, which is twice as much then london's nearest rival, paris. london is admired globally, and respected as your‘s financial centre. it does not necessarily mean that any business lost to the city of london post—brexit is going to go the way of frankfurt or paris. boris johnson, the british foreign secretary, said the real rivals of the city of london are going to be in hong kong, singapore, and new york. he has a point, doesn't he? first, i don't believe that london will disappear as a major financial centre. london will continue to have a very important role and activities, and that is a good thing. in particular, given the proximity and the facility to move between them london and paris, i see a lot of easiness in having teams working in london and teams working in paris. but more specifically to your question, if there are things that institutions have two move, and they will have to move some activities to the eu, it is because the rules will impose that those activities are done in the eu. —— to move. if they have to move to the eu,

london, here we come. for more on london, here we come. for more on london 2017, go to the bbc website. no hot sunny forecast. this weekend, looking pretty unsettled. sunny spells, heavy showers, thunderstorms. generally feeling rather cool. thunderstorms continuing across central, southern, eastern parts of england. confined to the south east eventually. north and west, a good scattering of showers and sunny spells. joe is in the north not as heavy as the south. temperature wise, 17 or 18 in sunnier spots. england and wales, increasing amounts of sunshine towards the latter part of the afternoon across the south—west into wales, eventually the midlands. east midlands, east anglia, south east, they continue to seek thunderstorms, torrential in places, hailstones, too. gusty winds when they arrived. more storms or showers across london. until the evening, where it settles down nicely. showers clear away for most areas, away from the coast. clear skies, a ridge of high pressure, turning quite chilly. town, 10—12. out of town, chilly nigh

now on bbc news: michaeljohnson: from london 2012 to london 2017. this summer, the greatest athletes on the planet will return to the scene of the 2012 olympics as they compete to be crowned world champions. london has been here before, and is well versed on how to rise to the occasion. five years have passed since london 2012. but the memory of those golden moments shines brightly still. it was britain's most successful 0lympics for more than a century. day after day of triumphs almost blurring into one. but above all others, one saturday would come to be remembered. jessica ennis won heptathlon gold. greg rutherford won gold in the long jump, and mo farah won 10,000 metres gold, all in the space of 44 minutes. every games needs a home medal at its olympic stadium, to give it life, a night to remember it by. this was that defining moment. the great triumphs ofjess, mo and greg made that super saturday the greatest night in british sport. since then, they have each faced challenges in their own unique way, challenges i've faced too as a world—clas

he's about as pretty much why the london while's athletics champion jim as pretty much why the london while's athletics championjim he wa nted while's athletics championjim he wanted to bow out her and nobody left as they waited to watch him get another gold medal. let us hearfrom both are now and his first bought straight after he won the gold. both are now and his first bought straight after he won the goldm was amazing tonight. i had to get my head around it. i got a little bit emotional at the start. i had to get into the free zone... it has been amazing. the crowns were incredible. you will orchestrating the crowd. playing with the crowd. get the crowd to get me going. it was not an easy ra ce crowd to get me going. it was not an easy race though. a tough race. they took it to you in that one. itjust shows what ever be tactics, whatever they try to do, they cannot beat you. i do work on everything. it has been a long journey. i try to cover everything in training, speed, everything. what a way to end my career in london and tonight was special. it really was special. can it be ev

i'm alpa patel in london. also in the programme: one of the world's tallest building , the torch tower in dubai, is engulfed in flames for the second time in two years. and you're never too old to rock ‘n‘ roll, meet singapore's grandma mary as she prepares for the gig of her life.

