Returns after the international break. And darren has the weather. Good morning. Theres a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. This weekend and into monday some warm conditions for many of us and by the beginning of the week weve got the arrival of ophelia and some damaging winds. The emulator for all of the details. Thank you. First, our main story. Tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. There are also proposals to make it a crime for shopkeepers in england, wales and scotland to sell acid to anyone under the age of 18. Heres our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. Convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed chemical on their victims. Joshua jordan and the other man were pa rt joshua jordan and the other man were part of the gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. Woman in her 50s was squirted with ammonia at least three times. Her face burning, she bravely fought back. Later, the two sprayed another woman with ammonia. There will be sentenced next month. The government wa nts to sentenced next month. The government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. In future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless there is a reasonable explanation. Its really important that we send a very strong message, that carrying a corrosive substance in a public place, unless youve got a really good reason to have it, isjust totally u na cce pta ble. Good reason to have it, isjust totally unacceptable. Speak to any victim of an acid attack and they will be living a lifelong with lifelong scars. Under the Home Office Plan on Violent Crime there will be a four year maximum prison term for possession of chemicals. People convicted twice or more will face an automatic prison sentence. Investors also want a knife ban in sixth form colleges, further education centres and universities. Just as there is in schools. In london, police are being issued with test kits to check the contents of suspicious bottles of liquid. They are also being given protective gloves and water bottles, so they can treat victims quickly. Together with the proposed new laws officers hope it will help prevent more attacks. Well be get more detail on those proposals from the Home Office Minister sarah newton just after 7am this morning. Hillary clinton says there could be serious disruption for britain if brexit talks conclude without a deal. She also warned the post brexit talks with the us could be difficult to achieve. You are making a trade deal with someone who says he doesnt believe in trade, so im not quite sure how that will play out over the next few years. These will have real World Economic consequences. They will have an impact on peoples incomes. You can see that full interview tomorrow at nine oclock on the andrew marr show. Britain has said it will defend the International Nuclear deal with iran, after donald trump decided he would no longer endorse it. The us president said tehran had already violated the deal and has threatened to abandon the agreement altogether. All the other signatories, including france, china, and germany have said they remain committed to the agreement. At least 36 people have died in the wildfires that continue to spread in Northern California. Authorities say 9,000 firefighters are tackling 17 separate wildfires in a wine region to the north of San Francisco, which are among the worst in the areas history. Three smaller fires have been contained. Dave lee reports. Sir youve got to go this breathtaking footage shows a Police Officers view on sunday. He was in the city of santa rosa, helping terrified residents evacuate. The next day, the city looks like this. These fires have choked california, displacing 90,000 people and destroying more than 5,000 buildings. It is burning an area thats almost the size of new york city. As some areas reopen after being deemed safe, other parts of this region are being told to get ready to get out quickly. There is some Good Progress being made, however, some of the biggest fires are showing signs of being contained, thanks to the efforts of more than 8,000 firefighters drafted in to help. Some have come from as far as australia to offer expertise. But with the weekend upon them, these firefighters are bracing themselves. Weather forecasts suggest more high winds are on the way. In areas where the fire has already been and gone, police are also having to deal with looters seeking to capitalise on block after block of empty homes. We walk and see a neighbourhood flattened. It looks like a bomb has gone off on a neighbourhood. Its so ha rd gone off on a neighbourhood. Its so hard braking. Heartbreaking. The smoky air can be smelt as far as 100 miles away. In nearby San Francisco, air quality has been measured as the poorest on record worse than beijing. The strongest theory as to what may have caused this fire points to fallen powerlines. This is already the deadliest wildfire in the States History and its not over yet. The organisers of the oscars are to hold emergency talks later to talk about Harvey Weinstein. The academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences, which has awarded 81 oscars to films produced by his company, says the allegations of Sexual Assault were repugnant. Adina campbell reports. Facing possible expulsion from the organisation that catapulted him to stardom, Harvey Weinsteins future is hanging in the balance. Normally known for its glitz and glam, the academy which organises the oscars will hold an emergency meeting later, rocked by allegations that the man behind some of hollywoods biggest films sexually harassed and assaulted dozens of women. He is someone assaulted dozens of women. He is someone who is different from the person i knew and the person who was involved for many years in democratic politics, for me and for barack obama and so many of us he was very helpful. It is just appalling, what is coming out now, andi appalling, what is coming out now, and i want to commend the women who are finally stepping forward. The us Actress Rose Mcgowan is the latest woman to accuse Harvey Weinstein of rape, while some of hollywoods other names have made Sexual Assault, roping and harassment allegations, leading to Police Investigations in both the uk and us. It has opened up questions about what young aspiring actors are faced with in a fierce industry with a cutthroat culture. Before you even step into the room, do i have the right look . Are they going to like me because of this . I dont have that. But what if they ask me to do that . I cant do that ok, maybe i shouldnt go. It sounds crazy, but thatis shouldnt go. It sounds crazy, but that is literally the conversation that is literally the conversation that goes on. In your head. Harvey weinstein has denied allegations of nonconsensual sex and is now believed to be getting therapy in arizona. Rumours are swirling that his Film Production company could soon his Film Production company could soon be closed or sold, but in a statement his brother has rejected those claims, saying business is continuing as usual. 