze, sunshine in between. Further south there are a few

downpours across the south-east and East Anglia. They were clear and the

next big batch of showers will be later this afternoon. There will be

a lot of dry and sunny weather around for your morning commute but

don't be fooled. If you want to stick your umbrella in just in in

case, there will be more showers by the time you finish your journey

later on. Showers in south-east England and Wales during the next

few hours, some of those could become a little bit on the heavy

side and it is around the showers the winds will be at their

strongest. The showers properly quite persistent across southern

parts of Northern Ireland in particular, working in the western

Wales by the end of the afternoon. If you look at the chart through the

day, notice that little clumps of blue, the showers, starting to

appear just about anywhere. I can't promise anywhere will stay

completely dry through the day. Worst of all across the north-east

of Scotland where we could see up to 50 millimetres, two inches of rain.

The wind coming in from the west and very last resort will feel cooler

than yesterday. The best of the temperatures towards East Anglia and

the south-east, probably into the low 20s here. It is going to remain

and breezy, heavy with hail and thunder. And the wind could persist

through the evening and overnight so if you are camping towards the south

of the country in particular it is a night to really stamp down the tent

pegs. Those winds will be particularly gusty. The temperatures

should not drop away too much given the breeze. It means for the weekend

we start on a cool and blustery night out of anything Saturday fewer

showers than we have seen today. Fewer showers across western areas,

not many reaching the eastern part of the country. The eastern parts of

Scotland, similar to today's values but a touch warmer given the wind

easing down later. As the winds is down, Saturday night will be a

rather cool one. Into Sunday, a big publication as we start to see the

remnants of what was Hurricane Gert coming away. Mainly the moisture

rather than the wind. It will be a blustery day for some across the

south-west on Sunday, but it is how far that Ren gets. Most will start

dry with some sunshine, that will last into the north and east of the

country, later turning more human. But if you haven't got any plans,

don't change them yet. Stay tuned to the forecast because it could

change. I will have more details throughout the morning. Back to

Charlie and Louise. Will do, and it is a lovely sunrise behind you.

Let's take you back to our main story, events in Barcelona and Spain

overnight, and this is the scene in Las Ramblas, the scene of that

devastating attack using a vehicle. 13 people were killed, and up to 100

others injured, some of them very seriously. It is interesting looking

at this image, many people will have been to Las Ramblas, but you can see

the stores already setting up and you get a sense of how busy this

street is. Even the day after this event, already many, many people

using that street. Obviously locals who use it to move around Barcelona

itself, but also the tourists, who of course flocked to Las Ramblas.

That investigation ongoing, of course. And according to the Catalan

regional government, citizens of some 24 different countries were

amongst those who were affected, killed or injured in this attack. We

know that one Belgian National is confirmed to have died in that

attack. At the same time, overnight we have learned that Spanish police

have shot dead five suspect that terrorists in Cambrils, which is

about 100 kilometres south of Barcelona. We will bring you up to

date throughout the morning, but a bit earlier we spoke to our Europe

correspondent, who is in Barcelona, overlooking Las Ramblas, where the

original attack took place. And this is where the white van

finished, after 500m driving along Las Ramblas at up to 50 miles an

hour through the crowd of people, it happened that 5pm yesterday

afternoon. The whole place was packed, I was speaking to people

yesterday and you couldn't move. This was the most famous promenade

on the whole of Spain. What the police are saying is after the car

drove, you could see where there were bodies lying in the street,

some people were rushing to help, 13 people killed, more than 18 people

injured, 50 people currently in a critical condition in hospital, the

driver of the car fled on foot. He has not been seen since. The

man-hunt continues for him. What we know of the wider attack, which the

Prime Minister here, Mariano Rajoy, said is a jihadist, Islamist

inspired attack, is that two men in a bar 500m from here were arrested

in connection with the attack. One of them, a man called Driss Oukabir,

is the man whose name appears to have been on the rental agreement.

