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Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

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North Korea receives unanimous condemnation at the United Nations

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for firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

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As diplomats describe the latest action as outrageous,

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Pyongyang releases pictures of the test, and says it will carry

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Good morning, it is Wednesday 30 August.

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Also this morning: A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit

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city of Houston, in a move to prevent looting.

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A call for a ban on credit card firms extending spending limits

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I have been finding out how easy it is to travel between cities

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in the north of England, and how close the idea of a northern

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In sport: West Indies have won a Test match in England

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Shai Hope's historic century helped them to a famous victory,

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on a thrilling final day at Headingley.

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That looks nice. Low -- love cardamom...

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The Great British Bake off returned to our screens last night.

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We will be asking if the new recipe tickled the taste buds of one

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Good morning. Across the north of the country today, we are looking at

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a breezy day, with sunshine and showers. Warmer than yesterday.

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Further south, though, it is the opposite. We have some persistent

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rain particularly in the south-east and it will feel colder than it was

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yesterday. I will have more details in 15 minutes.

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First, our main story: There has been unanimous condemnation

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of North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan

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at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council overnight.

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Pyongyang has described the launch as the first step of operations

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The UN Security Council has described the launch as outrageous,

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but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

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Here, we have North Korea's not so diplomatic response to the slap on

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the wrist for its latest provocation. Proudly releasing

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stills of its missile launch over Japan. Just as diplomats were

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meeting in New York, in an emergency gathering of the UN Security

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Council, working on the first step in to North Korea's destabilising

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activity. The world is united against North Korea. There is no

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doubt about that. It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the

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danger they are putting themselves in. The United States will not allow

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their lawlessness to continue, and the rest of the world is with us.

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The meeting result was unanimous at inconsequential. All members,

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including Russia and China, signed on to a statement of condemnation,

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but no sign of new sanctions. TRANSLATION: The ink on the last

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round of North Korea sanctions has barely dried, and China, for one,

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has said all sides are to blame for the escalation in the region. After

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President Trump repeated all options were on the table, and South Korea

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responded with its own show of force, in a test bombing near its

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border with the North. Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to

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freeze their joint military exercises, as a means of getting

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Pyongyang to the table for talks. But the US has made clear its

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commitment to its allies in Japan and South Korea. Thank you,

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everybody... Showing no sign of the Trump administration will be

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changing its tune any time soon. We can talk now to our correspondent

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Yogita Limaye, who joins us now from the South Korean

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capital, Seoul. Good morning to you. Round

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condemnation of reactions from North Korea. I wonder what sort of

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difference that will make on the international stage. Well, we have

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also had the President here speaking to the Japanese Prime Minister this

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morning. They both, of course, discussed the threat from North

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Korea, and they said they are going to push for tougher sanctions

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against the country. But clearly, from the message we have got from

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Pyongyang this morning, along statement describing that missile

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launch, releasing photos of how Kim Jong-un monitored that launch, and

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also saying that he ordered his military to conduct more such drills

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of rockets that were targeted at the Pacific, and saying this is only a

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pressie you'd to contain Guam, once again making reference to the threat

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that North Korea made two weeks ago, of sending four rockets in the

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waters around Guam and creating a ring of fire around the US Pacific

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territory. It is a strong message. The take away from it certainly is

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that the US is North Korea's main enemy, but also defending its

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actions, saying that it is justified in conducting these missile test,

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because the US and South Korean forces are currently conducting

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military drills of their own in this country. So this is a defensive

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mechanism by Pyongyang. After 7:00am, we will be talking

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to a former ambassador to North Korea, who also has

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experience of working with the UN Theresa May begins a visit to Japan

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today, her first as Prime Minister. During the three-day visit,

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she will be looking to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal

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and the threat posed by North Korea. Chris Mason joins us

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from Westminster. What will the PM be hoping

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to achieve over the next few days, I expect, presumably, the talks are

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going to start with what has been going on in the last couple of days

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with regards to North Korea. Yes, good morning to you. Downing Street

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a acutely aware of the context in which the Prime Minister is flying

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into Japan this morning, Theresa May saying she is outraged by the

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missile launch from Pyongyang, so security will be an essential part

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of the discussions that she will have with the Japanese prime

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minister, Shinzo Abe, over the next couple of days. She will become the

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first European leader to attend the Japanese National Security Council

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meeting, that meeting due to take place tomorrow. Mrs May just landed

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in Kyoto in just the last couple of minutes. She will be heading to an

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ancient tea ceremony in the coming hours, and then getting on a bullet

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train, one of the superfast trains which Japan has, to Tokyo a little

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later. Trade and other massive part of the discussions, especially

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obviously in the context of Brexit. A lot of jitters and nervousness

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from the Japanese government around the Brexit process. There are

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160,000 people employed by Japanese companies here in the UK. The Prime

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Minister saying that she hopes the UK can strike a free-trade deal with

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Japan that is loosely based on the one that the EU is currently

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negotiating with Tokyo. The UK has been part of that negotiation, given

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that we are still currently part of the EU. So lots of discussions on

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trade and security to come. The Prime Minister even meeting the

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Emperor of Japan at the end of the visit on Friday. Thank you very

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much. A night-time curfew has

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been imposed in Houston, Texas, in a bid to deter looting

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in the wake of tropical storm Harvey, which is now

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heading for Louisiana. More than 30,000 people have been

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forced from their homes, and over 3,000 have been rescued

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from the floodwaters. Large swathes of Texas remain

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underwater, with almost 52 inches of rainfall since the hurricane

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made landfall on Friday. But, five days after it first

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hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

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to cause devastation. These are some of the residents

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of 20 nursing homes. Another 20 hospitals have also been

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evacuated across the region. 3,400 people have been rescued,

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with the authorities reporting that

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Harvey has claimed lives. It was the scariest

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thing we've ever seen. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far,

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a record for the USA, and has swamped parts

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of Houston and southern Texas. 30,000 people have been forced out

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of their homes by the floodwater. The Red Cross has warned people

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could be in shelters for months. President Trump visited

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Corpus Christi, 220 miles He was greeted by state

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and federal teams co-ordinating We won't say congratulations,

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we don't want to do that. We'll congratulate each other

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when it's all finished. He is determined not to repeat

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the mistakes of George Bush, In Houston, the mayor has introduced

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a night-time curfew, To the west of this vast city,

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two huge reservoirs are overflowing. Harvey's path is

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slow-moving and erratic. This force of nature

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may not be spent yet. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

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as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

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years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

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she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

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the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

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criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. Most political leaders quit at a

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moment of crisis, something terrible has happened. I have decided that I

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think the Labour Party is very much on its uppers. It has made

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tremendous progress from the state that I found it in two, two .5 years

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ago, when it was literally on its knees. I have taken the party

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forward, it is in a much better state than I found it. Now it is

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time to pass that baton onto next person. We have had five national

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elections in the next four years. Now it is time for the next person

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to have one. One in five people struggling

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with debt have had their credit card That is according to research

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from the charity Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

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of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

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which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

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says it is working with regulators Our economics correspondent

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Andy Verity has more. Borrowing on credit cards

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has been growing by 9%, far faster than wages,

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and Citizens' Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping

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people in debts that they cannot Tracy Banham ran into trouble

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when her small business She had a husband used credit

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cards to plug the holes. Well it got to point

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where I was just paying off interest, basically -

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I were actually not - at one point, on one credit card,

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I were paying ?700 a month, and just ?60 of that

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were coming off the debt. That was just one

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of the credit cards. Consumers have borrowed about ?200

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billion on unsecured loans, with about a third of

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that on credit cards. Yet one in five borrowers have been

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given higher credit limits, On 2.2 million credit card accounts,

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borrowers spent more on charges and fees than on repayments,

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pushing them further into debt. Citizens' Advice says,

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if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact

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borrowers and offer for help, such as suspending

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interest payments. We think the most important thing

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is that credit card companies should stop raising credit limits

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without consulting the customer. We think this is a second thing

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the regulator can do to give better guidance for affordability checks

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for people who are extending The body that represents most credit

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card lenders says it is taking steps to prevent borrowers

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being offered more credit, and that it is working

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with regulators to help New research suggests

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the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

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than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe Cassini,

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which is orbiting the planet, suggests they may be only

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100 million years old. It indicates they could be

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the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

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its final burst of data before it plunges into Saturn's

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atmosphere and burns up. It is a sad ending, isn't it? Yes,

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very sad ending, but I was just admiring Saturn. Exactly what you

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

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think any cricket fan watching England yesterday, even the most

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determined England fan, might look at what the West Indies did and have

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a little bit of a quiet smile. It was pretty impressive, wasn't it? It

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was very impressive, and cricket needs a really strong West Indies

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side. And oh my goodness, that might be what they have coming through.

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It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

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won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

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after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

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West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day,

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but a century from Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite set

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the platform for the stunning victory.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal

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after the two clubs agreed a ?40 million fee.

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It is believed the England international wants to move

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to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

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Meanwhile, Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

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from Manchester City for Alexis Sanchez.

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In the past hour, Roger Federer progressed in the US Open.

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There has been another big upset at the US Open,

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after world number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

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and sixth seed Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 6-1, in just over an hour.

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It is the first time in 13 years that the champion has been knocked

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And, resplendent in red, Chris Froome maintained his

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36-second lead in his quest to add the Vuelta a Espana to his Tour de

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That man has endless energy. How is he not exhausted? He does, doesn't

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he? Are you going to hang around for the papers? I am going to stay. Are

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you wearing mulberry today? I think it is aubergine.

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Good morning. Hope you're well. I am more purple I think but anyway! This

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morning we have split fortunes in the weather, it will hold true

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through the day as well. In the north and west we are looking at a

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breezy day with sunshine and showers and warmer than yesterday. In the

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south and east we've got rain, persistent rain later and it will be

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much cooler than yesterday. This is what we had yesterday, Maidstone in

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Kent, 29.3. Today, 20, but in the rain it could be as low as 13. You

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will notice that for sure. Two weather fronts will eventually

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collide in the south, producing that persistent rain. Breezy in the north

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and here we are looking at sunshine and showers, especially in Scotland

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and Northern Ireland to start the day. As you can also see we've got

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clear skies so a chilly start for some but there will be sunshine

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around. Both of our weather fronts meet in the south-east, producing

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persistent rain. Behind them we have something drier and brighter but

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look at those temperatures, 13 in London in the rain, 13 in Ipswich

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and also 12 in Norwich am so a cool feel to things a with temperatures

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way below where they should be. Moving into northern England,

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brighter spells, sunshine and showers and the same in Scotland. If

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you dodge the showers it will feel pleasant and the same if you dodge

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the breeze in the sun. A few showers in Northern Ireland interspersed

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with sunshine and the same in Wales, fewer showers in Wales but some

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around and looking at some sunny spells. Sunny spells in the

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south-west as well with fewer showers. As we go through the

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evening and overnight, then surely we see the tail end of the rain

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pushing into the near continent. Some clear skies. Also some showers

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coming in, especially in the west. Tempts you can see here are

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indicative of towns and cities, nine to 11 or 12. In the countryside the

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temperatures will be a bit lower and we could see some patchy mist and

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fog forming but it shouldn't be too problematic. That will lift tomorrow

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allowing sunshine through. We start the day with showers in the north

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and west but through the day further showers will develop. Tomorrow you

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could get a shower almost everywhere and if you do you could see Thunder.

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Temperature is recovering in the south-east, highs of 20, 14 to about

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17 or 18 for the rest of the UK. Into Friday, fewer showers around,

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more in the Channel Islands, and for most we are looking at a dry day

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with sunshine and again, feeling quite pleasant with highs up to 21.

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Saturday's looking not too bad at all if you like it or dry with some

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sunshine. Temperatures again 14 to about 21 and 21 Celsius in old muggy

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is 70 Fahrenheit. Nice if you can find it! Lovely

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purple dress, by the way, Carol! Thanks very much, Dan, you're not

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looking too bad yourself! What is mine, blue? Yours is very nice,

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quite clearly green. I managed to get myself in a hole while trying to

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be nice. Amazing the holes you can dig

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yourself, Dan. I'm aware of this issue!

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You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

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Unanimous condemnation of North Korea's missile

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launch over Japan.

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The UN Security Council labels it outrageous,

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but a defiant Pyongyang warns there's more to come.

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A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit city of Houston

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in an effort to stop looting, as 30,000 people have been forced

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Steph has joined us along with Sally to have a look at the papers. Good

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morning, Steph. Let's start with the Guardian. They are accused of

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unlawfully throwing out 16 sixth formers to improve results,

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according to the grammar schools. This is the Trumps before they went

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to Texas, quite a few were mentioning Melania's heels,

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inappropriate for flood hit Texas but they did change when they

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arrived. She changed, she travelled in her massive heels. It's often the

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other way round, isn't it? She should have just gone in her

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trainers. This is what she was wearing when she arrived. This is

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their visit to Texas, we will talk more about that later. A lot of the

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papers have been following this story about this Christian child who

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is fostered in a Muslim foster home and the time is picking up on that

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story. The judge has ruled the child must leave and will be returned and

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reunited with her family -- Times. The judge urging councils to seek

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culturally matched placements for vulnerable children. GPs told 2/

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hospital referrals. They will need approval from a medical panel -- to

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slash. And Victoria Beckham in pink pyjamas as well. We are talking

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about what everyone is wearing this morning. It seems to be a theme.

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Front page of the Daily Telegraph. Exam boards must introduce stricter

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guards to counter the temptation of cheating, say Headmasters. The front

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page of the Mirror, an interview with Paul Burrell at the anniversary

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of protest Diana's death. A brilliant piece about Shai Hope

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leading the West Indies to victory. He got his first test century on

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Saturday and he got his second yesterday. An amazing performance

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from he and Braithwaite, 24 and 23, great hope for the future. Just

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quickly, in the Mirror, we talked about Wenger yesterday not getting

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angry enough at Anfield. Look, finally it's happened, apparently at

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training yesterday he got really cross, although I'm not entirely

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sure I can imagine a cross Wenger, I imagine he goes quiet rather than

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louder. Is he wearing a suit at training? That is a picture from

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pitch side. What is your accession with clothes this morning! have you

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got anything else? A lot of people saying he looks like a school

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teacher a lot of the time. I asked him a rogue question once, he does

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get angry but it's a meaningful stare rather than shouting. He got

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cross with you? It's all right, we shook hands and moved on. Moving on!

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Steph? Lots of the papers are talking about what's happening with

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the currency markets at the moment because the pound fell again

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yesterday to an eight year low against the euro. The Times picks up

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on that this morning. Fell to a fresh 80 low against a resurging

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hero. Cache eight year low. It's a lot to do with North Korea and the

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missile fired over Japan and the Recep Tayyip Erdogan passions of

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Hurricane Harvey, that often spurs on investors to put their money

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elsewhere -- repercussions. It puts pressure on companies here buying

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things abroad. The Telegraph talk about more price rises on the way

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because businesses that were protected against the fall in the

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pound are losing that defence and are starting to face the full force

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of the weak currency. This is very interesting, we always go on about

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M and how big it is and it's the bellwether of the retail world, you

:23:04.:23:07.

know a source, the online retailer, it's about 17 now, it has nearly

:23:08.:23:12.

taken over M in terms of its market value. -- ASOS. If you look

:23:13.:23:18.

at share price and number of shareholders. It is worth ?4.93

:23:19.:23:24.

billion compared to ?5.05 billion at M A double update, talking about

:23:25.:23:29.

clothes and Sir Chris Hoy, who is saying in an article you shouldn't

:23:30.:23:36.

be wearing Lycra if you are eight stone. He has said as a 14 plus

:23:37.:23:41.

stone mammal myself this was a tongue in cheek article that wasn't

:23:42.:23:47.

meant to offend, I'm really sorry. Whatever your age, build, if you are

:23:48.:23:51.

on a bike then you have my respect. A good update. Tiger pictures

:23:52.:23:57.

yesterday, we concede the picture yesterday but now we can see it. If

:23:58.:24:03.

you are watching this, and if you were watching on Monday, here it is.

:24:04.:24:12.

Isn't that gorgeous? Sumatran tigers have webbed feet, very good

:24:13.:24:16.

swimmers! Narrow stripes as well! Right that down! More on that later.

:24:17.:24:22.

Losing a loved one can be an incredibly difficult time

:24:23.:24:25.

for families who have to take care of funerals and other formalities.

:24:26.:24:28.

But now many are facing the added distress of delays

:24:29.:24:31.

Figures seen by BBC Breakfast show most councils in England and Wales

:24:32.:24:35.

are failing to register bereavements within the five-day target.

:24:36.:24:38.

Last year, Graham Morgan's mother died. She was 86 and living in a

:24:39.:24:54.

care home. The family had to wait nearly three weeks for the funeral.

:24:55.:24:58.

It was a terrible situation to be honest with you, it was the worst

:24:59.:25:02.

you could ever have and the time of your life when everybody faces it

:25:03.:25:06.

that someone new to you passes away, it was terrible. He faced delays in

:25:07.:25:10.

getting a doctors certificate and waited a fortnight for an

:25:11.:25:13.

appointment to register her death with the local council. It has a "On

:25:14.:25:20.

your well-being because you're grieving, you're panicking, you want

:25:21.:25:25.

to get everything right -- has an impact on. You don't want to let

:25:26.:25:29.

them down and anything to go wrong. By law all deaths except those

:25:30.:25:32.

investigated by a coroner must be registered within five days but most

:25:33.:25:36.

councils in England and Wales are failing to meet their rigid Thracian

:25:37.:25:42.

targets. In 2011, 20 3% of all deaths in England and Wales were

:25:43.:25:45.

registered after the five day limit -- registration targets -- 23%. By

:25:46.:25:55.

2016 that figure had risen to more than 187,000, meaning 36% of all

:25:56.:25:59.

deaths took longer than five days to be registered. At the national

:26:00.:26:06.

association of funeral directors, which represents 4000 funeral homes,

:26:07.:26:10.

they conducted their own survey in 2015. They found families were

:26:11.:26:14.

waiting longer to see a registrar. There are cutbacks and staff sorted

:26:15.:26:18.

it at some registrars and that's happened throughout the UK, but what

:26:19.:26:22.

we're all so seeing is certain registrars will not make the

:26:23.:26:25.

appointment for the family unless the family already have a medical

:26:26.:26:28.

certificate for cause of death in their possession -- shortages. Poppy

:26:29.:26:34.

once a funeral home in south London and is aware of growing delays. She

:26:35.:26:38.

says the whole process of dealing with death is confusing for Brive

:26:39.:26:42.

families and more sensitivity is needed. Grieving people should not

:26:43.:26:48.

be disregarded by local authorities. I think recognition that death and

:26:49.:26:53.

grief are incredibly difficult experiences that we're all going to

:26:54.:26:56.

have to go through so I don't see why people need to wait five or six

:26:57.:27:01.

days to register a death, it doesn't take that long. The Home Office says

:27:02.:27:04.

local authorities are expected to ensure there is adequate provisions

:27:05.:27:08.

to register a death. The Local Government Association told us

:27:09.:27:12.

various factors have contributed to delays but councils are working to

:27:13.:27:16.

reduce them. For Graham Morgan, improvements to the system, although

:27:17.:27:20.

too late for his family, would still be welcome. It causes chaos at a

:27:21.:27:25.

time in people's lives when you don't need that fails to be honest

:27:26.:27:29.

with you, your grieving and as it is. Emily Unia, BBC News.