65 year old Harvey Weinstein has already been suspended from the British Film Academy bafta and may face the same fate or worse from the academy later. Adelie penguins in east antarctica have suffered a catastrophic breeding season, according to scientists from the World Wildlife fund. Only two penguin chicks have survived from a colony of 40,000 birds. Its thought unusually high amounts of ice, late in the season, have meant that adult penguins have had to travel further to find food for their young. It is the second bad season in five years after no chicks survived in 2015. Those are the main stories. A new £600 million toll bridge over the river mersey opened earlier this morning. The mersey gateway route is the largest Infrastructure Project in england outside london and connects runcorn and widnes in cheshire. Andy gill reports. Hundreds of people lined the banks of the mersey to watch a spectacular firework display a few hours before the new bridge opened. It links widnes on the north bank and runcorn on the south. Tolls aside, the locals approve. Its very smart. It reminds me of the one in america. Locals approve. Its very smart. It reminds me of the one in americalj think its brilliant. A long time overdue. Its a fantastic development. And just past midnight the bridge was opened. Hundreds of bikers among the first to cross. The mersey gateway bridge is the biggest Civil Engineering project in a country outside london. The total costis country outside london. The total cost is more than £1. 8 billion. 20 million vehicles every year are expected to use it and it is 810 miles of cable, which stretch from lands end to the other side. The old Runcorn Widnes bridge now closes for the yearfor repairs. Runcorn widnes bridge now closes for the year for repairs. When Runcorn Widnes bridge now closes for the yearfor repairs. When it opens, both mersey crossings will be told. Locals can travel free if they pay a registration fee, but theres real anger among the jewel individuals and businesses will have to pay. The transport secretary says the bridge should be free to use onceit the bridge should be free to use once it is paid for. In 2042. Students across the uk are settling into their new university courses, but its fair to say some freshers have a little bit more Life Experience than others. In fact, a select group of students are nearer to 80 than 18 and our education correspondent Sean Coughlan has been along to meet some of them. The report of a particular case. Forget the usual stereotypes about student. Neat Maureen Matthews who is just starting a law degree at the tender age of 79. I may look old but inside there is a younger person still coming out with the same aspirations. This isnt an evening course, she will be studying full time for the next three years at the university of west london. Whats it like studying with people who are so much than yourself . Delightful. The reason being is that they have a flexibility of mind. They have the ability to be spontaneous. How they group together, how they make sure that they support each other and that means support even the old lady there has been an increase in older stu d e nts there has been an increase in older students on full Time University courses. But theres still a pretty rare. Only 25 students aged over 70 started last year. At this university, they pride themselves on having students from all ages and backgrounds. Rita, a relative youngster compared to maureen, says the different generations help each other. They say, rita. Ithink the different generations help each other. They say, rita. I think all of them, we help each other. Like, they are strong in some areas, maybe im strong in other areas, so we all come together. We have a study group. Even our session has a study group, helping each other to pass the assessments and we all passed in the assessments and we all passed in the group and nobody had to reset. But what of the younger students make of their veteran classmate . What do. It was quite surprising when i came in for induction day. I expect a lot of teenagers and then when i saw the different ages from all sorts of different places, it was quite nice. If anything i find inspirational that they can feel like they can come back into education and, yeah, its really interesting because we always seem to have a lot more knowledge. But maureen says age shouldnt be a barrier to anyone wanting a new challenge later in life. Barrier to anyone wanting a new challenge later in lifelj barrier to anyone wanting a new challenge later in life. I say go at it really go at it. All older people are capable of being up to a challenge. Theyve been through life where theyve had to beat up with many challenges. Hgppy happy studying lets take a look at the papers. Starting with the daily mail. The lobster plot. You may have heard this already. This is the notion that Philip Hammond and george osborne, of course with now editor of the evening standard, they met in a resta u ra nt of the evening standard, they met in a restaurant famed for its lobster, so a restaurant famed for its lobster, so hence we have a lobster plot. They were apparently discussing issues around brexit. Good headline. The sun is taking a look at a story about the duchess of cambridges uncle, involved in a row with his wife. Also pictured on the front page, gary and julianne goldsmith, who posted this picture of themselves on the night of an assault. The duchess of cambridges uncle has been charged with assault by beating and has been charged with the offence after the alleged incident in london. We will have a full review of the papers