:00:00. > :00:07.This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie
:00:08. > :00:11.Death and destruction in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
:00:12. > :00:14.At least seven people have died in the Caribbean's fiercest storm
:00:15. > :00:40.One island, Barbuda, is described as barely habitable.
:00:41. > :00:45.A row over using laws first introduced by Henry VIII
:00:46. > :00:51.is at the centre of a two-day debate on Brexit.
:00:52. > :00:58.For the latest in the season on Britain's coast, we are on a
:00:59. > :01:06.scientific research vessel trying to establish the exact levels of
:01:07. > :01:07.looting plastics in the oceans. -- polluting.
:01:08. > :01:10.Jaguar Land Rover announces big plans for new electric cars.
:01:11. > :01:12.I'll ask the boss if companies and drivers a ready
:01:13. > :01:17.In sport, there'll be no Federer-Nadal showdown at the US
:01:18. > :01:19.Roger Federer is knocked out by Juan Martin del Potro,
:01:20. > :01:22.so he will take on world number one Rafael Nadal,
:01:23. > :01:28.Businesses are told to stop pushing unhealthy food and larger
:01:29. > :01:31.Shoppers risk eating an extra 17,000 calories a year
:01:32. > :01:43.And Matt is also on the coast today with the weather.
:01:44. > :01:54.Good morning. I have dragged the deckchair to Sussex. We are looking
:01:55. > :01:58.at the effects erosion are having on the coast. Details on that and they
:01:59. > :02:06.forecast starting off dry but with wet weather coming later up next. --
:02:07. > :02:11.and a forecast. Hurricane Irma has caused
:02:12. > :02:15.devastation across the Caribbean The small island of Barbuda
:02:16. > :02:19.has been severely hit, making it, in the words
:02:20. > :02:22.of its Prime Minister, Authorities in the French island
:02:23. > :02:25.territory of Saint Martin say it has been reduced to rubble and its
:02:26. > :02:33.airport is virtually destroyed. The island of Barbuda, home to 1600
:02:34. > :02:38.people, was one of the first places to be hit by Hurricane Irma with
:02:39. > :02:42.full brunt. It is estimated 95% of homes have been damaged.
:02:43. > :02:46.Communications were destroyed, cutting it off from the outside
:02:47. > :02:50.world. The Prime Minister said the island was barely habitable. What I
:02:51. > :02:57.saw was heart-wrenching, absolutely devastating. In fact, I believe the
:02:58. > :03:03.extent of the destruction is unprecedented. A two-year-old
:03:04. > :03:10.toddler was killed. There were many lucky escapes. We had containers, 40
:03:11. > :03:15.foot containers, flying left and right, and tons of debris. The story
:03:16. > :03:19.you are getting from most of the residents here is the eye of the
:03:20. > :03:28.storm came just in time. People were literally tying themselves to their
:03:29. > :03:35.roofs with ropes to keep them down. In the French territory of San
:03:36. > :03:39.Martin, six people were killed. Authorities said the island had been
:03:40. > :03:44.reduced to rubble. This is Hurricane Irma seen from space. It is now
:03:45. > :03:49.heading north of Puerto Rico, and could hit Florida at the weekend. It
:03:50. > :03:54.is one of three hurricanes in the Atlantic. There are particular fears
:03:55. > :03:59.for Hurricane Jose, following close behind Hurricane Irma on a similar
:04:00. > :04:05.path. With most people homeless, officials say Barbuda cannot survive
:04:06. > :04:09.another storm. They may have to be entirely evacuated. Andy Moore, BBC
:04:10. > :04:10.News. We can now speak to the Prime
:04:11. > :04:21.Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Good morning to you. Thank you very
:04:22. > :04:28.much for talking to us on Breakfast. You are back on Antigua is that
:04:29. > :04:35.correct? Yes. Good morning to you and your viewers. Good morning. Tell
:04:36. > :04:50.us where you are in Antigua. We saw the devastation hit Barbuda. Yes.
:04:51. > :04:55.The extent of the damage was minimal in Antigua. It is back up and
:04:56. > :05:01.running, actually. The airport opens tomorrow morning. We will be
:05:02. > :05:07.undertaking national flights again. And most of the electricity has been
:05:08. > :05:13.restored. But Barbuda is completely different, a complete contrast. In
:05:14. > :05:22.Antigua we can see there has been significant resilience, we can
:05:23. > :05:30.celebrate surviving. Barbuda is devastated. Yesterday when I
:05:31. > :05:34.travelled and circumnavigated the island, it was emotionally painful
:05:35. > :05:41.to see such a beautiful island totally destroyed to the extent
:05:42. > :05:48.about 90% of the country is damaged, totally demolished. We have
:05:49. > :06:02.significant homeless people now in a bid. We have efforts to make sure we
:06:03. > :06:10.can help them tomorrow. -- in Barbuda. We have seen you helping.
:06:11. > :06:17.What can be done to help accommodate and rehouse tomorrow? Tomorrow we
:06:18. > :06:24.have several helicopters and a number of boats travelling to
:06:25. > :06:31.Barbuda to take supplies. Luckily we ordered supplies out of Miami. We
:06:32. > :06:38.will deliver them tomorrow almost exclusively to Barbuda. We will take
:06:39. > :06:47.significant building material as well to restore things that were
:06:48. > :06:55.partially destroyed. We are also sending over tarpaulin as well. It
:06:56. > :07:02.will start tomorrow morning in earnest. There will be water and
:07:03. > :07:07.supplies to make sure they have clean water. Apologies for
:07:08. > :07:14.interrupting. Prime Minister Brown, how much aid do you need from other
:07:15. > :07:23.countries? Are you asking for help? Yeah. We estimate to restore Barbuda
:07:24. > :07:28.runs in excess of 100 million US dollars. That is definitely beyond
:07:29. > :07:39.the means of our government. Clearly we need some help. We need external
:07:40. > :07:45.resources to supplement the efforts. The entire infrastructure, the
:07:46. > :07:52.schools, hospitals, they are damaged. Patella communications
:07:53. > :08:18.infrastructure as well was actually destroyed -- the communications in
:08:19. > :08:23.the structure. Another hurricane is on its way. How will people prepare?
:08:24. > :08:34.We are watching that storm closely. We have no choice but to take
:08:35. > :08:41.immediate steps in Barbuda because we are already very holeable. To
:08:42. > :09:03.have another one is dangerous. -- vulnerable. Prime Minister Gaston
:09:04. > :09:05.Brown, thank you very much for your time. We wish you and your citizens
:09:06. > :09:06.well. Many thanks. The country takes another step
:09:07. > :09:10.towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill
:09:11. > :09:14.before a vote takes place on Monday. Our political correspondent,
:09:15. > :09:16.Chris Mason, is in Westminster. Chris, what are they key
:09:17. > :09:23.issues up for discussion? It is such an important piece of
:09:24. > :09:26.legislation, this. And there is a big row developing around it.
:09:27. > :09:30.Definitely. When people like me stand on grass like this and talk
:09:31. > :09:34.about constitutional change, it can be quite dull. But this is
:09:35. > :09:40.significant. The biggest constitutional change, the way we
:09:41. > :09:45.are governed, since October, 1972, when we signed up to what is now the
:09:46. > :09:50.European Union in the first place. The challenge the government now
:09:51. > :09:58.faces is unravelling that. Essentially in 1972 a pipe was built
:09:59. > :10:04.from here to Brussels and laws flowed through them. 433 regulations
:10:05. > :10:09.in total. The government has to work out what it is going to do. It is
:10:10. > :10:13.concluded everything changes but nothing changes. Everything will be
:10:14. > :10:19.copied over in one go. The challenge in the government is it does not
:10:20. > :10:24.give a chance for scrutiny of what they are doing. That is why Labour
:10:25. > :10:31.does not like it. The use of what is known as Henry VIII powers, dating
:10:32. > :10:40.back to 1539. This has nothing to do with his love of going down the
:10:41. > :10:45.aisle, it was the power to make law without being challenged. The
:10:46. > :10:48.government says they will not abuse the power and they will have a two
:10:49. > :10:53.year limit which will expire at around March, 2021. It is a key
:10:54. > :10:59.reason opposition parties will vote against it. The government is not
:11:00. > :11:02.likely to struggle at this stage of the bill's passage through
:11:03. > :11:08.Parliament to be there will be a vote today and Monday. But it will
:11:09. > :11:18.dominate Westminster for months to come. Thank you so much. And just to
:11:19. > :11:21.remind you. In just over half an hour, we'll be speaking about this
:11:22. > :11:22.with the Shadow Brexit Secretary, Matthew Pennycook.
:11:23. > :11:25.Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more
:11:26. > :11:28.than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator
:11:29. > :11:33.Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual
:11:34. > :11:36.The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures
:11:37. > :11:40.are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.
:11:41. > :11:42.West Midlands Police, the second biggest force in England
:11:43. > :11:45.and Wales, has been accused of failing to record thousands
:11:46. > :11:48.These included sexual offences, domestic abuse and rape.
:11:49. > :11:51.The Inspectorate of Constabulary graded its performance on crime
:11:52. > :12:01.recording as "inadequate," the lowest rating possible.
:12:02. > :12:03.Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded campaign to promote
:12:04. > :12:06.divisive social and political messages on its network
:12:07. > :12:14.The company said $77,000 was spent on about 3,000
:12:15. > :12:17.ads over a two-year period, ending in May this year.
:12:18. > :12:19.The ads did not back any specific political figures,
:12:20. > :12:21.but instead posted on topics including immigration,
:12:22. > :12:33.Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something
:12:34. > :12:36.we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.
:12:37. > :12:38.But according to a new report from the Royal Society
:12:39. > :12:41.for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis
:12:42. > :12:52.We have been confused about that phrase. Small is not big enough.
:12:53. > :12:57.Our reporter, Alice Hutton, has more.
:12:58. > :13:03.It is a familiar sound of the high street, whether you are in a
:13:04. > :13:07.newsagent, fast food outlets, coffee shop, we have all been asked if we
:13:08. > :13:13.want to treat ourselves to something extra. But pushing larger portions
:13:14. > :13:18.on customers, up selling, is not just taking a toll on wallets. New
:13:19. > :13:23.research shows it is fuelling the obesity crisis in the UK. One in
:13:24. > :13:30.three are accepting this temptation. We can put on between five lbs a
:13:31. > :13:36.year to 11 lbs a year depending on your age group. That is fairly
:13:37. > :13:40.significant to quantify the damage we are doing to ourselves. If the
:13:41. > :13:50.public are aware, they may think twice. Shoppers face more than 100
:13:51. > :13:54.attempts every year. 78% have been asked to upgrade in the last week.
:13:55. > :13:59.The report is calling for businesses to take responsibility for their
:14:00. > :14:04.part in keeping the public healthy. The responsibility does not just lie
:14:05. > :14:14.with retailers. They also want us to shop more smartly and resist
:14:15. > :14:15.temptation will be get to the till. -- when we get to the.
:14:16. > :14:18.Prince George is to begin his first day at school today.
:14:19. > :14:21.The four-year-old will attend Thomas's Battersea in South London,
:14:22. > :14:23.where the fees are more than ?16,000 a year.
:14:24. > :14:25.His uniform includes navy shorts and jacket,
:14:26. > :14:29.There's a slam-dunking bunny, the world's longest legs
:14:30. > :14:32.It can only mean one thing, the latest edition
:14:33. > :14:36.This year's entries include Biff Hutchison from Idaho,
:14:37. > :14:39.who's the first person to clear 11 feet on a pogo stick.
:14:40. > :14:42.And this is "Bini the Bunny" from California who holds the record
:14:43. > :14:46.for the most basketball slam-dunks in one minute by a rabbit.
:14:47. > :14:47.She managed a grand total of Seven slam-dunks.
:14:48. > :15:19.It is quite a specific category. And that is him celebrating. Her? Him.
:15:20. > :15:23.There was some debate this morning but it is official. Him. And now you
:15:24. > :15:32.know. Let's talk about record-breaking
:15:33. > :15:36.tennis players. Roger Federer is out of the US Open, beaten by Warren
:15:37. > :15:42.Martin Del pop show in New York. He has been giving his postmatch press
:15:43. > :15:46.conference, and he said he isn't good enough to be in the tournament
:15:47. > :15:50.at the moment, it is better that he is out on somebody else gets the
:15:51. > :15:54.chance. So dignified! It also means that match, the semifinal they
:15:55. > :15:58.wanted to in Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will not happen in New York.
:15:59. > :16:05.It has never happened to there. That dream is over, Juan Martin Del Potro
:16:06. > :16:08.is through, and will be facing the world number one, Rafael Nadal, in
:16:09. > :16:13.the semifinals. He lost only five games as he sailed past Andrei
:16:14. > :16:16.Rublev yesterday. Andy Murray says he will probably miss the rest of
:16:17. > :16:20.the season because of his ongoing hip injury. He hasn't played since
:16:21. > :16:24.Wimbledon. He says he is protecting his long-term future. The deciding
:16:25. > :16:28.test between England and West Indies begins at Lord's this morning. Toby
:16:29. > :16:32.Rowland Jones has been on his home ground. And Chris Froome says he is
:16:33. > :16:37.still confident of winning the tour the Spaniard despite his league
:16:38. > :16:43.being cut. -- leader. He is now just four minutes ahead. Lots of climbing
:16:44. > :16:47.yesterday, as you can see. Very good. We will talk lots more about
:16:48. > :16:53.the tennis later. And the cricket, as well. Can we talk about big
:16:54. > :16:57.deckchairs? I love big deckchairs. We sat in it last week when it was
:16:58. > :17:02.here, it was massive. You have trouble getting out of it. Matthew
:17:03. > :17:09.isn't really that small. Honestly, he is about eight feet tall. Good
:17:10. > :17:14.morning! Good morning. Yes, the deckchair dwarfs me somewhat. Good
:17:15. > :17:18.morning from memory in Sussex on the coast here. This morning we are
:17:19. > :17:23.talking about the impact the changing climate is having on some
:17:24. > :17:25.of our coastlines. Increases in global air temperatures, sea
:17:26. > :17:29.temperatures and global sea levels is having a great impact on the risk
:17:30. > :17:33.of flooding and erosion around written's coast. We are looking at
:17:34. > :17:38.some of the schemes that are in case -- in place and a scheme to try to
:17:39. > :17:43.put that more at ease. To speak about it we have come to Medmerry in
:17:44. > :17:48.Sussex. There is an innovative scheme by the environment agency,
:17:49. > :17:52.called Managed Realignment. The existing defences behind me were
:17:53. > :17:56.breached and in doing so it created a brand-new habitat here and also
:17:57. > :18:02.saved the prospect of flooding, or at least help the prospect of
:18:03. > :18:05.flooding, for 350 properties, for holiday Park, and various other
:18:06. > :18:10.pieces of infrastructure in the area. We will be looking at it more
:18:11. > :18:15.this morning. It is fairly calm here this morning. The winds will be
:18:16. > :18:18.picking up today. We will take a look at the forecast across the
:18:19. > :18:22.country. We can start with a look at what is happening. A dry start for
:18:23. > :18:26.many, but rain is on the way for most parts of the country and the
:18:27. > :18:30.wind will pick up as well. Now, the prospects this morning showed that
:18:31. > :18:33.there are a few showers across the English Channel affecting parts of
:18:34. > :18:37.Sussex, Kent and Hampshire in particular, and there are showers in
:18:38. > :18:42.western Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north-west of England. There
:18:43. > :18:45.will be longer spells of rain through the day for the northern
:18:46. > :18:49.half of the country but further south will stay largely dry. A few
:18:50. > :18:52.showers in the south-east and East Anglia, developing in the afternoon.
:18:53. > :18:56.The odd heavy shower cannot be ruled out. Temperatures generally in the
:18:57. > :19:01.high teens. The further north, the pick of the cloud. The skies across
:19:02. > :19:04.northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be rather
:19:05. > :19:08.grey. Outbreaks of rain coming and going. Heaviest on the hills in the
:19:09. > :19:12.west throughout, and the breeze picking up as well. Temperatures
:19:13. > :19:17.stuck in the midteens but many. We will gradually see that rain pushing
:19:18. > :19:20.across parts of north Wales as well. For the northern half of the
:19:21. > :19:24.country, the day finishes on a slightly wetter note. Maybe staying
:19:25. > :19:28.dry for a good part of the Dave or southern England and Wales, but even
:19:29. > :19:32.here, we could be prone to one ultimate showers. Into tonight,
:19:33. > :19:36.showers will come and go across all parts of the country. We will see
:19:37. > :19:39.the breeze picking up quite drastically. Quite a blustery night.
:19:40. > :19:43.Even though the wind is there, with cloud and outbreaks of rain, it will
:19:44. > :19:46.be cooler than last night. Temperatures OK in the towns and
:19:47. > :19:51.cities, but down into single figures in some areas of the countryside.
:19:52. > :19:54.The wind will add to the chill. A slightly cooler spell to end the
:19:55. > :20:01.weekend going to be weakened. Friday for me will be a mixture of sunshine
:20:02. > :20:05.and showers. -- for many. They will be some thunder, the further north
:20:06. > :20:08.you are. A complication in the English Channel. More cloud through
:20:09. > :20:10.the day, outbreaks of rain, that rank could become heavy and
:20:11. > :20:14.persistent and move towards Wales and the Midlands at times in the
:20:15. > :20:17.afternoon as well. Not a particularly pleasant day, it must
:20:18. > :20:22.be said. Cooler tomorrow than today, and cooler still on Saturday. We
:20:23. > :20:25.will clear away the rain from the south coast. Sunshine and showers
:20:26. > :20:29.across much of the country. Showers always heaviest towards the western
:20:30. > :20:33.half of the UK, but as I said, the wind becomes more of a feature. As
:20:34. > :20:37.we going to the weekend we could see our first winter storm of the autumn
:20:38. > :20:41.heading in, especially as we go through Sunday into Monday. That
:20:42. > :20:45.could of course have an impact on the coast. As I said, we will be
:20:46. > :20:49.taking a closer look at the impacts of flooding and erosion on the coast
:20:50. > :20:58.through this morning as part of our Coastal written season. -- Britain.
:20:59. > :21:02.It looks like it could be a lovely morning of our, Matthew. Now we are
:21:03. > :21:06.going to a boat in Plymouth. More than eight million tonnes
:21:07. > :21:09.of plastic are dumped every year in our oceans and it's predicted
:21:10. > :21:12.that by 2050 99% of seabirds As part of our Coastal Britain
:21:13. > :21:16.series, Breakfast's John Maguire is in Plymouth for us looking
:21:17. > :21:25.at the problems posed by plastic. You can see morning breaking there.
:21:26. > :21:29.A cloudy sky, perhaps a hint of some sunshine breaking through. John is
:21:30. > :21:34.looking at the problems posed by plastic. Good morning, John. Good
:21:35. > :21:40.morning. I hope you are well in the studio. As you say, we are in
:21:41. > :21:43.Plymouth Sound, aboard the Fork and Spirit, a marine research vessel
:21:44. > :21:49.which belongs to the University of them. -- Falcon Spirit. Have a look
:21:50. > :21:56.here at the end of this line. This is a dragnet. That has been trawling
:21:57. > :22:02.through the see this morning. -- sea. They are bringing it in, we
:22:03. > :22:05.will look at what it contains. We know that there are lots of
:22:06. > :22:09.plastics, big ones, but even more dangerous are the smaller ones in
:22:10. > :22:11.our oceans. It is a major problem, not only for us, but also for the
:22:12. > :22:18.natural world. Nestled at the bottom of cliffs on
:22:19. > :22:22.the North Yorkshire coast is a colony of grey seals. As the tide
:22:23. > :22:27.comes in they wriggle and bounced their way up onto dry land, but
:22:28. > :22:31.increasingly, they are at risk when they are back in the water, from
:22:32. > :22:36.threats that are man-made. -- bounce their way. As the tide comes in the
:22:37. > :22:41.seals will haul themselves up onto the shore. The sea, of course, is
:22:42. > :22:44.where they do most of there eating. It is troubling to think that is
:22:45. > :22:48.also somewhere particularly hazardous to them, because of the
:22:49. > :22:54.amount of Sussex that are now in our oceans. It is a problem. There is
:22:55. > :23:00.litter in the sea that is washing in on every tide, it is coming in and
:23:01. > :23:05.out, and people do not realise that it doesn't necessarily float, it
:23:06. > :23:11.doesn't decompose. Sometimes this is household litter. People don't think
:23:12. > :23:17.it can end up in the sea. Look at that! You superstar. Down the coast
:23:18. > :23:20.in Scarborough, the seal hospital looks after the rescued animals
:23:21. > :23:26.before releasing them once they are healthy. Plastics are a constant
:23:27. > :23:32.problem. We attended a seal recently that was caught in a frisbee, and
:23:33. > :23:35.that frisbee must have been on him for months, and it had cut into
:23:36. > :23:39.about six centimetres of flesh. It had been floating in the ocean and
:23:40. > :23:44.out of curiosity, no doubt, the seal popped his head through it, and
:23:45. > :23:51.obviously couldn't get it. -- get it off. To discover more about how
:23:52. > :23:55.plastics behave in the ocean, that Imperial College London are taking
:23:56. > :23:59.part in a major European study. This wave machine will help them to model
:24:00. > :24:04.the track of the pollution. The aim is to try to understand how plastics
:24:05. > :24:10.move through the ocean. We want to understand how currents can move
:24:11. > :24:19.past six, how it accumulates and how it affects the environment. -- can
:24:20. > :24:23.move plastics. We only know about 1% of the plastic that we fell into the
:24:24. > :24:28.ocean, so we want to understand what is happening. I love paddle boarding
:24:29. > :24:32.and when I first started doing it in London on the canals and rivers, I
:24:33. > :24:37.realise how bad the problem was with a stick illusion. -- plastic
:24:38. > :24:42.pollution. Trying to stop it getting into the sea in the first place is
:24:43. > :24:46.Lizzie's passion and ambition. I saw a Coutts nest, one time, that was
:24:47. > :24:51.made almost entirely of plastics. It was this horrifying moment. And I
:24:52. > :24:55.thought, something needs to be done. I need to show people what I'm
:24:56. > :24:59.seeing every time I'm out paddling, just how about this problem is,
:25:00. > :25:03.inland as well is in the oceans. She has paddle board of the length of
:25:04. > :25:07.England's canals and rivers, recruiting volunteers in helping to
:25:08. > :25:12.clean up. Ultimately this is a man-made problem, and despite the
:25:13. > :25:14.resilience of the natural world, it is one that needs a man-made
:25:15. > :25:28.solution. So, back on board the Falcon Spirit.