:27:30.:27:35.

Are better transport links needed to see the idea of the Northern

:27:36.:27:41.

Steph's taken a trip across the region to find out what's

:27:42.:27:46.

needed to ensure the project remains on track.

:27:47.:27:48.

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

:27:49.:31:12.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:31:13.:31:22.

We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

:31:23.:31:30.

But also on Breakfast this morning: As waters continue to rise in Texas,

:31:31.:31:34.

after 7:00am, we assess President Trump's response

:31:35.:31:36.

From body image to exam results, teenagers can face many worries.

:31:37.:31:42.

But, as new research finds, the fear of crime tops the list.

:31:43.:31:57.

We will ask what parents can do to help.

:31:58.:32:07.

# This ain't no technological breakdown. This is the road to hell.

:32:08.:32:11.

He has driven home for Christmas and along the Road to hell.

:32:12.:32:14.

But now, after suffering a stroke, Chris Rea is focussing on The Road

:32:15.:32:17.

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

:32:18.:32:23.

All that still to come, but now, a summary of this morning's main

:32:24.:32:27.

There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:32:28.:32:30.

of a missile over Japan, at a United Nations Security Council

:32:31.:32:33.

Pyongyang has described the launch as the first step of military

:32:34.:32:37.

The Security Council has demanded the country abandons its nuclear

:32:38.:32:40.

weapons programme, but has stopped short of threatening

:32:41.:32:43.

North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:32:44.:32:48.

a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:32:49.:32:50.

She will be hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:32:51.:32:53.

Mrs May has described Japan as a like-minded nation

:32:54.:32:55.

A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:32:56.:33:07.

Texas, in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:33:08.:33:11.

Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:33:12.:33:13.

Around 20 people are reported to have died as a result

:33:14.:33:16.

More than 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:33:17.:33:19.

and 3,000 have been rescued from the floodwaters.

:33:20.:33:21.

Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:33:22.:33:24.

of rainfall since the hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:33:25.:33:33.

Epic and historic, these are words used to describe this monster known

:33:34.:33:39.

as Harvey. At the job they have done is very special and I said let's fly

:33:40.:33:44.

over and see these great people, the nerve centre, really. And we

:33:45.:33:47.

appreciate it very much, and millions of people appreciated, that

:33:48.:33:51.

I can tell you. But the world is watching, and the world is very

:33:52.:33:53.

impressed with what you are doing. A Christian girl, who is reported

:33:54.:33:58.

to have been fostered by a Muslim family who didn't speak English,

:33:59.:34:02.

should live with a family member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

:34:03.:34:05.

council, insists the five-year-old was placed with an English speaking

:34:06.:34:09.

family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:34:10.:34:11.

in the way the case was reported. The authority says cultural

:34:12.:34:15.

background and proximity to a child's family are always

:34:16.:34:17.

considered when choosing Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:34:18.:34:19.

as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:34:20.:34:22.

years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:34:23.:34:24.

she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

:34:25.:34:28.

the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

:34:29.:34:32.

criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. Most political leaders quit

:34:33.:34:35.

at a moment of crisis, I've decided that I think

:34:36.:34:37.

the Labour Party is very much It's made tremendous progress

:34:38.:34:41.

from the state that I found it

:34:42.:34:45.

in two, 2.5 years ago, It's in a much better

:34:46.:34:46.

state than I found it. Now it's time to pass that baton

:34:47.:34:52.

onto the next person. We've had five national

:34:53.:34:55.

elections in 2.5 years. Now it's time to move on and let

:34:56.:35:07.

the next person have four years One in five people struggling

:35:08.:35:11.

with debt have had their credit card limit raised, without requesting it,

:35:12.:35:20.

according to the charity It has called for the practice

:35:21.:35:22.

of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:35:23.:35:26.

which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:35:27.:35:28.

says it is working with regulators New research suggests

:35:29.:35:31.

the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

:35:32.:35:35.

than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe Cassini,

:35:36.:35:37.

which is orbiting the planet, suggests they may be only

:35:38.:35:40.

100 million years old. It indicates they could be

:35:41.:35:42.

the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

:35:43.:35:45.

its final burst of data before it plunges into Saturn's

:35:46.:35:49.

atmosphere and burns up. Burns up is how they wrote it. I do

:35:50.:36:00.

think it is a dramatic end, isn't it? It is. I have done my work on

:36:01.:36:08.

that is it. Good morning, Sally. Lots of important numbers in the

:36:09.:36:12.

cricket, but today, of all days, I am going to give you all of them,

:36:13.:36:16.

because I think you need to know them all. You ready?

:36:17.:36:18.

It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

:36:19.:36:20.

won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

:36:21.:36:23.

after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

:36:24.:36:27.

West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day.

:36:28.:36:32.

But two crucial dropped balls from Alistair Cook,

:36:33.:36:34.

and a century to Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite,

:36:35.:36:37.

set the platform for the stunning victory.

:36:38.:36:46.

We are test cricketers for a reason. We know that we came here to play

:36:47.:36:53.

cricket, and we just need to go out and execute. The

:36:54.:38:00.

Well, this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds

:38:01.:38:03.

Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane believes the fees

:38:04.:38:06.

demanded by what he describes as average players are mind-boggling.

:38:07.:38:21.

Billion. Giggsy? 2 billion. The market value of players as mine

:38:22.:38:37.

bubbling, the figures for players, especially for the average players.

:38:38.:38:42.

The time to be a professional footballer is now. 2 billion, did he

:38:43.:38:52.

say, four Ryan Giggs? 3.75 for himself.

:38:53.:38:53.

In the past hour, Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second

:38:54.:38:57.

Federer, looking to win a record 20th Grand Slam title,

:38:58.:39:01.

beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:39:02.:39:04.

Federer's great rival Rafa Nadal is also through to the second round,

:39:05.:39:07.

after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:39:08.:39:09.

The Spaniard needed a tie-break to take the first set,

:39:10.:39:12.

but comfortably took the next two sets.

:39:13.:39:22.

After second seed Simona Halep and Britain's world number seven,

:39:23.:39:25.

Johanna Konta, were knocked out of the US Open, there has been

:39:26.:39:28.

another major shock at Flushing Meadows.

:39:29.:39:29.

World number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

:39:30.:39:32.

and sixth seed Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

:39:33.:39:34.

It was the first time in 13 years that the champion was knocked out

:39:35.:39:38.

She played good, especially also at the end of the match,

:39:39.:39:52.

and I'm always trying to go for it

:39:53.:39:55.

And today, I mean, she just went for it.

:39:56.:40:00.

I think she took her chances, and yeah, she played a very good

:40:01.:40:04.

But for me, for sure, it wasn't the best day and not

:40:05.:40:10.

Britain's Chris Froome has maintained his 36-second lead

:40:11.:40:14.

after stage ten of the Vuelta a Espana.

:40:15.:40:16.

After 102 miles in the saddle, Italy's Matteo Trentin held off

:40:17.:40:19.

Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas to claim victory.

:40:20.:40:21.

Froome crossed the line 4.5 minutes later alongside his main rival,

:40:22.:40:24.

Esteban Chaves, although the Colombian is now joint-second

:40:25.:40:26.

with Ireland's Nicolas Roche, who made up time on the final

:40:27.:40:29.

Two of England's women's sports teams have met the Prime Minister

:40:30.:40:32.

The rugby union team narrowly lost the World Cup final

:40:33.:40:35.

But the cricketers, led by Heather Knight,

:40:36.:40:39.

went one better and lifted the World Cup after a dramatic final

:40:40.:40:42.

The Prime Minister described the players of both teams

:40:43.:40:46.

Not the Best Picture of the Prime Minister to finish on. Sorry, I was

:40:47.:41:05.

talking to you during. I normally know what you are saying. The

:41:06.:41:10.

pictures this morning, I think the Prime Minister arrived in Japan a

:41:11.:41:14.

few minutes ago. So it must have been just before she left. I was

:41:15.:41:19.

mouthing the EU, Japan. I thought you said, did she play? -- mouthing

:41:20.:41:30.

to you. Just wanted to make it clear.

:41:31.:41:31.

A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:41:32.:41:33.

Texas, in an attempt to deter looters as the rescue effort

:41:34.:41:36.

continues in the wake of tropical storm Harvey.

:41:37.:41:38.

The storm, which is now heading for Louisiana,

:41:39.:41:40.

has battered the region, leaving at least 15 dead

:41:41.:41:43.

CBS news correspondent Meg Oliver is in Houston for us this morning.

:41:44.:41:52.

Thank you once again for giving us are not dead on the situation there.

:41:53.:42:00.

We hear 30,000 people in Houston are seeking emergency accommodation. We

:42:01.:42:03.

have mentioned the curfew as well. What more can you tell us about

:42:04.:42:08.

efforts on the ground that? The big news tonight is that another major

:42:09.:42:14.

shelter opened up. The energy Centre is near the NFL stadium, and it can

:42:15.:42:17.

accommodate 10,000 people. Right now, people are lined up around the

:42:18.:42:23.

block to get in. They are expecting it to be half full by tomorrow

:42:24.:42:28.

morning. Now, that shelter, that additional shelter, will have help

:42:29.:42:34.

ease conditions at the convention centre. This one is for 5000 people.

:42:35.:42:38.

They have roughly 10,000 inside there, but they won't turn anyone

:42:39.:42:42.

away. And in terms of the presidential visit, there are lots

:42:43.:42:45.

of pictures on the front pages of our papers here, and it is that

:42:46.:42:49.

really careful balance between being visible and being there at the scene

:42:50.:42:54.

of what is going on, but also not disrupting the effort to try and

:42:55.:42:58.

make people say. Do you think that the trumps got it right? -- Trumps.

:42:59.:43:07.

It is not for me to say, but I can tell you that the White House... He

:43:08.:43:12.

made a point of doing his two stop tour, going to Boston and Corpus

:43:13.:43:19.

Christi, where there is a lot of damage, but here in Houston, this is

:43:20.:43:23.

where the first responders are continuing to do rescue efforts, so

:43:24.:43:27.

the White House wanted to keep them further away so as not to interfere.

:43:28.:43:31.

Whenever the president comes to town, you have to shut down roads

:43:32.:43:35.

and different things. You can't get around because the flooding is so

:43:36.:43:39.

bad. He is expected to come back to the region to tour, but the White

:43:40.:43:43.

House said he is trying to lay a foundation, basically, in terms of

:43:44.:43:47.

recovery. He wants to look back on this in five years and say that is

:43:48.:43:51.

how you rebuild. And what has the response been to the curfew that?

:43:52.:43:57.

Well, at first the map imposed a 10pm to 5pm curfew -- mayor. Then he

:43:58.:44:04.

moved to midnight. I was just talking to some police officers over

:44:05.:44:07.

here and they said this is just to cut down on any possible losers. If

:44:08.:44:12.

people are out and about, still trying to help other people, we are

:44:13.:44:18.

not going to interfere with that -- looters. And just a couple of

:44:19.:44:21.

minutes ago there were people walking by, and the volunteers who

:44:22.:44:25.

have turned out to help these shelters like the one behind me,

:44:26.:44:29.

they are non-stop. A few minutes ago two mothers walked by with little

:44:30.:44:34.

kids. It is after midnight here in the United States, and they are out

:44:35.:44:38.

here bringing supplies, still, to the shelter. So the state of Texas

:44:39.:44:46.

is really hitting -- giving of themselves, and you see that. Thank

:44:47.:44:48.

you for your time. Carol has an update on the weather

:44:49.:44:56.

and you're going to start with America? That's right.

:44:57.:45:00.

Record-breaking rainfall in Houston from Harvey. Record-breaking four

:45:01.:45:12.

mainland USA. Around Houston we have 51.88 inches of rainfall from this

:45:13.:45:17.

storm, one and one third metres. Currently we still have an onshore

:45:18.:45:24.

and offshore element to Tropical Storm Harvey, that means at the

:45:25.:45:28.

moment it is picking up energy and moisture from the warm Gulf of

:45:29.:45:31.

Mexico but today that storm will move inland and it will start to

:45:32.:45:36.

move north-east. It does mean it's not going to be raining any more in

:45:37.:45:40.

Houston from this particular storm but there will still be issues with

:45:41.:45:44.

the rain that's already fallen and is causing such catastrophic

:45:45.:45:49.

flooding. The whole system moves north-east, bringing torrential rain

:45:50.:45:52.

into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. But the one salient thing

:45:53.:45:58.

is that the storm is actually moving. It's been more or less

:45:59.:46:02.

stationary since Thursday in parts of Texas. For ourselves, we've got

:46:03.:46:07.

mixed fortunes in the weather. For the north and west today, sunshine

:46:08.:46:11.

and showers. A different story for the south and east because here we

:46:12.:46:15.

have a couple of weather fronts that are going to merge and produce

:46:16.:46:19.

persistent rain, and you will notice a huge drop in the temperatures.

:46:20.:46:25.

Yesterday in Kent we had 29.3. Today we will see 15 but then the rain

:46:26.:46:29.

even lower than that. Away from the rain in the south-east and there is

:46:30.:46:33.

a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. Into the afternoon and

:46:34.:46:38.

the rain will continue to push into the south-east, drying up and

:46:39.:46:42.

brightening up behind it in the West Midlands but feeling cold in this

:46:43.:46:46.

rain, at times London only 13, way below where we should be. Moving

:46:47.:46:51.

into northern England, bright spells, sunshine and showers and the

:46:52.:46:55.

same in Scotland, bright spells, sunshine and showers but they are

:46:56.:46:59.

showers so by no means will we all catch one. Northern Ireland also

:47:00.:47:03.

seeing that cocktail of sunshine, bright spells and showers and

:47:04.:47:07.

although we will have that too in Wales the showers will be further

:47:08.:47:11.

and fewer between, in fact the same in south-west England but more

:47:12.:47:14.

sunshine than dull weather with those showers. Through this evening

:47:15.:47:18.

and overnight the rain eventually clears away and behind we will have

:47:19.:47:23.

a clearance in the sky, temperatures could drop, patchy mist and fog

:47:24.:47:26.

forming and still a plethora of showers coming in across the north

:47:27.:47:30.

and west. These temperatures are indicative of what you can expect in

:47:31.:47:35.

towns and cities. In the countryside they will be that the lower. Chilly

:47:36.:47:38.

start to the day tomorrow but drier and brighter for many but we will

:47:39.:47:43.

already start with the showers in the west that that bit lower.

:47:44.:47:47.

Tomorrow you could catch a shower almost anywhere -- that bit lower.

:47:48.:47:51.

Temperatures will be recovering in the south-east, looking at highs of

:47:52.:47:59.

19 or 20. Elsewhere, 14 to about 18. Then on Friday, fewer showers

:48:00.:48:03.

around, a nippy start once again. A fair bit of sunshine around and the

:48:04.:48:09.

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

:48:10.:48:13.

drier, Saturday and not looking too shabby at all.

:48:14.:48:16.

To hear it because it felt pretty nippy out there this morning! --

:48:17.:48:20.

glad to hear. The Northern Powerhouse was an idea,

:48:21.:48:22.

which aimed to bring the cities as an economic force to rival

:48:23.:48:25.

London. But in the last few weeks,

:48:26.:48:28.

big questions have been asked It was about three years ago when

:48:29.:48:43.

George Osborne, the then Chancellor, announced the idea of the Northern

:48:44.:48:47.

Powerhouse to try to bring the north up to the same standard in terms of

:48:48.:48:52.

the south-east for things like transport, connectivity and the jobs

:48:53.:48:57.

and prosperity so it was bridging that gap between the perception the

:48:58.:49:01.

North is more hard done by compared to the south. One of the big

:49:02.:49:06.

criticisms was investment. I've been on one journey

:49:07.:49:09.

across the Pennines to find out It was three years ago in Manchester

:49:10.:49:22.

that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse was first announced.

:49:23.:49:26.

Improving transport was a big part of it. The government says it is

:49:27.:49:31.

investing more than ever in transport up here, but there is a

:49:32.:49:35.

criticism that the North is still losing out to the south-east. If the

:49:36.:49:39.

government had spent as much per head on the north as they did in

:49:40.:49:43.

London in the past ten years they would have spent ?59 billion more on

:49:44.:49:47.

the North and to get things moving and getting the economy functioning

:49:48.:49:52.

better than it is at the moment so the government is responding to

:49:53.:49:55.

London rather than using transport spending to transform the Northern

:49:56.:49:59.

economy, which would be to the national benefit. You can see from

:50:00.:50:03.

the departure board that there are loads of friends coming in and out

:50:04.:50:07.

of here and regular ones to and from London. That journey at the moment

:50:08.:50:11.

takes just over two hours but with HS two it should half that time,

:50:12.:50:15.

making it much faster to get to London. But what about getting of

:50:16.:50:20.

the North? I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley, I'm going to get the train

:50:21.:50:24.

there to see what people think. When you talk to passengers about their

:50:25.:50:29.

experiences, the same things come up, overcrowding, frequency of

:50:30.:50:32.

trains and speed. There could be more services and they could be

:50:33.:50:37.

faster. Your husband does Manchester to Huddersfield regularly, what are

:50:38.:50:41.

his thoughts on it? Three to four times a month the train is delayed.

:50:42.:50:45.

Does he moan about it regularly? Definitely. Generally it's OK, it

:50:46.:50:51.

could be faster. It's made worse when you see all the investment put

:50:52.:50:56.

into Euston given the weekend that's just gone on full. Think there's

:50:57.:51:04.

something missing. The trains are extremely full with commuters,

:51:05.:51:07.

there's not enough carriages to take all the passengers and it's mostly

:51:08.:51:11.

standing room only, as you can see today as well. I've arrived here

:51:12.:51:15.

after nearly two hours of travelling. For places like this,

:51:16.:51:19.

being better connected could make a big difference. How do you get

:51:20.:51:24.

around the area? I travel on the train to work and back. What's that

:51:25.:51:28.

like for you? Good, but the trains aren't as often as I'd like. When I

:51:29.:51:35.

use buses they tend not to turn up, they tend to breakdown and the

:51:36.:51:38.

service is intermittent. The north of England is badly served by

:51:39.:51:44.

travel. Businesses argue they need better connectivity too. I've come

:51:45.:51:49.

to meet Clive, who runs a furniture shop in Barnsley. He wants the roads

:51:50.:51:52.

to be improved. A lot of businesses try to just-in-time deliveries, we

:51:53.:52:00.

may go to Manchester by 3pm, that could take anywhere between 45

:52:01.:52:04.

minutes and three hours. Because of this variation we have to put a

:52:05.:52:08.

three hour delivery slot, if you do it in three quarters of an hour

:52:09.:52:12.

that's an awful lot of lost time. For many commuters and businesses

:52:13.:52:16.

here speeding up the process of getting between northern towns and

:52:17.:52:20.

cities can't come soon enough. For many of us it's the journey, not

:52:21.:52:22.

just the destination. It's interesting. It's a beautiful

:52:23.:52:25.

journey across the Pennines. It can be a nightmare if you are

:52:26.:52:37.

doing it all the time. The other important thing about this is it's

:52:38.:52:41.

not just the North and the south, I get a lot of people that say in

:52:42.:52:45.

other parts of especially the south-west they say we are really

:52:46.:52:49.

underinvested, we keep hearing about the Northern Powerhouse, what about

:52:50.:52:54.

us? People in the Midlands say that too. It's about the disparity

:52:55.:52:58.

between a lot of the country and London when it comes to how much is

:52:59.:53:02.

being invested. The department of transport are saying they are

:53:03.:53:06.

committed to the whole Northern Powerhouse project. It was the old

:53:07.:53:10.

regime, George Osborne and David Cameron who announced it, there was

:53:11.:53:14.

concern about whether the Northern Powerhouse thing would slide away so

:53:15.:53:18.

this meeting is important for that. The government saying they are still

:53:19.:53:22.

committed to it and they are pretty millions into it already and they

:53:23.:53:25.

are waiting for plans to be submitted so they can get cracking

:53:26.:53:29.

with faster routes are across the Pennines. See you later. Did you

:53:30.:53:35.

watch the bake of? Did you watch last night? I am, but I didn't. --

:53:36.:53:44.

Bake Off. There are loads of spoilers here but we are going to

:53:45.:53:46.

talk about it! The Great British Bake Off was back

:53:47.:53:47.

on television last night for the first time since

:53:48.:53:50.

its move to Channel 4. Nervous viewers tuned in to see

:53:51.:53:53.

if the proof was in the pudding, hoping the recipe for the hit show

:53:54.:53:56.

hadn't changed too much. Our reporter, Lara Rostron,

:53:57.:53:59.

watched alongside a panel of fans, including the Buzzfeed

:54:00.:54:02.

TV Editor Scott Bryan, to see if the new presenting team

:54:03.:54:04.

had risen to the occasion. Well, in just a few minutes time The

:54:05.:54:13.

Great British Bake Off returns to our screens but on Channel 4 this

:54:14.:54:17.

time and breakfast has been invited to watch it with none other than the

:54:18.:54:25.

Bake Off Giroud. Thanks for bringing one of these along. I had to, didn't

:54:26.:54:34.

I? -- guru. Bake Off! Hello, bakers, welcome to the fabulous Bake Off

:54:35.:54:39.

tent. What did you think? It feels very familiar but I was expecting to

:54:40.:54:45.

see Mel and Sue still. But if you squint Nole fielding is a bit like

:54:46.:54:52.

Mel and Sue. Cake break. At least the adverts are cake related. Does

:54:53.:54:59.

anyone want a tea? Yes! Bakers, you have 30 minutes left to make your

:55:00.:55:05.

fruity cakes. That is nice, that looks good. Love cardamom, love a

:55:06.:55:12.

pair. I still miss Mel and Sue but I'm OK. I haven't missed it, I feel

:55:13.:55:17.

like I'm cheating by saying it but I haven't missed them. It's good that

:55:18.:55:20.

they are trying to be themselves, they're not trying to be Mel and Sue

:55:21.:55:25.

just like Mary isn't trying to be proved and proved isn't trying to be

:55:26.:55:29.

Mary. They are just getting on with it. That looks amazing. It is a

:55:30.:55:34.

chocolate butter sponge with peanut butter frosting. It is perfect. OK,

:55:35.:55:40.

guys, right, judgement time, Finnish, what do you make of it? I

:55:41.:55:45.

would give Channel 4 star baker this week. You would? I think the adverts

:55:46.:55:50.

were a bit grating. You still enjoyed it.

:55:51.:55:53.

One thing is for certain it is still making me hungry. Did you enjoy it?

:55:54.:56:00.

Some people complained about the ad breaks. There are going to be them.

:56:01.:56:05.

It gives you the chance to make a tea and get a biscuit or a slice of

:56:06.:56:09.

cake. Overwhelmingly quite a few positive comments. Barbra says she

:56:10.:56:17.

loves it, but the adverts mean you can go to the kitchen for crisps,

:56:18.:56:22.

biscuits, perfect. Michelle said she enjoys it, didn't think it would be

:56:23.:56:26.

good, I'll eat my words but I would rather eat the cake. One of the good

:56:27.:56:30.

things, the contestants are fabulous, they have brought together

:56:31.:56:35.

a really good bunch of contestants. Pretty much the same programme, same

:56:36.:56:39.

music, same flow, just adverts. You're a tough judge when it comes

:56:40.:56:44.

to your egg club, you said there were too many Hollywood handshakes.

:56:45.:56:49.

You have to set the bar high. On the first challenge he was growing

:56:50.:56:52.

handshakes around like there was no tomorrow. Coming up to 7am.

:56:53.:00:14.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:00:15.:00:23.

North Korea receives unanimous condemnation at the United Nations

:00:24.:00:25.

for firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

:00:26.:00:33.

As diplomats describe the latest action as outrageous,

:00:34.:00:35.

the regime releases pictures of the test and says it will carry

:00:36.:00:39.

Good morning, it's Wednesday 30th August.

:00:40.:00:55.

Also this morning: A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit

:00:56.:00:58.

city of Houston in a move to prevent looting.

:00:59.:01:03.

There are calls for a ban on credit card firms extending spending limits

:01:04.:01:07.

I've been finding out how easy it is to travel between cities

:01:08.:01:16.

and towns in the north of England and how close the idea

:01:17.:01:25.

of a Northern powerhouse is to becoming a reality.

:01:26.:01:28.

In sport, West Indies have won a test match in england

:01:29.:01:31.

Shay Hope's historic century helped them to a famous victory

:01:32.:01:35.

on a thrilling final day at Headingley.

:01:36.:01:37.

We're asking if children are more frightened of crime than they need

:01:38.:01:40.

to be, as new figures suggest it's one of their biggest worries.

:01:41.:01:44.

Good morning. Across Scotland, northern England and Northern

:01:45.:01:53.

Ireland it will be a day of sunshine, bright spells and showers.

:01:54.:01:56.

A little bit warmer than yesterday. For the rest of England and Wales,

:01:57.:02:03.

cloud around and some of us will see persistent rain and for some of us

:02:04.:02:07.

it will be 10 degrees colder than yesterday, especially in the

:02:08.:02:10.

north-east. More details on 15 minutes.

:02:11.:02:12.

There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:02:13.:02:16.

of a ballistic missile over Japan at a meeting

:02:17.:02:18.

of the United Nations Security Council overnight.

:02:19.:02:20.

The regime has described the launch as "the first step" of operations

:02:21.:02:23.

The UN Security Council has described the launch

:02:24.:02:28.

but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

:02:29.:02:31.

Here we have North Korea's not-so-diplomatic response

:02:32.:02:38.

to the slap on the wrist for its latest provocation,

:02:39.:02:42.

proudly releasing stills of its missile launch over Japan,

:02:43.:02:46.

just as diplomats were meeting in New York in an emergency

:02:47.:02:49.

gathering of the UN Security Council, working

:02:50.:02:51.

on the first step in a response to North Korea's destabilising

:02:52.:02:54.

The world is united against North Korea,

:02:55.:02:59.

It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:03:00.:03:04.

The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue,

:03:05.:03:08.

and the rest of the world is with us.

:03:09.:03:14.

The meeting result was unanimous, but inconsequential.

:03:15.:03:16.

All members, including Russia and China, signed on to a statement

:03:17.:03:19.

of condemnation, but no sign of new sanctions.

:03:20.:03:21.

The ink on the last round of North Korea sanctions

:03:22.:03:24.

And China, for one, has said all sides are to blame

:03:25.:03:35.

for the escalation in the region, after President Trump repeated

:03:36.:03:38.

all options were on the table, and South Korea responded

:03:39.:03:41.

with its own show of force, in a test-bombing near its border

:03:42.:03:44.

Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to freeze their joint

:03:45.:03:53.

military exercises, as a means of getting Pyongyang

:03:54.:03:55.

But the US has made clear its commitment to its allies

:03:56.:04:03.

..showing no sign the Trump administration will be

:04:04.:04:08.

In a few moments' time, we'll be talking to a former

:04:09.:04:19.

ambassador to North Korea, who also has experience of working

:04:20.:04:22.

North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:04:23.:04:30.

a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:04:31.:04:33.

During the three day visit, she'll also be discussing

:04:34.:04:35.

Chris Mason joins us from Westminster.

:04:36.:04:46.

That post Brexit trade deal will be essential if she is going to make

:04:47.:04:52.

real progress on this trip? Absolutely, that is crucial for this

:04:53.:04:56.

three-day series of talks that the Prime Minister has. She has arrived

:04:57.:05:03.

in Japan, Osaka, in the last half-hour and she will be heading to

:05:04.:05:07.

Kyoto. She will be meeting the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a whole

:05:08.:05:11.

series of talks with him and then we'll get a bullet train to Tokyo

:05:12.:05:17.

later today. Essential other conversations about security, given

:05:18.:05:19.

the situation in North Korea, but also trade. There's a huge amount of

:05:20.:05:25.

trade between the two countries. Japan are hugely significant

:05:26.:05:31.

employer in the UK. There are many firms working here in the UK. They

:05:32.:05:39.

are about to nail down a trade deal. The UK has been part of that. Fairly

:05:40.:05:44.

soon we will be outside of the EU. Theresa May is hopeful that she can

:05:45.:05:50.

secure a similar deal for the UK, in terms of trading with Japan, and in

:05:51.:05:54.

the longer term managing to mould that you into something specific for

:05:55.:05:59.

Britain, as opposed to being part of that EU deal. It will take some time

:06:00.:06:03.

and there is a keen awareness that there are jitters on the Japanese

:06:04.:06:07.

side about what they see as the potential danger of Brexit from

:06:08.:06:11.

their perspective. Lots of the meetings for the Prime Minister. She

:06:12.:06:16.

will even get to meet the Emperor at the end of the trip, on Friday.

:06:17.:06:18.

Excellent. Thank you for your time. A night-time curfew has

:06:19.:06:21.

been imposed in Houston, Texas, in a bid to deter

:06:22.:06:23.

looting in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey,

:06:24.:06:26.

which is now heading for Louisiana. Around 20 people are reported

:06:27.:06:29.

to have died and 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:06:30.:06:37.

with over 3,000 having been Large swathes of Texas remain

:06:38.:06:40.

underwater, with almost 52 inches of rainfall since the Hurricane

:06:41.:06:44.

made landfall on Friday. But, five days after it first

:06:45.:06:49.

hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

:06:50.:06:53.

to cause devastation. These are some of the residents

:06:54.:07:01.

of 20 nursing homes. Another 20 hospitals have also been

:07:02.:07:03.

evacuated across the region. 3,400 people have been rescued,

:07:04.:07:06.

with the authorities reporting that It was the scariest

:07:07.:07:09.

thing we've ever seen. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far,

:07:10.:07:16.

a record for the USA, and has swamped parts

:07:17.:07:29.

of Houston and southern Texas. 30,000 people have been forced out

:07:30.:07:33.

of their homes by the floodwater. The Red Cross has warned people

:07:34.:07:38.

could be in shelters for months. President Trump visited

:07:39.:07:41.

Corpus Christi, 220 miles He was greeted by state

:07:42.:07:43.

and federal teams co-ordinating We won't say congratulations,

:07:44.:07:47.

we don't want to do that. We'll congratulate each other

:07:48.:07:57.

when it's all finished. He is determined not to repeat

:07:58.:08:00.

the mistakes of George Bush, In Houston, the mayor has introduced

:08:01.:08:03.

a night-time curfew, To the west of this vast city,

:08:04.:08:10.

two huge reservoirs are overflowing. Harvey's path is

:08:11.:08:17.

slow-moving and erratic. This force of nature

:08:18.:08:20.

may not be spent yet. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:08:21.:08:22.

as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:08:23.:08:29.

years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:08:30.:08:36.

she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:08:37.:08:39.

departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:08:40.:08:44.

of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl with a

:08:45.:08:53.

Christian background who was reportedly placed with Muslim foster

:08:54.:08:56.

parents should live with a member of her family. The London Borough of

:08:57.:09:01.

Tower Hamlets insists the five-year-old was placed with an

:09:02.:09:04.

English-speaking family of mixed race and there were inaccuracies in

:09:05.:09:05.

the way the case has been reported. One in five people struggling

:09:06.:09:07.

with debt have had their credit card That's according to research

:09:08.:09:10.

from the charity Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

:09:11.:09:15.

of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:09:16.:09:18.

which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:09:19.:09:21.

says it is working with regulators Our economics correspondent,

:09:22.:09:23.

Andy Verity, has more. Borrowing on credit cards

:09:24.:09:31.

has been growing by 9%, far faster than wages,

:09:32.:09:34.

and Citizens' Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping

:09:35.:09:36.

people in debts that they cannot Tracy Banham ran into trouble

:09:37.:09:39.

when her small business She and her partner used credit

:09:40.:09:44.

cards to plug the holes. Well, it got to point

:09:45.:09:50.

where I was just paying I were actually not -

:09:51.:09:53.

at one point, on one credit card, I were paying ?700 a month,

:09:54.:09:58.

and probably ?60 of that were coming That was just one

:09:59.:10:01.

of the credit cards. Consumers have borrowed about ?200

:10:02.:10:04.

billion on unsecured loans, with about a third of

:10:05.:10:07.

that on credit cards. Yet one in five borrowers have been

:10:08.:10:09.

given higher credit limits, On 2.2 million credit card accounts,

:10:10.:10:12.

borrowers spent more on charges and fees than on repayments,

:10:13.:10:17.

pushing them further into debt. Citizens' Advice says,

:10:18.:10:20.

if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact

:10:21.:10:23.

borrowers and offer for help, such as suspending

:10:24.:10:26.

interest payments. We think the most important thing

:10:27.:10:27.

is that credit card companies should stop raising credit limits

:10:28.:10:30.

without consulting the customer. We think this is a second thing

:10:31.:10:32.

the regulator can do to give better guidance for affordability checks

:10:33.:10:36.

for people who are extending The body that represents most credit

:10:37.:10:39.

card lenders says it is taking steps to prevent borrowers

:10:40.:10:44.

being offered more credit, and that it is working

:10:45.:10:49.

with regulators to help people Driver celebrating the opening of

:10:50.:11:03.

the new crossing this morning saw a convoy of vehicles across the

:11:04.:11:09.

bridge, with a police escort, many honking as you can see the mark the

:11:10.:11:16.

occasion. The new Queensferry crossing which links the Lothians

:11:17.:11:24.

and Fife is the longest three power, cable state bridging the world.

:11:25.:11:28.

New research suggests the distinctive rings of Saturn may

:11:29.:11:31.

be considerably younger than previously thought.

:11:32.:11:32.

Data gathered by the probe, Cassini, which is orbiting

:11:33.:11:35.

the planet, suggests they may be only 100 million years old.

:11:36.:11:38.

It indicates they could be the crushed remains

:11:39.:11:40.

Sadly, Cassini is transmitting its final burst of data,

:11:41.:11:44.

before it plunges into Saturn's atmosphere and burns up.

:11:45.:11:49.

There's been widespread condemnation to the firing of a missile over

:11:50.:11:54.

Last night the regime confirmed it was responsible,

:11:55.:11:58.

and released these pictures, supposedly of the latest rocket

:11:59.:12:00.

The state-run news agency said leader Kim Jong-un had ordered more

:12:01.:12:05.

Last night, a meeting of the UN Security Council drafted a statement

:12:06.:12:11.

calling on North Korea to halt any more launches

:12:12.:12:14.

and abandon its nuclear weapons programme.

:12:15.:12:19.

But it stopped short of imposing new sanctions.

:12:20.:12:22.

We can talk now to John Everard, a former ambassador to North Korea,

:12:23.:12:26.

who also has experience of working with the UN Security Council.

:12:27.:12:31.

A very good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. As former

:12:32.:12:38.

ambassador, can you explain to us what you think it is that North

:12:39.:12:42.

Korea want to achieve? There's no point getting about this. The North

:12:43.:12:47.

Koreans have said clearly what they want to achieve. They are heading

:12:48.:12:50.

for the capability to deliver a nuclear warhead directly to a city

:12:51.:12:56.

on the continental United States and they believe that when they reach

:12:57.:13:00.

the stage that firstly the US will no longer be prepared to risk the

:13:01.:13:05.

destruction of one of its cities in supporting South Korean allies and

:13:06.:13:11.

secondly North Korea will be able to dictate terms over things like

:13:12.:13:17.

economic advantage and so on. So the UN has now had this statement. We no

:13:18.:13:21.

sanctions were imposed. What can be done to stop North Korea in those

:13:22.:13:28.

ambitions? Frankly, very little. The last United Nations Security Council

:13:29.:13:36.

resolution was probably about as far as the market will bear. About as

:13:37.:13:41.

far as the US will be able to persuade China and Russia to go.

:13:42.:13:45.

There are question marks even now over whether that resolution could

:13:46.:13:49.

we implemented. So further sanctions probably unlikely. All options are

:13:50.:13:56.

on the table, says Donald Trump, but it's not clear what he by that. His

:13:57.:14:01.

advisers will be telling him clearly that to start a war on the Korean

:14:02.:14:05.

peninsular would we are very bad idea and what else does he do?

:14:06.:14:10.

That's my question to you. Exactly. All options being discussed, but how

:14:11.:14:15.

do you stop what North Korea seem to want? There's a growing consensus

:14:16.:14:21.

that this be stopped. That sooner rather than later North Korea is

:14:22.:14:25.

going to achieve its ambition. It is going to have a missile on which it

:14:26.:14:29.

can mount a nuclear device and that can deliver this to the US. As I

:14:30.:14:36.

say, the sanctions are unlikely to take effect. Military options are

:14:37.:14:41.

deeply unattractive. Both sides have said that they aren't interested in

:14:42.:14:45.

dialogue. The north Koreans now have seven times used the same form of

:14:46.:14:51.

words, originally used by Kim Jong-un himself, saying they won't

:14:52.:14:54.

talk about their nuclear deterrent. Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe agreed

:14:55.:14:59.

yesterday that now is not the time to talk to North Korea. So no

:15:00.:15:04.

dialogue. What you are painting is a kind of terrifying scenario in some

:15:05.:15:06.

ways. How dangerous is it? It is dangerous. I'm not saying

:15:07.:15:16.

we're heading towards nuclear war but we may be heading to the

:15:17.:15:20.

leverage threat of the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea,

:15:21.:15:24.

which makes an unstable world even less stable.

:15:25.:15:28.

We know the Prime Minister, Theresa May, is going to Japan today. Japan

:15:29.:15:34.

obviously as well very concerned about this. What can she do?

:15:35.:15:40.

Probably very little. I know she will offer words of sympathy,

:15:41.:15:43.

condolence and understanding to the Japanese but everybody knows the UK

:15:44.:15:48.

is not really a major player in this very difficult conundrum. It has the

:15:49.:15:54.

one card that the UK has an embassy in Pyongyang, which of course

:15:55.:15:58.

neither Japan or the United States do, which gives some kind of access

:15:59.:16:02.

but it would be wrong to think the UK is going to be able to help solve

:16:03.:16:07.

the problems in any major way. Tell us what this latest missile launch

:16:08.:16:12.

tells you about North Korea's actual capabilities. The Hwasong-12, the

:16:13.:16:18.

missile that was launched, is new, it was first paraded in April this

:16:19.:16:22.

year, an intermediate range missile which appears to really have quite a

:16:23.:16:26.

range. Almost certainly capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The

:16:27.:16:32.

technology probably stolen from a Ukrainian missile factory. Its

:16:33.:16:38.

intermediate missile capability is demonstrated. The next step will be

:16:39.:16:42.

to show it has got an intercontinental ballistic missile

:16:43.:16:47.

capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and that it's reliable and

:16:48.:16:51.

can threaten America. Thanks very much.

