29/08/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

North Korea's most provocative missile launch for years,

as it fires a ballistic rocket over Japan.

Warning sirens were sounded in Japan as people were told to take cover.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has expressed outrage

As Texas deploys the entire National Guard to deal

with the worsening floods, 30,000 residents are left

It is probably 10-15 feet deep back there. Your entire house is

submerged? Everybody's is. Companies will be named and shamed

if their investors rebel That's one part of the government's

plan to tackle boardroom excesses. But critics say the plans

don't go far enough. A huge upset at the US Open

as Britain's world number seven Johanna Konta is knocked

out in the first round. And Carol has the weather. Good

morning. Good morning. A 3-way split. Breezy, cloudy, patchy rain

but in the south and south-east, sunny and once again very warm. More

details and 15 minutes. Thank you. The United Nations Security Council

is to hold an emergency meeting this afternoon, after North Korea fired

a ballistic missile over northern The missile, which fell

into the sea, triggered loudspeaker alerts warning people on the island

of Hokkaido to take cover. Japan's Prime Minister said

the launch represented a serious The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, said he was outraged. Our correspondent, Yogita Limaye,

reports from the South Korean SIREN. Japan being woken up by a

siren on Tuesday morning as a North Korean missile through over the

country. The rocket was launched from near Pyongyang and flew over

the island of Hokkaido for splitting into three parts and landing in the

sea to the ease. It is just the latest in a series of military

missile test conducted by North Korea this year, but more serious

because it went over Japan. The last time that happened was nearly two

decades ago. TRANSLATION: The outrageous act of firing a missile

over our country is a serious threat. That was Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe. At a military base near Tokyo, a military drill was

conducted in response to the missile launch. Across the sea in South

Korea, joint exercises are under way with American troops. They are held

every August, and North Korea usually responds with a show of

strength. Last year it conducted a nuclear test in retaliation. This

year it has flown and missile which had the potential to cause serious

harm. --A missile. A strong message that despite international pressure,

Pyongyang has no desire to stop. BBC News.

Joining us from Japan is our Tokyo correspondent,

Good morning to you. What is the response there? We have heard

from... AUDIO ISSUES. It seems... Shinzo Abe called at unprecedented.

Sorry, we lost you. Could you start again? Absolutely. I think for Japan

the fact the Prime Minister has called this unprecedented represents

how they view this as something extraordinary that has not happened

before. We have seen it from North Korea before, but not a military

ballistic missile going over Japan in this way before. It obviously

makes Japan feel extremely vulnerable. It also poses a major

challenge now for Japan and the united dates how to respond to this.

There will be an emergency UN meeting in New York. -- United

States. There will be new sanctions announced that the there will be

limited options. If there is no response, Pyongyang may feel they

have gotten away with it and will be encouraged to do this more, keep

pushing the envelope, and doing more of these launches in the future.

Thank you so much. More for you later in the programme.

The "catastrophic" flooding in Texas is expected to get much worse,

with officials warning they expect nearly half-a-million people

With waters still rising, helicopters and hundreds

of specialist vehicles have been deployed in the rescue effort.

An emergency has also been declared in neighbouring Louisiana,

Waiting for help to arrive as the floods reached new heights. All day,

emergency responders, neighbours, and even complete strangers, have

answered pleas for help from those trapped across Euston. And still it

has not been in our. -- Houston. There is so much water. -- enough.

Resources have been overwhelmed by the epic scale of this disaster. 20

helicopters have been flying missions and the entire National

Guard of the state has been deployed to aid in the search and rescue.

Thousands have been saved, but many more have been desperate. From

midnight until where we are today, 290 have been rescued. There are

many other people out there in stressful situations and we intend

to get to every one of them. They are struggling to stay a -- afloat.

Every major highway has been affected. The city's infrastructure

is being strained. It has been based since it made landfall. But

communities in Texas are just now finding the impact. Authorities fear

that the worst is yet to come. President Trump will travel to the

state today. He has promised rapid Federal aid. Texas will need it.

They face years of recovery in the wake of this unprecedented storm.

BBC News, Texas. Amazing pictures. We will talk to

people caught up in it later, in about 20 minutes.

Brexit negotiations are continuing in Brussels after the EU told the UK

it needed to get serious about the withdrawal talks.

The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has expressed

concern about the lack of progress made so far and accused Britain

of ambiguity on key issues like its exit bill.

The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said both sides had to show

Britain's busiest railway station is open for business as usual this

morning after nearly a month of disruption,

but some minor delays are expected due to signalling issues.

Almost half of the platforms at Waterloo Station have been closed

since the 5th of August as engineers made changes

Network Rail says it's working hard to minimise delays to passengers.

Hundreds of the UK's biggest companies will be made to reveal how

much more their chief executives are paid compared to their average

employee under government measures due to be announced later today.

The plans are designed to increase boardroom transparency

Firms who face significant shareholder opposition to executive

pay deals will also be named and shamed on a new register.

More than half of us mis-sold payment protection insurance,

or PPI, may not yet have claimed compensation.

The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority,

is launching a campaign later today encouraging people to claim before

a deadline runs out in two years' time.

So far, ?27 billion has been paid out in compensation with major

banks, having set aside more than ?37 billion.

The number of uninsured drivers on British roads may be increasing

for the first time in more than a decade according to new data

The Motor Insurance Bureau, which processes claims by victims

of uninsured drivers, say there was an increase of 10%

That rise could suggest that there are more uninsured people

driving on UK roads, but increases in the overall number

of drivers and the effect of claims management companies may also

My children have been asking me for the last six weeks when does

Strictly Come Dancing start? The wait is nearly over.

Strictly Come Dancing's Class of 2017 lined up at a glitzy red

carpet event last night to mark the show's first launch

since the death of Sir Bruce Forsyth.

Judge Bruno Tonioli paid tribute to the show's former host on a night

when the sequins and sparkles were out in force.

Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba mingled with the stars

Glitterballs and glamour, the new celebrities. They gathered for their

launch show. The first to be broadcast since the death of Sir

Bruce Forsyth. There will of course be a special tribute. He will always

be with us. He is part of the show, our lives, the country. He is with

us. As in previous series, the programme will be aiming to deliver

entertainment, and perhaps even the odd surprise. Richard, we saw you

coming down the red carpet. You have got some moves. I have. I don't know

if they will be good for anyone. But they are bubbling like a volcano.

You have watched Strictly Come Dancing as if you are. As a

contestant? I will make sure I enjoyed it. -- as a viewer. I hope I

don't get too nervous. Have you got any advice? She is so excited about

me doing this. I have not got advice yet. But she will give me many tips.

You are the first contestant to be in the show with a disability. How

do you feel being a trailblazer? It shows the way that life in the show

is going in general. The country is becoming more inclusive. As well as

new contestants, there is also a new head judge. Taking over from Len

Goodman. I don't feel much pressure. I have a good amount of experience.

We will see on the night. Next month's launch show will give the

public their first chance to see the new contestants in action. It will

also be an opportunity for the programme and the viewers to

remember Sir Bruce, a man who made Strictly Come Dancing one of the

most popular shows on TV. BBC News. They have a few weeks to

loosen up. Let's get an update on the flooding

situation in Texas, which has dominated headlines

all over the weekend. There's also been a declaration

of a state of emergency CBS News correspondent, Meg Oliver,

is in Houston for us now. Tell us, what is the latest

situation? It hasn't even stopped raining! The rain just won't quit.

It pounded Houston for a fourth consecutive day. It just picked up.

It has gotten 40 inches of rain. By tomorrow morning, we could have

another foot. Nothing is getting in the way of search and rescue cruise.

There have been rescue operations all day. They have asked people to

put flags on their roofs so they can be located. It has been an

overwhelming job for the first responders. They have been asking

for volunteers and the volunteers have responded. All day long we have

seen dozens and dozens of people driving into Houston trying to

navigate the flood ravaged highways. They were telling fishing boats

behind them. Some people have come all the way from Louisiana. One

person came from the New York police department who drove all the way

down. They are here to help. They are willing to stay as long as it

takes to rescue the remaining people still trapped. While we are talking

to you we are seeing pictures of people being rescued. Overnight I

read desperate messages of people on social media reporting they are on

roofs and needing help. What is going on? Social media has really

played an important role in all of this. There was one picture, a very

moving picture, of senior citizens that were in waist high water. That

was as soon as Hurricane Harvey hit. The owners of the care home could

not get to them. They put it on social media. Quickly, the rescue

teams were able to rescue them. That is the kind of thing that has been

going on over and over again. If you cannot get there, at least you know

people are being heard, cries for help are being heard. 75,000 people

have called the 911 system. On an average day they get 8000. Thank you

very much indeed. And now someone else in the US. The US Open. Not

good news for the finest of Britain. We expected so much from Johanna

Konta after Wimbledon. Playing on a surface that is not her favourite.

