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In sport, the manchester clubs maintain their dominance at the top of the premier league. Wins for both united and city, but its city who are top of the table, just, on goal difference. Bruce springsteen and bryan adams bring the Invictus Games to a close as prince harry says the skys the limit for the event. Right here, right now, shoulder to shoulder, you are invictus. I will see you in australia. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. We have an autumnal feeling day today with outbreaks of rain pushing east to west across the country. Is strengthening breeze as well. I will bring you the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has announced a freeze on University Tuition fees in england and an extension of the help to buy scheme in a bid to win over Younger Voters. It comes as the conservative Party Gathers in manchester for its annual conference. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. The security sweeps are complete. This hall will soon be packed. But you do not need to look hard outside the Conference Venue to be reminded of the topic that dominates politics. Expect a clear attempt here by senior conservatives to change the subject. So, in the next financial year, starting in april, graduates in england will only begin repaying their tuition fee debts once they earn £25,000 a year. This is an increase from the current threshold of £21,000. Conservatives say this is a saving of around £360 a year. For graduates on a salary of at least £25,000. Parties are also promising an extra £10 billion for the help to purchase equity loan scheme, ensuring it continues until march 2021 to assist some with the up front cost of home ownership. The Prime Minister will hope that the next few days gives her a chance to speak about domestic priorities. The reality of the huge questions around brexit and her own future will make that difficult. And a big reason for that is this man. Someone not exactly shy about his ambition. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson. Yet again, he snatched a fair chunk of the Prime Ministers limelight with this views on brexit and a few of the topics besides. Activists here are not short of a few or two about him. I guess he is positioning himself as a spokesperson for brexit and making sure that it goes through. Do you have a message for Boris Johnson . Shush. Get behind the Prime Minister. Whatever promises made here, the political reality for theresa may will not change. Her decision to voluntarily call an election in which she went backwards has weakened her Political Authority within and beyond her party. Were joined by our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. Just referring back to that piece that, one party member was asked what they thought of our poorest members and she said he should just be quiet. She is probably not the only one who thinks that. You have two camps. Those using, brilliant, we have someone optimistic about brexit, and being a flag bearer. We need that. You also have a group who think that we need to get behind the Prime Minister now and it is not helpful for borisjohnson to be writing newspaper articles and giving interviews where he sets out his vision for brexit and beyond. Some people see that as him positioning himself forfuture opportunities. That is what we would rather we did not talk about today theyd want us to talk about tuition fees. A big pitch to young voters. They saw the Jeremy Corbyn did well with young voters and they wanted to offer something of their own. We have already had heavy criticism, particularly from labour, they have pledged to scrap tuition fees altogether. Theresa may and the government is suggesting that you raise the repayment threshold. Plenty of people say that this is tinkering around the edges and does not go far enough to do would be interesting to see what the tone of the week is like. You have an impression from the end of the labour conference that you would not know they were the ones who did not win the election. Was so triumphant, almost, asjeremy win the election. Was so triumphant, almost, as Jeremy Corbyn win the election. Was so triumphant, almost, asJeremy Corbyn rounded it off. The conservatives, who did win the election, what is the tomei . People were asked at the labour conference and they said we won. They viewed it as that, even though they still did not get these. This will be a different time today. The first time theresa may has faced the entire conservative Party Together since the election. She acknowledged it did not go the way she wanted it to so it will be very interesting. What we hear on the state of the conference will be very different to some of the comments made around the margins. Thank you very much. Patrick maclachlan, the tory chairman will be with us minutes past eight on the bbc news channel. Here on bbc one, theresa may will be a guest on the Andrew Marr Show this morning which starts at nine oclock on bbc 1. An air France Flight from paris to los angeles carrying more than 500 people has been forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the atlantic. Passengers described a sudden jolt and then a loud boom. The plane flew for about an hour on three engines before landing at Goose Bay Airport in eastern canada. Earlier we spoke tojohn birkhead one of the passengers who is still on the plane. Yeah, 1a hours now. Were still on the plane. First class and business have been loaded onto a small 737 and have been flown out two hours ago. Another plane is due in an hour. But were still on board. We have not been allowed to exit. Can you describe what happened and how frightening it was . Yeah, my wife and i, we were six hours into the flight. My wife and i was stretching next to the galley. Talking about how long the flight was. Were about halfway through the flight. And then suddenly there was a huge jolt as if we had hit something and then immediately the plane jerked around a little bit and then there was a weird engine noise. That went for about five minutes and we, we would distract about five minutes. Listening to this noise. Eventually went away. About five minutes everybody was scared because we did not know what was happening. There was no announcement. And then after ten minutes, the crew got up and started taking everything away as if we were going to land. That was scary, we were over the ocean at this point. Voters have begun to gather at polling stations in the spanish region of catalonia to take part in a banned referendum on independence. The spanish courts have declared the poll illegal and thousands of extra Police Officers have been sent to the region. 0ur correspondent tom burridge reports from barcelona. Those against the referendum last night took to the streets. A sea of spanish flags outside the headquarters of catalonias devolved government. All chant espanol, espanol, espanol those protesting happy that thousands of Spanish National police are on board two cruise ships docked in barcelonas port. This is madrid saying it is ultimately in charge. Together, we are more stronger, together is a great country inside of europe, and the majority of catalonia, we want to continue to be a part of spain. But those who want the referendum have occupied schools so they can be used as polling stations this morning. Catalan nationalists need a big turnout if the vote has credibility at home and abroad. Action taken by Spanish Police means that will be hard. It is one of europes most iconic cities at the heart of this most controversial of polls. Tom burridge, bbc news in barcelona. We will bring you these live pictures now from outside a polling station in barcelona where we can see the crowds are gathering already. Hundreds of people, gathering ahead of the referendum. Voting is due to take place in a few hours but the crowds are obviously gathering early. We dont know how many people who want to vote will be able to vote but we will be live in barcelona on the news channeljust after quarter past eight this morning. Prince harry says he hopes to expand the Invictus Games in the future, saying the skys the limit. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the event for injured Service Personnel and veterans he congratulated the competitors for the example they had shown the world, as andrew plant reports. The final day of competition in canada in the games set up by prince harry in 2014. 17 nations, over 500 participants, for a week long event that helps Wounded Servicemen and women with physical and psychological rehabilitation. The closing ceremony then, a star studded ending with some of musics biggest names and recognition for one of the games biggest stars the uks mark 0rmerod, a multiple medal winner, the former Royal Marine Commando recognised with the exceptional performance award. To the thousands who filled the stand this week and the millions who watched at home, let me issue you a challenge. Do notjust move on from these games with happy memories. Instead, make an invictus goal for yourself. The Invictus Games are not just for the already determined. These games are for those who need it most. Please help us find them. As the scene sets on torontos games, the flag was passed to the next post. It will be game on down under. I will see you in australia. Sydney taking on the duties. Now looking forward to the next Invictus Games. Prince harry has the look of a rock star on stage. Those games are doing brilliantly, going from strength to stress. Turbulent times for Monarch Airlines at the moment, they are under the spotlight after being granted a 2k hour extension to their licence to sell package holidays. Who better to talk to than the travel editor of the independent. For talking to us, simon. Thank you for giving for talking to us, simon. Thank you forgiving up for talking to us, simon. Thank you for giving up bright and early. It is one thing after another. First reinach, now monarch. How worried should monarch customers be . Well, anybody travelling today should not be worried at all. The first wave of flights is already up in the air, a fly from all over the uk to spain, portugal greece and beyond. The airline is still selling seats. However, something really odd has happened overnight. Last night i was checking fares and i was finding manchester does. Com, birmingham to barcelona, £52 return to the project again this morning and the fares had risen to £250, the sorts of level at which an airline is not expecting to sell many beats. That is a big question mark. Either monarch does not want to sell seeds or perhaps it is being told to. I simply do not know. Looking forward, of course, there are hundreds of thousands of people with advance bookings. There are also 2500 monarch staff who are uncertain about what is happening. Here we are going, exactly one year ago we were talking about the same subject when they were given a last minute reprieve by the Civil Aviation authority. I would like to say i know what is going to happen but frankly, i do not. So we do not know whether they will get a reprieve on this occasion. Why have we ended up in the same situation 12 months on . It is a slightly technical issue. That is the air travel organisers licence to if you go back one year, monarch have been on notice that every flight you sell has to covered by this. There is a £2 50 levy on every single