rail fares increase by nearly 5% in england and wales, despite a year of delays and cancellations for commuters. in sport, it was a golden night for great britain in glasgow, with two gold medals at the world athletics indoor championships. local lad josh kerr smashed the 3,000 metres, before molly caudery took first in the women's pole vault. and the winner is... it's raye! and it was a record—breaking night for singer—songwriter raye, as she takes home six brit awards including best artist and best album. all i ever wanted to be was an artist — all i ever wanted to be was an artist and _ all i ever wanted to be was an artist. and now i'm an artist with an album — artist. and now i'm an artist with an album of— artist. and now i'm an artist with an album of the year! and weatherwise, it's a cold and frosty start to sunday, but overall, fewer showers today and perhaps feeling a bit less chilli this afternoon. i'll have the full

details here on breakfast. it's sunday 3 march. our top story: the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesday's budget, telling the sunday telegraph he has to act responsibly. with three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. here is our political correspondent hannah miller. police drones that can assess road traffic accidents — one solution chosen by the chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesn't make easy reading. but jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of technology like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. —— five years�* time. at a time when he has

less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. the chancellor is under pressure to make tax cuts so people feel like money is going into their pockets to spend, ratherthan is going into their pockets to spend, rather than his. treasury officials have even suggested he might tweak the numbers to plan for smaller public spending rises in the future, as the political dimension of this budget becomes impossible to ignore. central government spending on areas such as housing, councils and courts already looks set to be squeezed in the coming years, with the housing secretary, michael gove, admitting he is begging for more money for his department. and leading economists have warned any tax cuts may be short lived. i leading economists have warned any tax cuts may be short lived.- tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see _ tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see a _ tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see a tax _ tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see a tax cut _ tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see a tax cut in _ tax cuts may be short lived. i think if we do see a tax cut in the - if we do see a tax cut in the budget, then one way or another it is likely to be undone after the next election. frankly, whoever wins the election. whatever the scale of the election. whatever the scale of the tax cuts announced in the budget this week, during this parliament,

taxes will have resident really very substantially indeed. this has been a big tax increasing parliament. labour described today�*s announcement as spin without substance, and while many may welcome the arrival of improved technology in hospitals and the police, some in his own party will hope the chancellor can go further to sort out the ailing economy. and we will have more on the upcoming budget a bit later on in the programme. right now, here is ben with more of today�*s news. mediators are due to meet with delegations from israel and hamas in the egyptian capital, cairo, as they try to lay out a framework for a temporary ceasefire in gaza. a us official has said a framework deal is in place that could lead to a pause in fighting and the release of hostages. it comes after the first american air drop of humanitarian aid into gaza, as will vernon reports.

dropped from the sky, the us military delivering 38,000 meals for gazans in dire need. the un says famine here is almost inevitable. the mission is part of an ongoing effort to get more aid into gaza by land, sea and air. butair drops like these are not enough. access via land routes, say us officials, is crucial. on friday, president biden said america is insisting the israelis allow more aid trucks into gaza. innocent lives are on the line, and children�*s lives on the line. and we won�*t stand by until we get more aid in there. we should be getting hundreds of trucks in, not just several. signs of hope, too, for dozens of hostages still held by militants. a us official has said a framework deal is in place that could lead to a pause in fighting and the release of hostages.

in the meantime, the us military says aid by air will continue — a sign ofjust how desperate the situation in gaza has become. will vernon, bbc news. ukraine�*s president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused western allies of failing to deliver on their promises after a wave of russian missile, drone and artillery strikes killed at least 11 people. eight people died in one russian attack on a building in 0desa, including two children. mr zelensky said that russia continued to wage war on civilians and that ukraine was in urgent need of more air defence systems. donald trump has won the republican primary in three more us states as he edges closer to becoming the party�*s official candidate in november�*s election. the former president comfortably beat his only rival, nikki haley, in the midwestern states of michigan and missouri as well as the state of idaho. police are continuing to search

for suspects after two women were injured by shotgun pellets in south london. officers have said that the incident in clapham happened after a firearm discharged when it was dropped during a police chase. the victims have been released from hospital. railfares in england and wales have risen by nearly 5% this morning, despite train cancellations being close to their highest levels in a decade. the department for transport says the increase is significantly lower than the rate of inflation and will support the financial stability of the railways. our business correspondent mark ashdown reports. watford to london is a popular commuting route, but regular passengers will have to stump up around £200 extra for an annual ticket because of today�*s fair rises. so is it worth it? ticket because of today's fair rises. so is it worth it? there are alwa s rises. so is it worth it? there are always cancellations _ rises. so is it worth it? there are always cancellations here, - rises. so is it worth it? there are always cancellations here, so - rises. so is it worth it? there are always cancellations here, so i i always cancellations here, so i don�*t see where the extra money is going, what is being used for. if i could see that, maybe i wouldn�*t

mind as much, but i can�*t. could see that, maybe i wouldn't mind as much, but i can't. saving money in — mind as much, but i can't. saving money in the _ mind as much, but i can't. saving money in the long _ mind as much, but i can't. saving money in the long run, _ mind as much, but i can't. saving money in the long run, on - mind as much, but i can't. saving i money in the long run, on insurance and car_ money in the long run, on insurance and car and — money in the long run, on insurance and carand things money in the long run, on insurance and car and things like that, it's easy— and car and things like that, it's easy to — and car and things like that, it's easy to commit on the train. sol and car and things like that, it's easy to commit on the train. so i do feel it _ easy to commit on the train. so i do feel it is _ easy to commit on the train. so i do feel it is worth the money at the end of— feel it is worth the money at the end of the — feel it is worth the money at the end of the day.— end of the day. from today, regulated — end of the day. from today, regulated fares _ end of the day. from today, regulated fares and - end of the day. from today, regulated fares and englandi end of the day. from today, - regulated fares and england and wales are going up by 4.9%. usually they rise injanuary, but the previous july�*s retail they rise injanuary, but the previousjuly�*s retail prices index plus i%, so this raises half what it could have been, and it has been delayed for three months. it covers about half the tickets available, including most season tickets, travel cards, some off—peak returns and any time tickets around major cities. let�*s have a look at what passengers can expect. a season ticket from brighton to london will rise from just over £5,600 to nearly £5,900. a yearly ticket from huddersfield to manchester will go up huddersfield to manchester will go up by huddersfield to manchester will go up by £150 to £3227. the most expensive route is southhampton central to london, which is set to rise by £331; a year to £7,150. in

scotland, fares will rise by 8.7% from april. the scottish government said current prices were not sustainable. northern ireland has yet to announce any rises this year. all this comes after a tumultuous 18 months, with workers at multiple rail unions repeatedly going on strike over pay and working conditions. the dispute involving aslef train drivers are still not resolved. ., ., , . ., . , resolved. the government has choices to make. it resolved. the government has choices to make- it has— resolved. the government has choices to make. it has decided _ resolved. the government has choices to make. it has decided the _ resolved. the government has choices to make. it has decided the last - resolved. the government has choices to make. it has decided the last 30 i to make. it has decided the last 30 years to raise rail fares every year. that doesn�*t have to be the case at all. year. that doesn't have to be the case at all-— case at all. the transport secretary. _ case at all. the transport secretary, harper, - case at all. the transport secretary, harper, said l case at all. the transport - secretary, harper, said capping case at all. the transport _ secretary, harper, said capping fare increases below last year�*s rise was a significant intervention by the government and strikes a balance between helping to modernise the rail sector but not overburdening passengers. but the tuc said working people here are paying some of the highest rail fares people here are paying some of the highest railfares in europe and often get delayed, overcrowded or cancelled services in return. mark

ashdown, bbc news. part of the sycamore gap tree, which was cut down last year, is to go on public display. northumberland national park has announced that the largest section of the felled tree will go on display at the sill, a tourist attraction close to where the tree once stood, in september. the singer—songwriter raye has broken the record for the most brits won in one year, taking six awards at last night�*s ceremony, including best artist and best album. the evening also saw australian star kylie minogue given the global icon award. our music correspondent mark savage has the highlights. she is real, she is raw, she is raye. she is real, she is raw, she is ra e. , . , she is real, she is raw, she is ra e. , �*, she is real, she is raw, she is rae. , a raye. this was raye's night. a little context... _ raye. this was raye's night. a little context... the _ raye. this was raye's night. a little context... the winner... | little context... the winner... ra e. little context... the winner... raye- raye! _ little context... the winner... raye. raye! two _ little context... the winner... raye. raye! two years - little context... the winner... raye. raye! two years after l little context... the winner... -

raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom _ raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from _ raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from a _ raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from a record label that refused to put out her debut album, she swept the brit awards. what the hell is happening? find album, she swept the brit awards. what the hell is happening? and even brou:ht her what the hell is happening? and even brought her grandmother _ what the hell is happening? and even brought her grandmother on - what the hell is happening? and even brought her grandmother on stage - what the hell is happening? and even brought her grandmother on stage to | brought her grandmother on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. you are going _ with all six of her trophies. you are going to — with all six of her trophies. you are going to need _ with all six of her trophies. gm, are going to need two tesco bags. with all six of her trophies. you - are going to need two tesco bags. i know, i am going to need two tesco bags! _ know, i am going to need two tesco bans! ., know, i am going to need two tesco bals! ., 4' ., ., know, i am going to need two tesco bans! ., ~ ., ., ., know, i am going to need two tesco bans! ., ~' ., ., ., , bags! you know who got six in their entire career? _ bags! you know who got six in their entire career? michael _ bags! you know who got six in their entire career? michaeljackson. - bags! you know who got six in their| entire career? michaeljackson. you know who else got six and their entire career? david bowie. you are equal to them in terms of brit awards. ., ., �* , ., awards. not even. no. best night of m life, awards. not even. no. best night of my life. hands _ awards. not even. no. best night of my life, hands down. _ awards. not even. no. best night of my life, hands down. without - awards. not even. no. best night of my life, hands down. without a - my life, hands down. without a shadow of a doubt. it won�*t ever get better than this again. mate... tell me about better than this again. mate. .. tell me about your— better than this again. mate... tell me about your grandma, agatha. better than this again. mate... tell. me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? _ me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? she _ me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? she is _ me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? she is amazing. - she beautiful? she is amazing. listen, that — she beautiful? she is amazing. listen, that women _ she beautiful? she is amazing. listen, that women raise - she beautiful? she is amazing. listen, that women raise me. | she beautiful? she is amazing. i listen, that women raise me. my parents worked full—time, so she took me to school, she moved from ghana to raise me. i owe her

everything. ghana to raise me. i owe her everything-— ghana to raise me. i owe her eve hint. �* �* ., , everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. everything. but raye wasn't the only winner- dua — everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa _ everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won _ everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won best— everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won best pop - everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artistj winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and open the show with a spectacular performance of her new single. scissor won the best international artist award. the win for best producer was celebrated by a performance of disconnect with becky hill. and the show closed with a celebratory performance from kylie minogue. she had been awarded the global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits. global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits-_ global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits. amazing. there is a art of years of hits. amazing. there is a part of my _ years of hits. amazing. there is a part of my brain _ years of hits. amazing. there is a part of my brain that's _ years of hits. amazing. there is a part of my brain that's scanning l years of hits. amazing. there is a l part of my brain that's scanning the part of my brain that�*s scanning the years to go, wow, how did i get here? i mean, iam trying

years to go, wow, how did i get here? i mean, i am trying to compute it myself. it�*s not that easy. in a it myself. it's not that easy. in a niuht it myself. it's not that easy. in a night where _ it myself. it's not that easy. in a night where female _ it myself. it's not that easy. in a night where female artist dominated, closing the show with one of the trailblazers was a fitting end. just phenomenal. i don�*t know how kylie looks that good after all these years, but she is an absolute icon, officially a global icon. it icon, officially a global icon. it is so exciting. almost - icon, officially a global icon. it is so exciting. almost as - icon, officially a global icon. it i is so exciting. almost as exciting as talkin: is so exciting. almost as exciting as talking to _ is so exciting. almost as exciting as talking to matt _ is so exciting. almost as exciting as talking to matt taylor - is so exciting. almost as exciting as talking to matt taylor about i is so exciting. almost as exciting i as talking to matt taylor about the weather. not quite reaching those levels. good morning, how are you? good morning to you both, lovely to see you. lovely to see you at home. not quite there yet in terms of sunrise, it isn�*t quite up, but it is not far away. it is that time of year, it is getting earlier and earlier. it will be up injust around 20 minutes. towards east anglia and kent, but you will have to wait until closer to 7:15am in parts of western scotland and northern ireland. but it isn�*t far

away. forsome northern ireland. but it isn�*t far away. for some of you it will be a better day than yesterday. a bit more sunshine, fewer showers around but still in the chilly side. widespread frost this morning, particularly for england and wales. some mist and fog patches as well, and with that low pressure so close by, we will see a few showers. the low pressure was down across the south yesterday. this drifting towards the north—west of scotland, so that�*s taking the bulk of the showers this way, and we do start with persistent rain this morning in the very far north and across 0rkney. it is mainly a morning thing. one or two wintry showers in scotland and northern ireland, maybe ran, little bit of sleet over the higher ground. a few rain showers pushing towards parts of south wales in southwest england this morning as well, and the odd isolated one elsewhere, but for most of you it will be a predominantly dry day, if not completely dry. cloud amounts will increase a touch across eastern areas of england and there is a chance we could finish the afternoon in northern suffolk with some outbreaks of rain. temperatures around where they should this stage, around where they should this stage, a little bit below. given more

sunshine and lighter winds it will feel not as chilly as yesterday. tonight the frost will return. clear skies for many and it is going to be a widespread frost tonight. a cold night in scotland compared with last night, and temperatures will be below freezing as you start your monday morning commute. the main exception will be down towards the southwest. things changing here into monday and that we�*ve got another weather system pushing its way in. this is a rain bearing one set to lift temperatures a little bit further. but before it arrives, if you are starting your day across the midlands, parts of central or southern england, there will be some dense patches of fog to slow the commute. that will gradually clear and a lot of sunshine to come for many across scotland and northern and eastern england, but northern ireland, wales and the southwest can expect to see outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind develop as we go through monday. temperatures are still up a little bit on what we have seen this weekend. that weather system pushes its way northwards and then for the rest of next week it is a battle between the high—pressure and scandinavia, low pressure in the atlantic and we are sandwiched in

between. we�*re not going to promise completely dry weather but to last week, not as wet. a bit of cloud around, some weather fronts week, not as wet. a bit of cloud around, some weatherfronts bringing showery bursts of rain, heavier towards the southwest, but as we go through the week, the emphasis shifts a little bit from the showery to something drier for shifts a little bit from the showery to something drierfor a time, and temperatures just creeping up day by day. back to you both. thank you, we will see you later. 16 minutes past six. as we have been reporting, the united states has carried out its first airdrop of aid into gaza — in an operation carried out with the jordanian air force. it comes two days after at least 112 people were killed as crowds rushed an aid convoy in the territory. tess ingram is from the humanitarian aid agency, unicef. she joins us from the jordanian capital, amman. first of all, a drop by the us it is desperate measures but i guess you are glad some aid is getting through?

are glad some aid is getting throu~h? ~ , through? absolutely, rachelwe welcome all _ through? absolutely, rachelwe welcome all aid _ through? absolutely, rachelwe welcome all aid to _ through? absolutely, rachelwe welcome all aid to the _ through? absolutely, rachelwe welcome all aid to the gaza - through? absolutely, rachel we | welcome all aid to the gaza strip through? absolutely, rachelwe i welcome all aid to the gaza strip at the moment because the situation is so desperate stop people are hungry, exhausted, _ so desperate stop people are hungry, exhausted, traumatised, any and all aid we _ exhausted, traumatised, any and all aid we can— exhausted, traumatised, any and all aid we can get to the gaza strip is welcome — aid we can get to the gaza strip is welcome but we are pushing for is more _ welcome but we are pushing for is more aid — welcome but we are pushing for is more aid by— welcome but we are pushing for is more aid by the land routes because that is— more aid by the land routes because that is the _ more aid by the land routes because that is the only way we can get aid in its _ that is the only way we can get aid in its scale — that is the only way we can get aid in its scale at the moment to the gaza _ in its scale at the moment to the gaza strin — in its scale at the moment to the gaza strip. do in its scale at the moment to the gaza strip-— gaza strip. do you think that will onl be gaza strip. do you think that will only be possible _ gaza strip. do you think that will only be possible when _ gaza strip. do you think that will| only be possible when they agree gaza strip. do you think that will i only be possible when they agree a ceasefire which does look like it could be imminent? brute ceasefire which does look like it could be imminent?— ceasefire which does look like it could be imminent? we are really hoeful a could be imminent? we are really hopeful a ceasefire _ could be imminent? we are really hopeful a ceasefire is _ could be imminent? we are really hopeful a ceasefire is imminent, i could be imminent? we are really. hopeful a ceasefire is imminent, we have been— hopeful a ceasefire is imminent, we have been calling for the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire for months _ an immediate humanitarian ceasefire for months to try to save the lives of children— for months to try to save the lives of children because aid delivery its scale _ of children because aid delivery its scale is _ of children because aid delivery its scale isjust not happening at the moment, — scale isjust not happening at the moment, we are barely getting 100 trucks _ moment, we are barely getting 100 trucks on _ moment, we are barely getting 100 trucks on a — moment, we are barely getting 100 trucks on a good day and it used to be 500 _ trucks on a good day and it used to be 500 before the escalation in hostilities in october, it is really die and — hostilities in october, it is really die and we — hostilities in october, it is really die and we need to get more aid in and failing — die and we need to get more aid in and failing in change to the amount of aid _ and failing in change to the amount of aid that— and failing in change to the amount of aid that is getting through the

crossings— of aid that is getting through the crossings at the moment the ceasefire _ crossings at the moment the ceasefire is the best way for us to scale _ ceasefire is the best way for us to scale up. — ceasefire is the best way for us to scale up, and of course it is desperately needed for garson children— desperately needed for garson children who have endured almost five months of fighting now. the world food _ five months of fighting now. tie: world food programme run five months of fighting now. ti9: world food programme run by the five months of fighting now. ti9 world food programme run by the un is saying the area is on the ring of famine. does that tally with what you are hearing from your partners in the region?— in the region? absolutely, unfortunately. _ in the region? absolutely, unfortunately. we - in the region? absolutely, unfortunately. we have i in the region? absolutely, i unfortunately. we have been in the region? absolutely, _ unfortunately. we have been making the same _ unfortunately. we have been making the same warnings since december that famine is looming, people are hungry— that famine is looming, people are hungry and — that famine is looming, people are hungry and we're just not able to -et hungry and we're just not able to get the _ hungry and we're just not able to get the food that we need into people — get the food that we need into people at the moment especially in the north— people at the moment especially in the north of the gaza strip where access— the north of the gaza strip where access has— the north of the gaza strip where access has been much more challenging, colleagues and mine were at— challenging, colleagues and mine were at elsie hospital earlier this week, _ were at elsie hospital earlier this week, they said they saw many malnourished children and pregnant women _ malnourished children and pregnant women and spoke to doctors about how the situation _ women and spoke to doctors about how the situation is getting worse thereby— the situation is getting worse thereby the day, beginning to get reports _ thereby the day, beginning to get reports now of children dying of

malnutrition which is shocking when aid is _ malnutrition which is shocking when aid is several kilometres away. we saw the aid is several kilometres away. 9 saw the tragic loss of life last week also centred around a track switch was an illustration of how precarious it is, once you�*ve got the aid to actually get it to people who need it. how do you plan for that? :, :, , , :, that? look what happened at the roundabout _ that? look what happened at the roundabout was _ that? look what happened at the roundabout was incredibly - that? look what happened at thej roundabout was incredibly tragic, more _ roundabout was incredibly tragic, more than — roundabout was incredibly tragic, more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured, just trying to get the basic— 700 injured, just trying to get the basic that — 700 injured, just trying to get the basic that they need for survival is not something that should happen. people _ not something that should happen. people under international humanitarian law should have safe access _ humanitarian law should have safe access to — humanitarian law should have safe access to aid. that incident was ready— access to aid. that incident was ready tragic, it is something that needs— ready tragic, it is something that needs to — ready tragic, it is something that needs to be investigated and the un has said _ needs to be investigated and the un has said there will be an independent investigation into that. of course, — independent investigation into that. of course, when we are bringing aid up of course, when we are bringing aid upto— of course, when we are bringing aid up to the _ of course, when we are bringing aid up to the north it is very dangerous because _ up to the north it is very dangerous because of— up to the north it is very dangerous because of the ongoing hostilities and as— because of the ongoing hostilities and as you say because of the desperation of the people there that have not—

desperation of the people there that have not had safe or consistent access — have not had safe or consistent access to — have not had safe or consistent access to food for months. as unicef actually operational _ access to food for months. as unicef actually operational in _ access to food for months. as unicef actually operational in gaza _ access to food for months. as unicef actually operational in gaza at - access to food for months. as unicef actually operational in gaza at the - actually operational in gaza at the moment? do you have people on the ground there still? brute moment? do you have people on the ground there still?— ground there still? we do, we have a team running — ground there still? we do, we have a team running missions _ ground there still? we do, we have a team running missions as _ ground there still? we do, we have a team running missions as much - ground there still? we do, we have a team running missions as much as i team running missions as much as they can, as they said they went to they can, as they said they went to the al shifa hospital in the door delivering nutrition supplies and medicines and we are still operating in raft but we most of the displaced population are now living stop estimates of 1.5 million people in this really small southern border town and unicef are there bringing them blankets and food and nutrition supplies and trying to get water systems back up and running stop it�*s incredibly challenging work given the situation on the ground at the moment. given the situation on the ground at the moment-— given the situation on the ground at the moment. :, ,, , :, , : :, the moment. thank you very much for talkin: to the moment. thank you very much for talking to us. — the moment. thank you very much for talking to us, tess _ the moment. thank you very much for talking to us, tess and _ the moment. thank you very much for talking to us, tess and graham - talking to us, tess and graham spokesperson for unicef. a month ago, sinn fein�*s michelle

o�*neill became the first nationalist to be appointed first minister of northern ireland. that has prompted increased debate about the prospect of a united ireland. census data suggests there are now more people from a catholic background than protestant but polls suggest most voters are against constitutional change. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. northern ireland has changed — statistically, politically and physically. lurgan is one of the towns in the middle of population trends. the first irish nationalist party mayor of the area has seen a major difference. one of the big changes for me were there were no local areas in terms of canvassing. there were areas where you just would have been frightened, quite frankly, to go into. that is no longer the case. 25 years ago, did a united ireland feel achievable at all? many thought it would not be in reach in their lifetime

and i think it is in our lifetime. the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict here in 1998, sets out a legal pathway to a referendum on irish unity. it says the british government shall call a referendum if at any time it appears likely that a majority in northern ireland would vote to leave the uk and join a united ireland. in the strongly unionist area here, people think the idea of breaking up the uk is far—fetched. no talk of that whatsoever here. people are talking about affording their rates, affording their shopping every week. some people look at the likes of census figures and say there is a move towards a referendum on northern ireland status in the uk, what you think about that? i don�*t think i�*ll see it in my lifetime. iam now i am now positive, that�*s it.

