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We have a special investigation. It has been for months been since those Business Rate changes affected millions of companies. Didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. In sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. And plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. For many of us its a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. But we have rain coming to the south west. That will be moving north east. Some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. It will be accompanied by casting wins. More details on 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The duke of edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres more from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947. And although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen and also in pursuit of his own programme, with issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for children, which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who turns 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. It is not a complete retirement from public life. The duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne it marks a significant moment for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of the public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. Well be speaking to the royal editor of the Sunday Express about Prince Philips role within the royal family at 7 10am. More than i million women in their early 60s are worse off financially as a result of the rise in the State Pension age. The Institute For Fiscal Studies found that the change, which saves the government £5 billion a year, sees those affected lose more than £30 a week on average. Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. Waiting for your pension and struggling to get by. Shirley from aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill health and she wont qualify for the State Pension until shes 66. I cant afford holidays, ive given up my car. Basically my life really. Ive got a bus pass, whopee but its the only thing ive got really, not getting my pension, ive got my bus pass. Ive got to keep my sanity pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. By the end of the decade theyll be 66 for both with reform coming in stages. The result is more than a million women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes £32 less than they would have been, the hit would be bigger but for the fact many are working. 18 are living in poverty, thats on under £237 a week for a couple. Perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but cant do so because they cant find work or their health prevents them from being able to do so. Women have been campaigning for compensation saying they werent given enough warning of the Pension Changes which save £5 billion a year. But the government says theyre fair and, because of rising life expectancy, women now get the State Pension for longer than previous generations. Simon gompertz, bbc news. Recent unrest in english and welsh prisons is causing grave concern, according to the president of the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational and policy decisions in the Prison System was madness. The letter comes after two days of trouble at the mount prison in hertfordshire. The Ministry Ofjustice said it was dealing with long term challenges in prisons. Stronger powers to cut off funding for terrorists, by freezing their assets and blocking access to Bank Accounts, will form part of the governments plans to introduce the uks own post brexit sanctions regime. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster for us this morning. Norman, the government says this new legislation will make it easier to tackle terrorism. How will it make it easier . It will set out a distinctive british Sanctions Policy. At the moment our sanctions are Trade Embargoes, travel ban is, as it freezes on suspected tariffs, all imposed through the eu. We operate asa imposed through the eu. We operate as a block. Now we will have to have oui as a block. Now we will have to have our own as a block. Now we will have to have oui own sanctions as a block. Now we will have to have our own Sanctions Policy. The government is saying they want to make it easier to seize the assets of Terror Suspects because under the current eu system the government has to show that not only is someone thought to be part of a Terrorist Organisation but they also represent a threat to the public. Under the new system they will simply have to show that they believe they might be pa rt show that they believe they might be part of a terror organisation, so it will be easier to stop them selling their house or stop them selling their house or stop them selling their car to raise funds for terrorism and on our way, say the government, they believe it will give the government are better chance to tackle terrorism. Thanks for explaining that. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim jong un. Thats according to its secretary of state, rex tillerson. He was speaking after a senior republican senator said President Trump considered going to war with north korea as an option. Last week, the communist country carried out a second test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, in defiance of a United Nations ban. Police looking for the missing airman Corrie Mckeague say theyre examining whether material found at an Incinerator Plant in ipswich is linked to him. The 23 year old was last seen Neara Bin Loading Bay following a night out in suffolk last september. Police ended a 20 week search of a nearby Landfill Site last month. Road Safety Campaigners say a Government Proposal to reduce Air Pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective. They claim the move would make pedestrians less safe and encourage more parents to drive their children to school. The bbcs environment and Energy Correspondent Roger Harrabin reports. Children are vulnerable to polluted air. It can harm to develop and their lungs. But the governments plan to combat pollution includes paying council to rip up speed humps installed to protect those same children. Here is why cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process. Safety campaigners say if councils remove humps without replacing them with Something Else to slow traffic it simply increase the risk for children. It will simply. Rachel is a Safety Campaign based in cardiff, where she walks her two year old to nursery. Her organisation is writing to ministers, criticising the decision to re m ove ministers, criticising the decision to remove speed bounce. Its a really wea k pla n to remove speed bounce. Its a really weak plan based on really wea k really weak plan based on really weak evidence. Getting redox be bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality. Its going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban areas like this and the money could be spent elsewhere. The challenge over humps created confusion in whitehall, with Different Department saying they werent responsible for the policy. A government spokesman said later that he would ensure that any changes on roads didnt reduce safety. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few, after Winston Churchills famous phrase, never was so much owed by so many to so few. In a statement, the battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. He famously made headlines in 2015 when hejokingly told off Prince William for flying helicopters instead of planes. Well, because he doesnt fly proper aeroplanes, he flies choppers. I said, theres nothing like the sound ofa said, theres nothing like the sound of a merlin and he hasnt got that pleasure. Three Australian Women trying to save their bowls club from closure have become overnight Internet Stars, after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the beyonce song Single Ladies. The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn to build a stadium. A warning, there is some Flash Photography at the very start of sarah corkers report. What does the queen of pop, beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn balls have in common . Well, nothing, until this. Meet terri, janine and wyn, from melbourne. Their parody of beyonces Single Ladies has been watched at least1 million times online. They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink plans to build an Indoor Stadium on this site. One of our younger members, denise, she had obviously been in pr, just cottoned on to the song, beyonces song, and two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song. Wyn says the club, founded in the 1950s, has 600 members and is like a big family. The council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling with demand for sporting facilities. Now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork may just catch now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork mayjust catch beyonces attention. Dont mess with them two of them didnt know who beyonce was. It didnt stop them. They were fantastic. What do you reckon . I think they are brilliant i hope i can still do that in my 70s. Good luck to them. What have you got for us . Usain bolt, who is racing in london this weekend. He would have the retired by sunday. Will we win the 100 metres . He has only run undetected seconds once this season, a couple of weeks ago in monaco, the people are saying. Perhaps ex con ita people are saying. Perhaps ex con it a perhaps. People are saying. Perhaps ex con ita perhaps. He people are saying. Perhaps ex con it a perhaps. He is confident as ever. Its not a big enough word to describe how he thinks of himself. One of sports biggest stars, usain bolt, as i said has issued a stark warning ahead of the final races of his career. The eight time 0lympic champion who will retire after the World Championships in london which begin this weekend. But he told the bbc that athletics will die if doping in the sport continues. That is actually fairly low key for him. England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of womens euro 2017 after breaking her leg in sundays quarter final win over france. Siobhan chamberlain is now likely to step in to face the netherlands in tomorrow nights semi final. Theres another injury scare for daniel sturridge. The liverpool striker scored, but then goes off injured in a pre season friendly against Bayern Munich in germany. Managerjurgen klopp says he hopes it isnt serious. And big orange failed to become the first horse to win the goodwood cup three times in a row. Frankie dettoris favourite lost out to stradivarius on the opening day of glorious goodwood. Much more on usain bolt and the fantastic Press Conference that he held yesterday. Weve got a treat on the sofa today. Lots of treats. I thought you meant chocolate, what you mean adam peaty. Both pretty sweet and alastair cook. As well as talking about usain bolt. I thought you were going to say they we re i thought you were going to say they were tasty. 0nly were tasty. Only in private. This morning for some of us, a fine but chilly start. For others, a wet one. Rain coming in from the south west accompanied by stronger winds, that is moving North Eastwards. Concentrating on this area of pressure in the north. The wind is going to strengthen. Ahead of that, a lot of dry weather. Some heavy rain this morning across parts of cornwall and devon, south wales as well. As that moves north, some fragmenting. Cloud moving ahead of that as well. Four northwest england, a bright start. 0ne that as well. Four northwest england, a bright start. One or two showers. Rain close to southern ireland, Northern Ireland mostly dry. For most of scotland, dry and sunny to start. Highlands temperatures have dipped. A chilly start. Across north east england, a dry and bright start. That extends down across the midlands, east anglia, essex and kent. Temperatures around six degrees celsius in london. These Weather Fronts, spreading out as they move North Eastwards. Heavy and persistent rain across the Channel Islands and southern counties. Pushing through Northern Ireland into scotland, leaving behind that some showers. You will find it will be quite muggy in some parts, humid air across Northern Ireland and wales. Rain continuing to journey, steadily moving in the direction of the north sea. Picking up overnight across the south east. Quite windy, but also quite humid. Not a cold night. Low temperatures, 12 16 degrees. That is how the day starts tomorrow. The Rain Ensconced across the northern isles, behind that, rotating around this area of low pressure, showers. Some heavy and thundery, some hail across Northern Ireland and scotland. Try a further south, temperatures roughly where they should be. High temperatures, 14 22 as they pushed further south. 0n friday, a day of sunshine and showers. Most showers across scotla nd showers. Most showers across scotland and Northern Ireland. Some blown in across Northern England, possibly into wales. Driest conditions in the south. Saturday, the Driest Conditions in the south. Some showers in the breeze further north. Temperatures 14 22. In the next couple of days, heading through friday, saturday and sunday, looking pretty good weatherwise. Back to you in the studio. At last, it is looking better fantastic. Better, fantastic. The daily mail drawing attention to some of the problems that they say british tourists are having. Queueing up for four british tourists are having. Queueing up forfour hours british tourists are having. Queueing up for four hours at airports across the uk. They are saying that new restrictions, lack of staff and other problems are affecting travel. We will be talking about that with the association of British Travel agents later in the programme. Now, there is a row erupting between british gas and the government over renewable subsidies. British gas is claiming that this is going to rise because the government has put, because of a rise in electricity bills, we spoke to the head of that yesterday. They are blaming the government for the rise. She looks brilliant, doesnt she . She looks brilliant, doesnt she . She is saying that, to get more golfers into the game, young golfers should be allowed to wear what they are comfortable in. If that means it is short shorts or a deep neck on your t shirt, that should be fine. This is in retaliation to be lpga saying that they do not want women wearing shorts that shows a bottom areas, nor do they want women wearing low cut shirts. Areas, nor do they want women wearing lowcut shirts. If you want to wear a short pair of shorts on a hot day, you should do it. Why does sport, why do women need to be over sexualised, wearing what ever pair of shorts and whatever colour t shirt you want to wear should not make a difference. The attention should be on your game, not on what you are wearing. I get the point, this woman wants young people to be interested in sport, surely thats a good thing. I am going to call it 15 15. The good thing. I am going to call it 15 15. The daily mirror, the Biggest Killer Shark caught in the uk, but they did put it back. I dont know how big it is, but it looks quite big. I dont know how big it is, but it looks quite there is a growing shortfall in the number of beds needed to care for the elderly across the uk according to a bbc investigation. By the end of next year up to 3,000 people wont be able to find a place in a care home. The association of directors of Adult Social Services is calling for more money to be spent on nurses and carers so people can receive care in their own homes for longer. Samantha fenwick reports. This man visits his grandmother every day. She moved into the home ca re centre every day. She moved into the Home Care Centre 12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and she could not be looked over our time looked after. She is really looked after, they provide her activities and take her on trips, she recently went to blackpool. We are really happy with that. But in june, Bradford Council decided to close the home. It was supposedly too expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another place for her to live. This is not an isolated case. 0ne live. This is not an isolated case. One in 20 care home beds have closed in the uk in the past three years. In two months, work will be complete. This will be a television room. There will also be 70 bedrooms with en suites. Research suggests we are not building enough care homes like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall. The data suggest that by the end of next year, there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds. By 2026, they predict the industry could be 70,000 beds short. There are more People Living for longer. Next day, there will be 2. 