while the territory is being bombed. in sport, pep's delight with blue the colour, as city come from behind to beat rivals united in the manchester derby. good morning. there is frost and fog around this one, which were left, and for many it will be a largely dry day but we do have some rain from the south—west slowly pushing north—eastwards. all the details later in the programme. it's monday the 4th of march. our main story. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is under growing pressure to introduce tax cuts in wednesday's budget — ahead of what could be a crucial week for the government. this budget is the last before the next general election — and with backbench conservatives eager to see taxes lowered from their current levels before voters head to the polls, the stakes for mr hunt — and the prime minister rishi sunak — are high. our political correspondent,

hannah miller, has the story. in homes across the country and public services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. we have got roads full of potholes. are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks�* time? well, i'm doing everything that i can. i mean, short of laying siege to his own home. well, i want us to be, you know, l cutting taxes in a responsible way. under pressure from backbenchers — and with less money to play with than he'd hoped for — the chancellor's scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. today, mr speaker, i'm going to cut the main 12% rate of employee national insurance. last year, he chose to cut national insurance contributions — and it's thought he may do that again. a tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners.

the number crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nation's finances — it's a political calculation, as well. under the rules the government has set for itself, there's a limited amount of money for the chancellor to spend. do people want to see more going into public services, or more cash in their own back pocket? while the government is today announcing £360 million for manufacturing, investing in medicines research and zero—carbon aircraft, labour say they would have a focus on getting young people into work — with careers advisers, mental—health support and new technical excellence colleges to cut youth unemployment. businesses say those are welcome, but there's more that could be done to encourage growth. we'd like to see the rising tide lift all boats, and measures in the budget such as changing vat on international visitors, changes to the vat threshold, and changes to business rates that can actually help

all businesses grow and prosper. whatever the chancellor chooses to do on wednesday, the tax burden is historically high. it's pretty much impossible to imagine that he can do anything to prevent households from paying more tax than in 2019, and that may come with a political price. hannah miller, bbc news. let's get more analysis. we have heard about the political considerations that mr hunt has to think about the next couple of days but what about the reality of all this, how will it affect us? two balls to juggle. a rock and a hard place springs to mind. what to do when you've promised to cut taxes, but also reduce debt? we understand that another cut to national insurance is the most likely giveaway — a 2p cut could cost the treasury more than £10 billion — so he'll have to pay for it. reducing the rights on non—doms —

uk residents who have a home elsewhere and pay less uk tax — that way would raise around £3 billion. there is also a view that spending on public services could be cut by around a quarter of a percent — many argue there is no salami left to slice there. we already know that spending on defence won't be increased. there are rumours of taxes on air passenger duty, oil and gas companies, and vapes. they will be up early today at number 11. still big decision to be made that could win or lose votes — and not long to make them. thanks very much. let's go through some of the other main stories today. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that it is unable to provide a list of the 130 israeli hostages who are still alive, while the territory is being bombed. israel has said it will only participate in ceasefire talks when it has the list. our correspondent wyre davies has more. these indirect peace talks between israel and hamas are being held up on paper

because of hamas' refusal to accept an israeli demand to release a list of those hostages still thought to be alive, and who would be released as part of a deal, of course, in exchange for hundreds of palestinians from israeli jails. hamas has said it cannot release such a list because of the israeli bombardment, which means that it's impossible to find a definitive list of those people who are still alive in gaza. but it also shows the deep mistrust between both sides. there is certainly increasing pressure internationally on israel and hamas to agree to a ceasefire — particularly because of the dire humanitarian situation in gaza. hundreds of thousands of people — particularly in northern gaza, but also in rafah in the south — are starving. there is a dire need for aid in those areas. people are said to be dying from malnutrition. there is a crisis of basic food supplies and medical supplies. and even now the united states — the vice president, kamala harris has publicly said that she wants to see a ceasefire as soon as possible in order to allow aid in.

but we're only now a few days away from the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan, when many people have said there should be a ceasefire in place. but as things stand, israel and hamas are still fighting in gaza, and there is no sign of these talks in cairo going ahead. a number of people have been detained in france after a seven—year—old girl died when a boat capsized in an attempt to cross the english channel. the boat was carrying 16 migrants when it sank in northern france. officials said the vessel wasn't big enough to support the number of passengers. george galloway will enter parliament today, following his win in the rochdale by—election last friday. our political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster for us this morning. what sort of welcome is mr galloway expecting? he

what sort of welcome is mr galloway exectinu ? , what sort of welcome is mr galloway exectin: ? , ., . expecting? he will be introduced into the house _ expecting? he will be introduced into the house of— expecting? he will be introduced into the house of commons - expecting? he will be introduced into the house of commons this | into the house of commons this afternoon, having met the speaker of the house of commons this morning. i think the overwhelming reaction from his fellow mps will probably be one of apprehension. he is certainly very effective orator, a very effective communicator, but some are worried about what message he is communicating. he used a very interesting turn of phrase to suggest that keir and rishi sunak effectively were far too close together when it came to the issue of gaza, for example. we'll be expecting him to make a contribution in that particular debate. but speaking privately to some labour mps after george galloway�*s victory, they are worried he now has a platform, as they put it, for his toxic views and that what will happen when he gets into the house of commons and gets coverage for his speeches is that community tensions are likely to increase rather than decrease. that was their fears. we know rishi sunak has said publicly that it was beyond alarming that he

was elected in rochdale, so the truth is that he will not have an awful lot of allies when he arrives in the house of commons but what he will have is once again more attention both on his views and indeed, from his point of view, he will also have an opportunity to attack the leaders of the mainstream political parties. he has been quite upfront about that. he will certainly make quite an impression i think when he arrives this afternoon. i think when he arrives this afternoon.— think when he arrives this afternoon. ~ ., ., ., afternoon. i know you will follow that for us- _ afternoon. i know you will follow that for us. for— afternoon. i know you will follow that for us. for now, _ afternoon. i know you will follow that for us. for now, thank - afternoon. i know you will follow that for us. for now, thank you. | that for us. for now, thank you. iain watson in westminster. three american astronauts and a russian cosmonaut have blasted off from florida for a six month mission on the international space station. three, two, one comic ignition. full power. and, lift off! the falcon 9 rocket is operated by elon musk�*s spacex company. space remains a rare area of cooperation between the us and russia, since the russian

invasion of ukraine two years ago. the us presidential candidate nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington dc. it's her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign. she claimed almost 63% of the vote, while donald trump finished second on 33%. despite the defeat, mr trump has a huge lead over ms haley to become the republican presidential candidate. an "extreme" blizzard has caused widespread disruption in the western us — with more than ten feet of snow piling up in places. thousands of properties were left without power in california and nevada over the weekend, while the state of utah was also hit. we have got carol with our weather in just a moment we have got carol with our weather injust a moment but we have got carol with our weather in just a moment but before we go to her... you might be facing some monday morning traffic issues today. it can be like that after that

weekend, can't it?! but hopefully, they won't be as dramatic as those which took place in the us state of ohio during the weekend. this is interstate 90 — one of the longest highways in the united states — which ground to a halt when two horses from cleveland's mounted police unit escaped from their stables, and galloped down the carriageway. they were later caught, and the authorities say there were no reports of any accidents or injuries. and the horses are ok, as well. yell that they just wanted to go for a long walk to. the wrong way. just not there- — long walk to. the wrong way. just not there. can _ long walk to. the wrong way. just not there. can you _ long walk to. the wrong way. just not there. can you imagine - long walk to. the wrong way. just not there. can you imagine the i not there. can you imagine the anic? not there. can you imagine the panic? everyone _ not there. can you imagine the panic? everyone was _ not there. can you imagine the panic? everyone was fine. - not there. can you imagine the panic? everyone was fine. we l not there. can you imagine the i panic? everyone was fine. we saw that snow, that blizzard. let's see what carol has. i can see already from her picture it is rather beautiful but i am guessing that might not be here? good morning. it is! it is a chilly north yorkshire. fabulous weather watcher pictures from all over the country last night. showing the

northern light. i will bring more through the morning. this morning we have clear skies, a cold start, temperatures falling way below freezing in some parts, especially of scotland, but across many areas it is a cold start with frost. there is some fog to watch out for and we have some rain already in the isles of scilly, which will push slowly north—eastwards as we go through the day. here is the early fog, which were left, a lot of dry weather. a weather front is draped across shetland, a lot of cloud and rain at times, and that will move into orkney. at the same time, an area of low pressure bringing in all this rain across the south—west, getting into what the isle of wight as we go through the afternoon and also parts of wales. one or two showers at times in western scotland and also northern ireland, and these are our temperatures, seven to 12 degrees. as we head for the evening and overnight we can follow the track of this weather front, fragmenting as

it pushes north and east, we still have cloud and rain across shetland and we can see how if we follow that around there will be further rain getting into northern ireland by the end of the night. cold nights, temperatures rising as our weather front spring in the cloud and rain, but some places where we have broken cloud will see temperatures at freezing once again. here are the remnants of the rain pulling away tomorrow. some showery rain moving across northern ireland, western scotland, into wales and the south—west. a lot of dry weather, as well, and temperatures tomorrow up to about i! or 12, so it is a much quieter week this week than it was last week. not so much rain. good to know, thank you. we will see you again very soon. on breakfast we've been following the story of rugby league player matthew syron, who was left unable to see after being attacked with a glass on a night out on boxing day. matthew has since undergone multiple surgeries, and is calling for a ban on glasses in pubs and bars after 9pm. more than 5,000 people

have signed his petition for a change in the law, as tim muffett reports. if you notice, as soon as i open my eye itjust waters straight away. i've got, like, a three— or four—second window before it starts watering. i can sort of, like, see shapes. the left eye, i've got no sight in. yeah, it's very tough — especially when you've got young kids and you provide for your family, and that gets all taken away from you in an instant. matthew's life changed on boxing day, in a bar in leeds city centre. something came over my right shoulder. someone's hit me square in the face with a glass or a bottle. the attacker fell down with me, pushing the bottle or glass through my face, instantly blinding me. when i hit the floor, obviously, panic set in. everything was dark. doctors don't know whether matthew's sight will return. a former rugby player for leeds rhinos academy, he moved to australia in 2012

and runs an electrical business there. matthew had come back to leeds over christmas to visit his brother. his wife and two children are still in australia, but matthew won't be able to return for months. he's channelling his pain, anger and frustration into calls for change. it's tough. tell us what you want to happen. so, 9pm, cut the glass off. change it for a pvc or recyclable cup. 9:00 in all bars and clubs? definitely. we can get rid of the glass before the people start getting rowdy. if we can get rid of the glass before the people start getting rowdy, take — eliminate the glass so there's no way of anyone getting hurt with a weapon. the weekend that this happened to me, ten people came into the same hospital and had been glassed. and, yeah, ijust would never want anyone to sit in these shoes that i'm sat in. it's horrific. rules vary across the uk but,

essentially, for a premises to serve alcohol, it needs a license. and as things stand, in most areas, if police believe there is a risk of violence in a specific bar or club, they can insist that no glassware is used beyond a certain time. but matthew wants things to go much further. his petition is calling for a post—9pm glass ban in all bars and clubs. it would be a huge undertaking, and many industry experts foresee numerous challenges — cost, sustainability, and the intrinsic feel of drinking from a glass. say, disposable plastic and against glass — you could probably get away with serving a pint in this, but when you start to talk about cocktails, etc, it becomes a challenge in terms of the customer's expectation. do you think change will happen on this? i think the key thing, first and foremost, is finding a safe material which is workable, cost—effective, sustainable. when these glasses break, they actually behave - in different ways.

helen hughes specialises in sustainable design. the glass isn't evenly distributed, as well. i back in 2010, she looked into ways of making pint glasses safer. all glassware that goes into bars and restaurants and things - is meant to be toughened, _ which means that when they do break, they actually break into these small pieces which can't be used - as a weapon. however, overtime, that- toughening process wears off, and the top of the glass can become weakened, so that when it breaks, i there is a risk that it _ could potentially break into more of these shards. working alongside a major glass manufacturer, helen's team developed a pint glass design that's stronger — and, if broken, is far more likely to shatter into less—harmful pieces. i guess the question is, why aren't we all drinking from glasses like this? it's a case of awareness. it is more expensive, but it comes down to supply and demand. -

greater demand for it, - then obviously the price of these sorts of things come down. so for now, a lot of glassware in pubs, bars and clubs is still a potential weapon. it's a hazard, instantly, as soon as it's smashed. someone could pick that weapon up and then, cos they're having a bad day, hit you with it. and it's happened to me, and he shoved a glass through my face. he shoves it a certain area down, it's inside my neck and we ain't having this conversation — i'm dead. matthew and i are talking in a pub on the outskirts of leeds — a few miles from the city centre, where the attack took place. and staff here, whilst hugely sympathetic to matthew, believe a glass ban would be very unpopular. what do you think the punters here would make of a ban on glass post—9:00? not a lot of them would stay. they'd probably leave about 9.00. you can get, like, the flimsy plastic glasses that just... they're not going to keep a pint well, and they're just not going to be an enjoyable drink. i don't think it'll go down too well.

matthew is still hoping his petition hits 10,000 signatures — which would mean it would get a response from the uk government. my message is this. this could happen to you. so to stop that, you eliminate it — eliminate the glass, and eliminate the risk of someone getting hurt. i'd never want anyone to have this happen to them. it ruins your life. after eight o'clock we'll hear more from people in the industry about what the ban would mean for staff and customers. let's take a look at some of today's papers. there's a lot of discussion about what may — or may not — be in the budget on wednesday, but elsewhere. the daily telegraph leads on home office data showing that police forces in england and wales failed to solve a single burglary in 48% of all neighbourhoods in the last three years — despite a pledge by police chiefs in october 2022 that officers would attend the scene of every domestic break—in.

the times reports on the accidental leak of british military intelligence by the head of the german air force. he was heard in a video call, intercepted by russia, discussing the operations of several nato countries in ukraine. and the daily mail claims to have discovered that rogue fixers are charging unqualified migrants up to £20,000 for work permits to fill vacancies in the care sector. if you are feeling a little stressed, monday morning, got to go back to work or school, how about counting butterflies? . back to work or school, how about counting butterflies?— back to work or school, how about counting butterflies? , yes, please. scientifically — counting butterflies? , yes, please. scientifically proven _ counting butterflies? , yes, please. scientifically proven to _ counting butterflies? , yes, please. scientifically proven to reduce - scientifically proven to reduce anxiety. this is all the great big butterfly count. we anxiety. this is all the great big butterfly count.— anxiety. this is all the great big butterfly count. we have done that on the programme. _ butterfly count. we have done that on the programme. they _ butterfly count. we have done that on the programme. they have - butterfly count. we have done that i on the programme. they have looked at the results — on the programme. they have looked at the results and _ on the programme. they have looked at the results and found _ on the programme. they have looked at the results and found that - on the programme. they have looked at the results and found that after - at the results and found that after people had done that butterfly count, which involves sitting in the garden or a park, 15 minutes counting how many butterflies you

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when it comes to confronting shoplifters, mitchell ward bears the scars. nuneaton toolbox, he says, has been repeatedly targeted — by young and old, brazenly filling bags, and by gangs stealing tools for use as weapons. the scale of it is unprecedented. by the time you've fought off one shoplifter, you had another one because there was no response from the police. it was constant. the whole town's experiencing it, it's notjust us. we were just brave enough and small enough to be able to put a barrier across the door — the big chains can't do that. warwickshire police categorically refute any suggestion they're not taking shoplifting seriously, and our camerasjoin them on patrol. police, can you open the door, please? pc tom shorthouse is a newly appointed town—centre beat officer, covering both nuneaton and bedworth. his role is about building trust with retailers, arresting shoplifters, and chasing up outstanding warrants.

just in two months i've had roughly about 20 arrests, i a large number of detections, positively detecting crime, i investigating offences. we are dedicating proper resources to this now. i nuneaton safer neighbourhoods policing team say their strike rate is high — putting twice the usual number of thieves before the courts over the past year. community orders are also being served, alongsidejail time. what we are seeing now is that shoplifting reports are on the rise. so are detections around that, as well. there are, it seems, some businesses that have lost faith in the police. how are you going to restore that faith? we are here to support business in that respect, and that is giving them confidence to report to us. and if you report to us, i give you my word that my officers will do absolutely everything they can to ensure we get a positive detection — not only for them, but also for everyone else. shoplifting offences are up across the country, but the cause is nuanced — not purely driven by an escalating cost—of—living crisis.

we're being told about organised crime gangs carrying out large—scale thefts, but also an increase in homelessness, people being plunged into drug and alcohol use, and feeding their addictions. charities warn of a perfect storm. at the centre, vulnerable people needing wide—ranging support. it's late afternoon, and some local school pupils are suspected of stealing from a newsagents here in nuneaton. they're soon found and spoken to, and their school will be informed. it's not a victimless crime — we all have to pay for it — and hopefully we can get some positive results that way and not needlessly criminalise young people. children as young as ten are being caught shoplifting. sharing cctv and radio communications is enabling many shops to work closely with the police to identify prolific offenders. what's it work on? that?

so that's the butane, that is. back at nuneaton toolbox, this is a business behind a barrier. harsher sentencing. that's what needs doing. a deterrent of some sort. you can count police on the street — you have one hand that you see in a week, notjust a day any more. you don't see police on the street. ben godfrey, bbc news, nuneaton. that was ben godfrey reporting. wedding days are supposed to provide memories to last a lifetime — but capturing those memories, in the form of pictures, is not always easy. some wedding photographers say vicars and priests are making it impossible for them to do theirjob inside churches. just have a listen to this. i'm in charge here. you disrupt me and i'll give you such a glare. what company are you with? right, well, yeah, i'll make sure your company never work here if you give me that tone.

i wouldn't come. that's good. thank you for that. bleep. that is not the only example we have. . ~ that is not the only example we have. ., ~ ,, �* ., have. thank goodness we didn't hear all of that. that — have. thank goodness we didn't hear all of that. that was _ have. thank goodness we didn't hear all of that. that was a _ have. thank goodness we didn't hear all of that. that was a celebrant i have. thank goodness we didn't hear all of that. that was a celebrant at i all of that. that was a celebrant at all of that. that was a celebrant at a wedding getting very cross with the photographer who was perhaps getting in the way, i don't know. it is really tough, the fine line between the two. we will talk about it all morning. if you have experienced it or have a strong opinion like us know. maybe you are a wedding photographer who has been told off by a vicar or maybe it happened on your wedding day and you couldn't get the pictures you really wanted. it couldn't get the pictures you really wanted. . . couldn't get the pictures you really wanted. , ., . ., , ., couldn't get the pictures you really wanted. ., , ., ., wanted. it is a ceremony, not a hoto wanted. it is a ceremony, not a photo shoot. — wanted. it is a ceremony, not a photo shoot, of _ wanted. it is a ceremony, not a photo shoot, of course. - wanted. it is a ceremony, not a photo shoot, of course. the i photo shoot, of course. the photographs are very important. let's us know if you have had any

experiences like that, whether you are a photographer who has been told to keep your distance shot or if you are a vicarand to keep your distance shot or if you are a vicar and i find a to keep your distance shot or if you are a vicar and ifind a path photographer is getting on the way. may be a drone flying through the check. �* , ., , ., , may be a drone flying through the check. �* , .,, .,, | check. don't give people ideas. i bet that has— check. don't give people ideas. i bet that has happened. - keep your messages coming in. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. three years on from the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer, a new bbc documentary follows the investigation into her death. sarah was walking home through clapham when she was abducted by wayne couzens. in the film which airs tomorrow, the detective who led the case recalls the moment she was told the prime suspect worked for the met. one of my detective sergeants came running into the office

and said, "we need to shut the door. you need to hear this." he then put one of our researchers on speakerphone and she said, "he's a police officer." i knew that i had to tell my boss. and then the same questions went through her head as went through my head. are you sure? and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor sadiq khan says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares, but not travelcards, daily and weekly caps and national rail fares, which all went up yesterday by about 5%. the rnli is marking its 200th anniversary today. the charity began with a meeting in the london tavern in bishopsgate in1821t, with a commitment to save lives at sea.