london's a big place london's you know thirty square miles. their children need to go back to school the children need to of their families and their friends around them this is where they live and this is where they should stay dr lee's again thank you well four years ago iconic factor right u.k. m p so david amos warned the u.k. has a commons of the importance of installing fire sprinklers in residential and care homes schools and tower blocks he was ignored dres a maze new chief of staff then i was in minister reportedly also received a fire safety review it was apparently ignored so david amos chair of the all party fire safety and rescue group joins me now via skype from south and in essex in the south east of england thanks so much favor joining us what is the all party fire safety and rescue group or what's the point of it of tourism things austerity paying off the banks losses is more important i think the ministers take the view that foreigners are of the downward trend very very few far as there are so they believe that the procedure

department for transport is based in london, the people working there and now in london. it makes sense bodies like transport for the north which is up and running, to have similar powers to those that transport for london use to make a transport syste m london use to make a transport system that works for its regional economy. then, how about the funding? this is the issue. the government only recently curtailed some major rail projects. are you suggesting is somehow a pot of money we haven't thought about? they're sort of is. not a pot of government money that doesn't always have to be government done. looking at other countries, some successful model. many people think the japanese railway system is the most successful in the world. it is 100% privatised. what that means is you can have firms to set up new ra i lwa ys can have firms to set up new railways and build property along those railways and fund new development. you get new tube lines, tramlines, guided bus line guides are popping up in big japanese cities. making it all centralised is one of the key problems w

london has a lot to say and isa my city. london has a lot to say and is a great icon. he said it was a journey that had started in london and it is where he always wanted to end it, in london with the world championships. there he is, mo farah on top of london. this is bbc news. the headlines: a woman has been killed and more than 30 people injured in violence atafar than 30 people injured in violence at a far right rally in the american city of charlottesville. the chancellor and the international trade secretary say the government will seek a transition period to help businesses adjust after brexit. and 49 people have been killed in nepal by floods and landslides caused by torrential rain over the last couple of days. caused by torrential rain over the last couple of days. sport now, and let's go over to the bbc sports centre for a full round—up. good morning. action is underway on the final day of events at the world athletics in london. it follows a remarkable night on the track, with more medals for great britain, including an historic gold in the men's four by

london, here we come. for more on london 2017, go to the bbc website. hello there. saturday brought with it some intense downpours, shows with hail and thunder. equally, we had some stunning photos. this is my favourite, a double rainbow in aberdeenshire. this was through the afternoon from kent. all those showers just about died out through the night, and it is chilly. 10—11 in towns and cities, single figures to start the morning in rural areas, some frost if you are up early enough. that high—pressure hanging on in the east today, that will start to bring some rain into northern ireland fairly quickly through the morning hours. a brisk south—westerly wind driving that rain eastwards into western scotland, in the afternoon, pushing across the irish sea into england and wales. the east will be best as we go through sunday. come the afternoon, the rain should have blown away from northern ireland. a few showers, but the sun will come out. we may not see that many showers east of the grampians, certainly not in northeastern scotland and the northern isles until

as years ago, the eyes of the world were on london as we years ago, the eyes of the world were on london as we hosted the 2012 olympic games. now, once again, the world's gazes fixed on our beautiful, diverse, open city. to every athlete, every official and every athlete, every official and every memberof every athlete, every official and every member of the global athletic community who has travelled to be here today, to the friends and family of those competing, to the thousands of spectators in the stands and the millions of sports fans watching around the world, it's a great pleasure to be able to say welcome to london. applause. so, the opening ceremony continues with sadiq khan and lord coe giving their opening thoughts. the action will start at seven o'clock with the preliminary heats of the 100m. mo farah will be last on the track. we will also have holly bradshaw, but it is all about usain bolt, just after eight o'clock. lots of jamaican fans here. they love him, but nobody loves you as much as your pa rents. yes, i went to a lot of parties when i was younger. so it's from me. i

