30/08/2017

:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:10. > :00:11.North Korea receives unanimous condemnation at the United Nations

:00:12. > :00:15.for firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

:00:16. > :00:18.As diplomats describe the latest action as outrageous,

:00:19. > :00:21.Pyongyang releases pictures of the test, and says it will carry

:00:22. > :00:43.Good morning, it is Wednesday 30 August.

:00:44. > :00:46.Also this morning: A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit

:00:47. > :00:51.city of Houston, in a move to prevent looting.

:00:52. > :00:54.A call for a ban on credit card firms extending spending limits

:00:55. > :01:03.I have been finding out how easy it is to travel between cities

:01:04. > :01:06.in the north of England, and how close the idea of a northern

:01:07. > :01:11.In sport: West Indies have won a Test match in England

:01:12. > :01:18.Shai Hope's historic century helped them to a famous victory,

:01:19. > :01:26.on a thrilling final day at Headingley.

:01:27. > :01:35.That looks nice. Low -- love cardamom...

:01:36. > :01:38.The Great British Bake off returned to our screens last night.

:01:39. > :01:41.We will be asking if the new recipe tickled the taste buds of one

:01:42. > :01:50.Good morning. Across the north of the country today, we are looking at

:01:51. > :01:55.a breezy day, with sunshine and showers. Warmer than yesterday.

:01:56. > :01:58.Further south, though, it is the opposite. We have some persistent

:01:59. > :02:02.rain particularly in the south-east and it will feel colder than it was

:02:03. > :02:04.yesterday. I will have more details in 15 minutes.

:02:05. > :02:08.First, our main story: There has been unanimous condemnation

:02:09. > :02:10.of North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan

:02:11. > :02:13.at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council overnight.

:02:14. > :02:16.Pyongyang has described the launch as the first step of operations

:02:17. > :02:22.The UN Security Council has described the launch as outrageous,

:02:23. > :02:24.but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

:02:25. > :02:37.Here, we have North Korea's not so diplomatic response to the slap on

:02:38. > :02:42.the wrist for its latest provocation. Proudly releasing

:02:43. > :02:47.stills of its missile launch over Japan. Just as diplomats were

:02:48. > :02:51.meeting in New York, in an emergency gathering of the UN Security

:02:52. > :02:56.Council, working on the first step in to North Korea's destabilising

:02:57. > :03:00.activity. The world is united against North Korea. There is no

:03:01. > :03:04.doubt about that. It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the

:03:05. > :03:08.danger they are putting themselves in. The United States will not allow

:03:09. > :03:14.their lawlessness to continue, and the rest of the world is with us.

:03:15. > :03:18.The meeting result was unanimous at inconsequential. All members,

:03:19. > :03:22.including Russia and China, signed on to a statement of condemnation,

:03:23. > :03:28.but no sign of new sanctions. TRANSLATION: The ink on the last

:03:29. > :03:32.round of North Korea sanctions has barely dried, and China, for one,

:03:33. > :03:37.has said all sides are to blame for the escalation in the region. After

:03:38. > :03:41.President Trump repeated all options were on the table, and South Korea

:03:42. > :03:45.responded with its own show of force, in a test bombing near its

:03:46. > :03:50.border with the North. Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to

:03:51. > :03:55.freeze their joint military exercises, as a means of getting

:03:56. > :03:59.Pyongyang to the table for talks. But the US has made clear its

:04:00. > :04:04.commitment to its allies in Japan and South Korea. Thank you,

:04:05. > :04:06.everybody... Showing no sign of the Trump administration will be

:04:07. > :04:10.changing its tune any time soon. We can talk now to our correspondent

:04:11. > :04:13.Yogita Limaye, who joins us now from the South Korean

:04:14. > :04:20.capital, Seoul. Good morning to you. Round

:04:21. > :04:24.condemnation of reactions from North Korea. I wonder what sort of

:04:25. > :04:28.difference that will make on the international stage. Well, we have

:04:29. > :04:32.also had the President here speaking to the Japanese Prime Minister this

:04:33. > :04:36.morning. They both, of course, discussed the threat from North

:04:37. > :04:39.Korea, and they said they are going to push for tougher sanctions

:04:40. > :04:43.against the country. But clearly, from the message we have got from

:04:44. > :04:48.Pyongyang this morning, along statement describing that missile

:04:49. > :04:51.launch, releasing photos of how Kim Jong-un monitored that launch, and

:04:52. > :04:57.also saying that he ordered his military to conduct more such drills

:04:58. > :05:02.of rockets that were targeted at the Pacific, and saying this is only a

:05:03. > :05:06.pressie you'd to contain Guam, once again making reference to the threat

:05:07. > :05:11.that North Korea made two weeks ago, of sending four rockets in the

:05:12. > :05:15.waters around Guam and creating a ring of fire around the US Pacific

:05:16. > :05:20.territory. It is a strong message. The take away from it certainly is

:05:21. > :05:24.that the US is North Korea's main enemy, but also defending its

:05:25. > :05:28.actions, saying that it is justified in conducting these missile test,

:05:29. > :05:32.because the US and South Korean forces are currently conducting

:05:33. > :05:35.military drills of their own in this country. So this is a defensive

:05:36. > :05:38.mechanism by Pyongyang. After 7:00am, we will be talking

:05:39. > :05:41.to a former ambassador to North Korea, who also has

:05:42. > :05:44.experience of working with the UN Theresa May begins a visit to Japan

:05:45. > :05:55.today, her first as Prime Minister. During the three-day visit,

:05:56. > :05:57.she will be looking to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal

:05:58. > :06:01.and the threat posed by North Korea. Chris Mason joins us

:06:02. > :06:02.from Westminster. What will the PM be hoping

:06:03. > :06:14.to achieve over the next few days, I expect, presumably, the talks are

:06:15. > :06:17.going to start with what has been going on in the last couple of days

:06:18. > :06:22.with regards to North Korea. Yes, good morning to you. Downing Street

:06:23. > :06:25.a acutely aware of the context in which the Prime Minister is flying

:06:26. > :06:29.into Japan this morning, Theresa May saying she is outraged by the

:06:30. > :06:33.missile launch from Pyongyang, so security will be an essential part

:06:34. > :06:36.of the discussions that she will have with the Japanese prime

:06:37. > :06:39.minister, Shinzo Abe, over the next couple of days. She will become the

:06:40. > :06:44.first European leader to attend the Japanese National Security Council

:06:45. > :06:49.meeting, that meeting due to take place tomorrow. Mrs May just landed

:06:50. > :06:53.in Kyoto in just the last couple of minutes. She will be heading to an

:06:54. > :06:57.ancient tea ceremony in the coming hours, and then getting on a bullet

:06:58. > :07:03.train, one of the superfast trains which Japan has, to Tokyo a little

:07:04. > :07:07.later. Trade and other massive part of the discussions, especially

:07:08. > :07:11.obviously in the context of Brexit. A lot of jitters and nervousness

:07:12. > :07:16.from the Japanese government around the Brexit process. There are

:07:17. > :07:20.160,000 people employed by Japanese companies here in the UK. The Prime

:07:21. > :07:25.Minister saying that she hopes the UK can strike a free-trade deal with

:07:26. > :07:29.Japan that is loosely based on the one that the EU is currently

:07:30. > :07:33.negotiating with Tokyo. The UK has been part of that negotiation, given

:07:34. > :07:38.that we are still currently part of the EU. So lots of discussions on

:07:39. > :07:41.trade and security to come. The Prime Minister even meeting the

:07:42. > :07:44.Emperor of Japan at the end of the visit on Friday. Thank you very

:07:45. > :07:45.much. A night-time curfew has

:07:46. > :07:47.been imposed in Houston, Texas, in a bid to deter looting

:07:48. > :07:51.in the wake of tropical storm Harvey, which is now

:07:52. > :07:53.heading for Louisiana. More than 30,000 people have been

:07:54. > :07:55.forced from their homes, and over 3,000 have been rescued

:07:56. > :07:58.from the floodwaters. Large swathes of Texas remain

:07:59. > :08:01.underwater, with almost 52 inches of rainfall since the hurricane

:08:02. > :08:03.made landfall on Friday. But, five days after it first

:08:04. > :08:14.hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

:08:15. > :08:16.to cause devastation. These are some of the residents

:08:17. > :08:25.of 20 nursing homes. Another 20 hospitals have also been

:08:26. > :08:28.evacuated across the region. 3,400 people have been rescued,

:08:29. > :08:30.with the authorities reporting that

:08:31. > :08:37.Harvey has claimed lives. It was the scariest

:08:38. > :08:39.thing we've ever seen. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far,

:08:40. > :08:53.a record for the USA, and has swamped parts

:08:54. > :08:55.of Houston and southern Texas. 30,000 people have been forced out

:08:56. > :09:01.of their homes by the floodwater. The Red Cross has warned people

:09:02. > :09:04.could be in shelters for months. President Trump visited

:09:05. > :09:06.Corpus Christi, 220 miles He was greeted by state

:09:07. > :09:15.and federal teams co-ordinating We won't say congratulations,

:09:16. > :09:19.we don't want to do that. We'll congratulate each other

:09:20. > :09:30.when it's all finished. He is determined not to repeat

:09:31. > :09:33.the mistakes of George Bush, In Houston, the mayor has introduced

:09:34. > :09:37.a night-time curfew, To the west of this vast city,

:09:38. > :09:41.two huge reservoirs are overflowing. Harvey's path is

:09:42. > :09:46.slow-moving and erratic. This force of nature

:09:47. > :09:48.may not be spent yet. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:09:49. > :09:54.as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:09:55. > :09:56.years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:09:57. > :09:59.she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

:10:00. > :10:04.the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

:10:05. > :10:15.criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. Most political leaders quit at a

:10:16. > :10:19.moment of crisis, something terrible has happened. I have decided that I

:10:20. > :10:22.think the Labour Party is very much on its uppers. It has made

:10:23. > :10:26.tremendous progress from the state that I found it in two, two .5 years

:10:27. > :10:30.ago, when it was literally on its knees. I have taken the party

:10:31. > :10:34.forward, it is in a much better state than I found it. Now it is

:10:35. > :10:39.time to pass that baton onto next person. We have had five national

:10:40. > :10:41.elections in the next four years. Now it is time for the next person

:10:42. > :10:45.to have one. One in five people struggling

:10:46. > :10:48.with debt have had their credit card That is according to research

:10:49. > :10:52.from the charity Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

:10:53. > :10:55.of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:10:56. > :10:58.which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:10:59. > :11:01.says it is working with regulators Our economics correspondent

:11:02. > :11:05.Andy Verity has more. Borrowing on credit cards

:11:06. > :11:07.has been growing by 9%, far faster than wages,

:11:08. > :11:15.and Citizens' Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping

:11:16. > :11:18.people in debts that they cannot Tracy Banham ran into trouble

:11:19. > :11:21.when her small business She had a husband used credit

:11:22. > :11:34.cards to plug the holes. Well it got to point

:11:35. > :11:37.where I was just paying off interest, basically -

:11:38. > :11:39.I were actually not - at one point, on one credit card,

:11:40. > :11:42.I were paying ?700 a month, and just ?60 of that

:11:43. > :11:45.were coming off the debt. That was just one

:11:46. > :11:47.of the credit cards. Consumers have borrowed about ?200

:11:48. > :11:50.billion on unsecured loans, with about a third of

:11:51. > :11:52.that on credit cards. Yet one in five borrowers have been

:11:53. > :11:55.given higher credit limits, On 2.2 million credit card accounts,

:11:56. > :11:59.borrowers spent more on charges and fees than on repayments,

:12:00. > :12:02.pushing them further into debt. Citizens' Advice says,

:12:03. > :12:05.if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact

:12:06. > :12:07.borrowers and offer for help, such as suspending

:12:08. > :12:09.interest payments. We think the most important thing

:12:10. > :12:12.is that credit card companies should stop raising credit limits

:12:13. > :12:14.without consulting the customer. We think this is a second thing

:12:15. > :12:18.the regulator can do to give better guidance for affordability checks

:12:19. > :12:20.for people who are extending The body that represents most credit

:12:21. > :12:25.card lenders says it is taking steps to prevent borrowers

:12:26. > :12:30.being offered more credit, and that it is working

:12:31. > :12:32.with regulators to help New research suggests

:12:33. > :12:37.the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

:12:38. > :12:38.than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe Cassini,

:12:39. > :12:41.which is orbiting the planet, suggests they may be only

:12:42. > :12:44.100 million years old. It indicates they could be

:12:45. > :12:46.the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

:12:47. > :12:50.its final burst of data before it plunges into Saturn's

:12:51. > :13:03.atmosphere and burns up. It is a sad ending, isn't it? Yes,

:13:04. > :13:09.very sad ending, but I was just admiring Saturn. Exactly what you

:13:10. > :13:14.need at 6:12 a.m., which is when we say good morning to Sally Nugent. I

:13:15. > :13:18.think any cricket fan watching England yesterday, even the most

:13:19. > :13:22.determined England fan, might look at what the West Indies did and have

:13:23. > :13:26.a little bit of a quiet smile. It was pretty impressive, wasn't it? It

:13:27. > :13:31.was very impressive, and cricket needs a really strong West Indies

:13:32. > :13:33.side. And oh my goodness, that might be what they have coming through.

:13:34. > :13:36.It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

:13:37. > :13:39.won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

:13:40. > :13:42.after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

:13:43. > :13:47.West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day,

:13:48. > :13:50.but a century from Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite set

:13:51. > :13:52.the platform for the stunning victory.

:13:53. > :13:55.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal

:13:56. > :13:57.after the two clubs agreed a ?40 million fee.

:13:58. > :14:00.It is believed the England international wants to move

:14:01. > :14:02.to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

:14:03. > :14:05.Meanwhile, Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

:14:06. > :14:18.from Manchester City for Alexis Sanchez.

:14:19. > :14:25.In the past hour, Roger Federer progressed in the US Open.

:14:26. > :14:28.There has been another big upset at the US Open,

:14:29. > :14:31.after world number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

:14:32. > :14:34.and sixth seed Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 6-1, in just over an hour.

:14:35. > :14:38.It is the first time in 13 years that the champion has been knocked

:14:39. > :14:41.And, resplendent in red, Chris Froome maintained his

:14:42. > :14:45.36-second lead in his quest to add the Vuelta a Espana to his Tour de

:14:46. > :14:56.That man has endless energy. How is he not exhausted? He does, doesn't

:14:57. > :15:05.he? Are you going to hang around for the papers? I am going to stay. Are

:15:06. > :15:09.you wearing mulberry today? I think it is aubergine.

:15:10. > :15:17.Good morning. Hope you're well. I am more purple I think but anyway! This

:15:18. > :15:20.morning we have split fortunes in the weather, it will hold true

:15:21. > :15:24.through the day as well. In the north and west we are looking at a

:15:25. > :15:28.breezy day with sunshine and showers and warmer than yesterday. In the

:15:29. > :15:33.south and east we've got rain, persistent rain later and it will be

:15:34. > :15:39.much cooler than yesterday. This is what we had yesterday, Maidstone in

:15:40. > :15:46.Kent, 29.3. Today, 20, but in the rain it could be as low as 13. You

:15:47. > :15:49.will notice that for sure. Two weather fronts will eventually

:15:50. > :15:53.collide in the south, producing that persistent rain. Breezy in the north

:15:54. > :15:57.and here we are looking at sunshine and showers, especially in Scotland

:15:58. > :16:01.and Northern Ireland to start the day. As you can also see we've got

:16:02. > :16:06.clear skies so a chilly start for some but there will be sunshine

:16:07. > :16:09.around. Both of our weather fronts meet in the south-east, producing

:16:10. > :16:15.persistent rain. Behind them we have something drier and brighter but

:16:16. > :16:19.look at those temperatures, 13 in London in the rain, 13 in Ipswich

:16:20. > :16:23.and also 12 in Norwich am so a cool feel to things a with temperatures

:16:24. > :16:26.way below where they should be. Moving into northern England,

:16:27. > :16:32.brighter spells, sunshine and showers and the same in Scotland. If

:16:33. > :16:36.you dodge the showers it will feel pleasant and the same if you dodge

:16:37. > :16:40.the breeze in the sun. A few showers in Northern Ireland interspersed

:16:41. > :16:43.with sunshine and the same in Wales, fewer showers in Wales but some

:16:44. > :16:46.around and looking at some sunny spells. Sunny spells in the

:16:47. > :16:50.south-west as well with fewer showers. As we go through the

:16:51. > :16:54.evening and overnight, then surely we see the tail end of the rain

:16:55. > :16:59.pushing into the near continent. Some clear skies. Also some showers

:17:00. > :17:04.coming in, especially in the west. Tempts you can see here are

:17:05. > :17:09.indicative of towns and cities, nine to 11 or 12. In the countryside the

:17:10. > :17:12.temperatures will be a bit lower and we could see some patchy mist and

:17:13. > :17:16.fog forming but it shouldn't be too problematic. That will lift tomorrow

:17:17. > :17:20.allowing sunshine through. We start the day with showers in the north

:17:21. > :17:24.and west but through the day further showers will develop. Tomorrow you

:17:25. > :17:31.could get a shower almost everywhere and if you do you could see Thunder.

:17:32. > :17:38.Temperature is recovering in the south-east, highs of 20, 14 to about

:17:39. > :17:42.17 or 18 for the rest of the UK. Into Friday, fewer showers around,

:17:43. > :17:46.more in the Channel Islands, and for most we are looking at a dry day

:17:47. > :17:51.with sunshine and again, feeling quite pleasant with highs up to 21.

:17:52. > :17:59.Saturday's looking not too bad at all if you like it or dry with some

:18:00. > :18:01.sunshine. Temperatures again 14 to about 21 and 21 Celsius in old muggy

:18:02. > :18:10.is 70 Fahrenheit. Nice if you can find it! Lovely

:18:11. > :18:15.purple dress, by the way, Carol! Thanks very much, Dan, you're not

:18:16. > :18:21.looking too bad yourself! What is mine, blue? Yours is very nice,

:18:22. > :18:24.quite clearly green. I managed to get myself in a hole while trying to

:18:25. > :18:29.be nice. Amazing the holes you can dig

:18:30. > :18:30.yourself, Dan. I'm aware of this issue!

:18:31. > :18:31.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:18:32. > :18:37.Unanimous condemnation of North Korea's missile

:18:38. > :18:41.launch over Japan.

:18:42. > :18:43.The UN Security Council labels it outrageous,

:18:44. > :18:46.but a defiant Pyongyang warns there's more to come.

:18:47. > :18:49.A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit city of Houston

:18:50. > :18:52.in an effort to stop looting, as 30,000 people have been forced

:18:53. > :19:06.Steph has joined us along with Sally to have a look at the papers. Good

:19:07. > :19:12.morning, Steph. Let's start with the Guardian. They are accused of

:19:13. > :19:17.unlawfully throwing out 16 sixth formers to improve results,

:19:18. > :19:26.according to the grammar schools. This is the Trumps before they went

:19:27. > :19:28.to Texas, quite a few were mentioning Melania's heels,

:19:29. > :19:33.inappropriate for flood hit Texas but they did change when they

:19:34. > :19:38.arrived. She changed, she travelled in her massive heels. It's often the

:19:39. > :19:43.other way round, isn't it? She should have just gone in her

:19:44. > :19:47.trainers. This is what she was wearing when she arrived. This is

:19:48. > :19:51.their visit to Texas, we will talk more about that later. A lot of the

:19:52. > :19:56.papers have been following this story about this Christian child who

:19:57. > :20:02.is fostered in a Muslim foster home and the time is picking up on that

:20:03. > :20:06.story. The judge has ruled the child must leave and will be returned and

:20:07. > :20:12.reunited with her family -- Times. The judge urging councils to seek

:20:13. > :20:17.culturally matched placements for vulnerable children. GPs told 2/

:20:18. > :20:25.hospital referrals. They will need approval from a medical panel -- to

:20:26. > :20:29.slash. And Victoria Beckham in pink pyjamas as well. We are talking

:20:30. > :20:35.about what everyone is wearing this morning. It seems to be a theme.