5 million more people over 65. That means there will be anticipated demand for hair to make care homes. As capacity decreases, there will be more pressure on nhs beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital, because they cant cope at home. This Company Builds more care homes than any other provider. They add 600 beds per year. But it isnt enough. In the future, those that need help might not be able to get it. Potentially, the Eligibility Criteria will be waived, so increasingly, we will see only the most wealthy clients will meet the criteria in future. The government say they have given local authorities an extra £2 billion to help, but the fear is that they will end up in a similar situation to this woman. This care home will close in the autumn, and they are struggling to find a new one. She is going to have to move. It is a question of, is it going to be my bedroom . Where am i going . You can hear more about this on you and yours on radio 4 at 12. 15 today. And Samantha Willjoin us to answer your questions about care home provision in just under an hour. Thats at 7 20. Back in april, businesses in england and wales faced what analysts called the largest changes to Business Rates in a generation. We reported that 25,000 Small Businesses were facing big hikes, 4 months on, sean is in didcot to find out how firms there are coping. Is this an illustration of some of the riblon problems . Is this an illustration of some of the riblon problems . Yes, it closed down on saturday, hence the bare shelves. Business rates are not the only reason they have closed down, they saw a big rise in april. A big change in valuations. Many companies saw a big rise. Around the back of these buildings, this is the old high street, but around the back there is a new Shopping Centre. Yesterday, i got a two to find out how much had changed around the area. What has changed over the yea rs . Area. What has changed over the years . Ten years ago, this wasnt here. This is the developing area, this is the first phase of the new centre. We have a second phase being built now, we might see that a bit later. We have elicited from having lots of new businesses come in. Should we go and have a look at the independent stores on the traditional high street . Independent stores on the traditional highstreet . You know these places a bit better than i do. £300,000, when you look at that price, is that expensive . £300,000, when you look at that price, is that expensive . I assume that they have looked at the overall values of the buildings, residential or business, and they have adjusted the rates to that higher value. They feel they should be getting that business because they are on the high street. The area has changed . Yes, it used to be the busy Shopping Area, yes, it used to be the busy Shopping Area , now yes, it used to be the busy Shopping Area, now it is all in the Shopping Centre. So, the calculation is being made as if this was a busy high street, but that was decades ago. Exactly. It was really interesting Walking Around this street. There area Walking Around this street. There are a lot of Charity Shops, takeaway is, very few independent businesses like there were many years ago. They are effectively acting as a council tax on businesses, they are based mainly on Property Value and the rent you can get for it. We are looking at what else has affected the businesses to get them to close down. We will be talking to Business Owners throughout the morning, but now, time for the news, travel and weather where you are. Weather where you good morning from bbc london news, im sonja jessup. Weapons, including two foot long serrated zombie knives and a machete, have been found just yards from a busy high street in east london. They were discovered in Tower Hamlets by police and residents, under part of a new scheme that recruits local people and faith leaders to sweep estates and parks for weapons hidden by gangs. It could be rolled out across london in the fight against knife crime. Elsewhere in east london, a man in his twenties has been stabbed to death and two other people injured in barking overnight. So far, no ones been arrested. A Pensionerfrom Essex says hes spending so long waiting for transport to hospital, hes considering giving up on his life saving treatment. Ronald dean has dialysis three times a week, but says he often spends hours waiting for ambulances because of staff shortages. The east of England Ambulance service admits there are teething problems, but ronalds had enough. You wait a long while. How long do you often wait . Two hours or more . In excess of 99 , our patients actually have a very positive experience. In excess of 99 , our patients actually have a very positive legoland has applied to build a large scale extension to its theme park in windsor. The plans include three new rides, accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments group, says its part of a Long Term Plan to improve the park that opened more than 20 years ago. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Its all looking good on the tube, no reported problems on any of those lines at the moment. The woolwich ferrys down to just the one boat though this morning, heres how it looks at the south terminal. Its due to mechanical problems. Police have closed off ripple road in barking, between king edwards road and devon road theyre investigating a stabbing. And in islington, essex road is closed northbound from upper street for water works. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. There might be a bit of rightness first thing this morning, but on the whole, rather grey and clarity. Within the cloud, outbreaks of rain rightness. To start off, iran is patchy. Not much around, coming and going. Through the course of the day, more moving up the course of the day, more moving up from the south. Quite heavy rain towards the end of the afternoon, accompanied by a strengthening southerly breeze. Feeling a bit cooler. Looking at a maximum of between 17 19. Into this evening, the rush hour, rain in a bit more persistent with heavy bursts. Accompanied by a fresh south westerly breeze. Minimum temperature, 16 17. That Rain Clearing away by dawn tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, looking out showers. They will blow through quite quickly on that south westerly wind. A bit warmer tomorrow, a maximum of 21 degrees. Friday, similar conditions. Perhaps less showers, more in the way of sunny spells. Still it a bit breezy, but by the weekend, that starts to fall a little bit lighter. More in the way of sunny spells, fewer showers as we head into the weekend and temperatures staying at around 20 degrees. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom degrees. Om the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to naga and charlie. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Well have the latest news and sport injust a moment. And coming up on breakfast today thousands of holidaymakers are being caught up in long delays at airports this summer. Well ask why some border and Security Checks are taking longer than the actual flight. As a child he refused to sit in the bath and now at the age of 22 he is britains swimming superstar. No longer scared of the water adam peaty is here on our sofa after 8am. If you like singers to have soul, youll want to hearfrom elkie brooks, the queen of british blues, wholl also join us later. All that still to come. But now a summary of this mornings main news. The duke of edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, whose 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres more from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. Well be speaking to the royal editor of the Sunday Express he has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in november 19117. And although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen and also in pursuit of his own programme, with issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for children, which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who turns 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Its not a complete retirement from public life, the duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne it marks a significant moment for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of the public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. More than a million women in their early 60s are worse off financially as a result of the increase in the State Pension age. According to the Institute For Fiscal Studies, raising the age from 60 to 63 was saving the government £5 billion a year but those affected were losing more than £30 a week on average. The Department For Work And Pensions says the changes are fair because of rising life expectancy. Recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the president of the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational and policy decisions was madness. The letter comes after two days of trouble at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. The Ministry Ofjustice said it was dealing with long term challenges in prisons. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim jong un. Thats according to its secretary of state, rex tillerson. He was speaking after a senior republican senator said President Trump considered going to war as an option. Last week north korea carried out a second test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, in defiance of a United Nations ban. Police looking for the missing airman Corrie Mckeague say theyre examining whether material found at an Incinerator Plant in ipswich is linked to him. The 23 year old was last seen Neara Bin Loading Bay following a night out in suffolk last september. Police ended a 20 week search of a nearby Landfill Site last month. Road Safety Campaigners say a Government Proposal to reduce Air Pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective. Humps cause cars to burn more fuel, as drivers accelerate and brake between them. Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal, but others say the move would endanger pedestrians and force more parents to drive their children to school. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few, after Winston Churchills famous phrase, that never was so much owed by so many to so few. The battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. He hit the headlines in 2015 when hejokingly told off Prince William for flying helicopters instead of planes. They may be gods representatives on earth, but it seems that even priests can struggle to get past the beady eye of a pub bouncer. This group of Trainee Clergymen were initially turned away from a bar in central cardiff because the doorman assumed they were a stag party in fancy dress. A member of staff quickly realised the mistake and invited them inside for a drink on the house. The group are said to have seen the funny side. They had a good night out. Easy mistake to make, really. Ive never seen as dad a stag party dressed up as priests. You havent lived have you ever seen you havent lived have you ever seen father ted . You havent lived have you ever seen father ted . Thats you havent lived have you ever seen father ted . Thats what that story reminds me of. Talking about usain bolt for possibly one of the last times in a competitive sense. He was speaking yesterday at head of his race in london this weekend. I mentioned earlier he will go in the 100 metres and the relay as well. So we havent quite seen the last of him. It has been talking about in athletics and how that needs to be tackled more than anything else but he has been. The eight time Olympic Champion usain bolt has told the bbc that if athletes continue to use drugs the sport will die. Bolt will run the final races of his career at the World Championships in london, which start this weekend. He says after hitting rock bottom, athletics is now beginning to move forward. We are going in the right direction now. I think we made changes and i said earlier that the Sport Hit Rock Bottom last season, so now its moving forward and i think its going in the right direction now. I think as long as athletes understand that if they keep this up the sport will die and then they wont have a job, so hopefully athletes understand that and will help the sport move forward. England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of womens euro 2017 after its been revealed she broke her leg. The Manchester City keeper was injured in the second half of sundays quarter final win over france but managed to walk off the pitch. Siobhan chamberlain, who came on for bardsley, is now likely to face the netherlands in tomorrow nights semi final. The camp was a bit down, but from her Point Of View we will all rallying around her and support her. We know she did a fantasticjob to get to this point, in the last tournament and the last three years, and she will play a big part of the field. She will be with us, supporting her teammates from the sidelines rather than the field. Liverpool Managerjurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridges thigh injury isnt serious, after the striker went off injured in a pre season friendly last night. Sturridge scored his sides last goal in a 3 0 win against Bayern Munich in germany, but he immediately pulled up and was subbed just before full time. Injuries have limited sturridge to 46 League Appearances in the past three seasons. Ahead of englands fourth and final test against south africa, stuart broad says the side are firmly focussed on winning the series. England go into the match, which starts on friday at old trafford, with a 2 1 lead in the series. I certainly dont think we will be looking to go out there and consolidate. We need to play the way that naturally weve got characters who like to play. That is