Today's Information: August

Find contact details, websites and release dates for items featured on Breakfast. Please note this page will be updated AFTER Breakfast, Monday to Friday.

If you can't find what you want here, try our phone line:
08707 87 87 87. It's open 7am to midnight every day. Calls are charged at the normal national rate.

Because Breakfast is a live news programme, items listed below may change - see the listing to the right for previous months

August 2007

On Thursday's programme...

IPCC report into the Stockwell shooting

The Independent Police Complaints Commission publishes its report into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at 12 midday on Thursday.

Find out more about the IPCC

Broadband speed

Declan will be looking at broadband speeds. Many providers say you can get fast access "up to" 8MPS. But on average you're only getting 2.7MPS with some providing as low as 1MPS. The Advertising Standards Authority says it's ok to use the phrase "up to" but with speeds hitting nowhere near the promisied rate, what can you do to get your value for money? We'll be asking the experts.

Check the speed of your broadband connection

Know before you go

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office `Know Before You Go' campaign is launching the British Behaviour Abroad report, which highlights the many problems that British nationals experience abroad.

Foreign Office website

Adrian Chiles

Football fan, and presenter of the BBC's One Show Adrian Chiles will be talking about his new book about the beautiful game: We Don't Know What We're Doing. Publisher: Sphere (27 Jul 2007) ISBN-10: 1847440134 ISBN-13: 978-1847440136.

The One Show

---

Wednesday 1 Aug

Scouting centenary

UK scouts will join 28 million around the world to celebrate their centenary celebration - Robert Baden-Powell opened the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island on 1st Aug 1907.

More information from the Scout Association

Home information packs

Home Information Packs, also known as Hips are being introduced into England and Wales from 1 August.

Your questions on Hips answered

Animal cruelty

Annual figures from the RSPCA show that cruelty by neglect is still one of the major crimes against pets.

RSPCA online

Milton Margai School for the Blind

Blind teenager Kyle Jones returned to the Breakfast sofa with Ibrahim Conteh from Sierra Leone. Ibrahim is now on a UK tour with the school's choir.

Find out more about the Sing Freetown tour

---

Information for July

Information for June

Information for May

Information for April

Information for March

Information for February

Information for January

Please remember, the BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites