07/09/2017 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

Death and destruction in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

At least seven people have died in the Caribbean's fiercest storm

One island, Barbuda, is described as barely habitable.

A row over using laws first introduced by Henry VIII

is at the centre of a two-day debate on Brexit.

For the latest in the season on Britain's coast, we are on a

scientific research vessel trying to establish the exact levels of

looting plastics in the oceans. -- polluting.

Jaguar Land Rover announces big plans for new electric cars.

I'll ask the boss if companies and drivers a ready

In sport, there'll be no Federer-Nadal showdown at the US

Roger Federer is knocked out by Juan Martin del Potro,

so he will take on world number one Rafael Nadal,

Businesses are told to stop pushing unhealthy food and larger

Shoppers risk eating an extra 17,000 calories a year

And Matt is also on the coast today with the weather.

Good morning. I have dragged the deckchair to Sussex. We are looking

at the effects erosion are having on the coast. Details on that and they

forecast starting off dry but with wet weather coming later up next. --

and a forecast. Hurricane Irma has caused

devastation across the Caribbean The small island of Barbuda

has been severely hit, making it, in the words

of its Prime Minister, Authorities in the French island

territory of Saint Martin say it has been reduced to rubble and its

airport is virtually destroyed. The island of Barbuda, home to 1600

people, was one of the first places to be hit by Hurricane Irma with

full brunt. It is estimated 95% of homes have been damaged.

Communications were destroyed, cutting it off from the outside

world. The Prime Minister said the island was barely habitable. What I

saw was heart-wrenching, absolutely devastating. In fact, I believe the

extent of the destruction is unprecedented. A two-year-old

toddler was killed. There were many lucky escapes. We had containers, 40

foot containers, flying left and right, and tons of debris. The story

you are getting from most of the residents here is the eye of the

storm came just in time. People were literally tying themselves to their

roofs with ropes to keep them down. In the French territory of San

Martin, six people were killed. Authorities said the island had been

reduced to rubble. This is Hurricane Irma seen from space. It is now

heading north of Puerto Rico, and could hit Florida at the weekend. It

is one of three hurricanes in the Atlantic. There are particular fears

for Hurricane Jose, following close behind Hurricane Irma on a similar

path. With most people homeless, officials say Barbuda cannot survive

another storm. They may have to be entirely evacuated. Andy Moore, BBC

News. We can now speak to the Prime

Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Good morning to you. Thank you very

much for talking to us on Breakfast. You are back on Antigua is that

correct? Yes. Good morning to you and your viewers. Good morning. Tell

us where you are in Antigua. We saw the devastation hit Barbuda. Yes.

The extent of the damage was minimal in Antigua. It is back up and

running, actually. The airport opens tomorrow morning. We will be

undertaking national flights again. And most of the electricity has been

restored. But Barbuda is completely different, a complete contrast. In

Antigua we can see there has been significant resilience, we can

celebrate surviving. Barbuda is devastated. Yesterday when I

travelled and circumnavigated the island, it was emotionally painful

to see such a beautiful island totally destroyed to the extent

about 90% of the country is damaged, totally demolished. We have

significant homeless people now in a bid. We have efforts to make sure we

can help them tomorrow. -- in Barbuda. We have seen you helping.

What can be done to help accommodate and rehouse tomorrow? Tomorrow we

have several helicopters and a number of boats travelling to

Barbuda to take supplies. Luckily we ordered supplies out of Miami. We

will deliver them tomorrow almost exclusively to Barbuda. We will take

significant building material as well to restore things that were

partially destroyed. We are also sending over tarpaulin as well. It

will start tomorrow morning in earnest. There will be water and

supplies to make sure they have clean water. Apologies for

interrupting. Prime Minister Brown, how much aid do you need from other

countries? Are you asking for help? Yeah. We estimate to restore Barbuda

runs in excess of 100 million US dollars. That is definitely beyond

the means of our government. Clearly we need some help. We need external

resources to supplement the efforts. The entire infrastructure, the

schools, hospitals, they are damaged. Patella communications

infrastructure as well was actually destroyed -- the communications in

the structure. Another hurricane is on its way. How will people prepare?

We are watching that storm closely. We have no choice but to take

immediate steps in Barbuda because we are already very holeable. To

have another one is dangerous. -- vulnerable. Prime Minister Gaston

Brown, thank you very much for your time. We wish you and your citizens

well. Many thanks. The country takes another step

towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill

before a vote takes place on Monday. Our political correspondent,

Chris Mason, is in Westminster. Chris, what are they key

issues up for discussion? It is such an important piece of

legislation, this. And there is a big row developing around it.

Definitely. When people like me stand on grass like this and talk

about constitutional change, it can be quite dull. But this is

significant. The biggest constitutional change, the way we

are governed, since October, 1972, when we signed up to what is now the

European Union in the first place. The challenge the government now

faces is unravelling that. Essentially in 1972 a pipe was built

from here to Brussels and laws flowed through them. 433 regulations

in total. The government has to work out what it is going to do. It is

concluded everything changes but nothing changes. Everything will be

copied over in one go. The challenge in the government is it does not

give a chance for scrutiny of what they are doing. That is why Labour

does not like it. The use of what is known as Henry VIII powers, dating

back to 1539. This has nothing to do with his love of going down the

aisle, it was the power to make law without being challenged. The

government says they will not abuse the power and they will have a two

year limit which will expire at around March, 2021. It is a key

reason opposition parties will vote against it. The government is not

likely to struggle at this stage of the bill's passage through

Parliament to be there will be a vote today and Monday. But it will

dominate Westminster for months to come. Thank you so much. And just to

remind you. In just over half an hour, we'll be speaking about this

with the Shadow Brexit Secretary, Matthew Pennycook.

Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more

than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator

Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual

The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures

are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.

West Midlands Police, the second biggest force in England

and Wales, has been accused of failing to record thousands

These included sexual offences, domestic abuse and rape.

The Inspectorate of Constabulary graded its performance on crime

recording as "inadequate," the lowest rating possible.

Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded campaign to promote

divisive social and political messages on its network

The company said $77,000 was spent on about 3,000

ads over a two-year period, ending in May this year.

The ads did not back any specific political figures,

but instead posted on topics including immigration,

Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something

we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.

But according to a new report from the Royal Society

for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis

We have been confused about that phrase. Small is not big enough.

Our reporter, Alice Hutton, has more.

It is a familiar sound of the high street, whether you are in a

newsagent, fast food outlets, coffee shop, we have all been asked if we

want to treat ourselves to something extra. But pushing larger portions

on customers, up selling, is not just taking a toll on wallets. New

research shows it is fuelling the obesity crisis in the UK. One in

three are accepting this temptation. We can put on between five lbs a

year to 11 lbs a year depending on your age group. That is fairly

significant to quantify the damage we are doing to ourselves. If the

public are aware, they may think twice. Shoppers face more than 100

attempts every year. 78% have been asked to upgrade in the last week.

The report is calling for businesses to take responsibility for their

part in keeping the public healthy. The responsibility does not just lie

with retailers. They also want us to shop more smartly and resist

temptation will be get to the till. -- when we get to the.

Prince George is to begin his first day at school today.

The four-year-old will attend Thomas's Battersea in South London,

where the fees are more than ?16,000 a year.

His uniform includes navy shorts and jacket,

There's a slam-dunking bunny, the world's longest legs

It can only mean one thing, the latest edition

This year's entries include Biff Hutchison from Idaho,

who's the first person to clear 11 feet on a pogo stick.

And this is "Bini the Bunny" from California who holds the record

for the most basketball slam-dunks in one minute by a rabbit.

She managed a grand total of Seven slam-dunks.

It is quite a specific category. And that is him celebrating. Her? Him.

There was some debate this morning but it is official. Him. And now you

know. Let's talk about record-breaking

tennis players. Roger Federer is out of the US Open, beaten by Warren

Martin Del pop show in New York. He has been giving his postmatch press

conference, and he said he isn't good enough to be in the tournament

at the moment, it is better that he is out on somebody else gets the

chance. So dignified! It also means that match, the semifinal they

wanted to in Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will not happen in New York.