:25:29. > :25:31.We had the Scottish government talking this morning about a drive
:25:32. > :25:37.towards recycling plastic and other types of pollutants. This is
:25:38. > :25:41.Professor Richard Thompson, from the University of Plymouth. We have only
:25:42. > :25:45.had a quick trawl this morning, but what do we have so far? We have some
:25:46. > :25:51.of the natural items we would expect to find, seaweed, seagrass. But in
:25:52. > :25:56.this sample we are also likely to find small pieces of plastic. I can
:25:57. > :26:01.already see a small piece that looks a bit suspicious. To completely
:26:02. > :26:04.identify what this is, we need to take a friend is a chemical
:26:05. > :26:10.approach, but to me, this very much looks like a small shard of pulsar
:26:11. > :26:15.in. -- forensic chemical approach. Plastic of this size can be eaten by
:26:16. > :26:18.a wide range of marine organisms, including commercially important
:26:19. > :26:21.fish and shellfish. When we looked at fish in the English Channel we
:26:22. > :26:25.found a third of them contained small pieces of plastic. That is
:26:26. > :26:28.potentially harmful to some of those marine organisms, and of course
:26:29. > :26:32.there is concern in the seafood industry, they don't want the fish
:26:33. > :26:36.to be contaminated. In my view there is no cause for concern for human
:26:37. > :26:40.health at the moment, but we need to recognise that plastics are
:26:41. > :26:45.persistent, so I must we change our ways and stop it in plastics in the
:26:46. > :26:49.oceans, we will see a lot more of this in the sea, in fish, in birds.
:26:50. > :26:53.Richard, thank you. We will speak to you again later. Emily, good
:26:54. > :26:57.morning. You have just sailed around the British Isles to highlight the
:26:58. > :27:01.problems of plastics. Did you discover it was worse than you might
:27:02. > :27:05.have expected? I know you have gone all around the world doing this.
:27:06. > :27:10.Yeah, we have done most of our research in the gyres, the big
:27:11. > :27:13.accumulation zones around the world. Because of the ocean currents that
:27:14. > :27:17.is where we expect the plastic to end up. It has been surprising that
:27:18. > :27:21.here in UK waters we have found a reasonable amount of plastic here as
:27:22. > :27:27.well. It just concludes that we know it is coming from land, it is coming
:27:28. > :27:31.from us. Using a lot of this plastic and hyperplasia areas, and getting
:27:32. > :27:35.out there. And you spoke to politicians as he went around, can
:27:36. > :27:39.you give us a couple of good solutions, a couple of workable,
:27:40. > :27:43.tangible solutions? The easiest thing is to just avoid using this
:27:44. > :27:47.single use plastic, this plastic that we have in our lives every day
:27:48. > :27:51.that we use to ten minutes or one hour and then we throw it away. That
:27:52. > :27:56.is the easiest thing we can do. But we need the bigger picture answers
:27:57. > :28:00.as well. We do. We will be speaking about that through the morning. I
:28:01. > :28:03.want to show you these later on as well, these micro beads. You get
:28:04. > :28:06.them in facial scrubs and things like that. These are about to be
:28:07. > :28:11.banned, thankfully. Lots more from us off Plymouth later in the
:28:12. > :31:30.programme. Fascinating. Thank you, John.
:31:31. > :31:31.programme. Fascinating. Thank you, heavy weather on Sunday.
:31:32. > :31:33.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom
:31:34. > :31:46.This is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.
:31:47. > :31:48.It's on Thursday the 7th of September.
:31:49. > :31:53.New petrol and diesel cars are to be banned by 2040 but are we ready
:31:54. > :31:56.to go electric as another car manufacturer announces investment
:31:57. > :32:05.Tycoon, Michelle Mone, made a fortune selling underwear.
:32:06. > :32:09.She'll be here to discuss her career and tell us why she's now selling
:32:10. > :32:11.property with the virtual currency, Bitcoin.
:32:12. > :32:16.Before Prime Suspect, there was Tennison.
:32:17. > :32:20.The crime writer, Lynda La Plante, will be on the sofa to tell us
:32:21. > :32:24.why her famous character is front and centre of a 1970s IRA bombing.
:32:25. > :32:30.Now a summary of this morning's main news.
:32:31. > :32:36.Hurricanes Burma has caused devastation killing at least seven
:32:37. > :32:41.people. -- Hurricane Irma. At least seven people have died
:32:42. > :32:44.in the Caribbean's fiercest storm One island, Barbuda,
:32:45. > :32:47.is described as barely habitable. This is how Hurricane Irma looked
:32:48. > :32:51.from space last night as it headed towards Puerto Rico
:32:52. > :32:53.and the Dominican Republic. There's more concern as two further
:32:54. > :32:56.hurricanes develop in the region. The country takes another step
:32:57. > :32:59.towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill
:33:00. > :33:08.before a vote takes place on Monday. The bill will mean that thousands
:33:09. > :33:11.of EU laws and regulations are transferred into British law
:33:12. > :33:14.but ministers will need more powers The debate will last two days
:33:15. > :33:22.before a vote on Monday. We will talk about this in a few
:33:23. > :33:25.minutes with the shadow Brexit Secretary.
:33:26. > :33:28.Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more
:33:29. > :33:31.than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator
:33:32. > :33:36.Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual
:33:37. > :33:41.There are calls for the city watchdog to fully publish a leaked
:33:42. > :33:44.report into the treatment of customers in RBS's
:33:45. > :33:47.The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority,
:33:48. > :33:49.suggested the group mistreated many of its clients.
:33:50. > :34:05.The FCA said it would respond to the calls for publication in due course.
:34:06. > :34:08.Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something
:34:09. > :34:11.we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.
:34:12. > :34:14.But according to a new report from the Royal Society
:34:15. > :34:17.for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis
:34:18. > :34:33.As great escapes go, Houdini himself might have learned
:34:34. > :34:36.This is Toscha Sponsler who's been arrested
:34:37. > :34:41.After she was detained and placed in the back of a police vehicle,
:34:42. > :34:43.somehow she manages to slip out of her handcuffs,
:34:44. > :34:46.slide into the front seat and take off in the car.
:34:47. > :34:50.Eventually police forced her off the road when she lost control
:34:51. > :34:54.She was taken back incto custody, apparently unhurt.
:34:55. > :34:56.Local police say they're now fitting new security measure
:34:57. > :35:25.They are presumably asking questions about the handcuffs. Roger Federer
:35:26. > :35:33.was just been beaten as they came in by Potro. -- As I. We will not show
:35:34. > :35:42.you the picture is because of the rights. We cannot show them to you
:35:43. > :35:48.just eat. I can tell you what happened, though. -- yet.
:35:49. > :35:51.Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have never played each other at the US
:35:52. > :35:54.Open, and that's not going to change this year.
:35:55. > :35:57.Federer was beaten in four sets by Juan Martin del Potro,
:35:58. > :36:00.so it's the Argentinian, who'll take on Nadal in New York.
:36:01. > :36:02.Nadal, back in the world number one spot, was ruthless
:36:03. > :36:05.against the Russian teenager Andrey Rublev, dropping only five
:36:06. > :36:08.Karolina Pliskova will lose her world number one ranking
:36:09. > :36:11.after she lost to Coco Vanderweghe, who's part of an all-American
:36:12. > :36:15.That hasn't happened since 1981 and the days of Martina Navratilova
:36:16. > :36:22.Andy Murray says he is likely to miss the rest of the season because
:36:23. > :36:25.of his ongoing hip injury. He hasn't played since Wimbledon, and he says
:36:26. > :36:27.that after an extended period of rest and rehabilitation, he'll be
:36:28. > :36:28.fighting for grand slam titles again.
:36:29. > :36:31.Chris Froome said he was still confident of winning the Vuelta
:36:32. > :36:33.a Espana despite having his lead cut on stage 17.
:36:34. > :36:36.He said he'd struggled on the steep climbs,
:36:37. > :36:38.paying the price for winning Tuesday's time trial.
:36:39. > :36:41.His closest rival Vincenzo Nibali, in the gold helmet, is now only
:36:42. > :36:54.We kind of knew that was coming. It is going to be a tough few stages
:36:55. > :36:54.for him. The Tour of Britain
:36:55. > :36:58.heads to Clacton today. There were some strong words after
:36:59. > :37:01.this crash. Yesterday Fernando Gaviria, in blue,
:37:02. > :37:04.won the sprint into Newark. In the top right of your screen,
:37:05. > :37:08.you'll see a pile up where a load of riders crashed into a car parked
:37:09. > :37:12.on the side of the road. England's final home test match
:37:13. > :37:15.of the summer gets under way at Lords later this morning
:37:16. > :37:18.with the series decider against West Toby Roland-Jones returns
:37:19. > :37:21.to the side in place of Chris Woakes but it could be another fast
:37:22. > :37:23.bowler, James Anderson, England's all time leading wicket
:37:24. > :37:27.taker needs just three more to become the first
:37:28. > :37:29.Englishman to reach 500. It's currently one-match
:37:30. > :37:31.all after a rejuvinated West Indies side levelled the series
:37:32. > :37:37.at Headingley last week. You expect sides to respond well,
:37:38. > :37:41.just like the West Indies did. Part of being a successful side in this
:37:42. > :37:46.format is being able to deal with it, with difficult weeks like last
:37:47. > :37:50.week. So, we have a lot of experience in our dressing room and
:37:51. > :37:54.a lot of hungry guys desperate to come back from the way we played. We
:37:55. > :37:58.want to make sure we win this series.
:37:59. > :38:08.Obviously, we are making sure we come to this game with improvements.
:38:09. > :38:10.That is a big thing for us. Hopefully we can continue pressing
:38:11. > :38:20.forward here. That is all fair enough. But look at
:38:21. > :38:29.this picture. Fairy rings. Fungus! How is your lawn. You sound like you
:38:30. > :38:34.know it. Apparently it makes no difference whatsoever to pollute the
:38:35. > :38:45.surface has not changed. It just looks like it has Olympic rings over
:38:46. > :38:46.it. We will see you later on, Sally. Thank you.
:38:47. > :38:49.MPs begin two days of debate today over the European Union Withdrawal
:38:50. > :38:52.Bill, which seeks to largely copy and paste EU law
:38:53. > :38:55.Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has ordered his MPs to vote
:38:56. > :38:58.Matthew Pennycook, is the Shadow Brexit Minister
:38:59. > :39:04.and he joins us now from Westminster.
:39:05. > :39:11.Thank you very much for your time this morning. Just explain to us
:39:12. > :39:18.first of all what will be happening today. Today we have normal Brexit
:39:19. > :39:24.questions in the morning. Around lunchtime, the first day of the
:39:25. > :39:27.second debate begins. That is a two-day debate, today and Monday, on
:39:28. > :39:33.the principles of this piece of legislation. What I jaw objections?
:39:34. > :39:42.They are not about the principle of copying and pasting EU law into
:39:43. > :39:46.British law. -- are your objections. It is vital to make sure there is no
:39:47. > :39:51.harming the statute book after leaving the EU. But this is a deeply
:39:52. > :39:56.flawed piece of legislation, even dangerous. It has government
:39:57. > :40:10.ministers, not ordinary MPs, government ministers getting powers
:40:11. > :40:12.that will allow them to change swathes of legislation, risking our
:40:13. > :40:20.protections. That is why we cannot support it. Brexit is bringing
:40:21. > :40:24.serious debates. There is the Henry VIII link about laws he brought in
:40:25. > :40:30.to give him powers in unusual circumstances. It is about
:40:31. > :40:36.parliamentary process, about how laws and regulations can be put onto
:40:37. > :40:41.the statute. We think up to 1000 EU directives could be modified or
:40:42. > :40:45.changed by ministers without parliamentary oversight and
:40:46. > :40:51.accountability by the provisions this bill provides. I find it
:40:52. > :40:55.interesting and curious. You said in your first answer the European
:40:56. > :40:59.withdrawal bill, it has to happen, part of the process that has to
:41:00. > :41:05.happen. You will vote against it? The process has to happen. Article
:41:06. > :41:11.50 has been triggered. Whether this bill survives or not, we will be
:41:12. > :41:19.leaving the EU. That is a fact because Article 50 has been
:41:20. > :41:24.triggered since March 19th. This is not about whether we will, it is
:41:25. > :41:27.about how. It is about safeguarding vital protections are currently
:41:28. > :41:36.enjoy from membership. I don't think anyone who voted Leave, I voted
:41:37. > :41:40.Remain, but anyone voting Leave, when they did that, they did not
:41:41. > :41:44.mean ministers could circumvent Parliament and have vast sweeping
:41:45. > :41:50.powers to change it will the rights we enjoy. As it stands, you and
:41:51. > :41:56.Labour will vote against this bill. What would the government have to do
:41:57. > :41:59.to get you to vote for it? We wrote to the government ministers before
:42:00. > :42:05.summer to look at concerns and think again. We have no indication they
:42:06. > :42:11.are willing to move at all. We hope the next stage, the committee stage,
:42:12. > :42:20.the ministers look again at concerns not just being raised via Labour MPs
:42:21. > :42:26.but Conservative MPs as well. We don't want to wreck this ill, we
:42:27. > :42:32.want to repair them. -- bill. We still think we can get consensus.
:42:33. > :42:37.There is an enormous amount of stuff to get heads around. Helped
:42:38. > :42:43.specifics. You say you are concerned about the way the government is
:42:44. > :42:47.doing this, using trickery to get things through that you don't like.
:42:48. > :42:51.Can you give us an example of something that you don't want to
:42:52. > :42:57.happen, a law that will be affected by this? It is not a law that we
:42:58. > :43:00.don't want happening. The principle of bringing all EU law onto our
:43:01. > :43:09.statute book at the point of departure is the right one, bringing
:43:10. > :43:16.certainty, continuity, and no hole in the book as it stands. In terms
:43:17. > :43:21.of the sweeping powers, ministers without due parliamentary oversight
:43:22. > :43:27.and scrutiny, they can modify current EU rights and protections we
:43:28. > :43:35.currently enjoy in the process of bringing it into our book. We need
:43:36. > :43:40.an enhanced form of oversight so the parliamentarians can look at this
:43:41. > :43:43.gestation as it is transposed and make sure the rights currently
:43:44. > :43:48.enjoyed by safeguarded as we bring them over the pipe thank you very
:43:49. > :43:58.much for your time this morning. -- over. This is Breakfast. The main
:43:59. > :44:03.stories. Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever,
:44:04. > :44:11.has hit the Caribbean. The first parliamentary test since Brexit.
:44:12. > :44:12.Parliament is debating plans to transfer thousands of EU rules into
:44:13. > :44:25.British law. That has travelled to West Sussex
:44:26. > :44:28.this morning. -- Matt. We are looking at how coastal communities
:44:29. > :44:34.are vulnerable to flooding and cliff erosion. Good morning. Yes, good
:44:35. > :44:38.morning, we certainly are. We have come to met Bury, where they have
:44:39. > :44:41.come up with an innovative scheme to tackle the risks of coastal flooding
:44:42. > :44:46.by actually letting the sea take over some parts of the land to save
:44:47. > :44:49.others. More on that in a minute. Certainly here in Medbery this
:44:50. > :44:53.morning we have some showers rattling through. Looking at the
:44:54. > :44:57.forecast across the UK there will be a few more of them in the next few
:44:58. > :45:00.days, and today we will see increasing rain at times, and it
:45:01. > :45:03.will be increasingly easy as well. This morning, plenty of cloud, not
:45:04. > :45:09.as much sunshine as we saw yesterday. The further south and
:45:10. > :45:13.east you are the more groups as of sunshine you will get, but the cloud
:45:14. > :45:16.thickens up over the northern half of the country, and the rain becomes
:45:17. > :45:20.more abundant. At the moment over the south coast there are one or two
:45:21. > :45:24.showers which will clear away from the likes of Essex and Kent in the
:45:25. > :45:27.next hour or two. More showers later on in the day, especially across the
:45:28. > :45:31.south-east of England and East Anglia. Very much isn't this. Some
:45:32. > :45:35.of you will stay dry, with a little bit of sunshine. Temperatures in the
:45:36. > :45:41.high teens, but a degree down on what we saw yesterday. Away from the
:45:42. > :45:45.south-east, the cloudy conditions will be. Aspects of rain more
:45:46. > :45:48.extensive in the afternoon. The heaviest bursts of rain will be on
:45:49. > :45:52.the western side of the hills, a little bit drier to the east. Even
:45:53. > :45:56.here we will see patchy rain and drizzle at times. Scotland will see
:45:57. > :45:59.rain becoming more abundant through the day. Outbreaks of rain just
:46:00. > :46:03.about anywhere. Heavy as to the west. Northern Ireland also seeing
:46:04. > :46:08.outbreaks of rain coming and going as well. Temperatures around the
:46:09. > :46:11.midteens. The rain edges into northern parts of Wales a bit more
:46:12. > :46:15.in the afternoon. The further south you are, into the south of Wales and
:46:16. > :46:19.south-east England, we cannot rule out showers through the day, but
:46:20. > :46:23.much of it will be dry. Increasingly breezy and cloudy in the south-west,
:46:24. > :46:26.where showers will get going by the end of the day to take us into the
:46:27. > :46:30.evening. Overnight, outbreak of rain possible just about anywhere,
:46:31. > :46:34.pushing through on that reason. Gaps in the cloud between the showers.
:46:35. > :46:39.There will be clear and try moments, it will not rain or might long, but
:46:40. > :46:43.even though temperatures will stay in double figures in most towns and
:46:44. > :46:47.cities, it will feel a bit fresher in the wind. Friday, sunshine and
:46:48. > :46:52.showers the name of the game for most. Best of the sunshine between
:46:53. > :46:55.the showers, the further north you are, wait on the south coast of
:46:56. > :46:59.England. In the south it will mostly be a gloomy day. We could see
:47:00. > :47:02.heavier bursts of rain further north into Wales, the Midlands and the
:47:03. > :47:05.south-east, as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures very
:47:06. > :47:10.disappointing for this time of year. That cool theme continues into
:47:11. > :47:14.Saturday. Still fairly blustery, as it will be on Friday. Sunshine and
:47:15. > :47:17.showers generally on Saturday. Showers most abundant across England
:47:18. > :47:22.and Wales, temperatures generally in the midteens. For the second half of
:47:23. > :47:27.the weekend, it does look like things could move even wetter and
:47:28. > :47:31.windy. Potentially our first autumn storm of the season. Storms could
:47:32. > :47:35.potentially cross the UK and become more of a feature as we go into the
:47:36. > :47:39.future. The climate is changing. The seat of richer is rising, the air
:47:40. > :47:45.temperature is rising, and sea levels are on the rise as well. --
:47:46. > :47:49.sea temperature. These places are lovely to live, but it comes at a
:47:50. > :47:51.price, and I have been finding out in one place in Devon what that
:47:52. > :48:00.price is. I heard a rumble, I came rushing
:48:01. > :48:07.out, and the whole shed was disappearing over the cliff.
:48:08. > :48:10.Fortunately, I wasn't in it. It was six metres, altogether, born. Which
:48:11. > :48:16.is actually rather more than normally happens. Sidmouth, Devon.
:48:17. > :48:21.Some of the most sought-after homes in the country. But how much longer
:48:22. > :48:25.they will be here remains uncertain. In 15 years we have probably lost
:48:26. > :48:30.about 40 feet of garden. We knew that there was erosion, but at that
:48:31. > :48:36.time, the erosion rate was much less than it is now. The lifespan of
:48:37. > :48:40.these properties could in large part be determined by the council's next
:48:41. > :48:45.choice of sea defences, something currently in the process of
:48:46. > :48:49.consultation. The extreme winter of 2013-14 hit this stretch of coast
:48:50. > :48:53.with ferocity, bringing with it Rapid cliff erosion and flooding.
