to force her to step down as prime minister. around 50 mps talked about how to engineer a leadership challenge. several said they'd already submitted letters of no confidence in mrs may's leadership. let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo, who's in westminster for us. leila, it seems the knives are well and truly out for theresa may? a tough morning this morning for theresa may, bearing in mind what happened yesterday. this is a powerful group of pro— brexit tory mps who are really holding theresa may's fate in the hands, aware that in effect, they have the numbers to move against her, to turn against her if they so choose to. there have been issued challenges mutterings throughout her time at the helm at now brexit negotiations are coming toa now brexit negotiations are coming to a crunch, so our questions of her being in charge of. they say it would leave the uk too closely aligned to the eu after we leave, so now we have open discussions last night, a group of mps met to discuss this, talking about the mechanics of forcing a leadership contest. there is going to be no immediate move against theresa may, though obviously ship candidate that the brexiteers can rally around, but it certainly seems like this autumn is the crunch point and there is still some hope that the brexiteers could try to force theresa may to change tack. the criticism of the brexiteers has been that they do not have their own detailed plan as an alternative. today they will try to dispel some of that criticism by putting forward a paper on their proposed solution for the irish border after brexit, one of the trickiest issues of the whole negotiation. we will hear a little bit more from them later this morning, with a couple of weeks to go before the conservative party conference, you get the sense of just how fraught meeting will be. thank you very much. america's east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a monster and is due to make landfall tomorrow. nearly one million people have been told to leave their homes. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. slow—moving, but potentially deadly. the category four hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide and are likely to make la ndfall late miles wide and are likely to make landfall late on thursday. the three states in its path, north and south carolina and virginia, haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it is big and it is vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try and escape the danger areas. 0thers try and escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we have been here for six years, i haven't been through one that this strong, safety first, family and just trying to prepare the house as best as we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government ‘s response. pledged to spare no expense in the government 's response. any amount of money, whatever it takes, we will do it. but we are already set up. we have food today's, we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm, but officials say they are preparing for a disaster which causes widespread damage and loss of life. peter bowes, bbc news. 10 years on from the start of the global financial crisis and uk workers are still more than £800 a year poorer as a result. that's according to calculations by the independent research group on public finances, the institute for fiscal studies. sean's here to tell us more. everybody is doing a bit of reminiscing and trying to learn lessons along the way. people carrying boxes out of banks and that is because effectively banking systems were collapsing and they we re systems were collapsing and they were lending to much money to do many people who couldn't afford to pay it back. they ended up tried to make more money off the back of it. an amazing time. it was crazy. because the banks really didn't know how much money they had lent out by the end of it. when people stopped paying it back, that is when the bailout came, that is when the banks then started to stop lending. there we re then started to stop lending. there were consequences and that is what the report looks at. if you look at those figures, you mention the institute of fiscal studies of, it is widely known it was the deepest recession since world war two. the economy shrunk and shrunk in a way that we haven't seen for many decades of. if you did the maths at people ‘s wages, on average, taking into account price movements, people are £800 per year worse off ten yea rs are £800 per year worse off ten years on them they were then. batch is partly what the world was built upon before the financial crisis, there was a boom it before then where people were making a lot of money. still haven't quite recovered. when you look at who has been most affected, the age—group between 30 and a0. so that is quite interesting because ten years ago you might have been expecting to a certain amount of money as a 25—year—old going into your 30s. certain amount of money as a 25-year-old going into your 30s. we have let lessons now? —— learnt. 25-year-old going into your 30s. we have let lessons now? -- learnt. we hope so. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, says a similar crash could happen again. if we are complacent, of course it could. history teaches us that there are financial crises from time to time around the world. we can come up time around the world. we can come up with 60 or 70 examples over the course of the last century. so the question is, what are we doing to guard against that complacency? i think those are the most important legacies? a lot of important changes to the way the system operate, but it has to be an attitude and there has to be structural change that prevents a crisis like the one that we saw. there will be failures, there will be mistakes, but we shouldn't have too there are another financial crisis like the one we saw ten years ago. by the way, he said he will stay a little longer in the job until 2020. so he will have even more time to try and assure up the financial system. we will be talking over the morning about what we have learnt, consequences from people who had their wages hit. ten years since the crisis. loads to talk about, thank you very much. britain's lucrative food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit, the national audit office has warned. food consignments and livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets aren't recruited to process them. however, the department of the environment, food and rural affairs has said it's expanded its workforce and is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. an enhanced flu jab for elderly people will save hundreds of lives this winter, according to public health england. last year's injection was effective for just one—in—io people aged over 65. the new vaccine contains extra ingredients designed to help older immune systems develop a stronger defence against flu. officials hope it will reduce the pressure on health services. a group of mps is criticising the government for the failure of the east coast rail franchise. the transport select committee says operators virgin and stagecoach were over—optimistic in their bid, and the government failed to stress—test the proposal. the line was brought back into public ownership injune afterfailing to hit revenue targets. the department of transport said it was introducing new measures to deter over—bidding in future. more than 100 researchers in 18 countries have contributed to the first study looking into the world's fungi population. a team from the royal botanic gardens at kew have been looking at the role fungi plays in every day life, from use in food and medicine, to helping generate new biofuels. —— helen briggs reports. if you go down to the woods today, you are sure of a big surprise of. they are not planned, not animals, but ina they are not planned, not animals, but in a class of their own. scientist we're say it is a forgotten kingdom that deserves more attention. this is a rosette, we have a responsibility to look after it for everybody else because if we lose all of our old trees, we lose all of these species because of air pollution, we have let the species disappear out of neglect. here we have another example... kew has the world ‘s biggest collection of dried fungi, with more than a million specimens. this vast library they hold the answers to harnessing the superpowers of these curious organisms. fungi are the major degraded and composers in the world, all the leaf branches, everything that falls in the forest and all of the waste is degraded by the fungi. without fungi, ecosystems would colla pse without fungi, ecosystems would collapse of. fungi has been serving humankind for centuries, providing medicines and food, but there is still much to learn. scientists believe fungi has promised in cleaning up waste and even raking down plastic. helen briggs, bbc news. she went with me. free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. —— the actress fenella fielding has died at the age of 90. iam afraid i am afraid my brother is resting. perhaps you'd better come in the. —— perhaps you'd better come in. she was best known for her sultry image, husky voice and comedy roles, in a career spanning seven decades she also took on major stage roles in plays by shakespeare and henry james. the time is 12 minutes past six. the thing that you call fungi —— keep fung in is called a fungorian. —— fungarian. it is definitely fungi. i tell you who is eight fungi, jimmy anderson! victory over india was secured, alistair cooke had a brilliant day and yesterday, just at the end, just aboutjimmy. he has been an incredible player over the years for england. lots of people saying test cricket, is that the format to take it forward? certainly in this country this test has been incredible, it has been amazing. jimmy anderson is now the most successful fast bowler in test cricket history. he sent mohammed shami's middle stump spinning at the oval yesterday to take him to 564 test wickets, passing australia's glenn mcgrath in the process. it also completed a 4—1 series win for england over india. it wasn't pretty, but england have ended a three match losing streak. england's footballers, that is. marcus rashford's goal gave them a 1—0 friendly win over switzerland, their first since the world cup quarter final. watch this. there was a dream debut for gavin whyte in northern ireland's 3—0 friendly win over israel in belfast. the 22 year old scored with his first touch after coming on as a sub. doesn't get much better than that. and britain's simon yates has extended his lead in the vuelta a espana after stage sixteen's time—trial. yates finished 13th, but moved 33 seconds clear of second place with 5 stages to go. lam glad i am glad we sped that up, i was worried that he was going very slowly and that wouldn't be good for anyone to pick —— for anyone. you weren't watching, were you?” anyone to pick —— for anyone. you weren't watching, were you? i am in the forward watching position. you are! you got to be aware of what is coming next. i don't know who was aware of what is coming up next and it is hisjob to, poor matt. see him in the picture. we are talking about fungi and! in the picture. we are talking about fungi and i am not sure how much of afungi fungi and i am not sure how much of a fungi you are going to be this morning. less fungi, more wet guy at the moment. i am at winterbourne house house and gardens owned by the university of birmingham and it is a rare example of an early 20th—century villa and gardens in the gardens are stunning. they were grade two listed in 2008 and we will look around them when it brightens up look around them when it brightens upa look around them when it brightens up a little bit in the rain has cleared but a thoroughly wet spot —— wet start here across parts of the midlands. let's look at the forecast. pretty with —— pretty wet across wales at the moment and lincolnshire. that rain band will work southwards. things will dry up where you start the day wet, sunshine coming through but it's going to start to feel a good deal russia as well. we've seen pressure pushed down from the north the moment. working its way through the south coast of england, sweeping away the humid air of the last few days. today, 18, 19 across this country. by the time you get to mid—morning, the rain is going to east of —— aesop in intensity. but a huge amount of rain across the south but staying cloudy hereafter humid start. away from that, most places will brighten up. a few showers in scotland. a little bit on the breezy side but not as breezy as yesterday. the temperatures around the teens for many. enter tonight, the temperatures around the teens for many. entertonight, clearskies to many to take us into the night. scotla nd to many to take us into the night. scotland and northern ireland will see cloud increase. we could see outbreaks of rain. falling temperatures here that elsewhere, probably the chilli as night of the week, especially further south you 90, week, especially further south you go, temperatures as low as around three orfour go, temperatures as low as around three or four degrees outside the towns and cities. actually commit tomorrow morning but england and wales, much brighter. some outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern ireland which might turn a bit more persistent towards the west later on. we lose the sunshine. it should bea on. we lose the sunshine. it should be a fine day with sunny spells. temperatures of a little bit on today's values. another cool start today's values. another cool start to friday but once again, we will see cloud increase, outbreaks of rain across scotland, northern ireland, pushing its way to parts of north—west england and wales and it will work its way southwards. the far south of the country should stay dry. again, temperatures still for many, in the teens, low 20s across some southern many, in the teens, low 20s across some southern areas. many, in the teens, low 20s across some southern areas. a quick heads up some southern areas. a quick heads up the weekend. it does look like saturday could be on the website. england and wales, most likely to see a bit of rain on sunday but a lot of dry weather as well. he looks good in a hood. ifeel sorry for him. let's take a look at some of the stories on today's front pages. the daily mail reports that people in britain are fatter than those in all but two of 53 european nations, according to a study from the un. also a story about princess diana on the front page. 0n the front of the guardian there's a warning from jaguar landrover on the prime minister's handling of brexit, the car maker pointing out that it's ‘now cheaper to make cars in slovakia than in britain'. the house of commons gathering of brexit supporters. there's another brexit story on the front of the telegraph, which reports that farmers who protect the countryside will be the first in line for grants after brexit. the environment secretary tells the paper farmers will "at last" be properly rewarded. there is felicity kendal who was among a number of the actual —— theatrical greats honouring sir peter hall, the founder of the royal shakespeare company at westminster abbey. peter hall's daughter, the actress rebecca hall, also attending that celebration. the lead story is an investigation finding that children as young as 11 years old we re children as young as 11 years old were arrested dealing drugs in england and wales. and trending on twitter this morning. more than 30,000 people have been posting about the great british bake 0ff, with lots of tweets about rahul, who came to the uk eight years ago and bakes cakes to make friends. that's nice. he takes them into various places and befriends people by the medium of the cake. various places and befriends people by the medium of the cakem various places and befriends people by the medium of the cake. it is a fine line, just bombarding people with cakes. trust you. i don't know, if somebody gave me a random cake... there is a wonder why use it at that end of the route —— newsroom. there is a wonder why use it at that end of the route -- newsroom. those raspy and white chocolate muffins. end of the route -- newsroom. those raspy and white