How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will launch his campaign later, criticising his rivals for offering what he called eye watering tax cuts as a cheap electoral bribe to win over party members. Boris johnson hasnt launched his campaign yet, but has been backed by former conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith, who said mrjohnson is the candidate most likely to take britain out of the eu by the deadline of the end of october. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at mark harpers launch in central london. Lots of launches going on, bring us up lots of launches going on, bring us up to date. Two more today, we had five yesterday, this morning we heard from Andrea Leadsom who has been doing her launch up there. Mark harper, conveniently, is doing his down there. So we dont have to take taxis or buses to get anywhere. Andrea leadsom, i guess she is commonly one of the outsiders, a bit like mark harper. Sketching out some of her non brexit ideas. One of the ideas at was suggesting was getting a new police chief to coordinate the response to knife crime. She has also suggested having a Cross Party Commission to with social care, an issue which has been going on and on for ever and a day. She also talked about piloting school meals during the holidays for poorer children. But the big question is brexit and there she was pretty clear, she said, in no circumstances would she delay brexit beyond october 31. Over the last three years, politics has failed dismally. It has failed to deliver on the biggest democratic decision in our history. Fulfilling that democratic decision is now urgent and vital. It cannot and will not be put off any longer. Leaving the eu on the 31st of october is, for me, a hard, red line. Applause bringing our country back together, healing the divisions, promoting socialjustice, building new homes, securing our streets, helping our businesses to thrive, a transformative offer to young people, achieving a Carbon Neutral economy, these are just a few of the priorities that we should be focusing on in government. But because of the uncertainty and failure over brexit, theyjust havent received the attention they deserve. So that was Andrea Leadsom. Mark harper still doing his launch. He pitched himself, he acknowledged he is the underdog but said he was the only one of the candidates who had been to a comprehensive, still went to oxford, and wanted to encourage that sort of opportunity and social mobility. On brexit, completely the opposite message to that of Andrea Leadsom saying it just opposite message to that of Andrea Leadsom saying itjust what is not credible to go around saying we could leave the eu on october the sist. Could leave the eu on october the 31st. If i am could leave the eu on october the 31st. Ifi am given could leave the eu on october the 31st. If i am given the choice between a not leaving at all and leaving without a deal, i am prepared and comfortable with leaving without a deal because the british people gave us an instruction. And that has to be delivered, it is not acceptable to not deliver it. But my preference is to leave with a deal because i think thatis to leave with a deal because i think that is better for the country, i think it is better for the integrity of the uk, and i think it is better for our politics. And the reason why i think for our politics. And the reason why ithinki for our politics. And the reason why i think i am at the right person to do that is because, frankly, eve ryo ne do that is because, frankly, everyone else in this race has, at some point over the last three yea rs, some point over the last three years, been sacked around the cabinet table and has participated in the decision that has led to not leaving the eu three years after the referendum. Everything are one of them has participated in fundamental misjudgments that have got us to where we are. And i think we need a fresh approach. This afternoon, we will hear from rory stewart, possibly another one of the outsiders. A similar sort of message to that of mark harper. He has been pretty forceful in this campaign accusing his rivals of misleading the public by suggesting that they could leave the eu on october the sist, could leave the eu on october the 31st, or indeed that there was a another new deal on offer. His argument being that the eu is simply not going to countenance the idea of another deal. I expect we will also hear him criticising some of the spending pledges made by some of the candidates, obviously borisjohnson with this idea of cutting the upper limits tax thresholds which many of his own conservative mps is not the right response following nine years of austerity. Tomorrow, at long last, behold the great borisjohnson emerges into the sunlight to answer reporters questions when he at long last launches his campaign. There is a lot for us to get our heads around with all of these campaign launches. Norman, thank you very much and keep us norman, thank you very much and keep us updated. The Charity Commission will publish its long awaited report later, into how oxfam handled serious sexual abuse allegations. It has been investigating claims that some of the charitys staff used young prostitutes when they were in haiti after the earthquake in 2010. Oxfam has repeatedly apologised. Naomi grimley has more. Since the 1940s, oxfam has been a much loved household name. But nine years ago, some of the charitys aid workers tainted its image in a way that its founders would have thought unimaginable. In the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake, a group of oxfam workers used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population recover. The charity dismissed four members of