that sort of counter attacking, free flowing play, but using the experience and adaptability to be able to adjust to conditions. So we will be going out to win this test match, and i think that is when we play at our best, when we are looking to play on the front foot. Britains kyle edmund is through to the second round of the washington 0pen. He beat hyeon chung of south korea in straight sets. Heather watson is out of the womens singles. She was beaten in straight sets by Patricia Maria tig from romania, whos ranked 134 in the world, 59 places below watson. Tig took both sets on a tie break, as watson double faulted on match point. Hes been described as the finest Racing Driver of his generation. Robert kubica was amongst the fastest in formula 1 until his arm was severely injured in a rally crash in 2011. He thought back then hed never race at the top level again. But hes fought back. Earlier this year he drove an old formula 1 car. Later today, its a big day for him, hell get behind the wheel of a current renault in a test in hungary to see if hes got what it takes to return to the sport. I was hoping to get the chance to try the 2017 car and i think, you know, to have this opportunity in the official test, post the hungarian grand prix, is Something Special and i really appreciate and, yeah, renault gave me such a big opportunity. Ellie downie will miss 0ctobers world gymnastics championships in canada to recover from ankle surgery. The 18 year old injured her left ankle at the british championships in march, but went on to win four medals in aprils european championships. Downie plans to return for next years Commonwealth Games in australia. Her older sister becky will also miss the worlds, as she continues to recover from an elbow injury. Finally, the favourite and two time winner big orange couldnt make it three in a row at the goodwood cup. No horse has managed to take the race for three consecutive years and Frankie Dettoris mount could only finish second behind the 6 1 shot stradivarius on the feature race on day one of glorious goodwood. The three year old is now second favourite for the final classic of the season, the st leger, next month. Isnt it great to see robert back in a car . An amazing achievement. And it is years since that accident, so it is years since that accident, so it has taken a long time to recover andi it has taken a long time to recover and i think a lot of it was a mental recovery, as well as the physical. The confidence to get back in. I was mindful of. You are in the when nicky louder had that terrible accident . It was a matter of weeks in those days. They are made of stern stuff, motor Racing Drivers. Yes, and robert spoke very publicly about the challenge of sitting back in the carand about the challenge of sitting back in the car and the physical challenge of a formula 1 car. Not an easy thing to do. The pressure on your whole body, your neck and arms, is huge, which will be interesting day. Thanks. Tightened Security Checks at some european airports means holidaymakers are waiting in queues for more than four hours. The measures were brought in after the paris and brussels terror attacks. But a trade body representing some of the uks Biggest Airlines calls the situation shameful, with reports that some passengers had missed their flights. Sean tipton is from the association of British Travel agents and joins us now from our london newsroom. Thanks well time this morning. We are hearing a lot of reports about considerable delays. Whats happening . Back in april the European Union brought in new requirements for Passport Holders who arent in the schengen zone. It sounds technical but that means as and the republic of ireland and other countries around the world. They said that if you arent in the schengen zone, once you arrive at the airport your passport will be subject to extra checks. They will basically be taking details and they also do this on departure. So in the past they would check you had a valid passport, that it was you and leave you through. They say the new checks will be a couple of minutes, but in the past if it tookjust 15 20 seconds and it is now two minutes, all that is adding to the length of queues. At this time of year you often see long queues anyway, at the height of summer. You say it should only take a couple of extra minutes. Anecdotally and through evidence weve heard it is taking up to four hours in some places and they are looking at the booth is they would normally go through, the Staffing Levels havent gone up. Booths. As you say, already there is an upscale in the numbers anyway. A couple of minutes is just numbers anyway. A couple of minutes isjust per numbers anyway. A couple of minutes is just per passenger but all of that adds up. It is incredibly important. They obviously knew this extra security was coming in. The most annoying thing is when you arrive at the airport and we see a big queue and there are two empty booths. Sevigny to make sure they have additional staff to keep accused to a minimum. So thats pretty unlikely it will happen to those people. The issue is we are already busy, they need to have the staff in place and a lot of it is luck of the draw. If your flight arrives in conjunction with a few other flight you will see longer queues. If it arrives on its own the queues. If it arrives on its own the queues will be shorter. In majorca, thats getting a lot of coverage, ive been through them many times and when you travel injuly and august it is incredibly busy. So the main thing to bear in mind is you probably will end up queueing longer than in the past. Thats annoying when you arrive, but you will be subject to these checks when you depart as well. They havent previously when people didnt know they would end up queueing longer and they ended up missing flights. And at the airport make sure you have extra staff involved to make sure we keep the queues to a minimum. However annoying these situations are, ultimately people have to bear in mind that the only reason these delays are happening is because someone reason these delays are happening is because someone is trying to keep you safe . Exactly. This extra requirements were brought in by the eu after the brussels and paris attacks. They wanted to see how they could make sure these people couldnt get into the country. So it is annoying but there is a good reason for it. I want to stress that as long as you bear in mind that you will have to wait longer, being prepared for that is less frustrating and leave that extra time so you dont risk missing your flight. Time so you dont risk missing your flight. 0ur time so you dont risk missing your flight. Our members who sell Package Holidays have been factoring the scene when taking people to the airports and they havent reported any major problems. So it is annoying but as long as you know we will have to queue longer it wont massively inconvenienced you. Thank you. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. It looks a bit wet outside. Indeed, we do have some rain. Spilling across the south west. It be accompanied by strengthening winds, gales from the south western coasts. This Weather Front coming in from the atlantic, squeezing the i isobars. That is making Good Progress in towards Northern Ireland. A wet start, heavy rain across cornwall, devon and south wales. It is pushing North Eastwards. They had of it, cloud building. 0ne eastwards. They had of it, cloud building. One to showers across north west england. 0ff building. One to showers across north west england. Off to a bright start and they mostly dry one. You can see some showers ahead of the band of rain coming in across Northern Ireland. A lot of dry and bright weather. Clear skies across the highlands. A cold but sunny start. Cloud as we come further south. In north east england, a bright side with some sunny spells. Extending to the midlands into east anglia, the odd shower here and there. Showers building ahead of the band of rain. Through the day, the wind picking up. Along the coast, rain heavy and persistent. Parts of wales with height. But it will eventually clearing from Northern Ireland and moving across Northern England into central and southern scotland. Quite a warm air mass at the moment. Feeling quite humid. Not feeling cold, thats for sure. Heading through the evening and overnight, rain continuing to push towards the north sea. Moving into the Channel Islands and the South East Corner of england, then becoming ensconced in the north of Scotla Nd Becoming Ensconced in the north of scotland with a platter of showers following behind. In this mild, humid air, not going to be a cold night. Starting on that note tomorrow. Rain across far north scotland. A lot of showers rotating around this area of low pressure. Some across Northern Ireland scotla nd some across Northern Ireland scotland be heavy, possibly some hailand scotland be heavy, possibly some hail and thunder and lightning. Less likely to see them further south. If you are going to the country tomorrow, take your umbrella just in case. But you would be unlucky to catch one. But as 14 22. On friday, more showers, low pressure in the north sea. Showers in scotland and Northern Ireland, a few getting in across Northern England. In the south and sunshine, 23 degrees. And that will feel quite pleasant if you run a small business, youre probably all too aware that back in april Business Rates were revalued for the first time in7years. Many areas especially in the south east saw a big jump in rates to reflect increasing Property Values. Sean is in didcot to see how businesses there are coping. Whats the picture . It is quite varied down the high street this morning in didcot. It is effectively the old high street. The shop we are in now, saturday was its last day. That is why the shells are so bare. Some of the customers enjoyed their shelves so much, they are actually purchasing them. They have had to close down, partly because the change in Business Rates saw a big increase. Before we go on, those are effectively a council tax on businesses, Business Rates. This property has a rental value, and then a business tax is worked out based on that rental value. That was changed in april, affecting a lot of businesses. A lot of witnesses saw increases, but many more saw decreases. You had to close your shop down. How much of a change did you see when it came to the changing Business Rates . House went up sixfold. It was not the only reason we decided to close, but it was a factor. What scale are you talking about . Before and after . We were paying about £350 per month, i know thatis paying about £350 per month, i know that is not a huge amount, but nevertheless, it was an increase we did not expect that the time. We had already lost our european retail rate relief, so it wasjust already lost our european retail rate relief, so it was just another cost on the building that pushed us over the edge. We had to re evaluate what we were doing and whether or not we would survive in future. What we were doing and whether or not we would survive in futurem is not the only thing, but it reflected the Business Rate change. You see a lot of Charity Shops on the high street. You said to me you had a Pottery Service out the back, it was a very Community Focused place. How did it feel having Charity Shops next door that were getting rate relief, but you provided Community Services and didnt get them . I love Charity Shops, i have worked for many of them in my lifetime. But it is very ha rd them in my lifetime. But it is very hard foran them in my lifetime. But it is very hard for an independent Family Business, even Charity Shops have huge head office is backing them up. They are able to shop fit with lovely fittings and fixtures when they get a property. We were always borrowing furniture, it was quite tough for any Family Business to get going. There is room for both of us on the high street, but we do feel that independents do get the rough end of the stick. Having a quick chat with dean. You keep an eye on the wider Business Rates market . Is this reflective of whats going on across the country . There are more than a million businesses seeing falling Business Rates. Yes, they are, but we are seeing seven years of growth here. The revaluation is meant to take base every five years. The government put that back to seven yea rs. The government put that back to seven years. So you are seeing the government put that back to seven years. So you are seeing seven yea rs of seven years. So you are seeing seven years of growth, all cumulating in an increase in this property. There can be relief given, but what you are seeing here is a rental value before april at £50 per month, now we are faced with a bill of £350 per month. So, a different valuation might have helped manage that. Through the morning, we will be looking at other shops in the high street. There is a broad mix of businesses, hairdressers and things like that. We will be looking at others this morning to see how they have been affected. We will be looking at others this morning to see how they have been last night an Opera Company, which has received millions in funding from the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, gave a special performance in aid of those affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Its been criticised as the symbol of a council which prioritised the needs of its richer residents over their poorer neighbours. Alice bhandhukravi reports. Singing. Verdis requiem is often used in memoriam, and last night it was used for those who lost their lives and their homes a couple of miles up the road in Grenfell Tower. The disaster was more than geographically close to this Opera Company it directly affected one of their own, a member of staff, debbie, who lived on the 16th floor, missing presumed dead. It is difficult for me to talk about it because last time i saw her was sitting at this bench on the night of the fire. We were listening to the end of the opera we were performing that night and we say good night at the end of it, wasnt it lovely, and that was it. So, yes, that helps the feeling why we wanted to make such an impact, why we wanted to do something. Grenfell is to the north of kensington, the part of the borough the council has been accused of neglecting, all the while amassing a huge budget surplus. Until two years ago the opera was a council service, the same as any leisure facility, like a gym or swimming pool, and that has led to criticism from those who have questioned the priorities of those of the royal borough of kensington and chelsea. The Philistine Council would rather spend £30 million on opera for a minority in holland park over 20 years why is it relevant to the debate today . Kensington and Chelsea Council has misspent government and Council Taxpayer funds on countless vanity projects and handouts, as we have heard, and underfunding essential services. Singing. But those who run the Operating System that theirs is the most accessible Opera Company in the country and have long contributed to North Kensington through fundraising and direct involvement with the community. When you put it as opera is not as important as homes and Living Standards in the borough, then that is not an argument i would ever have with you or anybody else. But they spend millions of lots of other services and i think it is the word opera that is clearly a problem for people. Perhaps if we were a straight Theatre Company it wouldnt be as controversial. I dont know. But in this country opera generally has this stereotype that people tend to hold. Stereotype or not, last nights one off performance was a sell out with all proceeds going to help the victims of Grenfell Tower. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im sonja jessup. Weapons, including two foot long serrated zombie knives and a machete, have been found just yards from a busy high street in east london. They were discovered in Tower Hamlets by police and residents, under part of a new scheme that recruits local people and faith leaders to sweep estates and parks for weapons hidden by gangs. It could be rolled out across london in the fight against knife crime. Elsewhere in east london, a man in his twenties has been stabbed to death and two other people injured in barking overnight. Police were called to movers lane at one oclock. So far, no ones been arrested. A Pensionerfrom Essex says hes spending so long waiting for transport to hospital, hes considering giving up on his life saving treatment. Ronald dean has dialysis three times a week, but says he often spends hours waiting for ambulances because of staff shortages. The east of England Ambulance service admits there are teething problems, but ronalds had enough. You wait a long while. How long do you often wait . Two hours or more. In excess of 99 of patients actually have a very positive experience. Legoland has applied to build a large scale extension to its theme park in windsor. The plans include three new rides, accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments group, says its part of a Long Term Plan to improve the park that opened more than 20 years ago. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Its all looking good on the tube, no reported problems on any of those lines at the moment. The woolwich ferrys down to just the one boat though this morning, heres how it looks at the south terminal. Police have closed off ripple road in barking, between king edwards road and devon road theyre investigating a stabbing. And in islington, essex road is closed northbound from upper street for water works. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. There might be a bit of brightness first thing this morning, but on the whole, rather grey and cloudy. Within the cloud, outbreaks of rain. To start off, the rain is patchy. Not much around, coming and going. Through the course of the day, more moving up from the south. Quite heavy rain towards the end of the afternoon, accompanied by a strengthening southerly breeze. Feeling a bit cooler. Looking at a maximum of between 17 19. Into this evening, the rush hour, rain in a bit more persistent with heavy bursts. Accompanied by a fresh south westerly breeze. Minimum temperature, 16 17. That Rain Clearing away by dawn tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, looking at showers. They will blow through quite quickly on that south westerly wind. A bit warmer tomorrow, a maximum of 21 degrees. Friday, similar conditions. Perhaps less showers, more in the way of sunny spells. Still it a bit breezy, but by the weekend, that starts to fall a little bit lighter. More in the way of sunny spells, fewer showers as we head into the weekend and temperatures staying at around 20 degrees. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to naga and charlie. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. After 65 years of service, Prince Philip prepares to step back from public life. Hell meet Royal Marines in his final solo appearance before officially retiring from royal duties. Good morning, its wednesday the 2nd of august. Also coming up grave concern at the state of prisons in england and wales. Governers say the rise in violence and pressure on staff is unacceptable. Up to 3,000 elderly people wont be able to find a bed in a uk care home by the end of next year. We have a special investigation. It has been four months since those Business Rate changes affected many businesses and shops like these. I am in didcot, looking at how it has affected its high street. In sport, as usain bolt gets set to race for the final time. The eight time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. And how three australian pensioners have chanelled their inner beyonce in an attempt to save their local bowls club. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some of us are starting on a dry and bright note. A couple of showers. However, we have a batch of Rain Coming In The West and south, which will spread North Eastwards through the date and the wind will strengthened. More details later. Good morning. The duke of edinburgh will officially retire from royal duties today when he carries out his final Public Engagement. Prince philip will be Guest Of Honour at a parade by the Royal Marines. The duke, who is 96, announced his retirement in may, after more than six decades of supporting the queen, and attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in november 19117. And although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen and also in pursuit of his own programme, with issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for children, which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Its not a complete retirement from public life, the duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne it marks a significant moment for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of the public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. We can show you Buckingham Palace this morning, where the duke will carry out his final engagement. Buckingham palace have stressed that although his diary of engagements will come to an end, we may choose to attend certain events alongside the queen from time to time. We will talk about what the future holds with a royal editor of the Sunday Express nfu minutes. In a fume minutes. More than 1 million women in their early 60s are worse off financially as a result of the rise in the State Pension age. The Institute For Fiscal Studies found that the change, which saves the government £5 billion a year, sees those affected lose more than £30 a week on average. 0ur personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. Waiting for your pension and struggling to get by. Shirley from aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill health and she wont qualify for the State Pension until shes 66. I cant afford holidays, ive given up my car. Basically my life really. Ive got a bus pass, whopee but its the only thing ive got really, not getting my pension, ive got my bus pass. Ive got to keep my sanity pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. By the end of the decade theyll be 66 for both, with reform coming in stages. The result is more than a million women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes £32 less than they would have been, the hit would be bigger but for the fact many are working. 18 are living in poverty, thats on under £237 a week for a couple. Perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but cant do so because they cant find work or their health prevents them from being able to do so. Women have been campaigning for compensation saying they werent given enough warning of the Pension Changes which save £5 billion a year. But the government says theyre fair and, because of rising life expectancy, women now get the State Pension for longer than previous generations. Simon gompertz, bbc news. Recent unrest in english and welsh prisons is causing grave concern, according to the president of the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational and policy decisions in the Prison System was madness. The letter comes after two days of trouble at the mount prison in hertfordshire. There have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire, where riot trained officers were deployed to some due on unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 28 takes a day on staff in prisons in england and wales following a decline in a number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pgy past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of the Prison Governors Associations blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails government for what she calls a crisis in manyjails and unacceptable crisis in manyjails and u na cce Pta Ble Stress Crisis in manyjails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governor is she says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way prisons have run for the worse. She says the governments decision taken early this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for policy was madness, leaving a gaping hole in operational intelligence. The Ministry Ofjustice says she recognises the long standing challenges facing prisons and is recruiting more officers, but with only 75 more in place since last year She Recruitment remains in a critical condition. Stronger powers to cut off funding for terrorists by freezing their assets and blocking access to Bank Accounts will form part of the governments plans to introduce the uks own post brexit sanctions regime. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster for us this morning. Good morning. We know lots of things need unpicking in the Run Up To Brexit and this is one of those . It is. At the moment are Sanctions Policy, like Trade Embargo is, as it freezes, travel bans, are all operated through the eu. So when we leave we will have to have our system and what the government is doing today is setting out the sort of us spoke british Sanctions Policy and part of that is to make it easier to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists, in other words to stop them selling their house or their car to raise funds for terrorism. So what theyre doing is lowering the threshold at which the government can in those an asset freeze. At the moment they have to show not only that someone is a suspected terrorist, but in the future they will just have to suspected terrorist, but in the future they willjust have to show someone future they willjust have to show someone is a member of a Terrorist Organisation before they can freeze their assets. So the argument is it will actually make it easier to stop Terrorist Accessing funds. Thanks for the moment. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim jong un. Thats according to its secretary of state, rex tillerson. He was speaking after a senior republican senator said that President Trump considered going to war with north korea as an option. Last week, north korea carried out a second test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, in defiance of a United Nations ban. Road Safety Campaigners say a Government Proposal to reduce Air Pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective. Humps cause cars to burn more fuel as drivers accelerate and brake between them. Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal, but others say the move would endanger pedestrians and force more parents to drive their children to school. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few, after Winston Churchills famous phrase, never was so much owed by so many to so few. The battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. He famously made headlines in 2015 when hejokingly told off Prince William for flying helicopters instead of planes. Three Australian Women trying to save their bowls club from closure have become overnight Internet Stars, after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the beyonce song Single Ladies. The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn to build a stadium. A warning, there is some Flash Photography at the very start of sarah corkers report. What does the queen of pop, beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn balls bowls have in common . Well, nothing, until this. Meet terri, janine and wyn, from melbourne. Their parody of beyonces Single Ladies has been watched at least1 million times online. They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink plans to build an Indoor Stadium on this site. One of our younger members, denise, she had obviously been in pr, just cottoned on to the song, beyonces song, and two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song. The council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling with demand for sports facilities. Now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork mayjust catch beyonces attention. They were going for it. They were going for it. They did really well. We will have all the sport and the weather coming up all the sport and the weather coming up later. After 65 years, 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 overseas visits, the duke of edinburgh officially retires from public duty today. Lets speak now to camilla tominey, royal editor of the Sunday Express, who is at Buckingham Palace for us. We will see the duke there later. Good to have you with us. What do you think people will be saying about the duke and his role . He has been there all the time and he isnt disappearing completely from public life, is he . Exactly. What is interesting about what Buckingham Palace has been telling us is they havent been using the word retirement. 0nly people like me and the media have. They are saying he is stepping down from the day to day unveilings old clerks and planting of trees, but behind palace gates he will be carrying on his administrative duties. It also stressed that he will be by the rows site for major occasions, so i cant imagine him being away from things like trooping the colour. The queens side. It feel seismic because he has been by the side of the queen since the coronation and we are used to them being together. 