chocolate muffinslj raspy and white chocolate muffins.” bake cakes to make friends. would you spurn one of sally's muffins? we already friends. it's time i did some baking again. autumn, it is time. any requests? some kind of kirky. chocolate. —— some kind of cookie. yesterday, we spoke to the boss of jd sports cookie. yesterday, we spoke to the boss ofjd sports as well as debenhams but jd sports valued at more than marks & spencer because of its success and we were speaking to the boss about the success of the tracksuit seller and an interesting story in a few of the papers, tesco to launch discount chain next week so to launch discount chain next week so want to go up against aldi, lidl. there are lots of reports they are going to call it jack's after the founder of tesco and very interesting. there is a day next week when we are saying, this is definitely going to happen. that is a big move. with the existing stores on new stores? i'm not sure. it will be quite interesting. they also warn the convenience stores 0nestop. there is quite an interesting way —— array of things that tesco have to figure out. i didn't know that about 0ne figure out. i didn't know that about one stop, you learn something new. jimmy anderson and alistair cooke, thatis jimmy anderson and alistair cooke, that is a lovely picture of the two of them. they obviously best mates and enjoying them moment yesterday but i will go on a financial theme myself, we are talking about rugby. this in the mail about eddie jones preparing for the rugby world cup and there is a bit of financial turmoil at the moment within the rfu, certainly last night talking about premiership rugby clubs, they rejected an offer to sell their lead toa rejected an offer to sell their lead to a private equity firm which would have been worth about £270 million. they said they want more but eddie jones is probably going to have deep into its own salary to pay consultants. extra coaching staff. i do know, he has quite a big coaching staff. whatever it might be. nutritionists, sleep experts, conditioning coaches. the rfu are saying there is no more cash. they are going to pay forjonny wilkinson to be part of the team. in actual use part of his own salary to pay them. he is very respected. he does have a big team around him. he does, and he wants them to stay. maybe there is a bit of brinkmanship, you are going to have to pay for this. does he have to give them appraisals? maybe, because he is on an hourly rate. i've got a story here about spectacular trousers. scientist trousers. they are making huge strides with smart trousers. very clever. these are called the right trousers because of the wrong trousers and british scientists are developing smart trousers with artificial muscles to keep elderly people mobile for longer and ensure that fewer of us have to rely on wheelchairs and mobility scooters in old age. is it similar to compression leggings? it's as they have inflatable muscles and each of them can lift up to six kilograms. in the knees, there is a pneumatic stiffening device, it stiffens your knees and that means it can hold that position rather than having to sit back down. it helps you with the scanning sit back down. it helps you with the scanning process. sit back down. it helps you with the scanning process. when will they be available? hold on a minute, it is a £2 million publicly funded project to create these trousers. the dream is to make these devices ubiquitous so everyone can go on to a local shop and buy one, even get self fitting but it could take some yea rs. fitting but it could take some years. a good idea. anything that helps sore knees. earlier this year we reported on a major review which found that people with learning disabilities are dying between 20 and 30 years younger than the national average. today the minister for care will announce a consultation into mandatory training for those who care for them, following demands from bereaved parents and charities. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. make sure you do it. 0liver was fit and healthy. he was also autistic. his medical notes showed he was allergic to antipsychotic medication but this is what he was given when he went into hospital in a crisis. he went into a coma and never regained consciousness.” he went into a coma and never regained consciousness. ijust wish that they hadn't known what to do because i know without a doubt 0liver would be at his college today and enjoying life as he was meant to. it's always... ijust wish, i just wish. since his death, his mum has campaigned tirelessly for mandated training in autism and learning disabilities for all nhs staff. 0n learning disabilities for all nhs staff. on monday, she took a petition to westminster and this was her reaction after that meeting. this is huge, this is in oliver's name, by the people have lost his life —— lost their lives, it is huge. this couple were told that eve ryo ne huge. this couple were told that everyone in the nhs, from doctors to hospital porters and nurses, will receive training. this is rolled out, it will stop avoidable deaths, and play a key role in that but it has to be done the right way. what we don't want to see is people going ona we don't want to see is people going on a ten minute e—learning module and think they have the right training. what that look like will be after a consultation ending in march, part of the first formal response to a review into learning disability deaths which earlier this year led to outrage. what action will the government be taking to show the families of people with learning disabilities that their relatives lives to count? the true disgrace of this is none of it is new and we have been here before. an absolutely shocking situation for many, absolutely shocking situation for any absolutely shocking situation for many, many decades. this has been a shocking situation for many decades. then the minister admitted outrage was justified. the then the minister admitted outrage wasjustified. the review had investigated just over 100 deaths. in one in eight, there were failings. women had died on average 29 years younger than the national average, men, 23 years younger. sarah ryan, whose son ‘s death had led to the review, made this claim on this programme. what we are saying now is the label of learning disability for any kid is the equivalent of a life limiting illness. last night, she told me today's response was shameful, that some of the timescales set for action of 2020 and 2021 would cost more lives. those that reflect a sense of urgency? it does. 2021. people have died unnecessarily. between now and 2021, there is a tool that more people will die u nless tool that more people will die unless people i've spoken to, sarah ryan, believe those long dates and timelines don't reflect a sense of urgency. i completely understand what she's saying, i would feel the same in her position. i admit this is taken more than wanted to but we do have to consult on how it is delivered because we want to make sure this hits everybody. better training, the government hopes will start to reverse inequality that has been long known yet tackled. bush a that later. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a community hall in dollis hill in north west london. the fire brigade says it was called at a o'clock this morning. half of the first and second floors of the building are alight as well as the roof. the cause of the fire is not known at this stage. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. a 7—year—old has died after falling from a pub wall in romford in east london. scotland yard says it was called to the king harold pub in station road at around 5.30 yesterday evening. the boy was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries but was later pronounced dead. his next of kin have been informed. too many children are being expelled from mainstream schools because they can't read and write. the staff at a unit in sutton that educates excluded pupils has told bbc london they think this an increasing problem. sometimes they're labelled as naughty when in fact they have unidentified special needs. we have a lot of young people that come here, labelled as trouble children, they are out of control, but they are disrespectful, they are not following instructions but actually, once you begin to start assessing them, some of them can't read. victims of the 7/7 bombings will be honoured today in central london. a permanent memorial will be unveiled in tavistock square garden to remember the 13 people who lost their lives on the number 30 bus. it follows a campaign for a tribute near the site of the attack in 2005 which raised more than 100,000 pounds. it's feared nursery places for some of london's most disadvantaged children could be under threat. maintained nursery schools provide early years support to almost 9,000 pupils, including those with special needs. but research by london councils has found these schools could face closure in over a third of boroughs unless the government continues to invest in them. sta nsted — — sta nstead's sta nsted —— sta nstead's boss stansted —— stanstead's boss says the passions you should be able to handle more passengers, the airport's bosses applied to be a will to raise the cap on passenger numbers from 35 million to a0 million dollars —— up to a3 million. let's have a look at the travel situation now. good service on the tubes this morning. heading northbound on waterloo bridge towards the aldwych, the strand underpass remanis closed for emergency repairs. just off the aa06 nth circular, dudden hill lane is blocked s/bnd from the neasden lane roundabout to prout grove following the building fire at dollis hill lane. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. the day will begin some cloud this morning which will follow through to the afternoon with some light rain but we should see some weather developing later on. i am back later. more on the website. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. the time now is 31 minute past six. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: they're used in everyday things like bread and beer, but until now there's never been a scientific study into the importance of fungi. we'll hear all about it after seven. should parents be allowed to smack their children? we'll hear from a psychologist calling for a legal loophole that allows parents to hit their children in certain circumstances to be closed. (pop music plays) he's worked behind the scenes for the likes of madonna and beyonce, now music producer mnek is taking the spotlight. he'lljoin us after 8:30. a summary of this morning's main news. conservative mps opposed to theresa may's brexit plans met last night to discuss ways to force her to step down as prime minister. around 50 mps talked about how to engineer a leadership challenge. several said they'd already submitted letters of no confidence in mrs may's leadership. america's east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a monster and is due to make landfall tomorrow. almost a million people have been told to leave their homes. uk workers are more than £800 a year poorer as a result of the global financial crisis, according to calculations by the independent research group on public finances, the institute for fiscal studies. the crisis was sparked 10 years ago this week with the collapse of the american bank lehman brothers. the ifs says people now aged in their thirties have been worst affected by the resulting recession, which was the deepest to hit the uk since world war two. the bank of engand governor mark carney said the uk's debt level still caused some concerns. british households have worked hard and paid off a lot of debt in the la st and paid off a lot of debt in the last decade. that has been tough. they have put themselves and the syste m they have put themselves and the system in a better position. the level of debt is still relatively high after that and there are pockets where there is quite significant debt and so what we get concerned about is those areas taking on what more do. —— a lot more depth. —— a lot more debt. britain's lucrative food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit, the national audit office has warned. food consignments and livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets aren't recruited to process them. however, the department for environment, food and rural affairs has said it's expanded its workforce and is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. an enhanced flu jab for elderly people will save hundreds of lives this winter, according to public health england. last year's injection was effective for just one—in—10 people aged over 65. the new vaccine contains extra ingredients designed to help older immune systems develop a stronger defence against flu. officials hope it will reduce the pressure on health services. a group of mps is criticising the government for the failure of the east coast rail franchise. the transport select committee says operators virgin and stagecoach were over—optimistic in their bid, and the government failed to stress—test the proposal. the line was brought back into public ownership injune afterfailing to hit revenue targets. the department of transport said it was introducing new measures to deter over—bidding in future. free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash, and they are now more expensive to run. the earliest known recording of david bowie has sold at auction for £a0,000. 0n the reel tape, which was recorded in 1963 when he was 16, bowie can be heard singing ‘i never dreamed' with his first band, the konrads. the demo was found earlier this year in a bread basket when a former band member cleared out his loft. there you go. a great find. i wonder how rod stewart's auction went. do you know what, i nearly wore my leopardprint top this morning. i chickened out at the last minute because i knew the boss would hate it. a bit too... too racy. that's the word. i find when the boss likes my clothes, that is when i worry. insulting the boss this morning? talking about nice people in sport, it is not that often we can talk about really, a wonderful atmosphere that has been created by a team by a generation of players and you can see alistair cooke and the jimmy anderson in that picture who are proper best mates sharing a wonderful, wonderful moment. cook's is about to get even better, a baby due any minutes. it was a really lovely day at the oval yesterday as a couple of friends were able to walk off the pitch together to huge applause. alastair cook and jimmy anderson had a big old hug as they beat india to complete a 4—1 series win. cook finishing for good, and anderson now the leading fast bowler in test cricket history. patrick geary was watching. this is what satisfaction looks like if you are a quick bowler, fork in the anderson that moment made a match winner and make him a successful bowler in test history. he is now better than one of the greats, glenn mcgrath, who heard a generation of batsmen. above him are only stars will spin is. —— spinners. yesterday was nearly all about batsmen, not bowlers. india was hitting sixes with one hand at one point. they were hurtling towards one of the more remarkable victories in test history. adil rashid brought the turning point and unc much turning like this for a while. bowled. he still won't understand quite how. 0nly bowled. he still won't understand quite how. only one wicket remained when anderson ran in to mohammed shami, that defence —— officially ended the test career of his friend, alastair cook. the two old mates have disagreed at the end about who would walk off in front. cooke went first, england will wantjimmy anderson to hang back as long as possible. whatjimmy has achieved and what he hears stomach is capable of achieving, still, is astounding, really. for him to take as many tickets as he has a. i think the most exciting thing is that he is bowling, in my opinion, at his best. throughout this summer hat he has been outstanding and he can carry that for a long time still. what a great story. england have won their first match since the world cup quarter finals, beating switzerland one— nil in a friendly in leicester. the first 25 seconds of the match was broadcast in black