:20:36. > :20:40.Front page of the Daily Telegraph. Exam boards must introduce stricter

:20:41. > :20:44.guards to counter the temptation of cheating, say Headmasters. The front

:20:45. > :20:54.page of the Mirror, an interview with Paul Burrell at the anniversary

:20:55. > :20:57.of protest Diana's death. A brilliant piece about Shai Hope

:20:58. > :21:02.leading the West Indies to victory. He got his first test century on

:21:03. > :21:08.Saturday and he got his second yesterday. An amazing performance

:21:09. > :21:13.from he and Braithwaite, 24 and 23, great hope for the future. Just

:21:14. > :21:18.quickly, in the Mirror, we talked about Wenger yesterday not getting

:21:19. > :21:22.angry enough at Anfield. Look, finally it's happened, apparently at

:21:23. > :21:27.training yesterday he got really cross, although I'm not entirely

:21:28. > :21:33.sure I can imagine a cross Wenger, I imagine he goes quiet rather than

:21:34. > :21:38.louder. Is he wearing a suit at training? That is a picture from

:21:39. > :21:45.pitch side. What is your accession with clothes this morning! have you

:21:46. > :21:48.got anything else? A lot of people saying he looks like a school

:21:49. > :21:53.teacher a lot of the time. I asked him a rogue question once, he does

:21:54. > :21:58.get angry but it's a meaningful stare rather than shouting. He got

:21:59. > :22:06.cross with you? It's all right, we shook hands and moved on. Moving on!

:22:07. > :22:09.Steph? Lots of the papers are talking about what's happening with

:22:10. > :22:14.the currency markets at the moment because the pound fell again

:22:15. > :22:19.yesterday to an eight year low against the euro. The Times picks up

:22:20. > :22:25.on that this morning. Fell to a fresh 80 low against a resurging

:22:26. > :22:31.hero. Cache eight year low. It's a lot to do with North Korea and the

:22:32. > :22:37.missile fired over Japan and the Recep Tayyip Erdogan passions of

:22:38. > :22:42.Hurricane Harvey, that often spurs on investors to put their money

:22:43. > :22:45.elsewhere -- repercussions. It puts pressure on companies here buying

:22:46. > :22:49.things abroad. The Telegraph talk about more price rises on the way

:22:50. > :22:53.because businesses that were protected against the fall in the

:22:54. > :22:57.pound are losing that defence and are starting to face the full force

:22:58. > :23:03.of the weak currency. This is very interesting, we always go on about

:23:04. > :23:07.M and how big it is and it's the bellwether of the retail world, you

:23:08. > :23:12.know a source, the online retailer, it's about 17 now, it has nearly

:23:13. > :23:18.taken over M in terms of its market value. -- ASOS. If you look

:23:19. > :23:24.at share price and number of shareholders. It is worth ?4.93

:23:25. > :23:29.billion compared to ?5.05 billion at M A double update, talking about

:23:30. > :23:36.clothes and Sir Chris Hoy, who is saying in an article you shouldn't

:23:37. > :23:41.be wearing Lycra if you are eight stone. He has said as a 14 plus

:23:42. > :23:47.stone mammal myself this was a tongue in cheek article that wasn't

:23:48. > :23:51.meant to offend, I'm really sorry. Whatever your age, build, if you are

:23:52. > :23:57.on a bike then you have my respect. A good update. Tiger pictures

:23:58. > :24:03.yesterday, we concede the picture yesterday but now we can see it. If

:24:04. > :24:12.you are watching this, and if you were watching on Monday, here it is.

:24:13. > :24:16.Isn't that gorgeous? Sumatran tigers have webbed feet, very good

:24:17. > :24:22.swimmers! Narrow stripes as well! Right that down! More on that later.

:24:23. > :24:25.Losing a loved one can be an incredibly difficult time

:24:26. > :24:28.for families who have to take care of funerals and other formalities.

:24:29. > :24:31.But now many are facing the added distress of delays

:24:32. > :24:35.Figures seen by BBC Breakfast show most councils in England and Wales

:24:36. > :24:38.are failing to register bereavements within the five-day target.

:24:39. > :24:54.Last year, Graham Morgan's mother died. She was 86 and living in a

:24:55. > :24:58.care home. The family had to wait nearly three weeks for the funeral.

:24:59. > :25:02.It was a terrible situation to be honest with you, it was the worst

:25:03. > :25:06.you could ever have and the time of your life when everybody faces it

:25:07. > :25:10.that someone new to you passes away, it was terrible. He faced delays in

:25:11. > :25:13.getting a doctors certificate and waited a fortnight for an

:25:14. > :25:20.appointment to register her death with the local council. It has a "On

:25:21. > :25:25.your well-being because you're grieving, you're panicking, you want

:25:26. > :25:29.to get everything right -- has an impact on. You don't want to let

:25:30. > :25:32.them down and anything to go wrong. By law all deaths except those

:25:33. > :25:36.investigated by a coroner must be registered within five days but most

:25:37. > :25:42.councils in England and Wales are failing to meet their rigid Thracian

:25:43. > :25:45.targets. In 2011, 20 3% of all deaths in England and Wales were

:25:46. > :25:55.registered after the five day limit -- registration targets -- 23%. By

:25:56. > :25:59.2016 that figure had risen to more than 187,000, meaning 36% of all

:26:00. > :26:06.deaths took longer than five days to be registered. At the national

:26:07. > :26:10.association of funeral directors, which represents 4000 funeral homes,

:26:11. > :26:14.they conducted their own survey in 2015. They found families were

:26:15. > :26:18.waiting longer to see a registrar. There are cutbacks and staff sorted

:26:19. > :26:22.it at some registrars and that's happened throughout the UK, but what

:26:23. > :26:25.we're all so seeing is certain registrars will not make the

:26:26. > :26:28.appointment for the family unless the family already have a medical

:26:29. > :26:34.certificate for cause of death in their possession -- shortages. Poppy

:26:35. > :26:38.once a funeral home in south London and is aware of growing delays. She

:26:39. > :26:42.says the whole process of dealing with death is confusing for Brive

:26:43. > :26:48.families and more sensitivity is needed. Grieving people should not

:26:49. > :26:53.be disregarded by local authorities. I think recognition that death and

:26:54. > :26:56.grief are incredibly difficult experiences that we're all going to

:26:57. > :27:01.have to go through so I don't see why people need to wait five or six

:27:02. > :27:04.days to register a death, it doesn't take that long. The Home Office says

:27:05. > :27:08.local authorities are expected to ensure there is adequate provisions

:27:09. > :27:12.to register a death. The Local Government Association told us

:27:13. > :27:16.various factors have contributed to delays but councils are working to

:27:17. > :27:20.reduce them. For Graham Morgan, improvements to the system, although

:27:21. > :27:25.too late for his family, would still be welcome. It causes chaos at a

:27:26. > :27:29.time in people's lives when you don't need that fails to be honest

:27:30. > :27:35.with you, your grieving and as it is. Emily Unia, BBC News.

:27:36. > :27:41.Are better transport links needed to see the idea of the Northern

:27:42. > :27:46.Steph's taken a trip across the region to find out what's

:27:47. > :27:48.needed to ensure the project remains on track.

:27:49. > :31:12.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:31:13. > :31:22.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:31:23. > :31:30.We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

:31:31. > :31:34.But also on Breakfast this morning: As waters continue to rise in Texas,

:31:35. > :31:36.after 7:00am, we assess President Trump's response

:31:37. > :31:42.From body image to exam results, teenagers can face many worries.

:31:43. > :31:57.But, as new research finds, the fear of crime tops the list.

:31:58. > :32:07.We will ask what parents can do to help.

:32:08. > :32:11.# This ain't no technological breakdown. This is the road to hell.

:32:12. > :32:14.He has driven home for Christmas and along the Road to hell.

:32:15. > :32:17.But now, after suffering a stroke, Chris Rea is focussing on The Road

:32:18. > :32:23.He will be here to tell us more about his journey before 9:00am.

:32:24. > :32:27.All that still to come, but now, a summary of this morning's main

:32:28. > :32:30.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:32:31. > :32:33.of a missile over Japan, at a United Nations Security Council

:32:34. > :32:37.Pyongyang has described the launch as the first step of military

:32:38. > :32:40.The Security Council has demanded the country abandons its nuclear

:32:41. > :32:43.weapons programme, but has stopped short of threatening

:32:44. > :32:48.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:32:49. > :32:50.a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:32:51. > :32:53.She will be hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:32:54. > :32:55.Mrs May has described Japan as a like-minded nation

:32:56. > :33:07.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:33:08. > :33:11.Texas, in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:33:12. > :33:13.Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:33:14. > :33:16.Around 20 people are reported to have died as a result

:33:17. > :33:19.More than 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:33:20. > :33:21.and 3,000 have been rescued from the floodwaters.

:33:22. > :33:24.Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:33:25. > :33:33.of rainfall since the hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:33:34. > :33:39.Epic and historic, these are words used to describe this monster known

:33:40. > :33:44.as Harvey. At the job they have done is very special and I said let's fly

:33:45. > :33:47.over and see these great people, the nerve centre, really. And we

:33:48. > :33:51.appreciate it very much, and millions of people appreciated, that

:33:52. > :33:53.I can tell you. But the world is watching, and the world is very

:33:54. > :33:58.impressed with what you are doing. A Christian girl, who is reported

:33:59. > :34:02.to have been fostered by a Muslim family who didn't speak English,

:34:03. > :34:05.should live with a family member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

:34:06. > :34:09.council, insists the five-year-old was placed with an English speaking

:34:10. > :34:11.family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:34:12. > :34:15.in the way the case was reported. The authority says cultural

:34:16. > :34:17.background and proximity to a child's family are always

:34:18. > :34:19.considered when choosing Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:34:20. > :34:22.as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:34:23. > :34:24.years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:34:25. > :34:28.she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

:34:29. > :34:32.the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

:34:33. > :34:35.criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. Most political leaders quit

:34:36. > :34:37.at a moment of crisis, I've decided that I think

:34:38. > :34:41.the Labour Party is very much It's made tremendous progress

:34:42. > :34:45.from the state that I found it

:34:46. > :34:46.in two, 2.5 years ago, It's in a much better

:34:47. > :34:52.state than I found it. Now it's time to pass that baton

:34:53. > :34:55.onto the next person. We've had five national

:34:56. > :35:07.elections in 2.5 years. Now it's time to move on and let

:35:08. > :35:11.the next person have four years One in five people struggling

:35:12. > :35:20.with debt have had their credit card limit raised, without requesting it,

:35:21. > :35:22.according to the charity It has called for the practice

:35:23. > :35:26.of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:35:27. > :35:28.which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:35:29. > :35:31.says it is working with regulators New research suggests

:35:32. > :35:35.the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

:35:36. > :35:37.than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe Cassini,

:35:38. > :35:40.which is orbiting the planet, suggests they may be only

:35:41. > :35:42.100 million years old. It indicates they could be

:35:43. > :35:45.the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

:35:46. > :35:49.its final burst of data before it plunges into Saturn's

:35:50. > :36:00.atmosphere and burns up. Burns up is how they wrote it. I do

:36:01. > :36:08.think it is a dramatic end, isn't it? It is. I have done my work on

:36:09. > :36:12.that is it. Good morning, Sally. Lots of important numbers in the

:36:13. > :36:16.cricket, but today, of all days, I am going to give you all of them,

:36:17. > :36:18.because I think you need to know them all. You ready?

:36:19. > :36:20.It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

:36:21. > :36:23.won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

:36:24. > :36:27.after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

:36:28. > :36:32.West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day.

:36:33. > :36:34.But two crucial dropped balls from Alistair Cook,

:36:35. > :36:37.and a century to Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite,

:36:38. > :36:46.set the platform for the stunning victory.

:36:47. > :36:53.We are test cricketers for a reason. We know that we came here to play

:36:54. > :38:00.cricket, and we just need to go out and execute. The

:38:01. > :38:03.Well, this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds

:38:04. > :38:06.Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane believes the fees

:38:07. > :38:21.demanded by what he describes as average players are mind-boggling.

:38:22. > :38:37.Billion. Giggsy? 2 billion. The market value of players as mine

:38:38. > :38:42.bubbling, the figures for players, especially for the average players.

:38:43. > :38:52.The time to be a professional footballer is now. 2 billion, did he

:38:53. > :38:53.say, four Ryan Giggs? 3.75 for himself.

:38:54. > :38:57.In the past hour, Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second

:38:58. > :39:01.Federer, looking to win a record 20th Grand Slam title,

:39:02. > :39:04.beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:39:05. > :39:07.Federer's great rival Rafa Nadal is also through to the second round,

:39:08. > :39:09.after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:39:10. > :39:12.The Spaniard needed a tie-break to take the first set,

:39:13. > :39:22.but comfortably took the next two sets.

:39:23. > :39:25.After second seed Simona Halep and Britain's world number seven,

:39:26. > :39:28.Johanna Konta, were knocked out of the US Open, there has been

:39:29. > :39:29.another major shock at Flushing Meadows.

:39:30. > :39:32.World number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

:39:33. > :39:34.and sixth seed Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

:39:35. > :39:38.It was the first time in 13 years that the champion was knocked out

:39:39. > :39:52.She played good, especially also at the end of the match,

:39:53. > :39:55.and I'm always trying to go for it

:39:56. > :40:00.And today, I mean, she just went for it.

:40:01. > :40:04.I think she took her chances, and yeah, she played a very good

:40:05. > :40:10.But for me, for sure, it wasn't the best day and not

:40:11. > :40:14.Britain's Chris Froome has maintained his 36-second lead

:40:15. > :40:16.after stage ten of the Vuelta a Espana.

:40:17. > :40:19.After 102 miles in the saddle, Italy's Matteo Trentin held off

:40:20. > :40:21.Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas to claim victory.

:40:22. > :40:24.Froome crossed the line 4.5 minutes later alongside his main rival,

:40:25. > :40:26.Esteban Chaves, although the Colombian is now joint-second

:40:27. > :40:29.with Ireland's Nicolas Roche, who made up time on the final

:40:30. > :40:32.Two of England's women's sports teams have met the Prime Minister

:40:33. > :40:35.The rugby union team narrowly lost the World Cup final

:40:36. > :40:39.But the cricketers, led by Heather Knight,

:40:40. > :40:42.went one better and lifted the World Cup after a dramatic final

:40:43. > :40:46.The Prime Minister described the players of both teams

:40:47. > :41:05.Not the Best Picture of the Prime Minister to finish on. Sorry, I was

:41:06. > :41:10.talking to you during. I normally know what you are saying. The

:41:11. > :41:14.pictures this morning, I think the Prime Minister arrived in Japan a

:41:15. > :41:19.few minutes ago. So it must have been just before she left. I was

:41:20. > :41:30.mouthing the EU, Japan. I thought you said, did she play? -- mouthing

:41:31. > :41:31.to you. Just wanted to make it clear.

:41:32. > :41:33.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:41:34. > :41:36.Texas, in an attempt to deter looters as the rescue effort

:41:37. > :41:38.continues in the wake of tropical storm Harvey.

:41:39. > :41:40.The storm, which is now heading for Louisiana,

:41:41. > :41:43.has battered the region, leaving at least 15 dead

:41:44. > :41:52.CBS news correspondent Meg Oliver is in Houston for us this morning.

:41:53. > :42:00.Thank you once again for giving us are not dead on the situation there.

:42:01. > :42:03.We hear 30,000 people in Houston are seeking emergency accommodation. We

:42:04. > :42:08.have mentioned the curfew as well. What more can you tell us about

:42:09. > :42:14.efforts on the ground that? The big news tonight is that another major

:42:15. > :42:17.shelter opened up. The energy Centre is near the NFL stadium, and it can

:42:18. > :42:23.accommodate 10,000 people. Right now, people are lined up around the

:42:24. > :42:28.block to get in. They are expecting it to be half full by tomorrow

:42:29. > :42:34.morning. Now, that shelter, that additional shelter, will have help

:42:35. > :42:38.ease conditions at the convention centre. This one is for 5000 people.

:42:39. > :42:42.They have roughly 10,000 inside there, but they won't turn anyone

:42:43. > :42:45.away. And in terms of the presidential visit, there are lots

:42:46. > :42:49.of pictures on the front pages of our papers here, and it is that

:42:50. > :42:54.really careful balance between being visible and being there at the scene

:42:55. > :42:58.of what is going on, but also not disrupting the effort to try and

:42:59. > :43:07.make people say. Do you think that the trumps got it right? -- Trumps.

:43:08. > :43:12.It is not for me to say, but I can tell you that the White House... He

:43:13. > :43:19.made a point of doing his two stop tour, going to Boston and Corpus

:43:20. > :43:23.Christi, where there is a lot of damage, but here in Houston, this is

:43:24. > :43:27.where the first responders are continuing to do rescue efforts, so

:43:28. > :43:31.the White House wanted to keep them further away so as not to interfere.

:43:32. > :43:35.Whenever the president comes to town, you have to shut down roads

:43:36. > :43:39.and different things. You can't get around because the flooding is so

:43:40. > :43:43.bad. He is expected to come back to the region to tour, but the White

:43:44. > :43:47.House said he is trying to lay a foundation, basically, in terms of

:43:48. > :43:51.recovery. He wants to look back on this in five years and say that is

:43:52. > :43:57.how you rebuild. And what has the response been to the curfew that?

:43:58. > :44:04.Well, at first the map imposed a 10pm to 5pm curfew -- mayor. Then he

:44:05. > :44:07.moved to midnight. I was just talking to some police officers over

:44:08. > :44:12.here and they said this is just to cut down on any possible losers. If

:44:13. > :44:18.people are out and about, still trying to help other people, we are

:44:19. > :44:21.not going to interfere with that -- looters. And just a couple of

:44:22. > :44:25.minutes ago there were people walking by, and the volunteers who

:44:26. > :44:29.have turned out to help these shelters like the one behind me,

:44:30. > :44:34.they are non-stop. A few minutes ago two mothers walked by with little

:44:35. > :44:38.kids. It is after midnight here in the United States, and they are out

:44:39. > :44:46.here bringing supplies, still, to the shelter. So the state of Texas

:44:47. > :44:48.is really hitting -- giving of themselves, and you see that. Thank

:44:49. > :44:56.you for your time. Carol has an update on the weather

:44:57. > :45:00.and you're going to start with America? That's right.

:45:01. > :45:12.Record-breaking rainfall in Houston from Harvey. Record-breaking four

:45:13. > :45:17.mainland USA. Around Houston we have 51.88 inches of rainfall from this

:45:18. > :45:24.storm, one and one third metres. Currently we still have an onshore

:45:25. > :45:28.and offshore element to Tropical Storm Harvey, that means at the

:45:29. > :45:31.moment it is picking up energy and moisture from the warm Gulf of

:45:32. > :45:36.Mexico but today that storm will move inland and it will start to

:45:37. > :45:40.move north-east. It does mean it's not going to be raining any more in

:45:41. > :45:44.Houston from this particular storm but there will still be issues with

:45:45. > :45:49.the rain that's already fallen and is causing such catastrophic

:45:50. > :45:52.flooding. The whole system moves north-east, bringing torrential rain

:45:53. > :45:58.into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. But the one salient thing

:45:59. > :46:02.is that the storm is actually moving. It's been more or less

:46:03. > :46:07.stationary since Thursday in parts of Texas. For ourselves, we've got

:46:08. > :46:11.mixed fortunes in the weather. For the north and west today, sunshine

:46:12. > :46:15.and showers. A different story for the south and east because here we

:46:16. > :46:19.have a couple of weather fronts that are going to merge and produce

:46:20. > :46:25.persistent rain, and you will notice a huge drop in the temperatures.

:46:26. > :46:29.Yesterday in Kent we had 29.3. Today we will see 15 but then the rain

:46:30. > :46:33.even lower than that. Away from the rain in the south-east and there is

:46:34. > :46:38.a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. Into the afternoon and

:46:39. > :46:42.the rain will continue to push into the south-east, drying up and

:46:43. > :46:46.brightening up behind it in the West Midlands but feeling cold in this

:46:47. > :46:51.rain, at times London only 13, way below where we should be. Moving

:46:52. > :46:55.into northern England, bright spells, sunshine and showers and the

:46:56. > :46:59.same in Scotland, bright spells, sunshine and showers but they are

:47:00. > :47:03.showers so by no means will we all catch one. Northern Ireland also

:47:04. > :47:07.seeing that cocktail of sunshine, bright spells and showers and

:47:08. > :47:11.although we will have that too in Wales the showers will be further

:47:12. > :47:14.and fewer between, in fact the same in south-west England but more

:47:15. > :47:18.sunshine than dull weather with those showers. Through this evening

:47:19. > :47:23.and overnight the rain eventually clears away and behind we will have

:47:24. > :47:26.a clearance in the sky, temperatures could drop, patchy mist and fog

:47:27. > :47:30.forming and still a plethora of showers coming in across the north

:47:31. > :47:35.and west. These temperatures are indicative of what you can expect in

:47:36. > :47:38.towns and cities. In the countryside they will be that the lower. Chilly

:47:39. > :47:43.start to the day tomorrow but drier and brighter for many but we will

:47:44. > :47:47.already start with the showers in the west that that bit lower.

