28/08/2017

:00:07. > :00:09.This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Louise

:00:10. > :00:11.Scenes of devastation as catastrophic flooding hits the US

:00:12. > :00:24.Desperate rescue efforts are taking place.

:00:25. > :00:27.Thousands of people have been rescued with a year's worth of rain

:00:28. > :00:33.Roads have been turned into rivers as people are urged to get to high

:00:34. > :00:44.ground. We prayed a lot. We praised God and

:00:45. > :00:44.he rescued us, so we are very grateful.

:00:45. > :00:48.One care home had to be evacuated after its residents were submerged

:00:49. > :01:01.We'll be live in Texas with the latest.

:01:02. > :01:10.A chemical haze along the East Sussex coast leaves more

:01:11. > :01:14.than 100 people needing hospital treatment.

:01:15. > :01:17.UK negotiators say they want "flexibility and imagination"

:01:18. > :01:32.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith

:01:33. > :01:34.after what he calls a "disastrous" 4-0 loss to Liverpool.

:01:35. > :01:37.Invented by JK Rowling, played by Harry Potter,

:01:38. > :01:41.We'll bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier

:01:42. > :01:51.How much easier wouldn't be if you could fly? So much easier, but

:01:52. > :01:58.health and safety would have a field day. And the weather. Good morning.

:01:59. > :02:04.A dry and warm day. I will have all of the details for the UK forecast

:02:05. > :02:06.as well as an update on the situation in Texas in about 15

:02:07. > :02:07.minutes. Thank you. Catastrophic floods are causing

:02:08. > :02:12.devastation in Houston as Storm Harvey continues

:02:13. > :02:14.to batter Texas. Parts of the city have seen two

:02:15. > :02:18.and a half feet of rain in the past So far, emergency teams have rescued

:02:19. > :02:31.almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb

:02:32. > :02:33.onto rooftops to escape. Our North America correspondent,

:02:34. > :02:38.James Cook, reports. Nearly three days after hurricanes

:02:39. > :02:44.Harvey smashed into Texas, Houston is still struggling in its wake.

:02:45. > :02:48.Rescues in boats, lorries, and other vehicles have been bringing people

:02:49. > :02:55.to safety. The storm is on track to dump a record 50 inches of rain the

:02:56. > :03:00.state. We want people to know that if you have a need, we will get to

:03:01. > :03:08.you. I simply ask you remain calm and patient. But we will get to use.

:03:09. > :03:13.Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service. But

:03:14. > :03:19.the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate. The currents

:03:20. > :03:23.are swift and treacherous. In these conditions, making the wrong turn

:03:24. > :03:30.can quickly become a matter of life and death. We just... We prayed a

:03:31. > :03:34.lot. And we just praised God and we were rescued, so we are very

:03:35. > :03:38.thankful. You get a sense here of just how quickly the situation is

:03:39. > :03:43.unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise,

:03:44. > :03:47.and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. The

:03:48. > :03:54.fourth largest city in the United States has ground to a halt.

:03:55. > :03:59.Motorways are cut off. 3000 soldiers have mobilised to help. President

:04:00. > :04:01.Trump plans to visit tomorrow. He will find a city in crisis. James

:04:02. > :04:07.Cook, BBC News, Houston. And we will be live there later in

:04:08. > :04:10.the programme. Around 150 people have been treated

:04:11. > :04:13.at a hospital in East Sussex, and hundreds more have been affected

:04:14. > :04:17.by a mysterious gas cloud that Beaches between Eastbourne

:04:18. > :04:20.and Birling Gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming

:04:21. > :04:23.eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say they're investigating

:04:24. > :04:25.what caused the haze. This is the moment a strange haze

:04:26. > :04:42.began rolling in off the sea as people were trying

:04:43. > :04:45.to enjoy a day at the beach. With streaming eyes,

:04:46. > :04:48.many decided to leave before it was evacuated by

:04:49. > :04:49.emergency services. The mist quickly spread

:04:50. > :04:51.along the coast. Itchy eyes, sore throat,

:04:52. > :04:55.a throbbing head. Anxiety was high and we were

:04:56. > :05:00.all shaking and getting We just didn't really know what to

:05:01. > :05:07.do. More than 100 people headed

:05:08. > :05:10.to hospital where they went Others were urged not to go

:05:11. > :05:17.to hospital unless it was The haze prompted a huge response

:05:18. > :05:29.from the ambulance service, the police, the fire

:05:30. > :05:31.service, and the RLNI. Residents were told to stay in doors

:05:32. > :05:34.and keep their windows closed. What caused the cloud

:05:35. > :05:36.is still unclear. It appears to have

:05:37. > :05:38.come from the coast. In previous incidences,

:05:39. > :05:41.it has come from and industrial We will work with our agencies

:05:42. > :05:52.to find out what this is about. The gas seems to have blown away

:05:53. > :05:56.and thousands are prepared to flock to the beach for bank

:05:57. > :05:58.holiday Monday. A lorry driver is due in court today

:05:59. > :06:04.accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people

:06:05. > :06:07.in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the M1

:06:08. > :06:10.near Milton Keynes on Saturday. Ryszard Masierak, who's 31

:06:11. > :06:12.and from Worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious

:06:13. > :06:16.injury to four people and being over The driver of a second lorry

:06:17. > :06:22.will appear in court next month. A team of British government

:06:23. > :06:24.officials returns to Brussels today for the latest round of Brexit

:06:25. > :06:27.negotiations, with both sides warning there's no real

:06:28. > :06:30.prospect of a breakthrough. The EU continues to insist

:06:31. > :06:32.that there has to be progress on the issues of the rights

:06:33. > :06:36.of EU citizens in the UK, the amount the UK will pay

:06:37. > :06:38.when it leaves the union, the so-called "Divorce Bill,"

:06:39. > :06:41.and the future of the Irish border. But Brexit Secretary, David Davis,

:06:42. > :06:44.will today demand more "flexibility and imagination" in the European

:06:45. > :06:47.approach to the talks. Let's talk to our political

:06:48. > :07:05.correspondent Chris Mason. He is in London for us. Good

:07:06. > :07:11.morning. We have talked about this before. What exactly does David

:07:12. > :07:16.Davis mean by that? Good morning. He means he wants to see the UK and the

:07:17. > :07:20.EU get a shuffle on in the negotiations. There is itchiness in

:07:21. > :07:25.Westminster for the government to talk about the future relationship

:07:26. > :07:29.with the EU once we have left in March 2019. Rather than those three

:07:30. > :07:33.things you were talking about on the negotiation table which will be

:07:34. > :07:44.discussed later today in Brussels, I'm picking and unpacking their

:07:45. > :07:50.relationship with a club we have been with for 40 is -- unpacking.

:07:51. > :07:57.The challenge is that Michel Barnier is bound by rules from the remaining

:07:58. > :08:02.27 members who say you have to sort those two things out first and then

:08:03. > :08:11.get onto the other stuff. What will happen soon is an intensification of

:08:12. > :08:21.that. Some are saying November, others December. Thank you.

:08:22. > :08:25.More than half of the BHS stores which closed after the company fell

:08:26. > :08:26.into administration are still sitting empty,

:08:27. > :08:31.The collapse of the 160-strong chain was one of the most high-profile

:08:32. > :08:33.and controversial retail failures in many years.

:08:34. > :08:36.The final stores closed a year ago today but only 25 former BHS shops

:08:37. > :08:39.have been re-let according to The Local Data Company monitors

:08:40. > :08:46.vacancy rates across UK shopping areas.

:08:47. > :08:49.A rare Sumatran tiger born has been born at a zoo in North Yorkshire.

:08:50. > :08:54.The sex of the animal is yet unknown and is the fourth cub to be born

:08:55. > :08:57.at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years with triplets being born

:08:58. > :09:01.The tigers are classified as critically endangered,

:09:02. > :09:03.with approximately 300 left in the wild, down from 1,000

:09:04. > :09:08.They are the rarest and smallest subspecies of tiger in the world,

:09:09. > :09:27.I am worried. The mother just left the baby. But everything is fine. It

:09:28. > :09:43.is lovely to see this picture. Really cute. We have Nick with the

:09:44. > :09:51.sport. It needs some food. If you love Arsenal, you are going, oh, not

:09:52. > :09:58.again. Many people are taking it out on Arsene Wenger. Did the players

:09:59. > :10:02.not do their job? What is happening this morning is an absolute inquest.

:10:03. > :10:04.In the Premier League, Arsenal were thrashed 4-0

:10:05. > :10:07.Sadio Mane with the pick of the goals.

:10:08. > :10:12.Elsewhere, there was a win for champions Chelsea while Spurs

:10:13. > :10:16.That was the same scoreline between West Brom and Stoke.

:10:17. > :10:18.It was a moment Ross County goalkeeper, Scott Fox,

:10:19. > :10:20.will want to forget, and will probably be reminded

:10:21. > :10:25.His slip-up helped Rangers beat his side 3-1 in the Scottish

:10:26. > :10:34.He will probably be reminded of that his entire life.

:10:35. > :10:37.England edge ahead against the West Indies but the second test

:10:38. > :10:39.remains finely poised going into day four.

:10:40. > :10:48.They have a second innings lead of two with seven wickets in hand.

:10:49. > :10:51.And Lewis Hamilton marked his two hundreth Formula One race by winning

:10:52. > :10:56.His victory cut second placed Sebastian Vettel's championship lead

:10:57. > :11:06.That is all of us bought. We will be talking about Quidditch later on. I

:11:07. > :11:12.will be around for that, definitely. Have you seen how it is played? Who

:11:13. > :11:20.are the champions of it? I don't know. The only problem is they

:11:21. > :11:26.cannot fly. Shall we find out about the weather and what is going on in

:11:27. > :11:31.Houston? Good morning. This is an update on the latest situation over

:11:32. > :11:35.there at the moment. In terms of rainfall, some areas have seen 40

:11:36. > :11:41.inches of rain so far, over a metre of rainfall. It has brought

:11:42. > :11:45.life-threatening floods. There has been strong winds in association

:11:46. > :11:50.with the storm. Over the weekend, 60 tornadoes across the region. In

:11:51. > :11:54.terms of the rainfall still to come, more heavy rain in the next few

:11:55. > :12:00.days. It will not stop raining in parts of Texas and the Wednesday

:12:01. > :12:09.night. That will be almost a solid week's worth of rainfall. Meanwhile,

:12:10. > :12:15.closer to home, here it is a largely dry day for the country. Not

:12:16. > :12:20.everywhere. Things will turn cooler after a warm start. High pressure

:12:21. > :12:25.returns. A lot of dry weather set to continue. Here and now. High

:12:26. > :12:29.pressure towards the near continent. Also this frontal system trying to

:12:30. > :12:33.push in from the Atlantic. That will bring some clouds and outbreaks of

:12:34. > :12:37.rain and windy conditions across the north-west of the UK. Rainfall in

:12:38. > :12:44.Northern Ireland and northern western Scotland this morning going

:12:45. > :12:49.further south. The rest of the UK, though, blue skies and sunshine.

:12:50. > :12:53.High cloud around. This afternoon, across Northern Ireland, rain on and

:12:54. > :12:58.off. Light and patchy. To conditions in the north and west of Scotland.

:12:59. > :13:03.Warm in the east. Patchy rain through the Central Belt in the

:13:04. > :13:08.afternoon in the central Borders. The Midlands. Warm and dry. Likely

:13:09. > :13:14.to see temperatures widely in the mid-to high 20s. Wales, lots of

:13:15. > :13:20.sunshine. Lots of cloud in the north and west later in the afternoon.

:13:21. > :13:23.Cloud into the far south-west of England as well. Much of south-west

:13:24. > :13:27.England and southern England down towards the south-east, fine and dry

:13:28. > :13:32.conditions in the forecast. We are likely to see one or two spots

:13:33. > :13:38.reaching 29 degrees. The evening. This front in the north goes south.

:13:39. > :13:42.Rain this evening and tonight into northern England and Wales and

:13:43. > :13:45.towards the far south-west as well. Windy and cool conditions to the

:13:46. > :13:50.north of that with temperatures overnight 10- 13 degrees. Mild and

:13:51. > :13:54.mighty further south. During the day tomorrow, that system fits in

:13:55. > :13:58.central part of the country bringing cloud and rain. Fresh conditions

:13:59. > :14:03.with sunshine and showers returning to the north-west. Warm and muggy in

:14:04. > :14:10.the south-east. Temperatures again in the high 20s. 26 by Tuesday

:14:11. > :14:13.afternoon. It looks like we will see rain in the middle part of the week.

:14:14. > :14:18.Slightly colder conditions with a low pressure around. High pressure

:14:19. > :14:22.once again returns bringing dry conditions for many of us as we go

:14:23. > :14:30.towards the end of the week. Back to you. Thank you.

:14:31. > :14:35.2000 people have been rescued from Texas as they continue to be

:14:36. > :14:41.buffered by heavy rain. Conditions are unprecedented. Major roads are

:14:42. > :14:45.underwater. Hospitals have been evacuated. Some citizens have been

:14:46. > :14:57.forced onto their ribs to escape rising water.

:14:58. > :15:06.What has it been like? I am not too far from downtown Houston, just in

:15:07. > :15:11.the perimeter. It is difficult to see behind me, you can see the rain

:15:12. > :15:22.coming down, but I am along the Buffalo by -- Bayou, in the centre

:15:23. > :15:28.of town. These waters go back hundreds of metres behind me, behind

:15:29. > :15:36.this is a high of sorts. Behind this roadway is an underpass, it is about

:15:37. > :15:41.15- 20 feet deep completely filled with water. We thought we had a

:15:42. > :15:52.break in the weather just a few minutes -- hours ago, it got sunny

:15:53. > :16:00.and the clouds parted briefly. However, it came back and is dumping

:16:01. > :16:05.inches and inches of rain and that is expected to continue for the

:16:06. > :16:09.coming days. A lot of people have been evacuated and rescue, do you

:16:10. > :16:16.know what is happening with them at the moment? Rescues are certainly

:16:17. > :16:23.under way still at this hour. Rescuers responded to thousands of

:16:24. > :16:29.people. They had a waiting list of about 1000 people earlier this

:16:30. > :16:35.evening. They are essentially inundated with phone calls, they

:16:36. > :16:38.cannot get to everyone immediately. They are telling people, if you do

:16:39. > :16:43.not have a life-threatening emergency, please save the calls for

:16:44. > :16:48.people who really are in dire situations. A few minutes ago, we

:16:49. > :16:50.saw some military trucks and law enforcement officers driving down

:16:51. > :17:00.the street. It has been very difficult to get around the city.

:17:01. > :17:06.Looking behind me, water is really all over the Houston area right now.