and white to mark 25 years of the anti—racism initiative, kick it out. back in colour, and the winning goal came in the second half, scored by marcus rashford. it ends a 3 match losing streak. northern ireland could have unearthed a new star in their 3—0 friendly win over israel. gavin whyte is 22, and scored with his first touch of the ball after coming on as a second half substitute. he moved to oxford united from the irish side crusaders in the summer. hampden park is to remain the home of scottish football. there was an offer for them to move scotland's home matches to murrayfield in edinburgh. but the scottish fa have instead agreed to buy hampden park from owners queens park for £5 million when the current lease runs out in 2020. lots of people saying it needs some work doing if that is to succeed over the coming years. rugby union's premiership clubs have decided against a multi—million pound take—over of the league from the former owners of f1. cvc capital partners had offered £275 million for a 51% share of the league, which would have seen each club receive £17 million. last season, exeter chiefs were the only team to make a profit. premiership chairman ian ritchie said clubs are open to investment, but not majority control is not the preferred option. britain's simon yates has a decent lead goinginto the final stages of the vuelta a espana. yates finished 13th in the individual time trial, but did enough to go 33 seconds clear of his nearest rival with five stages to go. pay attention everybody, this is a great story. being president of your country does bring certain privileges, and former world footballer of the year and current president of liberia george weah, well, he didn't let one pass. at the ripe age of 51, the former ac milan striker and the only african man to win the ballon d'0r, made a one off return to professional football. here he is leading out liberia against nigeria last night, showing off some of his skills before kick—off. the game was organised to retire his number ia shirt. weah played 79 minutes as nigeria won 2—1. and here's something for you. his son, 18 year old timothy made his senior debut for the usa last night. father and son, both in international action for different countries. he is 51? yeah. .biz. -- moves. —— got moves. maybe not be doing that any more. maybe not be doing that any morem is 19 minutes to seven. with winds reaching speeds of more than 130—miles—per—hour, hurricane florence is the most powerful storm to threaten the carolinas on america's east coast in a generation. it's expected to hit landfall on thursday, bringing with it life—threatening conditions. dr sweta chakraborty is a risk and behavioural scientist and joins us now from our washington newsroom. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us today. can you just let us know what the preparations are like and how people are feeling at that this hurricane coming along and hitting land. sure. here in washington, dc we are a stone ‘s throw from the white house and president trump had a public news conference today with the administrator and talking about corporations at all levels from federal preparedness and state and this is really being prepared at the state—level. so we have federal support, have funding going towards all levels and all preparations involved to ensure health and safety first almost. then it trickles down. the real execution of what is necessary to ensure health and safety is happening at those local levels. you are seeing this proactive preparedness and regular communication with the residents of those areas that are most vulnerable and ultimately what is being told to this residence is that if you fall into the category of 1.5 million at this point of those in danger of serious impacts of the current keynes, then you must evacuate. —— these hurricanes. those of any advised to move north, it inland, although that will not necessarily remove the risk of flooding, but it isa remove the risk of flooding, but it is a good first step to follow, to move away from the coast, remove yourself away from those in packs and then think about shelter and think about long—term recovery. and then think about shelter and think about long-term recovery. how are people reacting to these warnings? 0bviously are people reacting to these warnings? obviously the authorities wa nt to warnings? obviously the authorities want to make sure they are doing all they can to inform, how seriously are people taking these warnings? fortu nately are people taking these warnings? fortunately or unfortunately, the us has a lot of recent examples of hurricane, we are seeing increasing hurricanes picking up in intensity in number over the years. we can get into why that happened. we had hurricane sandy that hit the east coast, that was category three and made landfall and really devastated new york and newjersey. that is just north of where we are now, where the impact zone is in terms of the carolinas and virginia. so there is recent memory and for that reason, not to mention last season, the hurricane season was devastating in terms of relief and recovery budget that we have ever had to spend and that is because of maria and can earn that devastated the gulf. as bad as they were, it has allowed this culture of preparedness and so you are seeing a lot more engagement from authorities at federal, state and local levels of. then you have people who are really responding and reacting. you will a lwa ys responding and reacting. you will always have those people who want to batter down the hatches and they put but it seems as though people are really taking warnings seriously. i have a colleague at east carolina university, who said that even though they are hundreds of miles away from predicted landfall will be, he said people are freaked out in that area. they are taking it seriously and you see movement of people looking to take that shelter and seeking immediate safety and thinking about what that means in terms of longer recovery. thank you very much. of course, do stay safe. thank you. i am sure matt is keeping an eye on that. he said half an hour ago that he —— it would be clearing up ago that he —— it would be clearing up and there are key is! good morning. —— he is. up and there are key is! good morning. -- he is. i promised it would turn dry here and it has done. we will have some sunshine before the programme is out probably in the next half an hour to an hour. very good morning to you. we are at winterbourne house and gardens in birmingham. it was built in the early 1900s. a country estate in the centre of birmingham. he was a pioneer of town planning. based around the arts and crafts movement of the time. he took some of the things he learnt here and tried to push it into town planning generally around birmingham to try and make the environment a bit better for those who lived here. we will be taking more of a look around the gardens later especially as the sun comes out. as you said, it stopped raining. but ta ke as you said, it stopped raining. but take a look at the forecast because the rain will be easing its way southwards. southern counties of england like to see rain developing through this morning towards early afternoon but elsewhere, the sunshine will come out and it should bea sunshine will come out and it should be a fine afternoon but it is feeling pressure. the area of rain, a cold front which is stretching from south wales through to lincolnshire in the north of norfolk as it pushes its way south. that is the pressure rare moving in. the humid airthrough the pressure rare moving in. the humid air through southern areas. 0nly around 18 or 19 degrees. that is where we start across some southern counties. patchy rain in drizzle. that does mean across wales, the midlands, east anglia. the rest of the uk further north. a bitter breeze but not quite as strong as it was through yesterday. even with the sunshine, clear skies around to begin with. it will feel quite chilly. we could see temperatures drop to around three or four degrees in one or two spots. a big change, what we've seen over the last couple of nights. scotland not quite as chile. showers in the morning started showers tomorrow morning. england and wales start fresh and bright. all out to build up fresh and bright. all out to build up through the day. could be beyond shall here and there. temperatures just a per degree or two and today's values. into friday, another cool start. 0r friday, it looks like we'll start. 0r friday, it looks like we' ll start start. 0r friday, it looks like we'll start with brain in and northern ireland. northern england, northern ireland. northern england, north wales will turn a bit more showery through the day. further south, it should stay generally dry and temperatures again for most of the teens, maybe up into the low 20s across southern counties of england. that's how it is looking. we have sent you all over the uk this week. you know what's happening tomorrow? 0h, this week. you know what's happening tomorrow? oh, no, it is a mystery. i will find out this evening. that's a nice way to live, isn't it? he was in salford as well. nice to see him. it's ten years since the start of the global financial crisis. northern rock, remember the queues outside? they were fearing a run on the bank. that's just outside? they were fearing a run on the bank. that'sjust one outside? they were fearing a run on the bank. that's just one of them. no one could predict it. you still can't. the impact is still being felt, unsurprisingly. people try and put some numbers on where it is. northern rock was a taster of what is to come. talking about financial systems. it was northern rock going under. it was the run—on northern rock that davies it. that was when these pictures, you wouldn't normally see pictures of people leaving work, but these went viral at the time. city workers losing theirjob. american at the time. city workers losing their job. american banks at the time. city workers losing theirjob. american banks had been giving out high—risk loans to people who couldn't afford them. a lot of banks around the world were doing the same. lots of people, mainly mortgage holders, stopped paying back their debts. they stopped lending. the knock—on effects still felt today. the worst recession since the second world war. according to the institute of fiscal studies, some numbercrunching for the bbc, many of us are still feeling the effects. average wages we re feeling the effects. average wages were around £2a,000. last year, the last official figures the whole year, £23,300 on average. £800 less. 0n year, £23,300 on average. £800 less. on average, we are about 3% worse off. what's interesting is, when the iss looked at wage growth carrying on at the trend as it was before, and instead of it being there, it would give you a bit of an idea about how living standards have changed. even though these problems came from banking industries is affected workers everywhere. life for mark clare has changed over the last decade. we struggle from payday to payday, we are just one payday to payday, we are just one payday from going under. she works for a small business. holidays? thank goodness for visa cards because we wouldn't have a holiday. he used to be a self—employed sports coach but the work ran dry. trying to live the dream of being my own boss. it was nice, but it got to the stage where, can we afford the mortgage? so he retrained as a teaching assistants. cuts had to be made and i was one of those cuts. the family budget is under pressure. we area the family budget is under pressure. we are a lot worse off. i'm earning the same amount per hour were now in what i was earning ten years ago. the east midlands is one of the most tightly squeezed regions, with pay more than 6% lower than it was ten yea rs more than 6% lower than it was ten years ago. are people talking about it at the moment? yeah. we are not the only ones, a lot of families like ours. we see a lot of school trips not being paid for because the school has to pay. you can't deny these kids, because you haven't paid. three or four years ago, we we re paid. three or four years ago, we were thinking, we are coming out of this now. are we starting to see those green shoots that looks like the guise as a family: and to this area as a whole, you're not seeing that happening. i feel it's getting worse. the pinch on what we left every month once the bills are paid, it just seems to every month once the bills are paid, itjust seems to get less. for you as parents, how do you feel? it's sad. it's quite sad. it makes me feel angry. you've always worked. we arejust normal feel angry. you've always worked. we are just normal working—class people. did you ever have an inkling that it could impact your family in this kind of a way? no, no. you know, is one of those things you hear on the news, it's going to affect the bankers and the rich city boys, and you think, though, just another blip, we had those before. i am now worried that if i majors aren't increasing, the same is going to happen to the next generation, for my kids, and they are never going to have an opportunity to even get on the housing market. the question is there, austerity, put in place, all the cost—cutting that we've seen everywhere. that is really had quite an impact on hearing school trips have not been paid for. it's the way the government has had to handle the economy ever since. government has had to handle the economy ever since. that is still being felt if we talk about the size of the national debt. do share your thoughts on that as well. a museum showcasing the best of scottish design opens in dundee this weekend. it's the first of its kind to be built outside of london, and it's hoped it will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the world. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. it's the showstopping centrepiece of £1 billion riverside restoration. vna dundee described as much as a sculpture as a building with curves, sharp edges, stone panels are clipped base jutting out sharp edges, stone panels are clipped basejutting out over the tay. is a disgrace it is happening in dundee scotland. it has the most amazing history of and its design, vna can tell that story. this is a city with creativity at its core. first jam and journalism, now city with creativity at its core. firstjam and journalism, now a centre for video games and comics. they must have been the home of the beano, artwork from that will be on display inside. illustrators come here from across the world to study. now a world—class museum will add to the appeal. it's interesting to have that here just to go and explore, to look at, to learn from because design really impacts every aspect of our lives, if it's something as simple asa of our lives, if it's something as simple as a phone at a newspaper or comic book. when you see a town that has brought on something like the vna that is so dedicated to innovation and art, you know you are going to the right place, especially when you are in a creative field. dundee has played it to be proud of when it comes to art, technology and design but getting the vna is a big dealfor this small city design but getting the vna is a big deal for this small city and half a million people are expected to visit this museum in its first year. like many other big places, there are problems here. dundee has a higher rate of drug deaths than anywhere else in europe. local playwright, poet and bin man gary robertson says the v&a will office —— offer a boost to this city which is faced challenges that so long. will got problems with drugs, poverty and that and those are things that need to be addressed by politicians to get in the morning and think, dundee is on the up and if there is one new word to describe it, that dunt only in folk, the v&a is pure tackle. what does that mean? thatjust means absolutely fantastic. this museum brings jobs, absolutely fantastic. this museum bringsjobs, yes, but it's absolutely fantastic. this museum brings jobs, yes, but it's also a bold statement about dundee's design heritage in scotland's cultural clout. a destination notjust tourists but for the people living here too. that is a stunning building. absolutely stunning. we have got some fungi in the studio for you. including one that could potentially dissolve plastics. and another that grows in 30 minutes. we will see it and we will see it in another hour and we will see it in another hour and it will be significant. it's important you get the pronunciation of fungi right because there is not mushroom or error. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. seventy firefighters are tackling a blaze at a community hall in dollis hill in north west london. the fire brigade says it was called at a o'clock this morning. half of the first and second floors of the building are alight as well as the roof. the cause of the fire is not known at this stage. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. a 7—year—old has died after falling from a pub wall in romford in east london. scotland yard says it was called to the king harold pub in station road at around 5.30 yesterday evening. the boy was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries but was later pronounced dead. his next of kin have been informed. too many children are being expelled from mainstream schools because they can't read and write. the staff at a unit in sutton that educates excluded pupils has told bbc london they think its an increasing problem. sometimes they're labelled as naughty when in fact they have unidentified special needs. we have a lot of young people that come here, labelled as naughty children, that they're out of control, they're disrespectful, they're not following instructions but, actually, once you begin to start assessing them, some of them can't read. victims of the 7/7 bombings will be honoured today in central london. a permanent memorial will be unveiled in tavistock square garden to remember the 13 people who lost their lives on the number 30 bus. it follows a campaign for a tribute near the site of the attack in 2005 which raised more than a hundred thousand pounds. it's feared nursery places for some of london's most disadvantaged children could be under threat. maintained nursery schools provide early years support to almost 9000 pupils, including those with special needs. but research by london councils has found these schools could face closure in over a third of boroughs unless the government continues to invest in them. sta nsted's boss says the airport should be allowed to handle more passengers because it will help boost the uk's economy. the airport's owners have applied for permission to raise the cap on passenger numbers from 35 million a year to a3 million. stansted is forecast to deliver up to 50% of the passenger growth in london in the next decade. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover. in north west london, dudden hill lane is blocked southbound from the neasden lane roundabout to lennox gardens following the building fire at dollis hill lane, with delays back to the north a look at the weather — it'll feel a lot cooler today and the day will begin with some cloud this morning which will follow through to this afternoon with some light rain. but we should see some sunshine developing later on and a top temperature of 18 degrees celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: plotting to oust theresa may. 50 conservative mps meet to discuss how and when they could force the prime minister to resign. america's east coast braces itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years, with up to a million people leaving their homes. the impact on your wages of the financial crash. 10 years after the banking collapse, workers are £800 poorer with people in their 30s worst affected. in sport, jimmy anderson, record breaker. he polishes off india to become the most successful fast bowler in test cricket history. iamat i am at winterbourne house and gardens in birmingham, where it is a little bit wet at the moment but while the rain pushes to the south, most while the rain pushes to the south, m ost pla ces while the rain pushes to the south, most places will see the sun come out and feeling a bit fresher than yesterday. all the details here practised. —— here on breakfast. it's wednesday the 12th of september. our top story: conservative mps opposed to theresa may's brexit plans met last night to discuss ways to force her to step down as prime minister. around 50 mps talked about how to engineer a leadership challenge. several said they'd already submitted letters of no confidence in mrs may's leadership. let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo, who's in westminster for us. great to talk to you. how much of a strong position are they in and what position does it put theresa may in this morning? remember that they had been mutterings about her leadership pretty much since she took over. but now that the brexit negotiations are coming to the crunch, so too are the questions of the strategy and who is in charge of those talks. brexiteers in the tory party, the powerful grouping of them, are discussing now. it seems open manoeuvres to launch a challenge against theresa may. but they are hoping many of them that they can force her to change tack on her approach to brexit and that is what they really want. they dislike intensely the so—called checkers agreement that was agreed earlier in the summer amongst the cabinet. that is the strategy that the element is taking to brussels in terms of our future relationship. —— chequers. brexiteers are determined they don't wa nt brexiteers are determined they don't want it to go ahead and they will vote against it if it can to it. but they are trying to force a change of tack, but it seems that if they decide that is not possible or theresa may will not budge, they are prepared to think about triggering a leadership challenge. whether that succeed is another thing, but this morning we will also hear from brexiteers about their own plans on the irish border issue, one of the thorniest issues, they will publish a paper setting out the proposals on how to solve that problem later this morning. i think it issue a sense of the mood inside the conservative party at the moment, the divisions and struggles going onjust party at the moment, the divisions and struggles going on just a few weeks ahead of the party conference. america's east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a monster and due to make landfall tomorrow. nearly one million people have been told to leave their homes. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. slow—moving, but potentially deadly. the category four hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide and are likely to make landfall late on thursday. the three states in its path, north and south carolina and virginia, haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it's big and it's vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try and escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we have been here for six years, i haven't been through one this strong, so safety first, family and just trying to prepare the house as best as we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government's response. any amounts of money, whatever it takes, we are going to do it. but we are already set up. we have food for days, we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm, but officials say they'r preparing for a disaster which causes widespread damage and loss of life. peter bowes, bbc news. 500 miles wide, that isjust immense. plenty more coverage on that across the next few days for you. it's 10 years on from the start of the global financial crisis and uk workers are still poorer as a result. we are still feeling the effects of. yes, banks loaning money out and then the effect, which is why there has been a knock—on effect on people ‘s lives of. the institute of fiscal studies has been doing calculating about the consequences because it was the deepest recession since world war two. you look at the levels of pay in that time and it has big consequences. 0n levels of pay in that time and it has big consequences. on average, workers are £800 a year poorer now then what they were in the run—up to then what they were in the run—up to the financial crisis. things are still haven't got to where they were for a lot of people. you wonder if anything has been learnt, the regulators are here for that. the bank of engand governor mark carney said the uk's debt level still caused some concerns. if we are complacent, of course it could. history teaches us that there are financial crises from time to time around the world. we can come up with 60 or 70 examples over the course of the last century. so the question is, what are we doing to guard against that complacency? i think those are the most important legacies. a lot of important changes to the way the system operate, but it has to be an attitude and there has to be structural change that prevents a crisis like the one that we saw. there will be failures, there will be mistakes, but we shouldn't have to bear another financial crisis like the one we saw ten years ago. so we shouldn't have to, but he says things like brexit, household debt, the state of the financial system in time, there are still risks out there. either way, he time, there are still risks out there. eitherway, he has time, there are still risks out there. either way, he has said this week he will hang around until 2020 now. he will stay the governor of the bank of england. which some people are happy about because they wa nt people are happy about because they want to see some stability. lots of questions going on at the minute with brexit negotiations and that. britain's lucrative food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit, the national audit office has warned. food consignments and livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets aren't recruited to process them. however, the department for environment, food and rural affairs has said it's expanded its workforce and is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. an enhanced flu jab for elderly people will save hundreds of lives this winter, according to public health england. last year's injection was effective for just one—in—10 people aged over 65. the new vaccine contains extra ingredients designed to help older immune systems develop a stronger defence against flu. officials hope it will reduce the pressure on health services. a group of mps is criticising the government for the failure of the east coast rail franchise. the transport select committee says operators virgin and stagecoach were over—optimistic in their bid, and the government failed to stress—test the proposal. the line was brought back into public ownership injune afterfailing to hit revenue targets. the department of transport said it was introducing new measures to deter over—bidding in future. the ministry of defence is not doing enough to plug a serious shortage of personnel and skills, according to a group of mps. the commons public accounts committe claimed a "make do and mend" approach to tackling the shortage of eight—thousand full time staff is unsustainable. the mod says it has enough personnel to meet operational requirements. more than 100 researchers in 18 countries have contributed free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash, and they are now more expensive to run. they are essential to get hold of cash, but often we are not bothering, just paying by card instead. plus the feed our banks have to pay cash machine operators each time we do use one is being cut. the uk's diminishing ranks of free to use cash machines still number more than 53,000, but in the five months tojuly, 1300 closed. 76 of them disappearing, even though they were supposedly protected. link, which can order eight the network, has tried to protect free machines in the moat areas by persuading ranks to pay a higherfee persuading ranks to pay a higherfee per withdrawal to the operator. but some have been removed anyway, in 21 cases there wasn't even a post office nearby to get cash over the counter. if consumers keep using cash less and less, then yes, atm numbers will keep going down and what went is to do is make sure it doesn't come out a quiet and rural remote areas. if we find we cannot do that we will need to ask for help from regulators and other policymakers. the regulator forecast says it is concern and will force them to do more. one possible solution might be to allow them to run theirand solution might be to allow them to run their and cash machines, paid for by the banks. so, that debate of the morning, fungi. there is a poll on twitter if you want to take part. your pronounced session is preferred. you want to take part. your pronounced session is preferredm because of the joke. there are many uses for fungi beyond the edible mushroom. some can be used in medicines, others break down plastics, and certain types even generate new biofuels. and there could still be millions of fungi species yet to be discovered, that's according to the first scientific study into fungi around the world. tom prescott, one of the report authors from the kew royal botanic gardens, joins us now. argue fungi? i like to think of myself as a fun guy, but you can call me anything you like, really. whatever pronunciation you like. we will go with fungi. why do we know so will go with fungi. why do we know so little about fungi?” will go with fungi. why do we know so little about fungi? i think that isa so little about fungi? i think that is a really good question. fungi are really a mysterious, hidden biological kingdom. they are all around us but we know very little about. they are on us, on our bodies, they support natural ecosystems of. if you look at a forest or something like that, that is supported by fungi under the ground. that forest wouldn't exist without the fungi that associate without the fungi that associate with the roots of the plant. what makes fungi? you have asked me a really difficult question.” makes fungi? you have asked me a really difficult question. i was reading something about, it is the way that it —— ingests. reading something about, it is the way that it -- ingests. it secretes enzymes that breaks down foods outside of their body and reabsorbed it. that is one thing. the other thing is that it has things on their outside, similar to crabs of. fungi are closer to us outside, similar to crabs of. fungi are closer to us as outside, similar to crabs of. fungi are closer to us as humans than they are closer to us as humans than they are as planned. that is something we didn't know 30 years ago. when you hear the word you will be think edible mushrooms of. you have brought in a few examples of. here we have a jelly era fungus which is popular in china as an edible food. that is this one. you rehydrate and it. we added some water and it has re—emerged, turning into a fully fledged fungus. you can see it. one of the interesting things that came out, in q of the interesting things that came out, in 0 we do a lot of research on fungi, we don't really know what all of the edible fungi are in the world. nobody knows that. some of my fellow scientist went out and bought a packet of mushrooms in london and extracted the dna. it turns out to mac news species of fungi were in the packet. we don't really know what these things are. and i allowed to pick this up? i do like a good handbag. that is funky. funky fungi. it looks like leather. it is made of fungi. in the future we will see a lot more of this. this is an upcoming thing, making materials out offungi. upcoming thing, making materials out of fungi. increasingly plastic replacement. duceppe plastic replacements, what about the fungi that can see plastic? back potentially could be a huge development. —— hung. people have found out that hungi are able to break down plastic. —— fungi. i ensure your viewers will be familiar with the blue planet series. medicine is huge. medicines came from fungi, that's how they discovered. would the world survive without fungi? no. the naturalworld would basically cease to operate without fungi. they completely underpinned all life. had either if it is poisonous? people are foraging, how do you know? it's there any test you can do? in one sense, you do not know until you die. i would not put myself forward for that! people should be careful when they collect mushrooms, we have fantastic experts who spend their lives to