but it wasn't until 2002 that the river thames got its own dedicated lifeboats and stations. we now have four stations — teddington, chiswick, tower, which is at waterloo bridge, and also gravesend. and they are all amongst the busiest stations in the uk. the thames runs fast, is extremely cold. swimming in the thames, in certainly the lower reaches, is very, very dangerous indeed. and so we just see a lot of incidents to deal with. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with some patches of mist and fog around. but today it's a mostly dry and settled today, with spells of sunshine, although it will be a bit milder and breezier than yesterday. once that mist nad fog clears we will see some spells of sunshine for a time, but there is a weather front of that is arriving in later

on today and into this evening, bringing patchy outbreaks of rain. for the time being, bar the odd isolated shower, it's largely dry, some sunshine around, more in the way of cloud building from the west though later in the day, and temperatures reaching about nine to 11 celsius. that thicker cloud will increase as we head into the evening. some outbreaks of patchy rain will spread through for a time. it will become drier and clearer later in the night, but there will be scattered showers. temperatures dipping to low single figures yet again, so another chilly night in store. it does mean for tuesday it's a mixture of sunshine, scattered showers in places, but for most of the week ahead we are looking at largely dry, settled conditions, with spells of sunshine, and a little milder as well. that's it — but there's plenty more on our website, including the story of a football fan reunited with the volunteer who saved his life at a chelsea match. now it's back to sally and ben. see you in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. all eyes are on the chancellor this week, as he delivers his spring budget —

his last before the next general election. but what can ordinary households expect? nina is here to look at some of the moves jeremy hunt could make in terms of taxes on wednesday. are his options quite limited? they are. that is a good way of putting it. it is never easy to balance the books in this way. he is under political pressure to cut taxes but he has made its own fiscal pledges around borrowing. this yearfeels tighter than ever. good morning. jeremy hunt has promised a budget centred on growth, lowering taxes in a way that he says is responsible and prudent. cutting the rate of national insurance is one option. that contribution on your monthly salary from the age of 16 to collecting your pension. remember, the chancellor cut this year last year. took the main rate from 12% to 10%. that meant somebody on an annual salary of £35,000 a year now pays around £350 a year less in tax.

another percentage point cut would cost the treasury around £4.5 billion. would it be worth it? workers like melanie say they are still not feeling the benefit of last year's cut. i haven't felt the benefit of the cut of— i haven't felt the benefit of the cut of the _ i haven't felt the benefit of the cut of the national insurance because _ cut of the national insurance because obviously my work situation. i because obviously my work situation. i have _ because obviously my work situation. i have only— because obviously my work situation. i have only gone back part—time. but i have only gone back part—time. but i will i have only gone back part—time. but i will feel_ i have only gone back part—time. but i will feel the benefit of that, but possibly— i will feel the benefit of that, but possibly not as much as the sort of impact _ possibly not as much as the sort of impact the — possibly not as much as the sort of impact the extra childcare would have _ impact the extra childcare would have and — impact the extra childcare would have. and i think that would probably— have. and i think that would probably gain more from the childcare benefits. taxes _ childcare benefits. taxes have also been creeping up any less obvious way. that is because the point at which people start paying income tax or higher rates of income tax have been frozen since april 2022, and are expected to stay there until 2028. they used to go up with inflation. as wages rise it's estimated freezing thresholds will create more than 3 million extra taxpayers by 2028. many of you will

know that hitting a different tax bracket sometimes means it doesn't really pay to earn more money. diane is a mental health nurse. she is one of those who has been put off from taking on extra shifts. i think because of the additional overtime — i think because of the additional overtime i— i think because of the additional overtime i do, the unsocial hours payments. — overtime i do, the unsocial hours payments, i'm on the sort of cusp between — payments, i'm on the sort of cusp between the tax bands, where it would _ between the tax bands, where it would be — between the tax bands, where it would be getting to the point where it would _ would be getting to the point where it would not be worth me doing the extra _ it would not be worth me doing the extra shifts — it would not be worth me doing the extra shifts to end the additional money— extra shifts to end the additional money because i would just be paying a lot more _ money because i would just be paying a lot more in tax. i think they need to look— a lot more in tax. i think they need to look at— a lot more in tax. i think they need to look at the tax banding. you know. — to look at the tax banding. you know. with _ to look at the tax banding. you know, with the cost of living and things. — know, with the cost of living and things, what was a lot of money may be a few— things, what was a lot of money may be a few years ago when they looked at the _ be a few years ago when they looked at the tax _ be a few years ago when they looked at the tax banding, isn't as much any more — at the tax banding, isn't as much any more. so i think perhaps a little _ any more. so i think perhaps a little more _ any more. so i think perhaps a little more wiggle room between the tax bands _ little more wiggle room between the tax bands might help a little. the chancellor could surprise the experts by cutting income tax. that is the single —— single largest tax most households pay. it would be

popular with conservative mps. but experts warn it is not affordable. cutting the main rate by 1% could cost the government around £7 billion. there is concern that would fall on public spending. that is an area many feel need serious investment, not further cuts. others point to the fact it would not benefit scottish workers as their income tax is set separately. this is emma, who works for the local council. a 1% cut would put to £275 backin council. a 1% cut would put to £275 back in her pocket. but she says it is not her priority. i think personally for someone like me who _ i think personally for someone like me who works for a council, my partner, — me who works for a council, my partner, my— me who works for a council, my partner, my fiance, is a junior doctor. — partner, my fiance, is a junior doctor. it _ partner, my fiance, is a junior doctor, it would affect our quality of life _ doctor, it would affect our quality of life a _ doctor, it would affect our quality of life a lot — doctor, it would affect our quality of life a lot more of the services that we — of life a lot more of the services that we both worked for were improved. instead of cutting taxes if they— improved. instead of cutting taxes if they took that money invested in the nhs _ if they took that money invested in the nhs and local government that would _ the nhs and local government that would improve society a lot more and improve _ would improve society a lot more and improve my— would improve society a lot more and improve my quality of life. i don't improve my quality of life. idon't really— improve my quality of life. i don't really need — improve my quality of life. i don't really need or want to see extra

hundreds— really need or want to see extra hundreds in my pay packet. i'd rather— hundreds in my pay packet. i'd rather that money went towards improving society and dealing with the kind _ improving society and dealing with the kind of impact of austerity and the kind of impact of austerity and the amount of people that i see on a daily basis— the amount of people that i see on a daily basis that are really struggling, who may be one struggling, who may be one struggling a couple of years ago, i'd struggling a couple of years ago, i'd much — struggling a couple of years ago, i'd much rather see their quality of life improved. so. _ life improved. so, that isjust three stories, so, that is just three stories, three different people, three different sets of priorities. it is always impossible to please all of the people all of the time, and there are rumours of hits to air travel, non—dom taxpayers and oil and gas companies. they would bring in some revenue, but would it be enough to satisfy the chancellor's self closed pledge of bringing down debt? —— self—imposed place. how will the budget go down with voters? we will have to wait and see. thank you. just approaching 637i we will have to wait and see. thank you. just approaching 637! am. campaigners say the closure of a government safety net,

funding food banks, warm spaces and providing direct cash for those in need in england will be catastrophic. the scheme is due to end in four weeks' time unless an extension is announced in the budget. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. everyone knows babies don't come cheap. hello, rhea. it means money has to stretch a bit further than planned. hello, jaydeen. campaigners say the closure of a government safety net, hey, giovanni! and just manage to get some sleep wherever you can? yeah. it can be really tough. it's still very hard for some of us to get a nap. oh, the world's biggest yawn. with osaretin off work on maternity, three mouths to feed and three babies to hold, life and finances have been a juggle. he has reduced his hours to 20 hours a week. so the money's really not coming any more. so you've had to cut back your hours at work then, just to just to manage physically

with looking after the babies? and it was really — it was something hard, but we had to do the sacrifice. but lauren's been able to help out by giving a £370 grant. hi! are you 0k? it's gone straight on nappies, baby formula, and paying the energy bills. for lots of families . that we've supported it'sjust meant, you know, feeding their children, i heating their homes, you know, just those really important i butjust basic things that you really need to raise small children. lauren's team have now given money to 82 families through the government's household support fund, but that's due to end in four weeks' time. and you've never needed that help before, you've both worked... ? yeah, we've both worked. we never needed it, but... right now... right now, i felt bad for those who cannot afford this,

because it's one of the things that can help. # mary has a little lamb...# it's no surprise if you've never heard of the household support fund. in fact, lots of people who've received money may not even have realised it's come from that pot, because it's come via the council, maybe through an on the ground agency, before it arrives at their front door, maybe as food or vouchers or energy credit. but in a couple of weeks' time, hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable households will notice when the money runs out. we know this has worked. we know this is a scheme that's helped local authorities reach lots of families that really have no way of feeding and clothing their children. and that cost of living crisis is not over for those families. that's why barnardos, along with 120 other organisations and 160 local councils across england, are asking the government to change its mind. in every classroom there'll be somebody that's drawing down

something that's connected to the household support fund. so its reach is massive. without it, thousands of children would be plunged even deeper into poverty. it will be catastrophic. in liverpool, tens of thousands of households are receiving help through this fund. here at the pakistani association it's free hot lunches on the menu to those who need it most. the difference it makes to someone's life, and just brightens up someone's day — they come in and have a conversation. a lot of people rely on this as well. we'll drop it off to people's houses we know can't make it, or, you know, when it was snowing outside, and we know there's people who live alone, for example, and just stopping at the door, have that little brief conversation, and we won't be able to do that. good boy! the government say this fund will end as benefits and the local housing allowance rise in april. but those delivering the help are hoping the chancellor changes his mind in the coming days. colletta smith, bbc news.

a spokesperson for the department for work and pensions said £2 billion had been invested in the household support fund over the last two years, with 800 million paid to families. it is 20 to seven. derby day in manchester yesterday. it was, and it is blue. phil foden, a masterclass for him from manchester city. his manager has called him the best player in the premier league at the moment. he has certainly got a few of them. he has been long seen as one of the greatest talents in english football. i think now there is a feeling he's coming to the fore and showcasing what he can do on the biggest stage of all in a manchester derby, with two goals. he was incredible, with gareth southgate watching. exactly. good morning. pep guardiola singing the praises of goal—scorer phil foden on derby day as they came from behind to beat united. some

great goals yesterday from a couple of local lads asjoe wilson as joe wilson can asjoe wilson can tell us. the handshake sealed one certainty. phil foden is a matchwinner. perhaps this game challenged some perceptions. there is a striker who can score from anywhere, marcus rashford. oh, what a shot it is! marcus rashford with an absolute cracker! there is a striker who can miss from anywhere... and there's haaland. oh, would you believe it! ..erling haaland. the first half ended with the city still behind. united's manager was angry about a foul on rashford he thought have been given here, just before the lead was lost. possession alone doesn't guarantee goals. city had loads of the ball. it needed foden to find the net. oh, it's brilliant! that was in the rashford corner. same place, more or less. by 80 minutes united's attempts were rare, but a draw was feasible. they couldn't stop foden. good ball for foden. brilliant finish! i think he loves to play football.

he lives for football, training sessions and games, so he's a joy, and of course his work ethic is unbelievable. he's the best player right now in the premier league. for the amount of things he does, he's unbelievable. that decided the game and maintained the tussle for the title. but if there are eight minutes of injury time, erling haaland is finally going to score in one of them. joe wilson, bbc news. he did get his goal in the end and wasn't he pleased about it? at the other end of the table burnley�*s hopes of staying up looking bleak after they lost to bournemouth. afterjustin kluivert gave bournemouth a first half lead, antoine semenyo made the game safe late in the second. burnley are yet to win this year. there are just 11 games of the season now remaining. it was a weekend of slip—ups in the scottish premiership, with firstly

rangers losing and celtic missing the chance to move above them as they lost to hearts. lawrence shankland claiming all three points for hearts. celtic had a player sent off. it is the first time in six years at both celtic and rangers have lost scottish premier league games on the same weekend. in the women's super league, chelsea returned to the top of the table thanks to a comfortable 4—0 win over leicester city. there was a moment to savour for catarina macario, who netted chelsea's fourth on her debut after 20 months out injured. emma hayes�* side face title rivals manchester city in the league cup semi—finals on thursday. meanwhile, arsenal stayed within three points of chelsea and manchester city, thanks to a 1—0 win over tottenham in front of an official attendance of 60,050 - the second highest in wsl history. alessia russo with the only goal of the game. arsenal travel to face chelsea on march 15th, but before they face aston villa in the league cup semi—finals on wednesday. what are your katie boulter is

having. she claimed herfirst what are your katie boulter is having. she claimed her first wta 500 title overnight, beating her ukrainian opponent in the final of the san diego open. she came from a set down to clinch victory. she will now break into the top 30 for the first time in her career. she was watched by boyfriend alex de minaur, who had earlier retained his title in acapulco. he won it around midnight, was in a taxi to catch a six o'clock flight to what your win. what a weekend for the pair. great to see them celebrating at the end. what a weekend at the world into athletics championships after further british success came yesterday. —— world indoor athletics championships. britain'sjemma reekie took silver in the women's 800 metres — herfirst senior medal. a slow race meant it came down to a one lap sprint, and reekie didn't quite have enough to get the better of ethiopia's tsige duguma, who took gold ahead of the briton, with noelie yarigo of benin a surprise third.

i knew those girls were going to throw something at me that they were confident with, and they were just better than me today. but, yeah, i stood on that track and i didn't want anything other than the win. but first senior medal, i made some mistakes and i learned something from it. i've got one now and i definitely want one of those ones. yeah, it'll be a good stepping stone forward. ther was one other medal success for team gb in the women's it x 400 metre relay. jessie knight anchored home the british quartet in a new national record to take bronze behind the netherlands and the united states of america. as we know, those gold medals came forjosh kerr and molly koji on saturday. we are speaking to gemma ricky after half past eight. brilliant. thank you. today marks 200 years since the launch of the royal national lifeboat institution. in that time, the lifeboat charity has saved more

than 140,000 people. there are events and activities taking place across the uk and ireland to celebrate. and our reporter, fiona lamdin, is at tynemouth rnli lifeboat station for us this morning. good morning, fi. good morning. look at that pink sky. we are _ good morning. look at that pink sky. we are in_ good morning. look at that pink sky. we are in teignmouth. this is where the very— we are in teignmouth. this is where the very first — we are in teignmouth. this is where the very first purpose—built lifeboat, which would have looked a little bit _ lifeboat, which would have looked a little bit like this, was lodged all those _ little bit like this, was lodged all those years ago. in fact, these were also the _ those years ago. in fact, these were also the first — those years ago. in fact, these were also the first station to launch the first moderate lifeboat. over the years. _ first moderate lifeboat. over the years. as — first moderate lifeboat. over the years, as we have been hearing, the rnli have _ years, as we have been hearing, the rnli have saved thousands of lives at sea _ rnli have saved thousands of lives at sea we — rnli have saved thousands of lives at sea. we have been meeting mike, who is— at sea. we have been meeting mike, who isjust _ at sea. we have been meeting mike, who isjust one of them. i'd been fishing only sort of 15

to 20 minutes before i started feeling a bit uneasy about the depth of the water around me. the water was getting deeper and deeper. i turned to try and get back to the beach. within seconds, literally, i was on my hands and knees crawling, trying to get back up out of the water. and before i knew it, the waves had sort of swept over me, and i was being taken out to sea. 0k, guys, go, go, go! milford lifeboat information. we've done the emergency beach landing. person not conscious, not breathing. we were expecting the worst. after receiving the information that there's a person in the water, the outcome is not often all that good. i honestly thought, that's it, it's all over. the odds were stacked against him. this was a time critical call out for us. every second really did count. you're doing all right, buddy. when we arrived on the beach, it was looking very, very bleak. we were continuing cpr, the compressions and i the rescue breaths, _ and then suddenly we just heard this breath come from mike. over the last 200 years,

the rnli has rescued 146,000 lives. mary roberts was one of them. she was my great grandmother. she led an unusual life. spent most of her married life, i believe, because i didn't actually know her, on the ships. "my dear hubby, i must get easier boots in new york. these are beggars and pinch. trust all is well. much love, keisha roberts." mary's story is pretty unbelievable. she survived at least two shipwrecks. the first was in 1912 on the titanic. she would have been really low down in the quarters, being a servant. you just think, how, how did she get out there? and what panic was going through her mind, and determination? two years later, she was a nurse

on board the hospital ship rohilla when it hit the rocks. the lifeboats were alerted to the fact that the rohilla is in danger, and the whitby lifeboats are launched. but it's incredibly difficult — challenging gale conditions. and those lifeboats were pulling and sailing lifeboats. so, men in open rowboats going out to a ship in gale force conditions. but they did get out. and mary roberts was rescued by the whitby lifeboat. mary's trunk was later found washed up on the beach. well, you're kind of in awe of this woman that — why? why would she go on another ship if you were in one that was sunk? we can never decide whether mary roberts is really lucky or really unlucky. i think it depends how you want to look at her. but sometimes rescues end in tragedy. over 800 crew members have died trying to save others. in 1916, the rnli suffered a huge

loss when 15 volunteers set out on a daring rescue in salcombe, only to returned home alive. just tell me about the conditions they went out? they literally left from the lifeboat station, which is behind us now, and they went to an aid of a schooner. they unfortunately capsized. the rest drowned and only two survived. well, my great grandfather was one of the two survivors. it's always been with the family and part of the town. the heart and soul of the town was ripped out when that disaster happened. well, this is one of the rnli's 162 all weather lifeboats. it's out of salcombe on average, about once a week. and in the last year, it's helped over 100 people. the rnli, for about the first hundred years or so, spent most of its time rescuing people from shipwreck. that happens very rarely now. now we're much more rescuing people at sea. also, a huge number of people

who use the sea for leisure — paddleboarders, open water swimmers. back in wales, the crew are reunited with mike, the man they saved. good to see you, mate. how are you doing, are you 0k? fancy seeing you here! so, do you remember anything of it, mike? well, i rememberfishing and i remember getting into difficulty, and it was all over so quickly. that was it for me, really, up until when i woke up in hospital the following tuesday. that's incredible. it's fantastic to meet them. there's some people that are involved i had no idea it existed untiljust a few minutes ago, and to see them for the first time, it's just absolutely fantastic. those cold, bleak nights when the pager goes off, or when we're doing training, you know, when i'm faced with mike and able to shake his hand and see that he's he's fit and well, it absolutely makes it all very worthwhile.

well, we are in the kit room in teignmouth. we are with james and paul. james, good morning. you are normally, when you are not doing this, you are in it. tell us why you got into this? i this, you are in it. tell us why you got into this?— got into this? i moved to north shields about _ got into this? i moved to north shields about six _ got into this? i moved to north shields about six or _ got into this? i moved to north shields about six or seven i got into this? i moved to north | shields about six or seven years got into this? i moved to north i shields about six or seven years ago and got _ shields about six or seven years ago and got a _ shields about six or seven years ago and got a house above the fish quay and got a house above the fish quay and loved _ and got a house above the fish quay and loved seeing the boats go in and out and _ and loved seeing the boats go in and out and decided that actually i needed — out and decided that actually i needed a bit more excitement in my life than— needed a bit more excitement in my life than being behind a desk in my 'ob life than being behind a desk in my job in_ life than being behind a desk in my job in it~ _ job in it. show us your job in it — show us your secret? i have to say, when i went out and that bout i was rather seasick. i when i went out and that bout i was rather seasick.— rather seasick. i still wear it seasickness _ rather seasick. i still wear it seasickness bands - rather seasick. i still wear it seasickness bands to i rather seasick. i still wear it seasickness bands to kind i rather seasick. i still wear it | seasickness bands to kind of rather seasick. i still wear it - seasickness bands to kind of combat the seasickness. sometimes you can be out _ the seasickness. sometimes you can be out and _ the seasickness. sometimes you can be out and it's really choppy and really _ be out and it's really choppy and really bad — be out and it's really choppy and really bad. but these have not let me down — really bad. but these have not let me down so far.— really bad. but these have not let me down so far. quite early on you had a dramatic _ me down so far. quite early on you had a dramatic rescue _ me down so far. quite early on you had a dramatic rescue that - me down so far. quite early on you had a dramatic rescue that said i me down so far. quite early on you | had a dramatic rescue that said you, this is the right thing for me?

