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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240714

Gusts of wind, maybe 50 or 60 miles an hour, could cause disruption gcioss an hour, could cause disruption across england and wales. With lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want to join lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want tojoin me for the full cup full forecast here on breakfast. Its saturday, the 10th of august. Our top story the Energy Watchdog has demanded an urgent report from National Grid, after yesterdays massive power cut which affected nearly a Million People in england and wales. 0fgem has warned it could take enforcement action following the blackouts, which caused huge disruption to the rail network and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. Some rail passengers were stuck on trains until the early hours of the morning, as andy moore reports. Darkness at clapham station. The lights went out, the display boards died, even the ticket machines were com pletely died, even the ticket machines were completely dead. After four hours on a train outside saint pancras, this passenger was glad to see help arrived. The people on board were offloaded and escorted to a nearby station where Water Bottles were waiting. 0thers werent so lucky. This was the message for travellers stuck on a train that finally got into kings cross just before two oclock in the morning. They tried to provide taxis but the weight was about a0 minutes. Which meant i wouldnt have got home until even later, so i would have had to pay out of pocket again for an uber, which cost me £a0. Out of pocket again for an uber, which cost me £40. National grid has given Little Details about what caused the power cuts, but Industry Experts say that out for 50 8pm the gas fired plant at Little Barford failed. Two minutes later, the hornsey offshore wind farm also disconnected from the grid. There we re disconnected from the grid. There were still problems on the trains hours after power was restored to the million or so homes that lost their electricity. It was about a 596 loss of power over about 90 minutes. Thats what happened. So why dont led to the heart of the National Transport infrastructure being closed down is a big question that the grid have to address. Why that led to. The regulator, 0fgem, has asked for an urgent report about what went wrong, and enforcement action, including fines, could follow. Andys outside kings cross station, which saw some of the worst disruption for passengers yesterday. Andy, are things back to normal there . It is certainly better this morning. If you had been here last night you would have seen hundreds of people on the concourse youre trying to get on board trains, and the station actually closed to stop any more crowds getting in. The lines are open again, and the power has been restored, as far as we are aware all of those trains that were stuck have been cleared. But it was a problem that lasted into the early hours of the morning. Something like eight hours after the initial power failure. So those trains didnt start up again immediately when the power came back on. A lot of them had to have specialist engineers to get to them, to restart them. And that has a knock on effect. So it means that trains are in the wrong places, the drivers were stuck on the trains longer than passengers, so they will not be starting their shifts fresh and bright this morning. So that stock displacement is what the Train Companies talk about when they mean the trains are in the wrong places, that means there will be delays here at kings cross and st pancras until at least midday. Some of the cancellations here, the 620 a. M. Newcastle to edinburgh, the 6 30am newcastle to kings cross, 7 06am kings cross to york. So some continuing problems, especially on the lines north of here up to bedford, up to cambridge, up here up to bedford, up to cambridge, up to peterborough, and that is before we get any problems with the fierce weather, which could also mean delays, cancellations and speed restrictions. Charlie. Andy, thanks very much. Keep us up dated through the morning. The mother of the missing teenager nora quoirin whos gone missing on holiday in malaysia almost a week ago, has thanked search teams and made a fresh plea for information. Her mother gave this short but emotional speech to rescue workers earlier this morning. We want to say thank you to each and every one of you. We know you are searching night and day for nora. We see you are working so hard, and also praying with us, being with us. We know you have given up your time, especially ata have given up your time, especially at a special festival time. To be with us here. It means the world to us. We are so grateful for everything that you are doing for us. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Howard Johnson is in the town of seremban, near to the resort where nora went missing. Howard, we spoke yesterday, and of course the search is continuing and obviously noras mother is trying to keep those who are searching motivated . Yes, noras mother gave that statement earlier today, just up that statement earlier today, just up here, the resort, head of the seventh day of search and rescue efforts. You can see in the background her husband, sebastian, rubbing her arm as she delivered the speech with a faltering voice. She said, we are searching, we respect your efforts to search day and night for nora. She said that we hope you can find nora. And for nora. She said that we hope you canfind nora. And in the for nora. She said that we hope you can find nora. And in the local language she said thank you, at the end. So far nothing has been discovered, no new details. Yesterday there was some talk about footprints being found, but the police said in a press conference that was not anything connected with nora. So a lot of frustration yesterday, and we are hoping