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Convoys of lorries controlled by a single driver will be tested

on roads in England Up to three trucks linked by wifi will be tried

Major travel disruptions on the railways. Passengers are warned to

expect delays of services on much of the network, which have been

cancelled or restricted. Convoys of lorries controlled

by a single driver will be tested The planning controversy that's

getting Alan Titchmarsh worried. This and magnolias, they will all

go. We're live at these historic

gardens, where proposals for a safer motorway junction could mean

the removal of hundreds of trees. Good morning from the future, or at

least, the home of the future. I am looking at how top tech could be

changing the way we look at our lives.

Mo Farah wins the final track race of his career.

Britain's most successful athlete sprinted to victory in the 5,000

metres in zurich, bringing to an end his incredible track career.

And Matt's by the seaside with the forecast.

Good morning. Good morning. I am in Whitby all morning. Bank Holiday

weekend. The sun is up. Heavy rain today in Northern Ireland and

western Scotland. I have the full Bank Holiday weekend forecast coming

up. Thank you. Major travel disruption is expected

over the weekend as millions prepare for the Bank Holiday getaway

amid engineering works on some of the country's

busiest rail routes. Operators have warned

passengers to expect delays, as services between London,

the north-west and Scotland are cancelled and five of London's

biggest stations face disruption. Keith Doyle is at London Euston

station, which will close How will travellers be

affected this weekend? What kind of disruption will we

have? Good morning. It will be a busy day. But tomorrow and Sunday,

this station will be completely closed, meaning no west coast

services from Scotland, Birmingham, into London, or out again. There is

lots of disruption and other key stations in London and across the

UK. Network Rail is using this holiday period to carry out

significant work on major rail projects. 70,000 engineering staff

will be working on the railways over this holiday weekend. They say it

will be good for passengers in the end, but for many wanting to travel

this weekend, well, it could be very difficult indeed.

Travelling by train this Bank Holiday weekend will be difficult

for many, and some journeys will be impossible. Engineering work is

taking place at five of London's main stations. They will have

greatly reduced services. Euston will be close completely on Saturday

and Sunday at the work on HS2 means no trains from Scotland and the

north of England to London on the West Coast Mainline on Saturday and

Sunday. Services from the Midlands will only go as far south as

Rockhampton. Great western services out of Paddington to Wales will be

disrupted until next month with no services between Newport and Cardiff

this weekend. King's Cross Station in London is expected to be very

busy, and it won't just be the stations. Road traffic is expected

to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer Bank Holiday. 5

million people will go to the roads on Monday alone. Nearly a quarter of

the million passengers will use Heathrow today, and over 300,000

will use Gatwick over the weekend. So whether it is planes, trains, or

automobiles, it will be a busy few days.

I mentioned some of the main closures and disruptions. But so

many things are happening that you should check out the advice and

perhaps don't travel. The Nottingham Carnival is on this weekend. The

Rugby League final with the Warriors. Many Premier League games

that usually have supporters using those routes. The company says this

is essential and will transform train travel for years to come up be

they say it is the best time to carry out this work. People are

asking why it has to take place over the same weekend. I am sorry to say

the roads will be busy as well. 18 million journeys expected this

weekend. Some of the major roadworks have been cleared the EU is

congestion, but there will still be a problem. -- to ease. I am sorry,

not much good news. Thank you. South Wales Police missed a number

of opportunities to bring convicted paedophile, Ian Watkins,

to justice sooner, an investigation The Independent Police Complaints

Commission says that from 2008, the force failed to act

on allegations made by seven people about the then lead singer

of the "Lost Prophets." Radical action is needed to help

integrate immigrants into society, In a new report, the

All-Party-Parliamentary Group on "Social Integration" warns

that the immigration debate It's renewing calls

for the government to make The Home Office says it already

funds community cohesion projects, We will be speaking to the chair of

the group, Chuka Umunna, at about 7:10.

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has told Libyan

politicians that they should learn from Theresa May's mistake and avoid

holding elections before they are ready.

During a two-day visit to Libya, Mr Johnson urged all sides

to compromise, in an attempt to unite their divided country.

The UK has pledged ?9 million to help tackle people trafficking

We have been encouraging them and telling them about politics, telling

them about what it takes to fight an election, warning them about some of

the pitfalls of calling elections too soon for instance, one of the

risks they face here because they have not got their ducks lined up

properly. But I am encouraged genuinely by what I have seen over

the last 48 hours. There is the chance for a political deal that

could lead to a successful election. Texas is bracing itself

for Hurricane Harvey, which could be the worst storm

to hit the US mainland in 12 years. The Category 3 storm is expected

to make landfall along There are concerns that torrential

rain could bring life-threatening Plans to test convoys of lorries,

controlled by just one driver, are to be carried out on major

British roads by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut

emissions and reduce congestion. The Department of Transport says up

to three wirelessly connected HGVs will travel together,

with drivers in each to steer and the speed controlled

by the lead vehicle. But the AA says it has major safety

concerns about the idea as our correspondent,

Andy Gill, reports. They call it platooning trucks,

driven by Wi-Fi with much less space between them than normal. This Dutch

project uses two vehicles. The trial announced here will use three. It

will take up less space on the network and improve efficiency and

pass on the savings to the consumer. Each lorry has a driver, but the

main cab has control. To think about how three could travel down a road

in a row, imagine the lead truck is a giant Wi-Fi hub, sending out

signals of the distances and speeds the other two need to travel at. The

Wi-Fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly to signals

than a human being can. The funding announcement was made at a

Lancashire truck factory. They said vehicles in platoon irony chuggers

slipstream so fuel consumption falls. But one road using body is

sceptical. UK motorways are the most congested in Europe. We have more

entrances and exits. Having a platoon of trucks will be difficult

to see the road signs and exit. There will be rigourous safety

checks before any are allowed on the road. Then they will compare real

delivery journeys made by platoon trucks with ones made in the

traditional way. BBC News, Lancashire.

US officials say that the number of American embassy staff affected

by hearing loss while working in Cuba has risen to at least

sixteen, after what they believe were a series deliberate covert

The State Department is probing several incidents dating

back to September last year in which diplomats are thought

to have been hit with a mystery sonic weapon.

But one 53-year-old healthcare worker from Massachusetts has beaten

all the odds to win the biggest single jackpot in American history

Mavis Won-Zik, a mum of two from Chicopee,

came forward yesterday to collect her lottery prize,

telling reporters that she had already quit her job.

Her chances of winning were just one in 292 million.

Firstly, I want to just sit back and relax. I had a pipedream. It came

true. Wanted to retire. It came early. Where do you were? A medical

centre. I was there for 22 years. Do your family know? Well, I have

called my boss and told them I am not going back. Not going back. That

is amazing. She should change her name to wons it. I liked it. How are

you? Talking about people who have won things. He could change his name

as well. She can do whatever she wants, because she has the money. I

am sorry, I am distracting you. A familiar celebration. We will not

see it any more, especially on the track. It has been a long by which

we saw at the World Championships. The final race on British soil. The

final one is in Zurich. I don't mind stretching out that goodbye. He

deserves it. Mo Farah's final race on the track

finishes with victory, He won the 5,000 metres

in the Diamond League by just four Have a look at that. A very tight

one. He beat the man who beat him in the same event at the World

Championship. Getting his own back. This is how you justify a four to ?5

million pricetag. -- ?45 million. Everton are through to

the Europa League group stage thanks to this amazing goal

from new signing Gylfi Sigurdsson. They beat Hadjuk Split 3-1

overall in their playoff. Tottenham will face

the Champions League holders Real Madrid in the group stage

of this season's competition. Spurs were drawn in the same group

as the Spanish champions while Chelsea are alongside

Atletico Madrid and Roma. The England captain will lead

the side out for the Second Test against West Indies at Headingley,

his home ground. That is the stuff of boyhood dreams.

I am sure he wants to follow that up on home ground. Would you like to

Matt's beside the seaside in Whitby this morning with the weather.

Why don't you step aside, we can watch that? We were talking about

that, leave the camera on that all morning, we will go home and have a

coffee. Glorious start in Whitby this morning, beautiful sunrise.

Nice and dry. Bolellli count, we will be here all morning, but they

make their deckchairs on the big side.