:48:54. > :48:57.Impacts we could see more of sea levels rise. Just down the coast in
:48:58. > :49:05.Dawlish, the storms and tides of thousands without power, and the
:49:06. > :49:09.railway line that hanging in midair. The environment agency estimates
:49:10. > :49:12.840,000 homes in England are in areas of risk at flooding from the
:49:13. > :49:16.sea, and over 700 properties could you lost to coastal erosion over the
:49:17. > :49:20.next decade. There is an acceptance that not all properties in the UK
:49:21. > :49:24.can be protected in the long-term. One could argue that as a society we
:49:25. > :49:26.may have a responsibility to at least provide some sort of
:49:27. > :49:31.compensation to those properties, and at the moment, there is nothing
:49:32. > :49:34.in place. You want to be fair to the people who will lose their property,
:49:35. > :49:37.but on the other hand, can you expect people who live in
:49:38. > :49:43.Huddersfield, their taxpayer money, to go into buying people out to live
:49:44. > :49:47.on the coast? I think all coastal properties are at risk, one way or
:49:48. > :49:53.another. But we are not moving anywhere. We are not moving! With
:49:54. > :49:54.budget is tight and our climate changing, will nature have the final
:49:55. > :50:03.say? -- budgets. So, difficult decisions and choice
:50:04. > :50:07.is to be made across the UK. It is a case of budgets, and a case of how
:50:08. > :50:10.the climate is changing. There are schemes in place to protect the
:50:11. > :50:14.nation's coast. In Sidmouth, perhaps, some of those schemes are
:50:15. > :50:18.helping erosion in other parts of the coast. Here, the environment
:50:19. > :50:21.agency has been harnessing the power of nature to a certain extent. It
:50:22. > :50:25.has taken on a more sustainable approach to protecting areas around
:50:26. > :50:31.parts of west Sussex. Behind me, the original sea defence was breached as
:50:32. > :50:34.part of managed realignment, the largest scheme in Europe, helping
:50:35. > :50:40.seawater flooding to this area of land. About 250 hackers of nature
:50:41. > :50:46.reserve created in response. -- hectares. By flooding this part of
:50:47. > :50:50.the land, it protects around 350 properties in other areas.
:50:51. > :50:54.Infrastructure, as well, in the area. And also a holiday park. They
:50:55. > :51:00.were all protected. Flooding has been decreased by something like
:51:01. > :51:06.1000% compare to what they had previously. When the scheme was
:51:07. > :51:10.introduced in 2013, we saw those big storms, offering instant protection.
:51:11. > :51:13.It is a case of, do we go down the road of doing the man-made
:51:14. > :51:18.protection across the UK? Or do use nature and help parts the coast go
:51:19. > :51:23.back to the sea in order to protect others? We will have more on that
:51:24. > :51:25.through the morning as part of our Coastal Britain series, but for now,
:51:26. > :51:31.back to you both. We will be sticking with the theme
:51:32. > :51:35.of the environment this morning. We have been talking about plastic in
:51:36. > :51:39.the ocean, polluting wildlife there, but also about how car companies are
:51:40. > :51:39.trying to make a difference in terms of the environment.
:51:40. > :51:42.This morning Jaguar Land Rover becomes the latest car manufacturer
:51:43. > :51:45.to announce a major investment in electric car technology.
:51:46. > :51:52.Yes, they are not the first, but more of them are getting on board to
:51:53. > :51:55.offer electric versions of their cars.
:51:56. > :51:58.Jaguar Land Rover says every new car they make
:51:59. > :52:01.after 2020 will also be available as an electric version.
:52:02. > :52:04.It comes a month after the government said it would ban
:52:05. > :52:06.the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040.
:52:07. > :52:09.Hybrids that use traditional fuel and electric will still be allowed.
:52:10. > :52:15.The latest figures show just 1.6% of new car sales so far this year
:52:16. > :52:20.Yesterday Nissan announced its new electric car will be able
:52:21. > :52:25.to drive even further on one charge and Volvo says all of its new cars
:52:26. > :52:37.BMW's going to build a fully electric mini.
:52:38. > :52:44.And the market leader, Tesla, has cut its prices to encourage more
:52:45. > :52:53.Professor David Bailey is an expert on the car industry
:52:54. > :53:02.Good morning. Let's talk about this announcement from jaguar Land Rover.
:53:03. > :53:06.It is not the first to announce this, and they are not going all the
:53:07. > :53:09.way, they are saying they will still make the other cars, but they will
:53:10. > :53:15.be available in an electric version. How significant is that? Well,
:53:16. > :53:18.Jaguar Land had fallen behind, they had focused on making their cars
:53:19. > :53:21.lighter and improving petrol and diesel engines. They are now
:53:22. > :53:25.catching up and embracing the electrical revolution. It is not
:53:26. > :53:28.clear how ambitious this is, weather every model in the range will have
:53:29. > :53:33.an electric and hybrid version, or just one of them. Nevertheless, a
:53:34. > :53:36.welcome step. A sign that carmakers are embracing this electric
:53:37. > :53:41.transformation of the industry, and I think many more carmakers will
:53:42. > :53:44.follow suit. It is a very slow process. If you look at the sales
:53:45. > :53:48.figures, I touched on this in the introduction, just 1% of all new car
:53:49. > :53:52.sales last year were for electric equals. You can sort of see why the
:53:53. > :53:56.carmakers were a bit like to get into it? Yes, at the moment they are
:53:57. > :54:00.still expensive. I have been driving one for four years, I wouldn't go
:54:01. > :54:03.back to petrol. They are more expensive and their range is
:54:04. > :54:06.limited, but that is improving dramatically. Prices are coming
:54:07. > :54:10.down, range and performance are improving. At some point in the
:54:11. > :54:14.early to mid-20 20s, the electric car will outcompete the internal
:54:15. > :54:18.combustion engine, and will start to see our much wider switchover. We
:54:19. > :54:21.need to do that for environmental reasons, both in terms of greenhouse
:54:22. > :54:25.gases but also to improve urban air quality. So the technology is
:54:26. > :54:28.improving, and increasingly, governments are starting to restrict
:54:29. > :54:32.petrol and diesel engines, and I think that is starting to affect
:54:33. > :54:35.consumer behaviour. I wanted to ask you what that is tipping point might
:54:36. > :54:39.be. There are two things that spring to mind when we talk about electric
:54:40. > :54:42.cars. One is the availability of charging points. You don't want to
:54:43. > :54:46.get somewhere and the battery is flat and you cannot charge it. Also,
:54:47. > :54:50.how far you can go, the range, how far you can get on one charge. You
:54:51. > :54:54.say that is improving but it strikes me that certainly in terms of the
:54:55. > :54:58.charging points, it is chicken and egg. They will not put them in until
:54:59. > :55:01.more of us wants them, but until they are available, we are not going
:55:02. > :55:07.to buy the car. Exactly right. Charging infrastructure is actually
:55:08. > :55:10.falling behind. One year ago I could guarantee finding a charging point
:55:11. > :55:13.but these days I'm competing with many more electric car drivers and
:55:14. > :55:17.is becoming more difficult. We need to seem much more investment in
:55:18. > :55:22.infrastructure. In terms of range, the car that I drive, I could
:55:23. > :55:26.probably get 130 or 140 miles. The new cars are considerably more than
:55:27. > :55:30.that. That starts to improve the consumer experience and overcomes
:55:31. > :55:35.that range anxiety that some drivers will have an electric car.
:55:36. > :55:39.Eventually, I think batteries will be standardised. We can just drive
:55:40. > :55:43.in, swap the battery, and be off on our journey very quickly. There is a
:55:44. > :55:47.tendency to lump electric cars in with driverless cars. They are very
:55:48. > :55:50.different, but clearly we are seeing those technologies coming closer
:55:51. > :55:53.together? Yes, and they will reinforce each other. Increasingly
:55:54. > :55:57.we will see more autonomous features on cars. From the middle of the next
:55:58. > :56:01.decade we will see driverless cars in cities, and then becoming more
:56:02. > :56:05.widespread beyond that. In a few decades you will not need to own a
:56:06. > :56:09.car in a city. You will be able to summon an electric taxi on your
:56:10. > :56:12.smartphone to take you where you want to go. Absolutely fascinating
:56:13. > :56:14.stuff. Interesting how much it will change about how we use cars.
:56:15. > :56:22.Professor, thank you. I will be speaking to the boss of
:56:23. > :56:25.Jaguar Land Rover in an hour, and find out more about what they are
:56:26. > :56:29.announcing today. And whether, as which touched on this with David,
:56:30. > :56:31.whether they are behind the curve when it comes to introducing
:56:32. > :56:34.electric cars. Well, the demand is certainly being
:56:35. > :56:40.spoken about, but whether it is there is the question. Thank you.
:56:41. > :56:45.Well, we are very much out and about this morning, because of our Coast
:56:46. > :56:52.series. We are literally at sea. John Maguire is on-board that vote
:56:53. > :56:57.there. Wave to us, John. He is in Plymouth Sound, looking at the
:56:58. > :57:00.problem of pollution in our oceans. It is really fascinating, what they
:57:01. > :57:02.are doing. We will be back with John a little bit later on.
:57:03. > :00:22.Now it is time to Plenty more on our website
:00:23. > :00:28.at the usual address. This is Breakfast,
:00:29. > :00:31.with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Death and destruction
:00:32. > :00:34.in the wake of Hurricane Irma. At least seven people have died
:00:35. > :00:36.in the Caribbean's fiercest storm One island, Barbuda,
:00:37. > :00:44.is described as barely habitable. This is how Hurricane Irma looked
:00:45. > :00:47.from space last night as it headed towards Puerto Rico
:00:48. > :00:49.and the Dominican Republic. There's more concern as two further
:00:50. > :01:11.hurricanes develop in the region. A row over using laws first
:01:12. > :01:16.introduced by Henry VIII is at the centre of
:01:17. > :01:19.a two-day debate on Brexit. Opposition parties say
:01:20. > :01:28.they'll fight the move. We are live this morning on a boat
:01:29. > :01:29.in the south of Plymouth trying to establish just how much plastic air
:01:30. > :01:35.is in the ocean. Jaguar Land Rover announces big
:01:36. > :01:38.plans for new electric cars. I'll ask the boss if companies
:01:39. > :01:41.and drivers a ready In sport, there'll be no
:01:42. > :01:45.Federer-Nadal showdown at the US Roger Federer is knocked out
:01:46. > :01:48.by Juan Martin del Potro, so he will take on world
:01:49. > :01:51.number one Rafael Nadal, Businesses are told to stop pushing
:01:52. > :01:55.unhealthy food and larger Shoppers risk eating an extra
:01:56. > :02:14.17,000 calories a year And Matt is also on the coast today
:02:15. > :02:19.with the weather. Good morning. A changing climate and increasing the
:02:20. > :02:23.levels. The coast is at the greatest risk of flooding. We will look at
:02:24. > :02:28.the impact of that and schemes to help improve and defend the coast of
:02:29. > :02:34.the nation. The forecast is coming up in 15 minutes. Starting dry with
:02:35. > :02:37.wet weather coming by the end of the day. Thank you.
:02:38. > :02:40.Hurricane Irma has caused devastation across the Caribbean
:02:41. > :02:44.The small island of Barbuda has been severely hit,
:02:45. > :02:47.making it, in the words of its Prime Minister,
:02:48. > :02:50.Authorities in the French island territory of Saint Martin say it has
:02:51. > :02:53.been reduced to rubble and its airport is virtually destroyed.
:02:54. > :03:09.The island of Barbuda, home to 1600 people,
:03:10. > :03:12.was one of the first places to be hit by Hurricane Irma,
:03:13. > :03:16.It is estimated 90% of homes have been damaged.
:03:17. > :03:18.Communications were destroyed, cutting it off from the outside
:03:19. > :03:22.The Prime Minister said the island was barely habitable.
:03:23. > :03:23.What I saw was heart-wrenching, absolutely
:03:24. > :03:32.In fact, I believe on a per capita basis,
:03:33. > :03:34.the extent of the destruction is unprecedented.
:03:35. > :03:41.We had containers, 40 foot containers, flying left and right,
:03:42. > :03:48.The story you are getting from most of the residents here is the eye
:03:49. > :03:54.Persons were literally tying themselves to their
:03:55. > :04:07.In the French territory of San Martin, six people were killed.
:04:08. > :04:12.Authorities said the island had been reduced to rubble.
:04:13. > :04:14.This is Hurricane Irma seen from space.
:04:15. > :04:17.It's now heading north of Puerto Rico, and could hit
:04:18. > :04:21.It's one of three hurricanes in the Atlantic.
:04:22. > :04:27.There are particular fears for Hurricane Jose,
:04:28. > :04:34.following close behind Irma and on a similar path.
:04:35. > :04:36.Officials say with most people homeless, Barbuda cannot survive
:04:37. > :04:45.If more head their way, they may have to be entirely evacuated.
:04:46. > :04:50.The country takes another step towards Brexit today as MPs debate
:04:51. > :04:54.the European Union Withdrawal Bill before a vote takes place on Monday.
:04:55. > :04:57.The debate will last two days before a vote on Monday.
:04:58. > :04:59.Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, is in Westminster.
:05:00. > :05:12.How big is this there is a lot going on. People like me are saying it is
:05:13. > :05:19.a big day. Is it really? Constitutionally, it really matters.
:05:20. > :05:27.That is a way of saying where power lies. You will remember the slogan
:05:28. > :05:33.from Brexit, "Take Back Control." What happens today is central to
:05:34. > :05:38.that mission. The biggest change since 1972, the 15th of October,
:05:39. > :05:48.when we went into the EU. A pipe was built between Brussels and
:05:49. > :05:52.Westminster through which 12433 EU regulations flowed through. To make
:05:53. > :05:58.it as smooth as possible, those laws will be cut and paste from the EU
:05:59. > :06:02.into UK law. Here is the controversy. There is not time to
:06:03. > :06:07.scrutinise all of them in such a short period of time. The government
:06:08. > :06:16.is using what are known as Henry VIII powers to do so, a flashback to
:06:17. > :06:21.1539. Henry VIII, you can see him now, this is not about this
:06:22. > :06:29.matrimonial strife and the sticky end of a few of this exes, but
:06:30. > :06:35.instead, this desire at the time to ignore Parliament and bring law
:06:36. > :06:39.himself. This been the government is now not sufficiently consorting on
:06:40. > :06:45.and looking at the fine detail of some of the changes that are being
:06:46. > :06:49.made. Ministers say it is necessary because there is a short window to
:06:50. > :06:55.make the changes. They say there is a two year lag on them. That is
:06:56. > :07:00.until March, 2021, in all likelihood, and they will not abuse
:07:01. > :07:04.that power, they say. At this stage, the government is not likely to be
:07:05. > :07:09.defeated in the vote coming up on Monday. But this whole business,
:07:10. > :07:17.this whole bill, will dominate Parliament for months to come. Thank
:07:18. > :07:20.you. Just a reminder. We will speak to the First Minister of state in a
:07:21. > :07:21.few minutes. The BBC understands that
:07:22. > :07:24.Northern Ireland could be offered a different Brexit solution
:07:25. > :07:26.to the rest of the UK. Proposals due to publish later
:07:27. > :07:29.today by the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier,
:07:30. > :07:31.are expected to suggest special exceptions to allow people to work,
:07:32. > :07:35.go to school and receive medical treatment either side of the border
:07:36. > :07:43.with the Republic of Ireland. Universities in England could face
:07:44. > :07:46.fines if they pay their leaders more than the Prime Minister,
:07:47. > :07:49.unless they can convince a regulator Dozens of university heads currently
:07:50. > :07:54.earn more than twice the PM's annual The Universities Minister,
:07:55. > :07:57.Jo Johnson, says urgent measures are needed to ensure a good deal
:07:58. > :08:02.for both students and taxpayers. West Midlands Police,
:08:03. > :08:04.the second biggest force in England and Wales, has been accused
:08:05. > :08:07.of failing to record thousands These included sexual offences,
:08:08. > :08:10.domestic abuse and rape. The Inspectorate of Constabulary
:08:11. > :08:13.graded its performance on crime recording as "inadequate,"
:08:14. > :08:20.the lowest rating possible. Facebook says it has discovered
:08:21. > :08:23.a Russian-funded campaign to promote divisive social and political
:08:24. > :08:25.messages on its network The company said $77,000
:08:26. > :08:28.was spent on about 3,000 ads over a two-year period,
:08:29. > :08:31.ending in May this year. The ads did not back any
:08:32. > :08:33.specific political figures, but instead posted on topics
:08:34. > :08:35.including immigration, Asking if you would rather go large
:08:36. > :08:54.for a little bit extra is something we are used to hearing from food
:08:55. > :08:56.and drink retailers. But according to a new report
:08:57. > :08:59.from the Royal Society for Public Health this "upselling"
:09:00. > :09:02.is fuelling the obesity crisis Our reporter, Alice
:09:03. > :09:09.Hutton, has more. It is a familiar sound
:09:10. > :09:11.of the high street, whether you are in a newsagent,
:09:12. > :09:18.fast food outlets, coffee shop, we have all been asked
:09:19. > :09:21.if we want to treat ourselves But pushing larger portions
:09:22. > :09:27.on customers, known as up-selling, is not just taking
:09:28. > :09:29.a toll on wallets. New research shows it is fuelling
:09:30. > :09:32.the obesity crisis in the UK. One in three are accepting this
:09:33. > :09:35.temptation to go large. We can put on between five lbs
:09:36. > :09:39.a year to 11 lbs a year depending And that's fairly significant to be
:09:40. > :09:45.able to quantify the damage And I think when the public
:09:46. > :09:50.are aware, they may think The report says British
:09:51. > :10:06.shoppers face more than 100 attempts every
:10:07. > :10:07.year to upsize. 78% have been asked
:10:08. > :10:10.to upgrade in the last week. The report is calling for businesses
:10:11. > :10:12.to take responsibility for their part in keeping
:10:13. > :10:15.the public healthy. But the report says
:10:16. > :10:17.the responsibility does not just They also want us to shop
:10:18. > :10:38.more smartly and resist It will pave the way for thousands
:10:39. > :10:45.of new British laws. There is a debate for legal continuity when we
:10:46. > :10:52.leave the EU. We can talk to Damien Green. Thank you for your time this
:10:53. > :10:55.morning. Good morning. Let's explain why this debate today is important.
:10:56. > :11:01.We spoke about the first reading a few weeks ago. Why should we care
:11:02. > :11:07.about what is being debated today? There are two big issues in this
:11:08. > :11:12.debate. The first is this bill puts into effect the result of the
:11:13. > :11:18.referendum. This is the bill that withdraws us from the EU, respecting
:11:19. > :11:24.the will of the referendum vote. Secondly, equally importantly, it
:11:25. > :11:29.ensures that we will have functioning laws after we withdraw.
:11:30. > :11:35.We have been a member of the EU for more than 40 years. Many of our laws
:11:36. > :11:38.are effectively EU laws. They come from the EU directly, EU
:11:39. > :11:44.legislation. We have to make sure the day after we leave, all the many
:11:45. > :11:49.parts of EU institutions, EU regulations, in those laws, can
:11:50. > :11:54.continue, and they have to continue in a British way with a British
:11:55. > :11:59.regulator and power to do something to be that is why it is so long and
:12:00. > :12:04.complex. It means business can have certainty, we can all have
:12:05. > :12:09.certainty, we have a functioning statute book when we leave the EU.
:12:10. > :12:14.Is it as simple as copying and pasting the EU laws and replacing it
:12:15. > :12:20.with UK laws? If it were simple, it would not take so long. Definitely
:12:21. > :12:27.not. When we have been a member of the EU, a lot of the law will say
:12:28. > :12:33.this is to be determined by a particular European institution,
:12:34. > :12:39.European court, European regulator. All of those details of the laws
:12:40. > :12:45.have to be replaced by the relevant British institution. That is why it
:12:46. > :12:50.is complicated. That is why we need so much secondary legislation. It is
:12:51. > :12:54.not changing anything in the real world, but it is changing the law so
:12:55. > :12:59.that people have certainty. OK, one of the things that has been raised,
:13:00. > :13:06.we talked about it with Chris Mason, our correspondent, the Henry VIII
:13:07. > :13:11.clauses. This gives the power to change legislation without scrutiny.