:17:07. > :17:12.In terms of the rescue operation on going, what is the advice for people

:17:13. > :17:17.they are at the moment? Authorities are saying, if you are in a

:17:18. > :17:22.dangerous situation, if there is water coming into your house or your

:17:23. > :17:26.apartment, seek higher land. Whether that means going up to a

:17:27. > :17:31.second-floor or going up to the roof of your home, that is what they want

:17:32. > :17:36.you to do. They are saying not to go up into the attic, because you could

:17:37. > :17:40.easily get trapped in a flood situation. I will tell you that this

:17:41. > :17:48.city has opened up the convention centre. A 2 million square feet

:17:49. > :17:52.facility has been opened as a temporary shelter. There were

:17:53. > :17:57.several dozen people already there waiting. I spoke to a woman who

:17:58. > :18:03.grabbed her baby, she wasn't wearing any shoes but she grabbed some

:18:04. > :18:08.diapers. Desperate for some copper. We understand that President Trump

:18:09. > :18:17.will be arriving tomorrow, do you think there is enough help coming

:18:18. > :18:20.nationally for the area? That is what we understand, the President

:18:21. > :18:26.will be here at some point on Tuesday. He had said he did not want

:18:27. > :18:30.to come for a few days. He wanted to let local officials do their work,

:18:31. > :18:36.not be a destruction. We understand he will be here at some point on

:18:37. > :18:40.Tuesday to assess the damage. Early on, he signed an emergency

:18:41. > :18:47.declaration which unleashed financial resources to help with the

:18:48. > :18:52.situation. The coastguard is involved, thousands of service

:18:53. > :18:56.members are involved as well. We will see what he has to say when he

:18:57. > :19:16.sees this for himself on Tuesday. Thank you for your time. Talking of

:19:17. > :19:21.people who have been rescued, we are joined by Kristen. When did you

:19:22. > :19:29.realise things were going to go wrong? On Friday night, I left my

:19:30. > :19:38.house to go to a friends house after the tornado hit. On Saturday night,

:19:39. > :19:44.waters started rising. Our cars became submerged. At about 1130 this

:19:45. > :19:53.morning, the water got to hire, it was about 12 or 13 inches under our

:19:54. > :19:58.waste. We had to climb onto the roof and wait for help. A terrifying

:19:59. > :20:03.situation. How long were you on the roof or? Two and a half hours. Were

:20:04. > :20:09.you trying to get hold of the emergency services? Yes, there was a

:20:10. > :20:13.list of numbers to call. Somebody put it on my Facebook. We went

:20:14. > :20:20.through each of the numbers calling, they were either busy ward nobody

:20:21. > :20:27.was answering. So I said, we need help. There are multiple people on

:20:28. > :20:32.the roof. About two hours later, a boat came up, two guys let us get in

:20:33. > :20:36.and they took us to the convention centre. Tell us about your thoughts

:20:37. > :20:40.on the roof, were you worried it would come to a point where you

:20:41. > :20:48.wouldn't be able to be on the roof? Yes. The friend I was with, she was

:20:49. > :20:53.trapped in hurricane Katrina. I had not been able to get a hold of any

:20:54. > :20:56.of my friends or family. It just got to the point where I wasn't sure if

:20:57. > :21:03.somebody was going to come. They didn't tell us to evacuate. I didn't

:21:04. > :21:09.know. I haven't seen electricity since Friday evening. I was only

:21:10. > :21:13.able to check my phone today. I was turning it on and off to conserve

:21:14. > :21:20.battery so I could call somebody to come and save us. People arrived in

:21:21. > :21:26.this boat, then what happened? We didn't know that any shelters had

:21:27. > :21:33.opened, none were open on Saturday. The man in the boat said we had

:21:34. > :21:36.places to go, we chose the convention centre because it is

:21:37. > :21:45.centrally located and a large facility. Are you then our? What is

:21:46. > :21:49.the situation like? They have been bringing people here steadily, I

:21:50. > :22:00.don't know if they are being rescued or just showing up. There are about

:22:01. > :22:04.2500 people here or more. They need supplies as far as diapers and

:22:05. > :22:11.clothes are concerned. Women and children, elderly people, everyone

:22:12. > :22:17.is he a. Have you got supplies, have you got somewhere to sleep? Yes, the

:22:18. > :22:22.Red Cross brought in cots for us to play on and some food for us to eat.

:22:23. > :22:27.I am not sure what will happen in the future days, but as of now,

:22:28. > :22:35.things are stabilising. It is still windy and raining outside. Do you

:22:36. > :22:40.have any idea when you might be able to get back home at this stage? I

:22:41. > :22:46.don't have any idea. I have friends all over the country who are

:22:47. > :22:52.offering me to come to their house, because the insurance claims will

:22:53. > :22:57.take some time. As of right now, I have asked when I could go home, and

:22:58. > :23:03.nobody can answer. I really appreciate your time, best of luck.

:23:04. > :23:11.We will try to keep in touch with you. That was Kristen Anderson.

:23:12. > :23:20.Prince William and Harry have spoken in depth about them other in a

:23:21. > :23:23.documentary that air last night. It told the story of her death and the

:23:24. > :23:29.public outpouring that surrounded her funeral. The princes say it is

:23:30. > :23:33.the last time they would speak publicly about the events. Lots of

:23:34. > :23:39.people were talking about it on social media.

:23:40. > :23:47.The car appeared to have overturned in the embankment. The death of the

:23:48. > :23:51.Princess of Wales fills us all with deep shock and grief. I felt

:23:52. > :23:59.completely numb, disorientated, dizzy. You feel very confused. One

:24:00. > :24:05.of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your

:24:06. > :24:10.children that your other parent has died my grandmother wanted to

:24:11. > :24:16.protect her to grandson 's and our father. Our grandmother deliberately

:24:17. > :24:21.removed the newspapers so we didn't know what was going on. Sadly, a lot

:24:22. > :24:30.of my memories revolve around trying to cheer up. -- cheer her up. She

:24:31. > :24:35.cried more about press intrusion than anything else in her life. One

:24:36. > :24:42.of the hardest things to come to terms with is that the same people

:24:43. > :24:46.who chased into the tunnel were taking photos of her while she was

:24:47. > :24:50.dying on the back seat of the car. It was new territory, nobody had

:24:51. > :24:55.seen anything like this before. My grandmother and father believed that

:24:56. > :25:01.we were better served out in Balmoral, having the walk in space

:25:02. > :25:07.and peace to be with the family. Why would you put them in London? Why

:25:08. > :25:11.wouldn't you let them get over the shock in the comfort of their

:25:12. > :25:17.family? I think it was a very hard decision for my grandmother to make.

:25:18. > :25:23.She felt very torn between being a grandmother and being the queen. My

:25:24. > :25:31.mother, she had been challenging the Royal family for many years. She

:25:32. > :25:41.religiously put on her seatbelt. Why not at night? I will never know. A

:25:42. > :25:51.lot of people talking about it last night. I am sure you can catch it on

:25:52. > :25:58.iPlayer. If you did catch it, let us know what you thought.

:25:59. > :25:59.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:26:00. > :26:03.Still to come this morning: Could it be the case of Harry Potter

:26:04. > :26:06.We've been checking out the Quidditch Premier League

:26:07. > :29:37.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:29:38. > :29:45.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:29:46. > :29:53.This is Breakfast with Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin.

:29:54. > :29:56.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

:29:57. > :30:00.Ending the stigma of taking a career break.

:30:01. > :30:02.We'll look at new initiatives designed to help teachers,

:30:03. > :30:08.social workers, and health professionals back to work.

:30:09. > :30:11.Also this morning, the princess and the paparazzi.

:30:12. > :30:14.As a BBC documentary examines the days leading up to Diana's

:30:15. > :30:25.death, we'll speak to the Royal family's former Press Secretary.

:30:26. > :30:27.And after 9am, he took jungle music mainstream,

:30:28. > :30:46.DJ, songwriter, and producer, Goldie will be on the sofa.

:30:47. > :30:51.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:52. > :30:53.Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in Houston

:30:54. > :30:55.as Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas.

:30:56. > :30:59.Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past

:31:00. > :31:03.So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people.

:31:04. > :31:06.Others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape.

:31:07. > :31:13.Our North America correspondent, James Cook, reports.

:31:14. > :31:16.Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas,

:31:17. > :31:26.Houston is still struggling in its wake.

:31:27. > :31:29.Rescuers in boats, helicopters, and lorries, have been bringing

:31:30. > :31:37.Forecasters say the storm is on track to dump a record 50

:31:38. > :31:43.We want people to know in this city that if you have a need,

:31:44. > :31:46.I simply ask you remain calm and patient.

:31:47. > :31:51.Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service.

:31:52. > :31:54.But the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate.

:31:55. > :31:59.The currents are swift and treacherous.

:32:00. > :32:01.In these conditions, making the wrong turning can quickly

:32:02. > :32:12.And we just praised God and we were rescued,

:32:13. > :32:21.You get a sense here of just how quickly the situation is unfolding.

:32:22. > :32:24.The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise,

:32:25. > :32:28.and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping.

:32:29. > :32:31.The fourth largest city in the United States has now ground

:32:32. > :32:42.And 3,000 soldiers have mobilised to help.

:32:43. > :32:44.President Trump plans to visit tomorrow.

:32:45. > :32:57.Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in East Sussex,

:32:58. > :33:00.and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that

:33:01. > :33:03.Beaches between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were evacuated

:33:04. > :33:06.as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting.

:33:07. > :33:09.Police say they're investigating what caused the haze

:33:10. > :33:13.but that the beaches will be open as normal today.

:33:14. > :33:18.We are hoping to speak to someone on that beach a little while later.

:33:19. > :33:21.A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death

:33:22. > :33:25.by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed

:33:26. > :33:28.in a crash on the M1 near Milton Keynes on Saturday.

:33:29. > :33:30.Ryszard Masierak, who's 31 and from Worcestershire,

:33:31. > :33:33.is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over

:33:34. > :33:37.The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month.

:33:38. > :33:40.A team of British government officials returns to Brussels today

:33:41. > :33:43.for the latest round of Brexit negotiations, calling for more

:33:44. > :33:45."flexibility and imagination" in the European approach

:33:46. > :33:55.But the EU continues to insist progress must be made on the issues

:33:56. > :33:58.of the rights of EU citizens in the UK, the amount Britain

:33:59. > :34:01.will pay when it leaves the union, as well as the future

:34:02. > :34:24.Eight have been killed in the Austrian and Italian alps. Others

:34:25. > :34:31.have been injured. A rare Sumatran tiger born has been

:34:32. > :34:35.born at a zoo in North Yorkshire. The sex of the animal is yet unknown

:34:36. > :34:39.and is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20

:34:40. > :34:42.years with triplets being born The tigers are classified

:34:43. > :34:47.as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left

:34:48. > :34:49.in the wild, down from 1,000 They are the rarest and smallest

:34:50. > :35:15.subspecies of tiger in the world, Absolutely lovely. Just wondering

:35:16. > :35:21.where the mother went. May be the mother was an Arsenal fan.

:35:22. > :35:35.If you are an Arsenal fan, you are thinking, not this again. A lack of

:35:36. > :35:39.desire shown by the top Arsenal players. They need to take

:35:40. > :35:47.responsibility. Loads of complaints about that new contract. He says we

:35:48. > :35:54.give them all the facilities and training, they are just not doing

:35:55. > :36:01.their job. 4-0. A thrashing. Horrendous. Some of the papers now.

:36:02. > :36:04.Why would you want to stay at Arsenal. Alexis Sanchez will be

:36:05. > :36:11.thinking the same thing. The transfer deadline stops on Thursday.

:36:12. > :36:20.The Mirror. A mismatch in Vegas yesterday. What about this one.

:36:21. > :36:25.Arsenal again. Head in hands. Unacceptable, unwatchable,

:36:26. > :36:34.unforgivable. A pretty demoralising performance for Arsenal. Where do

:36:35. > :36:38.they go from here? Emphatic four Liverpool. -- for.

:36:39. > :36:41.In the Premier League there was an emphatic victory

:36:42. > :36:43.for Liverpool as they thrashed Arsenal by four goals

:36:44. > :36:47.The Reds were already a goal up before this brilliant effort

:36:48. > :36:51.It was a dominant display by Jurgen Klopp's side,

:36:52. > :36:52.capped by Daniel Sturridge's late goal.

:36:53. > :36:58.We were really organised. If you give Arsenal a little bit of space

:36:59. > :37:04.and time, they will tend to do what they want to do. Also you are lost

:37:05. > :37:10.before the game starts. When Liverpool gives Arsenal some space,

:37:11. > :37:11.they get a goal. Thank God we did not.

:37:12. > :37:24.We were not at a level of commitment physically and mentally as well. A

:37:25. > :37:26.performance like that is, of course, very disappointing.

:37:27. > :37:29.Tottenham Hotspur are still without a Premier League

:37:30. > :37:33.Chris Wood scored on his league debut in the 92nd minute to earn

:37:34. > :37:39.Both teams have four points from three games.

:37:40. > :37:41.Champions Chelsea made it back-to-back wins by beating

:37:42. > :37:44.Cesc Fabregas opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge before

:37:45. > :37:48.new signing Alvaro Morata headed in the second just before half time.

:37:49. > :37:52.And Stoke's Peter Crouch made the most of a defensive mix-up

:37:53. > :37:54.to end West Brom's 100% start to the season.

:37:55. > :38:04.His equaliser earned them a 1-1 draw.

:38:05. > :38:06.In the Scottish Premiership, Dundee secured their first point

:38:07. > :38:10.of the season to lift themselves off the bottom of the table.

:38:11. > :38:14.A 1-1 draw against Hibs at Dens Park ended a run of five league defeats

:38:15. > :38:16.And Rangers won, 3-1, at Ross County.

:38:17. > :38:20.You'd have to say it's advantage West Indies heading into the fourth

:38:21. > :38:23.day of the second test against England in Leeds.

:38:24. > :38:26.Joe Root's team are playing catch up in their second innings.

:38:27. > :38:29.Mark Stoneman hit a maiden test half century before being bowled for 52.

:38:30. > :38:31.Root will resume unbeaten on 45 with England leading

:38:32. > :38:48.It is well for the next two days. I just hope we can go on and get it

:38:49. > :38:55.day after day. Any target? One step at a time. Keep trying to build a

:38:56. > :38:59.lead and give the West Indies out of the field as long as possible. --

:39:00. > :39:02.keep the West Indies. Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 200th

:39:03. > :39:05.race in Formula One with a faultless display to win the

:39:06. > :39:07.Belgian Grand Prix. The three time World Champion

:39:08. > :39:10.started on pole but was angry about a safety car coming out,

:39:11. > :39:13.which he said could have But he held off the challenge

:39:14. > :39:17.of Sebastian Vettel He's now just seven points behind

:39:18. > :39:25.Vettel in the drivers' standings. Andrea Dovizioso won

:39:26. > :39:27.the British MotoGP at Silverstone Marc Marquez lost his place

:39:28. > :39:32.at the top of the standings when his Honda broke down

:39:33. > :39:34.with seven laps to go. Dovizioso took the lead

:39:35. > :39:37.from Valentino Rossi with just three laps left and held on to take

:39:38. > :39:40.the chequered flag. Britain's Cal Crutchlow was fourth,

:39:41. > :39:42.while Scott Redding was eighth. Britain's Chris Froome will enjoy

:39:43. > :39:46.today's rest day on the Vuelta a Espana after extending his lead

:39:47. > :39:49.over Esteban Chaves to 36 seconds. The Tour de France champion

:39:50. > :39:51.made his break for victory with a few hundred yards to go

:39:52. > :39:55.at the end of yesterday's 108 Afterwards Froome said

:39:56. > :39:58.he couldn't have asked to be And finally, we'll go back

:39:59. > :40:07.to the Scottish Premiership and Rangers' 3-1 win at Ross County,

:40:08. > :40:11.we've been keeping this goal Not great viewing for fans

:40:12. > :40:16.of Ross County, I'm afraid. Their goalkeeper, Scott Fox, got

:40:17. > :40:19.a bit too fancy with his footwork allowing the quick thinking

:40:20. > :40:34.Alfredo Morelos to out-fox him I want to know how he forgot he was

:40:35. > :40:40.there. Only seconds when by. He just thought, oh... Patsy saw a mate in

:40:41. > :40:50.the crowd and thought I will be clever. -- Perhaps he. Perhaps he

:40:51. > :40:55.needs to switch to Quidditch. That is a bit harsh.

:40:56. > :40:57.Investigators still don't know the cause of a suspected chemical

:40:58. > :41:06.Approximately 150 people were treated in hospital

:41:07. > :41:10.after complaining of irritation to their eyes and throats.

:41:11. > :41:17.This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea

:41:18. > :41:20.as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach.

:41:21. > :41:23.With streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave

:41:24. > :41:28.before it was evacuated by emergency services in gas marks.

:41:29. > :41:33.The mist quickly spread further along the coast.

:41:34. > :41:35.I had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head, and nausea.

:41:36. > :41:41.Everyone, you know, anxiety was high and we were all shaking and getting

:41:42. > :41:42.really nervous and everything.

:41:43. > :41:50.We just didn't really know what to do.

:41:51. > :41:52.More than 100 people headed to hospital in Eastbourne

:41:53. > :41:54.where they went through a decontamination process.

:41:55. > :41:57.Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was

:41:58. > :42:07.the Police, the Fire Service, and the RNLI.

:42:08. > :42:10.Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed.

:42:11. > :42:12.What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear.

:42:13. > :42:18.It appears to have come from the coast somewhere.

:42:19. > :42:21.I know in previous incidences we have had here, it has come

:42:22. > :42:30.from an industrial unit in France and stuff like that.

:42:31. > :42:34.We will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has

:42:35. > :42:42.The gas seems to have blown away and thousands are prepared to flock

:42:43. > :42:45.to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday, the police believe

:42:46. > :42:51.Laura Knight had been enjoying the weekend sunshine with her family

:42:52. > :42:54.She joins us now from her home in Brighton.

