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Than 100 people needing hospital treatment. Round three of brexit talks. Uk negotiators say they want flexibility and imagination from the eu. Good morning. Coming up in the sport arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls a disastrous 4 0 loss to liverpool. Invented byjk rowling, played by harry potter, and now a real life sport. Well bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier League final. How much easier wouldnt be if you could fly . So much easier, but health and safety would have a field day. And the weather. Good morning. A dry and warm day. I will have all of the details for the uk forecast as well as an update on the situation in texas in about 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past 48 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. Nearly three days after hurricanes harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake. Rescues in boats, lorries, and other vehicles have been bringing people to safety. The storm is on track to dumpa to safety. The storm is on track to dump a record 50 inches of rain the state. We want people to know that if you have a need, we will get to you. Isimply if you have a need, we will get to you. I simply ask you remain calm and patient. But we will get to use. Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift and treacherous. In these conditions, making the wrong turn can quickly become a matter of life and death. We just. We prayed a lot. And we just praised god and we we re lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so we lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so we are very thankful. You were rescued, so we are very thankful. You get a sense here of just how quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city in the United States has ground to a halt. Motorways a re states has ground to a halt. Motorways are cut off. 3000 soldiers have mobilised to help. President trump plans to visit tomorrow. He will find a city in crisis. James cook, bbc news, houston. And we will be live there later in the programme. Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast. Beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say theyre investigating what caused the haze. Simonjones reports. This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. With streaming eyes, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by Emergency Services. The mist quickly spread along the coast. Itchy eyes, sore throat, a throbbing head. We all panicked. Anxiety was high and we were all shaking and getting really nervous. We just wejust didnt we just didnt really know what to do. More than 100 people headed to hospital where they went through a decontamination process. Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was an absolute emergency. The haze prompted a huge response from the ambulance service, the police, the fire service, and the rlni. Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed. What caused the cloud is still unclear. It appears to have come from the coast. In previous incidences, it has come from and industrial unit in france. We will work with our agencies to find out what this is about. The gas seems to have blown away and thousands are prepared to flock to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday. It is not expected to happen again. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the m1 near Milton Keynes on saturday. Ryszard masierak, whos 31 and from worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over the alcohol limit. The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month. A team of British Government officials returns to brussels today for the latest round of brexit negotiations, with both sides warning theres no real prospect of a breakthrough. The eu continues to insist that there has to be progress on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk, the amount the uk will pay when it leaves the union, the so called divorce bill, and the future of the irish border. But brexit secretary, david davis, will today demand more flexibility and imagination in the european approach to the talks. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent chris mason. He is in london for us. Good morning. We have talked about this before. What exactly does david davis mean by that . Good morning. He means he wants to see the uk and the eu get a shuffle on in the negotiations. There is itchiness in westminster for the government to talk about the future relationship with the eu once we have left in march 2019. Rather than those three things you were talking about on the negotiation table which will be discussed later today in brussels, im picking and unpacking their relationship with a club we have been with for a0 is unpacking. The challenge is that Michel Barnier is bound by rules from the remaining 27 members who say you have to sort those two things out first and then get onto the other stuff. What will happen soon is an intensification of that. Some are saying november, others december. Thank you. More than half of the bhs stores which closed after the company fell into administration are still sitting empty, according to new research. The collapse of the 160 strong chain was one of the most high profile and controversial retail failures in many years. The final Stores Closed a year ago today but only 25 former bhs shops have been re let according to the local data company monitors vacancy rates across uk shopping areas. A rare Sumatran Tiger born has been born at a zoo in north yorkshire. The sex of the animal is yet unknown and is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years with triplets being born to the same breeding pair in 201a. The tigers are classified as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left in the wild, down from 1,000 a0 years ago. They are the rarest and smallest subspecies of tiger in the world, and have the narrowest stripes. Iam i am worried. The motherjust left the baby. But everything is fine. It is lovely to see this picture. Really cute. We have nick with the sport. It needs some food. If you love arsenal, you are going, oh, not again. Many people are taking it out on Arsene Wenger. Did the players not do theirjob . What is happening this morning is an absolute inquest. In the premier league, arsenal were thrashed a 0 by liverpool at anfield. Sadio mane with the pick of the goals. Its his third in consecutive games. Elsewhere, there was a win for champions chelsea while spurs drew with burnley1 1. That was the same scoreline between west brom and stoke. It was a moment ross county goalkeeper, scott fox, will want to forget, and will probably be reminded of for the rest of his life. His slip up helped rangers beat his side 3 1 in the scottish premiership. He will probably be reminded of that his entire life. England edge ahead against the west indies but the second test remains finely poised going into day four. They have a second innings lead of two with seven wickets in hand. And Lewis Hamilton marked his two hundreth formula one race by winning the belgian grand prix at spa. His victory cut second placed Sebastian Vettels championship lead to seven points. That is all of us bought. We will be talking about quidditch later on. That is all of us bought. We will be talking about quidditch later onlj will be around for that, definitely. Have you seen how it is played . Who are the champions of it . |j have you seen how it is played . Who are the champions of it . I dont know. The only problem is they cannot fly. Shall we find out about the weather and what is going on in houston . Good morning. This is an update on the latest situation over there at the moment. In terms of rainfall, some areas have seen a0 inches of rain so far, over a metre of rainfall. It has brought life threatening floods. There has been strong winds in association with the storm. 0ver been strong winds in association with the storm. Over the weekend, 60 tornadoes across the region. In terms of the rainfall still to come, more heavy rain in the next few days. It will not stop raining in parts of texas and the wednesday night. That will be almost a solid weeks worth of rainfall. Meanwhile, closer to home, here it is a largely dry day for the country. Not everywhere. Things will turn cooler after a warm start. High pressure returns. A lot of dry weather set to continue. Here and now. High pressure towards the near continent. Also this frontal system trying to push in from the atlantic. That will bring some clouds and outbreaks of rain and windy conditions across the north west of the uk. Rainfall in Northern Ireland and northern western scotland this morning going further south. The rest of the uk, though, blue skies and sunshine. High cloud around. This afternoon, across Northern Ireland, rain on and off. Light and patchy. To conditions in the north and west of scotland. Warm in the east. Patchy rain through the central belt in the afternoon in the central borders. The midlands. Warm and dry. Likely to see temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s. Wales, lots of sunshine. Lots of cloud in the north and west later in the afternoon. Cloud into the far south west of england as well. Much of South West England as well. Much of South West England and southern england down towards the south east, fine and dry conditions in the forecast. We are likely to see one or two spots reaching 29 degrees. The evening. This front in the north goes south. Rain this evening and tonight into Northern England and wales and towards the far south west as well. Windy and Cool Conditions to the north of that with temperatures overnight 10 13 degrees. Mild and mighty further south. During the day tomorrow, that system fits in central part of the country bringing cloud and rain. Fresh conditions with sunshine and showers returning to the north west. Warm and muggy in the south east. Temperatures again in the high 20s. 26 by tuesday afternoon. It looks like we will see rain in the middle part of the week. Slightly colder conditions with a low pressure around. High pressure once again returns bringing dry conditions for many of us as we go towards the end of the week. Back to you. Thank you. 2000 people have been rescued from texas as they continue to be buffered by heavy rain. Conditions are unprecedented. Major roads are underwater. Hospitals have been evacuated. Some citizens have been forced onto their ribs to escape rising water. What has it been like . what has it been like . I am not too farfrom what has it been like . I am not too far from downtown houston, just in the perimeter. It is difficult to see behind me, you can see the rain coming down, but i am along the buffalo by bayou, in the centre of town. These waters go back hundreds of metres behind me, behind this is a high of sorts. Behind this roadway is an underpass, it is about 15 20 roadway is an underpass, it is about 15 20 feet deep completely filled with water. We thought we had a break in the weatherjust a few minutes hours ago, it got sunny and the clouds parted briefly. However, it came back and is dumping inches and inches of rain and that is expected to continue for the coming days. A lot of people have been evacuated and rescue, do you know what is happening with them at the moment . Rescues are certainly under way still at this hour. Rescuers responded to thousands of people. They had a waiting list of about 1000 people earlier this evening. They are essentially inundated with phone calls, they cannot get to everyone immediately. They are telling people, if you do not have a life threatening emergency, please save the calls for people who really are in dire situations. A few minutes ago, we saw some military trucks and Law Enforcement officers driving down the street. It has been very difficult to get around the city. Looking behind me, water is really all over the houston area right now. In terms of the rescue operation on going, what is the advice for people they are at the moment . Authorities are saying, if you are in a dangerous situation, if there is water coming into your house or your apartment, seek higher land. Whether that means going up to a second floor or going up to the roof of your home, that is what they want you to do. They are saying not to go up you to do. They are saying not to go up into the attic, because you could easily get trapped in a flood situation. I will tell you that this city has opened up the Convention Centre. A 2 million square feet facility has been opened as a temporary shelter. There were several dozen people already there waiting. I spoke to a woman who grabbed her baby, she wasnt wearing any shoes but she grabbed some diapers. Desperate for some copper. We understand that President Trump will be arriving tomorrow, do you think there is enough help coming nationally for the area . That is what we understand, the president will be here at some point on tuesday. He had said he did not want to come for a few days. He wanted to let local officials do their work, not be a destruction. We understand he will be here at some point on tuesday to assess the damage. Early on, he signed an Emergency Declaration which unleashed Financial Resources to help with the situation. The coastguard is involved, thousands of Service Members are involved as well. We will see what he has to say when he sees this for himself on tuesday. Thank you for your time. Talking of people who have been rescued, we are joined by kristen. When did you realise things were going to go wrong . On friday night, i left my house to go to a friends house after the tornado hit. 0n house to go to a friends house after the tornado hit. On saturday night, waters started rising. 0ur cars became submerged. At about 1130 this morning, the water got to hire, it was about 12 or 13 inches under our waste. We had to climb onto the roof and wait for help. A terrifying situation. How long were you on the roof or . Two and a half hours. Were you trying to get hold of the Emergency Services . Yes, there was a list of numbers to call. Somebody put it on my facebook. We went through each of the numbers calling, they were either busy ward nobody was answering. So i said, we need help. There are multiple people on the roof. About two hours later, a boat came up, two guys let us get in and they took us to the Convention Centre. Tell us about your thoughts on the roof, were you worried it would come to a point where you wouldnt be able to be on the roof . Yes. The friend i was with, she was trapped in hurricane katrina. I had not been able to get a hold of any of my friends or family. Itjust got to the point where i wasnt sure if somebody was going to come. They didnt tell us to evacuate. I didnt know. I havent seen electricity since friday evening. I was only able to check my phone today. I was turning it on and off to conserve battery so i could call somebody to come and save us. People arrived in this boat, then what happened . We didnt know that any shelters had opened, none were open on saturday. The man in the boat said we had places to go, we chose the Convention Centre because it is centrally located and a large facility. Are you then our . What is the situation like . They have been bringing people here steadily, i dont know if they are being rescued orjust showing dont know if they are being rescued or just showing up. Dont know if they are being rescued orjust showing up. There are about 2500 people here or more. They need supplies as far as diapers and clothes are concerned. Women and children, elderly people, everyone is he a. Have you got supplies, have you got somewhere to sleep . Yes, the red cross brought in cots for us to play on and some food for us to eat. Iam not play on and some food for us to eat. I am not sure what will happen in the future days, but as of now, things are stabilising. It is still windy and raining outside. Do you have any idea when you might be able to get back home at this stage . dont have any idea. I have friends all over the country who are offering me to come to their house, because the insurance claims will ta ke because the insurance claims will take some time. As of right now, i have asked when i could go home, and nobody can answer. I really appreciate your time, best of luck. We will try to keep in touch with you. That was Kristen Anderson. Prince william and harry have spoken in depth about them other in a documentary that air last night. It told the story of her death and the public outpouring that surrounded herfuneral. Public outpouring that surrounded her funeral. The princes public outpouring that surrounded herfuneral. The princes say public outpouring that surrounded her funeral. The princes say it is the last time they would speak publicly about the events. Lots of people were talking about it on social media. The car appeared to have overturned in the embankment. The death of the princess of wales fills us all with deep shock and grief. princess of wales fills us all with deep shock and grief. I felt com pletely deep shock and grief. I felt completely numb, disorientated, dizzy. You feel very confused. One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died my grandmother wanted to protect her to grandson s and our father. Our grandmother deliberately removed the newspapers so we didnt know what was going on. Sadly, a lot of my memories revolve around trying to cheer up. Cheer her up. She cried more about press intrusion than anything else in her life. One of the hardest things to come to terms with is that the same people who chased into the tunnel were taking photos of her while she was dying on the back seat of the car. It was new territory, nobody had seen anything like this before. My grandmother and father believed that we we re grandmother and father believed that we were better served out in balmoral, having the walk in space and peace to be with the family. Why would you put them in london . Why wouldnt you let them get over the shockin wouldnt you let them get over the shock in the comfort of their family . I think it was a very hard decision for my grandmother to make. She felt very torn between being a grandmother and being the queen. My mother, she had been challenging the royalfamily for mother, she had been challenging the royal family for many years. She religiously put on her seatbelt. Why not at night . I will never know. A lot of people talking about it last night. Iam lot of people talking about it last night. I am sure you can catch it on iplayer. If you did catch it, let us know what you thought. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Still to come this morning could it be the case of harry potter and the olympic sport . Weve been checking out the Quidditch Premier League championship in hull. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmed. Its day 2 of londons largest annual street party, and after much attention was given to crime by police and media in the run up to the Notting Hill Carnival, its been the atmosphere and hugs for the Emergency Services which has been the reality. Firefighters and paramedics were among those who bowed their heads in tribute to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire injune. Carnival goers then spontaneously started to give them hugs and words of gratitude. A silence is also being held later today in tribute to those who died. Theres a serious message for train enthusiasts to not risk their lives getting a picture of a special steam train leaving Kings Cross Station today. The tornado is heading to norfolk and on its previous outing people have stood on the tracks to take pictures. Network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. Dogs are being signed up to become blood donors due to increased demand from vets. Three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along provided they meet a special criteria. More than a thousand dogs needed a transfusion last year and that number is growing. A look at the travel now, and you may already know theres a major disruption at six main london rail stations due to planned engineering works. But lets look at the tube board. The dlr has no service between stratford and bow church due to crossrail work. An amended timetable is in place elsewhere. 0n the 0verground, crossrail work means no service also between stratford and bow church. The victoria line has late finishing engineering works. Tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street. And on the trams, theres no service between New Addington and lloyd park. And its mainly quiet on the roads. But there are closures due to the Notting Hill Carnival around harrow road, notting hill gate, queensway and clarendon road. Lets have a check on the weather now with georgina. Good morning. It may surprise you to hear that we are going to have a pleasa nt hear that we are going to have a Pleasant Bank holiday monday. Looking drivers morning and through the day, pretty funny as well. Right from the start, in fact. A few mist and fog patches this morning, but fairly short lived. Light winds, temperatures up to 28 degrees. We may see 29, possibly even close to 30 degrees. A hot day, definitely need the sunscreen. This evening could be a bit uncomfortable, clear skies but in some spots temperatures not getting below 18 degrees. Some cloud in the early morning, perhaps the more mr and fog. Tomorrow, an outside chance of showers. They may bea outside chance of showers. They may be a bit heavy of sunbury, but many of us getting away with a dry day, temperatures about 27 degrees. Some wet weather on the way on wednesday, temperatures taking quite a deep soak probably feeling quite chilly. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello. This is breakfast with Steph Mcgovern and louise minchin. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. Also on breakfast this morning ending the stigma of taking a career break. Well look at new initiatives designed to help teachers, social workers, and Health Professionals back to work. Also this morning, the princess and the paparazzi. As a bbc documentary examines the days leading up to dianas death, well speak to the royal familys former press secretary. And after 9am, he took jungle music mainstream, dj, songwriter, and producer, goldie will be on the sofa. 855 is not after 9am. But now a summary of this mornings main news. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past a8 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake. Rescuers in boats, helicopters, and lorries, have been bringing people to safety. Forecasters say the storm is on track to dump a record 50 inches of rain on the state. We want people to know in this city that if you have a need, we will get to you. I simply ask you remain calm and patient. But we will get to you. Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift and treacherous. In these conditions, making the wrong turning can quickly become a matter of life and death. We just. We prayed a lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so we are very thankful. You get a sense here ofjust how quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city in the United States has now ground to a halt. Motorways are cut off. Both the airports are closed. And 3,000 soldiers have mobilised to help. President trump plans to visit tomorrow. He will find a city in crisis. James cook, bbc news, houston. Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast. Beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say theyre investigating what caused the haze but that the beaches will be open as normal today. We are hoping to speak to someone on that beach a little while later. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the m1 near Milton Keynes on saturday. Ryszard masierak, whos 31 and from worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over the alcohol limit. The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month. A team of British Government officials returns to brussels today for the latest round of brexit negotiations, calling for more flexibility and imagination in the european approach to the talks. But the eu continues to insist progress must be made on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk, the amount britain will pay when it leaves the union, as well as the future of the irish border. Eight have been killed in the austrian and italian alps. 0thers have been injured. A rare Sumatran Tiger born has been born at a zoo in north yorkshire. The sex of the animal is yet unknown and is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years with triplets being born to the same breeding pair in 201a. The tigers are classified as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left in the wild, down from 1,000 a0 years ago. They are the rarest and smallest subspecies of tiger in the world, and have the narrowest stripes. Absolutely lovely. Just wondering where the mother went. May be the mother was an arsenal fan. If you are an arsenal fan, you are thinking, not this again. A lack of desire shown by the top arsenal players. They need to take responsibility. Loads of complaints about that new contract. He says we give them all the facilities and training, they arejust give them all the facilities and training, they are just not doing theirjob. A 0. A thrashing. Horrendous. Some of the papers now. Why would you want to stay at arsenal. Alexis sanchez will be thinking the same thing. The tra nsfer thinking the same thing. The transfer deadline stops on thursday. The mirror. A mismatch in vegas yesterday. What about this one. Arsenal again. Head in yesterday. What about this one. Arsenalagain. Head in hands. Unacceptable, unwatchable, unforgivable. A pretty demoralising performance for arsenal. Where do they go from here . Emphatic four liverpool. For. In the premier league there was an emphatic victory for liverpool as they thrashed arsenal by four goals to nil at anfield. The reds were already a goal up before this brilliant effort from sadio mane. It was a dominant display byjurgen klopps side, capped by Daniel Sturridges late goal. We were really organised. If you give arsenal a little bit of space and time, they will tend to do what they want to do. Also you are lost before the game starts. When liverpool gives arsenal some space, they get a goal. Thank god we did not. We we re we were not at a level of commitment physically and mentally as well. A performance like that is, of course, very disappointing. Tottenham hotspur are still without a premier league win at wembley. Chris wood scored on his league debut in the 92nd minute to earn burnley a 1 1 draw. Both teams have four points from three games. Champions chelsea made it back to back wins by beating everton 2 0. Cesc fabregas opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge before new signing Alvaro Morata headed in the second just before half time. And stokes peter crouch made the most of a defensive mix up to end west broms100 start to the season. His equaliser earned them a 1 1 draw. In the scottish premiership, dundee secured their first point of the season to lift themselves off the bottom of the table. A 1 1 draw against hibs at dens park ended a run of five league defeats in a row. And rangers won, 3 1, at ross county. Youd have to say its advantage west indies heading into the fourth day of the second test against england in leeds. Joe roots team are playing catch up in their second innings. Mark stoneman hit a maiden test half century before being bowled for 52. Root will resume unbeaten on a5 with england leading by only two runs. They have seven wickets in hand. It is well for the next two days. I just hope we can go on and get it day after day. Any target . One step ata day after day. Any target . One step at a time. Keep trying to build a lead and give the west indies out of the field as long as possible. Keep the west indies. Lewis hamilton celebrated his 200th race in formula one with a faultless display to win the belgian grand prix. The three time World Champion started on pole but was angry about a safety car coming out, which he said could have ruined his chance of winning. But he held off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel to take the victory. Hes nowjust seven points behind vettel in the drivers standings. Andrea dovizioso won the british motogp at silverstone and now leads the championship. Marc marquez lost his place at the top of the standings when his honda broke down with seven laps to go. Dovizioso took the lead from Valentino Rossi with just three laps left and held on to take the chequered flag. Britains Cal Crutchlow was fourth, while Scott Redding was eighth. Britains chris froome will enjoy todays rest day on the vuelta a espana after extending his lead over Esteban Chaves to 36 seconds. The Tour De France champion made his break for victory with a few hundred yards to go at the end of yesterdays 108 mile ninth stage. Afterwards froome said he couldnt have asked to be in a better position. And finally, well go back to the scottish premiership and rangers 3 1 win at ross county, weve been keeping this goal up our sleeve. Not great viewing for fans of ross county, im afraid. Their goalkeeper, scott fox, got a bit too fancy with his footwork allowing the quick thinking alfredo morelos to out fox him for his and rangers second goal. I want to know how he forgot he was there. 0nly seconds when by. Hejust thought, oh. Patsy saw a mate in the crowd and thought i will be clever. Perhaps he. The crowd and thought i will be clever. Perhaps he. Perhaps he needs to switch to quidditch. That isa needs to switch to quidditch. That is a bit harsh. Investigators still dont know the cause of a suspected chemical leak along the east sussex coast. Police are still investigating. Approximately 150 people were treated in hospital after complaining of irritation to their eyes and throats. Simonjones reports. This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. With streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by Emergency Services in gas marks. The mist quickly spread further along the coast. I had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head, and nausea. We all panicked. Everyone, you know, anxiety was high and we were all shaking and getting really nervous and everything. We just didnt really know what to do. More than 100 people headed to hospital in eastbourne where they went through a decontamination process. Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was an absolute emergency. The police, the fire service, and the rnli. Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed. What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear. It appears to have come from the coast somewhere. I know in previous incidences we have had here, it has come from an industrial unit in france and stuff like that. We will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has all come from. The gas seems to have blown away and thousands are prepared to flock to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday, the Police Believe it is isolated and it is not expected to happen again. Laura knight had been enjoying the weekend sunshine with her family at birling gap. She joins us now from her home in brighton. When did you realise something was wrong . It was a bright and sunny day. Beach was packed. Clear skies. We noticed a haze coming in. Visibility got poor. You could not see the cliffs. We still do not think much. Then my eyes fell painful. We thought perhaps it was the seawater because we had been swimming. Than others were having the same effect and we saw that. 0thers the same effect and we saw that. Others were leaving the beach. I wa nted others were leaving the beach. I wanted to try and enjoy the sunshine as much as possible and stay. But then someone came and said they were evacuating. When we saw the fire brigade with gas masks, we thought wed better get out. That is when we left. How has it left you feeling, how has it affected you . We all had sore eyes, sore throats, a dry chest. As we came off the beach, it really hit. We were all coughing and its a bit. My children were very upset because their eyes were painful. I was coughing until ten oclock this morning, still with a dry cough. Fingers crossed nothing bad has happened. It is not what you would expect on a sunny day on the beach, is it . Definitely not. It doesnt really happen here. We werent expecting that. Hopefully we will find out what the issue is. We still live on the coast. It is concerning. My children were especially upset. They were evacuating everyone. There were still cows and sheep is on the field and all of that. There is a huge concern about what this might be. The beach is open again today. We can see from the pictures that the Emergency Services were there quickly. They seems to be. We were evacuated when they were concerned. Seemed to be. When we were leaving, everyone was told to leave and was evacuated. Then we saw ambulances and police heading to the area. We dont know what it is yet. Will you go back to the beach today . We might, brighton seemed fine although it might get easy being a bank holiday. We will see, we dont wa nt bank holiday. We will see, we dont want it to put us off. How are your children . They were fast asleep, fingers crossed they will be ok. They seemed to suffer the least. They seemed to suffer the least. They were swimming for most of it, perhaps because they were a bit lower it didnt affect them quite so much. They would be up and complaining if there was a problem. Thank you very much. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning. Thousands of people have been rescued in houston, texas, after it suffered what authorities have described as catastophic flooding. More than 100 people have been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak along the east sussex coast. Should we find out what is happening with the weather this morning . Terrible conditions in houston at the moment, quite unprecedented. The duration, it could be around a week solidly by the end. We have already had a0 inches of rain falling in some areas, to the east of houston there has been a significant storm surge. As well as the rainfall, more than 60 tornadoes were reported during the course of the weekend. For many of us, a warm and dry start. Turning cooler later on, High Pressure returning. Today, High Pressure returning. Today, High Pressure sitting out across the near continent. This front is sitting across the north west, edging south east. Bringing cloud, at brea ks south east. Bringing cloud, at breaks of rain, windy conditions in scotland. For south east scotland, dry weather this morning england and wales faring well. Feeling warm, if not hot. Patchy rain across Northern Ireland, sunny skies returning to northern scotland. Quite windy here with a few scattered showers. Patchy rain with the borders of scotland. Looking at lots of sunshine, cloud pushing in from the north west. High cloud around, hazy sunshine. Across wales and the south west of england, warm and funny. Into the afternoon, lower cloud moving into cornwall in the afternoon. Temperatures in the mid 20s, we could see up to 29 degrees across some parts of the south east of england and into london. This evening, patchy rain in the north edging south. Rain for parts of Northern England and wales overnight. To the north, cooler and fresher with scattered showers. 0vernight, temperatures are 11 12. Muqqy 0vernight, temperatures are 11 12. Muggy and sticky in the south east, temperatures around 17 degrees overnight. Tomorrow, a front through central parts of the country. To the south and east, another sunny and hot day. Temperatures set to reach mid high 20s. Calland hot day. Temperatures set to reach mid high 20s. Call and fresh conditions moving in, a return to sunshine and scattered showers. Low pressure through the middle of the week bringing rainfall, cooler conditions. In the end of the week, High Pressure. For many of us, warm and funny. Cooler, showers later in the week. That is what Everyone Wants to hear. It was one of the most familiar names in the high street, but today marks a year since the last bhs Stores Closed, after the retailer went into administration. It brought to an end nearly 90 years of trading for the famous chain. So whats happened to all the empty shops . Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. Bhs, one of the best known names on the high street. It had its heyday, but last year, nearly 90 years of trading came to an end. And the question, who would fill this gap . At this shopping centre, a shiny new department store. The newjobs for these two former bhs staff. We couldnt get anyone in to fix anything for bhs, but now weve got brand new everything. It is like moving out, having it refurbished and moving straight back in. Whatever was going on in in this building, we would be interested. The fact that we both worked here is amazing. It is a good outcome, but what has happened to the other 159 bhs stores around the uk . More than half are empty. 35 properties have plans in place. Four are being demolished. 0nly plans in place. Four are being demolished. Only 25 of the former bhs stores have so far been reoccupied. That is about one in six shops. I am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied, many of them are very large and costly to reoccupied, and they are in marginal towns where there is a lot of competition from other locations. Those retailers who would normally have been there in the past have moved elsewhere. I have lived here all my life, i remember being dragged around on a saturday morning with my mum. It would never be a complete visit without coming to bhs. There is a gaping hole now. The council is spending millions on improving the town centre. They are convinced a solution can be found. It isa convinced a solution can be found. It is a shame, because it is actually a successful shopping centre. 90 of units are let. We feel there is a lot of attentional interest in this building. I think there is an incredible opportunity. I think it can be easy to be let. But they may need to come up with something creative than just another shop. The same goes for many of the otherformer bhs stores shop. The same goes for many of the other former bhs stores sitting empty. If i was to say the quaffle, bludgers and the snitch it could only mean one thing quidditch. The flying broom based sport featured heavily in the harry potter books. A more gravity challenged version has been growing in popularity since it was first played in the us, back in 2005. And over the weekend, the first ever British Premier League championships took place at the stadium of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League side. 0ur entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson was there. Quidditch, very much harry potters favourite sport. Very much a real thing now. Teams battling it out for the Quidditch Premier League championship. The first time it has been played in the uk at a professional stadium. We have lots of people coming down, they get to see that it is a real sport. Quidditch has three main rules. When you get hit by this, you have to go back into your hoop. This is the golden snitch, if you catch it, you get extra points and it ends the game. For the players, all this is done with one of these between their legs. If you get hit by a blood to or it comes between your legs, you have to go and tag back in at your hoops. Would it be easier if you could fire . Yes, much easier. Bludger. It was clear to see how seriously they were taking it. This isa seriously they were taking it. This is a pre match team talk. Seriously they were taking it. This is a pre match team talk. What colour are roses . Read is a pre match team talk. What colourare roses . Read is a pre match team talk. What colour are roses . Read red is a pre match team talk. What colour are roses . Read red the result of this tackle. Colour are roses . Read red the result of this tackle. Itss broken. And this man is the commentator. Many of the players we re commentator. Many of the players were attracted to the sport by a certain wizard. Probably at the top end of fans. But it is so separate now but i am separating quidditch from harry potter. That is not true of everyone. I have never read the books. Not even the quidditch sections . No. There were no tactics in there. West midlands verse the south east in the finals. A tight contest, but finally, a game ending catch. I got the snitch in the end, thanks to my ears. Presented with a trophy that was bigger than ron weasley. The sport is going to be recognised by sport england, and one day it could be a case of harry potter and the olympic sport my peers. It isa it is a brutal game. It is in the books as well. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmed. Its day two of londons largest annual street party, and after much attention was given to crime by police and media in the run up to the Notting Hill Carnival, its been the atmosphere and hugs for the Emergency Services which has been the reality. Firefighters and paramedics were among those who bowed their heads in tribute to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire injune. Carnival goers then spontaneously started to give them hugs and words of gratitude. Theres a serious message for train enthusiasts to not risk their lives getting a picture of a special steam train leaving Kings Cross Station today. The tornado is heading to norfolk and on its previous outing people have stood on the tracks to take pictures. Network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. Dogs are being signed up to become blood donors due to increased demand from vets. Three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along provided they meet a special criteria. More than a thousand dogs needed a transfusion last year and that number is growing. A look at the travel now, and you may already know theres a major disruption at six main london rail stations due to planned engineering works. But lets look at the tube board. The dlr has no service between stratford and bow church due to crossrail work. An amended timetable is in place elsewhere. 0n the 0verground, crossrail work means no service also between stratford and bow church. The victoria line has late finishing engineering works. Tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street. And on the trams, theres no service between New Addington and lloyd park. And its mainly quiet on the roads. But there are closures due to the Notting Hill Carnival around harrow road, notting hill gate, queensway and clarendon road. Finally in fulham, dawes road is closed at mirabel road due to a police incident. Lets have a check on the weather now with georgina. Good morning. It may surprise you to hear that we are going to have a Pleasant Bank holiday monday. Looking dry this morning and through the day, pretty sunny as well. Right from the start, in fact. A few mist and fog patches this morning, but fairly short lived. Light winds, temperatures up to 28 degrees. We may see 29, possibly even close to 30 degrees. A hot day, definitely need the sunscreen. This evening could be a bit uncomfortable, clear skies but in some spots temperatures not getting below 18 degrees. Some cloud in the early morning, perhaps the more mist and fog. Tomorrow, an outside chance of showers. They may be a bit heavy or thundery, but many of us getting away with a dry day, temperatures about 27 degrees. Some wet weather on the way on wednesday, temperatures taking quite a deep so probably feeling quite chilly. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello. This is breakfast, with Steph Mcgovern and louise minchin. Scenes of devastation as catastrophic flooding hits the us city of houston. Desperate rescue efforts are taking place. Thousands of people have been rescued with a years worth of rain expected to fall in just one week. Roads have been turned into rivers as people are urged to get to high ground. We prayed a lot. We just. We praised god and we were rescued, so we are very grateful. 0ne care home had to be evacuated after its residents were submerged in waist deep water. Well be live in texas with the latest. Good morning. Its monday the 28th of august. Also this morning a chemical haze along the east sussex coast leaves more than 100 people needing hospital treatment. Round three of brexit talks. Uk negotiators say they want flexibility and imagination from the eu. Good morning. Coming up in the sport arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls a disastrous a 0 loss to liverpool. Invented byjk rowling, played by harry potter, and now a real life sport. Well bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier League final. How much easier would it be if you could fly . So much easier, but health and safety would have a field day. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. For many of us across the country, it is a bank holiday today. The weather is shaping up fine. Cloud for scotland and Northern Ireland. I will have an update in 15 minutes along with an update in 15 minutes along with an update on what is happening in texas. Good morning. First, our main story. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past a8 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake. Rescuers in boats, helicopters, and lorries, have been bringing people to safety. Forecasters say the storm is on track to dump a record 50 inches of rain on the state. We want people to know in this city that if you have a need, we will get to you. I simply ask you remain calm and a little patient. But we will get to you. Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift and treacherous. In these conditions, making the wrong turning can quickly become a matter of life and death. We just. We prayed a lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so we are very thankful. You get a sense here ofjust how quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city in the United States has now ground to a halt. Motorways are cut off, both the airports are closed, and 3,000 soldiers have mobilised to help. President trump plans to visit tomorrow. He will find a city in crisis. James cook, bbc news, houston. Extraordinary pictures. Earlier we spoke to Kristen Anderson from houston, who was stuck on a roof for hours until she was rescued. I was at my house on friday night. A tornado hit my house. I left to a friends house. The water started arriving to the front yard. We got in ourcars. At arriving to the front yard. We got in our cars. At 1130 this morning, the water got too high. It was 13 inches from the roof. We had to claim out her window and climb on the roof and call for help. Climb. That is terrifying. How long we re climb. That is terrifying. How long were you there . 2. 5 hours. Were you trying to get the Emergency Services . Yes. I posted it on facebook. We literally went number by number calling and they were either busy or did not answer. I posted on my facebook where i was and said posted on my facebook where i was and said i need help. Please send help. Two hours later a civilian boat came out in and took us to the Convention Centre. Tell us what you we re Convention Centre. Tell us what you were thinking on the roof. Did you worry about a point where you could not even stay on the roof . Yes. My friend was actually in hurricane katrina. I have not been able to get in touch with them. It got to the point where i was not sure if anyone was coming. I was never told to evacuate. I did not know. Friday evening was the last time i was at home. I could only charge my phone today. I was turning it on and off. Incredible. And it is still ongoing. We will keep you up to date. Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast. Beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say theyre investigating what caused the haze. Simonjones reports. This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. With streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by Emergency Services wearing gas marks. The mist quickly spread further along the coast. I had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head, and nausea. We all panicked. Everyone, you know, anxiety was high and we were all shaking and getting really nervous and everything. We just didnt really know what to do. More than 100 people headed to hospital in eastbourne where they went through a decontamination process. Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was an absolute emergency. The haze prompted a huge response from the ambulance service, the police, the fire service, and the rnli. Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed. What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear. It appears to have come from the coast somewhere. I know in previous incidences we have had here, it has come from an industrial unit in france and stuff like that. We will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has all come from. The gas seems to have blown away and thousands are prepared to flock to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday, the Police Believe it is isolated and it is not expected to happen again. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the m1 near Milton Keynes on saturday. Ryszard masierak, whos 31 and from worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over the alcohol limit. The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month. A team of British Government officials returns to brussels today for the latest round of brexit negotiations, with both sides warning theres no real prospect of a breakthrough. The eu continues to insist that there has to be progress on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk, the amount the uk will pay when it leaves the union, the so called divorce bill, and the future of the irish border. But brexit secretary, david davis, will today demand more flexibility and imagination in the european approach to the talks. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent chris mason. Good morning. We have talked about this before. Is there a breakthrough . The short answer is no. But the argument coming from both sides is the complexity and the nature of the detail they are having to go through means we should not be surprised by that and see it as a negative. The realfrustration on the british side is there has to be a shuffle on in terms of the timing. They want to get on with the whole business of what the relationship looks like after leaving the eu as opposed to this on tangling of the current arrangement. Untangling. At the moment, the problem with the british side is the other 27 members of the eu have set this timetable down and there is nothing they can down and there is nothing they can do about it. There will be a lot of discussion this week about that divorce bill. Hugely controversial. And there will be hope on both sides that by autumn there can be progress. Thank you very much. We will check in with you shortly. And at 8 20, well be talking about this to Phillip Blond from the centre right think tank respublica. Eight mountain climbers have died in three separate incidents this weekend in the austrian and italian alps. Five people were killed and another seriously injured after an accident on mount gabler on sunday. While in northern italy, two climbers died in the Adamello Brenta National Park and another close to the swiss border. A rare Sumatran Tiger born has been born at a zoo in north yorkshire. The sex of the animal is yet unknown and is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years with triplets being born to the same breeding pair in 201a. The tigers are classified as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left in the wild, down from 1,000 a0 years ago. They are the rarest and smallest subspecies of tiger in the world, and have the narrowest stripes. There it is. A little baby waking up to the world and wondering what is going on. Millions of us need to take time out from our careers to care for our children or an elderly relative, but rejoining the workforce can be tricky. Recent figures suggest there are around a00,000 women currently on a career break who will want, or need to return to the workplace in the future. But three in five of these women are likely to move into lower skilled or lower paid jobs. The government says its spending £5 million to tackle the problem, and hope this initial scheme will get a50 Public Sector workers back into employment. Joining us in the studio now is helen bryce founder of the guilty mothers club, and sheila flavell, chief operating officer for a global it firm. What do you think of these proposals . Anything that supports people getting back into work is a positive thing. I found people getting back into work is a positive thing. Ifound it people getting back into work is a positive thing. I found it is difficult to get back. I support mothers who take time out for a career, go on maternity, and your confidence can be rocked. You can doubt whether you still have skills. You can doubt the networks you have. But the talent of the people i meet and the skills, they can be so better utilised if they get support. A great start. It is notjust women who take breaks. What are the biggest problems for people returning to work . Lots of confidence being lost. First of all they dont know how to get back in to the workplace. They feel they are deskilled and dont have confidence and dont know where to start. There is no central hub for people to find jobs. I know you have three children. What was it like going back . You need support with lots of different areas. It is notjust about experience. The government scheme is brilliant. It is a positive move. But why are all these women moving . 55,000 are pushed out. It is not just women moving . 55,000 are pushed out. It is notjust child care, but that is not acceptable quality at the moment. We have to look at why they are leaving. We have to look at flexible work. It is notjust a female issue. We are having a few problems with your line, but i want to ask more questions. You talk about a central hub. The government is putting in muggy. Is that going to help . I think it is fantastic news the government has announced this extra money for the Public Sector. It is a start. It is a step in the right direction. But it is a drop in the ocean. At the moment, you know, i myself was a returner as well. If you are looking to get back into the workplace, where do you start . I suggest you go in to a Search Engine and just type in uk returners programmes and see what comes up. I work in the technology sector. Techuk, the Technology Trade body, they work hard with groups like the fdn and a list hubs. That is somewhere to restart your career. Your husband has taken a career break, is he going to return to work . How does he feel about it . He is going to, although he might not know it yet. He has had a career break, which i think is brilliant. Internships are one of the things that they talk about sharing in terms of the gender pay gap. With more men taking career breaks, it should be good. The comments hes had so far have been really positive. People say things like, arent you brave . I dont think anyone would say that to me. On the whole, people have been very positive and interested by it. People need to keep shouting about it, women and men need to take career breaks and feel 0k to go back. We would love to hear from you have you struggled to rejoin the work force . What would have helped you get back to work . You can email us at bbcbrea kfast bbc. Co. Uk, or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. And you can tweet about todays stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast. The headlines this morning. Thousands of people have been rescued in houston, texas after it suffered what authorities have described as catastophic flooding. More than 100 people have been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak along the east sussex coast. Lets find out what the weather has in store this Bank Holiday Monday. Heres sarah. Luckily we are not having the problems they are having in texas. Yes, normally bank holiday seas a lot of low pressure, we are continuing to see the effects of Tropical Storm javier. Since it started raining in texas on thursday night, we have seen several inches of rainfall harvey. We have also seen a storm surge nine feet above ground level. Certainly on the other side of the atlantic, a quieter story. This is how it looks in derbyshire. Some sunshine around, a warm start to the week. Things turning cooler and settled from the north west, then High Pressure is set to return. A frontal system moving on from the north west today. Set to bring a bit more cloud across scotla nd set to bring a bit more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland. Breezy conditions with patchy reigns. Sinking south east. Across england and wales, we should keep the sunshine for most of the day. Feeling warm if not hot this afternoon. Patchy rain in Northern Ireland through the afternoon. A few showers, quite windy. Rain sinking in across southern scotland. Moving into north east england, some sunshine lasting into the afternoon. Cloud in the north west of england and wales, the odd shower in the evening hours. For much of wales in the south west of england, a fine and sunny day. Not blue skies wall to wall, but temperatures mostly in the mid 20s. 29 degrees in a few spots in the south east. An outside chance of a few spots reaching 30 degrees. Some patchy rain across Northern England and wales tonight. Returning to fresher conditions with clear skies tomorrow. In the south east, warm and sticky overnight. Through the day tomorrow, that weather front quite weak. Still quite warm and funny in the south east. We could see temperatures in the high 20s. Further north, clearer conditions with some sunshine and scattered showers. Low pressure in the middle of the week will bring cooler conditions, pushing out of the way in the end of the week, returning to High Pressure. For many of us, warm and dry, rain arriving in the middle of the week with sunshine later on. It doesnt sound too bad and it is very sobering with what is going on in houston. We could see rain continuing until wednesday night, unprecedented rainfall. Not out of the woods just yet. The storm is weakening, but it will stay put. Producing heavy rain for a few days. It was one of the most familiar names in the high street, familiar names in the high street, but today marks a year since the last bhs Stores Closed, after the retailer went into administration. It brought to an end nearly 90 years of trading for the famous chain. So whats happened to all the empty shops . Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. Bhs, one of the best known names on the high street. It had its heyday, but last year, nearly 90 years of trading came to an end. And the question, who would fill this gap . At this shopping centre, a shiny new department store. The newjobs for these two former bhs staff. We couldnt get anyone in to fix anything for bhs, but now weve got brand new everything. It is like moving out, having it refurbished and moving straight back in. For us, itss like a home from home. Whatever was whatever was going on in in this building, we would be interested. The fact that we both worked here is amazing. It is a good outcome, but what has happened to the other 159 bhs stores around the uk . More than half are empty. 35 properties have deals or plans in place. Four are being demolished. Only 25 of the former bhs stores have so far been reoccupied. That is about one in six shops. I am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied, many of them are very large and costly to reoccupy, and they are in marginal towns where there is a lot of competition from other locations. Those retailers who would normally have been there in the past have moved elsewhere. Being dragged around on a saturday morning with my mum. I have lived in stockport all my life, i remember being dragged around on a saturday morning with my mum. It would never be a complete visit without coming to bhs. There is a gaping hole now. The council is spending millions on improving the town centre. Its leader is convinced a solution can be found. It is a shame, because it is actually a successful shopping centre. 90 of units are let. We feel there is a lot of potential interest in this building. I think there is an incredible opportunity. I think it can be easy to be let. But they may need to come up with something creative than just another shop. The same goes for many of the other former bhs stores sitting empty as well. That was such a big story at the time. Having a look at the papers this morning. The telegraph, talking about school cheating. Three schools we re about school cheating. Three schools were embroiled in a cheating scandal amid accusations that pupils were told about questions. I am sure a lot of you enjoyed the weather of the weekend, but about lovely picture. The times has a story about a drug that could cut the risk of repeat heart attacks. Another front in the fight against one of britains biggest killers. That story is about eight White Christian child who was taken from their family, forced to live with a foster carer where will she was allegedly forced not to learn christianity. Another story about that had dropped. Alzheimers victims, pa rents dropped. Alzheimers victims, parents talking about their children being struck down by the disease. Talking about brexit, a lot of negotiations ahead. They are saying labour have faced furious accusations. If you are an arsenal fan, dont buy the papers. Alexis sanchezisin fan, dont buy the papers. Alexis sanchez is in focus, for renegotiating his contract. Everyone is thinking, why would he stay . didnt see this one some very cute owls time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmed. Its day two of londons largest annual street party, and after much attention was given to crime by police and media in the run up to the Notting Hill Carnival, its been the atmosphere and hugs for the Emergency Services which has been the reality. Firefighters and paramedics were among those who bowed their heads in tribute to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire injune. Carnival goers then spontaneously started to give them hugs and words of gratitude. A look at the travel now, and you may already know theres theres a serious message for train enthusiasts to not risk their lives getting a picture of a special steam train leaving Kings Cross Station today. The tornado is heading to norfolk and on its previous outing people have stood on the tracks to take pictures. Network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. Dogs are being signed up to become blood donors due to increased demand from vets. Three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along provided they meet a special criteria. More than a thousand dogs needed a transfusion last year and that number is growing. A look at the travel now, and you may already know theres a major disruption at six main london rail stations due to planned engineering works. But lets look at the tube board. The dlr has no service between stratford and bow church due to crossrail work. An amended timetable is in place elsewhere. 0n the 0verground, crossrail work means no service also between stratford and bow church. The victoria line has late finishing engineering works. Tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street. And on the trams, theres no service between New Addington and lloyd park. And its mainly quiet on the roads. Finally in fulham, dawes road is closed at mirabel road due to a police incident. Lets have a check on the weather now with georgina. Good morning. It may surprise you to hear that we are going to have a Pleasant Bank holiday monday. Looking dry this morning and through the day, pretty sunny as well. Right from the start, in fact. A few mist and fog patches this morning, but fairly short lived. Light winds, temperatures up to 28 degrees. We may see 29, possibly even close to 30 degrees. A hot day, definitely need the sunscreen. This evening could be a bit uncomfortable, clear skies but in some spots temperatures not getting below 18 degrees. Some cloud in the early morning, perhaps the more mist and fog. Tomorrow, an outside chance of showers. They may be a bit heavy or thundery, but many of us getting away with a dry day, temperatures about 27 degrees. Some wet weather on the way on wednesday, temperatures taking quite a deep so probably feeling quite chilly. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello. This is breakfast with Steph Mcgovern and louise minchin. Well bring you all the latest news catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past a8 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people. Others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape. Major roads are underwater and hospitals have been evacuated. Earlier we spoke to cbs correspondent, kenneth craig, who was in houston. The weather has not let up. We thought we had a break a few minutes ago. The skies cleared and it was actually pleasant. Then the rain picked up again. These are the outer bands of harvey, dumping inches of rain expected to continue for the next few days. A 2 million square feet facility, the Convention Centre, has been open for anyone who needs it. Several dozen people were already waiting there when we went. A woman who had her baby and umbrella with no shoes and just a few diapers and the clothes on her back spoke to us. She was desperate for cover. The president will be here on tuesday at some point. He said he did not want to come here for a few days to let authorities and local officials do their work and local officials do their work and to not be a distraction. We understand he will be here at some point on tuesday to assess the damage. He signed an Emergency Declaration early on to give Financial Resources and manpower to help assist with the situation. The coastguard is involved. Thousands of Service Members and additional local and state authorities. We will see what he has to say on tuesday. We will get more later on. Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast. Beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say theyre investigating what caused the haze but that the beaches will be open as normal today. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the m1 near Milton Keynes on saturday. Ryszard masierak, whos 31 and from worcestershire, is also accused of causing serious injury to four people and being over the alcohol limit. The driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month. A team of British Government officials returns to brussels today for the latest round of brexit negotiations, calling for more flexibility and imagination in the european approach to the talks. But the eu continues to insist progress must be made on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk, the amount britain will pay when it leaves the union, as well as the future of the irish border. Eight mountain climbers have died in three separate incidents this weekend in the austrian and italian alps. Five people were killed and another seriously injured after an accident on mount gabler on sunday. While in northern italy, two climbers died in the Adamello Brenta National Park and another close to the swiss border. A rare Sumatran Tiger has been born at a zoo in north yorkshire. It is the fourth cub to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years. The same breeding pair had triplets in 201a. The tigers are classified as critically endangered, with approximately 300 left in the wild. They are the rarest and smallest subspecies of tiger in the world, and have the narrowest stripes. Have a look at that. At the moment we cannot see any of them. Look at it, though, so cute. Hopefully the mother comes back. The weather is coming up soon. She is looking at houston as well. Arsenal. A 0, what a thrashing nothing cute about that. Arsene wenger must be thinking 0h, that. Arsene wenger must be thinking oh, no, not again. They played poorly yesterday. Where was the attitude and the intensity . The times sums it up. Unwatchable, unforgivable, unacceptable. That is because players like alexis sanchez, who still has not signed a new contract, the deadline ends on thursday, he has not signed one, he looks like he did not want to be there. This attitude sums it up. Liverpool for them to shreds. Their defence was pathetic, as the fans called it. In the premier league there was an emphatic victory for liverpool as they thrashed arsenal by four goals to nil at anfield. The reds were already a goal up before this brilliant effort from sadio mane. It was a dominant display byjurgen klopps side, capped by Daniel Sturridges late goal. We were really organised. If you give arsenal a little bit of space and time, they will tend to do what they want to do. We were not at a level of commitment physically and mentally as well. A performance like that is, of course, very disappointing. Tottenham hotspur are still without a premier league win at wembley. Chris wood scored on his league debut in the 92nd minute to earn burnley a 1 1 draw. Both teams have four points from three games. Champions chelsea made it back to back wins by beating everton 2 0. Cesc fabregas opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge before new signing Alvaro Morata headed in the second just before half time. And stokes peter crouch made the most of a defensive mix up to end west broms100 start to the season. His equaliser earned them a 1 1 draw. In the scottish premiership, dundee secured their first point of the season to lift themselves off the bottom of the table. A 1 1 draw against hibs at dens park ended a run of five league defeats in a row. And rangers won, 3 1, at ross county. Youd have to say its advantage west indies heading into the fourth day of the second test against england in leeds. Joe roots team are playing catch up in their second innings. Mark stoneman hit a maiden test half century before being bowled for 52. Root will resume unbeaten on a5 with england leading by only two runs. They have seven wickets in hand. Lewis hamilton celebrated his 200th race in formula one with a faultless display to win the belgian grand prix. The three time World Champion started on pole but was angry about a safety car coming out, which he said could have ruined his chance of winning. But he held off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel to take the victory. Hes nowjust seven points behind vettel in the drivers standings. Britains chris froome will enjoy todays rest day on the vuelta a espana after extending his lead over Esteban Chaves to 36 seconds. The Tour De France champion made his break for victory with a few hundred yards to go at the end of yesterdays 108 mile ninth stage. Afterwards froome said he couldnt have asked to be in a better position. And finally, well go back to the scottish premiership and rangers 3 1 win at ross county, weve been keeping this goal up our sleeve. Not great viewing for fans of ross county, im afraid. Their goalkeeper, scott fox, got a bit too fancy with his footwork allowing the quick thinking alfredo morelos to out fox him for his and rangers second goal. I want to know how he forgot he was there. You have to see it a second time to realise how, collette is. People must be thinking what are they doing how comical it is. Must be thinking what are they doing how comical it is. Dont be clever. Thank you. Thank you very much. Prince william and harry have spoken in depth about the life and loss of their mother in a bbc documentary aired last night. Diana, seven days told the story of her death and the extraordinary public outpouring of grief that surrounded her funeral. It is, the princes say, the last time they will speak publicly about the events. Lots of people were talking about this on social media last night. It is still one of the most trending topics this morning. Lets take a look. The car, a blue mercedes, appears to have overturned in a narrow tunnel. The death of the princess of wales feels all of us with deep shock and grief. Fills. of wales feels all of us with deep shock and grief. Fills. I was numb, disoriented, dizzy, and you feel very, very confused. One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died my grandmother wanted to protect her to grandson s and our father. 0ur grandmother deliberately removed the newspapers so we didnt know what was going on. Sadly, a lot of my memories revolve around trying to cheer her up. She cried more about press intrusion than anything else in her life. One of the hardest things to come to terms with is that the same people who chased into the tunnel were taking photos of her while she was dying on the back seat of the car. It was new territory, nobody had seen anything like this before. My grandmother and father believed that we were better served out in balmoral, having the walk in space and peace to be with the family. Why would you put them in london . Why wouldnt you let them get over the shock in the comfort of their family . I think it was a very hard decision for my grandmother to make. She felt very torn between being a grandmother and being the queen. My mother, she had been challenging the royal family for many years. She religiously put on her seatbelt. Why not at night . I will never know. A lot of people talking about it last night. Lets talk about it. Dickie arbiter is a former press secretary to the queen and media managerfor Prince Charles and princess diana. Hejoins us from our london newsroom. Some of it is painful to watch. Good morning. Yes, it was painful. It brought back many memories. But it was an extremely good documentary. It was well put together. It was a discarding of a monosyllabic narrator. It was a masterpiece of documentary making. William and harry were being frank about what happened 20 years ago. I am glad they vindicated their grandmother, ifi they vindicated their grandmother, if i can use that, for their mother and father. Had they not stayed up there with william and harry and allowed them the space to vent their angen allowed them the space to vent their anger, they would not have been able to do what they did, walk about at Kensington Gardens on the thursday, and do with such dignity walking behind the carriage. They were good andi behind the carriage. They were good and i thought the contributors were excellent. Tell us about your memories of the decisions, very important decisions, being made at the time. The former downing street incumbents, i noticed they did not lacks in. It was interesting. Lacks in. It was interesting. Lack spin. From the first day, there was the suggestion from malcolm in the documentary there were two options for the funeral. 0ne the documentary there were two options for the funeral. One is the coffin goes into a hearse, and the other is a goes onto a gun carriage. Alastair campbell said it is too militaristic. De blasio it. If it goes on to a hearse you can reach out but you cannot touch it. Actually. You cannot touch it if it is on actually. You cannot touch it if it isona actually. You cannot touch it if it is on a gun carriage. Using a military gun carriage was fully justified because she was in the military ina justified because she was in the military in a way. Tell us about what you made of the public reaction at the time and 20 years on. Public reaction at the time, i believe, was whipped up by the media. They were looking for a story by the third day, wednesday, surrey, day four. Sorry. They were saying could the queen be in london . It is how you ask the question. All of the public will say of course she should. If you say, she should stay at balmoral with william and harry and give support, that would also get a positive answer. There was unnecessary and are given to the queen. I am glad william and harry came out in her defence, giving a reason for her position to stay at balmoral. The whole idea of a tribute to princess diana, the queen will always do that, she does that, she does not need to be told to do it. What she decides is when it is appropriate. She thought the eve of the funeral, when everyone was focused on it, was correct. She was spot on, and she was spot on with the message of the tribute. Thank you. If you have not seen the documentary, you can watch it on our website. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. This is a picture from the awful flooding in houston . Yes, we have had record amounts of rainfall since thursday. We are not out of the woods yet. A0 inches of rain has fallen to the east of houston, largely in the last 2a hours. We are not out of the woods yet. The storm is weakening, but it is slow moving and it should continue to produce heavy rain for a few more days as yet. High pressure dominating the uk today. This is how it works in cambridgeshire this morning. Through the week, a warm start. Things turning cooler from the north west. High pressure set to return again in the next weeks. High pressure out in the next weeks. High pressure out in the east of the uk. This weather front is moving in from the north west. A cold front introducing cooler conditions. Windy weather in Northern Ireland in scotland. A band of rain. Quite warm across eastern scotla nd of rain. Quite warm across eastern scotland and to wants the lower counties. England and wales see the most sunshine through the day. High levels of uv. Very warm, possibly the hottest august bank holiday on record. Scotland and Northern Ireland scene cool air, breezy. Patchy rain in the central belt by four oclock. Into north east england, sunshine dominates. For the bulk of wales, towards the south west of england, plenty of sunshine. Hazy at times, temperatures doing well. Heading towards the south east, we will see the highest temperatures. We could see 29 degrees. If we do, the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record. Through the evening, cloud and patchy rain in the north. Filtering south. A damp night to come for Northern England and wales. In the south east, warm and sticky air overnight. Fresherfurther north, temperatures 11 12 degrees. Through the day tomorrow, hot and sunny in the south east. There could be an isolated shower. Across the uk, fresher conditions. Sunshine and showers. 15 17 in the north. That doesnt look too bad. A group of british rowers are stuck on a remote norwegian island after attempting to row between norway and iceland. The polar row expedition ran into problems after bad weather meant that the boats solar powered batteries failed. Gold medallist alex gregory is one of crew. Well speak to him in a moment but this is the moment he landed on the island a few days ago. Iamon i am on the beach here, it is a tiny island north of iceland. We landed here yesterday, we went north 80 degrees and then south to hear. It has been a big journey, one i dont wish to repeat. The beach here is scattered with driftwood and whale bones. Long days of wailing here, hence the bones. We have been welcomed by the norwegian military. Whaling. It is a small base, 18 people live here. The hospitality has been unbelievable. They have saved our lives. It is a truly incredible place. It is fascinating to spend a bit of time here. Olympic gold medallist alex gregory joins us on the phone. You are smiling in this clip, but you are totally gutted . To be honest, no, it has been a really successful expedition. As you heard, we went from. I think we might have lost the line to alex there. I canjust hear have lost the line to alex there. I can just hear myself back. We will try to get back to him, it is quite a story. This 1200 mile record they have been trying to break. Maybe we can talk to him after this. If i was to say the quaffle, bludgers and the snitch it could only mean one thing quidditch. The flying broom based sport featured heavily in the harry potter books. 