Out more about that through the programme and I will try to get

myself up there as well at some point. Let's crack on with the

forecast, a few in the deckchairs this weekend. Bank holiday for many

and there is some sunshine in the forecast and quite a bit of dry

weather but this morning while we have sunshine for many parts, there

is some rain to come, especially in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Starting in Scotland, a scattering of showers this morning with the odd

heavy one and they will get heavier through the day and more widespread

but not everyone seeing them this morning, some staying dry. A dry

start in northern England with broken cloud, like here in Whitby,

sunny spells and the cloud will thicken up later but further south

to the Midlands, East Anglia and southern England, light winds with a

cool start and mist and fog patches and temperatures in single figures

but soon warming up under the light winds and sunshine overhead. That

sunshine extends across much of central, southern England and

through a good part of Wales too. Cloud in Northern Ireland. A lot of

rain in Northern Ireland this week and there's the risk of minor

flooding here through the day because still some heavy bursts of

rain at times. Longer spells of rain possible and that will affect

western parts of Scotland through the day. I don't think anyone plays

will be wet all day long. You should get to see some drier and brighter

moments but these are the areas that will see some of the wettest

conditions and heavy and thundery conditions in Scotland, especially

the north and east later. Temperatures in the breeze in the

mid-to-high teens at best in the north, further south, mid 20s,

pleasant day in store. This evening and overnight we will see showers to

end the day in northern England as the cloud thickens, they will come

and go through the night. Still outbreaks of rain in Scotland and

Northern Ireland, easing from the west gradually but some stay wet in

the morning. Temperatures holding up more than last night given the fact

there will be slightly more breeze and a bit more cloud, especially

further south. Into the bank holiday weekend. Saturday, a story of

sunshine and a few showers. Eder today for Northern Ireland and

western Scotland and heavy downpours in eastern Scotland -- a dry day.

Most of you will avoid the showers altogether on Saturday and feeling

warm in the sunshine that further south you are. As we go into Sunday,

we continue with the largely dry story. Almost UK wide. Most places

will be dry. Cloud amounts will vary quite a bit from one place to the

next and through the day but still sunshine breaking through in many

areas and feeling warm in the sunshine. On the bank holiday,

England and Wales will see sunshine and increasing warmth, especially in

the south, could hit 27 or 28. Scotland and Northern Ireland

starting bright, dry, wet and windy from the west later with gales in

the far west of Scotland. For a bank holiday weekend, can't complain, dry

and sunny for many and particularly warm in southern areas. More updates

through the morning from Whitby. I'll see you in half an hour. Can

you indulge us, you and your camera team, to push the camera away from

you so we can see the sun rise again. Go on then. It has gone

behind the cloud. There we go, it has not quite the image we were

looking for but that looks nice, doesn't... More through the morning

anyway. There's a lovely view. Another view from Whitby. Wonderful.

Is it coming and going? No. We have had our fill, we've had enough.

Let's look at the papers. Has it put you in the mood for the bank all day

weekend? If we get weather like that then we will all be happy! The front

pages. Facebook is publishing a list of people smugglers and slave

trading gangs using Facebook to broadcast the abuse and torture of

migrants to extort ransom money from their families. Traffickers using

videos. An investigation by the Times. The picture is Judi Dench, at

82 she is saying she loves life but she reveals she has failing eyesight

so she can't read a book any more. Sir David Attenborough, 91, suggests

he is more optimistic now about the future of the planet than ever

before, which is nice to think if he is optimistic.

The problems on the rail networks over the weekend are dominating our

coverage this morning but on the front page of the Daily Telegraph,

the roads, driverless lorries with Wi-Fi helping them. They have worked

with convoys on the road and this story is about people using their

phones as sat navs, saying drivers risk being banned from the roads

according to police chiefs. That's on the front page of the Daily Mail,

the driverless lorries. On the front page of the Mirror, lots of

stations, Euston Station closed, others too, lots of works across the

bank holiday weekend. My attention is drawn to that curious image you

have. On the back of the Sun, if you're into boxing or not, there's

an interesting fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, some

saying it's not a genuine sporting event. It's not a very fair matchup

looking at those two pictures! Here's his son, to add to the circus

that is the fight this weekend, his son is wearing a rather snappy suit

and some shades. Conor McGregor junior. He will grow out of that so

quickly! In the way that those big fights do, it has thrown up some

bizarre things along the way. And money. Floyd Mayweather is all about

money, he calls himself the Money Team and by a stepping out into the

ring, sponsorship on his shorts will be $25 million alone. We saw the

belt yesterday, did you see it, with the diamonds and alligator skin.

Very Vegas. Yes it is. Where else would you hold it? We will be

talking later on. It's one of the busiest motorway

junctions in the country with more But plans to improve the M25

at Junction 10 and the A3 Wisley interchange could threaten a number

of rare trees and plants. Highways England says the upgrade

will make the both roads safer but campaigners including

Alan Titchmarsh are calling for British gardeners

to take a stand. Tim Muffett is in Wisley

for us this morning. A glorious location, Tim, but there

is some tension around the place. Good morning. Good morning. What a

fabulous spot this is, the Royal horticultural Society's garden at

Wisley in Surrey. A beautiful sight but you might be able to hear

traffic behind me, that is the a three and it's a very busy road and

as you say it is close to a junction with the Emperor and the. -- a road

three. -- M25 -- A3. Here's an explainer about the situation and

why some people aren't happy. It's been considered a centre of

horticultural excellence for more than a century, but Wisley lies

close to where the M2 meets the A3. The Junction is often congested. At

peak times it's used... According to Highways England it has one of the

highest collision rates in the country and needs improving. The

Royal horticultural Society says one plan being considered would see the

A3 widen. 500 trees would be cut down -- widened. A prospect that has

angered some. This is a giant redwood. You've heard of these,

massive. Over 100 years old. One of several down this great strip. This

along with rhododendrons, magnolias, comedians would all go.

The RHS once Highways England to choose another option, one that

would have less impact on these historic gardens.

Let's have a chat with the curator at RHS Wisley. How bad would this be

potentially in your view? This is a devastating landscape change for

Wisley and it's part of the Surrey countryside, we're talking about a

strip of trees that have been here for 100 years, they are big

redwoods, a huge bank of trees. The trees we see behind me, from their

further down all the way along here and down to there would potentially

go if the decision doesn't go your way? That's right. Three garden

areas, our main arboretum, a garden and that Alston Hill, one of the

famous parts of Wisley. Clearly road expansion is needed, the Junction is

dangerous, congested and changes need to be made. Changes have an

impact, do you accept that? We do and it's important to say the RHS

supports the improvement of this road. I tried it myself every day,

it isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination -- I drive it.

There's an option to widen the M3 that doesn't involve a land grab of

this heritage garden. Do you think the options available, under

consideration by Highways England at the moment, do you feel they are

working with you as well as they should be? They say they are. We

discussed an option which was one of their earliest options which was to

expand the land to the east of the A3 which doesn't involve the land

grab. We don't have the assurances we want and we need to know this

heritage site enjoyed by over 1 million people a year will be safe

and protected. Thanks very much, Matthew. Later we

will talk to a motoring journalist who believes we should take other

things into account when making these decisions. Highways England

have given us a statement, they say they care about the environment and

protecting the habitat around Wisley is a priority as it develops

proposals for the junction. They say they are working closely with the

RHS and they have a proud track record of delivering road

improvements that protects and is an times in Hance is the environment.