return flight £2 50 levy on every single return flight from the uk. After they were given 165 Million Pounds cash injection by and investment firm, the Civil Aviation authority said 0k, the Civil Aviation authority said ok, you do not need to do that on flight ok, you do not need to do that on flight only deals, you will use the same base the range it does, with no Consumer Protection like that, we dont think you need a. You will still package holidays. This affects the people who are booking a package holiday, either through monarch or through another company with monarch flight. Through another company with monarch flight. Monarch needs to get its licence renewed, it has not done so yet and that normally means that the caa is not absolutely convinced about the Financial Fundamentals of the airline. What does that then mean, simon, for people who may be are thinking of booking, not now because of the prices, but those who have booked or travelled all those who are already abroad . That is exactly what the Civil Aviation authority, the government and eve ryo ne authority, the government and everyone else is worried about. You have anything up to 20,000 monarch holidaymakers abroad at the moment. Several thousand more who are on their way to lovely parts of the mediterranean right now. You have hundreds of thousands of advance bookings, in particularfor the 0ctober half term which is coming up in three weeks time. At the moment, all they can do is watch and wait. It is an incredibly anxious time for them. There is various possibilities about what could happen. Sometimes Airlines Just stop flying, literally overnight, and that gets very messy indeed. Last year we had an incredible shadow Airline Operation wherejumbojets incredible shadow Airline Operation where jumbo jets were flown in from america and parked in places like tenerife and, to fly holidaymakers home. They were not needed. We dont have anything quite like that this year so nobody knows and, of course, an awful lot of people will not have the same financial protection they had one year ago. I imagine the government, as it moves to manchester, is keeping a watchful eye on this and all i can say is that during the day, things will u nfold that during the day, things will unfold and the immediate future will become clearer. Meanwhile, if you are lucky enough to be flying off anyway, have a lovely holiday. If you have already booked, you are covered by atoll, so you are protected . Covered by atoll, so you are protected . Not quite as easy as that. If you have a package holiday, you are protected, otherwise you dont have that certainty, im afraid. What do we have to do today to get the atoll licence renewed . They need is say to the Civil Aviation authority that they are undergoing the training, and that they have a bag of cash to get them through the long winter. There are all kinds of possible funding. 0ther airlines might purchase an interest in it, rumours are it at the moment, i wish i had Something Else to go on. Thank you for your time. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. I heard it could be horrible but i am hoping you will tell me there is am hoping you will tell me there is a lift . Looking a bit mixed across the country. Low pressure driving the country. Low pressure driving the weather. Winds are strengthening through the day. A bit of rain around, but not going to be a com plete around, but not going to be a complete washout. Now that the sun is up, our weather watchers have been out having a look. This one was taken out in devon. Cloudy skies, some clear spells. Try to start the day. Some rain across the western parts of the country, especially Northern Ireland, western scotland, and wales. Drizzle edging eastwards. Central and Eastern England should see a good deal of dry weather. Some bright spells. Winds are a real feature today. Temperatures reasonably mild, 14 19 degrees. A bit cooler in the breeze. Returning to fresher conditions later on. Clearer skies through the course of this evening and night. Some blustery showers, some heavy. With the strength of the breeze, a frost free night to come. Things feeling fresher than they have done. Quite mild and humid air. Clearing away to the south. We are seeing colder conditions piling in from the north west, from the atlantic behind this area. Living into monday morning, touch isobars around that area of low pressure. A windy morning for the northern half of the country. 50 60 mph. Not great conditions, not for rush hour. Windy with heavy showers. Tomorrow, further south, a different picture. Not quite as windy. Dry with some sunshine as well. Plenty of blustery downpours across northern england, Northern Ireland and scotland. Heavy over higher ground. Windy conditions set to continue. Temperatures 14 18 degrees, a bit cooler in the breeze. A bit of rain tuesday night into southern england. By the time we get to tuesday, whether starting to settle down a bit. Winds feeling lighter. Quite breezy in the north, temperatures about 12 17 degrees. Some showers across parts of scotland. Not a bad picture as we head into tuesday. The outlook is tricky unsettled. Windy at times, a bit of rain and a mix of autumnal sunshine and showers. Normally at this point on a sunday we hand over to andrew marr to hear what hes got coming up on his programme, but with the conservative Party Conference about to begin just down the road in manchester hes joined us here in the studio. Good morning. Your programme will be coming from here a bit later on . Absolutely, and we will have the Prime Minister coming infor we will have the Prime Minister coming in for nearly half an hour of conversation. Not very happy papers for workers