yeah, one of my first—ever shouts, somebody— yeah, one of my first—ever shouts, somebody fell from a cliff not far from _ somebody fell from a cliff not far from here — somebody fell from a cliff not far from here. the guy was still conscious— from here. the guy was still conscious in the car. it was on all four— conscious in the car. it was on all four wheels _ conscious in the car. it was on all fourwheels. he conscious in the car. it was on all four wheels. he could swim from the unsure _ four wheels. he could swim from the unsure lifeboat. we swam around to the guy— unsure lifeboat. we swam around to the guy commanded his seat belt. one of the _ the guy commanded his seat belt. one of the other— the guy commanded his seat belt. one of the other crew members was at the passenger— of the other crew members was at the passenger door, floated him out, got him onto— passenger door, floated him out, got him onto the inshore lifeboat to safety — him onto the inshore lifeboat to safety. he was pretty badly bruised. and pretty— safety. he was pretty badly bruised. and pretty lucky, all things considered.— and pretty lucky, all things considered. �* , ., ., considered. let's meet paul. you run a cleanin: considered. let's meet paul. you run a cleaning company? _ considered. let's meet paul. you run a cleaning company? i _ considered. let's meet paul. you run a cleaning company? i work- considered. let's meet paul. you run a cleaning company? i work for- a cleaning company? i work for m self. a cleaning company? i work for myself- very — a cleaning company? i work for myself. very different. - a cleaning company? i work for myself. very different. come l a cleaning company? i work for. myself. very different. come over here and show— myself. very different. come over here and show us. _ myself. very different. come over here and show us. i _ myself. very different. come over here and show us. i am _ myself. very different. come over here and show us. i am wearing i myself. very different. come over here and show us. i am wearing a| here and show us. i am wearing a jumper. 200 years ago that is what a lot of people would have gone out wearing? lot of people would have gone out wearin: ? . , ' lot of people would have gone out i wearing?_ well. wearing? yeah, very different. well, fee cut off in — wearing? yeah, very different. well, fee cut off in her— wearing? yeah, very different. well, fee cut off in her prime. _ wearing? yeah, very different. well, fee cut off in her prime. we - wearing? yeah, very different. well, fee cut off in her prime. we will-

fee cut off in her prime. we will try and re—establish — we will plug—in the cables. incredible stories. 200 years of the rnli. we will be back there later. earlier in the programme we talked to you about wedding photography and the challenges of maybe being a wedding photographer when the person in charge of the ceremony doesn't always want you to be in a certain place at a certain time. a lot of photographers quite angry at being stopped from doing their job. what a lot of vigours, priests etc saying it is not about the photos, it is about the ceremony. —— vicauts. melanie says it is at the discretion of the seller rent. there was a time you couldn't take photos of the ceremony at all. she used to be a wedding photographer. always ask beforehand what was allowed. she thinks too many pictures are taken. that is interesting. neil, a photographer, said, itry that is interesting. neil, a photographer, said, i try to capture

all aspects of weddings from practice sessions through to the evening do. i arrived at one wedding, sat at the back, if you are five minutes late, you lose him in the ceremony. the bottom line for me was the cash machine for the church people paying for the judge wedding photographers were not allowed to use flash. i missed the tears ofjoy cried by the bride. couldn't get anywhere near her. the whole congregation couldn't wait to get out of there, to the delight of the church wedding conveyor belt. oh, my goodness, it sounds tense at times. meant to be happy and relaxed. meant to be happy and relaxed. meant to be happy and relaxed. meant to be, but some people using it as an opportunity to take pictures for instagram. isn't that life in general? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. three years on from the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer, a new bbc documentary follows the investigation into her death. sarah was walking home through clapham when she was

abducted by wayne couzens. in the film — which airs tomorrow — the detective who led the case recalls the moment she was told the prime suspect worked for the met. one of my detective sergeants came running into the office and said, "we need to shut the door. you need to hear this." he then put one of our researchers on speakerphone and she said, "he's a police officer." i knew that i had to tell my boss. and then the same questions went through her head as went through my head. are you sure? and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor, sadiq khan, says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares — but not travelcards,

daily and weekly caps and national railfares, which all went up yesterday by about 5%. the rnli is marking its 200th anniversary today. the charity began with a meeting in the london tavern in bishopsgate in 1824 with a commitment to save lives at sea — but it wasn't until 2002 that the river thames got its own dedicated lifeboats and stations. we now have four stations — teddington, chiswick, tower — which is at waterloo bridge — and also gravesend. and they are all amongst the busiest stations in the uk. the thames runs fast, is extremely cold. swimming in the thames, in certainly the lower reaches, is very, very dangerous indeed. and so we just see a lot of incidents to deal with. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with some patches of mist and fog around.

but today it's a mostly dry and settled today, with spells of sunshine, although it will be a bit milder and breezier than yesterday. once that mist and fog clears we will see some spells of sunshine for a time, but there is a weather front of that is arriving in later on today and into this evening, bringing patchy outbreaks of rain. for the time being, bar the odd isolated charter, it's largely dry, some sunshine around, more in the way of cloud building from the west though later in the day, and temperatures reaching about nine to 11 celsius. that thicker cloud will increase as we head into the evening. some outbreaks of patchy rain will spread through for a time. it will become drier and clearer later in the night, but there will be scattered showers. temperatures dipping to low single figures yet again, so another chilly night in store. it does mean for tuesday it's a mixture of sunshine, scattered showers in places, but for most of the week ahead we are looking at largely dry, settled conditions, with spells of sunshine, and a little milder as well. that's it — but head to our website to read about an m16 spy who says

working at the agency is more exciting than a james bond film. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today... pressure grows on the chancellor jeremy hunt to announce tax cuts in wednesday's budget — his last before a general election. will he go for another cut to national insurance?

if so, how would he pay for it? i weigh up the options. a senior hamas official tells the bbc that it is impossible to provide a list of israeli hostages who are still alive, while the territory is being bombed. as nurseries prepare for an expansion of government funded childcare — we'll look at one scheme designed to tackle the shortage of staff. in sport, pep's delight thanks to fantastic foden with blue the colour, as city come from behind to beat rivals united in the manchester derby.. to beat rivals united in the manchester derby. good morning. some mist, fog and frost to clear this morning then for most it will be a mainly dry day. but we have some rain across the northern isles and rain coming into the south—west, which will slowly push north—eastwards through the course of the morning into the afternoon. all the details later. it's monday the 4th of march. our main story. the chancellor, jeremy hunt is under growing pressure to introduce tax

cuts in wednesday's budget — ahead of what could be a crucial week for the government. this budget is the last before the next general election. with backbench conservatives eager to see taxes lowered from their current levels before voters head to the polls, the stakes for mr hunt — and the prime minister rishi sunak — are high. our political correspondent, hannah miller, has the story. in homes across the country and public services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. we have got roads full of potholes. are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks' time? well, i'm doing everything that i can. i mean, short of laying siege to his own home. well, i want us to be, you know, i cutting taxes in a responsible way. under pressure from backbenchers — and with less money to play with than he'd hoped for — the chancellor's scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice.

today, mr speaker, i'm going to cut the main 12% rate of employee national insurance. last year, he chose to cut national insurance contributions — and it's thought he may do that again. a tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. the number crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nation's finances — it's a political calculation, as well. under the rules the government has set for itself, there's a limited amount of money for the chancellor to spend. do people want to see more going into public services, or more cash in their own back pocket? while the government is today announcing £360 million for manufacturing, investing in medicines research and zero—carbon aircraft, labour say they would have a focus on getting young people into work — with careers advisers, mental—health support and new technical excellence colleges to cut youth unemployment. businesses say those are welcome,

but there's more that could be done to encourage growth. we'd like to see the rising tide lift all boats, and measures in the budget such as changing vat on international visitors, changes to the vat threshold, and changes to business rates that can actually help all businesses grow and prosper. whatever the chancellor chooses to do on wednesday, the tax burden is historically high. it's pretty much impossible to imagine that he can do anything to prevent households from paying more tax than in 2019, and that may come with a political price. hannah miller, bbc news. let's get more analysis from nina. we have heard about the political considerations mr hunt has to think about ahead of wednesday but what about ahead of wednesday but what about the practical ones? lots about ahead of wednesday but what about the practical ones?— about the practical ones? lots to think about- _ about the practical ones? lots to think about. good _ about the practical ones? lots to think about. good morning. i a rock and a hard

place springs to mind. what to do when you've promised to cut taxes, but also reduce debt? we understand that another cut to national insurance is the most likely giveaway — a 2p cut could cost the treasury more than £10 billion — so he'll have to pay for it. reducing the rights on non—doms — uk residents who have a home elsewhere and pay less uk tax — that way would raise around £3 billion. there is also a view that spending on public services could be cut by around a quarter of a percent — many argue there is no salami left to slice there. we already know that spending on defence won't be increased. there are rumours of taxes on air passenger duty, oil and gas companies, and vapes. they will be up early today at number 11. still big decision to be made that could win or lose votes — and not long to make them. thank you, nina. let me run you

through the other main stories today. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that it is unable to provide a list of the 130 israeli hostages who are still alive, while the territory is being bombed. israel has said it will only participate in ceasefire talks when it has the list. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. how significant could this be when it comes to trying to negotiate a ceasefire? ~ . it comes to trying to negotiate a ceasefire?— it comes to trying to negotiate a ceasefire? ~ , ,, ., ceasefire? well, this looks like a serious block. _ ceasefire? well, this looks like a serious block. there _ ceasefire? well, this looks like a serious block. there had - ceasefire? well, this looks like a serious block. there had been i ceasefire? well, this looks like a i serious block. there had been hopes over the past week that a new temporary ceasefire deal could be in place for the islamic holy month of ramadan, which begins about a week from now. but you have the latest round of talks in cairo, the qatari and egyptian mediators present, we understand there is a delegation from hamas but no is really delegation and israel is really saying it hasn't had an official response from hamas when it comes to the paris framework deal that was laid out. it wants to have a full

list of the surviving israeli hostages so that it can really lockdown which palestinian prisoners and how many palestinian prisoners would be released in exchange for them. we have this top hamas official who told the bbc that it is practically impossible to work out exactly which hostages are alive. he said they are held by different groups around gaza, and that a ceasefire deal is needed for that list to be drawn up, really. in the background here you have increasing, growing frustration about the whole situation in gaza. the us in particular, israel's closest ally, the strongest comments yet from a senior leader there, the vice president kamala harris talking about humanitarian catastrophe in gaza saying that people there are starving and there is a need for an immediate ceasefire, this six week truce, in order to get more aid in.

for now, thank you. a number of people have been detained in northern france, after a seven—year—old girl died when a boat capsized in an attempt to cross the english channel. the boat was carrying 16 migrants when it sank. officials said the vessel wasn't big enough to support the number of passengers. george galloway will enter parliament today, following his win in the rochdale by—election last friday. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. good morning. what sort of welcome will mr galloway expect? i good morning. what sort of welcome will mr galloway expect?— will mr galloway expect? i think mps will mr galloway expect? i think mps will tive will mr galloway expect? i think mps will give him — will mr galloway expect? i think mps will give him an _ will mr galloway expect? i think mps will give him an apprehensive - will give him an apprehensive welcome. i don't think there will be allowed to cheers from many people inside the house of commons, certainly not in the mainstream parties. some people perhaps who have been suspended from the labour party and sit as independents might be delighted to see him potentially gift keir starmer a bloody nose but mostly i think there will be some concerns, in rishi sunak�*s speech on

extremism on friday said it was beyond alarming that george galloway had won the rochdale by—election and certainly speaking privately to labour mps, some of them felt that keir starmer had been slow to call for a ceasefire in gaza, that given george galloway space in which to operate there. but certainly they felt the party was in the right place on the issue now and their concern is that the rhetoric people here from george galloway could be divisive, could fragment communities. i think people will be pretty apprehensive. from george galloway�*s point of view, he now has a platform to argue notjust about international issues but about domestic issues. he has talked in an interesting turn of phrase about the closeness of keir starmer and rishi sunak, so i think he will do his best to make life hell for the leaders of the mainstream parties and particularly for keir starmer.

he is a very powerful orator, a very powerful communicator. there are worries about what message you may communicate but he will certainly make an impact.— communicate but he will certainly make an impact. yes, keep us posted but for now. — make an impact. yes, keep us posted but for now, thank _ make an impact. yes, keep us posted but for now, thank you, _ make an impact. yes, keep us posted but for now, thank you, iain - make an impact. yes, keep us posted but for now, thank you, iain watson l but for now, thank you, iain watson in westminster. three american astronauts and a russian cosmonaut have blasted off from florida for a six month mission on the international space station. three, two, one, ignition. engines full power. and liftoff... the falcon 9 rocket is operated by elon musk�*s spacex company. space remains a rare area of cooperation between the us and russia, since the russian invasion of ukraine two years ago. nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington dc. she claimed almost 63% of the vote in her first victory over the former president. mr trump, however, has a huge lead over ms haley and is likely to face joe biden in the november election.

the image of a single tumbleweed blowing across a deserted town is occasionally invoked when a joke fails to make anyone laugh. do you get that description, tumbleweed? yes. this is what it looks like in utah. that really is tumbleweed. tbs, looks like in utah. that really is tumbleweed.— looks like in utah. that really is tumbleweed. ~ ., ., ., tumbleweed. a comedian has had a reall bad tumbleweed. a comedian has had a really bad night. _ where hundreds of tumbleweeds have been piling up in the streets. these pictures were taken in the town of eagle mountain, where hundreds of tumbleweeds have been piling up in the streets. they're actually caused by the windy weather, which is affecting large parts of the western united states. something really creepy about it. for people living in that particular house. ., ., , ., house. you might worry about snow, wind, house. you might worry about snow, wind. rain- — house. you might worry about snow, wind. rain- no. _ house. you might worry about snow, wind, rain. no, being _ house. you might worry about snow, wind, rain. no, being covered- house. you might worry about snow, wind, rain. no, being covered in- wind, rain. no, being covered in tumbleweed!— wind, rain. no, being covered in tumbleweed! , ., , ., ., tumbleweed! hopefully that is not an issue we will — tumbleweed! hopefully that is not an issue we will have _ tumbleweed! hopefully that is not an issue we will have here _ tumbleweed! hopefully that is not an

issue we will have here today. - tumbleweed! hopefully that is not an issue we will have here today. good l issue we will have here today. good morning, carol, can you tell us? good morning. it is not at all. this morning i want to show you some fabulous weather watcher pictures that have been sent in. we have seen them literally from the north of scotland as far south as cornwall and bits in between, as you can see from keswick. lovely reflection in the water. and also north yorkshire, this one sent in from settle. different colours, the green and magenta from murray in the north of scotland, and this beauty from cornwall. really for no far and wide they are spotted. some clear skies this morning. if you are stepping out, don't forget, there is frost and fog around first thing. this fog will lift as we go through the course of the morning and the frost will, as well. we have some rain coming in from the south—west which is slowly going to be progressing

north—eastwards. also another band of rain across the northern isles, but in between a lot of dry weather, a few showers at times in western scotland and northern ireland. these are our temperatures, seven to 11 degrees north to south. also quite windy around the southwest and english channel, and tonight when you through the irish sea, as well, as our weather front continues to drift steadily northwards and eastwards, weakening with more rain by the end of the night coming into northern ireland. these temperatures are the lowest we are likely to see overnight but will pick up as a cloud and rain pushes steadily northwards. this is where it will rest tomorrow. eventually fizzling and a lot of dry weather coming in behind but we have some showery rain pushing in three northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england wales, and temperatures, six in the north 12 in the south. it is a much quieter week this week. there will be rain at times but quieter week this week. there will be rain at times but not quieter week this week. there will be rain at times but not the quieter week this week. there will be rain at times but not the amounts we saw last week.—

be rain at times but not the amounts we saw last week. thank goodness for that. thank you. _ an expansion of government—funded childcare in england is set to begin next month — but there are concerns about a shortage of staff and money to meet the extra demand at nurseries. working parents of children aged two will get 15 hours a week of government—funded childcare per week during term time from next month in september, that will expand to include children from the age of nine months. the government has pledged that by september next year, 30 hours of childcare per week in term—time will be open to all nursery children. currently only three— and four—year—olds are eligible for that. but many nurseries are reporting significant issues — and the national association of day nurseries has said the chancellor needs to do more to address "huge challenges facing early years providers". analysis by the body found nursery closures in the 2022 to 2023 academic year were up 50% on the year before. on sunday, the chancellor was asked

whether all the new places could be rolled out in april as planned. here's what he said. it isa it is a big change. it may mean that we need to employ 40,000 more people in the sector and that's why we bring it on in stages. so the first step is two—year—olds in april. the next step will be september and then it will finally be brought in the final september. i’m it will finally be brought in the final september.— it will finally be brought in the final september. i'm not hearing a tuarantee final september. i'm not hearing a guarantee and _ final september. i'm not hearing a guarantee and you _ final september. i'm not hearing a guarantee and you were _ final september. i'm not hearing a guarantee and you were told i final september. i'm not hearing a guarantee and you were told at i final september. i'm not hearing a| guarantee and you were told at the time of— guarantee and you were told at the time of bringing it in that it was a bil time of bringing it in that it was a big change, it will be important... ian big change, it will be important... ian mccrea — big change, it will be important... ian mccrea you will understand why don't _ ian mccrea you will understand why don't want — ian mccrea you will understand why don't want to give an absolute guarantee but i'm quite confident we are delivering this and guarantee but i'm quite confident we are delivering thi— are delivering this and it is on track for april? _ are delivering this and it is on track for april? yes, - are delivering this and it is on track for april? yes, i - are delivering this and it is on track for april? yes, i am. i one of the things the government is trialling to address the staffing shortages in the childcare sector is a "bootcamp" to fast—track recruits who want to work with young children. stuart pollitt reports from liverpool — where the scheme is being piloted. first thing we're going to do is check the airway, going to see if there's anything blocking in the mouth... james has ambitions to run his own nursery one day.

ioli wants to follow her nan into the childcare profession. rachel's autistic and is desperate to help children with additional needs. so, hi, you ok? the trio are getting to grips with their opening week at britain's first early—years training boot camp. it feels very lovely that i am...kind of get to be the grown—up that maybe i didn't necessarily have when i was little and, like, in nursery. it's only been three days, i but it's really mapped out very clearly where i can go with this type of career if i want it. i it's not normally a men's profession, it's — you know, so, yeah, i've been... i'm trying to promote that myself. and also the reason for taking so many courses i'm doing — like this — is because i'm trying to build my own business. after the three—week boot camp course, everybody on it is guaranteed at least a job interview at a nursery like this one, so they could very quickly be going from classroom to employment. we work with over 1,000 employers across england at realise, and they're all feeding back

the same thing — that we're already kind of seeing those struggles in terms of attracting and retaining staff. we're already in quite a serious recruitment crisis in early years. this is going to attract new people to the sector that have maybe not worked in the sector before, or people who've maybe previously worked in it, who've left. extra staff are needed ahead of the expansion in free childcare. but as rachel, james and ioli really continue to work on their quickfire qualifications, the government will be hoping that it's just the first step on a long and successful career. we'rejoined now byjulie robinson, who runs nurseries in bolton. good morning. good morning. you have been running — good morning. good morning. you have been running these _ good morning. good morning. you have been running these nurseries _ good morning. good morning. you have been running these nurseries for- been running these nurseries for quite a while so you know your stuff, don't you? what do you make of this scheme?— of this scheme? well, it's another blunder, of this scheme? well, it's another blunder. as _ of this scheme? well, it's another blunder, as far _ of this scheme? well, it's another blunder, as far as _ of this scheme? well, it's another blunder, as far as i'm _ of this scheme? well, it's another blunder, as far as i'm concerned. | blunder, as far as i'm concerned. the government are reactive, not proactive. they really haven't thought this through. the funding comes in in april. is this something they havejust thought comes in in april. is this something they have just thought of recently? we have now there is a staffing

shortage and crisis for the last two to three years, so why is this not something they have prepared for, knowing that funding and free places for parents were coming in? at the end of the day, you know, how could you describe it with the qualification and the professionalism by saying you can train fast track? that is just not ok. train fast track? that is 'ust not ok. , , , ., , train fast track? that is 'ust not ok. , , , 0k. the flip side is, as you mention. _ 0k. the flip side is, as you mention, staff _ 0k. the flip side is, as you mention, staff shortages. l 0k. the flip side is, as you i mention, staff shortages. we are desperate — mention, staff shortages. we are desperate for people to come into 'obs desperate for people to come into jobs like _ desperate for people to come into jobs like this and this is a quicker way of— jobs like this and this is a quicker way of getting people in. but jobs like this and this is a quicker way of getting people in.- jobs like this and this is a quicker way of getting people in. but is it the ritht way of getting people in. but is it the right way? — way of getting people in. but is it the right way? because, - way of getting people in. but is it| the right way? because, actually, what we want to do is value the sector, and people are not coming to the sector because there are minimum wage, with a massive responsibility to look after children. we are taking on health care professional role, we are safeguarding children, looking at early helps and ready for school, developing speech and language. is that something you can train in a number of weeks? i really doubt that. i train in a number of weeks? i really doubt that-— doubt that. i suppose there are two thins will doubt that. i suppose there are two things will stop _

doubt that. i suppose there are two things will stop someone _ doubt that. i suppose there are two things will stop someone who i doubt that. i suppose there are two| things will stop someone who might be coming straight out of school or couege be coming straight out of school or college out saying i can train or do this in three or four weeks, whatever the proposal is, or someone who has come in, maybe have their own children, they have a lifetime of experience, maybe they are thinking i don't want to retire yet and could come and do this. there is and could come and do this. there is a very different approach. absolutely and they are different roles because being a mum, we all know, we have children, look after them, care for their basic needs, and that is wonderful and we need that maturity in settings but we also need to look at the professionalism. i will give an example. this might be amazing for somebody who may be as trained as a social worker, a nurse, health visitor, health and social care practitioner. visitor, health and social care practitioner-— visitor, health and social care practitioner. already qualified. yes, in something, _ practitioner. already qualified. yes, in something, but- practitioner. already qualified. yes, in something, but want i practitioner. already qualified. | yes, in something, but want to practitioner. already qualified. i yes, in something, but want to do something fast—track rather than redo another three years of training. could i do that with the expertise i have in my industry? it would actually really work. so i think it is having that

