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Championship at royal portrush well have the very latest from the bbc sports centre. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in what Police Describe as a horrendous car crash in hertfordshire. Two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event in stevenage, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. The images pausing just before the moment of impact. You can clearly see from the images, many people standing watching this car cruise event before this tragic accident unfolded. We are going to be live in steve na g e unfolded. We are going to be live in stevenage very soon. 2 million Public Sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. The plans are set to be unveiled as one of theresa mays final acts as Prime Minister. Its the biggest Public Sector pay rise in six years, which comes following concerns that salaries are rising faster in private sector. Lets get more on this from our Political Correspondent iain watson. Good morning. Whats the politics behind this above inflation pay rise . On one level it is quite straightforward, actually. There are pay review bodies which give the recommendations around this time of year and then the government departments, the treasury, can decide whether or not to accept them. They havent always been accepted, or in some cases where a pay cap was applied, the recommendations are particularly modest because they are taking into account the pay cap. This year, of course, we have been told that the era of austerity is coming to an end so some era of austerity is coming to an end so some of the recommendations are going to be above the rate of inflation, currently 1. 9 . Going to be above the rate of inflation, currently1. 9 . Some of these recommendations look as though they could be up to 1 above that. It looks like the government is going to accept those recommendations. I think the politics of this is quite interesting because we are expecting the chancellor Philip Hammond to stand down from office when a new Prime Minister is in place next week. The official announcement on this will be made on monday and he is leaving behind, or at least tossing into downing street a bit of a hand grenade because while it looks as though the government will accept the recommendations of the pay review bodies, they are also going to say that the money has to be found from existing departmental budgets. In fact, be found from existing departmental budgets. Infact, ive be found from existing departmental budgets. In fact, ive looked at some of the letters sent to the pay review bodies by the government telling them exactly that. Therefore, the incoming Prime Minister, presumably but not definitely borisjohnson, would then have a choice to make. Is he going to come in the end, fund the extra pay increases, further breaching, if you like, the governments austerity . Or is he going to be in a position where he is overseeing cuts elsewhere in departmental budgets in order to finance this, given that the recommendations are above the rate of inflation. He might then get a chorus of catcalls from Public Service unions, chief Police Officers and all the rest of it about his approach if he doesnt put more money in. Im told because there has been a Spending Review it is perfectly possible to increase the size of these departmental budgets, but there is a big challenge for the new Prime Minister and a call that they will have to ta ke and a call that they will have to take pretty quickly. A big challenge, where will the new Prime Minister actually most likely find that money from . Will it be from efficiencies elsewhere, orfrom that money from . Will it be from efficiencies elsewhere, or from some new spending . Although the suggestion as it is not new money. And potentially a huge headache, huge clash with various important Public Sector bodies if this isnt followed through on. Thats right and it is the political challenge they have got to sort out as well as another burgeoning intro, not least on brexit as well. In terms of some of the pledges made by the leadership candidates, youd expect some departmental budgets would have to increase. Burgeoning in tray. Although the headroom put aside by the existing chancellor in preparation for a new deal brexit, if we go ahead with a new deal brexit, they will be less headroom so brexit, they will be less headroom so they will have to decide where the money will come from, potentially increased borrowing. That is something which usually conservatives are unwilling to do but in the current climate, who knows . Certainly, to fund some of the pledges the leadership candidates have made they will have to look at increasing departmental budgets. Certainly, the advice given to the pay review body, talking to those pay review bodies about looking at things like efficiencies, changing pay structures in the police from next year. Nonetheless, if you have increases that are above the prevailing inflation rate, that money is going to have to come somewhere. It was interesting, the last conservative hustings that i went along to, borisjohnson said his plans were far more prudent than jeremy hunts. He was a big test about how prudent he is going to be, especially when one of his biggest supporters, matt hancock the health secretary, says he should show some love towards Public Sector workers. Perhaps we will see the extent or the limits of borisjohnsons affections by the end of next week. 0k, affections by the end of next week. Ok, iain watson, thank you very much. We will see. Back now to the news that 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in what police have described as a horrendous car crash in stevenage in hertfordshire. Our correspondent simonjones is hertfordshire. Our correspondent simon jones is in hertfordshire. Our correspondent simonjones is in the studio with me for more on this. First of all, what do we know about the event at which people were injured . Some sort of car cruising event, it was called. Witnesses to the crash say it was horrific but the organisers say what they had planned was something called a static car meet, where the idea is people with their souped up ca is idea is people with their souped up cars could turn up, parked up, and the idea was it is called park and pose where people basically look at the cars and admire them. What it seems as certain people turned up and decided to use it as an opportunity to carry out some sort of racing on the road. In terms of the incident, what we see on footage posted on social media is there is a lot of people lined by the side of the road. We are looking at that