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4000 critically endangered snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. And coming up in sport british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care with multiple fractures, after a high speed crash. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Conservative mps will get their first chance to vote for the person they want to see lead the party and the country this morning as the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest gets underway. At least one of the ten candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister will be knocked out of the race. Tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. Voting in secret will start in the house of commons this morning at around ten oclock with a result expected to be announced by the 1922 committee at around one oclock this afternoon. Further ballots will then be held next week, with the two most popular mps moving to a run off of tory party members. The winner is expected to be announced in the week of 22july. Lets talk to our assistant Political Editor norman smith who is in westminster this morning and norman, whats your sense of how the first round of voting is shaping up . Very difficult to tell but at last we get down to the Serious Business of the votes and people being kicked out of the contest. What do we know . We know at least one mp has gone to thejob, but we may we know at least one mp has gone to the job, but we may see we know at least one mp has gone to thejob, but we may see more vigorous pruning of candidates because they have got to secure the backing of 16 other mps which could place two, three may be injeopardy. My place two, three may be injeopardy. My take is the most vulnerable are probably i would think andrea leadsom, estimate fate may struggle because most of the brexit votes seem to have been hoovered up by borisjohnson seem to have been hoovered up by Boris Johnson and dominic seem to have been hoovered up by borisjohnson and dominic rab. Mark harper also less high profile candidate, he could struggle a bit. And then of course the big question is where do the votes go for the next ballot on tuesday. The other sort of interesting bit today, i suppose, we will actually get some indication ofjust how suppose, we will actually get some indication of just how far ahead borisjohnson is. Weve had plenty of sort of straw polls suggesting he may have 70 or 80 mps supporting him, today well find out what the real numbers are the other perhaps the most interesting thing is who is shaping up to take him on, who is best placed to get that second position. And really, its a pretty wide field, it could bejeremy hunt, could beat michael gove, could beat matthew hancock, could beat sajid javid who was out and about on the wireless this morning after launching his campaign yesterday. Again, sounding a very cautious note about no deal. I dont accept it would be disorderly, but i do accept is that it will be very challenging for the country, at least for the first few months. Eventually you would come to some sort of agreement but it would be challenging. I have never shied away from that, i dont think anyone should pretend that somehow no deal is absolutely perfect, we will sail through. Challenging enough that some people will lose theirjobs . It depends what the government reaction is one of the things we havent done as a government today, is properly set out or at least plan for the Government Action in terms of economic policy. That will make a big difference. So, for example. Massive stimulus for the economy . Absolutely, youd have to have tax changes, supply side changes. Absolutely, youd have to have tax changes, supplyside changes. One other thing which sajid javid said which is certainly interesting but doesnt relate to the contest, is that he was puzzled why he had not been invited to the state banquet last week with President Trump when a whole load of other cabinet ministers including more junior cabinet ministers had been invited. Remember, sajid javid was involved ina remember, sajid javid was involved in a twitter row with the president after the president retreated in a tweet from the far right Group Britain first and he tweeted back saying that the president was endorsing a vile hate filled organisation that hates people like me. And he was asked in the interview, do you think you were not invited because youre a muslim . And he said, i dont know. But i think thats one to watch because that has the potential to build, i think. |j think youre right on that, norman, and returning to the actual leadership contest, after yesterday, and mps rejecting the Labour Party Plan for a vote to block a no deal exit, what ability does parliament have left to block that and what impact is that going to have on this contest, impact is that going to have on this co ntest, d o impact is that going to have on this contest, do you think . Its absolutely the case, the prospect of no deal have gone up markedly and if you talk to those who are behind they have, got their head in their hands, its the end, we have blown it, the last chance for parliament to block no deal. I think they may be over egging it a bit, its very ha rd to be over egging it a bit, its very hard to see what sort of constitutional wheeze could be dreamt up to block no deal but we know the speaker wants to make sure parliament can express an opinion. And i wonder when we get really close to october the 31st, when we are right on the cusp of toppling over the precipice, whether mps then will somehow scramble around to find some sort of mechanism to block no deal. As i say, at the moment, its not obvious, there is still some sort of way of doing this, i think the political pressure to find some sort of device will be colossal. So i dont think the door has quite yet closed. Unblocking no deal. Norman, thank you very much, for the moment. Let me mention to the breaking news we are getting in the last 15 20 minutes. About reports of fires and explosions on two us oil tankers, we are told that other vehicles are responding, we are told one was an oil tanker chartered by the taiwan state oil refinery, weve just had that image of that ship. We are told that image of that ship. We are told that there was an evacuation of crew members. After the ships send out distress signals. This is one of them. There has been