:47:48. > :47:51.Tomorrow you could catch a shower almost anywhere -- that bit lower.

:47:52. > :47:59.Temperatures will be recovering in the south-east, looking at highs of

:48:00. > :48:03.19 or 20. Elsewhere, 14 to about 18. Then on Friday, fewer showers

:48:04. > :48:09.around, a nippy start once again. A fair bit of sunshine around and the

:48:10. > :48:13.temperature range by then, 13 to 21. If you like your weather that bit

:48:14. > :48:16.drier, Saturday and not looking too shabby at all.

:48:17. > :48:20.To hear it because it felt pretty nippy out there this morning! --

:48:21. > :48:22.glad to hear. The Northern Powerhouse was an idea,

:48:23. > :48:25.which aimed to bring the cities as an economic force to rival

:48:26. > :48:28.London. But in the last few weeks,

:48:29. > :48:43.big questions have been asked It was about three years ago when

:48:44. > :48:47.George Osborne, the then Chancellor, announced the idea of the Northern

:48:48. > :48:52.Powerhouse to try to bring the north up to the same standard in terms of

:48:53. > :48:57.the south-east for things like transport, connectivity and the jobs

:48:58. > :49:01.and prosperity so it was bridging that gap between the perception the

:49:02. > :49:06.North is more hard done by compared to the south. One of the big

:49:07. > :49:09.criticisms was investment. I've been on one journey

:49:10. > :49:22.across the Pennines to find out It was three years ago in Manchester

:49:23. > :49:26.that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse was first announced.

:49:27. > :49:31.Improving transport was a big part of it. The government says it is

:49:32. > :49:35.investing more than ever in transport up here, but there is a

:49:36. > :49:39.criticism that the North is still losing out to the south-east. If the

:49:40. > :49:43.government had spent as much per head on the north as they did in

:49:44. > :49:47.London in the past ten years they would have spent ?59 billion more on

:49:48. > :49:52.the North and to get things moving and getting the economy functioning

:49:53. > :49:55.better than it is at the moment so the government is responding to

:49:56. > :49:59.London rather than using transport spending to transform the Northern

:50:00. > :50:03.economy, which would be to the national benefit. You can see from

:50:04. > :50:07.the departure board that there are loads of friends coming in and out

:50:08. > :50:11.of here and regular ones to and from London. That journey at the moment

:50:12. > :50:15.takes just over two hours but with HS two it should half that time,

:50:16. > :50:20.making it much faster to get to London. But what about getting of

:50:21. > :50:24.the North? I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley, I'm going to get the train

:50:25. > :50:29.there to see what people think. When you talk to passengers about their

:50:30. > :50:32.experiences, the same things come up, overcrowding, frequency of

:50:33. > :50:37.trains and speed. There could be more services and they could be

:50:38. > :50:41.faster. Your husband does Manchester to Huddersfield regularly, what are

:50:42. > :50:45.his thoughts on it? Three to four times a month the train is delayed.

:50:46. > :50:51.Does he moan about it regularly? Definitely. Generally it's OK, it

:50:52. > :50:56.could be faster. It's made worse when you see all the investment put

:50:57. > :51:04.into Euston given the weekend that's just gone on full. Think there's

:51:05. > :51:07.something missing. The trains are extremely full with commuters,

:51:08. > :51:11.there's not enough carriages to take all the passengers and it's mostly

:51:12. > :51:15.standing room only, as you can see today as well. I've arrived here

:51:16. > :51:19.after nearly two hours of travelling. For places like this,

:51:20. > :51:24.being better connected could make a big difference. How do you get

:51:25. > :51:28.around the area? I travel on the train to work and back. What's that

:51:29. > :51:35.like for you? Good, but the trains aren't as often as I'd like. When I

:51:36. > :51:38.use buses they tend not to turn up, they tend to breakdown and the

:51:39. > :51:44.service is intermittent. The north of England is badly served by

:51:45. > :51:49.travel. Businesses argue they need better connectivity too. I've come

:51:50. > :51:52.to meet Clive, who runs a furniture shop in Barnsley. He wants the roads

:51:53. > :52:00.to be improved. A lot of businesses try to just-in-time deliveries, we

:52:01. > :52:04.may go to Manchester by 3pm, that could take anywhere between 45

:52:05. > :52:08.minutes and three hours. Because of this variation we have to put a

:52:09. > :52:12.three hour delivery slot, if you do it in three quarters of an hour

:52:13. > :52:16.that's an awful lot of lost time. For many commuters and businesses

:52:17. > :52:20.here speeding up the process of getting between northern towns and

:52:21. > :52:22.cities can't come soon enough. For many of us it's the journey, not

:52:23. > :52:25.just the destination. It's interesting. It's a beautiful

:52:26. > :52:37.journey across the Pennines. It can be a nightmare if you are

:52:38. > :52:41.doing it all the time. The other important thing about this is it's

:52:42. > :52:45.not just the North and the south, I get a lot of people that say in

:52:46. > :52:49.other parts of especially the south-west they say we are really

:52:50. > :52:54.underinvested, we keep hearing about the Northern Powerhouse, what about

:52:55. > :52:58.us? People in the Midlands say that too. It's about the disparity

:52:59. > :53:02.between a lot of the country and London when it comes to how much is

:53:03. > :53:06.being invested. The department of transport are saying they are

:53:07. > :53:10.committed to the whole Northern Powerhouse project. It was the old

:53:11. > :53:14.regime, George Osborne and David Cameron who announced it, there was

:53:15. > :53:18.concern about whether the Northern Powerhouse thing would slide away so

:53:19. > :53:22.this meeting is important for that. The government saying they are still

:53:23. > :53:25.committed to it and they are pretty millions into it already and they

:53:26. > :53:29.are waiting for plans to be submitted so they can get cracking

:53:30. > :53:35.with faster routes are across the Pennines. See you later. Did you

:53:36. > :53:44.watch the bake of? Did you watch last night? I am, but I didn't. --

:53:45. > :53:46.Bake Off. There are loads of spoilers here but we are going to

:53:47. > :53:47.talk about it! The Great British Bake Off was back

:53:48. > :53:50.on television last night for the first time since

:53:51. > :53:53.its move to Channel 4. Nervous viewers tuned in to see

:53:54. > :53:56.if the proof was in the pudding, hoping the recipe for the hit show

:53:57. > :53:59.hadn't changed too much. Our reporter, Lara Rostron,

:54:00. > :54:02.watched alongside a panel of fans, including the Buzzfeed

:54:03. > :54:04.TV Editor Scott Bryan, to see if the new presenting team

:54:05. > :54:13.had risen to the occasion. Well, in just a few minutes time The

:54:14. > :54:17.Great British Bake Off returns to our screens but on Channel 4 this

:54:18. > :54:25.time and breakfast has been invited to watch it with none other than the

:54:26. > :54:34.Bake Off Giroud. Thanks for bringing one of these along. I had to, didn't

:54:35. > :54:39.I? -- guru. Bake Off! Hello, bakers, welcome to the fabulous Bake Off

:54:40. > :54:45.tent. What did you think? It feels very familiar but I was expecting to

:54:46. > :54:52.see Mel and Sue still. But if you squint Nole fielding is a bit like

:54:53. > :54:59.Mel and Sue. Cake break. At least the adverts are cake related. Does

:55:00. > :55:05.anyone want a tea? Yes! Bakers, you have 30 minutes left to make your

:55:06. > :55:12.fruity cakes. That is nice, that looks good. Love cardamom, love a

:55:13. > :55:17.pair. I still miss Mel and Sue but I'm OK. I haven't missed it, I feel

:55:18. > :55:20.like I'm cheating by saying it but I haven't missed them. It's good that

:55:21. > :55:25.they are trying to be themselves, they're not trying to be Mel and Sue

:55:26. > :55:29.just like Mary isn't trying to be proved and proved isn't trying to be

:55:30. > :55:34.Mary. They are just getting on with it. That looks amazing. It is a

:55:35. > :55:40.chocolate butter sponge with peanut butter frosting. It is perfect. OK,

:55:41. > :55:45.guys, right, judgement time, Finnish, what do you make of it? I

:55:46. > :55:50.would give Channel 4 star baker this week. You would? I think the adverts

:55:51. > :55:53.were a bit grating. You still enjoyed it.

:55:54. > :56:00.One thing is for certain it is still making me hungry. Did you enjoy it?

:56:01. > :56:05.Some people complained about the ad breaks. There are going to be them.

:56:06. > :56:09.It gives you the chance to make a tea and get a biscuit or a slice of

:56:10. > :56:17.cake. Overwhelmingly quite a few positive comments. Barbra says she

:56:18. > :56:22.loves it, but the adverts mean you can go to the kitchen for crisps,

:56:23. > :56:26.biscuits, perfect. Michelle said she enjoys it, didn't think it would be

:56:27. > :56:30.good, I'll eat my words but I would rather eat the cake. One of the good

:56:31. > :56:35.things, the contestants are fabulous, they have brought together

:56:36. > :56:39.a really good bunch of contestants. Pretty much the same programme, same

:56:40. > :56:44.music, same flow, just adverts. You're a tough judge when it comes

:56:45. > :56:49.to your egg club, you said there were too many Hollywood handshakes.

:56:50. > :56:52.You have to set the bar high. On the first challenge he was growing

:56:53. > :00:14.handshakes around like there was no tomorrow. Coming up to 7am.

:00:15. > :00:23.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:24. > :00:25.North Korea receives unanimous condemnation at the United Nations

:00:26. > :00:33.for firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

:00:34. > :00:35.As diplomats describe the latest action as outrageous,

:00:36. > :00:39.the regime releases pictures of the test and says it will carry

:00:40. > :00:55.Good morning, it's Wednesday 30th August.

:00:56. > :00:58.Also this morning: A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit

:00:59. > :01:03.city of Houston in a move to prevent looting.

:01:04. > :01:07.There are calls for a ban on credit card firms extending spending limits

:01:08. > :01:16.I've been finding out how easy it is to travel between cities

:01:17. > :01:25.and towns in the north of England and how close the idea

:01:26. > :01:28.of a Northern powerhouse is to becoming a reality.

:01:29. > :01:31.In sport, West Indies have won a test match in england

:01:32. > :01:35.Shay Hope's historic century helped them to a famous victory

:01:36. > :01:37.on a thrilling final day at Headingley.

:01:38. > :01:40.We're asking if children are more frightened of crime than they need

:01:41. > :01:44.to be, as new figures suggest it's one of their biggest worries.

:01:45. > :01:53.Good morning. Across Scotland, northern England and Northern

:01:54. > :01:56.Ireland it will be a day of sunshine, bright spells and showers.

:01:57. > :02:03.A little bit warmer than yesterday. For the rest of England and Wales,

:02:04. > :02:07.cloud around and some of us will see persistent rain and for some of us

:02:08. > :02:10.it will be 10 degrees colder than yesterday, especially in the

:02:11. > :02:12.north-east. More details on 15 minutes.

:02:13. > :02:16.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:02:17. > :02:18.of a ballistic missile over Japan at a meeting

:02:19. > :02:20.of the United Nations Security Council overnight.

:02:21. > :02:23.The regime has described the launch as "the first step" of operations

:02:24. > :02:28.The UN Security Council has described the launch

:02:29. > :02:31.but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

:02:32. > :02:38.Here we have North Korea's not-so-diplomatic response

:02:39. > :02:42.to the slap on the wrist for its latest provocation,

:02:43. > :02:46.proudly releasing stills of its missile launch over Japan,

:02:47. > :02:49.just as diplomats were meeting in New York in an emergency

:02:50. > :02:51.gathering of the UN Security Council, working

:02:52. > :02:54.on the first step in a response to North Korea's destabilising

:02:55. > :02:59.The world is united against North Korea,

:03:00. > :03:04.It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:03:05. > :03:08.The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue,

:03:09. > :03:14.and the rest of the world is with us.

:03:15. > :03:16.The meeting result was unanimous, but inconsequential.

:03:17. > :03:19.All members, including Russia and China, signed on to a statement

:03:20. > :03:21.of condemnation, but no sign of new sanctions.

:03:22. > :03:24.The ink on the last round of North Korea sanctions

:03:25. > :03:35.And China, for one, has said all sides are to blame

:03:36. > :03:38.for the escalation in the region, after President Trump repeated

:03:39. > :03:41.all options were on the table, and South Korea responded

:03:42. > :03:44.with its own show of force, in a test-bombing near its border

:03:45. > :03:53.Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to freeze their joint

:03:54. > :03:55.military exercises, as a means of getting Pyongyang

:03:56. > :04:03.But the US has made clear its commitment to its allies

:04:04. > :04:08...showing no sign the Trump administration will be

:04:09. > :04:19.In a few moments' time, we'll be talking to a former

:04:20. > :04:22.ambassador to North Korea, who also has experience of working

:04:23. > :04:30.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:04:31. > :04:33.a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:04:34. > :04:35.During the three day visit, she'll also be discussing

:04:36. > :04:46.Chris Mason joins us from Westminster.

:04:47. > :04:52.That post Brexit trade deal will be essential if she is going to make

:04:53. > :04:56.real progress on this trip? Absolutely, that is crucial for this

:04:57. > :05:03.three-day series of talks that the Prime Minister has. She has arrived

:05:04. > :05:07.in Japan, Osaka, in the last half-hour and she will be heading to

:05:08. > :05:11.Kyoto. She will be meeting the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a whole

:05:12. > :05:17.series of talks with him and then we'll get a bullet train to Tokyo

:05:18. > :05:19.later today. Essential other conversations about security, given

:05:20. > :05:25.the situation in North Korea, but also trade. There's a huge amount of

:05:26. > :05:31.trade between the two countries. Japan are hugely significant

:05:32. > :05:39.employer in the UK. There are many firms working here in the UK. They

:05:40. > :05:44.are about to nail down a trade deal. The UK has been part of that. Fairly

:05:45. > :05:50.soon we will be outside of the EU. Theresa May is hopeful that she can

:05:51. > :05:54.secure a similar deal for the UK, in terms of trading with Japan, and in

:05:55. > :05:59.the longer term managing to mould that you into something specific for

:06:00. > :06:03.Britain, as opposed to being part of that EU deal. It will take some time

:06:04. > :06:07.and there is a keen awareness that there are jitters on the Japanese

:06:08. > :06:11.side about what they see as the potential danger of Brexit from

:06:12. > :06:16.their perspective. Lots of the meetings for the Prime Minister. She

:06:17. > :06:18.will even get to meet the Emperor at the end of the trip, on Friday.

:06:19. > :06:21.Excellent. Thank you for your time. A night-time curfew has

:06:22. > :06:23.been imposed in Houston, Texas, in a bid to deter

:06:24. > :06:26.looting in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey,

:06:27. > :06:29.which is now heading for Louisiana. Around 20 people are reported

:06:30. > :06:37.to have died and 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:06:38. > :06:40.with over 3,000 having been Large swathes of Texas remain

:06:41. > :06:44.underwater, with almost 52 inches of rainfall since the Hurricane

:06:45. > :06:49.made landfall on Friday. But, five days after it first

:06:50. > :06:53.hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

:06:54. > :07:01.to cause devastation. These are some of the residents

:07:02. > :07:03.of 20 nursing homes. Another 20 hospitals have also been

:07:04. > :07:06.evacuated across the region. 3,400 people have been rescued,

:07:07. > :07:09.with the authorities reporting that It was the scariest

:07:10. > :07:16.thing we've ever seen. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far,

:07:17. > :07:29.a record for the USA, and has swamped parts

:07:30. > :07:33.of Houston and southern Texas. 30,000 people have been forced out

:07:34. > :07:38.of their homes by the floodwater. The Red Cross has warned people

:07:39. > :07:41.could be in shelters for months. President Trump visited

:07:42. > :07:43.Corpus Christi, 220 miles He was greeted by state

:07:44. > :07:47.and federal teams co-ordinating We won't say congratulations,

:07:48. > :07:57.we don't want to do that. We'll congratulate each other

:07:58. > :08:00.when it's all finished. He is determined not to repeat

:08:01. > :08:03.the mistakes of George Bush, In Houston, the mayor has introduced

:08:04. > :08:10.a night-time curfew, To the west of this vast city,

:08:11. > :08:17.two huge reservoirs are overflowing. Harvey's path is

:08:18. > :08:20.slow-moving and erratic. This force of nature

:08:21. > :08:22.may not be spent yet. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:08:23. > :08:29.as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:08:30. > :08:36.years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:08:37. > :08:39.she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:08:40. > :08:44.departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:08:45. > :08:53.of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl with a

:08:54. > :08:56.Christian background who was reportedly placed with Muslim foster

:08:57. > :09:01.parents should live with a member of her family. The London Borough of

:09:02. > :09:04.Tower Hamlets insists the five-year-old was placed with an

:09:05. > :09:05.English-speaking family of mixed race and there were inaccuracies in

:09:06. > :09:07.the way the case has been reported. One in five people struggling

:09:08. > :09:10.with debt have had their credit card That's according to research

:09:11. > :09:15.from the charity Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

:09:16. > :09:18.of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:09:19. > :09:21.which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:09:22. > :09:23.says it is working with regulators Our economics correspondent,

:09:24. > :09:31.Andy Verity, has more. Borrowing on credit cards

:09:32. > :09:34.has been growing by 9%, far faster than wages,

:09:35. > :09:36.and Citizens' Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping

:09:37. > :09:39.people in debts that they cannot Tracy Banham ran into trouble

:09:40. > :09:44.when her small business She and her partner used credit

:09:45. > :09:50.cards to plug the holes. Well, it got to point

:09:51. > :09:53.where I was just paying I were actually not -

:09:54. > :09:58.at one point, on one credit card, I were paying ?700 a month,

:09:59. > :10:01.and probably ?60 of that were coming That was just one

:10:02. > :10:04.of the credit cards. Consumers have borrowed about ?200

:10:05. > :10:07.billion on unsecured loans, with about a third of

:10:08. > :10:09.that on credit cards. Yet one in five borrowers have been

:10:10. > :10:12.given higher credit limits, On 2.2 million credit card accounts,

:10:13. > :10:17.borrowers spent more on charges and fees than on repayments,

:10:18. > :10:20.pushing them further into debt. Citizens' Advice says,

:10:21. > :10:23.if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact

:10:24. > :10:26.borrowers and offer for help, such as suspending

:10:27. > :10:27.interest payments. We think the most important thing

:10:28. > :10:30.is that credit card companies should stop raising credit limits

:10:31. > :10:32.without consulting the customer. We think this is a second thing

:10:33. > :10:36.the regulator can do to give better guidance for affordability checks

:10:37. > :10:39.for people who are extending The body that represents most credit

:10:40. > :10:44.card lenders says it is taking steps to prevent borrowers

:10:45. > :10:49.being offered more credit, and that it is working

:10:50. > :11:03.with regulators to help people Driver celebrating the opening of

:11:04. > :11:09.the new crossing this morning saw a convoy of vehicles across the

:11:10. > :11:16.bridge, with a police escort, many honking as you can see the mark the

:11:17. > :11:24.occasion. The new Queensferry crossing which links the Lothians

:11:25. > :11:28.and Fife is the longest three power, cable state bridging the world.

:11:29. > :11:31.New research suggests the distinctive rings of Saturn may

:11:32. > :11:32.be considerably younger than previously thought.

:11:33. > :11:35.Data gathered by the probe, Cassini, which is orbiting

:11:36. > :11:38.the planet, suggests they may be only 100 million years old.

:11:39. > :11:40.It indicates they could be the crushed remains

:11:41. > :11:44.Sadly, Cassini is transmitting its final burst of data,

:11:45. > :11:49.before it plunges into Saturn's atmosphere and burns up.

:11:50. > :11:54.There's been widespread condemnation to the firing of a missile over

:11:55. > :11:58.Last night the regime confirmed it was responsible,

:11:59. > :12:00.and released these pictures, supposedly of the latest rocket

:12:01. > :12:05.The state-run news agency said leader Kim Jong-un had ordered more

:12:06. > :12:11.Last night, a meeting of the UN Security Council drafted a statement

:12:12. > :12:14.calling on North Korea to halt any more launches

:12:15. > :12:19.and abandon its nuclear weapons programme.

:12:20. > :12:22.But it stopped short of imposing new sanctions.

:12:23. > :12:26.We can talk now to John Everard, a former ambassador to North Korea,

:12:27. > :12:31.who also has experience of working with the UN Security Council.