a relatively new dynamic is that almost one in five voters now support parties which are neither unionist or nationalist. polling also suggests a rise in people identifying as something in between only british or irish. we�*re taking from the mark. everyone on this side go that way. everyone on that side, go that way... at this cross—community theatre group, actors think the future of northern ireland would not be decided just by issues of national identity. it is not a matter of, "i grew up this way and therefore i have to go that way." or, "i know this person and i have to go that way." i think it is much more, "i am interested in securing "a future for myself and family and friends." we need to stop thinking about the divided south and more about what we can do in the area we are in and how we can improve that. it's being able to identify- we are different in many ways, not just coming down to whether you are irish or british. - lots of things to appreciate in everybody, for all of our|

differences and celebrate that. no—one can be sure what scenes will play out in the coming yea rs. the uk government says it sees no realistic prospect of a referendum but others believe they can sense a shifting big picture. chris page, bbc news. it was a brilliant night for great britain as they won their first gold medals at the world athletics indoor championships. jane loved it last night. josh kerr topping the bill. it is looking good before the paris olympics. always so nice to compete in front of a home crowd with athletics. two when was so special. josh kerr is from edinburgh not glasgow but he had a lot of support from the scottish crowd stop that was their first gold medals of the world athletics indoor championships for great britain.

josh kerr stormed home to win the 3000 metres in front of a home crowd in glasgow, while molly caudery finished first in the pole vault. joe lynskey has the story. for two olympic hopefuls this is the best way to start the year, a golden hourin best way to start the year, a golden hour in glasgow and two british world champions. formerly this felt like a break for fraud josh kerr it is more familiar. at last he�*s outdoor world championships he won for 1,000 metre gold. this race was twice the distance a test of pace and physicality. barging his way through the cusp of the lead, it enviro�*s endurance star with a glasgow crowd behind them. titer;r glasgow crowd behind them. they won't catch _ glasgow crowd behind them. they won't catch on. — glasgow crowd behind them. they won't catch on, he _ glasgow crowd behind them. they won't catch on, he is _ glasgow crowd behind them. ti9 won't catch on, he is away glasgow crowd behind them. ti91 won't catch on, he is away and gone. won�*t catch on, he is away and gone. the crowd on their feet, the champion is coming home. it the crowd on their feet, the champion is coming home. it was unbelievable _ champion is coming home. it was unbelievable scottish _ champion is coming home. it was unbelievable scottish and - champion is coming home. it was unbelievable scottish and british| unbelievable scottish and british fans picking out the stadium was the loudest— fans picking out the stadium was the loudest it _ fans picking out the stadium was the loudest it had ever been full i had to really— loudest it had ever been full i had to really keep the heart rate down much _ to really keep the heart rate down much longer race than i am used to

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determining if he remains at the helm. success is significant for his future but so is support. laura scott, bbc news. for 99 minutes yesterday, it looked as though liverpool were going to slip up in the premier league title race. nottingham forest had frustrated them deep into added time at the city ground until alexis macallister and substitute darwin nunez combined to break the deadlock and secure all three points, much to the relief of managerjurgen klopp and their travelling fans. liverpool are now four points clear of manchester city who host manchester united in the derby later. the late goal came after a stoppage for a head injury and the referee restarting the game with liverpool instead of forest in possession much to their frustration. evangelos marinakis, the forest chairman, appeared pitch—side as others remonstrated with the officials. coach steven reid was shown a red card, forest boss

nuno espirito santo refused to comment on the incident. aston villa stay five points clear of tottenham in the race for a champions league place, but they left it late to beat luton. lucas digne�*s header gave unai emery�*s side a 3—2 win, after the hatters fought back from 2—0 down. late goals at tottenham too. ange postecoglou�*s side came from behind to beat crystal palace in north london. son heung min finished off the 3—1 win, which sees them stay in fifth. christian romero and timo werner scored the other goals for spurs. it wasn�*t an easy game for us, with them sitting so deep, and we had to initiate things. we kind of needed a goal to open it up, but i still felt we kept our composure and discipline. obviously when they get their goal, probably going into our half, you kind of... seeing how the

boys are going to react, i thought their reaction was outstanding. celtic have the chance to return to the top of the scottish premiership, if they beat hearts this lunchtime. that�*s after their old firm rivals rangers suffered a shock 2—1 defeat at home to motherwell, with dan casey getting the winner. that result ends rangers�* 11—match—winning run. real madrid are chasing a 36th la liga title and were looking to extend their lead above girona. however, there were some crazy scenes at the end of their match against valencia. the referee blew for full—time as real madrid were on the attack and ended with england�*sjude bellingham scoring a header. but, because the whistle had already gone, the goal did not stand, resulting in wild protests from the real madrid players and staff. bellingham, who had returned from three matches out from an injury, was then sent off as the match finished 2—2. in the women�*s super league, manchester city beat everton 2—1

to move to the top of the table until at least this evening, when title rivals chelsea play leicester. there was never any doubt they�*d maintain their 100% record in the league over everton as khadija shaw and lauren hemp put city 2—0 up. but they were far from their best, and the match will probably be remembered for this spectacular goal by hannah bennison, which could be a contender for goal of the season. cracking shot there. katie boulter is into her first wta final, after winning her semi in the san diego open. the british number one has never been beyond the last 16 of such a high—ranking event, until now. she made it look quite straightforward against the number three seed, emma navarro, beating the american 6—3, 6—1. boulter will play ukraine�*s marta kostyuk in the final. and that final will take place later

on tonight in san diego. titer? on tonight in san diego. very excited to — on tonight in san diego. very excited to say _ on tonight in san diego. very excited to say we _ on tonight in san diego. very excited to say we are - on tonight in san diego. very excited to say we are going i on tonight in san diego. 9 excited to say we are going to be talking to bothjosh kerr and molly caudery later on. we�*ll be back with the headlines at 7:00am. now it�*s time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters for another edition of unspun world. willa ramadan ceasefire affect benjamin netanyahu�*s push for total victory in the southern gaza city of rafah? israel needs hamas to believe that a terrible fate awaits hamas in rafah unless something changes on the ground.

are donald trump�*s legal problems getting in the way of his re—election? will the independent voters in the suburbs of america want to vote for a man who's been indicted this many times? and barricades, rotting food and tear gas — europe�*s farmers are back and they�*re angry. what's different right now- is the reaction at leadership level and the intensity of- the anger that we're seeing. laughter and chatter idit? you like ice cream, too? asjoe biden found the other day, the problem with announcing that peace talks are making progress is that the two main sides are likely to deny it as part of their ongoing negotiating tactics.

that�*s what happened almost immediately president biden said the words... my hope is, by next monday, we�*ll have a ceasefire. still, a ceasefire over ramadan and a prisoner exchange were probably always inevitable. the biden administration needs the israelis to halt their attack on gaza because it�*s starting to experience real political difficulties at home over the war. telljoe biden we do not support him. but what�*s really going on? i asked the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, who�*s injerusalem. there�*s definitely a dialogue going on. there is an awful lot that needs to be sorted out still. how long would the ceasefire last? in how many phases? how many israeli hostages will be released in each phase? how many palestinian prisoners will be released in return? and what kind of prisoners? and then what will happen to the people in the gaza strip? will they be able to go back to their homes?

and what, if anything, can be done to address the absolutely catastrophic humanitarian situation that exists there? so you sense that the two sides are still israel and hamas, that is pretty far apart, but you also sense that both sides want some kind of deal. and certainly the americans, who are playing an instrumental role in this, are desperate to get a deal in place before the start of ramadan, which is on march the 10th. does this mean also that mr netanyahu�*s also being a little bit pliable? because obviously the impression that he wants to give is that he�*s going for it, he�*s going to attack rafah, he�*s going to just carry on until total victory comes. i think it is about giving an impression and it is for consumption, both among israelis and particularly his rather hardline right—wing colleagues in his government, but also for hamas. i think israel needs hamas to believe that a terrible fate

awaits hamas in rafah unless something changes on the ground. but i think there is another thing going on, which is the israeli military, as it looks at rafah, is looking at a terrible, awful, complex set of issues that need to be addressed. how do you attack a city where anywhere between 1.2 or 1.5 million people are huddled? where are those people supposed to go? if you think back to gaza city late last year and khan younis around the turn of the year, in each case, the attacks there were prefaced by, in some cases, weeks of messaging, maps published showing evacuation routes designed to get the civilian population out of harm�*s way, which was partially successful, i would say. the israelis also don�*t have the manpower in place.

i would say an assault on rafah is probably months away, probably the other side of a ceasefire. and that raises the question of whether actually, ultimately, it will ever happen. but it�*s going to be difficult, surely, for mr netanyahu to say, "oh, well, you know, we�*re not going to go after "those hamas groupings," that he�*s talked so much about. you�*re right. what happens to the remaining handful of battalions that the israelis say they want to demolish? what happens to the smuggling routes from egypt underground into rafah that have enabled hamas to acquire weaponry over such a long time? those things have to be addressed from an israeli perspective if you�*re to avoid the kind of military necessity of going into rafah and just doing it all wholesale in the way that we�*ve seen in other places. paul, the human rights organisation human rights watch says that israel is deliberately blocking

life—saving aid into gaza. the israelis say, "the problem is not on our side. "we will allow as many trucks of aid in through those "crossing points — after we�*ve checked them — as you want. "the problem is on the palestinian side." and indeed, in a sense, the problem is on the palestinian side because the moment those trucks get in across the border, they�*re being looted, they�*re being attacked, which is making it almost impossible for the aid agencies to get the aid to the people who need it so desperately. but why is that situation prevailing? because israel has been attacking gaza for four—and—a—half months. so that is something that�*s going to have to be restored. remember you and i did a long interview in, i think, the late 1990s on the mount of olives? are things even nastier than when we had our conversation up there all those years ago?

you know, for those of us who�*ve been here on and off for a long time, it still had the power to shock you profoundly, but something, some kind of explosion, was kind of inevitable. if one can glean any hope from what has happened in the last four—and—a—half months, it is that it seems to have galvanised and concentrated minds all over the world about the need to break that cycle, to give palestinians some political horizon, and makes israelis obviously confident that they will be secure in the future. whether any of this will come to any kind of fruition, lord knows, but it is a kind of remarkable period. one of the main obstacles to former president donald trump

in his attempt to win a second term next november is all the legal threats facing him. there are four criminal cases over the january the 6th uprising in washington over his alleged efforts to overturn the election result in georgia, over his handling of classified documents and over the alleged payment of hush money to the porn star stormy daniels. but there�*s also a slew of civil cases against him. iasked nomia iqbal, the bbc north america correspondent, for more details. there�*s two civil cases that he has been facing and this is to do with fraud in new york and defamation. this is against the author ejean carroll. so he is, at the moment, facing paying more than $500 million. how is he going to pay that staggering amount? and i think the short answer is, is that he will either pay it himself — does he have the money? we don�*t know — or have other

entities post a bond on his behalf, which might be tricky. in a sense, the civil cases are ones that are bad for him because they go to the heart of who he is. his political persona is tied to his career as a wealthy businessman. that�*s not to say that the criminal cases he�*s facing aren�*t obviously really serious, but we�*ve yet to see when they will happen because, at the moment, the legal calendar in that respect is sort of all over the place at the moment, john. he can pardon himself if he�*s president but, if he can�*t afford to become president, then nothing�*s going to work for him. well, he is using a lot of money from his political action committees to try and pay for his legal fees, but they don�*t really have enough money to cover that. he�*s also using his cases to raise money from his supporters so, obviously, asjournalists, we�*re signed up to all the candidates�* campaign team emails and,

every time he�*s indicted, every time he appears in court, you get an email that basically says, "i�*m being persecuted. "can you pitch in some money for me?" at a recent fox news town hall, he was asked that question, "how are you going to pay for all of this?" and he compared himself, he pivoted and he compared himself to alexei navalny, which was trying to make out that he was being persecuted in the way navalny was. his lawyer is saying he�*s got the money, he can put it up, but, you know, donald trump is also known for not putting his own money forward when it comes to legal problems. and to go back to the criminal charges, he�*ll be able to pardon himself, will he, if he becomes president and if he�*s found guilty? in theory, yes. so that�*s certainly the case with the federal election interference case. that is the one to do with january the 6th, which will be held in washington,

dc, and there�*s an argument that this is why him and his legal team are employing this strategy of delay, delay, delay, so they can kick this after the presidential election. but in terms of the georgia election interference case, which is also to do with 2020, it won�*t be easy. he can�*t pardon himself because that�*s at state level. let�*s just say he doesn�*t win the presidency and, actually, joe biden is victorious again, and he is convicted, then he�*s facing spending probably the rest of his life in jail. it�*s an extraordinary position, isn�*t it, for any american presidential candidate to be in? do you think that these legal woes are going to hold him back or do you think that, as with everything else, he�*lljust walk through it? you know, john, it�*s really easy to almost become immune to donald trump. there�*s this steady drumbeat of court cases, of impending trials, of other issues.

we�*ve got various states trying to kick him off the ballot. for the, you know, the nation�*s 234—year history, no american president or former president has ever been indicted. and i have to sometimes stop myself and remind myself that you have a former president who wants to be president again, who�*s accused, amongst some things, of trying to overthrow democracy, of trying to overthrow the government, but also wanting to be part of the government of his own country again. and so you�*ve got to ask yourself, will the independent voters in the suburbs of america want to vote for a man who�*s been indicted this many times? it�*s one of the most familiar images we associate with the european union — demonstrations of farmers demanding more money and better treatment and using whatever comes to hand as weapons — farm machinery, dung, rotten vegetables.

in recent days, farmers have blocked a border crossing between poland and germany, thrown bottles at police in brussels and demonstrated in madrid. sorting out agriculture was one of the earliest tasks of the original six common market members and it�*s never been properly achieved. farmers get a very large proportion of eu spending, even though they nowadays earn a very small amount of its income. but it�*s a hard job and fewer europeans each year want to do it. i asked katya adler, the bbc�*s europe editor, for the background. so you have all sorts of european trade unions taking part in these protests and it ranges from representing, like, really big conglomerates, like, huge enterprises, to small family farms. what�*s different right now is the reaction at leadership level and the intensity of the anger that we�*re seeing at the moment. and anger about what?

is it a whole range of things, or are there, kind of, patterns that you can detect? so there�*s concern amongst farmers that they are being asked to honour more and more restrictions, if you like, you know, environmental restrictions. so, for example, when it comes to pesticides, what kind of pesticide you can use, the strength of the pesticide you can use. this is all laid down in eu law. and what a lot of these farmers are telling us is, "look, it�*s all very well to impose "these conditions on us, but it raises "the cost for us as producers." now, you�*re organising these trade deals at the moment. there�*s one on the table. i mean, it�*s been discussed foryears, john, but, you know, it seemed like it was possibly getting towards agreement. it�*s called mercosur. it�*s with latin american countries. so a lot of european farmers are worried that you�*re going to have cheap beef imports coming in here, putting them out of business.

and why are they cheaper? well, because a lot of the countries of origin in latin america, they argue, aren�*t sort of controlled by the same expensive environmental restrictions as eu farmers. i�*ve been looking to see signs that particular political parties are kind of trying to take advantage of this. political parties are always going to try and make hay, if you forgive the pun here. i mean, you know, they�*re going to try and take advantage of a situation. we can look at it on an eu level and we can look at it on a national level. and because you�*ve got european parliamentary elections coming up injune, it means that traditionally there�*s quite a low turnout for these elections and that works in favour of parties more on the extreme. parties of the fringes, extreme left, but particularly those on the hard right, will benefit in these elections. they are topping the polls in slovakia, for example, in poland, in italy for these european parliamentary elections. and that worries the mainstream in europe. as to whether they could really take control of the reins in the eu,

that�*s really too far—fetched. often these parties don�*t work very well together, but what they can do is impede decision—making. what they can do when it comes to farming issues, for example, is roll back the so—called green deal. this is something the eu has been so proud of. the eu wanted to be ahead of everybody — the us, china, the uk — when it came to environmental protection and reducing greenhouse gases. let�*s take france. france, the biggest beneficiary of the common agricultural policy, those subsidies coming from the eu. farmers are a very emotive subject in france as they are in many countries. there�*s this sort of nostalgia and love of the french countryside. and as you know, of course, french food is very important in france. and that means that, even though the french farmers, you know, they descended on paris a few weeks ago, they sort of are blocking motorways, but actually opinion polls were showing the majority of french supported the farmers in their protests and strikes

as they were sort of throwing manure all over the place, including at government buildings. a real worry for emmanuel macron, the french president, is that his nemesis on the far right, marine le pen, has been all over the place in france. and it�*s for years, i have to tell you, that she�*s been chasing the agricultural vote, really working hard and making it into one of these, you see this on the nationalist right, this sort of rhetoric of city folk versus country folk and metropolitan elites versus the ordinary people. and the french government are making quite anti—brussels noises at the moment because they want to be seen as being on the side of the farmers against eu green regulations and bureaucracy because they�*re worried about national opinion polls. when it comes to agriculture, when it comes to farmers, when it comes to the fishing industry as well, even though these may make up very tiny percentages of gdp, in the hearts and minds of citizens, it resonates far stronger.

and it�*s because of that that national leaders are listening. and that�*s why you saw representatives from all of the eu member states coming to brussels this week to debate this very issue. the militaryjunta in myanmar, which we used to know as burma, is starting to hit real trouble after seizing power three years ago. to counter the rebellion by a range of opposition groups, which are becoming more and more successful, thejunta introduced compulsory military service for all young men and women at the start of february. but the opposition is winning battles and taking over increasing amounts of territory. i turned to soe win tan, editor of bbc burmese, for more information. so the military government, military never faced such a defeat in its history. so which sent the signal

that military wasn�*t, as previously thought, indomitable. so thousands of army troops either died in the battlefield or they defected or they surrendered. so it�*s a great, great loss. it�*s a humiliation, isn�*t it? greatly humiliation. so some troops, they decided to abandon the outposts and surrender or defected. they knew that, even if they resisted, that they would not be reinforced. the question of conscription, how much difference will it make in burma and in the war? so they have asked or ordered all the young people, you know, aged from, like, 18 to 35, to serve in the military. so they don�*t want to, they try to kind of flee the country in droves. people are kind of applying for passports, applying and queuing up for visas in front

of the neighbouring countries. some people who cannot leave the country, who have no means to go away, they will have to stay in the country and they will be forced to join the military. but would that make a difference in the battlefield? i don�*t think so. how much those kind of young conscript become an effective fighting force, that�*s an illusion. and the rebels, they don�*t really have any kind of unified political or military structure, do they? it�*s not in a unified structure, but they have one common aim, which is to defeat the military and to end this military�*s dominance in the country�*s politics. and also, they are common in the agreement that the country needs to be a federal democracy after they have defeated the military. so, for now, they are united in that one purpose. but you�*re right, like, they have their own priorities, ethnic armed groups, their priority is for their own bigger autonomy. and also, there is a parallel sort of, like, exiled government formed

by the lawmakers of the last elections, which the regime kind of did not recognise. but their representatives are travelling the world and many kind of governments like the uk government, american government officials also, receiving them and then giving them some support. what about the position of china? first, they were fully behind thejunta in burma, but it doesn�*t quite seem like that now. not completely moving away, but you are right there. their stance is much more nuanced now than previously. myanmar is strategically very important for china. for the chinese, they need to have this gateway to indian ocean. they already built like, you know, the pipelines transporting gas and oilfrom middle east and north africa through myanmar to china.