:42:55. > :43:00.When did you realise something was wrong? It was a bright and sunny

:43:01. > :43:14.day. Beach was packed. Clear skies. We noticed a haze coming in.

:43:15. > :43:19.Visibility got poor. You could not see the cliffs. We still do not

:43:20. > :43:25.think much. Then my eyes fell painful. We thought perhaps it was

:43:26. > :43:30.the seawater because we had been swimming. Than others were having

:43:31. > :43:34.the same effect and we saw that. Others were leaving the beach. I

:43:35. > :43:38.wanted to try and enjoy the sunshine as much as possible and stay. But

:43:39. > :43:43.then someone came and said they were evacuating. When we saw the Fire

:43:44. > :43:48.Brigade with gas masks, we thought we'd better get out. That is when we

:43:49. > :43:58.left. How has it left you feeling, how has it affected you? We all had

:43:59. > :44:04.sore eyes, sore throats, a dry chest. As we came off the beach, it

:44:05. > :44:09.really hit. We were all coughing and it's a bit. My children were very

:44:10. > :44:15.upset because their eyes were painful. I was coughing until ten

:44:16. > :44:22.o'clock this morning, still with a dry cough. Fingers crossed nothing

:44:23. > :44:28.bad has happened. It is not what you would expect on a sunny day on the

:44:29. > :44:32.beach, is it? Definitely not. It doesn't really happen here. We

:44:33. > :44:37.weren't expecting that. Hopefully we will find out what the issue is. We

:44:38. > :44:42.still live on the coast. It is concerning. My children were

:44:43. > :44:46.especially upset. They were evacuating everyone. There were

:44:47. > :44:51.still cows and sheep is on the field and all of that. There is a huge

:44:52. > :44:57.concern about what this might be. The beach is open again today. We

:44:58. > :45:05.can see from the pictures that the emergency services were there

:45:06. > :45:09.quickly. They seems to be. We were evacuated when they were concerned.

:45:10. > :45:16.-- seemed to be. When we were leaving, everyone was told to leave

:45:17. > :45:21.and was evacuated. Then we saw ambulances and police heading to the

:45:22. > :45:28.area. We don't know what it is yet. Will you go back to the beach today?

:45:29. > :45:36.We might, Brighton seemed fine although it might get easy being a

:45:37. > :45:45.bank holiday. We will see, we don't want it to put us off. How are your

:45:46. > :45:49.children? They were fast asleep, fingers crossed they will be OK.

:45:50. > :45:53.They seemed to suffer the least. They were swimming for most of it,

:45:54. > :45:58.perhaps because they were a bit lower it didn't affect them quite so

:45:59. > :46:02.much. They would be up and complaining if there was a problem.

:46:03. > :46:10.Thank you very much. You're watching

:46:11. > :46:12.Breakfast from BBC News. Thousands of people have

:46:13. > :46:18.been rescued in Houston, Texas, after it suffered

:46:19. > :46:20.what authorities have described More than 100 people have

:46:21. > :46:25.been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak

:46:26. > :46:48.along the East Sussex coast. Should we find out what is happening

:46:49. > :46:53.with the weather this morning? Terrible conditions in Houston at

:46:54. > :47:01.the moment, quite unprecedented. The duration, it could be around a week

:47:02. > :47:05.solidly by the end. We have already had 40 inches of rain falling in

:47:06. > :47:13.some areas, to the east of Houston there has been a significant storm

:47:14. > :47:19.surge. As well as the rainfall, more than 60 Tornadoes were reported

:47:20. > :47:23.during the course of the weekend. For many of us, a warm and dry

:47:24. > :47:30.start. Turning cooler later on, high pressure returning. Today, high

:47:31. > :47:36.pressure sitting out across the near continent. This front is sitting

:47:37. > :47:45.across the north-west, edging south-east. Bringing cloud, at

:47:46. > :47:48.breaks of rain, windy conditions in Scotland. For south-east Scotland,

:47:49. > :47:57.dry weather this morning England and Wales faring well. Feeling warm, if

:47:58. > :48:01.not hot. Patchy rain across Northern Ireland, sunny skies returning to

:48:02. > :48:07.northern Scotland. Quite windy here with a few scattered showers. Patchy

:48:08. > :48:11.rain with the borders of Scotland. Looking at lots of sunshine, cloud

:48:12. > :48:18.pushing in from the north-west. High cloud around, hazy sunshine. Across

:48:19. > :48:25.Wales and the south-west of England, warm and funny. Into the afternoon,

:48:26. > :48:31.lower cloud moving into Cornwall in the afternoon. Temperatures in the

:48:32. > :48:34.mid- 20s, we could see up to 29 degrees across some parts of the

:48:35. > :48:40.south-east of England and into London. This evening, patchy rain in

:48:41. > :48:44.the north edging south. Rain for parts of northern England and Wales

:48:45. > :48:50.overnight. To the north, cooler and fresher with scattered showers.

:48:51. > :48:54.Overnight, temperatures are 11- 12. Muggy and sticky in the south-east,

:48:55. > :49:00.temperatures around 17 degrees overnight. Tomorrow, a front through

:49:01. > :49:07.central parts of the country. To the south and east, another sunny and

:49:08. > :49:14.hot day. Temperatures set to reach mid- high 20s. Call and fresh

:49:15. > :49:18.conditions moving in, a return to sunshine and scattered showers. Low

:49:19. > :49:21.pressure through the middle of the week bringing rainfall, cooler

:49:22. > :49:30.conditions. In the end of the week, high pressure. For many of us, warm

:49:31. > :49:35.and funny. Cooler, showers later in the week.

:49:36. > :49:43.It was one of the most familiar names in the high street,

:49:44. > :49:46.but today marks a year since the last BHS stores closed,

:49:47. > :49:47.after the retailer went into administration.

:49:48. > :49:51.It brought to an end nearly 90 years of trading for the famous chain.

:49:52. > :49:53.So what's happened to all the empty shops?

:49:54. > :50:00.Our business correspondent Emma Simpson has been finding out.

:50:01. > :50:08.BHS, one of the best-known names on the high street. It had its heyday,

:50:09. > :50:17.but last year, nearly 90 years of trading came to an end. And the

:50:18. > :50:22.question, who would fill this gap? At this shopping centre, a shiny new

:50:23. > :50:28.department store. The new jobs for these two former BHS staff. We

:50:29. > :50:35.couldn't get anyone in to fix anything for BHS, but now we've got

:50:36. > :50:38.brand-new everything. It is like moving out, having it refurbished

:50:39. > :50:43.and moving straight back in. Whatever was going on in in this

:50:44. > :50:50.building, we would be interested. The fact that we both worked here is

:50:51. > :50:59.amazing. It is a good outcome, but what has happened to the other 159

:51:00. > :51:05.BHS stores around the UK? More than half are empty. 35 properties have

:51:06. > :51:11.plans in place. Four are being demolished. Only 25 of the former

:51:12. > :51:18.BHS stores have so far been reoccupied. That is about one in six

:51:19. > :51:25.shops. I am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied, many

:51:26. > :51:29.of them are very large and costly to reoccupied, and they are in marginal

:51:30. > :51:33.towns where there is a lot of competition from other locations.

:51:34. > :51:39.Those retailers who would normally have been there in the past have

:51:40. > :51:43.moved elsewhere. I have lived here all my life, I remember being

:51:44. > :51:48.dragged around on a Saturday morning with my mum. It would never be a

:51:49. > :51:56.complete visit without coming to BHS. There is a gaping hole now. The

:51:57. > :52:02.council is spending millions on improving the town centre. They are

:52:03. > :52:06.convinced a solution can be found. It is a shame, because it is

:52:07. > :52:11.actually a successful shopping centre. 90% of units are let. We

:52:12. > :52:15.feel there is a lot of attentional interest in this building. I think

:52:16. > :52:22.there is an incredible opportunity. I think it can be easy to be let.

:52:23. > :52:26.But they may need to come up with something creative than just another

:52:27. > :52:27.shop. The same goes for many of the other former BHS stores sitting

:52:28. > :52:37.empty. If I was to say "The Quaffle",

:52:38. > :52:40."Bludgers" and "The Snitch" it could only mean one

:52:41. > :52:42.thing - Quidditch. The flying-broom based

:52:43. > :52:43.sport featured heavily A more gravity challenged version

:52:44. > :52:51.has been growing in popularity since it was first played

:52:52. > :52:54.in the US, back in 2005. And over the weekend, the first ever

:52:55. > :52:57.British Premier League Championships took place at the stadium of Hull

:52:58. > :53:00.Kingston Rovers Rugby League side. Our Entertainment Correspondent

:53:01. > :53:20.Colin Paterson was there. Quidditch, very much Harry Potter's

:53:21. > :53:24.favourite sport. Very much a real thing now. Teams battling it out for

:53:25. > :53:29.the Quidditch Premier League championship. The first time it has

:53:30. > :53:35.been played in the UK at a professional stadium. We have lots

:53:36. > :53:46.of people coming down, they get to see that it is a real sport.

:53:47. > :53:57.Quidditch has three main rules. When you get hit by this, you have to go

:53:58. > :54:03.back into your hoop. This is the golden snitch, if you catch it, you

:54:04. > :54:07.get extra points and it ends the game. For the players, all this is

:54:08. > :54:14.done with one of these between their legs. If you get hit by a blood to

:54:15. > :54:20.or it comes between your legs, you have to go and tag back in at your

:54:21. > :54:28.hoops. Would it be easier if you could fire? Yes, much easier. --

:54:29. > :54:36.bludger. It was clear to see how seriously they were taking it. This

:54:37. > :54:53.is a pre- match team talk. What colour are roses? Read! -- Red! The

:54:54. > :55:01.result of this tackle... It's's broken. And this man is the

:55:02. > :55:06.commentator. Many of the players were attracted to the sport by a

:55:07. > :55:14.certain wizard. Probably at the top end of fans. But it is so separate

:55:15. > :55:19.now but I am separating Quidditch from Harry Potter. That is not true

:55:20. > :55:27.of everyone. I have never read the books. Not even the Quidditch

:55:28. > :55:39.sections? No. There were no tactics in there. West Midlands verse the

:55:40. > :55:49.south-east in the finals. A tight contest, but finally, a game ending

:55:50. > :55:57.catch. I got the snitch in the end, thanks to my ears. Presented with a

:55:58. > :56:02.trophy that was bigger than Ron Weasley. The sport is going to be

:56:03. > :56:08.recognised by sport England, and one day it could be a case of Harry

:56:09. > :56:16.Potter and the Olympic sport -- my peers.

:56:17. > :56:25.It is a brutal game. It is in the books as well.

:56:26. > :56:27.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:56:28. > :59:47.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:59:48. > :59:49.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:59:50. > :00:27.This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Louise

:00:28. > :00:30.Scenes of devastation as catastrophic flooding hits the US

:00:31. > :00:33.Desperate rescue efforts are taking place.

:00:34. > :00:36.Thousands of people have been rescued with a year's worth of rain

:00:37. > :00:47.Roads have been turned into rivers as people are urged to get

:00:48. > :00:55.We praised God and we were rescued, so we are very grateful.

:00:56. > :00:58.One care home had to be evacuated after its residents were submerged

:00:59. > :01:19.We'll be live in Texas with the latest.

:01:20. > :01:25.A chemical haze along the East Sussex coast leaves more

:01:26. > :01:33.than 100 people needing hospital treatment.

:01:34. > :01:36.UK negotiators say they want "flexibility and imagination"

:01:37. > :01:41.Coming up in the sport: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans

:01:42. > :01:44.to keep the faith after what he calls a "disastrous" 4-0

:01:45. > :01:51.Invented by JK Rowling, played by Harry Potter,

:01:52. > :01:55.We'll bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier

:01:56. > :02:03.How much easier would it be if you could fly?

:02:04. > :02:07.So much easier, but health and safety would have a field day.

:02:08. > :02:17.And Sarah has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. For many of

:02:18. > :02:22.us across the country, it is a Bank Holiday today. The weather is

:02:23. > :02:30.shaping up fine. Cloud for Scotland and Northern Ireland. I will have an

:02:31. > :02:32.update in 15 minutes along with an update on what is happening in

:02:33. > :02:34.Texas. Catastrophic floods are causing

:02:35. > :02:38.devastation in Houston as Storm Harvey continues

:02:39. > :02:40.to batter Texas. Parts of the city have seen two

:02:41. > :02:44.and a half feet of rain in the past So far, emergency teams have rescued

:02:45. > :02:48.almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb

:02:49. > :02:51.onto rooftops to escape. Our North America correspondent,

:02:52. > :02:59.James Cook, reports. Nearly three days after

:03:00. > :03:02.Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas, Houston is still

:03:03. > :03:04.struggling in its wake. Rescuers in boats, helicopters,

:03:05. > :03:06.and lorries, have been bringing Forecasters say the storm

:03:07. > :03:10.is on track to dump a record 50 We want people to know in this city

:03:11. > :03:17.that if you have a need, I simply ask you remain calm

:03:18. > :03:28.and a little patient. Anyone with a boat, large or small,

:03:29. > :03:33.has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets

:03:34. > :03:35.are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift

:03:36. > :03:37.and treacherous. In these conditions,

:03:38. > :03:39.making the wrong turning can quickly And we just praised God

:03:40. > :03:50.and we were rescued, You get a sense here of just how

:03:51. > :04:02.quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these

:04:03. > :04:05.drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down

:04:06. > :04:08.with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city

:04:09. > :04:11.in the United States has now ground both the airports are closed,

:04:12. > :04:24.and 3,000 soldiers have President Trump plans

:04:25. > :04:26.to visit tomorrow. Earlier we spoke to Kristen Anderson

:04:27. > :04:37.from Houston, who was stuck on a roof for hours

:04:38. > :04:48.until she was rescued. I was at my house on Friday night. A

:04:49. > :04:52.tornado hit my house. I left to a friend's house. The water started

:04:53. > :05:03.arriving to the front yard. We got in our cars. At 1130 this morning,

:05:04. > :05:11.the water got too high. It was 13 inches from the roof. We had to

:05:12. > :05:17.claim out her window and climb on the roof and call for help. --

:05:18. > :05:23.climb. That is terrifying. How long were you there? 2.5 hours. Were you

:05:24. > :05:31.trying to get the emergency services? Yes. I posted it on

:05:32. > :05:34.Facebook. We literally went number by number calling and they were

:05:35. > :05:40.either busy or did not answer. I posted on my Facebook where I was

:05:41. > :05:49.and said I need help. Please send help. Two hours later a civilian

:05:50. > :05:56.boat came out in and took us to the convention centre. Tell us what you

:05:57. > :06:02.were thinking on the roof. Did you worry about a point where you could

:06:03. > :06:06.not even stay on the roof? Yes. My friend was actually in Hurricane

:06:07. > :06:13.Katrina. I have not been able to get in touch with them. It got to the

:06:14. > :06:22.point where I was not sure if anyone was coming. I was never told to

:06:23. > :06:27.evacuate. I did not know. Friday evening was the last time I was at

:06:28. > :06:35.home. I could only charge my phone today. I was turning it on and off.

:06:36. > :06:38.Incredible. And it is still ongoing. We will keep you up-to-date.

:06:39. > :06:42.Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in East Sussex,

:06:43. > :06:45.and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that

:06:46. > :06:48.Beaches between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were evacuated

:06:49. > :06:51.as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting.

:06:52. > :06:53.Police say they're investigating what caused the haze.

:06:54. > :07:14.This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea

:07:15. > :07:18.as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach.

:07:19. > :07:20.With streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave

:07:21. > :07:23.before it was evacuated by emergency services wearing gas marks.

:07:24. > :07:25.The mist quickly spread further along the coast.

:07:26. > :07:28.I had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head, and nausea.

:07:29. > :07:32.Everyone, you know, anxiety was high and we were all shaking and getting

:07:33. > :07:33.really nervous and everything.

:07:34. > :07:42.We just didn't really know what to do.

:07:43. > :07:45.More than 100 people headed to hospital in Eastbourne

:07:46. > :07:46.where they went through a decontamination process.

:07:47. > :07:50.Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was

:07:51. > :07:53.The haze prompted a huge response from the Ambulance Service,

:07:54. > :07:55.the Police, the Fire Service, and the RNLI.

:07:56. > :07:59.Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed.

:08:00. > :08:09.What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear.

:08:10. > :08:12.It appears to have come from the coast somewhere.