You would expect she would do better at the US Open. It hasn't gone well.

The world number seven was among the favourites for the title. She could

have ended the tournament as world number one. The world number 78

crawled back to pull off one of her biggest victory is. Juana contests

said she simply played better. Kyle Edmund is through to the next round.

The British youngster outside the top 200 has also made it through.

England will look to bowl out the West Indies today to secure

victory in the second test at Headingley.

England built a lead of over 300 runs yesterday,

before declaring in the final session.

And Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is on the brink of joining Chelsea

The England midfielder has started every game for the gunners this

season, but has refused a deal to remain at the Emirates with just

I am sure we will be talking about that story in the paper review in a

moment. Not a happy camp. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Details on Houston as well as the

local weather. When Harvey made landfall, he was a category format.

--4. Part of the problem with him is that he is half onshore and half

inland. He is driving further inland and weakening that one. Warm waters

of the Gulf of Mexico in the night it is still picking up a source of

energy. All that water is being deposited as we have seen footage.

You can see the amount of rainfall, over one metre which has left the

catastrophic situation that we have got. This is what's left of Harvey.

An improving the situation across parts of Texas. Bringing some less

than favourable situation is for the wheezy armour. Turning cooler for

ask, parts of the south-east could see that once again. A weather front

is sinking south, introducing a fair bit of cloud. Breezy in the north,

sunshine and showers. In the south, cloud. Some patchy rain coming out

of this and some murky conditions. The same across Wales. Drifting into

northern England, this is where our weather front is resting. For

Scotland, Northern Ireland and far north England, eight writers start

with sunshine and a few showers. With the isobars, also fairly

breezy. Temperatures in Aberdeen starting at about 10 degrees. Parts

of the far north thing sunshine. Here is this weather front as we

drift into the south-east. Some cloud this morning and into the

afternoon. Could produce the odd shower. Here is where we will see

the highest temperatures. In some parts of the south-east, we could

get up to 28 degrees. All aware we have got the cloud. In the north,

temperatures not dissimilar to what we saw yesterday. A range from the

mid- - high teens. Getting into the south-east and bringing cloud with

it, clearer skies. Showers following behind. A band of rain coming from

the south-west. Meeting in the direction of Lincolnshire. Tonight,

temperatures generally in double figures. Cooler in rural areas.

Tomorrow, two bands of rain in the south-east. North of that, sunshine

and showers. Quite easy. In the south-east, we could have 28. There

could be a temperature of the least 10 degrees. Into the weekend, just

to show you the contrast, some sheltered parts of Scotland could be

looking at a touch of frost. What a contrast.

Time to have a look at the papers. The launch of Strictly is all over

the papers. Mollie is one of the favourites this year. And Brexit

talks descend into a slanging match as we are told to behave seriously.

Yesterday, we mentioned a child who was put into a foster family, a

Christian girl who was put in to a Muslim care home. And I liked this

story, you are never too old to start getting fit. Even if you start

in your 40s and 50s, it can halve your risk of a stroke. It is never

too late. The Daily Mirror, Strictly is all over, and breast cancer

statins. Painkillers in racing blood pressure for arthritis sufferers.

Also quite a lot of pictures of the magic weather from the bank holiday.

I have talked before about the bank of Mum and dad helping people buy

houses, now there is a story in the Telegraph about parents having to

fork out for rent for their kids as well. Research found that parents

will find ?2.3 billion of rental payments in 2017, on top of the over

$6 billion that they have paid out in mortgage repayments on behalf of

their children. We talked this morning about plastic bags. Quite an

incredible story. We have to pay 5p in most stores for a plastic bag. We

were talking about how Tesco are going to start charging more than

that. In Kenya, it is quite different. If you use a plastic bag,

you could face four years in prison. They have got the toughest laws

against pollution. Anyone who sells or uses a plastic bag would face

prison and fines. Even if you arrive at the airport as a tourist, if you

have duty-free in a plastic bag and you leave the airport, you are in

trouble. You have to leave them at the airport. I will chat about

Arsenal in my next autumn. I don't want to miss this story. This is the

world's leading mammal, saying that middle-aged men need to be careful

in lycra -- Mamil. He says, never wear an aerodynamic helmet unless

you are taking part in a time trial at the Olympics. Good advice. See

you both later on. Texas is preparing for more flooding

as Storm Harvey continues to move Thousands of people have already

been rescued in Houston and officials are expecting another

half-a-million people to seek Let's speak now to Alan Becerill

who's at home in Houston, in the centre of some

of the worst flooding. What's the situation

where you are now? Good morning. Thank you for having

me. Right now we still have reined in the area. It comes and goes.

Sometimes it is light, sometimes it is heavy. Conditions keep changing

every hour around the area. I live close to the Buffalo by you, one of

the biggest exit damns in the area -- Bayou. -- dams. A reservoir in

the area, if that opens, that will make the area a lot worse here

because it has already experienced a lot of water. You think you will

have to leave your home soon? The condition from the authorities is,

if you are safe in your home, stay where you are. Most of the roads are

blocked. The major interstate highways are on the way. It is

difficult to go anywhere. Close to downtown, there is shelter.

Authorities have created that. Right now, they have close to 5000 people

in that area. They keep moving people from the south and the

south-west, from the West and north, you can see the authorities going

back and forward with helicopters, trucks, fire trucks. So it is a very

challenging situation right now. Getting water supplies,

nonperishable foods, that is all we can do at this point in time.

Fortunately, we have not lost electricity, that is a big

advantage. Hopefully it will stay that way. Thank you for talking to

us. Please stay safe. Moving now to a town outside of Houston. What is

going on there at the moment? To be honest, we have been pretty lucky.

It is still raining, it has been raining constantly since Friday

afternoon. Especially the last 12- 24 hours, they have been horrific.

The systems around here are keeping us above water, but like everyone

else, we need to keep an eye on things. We need to keep an eye on

the bayous. I have been very fortunate to this point but I have

to keep an eye on the situation closely. Talking about supplies, can

you get the food and water that you need? We pretty much stocked up

before this hurricane hit, I went to some local supermarkets. The ones

that were open and had very long lines. Very limited access to

anything. I would honestly say that that is a major concern of mine, as

well as flooding, getting my hands on groceries and basic things that

you need to live. Lots of luck, please stay safe. Thank you for

joining us. The scale of flooding is terrible, it is getting worse.

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

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

This is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin

We'll have news and sport in just a moment.

And also on Breakfast this morning, we'll be live at the new billion

pound Queensferry Crossing between Edinburgh and Fife

where last night the first ceremonial crossings over

Are there more uninsured drivers on our roads?

New figures suggests there are and we'll be finding out

And exploring the psychopathic mind, using new letters written by Moors

murderer Ian Brady, a new documentary looks

at whether psychopaths are born or made?

A fascinating question, that, isn't it?

But now, a summary of this morning's main news.

The United Nations Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting this

afternoon, after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over northern

The missile, which fell into the sea, triggered loudspeaker

alerts warning people on the island of Hokkaido to take cover.

Japan's Prime Minister said the launch represented a serious

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said he was outraged.

Let's go to our news correspondent Yogida Limaye,

who joins us now from the South Korean capital of Seoul.

Good morning. What has the reaction been? We have seen a strong response

from South Korea. The president has ordered his military to display

overwhelming force against North Korea. Four South Korean fighter

jets conducted a live bombing drill against the North Korean leadership,

a mock drill conducted here. It is significant. In the past three weeks

all we have heard from the president is diplomacy and a peaceful

resolution to the situation. But the latest testing from North Korea

seems to have left him with no option but to respond with force. We

also know that top military officers from South Korea and the US have

spoken to each other and have said more measures are coming, but they

have not said what they will be. Thank you so much.