:12:32. > :12:38.A very good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. As former

:12:39. > :12:42.ambassador, can you explain to us what you think it is that North

:12:43. > :12:47.Korea want to achieve? There's no point getting about this. The North

:12:48. > :12:50.Koreans have said clearly what they want to achieve. They are heading

:12:51. > :12:56.for the capability to deliver a nuclear warhead directly to a city

:12:57. > :13:00.on the continental United States and they believe that when they reach

:13:01. > :13:05.the stage that firstly the US will no longer be prepared to risk the

:13:06. > :13:11.destruction of one of its cities in supporting South Korean allies and

:13:12. > :13:17.secondly North Korea will be able to dictate terms over things like

:13:18. > :13:21.economic advantage and so on. So the UN has now had this statement. We no

:13:22. > :13:28.sanctions were imposed. What can be done to stop North Korea in those

:13:29. > :13:36.ambitions? Frankly, very little. The last United Nations Security Council

:13:37. > :13:41.resolution was probably about as far as the market will bear. About as

:13:42. > :13:45.far as the US will be able to persuade China and Russia to go.

:13:46. > :13:49.There are question marks even now over whether that resolution could

:13:50. > :13:56.we implemented. So further sanctions probably unlikely. All options are

:13:57. > :14:01.on the table, says Donald Trump, but it's not clear what he by that. His

:14:02. > :14:05.advisers will be telling him clearly that to start a war on the Korean

:14:06. > :14:10.peninsular would we are very bad idea and what else does he do?

:14:11. > :14:15.That's my question to you. Exactly. All options being discussed, but how

:14:16. > :14:21.do you stop what North Korea seem to want? There's a growing consensus

:14:22. > :14:25.that this be stopped. That sooner rather than later North Korea is

:14:26. > :14:29.going to achieve its ambition. It is going to have a missile on which it

:14:30. > :14:36.can mount a nuclear device and that can deliver this to the US. As I

:14:37. > :14:41.say, the sanctions are unlikely to take effect. Military options are

:14:42. > :14:45.deeply unattractive. Both sides have said that they aren't interested in

:14:46. > :14:51.dialogue. The north Koreans now have seven times used the same form of

:14:52. > :14:54.words, originally used by Kim Jong-un himself, saying they won't

:14:55. > :14:59.talk about their nuclear deterrent. Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe agreed

:15:00. > :15:04.yesterday that now is not the time to talk to North Korea. So no

:15:05. > :15:06.dialogue. What you are painting is a kind of terrifying scenario in some

:15:07. > :15:16.ways. How dangerous is it? It is dangerous. I'm not saying

:15:17. > :15:20.we're heading towards nuclear war but we may be heading to the

:15:21. > :15:24.leverage threat of the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea,

:15:25. > :15:28.which makes an unstable world even less stable.

:15:29. > :15:34.We know the Prime Minister, Theresa May, is going to Japan today. Japan

:15:35. > :15:40.obviously as well very concerned about this. What can she do?

:15:41. > :15:43.Probably very little. I know she will offer words of sympathy,

:15:44. > :15:48.condolence and understanding to the Japanese but everybody knows the UK

:15:49. > :15:54.is not really a major player in this very difficult conundrum. It has the

:15:55. > :15:58.one card that the UK has an embassy in Pyongyang, which of course

:15:59. > :16:02.neither Japan or the United States do, which gives some kind of access

:16:03. > :16:07.but it would be wrong to think the UK is going to be able to help solve

:16:08. > :16:12.the problems in any major way. Tell us what this latest missile launch

:16:13. > :16:18.tells you about North Korea's actual capabilities. The Hwasong-12, the

:16:19. > :16:22.missile that was launched, is new, it was first paraded in April this

:16:23. > :16:26.year, an intermediate range missile which appears to really have quite a

:16:27. > :16:32.range. Almost certainly capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The

:16:33. > :16:38.technology probably stolen from a Ukrainian missile factory. Its

:16:39. > :16:42.intermediate missile capability is demonstrated. The next step will be

:16:43. > :16:47.to show it has got an intercontinental ballistic missile

:16:48. > :16:51.capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and that it's reliable and

:16:52. > :16:53.can threaten America. Thanks very much.

:16:54. > :16:59.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:17:00. > :17:02.Unanimous condemnation of North Korea's missile

:17:03. > :17:06.The UN Security Council calls it outrageous,

:17:07. > :17:10.the regime warns there's more to come.

:17:11. > :17:13.A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit city of Houston

:17:14. > :17:16.in an effort to stop looting as 30,000 people have been forced

:17:17. > :17:28.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:17:29. > :17:32.She's been updating us on Houston over the last few days but also on

:17:33. > :17:39.the weather here. Good morning. Good morning. Our weather very

:17:40. > :17:43.different from Houston, we have mixed fortunes today. Breezy in the

:17:44. > :17:46.north and west, sunshine and showers with temperatures higher than

:17:47. > :17:50.yesterday. In the south and east, rain at times in the afternoon, some

:17:51. > :17:55.will be persistent and much cooler. You can see what I mean, yesterday

:17:56. > :18:01.in Kent in the today and we had 29.3. Today it's likely to be 15 or

:18:02. > :18:06.maybe even a bit more in the rainfall. The reason for the rain is

:18:07. > :18:11.we have two weather fronts, they will collide and produce persistent

:18:12. > :18:15.rain. The isobars quite well spaced in the north, breezy rather than

:18:16. > :18:19.windy, and a bright start to the day with sunshine and showers. The most

:18:20. > :18:23.prolific showers will be in Scotland and Northern Ireland and a few in

:18:24. > :18:27.northern England. You can see this whole band of rain pushing into the

:18:28. > :18:31.south-east, joining forces with the other one and behind it we will see

:18:32. > :18:36.things brightening up and drying up as well. Pretty wet across East

:18:37. > :18:39.Anglia, Essex and Kent, Cambridgeshire as well this

:18:40. > :18:42.afternoon, pegging back those temperatures with showers following

:18:43. > :18:47.on behind but again, bright spells or sunshine. Breezy, sunshine and

:18:48. > :18:51.showers sums it up nicely for Scotland. In between the showers we

:18:52. > :18:56.will see decent sunshine. In Northern Ireland, a similar story,

:18:57. > :19:01.bright spells, sunshine and showers but if anything, fewer showers this

:19:02. > :19:04.afternoon in Wales, more drier weather, looking at sunshine,

:19:05. > :19:08.lengthy spells and the same in the south-west with a few showers

:19:09. > :19:12.knocking around. Through the evening and overnight we eventually lose the

:19:13. > :19:17.rain, it goes to the near continent. Behind it there will still be a

:19:18. > :19:21.plethora of showers, especially in the west but inland there will be a

:19:22. > :19:24.lot of dry weather and clear skies. Although we can see temperatures in

:19:25. > :19:28.double figures in towns and cities, in rural areas they will be lower

:19:29. > :19:32.than this and we could see patchy mist and fog forming as well in

:19:33. > :19:36.parts of southern England but that shouldn't last too long tomorrow and

:19:37. > :19:40.for many tomorrow, a fine, dry and sunny start. However, we still have

:19:41. > :19:44.the showers in the west from the overnight period and if anything

:19:45. > :19:48.they will widely developed tomorrow, almost anywhere tomorrow could catch

:19:49. > :19:52.a shower and it could also prove thundery. The other thing about

:19:53. > :19:57.tomorrow is temperatures recover in the south-east, why of about 19 or

:19:58. > :20:01.20. For the rest of the UK, we've got around 14 to 18, so roughly

:20:02. > :20:06.where we should be at this stage in August. On Friday it's going to be a

:20:07. > :20:11.nippy start but under the clear skies we will see sunshine. A few

:20:12. > :20:16.showers around as well but not as many as we are looking and through

:20:17. > :20:20.Thursday. Highs of up to 21. On Saturday, a lot of dry weather

:20:21. > :20:23.around. Again we can't completely ruled out a shower but you'll be

:20:24. > :20:30.unlucky depending on your point of view if you catch one and highs of

:20:31. > :20:31.21 in old muggy, 70 Fahrenheit. Definitely felt nippy this morning!

:20:32. > :20:35.See you later! Let's get the latest

:20:36. > :20:37.from the business world now. Steph's talking currencies,

:20:38. > :20:39.food prices and skills today. Lots going on in the currency

:20:40. > :20:43.markets at the moment! Not great news if you are changing

:20:44. > :20:49.your muggy to Euros at the moment. The pound is worth almost the same

:20:50. > :20:52.as the euro after falls The drop overnight was

:20:53. > :20:57.because investors worried about hurricane harvey

:20:58. > :21:00.and North Korea were buying more euros as a safe haven

:21:01. > :21:09.in the market uncertainty. When they are worried about things

:21:10. > :21:16.like that they invest in areas they think are safer. At the moment they

:21:17. > :21:20.think Euros are safer so they buy fewer Euros and more dollars and

:21:21. > :21:24.pounds, meaning the pound fell to an 11 month low against the euro, but

:21:25. > :21:26.things like that can change on a daily basis depending on what

:21:27. > :21:35.happens. The BRC is separately warning that

:21:36. > :21:38.food prices could rise after Brexit unless plans to tackle red tape

:21:39. > :21:53.and improve ports are put in place. A lot of food we import comes from

:21:54. > :21:58.European countries. We often talk about the skills gap. Soft skills

:21:59. > :22:02.like teamwork, communication and confidence are considered by young

:22:03. > :22:08.people, teachers and workers to be as important to achieving success in

:22:09. > :22:09.life as good grades, that's according to research from the

:22:10. > :22:11.Prince's Trust. They found 91% of teachers think

:22:12. > :22:15.schools should be doing more to help students develop soft skills,

:22:16. > :22:18.and nearly half of young people don't feel prepared to enter

:22:19. > :22:26.the work force without them. Lots of people say that, loads of

:22:27. > :22:30.businesses say that to me, it's great kids have these good exam

:22:31. > :22:34.results but we need them to have a phone conversation and be able to

:22:35. > :22:40.deal with people and sometimes... They don't learn a lot about that at

:22:41. > :22:45.school and it puts pressure on them. Social interaction goes a long way.

:22:46. > :22:48.A bit of communication! Got round to it at the third time of trying!

:22:49. > :22:50.Losing a loved one can be an incredibly difficult time

:22:51. > :22:54.for families who have to take care of funerals and other formalities.

:22:55. > :22:56.But now many are facing the added distress of delays

:22:57. > :23:00.Figures seen by BBC local radio show most councils in England

:23:01. > :23:02.and Wales are failing to register bereavements

:23:03. > :23:07.Last year, Graham Morgan's mother died.

:23:08. > :23:10.She was 86 and living in a care home.

:23:11. > :23:15.The family had to wait nearly three weeks for the funeral.

:23:16. > :23:18.It was a terrible situation to be honest with you.

:23:19. > :23:21.It was the worst you could ever have at a time of your life,

:23:22. > :23:24.and everybody faces it, when someone near to you passes

:23:25. > :23:28.He faced delays in getting a doctor's certificate and waited

:23:29. > :23:31.a fortnight for an appointment to register her death

:23:32. > :23:35.It has a a big impact on your well-being because you're

:23:36. > :23:37.bereaved, you're panicking, you want to get everything right.

:23:38. > :23:41.In my case, my parents, you didn't want to let them down

:23:42. > :23:50.By law all deaths except those investigated by a coroner must be

:23:51. > :23:53.registered within five days but most councils in England and Wales

:23:54. > :23:55.are failing to meet their registration targets.

:23:56. > :23:58.In 2011, 23% of all deaths in England and Wales were registered

:23:59. > :24:14.By 2016, that figure had risen to more than 187,000,

:24:15. > :24:16.meaning 36% of all deaths took longer than five days

:24:17. > :24:20.The National Association of Funeral Directors,

:24:21. > :24:22.which represents 4,000 funeral homes, conducted its own

:24:23. > :24:31.They found families were waiting longer to see a registrar.

:24:32. > :24:34.At some registrars there are cutbacks and staff shortages,

:24:35. > :24:36.and that's happening throughout the UK.

:24:37. > :24:39.But what we're all so seeing is certain registrars will not make

:24:40. > :24:41.the appointment for the family unless the family already

:24:42. > :24:50.have the medical certificate for cause of death in their possession.

:24:51. > :24:53.Poppy Mardall runs a funeral home in south London and is aware

:24:54. > :24:57.She says the whole process of dealing with death is confusing

:24:58. > :24:59.for bereaved families and more sensitivity is needed.

:25:00. > :25:02.Grieving people should not be disregarded by local authorities.

:25:03. > :25:04.I think recognition that death and grief are incredibly difficult

:25:05. > :25:07.experiences that we're all going to have to go through,

:25:08. > :25:11.so I don't see why people need to wait five or six days to register

:25:12. > :25:24.The Home Office said local authorities are expected to ensure

:25:25. > :25:26.there are adequate provisions to register a death.

:25:27. > :25:28.The Local Government Association told us various factors have

:25:29. > :25:30.contributed to delays, but councils are working

:25:31. > :25:34.For Graham Morgan, improvements to the system, although too late

:25:35. > :25:40.for his family, would still be welcome.

:25:41. > :25:43.It causes chaos at a time in people's lives when you don't

:25:44. > :25:46.need that fails to be honest with you, you're bereaved enough

:25:47. > :25:56.Are better transport links needed to see the idea of the Northern

:25:57. > :26:00.Steph's taken a trip across the region to find out what's

:26:01. > :26:06.needed to ensure the project remains on track.

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

:29:30. > :29:32.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:29:33. > :29:44.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:29:45. > :29:47.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:29:48. > :29:50.of a missile over Japan, at a United Nations Security Council

:29:51. > :29:59.The regime described the launch as the first step of military

:30:00. > :30:00.operations in the Pacific. The Security Council has demanded

:30:01. > :30:03.the country abandons its nuclear weapons programme, but has stopped

:30:04. > :30:15.short of threatening It is dangerous. I'm not saying that

:30:16. > :30:21.we are heading towards nuclear war, but we may well be heading towards

:30:22. > :30:25.the leveraged threat of the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea.

:30:26. > :30:26.Which makes an unstable world even less stable.

:30:27. > :30:30.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:30:31. > :30:35.a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:30:36. > :30:43.He/she is stepping off the plane in Osaka. -- here she is.

:30:44. > :30:46.She will be hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:30:47. > :30:49.Mrs May has described Japan as a like-minded nation

:30:50. > :30:52.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:30:53. > :30:55.Texas, in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:30:56. > :30:57.Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:30:58. > :31:00.Around 20 people are reported to have died as a result

:31:01. > :31:04.More than 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:31:05. > :31:06.and 3,000 have been rescued from the floodwaters.

:31:07. > :31:09.Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:31:10. > :31:11.of rainfall since the hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:31:12. > :31:14.Earlier I spoke to CBS news correspondent Meg Oliver and asked

:31:15. > :31:17.how people have reacted to the curfew.

:31:18. > :31:24.At first the Mary imposed a ten p.m.-5 a.m. Curfew and there was a

:31:25. > :31:28.lot of backlash on that. Then he moved it to midnight. I was just

:31:29. > :31:33.speaking to police officers and they said this is just a cut down for any

:31:34. > :31:37.possible looters. If people are still out on about, we're not going

:31:38. > :31:42.to interfere with people trying to help. Until a few minutes ago there

:31:43. > :31:46.were people over there walking by. The volunteers that have turned out

:31:47. > :31:52.to help these shelters, like the one behind me, they are non-stop. A few

:31:53. > :31:58.minutes ago, two mothers walked by with little kids. It is after

:31:59. > :32:04.midnight here in the US and they are out here bringing supplies to the

:32:05. > :32:07.shelter. The state of Texas is really giving themselves and you see

:32:08. > :32:08.that wherever you look. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:32:09. > :32:11.as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:32:12. > :32:13.years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:32:14. > :32:16.she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

:32:17. > :32:21.the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

:32:22. > :32:26.criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl

:32:27. > :32:29.with a Christian background, who was reported to have been placed

:32:30. > :32:32.with Muslim foster parents, who spoke little English,

:32:33. > :32:34.should live with a member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets,

:32:35. > :32:39.insists the five year old was placed with an English speaking

:32:40. > :32:41.family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:32:42. > :32:44.in the way the case was reported. One in five people struggling

:32:45. > :32:47.with debt have had their credit card limit raised, without requesting it,

:32:48. > :32:50.according to the charity, It has called for the practice

:32:51. > :32:53.of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:32:54. > :33:04.which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:33:05. > :33:06.says it is working with regulators More than 40,000 people are expected

:33:07. > :33:12.in the small Spanish town of Bunol later for the annual

:33:13. > :33:19.tomato-throwing festival. What apparently started as an angry

:33:20. > :33:23.row between two rival farmers more than 70 years ago is now

:33:24. > :33:31.the world's biggest food fight. Usually it takes less than an hour

:33:32. > :33:49.to turn around 110 tons of tomatoes That's where I'm going to be next

:33:50. > :33:53.year, at this time. Are you definitely going to go?

:33:54. > :33:57.I've watched those pictures over many years.

:33:58. > :34:00.We can have a Louise Minchin report from there.

:34:01. > :34:05.Does it happen in lots of places or is it just that?

:34:06. > :34:13.That's where I'm going to go. What is it, August 30?

:34:14. > :34:15.When you are not there next year... Are you going to throw tomatoes at

:34:16. > :34:20.me? All of our viewers are going to say,

:34:21. > :34:23.you promised us, now you have let us down.

:34:24. > :34:27.There will be tomatoes thrown in the studio!

:34:28. > :34:33.Good morning! Great news for cricket fans this morning. The West Indies,

:34:34. > :34:38.a fantastic performance from them yesterday. Some cricket fans will be

:34:39. > :34:43.disappointed that England went on and won yesterday, but it was really

:34:44. > :34:50.and to watch. So exciting. History was made.

:34:51. > :34:53.The West Indies won their first Test match in this

:34:54. > :34:57.after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

:34:58. > :35:02.West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day.

:35:03. > :35:04.But two crucial dropped balls from Alistair Cook,

:35:05. > :35:07.and a century to Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite,

:35:08. > :35:13.set the platform for the stunning victory.

:35:14. > :35:17.We know that we came here to play cricket,

:35:18. > :35:20.and we just need to go out and execute.

:35:21. > :35:22.We heard a lot of things in the media.

:35:23. > :35:26.We looked at ourselves in the mirror, and decided

:35:27. > :35:37.We looked at the conditions, it was spinning.

:35:38. > :35:40.It was the fifth day, and we took the positive option.

:35:41. > :35:46.We're a positive side, that wants to go on and try and win

:35:47. > :35:48.Unfortunately we weren't able to do that today,

:35:49. > :35:51.but if we'd taken all of our chances, it might have

:35:52. > :35:55.They played fantastically well today.

:35:56. > :35:58.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal,

:35:59. > :36:00.despite the two clubs agreeing a ?40 million fee.

:36:01. > :36:03.It is believed the England international would prefer a move

:36:04. > :36:06.to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

:36:07. > :36:08.Oxlade-Chamberlain is out of contract next summer.

:36:09. > :36:11.Meanwhile, Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

:36:12. > :36:12.from Manchester City for forward Alexis Sanchez.

:36:13. > :36:15.The Chile international scored 24 League goals last season,

:36:16. > :36:25.Arsenal would like City's Raheem Sterling as part of any deal.

:36:26. > :36:27.Lots of chopping and changing still to come.

:36:28. > :36:30.Well, this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds

:36:31. > :36:33.Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane believes the fees

:36:34. > :36:48.demanded by what he describes as average players are mind-boggling.

:36:49. > :36:59.The market value of players is mind-boggling, the figures

:37:00. > :37:01.for players, especially for the average players.

:37:02. > :37:16.The time to be a professional footballer is now.

:37:17. > :37:19.Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second

:37:20. > :37:23.Federer, looking to win a record 20th Grand Slam title,

:37:24. > :37:31.beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:37:32. > :37:35.Federer's great rival Rafa Nadal is also through to the second round,

:37:36. > :37:37.after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:37:38. > :37:40.The Spaniard needed a tie-break to take the first set,

:37:41. > :37:43.but comfortably took the next two sets.

:37:44. > :37:45.After second seed Simona Halep and Britain's world number seven,

:37:46. > :37:49.Johanna Konta, were knocked out of the US Open, there has been

:37:50. > :37:50.another major shock at Flushing Meadows.

:37:51. > :37:53.World number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

:37:54. > :37:55.and sixth seed Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

:37:56. > :37:59.It was the first time in 13 years that the champion was knocked out

:38:00. > :38:04.She played good, especially also at the end of the match,

:38:05. > :38:07.and I'm always trying to go for it when I have the chance.