0n the other hand the notion of a 96 year old retiring is hardly a shock and i think most people out there will think it is probably about time stop white peers of course known to be a character, do have a twinkle in his eye. About time. He is of course known. He has also worked a lot on his own charity work . If you look at what he has done with the duke of edinburgh awards scheme, which is lovely when you see him handing out awards to young people, and there is in his 90s engaging with them and relating to them, thats what hes on jobs. Of course journalists like me always follow him around so when the queen and kym split at events you would a lwa ys and kym split at events you would always follow him in case he said something unusual. There have been an im seeing remarks, but they are of yesteryear. He puts people at ease because when he and the queen need people publicly, they are often like rabbits in headlights. He will often make a funnyjoke. A couple of yea rs often make a funnyjoke. A couple of years ago he started having a go at this young chap because he had a beer. Shouldnt you have shaved this morning if you are going to meet her majesty a beard. Thats the kind of thing that makes people feel relaxed. Often his comments are focused on and what is often overlooked is his role in the royal family and his keenness to make sure the next generation comes through with their own personalities as well, at upholding certain traditions. Sisley. We describe her as the Head Of State precisely. He is the head of the family. We dont on his grandchildren and great chunk grandchildren. He has a lwa ys chunk grandchildren. He has always spoken his mind. If he does go on engagement he has banter with the people his meeting and we instil that in his grandchildren and says you also need to have your own opinions. We are not a secret society, you need to get out there and engage with the people you meet. If you look at some of the stats that Buckingham Palace gave us, 22,000 Solo Engagements, more than 5000 speeches, 6000 countries, he is as well travelled as his wife, which means he has built up a lot of knowledge and he has all met a lot of different people. As william and harry have said in the past, theres not much he doesnt know little bit about and thats because he has been there and done it and got the t shirt. There and done it and got the tshirt. We havejust there and done it and got the tshirt. We have just been showing pictures of Prince Philip unveilings many plaques. He once described himself as the worlds most experienced plaque unveilings. He will now be with the queen . experienced plaque unveilings. He will now be with the queen . I think we will see her having a number of different plus ones. Prince charles, the duke of york, printers and and also we should expect to see more of the duke and duchess of cambridge princess anne. And prince harry. At the moment the young royals will have to come and do more. Prince george will start school in september as they are moving down. We are going to be seeing more engagements from them. So i think there will be a bit of a reordering of the family, just to support the queen and make sure she has someone either side, albeit not her husband, but a member of the family to help with this engagements moving forward. Thank you very much. Thank you for talking to us. Thank you for talking to youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning. The duke of edinburgh will take part in his final official Public Engagement later. It will be a parade at Buckingham Palace to mark the end of a Royal Marines charity trek. Research suggests more than a million women in their early 60s are worse off as a result of the increase in the State Pension age. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Take your umbrella this morning, we have got rain on the cards. It is also going to be windy. Low pressure driving the weather, you can see the range coming in with it. Moving in from the south east. Isobars squeezing from the south east. Isobars squeezing across from the south east. Isobars squeezing across the south west, we have got later on. Rain cladding in across the Channel Islands, South West England, heading into Northern Ireland. The heaviest rain in the and southern counties of england and south wales. As this moves north east, starting to fragment. A fair bit of cloud ahead of it, and some showers. North west england, a bright start to the day. 0ne england, a bright start to the day. One to showers. Some rain crossing Northern Ireland, a cool start across the highlands. Temperatures currently six degrees. Sunshine, temperatures picking up quickly. Across north east england, more cloud. A bright start with some sunny intervals. The odd shower at this stage in the day. Through the morning, watch how this way rain continues to drift. Moving North Eastwards as a weaker feature fragmenting. In between, dry and brighter slot. Some sunshine at times. All South West England, wales and ireland, a Return To Sunshine and ireland, a Return To Sunshine and showers are softening. Going to feel quite humid. Through the evening and overnight, rain continues to drift in the direction of the north sea. Moving up across the South East Portion of england, becoming ensconced in scotland and the northern islands. An array of showers coming in from the west. Humid air mass, not going to be a cold night. Temperatures about 13 16 celsius. Tomorrow, a band of rain left over from today. Low pressure brings showers, that is across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Some will be heavy with hail and thunder. The further south, the less likely you are to catch a shower. Thaisa to 22 degrees. In any sunshine, that will feel quite pleasant. Friday, low pressure m oves feel quite pleasant. Friday, low pressure moves over to the north sea. Piling in showers across scotla nd sea. Piling in showers across scotland and Northern Ireland. Breeze across north west england, a lot of dry weather around. Few showers the further south you travel, highs of 23 degrees. Few showers the further south you travel, highs of 23 there is a growing shortfall in the number of beds needed to care for the elderly across the uk according to a bbc investigation. By the end of next year, up to 3,000 people wont be able to find a place in a care home. Samantha fenwick reports. Sam visits his nanjean in this care home every day. She moved into this Home Care Centre 12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and sam could not look after her at home. She is really looked after, they provide her activities and take her on trips, she recently went to blackpool. Thats her favourite place. We are really happy with that. But in june, Bradford Council decided to close the home. It was supposedly too expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another place forjean to live. This is not an isolated case. One in 20 care home beds have closed in the uk in the past three years. In 10 months time, work will be complete. I am standing in what will be a television room. There will also be 70 bedrooms with en suites. Research for the bbc suggests we are not building enough care homes like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall. The data suggests that by the end of next year, there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds. By 2026, they predict the industry could be 70,000 beds short. There are more People Living for longer. Next decade, there will be 2. 5 million more people over 65. That means there will be anticipated demand for care homes. To fix that, we need to double the rates of delivery. As capacity decreases, there will be more pressure on nhs beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital because they cant cope at home. This Company Builds more care homes than any other provider. Every year they add 600 beds per year. But it isnt enough. In the future, those that need help might not be able to get it. Potentially, the commissioners will raise Eligibility Criteria to justify entry to care homes, so increasingly, we will see only the most poorly off clients will meet the criteria in future. The government say they have given local authorities an extra £2 billion to help, but the fear is that they will end up in a similar situation to sam and his nan. This care home will close in the autumn, and they are struggling to find a new one. She is going to have to move. It is a question of, is this going to be my bedroom . When is this going to be my bedroom . Where am i going . It isa it is a really sad situation, what will happen to people like them . Their worries that that care home is closing, and that is around the corner from where sam lives. His worry is that the new care home could be a long way away. It is so important, continuity of people visiting and that sort of thing. Yes, for people with dementia, seeing new things constantly does really help them. It can also be incredibly disruptive for someone with dementia to be moved away from home. The numbers we are hearing, the number of people who could be affected and how that rises, how is being calculated . We have looked at population increases and expected growth over the age of 65 for the next ten years. We expect there will be 14,000 next ten years. We expect there will be 111,000 more people looking to be ina care be 111,000 more people looking to be in a care home in the next ten yea rs. We in a care home in the next ten years. We know that we build about 7000 care homes every year, so we need to double the rate we are building those to meet demand. Who benefits from this and who needs to build this . There is pressure being put on the government for land, as well as contracts for private contractors . The government say they have allocated an extra £2 billion to help pay for social care over the next few years. They also planned. They have introduced more measures, those we talked about later in the year. They also want people to remain at home, but they also want more funding to be put into nursing ca re more funding to be put into nursing care so more funding to be put into nursing care so that people can be looked after at home. After at you can hear more about this on you and yours on radio 4 at 12. 15 today. And Samantha Willjoin us to answer your questions about care iimagine i imagine this touches a lot of people at home. People at at 12. 15 today. And Samantha Willjoin us to answer your questions about care home provision in just under an hour. Thats at 7 20. Still to come this morning, sean is in didcot to find out how businesses are coping with hikes in Business Rates. You could see we were talking a bit earlier about the new Shopping Centre that has been built. We were on the older high street. Now, we area on the older high street. Now, we are a little bit closer to this new area. We are looking at how Business Rates and those changes that came in in april have affected these shops. We saw one shop struggling that had to close down. This hair and beauty shop is doing a bit better. Sally ru ns shop is doing a bit better. Sally runs this place. What is your biggest challenge at the moment . Rates are the biggest issues. In what way . They have gone up considerably this year. I commissioned a review earlier this year, so im hoping appeal that. Commissioned a review earlier this year, so im hoping appealthat. We will talk of it about that this morning. Lots of questions about is the straits and how they affect everybody. About Business Rates. About business good morning from bbc london news, im sonja jessup. Weapons, including two foot long serrated zombie knives and a machete, have been found just yards from a busy high street in east london. They were discovered in Tower Hamlets by police and residents, under part of a new scheme that recruits local people and faith leaders to sweep estates and parks for weapons hidden by gangs. It could be rolled out across london in the fight against knife crime. Elsewhere in east london, a man in his twenties has been stabbed to death and two other people injured in barking overnight. Police were called to movers lane at one oclock. So far, no ones been arrested. Londons oldest Wine Merchant is modernising its shop at st jamess after Three Hundred years. Berry brothers and rudd has served royalty, admirals and artists. Its also home to a diary kept by lord byron about his attempts to lose weight, on an unusual diet of white wine. And dry biscuits. The shops present owner says customers today value quality over quantity. They are buying a bottle, better wine. Possibly less, but better. The wine. Possibly less, but better. The wine is something that is important to them and they want to be involved in the story as well. As legoland has applied to build a large scale extension to its theme park in windsor. The plans include three new rides, accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments group, says its part of a Long Term Plan to improve the park that opened more than 20 years ago. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Its all looking good on the tube, no reported problems on any of those lines at the moment. The woolwich ferrys down to just the one boat though this morning, heres how it looks at the south terminal. Its due to mechanical problems. Now because of the stabbing we told you about earlier, police have closed off part of ripple road in barking. And in islington, essex road is closed northbound from upper street for water works. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. There might be a bit of brightness first thing this morning, but on the whole, rather grey and cloudy. Within the cloud, outbreaks of rain. To start off, the rain is patchy. Not much around, coming and going. Through the course of the day, more moving up from the south. Quite heavy rain towards the end of the afternoon, accompanied by a strengthening southerly breeze. Feeling a bit cooler. Looking at a maximum of between 17 19. Into this evening, the rush hour, rain in a bit more persistent with heavy bursts. Accompanied by a fresh south westerly breeze. Minimum temperature, 16 17. That Rain Clearing away by dawn tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, looking at showers. They will blow through quite quickly on that south westerly wind. A bit warmer tomorrow, a maximum of 21 degrees. Friday, similar conditions. Perhaps less showers, more in the way of sunny spells. Still it a bit breezy, but by the weekend, that starts to fall a little bit lighter. More in the way of sunny spells, fewer showers as we head into the weekend and temperatures staying at around 20 degrees. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to naga and charlie. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. The main news the duke of edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. The 96 year old will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. He has attended more than 20,000 Solo Engagements over his time. More than a million women in their early 60s are worse off financially as a result of the increase in the State Pension age. According to the Institute For Fiscal Studies, raising the age from 60 to 63 was saving the government £5 billion a year but those affected were losing more than £30 a week on average. The Department For Work And Pensions says the changes are fair because of rising life expectancy. Recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the president of the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter to her organisation, Andrea Albutt said a decision to separate operational and policy decisions was madness. The letter comes after two days of trouble at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. The Ministry Ofjustice said it was dealing with long term challenges in prisons. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim stronger powers to block Terrorist Access to Bank Accounts will forge pa rt access to Bank Accounts will forge part of the governments plans to forge post brexit sanctions. The uk currently Backs Eu Sanction such as travel bans and asset freezes against regimes including russia, north korea, iran and the Islamic State group and al qaeda. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim jong un. Thats according to its secretary of state, rex tillerson. He was speaking after a senior republican senator said President Trump considered going to war as an option. Last week north korea carried out a second test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, in defiance of a United Nations ban. Police looking for the missing airman Corrie Mckeague say theyre examining whether material found at an Incinerator Plant in ipswich is linked to him. The 23 year old was last seen Neara Bin Loading Bay following a night out in suffolk last september. Police ended a 20 week search of a nearby Landfill Site last month. Road Safety Campaigners say a Government Proposal to reduce Air Pollution by removing speed humps would be dangerous and ineffective. Humps cause cars to burn more fuel, as drivers accelerate and brake between them. Motoring groups have welcomed the proposal, but others say the move would endanger pedestrians and force more parents to drive their children to school. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few, after Winston Churchills famous phrase, that never was so much owed by so many to so few. The battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. Well, because he doesnt fly proper aeroplanes, he flies choppers. And i said to him, theres nothing like the sound of a merlin and he hasnt got that pleasure. A couple of other stories. It sounds like the beginning of a joke. Seven priest walk into a bar. This group of Trainee Clergyman were originally turned away from a pub. The dorman assumed they were a stag party in that address. Doorman. A member of staff quickly realised the mistake and invited them inside for a drink on the house. The group are said to have seen the funny side. How do you prove you are priest . Maybe some kind of id. Sally might know. Ten hail marys . I dont know. Ive got a Shark Attack Story you might like. We all get a bit snappy when we arent in the mood. Take a look at the moment when a Great White Shark took a bite out of a marine researchers camera. Greg was diving off the coast of when this 12 foot shark. Look at that took a bite. The key and the camera remained intact. He thought ofjust opened his doors to have a look inside and then backed off again. I think it romped on it. Here we go. Chomped. Comes in, gave it a little nick. There we are. Anyway, everyone was fine. Thats an image you really dont wa nt thats an image you really dont want imprinted on your brain. Great teeth. Talking about great, great smile. Fantastic smile. His smile has lit up fantastic smile. His smile has lit up the Athletics World for years. Usain bolt who we will see running in london in a few days. He has been reflecting on his career. He will raise the 100 metres and then go in the relay. He is in a serious mood. We normally see him chirpy and happy. He has told the bbc that if athletes continue to use drugs the sport will quite simply died. Bolt will run the final races of his career at the World Championships in london, which start this weekend. He says after hitting rock bottom, athletics is now beginning to move forward. We are going in the right direction now. I think we made changes and i said earlier that the Sport Hit Rock Bottom last season, so now its moving forward and i think its going in the right direction now. I think as long as athletes understand that if they keep this up the sport will die and then they wont have a job, so hopefully athletes understand that and will help the sport move forward. How fast can he run . Have to remember, his record was 9. 85 seconds, setting 2009. Set in. People say those kinds of times arent likely now. There is a reason he is retiring. England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of womens euro 2017 after its been revealed she broke her leg. The Manchester City keeper was injured in the second half of sundays quarter final win over france but managed to walk off the pitch. Siobhan chamberlain, who came on for bardsley, is now likely to face the netherlands in tomorrow nights semi final. The camp was a bit down, but from kbs Point Of View were all rallying around her and supporting her. We know she did a fantasticjob to get to this point, in this tournament and the last three years, and shell play a big part of the field. Shell be with us, supporting her teammates from the sidelines rather than the field. Not only did she walk off, but i didnt realise what happened. A fairly innocuous collision with a teammate. She carried on for a fair bit and then managed to walk. 0bviously she was in significant pain. Liverpool Managerjurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridges thigh injury isnt serious, after the striker went off injured in a pre season friendly last night. Sturridge scored his sides last goal in a 3 0 win against Bayern Munich in germany, but he immediately pulled up and was subbed just before full time. Injuries have limited sturridge to 46 League Appearances in the past three seasons. Daniel sturridge himself is playing down the injury, saying he thinks he will be ok. Britains kyle edmund is through to the second round of the washington 0pen. He beat hyeon chung of south korea in straight sets. Heather watson is out of the womens singles. She was beaten by Patricia Maria tig from romania, whos ranked 134 in the world, 59 places below watson. Tig took both sets on tie breaks as watson double faulted on match point. Ahead of englands fourth and final test against south africa, stuart broad says the side are firmly focussed on winning the series. England go into the match, which starts on friday at old trafford, with a 2 1 lead in the series. I certainly dont think we will be looking to go out there and consolidate. We need to play the way that naturally weve got characters who like to play. That is that sort of counter attacking, free flowing play, but using the experience and adaptability to be able to adjust to conditions. So we will be going out to win this test match, and i think that is when we play at our best, when we are looking to play on the front foot. Who would be the england captain . We can ask that question we know someone who has done it and didnt want to do it any more. Alastair cook will be coming in in about one hour. Talking about friday and old trafford and how england will a p pa re Ntly Trafford and how england will apparently go out and play to win. They dont want to settle for a draw. Lots of winners this morning. Lets mention the other one. Adam peaty. He is coming on at 8 10am. Thank you. They are the bane of many drivers morning commute, particularly those with a bad back or in a car with poor suspension. But now the government is encouraging councils to rip up speed humps, not to make car journeys more comfortable but to reduce Air Pollution. The bbcs environment and Energy Analyst Roger Harrabin reports. Children are vulnerable to polluted air. It can harm the development of their lungs. But the governments plan to combat pollution includes paying councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect those same children. Here is why. Cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process. Safety campaigners say if councils remove humps without replacing them with Something Else to slow traffic it will simply increase the risk for children. Rachel is a Safety Campaigner based in cardiff, where she walks her two year old to nursery. Her organisation is writing to ministers, criticising the decision to remove speed bumps. Its a really weak plan based on really weak evidence. Getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality. Its going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban areas like this and the money could be spent elsewhere. The challenge over humps created confusion in whitehall, with Different Departments saying they werent responsible for the policy. A government spokesman said later that he would ensure that any changes on roads didnt reduce safety. Joining us now is a professorfrom the centre of energy, environment and sustainability, at sheffield university. Good morning. We saw the thinking, that it will prevent cars from exhilarating, helping the environment. Accelerating. How quantifiable is that . The new recommendation to remove speed bumps is quite interesting. I think there are controversial views from different groups of stakeholders, whether this is from the government the spec if all from passengers, the drivers orfrom the spec if all from passengers, the drivers or from the wider public. The idea of removing speed bumps is just one of the very potential. 0ne just one of the very potential. One of the many measures to reduce Air Pollution. And air quality is one of the major concerns, especially in major cities. If we dont do anything as part of the solution mix to reduce our Environmental Emissions in this regard it will be very damaging. Pa rt regard it will be very damaging. Part of the problem here is that you have The Big Picture and then the small picture. We heard from rachel in cardiff, who was walking her daughters to school. How does the science help us in relation to the argument she is talking about, saying the cars are speeding up and slowing down. At least they are slowing down. At least they are slowing down. At least they are slowing down and shes saying the Air Pollution wouldnt be any different if you kept it the way it was and changed it. It wouldnt make much difference. It wouldnt because there are bigger measures that will be more impactful in order to improve air quality and reduce emissions. For instance, we are improving driver behaviour in using other mechanisms such as smart traffic light systems. And with the increased introduction, in terms of use of electric vehicles, in the future potentially Autonomous Vehicles, i think the entire transport system will become smarter and more intelligent and that will lead to automation in which congestion management can be done in a more efficient way, rather than simply using the old traditional speed humps. It does seem like this as more measures and if you say it wont make much difference, is council focusing on the wrong thing when they say they have a £3 billion plan to tackle Air Pollution . It seems like the headlines are coming out without there being very effective. Is that fair . There are various ways of looking into it. 0bviously various ways of looking into it. Obviously we have to make sure that we make use of limited Resources Available and revive that the local authorities to manage air quality in certain cities and regions. As we know across the uk there are certain regions that are still underperforming in terms of air quality performance. I think it will bea quality performance. I think it will be a mixture of solutions. 0ne one of the issues with individual streets, a car goes slower, if it is a diesel car, you will literally see the black smoke. They are trying to hurry through the speed bumps, it is very visible. People think, if they are standing next to it, they are going to breathe out in. Yes, diesel ca rs are very going to breathe out in. Yes, diesel cars are very important contributor to this. Because of that, those key reasons, we are shifting to a more sustainable options such as an electric vehicle, that will be one of the most important moves in order to develop a much more environmental, Sustainable Future and a low carbon future. As part of this movement, i think policy change is key. This is one of the important drives from the government to meet the air quality targets, to reduce emissions as part of our commitment. I think there is plenty of research and innovation across the uk that drives that, investment in factories, Autonomous Vehicles and others, that will fit into this supply chain. A lot of the work we are doing already in preparation, in terms of how this initiative will move, and build towards that integrated future, that is what we are looking at. And build towards that integrated future, that is what we are looking youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning. The duke of edinburgh will take part in his final official Public Engagement later. It will be a parade at Buckingham Palace to mark the end of a Royal Marines charity trek. Research suggests more than a million women in their early 60s are worse off as a result of the increase in the State Pension age. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. A wet one for many of us . Yes, rain this morning and through the day for some of us. Also turning windy. Coastal gales across the south west, rain piling in. It has been doing so as we go through the night. Continuing to drift north east today. Quite a humid day. It is currently 18 degrees in brighton, in edinburgh, a bit colder at nine degrees. Even colder than that in the highlands. This morning we have sunshine across the highlands. A much drier day than yesterday. A big arc of rain continuing to fan out as it moves north east. The heaviest rain across south wales, South West England and wales. As it moves north, it tends to fragment. This afternoon across Northern England, some rain. Not as heavy as in the south. In between, some bright spells and sunshine. South, lots of cloud, heavy and persistent rain. Right behind the rain, a lot of cloud. Starting to break up through the afternoon. Brightening up as well. Rain continuing across wales through the day. And Northern Ireland, the main rain band pushing through. Behind that, sunshine and showers. It is the north that remains dry and sunny. Quite a humid feel wherever you are. Through this evening and overnight, here is our arc of rain. Becoming ensconced across northern scotland and the northern isles. A plethora of showers coming in across the west. Not going to feel cold overnight. Lows of 11 16. Tomorrow, rain across the northern isles. For the rest of us, showers rotating around this area of low pressure. Showers further south, but at times, bright and sunny. In the sunshine, feeling quite pleasant. Temperatures up to 22 degrees. 