The "catastrophic" flooding in Texas is expected to get much worse,

with officials warning they expect nearly half-a-million people

With waters still rising, helicopters and hundreds

of specialist vehicles have been deployed in the rescue effort.

An emergency has also been declared in neighbouring Louisiana,

Brexit negotiations are continuing in Brussels after the EU told the UK

it needed to get serious about the withdrawal talks.

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has expressed concern

about the lack of progress made so far and accused Britain

of ambiguity on key issues like its exit bill.

The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said both sides had to show

The source of a suspected chemical haze which drifted in from the sea

yesterday in Sussex is still not known.

People on several beaches had to be evacuated and around 150 people

received hospital treatment after reporting vomiting and irritation.

Officers say they don't now believe the toxic cloud came from northern

More than half of us who were mis-sold payment protection

insurance, or PPI, may not yet have claimed compensation.

The Financial Conduct Authority, is launching a campaign today

encouraging people to claim before a deadline runs out

So far, ?27 billion has been paid out in compensation.

Now, Notting Hill Carnival, it always throws up something. Have you

seen this? I have not. A dancing policeman has become

the star of this year's Notting Carnival, after video of him

showing off his moves went viral PC Daniel Graham kept crowds

entertained with his body-popping. He's no stranger to taking

centre-stage though, he was also a contestant on last

year's Britain's Got Talent. Look at that! Where does he... How

did he learn that? Absolutely fantastic. Look at the crowd. The

guy on the PA was giving him some love. Just get him involved in the

next few weeks. Was a brilliant idea. I love that they were trying

to persuade him to start dancing and he is pretending he doesn't want to.

I watched it 25 times yesterday and you start noticing things happening

in the background. There are a couple having a an argument in the

background. I was transfixed in it. How is that for drama? I have got

some drama for you, I am afraid. A dramatic opening day at the US

Open where Maria Sharapova beat Sharapova was playing

in her first grand slam event And Britain's Johanna Konta suffered

a shock first-round defeat against unseeded Serbian

Aleksandra Krunic. The world number seven was among

the favourites for the title and could have ended the tournament

as world number one. Konta won the first set,

but the world number 78 fought back to pull off one of her

biggest victories. It would be quite obnoxious of me to

come in here expecting that I have a right to be in the second round. I

am very much aware that to get that opportunity I need to work very

hard. So, me losing in the first round is not ideal, as it is not for

anybody. Anybody coming here wants to be in for as long as possible.

But I lost to a better player today. Unfortunately, that is how sport

goes. And Heather Watson's poor run

at Flushing Meadows continues. She was knocked out by Alize Cornet

in saight sets in the first round. Despite winning the junior

tournament in 2009, it's the seventh successive year the British number

two has gone out in the first round. She's yet to win a match

at the US Open as a senior. It was a better day

for Britain's men though. Kyle Edmund won his first

round match against Robin Hasse He's joined in the second

round by youngster Cameron Norrie after his opponent, Dmitry Tursonov

retired through injury Norrie, who is ranked outside

the world's top 200, was leading by two sets

to love at the time. England have a lead of 321 over

the West Indies in the second test going into the final

days play at Headingley. England had the better of day four,

with six batsmen scoring at least half centuries in

the second innings. But the innings of the day went

to Moeen Ali, who scored 84 off A win for England

will seal the series. The last day pitch, as a spinner,

you always look how it will go. Nice for the seamers. It is heart when it

is overcast. Hopefully I can get out to bowl tomorrow. -- hard.

With the football transfer window closing in two days' time clubs

Ant it appears that Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is set

The England midfielder has started every game for the gunners this

season, but has refused a deal to remain at the Emirates with just

Arsenal are looking to make some money from his transfer now,

rather than lose him for nothing next summer.

Tour de France champion Chris Froome is considering competing

in the World Championships in Norway next month.

Froome, who's currently leading the Vuelta a Espana,

says he's considering both the team and individual time trials.

He last rode in the World Championships in 2013 when GB won

You would think he might want a rest.

Great Britain's Ashley McKenzie was eliminated on day one

at the World Judo Championships in Budapest.

The two-time Olympian lost in his opening bout in the under

British Judo has sent a team of 12 athletes to the event in Hungary

including Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sally Conway

That is the thing with judo, one mistake and it is over, and I made

that mistake. I will assess it. I had to try my hardest to get out of

the pinning, but unfortunately I did not. I promised you a story about

Arsenal. They are on every front page. It is talking about the broken

dressing room. They were defeated 4-0 on the weekend. You would

imagine Arsene Wenger would have got an angry, raged, been mortified.

According to this he was silent. He was so angry he did not speak. But

you might want him to have something to say. What is going on with them?

Maybe he needs to be more vocal. I think fans want him to be furious.

They want anger. Interesting to see what happens in the next game. Thank

you. Britain's busiest railway station

is open for business as usual this morning after nearly a month

of disruption but some minor delays are expected due

to signalling issues. Almost half of the platforms

at Waterloo Station have been closed since the fifth of August

as engineers made changes Our reporter, Simon Clemison,

joins us from Waterloo now. Simon, are services

running as expected? Good morning. So, what are the

timetable is looking like for today? Any delays? Good morning. Listen to

this. It is the gentle buyers of the early-morning commute. -- buzz. It

might be strange to want to listen to it after the Bank Holiday

weekend. But that is what it is about. Getting Waterloo Station back

up to full capacity, in fact, even greater capacity. That is what this

engineering work has been about. I have to say, it has not gone

according to plan for NetworkRail this morning. You can see delays and

cancellations. There have been ?800 million worth of engineering work

undertaken here to create longer platforms and have four longer

trains. It has been described as some of the biggest and most complex

work ever done by the company. For that reason, they say they are

having complexities and problems with signalling this morning. For

safety, it is putting delays on the early services. How that will pan

out during the day, we don't know. I have seen trains starting to come

and go from here, so it is looking hopeful. And also to say, it is

confusing, we have seen works at Euston and so on, London Bridge. A

whole series of works peaked during the Bank Holiday weekend. They are

trying to get back to normality. They may be doing it. It does not

look very busy. You get the feeling many people are still on holiday. It

is a slow return to normal. What an amazing Bank Holiday yesterday.

Terrible weather elsewhere in the world. We will have that soon. The

headlines. North Korea has fired a missile over

northern Japan in a move the Japanese Prime Minister has

called an "unprecedented" threat President Trump has pledged his full

support for the state of Texas as the region continues to be hit

by "catastrophic" flooding caused Yesterday saw the hottest

late-August bank holiday Monday on record, with 28.2 degrees celsius

at Holbeach in Lincolnshire. Before we get the latest from Carol,

our cameras have been out and about capturing your fun

in the sun, let's take a look It sounded like a Grade Two piano

piece. Good morning. Today, somewhere in Kent could hit

21 degrees. Another statistic is that, if you are at all moral

yesterday, you will notice a huge difference. The temperature will

pick up through the day. For many of us, cool. Quite a bit cooler than

yesterday for some. It is also fairly easy. This weather front is

fairly weak, producing quite a lot of cloud and murky conditions.

Patchy rain across south-west England and Wales. Extending through

Yorkshire. To the north, a brighter start. The same across Northern

Ireland. One or two showers and a brighter start across Scotland.

Temperatures dropping, and showers mainly in the north and west. 14

Celsius at eight o'clock in Newcastle. Then, back into some

clearer skies in the south-east and East Anglia. Temperatures picking up

quickly. Temperature is flirting of the coast of Kent, showers could

come off the shore or push away. Through the day, that weather front

pushing south-east. It won't get here with the wind offshore. Feeling

nice, high temperatures up to 28 degrees. On the other side of that

front, much cooler than it was yesterday. And it will be the same

underneath the weather front. Tonight and overnight, this weather

front pushing down into the south-east. Some spots of rain.

Showers coming in on the breeze from the northern half of the country. We

have got a band of rain across south-west England, Wales, into the

Midlands. Heading in the direction of Yorkshire. Not a cold night, but

it will be in the countryside. Tomorrow, a band of rain. A second

one coming back into the south-east. That will have an inverse impact on

our temperatures. Tomorrow could be 10 degrees lower than today. On the

other side, back into a cocktail of sunshine and showers. Breezy in the

north, high temperatures 16- 17. Thank you.