try and work out what mushrooms are poisonous, if you do not have that skill it is slightly tricky, basically. became. hei not have that skill it is slightly tricky, basically. became. he i have also been reading there would be no beer or wine without fungi. they are amazing and making chemicals, and odd example is that some of the more recent contraceptive pills that are on the market, they do not come from fungi, buti on the market, they do not come from fungi, but i used making a fungus because some of the steps to synthesise them are so difficult that we have handed it over to fungi to perform that chemical reaction. that is the case with some of these contraceptive pills on the market. all i have got in my head, due member that advertisement when we we re member that advertisement when we were younger? make room for the mushrooms? do you rememberthat were younger? make room for the mushrooms? do you remember that one? lam afraid mushrooms? do you remember that one? i am afraid i don't. we have had handbags, rehydrated jelly. fabulous. i have discovered that the edible mushroom market is worth £32.5 billion of. it is a lot of money but the bigger picture is we don't even know the full range of uses. we haven't tapped into this, there is a much more. thank you so much. stay there for a minute, you do have to leave yet! i tell you what matt, you will not be able to follow that. you might have some mushrooms where you are. good morning to you. iam in iamina i am in a delightful surroundings of the winterbourne house. early 19th—century suburban house. you can enjoy the garden is fierce. they are run by the university of birmingham. it's an oasis of calm amongst the city centre. it was raining quite heavily. to the southern areas of the country, looking at a forecast. there will be some early rain around. across parts of south wales, south coast. it should be a fine afternoon the weather front is bringing a change, the area of rain edging towards the south coast, sweeping away the mild and humid air we see of the past few days. this morning, temperatures of around 1718 degrees across southern counties of england. they will not rise a great deal. we go through this morning and early parts of the afternoon. expect some rain over the coming hours. eventually into southern england and east anglia, turning lighter and patchy. but huge amount of rain in the forecast it will take this afternoon to some of you to brighten up. lots of sunshine developing. a few showers in the north and of scotland. it will add to the cool appeal. yesterday, we got to 25 degrees. a big change particularly for southern errors. some clear skies. a cold night. england and wales, temperatures around 3a celsius by dawn. the temperatures fall will halt across scotland and northern ireland. we see cloud increasing. as regards thursday, scotla nd increasing. as regards thursday, scotland and northern ireland, and the cloud and showers around, but sunshine as well that it will turn cloudy late in the day. england and wales, a fresh start to find. a lot more sunshine across southern counties in temperatures of a degree a degree or so. 0r friday, morning rangers scotland and northern ireland, fairly showery by this stage. some of will it altogether. does mean scotland will brighten up, as will northern ireland and the southern counties of england and wales, after another cool start, a fine day with some sunny spells and temperatures in the high teens and low 20s. if you are looking at the week end, saturday will be a chance of rain in scotland and northern ireland, and a bit of rain in england and wales. that is how it is looking. back with you in birmingham a little bit later. earlier this year we reported on a major review which found that people with learning disabilities are dying between 20 and 30 years younger than the national average. today the minister for care will announce a consultation into mandatory training for those who care for them, following demands from bereaved parents and charities. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. make sure you do it. 0liver was fit and healthy. he was also autistic. his medical notes showed he was allergic to antipsychotic medication but this is what he was given when he went into hospital in a crisis. he went into a coma and never regained consciousness. i just wish that they'd have known what to do because i know, without a doubt, 0liver would be at his college today, enjoying life as he was meant to. it's always, i just wish, ijust wish. since oliver's death, his mum has campaigned tirelessly for mandated training in autism and learning disabilities for all nhs staff. on monday, she took a petition to westminster, and this was her reaction after that meeting. this is huge, this is in oliver's name, and other people who have lost their lives. this is huge, it really is. paula and mencap were told that everyone in the nhs, from hospital porters to doctors and nurses, will receive training. if this can be rolled out in the right way across the health service, it will stop the avoidable deaths of people with learning disability. it will play a key role in that. but it has to be done in the right way. what we don't want to see is people going on a 10—minute e—learning module and then they think they've the right kind of training. what that training will look like will be after a consultation ending in march. it's just part of a formal response to a review into learning disability deaths which earlier this year led to outrage. what action will the government be taking to show the families of people with learning disabilities that their relatives' lives do count? the true disgrace of this is none of it is new and we have been here before. an absolutely shocking situation for many, many decades. this has been a shocking situation for many decades, which is exactly... then the minister admitted outrage was justified. the review had investigated just over 100 deaths. in one in eight, there were failings. women had died on average 29 years younger than the national average. men, 23 years younger. sarah ryan, whose son's death had led to the review, made this claim on this programme. what we are effectively saying now is that the label of learning disability for any kid is the equivalent of a life—limiting illness. last night, she told me today's response was shameful, that some of the timescales set for action of 2020 and 2021 would cost more lives. does that reflect the sense of urgency? it does reflect the sense of urgency. 2021? people have died unnecessarily. between now and 2021, there is a potential that more people will die and the people i've spoken to, sarah ryan, believe those long dates and timelines don't reflect a sense of urgency. i completely understand what she's saying. if i was in her position, i would feel the same. i admit this is taken more than wanted to but we do have to consult on how it is delivered because we want to make sure this hits everybody. better training, the government hopes, will start to reverse a health inequality which has been long known but not yet tackled. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. definitely something we will keep andi definitely something we will keep and i am. we are talking about a cartoon of serena williams which was on the front page of an australian newspaper and the way she's been depicted, it's racist, showing her is very angry, jumping on a tennis racket, and it's not gone down particularly well. we spoke to the shadow chancellor. there is a call to ban smacking in the uk. the current laws are a bit confusing so we are thinking about how eusebius and the responsibility. such a touchy subject. technically, it's illegal. reasonable force in there. we are going to be talking about that. plenty to discuss and we will do that after we have seen the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a church hall in dollis hill in north west london. the fire brigade says it was called at a o'clock this morning. half of the first and second floors of the building are alight as well as the roof. the cause of the fire is not known at this stage. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. a 7 year—old has died after falling from a pub wall in romford in east london. scotland yard says it was called to the king harold pub in station road at around 5.30 yesterday evening. the boy was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries but was later pronounced dead. his next of kin have been informed. too many children are being expelled from mainstream schools because they can't read and write. the staff at a unit in sutton that educates excluded pupils has told bbc london they think its an increasing problem. sometimes they're labelled as naughty when in fact they have unidentified special needs. we have a lot of young people that come here, labelled as naughty children, that they're out of control, they're disrespectful, they're not following instructions but, actually, once you begin to start assessing them, some of them can't read. victims of the 7/7 bombings will be honoured today in central london. a permanent memorial will be unveiled in tavistock square garden to remember the 13 people who lost their lives on the number 30 bus. it follows a campaign for a tribute near the site of the attack in 2005 which raised more than a hundred thousand pounds. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover. in north west london, dudden hill lane is blocked southbound from the neasden lane roundabout to lennox gardens following the building fire at dollis hill lane, with delays back to the north circular. good morning. it is a rather grand dam start out there this morning but it is still reasonably mild. the got a bit of light rain, some drizzle but the skies are looking like they will brighten up a little bit later on. for this morning, will brighten up a little bit later on. forthis morning, it's will brighten up a little bit later on. for this morning, it's a cold front moving through, bringing all dismissed and merck, the light rain in drizzle but it is gradually drew sinking south by lunchtime, we'll see brighter skies and sunshine feeding in some fresh air. it will feel significantly cooler than yesterday, a maximum of 17 rating celsius by the end of the afternoon and patchy cloud will start to disappear overnight. it is going to be much chillier. the minimum down into single figures, a bit more in the way of sunshine. as things settle down a little bit as we had through the weekend. potential for a little bit of wet weather. things look like they get warmer again as we head into the first part of next week. back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and dan. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. warning. the time is 7:30 a.m.. let's look at the mornings top stories. —— good morning. conservative mps opposed to theresa may's brexit plans met last night to discuss ways to force her to step down as prime minister. around 50 mps talked about how to engineer a leadership challenge. it's understood the meeting considered possible scenarios over the autumn, depending on the deal the prime minister reaches with the eu. downing street said the government's proposal, involving a future customs arrangement, remains the only serious plan. america's east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a monster and is due to make landfall tomorrow. almost a million people have been told to leave their homes. uk workers are more than £800 a year poorer as a result of the global financial crisis, according to calculations by the independent research group on public finances, the institute for fiscal studies. the crisis was sparked 10 years ago this week with the collapse of the american bank lehman brothers. the ifs says people now aged in their thirties have been worst affected by the resulting recession, which was the deepest to hit the uk since world war two. the bank of engand governor mark carney said the uk's debt level still caused some concerns. british households have worked hard, they've paid off a lot of debt in the last decade. that has been tough for them to do. they put themselves and the system as a whole, in a better position. but the level of debt is still relatively high even after that and there are pockets where there is quite significant debt, and so what we get concerned about is those areas taking on a lot more debt. britain's lucrative food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit, the national audit office has warned. food consignments and livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets aren't recruited to process them. however, the department for environment, food and rural affairs has said it's expanded its workforce and is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. an enhanced flu jab for elderly people will save hundreds of lives this winter, according to public health england. last year's injection was effective for just one—in—10 people aged over 65. the new vaccine contains extra ingredients designed to help older immune systems develop a stronger defence against flu. officials hope it will reduce the pressure on health services. a group of mps is criticising the government for the failure of the east coast rail franchise. the transport select committee says operators virgin and stagecoach were over—optimistic in their bid, and the government failed to stress—test the proposal. the line was brought back into public ownership injune afterfailing to hit revenue targets. the department of transport said it was introducing new measures to deter over—bidding in future. the ministry of defence is not doing enough to plug a serious shortage of personnel and skills, according to a group of mps. the commons public accounts committe claimed a "make do and mend" approach to tackling the shortage of 8,000 full time staff is unsustainable. the mod says it has enough personnel to meet operational requirements. free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash, and they are now more expensive to run. the earliest known recording of david bowie has sold at auction for £a0,000. hang ona hang on a sec... (music plays) there you go, that was what i was waiting for. 0n the reel tape, which was recorded in 1963 when he was 16, bowie can be heard singing ‘i never dreamed' with his first band, the konrads. the demo was found earlier this year in a bread basket when a former band member cleared out his loft. it was an old breadbasket, obviously. they are good containers for stuff. have you heard that song before? no. me neither. i do think! will find anything of significance in my loft. i have a lot of schoolbooks. my old diaries are a there and stuff like that. just in case you ever need an! —— need them. you read through diaries and all of your memories come flooding back.l lot of nonsense in the loft. 17 magazines, due you remember those? lot of nonsense in the loft. 17 magazines, due you rememberthose? i have no idea why i kept them.” found my christmas list when i was seven, that was great reading. i wanted a rabbit. if i cannot have a rabbit, please can i have a bike. very direct. anyway, morning. lovely day at the oval yesterday. it was a really lovely day at the oval yesterday as a couple of friends were able to walk off the pitch together to huge applause. alastair cook and jimmy anderson had a big old hug as they beat india to complete a 4—1 series win. cook finishing for good, and anderson now the leading fast bowler in test cricket history. patrick geary was watching. this is what satisfaction looks like if you are a quick bowler. forjimmy anderson, that moment also won a match and made him the most successful pace bowler in test history. he is now ahead of one of the greats, the unerring glenn mcgrath, who haunted a generation of international batsmen. above him are only stars and spinners. anil kumble lays 55 wickets in front. then it's the mighty shane warne. and the unique muttiah muralitharan. yesterday was nearly all about batsmen, not bowlers. india was hitting sixes with one hand at one point. rishabh pant and kl rahul were hurtling towards one of the more remarkable victories in test history. adil rashid brought the turning point and you won't see much turning like this for a while. kl rahul bowled. he still won't understand quite