understanding and capacity of being able to do that role. it is retraining. _ able to do that role. it is retraining. yes, - able to do that role. it is retraining. yes, it i able to do that role. it is retraining. yes, it isn't l able to do that role. it is i retraining. yes, it isn'tjust able to do that role. it is - retraining. yes, it isn'tjust about retraining. yes, it isn't 'ust about trainin: retraining. yes, it isn't 'ust about training 16— retraining. yes, it isn't 'ust about training ts «at retraining. yes, it isn'tjust about training 16 to 19-year-olds i retraining. yes, it isn'tjust about training 16 to 19-year-olds from i training 16 to 19—year—olds from skilled to say, would you like to babysit in an earlier setting? that is one thing i will not tolerate because we are not baby—sitters, we are professionals. i have a teaching degree, there are some people in this industry who have worked so hard to care for children every single day and make a difference, and what we do know is, give us the child in the first five years of life and we can predict what gcses those children will get. with that in mind, would you underfunded, would you not put the right kind of level of training into those settings? the answer is no and feel free to come and speak to me, if anyone from the government would like to chat with me at my setting, my door is open. like to chat with me at my setting, my door is open-— my door is open. interesting, isn't it? what is — my door is open. interesting, isn't it? what is the — my door is open. interesting, isn't it? what is the situation _ my door is open. interesting, isn't it? what is the situation in - my door is open. interesting, isn't it? what is the situation in your i it? what is the situation in your nursery— it? what is the situation in your nursery at— it? what is the situation in your nursery at the moment? are you looking _ nursery at the moment? are you looking for— nursery at the moment? are you looking for staff, how difficult is it to find — looking for staff, how difficult is it to find them? it is looking for staff, how difficult is it to find them?— looking for staff, how difficult is it to find them? it is difficult but i have looked _ it to find them? it is difficult but i have looked at _ it to find them? it is difficult but i have looked at bringing - it to find them? it is difficult but i have looked at bringing staff. it to find them? it is difficult but | i have looked at bringing staff in, as we have said, mature parents

don't recompense, maybe at retirement age you want to come on, do a bit of safeguarding, be with the children, read them stories and allow them, the qualified practitioners to do the observation planning, the things they need to do in terms of the early helps, go to safeguarding meetings. yes, we have a purpose for people with that kind of experience because they have life experience and we can't put a price on that. ., , , , on that. your site is insulting, the idea ou on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can _ on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train _ on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train to _ on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train to do _ on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train to do this i on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train to do this in i on that. your site is insulting, the idea you can train to do this in a i idea you can train to do this in a few short weeks and be fast tracks —— you say it is insulting. does that play into your retention issues, being able to hold onto staff if they are told anyone can do this? ., , , ., ., ..g this? that puts a nail in the coffin as far as i — this? that puts a nail in the coffin as far as i am _ this? that puts a nail in the coffin as far as i am concerned. - this? that puts a nail in the coffin as far as i am concerned. we i this? that puts a nail in the coffin i as far as i am concerned. we already feel devalued, we are underfunded, we haven't seen an increase in our three and four—year—old funding for the past ten years. so if you are going to come along with saying anyone can do your role, you don't need to be qualified, you will eat more practitioners and professionals leaving the sector. i5 more practitioners and professionals leaving the sector.— leaving the sector. is there a happy medium, somewhere _ leaving the sector. is there a happy medium, somewhere in _ leaving the sector. is there a happy medium, somewhere in between, i leaving the sector. is there a happy i medium, somewhere in between, where

you can say... there is clearly a need for these staff and the need is now and we know it would take time to train people on a long—term qualification course. is there a happy medium somewhere? to me, government — happy medium somewhere? to me, government funded _ happy medium somewhere? to me, government funded industry, i happy medium somewhere? to me, government funded industry, we i happy medium somewhere? to me, i government funded industry, we have so many early years professionals in this industry, so many early years teachers who are not paid the right way. let the government invest in that, let them pay those settings to employ teachers. you will then create a professional industry where people want to work, it is attractive and we may have some nails into that industry. interesting. thank you so much for coming _ interesting. thank you so much for coming in. — interesting. thank you so much for coming in, julie robinson, thank you _ 200 years ago today, john cadbury opened a grocery shop in birmingham city centre, selling drinking chocolate. his family went on to become the world's biggest chocolate makers — building the garden village of bournville around their factory. our reporterjames bovill has been looking back at how cadbury went from humble beginnings, to a household name.

newsreel: here, then, is bournville - the creation of two brothers. - industrialists who hated industrial ugliness. - it was known as the factory in a garden, and for decades cadbury�*s bournville plant was the largest of its kind in the world — employing more than 8,000 people when this film was made in 1953. when you went round the factory, you could have the chocolate if you wanted it. sheila allen was one of them. shejoined cadbury in 1954, at the height of its success. when i first started there, i couldn't believe how many people were there. when i used to go into the dining room, you'd see all the workforce, the factory girls come absolutely bounding down this hall! i'd never seen anything like it. it's also where sheila met her husband, bob, who sadly died in 2016. i was very thankful to cadbury�*s because i met bob there. we had a lovely family home there. i'd been married for 56 years

to bob, so i have a lot to thank cadbury�*s for. so, too, did, gary, his wife cynthia, pamela and joan — they've got nearly 90 years of service on the cadbury production line between them. all of them say working at bournville was more than just a job. cadbury's means the world. it was my life. and we wouldn't be where we are without cadbury's. gary even has an incredible claim to fame. not a fan of the 19705 lime barrel from a tin of roses, he had a better idea. wouldn't it be wonderful if this was a caramel barrel? cadbury's thought it was a wonderful product. i received a remit of £500 for doing that, which i bought my first car with. the cadbury story begins well before bournville.

on this day, 200 years ago, john cadbury opened a grocer�*s on bull street in birmingham city centre. john's sons, richard and george, took over an ailing business in 1861, turning its fortunes around by selling chocolate to upwardly mobile victorians. by 1879, cadbury had outgrown its cramped city premises. so the brothers, devout quakers, built a new factory in countryside three miles south of birmingham, with green space and spacious homes for workers. they gave it this kind of french lilt to it — the name bournville, ville meaning town in french, and the best chocolate you could buy at the time was from france and belgium. the link between the factory and the garden village that surrounds it remains today. the link between the factory and the garden village that cadbury�*s came to bournville over 140 years ago. it's worked, and it continues to work. for 145 of its 200 years, cadbury and bournville have been inextricably linked. you can even smell the chocolate in the air if the breeze is blowing

in the right direction. but in 2010, a controversial takeover threatened to derail cadbury�*s place as a much—loved british brand. this is a sad day for britain. a successful british centre of world—class excellence is about to be taken over by a debt—laden american company. after 184 years of british ownership, the £11.5 billion hostile takeover of cadbury by american food giant kraft was hugely unpopular, decried by unions, workers and the public. we don't want to sell it to kraft because kraft is playing - a crafty games. perhaps sensing the need for some damage limitation, kraft�*s boss, irene rosenfeld, came to bournville to put on a charm offensive — promising investment. what's most exciting to me is it's a fabulous combination of some of the technology of legacy kraft, together with some of the capabilities of legacy cadbury. of the capabilities of legacy cadbury. and it's a really powerful combination.

so, 14 years on, have the new owners kept their word? in the uk — notjust here but elsewhere — they quickly reneged on some of those other promises. but here at bournville there has been investment — that's positive — both in modernising the plant, and also in research and development. but there have been significant job losses, as well. cadbury is now owned by kraft offshoot mondelez international, and bournville is no longer the force it once was. for now, though, the cadbury brand endures as a quintessentially british — and quintessentially brummie — confection. james bovill, bbc news. is it too early to have chocolate? never! never, ever.— never! never, ever. making me hunu . never! never, ever. making me hungry- happy _ never! never, ever. making me hungry. happy birthday. - today marks 200 years since the launch of the royal national lifeboat institution. in that time, the lifeboat charity has saved more than 140,000 people. there are events and activities taking place across the uk

and ireland to celebrate, and our reporter fiona lamdin is at tynemouth rnli lifeboat station for us this morning. the most beautiful sunrise. morning, fi. ., . ., fi. good morning. perfect weather for their anniversary. _ fi. good morning. perfect weather for their anniversary. so _ fi. good morning. perfect weather for their anniversary. so much - fi. good morning. perfect weather for their anniversary. so much has| for their anniversary. so much has changed over the years. the volunteers would have been out wearing jumpers like this 200 years ago, but now they are in waterproof kit, boots, everything. iam nice and toasty. just look at some of the boats. 200 years ago, this is what the volunteers would have gone out, just wouldn't rowboats. now let's come over and see. this is the inshore lifeboat. this is out roughly once a week here, is can get right on the beach into the rocks to rescue people. they have these and then we have the all weather lifeboat. this can go 100 miles out to sea. it can actually write itself, so it can completely

capsize, it can be really rough weather, and this roughly is out sort of once a month. last year it went out 15 times from here. we will be here through the morning, reporting on what the rnli does, but now it is the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i'm alice salfield. three years on from the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer, a new bbc documentary follows the investigation into her death. sarah was walking home through clapham when she was abducted by wayne couzens. in the film which airs tomorrow, the detective who led the investigation describes how information from a witness provided a breakthrough in the case.

she'd seen a woman being handcuffed. she'd seen a woman being handcuffed. she didn't think women got handcuffed very often. without that statement we may never have known how he actually got her into that car. and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor sadiq khan says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares — but not tube daily and weekly caps, the price of travelcards and river bus services — which all went up yesterday by about 5%. the rnli is marking its 200th anniversary today. the charity began with a meeting in the london tavern in bishopsgate in 1824 with a commitment to save lives at sea. but it wasn't until 2002 that the river thames got its own dedicated lifeboats and stations. we now have four stations — teddington, chiswick, tower —

which is at waterloo bridge — and also gravesend. and they are all amongst the busiest stations in the uk. the thames runs fast, is extremely cold. swimming in the thames, in certainly the lower reaches, is very, very dangerous indeed. and so we just see a lot of incidents to deal with. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with some patches of mist and fog around. but today it's a mostly dry and settled today, with spells of sunshine, although it will be a bit milder and breezier than yesterday. once that mist and fog clears we will see some spells of sunshine for a time, but there is a weather front of that is arriving in later on today and into this evening, bringing patchy outbreaks of rain. for the time being, bar the odd isolated shower, it's largely dry, some sunshine around, more in the way of cloud building from the west though later

in the day, and temperatures reaching about nine to 11 celsius. that thicker cloud will increase as we head into the evening. some outbreaks of patchy rain will spread through for a time. it will become drier and clearer later in the night, but there will be scattered showers. temperatures dipping to low single figures yet again, so another chilly night in store. it does mean for tuesday it's a mixture of sunshine, scattered showers in places, but for most of the week ahead we are looking at largely dry, settled conditions, with spells of sunshine, and a little milder as well. that's it. but head to our website to read about an m16 spy who says working at the agency is more exciting than a james bond film. now it's back to sally and ben. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. megan newborough was just 23 when she was killed by her boyfriend ross mccullam.

megan — pictured here — was invited to mccullam's home in leicestershire in august 2021, where he strangled and cut her throat, before driving to a remote location and hiding her body in undergrowth. he then lied to police in a cover—up, but was jailed in december 2022. now megan's parents, elaine and anthony, want a change in the law, which currently means the starting point for domestic killings isn't as high as when the murder weapon was taken to the scene with intent. elaine and anthony along with megan's dog frankjoin us now. morning to you both. morning. thank ou for morning to you both. morning. thank you for coming _ morning to you both. morning. thank you for coming in. _ morning to you both. morning. thank you for coming in. anthony, - morning to you both. morning. thank you for coming in. anthony, if - morning to you both. morning. thank you for coming in. anthony, if we could start with you. there is a reason frank is with us. frank stays with you all the time? he reason frank is with us. frank stays with you all the time?— with you all the time? he does indeed, with you all the time? he does indeed. yes- — with you all the time? he does indeed, yes. if— with you all the time? he does indeed, yes. if you _ with you all the time? he does indeed, yes. if you could - with you all the time? he does indeed, yes. if you could start| with you all the time? he does i indeed, yes. if you could start by tellin: us indeed, yes. if you could start by telling us what _ indeed, yes. if you could start by telling us what happened, - indeed, yes. if you could start by telling us what happened, the i indeed, yes. if you could start by i telling us what happened, the most horrific story, the most terrifying

thing? in terms of your recovery from these, how has the sentencing and what happened to megan affected how you can get over it? i and what happened to megan affected how you can get over it?— how you can get over it? i don't think we are — how you can get over it? i don't think we are actually _ how you can get over it? i don't think we are actually still - how you can get over it? i don't think we are actually still able l how you can get over it? i don't| think we are actually still able to .et think we are actually still able to get over— think we are actually still able to get over it. the period that it was given— get over it. the period that it was given as — get over it. the period that it was given as a — get over it. the period that it was given as a starting point that shocked _ given as a starting point that shocked us absolutely. we appreciate he got _ shocked us absolutely. we appreciate he got 23 _ shocked us absolutely. we appreciate he got 23 years overall as a minimum tariff _ he got 23 years overall as a minimum tariff but _ he got 23 years overall as a minimum tariff. but eight years of that was due to _ tariff. but eight years of that was due to the — tariff. but eight years of that was due to the aggravating factors for the most — due to the aggravating factors for the most horrendous things he did afterwards and not the crime itself. because _ afterwards and not the crime itself. because it — afterwards and not the crime itself. because it took place within the home _ because it took place within the home it — because it took place within the home it was a 15 year starting point — home it was a 15 year starting point so. _ home it was a 15 year starting point. so, that is what needs to change — point. so, that is what needs to change if— point. so, that is what needs to change. if he'd taken a knife to megan — change. if he'd taken a knife to megan outside on the street of the starting _ megan outside on the street of the starting point would have been 25 years _ starting point would have been 25 years so — starting point would have been 25 years. so there is a tenure disparity— years. so there is a tenure disparity between crimes that happen within—

disparity between crimes that happen within the _ disparity between crimes that happen within the home, and crimes that happened — within the home, and crimes that happened on the street or in other locations — happened on the street or in other locations. 50 happened on the street or in other locations. ~ ., , ., , happened on the street or in other locations. �* ., , ., , ., locations. so anthony, that is what ou want locations. so anthony, that is what you want to — locations. so anthony, that is what you want to change. _ locations. so anthony, that is what you want to change. it's _ locations. so anthony, that is what you want to change. it's a - locations. so anthony, that is what you want to change. it's a lengthy l you want to change. it's a lengthy campaign? you want to change. it's a lengthy cam aian? .., you want to change. it's a lengthy campaign?— campaign? government statistics showed clearly _ campaign? government statistics showed clearly that _ campaign? government statistics showed clearly that over - campaign? government statistics showed clearly that over 7% - campaign? government statistics showed clearly that over 7% of i campaign? government statistics - showed clearly that over 7% of women are killed by partners. theirformer partners in the home. 9% on the street. we are asking for a change to close that disparity from 15 years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. years in the home, to 25. frank is fine- does — years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. does frank _ years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. does frank may _ years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. does frank may be - years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. does frank may be want - years in the home, to 25. frank is fine. does frank may be want to i years in the home, to 25. frank is i fine. does frank may be want to go on the sofa? he is definitely allowed. stealing the show. allowed. stealin: the show. . ~' allowed. stealinuthe show. ., ~' , allowed. stealinuthe show. ., ~ , stealing the show. frank has been so im ortant? stealing the show. frank has been so important? indeed. _ stealing the show. frank has been so important? indeed. megan _ stealing the show. frank has been so important? indeed. megan and - stealing the show. frank has been so important? indeed. megan and him l important? indeed. megan and him were inseparable. _ important? indeed. megan and him were inseparable. he _ important? indeed. megan and him were inseparable. he shouldn't - important? indeed. megan and him were inseparable. he shouldn't be i were inseparable. he shouldn't be living _ were inseparable. he shouldn't be living with — were inseparable. he shouldn't be living with us. he should be living with megan in leicestershire, where she was— with megan in leicestershire, where she was about to get a home. obviousty— she was about to get a home. obviously we took her on and look after— obviously we took her on and look after hen — obviously we took her on and look after hen in— obviously we took her on and look

after her. in megan's memory. megan was at a pivotal _ after her. in megan's memory. megan was at a pivotal moment _ after her. in megan's memory. megan was at a pivotal moment in _ after her. in megan's memory. megan was at a pivotal moment in her- after her. in megan's memory. megan was at a pivotal moment in her life, i was at a pivotal moment in her life, wasn't she? she was about to take a big step and be hugely independent with frank? ., ., with frank? indeed. the following week she was _ with frank? indeed. the following week she was about _ with frank? indeed. the following week she was about to _ with frank? indeed. the following week she was about to sign - with frank? indeed. the following week she was about to sign for i with frank? indeed. the following| week she was about to sign for her first home — week she was about to sign for her first home no help. she week she was about to sign for her first home no help.— first home no help. she did incredibly _ first home no help. she did incredibly well. _ first home no help. she did incredibly well. she - first home no help. she did incredibly well. she was - first home no help. she did - incredibly well. she was absolutely going places. she incredibly well. she was absolutely going places-— going places. she did very well at work. promotion _ going places. she did very well at work. promotion and _ going places. she did very well at work. promotion and everything i going places. she did very well at - work. promotion and everything else. yeah, _ work. promotion and everything else. yeah, she _ work. promotion and everything else. yeah, she had a life laid out in front— yeah, she had a life laid out in front of— yeah, she had a life laid out in front of her.— yeah, she had a life laid out in front of her. and it does feel like a really false _ front of her. and it does feel like a really false distinction, - front of her. and it does feel like a really false distinction, doesn'tj a really false distinction, doesn't it, between inside the home and outside of the home, and intent? what are the conversations you have had so far as part of this campaign to try to change that distinction? the law was changed about ten, 15 years ago. the government changed knife crime to stop gang culture, knife crime to stop gang culture, knife crime to stop gang culture,

knife crime on the streets. obviously that was brought in four murders in the home.— obviously that was brought in four murders in the home. there is a big loohole murders in the home. there is a big loophole that _ murders in the home. there is a big loophole that because _ murders in the home. there is a big loophole that because of _ murders in the home. there is a big loophole that because of the - loophole that because of the kinsella case knife crime was increased _ kinsella case knife crime was increased to a starting point of 25 years _ increased to a starting point of 25 years it — increased to a starting point of 25 years it is — increased to a starting point of 25 years. it is about 74% of domestic murders _ years. it is about 74% of domestic murders that happen within the home lry murders that happen within the home by a partner— murders that happen within the home by a partner or ex partner. i think it's only— by a partner or ex partner. i think it's only 9%— by a partner or ex partner. i think it's only 9% for the murders that happen— it's only 9% for the murders that happen outside of the home. it's only 996 for the murders that happen outside of the home. these murders are — happen outside of the home. these murders are mostly _ happen outside of the home. these murders are mostly done _ happen outside of the home. these murders are mostly done in - happen outside of the home. these murders are mostly done in the - happen outside of the home. turf murders are mostly done in the home. we are campaigning for a change. there is a gender difference. most of the crimes in the home are committed against women. there is a horrible gender divide? there

committed against women. there is a horrible gender divide?— horrible gender divide? there is. it can be any — horrible gender divide? there is. it can be any method _ horrible gender divide? there is. it can be any method of— horrible gender divide? there is. it can be any method of murder - horrible gender divide? there is. it| can be any method of murder within the home _ can be any method of murder within the home that has the starting point — the home that has the starting point. megan was strangled first. the latest — point. megan was strangled first. the latest proposal put forward of the government, they don't mention hands _ the government, they don't mention hands as— the government, they don't mention hands as a _ the government, they don't mention hands as a weapon. it is all about knife _ hands as a weapon. it is all about knife crime — hands as a weapon. it is all about knife crime. we are trying to campaign _ knife crime. we are trying to campaign to get that chance as well, so it isn't_ campaign to get that chance as well, so it isn'tjust about knife crime. it is _ so it isn'tjust about knife crime. it is about— so it isn'tjust about knife crime. it is about any method that is used. be it man. — it is about any method that is used. be it man, woman, anybody, that disparity. — be it man, woman, anybody, that disparity, that needs to be levelled up disparity, that needs to be levelled up to— disparity, that needs to be levelled up to a _ disparity, that needs to be levelled up to a minimum of 25 years, at least _ up to a minimum of 25 years, at least we— up to a minimum of 25 years, at least. we would prefer a whole life order~ _ least. we would prefer a whole life order~ we — least. we would prefer a whole life order. we appreciate it is not going to happen — order. we appreciate it is not going to happen. life should mean life, effectively. but obviously it is not going _ effectively. but obviously it is not going to — effectively. but obviously it is not going to happen that way. even so, these _ going to happen that way. even so, these crimes that tend to go, there seems _ these crimes that tend to go, there seems to— these crimes that tend to go, there seems to be a hierarchy of murder. it doesn't _ seems to be a hierarchy of murder. it doesn't seem to carry the same weight _ it doesn't seem to carry the same weight. the crime is the same, the victims' _ weight. the crime is the same, the victims' families are left suffering and having to live day by day with the memories of their loved ones.

yet the _ the memories of their loved ones. yet the perpetrators get different sentences. how is that fair? what reaction have _ sentences. how is that fair? what reaction have you _ sentences. how is that fair? what reaction have you had _ sentences. how is that fair? what reaction have you had so - sentences. how is that fair? what reaction have you had so far- sentences. how is that fair? thrust reaction have you had so far to sentences. how is that fair? kwisgt reaction have you had so far to the campaign? have you been given any indication that there might be change coming? the indication that there might be change coming?— change coming? the current government _ change coming? the current government are _ change coming? the current government are listening. . change coming? the current i government are listening. they change coming? the current - government are listening. they say they are _ government are listening. they say they are listening. but they have been _ they are listening. but they have been listening for years and there is still— been listening for years and there is still no — been listening for years and there is still no action. they seem to be able _ is still no action. they seem to be able to— is still no action. they seem to be able to bring in other changes in sentences, _ able to bring in other changes in sentences, but for some reason this one is— sentences, but for some reason this one is a _ sentences, but for some reason this one is a long — sentences, but for some reason this one is a long time in happening, and if it ever— one is a long time in happening, and if it ever happens. the ladies we have _ if it ever happens. the ladies we have been— if it ever happens. the ladies we have been talking with, the killed women _ have been talking with, the killed women organisation, they have been campaigning for years and nothing has been — campaigning for years and nothing has been happening. we needed to happen— has been happening. we needed to happen now. every year there are about _ happen now. every year there are about 100 — happen now. every year there are about 100 women killed. how many more _ about 100 women killed. how many more have — about 100 women killed. how many more have got to die before the government to do anything about it? it isjust— government to do anything about it? it isjust ludicrous. in government to do anything about it? it isjust ludicrous.— it is 'ust ludicrous. in the house of it isjust ludicrous. in the house of commons — it isjust ludicrous. in the house of commons last _ it isjust ludicrous. in the house of commons last thursday i it isjust ludicrous. in the house of commons last thursday jess | of commons last thursdayjess phillips was reading out the names of all those women murdered in the

last year. it was heartbreaking. she has been doing that for nine years. you find yourself in this position because of what happened to megan, not in possession would ever want to find yourself in or any other family would want to find themselves in. but this is one way that you can make this awful tragedy into something a bit better? correct, and helinu something a bit better? correct, and helping other— something a bit better? correct, and helping other families. _ something a bit better? correct, and helping other families. we _ something a bit better? correct, and helping other families. we would i helping other families. we would like to ask people, _ helping other families. we would like to ask people, if— helping other families. we would like to ask people, if they - helping other families. we would like to ask people, if they have i helping other families. we would | like to ask people, if they have an opinion, _ like to ask people, if they have an opinion, and we hope they do, that they would — opinion, and we hope they do, that they would visit the kill women website — they would visit the kill women website and go on and complete the consultation. the consultation closes — consultation. the consultation closes today. so it's really important to please put your opinion forward _ important to please put your opinion forward as— important to please put your opinion forward as soon as today. if you important to please put your opinion forward as soon as today.— forward as soon as today. if you go on the website _ forward as soon as today. if you go on the website there _ forward as soon as today. if you go on the website there is _ forward as soon as today. if you go on the website there is a _ forward as soon as today. if you go on the website there is a link. i forward as soon as today. if you go on the website there is a link. just | on the website there is a link. just press on that. there are four questions. you can add more to it. just yes or no, do you think it should be increased to a minimum starting point of 25 years?-

should be increased to a minimum starting point of 25 years? there is one more day _ starting point of 25 years? there is one more day to — starting point of 25 years? there is one more day to go? _ starting point of 25 years? there is one more day to go? it _ starting point of 25 years? there is one more day to go? it is - starting point of 25 years? there is one more day to go? it is today. i one more day to go? it is today. thank you _ one more day to go? it is today. thank you so — one more day to go? it is today. thank you so much _ one more day to go? it is today. thank you so much for— one more day to go? it is today. thank you so much for coming i one more day to go? it is today. | thank you so much for coming in one more day to go? it is today. i thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. i know how important frank is to you. very clear reasons. we saw that gorgeous picture of frank and megan together. thank you. thank you. thanks for having us. the time 'ust thank you. thanks for having us. tue: time just approaching 19 thank you. thanks for having us. tue time just approaching 19 minutes to eight. let's say good morning to carol. she has the weather. .:, :, carol. she has the weather. :, she has the weather. good morning. this morning — she has the weather. good morning. this morning if _ she has the weather. good morning. this morning if you _ she has the weather. good morning. this morning if you haven't - she has the weather. good morning. this morning if you haven't been i she has the weather. good morning. this morning if you haven't been out| this morning if you haven't been out yet it is a cold start. it is also a frosty one. and there is some mist and fog. you can see the frosty in staffordshire. that will lift and for most it will be dry. some rain coming into the south—west. you can see that in the satellite picture. there is a big lump of cloud swirling around. that is what is going to bring in the rain. the second one is also bringing in rain today and a lot of cloud across shetland and at times orkney. but in

between, a cold start. temperatures have fallen away below freezing in many parts of the country but there will be some sunshine. the rain will continue to move slowly and from the south—west, pushing north eastwards, and i live at the cloud will build. some showers in northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures seven to 11 degrees. through this evening and overnight a band of rain continues to push north eastwards, fragmenting in doing so. it curls around and we'll come back into northern ireland by the end of the night. at the same time we have got a feature in the channel islands producing some heavy showers, which could be sundry. they are likely to drift towards hampshire. in between some clear skies. another chilly night. mist and fog patches forming. these are the overnight lows. three to 5 degrees. as the cloud and rain pushes north, the temperatures will increase. here is our weatherfront producing showery rain tomorrow. high pressure towards the east. weather fronts trying to come in

from the west. the first weather front continues to weaken as it pushes north east was. the second one we saw on the chart bringing in some showery rain to northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, wales and of the south—west. ahead of that, something drier and brighter. south—west. ahead of that, something drierand brighter. but south—west. ahead of that, something drier and brighter. but if you remember, the showers in the channel islands moving towards hampshire, could well drift over in the direction of the southeast. some could be heavy and thundery. temperatures six to about 12 degrees, north to south. here is the dregs of that weather front clearing the way. i pressure effectively blocking the weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. a lot of dry weather during the course of wednesday. it will start on a chilly note with some mist and fog. we will see a bit more cloud drifting onshore across north—east england and eastern scotland on wednesday. towards the west some showers coming into the south—west, northern ireland, but in between, a lot of

dry weather. breezy in the west as well. temperatures six to 12 degrees. as we head towards the latter part of this working week, again we will have chilly starts, some mist and fog patches, although a lot of dry conditions about there will be some showers in the west. temperatures more or less bang on where we would expect them to be at this stage in march. thank you. let's talk to john, let's talk tojohn, who has all the sport. a few manchester united fans perhaps walking into work this morning... they were given some hope at the start. what a start for marcus rashford. it will be the city fans with a spring in their step this morning, as will phil fogel, who was at the heart of it all yesterday, that huge win. —— phil foden. it bodes well for the summer ahead. —— phil foden. it bodes well for the summerahead. manchester —— phil foden. it bodes well for the summer ahead. manchester is blue this morning after derby day yesterday. manager pep guardiola calling phil foden the best player

in the premier league at the moment. it was a couple of local lads who took centre stage. a bolt from the blue here. a rocket from rashford. that was after seven minutes. united then sensed perhaps an upset was on then sensed perhaps an upset was on the cards. trailing at the break, manchester city hit back with a stunner of their own through phil foden in the second half. from there it was one—way traffic. his second put city in front before erling haaland sealed it in stoppage time after a terrible mess earlier. back to back trouble s remain on for manchester city. they play fc copenhagen in the champions league on wednesday. they face leaders liverpool on sunday with the title race hotting up. we cannot control what liverpool or aston villa or the other contenders, they do. it is about us, what we have to do to win today and next wednesday, and next sunday, what we

have to do. the rest, this team is legendary. there were two defining moments where _ there were two defining moments where we — there were two defining moments where we must make a breakthrough. we conceded the first goal. and also, _ we conceded the first goal. and also, the — we conceded the first goal. and also, the second goal, after a designing _ also, the second goal, after a designing moment when we are through in a break _ designing moment when we are through in a break. then you are disappointed. we have to accept it. it is what _ disappointed. we have to accept it. it is what it— disappointed. we have to accept it. it is what it is. but still, i think we have — it is what it is. but still, i think we have the opportunity to at least .et we have the opportunity to at least get one _ we have the opportunity to at least get one point. but _ get one point. but also a win was possible. contrasting emotions. at the other end, burnley“s hopes of staying up are looking bleak. they lost to bournemouth, justin klivert and antoine semenyo there with the goals. burnley level on points with bottom club sheffield united. yet to win this year, and there are just eleven games remaining. there was a missed opportunity for celtic, with rangers losing in the

scottish premiership, they were beaten by hearts and it means they stay second in the table. lawrence shankland claimed all three points. celtic had a player sent off as well as they went down 2—0. it is the first time in six years both celtic and rangers have lost scottish premiership games on the same weekend. what a year katie boulter is having. she claimed her first wta 500 tournament overnight, beating ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final of the san diego open. the british number one came from a set down to clinch victory and will will break into the top 30 for the first time. boulter was watched by boyfriend alex de minaur who'd earlier retained his mexican open title in acapulco. he won around midnight and was in a taxi atjust after four to catch a six o'clock flight to watch her win. what a weekend for the pair. ultimately consistency was also one of the biggest things i wanted to go

into this year with. and i feel like i am beating people a lot higher than me. day in, day out. that's where i need to be. but nothing stops you. it's an uphill battle and ijust stops you. it's an uphill battle and i just want to keep going stops you. it's an uphill battle and ijust want to keep going and see how far i can get, because ultimately, ijust how far i can get, because ultimately, i just wanted how far i can get, because ultimately, ijust wanted to do the best i can and i have always asked myself. jos verstappen, the father of world champion and red bull driver max, says the controversey surrounding team principal christian horner is driving people apart, and that the team could “explode“ if things continue. max verstappen led a one—two finish with team—mate sergio perez at the opening race in bahrain on saturday in a dominant display. an anonymous email including messages purporting to involve horner were leaked on thursday, a day after red bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against the team principal. horner has refused to say if the leaked messages are genuine.

they were further medals won at the world in the athletics championships. jemma reekie took silver in the women's 800m on the final day — her first senior medal. gold was in the balance, as it all came down to a one lap sprint. reekie didn't quite have enough to get the better of ethiopia's tsigay duguma, who pipped her to top spot, ive months out from the paris games. the other medal yesterday came in the women's 4x400m relay. jessie knight anchored home the british quartet in a new national record to take bronze behind the netherlands and the united states of america. ijust i just wanted to stay as close as possible. i nearly went for the overtake and i was like, don't get overexcited because you don't want to burn up and lose a medal. the calibre of athlete as well, i wanted to do the team proud and i didn't want to lose that medal. i could have gone for gold but i didn't want to try. i gave it my all. love the crown. that followed the success forjosh kerr and molly caudery at the weekend. good news.

thank you. wedding days are supposed filled with love and happiness — but photographers are complaining that some angry vicars are making it impossible for them to do theirjob. they say they've encountered rude, humiliating, aggressive and abusive behaviour, and have signed a petition asking for better working conditions. we spoke to sophie and john who told us how the vicar dealt with their photographer on their wedding day. so, we got married in april 2022. and then we were told on the day that the photographer would have to stay either at the front or the back. she wasn't allowed to be kind of moving around throughout the ceremony. devastated, to be honest. i think because of obviously having to postpone, i think even more upset

than probably i would have been normally, because we wanted those shots of me coming into church and seeing john's face when i walked down the aisle. and for her to get the shot when we have our first kiss as husband and wife. that was impossible. she was stuck at the front and was limited to what she could get. it's the way the vicar sort of handled _ it's the way the vicar sort of handled it, is probably the best way to describe — handled it, is probably the best way to describe it. it was his show. it was his— to describe it. it was his show. it was his way— to describe it. it was his show. it was his way or no way. so many of you have got in touch about this. let's talk to two people. joining us now is rachel roberts, who started the petition, and reverend anna allis, who is a vicar for six parishes in nottinghamshire. good morning. so interesting. anna,

let's start with you. first and foremost, if you are getting married in a church, it is a ceremony, isn't it? it is a spiritual ceremony, it is not an opportunity for photos, is it? “ is not an opportunity for photos, is it? �* :, , :, :, it? oh, i'm not sure. i would not want to capture _ it? oh, i'm not sure. i would not want to capture the _ it? oh, i'm not sure. i would not want to capture the day? - it? oh, i'm not sure. i would not want to capture the day? it i it? oh, i'm not sure. i would not want to capture the day? it is i want to capture the day? it is really special. it is really important day. hopefully you are only going to do at once. of course you want photographs to capture those memories. it is a ceremony, it is in charge. but i think we should be able take photographs. but what is the limit? — be able take photographs. but what is the limit? how _ be able take photographs. but what is the limit? how far _ be able take photographs. but what is the limit? how far should - be able take photographs. but what is the limit? how far should those i is the limit? how far should those photographers be involved? 50. t photographers be involved? so, i think communicating _ photographers be involved? ’sr i think communicating with photographers be involved? 5r i think communicating with the photographers be involved? 5r3, t think communicating with the vicar about what is appropriate is probably ok. not being in the vicar“s face and distracting them. what we are hoping for at the end of the day is that they get married legally. it would be a shame if the victor was distracted and that do not happen. we don't want our ancient buildings past about. sometimes charges can be a bit

dangerous as well. so, we don't want to catch in our peripheral vision the photographer's assistant whingeing themselves up on some medieval pulpit. that would be a shame. —— whingeing. it appropriate to talk to the vicar about what is safe, where the best place to stand is, capture the action etc.— is, capture the action etc. rachel, ou must is, capture the action etc. rachel, you must have — is, capture the action etc. rachel, you must have heard _ is, capture the action etc. rachel, you must have heard and - is, capture the action etc. rachel, you must have heard and seen i is, capture the action etc. rachel, i you must have heard and seen some real horror stories in your time. what of experiences can you tell us about? , :, :, , what of experiences can you tell us about? ,:, :, , :, , about? personally, from my perspective. _ about? personally, from my perspective, the _ about? personally, from my perspective, the kind - about? personally, from my perspective, the kind of- about? personally, from my. perspective, the kind of things about? personally, from my- perspective, the kind of things i have _ perspective, the kind of things i have experienced quite a lot of the time are _ have experienced quite a lot of the time are things like being asked by clergy— time are things like being asked by clergy members to stand and be hidden _ clergy members to stand and be hidden behind a pillars, very much like out _ hidden behind a pillars, very much like out of— hidden behind a pillars, very much like out of sight, out of mind, things— like out of sight, out of mind, things like _ like out of sight, out of mind, things like that. or to be sat at the back — things like that. or to be sat at the back i_ things like that. or to be sat at the back. i starting this petition i have _ the back. i starting this petition i have had — the back. i starting this petition i have had obviously hundreds and hundreds— have had obviously hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of stories from _ hundreds and hundreds of stories from wedding photographers and videographerss, who want to be respectful. i will say first of all this petition is not about vicar

bashing — this petition is not about vicar bashing and church bashing. we want to ask— bashing and church bashing. we want to ask members of the clergy how we can pull— to ask members of the clergy how we can pull together to work forward. let's _ can pull together to work forward. let's try— can pull together to work forward. let's try to — can pull together to work forward. let's try to encourage more church weddings — let's try to encourage more church weddings because church weddings now only account for a quarter of weddings in the uk. that number is dropping _ weddings in the uk. that number is dropping. we are saying, let's work together~ _ dropping. we are saying, let's work together. some of the stories that have come — together. some of the stories that have come out are quite shocking. a lot of— have come out are quite shocking. a lot of photographers and videographerss refused to go anywhere near church weddings. they are just _ anywhere near church weddings. they are just like _ anywhere near church weddings. they are just like i don't want to take them _ are just like i don't want to take them on — are just like i don't want to take them on. that is such a shame because — them on. that is such a shame because church weddings, you sound like the _ because church weddings, you sound like the most amazing, engaging figure _ like the most amazing, engaging figure i— like the most amazing, engaging figure. i am going to see you on sunday. — figure. i am going to see you on sunday, that is all i am saying. it's about— sunday, that is all i am saying. it's about bringing people together. you've _ it's about bringing people together. you've got— it's about bringing people together. you've got people there as a captive audience _ you've got people there as a captive audience. use that as an opportunity to bring _ audience. use that as an opportunity to bring them back. yes, audience. use that as an opportunity to bring them back.— to bring them back. yes, i think the welcome is — to bring them back. yes, i think the welcome is really _ to bring them back. yes, i think the welcome is really important. - to bring them back. yes, i think the welcome is really important. i'm i welcome is really important. i'm going to put quite a lot of effort into planning a wedding. there's a lot going off, it is really stressful and you have to be on top of everything. i can understand why clergy are precious about that. we don't want to be distracted. but it

doesn't matter how well prepared my sermon —— my sermon is, how witty and biblically sound it is. in ten years“ time the couple are not going to remember it. but they will have a wedding album or a video they can put on and they will remember that they were, that they felt included and welcomed, and part of the wider community of the church. so, i think we should do everything we can to make sure that voters are captured respectfully and appropriately. rachel, is this about the expectation that a couple may have about what those pictures can or should be? it is one thing, the room, the event, but increasingly, and i will blame instagram here, we want the close—ups and the emotions and the flower girls and the clothes. it is not a photo shoot, it should be in memory of the day? yeah, you have touched on the notion that a _ yeah, you have touched on the notion that a lot _ yeah, you have touched on the notion that a lot of— yeah, you have touched on the notion that a lot of clergy members often say to _ that a lot of clergy members often say to us, — that a lot of clergy members often say to us, this is not hollywood, it

is not _ say to us, this is not hollywood, it is not a _ say to us, this is not hollywood, it is not a photo shoot. the thing is people _ is not a photo shoot. the thing is people can — is not a photo shoot. the thing is people can be quite dismissive of photographers for wanting — the shallow— photographers for wanting — the shallow part of the day and things like that — shallow part of the day and things like that i— shallow part of the day and things like that. i got married recently and i_ like that. i got married recently and i have _ like that. i got married recently and i have watched my wedding video back three _ and i have watched my wedding video back three or four times because you're _ back three or four times because you're in— back three or four times because you're in the vicar say those words and what — you're in the vicar say those words and what the words were about, the unbroken _ and what the words were about, the unbroken circle, the wedding ring, the symbolism, that coverage of a wedding _ the symbolism, that coverage of a wedding day, seven years down the line of— wedding day, seven years down the line of a _ wedding day, seven years down the line of a couple is running into struggles. _ line of a couple is running into struggles, looking back at their photos— struggles, looking back at their photos and their phone will remind them _ photos and their phone will remind them what — photos and their phone will remind them what it is all about. it is not about— them what it is all about. it is not about getting a great photo for the social— about getting a great photo for the social media updates, it is about reminding — social media updates, it is about reminding them of the most important part of— reminding them of the most important part of the _ reminding them of the most important part of the day. when i am photographing weddings, and a vicar or priest— photographing weddings, and a vicar or priest says to me, you can have one folder— or priest says to me, you can have one folder and no more or i will send _ one folder and no more or i will send you — one folder and no more or i will send you read, and i have been told that a _ send you read, and i have been told that a few _ send you read, and i have been told that a few times, and if i take any inthe— that a few times, and if i take any in the ceremony i will be sent out mid ceremonies, so they stop the ceremony— mid ceremonies, so they stop the ceremony to say, leave, but then i am delivering a collection to a couple, — am delivering a collection to a couple, 1000 images, and one photo

of you _ couple, 1000 images, and one photo of you actually getting married, which _ of you actually getting married, which is — of you actually getting married, which is what the day is about. it is about— which is what the day is about. it is about trying to create coverage of the _ is about trying to create coverage of the words that are being said and the meaning behind theirwedding of the words that are being said and the meaning behind their wedding and why they— the meaning behind their wedding and why they came together and everyone there _ why they came together and everyone there but _ why they came together and everyone there. but we can do that really respectfully from the wings. we can work alight side priest and figures. —— alongside. i want to create that relationship — —— alongside. i want to create that relationship. do -- alongside. i want to create that relationship-— relationship. do you think some --eole relationship. do you think some people get _ relationship. do you think some people get lost _ relationship. do you think some people get lost in _ relationship. do you think some people get lost in what - relationship. do you think some people get lost in what it - relationship. do you think some people get lost in what it is i relationship. do you think some i people get lost in what it is going to look like? filth. people get lost in what it is going to look like?— people get lost in what it is going to look like? , :, , :, :, to look like? oh, yeah. instagram, social media _ to look like? oh, yeah. instagram, social media does _ to look like? oh, yeah. instagram, social media does have _ to look like? oh, yeah. instagram, j social media does have something. the confetti shot is the big one for me. oh my goodness, the hours i spent on the confetti shot! that is ok, it is outside. _ spent on the confetti shot! that is ok, it is outside. yeah, _ spent on the confetti shot! that is ok, it is outside. yeah, it's - spent on the confetti shot! that is ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, i ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine- — ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine- but _ ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine. but i _ ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine. but i want _ ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine. but i want to _ ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, it's fine. but i want to be - ok, it is outside. yeah, it's fine, i it's fine. but i want to be involved in that. it is my moment. who's wedding is this?! in that. it is my moment. who's wedding is this? !_ in that. it is my moment. who's wedding is this?! anna is on social media. wedding is this?! anna is on social media- she _ wedding is this?! anna is on social media. she takes _ wedding is this?! anna is on social media. she takes selfies _ wedding is this?! anna is on social media. she takes selfies with i wedding is this?! anna is on socialj media. she takes selfies with their couples _ media. she takes selfies with their couples. all the vicars and priests

like that— couples. all the vicars and priests like that have queues out the door to get— like that have queues out the door to get married in their churches. we do love to get married in their churches. do love a to get married in their churches. - do love a wedding selfie. to get married in their churches. we do love a wedding selfie. you - to get married in their churches. we do love a wedding selfie. you don't| do love a wedding selfie. you don't need a photographer _ do love a wedding selfie. you don't need a photographer at _ do love a wedding selfie. you don't need a photographer at all! - do love a wedding selfie. you don't need a photographer at all! you i do love a wedding selfie. you don't| need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts — need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts on _ need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts on the _ need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts on the iphone. - need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts on the iphone. they i need a photographer at all! you can do all sorts on the iphone. they arej do all sorts on the iphone. they are really cheap. 50 do all sorts on the iphone. they are really cheap-— really cheap. so nice to see you both. really cheap. so nice to see you both- thank _ really cheap. so nice to see you both. thank you _ really cheap. so nice to see you both. thank you for _ really cheap. so nice to see you both. thank you for being i really cheap. so nice to see you both. thank you for being with i really cheap. so nice to see you i both. thank you for being with us. lots of you have been in touch with your expenses. we will share those with you before the end of the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i“m alice salfield. three years on from the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer, a new bbc documentary follows the investigation into her death. sarah was walking home through clapham when she was abducted by wayne couzens. in the film — which airs tomorrow — the detective who led the investigation describes how information from a witness provided a breakthrough in the case.