:16:52.:16:53.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:16:54.:16:59.

Unanimous condemnation of North Korea's missile

:17:00.:17:02.

The UN Security Council calls it outrageous,

:17:03.:17:06.

the regime warns there's more to come.

:17:07.:17:10.

A night-time curfew is declared in the flood-hit city of Houston

:17:11.:17:13.

in an effort to stop looting as 30,000 people have been forced

:17:14.:17:16.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:17:17.:17:28.

She's been updating us on Houston over the last few days but also on

:17:29.:17:32.

the weather here. Good morning. Good morning. Our weather very

:17:33.:17:39.

different from Houston, we have mixed fortunes today. Breezy in the

:17:40.:17:43.

north and west, sunshine and showers with temperatures higher than

:17:44.:17:46.

yesterday. In the south and east, rain at times in the afternoon, some

:17:47.:17:50.

will be persistent and much cooler. You can see what I mean, yesterday

:17:51.:17:55.

in Kent in the today and we had 29.3. Today it's likely to be 15 or

:17:56.:18:01.

maybe even a bit more in the rainfall. The reason for the rain is

:18:02.:18:06.

we have two weather fronts, they will collide and produce persistent

:18:07.:18:11.

rain. The isobars quite well spaced in the north, breezy rather than

:18:12.:18:15.

windy, and a bright start to the day with sunshine and showers. The most

:18:16.:18:19.

prolific showers will be in Scotland and Northern Ireland and a few in

:18:20.:18:23.

northern England. You can see this whole band of rain pushing into the

:18:24.:18:27.

south-east, joining forces with the other one and behind it we will see

:18:28.:18:31.

things brightening up and drying up as well. Pretty wet across East

:18:32.:18:36.

Anglia, Essex and Kent, Cambridgeshire as well this

:18:37.:18:39.

afternoon, pegging back those temperatures with showers following

:18:40.:18:42.

on behind but again, bright spells or sunshine. Breezy, sunshine and

:18:43.:18:47.

showers sums it up nicely for Scotland. In between the showers we

:18:48.:18:51.

will see decent sunshine. In Northern Ireland, a similar story,

:18:52.:18:56.

bright spells, sunshine and showers but if anything, fewer showers this

:18:57.:19:01.

afternoon in Wales, more drier weather, looking at sunshine,

:19:02.:19:04.

lengthy spells and the same in the south-west with a few showers

:19:05.:19:08.

knocking around. Through the evening and overnight we eventually lose the

:19:09.:19:12.

rain, it goes to the near continent. Behind it there will still be a

:19:13.:19:17.

plethora of showers, especially in the west but inland there will be a

:19:18.:19:21.

lot of dry weather and clear skies. Although we can see temperatures in

:19:22.:19:24.

double figures in towns and cities, in rural areas they will be lower

:19:25.:19:28.

than this and we could see patchy mist and fog forming as well in

:19:29.:19:32.

parts of southern England but that shouldn't last too long tomorrow and

:19:33.:19:36.

for many tomorrow, a fine, dry and sunny start. However, we still have

:19:37.:19:40.

the showers in the west from the overnight period and if anything

:19:41.:19:44.

they will widely developed tomorrow, almost anywhere tomorrow could catch

:19:45.:19:48.

a shower and it could also prove thundery. The other thing about

:19:49.:19:52.

tomorrow is temperatures recover in the south-east, why of about 19 or

:19:53.:19:57.

20. For the rest of the UK, we've got around 14 to 18, so roughly

:19:58.:20:01.

where we should be at this stage in August. On Friday it's going to be a

:20:02.:20:06.

nippy start but under the clear skies we will see sunshine. A few

:20:07.:20:11.

showers around as well but not as many as we are looking and through

:20:12.:20:16.

Thursday. Highs of up to 21. On Saturday, a lot of dry weather

:20:17.:20:20.

around. Again we can't completely ruled out a shower but you'll be

:20:21.:20:23.

unlucky depending on your point of view if you catch one and highs of

:20:24.:20:30.

21 in old muggy, 70 Fahrenheit. Definitely felt nippy this morning!

:20:31.:20:31.

See you later! Let's get the latest

:20:32.:20:35.

from the business world now. Steph's talking currencies,

:20:36.:20:37.

food prices and skills today. Lots going on in the currency

:20:38.:20:39.

markets at the moment! Not great news if you are changing

:20:40.:20:43.

your muggy to Euros at the moment. The pound is worth almost the same

:20:44.:20:49.

as the euro after falls The drop overnight was

:20:50.:20:52.

because investors worried about hurricane harvey

:20:53.:20:57.

and North Korea were buying more euros as a safe haven

:20:58.:21:00.

in the market uncertainty. When they are worried about things

:21:01.:21:09.

like that they invest in areas they think are safer. At the moment they

:21:10.:21:16.

think Euros are safer so they buy fewer Euros and more dollars and

:21:17.:21:20.

pounds, meaning the pound fell to an 11 month low against the euro, but

:21:21.:21:24.

things like that can change on a daily basis depending on what

:21:25.:21:26.

happens. The BRC is separately warning that

:21:27.:21:35.

food prices could rise after Brexit unless plans to tackle red tape

:21:36.:21:38.

and improve ports are put in place. A lot of food we import comes from

:21:39.:21:53.

European countries. We often talk about the skills gap. Soft skills

:21:54.:21:58.

like teamwork, communication and confidence are considered by young

:21:59.:22:02.

people, teachers and workers to be as important to achieving success in

:22:03.:22:08.

life as good grades, that's according to research from the

:22:09.:22:09.

Prince's Trust. They found 91% of teachers think

:22:10.:22:11.

schools should be doing more to help students develop soft skills,

:22:12.:22:15.

and nearly half of young people don't feel prepared to enter

:22:16.:22:18.

the work force without them. Lots of people say that, loads of

:22:19.:22:26.

businesses say that to me, it's great kids have these good exam

:22:27.:22:30.

results but we need them to have a phone conversation and be able to

:22:31.:22:34.

deal with people and sometimes... They don't learn a lot about that at

:22:35.:22:40.

school and it puts pressure on them. Social interaction goes a long way.

:22:41.:22:45.

A bit of communication! Got round to it at the third time of trying!

:22:46.:22:48.

Losing a loved one can be an incredibly difficult time

:22:49.:22:50.

for families who have to take care of funerals and other formalities.

:22:51.:22:54.

But now many are facing the added distress of delays

:22:55.:22:56.

Figures seen by BBC local radio show most councils in England

:22:57.:23:00.

and Wales are failing to register bereavements

:23:01.:23:02.

Last year, Graham Morgan's mother died.

:23:03.:23:07.

She was 86 and living in a care home.

:23:08.:23:10.

The family had to wait nearly three weeks for the funeral.

:23:11.:23:15.

It was a terrible situation to be honest with you.

:23:16.:23:18.

It was the worst you could ever have at a time of your life,

:23:19.:23:21.

and everybody faces it, when someone near to you passes

:23:22.:23:24.

He faced delays in getting a doctor's certificate and waited

:23:25.:23:28.

a fortnight for an appointment to register her death

:23:29.:23:31.

It has a a big impact on your well-being because you're

:23:32.:23:35.

bereaved, you're panicking, you want to get everything right.

:23:36.:23:37.

In my case, my parents, you didn't want to let them down

:23:38.:23:41.

By law all deaths except those investigated by a coroner must be

:23:42.:23:50.

registered within five days but most councils in England and Wales

:23:51.:23:53.

are failing to meet their registration targets.

:23:54.:23:55.

In 2011, 23% of all deaths in England and Wales were registered

:23:56.:23:58.

By 2016, that figure had risen to more than 187,000,

:23:59.:24:14.

meaning 36% of all deaths took longer than five days

:24:15.:24:16.

The National Association of Funeral Directors,

:24:17.:24:20.

which represents 4,000 funeral homes, conducted its own

:24:21.:24:22.

They found families were waiting longer to see a registrar.

:24:23.:24:31.

At some registrars there are cutbacks and staff shortages,

:24:32.:24:34.

and that's happening throughout the UK.

:24:35.:24:36.

But what we're all so seeing is certain registrars will not make

:24:37.:24:39.

the appointment for the family unless the family already

:24:40.:24:41.

have the medical certificate for cause of death in their possession.

:24:42.:24:50.

Poppy Mardall runs a funeral home in south London and is aware

:24:51.:24:53.

She says the whole process of dealing with death is confusing

:24:54.:24:57.

for bereaved families and more sensitivity is needed.

:24:58.:24:59.

Grieving people should not be disregarded by local authorities.

:25:00.:25:02.

I think recognition that death and grief are incredibly difficult

:25:03.:25:04.

experiences that we're all going to have to go through,

:25:05.:25:07.

so I don't see why people need to wait five or six days to register

:25:08.:25:11.

The Home Office said local authorities are expected to ensure

:25:12.:25:24.

there are adequate provisions to register a death.

:25:25.:25:26.

The Local Government Association told us various factors have

:25:27.:25:28.

contributed to delays, but councils are working

:25:29.:25:30.

For Graham Morgan, improvements to the system, although too late

:25:31.:25:34.

for his family, would still be welcome.

:25:35.:25:40.

It causes chaos at a time in people's lives when you don't

:25:41.:25:43.

need that fails to be honest with you, you're bereaved enough

:25:44.:25:46.

Are better transport links needed to see the idea of the Northern

:25:47.:25:56.

Steph's taken a trip across the region to find out what's

:25:57.:26:00.

needed to ensure the project remains on track.

:26:01.:26:06.

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

:26:07.:29:29.

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

:29:30.:29:32.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:29:33.:29:44.

There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:29:45.:29:47.

of a missile over Japan, at a United Nations Security Council

:29:48.:29:50.

The regime described the launch as the first step of military

:29:51.:29:59.

operations in the Pacific. The Security Council has demanded

:30:00.:30:00.

the country abandons its nuclear weapons programme, but has stopped

:30:01.:30:03.

short of threatening It is dangerous. I'm not saying that

:30:04.:30:15.

we are heading towards nuclear war, but we may well be heading towards

:30:16.:30:21.

the leveraged threat of the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea.

:30:22.:30:25.

Which makes an unstable world even less stable.

:30:26.:30:26.

North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:30:27.:30:30.

a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:30:31.:30:35.

He/she is stepping off the plane in Osaka. -- here she is.

:30:36.:30:43.

She will be hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:30:44.:30:46.

Mrs May has described Japan as a like-minded nation

:30:47.:30:49.

A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:30:50.:30:52.

Texas, in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:30:53.:30:55.

Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:30:56.:30:57.

Around 20 people are reported to have died as a result

:30:58.:31:00.

More than 30,000 have been forced from their homes,

:31:01.:31:04.

and 3,000 have been rescued from the floodwaters.

:31:05.:31:06.

Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:31:07.:31:09.

of rainfall since the hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:31:10.:31:11.

Earlier I spoke to CBS news correspondent Meg Oliver and asked

:31:12.:31:14.

how people have reacted to the curfew.

:31:15.:31:17.

At first the Mary imposed a ten p.m.-5 a.m. Curfew and there was a

:31:18.:31:24.

lot of backlash on that. Then he moved it to midnight. I was just

:31:25.:31:28.

speaking to police officers and they said this is just a cut down for any

:31:29.:31:33.

possible looters. If people are still out on about, we're not going

:31:34.:31:37.

to interfere with people trying to help. Until a few minutes ago there

:31:38.:31:42.

were people over there walking by. The volunteers that have turned out

:31:43.:31:46.

to help these shelters, like the one behind me, they are non-stop. A few

:31:47.:31:52.

minutes ago, two mothers walked by with little kids. It is after

:31:53.:31:58.

midnight here in the US and they are out here bringing supplies to the

:31:59.:32:04.

shelter. The state of Texas is really giving themselves and you see

:32:05.:32:07.

that wherever you look. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:32:08.:32:08.

as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two

:32:09.:32:11.

years in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:32:12.:32:13.

she is leaving the party in a much She has also rejected

:32:14.:32:16.

the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous

:32:17.:32:21.

criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl

:32:22.:32:26.

with a Christian background, who was reported to have been placed

:32:27.:32:29.

with Muslim foster parents, who spoke little English,

:32:30.:32:32.

should live with a member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets,

:32:33.:32:34.

insists the five year old was placed with an English speaking

:32:35.:32:39.

family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:32:40.:32:41.

in the way the case was reported. One in five people struggling

:32:42.:32:44.

with debt have had their credit card limit raised, without requesting it,

:32:45.:32:47.

according to the charity, It has called for the practice

:32:48.:32:50.

of extending credit without consent UK Finance, the body

:32:51.:32:53.

which represents some of the country's biggest lenders,

:32:54.:33:04.

says it is working with regulators More than 40,000 people are expected

:33:05.:33:06.

in the small Spanish town of Bunol later for the annual

:33:07.:33:12.

tomato-throwing festival. What apparently started as an angry

:33:13.:33:19.

row between two rival farmers more than 70 years ago is now

:33:20.:33:23.

the world's biggest food fight. Usually it takes less than an hour

:33:24.:33:31.

to turn around 110 tons of tomatoes That's where I'm going to be next

:33:32.:33:49.

year, at this time. Are you definitely going to go?

:33:50.:33:53.

I've watched those pictures over many years.

:33:54.:33:57.

We can have a Louise Minchin report from there.

:33:58.:34:00.

Does it happen in lots of places or is it just that?

:34:01.:34:05.

That's where I'm going to go. What is it, August 30?

:34:06.:34:13.

When you are not there next year... Are you going to throw tomatoes at

:34:14.:34:15.

me? All of our viewers are going to say,

:34:16.:34:20.

you promised us, now you have let us down.

:34:21.:34:23.

There will be tomatoes thrown in the studio!

:34:24.:34:27.

Good morning! Great news for cricket fans this morning. The West Indies,

:34:28.:34:33.

a fantastic performance from them yesterday. Some cricket fans will be

:34:34.:34:38.

disappointed that England went on and won yesterday, but it was really

:34:39.:34:43.

and to watch. So exciting. History was made.

:34:44.:34:50.

The West Indies won their first Test match in this

:34:51.:34:53.

after they beat England by five wickets to win the second Test

:34:54.:34:57.

West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day.

:34:58.:35:02.

But two crucial dropped balls from Alistair Cook,

:35:03.:35:04.

and a century to Shai Hope and 95 from Kraigg Brathwaite,

:35:05.:35:07.

set the platform for the stunning victory.

:35:08.:35:13.

We know that we came here to play cricket,

:35:14.:35:17.

and we just need to go out and execute.

:35:18.:35:20.

We heard a lot of things in the media.

:35:21.:35:22.

We looked at ourselves in the mirror, and decided

:35:23.:35:26.

We looked at the conditions, it was spinning.

:35:27.:35:37.

It was the fifth day, and we took the positive option.

:35:38.:35:40.

We're a positive side, that wants to go on and try and win

:35:41.:35:46.

Unfortunately we weren't able to do that today,

:35:47.:35:48.

but if we'd taken all of our chances, it might have

:35:49.:35:51.

They played fantastically well today.

:35:52.:35:55.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal,

:35:56.:35:58.

despite the two clubs agreeing a ?40 million fee.

:35:59.:36:00.

It is believed the England international would prefer a move

:36:01.:36:03.

to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

:36:04.:36:06.

Oxlade-Chamberlain is out of contract next summer.

:36:07.:36:08.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

:36:09.:36:11.

from Manchester City for forward Alexis Sanchez.

:36:12.:36:12.

The Chile international scored 24 League goals last season,

:36:13.:36:15.

Arsenal would like City's Raheem Sterling as part of any deal.

:36:16.:36:25.

Lots of chopping and changing still to come.

:36:26.:36:27.

Well, this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds

:36:28.:36:30.

Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane believes the fees

:36:31.:36:33.

demanded by what he describes as average players are mind-boggling.

:36:34.:36:48.

The market value of players is mind-boggling, the figures

:36:49.:36:59.

for players, especially for the average players.

:37:00.:37:01.

The time to be a professional footballer is now.

:37:02.:37:16.

Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second

:37:17.:37:19.

Federer, looking to win a record 20th Grand Slam title,

:37:20.:37:23.

beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:37:24.:37:31.

Federer's great rival Rafa Nadal is also through to the second round,

:37:32.:37:35.

after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:37:36.:37:37.

The Spaniard needed a tie-break to take the first set,

:37:38.:37:40.

but comfortably took the next two sets.

:37:41.:37:43.

After second seed Simona Halep and Britain's world number seven,

:37:44.:37:45.

Johanna Konta, were knocked out of the US Open, there has been

:37:46.:37:49.

another major shock at Flushing Meadows.

:37:50.:37:50.

World number 45 Naomi Osaka, from Japan, beat defending champion

:37:51.:37:53.

and sixth seed Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

:37:54.:37:55.

It was the first time in 13 years that the champion was knocked out

:37:56.:37:59.

She played good, especially also at the end of the match,

:38:00.:38:04.

and I'm always trying to go for it when I have the chance.

:38:05.:38:07.

And today, I mean, she just went for it.

:38:08.:38:10.

I think she took her chances, and yeah, she played

:38:11.:38:12.

But for me, for sure, it wasn't the best day and not

:38:13.:38:17.

Chris Froome has maintained his 36-second lead

:38:18.:38:24.

after stage ten of the Vuelta a Espana.

:38:25.:38:28.

After 102 miles in the saddle, Italy's Matteo Trentin held off

:38:29.:38:31.

Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas to claim victory.

:38:32.:38:38.

Froome crossed the line 4.5 minutes later alongside his main rival,

:38:39.:38:41.

Esteban Chaves, although the Colombian is now joint-second

:38:42.:38:43.

with Ireland's Nicolas Roche, who made up time on the final

:38:44.:38:46.

Two of England's women's sports teams have met the Prime Minister

:38:47.:38:49.

Theresa May welcomed the rugby union team,

:38:50.:38:52.

who narrowly lost the World Cup final to New Zealand

:38:53.:38:55.

at the weekend and also Heather Knight's World Cup-winning

:38:56.:38:57.

The Prime Minister said both England teams had contributed

:38:58.:39:07.

to a "breakthrough moment" for female sport.

:39:08.:39:12.

We've said that so many times over the years. Is this the moment? That

:39:13.:39:20.

was the moment. With the rugby players, even in defeat, that was

:39:21.:39:25.

the moment. You watch the final against New Zealand and you think, I

:39:26.:39:29.

don't care who is playing, that was a brilliant final.

:39:30.:39:33.

And live on TV. Exactly. Thank you very much.

:39:34.:39:36.

As parents, it can be easy to worry about your child's safety every time

:39:37.:39:39.

they leave the house and, according to a new report,

:39:40.:39:42.

this may be one issue you can both agree on.

:39:43.:39:47.

The Children's Society surveyed 3,000 10-17 year olds

:39:48.:39:50.

And the fear of being a victim of crime came out on top.

:39:51.:39:55.

That's ahead of issues such as their family struggling to pay

:39:56.:39:58.

the bills or having a parent who is seriously ill.

:39:59.:40:01.