right now. You will see one car comes out the side and it is hit by another car travelling at speed and we are not showing the moment of impact because it is pretty distressing. After that moment you see the two cars careering off and they hit groups of people who were watching this racing taking place by the side of the road. It is your understanding then that the cars we re understanding then that the cars were supposed to be static but it turned into something else. What the organisers have told us is that it was organised on facebook and the idea was people would turn up and it would simply be a gathering of car enthusiasts. They insist it wasnt an eventful so called boy racers but what the organisers said was some people turned up who wanted to use it as an opportunity to rev up their ca is it as an opportunity to rev up their cars and drive quickly on the roads and it disappears that is what happened and the consequence is 17 people have been taken to hospital and some of them are in a serious condition. What we know about the condition. What we know about the condition of those who have been hurt . 16 of the 17 were taken to the hospital by the ambulance service, another person took themselves to hospital. We havent had any details of type of injuries they have sustained so far but when looking at the footage, the part we havent shown you because it is pretty graphic and pretty distressing, when the car is hitting those people at quite a speed in the crowd, so i think the injuries, as the police say, im going to be pretty serious and we understand those 17 people who have been taken to hospital are still undergoing treatment. Simon, thank you for update. Simonjones. President trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz. Mr trump said the uss boxer had taken defensive action after the Unmanned Aircraft flew within 1,000 metres of the american ship. But irans Deputy Foreign minister has said his country knew nothing about the incident. Hes taken to twitter to say, we have not lost any drone in the strait of hormuz, nor anywhere else. I am worried that uss boxer has shot down their own by mistake. The home secretary, sajid javid, is calling on public figures to show more moral leadership to tackle the rise of extremism. In a speech this morning, hell say there needs to be an Honest National conversation to challenge racism, religious intolerance and anti immigration language. Mrjavid will argue that poisonous ideas, used to drive divisions, have to be confronted. The leader of the commission for countering extremism, sara khan, told the bbcs radio 4 today porgramme people in the uk have experienced different forms of extremism. Extremism harms everybody in our country, that was one of the findings, that a lot of people believe extremism impacts everyone and it requires a whole society response, everyone has a role to play, government has a role to play kameni democracy we have to recognise they play a limited role but it is an Important Role but so does everyone else, the public in our consultation felt that faith leaders and faith groups need to do more, practitioners feel social media and Tech Companies need to do more and we as individuals, as citizens of this country, all have a responsibility to play to call out extremism if we see family members spouting hatred and intolerance, and its important to recognise this as a whole Society Problem and it requires all of us to play our part. Sara khan. Englands schools desperately need a multi billion pound cash injection thats according to a group of mps. The Education Select Committee found schools are increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. Frankie mccamley reports. Earlier this month, protests in westminster over school funding. In may, families take to the streets in cities across the country, demanding action on what they call a National Crisis in special needs funding. Two months before that, thousands of head teachers in england wrote to parents saying schools are facing a funding crisis. Following, their unprecedented march through westminster where hundreds gathered. Today, another call for action, following an inquiry by a group of mps. We are calling for a ten year plan. Our argument is very simple. If the nhs can have a ten year plan and £20 billion extra long term funding settlement, why should education be the poor relation in terms of public funding . The inquiry recommends that all schools and colleges get the multi billion cash injection they desperately need, specifically calling for more funding for special needs pupils, increasing money for post 16 education, and extra funding for disadvantaged students up to the age of 19. The government says, while it is accurate to say funding is at its highest level, it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. The bbc and itv have revealed more details about their newjoint Subscription Service britbox. Britbox aims to provide the biggest collection of british content available on any streaming service as well as new commissions for british Production Companies specifically created for the platform. Specifically created launching in the final three months of the year, programmes confirmed for the site include gentleman jack and broadchurch. Here to explain more is our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. Tell us more about what britbox is. Bbc and itv are hoping it will be a place where they can showcase the best british content in one place because obviously there is a huge appetite for that kind of thing, especially drama that both channels have been producing, notjust in the last few years but going back decades. It is somewhere i hope will be an entry point for them into the streaming market where netflix of course is so dominant at the moment, where people can enjoy these particular types of shows. Really good british nostalgia audience out there, thats what they hope to exploit. It is already operating in the states, isnt it . In the United States there is a big anglophile feel for a lot of programming out there and britain is seen as producing some of the best programming in the world. It has been operational in the states quite successfully at the moment. In terms of the marketplace britbox will enter, what are the challenges . This is the big one, as i say, some great opportunities, if you look at america this week at the prime time emmys, so much british content recognised with nominations, bodyguard, flea bag, things like killing eve, a very english scandal, but the market they are entering into is going to cost £5. 