, which is twice as much then london's nearest rival, paris. london is admired globally, and respected as your‘s financial centre. it doesn't necessarily mean that any business lost to the city of london post—brexit is going to go the way of frankfurt or paris. just to leat you know, borisjohnson, the british foreign secretary, he said the real rivals of the city of london are going to be in hong kong, singapore, and new york. he has a point, doesn't he? well, first, i don't believe that london will disappear as a major financial centre. london will continue to have a very important role and activities, and that is a good thing. in particular, given the proximity and the facility to move between them london and paris, i see a lot of easiness in having teams working in london and teams working in paris. but more specifically to your question, if there are things that institutions have to move, and they will have to move some activities to the eu, it's because the rules will impose that those activities are done in the eu. so, if they have to

of the london stadium. this was the hub of activity five years ago the olympics. today we see the start of the athletics world championships. above the london stadium we have blue skies. it is quite a fresh start to the day. it is quite cool and breezy. that is in contrast to what is happening in southern europe. so, across europe we have heat wave conditions persisting. yet again we expect temperatures of around 40 degrees or more across greece, through the balkans and into italy. another day 40 degrees or more. the heat extends across sardinia, corsica, the western mediterranean and spain, where we might see 43 degrees today. closer to home, a contrast. it is a fresh and breezy start. it will be another day of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across northern and western parts. especially in scotla nd and western parts. especially in scotland and northern ireland. england and one or so see few of the showers through the day. in the afternoon in scotland, plenty showers through the day. in

. >> but first a guide to making the most of london. >> london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i am nicky eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i will show you how to make the best of london. ♪ out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small under the radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice, booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is a hotel and private members club designed by the ultracool soho house gro

save teresa mayes of britain from british foreign policy and the next terror attack and is another london block is evacuated ten days after a mass killing at the tower amidst one of the poorest communities in one of the richest in the world we ask a question. of british governments guilty of deliberate and systematic social plans ing of british cities we speak to director about his new film dispossession the great social housing swindle seventy two hours since the day of rage how the people are rising up against social cleansing of the u.k.'s working classes from alleged u.k. government cover ups to u.s. backed torture in yemen we uncover some of this week's news all this and more coming up in today's going underground but first the politicization of the grand catastrophe in london is becoming clearer coverage of the fire which left so many dead in the poorest community in one of the richest areas on earth initially included voices like this what do i want to happen i want to be a revolution in this country also the media the mainstream you don't deserve to be to. be campaigning but to th

london, here we come. for more on london 2017, go to the bbc website. bit of a mixed bag this weekend. this weather system is moving in from the atlantic, bringing breeds and cloud and some rain. it has been a wet start to the day in northern ireland, windy as well. it is on the move, crossing the irish sea and heading into central parts of scotland and the western side of wales. there will be some improvement this afternoon as the more persistent rain pushes across scotland. not too much rain gets east of the pennines, but it will be wet in cumbria and in the western side of wales. not much rain gets into the south—west of england, but it will be quite cloudy and after a bright start further east, more clouds, but staying fine and dry. temperatures in the lower 20s. it looks good at wembley this afternoon for arsenal and chelsea in the community shield. similar temperatures down towards the london stadium. again, a pretty decent day, staying dry with patchy cloud. this evening and overnight, we have rain across the north of england. some will get tow

. >> but first, nikki eckstein has a guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sights, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i will show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making it one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small under the radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice, booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away than the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and private m

i am chuffed because i did not have this opportunity at london 2012 and to do it again at home, i london 2012 and to do it again at home, lam ready. my family london 2012 and to do it again at home, i am ready. my family will be there. they have no excuses. support there. they have no excuses. support the whole team and myself and hopefully get the six medals. the legacy from london 2012 is still in people'smind because people remember mo farah, greg rutherford, jessica ennis—hill. is it time for new faces and names to present themselves to the british public? i feel it will be the next generation that will come out. after london, people were inspired in para—athletics and the olympics so i believe and hope people will be inspired by this and come out and watch track and field andjoin come out and watch track and field and join clubs come out and watch track and field andjoin clubs and come out and watch track and field and join clubs and get involved in the sport. we want the next generation to come, because i will not be here for ever. this competition will prove how good british a