Yet, only 17% of teenagers surveyed had actually experienced crime

:40:02.:40:03.

or been the victim of antisocial behaviour themselves,

:40:04.:40:06.

suggesting the fear is greater than the reality.

:40:07.:40:12.

So why is crime such an important issue for young people and how can

:40:13.:40:16.

We're joined by psychologist Geoff Beattie and Ella Brookbanks,

:40:17.:40:21.

who's mum to a 15-year-old son and daughter aged nine.

:40:22.:40:24.

Good morning and thank you both very much for joining us. With regards to

:40:25.:40:31.

your son, for example, is he fearful about things happening to him? I

:40:32.:40:36.

wouldn't say he is specifically. He is quite immature young boy. He is

:40:37.:40:42.

educated on things, we talk to him openly about things that happen

:40:43.:40:46.

around the town. We are involved in things that happen. So him

:40:47.:40:52.

specifically, he is not, but I know there are a lot of parents out there

:40:53.:40:56.

who are not so clued on. Where does that fear come from? What might

:40:57.:41:04.

actually be happening in society? There's often a discrepancy between

:41:05.:41:07.

level of crime and fear of crime. Over the last 20 years, violent

:41:08.:41:12.

crime has gone down in the UK and yet there is no hint of crime going

:41:13.:41:17.

down, so there is a discrepancy. If you ask people to estimate the

:41:18.:41:21.

probability of things happening, they are very bad at knowing how

:41:22.:41:25.

common things are or how where they are. What they do is they based

:41:26.:41:29.

their estimates on images they have on their heads. One aspect of this

:41:30.:41:33.

is social media. The way we consume it these days is very image -based.

:41:34.:41:37.

We can see all kinds of horrible things that can happen and they are

:41:38.:41:42.

estimates of it happening to us. So I think social media is a big player

:41:43.:41:47.

in this. Social media is all about sharing images rather than words and

:41:48.:41:50.

I think if people understand more about the probability of things

:41:51.:41:53.

happening de would be less fearful because it looks as if people are

:41:54.:41:57.

becoming more fearful. Wasn't it always similar? When I was growing

:41:58.:42:05.

up, fear of something happening to us was greater than something

:42:06.:42:09.

actually happening. It looks as if the probability of crime now is

:42:10.:42:15.

actually decreasing. Citing its about understanding what you can do

:42:16.:42:19.

to prevent yourself becoming a victim of crime. It's about self

:42:20.:42:26.

efficacy, about response -- knowing what responses are appropriate. It's

:42:27.:42:30.

about having conversations you know what the likelihood of something

:42:31.:42:33.

happening is. I saw some statistics last week which was people under 14

:42:34.:42:39.

are spending more time on social media than having conversations with

:42:40.:42:44.

the family. So there's this concept about what's going on on the street.

:42:45.:42:50.

You say your 15-year-old is quite savvy. How is it different with your

:42:51.:42:55.

nine-year-old daughter? She hears conversations that we have at home.

:42:56.:43:00.

One of the most important thing is his communication with your

:43:01.:43:03.

children. I don't pick you should be scared of having any kind of

:43:04.:43:05.

conversation with your children. Obviously it needs to be

:43:06.:43:09.

age-appropriate. What we sit at the table practically every night, apart

:43:10.:43:15.

from Friday night in the night. -- pizza night. We told about things

:43:16.:43:19.

they've done that are really good, things we are not so happy about and

:43:20.:43:23.

we have those conversations. We are quite avid readers and I remember

:43:24.:43:27.

reading a book by a criminal psychologist. When I was younger, my

:43:28.:43:35.

auntie and uncle said I should read it before I stop going out and it

:43:36.:43:39.

kind of gave you hints and tips about how you should hold yourself

:43:40.:43:43.

while in certain situations and that really helped me. I've always been a

:43:44.:43:46.

fan of showing my children the world. Did it show you or tell you

:43:47.:43:52.

or instruct you on what might be danger signs? It did. You are

:43:53.:43:57.

psychologist? So I was asked to read the book by my auntie and uncle. I

:43:58.:44:03.

lived in London when I was younger. It did help me in those kinds of

:44:04.:44:09.

situations. If I was out at night, I wouldn't go into certain places and

:44:10.:44:13.

I would act as a way and I think it's important to have those sorts

:44:14.:44:16.

of conversations. Coming at some tips from you about dealing with the

:44:17.:44:19.

anxiety that some people will display? How do you approach that?

:44:20.:44:25.

First of all, you have to talk about what's out there, not conceptualise

:44:26.:44:30.

it. Get a more realistic appraisal of what the threats are. Reading is

:44:31.:44:35.

great because you want people to take precautions, but you don't want

:44:36.:44:40.

to terrify them. He wanted to go and explore. Human beings have to take a

:44:41.:44:45.

level of risk. So it's about a realistic appraisal and I think the

:44:46.:44:51.

problem is that kids ruminate on stuff a lot, so the opposite of that

:44:52.:44:57.

of course is getting kids to be more active, spending less time thinking

:44:58.:45:00.

about what can go wrong and more time doing stuff with the family.

:45:01.:45:02.

Thank you very much. I'm in, Friday night pizza night by

:45:03.:45:12.

the way! Curry night at ours! Sunday. That's a great weekend,

:45:13.:45:18.

what's Saturday night? I don't have one, maybe we should start one! What

:45:19.:45:23.

a buildup, Friday, Saturday Sunday. Carol is looking at the weather and

:45:24.:45:28.

a bit cold this morning? For some, you're right, and it will get colder

:45:29.:45:32.

by Saturday morning, parts of the Highlands will see frost. What we

:45:33.:45:36.

have at the moment for the north and west of the country is sunshine and

:45:37.:45:39.

showers, breezy conditions and feeling warmer than yesterday. For

:45:40.:45:44.

the south and east, the opposite is true with rain at times, more

:45:45.:45:48.

persistent through the day and much cooler. Yesterday, Frittenden in

:45:49.:45:56.

Kent hit 29.3, today in the rain it will be barely 15, maybe 13. Quite a

:45:57.:46:01.

drop. The rain has been caused by these two weather fronts that will

:46:02.:46:05.

collide and produce more persistent rain. As you can see from the

:46:06.:46:10.

isobars in the north, quite breezy. The rain falling in parts of the

:46:11.:46:14.

south-west, the Midlands, turning more patchy towards Lincolnshire and

:46:15.:46:18.

Yorkshire and another line of light rain and drizzle in parts of the

:46:19.:46:21.

south-east. Through the morning, these two are going to join forces

:46:22.:46:25.

and we will see heavy rain, but behind we are looking at the mixture

:46:26.:46:30.

of bright spells, sunshine and showers with prolific showers in

:46:31.:46:33.

parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Even so, many will miss

:46:34.:46:37.

them all together. By 4pm, brightening up in the West Midlands

:46:38.:46:40.

but we will still have the rain in the south-eastern quarter. Under it

:46:41.:46:44.

it will feel considerably colder than yesterday. Northern England

:46:45.:46:50.

seeing showers, sunshine and bright spells, the same in Scotland, fairly

:46:51.:46:55.

hit and miss showers but more showers in Scotland, as in Northern

:46:56.:46:58.

Ireland compared to what we're expecting in northern England. In

:46:59.:47:02.

between them all will be bright and sunny skies. Fewer showers this

:47:03.:47:06.

afternoon in Wales but we can't completely ruled them out, here too

:47:07.:47:10.

there will be sunshine and also quite a bit of sunshine in

:47:11.:47:13.

south-west England with a few showers dotted here and there.

:47:14.:47:16.

Through the evening and overnight we lose the rain from the south-east,

:47:17.:47:22.

skies will clear, a chilly night, particularly in the countryside, and

:47:23.:47:25.

still a peppering of showers in the north and west. Week also see patchy

:47:26.:47:29.

mist and fog forming in parts of England, especially in the

:47:30.:47:32.

south-east where we've seen the rain that we could also. Temperatures

:47:33.:47:37.

around nine to 11, in the countryside they will be lower -- we

:47:38.:47:43.

could also. Tomorrow a chilly start, overnight showers left over in the

:47:44.:47:47.

west but through the day further showers will develop. If you catch a

:47:48.:47:50.

shower almost anywhere tomorrow you could hear the odd rumble of

:47:51.:47:55.

thunder. Temperatures recovering them south-east, highs of up to 20,

:47:56.:48:02.

but generally, 14 to 18 -- recovering in the. Lot of sunshine

:48:03.:48:06.

around. Fewer showers, temperatures up to 21. Of quick look at Saturday

:48:07.:48:12.

shows a lot of dry weather and again a chilly start in the countryside --

:48:13.:48:16.

a quick look. Sunshine coming through, a few showers but many will

:48:17.:48:18.

miss them altogether. Thanks for that, Carol. Looking at

:48:19.:48:25.

your map it is handy to guide us into Steph.

:48:26.:48:26.

We are talking about the Northern Powerhouse, you have been on a trip?

:48:27.:48:34.

I have. It's interesting, we heard about the Northern Powerhouse

:48:35.:48:38.

several years ago when it was first announced, the idea of creating...

:48:39.:48:41.

Reducing the gap between the perceived view the north is worse

:48:42.:48:46.

off than the south. Interestingly whenever I talk about this I get

:48:47.:48:49.

messages from people in the south-west saying we have got

:48:50.:48:52.

rubbish things, we need more help, I've had a few of those this morning

:48:53.:48:56.

and the greater thing is, the difference between areas outside of

:48:57.:49:00.

London compare it to London and its investment and one of the big things

:49:01.:49:03.

is transport. We wanted to look at the needs in

:49:04.:49:08.

terms of transport in the North. I went on a train journey yesterday

:49:09.:49:12.

around some of it to talk to businesses and people how they feel

:49:13.:49:13.

about it and this is the result. It was three years ago in Manchester

:49:14.:49:26.

that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse

:49:27.:49:29.

was first announced. Improving transport

:49:30.:49:31.

was a big part of it. The government says it is investing

:49:32.:49:33.

more than ever in transport up here, but there is a criticism

:49:34.:49:36.

that the North is still losing out If the government had spent as much

:49:37.:49:40.

per head on the north as they did in London in the past ten years

:49:41.:49:45.

they would have spent ?59 billion more on the North, enough to get

:49:46.:49:48.

things moving and getting the economy functioning

:49:49.:49:51.

better than it is. is responding to London rather

:49:52.:49:53.

than using transport spending to transform the Northern

:49:54.:49:56.

economy, which would be You can see from the departure board

:49:57.:49:59.

that there are loads of trains coming in and out of here

:50:00.:50:03.

and regular ones to and from London. That journey at the moment takes

:50:04.:50:07.

just over two hours but with HS2, it should halve that time,

:50:08.:50:10.

making it much faster But what about getting

:50:11.:50:13.

around the rest of North? I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley,

:50:14.:50:21.

I'm going to get the train When you talk to passengers

:50:22.:50:24.

about their experiences, the same things come up -

:50:25.:50:28.

overcrowding, frequency There could be more services

:50:29.:50:30.

and they could be faster. Your husband does Manchester

:50:31.:50:34.

to Huddersfield regularly, About three to four times a month

:50:35.:50:35.

the train is delayed. Generally it's OK,

:50:36.:50:40.

it could be faster. It's only made worse when you see

:50:41.:50:48.

all the investment put into Euston The trains are extremely

:50:49.:50:54.

full with commuters, there's not enough carriages to take

:50:55.:51:01.

all the passengers and it's mostly standing room only,

:51:02.:51:04.

as you can see today as well. I've arrived here after nearly two

:51:05.:51:10.

hours of travelling. For places like this,

:51:11.:51:13.

being better connected could make I travel on the train

:51:14.:51:15.

to work and back. Good, but the trains aren't

:51:16.:51:20.

as often as I'd like. When I use buses they tend not

:51:21.:51:24.

to turn up, they tend to breakdown The north of England

:51:25.:51:28.

is badly served by travel. Businesses argue they need

:51:29.:51:36.

better connectivity too. I've come to meet Clive,

:51:37.:51:38.

who runs a furniture A lot of businesses try

:51:39.:51:40.

to just-in-time deliveries, we may want to get

:51:41.:51:56.

to Manchester by 3pm. That could take anywhere between 45

:51:57.:51:58.

minutes and three hours. Because of this variation we have

:51:59.:52:02.

to put a three-hour delivery slot, meaning if you do it in three

:52:03.:52:07.

quarters of an hour that's an awful For many commuters and businesses

:52:08.:52:10.

here speeding up the process of getting between northern towns

:52:11.:52:14.

and cities can't come soon enough. For many of us it's the journey,

:52:15.:52:17.

not just the destination. We were saying when we were watching

:52:18.:52:27.

that, it is such a pretty journey around the north, but the problem is

:52:28.:52:31.

it can take a lot longer when you compare it to how quickly we can get

:52:32.:52:36.

to London from here. There's lots of complaints about that. The argument

:52:37.:52:40.

is there should be more investment in transport in the North. The

:52:41.:52:44.

government have been talking about this, there were concerns the

:52:45.:52:47.

Northern Powerhouse may lose focus because of Brexit because the

:52:48.:52:51.

government has changed since Northern Powerhouse was first

:52:52.:52:54.

announced. Department for Transport has said they are still committed to

:52:55.:52:58.

the whole project, including developing a better train network

:52:59.:53:02.

from east to west, which is really important for lots of businesses.

:53:03.:53:10.

They say their putting millions into it already and they are waiting for

:53:11.:53:14.

plans to be submitted so they can get cracking with making the trains

:53:15.:53:17.

better across the Pennines and around the North. Excellent if that

:53:18.:53:21.

happens! Flying cars may be? By the time we get to these things being

:53:22.:53:25.

done we could be in drones. Just being dropped off? I like bad! -- I

:53:26.:53:28.

like that. The Great British Bake Off was back

:53:29.:53:33.

on television last night for the first time since

:53:34.:53:36.

its move to Channel 4. I would say 60 to 70% of people

:53:37.:53:39.

enjoy it. Our reporter, Lara Rostron,

:53:40.:53:42.

watched alongside a panel of fans. Well, in just a few minutes time

:53:43.:53:45.

The Great British Bake Off returns to our screens but on Channel 4 this

:53:46.:53:50.

time and Breakfast has been invited to watch it with none other

:53:51.:54:00.

than the Bake Off guru, Thanks for bringing

:54:01.:54:03.

one of these along. Hello, bakers, welcome

:54:04.:54:05.

to the fabulous Bake Off tent. It feels very familiar

:54:06.:54:12.

but I was expecting to see Mel But if you squint Noel Fielding

:54:13.:54:16.

is a bit like Mel and Sue. At least the adverts

:54:17.:54:23.

are cake-related. Does anyone want a tea?

:54:24.:54:28.

Yes! Bakers, you have 30 minutes left

:54:29.:54:32.

to make your fruity cakes. I haven't missed it,

:54:33.:54:38.

I feel like I'm cheating by saying It's good that they are trying to be

:54:39.:54:56.

themselves, they're not trying to be Mel and Sue just like Mary isn't

:54:57.:55:04.

trying to be Prue and Prue isn't It is a chocolate butter sponge

:55:05.:55:07.

with peanut butter frosting. OK, guys, right, judgement time,

:55:08.:55:14.

finished, what do you make of it? I would give Channel 4

:55:15.:55:21.

Star Baker this week. I think the adverts

:55:22.:55:23.

were a bit grating. Tell us what you think. So many of

:55:24.:55:34.

you I know watched it last night, including new. I enjoyed it very

:55:35.:55:39.

much. Elaine said my belief was too many Hollywood handshakes, very

:55:40.:55:43.

early on the handshakes -- including you. Didn't like the adverts but my

:55:44.:55:48.

five-year-old grandson and I enjoyed it, making imaginary cakes and

:55:49.:55:53.

commenting on the tastes. People complained about the adverts, but

:55:54.:55:57.

they said they using the adverts to have a piece of cake. Didn't want to

:55:58.:56:04.

enjoy it much but I did, seemed rushed because of the adverts, but

:56:05.:56:11.

we will watch the rest of the series and someone whispered quietly that

:56:12.:56:12.

they preferred Prue to Mary Berry. Time now to get the news,

:56:13.:56:19.

travel and weather where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:56:20.:59:42.

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. North Korea receives unanimous

:59:43.:59:46.

condemnation at the United Nations for firing a ballistic missile over

:59:47.:59:50.

Japan. As diplomats describe the latest

:59:51.:59:52.

action as outrageous - the regime releases pictures

:59:53.:59:55.

of the test and says it will carry Good morning - it's

:59:56.:59:58.

Wednesday 30th August. A night-time curfew is declared

:59:59.:00:19.

in the flood-hit city of Houston Theresa May arrives in Japan

:00:20.:00:25.

for a three day visit to discuss North Korea will also be high on the

:00:26.:00:44.

agenda. Not great news if you're changing your money to your rows

:00:45.:00:48.

with the pound falling to an 11 month low. I will be looking at why.

:00:49.:00:52.

And in sport, the West Indies win a Test match in England for the first

:00:53.:00:57.

time in 17 years. Shai Hope's historic century helped them to a

:00:58.:01:00.

thrilling victory on the final day at Headingley. And how a sea

:01:01.:01:07.

creature that lived 100 million years ago is providing lessons for

:01:08.:01:09.

the submarine designers of the future. It's all about the four

:01:10.:01:12.

flippers. You might need some flippers as well

:01:13.:01:22.

because in the south and east heavy and persistent rain is coming our

:01:23.:01:25.

way. It is light at the moment, and it will feel cooler than yesterday.

:01:26.:01:29.

In the north and west, a breezy day with bright spells and a little

:01:30.:01:32.

warmer than yesterday. More details in 15 minutes.

:01:33.:01:36.

There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:01:37.:01:40.

of a ballistic missile over Japan at a meeting of the United Nations

:01:41.:01:43.

The regime has described the launch as "the first step"

:01:44.:01:46.

The UN Security Council has described the launch as "outrageous"

:01:47.:01:53.

but stopped short of threatening further action against North Korea.

:01:54.:01:55.

Here we have North Korea's not-so-diplomatic response

:01:56.:02:03.

to the slap on the wrist for its latest provocation,

:02:04.:02:05.

proudly releasing stills of its missile launch over Japan,

:02:06.:02:14.

Just as diplomats were meeting in New York in an emergency

:02:15.:02:16.

gathering of the UN Security Council, working

:02:17.:02:18.

on the first step in a response to North Korea's destabilising

:02:19.:02:21.

The world is united against North Korea,

:02:22.:02:23.

It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:02:24.:02:29.

The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue,

:02:30.:02:34.

and the rest of the world is with us.

:02:35.:02:39.

The meeting result was unanimous, but inconsequential.

:02:40.:02:42.

All members, including Russia and China, signed

:02:43.:02:45.

on to a statement of condemnation, but no sign of new sanctions.

:02:46.:02:55.

The ink on the last round of North Korea

:02:56.:02:57.

And China, for one, has said all sides are to blame

:02:58.:03:05.

for the escalation in the region, after President Trump repeated

:03:06.:03:07.

all options were on the table, and South Korea responded

:03:08.:03:10.

with its own show of force, in a test-bombing near its

:03:11.:03:12.

Beijing has called on Washington and Seoul to freeze their joint

:03:13.:03:17.

military exercises, as a means of getting Pyongyang

:03:18.:03:19.