Two sides of the argument but there is concern here that if the A3 --

and in harnesses the environment. An announcement is due in the next few

weeks. We will keep an eye on that and you will keep us updated through

the morning. Big brands are always looking

for new ways to try and influence what we buy and Ben's getting

a glimpse of how this might change Good morning. Welcome to what is the

home of the future. It might just looked like any ordinary home but

I'm having a great time this morning because I get to do all sorts of

cool stuff like this, turn on kitchen lights... Magic. They turn

on, they are voice actor and. Let me give you a sense of how these things

change what we do in the future. It looks like an ordinary kitchen but

the fridge knows what you have ordered online because you have

ordered it online and it is in there. Cameras in future will be

able to tell if the stuff you have in the fridge is going off and you

need to use it. Using the Internet it will be able to suggest recipes

you might want to cook with the food about to go off. If you're like me

and you aren't very good at cooking, it will tell the other and when to

switch on, how hot, and you can even control that by sound, you can speak

to your other as well. In the house of the future you don't just use any

old way of making coffee, you do it on an iPad or a tablet. This

controls the coffee maker. Decided I want a cappuccino and I want it to

be strong and let's see how that gets on. While that is making my

coffee this morning, it's worth remembering that brands want to get

involved in this because as advertising and the market gets

crowded, fewer and fewer of us are paying attention to the adverts,

perhaps on TV or newspapers or online, and this could be one way

they get to control what we do. Let's keep an eye on how my coffee's

getting on this morning. Well, yeah, it's a good start to the day, the

coffee's working. But before that,

going to be a bit cloudy but now we I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom This is Breakfast with

Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment. With major engineering works planned

for several railway lines this Bank Holiday weekend,

we'll get the latest from Network Rail

about the disruption. Five years on from the hugely

successful London 2012 Paralympics, we'll ask if there has been any long

lasting change in the way disabled #You raise me up so I can stand on

mountains#. Just one of the 14 number ones

Shane Filan had with Westlife. Shane's been solo since 2013

and will be here on the sofa to tell But now, a summary of this

morning's main news. Major travel disruption is expected

over the weekend as millions prepare for the Bank Holiday getaway

amid engineering works on some of the country's

busiest rail routes. Operators have warned

passengers to expect delays, as services between London,

the north-west and Scotland are cancelled and five of London's

biggest stations face disruption. Road users have also been advised

to expect longer journeys with more traffic predicted over

the course of the weekend. Travelling by train this

Bank Holiday weekend will be difficult for many, and some

journeys will be impossible. Engineering work is taking place

at five of London's main stations: Waterloo, London Bridge,

Liverpool Street, and Paddington, Euston will be close completely

on Saturday and Sunday, and the work on HS2 means no trains

from Scotland and the north of England to London

on the West Coast Mainline Services from the Midlands will only

run as far south as Southampton. Great Western Services out

of Paddington to Wales will be disrupted until next month with no

services between Newport King's Cross Station in London

is expected to be very busy, Road traffic is expected to be 20%

greater compared to last year's 5 million people are predicted

to take to the roads Abda says nearly a quarter

of the million passengers will use Heathrow today, and over 300,000

will use Gatwick over the weekend. So, whether it is planes,

trains, or automobiles, Wifi controlled convoys of trucks

could be on major British roads by the end of next year as part

of a plan to cut emissions The Department of Transport says up

to three wirelessly connected HGVs will travel together,

with drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled

by the lead vehicle. The AA says it has major safety

concerns about the idea. South Wales Police missed a number

of opportunities to bring convicted paedophile, Ian Watkins,

to justice sooner, an investigation The Independent Police Complaints

Commission says that from 2008, the force failed to act

on allegations made by seven people about the then lead singer

of the "Lost Prophets." Our reporter, Mark Hutchings,

has the details. Radical action is needed to help

integrate immigrants into society, In a new report, the

All-Party-Parliamentary Group on "Social Integration" warns

that the immigration debate It's renewing calls

for the government to make The Home Office says it already

funds community cohesion projects, US officials say that the number

of American embassy staff affected by hearing loss

while working in Cuba has risen to at least 16,

after what they believe were a series deliberate

covert attacks. The State Department is probing

several incidents dating back to September last year

in which diplomats are thought to have been hit with

a mystery sonic weapon. Four out of five businesses have

seen the cost of employing staff rise over the last year according

to The British Chambers of Commerce. The companies say the increases

are because of changes to employment legislation

which is aimed at boosting prospects for workers, things

like the apprenticeship levy, pensions auto-enrolment,

and the new higher minimum wage. This is the question of the morning.

If you get it right, I don't even know...

How do you find out the length a lion? You don't!

You use a bag of meat suspended from a tree.

These are penguins... Gosh, they are all being measured. Here's a lion.

This is one being measured at London Zoo as part

The sizes and weights of the creatures are recorded

by the keepers so they can monitor the creatures'

There are currently more than 20 thousand animals and 698 different

You don't want to use anaesthetics on one. There's a gorilla. That is

quite a big task of measuring. Given the choice to measure a line,

gorilla, or a penguin, what do you choose? -- lion. OK, just the first

two then. Gorilla. Lions are too fierce! What amazes me is your

amazement at easing the gorilla over a lion. I would rather measure a

lion. Gorillas are terrifying. You have talked me around. You are both

correct, I think. We won't dwell on it.

In the final track race of his career, Mo Farah emerged

victorious in the Men's 5,000 metre event in Zurich.

He finished with a win! Brilliant. He is such a proud man. You forget

sometimes... Are you going to show the win? Yeah. Fully deserved. Have

a look at this. Exceptionally close. Just managing to hang on. He beat

the man who beat him at the World Championships earlier this month.

It may well go down as one of Farah's most tense races.

The four time olympic champion just managed to hang on at the line,

ahead of the man that beat him in the same final

at the London World Championships earlier this month, Muktar Edris.

Farah will now move onto road racing.

It is amazing to win. I have enjoyed my career. It has been a long

journey. I will miss the track and the people. It is time to start a

new chapter in my life, going on to the road to see what I can do.

CJ Ujah claimed the best win of his young career beating

the World Champion Justin Gatlin in the 100m with a season's best

The American Gatlin finished back in fourth.

Everton are through to the Europa League group stage,

helped by a stunning goal from Gylfi Sigurdsson against Hajduk

Everton led 2-0 from the first leg but Split scored their own wonder

Any nerves were eased seconds after the break thanks

to Sigurdsson's amazing strike, his first for Everton.

A Jordan Pickford penalty save ensured it finished

Tottenham have been given one of the toughest possible draws

in their Champions League group for this season.

They're up against defending champions, Real Madrid.

Also in the group is Borussia Dortmund and Apoel Nicosia,

Spurs will play their home matches at Wembley this season,

They'll come up against former Tottenham players Gareth Bale

Here is how it looks for the other British sides in the draw.

Manchester United are in Group A alongside former winners

Celtic are in another tough group with Bayern Munich and Paris St

Meanwhile, Liverpool will be pleased.

They face Spartak Moscow, Maribor and Sevilla.

Manchester City too will be happy with their draw,

although they face a long trip to Ukraine to take on Shakhtar

England men's manager, Gareth Southgate, has defended

Mark Sampson, the head coach of the women's team,

amid allegations of "bullying and discrimination."

Striker Eniola Aluko made the claims against Sampson,

but he's been cleared of wrongdoing by both an FA investigation

Sampson and the FA deny the allegations and Southgate has

praised the character of his fellow coach.

My feeling is that the culture is very good here. So I cannot talk

about the specific meetings, age groups, I have got involved with,

but I sense that we are heading in a good direction at Saint Georges

Parkhead. The summer was a good example of that.

Now, a legitimate contest or a farce?

Well, the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight this

weekend is splitting opinion and there's no denying it's

Now former boxer Ricky Hatton has revealed his thoughts "pure

However Hatton doesn't blame the fighters for taking the money,

and he's hoping there's a victory for McGregor.

I am a little bit disappointed in how boxing has gone a little bit

lately. It wasn't so long ago when people were complaining they were

too many belts and weight divisions in boxing now. I don't blame Connor

or Floyd, but it shows you how boxing has gone these days, doesn't

it? England can seal the series

against West Indies with victory in the Second Test which starts

later at Headingley. The last Test finished inside three

days and England are big favourites It's one of two Tests to take place

before this winter's Ashes and will see Joe Root lead England

out at his home ground. I am lost for words it is a bit. I

can't describe it. It is a great opportunity to do it here at

Headingley. I have played a lot of cricket here. To become captain here

is very exciting and a very proud day for me. That is the stuff of

dreams. The West Indies, not the team they once were. A huge win for

England last time. You anticipate it again. You never know, he could have

a dream entrance. We are talking about GSCE results.

Amazing stories in among those results. This is the sister of one

of the Manchester bombing victims. Amongst those receiving their GCSE

results yesterday was 16-year-old, The teenager lived on the 13th

floor of Grenfell Tower, and just hours after escaping

from the fire, she went to school and sat her chemistry exam dressed

in the same clothes that she'd fled She was revising for physics while

he was missing. Respect for doing that in those circumstances. Her

mother spoke to us on Breakfast and told us how proud she is.

The teenager lived on the 13th floor of Grenfell Tower,

and just hours after escaping from the fire, she went to school

and sat her chemistry exam dressed in the same clothes that she'd fled

Our correspondent, Adina Campell, reports.