Another man was shot dead by police, there was a second attempted attack

100 kilometres south of here in a town called Cambrils. This time, the

police are claiming they shot five people dead, some of those in the

car who appeared to have been wearing suicide vest and at the

moment the main hypothesis from the police is that the two attacks are

linked. We have six people dead, to make people being questioned and a

man-hunt for this main suspect driver, and no real sense at the

moment of how big this attack is. And as you take us through what is

really now quite a complex pattern of events, we really are getting a

sense of the scale of what happened yesterday, both they are, and now

with those of other linked events. Yes, and the thing to point out

about this is, you may be able to hear, or perhaps see behind me, some

of the people with suitcases starting to appear with children,

many of whom overnight were waiting for nine, ten hours in the dark. The

police evacuated the city, keeping people away. The other side of this

is tourists. Thousands of them were without hotels, locals living in

their homes, told to stay away. And the bars and restaurants down here

as well, for five hours last night the supermarkets were all told to

keep quiet, while the police went door-to-door to question people, to

find out whether one of those involved in the attack was still

here. But this is the biggest terrorist attack, Charlie, in Spain

for more than ten years, since the Madrid bombings back in 2004. And

right now we are just at the start of this investigation. And as we

look at the street behind it are, a lot of people from the UK will no

Barcelona well and will have been to this place. And security analysts

are thinking about what protection could be in place, and how in other

big European cities precautions have been taken about those kind of areas

where you know there are a lot of Austrians. And we look at that

street and we inevitably think that now, don't we? -- a lot of

pedestrians. This has become a common thing, where big pedestrian

areas are cordoned off. Can you think of a bigger famous pedestrian

area than this, this and the Champs-Elysees are perhaps the

biggest ones. The police awareness may explain why it, when we spoke to

some of the eyewitnesses, the police were Rabbit in their response. They

were on the scene within minutes. But as I say, still this morning no

new details yet as to where this man-hunt is going, as the police

continue their search. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. I'll be back with all

the latest in half an hour. Now, though, it is back

to Louise and Charlie. This is Breakfast with

Louise Minchin and Charlie Stayt. Spanish police say they have shot

dead five suspected terrorists, thought to be linked to the van

attack in Barcelona which killed The suspects, who were

wearing explosive belts, were killed in the seaside resort

of Cambrils overnight. Police are still searching

for the driver who carried out Three days of mourning

have been declared. We'll be live in Spain

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Thank you. Our main story is those events