it was just a few months ago, london faced several attacks in westminster, london bridge, finsbury park and that attack in manchester also. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has expressed his condolences, saying that london stands with barcelona against the evil of terrorism. thank you, eleanor. a couple of hours ago in this square, thousands of people came to observe a minute's silence to pay respects to the dead and injured from the attacks last night, in which 14 people lost their lives and around 130 were injured. a minute's silence in front of the king of spain and the spanish prime minister. then, long applause, and chance from the crowd of, we're not scared, we are not afraid, so a gesture of defiance from the people of barcelona and the tourists who flock here, that they will not be cowed by terrorism. our top story this lunchtime... crowds gathered in barcelona to pay respects to those who lost their lives in the terror attacks. a massive manhunt is under way in spain for the man meant by spanish media as a suspect responsible for mowing down 13 people in barcelona. and in sport

london, here we come. for more on london 2017, go to the bbc website. we start off on a lovely note with a lot of sunshine, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. but a ridge of low pressure moved in to spoil that, bringing cloud, wind and rain. it has been a miserable afternoon in many northern and western areas. you can see some heavy rain pushing into scotla nd can see some heavy rain pushing into scotland and the rain is now in north western england and wales. across the south—east it has been dry and it has been the best of the sunshine here with a top temperature of 23 degrees. further north temperatures fall away. around the mid teens. cloudy skies and some mist and mid teens. cloudy skies and some mistand murk mid teens. cloudy skies and some mist and murk and some rain, heaviest in cumbria and lancashire. some rain in the far south—west. skies turning cloudy through the midlands too. but dry with late sunshine in the south—east. that rain continues in central areas and this front grinds to a halt and we could see a lot of rain by the end of

look at london, the london chambers of commerce has been arguing for this, they want a london visa. if you look in scotland, the scottish garden that has been asking for more control over immigration policy. so we said devolved the power, look at the regions and their specific needs and economies and businesses that scottish government. and then you can determine how many people come to the ridge —— scottish government. how do you make sure they stay in that region? of course the employers have to check the status of people they are signing up to work for them —— come to the region. they need your address when you sign up. the model is what they do in australia and canada where it works very well and canada where it works very well and both our countries where they have a much healthier, less toxic debate around immigration, which is just such a problem. you mentioned at the top of your package how often the focus is on the number of immigrants coming here and of course they were the latest immigration stats that came out yesterday but we think too little about what happens

. in front of this fantastic london crowd at the london stadiumlj in front of this fantastic london crowd at the london stadium. i think it's all about staying relaxed and these things. it is easy to get caught up in the moment, it can become quite overwhelming. i looked at it as a normal race without the pressure and estate, all the way through. i think it paid off, i could have been in real trouble. i've still got 200 to go. it went to plan. it was a really good morning, three british women in the 100 metres as well. coming through the first seats to reach the next round of the 100 metres in the women. whilst all that was going on, we had oui’ whilst all that was going on, we had our eyes on the hammered cage in the middle, qualification forthe women's hammer, sophie hitchon, she won a surprise bronze at the olympics and rio last year. this is qualification for monday's might final, shejust needed qualification for monday's might final, she just needed the one through. 73 metres, job done, she smiled and off she went to conserve all her energies for the final on monday night. sophie h

you have london bridge, charing cross. at this station i understand there will be around 40% ofjourneys affected but there has been a lot of information going out. a lot of people use this to commute in and out of london. i will be chatting to guests later about why this is so important to happen and what it might mean for passengers. i love seeing this, it looks amazing. they have planned for it so long. we will be back with you later. diggers all over the place. very busy waterloo station but not in terms of passengers on the platform. president trump and his south korean counterpart have spoken by phone to discuss north korea's recent missile tests. mr trump said he was happy and impressed with the agreement at the united nations security council on north korea sanctions. chronic overcrowding in some of europe's top tourist hotspots is fuelling an angry backlash from residents, who say that a sharp rise in visitors is ruining neighbourhoods and making life intolerable. british tourists on board a sightseeing bus in barc