:38:08. > :38:10.And today, I mean, she just went for it.

:38:11. > :38:12.I think she took her chances, and yeah, she played

:38:13. > :38:17.But for me, for sure, it wasn't the best day and not

:38:18. > :38:24.Chris Froome has maintained his 36-second lead

:38:25. > :38:28.after stage ten of the Vuelta a Espana.

:38:29. > :38:31.After 102 miles in the saddle, Italy's Matteo Trentin held off

:38:32. > :38:38.Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas to claim victory.

:38:39. > :38:41.Froome crossed the line 4.5 minutes later alongside his main rival,

:38:42. > :38:43.Esteban Chaves, although the Colombian is now joint-second

:38:44. > :38:46.with Ireland's Nicolas Roche, who made up time on the final

:38:47. > :38:49.Two of England's women's sports teams have met the Prime Minister

:38:50. > :38:52.Theresa May welcomed the rugby union team,

:38:53. > :38:55.who narrowly lost the World Cup final to New Zealand

:38:56. > :38:57.at the weekend and also Heather Knight's World Cup-winning

:38:58. > :39:07.The Prime Minister said both England teams had contributed

:39:08. > :39:12.to a "breakthrough moment" for female sport.

:39:13. > :39:20.We've said that so many times over the years. Is this the moment? That

:39:21. > :39:25.was the moment. With the rugby players, even in defeat, that was

:39:26. > :39:29.the moment. You watch the final against New Zealand and you think, I

:39:30. > :39:33.don't care who is playing, that was a brilliant final.

:39:34. > :39:36.And live on TV. Exactly. Thank you very much.

:39:37. > :39:39.As parents, it can be easy to worry about your child's safety every time

:39:40. > :39:42.they leave the house and, according to a new report,

:39:43. > :39:47.this may be one issue you can both agree on.

:39:48. > :39:50.The Children's Society surveyed 3,000 10-17 year olds

:39:51. > :39:55.And the fear of being a victim of crime came out on top.

:39:56. > :39:58.That's ahead of issues such as their family struggling to pay

:39:59. > :40:01.the bills or having a parent who is seriously ill.

:40:02. > :40:03.Yet, only 17% of teenagers surveyed had actually experienced crime

:40:04. > :40:06.or been the victim of antisocial behaviour themselves,

:40:07. > :40:12.suggesting the fear is greater than the reality.

:40:13. > :40:16.So why is crime such an important issue for young people and how can

:40:17. > :40:21.We're joined by psychologist Geoff Beattie and Ella Brookbanks,

:40:22. > :40:24.who's mum to a 15-year-old son and daughter aged nine.

:40:25. > :40:31.Good morning and thank you both very much for joining us. With regards to

:40:32. > :40:36.your son, for example, is he fearful about things happening to him? I

:40:37. > :40:42.wouldn't say he is specifically. He is quite immature young boy. He is

:40:43. > :40:46.educated on things, we talk to him openly about things that happen

:40:47. > :40:52.around the town. We are involved in things that happen. So him

:40:53. > :40:56.specifically, he is not, but I know there are a lot of parents out there

:40:57. > :41:04.who are not so clued on. Where does that fear come from? What might

:41:05. > :41:07.actually be happening in society? There's often a discrepancy between

:41:08. > :41:12.level of crime and fear of crime. Over the last 20 years, violent

:41:13. > :41:17.crime has gone down in the UK and yet there is no hint of crime going

:41:18. > :41:21.down, so there is a discrepancy. If you ask people to estimate the

:41:22. > :41:25.probability of things happening, they are very bad at knowing how

:41:26. > :41:29.common things are or how where they are. What they do is they based

:41:30. > :41:33.their estimates on images they have on their heads. One aspect of this

:41:34. > :41:37.is social media. The way we consume it these days is very image -based.

:41:38. > :41:42.We can see all kinds of horrible things that can happen and they are

:41:43. > :41:47.estimates of it happening to us. So I think social media is a big player

:41:48. > :41:50.in this. Social media is all about sharing images rather than words and

:41:51. > :41:53.I think if people understand more about the probability of things

:41:54. > :41:57.happening de would be less fearful because it looks as if people are

:41:58. > :42:05.becoming more fearful. Wasn't it always similar? When I was growing

:42:06. > :42:09.up, fear of something happening to us was greater than something

:42:10. > :42:15.actually happening. It looks as if the probability of crime now is

:42:16. > :42:19.actually decreasing. Citing its about understanding what you can do

:42:20. > :42:26.to prevent yourself becoming a victim of crime. It's about self

:42:27. > :42:30.efficacy, about response -- knowing what responses are appropriate. It's

:42:31. > :42:33.about having conversations you know what the likelihood of something

:42:34. > :42:39.happening is. I saw some statistics last week which was people under 14

:42:40. > :42:44.are spending more time on social media than having conversations with

:42:45. > :42:50.the family. So there's this concept about what's going on on the street.

:42:51. > :42:55.You say your 15-year-old is quite savvy. How is it different with your

:42:56. > :43:00.nine-year-old daughter? She hears conversations that we have at home.

:43:01. > :43:03.One of the most important thing is his communication with your

:43:04. > :43:05.children. I don't pick you should be scared of having any kind of

:43:06. > :43:09.conversation with your children. Obviously it needs to be

:43:10. > :43:15.age-appropriate. What we sit at the table practically every night, apart

:43:16. > :43:19.from Friday night in the night. -- pizza night. We told about things

:43:20. > :43:23.they've done that are really good, things we are not so happy about and

:43:24. > :43:27.we have those conversations. We are quite avid readers and I remember

:43:28. > :43:35.reading a book by a criminal psychologist. When I was younger, my

:43:36. > :43:39.auntie and uncle said I should read it before I stop going out and it

:43:40. > :43:43.kind of gave you hints and tips about how you should hold yourself

:43:44. > :43:46.while in certain situations and that really helped me. I've always been a

:43:47. > :43:52.fan of showing my children the world. Did it show you or tell you

:43:53. > :43:57.or instruct you on what might be danger signs? It did. You are

:43:58. > :44:03.psychologist? So I was asked to read the book by my auntie and uncle. I

:44:04. > :44:09.lived in London when I was younger. It did help me in those kinds of

:44:10. > :44:13.situations. If I was out at night, I wouldn't go into certain places and

:44:14. > :44:16.I would act as a way and I think it's important to have those sorts

:44:17. > :44:19.of conversations. Coming at some tips from you about dealing with the

:44:20. > :44:25.anxiety that some people will display? How do you approach that?

:44:26. > :44:30.First of all, you have to talk about what's out there, not conceptualise

:44:31. > :44:35.it. Get a more realistic appraisal of what the threats are. Reading is

:44:36. > :44:40.great because you want people to take precautions, but you don't want

:44:41. > :44:45.to terrify them. He wanted to go and explore. Human beings have to take a

:44:46. > :44:51.level of risk. So it's about a realistic appraisal and I think the

:44:52. > :44:57.problem is that kids ruminate on stuff a lot, so the opposite of that

:44:58. > :45:00.of course is getting kids to be more active, spending less time thinking

:45:01. > :45:02.about what can go wrong and more time doing stuff with the family.

:45:03. > :45:12.Thank you very much. I'm in, Friday night pizza night by

:45:13. > :45:18.the way! Curry night at ours! Sunday. That's a great weekend,

:45:19. > :45:23.what's Saturday night? I don't have one, maybe we should start one! What

:45:24. > :45:28.a buildup, Friday, Saturday Sunday. Carol is looking at the weather and

:45:29. > :45:32.a bit cold this morning? For some, you're right, and it will get colder

:45:33. > :45:36.by Saturday morning, parts of the Highlands will see frost. What we

:45:37. > :45:39.have at the moment for the north and west of the country is sunshine and

:45:40. > :45:44.showers, breezy conditions and feeling warmer than yesterday. For

:45:45. > :45:48.the south and east, the opposite is true with rain at times, more

:45:49. > :45:56.persistent through the day and much cooler. Yesterday, Frittenden in

:45:57. > :46:01.Kent hit 29.3, today in the rain it will be barely 15, maybe 13. Quite a

:46:02. > :46:05.drop. The rain has been caused by these two weather fronts that will

:46:06. > :46:10.collide and produce more persistent rain. As you can see from the

:46:11. > :46:14.isobars in the north, quite breezy. The rain falling in parts of the

:46:15. > :46:18.south-west, the Midlands, turning more patchy towards Lincolnshire and

:46:19. > :46:21.Yorkshire and another line of light rain and drizzle in parts of the

:46:22. > :46:25.south-east. Through the morning, these two are going to join forces

:46:26. > :46:30.and we will see heavy rain, but behind we are looking at the mixture

:46:31. > :46:33.of bright spells, sunshine and showers with prolific showers in

:46:34. > :46:37.parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Even so, many will miss

:46:38. > :46:40.them all together. By 4pm, brightening up in the West Midlands

:46:41. > :46:44.but we will still have the rain in the south-eastern quarter. Under it

:46:45. > :46:50.it will feel considerably colder than yesterday. Northern England

:46:51. > :46:55.seeing showers, sunshine and bright spells, the same in Scotland, fairly

:46:56. > :46:58.hit and miss showers but more showers in Scotland, as in Northern

:46:59. > :47:02.Ireland compared to what we're expecting in northern England. In

:47:03. > :47:06.between them all will be bright and sunny skies. Fewer showers this

:47:07. > :47:10.afternoon in Wales but we can't completely ruled them out, here too

:47:11. > :47:13.there will be sunshine and also quite a bit of sunshine in

:47:14. > :47:16.south-west England with a few showers dotted here and there.

:47:17. > :47:22.Through the evening and overnight we lose the rain from the south-east,

:47:23. > :47:25.skies will clear, a chilly night, particularly in the countryside, and

:47:26. > :47:29.still a peppering of showers in the north and west. Week also see patchy

:47:30. > :47:32.mist and fog forming in parts of England, especially in the

:47:33. > :47:37.south-east where we've seen the rain that we could also. Temperatures

:47:38. > :47:43.around nine to 11, in the countryside they will be lower -- we

:47:44. > :47:47.could also. Tomorrow a chilly start, overnight showers left over in the

:47:48. > :47:50.west but through the day further showers will develop. If you catch a

:47:51. > :47:55.shower almost anywhere tomorrow you could hear the odd rumble of

:47:56. > :48:02.thunder. Temperatures recovering them south-east, highs of up to 20,

:48:03. > :48:06.but generally, 14 to 18 -- recovering in the. Lot of sunshine

:48:07. > :48:12.around. Fewer showers, temperatures up to 21. Of quick look at Saturday

:48:13. > :48:16.shows a lot of dry weather and again a chilly start in the countryside --

:48:17. > :48:18.a quick look. Sunshine coming through, a few showers but many will

:48:19. > :48:25.miss them altogether. Thanks for that, Carol. Looking at

:48:26. > :48:26.your map it is handy to guide us into Steph.

:48:27. > :48:34.We are talking about the Northern Powerhouse, you have been on a trip?

:48:35. > :48:38.I have. It's interesting, we heard about the Northern Powerhouse

:48:39. > :48:41.several years ago when it was first announced, the idea of creating...

:48:42. > :48:46.Reducing the gap between the perceived view the north is worse

:48:47. > :48:49.off than the south. Interestingly whenever I talk about this I get

:48:50. > :48:52.messages from people in the south-west saying we have got

:48:53. > :48:56.rubbish things, we need more help, I've had a few of those this morning

:48:57. > :49:00.and the greater thing is, the difference between areas outside of

:49:01. > :49:03.London compare it to London and its investment and one of the big things

:49:04. > :49:08.is transport. We wanted to look at the needs in

:49:09. > :49:12.terms of transport in the North. I went on a train journey yesterday

:49:13. > :49:13.around some of it to talk to businesses and people how they feel

:49:14. > :49:26.about it and this is the result. It was three years ago in Manchester

:49:27. > :49:29.that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse

:49:30. > :49:31.was first announced. Improving transport

:49:32. > :49:33.was a big part of it. The government says it is investing

:49:34. > :49:36.more than ever in transport up here, but there is a criticism

:49:37. > :49:40.that the North is still losing out If the government had spent as much

:49:41. > :49:45.per head on the north as they did in London in the past ten years

:49:46. > :49:48.they would have spent ?59 billion more on the North, enough to get

:49:49. > :49:51.things moving and getting the economy functioning

:49:52. > :49:53.better than it is. is responding to London rather

:49:54. > :49:56.than using transport spending to transform the Northern

:49:57. > :49:59.economy, which would be You can see from the departure board

:50:00. > :50:03.that there are loads of trains coming in and out of here

:50:04. > :50:07.and regular ones to and from London. That journey at the moment takes

:50:08. > :50:10.just over two hours but with HS2, it should halve that time,

:50:11. > :50:13.making it much faster But what about getting

:50:14. > :50:21.around the rest of North? I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley,

:50:22. > :50:24.I'm going to get the train When you talk to passengers

:50:25. > :50:28.about their experiences, the same things come up -

:50:29. > :50:30.overcrowding, frequency There could be more services

:50:31. > :50:34.and they could be faster. Your husband does Manchester

:50:35. > :50:35.to Huddersfield regularly, About three to four times a month

:50:36. > :50:40.the train is delayed. Generally it's OK,

:50:41. > :50:48.it could be faster. It's only made worse when you see

:50:49. > :50:54.all the investment put into Euston The trains are extremely

:50:55. > :51:01.full with commuters, there's not enough carriages to take

:51:02. > :51:04.all the passengers and it's mostly standing room only,

:51:05. > :51:10.as you can see today as well. I've arrived here after nearly two

:51:11. > :51:13.hours of travelling. For places like this,

:51:14. > :51:15.being better connected could make I travel on the train

:51:16. > :51:20.to work and back. Good, but the trains aren't

:51:21. > :51:24.as often as I'd like. When I use buses they tend not

:51:25. > :51:28.to turn up, they tend to breakdown The north of England

:51:29. > :51:36.is badly served by travel. Businesses argue they need

:51:37. > :51:38.better connectivity too. I've come to meet Clive,

:51:39. > :51:40.who runs a furniture A lot of businesses try

:51:41. > :51:56.to just-in-time deliveries, we may want to get

:51:57. > :51:58.to Manchester by 3pm. That could take anywhere between 45

:51:59. > :52:02.minutes and three hours. Because of this variation we have

:52:03. > :52:07.to put a three-hour delivery slot, meaning if you do it in three

:52:08. > :52:10.quarters of an hour that's an awful For many commuters and businesses

:52:11. > :52:14.here speeding up the process of getting between northern towns

:52:15. > :52:17.and cities can't come soon enough. For many of us it's the journey,

:52:18. > :52:27.not just the destination. We were saying when we were watching

:52:28. > :52:31.that, it is such a pretty journey around the north, but the problem is

:52:32. > :52:36.it can take a lot longer when you compare it to how quickly we can get

:52:37. > :52:40.to London from here. There's lots of complaints about that. The argument

:52:41. > :52:44.is there should be more investment in transport in the North. The

:52:45. > :52:47.government have been talking about this, there were concerns the

:52:48. > :52:51.Northern Powerhouse may lose focus because of Brexit because the

:52:52. > :52:54.government has changed since Northern Powerhouse was first

:52:55. > :52:58.announced. Department for Transport has said they are still committed to

:52:59. > :53:02.the whole project, including developing a better train network

:53:03. > :53:10.from east to west, which is really important for lots of businesses.

:53:11. > :53:14.They say their putting millions into it already and they are waiting for

:53:15. > :53:17.plans to be submitted so they can get cracking with making the trains

:53:18. > :53:21.better across the Pennines and around the North. Excellent if that

:53:22. > :53:25.happens! Flying cars may be? By the time we get to these things being

:53:26. > :53:28.done we could be in drones. Just being dropped off? I like bad! -- I

:53:29. > :53:33.like that. The Great British Bake Off was back

:53:34. > :53:36.on television last night for the first time since

:53:37. > :53:39.its move to Channel 4. I would say 60 to 70% of people

:53:40. > :53:42.enjoy it. Our reporter, Lara Rostron,

:53:43. > :53:45.watched alongside a panel of fans. Well, in just a few minutes time

:53:46. > :53:50.The Great British Bake Off returns to our screens but on Channel 4 this

:53:51. > :54:00.time and Breakfast has been invited to watch it with none other

:54:01. > :54:03.than the Bake Off guru, Thanks for bringing

:54:04. > :54:05.one of these along. Hello, bakers, welcome

:54:06. > :54:12.to the fabulous Bake Off tent. It feels very familiar

:54:13. > :54:16.but I was expecting to see Mel But if you squint Noel Fielding

:54:17. > :54:23.is a bit like Mel and Sue. At least the adverts

:54:24. > :54:28.are cake-related. Does anyone want a tea?

:54:29. > :54:32.Yes! Bakers, you have 30 minutes left

:54:33. > :54:38.to make your fruity cakes. I haven't missed it,

:54:39. > :54:56.I feel like I'm cheating by saying It's good that they are trying to be

:54:57. > :55:04.themselves, they're not trying to be Mel and Sue just like Mary isn't

:55:05. > :55:07.trying to be Prue and Prue isn't It is a chocolate butter sponge

:55:08. > :55:14.with peanut butter frosting. OK, guys, right, judgement time,

:55:15. > :55:21.finished, what do you make of it? I would give Channel 4

:55:22. > :55:23.Star Baker this week. I think the adverts

:55:24. > :55:34.were a bit grating. Tell us what you think. So many of

:55:35. > :55:39.you I know watched it last night, including new. I enjoyed it very

:55:40. > :55:43.much. Elaine said my belief was too many Hollywood handshakes, very

:55:44. > :55:48.early on the handshakes -- including you. Didn't like the adverts but my

:55:49. > :55:53.five-year-old grandson and I enjoyed it, making imaginary cakes and

:55:54. > :55:57.commenting on the tastes. People complained about the adverts, but

:55:58. > :56:04.they said they using the adverts to have a piece of cake. Didn't want to

:56:05. > :56:11.enjoy it much but I did, seemed rushed because of the adverts, but

:56:12. > :56:12.we will watch the rest of the series and someone whispered quietly that

:56:13. > :56:19.they preferred Prue to Mary Berry. Time now to get the news,

:56:20. > :59:42.travel and weather where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:59:43. > :59:46.with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. North Korea receives unanimous

:59:47. > :59:50.condemnation at the United Nations for firing a ballistic missile over

:59:51. > :59:52.Japan. As diplomats describe the latest

:59:53. > :59:55.action as outrageous - the regime releases pictures

:59:56. > :59:58.of the test and says it will carry Good morning - it's

:59:59. > :00:19.Wednesday 30th August. A night-time curfew is declared

:00:20. > :00:25.in the flood-hit city of Houston Theresa May arrives in Japan

:00:26. > :00:44.for a three day visit to discuss North Korea will also be high on the

:00:45. > :00:48.agenda. Not great news if you're changing your money to your rows

:00:49. > :00:52.with the pound falling to an 11 month low. I will be looking at why.

:00:53. > :00:57.And in sport, the West Indies win a Test match in England for the first

:00:58. > :01:00.time in 17 years. Shai Hope's historic century helped them to a

:01:01. > :01:07.thrilling victory on the final day at Headingley. And how a sea

:01:08. > :01:09.creature that lived 100 million years ago is providing lessons for

:01:10. > :01:12.the submarine designers of the future. It's all about the four

:01:13. > :01:22.flippers. You might need some flippers as well

:01:23. > :01:25.because in the south and east heavy and persistent rain is coming our

:01:26. > :01:29.way. It is light at the moment, and it will feel cooler than yesterday.

:01:30. > :01:32.In the north and west, a breezy day with bright spells and a little

:01:33. > :01:36.warmer than yesterday. More details in 15 minutes.

:01:37. > :01:40.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:01:41. > :01:43.of a ballistic missile over Japan at a meeting of the United Nations

:01:44. > :01:46.The regime has described the launch as "the first step"

:01:47. > :01:53.The UN Security Council has described the launch as "outrageous"

:01:54. > :01:55.but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

:01:56. > :02:03.Here we have North Korea's not-so-diplomatic response

:02:04. > :02:05.to the slap on the wrist for its latest provocation,

:02:06. > :02:14.proudly releasing stills of its missile launch over Japan,

:02:15. > :02:16.Just as diplomats were meeting in New York in an emergency

:02:17. > :02:18.gathering of the UN Security Council, working

:02:19. > :02:21.on the first step in a response to North Korea's destabilising

:02:22. > :02:23.The world is united against North Korea,

:02:24. > :02:29.It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:02:30. > :02:34.The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue,

:02:35. > :02:39.and the rest of the world is with us.

