Years in the house. New figures reveal uptake of all 13 routine vaccinations for the under fives has fallen in the last 12 months. Strong words from the duke of sussex on a tour of botswana prince harry takes aim at Climate Change deniers. It is a race against time and one in which we are losing. Everyone knows it, there is no excuse for not knowing that, and i think the most troubling part of it is i dont believe there is anybody in this world that can deny science, undeniable science and facts. And coming up, the uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface, is launched, now named after Sir David Attenborough. Good morning and welcome to westminster where borisjohnson is facing calls to moderate his language after the commons witnessed some of the most furious exchanges its seen in recent years last night. A number of conservative mps, including a cabinet minister, have urged him to pick his words carefully, after he accused his opponents of surrendering
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
Times, ministers under fire new normal is. Rachel, the Financial Times, ministers underfire for new normal is. Rachel, the Financial Times, ministers under fire for the situation over ventilators and supplies have said the call came too late. Offers were not taken up, it seems. late. Offers were not taken up, it seems. Suppliers. Late. Offers were not taken up, it seems. Suppliers. Several points made in this piece in the Financial Times and it starts by saying there are currently 8000 ventilators which the nhs has and it will be receiving 8000 more by next week but it needs a total of 30,000. Some of the criticisms made include that there are companies that make ventilators that offer their services to the government but did not hear back. One company said it was able to provide 500 and did not hearfrom government. There are other cases of other companies that are able to make ventilators but were not asked and they wonder why other companies without that expertise such as dyson have
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in the uk, the times leads with a warning from the health secretary matt hancock that england could face extensive local lockdowns in the event of a second wave of coronavirus this winter. the new york times reports on the reopening of london s british museum after 163 days but with some changes to address the museum s links with slavery and colonialism. the telegraph headlines the outgoing bbc director general tony hall saying the corporation needs a wider diversity of opinion and the daily mirror leads with princes william and harry reuniting in order to finalise details for a statue celebrating the life of princess diana. so, let s begin. asa, rob thank you very much for joining me. we start off looking at the times and this threat, the words no one wants to hear, the possibility of extensive lockdowns in the winter. asa, how serious is this threat? matt hancock is the health secretary, health of the public is his utmost concern so one would expect him to really not pull