so china has been sort of, like, planning multibillion dollar development projects, infrastructure projects in the country. that�*s why they need to have a good relationship with the current government, which is the military regime. there are lawless areas, especially along the border with china, where online scheming, you know, all the criminal syndicates were freely operating there. china asked myanmar regime, junta, to crack down on them. some of their commanders in those areas are profiting from those illicit businesses. they were very reluctant to do that. analysts believe that, yes, china was cozying up to military up to some point. but when they did not go along what china asked, they also came in and asked the ethnic leaders to do the job. but when the ethnic leaders go beyond that remit, which isjust after cracking down, they put the stop on them again, which means, like, both sides are now reliant on china�*s kind of support. china playing very cleverly.

what about the position of aung san suu kyi? she is injail. she�*ll stay in jail presumably for as long as the junta is in power. does she have a political future or is she finished now? she is 78, so looking like that she would spend the rest of her life in prison. the other thing, interesting thing, is that she always styled herself. her policy is nonviolent, but what is happening in the country, those ethnic groups and all these kind of militias, you know, people�*s defence groups, young people, they said that, even if she comes out now and tells them to stop, they wouldn�*t because they see that they have to defeat the military. soe win than of bbc burmese. the world changed a lot in 2022 when russia invaded ukraine, but it�*s changed even more five months ago,

on the 7th of october, when hamas attacked a rock concert, ironically in favour of peace, and several towns along the border with gaza. 1,200 people died in the hamas attacks. 30,000 gazans have died in israel�*s military operations since then. that�*s a ratio of 25 palestinians to every one israeli. ferocious divisions of opinion have erupted in many countries, particularly in the west. jews in britain, france and germany say they�*re increasingly afraid to go out on the streets now. in britain, bothjewish and muslim mps have received death threats, and the speaker of the house of commons has said he�*s worried about the danger to the lives of some mps. in the us, president biden was following the standard american

policy of supporting israel, but he�*s found that it�*s damaging his chances at the coming election with people who would normally have voted democrat. in the state of michigan, muslim voters who were crucial to his victory over donald trump in 2020 are now threatening to spoil their ballot papers. the ferocity of feeling will die down, of course, but opinion seems unlikely to settle back to where it was. a woman writing in the liberal israeli newspaper haaretz says that anyone, she particularly means any israeli, who criticises israel�*s policy towards the palestinians is now likely to be branded a supporter of terror, anti—semitic, jew—hater. and in the meantime, in britain, the us and elsewhere, future support for israel will be more nuanced. and for now, moderation, calmness and balance may be

in short supply everywhere. well, not, we hope, though, here at unspun world. thank you for being with us. and until we meet again, goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: no easy path to tax cuts — a warning from the chancellor as he makes the final preparations for this week�*s budget. renewed hopes for a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas, as delegations from both sides are due to meet mediators in egypt today.

delegations from israel and hamas are to meet mediators in egypt rail fares increase by nearly 5% in england and wales, despite a year of delays and cancellations for commuters. it was a golden night for great britain in glasgow, with two gold medals at the world athletics indoor championships. an imnpressive first place for molly caudery in the women�*s pole vault, and local lad josh kerr smashed the 3,000 metres. and the winner is... it�*s raye! and raye makes history at the brits, becoming the first artist to win six awards in one night, including best album. all i ever wanted to be was an artist, and now i'm an artist with an album of the year! it�*s sunday 3 march. our top story: the chancellor,

jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesday�*s budget, telling the sunday telegraph he has to act responsibly. with three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. here is our political correspondent hannah miller. police drones that can assess road traffic accidents — one solution chosen by the chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesn�*t make easy reading. butjeremy hunt says £800 million worth of technology like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years�* time. at a time when he has less money to play with than he would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes.

the chancellor is under pressure to make tax cuts so people feel like money is going into their pockets to spend, rather than his. treasury officials have even suggested he might tweak the numbers to plan for smaller public spending rises in the future, as the political dimension of this budget becomes impossible to ignore. central government spending on areas such as housing, councils and courts already looks set to be squeezed in the coming years, with the housing secretary, michael gove, admitting he is begging for more money for his department, and leading economists have warned any tax cuts may be short—lived. i think if we do see a tax cut in the budget, then one way or another it�*s likely to be undone after the next election, frankly, whoever wins that election. whatever the scale of the tax cut announced in the budget this week, during this parliament, taxes will have risen really very substantially indeed. this has been a big tax increasing parliament.

labour described today�*s announcement as spin without substance, and while many may welcome the arrival of improved technology in hospitals and the police, some in his own party will hope the chancellor can go further to sort out the ailing economy. let�*s got more on this from our political correspondent harry farley. depending on which paper you read this morning, you can take your pick on which story to go with, but what do we know about what might come up on wednesday?— on wednesday? that's right, warnings from some papers _ on wednesday? that's right, warnings from some papers about _ on wednesday? that's right, warnings from some papers about what - on wednesday? that's right, warnings from some papers about what will - from some papers about what will happen if he doesn�*t cut taxes and warning in others about what will happen if he does cut taxes. i think what we can make of it is that all the noise coming out of the treasury is that this will be a limited budget. if you remember at the start of the year, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, was talking about big tax cuts and this was supposed to be a big moment for the conservative government in the build—up to the general election. this was going to be their big offer to the public in

the build—up to that election. all that has changed. why? essentially because the numbers have changed. jeremy hunt is saying he has got a lot less money play with and all the suggestions from the treasury are that those tax cuts, if they do happen, will be much more limited. what should we read into that? well, the treasury always likes to play down expectations before a budget. it likes to leave itself some wiggle room to pull a rabbit out of the hat. but it certainly seems like jeremy hunt has got a lot less money to play with, and those promises of big tax cuts are disappearing at the moment. :, ~ big tax cuts are disappearing at the moment. :, ,, , :, big tax cuts are disappearing at the moment. :, ~' , :, , big tax cuts are disappearing at the moment. :, ,, , :, , : :, , moment. thank you very much, harry. much more _ moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on — moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this _ moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this story _ moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this story to _ moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this story to come - moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this story to come in . moment. thank you very much, harry. much more on this story to come in a i much more on this story to come in a couple of minutes�* time, but in the meantime, let�*s get the rest of the news today, with ben. mediators are due to meet in cairo for further talks about how to stop the fighting in gaza. yesterday a senior us official said israel was close to accepting a proposal for a six—week pause

to allow for the release of hostages held by hamas in the territory. our correspondent wyre davies joins us from jerusalem. wyre, how much do we know about this potential deal? yes, i think it is really important not to get ahead of ourselves. even though according to those unnamed sources in the united states, we are perhaps closer than we were a few days ago to a potential ceasefire, of course, over the muslim holy month of ramadan, that doesn�*t mean it has been agreed yet. there are still differences between the two sides. we�*re not even sure what level of israeli delegation will be going to cairo, if at all, for these continuing peace talks. israel is said to want further details from hamas about which hostages are still alive and which of those would be released under any deal, and the elderly civilians, any women left in captivity, and so on. hamas, of course, has its own issues. it has

previously wanted israeli troops to withdraw from gaza and for cows and citizens to be allowed back to their home areas in northern gaza in the event of a truce —— gazan citizens. despite the noises, particularly from washington and american sources, desperate for some sort of progress here, there is no ceasefire deal in place and there is no guarantee that there will be one, even though the mood music is better thanit even though the mood music is better than it was a few days ago. bud even though the mood music is better than it was a few days ago.— than it was a few days ago. and we have seen those _ than it was a few days ago. and we have seen those images _ than it was a few days ago. and we have seen those images of- than it was a few days ago. and we have seen those images of air - than it was a few days ago. and we l have seen those images of air drops of aid into the territory. are they deemed to have been successful? successful to the extent that some of them have reached their targets. a lot of them have landed in the sea. of course, this is the first time the americans have dropped about 33,000 food parcels into gaza, but i was speaking to somebody from oxfam, one of the main aid agencies, last week, and they are saying this is quite literallyjust a drop in the ocean. many of the parcels are missing their targets, and also it

is nowhere near the need of about 2 million people in gaza. a much bigger aid effort is needed, and thatis bigger aid effort is needed, and that is of course one of the key things about a potential ceasefire. if there was a cessation and hostilities, it would allow the proper amount of food and medical aid into gaza, because the humanitarian crisis there is desperate. humanitarian crisis there is desperate-— humanitarian crisis there is deserate. , :, :, , , ~ desperate. they are really striking ima . es, desperate. they are really striking images. aren't _ desperate. they are really striking images, aren't they? _ donald trump has won the republican primary in three more us states as he edges closer to becoming the party�*s official candidate in november�*s election. the former president comfortably beat his only rival, nikki haley, in the mid—western states of michigan and missouri, as well as the state of idaho. railfares in england and wales have risen by nearly 5% this morning, despite train cancellations being close to their highest levels in a decade. the department for transport says the increase is significantly lower than the rate of inflation and will support the financial stability of the railways. our business correspondent

marc ashdown reports. watford to london is a popular commuting route, but regular passengers will have to stump up around £200 extra for an annual ticket because of today�*s fare rises. so, is it worth it? there�*s always cancellations here, so i don�*t see where the extra money is going or what it�*s being used for. if i could see that, maybe i wouldn�*t mind as much, but i can�*t. saving money in the long run, instead of paying for insurance and car and things like that. it's easy to commute on the train, so i do feel it's worth the money, at the end of the day. from today, regulated fares in england and wales are going up by 4.9%. usually they rise in january, by the previousjuly�*s retail prices index plus 1%, so this rise half of what it could have been and has been delayed for three months. it covers about half the tickets available, including most season tickets, travel cards, some off—peak returns and anytime tickets around major cities. let�*s have a look at what passengers can expect.

a season ticket from brighton to london will rise from just over £5,600 to nearly £5,900. a yearly ticket from huddersfield to manchester will go up by £150 to £3,227. the most expensive route is southhampton central to london, which is set to rise by £331; a year to £7,150. in scotland, fares will rise by 8.7% from april. the scottish government said current prices were not sustainable. northern ireland has yet to announce any rises this year. all this comes after a tumultuous 18 months, with workers at multiple rail unions repeatedly going on strike over pay and working conditions. the dispute involving aslef train drivers is still not resolved. so government has choices to make. it�*s decided, in fact,

to freeze fuel duty for the last 30 years while rail fares rise every year. that doesn�*t have to be the case at all. the transport secretary, mark harper, said capping fare increases below last year�*s rise was a significant intervention by the government and strikes a balance between helping to modernise the rail sector but not overburdening passengers. but the tuc said working people here are paying some of the highest railfares in europe, and often get delayed, overcrowded or cancelled services in return. marc ashdown, bbc news. part of the sycamore gap tree, which was cut down last year, is to go on public display. northumberland national park has announced that the largest section of the felled tree will go on display at the sill, a tourist attraction close to where the tree once stood, in september. the singer—songwriter raye has broken the record for the most brits won in one year, taking six awards at last night�*s ceremony including best artist and best album. the evening also saw australian star kylie minogue given the global icon award. our music correspondent mark savage has the highlights. she is real, she is

raw, she is raye. this was raye�*s night. # a little context, if you care to listen... the winner...raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from a record label that refused to put out her debut album, she swept the brit awards... what the hell is happening? ..and even brought her grandmother on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. my god — you�*re going to need two tesco bags. i know, i�*m going to need two tesco bags. you know who got six in their entire career? who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you�*re equal to them now

in terms of brit awards. what even? no, best night of my life, hands down, without a shadow of a doubt. it won�*t ever get better than this again. mate... tell me about your grandma, agatha. isn�*t she beautiful? she is amazing. listen, that woman raised me. my parents worked full—time, so she took me to and from school. she lived with us. she moved from ghana to raise me. i owe her everything. but raye wasn�*t the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and opened the show with a spectacular performance of her new single, training session. sza won the best international artist award.

chase & status celebrated their win for best producer by performing disconnect with becky hill. and the show closed with a celebratory performance from kylie minogue. she had been awarded the global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits. amazing. there�*s a part of my brain that�*s kind of scanning the years to go, wow, how did i get here? i mean, i�*m trying to compute it myself. it�*s not that easy. in a night where female artists dominated, closing the show with one of the trailblazers was a fitting end. she is an icon. i have to say, absolutely delighted for raye, who is so super talented as well. find is so super talented as well. and congratulations _ is so super talented as well. fific congratulations to her. here�*s matt with the weather. this has got everything, snow, fog, son. it takes all the boxes for me.

this is from a weather watcher in monmouthshire, lots of snow on the hills here yesterday, clear skies overnight, before the sun pops up temperatures well below freezing at the moment, in the distance fog, parts of england waking up to a foggy start this morning. overall a sign of a better day to come then you had yesterday. more sunshine around, fewer showers or of you will spend the dred dry and temperatures will creep up on the chilly side out there because we held —— still have an area of low pressure we had with us yesterday, drifting north, blue colours indicating cold air still in place across the country, as it pushes northwest the focus of showers across scotland and northern island. longerspells showers across scotland and northern island. longer spells across the north of caithness and orkney, strong wind as well, the wind will

edge towards shetland but fizzle. elsewhere showers for western areas, or showers for southwest england and a chance we could see rain click parts of east anglia late on but more of us will stay dry with a day with more sunshine around in the sun gaining more strength day by day. it should not feel as chilly out there as it did yesterday. tonight temperatures will drop away once you lose the sun, fog or develop widely across parts of the midlands and east wales, the big story for most of you into the monday morning commute will be widespread frost around and given the fact some services are quite damp watch out forice services are quite damp watch out for ice as you go out first thing. while we start quiet and drive in an area of low pressure will push its way in on monday, that will bring strengthening wind, we have fog to watch out for for the morning commute that will clear and lift up to low cloud through the morning. and then sunny spells for many, the

section being shetland and parts of orkney with chances of cloud and rain and through the day southwest england, wales, northern island and the channel islands will see rain at time and strengthening wind. temperatures a degree also higher than yesterday. that area will push northwards and start to fizzle as we go through to tuesday, into the coming week a setup of high—pressure building across scandinavia that will weather later in the week but low pressure close by as well, first half of the week will see some rain at times, tuesday more showery is high—pressure tries to build its way in, a south—easterly breeze developing and strengthening through this week lifting temperatures more as we go through the week and eventually bringing us something a bit eventually bringing us something a bhdw eventually bringing us something a bit dry at times compared to what we have had in the weekjust gone. ear; have had in the week 'ust gone. say that have had in the weekjust gone. 591 that again a bit drier? have had in the weekjust gone. say that again a bit drier? a _ have had in the weekjust gone. say that again a bit drier? a bit - have had in the weekjust gone. say that again a bit drier? a bit drier. i that again a bit drier? a bit drier. terms and _ that again a bit drier? a bit drier. terms and conditions _ that again a bit drier? a bit drier. terms and conditions apply. -

that again a bit drier? a bit drier. | terms and conditions apply. thank you, see you later. as we�*ve been hearing, jeremy hunt, the chancellor of the exchequer, will deliver his budget on wednesday. it will be the last budget before the general election and the stakes both economically and politically are high. we can run through some of the key themes with henry hill, deputy editor of conservative home and danni hewson, head of financial analysis at aj bell. let�*s start with what we know because you open any paper there is plenty of speculation. we have a few hints of white be up on wednesday. we have been getting hints for weeks the chancellor does not want to deliver the kind of budget we saw with liz truss, he is making sure he is ploughing the road ahead of time. what we know is the chancellor does not have as much fiscal headroom as we thought he was going to have. only $13 billion which when you consider the tax cuts he made in the autumn statement, a teeny tiny amounts. what can he afford? the

smart money at the moment is upon a 1% cut to national insurance, that is half again what we already started to feel in our pay packets forjanuary. that only impacts working families. it does not impact pensioners, but the chancellor might argue, with the triple lock staying in place he has already done enough there. a lot of talk about where he might find some extra cash down the back of a sofa, non— dom tax rules are something with there is a lot of talk about scrapping those, which would also have the added benefit that of giving labour the bloodied nose, taking one of their policies. in terms of housing which many of us thought would be the big —— big battleground in this budget not a great deal. battleground in this budget not a treat deal. :, ,: ., battleground in this budget not a treat deal. :, ,: :, ., battleground in this budget not a treat deal. :, ,: :, :, �* , great deal. fascinating and let's ick u- great deal. fascinating and let's pick up on _ great deal. fascinating and let's pick up on some _ great deal. fascinating and let's pick up on some of— great deal. fascinating and let's pick up on some of that, - great deal. fascinating and let's pick up on some of that, henry, j pick up on some of that, henry, about the politics of this. giving labour a bloodied nose, potentially, this is electioneering ahead of the general election they have to pull

something out of the bag to turn around the way the poles are. this is around the way the poles are. ti 3 is electioneering on two levels, there is the hunt for tax cuts, and there is the hunt for tax cuts, and the mission is to try to find the cups that will be really tangible to as many voters as possible, that is why we talk about national insurance, one of the reasons why national insurance is increasingly proper —— popular national insurance has developed, the scottish and welsh parties will be able to defend and tell a national insurance cut, but it�*s also about trying to shut down labours room to manoeuvre. taking the non— dom policy does not just take away a dividing line of the side because rachel reeves is committed to shadowing the conservative spending plans the money from that she has spent in the labour plan is no longer there is so she has to go back to the drawing board and try to find that revenue again. so it�*s remarkable ready we have an election where the

conservatives are a very long way behind on the polls it looks like it will be a dramatic shift at the election and get on fiscal and economic policy, the chancellor and shadow chancellor shadowing each other to a remarkable extent. the sunday times _ other to a remarkable extent. the sunday times this morning saying the chancellor and primer star into/ taxes in the budget. people are being taxed at the highest rate in this country since the second world war, in a sense it is about getting a return to normality if there is such a thing in terms of overall tax rates. it is not a radical idea but it shows the pressures that are on at the moment, even a small amount of movement is a delicate position to take. , :, :, ,:, of movement is a delicate position to take. , :, :, to take. there is a reason both arties to take. there is a reason both parties are _ to take. there is a reason both parties are stuck, _ to take. there is a reason both parties are stuck, even - to take. there is a reason both parties are stuck, even here i to take. there is a reason both | parties are stuck, even here it's parties are stuck, even here it�*s about finding ways of making people feel like they�*re —— they are receiving tax cuts while being sucked into higher income brackets because of the school drag. thea;r

sucked into higher income brackets because of the school drag. they are not been touched? _ because of the school drag. they are not been touched? we _ because of the school drag. they are not been touched? we do _ because of the school drag. they are not been touched? we do not - because of the school drag. they are not been touched? we do not think i not been touched? we do not think that will be — not been touched? we do not think that will be part _ not been touched? we do not think that will be part of _ not been touched? we do not think that will be part of this _ not been touched? we do not think that will be part of this budget - not been touched? we do not think that will be part of this budget but | that will be part of this budget but that will be part of this budget but that is— that will be part of this budget but that is the big thing for some people — that is the big thing for some people into pay more tax, when we talk about — people into pay more tax, when we talk about tax cuts they are not really _ talk about tax cuts they are not really tax — talk about tax cuts they are not really tax cuts but rolling back those — really tax cuts but rolling back those tax _ really tax cuts but rolling back those tax increases we have already seen but _ those tax increases we have already seen but if — those tax increases we have already seen but if you get a bit more money in your— seen but if you get a bit more money in your pay— seen but if you get a bit more money in your pay packets certainly when it comes _ in your pay packets certainly when it comes to — in your pay packets certainly when it comes to the election day, it is something — it comes to the election day, it is something you will notice.- it comes to the election day, it is something you will notice. henry why are we in such _ something you will notice. henry why are we in such a _ something you will notice. henry why are we in such a different _ something you will notice. henry why are we in such a different position - are we in such a different position we were told in the autumn statement this was about making decisions that were difficult now to shore up finances and things would look a bit better with inflation coming down, we note rishi sunak�*s five ledgers. why are things not getting better economically. the why are things not getting better economically-— why are things not getting better economicall . : :, , ., economically. the challenge is that we are in a — economically. the challenge is that we are in a position _ economically. the challenge is that we are in a position where - economically. the challenge is that we are in a position where as - economically. the challenge is that we are in a position where as you i we are in a position where as you say taxes — we are in a position where as you say taxes are historically high and yet there — say taxes are historically high and yet there is still enormous pressure on public— yet there is still enormous pressure on public budgets. inflation is corroding the buying power of government departments, we have an ageing _ government departments, we have an ageing population and a huge covid-i9 _ ageing population and a huge covid—19 backlog, neither party has