99, the price of a basic netflix subscription, people asking whether the market is becoming saturated. In the market is becoming saturated. In the United States, not here, netflix subscriptions fell for the first time in more than five years. Here it didnt reach expectations even though its increasing in the rest of the world. Also, they have got to look at the fact they dont have some of the big hitters being advertised on britbox yet, those shows like the bodyguard from the bbc, line of duty, Downton Abbey from itv, those shows seem to be showcasing what is the best of british television. And of course, in the next 12 months, we will see other services coming along too. We have disney who are launching their own streaming service utilising spin offs from the incredibly successful marvel and star wars universe is among so much else. We have apple introducing a streaming service with big hitters like jj abrams, stephen spielberg, Oprah Winfrey involved. So we are entering a period where there are going to be so many Different Streaming Services all wanting money as well as the licence fee as well. Will people be willing to pay up for all of these things . Thats the big question and what will lose out . And will britbox be there in enough numbers in subscribers to justify the fee and keep it going as a going concern . All good questions. Lizo mzimba, thank you. Joining me now is ashley highfield, former Senior Executive at the bbc who oversaw the launch of iplayer. Welcome. Lets begin with what we can possibly tell from the britbox experience in the states about how it mightfare experience in the states about how it might fare in the uk market, or are we talking about a very different Playing Field . Are we talking about a very different Playing Field . |j are we talking about a very different Playing Field . I think we are talking about a different Playing Field, it is a niche proposition in the states, it has done reasonably well, 250,000 subscribers this year. They will try and make it a more mass Market Product in the uk but of course, they are entering a very crowded field. Netflix have over 10 million amazon prime has 5 million. What they are holding their hopes on is that the number of homes that have got more than one of these streaming services, about 5 million homes in the uk, it is growing at about 20 , so they think britbox will probably become an Additional Service to one of the streaming services you already have. Talk to us about the price point, £5. 99, do you think thats going to appeal to enough people . Well, its the same as amazon primes price point, it is a little bit cheaper than netflix. I think they have pitched it about right. I dont think they think its going to be something thats going to ta ke going to be something thats going to take on or take over from netflix. It is probably going to run alongside and will probably end up being low millions of subscribers. The thing is the bbc and itv cant really not do this. It is something they have got to get into and try and drive as hard as they can. I believe they have already got 20 of people aware of this brand of britbox and they will put some heavy marketing behind it. They stand a reasonable chance of getting a reasonable chance of getting a reasonable number of subscribers. Reasonable chance of getting a reasonable number of subscribersm is not the first time, is it, that the bbc and itv and i think channel 4 the bbc and itv and i think channel liis the bbc and itv and i think channel 4 is well tried to do Something Like this a while back in which you were involved. Yeah, i was chief executive of project kangaroo ten yea rs executive of project kangaroo ten years ago. The landscape was very different then. Had we not been terminated by the regulator in what was in retrospect a very myopic decision then we might have already a Great British streaming service being the Market Leader in the uk. But times are different now and theyve got a real challenge on their hands if they are going to get britbox well established. Just to be exactly clear, what will the differences be, say, for example, in terms of the offer the bbc and itv gives to players on the iplayer, for example, and itvs equivalent service compared to the content people will see on britbox . service compared to the content people will see on britbox . I think the offering on iplayer is pretty clear, it is a catch up service for more recently transmitted Public Service programming. I think the more interesting question will be, will programming appear exclusively on britbox, or will it also be on netflix . Quite a lot of the programmes we see on the bbc like bodyguard, like killing eve, like poldark, are made by independent producers which itv then take the rights from those independent producers and self onto netflix so those independent producers will wa nt those independent producers will want a good amount of money if they are going to take those programmes often netflix and make them exclusively available to britbox. Britbox better have deep pockets if its going to get that content exclusively onto its platform when obviously it will have very few subscribers in comparison to netflix. Great to have your thoughts on this, ashley highfield, thank you very much. The time is nine and i9 am. Very much. The time is nine and i9 am. 9 19am. The headlines on bbc news. The government is set to commit to £2 billion in pay increases for Public Sector workers. 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in a car cruise crash in stevenage. desperate for cash mps warn that englands schools need a multi billion pound financial injection. A pound financial injection. Rough day for rory, after calamitous a rough day for rory, after a calamitous day of eight over par he needs something miraculous to stay in contention at royal portrush. Tommy fleetwood is one of the early starters, two shots behind the leader american jb holmes, bogeying the first hole but came back and birdied the second. England avoid australia in the semifinals as they win against south africa in the notable world cup meaning the roses face new zealand in the last four tomorrow. I will have more on those stories in 25 minutes. See you then. Mike, thank you very much, see you soon. President trump has sought to distance himself from racist chanting at one of his campaign rallies. Crowd chant send her back. He insisted that he disagreed with the chants aimed at congresswoman ilhan omar, although he made no attempt to stop them. Earlier this week mr trump told the four Democratic Women to go back to their countries, even though all are american citizens. I felt a little bit badly about it but i will say this, i did, and i started speaking very quickly, but it started out