Hundreds of the UK's biggest companies will be made to reveal how

much more their chief executives are paid compared

It's part of government plans to increase transparency

The government are trying to do something about it.

The pay packages of some of our top bosses can be tens

Sometimes these high pay packets are challenged by the company's

shareholders - but that hasn't stopped many of

Today's measures are designed to change that.

Under the proposals firms that have seen a shareholder revolt on pay

will be named on a new public register.

This is one step removed from the original proposal

which was to give shareholders a veto on excessive executive pay.

Hundreds of our biggest companies will also be forced to reveal how

much their chief executives get compared to their average employee.

And there are new measures to ensure the employee's voice is heard

But it's a step back from having workers on the committees that set

Let's talk to Dr Roger Barker who's from the Institute of Directors.

Good morning. What are your thoughts on this? Will it have much of an

impact? We welcome this as a broadly sensible package of measures, but I

don't think it is going to have a huge impact. If you look at what the

Prime Minister proposed about a year ago, it is a much less ambitious

proposal. That is because of the politics of racks that and

everything that has happened over the last year. Broadly speaking, we

welcome it. What are your thoughts on how we solve the problem of

controversy around CEO pay? It is very important that investors

continue to play a very act gives role in holding CEO pay to account.

They have shareholder votes every year which they can use to show

their discontent or a approval. They have got to keep the pressure on. It

is shareholders that should be holding companies to account. The

Prime Minister was talking about how the excesses of some bosses are

undermining confidence in the social fabric of the country. Do you agree?

Yes, if you look at the pay of losses of large companies over the

last 10- 15 years, it has really outstripped the performance of the

companies themselves and the economy as a whole. I don't think that does

anything good to trust in UK businesses. Wards and CEOs,

shareholders, they all have a responsibility to try and get this

issue under control. Another idea is about having employees' voices heard

in the boardroom. Of course, that means you have to have an employee

in the boardroom. What do you think that will mean in practice? What

they are proposing is that companies are given a choice as to how they

can include the employee voice in the boardroom. There are various

options given to companies. I think that is a better approach than

saying, you must have an employee sitting on your board or committee,

because I think companies are different. They have different ways

of taking account of the employee voice. Getting a bit more

flexibility to companies I think is a good reaction to these proposals.

If you would like to share your views, please get in touch with us.

It was the Spanish soap that the BBC hoped would bring a little sunshine

to the TV schedules, but Eldorado lasted only

25 years on and you may be surprised to learn that the set

is still standing, in a forest near to the Costa del Sol.

Our arts correspondent David Sillito has been in search of Eldorado,

and asks if, in the age of Brexit, is it the right time to revisit

Hello. I am looking for Eldorado. OK, I have slightly exaggerated how

hard it is to find, but here it is, the original set of the short lived

so, Eldorado. Intact, and abandoned. It all feels a bit Indiana Jones.

Welcome. He is not your father! There has been a rather unfortunate

accident. One of its main styles was Polly Perkins. -- stars. I wouldn't

give her any more brandy. I asked her, fancy a trip to Eldorado? What

are your thoughts looking at it? It is a terrible shame, what a waste!

There were good act is, good storylines here. It was beautiful.

Would you want to bring Eldorado back? Yes, why not? There are a lot

of people, when I worked in a show or do something, they ask, what

happened to Eldorado? -- actors. She is not the only one who would love

to see it return. 10 million watched the final episode, but what would

today's storyline be? I went in search of the real-life Eldorado set

on the Costa del Sol. The jive class was in full swing. Is this Eldorado?

I think it is. It seems like Heaven. It is. Of course, Eldorado in 1992

reflected a time of deepening European ties. The Brexit vote

changed everything. Owuor panicked because of Brexit. They sold their

properties, they didn't want to wait to know what was going to happen. Of

course, most stayed. People say it is going to be this or that, we say,

nobody knows. Nobody has come out and said, this is what will affect

you, this is what won't. Whatever happens, happens. It may have been

lost to time, by 25 years on, the set is ready to go, just in case

someone thinks it is a good time for a turbulent Euro drummer. --

eurodrama. Sometimes you have just got to cut the ties and...

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or share your thoughts with other viewers on our Facebook page.

There is one story I wanted to check on. Did you know that apparently,

hanging windchimes in the kitchen could be the secret to encouraging

fussy children to eat their vegetables? That is according to in

Oxford professor. -- an. Apparently windchimes inadvertently sweetened

the taste and encouraged children... Inadvertently? That peaceful noise

increases the likelihood of your children eating their greens. A new

study, if you sleep less than five hours, you are more reckless but you

don't realise. I had about three hours' sleep last night. I am

feeling reckless. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Temperatures returning

to where they should be for this time of year for

Thursday and Friday. I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker North Korea's most provocative

missile launch for years, Warning sirens were sounded

as people were told to take cover. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

has expressed outrage Good morning, it's Tuesday

the 29th of August. As Texas deploys the entire national

guard to deal with the worsening floods, 30,000 residents are left

needing emergency shelter. It is probably 10-15

feet deep back there. A spectacular sight

as the new Queensferry Crossing lights up, to mark the end of six

years of building work. More than half of those entitled

to PPI compensation may not yet have That's what the financial regulator

says at the start of a two year In sport, there's been a huge upset

at the US Open as Britain's world number seven Johanna Konta

is knocked out in the first round. As Strictly struts back,

we'll meet the stars of this year's competition as they danced their way

down the red carpet last night. Good morning. There is a 3-way split

in the weather today. Across Scotland, northern England and

Northern Ireland, Sunshine, showers and breezy. Through the central

swathe, cloudy with some rain and in the south-east, sunny and warm. Kent

is potentially reaching 28. I will have more details in 15 minutes.

The United Nations Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting this

afternoon, after North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan.

The rocket, which fell into the sea, triggered loudspeaker

alerts warning people on the island of Hokkaido to take cover.

Japan's Prime Minister said the launch represented a serious

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said he was outraged.

Our correspondent, Yogida Limaye, reports

from the South Korean capital of Seoul.

Japan being woken up by a siren on Tuesday morning as a North Korean

The rocket was launched from near Pyongyang and flew over

the northern island of Hokkaido, before splitting into three parts

It is just the latest in a series of military missile tests conducted

by North Korea this year, but a more serious one

The last time that happened was nearly two decades ago.

"The outrageous act of firing a missile over our country is a gave

and serious threat," said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

At a military base near Tokyo, a military drill was conducted

Across the sea in South Korea, joint exercises are under way

They are held every August, and North Korea usually responds

Last year, it conducted a nuclear test in retaliation.

This year, it has flown a missile which had the potential

A strong message that despite international pressure,

Joining us from Japan, is our Tokyo correspondent,

A certain level of consternation, fear from the public and anger from

the political leadership. You can imagine that people on the West

Coast of Japan and the North coast of Japan, the island of Hokkaido,

work up to the sound of sirens. They are usually only here for an

earthquake or is an army but the first time today, they were hearing

it because of a missile that was really heading in their direction.

They were told of a public address systems to head full basements and

concrete buildings. -- like head for basements. It is something that

hasn't happened here since the Second World War. A very new reality

for Japan and you can see the response from Prime Minister Shinzo

Abe and his angry words, calling it an act of violence against Japan.

Just how ruffled and angry the Japanese government is. That North

Korea has dead to fly this missile over the top of the country. Thanks

for that. We will talk little later in the programme to a rear Admiral

about that and also somebody from the Japanese embassy as well.

The 'catastrophic' flooding in Texas is expected to get much worse -

with officials warning they expect nearly half-a-million people

With waters still rising, helicopters and hundreds

of specialist vehicles have been deployed in the rescue effort.

An emergency has also been declared in neighbouring

Louisiana, which is in storm Harvey's path.

Waiting for help to arrive as the floods reached new heights.

All day, emergency responders, neighbours, and even complete

strangers, have answered pleas for help from those

We have to save our babies, that's it.

Resources have been overwhelmed by the epic scale of this disaster.

20 helicopters have been flying missions and the entire state's

National Guard has been deployed to aid in the search and rescue.

Thousands have been saved, but many more have been desperate.

From midnight until where we are today, 290 have been rescued.

There are many other people out there in stressful situations

and we intend to get to every one of them.