But the US has made clear its commitment to its allies

:03:20.:03:27.

..Showing no sign the Trump administration will be

:03:28.:03:32.

We can talk now to our correspondent, Yogida Limaye,

:03:33.:03:42.

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

:03:43.:03:48.

It seems nothing is bringing down this rhetoric and the intensity of

:03:49.:03:57.

this conversation, is it? And actions as well, with the latest

:03:58.:04:01.

missile test North Korea conducted yesterday. We have seen not just

:04:02.:04:05.

strong words now, we have also seen actions. The statement they have put

:04:06.:04:08.

out today, along with photographs they released of the missile test,

:04:09.:04:16.

they say this is just a pro you'd to contain Guam, making reference to

:04:17.:04:20.

the threat they made three weeks ago that they would fire missiles to the

:04:21.:04:25.

waters around Guam. Also the North Korean leader Kim John and has

:04:26.:04:29.

ordered his military to conduct more such missile drills targeted at the

:04:30.:04:33.

Pacific. North Korea also today justified their actions saying this

:04:34.:04:39.

was to counter the US and South Korean drills being conducted here

:04:40.:04:43.

in South Korea. -- North Korean leader Kim Jong on. We always see

:04:44.:04:46.

some sort of retaliation from North Korea. I don't think anyone would

:04:47.:04:51.

imagine it would be a rocket that flew over Japan.

:04:52.:04:56.

Theresa May begins a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister.

:04:57.:04:59.

A post-Brexit bi-lateral trade deal, defence cooperation and the threat

:05:00.:05:01.

posed by North Korea will be among the issues Mrs May will discuss

:05:02.:05:04.

with the Japanese Prime during the three day trip.

:05:05.:05:07.

Chris, what is the PM hoping to achieve from the visit?

:05:08.:05:11.

North Korea is high on the agenda, but the trade deal with regard to

:05:12.:05:17.

what will happen post-Brexit is essential for the Prime Minister to

:05:18.:05:20.

say this trip has been a success. Absolutely. Clearly the context is

:05:21.:05:30.

what has happened in North Korea. The Prime Minister on the plane

:05:31.:05:33.

overnight said she was outraged by the actions of Pyongyang. She has

:05:34.:05:39.

arrived in Osaka overnight and is heading to the ancient capital of

:05:40.:05:44.

Kyoto. Lots of focus on security and also on trade. Trade between Japan

:05:45.:05:50.

and the UK absolutely essential. Japan and Japanese companies

:05:51.:05:53.

employing around 160,000 people in the UK. And Tokyo has publicly had a

:05:54.:06:01.

case of the wobbles over Brexit and they are nervous over what they see

:06:02.:06:05.

as the potential implications of Brexit. Lots of reassuring noises no

:06:06.:06:10.

doubt from Theresa May. She is also keen to try to secure in the long

:06:11.:06:14.

term a trade deal between the UK and Japan. There is one, or soon will

:06:15.:06:20.

be, between the EU and Japan, which the UK has been part of negotiating.

:06:21.:06:24.

It seems the government here is keen to do a cut and paste job in the

:06:25.:06:28.

short term to make sure the UK has deal in the short-term. Lots of

:06:29.:06:34.

people to meet over the next three days, a decent length of trip. She

:06:35.:06:39.

will go on a bullet train to go to Tokyo later, and she will meet the

:06:40.:06:43.

Emperor on Friday before flying back to the UK.

:06:44.:06:47.

A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston, Texas,

:06:48.:06:52.

in a bid to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm

:06:53.:06:55.

Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:06:56.:06:57.

Around 20 people are reported to have died and 30,000 have been

:06:58.:06:59.

forced from their homes - with over 3,000 having been rescued

:07:00.:07:02.

Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with 52 inches,

:07:03.:07:05.

just over 1.3 metres, of rainfall since the Hurricane

:07:06.:07:08.

But, five days after it first hit the coast of Texas, Harvey continues

:07:09.:07:19.

These are some of the residents of 20 nursing homes.

:07:20.:07:24.

Another 20 hospitals have also been evacuated across the region.

:07:25.:07:31.

3,400 people have been rescued, with the authorities reporting that

:07:32.:07:35.

It was the scariest thing we've ever seen.

:07:36.:07:42.

51 inches of rain has fallen so far, a record for the USA,

:07:43.:07:51.

and has swamped parts of Houston and southern Texas.

:07:52.:07:58.

30,000 people have been forced out of their homes by the floodwater.

:07:59.:08:03.

The Red Cross has warned people could be in shelters for months.

:08:04.:08:07.

President Trump visited Corpus Christi, 220 miles

:08:08.:08:10.

He was greeted by state and federal teams co-ordinating

:08:11.:08:16.

We won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that.

:08:17.:08:20.

We'll congratulate each other when it's all finished.

:08:21.:08:26.

He is determined not to repeat the mistakes of George Bush,

:08:27.:08:29.

In Houston, the mayor has introduced a night-time curfew,

:08:30.:08:34.

To the west of this vast city, two huge reservoirs are overflowing.

:08:35.:08:42.

Harvey's path is slow-moving and erratic.

:08:43.:08:44.

This force of nature may not be spent yet.

:08:45.:08:46.

More on that throughout the programme for you this morning.

:08:47.:08:58.

Kezia Dugdale has resigned as leader of Scottish Labour,

:08:59.:09:00.

after less than two years in the post.

:09:01.:09:02.

The Lothians MSP insists she is leaving the party in a much

:09:03.:09:04.

She's also rejected the idea her departure has anything to do

:09:05.:09:10.

with her previous criticism of Jeremy Corbyn.

:09:11.:09:13.

Most political leaders quit at a moment of crisis,

:09:14.:09:15.

I've decided that I think the Labour Party is very

:09:16.:09:20.

It's made tremendous progress from the state

:09:21.:09:23.

that I found it in two, 2.5 years ago, when it was

:09:24.:09:26.

It's in a much better state than I found it.

:09:27.:09:31.

Now it's time to pass that baton onto the next person.

:09:32.:09:33.

We've had five national elections in 2.5 years.

:09:34.:09:37.

Now it's time to move on and let the next person have

:09:38.:09:42.

A judge has ruled that a girl with a Christian background,

:09:43.:09:46.

who was reported to have been placed with Muslim foster parents

:09:47.:09:49.

who spoke little English, should live with a member

:09:50.:09:51.

The London borough of Tower Hamlets, insists the five-year-old was placed

:09:52.:09:57.

with an English speaking family of mixed race and that there

:09:58.:09:59.

were inaccuracies in the way the case was reported.

:10:00.:10:07.

South West trains passengers heading into the country but my busiest

:10:08.:10:14.

train station at London Waterloo have been told to expect more

:10:15.:10:17.

signalling problems. The station was due to open yesterday after a month

:10:18.:10:22.

of engineering works. Disruption is expected to last until around 11am

:10:23.:10:26.

this morning and the advice is to check for service updates before you

:10:27.:10:27.

travel. One in five people struggling

:10:28.:10:29.

with debt have had their credit card That's according to research

:10:30.:10:32.

from the charity, Citizens' Advice, which has called for the practice

:10:33.:10:35.

of extending credit UK Finance, which represents some

:10:36.:10:38.

of the country's biggest lenders, says it is working with regulators

:10:39.:10:42.

to help people manage their debt. New research suggests

:10:43.:10:47.

the distinctive rings of Saturn may be considerably younger

:10:48.:10:49.

than previously thought. Data gathered by the probe, Cassini

:10:50.:10:53.

- which is orbiting the planet - suggests they may be only

:10:54.:10:56.

100 million years old. It indicates they could be

:10:57.:11:00.

the crushed remains Sadly, Cassini is transmitting

:11:01.:11:03.

its final burst of data, before it plunges into Saturn's

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atmosphere and burns up. A dramatic way to bow out. Thanks

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for being with us on Breakfast this morning.

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In the wake of tropical storm Harvey, President Trump is facing

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arguably his biggest challenge since taking office in January.

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Yesterday he flew to Texas to assess the damage

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During the visit Mr Trump said "Texas can handle anything" -

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but how has he handled the federal response?

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One that he says should stand as an example of how to react

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We're joined now by Scott Lucas - a professor of American studies

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at the University of Birmingham, and in Washington we have

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Anneke Green - a Republican commentator and former advisor

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Good morning to both of you. Going to Washington first, how do you

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assess the last 24 hours for President Trump? Has he done the

:12:10.:12:12.

right thing and said the right things? He has. He's actually done a

:12:13.:12:17.

good job even before the last 24 hours, starting on Friday when he

:12:18.:12:22.

released the disaster assistance funds, which every president needs

:12:23.:12:26.

to do so that federal funds are available to those impacted by

:12:27.:12:29.

disasters. He has made very clear that the storm is a top priority. He

:12:30.:12:35.

was tweeting about it yesterday and talking about a meeting with Cabinet

:12:36.:12:39.

officials. On the trip he took to Texas, when he was sure to avoid

:12:40.:12:44.

areas that would pull away resources, he took several Cabinet

:12:45.:12:51.

officials with him that would be relevant. Scott Lucas, has he done a

:12:52.:12:56.

good job? Let's be clear, we have seen great acts of compassion,

:12:57.:12:59.

sacrifice and heroism in Texas. And then we have seen Donald Trump. He

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went there for a photo opportunity. He didn't say a single word about

:13:07.:13:10.

the victims in his appearances yesterday. Not a word to the

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families or those who had lost everything. Instead he had staged

:13:15.:13:19.

rally where he waved a Texas and said, what a crowd and what a

:13:20.:13:23.

support! I understand politicians have to create an image, but the way

:13:24.:13:31.

the created the image. If he hadn't gone, you would criticise in the

:13:32.:13:36.

same way? I do think he should have gone, especially after what happened

:13:37.:13:40.

with Katrina in 2005. I think it was the tone that was struck. His

:13:41.:13:44.

initial tweets coming he said it's a big hurricane, it's big and huge,

:13:45.:13:47.

but he was also tweeting about Mexico should pay us for the wall

:13:48.:13:51.

and what a great victory he had in Missouri last year. It all comes

:13:52.:13:55.

back to Trump rather than those suffering. A president leads not by

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saying, it's me, but about saying, it's all of us. Lets put those

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criticisms across to Washington. What about those criticisms he

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hasn't engaged? I don't agree comparatively with how other

:14:13.:14:15.

presidents have engaged to disasters, he has done a lot more.

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Everybody is vulnerable to the charge that is for a photo Op. The

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challenge is how to translate compassion to action without getting

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in the way. I asked a senior administration official yesterday on

:14:29.:14:33.

a very close group call about that question, were they worried about

:14:34.:14:36.

avoiding the mistakes that were made with hurricane Katrina by the Bush

:14:37.:14:40.

administration during which President Bush, in his attempts Bush

:14:41.:14:49.

was depicted as being out of touch. They said they were not worried

:14:50.:14:53.

about optics, they were worried about the people who needed help. We

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are looking at some of the pictures right now as we talk to you. This

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human scale of this is quite something. How able is Texas to cope

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with it? It's not something... In some ways it's so severe it is not

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something they can prepare for. I know the mayor of Houston was

:15:17.:15:19.

reluctant to issue an evacuation order. In previous hurricanes like

:15:20.:15:24.

Rita, when people evacuated there was a higher death toll in that

:15:25.:15:34.

process. There were supplies from the Red Cross and other charitable

:15:35.:15:37.

organisations, as well as provisions from the central government set up.

:15:38.:15:41.

We saw in some of the conversations between Trump and the head of the

:15:42.:15:45.

emergency management agency that they are very conscious of not

:15:46.:15:49.

repeating something like the Superdome, with how to get at her

:15:50.:15:55.

On the issue of how Texas is reaction, there are lots of comments

:15:56.:16:01.

about how this is a very Texan response. They are dealing with a

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terrible situation as best they can. I think it's a very human response.

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It shown the best that can still come out of America. A lot was

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learned from Katrina. For example by an tasking anybody if they are an

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immigrant. Which in the wake of the current policy is significant. They

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aren't tasking anyone regarding colour. It simply, let's not get

:16:23.:16:30.

into the division of New Orleans. At local state and federal level it's

:16:31.:16:34.

important. One thing I'll say, Trump is a figurehead president, it's the

:16:35.:16:37.

agency is doing the hard work. Whether it can benefit his

:16:38.:16:42.

reputation, that remains to be seen. Thank you very much for your time.

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Carroll has been giving us an update on the weather in the UK but also

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concentrating on what will happen over the next few hours and days

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with Tropical Storm Harvey. Good morning. Now Harvey has produced a

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record-breaking amounts of rainfall near Houston. You can see the rain

:17:05.:17:10.

illustrated by the bright echoes. 51.88 inches of rainfall, roughly

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1.3 metres. Part of the problem is that we have got half of the storm

:17:17.:17:22.

inland, half offshore. So it's still picking up its energy from the gulf

:17:23.:17:26.

of Mexico and its moisture. It's been fairly stationary so it's been

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depositing all of that in Texas, particularly in Houston. Although it

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is moving away, there will be further issues with flooding around

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this particular area. Talking of it moving, it's drifting

:17:43.:17:45.

north-eastwards. It'll make landfall through the course of today. Pushing

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up through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The critical thing is

:17:50.:17:54.

it is moving but it's still going to produce torrential rain and the risk

:17:55.:17:59.

of flash flooding. Back at home weather is completely different. In

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the north and west we are looking at a breezy day with sunshine and

:18:03.:18:05.

showers. In the south and east will have rain at times, feeling much

:18:06.:18:10.

cooler than yesterday. Yesterday in parts of Kent we hit 29.3. Today

:18:11.:18:17.

will be lucky to see 15! It's these weather fronts producing the rain.

:18:18.:18:22.

In the north of the isobars are well spaced so it's breezy with sunshine

:18:23.:18:27.

and showers, particularly showery in Scotland and Northern Ireland, also

:18:28.:18:30.

northern England and Wales. As the rain pushes to the south-east it

:18:31.:18:35.

will start to brighten up nicely behind it. At 4pm we'll see some

:18:36.:18:39.

sunshine in the West Midlands but as we move towards the south-eastern

:18:40.:18:44.

quarter of the country, we're looking at a lot of rain. 13 degrees

:18:45.:18:51.

for some of us, a huge drop. Across northern England and Scotland we are

:18:52.:18:54.

back into the mixture of sunshine and showers. In between feeling

:18:55.:18:59.

quite pleasant, breezy across Scotland too. For Northern Ireland

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quite a few showers. In between bright with sunny skies. Few wish I

:19:03.:19:07.

was in Wales and more sunshine this afternoon. It's the same for South

:19:08.:19:11.

West England. Fewer showers and more sunshine. Feeling pleasant enough,

:19:12.:19:16.

not as warm as it has done. Through the course of the evening we lose

:19:17.:19:21.

that rain as it pushes off. Behind the skies it is clear with some

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showers coming in from the west, and some mist and fog patches coming.

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Temperatures 9-12 in towns and cities. In the countryside they will

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be lower than that. A cooler start to the day tomorrow but a lot of dry

:19:36.:19:39.

weather with some sunshine. Showers are already in the West, if anything

:19:40.:19:43.

developing further elsewhere as we go through the day. Tomorrow you

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could catch a shower or almost anywhere. There's a risk it could be

:19:49.:19:52.

thundery. Temperatures in the south-east around 19-20. Generally

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14-18, roughly where they should be. On Friday another chilly start to

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the day, dry weather with fewer showers and a temperature range from

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14 in the north to 21 in the south. Thank you.

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Not great news if you're changing money to euros at the moment.

:20:19.:20:29.

We're very nearly at a one pound for one euro level.

:20:30.:20:32.

It's because yesterday investors who buy and sell currency got

:20:33.:20:34.

spooked by what's happening in North Korea and the US

:20:35.:20:37.

with Hurricane Harvey, and what that might mean

:20:38.:20:39.

And when they're worried about that, they will buy more euros

:20:40.:20:45.

This meant the pound fell to an 11-month low against the euro.

:20:46.:21:00.

Of course, we see markets move up and down all the time so that might

:21:01.:21:03.

change in the future. The weakness of the pound is putting

:21:04.:21:09.

pressure on the supermarkets. The latest research

:21:10.:21:11.

from the British Retail Consortium shows that food prices rose by 1.3%

:21:12.:21:13.

over the past year. More than three quarters

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of the food we import comes Another story before I go. We talk a

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lot about the skills gap. Soft skills such as teamwork,

:21:19.:21:32.

communication and confidence are considered by young people,

:21:33.:21:34.

teachers and workers to be as important to achieving success

:21:35.:21:37.

in life as good grades. That's according to research

:21:38.:21:39.

from The Prince's Trust. They found 91% of teachers think

:21:40.:21:41.

schools should be doing more to help students develop soft skills,

:21:42.:21:45.

and nearly half of young people don't feel prepared to enter

:21:46.:21:47.

the workforce without them. Lots of businesses always talk to me

:21:48.:21:59.

about that. Thank you. I'm very excited about

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our next story largely because of the jumper we are about to bring you

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an BBC Breakfast! Millions of years ago,

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while dinosaurs dominated the land, giant reptiles called plesiosaurs

:22:20.:22:21.

prowled the seas. They may be gone, but their

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certainly not forgotten. Scientists are now studying

:22:24.:22:25.

their unique four-flippered swimming technique in the hope that it

:22:26.:22:27.

could lead to the development Palaeontologist Professor Bill

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Sellers, from the University We are a bit disappointed because

:22:30.:22:42.

normally you have a jumper that matches our story but not quite

:22:43.:22:49.

today! Near enough! Tell us a bit about this fabulous dinosaur the

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plesiosaur. This is the age of reptiles. We have dinosaurs on the

:22:54.:23:00.

land, plesiosaurs in the sea along with it the sores and pterosaur is

:23:01.:23:03.

flying in the air. These aren't quite dinosaurs but they are all

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living at the same time. These are big meat eating animals. They have

:23:10.:23:16.

four paddles and there has been a huge argument about how they swam

:23:17.:23:21.

for years. What is now thought about how they used those. The more

:23:22.:23:29.

interesting side is how that can be applied to modern engineering. The

:23:30.:23:32.

argument is that they moved the four flippers together or weather there

:23:33.:23:37.

was some sort of weird movement weather front ones go up and the

:23:38.:23:41.

back ones going down and how they might interfere with each other. No

:23:42.:23:46.

one really knows, we can't just go and watch a plesiosaur swimming. So

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they've made a model of this animal and put it in a flume and you can

:23:52.:23:54.

actually see the mechanics of the movement of the flippers. It's

:23:55.:23:59.

understanding the mechanics which is how you can lead into building a

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robot which can do this sort of things. This is a graphic of it in

:24:04.:24:11.

the flume. How exciting is it and what has it told you about how they

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swim. Unlike everything we have today, things like sea turtles that

:24:21.:24:23.

have from Linz and pull themselves through the water, the back limbs

:24:24.:24:30.

are actually really important. It's the coordination of the front and

:24:31.:24:34.

back limbs that makes this animal swim efficiently. We can see what

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they might have been doing here on the picture. How could that help us?