in Spain where overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead

by police in the coastal Police say the men, some

of whom were wearing explosive belts, are linked to the attack

in Barcelona yesterday afternoon 13 belts, are linked to the attack

in Barcelona yesterday afternoon. 13 people were killed

there when a van was driven into crowds in a popular

tourist area called Las Ramblas. It's believed 15 of those

are in a critical condition. So far, two people have been

arrested in connection with the attack in Barcelona,

but police say they're still searching for

the driver of the van. The latest on the situation now

from our reporter Sarah Corker. In the early hours of Friday

morning, a dramatic shootout in a holiday resort of Cambrils,

120km south of Barcelona. The authorities say five suspected

terrorists wearing what appeared to be suicide belts

were shot dead by police. Police opened fire

after the attackers drove The next thing, police arrived

there, really quick. Then they started shouting

at the guy and the next thing, The incident in Cambrils has been

linked to the deadly than attacking in the heart of Barcelona

just hours earlier. Hundreds of holidaymakers, locals,

shoppers ran for their lives. This white van was used

as a weapon to kill. For half a kilometre the vehicle

ploughed into pedestrians on Spain's I saw a white van with

the side door open. Whether it was on police or the van,

I don't know, we didn't hang We ran into the Burger

King to not get shot. Police released this

photo of Driss Oukabir, born in Morroco, whose documents

were used to hide the van, but latest reports suggest he told

police his passport was stolen. Two people have been arrested

but police say neither The so-called Islamic State group

said it was behind the attack. TRANSLATION: I want to express

the solidarity of the whole of Spain with Barcelona, today hit

by jihadist terrorism, like other cities around

the world before it. The authorities are now linking

the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils with an explosion

on Wednesday in the town of Alcanar, Police believe suspects at the house

were preparing explosives. And, as people anxiously wait

for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned

the number of dead may rise. Our Europe correspondent Gavin Lee

is in Barcelona overlooking Las Ramblas where the

attack took place. This is an emerging story with many

questions we don't know the answer to. What can you update us on? In

the last couple of minutes the police in Spain confirmed that are

looking at a wider terror cell. There is a bigger group of people

based in Barcelona. They were not on a terror watch list. They were not

on the radar. If we go back to the events that we know. At 5pm

yesterday a white van ploughed through the crowd of people 50 miles

an hour half a kilometre for the first time Las Ramblas has been open

for the last hour. We know the man fled on foot and hasn't been seen

since. The main suspects in the attack which killed 13 people, left

88 injured, 15 in critical condition, is still on the run. Two

men have been arrested in a bar close to Las Ramblas. Those we are

told... One of them is the man believed to have had signed out or

rented the vehicle. A Moroccan national living in Spain by the name

of trees -- Driss Aloukbir. Police in a separate town, there was

another car attack, five pedestrians injured, two in critical condition,

and that is where the five men in the car were shot dead. Some are

said to have been wearing suicide vests. They are looking at the

incidence arrested. And further information. On Wednesday night

there was an explosion south of here in Zahra. They found 20 bottles of

butane gas and they found one person dead on the property. The manhunt

after the biggest terror attack in Spain since 2004 is under way. So

many eyewitness reports as to what happened with people fleeing and the

rest of it. It seems the police were very quick on the scene. Rapid. The

fact is to consider - Spanish reports suggest the CIA warned the

Spanish authorities two months before the attack to say that there

was going to be something planned on Las Ramblas and to be alert.

Questions will start to come out about what was going on in terms of

stopping people, stopping vehicles going the busiest, most famous

pedestrian street in Spain. We saw what happened in Nice and before

that. Right now the focus is quickly on focusing the manhunt on the one

suspect who drove through people here who is still missing. Thank you

very much. You are there through the morning to bring us the very latest.

This is an ongoing situation that is changing all of the time and we will

keep you right up-to-date. Yes. The government is making reference to

this place called Cambrils, a coastal town.

Just to give you a sense of the geography, this is a live shot

looking out to sea, it is a coastal town 68 miles down the coast from

Barcelona. This is the scene of the second attack. We know that five

suspected terrorists were shot dead at the scene as a vehicle tried to

ram into people. We know that the number of civilians were caught up

in the attack. Two of them are in a serious condition. So, this is

Cambrils, the focus of a link part of the investigation over what

happened in and around Barcelona yesterday and more of that coming

up. And we know that the attack happened

in Barcelona, and you can see already it only happened at 5pm

local time yesterday afternoon, but already people are returning to the

street, as definitely was saying, it is a very busy popular tourist

destination and this morning so many people returning there. We

understand from the Spanish authorities that citizens of 24

countries were among those affected by yesterday's attack. And we will

keep you right up-to-date. An ongoing situation. Spanish police

are looking at a wider terror cell linking this attack, what happened

in Cambrils and something, an explosion, which happened on

Wednesday night as well. We will keep you up-to-date with those

emerging new signs as well. It's emerged that the Defence

Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has personally apologised

to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured

Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. Philip Hewett, died

in a bombing in 2005. Four years ago, his family won

the right at the Supreme Court In his letter, Sir Michael

apologises for the delay in introducing protective

vehicles which he says In just over ten minutes

we will speak to Roger Bacon, whose son Major Matthew Bacon

was killed on patrol in Basra. The UK has pledged ?5 million

to help the victims of the mud slide in the west African

state of Sierra Leone. 400 people are known to have died

and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused

the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of

the capital Freetown. The International Development

Secretary, Priti Patel, said the money would be

used to provide food, Portugal has declared a state

of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating

some of the country's forests. Thousands of firefighters have been

tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several

villages have been evacuated Food manufacturers will be told

to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready

meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood

obesity in England. Last year, the government asked

companies to cut the sugar But charities and health campaigners

say ministers "must try harder" Food manufacturers and retailers

have already been told to cut sugar It's not compulsory

but when the childhood obesity strategy was unveiled last year

there were hints that if the industry didn't comply

there would be legislation. Now the same approach is to be

adopted for calorie content in manufactured products,

including ready meals, pizzas, curries, savoury

snacks and sandwiches. This could mean smaller

portions or reducing An average man is said to need

around 2,500 calories a day For an average woman

the figure is around 2,000. For school-aged children it's

anything between 1,600 and 2,500. Health officials say people

on average consume between 200 and 300 calories more

than they should, so action has We know through our work on salt

that a voluntary programme of salt We're seeing very positive

signs from the industry So we consider that a calorie

reduction programme would be But the National Obesity Forum said

there was next to nothing to show for the government's

last 12 months of work, and that was a serious

disappointment. The British Medical Association said

the government hadn't strengthened existing controls on how

unhealthy food and drinks You are up-to-date with all of the

latest news and the main story really is all about yesterday's

attack in Barcelona. Yesterday's attack in Barcelona

happened at the height of the holiday season

and in one of Europe's The Foreign Office has issued advice

to visitors to "stay inside and away from Las Ramblas"