:02:40. > :02:42.The meeting result was unanimous, but inconsequential.

:02:43. > :02:45.All members, including Russia and China, signed

:02:46. > :02:55.on to a statement of condemnation, but no sign of new sanctions.

:02:56. > :02:57.The ink on the last round of North Korea

:02:58. > :03:05.And China, for one, has said all sides are to blame

:03:06. > :03:07.for the escalation in the region, after President Trump repeated

:03:08. > :03:10.all options were on the table, and South Korea responded

:03:11. > :03:12.with its own show of force, in a test-bombing near its

:03:13. > :03:17.Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to freeze their joint

:03:18. > :03:19.military exercises, as a means of getting Pyongyang

:03:20. > :03:27.But the US has made clear its commitment to its allies

:03:28. > :03:32...Showing no sign the Trump administration will be

:03:33. > :03:42.We can talk now to our correspondent, Yogida Limaye,

:03:43. > :03:48.who joins us now from the South Korean capital, Seoul.

:03:49. > :03:57.It seems nothing is bringing down this rhetoric and the intensity of

:03:58. > :04:01.this conversation, is it? And actions as well, with the latest

:04:02. > :04:05.missile test North Korea conducted yesterday. We have seen not just

:04:06. > :04:08.strong words now, we have also seen actions. The statement they have put

:04:09. > :04:16.out today, along with photographs they released of the missile test,

:04:17. > :04:20.they say this is just a pro you'd to contain Guam, making reference to

:04:21. > :04:25.the threat they made three weeks ago that they would fire missiles to the

:04:26. > :04:29.waters around Guam. Also the North Korean leader Kim John and has

:04:30. > :04:33.ordered his military to conduct more such missile drills targeted at the

:04:34. > :04:39.Pacific. North Korea also today justified their actions saying this

:04:40. > :04:43.was to counter the US and South Korean drills being conducted here

:04:44. > :04:46.in South Korea. -- North Korean leader Kim Jong on. We always see

:04:47. > :04:51.some sort of retaliation from North Korea. I don't think anyone would

:04:52. > :04:56.imagine it would be a rocket that flew over Japan.

:04:57. > :04:59.Theresa May begins a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:05:00. > :05:01.A post-Brexit bi-lateral trade deal, defence cooperation and the threat

:05:02. > :05:04.posed by North Korea will be among the issues Mrs May will discuss

:05:05. > :05:07.with the Japanese Prime during the three day trip.

:05:08. > :05:11.Chris, what is the PM hoping to achieve from the visit?

:05:12. > :05:17.North Korea is high on the agenda, but the trade deal with regard to

:05:18. > :05:20.what will happen post-Brexit is essential for the Prime Minister to

:05:21. > :05:30.say this trip has been a success. Absolutely. Clearly the context is

:05:31. > :05:33.what has happened in North Korea. The Prime Minister on the plane

:05:34. > :05:39.overnight said she was outraged by the actions of Pyongyang. She has

:05:40. > :05:44.arrived in Osaka overnight and is heading to the ancient capital of

:05:45. > :05:50.Kyoto. Lots of focus on security and also on trade. Trade between Japan

:05:51. > :05:53.and the UK absolutely essential. Japan and Japanese companies

:05:54. > :06:01.employing around 160,000 people in the UK. And Tokyo has publicly had a

:06:02. > :06:05.case of the wobbles over Brexit and they are nervous over what they see

:06:06. > :06:10.as the potential implications of Brexit. Lots of reassuring noises no

:06:11. > :06:14.doubt from Theresa May. She is also keen to try to secure in the long

:06:15. > :06:20.term a trade deal between the UK and Japan. There is one, or soon will

:06:21. > :06:24.be, between the EU and Japan, which the UK has been part of negotiating.

:06:25. > :06:28.It seems the government here is keen to do a cut and paste job in the

:06:29. > :06:34.short term to make sure the UK has deal in the short-term. Lots of

:06:35. > :06:39.people to meet over the next three days, a decent length of trip. She

:06:40. > :06:43.will go on a bullet train to go to Tokyo later, and she will meet the

:06:44. > :06:47.Emperor on Friday before flying back to the UK.

:06:48. > :06:52.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston, Texas,

:06:53. > :06:55.in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:06:56. > :06:57.Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:06:58. > :06:59.Around 20 people are reported to have died and 30,000 have been

:07:00. > :07:02.forced from their homes - with over 3,000 having been rescued

:07:03. > :07:05.Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with 52 inches,

:07:06. > :07:08.just over 1.3 metres, of rainfall since the Hurricane

:07:09. > :07:19.But, five days after it first hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

:07:20. > :07:24.These are some of the residents of 20 nursing homes.

:07:25. > :07:31.Another 20 hospitals have also been evacuated across the region.

:07:32. > :07:35.3,400 people have been rescued, with the authorities reporting that

:07:36. > :07:42.It was the scariest thing we've ever seen.

:07:43. > :07:51.51 inches of rain has fallen so far, a record for the USA,

:07:52. > :07:58.and has swamped parts of Houston and southern Texas.

:07:59. > :08:03.30,000 people have been forced out of their homes by the floodwater.

:08:04. > :08:07.The Red Cross has warned people could be in shelters for months.

:08:08. > :08:10.President Trump visited Corpus Christi, 220 miles

:08:11. > :08:16.He was greeted by state and federal teams co-ordinating

:08:17. > :08:20.We won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that.

:08:21. > :08:26.We'll congratulate each other when it's all finished.

:08:27. > :08:29.He is determined not to repeat the mistakes of George Bush,

:08:30. > :08:34.In Houston, the mayor has introduced a night-time curfew,

:08:35. > :08:42.To the west of this vast city, two huge reservoirs are overflowing.

:08:43. > :08:44.Harvey's path is slow-moving and erratic.

:08:45. > :08:46.This force of nature may not be spent yet.

:08:47. > :08:58.More on that throughout the programme for you this morning.

:08:59. > :09:00.Kezia Dugdale has resigned as leader of Scottish Labour,

:09:01. > :09:02.after less than two years in the post.

:09:03. > :09:04.The Lothians MSP insists she is leaving the party in a much

:09:05. > :09:10.She's also rejected the idea her departure has anything to do

:09:11. > :09:13.with her previous criticism of Jeremy Corbyn.

:09:14. > :09:15.Most political leaders quit at a moment of crisis,

:09:16. > :09:20.I've decided that I think the Labour Party is very

:09:21. > :09:23.It's made tremendous progress from the state

:09:24. > :09:26.that I found it in two, 2.5 years ago, when it was

:09:27. > :09:31.It's in a much better state than I found it.

:09:32. > :09:33.Now it's time to pass that baton onto the next person.

:09:34. > :09:37.We've had five national elections in 2.5 years.

:09:38. > :09:42.Now it's time to move on and let the next person have

:09:43. > :09:46.A judge has ruled that a girl with a Christian background,

:09:47. > :09:49.who was reported to have been placed with Muslim foster parents

:09:50. > :09:51.who spoke little English, should live with a member

:09:52. > :09:57.The London borough of Tower Hamlets, insists the five-year-old was placed

:09:58. > :09:59.with an English speaking family of mixed race and that there

:10:00. > :10:07.were inaccuracies in the way the case was reported.

:10:08. > :10:14.South West trains passengers heading into the country but my busiest

:10:15. > :10:17.train station at London Waterloo have been told to expect more

:10:18. > :10:22.signalling problems. The station was due to open yesterday after a month

:10:23. > :10:26.of engineering works. Disruption is expected to last until around 11am

:10:27. > :10:27.this morning and the advice is to check for service updates before you

:10:28. > :10:29.travel. One in five people struggling

:10:30. > :10:32.with debt have had their credit card That's according to research

:10:33. > :10:35.from the charity, Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

:10:36. > :10:38.of extending credit UK Finance, which represents some

:10:39. > :10:42.of the country's biggest lenders, says it is working with regulators

:10:43. > :10:47.to help people manage their debt. New research suggests

:10:48. > :10:49.the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

:10:50. > :10:53.than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe, Cassini

:10:54. > :10:56.- which is orbiting the planet - suggests they may be only

:10:57. > :11:00.100 million years old. It indicates they could be

:11:01. > :11:03.the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

:11:04. > :11:09.its final burst of data, before it plunges into Saturn's

:11:10. > :11:25.atmosphere and burns up. A dramatic way to bow out. Thanks

:11:26. > :11:27.for being with us on Breakfast this morning.

:11:28. > :11:30.In the wake of tropical storm Harvey, President Trump is facing

:11:31. > :11:32.arguably his biggest challenge since taking office in January.

:11:33. > :11:34.Yesterday he flew to Texas to assess the damage

:11:35. > :11:40.During the visit Mr Trump said "Texas can handle anything" -

:11:41. > :11:42.but how has he handled the federal response?

:11:43. > :11:45.One that he says should stand as an example of how to react

:11:46. > :11:51.We're joined now by Scott Lucas - a professor of American studies

:11:52. > :11:54.at the University of Birmingham, and in Washington we have

:11:55. > :11:56.Anneke Green - a Republican commentator and former advisor

:11:57. > :12:09.Good morning to both of you. Going to Washington first, how do you

:12:10. > :12:12.assess the last 24 hours for President Trump? Has he done the

:12:13. > :12:17.right thing and said the right things? He has. He's actually done a

:12:18. > :12:22.good job even before the last 24 hours, starting on Friday when he

:12:23. > :12:26.released the disaster assistance funds, which every president needs

:12:27. > :12:29.to do so that federal funds are available to those impacted by

:12:30. > :12:35.disasters. He has made very clear that the storm is a top priority. He

:12:36. > :12:39.was tweeting about it yesterday and talking about a meeting with Cabinet

:12:40. > :12:44.officials. On the trip he took to Texas, when he was sure to avoid

:12:45. > :12:51.areas that would pull away resources, he took several Cabinet

:12:52. > :12:56.officials with him that would be relevant. Scott Lucas, has he done a

:12:57. > :12:59.good job? Let's be clear, we have seen great acts of compassion,

:13:00. > :13:06.sacrifice and heroism in Texas. And then we have seen Donald Trump. He

:13:07. > :13:10.went there for a photo opportunity. He didn't say a single word about

:13:11. > :13:14.the victims in his appearances yesterday. Not a word to the

:13:15. > :13:19.families or those who had lost everything. Instead he had staged

:13:20. > :13:23.rally where he waved a Texas and said, what a crowd and what a

:13:24. > :13:31.support! I understand politicians have to create an image, but the way

:13:32. > :13:36.the created the image. If he hadn't gone, you would criticise in the

:13:37. > :13:40.same way? I do think he should have gone, especially after what happened

:13:41. > :13:44.with Katrina in 2005. I think it was the tone that was struck. His

:13:45. > :13:47.initial tweets coming he said it's a big hurricane, it's big and huge,

:13:48. > :13:51.but he was also tweeting about Mexico should pay us for the wall

:13:52. > :13:55.and what a great victory he had in Missouri last year. It all comes

:13:56. > :14:00.back to Trump rather than those suffering. A president leads not by

:14:01. > :14:06.saying, it's me, but about saying, it's all of us. Lets put those

:14:07. > :14:12.criticisms across to Washington. What about those criticisms he

:14:13. > :14:15.hasn't engaged? I don't agree comparatively with how other

:14:16. > :14:19.presidents have engaged to disasters, he has done a lot more.

:14:20. > :14:24.Everybody is vulnerable to the charge that is for a photo Op. The

:14:25. > :14:28.challenge is how to translate compassion to action without getting

:14:29. > :14:33.in the way. I asked a senior administration official yesterday on

:14:34. > :14:36.a very close group call about that question, were they worried about

:14:37. > :14:40.avoiding the mistakes that were made with hurricane Katrina by the Bush

:14:41. > :14:49.administration during which President Bush, in his attempts Bush

:14:50. > :14:53.was depicted as being out of touch. They said they were not worried

:14:54. > :14:57.about optics, they were worried about the people who needed help. We

:14:58. > :15:04.are looking at some of the pictures right now as we talk to you. This

:15:05. > :15:11.human scale of this is quite something. How able is Texas to cope

:15:12. > :15:16.with it? It's not something... In some ways it's so severe it is not

:15:17. > :15:19.something they can prepare for. I know the mayor of Houston was

:15:20. > :15:24.reluctant to issue an evacuation order. In previous hurricanes like

:15:25. > :15:34.Rita, when people evacuated there was a higher death toll in that

:15:35. > :15:37.process. There were supplies from the Red Cross and other charitable

:15:38. > :15:41.organisations, as well as provisions from the central government set up.

:15:42. > :15:45.We saw in some of the conversations between Trump and the head of the

:15:46. > :15:49.emergency management agency that they are very conscious of not

:15:50. > :15:55.repeating something like the Superdome, with how to get at her

:15:56. > :16:01.On the issue of how Texas is reaction, there are lots of comments

:16:02. > :16:04.about how this is a very Texan response. They are dealing with a

:16:05. > :16:10.terrible situation as best they can. I think it's a very human response.

:16:11. > :16:14.It shown the best that can still come out of America. A lot was

:16:15. > :16:19.learned from Katrina. For example by an tasking anybody if they are an

:16:20. > :16:22.immigrant. Which in the wake of the current policy is significant. They

:16:23. > :16:30.aren't tasking anyone regarding colour. It simply, let's not get

:16:31. > :16:34.into the division of New Orleans. At local state and federal level it's

:16:35. > :16:37.important. One thing I'll say, Trump is a figurehead president, it's the

:16:38. > :16:42.agency is doing the hard work. Whether it can benefit his

:16:43. > :16:48.reputation, that remains to be seen. Thank you very much for your time.

:16:49. > :16:53.Carroll has been giving us an update on the weather in the UK but also

:16:54. > :16:59.concentrating on what will happen over the next few hours and days

:17:00. > :17:04.with Tropical Storm Harvey. Good morning. Now Harvey has produced a

:17:05. > :17:10.record-breaking amounts of rainfall near Houston. You can see the rain

:17:11. > :17:16.illustrated by the bright echoes. 51.88 inches of rainfall, roughly

:17:17. > :17:22.1.3 metres. Part of the problem is that we have got half of the storm

:17:23. > :17:26.inland, half offshore. So it's still picking up its energy from the gulf

:17:27. > :17:31.of Mexico and its moisture. It's been fairly stationary so it's been

:17:32. > :17:36.depositing all of that in Texas, particularly in Houston. Although it

:17:37. > :17:42.is moving away, there will be further issues with flooding around

:17:43. > :17:45.this particular area. Talking of it moving, it's drifting

:17:46. > :17:49.north-eastwards. It'll make landfall through the course of today. Pushing

:17:50. > :17:54.up through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The critical thing is

:17:55. > :17:59.it is moving but it's still going to produce torrential rain and the risk

:18:00. > :18:02.of flash flooding. Back at home weather is completely different. In

:18:03. > :18:05.the north and west we are looking at a breezy day with sunshine and

:18:06. > :18:10.showers. In the south and east will have rain at times, feeling much

:18:11. > :18:17.cooler than yesterday. Yesterday in parts of Kent we hit 29.3. Today

:18:18. > :18:22.will be lucky to see 15! It's these weather fronts producing the rain.

:18:23. > :18:27.In the north of the isobars are well spaced so it's breezy with sunshine

:18:28. > :18:30.and showers, particularly showery in Scotland and Northern Ireland, also

:18:31. > :18:35.northern England and Wales. As the rain pushes to the south-east it

:18:36. > :18:39.will start to brighten up nicely behind it. At 4pm we'll see some

:18:40. > :18:44.sunshine in the West Midlands but as we move towards the south-eastern

:18:45. > :18:51.quarter of the country, we're looking at a lot of rain. 13 degrees

:18:52. > :18:54.for some of us, a huge drop. Across northern England and Scotland we are

:18:55. > :18:59.back into the mixture of sunshine and showers. In between feeling

:19:00. > :19:02.quite pleasant, breezy across Scotland too. For Northern Ireland

:19:03. > :19:07.quite a few showers. In between bright with sunny skies. Few wish I

:19:08. > :19:11.was in Wales and more sunshine this afternoon. It's the same for South

:19:12. > :19:16.West England. Fewer showers and more sunshine. Feeling pleasant enough,

:19:17. > :19:21.not as warm as it has done. Through the course of the evening we lose

:19:22. > :19:26.that rain as it pushes off. Behind the skies it is clear with some

:19:27. > :19:32.showers coming in from the west, and some mist and fog patches coming.

:19:33. > :19:35.Temperatures 9-12 in towns and cities. In the countryside they will

:19:36. > :19:39.be lower than that. A cooler start to the day tomorrow but a lot of dry

:19:40. > :19:43.weather with some sunshine. Showers are already in the West, if anything

:19:44. > :19:48.developing further elsewhere as we go through the day. Tomorrow you

:19:49. > :19:52.could catch a shower or almost anywhere. There's a risk it could be

:19:53. > :20:00.thundery. Temperatures in the south-east around 19-20. Generally

:20:01. > :20:04.14-18, roughly where they should be. On Friday another chilly start to

:20:05. > :20:12.the day, dry weather with fewer showers and a temperature range from

:20:13. > :20:18.14 in the north to 21 in the south. Thank you.

:20:19. > :20:29.Not great news if you're changing money to euros at the moment.

:20:30. > :20:32.We're very nearly at a one pound for one euro level.

:20:33. > :20:34.It's because yesterday investors who buy and sell currency got

:20:35. > :20:37.spooked by what's happening in North Korea and the US

:20:38. > :20:39.with Hurricane Harvey, and what that might mean

:20:40. > :20:45.And when they're worried about that, they will buy more euros

:20:46. > :21:00.This meant the pound fell to an 11-month low against the euro.

:21:01. > :21:03.Of course, we see markets move up and down all the time so that might

:21:04. > :21:09.change in the future. The weakness of the pound is putting

:21:10. > :21:11.pressure on the supermarkets. The latest research

:21:12. > :21:13.from the British Retail Consortium shows that food prices rose by 1.3%

:21:14. > :21:16.over the past year. More than three quarters

:21:17. > :21:18.of the food we import comes Another story before I go. We talk a

:21:19. > :21:32.lot about the skills gap. Soft skills such as teamwork,

:21:33. > :21:34.communication and confidence are considered by young people,

:21:35. > :21:37.teachers and workers to be as important to achieving success

:21:38. > :21:39.in life as good grades. That's according to research

:21:40. > :21:41.from The Prince's Trust. They found 91% of teachers think

:21:42. > :21:45.schools should be doing more to help students develop soft skills,

:21:46. > :21:47.and nearly half of young people don't feel prepared to enter

:21:48. > :21:59.the workforce without them. Lots of businesses always talk to me

:22:00. > :22:14.about that. Thank you. I'm very excited about

:22:15. > :22:16.our next story largely because of the jumper we are about to bring you

:22:17. > :22:19.an BBC Breakfast! Millions of years ago,

:22:20. > :22:21.while dinosaurs dominated the land, giant reptiles called plesiosaurs

:22:22. > :22:23.prowled the seas. They may be gone, but their

:22:24. > :22:25.certainly not forgotten. Scientists are now studying

:22:26. > :22:27.their unique four-flippered swimming technique in the hope that it

:22:28. > :22:29.could lead to the development Palaeontologist Professor Bill

:22:30. > :22:42.Sellers, from the University We are a bit disappointed because

:22:43. > :22:49.normally you have a jumper that matches our story but not quite

:22:50. > :22:53.today! Near enough! Tell us a bit about this fabulous dinosaur the

:22:54. > :23:00.plesiosaur. This is the age of reptiles. We have dinosaurs on the

:23:01. > :23:03.land, plesiosaurs in the sea along with it the sores and pterosaur is

:23:04. > :23:09.flying in the air. These aren't quite dinosaurs but they are all

:23:10. > :23:16.living at the same time. These are big meat eating animals. They have

:23:17. > :23:21.four paddles and there has been a huge argument about how they swam

:23:22. > :23:29.for years. What is now thought about how they used those. The more

:23:30. > :23:32.interesting side is how that can be applied to modern engineering. The

:23:33. > :23:37.argument is that they moved the four flippers together or weather there

:23:38. > :23:41.was some sort of weird movement weather front ones go up and the

:23:42. > :23:46.back ones going down and how they might interfere with each other. No

:23:47. > :23:51.one really knows, we can't just go and watch a plesiosaur swimming. So

:23:52. > :23:54.they've made a model of this animal and put it in a flume and you can

:23:55. > :23:59.actually see the mechanics of the movement of the flippers. It's

:24:00. > :24:03.understanding the mechanics which is how you can lead into building a

:24:04. > :24:11.robot which can do this sort of things. This is a graphic of it in

:24:12. > :24:20.the flume. How exciting is it and what has it told you about how they

:24:21. > :24:23.swim. Unlike everything we have today, things like sea turtles that

:24:24. > :24:30.have from Linz and pull themselves through the water, the back limbs

:24:31. > :24:34.are actually really important. It's the coordination of the front and

:24:35. > :24:38.back limbs that makes this animal swim efficiently. We can see what

:24:39. > :24:43.they might have been doing here on the picture. How could that help us?