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If you wanted to build a submarine that had some of the properties of

:24:44.:24:47.

one of these animals, and there are some advantages. We already know

:24:48.:24:51.

that things like dolphins swim unbelievably efficiently and they go

:24:52.:24:56.

slightly faster and quieter than you would predict. Particularly if you

:24:57.:25:00.

were trying to build something like a stealth underwater vehicle that

:25:01.:25:04.

wouldn't disturb anything. Maybe flapping movement of artificial

:25:05.:25:07.

flippers is exactly what you want to do. At the moment we don't know how

:25:08.:25:12.

to build things like that. Understanding how these animals

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actually did this will give us a huge leg up when we come to build

:25:16.:25:19.

things like this ourselves. Can I have more detail on the jumper? Last

:25:20.:25:26.

time which dinosaur did you have on the jumper? I had BT wrecks on the

:25:27.:25:35.

back. Your mum has knitted these. I have about 40 actually! She's been

:25:36.:25:41.

making them for years. This is an orca. Actually very like a modern

:25:42.:25:46.

plesiosaur, similar body size and predatory habits. In the dinosaur

:25:47.:25:53.

world they were pretty successful, where they? Yes, they were around

:25:54.:25:58.

100 million years. They'll both extinct at the same time. We lose

:25:59.:26:07.

the dinosaurs and the pterosaurs at the end of the crustaceans period.

:26:08.:26:12.

Not something you'd want to swim with? Maybe I would. It's

:26:13.:26:17.

interesting how this dinosaur engineering story comes together.

:26:18.:26:26.

Borrowing from animals and creating mechanisms like that is really

:26:27.:26:32.

fashionable at the moment. Particularly things like reducing

:26:33.:26:35.

emissions and improving energy efficiency, that's where animals are

:26:36.:26:39.

really good. You don't drink islands of petrol to walk to work because we

:26:40.:26:45.

are much more efficient than that -- gallons of petrol. Please come back

:26:46.:26:52.

and bring another jumper! Thank you to Pam for knitting them!

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

:26:57.:30:20.

Now, though, it's back to Dan and Louise.

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Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

:30:24.:30:35.

It is 8:30am, Wednesday morning. These are the headlines today.

:30:36.:30:39.

There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:30:40.:30:41.

of a missile over Japan at a United Nations Security Council

:30:42.:30:43.

The regime has described the launch as "the first step" of military

:30:44.:30:47.

The Security Council has demanded the country

:30:48.:30:50.

abandons its nuclear weapons programme, but has stopped

:30:51.:30:52.

short of threatening new sanctions on Pyongyang.

:30:53.:30:57.

It is dangerous. I'm not saying that we are heading towards nuclear war,

:30:58.:31:06.

but we may well be heading towards the leveraged threat of the use of

:31:07.:31:11.

nuclear weapons by North Korea, which makes an unstable world even

:31:12.:31:15.

less stable. Understandably, North Korea is

:31:16.:31:26.

expected to be high on the agenda is Theresa May visits Japan.

:31:27.:31:32.

Here she is stepping off the plane in Osaka.

:31:33.:31:34.

Mrs May is hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:31:35.:31:36.

She has described Japan as a "like-minded nation"

:31:37.:31:38.

A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston,

:31:39.:31:44.

Texas in a bid to deter looting in the wake of Tropical Storm

:31:45.:31:47.

Harvey, which is now heading for Louisiana.

:31:48.:31:48.

Around 20 people are reported to have died and more

:31:49.:31:51.

than 30,000 have been forced from their homes.

:31:52.:31:53.

Large swathes of Texas remain underwater, with almost 52 inches

:31:54.:31:56.

of rainfall since the Hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:31:57.:32:02.

That is about one metre 30 centimetres.

:32:03.:32:04.

Earlier CBS News Correspondent Meg Oliver a told us how people have

:32:05.:32:07.

At first the mayor imposed a 10pm to 5am curfew, there was a lot of

:32:08.:32:18.

backlash on that. Then he moved it to midnight. And I was talking to

:32:19.:32:22.

some police officers and they said, this is just to cut down any

:32:23.:32:26.

possible looters. If people are out and about still trying to help other

:32:27.:32:31.

people, we are not going to interfere with that. And I can tell

:32:32.:32:35.

you, until a few minutes ago, there are people over there walking by.

:32:36.:32:38.

The volunteers that have turned out to help these shelters like the one

:32:39.:32:44.

behind me, they are nonstop. A few minutes ago, two mothers walked by

:32:45.:32:51.

with little kids. It is after midnight here in the United States

:32:52.:32:53.

and they are out here bringing supplies still to the shelter. So

:32:54.:32:57.

the state of Texas is really giving of themselves, and you see that

:32:58.:32:59.

everywhere you look. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:33:00.:33:06.

as Leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two years

:33:07.:33:08.

in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:33:09.:33:10.

she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:33:11.:33:13.

departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:33:14.:33:17.

of Jeremy Corbyn. A judge has ruled that a girl

:33:18.:33:20.

with a Christian background, who was reported to have been placed

:33:21.:33:22.

with Muslim foster parents, who spoke little English,

:33:23.:33:25.

should live with a member The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

:33:26.:33:27.

insists the five year-old was placed with an English speaking

:33:28.:33:31.

family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:33:32.:33:33.

in the way the case was reported. Southwest Trains passengers

:33:34.:33:38.

heading into the country's busiest railway station,

:33:39.:33:40.

London Waterloo, have been told to expect further

:33:41.:33:41.

delays this morning, The station had been

:33:42.:33:43.

due to fully reopen yesterday, following a month

:33:44.:33:47.

of engineering works. The disruption is expected to last

:33:48.:33:50.

until 11 o'clock this morning - and the advice is to check

:33:51.:33:53.

for service updates One in five people

:33:54.:33:55.

struggling with debt have raised, without requesting it,

:33:56.:33:59.

according to the charity, It has called for the practice

:34:00.:34:03.

of extending credit UK Finance - which represents some

:34:04.:34:06.

of the country's biggest lenders - says it is working with regulators

:34:07.:34:15.

to help people manage their debt. More than 40,000 people are expected

:34:16.:34:22.

in the small Spanish town of Bunol later,

:34:23.:34:24.

for the annual tomato It is called la Tomatina. About a

:34:25.:34:39.

narrow go, you said you would be there next year. It is my

:34:40.:34:42.

resolution! What apparently started as an angry

:34:43.:34:43.

row between two rival farmers more than 70 years

:34:44.:34:46.

ago, is now the world's And Lady Minchin will be taking part

:34:47.:35:00.

next year. I hope to be fully involved!

:35:01.:35:06.

A year from now, you will be covered in tomatoes.

:35:07.:35:14.

And coming up here on Breakfast this morning:

:35:15.:35:21.

He's driven Home For Christmas and along the Road To Hell.

:35:22.:35:24.

But now, after suffering a stroke, Chris Rea is focusing

:35:25.:35:26.

He'll be here to tell us more about his journey

:35:27.:35:30.

That says the wrong time. That's now! I'm glad you're paying

:35:31.:35:39.

attention. Are better transport links

:35:40.:35:40.

needed to see the idea of the Northern Powerhouse

:35:41.:35:42.

become a reality? Steph's taken a trip

:35:43.:35:44.

across the region to find out what's needed to ensure plans

:35:45.:35:46.

remain on track. And not content with scaling

:35:47.:35:49.

Everest and visiting the North and South Poles,

:35:50.:35:50.

former banker Vanessa O'Brien has now become the first British woman

:35:51.:35:53.

to climb K2 and survive. She'll be here after nine to explain

:35:54.:35:56.

why she considers her latest That is an extraordinary story.

:35:57.:36:08.

Sally is here as well. Where do you want to start? Chris Rea can't have

:36:09.:36:19.

your slot! Yes, I'm here! If you are feeling a

:36:20.:36:25.

bit cynical, keep watching, because I am going to show you something at

:36:26.:36:28.

the end of this bulletin to lift your spirits. I had a little lip

:36:29.:36:34.

tremble when I saw these pictures a moment ago, because they are

:36:35.:36:38.

gorgeous. But let's start in the West Indies.

:36:39.:36:39.

It was a historic day at Headingley, where the West Indies

:36:40.:36:41.

won their first Test match in this country for 17 years,

:36:42.:36:44.

beating England by five wickets to win the second Test

:36:45.:36:46.

West Indies were chasing over 300 runs to win on the final day,

:36:47.:36:51.

but two crucial dropped catches from Alistair Cook and a century

:36:52.:36:53.

to Shai Hope set the platform for the surprise victory

:36:54.:36:56.

following their heavy defeat at the Oval last week.

:36:57.:36:58.

Hope became the first man to score centuries in both

:36:59.:37:00.

innings of a first-class match at Headingley.

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We know that we came here to play cricket,

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and we just need to go out and execute.

:37:06.:37:08.

We heard a lot of things in the media.

:37:09.:37:19.

We looked at ourselves in the mirror, and decided

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We looked at the conditions, it was spinning.

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It was the fifth day, and we took the positive option.

:37:26.:37:28.

We're a positive side that wants to go on and try

:37:29.:37:33.

Unfortunately we weren't able to do that today, but if we'd

:37:34.:37:38.

taken all of our chances, it might have been

:37:39.:37:41.

They played fantastically well today.

:37:42.:37:44.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal

:37:45.:37:47.

despite the two clubs agreeing a ?40 million fee.

:37:48.:37:49.

It's believed the England international would prefer

:37:50.:37:54.

a move to Liverpool, with a bid expected to come before

:37:55.:37:57.

Meanwhile Arsenal have rejected a ?50 million bid

:37:58.:38:00.

from Manchester City for Alexis Sanchez.

:38:01.:38:01.

The Chile international scored 24 league goals last season,

:38:02.:38:03.

but is also out of contract at the end of the season.

:38:04.:38:06.

Arsenal would like City's Raheem Sterling as part of any deal.

:38:07.:38:12.

Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second round of the US

:38:13.:38:15.

Federer, looking to win a record 20th grand slam title,

:38:16.:38:19.

beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:38:20.:38:26.

Rafa Nadal is also through to the second

:38:27.:38:28.

round after a straight-sets win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic.

:38:29.:38:30.

The Spaniard needed a tie break to take the first set,

:38:31.:38:33.

but comfortably took the next two sets.

:38:34.:38:39.

World number 45 Naomi Osaka from Japan beat defending champion

:38:40.:38:41.

Angelique Kerber in straight sets - the first time in 13 years

:38:42.:38:44.

that the champion has been knocked out in the opening round.

:38:45.:38:48.

Two of England's women's sports teams have met

:38:49.:38:50.

with the Prime Minister at Downing Street.

:38:51.:38:52.

Theresa May welcomed the rugby union team,

:38:53.:38:53.

who narrowly lost the World Cup final to New Zealand at the weekend,

:38:54.:38:57.

and also Heather Knight's World Cup-winning cricketers.

:38:58.:39:00.

The Prime Minister said both England teams had contributed

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to a "breakthrough moment" for female sport.

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Wales have been training ahead of their World Cup qualifier

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They're trying to qualify for next year's World Cup in Russia.

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Their star man is Gareth Bale, he gets a lot of association.

:39:23.:39:27.

And the Football Association of Wales has just tweeted this:

:39:28.:39:34.

# There's only one Gareth Bale axe back

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are you actually Gareth Bale? Really? Thank you ever so much. You

:39:44.:39:49.

my favourite player. A big smile on my face. That's lovely. Thank you.

:39:50.:39:58.

Would you like my top? Can you sign it, please?

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It doesn't take much, does it? 15 seconds of his time, and it has made

:40:08.:40:14.

that allowed's year! He asked if he was actually Gareth Bale! Like you

:40:15.:40:24.

said, a small moment for him. Look at you, you big softy!

:40:25.:40:30.

Sally is a softy. Thank you, Sally. Thank you for sharing that with us.

:40:31.:40:38.

She is genuinely gone! Thank you very much.

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He's best known for hits such as Driving Home For Christmas

:40:42.:40:43.

and Road To Hell, but Chris Rea's journey has been plagued by illness,

:40:44.:40:46.

including pancreatic cancer, diabetes and a stroke.

:40:47.:40:48.

But it was music that helped him on his road to recovery,

:40:49.:40:51.

and now he's recorded a new album with a somewhat familiar theme.

:40:52.:40:54.

We'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's hear some

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# I'm happy # I'm happy on the road

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# Son, don't matter what you do # Don't matter what you say

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# Get me the road ahead any day # Give me the road ahead

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# Ahead # You got everything to lose

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# You got nothing to gain # The only thing for sure

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# This is the last train A very good morning to you. How are

:41:55.:42:04.

you, first of all? You have had a tough time. I just keep having the

:42:05.:42:09.

worst luck in the world. It all started from the very first illness,

:42:10.:42:17.

and I am now getting effects from 15 years ago, because I didn't die! You

:42:18.:42:24.

go to Harley Street and pay a fortune, and they say, you are lucky

:42:25.:42:28.

to be alive, and you say, thank you very much! And you have had a stroke

:42:29.:42:33.

as well, haven't you? Exactly this time last year, and I stopped

:42:34.:42:39.

smoking this time last year. Actually today. Congratulations. So,

:42:40.:42:46.

no cigarettes for a year? I was on a lot of cigarettes. I sang my first

:42:47.:42:53.

song without a cigarette in my hand, that was very strange. Was it? I

:42:54.:43:00.

always had the ashtray there. And how has the stroke affected your

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hands? Playing music is a huge... I am fine when I'm sitting down, but I

:43:07.:43:10.

have a little bit of balance that is a bit dodgy, just in case anyone

:43:11.:43:16.

thinks I'm drunk on stage. It is just to balance issue because of the

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stroke? Yes. And these two fingers. Thankfully that one is a bottleneck

:43:22.:43:26.

that I play, so I have got this want to take Kerevi at. And has playing

:43:27.:43:31.

helped you get back? It is a kind of therapy, because I have to make

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myself do it. You can buy lots of things after strokes from making

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your fingers do the right thing. But you doing this... I'm having the

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practice. The things I have never thought about ever before, and I'm

:43:47.:43:50.

sat watching the telly going like this. Watching us, which is nice!

:43:51.:43:56.

Thank you very much. In terms of the new album on the

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roads being a theme once again, you see romance in being in a car

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together? It's just I am always on the road. I'm driving back. I will

:44:06.:44:11.

probably get another idea. What happened with all these songs was as

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you are coming to London, as we all know, you can be here for hours. And

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you look to the left and you see couples in cars, and you think, are

:44:23.:44:27.

they married? Are they workmates? Are they having an affair? And so

:44:28.:44:33.

most of the songs are different people's love stories inside cars.

:44:34.:44:40.

Are they having a row? There is definitely one about that!

:44:41.:44:44.

One of the things I didn't know about you, you love roads, driving

:44:45.:44:48.

cars, and you race cars, used to race Ferraris, now you race in

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different? After the pancreas operation, I get sick very easily,

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so I joined the HR DC, and this is a genuine Morris 1957 police car. And

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it is just incredible. It is the hardest thing I have ever driven. PC

:45:11.:45:22.

Rea. How often are you involved in this? Every two weeks. Are you

:45:23.:45:30.

worried about winning? I don't have to worry, because I am no good! I

:45:31.:45:37.

know you have spoken in the past about how writing music is an escape

:45:38.:45:42.

for you. Is that along the same sort of lines, is that other great love?

:45:43.:45:48.

My brain completely empties when I'm motor racing, because I'm obsessed.

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Everyone else is going for pole position. I am going for a

:45:56.:46:01.

reasonable position! And it's not easy, you know. Especially as you

:46:02.:46:08.

get older. And then I sing, the nice thing about that series is you are

:46:09.:46:14.

not going to hit anything. Has not inspired any of the songs on the new

:46:15.:46:22.

album? That hasn't inspired me at all. You talked about finding going

:46:23.:46:28.

on to a nerve-racking experience still. Yes, I'm not very good at

:46:29.:46:36.

being a star. I get jealous when I see people like Freddie Mercury and

:46:37.:46:40.

stuff like that, they have all the actions, they have the crowd like

:46:41.:46:45.

this. And I can't do that. I never could. I never meant to be a singer.

:46:46.:46:51.

I was always going to be a slide guitarist that did film music. But

:46:52.:46:58.

the doctors tell me I should be thankful. Well, we are very

:46:59.:47:03.

thankful. It is instantly recognisable as well. Lovely to see

:47:04.:47:07.

you. Thank you very much indeed. Hope it all goes well. Enjoy racing

:47:08.:47:14.

the cars. And be a good boy. OK. He is a regular watcher. Every time

:47:15.:47:23.

they come -- cut back, I am their drinking my first copy, and he said

:47:24.:47:27.

something or done something, and I was in bits. -- my first copy.

:47:28.:47:32.

Chris's new album is called Road Songs for Lovers.

:47:33.:47:38.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

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Many truths spoken in jest, that is all I'm saying. What a gorgeous

:47:44.:47:50.

picture from the weather watchers this morning, blue skies, nice and

:47:51.:47:54.

sunny in Edinburgh, or just outside Edinburgh. Northerly and western

:47:55.:47:59.

parts of the UK will have a breezy day with sunshine and showers,

:48:00.:48:03.

feeling warmer than yesterday and in the south and east there will be

:48:04.:48:06.

rain at times that will turn persistent through the day and much

:48:07.:48:11.

cooler. That wouldn't be difficult because yesterday in Kent we hit 29

:48:12.:48:15.

and today in the rain we we will be lucky to even hit 15. It could hang

:48:16.:48:20.

around 13 Celsius. All of the rain is courtesy of the weather fronts

:48:21.:48:24.

moving towards the south-east. Behind them, brighter conditions,

:48:25.:48:28.

breezy but you can see that by looking at the isobars. We are

:48:29.:48:33.

looking at sunshine and showers and it will be most prolific across

:48:34.:48:36.

Scotland and Northern Ireland but there will be dry weather in between

:48:37.:48:40.

and showers will be few and far between across northern England,

:48:41.:48:43.

Wales and into the South West. Through the course of the afternoon

:48:44.:48:47.

it will brighten up for parts of the Midlands, heading to Dorset. As we

:48:48.:48:52.

go further east we have persistent rain and you can see the temperature

:48:53.:48:58.

values, 12 and 13. As we move north there will still be showers, but in

:48:59.:49:07.

northern England we get back into sunny skies as well and fewer

:49:08.:49:10.

showers. Bright spells of sunshine and showers and breezy conditions

:49:11.:49:11.

across Scotland. Showers across Northern Ireland, but in between

:49:12.:49:15.

some sunshine. For Wales, more dry weather than wet weather but there

:49:16.:49:18.

will be some showers in the forecast. As there will be across

:49:19.:49:22.

South West England. Once again, a lot of dry weather and a fair amount

:49:23.:49:25.

of sunshine. This evening and overnight, the rain nips off to the

:49:26.:49:31.

continent leaving behind it a lot of dry weather and under clear skies it

:49:32.:49:34.

will be chilly and we could see patchy mist and fog, and there will

:49:35.:49:39.

still be showers in the north and the West. Ten and 11 of the

:49:40.:49:44.

temperatures we can expect in towns and cities but in the countryside

:49:45.:49:48.

they will be lower so it will be a chilly start to the day tomorrow but

:49:49.:49:53.

many of us, dry with sunshine. However, we start with showers in

:49:54.:49:56.

the West, and through the day we see further showers develop almost

:49:57.:50:01.

anywhere. Tomorrow, some of those will be thundery but the

:50:02.:50:03.

temperatures in the south-east recovering after the low

:50:04.:50:08.

temperatures today and generally 14 or 18 is where we should be at this

:50:09.:50:13.

stage in August. For Friday, we start on another Cellino. A lot of

:50:14.:50:18.

dry weather, a bit of sunshine, fewer showers and temperatures are

:50:19.:50:22.

between 14 and 21. A quick look at Saturday, a chilly start with a fair

:50:23.:50:28.

bit of sunshine and parts of the Highlands could start with a touch

:50:29.:50:31.

of frost on Saturday but you can see what is waiting for the weekend.