and wait for police to say We can speak now to Ethan Spibey

who is on holiday in Barcelona and was caught up in

the aftermath of the attack. Thank you so much for taking the

time to speak to us this morning. Just give us a sense of where you

were when things began to unfold. We were basically trying to find

somewhere within one and half hours before we had crossed the main bit

where the van hit and we were just looking for someone to relax with a

glass of wine. We were sat on the cafe right on the corner and we have

been there for about an hour. And I had my back towards the road and my

partner was just facing towards it. And then there was just this

almighty loud bang and it was the screams and then everybody just kept

running. And then their worst tables, glasses everywhere. And my

partner was just saying stay calm. It was like people had vanished and

everybody was just running everywhere. And then there was a

second round which scared everybody out and then everybody started

running. We were pushed inside this cafe that was on the corner.

Everyone was running everywhere just drive -- to try to hide. People can

hear the emotion in your voice. I appreciate you taking us through

what happened. How close were you from the van, how far? Within 100

metres, within 50 - really close. When we turned around because the

bodies on the floor. At first we wanted to help everybody. But as my

partner said, you have to call the police. The police were there so

quickly. It was only an hour before when we were saying, there are so

many people around. And then as soon as it happened, within seconds they

were surrounding, they were barricading the roads. They were

really quick. You took shelter in a cafe, and you

are there for quite some time, won't you, before you felt safe to emerge.

Yes, we got into a cafe, and they started putting the shutters down.

And because of the loud bangs, all that was going through my head was I

was remembering Paris and London, obviously when the Paris attackers

were just going into bars and restaurants, we were thinking we

were going to get shot, and everybody was rushing upstairs. We

were hiding in the corner, but because we were so close to where it

happened, they opened the back door, so everyone escaped and ran up the

road that way. And we were all just pressed against the wall in case

another car came up. But yes, we were there for some time. One of the

extraordinary things about this event, and you were so close to it,

is that we have been showing the pictures of the area this morning,

and some people will no Las Ramblas well. Already people are on that

street, the stalls which there are set up. People will go back, as they

are this morning. It has been opened already. It is a very busy

pedestrian zone, absolutely packed. Presumably by 4pm yesterday

afternoon this would have been absolutely packed with people.

Absolutely. When we were trying to find somewhere to sit, you couldn't

even walk in a straight line, because there were so many people

around. I had never been to Barcelona before this trip, and I

was saying to my partner how it is very touristy. It is quite nice,

because everybody just having fun, no care in the world. And then

something tragic like this happens, and it is really surreal. We are

getting a sense this morning of the scale of this attack. We know that

over 100 people injured, we know that 13 have been killed, and I am

sure that your thoughts, as with those of a number of people, are

with those who have been directly injured and killed. Yes, absolutely.

We couldn't sleep last night, because when we were walking back to

the hotel, we didn't even want to walk anywhere, because I thought I

just want to be where the police. Seeing everybody on the roads, and

hearing this morning about the second attack, my heart breaks for

them. You kind of think, you don't ever think it is going to happen.

You kind of give it a second thought, and I was saying to people

yesterday, when you see these things of the news and you see people

running, you don't convert handed until it is in your life as well. It

is an experience and a feeling that will last with me forever. And I

just feel for everybody else who is involved. Stephanie, we thank you

for your time this morning, and we wish you well. I am so sorry you

have been caught up in those events, but we wish you and your partner

well. Thank you for taking time for us this morning. We have been

speaking to a couple of eyewitnesses this morning, and so many of them

speaking about the terror and fleeing and taking refuge in these

shops. A programme of course this morning dominated by those events in

Spain. It is very much an emerging story as police are still searching

for the man who drove that vehicle in Barcelona. We know about events

in Cambrils overnight, where five suspected terrorists had been shot

as well. We will keep you right up to date throughout the morning.

Here is Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

He's at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.

Very good morning to you. I am in Liverpool this morning. If you have

not been with us all morning, the reason we are here is because on

Sunday began the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. It is a biannual

race which started in 1996. It is a 40,000 nautical mile race around the

world, and the crew are mainly those formed of amateurs, believe it or

not. Behind me we have a bit of calm for your Friday morning. A yoga

session taking place. One of the crew members is a yoga instructor

and is doing a little bit of a session for the rest of the cruise,

just to give some muggy to UNICEF and to prepare them for what will be

quite an arduous trip around the world. Certainly braver souls than I

am. They have some tough challenges ahead of them. But the challenge

today weatherwise is going to be a case of dodging the showers. Not

just here but UK wide. Looking at the forecast, sunshine and showers

really sums it up. Not really what you want to see in August, there

will be more showers around in recent days and the cool and

blustery wind as well. Heavy downpours across the west and south

of Scotland. They will push towards the north-east and in the north-east

they will remain all day long, probably the wettest place today.