rather fast, as you probably noticed. I was not happy with it. I disagree with it. But again, i didnt say that. They did. One of those congresswomen he named during the rally, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who was urged by mr trump in his original tweet to go back where they came from says americans should focus on looking forward. We will not go back to the days of injustice. We will not row back our rights. We will not deny liberty to our trans brothers and sisters. We will not deny our own humanity at the border. We will not go back. We will go forward. Lets take a look at some more of todays headlines. A teenage boy has died after collapsing at an assault course in surrey. Police were called to beare green near dorking yesterday lunchtime, but the 14 year old had died at the scene. Officers say his death is being treated as unexplained. Landlords say a government plan to ban no fault evictions in england will backfire. As lower income tenants will find it harder to rent homes. Proposals to scrap section 21 notices would mean landlords could no longer evict tenants without a reason after their fixed term tenancy period ended. But a landlords trade group says its members will be more choosy over lets. People will soon be able to use their mobile phones, without wifi, on part of the tube. A stretch of thejubilee line between westminster and canning town will be the first tunnels to be fitted with 4g technology. If popular, it will be rolled out across the rest of the Network Later this year. Ukraines new president , volodymyr zelensky, believes his strategy for bringing peace to war torn regions in the east, is bearing fruit. Pro russian separatists and the Ukrainian Army have both agreed to pull back their forces from a key checkpoint. The bbcs Zhanna Bezpiatchuk reports. Life has gotten a little bit better for this 67 year old woman. There is a cease fire between the army and russian separatists in her village on the front line of eastern ukraine. Translation i used to talk to soldiers in my garden. The ukrainian soldiers are still present but they have pulled back one kilometre. Pro russian separatists have done the same on their side. The aim is to hand the area over to civilian control but for now it is a safer place to live. Translation there used to be gunfire at night and things we pulled back we have not heard gunfire from the other side. I think it is a step forward. It is a small piece advance. It happens near the srebrenica luhansk it happens near the srebrenica lu ha nsk checkpoint. There used to be a stone bridge here but it was destroyed. This bridge represents five years of conflict where a stalemate has taken hold. Ukraine cannot push back pro russian separatists and retake the territory but it needs to show it cares for its people, no matter what side of the front line they live. President zelensky was elected in may. He says his peace strategy has already shown results. The timing is significant with parliamentary elections on sunday. He hopes his new party will win a majority. Translation maybe the president wants to show that can achieve some kind of peace when you are fighting a war, such a pull back seems premature. Thousands of people must cross the front line everyday. From the pro russian east into ukraine and back again and thousands have lost their lives in the five year conflict. A previous attempt at a ceasefire failed. It takes a lot for People Living here to believe in a better future. Zhanna bezpiatchuk. Bbc news, in eastern ukraine. Police injapan investigating thursdays arson attack on an Animation Studio are focusing their probe on a 41 year old man suspected of setting fire to the building. 33 people died in the attack on the kyoto animation company, in what is believed to be one of the worst arson attacks in modern japanese history. Police injapan are continuing to comb through the wreckage of the burned out studio today. Drivers caught not wearing a seatbelt could face points on their licence as well as fines, in an attempt to cut deaths on britains roads. Other measures, including banning Young Drivers from the road at night time and teaching children about the dangers of using a phone near the road, are also being considered by the government. A quarter of british people now drink non dairy milks with many citing converns over health, ethics and the environment for reducing their consumption of cows milk. The findings from Market Research firm mintel revealed that 16 24 year olds are the biggest users of non dairy milk. Plant based milks make upjust 11 of the milk market, with 96 of milk sales in 2018 being for cows milk. Weather in a moment, first lets join Joanna Gosling to find out what shes got coming up in the Victoria Derbyshire programme at10 00. We have an exclusive interview with Sir Richard Branson selling us telling is that no sane businessman would not be worried about a new deal brexit. It would be one of the worst disasters that has hit britain in my lifetime, in fact the worst disaster that has hit britain in my lifetime. Hopefully, sense will prevail. He will also talk to us about his memories of the moon landing 50 years on. Join us at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. See you later. Thanks, joanna, see you later on. Time for a look at the Weather Forecast with simon king. Good morning, a rather wet start to the day, heavy rain, breezy conditions and showers later in the afternoon, the rain will move into central and southern scotland by this afternoon, the far north of scotland apart from a few showers, bit dry with sunny spells, but as the rain band moves northward, showers moving their way in and across southern and central areas, those will be heavy and may be thundery, clumping together to give longer spells of rain, quite unpleasant for many and maximum temperatures 19 21d. The rain gets heavier for temperatures 19 21d. The rain gets heavierfor a time across temperatures 19 21d. The rain gets heavier for a time across southern and eastern areas of england tonight. Still the rain continuing across parts of scotland. A warm night, temperatures no lower than 16 or 17 night, temperatures no lower than 16 or17 in the night, temperatures no lower than 16 or 17 in the south east. Over the weekend, further showers expected during saturday, heavy and thundery, brighterfor during saturday, heavy and thundery, brighter for many on sunday. Bye bye. Hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. The headlines two million Public Sector workers, including Police Officers, soldiers and teachers are to be given pay rises of between 2 and 2. 