Houston is struggling to stay afloat.

Parts of the metropolis have been spared.

Every major highway has been affected.

The city's infrastructure is being strained.

It has been days since it made landfall.

But communities in Texas are just now finding the impact.

Authorities fear that the worst is yet to come.

President Trump will travel to the state today.

The state faces years of recovery in the wake of this unprecedented

Brexit negotiations are continuing in Brussels after the EU told the UK

it needed to get serious about the withdrawal talks.

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has expressed concern

about the lack of progress made so far and accused Britain

of ambiguity on key issues like its exit bill.

The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said both sides had to show

Our Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming joins us now.

What can we expect to take place today? It is day two of round three

and we are being warned it will all be very technical. We are told not

to expect any breakthroughs. If you look at the scoreboard of where we

are, there is still quite a lot of a disagreement. The issue of rights of

EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit comment the EU side wants the

right to Beacon -- guaranteed on the issue of Northern Ireland and the

border of the Republic of Ireland, the UK said they published a big

details, and imaginative position paper about solutions and the EU

described it as the magical thinking and it was too waffly with not

enough detail and policy proposals. On the big issues of money and how

much money the UK owes the EU for its financial obligations, there is

a massive dispute that and what the UK side is going to do it pick

apart. The EU wants to talk about how much money they have. We will

tell you at the end of the week what they have decided. It sounds like

it's going very well. Britain's busiest railway station

is open for business as usual this morning after nearly

a month of disruption, but some minor delays are expected

due to signalling issues. Almost half of the platforms

at Waterloo station have been closed since the fifth of August

as engineers made changes Network Rail says it's working hard

to minimise delays to passengers. Hundreds of the UK's biggest

companies will be made to reveal how much more their chief executives

are paid compared to their average employee under government measures

due to be announced later today. The plans are designed to increase

boardroom transparency Firms who face significant

shareholder opposition to executive pay deals will also be named

and shamed on a new register. The stars gathered for a glitzy

launch for the new series The latest line-up of

celebrities attended the red carpet event for the first outing

since the death of former presenter New head judge Shirley Ballas

also made her first Glitterballs and glamour,

sequins and sparkles. This year's new celebrities

together for Strictly. They have been busy rehearsing

for their launch show, the first to be broadcast

since the death of Sir Bruce There will of course

be a special tribute. He is part of the show,

our lives, the country. As in previous series,

the programme will be aiming to deliver entertainment,

and perhaps even the odd surprise. Richard, we saw you come

down the red carpet. I don't know if they will

be good for anyone. But I am releasing them

as they are bubbling like a volcano You have watched Strictly Come

Dancing as a viewer. How will you enjoy

it as a contestant? I don't think there's

any other way to do it. She is so excited

about me doing this. I have not got any advice yet

but I will definitely be You are the first contestant

to be in the show with How do you feel about

being a trailblazer? It shows the way that the show

and life in general is going. The country is becoming

more inclusive. As well as new contestants,

there is also a new head judge. Shirley Ballas taking

over from Len Goodman. I don't feel any at the moment,

but we will see on the night. Next month's launch show will give

the public their first chance to see It will also be an opportunity

for the programme and the viewers to remember Sir Bruce,

a man who helped make Strictly one Back to the main story. North Korea

has fired a missile over Japan. The missile was launched shortly after

6am local time from a site close to the North Korean capital, John

Young. It flew nearly 3000 kilometres and over the northern

Japanese island of Hokkaido, triggering warning sirens.

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said the launch

was an unprecedented, serious, and grave threat to his nation.

North Korea has fired rockets over Japan twice in the past

- once in 1998 and again in 2009 - but on those occasions Pyongyang

claimed those they were satellite launches, not weapons.

Just before midnight, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

tweeted that he was "outraged" by what he called North Korea's

Joining us from our Southampton newsroom is a former Nato Commander,

and security expert, Rear Admiral Chris Parry.

Thank you for joining us. How serious is this? What we are seeing

is a change in tactics from North Korea. They were thoroughly

frightened off by what America said they would do to them if they

continue down this path. What they are doing now is trying to provoke

America's allies in the region. What we need to understand is the context

in which this decision are being made. North Korea, as a regime, is

possibly on its last legs. You have extensive salmon, droughts, and used

are seeing the start of significant unrest -- famine. All the costs

involved in this nuclear programme and it really can't get off the

train. What it is doing is trying to get attacked so it can project

outwards all the problems it has internally. Do you think that will

happen? Rola with these sorts of actions, they are feeling the water.

This is something that has happened before -- with these sorts of

actions. I wouldn't say the rocket were guided over Japan. They have

gone for one of America's allies in the region and I think they will

step up the aggravation the more desperate the situation gets in

North Korea. And if this is a regime on its last legs, to you think

that's what makes it more dangerous? Yes, indeed. We need to understand

if you look at the end of the Second World War, you had an Nazi regime

that was completed -- committed to fight to the last surrender. If you

back them into a corner, they will lash out. I think we will seek

escalating levels of violence. The next thing we might need to look out

for is the possibility of an underground nuclear test around

September nine which is a big celebration day in North Korea and

think the intelligence suggests that preparations are being made to that.

Another demonstration of how you push outwards all your problems. If

you look on social media at the moment, I detect you are seeing

increasing unrest in North Korea. Can you also explain to us, the

Japanese, there were warnings in Hokkaido. Why would they not shoot

it down? Two reasons. One, they probably couldn't because they don't

have the system that is deployed to South Korea. I also think they

probably plotted its trajectory as it passed overhead, 350 miles above

Japan, saw that it would pass over the top and thought, well, actually,

we don't want to undercover Alt best systems, when need to save them for

the day where we actually do see a missile coming in to land on

Japanese territory. I do think we shouldn't be in any doubt that

foreign ballistic missile is over other peoples country since all

sorts of signals which could be interpreted the wrong way sometimes.

Absolutely. It sounds like an extreme dangerous situation. We know

there is a meeting later this afternoon with the UN Security

Council. What can be done to bring down the pressure and make things

better in some ways? I think there has to be a unanimous

vote today to say to North Korea, enough is enough. You are not just

upsetting the US and its allies, you are upsetting the rest of the world.

You are capable of striking a wide region, we know that. We need to

come to a situation where you are talking to us, rather than waving

your fist. No doubt, at some stage, the world's two superpowers will

force you to do it. Very good to talk to you.

And after eight o'clock we'll be talking to a senior official

from the Japanese embassy in London.

We have been talking a lot about the damage from Harvey, Carol has those

details and our weather as well. When Harvey made landfall, it was a

category four. It has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but

we are still seeing a lot of rainfall causing problems.

Devastating winds in rock port, the reason we still have all this rain

is because the tropical is dorm is half onshore and half offshore --

Rockport. It is picking up energy and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico

and depositing it across Texas. To give you an idea of the rainfall we

have seen in Texas, some parts have seen over a metre. On Tuesday and

Wednesday, you will notice that the wind is starting to drive further

north. We will see an improvement in Houston, but conditions likely to

worsen across Louisiana and Mississippi. We have sunshine and

showers today, cool than it was yesterday. Yesterday in Lincolnshire

it got over 28 degrees, Kent might see that today. Breezy conditions,

sunshine and showers. Here is the end of the weather front. Murky with

some cloud. Patchy rain coming out of the weather front. Something

brighter to start the day. Some showers around. Yesterday at this

time of day, the temperature was 17 degrees. If you are there, you will

notice the difference. Back under that weather front in parts of

Yorkshire in Lincolnshire. Patchy rain. For east Anglia, Essex and

Kent, sums of money skies. Some showers not far from London. Through

the day, that weather front slowly moving south-east. Not getting into

the south-east. The highest sunshine and temperatures. Feeling pleasant

on the shoreline. Brightening up across northern England. Hanging on

to sunshine and showers. Breezy conditions across Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Overnight, breezy. Rain in the south-east, it could be

thundery. In between, the temperature dropping, especially in

the south. More temperature and rain coming in through the south-west.

