election. businesses want general election. businesses want brakes on vat and fuel. what can they expect? i take a look. must do better. a damning report into the inequality of sports kit for women and girls. hit for 6— arsenal take aim of the title with another free scoring show, as sheffield united sync to another heavy defeat. good morning. it is going to be a fairly murky, cloudy and damp day across eastern areas. a line of showers in central southern england pushing eastwards. drier and brighter in the west. details later in the programme. good morning. it's tuesday, the 5th of march. the family of emma caldwell, who was murdered in 2005, are due to meet scotland's first minister later today. her mother has called for a public inquiry into the investigation of her daughter's murder. last week, ian packer was found guilty of the crime, almost 19 years after emma's body

was found in a remote wood in south lanarkshire. here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing. but when her sister died of cancer, she turned to drugs and prostitution. her killer was iain packer. for a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remain free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister says a judge led inquiry is

being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell�*s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc documentary. the crown office ordered a new police inquiry. and in 2019, he was confronted by a second bbc investigation. did you kill emma? no, i never. ican i can look you in the eye and say i had nothing — i can look you in the eye and say i had nothing to do with it whatsoever. another three years passed before packer was charged with her murder. police scotland say they were exceptionally

sorry that the women, including emma, had been let down, and lessons had been learned. margaret caldwell may have finally got justice for her daughter, but said her emma will always be in her thoughts. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. and you can find out more about the investigation in the documentary, catching a killer, the murder of emma caldwell, currently available on the bbc iplayer. nowjon has more of the news. millions of voters across the united states are heading to the polls in the biggest day of the contest to choose the candidates for november's presidential election. super tuesday votes and caucuses are taking place across 15 states and one overseas territory. all indications so far suggest joe biden and donald trump are on course for a rematch of 2020. emma vardy reports. america's getting ready for a big political contest.

but despite the millions of votes being cast, it's already pretty clear which candidates will be facing off in the presidential battle. as colorado goes to the polls, sisters mandy and nicky are headed to the ice. we are such a divided nation. but the one thing i like is when i walk into the hockey rink, we're all the same. the feeling is rather different on the campaign trail, as 16 states are holding votes to pick their presidential candidates. crooked joe biden, you're fired! before polls have even closed, there's been a victory for donald trump. the state of colorado was in a fight to kick him off the ballot entirely for his role in the capitol riots onjanuary 6. but the us supreme court struck it down. his republican opponent is undeterred. i defeated a dozen of the fellas. cheering. ijust have one more fella

i got to catch up to. the question is whether nikki haley quits the race, or decides to hang on. it wasn't presidentjoe biden, but the first lady doing the rounds on the democratic side, going after female voters. donald trump is dangerous to women and to our families. we simply cannot let him win. but the prospect of a joe biden rematch with donald trump is unpopular with many voters. i do wish there were more choices. that's another thing i don't lovei about our political system here. contenders that have been there before and they're kind of ready to go again. so not the most exciting match? not this time, no. because neitherjoe biden nor donald trump has any serious competition this year, as political games go, the result is rather a foregone conclusion. what matters now is that after tuesday, the real start of the election campaign will begin. and unlike this somewhat predictable super tuesday, the result of the presidential election

in november will be much harder to call. emma vardy, bbc news, colorado. here, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ten—year—old girl was found dead at a property in the west midlands. police said the child was found with injuries in rowley regis yesterday and pronounced dead at the scene. the woman, who is understood to have been known to the girl, has been taken into custody for questioning. the prisons watchdog has found a vulnerable girl being held at young offenders' institution was twice pinned down and forcibly stripped by male guards. the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales, charlie taylor, said he was deeply shocked by what had happened at wetherby young offender institution. councillors in birmingham are today expected to make cuts to local services as they attempt to save £300 million by hiking council tax by 21% over two years. the authority declared itself effectively bankrupt last year. it comes as nottingham city

councillors last night approved cuts to jobs and services as part of efforts to plug a £53 million budget gap, with plans from next month expecting to create hundreds ofjob losses. 24 2a hours to go until tomorrow's budget. speculation is growing about what might be in it. let's go live to westminster, where henry can tell us what we are going to get, yeah?! i will do my best. speculation is always very intense in the run—up to the budget. about what the chancellor may or may not do. it is especially intense this year because, of course, as we well know, this is going to be a general election year at some point. a lot of conservative mps want to jeremy hunt, as well as taking important measures for the health of the economy, to take important measures they hope might save their seats. now, the speculation is especially intense this morning becausejeremy hunt will deliver the budget tomorrow. the speculation is

focusing today on fuel duty. it seems fairly widely reported that jeremy hunt will extend what was meant to be a temporary 5p cut to fuel duty, first introduced two years ago. a lot of people will say that as no surprise. fuel duty has not increased since 2011. but plenty of people will certainly take it as welcome respite. the big speculation remains about whatjeremy hunt is going to do on personal taxes. he signalled that he wants to cut taxes. will it be income tax or national insurance? will it be 1p or 2p? crucially, how will he be able to pay for it? will it be by cutting future public spending? if so, is that a burgundy british public support, or don't? and of course we can also see the labour party beginning to lay out how it will respond to the budget. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, addressing labour mps last night, said the key question is, are the

british public better off than they were 1a years ago? the answer will come tomorrow. thank you. an update on a story we brought you yesterday about this man. the former rugby league star matthew siren. a man has been sentenced to ten years and eight months in prison for an unprovoked and cowardly, sickening attack, as was described in court, the former leeds rhinos player. gareth dean assaulted him with a glass bottle in assaulted him with a glass bottle in a bar in leeds on boxing day. matthew is now calling for a ban on glasses and glass bottles in all pubs and bars after 9pm. thejudge in their did his best to give the highest sentence. i understand he has guidelines to stay by. a life sentence we thought would have been nice. but it is what it is. look, ijust need to move on with my life. it has affected my life massively. the surgeons are hopeful they can give me some sort

of site that i can get back on a plane and go and see my fiance and kids. i need to be positive every day and focus on that. that is what is getting me out of bed, and the campaign the same thing. i want to focus on them things moving forward and hopefully make a change. matthew siren. a satellite has blasted into orbit to measure the levels of methane gas in the atmosphere. methane is believed to be a major contributor to global warming because it traps in the heat. this new project will flag up where there are high levels of the gas, as justin where there are high levels of the gas, asjustin rowlatt explains. three, two, one, - ignition, and lift—off. a falcon nine rocket blasts off overnight. amongst its payload, a satellite designed to sniff out the tell—tale fingerprint of methane in the light reflected back from earth. it will orbit 15 times a day, tracking methane emissions leaking from oil and gas facilities around the globe. the sector is an important source

of this powerful planet—warming gas. we know that these emissions are fixable, so with current technologies all the methane emissions from the oil and gas operations can actually be fixed at almost zero cost. so, if you don't know where the emissions are happening, you cannot fix them. so, if you have data on where the emissions are happening, you can fix them. the data will be publicly available. it will help oil and gas companies identify leaks from their operations, and at the same time regulators and the general public will be able to check to make sure that those leaks are fixed. the environmental defence fund, the us—based charity behind the satellite, hopes that the data it provides will help cut or methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure by almost half by the end of the decade. justin rowlatt, bbc news.

justin will be explaining more about that later. now, it is one of the most famous shirts in tv history. yes, millions of viewers around the world swooned over colin firth as mr darcy, jumping into, then striding out of, the lake in a white shirt in the bbc 1995 version of pride and prejudice. it has dried out, and now, decades later, there it is. it is going on sale. they reckon it could fetch as much as £10,000. it one is of more than 60 costumes from film and television being auctioned in london today. all of the proceeds are going to charity. £10,000?! yes. it will go for more than that. what with the breaches go for? i don't know.