9 . Hertfordshire police say 17 people have been injured, some seriously, following a collision between two cars in stevenage last night. Welcome to britbox. Britbox, the new streaming service from the bbc and itv, is set to launch in the uk at the end of the year. Englands schools desperately need a multi billion pound cash injection, according to a group of mps. Your memories of the moon landings 50 years on, we ask you to relive your memories of mans greatest endeavour. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. Its a special lunar themed morning briefing today because, as weve been hearing, on this day in 1969, apollo 11 was entering a critical phase in its mission. Its estimated 650 Million People watched the moon landings live on tv and heard Neil Armstrong utter those famous words one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. It was a moment in history which those who witnessed will never forget. The bbcs breakfast presenter Jayne Mccubbin has been asking you to relive your memories of mans greatest endeavour. Marjorie and kens love affair with the moon is also their love affair, because as apollo 11 hurtled through space, they were also getting married. Everything was revolving around us. It just so happened that the americans were doing something. They were revolving around the moon at our wedding reception, my father had quite a clever little quip at the end. Tomorrow, we may or may not have a man on the moon, but we most certainly will have a man on his honeymoon. Cynthia was 2a, and went to Trafalgar Square to join thousands watching the historic moment on a giant screen. And the whole place was just buzzing with people talking, and the atmosphere was terrific. It was a nervous feeling, because once they came out, i didnt know what to expect, and they didnt know what to expect. And i thought, what if they sink in the ground . You know, what if something unexpected happens, or if something comes and knocks them over . What if it goes wrong . But it didnt. It all went perfectly. Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Back in a hotel lounge on the mull of kintyre, ken and marjorie watched on a tiny black and white tv. A big cheer went up, and we actually got the pictures through. It was absolutely mind blowing to watch Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin cavorting about on the moon. It was something that i thought, oh, i would have liked to have done as well. We had no idea there were a film crew there watching us. While cynthia watched the sky, a film crew was watching her and herfriend felicity a moment in time which has been used in countless films and documentaries around the world ever since. Man landing on the moon, for me, is one of the most fantastic achievements of all time. And for you to be part of it, im just so proud youre part of that story. Youve got that sort of look of awe and wonder in your eyes. We just thought it was unbelievable, what we were seeing. We never thought we would see a man on the moon. A man on the moon . Never. Cavorting about on the moon, what a great phrase. Lets get more on this now, and im joined by dhara patel, whos the astronomy Education Officer of the royal observatory in greenwich. Doctors about how significant this was. On the 19th of the like, 1969, would have been the part where the command module, the lunar module, we re command module, the lunar module, were making their way towards the men. The astronauts would then have entered a phase where they were trying to get into learner orbit, a very critical phase. If the engine burn hadnt been quite correct they may have ended up drifting off into space forever and if the engine burn had gone the other way, they could have ended up crashing into them in. All of this was happening while emission control here on nurse were not in radio contact with those astronauts at the time, so they were behind them in. It was a very critical phase of getting them from travelling towards the moon into learner are bit. Even though we have had 50 yea rs learner are bit. Even though we have had 50 years to absorb all of this, it is quite mind boggling, isnt it . Absolutely. Just the feet of what they did, travelling at 380,000 kilometres per hour and testing the technologies from previous Apollo Missions and this one being the critical one, landing on the men, something that hasnt been achieved before. How much is this anniversary reigniting interest in space . So much so. It is fully nice to see not just people who were around at the time and had witnessed the apollo and the lunar landings for themselves, but even the younger generation, talking to them about the men, unlike some of the bits in space and astronomy which are not quite tangible, things like dark matter and gravitational waves, the moon is the one thing that everybody around the world can see with their own eyes , around the world can see with their own eyes, so it is absolutely lovely to get people back in love with the men and learning about the men. In fa ct, men and learning about the men. In fact, we have an exhibition at the National Maritime exhibition opening today called the men and it looks at our relationship with the men throughout time, so for those around at the time and the younger generation, really Good Opportunity to celebrate this anniversary. And what is the next frontier, the next apollo 11, if you like, in terms of Space Exploration . There is that reignited interest in getting us back to them in. The differences time is notjust sending people there, but to try to build up a lunar base, to be able to send astronauts there for a longer period of time, so lots of the probes and the orbiters that we are sending to them are now are actually finding out more information about the men to build on top of the apollo 11 and the other Apollo Missions so that we can go back and have a longer period of time where people can spend on the main. We were chatting about in the main. We were chatting about in the last report about whether Neil Armstrong decided on those words, those famous words, one small step for man, himself or whether he was told to say that and i was asking you what you knew about that. Absolutely, so i am sure it might have been on the spur of the moment but there is a little bit of contention as to what exactly was said. Some reports say that new armstrong mentioned that he thought it was one small step for a man and that it in the communication meant that it in the communication meant that the word was not picked up, but what a quote to have said at the time, even though the younger generations dont anything about it they know that it was new limestone he was the first man on the men and some