:24:44. > :24:47.If you wanted to build a submarine that had some of the properties of

:24:48. > :24:51.one of these animals, and there are some advantages. We already know

:24:52. > :24:56.that things like dolphins swim unbelievably efficiently and they go

:24:57. > :25:00.slightly faster and quieter than you would predict. Particularly if you

:25:01. > :25:04.were trying to build something like a stealth underwater vehicle that

:25:05. > :25:07.wouldn't disturb anything. Maybe flapping movement of artificial

:25:08. > :25:12.flippers is exactly what you want to do. At the moment we don't know how

:25:13. > :25:15.to build things like that. Understanding how these animals

:25:16. > :25:19.actually did this will give us a huge leg up when we come to build

:25:20. > :25:26.things like this ourselves. Can I have more detail on the jumper? Last

:25:27. > :25:35.time which dinosaur did you have on the jumper? I had BT wrecks on the

:25:36. > :25:41.back. Your mum has knitted these. I have about 40 actually! She's been

:25:42. > :25:46.making them for years. This is an orca. Actually very like a modern

:25:47. > :25:53.plesiosaur, similar body size and predatory habits. In the dinosaur

:25:54. > :25:58.world they were pretty successful, where they? Yes, they were around

:25:59. > :26:07.100 million years. They'll both extinct at the same time. We lose

:26:08. > :26:12.the dinosaurs and the pterosaurs at the end of the crustaceans period.

:26:13. > :26:17.Not something you'd want to swim with? Maybe I would. It's

:26:18. > :26:26.interesting how this dinosaur engineering story comes together.

:26:27. > :26:32.Borrowing from animals and creating mechanisms like that is really

:26:33. > :26:35.fashionable at the moment. Particularly things like reducing

:26:36. > :26:39.emissions and improving energy efficiency, that's where animals are

:26:40. > :26:45.really good. You don't drink islands of petrol to walk to work because we

:26:46. > :26:52.are much more efficient than that -- gallons of petrol. Please come back

:26:53. > :26:56.and bring another jumper! Thank you to Pam for knitting them!

:26:57. > :30:20.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:21. > :30:23.Now, though, it's back to Dan and Louise.

:30:24. > :30:35.Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:36. > :30:39.It is 8:30am, Wednesday morning. These are the headlines today.

:30:40. > :30:41.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:30:42. > :30:43.of a missile over Japan at a United Nations Security Council

:30:44. > :30:47.The regime has described the launch as "the first step" of military

:30:48. > :30:50.The Security Council has demanded the country

:30:51. > :30:52.abandons its nuclear weapons programme, but has stopped

:30:53. > :30:57.short of threatening new sanctions on Pyongyang.

:30:58. > :31:06.It is dangerous. I'm not saying that we are heading towards nuclear war,

:31:07. > :31:11.but we may well be heading towards the leveraged threat of the use of

:31:12. > :31:15.nuclear weapons by North Korea, which makes an unstable world even

:31:16. > :31:26.less stable. Understandably, North Korea is

:31:27. > :31:32.expected to be high on the agenda is Theresa May visits Japan.

:31:33. > :31:34.Here she is stepping off the plane in Osaka.

:31:35. > :31:36.Mrs May is hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:31:37. > :31:38.She has described Japan as a "like-minded nation"

:31:39. > :31:44.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:31:45. > :31:47.Texas in a bid to deter looting in the wake of Tropical Storm

:31:48. > :31:48.Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:31:49. > :31:51.Around 20 people are reported to have died and more

:31:52. > :31:53.than 30,000 have been forced from their homes.

:31:54. > :31:56.Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:31:57. > :32:02.of rainfall since the Hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:32:03. > :32:04.That is about one metre 30 centimetres.

:32:05. > :32:07.Earlier CBS News Correspondent Meg Oliver a told us how people have

:32:08. > :32:18.At first the mayor imposed a 10pm to 5am curfew, there was a lot of

:32:19. > :32:22.backlash on that. Then he moved it to midnight. And I was talking to

:32:23. > :32:26.some police officers and they said, this is just to cut down any

:32:27. > :32:31.possible looters. If people are out and about still trying to help other

:32:32. > :32:35.people, we are not going to interfere with that. And I can tell

:32:36. > :32:38.you, until a few minutes ago, there are people over there walking by.

:32:39. > :32:44.The volunteers that have turned out to help these shelters like the one

:32:45. > :32:51.behind me, they are nonstop. A few minutes ago, two mothers walked by

:32:52. > :32:53.with little kids. It is after midnight here in the United States

:32:54. > :32:57.and they are out here bringing supplies still to the shelter. So

:32:58. > :32:59.the state of Texas is really giving of themselves, and you see that

:33:00. > :33:06.everywhere you look. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:33:07. > :33:08.as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two years

:33:09. > :33:10.in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:33:11. > :33:13.she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:33:14. > :33:17.departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:33:18. > :33:20.of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl

:33:21. > :33:22.with a Christian background, who was reported to have been placed

:33:23. > :33:25.with Muslim foster parents, who spoke little English,

:33:26. > :33:27.should live with a member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

:33:28. > :33:31.insists the five year-old was placed with an English speaking

:33:32. > :33:33.family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:33:34. > :33:38.in the way the case was reported. Southwest Trains passengers

:33:39. > :33:40.heading into the country's busiest railway station,

:33:41. > :33:41.London Waterloo, have been told to expect further

:33:42. > :33:43.delays this morning, The station had been

:33:44. > :33:47.due to fully reopen yesterday, following a month

:33:48. > :33:50.of engineering works. The disruption is expected to last

:33:51. > :33:53.until 11 o'clock this morning - and the advice is to check

:33:54. > :33:55.for service updates One in five people

:33:56. > :33:59.struggling with debt have raised, without requesting it,

:34:00. > :34:03.according to the charity, It has called for the practice

:34:04. > :34:06.of extending credit UK Finance - which represents some

:34:07. > :34:15.of the country's biggest lenders - says it is working with regulators

:34:16. > :34:22.to help people manage their debt. More than 40,000 people are expected

:34:23. > :34:24.in the small Spanish town of Bunol later,

:34:25. > :34:39.for the annual tomato It is called la Tomatina. About a

:34:40. > :34:42.narrow go, you said you would be there next year. It is my

:34:43. > :34:43.resolution! What apparently started as an angry

:34:44. > :34:46.row between two rival farmers more than 70 years

:34:47. > :35:00.ago, is now the world's And Lady Minchin will be taking part

:35:01. > :35:06.next year. I hope to be fully involved!

:35:07. > :35:14.A year from now, you will be covered in tomatoes.

:35:15. > :35:21.And coming up here on Breakfast this morning:

:35:22. > :35:24.He's driven Home For Christmas and along the Road To Hell.

:35:25. > :35:26.But now, after suffering a stroke, Chris Rea is focusing

:35:27. > :35:30.He'll be here to tell us more about his journey

:35:31. > :35:39.That says the wrong time. That's now! I'm glad you're paying

:35:40. > :35:40.attention. Are better transport links

:35:41. > :35:42.needed to see the idea of the Northern Powerhouse

:35:43. > :35:44.become a reality? Steph's taken a trip

:35:45. > :35:46.across the region to find out what's needed to ensure plans

:35:47. > :35:49.remain on track. And not content with scaling

:35:50. > :35:50.Everest and visiting the North and South Poles,

:35:51. > :35:53.former banker Vanessa O'Brien has now become the first British woman

:35:54. > :35:56.to climb K2 and survive. She'll be here after nine to explain

:35:57. > :36:08.why she considers her latest That is an extraordinary story.

:36:09. > :36:19.Sally is here as well. Where do you want to start? Chris Rea can't have

:36:20. > :36:25.your slot! Yes, I'm here! If you are feeling a

:36:26. > :36:28.bit cynical, keep watching, because I am going to show you something at

:36:29. > :36:34.the end of this bulletin to lift your spirits. I had a little lip

:36:35. > :36:38.tremble when I saw these pictures a moment ago, because they are

:36:39. > :36:39.gorgeous. But let's start in the West Indies.

:36:40. > :36:41.It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

:36:42. > :36:44.won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

:36:45. > :36:46.beating England by five wickets to win the second Test

:36:47. > :36:51.West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day,

:36:52. > :36:53.but two crucial dropped catches from Alistair Cook and a century

:36:54. > :36:56.to Shai Hope set the platform for the surprise victory

:36:57. > :36:58.following their heavy defeat at the Oval last week.

:36:59. > :37:00.Hope became the first man to score centuries in both

:37:01. > :37:02.innings of a first-class match at Headingley.

:37:03. > :37:05.We know that we came here to play cricket,

:37:06. > :37:08.and we just need to go out and execute.

:37:09. > :37:19.We heard a lot of things in the media.

:37:20. > :37:22.We looked at ourselves in the mirror, and decided

:37:23. > :37:25.We looked at the conditions, it was spinning.

:37:26. > :37:28.It was the fifth day, and we took the positive option.

:37:29. > :37:33.We're a positive side that wants to go on and try

:37:34. > :37:38.Unfortunately we weren't able to do that today, but if we'd

:37:39. > :37:41.taken all of our chances, it might have been

:37:42. > :37:44.They played fantastically well today.

:37:45. > :37:47.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal

:37:48. > :37:49.despite the two clubs agreeing a ?40 million fee.

:37:50. > :37:54.It's believed the England international would prefer

:37:55. > :37:57.a move to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

:37:58. > :38:00.Meanwhile Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

:38:01. > :38:01.from Manchester City for Alexis Sanchez.

:38:02. > :38:03.The Chile international scored 24 league goals last season,

:38:04. > :38:06.but is also out of contract at the end of the season.

:38:07. > :38:12.Arsenal would like City's Raheem Sterling as part of any deal.

:38:13. > :38:15.Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second round of the US

:38:16. > :38:19.Federer, looking to win a record 20th grand slam title,

:38:20. > :38:26.beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:38:27. > :38:28.Rafa Nadal is also through to the second

:38:29. > :38:30.round after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:38:31. > :38:33.The Spaniard needed a tie break to take the first set,

:38:34. > :38:39.but comfortably took the next two sets.

:38:40. > :38:41.World number 45 Naomi Osaka from Japan beat defending champion

:38:42. > :38:44.Angelique Kerber in straight sets - the first time in 13 years

:38:45. > :38:48.that the champion has been knocked out in the opening round.

:38:49. > :38:50.Two of England's women's sports teams have met

:38:51. > :38:52.with the Prime Minister at Downing Street.

:38:53. > :38:53.Theresa May welcomed the rugby union team,

:38:54. > :38:57.who narrowly lost the World Cup final to New Zealand at the weekend,

:38:58. > :39:00.and also Heather Knight's World Cup-winning cricketers.

:39:01. > :39:02.The Prime Minister said both England teams had contributed

:39:03. > :39:12.to a "breakthrough moment" for female sport.

:39:13. > :39:17.Wales have been training ahead of their World Cup qualifier

:39:18. > :39:22.They're trying to qualify for next year's World Cup in Russia.

:39:23. > :39:27.Their star man is Gareth Bale, he gets a lot of association.

:39:28. > :39:34.And the Football Association of Wales has just tweeted this:

:39:35. > :39:43.# There's only one Gareth Bale axe back

:39:44. > :39:49.are you actually Gareth Bale? Really? Thank you ever so much. You

:39:50. > :39:58.my favourite player. A big smile on my face. That's lovely. Thank you.

:39:59. > :40:07.Would you like my top? Can you sign it, please?

:40:08. > :40:14.It doesn't take much, does it? 15 seconds of his time, and it has made

:40:15. > :40:24.that allowed's year! He asked if he was actually Gareth Bale! Like you

:40:25. > :40:30.said, a small moment for him. Look at you, you big softy!

:40:31. > :40:38.Sally is a softy. Thank you, Sally. Thank you for sharing that with us.

:40:39. > :40:41.She is genuinely gone! Thank you very much.

:40:42. > :40:43.He's best known for hits such as Driving Home For Christmas

:40:44. > :40:46.and Road To Hell, but Chris Rea's journey has been plagued by illness,

:40:47. > :40:48.including pancreatic cancer, diabetes and a stroke.

:40:49. > :40:51.But it was music that helped him on his road to recovery,

:40:52. > :40:54.and now he's recorded a new album with a somewhat familiar theme.

:40:55. > :40:59.We'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's hear some

:41:00. > :41:22.# I'm happy # I'm happy on the road

:41:23. > :41:27.# Son, don't matter what you do # Don't matter what you say

:41:28. > :41:31.# Get me the road ahead any day # Give me the road ahead

:41:32. > :41:47.# Ahead # You got everything to lose

:41:48. > :41:54.# You got nothing to gain # The only thing for sure

:41:55. > :42:04.# This is the last train A very good morning to you. How are

:42:05. > :42:09.you, first of all? You have had a tough time. I just keep having the

:42:10. > :42:17.worst luck in the world. It all started from the very first illness,

:42:18. > :42:24.and I am now getting effects from 15 years ago, because I didn't die! You

:42:25. > :42:28.go to Harley Street and pay a fortune, and they say, you are lucky

:42:29. > :42:33.to be alive, and you say, thank you very much! And you have had a stroke

:42:34. > :42:39.as well, haven't you? Exactly this time last year, and I stopped

:42:40. > :42:46.smoking this time last year. Actually today. Congratulations. So,

:42:47. > :42:53.no cigarettes for a year? I was on a lot of cigarettes. I sang my first

:42:54. > :43:00.song without a cigarette in my hand, that was very strange. Was it? I

:43:01. > :43:06.always had the ashtray there. And how has the stroke affected your

:43:07. > :43:10.hands? Playing music is a huge... I am fine when I'm sitting down, but I

:43:11. > :43:16.have a little bit of balance that is a bit dodgy, just in case anyone

:43:17. > :43:21.thinks I'm drunk on stage. It is just to balance issue because of the

:43:22. > :43:26.stroke? Yes. And these two fingers. Thankfully that one is a bottleneck

:43:27. > :43:31.that I play, so I have got this want to take Kerevi at. And has playing

:43:32. > :43:36.helped you get back? It is a kind of therapy, because I have to make

:43:37. > :43:41.myself do it. You can buy lots of things after strokes from making

:43:42. > :43:46.your fingers do the right thing. But you doing this... I'm having the

:43:47. > :43:50.practice. The things I have never thought about ever before, and I'm

:43:51. > :43:56.sat watching the telly going like this. Watching us, which is nice!

:43:57. > :44:00.Thank you very much. In terms of the new album on the

:44:01. > :44:05.roads being a theme once again, you see romance in being in a car

:44:06. > :44:11.together? It's just I am always on the road. I'm driving back. I will

:44:12. > :44:16.probably get another idea. What happened with all these songs was as

:44:17. > :44:22.you are coming to London, as we all know, you can be here for hours. And

:44:23. > :44:27.you look to the left and you see couples in cars, and you think, are

:44:28. > :44:33.they married? Are they workmates? Are they having an affair? And so

:44:34. > :44:40.most of the songs are different people's love stories inside cars.

:44:41. > :44:44.Are they having a row? There is definitely one about that!

:44:45. > :44:48.One of the things I didn't know about you, you love roads, driving

:44:49. > :44:56.cars, and you race cars, used to race Ferraris, now you race in

:44:57. > :45:03.different? After the pancreas operation, I get sick very easily,

:45:04. > :45:10.so I joined the HR DC, and this is a genuine Morris 1957 police car. And

:45:11. > :45:22.it is just incredible. It is the hardest thing I have ever driven. PC

:45:23. > :45:30.Rea. How often are you involved in this? Every two weeks. Are you

:45:31. > :45:37.worried about winning? I don't have to worry, because I am no good! I

:45:38. > :45:42.know you have spoken in the past about how writing music is an escape

:45:43. > :45:48.for you. Is that along the same sort of lines, is that other great love?

:45:49. > :45:55.My brain completely empties when I'm motor racing, because I'm obsessed.

:45:56. > :46:01.Everyone else is going for pole position. I am going for a

:46:02. > :46:08.reasonable position! And it's not easy, you know. Especially as you

:46:09. > :46:14.get older. And then I sing, the nice thing about that series is you are

:46:15. > :46:22.not going to hit anything. Has not inspired any of the songs on the new

:46:23. > :46:28.album? That hasn't inspired me at all. You talked about finding going

:46:29. > :46:36.on to a nerve-racking experience still. Yes, I'm not very good at

:46:37. > :46:40.being a star. I get jealous when I see people like Freddie Mercury and

:46:41. > :46:45.stuff like that, they have all the actions, they have the crowd like

:46:46. > :46:51.this. And I can't do that. I never could. I never meant to be a singer.

:46:52. > :46:58.I was always going to be a slide guitarist that did film music. But

:46:59. > :47:03.the doctors tell me I should be thankful. Well, we are very

:47:04. > :47:07.thankful. It is instantly recognisable as well. Lovely to see

:47:08. > :47:14.you. Thank you very much indeed. Hope it all goes well. Enjoy racing

:47:15. > :47:23.the cars. And be a good boy. OK. He is a regular watcher. Every time

:47:24. > :47:27.they come -- cut back, I am their drinking my first copy, and he said

:47:28. > :47:32.something or done something, and I was in bits. -- my first copy.

:47:33. > :47:38.Chris's new album is called Road Songs for Lovers.

:47:39. > :47:43.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:47:44. > :47:50.Many truths spoken in jest, that is all I'm saying. What a gorgeous

:47:51. > :47:54.picture from the weather watchers this morning, blue skies, nice and

:47:55. > :47:59.sunny in Edinburgh, or just outside Edinburgh. Northerly and western

:48:00. > :48:03.parts of the UK will have a breezy day with sunshine and showers,

:48:04. > :48:06.feeling warmer than yesterday and in the south and east there will be

:48:07. > :48:11.rain at times that will turn persistent through the day and much

:48:12. > :48:15.cooler. That wouldn't be difficult because yesterday in Kent we hit 29

:48:16. > :48:20.and today in the rain we we will be lucky to even hit 15. It could hang

:48:21. > :48:24.around 13 Celsius. All of the rain is courtesy of the weather fronts

:48:25. > :48:28.moving towards the south-east. Behind them, brighter conditions,

:48:29. > :48:33.breezy but you can see that by looking at the isobars. We are

:48:34. > :48:36.looking at sunshine and showers and it will be most prolific across

:48:37. > :48:40.Scotland and Northern Ireland but there will be dry weather in between

:48:41. > :48:43.and showers will be few and far between across northern England,

:48:44. > :48:47.Wales and into the South West. Through the course of the afternoon

:48:48. > :48:52.it will brighten up for parts of the Midlands, heading to Dorset. As we

:48:53. > :48:58.go further east we have persistent rain and you can see the temperature

:48:59. > :49:07.values, 12 and 13. As we move north there will still be showers, but in

:49:08. > :49:10.northern England we get back into sunny skies as well and fewer

:49:11. > :49:11.showers. Bright spells of sunshine and showers and breezy conditions

:49:12. > :49:15.across Scotland. Showers across Northern Ireland, but in between

:49:16. > :49:18.some sunshine. For Wales, more dry weather than wet weather but there

:49:19. > :49:22.will be some showers in the forecast. As there will be across

:49:23. > :49:25.South West England. Once again, a lot of dry weather and a fair amount

:49:26. > :49:31.of sunshine. This evening and overnight, the rain nips off to the

:49:32. > :49:34.continent leaving behind it a lot of dry weather and under clear skies it

:49:35. > :49:39.will be chilly and we could see patchy mist and fog, and there will

:49:40. > :49:44.still be showers in the north and the West. Ten and 11 of the

:49:45. > :49:48.temperatures we can expect in towns and cities but in the countryside

:49:49. > :49:53.they will be lower so it will be a chilly start to the day tomorrow but

:49:54. > :49:56.many of us, dry with sunshine. However, we start with showers in

:49:57. > :50:01.the West, and through the day we see further showers develop almost

:50:02. > :50:03.anywhere. Tomorrow, some of those will be thundery but the

:50:04. > :50:08.temperatures in the south-east recovering after the low

:50:09. > :50:13.temperatures today and generally 14 or 18 is where we should be at this

:50:14. > :50:18.stage in August. For Friday, we start on another Cellino. A lot of

:50:19. > :50:22.dry weather, a bit of sunshine, fewer showers and temperatures are

:50:23. > :50:28.between 14 and 21. A quick look at Saturday, a chilly start with a fair

:50:29. > :50:31.bit of sunshine and parts of the Highlands could start with a touch

:50:32. > :50:36.of frost on Saturday but you can see what is waiting for the weekend.