carol, help! i don't know. carol, hel! ., idon't know. carol, hel! ., ., carol, help! good morning. some of us are going — carol, help! good morning. some of us are going to _ carol, help! good morning. some of us are going to get _ carol, help! good morning. some of us are going to get wet _ carol, help! good morning. some of us are going to get wet today. - carol, help! good morning. some of us are going to get wet today. if - us are going to get wet today. if you are in the east it is fairly cloudy and it is murky. there is a weather front stock there and it will be stuck there most of the doubt. drierand brighter in will be stuck there most of the doubt. drier and brighter in the west. but even here it is not bone dry. we have got a weather front producing this cloud, murky conditions on the coasts and hills. it will never be too far away. we have a line of showers are currently endorsing the channel islands. they will be pushing in towards the south—east through the day. some will be heavy infantry, possibly even get as far north as the midlands a time. towards the west, we have showery rain moving towards northern ireland and western scotland. and here too, there will be gusty winds and gusty winds across the northern house. away from this it will be dry with sunny spells. temperatures eight to 11 degrees north to south. as we head

through the evening, you can see this cloud returns across eastern areas, scotland as well. we hang onto some showers in sussex and kent. under clearskies onto some showers in sussex and kent. under clear skies in the west there will be some mixed fog patches forming, and also some frost. especially wales and the south—west. you could see temperatures close to freezing in north—west england and western scotland. tomorrow we start off once again with all this cloud, some dampness in eastern areas, brighter towards the west. and once again, we are looking at figure cloud producing spots of light rain or drizzle. breezy with temperatures five in the north, to 12 in the south. 0ne five in the north, to 12 in the south. one thing i can say is it is nowhere near as white as it has been. thank goodness for that. mps say there is systemic gender inequality in sports and exercise research, and the industry must do better for women and girls. the women and equalities committee cite areas such as the design of football boots

to support their findings. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, reports. the profile of women's sport has never been higher. but despite the surge in media coverage and public interest, mps say women and girls, from the elite level down to the grassroots, are still being held back, with a new parliamentary report highlighting a lack of support for their health, and barriers they face at different stages of life. when it comes to puberty, the rate of drop off for girls is incredibly high, and some of that to do with pe kit, some of it's to do with the type of sports that are available to them. but primarily, we're really concerned about a lack of access to kit that is designed and structured for women, and the lack of research that ever goes into female sport. 0n research mps claim there's been a slow and disparate response to the disproportionately high number of acl injuries in women's football, something it says

wouldn't happen in the men's game. the report also criticised the lack of boots designed specifically for women. and, in examining anxiety girls face around their periods, called for teaching around the menstrual cycle in schools to be drastically improved and start from an earlier age. among the wide ranging recommendations was for the government to convene a task force of experts to tackle these issues. former england goalkeeper rachael brown—finnis is one of the trailblazers of the women's game. having long experienced inequality in sport, its persistence is a source of frustration. excellent goalkeeping - from rachael brown—finnis. over two million women and girls who play football in this country make zero money out of it at all, and they are putting careers, their student lives, what they do alongside football, at risk, going onto the pitch, or going training because of a lack of education from the coaches who are coaching them, a lack of research into the equipment that they're using, the surfaces that

they're playing on. do you think a report like this could help make a difference? awareness, education, and keep asking the questions, asking why things have been done, why things haven't been done, probing the questions, pushing for change, yes, we can make a difference. at a time when nothing should be holding female athletes back, change can't come soon enough. katie gornall, bbc news. we are we a re really we are really interested to hear what you think about that at this morning. what are the things that might stop young women, girls, from exercising in terms of the type of kit you might come out the clothes you might need to wear? you can send us a message on whatsapp — the number is 0330123 01140, orjust scan the qr code with your phone's camera and that will automatically start a chat with us. really important differences. things like football boots. different styles of football boots to stop different types of injuries that women are more prone to. we will be talking about this in more detail later. we are interested to hear

what you think. there will be mums and dads and grannies and grandads packing sports kit right now for a monday morning school. school just school. just finding the kid would be a start! that is the same for boys as well. 18 minutes past six. let's look at the papers. the eye looks at the budget. we will be talking a lot about the budget this week. it reports there are tensions between rishi sunak and jeremy hunt over what to include. there was a suggestion the two would meet last night and thrash out the final details. the prime minister wants the budget to boost the tory election prospects. but the chancellor won't risk economic growth for what it is calling short—term political gain. which of the two will win? the guardian reports adults waiting for an autism diagnosis in england face a postcode lottery. it quotes research from university college london we suggest people have an 85% chance of being diagnosed as

autistic in some centres, compared with just a 35% chance in others. this morning's mirror leads with the tories' polls humiliation. a poll has put conservative support at 20%. and with an election looming this year, the conservatives are now trailing labour by 27%. obviously mac that is just one pole of many, with lots more to come. but rishi sunak smiling at the picture. not smiling behind the scenes. and the times is reporting there is, unbelievably, an increasing the of young adults turning to cigars and pipes over cigarettes. researchers say the rise could be down to more people experimenting with other nicotine products following the rise of vaping. you are looking confused at me. i don't get it either. have you ever seen a young person with a pipe or a cigar?

i don't think i have. apparently it is becoming more trendy. percentages make it sound rather bigger than nothing. 20 past six. let's look inside. really interesting piece with steve rider interesting piece with steve rider in the good health section of the daily mail. steve came into breakfast and first revealed that he had prostate cancer. 45 years of being a tv presenter and sport, never missed a day off sick, he says in this piece, but he was told suddenly that he had prostate cancer, even though he had absolutely no symptoms. and he, along with nick owen, his friend and fellow presenter, backing that campaign in the daily mail to have more screening, more testing, especially for younger men. yeah, it is they no symptoms people talk about. a story in the daily telegraph about the weather. i'm going to ask carol about this later. the mild winter and spring could bring bluebells into bloom early and deliver a bumper display of woodland

flowers. have you noticed the blossoms on the trees in some places? yeah, it feels like a pro, doesn't it? as carol said, it has been warmer but wet. lots of coverage in the papers this morning about the fact that celebrity big brother is back and the princess of wales' uncle is in the princess of wales' uncle is in the house, along with louis walsh, sharon osbourne, fern britton... that could get feisty, i would imagine. a lot of older people in their 60s and 70s in the house. there is a mix. people living with one of the most common types of alopecia could soon have access to treatment on the nhs in scotland for the first time. the drug will go before the scottish medicines consortium later today, after it was approved for use on the nhs in england last month. it's not a cure, but helps suppress parts of the immune system to improve hair growth. it's a ray of hope for some who have the condition, like 21—year—old megan mccready. look at this photo.