morning, lots of talks of boris and his manoeuvres, the new policies and so forth. Lots to talk to the Prime Minister about in what i think will be a critical week for her own survival. I was saying earlier how much of this is just westminster journalist chatter, earlier how much of this is just westminsterjournalist chatter, and how much is genuine. That is a really good question. I would say that the cabinet is deeply divided. There is a lot of talk by cabinet ministers about theresa mays position, who might replace her. People are already getting into gangs. It is notjust chatter, it is a very important issue which concerns the entire government and country. We are asking you to editorialise our little bit. One of the suggestions is that Boris Johnson is doing this to get himself fired so he can start being machiavellian in the background. Does that sound likely . machiavellian in the background. Does that sound likely . I have covered tory Party Conferences for 35 years, so ive seen a lot of this in the past. I am interested, this time around, Boris Johnson in the past. I am interested, this time around, borisjohnson is setting out new red lines. I cant think of a previous situation when somebody was doing that so publicly and they wouldnt be publicly rebuked or at worst, fired. There is a view that theresa may is simply too weak to fire somebody as popular as borisjohnson. Too weak to fire somebody as popular as Boris Johnson. There too weak to fire somebody as popular as borisjohnson. There is a poll, he is the tory partys favourite to ta ke he is the tory partys favourite to take over from her. He is the tory partys favourite to take overfrom her. Channel 4 he is the tory partys favourite to take over from her. Channel 4 news is convinced she has at best one year to remain as Prime Minister. It is also going to detract from the headlines, they wa nt to detract from the headlines, they want to talk about other things, getting the youth vote. They are obviously in a weaker position than they were one year ago. Voters are going to have to move into labour territory to get them . Labourer offering everything, but they cant pay for it. We have to listen to the voters. We have spotted that lots of Younger Voters didnt come over to us, and therefore we have to give them something. The word u turn is used in almost every paper. We are out of time, but you havent told us about the other things on your Programme Momentum to the big left wing movement, credited to Jeremy Corbyns success. John landman who created momentum will also be on the sofa. He is braving the tory Party Conference. We are also talking about a play about the peace accord between the israelis and the palestinians. Also the norwegian woman who brokered the deal. She is the norwegian ambassador in london. Thank you, we look forward to watching that. Well be speaking to the conservative Party Chairman sir Patrick Mcloughlin at around ten past eight this morning. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news, its time now for a look at the newspapers. Lets take a look at the front pages. Starting off with the sunday telegraph, theresa may featured on their front telegraph, theresa may featured on theirfront page. Specifically working out the tuition fees. Taking issue with the fact that they are going to freeze the level at which tuition fees are set in the short term and raise the point at which stu d e nts term and raise the point at which students start paying their loans back, to £25,000 per year. A battle for the government, this was the interview where sajid javeed was asked whether theresa may could survive as Prime Minister and he said he had run out of time and walked out. Talking about the snap general election again, it took much longerfor general election again, it took much longer for theresa may to negotiate this deal. The queen was not terribly happy about it, according to the sunday times. Seemingly a rift has opened. The mail on sunday, Elizabeth Hurley. She has given up on men. Also talking about the tuition fee u turn. Politics lecturer victoria honeyman is here to tell us whats caught her eye. Lovely to have you with us, had to get away from politics . It is very difficult. I did think about going with the Elizabeth Hurley story. We will talk about this more later on, photographs that have been touched up photographs that have been touched up apparently being banned . The french government have essentially decided they are unhappy about photograph retouching. They are introducing legislation to ensure that if anything is photo shopped, there is a mark on it. You would assume it is because there were worries over the thinning of models which would encourage things like anorexia and pulling out, but what they are actually saying is that many models have been thickened up, they have been added to to make them look healthier. There is a whole series of issues behind this. Does it make people look better, bigger, healthier . And what is reality . Joy swensen has talked a lot about photo photo shopping, it is difficult because the number of markers you would have to put out would be very tricky. Getting away from models, people on instagram and the like will be filtering their photos all the time. In the world of social media, people are following darren rawls . Media, people are following darren rawls . Yes, even people that dont photo shop, they are using filters following their own rules. Photo shop, they are using filters following their own rules. Sajid javeed, the interview he has given in the observer. The off the cuff comment he left after a a0 minute interview, in the paper . Yes, conservative cabinet ministers are a lwa ys conservative cabinet