started her statement actually went to resume started speaking out the finzi park incident alone the london bridge attack was to talk about internet surveillance of all the helicopters avails were obviously now suffering from is it all about the internet not the twenty thousand police officers that was sacked the answer is not all about it's about a whole raft of things i think in terms of internet surveillance i'm i'm very glad we got the investigation through. very inaptly name the snooping i mean actually not doing it would have been a charter for more people being killed in court. the people who are using the investigative powers bill a totally uninterested what's in your email i mean i could be having affair with thirty different women it would give it would give a damn what they would be interested in is if i was regularly in contact with a known bomb maker in yemen. then they would have to ask bush and they say he's speaking to him every day and he's speaking to a man we know actually planted a bomb in new york and went inside and. you know i was actually why is this going on would y

london's road show him the love, but london's starting blocks did not. i stumbled a little bit, get my blocks. i'm not really fond of these blocks, i think these are the worst blocks i have ever experienced. it was not smooth, i have to get this together, i have to get the start together, i can't keep doing this. he won't have too for much longer. he isjust two more individual races, or in usain bolt terms, 82 strides, from the end. his legacy is already established. he is the greatest there has been as a sprinter. that won't be affected. but he will want to go out on a whim. that's what his career has been defined by —— go out on a win. he will no doubt take inspiration from sir mo farah‘s superhuman antics last night. it is called! he did a bit of a battering in the final stages, but today he said the months away training had all been worth it, when he got to see those he loves. being able to enjoy time with my family, the twins were loving it, rhiannon was loving it. it was beautiful. i really enjoyed it. but tonight belongs to one man. as he pr

no trains from those areas coming into london. it is not just from those areas coming into london. it is notjust happening in london, there will be disruption in wales, there will be disruption in wales, the north of england as well. the advice? check before you travel, leave yourself plenty of time. network rail say they have to do this work. it will be short—term painfor this work. it will be short—term pain for long—term gain. they see fewer people travel at this time of year. check before you travel and stay safe. the time is quarter past eight. a leaked report accuses the royal bank of scotland of abuse of its business customers. hundreds complained they were mistreated. rbs denies the accusations. texas is preparing itself for a life threatening hurricane, the to hit the mainland since hurricane katrina in 20 05. it is a category three storm. major travel disruption expected across the uk. millions are trying to get away from the bank holiday weekend. engineering works will be hitting the busiest rail routes. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. ben

he had a dreadful london friday 12 after pulling up with injury in the heats. —— london 2012. however, he cruised through this morning. he qualified fourth fastest. one of the jamaican favourites hit the first hurdle and did not make it through. andrew pozzi, if he can keep himself together, we will see how he goes in the semifinals. that is a solid time but i need a bit faster to go into the final. but i knew i had a strong start and then it was about staying clean and smooth. there will be more in the semis. they will be very strong opposition in the 110 metres hurdles. merritt is the american champion and he will be the favourite. incredible story for him, the world record—holder. he had a kidney transplant only two yea rs had a kidney transplant only two years ago. so this is something of a comeback to him, making his way back to the top. —— for him. it would be wonderfulfor to the top. —— for him. it would be wonderful for merritt to the top. —— for him. it would be wonderfulfor merritt and to the top. —— for him. it would be wonderful for merritt and i'

i would rather the 80 degrees in london. high pressure sta rts degrees in london. high pressure starts to build on thursday. we still have the tail end of that wet weather across east anglia. it may start of grey and wait for a time. a slow moving air of weather. that pushes away. high pressure builds and a window of fine weather develops on thursday. thursday the best day, then friday and saturday the weather will be hit and miss once again. i'm babita shama with bbc news. our top story: president trump has warned any threats by north korea will be "met with fire" following reports pyongyang has successfully miniaturised a nuclear warhead to fit it onto a missile. if true, it marks a significant step by pyongyang towards becoming a full—fledged nuclear power. north korea had earlier said that what it called the nuclear threat from the us had to be removed. presidentjacob zuma has narrowly survived a no—confidence vote. it's the eighth such motion he's faced, but the first to have been held by secret ballot. and this story is trending on bbc.com. music star gle