i feel kind of heartbroken that i've lost something of myself. having alopecia at such a young age was hard. to have that happen, it was like, right, i'm losing my old self in some way. when i first found my first patch, it was the size of a 50p, no bigger. and unfortunately, it was at a hairdressers. so, the place where you changed your hair, you love your hair. it got to the point where it was hard to cover it up. the thought of washing it was terrifying, because as you washed it and try to kind of put the shampoo and conditioner in, it was a hair in the hands. and to see that as a teen, who is all about appearance and finding themself, it's heartbreaking. this is mejust kind of starting to lose my hair. so, it was still fine enough

to have it kept down. i think my lowest point was when i was doing pe. i'd be in the changing rooms getting changed, having a carry on with my friends, and i would hear the other girls saying, "oh, look, her bald patch is showing." and that, for me, just kind of put me down completely to the point where the bathrooms were kind of like my best friend. pulling it forward on my head. i didn't want it to win in a way, so i took it upon myself to brave the shave, as they say, and take matters into my own hands. and i decided, right, i'm going to go bald now. and then after that, i got my first wig. it's all about choosing a wig that makes you confident, and choosing a wig that you feel most pretty in as well. i would definitely take up the opportunity of taking the drug and trying it out. the thought of scotland possibly approving it, is a big step for us. being able to have my own hair back, and have eyelashes, do mascara,

having eyebrows that i don't have to worry about putting them on every morning to go out, being a normal girl in some way, with enjoying the appearance and the hair that they have, it'd be awesome to get again. thanks to them for sharing their story. plane spotting might be thought of as a gentle spectator hobby. but strict safety warnings have had to be issued in some areas after plane spotters were blown across the road by the force of some aircraft engines. that warning is coming from the raf, who now say people must say well back when watching planes near lincolnshire's air bases, as crispin rolf reports. if anything went wrong with that aircraft, you cannot outrun that aircraft. ., �* ., ., , the aircraft. you've got to be safe. the thins aircraft. you've got to be safe. the things people _ aircraft. you've got to be safe. the things people do — aircraft. you've got to be safe. the things people do for _ aircraft. you've got to be safe. the things people do for the _ aircraft. you've got to be safe. the things people do for the perfect i things people do for the perfect photograph on holiday. or outside

lincolnshire's airbases. it is why the raf has issued a new warning telling people to stay away from landing and take—off areas. and instead stick to official viewing spots. instead stick to official viewing sots. ,, . instead stick to official viewing sots. ., . ., instead stick to official viewing sots. ,, . ., ., spots. since covid started and lockdowns. — spots. since covid started and lockdowns, we _ spots. since covid started and lockdowns, we have _ spots. since covid started and lockdowns, we have had - spots. since covid started and lockdowns, we have had more spots. since covid started and - lockdowns, we have had more new people starting to come out to the bases. they have perhaps not bother reading what should and shouldn't do. so they come over here and they seem to be the ones standing in the wrong places. share seem to be the ones standing in the wrong places-_ wrong places. are they taking chances? _ wrong places. are they taking chances? they _ wrong places. are they taking chances? they are, _ wrong places. are they taking chances? they are, yes, - wrong places. are they taking chances? they are, yes, i- wrong places. are they taking i chances? they are, yes, i think wrong places. are they taking - chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't _ chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't do _ chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't do it. _ chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't do it. it _ chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't do it. it is _ chances? they are, yes, i think so. you shouldn't do it. it is very - you shouldn't do it. it is very exciting _ you shouldn't do it. it is very exciting to _ you shouldn't do it. it is very exciting to be under the planes when they come _ exciting to be under the planes when they come over you. it is exciting to be under the planes when they come over you.— they come over you. it is this so called frangible _ they come over you. it is this so called frangible fence _ they come over you. it is this so called frangible fence which - they come over you. it is this so called frangible fence which the | they come over you. it is this so - called frangible fence which the raf wants people to steer clear of. the fences designed to withstand the forces generated by a landing jet aircraft. but although most people do keep their distance, many of the regular photographers here at raf waddington also say they have seen dangerous behaviour. it’s a waddington also say they have seen dangerous behaviour.— dangerous behaviour. it's a massive roblem dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because _ dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because it _ dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because it is _ dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because it is illegal-

dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because it is illegal to - dangerous behaviour. it's a massive problem because it is illegal to do l problem because it is illegal to do it. stand at the end of a runway is dangerous. if you stood there, people would be blown across the road because the power and those engines is absolutely colossal. it is not a problem confined to raf waddington, the home of the red arrows. at raf coningsby nearby it is a similar story. the arrows. at raf coningsby nearby it is a similar story.— is a similar story. the dangers are very real- — is a similar story. the dangers are very real- i _ is a similar story. the dangers are very real. i have _ is a similar story. the dangers are very real. i have seen _ is a similar story. the dangers are very real. i have seen people - is a similar story. the dangers are l very real. i have seen people blown off stepladders. if you are blowing off stepladders. if you are blowing off your _ off stepladders. if you are blowing off your ladder into the road you have _ off your ladder into the road you have bigger problems than the aircraft — have bigger problems than the aircraft. if anything was to go wrong — aircraft. if anything was to go wrong with the aircraft, and these are designated safe spaces for the aircraft. _ are designated safe spaces for the aircraft. if— are designated safe spaces for the aircraft, if that goes wrong, you don't _ aircraft, if that goes wrong, you don't want — aircraft, if that goes wrong, you don't want to be anywhere near that. so, don't want to be anywhere near that. so. with— don't want to be anywhere near that. so, with plane spotting season upon us at raf waddington and raf coningsby, a message from the raf is clear. it is simply not safe to get the absolutely perfect view of an aircraft landing. crispin rolf, bbc news. still to come...

# i predict a news. still to come... # i predicta riot... as to we are predicting a riot. do you like that? the kaiser chiefs are back with a new album. they will be here just after prague before back with a new album. they will be herejust after prague before nine o'clock. you said it very radio 2. that was me auditioning! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. a passenger has praised the skill of a train driver for keeping a train upright when it derailed at 90 miles per an hour in surrey yesterday morning. the train hit an object in the walton on thames area shortly before 6am, affecting services between woking and waterloo. an investigation is under way into what happened. i think the skill of the driver, and the training of the driver kicked in.

and i believe it was a she because i heard members of staff talking. she brought us to a safe end to this adventure. so very thankful to her and the other members of staff that were present. ahead of the budget tomorrow — london's air ambulance has made a plea for the government to help pay for two new helicopters. the charity has asked for £3 million pounds towards its fundraising target. it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith. the amount being asked for is relatively small. i am pressing the chancellor that this is the week to do it in the run—up to the budget.

for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. it's due to open next summer and, along with blackwall tunnel, there will be a toll charge. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality. turning to the travel situation — and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. on the tubes — now on to the weather with kawser. hello. good morning. well, it's a mostly cloudy start with some outbreaks of showers around. the occlusion from last night has been slower to clear this morning. so there will be some showers lingering into the afternoon, especially for the south and east, but some brighter spells later. here's the occlusion here. you can see it slowly clearing out into the north sea. so it doesn't mean there will be some further showers around, especially across more southern and eastern parts during the day, some brighter spells into the afternoon, but also a few scattered showers. but generally it will become drier and temperatures, well, reaching around 10 to 11 celsius.