South of that, showers rattling from west to east across northern

England, with gaps in between across the Midlands, East Anglia, and

southern England as well. A few showers at the moment but they will

start to get going through the day. Lively showers in the south-west

England and Wales once again and as we go through the day those could

come with the odd rumble of thunder. Some hail mixed in as well. Blustery

winds to go with the showers. In Northern Ireland some longer spells

of rain this morning across the southern areas, but the showers have

a bit of a shift to them because of the wind. They will not stay with

you for too long before the sunshine returns. Really, through the day,

not many showers to begin with by and large but notice on the chart

how little clumps of loose start to develop. That is an indication that

very few of you will completely mist out, I can't promise anyone will

stay completely dry. The wettest spots are in Scotland, where we

could see as much as 50 millimetres, two inches of rainfall today.

Lottery winds keeping things cooler than recent days. Temperatures in

the mid-teens but towards the south and east into the low 20s at times,

which will be nice enough. Showers into the evening steel, heavy and

with hail and thunder. South-west England and south and Wales will

probably see some of the strongest of those winds. Winds keeping up

through the night, but it does stop the temperatures from falling away

too much, holding in the team were quite a few of you. A rather cool

stuff August into the weekend. Saturday the wind is there. Also

will ease down through the day. There will be showers tomorrow,

mainly in the west. Many eastern areas will stay dry for most of the

day. Temperatures on the face of it the same as today. It may feel just

that little bit nicer as the winds ease down and if you avoid the

showers. A bit of a competition as we go through Saturday night in the

Sunday. It will be cool, dry, fairly clear to begin with as we go through

the night. A cool start to Sunday and at the moment it looks like most

places will start dry on Sunday. Quite a bit of the north and east

will get away with a dry and bright day. The question will be how much

rain pushes in from the south-west. All coming from the remains of

Hurricane Gert. How quickly that rain moves in could be crucial. Do

not make this the last forecast to see if you have plans for Sunday. We

will keep you updated not only for today but throughout the weekend as

well. We will leave you free to join in the class behind. Which I am sure

you are about to do. Thank you very much.

37 soldiers lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan while travelling

in vehicles deemed by the Chilcot Inquiry to be inadequate.

Now letters of apology, written by the Defence Secretary,

Sir Michael Fallon, to the families of three soldiers who died

in the Snatch Land Rover have been made public for the first time.

We can speak now to Roger Bacon, whose son, Major Matthew Baconm

Thank you so much for joining us. You haven't got one of these

letters, but you have seen it. What do you think about it? Well, I have

seen the letter, and the first thing to say is that I am really pleased

that Sue Smith and the other two have had this letter. Their efforts

to get some kind of justice for losses of their loved ones has

worked. And... But it has only worked because of the Chilcot

Inquiry. They knew about this a long time ago. And when I read the

letter, I thought, when I read that first line, we got to the end of the

line and it says regret. And you just think to yourself that this is

not enough. They should be saying they are really, really sorry about

what has happened. To all those who died in Iraq. It is... Matthew died

in the same year as Philip, from the same thing. He was travelling in a

Snatch Land Rover, and he was killed by an IED. Now, those Snatch Land

Rover are mobile coffins. That is what soldiers used to call them.

They provided no protection whatsoever, and the military knew

this, everybody knew this. That they were no good. They were not fit for

purpose. So it seems to me that this has only come about as a result of

the Chilcot Inquiry. And it has taken a year for them from the

publication of it to actually come up with the conclusion that Chilcot

was absolutely right, and that these vehicles were not fit for purpose.

So to see it actually, as it were, in a letter, admitting that they

were wrong, is extremely good. But it just shows what the failings were

at the time. I am wondering, from your point of view, what you would

like to happen next. Is it that you would like a similar letter, or what

would you like to happen? Yes indeed. It does seem to me that

these letters have been written as a direct consequence of the fact that

legal action was taken against the Ministry of Defence. But what about

those other 34 families whose loved ones died in exactly the same kind

of circumstances? Shouldn't they also have received some kind of

letter? From the Ministry, showing that they were extremely sorry for

what happened, and that it is entirely due to the failings within

the military machine that it has happened. Appreciate your time here

this morning. We you with that thought.