0ur entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson was there. A more gravity challenged version has been growing in popularity since it was first played in the us, back in 2005. And over the weekend, the first ever British Premier League championships took place at the stadium of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League side. 0ur entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson was there. Quidditch, created byjk rowling and very much harry potters favourite sport. And now, very much a real thing. Teams battling it out for the Quidditch Premier League championship. The first time it has been played in the uk at a professional stadium. We have lots of people coming down, they get to see that it is a real sport. Quidditch has three main rules. We use this to score goals, each tube is worth ten points. Each hoop. When you get hit by this, you have to go back into your hoop. This is the golden snitch, if you catch it, you get extra points and it ends the game. For the players, all this is done with one of these between their legs. If you get hit by a bludger or it comes between your legs, you have to go and tag back in at your hoops. Would it be easier if you could fly . Yes, much easier. It was clear to see how seriously they were taking it. This is a pre match team talk. What colour are roses . Yelling red the result of this tackle. Its broken. How sore . Really sore and this man is the commentator. Many of the players were attracted to the sport by a certain wizard. Probably at the top end of fans. But it is so separate now that i am separating quidditch from harry potter. That is not true of everyone. I have never read the books. Not even the quidditch sections . No. There were no tactics in there. West midlands verse the south east in the finals. A tight contest, but finally, a game ending catch. I got the snitch in the end, thanks to my peers. Presented with a trophy that was bigger than ron weasley. The sport is going to be recognised by sport england, and one day it could be a case of harry potter and the olympic sport. It looks a brutal game it is in the books as well. 0nce once they have the flying sorted out, we willjoin. I think you would be very good at it. I have watched them play in chester. They have a very good team. It makes you think, if you have ever read about sport that doesnt exist in real life, it could be created. That is exactly what i was thinking. As weve been hearing there was lots of response to the documentary diana, 7 days on social media last night. Cerulean man on twitter said he was impressed by the honestly and authenticity of the princes. Calling it a touching tribute to princess diana. You can catch up with diana 7, days on the bbc iplayer. We spoke earlier to the press secretary at the time and he said it was great to hear that princes talk about it. Still to come this morning i think there is too much hysteria around gender. For example, pink headbands on babies. They were joint winners of the edinburgh comedy award. Hannah gadsby will be with us after 830. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im asad ahmed. Its day two of londons largest annual street party, and after much attention was given to crime by police and media in the run up to the Notting Hill Carnival, its been the atmosphere and hugs for the Emergency Services which has been the reality. Firefighters and paramedics were among those who bowed their heads in tribute to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire injune. Carnival goers then spontaneously started to give them hugs and words of gratitude. Theres a serious message for train enthusiasts to not risk their lives getting a picture of a special steam train leaving Kings Cross Station today. The tornado is heading to norfolk and on its previous outing people have stood on the tracks to take pictures. Network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. Dogs are being signed up to become blood donors due to increased demand from vets. Three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along provided they meet a special criteria. More than a thousand dogs needed a transfusion last year and that number is growing. A look at the travel now, and you may already know theres a major disruption at six main london rail stations due to planned engineering works. But lets look at the tube board. The dlr has no service between stratford and bow church due to crossrail work. 0n the 0verground, crossrail work means no service also between stratford and bow church. The victoria line has late finishing engineering works. Tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street. Other Services Using that station are affected too. And on the trams, theres no service between New Addington and lloyd park. And on the trams, theres no service between New Addington and lloyd park. And its mainly quiet on the roads. But there are closures due to the Notting Hill Carnival around harrow road, notting hill gate, queensway and clarendon road. And tooting bec road is partly blocked at balham high road due to an accident near the station. Lets have a check on the weather now with georgina. Good morning. It may surprise you to hear that we are going to have a Pleasant Bank holiday monday. Looking dry this morning and through the day, pretty sunny as well. Right from the start, in fact. A few mist and fog patches this morning, but fairly short lived. Light winds, temperatures up to 28 degrees. We may see 29, possibly even close to 30 degrees. A hot day, definitely need the sunscreen. This evening could be a bit uncomfortable, clear skies but in some spots temperatures not getting below 18 degrees. Some cloud in the early morning, perhaps the more mist and fog. Tomorrow, an outside chance of showers. They may be a bit heavy or thundery, but many of us getting away with a dry day, temperatures about 27 degrees. Some wet weather on the way on wednesday, temperatures taking quite a deep so probably feeling quite chilly. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello. This is breakfast with Steph Mcgovern and louise minchin. Scenes of devastation as catastrophic flooding hits the us city of houston. Desperate rescue efforts are taking place as thousands of people are forced to leave their homes. Officials have described the rainfall as unprecedented. Roads have been turned into rivers as people are urged to get to high ground. We prayed a lot. We just. We praised god and we were rescued, so we are very thankful. 0ne care home had to be evacuated after residents were submerged in waist deep water. Well be have the latest from texas. Good morning. Its monday the 28th of august. Also this morning a chemical haze along the east sussex coast leaves more than 100 people needing hospital treatment for vomiting and streaming eyes. Round three of brexit talks. Uk negotiators say they want flexibility and imagination from the eu. Good morning. Coming up in sport arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls a disastrous a 0 loss to liverpool. Goldie tells us of how he feels about taking his new music out on tour. And we could well see the hottest ba n k tour. And we could well see the hottest Bank Holiday Monday on record today. A little more cloud further north, but i will have full forecast in 15 minutes. Thank you, sarah. Good morning. First, our main story. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past a8 hours, and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake. Rescuers in boats, helicopters, and lorries, have been bringing people to safety. Forecasters say the storm is on track to dump a record 50 inches of rain on the state. We want people to know in this city that if you have a need, we will get to you. I simply ask you remain calm and a little patient. But we will get to you. Anyone with a boat, large or small, has been pressed into service. But the flooded city streets are difficult to navigate. The currents are swift and treacherous. In these conditions, making the wrong turning can quickly become a matter of life and death. We just. We prayed a lot. And we just praised god and we were rescued, so we are very thankful. You get a sense here ofjust how quickly the situation is unfolding. The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise, and still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. The fourth largest city in the United States has now ground to a halt. Motorways are cut off, both the airports are closed, and 3,000 soldiers have mobilised to help. President trump plans to visit tomorrow. He will find a city in crisis. James cook, bbc news, houston. Around 150 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast of england. Beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. Police say theyre investigating what caused the haze, but the beaches will be open as normal today. Simonjones reports. This is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. With streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by Emergency Services wearing gas marks. The mist quickly spread further along the coast. We all had really sore eyes, throat, throbbing head, and nausea. My my children had sore eyes, i was coughing until ten oclock, and i still have a dry cough this morning. But fingers crossed, nothing lingering. More than 100 people headed to hospital in eastbourne where they went through a decontamination process. Others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was an absolute emergency. The haze prompted a huge response from the ambulance service, the police, the fire service, and the rnli. Residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed. What caused the chemical cloud is still unclear. It appears to have come from the coast somewhere. I know in previous incidents we have had here, it has come from an industrial unit in france and stuff like that. We will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has all come from. The gas now seems to have blown away, and as thousands prepare to flock to the beach for Bank Holiday Monday, the Police Believe it is isolated and it is not expected to happen again. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in a minibus who were killed in a crash on the m1 near Milton Keynes on saturday. Andy moore is in high wickham for us this morning. He is also the driver of a second lorry will appear in court next month. A team of British Government officials returns to brussels today for the latest round of brexit negotiations, with both sides warning theres no real prospect of a breakthrough. The eu continues to insist that there has to be progress on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk, the amount the uk will pay when it leaves the union, the so called divorce bill, and the future of the irish border. But brexit secretary david davis will today demand more flexibility and imagination in the european approach to the talks. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent chris mason. We have followed this for many months. When will there be signs of a breakthrough . That is the big question. To be honest, i dont have an answer, but i dont stop after a sentence, i will continue. An answer, but i dont stop after a sentence, iwill continue. The an answer, but i dont stop after a sentence, i will continue. The word is there isnt any expectation of a breakthrough or breakdown. Im told talks will be technical. David davis is out there this morning and there will be a News Conference at the end of the week. Lots of discussion about the specifics of this settlement, this divorce bill, which politically could be hugely tricky once a figure comes out in concrete terms from the european union. And then a real desire from the government to try and move on from this whole business of unpacking our aleix and ship with the european union, to what our relationship looks like after we have left. Michel barnier, the negotiator, bound by rules set down by the other 27 countries to do these things first, but i hope on the british side is within a couple of months they can talk about the future relationship. 0n the one hand, not a huge amount of time to go, on the other hand, a lot of talking to be done. There certainly is, and i know you will follow every twist and turn closely, thank you very much. It is just coming up to ten past eight. A group of british rowers are stuck ona a group of british rowers are stuck on a remote norwegian island after attempting to row between norway and ireland. The solar powered batteries failed. This is when they landed on the island a few days ago. failed. This is when they landed on the island a few days ago. I am on the island a few days ago. I am on the beach of a tiny island north of iceland. We landed here yesterday after rowing for 12 days, we went north from svalbard to the ice sheet and then down south to hear. It has been a hell of a journey, we dont wa nt to been a hell of a journey, we dont want to wish to repeat again. The beach here is scattered with driftwood and whalebones from old days of whaling. We have been welcomed by military people here, it isa welcomed by military people here, it is a small base. 18 people live here, and the hospitality has been unbelievable. They have saved our lives. It is a truly incredible place, it is fascinating to spend a bit of time here. Lets speak now to 0lympic medallist alex gregory who joins us on the phone. Fascinating to see you there, it is not where you wanted to be. How did you manage to get there . Hello, yes. It was an extraordinary journey, to get there . Hello, yes. It was an extraordinaryjourney, a fantastic journey. We set off, the team originally set off from tromso and went up to the svalbard where i joined and we went north, we ended up joined and we went north, we ended up 79 degrees, latitude, where we hit the ice and then we travelled down towards iceland. We stopped just before iceland on this island, an extraordinary place. We needed to come in for a bit of a respite after the journey south. You talk about a bit of a respite. Did you genuinely, where you fearing for your lives . Some of us were, some of us werent. Iam some of us were, some of us werent. I am really experienced rower, but a flat water rower, and im not used to the conditions out on the ocean, it is like i wasnt expecting it, but i had a reality check while i was out there. Some of the guys were com pletely co mforta ble, was out there. Some of the guys were completely comfortable, the more experienced members, so we all had to come to our own decisions. When we we re to come to our own decisions. When we were in the middle of the sea with swirls of four metres, it is a humbling place, a scary place, and when you are not used to being in those conditions, you start to think about your life and everything that is going on around, and i have a young family, i am a dad of three young family, i am a dad of three young kids, and i want to teach them that if you want to achieve something then you go and do it, but also i have to be realistic, and getting the opportunity to stop then allowed me to reassess from my point of view, i think it would be irresponsible to go back onto the water and finish of the short journey to iceland, so that was my decision, but the crew were all slightly differing opinions, but we are all respectful of each others opinions, and that is part of an expedition, part of a journey and working together as a team, and tha nkfully working together as a team, and thankfully we are great group of people and we are all understanding. So the expedition now is over, but what happens . How you return . This island is not an easy place to get to, and not an easy place to get off. It is an amazing island, a small volcanic island north of iceland, but it is a military base with a Meteorological Department as well, and a group of 18 norwegian people who live here, and they have been incredible, they have looked after us, fed us, given spence, they have become our friends, after us, fed us, given spence, they have become ourfriends, and after us, fed us, given spence, they have become our friends, and we cannot thank them enough for their hospitality. But we have to find a way ourselves to get ourselves off the island and out of their hair, we have probably overstayed our welcome, so were working hard on trying to find a way off, and i think it is going to be down to flagging down a boat, and we hear there is a vote coming past next week sometime so we are hoping to jump week sometime so we are hoping to jump aboard that. What an extraordinary thing to have to do. Tell us about your family, are they relieved to know you are safe at the moment . Of course there are they have been completely, totally supportive of this expedition and everything we have tried to do here. We have had a very successful expedition. We have 11 World Records to this point, it has been incredibly successful, more successful tha n incredibly successful, more successful than we thought it would be, actually, in terms of doing something that no one has done before. Being out on these waters, rowing these waters that no one has done before, so we have had an incredibly successful time, and now im looking forward to getting back to my family and spending time with my youngsters. Very good luck with hailing down that boat. Im not quite sure how youll do it, but im sure you were axed mike alex gregory, thank you very much. 0ne one of those stories where you know there is going to be a film coming out of it. Good luck to them. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning thousands of people have been rescued in houston, texas after it suffered what authorities have described as catastophic flooding. More than 100 people have been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak along the east sussex coast. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. We were just talking about the lead story, the awful weather in texas and that is a picture from there isnt it . Yes, seems like this where we have had heavy rainfall since thursday night, there has already been a0 inches of rainfall and there could be another ten inches over the next couple of days, and the storm surge of nine feet above ground level. Devastating flooding, more than 60 tornadoes to contend with hampering the rescue effort so the situation is set to get potentially a bit worse before it gets better with further days of rainfall to come but closer to home things are much quieter. Bank Holiday Weekend or across quieter. Bank Holiday Weekend or a cross m ost quieter. Bank Holiday Weekend or across most of the country, clear blue skies, after the warm dry start things will turn gradually cooler bit of rain through the middle of the week before High Pressure set to return once again High Pressure at the moment out towards the east of the moment out towards the east of the uk, meanwhile across the northwest a cold front which will importa northwest a cold front which will import a bit of rain and fresher conditions from the north west that brings when the wet weather across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland, further south across england and wales you should stay dry and pretty hot, the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record in fa ct. August bank holiday on record in fact. This afternoon the pressure sta rts fact. This afternoon the pressure starts to move and there is outbreaks of patchy rain, rain across the central belt, for the northern half of scotland it should stay fresh but bright and breezy. The patchy rain around the borders into Northern England cloud moving from the north west, many places staying dry and sunny, similar picture, sunshine and light winds, pleasa nt picture, sunshine and light winds, pleasant day across the south west of with temperatures in the mid 20s with the blue sky and sunshine, could see 29 degrees so towards london if we do it will be hottest Late August Bank Holiday record. The front slips further south, patchy rain into the midlands and wales, to the south east of that still in sticky and you mid air, 16 or 17 tonight but further night to warsi northwest and have the uk sunshine and scattered blustery showers and it will be fresher, that front through the midlands, towards the south east hot and dry once again, temperatures not as hot as today but did see 26 degrees. Bit of rainfor many today but did see 26 degrees. Bit of rain for many of us to the middle pa rt rain for many of us to the middle part of the week and then High Pressure valves as we look towards the end of the week. Some people are going to have a lovely day, thank you. Since brexit negotiations got underwayjust over two months ago, little progress appears to have been made. And as the latest round of talks begin today, both sides are warning theres not much chance of a breakthrough. The brexit secretary, david davis, is calling for more flexibility and imagination from his eu counterparts. Lets discuss what that might mean with Phillip Blond from the centre right think tank, respublica. Thank you forjoining us, we heard about david davies talking about flexibility and imagination, it sounds a bit desperate doesnt it . dont think it sounds desperate, i think its on point. The eu has chosen bureaucracy as its weapon and it isa chosen bureaucracy as its weapon and it is a formidable weapon and all of its positions are hard wired in so its positions are hard wired in so it cannot really change anything and the British Government is quite urgently desperate to Start Talking about trade because talking about the final outcome will allow the British Government to decide how it wa nts to British Government to decide how it wants to position these initial discussions but the eu wants to talk about Northern Ireland, the rights of eu citizens, and money most of all. And britain wants to talk about the final outcome because that will help britain make those decisions so i think david davies is right but the point is the eu cannot move, its an immovable object and Irresistible Force moment. So how do we do this . We are not talking about trade, that is key particularly to the economy so what can we do to move it on . I think the way this will take place is around transition arrangements and with labour changing over the weekend to say they support staying in the Single Market and with labour changing over the weekend to say they support staying in the Single Market and the Customs Union and the governmentto be out of both its around transition that space will take place but the trouble is we are starting to make transition so complicated that it will not be agreed and then we will have the cliff edge moment that transition was meant to avoid so it doesnt look like there is traction evenif doesnt look like there is traction even if we approach to the idea of how long the transition will be. Even if we approach to the idea of how long the transition will hem is so complicated but there has been afairamount of is so complicated but there has been a fair amount of criticism about her these talks are going so far, the former governor of the bank of england mervyn king has talked about as wasting a year already, do you think we are handling these negotiations well . I think everyone was attacking the British Government over having no position and now its produced a whole series of position papers that i think our fair and reasoned and more menu options, the way we could generate and we have now put a flag in the ground and i think they are quite lucid and open. Of the eu is determined to talk about money, britain does not want doc about money so we are beginning to negotiate well to be honest with you but theres not yet a negotiation because weve not yet decided on the transitional arrangements and i think that is where the will live. With labour now saying its the party of soft brexit politics has re entered brexit, since the vote there has been no Politics Around brexit now with labours change there is a new politics about brexit and this is the danger because around the transition arrangements conservative remain as well go with labour and then theresa may does not have the numbers to get the transitional arrangements she wants so that is where we are acts and things are by means decided not just where we are acts and things are by means decided notjust in brussels but also in westminster. Thanks for your time. Interesting to see as we go through the talks how everyone will change during that time because we will be talking about this for yea rs. We have already, yes absolutely right. 150,000 people are expected on the streets of leeds today to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of europes oldest traditional west Indian Carnival. 0ur reporter lara roston is there this morning. Good morning, how is it going, is anyone there yet . Good morning, there are not many people here at there are not many people here at the moment but i can assure you that this will be teeming with people later on, we were woken up with quite a loud noise this morning, the pyjama party, the warm up for the carnival here in leeds. It was loud, noisy, lots of people on the streets, i dont know if you have pictures of that right now but they have passed the park and today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the leeds west Indian Carnival and i have been looking at how it all started and speaking to the man at the helm them and still at the helm now. 82 year old author. This is the leeds west Indian Carnival a jaw dropping parade which last year attracted 160,000 visitors. Its been running every august Bank Holiday Monday since 1967, celebrating leeds Caribbean Community for five decades. The man behind it, 82 year old arthur france, a student from the west indies studying at leeds university. We need something that binds us together in harmony. And you dont need an invite you just come. He claims it was the first in europe. Notting hill havent got a carnival, notting hill have got a jamboree. Were the first carnival on the streets of europe. The first west Indian Carnival was leeds west Indian Carnival and we are still going strong and as the words say, we are jamming still. Now bigger and better, carnival is still rooted in authentic tradition with three elements costume, music and masquerade procession. 2,000 people are taking part in this years parade, many coming from all over the world, including the original carnival queen. Its the first time shes been back in 50 years. A recreation of her original dress forms the display at the citys tetley gallery. First ever carnival queen in europe. Real royalty its fantastic. Its really, really nice to see. I remember being this beautiful young girl, slim, you know, being asked, you know, if i would represent my country. Very reluctantly, i said yes, and i am so happy and so proud that idid just take the cards and bring it over. The large scale costumes are a major part of the parade around chapeltown which lasts four hours and covers two miles. And behind every costume is an army of helpers. Life without carnival is an alien concept to me. Ive always been a part of carnival and i absolutely love it. There are people that are not my family but i feel exceptionally close to, and that is only because carnival has done that and its brought us all together. Itsjust an airof jubilation, fun, festivity. It is the feeling of euphoria that you just cant even explain. The king and queens costumes are designed, the dances fine tuned and the music rehearsed. Now all they need is a bit of caribbean sunshine to make thousands of sequins sparkle on the street of yorkshire. If the sun is not shining it certainly sounds like it is with this lot, this is the carnival quire, love it, fantastic and the sun is going to use showing today which is lucky. Look at this little girl, isnt she beautiful . She is only seven and she has won the princess costume, the best costume and will be out with the parade and her mum, you made this, how long did it take . The mac four months. Four months . Did you help at all . No. Look, come and have a look at this, say hello. Hello. He is eight years old and he is prince and his mum is here, you have been taking part . Yes, i have been in my pyjamas. How important is it to get out and help the culture . Its amazing, i have been doing it since i was small, and i have introduced my children to it as well. Its a really special day for everyone. Hope you have a fantastic day, good luck. The whole carnival kicks off at around one oclock this afternoon, but i will leave you with these guys to say goodbye. Those costumes were fantastic. Imagine your mum and dad being able to make you one of those . You would last about two minutes in that. Lets get the news travel and weather where you are. Firefighters and paramedics bowed their heads to the victims of the groenefeld our fire in june. Carnival goers have also been making the most of the weekend sunshine. There is a serious message the train enthusiasts not to risk their lives getting a picture of a steam train leaving Kings Cross Station today. 0n leaving Kings Cross Station today. On its previous outing, people have stood on the tracks to take pictures, so network rail has asked the public to view the train from a safe distance and place. Dogs are being signed up to become blood donors due to increased demand from vets. Three practices in surrey, hertfordshire and berkshire run special donation clinics where people can bring their dogs along. Hundreds of dogs needed transfusion last year, and that number is going. There is a major disruption six main london role where stations due to planned engineering works. Lets look at the tube board. It is mainly quiet on the roads, but there are closures due to Notting Hill Carnival. Good morning. We are going to have a very pleasant back holiday monday. It is looking largely dry and sunny, right from the start, although there area right from the start, although there are a few mist and fog patches to content with first thing this morning. Light winds, temperatures getting up to 23,27 morning. Light winds, temperatures getting up to 23, 27 celsius, maybe even up to 30. Definitely a day for suncream. It could be a little uncomfortable tonight, fairly clear skies, but in some spots temperatures would dip below 18 celsius. Tomorrow an outside chance of seeing a shower, and they could bea of seeing a shower, and they could be a little heavy or thundery, but many of us will get away with a dry day, with temperatures reaching 27 celsius. There is wet weather on the way on wednesday, temperatures take a dip. We are back at 1pm when the lunchtime news. Have good morning. Major roads are underwater, hospitals have been evacuated due to the unprecedented conditions. A people have been treated at a hospital in mid sussex and a hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that rested along the south coast. Beaches between eastbourne. The beaches will between eastbourne. The beaches will be open as normal today. A lorry driver is due in court today accused of causing the death of by dangerous driving of eight people on the m1. Rysza rd driving of eight people on the m1. Ryszard masierak driving of eight people on the m1. Rysza rd masierak is driving of eight people on the m1. Ryszard masierak is also accused of causing death by dangerous driving. Progress must be made on the issues of the rights of eu citizens in the uk. The amount britain will pay when it leaves the european union, and the future of the irish border. A rare tiger has been born at a zoo in north yorkshire. It is the fourth cup to be born at Flamingo Land in more than 20 years. The same breeding pair had triplets in 201a. You can just see the carb on the right of the screen. These tigers are classified as critically endangered, there are 300 left in the wild. They are also the rarest of smallest species of tiger in the world, and they have the narrowest stripes. Nick is here to talk about arsenal fans, and he is one i knew you would mention at this picture behind you, Arsene Wenger. Do you think id from the end of last year or the start of this yearsame head in his hands again. The fans are getting stuck into him as well, because a lot of them wa nted as well, because a lot of them wanted to get rid of him at the end of last season, another two year contract, and basically, again, the tea m contract, and basically, again, the team isnt performing in defence, the strikers are not working for them, their new signing, £50 million, sitting on the bench doing nothing until the end. Fans are saying, what is going on. Alexis sanchez, his first game back, he was given the chance to do much, but he was also sitting hands on his head. You are not happy, are you . I will remain impartial Arsene Wenger tore into his arsenal players after what he labelled an absolutely disastrous performance. It was a a 0 thrashing by liverpool at anfield. The reds were already a goal up then watch this from sadio mane. Razor sharp footwork. He cuts inside and swings it around the keeper. Arsenals defence was a shambles. Perhaps best illustrated by this goal. Daniel sturridge unmarked and an easy header. They were not there with the commitment, physically and mentally. It is very disappointing. Chris