staff and let three quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to either the haitian authorities or to regulators in the uk. When the scandal broke last year, the charitys top brass were hauled before mps to offer profuse apologies. I am sorry, we are sorry for the damage that oxfam has done. On behalf of the council of oxfam, we are ashamed of what happened in haiti. We dont think it was well handled. Please allow me to begin by saying how sorry i am about what has happened. This was the man who caused the charity the most embarrassment, Roland Van Hauwermeiren was oxfams director for haiti at the time. He resigned before an internal investigation was completed, and then went on to work for other charities without them knowing about his background. Oxfam has paid a heavy price for this scandal. It lost 7,000 donors who cancelled their subscriptions in disgust, and it still cant bid for government contracts. Today is a reminder that it still has some way to go before its reputation is restored to its former glory. Naomi grimley, bbc news. Details of the report will be published this afternoon. Asmita naik is a consultant on International Human rights and co author of 2002 report on Sexual Exploitation in west africa. We can anticipate there is going to be very critical, certainly from the early press coverage. It sounds like it will be the case. That is important that the Charity Commission plays its role and holds oxfa m commission plays its role and holds oxfam to account. My real concern is that it oxfam to account. My real concern is thatitis oxfam to account. My real concern is that it is a little bit too late. It is ten years on from when the incidents took place in 2010. The Charity Commission report is not going to redress the victims, it wont do anything to the perpetrators because they are long gone and have worked in the sector for many years since. It is a rap on the knuckles for oxfam. The thing thatis the knuckles for oxfam. The thing that is really missing is that there needs to be complaints on the ground at the point of delivery. We dont need a Charity Commission in another country that eventually looks into something ten years down the road. We need something there and then that people can complain to an backing that up there needs to be an independent mechanism like an International Ombudsman as proposed by the dutch government, which can act as an appeal function so that if people are not satisfied with the way their complaints are handled, they can have a review there and then in cases can be dealt with. If that had existed in a 2010, we wouldnt be here now. Because whoever complained about what was going on in haiti would have had immediate recourse to an independent body. Heavy downpours across england are causing major disruption for road and rail users. A total of 31 flood alerts are in place across the country, with some areas set to see up to 60mm of rain, particularly over the first half of the day. Weather warnings are expected to remain in place for much of the day, with forecasters predicting parts of the uk could be inundated during the rest of the week. The level of wage growth in the the three months to april has taken economists by surprise. Pay rose by 3. 4 compared with a year ago. The Unemployment Rate remained at 3. 8 , according to figures from the office for National Statistics. I am joined in the studio by our business correspondent, ben thompson. What is driving this growth in wages . It is interesting we get that snapshot of what the economy is doing as far asjobs snapshot of what the economy is doing as far as jobs and wages are concerned. The two really do go hand in hand. It is so interesting because we have seen that the employment rate has continued to rise. A number of people in work has been going up steadily. That means the unemployed rate is coming down 01 the unemployed rate is coming down or staying steady. Wages are starting to get stronger as well. Let me run you through the numbers. Lets talk about the Unemployment Rate because this is what it tells us. You can see that potted history since 1970. Taking up to the current figure that you touched on, 3. 8 , the lowest level in nearly 44 years. It was the lowest since 197a. That tells us two things it tells us that more people are in work, clearly, if you look at the quality ofjobs clearly, if you look at the quality of jobs that clearly, if you look at the quality ofjobs that it has created, it is not just zero hours contracts ofjobs that it has created, it is notjust zero hours contracts or part time jobs, notjust zero hours contracts or part timejobs, the people in full time work, particularly a number of women in work which is helping to redress the gender employment imbalance. There was a gap which meant more men were in work than women, we are starting to see that balance out. That tells us, if we look at the next graph, that wages are starting to increase too. Those wages, you will notice the two lines on this graph, one shows inflation and one wages. Wages rising by 3. 4 . That means on average that wages are going up by 3. 4 . Inflation, remember, those are the rising prices that we pay for goods and services, that going up by 296. Goods and services, that going up by 2 . To the gap between those two lines there is 1. 4 . It is a real terms increase in our salaries by 1. 496. Terms increase in our salaries by 1. 4 . It is a long time since we have had that sort of gap where our money is going further. Many pointing to the strength of the economy, more people in work, that means, as a result, employers are having to pay us more to get us to do thosejobs. Having to pay us more to get us to do those jobs. Does that have an impact on what the bank of england does . They will be looking really closely at this because all of these things, thejob of closely at this because all of these things, the job of the closely at this because all of these things, thejob of the bank closely at this because all of these things, the job of the bank of england is to balance these different numbers, keep an eye on what the economy is doing and make a decision on whether they need to step in it a step up or cool it down. The Interest Rate other told that they have to do that. That is the tool at their disposal to try to move the economy in the direction that they need to. This suggests that they need to. This suggests that we might see an Interest Rate increase a bit sooner, perhaps, then we might have a thought. We were thinking we might get one over the year, maybe one or two. So it might mean that that comes forward a little bit because by raising Interest Rates, that means it is more attractive to save money and helps cool inflation a little bit. It gives incentives to businesses to invest. We might see if that happens. The underlying issue in all of this, the brexit negotiations and what happens at the end of october. I think it is unlikely we will see the bank of england stepped in before then. Nonetheless, they will have a very close eye on this, we could see them put more Interest Rate rises if this continues, and it isa rate rises if this continues, and it is a big if right now. A man who was one of six brothers in his family infected by contaminated blood given to him by the nhs, has been giving evidence to the National Inquiry into the scandal. Thousands of people were infected with hepatitis c and hiv during treatment in the 1970s and 80s. Victims, including john cornes from birmingham, are telling a Public Inquiry how their lives have been ruined. We can cross to that inquiry now. Thats on a three minute delay. She was looking after her. My mum was found on the side of the bed. The last person she was speaking to was my auntie, my mums sister. They we re was my auntie, my mums sister. They were telling dirty jokes was my auntie, my mums sister. They were telling dirtyjokes on the phone. So she died laughing. But it was a heart attack which killed her. In the year prior to her death, you explained it this way, contrasting her with how she had been before when she lost three of her sons and knew that there might be two more, the shell crumbled and she became thin and gaunt. Before she died, yeah, she started getting thinner and thinner. All the while, you say to your kids, you always say, i love you, you give them a kiss and stuff. You become more obsessive with kisses. If you didnt see her for a day, she would be on the phone half a dozen times that day. She would phone just to half a dozen times that day. She would phonejust to hear your voice. So, yeah, she became frail and fraught. And it is this, i think she would still be alive, she would be about 80 or 85, Something Like that. I think she would be alive if it wasnt for what happened. Because she was a strong woman. The tragedy has ripped her heart out. And while this was going on in the mid 19 905, you found out that you had been infected with hepatitis c. It was a matter of fact type of letter i had. It wasnt just matter of fact type of letter i had. It wasntjust me, two other brothers had letters similar, but they were later. I cant of the time span, but they were later when they got their letters. Well, at least it is not hiv. I dont mean that it is respectfully, like, im going to be 0k. Respectfully, like, im going to be ok. But it took a while before anything was actually done from the Queen Elizabeth hospital. And talking about. I had to have a liver biopsy. Absolutely, ijust wa nt liver biopsy. Absolutely, ijust want to ask you first before we talk about that, in terms of the information you were given when you are told your diagnosis, although you dont have a copy of the letter anymore, you recall were told by letter, and you have described it in your statement as being, very matter of fact and detached in informing you with every other Little Information provided. That is correct. There was no other letter to ask me to come into the hospital, we need to talk about a virus that you have received. It was just, as you virus that you have received. It wasjust, as you may virus that you have received. It was just, as you may be aware, you may have hep c. I think it might have been another year before i had the actual liver biopsy to prove that i had hep c, because in those days, they put a big needle inside you. They dont do that that way now. Do you know how the diagnosis of hepatitis c came to be made and communicated to you in the first place . That is amount giving evidence to the enquiry into the contaminated blood scandal. The hearings are being held at the moment at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in leeds. It is being used as a base of people in the north of england who are giving evidence about the scandal. About 21100 people have died after thousands of patients were infected with hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood. We have just been hearing from john cornes who is one of six brothers, five of whom were affected by blood transfusions. Three of them died. He has had hepatitis c, he has got hepatitis c. Another brother also has health problems. He was talking there very movingly about the impact on their mother. He said that the tragedy ripped her heart out. The suns believe that when she died in 2002, it was from a broken heart. We will continue to bring you more coverage of those hearings in leeds. Andrea leadsom launches her bid to be the next conservative leader, saying brexit cant be put off any longer and she will be able to get t