now, during the evening, still a few showers for a time, but they will tend to fade away. it does become largely dry overnight, some clearer skies, but also some extensive mist and fog forming too. temperatures quite widely dipping to low single figures and it will be chilly. so it means that mist and fog may be a bit slow to clear for some areas for tomorrow morning, but improving, becoming drier and brighter. and, over the next few days, too, largely settled. one or two showers around, but a lot of dry weather as well. that's your forecast. now, a rare ferrari stolen 28 years ago from an ex—formula one driver in london has been recovered by police. the met says the sports car, worth £350,000, was shipped to japan after it was taken from gerhard berger in 1995. you can read more about how the ferrari was finally recovered on our website. that's it. i'll be back with another update in 30 minutes. bye— bye.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. thank you forjoining us this monday morning. sorry, it is tuesday. the chancellor will set out his spring budget tomorrow — wednesday — his last before the next general election. yesterday, we looked at what ordinary households can expect, and today we're focusing on businesses. tuesday. nina's here. this is nina. ican confirm that today is tuesday. what is in the budget? _ confirm that today is tuesday. what is in the budget? tomorrow- confirm that today is tuesday. what is in the budget? tomorrow is - is in the budget? tomorrow is wednesday — is in the budget? tomorrow is wednesday when _ is in the budget? tomorrow is wednesday when businesses l is in the budget? tomorrow is i wednesday when businesses will is in the budget? tomorrow is - wednesday when businesses will find out what the chancellor has in store. good morning. last year, we hit a mild recession. inflation's still much higher than is comfortable, and there is a general election in the pipeline. the chancellor's messages to business tomorrow are important. jeremy hunt's challenge

as chancellor — to stiumlate growth, while also meeting his own pledges on reducing debt. as we talked about yesterday, that doesn't leave much space to boost businesses with tax cuts. and that's what many are desperate for. you might remember — during the pandemic the government slashed vat — that's a tax consumers pay at the till. it went down to 5% in 2021, going up to 12% in 2022. the idea is it would keep prices down and get customers through the doors. then it went back up again to 20% in 2022. business owners — particularly in hospitality who are struggling to get people through their doors — are calling for the vat rate to be cut. they say it would make a huge difference. forthis they say it would make a huge difference. for this pub landlord he says it would make a difference between survival and growth. tote between survival and growth. we could have repairs and renewals and improve _ could have repairs and renewals and improve the — could have repairs and renewals and improve the upkeep of the pub. prior

to covid, _ improve the upkeep of the pub. prior to covid, we — improve the upkeep of the pub. prior to covid, we were looking at investing _ to covid, we were looking at investing in a second site. not something we would consider at the moment _ something we would consider at the moment. we feel the government is not listening. we bring a lot to the economy — not listening. we bring a lot to the economy. any break that will be given— economy. any break that will be given would be much appreciated. another— given would be much appreciated. another area of caste is business rates. that can be half—day. they are due to rise by 7% next month. it could affect 220,000 businesses. campaigners say they are already under pressure without the extra costs. some fundamental reform. the bricks and mortar are still carrying a lot of the pressure and we need to see that resolved so big businesses can

do business effectively. big businesses didn't get the relief that small business got in the last budget and they are crying out for it. what about duty on fuel, petrol and diesel? it hasn't gone up since 2011. we to stay that way. it would cost the treasury an extra 2 billion over 2024 to 2025. lesley runs a haulage company. fuel is one of the highest costs of any haulage operation. so my average fuel bill, every month, can be £70,000, £80,000 a month. i'm paying that. i've got to wait for the money coming in. we have to keep a really, really close eye on fuel costs. if we don't get a continued freeze on the fuel duty, and to be perfect,

and essential usee fuel bay, it will pay, but if we don't get those, it can be the difference between surviving and not surviving for a lot of the transport community. this is how tight the margins of the businesses up and down the country, backing to keep costs down and battling for our disposable income. for many households that is feeling tighter than ever. thank you again. nina and the team will have all the cabbage from the budget tomorrow at lunchtime. all the analysis as well. —— all the coverage from the budget tomorrow. we will let you know how it will be relevant to you and how it will affect your pocket, which is the most important thing. i have an

idea. sometimes i think there should be a change in the rules in football. when things are going really badly for one team, they should stop playing at half time. i think if it gets to maybe 4—0 in the first 45 minutes? you think if it gets to maybe 4-0 in the first 45 minutes?— first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card. — first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card. a _ first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card, a white _ first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card, a white flag. _ first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card, a white flag. i - first 45 minutes? you could wave a white card, a white flag. i think- white card, a white flag. i think sheffield united would have done that yesterday. they were 5—0 down after 35 minutes. it illustrates how dominant arthur were at the start of this match. they have been scoring freely in the last three or four matches. sheffield united have been conceding easily. heading towards relegation. a sorry night for theirfans but for their fans but arsenal and their supporters will be lapping it up at the moment. good morning. a great one if you're

arsenal fan, not so for sheffield united, a night to forget. 6—0 they were beaten at bramhall lane. martin odegaard with their first early on. they were 3—0 down 15 minutes in. they rattled off five goals by half—time, with declan rice on target there. and whilst their side did offer some more resistence in the sceond half, arsenal stills scored another through ben white. it was a great performance. a big result for us again with the amount of goals that we scored and a clean sheet. the team shows signs of wanting more and i'm in a good moment, so very positive. you know, that might be a way forward for us now, to play the young boys. i'm a bit disappointed in a few of the boys' performances as. well. some of them can do better. obviously, i take overall- responsibility of trying to get

right. we toyed with going 5—4. we though 4—5, bodies in the middle of the . park, making sure that we clogged that area up, but we didn't and - unfortunately the result is the result and we - have to live with it. chelsea striker sam kerr is set to face trial after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. the 30—year—old australia international pleaded not guilty to the offence at a court hearing yesterday. kerr is scheduled to appear at wimbledon magistrates court on the 1st of february next year. it follows an alleged incident in january 2023. she denied the charge at kingston upon thames crown court. the striker is currently sidelined after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the club's warm weather training camp in morocco injanuary. the president of motorsport�*s world governing body the fia, mohammed ben sulayem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over

a formula one race result. a whistleblower has told the fia that he allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to aston martin's fernando alonso at last year's saudi arabian grand prix. the claim is in a report by an fia compliance officer to its ethics committee, which has been seen by bbc sport. ben sulayem and the fia have not responded to requests for comment. the ethics committee is expected to take four to six weeks to issue its report. over the weekend, we saw many of the world's top athletes competing in glasgow. could we be about to see another major athletics event making its way to the uk? uk sport and uk athletics are planning to bid to host the 2029 world championships. london, and the uk, last hosted the event in 2017. bbc sport has been told the sport's leaders are "determined" to make it happen. before that birmingham will host

the 2026 european championships. snooker has now had its first look at the �*golden ball�* following the start of the riyadh season world masters. it would take a maximum 147 break to 167. the ball only stays in play at a maximum 147 break is possible for either player. as soon as it is not, the ball is removed. he went for a safety on the yellow and then cannot get 147 and direct gaze, lifted off the table by the referee. a lot of debate about this. is it a gimmick? being trialled in saudi arabia. no

surprises to learn that is huge money on offer for that break. thank you. how will we know whether they're speaking to a qualified doctor — or what's known as a "physicians associate" — when a planned law brings both roles under the same regulators. a "physicians associate" is health professional who plays a supporting role to doctors — they don't have a medical degree and shouldn't make diagnoses unsupervised. the family of one young woman, who died after being seen by a physicians associate instead of a doctor — is calling for more regulation, and clarity for patients. our reporter gem o'reilly has more. to lose a child is terrible. but when you find out that your daughter's death was preventable and should have been prevented, it's just devastating. it's torture. emily would have been celebrating her 32nd birthday this year and performing in musicals

like she dreamt of. but, in november 2022, those dreams were destroyed when emily died of a pulmonary embolism. emily had a pain in her left calf, and she phoned the doctor's surgery. it didn't get better. so she made an appointment and was seen by a physician's associate. we believe, and she believed at the time it was a doctor, but it wasn't. the physician's associate diagnosed emily with a sprain and anxiety. she actually had a blood clot in her left calf. emily's condition worsened and she collapsed. she died in hospital three weeks after her 30th birthday. our emotions range still. disbelief, i think is the major one. emily's gp surgery told the bbc it was deeply saddened by her death, adding that...

staff have been told to be transparent with patients about who they're seeing. a physician's associate, or when they were first founded, the physician's assistant, was there — someone to, well, as the name suggests, literally help the physician. i can understand why there's this confusion out there, but there shouldn't be a point that we're putting these individual — these patients — theirfamilies at risk by not having them seen with someone with the full training that it takes to manage both the simple but also the complex and the uncertainty. this year will see the regulation of physician and anaesthetic associates, which will allow the general medical council to oversee their training and validate if they are fit to practice. legislation has recently been passed for regulation of physician associates, which is great news. regulation provides a mechanism for reporting any concerns, which will improve patient safety and reduce patient harm. so this should help correct that and give confidence in the workforce that any concerns are being overseen. the faculty of physician associates makes it clear that they are health care professionals, working

in multidisciplinary teams with the supervision of doctors. it says regulation is vital to improving patient care and growing the profession. if pas are here to stay in the nhs, they have a role to play. then there needs to be some sort of patient information campaign to ensure that they know who it is that they're speaking to and what that person's skillset is. emily chesterton's is an isolated incident, but her family wants there to be more transparency so patients know who they're seeing. be aware, be proactive, don't be passive. and, if in doubt, ask... i will ask for a gp's appointment. don'tjust assume that you are seeing a fully—qualified gp because you may not be. gem o'reilly, bbc news. we are joined now by the chair

of the bma, phil banfield. morning to you. just to pick up on what we heard, how important is it that people who go for medical advice know who the person as they are seeing and what their qualifications might be? how clear do we need to know whether it is a doctor or a fish and is associate? —— a physicians associate. it is -- a physicians associate. it is essential- _ -- a physicians associate. it is essential. there _ -- a physicians associate. it is essential. there is _ -- a physicians associate. it is essential. there is a _ —— a physicians associate. it 3 essential. there is a huge difference in training between a doctor, who trains full four to five years and undertakes 5500 hours of study and is qualified as an expert in spotting not only what is wrong with a patient but what to do about it. and a physicians associate undertakes a two year degree course

and then appears on the same kind of on—call voters as doctors do with clearly less experience. it is incredibly important that doctors are helped and assisted with their huge workloads that in a system that is under pressure, it puts physicians associate in a system where they are working unsupervised. 0f where they are working unsupervised. of course, there is no standard to which they are working. what of course, there is no standard to which they are working. what should the be which they are working. what should they be there _ which they are working. what should they be there to _ which they are working. what should they be there to do? _ which they are working. what should they be there to do? if _ which they are working. what should they be there to do? if not _ which they are working. what should they be there to do? if not a - they be there to do? if not a diagnosis, what you 82 support gps, doctors? ., ., , ., , doctors? there are lots of things that physicians _ doctors? there are lots of things that physicians associate - doctors? there are lots of things that physicians associate candy l doctors? there are lots of things - that physicians associate candy when it comes to retrieving results, helping to write with notes, helping doctors to organise tests. there is

no doubt that there is a well stocked doctors are overwhelmed by the amount of work that they do. an enormous amount of what we do is not making a diagnosis or getting treatment. every single pair of hands helps. this is no substitute for a doctor. of course, we have a shortage in england of 10,000 doctors at the moment. the current situation of thinking that we can replace doctors with physicians associate is a dangerous place to be. associate is a dangerous place to be, , ., , associate is a dangerous place to be. , .,. ,., ., be. somebody watching the programme this morning. — be. somebody watching the programme this morning, has _ be. somebody watching the programme this morning, has an _ be. somebody watching the programme this morning, has an appointment - be. somebody watching the programme this morning, has an appointment at. this morning, has an appointment at the doctor, turns up to see the gp and is told it is a physicians associate instead. does the patient have the right to say, no, i only want to see a doctor? do you have a choice? mil want to see a doctor? do you have a choice? �* , ., ., . ., . choice? all patients have a choice about who — choice? all patients have a choice about who they _ choice? all patients have a choice about who they see _ choice? all patients have a choice about who they see and _ choice? all patients have a choice about who they see and hear - choice? all patients have a choice about who they see and hear they choice? all patients have a choice i about who they see and hear they do not see. every patient can ask for a

second opinion. it is clear the person seeing a patient should explain who they are, what their limits are and that they are going to be discussing the case with a senior doctor, whether that is a gp or a hospital consultant. patients do need to ask. please don't be afraid of asking who you are seeing. and how assured you can be that the right diagnosis is taking place. unfortunately, we have got a lot of examples now of mistakes taking place, airer is happening in the way that communication is made. this really needs to be resolved as quickly as possible because the regulation will take up to 2.5 years to come in. there is a void at the moment. just making sure these

valued members of the team are as safe as possible and not working in a void. . ~' ,, safe as possible and not working in a void. ., ,, i. ., ., safe as possible and not working in a void. ., ~' i., ., ., , a void. thank you for 'oining us here on such a void. thank you forjoining us here on bbc breakfast. - a void. thank you forjoining us here on bbc breakfast. thank i a void. thank you forjoining us - here on bbc breakfast. thank you. we were talking — here on bbc breakfast. thank you. we were talking earlier— here on bbc breakfast. thank you. we were talking earlier about _ here on bbc breakfast. thank you. we were talking earlier about a _ here on bbc breakfast. thank you. we were talking earlier about a story - about bluebells coming out early. i don't see any bluebells there yet. not yet. the weather over the next few days is fairly mixed. it will be drier and brighter in the west and east. it is essentially going to be drier than it has been recently. you will notice the wind. that is driving in cloud and moisture from the north sea across eastern areas. over the next few days high pressure is blocking weather fronts from coming in from the atlantic. towards the weekend but look at this! a weather front could come from the

south introducing rain in southern areas friday into saturday. if you areas friday into saturday. if you are stepping out at the moment, these are the temperatures you can expect. six, 7 degrees as we push further east where all the cloud is at the moment and the rain. the rain as from yesterday. the weather front pushed east. it has been blocked moving any further eased by an area of high pressure. it will remain fairly wet in the east today. this line of showers from dorset to the channel islands was that they will drift east and could be heavy and thundery. they could get as far north as the midlands. we have showery rain pushing into western scotland. in between all of that a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine with temperatures six to about 11 degrees. this evening and overnight, once again we hang on to showers across sussex and kent. a

lot of cloud coming in from the north sea with murky conditions around it. clearer skies towards the west. we will see mist and fog patches forming. under the clear skies, it will be a cold night. in some parts of wales and the south—west, temperatures could dip to —3, south—west, temperatures could dip to -3, -4. south—west, temperatures could dip to —3, —4. in northern england and western scotland temperatures will not be far off freezing. there could be a touch of frost. tomorrow we lose the frost and fog. wetter conditions in the west. it should start to break up in the south—east. having said that there will still be showers around. these are the temperatures, five to 12 degrees, again north to south. as we head on through the week, we can see how the high—pressure drift closer to us. the wind moving in a clockwise direction, coming up from the south—east, effectively dragging in

on the cloud and moisture in scotland and northern england in particular. at times it will brighten up. the white circles represent sustained wind speed. not particularly strong, their guests will be stronger. these are the temperatures. feeling cooler along the north sea coast if you are exposed to wind and under the cloud. a little bit milder out towards the west. we are looking at ten, 11, and in the south—east, 12. west. we are looking at ten, 11, and in the south-east, 12.— in the south-east, 12. thank you very much _ in the south-east, 12. thank you very much indeed. _ when miss wales broke her neck and pelvis in a car crash lastjanuary, it looked like she might never make it to this year's miss world competition. after a 12 month struggle with her physical and mental recovery, darcey corria has finally arrived at the pageant in india — and will find out this weekend if she'll take the ultimate crown. our reporter nelli bird has been talking to her. namaste india.

darcey corria at the opening ceremony of miss world, a moment she feared might never happen 12 months ago, after she broke her neck and pelvis in a car crash. i sustained multiple injuries, multiple broken bones. this time last year, it felt so far away from me. to have come this far is really such a proud moment for me. ready to go home. darcey�*s rehab took months, but physically she's now doing well. the 22—year—old won the miss wales title two years ago, but delays to the competition mean she finally set off for miss world last month. cheering. this is darcey taking part in one of the sports rounds of the competition. she's the one in blue. ijust kept saying, "keep going, keep going. you've come this far. this time last year, you couldn't even make it to the bathroom on your own." i pushed myself right until the very end, until i couldn't take any more. so my accident has only made me mentally stronger. i would like to begin

by highlighting the fact. public speaking is another one of the challenges, with contestants gathering at the venue in new delhi, where last year's g20 summit was held. darcey hopes her involvement will inspire others. when i was younger, living in wales, i really didn't feel that diversity was celebrated enough and i didn't have somebody that looked like myself in the media to represent me. so, for me, the most important thing would be to stand as a message to young asian, black and ethnic minority women in wales that their dreams are achievable. also, i would like to be a message to the wider world that recovery is such an immense challenge. you really do have to dig deep within yourself to find that mental strength to pull through, because when you come out the other end, like i have, it's such a beautiful and life—changing moment. it's been a difficult road. but darcey now hopes she can bring

the miss world crown back to wales. nelli bird with that report. and the winner of miss world will be announced on the 9th of march. here on breakfast this morning... # if you want to see some more... # fizz bucks wiring us all with their eurovision success. we will be talking about bucks fizz the musical and we will be hearing from one of its original stars. what a great idea! we will find out more. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you in a second.

good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a passenger has praised the skill of a train driver for keeping a train upright when it derailed at 90 miles per an hour in surrey yesterday morning. the train hit an object in the walton on thames area shortly before 6am, affecting services between woking and waterloo. an investigation is underway into what happened. bar i think the skill of the driver, and the training and i believe it was a she because i heard members of staff talking. she brought us to a safe end to this adventure. so very thankful to her and the other members of staff that were present. ahead of the budget tomorrow, london's air ambulance has made a plea for the government to help pay for two new helicopters. the charity has asked for £3 million towards its fundraising target. it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith.

the amount that's being asked for is relatively small in terms of this, and even smaller, relatively, in terms of normal budgets. so i'm pressing the chancellor and the chief secretary to think as they run to the budget, this is the week to do it. for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. it's due to open next summer, and along with blackwall tunnel, there will be a toll charge. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality. turning to the travel situation, and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. now onto the weather with kawser. hello. good morning. well, it's a mostly cloudy start with some outbreaks of showers around. the occlusion from last night has been slower to clear this morning. so there will be some showers

lingering into the afternoon, especially for the south and east, but some brighter spells later. here's the occlusion here. you can see it slowly clearing out into the north sea. so it doesn't mean there will be some further showers around, especially across more southern and eastern parts during the day, some brighter spells into the afternoon, but also a few scattered showers. but generally it will become drier and temperatures, well, reaching around 10 to 11 celsius. now, during the evening, still a few showers for a time, but they will tend to fade away. it does become largely dry overnight, some clearer skies, but also some extensive mist and fog forming too. temperatures quite widely dipping to low single figures and it will be chilly. so it means that mist and fog may be a bit slow to clear for some areas for tomorrow morning, but improving, becoming drier and brighter. and, over the next few days, too, largely settled. one or two showers around, but a lot of dry weather as well. that's your forecast. now, a rare ferrari stolen 28 years ago from an ex—formula one driver in london has been recovered by police. the met says the sportscar worth £350,000 was shipped to japan after it was taken from gerhard berger in 1995.

you can read more about how it was finally recovered on our website. that's it from — i'll be back with another update in 30 minutes. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. the family of emma caldwell will meet scotland's first minister today, as they call for a public inquiry into the police's investigation of her murder. it's super tuesday in the united states, where millions of voters select who they want to contest november's presidential election. help our children — one mother's plea for more financial support, forfamilies with disabled children.

help us to help ourselves to look after our children.— help us to help ourselves to look after our children. don't pass into ove after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling — after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling like _ after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling like you _ after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling like you are - after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling like you are not i poverty feeling like you are not going to be able to look after your child. hit for six — arsenal take aim of the title with another free—scoring show, as sheffield united sink to another heavy defeat. good morning. across the east did it will be fairly cloudy, murky and damp. we have also got some heavy, potentially thundery showers moving across southern counties, heading towards the south—east. the west is mostly going to be dry with some sunshine. details later. good morning. it's tuesday, the 5th of march. our main story. the family of emma caldwell, who was murdered in 2005, are due to meet scotland's first minister later today. her mother has called for a public inquiry into the investigation of her daughter's murder. last week, ian packer was found guilty of the crime, almost 19 years after emma's body was found in a remote wood

in south lanarkshire. here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing. but when her sister died of cancer, she turned to drugs and prostitution. her killer was iain packer. for a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remain free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister says a judge led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case.

i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell�*s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc documentary. the crown office ordered a new police inquiry. and in 2019, he was confronted by a second bbc investigation. did you kill emma? no, i never. i can look you in the eye and say i _ had nothing to do with it whatsoever. another three years passed before packer was charged with her murder. police scotland say they were exceptionally sorry that the women, including emma, had been let down, and lessons had been learned.

margaret caldwell may have finally got justice for her daughter, but said her emma will always be in her thoughts. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. and you can find out more about the investigation in the documentary, catching a killer: the murder of emma caldwell, currently available on the bbc iplayer. nowjon has more of the news. with 24 hours to go until tomorrow's budget, it has been widely reported this morning that chancellor, jeremy hunt, will extend the 5p cut to fuel duty. let's speak to henry. he is live in westminster. fuel duty is part of a much bigger taxation picture, isn't it? taste part of a much bigger taxation picture, isn't it?— part of a much bigger taxation picture, isn't it? we don't know what is in _ picture, isn't it? we don't know what is in the _ picture, isn't it? we don't know what is in the budget _ picture, isn't it? we don't know what is in the budget but - picture, isn't it? we don't know what is in the budget but we . picture, isn't it? we don't know - what is in the budget but we assume that, yes, this is going to be one of several tax cuts thatjeremy hunt is looking at. it's widely reported this morning that what was meant to be a temporary 5p in the £1 cut to

fuel duty brought in in 2022 to help people with the rising cost of fuel after russia invaded ukraine, it sounds like it is going to be extended. to a lot of people who watch these budgets closely, that will not be a surprise. fuel duty has not increased since 2011. nevertheless, that is obviously going to be welcome for a lot of motorists. but we know the big question, at least here in westminster, hanging over the budget tomorrow, is thatjeremy hunt has clearly signalled that there will be cuts to personal taxes. but what will they be? will it be income tax or national insurance? will it be 1p or national insurance? will it be 1p or will it be 2p? also, what will give for him to fund that? will it be cuts to future public spending? does the british public support that trade—off? if so, are they willing to have personal tax cuts now, in exchange for lower public later? or will people think they would rather

see investment in public services sooner? and of course you can also already see the labour party beginning to set out its lines out of the budget. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, address labour mps last night. she said the crucial question for the public is, are they better off now than they were 14 years ago, when the conservatives came into office? cc is the answer is a resounding no. that is a question the labour party will post tomorrow, whatever tax cutjeremy tomorrow, whatever tax cut jeremy hunt tomorrow, whatever tax cutjeremy hunt unveils. that is a question arguably which will underpin the whole election year. henry, thank you. here, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ten—year—old girl was found dead at a property in the west midlands. police said the child was found with injuries in rowley regis yesterday and pronounced dead at the scene. the woman, who is understood to have been known to the girl, has been taken into custody for questioning. the prisons watchdog has found a vulnerable girl being held at young offenders' institution was twice pinned down and forcibly stripped by male guards.