Tomorrow, these bounds of rain joining forces. Temperature is a

good 10 degrees lower. To the north, act in two breezy conditions,

sunshine and showers. If you like it hot, this is the last day we are

likely to see it for a little while. Did you just forget my name? She was

just saying, Carol never makes a mistake! I'm sorry, how could I ever

forget your name? Dan is very forgettable, but blue is... --

Louise... That is very funny! More than half of those mis-sold

payment protection insurance, or PPI, may not yet have

claimed compensation. I can't believe I am still talking

about it. It has been 20 years since they first sent it out.

The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is launching a campaign

later today encouraging people to claim before a deadline runs out

They are trying to get people who are owed money to claim it. There

were 64 million policies sold, not all of them were mis- sold. So not

everybody was mis- sold this payment protection insurance. When you look

at how many people have claimed, 12 million people have. ?27 billion has

been paid out so far. That is megamoney. If you look at how much

the banks have set aside for it, it is ?37 billion. This has cost banks

an awful lot of money. Management companies have made a fair whack out

of this. It is worth remembering that you don't have to use them to

get this money back. There are lots of options online to do it for free.

They are saying today that this is the last time to get that money

back. The newest bridge across the Firth

of Forth was lit up last night to mark the symbolic handover

of the project from the constructors Building on the Queensferry

Crossing, which links Edinburgh and Fife, started in 2011 and now

the billion pound bridge is almost Our Scotland correspondent

Lorna Gordon is there for us this How is it working this morning? It

looks amazing, but very empty. Tomorrow morning, a very different

pit tour. This is the new crossing, it is one of the busiest routes. The

theory is that if you can get to this ridge, if the roads around it

are clear, you can get on it. It is a very clever bridge with lots of

barriers to disrupt the wind flow. A very special light show for those

yesterday who were watching this bridge being built through the

years. Lighting up Scotland's latest bridge

before drivers cross for the first time. In its own way, it is a feat

of design, engineering and construction, it is absolutely

amazing. It is, in every sense and every way, an amazing achievement.

The scale of the construction is impressive. It is the longest ridge

of its kind in the world. This is a chance for some of the many

thousands who worked on it to celebrate its completion. One night,

fantastic. It is the end of a long journey, but it has been wonderful.

A most rewarding journey, I have been on many a bridge. These guys

have put in a lot of work. There are going to be their grandchildren

looking at it proudly. There are three temperatures across this

stretch of the force. The legacy of generations of workers who built

them. For some, the story of these crossings, stretching back three

centuries, is part of their families' history. My great grandad

worked on one, my grandad worked on one, and my dad worked on the

Queensferry quashing. All special in their own way, but which is your

favourite and why? Definitely this one, it feels most like my bridge.

Argued Tuft? After seeing it all come together, I am feeling very

proud. Those who travel this busy route have had to contend with

plenty of roadworks as the new bridge has taken shape. What can

they expect tomorrow? It was closed for a long time while the bridge was

under construction. I am sure people want to see what the bridge looks

like. We ask people to drive carefully and keep their eye on the

road. For now, it is about admiring the view, then tomorrow is a chance

for a all to enjoy a journey across this latest bridge over the Forth.

Longest type of ridge Bridge of its kind in the world. What makes it

even more special is its setting, alongside the other temperatures.

Three of them. It is a famous World Heritage site. The Forth rail Bridge

is a familiar sight for those who cross between Edinburgh and Fife.

Now there is a billion pound Crossing. It is interesting that

there are no pedestrian walkways. Tens of thousands of people will get

the opportunity to walk across it this weekend. A once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity for those people. Time now to get the news,

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

from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Now though it's back

to Louise and Dan. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. The United Nations Security Council

is to hold an emergency meeting this afternoon, after North Korea fired

a ballistic missile over northern The missile, which

fell into the sea, triggered loudspeaker alerts warning

people on the island of Hokkaido Japan's Prime Minister said

the launch represented a serious The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, said he was outraged. The former Nato Commander,

and security expert, Rear Admiral Chris Parry said

the international response was. We need to say you are not just

upsetting the United States, but the rest of the world. People need to

say enough is enough. We need to come to a situation where North

Korea is talking to us, rather than waiting your fist. No doubt, at some

stage, the world's to treat suit --2 superpowers will come together and

force you to do so. The 'catastrophic' flooding in Texas

is expected to get much worse - with officials warning they expect

nearly half-a-million people With waters still rising,

helicopters and hundreds of specialist vehicles have been

deployed in the rescue effort. An emergency has also been declared

in neighbouring Louisiana, Brexit negotiations are continuing

in Brussels after the EU told the UK it needed to get serious

about the withdrawal talks. The EU's chief negotiator

Michel Barnier has expressed concern about the lack of progress made

so far and accused Britain of ambiguity on key issues

like its exit bill. The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis

said both sides had to show Hundreds of the UK's biggest

companies will be made to reveal how much more their chief executives

are paid compared to their average employee under government measures

due to be announced later today. The plans are designed to increase

boardroom transparency Firms who face significant

shareholder opposition to executive pay deals will also be named

and shamed on a new register. Police in East Sussex

are still working to establish the source of a suspected chemical

haze which drifted in from the sea. People on several beaches had to be

evacuated and around 150 people received hospital

treatment after reporting Officers now say they believe

that the cloud didn't come More than half those mis-sold

payment protection insurance, or PPI, may not yet have

claimed compensation. The Financial Conduct Authority,

is launching a campaign today encouraging people to claim

before a deadline runs out So far 27 billion pounds

has been paid out. A dancing policeman has become

the star of this year's Notting Carnival, after video of him

showing off his moves went viral PC Daniel Graham kept

crowds entertained He's no stranger to taking

centre-stage though - he was also a contestant on last

year's Britain's Got Talent. He was also encouraged by people on

the PDA. It went down very well with the crowd. I'm not surprised. -- PA.

The man on the PA said on the long video, "I do not believe you are a

policeman". How many times have you watched it? About 30. He has his

body kit on and is still managing to dance. Bring him into Strictly, week

four. Age and if they broke the rules and brought someone in.

Do it! Not great news for the Johanna Konta overnight. We were

expecting great things of her at the US Open and it just didn't go her

way. She has a powerful, powerful game but it didn't go well for her

last night. Its been a dramatic opening

day at the US Open - Britain's Johanna Konta suffered

a shock first-round defeat against unseeded Serbian

Aleksandra Krunic. The world number seven

was among the favourites for the title and could have ended

the tournament as world number one. Konta won the first set,

but the world number 78 fought back to leave Konta still looking

for that elusive first It would be quite obnoxious of me

to come in here expecting that I have a right to be

in the second round. I am very much aware that to get

that opportunity I need So, me losing in the first

round is not ideal, Anybody coming here wants to be

in for as long as possible. Unfortunately, that

is how sport goes. And there was a successful return

to Grand Slam tennis for Maria Sharapova -

she beat world number two Sharapova needed a wildcard

to enter the main draw But Heather Watson's poor run

at Flushing Meadows continues. She was knocked out by Alize Cornet

in straight sets in the first round. It's the seventh successive year

Watson has gone out in the first round - she's yet to win

a senior match at the event. It was a better day

for Britain's men though. Kyle Edmund won his first

round match against Robin Hasse He's joined in the second

round by youngster Cameron Norrie after his opponent, Dmitry Tursonov

retired through injury Norrie - who's ranked outside

the world's top 200 - was leading by two sets

to love at the time. England have a lead of 321 over

the West Indies in the second test going into the final

days play at Headingley. England had the better of day four,

with six batsmen scoring half centuries in the second innings -

Ben Stokes getting himself 58, but the innings of the day went

to Moeen Ali who scored 84 off A win for England

will seal the series. The last-day pitch, as a spinner,

you always look how it will go. Hopefully I can get

out to bowl tomorrow. With the football transfer window

closing in two days time clubs And it appears that

Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is set The England midfielder has started

every game for the gunners this season, but has refused a deal

to remain at the Emirates with just Arsenal are looking to make some

money from his transfer now, rather than lose him

for nothing next summer. Tour de France champion Chris Froome

is considering competing in the World Championships

in Norway next month. Froome, who's currently leading

the Vuelta a Espana, says he's considering both the team

and individual time trials. He last rode in the World

Championships in 2013 when GB won Great Britain's Ashley McKenzie

was eliminated on day one at the World Judo

Championships in Budapest. The two-time Olympian lost

in his opening bout in the under British Judo has sent a team of 12

athletes to the event in Hungary including Rio Olympic bronze

medallist Sally Conway That is the thing with judo,

one mistake and it is over, I had to try my hardest

to get out of the pinning, Love the idea mentioned they are of

people frantically doing last-minute visitors. Don't you think that by

now most of the business is done? Maybe not signed, sealed and

delivered it done. It's been busy. Some of the wash that is being

flicked around is ridiculous. -- some of the dosh.