The gloomy grey shell of what is left of Grenfell Tower has been home

to Ines Alves for the past 16 years. But today, she is celebrating her

GSCE results. How was it opening that envelope after what you have

gone through? Mixed emotions. I was disappointed in some subjects that

mostly glad and excited. She and her family had a lucky escape. But just

hours later, Ines Alves decided to sit her chemistry exam. I got an A

in that exam. Idea that the morning of the fire. How much of the fire

did you see? My father burst into the room and told me to get changed.

He said there was a fire in the building. We left immediately and

went downstairs. At first I was kind of annoyed because it was such a

small fire. But then we realised how big it was getting when it started

to reach six floors above it and kept on going up and up and then

there was no turning back. Since the disaster, her family have been

living in a hotel, and are still waiting to be permanently rehoused.

After everything you had seen and heard in that fire, you were at

school the next morning taking an exam. Many people are going to be

wondering why you had the courage to go. I had been revising the night

before. That was on the top of my mind. When I woke up, my father

barged into the room. My chemistry notes were right next to me. They

were the first thing I grabbed. While I thought they would want to

put the fire out, I was like, why not waste this time and revised

instead. I did not think about it. It was a good exam. After her

success today, Ines Alves now plans to carry on studying, and says

nothing will hold her back. Today, of course, is a day to celebrate.

You have done so well with everything you have gone through.

Are you positive about the future? Yeah. I feel like if I could get

through this, I can get through anything, really.

A fantastic young woman. Ines Alves talking to us.

We're blessed this morning by seeing the seaside.

Look at that rather glorious image with Matt as the sun comes up. Isn't

that stunning. Good morning, Matt. Good morning. What a glorious

morning in Whitby. It is a stunning town on the Yorkshire coast. First

signs of it being settled in 656. Built upon the River Esk. It's an

important ancient port and fishing village and on the headlamp we have

St Mary's church and the Whitby Abbey which is the inspiration

behind Bram Stoker's Dracula. -- headlamp. We will have more from

here this morning and from the BBC Breakfast deckchair. We've been

travelling up and down the country finding out what you love about the

seaside and certainly today who couldn't love this? Dry and sunny at

the moment, a bit cool but what about the rest of the country for

today and the rest of the bank holiday weekend? Today most places

will see at least some sunshine, much of England and Wales will stay

dry but in Scotland and Northern Ireland it's a different story. A

bit of rain, heavy at times, and that rain is already developing in

western Scotland at the moment. Showers will creep to eastern

Scotland during the day and they could become heavy. In England and

Wales, much cloud in northern England, like Whitby at the moment,

but further south, clearer skies overnight and that's led to a chilly

start, single figures this morning. Some mist and fog patches around but

they will clear now the sun is up. Winds are like as well so it will

warm up quickly with the strong sunshine overhead -- light. Same in

much of Wales but in the north Wales they'll be a bit more cloud

certainly later in the day and in Northern Ireland, a different story

altogether with a bit of rain. -- there will be. Some flooding this

week and more heavy rain coming today. This has been one of the

wettest spots, along with the west of Scotland. There will be drier

moments but lengthy bursts of rain in Scotland. We could have some

thunder as well. Some showers into northern England later but much of

England and Wales will stay dry, the sunniest in the south were

temperatures will get to 2425 with temperatures in the mid-to-high

teens in the northern half of the UK -- 24 or 25. Rain for a time in

Scotland and all the Nile at the right. Showers continuing in eastern

Scotland through the night and into the morning -- and Northern Ireland

tonight. Temperatures not as low tonight, given a bit more cloud and

breeze. On the bank holiday weekend there will be a lot of dry and sunny

weather. Not clear blue skies on Saturday by any means but sunshine

breaking through the cloud here and there, a few more showers in England

and Wales, most places avoiding them. Still heavy showers in eastern

Scotland but western Scotland and Northern Ireland will improve

compared to today and a touch warmer, further south temperatures

reaching their midtwenties. Sunday largely dry, variable cloud with

sunny spells. Rain into the north-west Highlands later on but

most will have a fine day on Sunday. Warm in the sunshine again and in

the south it could be warmer still as we go into bank or the day Monday

with temperatures around 27 or 28. Much of England and Wales will stay

dry with sunny spells, Scotland and Northern Ireland will stay fine rain

and stronger winds will push in later. That's how your bank holiday

weekend is looking. Fine for many of us. One of the reasons we are in

Whitby this morning, you can probably hear, just building up

behind me, the lovely sound of the Sheffield Maurice Men. It's the last

day of the festival today. They have been performing all week. If you are

in the Whitby area then come down and see them and the other 600 acts

performing at the festival. Come and see them and I'm sure before the

programme is out Charlie will have me taking part. Absolutely, that is

exactly what we would like to see, Matt. We have that beautiful aerial

view of Whitby. Lots coming up. More beautiful sites from Whitby and Matt

Morris dancing. I would be happy if he just walks down the middle while

they are doing the stick thing. I want to see him with the stick!

Big brands influence what we buy through clever advertising

But in an increasingly crowded world how are they going

to connect with consumers in the future?

Ben's in a house that might have the answer.

You look like you're in one of those murder mystery things and you're

about to go through a tiny little door. Yeah, all sorts of wonders lie

beyond the store. We are with a company that has set up this thing

and it might not look like much from the outside and inside it is a fully

fledged house and they have packed it through with the latest tech,

some stuff from the high street and other stuff that is brand-new, and

they have decided to find out what it means for brands. Signing is a

futurist. Thanks for letting us in. Looking around it looks like a

normal house but it is jampacked with technology. Why do you have

this? It is. The connected home where all these devices are

connected to a main line will be the next most powerful advertising

canvas we have ever seen and we have built this so we can study how

brands can communicate messages in the home in the right way. When you

say AI, artificial intelligence, it learns our behaviour and does things

for us. Earlier you turned on the lights and the music came on and the

TV came on because you came home and it knew but there are practical

applications for this as well? Absolutely, your AI can control the

home, lights and other things, but using Spotify, it suggests songs

based on our listening, it can suggest new music and it can suggest

new recipes. We will be able to stop cooking the same stuff and do new

recipes like we discover new bands. We saw the kitchen earlier, this is

the lounge with all the technology. Looking at the bathroom and looking

at the mirror, that gives us a sense of how long we have been brushing

our teeth. What else does it show? The mirror is almost like an

assistant, saying you had better leave early because there's traffic

on the M1 or whatever and it will be hands-free so you can look at

tutorial videos, do your make up, you won't be juggling your phone and

your make up any more. Take selfies and send them to your friends and

all that kind of stuff. Simon, thanks, we will catch up later. In

the bedroom there are all sorts of devices to help you sleep. As we

said at the start it is all about brands, brands want to get in on

this game because it makes it easier to sell stuff to us when we might be

a bit blase about the adverts we ignore. Natalie, nice to see you. We

are looking around here and this mirror will tell us what time it is

and what the weather is doing and what we should wear for the day but

there are big applications for businesses here as well? Absolutely.

Technology is changing the way we shop and we have to ask ourselves,

what is shopping? Shopping used to be going to a physical store and

looking at products on the shelf and paying and going home whereas today

you can be in your kitchen pressing a button on your fridge or asking

the computer to add it to your shopping list and that is shopping

as well. The creation of these new touch points is creating a new level

of convenience and complexity for retailers. Do those retailers know

how to play that game? We are looking at the clothes in here, it

will know I bought a white shirt last week and for example it will

suggest a pair of trousers to go with it. Is it intrusive or clever

marketing? There's a fine line between this technology being

helpful and creepy. It is the same in-store, retailers are using facial

recognition technology so store employees can identify the shopper

when they walk in the door so that can be helpful in terms of

personalising the offer and tailoring the offer. Some shoppers

might not want that much tech, though. Natalie, thanks very much.