90 degrees in aberdeen and glasgow. Friday, low pressure pushing into the north sea. Showers coming around it across scotland, a few of those getting into Northern Ireland and Northern England. That aside, for most of the rest of england and wales, a dry day. Some sunshine around, high temperatures up sunshine around, high temperatures up to 23 degrees. After the rain today, looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. More sunshine, thatis sunshine and showers. More sunshine, that is what i say. Sean is in didcot to find out how businesses are coping with hikes in Business Rates. Didcot saw one of the biggest rises in Business Rates. Lots of changes in didcot, as they did in a lot of ukhmh in didcot, as they did in a lot of uk high streets. Yesterday i took a tour with one of the Business Leaders to see how much the area had changed. What has changed about didcot over the years . Back ten yea rs didcot over the years . Back ten years ago, this was not here. This is the developing area, the second phaseis is the developing area, the second phase is being built now. We have actually benefited from having lots of new businesses come in. Should we go and have a look at some of the independent businesses on the high street . You know these places a bit better than i do. £300,000, when you look at that price, is that expensive . I assume that they have looked at the overall values of the buildings, residential or business, and they have adjusted the rates to that higher value. They feel they should be getting that business because they are on the high street. The area has changed . Yes, it used to be the busy Shopping Area, now it is all in the Shopping Centre. So, the calculation is being made as if this was a busy high street, but that was decades ago. Exactly. Be busy area is over there now, there should be a readjustment for it. There should be a readjustment for it. The. There should be a readjustment for it. The. And we are in one of those busy areas now, in a salon. It isa those busy areas now, in a salon. It is a business that has had to deal with a rise in Business Rates earlier in the year. Time to have a chat. You run this business, you are from the federation of Small Businesses. Talking about your challenges, you are appealing your race, why . Challenges, you are appealing your . I challenges, you are appealing your race, why . I discovered it had not been reviewed since april 2000 and eight. When i got the assessment, i discovered there were a number of things in the salon that were affecting the rate value. Things like uneven floors, damp in the walls, no Natural Light in half the salon. I knew walls, no Natural Light in half the salon. I knew i could get a reduction, but that has not been taken into consideration with what i am paying right now. How much of an effect is that having on your business . The way the salon is run, it is hard work. To try and get business in, the expenses going out as well, it is very challenging. That is a common problem. The fact that everything was valued in 2008, that everything was valued in 2008, thatis that everything was valued in 2008, that is when the last values were done. How much of an effect is it having on businesses across the country . They are losing. They are having starc arises because it has taken so long for the valuation. Those businesses are also seeing a reduction, because they are offkilter, they will only get 10 of their reduction. Nobody is winning. There are more than a million businesses who have seen a freeze or a fall businesses who have seen a freeze or afall in businesses who have seen a freeze or a fall in rates. It may not have been as much as they were hoping for, but that will theoretically, one day if busy be valuations keep going the way they are. Not necessarily. We are calling for a com plete necessarily. We are calling for a complete review of this tax, it is out of date, it does work. It stops businesses from borrowing and divesting themselves, it stops them from taking on apprentices. Divesting themselves, it stops them from taking on apprenticesm divesting themselves, it stops them from taking on apprentices. It is an interesting one. It is a tax that businesses have to pay, a bit like council tax. Do you think it needs to be changed fundamentally . Absolutely. I pay a lot of money, just short of £900 per month, and what do i get for it . I dont even get my rubbish collected. There are a lot of things that affect the business. It is hard enough to run a business. It is hard enough to run a business as it is. This is my third additional cost. One business closing down around the corner, several others are on the way out as well. She will be enjoying herself, and we will be talking more throughout the morning about how didcot has changed. A lot of people have been getting in touch to say that similar things are happening around the country. You have said the classic wine, going anywhere nice on your holidays . It is not often i get to go, you see time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im sonja jessup. Weapons, including two foot long serrated zombie knives and a machete, have been found just yards from a busy high street in east london. They were discovered in Tower Hamlets by police and residents, under part of a new scheme that recruits local people and faith leaders to sweep estates and parks for weapons hidden by gangs. It could be rolled out across london in the fight against knife crime. Elsewhere in east london, a man in his twenties has been stabbed to death and two other people injured in barking overnight. So far, no ones been arrested. Londons oldest Wine Merchant is modernising its shop at st jamess after Three Hundred years. Berry brothers and rudd has served royalty, admirals and artists. Its also home to a diary kept by lord byron about his attempts to lose weight on an unusual diet of white wine and dry biscuits. The shops present owner says customers today value quality over quantity. They are buying a bottle, ivariably, theyre buying better. Possibly less, but better. The wine is something that is important to them and they want to be involved in the story as well. Legoland has applied to build a large scale extension to its theme park in windsor. The plans include three new rides, accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments group, says its part of a Long Term Plan to improve the park. Lets have a look at the Travel Situation now. Its all looking good on the tube, no reported problems on any of those lines at the moment. The woolwich ferrys down to just the one boat though this morning, heres how it looks at the south terminal. Its due to mechanical problems. Now because of the stabbing we told you about earlier, police have closed off part of ripple road in barking. And the m25 is busy anticlockwise as is the a2 heading in to town just coming up to the dartford tunnel after a crash earlier. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. There might be a bit of brightness first thing this morning, but on the whole, rather grey and cloudy. Within the cloud, outbreaks of rain. To start off, the rain is patchy. Not much around, coming and going. Through the course of the day, more moving up from the south. Quite heavy rain towards the end of the afternoon, accompanied by a strengthening southerly breeze. Feeling a bit cooler. Looking at a maximum of between 17 19. Into this evening, the rush hour, rain in a bit more persistent with heavy bursts. Accompanied by a fresh south westerly breeze. Minimum temperature, 16 17. That Rain Clearing away by dawn tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, looking at showers. They will blow through quite quickly on that south westerly wind. A bit warmer tomorrow, a maximum of 21 degrees. Friday, similar conditions. Perhaps less showers, more in the way of sunny spells. Still it a bit breezy, but by the weekend, that starts to fall a little bit lighter. More in the way of sunny spells, fewer showers as we head into the weekend and temperatures staying at around 20 degrees. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now, though, its back to naga and charlie. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. After 65 years of service, Prince Philip prepares to step back from public life. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Hell meet Royal Marines in his final solo appearance before officially retiring from royal duties. Good morning. Its wednesday, 2nd august. Also this morning grave concern at the state of prisons in england and wales governors say the rise in violence and pressure on staff is unacceptable. Up to 3,000 elderly people wont be able to find a bed in a uk care home by the end of next year. We have a special investigation. It has been four months since the big Business Rate changes affected millions of businesses like that saloon here. Im in didcot where the rises have been particularly big looking at how it has affected its high street. In sport, as usain bolt gets set to race for the final time. The eight time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. From being scared of the bath to a five time world swimming champion. Adam peaty will be here on the sofa. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us its a dry start to the day, even a bright one, but we have rain on the cards. It is already in the south and the west and it is moving north east wards and the wind will pick up as well. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The duke of edinburgh will officially retire from royal duties today when he carries out his final Public Engagement. Prince philip will be Guest Of Honour at a parade by the Royal Marines. The duke, who is 96, announced that he was stepping away from the spotlight in may, after more than six decades of supporting the queen, and attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres more from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947 and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for young people which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Its not a complete retirement from public life. The duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, it does mark a significant moment both for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of her public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. That final event is taking place at Buckingham Palace. The duke will carry out the final Public Engagement later on. We will speak to his friend of 40 years, the broadcaster. Gyles brandreth. Recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at prisons wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for policy was madness, leaving a gaping hole in operational intelligence. The Ministry Ofjustice says it recognises the long standing challenges facing prisons and that its recruiting more officers. But with only 75 more in place since last year, ms albutt says recruitment remains in a critical condition. More than one million women in their early 60s are worse off financially as a result of the rise in the State Pension age. The Institute For Fiscal Studies found that the change, which saves the government £5 billion a year, sees those affected lose more than £30 a week on average. Our personal finance correspondent, Simon Gompertz, reports. Waiting for your pension and struggling to get by. Shirley from aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill health and she wont qualify for the State Pension until shes 66. I cant afford holidays. Ive given up my car. Basically my life really. Ive got a bus pass, whopee but its the only thing ive got really, not getting my pension, ive got my bus pass. I want to keep my sanity pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. By the end of the decade theyll be 66 for both the reform coming in stages. The result is more than a million women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes £32 less than they would have been, the hit would be bigger, but for the fact many are working. 18 are living in poverty, thats on under £237 a week for a couple. Perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but are unable to do so. Perhaps they cant find work or their health prevents them from being able to do so. Women have been campaigning for compensation saying they werent given enough warning of the Pension Changes which save £5 billion a year. But the government says theyre fair and that because of rising life expectancy, women now retiring will get the State Pension for longer than previous generations. Stronger powers to cut off funding for terrorists by freezing their assets and blocking access to Bank Accounts will form part of the governments plans to introduce the uks own post brexit sanctions regime. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster for us this morning. Norman, the government says this new legislation will make it easier to tackle terrorism. What does it do exactly . Because at the moment our Sanctions Policy is operated through the eu and when we leave the eu, we have to have our own arrangement. So what the government is doing today is setting out how a bespoke british sanctions policies, thats our Trade Embargoes, our asset freezes, our travel bans on suspected terrorists will operate and as part of that, they are saying theyre going to make it easier to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists. Thats to say to stop them selling their houses or cars to raise cash or to launder money by lowering the threshold at which their assets can be frozen because under the eu system you can only freeze the assets, not only if you suspect someone assets, not only if you suspect someone of being a terrorist, but also they have to be a threat to the public. Under the new system, the bespoke british system, all the government will have to establish is that they believe someone may have links to a Terrorist Organisation and the argument is that will make it easier and swifter and simpler to freeze the money of suspected terrorists. Ok. Norman, thank you very much for explaining that. Norman there from westminster. America is not seeking to invade north korea or oust its leader kim jong un. Thats according to its secretary of state, rex tillerson. He was speaking after a senior republican senator said President Trump considered going to war as an option. Last week north korea carried out a second test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in defiance of a United Nations ban. Tightened Security Checks at some european airports means holidaymakers are waiting in queues for more than four hours. The measures were brought in after the paris and brussels terror attacks. But a trade body representing some of the uks Biggest Airlines calls the situation shameful, with reports that some passengers had missed their flights. Earlier, the association of British Travel agents told us that airports need to make sure there are more staff in place. Imean i mean obviously they knew this extra security was coming in. The most annoying thing i found when you arrive at an airport and there is a big queue and there are two empty booths. They need to make sure they have additional staff in place to keep the queues to a minimum. The four hours that we are hearing about, thats unlikely thats going to happen to most people. The issue we are already busy. They need to have the staff in place. A lot is the luck of the draw. If your flight arrives in conjunction with three or four other flights then you will see longer queues. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few after Winston Churchills famous phrase that never was so much owed by so many to so few. The battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. Its 8. 10am. Three Australian Women trying to save their bowls club from closure have become overnight Internet Stars after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the beyonce song Single Ladies. The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn to build a stadium. A warning there is some Flash Photography at the very start of sarah corkers report. What does the queen of pop, beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn bowls have in common . Well, nothing, until this all the bowling ladies. All the bowling ladies. All the bowling ladies. Meet terri, janine and wyn, from melbourne. Their parody of beyonces Single Ladies has been watched at least one million times online. Is is our life. Is our life. You cant be evicting me. They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink plans to build an Indoor Stadium on this site. One of our younger members, denise, shed obviously been in pr, just cottoned on to the song, beyonces song, and two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song. Put your hands up. High pressure the council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling with demand for sporting facilities. Now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork may just catch beyonces attention they have got a lot of attention by doing that. They have got a load of energy sal has joined us. We have got a rather special guest coming as an olympic gold medallist and five time World Champion, no one can deny that swimmer, adam peaty has reached the pinnacle of his sport. But at last weeks World Championships in budapest he proved that when it comes to the breaststroke, no one else even comes close. Well speak to adam in a moment but first here is a reminder ofjust how dominant he is in the pool. Double World Champion at 20 years old. Hungry for more. He occupied himself with the pursuit of more precious metal. Adam peaty takes olympic gold. Fast forward to budapest and peaty arrives looking to make a bit of his own. He obliterated them. He is an absolute beast. World title number three. The best of the world by some distance. Distance and time. Notjust the best in the world now, but the best in the world ever. 25. 