:13:12. > :13:16.The opposition has justifiably raised the point this now gives
:13:17. > :13:22.government the power to tinker with EU laws, not Parliament. I think
:13:23. > :13:29.there is a misunderstanding. Most of the change, the vast bulk, will be
:13:30. > :13:32.through what are called statutory instruments, instead of being
:13:33. > :13:38.debated and voted on in the chamber of the House of Commons, in
:13:39. > :13:42.committees. But there are still parliamentarians, ministers, they
:13:43. > :13:46.still have to justify any changes to those committees and the committee
:13:47. > :13:51.votes. They can be voted down. It is especially ironic that there is this
:13:52. > :13:57.much concern about the procedure in that most of the European law that
:13:58. > :14:03.we have will have been put into place through this mechanism, these
:14:04. > :14:07.committees. We have all got used to over the years a European directive
:14:08. > :14:12.happening and then being put into law by Parliament. A lot will have
:14:13. > :14:16.been put him through this process. Absolutely, Parliament needs to have
:14:17. > :14:22.time to debate. So we will listen to reasonable proposals about the
:14:23. > :14:28.process by which we do this essential work of making the statute
:14:29. > :14:34.book workable. Can I ask you about a piece in The Daily Telegraph today?
:14:35. > :14:37.It is taking a look at Theresa May's plans on curbing migration,
:14:38. > :14:41.including a two year maximum stay for low-skilled workers. It says you
:14:42. > :14:48.have distance yourself from those plans. Is that correct? Complete
:14:49. > :14:52.nonsense. First of all, the document on which it was based was a draft
:14:53. > :14:56.document that was leaked which I have not seen. First of all, for
:14:57. > :15:05.obvious reason, I never comment on those. And I never comment on draft
:15:06. > :15:12.because we will have those proposals in the coming months. We under 30 at
:15:13. > :15:15.the stage of publishing them yet. And it is especially wrong in that I
:15:16. > :15:20.used to be the Immigration Minister. To suggest I am in some way against
:15:21. > :15:25.properly controlled immigration, I spend a lot of time dealing with
:15:26. > :15:29.this issue. But we will have what will be sensible immigration
:15:30. > :15:33.proposals because obviously the rules will have to change after we
:15:34. > :15:41.leave in the next couple of months. Damien Green thank you. Thank you.
:15:42. > :15:46.You are watching Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories:
:15:47. > :15:49.Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever
:15:50. > :15:51.recorded, has caused devastation in the Caribbean.
:15:52. > :15:53.The Government's facing its first parliamentary test over Brexit
:15:54. > :15:56.since the General Election with MPs set to debate plans to transfer
:15:57. > :16:07.thousands of EU regulations into British law.
:16:08. > :16:14.This morning we are rather blessed with our cameras, which are on the
:16:15. > :16:17.coast. As part of our series we are looking at various bits of
:16:18. > :16:21.coastline. Look at these images. Matt is doing the weather this
:16:22. > :16:25.morning in Medmerry in West Sussex. You can see the drone pictures we
:16:26. > :16:29.have, just spectacular. Even though the sun is not shining and the skies
:16:30. > :16:33.is not blue, it still looks stunning. But however stunning this
:16:34. > :16:39.is, there are people who live there who have real concerns about the
:16:40. > :16:46.impact to see has on their homes. -- the sea. That is some ring that is
:16:47. > :16:50.Matt has been looking at. Yes, a beautiful coastline, but like many
:16:51. > :16:56.parts of the country, the coast here is that trapped by rising sea
:16:57. > :16:59.levels. -- at threat. Akin to thousand and eight, millions of
:17:00. > :17:02.pounds of damage was done by local flooding here, and after that the
:17:03. > :17:07.environment agency embarked upon an innovative scheme called coastal
:17:08. > :17:11.management realignment. Existing coastal defences, the ones behind
:17:12. > :17:19.me, were breached. That allows this area just behind me to be flooded,
:17:20. > :17:23.as the tide rises in, the area just inland starts to flood quite
:17:24. > :17:31.markedly. It sets up a nature reserve here, it used by the RSPB.
:17:32. > :17:35.For local properties, what was a once in a year flood likelihood has
:17:36. > :17:39.now changed into a once in a 100 year likelihood. So it is an
:17:40. > :17:43.innovative scheme which is quite sustainable as well, using the power
:17:44. > :17:48.of nature to try to protect other properties. We will be chatting to
:17:49. > :17:52.somebody from the Environment Agency in the next half-hour, to see if
:17:53. > :17:55.this scheme could be rolled out elsewhere, how much it costs, and if
:17:56. > :18:01.it has a future in protecting our coastline from advancing sea levels.
:18:02. > :18:05.Let's look at the weather. Not a bad start today. A few showers going
:18:06. > :18:09.through, as in other parts of south England. The general forecast today
:18:10. > :18:16.is one of increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain at times. A
:18:17. > :18:20.strengthening breeze as well. Showers in the English Channel will
:18:21. > :18:23.clear. It will be dry in the south and east of the country before more
:18:24. > :18:27.showers develop later. Rain already in the north and west of Scotland,
:18:28. > :18:30.developing more widely later in the day, pushing into Northern Ireland
:18:31. > :18:34.and northern England as well. We will still see some breaks in the
:18:35. > :18:39.cloud in southern counties of East Anglia and the Midlands. Grab
:18:40. > :18:43.something waterproof if you are going out, because there will be odd
:18:44. > :18:47.showers throughout the day. Overall, still much more dry here than
:18:48. > :18:50.further north. Rain will come and go for northern England and northern
:18:51. > :18:56.Scotland in the day. The heaviest rain will be to the west of the
:18:57. > :18:59.hills. For Northern Ireland, patchy rain and a drizzle, becoming more
:19:00. > :19:06.extensive into the afternoon. Temperatures nothing spectacular. As
:19:07. > :19:10.the breeze picks up it will only be around 15 or 17 in the northern half
:19:11. > :19:15.of the country, maybe 17 or 20 in the southern half of the UK. Quite a
:19:16. > :19:22.windy night to come. Lots of showers around. Just about anybody could see
:19:23. > :19:25.rain at times through the night. While the breeze keeps the
:19:26. > :19:28.temperatures on the face of it up in the towns and cities, it will
:19:29. > :19:35.actually feel very cold. It will feel more fresh than the breezes we
:19:36. > :19:40.have had in the last few days. Some sunshine around for people through
:19:41. > :19:43.the day. The best of the sunshine will be between the showers, the
:19:44. > :19:47.further away from the south coast you are tomorrow. Around the south
:19:48. > :19:50.coast and the English Channel we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain
:19:51. > :19:53.through the day, and quite likely heavier burst of rain pushing in
:19:54. > :19:59.through South Wales, south-west England during the afternoon. So it
:20:00. > :20:04.could be quite soggy for many here. In the wind will be quite strong as
:20:05. > :20:07.well, so it will feel very cool. A cool start to the weekend as well.
:20:08. > :20:12.Blustery winds coming in from the north and north-west. Sunshine and
:20:13. > :20:17.showers on Saturday. Showers most frequent across England and Wales.
:20:18. > :20:22.Temperatures nothing to write home about. Still only in the mid teens
:20:23. > :20:24.at best. By the end of the weekend, things could turn to simply windy
:20:25. > :20:29.across northern and western areas. We could see the first autumn storm
:20:30. > :20:32.of the season, all of which will have a big impact on our coastline.
:20:33. > :20:36.I will have more through the morning.
:20:37. > :20:44.Matt, thank you. We are enjoying that landscape kind you. Look at
:20:45. > :20:47.this one. We are down in Plymouth Sound this morning. That little
:20:48. > :20:50.vessel that you can see in the foreground, our reporter, John
:20:51. > :20:59.Maguire, is on-board that. We are looking at the problem of pollution
:21:00. > :21:03.in our oceans. Good morning, John. Good morning. You are right. It is
:21:04. > :21:13.not just the stuff that you can see. I am a board to be Falcon Spirit, a
:21:14. > :21:17.research vessel from the University of Plymouth. They are looking for
:21:18. > :21:20.micro- plastics, really small ones. They have just been trawling this
:21:21. > :21:25.morning, for the last couple of hours. They will take the end of the
:21:26. > :21:30.netting and take a look through what it has picked up and see what we can
:21:31. > :21:33.find. We have already found some plastics this morning so we are down
:21:34. > :21:37.is to find some more, because what the scientists here know, and what
:21:38. > :21:41.increasingly scientists around the world know, is that there is a huge
:21:42. > :21:44.amount of high sticks in the ocean, and it is very damaging. -- huge
:21:45. > :21:46.amount of plastics. Nestled at the bottom of cliffs
:21:47. > :21:49.on the North Yorkshire coast As the tide comes in they wriggle
:21:50. > :21:55.and bounce their way up onto dry land, but increasingly,
:21:56. > :21:57.they're at risk when they're back in the water, from threats
:21:58. > :22:00.that are man-made. As the tide comes in the seals
:22:01. > :22:02.will haul themselves up The sea, of course, is where they do
:22:03. > :22:07.most of their hunting and eating. It's troubling to think that it's
:22:08. > :22:10.also somewhere particularly hazardous to them,
:22:11. > :22:12.because of the amount of plastics There is litter in the sea
:22:13. > :22:19.that is washing in on every tide, it is coming in and out,
:22:20. > :22:25.and people do not realise that it doesn't necessarily float,
:22:26. > :22:28.it doesn't decompose. People don't think it
:22:29. > :22:37.can end up in the sea. Down the coast in Scarborough,
:22:38. > :22:50.the seal hospital looks after the rescued animals
:22:51. > :22:52.before releasing them once We attended a seal recently
:22:53. > :22:57.that was caught in a frisbee, and that frisbee must have
:22:58. > :23:00.been on him for months, and it had cut into about six
:23:01. > :23:03.centimetres of flesh. It had been floating in the ocean
:23:04. > :23:06.and out of curiosity, no doubt, the seal popped his head
:23:07. > :23:09.through it, and obviously couldn't To discover more about how plastics
:23:10. > :23:16.behave in the ocean, scientists that at Imperial College
:23:17. > :23:19.London are taking part in a major This enormous wave machine will help
:23:20. > :23:23.them to model the track The aim is to try to understand how
:23:24. > :23:31.plastics move through the ocean. We want to understand how
:23:32. > :23:34.currents can move plastics, how it accumulates and how it
:23:35. > :23:36.affects the environment. We only know the course of about 1%
:23:37. > :23:40.of the plastic that we put into the ocean, so we want
:23:41. > :23:49.to understand what is happening. I love paddleboarding
:23:50. > :23:52.and when I first started doing it in London on the canals and rivers,
:23:53. > :24:01.I realise how bad the problem Trying to stop it getting
:24:02. > :24:05.into the sea in the first place I saw a bird's nest, one time,
:24:06. > :24:11.that was made almost And I thought, something
:24:12. > :24:25.needs to be done. I need to show people what I'm
:24:26. > :24:29.seeing every time I'm out paddling, just how bad this problem is,
:24:30. > :24:32.inland as well as in the oceans. She has paddleboarded of the length
:24:33. > :24:35.of England's canals and rivers, recruiting volunteers
:24:36. > :24:37.in helping to clean up. Ultimately this is a man-made
:24:38. > :24:40.problem, and despite the resilience of the natural world,
:24:41. > :24:54.it is one that needs Those solutions include changes in
:24:55. > :24:59.manufacturing technology, government action, and of course changes in
:25:00. > :25:03.consumer behaviour. We are on the Falcon Spirit, a research vessel
:25:04. > :25:07.from the University of Plymouth. Professor Richard Thompson, what
:25:08. > :25:11.have we found? Well, of course we have natural items in here, things
:25:12. > :25:17.we would expect to find in the ocean. It's of seaweed, leaves, a
:25:18. > :25:21.feather. Unfortunately, we are also starting to see small pieces of
:25:22. > :25:31.plastic. There is a fragment of Plymouth -- fragment of line there
:25:32. > :25:34.of some sort. But there are small pieces of plastic in here, they
:25:35. > :25:39.certainly do not look natural in origin. That small black thing, this
:25:40. > :25:44.little blue thing. This potentially looks like a piece of packaging of
:25:45. > :25:50.some sort. What sort of problems, I mean, they are tiny bits to be human
:25:51. > :25:55.eye. What sort of problems can they cause? They present different
:25:56. > :25:59.problems. They can be ingested by a wide range of marine organisms. We
:26:00. > :26:03.have looked at fish in the English Channel, 500 specimens, and we found
:26:04. > :26:09.small pieces of plastic like this in one third of them. Let's speak to
:26:10. > :26:13.Emily. You have just sailed around the British Isles to highlight this
:26:14. > :26:18.issue. What sort of things did you find? We found plastic. Up until now
:26:19. > :26:21.we have been looking in the accumulation zones where the plastic
:26:22. > :26:25.ends up, because of the ocean currents. But even here in UK
:26:26. > :26:30.waters, not in one of those accumulation zones, we are still
:26:31. > :26:35.finding microfibres, micro- plastics, these small plastics, and
:26:36. > :26:44.also preproduction palates of plastic as a raw material. Those are
:26:45. > :26:47.the pellets that manufacturers use common to knock them down and form
:26:48. > :26:50.plastics. You are even finding those, how is that happening? They
:26:51. > :26:56.might come off a container ship, they might be in -- they might be a
:26:57. > :27:00.leak from an industry place. There could be many sources. We will have
:27:01. > :27:03.much more from the Falcon Spirit later in the programme. We spoke
:27:04. > :27:09.earlier about micro beads. The government is banning these. These
:27:10. > :27:13.are the sort of things that come in facial scrubs. Look at that. 3
:27:14. > :27:19.million micro beads come in just one packet of facial scrub. You can just
:27:20. > :27:23.imagine that that will remain in the atmosphere, in the ocean, wherever
:27:24. > :27:28.it ends up, basically forever. That kind of thing is now about to be
:27:29. > :27:31.banned by the British government. Absolutely fascinating. John, thank
:27:32. > :27:34.you. We will be back with you later on. Nice calm waters at the moment
:27:35. > :30:54.for John. Shame they are sunshine on Saturday,
:30:55. > :30:57.may one or two heavy showers. A spell of wet and heavy
:30:58. > :31:07.weather on Sunday. This is Breakfast with
:31:08. > :31:12.Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Hurricane Irma has caused
:31:13. > :31:14.devastation across the Caribbean Authorities in the French island
:31:15. > :31:19.territory of Saint Martin say it has been reduced
:31:20. > :31:22.to rubble and its airport has The storm is now
:31:23. > :31:25.battering Puerto Rico. And in a few minutes we'll speak
:31:26. > :31:29.to the President of the Red Cross in Antigua and Barbuda
:31:30. > :31:32.about the impact on the islands. The UK takes another step
:31:33. > :31:35.towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill
:31:36. > :31:38.before a vote takes place on Monday. The bill will mean that thousands
:31:39. > :31:41.of EU laws and regulations are transferred into British law
:31:42. > :31:44.but ministers will need more powers The debate will last two days
:31:45. > :31:59.before a vote on Monday. The shadow Brexit Minister earlier
:32:00. > :32:06.told us it was flawed and dangerous. It is deeply flawed legislation and
:32:07. > :32:14.dangerous. It gives ministers, government ministers, sweeping
:32:15. > :32:17.powers that will allow them to change much legislation, putting
:32:18. > :32:22.rights and protections we currently enjoy as members of the EU at risk
:32:23. > :32:36.after we have left. That is why we cannot support it.
:32:37. > :32:39.The BBC understands that Northern Ireland could be offered
:32:40. > :32:41.a different Brexit solution to the rest of the UK.
:32:42. > :32:44.Proposals due to publish later today by the EU's chief
:32:45. > :32:46.negotiator, Michel Barnier, are expected to suggest special
:32:47. > :32:49.exceptions to allow people to work, go to school and receive medical
:32:50. > :32:52.treatment either side of the border with the Republic of Ireland.
:32:53. > :32:56.Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more
:32:57. > :32:59.than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator
:33:00. > :33:03.Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual
:33:04. > :33:07.The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures
:33:08. > :33:10.are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.
:33:11. > :33:14.There are calls for the city watchdog to fully publish a leaked
:33:15. > :33:15.report into the treatment of customers in RBS's
:33:16. > :33:19.The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority,
:33:20. > :33:21.suggested the group mistreated many of its clients.
:33:22. > :33:25.The FCA said it would respond to the calls for publication
:33:26. > :33:35.Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something
:33:36. > :33:38.we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.
:33:39. > :33:40.But according to a new report from the Royal Society
:33:41. > :33:43.for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis
:33:44. > :33:56.There's a slam-dunking bunny, the world's longest legs
:33:57. > :34:10.Would you like to see that? Maybe just the bunny. Why are we seeing
:34:11. > :34:11.this? It can only mean one
:34:12. > :34:13.thing, the latest edition This year's entries include
:34:14. > :34:17.Biff Hutchison from Idaho, who's the first person to clear 11
:34:18. > :34:25.feet on a pogo stick. That's very hard to do, you know? I
:34:26. > :34:29.have never done that before. And this is "Bini the Bunny"
:34:30. > :34:32.from California who holds the record for the most basketball slam-dunks
:34:33. > :34:35.in one minute by a rabbit. She managed a grand total
:34:36. > :35:00.of seven slam-dunks. That is the crucial element. When I
:35:01. > :35:03.had not read that, I thought the bunny was actually just doing that,
:35:04. > :35:07.like... Throwing it properly. Perhaps with it's back legs. I had a
:35:08. > :35:17.picture of it... You know, really leaping up. You have been watching
:35:18. > :35:20.too many cartoons. Perhaps. Take us back to the real world. In the real
:35:21. > :35:24.world, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have never played each other
:35:25. > :35:32.at the US Open. Roger Federer was knocked out of the US Open in the
:35:33. > :35:36.last few hours by Juan. He said he was suffering with back pain and was
:35:37. > :35:40.not doing well enough. He said it was better to give someone else a
:35:41. > :35:47.chance. I knew it would be tough. I struggled too much through the
:35:48. > :35:56.tournament. In some ways, I am happy I made the quarters. I am not
:35:57. > :35:57.disappointed. It has been a good run this year already. Unfortunately
:35:58. > :36:00.they did better on the day. Tennis fans have been denied
:36:01. > :36:03.the showdown they were hoping for, after Roger Federer was knocked out
:36:04. > :36:07.of the US Open by Juan Martin del So it's the Argentinian who'll
:36:08. > :36:10.face world number one, He only lost five games
:36:11. > :36:22.as he sailed past Andrey Rublev. Karolina Pliskova will lose her
:36:23. > :36:24.world number one ranking after she lost to Coco Vanderweghe,
:36:25. > :36:27.who's part of an all-American That hasn't happened since 1981
:36:28. > :36:31.and the days of Martina Navratilova Andy Murray says he is likely
:36:32. > :36:36.to miss the rest of the season He hasn't played since Wimbledon,
:36:37. > :36:41.and he says that after an extended period of rest and rehabilitation,
:36:42. > :36:44.he'll be fighting for grand Chris Froome said he was still
:36:45. > :36:48.confident of winning the Vuelta a Espana despite having his
:36:49. > :36:50.lead cut on stage 17. He said he'd struggled
:36:51. > :36:52.on the steep climbs, paying the price for winning
:36:53. > :36:55.Tuesday's time trial. His closest rival Vincenzo Nibali,
:36:56. > :36:58.in the gold helmet, is now only Look at the top right of your
:36:59. > :37:11.screen. The Tour of Britain
:37:12. > :37:13.heads to Clacton today. There was an unusual crash earlier
:37:14. > :37:26.on in the race in Retford. They had strong words to say to race
:37:27. > :37:32.organisers. That is real damage. Going into that at speed. The car
:37:33. > :37:43.was parked in a disabled space. They were not happy at all.
:37:44. > :37:45.England's Test series decider against West Indies begins
:37:46. > :37:49.Toby Roland-Jones returns to the side in place of Chris Woakes
:37:50. > :37:52.but it could be another fast bowler, James Anderson, making the headlines
:37:53. > :37:55.as he needs only three more wickets to become the first Englishman
:37:56. > :37:58.West Indies levelled the series with victory
:37:59. > :38:03.You expect sides to respond well, just like the West Indies did.
:38:04. > :38:07.Part of being a successful side in this format is being able to deal
:38:08. > :38:09.with it, with difficult weeks like last week.
:38:10. > :38:13.So, we have a lot of experience in our dressing room and a lot
:38:14. > :38:16.of hungry guys desperate to come back from the way we played.
:38:17. > :38:21.We want to make sure we win this series.
:38:22. > :38:23.Obviously, we are making sure we come to this
:38:24. > :38:44.Hopefully we can continue pressing forward here.
:38:45. > :38:48.Wayne Shaw was Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper in February's FA
:38:49. > :38:52.He ate a pie during the game, after a bookmaker had offered odds
:38:53. > :38:57.He said it was "just a bit of fun" but he resigned,
:38:58. > :39:01.and now he's been fined ?375 and banned for two months by the FA
:39:02. > :39:12.I don't think you would have done it if you knew that was coming. How
:39:13. > :39:19.often do we have to see this picture is this morning? Quite a lot. I am
:39:20. > :39:28.not enjoying them. Not especially. OK. OK. I love that a pie. So do I,
:39:29. > :39:34.just not watching eating it. That is the point of the story. We all
:39:35. > :39:40.remember it very well. Thank you very much. We will see you later on.
:39:41. > :39:46.We will have the weather later. The main story. Ferocious winds.