We will be here all morning and I show you around some of these cool

inventions later. So much to show you, I will try and fit inasmuch as

I can. I just have one little question, can you actually see

yourself in the era? Do you have a mirror you can see into without

being... Yeah. A normal mirror? Exactly. The one in the bathroom

will do lots of things, you can watch breakfast while you are

brushing your teeth. Some of the examples here, Internet, it will

tell you the time. If you want to get an old-fashioned mirror then it

will do that too. It's just a case of turning it off! Back with you

later on. A remarkable attempt now to get the

two to everyone. At its best, theatre has the power

to transport an audience to another The combination of dialogue, music,

sets and costumes can be magical. But what can it offer to people

who can't see or hear? Our entertainment correspondent

Colin Paterson went along Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan

adapted into a 15 minute musical show for children who are deaf,

blind. But how exactly do you create a production for young people who

can't see or hear? If we can't relate to them by those senses, what

other senses are there? There is scent, taste, touch, the sense of

movement you have, the kinaesthetic sense so we often use movable

seating. And the cast of Kubla Khan aim to create a pleasure dome by

interacting with the children using water, sand and pebbles. It's just

beautiful. I mean, it's just an honour to kind of do it and get to

have this communication with these kids really. You almost looked like

you're getting emotional? I am. I'm about to do it in 20 minutes and I

can't wait, it's going to be great. And music also has a crucial role to

play. People don't just hear with their

ears, some people say as much as 60% of what you hear you pick up through

your body. Other people say it's 40%. The vibrations are the

essential part and then how you play with those textures so you can

actually feel them, so that you can sort of almost swim through them.

Afterwards it was clear what an impact of the show had made both on

the children and their parents. What did James particularly like

then? I think he liked the moving water. Definitely the moving water.

He loves bath time, for instance, so he can relate to that sort of thing.

And again, music, loves his music. It's not very often that she enjoys

something that she was part of and she was really part of, so it was a

lovely time for both of us. There's nothing wrong with crying. Emily has

thoroughly enjoyed herself? She really did, she really enjoyed

herself. She really did enjoy herself.

Tomorrow this groundbreaking production will have its official

premiere in Canterbury. Colin Paterson, BBC News.

You can see the impact it's happening,

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

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Major travel disruption on the railways, as bank holiday

engineering work is carried out on some of the country's

Passengers are warned to expect delays, as services on much

of the network are cancelled or restricted.

This is London's Euston station this morning and it's going to be closed

for two days over the weekend. Good morning, it's

Friday 25th August. Wifi-controlled convoys of truck

could be tested on roads in England We're live at these historic

gardens, where proposals for a safer motorway junction are getting

some people worries, This, along with rhododendrons,

magnolias, camellias, Good morning from the future, or at

least the home of the future. I'm looking at how top tech could change

the way we live our lives. In sport, Britain's most successful

athlete Mo Farah wins the final track race of his career,

sprinting to victory in a tight finish in the 5,000 metres

Diamiond League meeting, in Zurich. And we are taking you to the seaside

this morning for the weather. Good morning. I will be here all morning.

A glorious start to the day. The sun is up. Lots of sunshine drew this

bank holiday weekend, but there is a bit of rain, especially in Northern

Ireland and western Scotland. The full details coming up in 15

minutes. Major travel disruption is expected

over the weekend as millions prepare for the bank holiday getaway

amid engineering works on some of the country's

busiest rail routes. Operators have warned

passengers to expect delays, as services between London,

the north-west and Scotland are cancelled and five of London's

biggest stations face disruption. Keith Doyle is at London Euston

station, which will close This is going to cause quite a bit

of disruption, to say the least. Good morning.

Absolutely. Yes, good morning. It's just starting to get easy at Euston

station. Today will be very busy ahead of the closures tomorrow and

Sunday. That means there will be no west coast services from Scotland,

Manchester, Birmingham, in the London and out again. It's not just

the station. Another five key stations around London will have

disrupted services over the weekend, as will many key routes around the

country. This is because of work on major rail projects. 17,000

engineering staff will be working on those works over this weekend. Now,

Network Rail says this will be good for passengers in the end, but for

many passengers travelling this weekend it will be very difficult

indeed. Travelling by train this

Bank Holiday weekend will be difficult for many, and some

journeys will be impossible. Engineering work is taking place

at five of London's main stations. Waterloo, London Bridge,

Liverpool Street, and Paddington, Euston will be closed completely

on Saturday and Sunday, and the work on HS2 means no trains

from Scotland and the north of England to London

on the West Coast Mainline Services from the Midlands will only

run as far south as Southampton. Great Western Services out

of Paddington to Wales will be disrupted until next month,

with no services between Newport King's Cross Station in London

is expected to be very busy, Road traffic is expected to be 20%

greater compared to last year's 5 million people are predicted

to take to the roads Travel trade organisation Abda says

nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use Heathrow today,

and over 300,000 will use Gatwick So, whether it's planes,

trains or automobiles, Rail operators are saying to check

before you go on your journey, or indeed heed advice and don't travel

at all. But there are lots of things to travel for this weekend. The

Notting Hill Carnival. Numerous Premier League matches, where

supporters would be travelling on those routes that are disrupted and

there's the Edinburgh Festival as well. Network Rail is saying that

this is essential work that will transform journeys in months and

years to come and, despite this being a holiday weekend, they say

this is the best time to do it throughout the whole year. But many

people here this morning say, why does so much work have to be done at

the same time? But it's not just the railways, the roads are also going

to be incredibly busy today, as our airports, the overall it's not great

news on the travel front for this weekend. Thanks very much.

Wifi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major British roads

by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions

The Department for Transport says up to three wirelessly connected HGVs

will travel together, with drivers in each to steer

but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle.

The AA says it has major safety concerns about the idea

as our correspondent Andy Gill reports.

They call it "platooning trucks", travelling in Wi-Fi connected

convoy, with much less space between them than normal.

This Dutch project uses two vehicles.

The trial announced here will be with three.

It will be more efficient, take up less space on the network

and improve efficiency and hopefully pass on the savings to the consumer.

Each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control.

To think about how three trucks can travel down a road in a platoon,

imagine that the lead truck is a giant Wi-Fi hub,

sending out signals on the precise distances and speeds the other two

And the Wi-Fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly

The funding announcement was made at a Lancashire truck factory.

They say because vehicles in platoon are in each other's slipstream,

fuel consumption and pollution falls.

But one road using body is sceptical.

UK motorways are the most congested in Europe.

And if you have a platoon of trucks, it will be difficult to see the road

There will be rigourous safety checks before any platoons

Then they will compare real delivery journeys made by platoon trucks

with ones made in the traditional way.

South Wales Police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted

paedophile Ian Watkins to justice sooner.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says that,

from 2008, the force failed to act on allegations made by seven people

about the then lead singer of Lostprophets.

US officials say the number of American embassy staff affected by

hearing loss while working in Cuba has risen to at least 60 after they

what -- after what they believe were a series of covert attacks. There

are several incidents dating back to September last year, when diplomats

were supposedly kit with a mystery weapon. Cuba has denied any

involvement. Four out of five businesses have

seen the cost of employment rise. The company say the increases are

because of changes to employment legislation aimed at boosting

prospects for workers, things like the apprenticeship levy, pensions,

auto-enrolment and the new higher minimum wage.

One other story. The women who won the biggest single

lottery jackpot in American history has already told her bosses she wont

be returning to work. Mavis, a 53-year old mum of two

from Massachusettes, beat all the odds to scoop

the $758.7 million prize Her chances of winning

were just one in 292 million. First thing I want to do,

just sit back and relax. I had a pipedream and that's

finally come true. I wanted to retire early.

It came true. Well, I have called my boss and told

them I will not be going back. Not surprising.

That's quite reasonable $700 million in the bank.

Would you? Go back to work?

Of course! Would you not? Of course.

We will have the weather a little bit later. Looking beautiful this

morning. The sport as well. That is all coming up a little bit later.

The immigration debate dominated last year's EU referendum campaign

Not just about how many people can come to the country,

but also how to integrate them into society when they arrive.

A group of MPs is renewing demands for compulsory English lessons

for those who are not fluent and wants a loans system to pay

The chair of the group and Labour MP Chukka Umunna joins us now

Good to see you. Thanks for your time. Good morning. Good to be with

you. Let's talk about this. How is this going to be paid for? How are

you going to pay for people to learn English, with the idea of

integrating them into our society? First of all, the overall argument

we are making is integration is absolutely key and the poisonous

nature of the debate around immigration is actually hindering

integration. It putting off newcomers to our communities from

actually getting involved in the life of the communities and that

involves better leadership, amongst a host of other things, from

politicians. In relation to this specific question, there are two

things. First of all the government has to provide other funding.