coming up later. Lets find out whats happening with the weather forecast. Weve got the aftermath of the hurricane it is on its way. We have a mixture. This zone of cloud has produced rain. You can follow this across the atlantic. Ophelia is gathering. It is still a category two, sustained winds of 100 Miles Per Hour. It will go north. Ahead of that, warm air and a southerly breeze. Depending on the amount of sunshine, the headline temperature could be 23 24. The warmest air is south of the rain and weather front. Still some warmest air is south of the rain and weatherfront. Still some rain in Northern England. It is going away. It will go towards the north west. Further south, the cloud breaks up more and more. Temperatures rising higher than yesterday. Widely across england and wales, 20. More cool further north. Sunshine at times. That cloud really thickens in the north west of scotland. Wet weather are writing. Otherwise, dry. Arriving. And other mild night. Not as mild as right now. 13 14. Heading into tomorrow, a little bit of mist and the cloud in england and wales. Scotla nd and the cloud in england and wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland, the rain comes back south. Winter wetter in scotland. Temperatures could be higher than this. 23. Heading back to hurricane ophelia. Still south. Heading north. Stilla hurricane. Weakening as it goes north. Monday, 60 80 Miles Per Hour gusts. Keating Northern Ireland and western scotland. Tuesday, the wind picking up the bin in the central belt. You could find some damage. It will not be as windy as that everywhere. Further east in the uk, especially on monday, still warm air. Sunshine. 23 or24. Interesting and potentially damaging weather. We will have to keep our eyes on that. Well bring you the headlines at 6 30. Time now for the film review with mark kermode and jane hill. Hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, as ever, is mark kermode. Good to see you, what have you been watching . A very mixed bag. We have been watching the snowman a thriller starring Michael Fassbender. We have the ritual camping holiday goes to hell. And Loving Vincent an oil painted animation. Masses to talk about with that one. The snowman, to start with. I feel like im the only person in the newsroom who hasnt read the novel. I hadnt read it either, although i hear its a real page turner. This is an adaptation ofjo nesbo, the thriller, directed by tomas alfredson, who made let the right one in, which i really love, and tinker tailor soldier spy. Which i loved, yes. It stars Michael Fassbender as an alcoholic detective on the trail of a serial killer whose trademark is that he leaves behind snowmen. Sometimes he creates them before committing the crime. His character is partnered with rebecca ferguson, who has her own reasons for wanting to track down this particular killer. Heres a clip. They were having an affair, and that was the last thing my father was investigating before he got killed. You broke into vetlesens house because you were afraid i would find out this was personal and take you off the case. Vetlesen was his pimp and they were both in bergen when the murder started. I know how much you want this, but you cant force the pieces to fit. Do you actually think he killed them . I dont know. I dont think either of us do, for sure. I have to say, i went in with High Expectations because i like the film makers, i like the cast, and as everyone says, the source material is terrific. Its with a heavy heart that i have to say that it was a disappointment. Its very muddled, very confused and it looks like a film that has lost its way during the film making process. It doesnt really know what its focus is. Its notjust that the narrative goes off on different tangents that dont properly tie up, its more to do with the fact that the film cant quite decide where its meant to be leading the audience. Its a terrific cast, people like charlotte gainsbourg, jk simmons and chloe sevigny, many of whom who are pretty much wasted. I never found myself gripped by the chilly, icicle to the heart idea of a killer building snowmen. Its a terrifying idea, but it terrified or gripped me and i was never convinced of the psychological back story. I neverfound myself gripped and involved in the way you want. The disappointment is made worse by the fact that you look at the pedigree of the people making the film. Alfredson is a terrific director and it looks to me like this is a film that got away. It looks like during the film making process, they just lost sight of where it was going. Confused or confusing . Confused and confusing, and it looks like it has been re edited a lot. It looks like when they got into the editing room, they have had to work very hard to make the constituent parts come together. Occasionally it happens, a film mmaker literally just misses something. The disappointment was made worse by the fact that you go in thinking, you know, great source material, apparently, terrific on screen talent and a director who i really like. But at no point. And i hate to say this, i ended up being bored. I really dont say that lightly. I wanted to like it. You dont say that very often. It didnt chill me. Michael fassbender, so versatile, very watchable but he doesnt solve this . He looked to me like he was cruising. If you look at the anguish of his performance in shame, for example, thats anguish with layers and depth. This just looked very much like going through the motions, unfortunately. The film just doesnt gel, it doesnt come together. It ends up being a series of ideas. Some arresting images, but not much more than that. Ok, for your second choice. The ritual. A horrorfilm, again thanks, mark it has a comedic edge as well. It takes inspiration from a bunch of films i know you would love the blair witch project, the evil dead, the wicker man, the hills have eyes. Of course, mark theres a group of friends and rafe spall plays luke, who goes into an off licence with one of his friends, who is then killed in a robbery. Luke feels guilty because he didnt do anything. The rest of the group then go on this bewildering camping holiday in the middle of nowhere. They need to get somewhere, one of them has hurt his leg, they take a short cut through the woods. they end up in a cabin that looks like it came straight off the set of the evil dead. Never