to push the boundaries in a pool. the olympic champion broke his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day. and sniffing out disease. could dogs hold the key to early diagnosis of parkinson's? and carol has the weather. after a bright start in the east, the rain already in the west will move east through the day and we will all see it, heaviest in scotla nd will all see it, heaviest in scotland and northern ireland and northern england and it'll be accompanied by blustery winds. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers. more in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. the government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from diesel vehicles. holly hamilton reports. drives up in a 9001908 model t. we've come a long way in terms of design but for 100 years we've been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change? several major carmakers including bmw, volkswagen and volvo have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a keen way to tackle air pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and diesel engines in the uk with a ban on sales by 2040. it's pa rt uk with a ban on sales by 2040. it's part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. it'll mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the uk as well asa or diesel vehicles in the uk as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. the move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france where the band will also be introduced in 2040. campaigners are likely to complain the government hasn't gone far enough orfast complain the government hasn't gone far enough or fast enough while labour is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not in 23 yea rs action is needed now and not in 23 years time. holly hamilton, bbc news. if you have any ideas on that you can send them in. and after half 6am we'll ask a motor industry expert whether the move to all electric vehicles is realistic. a high courtjudge will decide today whether charlie gard should be allowed to die at home his parents want to take him out of hospital. but lawyers for great 0rmond street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for charlie, given the level of medical support he needs. alan clayton reports. the legal battle over charlie gard now centres on where and how he spends his final days, perhaps hours. it follows his parents‘ decision earlier this week to abandon their lengthy legal battle to be allowed to take into america for treatment. yesterday, charlie's mum, connie yates, returned to court to make it clear she didn't want him to make it clear she didn't want him to die in the intensive care unit. the parents‘ lawyer said it was their last wish that charlie dies at home for a few days of tranquillity outside the hospital setting. last night they appealed for a paediatric intensive care doctor to come forward who would be willing to help ta ke forward who would be willing to help take care of their son but the court heard there were practical issues to be resolved, but for example whether charlie's ventilator would fit through theirfront charlie's ventilator would fit through their front door. in a statement, great 0rmond street hospital said: the hospital has offered a compromise, for charlie to be transferred to a hospice where doctors would supervise his palette of care and death after a period of some hours. but charlie's parents say they want days, not ours, and a hospice is a second—best option. alan clayton, bbc news. the us house of representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on russia despite president donald trump objecting to the legislation. senior officials will be targeted in retaliation for alleged russian interference in the 2016 american election. the measures will also see fresh sanctions against north korea and iran over ballistic missile tests. two men have been treated in hospital after a suspected acid attack at bethnal green in east london last night. the pair are believed to be in their late teens. video footage shows one man pouring water over his face and torso while the other is treated by paramedics. no arrests have been made and inquires continue. thejudge leading the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has told survivors he would get to the bottom of the tragedy during a second public meeting. shouting broke out as residents expressed their anger ahead of the final consultation on what the investigation should cover. dan johnson reports. this meeting was impassioned, heated, and more than once, the inquiry chair, sir martin moore—bick, had to appeal for order. you cannot all talk at once. this meeting's broken up after almost three hours of talking. it has been fractious at times emotional too. i think what the inquiry panel can't have failed to take away is the frustration and anger that still exists, here, and the fact that some people don't have faith in their ability to do thejob properly. it's an exercise in futility. you know, quite honestly, i don't know why we have an inquiry that the so—called chair, who's a judge, cannot compel witnesses to come and give evidence. we need to see that they are representative, that they are going to understand the pain, the humanitarian issues, because they're all very relevant in this as well. the main reason people are angry is because they're not getting answers. whether that was the right forum to get the answers is questionable, but the fact is that people are still entitled to them. there is a lot of anger and emotion. i understand that. we will continue to work with them, and hope that by careful preparation and discussion, and so on, we can make them realise that we can give them justice by finding out what the facts really were. today, there is another meeting, when residents can question the response team about new homes. but six weeks after this fire, there is little sign of things getting much easier, here. dan johnson, bbc news, north kensington. one of the pope's most senior advisors has appeared in an australian court this morning to face historic charges of sexual assault. cardinal george pell, who is the vatican treasurer, says that he is innocent, and will clear his name. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is outside the magistrates‘ court in melbourne for us this morning. good morning. what can you tell us about what will happen today? cardinal george pell, this was his first court appearance since being charged by police in the southern state of victoria in june. charged by police in the southern state of victoria injune. he was escorted into the court a few hours ago by a very heavy police presence. there was an enormous media contingent, i don't think any australian court in recent times has seen australian court in recent times has seen such a media scrum. difficult for the cardinal to get in, he didn't say anything on his way into court, the hearing was pretty brief, about five or six minutes. his lawyer did say that cardinal george pell would intend to plead not guilty to all of the accusations levelled against him. that media scrum was waiting for him when he tried to blocking part of the road in melbourne. what happens next is evidence will be given to the lawyers in the next few weeks and he is too back in court in melbourne in early october. thanks very much for bringing us up to date from melbourne. thank you. more than 500,000 pupils in state schools in england are being taught by unqualified teachers according to labour. new analysis conducted by the party, shows the number of teachers without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012, a situation which labour claims is threatening standards. a department for education spokesman said the proportion of qualified teachers remains high. the number of people over 90 who hold a driving license in great britain has topped 100,000 for the first time. that's according to data revealed by the dvla. currently drivers aged 70 and over are required to fill in a self—assessment form every three years but some think the law should be changed and they should be re—tested. louise fewster reports. this woman from leeds is almost 95 yea rs this woman from leeds is almost 95 years old. she first learned to drive during the second world war when she was 17 and 80 years later she has no plans to stop. when she was 17 and 80 years later she has no plans to stoplj when she was 17 and 80 years later she has no plans to stop. i think they should give up if they haven't got the confidence. you need plenty of confidence and be very alert and your eyesight has got to be good. latest figures show the number of people aged 90 or over who hold a driving licence in great britain has topped 100,000 for the first time. they are amongst 4.5 million drivers over the age of 70. but a number of incidents over the last few years have given old drivers a bad reputation. here a 77—year—old man drives the wrong way up the m6. this incident ended with only minor injury but others have been much more serious. at the moment it's down to the driver themselves to assess whether they are safe enough to be on the road. but some feel that's not enough. it's led to a debate over whether all drivers over 70 should be forced to reset their driving test. we've had a look at the data on road collisions and looked at those statistics in depth and we don't think as a cohort all the drivers are any more dangerous than other road users. the department for transport says age alone isn't a reliable indicator of driving ability. if there is evidence a driver doesn't meet the appropriate medical standards they're entire, to drive is immediately removed. louise fewster, bbc news. —— their entitled to drive. we probably make friends and familiesjealous we probably make friends and families jealous with holiday videos but we have some extraordinary ones here. nasa astronaut jack fischer captured this footage of the aurora borealis from the international space station while it was 250 miles above earth and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour. jack was clearly impressed with the timelapse shots describing the footage as a burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce. i'm not sure about that description! i think that rather do means it.|j agree with you. amazing. beautiful. if you can't take a good picture from space... mind you, i probably would do that if i was there, i would do that if i was there, i would have my finger over the lens. i'm going to talk about a burrito of awesome in awesome source. if there is anyway to describe this dude, this is it! he just is anyway to describe this dude, this is it! hejust keeps is anyway to describe this dude, this is it! he just keeps breaking records! he keeps going faster, we talked about him yesterday morning, as we were walking out of the building he broke another record and later in the day he did it again. adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a pool. the olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day, breaking the 26—second mark for the first time. he goes in the final today looking to set an even faster time. former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford says he's devastated that he'll miss next week's world championships in london because of an ankle injury. there's been more criticism of the rugby football union's decision not to renew the contracts of england's women's 15 a side players. the shadow sports minister doctor rosena allin—khan has written to chief executive ian ritchie expressing her deep concern. and chelsea's record signing alvaro morata made his debut for his new club yesterday. he set up this goal but couldn't stop them going down 3—2 in a pre—season match against bayern munich. if you were ever wondering how you get to be brilliant at swimming and all the things you have to do around yourtraining, i'm going all the things you have to do around your training, i'm going to tell you in about five minutes. your training, i'm going to tell you in about five minuteslj your training, i'm going to tell you in about five minutes. i want to know now! you will have to keep watching! it involves 8000 calories a day! if we eight that we would all be in trouble! you are sounding surprised just then. but you were there, so everything is fine! good morning. today we've got a bright start in the east, however rain in the west will be steadily moving eastwards as we go through the day. the heaviest will be across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. it is already in the west. if you are travelling this morning bear that in mind. spray on the roads could lead to tricky travelling conditions. further east across eastern england, the midlands, east anglia, heading south, patchy mist around first thing, but that will clear. it won't stay dry. the rain is on its way. rain by 7am pushing across south—west england, heading towards dorset. a wet start for wales. the rain moving eastwards. northern ireland has the rain ensconced across you , ireland has the rain ensconced across you, but it will drift steadily eastwards, clearing first of all for you. rain getting on across scotland. still dry ahead of it with few showers in the far north. through the day this lovely start will be eradicated by the rain heading across our shores. blustery winds around it, strongest in the north, with the lightest in the south, but there could be the odd heavy burst. then it brightens up, but there will be showers and some of them could be heavy. a little bit of them could be heavy. a little bit of cloud. at dull —— a duller overnight. 0vernight there will be dry weather, but further showers coming on across western scotland and northern ireland. some could be heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures in towns and cities remaining in double figures. we are dragging the low pressure ever closer to the north—west. still squeeze in the isobars, so it will be through thursday, especially in the north—west where we could have coastal gales. some of the showers will merge and give longer spells of rain and there will be sunshine and showers across the rest of the uk. temperature wise tomorrow we have a range of 15— 20 celsius. then more of the same as the head—on into thursday and friday. the low pressure is still close to the north—west of the uk. still tightly packed isobars. keep your eye on this chap, it will come your way later. so on friday we have rain in the north—west, sunshine and showers in many other areas and towards the weekend this is coming our way, starting in the south—west of wales on friday. that is not looking fantastic. thank you. see you in half an hour. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. a fund will also be made available for council schemes to cut diesel emissions. a high courtjudge will rule today on whether charlie gard can be taken home to die, or whether he should be cared for in a hospice. sally is back with us for a quick look through the papers. starting with some of the front pages. the telegraph talks about what we mentioned, the main story about the diesel car ban, to cut pollution. already some of you sending on questions about that, asking what it means for long distance travel. and the prime minister is on holiday. we always seem to do that, have pictures of the prime minister on holiday. that shot, a lot of the papers have the same story. theresa may on the front page of the mail. you can see what they are saying about what she's wearing. and this story will generate many questions. more questions than answers about this war on diesel, as new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, that sales of new cars. all will be electric. daniel craig says he will never played bond again, guess what? looks like he will. he said he would rather slash his wrist than take the role again. but it seems he will be james bond on the 25th film. this is talking about diesel and petrol cars as well, and also charlie guard. the mirror speaks about charlie as well. the crucial day as the judge will make a decision about where it is that charlie spent his final days. 0ne days. one more story that makes the front pages. this is about sperm counts having halved for men in the past few years, according to research. scientists admit the cause of the decline remain unclear, but of course lots of discussion on the paper about what it might mean for the future of humanity. including environmental conditions, like pollution, which brings us to one of the main stories again.