any for— covid—19 backlog, neither party has any for manoeuvre, labour can't come in and _ any for manoeuvre, labour can't come in and dramatically increase mini because — in and dramatically increase mini because there is no revenue potential, the tories can't cut spending _ potential, the tories can't cut spending because they don't want to make _ spending because they don't want to make difficult decisions about stopping the government doing things which is _ stopping the government doing things which is one thing they never did in 2010 _ which is one thing they never did in 2010 under— which is one thing they never did in 2010 under the coalition. they cut budgets _ 2010 under the coalition. they cut budgets but they did not stop doing anything _ budgets but they did not stop doing anything. that is why the government we are _ anything. that is why the government we are in— anything. that is why the government we are in a _ anything. that is why the government we are in a position where the major factors— we are in a position where the major factors stopping this country going the fact— factors stopping this country going the fact we don't build any infrastructure or new houses, the cost of _ infrastructure or new houses, the cost of living neither party feels able to — cost of living neither party feels able to take dramatic action to tackle — able to take dramatic action to tackle those. until we do. as you are saying _ tackle those. until we do. as you are saying that — tackle those. until we do. as you are saying that is _ tackle those. until we do. as you are saying that is really _ are saying that is really pertinently is no plan for housing especially if we�*re talking trying to stimulate growth of some sort. the other thing to point out that the obr will scrutinising these plans to see how they plan out, people are pointing out there are big bills down the road, the post office pay—out will be huge, the

infected blood scandal is supposed to be resolved before the next general election by the end of the year that runs into the tens of billions as well. abs, year that runs into the tens of billions as well.— year that runs into the tens of billions as well. a lot of debate about whether _ billions as well. a lot of debate about whether this _ billions as well. a lot of debate about whether this will - billions as well. a lot of debate about whether this will be - billions as well. a lot of debate about whether this will be the i billions as well. a lot of debate i about whether this will be the last fiscal event before we get an election. whether or not down the road if things start to look better economically, we come out of recession, it may bank of england has reduced interest rate slightly, then potentially the government might have more to play with to be able to have bigger tax giveaways in an autumn statement. but you are absolutely correct, some of these bills coming down the road are just going to eat into any headroom the chancellor hopes to make between now and the autumn. it chancellor hopes to make between now and the autumn.— and the autumn. it will be fascinating. _ and the autumn. it will be fascinating. henry - and the autumn. it will be fascinating. henry and - and the autumn. it will be - fascinating. henry and danny, good to see you both. speaking of the chancellor he will be with laura kuenssberg at nine o�*clock after this program on bbc one. laura, good morning to you, you will speak to the chancellor and see if you get

any further details of what is ahead on wednesday. i any further details of what is ahead on wednesday-— on wednesday. i was 'ust listening to ou on wednesday. i was 'ust listening to you guys — on wednesday. i was 'ust listening to you guys discuss _ on wednesday. i wasjust listening to you guys discuss with _ on wednesday. i wasjust listening to you guys discuss with danny - on wednesday. i wasjust listening| to you guys discuss with danny and henry the dilemma is the chancellor has gotten the central fact, the economic picture we know it is grimmer than economic picture we know it is grimmerthan he economic picture we know it is grimmer than he had hoped it would be at the beginning of this year. he does not have billions of pounds to dangle around but at the same time for political reasons he is eager, keen as mustard to be able to say yes, the conservative government is going to give you some of your tax money back to be able to keep some more of your own cash. at the same time everybody watching nose people have really been struggling with pressure on the wallets from inflation which yes, it is slow down but my goodness it is still a factor. it�*s not a very tempting set of options the chancellorjeremy hunt has, he will be here with us live at nine with our questions and some fewer questions as well. also don�*t miss a moving interview with the father whose daughter took her own life after she had been bullied

online and in real life. we will hear his story and why he now thinks there needs to be a new law to combat cyber bullying stop we know on our show and breakfast how big an issue keeping kids safe online is, we will have another conversation about that at nine this morning. well worth listening to. nine o�*clock on bbc news. the cliffs around luccombe, on the isle of wight, offer spectacular views over the english channel. and for george gardiner, whose home is perched on top of them, they�*ve been a part of his life for more than 20 years. but following a landslip in 2022, the land around george�*s house is falling away — and the situation is now so bad he is preparing to leave. jon cuthill has been to speak to him. aei ae i first met george garton at his home last year. a landslip had let the rooms just yards from the edge. i still can�*t imagine how all this can happen at the end of your life.

all this. it�*s unbelievable. he can happen at the end of your life. all this. it's unbelievable.- all this. it's unbelievable. he was havin: to all this. it's unbelievable. he was having to clamber _ all this. it's unbelievable. he was having to clamber up _ all this. it's unbelievable. he was having to clamber up temporary i all this. it's unbelievable. he was - having to clamber up temporary steps or use a ladder to get to his front door. a year on, the ladder has gone but the drop is growing. fih door. a year on, the ladder has gone but the drop is growing.— but the drop is growing. 0h steps used to touch _ but the drop is growing. 0h steps used to touch the _ but the drop is growing. 0h steps used to touch the driveway, - but the drop is growing. 0h steps used to touch the driveway, thatl but the drop is growing. 0h steps i used to touch the driveway, that was the bottom. and now. it has decided to move a lot. and there are things like a big hole in the ceiling and the floors are all started to disappear here and there. the doors don�*t work like they used to. the doors don't work like they used to. :, :, 9' the doors don't work like they used to. :, :, 4' :, :, the doors don't work like they used to. :, :, ~ :, :, :, :, to. look at the angle of the window in this room- _ to. look at the angle of the window in this room. 0h _ to. look at the angle of the window in this room. oh my— to. look at the angle of the window in this room. oh my goodness - to. look at the angle of the window in this room. oh my goodness me. | in this room. oh my goodness me. this has had it. because, look, that

is the outside, there. his this has had it. because, look, that is the outside, there.— is the outside, there. his home has been pulled — is the outside, there. his home has been pulled apart. _ is the outside, there. his home has been pulled apart. look— is the outside, there. his home has been pulled apart. look at - is the outside, there. his home has been pulled apart. look at this, - been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. been pulled apart. look at this, terrible- l _ been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. ijust _ been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. ijust up _ been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. ijust up the _ been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. ijust up the holes - been pulled apart. look at this, terrible. ijust up the holes up. | been pulled apart. look at this, i terrible. ijust up the holes up. he terrible. i 'ust up the holes up. he is in terrible. ijust up the holes up. he is in dispute with southern water, he thinks a long—standing water leak contributed to the ground movement. he has been desperate to stay but now even george admits it is time to go. now even george admits it is time to .o_ : now even george admits it is time to .o, : ., :, now even george admits it is time to to. ~ :, :, :, , :, go. well, i have got the offer of somewhere _ go. well, i have got the offer of somewhere to _ go. well, i have got the offer of somewhere to live. _ go. well, i have got the offer of somewhere to live. that - go. well, i have got the offer of somewhere to live. that will. go. well, i have got the offer of| somewhere to live. that will suit go. well, i have got the offer of - somewhere to live. that will suit me in my old age. but, of course, now i had to pay rent for the rest of my life. how long ever that might be. last year southern water of the george alternative accommodation for 12 months while a geological investigation was carried out. that was completed in november and a full report is due shortly. at the time

of offer george did not want to go. now he is moving out in southern water has agreed an initial six months rent with an option to extend. the water company says it immediately agreed to the necessary funding and has paid the required advanced rent. for george having to finally leave the former tearooms enters home for more than two decades is heartbreaking. iloathed enters home for more than two decades is heartbreaking. what has saddened me _ decades is heartbreaking. what has saddened me even _ decades is heartbreaking. what has saddened me even more, - decades is heartbreaking. what has saddened me even more, my- decades is heartbreaking. what has - saddened me even more, my youngest daughter wanted to take over this house, come and live here with me, and take over it, and open the business as the tea gardens again stop this view is really special. at night you should have seen the moon last night. so sad. so night you should have seen the moon last night. so sad.— last night. so sad. so difficult when you _ last night. so sad. so difficult when you have _ last night. so sad. so difficult when you have been - last night. so sad. so difficult when you have been living - last night. so sad. so difficult - when you have been living somewhere so long that you love to have to leave for reasons beyond your control. what a view incredible.

loads more to come on the show. an incredible night of athletics. we will talk to the gold—medallistjosh kerr and molly called tree. we hope them to be stars at the olympics full. we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc one right now.

hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. as we mentioned, we looking forward to to two gold—medallists from the indoor championships. it was a great night in glasgow. 50 indoor championships. it was a great night in glasgow-— indoor championships. it was a great night in glasgow. so impressive from josh kerr, night in glasgow. so impressive from josh kerr. the — night in glasgow. so impressive from josh kerr, the golden _ night in glasgow. so impressive from josh kerr, the golden boy _ night in glasgow. so impressive from josh kerr, the golden boy of - josh kerr, the golden boy of glasgow. josh kerr, the golden boy of glasuow. : josh kerr, the golden boy of glasgow-— josh kerr, the golden boy of glasuow. : :, ,, :, , glasgow. and we talk about this race? you _ glasgow. and we talk about this race? you can _ glasgow. and we talk about this race? you can watch _ glasgow. and we talk about this race? you can watch it - glasgow. and we talk about this race? you can watch it back - glasgow. and we talk about this race? you can watch it back in l glasgow. and we talk about this i race? you can watch it back in the

sports website, just the highlights, not the whole 3,000m. he looks so comfortable all the way through. he almost gets boxed in and then he has that extra kick at the end. this isn�*t his normal distance. that extra kick at the end. this isn't his normal distance. know, 1,500m isn't his normal distance. know, mom is _ isn't his normal distance. know, mom is his— isn't his normal distance. know, 1,500m is his normal— isn't his normal distance. know, 1,500m is his normal distance. | isn't his normal distance. know, i 1,500m is his normal distance. he isn't his normal distance. know, - 1,500m is his normal distance. he is the reigning world champion for that distance, but it didn�*t seem to bother him, the extra distance. he absolutely stormed home, and i think the crowd had a little bit to do with that. it was so impressive for kerr. he came first for great britain in the men�*s 3,000 metres at the world indoor championships. roared on by a passionate home crowd on the track where he trained as a junior, the 1,500 metres outdoor world champion stormed clear of the defending champion, ethiopia�*s selemon barega, in the final 100 metres to become the first scot in 31 years to win an indoor gold medal. i actually came out here without a solid plan for the first time. super fluid and i wanted to make sure i wasn�*t acting emotionally out there

and going with these hard moves that were going to come back to me. just try to keep a patient head, and it wasn�*t the cleanest race for me, but i got it done. ifeel fit, and a world title is amazing, so i�*m pumped. less than 110 minutes later, molly caudery made it a night of double celebrations as she took gold in the women�*s pole vault. in only her second global championships, her clearance of 4.80 metres proved to be crucial. it follows her silver medal at the commonwealth games in 2022 as she now sets her sights on the olympic games in paris this summer. to have executed the way i did, i�*m just proud of myself for that. as soon as i got a medal, that was kind of all i came to do, and that kind of all i came to do, and that kind of made me believe in myself. those last two jumps, of made me believe in myself. those last twojumps, i of made me believe in myself. those last two jumps, i was so on edge, and then she didn�*t clear, and me and then she didn�*t clear, and me and eliza get on really well, but i can�*t help but be a bit happy.

and there was a world record in the 400 metres for femke bol from the netherlands, the dutch woman setting a new time of 49.17 seconds. her teammate lieke klaver took silver and britain�*s laviai nielsen was fouth. laura muir could only finish fifth in the 3,000 metres. american elle st pierre won the event in a national record with a great sprint finish, and while she stole the show on the track, it was her young baby who took the limelight afterwards. absolutely sensational today. a world champion. i�*zre absolutely sensational today. a world champion.— world champion. i've lost my microphone. _ world champion. i've lost my microphone, but _ world champion. i've lost my microphone, but deservedly| world champion. i've lost my i microphone, but deservedly so. world champion. i've lost my - microphone, but deservedly so. just run us _ microphone, but deservedly so. just run us to— microphone, but deservedly so. just run us to your thoughts right now. it's run us to your thoughts right now. it's a _ run us to your thoughts right now. it's a dream — run us to your thoughts right now. it's a dream come true, you know. it�*s a dream come true, you know. having a baby and being here, you know, it definitely was a hard road getting here, and i had a lot of hard days, and i wasn�*t sure if i could come back to where i was

before, now that i�*m here, it�*s so sweet. before, now that i'm here, it's so sweet. , :, , , sweet. they love those fluffy microphones. _ sweet. they love those fluffy microphones. baby - sweet. they love those fluffy microphones. baby ivan - sweet. they love those fluffy microphones. baby ivan is i microphones. baby ivan is one—year—old tomorrow. once again formula one is dominating the front pages of the newspapers as much as the back. that�*s because christian horner�*s wife, the former spice girl geri, turned up in the paddock at bahrain to support her husband, following the red bull investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour that he denied and was recently cleared of. on the track, red bull picked up where they left off last season. world champion max verstappen started from pole, clocked the fastest lap and took the chequered flag 20 seconds ahead of his teammate sergio perez. ferrari�*s carlos sainz completed the podium. george russell was the highest placed british driver, in fifth. unbelievable. i think today went even better than expected. i think the car was really nice to drive, and i think we had a lot of pace. it

wasjust super enjoyable and i think we had a lot of pace. it was just super enjoyable to drive today. we really stayed out of trouble, and a great start to the year. it couldn�*t have been better. for 99 minutes yesterday it looked as though liverpool were going to slip up in the premier league title race. nottingham forest had frustrated them deep into added time at the city ground. it was 0—0 until alexis mac allister and susbtitute darwin nunez combined to break the deadlock and take all three points, much to the relief of managerjurgen klopp and their travelling fans. liverpool are now four points clear of manchester city, who host manchester united in the derby later. to get to the points tally was to us always a big fight. it never was easy, it never came easy to us. there might be a game where you are too—0 up after 20 minutes, and then you can bring it over the line or whatever, but it�*sjust you can bring it over the line or whatever, but it�*s just really tough. but again, you don�*t have to

wave the white flag. they will keep fighting, and let�*s see. that late goal came after a stoppage for a head injury and the referee restarting the game with liverpool instead of forest in possession, much to the home side�*s frustration. evangelos marinakis, the forest chairman, even appeared pitchside as others remonstrated with the officials. coach steven reid was shown a red card. forest boss nuno espirito santo refused to comment on the incident. aston villa stay five points clear of tottenham in the race for a champions league place, but they left it late to beat luton. lucas digne�*s header gave unai emery�*s side a 3—2 win after the hatters fought back from 2—0 down. late goals at tottenham too. ange postecoglou�*s side came from behind to beat crystal palace in north london. son heung—min finished off the 3—1 win, which sees them stay in fifth. cristian romero and timo werner scored the other goals for spurs.

less than a week after their dramatic loss in the carabao cup final, axel disasi scored a late header to rescue a point for chelsea at brentford. the home side came from behind to take the lead thanks to this sensational acrobatic strike from yoane wissa, but chelsea bounced back, disasi heading home cole palmer�*s short corner. a result that leaves chelsea in the bottom half of the table, with brentford up to 15th. west ham scored twice in stoppage time to beat everton 3—1 at goodison park. tomas soucek and edson alvarez added to kurt zouma�*s equaliser to make it ten games without a win for sean dyche�*s everton. goals from alexander isak, anthony gordon and tino livramento helped newcastle get their first home win in the premier league since mid—december, as they beat wolves 3—0. the victory sees eddie howe�*s side keep up the pressure in the race

for european football. after a shock victory at old trafford last weekend, fulham made it two wins from two, beating brighton 3—0. they won comfortably, the goals coming from harry wilson, rodrigo muniz and adama traore. celtic have the chance to return to the top of the scottish premiership if they beat hearts this lunchtime. that�*s because rangers lost. their old firm rivals suffered a shock 2—1 defeat at home to motherwell, with dan casey getting the winner. that result ends rangers�* 11—match winning run. take a look at this. that is not an ideal life. — that�*s not an ideal lie. rory mcilroy had a day to forget in the pga tour cognizant classic third round. as you can see he found the water on the 16th hole. and despite optimistically attempting a shot out of it, even mcilroy couldn�*t

hit it cleanly. not good for his scorecard or his trousers. a triple bogey really scuppered his chances of getting close to the top of the leaderboard as he ended on seven—under. he�*s six shots off the leaders, which include england�*s david skinns, who is ranked 278th in the world and has never had a top ten finish on the pga tour. that is not good for his club either. they are expensive, those things. either. they are expensive, those thins. �* :, : things. i'm more concerned about the laund , to things. i'm more concerned about the laundry. to be — things. i'm more concerned about the laundry, to be honest. _ it�*s a rock instrumental that�*s become an anthem for newcastle united. going home — theme of the local hero was first recorded more than 110 years ago. mark knopfler and guy fletcher have now reworked it with a little help from what can only be described as supergroup made up of around 60 musicians, including bruce springsteen, slash, sting, and ringo starr.

yesterday, the dire straits musicians were at st james�*s park to hear it being played for the first time ahead of newcastle�*s match against wolverhampton. mark also gave the bbc some insight about what it was like to record the new version of the song. the thing is, people�*s contributions were so fantastic, notjust the thing is, people�*s contributions were so fantastic, not just from this country. there were stuff coming in from america, from studios and things like that, so i go in one day and we would have already had

eric clapton and pete townsend, you name it, we had them. and then i�*d come in and there would be bruce springsteen would send something in. how long is this thing going to be? we can speak now to guy fletcher, who was part of dire straits for so many years, and k collins, from the teenage cancer trust. guy, first of all, it has been an absolutely extraordinary project. the roll of names in this list of musicians who have come on board to play is off the scale. where do you want to begin? who do you want to pick out? well, where to begin? it�*s been two years out of our lives, this project. and a very enjoyable two years. a highlight for me was probablyjeff beck, obviously recently passing away, what he gave

us was... i can only describe it as spine chilling, but all the contributions were incredible. it just took a long time to sort out. it was something that evolved over a long period of time, from quite humble beginnings to what we have now, which is an 8.5 minute or 9.5 minute track. now, which is an 8.5 minute or 9.5 minute track-— minute track. how do you think it com ares minute track. how do you think it compares to _ minute track. how do you think it compares to the _ minute track. how do you think it compares to the original? - minute track. how do you think it compares to the original? well, i minute track. how do you think it i compares to the original? well, we found out at _ compares to the original? well, we found out at st _ compares to the original? well, we found out at st james's _ compares to the original? well, we found out at st james's park - found out at st james�*s park yesterday where they played 2.5 minutes of it before the team kicked off. it seemed to go down pretty well. obviously it�*s different, because it�*s just guitars. well. obviously it�*s different, because it�*sjust guitars. i think if you like guitars, and you like any of the players that are on it, i think you are going to love it. kate, what did you make of all of this when it was first suggested that this could be put together for the trust? 1 that this could be put together for the trust? ~ �* , :, that this could be put together for the trust? ~' �* , :, :, that this could be put together for the trust? ~ �* , :, :, the trust? i think it's one of those thin . s the trust? i think it's one of those things where _ the trust? i think it's one of those things where you _ the trust? i think it's one of those things where you think— the trust? i think it's one of those things where you think if- the trust? i think it's one of those things where you think if this - things where you think if this actually happens, this is going to be totally legendary, and it really is. it is going to help the teenage

cancer trust change the lives of young people with cancer because of the funds it will raise. it is a remarkable track in its original form. to have it in this new recorded version, helping young people with cancer across the uk and in the united states for team cancer america, is something we�*re so grateful for. america, is something we're so grateful for-— america, is something we're so grateful for. and what difference will it make. _ grateful for. and what difference will it make, when _ grateful for. and what difference will it make, when all— grateful for. and what difference will it make, when all of - grateful for. and what difference will it make, when all of this - grateful for. and what difference i will it make, when all of this comes together, that stellar of names and musicians — this is about raising awareness, isn�*t it, but it is also awareness, isn�*t it, but it is also a project about people coming together for a greater good. it�*s together for a greater good. it's about together for a greater good. it�*s about raising awareness, it's also about raising awareness, it�*s also about raising awareness, it�*s also about raising awareness, it�*s also about raising absolutely essential funds. for every download of the single, that money will come to teenage cancer trust in the uk, and we are the only company that supports young people in our nhs hospitals, and 120 nurses and youth workers, making sure that young people are able to be young people first and cancer patients second, and making sure they don�*t face

cancer alone. without fundraising, that work cannot happen. it�*s vital in raising awareness, and it�*s brilliant to be having a conversation with you today, and what mark and guy and everyone involved in the track have done is absolutely off the scale, but it�*s also about raising much—needed funds, because it has never been harder to raise money for young people with cancer, and they have never needed teenage cancer trust more. tell us about the practicalities of getting the track together, you did not have all the musicians in one place at one time and they recorded it separately, it has taken a cup of years, what was that like from a music production point of view? challenging, did evolve over a long period of time at each stage of the process i mixed it, there are about 53 different versions of is that evolved. when certain larger contributions like peter frampton or townsend or clapton came on board i tried to rebuild the track because

obviously there was not enough space on the original length. it was rebuilt and remixed at each stage and itjust grew and grew and grew, and itjust grew and grew and grew, and! and itjust grew and grew and grew, and ijust tried to remain his faithful to the melody of the song, as i possibly could. that faithful to the melody of the song, as i possibly could.— as i possibly could. at that point is that when _ as i possibly could. at that point is that when you _ as i possibly could. at that point is that when you decided - as i possibly could. at that point is that when you decided you - as i possibly could. at that point - is that when you decided you wanted to create the full nine minute version when you realised how much great material you had? brute version when you realised how much great material you had?— great material you had? we didn't think it was _ great material you had? we didn't think it was going _ great material you had? we didn't think it was going to _ great material you had? we didn't think it was going to be _ great material you had? we didn't think it was going to be nine - think it was going to be nine minutes at the beginning but it turned out that way. in order to get everybody on that we had because obviously once a view of the players come on board most of them know each other and no mark and the charities, they wanted to be a part of it, it was a wonderful feeling to get such wonderful contributions from everybody, and my thanks goes to everyone. nobody bought their egos along, a lot of people came to the studio but most people did it remotely and it was just an amazing

thing to be a part of. bid remotely and it wasjust an amazing thing to be a part of.— thing to be a part of. did you ask a lot of people _ thing to be a part of. did you ask a lot of people assuming _ thing to be a part of. did you ask a lot of people assuming some - thing to be a part of. did you ask a . lot of people assuming some wouldn't lot of people assuming some wouldn�*t be able to be available in most people said yes so you had that nice problem of having too many great people? we problem of having too many great --eole? ~ :, problem of having too many great ..eole? : ., problem of having too many great --eole?~ :, :, , , :, problem of having too many great n-eole? :, :, , , :, :, :, people? we had too many but a lot of --eole people? we had too many but a lot of eo - le we people? we had too many but a lot of people we asked _ people? we had too many but a lot of people we asked couldn't _ people? we had too many but a lot of people we asked couldn't do - people? we had too many but a lot of people we asked couldn't do it - people? we had too many but a lot of people we asked couldn't do it for - people we asked couldn�*t do it for whatever reason, they were touring or busy, but we have not done too badly, i don�*t think. or busy, but we have not done too badly, i don't think.— or busy, but we have not done too badly, i don't think. kate, were you there yesterday _ badly, i don't think. kate, were you there yesterday for _ badly, i don't think. kate, were you there yesterday for the _ badly, i don't think. kate, were you there yesterday for the first - badly, i don't think. kate, were you there yesterday for the first outing l there yesterday for the first outing of this in newcastle. 1 there yesterday for the first outing of this in newcastle.— of this in newcastle. i was lucky enou:h of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to _ of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to hear— of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to hear it _ of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to hear it on _ of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to hear it on friday, - of this in newcastle. i was lucky enough to hear it on friday, thej enough to hear it on friday, the full nine minutes and to be in a room of people listening to that, goosebumps and everybody sitting in silent soaking it up, you can hear every different artist and if you know your artist, you hear them coming and you go i think i know who thatis, coming and you go i think i know who that is, absolutely spine tingling and people have put egos aside to make a difference to people with

tank —— cancer is something else. it tank —— cancer is something else. it is a great music nerd game sitting there for the nine minutes and picking out every guitarist individually. great for a pub quiz. thank you to both of you for coming on to talk about it. phenomenal achievement by you and mark. good luck with the cancer trust and incredibly worthwhile cause. we�*ll be back with the headlines at eight. now it�*s time for click. no longer tupou, the menopause has finally become a hot topic stop.