take the short cut although its reference points are all very familiar, i think it got the Group Dynamic right. There isjokey, bantery dialogue, so the air of horror is built well. It does that very good thing about withholding its revelations until the last possible moment. I think that although youre going to recognise certain riffs from it, they are done in a way which is sympathetic enough to the characters to make you involved. All the way through, there is this guilt that they have, that rafe spalls character feels guilty for this thing that happened in the past, and the rest of the group do kind of blame him as well, so it works on different levels. I was pleasantly surprised because i had gone in thinking this looks so much like the blair witch project meets wicker man meets the evil dead. Although they are touchstones, i think it did something new with them, and it worked. When it needed to be monstrous, it was, but it withheld that. I think youd enjoy it. I know you want to be converted i am a big rafe spall fan. Go see it as a rafe spall movie and not as a horror movie. I am far more likely to go and see Loving Vincent, as everybody can tell you. The phrase labour of love was invented for this film. Unbelievable. An oil painted animated feature which basically brings the work of van gogh to life as an animation. The story was shot first as live action, which the artists then used as the basis for doing the incredible painting of the animations. If you think of Something Like waking life, i think that would be an example. The narrative unfolds after van goghs death. The central character, played by douglas booth, is entrusted to deliver a letter which vincent wrote to his brother, theo. That takes him back to the place where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final days and they end up speaking to everyone to find out what happened, how it was that someone who seemed to be on the straight and narrow shortly before their death met this terrible ending. One of the characters he meets is played by saoirse ronan. Here is a clip. You want to know so much about his death, but what do you know of his life . I know that he tried hard to prove he was good for something. Yes. He did. Thats why i take flowers to his grave. Thats all i can do for him now. He would appreciate the delicate beauty of their bloom. Even each blade of their grassy stems. No detail of life was too small or too humble for him. Now, i think it is the case that certain bits of the dialogue are a little bit on the nose, but i didnt care because i was so entranced by the visuals. You saw, just from that, just how extraordinary it is. There are flashback sequences which are done in monochrome, black and white, which are almost photorealist. So it goes from that to these much more painterly, swirly, starry night constructions. And even if you know as little about art as i do, it is thrilling to watch this. Firstly, because you just think, this must have taken so long i mean, the effort that has gone into it. It was the best part of six years. Its extraordinary. 65, 000 separate canvases. It feels tactile. You can feel that. People talk about Computer Graphics and that sort of thing, but you can feel the work that has gone into it. And what i thought was really wonderful was, you do feel as if you have been transported into the paintings. You do feel as if you have been transported into this world. And, as i said, the flashback stuff is black and white. The newer stuff is in that sort of full colour. And its got a kind of dreamy, mesmerising, strange, half awake, half asleep. You obviously recognise the actors, the performances, as you saw from that clip. I just sat there thinking, this is really unlike anything i have seen before. And there are things about it, as i said, in terms of the narrative and the dialogue that perhaps you can pick apart, but why would you want to . Just sit back and take it in. And enjoy the beauty, the colours it is so rich it is a really, really remarkable film. Fascinating. Just such a fascinating idea that they even managed to sell that, and they said, you know what, go away and make that. That is staggering, isnt it . Blade runner . Its very long blade runner 2049. Have you seen it . No. I was thinking about the original, which i saw 300 years ago. And i have not seen this yet. And people will be looking, thinking, do i really need to sit there for two and three quarter hours . Well, i went into it thinking, gosh, thats a long running time, and i came out thinking, im really glad it was that long, because it had the bravery to take itself at the pace it required. Im a huge fan of the original blade runner, the final cut version, not the original version with the ridiculous voice over. I am decker and i am an android hunter. Not that version. And i thought, in the case of this, it had the themes of the original. Hampton fancher, who obviously wrote the original, is the co writer of this version. I think Denis Villeneuve did a brilliantjob with realising a world in the same way that ridley scott had realised a world in blade runner. I know that some people have found it alienating and some people have found it a movie whose gender politics they have a problem with. I didnt. I thought it was very, very true to the original. And believe me, i was very trepidatious, and i have seen it twice now, so in total, thats the best part of six hours and i could happily go back and see it again tomorrow. Ok, you definitely werent bored . Never bored a quick thought about dvd . A man called ove, which is this beautiful film. A couple of oscar nominations. The story of a guy who is a curmudgeon, a widower, and we see through his relationship with his neighbours, how his life has turned him into the person he is. That phrase where people talk about bittersweet comedy, this is a genuinely bittersweet comedy. There are things in it that will make you laugh, there are things that will make you cry. Its heartbreaking, its moving, its tender. And it was a real surprise because i knew nothing about it beforehand and i really enjoyed it, i loved it when it was out in the cinema. And now its out on dvd. A man called ove. Great stuff, thank you very much, mark. A really interesting week. Thank you, and a quick reminder before we go, youll find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online. Im sure you know the address by now bbc. Co. Uk markkermode. That is it for this week. Enjoy your varied cinema going. Thanks for being with us bye bye. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. People caught carrying acid twice in public will receive a mandatory six month prison sentence, under plans proposed by the home office. It is aimed at curbing the number of acid attacks which has more than doubled in five years. There are also proposals to make it a crime for shopkeepers in england, wales and scotland to sell acid to anyone under the age of 18. The former president ial candidate Hillary Clinton says there could be serious disruption for britain if brexit talks conclude without a deal. In an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Marr she also warns that a post brexit trade agreement with the United States could be difficult to achieve. You are making a trade deal with someone you are making a trade deal with someone who you are making a trade deal with someone who says you are making a trade deal with someone who says he doesnt believe in trade, so im not quite sure how thats going to play out over the next few years. These will have real World Economic consequences. They will have an impact on peoples incomes. And you can see that full interview with Hillary Clinton tomorrow on bbc one, at 9am on the andrew marr show. Britain has said it will defend the International Nuclear deal with iran, after donald trump decided he would no longer endorse it. The us president said iran had already violated the deal and has threatened to abandon the agreement altogether. All the other signatories, including france, china and germany say they remain committed to the agreement. At least 36 people have died in the wildfires that continue to spread in Northern California. Authorities say 9,000 firefighters are tackling 17 separate wildfires in a wine region to the north of San Francisco which are thought to be among the worst in the areas history. Three smaller fires have been contained. The organisers of the oscars are to hold emergency talks later to discuss claims of Sexual Misconduct against the Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. The academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences, which has awarded 81 oscars to films produced by his company, says the allegations of Sexual Assault were repugnant. He denies the allegations. A new £600 million toll bridge crossing the river mersey opened earlier this morning. Work on the six lane mersey gateway, which connects runcorn and widnes in cheshire, began in 2014. Most drivers will have to pay to use the crossing and campaigners say the tolls will discourage visitors and new firms from coming to the area. It time to talk to mike. A big match coming up today . Yes, at lunchtime. 32 miles between anfield and old trafford mark buddle a lot more between them in terms of history and what this means to the fans. 100 years of solitude topple beat Manchester United 7 1. Years ago liverpool beat. The liverpool manager jurgen klopp has been defending his record ahead of this lunchtimes meeting between the two great rivals. If his team lose, liverpool will have the same number of points that they had two years ago, when his predecessor was sacked. While Manchester United underjose mourinho are joint top and will be out to frustrate klopps side at anfield. We know how Manchester United is playing. Fantastic layers involved in the team and we know about the qualities of a number of the players, all these guys. A few lineup problems and maybe, but very experienced and sometimes they defend pretty deep and sometimes they have High Pressure formation. I played with one defender and nine strikers. Dont worry about it. Thats for sure. We play with one guy behind and then we go with a new system, even an evolution of the old one, and we play with nine strikers. Dont worry about it. Manchester united sent some of their big names to anfield yesterday, to honourformer liverpool manager and player kenny dalglish. Sir Alex Ferguson and sir Bobby Charlton were among a host of former united players and managers who joined up with liverpool greats as the grounds centenary stand was renamed after dalglish. Around 12,000 fans will sit in the stand later, with more tributes to be paid before kick off. Scotland have already replaced manager Gordon Strachan with malky mackay, but that is only a temporary appointment likely to be just for the match against the netherlands next month. Long term, the scottish fa might be encouraged by what one of their potential targets has told us. David moyes say he wouldnt turn down the job, although he would prefer to return to club football. The former Manchester United boss left sunderland in may, following their relegation from the premier league. Hes one of the favourites to replace Gordon Strachan, who left the job on thursday, after scotland failed to qualify for the world cup. No approach from scotland, but i work closely with the sfa. Two weeks ago i was working with the colleges in scotland, so they know what i haveif in scotland, so they know what i have if they wanted to speak to me. I dont think you would turn down a National Team opportunity, but its also got to be the right time. My first choice would be to go back into club management, but if scotla nd wa nted into club management, but if scotland wanted to talk somewhere along the line id be happy to help or speak with them and see what they have to say. That was david moyes in the 5 live studio. On the domestic front rangers won 3 0 at stjohnstone to stay in touch with the two leaders of the scottish premiership. Carlos pena got two. This his second. Stjohnstone had a man sent off. Rangers move to within three points of celtic and aberdeen. A new manager and a new dawn for birmingham city, who are out of the bottom three in the championship after beating the leaders cardiff city. Che adams scored the only goal for Steve Cotterill in his first game in charge. Meanwhile bristol city moved up to third after a goalless draw with burton albion. European rugby is back this weekend, and the champions cup got off to a raucous start as ulster came from behind, to beat injury hit wasps 19 9 in belfast. Wasps led at the break, but ulster turned it around in a couple of second half minutes. Jakob stockdales try was followed by another from Stuart