Secondly, you can do that in a way perhaps that doesn't break the bank

and is perhaps not as costly as it could be, by introducing a

contingent loan, a bit like the student loan system, to help

newcomers in our community is help fund their own English language

learning. This is a real issue and the latest figures, which are bit

dated, but the most recent ones, show that over 800,000 immigrants in

a country can't actually speak English properly and that's a huge

impediment to them being able to access all of the opportunities and

everything that Britain can offer. We've got to be clear on this, that

the overwhelming majority of newcomers to our communities want to

learn English, but there is often those obstacles, not just costs, but

in some communities, Louise Casey identified this in her report, in

some communities there are impediment is where people are

actively discouraged from learning English. So that's one of the number

of recommendations that we make in this report today. Let's talk about

this income contingent loan. You say they are similar to student loans.

When you look at student loans at the moment there's a problem with

the level of payback, and how why you going to guarantee that the

taxpayer's money, which you spend as a loan, is going to be returned? In

the end if it's a contingent there is no complete guarantee that all of

the money will be paid back. As I said at the top, there's no getting

away from the fact that the government will have to put money

into this. But let's not forget, if you look at the economic benefits

immigration has brought to our country, and by the way in this

report we don't deny that this has also brought challenges in terms of

the pressure put on public services and some areas that have gone to be

democratic change in a short period, we don't deny it can impose

challenges but it need not be that way. We derive a huge economic and

that from actually having immigrants come our country. Not just

economically, if you look at public services, the NHS as well. I

personally and most members of the all-party parliamentary group on

social integration that produced this report, we believe this is a

price worth paying given the benefits we get. But there would be

a cost. I can't give you a precise number, that would be up to

government. Kay, let's talk about the proposal that immigrants are

spread across the country into various economic regions. How will

that work and what happens if they are employed by a company, by a

firm, which needs them to move around the country?

This proposal arises looking at the things that they do in Canada and

Australia, where they have devolved immigration policy to the provinces

and regions in those countries. What they do there is they have employers

help with the issue of region specific visas which require a

person to work for two or three years in a particular region before

they're allowed to move across the rest of the country. What we're

trying to do here is actually give localities and regions much more

power over the way our immigration system works to increase the

confidence in it so people feel they've got more control over what's

happening in their communities. We know different parts of the country

feel different about this. Look at London, the London Chambers of

Commerce has been arguing for this, they want a London visa. If you look

in Scotland, the Scottish garden that has been asking for more

control over immigration policy. So we said devolved the power, look at

the regions and their specific needs and economies and businesses that

Scottish government. And then you can determine how many people come

to the ridge -- Scottish government. How do you make sure they stay in

that region? Of course the employers have to check the status of people

they are signing up to work for them -- come to the region. They need

your address when you sign up. The model is what they do in Australia

and Canada where it works very well and both our countries where they

have a much healthier, less toxic debate around immigration, which is

just such a problem. You mentioned at the top of your package how often

the focus is on the number of immigrants coming here and of course

they were the latest immigration stats that came out yesterday but we

think too little about what happens when people come to our country and

settle here and too often we have immigrants who are not properly

integrated into their communities and that is bad for them because it

stands in the way of them accessing the opportunities there are and it's

bad for the overall community because there's a lack of trust

there and when there's a lack of and a vacuum that's when the peddlers of

hate and division come in, and unfortunately we saw that too much

in the EU referendum and frankly frontline politicians, who should

have known better, should have been far more responsible in the way they

were discussing these issues. Thanks for your time this morning. Thank

you. It's a bank holiday weekend this

weekend. We know there are problems on the trains, if you're travelling

across the weekend, but when you get there maybe you will see a site like

this. This is Whitby this morning. A bit of cloud in the sky. Matt has a

forecast for anyone out and about over the weekend. Good morning,

Matt. Good morning, Charlie. We are in Whitby this morning, what a

glorious view. Beautiful seaside town on the North Yorkshire coast.

On the banks of the River Esk. Here is where shipping and fishing became

a big thing. Beautiful sight behind me, lovely start to the day, and

also now it's the home of the BBC Breakfast big deckchair. A huge

beast, even I struggled to get up on that. The reason that's here is to

give you a preview to see what's coming up. We're doing a series on

coastal Britain to see what you love about the coast and seaside. The

deckchair has been travelling up and down the country to find out what

you enjoy and how you feel about your issues with the seaside. We

will give you a few more previews of what's been going on later in the

programme. At the moment it is bathed in sunshine. A mixed reaction

to the British seaside, particularly this summer, but the bank holiday

weekend forecast is actually looking reasonable. A bit of rain today,

many will see the sun, the wettest weather probably today in parts of

Northern Ireland and Scotland. Heavy bursts and lengthy bursts

developing. Much of eastern Scotland dry at the moment but we could see

thunderstorms later and Northern England dry, like Whitby, variable

cloud with sunshine coming through and a small breeze. The breeze

lighter the further south we go and that's why we have mist and fog

patches now clearing with the sun being up, temperatures down in

single figures overnight. But with the sunshine overhead we will get

strong sunshine for much of the day. Further north into north Wales, we

will see more cloud and Northern Ireland, this is where we will have

some of the wettest conditions. We don't need the rain at the moment,

it's been a thoroughly wet week. The risk of minor flooding later as the

rain continues. I'm optimistic there will be drier moments but lengthier

bursts of heavy rain to come, the same in western Scotland. Showers in

eastern Scotland and in northern England, starting dry but one or two

showers. The further south you are, dry with sunshine and temperatures

in the midtwenties. Into the night and the showers will continue in the

northern half with one or two developing further south in England.

The odd heavy one to the east but most places will be dry with a bit

more of a breeze, more cloud, not as chilly as last night but some mist

and fog patches could form in the southern half of the country in

particular. Into the bank holiday weekend and there will be a lot of

dry weather around. A few showers on Saturday in mainly eastern Scotland

and northern England, the Midlands and eastern England but not too

many. Most will avoid them and staying dry. Pleasant in the

sunshine, temperatures in the midtwenties in the south and a

better day for western Scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow compare

the two today so feeling warmer here. Largely dry again Sunday. --

compare the two today. The sunshine will break through every now and

again -- compared to today. Staying dry and sunny. A few spots of rain

to the far north-west of Scotland. Warmer in the south of the country.

Warmer still as we head into bank holiday Monday. Some in southern

parts of England could hit 27 or 28. England and Wales dry with sunny

spells through the day, bright enough start for Scotland and

Northern Ireland but turning wetter and windier from the north-west and

some of that rain could reach north-west England by Monday 's end.

But considering the summer we have had so far it gets a big thumbs up

from me. Thanks, Matt, and thank you for that gorgeous view of Whitby. We

will make the most of that through the morning and pop in and out.

It's one of the busiest motorway junctions in the country with more

But plans to improve the M25 at Junction 10 at Wisley

could threaten a number of rare trees and plants.

Highways England says the upgrade will the road safer

Alan Titchmarsh are calling for British gardeners to take

Tim Muffett is in Wisley for us this morning.

It's a beautiful day, Tim, isn't it crazy but there's a real issue, a

beautiful place next to a very big road. -- isn't it? Good morning. A

row is taking root in these historic gardens it's fair to say. The Royal

Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley in Surrey. -- Royal

Horticultural Society. Look at these trees, they are at the centre of

this row at the moment. As you say, proposals are being considered to

expand the A3 and M25, you might be able to hear the traffic behind me

as we speak because we are right next to that main roads. Before we

carry on, here's a little explain as to the geography of where we are and

what this argument all about. It's been considered a centre

of horticultural excellence for more than a century, but Wisley lies

close to where the M25 meets the A3. At peak times it's use

by 7,000 vehicles an hour. According to Highways England it has

one of the highest collision rates The Royal Horticultural Society

fears one plan being considered would see the A3 widened

with the loss of 2.5 acres 500 trees would be cut down,

a prospect that has angered some. One of several down

this great strip. This, along with rhododendrons,

magnolias, camellias, The RHS wants Highways England

to choose another option, one that would have less impact

on these historic gardens. Matthew Paul TGE is a curator for

RHS Wisley. How worried are you that these trees will go? -- Pottage. A

real worry. They are significant to the landscape and the garden,

they've been here for hundreds of years and they will go on for

hundreds more for future generations. It's under

consideration at the moment so it won't definitely happen, roads need

to be expanded, you can hear the traffic here where we are now,

something has to happen? We are supportive of the road, it needs to

be improved, it isn't perfect and we're not saying that but we want

assurances on their fact there is another option which involves

widening the A3 which doesn't involve a land grab from Wisley

Gardens and that's what's so important for us. Do you think it

would be spoiled, would it not be what it was? Indeed. We are talking

about a large bag of trees but all the garden beyond that would be

spoiled and ruined and you can't have a tranquil garden space with a

motorway roaring past -- bank of Greece. It's taken 100 years to

build up so stripping this away isn't an option -- bank of trees.