with what many women can go through hopefully becoming better understood. so i�*ve had a bit of a rubbish day today with feeling quite anxious. i had quite a bad night's sleep last night. hey, so i'm just between cases today at work. - ijust had a quite - embarrassing hot flush. i'm struggling with the light. i'm struggling to see. so, it�*s 6am on sunday morning and i�*m wide awake. i've been perimenopausal for the last... ..seven of so years. definitely one of the most challenging symptoms i�*ve found over the last few years has been the brain fog. i'm trying not to be too, erm, too upset about it. maybe, though, the way that women�*s reproductive health plays out doesn�*t need to be inevitable. i�*ve been to meet some scientists who are working on the idea of delaying menopause. at the buck institute for aging in california, neuroscientistjennifer garrison studies the connection

between the brain and the ovaries. menopause is basically what happens when a woman�*s ovaries stop working. essentially, it leads to a whole host of really dramatic health consequences. so ovaries are producing notjust eggs for, for making babies, but also a whole host of really important hormones that are absolutely essential for overall health. when those beneficial hormones go away, what happens is a woman�*s risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, all sorts of things — arthritis, depression — all of those risks go way up. if we don�*t address age at menopause or reproductive span in women, then, essentially, we�*re going to be making gender inequality worse and not better. and that�*s because female humans born today can expect to live on average about 100 years. and so what that means in practice is that, soon, women are going to be living more of their lives after menopause than before.

well, i can see the problem, but can menopause be delayed? we hope so. there are very few animal species that actually go through menopause. so, what that means to me as a scientist is that it�*s probably not a biological imperative. there�*s no benefit to it that i can see. combine the latest scientific understanding of menopause and the often symptomatic years running up to it, the perimenopause, with big data and things get really interesting. at cambridge biomedical centre, genomicist stasa stankovic is trying to develop reliable menopause prediction tests. the access to these kind of data basically allow us to read the dna of over 200,000 women who are menopausal. we can basically analyse and understand what are the differences in their dna that actually determine at what age

they will become menopausal? some of the scientists i�*ve spoken to have been focused more on health equality. it seems, for you, this is also about fertility. we actually capture both sides. it is really necessary for the tests in the clinic to have long—term predictive potential. and, at the moment, theyjust tell you whether you are menopausal or not. exactly. but once you detect the problem of infertility, you're usually too late to do anything about it, such as go through ivf or cryopreservation. what our tests might do is the long—term predictive capability, which means that you will be able to plan your family and fertilityjourney extremely early on so that you don't end up in the situation of unexpected infertility where you don't have a solution how to battle it. how close are we to tests that can do that reliably being available for anyone to use? we are at about 60% reliability, which means we lack around 20% more to enter the clinical practice.

experts can�*t agree on exactly how much genetics impact the exact time of menopause. stasa estimates it to be around 60%, the rest being down to lifestyle or health, stress or medical issues. but, particularly for those who do face it early, these tests could give some clarity. when i found out i was going through an early menopause, i think i was quite taken aback. i�*d been on the oral contraceptive pill for quite a number of years, and i recently had a relationship break down, so i came off that, and it was whilst i�*d come off the pill that i started getting some hot flush symptoms, and i hadn�*t really thought much of it at the time. but after it was happening every day, i went to the doctor to get some blood tests, and everything kind of started to unravel slowly from there, really. and it wasn�*t until i went through several diagnostic tests that i actually found that it was too late and i�*d gone

through the menopause and i wasn�*t then able to have children and i was infertile. so that was quite a lot to take on at the age of 31. unless, of course, you could then take a drug to delay it. the imperative for someone like siobhan may be greater but research into developing therapeutics to do so is aimed at all women. back in cambridge, scientists are replicating in mice the signs that have been identified in human dna. so, to test the genes that we find in humans, we have to work with lab scientists. so you can see here gerry working on some mouse cells, validating our targets that we discovered in humans. 0k. so what we can do with this is, first, find out what, _ what the reason is, _ or what the function of that protein is, so that then we can - hopefully try to target that as a drug therapy. so, so far what we've done very well is categorise the kinds _ of variations that you find in large data into different groups. - we know that some affect how many

eggs that a woman is born with. - and we know that some affect the survival of the eggs - into adult life. and so that's already a big step | forward in trying to understandj mechanistically the different causes of infertility. - there are already start—ups working in this space. new york—based oviva therapeutics is currently trialling its menopause delay drug in animals, this being an engineered form of the anti—mullerian hormone, which plays a crucial role in regulating reproductive potential. what oviva is developing is a therapeutic that essentially can be used to extend the ovarian reserve or the number of eggs that we have at any given point in time, and using this as a means to extend ovarian function. now, what�*s interesting about this is, mechanistically, this is something you could take at any given point in your life, and it would essentially be working as an anti—ageing contraceptive. and this therapeutic is something that you could start taking once you�*re in your 40s. whether you�*re finished

having your family, or perhaps you don�*t want children, it would be easily used at a later date, closer to when you might enter menopause, as a means to really stave that off. health risks vary pre— and post—menopause. exposing the body to hormones for longer can be associated with a higher risk of breast, ovarian or endometrial cancers. whether this method of delay might impact that cancer risk in humans is unclear, though, so far, there�*s no evidence of this in animal studies. the likelihood of toxicity is quite low, but there�*s a lot that we need to better understand about the consequences of having that as a therapeutic, but then also of extending the function of the ovaries for longer. so i think ideally we�*d be able to take this therapeutic for a number of years, essentially for as long as we would want to forestall menopause. but have there been moody mice? the question of whether mood will be impacted is an interesting one, and i think we know that this is acting very early in the cycle

to basically pause the eggs and follicles from entering that maturation pathway. and, in doing so, you�*re actually creating a little light suppression on the cycle of oestrogen in particular. progesterone, i don�*t think we�*ve seen any direct impact on. but i think the critical thing here is we just need more data. whilst initial signs are promising, daisy�*s questions over extending women�*s hormonal lives are echoed by other experts. before moving into health tech, dr stephanie kuku was a gynaecologist also researching women�*s cancers. what do you think of the concept of creating therapeutics to delay menopause? delaying menopause might mean that you are exposing the body to hormones for longer than we are naturally used to, so perhaps we need to think about what the side—effects of that could be. the trouble is that we need really long periods of testing to really see these side—effects. so, whilst initial, preclinical

studies might show that delaying the menopause is safe, i think long—term clinical studies in humans will be really important to guarantee the safety and efficacy of therapeutics to delay the menopause. if we had better treatments and more access to hrt, because hrt does work, then perhaps it wouldn't be such a topic of conversation that menopause should be delayed rather than just managed better. i definitely think if there was something along those lines then that would be really encouraging because it could... yeah, it could really, really change some people�*s lives. and i think, mainly for me, it�*s been the fertility side that�*s had such a big impact because that�*s something that�*s now been taken away. so i think if i could�*ve maybe had a bit more time with that, i�*d, yeah, it would definitely be interesting. it�*s hard to look back and see, but i think it�*s very exciting that these things are possibly out there. and there is something else. there�*s been a big problem

with underfunding in women�*s health. do you think that menopause delay is actually the right place to be investing money? so we have to think about delaying menopause in the context of prioritising women's health needs. what is mission—critical is...investing in trials to find better therapeutics for the very deadly ovarian cancer that has sort of limited treatment options, the right way to invest? or should we be really thinking about delaying menopause in the context of who it would be most beneficial to delay menopause for? clearly, women�*s experiences vary hugely. and this is controversial. but as we start to recognise the impact menopause has on countless women�*s health and wellbeing, the case for better or different safe treatments strengthens.

that is it for the short version of our women and technology program. the full—length version can be found on iplayer. thanks for watching. we will be back next week. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today. no "easy path" to tax cuts — a warning from the chancellor as he makes the final preparations for this week�*s budget. renewed hopes for a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas — as delegations from both sides are due to meet mediators in egypt today.

delegations from israel and hamas are to meet mediators in egypt — rail fares increase by nearly 5 percent in england and wales despite a year of delays and cancellations for commuters. in sport, it was a golden night for great britain in glasgow with two gold medals at the world athletics indoor championships. an impressive first place for molly caudery in the women�*s pole vault, and local lad josh kerr smashed the 3000 metres. and raye makes history at the brits — becoming the first artist to win six awards in one night, including best album. all i ever wanted to be was an artist, and now i�*m an artist with an album of the year! thank you! cheering. and weather—wise it's a cold and frosty start to your sunday but overall fewer showers today and perhaps feeling a little less chilly this afternoon. i'll have your full details here on breakfast.

it�*s sunday, the 3rd of march. our top story. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesday�*s budget — telling the sunday telegraph he has to act responsibly. with three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. here�*s our political correspondent, hannah miller. police drones that can assess road traffic accidents — one solution chosen by the chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesn�*t make easy reading. butjeremy hunt says £800 million worth of technology like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years�* time. at a time when he has less money to play with than he would have hoped for, he is weighing up

what he can do to win votes. the chancellor is under pressure to make tax cuts so people feel like money is going into their pockets to spend, rather than his. treasury officials have even suggested he might tweak the numbers to plan for smaller public spending rises in the future, as the political dimension of this budget becomes impossible to ignore. central government spending on areas such as housing, councils, and courts already looks set to be squeezed in the coming years, with the housing secretary, michael gove, admitting he�*s begging for more money for his department, and leading economists have warned any tax cuts may be short—lived. i think if we do see a tax cut in the budget, then one way or another it�*s likely to be undone after the next election, frankly, whoever wins that election. whatever the scale of the tax cuts announced in the budget this week, during this parliament, taxes will have risen really very substantially indeed.

this has been a big tax increasing parliament. labour described today�*s announcement as spin without substance, and while many may welcome the arrival of improved technology in hospitals and the police, some in his own party will hope the chancellor can go further to sort out the ailing economy. hannah miller, bbc news. let�*s got more on this from our political correspondent, harry farley. harry, there�*s lots of speculation in the paper�*s this morning about what the chancellor might announce — what should we make of it? you are right, some papers warning what will happen to the conservative party every chance does not cut taxes and others warning what would happen if he does cut taxes. all the indications from the treasury and this will be limited budget, jeremy hunt a few months ago was talking up the prospect of tax cuts, even

compared himself to nigel lawson and this was supposed to be a big moment for the government, part of the big offer to voters ahead of the general election, all that has changed. essentially because the government has less money to play with effort is to stay within the rules etc itself to manage the economy so jeremy hunt is in a bit of a bind, he has mps calling for more tax cuts on the one hand, we have seen speculation about national insurance on income tax cuts and on the other hand ministers like michael gove begging for more money for housing and the defence secretary as well. a few days from the budget that is always a bit of expectation management from the treasury so we should take it with a bit of a pension of salt but the mood music from the treasury as it will be a limited budget and we will not see

the big sweeping tax cutsjeremy hunt was hoping to make a few months ago. hunt was hoping to make a few months auo. :, ~' hunt was hoping to make a few months auo. :, ~ 1 :, hunt was hoping to make a few months ago. thank you. the chancellor will be on with one _ ago. thank you. the chancellor will be on with one at _ ago. thank you. the chancellor will be on with one at mainly _ ago. thank you. the chancellor will be on with one at mainly m. - mediators are due to meet in cairo for further talks about how to stop the fighting in gaza. yesterday a senior us official said israel was close to accepting a proposal for a six week pause, to allow for the release of hostages held by hamas in the territory. our correspondent wyre davies sent us this report from jerusalem. it�*s really important not to get ahead of ourselves here, even though, according to those unnamed sources in the united states, we are perhaps closer than we were a few days ago to a potential ceasefire, of course, over the muslim holy month of ramadan. that doesn�*t mean it�*s been agreed yet. there are still differences between the two sides. we�*re not even sure what level of israeli delegation would be going to cairo, if at all, for these continuing peace talks.

israel is said to want further details from hamas about which hostages are still alive and which of those would be released under any deal. the elderly, civilians, any women left in captivity and so on. hamas, of course, has its own issues. it wants... it has previously wanted israeli troops to withdraw from gaza and for gaza�*s citizens to be allowed back to their home areas in northern gaza in the event of a truce, however temporary it might be. so, i think despite the noises, particularly from washington and, of course, american sources are desperate for some sort of progress here. there�*s no cease fire deal in place yet and there is no guarantee that there will be one, even though the mood music is better than it was a few days ago. ukraine�*s president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused western allies of failing to deliver on their promises — after a wave of russian missile, drone and artillery strikes killed at least 11 people.

eight people died in one russian attack on a building in odessa — including two children. mr zelensky said that russia continued to wage war on civilians, and that ukraine was in urgent need of more air defence systems. donald trump has won the republican primary in three more us states — as he edges closer to becoming the party�*s official candidate in november�*s election. the former president comfortably beat his only rival, nikki haley, in the mid—western states of michigan and missouri, as well as the state of idaho. police are continuing to search for suspects after two women were injured by shotgun pellets in south london. officers have said that the incident in clapham happened after a firearm discharged when it was dropped during a police chase. the victims have been released from hospital. railfares in england and wales have risen by nearly 5% this morning — despite train cancellations

being close to their highest levels in a decade. the department for transport says the increase is significantly lower than the rate of inflation and will support the financial stability of the railways. our business correspondent, mark ashdown, reports. watford to london is a popular commuting route, but regular passengers will have to stump up around £200 extra for an annual ticket because of today�*s fare rises. so, is it worth it? there�*s always cancellations here, so i don�*t see where the extra money is going, what it�*s being used for. if i could see that, maybe i wouldn�*t mind as much, but i can�*t. saving money in the long run, instead of paying for insurance and the car and things like that. it's easier to commute on the train, so i do feel it's worth the money, at the end of the day. from today, regulated fares in england and wales are going up by 11.9%. usually they rise in january, by the previousjuly�*s retail prices index was plus 1%.

so this rise is half of what it could have been, and has been delayed for three months. it covers about half the tickets available, including most season tickets, travel cards, some off—peak returns and anytime tickets around major cities. let�*s have a look at what passengers can expect. a season ticket from brighton to london will rise from just over £5,600 to nearly £5,900. a yearly ticket from huddersfield to manchester will go up by £150 to £3,227. the most expensive route is southampton central to london, which is set to rise by £331; a year to £7,150. in scotland, fares will rise by 8.7% from april. the scottish government said current prices were not sustainable. northern ireland has yet to announce any rises this year. all this comes after a tumultuous 18 months, with workers at multiple rail unions repeatedly going on strike over pay and working conditions. the dispute involving aslef train drivers is still not resolved. the government has choices to make.

it has decided to freeze fuel duty for the past 13 years while raising rail fares every year. that doesn't have to be the case at all. the transport secretary, mark harper, said capping fare increases below last year�*s rise was a significant intervention by the government and strikes a balance between helping to modernise the rail sector but not overburdening passengers. but the tuc said working people here are paying some of the highest railfares in europe, and often get delayed, overcrowded, or cancelled services in return. mark ashdown, bbc news. part of the sycamore gap tree, which was cut down last year, is to go on public display. northumberland national park has announced that the largest section of the felled tree will go on display at the sill, a tourist attraction close to where the tree once stood, in september. the singer—songwriter raye has broken the record for the most brits won in one year, taking six awards at last

night�*s ceremony, including best artist and best album. the evening also saw australian star kylie minogue given the global icon award. our music correspondent mark savage has the highlights. she is real, she is raw, she is raye. this was raye�*s night. # a little context, if you care to listen...# the winner... ..raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from a record label that refused to put out her debut album, she swept the brit awards... what the hell is happening? i�*m an artist with an album of the year! ..and even brought her grandmother on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. my god! you�*re going to need two tesco bags. i know, i am going to need two tesco bags! you know who got six in their entire career? who?

michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? david bowie. you�*re equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even? nah. best night of my life, hands down, without a shadow of a doubt. will it ever get better than this again? mate... tell me about your grandma, agatha. isn�*t she beautiful? she�*s amazing. listen, that woman raised me. my parents worked full—time, so she took me to school. she lived with us. she moved from ghana to raise me. i owe her everything. but raye wasn�*t the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and opened the show with a spectacular performance of her new single, training session. # not the best idea...# sza won the best international artist award.