It has never happened to there. That dream is over, Juan Martin Del Potro

is through, and will be facing the world number one, Rafael Nadal, in

the semifinals. He lost only five games as he sailed past Andrei

Rublev yesterday. Andy Murray says he will probably miss the rest of

the season because of his ongoing hip injury. He hasn't played since

Wimbledon. He says he is protecting his long-term future. The deciding

test between England and West Indies begins at Lord's this morning. Toby

Rowland Jones has been on his home ground. And Chris Froome says he is

still confident of winning the tour the Spaniard despite his league

being cut. -- leader. He is now just four minutes ahead. Lots of climbing

yesterday, as you can see. Very good. We will talk lots more about

the tennis later. And the cricket, as well. Can we talk about big

deckchairs? I love big deckchairs. We sat in it last week when it was

here, it was massive. You have trouble getting out of it. Matthew

isn't really that small. Honestly, he is about eight feet tall. Good

morning! Good morning. Yes, the deckchair dwarfs me somewhat. Good

morning from memory in Sussex on the coast here. This morning we are

talking about the impact the changing climate is having on some

of our coastlines. Increases in global air temperatures, sea

temperatures and global sea levels is having a great impact on the risk

of flooding and erosion around written's coast. We are looking at

some of the schemes that are in case -- in place and a scheme to try to

put that more at ease. To speak about it we have come to Medmerry in

Sussex. There is an innovative scheme by the environment agency,

called Managed Realignment. The existing defences behind me were

breached and in doing so it created a brand-new habitat here and also

saved the prospect of flooding, or at least help the prospect of

flooding, for 350 properties, for holiday Park, and various other

pieces of infrastructure in the area. We will be looking at it more

this morning. It is fairly calm here this morning. The winds will be

picking up today. We will take a look at the forecast across the

country. We can start with a look at what is happening. A dry start for

many, but rain is on the way for most parts of the country and the

wind will pick up as well. Now, the prospects this morning showed that

there are a few showers across the English Channel affecting parts of

Sussex, Kent and Hampshire in particular, and there are showers in

western Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north-west of England. There

will be longer spells of rain through the day for the northern

half of the country but further south will stay largely dry. A few

showers in the south-east and East Anglia, developing in the afternoon.

The odd heavy shower cannot be ruled out. Temperatures generally in the

high teens. The further north, the pick of the cloud. The skies across

northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be rather

grey. Outbreaks of rain coming and going. Heaviest on the hills in the

west throughout, and the breeze picking up as well. Temperatures

stuck in the midteens but many. We will gradually see that rain pushing

across parts of north Wales as well. For the northern half of the

country, the day finishes on a slightly wetter note. Maybe staying

dry for a good part of the Dave or southern England and Wales, but even

here, we could be prone to one ultimate showers. Into tonight,

showers will come and go across all parts of the country. We will see

the breeze picking up quite drastically. Quite a blustery night.

Even though the wind is there, with cloud and outbreaks of rain, it will

be cooler than last night. Temperatures OK in the towns and

cities, but down into single figures in some areas of the countryside.

The wind will add to the chill. A slightly cooler spell to end the

weekend going to be weakened. Friday for me will be a mixture of sunshine

and showers. -- for many. They will be some thunder, the further north

you are. A complication in the English Channel. More cloud through

the day, outbreaks of rain, that rank could become heavy and

persistent and move towards Wales and the Midlands at times in the

afternoon as well. Not a particularly pleasant day, it must

be said. Cooler tomorrow than today, and cooler still on Saturday. We

will clear away the rain from the south coast. Sunshine and showers

across much of the country. Showers always heaviest towards the western

half of the UK, but as I said, the wind becomes more of a feature. As

we going to the weekend we could see our first winter storm of the autumn

heading in, especially as we go through Sunday into Monday. That

could of course have an impact on the coast. As I said, we will be

taking a closer look at the impacts of flooding and erosion on the coast

through this morning as part of our Coastal written season. -- Britain.

It looks like it could be a lovely morning of our, Matthew. Now we are

going to a boat in Plymouth. More than eight million tonnes

of plastic are dumped every year in our oceans and it's predicted

that by 2050 99% of seabirds As part of our Coastal Britain

series, Breakfast's John Maguire is in Plymouth for us looking

at the problems posed by plastic. You can see morning breaking there.

A cloudy sky, perhaps a hint of some sunshine breaking through. John is

looking at the problems posed by plastic. Good morning, John. Good

morning. I hope you are well in the studio. As you say, we are in

Plymouth Sound, aboard the Fork and Spirit, a marine research vessel

which belongs to the University of them. -- Falcon Spirit. Have a look

here at the end of this line. This is a dragnet. That has been trawling

through the see this morning. -- sea. They are bringing it in, we

will look at what it contains. We know that there are lots of

plastics, big ones, but even more dangerous are the smaller ones in

our oceans. It is a major problem, not only for us, but also for the

natural world. Nestled at the bottom of cliffs on

the North Yorkshire coast is a colony of grey seals. As the tide

comes in they wriggle and bounced their way up onto dry land, but

increasingly, they are at risk when they are back in the water, from

threats that are man-made. -- bounce their way. As the tide comes in the

seals will haul themselves up onto the shore. The sea, of course, is

where they do most of there eating. It is troubling to think that is

also somewhere particularly hazardous to them, because of the

amount of Sussex that are now in our oceans. It is a problem. There is

litter in the sea that is washing in on every tide, it is coming in and

out, and people do not realise that it doesn't necessarily float, it

doesn't decompose. Sometimes this is household litter. People don't think

it can end up in the sea. Look at that! You superstar. Down the coast

in Scarborough, the seal hospital looks after the rescued animals

before releasing them once they are healthy. Plastics are a constant

problem. We attended a seal recently that was caught in a frisbee, and

that frisbee must have been on him for months, and it had cut into

about six centimetres of flesh. It had been floating in the ocean and

out of curiosity, no doubt, the seal popped his head through it, and

obviously couldn't get it. -- get it off. To discover more about how

plastics behave in the ocean, that Imperial College London are taking

part in a major European study. This wave machine will help them to model

the track of the pollution. The aim is to try to understand how plastics

move through the ocean. We want to understand how currents can move

past six, how it accumulates and how it affects the environment. -- can

move plastics. We only know about 1% of the plastic that we fell into the

ocean, so we want to understand what is happening. I love paddle boarding

and when I first started doing it in London on the canals and rivers, I

realise how bad the problem was with a stick illusion. -- plastic

pollution. Trying to stop it getting into the sea in the first place is

Lizzie's passion and ambition. I saw a Coutts nest, one time, that was

made almost entirely of plastics. It was this horrifying moment. And I

thought, something needs to be done. I need to show people what I'm

seeing every time I'm out paddling, just how about this problem is,

inland as well is in the oceans. She has paddle board of the length of

England's canals and rivers, recruiting volunteers in helping to

clean up. Ultimately this is a man-made problem, and despite the

resilience of the natural world, it is one that needs a man-made

solution. So, back on board the Falcon Spirit.

We had the Scottish government talking this morning about a drive

towards recycling plastic and other types of pollutants. This is

Professor Richard Thompson, from the University of Plymouth. We have only

had a quick trawl this morning, but what do we have so far? We have some

of the natural items we would expect to find, seaweed, seagrass. But in

this sample we are also likely to find small pieces of plastic. I can

already see a small piece that looks a bit suspicious. To completely

identify what this is, we need to take a friend is a chemical

approach, but to me, this very much looks like a small shard of pulsar

in. -- forensic chemical approach. Plastic of this size can be eaten by

a wide range of marine organisms, including commercially important

fish and shellfish. When we looked at fish in the English Channel we

found a third of them contained small pieces of plastic. That is

potentially harmful to some of those marine organisms, and of course

there is concern in the seafood industry, they don't want the fish

to be contaminated. In my view there is no cause for concern for human

health at the moment, but we need to recognise that plastics are

persistent, so I must we change our ways and stop it in plastics in the

oceans, we will see a lot more of this in the sea, in fish, in birds.

Richard, thank you. We will speak to you again later. Emily, good

morning. You have just sailed around the British Isles to highlight the

problems of plastics. Did you discover it was worse than you might

have expected? I know you have gone all around the world doing this.