natalie pirks, bbc news, at the london stadium. paula radcliffe is a women's marathon world record holder. a little earlier, she gave her reaction to mo's win. i think of all his world championships and olympics victories, it was probably the one where he was tested and challenged the most. the ugandans and the kenyans, in particular, worked together to really take it to him and test him, and to do as much as they could to try to draw the sting out of him, but they were not good enough to be able to do that. once it got into his territory, he was always in control. he really has that aura of invincibility. i am not sure the others really deep down believe that they can ever beat him. in their minds, they are always racing for second, and that is why they were not capable of really testing him last night. there were also points where they backed off, because in their minds they are racing for second a lot of the time, and he plays with the field, plays mind games, and that was very much in evidence last night. as i say, ijust don't

that is the london traffic. i said it must have been a great way to cap off the world championships with a medal in every single relay. amazing. we saw the four by 100 metre guys the day before and that was an inspiration, this was an amazing way to end the championships and it is very great that everyone could perform when it counted. you have the final leg home, were you concerned at any point? you had the polish athlete breathing down your neck. you must have been concerned because you were in the silver medal position and you have got to hold onto it. when you get the baton, and the crowd jeering, you don't know what is happening behind you, you have got to run your leg as fast as you can —— cheering. that is what i did, and i tried to not worry about it too much and hope i could hold her wrath which i was able to. —— her off. during the race we saw the jamaican tea m during the race we saw the jamaican team struggle. were you aware of that and did it change your perspective on the race? going into i

announcer: but first, nikki eckstein has the guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is in also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i'll show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away, in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and pri

the mayor of london says that as well. skipping over this interesting story, the gender split between men and women in the uae. they did not get the diversity memo, did they? very young children getting used to using devices, their parents using them to keep the children quiet while they do other things, i guess. will it impact in later life? 30 yea rs will it impact in later life? 30 years ago, we would have talked about television. what is interesting about this is that it makes them showed adult like behaviour. if you take it away, they start crying. they are distracted. ignoring other adults around them. and the research suggests... just like you now! i want a word with your parents! what's important about this is that the research shows it is not necessarily a good idea. who is not necessarily a good idea. who is it? very good to see you, as ever. that's it from us, have a great day. see you soon. hello, once again. this sphere is beginning to get a bit overworked. it's been one of those weeks. the reason? that area o

in london in the next few days? yes, iam. the iaaf was corrupt at that time and the people were aiding and abetting doping and some of them were profiting from doping so we have the most appalling situation. many british people will have great memories of london 2012 but much of what we watched was fraudulent and the legacy has been besmirched by that. i don't think the iaaf is corrupt today in the way it was then and i think there have been great improvements and the fact they have voted to sanction russia in the way they have. that is to their credit. will there be any dopers involved in these games? of course. i don't think you can watch any major event in athletics and in some other sports and not have some dopers but there will be less. one thing we should all remember, the greatest controversy we have seen in terms of doping was enacted at the winter olympics in sochi where the russian state conspired to cheat their way to gold medals, what they did was substitute urine because that was the only way they could

. >> but first, nikki eckstein has a guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i will show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away, in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and private mem

. >> but first, nikki eckstein has a guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i will show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small under the radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice, booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and private members

announcer: but first, nikki eckstein has the guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is in also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i'll show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away, in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and pri

natalie pirks, bbc news, at the london stadium. he has certainly left his name in the history of that place, hasn't he? the london stadium in the early morning light in east and, and inside the stadium lots to look forward to after that amazing night from mo farah. he still has the 5000m to go, all being well, he picked up a slight injury last night. we will be talking to paula radcliffe shortly, she will be live in the stadium to talk to us, to give us her impressions of the early days of the championship, and to look debt to what we can expect a day. prosecutors have told a court in las vegas that a british computer expert has admitted creating software that steals bank details. marcus hutchins, aged 23 and from devon, will plead not guilty. his lawyer says he denies all the charges against him. mr hutchins was praised earlier this year for helping to limit a global cyber attack that brought down several nhs computer networks. he'll appear in court next tuesday. from las vegas, our north america correspondent james cook reports.