Mccloskey to give the ulstermen victory. Englands matt wallace, your buddy, might only be ranked 150th in the world. He is brilliant but hesjoint leader of the italian open, going into the third round. Your mate, naga. The 27 year old has been roaring along the fairways at golf club milano, next door to the monza motor racing circuit. Hes joint top on 13 under par, thanks to four birdies and that eagle at the ninth. I know him because we play at the same golf course and he has been playing since he was a kid, but he gives so much back to the course. He plays with everyone and is a really lovely guy, as everyone down in hertfordshire is. Whats an eagle . It is when you score two under. So you do it in a hole in one if its a par 3. Then it is albatross pterodactyl. We made that bit up. I believed it. Did you . I believed it. Did you . Pterodactyl i believed it. Did you . Pterodactyl might have been won at one time. Anyway, moving on. Warning, im about to get back on a horse. Now cue the music, its time for strictly on horseback. Dressage has been described as dancing with your horse and is regarded as the highest form of horse training and so youd think out, of reach for most of us. But multiple Paralympic Champion, Natasha Baker has spent her life proving how accessible it can be. Ive been tojoin her in training. She has cleared more hurdles than most and now five time Paralympic Champion Natasha Baker faces most and now five time Paralympic Champion Natasha Bakerfaces a new challenge. Grooming time for fred. The dressage star is on a mission to find a new course for the next olympics, while also trying to persuade beginners like myself that this sport is more accessible than you may think and that we can all move with the group, even if it is not a foxtrot. What makes natashas story remarkable is that she lost all feeling in her legs when she was young. You need to be upright but relaxed. And yet it is with your legs that you communicate with your horse. I cant use my legs at all when i ride. I pretty much and useless from here down, so i have to rely on my voice. So i told a horse what to do. And then i can use my seat as well, so i can turn this way to turn left and that way to turn right. I can lean forward if i wa nted right. I can lean forward if i wanted to go more forward and lean back if i want them to come back to me. I love dressage, its like the freedom for me, because i am restricted with my legs. They kind of lend me bears and i can get on the horse and do things that a lot of able bodied people cant theirs. I cant dance on the dancefloor so i can dance on my horse instead. She says a flight to america gave the confidence to dance to paralympic level america gave the confidence to dance to pa ralympic level and america gave the confidence to dance to paralympic level and is now inspiring others. Now top the other way as well. I quite like that its sort ofjust about you and your horse and about the relationship between you and your horse. Good it can bea between you and your horse. Good it can be a rather impossible sport the novice riders, or those with a chequered history of horseriding. And i know bungle here is not going to be fooled by buying sparred appearance. Its going to be how i communicate with this course that meets all the difference. Fooled by my smart appearance. Sitting up tall. Dont forget to smile you have to concentrate so hard to keep the rhythm of the trot. Even with the rhythm of the trot. Even with the trainer holding onto bungle it was asking a lot of him in the first lesson to do moves like this. And here we are trying a sideways move. I always say youve got to imagine you are queen of england. My very good performance ends with a grand finale, as the music reaches a climax and yukon graciously to your halt. You come. And await the judges verdict. That was good. But im not quite sure if you would be winning one of these, but good try. Its a dream Natasha Baker returns the condition for the First Time Since the olympics paralympics in rio, so good luck to her. And she is looking for a new dressage horse because the one she got all of the medals on passed away, just due to old age. Fred probably wont make the cut, he a bit young. Thanks and see you later. Wildfires continue to spread through Northern California where at least 36 people are known to have died. More than 25,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, among them is emmy eichner. She was evacuated from her home in santa rosa earlier this week only to return two days later to find it had been destroyed. Lets speak to emmy, who is in the town of hanford, south of santa rosa. Thank you so much for talking to us on bbc breakfast today. Firstly, tell us what happened over the past few days. It has been a whirlwind. It has been a nightmare. It has been the most surreal experience ive ever been through. We see these things happen on television but we never think theyll happen in our own town, let alone our neighbourhood. It just happened own town, let alone our neighbourhood. Itjust happened so fast and going back and looking at it now it looks like a bomb has dropped and entire neighbourhoods have gone. Thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community are gone. On monday morning, that was when you first noticed that there was a fire. Who told you and what was your reaction . I woke told you and what was your reaction . Iwoke up told you and what was your reaction . I woke up at about 1 40am on monday morning to someone pounding on my door. Im a single mum and i was home by myself and i dont and the my door in the middle of the night on the usual basis, but the persistent knocking and ringing of the doorbell forced me to get up and i heard my neighbour screaming, theres a fire, you have get out. So iran to theres a fire, you have get out. So i ran to the theres a fire, you have get out. So iran to the door and i opened the door and i could just see a massive wall of flames coming towards my house and i grabbed my phone and my computer and got out into the right and got in the car and i left. As you said, its almost something that you said, its almost something that you think happens in films, rather than in real life. Did you have any warning or indication at all that your area that you were living in was under threat . No. Apparently there had been warnings of fires happening