Yeah, we have done most of our research in the gyres, the big

accumulation zones around the world. Because of the ocean currents that

is where we expect the plastic to end up. It has been surprising that

here in UK waters we have found a reasonable amount of plastic here as

well. It just concludes that we know it is coming from land, it is coming

from us. Using a lot of this plastic and hyperplasia areas, and getting

out there. And you spoke to politicians as he went around, can

you give us a couple of good solutions, a couple of workable,

tangible solutions? The easiest thing is to just avoid using this

single use plastic, this plastic that we have in our lives every day

that we use to ten minutes or one hour and then we throw it away. That

is the easiest thing we can do. But we need the bigger picture answers

as well. We do. We will be speaking about that through the morning. I

want to show you these later on as well, these micro beads. You get

them in facial scrubs and things like that. These are about to be

banned, thankfully. Lots more from us off Plymouth later in the

programme. Fascinating. Thank you, John.

programme. Fascinating. Thank you, heavy weather on Sunday.

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

This is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

It's on Thursday the 7th of September.

New petrol and diesel cars are to be banned by 2040 but are we ready

to go electric as another car manufacturer announces investment

Tycoon, Michelle Mone, made a fortune selling underwear.

She'll be here to discuss her career and tell us why she's now selling

property with the virtual currency, Bitcoin.

Before Prime Suspect, there was Tennison.

The crime writer, Lynda La Plante, will be on the sofa to tell us

why her famous character is front and centre of a 1970s IRA bombing.

Now a summary of this morning's main news.

Hurricanes Burma has caused devastation killing at least seven

people. -- Hurricane Irma. At least seven people have died

in the Caribbean's fiercest storm One island, Barbuda,

is described as barely habitable. This is how Hurricane Irma looked

from space last night as it headed towards Puerto Rico

and the Dominican Republic. There's more concern as two further

hurricanes develop in the region. The country takes another step

towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill

before a vote takes place on Monday. The bill will mean that thousands

of EU laws and regulations are transferred into British law

but ministers will need more powers The debate will last two days

before a vote on Monday. We will talk about this in a few

minutes with the shadow Brexit Secretary.

Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more

than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator

Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual

There are calls for the city watchdog to fully publish a leaked

report into the treatment of customers in RBS's

The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority,

suggested the group mistreated many of its clients.

The FCA said it would respond to the calls for publication in due course.

Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something

we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.

But according to a new report from the Royal Society

for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis

As great escapes go, Houdini himself might have learned

This is Toscha Sponsler who's been arrested

After she was detained and placed in the back of a police vehicle,

somehow she manages to slip out of her handcuffs,

slide into the front seat and take off in the car.

Eventually police forced her off the road when she lost control

She was taken back incto custody, apparently unhurt.

Local police say they're now fitting new security measure

They are presumably asking questions about the handcuffs. Roger Federer

was just been beaten as they came in by Potro. -- As I. We will not show

you the picture is because of the rights. We cannot show them to you

just eat. I can tell you what happened, though. -- yet.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have never played each other at the US

Open, and that's not going to change this year.

Federer was beaten in four sets by Juan Martin del Potro,

so it's the Argentinian, who'll take on Nadal in New York.

Nadal, back in the world number one spot, was ruthless

against the Russian teenager Andrey Rublev, dropping only five

Karolina Pliskova will lose her world number one ranking

after she lost to Coco Vanderweghe, who's part of an all-American

That hasn't happened since 1981 and the days of Martina Navratilova

Andy Murray says he is likely to miss the rest of the season because

of his ongoing hip injury. He hasn't played since Wimbledon, and he says

that after an extended period of rest and rehabilitation, he'll be

fighting for grand slam titles again.

Chris Froome said he was still confident of winning the Vuelta

a Espana despite having his lead cut on stage 17.

He said he'd struggled on the steep climbs,

paying the price for winning Tuesday's time trial.

His closest rival Vincenzo Nibali, in the gold helmet, is now only

We kind of knew that was coming. It is going to be a tough few stages

for him. The Tour of Britain

heads to Clacton today. There were some strong words after

this crash. Yesterday Fernando Gaviria, in blue,

won the sprint into Newark. In the top right of your screen,

you'll see a pile up where a load of riders crashed into a car parked

on the side of the road. England's final home test match

of the summer gets under way at Lords later this morning

with the series decider against West Toby Roland-Jones returns

to the side in place of Chris Woakes but it could be another fast

bowler, James Anderson, England's all time leading wicket

taker needs just three more to become the first

Englishman to reach 500. It's currently one-match

all after a rejuvinated West Indies side levelled the series

at Headingley last week. You expect sides to respond well,

just like the West Indies did. Part of being a successful side in this

format is being able to deal with it, with difficult weeks like last

week. So, we have a lot of experience in our dressing room and

a lot of hungry guys desperate to come back from the way we played. We

want to make sure we win this series.

Obviously, we are making sure we come to this game with improvements.

That is a big thing for us. Hopefully we can continue pressing

forward here. That is all fair enough. But look at

this picture. Fairy rings. Fungus! How is your lawn. You sound like you

know it. Apparently it makes no difference whatsoever to pollute the

surface has not changed. It just looks like it has Olympic rings over

it. We will see you later on, Sally. Thank you.

MPs begin two days of debate today over the European Union Withdrawal

Bill, which seeks to largely copy and paste EU law

Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has ordered his MPs to vote

Matthew Pennycook, is the Shadow Brexit Minister

and he joins us now from Westminster.

Thank you very much for your time this morning. Just explain to us

first of all what will be happening today. Today we have normal Brexit

questions in the morning. Around lunchtime, the first day of the

second debate begins. That is a two-day debate, today and Monday, on

the principles of this piece of legislation. What I jaw objections?

They are not about the principle of copying and pasting EU law into

British law. -- are your objections. It is vital to make sure there is no

harming the statute book after leaving the EU. But this is a deeply

flawed piece of legislation, even dangerous. It has government

ministers, not ordinary MPs, government ministers getting powers

that will allow them to change swathes of legislation, risking our

protections. That is why we cannot support it. Brexit is bringing

serious debates. There is the Henry VIII link about laws he brought in

to give him powers in unusual circumstances. It is about

parliamentary process, about how laws and regulations can be put onto

the statute. We think up to 1000 EU directives could be modified or

changed by ministers without parliamentary oversight and

accountability by the provisions this bill provides. I find it

interesting and curious. You said in your first answer the European

withdrawal bill, it has to happen, part of the process that has to

happen. You will vote against it? The process has to happen. Article

50 has been triggered. Whether this bill survives or not, we will be

leaving the EU. That is a fact because Article 50 has been

triggered since March 19th. This is not about whether we will, it is

about how. It is about safeguarding vital protections are currently

enjoy from membership. I don't think anyone who voted Leave, I voted

Remain, but anyone voting Leave, when they did that, they did not

mean ministers could circumvent Parliament and have vast sweeping

powers to change it will the rights we enjoy. As it stands, you and

Labour will vote against this bill. What would the government have to do

to get you to vote for it? We wrote to the government ministers before

summer to look at concerns and think again. We have no indication they

are willing to move at all. We hope the next stage, the committee stage,

the ministers look again at concerns not just being raised via Labour MPs

but Conservative MPs as well. We don't want to wreck this ill, we

want to repair them. -- bill. We still think we can get consensus.

There is an enormous amount of stuff to get heads around. Helped

specifics. You say you are concerned about the way the government is

doing this, using trickery to get things through that you don't like.

Can you give us an example of something that you don't want to

happen, a law that will be affected by this? It is not a law that we

don't want happening. The principle of bringing all EU law onto our

statute book at the point of departure is the right one, bringing

certainty, continuity, and no hole in the book as it stands. In terms

of the sweeping powers, ministers without due parliamentary oversight

and scrutiny, they can modify current EU rights and protections we

currently enjoy in the process of bringing it into our book. We need

an enhanced form of oversight so the parliamentarians can look at this

gestation as it is transposed and make sure the rights currently

enjoyed by safeguarded as we bring them over the pipe thank you very

much for your time this morning. -- over. This is Breakfast. The main

stories. Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever,

has hit the Caribbean. The first parliamentary test since Brexit.