heightened tension in the region since President Trump tightened Oil Sanctions on iran. That was last month. And last month, four tankers we re month. And last month, four tankers were damaged of the United Arab Emirates after the country called a sophisticated attack blamed on an unnamed country of the United States claimed iran was behind the attack but we are hoping to talk to our correspondence shortly with more details on this latest incident in which two oil tankers have been damaged in the gulf of oman. Nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new Cancer Patients within 62 days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. Cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england say its due to increasing demand on services. Lauren moss reports. When a gp makes an urgent referral for cancer treatment, nhs guidelines say 85 of patients should begin treatment within 62 days, but figures show that almost 32,500 patients across england werent seen within that timeframe in the past year. Bbc analysis of waiting times shows that maidstone and Tunbridge Wells nhs trust in kent was the worst performing, treating just 61 of patients within the two month period. It is followed by wolverhampton, weston area health, southend and bradford. Kingston hospital nhs trust in london topped the list, seeing 96 of patients within the timeframe. Frimley health, bolton, mid cheshire and thameside and glossop also performed well. Cancer is a diagnosis that when people receive it it turns their world upside down. It is a really difficult experience for people to go through, and the longer people have to wait to get that diagnosis and treatment, the more it will impact them, their health and well being, just going through that experience. An nhs england spokesperson said the nhs Long Term Plan outlines how it aims to diagnose more cancers sooner but Charities Say right now it is a system in crisis. Asian shares have slumped as the Hong Kong Market was hit for a second straight session following a day of massive street protests. Hong kongs hang feng index was down 0. 8 percent today, extending yesterdays 1. 7 percent loss. The authorities in hong kong have closed government offices for the rest of the week, after violent clashes broke out over a controversial new extraditions laws. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with demonstrators yesterday as tensions heightened. The proposals would allow extradition to Mainland China. Opponents say the plans would be abused by beijing to pursue political enemies. Lets go now to hong kong and our correspondent, Stephen Mcdonell whos at the entrance of the Legislative Council building. Obviously protesters behind you but lots of Police Nearby preventing protesters from getting near the building. Absolutely. Here at the entrance to the Legislative Council its much quieter than it was this time yesterday. When we saw chaotic running street battles between police and tens of thousands of protesters. However, we still have a small group of demonstrators, you can see, who braved the weather, who have come out here. And our holding up have come out here. And our holding up signs, including calling on the police not to fire on protesters and of course that follows yesterday s use of teargas, rubber pepper spray and the like to clear the streets. But in between them and the Legislature Today is a barricade. And also, riot Police Standing on the other side. As an indication of how things have calmed down and you Notice Police are not wearing helmets anymore. We saw them take them off a little while ago as well as some of their padding so at least, it shows they are also a bit more relaxed about the situation at the moment. But it really seems like a bit ofa the moment. But it really seems like a bit of a lull. The police are blocking all entrances to the Legislative Council precinct to stop demonstrators getting near those in power. Both sides are trying to weigh up what they will do next, we are waiting for this bill, this controversial bill, which would enable hong kong people to be extradited to mainland chinese courts. Waiting for the second reading of the bill to happen in the Legislative Council, thats been delayed again today. That, for example, could provide something of a flash point but in the meantime, we, iam a flash point but in the meantime, we, i am sure you a flash point but in the meantime, we, i am sure you can a flash point but in the meantime, we, i am sure you can hear the protesters behind me, singing peacefully, resisting in that way. But not in the same numbers as we saw yesterday. I should add, though, in the coming days and weeks ahead, this has quite a way to play out and we are expecting there to be some pretty significant clashes again between protesters and the police as the government tries to ram through this piece of legislation. Stephen, thank you for bringing us up to date with the situation. President trump says he would accept damaging information about political opponents during next years Election Campaign even if it came from a Foreign Government. In an interview with abc news the president denied it would count as interference describing it as opposition research. This is what mr trump had to say to the abc news presenter george stephanopoulos. If foreigners, if russia, china, if someone else offers you information on an opponent, should they accept it or should they call the fbi . I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen, i dont. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent. Oh, i think id want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our elections . Its not interference, its information. I think id take it. President trump there. Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and allegations of collusion were of course significant lines of inquiry in the Mueller Report. The bbcs Chris Buckler in washington says we didnt have to wait long for a reaction to mr trumps comments. You can imagine that the democrats are lining up to condemn President Trump for these comments particularly after the Mueller Report which may have dismissed the idea that there was collusion involved in the Trump Campaign and russia but it certainly said the russian government had tried to interfere in the 2016 election and of course, intelligence agencies in the us have been warning time and time again that theyre concerned that Foreign Governments will try to interfere in Upcoming Elections including the president ial election in 2020. And that was the basis for the question asked of the president by abc news in which they very clearly said to him, if you are being told that there was damaging information from an opponent and a Foreign Government was willing to give it to you, would you accept it and in simple terms, the president said yes, i would want to hear it. Now he gives the example of if norway, the norwegian government, for example, had information then yes he would want to hear it but he didnt say that he would not accept it from other governments and clearly, there is going to be this push from a lot of people saying, well, what if russia tried to get involved again . Ill give the reaction for example from one of the democratic president ial candidates, elizabeth warren, whos wanting to run against donald trump in 2020. She said a Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election to support trump, trump welcomed that help and trump obstructed the investigation, now he said hed do it all over again. Its time to impeach donald trump. And another of the democrats adam schiff saying this is stunning on the one hand and not at all surprising on the other. An overwhelming majority of students say they support universities being able to warn parents if they have a Mental Health crisis. The study of 14 thousands undergraduates, by the Higher Education policy institute, suggests more universities should consider asking students permission to alert theirfamilies in extreme circumstances. Their director of policy and advocacy, rachel hewitt, told the bbc the reports findings shouldnt come as a surprise. I think its not that surprising that students want parents and guardians to be involved particularly, because theres less of a clear distinction about what age people are sort of an adult. And students want that support from all sides so they want the support from the university, they want the support from their friendship group, for example, at university, but they also want to know that those connections that theyve got from back home are also being kind of made aware if there are issues going on. I think universities are already taking steps in this area so some universities, for example, will ask for contacts when students go away that they can get in touch with, a parent or guardian. And will ask their permission to get in touch with that name to contact if there is any issue. Sort of Mental Health issue or other. And well have more on this story in the morning briefing at 9 30. Its 17 minutes past nine. The headlines on bbc news. Hong kong shuts down some government offices in the financial district after the worst violence the city has seen in decades. And its for the british cyclist chris frame is in intensive care after he suffered serious multiple fractures when he hit a brick wall whilst travelling at almost 40 miles an hour. At the women s world cup the hosts france are all but through to the knockout stage after victory over norway. That makes it two wins out of two. And australia produced an impressive comeback to beat pakistan in a tense game in the cricket world cup. Ill be back with more on all those stories after half past nine. Holly, thank you. See you soon. For most People Holding hands with their partner is part of every day life, but for britains Lgbt Community, its something the majority are still too scared to do even in 2019. Earlier this month this shocking image of an assault on a lesbian couple in london went viral and its led to calls for more to be done to make the Community Safer as josh parry reports. Do you mind showing me what happened . I was with a group of friends. What happened to wil was shocking. It was halloween last year and he was in fancy dress. He was attacked on the tube. Part of the incident was filmed by a friend. That, to me looks absolutely terrifying, what is going through your mind at this point . At this moment you arejust your mind at this point . At this moment you are just thinking, i am stuck here, i cant get out. You are in complete shock because you dont realise why they are doing it. And when it became apparent it was because it was homophobic, you just go into complete shock because you dont expect in london today, or any four, really in the uk for that kind of thing to happen. Will s attackers were given 12 month referral orders and made to pay a £20 fine. Britain has a reputation of being one of the most tolerant countries in the world but a recent survey found 40 of lgbt people had experienced physical or verbal abuse in the last year. Two thirds said they would avoid Holding Hands with a partnerforfear of a negative response and here in london, the met police say hate crimes against the lg bt police say hate crimes against the Lgbt Community have more than doubled in the past five years. Camden in north london, danny is on a mission. Horrified by the increasing abuse of the Gay Community hes part of a new scheme called ask for client. Im here to talk to you about the ask for clive campaign, and lgbt inclusivity campaign. Staff are being trained to help protect people who come to the barand ask help protect people who come to the bar and ask for clive if they feel threatened. By going to a venue as a member of the Lgbt Community and seeing Something Like this, what does that mean . It means its somewhat committed to acceptance, secondly it shows you the staff are there, ready and committed to deal with any unwanted attention or incident that you should get. Ask for clive started in hertfordshire with this small group. They plan to ta ke with this small group. They plan to take it nationwide. Hi. Are you clive . Hi, yes i am. How are you. The scheme is named after clive duffy who organised the area because my first pride festival. Its a shame we need a scheme like this, to be honest, we seem to be going backwards rather than forwards. And Something Like this will help, hopefully, move things forward again. Recent homophobic attacks and the need for schemes like this show there is still a long way to go before openly lg bt there is still a long way to go before openly lgbt relationships are fully accepted. A fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency. A five year old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. Nearly 1,400 people have already died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. Sir philip green has thanked landlords and suppliers who backed the deal that saved his retail empire. The rescue plan for the Arcadia Group which includes brands like topshop, burton and miss selfridge was approved in a vote yesterday. It will involve closing 48 stores, with the loss of 1,000 jobs, and cutting the rent on around 200 others. Sir philip green told the bbc hed been slow to react to a changing high street, but now it was time to look to the future. Many more landlords clearly voted yes than no, right . 