:08:13. > :08:15.I know in previous incidences we have had here, it has come

:08:16. > :08:18.from an industrial unit in France and stuff like that.

:08:19. > :08:22.We will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has

:08:23. > :08:26.The gas seems to have blown away and thousands are prepared to flock

:08:27. > :08:29.to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday, the police believe

:08:30. > :08:42.A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death

:08:43. > :08:46.by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed

:08:47. > :08:49.in a crash on the M1 near Milton Keynes on Saturday.

:08:50. > :08:51.Ryszard Masierak, who's 31 and from Worcestershire,

:08:52. > :08:54.is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over

:08:55. > :09:00.The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month.

:09:01. > :09:03.A team of British government officials returns to Brussels today

:09:04. > :09:05.for the latest round of Brexit negotiations, with both sides

:09:06. > :09:08.warning there's no real prospect of a breakthrough.

:09:09. > :09:11.The EU continues to insist that there has to be progress

:09:12. > :09:14.on the issues of the rights of EU citizens in the UK,

:09:15. > :09:17.the amount the UK will pay when it leaves the union,

:09:18. > :09:20.the so-called "Divorce Bill," and the future of the Irish border.

:09:21. > :09:23.But Brexit Secretary, David Davis, will today demand more "flexibility

:09:24. > :09:25.and imagination" in the European approach to the talks.

:09:26. > :09:36.Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

:09:37. > :09:42.Good morning. We have talked about this before. Is there a

:09:43. > :09:49.breakthrough? The short answer is no. But the argument coming from

:09:50. > :09:54.both sides is the complexity and the nature of the detail they are having

:09:55. > :09:57.to go through means we should not be surprised by that and see it as a

:09:58. > :10:04.negative. The real frustration on the British side is there has to be

:10:05. > :10:08.a shuffle on in terms of the timing. They want to get on with the whole

:10:09. > :10:14.business of what the relationship looks like after leaving the EU as

:10:15. > :10:21.opposed to this on tangling of the current arrangement. -- untangling.

:10:22. > :10:26.At the moment, the problem with the British side is the other 27 members

:10:27. > :10:30.of the EU have set this timetable down and there is nothing they can

:10:31. > :10:35.do about it. There will be a lot of discussion this week about that

:10:36. > :10:39.divorce bill. Hugely controversial. And there will be hope on both sides

:10:40. > :10:43.that by autumn there can be progress. Thank you very much. We

:10:44. > :10:51.will check in with you shortly. And at 8:20, we'll be talking

:10:52. > :10:54.about this to Phillip Blond from the centre-right

:10:55. > :10:56.think tank Respublica. Eight mountain climbers have died

:10:57. > :10:58.in three separate incidents this weekend in the Austrian

:10:59. > :11:00.and Italian Alps. Five people were killed and another

:11:01. > :11:03.seriously injured after an accident While in Northern Italy,

:11:04. > :11:07.two climbers died in the Adamello Brenta National Park

:11:08. > :11:09.and another close to A rare Sumatran tiger born has been

:11:10. > :11:26.born at a zoo in North Yorkshire. The sex of the animal is yet unknown

:11:27. > :11:30.and is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20

:11:31. > :11:31.years with triplets being born The tigers are classified

:11:32. > :11:35.as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left

:11:36. > :11:38.in the wild, down from 1,000 They are the rarest and smallest

:11:39. > :11:53.subspecies of tiger in the world, There it is. A little baby waking up

:11:54. > :11:56.to the world and wondering what is going on.

:11:57. > :11:59.Millions of us need to take time out from our careers to care

:12:00. > :12:02.for our children or an elderly relative, but rejoining

:12:03. > :12:05.Recent figures suggest there are around 400,000 women

:12:06. > :12:07.currently on a career break who will want,

:12:08. > :12:10.or need to return to the workplace in the future.

:12:11. > :12:13.But three in five of these women are likely to move

:12:14. > :12:14.into lower-skilled or lower-paid jobs.

:12:15. > :12:17.The Government says it's spending ?5 million to tackle the problem,

:12:18. > :12:20.and hope this initial scheme will get 450 public sector workers

:12:21. > :12:31.Joining us in the studio now is Helen Bryce founder

:12:32. > :12:33.of the Guilty Mother's Club, and Sheila Flavell,

:12:34. > :12:46.Chief Operating Officer for a global IT firm.

:12:47. > :12:54.What do you think of these proposals? Anything that supports

:12:55. > :13:00.people getting back into work is a positive thing. I found it is

:13:01. > :13:11.difficult to get back. I support mothers who take time out for a

:13:12. > :13:16.career, go on maternity, and your confidence can be rocked. You can

:13:17. > :13:23.doubt whether you still have skills. You can doubt the networks you have.

:13:24. > :13:27.But the talent of the people I meet and the skills, they can be so

:13:28. > :13:33.better utilised if they get support. A great start. It is not just women

:13:34. > :13:40.who take breaks. What are the biggest problems for people

:13:41. > :13:48.returning to work? Lots of confidence being lost. First of all

:13:49. > :13:56.they don't know how to get back in to the workplace. They feel they are

:13:57. > :14:00.deskilled and don't have confidence and don't know where to start. There

:14:01. > :14:09.is no central hub for people to find jobs. I know you have three

:14:10. > :14:28.children. What was it like going back? You need support with lots of

:14:29. > :14:31.different areas. It is not just about experience. The government

:14:32. > :14:38.scheme is brilliant. It is a positive move. But why are all these

:14:39. > :14:47.women moving? 55,000 are pushed out. It is not just child care, but that

:14:48. > :14:51.is not acceptable quality at the moment. We have to look at why they

:14:52. > :14:55.are leaving. We have to look at flexible work. It is not just a

:14:56. > :15:01.female issue. We are having a few problems with your line, but I want

:15:02. > :15:07.to ask more questions. You talk about a central hub. The government

:15:08. > :15:13.is putting in muggy. Is that going to help? I think it is fantastic

:15:14. > :15:21.news the government has announced this extra money for the public

:15:22. > :15:27.sector. It is a start. It is a step in the right direction. But it is a

:15:28. > :15:36.drop in the ocean. At the moment, you know, I myself was a returner as

:15:37. > :15:39.well. If you are looking to get back into the workplace, where do you

:15:40. > :15:48.start? I suggest you go in to a search engine and just type in UK

:15:49. > :15:54.returners programmes and see what comes up. I work in the technology

:15:55. > :16:04.sector. TechUK, the technology trade body, they work hard with groups

:16:05. > :16:12.like the FDN and a list hubs. That is somewhere to restart your career.

:16:13. > :16:20.Your husband has taken a career break, is he going to return to

:16:21. > :16:27.work? How does he feel about it? He is going to, although he might not

:16:28. > :16:35.know it yet. He has had a career break, which I think is brilliant.

:16:36. > :16:40.Internships are one of the things that they talk about sharing in

:16:41. > :16:47.terms of the gender pay gap. With more men taking career breaks, it

:16:48. > :16:54.should be good. The comments he's had so far have been really

:16:55. > :17:00.positive. People say things like, aren't you brave? I don't think

:17:01. > :17:03.anyone would say that to me. On the whole, people have been very

:17:04. > :17:09.positive and interested by it. People need to keep shouting about

:17:10. > :17:12.it, women and men need to take career breaks and feel OK to go

:17:13. > :17:15.back. We would love to hear from you -

:17:16. > :17:18.have you struggled to rejoin What would have helped

:17:19. > :17:24.you get back to work? You can email us at

:17:25. > :17:25.bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk, or share your thoughts with other

:17:26. > :17:28.viewers on our Facebook page. And you can Tweet about today's

:17:29. > :17:31.stories using the hashtag Thousands of people have

:17:32. > :17:49.been rescued in Houston, Texas after it suffered

:17:50. > :17:51.what authorities have described More than 100 people have

:17:52. > :18:00.been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak

:18:01. > :18:06.along the East Sussex coast. Let's find out what the weather has

:18:07. > :18:20.in store this Bank Holiday Monday. Luckily we are not having the

:18:21. > :18:32.problems they are having in Texas. Yes, normally bank holiday seas a

:18:33. > :18:36.lot of low pressure, we are continuing to see the effects of

:18:37. > :18:41.tropical storm Javier. Since it started raining in Texas on Thursday

:18:42. > :18:47.night, we have seen several inches of rainfall -- Harvey. We have also

:18:48. > :18:56.seen a storm surge nine feet above ground level. Certainly on the other

:18:57. > :19:03.side of the Atlantic, a quieter story. This is how it looks in

:19:04. > :19:11.Derbyshire. Some sunshine around, a warm start to the week. Things

:19:12. > :19:15.turning cooler and settled from the north-west, then high pressure is

:19:16. > :19:21.set to return. A frontal system moving on from the north-west today.

:19:22. > :19:23.Set to bring a bit more cloud across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

:19:24. > :19:31.Breezy conditions with patchy reigns. Sinking south-east. Across

:19:32. > :19:35.England and Wales, we should keep the sunshine for most of the day.

:19:36. > :19:43.Feeling warm if not hot this afternoon. Patchy rain in Northern

:19:44. > :19:49.Ireland through the afternoon. A few showers, quite windy. Rain sinking

:19:50. > :19:53.in across southern Scotland. Moving into north-east England, some

:19:54. > :19:58.sunshine lasting into the afternoon. Cloud in the north-west of England

:19:59. > :20:02.and Wales, the odd shower in the evening hours. For much of Wales in

:20:03. > :20:10.the south-west of England, a fine and sunny day. Not blue skies wall

:20:11. > :20:15.to wall, but temperatures mostly in the mid- 20s. 29 degrees in a few

:20:16. > :20:23.spots in the south-east. An outside chance of a few spots reaching 30

:20:24. > :20:30.degrees. Some patchy rain across northern England and Wales tonight.

:20:31. > :20:36.Returning to fresher conditions with clear skies tomorrow. In the

:20:37. > :20:42.south-east, warm and sticky overnight. Through the day tomorrow,

:20:43. > :20:46.that weather front quite weak. Still quite warm and funny in the

:20:47. > :20:50.south-east. We could see temperatures in the high 20s.

:20:51. > :20:56.Further north, clearer conditions with some sunshine and scattered

:20:57. > :21:00.showers. Low pressure in the middle of the week will bring cooler

:21:01. > :21:07.conditions, pushing out of the way in the end of the week, returning to

:21:08. > :21:10.high pressure. For many of us, warm and dry, rain arriving in the middle

:21:11. > :21:20.of the week with sunshine later on. It doesn't sound too bad and it

:21:21. > :21:24.is very sobering with what is going on in Houston. We could see rain

:21:25. > :21:30.continuing until Wednesday night, unprecedented rainfall. Not out of

:21:31. > :21:33.the woods just yet. The storm is weakening, but it will stay put.

:21:34. > :21:47.Producing heavy rain for a few days. It was one of the most familiar

:21:48. > :21:50.familiar names in the high street, but today marks a year

:21:51. > :21:53.since the last BHS stores closed, after the retailer

:21:54. > :21:57.It brought to an end nearly 90 years of trading for the famous chain.

:21:58. > :21:59.So what's happened to all the empty shops?

:22:00. > :22:02.Our business correspondent Emma Simpson has been finding out.

:22:03. > :22:04.BHS, one of the best-known names on the high street.

:22:05. > :22:08.It had its heyday, but last year, nearly 90 years of trading came

:22:09. > :22:11.And the question, who would fill this gap?

:22:12. > :22:14.At this shopping centre, a shiny new department store.

:22:15. > :22:21.The new jobs for these two former BHS staff.

:22:22. > :22:24.We couldn't get anyone in to fix anything for BHS,

:22:25. > :22:29.but now we've got brand-new everything.

:22:30. > :22:31.It is like moving out, having it refurbished

:22:32. > :22:49.For us, it's's like a home from home. Whatever was

:22:50. > :22:53.-- Whatever was going on in in this building, we would be interested.

:22:54. > :22:55.The fact that we both worked here is amazing.

:22:56. > :22:58.It is a good outcome, but what has happened to the other

:22:59. > :23:03.35 properties have deals or plans in place.

:23:04. > :23:07.Only 25 of the former BHS stores have so far been

:23:08. > :23:20.I am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied,

:23:21. > :23:25.many of them are very large and costly to

:23:26. > :23:28.reoccupy, and they are in marginal towns where there is a lot

:23:29. > :23:32.Those retailers who would normally have been there in the past

:23:33. > :23:46.being dragged around on a Saturday morning with my mum.

:23:47. > :23:49.-- I have lived in Stockport all my life, I remember

:23:50. > :23:52.being dragged around on a Saturday morning with my mum.

:23:53. > :23:55.It would never be a complete visit without coming to BHS.

:23:56. > :24:02.The council is spending millions on improving the town centre.

:24:03. > :24:04.It's leader is convinced a solution can be found.

:24:05. > :24:07.It is a shame, because it is actually a successful shopping

:24:08. > :24:23.We feel there is a lot of potential interest in this building.

:24:24. > :24:25.I think there is an incredible opportunity.

:24:26. > :24:30.But they may need to come up with something creative

:24:31. > :24:35.The same goes for many of the other former BHS stores sitting

:24:36. > :24:47.that was such a big story at the time. Having a look at the papers

:24:48. > :24:57.this morning. The Telegraph, talking about school cheating. Three schools

:24:58. > :25:00.were embroiled in a cheating scandal amid accusations that pupils were

:25:01. > :25:04.told about questions. I am sure a lot of you enjoyed the weather of

:25:05. > :25:17.the weekend, but about lovely picture. The Times has a story about

:25:18. > :25:23.a drug that could cut the risk of repeat heart attacks. Another front

:25:24. > :25:28.in the fight against one of Britain's biggest killers. That

:25:29. > :25:37.story is about eight white Christian child who was taken from their

:25:38. > :25:45.family, forced to live with a foster carer where will she was allegedly

:25:46. > :25:54.forced not to learn Christianity. Another story about that had

:25:55. > :25:59.dropped. Alzheimer's victims, parents talking about their children

:26:00. > :26:06.being struck down by the disease. Talking about Brexit, a lot of

:26:07. > :26:15.negotiations ahead. They are saying Labour have faced furious

:26:16. > :26:29.accusations. If you are an Arsenal fan, don't buy the papers. Alexis

:26:30. > :26:40.Sanchez is in focus, for renegotiating his contract. Everyone

:26:41. > :26:48.is thinking, why would he stay? I didn't see this one! Some very cute

:26:49. > :26:50.owls! Time now to get the news,

:26:51. > :30:11.travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast with

:30:12. > :30:22.Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

:30:23. > :30:25.and sport in a moment. Catastrophic floods are causing

:30:26. > :30:27.devastation in Houston as Storm Harvey continues

:30:28. > :30:28.to batter Texas. Parts of the city have seen two

:30:29. > :30:33.and a half feet of rain in the past So far, emergency teams have rescued

:30:34. > :30:41.almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb

:30:42. > :30:47.onto rooftops to escape. Major roads are underwater and

:30:48. > :30:51.hospitals have been evacuated. Earlier we spoke to CBS

:30:52. > :31:03.correspondent, Kenneth Craig, The weather has not let up. We

:31:04. > :31:08.thought we had a break a few minutes ago. The skies cleared and it was

:31:09. > :31:26.actually pleasant. Then the rain picked up again. These are the outer

:31:27. > :31:30.bands of Harvey, dumping inches of rain expected to continue for the

:31:31. > :31:33.next few days. A 2 million square feet facility, the convention

:31:34. > :31:36.centre, has been open for anyone who needs it. Several dozen people were

:31:37. > :31:43.already waiting there when we went. A woman who had her baby and

:31:44. > :31:47.umbrella with no shoes and just a few diapers and the clothes on her

:31:48. > :31:51.back spoke to us. She was desperate for cover. The president will be

:31:52. > :31:55.here on Tuesday at some point. He said he did not want to come here

:31:56. > :31:59.for a few days to let authorities and local officials do their work

:32:00. > :32:03.and to not be a distraction. We understand he will be here at some

:32:04. > :32:10.point on Tuesday to assess the damage. He signed an emergency

:32:11. > :32:15.declaration early on to give financial resources and manpower to

:32:16. > :32:19.help assist with the situation. The coastguard is involved. Thousands of

:32:20. > :32:21.service members and additional local and state authorities. We will see

:32:22. > :32:27.what he has to say on Tuesday. Around 150 people have been treated

:32:28. > :32:41.at a hospital in East Sussex, and hundreds more have been affected