she'd seen a woman being handcuffed by an undercover officer, and she hadn't thought much of it, other than to remark to her partner, who was in the car, that she didn't think women got handcuffed very often. and without that statement, we may have never known how he actually got her into that car. and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor sadiq khan says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares — but not daily and weekly caps, travelcards or river bus services — which all went up yesterday by about 5%. let's take a look at the tubes now. today's weather — a milder day than yesterday but turning breezy. sunny this morning, but cloudy later.

a top temperature of 12 degrees celsius. i'll be back in half an hour, but until then there's plenty more on our website. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today... pressure grows on the chancellor jeremy hunt to announce tax cuts in wednesday's budget — his last before a general election. will he go for another cut to national insurance? if so, how would he pay for it? i weigh up the options. a senior hamas official tells the bbc that it is impossible to provide a list of israeli hostages who are still alive, while the territory is being bombed. 200 years of the rnli celebrating saving 150,000 lives at sea.

phil foden strives to take the spoils on derby day with manchester city eyeing league, cup and european successes for the second season in a row. some mist, fog and democratically this morning but then it will be dry and jab is rain across the northern isles and also wrinkling into the south—west which were very slowly push north—eastwards. all the details later in the programme. it's monday the 4th of march. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is under growing pressure to introduce tax cuts in wednesday's budget — ahead of what could be a crucial week for the government. this budget is the last before the next general election. with backbench conservatives eager to see taxes lowered from their current levels before voters head to the polls, the stakes for mr hunt — and the prime minister rishi sunak — are high. our political correspondent, hannah miller, has the story. in homes across the country and public services on the ground,

it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. we have got roads full of potholes. are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks“ time? well, i'm doing everything that i can. i mean, short of laying siege to his own home. well, i want us to be, you know, i cutting taxes in a responsible way. under pressure from backbenchers — and with less money to play with than he'd hoped for — the chancellor's scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. today, mr speaker, i'm going to cut the main 12% rate of employee national insurance. last year, he chose to cut national insurance contributions — and it's thought he may do that again. a tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. the number crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nation's

finances — it's a political calculation, as well. under the rules the government has set for itself, there's a limited amount of money for the chancellor to spend. do people want to see more going into public services, or more cash in their own back pocket? while the government is today announcing £360 million for manufacturing, investing in medicines research and zero—carbon aircraft, labour say they would have a focus on getting young people into work — with careers advisers, mental—health support and new technical excellence colleges to cut youth unemployment. businesses say those are welcome, but there's more that could be done to encourage growth. we'd like to see the rising tide lift all boats, and measures in the budget such as changing vat on international visitors, changes to the vat threshold, and changes to business rates that can actually help all businesses grow and prosper. whatever the chancellor chooses to do on wednesday, the tax burden is historically high.

it's pretty much impossible to imagine that he can do anything to prevent households from paying more tax than in 2019, and that may come with a political price. hannah miller, bbc news. let's get some more analysis from nina now. we have heard that the political considerations there but what will it actually mean for us? this considerations there but what will it actually mean for us?— considerations there but what will it actually mean for us? this is the annual balancing _ it actually mean for us? this is the annual balancing act _ it actually mean for us? this is the annual balancing act and _ it actually mean for us? this is the annual balancing act and this i it actually mean for us? this is the annual balancing act and this year| annual balancing act and this year those margins feel finer than ever. good morning. a rock and a hard place springs to mind. what to do when you've promised to cut taxes, but also reduce debt? we understand that another cut to national insurance is the most likely giveaway — a 2p cut could cost the treasury more than £10 billion — so he'll have to pay for it. reducing the rights on non—doms — uk residents who have a home elsewhere and pay less uk tax — that way would raise around £3 billion.

there is also a view that spending on public services could be cut by around a quarter of a percent — many argue there is no salami left to slice there. we already know that spending on defence won't be increased. there are rumours of taxes on air passenger duty, oil and gas companies, and vapes. they will be up early today at number 11. still big decision to be made that could win or lose votes — and not long to make them. thank you. let's renew through some of the other main stories today. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that it is unable to provide a list of the 130 israeli hostages who are still alive, while the territory is being bombed. israel has said it will only participate in ceasefire talks when it has the list. our correspondent wyre davies has more. these indirect peace talks between israel and hamas are being held up on paper because of hamas“ refusal to accept

an israeli demand to release a list of those hostages still thought to be alive, and who would be released as part of a deal, of course, in exchange for hundreds of palestinians from israeli jails. hamas has said it cannot release such a list because of the israeli bombardment, which means that it's impossible to find a definitive list of those people who are still alive in gaza. but it also shows the deep mistrust between both sides. there is certainly increasing pressure internationally on israel and hamas to agree to a ceasefire — particularly because of the dire humanitarian situation in gaza. hundreds of thousands of people — particularly in northern gaza, but also in rafah in the south — are starving. there is a dire need for aid in those areas. people are said to be dying from malnutrition. there is a crisis of basic food supplies and medical supplies. and even now the united states — the vice president, kamala harris has publicly said that she wants to see a ceasefire as soon as possible in order to allow aid in.

but we're only now a few days away from the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan, when many people have said there should be a ceasefire in place. but as things stand, israel and hamas are still fighting in gaza, and there is no sign of these talks in cairo going ahead. a number of people have been detained in northern france, after a seven—year—old girl died when a boat capsized in an attempt to cross the english channel. the boat was carrying 16 migrants when it sank. officials said the vessel wasn't big enough to support the number of passengers. george galloway will enter parliament today, following his win in the rochdale by—election last friday. our political correspondent, iain watson is in westminster this morning. what sort of welcome might mr galloway get in westminster later? t galloway get in westminster later? i don't think he will be cheered to the rafters perhaps as he was in

rochdale when he won the decisive victory on friday, i have to say. he will be meeting the speaker of the house of commons this morning, be introduced into the house of commons this afternoon and i think the mood amongst many mps, at least one of apprehension. he certainly will not have a lot of natural allies but he will have a powerful platform for his views. rishi sunak has already said it was beyond alarming that george galloway had won in rochdale. george galloway had won in rochdale. george galloway had won in rochdale. george galloway has said he despises rishi sunak so there is no love lost there but also said he would try to make life 100 times worse for the labour leader keir starmer and certainly speaking privately to some labour mps they felt their leader was a bit slow to reach this position of calling for a ceasefire in gaza, that giving space for it george galloway to thrive. the party has changed its position, shifted, some feeling now that it is very much in the right place. none the less that hasn't stopped george galloway taking up his seat. he is a very powerful orator, a very powerful communicator, but some

people are worried about the message he communicates and whether that will continue to be divisive. goad will continue to be divisive. good to have you _ will continue to be divisive. good to have you there _ will continue to be divisive. good to have you there this _ will continue to be divisive. good to have you there this morning, thank you, keep us posted. iain watson in this minster. —— in westminster. three american astronauts and a russian cosmonaut have blasted off from florida for a six month mission on the international space station. three, two, one, ignition. engines full power. and liftoff... the falcon 9 rocket is operated by elon musk“s spacex company. space remains a rare area of cooperation between the us and russia, since the russian invasion of ukraine two years ago. nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington dc. she claimed almost 63% of the vote in her first victory over the former president. mr trump however has a huge lead over ms haley and is likely to face joe biden in the november election.

it's one of the most watched videos on the bbc website this morning — two horses bringing traffic to a halt on a us motorway. this is interstate 90 — one of the longest highways in america — which ground to a halt when two horses from cleveland's mounted police unit escaped from their stables, and galloped down the carriageway. you see they are being rounded up by an actual police car. that takes some skill. they were later caught — and the authorities say there were no reports of any accidents or injuries. the horses are fine. theyjust don't the horses are fine. they 'ust don't care, they — the horses are fine. they 'ust don't care. they “nth the horses are fine. they 'ust don't care, they went viral i the horses are fine. they 'ust don't care, they went viral on i the horses are fine. theyjust don't care, they went viral on the - the horses are fine. theyjust don't care, they went viral on the runwayj care, they went viral on the runway down the motorway.— care, they went viral on the runway down the motorway. they don't seem distressed. totally _ down the motorway. they don't seem distressed. totally fine. _ down the motorway. they don't seem distressed. totally fine. -- _ down the motorway. they don't seem distressed. totally fine. -- they i distressed. totally fine. -- they went for a _ distressed. totally fine. -- they went for a little _ distressed. totally fine. -- they went for a little run _ distressed. totally fine. -- they went for a little run down - distressed. totally fine. -- they went for a little run down the i went for a little run down the motorway. we have had pictures of the northern lights and you said we can see them as far south as cornwall. yes, you could. scotland, northern ireland, _ yes, you could. scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and also _ ireland, parts of northern england and also wales and down towards cornwalt — and also wales and down towards cornwall. a lot of us saw the

northern _ cornwall. a lot of us saw the northern light last night but some of us _ northern light last night but some of us are — northern light last night but some of us are waking up to some fog this morning. _ of us are waking up to some fog this morning, also some frost. this combination in oxfordshire this morning — combination in oxfordshire this morning. that will tend to lift as we go _ morning. that will tend to lift as we go through the next few hours and then there _ we go through the next few hours and then there is a lot of dry weather around — then there is a lot of dry weather around. one ortwo then there is a lot of dry weather around. one or two showers peppering western— around. one or two showers peppering western scotland and northern ireland, — western scotland and northern ireland, and we also have this weather— ireland, and we also have this weather front draped across the northern — weather front draped across the northern isles, producing some rain. currently— northern isles, producing some rain. currently we — northern isles, producing some rain. currently we have rain coming in across— currently we have rain coming in across the — currently we have rain coming in across the isles of scilly, pushing into what — across the isles of scilly, pushing into what south—west england and the channel— into what south—west england and the channel islands. more cloud building ahead _ channel islands. more cloud building ahead of— channel islands. more cloud building ahead of it — channel islands. more cloud building ahead of it. when we lose the fog a lot of— ahead of it. when we lose the fog a lot of dry— ahead of it. when we lose the fog a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine, _ lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine, one or two showers getting into northern ireland and a lot of sunshine — into northern ireland and a lot of sunshine across scotland away from the northern isles. through the day, very slowly— the northern isles. through the day, very slowly at this rain advances northwards and eastwards. the cloud building _ northwards and eastwards. the cloud building ahead of it and eventually through— building ahead of it and eventually through the afternoon we will see the clouds thicken into northern ireland — the clouds thicken into northern ireland and a bit later the rain will arrive _ ireland and a bit later the rain will arrive. temperatures today at seven _ will arrive. temperatures today at seven to — will arrive. temperatures today at seven to about 11 degrees. wind also picking _

seven to about 11 degrees. wind also picking up— seven to about 11 degrees. wind also picking up in the south—west and through— picking up in the south—west and through the english channel. through this evening and overnight a band of rain continues to push northwards and eastwards, fragmenting as it does _ and eastwards, fragmenting as it does so — and eastwards, fragmenting as it does so it— and eastwards, fragmenting as it does so. it kills around and comes back— does so. it kills around and comes back into — does so. it kills around and comes back into northern ireland but we also have — back into northern ireland but we also have this little area of showers _ also have this little area of showers across a channel islands which _ showers across a channel islands which could be heavy and thundery, moving _ which could be heavy and thundery, moving up— which could be heavy and thundery, moving up in the direction of hampshire. temperatures tonight falling _ hampshire. temperatures tonight falling away in towns and cities to three _ falling away in towns and cities to three to _ falling away in towns and cities to three to five but as the cloud may bushes _ three to five but as the cloud may bushes not — three to five but as the cloud may bushes not the temperature will go up bushes not the temperature will go up by— bushes not the temperature will go up by a _ bushes not the temperature will go up by a couple of degrees. tomorrow, this band _ up by a couple of degrees. tomorrow, this band of— up by a couple of degrees. tomorrow, this band of showers which could be thundery— this band of showers which could be thundery drifts that bit further eastwards towards the south—east, and we _ eastwards towards the south—east, and we also have showery rain coming in across— and we also have showery rain coming in across northern ireland and western— in across northern ireland and western parts of mainland britain. a lot of— western parts of mainland britain. a lot of dry— western parts of mainland britain. a lot of dry weather in between, though. — lot of dry weather in between, though, and temperatures six in the north— though, and temperatures six in the north to _ though, and temperatures six in the north to 12_ though, and temperatures six in the north to 12 in the south and windy through— north to 12 in the south and windy through the irish sea and western scotland — through the irish sea and western scotland. the weather this week is a lot quieter— scotland. the weather this week is a lot quieter than it was last week. thank— lot quieter than it was last week. thank goodness for that, carol, thank you.

on breakfast we've been following the story of rugby league player matthew syron, who was left unable to see after being attacked with a glass on a night out on boxing day. matthew has since undergone multiple surgeries, and is calling for a ban on glasses in pubs and bars after 9pm. more than five thousand people have signed his petition for a change in the law, as tim muffett reports. if you notice, as soon as i open my eye itjust waters straight away. i've got, like, a three— or four—second window before it starts watering. i can sort of, like, see shapes. the left eye, i've got no sight in. yeah, it's very tough — especially when you've got young kids and you provide for your family, and that gets all taken away from you in an instant. matthew's life changed on boxing day, in a bar in leeds city centre. something came over my right shoulder. someone“s hit me square in the face with a glass or a bottle. the attacker fell down with me, pushing the bottle or glass through my face, instantly blinding me. when i hit the floor, obviously, panic set in. everything was dark.

doctors don't know whether matthew's sight will return. a former rugby player for leeds rhinos academy, he moved to australia in 2012 and runs an electrical business there. matthew had come back to leeds over christmas to visit his brother. his wife and two children are still in australia, but matthew won't be able to return for months. he's channelling his pain, anger and frustration into calls for change. it's tough. tell us what you want to happen. so, 9pm, cut the glass off. change it for a pvc or recyclable cup. 9:00 in all bars and clubs? definitely. if we can get rid of the glass before the people start getting rowdy, take — eliminate the glass so there's no way of anyone getting hurt with a weapon. the weekend that this happened to me, ten people came into the same hospital and had been glassed. and, yeah, ijust would never want

anyone to sit in these shoes that i'm sat in. it“s horrific. rules vary across the uk but, essentially, for a premises to serve alcohol, it needs a license. and as things stand, in most areas, if police believe there is a risk of violence in a specific bar or club, they can insist that no glassware is used beyond a certain time. but matthew wants things to go much further. his petition is calling for a post—9pm glass ban in all bars and clubs. it would be a huge undertaking, and many industry experts foresee numerous challenges — cost, sustainability, and the intrinsic feel of drinking from a glass. say, disposable plastic and against glass — you could probably get away with serving a pint in this, but when you start to talk about cocktails, etc, it becomes a challenge in terms of the customer's expectation. do you think change will happen on this?

i think the key thing, first and foremost, is finding a safe material which is workable, cost—effective, sustainable. when these glasses break, they actually behave - in different ways. helen hughes specialises in sustainable design. the glass isn't evenly distributed, as well. i back in 2010, she looked into ways of making pint glasses safer. all glassware that goes into bars and restaurants and things - is meant to be toughened, _ which means that when they do break, they actually break into these small pieces which can't be used - as a weapon. however, overtime, that- toughening process wears off, and the top of the glass can become weakened, so that when it breaks, i there is a risk that it _ could potentially break into more of these shards. working alongside a major glass manufacturer, helen's team developed a pint glass design that's stronger, and — if broken — is far more likely to shatter into less—harmful pieces.

i guess the question is, why aren't we all drinking from glasses like this? it's a case of awareness. it is more expensive, but it comes down to supply and demand. i greater demand for it, - then obviously the price of these sorts of things come down. so for now, a lot of glassware in pubs, bars and clubs is still a potential weapon. it's a hazard, instantly, as soon as it's smashed. someone could pick that weapon up and then, cos they're having a bad day, hit you with it. and it's happened to me, and he shoved a glass through my face. he shoves it a certain area down, it's inside my neck and we ain't having this conversation — i'm dead. matthew and i are talking in a pub on the outskirts of leeds — a few miles from the city centre, where the attack took place. and staff here, whilst hugely sympathetic to matthew, believe a glass ban would be very unpopular. what do you think the punters here would make of a ban on glass post—9:00? not a lot of them would stay. they'd probably leave about 9.00.

you can get, like, the flimsy plastic glasses that just... they're not going to keep a pint well, and they're just not going to be an enjoyable drink. i don't think it'll go down too well. matthew is still hoping his petition hits 10,000 signatures — which would mean it would get a response from the uk government. my message is this. this could happen to you. so to stop that, you eliminate it — eliminate the glass, and eliminate the risk of someone getting hurt. i'd never want anyone to have this happen to them. it ruins your life. really powerful story. joining us now isjohn hughes, liverpool's night—time economy advisor, and tom robinson, director of security company in shrewsbury. good morning. watching that film, tom, you can see why it seems like such a good idea to do anything we can to protect people from this happening to them.—

can to protect people from this happening to them. definitely. i've been working _ happening to them. definitely. i've been working 15 _ happening to them. definitely. i've been working 15 years _ happening to them. definitely. i've been working 15 years now - happening to them. definitely. i've i been working 15 years now insecurity and i have _ been working 15 years now insecurity and i have seen some pretty atrocious— and i have seen some pretty atrocious things. we have made some fundamental changes to where we work and i have _ fundamental changes to where we work and i have seen how changes can be implemented. the main thing is, just one act— implemented. the main thing is, just one act like _ implemented. the main thing is, just one act like this and it has destroyed matthew's life and i hope you will_ destroyed matthew's life and i hope you will get better but on the same foot, _ you will get better but on the same foot, as _ you will get better but on the same foot, as we — you will get better but on the same foot, as we were talking about before, — foot, as we were talking about before, to _ foot, as we were talking about before, to tackle everybody with the same _ before, to tackle everybody with the same brush will be a challenge. with the industry already on its knees. that is— the industry already on its knees. that is the — the industry already on its knees. that is the issue. people will see why a change would be needed. anyone watching that piece... it is not as simple as just watching that piece... it is not as simple asjust swapping watching that piece... it is not as simple as just swapping out classes for plastic. in simple asjust swapping out classes for lastic. ,:, :, :, simple asjust swapping out classes for lastic. :, , :, , for plastic. in liverpool for years there are venues _ for plastic. in liverpool for years there are venues that _ for plastic. in liverpool for yearsj there are venues that voluntarily use polycarbonate _ there are venues that voluntarily use polycarbonate glasses- there are venues that voluntarily use polycarbonate glasses whichj there are venues that voluntarily- use polycarbonate glasses which are designed _ use polycarbonate glasses which are designed but — use polycarbonate glasses which are designed but everything _ use polycarbonate glasses which are designed but everything comes- use polycarbonate glasses which are designed but everything comes as l use polycarbonate glasses which are | designed but everything comes as an expense _ designed but everything comes as an expense at _ designed but everything comes as an expense at the — designed but everything comes as an expense at the moment _ designed but everything comes as an expense at the moment and - designed but everything comes as an expense at the moment and like i. expense at the moment and like i said to _