|j mentioned i would talk about adam peaty who broke his own world record twice yesterday in the 50 metres breast stroke. this is in the mail. a great piece about how you get to be as fit as adam peaty. is your bicep 15 inches in diameter? because adam's is. this is what i was talking about on monday. is he doing press ups with his coach? do you remember in the olympics he did those clap press ups? you do a press up, break yourself off the ground and clap. he does that all the time. he gets up at 5am, he has 8000 calories during winter, he trains and once he has banana, peanut butter, bubbly six bananas —— probably. and he has shoe size 12? that's not dainty! the other thing he does before a race, this is fascinating, is he shaves his whole body, all of the body hair on his chest, legs... don't we all? is that what you do in that room!|j chest, legs... don't we all? is that what you do in that room! i shared too much. i can't too much. ican't imagine too much. i can't imagine that would make any difference at all. then it leaves a layer of hypersensitive cells and he travels faster over the water. fascinating. just very quickly, these are real places. dull, bland and boring. apparently they have all got together and we have a week of festive it is to celebrate their distinctive order therein is. are their names ordinary or is it what people said about them? 0ne what people said about them? one of them will be hosting something at the local cinema. mayor of bland, they are in australia. and boring is in the us. from finding bombs to catching drug smugglers, a dog's sense of smell has long been used to help law enforcement to do theirjobs. now a new trial has started to see if it could help doctors diagnose parkinson's disease earlier. the degenerative condition affects more than 10 million people worldwide, but is often only identified years after symptoms first appear. brea kfast‘s tim muffett went to see the dogs in action. kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill. this is one of our fully trained dogs, and it's looking for cancer cells in a human sample. dogs can smell the odour of human disease. it sounds incredible. but when we have disease or infection, we have a biochemical changing our body and this changes our smell. the ability of dogs to sniff out cancer has been acknowledged for years, but now kiwi and other medical detection dogs are beginning a new challenge. what we hope to do is to train them to find the odour associated with parkinson's disease. if they can do this, it could revolutionise the way in which parkinson's is detected. parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological condition with no cure. les milne died in 2015, having had it for 20 years. seeing him change, ijust... ..we didn't know what it was. parkinson's can cause body tremors and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk, but as there's no diagnostic test in its early stages sufferers often miss out on medication that can help. we didn't understand what was happening. joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell. she noticed something different about les ten years before doctors diagnosed parkinson's. so i started complaining about his smell. so, what was this smell like, that you could detect on your husband? i would describe it as a very strong musky smell. after les's diagnosis, joy noticed the same smell on other sufferers. i said to him, "those people smell the same as you." he said, "what are you talking about? " i said, "the people who have parkinson's in the group smell the same as you." joy's sense of smell is so strong doctors say it's rarely seen in humans. for dogs, however, it's a different story. some breeds of dog have more than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that's compared to around 5 million for a human. many believe that by harnessing that incredible sense of smell, more medical conditions could be sniffed out earlier. these medical detection dogs live with families and come to the testing centre during the daytime. backed by the charity parkinson's uk, swabs from parkinson's sufferers will be introduced to see if the dogs can identify them. people might present at a neurological clinic, or they might go to casualty, because they have had a fall or because they have had some other event that's not usual for them. and, very rarely, will they think they might have is parkinson's. but if we can develop an early test, it really improves the patient‘s well—being if they know what's going on. the research and training will take six months, but 200 years after the condition was identified it's hoped dogs will soon help doctors diagnosed parkinson's earlier. extraordinary. we talked before about sniffing out cancer. we will be talking a bit more about this later with some of those involved in a research. it is amazing. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: we'll get the official figures on how the economy grew over the last three months. ben's out and about to see how confident businesses and consumers feel about the future. good morning. this place might look like the hive of modern activity. the new mill right here in manchester. this place built in 1900, but it has a new lease on life after remaining derelict for years. they are now working here, fully up and running, manning these machines this morning. but we are here because we are looking at what contributions places like this might have to the overall economic age of. we will get the latest figures today and they aren't expected to be very good. 0.2% in the first quarter. we are expecting it to be slightly better for the last three months. that's between april and june. we are expecting maybe 0.3%. but the reason we are paying attention is the big question about brexit. has that changed our spending and buying habits and what does it mean for the economy? more on that little later. first, the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the bbc has learned that kensington and chelsea council was warned as early as 2010 that building a new secondary school at the base of the grenfell tower could block the access for emergency vehicles. the fire brigades‘ union said during the blaze that there were huge difficulties getting past parked cars. the council says it can't comment because of an ongoing inquiry. you can see more on that story on the victoria derbyshire programme on bbc two at 9am this morning. tributes have been paid to a teenage girl found dead at a house in kingston on thames last week. 19—year—old celine dookhran has been described as a "beautiful, intelligent soul". 33—year—old mujahid arshid will appear before the old bailey today, charged with her kidnap, rape and murder. he's also accused of attempting to murder another woman. a 28—year—old man has been charged with kidnap. five years on from the 2012 olympics and some of the torchbearers have been telling bbc london how the experience has stayed with them. john lake was nominated by his family after he beat a brain tumour and depression. when he took up running, it changed his life. i put on some trainers and went for a run and it was really difficult to do the run but i came back afterwards and i felt it. it is incredible to have that sense that i could control my mental health and it wasn't entirely dependent on the antidepressants i was taking at the time. i could do something to make myself feel better. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the piccadilly line has severe delays from acton town to uxbridge it's because of a shortage of trains. here's how it looks on the roads. in westminster, millbank is closed at parliament square for roadworks. in battersea, falcon road is closed southbound from the high street for repairs to a burst water main. and one lane is closed on upper thames streetjust before southwark bridge. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. a dry and for some right start today. you might see a glimmer or two of sunshine, but it is shortly. it will turn rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the cloud thickening from the west. a fresh south—westerly breeze helping that reigned through. 0ne fresh south—westerly breeze helping that reigned through. one or two heavy bursts before it turns lighter and fragments through the afternoon. still going to be cloudy. u nfortu nately we have still going to be cloudy. unfortunately we have a maximum of 19, maybe 20, the feeling cooler than yesterday. the rain clears out of the way overnight so we have clear spells. the windfall on light as well. the temperature perhaps feeling cooler than last night. 13— 15 celsius. into thursday and other dry week. a bright start to the day, but we are likely to see showers developing. 0ne but we are likely to see showers developing. one or two of those could be heavy and we could see some thunder mixed in. the temperatures tomorrow about 18— 19 celsius. through friday we are hanging onto this rather unsettled picture. rain overnight on friday and on the saturday and even into the weekend it will stay rather changeable. still some showers around. dry weather around as well and temperatures staying somewhere around 19— 20 celsius. i'm back with more in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: double the number of hours of free childcare in england, good news for parents, but is it forcing some top nurseries out of business? also this morning, she was part of the olympic cycling dream team, double gold—medallist joanna rowsell shand will be here to tell us about why she's encouraging more women to embrace pedal power. and after 9am, we'll have the bittersweet story of britain's 400—year—old sweet—tooth. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. the government is expected to announce a fund of £255 million to help local councils speed up efforts to combat emissions from diesel vehicles. and there'll be consultations on a possible scrappage scheme, archive: drives up in a 1908 model t. we've come a long way in terms of design, but for 100 years we've been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change? several major carmakers including bmw, volkswagen and volvo have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a key way to tackle air pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and diesel engines in the uk with a ban on sales by 2040. it's part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. it'll mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the uk as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. the move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france where the ban will also be introduced in 2040. campaigners are likely to complain the government hasn't gone far enough or fast enough while labour is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not in 23 years time. holly hamilton, bbc news. the high courtjudge overseeing the case of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard will decide today whether the child's parents can take him home to die. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital say that, in the interest of his care, he should stay where he is or be moved to a hospice. his parents have appealed for a specialist doctor to come forward so he can spend his final hours at home. we will discuss that and the role of mediation in that a bit later. france has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the southeast of the country. there are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated. one of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular resort of saint—tropez. more than 4,000 firefighters and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames, backed up by 19 aircraft. the us house of representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on russia despite president donald trump objecting to the legislation. senior officials will be targeted in retaliation for alleged russian interference in the 2016 american election. the measures will also see fresh sanctions against north korea and iran over ballistic missile tests. thejudge leading the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has told survivors he would get to the bottom of the tragedy during a second public meeting. shouting broke out at points during the gathering, as residents expressed their anger at the limits of the inquiry. a final meeting will be held tonight on the scope of the investigation. at least 80 people will killed in the blaze. at least 80 people were killed in the blaze. scientists are warning humans could become extinct if male sperm counts continue to fall at current rates. according to the human reproduction update, sperm counts among western men have fallen by more than 50% in less than 40 years. it has been linked to exposure to chemicals, diet and stress although some experts remain sceptical about the findings. more than 500,000 pupils in state schools in england are being taught by unqualified teachers according to labour. new analysis conducted by the party, shows the number of teachers without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012, a situation which labour claims is threatening standards. a department for education spokesman said the proportion of qualified teachers remains high. the number of people over 90 who hold a driving license in great britain has topped 100,000 for the first time. that's according to data revealed by the dvla. currently drivers aged 70 and over are required to fill in a self—assessment form every three years. they must declare that their eyesight meets the minimum standard, but some think the law should be changed and they should be re—tested we have all made our friends and families jealous with holiday photos and videos but nothing quite compares to this. lots of people might be waking up on holiday, sorry if you haven't had a lie in, enjoying themselves taking photos and videos but none are going to beat this! nasa astronaut jack fischer captured this footage of the aurora borealis from the international space station while it was 250 miles above earth and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour. he got his camera out and that was the shot! really beautiful! let's do the shot! really beautiful! let's do the description again because it is really beautiful. jack was clearly impressed with the timelapse shots describing the footage as a burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce. i'm not sure if my words would be any better than that. it's sort of spoils the imagery in a way? there's nothing much better than a burrito, charlie, that's what he is saying! gorgeous burrito with the best source in the world. anyway, a great picture! that's the main thing! fairly awesome person in the pool yesterday, adam peaty. unbelievable. 0n yesterday, adam peaty. unbelievable. on and on. even he said yesterday i don't know what else there is in the tag, there might be more. when he goes into the pool he thinks of himself as a gladiator and it's that kind of thing. he listens to grime music when he goes in the water to get pumped up and then he is a gladiator in the pool. adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a pool. the olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day, breaking the 26 second mark for the first time. he goes in the final today looking to set an even faster time. honestly, that is... this morning i we nt honestly, that is... this morning i went 26.1 and i thought it was going to be hard to beat that. coming in the night i was a bit down because it's been such an emotional few days but i thought, right, get up for it and do what you're going to do and mal said i'm not going to waste an opportunity because you don't know when is going to be your last so i just went out and did what i do. james guy couldn't defend his world title in the 200m freestyle final. he finished in fifth just behind fellow briton duncan scott. china's sun yang took gold. today there are seven brits in individualfinal action, including scott who goes again in the 100 metre freestyle later this morning. former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford will miss next week's athletics world championships in london because of an ankle injury. rutherford won't be able to defend his title and says he's devastated that he won't be competing in front of the best fans in the world, in the stadium that changed my life. he says he'll now focus on becoming a three—time european champion next year. another absentee will be sprinter richard kilty. he was expected to compete in the 4x100m relay but the european indoor champion has broken a finger on his changeover hand. there's been more criticism of the rugby football union's decision to not renew the contracts of england's women's15—a—side players. in a letter seen by bbc sport the shadow sports minister doctor rosena allin—khan tells chief executive ian ritchie of her deep concern. sarah hunter says the focus will remain on the world cup next month. we were fully aware of and understood the situation when we new contracts were coming out and it was something that we were... we never thought would happen in a million yea rs thought would happen in a million years and have been really excited by and have benefited from it and i think as a team we've benefited from it. but right now our focus is