0ne landlord wants to make a lot of noise, thats his choice, thats not my choice but as far as im concerned tonight, tonight is about a celebration for our workforce, our supply chain and yes, the markets changed, now weve got to get to work, grasp this new marketplace and get on with the job. There will be more from sir philip green in the morning briefing. Thousands of critically endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction. The greater bermuda land snail, has had a remarkable turn around in fortunes, as helen briggs reports. Meet the greater bermuda land snail. Believed to have become extinct decades ago. A few hardy snails were discovered clinging to life inside plastic bags in this urban alleyway in bermuda. Some of the survivors were sent to the uk for a Breeding Programme and here at chester zoo, they now have too many keep track of. At last count we had somewhere around 13,000 snails. May be more than that. They have had many babies since then but they breed quite easily, actually, so they are a good conservation project. As long as they have some nice soil to live in and some nice food. They like sweet potato. Now 4,000 snails from the zoo have been taken home to bermuda for release into the wild. They have been set free in a nature reserve where the population will be closely monitored. It is hoped that zoo bred snails will help rescue this critically endangered species in a rare glimmer of hope in the fight against extinction. Lets return to the breaking news this morning, the attack on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The us navys fifth fleet says it is rendering assistance after receiving separate distress calls from two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The Norwegian Shipping firm front line confirmed on thursday that its oil tanker front altair was on fire after an incident in the gulf of oman. Here is an image of the ship. Reports say all 23 crew members on board the vessel have been brought to safety. We are going to keep a very close eye the situation. As ships in the region move to assist with these vessels. As i say, reports that this one is on fire. Thats been confirmed by its owners, the Company Front and the us navy says reports suggest there was an explosion or explosions involved. We dont know the cause. Theres been heightened tension in the region since President Trump last month tightened Oil Sanctions on iran in may. And the us has claimed that iran was behind attacks last month on four tankers damaged of the United Arab Emirates. The uae itself calling that attack a very sophisticated operation but not blaming any specific country. And our correspondent Richard Galpin has been checking the latest reports on the story, richard, what can you tell us . Seems like a very serious situation, it looks like two tankers are on fire. The crews have been rescued. And the Us Navy Fifth fleet which is based in bahrain has been involved, helping with assisting the two ships. And they are saying that they are aware of reported attack on tankers in the gulf of oman. And also, weve had a word from the managers of one of the ships saying they had to abandon ship, get onto a lifeboat and they were picked up. We are waiting to hear definitely, if this was some kind of attack and exactly what the attack was. And the ship that we were showing the image of, there it is, which is one of the ships which its owners say is on fire, according to early reports of when this story started to break, there were reports that it was suspected of being hit by a torpedo. Do we have any clear idea of the nature of the attacks . No, thats exactly what we are waiting for. We are waiting for confirmation from the us navy orfrom are waiting for confirmation from the us navy or from the other authorities in the region. As to what exactly happened, whether this was an attack and obviously, if it was an attack and obviously, if it was an attack and obviously, if it was a torpedo fired at an oil tanker, then that would obviously have massive repercussions. As i was just mentioning as she came into the studio, tensions in this area really heightened in the last couple of months. They have, absolutely. We had a us carrier fleet moving into the gulf of oman recently. The americans have been building up forces, sending bombers and aircraft and also, donald trump announcing that he was going to send extra troops into the region. So tensions have been escalating pretty rapidly and obviously, whats happened today, if it is what it is suspected, an attack on these tankers, then of course, tensions will increase still further. Richard, i know you keep an eye on that as it develops, thank you. In a moment the weather but first lets heres Victoria Derbyshire with what shes got coming up in her programme at ten we keep an eye on the tory leadership contest, and after the conviction of bob higgins, a call on the government to change double jeopardy laws. A man named in an earlier court case, he knew nothing about. I never spent a day in course, i wasnt told what evidence would be seen are not seen in court, nobody spoke to me until 2016 join us live at 10am. Time for a look at the weather. Im over all this rain. Any sunshine in the forecast . You are not alone. Some into the end of the week on the weekend, things turning drier. 