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BBCNEWS Breakfast July 14, 2024

Crowd at royal portrush. How do our gardens grow the economy . Visits to parks and gardens like this one in cheshire add 3 billion pounds a year to the countrys gdp but could more be done to boost garden tourism . Good morning from Beckenham Hill park home to the newly opened wild swimming venue where temperatures will soar for some swimming venue where temperatures will soarfor some up swimming venue where temperatures will soar for some up to 35 degrees and for some, wont fall lower than 25 degrees at midnight tomorrow. I will have more info ten minutes. Its monday the 22nd ofjuly. Our top story. Its the final day of voting to decide who will be the next Prime Minister jeremy hunt or borisjohnson. Conservative Party Members must make sure their ballot papers are submitted by five oclock this evening. The winner will be announced tomorrow. Lets get more from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, whos in westminster. We are going to have to wait. I suppose the question is, can you tell us . You cant at this point. The final votes are being cast and they will be counted overnight and will have the result tomorrow. Boris johnson very much the frontrunner in the race and most people at westminster expecting him to be a minister come wednesday but we will get the official announcement tomorrow morning. It is of course the question of exit and when and how it will be delivered that has dominated this contest and its going right to the wire. Boris johnson writing in the telegraph, likening it to landing on the moon. Saying that it people could use handknitted computer code to safely arrive on the moon and come back again, then we can use and solve the problem of frictionless trade at the Northern Ireland border. There are warnings from two former labour Prime Minister s, tony blair is saying there is no prospect of a deal with the eu without the backstop so its either a general election, no deal brexit for a further referendum with the latter being his preferred option. Gordon brown also offering a warning to borisjohnson brown also offering a warning to Boris Johnson about the brown also offering a warning to borisjohnson about the dangers as he sees it of no deal brexit as well. Worth remembering that come wednesday, there will be a new Prime Minister, new faces around the cabinet table but some things will not have changed. Whoever that Prime Minister may be will have a way that the majority in parliament. Facing an eu position of no renegotiation of the Withdrawal Agreement and some very awkward mps willing to make life difficult for them from the backbenches. Jonathan, thank you very much. The liberal democrats will announce the result of their leadership contest later today. Jo swinson and ed davey have been vying for the position after the current leader, sir vince cable, said in march that he would be stepping down. The result of the contest will be announced this afternoon. The Prime Minister theresa may will chair a meeting of the governments Emergency Committee, cobra, later today to decide how to deal with the seizure of a British Oil Tanker by iran. Troops from the Iranian Revolutionary guard boarded the ship on friday after tehran said it was violating International Maritime rules. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, is expected to press for an International Diplomatic response. Andy moore has got the latest. At anchor under a new flag, the iranian flag, these are the first pictures released by tehran of the tanker stena impero since it was seized and brought into iranian waters. Its 23 Man International crew have been taken on shore in bandar abbas. They are said to be safe and well. The ships operators have made a formal request to visit them. The british registered ship was surrounded by iranian fast boats on friday. Soldiers were helicoptered onto its decks, and it was taken over despite radio warnings from a british ship some distance away. Iran said it was acting in retaliation for the seizure of its tanker, the grace i in gibraltar waters, two weeks ago. It was alleged to have been carrying oil to syria, in defiance of european sanctions. This morning, the Emergency Committee cobra will meet for the third time to discuss this crisis, but it will be chaired for the first time by the Prime Minister herself. Later, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, will go to the house of commons to tell mps what action britain intends to take. The uk has just one warship in the gulf at the moment, hms montrose. The us has many other assets. An International Plan to protect british ships, perhaps in convoys, is said to be in development. 30 people have been injured, nine of them seriously, in wildfires across central portugal. More than 1,300 firefighters are tackling the flames, which Authorities Say are now mostly under control. Police are investigating several cases of suspected arson they have made one arrest so far. Protestors returning from mass pro democracy demonstrations in hong kong have been attacked by gangs of unidentified men wielding batons. Social media footage shows the men, dressed in white t shirts attacking passengers at a train station. 