ministers are always a verb papers. He was talking about what he considers to be the package of reforms to try and gather the youth vote. He says there are three main issues that they want to deal with. That is, why they arent appealing to young people, not doing well in london and how they can appeal to ethnic minorities. He is talking about student fees, housing, there is a whole section on the g re nfell tower. There is a whole section on the grenfell tower. But then he failed to a nswer grenfell tower. But then he failed to answer this question. He also said Jeremy Corbyn got close in june. It is unusualto hear a cabinet minister said, but it is the truth. And what is this one saying . This is a supposed attacks message sent to Boris Johnson. This is a supposed attacks message sent to borisjohnson. He said he did send him a text message, but not saying that he would back him. He said it was misconstrued or described in unfortunate terms. Essentially he was saying, i am committed to theresa may. I am not machiavellian. He says some reasonably rude things about Boris Johnson. There is the sense that they are not the best of friends. Dont send a text at four in the morning, it might come back to bite you. Thank you very much. Stay with us, the headlines are coming up shortly. Hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and Rachel Burden. Good morning, heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Theresa may has announced a freeze on tuition fees in england and an extension of the help to buy scheme in a bid to win over Younger Voters. The announcement comes on the opening day of the conservative Party Conference, which begins in manchester later. The Prime Minister described her proposals as a key part of her plan to spread opportunity but labour has called the plans desperate. The low cost travel company, monarch has been granted a 2a hour extension to its license to sell package holidays. It means travellers who book with the firm until midnight tonight will be covered for their trips. The airline is understood to be in talks to sell part or all of its short haul operation. The Civil Aviation authority says it will provide a daily update on the protection that is available to monarchs customers. An air france superjumbo from paris to los angeles has been forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the atlantic. Passengers described a sudden jolt and then a loud bang. The plane flew for about an hour on three engines before it reached Goose Bay Airport in eastern canada. No one was injured in the incident. Polling stations have just opened in the spanish region of catalonia as voters gather to take part in a banned referendum on independence. The spanish courts have declared the poll illegal and thousands of extra Police Officers have been sent to the region. Some voters have reportedly blocked poll station doors in case police try to close them. Theres been a surge in the number of people working in the uk Banking Sector who are considering taking jobs in ireland. Thats according to Research Conducted by a recruitment website. It found an almost a0 rise in searches for Financial Services positions in ireland compared with the quarter immediately before the referendum last year. Prince harry says he hopes to expand the Invictus Games in the future, and says the skys the limit for the competition for Wounded Service men and women. Speaking at last nights star studded closing ceremony in toronto, he congratulated the competitors for inspiring the world, and asked them to encourage more veterans to take part. Next year the games will be held in sydney, australia. This is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. Time now for the sports news over the weekend. Manchester united and Manchester City have been roaring through. They stepped up yesterday with a brilliant match against chelsea. What we have happening at the moment, we did not have last season, Pep Guardiola this year, and Jose Mourinho are going head to head. Both teams unbeaten and heading to the top of the premier league. It is fantastic to watch such a rivalry and see that in the premier league. So its city who are top of the premier league, on goal difference, this morning, after beating champions chelsea 1 0. United put four past crystal palace, and harry kane continues his hot streak for tottenham, he just cant stop scoring tim hague rounds up yesterdays action for you. Chelsea at home to Manchester City was the biggest game of the premier League Season so far, and was decided by this man. While the match was not a classic, this winner was. A quality goal. A game is always going to need a quality goal to separate the sides and that was it. Not bad. We are so happy, we were able to win. Before guardiolas men went top of the table, their rivals, Manchester United were there. Two goals scored by one man in a a 0 win against crystal palace. Lu ka ku scoring his 11th goal in ten games. Harry kane scored another two at huddersfield to make it 13 this month. The form he is in must match that of any striker in any league in any team you care to mention. A couple of goals, as a striker you do want to score more but the most important thing is a big win and we had a great win. We need to try and get the job done next week as well. Another man who will feel like he has had a wonderful week is the stoke striker peter crouch. He came off the bench to secure a much needed win at home. While that one came late, it was nothing in comparison to west hams winner against swansea. Both sides are in a relegation battle but the hammers in injury time snatched the points. That relieved the pressure on the manager for now. Elsewhere there were draws between west brom and watford, and bournemouth and leicester. And theres three more premier league games today, as arsenal host brighton at 12, everton face burnley at 2 15. Newcastle against liverpool is at a 30. In the scottish premiership, leaders celtic dropped points. Their former manager neil lennon returned with his new side hibernian, as they earned a 2 2 draw. Second placed aberdeen beat saintjohnstone 3 0, while in this match ross county beat bottom side kilmarnock two 0. There were also wins for motherwell and dundee. Chelsea ladies top the Womens Super League one table on goal difference, ahead of Manchester City, after they thrashed sunderland 6 0. City were winners too, beating arsenal 5 2. City were twice in front. Arsenal twice equalised. But city were too much to handle going forward, and they got the win. Bristol city also won. Lewis hamilton said he surprised himself, by taking pole position for the malaysian grand prix which gets under way a little later this morning. Leads centurions were defeated and will be relegated back to the championship. They had been leading 6 championship. They had been leading 6 four at half time but were unable to prevent the french side from scoring 22 points in the second half. Northern irishman jonathan ray made history by winning the world superbikes championship for a record third time in a row he becomes the first man to achieve that feat, and hes done it with five races left in the season hes in a lane all by himself isnt he . He won the first race of the weekend at magny cours to clinch the title. And to top it off, it was also his 50th career victory. Rory mcilroy is still looking for his first win of the season, but he seems to be finally finding some form. Hes competing at the British Masters in newcastle, and the four time major winner moved into contention with a six under par 6a in the third round, that left him ten under, two strokes behind the leader robert karlsson. Just one shot above mcilroy on the leaderboard are five britons, including ian poulter and tyrrell hatton. It was a successful day for britains rowers at the World Championships in florida they took a total of four medals, including a silverfor the mens quad. But, just moments before the race, they had to make a substitution. Graeme thomas, who was sitting in the grandstand with his mum, received a text message telling him to get to the start line after one of the team injured his back during the warm up. And he proved to be a super sub, as the british crew edged out estonia for the silver, with lithuania taking gold. I thought it was all done. I wish them luck. And then a get this call, iam them luck. And then a get this call, i am needed now them luck. And then a get this call, iam needed now i rain, i calmed down. And if these boys had not kept their school i would not have been able to do anything. They have worked hard all year. We should have been on the top step today but, well, i did my best. Super substitute in indeed. He was there and ready. He was not meant to be in the. He was meant to be competing later today in the double sculls where he could have another medal around this neck. Thank you very much, just. We have been discussing the invicta s games today. The multi sport event for injured army personnel. And i think this clip really captures the spirit of the games. Americas tiana lopez was quite off the pace in her swim race. She finished more than 30 seconds behind the winner. But she was cheered to the end by her fellow competitors the uks emma pack and jen warren. A great display of sportsmanship it has been so good to watch on bbc 0ne. It has been so good to watch on bbc one. The coverage of these games. When you think of what an artist uses to make a portrait, then paint, pens, and paper, are the normal type of thing that spring to mind. But for textile performance artist harriet riddells latest exhibition all she needed was her trusty sewing machine, a bicycle and the pedal power of a willing volunteer, as our reporter Stuart Flinders found out. Palette a nd palette and russia would have been easier to carry around, but harriet works in a different medium. Inside the heavy suitcase, a sewing machine, table, chair and scraps of inspiration. I am going to plug this into the inverter. The inverter . Yes. That goes into my flux capacitated. Inverters and flux capacitors have been connected and disconnected all along the tow path in preparation for this exhibition. These are the faces and places of the leads liverpool canal. Do i have to keep at this pace . No, you can go a little slower now. You are peddling a bicycle which is powering my sewing machine. This is interactive at. Or should it he just active . Run out of puff and the stitching stops. My mother taught me how to use a sewing machine in this way when i was around ten. The gentle whirring of the sewing machine aside, it is a peaceful scene, with little to disturb the artist. It is not always like this. India was amazing. It is not too difficult to draw a cloud there. Textiles are so ingrained in their culture. Careful with textiles are so ingrained in their culture. Carefulwith my years. I am quite sensitive about that. Culture. Carefulwith my years. I am quite sensitive about thatm culture. Carefulwith my years. I am quite sensitive about that. It is an honour to be here. To be around large mills. Her work is a collaboration. You generate the power, she turns it into something electric. Did you notice that he kept this suit and tie on the whole time he was peddling. Maintaining standards. It is the bbc. It is 7a2. Was peddling. Maintaining standards. It is the bbc. It is 742. Here are the main stories this morning. Theresa may will attempt to plead to make appeal to Younger Voters with a change to student funding. There are concerns over the future of the low cost travel Company Monarch as it is issued a temporary licence to continue selling holidays. Do you know, i noticed some it will saying on social media, the heating can finally go on because it is october one. Actually, i dont think it has been cold enough for it yet. Now, it has been mild recently. A lot of tropical air from has been mild recently. A lot of tropical airfrom the has been mild recently. A lot of tropical air from the atlantic keeps mild but a humid. Tropical air from the atlantic keeps mild buta humid. You may tropical air from the atlantic keeps mild but a humid. You may need your heating as we have through this week because we have cold air on the cards. You are allowed to do it, it is october. The heating may need to go on later in the week. This is how things look this morning. This was taken by our weather watcher. Some clear skies, increasing cloud, a lot of cloud across most parts of the country to start the day. Some rain already in the west, creeping eastwards on this weather and with a strengthening breeze as well. A cloudy and windy day, rain in the west this morning. Eastern parts of england are probably likely to stay mild and dry a good part of the day. 19 degrees. Also the west under the rain and then fresh conditions piling into Northern Ireland scotla nd piling into Northern Ireland scotland evening. 0vernight clear skies across the southern half of the country, further north, plenty showers rattling in with a strengthening wind. With a wind strength, the temperatures will stay at around 9 13 degrees also. We are seeing a dip in temperature. Down to the fact that we have a change in a mass. Warm and humid air in charge gets whisked away on into monday with Cool Conditions hiding behind this area of low pressure. Low pressure driving weather into monday with the isobars really tight around that area of low pressure. It is windy for Northern Areas in the morning rush hour was. Through the central belt of scotland we could see gusts of 60 mph, a few problems with leads down off the trees for instance. Plenty of heavy downpours across the northern half of the country. Further south you are more likely to stay dry for a little longer, at least. Through and windy sort of day with the strongest ever went sort of day with the strongest ever we nt a cross sort of day with the strongest ever went across scotland, easing out in the afternoon to bridge between 1a ash degrees. We will seek rain arriving during the latter part of the afternoon. The area of rain this way from southern england on into tuesday and it is an improving day by the time we get to tuesday. Still quite breezy but the wind is not as strong as it will be tonight and through the day on monday. Some scattered shower across Northern Areas where further south is looks dry. 12 17 degrees for tuesday. It is an unsettled outlook for the week ahead. Spells of you might not need their heating, but you definitely need your umbrella. The heating. And we just go live to spain, to a polling station regarding independence for catalonia. Earlier this morning, people were seen leaving in a huge convoy. People started to gather outside the polling stations before dawn. We are seeing some of those polling stations are up and running, they are operational. People are able to cost their votes. But we know that in other parts of catalonia, restrictions have been put in place on some polling stations. Spanish police have perhaps started to intervene. Some ballot boxes had to be rushed into the polling stations. Not all catalonia is up pro independence. There was a big pro unity rally by cata la n there was a big pro unity rally by catalan people. It is interesting to see whether those people will vote for independence. Now on breakfast its time for the travel show. Well be back with the headlines at eight. See you then. This is the mighty river sava, flowing for nearly 1,000 kilometres from the alps in slovenia, right across to belgrade, in serbia. Its the longest river within the balkans. A vital artery thats borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and Medieval Times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. Today, the sava connects four countries that just a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney, ill be exploring how today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. And finding out why locals call this the vital heart of the balkans. A nation ofjust 2 million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with nature. Its one of the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. This river, the sava, has been a crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to a00 bc, when the celts named it after their river god savus, protector of merchants and travellers. And this is the rivers source, the magnificent savica waterfall, bursting from two separate points on the cliff face there. And my intention is to follow the river from here, at its very beginning, until it meets the danube, in belgrade. Its a near 1,000 kilometre course, flowing through four countries that just over 25 years ago were joined as part of yugoslavia. The emerald waters snake through the cliffs and then widen into one of the savas main tributaries, which has now become famous for watersports. And im getting a face first perspective. This is bellyaking. And, yep, theres a hint in the name. It looks like a kayak, but you lay on top of it and use your hands to peddle. Like many slovenian kids, luka grew up in the countryside and the sava was a huge part of his childhood. I spent my whole life in the same