:32:42. > :32:44.by a mysterious gas cloud that Beaches between Eastbourne

:32:45. > :32:48.and Birling Gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming

:32:49. > :32:50.eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say they're investigating

:32:51. > :32:52.what caused the haze but that the beaches will be

:32:53. > :32:55.open as normal today. A lorry driver is due in court today

:32:56. > :32:59.accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people

:33:00. > :33:02.in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the M1

:33:03. > :33:05.near Milton Keynes on Saturday. Ryszard Masierak, who's 31

:33:06. > :33:07.and from Worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious

:33:08. > :33:10.injury to four people and being over The driver of a second lorry

:33:11. > :33:16.will appear in court next month. A team of British government

:33:17. > :33:19.officials returns to Brussels today for the latest round of Brexit

:33:20. > :33:22.negotiations, calling for more "flexibility and imagination"

:33:23. > :33:23.in the European approach But the EU continues to insist

:33:24. > :33:28.progress must be made on the issues of the rights of EU citizens

:33:29. > :33:31.in the UK, the amount Britain will pay when it leaves the union,

:33:32. > :33:34.as well as the future Eight mountain climbers have died

:33:35. > :33:46.in three separate incidents this weekend in the Austrian

:33:47. > :33:48.and Italian Alps. Five people were killed and another

:33:49. > :33:51.seriously injured after an accident While in Northern Italy,

:33:52. > :33:55.two climbers died in the Adamello Brenta National Park

:33:56. > :33:57.and another close to A rare Sumatran tiger has been born

:33:58. > :34:06.at a zoo in North Yorkshire. It is the fourth cub to be born

:34:07. > :34:09.at Flamingo Land in more The same breeding pair

:34:10. > :34:12.had triplets in 2014. The tigers are classified

:34:13. > :34:14.as critically endangered, with approximately

:34:15. > :34:16.300 left in the wild. They are the rarest and smallest

:34:17. > :34:38.subspecies of tiger in the world, Have a look at that. At the moment

:34:39. > :34:46.we cannot see any of them. Look at it, though, so cute. Hopefully the

:34:47. > :35:02.mother comes back. The weather is coming up soon. She is looking at

:35:03. > :35:11.Houston as well. Arsenal. 4-0, what a thrashing! Nothing cute about

:35:12. > :35:16.that. Arsene Wenger must be thinking "Oh, no, not again." They played

:35:17. > :35:21.poorly yesterday. Where was the attitude and the intensity? The

:35:22. > :35:26.Times sums it up. Unwatchable, unforgivable, unacceptable. That is

:35:27. > :35:31.because players like Alexis Sanchez, who still has not signed a new

:35:32. > :35:36.contract, the deadline ends on Thursday, he has not signed one, he

:35:37. > :35:43.looks like he did not want to be there. This attitude sums it up.

:35:44. > :35:44.Liverpool for them to shreds. Their defence was pathetic, as the fans

:35:45. > :35:46.called it. In the Premier League

:35:47. > :35:48.there was an emphatic victory for Liverpool as they thrashed

:35:49. > :35:51.Arsenal by four goals The Reds were already a goal up

:35:52. > :35:55.before this brilliant effort It was a dominant display

:35:56. > :35:58.by Jurgen Klopp's side, capped by Daniel

:35:59. > :36:09.Sturridge's late goal. If you give Arsenal a little

:36:10. > :36:14.bit of space and time, they will tend to do

:36:15. > :36:16.what they want to do. We were not at a level of commitment

:36:17. > :36:20.physically and mentally as well. A performance like that is,

:36:21. > :36:25.of course, very disappointing. Tottenham Hotspur are still

:36:26. > :36:27.without a Premier League Chris Wood scored on his league

:36:28. > :36:32.debut in the 92nd minute to earn Both teams have four

:36:33. > :36:41.points from three games. Champions Chelsea made it

:36:42. > :36:43.back-to-back wins by beating Cesc Fabregas opened the scoring

:36:44. > :36:48.at Stamford Bridge before new signing Alvaro Morata headed

:36:49. > :36:52.in the second just before half-time. And Stoke's Peter Crouch made

:36:53. > :36:55.the most of a defensive mix-up to end West Brom's 100%

:36:56. > :36:57.start to the season. His equaliser earned

:36:58. > :37:04.them a 1-1 draw. In the Scottish Premiership,

:37:05. > :37:07.Dundee secured their first point of the season to lift themselves off

:37:08. > :37:10.the bottom of the table. A 1-1 draw against Hibs at Dens Park

:37:11. > :37:14.ended a run of five league defeats And Rangers won,

:37:15. > :37:19.3-1, at Ross County. You'd have to say it's advantage

:37:20. > :37:23.West Indies heading into the fourth day of the second test

:37:24. > :37:25.against England in Leeds. Joe Root's team are playing catch-up

:37:26. > :37:28.in their second innings. Mark Stoneman hit a maiden test half

:37:29. > :37:31.century before being bowled for 52. Root will resume unbeaten on 45

:37:32. > :37:34.with England leading Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 200th

:37:35. > :37:50.race in Formula One with a faultless display to win the

:37:51. > :37:51.Belgian Grand Prix. The three time World Champion

:37:52. > :37:54.started on pole but was angry about a safety car coming out,

:37:55. > :37:57.which he said could have But he held off the challenge

:37:58. > :38:01.of Sebastian Vettel He's now just seven points behind

:38:02. > :38:05.Vettel in the drivers' standings. Britain's Chris Froome will enjoy

:38:06. > :38:08.today's rest day on the Vuelta a Espana after extending his lead

:38:09. > :38:11.over Esteban Chaves to 36 seconds. The Tour de France champion

:38:12. > :38:14.made his break for victory with a few hundred yards to go

:38:15. > :38:18.at the end of yesterday's 108 Afterwards Froome said

:38:19. > :38:21.he couldn't have asked to be And finally, we'll go back

:38:22. > :38:28.to the Scottish Premiership and Rangers' 3-1 win at Ross County,

:38:29. > :38:31.we've been keeping this goal Not great viewing for fans

:38:32. > :38:35.of Ross County, I'm afraid. Their goalkeeper, Scott Fox, got

:38:36. > :38:38.a bit too fancy with his footwork allowing the quick thinking

:38:39. > :38:41.Alfredo Morelos to out-fox him I want to know how he

:38:42. > :39:04.forgot he was there. You have to see it a second time to

:39:05. > :39:11.realise how, Collette is. People must be thinking what are they

:39:12. > :39:16.doing! -- how comical it is. Don't be clever. Thank you. Thank you very

:39:17. > :39:19.much. Prince William and Harry have spoken

:39:20. > :39:22.in depth about the life and loss of their mother in a BBC

:39:23. > :39:25.documentary aired last night. "Diana, Seven Days" told the story

:39:26. > :39:26.of her death and the extraordinary public outpouring of grief that

:39:27. > :39:29.surrounded her funeral. It is, the Princes say,

:39:30. > :39:31.the last time they will speak Lots of people were talking

:39:32. > :39:44.about this on social It is still one of the most trending

:39:45. > :39:48.topics this morning. Let's take a look.

:39:49. > :39:55.The car, a blue Mercedes, appears to have overturned in a narrow

:39:56. > :40:03.tunnel... The death of the Princess of Wales feels all of us with deep

:40:04. > :40:07.shock and grief. -- fills. I was numb, disoriented, dizzy, and you

:40:08. > :40:12.feel very, very confused. One of the hardest

:40:13. > :40:15.things for a parent to have to do is to tell your

:40:16. > :40:18.children that your other parent has died my grandmother wanted

:40:19. > :40:21.to protect her to grandson 's Our grandmother deliberately removed

:40:22. > :40:24.the newspapers so we didn't Sadly, a lot of my memories

:40:25. > :40:28.revolve around trying She cried more about press intrusion

:40:29. > :40:39.than anything else in her life. One of the hardest things to come

:40:40. > :40:43.to terms with is that the same people who chased

:40:44. > :40:45.into the tunnel were taking photos of her

:40:46. > :40:48.while she was dying on the back seat It was new territory,

:40:49. > :40:51.nobody had seen anything My grandmother and

:40:52. > :40:53.father believed that we were better served out

:40:54. > :40:56.in Balmoral, having the walk in space and peace

:40:57. > :40:58.to be with the family. Why wouldn't you let them get over

:40:59. > :41:04.the shock in the comfort I think it was a very hard decision

:41:05. > :41:09.for my grandmother to make. She felt very torn between being

:41:10. > :41:13.a grandmother and being the queen. My mother, she had been challenging

:41:14. > :41:31.the Royal family for many years. A lot of people

:41:32. > :41:37.talking about it last Dickie Arbiter is a former

:41:38. > :42:00.Press Secretary to the Queen and media manager for Prince Charles

:42:01. > :42:02.and Princess Diana. He joins us from our

:42:03. > :42:10.London newsroom. Some of it is painful to watch. Good

:42:11. > :42:15.morning. Yes, it was painful. It brought back many memories. But it

:42:16. > :42:23.was an extremely good documentary. It was well put together. It was a

:42:24. > :42:32.discarding of a monosyllabic narrator. It was a masterpiece of

:42:33. > :42:36.documentary making. William and Harry were being frank about what

:42:37. > :42:40.happened 20 years ago. I am glad they vindicated their grandmother,

:42:41. > :42:45.if I can use that, for their mother and father. Had they not stayed up

:42:46. > :42:52.there with William and Harry and allowed them the space to vent their

:42:53. > :42:57.anger, they would not have been able to do what they did, walk about at

:42:58. > :43:03.Kensington Gardens on the Thursday, and do with such dignity walking

:43:04. > :43:07.behind the carriage. They were good and I thought the contributors were

:43:08. > :43:12.excellent. Tell us about your memories of the decisions, very

:43:13. > :43:22.important decisions, being made at the time. The former Downing Street

:43:23. > :43:29.incumbents, I noticed they did not lacks in. It was interesting. --

:43:30. > :43:33.lack spin. From the first day, there was the suggestion from Malcolm in

:43:34. > :43:41.the documentary there were two options for the funeral. One is the

:43:42. > :43:46.coffin goes into a hearse, and the other is a goes onto a gun carriage.

:43:47. > :43:52.Alastair Campbell said it is too militaristic. De Blasio it. If it

:43:53. > :43:59.goes on to a hearse you can reach out but you cannot touch it. --

:44:00. > :44:05.actually. You cannot touch it if it is on a gun carriage. Using a

:44:06. > :44:11.military gun carriage was fully justified because she was in the

:44:12. > :44:17.military in a way. Tell us about what you made of the public reaction

:44:18. > :44:22.at the time and 20 years on. Public reaction at the time, I believe, was

:44:23. > :44:30.whipped up by the media. They were looking for a story by the third

:44:31. > :44:35.day, Wednesday, Surrey, day four. -- sorry. They were saying could the

:44:36. > :44:42.Queen be in London? It is how you ask the question. All of the public

:44:43. > :44:46.will say of course she should. If you say, she should stay at Balmoral

:44:47. > :44:51.with William and Harry and give support, that would also get a

:44:52. > :44:54.positive answer. There was unnecessary and are given to the

:44:55. > :45:03.Queen. I am glad William and Harry came out in her defence, giving a

:45:04. > :45:08.reason for her position to stay at Balmoral. The whole idea of a

:45:09. > :45:12.tribute to Princess Diana, the Queen will always do that, she does that,

:45:13. > :45:22.she does not need to be told to do it. What she decides is when it is

:45:23. > :45:26.appropriate. She thought the eve of the funeral, when everyone was

:45:27. > :45:31.focused on it, was correct. She was spot on, and she was spot on with

:45:32. > :45:37.the message of the tribute. Thank you.

:45:38. > :45:40.If you have not seen the documentary, you can watch it on our

:45:41. > :45:43.website. Here's Sarah with a look

:45:44. > :45:52.at this morning's weather. This is a picture from the awful

:45:53. > :45:57.flooding in Houston? Yes, we have had record amounts of rainfall since

:45:58. > :46:04.Thursday. We are not out of the woods yet. 40 inches of rain has

:46:05. > :46:14.fallen to the east of Houston, largely in the last 24 hours. We are

:46:15. > :46:21.not out of the woods yet. The storm is weakening, but it is slow-moving

:46:22. > :46:26.and it should continue to produce heavy rain for a few more days as

:46:27. > :46:33.yet. High pressure dominating the UK today. This is how it works in

:46:34. > :46:37.Cambridgeshire this morning. Through the week, a warm start. Things

:46:38. > :46:44.turning cooler from the north-west. High pressure set to return again in

:46:45. > :46:48.the next weeks. High pressure out in the east of the UK. This weather

:46:49. > :46:53.front is moving in from the north-west. A cold front introducing

:46:54. > :46:57.cooler conditions. Windy weather in Northern Ireland in Scotland. A band

:46:58. > :47:04.of rain. Quite warm across eastern Scotland and to wants the lower

:47:05. > :47:11.counties. England and Wales see the most sunshine through the day. High

:47:12. > :47:15.levels of UV. Very warm, possibly the hottest August bank holiday on

:47:16. > :47:22.record. Scotland and Northern Ireland scene cool air, breezy.

:47:23. > :47:28.Patchy rain in the central belt by four o'clock. Into north-east

:47:29. > :47:33.England, sunshine dominates. For the bulk of Wales, towards the

:47:34. > :47:39.south-west of England, plenty of sunshine. Hazy at times,

:47:40. > :47:43.temperatures doing well. Heading towards the south-east, we will see

:47:44. > :47:50.the highest temperatures. We could see 29 degrees. If we do, the

:47:51. > :47:54.hottest late August bank holiday on record. Through the evening, cloud

:47:55. > :48:00.and patchy rain in the north. Filtering south. A damp night to

:48:01. > :48:07.come for northern England and Wales. In the south-east, warm and sticky

:48:08. > :48:12.air overnight. Fresher further north, temperatures 11- 12 degrees.

:48:13. > :48:19.Through the day tomorrow, hot and sunny in the south-east. There could

:48:20. > :48:21.be an isolated shower. Across the UK, fresher conditions. Sunshine and

:48:22. > :48:30.showers. 15- 17 in the north. A group of British rowers are stuck

:48:31. > :48:36.on a remote Norwegian island after attempting to row

:48:37. > :48:38.between Norway and Iceland. The Polar Row expedition ran

:48:39. > :48:41.into problems after bad weather meant that the boat's

:48:42. > :48:43.solar-powered batteries failed. Gold medallist Alex

:48:44. > :48:45.Gregory is one of crew. We'll speak to him in a moment

:48:46. > :49:02.but this is the moment he landed I am on the beach here, it is a tiny

:49:03. > :49:16.island north of Iceland. We landed here yesterday, we went north 80

:49:17. > :49:21.degrees and then south to hear. It has been a big journey, one I don't

:49:22. > :49:30.wish to repeat. The beach here is scattered with driftwood and whale

:49:31. > :49:38.bones. Long days of wailing here, hence the bones. We have been

:49:39. > :49:43.welcomed by the Norwegian military. -- whaling. It is a small base, 18

:49:44. > :49:48.people live here. The hospitality has been unbelievable. They have

:49:49. > :49:53.saved our lives. It is a truly incredible place. It is fascinating

:49:54. > :49:55.to spend a bit of time here. Olympic gold medallist Alex Gregory

:49:56. > :50:06.joins us on the phone. You are smiling in this clip, but

:50:07. > :50:13.you are totally gutted? To be honest, no, it has been a really

:50:14. > :50:25.successful expedition. As you heard, we went from... I think we might

:50:26. > :50:33.have lost the line to Alex there. I can just hear myself back. We will

:50:34. > :50:42.try to get back to him, it is quite a story. This 1200 mile record they

:50:43. > :50:45.have been trying to break. Maybe we can talk to him after this.

:50:46. > :50:48.If I was to say "The Quaffle", "Bludgers" and "The Snitch" it

:50:49. > :50:50.could only mean one thing - Quidditch.

:50:51. > :50:51.The flying-broom based sport featured heavily

:50:52. > :50:57.Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson was there.

:50:58. > :51:00.-- A more gravity challenged version has been growing in popularity

:51:01. > :51:03.since it was first played in the US, back in 2005.

:51:04. > :51:06.And over the weekend, the first ever British Premier League Championships

:51:07. > :51:10.took place at the stadium of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League side.

:51:11. > :51:22.Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson was there.