0ut there today, not great for some. We have heavy rain with a met Office Amber Warning across parts of south east scotland, lothian and borders. Furtherflooding likely, but dont be filled, river levels rising, lots surface water. The rain pushing in southern and eastern scotland, easing in wales compared to what weve had but lots of rain across parts of southern england, the midlands, east anglia. Some spots have close to three months worth of rain. Some of the driest places are western scotland and Northern Ireland, little bit of sunshine. The rain turning showery across england and wales, some of the showers in the south and east could be heavy and thundery, cooled by and large, temperatures not above eight or 9 degrees. Tonight, not as weird as last night, the rain turning showery, tomorrow, the story of sunshine and showers, the best of the dry weather in scotland and Northern Ireland. Good morning, this is bbc news at nine, the headlines. Ten candidates for number ten, conservative mps will shortly start voting to choose their next leader. Almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat Cancer Patients quickly enough. Hong kong shuts down some government offices in the financial district after the worst violence the city has seen in decades. Reports of explosions and fires on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, american vessels in the area are responding, both crews have been rescued. 0ur survey finds universities 4000 critically endangered snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. Time for the morning briefing where we bring you up on to speed on the stories people are watching and cheering. Lets begin with hong kong, relative calm in our life apart a few moments ago has returned to the streets of hong kong after a day of angry protest yesterday as tens of thousands of young activists fought running battles with police. Protesters want the government to withdraw a bill that will allow people in hong kong to be extradited to Mainland China. The Hong Kong Government has again delayed further debate on the bill today. Talking to bbc breakfast at the former chair of the Hong Kong Democratic Party explained why she is against this. This is a bill that would facilitate the Hong Kong Government sending suspects to Mainland China for trial. The truth of the matter is when britain handed hong kong the colony back to chinese rule in 1997 the law then was that there is a firewall which does not allow such handing over and as lord chris patten, governor said, allow such handing over and as lord chris patten, governorsaid, its not a little. Its a deliberate attempt to set up this firewall to separate hong kong from china although of course the house of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Report recently said hong kong is no longer one country two systems, we are one and a half system. The whole facade is crumbling. If this firewall is going to be dismantled then its one country, one system. We dont want to be sent over there because here we have the rule of law, we have personal safety and freedoms, although no democracy thanks to the british and the chinese, but we still enjoy freedoms and all that. But once that firewall is removed we are just like any other chinese city where there is com plete other chinese city where there is complete lawlessness. We have 3000 lawyers marching in black protesting against this law because they say the court in hong kong will not have that much power. They willjust have to look at the facts and then have to look at the facts and then have to agree to hand over and there is a petition from Hong Kong University alumni i, including the name of a judge in the petition. How long do these protests planned to continue do you believe . I think they will continue so long as she does not withdraw the bill. As we speak, the speaker of the Legislative Council has said there will be no meeting today and i dont think we can ensure if there is a meeting, if the Council Building is surrounded by tens of thousands of people, how can the insurer that they are meeting peacefully, but the people are very angry, most of them are very peaceful and very young, secondary school and university students. Sir philip greens Fashion Group has been saved from the brink of colla pse been saved from the brink of collapse after crunch talks with his creditors. The last minute deal for the company will put 1000 jobs at risk. 0ur the company will put 1000 jobs at risk. Our Business Editor simonjack has been speaking exclusively to sir philip green. It did not come close to collapse we won the vote. It was a legitimate vote and we won. Many more landlords clearly voted yes than no, right . 0ne landlord wants to make a lot of noise, thats his choice, thats not my choice but as far as im concerned tonight, tonight is about a celebration for our workforce, our supply chain and yes, the markets changed, now weve got to get to work, grasp this new marketplace and get on with the job. Was there any part of you in any pa rt was there any part of you in any part of this process thought ive done my best, its a marketplace that i dont recognise any more, im not sure i can guarantee the future of this company, im not sure ive got the skills or the background or whatever for this new marketplace, was any moment you thought do you know what, ive done my best but im throwing the towel . Most people who know me know thats not my style so why would i be thinking like that . What is it that drives you to keep doing this . You are putting several hundred Million Pounds worth of cash and family assets into keeping this afloat, why . Because you dont want to end up having a car crash, you dont want to be in business and then see an ugly car crash and all then see an ugly car crash and all the people out of work and you could have assisted to rescue the business, why would you want to see that . Why do you think the British Public for one reason or another does not trust you . Because you lot make them alljealous, its quite basic. These people writing all this could not spell 50 quid. Come on, simon, you know that. Someone who could write out a check, people dont like it. Some people would say and the way its portrayed in the press and there is truth to some of this, is that you took £1. 2 billion out of the arcadia empire, bhs went bust, thats what people here. Because thats what you guys want to write. It did happen, we are not making it up. It was 14 years ago. The marketplace as we all know has fundamentally changed forever. Whether we have not changed quickly enough we had too many shops are whatever i think its a combination ofa whatever i think its a combination of a lot of things but its gone, you can get it all right. For a long time the company made a lot of money, its only the last couple of yea rs money, its only the last couple of years its fell off. Sir philip green talking to simonjack. The majority of students want universities to tell their parents if they have serious Mental Health issues according to results from an annual survey. 