Parliament is debating plans to transfer thousands of EU rules into

British law. That has travelled to West Sussex

this morning. -- Matt. We are looking at how coastal communities

are vulnerable to flooding and cliff erosion. Good morning. Yes, good

morning, we certainly are. We have come to met Bury, where they have

come up with an innovative scheme to tackle the risks of coastal flooding

by actually letting the sea take over some parts of the land to save

others. More on that in a minute. Certainly here in Medbery this

morning we have some showers rattling through. Looking at the

forecast across the UK there will be a few more of them in the next few

days, and today we will see increasing rain at times, and it

will be increasingly easy as well. This morning, plenty of cloud, not

as much sunshine as we saw yesterday. The further south and

east you are the more groups as of sunshine you will get, but the cloud

thickens up over the northern half of the country, and the rain becomes

more abundant. At the moment over the south coast there are one or two

showers which will clear away from the likes of Essex and Kent in the

next hour or two. More showers later on in the day, especially across the

south-east of England and East Anglia. Very much isn't this. Some

of you will stay dry, with a little bit of sunshine. Temperatures in the

high teens, but a degree down on what we saw yesterday. Away from the

south-east, the cloudy conditions will be. Aspects of rain more

extensive in the afternoon. The heaviest bursts of rain will be on

the western side of the hills, a little bit drier to the east. Even

here we will see patchy rain and drizzle at times. Scotland will see

rain becoming more abundant through the day. Outbreaks of rain just

about anywhere. Heavy as to the west. Northern Ireland also seeing

outbreaks of rain coming and going as well. Temperatures around the

midteens. The rain edges into northern parts of Wales a bit more

in the afternoon. The further south you are, into the south of Wales and

south-east England, we cannot rule out showers through the day, but

much of it will be dry. Increasingly breezy and cloudy in the south-west,

where showers will get going by the end of the day to take us into the

evening. Overnight, outbreak of rain possible just about anywhere,

pushing through on that reason. Gaps in the cloud between the showers.

There will be clear and try moments, it will not rain or might long, but

even though temperatures will stay in double figures in most towns and

cities, it will feel a bit fresher in the wind. Friday, sunshine and

showers the name of the game for most. Best of the sunshine between

the showers, the further north you are, wait on the south coast of

England. In the south it will mostly be a gloomy day. We could see

heavier bursts of rain further north into Wales, the Midlands and the

south-east, as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures very

disappointing for this time of year. That cool theme continues into

Saturday. Still fairly blustery, as it will be on Friday. Sunshine and

showers generally on Saturday. Showers most abundant across England

and Wales, temperatures generally in the midteens. For the second half of

the weekend, it does look like things could move even wetter and

windy. Potentially our first autumn storm of the season. Storms could

potentially cross the UK and become more of a feature as we go into the

future. The climate is changing. The seat of richer is rising, the air

temperature is rising, and sea levels are on the rise as well. --

sea temperature. These places are lovely to live, but it comes at a

price, and I have been finding out in one place in Devon what that

price is. I heard a rumble, I came rushing

out, and the whole shed was disappearing over the cliff.

Fortunately, I wasn't in it. It was six metres, altogether, born. Which

is actually rather more than normally happens. Sidmouth, Devon.

Some of the most sought-after homes in the country. But how much longer

they will be here remains uncertain. In 15 years we have probably lost

about 40 feet of garden. We knew that there was erosion, but at that

time, the erosion rate was much less than it is now. The lifespan of

these properties could in large part be determined by the council's next

choice of sea defences, something currently in the process of

consultation. The extreme winter of 2013-14 hit this stretch of coast

with ferocity, bringing with it Rapid cliff erosion and flooding.

Impacts we could see more of sea levels rise. Just down the coast in

Dawlish, the storms and tides of thousands without power, and the

railway line that hanging in midair. The environment agency estimates

840,000 homes in England are in areas of risk at flooding from the

sea, and over 700 properties could you lost to coastal erosion over the

next decade. There is an acceptance that not all properties in the UK

can be protected in the long-term. One could argue that as a society we

may have a responsibility to at least provide some sort of

compensation to those properties, and at the moment, there is nothing

in place. You want to be fair to the people who will lose their property,

but on the other hand, can you expect people who live in

Huddersfield, their taxpayer money, to go into buying people out to live

on the coast? I think all coastal properties are at risk, one way or

another. But we are not moving anywhere. We are not moving! With

budget is tight and our climate changing, will nature have the final

say? -- budgets. So, difficult decisions and choice

is to be made across the UK. It is a case of budgets, and a case of how

the climate is changing. There are schemes in place to protect the

nation's coast. In Sidmouth, perhaps, some of those schemes are

helping erosion in other parts of the coast. Here, the environment

agency has been harnessing the power of nature to a certain extent. It

has taken on a more sustainable approach to protecting areas around

parts of west Sussex. Behind me, the original sea defence was breached as

part of managed realignment, the largest scheme in Europe, helping

seawater flooding to this area of land. About 250 hackers of nature

reserve created in response. -- hectares. By flooding this part of

the land, it protects around 350 properties in other areas.

Infrastructure, as well, in the area. And also a holiday park. They

were all protected. Flooding has been decreased by something like

1000% compare to what they had previously. When the scheme was

introduced in 2013, we saw those big storms, offering instant protection.

It is a case of, do we go down the road of doing the man-made

protection across the UK? Or do use nature and help parts the coast go

back to the sea in order to protect others? We will have more on that

through the morning as part of our Coastal Britain series, but for now,

back to you both. We will be sticking with the theme

of the environment this morning. We have been talking about plastic in

the ocean, polluting wildlife there, but also about how car companies are

trying to make a difference in terms of the environment.

This morning Jaguar Land Rover becomes the latest car manufacturer

to announce a major investment in electric car technology.

Yes, they are not the first, but more of them are getting on board to

offer electric versions of their cars.

Jaguar Land Rover says every new car they make

after 2020 will also be available as an electric version.

It comes a month after the government said it would ban

the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040.

Hybrids that use traditional fuel and electric will still be allowed.

The latest figures show just 1.6% of new car sales so far this year

Yesterday Nissan announced its new electric car will be able

to drive even further on one charge and Volvo says all of its new cars

BMW's going to build a fully electric mini.

And the market leader, Tesla, has cut its prices to encourage more

Professor David Bailey is an expert on the car industry

Good morning. Let's talk about this announcement from jaguar Land Rover.

It is not the first to announce this, and they are not going all the

way, they are saying they will still make the other cars, but they will

be available in an electric version. How significant is that? Well,

Jaguar Land had fallen behind, they had focused on making their cars

lighter and improving petrol and diesel engines. They are now

catching up and embracing the electrical revolution. It is not

clear how ambitious this is, weather every model in the range will have

an electric and hybrid version, or just one of them. Nevertheless, a

welcome step. A sign that carmakers are embracing this electric

transformation of the industry, and I think many more carmakers will

follow suit. It is a very slow process. If you look at the sales

figures, I touched on this in the introduction, just 1% of all new car

sales last year were for electric equals. You can sort of see why the

carmakers were a bit like to get into it? Yes, at the moment they are

still expensive. I have been driving one for four years, I wouldn't go

back to petrol. They are more expensive and their range is

limited, but that is improving dramatically. Prices are coming

down, range and performance are improving. At some point in the

early to mid-20 20s, the electric car will outcompete the internal

combustion engine, and will start to see our much wider switchover. We

need to do that for environmental reasons, both in terms of greenhouse

gases but also to improve urban air quality. So the technology is

improving, and increasingly, governments are starting to restrict

petrol and diesel engines, and I think that is starting to affect

consumer behaviour. I wanted to ask you what that is tipping point might

be. There are two things that spring to mind when we talk about electric

cars. One is the availability of charging points. You don't want to

get somewhere and the battery is flat and you cannot charge it. Also,

how far you can go, the range, how far you can get on one charge. You

say that is improving but it strikes me that certainly in terms of the

charging points, it is chicken and egg. They will not put them in until

more of us wants them, but until they are available, we are not going

to buy the car. Exactly right. Charging infrastructure is actually

falling behind. One year ago I could guarantee finding a charging point

but these days I'm competing with many more electric car drivers and

is becoming more difficult. We need to seem much more investment in

infrastructure. In terms of range, the car that I drive, I could

probably get 130 or 140 miles. The new cars are considerably more than

that. That starts to improve the consumer experience and overcomes

that range anxiety that some drivers will have an electric car.

Eventually, I think batteries will be standardised. We can just drive

in, swap the battery, and be off on our journey very quickly. There is a

tendency to lump electric cars in with driverless cars. They are very

different, but clearly we are seeing those technologies coming closer

together? Yes, and they will reinforce each other. Increasingly

we will see more autonomous features on cars. From the middle of the next

decade we will see driverless cars in cities, and then becoming more

widespread beyond that. In a few decades you will not need to own a

car in a city. You will be able to summon an electric taxi on your

smartphone to take you where you want to go. Absolutely fascinating

stuff. Interesting how much it will change about how we use cars.