We will have all the latest from Barcelona, where 13 people have

been killed and more than 100 injured following a terrorist

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Now, though, it is back to Louise and Charlie.

This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin.

Spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists,

thought to be linked to the van attack in Barcelona which killed

The suspects, who were wearing explosive belts,

were killed overnight in the resort of Cambrils,

after they drove a car into pedestrians, injuring seven people.

Fitzroy Davies was on holiday in the resort.

Some people started running past us, and then one of our friends look

Then the next thing we saw this guy coming running at us.

Then someone shouted, "Call the police, call the police."

And then the next thing the police were right there.

And then they started shouting at the guy.

And then the next thing they just shot him, they shot him and then

he fell on the ground, and then he got back up and then...

Like, he went towards the police, and then they shot him again

Police are still searching for the driver who carried out

the deadly attack at Las Ramblas in Barcelona yesterday.

More than 80 people were injured when a van was driven into crowds

So far, two people have been arrested in connection

And in the last moments Spanish radio has reported a 30 rest and we

will bring you up-to-date on that will be happening more information.

Earlier we spoke with Stephanie Walton visiting Barcelona to

celebrate her partner's birthday. We were really

close and when we turned around because the bodies everywhere on the

floor and obviously at first we wanted to help everybody. But my

partner said, you have to call the police. They were there so quickly.

It was only one hour before when we were like, there are so many police

around, you know, why? Then as soon as it happened they were surrounded,

barricading the road, they were really quick. It was really close.

You took shelter in a cafe. You were there for quite sometime before you

felt safe to emerge. Yeah. When we got into the cafe, they started

putting the shutters down. And because of the loud bang, all that

was going through my head was you know like in Paris and London, I

thought, God, we are going to get shot. Everyone was rushing upstairs

and we were hiding in the corner. But because we were so close to

where it happened, they opened the back door so everybody escaped up

the road and ran up the road that way.

So many eyewitnesses talking about taking refuge. And there is a link

between three different incidents. I want to take you live to the shot of

Cambrils. You can see quite quickly a car in the centre of the street.

And behind the car is the sea. Overnight Spanish police shot dead

five suspected terrorists. They say some of the people... Another car

drove into a crowd. Some of the people they shot dead were wearing

explosive belts. People were injured in that attack and they are

connecting that attack to what happened in Barcelona and also

another event that happened in Alcanar. The Spanish police are

talking right now of a wider terror cell. They say none of the people

arrested on what was called a terror watch list. They are linking these

three different events over the last couple of days in Spain. We have

seen these images, and we assume at this stage it was the car that was

used in the town of Cambrils. Just to give you a sense of the

geography. Cambrils is 68 miles down the coast from Barcelona itself, so,

some distance away. What is emerging this morning, you can see the

removal truck is taking that car away. This morning you can see the

sheer scale of the investigation the Spanish police are involved in. We

have heard more about that and some more details about the injuries of

those involved in the original Barcelona attack as well. We will

keep you right up-to-date on Breakfast. And we want to tell you

about other news as well this morning.

Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has personally apologised

to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured

Philip Hewett, died in a bombing in 2005.

Four years ago, his family won the right at the Supreme Court

In his letter, Sir Michael apologises for the delay

in introducing protective vehicles which he says

The UK has pledged ?5 million to help the victims of the mud slide

in the west African state of Sierra Leone.

400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing

after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse,

engulfing a suburb of the capital Freetown.

The International Development Secretary, Priti Patel,

said the money would be used to provide food,

Food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products

including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign

to tackle childhood obesity in England.

Last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar

But charities and health campaigners say ministers "must try harder"

The new plans could see the size of products reduced or ingredients

Portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds

to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests.

Thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days

and residents of several villages have been evacuated

Exports of food and drink from Britain reached a record high

The biggest sellers were whisky, salmon and beer, which has overtaken

chocolate to be our third biggest seller abroad,

helped by a growing taste for British craft beer in Asia.

But while the weak pound has helped exports, it's meant that shoppers

We will keep you up-to-date with events in Spain. We will be live in

Barcelona this morning on Breakfast. Day-night Test cricket, which is new

to us. It was yesterday, starting today and

runs into the evening when the sun goes down and they play on the

floodlights. Very interesting. Interesting to talk about how

difficult it will be to play with. And I can tell you, good morning

everyone, that England took to it quite nicely.

