BBC Breakfast Takeaway - Video podcast

Britain's biggest High Street banks go to the High Court this morning to defend their overdraft charges. As the massive clean-up gets underway - a new hardship fund is launched to help those hit hardest by the summer floods. American doctors have been struggling to explain how a cat seems to have developed a mysterious sixth sense. Oscar lives at a Rhode Island nursing home where he's become famous for curling up by patients hours before they die. Presenters: Susanna Reid and Matt Barbet

Relief could be on its way for ten thousand families this morning, as water supplies in Tewkesbury are gradually restored. In Oxford and along the Thames Valley the rising waters seem to have peaked overnight. Increased security checks at airports leading to longer queues could create new targets for terrorists, according to a report by a group of MPs. Shambo the sacred bullock is expected to be taken for slaughter this morning. The Welsh Assembly ordered that Shambo be killed after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. Hindu worshippers lost a legal battle to save him. Presenters: Sian Williams and Dermot Murnaghan

A third of a million people in flood-affected areas are now facing the prospect of two weeks without running water. The army is involved in a huge operation to get supplies to them. The Prime Minister will today re-open the debate on how long terrorist suspects can be held before being charged. The current limit is 28 days, but ministers say increasingly complicated terrorism investigations mean that police need longer. The cosmetics firm L'Oreal has promised to change its adverts after it emerged Penelope Cruz had been wearing some false eyelashes while publicising a range of mascara. Presenters: Dermot Murnaghan and Sian Williams

At least 150 thousand homes in flooded areas have been left without clean running water and up to 50 thousand homes have no power. New areas are now coming under threat as water levels in the Thames and Great Ouse rise. The government is expected to announce plans today to spend billions removing bottlenecks from the rail network, to cope with growing passenger numbers. The crew of the International Space Station have come up with a drastic solution to getting rid of some of the rubbish on board - they've thrown it into space. Presenters: Dermot Murnaghan, Sian Williams and Kate Silverton

Thousands of people are without power, and thousands have no fresh water as severe flooding continues to affect large areas of the country. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire are among the worst affected areas. The government will invest in affordable homes and social housing, but says it will not rule out further building on flood plains. A seagull in Aberdeen has become the talk of the town after wandering into a shop and helping himself to a packet of crisps. The shoplifting seagull then made a swift getaway, enjoying the stolen snack on a pavement outside. Presenters: Susanna Reid and Dermot Murnaghan

No one will face charges following the cash for honours investigation, the BBC understands. The inquiry has lasted sixteen months and cost a million pounds. The Labour party has retained both seats at yesterday's by-elections. The votes in Ealing-Southall and Sedgefield were won fairly comfortably, although with reduced majorities. A dog which had a tumour removed from his leg has become the world's first to receive a prosthetic limb. Storm, a Belgian Shepherd, was fitted with a replacement paw made from titanium and carbon fibre. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid

The minimum driving age should be raised to eighteen and the legal alcohol limit for new motorists reduced to zero. MPs on the Transport Select Committee believe the measures will help cut the number of young drivers involved in accidents. The BBC is promising tough new measures to restore public trust after some of its best-known entertainment programmes were found to have misled viewers. The art of jousting is alive and well in Denmark. Thousands of riders have been competing to spear a lance through a ring, and win the "king's honour". Presenters: Kate Silverton and Bill Turnbull

Up to two hundred people are feared dead after a plane overshot a runway in Brazil and crashed into a fuel depot. The state governor said the chances of finding survivors were "practically nil". Single parents will have to try and get a job when their youngest child is 12. That's expected to be one of the recommendations in a government consultation paper on benefit reform being published today. Three rare liger cubs have been born after a female tiger and a male lion were kept in the same enclosure at a German Zoo. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Kate Silverton

Relations between Britain and Russia are at a new low after the Foreign Office announced it is expelling four Russian diplomats. It's a response to Russia's continued refusal to help bring to trial the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. New research into family relationships suggests that most parents feel they don't spend enough time with their children. A massive sandstorm has is rolling across the desert towards the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Forecasters are warning of wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour, low visibility and hazardous driving conditions. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams

Government plans to increase recycling are unlikely to work, according to an influential group of MPs. It says fining householders for not recycling enough will lead to fly tipping, and that fortnightly rubbish collections are unsuitable for many urban areas. The doctor who called into question the safety of the MMR vaccine faces an inquiry today into his fitness to practise. Nurses in England will vote today on whether to take industrial action over pay. They're getting a pay rise of less than two percent this year - compared with two and a half per cent for nurses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams

The BBC has apologised to the Queen for giving misleading pictures of her to the press, but the controller of BBC One says he won’t resign. The footage appeared to show Her Majesty storming out of a photo shoot but misrepresented the sequence of events. Women with breast cancer are being made to wait too long to see a specialist, according to a new study. The world's tallest man has got married. Bo Shish-un, who is seven foot nine, married his five foot six bride in a traditional Mongolian ceremony in front of 2000 people. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid

Teachers in England are being promised more freedom over lessons under a new national curriculum for secondary schools. Climate change, cookery and Mandarin could be coming to a classroom near you. Police officers in England and Wales will be issued with head-mounted cameras in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour and domestic violence. A group of Hindu monks, based in west Wales, are going to court today to try to save the life of a bull they regard as sacred. The animal, called Shambo, has failed a test for TB and faces imminent slaughter. Presenters: Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull

Thousands of new homes are to be built as housing becomes one of the government's top priorities. Gordon Brown is expected to say later that new housing will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly. More than a million school children could be wandering the streets in the summer holidays because they have nowhere else to go, according to a new survey. TV vet Joe Inglis and his faithful friend Jack have rowed 150 miles down the Thames in a giant dog bowl. They were raising money for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Presenters: Dermot Murnaghan and Sian Williams

Britain's biggest insurance companies will come under pressure from the government today to release money to the thousands of flood victims in the North of England quickly. All married couples should receive tax relief worth about 20 pounds a week, according to the former Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith. He's head of a panel which is advising the Tories on social policy. Argentina has been experiencing snow for the first time since 1918. In some parts of the country it was heavy enough for children to have a snowball fight. Presenters: Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams

A three year old British girl who was abducted by gunmen in Nigeria last week is back home with her family after being released unharmed. Margaret Hill’s captors had originally threatened to kill her if their demands weren't met. Britain is failing to check the passports of people visiting the UK against a global database of suspected terrorists, according to the head of Interpol. One in four of us can't remember a single nursery rhyme, a survey has found. Instead of more traditional rhymes, many parents are now singing pop songs to their children. Presenters: Dermot Murnaghan and Sian Williams