Professor, thank you. I will be speaking to the boss of

Jaguar Land Rover in an hour, and find out more about what they are

announcing today. And whether, as which touched on this with David,

whether they are behind the curve when it comes to introducing

electric cars. Well, the demand is certainly being

spoken about, but whether it is there is the question. Thank you.

Well, we are very much out and about this morning, because of our Coast

series. We are literally at sea. John Maguire is on-board that vote

there. Wave to us, John. He is in Plymouth Sound, looking at the

problem of pollution in our oceans. It is really fascinating, what they

are doing. We will be back with John a little bit later on.

Now it is time to Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Death and destruction

in the wake of Hurricane Irma. At least seven people have died

in the Caribbean's fiercest storm One island, Barbuda,

is described as barely habitable. This is how Hurricane Irma looked

from space last night as it headed towards Puerto Rico

and the Dominican Republic. There's more concern as two further

hurricanes develop in the region. A row over using laws first

introduced by Henry VIII is at the centre of

a two-day debate on Brexit. Opposition parties say

they'll fight the move. We are live this morning on a boat

in the south of Plymouth trying to establish just how much plastic air

is in the ocean. Jaguar Land Rover announces big

plans for new electric cars. I'll ask the boss if companies

and drivers a ready In sport, there'll be no

Federer-Nadal showdown at the US Roger Federer is knocked out

by Juan Martin del Potro, so he will take on world

number one Rafael Nadal, Businesses are told to stop pushing

unhealthy food and larger Shoppers risk eating an extra

17,000 calories a year And Matt is also on the coast today

with the weather. Good morning. A changing climate and increasing the

levels. The coast is at the greatest risk of flooding. We will look at

the impact of that and schemes to help improve and defend the coast of

the nation. The forecast is coming up in 15 minutes. Starting dry with

wet weather coming by the end of the day. Thank you.

Hurricane Irma has caused devastation across the Caribbean

The small island of Barbuda has been severely hit,

making it, in the words of its Prime Minister,

Authorities in the French island territory of Saint Martin say it has

been reduced to rubble and its airport is virtually destroyed.

The island of Barbuda, home to 1600 people,

was one of the first places to be hit by Hurricane Irma,

It is estimated 90% of homes have been damaged.

Communications were destroyed, cutting it off from the outside

The Prime Minister said the island was barely habitable.

What I saw was heart-wrenching, absolutely

In fact, I believe on a per capita basis,

the extent of the destruction is unprecedented.

We had containers, 40 foot containers, flying left and right,

The story you are getting from most of the residents here is the eye

Persons were literally tying themselves to their

In the French territory of San Martin, six people were killed.

Authorities said the island had been reduced to rubble.

This is Hurricane Irma seen from space.

It's now heading north of Puerto Rico, and could hit

It's one of three hurricanes in the Atlantic.

There are particular fears for Hurricane Jose,

following close behind Irma and on a similar path.

Officials say with most people homeless, Barbuda cannot survive

If more head their way, they may have to be entirely evacuated.

The country takes another step towards Brexit today as MPs debate

the European Union Withdrawal Bill before a vote takes place on Monday.

The debate will last two days before a vote on Monday.

Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, is in Westminster.

How big is this there is a lot going on. People like me are saying it is

a big day. Is it really? Constitutionally, it really matters.

That is a way of saying where power lies. You will remember the slogan

from Brexit, "Take Back Control." What happens today is central to

that mission. The biggest change since 1972, the 15th of October,

when we went into the EU. A pipe was built between Brussels and

Westminster through which 12433 EU regulations flowed through. To make

it as smooth as possible, those laws will be cut and paste from the EU

into UK law. Here is the controversy. There is not time to

scrutinise all of them in such a short period of time. The government

is using what are known as Henry VIII powers to do so, a flashback to

1539. Henry VIII, you can see him now, this is not about this

matrimonial strife and the sticky end of a few of this exes, but

instead, this desire at the time to ignore Parliament and bring law

himself. This been the government is now not sufficiently consorting on

and looking at the fine detail of some of the changes that are being

made. Ministers say it is necessary because there is a short window to

make the changes. They say there is a two year lag on them. That is

until March, 2021, in all likelihood, and they will not abuse

that power, they say. At this stage, the government is not likely to be

defeated in the vote coming up on Monday. But this whole business,

this whole bill, will dominate Parliament for months to come. Thank

you. Just a reminder. We will speak to the First Minister of state in a

few minutes. The BBC understands that

Northern Ireland could be offered a different Brexit solution

to the rest of the UK. Proposals due to publish later

today by the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier,

are expected to suggest special exceptions to allow people to work,

go to school and receive medical treatment either side of the border

with the Republic of Ireland. Universities in England could face

fines if they pay their leaders more than the Prime Minister,

unless they can convince a regulator Dozens of university heads currently

earn more than twice the PM's annual The Universities Minister,

Jo Johnson, says urgent measures are needed to ensure a good deal

for both students and taxpayers. West Midlands Police,

the second biggest force in England and Wales, has been accused

of failing to record thousands These included sexual offences,

domestic abuse and rape. The Inspectorate of Constabulary

graded its performance on crime recording as "inadequate,"

the lowest rating possible. Facebook says it has discovered

a Russian-funded campaign to promote divisive social and political

messages on its network The company said $77,000

was spent on about 3,000 ads over a two-year period,

ending in May this year. The ads did not back any

specific political figures, but instead posted on topics

including immigration, Asking if you would rather go large

for a little bit extra is something we are used to hearing from food

and drink retailers. But according to a new report

from the Royal Society for Public Health this "upselling"

is fuelling the obesity crisis Our reporter, Alice

Hutton, has more. It is a familiar sound

of the high street, whether you are in a newsagent,

fast food outlets, coffee shop, we have all been asked

if we want to treat ourselves But pushing larger portions

on customers, known as up-selling, is not just taking

a toll on wallets. New research shows it is fuelling

the obesity crisis in the UK. One in three are accepting this

temptation to go large. We can put on between five lbs

a year to 11 lbs a year depending And that's fairly significant to be

able to quantify the damage And I think when the public

are aware, they may think The report says British

shoppers face more than 100 attempts every

year to upsize. 78% have been asked

to upgrade in the last week. The report is calling for businesses

to take responsibility for their part in keeping

the public healthy. But the report says

the responsibility does not just They also want us to shop

more smartly and resist It will pave the way for thousands

of new British laws. There is a debate for legal continuity when we

leave the EU. We can talk to Damien Green. Thank you for your time this

morning. Good morning. Let's explain why this debate today is important.

We spoke about the first reading a few weeks ago. Why should we care

about what is being debated today? There are two big issues in this

debate. The first is this bill puts into effect the result of the

referendum. This is the bill that withdraws us from the EU, respecting

the will of the referendum vote. Secondly, equally importantly, it

ensures that we will have functioning laws after we withdraw.

We have been a member of the EU for more than 40 years. Many of our laws

are effectively EU laws. They come from the EU directly, EU

legislation. We have to make sure the day after we leave, all the many

parts of EU institutions, EU regulations, in those laws, can

continue, and they have to continue in a British way with a British

regulator and power to do something to be that is why it is so long and

complex. It means business can have certainty, we can all have

certainty, we have a functioning statute book when we leave the EU.

Is it as simple as copying and pasting the EU laws and replacing it

with UK laws? If it were simple, it would not take so long. Definitely

not. When we have been a member of the EU, a lot of the law will say

this is to be determined by a particular European institution,

European court, European regulator. All of those details of the laws

have to be replaced by the relevant British institution. That is why it

is complicated. That is why we need so much secondary legislation. It is

not changing anything in the real world, but it is changing the law so

that people have certainty. OK, one of the things that has been raised,

we talked about it with Chris Mason, our correspondent, the Henry VIII

clauses. This gives the power to change legislation without scrutiny.

The opposition has justifiably raised the point this now gives

government the power to tinker with EU laws, not Parliament. I think

there is a misunderstanding. Most of the change, the vast bulk, will be

through what are called statutory instruments, instead of being

debated and voted on in the chamber of the House of Commons, in

committees. But there are still parliamentarians, ministers, they

still have to justify any changes to those committees and the committee

votes. They can be voted down. It is especially ironic that there is this

much concern about the procedure in that most of the European law that

we have will have been put into place through this mechanism, these

committees. We have all got used to over the years a European directive

happening and then being put into law by Parliament. A lot will have

been put him through this process. Absolutely, Parliament needs to have

time to debate. So we will listen to reasonable proposals about the

process by which we do this essential work of making the statute

book workable. Can I ask you about a piece in The Daily Telegraph today?