of the famous words that he said. And they certainly remember those words and we can excuse a little bit of break up in comes all that distance away. Thank you very much. Really good to talk to you there from the royal observatory in greenwich. The moon landings have fascinated millions of us for five decades, but four years ago, we were all inspired to look to the skies again, when tim peake became the First British European Space Agency astronaut to live on board the International Space station. Tim spoke to Naga Munchetty on bbc breakfast, a little earlier. She started by asking him how he feels, on the anniversary on the moon landings. What an incredible achievement. Humanitys greatest achievement and for those who were involved, what an experience. I bet everybody remembers that moment had for people like myself who have watched it since and be inspired to follow a career that has ultimately led to becoming a master not, a really Pivotal Moment for everybody. It is a great weekend of celebrating the 50th anniversary but at the same time as we celebrate those incredible achievements we are also really excited to be talking about the next steps in human exploration as well, the return to the men and onwards to mars. And what would that look like, tim . Would there be a base on the moon and how long would ask you there . Absolutely, so at the moment the European Space agency is working with nasa and other international partners. We have actually built the Service Module for nasas orion spacecraft and this will take four astronauts into lunar orbit, where we will be building a gateway. That is like a small space station, if you like, in a 60 orbit around the men. It is about 1500 commenters to the lunar surface, so a very different structure and architecture to the apollo mission. That kind of orbit will allow lunar surface operations, but it is also a great staging post for future mars transportation. Astronauts will never never up to transportation. Astronauts will never never up to three or four months at a time, but it will also be able to do science even without astronauts on board the gateway, so thatis astronauts on board the gateway, so that is being built right now. We hope to have the first launch in 2021 or 2022 of those modules, and of course the us has stated that they want to put astronauts back on they want to put astronauts back on the moon surface by 202a. They want to put astronauts back on the moon surface by 2024. And, of course, lots of people also talking about the next step being towards mars. I have got to ask you, i know you have been back down to earth for a while, but what is the likelihood of you going back up, going to the min . You went to the International Space station, 400,000 commenters above us, but does the main appeal . Of course it appeals. I think every astronaut would love to have a mission to the men and europe is very much part of that mission and i think that we will see a european astronaut walking on the men within the next ten years without a doubt. That could be in my career timeframe, but certainly the people iam going timeframe, but certainly the people i am going to be talking to today, the young students, the air cadets, for example, they have such an exciting future ahead of them. Definitely learner missions and we hope to see a permanent habitation on the men, just not going there for a short period of time but real, Sustainable Operations on the men and these kids i am talking to today, they will be watching Mars Missions and being part of those Mars Missions, which is hugely exciting. The moon landing is also being widely shared and discussed by social media audiences, both here and around the world. The hashtag moonlanding50 is trending on twitter here in the uk, with many, as you can see, also quoting those historic words by Neil Armstrong. While, worldwide, people are using the hashtag unlikely first words on the moon to take a more light hearted approach to the historic milestone. Theres one offering whats the wifi code . Moon related stories are also doing well on the bbc website. Number two in the most watched, is a video telling the story of the presenters who led the bbcs coverage of the moon landing. On the night of 20 july, 50 years ago, james burke, Magnus Magnusson and Cliff Michelmore had to fill five hours of live television, only receiving pictures from apollo 11 when it actually landed on the moon. Its so good that were going to show you the whole thing. This is a Virtual Reality version of the 1969 bbc space studio in which 50 yea rs the 1969 bbc space studio in which 50 years ago patrick more, Cliff Mitchell more, and i were getting ready to cover the most momentous journey that mankind had ever taken. Still magical watching that and it looks like they had tremendous fun leading up to that 50 years ago. That is on the bbc news app. You can watch that online. Thats it for todays morning briefing. The headlines on bbc news the government is set to commit to £2 billion in pay increases for Public Sector workers. 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in a car cruise crash in stevenage. desperate for cash mps warn that englands schools need a multi billion pound financial injection. Sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Really not the start that rory mcilroy wanted at the open . Can he claw it back . Its a huge task ahead this afternoon for the pre open favourite, rory mchoy, after his dream homecoming turned into a nightmare, as the the open returned to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years. Mcilroy was the bookmakers favourite to win it. But that now looks very unlikely, after a dreadful first round of eight over par. Round two is well under way at royal portrush and adam wild is there for us. Hi, adam, we will get, onto whats happening, on the course now in a moment but first it just wasnt meant to be for rory yesterday. He said he wanted to punch himself and he suffered from nerves. Yes, it certainly seemed like that. He was hugely disappointed after what happened in his first round. Disappointed as many of the fans had gathered here to watch him in this historic championship year in Northern Ireland. He has a mountain to climb today if he is to get anywhere near the cut. That comes at the end of the second round today. Only around half of the players involved will be invited back to ta ke involved will be invited back to take part over the weekend, so the top 70 players plus any ties. At the moment, as it stands, rory mcilroy is way out of contention for that. That is his first hurdle today and thatis that is his first hurdle today and that is what he needs to do, get amongst. 