:39:47. > :39:49.Hurricane Irma has caused devastation across the Caribbean
:39:50. > :39:54.Authorities in the French island territory of Saint Martin
:39:55. > :39:57.it has been reduced to rubble and its airport has
:39:58. > :40:00.The storm is now battering Puerto Rico.
:40:01. > :40:02.Earlier in the programme the Prime Minister of
:40:03. > :40:05.the Antigua Island group told this programme that the island of Barbuda
:40:06. > :40:07.has been totally destroyed and is 'barely habitable'.
:40:08. > :40:15.It is a complete contrast. In Antigua, they have been resilient.
:40:16. > :40:22.We can celebrate how prepared they were. Barbuda, it is just
:40:23. > :40:29.devastation. Yesterday when I travelled and circumnavigated the
:40:30. > :40:32.island, I was extremely saddened. It was emotionally painful to see such
:40:33. > :40:42.a beautiful island totally destroyed to the extent 90% of the country is
:40:43. > :40:48.damaged. Totally demolished. A significant amount of people are
:40:49. > :40:53.homeless in Barbuda. Tomorrow we want to start relief efforts in
:40:54. > :40:56.earnest. It has been really challenging. The Prime Minister
:40:57. > :40:57.speaking to us earlier. We can now speak to Michael Joseph
:40:58. > :41:00.who is the President of the Red Cross in
:41:01. > :41:08.Antigua and Barbuda. A very good morning to you. Thank
:41:09. > :41:13.you for your time. Tell us your assessment of the situation which is
:41:14. > :41:18.very bad apparently. Barbuda has been badly damaged. Thank you for
:41:19. > :41:24.having me. The Prime Minister will have indicated the damage in Barbuda
:41:25. > :41:32.is not like we have ever seen before. The catastrophe is just...
:41:33. > :41:40.Words cannot explain it. 90% of the country is demolished and in rubble.
:41:41. > :41:43.When we first lost communication with Barbuda, we never anticipated
:41:44. > :41:48.the next time we received any form of major communication from them it
:41:49. > :41:54.would be to such detriment. I think it has just shocked the entire
:41:55. > :42:00.Antigua community and the country as a whole. We are looking at the
:42:01. > :42:05.pictures as you are talking from Barbuda. We are getting a sense of
:42:06. > :42:09.the damage. Given what you are describing and the infrastructure
:42:10. > :42:13.damage, there has been some loss of life around the Caribbean. What do
:42:14. > :42:20.you know about injuries, people killed or injured. I know there has
:42:21. > :42:27.been one recorded fatality in Barbuda. A 2-year-old little girl.
:42:28. > :42:32.Injuries, we are not sure. There was not a proper assessment team that
:42:33. > :42:35.went in. As a matter of fact, in the morning, a full assessment team
:42:36. > :42:41.including medical doctors will be going into Barbuda to do a complete
:42:42. > :42:47.assessment of what the damages and needs are and what the human health
:42:48. > :42:57.capacity is and the challenges. We are not fully aware of the complete
:42:58. > :43:04.extant of how it is. -- extent. They have no power. They have lost
:43:05. > :43:07.schools and hospitals and have sustained infrastructure damage.
:43:08. > :43:12.That will be an issue as you move in. Yes. It goes even further than
:43:13. > :43:20.that. Everything has been completely destroyed. Electricity, roads,
:43:21. > :43:24.water, schools, churches, supermarkets, shops, everything!
:43:25. > :43:32.There is literally nothing that currently exists in Barbuda right
:43:33. > :43:35.now. The Prime Minister spoke earlier about the magnitude of what
:43:36. > :43:42.it would cost us in terms of rebuilding the country itself. From
:43:43. > :43:49.his indication, we are talking about 100 million US dollars in damages.
:43:50. > :43:54.Even if we are looking to get it to 25%, it is a significant amount of
:43:55. > :44:01.investment. If you are looking for the Red Cross perspective, dealing
:44:02. > :44:08.with immediate needs. A current thought. The area is used to extreme
:44:09. > :44:11.weather and hurricanes. Is just the intensity of this particular one
:44:12. > :44:16.that meant there is so much damage. Presumably people were warned it was
:44:17. > :44:21.coming but there was not much they could do. First and foremost we have
:44:22. > :44:28.to understand that what took place with Hurricane Irma was
:44:29. > :44:37.unparalleled. It has been like nothing experienced. 95 was the
:44:38. > :44:43.second-largest we had, a Category Four, Lewis. We have never
:44:44. > :44:51.experienced anything like this, 200 miles per hour with winds as high as
:44:52. > :44:55.225. People were prepared. Antigua and Barbuda were prepared as people.
:44:56. > :45:02.We were not prepared for infrastructure itself to have such a
:45:03. > :45:06.magnitude of wind speed we have never experienced. Thank you so much
:45:07. > :45:11.for your time this morning. Good luck to you and your team is. It
:45:12. > :45:19.will be challenging. -- teams. The images at the end, we will show you
:45:20. > :45:26.again, this is the image of the hurricane taken from space. An
:45:27. > :45:34.extraordinary image. We have had an update from the French interior
:45:35. > :45:40.minister on Hurricane Irma. He says for the record, eight people are now
:45:41. > :45:45.dead and 23 injured. He has indicated it is likely those numbers
:45:46. > :45:52.will increase as the recovery operation reaches Barbuda.
:45:53. > :45:59.We will be taking a look at the weather in a moment. West Sussex is
:46:00. > :46:08.the location, Matt is there today. Good morning. Yes, it good morning
:46:09. > :46:12.from Medmery in West Sussex. You have seen those horrible pictures
:46:13. > :46:16.from the Caribbean. We do not get storms like that here, at our own
:46:17. > :46:20.coast is under increasing threats from changing climates and rising
:46:21. > :46:23.sea levels. We will be looking at some of the schemes in place and
:46:24. > :46:29.things that you can do to safeguard parts of our coast. If you look
:46:30. > :46:33.around here at Medmery, there is a beautiful coastline here, with a
:46:34. > :46:36.shale beach. What the environment agency has done here as part of an
:46:37. > :46:41.innovative and sustainable scheme called Managed Realignment, it
:46:42. > :46:45.allows a break in the sea wall and then it allows the sea to naturally
:46:46. > :46:49.come in and out in this area, just inland, to create some lagoons. It
:46:50. > :46:53.is a nature reserve which ultimately helps protect properties in the
:46:54. > :46:58.local area. We will have more on that in a moment. Let's look at the
:46:59. > :47:02.weather. At long last we have blue skies overhead, and welcome change
:47:03. > :47:06.from this morning's showers. Enjoy the sunshine if you have any today,
:47:07. > :47:09.there will be lots of cloud around, thickening up through the day,
:47:10. > :47:14.especially in the northern half of the UK, bringing more extensive rain
:47:15. > :47:18.in the afternoon. A bit of rain around this morning, some showers in
:47:19. > :47:20.the far south-east corner. Outbreaks of rain across western Scotland,
:47:21. > :47:26.Northern Ireland and northern England as we go through the morning
:47:27. > :47:30.and into the afternoon. Many in the Midlands and East Anglia will be
:47:31. > :47:34.dry, but there are some showers possible. Some of those could be on
:47:35. > :47:38.the heavy side. There will still be some breaks in the cloud. Not quite
:47:39. > :47:41.as sunny as we saw yesterday, but there will be some sunshine. In the
:47:42. > :47:47.sunshine temperatures could reach 18, 19, maybe 20. Overall, a
:47:48. > :47:51.slightly cooler day than yesterday. Especially so as we had further
:47:52. > :47:57.north into thicker cloud. A grey afternoon across much of northern
:47:58. > :48:01.England. By the afternoon there will be rain possible just about anywhere
:48:02. > :48:04.in Scotland. It will not rain all day, it won't be thoroughly
:48:05. > :48:08.persistent, but the heaviest again is likely to be on western hills,
:48:09. > :48:13.and the same could be said in parts of Northern Ireland, the breeze
:48:14. > :48:17.freshening up as the cloud thickens. Across Wales it will turn damper
:48:18. > :48:21.towards the north and north-west later in the day, but further south,
:48:22. > :48:25.some parts of southern and eastern Wales should stay dry. A few showers
:48:26. > :48:29.into the south-west later on. The breeze picking up, rationing up
:48:30. > :48:34.quite substantially overnight. Quite a windy night. Clear spells and
:48:35. > :48:39.showers overnight will take us into a fresh start to Friday morning.
:48:40. > :48:42.Temperatures OK, in the low teens for one or two, the wind making it
:48:43. > :48:47.feel colder. Sunshine and showers for many. The exception is some
:48:48. > :48:51.southern coastal counties of England and the Channel Islands, where there
:48:52. > :48:55.will be lots of outbreaks of rain, becoming heavy and more persistent
:48:56. > :48:58.as we go into the afternoon. Not just in the south coast but even
:48:59. > :49:02.further inland into parts of south Wales and maybe as far north as the
:49:03. > :49:06.south Midlands and East Anglia in the day. That should all clear away
:49:07. > :49:09.as we go through the night and into Saturday. A rather cool start to
:49:10. > :49:13.Saturday. We continue with the breeze coming in from the north and
:49:14. > :49:17.north-west, bringing a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers more
:49:18. > :49:21.likely to be abundant across England and Wales on Saturday. A bit of
:49:22. > :49:24.sunshine in between. Probably the best in some sheltered eastern
:49:25. > :49:28.areas, but the temperatures are rather disappointing for this time
:49:29. > :49:32.of year. As we go into Sunday, there could be windy weather on the way,
:49:33. > :49:36.especially in the north and west of the UK. Now, with windy weather on
:49:37. > :49:42.the way, that rings us back to our series on coastal Britain. The fact
:49:43. > :49:46.that our climate is changing will have an impact on the coast around
:49:47. > :49:49.the UK. To discuss more about that and what is being done here in
:49:50. > :49:55.Medmery, joining me is Alison Baptiste from the environment
:49:56. > :49:58.agency. Thank you for joining me. First of all, are our coasts under a
:49:59. > :50:04.greater risk now from the changing climate? Well, the coast is a
:50:05. > :50:09.dynamic thing. We are seeing sea level rise. What the environment
:50:10. > :50:13.agency is doing with local councils is planning how we can best manage
:50:14. > :50:17.the coast, and in places where there are communities, we look to protect
:50:18. > :50:21.those communities, and in places like Medmery we can allow space for
:50:22. > :50:24.the ocean to come in. We work with nature to do this managed
:50:25. > :50:29.realignment. Tell us more about what you have done here in Medmery, a
:50:30. > :50:34.fairly sustainable approach to the normal methods of protecting the
:50:35. > :50:38.coast? I love Medmery. It is a fantastic example of where we can
:50:39. > :50:42.reduce flood risk to the 300 properties. We have done that by
:50:43. > :50:46.letting the sea, through the original beach, we have put on earth
:50:47. > :50:50.embankment around the back, and we are using nature's and resources to
:50:51. > :50:55.slow down the energy of the waves, with the saltmarsh. We have that
:50:56. > :50:58.embankment at the back, it is much lower than we needed before. As a
:50:59. > :51:10.bonus, we have this beautiful 250 hectares of habitat, biodiversity
:51:11. > :51:15.that the RSPB is managing for us. It has been a big boost for the local
:51:16. > :51:19.economy and the Caravan sites here. We cannot protect all the coast, can
:51:20. > :51:23.we? It is a big challenge and we have difficult decisions to make
:51:24. > :51:26.stock but the violent agency works closely with local councils to make
:51:27. > :51:32.the best decisions for each community, and they can be different
:51:33. > :51:36.decisions. -- environment agency. An innovative scheme, and just one of
:51:37. > :51:40.many that are tackling problems that our coast will face in the future. I
:51:41. > :51:40.will have more on that through the morning.
:51:41. > :51:50.Glorious views, Matt. Thank you. Now, not many people at the moment
:51:51. > :51:54.own an electric car. But it is a hot topic at the moment. Lots of
:51:55. > :51:58.manufacturers are getting on board? Yes, we are in this grey area where
:51:59. > :52:00.you have hybrid cars, which are traditional fuel and electric, and
:52:01. > :52:02.there are some manufacturers which have committed to going completely
:52:03. > :52:03.electric. This morning Jaguar Land Rover
:52:04. > :52:05.becomes the latest car manufacturer to announce a major
:52:06. > :52:07.investment in electric car Jaguar Land Rover has announced this
:52:08. > :52:11.morning that every new car it makes after 2020 will also be available
:52:12. > :52:14.as an electric version. It follows a government announcement
:52:15. > :52:17.that it would ban the sale of new petrol and
:52:18. > :52:19.diesel cars by 2040. But there's a long way to go
:52:20. > :52:22.to an all-electric future. The latest figures show just 1.6%
:52:23. > :52:26.of all new car sales so far this Ralf Speth is the Chief Executive
:52:27. > :52:42.of Jaguar Land Rover and joins us Good morning. A big announcement for
:52:43. > :52:46.you today, but it is fair to say that you are not the first to make
:52:47. > :52:52.an announcement as far as electric cars are concerned. Why now? Jaguar
:52:53. > :52:57.Land Rover, from 2020 onwards, is going to deliver the choice for the
:52:58. > :53:04.customer. Electrified vehicles across the complete range. That
:53:05. > :53:10.means we are going to offer hybrid and better electric vehicles. In
:53:11. > :53:18.that sense Jarrod Lyle and Rover was first. We delivered the very first
:53:19. > :53:22.vehicle designed from scratch, in the absolute best way, research and
:53:23. > :53:28.engineered so that the customer can receive a vehicle and can drive a
:53:29. > :53:34.vehicle with a cleared DNA. Forgive my ignorance, it is the Tesla not
:53:35. > :53:39.the first car designed as a fully electric vehicle? You say you are
:53:40. > :53:44.doing it for JY, at Tesla has gone electric already, and others, such
:53:45. > :53:52.as the Nissan Leaf, other companies are already doing this. Yes, there
:53:53. > :53:56.are already electric vehicles on the market, but you will see that there
:53:57. > :53:59.is a vehicle using the Freedom of the technology, introducing a new
:54:00. > :54:05.design language, providing us with more of a package, more space, so
:54:06. > :54:11.that the customer gets additional value out of the technology. Let's
:54:12. > :54:15.talk about how mainstream this is. I touched on this in the introduction,
:54:16. > :54:20.just 1% of car sales so far this year have been electric. It is
:54:21. > :54:25.clearly a tiny market. Why do you think it is worth the investment? I
:54:26. > :54:29.think it is worth the investment because at the end of the day, the
:54:30. > :54:35.future of modern mobility will be electric. There is no other choice.
:54:36. > :54:38.If we all want to do something special for our society and our
:54:39. > :54:44.environment, at the end of the day, we want to have a safer, cleaner,
:54:45. > :54:48.more connected mobility. But that also means, quite clearly, that this
:54:49. > :54:56.kind of new technology needs the right environment. The right power,
:54:57. > :55:02.the right charging stations, so that at the end of the day, we need a
:55:03. > :55:08.collaboration. A collaboration across sectors to make this vision a
:55:09. > :55:11.reality. You talk about the importance of that infrastructure,
:55:12. > :55:15.one that would support electric vehicles. Lots of people getting in
:55:16. > :55:18.touch with me this morning have been saying, look, there simply isn't the
:55:19. > :55:24.places to charge these vehicles. Too few parking and charging stations.
:55:25. > :55:27.How confident are you that this infrastructure will be in place for
:55:28. > :55:36.the cars that you want people to buy? People can charge their
:55:37. > :55:42.vehicles at home. Filling stations will hire fast charging
:55:43. > :55:45.opportunities. Based on the demand, the industry will find a solution,
:55:46. > :55:51.to have all these charging stations in place. I am absolutely convinced
:55:52. > :55:56.this new technology can be introduced flawlessly. I want to ask
:55:57. > :56:00.you about a Brexit, it is clearly a big issue for all manufacturers,
:56:01. > :56:04.about whether we will have access to the single market. I know that a lot
:56:05. > :56:08.of what you produce around the world, but especially in the UK, is
:56:09. > :56:11.sold abroad. How worried are you about access to the single market
:56:12. > :56:17.and whether tariffs will be imposed on goods that you make? Continental
:56:18. > :56:23.Europe is the biggest market for Jaguar Land Rover. Therefore we are
:56:24. > :56:27.very interested that in the future we can sell finished goods, but
:56:28. > :56:36.also, import all the parts and components that we need out of
:56:37. > :56:47.Europe. We rely on free and fair trade. We rely on access to skills,
:56:48. > :56:54.to all, and we rely on the opportunity to move across borders.
:56:55. > :56:58.That is important for Jaguar Land Rover, but also for the entire
:56:59. > :57:04.export industry in the United Kingdom. Ralf Speth, good to speak
:57:05. > :57:08.to you. The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover. I will be back
:57:09. > :00:27.after eight o'clock with a full look at the business news.
:00:28. > :00:30.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.
:00:31. > :00:40.This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.
:00:41. > :00:43.Death and destruction in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
:00:44. > :00:45.At least nine people have died in the Caribbean's
:00:46. > :00:49.One island, Barbuda, is described as totally destroyed.
:00:50. > :00:52.This is how Hurricane Irma looked from space last night as it
:00:53. > :00:58.headed towards Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
:00:59. > :01:13.There's more concern as two further hurricanes develop in the region.
:01:14. > :01:21.Also this morning: A row over using laws first introduced by Henry
:01:22. > :01:31.VIII is at the centre of a two-day debate on Brexit.
:01:32. > :01:36.For the latest round Britain's coastline, we are on board the
:01:37. > :01:39.search vessel in Plymouth sound, trying to establish just how much
:01:40. > :01:43.plastic pollution there is in our oceans. Good morning.
:01:44. > :01:48.She started her lingerie business without a penny,
:01:49. > :01:51.now she's a wealthy peer in the House of Lords.
:01:52. > :01:53.As part of our inspirational women series, I'll be meeting
:01:54. > :01:57.In sport, Juan Martin del Potro has upset hopes of a Nadal-Federer
:01:58. > :02:01.He's knocked out Roger Federer so he will take on world number one
:02:02. > :02:05.Businesses are told to stop pushing unhealthy food and larger
:02:06. > :02:12.Shoppers risk eating an extra 17,000 calories a year
:02:13. > :02:20.And Matt is also on the coast today with the weather.
:02:21. > :02:28.Looking lovely where you are. It certainly is. The beautiful
:02:29. > :02:33.coastline but many coastlines in the UK are under threat from rising sea
:02:34. > :02:39.levels and of course the changing climate. But the prospect of the sea
:02:40. > :02:44.coming in and help to protect other parts of the coastline? And the
:02:45. > :02:48.weather forecast starts off dry for money but turns wet throughout the
:02:49. > :02:50.day. See you in 15 minutes. Thank you.
:02:51. > :02:54.Hurricane Irma has caused devastation across the Caribbean
:02:55. > :02:57.The small island of Barbuda has been severely hit,
:02:58. > :03:00.making it, in the words of its Prime Minister,
:03:01. > :03:06.Authorities in the French island territory of Saint Martin say
:03:07. > :03:08.it has been reduced to rubble and its airport is
:03:09. > :03:16.The island of Barbuda, home to 1600 people,
:03:17. > :03:22.was one of the first places to be hit by Irma,
:03:23. > :03:28.It is estimated 95% of homes have been damaged.
:03:29. > :03:30.Communications were destroyed, cutting it off
:03:31. > :03:33.The Prime Minister said the island was barely habitable.
:03:34. > :03:37.What I saw was heart-wrenching, absolutely devastating.
:03:38. > :03:43.In fact, I believe on a per capita basis, the extent of
:03:44. > :03:45.the destruction in Barbuda is unprecedented.
:03:46. > :04:01.We had containers, 40 foot containers, flying left and right,
:04:02. > :04:05.The story you are getting from most of the residents here is the eye
:04:06. > :04:08.Persons were literally tying themselves to their roofs
:04:09. > :04:19.In the French territory of Saint-Martin, six
:04:20. > :04:24.Authorities said the island had been reduced to rubble.
:04:25. > :04:26.This is Hurricane Irma seen from space.
:04:27. > :04:29.It's now heading north of Puerto Rico, and could hit
:04:30. > :04:35.It's one of three hurricanes in the Atlantic.
:04:36. > :04:37.There are particular fears for Hurricane Jose,
:04:38. > :04:40.following close behind Irma and on a similar path.
:04:41. > :04:44.Officials say with most people homeless, Barbuda cannot
:04:45. > :05:00.If Jose does head their way, the island may have to be evacuated.
:05:01. > :05:03.The UK takes another step towards Brexit today as MPs debate
:05:04. > :05:06.the European Union Withdrawal Bill before a vote takes place on Monday.
:05:07. > :05:08.Our political correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster.