expense at the moment and like i said to you — expense at the moment and like i said to you before _ expense at the moment and like i said to you before we _ expense at the moment and like i said to you before we came - expense at the moment and like i said to you before we came on. expense at the moment and like ll said to you before we came on air, the industry— said to you before we came on air, the industry is _ said to you before we came on air, the industry is on _ said to you before we came on air, the industry is on its _ said to you before we came on air, the industry is on its knees - said to you before we came on air, the industry is on its knees at i said to you before we came on air, the industry is on its knees at the i the industry is on its knees at the moment — the industry is on its knees at the moment we _ the industry is on its knees at the moment. we are _ the industry is on its knees at the moment. we are looking - the industry is on its knees at the moment. we are looking at - the industry is on its knees at the moment. we are looking at the i the industry is on its knees at the i moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday— moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday which _ moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday which is _ moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday which is trying _ moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday which is trying to - moment. we are looking at the budget on thursday which is trying to help i on thursday which is trying to help us to— on thursday which is trying to help us to stay— on thursday which is trying to help us to stay open _ on thursday which is trying to help us to stay open and _ on thursday which is trying to help us to stay open and obviously- on thursday which is trying to help us to stay open and obviously withj us to stay open and obviously with what _ us to stay open and obviously with what has _ us to stay open and obviously with what has happened _ us to stay open and obviously with what has happened with _ us to stay open and obviously with what has happened with matthew, us to stay open and obviously with i what has happened with matthew, it is what has happened with matthew, it is few _ what has happened with matthew, it is few and _ what has happened with matthew, it is few and far— what has happened with matthew, it is few and far between _ what has happened with matthew, it is few and far between in _ what has happened with matthew, it is few and far between in the - what has happened with matthew, it is few and far between in the city i is few and far between in the city centres. — is few and far between in the city centres. and _ is few and far between in the city centres, and this— is few and far between in the city centres, and this is— is few and far between in the city centres, and this is why- is few and far between in the city centres, and this is why we - is few and far between in the city centres, and this is why we have| centres, and this is why we have licensing — centres, and this is why we have licensing laws _ centres, and this is why we have licensing laws and _ centres, and this is why we have licensing laws and any— centres, and this is why we have licensing laws and any venues i centres, and this is why we have i licensing laws and any venues who don't _ licensing laws and any venues who don't apply— licensing laws and any venues who don't apply to _ licensing laws and any venues who don't apply to what _ licensing laws and any venues who don't apply to what the _ licensing laws and any venues who don't apply to what the licence i licensing laws and any venues who don't apply to what the licence is i don't apply to what the licence is should _ don't apply to what the licence is should be — don't apply to what the licence is should be taken _ don't apply to what the licence is should be taken to _ don't apply to what the licence is should be taken to review- don't apply to what the licence is should be taken to review and i don't apply to what the licence is i should be taken to review and then penalised — should be taken to review and then penalised not— should be taken to review and then penalised. not everybody - should be taken to review and then penalised. not everybody else i penalised. not everybody else penalised _ penalised. not everybody else penalised-— penalised. not everybody else enalised. :, :, :, , penalised. john, what other factors come in, penalised. john, what other factors come in. what _ penalised. john, what other factors come in, what other— penalised. john, what other factors come in, what other things - penalised. john, what other factors come in, what other things could i penalised. john, what other factors | come in, what other things could be done to protect people from violent outbursts like this?— outbursts like this? obviously it is down to how _ outbursts like this? obviously it is down to how you _ outbursts like this? obviously it is down to how you run _ outbursts like this? obviously it is down to how you run your - outbursts like this? obviously it is down to how you run your venue. | down to how you run your venue. having _ down to how you run your venue. having the — down to how you run your venue. having the right— down to how you run your venue. having the right security. - having the right security. everything _ having the right security. everything always - having the right security. everything always boils i having the right security. i everything always boils down having the right security. - everything always boils down to training — everything always boils down to training you _ everything always boils down to training. you have _ everything always boils down to training. you have to _ everything always boils down to training. you have to make i everything always boils down to| training. you have to make sure everything — training. you have to make sure everything is _ training. you have to make sure everything is right. _ training. you have to make sure everything is right. i've - training. you have to make sure everything is right. i've been. everything is right. i've been talking — everything is right. i've been talking about _ everything is right. i've been talking about liverpool. i everything is right. i've been talking about liverpool. we i everything is right. i've been- talking about liverpool. we have 'ust talking about liverpool. we have just got— talking about liverpool. we have just got our— talking about liverpool. we have just got our accreditation - talking about liverpool. we have just got our accreditation again, i talking about liverpool. we have i just got our accreditation again, 14 years. _ just got our accreditation again, 14 years. we — just got our accreditation again, 14 years. we have _ just got our accreditation again, 14 years, we have purple _ just got our accreditation again, 14 years, we have purple flag - just got our accreditation again, 14 years, we have purple flag statusi just got our accreditation again, 14 i years, we have purple flag status so it is years, we have purple flag status so it is about _

years, we have purple flag status so it is about every _ years, we have purple flag status so it is about every body _ years, we have purple flag status so it is about every body working - it is about every body working together, _ it is about every body working together, it— it is about every body working together, it is _ it is about every body working together, it is massive - it is about every body working together, it is massive for. together, it is massive for liverpool's _ together, it is massive for liverpool's night—time i together, it is massive for- liverpool's night—time economy, together, it is massive for— liverpool's night—time economy, same as here _ liverpool's night—time economy, same as here in _ liverpool's night—time economy, same as here in manchester, _ liverpool's night—time economy, same as here in manchester, for— as here in manchester, for everybody. _ as here in manchester, for everybody, for— as here in manchester, for everybody, forjobs - as here in manchester, for everybody, forjobs and i as here in manchester, for- everybody, forjobs and everything. anything _ everybody, forjobs and everything. anything that — everybody, forjobs and everything. anything that happens _ everybody, forjobs and everything. anything that happens like - everybody, forjobs and everything. anything that happens like this, i everybody, forjobs and everything. anything that happens like this, wej anything that happens like this, we need to— anything that happens like this, we need to look— anything that happens like this, we need to look after— anything that happens like this, we need to look after people _ anything that happens like this, we need to look after people and - anything that happens like this, we need to look after people and do i need to look after people and do everything — need to look after people and do everything we _ need to look after people and do everything we can. _ need to look after people and do everything we can. that- need to look after people and do everything we can. that suggestion that class everything we can. that suggestion that glass would _ everything we can. that suggestion that glass would be _ everything we can. that suggestion that glass would be banned - everything we can. that suggestion that glass would be banned after. that glass would be banned after 9pm, why then, is it arbitrary, would it make a difference? a, bit 9pm, why then, is it arbitrary, would it make a difference? a bit of research, would it make a difference? a bit of research. in — would it make a difference? a bit of research, in australia, _ would it make a difference? a bit of research, in australia, they - would it make a difference? a bit of research, in australia, they have i research, in australia, they have .ot research, in australia, they have got a _ research, in australia, they have got a 10pm — research, in australia, they have got a 10pm curfew on glass. plastic takes _ got a 10pm curfew on glass. plastic takes over— got a 10pm curfew on glass. plastic takes over at 10pm. australians, they— takes over at 10pm. australians, they are — takes over at 10pm. australians, they are known for enjoying themselves quite a lot. they took it absolutely — themselves quite a lot. they took it absolutely fine. however, british culture, — absolutely fine. however, british culture, let's be honest... we are a good _ culture, let's be honest... we are a good culture, — culture, let's be honest... we are a good culture, drink from glass, you have a _ good culture, drink from glass, you have a widget in the bottom if you are a _ have a widget in the bottom if you are a lager— have a widget in the bottom if you are a lager drinker, some stouts are different. _ are a lager drinker, some stouts are different, but the main thing is it would _ different, but the main thing is it would take a long time to change. can't _ would take a long time to change. can't be _

would take a long time to change. can't be done overnight. legislatively, i have to be honest, it legislatively, i have to be honest, it would _ legislatively, i have to be honest, it would take a lot of time. training _ it would take a lot of time. training wise, asjohn mentioned, the sia, _ training wise, asjohn mentioned, the sia, our— training wise, asjohn mentioned, the sia, our body, security industry authority. _ the sia, our body, security industry authority, they are bringing in a lot more — authority, they are bringing in a lot more training now, so you don't have _ lot more training now, so you don't have your— lot more training now, so you don't have your old school door staff that iiust _ have your old school door staff that i just coming have your old school door staff that ijust coming in. you have to go through— ijust coming in. you have to go through seven days of intense training — through seven days of intense trainina. ~ :. through seven days of intense traininu. ~ :, :, through seven days of intense trainina. :, :, : :, ., training. what will that change, how do they handle _ training. what will that change, how do they handle those _ training. what will that change, how do they handle those situations? i do they handle those situations? something that has been brought in the last— something that has been brought in the last few weeks, it might be the 1stof— the last few weeks, it might be the 1st of april. — the last few weeks, it might be the 1st of april, is spiking. we are now getting _ 1st of april, is spiking. we are now getting supervisors train specifically on how to deal with spiking — specifically on how to deal with spiking and recognise it. also with the night—time economy and the venues _ the night—time economy and the venues there is more awareness being brought— venues there is more awareness being brought in~ _ venues there is more awareness being brought in. and with this i think awareness _ brought in. and with this i think awareness will probably be the first step in— awareness will probably be the first step in how we would start to tackle this situation. and then you can't 'ust this situation. and then you can't iust expect — this situation. and then you can't just expect the retailers to fork

out a _ just expect the retailers to fork out a lot— just expect the retailers to fork out a lot of money to change glass to plastic — out a lot of money to change glass to plastic. they might get financial help from — to plastic. they might get financial help from some of the suppliers of alcohol, _ help from some of the suppliers of alcohol, but at the same time it's going _ alcohol, but at the same time it's going to — alcohol, but at the same time it's going to be — alcohol, but at the same time it's going to be a lot of change and people — going to be a lot of change and people might actually vote with their— people might actually vote with their feet rather thanjust people might actually vote with their feet rather than just saying no. their feet rather than just saying no and — their feet rather than just saying no. and with times at the moment, the industry— no. and with times at the moment, the industry being on its knees, with everything, the cost of living, going _ with everything, the cost of living, going up. — with everything, the cost of living, going up, so fewer people coming out, it— going up, so fewer people coming out, it might be the last sort of straw— out, it might be the last sort of straw that— out, it might be the last sort of straw that breaks the camel's back possibly _ straw that breaks the camel's back ossibl . ~ : , straw that breaks the camel's back ossibl . ~ : . ~ . possibly. with incidents like this with glassing — possibly. with incidents like this with glassing spiking, _ possibly. with incidents like this with glassing spiking, would i possibly. with incidents like this with glassing spiking, would notj possibly. with incidents like this i with glassing spiking, would not be to prevent these things in the first place? i know we have to manage the aftermath but isn't prevention the way forward?— aftermath but isn't prevention the way forward? prevention is always the way forward. _ way forward? prevention is always the way forward. like _ way forward? prevention is always the way forward. like i _ way forward? prevention is always the way forward. like i say, - way forward? prevention is always the way forward. like i say, in i the way forward. like i say, in liverpool. _ the way forward. like i say, in liverpool. we _ the way forward. like i say, in liverpool, we go— the way forward. like i say, in liverpool, we go through - the way forward. like i say, in liverpool, we go through so . the way forward. like i say, in - liverpool, we go through so much training, _ liverpool, we go through so much training, we— liverpool, we go through so much training, we worked _ liverpool, we go through so much training, we worked very- liverpool, we go through so much training, we worked very closely l training, we worked very closely with the — training, we worked very closely with the police _ training, we worked very closely with the police and _ training, we worked very closely with the police and the - training, we worked very closely with the police and the council. i with the police and the council. like we — with the police and the council. like we were _

with the police and the council. like we were just _ with the police and the council. like we were just saying, - with the police and the council. like we were just saying, the l like we were just saying, the soppiiers_ like we were just saying, the soppiiers of— like we were just saying, the suppliers of glass _ like we were just saying, the suppliers of glass with - like we were just saying, the suppliers of glass with the i like we were just saying, the - suppliers of glass with the branded glasses. _ suppliers of glass with the branded glasses. they— suppliers of glass with the branded glasses. they are _ suppliers of glass with the branded glasses, they are putting _ suppliers of glass with the branded glasses, they are putting into- suppliers of glass with the branded glasses, they are putting into the i glasses, they are putting into the contract — glasses, they are putting into the contract how— glasses, they are putting into the contract now that _ glasses, they are putting into the contract now that if _ glasses, they are putting into the contract now that if they- glasses, they are putting into the contract now that if they are - contract now that if they are sopptyihg _ contract now that if they are sopptyihg the _ contract now that if they are supplying the glass - contract now that if they are supplying the glass it - contract now that if they are supplying the glass it has i contract now that if they are supplying the glass it has toj contract now that if they are - supplying the glass it has to come in our— supplying the glass it has to come in our branded _ supplying the glass it has to come in our branded glass. _ supplying the glass it has to come in our branded glass. we - supplying the glass it has to come in our branded glass. we want- supplying the glass it has to come in our branded glass. we want toi in our branded glass. we want to keep— in our branded glass. we want to keep people _ in our branded glass. we want to keep people safe _ in our branded glass. we want to keep people safe but— in our branded glass. we want to keep people safe but it _ in our branded glass. we want to keep people safe but it is - in our branded glass. we want to keep people safe but it is the - keep people safe but it is the financial— keep people safe but it is the financial cost _ keep people safe but it is the financial cost of _ keep people safe but it is the financial cost of basically- keep people safe but it is the i financial cost of basically staying open _ financial cost of basically staying open at — financial cost of basically staying open at the _ financial cost of basically staying open at the moment, _ financial cost of basically staying open at the moment, that - financial cost of basically staying open at the moment, that is - financial cost of basically staying open at the moment, that is the j open at the moment, that is the conundrum _ open at the moment, that is the conundrum that— open at the moment, that is the conundrum that everybody- open at the moment, that is the conundrum that everybody is - open at the moment, that is the conundrum that everybody is ini open at the moment, that is the i conundrum that everybody is in and safety _ conundrum that everybody is in and safety is _ conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the — conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the top _ conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the top of _ conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the top of our _ conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the top of our list - conundrum that everybody is in and safety is the top of our list for - safety is the top of our list for all our— safety is the top of our list for all our industry. _ safety is the top of our list for all our industry.— safety is the top of our list for all our industry. john, tom, thank ou for all our industry. john, tom, thank you for coming — all our industry. john, tom, thank you for coming in. _ all our industry. john, tom, thank you for coming in. it _ all our industry. john, tom, thank you for coming in. it is _ all our industry. john, tom, thank you for coming in. it is interesting and we will see how this plays out. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with gethin and helen. morning. morning! good morning from the three of us. _ coming up... we're investigating how children are able to buy deadly weapons online with the click of a button, and the consequences can be devastating. it's irreversible. josh isn't coming home,

that's how final it is with knife crime and a fatal stabbing. alison lost her teenage son in a knife attack. we'll hear her story and prove just how easy it is to get your hands on a blade, by buying one without any proof of age. also today, as the government| gets its finances in check ahead of wednesday's budget — - we're doing the same for you. money expert iona bain - is answering your questions. yes, i've advice on where to get free budgeting lessons and we'll discuss the best bank accounts right now to help you fund your retirement. plus, we're tackling high cholesterol. it'sjust one of the things that could increase your risk of heart disease. dr xand's here to help. right now, almost half of adults have it, but it's not too late to take action. i'll tell you about the healthy fats you need in your diet and whether or not you need to avoid eggs! never avoid eggs! and a bit of comic relief is always good for you. i ahead of red nose day, - co—founder and award winning

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one of my detective sergeants came running into the office and said, "we need to shut the door. you need to hear this." he then put one of our researchers on speakerphone and she said, "he's a police officer." i knew that i had to tell my boss. and then the same questions went through her head as went through my head. are you sure? and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice, on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor, sadiq khan, says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares, but not daily and weekly caps, travelcards or river bus services, which all went up yesterday by about 5%. the rnli is marking its 200th anniversary today. the charity began with a meeting in the london tavern in bishopsgate in 1821! with a commitment to save lives at sea.

but it wasn't until 2002 that the river thames got its own dedicated lifeboats and stations. we now have four stations — teddington, chiswick, tower — which is at waterloo bridge — and also gravesend. and they are all amongst the busiest stations in the uk. the thames runs fast, is extremely cold. swimming in the thames, in certainly the lower reaches, is very, very dangerous indeed. and so we just see a lot of incidents to deal with. let's see what's happening on the tubes this morning. the piccadilly line has severe delays, with minor delays on the waterloo and city. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with some patches of mist and fog around. but today it's a mostly dry and settled today, with spells of sunshine, although it will be a bit milder and breezier than yesterday. once that mist and fog clears we will see some spells of sunshine for a time, but there is a weather front of that is arriving in later on today and into this evening, bringing patchy outbreaks of rain.

for the time being, bar the odd isolated shower, it's largely dry, some sunshine around, more in the way of cloud building from the west though later in the day, and temperatures reaching about nine to ii celsius. that thicker cloud will increase as we head into the evening. some outbreaks of patchy rain will spread through for a time. it will become drier and clearer later in the night, but there will be scattered showers. temperatures dipping to low single figures yet again, so another chilly night in store. it does mean for tuesday it's a mixture of sunshine, scattered showers in places, but for most of the week ahead we are looking at largely dry, settled conditions, with spells of sunshine, and a little milder as well. that's it. but head to our website to read about an mi6 spy, who says working at the agency is more exciting than a james bond film. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. all eyes are on the chancellor this

week, as he delivers his spring budget — his last before the next general election. but what can ordinary households expect? nina is here to look at some of the moves. there aren't many. no. it is never easy, this balancing act. it feels like he is under more pressure because he has set his own rules on borrowing. there is the political pressure to cut taxes. it will be trickier than most years. good morning. a budget that focuses on growth, and a prudent path to tax cuts. that's what the chancellor has promised. but what might that look like? most probably a cut to national insurance. that's the monthly contribution that automatically comes out of your salary from 16 onwards. remember, the chancellor cut this last year, reducing the main rate from 12 to 10%. someone on a salary of 35,000, now pays around 350,000 a year less in tax.

another percentage point cut would cost the treasury around £45 billion. and would it be worth it? meloney says last year's change has barely been noticable — and other pinches matter more. i haven't felt the benefit of the cut for national insurance because, obviously, my work situation — i've only gone back part—time. but i will feel the benefit of that, but possibly not as much as the sort of impact that childcare — extra childcare — would have, and i think that i would probably gain more from the childcare benefits. tax has also been creeping up in a less obvious — more stealthy — way. because the point at which people start paying income tax, or higher rates of income tax, have been frozen since april 2022, and are expected to stay there until 2028. they used to go up with inflation, but as average

wages rise, that frozen threshold will create more than three million extra taxpayers by 2028. many of you will know, that hitting a different tax bracket sometimes means it doesn't really pay to earn more. dianne is a mental health nurse. one of those who's been put off taking on extra shifts. i think because of the additional overtime i do, the unsocial hours payments, i'm at that sort of cusp of between the tax bands, where it would be getting to the point where it wouldn't be worth me doing the extra shifts to earn the additional money because i would just be paying a lot more into tax. i think they need to look at the tax banding. you know, with the cost of living and things, what was a lot of money maybe a few years ago when they looked at the tax banding isn't as much any more. so i think perhaps a little more wriggle room between the tax bands might help a little.

lots of people will be asking for that. the chancellor could suprise the experts by cutting income tax — that's the single largest tax most households pay and it would be popular with conservative mps. but experts warn that's simply not affordable. cutting the main rate by i% would cost the government around £7 billion. what would give? there is concern it would fall on public spending, an area many feel needs serious investment, not further cuts. others point to the fact that it wouldn't benefit scottish workers as their income tax is set separately. emma works for the local council and a i% cut would put £275 in her pocket. but that's not emma's priority. i think, personally, _ for someone like me who works for a council, and my partner — my fiance is a junior doctor — l it will affect our quality of life a lot more if the services- that we both work for were improved. so if, instead of cutting taxes, -

they took that money and invested it in the nhs and in local government, that would improve society- a lot more, i think — - improve my quality of life. i i don't really need or want to seel extra hundreds in my pay packet — i'd rather that that money went towards improving society- and dealing with the kind of impact of austerity. i and the amount of people that i see on a daily basis that are really- struggling who maybe weren't - struggling a couple of years ago — i'd much rather kind of see their qualityl of life improve. three stories, three different sets of priorities. impossible to please all of the people all of the time. there are rumours of hits to air travel, vapes, non dom tax payers and oil and gas companies. they would bring in some revenue. but would it be enough to satisfy his self—imposed pledge of bringing down debt? and how will wednesday's budget [and with voters who make their minds up based on how health their pockets are feeling?

it really is about priorities. there is cash, it is just how he chooses to allocated to different things, even though it is getting tight. there is a combination of things putting that pressure on. taxes are historically higher than they have been, inflation as well. people like mr looking around saying, i don't mind paying more tax, i don't mind that inflation is high, if i can get to the gp on time, if my children with special needs is getting additional help in the classroom, people like her are not winning in any area. that is something the chancellor will have to juggle as well. and we are coming out of a very difficult time, aren't we? yeah, and although inflation has come down significantly, that doesn't mean prices have come down. they are creeping up less quickly. undoubtedly, everybody at home has been —— is feeling the pinch in samaria. it is coming out with policies appealing to the masses

without further denting that debt. thank you. we are going to stay with that budget theme. campaigners say the closure of a government safety net, funding food banks, warm spaces and providing direct cash for those in need in england will be catastrophic. the scheme is due to end in four weeks' time unless an extension is announced in the budget. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. everyone knows babies don't come cheap. hello, rhea. it means money has to stretch a bit further than planned. hello, jaydeen. but in this house, life's delivered even more surprises. hey, giovanni! and just manage to get some sleep wherever you can? yeah. — it can be really tough. yeah. it's still very hard for some of us to get a nap. oh, the world's biggest yawn. with osaretin off work on maternity, three mouths to feed and three babies to hold, life and finances have been a juggle.