:51:23. > :51:24.Quidditch, created by JK Rowling and very much

:51:25. > :51:39.Teams battling it out for the Quidditch Premier League

:51:40. > :51:43.The first time it has been played in the UK at a professional stadium.

:51:44. > :51:46.We have lots of people coming down, they get to see

:51:47. > :52:01.We use this to score goals, each tube is worth ten points. -- each

:52:02. > :52:03.hoop. When you get hit

:52:04. > :52:06.by this, you have to go This is the golden snitch,

:52:07. > :52:09.if you catch it, you get extra points

:52:10. > :52:12.and it ends the game. For the players, all this

:52:13. > :52:15.is done with one of these If you get hit by a bludger or it

:52:16. > :52:20.comes between your legs, you have to go and tag

:52:21. > :52:26.back in at your hoops. Would it be easier

:52:27. > :52:28.if you could fly? It was clear to see how seriously

:52:29. > :52:35.they were taking it. Many of the players were attracted

:52:36. > :53:09.to the sport by a certain wizard. But it is so separate now that I am

:53:10. > :53:23.separating Quidditch West Midlands verse

:53:24. > :53:36.the south-east in the finals. A tight contest, but

:53:37. > :53:38.finally, a game ending I got the snitch in the end,

:53:39. > :53:58.thanks to my peers. Presented with a trophy

:53:59. > :54:01.that was bigger than Ron The sport is going to be

:54:02. > :54:07.recognised by Sport England, and one day it could

:54:08. > :54:35.be a case of Harry Once they have the flying sorted

:54:36. > :54:47.out, we will join. I think you would be very good at it. I have watched

:54:48. > :54:54.them play in Chester. They have a very good team. It makes you think,

:54:55. > :55:03.if you have ever read about sport that doesn't exist in real life, it

:55:04. > :55:18.could be created. That is exactly what I was thinking.

:55:19. > :55:20.As we've been hearing there was lots of response

:55:21. > :55:25.to the documentary 'Diana, 7 days' on social media last night.

:55:26. > :55:27.Cerulean Man on twitter said he was impressed by the "honestly

:55:28. > :55:45.Calling it a "touching tribute" to Princess Diana.

:55:46. > :55:56.You can catch up with 'Diana 7, Days' on the BBC iPlayer.

:55:57. > :56:02.We spoke earlier to the press secretary at the time and he said it

:56:03. > :56:08.was great to hear that Princes talk about it.

:56:09. > :56:17.Still to come this morning: I think there is too much hysteria around

:56:18. > :56:29.gender. For example, pink headbands on babies. They were joint winners

:56:30. > :56:31.of the Edinburgh comedy award. Hannah Gadsby will be with us after

:56:32. > :00:26.830. This is Breakfast with

:00:27. > :00:31.Steph McGovern and Louise Minchin. Scenes of devastation

:00:32. > :00:32.as catastrophic flooding hits Desperate rescue efforts are taking

:00:33. > :00:38.place as thousands of people Officials have described

:00:39. > :00:45.the rainfall as unprecedented. Roads have been turned

:00:46. > :00:48.into rivers as people are urged We praised God and we were rescued,

:00:49. > :00:59.so we are very thankful. One care home had to be evacuated

:01:00. > :01:02.after residents were submerged A chemical haze along

:01:03. > :01:30.the East Sussex coast leaves more than 100 people needing hospital

:01:31. > :01:32.treatment for vomiting UK negotiators say

:01:33. > :01:38.they want "flexibility Coming up in sport: Arsenal manager

:01:39. > :01:45.Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls

:01:46. > :02:19.a disastrous 4-0 loss to Liverpool. Goldie tells us of how he feels

:02:20. > :02:25.about taking his new music out on tour. And we could well see the

:02:26. > :02:29.hottest bank holiday Monday on record today. A little more cloud

:02:30. > :02:31.further north, but I will have full forecast in 15 minutes. Thank you,

:02:32. > :02:39.Sarah. Catastrophic floods are causing

:02:40. > :02:43.devastation in Houston as Storm Harvey continues to batter

:02:44. > :02:44.Texas. Parts of the city have seen two

:02:45. > :02:47.and a half feet of rain in the past 48 hours,

:02:48. > :02:50.and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued

:02:51. > :02:52.almost 2,000 people - others have been told to climb

:02:53. > :02:54.onto rooftops to escape. Our North America correspondent

:02:55. > :02:59.James Cook reports. Nearly three days after

:03:00. > :03:01.Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas, Houston is still struggling

:03:02. > :03:05.in its wake. Rescuers in boats, helicopters,

:03:06. > :03:07.and lorries, have been Forecasters say the storm

:03:08. > :03:14.is on track to dump a record 50 We want people to know in this city

:03:15. > :03:19.that if you have a need, I simply ask you remain calm

:03:20. > :03:26.and a little patient. Anyone with a boat, large or small,

:03:27. > :03:34.has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets

:03:35. > :03:37.are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift

:03:38. > :03:42.and treacherous. In these conditions,

:03:43. > :03:46.making the wrong turning can quickly And we just praised God

:03:47. > :03:53.and we were rescued, You get a sense here of just how

:03:54. > :04:01.quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these

:04:02. > :04:06.drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down

:04:07. > :04:10.with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city

:04:11. > :04:12.in the United States has Motorways are cut off,

:04:13. > :04:18.both the airports are closed, and 3,000 soldiers have

:04:19. > :04:20.mobilised to help. President Trump plans

:04:21. > :04:21.to visit tomorrow. Around 150 people have been treated

:04:22. > :04:35.at a hospital in East Sussex, and hundreds more have been affected

:04:36. > :04:37.by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along

:04:38. > :04:39.the south coast of England. Beaches between Eastbourne

:04:40. > :04:41.and Birling Gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming

:04:42. > :04:47.eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say they're

:04:48. > :04:49.investigating what caused the haze, but the beaches

:04:50. > :04:52.will be open as normal today. This is the moment a strange haze

:04:53. > :04:59.began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day

:05:00. > :05:02.at the beach. With streaming eyes and sore

:05:03. > :05:06.throats, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by emergency

:05:07. > :05:11.services wearing gas marks. The mist quickly spread

:05:12. > :05:42.further along the coast. My children had sore eyes, I was

:05:43. > :05:47.coughing until ten o'clock, and I still have a dry cough this morning.

:05:48. > :05:55.But fingers crossed, nothing lingering.

:05:56. > :05:57.More than 100 people headed to hospital in Eastbourne

:05:58. > :05:59.where they went through a decontamination process.

:06:00. > :06:01.Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was

:06:02. > :06:05.The haze prompted a huge response from the Ambulance Service,

:06:06. > :06:08.the Police, the Fire Service, and the RNLI.

:06:09. > :06:10.Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed.

:06:11. > :06:15.What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear.

:06:16. > :06:20.It appears to have come from the coast somewhere.

:06:21. > :06:23.I know in previous incidents we have had here, it has come

:06:24. > :06:25.from an industrial unit in France and stuff like that.

:06:26. > :06:28.We will work with our agencies to try and find out where

:06:29. > :06:42.The gas now seems to have blown away, and as thousands prepare

:06:43. > :06:44.to flock to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday,

:06:45. > :06:47.the police believe it is isolated and it is not expected

:06:48. > :06:51.A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death

:06:52. > :06:54.by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed

:06:55. > :06:56.in a crash on the M1 near Milton Keynes on Saturday.

:06:57. > :07:01.Andy Moore is in High Wickham for us this morning.

:07:02. > :07:12.also the driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month.

:07:13. > :07:14.A team of British government officials returns to Brussels today

:07:15. > :07:17.for the latest round of Brexit negotiations, with both sides

:07:18. > :07:19.warning there's no real prospect of a breakthrough.

:07:20. > :07:21.The EU continues to insist that there has to be progress

:07:22. > :07:24.on the issues of the rights of EU citizens in the UK,

:07:25. > :07:27.the amount the UK will pay when it leaves the union,

:07:28. > :07:32.the so-called divorce bill, and the future of the Irish border.

:07:33. > :07:34.But Brexit Secretary David Davis will today demand more flexibility

:07:35. > :07:37.and imagination in the European approach to the talks.

:07:38. > :07:48.Let's talk to our political correspondent Chris Mason.

:07:49. > :07:54.We have followed this for many months. When will there be signs of

:07:55. > :08:03.a breakthrough? That is the big question. To be honest, I don't have

:08:04. > :08:08.an answer, but I don't stop after a sentence, I will continue. The word

:08:09. > :08:14.is there isn't any expectation of a breakthrough or breakdown. I'm told

:08:15. > :08:18.talks will be technical. David Davis is out there this morning and there

:08:19. > :08:23.will be a news conference at the end of the week. Lots of discussion

:08:24. > :08:28.about the specifics of this settlement, this divorce bill, which

:08:29. > :08:34.politically could be hugely tricky once a figure comes out in concrete

:08:35. > :08:37.terms from the European Union. And then a real desire from the

:08:38. > :08:42.Government to try and move on from this whole business of unpacking our

:08:43. > :08:46.Aleix and ship with the European Union, to what our relationship

:08:47. > :08:53.looks like after we have left. Michel Barnier, the negotiator,

:08:54. > :08:57.bound by rules set down by the other 27 countries to do these things

:08:58. > :09:00.first, but I hope on the British side is within a couple of months

:09:01. > :09:05.they can talk about the future relationship. On the one hand, not a

:09:06. > :09:10.huge amount of time to go, on the other hand, a lot of talking to be

:09:11. > :09:17.done. There certainly is, and I know you will follow every twist and turn

:09:18. > :09:21.closely, thank you very much. It is just coming up to ten past eight.

:09:22. > :09:30.A group of British rowers are stuck on a remote Norwegian island after

:09:31. > :09:39.attempting to row between Norway and Ireland. The solar powered batteries

:09:40. > :09:50.failed. This is when they landed on the island a few days ago. I am on

:09:51. > :09:54.the beach of a tiny island north of Iceland. We landed here yesterday

:09:55. > :10:02.after rowing for 12 days, we went north from Svalbard to the ice sheet

:10:03. > :10:08.and then down south to hear. It has been a hell of a journey, we don't

:10:09. > :10:18.want to wish to repeat again. The beach here is scattered with

:10:19. > :10:25.driftwood and whalebones from old days of whaling. We have been

:10:26. > :10:31.welcomed by military people here, it is a small base. 18 people live

:10:32. > :10:38.here, and the hospitality has been unbelievable. They have saved our

:10:39. > :10:43.lives. It is a truly incredible place, it is fascinating to spend a

:10:44. > :10:47.bit of time here. Let's speak now to Olympic medallist Alex Gregory who

:10:48. > :10:51.joins us on the phone. Fascinating to see you there, it is not where

:10:52. > :10:59.you wanted to be. How did you manage to get there? Hello, yes. It was an

:11:00. > :11:07.extraordinary journey, a fantastic journey. We set off, the team

:11:08. > :11:12.originally set off from Tromso and went up to the Svalbard where I

:11:13. > :11:19.joined and we went north, we ended up 79 degrees, latitude, where we

:11:20. > :11:26.hit the ice and then we travelled down towards Iceland. We stopped

:11:27. > :11:30.just before Iceland on this island, an extraordinary place. We needed to

:11:31. > :11:39.come in for a bit of a respite after the journey south. You talk about a

:11:40. > :11:46.bit of a respite. Did you genuinely, where you fearing for your lives?

:11:47. > :11:50.Some of us were, some of us weren't. I am really experienced rower, but a

:11:51. > :11:55.flat water rower, and I'm not used to the conditions out on the ocean,

:11:56. > :11:59.it is like I wasn't expecting it, but I had a reality check while I

:12:00. > :12:02.was out there. Some of the guys were completely comfortable, the more

:12:03. > :12:11.experienced members, so we all had to come to our own decisions. When

:12:12. > :12:16.we were in the middle of the sea with swirls of four metres, it is a

:12:17. > :12:20.humbling place, a scary place, and when you are not used to being in

:12:21. > :12:24.those conditions, you start to think about your life and everything that

:12:25. > :12:31.is going on around, and I have a young family, I am a dad of three

:12:32. > :12:35.young kids, and I want to teach them that if you want to achieve

:12:36. > :12:38.something then you go and do it, but also I have to be realistic, and

:12:39. > :12:43.getting the opportunity to stop then allowed me to reassess from my point

:12:44. > :12:46.of view, I think it would be irresponsible to go back onto the

:12:47. > :12:54.water and finish of the short journey to Iceland, so that was my

:12:55. > :13:00.decision, but the crew were all slightly differing opinions, but we

:13:01. > :13:04.are all respectful of each other's opinions, and that is part of an

:13:05. > :13:09.expedition, part of a journey and working together as a team, and

:13:10. > :13:14.thankfully we are great group of people and we are all understanding.

:13:15. > :13:22.So the expedition now is over, but what happens? How you return? This

:13:23. > :13:29.island is not an easy place to get to, and not an easy place to get

:13:30. > :13:32.off. It is an amazing island, a small volcanic island north of

:13:33. > :13:39.Iceland, but it is a military base with a meteorological Department as

:13:40. > :13:44.well, and a group of 18 Norwegian people who live here, and they have

:13:45. > :13:49.been incredible, they have looked after us, fed us, given Spence, they

:13:50. > :13:57.have become our friends, and we cannot thank them enough for their

:13:58. > :14:01.hospitality. But we have to find a way ourselves to get ourselves off

:14:02. > :14:04.the island and out of their hair, we have probably overstayed our

:14:05. > :14:08.welcome, so we're working hard on trying to find a way off, and I

:14:09. > :14:12.think it is going to be down to flagging down a boat, and we hear

:14:13. > :14:16.there is a vote coming past next week sometime so we are hoping to

:14:17. > :14:20.jump aboard that. What an extraordinary thing to have to do.

:14:21. > :14:25.Tell us about your family, are they relieved to know you are safe at the

:14:26. > :14:31.moment? Of course there are they have been completely, totally

:14:32. > :14:37.supportive of this expedition and everything we have tried to do here.

:14:38. > :14:41.We have had a very successful expedition. We have 11 world records

:14:42. > :14:43.to this point, it has been incredibly successful, more

:14:44. > :14:51.successful than we thought it would be, actually, in terms of doing

:14:52. > :14:54.something that no one has done before. Being out on these waters,

:14:55. > :14:58.rowing these waters that no one has done before, so we have had an

:14:59. > :15:03.incredibly successful time, and now I'm looking forward to getting back

:15:04. > :15:08.to my family and spending time with my youngsters. Very good luck with

:15:09. > :15:11.hailing down that boat. I'm not quite sure how you'll do it, but I'm

:15:12. > :15:18.sure you were axed Mike Alex Gregory, thank you very much.

:15:19. > :15:23.One of those stories where you know there is going to be a film coming

:15:24. > :15:27.out of it. Good luck to them.

:15:28. > :15:28.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:15:29. > :15:31.The main stories this morning: Thousands of people have

:15:32. > :15:32.been rescued in Houston, Texas after it suffered

:15:33. > :15:36.what authorities have described as "catastophic" flooding.

:15:37. > :15:38.More than 100 people have been treated in hospital

:15:39. > :15:46.after a suspected chemical leak along the East Sussex coast.

:15:47. > :15:51.Here's Sarah with a look at this morning's weather.

:15:52. > :15:58.We were just talking about the lead story, the awful weather in Texas

:15:59. > :16:04.and that is a picture from there isn't it?

:16:05. > :16:09.Yes, seems like this where we have had heavy rainfall since Thursday

:16:10. > :16:13.night, there has already been 40 inches of rainfall and there could

:16:14. > :16:19.be another ten inches over the next couple of days, and the storm surge

:16:20. > :16:21.of nine feet above ground level. Devastating flooding, more than 60

:16:22. > :16:26.tornadoes to contend with hampering the rescue effort so the situation

:16:27. > :16:31.is set to get potentially a bit worse before it gets better with

:16:32. > :16:39.further days of rainfall to come but closer to home things are much

:16:40. > :16:44.quieter. Bank holiday weekend or across most of the country, clear

:16:45. > :16:48.blue skies, after the warm dry start things will turn gradually cooler

:16:49. > :16:52.bit of rain through the middle of the week before high-pressure set to

:16:53. > :16:57.return once again high-pressure at the moment out towards the east of

:16:58. > :17:01.the UK, meanwhile across the Northwest a cold front which will

:17:02. > :17:04.import a bit of rain and fresher conditions from the north-west that

:17:05. > :17:09.brings when the wet weather across parts of Scotland and Northern

:17:10. > :17:13.Ireland, further south across England and Wales you should stay

:17:14. > :17:18.dry and pretty hot, the hottest late August bank holiday on record in

:17:19. > :17:22.fact. This afternoon the pressure starts to move and there is

:17:23. > :17:26.outbreaks of patchy rain, rain across the central belt, for the

:17:27. > :17:32.Northern half of Scotland it should stay fresh but bright and breezy.