in napa county, an entire cou nty happening in napa county, an entire county away from us on the other side of a very large mountain. But i had gone to bed at about 10 30pm and i havent turned the television on, so i havent turned the television on, soi i havent turned the television on, so i didnt see any news. There were no emergency notifications on a cellphone, there was nothing. Those of us who werent watching the news heard that there were fires and napa had no idea that anything out of the ordinary was going on. I put my trash cans out at about 10 30pm, because monday morning is garbage day, and the only thing that was out of the ordinary was that it was very warm and it wasnt windy and i know it was very windy in other parts of the city, but in my neighbourhood it was dead still and it was hot and that was the only thing out of the ordinary. Were able to show pictures you kindly sent to us of your home, your perfectly lovely home before the fires hit. And then the aftermath. It has been raised to the aftermath. It has been raised to the ground. Its gone. Your family, your children, you are with your pa rents your children, you are with your parents now in a safer part. We are. Yes, my parents live on the west side of santa rosa and i live on the northside of santa rosa. U nfortu nately on the northside of santa rosa. Unfortunately my ex husband also lives on the north end and he lost his house too at the same time, so my poor kids have not only lost one of their homes but they lost both and so we are of their homes but they lost both and so we are very of their homes but they lost both and so we are very lucky that we have my ex in laws in one city over, and then my parents in santa rosa, who are gracious enough to take both of us in and the kids have two homes that they are familiar with again and are safe. Well, thank you very much for talking to us and we wish you and your family much for talking to us and we wish you and yourfamily and of much for talking to us and we wish you and your family and of course the residence of santa rosa the very best. Incredible to listen to those first hand accounts. Now for the weather. Thank you. Good morning. No sign of rain over california. Gusty winds. It will be made even more difficult. Different this side of the atlantic. This belt of cloud will bring rain this weekend, and we can will bring rain this weekend, and we ca n follow will bring rain this weekend, and we can follow it into the atlantic to meet hurricane ophelia, a category two hurricane with winds of 100mph. The remnants will come our way. It isa the remnants will come our way. It is a warm system with a lot of warm air. A lot of it is being pushed on to the uk. With enough sunshine, there could be a headline temperature in the next few days of 23 or even 24 degrees. Not as warm as that everywhere. We still have rain in Northern England and north wales, perhaps southern scotland and southern ireland. A weatherfront going to the north of scotland. South of the weather front and rain we will see the best of the sunshine breaking through. Higher temperatures than yesterday. Possibly 23. Even with sunshine away from the north west, they wont be as high. The rain will be active overnight in scotland. Heavy rain is possible. Dry further south. Overnight in scotland. Heavy rain is possible. Dry furthersouth. Mist and low cloud here and there. Another warm night. 13 14. Warming up another warm night. 13 14. Warming up quickly in some sunshine on sunday once the mist and low cloud goes away. Some lingering on the western coast. This rain goes into scotla nd western coast. This rain goes into scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures, 15 16. England and wales, higher temperatures. Similar to what we have today. Locally, 23. Possibly even what we are see here, 24. Ophelia, running south and going north, even by wednesday it is heading to the uk and weakening. It will still bring damaging winds to the west of the uk and possibly into central part of scotland. Gusty winds of 70mph. Travel disruption. Further east, bright with sunshine. Back to you. Thank you. We will be back with the headlines at seven oclock. First, click. I have worn plenty of protective suits in my time but they have always been to protect the environment from my body. This time, its different. Ive come to one of the most infamous locations on earth. Until 2011, few people had heard of the of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in North Eastern japan. Then the largest earthquake in japanese history changed everything. The resulting tsunami killed more than 20,000 people. And the 14 metre wave overwhelmed fukushimas flood defences. Ironically, it was the power stations cooling system that was flooded and when it shut down, the radioactive fuel rods began to overheat and melt down. They reacted with the steam around them, filling units one, two, three and four with hydrogen gas which then exploded. 6. 5 years on, the melted radioactive fuel remains somewhere inside these buildings. Humans cant go anywhere near that fuel so robots are being used, first to try and find it and then eventually to remove it. And today, weve been given rare access to the site to help us understand just how hard thatjob is. Translation in order to work out how to decommission the reactor and remove the fuel we have to survey and understand the state of the interior. Only then will we know what kind of tools or machines we need to develop. Probably the most important thing i can carry. It tells me how much radiation im exposed to. The Tokyo Electric Power company, tepco, is keen to show us, and, i guess, the world, how much of the radioactive debris has now been removed and how its now possible to walk around most of the site without too much protective clothing. But to really understand the challenge the robots face in finding and removing the melted radioactive fuel, we do need to suit up. We are going inside unit five, which is identical to the units which were wrecked by the explosions. As you can imagine, it is really hot inside. Its a confusing jumble of walkways and machinery and its difficult to appreciate that somewhere in here is a 7 storey high tank of water called the primary containment vessel, the pcv. And now its time to go right underneath the reactor. Oh, wow. They think what happens after the meltdowns