It is taking a look at Theresa May's plans on curbing migration,

including a two year maximum stay for low-skilled workers. It says you

have distance yourself from those plans. Is that correct? Complete

nonsense. First of all, the document on which it was based was a draft

document that was leaked which I have not seen. First of all, for

obvious reason, I never comment on those. And I never comment on draft

because we will have those proposals in the coming months. We under 30 at

the stage of publishing them yet. And it is especially wrong in that I

used to be the Immigration Minister. To suggest I am in some way against

properly controlled immigration, I spend a lot of time dealing with

this issue. But we will have what will be sensible immigration

proposals because obviously the rules will have to change after we

leave in the next couple of months. Damien Green thank you. Thank you.

You are watching Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories:

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever

recorded, has caused devastation in the Caribbean.

The Government's facing its first parliamentary test over Brexit

since the General Election with MPs set to debate plans to transfer

thousands of EU regulations into British law.

This morning we are rather blessed with our cameras, which are on the

coast. As part of our series we are looking at various bits of

coastline. Look at these images. Matt is doing the weather this

morning in Medmerry in West Sussex. You can see the drone pictures we

have, just spectacular. Even though the sun is not shining and the skies

is not blue, it still looks stunning. But however stunning this

is, there are people who live there who have real concerns about the

impact to see has on their homes. -- the sea. That is some ring that is

Matt has been looking at. Yes, a beautiful coastline, but like many

parts of the country, the coast here is that trapped by rising sea

levels. -- at threat. Akin to thousand and eight, millions of

pounds of damage was done by local flooding here, and after that the

environment agency embarked upon an innovative scheme called coastal

management realignment. Existing coastal defences, the ones behind

me, were breached. That allows this area just behind me to be flooded,

as the tide rises in, the area just inland starts to flood quite

markedly. It sets up a nature reserve here, it used by the RSPB.

For local properties, what was a once in a year flood likelihood has

now changed into a once in a 100 year likelihood. So it is an

innovative scheme which is quite sustainable as well, using the power

of nature to try to protect other properties. We will be chatting to

somebody from the Environment Agency in the next half-hour, to see if

this scheme could be rolled out elsewhere, how much it costs, and if

it has a future in protecting our coastline from advancing sea levels.

Let's look at the weather. Not a bad start today. A few showers going

through, as in other parts of south England. The general forecast today

is one of increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain at times. A

strengthening breeze as well. Showers in the English Channel will

clear. It will be dry in the south and east of the country before more

showers develop later. Rain already in the north and west of Scotland,

developing more widely later in the day, pushing into Northern Ireland

and northern England as well. We will still see some breaks in the

cloud in southern counties of East Anglia and the Midlands. Grab

something waterproof if you are going out, because there will be odd

showers throughout the day. Overall, still much more dry here than

further north. Rain will come and go for northern England and northern

Scotland in the day. The heaviest rain will be to the west of the

hills. For Northern Ireland, patchy rain and a drizzle, becoming more

extensive into the afternoon. Temperatures nothing spectacular. As

the breeze picks up it will only be around 15 or 17 in the northern half

of the country, maybe 17 or 20 in the southern half of the UK. Quite a

windy night to come. Lots of showers around. Just about anybody could see

rain at times through the night. While the breeze keeps the

temperatures on the face of it up in the towns and cities, it will

actually feel very cold. It will feel more fresh than the breezes we

have had in the last few days. Some sunshine around for people through

the day. The best of the sunshine will be between the showers, the

further away from the south coast you are tomorrow. Around the south

coast and the English Channel we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain

through the day, and quite likely heavier burst of rain pushing in

through South Wales, south-west England during the afternoon. So it

could be quite soggy for many here. In the wind will be quite strong as

well, so it will feel very cool. A cool start to the weekend as well.

Blustery winds coming in from the north and north-west. Sunshine and

showers on Saturday. Showers most frequent across England and Wales.

Temperatures nothing to write home about. Still only in the mid teens

at best. By the end of the weekend, things could turn to simply windy

across northern and western areas. We could see the first autumn storm

of the season, all of which will have a big impact on our coastline.

I will have more through the morning.

Matt, thank you. We are enjoying that landscape kind you. Look at

this one. We are down in Plymouth Sound this morning. That little

vessel that you can see in the foreground, our reporter, John

Maguire, is on-board that. We are looking at the problem of pollution

in our oceans. Good morning, John. Good morning. You are right. It is

not just the stuff that you can see. I am a board to be Falcon Spirit, a

research vessel from the University of Plymouth. They are looking for

micro- plastics, really small ones. They have just been trawling this

morning, for the last couple of hours. They will take the end of the

netting and take a look through what it has picked up and see what we can

find. We have already found some plastics this morning so we are down

is to find some more, because what the scientists here know, and what

increasingly scientists around the world know, is that there is a huge

amount of high sticks in the ocean, and it is very damaging. -- huge

amount of plastics. Nestled at the bottom of cliffs

on the North Yorkshire coast As the tide comes in they wriggle

and bounce their way up onto dry land, but increasingly,

they're at risk when they're back in the water, from threats

that are man-made. As the tide comes in the seals

will haul themselves up The sea, of course, is where they do

most of their hunting and eating. It's troubling to think that it's

also somewhere particularly hazardous to them,

because of the amount of plastics There is litter in the sea

that is washing in on every tide, it is coming in and out,

and people do not realise that it doesn't necessarily float,

it doesn't decompose. People don't think it

can end up in the sea. Down the coast in Scarborough,

the seal hospital looks after the rescued animals

before releasing them once We attended a seal recently

that was caught in a frisbee, and that frisbee must have

been on him for months, and it had cut into about six

centimetres of flesh. It had been floating in the ocean

and out of curiosity, no doubt, the seal popped his head

through it, and obviously couldn't To discover more about how plastics

behave in the ocean, scientists that at Imperial College

London are taking part in a major This enormous wave machine will help

them to model the track The aim is to try to understand how

plastics move through the ocean. We want to understand how

currents can move plastics, how it accumulates and how it

affects the environment. We only know the course of about 1%

of the plastic that we put into the ocean, so we want

to understand what is happening. I love paddleboarding

and when I first started doing it in London on the canals and rivers,

I realise how bad the problem Trying to stop it getting

into the sea in the first place I saw a bird's nest, one time,

that was made almost And I thought, something

needs to be done. I need to show people what I'm

seeing every time I'm out paddling, just how bad this problem is,

inland as well as in the oceans. She has paddleboarded of the length

of England's canals and rivers, recruiting volunteers

in helping to clean up. Ultimately this is a man-made

problem, and despite the resilience of the natural world,

it is one that needs Those solutions include changes in

manufacturing technology, government action, and of course changes in

consumer behaviour. We are on the Falcon Spirit, a research vessel

from the University of Plymouth. Professor Richard Thompson, what

have we found? Well, of course we have natural items in here, things

we would expect to find in the ocean. It's of seaweed, leaves, a

feather. Unfortunately, we are also starting to see small pieces of

plastic. There is a fragment of Plymouth -- fragment of line there

of some sort. But there are small pieces of plastic in here, they

certainly do not look natural in origin. That small black thing, this

little blue thing. This potentially looks like a piece of packaging of

some sort. What sort of problems, I mean, they are tiny bits to be human

eye. What sort of problems can they cause? They present different

problems. They can be ingested by a wide range of marine organisms. We

have looked at fish in the English Channel, 500 specimens, and we found

small pieces of plastic like this in one third of them. Let's speak to

Emily. You have just sailed around the British Isles to highlight this

issue. What sort of things did you find? We found plastic. Up until now

we have been looking in the accumulation zones where the plastic

ends up, because of the ocean currents. But even here in UK

waters, not in one of those accumulation zones, we are still

finding microfibres, micro- plastics, these small plastics, and

also preproduction palates of plastic as a raw material. Those are

the pellets that manufacturers use common to knock them down and form

plastics. You are even finding those, how is that happening? They

might come off a container ship, they might be in -- they might be a

leak from an industry place. There could be many sources. We will have

much more from the Falcon Spirit later in the programme. We spoke

earlier about micro beads. The government is banning these. These

are the sort of things that come in facial scrubs. Look at that. 3

million micro beads come in just one packet of facial scrub. You can just

imagine that that will remain in the atmosphere, in the ocean, wherever

it ends up, basically forever. That kind of thing is now about to be

banned by the British government. Absolutely fascinating. John, thank

you. We will be back with you later on. Nice calm waters at the moment

for John. Shame they are sunshine on Saturday,

may one or two heavy showers. A spell of wet and heavy

weather on Sunday. This is Breakfast with

Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Hurricane Irma has caused

devastation across the Caribbean Authorities in the French island

territory of Saint Martin say it has been reduced

to rubble and its airport has The storm is now

battering Puerto Rico. And in a few minutes we'll speak

to the President of the Red Cross in Antigua and Barbuda

about the impact on the islands. The UK takes another step

towards Brexit today as MPs debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill

before a vote takes place on Monday. The bill will mean that thousands

of EU laws and regulations are transferred into British law

but ministers will need more powers The debate will last two days

before a vote on Monday. The shadow Brexit Minister earlier

told us it was flawed and dangerous. It is deeply flawed legislation and

dangerous. It gives ministers, government ministers, sweeping

powers that will allow them to change much legislation, putting

rights and protections we currently enjoy as members of the EU at risk

after we have left. That is why we cannot support it.