Day-night Test cricket arrived in England for the first time,

and England took to it quite nicely, closing the opening day of the first

After winning the toss, England lost early wickets

but a partnership between skipper Joe Root and Alastair Cook put

Cook, the last England captain, scored even more.

He'll resume on 153 not out this afternoon, and England seem at ease

with the controversial pink ball being used for this match.

I think there were periods throughout the whole day really

where, randomly, it started to move around, then it would go

And I suppose trying to identify those quickly and playing

accordingly is going to be very important.

But we have a very skilful bowling unit that I am sure will be chomping

at the bit to hopefully defend a very high first-innings lead.

Adam Lyth hasn't been picked for England for a while,

but he's scoring plenty of runs for Yorkshire.

Last night he broke the record for the highest British domestic

He made 161 against Northamptonshire at Headingley.

Lyth hammered seven sixes and 20 fours as Yorkshire reached 260-4,

England will play France on Tuesday for a place in the final

of the women's rugby World Cup, after beating the USA by 47

Marlie Packer crossed the line twice as the defending champions ran

in seven tries, to win their last Pool match and confirm their place

In the Super League, Castleford beat Wakefield 45-20

Jake Webster scored four of Castleford's eight tries,

as they finished top of the table for the first time

They did it with four games to spare.

Everton are in a strong position to reach the Europa League group

stage after a 2-0 first-leg win over Hajduk Split last night.

But the match was overshadowed by crowd trouble.

The Croatian side's supporters surged towards the Goodison Park

pitch, and threw objects, including seats, as play was stopped

Moments earlier, Michael Keane had scored his first goal for the club,

while Idrissa Gueye completed the victory.

Jo Konta's US Open preparations are going to plan, as she's

into the quarter-finals of the Cincinatti Open.

She beat Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets and will now face

second seed Simona Halep for a place in the last four.

And she can be fairly confident, having beaten Halep

in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last month.

Brilliant to see Johanna Konta in such good form. Very good, thank you

very much. We want to keep you up-to-date with

what is going on in Spain and we can show you the live shot we have at

the moment of Cambrils, a seaside resort south of Barcelona. And

overnight we know that Spanish police have shot dead while they are

saying our five suspected terrorists after they drove again a car, and we

presume this might be the car, into a crowd of people last night. Six

people according to El Pais newspaper, injured in that incident,

three of them police, and they shot dead five suspected terrorists and

some of them appeared to be wearing a suicide bomb vest as well. This is

an ongoing situation and police have many questions to answer this

morning. We are picking up more information in connection with the

original attack in Barcelona as well in terms of those killed and

injured. At this stage 13 people we know to be killed in that attack.

Those injured, the figures have been updated slightly. They say 88 people

injured and citizens of 24 countries in all among those killed and the

French Foreign Ministry this morning confirming of those injured, 26 were

French nationals, so that information coming from the French

Foreign Ministry. We have been speaking to eyewitnesses described

what happened when the van drove through the crowds Barcelona in Las

Ramblas. Jessica was shopping when the van hit a nearby market stall.

My friend and I was shopping along Las Ramblas, we were actually where

the first stall, where the van had driven into, we were taking pictures

of the streets and my friend noticed a shot across the road that she

wanted to go into. We crossed the street and literally minutes later

we heard a massive bang behind us and three men were crying and

instinctively we just ran with the crowd and heat in some of the local

shops and they were trying to throw the shutters down and the police ran

towards Las Ramblas. Then I think at first everyone was just praying it

was a road accident. So we had walked back up to the main road to

see if everything was OK. Everything was safe at the time. The police

were taking up the area and telling us that we need to go away. And then

as we did, we could hear people shouting that shots had been fired,

so everybody rants toward -- ran toward a cafe or a shop. People were

diving under the shutters. A clearly terrifying experience for you. How

long did you then have to take refuge? We were in there for about

two hours. The locals, I would say, the emergency services and the

locals - it has been wonderful. Everyone has stuck together. They

let us charge phones so we could call family. They gave us drinks.

People were offering to give lifts home and taxis were offering to give

less to tourists. We were terrified because we heard banging on the

shutters, voices saying that it was the police and it was just

terrifying because everyone in the cafe just froze because we had no

idea if it was the police. And it took ages and a lot of courage

before finally the cafe owner slowly opened the gates and it was the

police who told us it was safe to leave the cafe. Jessica, are you OK?