14,000 undergraduates took part in the study by the Higher Education policy institute. 60 of them did appear and should be contacted in a crisis situation. Emily is the student welfare officer at Salford University and has been speaking to bbc breakfast. A lot of stu d e nts speaking to bbc breakfast. A lot of students have said they would like their parents to know in a crisis situation. I do think one of the really important things to remember is an opt in situation, rather than its just is an opt in situation, rather than itsjust happening. Is an opt in situation, rather than its just happening. A is an opt in situation, rather than itsjust happening. A lot is an opt in situation, rather than its just happening. A lot of stu d e nts its just happening. A lot of students believe it might be easier for someone official to tell their pa rents. For someone official to tell their parents. The assumed position at the moment is that the information stays with the university, they have no right to tell parents, am i right . Yes, at the end of the day students are 18, they are adults who can choose what they want to do with your information and with their health, its up to them what they wa nt to health, its up to them what they want to do. A lot of universities do have a fast track system where if stu d e nts have a fast track system where if students say they are having suicidal thoughts they make it seem quicker but i think its looking at the point of trying to stop it before a student gets to that point im looking at that support to make sure students dont get to the stage the surveys looking at. Universities need to look at their support systems and make sure students dont go through university and get more ofa build up go through university and get more of a build up through these extreme suicidal thoughts. The shocking image ofan suicidal thoughts. The shocking image of an assault on a lesbian couple in london went viral. They we re couple in london went viral. They were left covered in blood after refusing to kiss on a night bus in the capital leading to calls for more to be done to make the community feel safer. Bbc breakfast has been hearing what its like to be part of the community in the uk. 20 years ago hate crime is not even a thing, thankfully now its recognised as a crime. It did not occur to you . Didnt occur, did not go to the police, i did not have a mobile phone, thats how long ago it was. I went to hospital and i was treated. I got over it quite quickly but mentally it took me a long time to get over. I count myself lucky that ive not had an experience like that, or the girls we saw on the bus la st that, or the girls we saw on the bus last week. Numerous experiences, ive had eggs thrown at me from a car, verbal abuse shouted from cars, i had to move house because i had a homophobic neighbour who liked to shout abuse through the wall at five oclock in the morning when my partner and oclock in the morning when my partnerandl oclock in the morning when my partnerand i were oclock in the morning when my partner and i were asleep. I have had cabin crew on flights make homophobic gestures. Is this because they have senior partner Holding Hands . Be read to me as a lesbian, they automatically assume i am a lesbian and being as i dont have the choice to come out, its not about being affectionate, it simply because i am there and i am existing. For years, as long as i could remember i could walk down the street and somebody would pull up in a carand street and somebody would pull up in a car and shout out derogatory words, i have been called the most horrific names going into a supermarket because i carry a bag on my arm. I feel social media has grown in the last two years and weve got to a stage where it is now moving over to the air. Ive been on atv moving over to the air. Ive been on a tv show for eight years now and in the early years i was really lucky, ive deftly noticed an increase of heat for, homophobic messages, to the point we are talking death threats. Im being told how they wa nt threats. Im being told how they want to kill me, they want to come to my house and you just think something needs to be done. Its 2019 and i find it so sad we all have to sit here and sayjust be nice. Lets take a look now at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app, the most read first of all and at number one its a story linked to what we have been telling you about today, bbc Research Showing that three quarters of services are failing to treat Cancer Patients quickly enough. If you scroll down through that, taking you through the story, you can check what the waiting time is like in your area by tapping on that link and entering the details. Useful link if that story affects you. Numberfive link if that story affects you. Number five the uk link if that story affects you. Numberfive the uk is one of link if that story affects you. Number five the uk is one of the least Family Friendly countries in europe according to Research Done by the un is Childrens Charity unicef. It surveyed 31 countries and the uk comes fourth from bottom. It specifically was looking at things like the length of maternity and paternity leave and also the numbers of preschool children above and below the age of three who are in childcare. Going down to the most watched dramatic pictures at number six, this cliff collapse on the norfolk coast, this was outside strand, watching the pictures this goes on for quite a long time, a survey, a 3d monitoring changes in the coastline. Really substantial, making people kept away from the people are cautious because heavy rainfall, may have caused other cliffs but dramatic images on the norfolk coast. Thats it for todays morning briefing. Lets get to the sport, letsjoin holly morning briefing. Lets get to the sport, lets join holly for a fuel round up, beginning with news on chris froome, whats the latest on how he is doing . His surgery remain successful and he is in intensive care, he had a high speed crash whilst out for our he was left with a broken leg fractured elbow and broken ribs after the accident. We also heard he lost consciousness when he hit a wall at nearly 40 mph. He was airlifted to hospital for surgery which