The BBC understands that Northern Ireland could be offered

a different Brexit solution to the rest of the UK.

Proposals due to publish later today by the EU's chief

negotiator, Michel Barnier, are expected to suggest special

exceptions to allow people to work, go to school and receive medical

treatment either side of the border with the Republic of Ireland.

Universities in England could face fines if they pay their leaders more

than the Prime Minister, unless they can convince a regulator

Dozens of university heads currently earn more than twice the PM's annual

The Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, says urgent measures

are needed to ensure a good deal for both students and taxpayers.

There are calls for the city watchdog to fully publish a leaked

report into the treatment of customers in RBS's

The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority,

suggested the group mistreated many of its clients.

The FCA said it would respond to the calls for publication

Asking if you would rather go large for a little bit extra is something

we are used to hearing from food and drink retailers.

But according to a new report from the Royal Society

for Public Health this "upselling" is fuelling the obesity crisis

There's a slam-dunking bunny, the world's longest legs

Would you like to see that? Maybe just the bunny. Why are we seeing

this? It can only mean one

thing, the latest edition This year's entries include

Biff Hutchison from Idaho, who's the first person to clear 11

feet on a pogo stick. That's very hard to do, you know? I

have never done that before. And this is "Bini the Bunny"

from California who holds the record for the most basketball slam-dunks

in one minute by a rabbit. She managed a grand total

of seven slam-dunks. That is the crucial element. When I

had not read that, I thought the bunny was actually just doing that,

like... Throwing it properly. Perhaps with it's back legs. I had a

picture of it... You know, really leaping up. You have been watching

too many cartoons. Perhaps. Take us back to the real world. In the real

world, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have never played each other

at the US Open. Roger Federer was knocked out of the US Open in the

last few hours by Juan. He said he was suffering with back pain and was

not doing well enough. He said it was better to give someone else a

chance. I knew it would be tough. I struggled too much through the

tournament. In some ways, I am happy I made the quarters. I am not

disappointed. It has been a good run this year already. Unfortunately

they did better on the day. Tennis fans have been denied

the showdown they were hoping for, after Roger Federer was knocked out

of the US Open by Juan Martin del So it's the Argentinian who'll

face world number one, He only lost five games

as he sailed past Andrey Rublev. Karolina Pliskova will lose her

world number one ranking after she lost to Coco Vanderweghe,

who's part of an all-American That hasn't happened since 1981

and the days of Martina Navratilova Andy Murray says he is likely

to miss the rest of the season He hasn't played since Wimbledon,

and he says that after an extended period of rest and rehabilitation,

he'll be fighting for grand Chris Froome said he was still

confident of winning the Vuelta a Espana despite having his

lead cut on stage 17. He said he'd struggled

on the steep climbs, paying the price for winning

Tuesday's time trial. His closest rival Vincenzo Nibali,

in the gold helmet, is now only Look at the top right of your

screen. The Tour of Britain

heads to Clacton today. There was an unusual crash earlier

on in the race in Retford. They had strong words to say to race

organisers. That is real damage. Going into that at speed. The car

was parked in a disabled space. They were not happy at all.

England's Test series decider against West Indies begins

Toby Roland-Jones returns to the side in place of Chris Woakes

but it could be another fast bowler, James Anderson, making the headlines

as he needs only three more wickets to become the first Englishman

West Indies levelled the series with victory

You expect sides to respond well, just like the West Indies did.

Part of being a successful side in this format is being able to deal

with it, with difficult weeks like last week.

So, we have a lot of experience in our dressing room and a lot

of hungry guys desperate to come back from the way we played.

We want to make sure we win this series.

Obviously, we are making sure we come to this

Hopefully we can continue pressing forward here.

Wayne Shaw was Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper in February's FA

He ate a pie during the game, after a bookmaker had offered odds

He said it was "just a bit of fun" but he resigned,

and now he's been fined ?375 and banned for two months by the FA

I don't think you would have done it if you knew that was coming. How

often do we have to see this picture is this morning? Quite a lot. I am

not enjoying them. Not especially. OK. OK. I love that a pie. So do I,

just not watching eating it. That is the point of the story. We all

remember it very well. Thank you very much. We will see you later on.

We will have the weather later. The main story. Ferocious winds.

Hurricane Irma has caused devastation across the Caribbean

Authorities in the French island territory of Saint Martin

it has been reduced to rubble and its airport has

The storm is now battering Puerto Rico.

Earlier in the programme the Prime Minister of

the Antigua Island group told this programme that the island of Barbuda

has been totally destroyed and is 'barely habitable'.

It is a complete contrast. In Antigua, they have been resilient.

We can celebrate how prepared they were. Barbuda, it is just

devastation. Yesterday when I travelled and circumnavigated the

island, I was extremely saddened. It was emotionally painful to see such

a beautiful island totally destroyed to the extent 90% of the country is

damaged. Totally demolished. A significant amount of people are

homeless in Barbuda. Tomorrow we want to start relief efforts in

earnest. It has been really challenging. The Prime Minister

speaking to us earlier. We can now speak to Michael Joseph

who is the President of the Red Cross in

Antigua and Barbuda. A very good morning to you. Thank

you for your time. Tell us your assessment of the situation which is

very bad apparently. Barbuda has been badly damaged. Thank you for

having me. The Prime Minister will have indicated the damage in Barbuda

is not like we have ever seen before. The catastrophe is just...

Words cannot explain it. 90% of the country is demolished and in rubble.

When we first lost communication with Barbuda, we never anticipated

the next time we received any form of major communication from them it

would be to such detriment. I think it has just shocked the entire

Antigua community and the country as a whole. We are looking at the

pictures as you are talking from Barbuda. We are getting a sense of

the damage. Given what you are describing and the infrastructure

damage, there has been some loss of life around the Caribbean. What do

you know about injuries, people killed or injured. I know there has

been one recorded fatality in Barbuda. A 2-year-old little girl.

Injuries, we are not sure. There was not a proper assessment team that

went in. As a matter of fact, in the morning, a full assessment team

including medical doctors will be going into Barbuda to do a complete

assessment of what the damages and needs are and what the human health

capacity is and the challenges. We are not fully aware of the complete

extant of how it is. -- extent. They have no power. They have lost

schools and hospitals and have sustained infrastructure damage.

That will be an issue as you move in. Yes. It goes even further than

that. Everything has been completely destroyed. Electricity, roads,

water, schools, churches, supermarkets, shops, everything!

There is literally nothing that currently exists in Barbuda right

now. The Prime Minister spoke earlier about the magnitude of what

it would cost us in terms of rebuilding the country itself. From

his indication, we are talking about 100 million US dollars in damages.

Even if we are looking to get it to 25%, it is a significant amount of

investment. If you are looking for the Red Cross perspective, dealing

with immediate needs. A current thought. The area is used to extreme

weather and hurricanes. Is just the intensity of this particular one

that meant there is so much damage. Presumably people were warned it was

coming but there was not much they could do. First and foremost we have

to understand that what took place with Hurricane Irma was

unparalleled. It has been like nothing experienced. 95 was the

second-largest we had, a Category Four, Lewis. We have never

experienced anything like this, 200 miles per hour with winds as high as

225. People were prepared. Antigua and Barbuda were prepared as people.

We were not prepared for infrastructure itself to have such a

magnitude of wind speed we have never experienced. Thank you so much

for your time this morning. Good luck to you and your team is. It

will be challenging. -- teams. The images at the end, we will show you

again, this is the image of the hurricane taken from space. An

extraordinary image. We have had an update from the French interior

minister on Hurricane Irma. He says for the record, eight people are now

dead and 23 injured. He has indicated it is likely those numbers

will increase as the recovery operation reaches Barbuda.