Yes, yes. Absolutely heartbroken. Yes, we've been hearing from a

number of eyewitnesses this morning. That was one of those who witnessed

the events. Emergency services on the scene within minutes as we have

heard. We are joined now by a security

specialist. You are right on the street where this happens, Las

Ramblas, and we can see quite a few people behind you but what is

emerging is the scale of attacks being anticipated by Spanish police.

Give us a sense of what they are dealing with. Certainly the Spanish

authorities have been very forthcoming in very quick to release

information and intelligence, which is essential in the wake of such

horrific events, to give reassurance to the general public, but also to

tourists. As you can see behind me on Las Ramblas, they need

reassurance that they have the situation under control but what

seems to be becoming more and more apparent is that they have been his

dormant cells, intelligence agencies telling us they were to some degree

under surveillance and they have now come out of hibernation and have

carried out these attacks and what we will be waiting for is to see

what kind of join up there is between these various groups, if any

at all, or whether they were working in isolation. We can hopefully show

our view is that pictures coming from Cambrils, which is around 68

miles away, a seaside town around 68 miles away from where you are, where

they are removing a vehicle, we assume it is the vehicle which was

used in another car attack, a number of pedestrians injured they are, and

we know that overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead

on that occasion, and that has been directly linked to events in

Barcelona. Yes, absolutely. Certainly in terms of these

individuals what is most concerning is that they allegedly had bomb

belts actually on them, and these are five individuals. So what we are

seeing is the marauding terrace type of scenario, that those in the

counterterrorism industry and those providing that service are most

worried about, which is where we things similar to what we saw in

London Bridge and Borough market where there are different phases in

the attack cycle, starting off with a vehicle and then moving to another

form of attack, whether that be IED or using knives, as we saw in

London. Well, this is your area of expertise, and often in these

attacks we hear information emerging about some warnings in the areas.

And we are hearing some suggestions that the Spanish authorities had

been warned of an escalation, the risk of some form of attack. What do

you know about that? Well, a couple of things. I hear rumours that there

was a plot which was foiled earlier this year in Barcelona. But also,

because there is quite a bohemian culture in Barcelona, the viewers

who have been here will know that it has a very liberal, bohemian, kind

of hippie, if you like, culture that prevails. Which in itself also

presents potential grounds for radicalisation to foment. And there

is allegedly, according to some of my sources, a number of cells have

come out of Barcelona from those trying to cause radicalisation. I

don't think it is a massive surprise to authorities that something was

going to happen. It was certainly a question of when. Thank you very

much. And we will catch up with will in the next half-hour or so. Right

now we are going to have a look at the weather.

Here is Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

He's at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.

The sail area of one of these yachts is equal to three Premier League

football pitches. It needs a lot of wind and we have that in the

forecast today. It is a blustery day across the board, and the day of

sunshine and showers. Unlike yesterday, there are probably more

showers around so you will be completely hard pressed to avoid

them. One or two will, but I can't guarantee any one place will stay

dry. Those in Scotland have some lively downpours working their way

north and east was at the moment. They will become more confined to

the north-east of Scotland. Having done across the UK, one or two

showers across England and Wales at present. Already the odd heavy one

about. You will get off to a dry start to your Friday and heading to

work dry but I can't guarantee you will stay that way as you head home.

The winds getting close to gale force at times will be most

noticeable in and around the coasts and some longer burst of rain in

southern parts of Northern Ireland, which will quickly rattled through

the Irish Sea towards western parts of Wales later. Certainly if you

look at the charge through the rest of the day you will notice little

blobs of blue at appearing quite widely across the UK. Showers much

more widespread than they were yesterday. Northern Ireland, England

and Wales are more likely to see some rumbles of with the winds

especially gusty. The wettest spot the ball in parts of north-east

Scotland. We could see up to 50 millimetres, two inches, of rain.

That will leave a lot of surface water around and in the breeze,

temperatures in the teams but we could see low 20s were some across

East Anglia and the south-east. That Sun will have some strength and

warmed to it. A fairly cool night in store, but was blustery winds, still

a few heavy and thundery showers around. It. The temperatures from

dropping too much, most places staying in double figures through

the morning. Rural areas down into single figures as we start Saturday.

A fairly cool start to your weekend given it is August. The wind still

blustery to begin with, still easing down through the day. Effectively

tomorrow, sunshine and showers again but fewer showers around. Those

showers mainly in the west. More of you will spend the day if not