purely on getting to ireland and doing well at that world cup. there's no point being on a full—time contract, sitting in a gym all day and playing six times a year. they've got to play more than 20 times a year to be religion bettered, we've got to get that competition programme right so that i working on, we got to work on that and the kids programme —— really competitive. we need to double the numberof competitive. we need to double the number of participants. its special and really moving us forward and that's where we're going. england will look to retake a series lead when they face south africa in the third test at the oval which starts tomorrow. they'll have debutant tom westley in the side, who comes in to replace the injured gary ballance. westley will be making his england debut at the age of 28. it's probably started to sing in now, it's been quite a surreal few days. i suppose it'sjust the buildup really. come thursday i'm going to be nervous, as expected, but i think the challenge for me is to replicate what i've been doing for essex and hopefully do that for england. and manchester united manager jose mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much for players this summer. his team of course spent £75m on romelu lukaku earlier this month. we spent a lot of money in the striker, and if you don't do that then we have no striker, that's obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers the amount of money is amazing. every club is getting players, every club is investing a lot. i think some clubs obviously they are paying too much and by paying too much they create a very strange and out of control market. but this is the reality now. he looks quite grumpy about it but he is right, the numbers this summer have been ridiculous. talking about lukaku, have been ridiculous. talking about lu ka ku , £75 have been ridiculous. talking about lukaku, £75 million, it could be nearly £90 million after you add on the extras. it's a huge sum of money and where does it stop? wasn't it nice by way of contrast to hear adam peaty and his attitude. delighting in his own ability and showing it off and taking the moment. he referenced his brilliant coach, mall, hear ye has been with since 14 and they are a phenomenal team —— who he has been with. —— mel. it was nice she got a name check. who he has been with. —— mel. it was nice she got a name checklj who he has been with. —— mel. it was nice she got a name check. i love his attitude! i would love to swim with him! —— like him! back to our main story, the government is set to announce plans to ban the sale of all new petrol or diesel cars in the uk from 2040. electric and hybrid cars made up just 4% of car sales last month so can the uk car industry make such a drastic transformation work? david bailey is car industry expert at aston university. hejoins us from our birmingham studio. we have a date and the clock is ticking, a complete ban on all diesel and petrol cars by that point, what do you make of it? diesel and petrol cars by that point, what do you make of mm sets a clear direction of travel for the industry, that's a good thing but it's like saying we will ban the steam engine by 2040 because petrols and diesels won't exist by then, we will see a huge transition to electric cars sometime in the mid 20 20s so the long—term goal is great but we need more short—term action to get people into electric cars out of diesel cars and these measures are far short of what's needed to clean up urban air quality. using confident these changes will happen and the market will dictate it sooner “— and the market will dictate it sooner —— you seem. looking at the situation right now there are issues with cost and practicality and the infrastructure. when does the big change start to happen? we are seeing more electric cars on the roads, costs are coming down, range is improving, there will be a tipping point in them it when 20s where the electric car will outcompete the internal combustion engine and at that point we will see the big switchover but even that isn't soon enough and we need to encourage people to get out of diesel cars much more quickly into electric cars given they are increasingly viable. we could do things like having some sort of scrappage scheme or charging diesel ca rs scrappage scheme or charging diesel cars for going into city centres, these measures stop short of that so long—term, good, short term, not very effective. the phrase you used was outcompeting diesel cars with electric cars, talk about price, one way to encourage people to buy an electric car within the next ten yea rs electric car within the next ten years for example would be to make sure electric cars are cheaper than other cars? at the moment there are subsidies, ijust other cars? at the moment there are subsidies, i just bought other cars? at the moment there are subsidies, ijust bought my second electric car and i got a subsidy from the government to do that. you are buying an expensive car? that's true, at the moment they are more costly and as the cost come down they will be more competitive. we need subsidies in the short—term to encourage people to switch. the first range of genuinely competitive electric cars are coming through, the hasler and so on. people for the first time will have a genuine choice about what type of car to drive —— tesla. we need to support that but at the same time we should be saying, look, we will give you bonuses to get out of an old dirty deeds and into an attractive new car to help speed up the market. what about the practicalities? lots of people listening may be live in a terraced street and already the sheer practical practical issues of plugging in an electric car remain a major obstacle. what do you think the solution is, paint a picture of a street in 2028? firstly we need to encourage people to use public transport, secondly as range improves targeting becomes less of an issue so we need to see the big improvement in the charging infrastructure. 0ne improvement in the charging infrastructure. one year ago i wouldn't have been able to easily find the charging point. but in the future we could see street lights all used for charging points, so they become multifunctional, people could plug into street lights all over the city and we could see more charging infrastructure. it is those sorts of shifts that the government has to encourage in order to get a massive take—up of electric cars more quickly than the market would otherwise dictate. thank you very much for your time. we will be talking about that throughout the programme. if you have questions, keep sending them into as. some people say 2040 won't matter because they might not be here then. 0n matter because they might not be here then. on a more at the mystic —— optimistic note, what happens to buses and lorries? it is looking great out there this morning. good morning. we have rain on the way. some of us have already had the rain and it is heaviest in scotland, northern ireland and northern england through the day. but the whole band is moving across the uk in an eastwards direction. this is what we have already this morning. you can see it in the west and that's where we start with a lot of surface water and spray on the roads. drift further east and we are backin roads. drift further east and we are back in brighter skies and even sunshine. there is a little bit of mist around this morning, but that will clear readily. then from the isle of wight towards gloucestershire and somerset, south england generally, we have the rain. rain too in wales. not strong winds but breezy. in the northern ireland the rain continues to move out of northern ireland, so it will start to brighten up through the morning in the west. that rainey is moving into scotland, where we have creams and yellows it tells you where we have the heaviest rain. —— greens. at head of it it is still bright in the northern isles. not too long before the rain moves to the east. reaching east anglia and kent last. in the south we have lighter rain. in the south we have lighter rain. in the south we have lighter rain. in the north the rain will be heavy for a time in the north the rain will be heavy fora time and in the north the rain will be heavy for a time and as it clears we have this regime of bright spells and sunshine and showers. some of the showers could be sharp and hanging onto a bit more cloud in the south—east, just behind the rain. through the evening and overnight a lot of us will have a dry night and it will still be blustery and there will also be quite a few showers coming in across northern ireland, but especially northwest scotland. temperatures 11— 15. the reason for the showers is the centre of the low pressure is ever closer to the north—west and you can see from the proximity of the isobars it will also be a windy day, especially so in the north—west. with exposure we could see gales, especially coastal gales. at times they will merge on the north—west and form rain. away from that it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers fairly hit and miss. in the sunshine it won't feel too bad. temperatures are a bit disappointing for the stage injuly. moving into friday the low pressure centre drifts a little bit further north—west, still tightly packed isobars, so still windy. friday itself is looking a mixture of sunshine and showers, for the bulk of the uk. if you don't have the sunshine there will be right spells come at the cloudy at times, and showers merging at times in the north—west. then the rain looks like it will come from the south—west during friday. it won't be great on friday. a three much and see you later. official figures telling us how much the uk economy's been growing over the last three months will be out later. ben's at the uk's only commercial cotton spinner in greater manchester. we are fascinated already. show us around and tell us what's going on! good morning and welcome to manchester. this is fascinating because you think of the history of manchester and the north—west and you think of cotton and spinning and weaving. this is roughly what it comes in at. it is raw cotton before it has been processed. this is what it has been processed. this is what it comes out as, and they use it in all sorts of things. in industry, including, fabric and textiles all over the country. it is interesting because this place looks pretty modern. a huge investment in new facilities. but it is actually the original 1900 victorian mill that is being built here. so a sign of optimism in the economy and spending in this region. andy is the boss. good morning. thanks for having us. looking around here, it's a pretty big investment and you are able to do it in the original mill, with cotton moving back to the north—west. you must be pretty optimistic about the economy? we are. but there's a big resurgence in the uk textile industry. people are really starting to look at what they need, to look for quality and their local business and support their local business and support their local manufacturing. a lot of risks for the economy, though. we talk about wrecks it, consumer spending slowdown, uncertainty —— talk about raqqa. does any of that for you? most of it gives us hope. when you look at brexit, most think they have to be able to buy these products in the uk and while we won't bring the textile industry back to the size it was in the 19405 and 505, we have a resurgence of weavers and knitters and a lot of high street retailers are saying if you spend the money nate shaw that money is value for that money. —— make sure. nate shaw that money is value for that money. -- make sure. rank you. i want to introduce you to mike and tom. i will find you amongst the weaving mill. tom, we heard about the confidence in the business, but it's not the case were everyone, is it? know, and we will find our later this morning how the british economy is doing because we will get a snapshot of the growth in the economy, so—called gdp figures, and there's a lot of focus on this because in the first quarter there was a marked slowdown in growth. the big surprise was last year after the referendum growth was bigger than people expected. at the turn of the year it really slowed down so the second—quarter figures were really important. you are from the federation of small businesses if business is going to feel uncertainty and concerned about the area, small businesses might feel that more than most? more business, according to the latest quarterly index, has shown homefront cost pressures “— index, has shown homefront cost pressures —— small business. so natural living wage, the drop in stirling for those who are importing goods and it is causing problems. then we have the problems around the actual rate relief that isn't getting to those businesses that desperately needed. given all the problems you've outlined, are there any solutions? most small businesses just get their heads down, get on with doing what they are good at and do their business. i think talking toa do their business. i think talking to a local engineer yesterday from my own business, he was saying he is remarkably... inaudible. a couple of problems with the link. we will be back with ben later. intriguing. the place is effectively a modern mill. was that your picture of a mill? would have been hundreds of people working in bills across the uk, in the north as well especially, decades ago —— mills. we will talk to ben later. after a tour as a un peacekeeper in bosnia, peter millns returned home carrying memories of the horrors he had witnessed, but also of the friendships he had made, many with children he thought he would never see again. however, almost a quarter of a century later, he received a message from one of the girls he had helped. 0ur reporter dave guest went to meet him. it is more than 20 years since peter millns served with un peacekeepers in bosnia. but he remembers it as if it were yesterday. some of the things that people did to each other, as young soldiers we saw that. in particular he remembers the local children who befriended the soldiers. at first, to see uniform ina soldiers. at first, to see uniform in a civil war, they are going to back off, not be engaging with it. but after a bit we had sweets, bags full of sweets and chocolates, and they kept on shouting bom bom. among them an 80 roald called djuldina. he last saw her two decades ago. then last saw her two decades ago. then last weekend out of the blue she contacted via facebook. in this picture she is holding the teddy eta gave her all those years ago. what did you think when she got in touch? i first did you think when she got in touch? ifirst broke down did you think when she got in touch? i first broke down crying. because we thought she had been either killed or hurt, because when we were there it was quite badly shelled. today the pair met face—to—face for the first time via skype. hi! how are you? everything is ok. nice to see you alive. and you! 35 years. my wife sends her love to all of your family and hopes they are fine. wife sends her love to all of your family and hopes they are finelj wife sends her love to all of your family and hopes they are fine. i am so glad that you are alive now and that you have family. and you. you've gone on to be a teacher and are doing really well. at the end of their conversation the emotion shows. she is obviously home now and... i've managed to contact her. she still got the bear. and when i spoke to djuldina it was clear she has never forgotten the kindness of peter and his comrades. they told us that peace will come soon. they gave us hope, not only chocolates. they were... ido us hope, not only chocolates. they were... i do know, they were strangers with different names from different countries, but they were our friends. and you never forgotten it? never and i will never forget him. the next step is to arrange a visit to meet djuldina and her family. what a truly wonderful story. very moving that she still has the teddy bear. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: he's the prolific football manger you've probably never heard of. stephen constantine's coached more national sides than any other englishman. he'll be here to tell us about his latest gig in charge of the indian team. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the bbc has learned that kensington and chelsea council was warned as early as 2010 that building a new secondary school at the base of the grenfell tower could block the access for emergency vehicles. the fire brigades‘ union said during the blaze that there were huge difficulties getting past parked cars. the council says it can‘t comment because of an ongoing inquiry. you can see more on that story on the victoria derbyshire programme on bbc two at 9am this morning. tributes have been paid to a teenage girl found dead at a house in kingston on thames last week. 19—year—old celine dookhran has been described as a "beautiful, intelligent soul". 