the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales, charlie taylor, said he was deeply shocked by what had happened at wetherby young offender institution. councillors in birmingham are today expected to make cuts to local services as they attempt to save £300 million by hiking council tax by 21% over two years. the authority declared itself effectively bankrupt last year. it comes as nottingham city councillors last night approved cuts to jobs and services as part of efforts to plug a £53 million budget gap, with plans from next month expecting to create hundreds ofjob losses. millions of voters across the united states are heading to the polls in the biggest day of the contest to choose the candidates for november's presidential election. super tuesday votes and caucuses are taking place across 15 states and one overseas territory. all indications so far suggest joe biden and donald trump are on course for a rematch of 2020. emma vardy reports.

america's getting ready for a big political contest. but despite the millions of votes being cast, it's already pretty clear which candidates will be facing off in the presidential battle. as colorado goes to the polls, sisters mandy and nicky are headed to the ice. we are such a divided nation. but the one thing i like is when i walk into the hockey rink, we're all the same. the feeling is rather different on the campaign trail, as 15 states are holding votes to pick their presidential candidates. crooked joe biden, you're fired! before polls have even closed, there's been a victory for donald trump. the state of colorado was in a fight to kick him off the ballot entirely for his role in the capitol riots onjanuary 6. but the us supreme court struck it down. his republican opponent is undeterred. i defeated a dozen of the fellas. cheering.

ijust have one more fella i got to catch up to. the question is whether nikki haley quits the race, or decides to hang on. it wasn't presidentjoe biden, but the first lady doing the rounds on the democratic side, going after female voters. donald trump is dangerous to women and to our families. we simply cannot let him win. but the prospect of a joe biden rematch with donald trump is unpopular with many voters. i do wish there were more choices. that's another thing i don't lovej about our political system here. contenders that have been there before and they're kind of ready to go again. so not the most exciting match? not this time, no. because neitherjoe biden nor donald trump has any serious competition this year, as political games go, the result is rather a foregone conclusion. what matters now is that after tuesday, the real start of the election campaign will begin. and unlike this somewhat predictable super tuesday, the result

of the presidential election in november will be much harder to call. emma vardy, bbc news, colorado. an update on a story we brought you yesterday about this man, the former rugby league star matthew syron. a man has been sentenced to ten years and eight months in prison for an unprovoked and cowardly, sickening attack, as was described in court, on the former leeds rhinos player. gareth dean assaulted him with a glass bottle in a bar in leeds on boxing day. the doidge described his actions as unprovoked, currently and sickening. —— george. matthew is now calling for a ban on glasses and glass bottles in all pubs and bars after 9pm. thejudge in there did his best to give the highest sentence. i understand he has guidelines to stay by. a life sentence we thought would have been nice. but it is what it is. look, ijust need to move on with my life. it has affected my life massively. the surgeons are hopeful they can give me some sort

of sight that i can get back on a plane and go and see my fiance and kids. i need to be positive every day and focus on that. that is what is getting me out of bed, and the campaign the same thing. i want to focus on them things moving forward and hopefully make a change. a satellite has blasted into orbit to measure the levels of methane gas in the atmosphere. methane is believed to be a major contributor to global warming, because it traps in heat. the new project will flag where there are high levels of the greenhouse gas. our climate editor justin rowlatt has more. how does the satellite find the methane? what it does is it looks down at the light reflected back from the earth. there is a tell—tale fingerprint in the light. the spectrum of the light that allows the satellite to detect methane. it is going to focus on oil and gas facilities. there is lots of methane leaks from there. and this powerful global warming gas, 80 times stronger in terms of warming and

carbon dioxide. it doesn't last very long the atmosphere. about 12 years. carbon dioxide lasts for centuries. we can bear down this and reduce methane emissions, quite rapidly slow the progress of change. that is really helpful. if you don't know where the leaks are you can't fix them. gas and oil company operators can plug them and regulators and the general public and check they have done that. —— can check. this is hopefully a progressive action to help tackle the problem of climate change. justin, thank you. now, it is one of the most famous shirts in tv history. yes, millions of viewers around the world swooned over colin firth as mr darcy, jumping into, then striding out of, the lake in a white shirt in the bbc 1995 version of pride and prejudice. it is going on sale. they reckon it could fetch

as much as £10,000. it one is of more than 60 costumes from film and television being auctioned in london today. all of the proceeds are going to charity. i will get a t—shirt. i'm not sure it would work with a tie. you can get one of the dresses. pride and prejudice news? a costume. a bonnet for carroll. it would be lovely. it a bonnet for carroll. it would be lovely. a bonnet for carroll. it would be lovel . , it would be lovely. it is getting towards easter, _ it would be lovely. it is getting towards easter, i— it would be lovely. it is getting towards easter, i suppose. - it would be lovely. it is getting i towards easter, i suppose. good morning. i couldn't find any bluebell pictures this morning. i found some big daffodils. today the weather is certainly very mixed. we are looking at easton area is being cloudy and damp and murky, brighter in the west. —— eastern areas. we have two weather fronts. this one is producing the market conditions in the east, this one in the west. we have also got a line of showers, heavy and thundery, currently across dorset, towards the channel islands.

pushing eastward through the course of the date was the south—east of england. for scotland, windy conditions in the northern isles. we have a front draped across the east. at times it could well move offshore. it will come back later. ireland we have showery rain which will push into western scotland, accompanied by gusty winds. —— for northern ireland. it will move towards western areas and wales. drier and brighter when we lose the fog from the welsh marches, for example, and also central and southern england. through the day you can see how the front drift off into the north sea. it will come back later. it lingers from yorkshire all the way down towards the south—east. in between all of this there will be drier and brighter conditions. some sunshine with highs of ten or 11 degrees. this evening and overnight at the weather front comes back in. it will be cloudy and murky. showers across sussex and kent. clear skies out towards the west. that means it will be colder. mist and fog patches

forming. we could have some frost across parts of wales, south—west england, potentially too north—west england, potentially too north—west england and western scotland, where the temperature will not too far away from freezing. thank you, carol. more than 100 charities have backed a letter to the chancellor, urging him to provide more financial support to families with disabled children. it comes as a mum from doncaster, who provides round—the—clock care to her severely disabled son, says she has been left in a desperate situation by the cost of living crisis. samantha tolmie's letter has now got the support of nearly 3,000 otherfamilies. here's her story. lewis, he was born in 2004. when we got his diagnosis eventually in 2014, i think it was, they said that he might live to 11 or 12. he is nearly 20 now. he is just proving

everyone wrong, every day. he's a miracle. and i can say he's my hero. all of this equipment that you can see now is always running. so he's got his ventilator, which most of the time is breathing for him. and then the humidifier. then the sats monitor with two feeding pumps. and all these pieces of equipment are so essential that we have to have two of each piece of equipment, so that if one stops working we have another one. all these items are on charge all the time, or plugged in all the time. there you are. it's always been difficult financially since lewis became unwell. surviving on benefits from the government. but then when the energy crisis impacted, and the amount — it wasn't just £5 or £10 a month, which you would still have to find, it was £200 or £300. i had to think about what i could switch off, what i couldn't use. with lewis' equipment i can't turn anything off. i can't not charge his equipment.