70 players. As you say, he has a huge task on his hands to do that. He doesnt go out until after three oclock. He will be pleased to hear that the conditions are really beautiful, as you can see. It is absolutely glorious here. We are told reliably, as predictably as these things can be in these situations, that the weather is going to stay fair and reasonably temperate all day throughout the day. Conditions are not going to change hugely from the morning until the afternoon, so players will know that they can be clearer about what they have to do to make the cut by they have to do to make the cut by the time rory mcilroy comes out after three oclock this afternoon. A huge task on his hands. Yes, probably needs a repeat of that record breaking 61 when he wasjust 16. At least the conditions might reassure him. What about what has been happening so by this morning . Yes, i think we are in for a really intriguing contest. The gulf already has been really fascinating this morning. There are so many players bunched up at the top of the leaderboard. Just a good hole or a bad hole from anyone could really change the complexion of the top of the leaderboard. Good news for english fans. Tyrrell hatton is going along very nicely and he is now at the top of the leaderboard. He is two underfor his round now at the top of the leaderboard. He is two under for his round today, five under through seven this morning. He is going along very nicely indeed. Birdies for him at the fifth and the six this morning. He hasjoined the fifth and the six this morning. He has joined jb holmes, the fifth and the six this morning. He hasjoinedjb holmes, who was the fifth and the six this morning. He has joined jb holmes, who was the overnight leader, the man from kentucky. He is only out on the second and only teed off 20 minutes ago are so. Tommy fleetwood has well, another englishman, he has shot back at four under and is one underfor his shot back at four under and is one under for his round shot back at four under and is one underfor his round two shot back at four under and is one under for his round two sixes morning. He did drop a shot at the first but he has picked up a couple of birdies since then so he is going along very nicely as well. Tiger woods expected out on the course. He has another one like rory mcilroy who has it all to do to make the cut today. He tees off in the next 20 minutes or so. Thanks very much indeed. You can follow the day via the bbc sport website and app, with in play clips and a live scoreboard. England will play new zealand, in the semi finals of the netball world cup after keeping up their 100 record, in the tournament, by beating south africa. Its a result which means they finish top of group g, with six wins out of six. South africa also go through as runners up, they face australia in the last four. Britains simon yates has won stage 12 of the tour de france. Three riders whod broken away from the peloton, were fighting it out, in a sprint finish. It was eventually won by yates, who rides for the Mitchelton Scott team. Frenchman julian alaphilippe, retained the overall leaders yellow jersey. Geraint thomas is still second overall, 72 seconds behind. Australia are well in control of the test match in the womens ashes a game england must win, to avoid losing the tournament. Australia lead, by 6 0, in the multi format series, so avoiding defeat would see them retain the ashes and theyre well on their way in taunton. Elise perry, top scoring on 84 not out, as australia finished day one on 265 3. Englands world cup win captured the nation. It seemed to spreading to footballers, with the Manchester United team turning there hand to it while on tour in australia. Here is manager ole Gunnar Solskjear facing a delivery at the waca in perth. A ground know for its bounce and fast bowling but this ball never hit the ground caught maybe stick to the football. They have beaten leeds united in person they play entered milan in the football, not the cricket, tomorrow. Thats all the sport for now. More from the bbc sport centre at 11 15am. Thank you very much. Wildlife experts say the uk could be experiencing a once in a decade wildlife phenomenon this year, with a mass influx of painted lady butterflies. The species is a common sight, but about once every ten years, there is a painted lady summer when millions arrive en masse. Were being asked to help record numbers from today as part of an annual survey by the Butterfly Conservation society. Richard fox is from the charity and with me now. Welcome. That sounds rather delightful, a painted lady summer. It could be a bumper year for counting butterflies. Anyone whos interested could be rather busy. Absolutely. Everyone loves seeing butterflies come up course. They are a quintessential part of the british summerand bringing a quintessential part of the british summer and bringing colour and movement to our gardens. The Big Butterfly count is a chance for eve ryo ne butterfly count is a chance for everyone to get involved, spend just 15 minutes outside in your garden in the countryside, walking the dog, literally anyone can take part at any sunny place, count the butterflies that you see and submit those sightings. I think we should make special mention of the butterflies on your shirt. Our director can show that you have worn a special shed for todays interview. There we go. Some very nice blue butterflies on your shirt. Sartorial decisions, very important, especially on tv interviews, richard. How long have you been doing the count . This is a tenth year. It has grown from 10,000 people hated part in the first year, but it has grown hugely. We had 100,000 people took part across the uk last year, so it is by far the biggest count of butterflies anywhere in the world. It is not only a great opportunity for people to ta ke only a great opportunity for people to take time out of their busy daily lives just to enjoy the nature, are natural wildlife that lives in our gardens, and the countryside around us, but also it provides really Important Information on how our butterflies are faring, which of course is a starting point for conservation. And the state of the environment in which they ideally thrive. Indeed. Butterflies are very good indicators, the canary in the coal mine, if you like. Especially all of the insect species. We have 25,000 insect species in britain, most of which are unknown to the general public and people generally dont care about them very much. Butterflies are a great indicator for how those doing. So reflecting on this ten years of results now, what are the trends that urc and . Well, that they, things