:17:33. > :17:37.The patchy rain around the borders into Northern England cloud moving

:17:38. > :17:46.from the north-west, many places staying dry and sunny, similar

:17:47. > :17:51.picture, sunshine and light winds, pleasant day across the south-west

:17:52. > :17:56.of with temperatures in the mid-20s with the blue sky and sunshine,

:17:57. > :18:02.could see 29 degrees so towards London if we do it will be hottest

:18:03. > :18:08.late August bank holiday record. The front slips further south, patchy

:18:09. > :18:12.rain into the Midlands and Wales, to the South east of that still in

:18:13. > :18:19.sticky and you mid-air, 16 or 17 tonight but further night

:18:20. > :18:26.to Warsi Northwest and have the UK sunshine and scattered blustery

:18:27. > :18:31.showers and it will be fresher, that front through the Midlands, towards

:18:32. > :18:36.the south-east hot and dry once again, temperatures not as hot as

:18:37. > :18:39.today but did see 26 degrees. Bit of rain for many of us to the middle

:18:40. > :18:40.part of the week and then high-pressure valves as we look

:18:41. > :18:45.towards the end of the week. Some people are going to have a

:18:46. > :18:50.lovely day, thank you. Since Brexit negotiations got

:18:51. > :18:52.underway just over two months ago, little progress appears

:18:53. > :18:54.to have been made. And as the latest round of talks

:18:55. > :18:57.begin today, both sides are warning there's not much chance

:18:58. > :18:58.of a breakthrough. The Brexit Secretary,

:18:59. > :19:01.David Davis, is calling for more "flexibility and imagination"

:19:02. > :19:05.from his EU counterparts. Let's discuss what that might

:19:06. > :19:07.mean with Phillip Blond from the centre-right think tank,

:19:08. > :19:18.Respublica. Thank you for joining us, we heard

:19:19. > :19:23.about David Davies talking about flexibility and imagination, it

:19:24. > :19:30.sounds a bit desperate doesn't it? I don't think it sounds desperate, I

:19:31. > :19:34.think it's on point. The EU has chosen bureaucracy as its weapon and

:19:35. > :19:38.it is a formidable weapon and all of its positions are hard-wired in so

:19:39. > :19:44.it cannot really change anything and the British government is quite

:19:45. > :19:48.urgently desperate to start talking about trade because talking about

:19:49. > :19:52.the final outcome will allow the British government to decide how it

:19:53. > :19:55.wants to position these initial discussions but the EU wants to talk

:19:56. > :20:03.about Northern Ireland, the rights of EU citizens, and money most of

:20:04. > :20:07.all. And Britain wants to talk about the final outcome because that will

:20:08. > :20:12.help Britain make those decisions so I think David Davies is right but

:20:13. > :20:20.the point is the EU cannot move, it's an immovable object and

:20:21. > :20:26.irresistible force moment. So how do we do this? We are not talking about

:20:27. > :20:32.trade, that is key particularly to the economy so what can we do to

:20:33. > :20:36.move it on? I think the way this will take place is around transition

:20:37. > :20:39.arrangements and with Labour changing over the weekend to say

:20:40. > :20:41.they support staying in the single market and with Labour changing over

:20:42. > :20:46.the weekend to say they support staying in the single market and the

:20:47. > :20:56.customs union and the governmentto be out of both its around transition

:20:57. > :21:00.that space will take place but the trouble is we are starting to make

:21:01. > :21:05.transition so complicated that it will not be agreed and then we will

:21:06. > :21:09.have the cliff edge moment that transition was meant to avoid so it

:21:10. > :21:17.doesn't look like there is traction even if we approach to the idea of

:21:18. > :21:21.how long the transition will be. It is so complicated but there has been

:21:22. > :21:26.a fair amount of criticism about her these talks are going so far, the

:21:27. > :21:30.former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King has talked about

:21:31. > :21:35.as wasting a year already, do you think we are handling these

:21:36. > :21:39.negotiations well? I think everyone was attacking the British government

:21:40. > :21:44.over having no position and now it's produced a whole series of position

:21:45. > :21:49.papers that I think our fair and reasoned and more menu options, the

:21:50. > :21:57.way we could generate and we have now put a flag in the ground and I

:21:58. > :22:01.think they are quite lucid and open. Of the EU is determined to talk

:22:02. > :22:08.about money, Britain does not want doc about money so we are beginning

:22:09. > :22:13.to negotiate well to be honest with you but there's not yet a

:22:14. > :22:15.negotiation because we've not yet decided on the transitional

:22:16. > :22:23.arrangements and I think that is where the will live. With Labour now

:22:24. > :22:26.saying it's the party of soft Brexit politics has re-entered Brexit,

:22:27. > :22:30.since the vote there has been no politics around Brexit now with

:22:31. > :22:35.Labour's change there is a new politics about Brexit and this is

:22:36. > :22:39.the danger because around the transition arrangements Conservative

:22:40. > :22:42.remain as well go with Labour and then Theresa May does not have the

:22:43. > :22:47.numbers to get the transitional arrangements she wants so that is

:22:48. > :22:53.where we are acts and things are by means decided not just in Brussels

:22:54. > :23:00.but also in Westminster. Thanks for your time. Interesting to see as we

:23:01. > :23:04.go through the talks how everyone will change during that time because

:23:05. > :23:09.we will be talking about this for years.

:23:10. > :23:11.We have already, yes absolutely right.

:23:12. > :23:13.150,000 people are expected on the streets of Leeds today

:23:14. > :23:15.to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Europe's oldest

:23:16. > :23:22.Our reporter Lara Roston is there this morning.

:23:23. > :23:30.Good morning, how is it going, is anyone there yet? Good morning,

:23:31. > :23:35.there are not many people here at the moment but I can assure you that

:23:36. > :23:38.this will be teeming with people later on, we were woken up with

:23:39. > :23:47.quite a loud noise this morning, the pyjama party, the warm up for the

:23:48. > :23:51.carnival here in Leeds. It was loud, noisy, lots of people on the

:23:52. > :23:56.streets, I don't know if you have pictures of that right now but they

:23:57. > :24:01.have passed the park and today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of

:24:02. > :24:04.the Leeds West Indian carnival and I have been looking at how it all

:24:05. > :24:07.started and speaking to the man at the helm them and still at the helm

:24:08. > :24:21.now. 82-year-old author. This is the Leeds West Indian

:24:22. > :24:23.Carnival - a jaw-dropping parade which last year attracted

:24:24. > :24:25.160,000 visitors. It's been running every August bank

:24:26. > :24:27.holiday Monday since 1967, celebrating Leeds' Caribbean

:24:28. > :24:35.community for five decades. The man behind it, 82-year-old

:24:36. > :24:38.Arthur France, a student from the West Indies studying

:24:39. > :24:41.at Leeds University. We need something that binds us

:24:42. > :24:46.together in harmony. And you don't need

:24:47. > :24:48.an invite - you just come. He claims it was

:24:49. > :24:52.the first in Europe. Notting Hill haven't got a carnival,

:24:53. > :24:57.Notting Hill have got a jamboree. We're the first carnival

:24:58. > :25:00.on the streets of Europe. The first West Indian carnival

:25:01. > :25:06.was Leeds West Indian Carnival and we are still going strong

:25:07. > :25:08.and as the words say, Now bigger and better,

:25:09. > :25:15.Carnival is still rooted in authentic tradition

:25:16. > :25:17.with three elements - costume, music and

:25:18. > :25:20.masquerade procession. 2,000 people are taking part

:25:21. > :25:25.in this year's parade, many coming from all over the world,

:25:26. > :25:28.including the original It's the first time she's

:25:29. > :25:32.been back in 50 years. A recreation of her original dress

:25:33. > :25:35.forms the display at the city's I remember being this

:25:36. > :25:49.beautiful young girl, slim, you know, being asked,

:25:50. > :25:52.you know, if I would Very reluctantly, I said yes,

:25:53. > :26:00.and I am so happy and so proud that Just take the cards

:26:01. > :26:06.and bring it over. The large-scale costumes are a major

:26:07. > :26:09.part of the parade around Chapeltown which lasts four hours

:26:10. > :26:11.and covers two miles. And behind every costume

:26:12. > :26:16.is an army of helpers. Life without Carnival

:26:17. > :26:19.is an alien concept to me. I've always been a part of Carnival

:26:20. > :26:22.and I absolutely love it. There are people that

:26:23. > :26:25.are not my family but I feel exceptionally close to,

:26:26. > :26:27.and that is only because Carnival has done that and it's

:26:28. > :26:32.brought us all together. It's just an air of

:26:33. > :26:37.jubilation, fun, festivity. It is the feeling of euphoria that

:26:38. > :26:43.you just can't even explain. The King and Queen's

:26:44. > :26:47.costumes are designed, the dances fine-tuned

:26:48. > :26:50.and the music rehearsed. Now all they need is a bit

:26:51. > :26:53.of Caribbean sunshine to make thousands of sequins sparkle

:26:54. > :27:11.on the street of Yorkshire. If the sun is not shining it

:27:12. > :27:16.certainly sounds like it is with this lot, this is the Carnival

:27:17. > :27:21.quire, love it, fantastic and the sun is going to use showing today

:27:22. > :27:27.which is lucky. Look at this little girl, isn't she beautiful? She is

:27:28. > :27:34.only seven and she has won the princess costume, the best costume

:27:35. > :27:41.and will be out with the parade and her mum, you made this, how long did

:27:42. > :28:01.it take? The mac four months. Four months? Did you help at all? No.

:28:02. > :28:12.Look, come and have a look at this, say hello. Hello. He is eight years

:28:13. > :28:19.old and he is Prince and his mum is here, you have been taking part?

:28:20. > :28:24.Yes, I have been in my pyjamas. How important is it to get out and help

:28:25. > :28:29.the culture? It's amazing, I have been doing it since I was small, and

:28:30. > :28:39.I have introduced my children to it as well. It's a really special day

:28:40. > :28:45.for everyone. Hope you have a fantastic day, good luck. The whole

:28:46. > :28:51.Carnival kicks off at around one o'clock this afternoon, but I will

:28:52. > :29:03.leave you with these guys to say goodbye.

:29:04. > :29:12.Those costumes were fantastic. Imagine your mum and dad being able

:29:13. > :29:16.to make you one of those? You would last about two minutes in

:29:17. > :32:36.that. Let's get dip, so probably feeling quite

:32:37. > :32:37.chilly. I'm back with the latest

:32:38. > :32:40.from the BBC London Hello, this is Breakfast

:32:41. > :32:47.with Louise Minchin Catastrophic floods are causing

:32:48. > :32:52.devastation in Houston as Storm Harvey continues to batter

:32:53. > :32:56.Texas. Parts of the city have seen two

:32:57. > :33:00.and a half feet of rain in the past So far, emergency teams have rescued

:33:01. > :33:03.almost 2,000 people - others have been told to climb

:33:04. > :33:11.onto rooftops to escape. Major roads are under water

:33:12. > :33:13.and hospitals have been evacuated due to the "unprecedented"

:33:14. > :33:26.conditions. Around 150 people have been treated

:33:27. > :33:28.at a hospital in East Sussex affected by mysterious gas cloud

:33:29. > :33:37.that travelled across the eastern coast. -- across the southern coast.

:33:38. > :33:42.People complained of orbiting, and streaming eyes. The beaches will be

:33:43. > :33:43.back to normal today and they will be open as normal while the

:33:44. > :33:47.investigation is underway. A lorry driver is due in court today

:33:48. > :33:50.accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people

:33:51. > :33:53.in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the M1

:33:54. > :33:56.near Milton Keynes on Saturday. Ryszard Masierak, who's 31

:33:57. > :33:58.and from Worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious

:33:59. > :34:00.injury to four people The driver of a second lorry

:34:01. > :34:05.will appear in court next month. A team of British government

:34:06. > :34:07.officials returns to Brussels today for the latest round of Brexit

:34:08. > :34:10.negotiations, calling for more "flexibility and imagination"

:34:11. > :34:12.in the European approach But the EU continues to insist

:34:13. > :34:16.progress must be made on the issues of the rights of EU citizens

:34:17. > :34:19.in the UK, the amount Britain will pay when it leaves the union,

:34:20. > :34:22.as well as the future of the Irish A rare Sumatran tiger has been born

:34:23. > :34:34.at a zoo in North Yorkshire. It is the fourth cub to be

:34:35. > :34:37.born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years -

:34:38. > :34:39.the same breeding pair The tigers are classified

:34:40. > :34:42.as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left

:34:43. > :34:46.in the wild. They are the rarest and smallest

:34:47. > :34:56.subspecies of tiger in the world, They are classified as critically

:34:57. > :35:01.endangered. Approximately 300 of them are left in the world. They are

:35:02. > :35:05.the rarest and smallest species of Tiger in the world and they have the

:35:06. > :35:08.narrowest stripes. Fantastic.

:35:09. > :35:14.Nick is here to talk about Arsenal. Arsenal fans probably won't want to

:35:15. > :35:17.listen. And you are an Arsenal fan, aren't

:35:18. > :35:23.you? Thanks. I will be subjected. I will

:35:24. > :35:28.get stuck in. I have a trick question. The victor behind you,

:35:29. > :35:33.Arsene Wenger, is that the end of last year or the start of this

:35:34. > :35:37.season? Because it looks the same. Head and hands. He what is

:35:38. > :35:42.happening. The fans are getting stuck into him. A lot of them want

:35:43. > :35:47.to get rid of him last season. Another two-year contract.

:35:48. > :35:53.Basically, again, the team isn't performing in defence. The strikers

:35:54. > :35:55.are not working for them. Their new signing, Alexandre Lacazette,

:35:56. > :36:00.sitting on the bench, doing nothing until the end. Alexis Sanchez, it

:36:01. > :36:04.was his first game back, but he wasn't given the chance to do much.

:36:05. > :36:08.You have to also questioned his attitude because he was sitting

:36:09. > :36:12.there, head in hands, as well. You are not happy, are you?

:36:13. > :36:16.I can tell. I will remain impartial.

:36:17. > :36:17.CHUCKLES Arsene Wenger tore into his Arsenal

:36:18. > :36:20.players after what he labelled an "absolutely disastrous"

:36:21. > :36:21.performance. It was a 4-0 thrashing

:36:22. > :36:24.by Liverpool at Anfield. The Reds were already

:36:25. > :36:26.a goal up then watch Cuts inside and swings

:36:27. > :36:31.it around the keeper. Perhaps best illustrated

:36:32. > :36:35.by this goal. Daniel Sturridge unmarked

:36:36. > :36:42.and an easy header. We were not at a level

:36:43. > :36:49.of commitment, not physically A performance like

:36:50. > :36:55.that is, of course, Tottenham Hotspur are still without

:36:56. > :37:00.a Premier League win at Wembley. Chris Wood scored on his league

:37:01. > :37:03.debut in the ninety-second minute Both teams have four

:37:04. > :37:10.points from three games. You'd have to say it's advantage

:37:11. > :37:13.West Indies heading into the fourth day of the second test

:37:14. > :37:18.against England in Leeds. Joe Root's team are playing catch up

:37:19. > :37:22.in their second innings. Mark Stoneman hit a maiden test half

:37:23. > :37:25.century before being bowled for 52. Root will resume unbeaten on 45 with

:37:26. > :37:29.England leading by only two runs - It is set up well

:37:30. > :37:40.for the next two days. We just hope we can build

:37:41. > :37:43.on we get after today. Keep trying to build a lead and keep

:37:44. > :37:57.the West Indies out in the field Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 200th

:37:58. > :38:01.race in Formula 1 with a faultless display to win the Belgian Grand

:38:02. > :38:04.Prix. The three-time world champion started on pole but was angry about

:38:05. > :38:09.a safety car coming at which he said could have ruined his chance of

:38:10. > :38:13.winning. But no problems. He held off the challenge from Sebastian

:38:14. > :38:16.Vettel and the victory. Sebastian Vettel is seven points ahead of

:38:17. > :38:22.Lewis Hamilton and the driver standings. -- Dinda.