:05:09. > :05:13.We have been talking about this. We talked about the first reading, and
:05:14. > :05:17.why it was important, and why people were upset with the way that laws
:05:18. > :05:22.can change. Now Henry VIII is being involved in this conversation. Can
:05:23. > :05:26.you clear it all up, please? Yes, good morning. All sort of people
:05:27. > :05:30.have popped up in the Brexit debate over the last couple of years, but
:05:31. > :05:35.Henry VIII is not the first to make his argument and influence belt. He
:05:36. > :05:40.does feature in the discussion today. Why? Be constitutional change
:05:41. > :05:44.being told about. When people like me talk about what it changes on
:05:45. > :05:49.patches of grass like this, it might be tempting to change to BBC Two,
:05:50. > :05:52.but don't, this matters. It is the biggest change in how we are
:05:53. > :05:58.governed since we joined what is now the EU on the 17th of October 1972,
:05:59. > :06:02.with the passage of the European Communities Act. What is happening
:06:03. > :06:06.today is the start of the process of unravelling that. That act led to a
:06:07. > :06:15.pipe effectively being fitted between Brussels and Westminster and
:06:16. > :06:17.through it we shovelled lots of laws, 12,433 regulations in total.
:06:18. > :06:19.What the government is doing is working out what happened the day
:06:20. > :06:24.after Brexit. They have decided to do a cut and paste job. Everything
:06:25. > :06:29.changes but nothing changes. The EU laws become UK laws. This is the
:06:30. > :06:37.rub, where our old friend Henry makes an appearance. Government is
:06:38. > :06:42.going to use Henry VIII clauses, and I hope you like our cartoon attempt
:06:43. > :06:46.at Henry VIII. He is famous for his ensemble heading down the aisle and
:06:47. > :06:50.a sticky end of his exes, but this is nothing to do with that. It is
:06:51. > :06:54.more to do with the fact that he liked having power and bypassing
:06:55. > :06:59.Parliament. Henry VIII clauses nod to the fact that the government can
:07:00. > :07:02.tweak the law without that much parliamentary scrutiny, and the
:07:03. > :07:05.likes of Labour and others are not particularly keen on that. The
:07:06. > :07:08.government says they are necessary because of the amount of changes
:07:09. > :07:13.that have got to be done in a relatively short period of time.
:07:14. > :07:19.They also say it will just be active or two years, so roughly until March
:07:20. > :07:25.2021, in all likelihood, that they can make these tweaks to laws
:07:26. > :07:29.without too much scrutiny. Now what happens today? Big debate on the
:07:30. > :07:34.floor of the House of Commons. What happens on Monday? A vote on the
:07:35. > :07:37.first stage of this act. It is not expected that the government will be
:07:38. > :07:41.defeated them but there is a huge amount to come because there is so
:07:42. > :07:45.much to look at here. It will dominate the work of Parliament for
:07:46. > :07:49.many months to come. It certainly will. Thank you very much for
:07:50. > :07:54.explaining that. History and politics in a minute and a half!
:07:55. > :07:56.The BBC understands that the European Union wants
:07:57. > :08:00.Northern Ireland to have a different Brexit deal to the rest of the UK.
:08:01. > :08:02.Proposals due to be published later today by the EU's chief negotiator,
:08:03. > :08:04.Michel Barnier, are expected to suggest special exceptions
:08:05. > :08:07.to allow people to work, go to school and receive medical
:08:08. > :08:11.treatment either side of the border with the Republic of Ireland.
:08:12. > :08:14.Universities in England could face fines if they pay their heads more
:08:15. > :08:16.than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator
:08:17. > :08:23.Dozens of Vice-Chancellors currently earn more than twice
:08:24. > :08:25.the Prime Minister's annual salary of ?150,000.
:08:26. > :08:27.The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures
:08:28. > :08:35.are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.
:08:36. > :08:37.Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded plot to promote
:08:38. > :08:39.divisive social and political messages on its network
:08:40. > :08:51.The social media network said ?77,000 was spent
:08:52. > :08:53.on about 3000 ads over a two-year period.
:08:54. > :08:55.The ads did not back any specific political figures,
:08:56. > :08:57.but instead posted on topics including immigration,
:08:58. > :09:10.There are calls for the City watchdog to fully publish a leaked
:09:11. > :09:12.report into the treatment of customers by RBS.
:09:13. > :09:15.The focus is on a department of the bank which was
:09:16. > :09:17.responsible for turning around businesses in trouble.
:09:18. > :09:19.The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority,
:09:20. > :09:21.suggested the group mistreated many of its clients.
:09:22. > :09:35.Here's our economics correspondent Andy Verity.
:09:36. > :09:42.That created conflicts of interest result in poor treatment of some
:09:43. > :09:49.business customers. A confidential report leaked to the BBC two weeks
:09:50. > :09:52.ago found 92% of viable businesses moved to GRG received some kind of
:09:53. > :09:56.inappropriate treatment but some key findings are still to come out. The
:09:57. > :10:00.new chair of the Treasury Select Committee wanted to be published in
:10:01. > :10:03.full. It has been devastating. Many people lost their businesses and
:10:04. > :10:06.others very nearly saw their businesses going under, so they will
:10:07. > :10:11.want to see the full facts that have been established in that report, we
:10:12. > :10:13.assume. The leaked report was commissioned by the Financial
:10:14. > :10:16.Conduct Authority more than three years ago at the request of the then
:10:17. > :10:27.Business Secretary Vince Cable, who found the bank had an intentional
:10:28. > :10:28.co-ordinated strategy to focus on its own commercial objectives,
:10:29. > :10:30.giving inadequate weight to the interests of business customers. We
:10:31. > :10:35.know that thousands and thousands of firms were very badly treated by the
:10:36. > :10:38.banks in the financial crisis and immediately afterwards. These things
:10:39. > :10:41.need to be properly investigated. The public need to see they have
:10:42. > :10:45.been investigated and that action has been taken so of course it
:10:46. > :10:49.should be public. The FCA say they will respond to the calls for
:10:50. > :10:51.publication in due course and the bank declined to comment. Andy
:10:52. > :10:57.Verity, BBC News. Prince George will
:10:58. > :10:59.start today school. The four-year-old will attend
:11:00. > :11:01.Thomas's Battersea in South London. Earlier this week it was announced
:11:02. > :11:16.that the Duchess of Cambridge And most parents will fondly
:11:17. > :11:20.remember taking their child for the first day of school. The Duchess of
:11:21. > :11:23.Cambridge is pregnant with her third child and spokesperson has said she
:11:24. > :11:26.will not be able to public Prince George for his first day of school
:11:27. > :11:29.and instead the Duke of Cambridge will drop Prince George of this
:11:30. > :11:35.morning which was always part of the plan.
:11:36. > :11:41.You are up-to-date. All the weather and sport coming up later.
:11:42. > :11:43.During the London and Manchester terror attacks earlier this year,
:11:44. > :11:45.accident and emergency services worked around the clock
:11:46. > :11:48.The way they dealt with casualties has been widely
:11:49. > :11:50.praised but according to the Royal Society of Medicine
:11:51. > :11:53.more can be done to prepare first responders for these situations.
:11:54. > :11:55.Let's speak to Professor Roger Kirby, who is in our London
:11:56. > :11:58.newsroom, and Dr Matt Davenport, an A consultant who was working
:11:59. > :12:00.the night of the Manchester Arena attack.
:12:01. > :12:07.Good morning and thank you very much for joining us. Roger, let's talk to
:12:08. > :12:11.you first about this meeting and what you hope to get out of it and
:12:12. > :12:16.to tackle next. Good morning. We are very excited about this meeting,
:12:17. > :12:19.which is planned for today at the royal society of medicine in Wim
:12:20. > :12:25.Bull Street. We are expecting about 300 people to come and we are
:12:26. > :12:29.expecting to hear not only from doctors involved in the terror
:12:30. > :12:33.incidents, London Bridge, Westminster Bridge and up in
:12:34. > :12:37.Manchester, but we are privileged to have Cressida Dick, the commissioner
:12:38. > :12:40.for the Met Police, and the head of the London Ambulance Service as
:12:41. > :12:44.well. When these terror events occurred, the police need to
:12:45. > :12:47.neutralise the terrorist. The ambulance drivers need to get these
:12:48. > :12:52.injured patients to hospital as quickly as possible. And then in
:12:53. > :12:57.Accident Emergency, of course you have the medical staff, nursing
:12:58. > :13:04.staff, paramedics and so one dealing with the emergencies, and time is of
:13:05. > :13:09.the essence with trauma, stab wounds, bomb wounds, vehicle
:13:10. > :13:12.injuries and so on. If you get the right doctors looking after the
:13:13. > :13:17.right patients at the right time and into the operating theatres quickly,
:13:18. > :13:22.you can save lives. All of those patients who got to A in London,
:13:23. > :13:26.who were transported there rapidly, had their lives saved. There is a
:13:27. > :13:29.lot to learn about how we can coordinate the emergency services
:13:30. > :13:34.and how we can train our young doctors to deal with these horrible
:13:35. > :13:39.terrorist events. Of course they occurred in Manchester and London
:13:40. > :13:42.recently, and more recently in Barcelona, but we don't know which
:13:43. > :13:47.town it happening. It could be leaked, Scotland, anywhere across
:13:48. > :13:52.the UK. Let's talk to one of those directly involved. Doctor Davenport,
:13:53. > :13:58.you were a consultant and you were working on a night of the Manchester
:13:59. > :14:01.bomb attack. That is right. A lot of people will thank you and your
:14:02. > :14:04.colleagues for the work you did at that time and I dare say you went
:14:05. > :14:08.through various processes. Firstly dealing with what is in front of you
:14:09. > :14:11.on the night. Afterwards, the shop, and we spoke to your colleagues at
:14:12. > :14:16.the time and it was very difficult and now you have had a chance to
:14:17. > :14:19.assess. What lessons have you learned? The lessons learned coming
:14:20. > :14:25.to two categories. The clinical lessons learned about how to deal
:14:26. > :14:28.with a patient, the rapid amounts of blood that we need for those
:14:29. > :14:35.injuries that we have never seen before. And lots of clinical lessons
:14:36. > :14:39.like that. The plans are very detailed and help us deal with these
:14:40. > :14:41.huge numbers of patients very quickly, but the plan stopped when
:14:42. > :14:48.the maid incident was over and at that point, we were left with staff
:14:49. > :14:52.who had been dealing with injuries that they have never seen before and
:14:53. > :14:55.that they never want to see again. The work we have got to do with
:14:56. > :15:00.those staff moving forward when the maid incident has finished it, that
:15:01. > :15:04.psychological first aid, that is one of the big lessons we are taking
:15:05. > :15:10.forward today. As Charlie said, we have spoken to your colleagues in
:15:11. > :15:13.the NHS who were treating survivors and victims. Can you tell us what
:15:14. > :15:17.happens on that night when you know what to do and there is almost a
:15:18. > :15:19.mental check list that you go through? And then emotion comes into
:15:20. > :15:28.it as well. I think for the first moment, like
:15:29. > :15:30.all of us when we of reading news streams newsreels, that something
:15:31. > :15:35.happened near you that you think will never happen, there is a moment
:15:36. > :15:38.of shock. But then there comes those medical things that must come and
:15:39. > :15:45.you have to park those things, like we do with the seriously ill
:15:46. > :15:49.patients we have day. It's only when you go home, you start to watch the
:15:50. > :15:54.rest of the news unfold on the details, that it starts to hit.
:15:55. > :16:00.Normally, without normal A patients who are ill, we leave
:16:01. > :16:04.behind, we don't find much out about them, the emotional story. The
:16:05. > :16:06.difference with these cases, there have been programmes and news
:16:07. > :16:10.programmes that have keyed you into who this person was, what happened
:16:11. > :16:14.to their story, their lives and how it changed. Is it something now that
:16:15. > :16:19.you think your colleagues, wherever you may be working in the NHS,
:16:20. > :16:22.whatever city, people in Manchester and London, do you think it is
:16:23. > :16:26.something you have to be psychologically prepared, for
:16:27. > :16:31.something just enormous and terrible happening because it might? Yes. And
:16:32. > :16:35.that is very difficult. Because although it might, most of the time
:16:36. > :16:40.it never does. The temptation is not to plan for that but we absolutely
:16:41. > :16:43.must plan for that because when it comes, not prepared for the
:16:44. > :16:47.psychological fallout and although the clinical fallout that might
:16:48. > :16:52.happen from that might. Does it help you personally talking about it? We
:16:53. > :16:55.have spoken to a few people on the emotions are still raw among those
:16:56. > :17:02.who have been near it, any involvement. I sense it is still a
:17:03. > :17:04.bit like? For certain. I think trying to draw everyone down the
:17:05. > :17:07.same path of trying to debrief them and talk about is not necessarily
:17:08. > :17:11.the right thing to do for that person. And with individuals it is
:17:12. > :17:15.different. Some people really wanted to talk about it all the time and
:17:16. > :17:19.debrief on it and some people wanted to park it and put it on a shelf and
:17:20. > :17:22.deal with it the same way we do normally with patients. Each person
:17:23. > :17:25.is different. We have to try and tailor all those things for all
:17:26. > :17:30.those different people. There is a lot of staff, so it is hard. Thank
:17:31. > :17:34.you for coming in to talk to ask Doctor Davenport. Professor Roger
:17:35. > :17:41.Kirby, good luck with your meeting today. Let us know what you will be
:17:42. > :17:42.looking at. It is 8:17am. We are blessed this morning. Our cameras
:17:43. > :17:50.all over coastlines. We can show you an image now from
:17:51. > :18:00.Medmerry in West Sussex. Can we get the camera there? Matt is the.
:18:01. > :18:04.What better view, big? You can almost hear Charlie's
:18:05. > :18:08.disappointment! I am never disappointed.
:18:09. > :18:13.A very good morning from West Sussex, by the coast of course in
:18:14. > :18:17.Medmerry. We are talking coastal defences, with the changing climate
:18:18. > :18:21.and rising sea levels, outpost are under threat around the UK. It was
:18:22. > :18:27.here in West Sussex, let me show you where we are. This is the shot
:18:28. > :18:31.Charlie wanted, a beautiful scene across that coastline. Extensive
:18:32. > :18:36.flooding in 2008 according ?5 million worth of damage. The
:18:37. > :18:39.Environment Agency has since undertaken an innovative and
:18:40. > :18:44.sustainable scheme in which the man-made sea defences were breached,
:18:45. > :18:49.allowing the sea to flood in inland to make lagoons and now a nature
:18:50. > :18:52.reserve, where the water floods in at high tide, flows back out again.
:18:53. > :18:56.You can see behind me, in a few hours' time that will be full of
:18:57. > :19:00.water. But in doing that it has helped protect properties around the
:19:01. > :19:03.area. Much better protection than they had under the old scheme. It is
:19:04. > :19:07.schemes like this that the Environment Agency are trying to
:19:08. > :19:10.replicate up and down the country where possible. This morning we have
:19:11. > :19:18.some blue skies behind me. Shaping up to be a pleasant start to the day
:19:19. > :19:20.after some early showers. Across much of England, Wales and the
:19:21. > :19:23.south-east of Scotland it is a largely dry start. A few showers in
:19:24. > :19:26.the south-west at the moment but rain will become more of a feature
:19:27. > :19:29.for some of you as we go through the day. You can see across Scotland,
:19:30. > :19:32.the rain is fairly extensive which becomes heavy at times, particularly
:19:33. > :19:39.over the hills on West. Can't guarantee anywhere will stay dry.
:19:40. > :19:42.Showers becoming a bit more longer lasting and spreading to northern
:19:43. > :19:46.England. The further south, the better chance of spending the bulk
:19:47. > :19:50.of the day dry. In the south coast some sunny spells into the afternoon
:19:51. > :19:54.but some showers developing across south-east England, the Midlands and
:19:55. > :19:58.East Anglia later but many will avoid them. Temperatures in the
:19:59. > :20:02.brightness around 19-20. Northern England Scotland, lots of cloud,
:20:03. > :20:05.outbreaks of Rincon heaviest in the hills on the west. In Northern
:20:06. > :20:09.Ireland cloud, occasional rain through the day, a bit more rain
:20:10. > :20:13.this afternoon and the breeze will freshen up. Turning right at a North
:20:14. > :20:17.Wales, further south across Wales in two south-west England. This is
:20:18. > :20:20.where we will see some dry weather continue into the afternoon, with a
:20:21. > :20:24.little bit of sunshine. The Northern Ireland down towards the south-west
:20:25. > :20:29.of England, this is where we will see the breeze start to freshen up
:20:30. > :20:32.on that breeze will become more of a feature not just by the end of the
:20:33. > :20:36.day but through tonight and into the following few days. Tonight, a fresh
:20:37. > :20:39.breeze rolling across the country first showers and outbreaks of rain
:20:40. > :20:42.just about anywhere across the UK tonight, even in the south where we
:20:43. > :20:48.finished the day largely dry. The breeze will keep temperatures up but
:20:49. > :20:52.believe me, the chill will be noticeable in the breeze. A cold
:20:53. > :20:56.breeze coming from a cold direction and leads us into a bit of a fresh
:20:57. > :21:00.start to Friday. A blustery day on Friday. The wind might ease down a
:21:01. > :21:04.little. Sunshine and showers the best way to sum up Friday for many
:21:05. > :21:09.of you, the showers could be on the heavy side, perhaps a rumble of
:21:10. > :21:12.thunder. On the south coast, this is where we will have cloud and rain
:21:13. > :21:17.coming and going all day, but it can Islands. Likely into the afternoon
:21:18. > :21:20.there will be an area of heavy rain pushing northwards through
:21:21. > :21:24.south-west England, South Wales, even as far north as the South
:21:25. > :21:28.Midlands and eventually East Anglia and the south-east later in the day.
:21:29. > :21:33.That clears up a way as we go into Saturday. Temperatures on Saturday
:21:34. > :21:35.fairly disappointing, like Friday, probably mid-teens. Sunshine and
:21:36. > :21:57.showers, showers most frequent across England and Wales. The
:21:58. > :22:00.further north, maybe fewer showers, a bit more in the way of sunshine
:22:01. > :22:02.but in that breeze where ever you are on Saturday, feeling chilly,
:22:03. > :22:05.which continues into Sunday. By which time the wind could get
:22:06. > :22:07.stronger across the western half of the UK. That's how it is looking
:22:08. > :22:09.from these glorious scenes in Medmerry. Back to you.
:22:10. > :22:12.Thank you. You see this mug, we don't get a choice over the size of
:22:13. > :22:13.it. You can't ask for a bigger coffee.
:22:14. > :22:17.Are you complaining? No, but it's a link to the story
:22:18. > :22:20.about if you are asked for something, small, medium, large,
:22:21. > :22:26.they always want you to have a bigger version.
:22:27. > :22:30.For 30p more, so why would you say no?
:22:31. > :22:33.Because you don't want a big portion!
:22:34. > :22:37.That would involve restraint, which not many of us have. We've been
:22:38. > :22:40.there, a fast food restaurant or that, or even the shops when you
:22:41. > :22:44.offered something bigger. Research suggests the technique
:22:45. > :22:46.of "upselling" is fuelling We'll discuss this more
:22:47. > :22:56.in a moment but first, We have Kate Hardcastle and Izzie
:22:57. > :23:02.Kennedy, who said her weight gain was partly due to upselling. Izzie,
:23:03. > :23:07.give an example, you go into a cafe or somewhere and they are offering
:23:08. > :23:12.you something bigger has to? Matter of course. The situation I used to
:23:13. > :23:17.do it in was a group of friends, I'm with 18 years old, at the beginning
:23:18. > :23:20.of my weightless journey I was almost 21 stone. I would go into
:23:21. > :23:23.fast food restaurants with friends and they would say things like,
:23:24. > :23:27.would you like to upgrade your milkshake to a large? At the time I
:23:28. > :23:31.found it really hard to say no. Why did you find it hard to say no?
:23:32. > :23:34.Because you are genuinely hungry, greedy or you thought it was only a
:23:35. > :23:39.few pence more so you were getting more value for money? I think it was
:23:40. > :23:44.a combination of all three, actually. I found it really hard. I
:23:45. > :23:49.think I struggled really badly with confidence. Saying no is not a
:23:50. > :23:53.British thing. We quite like to please people. I think that is
:23:54. > :23:59.another contributing factor as well. When you hear that 17,000 calories
:24:00. > :24:06.extra a year could be down to upsizing or upselling, ?5 of weight
:24:07. > :24:08.a year, you completely get that? -- five lb of weight? Absolutely. It
:24:09. > :24:11.wasn't the main thing that contributed to my weight gain,
:24:12. > :24:15.because there was a lot of other things but I would say it didn't
:24:16. > :24:18.help with the relationship I had with food, that guilt free healthy
:24:19. > :24:23.relationship I so desperately wanted. Quite often after upselling
:24:24. > :24:27.I was left feeling quite weak and guilty afterwards, which tends to
:24:28. > :24:33.spiral things like binge eating, which led to a spiral. Duncan, you
:24:34. > :24:40.have been looking into this. What is the picture emerging? It is endemic.