how. only one wicket remained when anderson ran in to mohammed shami, that officially ended the test career of his friend, alastair cook. the two old mates have disagreed at the end about who would walk off in front. as in their careers, cook went first, england will want jimmy anderson to hang back as long as possible. patrick geary, bbc news. whatjimmy has achieved and what he is capable of achieving, still, is astounding, really. for him to take as many tickets as he has. i think the most exciting thing is he is bowling, in my opinion, at his best. throughout this summer he has been outstanding and can carry forward, hopefully, for a long time still. england's footballers have won their first match since the world cup quarter finals, beating switzerland 1—0 in a friendly in leicester. the first 25 seconds of the match was broadcast in black and white to mark 25 years of the anti—racism initiative, kick it out. back in colour, and the winning goal came in the second half—scored by marcus rashford. it ends a 3 match losing streak. northern ireland could have unearthed a new star in their 3—0 friendly win over israel. gavin whyte is 22, and scored with his first touch of the ball, here he goes, there he is, after coming on as a second half substitute. talk —— he moved to oxford united from the irish side crusaders in the summer. hampden park is to remain the home of scottish football. there was an offer for them to move scotland's home matches to murrayfield in edinburgh. but the scottish fa have instead agreed to buy hampden park from owners queens park for £5 million when the current lease runs out in 2020. it does need a little work! rugby union's premiership clubs have decided against a multi—million pound take—over of the league from the former owners of f1. cvc capital partners had offered £275 million pounds for a 51% share of the league, which would have seen each club recieve £17m. last season, exeter chiefs were the only team to make a profit. premiership chairman ian ritchie said clubs are open to investment, but not majority control. britain's simon yates has a decent lead goinginto the final stages of the vuelta a espana. yates finished 13th in the individual time trial, but did enough to go 33 seconds clear of his nearest rival with five stages to go. now, being president of your country does bring certain priviledges, and former world footballer of the year and current president of liberia george weah, well, he didn't let one pass. at the ripe age of 51, the former ac milan striker and the only african man to win the ballon d'0r, made a one off return to professional football. there he is, showing some old skill, some old magic. here he is leading out liberia against nigeria last night, and showing off some of his skills before kick—off. the game was organised to retire his number 1a shirt. weah played 79 minutes as nigeria won 2—1. and here's something for you. his son, 18 year old timothy, made his senior debut for the usa last night. i wonder if that is the first time that the father and son have played in international matches on the same night. it has got to be, hasn't it? the process of elimination. he was 23 when his son was born, his son is 18. gudjohnsen's from iceland. i think his dad, you will have to check that out. not for a different country, saying country. i might have made a fool of myself. no such thing! sally, thank you very much. an australian newspaper is continuing to defend a cartoon mocking serena williams after her defeat at the us open. the drawing published in the herald sun has been met with widespread criticism. but the cartoonist has denied it's sexist or racist. yesterday the head of the us tennis association spoke out about the controversy surrounding serena williams at the us 0pen final. for the forthe umpire, he for the umpire, he was following the code. warning, point, game. serena was in the code for coaching and the racquet abuse and then what amounted what he thought was abuse of. by the code, he followed a law. 0n what he thought was abuse of. by the code, he followed a law. on a personal note he could have done it a little bit differently. 0k. the row has carried on. with us now are actress kelechi 0kafor and the cartoonist dapo adeola. let's get your view on what you think of this depiction, this caricature of serena williams in the herald sun. my view of it is that it is racist and sexist. the whole caricature itself plays on racist tropes that we have seen throughout history, fruit the whole jim tropes that we have seen throughout history, fruit the wholejim crow era. “— history, fruit the wholejim crow era. —— through. caricatures that have been drawn of black people, almost beastly, this is exactly what we are seeing here. the artist said he didn't have that in mind, he said iam nota he didn't have that in mind, he said i am not a racist and he didn't have that in mind, he said iam nota racistand i he didn't have that in mind, he said i am not a racist and i think what it will fail to understand is that a lot of the views are inherent and subconscious, you present them as you feel is humourous but actually it is playing on negative stereotypes. she was an angry woman. she was curious. that is not what i said. she is an angry woman and is being portrayed as an angry woman in this cartoon. she was portrayed as a beast and as a child because there isa dummy beast and as a child because there is a dummy on the floor as well. it is a dummy on the floor as well. it is interesting because they're grabbing other people who have shown the same type of emotion, white men, that haven't been portrayed in the same way. that is the issue, serena williams is limited to the amount of emotion she can show, lest she be seen as emotion she can show, lest she be seen as having an meltdown, going ballistic. all of the terms that black women like myself get in day to day life if we are impassioned about anything. it is all dog whistle politics and that is what that drawing is. it is representative of that. the australian paper reprinted it on their headline saying welcome to pc world. lot of people getting in touch, russell says it is not racist, it depicts a spoiled brat, who at her age should know better. let's say it is much to about nothing. russell needs to calm down because when fully grown white men who are much older than she was, they behave in a worse manner, find less and didn't lose points. it is interesting how people are doubling down on saying this is their treatment of her when actually it is disproportionate. that is a different argument. you are talking about what happened in the match. no, this is still to do with withdrawing. even the way she has been shown to us, that is disproportionate. i say that is when we look at naomi 0saka when she is drawn, she has been whitewashed. we have created a false binary because we need to stress this image that serena williams is this black, beastly savage. i'd like to referring to that drawing as serena williams because that is not her, thatis williams because that is not her, that is abusive. what about other people, other politicians who have been portrayed. the whole nature of caricature is is that they take ethical attributes and they exaggerate them massively. we have seen some exaggerate them massively. we have seen some funny and quite personal ones of donald trump, a popular victim of the caricature. why is it all right to portray him as an animal, or as a all right to portray him as an animal, oras a pig, why is all right to portray him as an animal, or as a pig, why is that 0k? ido animal, or as a pig, why is that 0k? i do think any of it is really 0k. to dehumanise anybody isn't 0k. i do think any of it is really 0k. to dehumanise anybody isn't ok. that is the whole point of a caricature. a caricature should speak to the landscape of what is happening or how that person in packs the particular landscape. it is telling us something rather than just their physical features and what you are telling us about serena is the problem, that she is this savage, this childish person. if we look at all of the ways she has been over policed throughout her entire career, she has been so gracious on a number of occasions. she gets frustrated, she is allowed to get frustrated, she is allowed to get frustrated as other people have been afforded the same liberty to do the exact same thing, but they haven't been portrayed in the same way and thatis been portrayed in the same way and that is the problem. interesting debate. it really is. we could talk for a long time. thank you so much for a long time. thank you so much for coming in the. tell us what you think about that, discussing that later. we will get the weather once again the. that is in birmingham, today he is by a lovely garden. this is beautiful. a very good morning. we are a winterbourne house, run by the university of birmingham, and this is an example of a great villa. he was a pioneer of town planning. he took it in to some of the less wealthy neighbourhoods around birmingham. ican wealthy neighbourhoods around birmingham. i can tell you, the senseis birmingham. i can tell you, the sense is unbelievable. lots of heavy rain through the night. that has just set the flowers alive. it's going to be a fine day of the many, not just the birmingham. going to be a fine day of the many, notjust the birmingham. we do have a morning rain. stillacross notjust the birmingham. we do have a morning rain. still across south wales, south midlands, east anglia, and will work its way towards the south coast of england. then sunshine comes out. while fresher, it should be a pleasant afternoon to many. you can see the chart, it is going to work from the south coast and sweep away the humid air we had. 25 degrees yesterday. today, we started around 17 rating degrees. some occasional rain in drizzle through this morning. north of that, blue skies, clear skies. and showers around in the north and west of scotland. maybe one or two into northern ireland. most places will stay dry and fine. we're not quite as strong as yesterday. after seeing 25 yesterday afternoon, temperatures are based around 18 or 19 degrees. a cool and i will follow. clear skies and into wallets and the temperatures drop to around three or four degrees in some rural areas. more cloud later and showers returned. 0r thursday, some showers across scotland and northern ireland. lovely stuff across england and wales. if you don't want a fresh field, it stays dry and sunny in many parts of england and wales. turning of cloudy later on to scotla nd turning of cloudy later on to scotland and northern ireland. 0r friday, another cool stuff across the south of many, it will start dry. early rain in scotland and northern ireland. turn quite showery. sunny conditions built them all. temperatures fairly similar to what we see on thursday. as the weather is looking in the beautiful surroundings of winterbourne house house and gardens. matt, i'm very rarely envious eye when you're outside and i'm inside in the warmth but it really does look very beautiful. and j. it is stunning, an oasis of calm, worth a visit. there's fresh criticism of the government's management of the railways this morning. sean's been looking into this one. this is about the rails. many are wondering what the future of the network is. this is the east coast mainline — it runs from london up the east side of the country passing through peterborough, york, newcastle and ending up in edinburgh. mps have blamed the government and called the companies that ran it naive after it ended up being state—run back in june. the line was run as a joint venture between stagecoach and virgin from 2015 after theirjoint bid was accepted by the government. it was actually very popular. the majority of passengers rated it highly. a) the two companies lost around 200 million pounds because they overestimated the growth in passengers that would use the service. it was actually the third time a franchise on this line had failed since 2006. tony miles is from modern railways magazine. this report out today which calls the company is naive. they are two massive transport companies. how can they be naive? they were looking at they be naive? they were looking at the west coast franchise. stagecoach isa the west coast franchise. stagecoach is a partner is well, but virgin has the biggest stake. they felt they could emulate that on the east coast. they were proposing passenger growth figures are very ambitious, maybe 10% a year and they were struggling to get 3%. the weather franchise system works, these bids would have gone in, that it would have gone into the government. the government has looked at what that it isa government has looked at what that it is a gone, it is workable. the government has a role here. it says the government didn't stress test is enough. whether any time changes in the economy would affect back growth. the government is heavily criticised for saying it was quite a deliverable contract. what went wrong here? people within the government bought at virgin had a good reputation. they would be able to do something on the east coast. is that not the case? just putting the brand—name, the virgin brand name which we think is possibly naive by both sides. what they didn't manage to achieve was bigger growth, particularly business passengers. probably because there isn't the biggest mark. they possibly didn't explore the markets. the companies are also saying external factors also. terrorism incidents. leisure cost is staying low because few will stay low as well. people opting to use the car. it was a popular service before it had the virgin name on it. it was state—run before this last franchise took over and people are quite happy with the service. is the east coast mainline arguments were trained to be run by the government. as long as you keep the staff enthusiastic the project, and that's what passengers are seeing, we project, and that's what passengers are seeing, we see very project, and that's what passengers are seeing, we see very good customer service, the trains are clea n, customer service, the trains are clean, the punctuality was a bit of a struggle but they were happy enough with the performance of the business, and the east coast has a lwa ys business, and the east coast has always been a profitable business. it was never making a loss. why not have the profits go to government? there is the question. what other problems if things get worse? the secretary of state gets the blame. never likes to stand up and say, my fault. if the franchise, the it's coming to mark they want a new partnership system but it will be very compensated. tony, thank you very compensated. tony, thank you very much. a lot of passengers on that line will be paying attention. if you want to arise passions, rail isa if you want to arise passions, rail is a subject that you raise. a museum showcasing the best of scottish design opens in dundee this weekend. it's the first of its kind to be built outside of london, and it's hoped it will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the world. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. it's the showstopping centrepiece of billion—pound riverside restoration. the v&a dundee, described as much as a sculpture as much as a building with curves, sharp edges, its stone panels a cliff face jutting out over the tay. well, isn't thsi fantastic that this is happening in dundee, scotland ? it has the most amazing history of innovation, entrepreneurship, opportunity through its design, and v&a dundee can now help tell that story. and this is a city with creativity at its core. firstjutes, jam and journalism, now a centre for video games and comics. famous for being the home of the beano, artwork from that will be on display inside. illustrators come here from across the world to study. now a world—class museum will add to the appeal. it's interesting to have that here, just to go and explore, to look at, to learn from because design really impacts every aspect of our lives, whether it's something as simple as a phone app all the way to a newspaper or comic book. when you see a town that has brought on something like the v&a that is so dedicated to innovation and art, you know you are going to the right place, especially when you are in a creative field. dundee has plenty to be proud of when it comes to art, technology and design, but getting the v&a is a big dealfor this small city, and 500,000 people are expected to visit this museum in its first year. like many other big places, though, there are problems here. dundee has a higher rate of drug deaths than anywhere else in europe. local playwright, poet and bin man gary robertson says the v&a will offer a boost to this city that has faced challenges for so long. we've got problems with drugs, we've got poverty and that and that's things that need to be addressed by politicians and that, but you get in the morning and think, "dundee;s on the up." and if there's one wee word here to describe it, the dundonian folk, it is, "the v&a is pure teckle." what does that mean? that just means absolutely fantastic. this museum bringsjobs, yes, but it's also a bold statement about dundee's design heritage and scotland's cultural clout. a destination notjust for tourists but for the people living here too. lorna gordon, bbc news, dundee. we told you it would be beautiful. thank you for your comments about the serena williams cartoon. and talking to us about smacking and how a loophole, a group of psychologists wa nted a loophole, a group of psychologists wanted closed. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a church hall in dollis hill in north west london. the fire brigade says it was called at a o'clock this morning. half of the first and second floors of the building are alight as well as the roof. the cause of the fire is not known at this stage. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. a 7 year—old has died after falling from a pub wall in romford in east london. scotland yard says it was called to the king harold pub in station road at around 5.30 yesterday evening. the boy was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries but was later pronounced dead. his next of kin have been informed. too many children are being expelled from mainstream schools because they can't read and write. the staff at a unit in sutton that educates excluded pupils has told bbc london they think its an increasing problem and often the children are misunderstood. we have a lot of young people that come here, labelled as naughty children, that they're out of control, they're disrespectful, they're not following instructions but, actually, once you begin to start assessing them, some of them can't read. victims of the 7/7 bombings will be honoured today in central london. a permanent memorial will be unveiled in tavistock square garden to remember the 13 people who lost their lives on the number 30 bus. it follows a campaign for a tribute near the site of the attack in 2005 which raised more than a hundred thousand pounds. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover. in north west london, dudden hill lane is blocked southbound from the neasden lane roundabout to lennox gardens following the building fire at dollis hill lane, with delays back to the north circular. and south road is blocked between southall broadway and cambridge road following a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather damp start out there this morning but it is still reasonably mild. we've got a bit of light rain, some drizzle but the skies are looking like they will brighten up a little bit later on. for this morning, there's a cold front moving through, bringing all this mist and murk, with light rain and drizzle but it is gradually sinking south by lunchtime, we'll see brighter skies and sunshine feeding in some fresh air. it will feel significantly cooler than yesterday, a maximum of 17 degrees celsius by the end of the afternoon and patchy cloud will start to disappear overnight. it is going to be much chillier. the minimum down into single figures, a bit more in the way of sunshine. things settle down a little bit as we head through the weekend. potential for a little bit of wet weather. things look like they get warmer again as we head into the first part of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and dan. bye for now. we are still talking about that serena cartoon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today... plotting to oust theresa may — 50 conservative mps meet to discuss how and when they could force the prime minister to resign. america's east coast braces itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years — with up to a million people leaving their homes. it is 500 miles wide. the impact on your wages of the financial crash. 10 years after the banking collapse, workers are £800 poorer with people in their 30s worst affected. in sport: jimmy anderson — record breaker. he polishes off india to become the most successful fast bowler in test cricket history. i'm at winterbourne house and gardens in birmingham. rain has cleared away, a bit of patchy rain sweeping cleared away, a bit of patchy rain sweeping across cleared away, a bit of patchy rain sweeping across the south. for many of you, you have sunshine in the day ahead. a full forecast later on brea kfast. it's wednesday the 12th of september. our top story... conservative mps opposed to theresa may's brexit plans met last night to discuss ways to force her to step down as prime minister. around 50 mps talked about how to engineer a leadership challenge. several said they'd already submitted letters of no confidence in mrs may's leadership. let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo, who's in westminster for us. it has been feeling that we have been moving softly softly towards this challenge to her leadership, but brexit, nearly six months away now, has always got in the way. what has tipped the scales this time?m certainly seems like the knives are out for theresa may, this powerful grouping of pro brexit tory backbenchers are clearly engaged in discussions about her leadership. but it is her stewardship of the brexit process that has really brought things to a head. there will be mutterings about leadership challengers to theresa may, really all through her time at the helm of the tory party. but now that the brexit negotiations are coming to the crunch, so are the questions about who is in charge. now we have these open discussions going on and these open discussions going on and the brexiteers are deciding whether they should move against her. there was no imminent threat at the moment, there is no leadership candidate for them to unite around. the thinking is to wait and see how the autumn unfolds, to see what kind of deal will come back from brussels. but it is certainly the sense that pressure on theresa may is building, because the brexiteers wa nt to is building, because the brexiteers want to force her to try to change her brexit strategy. they are displeased, intensely displeased with the strategy she has put forward , with the strategy she has put forward, what she wants from britain's post—brexit future. they think it is too closely aligned to the eu and they are trying to force her to change tack, pylon that pressure. if they don't succeed in doing that, they are considering mounting a leadership challenge. we will hear more from the brexiteers this morning when they put out a paper putting out their alternative plans for the thorny issue of the northern irish border. but this gives you a sense of how fractious relations are within the tory party at the moment. thank you very much. america's east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a "monster" and due to make landfall tomorrow. nearly one million people have been told to leave their homes. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. slow—moving, but potentially deadly. the category four hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide and likely to make landfall late on thursday. the three states in its path, north and south carolina and virginia, haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it's big and it's vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try to escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we have been here for six years, i haven't been through one this strong, so safety first, family and just trying to prepare the house as best as we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government's response. any amounts of money, whatever it takes, we are going to do it. but we are already set up. we have food for days, we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm, but officials say they're preparing for a disaster which causes widespread damage and loss of life. peter bowes, bbc news. it's 10 years on from the start of the global financial crisis and uk workers are still poorer as a result. sean's been looking into this. you were working as a financial journalist at the time? he still is one! i was at bloomberg, i was covering the bond markets, the spread, howard was indicating the change in mood. then i moved to the bbc and working lunch, and so many people hadn't seen lunch, and so many people hadn't seen anything like this before. people were confused about how much money was around? it wasn't just people were confused about how much money was around? it wasn'tjust a problem for the city of london, even though that is where people might have seen it come from, whether the united states, new york, the big investment banks. they were lending out a load of money to people that couldn't afford to pay it back. when they stopped paying it back, the problems began, business problems dried up. that is what the institute for fiscal studies have been looking at. zooming in on personal finance, looking at people's wages. if we looking at people's wages. if we look at saudi figures, we know a nyway look at saudi figures, we know anyway that it was the biggest —— if we look at some of the figures, we know it was the biggest recession since the second world war, the economy was shrinking. the ifs have calculated, comparing wages to what they were at the start of the financial crisis, ten years ago, this week, this month, to now, wages are on average £800 a year worse than they were for workers. if you wa nt than they were for workers. if you want to zoom in on which age group was worst hit, 30—year—olds, they feel the pinch a lot more, compared to where they were ten years ago. so, have we learned anything from this? it is clearly a big thing. it is all well and good reminiscing and looking at these figures, but mark carney and his team at the bank of england had put things in place. he thinks that there is still a possibility this could happen again. if we're complacent, of course it could. history teaches us that there are financial crises from time to time around the world. we can come up with 60 or 70 examples over the course of the last century. and so the question is, what are we doing to guard against that complacency. i think those are the most important legacies. a lot of important changes to the way that the system operates, that it has to be an attitude, and that has to be structural changes that prevents a crisis like the one that we saw. there will be failures, there will be mistakes, but we shouldn't have to bear another financial crisis like the one that we saw ten years ago. shouldn't have to do, but mark carney has said that cyber attacks, the situation in china, they are all risks to the financial services system, which has a knock—on effect, whether it is wages, the mortgage you can get, and the quality ofjob you can get, and the quality ofjob you can get, and the quality ofjob you can get. unemployment has stayed low since the financial crisis, a lot lower than people thought it would. we could talk about it for a long time. we can talk about it later. i am sure many of our viewers have very good memories of ten years ago. we talk about northern rock, but there were so many different aspects. it's interesting to see how it is still affecting personal finance still. britain's lucrative food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit, the national audit office has warned. food consignments and livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets aren't recruited to process them. however, the department for environment, food and rural affairs has said it's expanded its workforce and is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. an enhanced flu jab for elderly people will save hundreds of lives this winter, according to public health england. last year's injection was effective forjust one—in—10 people aged over 65. the new vaccine contains extra ingredients designed to help older immune systems develop a stronger defence against flu. officials hope it will reduce the pressure on health services. a group of mps is criticising the government for the failure of the east coast rail franchise. the transport select committee says joint operators virgin and stagecoach were over—optimistic in their bid, and the government failed to stress—test the proposal. the line was brought back into public ownership in june after failing to hit revenue targets. the department of transport said it was introducing new measures to deter over—bidding in future. the ministry of defence is not doing enough to plug a serious shortage of personnel and skills, according to a group of mps. the commons public accounts committe said that a "make do and mend" approach to tackling the shortage of 8,000 full—time staff is unsustainable. the mod says it has enough personnel to meet operational requirements. free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. they're essential to get hold of cash, but often we're not bothering, just paying by card instead, plus the fee our banks have to pay cash machine operators each time we do use one is being cut. the uk's diminishing ranks of free—to—use cash machines still number more than 53,000, but, in the five months tojuly, 1,300 closed, 76 of them disappearing even though they were supposedly protected. link, which co—ordinates the network, has tried to protect free machines in remote areas by persuading banks to pay a higher fee per withdrawal to the operator, but some have been removed anyway. in 21 cases there was not even a post office nearby to get cash over—the—counter. if consumers keep using cash less and less, then, yes, atm numbers will keep going down. what link needs to do is make sure that it doesn't come out of the quiet rural areas. and if we find we can't do that, then we will have to go and ask for help from our regulators. the regulatorfor cash machines, the psr, says it's concerned, and will force link to do more. one possible solution might be to allow link to run its own cash machines, paid for by the banks. more than 100 researchers in 18 countries have contributed to the first study looking into the world's fungi population. fungee? funguy? a team from the royal botanic gardens at kew have been looking at the role fungi plays in every day life — from use in food and medicine, to helping generate new biofuels. helen briggs reports. if you go down to the woods today, you are sure of a big surprise. they are not plants, not animals, but in a class of their own. scientists say it is a forgotten kingdom that deserves more attention. so you see this rosette thing, this is its own rosette. we have a responsibility to look after it for everybody else because if we lose all of our old trees, and we lose all of these species because we are polluting them with air pollution, we have let the species disappear out of neglect. here we have another example... kew has the world's biggest collection of dried fungi, with more than a million specimens. this vast library may hold the answers to harnessing the superpowers of these curious organisms. fungi are major degraders and decomposers in the world, all the leaf litter, branches, everything that falls in the forest and all the waste is degraded by fungi. without fungi, ecosystems would collapse. fungi have been serving humankind for centuries, providing medicines and food, but there is still much to learn. scientists believe fungi have promise in cleaning up waste and even breaking down plastic. helen briggs, bbc news. let's return to our main story. theresa may appears to be under more pressure this morning, after a group of around 50 conservative mps met last night to openly discuss the best way to challenge her leadership. the mps are in favour