has gone well and this is what his team boss said immediately after the crash. It sounds like he was at the crash. It sounds like he was at the foot of the descent, its very gusty today, sounds like hes taken his hand off the bar is to blow his nose and the wind has taken the front wheel and hes hit a wall at 60 kilometres per hour or Something Like that. Hes got a bad fracture, his badly injured, ourfirst primary thought was for his care to make sure he gets the best medical care as he possibly can, think about his family and make sure they are ok. His wife michelle has been giving updates on social media and the latest raid that he is in surgery at the moment to the player the multiple fractures, please keep them in your thoughts. Danny is an 0lympic in your thoughts. Danny is an olympic gold medallist who has experience of recovering from serious injury and she made a comeback after a crash which left her with five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. I am sure chris is devastated and its hard to put things into perspective. I tried to look at it could have been worse, even having a bad injury like that but hopefully he can reset and what helped was having small goals along the way. I think thats the only way to go forward after an injury like this. As you might imagine his accident dominates the back pages. The telegraph describes it as a horror crash, listing his injuries, leg, elbow, ribs, the guardian headline is multiple serious injuries highlighting that this rules him out of the tour de france, they also feature a shot of david warner after his century in the cricket world cup. The sun give from a mention as well, focusing on Manchester Uniteds reported last gasp bid to sign antoine griezmann, saying they are battling barcelona for his services. It looks like the hosts are all but through to the knockout stages in the womens world cup knockout stages in the womens world cu p after knockout stages in the womens world cup after they beat norway 2 1 last night but they will need to work for it. Lets get more from our reporter in paris. Good morning. France top of the group, survived a bit of a skier though didnt they . They certainly did, they are front page news as you can see here this morning in paris. It was a tough game they had against norway. This was going to be the biggest test for them after that opening easy win against south korea, norway much tougher. Very tight first half and then in the second half france went ahead. But then wendy reynard, their vetera n ahead. But then wendy reynard, their veteran defender who was such an integral part of that win in the first night actually scored an own goal, you wondered what was going through her mind with that. France we re through her mind with that. France were in trouble and had to dig deep, thats what the headlines here are about how much mental strength they showed to come back because they we re showed to come back because they were awarded a penalty, slightly controversial decision and it was their star striker who converted from the spot to give them that to one win. The manager said there are still plenty of work for the hosts to do, they are outsiders for the title and there is a lot of pressure on them bearing in mind the record win for the usa the night before. These two are battling it out as the favourites for this tournament and i think after that performance the pressure was back on france so they will be happy to have got the win. The issue of ticket sales continues, fifa criticised for exaggerating the number of tickets sold for some of these games, it seems like the attendances are getting better. The game in france last night was in nice and we had almost ten Million People watching it on the National Broadcaster i think what it is is those figures have been revised from sold out games from 20 to 14, we know the hosts are sold out and the semifinals and finals are sold out and we know the usa game because of the travelling fans they always bring in womens football are close to sold out, the rest of them are a bit dubious as to the numbers we are hearing, we know when you add up all the capacities of the stadiums it comes to about 1. 6 million but fifa only released 1. 3 million tickets for this. There is some consternation as to how full the stadiums are and when we are being told something may be sold out or close to capacity and we see more empty seats than you would expect there is a bit of confusion but i think the more france grow into the tournament and the more they are on the front page news here in paris the front page news here in paris the more locals might come out and join this tournament and go and watch other matches. We will leave you to your coffee, notjealous in the slightest. We mentioned david warner in the paper review and that century against pakistan at the cricket world cup, it was his First International since returning from a year long ban for his part in the ball tampering scandal. Pakistan chased australias 307 but late wickets including this run out left them 41 runs short. Australia are second in the table level on points with new zealand to play india today and you can listen to commentary from trent bridge on five live sports extra starting at half past ten and later on bbc two there is live coverage of the womens world cup match between australia and brazil. Plenty of attention on this man, the us open getting under way in california later, the masters champion took this title 11 years ago, teeing off in a group with two otherformer ago, teeing off in a group with two other former winners, Jordan Spieth and justin rose. The crowd and the pressure and the noise and the lights and the music, it all ramps up lights and the music, it all ramps up in lights and the music, it all ramps upina lights and the music, it all ramps up in a major but im here to do my job and as much as i enjoy playing with tiger i will be doing my thing i think sometimes when the atmosphere is wrapped up like that it focuses you to focus harder and it focuses you to focus harder and it can be a good thing. Next seasons premier League Fixtures have just been released in the last hour, all the details on the bbc sport website but for now thats all from me, thank you. Lets go to los angeles where the top names in the 135 billion video Games Industry are gathered for the annual e3 show. Nintendo has been riding the success