:24:41. > :24:48.Our report Size Matters With Slimming World shows 120 year we are
:24:49. > :24:51.faced with a upselling. It is more for younger people, because properly
:24:52. > :24:56.younger people don't have the tools or the feeling of empowerment to say
:24:57. > :25:00.no. So it is a bit more of a challenge for younger people. What
:25:01. > :25:06.our research shows is it happens everywhere. Fast food outlets, one
:25:07. > :25:10.in three of us are up sold to in a fast food outlet or restaurant and
:25:11. > :25:18.it contributes to our waistline. Why isn't it younger people's fault? If
:25:19. > :25:24.you eat more, move more? I think the individual does have a part to play,
:25:25. > :25:29.but we do live in what we call on a piece of genital environment.
:25:30. > :25:32.Because it is contributing to the obesity crisis, not just down to the
:25:33. > :25:36.individual but the environment we are living in. It is the marketing
:25:37. > :25:40.and advertising we are surrounded with an bombarded with. There has
:25:41. > :25:43.been a lot of efforts to clamp down on the visual marketing, so things
:25:44. > :25:48.like the buy one and get one free deals, and some retailers have
:25:49. > :25:54.clamped down on what's called the pester power, sweet sap the till. Do
:25:55. > :25:57.you want to pick up on that? It is your area of expertise. If other
:25:58. > :26:02.people are doing on the high Street, then another shop will do it,
:26:03. > :26:06.because there is an offer next door, is it inevitable? It is about six
:26:07. > :26:11.times easier to sell something to an existing customer than it is to find
:26:12. > :26:15.a new customer. At times where retail this challenge, everyone will
:26:16. > :26:18.be doing everything they can to convert a bigger sale or order from
:26:19. > :26:22.the customer in front of them. Whilst I absolutely think guidelines
:26:23. > :26:26.and awareness are really good, I do think customers are really
:26:27. > :26:30.intelligent. You wouldn't have had them move into supermarket away from
:26:31. > :26:34.these packaged Bladon supermarket brands to more transparent
:26:35. > :26:37.supermarket brands like the discounters, if we didn't use our
:26:38. > :26:41.power as consumers to make good decisions. I think with a prompt
:26:42. > :26:46.like this and awareness that would probably be enough, but you won't
:26:47. > :26:49.get a retailer moving away from upselling, like upgrading your car
:26:50. > :26:52.like upgrading your coffee. I suppose it becomes habit. You might
:26:53. > :26:57.go and buy your paper in the morning or a magazine and you are a
:26:58. > :27:02.chocolate bar, a huge chocolate bar sometimes, it just becomes habit,
:27:03. > :27:06.doesn't it? The thing for retailers to become aware of is if it annoys
:27:07. > :27:09.you. If it gets under your skin as a consumer, you react badly to that
:27:10. > :27:13.and will choose an alternative. They need to be very careful, not just
:27:14. > :27:16.because of people's health but because of the brands and an
:27:17. > :27:30.petition out there for them, that is a bigger upset for them. Izzie, are
:27:31. > :27:33.you able now to say no? Have you got to that point where someone offers
:27:34. > :27:35.you something and you say, no, I want what I ask for? Absolutely. I
:27:36. > :27:37.think the tips and support I received from my slimming group
:27:38. > :27:41.helps me. Things like researching a menu before I go to a restaurant and
:27:42. > :27:43.going with an idea of what I will eat beforehand is a good tip I have
:27:44. > :27:46.found along my weight loss journey. That is a really good tip. Sometimes
:27:47. > :27:50.you get overwhelmed by the choices on the menu and don't think about
:27:51. > :27:51.it. Thank you all very much. Time to get the news and travel and weather
:27:52. > :31:08.where you are. See you shortly. Hello, this is Breakfast with
:31:09. > :31:22.Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. Hurricane Irma has caused widespread
:31:23. > :31:24.destruction across the Caribbean, reducing buildings to rubble
:31:25. > :31:29.and leaving at least nine Officials say the island
:31:30. > :31:33.of St Martin has been reduced to rubble and its airport has almost
:31:34. > :31:36.entirely been destroyed. Emergency workers on the French-run
:31:37. > :31:40.side of the island said at least eight people were killed
:31:41. > :31:45.and another 21 wounded. The small island of Barbuda
:31:46. > :32:00.has been severely hit, with the death of a
:32:01. > :32:03.child, and about 95% of the buildings are reported
:32:04. > :32:11.to have suffered some damage. The prayer Minister of Barbuda said
:32:12. > :32:15.it was barely habitable. It is a complete contrast, in Antigua we can
:32:16. > :32:20.say there has been significant resilience and we can celebrate the
:32:21. > :32:29.level of preparedness, in the case of Barbuda it is one of devastation.
:32:30. > :32:32.Yesterday when I travelled, I had a circumnavigation of the island, I
:32:33. > :32:36.was extremely saddened, it was emotionally painful to see such a
:32:37. > :32:42.beautiful island totally destroyed to the extent of about 90% of the
:32:43. > :32:45.country would have been damaged, totally demolished.
:32:46. > :32:52.Florida is on high alert for the expected arrival of hurricane Irma
:32:53. > :32:55.and Britons in the region have been urged to follow evacuation orders
:32:56. > :32:59.while states of emergency have been declared in Puerto Rico and the
:33:00. > :33:03.river. These are images taken from space of the hurricane, there are
:33:04. > :33:05.fears that Miami could be struck directly by the hurricane.
:33:06. > :33:08.The UK takes another step towards Brexit today as MPs debate
:33:09. > :33:11.the European Union Withdrawal Bill before a vote takes place on Monday.
:33:12. > :33:15.The bill will mean that thousands of EU laws and regulations
:33:16. > :33:20.are transferred into British law but ministers will need more powers
:33:21. > :33:23.Earlier on Breakfast, the First Secretary of State,
:33:24. > :33:30.Damian Green, said concerns about the process are unfounded.
:33:31. > :33:36.It is particularly ironic that there is this much concern about the
:33:37. > :33:41.procedure, in that most of the European law that we have will have
:33:42. > :33:45.been put into place through this mechanism, through these committees,
:33:46. > :33:51.but absolutely parliament needs to have time to debate, so we will
:33:52. > :33:56.listen to a reasonable proposals about the process by which we do
:33:57. > :33:57.this essential work of making our statute workable.
:33:58. > :34:00.The BBC understands that the European Union wants
:34:01. > :34:06.Northern Ireland to have a different Brexit deal to the rest of the UK.
:34:07. > :34:09.Proposals due to be published later today by the EU's chief negotiator,
:34:10. > :34:15.Michel Barnier, are expected to suggest special exceptions
:34:16. > :34:18.to allow people to work, go to school and receive medical
:34:19. > :34:20.treatment either side of the border with the Republic of Ireland.
:34:21. > :34:23.Universities in England could face fines if they pay their heads more
:34:24. > :34:26.than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator
:34:27. > :34:29.Dozens of Vice Chancellors currently earn more than twice
:34:30. > :34:31.the Prime Minister's annual salary of ?150,000.
:34:32. > :34:33.The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures
:34:34. > :34:38.are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.
:34:39. > :34:42.There are calls for the City watchdog to fully publish a leaked
:34:43. > :34:43.report into the treatment of customers by RBS.
:34:44. > :34:46.The focus is on a department of the bank which was
:34:47. > :34:48.responsible for turning around businesses in trouble.
:34:49. > :34:50.The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority
:34:51. > :34:53.suggested that many clients were mistreated -
:34:54. > :34:58.The FCA said it would respond to the calls
:34:59. > :35:16.Favourite story of the morning, A slam dunking Boni, the world's
:35:17. > :35:20.longest legs and an 83-year-old body-builder, it can only mean the
:35:21. > :35:22.latest edition of the Guinness World Record.
:35:23. > :35:27.The first contender, Biff Hutchinson, what a great name! He
:35:28. > :35:34.does this, basically, the first person to clear 11 feet... Look at
:35:35. > :35:37.that! On a pogo stick. If you have ever been on a pogo stick, that is
:35:38. > :35:44.not easy. Have you done a lot of it?
:35:45. > :35:49.A bit, yes. Binny the bunny is showing you how
:35:50. > :35:53.to slam dunk. He holds the record for the most basketball slam dunks
:35:54. > :35:56.in one minute. He managed a total of seven. He seems quite nonplussed
:35:57. > :36:01.about it but obviously enjoys doing it.
:36:02. > :36:06.I just wonder how the bunny before, which held the record for six, feels
:36:07. > :36:12.about Binny taking it away. Who knows? The bar is set high,
:36:13. > :36:15.anything could happen! Eight is beckoning!
:36:16. > :36:17.Victoria Derbyshire is on at 9am this morning on BBC Two.
:36:18. > :36:24.The Belgian Paralympic gold medallist with a crippling
:36:25. > :36:32.degenerative disease who wants to choose her time today. He meets a
:36:33. > :36:38.man who lives with chronic spinal pain but campaigns against
:36:39. > :36:46.euthanasia. When I say it is enough, I cannot live in this condition, I
:36:47. > :36:50.have the right to say I want to quit now. Join us after Breakfast on BBC
:36:51. > :36:58.Two, the BBC News Channel, and online.
:36:59. > :36:58.Matt will have the weather for us shortly.
:36:59. > :37:02.We'll get the lowdown on who'll score the touchdown as the NFL
:37:03. > :37:05.season gets under way when we're joined by former New York Giants
:37:06. > :37:08.star Jason Bell and two-time Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora.
:37:09. > :37:14.Tycoon Michelle Mone found success with her bra and underwear brand.
:37:15. > :37:17.She'll be here to discuss her career and her latest venture -
:37:18. > :37:21.selling property with the virtual currency bitcoin.
:37:22. > :37:23.Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison.
:37:24. > :37:25.Crime writer Lynda la Plante joins us to tell us
:37:26. > :37:28.what inspired her to put her famous character front and centre
:37:29. > :37:39.But first let's get the sport with Sally.
:37:40. > :37:46.Looking forward to the NFL chat, we have some NFL glamour on the way.
:37:47. > :37:50.Glamour?! You look surprised! It happens
:37:51. > :37:58.occasionally! But we will start with tennis glamour.
:37:59. > :38:00.Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have never played each
:38:01. > :38:03.other at the US Open - and that's not going
:38:04. > :38:14.That picture tells a lot, it is like, what is happening today?
:38:15. > :38:19.He says he was not playing well enough and that it is a good thing
:38:20. > :38:20.that he is out and somebody else can take the place.
:38:21. > :38:21.Federer was beaten in the quarter-finals
:38:22. > :38:25.He's been suffering with back pain and said the way he played wasn't
:38:26. > :38:28.good enough and it was better he was out to give
:38:29. > :38:33.I knew it was going to be a tough one, I had struggled too much
:38:34. > :38:36.throughout the tournament to think too far ahead. In some ways I'm
:38:37. > :38:42.actually happy I made the quarters, so I'm not that disappointed, it has
:38:43. > :38:44.been a good run this year already. Unfortunately I ran into a guy who
:38:45. > :38:45.was better on the day. So it's Del Potro who'll
:38:46. > :38:47.take on Rafael Nadal Nadal is back in the world number
:38:48. > :38:55.one spot and he was ruthless against Andrey Rublev, dropping only
:38:56. > :38:58.five games in the match. Karolina Pliskova will lose her
:38:59. > :39:00.world number one ranking after she lost to Coco Vanderway,
:39:01. > :39:03.who's part of an all-American That hasn't happened
:39:04. > :39:05.since 1981 and the days of Martina Navratilova and Chris
:39:06. > :39:08.Evert. And Andy Murray says he is likely
:39:09. > :39:11.to miss the rest of the season He hasn't played since Wimbledon
:39:12. > :39:17.and he says he needs an extended England's Test series decider
:39:18. > :39:28.against West Indies begins Toby Roland-Jones returns
:39:29. > :39:34.to the side but it could be another fast bowler,
:39:35. > :39:37.James Anderson, making the headlines - he needs only three more wickets
:39:38. > :39:40.to become the first Englishman West Indies levelled
:39:41. > :39:42.the series with victory You expect sides to respond well,
:39:43. > :39:48.just as the West Indies did. Part of being a successful side
:39:49. > :39:57.in this format is being able to deal with it, overcoming difficult
:39:58. > :40:00.weeks like last week. So, we have a lot of experience
:40:01. > :40:05.in our dressing room and a lot of hungry guys that are desperate
:40:06. > :40:08.to come back from the way we played. We want to make sure
:40:09. > :40:10.we win this series. Wayne Shaw was Sutton United's
:40:11. > :40:23.reserve goalkeeper in February's FA Charlie doesn't like seeing this
:40:24. > :40:28.story. Show us the pictures.
:40:29. > :40:30.Shall we just watch a man eating a pie? Why not.
:40:31. > :40:33.He ate a pie during the game, after a bookmaker had offered odds
:40:34. > :40:36.What is wrong with that? He is enjoying it.
:40:37. > :40:39.He said it was "just a bit of fun" but he resigned,
:40:40. > :40:42.and now he's been fined ?375 and banned for two months by the FA
:40:43. > :40:52.Was it the flavour of pie... I will tell you what it is, it is a
:40:53. > :40:56.thing I have, I am not overly keen on watching people eating on
:40:57. > :41:00.television. In a cookery programme they do the close-up...
:41:01. > :41:04.I just don't like watching it. What about when you go to a restaurant
:41:05. > :41:08.with your wife? That is different! I understand
:41:09. > :41:11.people have to eat! But it is the close-up of someone eating, the slow
:41:12. > :41:14.motion... Is it just me?! No, I get your
:41:15. > :41:20.point. I think you watch these programmes
:41:21. > :41:23.and grumble about people putting a fork of food in them out!
:41:24. > :41:25.Anyway, I am hungry for some more sport.
:41:26. > :41:27.The American Football season is set to get under way tomorrow,
:41:28. > :41:30.and next month, London will once again host two NFL fixtures.
:41:31. > :41:33.It starts with the New Orleans Saints against Miami Dolphins
:41:34. > :41:41.And we're about to find out who to look out for from former
:41:42. > :41:43.New York Giants star Jason Bell and two-time Super Bowl
:41:44. > :41:45.winner Osi Umenyiora, from the BBC's NFL Show.
:41:46. > :41:47.Here's some of their best bits from last seasons coverage.
:41:48. > :41:55.Are we going to have fun tonight?! We will have to send you to acting
:41:56. > :42:04.school! I just find myself always being right! The greatest sport has
:42:05. > :42:20.ever seen. This guy is humble! We lost! My back hurts! That was a
:42:21. > :42:23.great save! Squeeze it in tight. I would hit him there.
:42:24. > :42:38.Lovely to see you, you both look... I promised glamour, we have the most
:42:39. > :42:43.intricately folded handkerchief you will ever see.
:42:44. > :42:47.I have handkerchief envy now! You have to have good technique! A lot
:42:48. > :42:53.of Voges and preparation! You are back with us for another season but
:42:54. > :42:56.I want to talk about the end of the last season because even if you are
:42:57. > :43:01.not a massive NFL fan, most people will realise that Super Bowl was
:43:02. > :43:08.historic, why was it so important? The Atlanta Falcons, everybody
:43:09. > :43:12.thought the game was over and then you saw this incredible comeback by
:43:13. > :43:16.Tom Brady, scoring numerous touchdowns, winning in heartbreaking
:43:17. > :43:20.fashion for the Atlanta Falcons, so anything can happen in the NFL and
:43:21. > :43:25.that is why everybody enjoyed the game. Tom Brady is a name that we
:43:26. > :43:32.know, can you explain why he is such a big star? He is arguably the
:43:33. > :43:34.greatest NFL quarterback ever. Most championships, obviously an MVP
:43:35. > :43:43.performance last year. He is 40 years old and still winning. Osi's
:43:44. > :43:49.favourite player. And what makes him greater is that he does not eat the
:43:50. > :43:54.17,000 extra calories! There is something he doesn't eat, broccoli,
:43:55. > :43:58.beetroot? Parents are watching who are
:43:59. > :44:02.spending hours, days trying to get their children to eat vegetables and
:44:03. > :44:07.you to come on and say, no, you don't have to eat properly and
:44:08. > :44:11.beetroot if you want to be an NFL star! He eats avocado and things
:44:12. > :44:19.like that but not the extra 17,000 calories! You get brownie points!
:44:20. > :44:25.How significant is it that the NFL are bringing the road show to
:44:26. > :44:30.London? It is huge, when you talk about the NFL, it is trying to
:44:31. > :44:34.expand internationally and England would be the perfect place to do it.
:44:35. > :44:38.I think they had the NFL Europe back in the day but nobody was buying
:44:39. > :44:42.into that so people here deserve the best, they want to see the best, and
:44:43. > :44:48.these are regular season games being played here, they are meaningful
:44:49. > :44:51.games, it is a huge step for the NFL. I am going to display my
:44:52. > :44:55.instruments now, here is the bit where you tell me what things are.
:44:56. > :45:03.You know that bit where the ball is passed backwards and they make a
:45:04. > :45:07.noise? What are they saying? They are trying to get the defense to
:45:08. > :45:18.jump offside because once that happens it is a penalty. What are
:45:19. > :45:25.they saying? Hut, height, anything, you just want to be loud. They are
:45:26. > :45:28.all on a microphone, you can hear them talking to each other in the
:45:29. > :45:34.game saying, I caught that, you didn't, I did...
:45:35. > :45:38.So you have to mind your language?! No, you don't have to mind your
:45:39. > :45:44.language! Which is tougher, NFL or rugby? They
:45:45. > :45:47.are two different sports, rugby seems to be horizontal, they are
:45:48. > :45:51.pitching a ball, we are coming downhill at each other, a little bit
:45:52. > :45:57.more impact. Do you see how politically correct he is?! NFL
:45:58. > :46:03.hands down is the most physical, imposing sport. Rugby, anybody can
:46:04. > :46:10.play rugby. Statistically, who is the biggest feller on the pitch? The
:46:11. > :46:18.offensive lineman. Give us a sense of scale? Six foot six, maybe about
:46:19. > :46:22.140 kilograms. Do you remember last year when one of the teams came
:46:23. > :46:26.over, forgive me, I don't know which one, they had a cruise ship parked
:46:27. > :46:32.in the dock, they took an entire cruise ship. I think it was the
:46:33. > :46:35.Jaguars. They had special beds and their own chefs, everything was
:46:36. > :46:36.super-sized, a lot of effort goes into looking after those Giant
:46:37. > :46:47.players! Why should I watch? As someone who
:46:48. > :46:52.doesn't enjoy big sporting events... They are very lenient on the
:46:53. > :46:58.celebrations when players score touchdowns, that will be exciting.
:46:59. > :47:05.Dance routines? Yes, that will be fun. Do you approve of that?
:47:06. > :47:13.Definitely! I do not know how we top that! Big guys, big deckchair? Matt
:47:14. > :47:19.is in West Sussex. Have you still got your deckchair?
:47:20. > :47:22.Good morning. I have left the deckchair for other people! Another
:47:23. > :47:28.lovely view down on the coast. Let me show you exactly where we are.
:47:29. > :47:32.The bird's eye view. On the West Sussex coast. Beautiful area of
:47:33. > :47:37.coastline. Under threat from the sea. The Environment Agency done a
:47:38. > :47:43.programme in which the existing coastal defences were breached and
:47:44. > :47:47.allowed the flood the land behind to help to give a bit of additional
:47:48. > :47:51.protection to the properties and infrastructure in the local area. We
:47:52. > :47:55.will be talking more about coast or the defences and the effects of sea
:47:56. > :48:00.flooding and erosion across other parts of the UK in a moment. This
:48:01. > :48:05.morning, we have done all right with the weather. Many of you start the
:48:06. > :48:10.day OK, dry and fine, there are changes afoot, wetter weather across
:48:11. > :48:15.many parts of the country today and tonight and even into the weekend.
:48:16. > :48:19.At the moment, dry and brightest in southern parts of England, mittens,
:48:20. > :48:28.East Anglia. Eastern parts not faring too badly. -- the Midlands.
:48:29. > :48:31.Showers getting a bit more abundant in Northern Ireland and north-west
:48:32. > :48:33.England and across the northern half of the country, greyer and wetter
:48:34. > :48:39.through the day. There will be breaks in the rain. Towards the
:48:40. > :48:43.south, a few showers coming and going particularly in the afternoon
:48:44. > :48:48.in southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia. One or two could be on
:48:49. > :48:54.the heavy side. Still brightness but not as much as yesterday. When it
:48:55. > :48:58.does, temperatures 18-20. Further north, cool, blustery wind. Rain
:48:59. > :49:02.coming and going. Heaviest on the hills in the west of northern
:49:03. > :49:07.England. Damp in Scotland through much of the day. There will be drier
:49:08. > :49:17.moments in Northern Ireland. The breeze will pick up here, as it will
:49:18. > :49:19.do in Wales and the south-west of England. The northern half of Wales,
:49:20. > :49:24.could get wetter. The south-west of England, dry weather with showers.
:49:25. > :49:28.Temperatures disappointing. A cool start to September. Tonight,
:49:29. > :49:33.blustery with occasional bursts of rain anywhere across the UK. The odd
:49:34. > :49:38.heavy burst too. Temperatures look like they are high enough but it
:49:39. > :49:42.will feel colder tonight and tomorrow. The air coming to the UK
:49:43. > :49:47.is from a slightly colder environment. Fresh start to Friday.