:38:23. > :38:26.Chris Froome will enjoy today's rest day at the Vuelta a Espana,

:38:27. > :38:28.after extending his lead over Esteban Chaves to 36 seconds.

:38:29. > :38:31.The Tour de France champion made his break, with a few hundred

:38:32. > :38:34.yards to go at the end of yesterday's 108-mile, 9th stage.

:38:35. > :38:37.Froome is aiming to become only the third man to win the Tour de

:38:38. > :38:39.France AND the Vuelta, in the same year.

:38:40. > :38:42.We'll go back to the Scottish Premiership, and Rangers'

:38:43. > :38:48.We've been keeping this goal up our sleeve.

:38:49. > :38:51.Not great viewing for fans of Ross County, I'm afraid,

:38:52. > :38:54.their goalkeeper Scott Fox got a bit too fancy with his footwork

:38:55. > :39:01.allowing the quick thinking Alfredo Morelos to out-fox him

:39:02. > :39:12.That is the number one rule for the goalkeeper, pick up the ball, don't

:39:13. > :39:17.be silly. He was raging.

:39:18. > :39:20.Rangers took advantage. He was fuming and he has to keep

:39:21. > :39:23.seeing it on TV. Maybe he has turned it off this

:39:24. > :39:26.morning. Social media has been ripping into

:39:27. > :39:30.him. He will be practising picking up the ball this week.

:39:31. > :39:38.The US Open gets underway in New York this afternoon. No Andy Murray.

:39:39. > :39:43.Jana Konta is the best British chance. If you go ahead to midnight

:39:44. > :39:49.it is Maria Sharapova returning to her first grand slam since her drugs

:39:50. > :39:55.ban. She is against Simone Halep. Excellent.

:39:56. > :39:57.Thanks. For the first time in the history of the Edinburgh fringe the

:39:58. > :40:02.award for Best act ended in a tie. Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby

:40:03. > :40:04.shares the Best Comedy Prize with British

:40:05. > :40:05.stand-up John Robins. We'll talk to Hannah

:40:06. > :40:07.Gadsby in a moment. I think there is too much

:40:08. > :40:11.hysteria around gender. Seriously, stop it,

:40:12. > :40:27.you are embarrassing yourself. Clearly, they are sick and tired

:40:28. > :40:45.of people mistaking that beautiful baby girl for a boy

:40:46. > :40:50.because of the no hair situation. But I don't mistake

:40:51. > :40:54.bald babies to be boys. I mistake them to be angry

:40:55. > :40:57.feminists, and I give them respect. And Hannah Gadsby is in

:40:58. > :41:11.Edinburgh this morning. We can talk to her. Congratulations,

:41:12. > :41:18.how are you feeling? Very good. Weird. I am not a natural born

:41:19. > :41:23.winner. I have to get used to that. You certainly are. Fantastic to have

:41:24. > :41:29.won. How does it feel winning as a tie with someone else? Good. It

:41:30. > :41:33.takes the pressure off. I was raised right. I was raised to share. Glad

:41:34. > :41:38.to hear it. That is a nice way of putting it. We

:41:39. > :41:43.saw some of your comedy. For those who have not seen it how would you

:41:44. > :41:49.explain it to them? I can't explain myself. I think that's why most

:41:50. > :41:56.comedians get into comedy. But that clip you filmed there, there was

:41:57. > :42:00.fireworks just after that. It scared... My eyeballs kissed my

:42:01. > :42:04.glasses. It almost brought back the trauma then. I won't miss the

:42:05. > :42:10.fireworks in this. Have you enjoyed Edinburgh? I have. I love coming to

:42:11. > :42:14.Edinburgh. I like rolling my ankles on the cobblestones. We don't get

:42:15. > :42:18.that in Australia. You say you are not a natural born winner but you

:42:19. > :42:23.have won many awards for this show, haven't you? I know. It is odd. I

:42:24. > :42:30.will get used to it. I will have a big ego soon. This show, I've had a

:42:31. > :42:35.good run with it. I think, you know, obviously I have written something

:42:36. > :42:43.that people, you know, it hit a good nurse. Tell us about what is in it.

:42:44. > :42:46.-- it hit a good nerve. It is about the game marriage debate in

:42:47. > :42:51.Australia. We are still not decided on it. Apparently we don't want it.

:42:52. > :43:02.-- game I was brought up in Tasmania. It is

:43:03. > :43:05.about internalised homophobia and shame. The real barrel of laughs.

:43:06. > :43:11.CHUCKLES It is the way you tell them. You

:43:12. > :43:17.decided that this is it, you are going to put comedy on the back

:43:18. > :43:20.burner now. Is that right? Why? Apparently not, I've never been

:43:21. > :43:29.busier. My career has really taken off since I retired. It is more

:43:30. > :43:34.about, you know, pushing my... My humour and creativity into different

:43:35. > :43:39.directions. Stand-up is a fairly intense lifestyle. Lots of travel.

:43:40. > :43:46.I'm not good with timetables. I miss a lot of planes. I might turn my

:43:47. > :43:53.brain to writing and other stuff for a while. I don't like pubs.

:43:54. > :43:57.CHUCKLES What are you going to do next? You

:43:58. > :44:02.mentioned writing, what sort of thing will you write? Will you

:44:03. > :44:07.appear in other TV shows and other guises? I will wear a moustache next

:44:08. > :44:11.time. I'm writing a book. I am working on a play at the moment. Who

:44:12. > :44:16.knows if they will be any good. I might have to come back to stand up.

:44:17. > :44:27.But a book and a play. Making smart documentaries. With a bit of comedy.

:44:28. > :44:33.About art history, a bit like Sister Wendy, stuff like that. You are

:44:34. > :44:38.choosing to go back to Tasmania. For your new retirement, so to speak,

:44:39. > :44:43.will happen, is that right? Yes. It's a nice place. The air is clean.

:44:44. > :44:47.I'm worried about global warming and rising sea levels that it's already

:44:48. > :44:54.a small island. I'll get a place on a hill. I'm going back because I

:44:55. > :45:02.like a quiet life. It's very quiet there. You won't miss the pubs at

:45:03. > :45:06.all? Come on. There are heaps of pubs there. I don't like the smell

:45:07. > :45:10.of beer and carpet. It took me years to work that out. That is key to

:45:11. > :45:12.life and growing up, be a red carpet. I know.

:45:13. > :45:19.CHUCKLES I'm stuffed. Congratulations. Best

:45:20. > :45:24.of luck with the future, as well. Thank you.

:45:25. > :45:28.It's always funny when you interview a comedian, but you don't know how

:45:29. > :45:30.much is serious and how much they are having you on.

:45:31. > :45:34.I don't think she likes the smell of beer and carpet.

:45:35. > :45:35.Shame. CHUCKLES

:45:36. > :45:39.You are watching Breakfast. Here's Sarah with a look

:45:40. > :45:50.at this morning's weather. This is the situation in Texas,

:45:51. > :45:56.ongoing torrential rain, some places have seen over 40 inches of rain to

:45:57. > :46:02.the east of Houston, and there was a storm surge of nine feet, with more

:46:03. > :46:06.than 60 tornadoes across the region. The store will be slow-moving with

:46:07. > :46:11.further heavy downpours over the next couple of days. It could get

:46:12. > :46:18.worse before it gets better. In the UK, it is bank holiday Monday

:46:19. > :46:25.and could be the hottest late Bank Holiday Monday in August.

:46:26. > :46:31.Some mist and fog to start. That will clear away quickly.

:46:32. > :46:36.High-pressure to the east and south east. Further north west, a cold

:46:37. > :46:41.front is moving in from the Atlantic, bringing cloud, at breaks

:46:42. > :46:44.of rain, windy conditions across Northern Ireland and Scotland.

:46:45. > :46:52.Warm weather across the East of Scotland.

:46:53. > :47:00.In the afternoon, we will see clearer and fresher weather across

:47:01. > :47:04.Northern Ireland, some patchy rain. To the north, quite blustery.

:47:05. > :47:08.Clearer skies with sunshine and showers.

:47:09. > :47:12.Some low cloud across north-west England.

:47:13. > :47:14.Down towards the Midlands, lots of sunny weather.

:47:15. > :47:20.Hazy sunshine, temperatures in the mid-20s.

:47:21. > :47:22.Wales is fine and sunny. Continuing this afternoon across the South West

:47:23. > :47:29.of England. Feeling very pleasant. Cloud from

:47:30. > :47:34.the west later in the afternoon. Temperatures in the mid-20s, even up

:47:35. > :47:38.to 29, making it the hottest late bank holiday August.

:47:39. > :47:46.This weather fund is pushing south overnight, patchy rain for Northern

:47:47. > :47:49.England and Wales. To the north, clearer and fresher

:47:50. > :47:56.conditions overnight. Still mild in the south-east.

:47:57. > :48:01.Tomorrow, this week by the front is a dividing line between the warm and

:48:02. > :48:04.humid air in the south-east, fresher conditions, sunshine and showers in

:48:05. > :48:11.the north-west. Temperatures between 15 and 26.

:48:12. > :48:13.Rain through the middle of the week. No pressure, cooler conditions from

:48:14. > :48:15.Wednesday, high-pressure Again.

:48:16. > :48:21.A decent week ahead. If I was to say, Quaffle, Bludger,

:48:22. > :48:27.and Snitch, it could only The sport was created by JK Rowling,

:48:28. > :48:36.and played by Harry Potter. But it's now an actual

:48:37. > :48:58.real-life sport. Me and you can have a team, I can

:48:59. > :49:01.see Carol Kirkwood on a broomstick! She is going to kill me! She is

:49:02. > :49:05.having a lying, she won't see me. Over the weekend, the final

:49:06. > :49:07.of the British Quidditch Our entertainment correspondent

:49:08. > :49:10.Colin Paterson dug out his broom Quidditch, very much

:49:11. > :49:20.Harry Potter's favourite sport. Eight teams battling it out

:49:21. > :49:27.for the Quidditch Premier League The first time it has been played

:49:28. > :49:34.in the UK at a professional stadium. We have lots of people coming

:49:35. > :49:37.down, they get to see This is a quaffle, each

:49:38. > :50:01.hoop is ten points. This is the golden snitch,

:50:02. > :50:04.if you catch it, you get extra points

:50:05. > :50:07.and it ends the game. For the players, all this

:50:08. > :50:09.is done with one of these If you get hit by a bludger or it

:50:10. > :50:20.comes between your legs, you have to go and tag

:50:21. > :50:22.back in at your Would it be easier

:50:23. > :50:26.if you could fire? It was clear to see how seriously

:50:27. > :50:32.they were taking it. Many of the players were attracted

:50:33. > :51:08.to the sport by a certain wizard. But it is so separate now that I am

:51:09. > :51:17.separating Quidditch West Midlands Revolution versus

:51:18. > :51:44.South-East Knights, in the finals. A tight contest, but

:51:45. > :51:45.finally, a game ending Presented with a trophy

:51:46. > :52:00.that was bigger than Ron The sport is aiming to be

:52:01. > :52:06.recognised by Sport England, and one day it could

:52:07. > :52:23.be a case of Harry Clearly enjoying themselves and

:52:24. > :52:30.clearly quite a brutal game. If it's -- it is, but fun.

:52:31. > :52:35.Goldie, you were watching that. I don't think I fancy that at all,

:52:36. > :52:41.rough. Lovely to see you. You have had a

:52:42. > :52:48.very busy weekend, how many gigs? We did four.

:52:49. > :52:53.They have worn me out. Why don't you have a nap?

:52:54. > :52:57.I will just lie down here. Let us see you in action.

:52:58. > :54:04.So, what is really interesting is, when people describe you, you have

:54:05. > :54:10.done so many different things. What would you say you are?

:54:11. > :54:14.I am an alchemist, really, an old-fashioned alchemist, I put

:54:15. > :54:18.things together, make them work, different mediums. I have always

:54:19. > :54:23.been fascinated with working with different things, I have had three

:54:24. > :54:29.decades. You have done that again. You gave

:54:30. > :54:35.up the second moved your whole life? We live in Asia nine months of the

:54:36. > :54:41.year, Thailand, in the south. I have a daughter who goes to school there,

:54:42. > :54:46.she is picking up the language, a great culture.

:54:47. > :54:50.I do love England. But I like getting away, travelling, seeing the

:54:51. > :54:54.world. I'm getting old. Enjoy it while you can. You are not

:54:55. > :54:58.getting old! It has been 19 years since your last

:54:59. > :55:06.album. 22 years, yes.

:55:07. > :55:13.Touring now with the ensemble, part of the Heritage Orchestra, they are

:55:14. > :55:18.amazing to watch, Matt Calvert, John Calvert, Malcolm Betts.

:55:19. > :55:23.We did Ronnie Scotts a few months ago which was amazing.

:55:24. > :55:28.To take that music from then, drum and bass music which they said would

:55:29. > :55:31.last six months, it has shaped the state of British music.

:55:32. > :55:39.Over the last 20 years. He went to Thailand.

:55:40. > :55:43.I took everything. We built a house there, in the south. I have got an

:55:44. > :55:48.art studio, painting has been my thing for 35 years.

:55:49. > :55:53.That is how you started. To be fair, I have always done that,

:55:54. > :55:57.it has always been my thing to paint.

:55:58. > :56:01.We built the house, the studio, and recorded there. Did all the vocals

:56:02. > :56:05.remotely. Worked with some great singers. And Manchester, in fact,

:56:06. > :56:17.has some of the greatest sinners I have worked with. -- singers. That

:56:18. > :56:23.young kid, he is like a young Stevie Wonder. I was introduced to him. He

:56:24. > :56:28.has been on tour, he did Ronnie Scotts, he has the tour coming up

:56:29. > :56:33.with us in November. And another Northern lass from Leeds,

:56:34. > :56:38.Nottingham. Working with the Heritage Orchestra,

:56:39. > :56:45.explained a bit about them? They are kind of like, they were

:56:46. > :56:52.this kind of nucleus of nine people, Adam Betts, John, Chris Wheeler,

:56:53. > :56:57.jewels, or these guys had worked with this Orchestra for a long time,

:56:58. > :57:00.employing different people to play together. They can play any kind of

:57:01. > :57:07.instrument, they are a really talented bunch. It was 60 the last

:57:08. > :57:13.time, when we did the South Bank we had 48 on stage. We did that a

:57:14. > :57:15.couple of years back which was amazing.

:57:16. > :57:19.The ensemble is the unit in the middle which controls everything,

:57:20. > :57:22.the engine. They are a remarkable bunch of

:57:23. > :57:25.people. You are at the heart of that,

:57:26. > :57:31.working with them. You don't read music?

:57:32. > :57:34.I see music in colour. If that difficult to explain to

:57:35. > :57:42.others? I draw it all out, diagrams. I will

:57:43. > :57:46.record my own voice for instrumentation for all melodies.

:57:47. > :57:59.All the nose, riddles and highs, I have always done that. -- lows,

:58:00. > :58:03.middles. Back then, it was a lot harder, when you young, you are

:58:04. > :58:13.trying to get your ideas across, being clear and concise. Now, you go

:58:14. > :58:18.in with 100% of ideas and it is about execution very quickly.

:58:19. > :58:21.Composing is great. It used to be a hindrance but, for me, it is an

:58:22. > :58:27.advantage because I see the piece before I do it.

:58:28. > :58:30.You in your life, what is really interesting is everything you have

:58:31. > :58:36.been through to get to where you are.

:58:37. > :58:40.There are laws -- there is always something in the way, and finding

:58:41. > :58:44.ways to get around that. Young people can find that. If you

:58:45. > :58:49.have dyslexia, any of these things that give you mental blocks, it is a

:58:50. > :58:54.good way to express yourself. You don't necessarily need to read music

:58:55. > :58:58.to make music. Technology is so advanced, there are

:58:59. > :59:01.things you can do with it as long as you direct it.

:59:02. > :59:02.Lovely to see you. Lovely to see you.

:59:03. > :59:04.Goldie's album is called, The Journey Man.

:59:05. > :59:10.I'll be back with Dan at six tomorrow.

:59:11. > :59:14.But now, on BBC One, it's time for Countryfile Summer Diaries.

:59:15. > :59:21.Long sunny days when our countryside is bursting with colour and life.

:59:22. > :59:26.It's the season that brings out the child in us all.