house about 50 metres away from the river, so when i wake up, if i had my window open, i can already hear it. Here in slovenia, the river isnt just used for watersports its an important source of hydropower, and luka thinks the river also has an Important Role to play in uniting the communities who live throughout its course. We were formerly part of yugoslavia, so we are sort of still connected. While our languages may not be that similar, they still have the same origin, so we are still sort of one nation and its sort of nice to have the sava river connect us all. The river isnt always this placid. Further down the valley, two tributaries merge and the sava starts its journey proper. And at the fork in the rivers lies this majestic castle, lake bled, and its historic castle of the same name. This is slovenias oldest castle, first built in Medieval Times. Its got a kind of fairytale ambience to it and, because of its location, its been a strategic lookout for 1,000 years. And standing here, i can kind of get why. You can see for miles this place is legendary in slovenian history. 0n the banks of the lake still sits the former holiday home of the father of post world war ii yugoslavia, president josip broz tito. Tito took the helm of the newly formed federal republic and more or less kept the country together until his death, in 1980, when yugoslavia began to fall apart. Slovenia became the first to break away, with a short lived war that lasted just ten days. Its been a sovereign nation state since 1991, and my next stop down the river sava is slovenias capital, ljubljana. The city centre is made up of vast squares, lined with baroque buildings and the streets are packed with tourists ambling around. But it wasnt always like this. Just over a decade ago, ljubljana was clogged with traffic and the citys main piazza was a car park. But in 2006, the citys mayor made the decision to ban cars from the centre. Now the only vehicles allowed are these so called cavaliers, electric cabs that give free lifts to those with luggage or who need extra help getting around. And its notjust the kids that are using the car free streets as a playground. Filip and blaz are ambassadors for the city. They met when one was a juggler and the other a gymnast, and together became a social media sensation with their urban acrobatic antics. We tried to put ljubljana on the map in our videos. So you can imagine running in a circle or something, we would run off a building. And youve done that . Yeah. Filip and blaz have good reason to keep the city centre, which doubles as their performance space, spick and span and theyve been part of the efforts to keep it that way. Cheering wow thank you once a year we have action. The whole of slovenia is cleaned up and the river, they have divers and clean up all the bicycles out. And youve played a big part in those campaigns . Yeah. We try to help. We are strong, so we lift all of the heavy stuff, help them to keep it clean and keep it on the next level. Citywide cleanups and specialist Waste Disposal points helped the capital win the accolade of being europes greenest city in 2016. And the gymnasts are Firm Believers that anyone can be taught to do this. Just change the arms. Oh, sorry. Yeah, like this. And three, two, one, go see . I told you its simple. You can move one arm as well. Push ups three, two three. I dont know how i managed that. Its kind of superhuman strength. Time to leave this urban oasis and head downstream again to radece. This region, like most of slovenia, is densely forested and has a thriving timber industry. Hi. Nice to meet you. Welcome. Hundreds of years ago, the sava was the only way to get the huge logs to major cities across the balkans. And im here tojoin other tourist to get a taste of those centuries old rafting journeys. We managed to revive this tradition, because otherwise we would forget all that and it was important because it was alive more than 500 years ago. And duska sees the sava playing a much larger role in the region in the nearfuture. Now there is a perception of sava as a connector. Connecting with who . With other communities along the river and, most important, connecting also across border regions. Croatia, bosnia, serbia. And we already started to connect. Baby steps, they are still, but, yes, we are connecting now along the sava river. But before i head across to my next country on the sava, duska tells me i need to be fully initiated into life on the river with this time honoured tradition. Are you going to behead me . No, we dont do that any more but if you want to be a member, you have to show us if you are able to sharpen that wooden stick. Ah, you show me. And just when i thought the wood chopping was bad enough. Here you go on your knees. You have to leave the head down. Like this. Whoa baptised by the water of the river sava. Hello, this is breakfast, with Rachel Burden and rogerjohnson. Theresa may announces a freeze on tuition fees as she makes her pitch to Younger Voters. On the first day of the conservative Party Conference, the Prime Minister is also promising to raise the threshold for student loan repayments in england. But shes facing more questions about her future after borisjohnsons latest brexit intervention. Good morning, its sunday, 1st october. Also ahead the Spanish Government tries to put a stop to catalonias independence referendum as voters in the region head to the polls. An air france superjumbo makes an Emergency Landing after its engine fails over the atlantic. In sport, the manchester clubs maintain their dominance at the top of the premier league. Wins for both united and city, but its city who are top of the table, just, on goal difference