45 people have been injured one critically. We can speak to the bbcs china correspondent stephen mcdonell, whos in hong kong for us this morning. Just what it looks like hong kongs littoral crisis could not become any more violent, we have these new ugly scenes emerging. A group of men dressed in white brandishing sticks and other weapons were waiting at the subway station when pro democracy demonstrators alighted from the train on their way home. It was an organised ambush which at times spilt back into the carriages. You can see ugly scenes of people trying to keep these thugs, you could call them, at bay. Its not clear who has organised them who told them that is when these protesters were arriving but the police, for example, have not arrested anybody in connection with this. They have been heavily criticised for not being on site at the station when the attack occurred and they say they are going to carry out investigations but both the police and the government are being criticised for a light response to this as i say very Ugly Development because this is not like the other clashes, with different protest groups. This is an organised hit on a group of mostly Young Students by a group of mostly Young Students by a group of thugs, when the students arrived, they made sure they hurt them. A senior whirlpool executive has apologised to customers affected by the saga of dangerous tumble dryers sold for 11 years in the uk. Vice president jeff noel said the firm is now offering free replacements or partial refunds after an earlier programme of repairs was judged as insufficient. Heres our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. A design fault in the dryers has caused 750 fires so far. Lint from clothing can fall on the heating element and catch alight. Whirlpool has been sending engineers to make a repair, but the recall demanded by ministers means it will have to go much further. For the faulty dryers, branded hotpoint, creda, indesit, swan and proline, it will have to offer a free replacement or an upgrade and discount, costing no more than £99, or a refund of up to £150 depending on the age of the dryer. The fact is we have inconvenienced people. Theres probably been some confusion in terms of the messaging. The fact is, in many of those cases, we do apologise to our customers, to those who may have been confused, and its an opportunity to say we are sorry, but its also an opportunity to say we want to do more. Were not stopping where weve been over the last four years. The recall comes a full four years since the problem with the dryers was identified, and even now, contacting those with the remaining appliances could be a challenge. There could be 500,000 out there still being used. Simon gompertz, bbc news. Its emerged the Security Firm, gas, has made more than £14 million for running an immigration removal site at the centre of abuse allegations. Six members of staff were dismissed from brook house, near gatwick, following incidents of verbal and physical abuse filmed by the bbcs Panorama Programme two years ago. The Home Office Said it was working with gas to make improvements. Did you watch them golf yesterday . A little bit. Only because i knew i was presenting with you. The coverage was amazing. An emotional shane lowry has paid tribute to the support of his family after winning the open at royal portrush in Northern Ireland. The irishman beat his nearest challenger, tommy fleetwood, by six shots to lift the claretjug for the first time. Did he say was going to leave it on his breakfast table forever . He said he was going to give it for his pa rents for he was going to give it for his parents for all the sacrifices they made. It was the stuff of sporting dreams. Portrush perfection as shane lowry gave the home fans a hero. From the republic of ireland, shane lowry. Hed begun his round to deafening expectation but his opening swing suggested the nerves were jangling, and his 4 shot lead was down to three. Not for long, though. Soon it was the shane show lowry backed his best and the crowd loved it. Great shot. With conditions bordering on the farcical, his only challenger, tommy fleetwood, saw his hopes slip away and from there, it was a much to victory, lowry lapping up the moment before a tap in for triumph. And ireland, there is your champion. Portrush could start the party, and after embracing his wife and daughter, he paid tribute to his parents. They sacrificed so much for me when i was younger and im so happy i can hand them this trophy tonight. Last but not least, the volunteers and all the fans. I mean, thank you so much. This ones for you. And 150 miles south at his home club in esker hills, the celebrations were also in full swing for them and their star player, an unforgettable day. Well, the return of the open here to Northern Ireland was always going to be emotional but this was something else. Rarely has this famous event seen a more popular champion. Andy swiss, bbc news, royal portrush. Im going to be live at that golf club. Should we talk a bit more about that. Its a celebration. We are going to have a chinwag about the golf. Our leading surgeons have told the bbcs Victoria Derbyshire programme that anyone considering Breast Implants should be warned about so called Breast Implant illness ahead of surgery. Thats despite any Firm Evidence of a link between implants and the condition, which causes chronic fatigue, depression and joint aches. There are also calls for all implant patients to take part in a register to improve understanding of potential side effects. Rail passengers are missing out on up to a hundred Million Pounds in unclaimed compensation for cancelled or delayed trains in the past year. Thats according to the watchdog transport focus, which is encouraging passengers to claim back what they are owed and says Rail Companies need to make the process easier. The Rail Delivery Group says Train Companies have helped to increase compensation payments by 80 in the last two years. Bailiffs will have to wear body mounted video cameras under new rules designed to stop aggressive behaviour. The government says it will help protect Vulnerable People in debt but campaigners say more needs to be done. Its prince georges sixth birthday today and Kensington Palace has marked the occasion, with some new photographs. One of the pictures, which were all taken