33—year—old mujahid arshid will appear before the old bailey today, charged with her kidnap, rape and murder. he‘s also accused of attempting to murder another woman. a 28—year—old man has been charged with kidnap. five years on from the 2012 olympics and some of the torchbearers have been telling bbc london how the experience has stayed with them. john lake was nominated by his family after he beat a brain tumour and depression. when he took up running, it changed his life. i put on some trainers and went for a run and it was really difficult to do the run but i came back afterwards and i felt better. it was incredible to have that sense that i could control my mental health and it wasn‘t entirely dependent on the antidepressants i was taking at the time. that i could do something that would make myself feel better. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the piccadilly line has severe delays from acton town to uxbridge because of a shortage of trains. it‘s fairly quiet on the roads. in south—east london, kidbrook park road is closed between the a2 and the railway station for building works. in battersea, falcon road is closed southbound from the high street for repairs to a burst water main. let‘s have a check on the weather now. good morning. a dry and for some even bright start today. you might see a glimmer or two of sunshine, but it is shortly. it will turn rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the cloud thickening from the west. quite a fresh south—westerly breeze helping that rain through. one or two heavier bursts before it turns lighter and fragments through the afternoon. still going to be cloudy, though. unfortunately we have a maximum of 19, maybe 20, so feeling cooler than yesterday. that rain clears out of the way overnight so we have clear spells. the wind feeling light as well. the temperature perhaps feeling cooler than last night. 13—15 celsius. into thursday another dry and reasonably bright end to the week. a bright start to the day, but we are likely to see showers developing. one or two of those could be heavy and we could see some thunder mixed in. the temperatures tomorrow about 18—19 celsius. through friday we are hanging onto this rather unsettled picture. rain overnight on friday and into saturday and even into the weekend it will stay rather changeable. still some showers around. dry weather around as well and temperatures staying somewhere around 19— 20 celsius. i‘m back with more in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. new diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040. it‘s part of a strategy to tackle air pollution but critics say it doesn‘t go far enough or fast enough. good morning, it‘s wednesday, 26th, july. good morning, it‘s wednesday, 26th july. also this morning: a high court judge will today decide whether charlie gard should be allowed to return home to die. we‘ll find out later how quickly the economy grew over the last three months, but the figure is not expected to be great. what does it mean for all of us? i‘m at this cotton mill in manchester this morning to find out. in sport, adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a pool. the olympic champion broke his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day. and sniffing out disease. could dogs hold the key to early diagnosis of parkinson‘s? and carol has the weather. after a bright start in the east, the rain already in the west will move east through the day and we will all see it, heaviest in scotland and northern ireland and northern england and it‘ll be accompanied by blustery winds. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers. more in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. the government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from diesel vehicles. holly hamilton reports. archive: drives up in a 1908 model t. we‘ve come a long way in terms of design, but for 100 years we‘ve been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change? several major carmakers including bmw, volkswagen and volvo have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a key way to tackle air pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and diesel engines in the uk with a ban on sales by 2040. it‘s part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. it‘ll mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the uk as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. the move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france where the ban will also be introduced in 2040. campaigners are likely to complain the government hasn‘t gone far enough or fast enough while labour is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not in 23 years time. holly hamilton, bbc news. earlier, we spoke to car industry expert professor david bailey from aston business school who told us the government will need to address a number of concerns for these measures to be implemented effectively. it sets a clear direction of travel for the industry, that's a good thing but it's like saying we will ban the steam engine by 2040 because petrol and diesels won't exist by then, in the mid—20205 so the long—term goal is great but we need more short—term action to get people into electric cars out of diesel cars and these measures are far short of what's needed to clean up urban air quality. jane—francis kelly joins us from oxford street, one of the most polluted streets in britain. jane, does this go far enough, quickly enough? i think environmentalists or some environmentalists will say this doesn‘t do enough. the mayor of london sadiq khan said 0xford doesn‘t do enough. the mayor of london sadiq khan said oxford street is one of one of the worst polluted streets in the world. injanuary that egg quality was worse than beijing. transport for london have introduced more buses that are electrically powered —— egg quality. in october the worst polluting cars will have to pay an extra ten pounds to pay the congestion charge. many councils want congestion charges in other cities but this isn‘t being introduced by the government. it says it will consult about car scrappage schemes but that isn‘t being guaranteed, instead it will encourage councils to improve road layout and reprogram traffic lights so traffic runs more smoothly. but some people might say not enough. jane—frances kelly, thanks very much from a surprisingly quiet 0xford street at this time in the morning. thanks very much. a high courtjudge will decide today whether charlie gard should be allowed to die at home his parents want to take him out of hospital. but lawyers for great 0rmond street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for charlie, given the level of medical support he needs. alan clayton reports. the legal battle over charlie gard now centres on where and how he spends his final days, perhaps hours. it follows his parents‘ decision earlier this week to abandon their lengthy legal battle to be allowed to take into america for treatment. yesterday, charlie‘s mum, connie yates, returned to court to make it clear she didn‘t want him to die in the intensive care unit. the parents‘ lawyer said it was their last wish that charlie dies at home for a few days of tranquillity outside the hospital setting. last night they appealed for a paediatric intensive care doctor to come forward who would be willing to help take care of their son but the court heard there were practical issues to be resolved, but for example whether charlie‘s ventilator would fit through their front door. in a statement, great 0rmond street hospital said it wanted to honour the parents‘ wishes: the hospital has offered a compromise, for charlie to be transferred to a hospice where doctors would supervise his palette of care and death after a period of some hours. but charlie‘s parents say they want days, not ours, and a hospice is a second—best option. alan clayton, bbc news. france has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the southeast of the country. there are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated. one of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular resort of saint—tropez. more than 4,000 firefighters and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames, backed up by 19 aircraft. the journalist lisa minot is on holiday in the region and was evacuated from her camp site last night. good morning. what is the situation like right now? good morning. we are really exhausted. 0ur campsite is just about 20 minutes drive from st tropez and the fires have been going all night. our campsite had its own beach and at 2am they evacuated everyone, there‘s about one 1000 pitches on the campsite and they got eve ryo ne pitches on the campsite and they got everyone on the beach and there are strong winds and i‘m trying to speak to you and this is what has happened, it has hampered the treating of the fire because they can‘t predict the flames. the winds are gusting at very high speeds and they switch from one direction to they switch from one direction to the other. it‘s been a very long night and we are still not out of the woods. i‘ve been hearing from other people on the beach, there‘s other people on the beach, there‘s other campsites that haven‘t been as lucky as us and they have suffered serious damage. what was the first point you realised the gravity of the situation? we were having dinner ona the situation? we were having dinner on a french pitch right on the beach at around on a french pitch right on the beach ataround1am. on a french pitch right on the beach at around 1am. then we looked up and in the sky but why does we could see huge yellow flames licking into the sky. by 2am they put out an alert and asked us to evacuate all of the pitches and that‘s when everyone was sent to the beach. there was probably about 3000 people sent to the beach and we have been here ever since. what's the atmosphere among the people? a lot of children will be involved, this is a family campsite, who is with you on the beach and what is the atmosphere like? last night when we first did the evacuation we opened up our pitch because we were right on the beach to families who had young children and we gave them someone to stay with out of the cold wind. we did tand stay with out of the cold wind. we did t and coffee, that‘s what the english do in a crisis! —— teas. but eve ryo ne english do in a crisis! —— teas. but everyone now is tired. the sun came up. it will be 31 today. because of the smoke over the entire sky, the sun isn‘t as hot as it could be. people are just very tired and we have been told the next hour will be critical, they won‘t let anybody leave the front of the campsite for the next hour because they think it is critical in the fighting of the fire. they are using these canada aeroplanes, these incredible planes that scooped up water from the mediterranean and take it to the hills to extinguish the fire is. they are coming down to the sea in front of us and going to the pool of black smoke —— the fires. front of us and going to the pool of black smoke -- the fires. can i ask you in terms of the practicalities, with the safety advice you have been given, there is concern about the smoke and you have been told to be on the beach, that is deemed the safest place? it is because it is a wooded campsite, a beautiful campsite, i have been coming here for 42 years and it‘s the first time anything like this has happened. it's anything like this has happened. it‘s all pine trees and with the very dry winds we‘ve got, they want eve ryo ne very dry winds we‘ve got, they want everyone on the beach because if the fla mes everyone on the beach because if the flames catch they could pass through the campsite very quickly. that‘s why they ask everyone to stay on the beach next to the water. it should hopefully give us some protection. apologies, the wind is really strong at the moment. to be clear, in terms of damage, there‘s no damage as yet from the fire where you are to either tents or know people injured at this stage? not at this campsite but we are hearing reports from other campsites that there have been camps other campsites that there have been ca m ps destroyed other campsites that there have been camps destroyed in the flames. they are further back the other side of the road. there‘s a road that runs parallel to the seed and the campsite sits one side of it, the campsite sits one side of it, the campsite the other side which is where the fires have been closer haven‘t been as lucky. where the fires have been closer haven't been as lucky. thanks very much for speaking to us. she is on a campsite very close to where the fires have broken out in the south of france, detailing the scale of the evacuation. she said 3000 people we re the evacuation. she said 3000 people were on the beach with her replicated at a number of campsites on the coast. she talked about the next hour being critical so we will stay with that and keep you up to date because many of you will no people on holiday there as well. she talked about it being a critical situation right now. we will keep you up to date with it through the morning. more than 500,000 pupils in state schools in england are being taught by unqualified teachers according to labour. new analysis conducted by the party, shows the number of teachers without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012, a situation which labour claims is threatening standards. a department for education spokesman said the proportion of qualified teachers remains high. we have all made our friends and families jealous with holiday photos and videos but nothing quite compares to this. lots of people might be waking up on holiday, sorry if you haven‘t had a lie in, enjoying themselves taking photos and videos but none are going to beat this! nasa astronaut jack fischer captured this footage of the aurora borealis from the international space station while it was 250 miles above earth and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour. he got his camera out and that was the shot! jack was clearly impressed with the timelapse shots describing the footage as a burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce. i‘m afan i‘m a fan of burritos but i‘m not sure i would call it that! those are the main stories this morning, more on the sport and carol will have the weather later on. it‘s a case that has divided doctors, parents and politicians but yesterday charlie gard‘s parents formally withdrew their legal challenge, accepting that treatment could no longer help. but today, their fight continues. this time to decide where charlie will spend his final hours. the judge in the case described it as a matter that requires mediation, but how could that help at this late stage? let‘s speak now to director of the medical mediation foundation, sarah barclay. good morning to you, sarah. we have discussed it for so long now, this case, and once again these parents find themselves in court with once again an incredibly difficult matter to get settled. it seems extraordinary they should have to go back to court to ask to take their son home. the mediation helps people to have conversations that they would otherwise find really difficult to have, all have been avoiding for whatever reason. so a mediator comes in, someone who is independent, to try to support people in this incredibly difficult situations to try to agree a way forward. and in a much less confrontational manner that happens when you go to court. however hard thejudges and when you go to court. however hard the judges and lawyers will be trying in cases like this to support the parents and support everybody and the health professionals involved through the process, it a lwa ys involved through the process, it always feels like a battle. it is described as a battle and essentially at the heart of this, a complex and private dilemma has been played out in the private eye, what mediation allows you to do is to try and have conversations in a way which will allow people to express their positions, for people to understand each other‘s views and try to arrive at a point they can agree on. at this point it feels like that process won‘t work, but it is very far down the line perhaps for mediation to be offered at this stage. the judges said they didn't wa nt to stage. the judges said they didn't want to rule on this particular issue because at the end of the day eve ryo ne issue because at the end of the day everyone is trying to work in the best interests of this young boy and it‘s so difficult to find a way through, isn‘t it? it‘s so difficult to find a way through, isn't it? yes. iwould it‘s so difficult to find a way through, isn't it? yes. i would say from a own experience that the earlier you get involved as a mediator in really difficult cases like this the better chance you may have of finding a way forward. but