ollie foster is at the london stadium. many thanks indeed. we havejust had the medal ceremony for the women's four by 100 metres. the final last night. that was the penultimate race on the track in which great britain delivered a silver medal macro. it was won by the americans. there we can see the british quartet. they include gina ashley smith who just missed out on a bronze medal in the individual 200 metres. their silver medal last night was a precursor for what was to come a few minutes later. that was that astonishing men's four by 100 metres final. the final event on the track. it was the final event on the track. it was the final track race for a usain bolt. they are in the centre of the track, pulling up with cramp. hamstrung. watching the rest of the field blitz away from him. those celebrations from nathanial mitchell blake said it all. -- from nathanial mitchell blake said it all. —— nethaneel mitchell—blake. you have to go back to 2004 when great britain did it at an olympics. they waited so long. and many times have they d

now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hail. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'mjane hail. this week, we're discussing ireland's growing fears about the brexit‘s negotiations.

and outside when they know when they are most vulnerable to resume to say london maybe london london's a big place london's you know thirty square miles. their children need to go back to school the children need to of their families and their friends around them this is where they live and this is where they should stay dr lee's again thank you well four years ago iconic factor right u.k. m p so david amos warned the u.k. as a commons of the importance of installing fire sprinklers in residential and care homes schools and tower blocks he was ignored dres a maze new chief of staff then i was a minister reportedly also received a fire safety review it was apparently ignored so david amos chair of the all party fire safety and rescue group joins me now via skype from southend in essex in the south east of england thanks so much favor joining us what is the all party fire safety and rescue group or what's the point of it of drizzle things austerity paying off the banks losses is more important i think the ministers take the view that foreigners are on the downward trend very very few far

announcer: but first, nikki eckstein has the guide to making the most of london. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. for all its iconic sites, it is in also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i'll show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making it one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away, in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and

here in london, the ftse 100 up to. here in london, the ftse100 has dropped 1.12%. big stocks like anglo—american, lloyds and bt group 01’ anglo—american, lloyds and bt group orfalling anglo—american, lloyds and bt group or falling after anglo—american, lloyds and bt group orfalling after going ex dividend. drinks bottler coca—cola hbc has jumped over 8% after a first half update, making it the ftse‘s top riser. the pound has touched a three—week low against a recovering dollar, after industrial production numbersjust dollar, after industrial production numbers just topped economists‘ forecasts. more business news available on our website. that is all from me for now. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news. you may remember that appeal by the police who were searching for a jogger in south—west london in putney who appeared to knock over a woman who is in his path, into the path of a bus on the road. they say they have arrested a 41—year—old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. you can see the very disturbing footage. pol

in london, grey skies. some sunshine before the rain, but when the rain hits, the chance of some heavy downpours. some of those could eat sunbury. in east anglia and the south—east, a lot of rain in and the south—east, a lot of rain in a short amount of time. this morning, showers in the forecast. some bright skies, some of us starting with some sunshine. you can see the cloud of rain rotating around an area of low pressure. where we have got grey skies and it is dry, we could see some sunshine. showers developing. in scotland, some showers, some heavy and bunbury. the same for northwest england. in north—east england, across the pennines and south through the midlands into the home counties, east anglia and the south—east, down to hampshire and the isle of wight, we are looking at rain, some of which will be heavy, especially in east anglia and the south—east. we could have some surface water issues. drifting further south towards wales, looking ata mix further south towards wales, looking at a m

now the students at this college in east london are about to find out if the ha rd london are about to find out if the hard work paid off. in england recently is to a—levels mean these are the first students to sit one exa m are the first students to sit one exam at the end of two years on study. less emphasis on coursework, and as—levels no longer count towards the final grading 13 subjects. the new type of a—levels are unsettling for some students. subjects. the new type of a—levels are unsettling for some studentslj think the new system wants us to memorise stuff rather than learn. they are just trying to make it harderfor they are just trying to make it harder for us they are just trying to make it harderfor us and they are just trying to make it harder for us and it they are just trying to make it harderfor us and it is going to get harderfor us and it is going to get harder each year. wejust harderfor us and it is going to get harder each year. we just have to accept it. we are like the guinea pigs. we have no past papers, so we have no practice. even our teachers, there

