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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20170802

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 ri

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