are pretty gloomy for british butterflies as a whole. Three quarters of the species have declined. That includes some of these common butterflies that we ask people to look out for as part of the Big Butterfly count. So species like the small tortoiseshell, beautiful colourful butterfly that people might see in the garden, but the bushes, its numbers have declined by more than three quarters since the 1970s, and other common butterflies are on the decline as well. In some species are doing really well and the painted lady that we mentioned as an example of that, we get these big influx is from time to time of painted ladies and it looks like this year could be and it looks like this year could be a really good year for them. Why the influx at certain times . It is a migratory species, so unlike most of the butterflies that live here all year and they have adapted to survive the harsh conditions, particularly in the winter, painted ladies have evolved a complete different way of dealing with that, and they singly migrate to parts of the continent where conditions are better, so each year they travel up and a succession of generations from sub saharan africa, and a succession of generations from sub sa ha ran africa, crossing and a succession of generations from sub saharan africa, crossing the sahara, crossing the mediterranean sea, moving right up into the far north of europe up into the Arctic Circle sometimes and the numbers that arrive vary from year to year, probably due to weather conditions earlier in the year down in africa, and every sort of ten years or so, we have a big arrival into britain. They then breed here. Their caterpillars feed on thistles, so there is plenty of food and good conditions for them in britain. They are not going to cause any problems for gardeners orfarmers are not going to cause any problems for gardeners or farmers and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will see a big emergence of these home grown painted ladies. What can anyone do as an individual to help promote the right sort of environment for butterflies and on a bigger level, on a policy level, is something the government is interested in . Yes, so there are lots of things involved in that. The first thing you can do is go out and ta ke first thing you can do is go out and take part in the Big Butterfly count at some point over the next three weeks. It is only 50 minutes. It is a blending to get the children of the grandchildren involved with now that the Summer Holidays are here and get them outside and away from their screens and engaging with wildlife. They are brilliant at spotting butterflies. You can download a chart that shows you species, pictures of the species. You can identify them, the ones we are you can identify them, the ones we a re interested you can identify them, the ones we are interested in, either as a free app that you can download to your phone, so get out the count. You can manage your garden, grow plants that help butterflies in your own garden, so provide nectar for help butterflies in your own garden, so provide nectarfor them. Many of the herbs are very good for that so you can use them both in the kitchen and provide food for butterflies in your garden as long as you are to flower, so things like oregano and time and lavender, of course are magnets for butterflies. The best single thing you can do in your garden to actually encourage butterflies to breed and boost local populations is to allow part of your grass to be long so just allow a little strip to grow long. Caterpillars live in the long grass. There is a lot going on with the weather. Yes, this morning it has been a very wet start to the day. We have had some heavier rain moving its way through england and wales. The train has been particularly heavy towards the south of wales, where there has been a warning from the met office here. They could be some disruption. You can see that removing eastwood so throughout the rest of today heavy rain at times, quite breezy weather too, that is well. It will continue to push its way northward into central and southern scotland into Northern Ireland. If you shower is across scotla nd ireland. If you shower is across scotland and sunny spells. The men will tend to break up for england and wales. Here there could well be some heavy, maybe even tundra downpours. Maximum temperatures 1720dc. So downpours. Maximum temperatures 17 20dc. So for the open at royal portrush, the rain will move its way in later on today. Saturday is looking like the best day weather wise but then more rain coming in by sunday. The wind direction changes each day so quite challenging conditions. By the rest of the night, we will continue with that rain spreading northwards. Further heavy rain goes into South West England in central and south eastern areas into the early pa rt south eastern areas into the early part of saturday morning. Overnight temperatures will be down to about 13 temperatures will be down to about 13 sexting 17 degrees. Quite a one night to come in the south east of england. s rental is associated with this area of rainfall. Then we have this occluded front that is moving its way and on saturday. Showers can be heavy. Again, little bit thundery in places. They will move from west to east as they clear from the west there will be some brighter weather and sunshine coming through here. Temperatures on saturday getting up to 20 24dc. Into sunday, that weather system will clear and little red of High Pressure starts to develop before the next weather system pushes in, mainly across Northern Ireland and into the west of scotland during sunday. You will see the cloud increasing across many parts. The removes increasing across many parts. The re m oves its increasing across many parts. The removes its way in, putting into western scotland. It should be largely dry for ingrid and wales, perhaps the driest day of the week and for many parts and temperatures 2124dc. Into the and for many parts and temperatures 21 24dc. Into the next week, things are going to change because weather systems clear and then High Pressure develops across many parts into next week and that means we are going to drag ina week and that means we are going to drag in a lot of heat from europe. Goodbye. Hello, its friday, its10am, im Joanna Gosling. In an exclusive interview, Sir Richard Branson tells us, no sane businessman wouldnt be concerned about a no deal brexit. It would be one of the, yeah, worst disasters that hit britain in my lifetime. In fact, the worst disaster thats hit britain in my lifetime. So, hopefully, sense will prevail. 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