:49:48. > :49:52.Sunshine and showers. More sunshine between the showers and better day
:49:53. > :49:59.for Scotland, Northern Ireland compared to this afternoon. The
:50:00. > :50:03.south coast, outbreaks of rain coming and going, fairly cloudy.
:50:04. > :50:06.Heavy bursts of rain in the South West and Wales and other southern
:50:07. > :50:11.parts of England and towards East Anglia and maybe as far north as the
:50:12. > :50:16.South Midlands. A cool day and a cool day to take us into the
:50:17. > :50:20.weekend. Blustery wind on Saturday after easing on Friday night.
:50:21. > :50:26.Showers abundant in England and Wales. Temperatures generally in the
:50:27. > :50:30.teams. Sunday, looks like it will be wetter and windier, coming in from
:50:31. > :50:36.the West. Sitting here this morning, quite understandable why as a nation
:50:37. > :50:42.we are attracted to the coast, it is why so many of us want to live by
:50:43. > :50:45.it, but it comes with risks. We are at constant risk to see flooding
:50:46. > :50:47.here and in other parts of the country and I have been to another
:50:48. > :50:57.area to find out more in Devon. I came rushing out
:50:58. > :51:04.and the whole shed was It was six metres altogether gone
:51:05. > :51:09.which is actually very rather more Sidmouth, Devon, some of the most
:51:10. > :51:15.sought-after homes in the country. But how much longer they will be
:51:16. > :51:18.here remains uncertain. In 15 years, we have probably lost
:51:19. > :51:25.about 40 feet of garden. We knew there was erosion,
:51:26. > :51:27.but at that time, the erosion rate The life span of these properties
:51:28. > :51:35.could in large part be determined by the council's next choice of sea
:51:36. > :51:38.defences - something currently The extreme winter of 2013-14 hit
:51:39. > :51:48.this stretch of coast with ferocity, bringing with it rapid cliff erosion
:51:49. > :51:51.and flooding - impacts we may see Just on the coast from Sidmouth,
:51:52. > :51:56.in Dawlish, the storms and tides left thousands without power
:51:57. > :51:57.and the railway line The Environment Agency estimates
:51:58. > :52:04.around 840,000 homes in England are currently in areas at risk
:52:05. > :52:07.of flooding from the sea and over 700 properties could be lost
:52:08. > :52:09.to coastal erosion over But there is an acceptance that not
:52:10. > :52:14.all properties in the UK can be One could argue that, as a society,
:52:15. > :52:19.we may have a responsibility to at least provide some sort
:52:20. > :52:22.of compensation to those properties. At the moment, there
:52:23. > :52:25.is nothing in place. You want to be fair to the people
:52:26. > :52:29.who will lose their property. But on the other hand,
:52:30. > :52:32.can you expect people who live in Huddersfield,
:52:33. > :52:35.their taxpayers' money, to go into buying people out
:52:36. > :52:46.who live on the coast? I think all coastal properties are
:52:47. > :52:50.at risk one way or another. But we're not moving anywhere. We are
:52:51. > :52:57.not moving! With budgets tight and the climate changing, will nature
:52:58. > :53:02.have the final say? There are some tough choices to be made. Here, the
:53:03. > :53:05.Environment Agency have tried an indifferent, it is called managed
:53:06. > :53:11.realignment, the existing sea defences were broken down allowing
:53:12. > :53:16.to flood in at periods of the day in to land just inland from the coast
:53:17. > :53:19.which has helped to protect properties, protect properties, 350
:53:20. > :53:22.properties, infrastructure and roads in the region. It cannot be
:53:23. > :53:27.something that is transferred everywhere across the UK and coastal
:53:28. > :53:31.defences come at a price and it is an interesting topic, especially as
:53:32. > :53:37.the climate changes, and it will rear its head again and again. From
:53:38. > :53:42.the glorious sight here, it is a plan that has worked and it is
:53:43. > :53:46.attracting thousands of visitors each year to the nature reserved
:53:47. > :53:51.caused by the coastal flooding. A lovely sight to behold this morning.
:53:52. > :53:56.From here in West Sussex, back to the studio.
:53:57. > :53:59.Delightful scene reviews there. Glad you have enjoyed your morning. Thank
:54:00. > :54:06.you very much. From that wonderful scenery to another shot this
:54:07. > :54:10.morning, from Plymouth sound, watching the dawn unfolding this
:54:11. > :54:18.morning, across the bay, as the camera moves around, we will see a
:54:19. > :54:22.vessel moored in the sound. John is on board and he has been looking for
:54:23. > :54:28.as on the issue of pollution in the seas. But as the ship John is on
:54:29. > :54:33.board. Everyone has seen rubbish on the beach and plastic and pollution.
:54:34. > :54:37.It is a real problem. It really is a massive problem,
:54:38. > :54:49.Charlie. We are here with scientists from the University of Plymouth on
:54:50. > :54:53.board that Falcon Spirit the -- to discover how much plastic there is
:54:54. > :54:56.in the ocean. The guys are pouring out what they have found in the
:54:57. > :55:02.bottom of the net. Richard will have a look to see if you can find the
:55:03. > :55:06.smaller bits of plastic. We are used of seeing large amounts of detritus
:55:07. > :55:10.on beaches. What we are particularly concerned about our small particles
:55:11. > :55:18.that can be ingested by wildlife feeding in the seas.
:55:19. > :55:21.Nestled at the bottom of cliffs on the North Yorkshire coast
:55:22. > :55:25.As the tide comes in, they wriggle and bounce their way up
:55:26. > :55:28.onto dry land, but increasingly, they're at risk when they're
:55:29. > :55:31.back in the water, from threats that are man-made.
:55:32. > :55:33.As the tide comes in, the seals will haul
:55:34. > :55:39.Out at sea, of course, is where they do most
:55:40. > :55:45.It's troubling to think that it's also somewhere
:55:46. > :55:47.particularly hazardous to them because of the amount of plastics
:55:48. > :55:54.There is litter in the sea that is washing in on every tide,
:55:55. > :56:02.it is coming in and out, and people do not realise that it
:56:03. > :56:07.This is the feeding environment of the birds and the seals.
:56:08. > :56:11.People don't always think it can still end up in the sea.
:56:12. > :56:15.Down the coast in Scarborough, the seal hospital looks
:56:16. > :56:17.after the rescued animals, before releasing them
:56:18. > :56:27.We attended a seal just recently that was caught in a frisbee
:56:28. > :56:32.and that frisbee must have been on there for months and it had cut
:56:33. > :56:35.It had been floating in the ocean and the seal,
:56:36. > :56:38.out of curiosity, no doubt, just popped his head through it,
:56:39. > :56:45.and then, obviously, couldn't get it off.
:56:46. > :56:48.To discover more about how plastics behave in the ocean, scientists
:56:49. > :56:50.at Imperial College London are taking part in a
:56:51. > :56:54.This huge wave machine will help them to model
:56:55. > :57:02.The main aim is to try to understand how plastic moves through the ocean.
:57:03. > :57:08.We want to understand how waves and currents can move plastics,
:57:09. > :57:13.how it accumulates and how it affects the environment.
:57:14. > :57:17.We only know about 1% of the plastic that we put into the ocean,
:57:18. > :57:20.so we want to understand, for example, how much plastic
:57:21. > :57:25.I love paddleboarding and when I first started doing it
:57:26. > :57:28.in London on the canals and rivers, I realised how bad the problem
:57:29. > :57:35.Trying to stop plastic getting into the sea in the first place
:57:36. > :57:37.is both Lizzie Carr's passion and ambition.
:57:38. > :57:40.There were moments I would paddle and I would see things
:57:41. > :57:42.like a coot's nest, one time, that was made up almost
:57:43. > :57:51.And I thought, something needs to be done.
:57:52. > :57:54.I need to show people what I'm seeing every time I'm out paddling,
:57:55. > :57:57.just how bad this problem is, inland as well as in the oceans.
:57:58. > :58:01.She has paddleboarded the length of England's canals and rivers,
:58:02. > :58:06.recruiting volunteers and helping to clean up.
:58:07. > :58:08.Ultimately, this is a man-made problem and despite the resilience
:58:09. > :58:11.of the natural world, it is one that needs
:58:12. > :58:27.Solutions need to be found from government Plymouth, consumers,
:58:28. > :58:35.manufacturers, everyone. Back in Plymouth, on board the Falcon
:58:36. > :58:42.Spirit, We Are With a professor from the University. What are we finding?
:58:43. > :58:46.There is seaweed, seagrass, natural debris, but also, unfortunately,
:58:47. > :58:49.lots of plastic. We would need to take these back for forensic
:58:50. > :58:56.analysis to confirm the polymers but we have got a lot of polystyrene
:58:57. > :59:02.already. These are a couple of things we have found already. Very
:59:03. > :59:08.recognisable. Some of the small pieces of polystyrene, a piece of
:59:09. > :59:12.twine, a small plastic pellet, all very small pieces that are quite
:59:13. > :59:16.easy for marine life to ingest and that presents a range of problems.
:59:17. > :59:21.Just popped that back in the petri dish. Thank you, Richard. Let us
:59:22. > :59:26.introduce you to Emily again. Good morning. You have set sail around
:59:27. > :59:30.the world, the British Isles, to gauge the problem and also to try to
:59:31. > :59:34.find solutions. Absolutely. We have been looking closely at what is in
:59:35. > :59:38.the UK waters and asking the questions around the country, what
:59:39. > :59:48.is it we can do about it? We see things we can do every day, it is
:59:49. > :59:51.simply a case of not using so much of the single use plastic. We do not
:59:52. > :59:53.really need it in everyday lives. That will not completely solve the
:59:54. > :59:57.problem. We are looking to businesses, industry, and to
:59:58. > :00:00.government, to look at, what are the bigger, closer to the source
:00:01. > :00:05.problems we need to figure out? How can we put our heads together to
:00:06. > :00:08.solve it? Briefly tell us about some of the sites you have seen around
:00:09. > :00:13.the oceans, these are jars, are they? They are the accumulation
:00:14. > :00:16.zones were because of ocean currents, that is where all the
:00:17. > :00:22.plastic that leaves the shores in the UK and every other country, that
:00:23. > :00:27.is where it wants to end up. We have spent years studying the plastic and
:00:28. > :00:32.trying to quantify how much is out there and also looking at the
:00:33. > :00:35.different types, from the micro plastics to the microfibres, the
:00:36. > :00:39.preproduction pellets, trying to figure out where it is all coming
:00:40. > :00:43.from. Thank you very much indeed. Good luck. I know you have plans to
:00:44. > :00:49.continue campaigning and to try to solve this problem. Interesting that
:00:50. > :00:53.it is not about the big stuff, really, it is about the microfibres,
:00:54. > :00:57.micro beads, that we have been looking at this morning, and no one
:00:58. > :01:03.really knows the extent of the problem. Our expert at Imperial
:01:04. > :01:07.College telling is only 1% of the plastic pollution in the oceans
:01:08. > :01:10.scientists know about. It is a much bigger problem and of course it
:01:11. > :01:15.needs big solutions to solve the problem.
:01:16. > :01:20.It has been interesting on board with you, but I will just say one
:01:21. > :01:23.thing to you, John, wash your hands, I know you are big on cleanliness,
:01:24. > :01:29.but wash your hands. Always, Charlie!
:01:30. > :01:32.He will take the advice. Good advice.
:01:33. > :01:35.Over the last few weeks, we've been speaking to some of the UK's most
:01:36. > :01:46.Then have another story to look at and a new venture for a familiar
:01:47. > :01:47.face? Yes, Baroness Mone has
:01:48. > :01:49.had a remarkable rise We'll talk to her about the ups
:01:50. > :01:54.and the downs in a moment. But first, here's
:01:55. > :02:45.a look at her journey. I, Michelle Baroness Mone, do swear
:02:46. > :02:56.by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance.
:02:57. > :03:05.I am pleased to say Michelle joins us now. It is weird watching those
:03:06. > :03:08.pictures! Cringe! We will come onto those because we have been through a
:03:09. > :03:12.lot, but let's go back to the beginning, growing up in the East
:03:13. > :03:18.End of Glasgow. Just talk us through the beginning, because I know you
:03:19. > :03:21.have talked about life being over in East Glasgow before it even started.
:03:22. > :03:42.Tell me about those beginnings. I started my business at ten years
:03:43. > :03:45.old, just a paper round, but I always wanted to be a business
:03:46. > :03:48.person. People would say, you from the East End of Glasgow, and I would
:03:49. > :03:51.say, what is wrong with that? I am proud of where I am from. I don't
:03:52. > :03:54.think it matters when you are from all your education or the colour of
:03:55. > :03:56.your skin as long as you have the sheer determination and can-do
:03:57. > :03:58.attitude, you can achieve anything, and I suppose I have just been
:03:59. > :04:01.exceptionally determined by whole life to get to where I am now, it
:04:02. > :04:04.has never been put on a plate for me, put it that way. Let's go from
:04:05. > :04:08.those early days to 1996, when you found Altima, the underwear brand,
:04:09. > :04:12.and that was the making of you in many respects, the thing that put
:04:13. > :04:19.you in the public eye and the thing that really created your fortune?
:04:20. > :04:23.Absolutely, I sold Ultimo a few years ago but I created lots of
:04:24. > :04:27.inventions, had lots of registrations, took on some of the
:04:28. > :04:37.biggest bra companies in the world and we were amazing at what we did.
:04:38. > :04:41.Why underwear, why that business? I invented the gel filled bra, I am
:04:42. > :04:48.sure you have come across one of those yourself! It took the world by
:04:49. > :04:52.storm, I had to back the bank to give me money. You took on some
:04:53. > :04:55.established players in the market, what did that feel like? I think
:04:56. > :04:59.because I had nothing to lose, I didn't really care. I had three
:05:00. > :05:04.children and I had to but my house up to the bank for security four
:05:05. > :05:08.times but I just kept working, we were launching in Australia and in
:05:09. > :05:12.America, it was quite something, we had some of the biggest celebrities
:05:13. > :05:16.in the world and we kept the tabloids going for many years! One
:05:17. > :05:19.thing the tabloids have been obsessed with as well is your
:05:20. > :05:22.arrival in the House of Lords and you won't mind me saying, you were
:05:23. > :05:25.quoted at the time saying you had nothing to wear when you got to the
:05:26. > :05:30.House of Lords, explained that for us? I don't really know what the
:05:31. > :05:36.dress code was, I have certainly learned and my whole wardrobe has
:05:37. > :05:40.changed. You cannot wear a dress above the knee you cannot show your
:05:41. > :05:46.elbows, or your cleavage, so all my dresses had to go! The only thing...
:05:47. > :05:52.Whole new wardrobe for the House of Lords! The only thing I don't have
:05:53. > :05:56.is a set of pearls, so maybe you will want to buy me a set for
:05:57. > :06:01.Christmas! I think they are mandatory! You are never still for
:06:02. > :06:04.long and your latest venture is property in Dubai, and this is about
:06:05. > :06:09.a new property development in the city but you can only buy in
:06:10. > :06:16.bitcoin? You might have to explain a bit buggy was about what bitcoin
:06:17. > :06:22.is... This was a partnership with my life partner, Doug Barron, good
:06:23. > :06:26.morning! It is his idea so I am stealing his thunder, he got the
:06:27. > :06:31.development year ago, he asked me to be his partner, it is a quarter of
:06:32. > :06:34.?1 billion development, it is incredible, we are selling it in
:06:35. > :06:41.bitcoin for the first time ever around the world. You can go onto
:06:42. > :06:44.the website now and watch people buy apartments within minutes, it is
:06:45. > :06:49.phenomenal. When we talk about bitcoin the first thing that jumps
:06:50. > :06:54.out at me is that it has always been hard with the underworld brush, the
:06:55. > :06:57.fact that you cannot trace it and it has been notoriously used for
:06:58. > :07:01.trading drugs and illegal activity on the dark web. Add that to the
:07:02. > :07:04.Dubai property market, pretty difficult market to operate in
:07:05. > :07:11.anywhere, are you not asking for trouble? No, it has all changed now,
:07:12. > :07:15.the feds in America caught some people doing what he just said so
:07:16. > :07:18.everything now is transparent and I would not be getting involved in
:07:19. > :07:23.anything, being a Baroness in the House of Lords, if anything was
:07:24. > :07:26.dodgy. It has all changed now, the bitcoin world trade at half billion
:07:27. > :07:34.pounds a day, we cannot ignore it, it is the future digital currency
:07:35. > :07:39.and our apartments are starting at $130,000, which equates to 30
:07:40. > :07:46.bitcoin, so there is a massive community out there, there are 16
:07:47. > :07:48.million bitcoins and by the year 2040 there will be 21 million
:07:49. > :07:56.bitcoins, so it is a market you cannot ignore. Richard Branson is
:07:57. > :08:01.now a shareholder in bit pay, so I think you should go onto the website
:08:02. > :08:08.after we speak and buy an apartment! But bitcoin started $800 in January,
:08:09. > :08:14.well, started at nothing in 2009, and it is now sitting at $4500. It
:08:15. > :08:20.predicts by the end of the year it will be $10,000 and also a new
:08:21. > :08:24.company I launched two months ago, Michelle Mone Interiors, is doing
:08:25. > :08:29.all of the interiors in Dubai as well. Good drugs there! I cannot buy
:08:30. > :08:32.one, though, because you said I already have to buy you some polls.
:08:33. > :08:41.Michelle Mone, very nice to see you, I am off to earn some money.
:08:42. > :08:47.And Ben gets Mayite award for the best question of the day, why
:08:48. > :08:51.underwear? It is a good question, why
:08:52. > :08:53.underwear? Moving on!
:08:54. > :08:54.We'll be speaking to the crime writer,
:08:55. > :08:58.But first, a last brief look at the headlines
:08:59. > :10:49.She's responsible for some of Britain's best-loved TV
:10:50. > :10:50.dramas including Widows, Trial and Retribution,
:10:51. > :10:55.Away from the small screen, Lynda la Plante has also
:10:56. > :10:57.written more than 30 books and in her new novel,
:10:58. > :11:00.she's returned to one of her most famous characters -
:11:01. > :11:07.Good morning. Why did you feel the need to step back into the early
:11:08. > :11:13.days of Jane Tennison? I never had the need to, somebody at a book
:11:14. > :11:19.signing said, what was Jane Tennison like as a young woman? And I
:11:20. > :11:22.actually didn't have a clue. Because she is unrecognisable in this book,
:11:23. > :11:30.having watched the programmes, having read your latest book, she is
:11:31. > :11:33.one confident, unsure, completely new to the door, not really a
:11:34. > :11:39.character that many of your loyal viewers and readers would recognise?
:11:40. > :11:44.Helen Mirren, when she stepped on the screen in prime suspect, was
:11:45. > :11:50.already in her mid-40s. To get that kind of composure and strength and
:11:51. > :11:56.to deflate all the discrimination she had to cope with, you think,
:11:57. > :12:03.that is very interesting! How did that character grow? Because she was
:12:04. > :12:10.unusual, in plain clothes detective. That was the first time I thought...
:12:11. > :12:15.What was going? So Good Friday is set in the mid-70s, the early is
:12:16. > :12:19.fascinating because there is a sense of the time and place and culture
:12:20. > :12:25.around her being a young policewoman in a very different kind of police
:12:26. > :12:34.force? Yes, the discrimination is beyond belief! And the naivete of
:12:35. > :12:42.her, she is very naive. It was the time when you had The Sweetly on
:12:43. > :12:51.TV... Which was a boys club, and she wanted in on that. The robbery, the
:12:52. > :12:57.fast cars. So she asked the chief if she could be transferred to the
:12:58. > :13:03.flying squad, the Sweeney, not a hope in hell! Because they had no
:13:04. > :13:06.women. But then she is transferred, it is almost like she should have
:13:07. > :13:12.had a little tap on the shoulder or a warning and they say, you might be
:13:13. > :13:16.able to get in the dip squad, and not many people know what the dip
:13:17. > :13:22.squad is. Which is about pickpockets? Yes, they had this
:13:23. > :13:28.awful office in Victoria, they were all undercover officers, but their
:13:29. > :13:33.job was to pick out pickpockets is, mostly in the tube station, so they
:13:34. > :13:38.would hit Oxford Street and there you have got the big stores,
:13:39. > :13:43.liberties, all these things, and watch the gangs of pickpockets. Do
:13:44. > :13:51.you still enjoy writing... ? I love it. You have another one going at
:13:52. > :13:59.the moment? Just one? No, it is a machine! But truthfully I really
:14:00. > :14:03.love writing but I also love meeting people and learning every day
:14:04. > :14:04.something new. I think it shows. Really enjoyed the book, Lynda,
:14:05. > :14:06.lovely having you with us. We'll be here from 6am
:14:07. > :14:10.tomorrow morning. Now on BBC One, it's time
:14:11. > :14:17.for Council House Crackdown. My parents both grew up on
:14:18. > :14:21.council estates