chase & status celebrated their win for best producer with a performance of disconnect with becky hill. and the show closed with a celebratory performance from kylie minogue. she had been awarded the global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits. amazing. there�*s a part of my brain that�*s scanning the years to go, "wow, how did i get here?" i mean, i�*m trying to compute it myself. it�*s not that easy. in a night where female artists dominated, closing the show with one of the trailblazers was a fitting end. if you want to enjoy more of raye there�*s a billion performance on bbc

iplayer, you can indulge in that. that�*s what is amazing, it opens up artists to new audiences that may not have discovered them before and you look it up so do so on the iplayer. here�*s matt with a look at this morning�*s weather. good morning. a beautiful start, you can almost feel the chill. this was taken by weather watcher lucienne oxfordshire, about “4 at the and dense fog but some brightness on the horizon above clearer skies which means a brighter day for many, not dry everywhere but fewer showers sought more of you will not get soggy. the big picture from space, a few things to watch for, clean skies and some cloud enhancing the showers in the south—west and the strip

producing longer spells of persistent rain and the far north of scotland, it will collect parts of east anglia through the diesel norfolk and suffolk you might get some rain at times and keeping the sunshine hazy but elsewhere dry, few showers was in the west, wintry on the higher ground, showers and some sleet on hills, the channel islands with frequent showers through the day but most of you staying dry through the day, but more sunshine, lighter ones and temperatures from yesterday. it will be cold tonight, temperatures will plummet and fog developing and a widespread frost in eight, exceptions channel islands and the far south—west and maybe the south—west of northern ireland because cloud increases, most of you starting sunny but the increasing cloud comes from the weather system

bringing further rain, one of the wetter days of the week for some, widespread frost for the morning commute, still cloud in shetland with outbreaks of rain and a gusty wind but wait through the day at times, channel islands, south—west england and wales and northern ireland later, narrowing band of heavy rain working north and east through the day. it will fizzle through the day. it will fizzle through monday night, temperatures still 9-11 through monday night, temperatures still 9—11 so when we should be for this stage in march but the weather system starts to decay and a battle between high pressure in the northeast and low—pressure to the west through the week so rain overnight on tuesday becomes more shallow, some of you staying dry, more sunshine through the day though some heavy showers the south—west later, but the rest of the week, high pressure building across scandinavia so the emphasis is on

less rain and more sunshine at times although we will see overnight mist antibodies well pack up but it will help to left the temperature compared to the weekend. thank you. when alex baddock�*s kidneys failed atjust three days old, his motherjulie did what any parent would in that situation. she offered to donate one of hers. julie was a match — but, because of alex�*s age, she faced an agonising three year wait before he could accept an adult organ. nine years later, and alex is thriving. so much so that he�*s preparing to take part in the world transplant winter games in bormio in italy. he and julie join us now. good morning. fantastic to see you. when i read your story, alex, it is astonishing to think what it must have been like for your mum when you

were so tiny when through the trauma of having a little baby needing all that medical care and now look at you with your gb top on competing for your country. you with your gb top on competing foryour country. did you with your gb top on competing for your country. did you ever imagine anything like this would ever happen?— ever happen? never, it is 'ust amazing. fl ever happen? never, it is 'ust amazing. we i ever happen? never, it is 'ust amazing. we went * ever happen? never, it is 'ust amazing. we went from h ever happen? never, it isjust| amazing. we went from having ever happen? never, it isjust i amazing. we went from having a ever happen? never, it isjust - amazing. we went from having a tiny baby you find out is unwell and overly first six weeks of his life that became daily treatment and long stays in hospital, dialysis and a kidney transplant and you think what is happening, what is this what custom we are on. once he had had the transplant the transformation was amazing, he went from being someone who did not have much energy and was not particularly interested in food to all of a sudden wanted to

be into everything and have a go at eating everything and just thrived from then on. i eating everything and 'ust thrived from then omi eating everything and 'ust thrived from then on. :, �* :, :, i. from then on. i don't have often you think about — from then on. i don't have often you think about this _ from then on. i don't have often you think about this but _ from then on. i don't have often you think about this but a _ from then on. i don't have often you think about this but a bit _ from then on. i don't have often you think about this but a bit of- from then on. i don't have often you think about this but a bit of your i think about this but a bit of your mum is inside you helping you live you never even think about it, is it a bit weird? i you never even think about it, is it a bit weird?— a bit weird? i don't necessarily think about — a bit weird? i don't necessarily think about it _ a bit weird? i don't necessarily think about it day-to-day i a bit weird? i don't necessarily think about it day-to-day but i a bit weird? i don't necessarily i think about it day-to-day but i know think about it day—to—day but i know it is there _ think about it day—to—day but i know it is there and i don't often think about— it is there and i don't often think about it — it is there and i don't often think about it in — it is there and i don't often think about it in that way. that it is there and i don't often think about it in that way.— about it in that way. that is fair enou~h, about it in that way. that is fair enough, probably _ about it in that way. that is fair enough, probably a _ about it in that way. that is fair enough, probably a slightly i enough, probably a slightly weird question. tell us what you will be doing there, the events you are competing in. the doing there, the events you are competing in-— doing there, the events you are com acetin in. , :, :, :, competing in. the slalom, the giant slalom and the _ competing in. the slalom, the giant slalom and the super _ competing in. the slalom, the giant slalom and the super g. _ competing in. the slalom, the giant slalom and the super g. we - competing in. the slalom, the giant slalom and the super g. we are i slalom and the super g. we are lookin: slalom and the super g. we are looking at _ slalom and the super g. we are looking at some _ slalom and the super g. we are looking at some pictures - slalom and the super g. we are looking at some pictures of- slalom and the super g. we are looking at some pictures of you j looking at some pictures of you skiing and talk to me about the games, why is it so important you are all able to get together to

compete. who will you be competing with. :, , compete. who will you be competing with. :, :, with. people across the whole world and it is a good _ with. people across the whole world and it is a good opportunity - with. people across the whole world and it is a good opportunity for- and it is a good opportunity for people — and it is a good opportunity for people all around the world who might— people all around the world who might would not have thought they would _ might would not have thought they would ski _ might would not have thought they would ski to doing these championships, it is amazing. when ou have championships, it is amazing. when you have been _ championships, it is amazing. when you have been through _ championships, it is amazing. when you have been through a _ championships, it is amazing. 1:11.91 you have been through a procedure like that you have to be on immuno suppressa nts severely like that you have to be on immuno suppressants severely it is about giving talented sportspeople are budgeted to compete. absolutely and it is promoting _ budgeted to compete. absolutely and it is promoting talented _ it is promoting talented sportspeople to get involved and compete and represent the other hospital or country but also encouraging people who have had transplants into sport to live a healthy life, sport is a fantastic way of bringing people together and

we enjoy meeting up with all these different people whether in the uk or around the world. [30 different people whether in the uk or around the world.— different people whether in the uk or around the world. do you talk to other people _ or around the world. do you talk to other people about _ or around the world. do you talk to other people about the _ or around the world. do you talk to | other people about the transplants, what have you got? i�*zre other people about the transplants, what have you got?— other people about the transplants, what have you got? i've got a kidney trans-[ant what have you got? i've got a kidney transplant and _ what have you got? i've got a kidney transplant and they _ what have you got? i've got a kidney transplant and they don't _ what have you got? i've got a kidney transplant and they don't really i transplant and they don't really know. — transplant and they don't really know. it — transplant and they don't really know. it is _ transplant and they don't really know, it is some put sports and questioned. know, it is some put sports and questioned-— know, it is some put sports and cuestioned. ~ ::, :, , questioned. when we come to these events we speak _ questioned. when we come to these events we speak to _ questioned. when we come to these events we speak to other _ questioned. when we come to these events we speak to other people i questioned. when we come to these | events we speak to other people who have had a different transplants. this have had a different transplants. as a donor you participate as well, what will you be competing in? the same as alex. _ what will you be competing in? t19 same as alex, the skiing events. the four different skiing events. sport has been part _ four different skiing events. sport

has been part of— four different skiing events. sport has been part of your _ four different skiing events. sport has been part of your life - four different skiing events. sport has been part of your life since alex has been quite young, has that been quite crucial to you after everything he has been through. definitely, just trying to stay active and healthy, live life to the full, you hear a lot from people who have had health issues when they are given a second chance it is an opportunity to grab hold of life and live it to the best you can so through sport that is one of the amazing things we can do. iloathed amazing things we can do. what meadows are — amazing things we can do. what meadows are you _ amazing things we can do. what meadows are you bringing home? hopefully a gold. meadows are you bringing home? hopefully a gold-— meadows are you bringing home? hopefully a gold. definitely a gold. aim hiuh. hopefully a gold. definitely a gold. aim high. absolutely. _ hopefully a gold. definitely a gold. aim high. absolutely. have - hopefully a gold. definitely a gold. aim high. absolutely. have a i aim high. absolutely. have a brilliant experience _ aim high. absolutely. have a brilliant experience in - aim high. absolutely. have a brilliant experience in italy, i aim high. absolutely. have a| brilliant experience in italy, it has been a delight to talk to you both, thank you so much, best of luck in your different events. thank

ou. luck in your different events. thank you- brilliant _ luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and _ luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and we _ luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and we will _ luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and we will talk i luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and we will talk to i luck in your different events. thank you. brilliant and we will talk to a i you. brilliant and we will talk to a cou-le of you. brilliant and we will talk to a couple of gold — you. brilliant and we will talk to a couple of gold medallists - you. brilliant and we will talk to a couple of gold medallists from i you. brilliant and we will talk to a | couple of gold medallists from the world indoor athletics championships a bit later. a month ago, sinn fein�*s michelle o neill became the first nationalist to be appointed first minister of northern ireland. that has prompted increased debate about the prospect of a united ireland.census data suggests there are now more people from a catholic background than protestant — but polls suggest most voters are against constitutional change. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. northern ireland has changed — statistically, politically, and physically. lurgan is one of the towns which has grown amidst evolving population trends. the first irish nationalist to be mayor of the area in 1999 has seen a major difference. one of the big changes for me were there were absolutely no—go areas

in terms of canvassing. there were areas where you just would have been frightened, quite frankly, to go into. that is no longer the case. 25 years ago, did a united ireland feel achievable at all, then? many thought it wouldn�*t have thought of it as within reach in their lifetime and i think it is in our lifetime. the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict here in 1998, sets out a legal pathway to a referendum on irish unity. it says the british government shall call a referendum if at any time it appears likely that a majority in northern ireland would vote to leave the uk and join a united ireland. in the strongly unionist area here, people think the idea of breaking up the uk is far—fetched. there's no talk of that whatsoever here. what are people talking about? people are talking about affording the rates, affording their...shopping every week.

some people look at the likes of census figures, election results, and say there is a move towards a referendum on northern ireland�*s status in the uk, what you think about that? i don't think i'll see it in my lifetime. i'm near positive that's it. a relatively new dynamic is that almost one in five voters now support parties which are neither unionist or nationalist. polling also suggests a rise in people identifying as something between only british or irish. ok, so, we're going to. take it from, "come out come out, wherever you are". can everybody this i side go that way and everybody this side go this way. at this cross—community theatre group, actors think the future of northern ireland won�*t be decided just by issues of national identity. it is not a matter of, "oh, i grew up this way and therefore "i have to go that way." or, "i know this person, so i have to go that way." i think it is much more, "i am interested in securing "a future for myself and family and friends." we need to stop thinking

about the divided self and thinking more about what we can do in the area we are in and how we can improve that. it's being able to identify we are i different in lots of different ways, not just coming down _ to whether you are irish or british. lots of things and we need to - appreciate everybody, for all of our differences and celebrate that. no—one can be sure what scenes will play out in the coming years. the uk government says it sees no realistic prospect of a referendum but others believe they can sense a shifting big picture. chris page, bbc news. on bbc one at nine o�*clock this morning, it�*s �*sunday with laura kuenssberg�*. let�*s find out what she�*s got in store. on wednesday, it�*s the last budget before the general election and it might be the last chance for the conservative government to give you any tempting morsel that might persuade you to give them their vote. tonight, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will be huddling with the prime minister, rishi sunak, to put the finishing

touches to their decisions. but, before that, he�*ll be live with us in the studio here at nine, taking our questions and yours. but he�*s got so many dilemmas, inflation has been slowing down, but is still high. public money has been squeezed in recent years. for different reasons. but for political reasons, he is desperate to cut your taxes. will he be able to do it? we�*ll have a go at finding out, this morning. see you on bbc one at 9am. we�*ll be back shortly, stay with us.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. earlier this week, the government announced fines for parents who might take their children out of school without permission will rise from £60 to £80 across england from september. the move has been backed by one headteacher�*s union — but a mother who was prosecuted for taking her five children out

of school to go to lanzarote says a crackdown on term—time holidays is unfair. josh sandiford reports. looks like she�*s in the middle of nowhere, don�*t it? a family holiday full of precious memories, but one that�*s left leanne bray with a criminal record. the single mum took her five children to lanzarote during term time, a break that landed her in legal trouble. it made me feel like i�*d let my children down and that i was no good for them. it made me feel worthless. a family vacation was needed. it was best for our interest. but then i did almost feel like my choices for my children werejudged harshly. leanne�*s children all live with additional needs. she stays busy resorts make a summer getaway almost impossible. but coleshill heath primary school, attended by her four youngest, took her to court through solihull council. bosses there say stopping unauthorised absences are a priority. but leanne claims the system is unfair. a lot of organisation and prep work has to go in, so i already knew. term time was the only option for me and my family and my children and their needs. they don�*t do crowds,

they don�*t do noise. and quite often it would make my children quite frustrated and angry and upset. last week, this court heard leanne�*s children attended school about 95% of the time. magistrates said they had taken into account her circumstances. she was ordered to pay £2211 in fines. this campaign has shot to fame for refusing to pay a fine for a term—time holiday. this campaigner shot to fame for refusing to pay a fine for a term—time holiday. the case eventually went to the supreme court, making the rules even stricter for others. the law says that a parent commits an offence if they fail to ensure the regular attendance of their child at school. and regular attendance is now defined as whatever the school says is. even if you say, for example, my child was off sick yesterday and the school say, "well, we don't believe you, prove it" and you can't prove it, they can mark that as unauthorised and you can be prosecuted for it. now, fines will be increased for parents whose children have missed school without permission.

the department for education says parents have a duty to ensure their youngsters attend class. it means leanne is unlikely to be the last parent taken to court, regardless of their situation. josh sandiford, bbc news. hugely controversial subject and one that will no doubt be coming back onto the news agendas as the fines get introduced. let�*s talk athletics, a great night last night. it was so exciting. so nice to be competing with the home crowd cheering you on. it competing with the home crowd cheering you on.— cheering you on. it makes a difference. _ cheering you on. it makes a difference, doesn't - cheering you on. it makes a difference, doesn't it? it. cheering you on. it makes a i difference, doesn't it? it does. doesn't always _ difference, doesn't it? it does. doesn't always happen - difference, doesn't it? it does. doesn't always happen very i difference, doesn't it? it does. i doesn't always happen very often difference, doesn't it? it does. - doesn't always happen very often and doesn�*t always happen very often and then to win in front of a home crowd, two gold medals for great britain. , :, : :, britain. these are world championships, - britain. these are world championships, the i britain. these are world i championships, the world britain. these are world - championships, the world indoor athletics championships taking place in glasgow. bud athletics championships taking place in glasuow. : :, , , . athletics championships taking place in glasuow. : :, , ,: , :, in glasgow. and in an olympic year! just saying! — what a great night for great britain as they won their first gold medals of the world athletics indoor championships. josh kerr stormed home to win the 3000 metres in front the 3,000 metres in front

of a home crowd in glasgow, while molly caudery finished first in the pole vault. we will be speaking to them both shortly, but before that joe lynskey looks back at how they won those medals. for two olympic hopefuls, this is the best way to start the year, a golden hour in glasgow and two british world champions. for molly caudery, this felt a breakthrough, forjosh kerr, it�*s more familiar. at last year�*s outdoor world championships, he won 15,000 metre gold. this race was twice the distance, a test of pace and physicality. he barged his way to the cusp of the lead. edinburgh�*s endurance star with a glasgow crowd behind him. they�*re not going to catch him, he�*s away and gone! the crowd are on their feet, their champion is coming home. oh, it was unbelievable. the scottish and british fans packing out the stadium was the loudest it had ever been. i knew i needed to really keep

a calm head and keep the heart rate down. it's a much longer race than i am used to. it was an emotional day out there. ijust tried to execute the plan. kerr had won gold on the track he trained on as a junior. caudery�*s route into pole vault came in cornwall. but though she looked overwhelmed, she came here expecting, with the world lead mark in this event this year. a vault of four metres 80 would be enough to win it. cheering. and a roar around the stadium, molly caudery, world champion. caudery�*s story has seen her come back from adversity. she almost lost a finger in a training accident. now, after winning silver at the commonwealth games, she has herfirst senior title. when you woke up this morning, i did you think you would end the day being a world champion? i mean, i dreamed of it, i wasn't sure if it could come true or not. i think it was such a tough comp, there were six girls over 80 coming into it, so i knew it

was going to be a fight but it was a really emotional comp, and to execute it the way i did, i am just really proud of myself for that. this winter night in glasgow was a step towards the paris summer as they build up to the games. two world champions now hope to rise even further. joe lynskey, bbc news. fresh after their victories in glasgow we are nowjoined by the 3,000 metre gold medallist josh kerr and also the pole vault gold medallist molly caudery. i�*m very pleased to say that. doesn�*t that sound good, both of you? how lovely. josh, first of all, the atmosphere in glasgowjust sounded amazing. how much did the crowd help will you over the line first? it's almost overwhelming. i was first out, — it's almost overwhelming. i was first out, walking out into the stadium — first out, walking out into the stadium and i knew if i would let

the emotions get too much too early, i the emotions get too much too early, i would _ the emotions get too much too early, i would waste too much energy. my heart _ i would waste too much energy. my heart rate _ i would waste too much energy. my heart rate was through the roof. i took _ heart rate was through the roof. i took a _ heart rate was through the roof. i took a deep breath and used the crowd _ took a deep breath and used the crowd when i was ready to go. it was a long _ crowd when i was ready to go. it was a long race, — crowd when i was ready to go. it was a long race, had to be focused on getting _ a long race, had to be focused on getting the process done and when it was time _ getting the process done and when it was time to let the crowd go mental, i had was time to let the crowd go mental, i had to— was time to let the crowd go mental, i had to do— was time to let the crowd go mental, i had to do that. it really lifted me that — i had to do that. it really lifted me that last couple of laps. the}r me that last couple of laps. they definitely went _ me that last couple of laps. they definitely went mental _ me that last couple of laps. they definitely went mental on - me that last couple of laps. t191 definitely went mental on the last 100 metres we are looking at now because you stormed past, didn�*t you, josh? yeah, it was all part of the plan. as a _ yeah, it was all part of the plan. as a 1500 — yeah, it was all part of the plan. as a 1500 metre guy, i knew i had to sit around _ as a 1500 metre guy, i knew i had to sit around and really go for it when the time _ sit around and really go for it when the time comes a little bit closer to the _ the time comes a little bit closer to the end — the time comes a little bit closer to the end. when i heard that bell, i to the end. when i heard that bell, i was _ to the end. when i heard that bell, i was raring — to the end. when i heard that bell, i was raring to go. it to the end. when i heard that bell, i was raring to go.— i was raring to go. it was amazing to watch. molly, _ i was raring to go. it was amazing to watch. molly, you _ i was raring to go. it was amazing to watch. molly, you had - i was raring to go. it was amazing to watch. molly, you had to i i was raring to go. it was amazing to watch. molly, you had to wait i i was raring to go. it was amazing l to watch. molly, you had to wait to find out if you had won my talk us through your emotions. —— if you had won, talk us. i through your emotions. -- if you had won. talk m— through your emotions. -- if you had won. talk ue— won, talk us. i was so nervous, liza is my training _

won, talk us. i was so nervous, liza is my training partner— won, talk us. i was so nervous, liza is my training partner and _ won, talk us. i was so nervous, liza is my training partner and you - won, talk us. i was so nervous, liza| is my training partner and you never want _ is my training partner and you never want anyone — is my training partner and you never want anyone to _ is my training partner and you never want anyone to fail _ is my training partner and you never want anyone to fail or— is my training partner and you never want anyone to fail or not _ is my training partner and you never want anyone to fail or not clear - is my training partner and you never want anyone to fail or not clear the i want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but_ want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but when— want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but when she _ want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but when she didn't— want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but when she didn't go- want anyone to fail or not clear the bar but when she didn't go over, i i bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't_ bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't know— bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't know how— bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't know how to _ bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't know how to react, - bar but when she didn't go over, i didn't know how to react, i- bar but when she didn't go over, i i didn't know how to react, i thought there's_ didn't know how to react, i thought there's no— didn't know how to react, i thought there's no way, _ didn't know how to react, i thought there's no way, i_ didn't know how to react, i thought there's no way, i thought _ didn't know how to react, i thought there's no way, i thought she - didn't know how to react, i thought there's no way, i thought she was. there's no way, i thought she was going _ there's no way, i thought she was going to _ there's no way, i thought she was going to clear_ there's no way, i thought she was going to clear it _ there's no way, i thought she was going to clear it and _ there's no way, i thought she was going to clear it and the - there's no way, i thought she was going to clear it and the bar- there's no way, i thought she was going to clear it and the bar came down _ going to clear it and the bar came down that — going to clear it and the bar came down. that made _ going to clear it and the bar came down. that made me _ going to clear it and the bar came down. that made me world - going to clear it and the bar came i down. that made me world champ, which _ down. that made me world champ, which i _ down. that made me world champ, which ijust— down. that made me world champ, which ijust still— down. that made me world champ, which ijust still can't _ down. that made me world champ, which ijust still can't believe. - which ijust still can't believe. molly. — which ijust still can't believe. molly. we _ which ijust still can't believe. molly. we are _ which ijust still can't believe. molly, we are so _ which ijust still can't believe. molly, we are so excited - which ijust still can't believe. | molly, we are so excited about which ijust still can't believe. - molly, we are so excited about your prospects, you've had a brilliant year. it's all gone really well for you. i was speaking to you on the radio last week, i know you love competition. that is where you really raise your game. but when you are there with someone who is like a liza, who is a really good mate, i saw you chatting all the way through how difficult is it to get through the competitive mindset? —— someone like eliza. the competitive mindset? -- someone like eliza. �* ., , ., ., like eliza. although you are competing _ like eliza. although you are competing against - like eliza. although you are competing against all - like eliza. although you are| competing against all these like eliza. although you are - competing against all these girls, it is you _ competing against all these girls, it is you against _ competing against all these girls, it is you against the _ competing against all these girls, it is you against the bar, you - competing against all these girls, | it is you against the bar, you have toiump _ it is you against the bar, you have toiump as— it is you against the bar, you have toiump as high— it is you against the bar, you have toiump as high as— it is you against the bar, you have to jump as high as you _ it is you against the bar, you have tojump as high as you can. - it is you against the bar, you have tojump as high as you can. i- it is you against the bar, you have�* tojump as high as you can. i have it is you against the bar, you have l tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire _ tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in— tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me. _ tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me. i_ tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me, ido— tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me, i dojust_ tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me, i dojust want - tojump as high as you can. i have a new fire in me, idojust want to- new fire in me, i dojust want to win _ new fire in me, i dojust want to win when— new fire in me, i dojust want to win whenl— new fire in me, i dojust want to win. when i cleared _ new fire in me, i dojust want to win. when i cleared that - new fire in me, i dojust want to win. when i cleared that 80, . new fire in me, i dojust want to win. when i cleared that 80, it. new fire in me, i dojust want to. win. when i cleared that 80, it was 'ust win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough — win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough but _ win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough. but it— win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough. but it may— win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough. but it may not - win. when i cleared that 80, it was just enough. but it may not have i just enough. but it may not have been _

just enough. but it may not have been it— just enough. but it may not have been it was— just enough. but it may not have been it was a— just enough. but it may not have been. it was a really— just enough. but it may not have been. it was a really tough - been. it was a really tough competition. _ been. it was a really tough competition. as _ been. it was a really tough competition. as soon - been. it was a really tough competition. as soon as i. been. it was a really tough . competition. as soon as i am been. it was a really tough - competition. as soon as i am on been. it was a really tough _ competition. as soon as i am on that runway. _ competition. as soon as i am on that runway, tunnel— competition. as soon as i am on that runway, tunnel vision. _ competition. as soon as i am on that runway, tunnel vision. although- competition. as soon as i am on that runway, tunnel vision. although i- competition. as soon as i am on that runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking _ runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to _ runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to her— runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to her off— runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to her off the _ runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to her off the track, - runway, tunnel vision. although i am talking to her off the track, it - talking to her off the track, it completely— talking to her off the track, it completely changes - talking to her off the track, it completely changes as - talking to her off the track, it completely changes as soon. talking to her off the track, it i completely changes as soon as i stepped — completely changes as soon as i stepped on _ completely changes as soon as i stepped om— completely changes as soon as i stepped on. josh, you trained on that track as _ stepped on. josh, you trained on that track as a _ stepped on. josh, you trained on that track as a junior, _ stepped on. josh, you trained on that track as a junior, you - stepped on. josh, you trained on that track as a junior, you knew. stepped on. josh, you trained on| that track as a junior, you knew it well, did you ever expect to win gold there and did that go through your minds yesterday?— gold there and did that go through your minds yesterday? yeah, when you are able to come _ your minds yesterday? yeah, when you are able to come to _ your minds yesterday? yeah, when you are able to come to a _ your minds yesterday? yeah, when you are able to come to a home _ are able to come to a home championships, that is an honour and a privilege _ championships, that is an honour and a privilege. there are opportunities that don't— a privilege. there are opportunities that don't come around very often. you have _ that don't come around very often. you have to — that don't come around very often. you have to be at your best. it took me a _ you have to be at your best. it took me a while — you have to be at your best. it took me a while to — you have to be at your best. it took me a while to make sure i was ready to go— me a while to make sure i was ready to go for— me a while to make sure i was ready to go for these championships and do n1yself_ to go for these championships and do myself and _ to go for these championships and do myself and the team proud and get a medal _ myself and the team proud and get a medal i_ myself and the team proud and get a medal. i spent a lot of time on that track, _ medal. i spent a lot of time on that track, i_ medal. i spent a lot of time on that track, i have— medal. i spent a lot of time on that track, i have raced many times on that track— track, i have raced many times on that track specifically, trained on there _ that track specifically, trained on there a _ that track specifically, trained on there a lot. it felt like home. when you have _ there a lot. it felt like home. when you have the crowd like that with the scotland flags and the britain fla-s the scotland flags and the britain flags and everything, it was very

special — flags and everything, it was very secial. , .,, ,. flags and everything, it was very secial. g .,, y., flags and everything, it was very secial. , ,. special. josh, you looked so comfortable _ special. josh, you looked so comfortable through - special. josh, you looked so comfortable through that i special. josh, you looked so i comfortable through that 3000 metres, which is insane. it is not your normal distance. you will be focusing back on the 1500 as we head towards paris. how much did you actually enjoy it as a race, given that it actually enjoy it as a race, given thatitis actually enjoy it as a race, given that it is a bit more unfamiliar for you? that it is a bit more unfamiliar for ou? . �* ., , , that it is a bit more unfamiliar for ou? ., �* ., , , you? yeah, i've really been en'oying the 3000. n — you? yeah, i've really been en'oying the 3000. it is i you? yeah, i've really been en'oying the 3000. it is just i you? yeah, i've really been en'oying the 3000. it isjust more h you? yeah, i've really been en'oying the 3000. it isjust more race h you? yeah, i've really been enjoying the 3000. it isjust more race to - you? yeah, i've really been enjoying the 3000. it isjust more race to be | the 3000. it isjust more race to be out there _ the 3000. it isjust more race to be out there and battle different things — out there and battle different things. you are out there mentally going _ things. you are out there mentally going through it, physically going through— going through it, physically going through it. you have a bit more time to make _ through it. you have a bit more time to make decisions. i have been enjoying — to make decisions. i have been enjoying jumping to make decisions. i have been enjoyingjumping up in to make decisions. i have been enjoying jumping up in distance but i'm ready— enjoying jumping up in distance but i'm ready to go down to 1500. it is where _ i'm ready to go down to 1500. it is where i_ i'm ready to go down to 1500. it is where i thrive. that 3000 is really going _ where i thrive. that 3000 is really going to _ where i thrive. that 3000 is really going to help the performances in the 1500. — going to help the performances in the 1500, that has been the plan so far. ~ ., , the 1500, that has been the plan so far. ~., , , ., the 1500, that has been the plan so far. a, , y., ., the 1500, that has been the plan so far. ., ., far. molly, you got so that the commonwealths _ far. molly, you got so that the commonwealths and - far. molly, you got so that the commonwealths and now - far. molly, you got so that the commonwealths and now you | far. molly, you got so that the - commonwealths and now you have gold at the worlds, are you allowing yourself to get excited as we head towards paris? j

yourself to get excited as we head towards paris?— towards paris? i am a little bit. actuall , towards paris? i am a little bit. actually. my — towards paris? i am a little bit. actually, my expectations - towards paris? i am a little bit. | actually, my expectations going towards paris? i am a little bit. - actually, my expectations going into this year— actually, my expectations going into this year have — actually, my expectations going into this year have already— actually, my expectations going into this year have already been - this year have already been exceeded _ this year have already been exceeded. my— this year have already been exceeded. my real- this year have already been exceeded. my real goal is i this year have already been - exceeded. my real goal is worth this year have already been _ exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, _ exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that— exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that is— exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that is where _ exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that is where i— exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that is where i thought - exceeded. my real goal is worth 2028 in la, that is where i thought i - in la, that is where i thought i could — in la, that is where i thought i could possibly— in la, that is where i thought i could possibly medal- in la, that is where i thought i could possibly medal at - in la, that is where i thought i could possibly medal at the i in la, that is where i thought i - could possibly medal at the olympics but i need _ could possibly medal at the olympics but i need to— could possibly medal at the olympics but i need to adapt— could possibly medal at the olympics but i need to adapt to _ could possibly medal at the olympics but i need to adapt to my— could possibly medal at the olympics but i need to adapt to my situation, i but i need to adapt to my situation, things— but i need to adapt to my situation, things have — but i need to adapt to my situation, things have changed _ but i need to adapt to my situation, things have changed very— but i need to adapt to my situation, things have changed very quickly i things have changed very quickly and there is— things have changed very quickly and there is no— things have changed very quickly and there is no denying _ things have changed very quickly and there is no denying the _ things have changed very quickly and there is no denying the position- things have changed very quickly and there is no denying the position i- there is no denying the position i am in _ there is no denying the position i am in it— there is no denying the position i am in it is— there is no denying the position i am in. it is such _ there is no denying the position i am in. it is such an— there is no denying the position i am in. it is such an exciting - am in. it is such an exciting position— am in. it is such an exciting position for— am in. it is such an exciting position for me _ am in. it is such an exciting position for me to - am in. it is such an exciting position for me to be - am in. it is such an exciting position for me to be going | am in. it is such an exciting - position for me to be going into paris _ position for me to be going into paris but — position for me to be going into paris but i — position for me to be going into paris but i want _ position for me to be going into paris but i want to— position for me to be going into paris but i want to take - position for me to be going into paris but i want to take it- position for me to be going into paris but i want to take it day. position for me to be going into| paris but i want to take it day by day. stay — paris but i want to take it day by day, stay healthy, _ paris but i want to take it day by day, stay healthy, and - paris but i want to take it day by day, stay healthy, and see - paris but i want to take it day by day, stay healthy, and see what| day, stay healthy, and see what happens — day, stay healthy, and see what happens when _ day, stay healthy, and see what happens when we _ day, stay healthy, and see what happens when we are _ day, stay healthy, and see what happens when we are there. - day, stay healthy, and see what| happens when we are there. but day, stay healthy, and see what happens when we are there. but that ou have happens when we are there. but that you have to — happens when we are there. but that you have to stay _ happens when we are there. but that you have to stay level-headed - happens when we are there. but that you have to stay level-headed but i you have to stay level—headed but are you aware, we are getting really excited. the rest of the world is. there is loads of focus on what team gb are doing at the moment. do you talk to each other as team—mates in these situations? just to kind of, you know, keep everything calm and stay focused for what the next few months hold?— months hold? yeah. we are each other's best _ months hold? yeah. we are each other's best resource _ months hold? yeah. we are each other's best resource in - months hold? yeah. we are each other's best resource in each i months hold? yeah. we are each i other's best resource in each team, great _

other's best resource in each team, great britain, team gb, cross sports~ — great britain, team gb, cross sports~ we _ great britain, team gb, cross sports. we focus on performance and make _ sports. we focus on performance and make sure _ sports. we focus on performance and make sure everyone can get the best out of _ make sure everyone can get the best out of themselves. our team do extremely— out of themselves. our team do extremely well. —— across sports. athletics — extremely well. —— across sports. athletics is— extremely well. —— across sports. athletics is a _ extremely well. —— across sports. athletics is a big sport when it comes— athletics is a big sport when it comes to _ athletics is a big sport when it comes to the olympics, this is a massive — comes to the olympics, this is a massive part in our calendar, the pinnacle — massive part in our calendar, the pinnacle of— massive part in our calendar, the pinnacle of our sport especially. being _ pinnacle of our sport especially. being able to have these stepping stones— being able to have these stepping stones and these confidence boosts throughout the year and hopefully .et throughout the year and hopefully get everyone excited in the country and help— get everyone excited in the country and help each other out along the way. _ and help each other out along the way, that— and help each other out along the way, that is what makes it so special— way, that is what makes it so special for— way, that is what makes it so special for us. hopefully you are excited — special for us. hopefully you are excited because we are working hard and putting together performances that we _ and putting together performances that we are proud of. | and putting together performances that we are proud of.— that we are proud of. i agree with everything _ that we are proud of. i agree with everything josh — that we are proud of. i agree with everything josh said, _ that we are proud of. i agree with everything josh said, it _ that we are proud of. i agree with everything josh said, it can't i that we are proud of. i agree with everything josh said, it can't be i everything josh said, it can't be put better— everything josh said, it can't be put better than— everything josh said, it can't be put better than that. _ everything josh said, it can't be put better than that.— everything josh said, it can't be put better than that. molly, what does prepper_ put better than that. molly, what does prepper look _ put better than that. molly, what does prepper look like _ put better than that. molly, what does prepper look like for- put better than that. molly, what does prepper look like for paris? | put better than that. molly, what i does prepper look like for paris? -- does prepper look like for paris? —— what does prep. maybe four years earlier than the plan was, how do you change that mindset and what do you change that mindset and what do you need to do to make sure you are on form for paris? brute you need to do to make sure you are on form for paris?— on form for paris? we 'ust keep doin: on form for paris? we 'ust keep doing what * on form for paris? we 'ust keep doing what we h on form for paris? we 'ust keep doing what we are i on form for paris? we just keep doing what we are doing, i on form for paris? we just keep i doing what we are doing, something is obviously — doing what we are doing, something is obviously working. _ doing what we are doing, something is obviously working. staying - is obviously working. staying healthy — is obviously working. staying healthy is _ is obviously working. staying

healthy is a _ is obviously working. staying healthy is a big _ is obviously working. staying healthy is a big part - is obviously working. staying healthy is a big part of- is obviously working. staying healthy is a big part of that. i is obviously working. staying i healthy is a big part of that. the one thing — healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you _ healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you need _ healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you need to— healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you need to be - healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you need to be to i healthy is a big part of that. the one thing you need to be to getl healthy is a big part of that. the i one thing you need to be to get on the start— one thing you need to be to get on the start line _ one thing you need to be to get on the start line. i— one thing you need to be to get on the start line. ijust _ one thing you need to be to get on the start line. ijust think- one thing you need to be to get on the start line. ijust think it - one thing you need to be to get on the start line. ijust think it is i the start line. ijust think it is being — the start line. ijust think it is being so— the start line. ijust think it is being so consistent, - the start line. ijust think it is being so consistent, putting i the start line. ijust think it isl being so consistent, putting in the start line. ijust think it is i being so consistent, putting in the training _ being so consistent, putting in the training every— being so consistent, putting in the training every day— being so consistent, putting in the training every day and _ being so consistent, putting in the training every day and building i being so consistent, putting in the training every day and building it. i training every day and building it. taking _ training every day and building it. taking this — training every day and building it. taking this confidence _ training every day and building it. taking this confidence from - training every day and building it. l taking this confidence from indoors into outdoors~ _ taking this confidence from indoors into outdoors.— into outdoors. where are your medals? _ into outdoors. where are your medals? lf — into outdoors. where are your medals? if it _ into outdoors. where are your medals? if it were _ into outdoors. where are your medals? if it were me, - into outdoors. where are your medals? if it were me, i- into outdoors. where are your| medals? if it were me, i would into outdoors. where are your i medals? if it were me, i would not have taken them off! i would be sleeping in them last night. i would have them round my neck right now! i've actually not got mine yet, my medal— i've actually not got mine yet, my medal ceremony— i've actually not got mine yet, my medal ceremony is— i've actually not got mine yet, my medal ceremony is this _ i've actually not got mine yet, my medal ceremony is this evening. i i've actually not got mine yet, myj medal ceremony is this evening. i i've actually not got mine yet, my. medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited _ medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited it— medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited. it might _ medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited. it might sink— medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited. it might sink in that - medal ceremony is this evening. i am so excited. it might sink in that it- so excited. it might sink in that it has happened _ so excited. it might sink in that it has happened when— so excited. it might sink in that it has happened when i— so excited. it might sink in that it has happened when i am - so excited. it might sink in that it has happened when i am up- so excited. it might sink in that it. has happened when i am up there. josh. _ has happened when i am up there. josh. where — has happened when i am up there. josh. where is— has happened when i am up there. josh, where is yours? _ has happened when i am up there. josh, where is yours?— has happened when i am up there. josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room. — josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room. |— josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room, i think. _ josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room, i think. i— josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room, i think. i lose - josh, where is yours? yeah, mine is in my room, i think. i lose these i in my room, i think. i lose these things— in my room, i think. i lose these things all— in my room, i think. i lose these things all the time.— in my room, i think. i lose these. things all the time._ it things all the time. you think?! it is the moment, _ things all the time. you think?! it is the moment, the _ things all the time. you think?! it is the moment, the experience i things all the time. you think?! it i is the moment, the experience that things all the time. you think?! it. is the moment, the experience that i am all_ is the moment, the experience that i am all about— is the moment, the experience that i am all about my medal is in my room somewhera — am all about my medal is in my room somewhera i — am all about my medal is in my room somewhere-— somewhere. i think i would be din . in somewhere. i think i would be din .�*n. it somewhere. i think i would be digging it out _ somewhere. i think i would be digging it out if _ somewhere. i think i would be digging it out if i _ somewhere. i think i would be digging it out if i were - somewhere. i think i would be digging it out if i were you! . somewhere. i think i would be i digging it out if i were you! don't ever take it off! josh kerr and molly caudery, thank you for speaking to us and congratulations

again. speaking to us and congratulations aaain. �* . speaking to us and congratulations aaain. �* , ., we were sat around as a family watching it last night on the telly and i get really buzzed in any athletics event, major athletics event, obviously particularly in an olympics year. i definitely started to get that tingle. i was really like, oh! brilliant to see them perform, such an achievement. in any way, we shouldn't diminish that. but the prospect of them may be being able to step on the stage in paris... i able to step on the stage in paris... ~' ., able to step on the stage in paris... ~ ., ., paris... i know! the roar of the crowd, paris... i know! the roar of the crowd. that _ paris... i know! the roar of the crowd, that helps _ paris... i know! the roar of the crowd, that helps you - paris... i know! the roar of the crowd, that helps you you i paris... i know! the roar of the crowd, that helps you you get l paris... i know! the roar of the i crowd, that helps you you get there. great stuff, we love it. our gold medallist weatherman has the details. another beautiful view, you have delivered all the good ones for us, where is that? an good ones for us, where is that? in award ceremony for these pictures today. good morning. this is from one of our weather watches in eastern wales. look at the snow on the tops and blue skies overhead. a

cold start, widespread frost and we have seen so many lovely pictures coming in today, thank you. a mixture of fog for some but overall the picture today is a slightly drier one than yesterday, fewer showers. some will still get wet through the day but overall, more of you could spend the day dry. the wetter spots here, particularly this line of rain across orkney, the far north—east of scotland. norfolk and suffolk could suffer with a bit of rain. some showers towards the west. maybe some sleet and snow over higher ground but very few. the most frequent showers south wales, south—west england and the channel islands as we go through the day. away from that, hazy sunshine in the east and more blue skies in between the cloudy moments further west. a bit more sunshine, and it will get stronger and it should feel warmer than yesterday. like last night, a cold night, called for some of you in fact. a deadly widespread clear

skies and some fog later across east wales and central parts of england. widespread frost to greet the monday morning commute. temperatures even in towns and cities freezing. not so much in the south—west because we have the wetter spell of the coming week coming in. this area of weather fronts bringing strengthening wind and rain to the south—west and channel islands and wales through the morning and afternoon. fog in east wales and the midlands especially and in northern england which will gradually shift. dry weather for the bulk of scotland, northern and eastern england even if cloud increases. the breeze and cloud increases. the breeze and cloud increases. the breeze and cloud increases in northern ireland later with outbreaks of rain. temperatures on monday between 8 and 12 degrees. we are starting to creep up 12 degrees. we are starting to creep up a little bit above average. that creep continues this week, a battle between high and low pressure. high pressure, slightly more dominant. more of you will see longer spells

of dry weather through the week ahead. temperatures will hold steady at around 9—12, still a bit chilly by night. just before i go, i mentioned the snow in california yesterday. let me take you out there to what has been happening over the last 2a hours, notjust california but in nevada. 12 feet of snow and wind gusts of around 100 miles an hour on the tops of the mountains in parts of california. it has led to some very pretty seems but a huge amount of disruption. power lines down and difficult to get around. although i think some are trying their best as you can see from this poor dog. one or two who just showboat and go off for a run in it all. ben and rachel, my favourite shot, have you ever done a pointless job? take a look at this one! laughter that is the definition of optimism, isn't it? it that is the definition of optimism, isn't it? , ., �* .w isn't it? it shouldn't make me lauah, isn't it? it shouldn't make me laugh. but— isn't it? it shouldn't make me laugh, but he's _ isn't it? it shouldn't make me laugh, but he's got _ isn't it? it shouldn't make me laugh, but he's got a - isn't it? it shouldn't make me laugh, but he's got a long i isn't it? it shouldn't make me| laugh, but he's got a long way isn't it? it shouldn't make me i laugh, but he's got a long way to

90, laugh, but he's got a long way to go, hasn't he! there are rail lines under there i believe.— under there i believe. wow. incredible. _ under there i believe. wow. incredible. if _ under there i believe. wow. incredible. if you _ under there i believe. wow. incredible. if you thought i under there i believe. wow. l incredible. if you thought you under there i believe. wow. i incredible. if you thought you had under there i believe. wow. - incredible. if you thought you had a bit of snow in this country yesterday, that puts it in perspective. yesterday, that puts it in perspective-_ yesterday, that puts it in --ersective. . ., , perspective. exactly, it certainly does. he perspective. exactly, it certainly does- he is _ perspective. exactly, it certainly does. he is still— perspective. exactly, it certainly does. he is still probably - perspective. exactly, it certainlyl does. he is still probably working away. does. he is still probably working awa , , does. he is still probably working awa , does. he is still probably working awa. ., ., ., away. good luck to him. thanks! that is a lesson not to _ away. good luck to him. thanks! that is a lesson not to complain _ away. good luck to him. thanks! that is a lesson not to complain about i is a lesson not to complain about the rain! ron ogden was 18 years old when he arrived at a remote navy base in carlisle in 1916 to complete his national service. ron had always been fascinated by planes — and while in the navy he fell in love with the iconic spitfire aircraft. almost eight decades later, as part of the bbc�*s we were there project, ron has been reuinited with his beloved plane. when a spitfire was flying overhead, you could tell them apart from any other plane, and it was just a lovely plane. since childhood, ron has been fascinated with planes. so when national service came round just after the war, it was an easy choice for the 18—year—old.

i was in the navy before christmas. now, then, you had to be good to get in the navy. at least i told my friends because they finished up in the army or the air force! the sheffield lad needed a map, though, when he was stationed at rnas anthorn known as nuthatch, a beautiful but remote location west of carlisle on the solway. nobody knew where it was. you know, the lads in the army office, they had no clue. i says, "where is it?" "oh, it's near a place called carlisle." well, i'd never been up here at all. when we're training, we often slept in hammocks. and, wherever you went, your post, your hammock went with you. but at anthon, we had beds, bunk beds, two tiers, one above the other. and it was a great station. and soon ron was on the move again. posted to rafjurby on the isle of man and where his love affair with the iconic spitfire began. it's like getting

attached to your car. you knew every bit of it. the hydraulics checked, pneumatics checked, and it took you about two hours to do what's called a daily inspection. it's raining now, granddad. it's 78 years since ron's last diligent check on a spitfire and decades since he's seen one in the flesh. but today he's the guest of dumfries and galloway aviation museum. isn't it beautiful? yup. i think it's magnificent. it almost brings tears to your eyes. don't you worry about it. it does that to a lot of folk. do you know the wingspan?