of its nintendo console but as disappointed fans by revealing a much anticipated game will not be ready for the Christmas Holiday season. Nintendo has made something of a comeback, its switch consul already outperforming its predecessor and sales of games have been strong. But now the Company Needs to keep up the momentum with new games and one of its highly anticipated titles had been delayed. Fans have been expecting a lot of noise about animal crossing, an evergreen nintendo favourite but at its event at e3 nintendo said it needed a few more months to finish it to make sure staff had a good worklife balance, avoiding the so called crunch where many studios forced staff to work long hours in order to finish a game. Nintendo fa ns order to finish a game. Nintendo fans still have a lot to be excited about, plenty of Third Party Games with the arrival of witcher three showing the switch is capable of more than expected. And at the end of the presentation of a surprise, the company is working on a sequel to its hit game the legend of zelda breath of the wild. So while fans have to wait a little longer for animal crossing some of the biggest titles on the switch are still to come. Plans to add folic acid to flower in a bid to cut birth defects such as spina bifida have come a step closer as the government launches a 12 week consultation. Folic acid is a type of vitamin d and is crucial during the first few weeks of pregnancy, women are encouraged to take it as a supplement to cut the risk of babies failing to develop properly. In the 19705 failing to develop properly. In the 1970s a struggling musician and a little known band but after achieving only modest success he left the industry and started working as a furniture restorer instead. Fast forward a few decades and his music is now reaching the global audiences he once streamed of courtesy of the controversial american rapper tyler the creator. 50 years ago, mick was in a band called czar. Our biggest sales place, i think, was great yarmouth, which we sold 1,000 copies. They made an album which features this song called today. I know im a loser. But the band fizzled out soon after. Mick moved to devon restored antique furniture but then, 50 years later. We received an email from america, from a lawyer, which we thought was a scam. And it said they were representing an artist in america and could they use a sample of micks song. We had a name given to us which was tyler the creator. Who wed never heard of. We hadnt heard of it because were too old. Tyler the creator is a 28 year old american rapper and musician whose songs have been streamed more than 100 million times. Were not really into rapping. Like, we wouldnt choose to listen to rapping. This is the track that tyler has taken the sample from. 50 years on, its got new life, hasnt it . Definitely, and were so excited about it. Im now 71 so i didnt think it this age i would ever be sort of associated with any type of music. The songs called puppets. In one month, the songs been streamed more than 15 million times on spotify. The album on which it features reached number one in america. And kanye west is on it as well, isnt he . Hes one of the people wrote the lyrics on it so that is one big name that we had actually heard of. As far as the song goes, how did tyler the creator hear the track . We dont imagine he was sitting there listening to the czar album. Apparently people are employed to find samples and that is obviously whats happened. Were you determined to negotiate quite hardball, in a way, to get a good deal . We did really negotiate. First of all, they wanted to pay us one amount of money so weve asked for a percentage of the songwriting royalties. To get his name, thats what we asked for, for your name to go on the credits. Get the name. Hes had a little bit of health worry and to see this recognition for his work is brilliant. It took half a century, but mick wares music has finally gone global. Tim muffett, bbc news. What a great story. Time for a look at the weather, lets catch up with simon king. If you are fed up of the wet weather like many of us are at this stage something drier, brighter and warmer at the end of the forecasts will stick with me but we will talk about the rain because its been heavy and persistent over the last few days, 24 environment agencies flood warnings. You can see from the radar throughout the night, heavy rain, in particular the north east of england and the south east of scotland, there is an amber warning in the south east of scotland likelihoods of travel disruption and the heavy rain roll gradually pivot further north and west, heavy rain into the afternoon the in all ease off southern parts in particular drier weather western scotland and Northern Ireland at the far south east of england, temperature is about 14 17. Through tonight the rain will spread west but for many areas of the uk cherish polling and across the south and the west into friday morning. Thats all because this low pressure is still with us the air rotating around bringing the moisture and the rain thats going to break up im hopeful on friday there will be brighter weather around some could be heavy and even thundery but maximum temperature is starting to rise a little, 15 19. The low pressure will move its way further west, close by influencing our weather, still our weather front moving its way in through saturday, rain across Northern Ireland will break up as it moves its way east showers ahead of that but plenty of drier and brighter weather towards eastern areas during saturday and those temperatures when you are out in the sunshine it will feel quite warm, 16 19. Thats all from me, goodbye. Hello, its thursday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire. As voting begins right now in the tory leadership race, a former southampton footballer who says he was sexually abused as a boy by his coach calls on the front runner borisjohnson to apologise for saying money spent on historic sexual abuse investigations is like spaffing it up a wall its just despicable behaviour and itsjust despicable behaviour and i just cannot give any explanation, i would just love him to explain it, an apology is definitely something that should have come straightaway as he said it. Dean radford is one of three victims of football coach bob higgins who say theyve been denied justice after police failed to properly