The high cost of car insurance may make it tempting for some people

to drive uninsured, but those drivers could be pushing up

New figures suggest the number of uninsured drivers may

be rising for the first time in more than a decade -

that's according to the Motor Insurance Bureau.

The end of the road cars. A scrapyard Norfolk. If they are

driven without proper insurance, the police have powers to tow them away.

Once a car has been seized by police, the driver has a limited

amount of time to get insurance but if they do not, this could be the

end of the line. Sergeant Chris from Norfolk's police unit is out on

patrol. Cameras on his car in a secret location across the county

automatically read hundreds of number plates per hour. The system

has flagged up a suspect's car. They track the driver to a cul-de-sac in

Norwich. They have just done checks and they heard the driver has been

driving without proper insurance. In 2016, police forces seized 145,000

vehicles through insurance and says -- offences of which approximately

58,000 were crushed. That is more than 1000 per week. The camera is

used to identify drivers as part of a system called automatic on the

plate recognition. It's database is operated by the insurance euro. They

compensate victims of uninsured drivers on the half of the industry.

The money comes from ?15 which is added to each premium and the number

of claims they are seeing is increasing. Back in Norwich, the

uninsured car is towed away. The driver will now have to obtain cover

and pay a fixed penalty to get it back or his car could end up here.

That's what can happen if you don't go pick your car up. For more on

this, we are joined by the motoring editor in the insurance comparison

site confuse.com. It has a big impact. As we heard, all drivers

have to pay into this pot and so essentially, it's all the drivers

who are legally insured were paying the price. If the honest ones who

are picking up the tab. An average of about ?1000 to insure a car is

really high. It is and what we are seeing with all the research we have

done at confuse.com, it is the cost of motoring overall that is going

up, not just insurance. The leather reasons why insurance is going up

that its motoring generally going up and in many areas, certainly where I

live, I haven't got a choice. There is no public transport so I rely on

my car to get me and my family around. Just looking at the

punishments for driving uninsured, six points off the licence, a story

to ?20 per day. ?50 -- ?150 collection fee. Your car will be

crushed if it is not collected. Is there anything that can put drivers

off and stop them from driving uninsured? I think the real question

here is what the cost of motoring hit is in general. We all know our

cars are going to be crushed and we know that there are fines imposed if

we decide to drive uninsured, as well as penalties on your licence.

People are prepared to take the risk and I think that it's because the

cost of motoring, across the board, is going up so high. I do know the

answer, I think the industry as a whole, whether it be fuel prices,

maintenance and obviously the car insurance, road tax. All the

associated costs is that I think are putting a lot of pressure on the

motorist which is why people are taking the chances. Also the risk of

having their car crushed is not enough. A few comments, dancers is

probably the astronomical cost of car insurance of fuelling the rise.

Lee says it doesn't surprise him. The cost of his insurance has gone

up 20% and he has switched providers which has made a slight difference

is that some people can't afford it. Bill says surely it's easy to a

writer Kate the number of uninsured drivers. -- eradicate. Cars could

install a system meaning that it is not insured, it won't move. -- car

manufacturers could install. Not long ago, cars were easy to repair.

Nowadays, you have parking sensors, cameras and radars as well as the

bodywork cost. We know the cost of repair is going up. This is

reflected in car insurance and also with many more people not owning

their car outright and perhaps going to an independent repair shop, more

and more cars are bought on some kind of lease purchase or hire

purchase scheme which requires the car to actually go back to the main

dealer to be repaired which has an associated cost. There are a

multitude of reasons. It is not simple to say there is one reason

why. But car insurance is definitely going up. The research that we have

seen is that it is at 18% last quarter. You think the insurers are

justified in the increase? The insurers themselves don't have huge

reserves so they are not actually making a vast amount of money from

people 's car insurance premiums. They are actually paying this out.

The other thing to bear in mind is that we have seen two massive

changes to the market recently. We have that changes to improve the tax

which is a levy put on your premium by the government and for many years

that was bumping around 45 or 6% and that is now 12%. That is huge. --4,

five or 6%. In June this year, we saw changes to the discount rate

which is the rate where you have a serious life injury, their premiums

are being affected as well. We know why premiums are changing but

unfortunately, it's a sign of the Times. Thank you for your time.

Were to do what you think about it. A lot of people are struggling to

pay for car insurance. Ypu're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. North Korea has fired a missile over

northern Japan in a move the Japanese Prime Minister has

called an unprecedented threat President Trump has pledged his full

support for the state of Texas as the region continues to be hit

by catastrophic flooding caused A lovely picture. Thank you, it is

from one of our Weather Watchers. Lovely day to start in Essex,

yesterday, temperatures reached over 28 degrees. The warmest August day

in the UK so far this year. Today, we might see 28, but it is more

likely to be around Kent. Today's forecast is one of sunshine and

showers, for many of us, cooler than yesterday. In the north of the

country, breezy with showers. This weather front is moving south,

hoping today is more likely to be 20- 21. Ahead of that, one or two

showers. In the south-east, dry and bright. Showers from the word go

across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the south-east. Where we have

our weather front moving south, the odd spot of rain. If you are heading

down the coast, with the offshore wind, it will feel warmer than

yesterday. Southern areas, generally a murky start. Brightening up nicely

across England. For Northern Ireland, hanging on to sunshine and

a few showers. Through the course of the day, breezy. Bright spells

across most of Scotland. Temperatures getting up to 17- 19.

For northern England in the north-east, some sunshine. Then back

into our weather front, slipping south. Producing patchy rain and

cloud. That continues into the evening and overnight, could be

Sunbury at times. In Kent, for example. Another band coming

south-west. North of that, clear skies. Breezy, and some showers.

Tomorrow, starting with that scenario across northern England and

Ireland. Showers peppering western Scotland. Two bands of rain in the

south eventually merging. Wind coming across Norfolk and Kent.

Today we could hit 28, tomorrow, at 16 or 17. As we had into Thursday, a

lot of dry weather around. A peppering of showers in the north. A

few in the south-west, the south-east hangs onto the brightest

skies. Temperatures way down compared to what we are looking at.

Thank you very much. All this summer on BBC Breakfast

we've been talking to some of the UK's most

inspirational businesswomen. This morning Steph's talking

to a woman who started Anyone who likes to give themselves

a bit of a treat might already We're talking about the upmarket

wellbeing fragrance brand Neom Organics founded by Nicola Elliott

and her business partner Oliver It was started in 2005 when Nicola

was working a 60 hour week at a glossy magazine whilst also

training as an aromatherapist. She started small -

with a range of 5 candles - but the business now has

a multi-million pound turnover with 3 stand-alone shops and it's

sold in high end department stores like John Lewis and Selfridges

in the UK as well as overseas. Nicola Elliott of Neom

Organics joins me now. Tell us about why you

started the business. You were working for a magazine?

Yes, I was a journalist. I was working crazy hours and I decided to

do something that would give me a bit more flexibility. You start your

own business and you think it is going to be so much easier, of

course, it isn't. I work as hard as I did back then. I had a real

vision, I think that is why the brand has become as strong as it is.

It was always about creating a well-being brand. It was always

about inspiring people to lead naturally healthy lives. I did that

alongside my journalism job, I trained as a nutritional list and

and aromatherapist. We were set up to be very much helping people with

sleep, stress levels, mood, boosting energy. How we could do that in a

natural way and how we could start that well-being journey. You are a

journalist, very busy, training to be and aromatherapist, when did you

take that step? What did you do? I went down to a four-day week, which

I would always advocate. It gives you the opportunity to test the

market. You don't have to do a full job from one to the other. I created

blends, tested them on friends, whether it would help people sleep

and so on. Once I got a green light, I took the leap. Try and think of

places and ways that you can test it out where you can be a bit more

confident. Was at a big investment for you? No, I had sold my car and

my business partner had some savings. We got together about

?10,000. It was everything we had. We put it into stock. If you have a

stock -based business, but is not too bad, we always thought, we've

got these candles, we can sell them somewhere if we need to. It is such

a big and competitive market, you are fighting with massive brands.