You are a moto journalist from the auto express. As far as you're

concerned, how important is it that this road is expanded? -- motor. It

is important roads and railways and other transport modes are expanded

but it is where you expand them and it's the way you do it. I don't

think you can just come at this, whether it is Highways England, the

government, Department for Transport, Surrey county council, to

come and say we are going to plough a road wherever we want.

Improvements need to be made but they need to be done in the right

way. Isn't it inevitable sometimes that when expansion happens there

are negative consequences and more and more people are using the roads,

aren't they? People need the roads to get to Wisley Gardens, the staff

need to get here, but it needs to be done in an appropriate way. We can't

plough through buildings and ancient woodland to improve junctions, for

railways, roads or any other mode of transport. Improvements need to be

made but made in the right way and I think if you add an opinion poll and

ask whether the right way is to knock down hundreds of thousands of

trees, the public and anyone else in their right mind would say it's not

the way to go -- if you had. Highways England gave us a

statement, they said they care about the environment and protecting

special habitats around Wisley is a priority as they develop plans for

the junction. An announcement is expected in the next few weeks. We

are being spoiled this morning with some wonderful vistas, aren't we?

Whitley, Wisley, the Ws are giving it to us today.

We will be in both of those locations

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty

Major travel disruption is expected over the weekend,

as millions prepare for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering

works on some of the country's busiest rail routes.

Operators have warned passengers to expect delays,

as Euston Station is closed entirely for two days and services

between London, the north-west and Scotland are cancelled.

Road users have also been advised to expect longer journeys,

with more traffic predicted over the course of the weekend.

Wifi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major British roads

by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions

The Department for Transport says that up to three wirelessly

There'll be drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled

The AA says it has major safety concerns about the idea.

South Wales Police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted

paedophile Ian Watkins to justice sooner.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says that from 2008

the force failed to act on allegations made by seven people

about the then lead singer of Lostprophets.

Radical action is needed to help integrate immigrants into society,

In a new report, the All-Party-Parliamentary Group

on Social Integration warns that the immigration debate

It's renewing calls for the government to make

The Home Office says it already funds community cohesion projects,

Four out of five businesses have seen the cost of employing staff

rise over the last year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce.

The companies say the increases are because of changes to employment

legislation, which is aimed at boosting prospects for workers,

things like the apprenticeship levy, pensions auto-enrolment

Texas is bracing itself for Hurricane Harvey,

which could be the worst storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years.

The category 3 storm is expected to make landfall along the state's

There are concerns that torrential rain could bring life-threatening

The women who won the biggest single lottery jackpot in American history

has already told her bosses she will not be returning to work.

Mavis Wanczyk, a 53-year old mum of two, from Massachusettes,

beat the odds to scoop the $758.7 million prize

Her chances of winning were just one in 292 million.

Coming up in the programme later, we will be out with the weather this

morning. We saw the most beautiful sunrise as we came on air this

morning. And it still looks glorious.

This was glorious, John. Mo Farah has brought down the career

on -- the curtain on his track career. It has been an incredible

career. It has been a long goodbye, starting with the championships.

Which we don't mind doing. If anyone deserves a good send off its him. He

won his last race on British soil in Birmingham. Now he will concentrate

on the road races. It was exceptionally close.

It may well go down as one of Farah's most tense races.

The four-time Olympic champion just managed to hang on at the line,

ahead of the man that beat him in the same final

at the London World Championships earlier this month, Muktar Edris.

Farah will now move onto road racing.

It's been a long journey, but I've enjoyed it.

I will miss the track and the people.

But it's time to start a new chapter in my life,

going on to the road to see what I can do.

CJ Ujah claimed the best win of his young career beating

the World Champion Justin Gatlin in the 100m, with a season's best

The American Gatlin finished back in fourth.

Get ready for two great goals, one of them a 50 yard effort

from Everton's new signing Gylfi Sigurdson.

Hadjuk Split's opener in their Europa League qualifier

was pretty impresssive, only to be outdone by this strike

That was his first goal for the club.

Everton won the tie 3-1 to reach the group stages

Tottenham have been given one of the toughest possible draws

in their Champions League group this season.

They're up against the defending champions, Real Madrid.

Also in the group is Borussia Dortmund.

Spurs will play their home matches at Wembley this season,

while their new stadium is built and will also come up against former

Here is how it looks for the other British sides in the draw.

Manchester United are in Group A alongside former winners

Celtic are in another tough group with Bayern Munich and Paris St

Meanwhile, Liverpool will be pleased.

They face Spartak Moscow, Maribor and Sevilla.

Manchester City too will be happy with their draw,

although they face a long trip to Ukraine to take on Shakhtar

England men's manager, Gareth Southgate, has defended

Mark Sampson, the head coach of the women's team,

amid allegations of "bullying and discrimination".

Striker Eniola Aluko made the claims against Sampson,

but he's been cleared of any wrongdoing by both an FA

investigation and a separate independent inquiry.

Sampson and the FA deny the allegations and Southgate has

praised the character of his fellow coach.

My feeling is that the culture is very good here.

So I can't talk about the specific meetings, age groups,

in a good direction at Saint Georges Parkhead.

The summer was a good example of that.

Whether you think it's a legitimate contest or a farce,

the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight

The former boxer Ricky Hatton has labelled it "pure showbiz".

Mcgregor himself though challenges anyone who doubts it's

Theses two men swinging blows to the temple, you know what I mean? People

can say what they want. We are going to fight. It's disrespectful from my

opinion and I witnessed it from pundits and analysts all over, as

well as the media, so, look, whatever, they'll see two men go at

it and risk it all on Saturday night.

England can seal the series against West Indies with victory

in the Second Test which starts later at Headingley.

The last Test finished inside three days and England are big favourites

It's one of two Tests to take place before this winter's Ashes

and will see Joe Root lead England out at his home ground.

And staying with cricket, the Test Match Special 60th

anniversary match took place yesterday,

with former players and celebrities all involved.

Radio One's Greg James dropping this catch,

perhaps unsurprsingly because he was broadcasting live

He made up for it by scoring some runs though

He wasn't the only one getting involved, was he?

There you are in a huddle. Already prepared, with my cricket shoes. But

we didn't find any pictures of you batting.

I wonder why that is? The team was very kind to me. I had never held a

cricket bat before. I was put outlast to bat and it was A20 format

and I was number 12. -- Twenty20. There is no shame in being 12th!

I wasn't ashamed. When we got near the and I was looking at the school

and we were nearly out of overs, so I thought, well, I will nip over to

the wine tent. I was having a chat with one of the commentators and he

said, my dear, I think you might be needed. So I walked out and I missed

my spot. The moment I was going to go out, they got out, so we were

done. Auntie meant to enjoy a drink once

you're done? -- aren't you. The way to watch cricket is in a

relaxed atmosphere, to enjoy the game and converts between shots. I

didn't say I was drinking in the tent!

Just doing research... I missed my bit, but I did do a lot of fielding.

Great footwear. It was very inappropriate...

Big brands are always looking for new ways to try and influence

They are trying to do that by getting into our homes.

Ben's getting a glimpse of how this might change

What have you found so far? We had a coffee machine that you operate from

a laptop, your iPad or whatever. What else have you found?

We've been looking at all. Stuff this morning. Things that could

really make a difference to how we live at home. I've maybe gone a

little bit low-tech now because these look like ordinary playing

cards. They are cards like kids might use, but they are really high

tech. Nothing special to them, but if I pick up the tab key will be

able to see that they are special. -- tablet. They come to light. This

is clearly a zebra. You can interact with them. There is a monkey. I can

put that over here and maybe the zebra wants to come here. You get a

real sense of what this can be used for. This looks like a bit of fun,

maybe education for kids, I'd imagine if it a cereal packet or a

magazine and it adds extra value. For advertising, great news. All of

this is the brainchild of Simon. Good morning. You have the amazing

title of futurist here. Why have you got this setup? With had a look

around. It looks like a normal house, jampacked full of technology.