wood scored on his league debut in the 90th minute to earn his team is 1 0 draw that a 1 1 draw. It is a vantage draw that a 1 1 draw. It is a va nta g e west draw that a 1 1 draw. It is a vantage west indies heading into the fourth day of the second test against england in leeds. Girouds tea m against england in leeds. Girouds team are playing catch up in a second innings. Root will resume unbeaten on a5, with england leading by only two runs. They do have seven wickets in hand, a lot of work to do. It settled well for the next two days, and we managed to get ourselves in the of today. Any targets of what you want . No, just to keep trying to build the lead and keep the west indies out on the field as long as possible. Lewis hamilton is celebrating his 200th race in formula 1 with a faultless display to win the belgian grand prix. He started on pole but was angry about the safety car coming out which he said could have ruined his chance of winning. But he held off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel to take the victory. He is just seven points behind Sebastian Vettel in the drivers standings. Chris froome will enjoy todays rest day after extending his lead over este ba n day after extending his lead over Esteban Chavez to 36 seconds. The Tour De France champion made his break with a few hundred yards to go. He is aiming to become only the third man to win the Tour De France and this competition in the same year. Finally we go back to the scottish premiership now, rangers 31 scottish premiership now, rangers 3 1win at ross county, we have been keeping this goal up our sleeve. Not great viewing if you are fans of ross county. As the goalkeeper happy with his fancy footwork there . But the attacker is still there, he didnt move, and he is behind you that is the number one rule for the goalkeeper, pick up the ball, dont be silly. He was raging. Rangers took advantage. He was fuming and he has to keep seeing it on tv. Maybe he has turned it off this morning. Social media has been ripping into him. He will be practising picking up him. He will be practising picking up the ball this week. The us open gets underway in new york this afternoon. No andy murray. Jana konta is the best british chance. If you go ahead to midnight it is Maria Sharapova returning to her first it is Maria Sharapova returning to herfirst grand it is Maria Sharapova returning to her first grand slam since her drugs ban. She is against simone halep. Excellent. Thanks. For the first time in the history of the Edinburgh Fringe the award for best act ended in a tie. Australian Comedian Hannah Gadsby shares the best comedy prize with british stand up john robins. Well talk to Hannah Gadsby in a moment. But, first, here she is, on stage. I think there is too much hysteria around gender. There is. Ill give you a good example. Pink headband on bald babies. Laughter. Stop that. Seriously, stop it, you are embarrassing yourself. What are you doing . No, what are you doing . Would you put a bangle on a potato . Laughter. No, no, that potato is organic no. I understand why parents do it. Clearly, they are sick and tired of people mistaking that beautiful baby girl for a boy because of the no hair situation. But i dont mistake bald babies to be boys. I mistake them to be angry feminists, and i give them respect. And Hannah Gadsby is in edinburgh this morning. We can talk to her. Congratulations, how are you feeling . Very good. Weird. Iam how are you feeling . Very good. Weird. I am not a how are you feeling . Very good. Weird. Iam nota natural how are you feeling . Very good. Weird. I am not a natural born winner. I have to get used to that. You certainly are. Fantastic to have won. How does it feel winning as a tie with someone else . Good. It ta kes tie with someone else . Good. It takes the pressure off. I was raised right. I was raised to share. Glad to hear it. That is a nice way of putting it. We saw some of your comedy. For those who have not seen it how would you explain it to them . I cant explain myself. I think thats why most comedians get into comedy. But that clip you filmed there, there was fireworks just after that. It scared. My eyeballs kissed my glasses. It almost brought back the trauma then. I wont miss the fireworks in this. Have you enjoyed edinburgh . I have. I love coming to edinburgh. Ilike edinburgh . I have. I love coming to edinburgh. I like rolling my ankles on the cobblestones. We dont get that in australia. You say you are not a natural born winner but you have won many awards for this show, havent you . Have won many awards for this show, havent you . I know. It is odd. I will get used to it. I will have a big ego soon. This show, ive had a good run with it. I think, you know, obviously i have written something that people, you know, it hit a good nurse. Tell us about what is in it. It hit a nurse. Tell us about what is in it. It hit a good nerve. Nurse. Tell us about what is in it. It hit a good nerve. It is about the game marriage debate in australia. We are still not decided on it. Apparently we dont want it. Game i was brought up in tasmania. It is about internalised homophobia and shame. The real barrel of laughs. Chuckles it is the way you tell them. You decided that this is it, you are going to put comedy on the back burner now. Is that right . Why . A p pa re ntly burner now. Is that right . Why . Apparently not, ive never been busier. My career has really taken off since i retired. It is more about, you know, pushing my. My humourand about, you know, pushing my. My humour and creativity into different directions. Stand up is a fairly intense lifestyle. Lots of travel. Im not good with timetables. I miss a lot of planes. I might turn my brain to writing and other stuff for a while. I dont like pubs. Chuckles what are you going to do next . You mentioned writing, what sort of thing will you write . Will you appear in other tv shows and other guises . I will wear a moustache next time. Im writing a book. I am working on a play at the moment. Who knows if they will be any good. I might have to come back to stand up. But a book and a play. Making smart documentaries. With a bit of comedy. About art history, a bit like sister wendy, stuff like that. You are choosing to go back to tasmania. For your new retirement, so to speak, will happen, is that right . Yes. Its will happen, is that right . Yes. Its a nice place. The air is clean. Im worried about Global Warming and rising sea levels that its already a small island. Ill get a place on a small island. Ill get a place on a hill. Im going back because i like a quiet life. Its very quiet there. Pubs there. I dont like the smell of beer and carpet. It took me years to work that out. That is key to life and growing up, be a red carpet. I know. Chuckles im stuffed. Chuckles im stuffed. Congratulations. Best of luck with the future, as well. Thank you. Its thank you. Its always funny when you interview a comedian, but you dont know how much is serious and how much they are having you on. I dont think she likes the smell of beer and carpet. Shame. Chuckles you are watching breakfast. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. This is the situation in texas, ongoing torrential rain, some places have seen over a0 inches of rain to the east of houston, and there was a storm surge of nine feet, with more than 60 tornadoes across the region. The store will be slow moving with further heavy downpours over the next couple of days. It could get worse before it gets better. In the uk, it is Bank Holiday Monday and could be the hottest late Bank Holiday Monday in august. Some mist and fog to start. That will clear away quickly. High pressure to the east and south east. Further north west, a cold front is moving in from the atlantic, bringing cloud, at breaks of rain, windy conditions across Northern Ireland and scotland. Warm weather across the east of scotland. In the afternoon, we will see clearer and fresher weather across Northern Ireland, some patchy rain. To the north, quite blustery. Clearer skies with sunshine and showers. Some low cloud across north west england. Down towards the midlands, lots of sunny weather. Hazy sunshine, temperatures in the mid 20s. Wales is fine and sunny. Continuing this afternoon across the south west of england. Feeling very pleasant. Cloud from the west later in the afternoon. Temperatures in the mid 20s, even up to 29, making it the hottest late bank holiday august. This weather fund is this weatherfund is pushing this weather fund is pushing south overnight, patchy rain for Northern England and wales. To the north, clearer and fresher conditions overnight. Still mild in the south east. Tomorrow, this week by the front is a dividing line between the warm and humid air in the south east, fresher conditions, sunshine and showers in the north west. Temperatures between 15 and 26. Rain through the middle of the week. No pressure, cooler conditions from wednesday, High Pressure again. Again. A decent week ahead. Thank you. If i was to say, quaffle, bludger, and snitch, it could only mean one thing. Quidditch. The sport was created byjk rowling, and played by harry potter. But its now an actual real life sport. Me and you can have a team, i can see Carol Kirkwood on a broomstick she is going to kill me she is having a lying, she wont see me. Over the weekend, the final of the british Quidditch Premier League was held. 0ur entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson dug out his broom and went along to take a look. Quidditch, very much harry potters favourite sport. Very much a real thing now. Eight teams battling it out for the Quidditch Premier League championship. The first time it has been played in the uk at a professional stadium. We have lots of people coming down, they get to see that it is a real sport. Quidditch has three main rules. This is a quaffle, each hoop is ten points. This is the golden snitch, if you catch it, you get extra points and it ends the game. For the players, all this is done with one of these between their legs. If you get hit by a bludger or it comes between your legs, you have to go and tag back in at your hoops. Would it be easier if you could fire . Yes, much easier. It was clear to see how seriously they were taking it. This is a pre match team talk. Listen to your club box. What colour are roses . White the result of this tackle. Its broken. Really sore. And this man is the commentator. Many of the players were attracted to the sport by a certain wizard. Probably at the top end of fans. But it is so separate now that i am separating quidditch from harry potter. That is not true of everyone. I have never read the books. Not even the quidditch sections . No. There were no tactics in there. West midlands revolution versus south east knights, in the finals. A tight contest, but finally, a game ending catch. I got the snitch in the end. Thanks to my beaters. Presented with a trophy that was bigger than ron weasley. The sport is aiming to be recognised by sport england, and one day it could be a case of harry potter and the olympic sport. Clearly enjoying themselves and clearly quite a brutal game. If its it clearly quite a brutal game. If its it is, but fun. Goldie, you were watching that. I dont think i fancy that at all, rough. Lovely to see you. You have had a very busy weekend, how many gigs . We did four. They have worn me out. Why dont you have a nap . I willjust lie down here. Let us see you in action. Hey, i adore you and ill never let you go. I adore you that was, i adore you. And goldiejoins us now. So, what is really interesting is, when people describe you, you have done so many different things. What would you say you are . Iaman would you say you are . I am an alchemist, really, an Old Fashioned alchemist, i am an alchemist, really, an Old Fashioned alchemist, i i am an alchemist, really, an Old Fashioned alchemist, i put things together, make them work, different mediums. I have always been fascinated with working with different things, i have had three decades. You have done that again. You gave up you have done that again. You gave up the second moved your whole life . We live in asia nine months of the year, thailand, in the south. I have a daughter who goes to school there, she is picking up the language, a great culture. Ido great culture. I do love england. But i like getting away, travelling, seeing the world. Im getting old. Enjoy it while you can. You are not getting old it has been 19 years since your last album. 22 years, album. 22 yea rs, yes. Touring now with the ensemble, part of the heritage 0rchestra, they are amazing to watch, matt calvert, john calvert, malcolm betts. We did Ronnie Scotts a few months ago which was amazing. To ta ke ago which was amazing. To take that music from then, drum and bass music which they said would last six months, it has shaped the state of british music. 0ver state of british music. Over the last 20 years. He went to thailand. I took everything. We built a house there, in the south. I have got an art studio, painting has been my thing for 35 years. That is how you started. To be fair, i have always done that, it has always been my thing to paint. We built the house, the studio, and recorded there. Did all the vocals remotely. Worked with some great singers. And manchester, in fact, has some of the greatest sinners i have worked with. Singers. That young kid, he is like a young stevie wonder. I was introduced to him. He has been on tour, he did Ronnie Scotts, he has the tour coming up with us in november. And another northern lass from leeds, nottingham. Working with the heritage 0rchestra, explained a bit about them . They are kind of like, they were this kind of nucleus of nine people, adam betts, john, chris wheeler, jewels, or these guys had worked with this 0rchestra for a long time, employing different people to play together. They can play any kind of instrument, they are a really talented bunch. It was 60 the last time, when we did the south bank we had a8 on stage. We did that a couple of years back which was amazing. The ensemble is the unit in the middle which controls everything, the engine. They are a remarkable bunch of people. You are at the heart of that, working with them. You dont read music . I see music in colour. If that difficult to explain to others . I draw it all out, diagrams. I will record my own voice for instrumentation for all melodies. All the nose, riddles and highs, i have always done that. Lows, middles. Back then, it was a lot harder, when you young, you are trying to get your ideas across, being clear and concise. Now, you go in with 100 of ideas and it is about execution very quickly. Composing is great. It used to be a hindrance but, for me, it is an advantage because i see the piece before i do it. You in your life, what is really interesting is everything you have been through to get to where you are. There are laws there is always something in the way, and finding ways to get around that. Young people can find that. If you have dyslexia, any of these things that give you mental blocks, it is a good way to express yourself. You dont necessarily need to read music to make music. Technology is so advanced, there are things you can do with it as long as you direct it. Lovely to see you. Lovely to see you. Goldies album is called, the journey man. And his tour starts in november. Thats it from us this morning. Ill be back with dan at six tomorrow. But now, on bbc one, its time for countryfile summer diaries. This is bbc news. Im joanna gosling. The headlines at nine. Catastrophic flooding in houston after Tropical Storm harvey brings two and a half feet of rain water levels there are described as unprecedented. 0ne care home had to be evacuated after residents found themselves stuck in waist deep water. More than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. Formal brexit talks resume in brussels today with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. Also in the next hour the ghost shops of bhs. More than a year on from the final store closing over half the shops are still sitting empty. And developing a new wizard sport its the climax of the british quidditch season