:50:37. > :50:43.You are done for the day, now Carol. I am done on breakfast for the day.

:50:44. > :50:51.That is what I meant. Excellent work as ever. Stop cackling. He is still

:50:52. > :50:53.here. When we think of robots,

:50:54. > :50:55.many of us imagine machines that can be programmed or controlled

:50:56. > :50:58.by humans - devoid of emotion. But what if we lived

:50:59. > :51:00.in a world where robots made their own decisions

:51:01. > :51:06.and could control their feelings? Double amputee, James Young,

:51:07. > :51:10.has been to meet designers hoping to find tech solutions to mental

:51:11. > :51:13.health, loneliness and even romance. We'll speak to James in a minute,

:51:14. > :51:31.but let's first see one You have not drunk anything for two

:51:32. > :51:41.hours. Well, it will be three hours soon. Maybe you should have

:51:42. > :51:49.something to drink. He is very insistent, isn't he? I don't want

:51:50. > :51:55.anything. Do you think it is good that it reminds people what they

:51:56. > :52:01.need to do? Yes, it is good. It doesn't seem like you want a drink

:52:02. > :52:03.though. No, I don't. Do you think people could get annoyed with it? I

:52:04. > :52:12.suppose they could if it keeps on. We will talk about the robot in a

:52:13. > :52:16.minute. Avid viewers will remember you because you came on the

:52:17. > :52:21.programme to talk about your robotic arm. That's right. This led into

:52:22. > :52:27.this documentary. What did you want to find out? We were trying to find

:52:28. > :52:31.out if technology can fulfil some purpose that we, in our current

:52:32. > :52:38.society, are lacking in terms of how we care for each other. I want to

:52:39. > :52:42.talk to you about that specific case there, because I suppose many people

:52:43. > :52:45.watching will think, OK, that can work but it cannot replace human

:52:46. > :52:52.interaction. What did you find from speaking to the people you had time

:52:53. > :52:55.with? It is kind of in its infancy as a technology, so there are

:52:56. > :52:59.limitations in what it can do. But the more interesting question is is

:53:00. > :53:04.that if there are unaddressed needs in the community and robots can

:53:05. > :53:08.build something that is not completely addressed at all, it is

:53:09. > :53:12.better than nothing, potentially. Just take us through what you were

:53:13. > :53:20.doing, because that was a carer robot. What was the purpose? It was

:53:21. > :53:27.a resurgent robot and it helps you -- research robot. Some of the

:53:28. > :53:33.functions, for example, it might be able to sense if you are in your own

:53:34. > :53:37.home if you can -- have left the oven on, or you need to hydrate

:53:38. > :53:42.yourself, like in the clip. Maybe it will bring you your medication and

:53:43. > :53:46.judge how you are doing. If it notices you falling on the floor, it

:53:47. > :53:52.could lurk -- alert the emergency services, so those kind functions.

:53:53. > :53:58.Let's have another quick look at the programme. This is the chat bot.

:53:59. > :54:05.Hi, guys, I'm James. Nice to meet you. I heard you guys had been

:54:06. > :54:09.making some interesting technology. We make psychological artificial

:54:10. > :54:14.intelligence. It is a chat bot that makes you feel better. Tech

:54:15. > :54:20.entrepreneur Michael was suffering from depression and with his friend,

:54:21. > :54:22.Eugene, had an idea. They have created these therapist robots who

:54:23. > :54:30.are on call in your back pocket 24 seven. They will check on you to

:54:31. > :54:34.make sure you are OK and listen to your problems before offering

:54:35. > :54:42.psychological advice. One of the benefits of people using these

:54:43. > :54:46.robots over normal people? If it's not a robot they can say more, so

:54:47. > :54:54.they can release a lot of stress or worry. If people indicate that they

:54:55. > :54:57.need more help they really want to talk to a person, a psychologist

:54:58. > :55:02.right away, because they feel their situation that urgent then a

:55:03. > :55:11.psychologist can simply take over the compensation and start helping

:55:12. > :55:14.them. It really matters, mental health and if technology can reduce

:55:15. > :55:20.the burden on the cost, that will be incredible. So that's a really

:55:21. > :55:24.interesting concept. Could you see that working, people talking to what

:55:25. > :55:30.is essentially a machine, could that make a difference? I think it has

:55:31. > :55:34.the potential to have a Basta impact. If we think about some of

:55:35. > :55:38.the things reported over the last few years, then the NHS have noticed

:55:39. > :55:44.that one in four people are diagnosed with a mental health

:55:45. > :55:48.condition in their lifetimes -- huge impact. Less than a quarter of

:55:49. > :55:51.people in that one in four don't have correct access to mental health

:55:52. > :55:54.services. The burden on the health service is that they are trying to

:55:55. > :55:57.match mental health with physical health and bring them up to the same

:55:58. > :56:02.level because they know they cannot do everything, so if there is

:56:03. > :56:05.something that can alleviate the burden of needing humans to speak to

:56:06. > :56:10.and there are just not enough humans, it sounds like it could be

:56:11. > :56:17.amazingly effective. Of the things that you looked into, is that what

:56:18. > :56:22.had the biggest impact? They evoke some very strong feelings. There is

:56:23. > :56:28.a virtual reality therapy we looked at, and there was a direct response

:56:29. > :56:35.that we could see from the patient that was important. May I add a of

:56:36. > :56:40.scepticism. We are humans and are we, by letting this happen, letting

:56:41. > :56:47.machines, what I see as machines, take over our emotional life and

:56:48. > :56:51.take over the world? Well, yes, it's an interesting question. The same

:56:52. > :56:57.you can counter argue that there is a kind of lack of humanity that

:56:58. > :57:01.exists, this whole gap, we are trying to fill it with something.

:57:02. > :57:05.The people behind the technology are working on trying to improve life.

:57:06. > :57:09.It's not just the robots existing that try to help us, it is people

:57:10. > :57:13.trying to make that happen. So it has a human vibe to it. It's another

:57:14. > :57:16.tool that we have in the repertoire to help each other. It's very

:57:17. > :57:18.interesting and thank you very much indeed.

:57:19. > :57:24.Can Robots Love Us is on the iPlayer on BBC 3 from Monday 4th September.

:57:25. > :57:33.As are we. We got there in the end. James, thank you. If there are any

:57:34. > :57:36.interviews you want to watch again, as Louise says, we honour I play

:57:37. > :57:39.every day, so you can go back and watch from the beginning -- we are

:57:40. > :57:47.on either player every day. The Great British Bake Off was back

:57:48. > :57:50.on television for the first time since his move to Channel 4 and

:57:51. > :57:53.nervous viewers tuned in to see if the proof was in the pudding. You

:57:54. > :58:00.watched it, didn't you? And I enjoyed it. Had it changed a lot? We

:58:01. > :58:04.saw the reporter watch it alongside a panel of experts.

:58:05. > :58:09.Including the Buzzfeed TV Editor Scott Bryan -

:58:10. > :58:14.And he is not paying attention on his laptop, while he is watching the

:58:15. > :58:20.programme and talking to Lara. Have a look. In a few minutes time the

:58:21. > :58:24.Great British Bake Off returns to screens, but on Channel 4 and

:58:25. > :58:30.Breakfast has been invited to watch it than -- with none other than

:58:31. > :58:38.Scott Brian, the Bake Off guru. Thanks for coming along. And

:58:39. > :58:42.bringing those. Well, I had to. Hello, bakers, welcome to the

:58:43. > :58:48.fabulous Bake Off tent. What did you think? It feels very familiar but I

:58:49. > :58:58.was expecting to see Mel and Sue. If you squint, Knoll Fehily is a bit

:58:59. > :59:06.like -- Knoll fielding. The adverts are cake related. Does anybody want

:59:07. > :59:11.a tea? Bakers, you have 30 minutes left to make your fruity cakes. That

:59:12. > :59:18.looks nice. I love cardamom I love the golden pair. I still miss Mel

:59:19. > :59:22.and Sue but I am OK. I haven't missed it. I feel like I am cheating

:59:23. > :59:25.by saying it, but I haven't missed them. It's good, in a way that they

:59:26. > :59:31.are trying to be themselves and not trying to be Mel and Sue and in the

:59:32. > :59:35.same way that she is not trying to be Mary. They are all just getting

:59:36. > :59:40.on with it. That is amazing. It is really good. It is a chocolate and

:59:41. > :59:46.hazelnut sponge with peanut butter frosting. It is perfect. OK, guys.

:59:47. > :59:52.Judgment time. It is finished. What did you make of it? I would give

:59:53. > :59:58.Channel 4 star baker this week. I think the advert was a bit grating.

:59:59. > :00:02.But you enjoyed it. I know lots of you would have watched it last night

:00:03. > :00:08.and thank you for your comments if you haven't. I have to catch up with

:00:09. > :00:11.it. Elizabeth says, loving Paul, Mary is a tough act to follow. Noel

:00:12. > :00:17.Fielding looks like a little boy lost. Barry says, I was concerned it

:00:18. > :00:21.wouldn't be any good but I enjoyed it. Janet says, it was strange to

:00:22. > :00:26.have the same setting and music and format. I did miss Mary Berry and

:00:27. > :00:32.Milan soon. The major moans were about the adverts, and it is on

:00:33. > :00:35.Channel 4 -- Mel and Sue. And it was 15 minutes longer because of the

:00:36. > :00:41.adverts to fit it all in, and there was some whispering tones from Noel

:00:42. > :00:47.Fielding, but other than that, it went down largely well. I know you

:00:48. > :00:51.are a harsh judge on the egg club, and you think Paul Hollywood went

:00:52. > :00:56.early on the handshakes. You cannot give two handshakes out in the first

:00:57. > :00:58.programme of a new series. You cannot give to Hollywood handshakes.

:00:59. > :01:09.They have to mean something. So when is good to do that? When

:01:10. > :01:15.someone goes over and above and there is something magical, then you

:01:16. > :01:19.throw the handshake in. You are starting to creep me out! Let's talk

:01:20. > :01:25.about the Northern Powerhouse instead. So much talk about it, what

:01:26. > :01:28.difference it would make, and you have taken a wonderful train

:01:29. > :01:36.journey. Yes, I have, and living in the

:01:37. > :01:40.North, I travel around a lot. One of the big complaints I get from people

:01:41. > :01:42.in northern towns and cities is that they feel there is a lack of

:01:43. > :01:45.investment compared to what they see in the south-east particularly, and

:01:46. > :01:53.I know people in the south-west thinks that as well.

:01:54. > :01:54.So I wanted to take a train journey and talk to people along it, so

:01:55. > :01:57.let's have a look. It was three years ago in Manchester

:01:58. > :02:00.that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse

:02:01. > :02:01.was first announced. Improving transport

:02:02. > :02:07.was a big part of it. The Government says it is investing

:02:08. > :02:10.more than ever in transport up here, but there is a criticism

:02:11. > :02:12.that the North is still losing If the Government had spent as much

:02:13. > :02:22.per head on the north as they did in London in the past ten years

:02:23. > :02:26.they would have spent ?59 billion more on the North and to get things

:02:27. > :02:29.moving and getting the economy functioning better than it is at

:02:30. > :02:31.the moment so the government is responding to London rather

:02:32. > :02:33.than using transport spending to transform

:02:34. > :02:35.the Northern economy, which would be to

:02:36. > :02:36.the national benefit. You can see from the departure board

:02:37. > :02:39.that there are loads of trains coming in and out

:02:40. > :02:42.of here and regular ones That journey at the moment takes

:02:43. > :02:48.just over two hours, but with HS2 it should halve that time,

:02:49. > :02:50.making it much faster I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley,

:02:51. > :02:57.I'm going to get the train When you talk to passengers

:02:58. > :03:02.about their experiences, the same things come up -

:03:03. > :03:04.overcrowding, frequency There could be more services

:03:05. > :03:10.and they could be faster. Your husband does Manchester

:03:11. > :03:12.to Huddersfield regularly, Three to four times a month

:03:13. > :03:17.the train is delayed. Generally it's OK,

:03:18. > :03:26.it could be faster. It's made worse when you see

:03:27. > :03:28.all the investment put into Euston given the weekend that's

:03:29. > :03:35.just gone on. The trains are extremely

:03:36. > :03:40.full with commuters, there's not enough carriages to take

:03:41. > :03:43.all the passengers and it's mostly standing room only,

:03:44. > :03:48.as you can see today as well. I've arrived here after nearly two

:03:49. > :03:51.hours of travelling. For places like this,

:03:52. > :03:53.being better connected I travel on the train

:03:54. > :04:01.to work and back. Good, but the trains aren't

:04:02. > :04:05.as often as I'd like. When I use buses they tend not

:04:06. > :04:08.to turn up, they tend to breakdown The north of England

:04:09. > :04:17.is badly served by travel. Businesses argue they need

:04:18. > :04:19.better connectivity too. I've come to meet Clive, who runs

:04:20. > :04:22.a furniture shop in Barnsley. A lot of businesses try

:04:23. > :04:30.to just-in-time deliveries, we may need to go to Manchester

:04:31. > :04:33.by 3pm, that could take anywhere Because of this variation we have

:04:34. > :04:44.to put a three-hour delivery slot, if you do it in three quarters

:04:45. > :04:47.of an hour that's an awful For many commuters and businesses

:04:48. > :04:52.here, speeding up the process of getting between northern towns

:04:53. > :04:59.and cities can't come soon enough. For many of them, it's the journey,

:05:00. > :05:09.not just the destination. And since talking about this, we

:05:10. > :05:13.have had lots of comments from people explaining what difference it

:05:14. > :05:16.would make to them if they could get around faster, jerk visiting

:05:17. > :05:21.relatives but also business point of view. But the Government have said

:05:22. > :05:24.they are committed to this. They say they are still committed, because

:05:25. > :05:27.there was some concern that we never link changed with Brexit and the

:05:28. > :05:33.election and everything else, it might fade away, but they have said

:05:34. > :05:35.they are still going to be investing millions of pounds in improving the

:05:36. > :05:38.trains and the connectivity in the North as well, and saying they are

:05:39. > :05:42.looking at plans now that have been submitted to get faster route across

:05:43. > :05:46.the Pennines, because that should make a big difference. And it takes

:05:47. > :05:51.a lot of time as well. Like anything, there is a lot of

:05:52. > :05:55.bureaucracy that goes on before you actually see shovels in the sand.

:05:56. > :06:00.We have had lots of comments today, this was my favourite comment was

:06:01. > :06:05.about Louise's story earlier on, the tomato Festival. I said I was going

:06:06. > :06:09.to go there. Our Breakfast viewers are saying, it is a great idea, but

:06:10. > :06:14.others are saying, she has made it up and it is never going to happen,

:06:15. > :06:27.and Kirsty got in contact to say, I don't believe it is going to happen,

:06:28. > :06:34.it is just pulp fiction. Very good! But isn't it dangerous? It's not

:06:35. > :06:40.like you to be the voice of reason! Not like me to be the sensible one.

:06:41. > :06:44.I cross roads and everything! She is old enough to take care of herself.

:06:45. > :06:54.I will come with you with the first aid kit. I will look forward to it.

:06:55. > :08:30.In a moment we will make the first British woman to

:08:31. > :08:33.The big stories being discussed on BBC Radio London right now.

:08:34. > :08:43.It has earned a reputation as the world's most

:08:44. > :08:46.dangerous mountain - thanks to incredibly steep peaks,

:08:47. > :08:48.minus 40 degree temperatures and notoriously fierce winds.

:08:49. > :08:51.But every year, climbers from across the globe travel

:08:52. > :08:53.to Pakistan in the hope of conquering K2 - the second

:08:54. > :08:59.Having already scaled Everest and visited both

:09:00. > :09:01.North and South Poles, former banker, Vanessa O'Brien,

:09:02. > :09:11.And this summer she made history by becoming the first British woman

:09:12. > :09:13.to reach the summit - and survive the descent.

:09:14. > :09:26.We have heard of K2, so what is it that makes it so dangerous? Good

:09:27. > :09:33.morning, thank you for having me on the show this morning. First I'd say

:09:34. > :09:39.it is the location. K2 is in Pakistan, about a 100 kilometres

:09:40. > :09:45.trek to get to it, so it is not easy to get to. It is shaped like a

:09:46. > :09:51.triangle, like how a child would draw a mountain, so literally like a

:09:52. > :09:57.triangle. And there are a lot of objective hazards. When you are

:09:58. > :10:03.actually climbing K2, there's a lot of avalanche risk. The weather is

:10:04. > :10:09.very, very tricky. It is unpredictable. The winds at the

:10:10. > :10:17.summit are about 100 kilometres on average, very hard to get a summit

:10:18. > :10:22.window of consecutive wins that are climbable, around 40 kilometres or

:10:23. > :10:26.less. So you have avalanches, crevasse is, unpredictable weather,

:10:27. > :10:29.high winds, deep snow. It is everything that it could throw at

:10:30. > :10:40.you that would make it an climbable. And you haven't mentioned lack of

:10:41. > :10:43.oxygen as well for is. Yes, you are at 8600 metres, so just 200 metres

:10:44. > :10:51.lower than Everest, but so much harder to climb. One thing is the

:10:52. > :10:57.journey up K2, but you are a former banker. When did you leave banking?

:10:58. > :11:04.2010. Many people leave banking and go on to do different things. What

:11:05. > :11:09.made you think my Everest, the polls, and now K2? That was the time

:11:10. > :11:12.of the great recession. I was watching people in Canary Wharf

:11:13. > :11:17.clean out their desks and things, so it was time to do something a little

:11:18. > :11:21.bit different. I was looking for a challenge and something goal

:11:22. > :11:27.oriented, and at the time, someone had mentioned Everest, and I

:11:28. > :11:34.thought, Everest had happened then in 1953, but it was also happening

:11:35. > :11:38.now, in 2010. The question is, could I? Would I? I didn't know if I would

:11:39. > :11:42.like it, or be any good at it, I didn't think I could do it, but I

:11:43. > :11:46.knew it would take two or three years to learn, and I could learn

:11:47. > :11:54.that skill. So I went to New Zealand to train. It took two to three years

:11:55. > :11:59.to properly learn something like that, and like any good stories, I

:12:00. > :12:02.failed first, trying to get to camp to an Everest, and that is

:12:03. > :12:07.important, because I think if you want success, real success, you need

:12:08. > :12:14.a good dose of failure and a good piece of humble pie, which I did

:12:15. > :12:20.have. And that really taught me about high altitude, about how poxy,

:12:21. > :12:23.the things I needed to learn about how the body adapts physiologically,

:12:24. > :12:26.the red blood cells, the acclimatisation, things that you

:12:27. > :12:30.needed to know to go to high altitude, because it is a

:12:31. > :12:33.different... High-altitude mountaineering is very different

:12:34. > :12:38.than regular mountaineering. We can all go hiking and have a good time,

:12:39. > :12:43.but if you want to go to 8000 metres, as high as planes fly, you

:12:44. > :12:48.have got to prepare. It is extraordinary. These are your

:12:49. > :12:53.pictures when you made it. How did it feel? When you are at the top, as

:12:54. > :12:58.a mountain near you are trained to know that that is only halfway. So

:12:59. > :13:05.you are excited to be there, but it has taken 16 hours in this case the

:13:06. > :13:13.K2, and for 16 hours you are battling 50km walk wins, three feet

:13:14. > :13:19.of snow. It is precipitating while you are climbing, so the snow is

:13:20. > :13:23.coming at you. You are exhausted, dehydrated. You don't have to have

:13:24. > :13:30.fun to have fun, that is another way to say it. So this is really hard,

:13:31. > :13:36.and the whole time you're looking at that accumulated precipitation

:13:37. > :13:39.versus how much progress you are making towards the summit, and

:13:40. > :13:44.wondering if you should turn around because of the avalanche risk. You

:13:45. > :13:47.didn't, you made it. Massive congratulations. A pleasure to meet

:13:48. > :13:50.the first British woman to get to the top, as well as smack

:13:51. > :14:03.Long, sunny days when our countryside

:14:04. > :14:08.It's the season that brings out the child in us all.