Why? I've always been into future, forward-looking advertising. We see

where all of the appliance a two an AI and there will be opportunities

and risks for brands to share their stories with consumers in their

homes. We want to look at what's happening. Does that mean so you can

talk to it and get it to talk back? Yes, and the sale rates are going at

the speed of iPhone. There's the opportunity for to advertise at home

and we want to look at the right way for brands to communicate with

people in their homes and we are studying it by building this

experience. Thanks very much. Come with me and I will introduce you to

Maisie. Good morning. We heard from Simon about brands using this. They

can sell these things and advertise to us. Is it bad news for us? We

want to be sold things like that? The way this will affect our brand

advertising has probably been ghastly exaggerated in the short

term but it will have a huge impact. Traditional advertising still forms

the main part of brands' communication. They have got to make

sure that the way they use it's a way that people are comfortable

with, otherwise it won't work for them. They will have a lot of

information as well. They will know when we have run out of things, they

will know what in our diary, so therefore what clothes we might

need. Some might say that's really intrusive, but it such a huge

opportunity for brands, isn't it? It really change how they work. What it

won't work for the brands if people find it uncomfortable. They've got

to be sure that people understand how they are using their data and

are comfortable. You've also got to add value. So if Amazon suggest a

song or e-book, that's useful and that's the way it works. If you are

just shouting at people to buy a new T-shirt, they won't appreciate that.

Thanks very much. Let's talk later. Let's come into the kitchen, in this

amazing future house. Good morning, Natalie. We heard about brands being

able to use it and that's all too apparent in kitchen, because when we

run out of stuff it will get ordered automatically. Absolutely. I think

in the future shoppers will spend less time buying the necessities

because technology is making a life so convenient and in the future when

we run out of things like toilet paper or nappies or cleaning

products, it'll just be automatically replenished, which

provides shoppers with a huge amount of convenience, but actually it's a

huge headache for retailers, high-street retailers, who wonder,

if you don't need to go into a store, how do we get shoppers

through the doors? The big challenge. Thanks for now. So that's

a taste of what this place does and how it might represent how we shop

and do things in the future. But you will notice that maybe we've done

away with supermarkets altogether because this is the indoor farm

growing some edible stuff, some of it not, but nonetheless a glimpse of

perhaps how we might be living over the next 5- 15, 20 years.

Herbs grown under item pilot light? -- ultraviolet light.

Yes, but some of them are not in soil. It's like hydroponics. They

sit in water that is full of nutrients and those nutrients can be

replenished and the plants keep on growing. So it does away with some

of the mess and waste of soil. Thanks.

This morning is all about people getting involved with things. Matt

is going to get involved with something now I think. He's at the

seaside in Whitby telling us about the weather for the weekend. Bank

holiday for many people, not in Scotland, but looks lovely there?

Certainly is. Very nice morning in Whitby, glorious scenes as you can

see. Dry start, bit of cloud but we are in Whitby all morning, part of

the lead up to the bank holiday weekend and also to give you a quick

heads up on what's coming your way On Breakfast in a couple of weeks.

Peter already making use of our giant deckchair, it's been

travelling around the country recently, people have been telling

us what they love about the seaside and the coastline. Let's look at

what they have to say. I love those three! Aren't they

brilliant? It's part of our Coastline Britons series coming our

way on the fourth of September, a few more brief blitzes through the

morning -- Britain. If you're heading to the coast you want it

try. -- glimpses. Good news, lots of dry weather this weekend -- dry.

There is some wet weather to come today, Northern Ireland and Scotland

in particular. This morning already showers developing widely across

western Scotland in particular, some developing to eastern areas later

even with the odd rumble of thunder. Northern England dry with a variable

amount of cloud this morning, sunshine breaking through with a bit

of a breeze but further south the breeze is very light, leading to

single figures overnight, a few missed all fog patches. Clearing

with the sunup and that sun will be strong today -- mist and fog

patches. -- the sun up. Southern areas seeing the best sunshine this

morning and through the day, a bit more cloud at times through in the

north and in Northern Ireland we have the wettest weather. Northern

Ireland, west of Scotland, heaviest rain through the day, not great

news, we have seen minor flooding there this week. Still some drier

moments but still some lengthier bursts to come and the odd rumble of

thunder in eastern Scotland and in northern England, expect more cloud.

One or two will see showers later in the day, maybe from mid afternoon

onwards. Further south it stays dry, sunny and warm with temperatures in

the mid-20s compared to the mid-to-high teens in Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Tonight we will see showers across Northern Ireland

quickly clear, they will last into the night in Scotland. Some in

northern England and the Midlands too but many will be dry, the

lightest winds in the south with mist patches forming. Tonight given

a bit more cloud and slightly more breeze for a time, it would be quite

as chilly. That takes us into bank holiday weekend, Saturday is looking

fine for many with a few more showers around across England

compared to what we have seen today but many will avoid them and lots of

showers to begin with in western Scotland, gradually easing. Western

Scotland and Northern Ireland feeling warmer with a better day and

in England and Wales, strong sunshine, feeling pleasant with

temperatures in the 20s, especially the further south you are. Sunday

looking bright for most, showers limited to the far north-west of

Scotland. I'm not going to promise blue skies through the bank holiday

weekend, quite a bit of cloud at times and when the sun comes through

feeling nice, temperatures in the 20s for some and it could get higher

on Monday. On Monday we could see temperatures get to 28 in southern

parts. Lots of sunshine to begin with, lasting all day long just

about for England and Wales, but wet and windy weather arrives into

Scotland and Northern Ireland. All in all it is a bankroll a day

weekend forecast that you can't really complain about. I've

mentioned peter -- bank holiday weekend. Here is the Whitby Folk

Week group, the final day of it, joining me are the Sheffield Morris

Men, 600 performers through the week, they've been entertaining me

all morning. Before Charlie asks, if you can't beat them... You might as

well join them. Can we stay on those pictures? I'm

not in time, and my? Please, let's go -- am I? It's not everyday you

see Morris dancing like that! This is one of the highlights of this

broadcasting career as a meteorologist. He's a natural, isn't

he? An absolute natural. Can you go now? We are still on new. Just a

little bit longer. Get into the rhythm! -- we are still on new. I

want to see him do it with longer sticks -- on you. We have the sport

for you later on. Let's deal with a sporting theme, shall we?

Five years on from the hugely successful London 2012 Paralympics

the disability charity Scope says there has been very little

improvement in the way disabled people feel they are treated.

The charity says despite the success of the games themselves,

a quarter of disabled people feel they didn't deliver

Let's discuss this with James Taylor from Scope and blogger Chloe Tear.

Good morning. Chloe, tell us about your experience. What have you seen,

what changes or what have you not seen happening that you want to

happen? I think the blogging community is obviously helping in

certain lights. I think my blog has been read more than by the general

public since the Olympics -- more by. What is it about? It is about

cerebral palsy. My experiences with it and anything I go through I will

write about it. I think more people may be interested in the topic, so I

think over time obviously we're going to get the awareness and the

understanding but I don't think we're quite there yet. James, what

do you think would have been done more? Scope has done is research

into this. Our research out today shows around a third of the sable

people say despite the huge success of the Paralympics and Paralympic

GB, that hasn't translated quite into positive attitude change over

the past five years so as Chloe says, there's more to do to

challenge attitudes towards disability and disabled people. What

are the attitudes you are most concerned about changing? Were

concerned about lots of things, that is discrimination in the workplace

or bullying in schools and discrimination to disabled people

still happens to frequently today and we need to see more visibility

of disability, not just the two weeks where the Paralympics run

every four years but all the time. Chloe, do people separate things

out, they look at the Paralympics and they see the sporting

achievements and the individuals many now know and they separate that

out from the people they see on a day-to-day basis and the problems

people have? Definitely. I think it will allow us to gain more

understanding and by showing the Paralympics they can see we are able

to achieve things, which is important. But then there's the

danger that you're going to be separating them and, you know,

people might say that people with disabilities are inspirational if

they do everyday things. Yet we are capable of doing that. Were sure