natalie pirks, bbc news, at the london stadium. and there it is, just a few minutes 110w and there it is, just a few minutes now before events begin in the london stadium this morning at the world athletics championships. inside, final preparations are being made. you can see a little bit of rainwater on the track, there has been light rain during the course of the morning, so they will be dealing with that. we have heard they are trying the —— drying the seats. we will find out what is coming up and speak to jo pavey will find out what is coming up and speak tojo pavey in the next few minutes here on breakfast. prosecutors have told a court in las vegas that a british computer expert has admitted creating software that steals bank details. marcus hutchins, aged 23 and from devon, will plead not guilty. mr hutchins was praised earlier this year for helping to limit a global cyber attack that brought down several nhs computer networks. he'll appear in court next tuesday. from las vegas, our north america correspondent james cook

let's get back to the london stadium, what an evening of world —class london stadium, what an evening of world—class entertainment we have got lined up later today. ijust got tingles down my spine. many thanks. welcome back to the london stadium, getting closer to the start of the action. we are going to see the first of the men's100 metres semifinal in the next 15 minutes or so across the bbc. if you watched sports tahir last night you would have seen the interview and ecstatic and elated and exhausted sir mo farah and elated and exhausted sir mo fara h after and elated and exhausted sir mo farah after picking up another global gold and a 10,000 metres, it was quite a worrying interview. he was quite a worrying interview. he was standing here and he showed me his leg. there was blood seeping through his tracksuit. 0n the final lap he was spiked. he almost went over, he needed three stitches today, he said to me that he was going to have to go and see the doctors and get back to basics and see if i want to do the 5000 metres. he is going for the double yet again, that is on wednesda

and outside when they when they held their most vulnerable resume to say london maybe london london's a big place london's you know thirty square miles. their children need to go back to school the children need to of their families and their friends around them this is where they live and this is where they should stay dr lee's again say thank you thank you well four years ago iconic factor right u.k. m p so david amos warned the u.k. has a commons of the importance of installing fire sprinklers in residential and care homes schools and tower blocks he was ignored dres a maze new chief of staff then i was a minister reportedly also received a fire safety review it was apparently ignored so david amos chair of the all party fire safety and rescue group joins me now via skype from southend in essex in the south east of england thanks so much favor joining us what is the all party fire safety and rescue group or what's the point of it of tourism things austerity paying off the banks losses is more important i think the ministers take the view that foreigners are of the downward trend ve

, a easy london street. he claimed in court that on his fixed gear bike, essentially a bike away at the pedals go around with the back wheels simultaneously in tandem. of course, in a freewheel bike, most are familiar with them, you stop pedalling, the back wheel keeps going. crucially, he didn't have a front brake on the bike and he described the moments just before the crash and he said he called out to kim briggs on two occasions. he said after calling out for a second time, he claimed he swerved to go on the inside of kim briggs who had stepped out into the road and claimed she had the last moments stepped back into his path and that was a predominant cause in the accident. and he certainly will be cross—examined today, tom? accident. and he certainly will be cross-examined today, tom? he's already been cross—examined, just now, and that is still continuing by the prosecution. duncan penney qc has suggested the lack of brake on the bike, it was a fixed gear bike, it was a track by predominantly. the

attack in london. started with a ramming attack and the men went through the market with knives and attacked more. it appears these men may have guns, maybe gunshots are coming from authorities, regardless, it fits that kind of pattern. but this is a community there that authorities have been aware of -- [ muted ] -- and, again, it fits that kind of pattern. >> jim, to that point when counterterrorist agencies around the world have these attacks, lessons in paris and in london. watching this scene unfold, early information will change over the course of the hours and days ahead, obviously. have there been any, in these conversations, any new conversations about how? this is so hard. i was discussing with peter bergen, two or three people. you don't need a lot of planning. get into a van. go to a popular tourist site as we have here in central barcelona. what is the conversation among counterterrorism and security officials about what, if anything, i think if anything is the hard part, they can do to tr