by the duchess of cambridge, show him in an england football shirt. Another shows the young prince on holiday. He isa he is a good looking lad, isnt he . There is no way that man behind he has been to bed. Thats for sure. Look at that smile. There might be a tv with bbc breakfast on in the background. If you can hear us, well done. Amazing scenes there. He was 70 21. An irishman wins in ireland and you dont watch too much golf, but when you watch him walking up the 18th, its hard to put into context. The noise, the amount of people there who love him is incredible. And people had never heard anything like it in golf coming up the 18th, it was raucous and ferocious, the most incredible noise which we are probably unlikely to hear again. More on that win for shane lowry to come, but elsewhere there was history for britains adam peaty. He broke his own world record in the breast stroke at the world swimming championships in south korea. He goes for gold later this morning. England won bronze at the netball world club in what was tracey nevilles last match as coach shell be with us on breakfast after 8 30. New zealand won the tournament as they beat australia in a thrilling final in liverpool. It looks like gareth bale is on his way out of real madrid. Head coach Zinedine Zidane says he hopes bale leaves the club soon, saying his departure would be best for everyone. And australia have retained the womens ashes. England needed to win the one off test match at taunton to have any hope of taking the series, but it ended in a draw. A great summer for englands a great summerfor englands man bun disappointment for the women yesterday. There has been brilliant sport in the last few weeks. And with the netball as well. We will speak to them later. They are leaving liverpool, but not early enough this morning. But we will get them on. What in your view. It is still early. It is really warm. People noticing overnight. What a lovely morning for a swim. Some people are out and about already at a very special lake, isnt it, carol . You are quite right. This is back in place place a park. A newly opened wild swimming venue. Lots of people in there. There is a little bit of each. Between the beach and the rope is the splash area, if you dont wa nt to is the splash area, if you dont want to swim you can go for a little paddle in there. As we go through this week it will get hotter. By wednesday some parts of the south will be 3a, possibly 35. We will see that again on thursday. The other thing is, those are the temperatures by day, by night they are not falling away too far either. Midnight tuesday night in london the overnight low will be 25. In cardiff, 21. 19 in edinburgh, 18 in belfast. You are getting the picture. Hot and belfast. You are getting the picture. Hotand humid. Uncomfortable for sleeping in. This weeks forecast is a hot and humid one, notjust by night but by day. Today there is rain around in the north west of the country accompanied by gusty winds. We have seen some accompanied by gusty winds. We have seen some hefty rainfall totals across the Lake District in the last 12 hours. Very nearly two inches. We have had 45 millimetres of rainfall. Ina have had 45 millimetres of rainfall. In a thundery breakdown tuesday into wednesday. The heat is coming up from the south. You can see the arrows from the south west or the south, moving around an area of High Pressure to the east. Paris mid week could hit 42 degrees. If it does beat its Current Record of 40. London by then looking at about 35. This morning we start on a cloudy note, a muggy note as well. We have drizzle across cornwall, devon, the south west of england, and wales. Also some rain across the north west of england. That is moving away. It will eventually become confined to western scotland where it will be heavy. Once again today we are looking at a lot of sunshine. Through the evening and overnight, where we have the clear skies, we will see the cloud building from the west and the south, getting into central areas. Still rain across the north west as well. Another muggy night. Tomorrow we start off on a cloudy note. That will tend to break. We have the rain breaking up across the north west of scotland and moving away. All of us will have and moving away. All of us will have a dry and sunny day. Tomorrows temperatures creeping up. We could hit the low 30s in parts of the south east. Widely we are looking at the mid to high 20s. For some of us are still the low 30s. In the south east we could hit 34. That means that through the night we will see a lot of thunderstorms coming our way from the south of the south west. Enduring because of the night and through wednesday they will move northwards. And during the course of the night. There could be rain coming from them, lightning, gusty winds, large hail. Once again behind them we get back into the sunshine and the temperatures continue to soar. We are looking at 3435. Continue to soar. We are looking at 34 35. Thursday looks like it could be the hottest day of this week. So some really hot temperatures. Thank you very much. We will be back with you very much. We will be back with you later. Is an open water swim, it looks glorious there today. Come on as an open water swim. Lets take a look at todays papers. The telegraph leads on borisjohnson insisting that the uk can leave the eu by october 31st as long as the country rediscovers its sense of mission. Like nearly all the papers, it features one of the pictures released to celebrate prince georges sixth birthday. The mirror claims the conservative party faces brexit chaos, with mps vowing to jump ship if Boris Johnson becomes the next Prime Minister. The guardian also reports that mrjohnson could face a series of resignations by minis

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