he has reduced his hours to 20 hours a week. so the money's really not coming any more. so you've had to cut back your hours at work then, just to just to manage physically with looking after the babies? and it was really — it was something hard, but we had to do the sacrifice. but lauren's been able to help out by giving a £370 grant. hn - are you ok? it's gone straight on nappies, baby formula, and paying the energy bills. for lots of families . that we've supported it'sjust meant, you know, feeding their children, - heating their homes, you know, just those really important - butjust basic things that you really need to raise small children. lauren's team have now given money to 82 families through the government's household support fund, but that's due to end in four weeks' time. and you've never needed that help before,

you've both worked... ? yeah, we've both worked. we never needed it, but... right now... right now, i felt bad for those who cannot afford this, because it's one of the things that can help. # mary has a little lamb...# it's no surprise if you've never heard of the household support fund. in fact, lots of people who've received money may not even have realised it's come from that pot, because it's come via the council, maybe through an on the ground agency, before it arrives at their front door, maybe as food or vouchers or energy credit. but in a couple of weeks' time, hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable households will notice when the money runs out. we know this has worked. we know this is a scheme that's helped local authorities reach lots of families that really have no way of feeding and clothing their children. and that cost of living crisis is not over for those families. that's why barnardos, along with 120 other organisations and 160 local councils

across england, are asking the government to change its mind. in every classroom there'll be somebody that's drawing down something that's connected to the household support fund. so its reach is massive. without it, thousands of children would be plunged even deeper into poverty. it will be catastrophic. in liverpool, tens of thousands of households are receiving help through this fund. here at the pakistani association it's free hot lunches on the menu to those who need it most. the difference it makes to someone's life, and just brightens up someone's day — they come in and have a conversation. a lot of people rely on this as well. we'll drop it off to people's houses we know can't make it, or, you know, when it was snowing outside, and we know there's people who live alone, for example, and just stopping at the door, have that little brief conversation, and we won't be able to do that. good boy! the government say this fund will end as benefits and the

local housing allowance rise in april. but those delivering the help are hoping the chancellor changes his mind in the coming days. colletta smith, bbc news. a spokesperson for the department of work and pensions said £2 billion had been invested in the household support fund over the last two years, with £800 million paid to families. at 8:40am, john is here with the sport after a manchester derby to forget for manchester united. yes, a gulf in class being shown. manchester city won. everything looking good for them. they are in the hunt for three trophies. phil foden was brilliant, the centrepiece to this team this season, he has been brilliant as well. everything is looking rather ominous for manchester city at this point of the season. a derby day win against rivals united. this season, like the

last, looking for all the world it could end in another three trophies. for all the international stars on display yesterday, it was a couple of local [ads who took centre stage. there was this rocket from rashford and united sensed an upset. but city hit back with a stunner of their own, through phil foden in the second half, and from there it was one—way traffic. foden's second put city in front, before haaland sealed it in stoppage time. and a back to back treble remain on for city. they host fc copenhagen in the champions league on wednesday and play the league leaders liverpool, on sunday. today we have more points than last season at this stage. liverpool have i don't know how much more points than last season. so when the opponent is behaving like this, like arsenal, what can i say? congratulations so far. but we are going to try game by game and see

what we can do. arsenal play tonight. if they win, just two points would separate the top three. at the other end, burnley�*s hopes of staying up are looking bleak. they lost to bournemouth, justin klivert and antoine semenyo with the goals. burnley level on points with bottom club sheffield united. they're yet to win this year, and there are just eleven games remaining. a missed opportunity for celtic, with rangers losing in the scottish premiership, they were beaten by hearts and stay second. lawrence shankland sealed all three points as celtic side who missed a penalty and had a player sent off. it's the first time in six years that both rangers and celtic have lost scottish premiership games on the same weekend. what a year katie boulter is having. she claimed her first wta 500 tournament overnight, beating ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final of the san diego open. the british number one came from a set down to clinch victory

and will will break into the top 30 for the first time. she was watched by boyfriend alex de minaur, who'd earlier reatined his mexican open title in acapulco. he won around midnight, was in a taxi just after four, to catch a six o'clock flight to watch her win. what a weekend for them it was. ultimately consistency was also one of the biggest things i wanted to go into this year with. and ifeel like i am beating people a lot higher than me, day in, day out. that's where i need to be. but nothing stops you. it's an uphill battle and ijust want to keep going and see how far i can get, because ultimately, ijust want to do the best i can and i have always asked that of myself. could this be one of gb�*s most exciting group of athletes preparing to head off to an olympic games,

having finished with four medals at the world indoor championship is at the world indoor championship is at the weekend. jemma reekie took silver in the women's 800m on the final day — herfirst senior medal. gold in the balance on the final lap, but reekie didn't quite have enough to get the better of ethiopia's tsigay duguma, a big result though, five months out from the paris games. it puts her in the makes for further success to come at the paris games in five months. and the other medal yesterday came in the women's lixaoom relay. jessie knight anchored home the british quartet in a new national record to take bronze behind the netherlands and the united states of america. sebastian kehl said, we are heading to paris with the most exciting crop of young athletes we have seen in a few generations, which is pretty high praise from the man who knows what it may xxx what it takes to win a medal or two. setting those expectations are very high. you do well, but you have a target on your back as far as it goes heading into the inner peace. thank you.

nice and pretty nippy temperatures outside this morning. carol has all of the details. good morninu. carol has all of the details. good morning- ben — carol has all of the details. good morning. ben is _ carol has all of the details. good morning. ben is not _ carol has all of the details. good morning. ben is not wrong. - carol has all of the details. good morning. ben is not wrong. for. carol has all of the details. (13cm morning. ben is not wrong. for many, temperatures have fallen over night below freezing. some frost around first thing, also some fog. that will lift. then we have the rain in the south—west pushing very slowly north eastwards. we also have some rain across the northern isles today. these are the temperatures. in altnaharra it is —6. in glasgow, manchester and southampton the temperature currently is only 2 degrees. if you are hanging around outside of this morning it will feel cold. you can see on our temperature greater chart, we hang on to a lot of blue as we go through this week. it will be called by night and it will be cooled by day, although temperatures roughly where they should be at this time of the year, just not as high as they have been in recent weeks. today we have got a clutch of fronts around this area of

low pressure. it is bringing the rain to the south—west. through the day that will very slowly push north—east was. you can see a few showers around scotland and northern ireland. this is another weather front draped across the northern isles, which will bring rain at times into shetland and orkney. when the fog lifts we are looking at a lot of dry weather. some sunny spells as well. the rain continuing to slowly advance, getting in towards the isle of wight, hampshire, parts of wales, and later on, into northern ireland. temperatures today, six to ten micro or ii temperatures today, six to ten micro or 11 degrees. this evening and overnight this same front pushes northwards and eastwards, tends to break up, so the rain will become more fragmented. by the end of the night it comes back into northern ireland. at the same time we have got a clutch of showers, some of them heavy and thundery, across the channel islands, drifting up towards hampshire. some clear skies, some

mist and fog patches forming, and a chilly night for most. as the cloud and the rain advance, temperatures will rise by a degree or so. here is the weather front pushing towards the weather front pushing towards the north and east. high pressure towards the east of scandinavia. that is effectively blocking and weakening these fronts you can see here. there would be some patchy rain across the north—east of scotland tomorrow. showery rain moving in across northern ireland, western scotland, western england and wales, and the showers in hampshire over night drift towards the south—east through the morning. some could be heavy and thundery. in between, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, and it will be breezy. windy in the north channel and western scotland, six to 12 degrees. as we move overnight tuesday into wednesday, we lose that weather front. tuesday into wednesday, we lose that weatherfront. high pressure still ensconced across scandinavia, still blocking the weather fronts coming in from the west. we will see more

cloud across eastern scotland and especially the north—east of england. a lot of dry weather once again after a chilly start. some sunny spells. a few showers in northern ireland and south—west england ahead of this weather front. temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 as temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 as we temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 as we push temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 as we push further temperature wise we are looking at five or six in the north, to ii or 12 as we push further south. thank you. our viewers have been loving those incredible pictures you shared earlier of the northern lights. can you just explain why we have been able to see them across the country recently? basically, because there was a lot of solar activity. i have checked to see if it is going to be the same tonight. it doesn't look like it is. you need some clear skies, or at least partial clear skies, so you can see them. a lot of cloud and you won't. the different colour ors dictate what they interact with. if

it is oxygen, we are likely to see the yellows and the greens. if it is nitrogen, we are likely to see the magentas pink, purple and blue. carol, you are unlikely steam! well done for explaining that on the hoof! she's good, our carol. those pictures are amazing. they are incredible. you can see them as far south as como. normally you have to go really far north to see the northern lights. —— as far south as cornwall. today marks 200 years since the launch of the royal national lifeboat institution. in that time, the lifeboat charity has saved more than 140,000 people. there are events and activities taking place across the uk and ireland to celebrate, and our reporter fiona lamdin is at teignmouth rnli lifeboat station for us this morning. good morning, fi. you have a glorious morning on the

water. oh, it is just water. oh, it isjust so water. oh, it is just so lovely. i am feeling the sun on my face. let me spin you around and you can meet some of the crew that operates this life boat. years and years and years ago, 200 years ago, these guys would be wearing a jumper like this. they would have gone out like this, possibly not even shoes. however, now they are in full waterproofs and look at the difference. this was what they would have gone out in 200 years ago, in a row boat like this, made of wood, and now we have the all weather lifeboat. this goes out about 15 times a year. just over once a month. it can go 100 miles up their out to the north sea and it can capsize, it can do everything, and it writes itself. things have changed so much in the last 200 years, but the one thing they have been doing all this time is saving lives, and we meet mike to hear his

story. i'd been fishing only sort of 15 to 20 minutes before i started feeling a bit uneasy about the depth of the water around me. the water was getting deeper and deeper. i turned to try and get back to the beach. within seconds, literally, i was on my hands and knees crawling, trying to get back up out of the water. and before i knew it, the waves had sort of swept over me, and i was being taken out to sea. ok, guys, go, go, go! milford lifeboat information. we've done the emergency beach landing. person not conscious, not breathing. we were expecting the worst. after receiving the information that there's a person in the water, the outcome is not often all that good. i honestly thought, that's it, it's all over. the odds were stacked against him. this was a time critical call out for us. every second really did count. you're doing all right, buddy. when we arrived on the beach, it was looking very, very bleak. we were continuing cpr, the compressions and . the rescue breaths, _ and then suddenly we just heard this breath come from mike.

over the last 200 years, the rnli has rescued 146,000 lives. mary roberts was one of them. she was my great grandmother. she led an unusual life. spent most of her married life, i believe, because i didn't actually the know her, on the ships. "my dear hubby, i must get easier boots in new york. these are beggars and pinch. trust all is well. much love, keisha m. roberts." mary's story is pretty unbelievable. she survived at least two shipwrecks. the first was in 1912 on the titanic. she would have been really low down in the quarters, being a servant. you just think, how, how did she get out there? and what panic was going through her mind, and determination?

two years later, she was a nurse on board the hospital ship rohilla when it hit the rocks. the lifeboats were alerted to the fact that the rohilla is in danger, and the whitby lifeboats are launched. but it's incredibly difficult — challenging gale conditions. and those lifeboats were pulling and sailing lifeboats. so, men in open rowboats going out to a ship in gale force conditions. but they did get out. and mary roberts was rescued by the whitby lifeboat. mary's trunk was later found washed up on the beach. well, you're kind of in awe of this woman that — why? why would she go on another ship if you were in one that was sunk? we can never decide whether mary roberts is really lucky or really unlucky. i think it depends how you want to look at her. but sometimes rescues end in tragedy. over 800 crew members have died trying to save others. in 1916, the rnli suffered a huge

loss when 15 volunteers set out on a daring rescue in salcombe, only to returned home alive. just tell me about the conditions they went out? they literally left from the lifeboat station, which is behind us now, and they went to an aid of a schooner. they unfortunately capsized. the rest drowned and only two survived. well, my great grandfather was one of the two survivors. it's always been with the family and part of the town. the heart and soul of the town was ripped out when that disaster happened. well, this is one of the rnli's 162 all weather lifeboats. it's out of salcombe on average, about once a week. and in the last year, it's helped over 100 people. the rnli, for about the first hundred years or so, spent most of its time rescuing people from shipwreck. that happens very rarely now.

now we're much more rescuing people at sea. also, a huge number of people who use the sea for leisure — paddleboarders, open water swimmers. back in wales, the crew are reunited with mike, the man they saved. good to see you, mate. how are you doing, are you ok? fancy seeing you here! so, do you remember anything of it, mike? well, i rememberfishing and i remember getting into difficulty, and it was all over so quickly. that was it for me, really, up until when i woke up in hospital the following tuesday. that's incredible. it's fantastic to meet them. there's some people that are involved i had no idea it existed untiljust a few minutes ago, and to see them for the first time, it's just absolutely fantastic. those cold, bleak nights when the pager goes off, or when we're doing training, you know, when i'm faced with mike and able to shake his hand and see that he's he's fit and well, it absolutely makes it all very worthwhile.

0k, ok, we are inside the life boat. they even have suspended seats because it can be so rough. this is where they do the navigation. they call the coastguard. it all happens here. george, by day you are a trainee paramedic. but also, you are out here as a mechanic, you are part of the crew. just tell me what you love about it?— of the crew. just tell me what you love about it? yes, in my role as a mechanic — love about it? yes, in my role as a mechanic it _ love about it? yes, in my role as a mechanic it is _ love about it? yes, in my role as a mechanic it is running _ love about it? yes, in my role as a mechanic it is running the - love about it? yes, in my role as a l mechanic it is running the machinery aboard _ mechanic it is running the machinery aboard the _ mechanic it is running the machinery aboard the vessel. just making sure the crew— aboard the vessel. just making sure the crew is — aboard the vessel. just making sure the crew is safer. it is one big family — the crew is safer. it is one big family its— the crew is safer. it is one big family. it's an amazing organisation to be _ family. it's an amazing organisation to be a _ family. it's an amazing organisation to be a part — family. it's an amazing organisation to be a part of. family. it's an amazing organisation to be a part ot— family. it's an amazing organisation to be a part of. sometimes when your maer noes to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off — to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off at _ to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off at two _ to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off at two o'clock - to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off at two o'clock in - to be a part of. sometimes when your pager goes off at two o'clock in the i pager goes off at two o'clock in the morning and it is cold and dark, do you have second thoughts? hie. morning and it is cold and dark, do you have second thoughts? no, you aet a you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush- — you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush- we _ you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush. we never _ you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush. we never know- you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush. we never know what - you have second thoughts? no, you get a rush. we never know what we | get a rush. we never know what we are going _ get a rush. we never know what we are going to — get a rush. we never know what we are going to. it is all that exciting _ are going to. it is all that exciting-— are going to. it is all that excitina. �* ., ~ are going to. it is all that excitina. �* . ,, ., exciting. brilliant. mark, i love it. what

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rocks to stay out of the surf and we used _ rocks to stay out of the surf and we used an _ rocks to stay out of the surf and we used an inflatable inshore lifeboat to anchor — used an inflatable inshore lifeboat to anchor and basically go back in and pave — to anchor and basically go back in and pave it — to anchor and basically go back in and pave it in and get them off the boat _ and pave it in and get them off the boat. , ., ~ ., ., ,, , ., boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin, boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin. you — boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin. you are _ boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin, you are now— boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin, you are now retired - boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin, you are now retired but - boat. -- pivot. amazing. thank you. martin, you are now retired but you| martin, you are now retired but you used to do the job that marketed. do you miss it? used to do the 'ob that marketed. do you miss in— used to do the 'ob that marketed. do you miss mh how - you miss it? yes, i do. how different— you miss it? yes, i do. how different is _ you miss it? yes, i do. how different is it _ you miss it? yes, i do. how different is it now— you miss it? yes, i do. how different is it now than - you miss it? yes, i do. howj different is it now than what you miss it? yes, i do. how. different is it now than what it you miss it? yes, i do. how- different is it now than what it was like in the 80s? faster boats? faster boats, more modern equipment, better— faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, — faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, and _ faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, and more _ faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, and more of- faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, and more of it. - faster boats, more modern equipment, better equipment, and more of it. we l better equipment, and more of it. we only had _ better equipment, and more of it. we only had three — better equipment, and more of it. we only had three dry— better equipment, and more of it. we only had three dry suits _ better equipment, and more of it. we only had three dry suits when - better equipment, and more of it. we only had three dry suits when i - better equipment, and more of it. we only had three dry suits when i was i only had three dry suits when i was in the _ only had three dry suits when i was in the lifeboat _ only had three dry suits when i was in the lifeboat and _ only had three dry suits when i was in the lifeboat and they _ only had three dry suits when i was in the lifeboat and they were - only had three dry suits when i was in the lifeboat and they were all. in the lifeboat and they were all extra _ in the lifeboat and they were all extra extra _ in the lifeboat and they were all extra extra large _ in the lifeboat and they were all extra extra large to _ in the lifeboat and they were all extra extra large to make - in the lifeboat and they were all extra extra large to make sure. in the lifeboat and they were all. extra extra large to make sure they fitted _ extra extra large to make sure they fitted everybody. _ extra extra large to make sure they fitted everybody. so— extra extra large to make sure they fitted everybody. so if— extra extra large to make sure they fitted everybody-— fitted everybody. so if you didn't iet one fitted everybody. so if you didn't get one what _ fitted everybody. so if you didn't get one what would _ fitted everybody. so if you didn't get one what would you - fitted everybody. so if you didn't get one what would you get? - fitted everybody. so if you didn't i get one what would you get? they were for the _ get one what would you get? they were for the inshore _ get one what would you get? they were for the inshore lifeboat, so you only — were for the inshore lifeboat, so you only needed _ were for the inshore lifeboat, so you only needed three. - were for the inshore lifeboat, so you only needed three. it - were for the inshore lifeboat, so you only needed three. it has i you only needed three. it has changed _ you only needed three. it has changed quite _ you only needed three. it has changed quite a _ you only needed three. it has changed quite a lot. - you only needed three. it has changed quite a lot. but- you only needed three. it has changed quite a lot. but the i you only needed three. it has - changed quite a lot. but the boats and the _ changed quite a lot. but the boats and the crew, _ changed quite a lot. but the boats and the crew, they— changed quite a lot. but the boats and the crew, they are _ changed quite a lot. but the boats and the crew, they are the - changed quite a lot. but the boats and the crew, they are the same, | and the crew, they are the same, they— and the crew, they are the same, they are — and the crew, they are the same, they are all— and the crew, they are the same, they are all heroes. _ and the crew, they are the same, they are all heroes. do _ and the crew, they are the same, they are all heroes.— and the crew, they are the same, they are all heroes. do you think it will owes be _ they are all heroes. do you think it will owes be one _ they are all heroes. do you think it will owes be one of— they are all heroes. do you think it will owes be one of the _ they are all heroes. do you think it will owes be one of the best - they are all heroes. do you think itj will owes be one of the best things you have _ will owes be one of the best things you have done with your life? 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will be. it is. iam— you have done with your life? it will be. it is. i am going to - you have done with your life? it| will be. it is. i am going to leave ou with will be. it is. i am going to leave you with this _ will be. it is. i am going to leave you with this gorgeous _ will be. it is. i am going to leave you with this gorgeous view - will be. it is. i am going to leave you with this gorgeous view on l will be. it is. i am going to leave l you with this gorgeous view on the river. what an amazing day. the sun has come out especially to celebrate 200 years of the rnli. saving lives full stop they will continue to do this as we go forward. thank you so much what a beautiful image that is. gorgeous. so lovely. shall we stay with that? very calming. thanks to fee and all the rnli team. stay with us, headlines coming up.

live from london, this is bbc news. a state of emergency is declared in the capital of haiti, after armed gangs carry out majorjail breaks. us vice president kamala harris calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, as israel says it will not attend truce talks in cairo. george attend truce talks in cairo. galloway will be sworn parliament george galloway will be sworn in to parliament today is the new mp for rochdale. and the royal national lifeboat institution celebrates 200 years of rescues.

hello, i'm azadeh moshiri — welcome to the programme. we begin in haiti. welcome to the programme. a 72—hour state of emergency has been declared in the capital port—au—prince and surrounding area after armed gangs staged jailbreaks. the state of emergency covers the capital and surrounding areas. night curfews are in force until wednesday. this is what we know so far. the biggest incident happened at the national penitentiary in the centre of port—au—prince — the biggest prison in the country. the bbc has been told the vast majority of inmates held there have escaped — that's around 4000 men. one inmate spoke of people being massacred in their cells. a gang leader had warned the haitian prime minister not to return to haiti. he was in nairobi, discussing the possibility of a kenyan—led multinational security force. but the bbc has established that he left and returned

to haiti safely on sunday. the decision to declare both a state of emergency and a night—time curfew