is that the molten fueljust burns through the bottom of the pcv and came down here onto whats known as the pedestal. Thats where they think the pedestal. Thats where they think the fuel is now. Its difficult enough getting around this place on foot. Now imagine trying to Remote Control a robot through this after the whole place has been mangled by an explosion. Oh, yes. And do it in the dark. Each of the reactors suffered different damage. Some are still full of water, some are dry, and so toshiba has built a special robot for each one. As important as how they move about is how they ge in in the first place. Translation we need something that could fit through an existing Service Hatch. Thats the reason we made small robots. This is scorpion. Its mission was to hunt for fuel in unit two. Now time is of the essence for any fukushima robot. The radiation will eventually damage and disable its cameras, rendering it useless. But the entire mission can also be upset by something far more basic. This is Service Hatch x6 but in unit two, we were hoping to send the scorpion robot down this ramp to film the molten fuel at the bottom but it got caught halfway down and never made it so they did not get any footage evidence of where the fuel was. In unit three, the water is much higher so they had to think of another way to get a robot in to film what was going on and that is where the mini sunfish came in. Built to fit through this 15 centimetre pipe, mini sunfish is a tiny underwater robot with five propellers, two cameras and four human operators. 300km away from fukushima in toshibas yokohama r d centre, i came face to face with the star of the investigation. After two months of practice in a duplicate of the flooded pedestal, injuly this year, mini sunfish was successful in finding melted clumps of material that could be fuell debris on the pedestal in unit three. One of the reasons there is so much water in the reactor buildings is because groundwater is leaking in and it needs to be pumped out. The problem is it cant be pumped out into the sea. Theres still about 150 tons of groundwater leaking into the site every day and although they can use some of that to cool the fuel rods, it all gets contaminated so they need to store the excess in these tanks. Each one holds 1,200 tons of water and there are currently 900 of these tanks here. Its obviously impossible to keep building these tanks at the rate of one every eight days. I dont know what they are going to do with them ever. So how do you stop groundwater from leaking in in the first place . Well, you build an ice wall. Pipes of coolant have been inserted 30m into the ground and theyre gradually freezing the soil and stopping anything from seeping through. It sounds completely nuts, but how else would you do it . That is an ice wall underground. Having been criticised in the early stages, it now seems that tepco is working hard to make fukushima state. Its rebuilt and reinforced working areas, sealed the soil in concrete and reduced radiation levels. In our 4 hour visit, we received the radiation dose equivalent to four dental x rays. But there is such a long way to go. Decommissioning the site could take 40 yea rs and it may cost 8 trillion yen. The human cost is more difficult to quantify. The exclusion zone has left many people homeless, unable to stop nature from reclaiming their post apocalyptic ghost towns. They cant go back until the radioactive fuel is recovered. Those little robots have a lot riding on their tiny backs. For the last leg of ourjapan trip, we wanted to show you something of a japanese tradition happening deep in the countryside, far away from the blade runner streets of tokyo. It is sunday morning, and at this high school in the small town of tendo, dozens of pupils have gathered for a sumo match. Of course, thats robot sumo. Yep, today, i have come to watch a regional heat of a National Competition which is now in its 25th year. And with several spots up for grabs in the final, nothing is being left for chance. The winner is the first robot to get the other one out of the ring twice. If that hasnt happened in three minutes, the winner is the first to get one point. Though, if a robot flips over or stops working, the match is over, or maybe they are given extra time if its really fun. Youll get the idea. They cant even push across the floor. How is this going to work . The rings are made of steel. And the sumo bots have really strong magnets to simulate the mass of real sumo wrestlers to give them the best chance of not being flipped. But the fact the umpires need to wear shin guards probably tells you that this doesnt always work. Here we go yeah. Its quick. And the reason is that once the bots are left alone, these matches are taking place entirely autonomously. These machines are attempting to outthink and outsense each other in the blink of an eye. Someone who knows how best to gain those little advantages is this 17 year old, amani mori. Her dad came second in the very first robot sumo competition. Last year, she came third. Translation i am trying hard to beat my fathers record. That is what i am aiming to do. He had a big influence on me. Tactics include having a black bot which is harderfor your opponents sensors to see. You could also have a preprogrammed strategy. Translation the programming needs to be superior to win. But i think having the best blade is the most important feature. Here she goes. I am no expert, but that doesnt look good. But in the second round, her expertise starts to show. As the day goes on, she conquers all before her. Untiljust before the final. She crashes out. Translation there is a strategy called feint when you back off before you go in, but the timing was off and the bot went too early. Win or lose, of course, over the years, this competition has given thousands of students invaluable experience in robotics and programming. And of course, when you do get knocked out, you can still enjoy everyone elses smash ups wow, what an exhilarating way to end this trip to japan. Now, you will find loads of extra photos from ourjourney on twitter, bbcclick. We are also on facebook. Thank you so much for watching, and we will see you soon. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Tougher sentences to tackle the threat of acid attacks. 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