of brexit, and are critical of the government's current strategy. let's get more from tom newton dunn, who's political editor of the sun. good morning to you. what do you know about what went on last night? so, it was a regular meeting of the european research group, the hardline group of tory brexiteers, to discuss strategy, how they are going to try to help the government into a better position, in their view, for brexit. last night, almost organically, the conversation evolved into how are we going to get rid of her? how are we going to topple the prime minister? the obvious understanding being that we can no longer persuade her to get rid of chequers, which they really loathe, the only way to get that off the table, in their view, is to remove her. it is a significant moment, there are two points about this. it is significant because conservative mps are known for their loyalty a nd conservative mps are known for their loyalty and their respect of their leader. they don't have open conversations about plots like this. it is reasonably unheard of to plot is so publicly and openly. the second point is, that is not necessarily to say, which i know is a bit confusing, that we are anywhere near an actual leadership challenge to theresa may, and in my view i think she is still reasonably safe in number 10 for now. let's talk about the maths. essentially it requires a8 mps to say they have no confidence in the leader. do you think we are a way off from that? or is she on sticky ground, as she was a few days ago? the maths of this is very important. as lbj once said, the most important thing in politics is to learn how to count. the first issueis is to learn how to count. the first issue is the barrier in reaching a confidence vote, a8 mps are needed at the moment. if the party wanted to do that, they could do that tomorrow. there are certainly a8 mps that would like to change the leader. the question is, when do they act? they have one bullet in they act? they have one bullet in the revolver, under the current rules you can't challenge the tory leader more than once a year. if they challenge now and there is a commons vote and she wins, she is safe for a whole year. they will wa nt to safe for a whole year. they will want to pick their timing. the second reason, which reflects on the first, is that there simply aren't, by my calculation, the 159 tory mps do hit the second bar, which is enough to dislodge her. a simple majority of tory mps to remove her as leader and prime minister. so, the rebels, the erg or those in it, because i talked to one this morning and they are quite split on if it is and they are quite split on if it is a good idea, they will not act and trigger a confidence vote until they are confident they can win the whole thing. they know at the moment basically don't have that 159 figure to dislodge the. they are probably up to dislodge the. they are probably up to 70 or 80 overall that might wa nt to up to 70 or 80 overall that might want to vote to remove her. that is still some way off. we talk a lot about the prime minister's chequers plan, do you think there is a detailed alternative? is it part of the problem that there is not one route that everybody wants to take account of that? that is the major problem, neither is there one obvious alternative that all of the brexiteers could unite under, let alone the rest of the conservative party and the country. we have seen the erg and others on the more hard brexit wings trying to mount one, and they have pulled back from that because they don't agree amongst themselves. also, they think number 10 might not accept that. if you wa nt to 10 might not accept that. if you want to replace the leader, you need to have an alternative leader and alternative plan. there is uncertainty about who would replace theresa may and that is a problem that the hard brexiteers and rebels have got. there are several major candidates on the right, the brexiteer wing. borisjohnson candidates on the right, the brexiteer wing. boris johnson is candidates on the right, the brexiteer wing. borisjohnson is one of them. but borisjohnson, i think the likes of us, the likes of the bbc, we sometimes overplay boris johnson. hey you really isn't that popular among tory mps. johnson. hey you really isn't that popular among tory mp5. i could easily see him not even making the last two of any leadership election they would send to their members. he isa they would send to their members. he is a very marmite character. there are others at the moment but they are others at the moment but they are still in government, michael gove, dominic raab, the brexit secretary himself, they are possible contenders, but they are currently sitting comfortably in the cabinet. thank you very much, the political editor of the sun with his assessment of the meeting of about 50 mp5 assessment of the meeting of about 50 mps last night. we will keep you across that through the day. time to take a look at the weather now and matt is in birmingham for us this morning, in the beautiful gardens of winterbourne house. you have been finding all of these lovely nooks and crannies!” you have been finding all of these lovely nooks and crannies! i have indeed. he would believe we are only a couple of miles away from the city centre in birmingham? —— who would. an oasis of calm at winterborne stickland go house and gardens, now owned by the university of birmingham, buta perfect owned by the university of birmingham, but a perfect example of an early 20th—century suburban villa and gardens. they are grade two listed, they were in 2008. a beautiful surrounding to spend my morning. lots of rain if you were here at six o'clock. it has dried up and is brightening quite nicely. bala nces and is brightening quite nicely. balances of the sun now and again. more in the way of sunshine developing through the day. we have some rain pushing across southern counties of england through this morning. then the skies will brighten. bringing in the fresher weather, a weather front in birmingham and across parts of wales. that is now lying from the south—west of england, through south—east england towards east anglia. patchy rain and drizzle to the south of that. a fairly mild and humid start. it will turn fresher as the patchy rain works its way towards the south coast through this morning and early afternoon. to the north of it, we will see sunshine developing quite widely, already out across much of england and northern ireland. some showers will come and go through the day. a bit of a breeze, but not as strong as yesterday. away from that, most of the areas this afternoon will be dry and bright with a reasonable amount of sunshine. not as warm as yesterday. today, most places, 18 or 19 at best in london and hull. into tonight, a cold night in the past few nights. we will see temperatures dropping as low as three or four degrees across some parts of southern england. for scotland and northern ireland we will see showers moving into the morning. it will make for a moving into the morning. it will make fora damp moving into the morning. it will make for a damp morning rush hour for some of you. a few bright skies across scotland and northern ireland. it clouds over more generally later on. for england and wales, we will see more ploughed through the afternoon and temperatures through thursday afternoon not far off today's values. maybe a degree or so higher, especially in the south. thursday and into friday, the cool side across england and wales. for friday, a lot of dry weather to come the further south you are. scotland and northern ireland starting with rain, then turning brighter. showers developing quite widely into northern ireland and north wales. not everybody will see them. the wind picking up later on friday, but temperatures should be roughly the same as thursday's values in the teens, if not the low 20s. before we 90, teens, if not the low 20s. before we go, i will mention hurricane florence. an extremely dangerous storm in the atlantic. it is heading towards the carolinas and it could store offshore, which will make it a vicious beast, a life—threatening storm surge. we're going to see damaging and destructive wind, and there could be substantial and severe flooding inland. we will keep you updated. at least we have some calm to look forward to today. an oasis of calm! we have loved it. many of you have already got in contact. should parents be allowed to smack their children? a group of psychologists say it's harmful to mental health. they're calling for a legal loophole to be closed which says parents can physically hurt their children if the punishment is deemed "reasonable". we're joined now by kate fallon from the association of educational psychologists. good morning. you are part of this group that wants this loophole closed. they want to be able to give reasonable punishment, what is the problem with that? i think it gives the wrong message to people. that it is actually 0k to inflict physical pain, deliberately, on a child. what if it is not painful, just a shock? we are not talking about parents being able to not physically manage their children. to move a child out of the way when it is in danger, putting somebody else in danger, moving the hand quickly. it is about deliberately inflicting physical pain ona deliberately inflicting physical pain on a child and thinking that is a reasonable way to bring them up. it gives them the message that if you want to get your own way and get them to do what you want them to do, using them to do what you want them to do, usmg aggression and violence them to do what you want them to do, using aggression and violence is an a cce pta ble using aggression and violence is an acceptable way to do that. a lot of people talk about intent, done when the parent is angry or whether it is donein the parent is angry or whether it is done in love, as some are saying. a few of the comments coming back to what he said. joanna says, i had a tap on the bottom when i grew up, i am sure you often hear this comment never did me any harm. i also give my child a tap on the bottom and it has done him any harm. ellie says i was smacked when i was naughty, and it taught me to behave well and not break the rules. i admire my parents we re break the rules. i admire my parents were doing it. ruth says that positive reinforcement and good moral values should be to what is goodin moral values should be to what is good ina moral values should be to what is good in a child. any smacking behind closed doors is discipline, that the pa rent closed doors is discipline, that the parent has the right to apply. discipline is about teaching children right and wrong. we're not talking about parents not being able to set boundaries on behaviour. i think years and years ago smacking was seen as an think years and years ago smacking was seen as an acceptable method of managing behaviour. ithink was seen as an acceptable method of managing behaviour. i think the world has moved on since then and i have been a number of studies that have been a number of studies that have shown, actually, regular smacking has lead to mental health problems, it has led to those people being more likely to use violence towards other people. largely, most pa rents towards other people. largely, most parents these days do not smack their children. they have learned other ways of managing behaviour. this is not... we are not to criminalise parents. it's about saying let's bring the law into line with the united nations convention on the rights of the child which we signed up to. there are 60 other countries across the world that have already banned smacking. scotland and wales are consulting about whether to do it. this is about let's bring ourselves into line with the laws across different countries. acknowledge that actually most people don't do it and those that do find that is still one of the only strategies. smacking a child is unacceptable, usually when people lose control of themselves out of frustration, using intimidation and fear to teach a child is not the way forward. lydia says she is thrilled they are looking to ban smacking, physically harming your child should never be trivialised. what happens? you get to close this loophole, i'm in the supermarket, i'm not a parent, i see a parent with a child, the child is very upset, very distressed or misbehaving, a short tap, what do i do if it is now illegal? well, i think it would depend very much on whether you know the parent... i don't know the parent. they have just meted out this punishment. i met somebody while i was coming here who said that they saw some of the smacking a child and said i think that was unacceptable. i think it is up to you. when the law comes into this, what do you do? i think you might wa nt to what do you do? i think you might want to go and say to that person, cani want to go and say to that person, can i help? actually, if you think what they are doing is losing it, they are a difficult situation... they have broken the law, haven't they? yes, but it is about trying to stop people doing it, not about criminalising them. then i don't see why you have to close the loophole? it signals is it not acceptable and we are not going to accept that in future. it will take a little while for everybody should take that on board. but it is about opening the debate that we are having now. we have had hundreds of comments and hundreds on the serena cartoon as well, nice that people are getting involved in the discussion. my children, i manage their behaviour by raising my eyebrows. those are good eyebrows. i feel very chastised already. only good eyebrows. i feel very chastised already. 0nlyjoking. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. it has been a wet start to the day across wales and eastern england, but the rain is clearing away to the south. it will stay quite cloudy across southern areas into the afternoon, but for many of us it will be dry with some sunshine. the rain is associated with a cold front. as it moved southwards, it is going to introduce a fresh conditions across these southern areas, compared to yesterday. there will still be quite a bit of cloud into the afternoon across southern parts, maybe a few spots of rain. elsewhere, looking at a mixture of sunshine, a few showers coming into the west of scotland, perhaps one or two to the far north—west of england as well. these are the temperatures. just a little bit cooler than yesterday. 15 or 18 degrees, cooler than yesterday across the south. we got into the 20s yesterday, 18 degrees today. tonight, lengthy clear spells, turning quite chilly across many parts. you can see the greens developing on the temperature maps. that is indicative of single figures into the early hours of thursday morning. more rain is spreading into northern ireland across scotland. during thursday, that will ease away. it will probably is up into thursday afternoon. for on thursday, a dry day on sunday. temperature is fairly similarto a dry day on sunday. temperature is fairly similar to today. 15 or 18 degrees. just a little bit warm across the south, creeping up into the 20s again with more in the way of sunshine. we still have this weather system affecting northern parts of the uk. further south, a small ridge of high pressure, just trying to hold on. that keeps things relatively settled across england and wales on friday. 0utbreaks relatively settled across england and wales on friday. outbreaks of rainfor and wales on friday. outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. still some rain on saturday ended the weekend. mostly dry for england and wales. —— into the weekend. this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and sally bundock. apple's instructed to move production to the us by president trump as the tech giant prepares to launch it's latest iphone. it's latest iphone. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday, 12th september. apple is warning that plans to hit chinese—made goods with huge tariffs could make its products more expensive. we'll find out what's at stake. also in the programme... it's ten years since the financial crisis that rocked the world and saw the collapse of some famous financial institutions. 0ur economics editor will be here to tell us how we're still being affected.