How do you make yourself different? How do you do that? You have to have

a point of difference. It has to be authentic. I think if we had just

created are foils that not nice or candles in a lovely box, that is

subjective. I think you've got to have that story. We were really

passionate about the well-being story. We were really passionate

about testing the blends to see whether they worked. There is a

whole lot of smelly candles and bath oils, but how many of them can help

you sleep? Boost your energy? That had to be key to the brand, the

story and the authenticity. The rest of it is the icing on the cake. The

business has grown, what's next? We are on a stall roll at the moment,

we have one in Leeds and one in Kings road. We are hoping to open

another one around Christmas. The UK is still a big area for us. We will

be rolling out our retail. You can come and experience it. That is the

future of retail, where you can experience the brand, get involved.

You are not just picking up products, we did a discovery test

where you can come in and we will find out you've got well-being

needs. We figure out the underlying causes. That is key to the future. A

product like yours is a treat, not a necessity. How does the business

world feel to you? We are in times where people are on low wages and

have not seen a pay rise. How does it feel for you? I feel that

well-being, right now, when we are in these kind of times, it has to be

a necessity. If you can kickstart that journey, we found our

business... The lipstick effect, you purchase things to make yourself

feel good. You don't need to spend a huge amount to kickstart your

well-being journey. People come in and they might prioritise 15 minutes

in their bars. They may not be able to go to a spa, but there will

maximise that time -- bath. We need to be making well-being a priority

and not a luxury. Thank you. I have really enjoyed all the

interviews we have done this year. Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Hello this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. North Korea's most provocative

missile launch for years, Warning sirens were sounded

as people were told to take cover. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

has expressed outrage Good morning it's Tuesday

the 29th of August. As Texas deploys the entire

national guard to deal with the worsening floods,

30,000 residents are left It is probably 10-15

feet deep back there. Everybody's house back

there is submerged. A spectacular sight as the new

Queensferry Crossing lights up, to mark the end of six years

of building work. Despite ?27 billion being paid out

in compensation for PPI misselling, more than half of us owed money

still haven't claimed it. A new campaign is being launched

to get us to claim. In sport there's been a huge upset

at the US Open as Britain's world number seven Johanna Konta

is knocked out in the first round. # I can't see straight when I'm

thinking about you. He was hand picked by Ed Sheeran

as one for the future. Jamie Lawson will be here to tell us

about his new album. As Strictly struts back,

we'll meet the stars of this year's competition as they danced their way

down the red carpet last night. And someone who has done that

already, Carol has the weather. We have a 3-way split in the weather.

In the north, breezy with sunshine and showers. Elsewhere, cloudy with

patchy rain but it will brighten up later. In the south-east, sunny and

warm. More details in 15 minutes. The United Nations Security Council

is to hold an emergency meeting this afternoon,

after North Korea fired a missile The rocket, which fell into the sea,

triggered loudspeaker alerts warning people on the island of Hokkaido

to take cover. Japan's Prime Minister said

the launch represented a serious The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, said he was outraged. Our correspondent, Yogida Limaye,

reports from the South Japan being woken up by a siren

on Tuesday morning as a North Korean The rocket was launched

from near Pyongyang and flew over the northern island of Hokkaido,

before splitting into three parts and landing into

the sea to the east. It is just the latest in a series

of military missile tests conducted by North Korea this year,

but a more serious one The last time that happened

was nearly two decades ago. "The outrageous act of firing

a missile over our country is an unprecedented,

serious and grave threat," Japanese At a military base near Tokyo,

a military drill was conducted by Japanese forces in response

to the missile launch. Across the sea in South Korea,

joint exercises are under way They are held every August,

and North Korea usually responds Last year, it conducted a nuclear

test in retaliation. This year, it has flown a missile

that had the potential A strong message that

despite international pressure, Joining us from Japan,

is our Tokyo correspondent, You can imagine, people waking up to

the sound of air raid sirens and being told to find shelter in

concrete buildings or basements is not a normal occurrence for people

in Japan. As far as I am aware, I think this is the first time this

has happened since the Second World War. People have been practising in

towns up and down the coast of Japan, because of increased tests by

North Korea, but this is the first time it has happened for real. The

public address system is being used to tell people, there is a missile

flying in our direction, find shelter. This is a very aggressive

thing for North Korea to do. People don't normally fire ballistic

missiles over the territory of their neighbours. That is why we have seen

this angry response from Shinzo Abe, calling it an act of violence and

saying it is unprecedented. Then speaking to President Trump and they

will now take it to the Security Council and demand action from other

countries especially China and Russia. We will be getting more on

that throughout the day. And after 8.30 we'll be talking

to a senior official The 'catastrophic' flooding in Texas

is expected to get much worse - with officials warning they expect

nearly half-a-million Hundreds of specialist vehicles have

been deployed in the rescue effort. An emergency has also been declared

in neighbouring Louisiana, Waiting for help to arrive

as the floods reached new heights. All day, emergency responders,

neighbours, and even complete strangers, have answered

pleas for help from those We're trying to save

our babies, that's it. Resources have been overwhelmed

by the epic scale of this disaster. 20 helicopters have been flying

missions and the state's entire national guard has been deployed

to aid in the search and rescue. Thousands have been saved but many

more remain desperate. From midnight until where

we are today, 290 have been rescued. We fully recognise that there

are many other people out there in stressful situations

and we intend to get to every Houston is struggling

to stay afloat. Few parts of the sprawling

metropolis have been spared from the rising waters

and torrential rain. Every major highway has been

affected and Harvey is straining It has been days since

Harvey made landfall. But communities here in Texas

are just now feeling And with even more rain forecast,

authorities fear that the worst President Trump will travel

to The Lone Star State today. He has promised rapid federal aid

and Texas will need it. The state faces years of rebuilding

and recovery in the wake Brexit negotiations are continuing

in Brussels after the EU told the UK it needed to get serious

about the withdrawal talks. The EU's chief negotiator

Michel Barnier has expressed concern about the lack of progress

made so far. The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis

said both sides had to show Our Brussels Correspondent Adam

Fleming joins us now. What do we expect today? We expect a

lot of very technical talks, not leading to a massive breakthrough on

any of the big issues. There is still disagreements on those issues,

so citizens rights, the rights of EU nationals who live in the UK after

Brexit. The European side but like those rights to be guaranteed at the

European Court of Justice. The British courts could do that job

fine. On the issue of money and whether the UK has financial

obligations to the EU after it leaves, the European Commission

negotiators and Michel Barnier who runs their negotiating team, wants

the UK to say what things the UK will be willing or not willing to

pay for. The British side is doing an analysis as to whether it is the

EU side is to the leader-macro legally able to ask for a bill.

David Davis says all of this is linked together so you need to start

talking about the future relationship right now. Very

technical negotiations and discussions. Thank you very much.

Hundreds of the UK's biggest companies will be made to reveal how

much more their chief executives are paid compared to their average

employee under government measures due to be announced later today.

The reforms are aimed at increasing boardroom transparency in publicly

listed companies but do not include plans for executive pay to be

approved by a shareholder vote as promised in the Conservative

Police in East Sussex are still working to establish

the source of a suspected chemical haze which drifted in from the sea.

People on several beaches had to be evacuated and around 150 people

received hospital treatment after reporting vomiting

Officers now say they believe that the cloud didn't come

The number of uninsured drivers on British roads may be increasing

for the first time in more than a decade according to new data

The Motor Insurance Bureau, which processes claims by victims

of uninsured drivers, say there was an increase of 10%

That rise could suggest that there are more uninsured people

The stars gathered for a glitzy launch for the new series

The latest line-up of celebrities attended the red

New judge Shirley Ballas made her first appearance

with the rest of the team, with many paying tribute

to the show's former host Sir Bruce Forsyth.

I am going to make sure I enjoy it, I don't think there is any other way

to do it. I have some moves but I don't know if they will be good

enough for anyone. Frankie has been so excited, she hasn't given me

advise yet, but I will be on the phone, Frankie, give me all the tips

you can. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. North Korea has fired a missile over

northern Japan in a move the Japanese Prime Minister has

called an "unprecedented" Let's get some more reaction. Thank