for better news today. Indeed. Thank you, howard. Michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no deal brexit, says a support fund for british businesses will help firms to deal with any bumps in the road. He spoke openly for the first time about whats known as 0peration kingfisher while on a visit to northern ireland. Borisjohnsons cabinet is expected to discuss the plans next week. Homes and businesses in Whaley Bridge will be able to access emergency government funding, to cover any losses following the evacuation of the town. £100,000 is being made available to help with any costs not covered by insurance. People were moved from the area last week amid fears the nearby dam could collapse. The fund is part of a bigger £5 million pot for flood hit communities. North korea has appeared to fire two short range ballistic missiles, its fifth such test event in recent weeks. South koreas military says the rockets landed in the sea of japan, to the east of the korean peninsula. The launches come after us President Donald Trump said he had received a very beautiful letter from the north Korean Leader kim jong un. Police in the us city of el paso say a man suspected of shooting dead 22 people dead last saturday has confessed that he was targeting mexicans. 0fficers said Patrick Crusius has admitted carrying out the attack at a supermarket in the texan border town. Donald trump has called for a strengthening of background checks on people who buy guns. Pay rates for the uks lower and middle income earners have fallen over the past decade according to a report from the trades union congress. The report said austerity and a lack of bargaining rights had held down pay in working and middle classjobs. A treasury spokesperson said it had given the lowest earners a pay rise, and had cut income tax for 32 Million People. What we are seeing is people seeing real cuts in their pay packets, people in middle earning jobs actually seeing them pay for. That might bejobs in things like construction, may be in local government, if you are doing a more kind of administrative job there, you are likely to have seen your pay go down over this period. And of course that has a real impact on your ability to live, your cost of living, your ability to pay your bills as well. A pair of male king penguins at berlin zoo, who zookeepers say are in a same sex relationship, could be about to become parents, after adopting an egg abandoned by its mother. Skipper and ping had previously displayed their urge to breed by trying to hatch stones and even fish. When this egg was abandoned, the keepers put it in front of the couple, and its said they immediately knew what to do. If the egg has been fertilised, it should hatch by early september. But we will wait and see. We wish them the best. What were their names . Skipper and marketing. Thats right, skipper and king. Names . Skipper and marketing. Thats right, skipperand king. Ping. Computer games are increasingly big business these days, with latest Research Suggesting that theyre played by more than a50 Million People worldwide. And the recent fortnite world cup turned medal winning teenagers into millionaires. Now one school for pupils with special Educational Needs in north london, is thought to be the first in the uk to introduce gaming as part of its curriculum. Steffan powell from radio 1s newsbeat has been to see the class in action. This is jack and emanuel, pupils are to be richard carsley school for special Educational Needs. Along with saffy and luca, they are in gaming class. Using specially adapted and positioned switches and buttons, they are playing together, something they will be doing a lot more of in future. Soon, gaming will be an official part of the school plasma curriculum, and taught alongside more traditional subjects. More interesting and more fun. I have learned a lot. What does that feel like, when you get to play with your friends . Feel like, when you get to play with yourfriends . I feel like, when you get to play with your friends . I feel happy. Jack has Cerebral Palsy and severe learning difficulties. He struggles to maintain relationships in school, u nless maintain relationships in school, unless it is in this class. It is nice to talk to people. So how do you feel when you are playing games in class . Good. Saffy uses a special computer to communicate. in class . Good. Saffy uses a special computer to communicate. I feel good because it is nice. Using gaming as a tool for learning is not new, but this is gaming being taught for gamings sake, something that experts tell us has never happened before. This could be something risky in classrooms up and the uk one day. Certainly if the teachers here have their way. Using gaming in the classroom, they say, has boosted their pupils confidence, teamwork and communication skills in ways they have never seen before. Thats it we are nearly there. But shouldnt school be all about learning, not playing . That is a question we asked the man behind the idea. This is very much about learning, it is about learning the things that give you access to the curriculum, learning to social skills, the resilience, you know, losing and winning at all of those things that actually have a huge impact on the rest of your life. 0nly last year to the first off the shelf controller designed especially for disabled players go on sale, making setting up these classes much easier. Future Technology Must include people with disabilities. You know, no matter what kind of Technology World we live in, weve got to recognise that people with disabilities need access to our products and services. It is the same for gaming. Teachers here are now hoping that these students will not be the only ones to benefit from the learning possibilities of gaming class. Do you prefer playing games in class to your other types of glasses . Classes. Yeah really interesting seeing how that works. That was Steffan Powell reporting. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Time now for a look at the newspapers. Lets look at the front pages. The i leads with the chaos caused to the rails, roads and airports across england and wales by a huge powerfailure, with commuters describing their rush hour commute as apocalyptic. The Daily Telegraph also leads on the unprecedented blackout, reporting speculation a cyber attack could be behind it. The uks Cyber Security centre said there was no evidence of a link to criminals or a foreign power. The times reports on the the shrink in the economy, citing fears britain is on the cusp of a recession. It talks about the plans the Prime Minister is drawing up for a bailout fund which could be used to help businesses at risk of collapse in the event of a no deal brexit. The times reports on the the shrink in the economy, citing fears britain is on the cusp of a recession. It talks about the plans the Prime Minister is drawing up for a bailout fund which could be used to help businesses at risk of collapse in the event of a no deal brexit. And the guardian reports the british army is in crisis, with some frontline combat units at a0 below full strength. More than 2,500 fewer personnel are on the frontline than four years ago. The army said it was committed to improving recruitment and applications are at a 5 year high. Lets have a quick look inside. The thing i was just going to draw your attention to was, we were up at the Edinburgh Festival of course, this week, which celebrates all forms of performers, comedy included, and veteran performer Nicholas Parsons, i think it is ok to say that, such a lovely man, 95 yea rs to say that, such a lovely man, 95 years old, sadly has been taken to hospital this week. He was due to do a number of appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe, a number of appearances at the edinburghfringe, and a number of appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe, and it is one of those things, one of the highlights, you know, Nicholas Parsons at Edinburgh Fringe doing one of his shows. I have never seen him, i have never been. He does a live show, he is 95. When you look through the detail of his career, he has been on the panel show just to detail of his career, he has been on the panel showjust to minute, which many people will many people been the panel showjust to minute, which many people been very fond of, he has been doing that show for 52 yea rs. Has been doing that show for 52 years. This is only the second time this week he has missed any recording of the show. Hear so sharp and so funny. We wish him the best because he is an amazing man. You will see on some of the pages, lots of weather stories, rain and wind. We saw the disruption as well on the Rail Networks stop matt, youre looking at it and is that a weathervane . It is a windsock. Thats it. Just to give you an idea. Its not the ideal summer saturday. A very good morning. Some lively gusts through the night. 8a Miles Per Hour on the while of white. Across england and wales during the past hour or so, gusting over 70 Miles Per Hour over those coasts of the isle of wight. The culprit, a deep area of low pressure. Its on the southern edge where we are seeing it, so that england and wales where we will see the strongest of the wind gust. A0, 50, 60 Miles Per Hour. Not quite as strong as you would see during autumn and winter but we are in the middle of summer. An impact on some travel plans across the country. Plenty of showers around. They will continue to work their way northwards. Either we could see those showers turned slow moving, heavy and thundery later on which would cause minor flooding later on. Wins should pick up flooding later on. Wins should pick up in the hebrides. Elsewhere across scotland, lighter winds and slow moving thunderstorms. But the black winter, across parts of wales in southern england, showers becoming a little less numerous compared with what they are at the moment. We saw 28 degrees almost yesterday. Today, hires around 21, 22, 23 at the very top. Temperatures will drop a bit further into tomorrow. Pushing into north wales, maybe into the north west midlands, lots of showers across parts of scotla nd lots of showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland, starting to feel a bit cooler here, temperatures into the mid teens. Elise tomorrow, knowing there as as today. Brightest of all, lots of cloud elsewhere, showers parts of wales, and the final North Queensland will see some of the wettest weather related to expect later on so temperatures across scotla nd later on so temperatures across scotland and northern ireland, mid teens tomorrow. Temperatures in the sunshine and 21 or 22. Just to give you a quick sneaky peak into next week. If you are on holiday at the moment, rain here and there stop perhaps more of note other temperatures. Sticking in the teens through this week. Maybe the low 20s at the highest. A rather cool week of weather ahead. More throughout the morning. Now on breakfast its time for the film review with ben brown andjames king. Hello there, welcome to the film review on bbc news. Taking us through this weeks cinema releases is james king. What do you have for us this week . Playmobil the movie is an animated musical, but will it have us dancing in the dark of the cinema . We go back to the glory days of hitchcock, bergman and grant with the reissued thriller notorious. And, yes, ive been using Bruce Springsteen song titles because blinded by the light is out. Its the story of one boys passion for the boss. Lets start off, then, with playmobil the movie. Who is this aimed at . Very good question. Its aimed young. I think that was the big surprised for me. We are quite used to family film now that have several layers to them, several levels to them. 0bviously children are to be taken to these films by their parents. Thi

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