we know that mediation doesn‘t a lwa ys we know that mediation doesn‘t always work, what it can be run along the same lines and at the same time as preparing to go to court, because i think fundamentally mediation is all about trying to maintain the human relationships and so often when you get into situations which do feel like battles, of course there are no winners in this case, what mediation does is a very flexible process, so mediators are running all sorts of different places and ways. you try to keep people focused on the human relationships, on maintaining working relationships and of course on the person who is most important in this case, which is the child themselves. i'm not sure how much you can tell me really, but what are the options open? they bask for a specialist paediatric doctor to assist them —— they‘ve asked. specialist paediatric doctor to assist them -- they've asked. what are the options? i don‘t know, i haven‘t been involved in this particular case and i‘m sure the hospital will be exploring every possible way that they can try and accommodate the parents‘ wishes, but at the same time keeping the focus on what is best for this child. thank you very much forjoining us on breakfast. time for a look at today‘s weather. good morning. we have rain on the cards today. some of us already have it. the east of the uk is still dry and bright, but rain already in the west. it will move eastwards, eventually clearing from all but the south—east of the northern isles by the end of the day. we have the rain steadily moving out of northern ireland but it is across western scotland, western england and wales. soa scotland, western england and wales. so a wet start across the south—west of england. the same across wales. the rain continues to move from the west towards the east. the northern ireland, ray makes progress out of northern ireland. it should more or less have cleared by 9am this morning and then it will start to brighten up, i did is making good inroads across scotland. apart from the far north where we have brightness and a few showers across the northern isles. meanwhile, north—west england has the rain, the north—east is still dry, as it is in the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. the mist we have, only pockets here and there, are clearing. the rain progressing through the midlands, the isle of wight and through the midlands, the isle of wightand in through the midlands, the isle of wight and in the direction of berkshire as we go through the morning. it makes good progress as it drifts eastwards. the heaviest rain in the north. for much of southern england and wales it won‘t be as heavy and as it moves away it brightens up the hind. we will have some sunshine coming through and showers. some of them could be sharp. cloud hanging on behind the rain in the south—east as it increasingly turns patchy. that moves away overnight and clears from the northern ireland is and then it will be mostly dry. however, we will have showers coming in across the north—west of scotland and a few coming in across northern ireland as well. that‘s because the centre of the low pressure is more or less across this particular areas and if you look at the isobars it is also telling us that it will be fairly blustery again. stronger winds with exposure across the north—west of the uk, the coastal gales and gailes with height. those showers merging at times through the day. some could be heavy again, with some thunder and maybe hail. but for the rest of the uk we have a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers and as is the way with shower was not all of us will see them. through thursday and into friday if anything the low pressure area is dragged further north—west. still blustery winds around, still a lot of showers in the north—west. sunshine and showers for the rest of the uk, but we do have rain showing its hand, coming in from the south—west later on. ijust want on. i just want to say on. ijust want to say rain, rain, go away! netschool holidays of course —— and it is school holidays. thank you. from finding bombs to catching drug smugglers, a dog‘s sense of smell has long been used to help law enforcement to do theirjobs. now a new trial has started to see if it could help doctors diagnose parkinson‘s disease earlier. the degenerative condition affects more than 10 million people worldwide, but is often only identified years after symptoms first appear. brea kfast‘s tim muffett went to see the dogs in action. kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill. this is one of our fully trained dogs, and it‘s looking for cancer cells in a urine sample. dogs can smell the odour of human disease. it sounds incredible. but when we have a disease or infection, we have a biochemical change in our body and this changes our smell. the ability of dogs to sniff out cancer has been acknowledged for years, but now kiwi and other medical detection dogs are beginning a new challenge. what we hope to do is to train them to find the odour associated with parkinson‘s disease. if they can do this, it could revolutionise the way in which parkinson‘s is detected. parkinson‘s disease is a degenerative neurological condition with no cure. les milne died in 2015, having had it for 20 years. seeing him change, ijust... ..we didn‘t know what it was. parkinson‘s can cause body tremors and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk, but, as there‘s no diagnostic test, in its early stages sufferers often miss out on medication that can help. we didn‘t understand what was happening. joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell. she noticed something different about les ten years before doctors diagnosed parkinson‘s. so i started complaining about his smell. so, what was this smell like, that you could detect on your husband? i would describe it as a very strong musky smell. after les‘s diagnosis, joy noticed the same smell on other sufferers. i said to him, "those people smell the same as you." he said, "what are you talking about?" i said, "the people who have parkinson‘s in the group smell the same as you." joy‘s sense of smell is so strong doctors say it‘s rarely seen in humans. for dogs, however, it‘s a different story. some breeds of dog have more than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that‘s compared to around 5 million for a human. many believe that by harnessing that incredible sense of smell, more medical conditions could be sniffed out earlier. these medical detection dogs live with families and come to the testing centre during the daytime. backed by the charity parkinson‘s uk, swabs from parkinson‘s sufferers will be introduced to see if the dogs can identify them. people might present at a neurological clinic, or they might go to casualty, because they have had a fall or because they have had some other event that‘s not usual for them. and, very rarely, will they think they might have is parkinson‘s. but if we can develop an early test, it really improves the patient‘s well—being if they know what‘s going on. the research and training will take six months, but 200 years after the condition was identified it‘s hoped dogs will soon help doctors diagnosed parkinson‘s earlier. it is just an amazing story. dr beckie port from parkinsons ukjoins us now. it is wonderful to see those dogs in action. how important do you think this could be? at the minute we have no definitive diagnostic test for parkinson‘s, so it‘s very difficult to diagnose and often we hear about stories where people wait months and maybe even longer, or they were misdiagnosed to start off with. the diagnosis is a real issue for many people. and it is also one of the reasons why we haven‘t developed any treatments that slow or stop the condition because we just can‘t find out who has got it early enough, so we are looking for treatment that might be able to save those brain cells that are being lost. 0ne might be able to save those brain cells that are being lost. one of the best ways to find new treatments would be to diagnose people at the earliest possible stage. fascinating hearing from joy, who described that smell. she detected in her own husband and then spelt the same thing in other parkinson‘s sufferers. but what point does that become almost anecdotal? she knows it because it is what happened, but at what point does that become almost anecdotal, where people think that‘s happening but then when it can become part of science? she went to an event and after the event finished this researcher asked her to smell 12 different shirts. six of them had been warned by people with parkinson‘s and six by people who didn‘t have the condition and she smelt them and got all but one right, being able to tell who had parkinson‘s and who didn‘t, and the one who she got wrong she was adamant the person had parkinson‘s and they were diagnosed within a few months. it is just and they were diagnosed within a few months. it isjust staggering. so much that we don‘t know with life that could help us. for people who go on to have it, how much difference would it make to know? we talked a bit about it, but to knowing and to their treatment?- the minute we don‘t have any drugs that slow down parkinson‘s, so treatment may not change if you are diagnosed earlier, but it‘s all about the stress of not knowing what condition you have, so it‘s definitely not useful waiting so long for a diagnosis. but it really could help with developing new treatments that we desperately need from the condition. so we can start tackling this and saving those brain cells. they give very much for talking to us. this is breakfast. we will have more on those fires in the south of france shortly. now time for the news, travel and weather wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the bbc has learned that kensington and chelsea council was warned as early as 2010 that building a new secondary school at the base of the grenfell tower could block the access for emergency vehicles. the fire brigades‘ union said during the blaze that there were huge difficulties getting past parked cars. the council says it can‘t comment because of an ongoing inquiry. you can see more on that story on the victoria derbyshire programme on bbc two at 9am this morning. tributes have been paid to a teenage girl found dead at a house in kingston on thames last week. 19—year—old celine dookhran has been described as a "beautiful, intelligent soul". 33—year—old mujahid arshid will appear before the old bailey today, charged with her kidnap, rape and murder. he‘s also accused of attempting to murder another woman. a 28—year—old man has been charged with kidnap. five years on from the 2012 olympics and some of the torchbearers have been telling bbc london how the experience has stayed with them. john lake was nominated by his family after he beat a brain tumour and depression. when he took up running, it changed his life. i put on some trainers and went for a run and it was really difficult to do the run but i came back afterwards and i felt better. it was incredible to have that sense that i could control my mental health and it wasn‘t entirely dependent on the antidepressants i was taking at the time. that i could do something that would make myself feel better. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the piccadilly line still has severe delays from acton town to uxbridge because of a shortage of trains. it‘s fairly quiet on the roads. in south—east london, kidbrook park road is closed between the a2 and the railway station for building works. in battersea, falcon road is closed southbound from the high street for repairs to a burst water main. let‘s have a check on the weather now. good morning. a dry and, for some, even bright start to the day. you might see a glimmer or two of sunshine, but it is short—lived. it will turn rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the cloud thickening from the west. quite a fresh south—westerly breeze helping that rain through. one or two heavier bursts before it turns a little bit lighter and fragments through the afternoon. still going to be cloudy, though. we have a maximum of 19, maybe 20, so feeling cooler than yesterday. that rain clears out of the way overnight so we‘ll have clearer spells. the wind feeling light as well. the temperature perhaps feeling cooler than last night. 13—15 celsius. into thursday another dry and reasonably bright start to the day. but we‘re likely to see showers developing. one or two of those could be heavy and we could see some thunder mixed in. the temperatures tomorrow about 18—19 celsius. through friday we are hanging onto this rather unsettled picture. rain overnight friday and into saturday and even into the weekend it will stay rather changeable. still some showers around. dry weather around as well and temperatures staying somewhere around 19, maybe 20 celsius. i‘m back with more in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. the government is expected to announce a fund of £255 million to help local councils speed up efforts to combat emissions from diesel vehicles. and there‘ll be consultations on a possible scrappage scheme, although the treasury is said to be resisting this idea. critics say the plans do not go far enough, fast enough. earlier, we spoke to car industry expert, professor david bailey from aston business school, who told us the government will need to address a number of concerns for these measures to be implemented effectively. i think it sets a very clear direction of travel for the industry, that's a good thing, but it's like saying we'll ban the steam engine by 2040 because petrol and diesels won't exist by then, we will see a huge transition to electric cars some time in the mid—20205 so the long—term goal is great but we need more short—term action to get people into electric cars out of diesel cars and these measures are far short of what's needed to clean up urban air quality. france has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the southeast of the country. there are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated. one of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular resort of saint—tropez. earlier we spoke to lisa minot who was evacuated from her campsite last night. the winds are gusting at very high speeds and they switch from one direction to the other. it‘s been a very long night and we are still not out of the woods. i‘ve been hearing from other people on the beach, there‘s other campsites that haven‘t been as lucky as us and they have suffered serious damage. she said there were 3000 people on the campsite she was on and there are problems with smoke further inland. the high courtjudge overseeing the case of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard will decide today whether the child‘s parents can take him home to die. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital say that, in the interest of his care, he should stay where he is or be moved to a hospice. his parents have appealed for a specialist doctor to come forward so he can spend his final hours at home. we will discuss that and the role of mediation in that a bit later. thejudge leading the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has told survivors he would get to the bottom of the tragedy during a second public meeting. shouting broke out at points during the gathering, as residents expressed their anger at the limits of the inquiry. a final meeting will be held tonight on the scope of the investigation. at least 80 people were killed in the blaze. scientists are warning humans could become extinct if male sperm counts continue to fall at current rates. according to the human reproduction update, sperm counts among western men have fallen by more than 50% in less than 40 years. it has been linked to exposure to chemicals, diet and stress although some experts remain sceptical about the findings. the number of people over 90 who hold a driving license in great britain has topped 100,000 for the first time. that‘s according to data revealed by the dvla. currently drivers aged 70 and over are required to fill in a self—assessment form every three years. they must declare that their eyesight meets the minimum standard, but some think the law should be changed and they should be re—tested. thank you for all your comments about diesel and petrol engines. we we re about diesel and petrol engines. we were continuing to talk about that, where will the electricity come from? there are endless questions. what about big vehicles, hgvs, do we have the technology to allow electric power to drive those vehicles as well? lots more of those questions coming up but now sally is here. we will talk about pollution free transport in a minute, cycling, your favourite, no free transport in a minute, cycling, yourfavourite, no diesel free transport in a minute, cycling, your favourite, no diesel there. what drives you to cycle, what are the benefits of cycling, what puts you off? do you want me to start? it is really fun! adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a pool. the olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day, breaking the 26 second mark for the first time. he goes in the final today looking to set an even faster time. honestly, that is... this morning i went 26.1 and i thought it was going to be hard to beat that. coming out there tonight i was a bit down because it's been such an emotional few days but i thought, right, get up for it and do what i do and mel said don't waste an opportunity because you don't know when is going to be your last so ijust went out and did what i do. james guy couldn‘t defend his world title in the 200m freestyle final. he finished in fifth just behind fellow briton duncan scott. china‘s sun yang took gold. today there are seven brits in individualfinal action, including scott who goes again in the 100m freestyle later this morning. former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford will miss next week‘s athletics world championships in london because of an ankle injury. rutherford won‘t be able to defend his title and says he‘s "devastated that he won‘t be competing in front of the best fans in the world, in the stadium that changed my life." he says he‘ll now focus on becoming a three—time european champion next year. england will look to retake a series lead when they face south africa in the third test at the oval which starts tomorrow. they‘ll have debutant tom westley in the side, who comes in to replace the injured gary ballance. westley will be making his england debut at the age of 28. it's probably started to sink in now, it's been quite a surreal few days. i suppose it's just the build—up really. come thursday i'm going to be nervous, as expected, but i think the challenge for me is to replicate what i've been doing for essex and hopefully do that for england. and manchester united manager jose mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much for players this summer. his team of course spent £75m on romelu lukaku earlier this month. we spent a lot of money in the striker, and if you don‘t do that then we have no striker, that‘s obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers the amount of money is amazing. every club is getting players, every club is investing a lot. i think some clubs obviously they are paying too much and by paying too much they create a very strange and out of control market. but this is the reality now. certainly was a lot of cash! she was a huge part of great britain‘s cycling success but now double olympic champion joanna rowell shand is encouraging other women to embrace pedal power. the number of female cyclists in the uk has shot up by over 700,000 since 2013. it puts british cycling on track to reach its target to get one million women cycling by 2020. joanna joins us now. good morning. we're notjust talking about your type of cycling because your type is the top of the game, the most challenging competitive cycling, you mean normal people getting on their bikes? we mean everybody, anyone that wants to ride a bike that feels a bit nervous, any level, from the grassroots to people riding to the shops to going on cafe social rides to the end of the sport, getting more women with any ability happy and confident to get on their bikes. you say happy and confident and i know you lead out bike rides for women, why are they scared and don‘t want to do it? bike rides for women, why are they scared and don't want to do it? i'm pa rt scared and don't want to do it? i'm part of the breeze network, part of an initiative to get women on bike s, an initiative to get women on bike 5, things that come up quite a lot are roadside geek, that comes up all the time, fear of riding in a group comes up a lot, people feel by themselves they are ok but in a group what if they can‘t keep up or area bit group what if they can‘t keep up or are a bit wobbly? also bike mechanics comes up, what if i get a puncture or can‘t change the inner tube or something happens, how do i deal with that? if you‘re in a group situation, what if they have to wait and if i‘m too slow? those are the most common things that come up that i here. it is a success story about the numbers, are these people who have never cycled before or is it people who used to cycle a bit and for whatever reason it slipped out of their routine? it varies, the figure british cycling comes from is members, coaches, leaders, women joining forfun members, coaches, leaders, women joining for fun as a 1—off. it is a variety of people that may have cycled before but then stopped or brand—new. cycled before but then stopped or brand-new. i'm going to be honest and say the thing that has put me off, because i did it a lot, the thing that puts me off is the faf. if you‘re going somewhere, you have to change your shoes, you get a bit sweaty. where are you going? if i was going to go to the supermarket with a basket to bring my shopping back or to meet a friend for some lunch, it‘s the faf. what clothes i going to wear, what if it rains? lunch, it‘s the faf. what clothes i going to wear, what if it rains7|j get that and it comes with people riding to work and they say they don't want to turn up looking sweaty. i get that, i understand that. that‘s down to employers to provide changing facilities, showers, lockers, secure bike parking, that comes up a lot. in terms of riding to the shops or to meet your friends, there‘s terms of riding to the shops or to meet yourfriends, there‘s kit terms of riding to the shops or to meet your friends, there‘s kit you can buy that is more feminine and normal looking. i would look for that sort of thing. there's always a retail opportunity! you can do that. if it rains... i admit, no one likes riding their bike in the rain but if you get the right kit then it‘s not so bad. i get that but when it comes to commuting there‘s a responsibility from employers to provide better facilities for everybody. one last question, we we re everybody. one last question, we were talking about diesel and petrol ca rs were talking about diesel and petrol cars being banned by 2040, how you feel about cycling on polluted roads, does that affect you and concerned people you are cycling with? it isn't something that comes up with? it isn't something that comes upa lot with? it isn't something that comes up a lot —— concern. most people are aware if they cycle then they are doing their bit for the environment and it helps reduce pollution and congestion and everyone is keen to improve that so that‘s a good thing. you mentioned group riding and people concerned they wouldn‘t keep up people concerned they wouldn‘t keep up if they had a puncture, what would you say to that? don't worry! if you find a local network like the breeze ones i do we will wait for everyone. cycling clubs, even though they are male dominated, they are friendly and they will wait for you. find a women‘s only group if you can but cyclists are a friendly bunch and we include everyone and if you can‘t repair your puncture then someone else will do it for you. you don‘t have to go and wear lycra on a bike ride? i have seen charlie on his bike. the best thing about it is cyclists normally like to stop for a tea and some cake! lovely to see you this morning! thanks very much. we‘ll find out how much the economy grew in the last three months today. ben‘s at the uk‘s only commercial cotton spinner in greater manchester, weaving his way through what businesses and consumers think about the future. show us around, it looks fantastic? so interesting down here this morning. earlier we were upstairs where they do some of the weaving, here you can see the brilliantly named blender mat, it comes in from california and this big machine plucks stuff off the top, the bits of cotton, and they start their process from here. they blend the different colours, strengths and the righties of cotton to make one yarn. it might look chunky here but come with me over this side and i will show you how it ends up, this is wonderful, looks like it should be really heavy but have a look at this. look at that. this is the start of the process and you can see how fine it is. i‘m covered in this stuff this morning! we are talking about gdp figures, we get the growth figures for the three months between april and june to tell us what the economy has done and how it is going. business here is optimistic, they‘ve spent money investing in this place. it was built in 1900, derelict since the 805 but it is up and running as the uk‘s only cotton mill. andy is the boss, good morning. you are confident about the economy, given what we have heard about brexit and uncertainty and the future, you have spent a lot of money and you‘re confident it will pay off? £5.6 million of confidence! with brexit and the uncertainty, everyone is starting to think we need to look after ourselves and bring back textile manufacturing and this investment really helps that, it helps the textile industry bring back its heartland. what do your customers tell you about what they are thinking about the economy, you only do well if they do well? the high—street are doing marketing campaigns today to say if you're going to spend money then spend it wisely, look for the value and the quality in the product. something that will last and something that belongs to the uk. wonderful that textiles are back in manchester! let me introduce you to tom and mike, tom is from fidelity international and mike is from the association of small business. you heard about andy being optimistic but it isn‘t the same fall businesses, there is uncertainty around ? same fall businesses, there is uncertainty around? there is and we get a feel for it later today when we get a snapshot of the growth in the uk economy in the second quarter from april tojune, the uk economy in the second quarter from april to june, the the uk economy in the second quarter from april tojune, the gdp figures. a lot of focus on those because at the start of the year we saw a marked slowdown in the economy. the cost of living is growing faster than household earnings and that is freezing spending power. that determines the end the mind for this wonderful cotton. mike, from a small business point of view, it is easy to suggest big business can weather a downturn and weather any storm, small businesses will find it tough? they are and the ssp‘s last index showed a distinct loss in confidence. there are increased cost pressures , confidence. there are increased cost pressures, whether that be the national living wage, rate increases and all of these things are holding back investment and job creation. what do you want to see change? what would help small business? with got to make sure that confidence is restored. cost pressures are certainly reduced and it would make sure the investment is there, which would mean the access to finance is there. we need to make sure business is returned to what we have seen a couple of years back. at the moment we aren‘t seeing matt there is concern around what brexit will mean once we reach the end of the negotiations. back so much. we will be here for the rest of the morning. i will show you around the rest of this place because it is fascinating. we are covered in cotton this morning. a great success story, getting the textiles back here in the north—west. the camera is focusing on... is that being pulled up into the machinery or coiled down? this is basically from the raw material that you saw earlier, this is what they blend it to. so this is basically the young before it starts getting spun out. after this it becomes a twisted yarn, which is when it becomes the fine thread. thank you very much. see you later. it is wonderfully serene there as well, for some reason. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. 10,000 people including british holidaymakers have been evacuated as huge wildfires break out in the south of france. what‘s going on here? we‘ve got rain, which i am sure they would be pleased to get in the south of france. if anything where we have the fires temperatures will rise as we head into the weekend. a lot of dry weather. temperatures rising by five degrees above average. not a good situation. we have rain coming in from the west. it will be pushing eastwards and clearing. that‘s for most of us, after a dry and bright start. you can see that nicely on the satellite picture. some cloud in the satellite picture. some cloud in the east. we‘ve got the rain towards the east. we‘ve got the rain towards the west and that rain will carry on moving eastwards through the day. is clearing from northern ireland where it will brighten up. the heaviest rain in northern england and scotland, accompanied by blustery winds. the rain lighter and more patchy as it arrives later in the day across the south—east and east anglia. it will linger in the northern isles through the day. the rest of scotland has bright spells, sunshine and showers and as we come across northern england it is brightening up nicely from the west, with a few showers. the east anglia and a six, kent, the midlands and towards the isle of wight, heading towards the isle of wight, heading towards hampshire, there will be more cloud and patchy rain through the afternoon. a sunny afternoon in south—west england. not especially warm. for wales brightening up behind the rain with sunshine. you might catch the odd shower. showers in northern ireland more likely and again we have bright spells. in between we have sunshine and some of the showers will be happy. through the showers will be happy. through the evening and overnight eventually the evening and overnight eventually the rate moves away from the northern isles. we have dry weather and showers. as low pressure pools close to the north—west of the uk, we have heavy showers across northern and western scotland and northern ireland if you look at the spacing on the isobars, once again it is tightly packed, so it will be a fairly blustery night. blustery day as well. coast and hills, we are likely to have cost is touching gale force. some of the showers will merge, but away from that we have dry weather, bright spells and showers. not all of us will catch a shower. at best we have 20 celsius. that‘s a wee bit disappointing for the time of year, especially if you are on holiday. into the weekend we have the low pressure close by for thursday and friday. they‘re looking further north—westwards we still have a lot of showers. some of them merging across north—west scotland and northern ireland. then we have the band of rain coming in from the south—west. the positioning of this keeps changing, so do keep in touch with the weather forecast if you have outdoor plans during the course of friday and saturday. thank you. from september, working parents in england will be able to claim 30 hours free childcare for three and four—year—olds, that‘s double what‘s offered now. but while this might be welcomed by families, some nurseries say the financial pressure of providing additional free hours could put them out of business. we visited a nursery to see what parents thought. as of september, every child can get 30 hours free. how it will affect us, i‘m not sure at the moment. 30 hours free. how it will affect us, i'm not sure at the moment. for most working parents it would be very welcome but for childcare providers it will actually be a massive cost. you talk to different people, everyone tells you different things they are doing and it is taking a long time for them to let us know how they are hoping to do it. it is underfunded by the government, yet at the same time nurseries are facing increases to the minimum wage, increased pension contributions and a really high demand for high—quality childcare. some of the apostle —— possible effects will be flexibility in what we offer, the ability to employ high—quality staff and the general quality of the childcare. we don't know how many parents are eligible at the moment but we will offer the 30 hours finding, but with an additional charge to parents. if parents choose to pay that we will be able to offer the 30 hours. parents choose to pay that we will be able to offer the 30 hoursfl parents choose to pay that we will be able to offer the 30 hours. it is interesting they are considering a volu nta ry interesting they are considering a voluntary charge. we are joined by a london studio. niall is the chief executive of the preschool learning alliance, which runs childcare centres and represents providers in england. good morning both. niall, we are hearing reports of some nurseries having to close because they are having to provide this extra childcare. have you seen that reflected ? extra childcare. have you seen that reflected? sadly that is increasingly the case. i have telephone calls and little is done by —— letters from people who have beenin by —— letters from people who have been in business for up to 40 years and they think this is the last straw. yesterday a letter arrived, a nursery in a rural community that has been there for 27 years and it had to close because they couldn‘t make the finding work. they consider the 30 hours to be the nail in the coughlan. do you want to give us the basic explain as to why they can‘t carry on? they say the money will be available at it can‘t be spread as widely to cover the hours. is that the simple equation? the first thing to recognise is there‘s no such as free childcare. the 15 hours three and four —year—olds are entitled to is subsidised. it is funded by those who take additional powers and those who take additional powers and those who take a greater loss or greater reduction in profits. so there‘s no such thing as a free off. so if all ofa such thing as a free off. so if all of a sudden you the number of hours, effectively you exacerbate the problem. you remove the ability to subsidise and that‘s why providers will struggle. so the government is saying there is an additional £1 billion a year to pay for the free offer, raising the total hourly funding rate to local authorities to £4 94 and now. ultimately these figures are what it comes down to. is that enough money or not? all of our member councils, is that enough money or not? all of our membercouncils, and is that enough money or not? all of our member councils, and i hearthe same nurseries saying the same thing, saying that money is the same thing. children benefit from spending time in childcare and i know as a parent myself that the cost of early years childcare can be crippling. so we shouldn't write the scheme. however, it is underfunded and there isn't enough local flexibility for councils and nurses to implement the scheme as the people who know the area is best to see fit. how other going to do that the money isn‘t there? see fit. how other going to do that the money isn't there? that's a real issue and we welcome the extra money thatis issue and we welcome the extra money that is coming. there simply isn't enough money yet in the system to make this really work. what we've seen are some trials of how this scheme will work and it is putting real pressure on nurseries, schools that are putting into their own nurseries, and the big thing councils need is more flexible it. ifiam councils need is more flexible it. if i am reading this correctly, come september actually the situation of people needing childcare could get worse, if it is true that so many people are closing. clearly that‘s worse than having some care? the reality is that there will be a lot of disappointed parents turning up at nurseries and childminders asking for their extended hours and they won‘t be available. they will have providers that will limit the number of places. we are in a chaotic situation. in the last four years with lost 10,000 childminders. here we are looking to expand the programme. we have a workforce problem, a funding problem. sorry to interrupt. can you put a number on it? the department for education say they are putting in £1 billion. to be clear, that £1 billion isn‘t extra money going to providers, £300 million is what they put in. what‘s the number? about 30% more than what we get now, which is a £4.38, not £4.94. thank you both very much. this is what happening in england and scotland. all three and four —year—olds are entitled to receive up —year—olds are entitled to receive up to 600 three hours of early learning and childcare and that‘s been extended to some two —year—olds as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. the bbc has learned that kensington and chelsea council was warned as early as 2010 that building a new secondary school at the base of the grenfell tower could block the access for emergency vehicles. the fire brigades‘ union said during the blaze that there were huge difficulties getting past parked cars. the council says it can‘t comment because of an ongoing inquiry. you can see more on that story on the victoria derbyshire programme on bbc two at 9am this morning. tributes have been paid to a teenage girl found dead at a house in kingston on thames last week. 19—year—old celine dookhran has been described as a "beautiful, intelligent soul". 33—year—old mujahid arshid will appear before the old bailey today, charged with her kidnap, rape and murder. he‘s also accused of attempting to murder another woman. a 28—year—old man has been charged with kidnap. five years on from the 2012 olympics and some of the torchbearers have been telling bbc london how the experience has stayed with them. john lake was nominated by his family after he beat a brain tumour and depression. when he took up running, it changed his life. i put on some trainers and went for a run and it was really difficult to do the run but i came back afterwards and i felt better. it was incredible to have that sense that i could control my mental health and it wasn‘t entirely dependent on the antidepressants i was taking at the time. that i could do something that would make myself feel better. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the piccadilly line still has severe delays from acton town to uxbridge because of a shortage of trains. it‘s fairly quiet on the roads. in south—east london, kidbrook park road is closed between the a2 and the railway station for building works. in battersea, falcon road is closed southbound from the high street for repairs to a burst water main. let‘s have a check on the weather now. good morning. a dry and, for some, even bright start to the day. you might see a glimmer or two of sunshine, but it is short—lived. it will turn rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the cloud thickening from the west. quite a fresh south—westerly breeze helping that rain through. one or two heavier bursts before it turns a little bit lighter and fragments through the afternoon. still going to be cloudy, though. we have a maximum of 19, maybe 20, so feeling cooler than yesterday. that rain clears out of the way overnight so we‘ll have clearer spells. the wind feeling light as well. the temperature perhaps feeling cooler than last night. 13—15 celsius. into thursday another dry and reasonably bright start to the day. but we‘re likely to see showers developing. one or two of those could be heavy and we could see some thunder mixed in. the temperatures tomorrow about 18—19 celsius. through friday we are hanging onto this rather unsettled picture. rain overnight friday and into saturday and even into the weekend it will stay rather changeable. still some showers around. dry weather around as well and temperatures staying somewhere around 19, maybe 20 celsius. i‘m back with more in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. new diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040. it‘s part of a strategy to tackle air pollution, but critics say it doesn‘t go far enough or fast enough. good morning. it‘s wednesday, 26thjuly. also this morning: 10,000 people including british holiday—makers have been evacuated to escape huge wildfires in the south of france. a high courtjudge will today decide whether charlie gard should be allowed to return home to die. good morning. we will find out later how quickly the economy grew in the first three months of this year. figures are not expected to be great. so what does it mean for all of us? what does it mean for the rest of the economy? i‘m at this cotton mill in manchester this morning to find out. in sport, adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a swimming pool. the olympic champion broke his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day. and carol has the weather. good morning. after a bright start in the east, the rain already in the west is going to push eastwards during the course of the day. the heaviest of rain will be across scotla nd heaviest of rain will be across scotland and northern england, but as it clears, we will see a return to bright spells, sunshine and blustery showers. i‘ll have more on that in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. the government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from diesel vehicles. holly hamilton reports. archive: he drives up in a 1908 model t. we‘ve come a long way in terms of design, but for 100 years we‘ve been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change? several major car—makers including bmw, volkswagen and volvo have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a key way of tackling air pollution and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and diesel engines in the uk with a ban on sales by 2040. it‘s part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. it will mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or diesel vehicles in the uk as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. the move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france where the ban will also be introduced in 2040. campaigners are likely to complain that the government hasn‘t gone far enough or fast enough while labour is saying nearly 40 million people are living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution and action is needed now and not in 23 years time. jane—francis kelly joins us from oxford street — one of the busiest streets in britain. we can see the buses behind you this morning, jane. so people are saying already that 2040 is a long time ahead and that maybe this initiative doesn‘t do enough to help immediate problems with emission levels now? yes, well many campaigners are saying that. sadiq khan the mayor of london has said that 0xford saying that. sadiq khan the mayor of london has said that oxford street is one of the worst polluted streets in the world. injanuary, the air pollution air quality here was worse than in beijing. as you can see, it is becoming well, at the moment it is becoming well, at the moment it is not that busy, but later on it will be full of buses and taxis and we asked people rushing to work what they thought of today‘s announcement. i use diesel because it's cheaper for me to get to work unless i'm coming into london when i have to use the train, but if i'm going across country, 800 miles then it's got to be diesel. i understand it's a complicated issue and one side is going to feel we're not doing enough. i would going to feel we're not doing enough. iwould hope going to feel we're not doing enough. i would hope that they can really push forward to make that 2040 a bit sooner. well, it doesn't affect me as such, but my daughter and my wife they suffer a lot from asthma so their chest or lungs isn‘t very good. so i‘d like to see something for done about it. well, campaigners would like congestion zones campaigners would like congestion zones in other cities. they would like vehicles scrappage schemes, but the government has said that it doesn‘t want to penalise drivers and that it doesn‘t want to penalise drivers and thatitis doesn‘t want to penalise drivers and that it is better to tackle pollution hotspots by better traffic management. studio: jane—frances kelly, thank you. france has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the south of the country. there are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated. one of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular resort of saint—tropez. more than 4000 firefighters and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames, backed up by 19 aircraft. the author robert harris is currently staying in the area and was evacuated at 2am. he is still on the beach at cap benat and joins us on the phone now. good morning to you. just tell us where you are right now first of all, robert. i'm in a town and on the beach looking across towards the peninsula of cap benat where we have a holiday home. we had to leave at 2am in the morning and we were among ten or 12,000 people who were evacuated. a lot spent the night on the beach. we came here and a cafe stayed open. it was a kind of blitz spirit and it was a spectacular sight of this peninsula really going up sight of this peninsula really going up inflames. sight of this peninsula really going up in flames. there were 560 firefighters tackling it and it wiped out a large area of forest. and just tell us, i know i have seen your photographs and we can see one of them now on breakfast here. are the fires still burning? of them now on breakfast here. are the fires still burning7|j of them now on breakfast here. are the fires still burning? i think it is more or less out. there is a beach which is very close to the french president‘s summer retreat. it is said that the fire has reignited there, but otherwise, it was put out at about 6am or 7am this morning, i hope. we are not being allowed back to our houses though because they‘re still trying to make sure it‘s safe. because they‘re still trying to make sure it's safe. it has been quite an operation to get you all to safety. just tell us a little bit about that. we were just sort of neighbours woke one another up and went out into the street and we were told to drive away as quickly as possible. people left without passports. really just possible. people left without passports. reallyjust wearing whatever they happened to have on at the time. at first one couldn‘t see anything, but as we drove along the kind of bay area, the sky became redder and redder and then orange fla mes redder and redder and then orange flames appeared until finally there was a real sense of wall of fire. and there was a tremendous smell of burning. people were very calm. i don‘t think anyone was in any particular danger, but, of course, a lot of children, exhausted and you know just quite a lot of children, exhausted and you knowjust quite a lot of people distressed at the threat that their houses or their tents or their ca rava ns houses or their tents or their caravans might be destroyed. it‘s a big area of camping and caravanning. you talked about the forest being destroyed. as yet, do you know whether your house is ok? what‘s been saved or not been saved? yes, i can look across the bay at it now. so i‘m fortunate, we‘re fortunate. i think they managed to stop it. they fought all night for four or five hours to bring it under control. the hillside was a mass of flashing blue lights. there has been worries down here about fires for a long time. a few years ago they started putting roads in the forest so fire trucks could get through the forest and put infire could get through the forest and put in fire breaks. they halted all development. there was a tense that this was a tinderbox and we have had the wind ploughing for two days now at 40mph from the north—west. and it‘s that that really dried the undergrowth and then sped the fire on its way. robert harris, i hope you get back to your home sometime today. thank you very much indeed for joining today. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. today. thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank today. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you. the time is 8.09am. a high courtjudge will decide today whether charlie gard should be allowed to die at home. his parents want to take him out of hospital, but lawyers for great ormond street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for charlie, given the level of medical support he needs. alan clayton reports. the legal battle over charlie gard now centres on where and how he spends his final days, perhaps hours. it follows his parents‘ decision earlier this week to abandon their lengthy legal battle to be allowed to take him to america for treatment. yesterday, charlie‘s mum, connie yates, returned to court to make it clear she did not want him to die in the intensive care unit. the parents‘ lawyer said it was their last wish that charlie dies at home for a few days of tranquillity outside the hospital setting. last night they appealed for a paediatric intensive care doctor to come forward who would be willing to help take care of their son, but the court heard there were practical issues to be resolved. for example whether charlie‘s ventilator would fit through their front door. in a statement great ormond street hospital said it wanted to honour the parents‘ wishes, but the care plan must be safe, it must spare charlie all pain and it must protect his dignity. the hospital has offered a compromise for charlie to be transferred to a hospice where doctors would supervise his palliative care and death after a period of some hours. but charlie‘s parents say they want days, not hours, and a hospice is a second—best option. thejudge leading the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has told survivors he would "get to the bottom" of the tragedy during a second public meeting. shouting broke out as residents expressed their anger ahead of the final consultation on what the investigation should cover. dan johnson reports. this meeting was impassioned. shut up. heated. we‘re not here to fight each other, brother. and more than once, the inquiry chair, sir martin moore—bick, had to appeal for order. we are not going to get anywhere if you all talk at once. well, this meeting has broken up now after almost three hours of talking. it has been fractious at times, emotional too. i think what the inquiry panel can‘t have failed to take away is the frustration and anger that still exists here and the fact that some people don‘t have faith in their ability to do thejob properly. it‘s an exercise in futility. you know, quite honestly, i don‘t know why we have an inquiry that the so—called chair, who‘s a judge, cannot compel witnesses to come and give evidence. we need to see that they are representative, that they are going to understand the pain, the humanitarian issues, because they're all very relevant in this as well. the main reason people are angry is because they're not getting answers. now whether that was the right forum to get those answers is questionable, but the fact is that people are still entitled to them. there is a lot of anger. there is a lot of emotion and i entirely understand why it should be so. we‘re going to continue to work with them and hope that by careful preparation and discussion, and so on, we can make them realise that we can give them justice by finding out what the facts really were. today, there‘s another meeting, when residents can question the response team about new homes. but six weeks after this fire, there‘s little sign of things getting much easier, here. more than 500,000 pupils in state schools in england are being taught by unqualified teachers, according to labour. new analysis conducted by the party, shows the number of teachers without formal qualifications has risen by more than 60% since 2012, a situation which labour claims is "threatening standards". a department for education spokesman said the proportion of qualified teachers remains high. nasa astronaut jack fischer captured this footage of the aurora borealis from the international space station while it was 250 miles above earth and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour. it is staggeringingly beautiful. jack was clearly impressed with the time—lapse shots describing the footage as a "burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce." he is clearly a big fan of burritos! air pollution contributes to some 40,000 early deaths a year in the uk according to the royal colleges of physicians and of paediatrics and child health. now, following a ruling by the high court, the environment secretary michael gove is expected to announce a new plan to tackle the problem. the new air quality plan will include a ban on the sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040. that would be huge shift injust two decades. latest figures show just 4% of all new cars bought in britain last month were electric or hybrid. councils will get £255 million to deal with nitrogen dioxide pollution from diesel vehicles as part of £3 billion of funding, but a new diesel scrappage scheme is unlikely to be unveiled. we‘re joined now by professor hugh coe, an air pollution expert at manchester university. and jack cousens, from the aa, who joins us from london. good morning. thank you forjoining us. let's not talk about air pollution first. you look at this specifically. how much is call specifically. how much is call specifically by cars? nitrogen dioxide pollution is coming more than 90 present from cars. how bad is it? it is bad. it certainly affect human health. some really good evidence that it is affecting lung function. it affects heart disease and there are some links to brain and neural functions. disease and there are some links to brain and neuralfunctions. let's disease and there are some links to brain and neural functions. let's go to jack, head of roads policy the aa. amongst other things, this is going to be telling people that buy a certain date, at 2040, they can no longer buy diesel or petrol cars. you see this as a good way forward? in terms of solving air quality, yes it isa in terms of solving air quality, yes it is a good step forward. we need to get away from fossil fuels. however, with this move comes a whole host of questions that have to be answered. one of those is, if we are going down the electric route, we need a very big infrastructure programme of charging points, especially fast charge, and that's where electric cars can be topped up within half an hour. the knock—on from that is, could the national grid cope with a mass switch on after the evening rush—hour? there isa after the evening rush—hour? there is a bit ofa after the evening rush—hour? there is a bit of a sense of yes, these measures are good in terms of air quality but there are several questions left unanswered that have to be teased out before 2040. that is exactly what viewers are talking about it chris saying, how many electricity points will we need in cities and towns? other people saying, what about long—distance journeys, because at this point, and i‘m sure technology will change, thatis i‘m sure technology will change, that is a problem. it is, and the range will be to be improved and manufacturers range will be to be improved and manufacture rs are range will be to be improved and manufacturers are trying their best to do that. manufacturers are trying to do that. manufacturers are trying to take the baton with this so we saw a few weeks ago that volvo had announced that from 2019 or new models will be based on electric or hybrid so they are actually trying to make a positive change come through but what we need is government support. buying a car is a very big financial commitment and those families on low incomes will need assistance and help to transfer from the traditional petrol and diesel car into these new electric vehicles, which is a shame that the government don't feel that a scrappage scheme could work. we served approximately 15,000 aa members and 75% said that they would be very keen to take part in a scrappage scheme. take the bigger picture, professor, about the world we live in, the street you live on, the road you live nearby, maybe diesel and petrol free but what about the rest of the world? each country is going to make decisions that have their own laws about what is allowed and not allowed. absolutely but in certain other countries, we have seen the statement earlier in your bulletin about the news from france and paris that emmanuel macron has gone very much down this route. what about the big guys like america and china? china are investing hugely in improving their infrastructure and they recognise the problem and are trying to do something about it. there was a huge problem out there and it is by no means easy to tackle but there is massive work to try to improve the situation. linda says, what about the buses? i know there is work being done on buses and lorries and buses also have an impact on towns. certainly, diesel vehicles and heavy vehicles such as buses and heavy goods to emit appreciable amounts of very large contributions to the enoh to burton in the cities and they will need to look at how they are regulated and powered. —— the n02 burden. lots of people are saying, what about caravans? can electric vehicle pulled one? that's the thing. at the moment, it won't be able to do that but as manufacturers become better at engineering and trying new things, they will have to eventually get there. the other thing to remember is it is notjust cars that create air— pollution. in southampton, one of the cities that was outlined for a clean air zone, a lot ofair was outlined for a clean air zone, a lot of air pollution comes from the dot. because of the cruise ships coming in and out but when they were in the dock and stationery, they we re in the dock and stationery, they were running off diesel generator so it does seem very easy to point up the diesel and petrol car driver and say it is all their fault. that is not. it is a collective mix of all sorts of vehicles that need to be addressed and it needs a holistic approach to solve it. there is no one silver bullet to solve air quality, we know that. so what we need to see from the government as a whole portfolio, a whole package of measures, to come forward to improve air quality. eight out of ten of our members say they want to improve air quality and that's something we should strive for. air pollution is making a really tangible difference to people‘s health at the moment, in the detrimental way. the statistics are the detrimental way. the statistics a re pretty the detrimental way. the statistics are pretty frightening. absolutely. the issues are here and now. a changing power of vehicles from here to 2040 is very welcome but that is 20 years away and evidence very strongly supports health impacts on schoolchildren growing up to their teenagers, getting to school and back, a transfer of vehicle power to electric vehicles over 20 years is not going to solve a problem. we have to tackle the problem and we have to tackle the problem and we have to tackle the problem now. thanks very much for your time. thanks very much for your time. thank you for all of your thoughts and comments coming in this morning. it is not looking great on the weather. carol has the details. we have rain, which they could do with the south of france. what is happening in corsica is that we have a wind gusting at 65 kilometres. that is pretty strong so that is fanning the flames. the other thing is, it is so dry and it is going to remain dry as we head into the next week and temperatures are if anything going to rise above 5 degrees above average. so it is still an ongoing risk of wildfires in this part of the country. we have rain, as! in this part of the country. we have rain, as i mentioned, and that is going to continue to push eastwards as we go through the course of the day. is almost out of northern ireland now, making good progress as it continues its journey east, eradicating a drier and brighter start to the day. in graphic form, we can see it is accompanied by blustery winds. lorraine slowly progressing. across scotland and northern england, still the chance of heavy bursts but across england and wales, lighter and more patchy, especially when it gets into the south—east. for northern ireland, starting to brighten up this morning but sunshine and showers in the afternoon. the same for scotland. bright spells, sunshine and showers, the rain still lingering across the northern isles. for northern england, looking at it brightening up england, looking at it brightening up and the rain clears so there will be sunshine and a few showers dotted around but as we move from yorkshire to lincolnshire, east anglia, cambridge, down into essex and kent, all the way towards the midlands and hampshire, we still have a hand back of cloud and we see patchy weather front rain there. in the south—west, drying out mostly with sunshine coming through. the same for wales but temperatures a bit disappointing for this stage injuly. through this evening and overnight, eventually we see the rain clears away from the northern isles. dry for most of us but we will see a plethora of showers across north—west scotland and northern ireland. that‘s because we‘ve got an area of low pressure centred almost across us in the north—west and if you look at the spacing on the isa buyers, it is telling you it is going to be a fairly blustery night and a blustery day tomorrow. particularly windy with exposure across the northwest. coastal gales, sun of the showers merging across western scotland and possibly north—west ireland as well to give longer spells of rain, maybe some lightning and pale. but for the rest of the uk comedy bright spells, sunshine and showers and not all of us will catch one. temperatures between 15 and 20. after a tour as a un peacekeeper in bosnia, peter millns returned home carrying memories of the horrors he had witnessed, but also of the friendships he had made — many with children he thought he would never see again. however, almost a quarter of a century later, he received a message from one of the girls he had helped. our reporter dave guest went to meet him. it‘s more than 20 years since peter millns served with un peacekeepers in bosnia. but he remembers it as if it were yesterday. it was absolutely horrendous, some of the things that people did to each other, and as young soldiers we saw that. in particular he remembers the local children who befriended the soldiers. at first, to see uniform in a civil war, they‘re going to back off, not be engaging with us. but after a bit they knew we were un and we had sweets, ration packs full of sweets and chocolates, and they kept on shouting "bon bon". among them an eight—year—old called djuldina. he last saw her in that war—torn country two decades ago. then last weekend, out of the blue, she contacted him via facebook. in this picture she is holding the teddy peter gave her all those years ago. what did you think when she got in touch? i first broke down crying. because we thought she had been either killed or hurt, because when we were there it was quite badly shelled. today the pair met face—to—face for the first time via skype. hi! how are you? everything is ok. nice to see you alive. and you! 25 years. my wife sends her love to all of your family and hopes they are fine. i am so glad that you are alive now and that you have family. and you. you‘ve gone on to be a teacher and are doing really well. at the end of their conversation the emotion shows. she is obviously home now in sarajevo and... i‘ve managed to contact her. she‘s still got the bear. and when i spoke to djuldina, it was clear she has never forgotten the kindness of peter and his comrades. they told us that peace will come soon. they gave us hope, not only chocolates. they were... i don't know, they were strangers with different names from different countries, but they were our friends. and you‘ve never forgotten pete? never and i will never forget him. the next step is to arrange a visit to meet djuldina and herfamily. you can see you an intensely emotional moment for him. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hi there. good morning. it‘s a dry start to the day across eastern areas, but further west we‘ve got heavy rain around this morning. that rain is going to move eastwards. so it will clear to give us brighter skies across the west, but you can see there is a whole mass of cloud here associated with an area of low pressure spilling in across many areas, bringing that heavy rain which will be heavy across scotland and northern england as well. the rain more patchy as it moves further east ward across southern areas, but by late morning and early afternoon the rain moving into the east, but the rain moving into the east, but the good news is that for northern ireland, certainly by 4pm, there will be good sunny spells. the odd shower perhaps. temperatures about 19 celsius. it will dry up and brighten up across north—west england, wales and south—west england, wales and south—west england as well during this afternoon. so after a very dismal start to the day with the heavy rain, much improved for your way home. temperatures about 19 celsius. still cloudy in central and southern england, the south east and east anglia. still dribs and drabs of rain continuing at this stage in the afternoon. so not great to end the day here, but for much of northern england, as i mentioned it will dry up england, as i mentioned it will dry up and it will get brighter. some sunny spells developing across scotland. the northern isles getting rain later in the day. we could see showers across scotland and into northern ireland. those will continue in the night across the far north—west. blustery conditions as well through the night here and temperatures down to 12, 13 celsius or 14 celsius. for thursday, well, the area of low pressure is still with us. it is giving us fairly breezy conditions across many parts of the uk really. and we are looking ata of the uk really. and we are looking at a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. one or two of those showers could be on the heavy side and thundery as well, but maximum temperatures 17 to 20 celsius. it is where they should be really for the time of year. bye— bye. this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and rachel horne. up or down? after the disappointing growth outlook the uk received from the imf earlier this week, today we get some real numbers for the british economy. live from london, that‘s our top story on wednesday, 26thjuly. economists predict uk growth will have picked up slightly — as consumer spending comes under pressure from rising prices. also in the programme, japan‘s nintendo returns to profit, thanks to bumper sales for its new switch console. markets in europe have opened. they are in the green. all