We will be taking a look at the weather in a moment. West Sussex is

the location, Matt is there today. Good morning. Yes, it good morning

from Medmery in West Sussex. You have seen those horrible pictures

from the Caribbean. We do not get storms like that here, at our own

coast is under increasing threats from changing climates and rising

sea levels. We will be looking at some of the schemes in place and

things that you can do to safeguard parts of our coast. If you look

around here at Medmery, there is a beautiful coastline here, with a

shale beach. What the environment agency has done here as part of an

innovative and sustainable scheme called Managed Realignment, it

allows a break in the sea wall and then it allows the sea to naturally

come in and out in this area, just inland, to create some lagoons. It

is a nature reserve which ultimately helps protect properties in the

local area. We will have more on that in a moment. Let's look at the

weather. At long last we have blue skies overhead, and welcome change

from this morning's showers. Enjoy the sunshine if you have any today,

there will be lots of cloud around, thickening up through the day,

especially in the northern half of the UK, bringing more extensive rain

in the afternoon. A bit of rain around this morning, some showers in

the far south-east corner. Outbreaks of rain across western Scotland,

Northern Ireland and northern England as we go through the morning

and into the afternoon. Many in the Midlands and East Anglia will be

dry, but there are some showers possible. Some of those could be on

the heavy side. There will still be some breaks in the cloud. Not quite

as sunny as we saw yesterday, but there will be some sunshine. In the

sunshine temperatures could reach 18, 19, maybe 20. Overall, a

slightly cooler day than yesterday. Especially so as we had further

north into thicker cloud. A grey afternoon across much of northern

England. By the afternoon there will be rain possible just about anywhere

in Scotland. It will not rain all day, it won't be thoroughly

persistent, but the heaviest again is likely to be on western hills,

and the same could be said in parts of Northern Ireland, the breeze

freshening up as the cloud thickens. Across Wales it will turn damper

towards the north and north-west later in the day, but further south,

some parts of southern and eastern Wales should stay dry. A few showers

into the south-west later on. The breeze picking up, rationing up

quite substantially overnight. Quite a windy night. Clear spells and

showers overnight will take us into a fresh start to Friday morning.

Temperatures OK, in the low teens for one or two, the wind making it

feel colder. Sunshine and showers for many. The exception is some

southern coastal counties of England and the Channel Islands, where there

will be lots of outbreaks of rain, becoming heavy and more persistent

as we go into the afternoon. Not just in the south coast but even

further inland into parts of south Wales and maybe as far north as the

south Midlands and East Anglia in the day. That should all clear away

as we go through the night and into Saturday. A rather cool start to

Saturday. We continue with the breeze coming in from the north and

north-west, bringing a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers more

likely to be abundant across England and Wales on Saturday. A bit of

sunshine in between. Probably the best in some sheltered eastern

areas, but the temperatures are rather disappointing for this time

of year. As we go into Sunday, there could be windy weather on the way,

especially in the north and west of the UK. Now, with windy weather on

the way, that rings us back to our series on coastal Britain. The fact

that our climate is changing will have an impact on the coast around

the UK. To discuss more about that and what is being done here in

Medmery, joining me is Alison Baptiste from the environment

agency. Thank you for joining me. First of all, are our coasts under a

greater risk now from the changing climate? Well, the coast is a

dynamic thing. We are seeing sea level rise. What the environment

agency is doing with local councils is planning how we can best manage

the coast, and in places where there are communities, we look to protect

those communities, and in places like Medmery we can allow space for

the ocean to come in. We work with nature to do this managed

realignment. Tell us more about what you have done here in Medmery, a

fairly sustainable approach to the normal methods of protecting the

coast? I love Medmery. It is a fantastic example of where we can

reduce flood risk to the 300 properties. We have done that by

letting the sea, through the original beach, we have put on earth

embankment around the back, and we are using nature's and resources to

slow down the energy of the waves, with the saltmarsh. We have that

embankment at the back, it is much lower than we needed before. As a

bonus, we have this beautiful 250 hectares of habitat, biodiversity

that the RSPB is managing for us. It has been a big boost for the local

economy and the Caravan sites here. We cannot protect all the coast, can

we? It is a big challenge and we have difficult decisions to make

stock but the violent agency works closely with local councils to make

the best decisions for each community, and they can be different

decisions. -- environment agency. An innovative scheme, and just one of

many that are tackling problems that our coast will face in the future. I

will have more on that through the morning.

Glorious views, Matt. Thank you. Now, not many people at the moment

own an electric car. But it is a hot topic at the moment. Lots of

manufacturers are getting on board? Yes, we are in this grey area where

you have hybrid cars, which are traditional fuel and electric, and

there are some manufacturers which have committed to going completely

electric. This morning Jaguar Land Rover

becomes the latest car manufacturer to announce a major

investment in electric car Jaguar Land Rover has announced this

morning that every new car it makes after 2020 will also be available

as an electric version. It follows a government announcement

that it would ban the sale of new petrol and

diesel cars by 2040. But there's a long way to go

to an all-electric future. The latest figures show just 1.6%

of all new car sales so far this Ralf Speth is the Chief Executive

of Jaguar Land Rover and joins us Good morning. A big announcement for

you today, but it is fair to say that you are not the first to make

an announcement as far as electric cars are concerned. Why now? Jaguar

Land Rover, from 2020 onwards, is going to deliver the choice for the

customer. Electrified vehicles across the complete range. That

means we are going to offer hybrid and better electric vehicles. In

that sense Jarrod Lyle and Rover was first. We delivered the very first

vehicle designed from scratch, in the absolute best way, research and

engineered so that the customer can receive a vehicle and can drive a

vehicle with a cleared DNA. Forgive my ignorance, it is the Tesla not

the first car designed as a fully electric vehicle? You say you are

doing it for JY, at Tesla has gone electric already, and others, such

as the Nissan Leaf, other companies are already doing this. Yes, there

are already electric vehicles on the market, but you will see that there

is a vehicle using the Freedom of the technology, introducing a new

design language, providing us with more of a package, more space, so

that the customer gets additional value out of the technology. Let's

talk about how mainstream this is. I touched on this in the introduction,

just 1% of car sales so far this year have been electric. It is

clearly a tiny market. Why do you think it is worth the investment? I

think it is worth the investment because at the end of the day, the

future of modern mobility will be electric. There is no other choice.

If we all want to do something special for our society and our

environment, at the end of the day, we want to have a safer, cleaner,

more connected mobility. But that also means, quite clearly, that this

kind of new technology needs the right environment. The right power,

the right charging stations, so that at the end of the day, we need a

collaboration. A collaboration across sectors to make this vision a

reality. You talk about the importance of that infrastructure,

one that would support electric vehicles. Lots of people getting in

touch with me this morning have been saying, look, there simply isn't the

places to charge these vehicles. Too few parking and charging stations.

How confident are you that this infrastructure will be in place for

the cars that you want people to buy? People can charge their

vehicles at home. Filling stations will hire fast charging

opportunities. Based on the demand, the industry will find a solution,

to have all these charging stations in place. I am absolutely convinced

this new technology can be introduced flawlessly. I want to ask

you about a Brexit, it is clearly a big issue for all manufacturers,

about whether we will have access to the single market. I know that a lot

of what you produce around the world, but especially in the UK, is

sold abroad. How worried are you about access to the single market

and whether tariffs will be imposed on goods that you make? Continental

Europe is the biggest market for Jaguar Land Rover. Therefore we are

very interested that in the future we can sell finished goods, but

also, import all the parts and components that we need out of

Europe. We rely on free and fair trade. We rely on access to skills,

to all, and we rely on the opportunity to move across borders.

That is important for Jaguar Land Rover, but also for the entire

export industry in the United Kingdom. Ralf Speth, good to speak

to you. The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover. I will be back

after eight o'clock with a full look at the business news.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

Death and destruction in the wake of Hurricane Irma.