95. Thats phenomenal. Utter dominance. Like a lion hunting its prey. Peaty is relentless. On to the next one and history becons. This is quite amazing. Absolutely brilliant breaststroke swimming. Now, gold number 15. Breaststroke swimming. Now, gold number15. The breaststroke swimming. Now, gold number 15. The double, breaststroke swimming. Now, gold number15. The double, double, an outstanding achievement. Good morning, adam. How are you . Great thank you. Sal is with us, of course, as well. What have you got in your hand . These are the gold medals from budapest. This is what the relay got us, but hopefully were going to catch the usa one day. Just explain, so you got your own two personal gold medals there. Yes. The silver, the one youre bitter about is because the americansjust pipped bitter about is because the americans just pipped you . Bitter about is because the americansjust pipped you . Yeah, i mean, were such a young team and we are getting experience, rio was an amazing experience and were getting stronger and stronger each year. We are faster than rio, but hopefully we will come together and get ahead in the zopb for tokyo and try and ta ke in the zopb for tokyo and try and take the usa down because they have never lost that race and thatjust makes me want to spoil the party. Never lost that race and thatjust makes me want to spoil the partym is not that long ago that a swimmer, even the best swimmer could walk down the street in this country and probably nobody would notice. I bet you cant do that anymore . Yes. It has changed a lot. But i see that as a positive. My goal is to inspire as many people as possible, young and old. Getting people involved in sport because it has given me so much. Without sport i would be a different person and its great to check my twitter after the race and check my twitter after the race and check instagram and all the people saying thank you and im going swimming today or im going to work extra ha rd swimming today or im going to work extra hard today. Without swimming, there would be rumours, you werent a clean person because you were scared of taking a bath at one point. Do you want to tell us about that . My mum says, go down there with your friends and get the inflata bles with your friends and get the inflatables out. Ever since then, i was hooked. Wasnt it your brothers fault that you didnt like the bath . I used to think stuff came out of the drain. Like what . Like sharks and stuff. I think kids used to tell each other stories like that. And stuff. I think kids used to tell each other stories like thatm and stuff. I think kids used to tell each other stories like that. If you are ofa each other stories like that. If you are of a certain age or watched the movie jaws. You got over it and swimming got you over that because even your mum couldnt take you swimming because she was worried about how much you cried. In overcame everything. Everything i did, still to this day, i make a decision whether it will make me faster or slower i overcame everything. One of the things that happens when you become World Champion, we kind of getting our bit, but strangely we also get to know your family. A lot of your family become quite famous. Lets have a little look at an interview, and this was after the most recent exploits. Commentator good start from peaty right in the centre, a very good start from right in the centre, a very good startfrom him. Right in the centre, a very good start from him. Come on, you can do it absolutely fantastic. Adam peaty ta kes do it absolutely fantastic. Adam peaty takes 0lympic do it absolutely fantastic. Adam peaty takes olympic gold. A Wonderful World record. Peaty takes olympic gold. A wonderfulworld record. Yes oh, he has done it this is really all about adam peaty. The world record is 57. 1 three. 50 7. 13. About adam peaty. The world record is 57. 1 three. 50 7. 13. It meant the world to me. Amazing. Peaty in the world to me. Amazing. Peaty in the centre, he is making the rest of the centre, he is making the rest of the world beset their dreams, because their dreams are no longer quick enough. It is 20 years since i had flown, but it was well worth it. Something tells me you got a big hug from your nan at some point. Did you meet up immediately after the events . Meet up immediately after the events . Yes, i caught her and my mum since the relay, but i have been quite busy. It is great obviously to have that support. Nothing like walking out when there are that many people, all cheering, but when you see the gb flag, my nan in a wheelchair, god bless her, and my mum next, it touched my heart. Who do you inherit the nan from . Is it your mum, your nan . Would you inherit your grit from . You are very personable fellow, but very focused. Where is that from . A bit of both. My where is that from . A bit of both. My dad and my mum have always worked ha rd my dad and my mum have always worked hard and my dad and my mum have always worked hard and i have always had that drive, ina hard and i have always had that drive, in a sense. If i have taken my foot off regasel i dont see the point. They were but 4am, taking me to the pool, and i thought i am not going to waste their time, with the opportunity they are giving me, i will train as hard as i can, so as fast as i can foot off the gas, then i dont see the point. We see then i dont see the point. We see the Olympic Rings there but i want to speak about the word under those 0lympic rings. To speak about the word under those Olympic Rings. Yes, not many people ask that actually. You see, we get in the special questions laughter it is about balancing all areas of my life, at home, friends and family, financially, everything has to be ok, the training has to be perfect, and if all of those are in equilibria, nice and balanced, i can perform to the other strokes. I wouldnt be sitting here if i did other strokes is it really that extreme . You ever have a race against the guys with other strokes . Yes, all that annoy them. If i win it is game over. But there are dramatic differences. They cant compete in other. You cant see, this year, i will do. Yes, compete in other. You cant see, this year, iwill do. Yes, it is tough. I think to become an elite athlete in any kind of sport or stroke in this sense, 10,000 hours, a long time, so i think i would need to start doing that in backstroke to change. What are you doing for the rest of the day . Just chilling. Trying to spread the message, hopefully inspire a lot of people. Chilling. I love it good luck. We are all behind you. Thank you. See you later on. The time is 8 21am. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. What is it like . Good morning. Some rain across the north and parts of the west and the south, all spreading North Eastwards through the course of the day and also going to turn windy. Low pressure is driving our weather once again. We have an array of fronts squeezing in the eyes buyers, already some deals around the south western approaches. Some gales and an array of fronts squeezing in the isobars. You can see this fragmenting, i defined art currently but that will break up. Even though we will see rain crossing the uk, at times it will be brighter and we will see a little sunshine, but persisted across the south coast. Clearing through the south west in the afternoon, leaving residual low cloud, but it will break up in the wind. But we hang on to the persistent rain across the southern counties, and from east anglia into the midlands, a lot of cloud, and we will start to see some showers with some patchy rain, again continuing to journey North Eastwards. We will have this across parts of north england, but equally some bright spells, rain in central and southern scotland. For northern scotland after a chilly start, sunny day, much drier than yesterday. For Northern Ireland, the rain pushes away, then a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers, and the rain on and off across wales throughout the day. Wherever you are there it will feel quite humid. Then there it will feel quite humid. Then the rain picks up across the Channel Islands and the south eastern quarter of england, and you can see that arc it into northern scotland and the northern isles, then an array of showers across the west. Humid air mass across us at the moment so tonight it will not be cold. Temperatures are about 11 15. Tomorrow we start with rain across the northern isles, centre of low pressure a cross the northern isles, centre of low pressure across scotland, and all these showers rotating around it, coming in on the wind as well. Quite a breezy day tomorrow, but the further south you travel the drier and brighter it is likely to be, and if you are likely to get into any sunshine out of that breeze, 22 celsius will feel quite pleasant. Friday, low pressure anchored in the north sea. Still showers around its scotland, Northern Ireland, a few into wales and the south west on the breeze, but again the further east you travel warmer and drier and brighter it will be. After today, we back into sunshine and showers. Studio thank goodness, what i say thanks very much, carol. The time is 8 23am. An Opera Company which received millions of pounds in funding from kensington and Chelsea Council has staged a special performance in aid of those affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. One of its members died in the fire, but still the company has been the focus of some criticism some believe that the council has prioritised the needs of its richer residents over their poorer neighbours. Alice bhandhukravi reports. Singing verdis requiem is often used in memoriam. Last night in holland park it was used for those who lost their lives and their homes a couple of miles up the road in Grenfell Tower. The disaster was more than geographically close to this Opera Company it directly affected one of their own, a member of staff, debbie lamprell, who lived on the 16th floor, missing presumed dead. It is difficult for me to talk about it really because the last time i saw her was sitting at this bench on the night of the fire. We were listening to the end of the opera we were performing that night and we said good night at the end of it, wasnt it lovely, and that was it. So, yes, that helps the feeling why we wanted to make such an impact, why we wanted to do something. Grenfell is to the north of kensington, the part of the borough the council has been accused of neglecting, all the while amassing a large budget surplus. Until two years ago the opera in holland park was a council service, the same as any leisure facility, like a gym or swimming pool, and that has led to criticism from those who have questioned the priorities of those of the royal borough of kensington and chelsea. The Philistine Council would rather spend £30 million on opera for a minority in holland park over 20 years why is this relevant to our debate today . Because kensington and Chelsea Council has for many years misspent government and Council Taxpayer funds on countless vanity projects and handouts, as we have heard, while underfunding essential services. Singing but those who run the Operating System that theirs is the most accessible Opera Company in the country and have long contributed to North Kensington through fundraising and direct involvement with the community. When you pitch it as opera is not as important as homes and Living Standards in the borough, then that is not an argument i would ever have with you or anybody else. But they spend millions of lots of other services and i think it is the word opera that is clearly a problem for people. Perhaps if we were a straight Theatre Company it wouldnt be as controversial. I dont know, but in this country opera generally has this stereotype that people tend to hold. Stereotype or not, last nights one off performance was a sell out, with all proceeds going to help the victims of Grenfell Tower. It is 26 minutes past eight. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. The unsettled weather continuing through today and over the coming days. It is all thanks to low pressure which is controlling our weather and feeding in a weather system our weather and feeding in a weather syste m fro m our weather and feeding in a weather system from the south west, bringing rain and windy conditions with it. So not very nice this morning across parts of the south and the west where we have the rain, tracking north and eastwards. Northern parts of scotla nd north and eastwards. Northern parts of scotland staying largely dry for Daylight Hours today, certainly an improvement. The rain continuing to fall as we head on into this afternoon. Across parts of devon and cornwall, drier with mist and fog, but the main rain band along the south coast and the south east, heavy pulses likely. The rain fragmenting across the midlands and wales, but it will be blustery along the coastal areas. A mixture of sunshine and showers behind that rain band for Northern Ireland. As i mentioned, northern parts of scotla nd mentioned, northern parts of scotland doing very well today, but in the south we have patchy rain to deal with before the end of the day. Now, as we head on into this evening, the rain band will gradually track its way north and eastwards and it will clear through. Behind it, we have some showers to deal with, especially across western parts and it will remain blustery, but it should be a muggy night tonight. Certainly not as chilly as the few, ranging between 12 to 16 celsius. And not surprisingly a muqqy celsius. And not surprisingly a muggy start to our thursday morning. A day of sunshine and blustery showers. The further south and east you are, fewer showers, more in the way of sunshine, the further north and west, you are, the showers heavy and west, you are, the showers heavy and thundery at times. The temperatures not looking too bad tomorrow, ranging between 14 to 22 celsius. As we head towards the end of the week, it will remain rather u nsettled of the week, it will remain rather unsettled with a mixture of sunshine and a few blustery showers. Much of the showers across the north and the west. Again, across the south east, enjoying the best of the sunshine. The temperatures getting up to about 23 celsius. This is business live from bbc news with Sally Bundock and ben thompson. Still hungry for more apple. The tech giant expects big things for the next i pone as it publishes its latest results. Live from london, thats our top story on wednesday, 2nd august. Growing demand for ipads and its other Services Helped deliver an 11. 3 billion profit and send apples shares to a new record high. Also in the programme standing up to china is President Trump about to take action against trade practices that he thinks are harming america