30... 36 foot ten. that's fabric, as well. i never thought i'd see one. without planes like this, we wouldn't have won the war. really emotional moment for ron and you can understand why. it is worth saying, the whole we were there project is brilliant, reflections of what happened in the wall, as it says, from people who were there. if you look on the bbc website, there is this enormous range of different voices, experiences, memories, history, it is a really rich resource and well worth it as we are heading towards the d—day 80th anniversary later this year. such an

important collection to get that stuff recorded before it is too late. and to have it all in one place. amazing stories like ron's and the difference it has made. the spitfires, tickly iconic but if you were so actively involved, you have an entirely different relationship —— particularly iconic. we will talk about a completely different bbc project now! the bbc programme blue peter is iconic. of course. but, this month, fans may notice a difference as it is once again renamed in aid of comic relief. red peter will air as a special programme on red nose day — and the show�*s presenters have been set a unique challenge as part of the celebration. here's a familiar face explaining what they have to do... yeah. it's for blue peter, for comic relief, on march the 15th. we are setting them this ridiculous challenge, it's going to be really hard. i know! that's what i said. they do not know what they've signed up for.

0h... joel, shini, abby, great to see you all. so, we've got this really brilliant, easy challenge for you, you're going to love it. the aim of the challenge is to race a length of the uk to light up three famous landmarks, red—to—toe, see what we did there? you must complete mini challenges along the way to be awarded three of our brand—new designs of our red noses! each red nose will become a key to switch on the lights at each landmark. you'll have three days to cross that finish line. only when all three noses have been found and all three landmarks turned landmarks turned red when you the red—to—toe challenge. how was that? laughter. i feel like this is ifeel like this is really i feel like this is really quite complicated. let's get them to explain it. we are joined now by shini muthukrishnan and joel.

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_ are still on the challenge. how does it work, joel? how _ are still on the challenge. how does it work, joel? how does _ are still on the challenge. how does it work, joel? how does it _ are still on the challenge. how does it work, joel? how does it begin? i are still on the challenge. how does| it work, joel? how does it begin? do they give you an envelope with a clue and you have to work it out from there?— clue and you have to work it out from there? yes, it has been very stressful. — from there? yes, it has been very stressful, usually _ from there? yes, it has been very stressful, usually we _ from there? yes, it has been very stressful, usually we know - from there? yes, it has been very stressful, usually we know what l from there? yes, it has been very. stressful, usually we know what we are doing _ stressful, usually we know what we are doing somewhat— stressful, usually we know what we are doing somewhat on— stressful, usually we know what we are doing somewhat on this - stressful, usually we know what we are doing somewhat on thisjob- stressful, usually we know what we are doing somewhat on thisjob butj are doing somewhat on thisjob but we have _ are doing somewhat on thisjob but we have tteen— are doing somewhat on thisjob but we have been given _ are doing somewhat on thisjob but we have been given envelopes i are doing somewhat on thisjob but we have been given envelopes thatj we have been given envelopes that have a _ we have been given envelopes that have a clue — we have been given envelopes that have a clue inside. _ we have been given envelopes that have a clue inside. the _ we have been given envelopes that have a clue inside. the three - we have been given envelopes that have a clue inside. the three of. have a clue inside. the three of us have _ have a clue inside. the three of us have to _ have a clue inside. the three of us have to put — have a clue inside. the three of us have to put the _ have a clue inside. the three of us have to put the clues _ have a clue inside. the three of us have to put the clues together. i. have to put the clues together. i haven't — have to put the clues together. i haven't tteen— have to put the clues together. i haven't been very _ have to put the clues together. i haven't been very helpful- have to put the clues together. i haven't been very helpful with i have to put the clues together. i. haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't— haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't got— haven't been very helpful with that, ihaven't got much— haven't been very helpful with that, ihaven't got much of— haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't got much of it _ haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't got much of it right. -

haven't been very helpful with that, i haven't got much of it right. me i i haven't got much of it right. we have a red _ i haven't got much of it right. have a red two toe map. i haven't got much of it right. we i have a red two toe map. sometimes that takes 25 — have a red two toe map. sometimes that takes 25 minutes _ have a red two toe map. sometimes that takes 25 minutes to _ have a red two toe map. sometimes that takes 25 minutes to re-fold, i that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is— that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is a — that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is a challenge _ that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is a challenge and _ that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is a challenge and we - that takes 25 minutes to re—fold, that is a challenge and we have l that takes 25 minutes to re—fold,| that is a challenge and we have to drive _ that is a challenge and we have to drive to _ that is a challenge and we have to drive to where _ that is a challenge and we have to drive to where we _ that is a challenge and we have to drive to where we think _ that is a challenge and we have to drive to where we think the - that is a challenge and we have to i drive to where we think the monument will be _ drive to where we think the monument will be for— drive to where we think the monument will be for the — drive to where we think the monument will be. for the last— drive to where we think the monument will be. for the last two _ drive to where we think the monument will be. for the last two nights, - will be. for the last two nights, there _ will be. for the last two nights, there has— will be. for the last two nights, there has been— will be. for the last two nights, there has been a _ will be. for the last two nights, there has been a big _ will be. for the last two nights, there has been a big platform l will be. for the last two nights, i there has been a big platform with a massive _ there has been a big platform with a massive red — there has been a big platform with a massive red button— there has been a big platform with a massive red button and _ there has been a big platform with a massive red button and we - there has been a big platform with a massive red button and we hit- there has been a big platform with a massive red button and we hit it i there has been a big platform with a massive red button and we hit it at i massive red button and we hit it at the monument _ massive red button and we hit it at the monument lights _ massive red button and we hit it at the monument lights up. _ massive red button and we hit it at the monument lights up. it- massive red button and we hit it at the monument lights up. it was- massive red button and we hit it at the monument lights up. it was a i the monument lights up. it was a very fun — the monument lights up. it was a very fun experience. _ the monument lights up. it was a very fun experience.— the monument lights up. it was a very fun experience. have you had the clue vet _ very fun experience. have you had the clue yet this _ very fun experience. have you had the clue yet this morning, - very fun experience. have you had the clue yet this morning, can i very fun experience. have you had the clue yet this morning, can we| the clue yet this morning, can we help you out at all? his. the clue yet this morning, can we help you out at all?— help you out at all? no, we got nothin: help you out at all? no, we got nothing yet. — help you out at all? no, we got nothing yet. we _ help you out at all? no, we got nothing yet, we are _ help you out at all? no, we got nothing yet, we are in - help you out at all? no, we got nothing yet, we are in the i help you out at all? no, we got| nothing yet, we are in the dark. once _ nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we — nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we find _ nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we find out, _ nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we find out, we _ nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we find out, we will- nothing yet, we are in the dark. once we find out, we will get i nothing yet, we are in the dark. | once we find out, we will get as much _ once we find out, we will get as much help— once we find out, we will get as much help as _ once we find out, we will get as much help as we _ once we find out, we will get as much help as we i _ once we find out, we will get as much help as we i hear- once we find out, we will get as much help as we i hear you are i much help as we i hear you are driving — much help as we i hear you are driving around _ much help as we i hear you are driving around in _ much help as we i hear you are driving around in a _ much help as we i hear you are driving around in a really - much help as we i hear you are i driving around in a really low— key understated — driving around in a really low— key understated vehicle, _ driving around in a really low— key understated vehicle, just - driving around in a really low— key understated vehicle, just explainl understated vehicle, just explain this _ understated vehicle, 'ust explain this. . . understated vehicle, 'ust explain this. . , ., , , this. yeah! there is only 'ust the faces of us * this. yeah! there is only 'ust the faces of us hugely i this. yeah! there is onlyjust the faces of us hugely laminated i this. yeah! there is onlyjust the faces of us hugely laminated on | this. yeah! there is onlyjust the i faces of us hugely laminated on the back of— faces of us hugely laminated on the back of this ban and red noses all over— back of this ban and red noses all over the — back of this ban and red noses all over the place. back of this ban and red noses all over the place-— back of this ban and red noses all over the place.- i _ back of this ban and red noses all over the place.- i have i back of this ban and red noses all over the place. yeah. i have seen several people — over the place. yeah. i have seen several people whip _ over the place. yeah. i have seen several people whip out - over the place. yeah. i have seen several people whip out their i over the place. yeah. i have seen several people whip out their phones and take _ several people whip out their phones and take photos. we have been driving — and take photos. we have been driving very safely because our faces _ driving very safely because our faces are — driving very safely because our faces are all over it! we driving very safely because our faces are all over it!— driving very safely because our

faces are all over it! we have given abb the faces are all over it! we have given abby the bulk _ faces are all over it! we have given abby the bulk of _ faces are all over it! we have given abby the bulk of the _ faces are all over it! we have given abby the bulk of the driving, i faces are all over it! we have given abby the bulk of the driving, she i abby the bulk of the driving, she likes— abby the bulk of the driving, she likes driving _ abby the bulk of the driving, she likes driving. pie _ abby the bulk of the driving, she likes driving.— likes driving. we have been entertaining. _ likes driving. we have been entertaining. we _ likes driving. we have been entertaining. we sing i likes driving. we have been entertaining. we sing a i likes driving. we have been entertaining. we sing a lot. likes driving. we have been i entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same _ entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same i— entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same i spy _ entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same i spy three _ entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same i spy three times i entertaining. we sing a lot. shini it the same i spy three times in i entertaining. we sing a lot. shini| it the same i spy three times in a row to— it the same i spy three times in a row to throw— it the same i spy three times in a row to throw me _ it the same i spy three times in a row to throw me off. _ it the same i spy three times in a row to throw me off. it _ it the same i spy three times in a row to throw me off. it has - it the same i spy three times in a row to throw me off. it has beenl it the same i spy three times in a i row to throw me off. it has been a lot of— row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun — row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun i— row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun. i don't— row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun. i don't think _ row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun. i don't think i _ row to throw me off. it has been a lot of fun. i don't think i would i lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face _ lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face on— lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face on the _ lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face on the back - lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face on the back of i lot of fun. i don't think i would put my face on the back of the j lot of fun. i don't think i would i put my face on the back of the car day to— put my face on the back of the car day to day— put my face on the back of the car day to day but _ put my face on the back of the car day to day but it _ put my face on the back of the car day to day but it has _ put my face on the back of the car day to day but it has been - put my face on the back of the car day to day but it has been good i put my face on the back of the car day to day but it has been good to raise _ day to day but it has been good to raise awareness. _ day to day but it has been good to raise awareness.— day to day but it has been good to raise awareness. you have taken over these iconic — raise awareness. you have taken over these iconic landmarks _ raise awareness. you have taken over these iconic landmarks and _ raise awareness. you have taken over these iconic landmarks and we - raise awareness. you have taken over these iconic landmarks and we can i these iconic landmarks and we can take a look at some of those. red—to—toe is the theme, let's look at what happened at the hydro in glasgow. it must be quite a thrill to know you have the power to change the colour of these iconic places! yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first— yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did _ yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did it. — yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did it, |— yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did it, i thought _ yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did it, i thought it— yeah. can i tell you the truth? when we first did it, i thought it would i we first did it, i thought it would be some — we first did it, i thought it would be some movie _ we first did it, i thought it would be some movie magic— we first did it, i thought it would be some movie magic and - we first did it, i thought it would be some movie magic and it i we first did it, i thought it would i be some movie magic and it would be edited. _ be some movie magic and it would be edited. i_ be some movie magic and it would be edited. i didn't— be some movie magic and it would be edited, i didn't realise _ be some movie magic and it would be edited, i didn't realise the _ edited, i didn't realise the monuments _ edited, i didn't realise the monuments were - edited, i didn't realise the monuments were actually| edited, i didn't realise the - monuments were actually going to li-ht monuments were actually going to light up! _ monuments were actually going to light up! i— monuments were actually going to light up! iwas_ monuments were actually going to light up! i was more _ monuments were actually going to light up! i was more amazed - monuments were actually going to light up! i was more amazed thani light up! i was more amazed than anybody— light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! _ light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! i _ light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! i had _ light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! i had a _ light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! i had a great - light up! i was more amazed than anybody else! i had a great time. | light up! i was more amazed than i anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really— anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun— anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun and _ anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun and i— anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun and i can't _ anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun and i can't wait - anybody else! i had a great time. it is a really fun and i can't wait to - is a really fun and i can't wait to see how— is a really fun and i can't wait to see how it— is a really fun and i can't wait to see how it looks _ is a really fun and i can't wait to see how it looks with _ is a really fun and i can't wait to see how it looks with the - is a really fun and i can't wait to see how it looks with the final l see how it looks with the final challenge _ see how it looks with the final challenge ll— see how it looks with the final challenge-— see how it looks with the final

challenue. m , ., ., ~' challenge. it takes so long to trek to the next _ challenge. it takes so long to trek to the next landmark. _ challenge. it takes so long to trek to the next landmark. no - challenge. it takes so long to trek to the next landmark. no clues i challenge. it takes so long to trek. to the next landmark. no clues this morninu. to the next landmark. no clues this morning- what _ to the next landmark. no clues this morning. what is _ to the next landmark. no clues this morning. what is your _ to the next landmark. no clues this morning. what is your hunch? - to the next landmark. no clues this! morning. what is your hunch? have you got any idea where you are headed? we you got any idea where you are headed? ~ ., you got any idea where you are headed? ~ . , ., , headed? we have been theorising this. headed? we have been theorising this- yeah- _ headed? we have been theorising this. yeah. we _ headed? we have been theorising this. yeah. we have gone - headed? we have been theorising this. yeah. we have gone from i headed? we have been theorising i this. yeah. we have gone from quite far u- this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north — this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north and _ this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north and i _ this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north and i think— this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north and i think it _ this. yeah. we have gone from quite far up north and i think it has to be down — far up north and i think it has to be down south somewhere. i far up north and i think it has to be down south somewhere. i think so but havin: be down south somewhere. i think so but having said _ be down south somewhere. i think so but having said that _ be down south somewhere. i think so but having said that we _ be down south somewhere. i think so but having said that we got _ be down south somewhere. i think so but having said that we got part i be down south somewhere. i think so but having said that we got part of i but having said that we got part of the clue _ but having said that we got part of the clue wrong _ but having said that we got part of the clue wrong yesterday, - but having said that we got part of the clue wrong yesterday, i - but having said that we got part of the clue wrong yesterday, i am i but having said that we got part of| the clue wrong yesterday, i am not too ambitious _ the clue wrong yesterday, i am not too ambitious. we _ the clue wrong yesterday, i am not too ambitious. we ended - the clue wrong yesterday, i am not too ambitious. we ended up - the clue wrong yesterday, i am not too ambitious. we ended up being| the clue wrong yesterday, i am not l too ambitious. we ended up being at the funfair, _ too ambitious. we ended up being at the funfair, the _ too ambitious. we ended up being at the funfair, the big _ too ambitious. we ended up being at the funfair, the big dipper— too ambitious. we ended up being at the funfair, the big dipper rather- the funfair, the big dipper rather than the — the funfair, the big dipper rather than the blackpool— the funfair, the big dipper rather than the blackpool tower! - the funfair, the big dipper rather than the blackpool tower! ii the funfair, the big dipper rather than the blackpool tower! i am i the funfair, the big dipper rather. than the blackpool tower! i am not too confident, _ than the blackpool tower! i am not too confident, i— than the blackpool tower! i am not too confident, i will wait _ than the blackpool tower! ! am not too confident, i will wait until- than the blackpool tower! i am not too confident, i will wait until i i too confident, i will wait until i .et too confident, i will wait until i get all— too confident, i will wait until i get all the _ too confident, i will wait until i get all the evidence _ too confident, i will wait until i get all the evidence before i. too confident, i will wait until i i get all the evidence before i start. that is— get all the evidence before i start. that is probably— get all the evidence before i start. that is probably true, _ get all the evidence before i start. that is probably true, i— get all the evidence before i start. that is probably true, i would i that is probably true, i would imagine — that is probably true, i would imagine so~ _ that is probably true, i would imagine so i— that is probably true, i would imagine sm— that is probably true, i would imagine so. i think down south somewhere. — imagine so. i think down south somewhere, i— imagine so. i think down south somewhere, i don't _ imagine so. i think down south somewhere, i don't know i imagine so. i think down south somewhere, i don't know if i imagine so. i think down south somewhere, i don't know if it i imagine so. i think down south| somewhere, i don't know if it is imagine so. i think down south i somewhere, i don't know if it is too late to _ somewhere, i don't know if it is too late to add — somewhere, i don't know if it is too late to add suggestions to where we want to— late to add suggestions to where we want to go? late to add suggestions to where we want to no? ., . late to add suggestions to where we want to go?— want to go? northern ireland would be treat want to go? northern ireland would be great for — want to go? northern ireland would be great for me! _ want to go? northern ireland would be great for me! i _ want to go? northern ireland would be great for me! i could _ want to go? northern ireland would be great for me! i could pop in i want to go? northern ireland would be great for me! i could pop in and | be great for me! i could pop in and say hello— be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to — be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to the _ be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to the family— be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to the family but - be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to the family but i- be great for me! i could pop in and say hello to the family but i don't i say hello to the family but i don't think— say hello to the family but i don't think we — say hello to the family but i don't think we will— say hello to the family but i don't think we will be _ say hello to the family but i don't think we will be going _ say hello to the family but i don't think we will be going there! i i say hello to the family but i don't| think we will be going there! i am“ think we will be going there! i am not sure think we will be going there! i am rrot sure that _ think we will be going there! i am not sure that car _ think we will be going there! i am not sure that car will _ think we will be going there! i am not sure that car will get - think we will be going there! not sure that car will get across the water. tell us how younger blue peter viewers have been helping you out and taking part in these challenges.— out and taking part in these challenues. ., ., .

challenges. yeah, we went to a scouts fair _ challenges. yeah, we went to a scouts fair planning _ challenges. yeah, we went to a scouts fair planning session i challenges. yeah, we went to a i scouts fair planning session almost yesterday — scouts fair planning session almost yesterday and that was fantastic. a little surprise for us, we popped in and we _ little surprise for us, we popped in and we figured out that these amazing _ and we figured out that these amazing kids were making stalls and entertainment for the funfair and they will— entertainment for the funfair and they will raise money for comic relief — they will raise money for comic relief. they were telling us all about — relief. they were telling us all about it — relief. they were telling us all about it. it is fantastic to see because _ about it. it is fantastic to see because everyone has different resources they can work with. big or small. _ resources they can work with. big or small, everyone is doing their part to help _ small, everyone is doing their part to help for— small, everyone is doing their part to help for comic relief and it was fantastic — to help for comic relief and it was fantastic. they are so enthusiastic and they— fantastic. they are so enthusiastic and they loved our little drop—in. it is and they loved our little drop—in. it is the — and they loved our little drop—in. it is the best part of the job as a blue _ it is the best part of the job as a blue peter— it is the best part of the job as a blue peter presenter, _ it is the best part of the job as a blue peter presenter, that - it is the best part of the job as a blue peter presenter, that is i blue peter presenter, that is honestly— blue peter presenter, that is honestly the _ blue peter presenter, that is honestly the truth, - blue peter presenter, that is honestly the truth, meeting i blue peter presenter, that is i honestly the truth, meeting the blue peter presenter, that is - honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio— honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio or— honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio or location _ honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio or location and _ honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio or location and that - honestly the truth, meeting the kids in studio or location and that is i in studio or location and that is the point. _ in studio or location and that is the point. you _ in studio or location and that is the point, you are _ in studio or location and that is the point, you are right, - in studio or location and that is the point, you are right, it- in studio or location and that is i the point, you are right, it doesn't matter— the point, you are right, it doesn't matter what— the point, you are right, it doesn't matter what you _ the point, you are right, it doesn't matter what you are _ the point, you are right, it doesn't matter what you are doing, - the point, you are right, it doesn'tl matter what you are doing, getting involved _ matter what you are doing, getting involved big — matter what you are doing, getting involved big or— matter what you are doing, getting involved big or small, _ matter what you are doing, getting involved big or small, you - matter what you are doing, getting involved big or small, you can i matter what you are doing, getting involved big or small, you can do l involved big or small, you can do anything — involved big or small, you can do anything lots— involved big or small, you can do anything. lots of _ involved big or small, you can do anything. lots of them _ involved big or small, you can do anything. lots of them were i involved big or small, you can do. anything. lots of them were doing involved big or small, you can do i anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale _ anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale stuff _ anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale stuff and _ anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale stuff and i— anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale stuff and i did _ anything. lots of them were doing a bake sale stuff and i did eat - 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