:50:32.:50:36.

You are done for the day, now Carol. I am done on breakfast for the day.

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That is what I meant. Excellent work as ever. Stop cackling. He is still

:50:44.:50:51.

here. When we think of robots,

:50:52.:50:53.

many of us imagine machines that can be programmed or controlled

:50:54.:50:55.

by humans - devoid of emotion. But what if we lived

:50:56.:50:58.

in a world where robots made their own decisions

:50:59.:51:00.

and could control their feelings? Double amputee, James Young,

:51:01.:51:06.

has been to meet designers hoping to find tech solutions to mental

:51:07.:51:10.

health, loneliness and even romance. We'll speak to James in a minute,

:51:11.:51:13.

but let's first see one You have not drunk anything for two

:51:14.:51:31.

hours. Well, it will be three hours soon. Maybe you should have

:51:32.:51:41.

something to drink. He is very insistent, isn't he? I don't want

:51:42.:51:49.

anything. Do you think it is good that it reminds people what they

:51:50.:51:55.

need to do? Yes, it is good. It doesn't seem like you want a drink

:51:56.:52:01.

though. No, I don't. Do you think people could get annoyed with it? I

:52:02.:52:03.

suppose they could if it keeps on. We will talk about the robot in a

:52:04.:52:12.

minute. Avid viewers will remember you because you came on the

:52:13.:52:16.

programme to talk about your robotic arm. That's right. This led into

:52:17.:52:21.

this documentary. What did you want to find out? We were trying to find

:52:22.:52:27.

out if technology can fulfil some purpose that we, in our current

:52:28.:52:31.

society, are lacking in terms of how we care for each other. I want to

:52:32.:52:38.

talk to you about that specific case there, because I suppose many people

:52:39.:52:42.

watching will think, OK, that can work but it cannot replace human

:52:43.:52:45.

interaction. What did you find from speaking to the people you had time

:52:46.:52:52.

with? It is kind of in its infancy as a technology, so there are

:52:53.:52:55.

limitations in what it can do. But the more interesting question is is

:52:56.:52:59.

that if there are unaddressed needs in the community and robots can

:53:00.:53:04.

build something that is not completely addressed at all, it is

:53:05.:53:08.

better than nothing, potentially. Just take us through what you were

:53:09.:53:12.

doing, because that was a carer robot. What was the purpose? It was

:53:13.:53:20.

a resurgent robot and it helps you -- research robot. Some of the

:53:21.:53:27.

functions, for example, it might be able to sense if you are in your own

:53:28.:53:33.

home if you can -- have left the oven on, or you need to hydrate

:53:34.:53:37.

yourself, like in the clip. Maybe it will bring you your medication and

:53:38.:53:42.

judge how you are doing. If it notices you falling on the floor, it

:53:43.:53:46.

could lurk -- alert the emergency services, so those kind functions.

:53:47.:53:52.

Let's have another quick look at the programme. This is the chat bot.

:53:53.:53:58.

Hi, guys, I'm James. Nice to meet you. I heard you guys had been

:53:59.:54:05.

making some interesting technology. We make psychological artificial

:54:06.:54:09.

intelligence. It is a chat bot that makes you feel better. Tech

:54:10.:54:14.

entrepreneur Michael was suffering from depression and with his friend,

:54:15.:54:20.

Eugene, had an idea. They have created these therapist robots who

:54:21.:54:22.

are on call in your back pocket 24 seven. They will check on you to

:54:23.:54:30.

make sure you are OK and listen to your problems before offering

:54:31.:54:34.

psychological advice. One of the benefits of people using these

:54:35.:54:42.

robots over normal people? If it's not a robot they can say more, so

:54:43.:54:46.

they can release a lot of stress or worry. If people indicate that they

:54:47.:54:54.

need more help they really want to talk to a person, a psychologist

:54:55.:54:57.

right away, because they feel their situation that urgent then a

:54:58.:55:02.

psychologist can simply take over the compensation and start helping

:55:03.:55:11.

them. It really matters, mental health and if technology can reduce

:55:12.:55:14.

the burden on the cost, that will be incredible. So that's a really

:55:15.:55:20.

interesting concept. Could you see that working, people talking to what

:55:21.:55:24.

is essentially a machine, could that make a difference? I think it has

:55:25.:55:30.

the potential to have a Basta impact. If we think about some of

:55:31.:55:34.

the things reported over the last few years, then the NHS have noticed

:55:35.:55:38.

that one in four people are diagnosed with a mental health

:55:39.:55:44.

condition in their lifetimes -- huge impact. Less than a quarter of

:55:45.:55:48.

people in that one in four don't have correct access to mental health

:55:49.:55:51.

services. The burden on the health service is that they are trying to

:55:52.:55:54.

match mental health with physical health and bring them up to the same

:55:55.:55:57.

level because they know they cannot do everything, so if there is

:55:58.:56:02.

something that can alleviate the burden of needing humans to speak to

:56:03.:56:05.

and there are just not enough humans, it sounds like it could be

:56:06.:56:10.

amazingly effective. Of the things that you looked into, is that what

:56:11.:56:17.

had the biggest impact? They evoke some very strong feelings. There is

:56:18.:56:22.

a virtual reality therapy we looked at, and there was a direct response

:56:23.:56:28.

that we could see from the patient that was important. May I add a of

:56:29.:56:35.

scepticism. We are humans and are we, by letting this happen, letting

:56:36.:56:40.

machines, what I see as machines, take over our emotional life and

:56:41.:56:47.

take over the world? Well, yes, it's an interesting question. The same

:56:48.:56:51.

you can counter argue that there is a kind of lack of humanity that

:56:52.:56:57.

exists, this whole gap, we are trying to fill it with something.

:56:58.:57:01.

The people behind the technology are working on trying to improve life.

:57:02.:57:05.

It's not just the robots existing that try to help us, it is people

:57:06.:57:09.

trying to make that happen. So it has a human vibe to it. It's another

:57:10.:57:13.

tool that we have in the repertoire to help each other. It's very

:57:14.:57:16.

interesting and thank you very much indeed.

:57:17.:57:18.

Can Robots Love Us is on the iPlayer on BBC 3 from Monday 4th September.

:57:19.:57:24.

As are we. We got there in the end. James, thank you. If there are any

:57:25.:57:33.

interviews you want to watch again, as Louise says, we honour I play

:57:34.:57:36.

every day, so you can go back and watch from the beginning -- we are

:57:37.:57:39.

on either player every day. The Great British Bake Off was back

:57:40.:57:47.

on television for the first time since his move to Channel 4 and

:57:48.:57:50.

nervous viewers tuned in to see if the proof was in the pudding. You

:57:51.:57:53.

watched it, didn't you? And I enjoyed it. Had it changed a lot? We

:57:54.:58:00.

saw the reporter watch it alongside a panel of experts.

:58:01.:58:04.

Including the Buzzfeed TV Editor Scott Bryan -

:58:05.:58:09.

And he is not paying attention on his laptop, while he is watching the

:58:10.:58:14.

programme and talking to Lara. Have a look. In a few minutes time the

:58:15.:58:20.

Great British Bake Off returns to screens, but on Channel 4 and

:58:21.:58:24.

Breakfast has been invited to watch it than -- with none other than

:58:25.:58:30.

Scott Brian, the Bake Off guru. Thanks for coming along. And

:58:31.:58:38.

bringing those. Well, I had to. Hello, bakers, welcome to the

:58:39.:58:42.

fabulous Bake Off tent. What did you think? It feels very familiar but I

:58:43.:58:48.

was expecting to see Mel and Sue. If you squint, Knoll Fehily is a bit

:58:49.:58:58.

like -- Knoll fielding. The adverts are cake related. Does anybody want

:58:59.:59:06.

a tea? Bakers, you have 30 minutes left to make your fruity cakes. That

:59:07.:59:11.

looks nice. I love cardamom I love the golden pair. I still miss Mel

:59:12.:59:18.

and Sue but I am OK. I haven't missed it. I feel like I am cheating

:59:19.:59:22.

by saying it, but I haven't missed them. It's good, in a way that they

:59:23.:59:25.

are trying to be themselves and not trying to be Mel and Sue and in the

:59:26.:59:31.

same way that she is not trying to be Mary. They are all just getting

:59:32.:59:35.

on with it. That is amazing. It is really good. It is a chocolate and

:59:36.:59:40.

hazelnut sponge with peanut butter frosting. It is perfect. OK, guys.

:59:41.:59:46.

Judgment time. It is finished. What did you make of it? I would give

:59:47.:59:52.

Channel 4 star baker this week. I think the advert was a bit grating.

:59:53.:59:58.

But you enjoyed it. I know lots of you would have watched it last night

:59:59.:00:02.

and thank you for your comments if you haven't. I have to catch up with

:00:03.:00:08.

it. Elizabeth says, loving Paul, Mary is a tough act to follow. Noel

:00:09.:00:11.

Fielding looks like a little boy lost. Barry says, I was concerned it

:00:12.:00:17.

wouldn't be any good but I enjoyed it. Janet says, it was strange to

:00:18.:00:21.

have the same setting and music and format. I did miss Mary Berry and

:00:22.:00:26.

Milan soon. The major moans were about the adverts, and it is on

:00:27.:00:32.

Channel 4 -- Mel and Sue. And it was 15 minutes longer because of the

:00:33.:00:35.

adverts to fit it all in, and there was some whispering tones from Noel

:00:36.:00:41.

Fielding, but other than that, it went down largely well. I know you

:00:42.:00:47.

are a harsh judge on the egg club, and you think Paul Hollywood went

:00:48.:00:51.

early on the handshakes. You cannot give two handshakes out in the first

:00:52.:00:56.

programme of a new series. You cannot give to Hollywood handshakes.

:00:57.:00:58.

They have to mean something. So when is good to do that? When

:00:59.:01:09.

someone goes over and above and there is something magical, then you

:01:10.:01:15.

throw the handshake in. You are starting to creep me out! Let's talk

:01:16.:01:19.

about the Northern Powerhouse instead. So much talk about it, what

:01:20.:01:25.

difference it would make, and you have taken a wonderful train

:01:26.:01:28.

journey. Yes, I have, and living in the

:01:29.:01:36.

North, I travel around a lot. One of the big complaints I get from people

:01:37.:01:40.

in northern towns and cities is that they feel there is a lack of

:01:41.:01:42.

investment compared to what they see in the south-east particularly, and

:01:43.:01:45.

I know people in the south-west thinks that as well.

:01:46.:01:53.

So I wanted to take a train journey and talk to people along it, so

:01:54.:01:54.

let's have a look. It was three years ago in Manchester

:01:55.:01:57.

that the idea of creating a Northern Powerhouse

:01:58.:02:00.

was first announced. Improving transport

:02:01.:02:01.

was a big part of it. The Government says it is investing

:02:02.:02:07.

more than ever in transport up here, but there is a criticism

:02:08.:02:10.

that the North is still losing If the Government had spent as much

:02:11.:02:12.

per head on the north as they did in London in the past ten years

:02:13.:02:22.

they would have spent ?59 billion more on the North and to get things

:02:23.:02:26.

moving and getting the economy functioning better than it is at

:02:27.:02:29.

the moment so the government is responding to London rather

:02:30.:02:31.

than using transport spending to transform

:02:32.:02:33.

the Northern economy, which would be to

:02:34.:02:35.

the national benefit. You can see from the departure board

:02:36.:02:36.

that there are loads of trains coming in and out

:02:37.:02:39.

of here and regular ones That journey at the moment takes

:02:40.:02:42.

just over two hours, but with HS2 it should halve that time,

:02:43.:02:48.

making it much faster I'm about 35 miles from Barnsley,

:02:49.:02:50.

I'm going to get the train When you talk to passengers

:02:51.:02:57.

about their experiences, the same things come up -

:02:58.:03:02.

overcrowding, frequency There could be more services

:03:03.:03:04.

and they could be faster. Your husband does Manchester

:03:05.:03:10.

to Huddersfield regularly, Three to four times a month

:03:11.:03:12.

the train is delayed. Generally it's OK,

:03:13.:03:17.

it could be faster. It's made worse when you see

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all the investment put into Euston given the weekend that's

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just gone on. The trains are extremely

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full with commuters, there's not enough carriages to take

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all the passengers and it's mostly standing room only,

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as you can see today as well. I've arrived here after nearly two

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hours of travelling. For places like this,

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being better connected I travel on the train

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to work and back. Good, but the trains aren't

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as often as I'd like. When I use buses they tend not

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to turn up, they tend to breakdown The north of England

:04:06.:04:08.

is badly served by travel. Businesses argue they need

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better connectivity too. I've come to meet Clive, who runs

:04:18.:04:19.

a furniture shop in Barnsley. A lot of businesses try

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to just-in-time deliveries, we may need to go to Manchester

:04:23.:04:30.

by 3pm, that could take anywhere Because of this variation we have

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to put a three-hour delivery slot, if you do it in three quarters

:04:34.:04:44.

of an hour that's an awful For many commuters and businesses

:04:45.:04:47.

here, speeding up the process of getting between northern towns

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and cities can't come soon enough. For many of them, it's the journey,

:04:53.:04:59.

not just the destination. And since talking about this, we

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have had lots of comments from people explaining what difference it

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would make to them if they could get around faster, jerk visiting

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relatives but also business point of view. But the Government have said

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they are committed to this. They say they are still committed, because

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there was some concern that we never link changed with Brexit and the

:05:25.:05:27.

election and everything else, it might fade away, but they have said

:05:28.:05:33.

they are still going to be investing millions of pounds in improving the

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trains and the connectivity in the North as well, and saying they are

:05:36.:05:38.

looking at plans now that have been submitted to get faster route across

:05:39.:05:42.

the Pennines, because that should make a big difference. And it takes

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a lot of time as well. Like anything, there is a lot of

:05:47.:05:51.

bureaucracy that goes on before you actually see shovels in the sand.

:05:52.:05:55.

We have had lots of comments today, this was my favourite comment was

:05:56.:06:00.

about Louise's story earlier on, the tomato Festival. I said I was going

:06:01.:06:05.

to go there. Our Breakfast viewers are saying, it is a great idea, but

:06:06.:06:09.

others are saying, she has made it up and it is never going to happen,

:06:10.:06:14.

and Kirsty got in contact to say, I don't believe it is going to happen,

:06:15.:06:27.

it is just pulp fiction. Very good! But isn't it dangerous? It's not

:06:28.:06:34.

like you to be the voice of reason! Not like me to be the sensible one.

:06:35.:06:40.

I cross roads and everything! She is old enough to take care of herself.

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I will come with you with the first aid kit. I will look forward to it.

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In a moment we will make the first British woman to

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The big stories being discussed on BBC Radio London right now.

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It has earned a reputation as the world's most

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dangerous mountain - thanks to incredibly steep peaks,

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minus 40 degree temperatures and notoriously fierce winds.

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But every year, climbers from across the globe travel

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to Pakistan in the hope of conquering K2 - the second

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Having already scaled Everest and visited both

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North and South Poles, former banker, Vanessa O'Brien,

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And this summer she made history by becoming the first British woman

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to reach the summit - and survive the descent.

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We have heard of K2, so what is it that makes it so dangerous? Good

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morning, thank you for having me on the show this morning. First I'd say

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it is the location. K2 is in Pakistan, about a 100 kilometres

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trek to get to it, so it is not easy to get to. It is shaped like a

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triangle, like how a child would draw a mountain, so literally like a

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triangle. And there are a lot of objective hazards. When you are

:09:52.:09:57.

actually climbing K2, there's a lot of avalanche risk. The weather is

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very, very tricky. It is unpredictable. The winds at the

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summit are about 100 kilometres on average, very hard to get a summit

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window of consecutive wins that are climbable, around 40 kilometres or

:10:18.:10:22.

less. So you have avalanches, crevasse is, unpredictable weather,

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high winds, deep snow. It is everything that it could throw at

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you that would make it an climbable. And you haven't mentioned lack of

:10:30.:10:40.

oxygen as well for is. Yes, you are at 8600 metres, so just 200 metres

:10:41.:10:43.

lower than Everest, but so much harder to climb. One thing is the

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journey up K2, but you are a former banker. When did you leave banking?

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2010. Many people leave banking and go on to do different things. What

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made you think my Everest, the polls, and now K2? That was the time

:11:05.:11:09.

of the great recession. I was watching people in Canary Wharf

:11:10.:11:12.

clean out their desks and things, so it was time to do something a little

:11:13.:11:17.

bit different. I was looking for a challenge and something goal

:11:18.:11:21.

oriented, and at the time, someone had mentioned Everest, and I

:11:22.:11:27.

thought, Everest had happened then in 1953, but it was also happening

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now, in 2010. The question is, could I? Would I? I didn't know if I would

:11:35.:11:38.

like it, or be any good at it, I didn't think I could do it, but I

:11:39.:11:42.

knew it would take two or three years to learn, and I could learn

:11:43.:11:46.

that skill. So I went to New Zealand to train. It took two to three years

:11:47.:11:54.

to properly learn something like that, and like any good stories, I

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failed first, trying to get to camp to an Everest, and that is

:12:00.:12:02.

important, because I think if you want success, real success, you need

:12:03.:12:07.

a good dose of failure and a good piece of humble pie, which I did

:12:08.:12:14.

have. And that really taught me about high altitude, about how poxy,

:12:15.:12:20.

the things I needed to learn about how the body adapts physiologically,

:12:21.:12:23.

the red blood cells, the acclimatisation, things that you

:12:24.:12:26.

needed to know to go to high altitude, because it is a

:12:27.:12:30.

different... High-altitude mountaineering is very different

:12:31.:12:33.

than regular mountaineering. We can all go hiking and have a good time,

:12:34.:12:38.

but if you want to go to 8000 metres, as high as planes fly, you

:12:39.:12:43.

have got to prepare. It is extraordinary. These are your

:12:44.:12:48.

pictures when you made it. How did it feel? When you are at the top, as

:12:49.:12:53.

a mountain near you are trained to know that that is only halfway. So

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you are excited to be there, but it has taken 16 hours in this case the

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K2, and for 16 hours you are battling 50km walk wins, three feet

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of snow. It is precipitating while you are climbing, so the snow is

:13:14.:13:19.

coming at you. You are exhausted, dehydrated. You don't have to have

:13:20.:13:23.

fun to have fun, that is another way to say it. So this is really hard,

:13:24.:13:30.

and the whole time you're looking at that accumulated precipitation

:13:31.:13:36.

versus how much progress you are making towards the summit, and

:13:37.:13:39.

wondering if you should turn around because of the avalanche risk. You

:13:40.:13:44.

didn't, you made it. Massive congratulations. A pleasure to meet

:13:45.:13:47.

the first British woman to get to the top, as well as smack

:13:48.:13:50.

Long, sunny days when our countryside

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It's the season that brings out the child in us all.

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