i can't switch his ventilator off. oh, yeah, i have to switch ventilator of for a couple of hours, lulu, because we can't afford to pay for the electric. you have to have lewis in your site and in your awareness all the time, every second of every day. it is exhausting. emotionally it's terrible, because you're having to be on top of everything. and all of this clinical stuff. you can't comprehend, i don't think, unless you know of it first hand. it doesn't matter what the weather is like, we have to come out with lewis. he needs to come out for his chest. and also, it helps with his partial gut failure, that i mentioned earlier. if i don't come out with lewis every day, then very quickly i will start to think about all the things that aren't great, and then you end up spiralling into a black hole that it is very difficult to climb out of. if the sad side wins

that battle, then i can't move forward from that. if i can't be happy and positive, what good am i to lewis? it's crazy that i should be scared that we're going to lose our home because we haven't got enough money. when we find out how much universal credit we're going to get, which i hope will be soon, all i know is it is going to be a lot less than it has been. and combining that with the energy costs, with the energy costs, yeah, i literally am being an ostrich. i am hiding at the moment. "she was tidying the house when suddenly there was a knock on the door." we can't do this. other families can't do this. we are giving our heart and soul to looking after our children. i just want to get some help. let's do that. help us to do that. help us to help ourselves, to look after our children. don't pass into poverty feeling that you're not going to be able to look after your child.

that's the end of the story now. it's time to go to sleep. wanting to look after them and care for them, and be everything for them that they need, that's all we want to do. night, night. samantha and lewis in that report. we're joined now by the chief executive of the charity contact, anna bird. morning. watching samantha's story there, i know samantha isjust one example, that is a scary way to live, isn't it, knowing that you have to constantly have that power supply, have to constantly have that power supply, constantly have eyes on your child? it supply, constantly have eyes on your child? , ., , ,.._ ~ supply, constantly have eyes on your child? , ., i my ~ child? it is really scary. and as ou child? it is really scary. and as you say. _ child? it is really scary. and as you say, samantha _ child? it is really scary. and as you say, samantha is - child? it is really scary. and as you say, samantha is not - child? it is really scary. and as. you say, samantha is not alone. child? it is really scary. and as - you say, samantha is not alone. we hearfrom parents you say, samantha is not alone. we hear from parents every day on our helpline and they face the same thing, sky high bills. they have equipment they cannot turn off. unlike us, we know spring is around the corner and at some point our

bills will get lower, for these families nothing is going to change. they really do need some support. we hope the chancellor will recognise that tomorrow on budget day. haifa that tomorrow on budget day. how im ortant that tomorrow on budget day. how important is _ that tomorrow on budget day. how important is tomorrow's budget for people like sam, families like that? it is vitally important. families like samantha's cannot make ends meet. you saw in the video, samantha is lou —— worried about losing her home. we are seeing families having to make the worst decisions about having to feed the family keeping the heating on and powering that vital equipment. it is pretty stark. but there are things that could be done. so, the chancellor could introduce tomorrow a social tariff for energy, targeted at those most needy families. and that would simply be that energy companies would be required to have a sort of tariff for those who most need the support. it could continue with the cost of living payments that have been really helpful for families over the past couple of years. so,

those things are totally possible. it is a matter of choices for the chancellor. it is a matter of choices for the chancellor-— it is a matter of choices for the chancellor. ., , ., ., ., ., chancellor. how important that that, if there is a — chancellor. how important that that, if there is a change _ chancellor. how important that that, if there is a change or _ chancellor. how important that that, if there is a change or any _ if there is a change or any redistribution of the benefits, that that change simple? it redistribution of the benefits, that that change simple?— that change simple? it has to be simle. that change simple? it has to be simple. samantha _ that change simple? it has to be simple. samantha is _ that change simple? it has to be simple. samantha is facing - that change simple? it has to be simple. samantha is facing the i that change simple? it has to be i simple. samantha is facing the fact that her son, now 20, is heading to be adult under that system. that system is fiendishly complicated. she will end up less well off. it has to be really straightforward for families because they have very precious time. you see samantha may not have that much time left with her son. not have that much time left with herson. he not have that much time left with her son. he doesn't want to waste their time trying to apply for benefits or trying to work out how ends meet. so, it needs to be simple. it needs to be at a level that make sure nobody is scared of losing their home. the government have aaivin losing their home. the government have giving us _ losing their home. the government have giving us -- — losing their home. the government have giving us -- given _ losing their home. the government have giving us -- given as - losing their home. the government have giving us -- given as a - have giving us —— given as a statement, saying they know the challenges families are facing. they are increasing disabilities benefit

in april. they are providing more than hundred berlin pounds in support, worth an average of £3500 per household for the cost of living. that is a lot of money were at a time when the government say money is very tight. how confident are you the government can find more money to help? it is are you the government can find more money to help?— money to help? it is a matter of choices in _ money to help? it is a matter of choices in the _ money to help? it is a matter of choices in the end. _ money to help? it is a matter of choices in the end. but - money to help? it is a matter of choices in the end. but in - money to help? it is a matter of choices in the end. but in this . money to help? it is a matter of. choices in the end. but in this case we are talking about 100,000 families with critically ill children. so, in the context of the big decisions the chancellor has to make, it is not the biggest. and i think we could see some targeted support. it would make the world of difference to families like samantha's.— difference to families like samantha's. �* , samantha's. and in their everyday lives, samantha's. and in their everyday lives. what _ samantha's. and in their everyday lives, what are _ samantha's. and in their everyday lives, what are the _ samantha's. and in their everyday lives, what are the other - samantha's. and in their everyday lives, what are the other sort - samantha's. and in their everyday lives, what are the other sort of l lives, what are the other sort of challenges that families like samantha might be facing, children, young adults with complex needs, what are the things they have to take into consideration?- take into consideration? well, i think we saw — take into consideration? well, i think we saw in _ take into consideration? well, i think we saw in the _ take into consideration? well, i think we saw in the video - take into consideration? well, i think we saw in the video a - take into consideration? well, i. think we saw in the video a perfect illustration of how hard life can be. it is about round—the—clock care, it is about thinking all the

time about someone's needs. and for families like hers, they have a battle on their hands to get the right care and support, the right health support, you know, to think about how to educate their child. and on top of all of that if they are thinking about how to make ends meet, how to pay the bills. if we could just take away that, it would make a huge difference.— make a huge difference. there is never a day _ make a huge difference. there is never a day off. _ make a huge difference. there is never a day off, is _ make a huge difference. there is never a day off, is there? - make a huge difference. there is never a day off, is there? there l make a huge difference. there is| never a day off, is there? there is never a day off, is there? there is never a day off, is there? there is never a day _ never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. _ never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. it _ never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. it is _ never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. it is 24 _ never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. it is 24 hours - never a day off, is there? there is never a day off. it is 24 hours a i never a day off. it is 24 hours a day. it is hard to imagine that day in, day out care, having to be on top of it every day. samantha talks about how she likes to have a bath and read a book. that's it, really. the rest of the time she is caring for lewis, and even when she is in the bath she has got the buzzerjust in case. you have to imagine this is really full on. what kind of world are we living in if we can't provide some support to families like hers?

what sort of long—term pressures to families like this face? what is the toll on the family? i families like this face? what is the toll on the family?— toll on the family? i think what we are concerned _ toll on the family? i think what we are concerned about _ toll on the family? i think what we are concerned about is _ toll on the family? i think what we are concerned about is that - toll on the family? i think what we are concerned about is that on - toll on the family? i think what we are concerned about is that on ourj are concerned about is that on our helpline we see families at the moment coming through when they are already in crisis. so, if those families don't have the financial support, the care in place, a good kind of education package, then actually, it all comes together into actually, it all comes together into a big crisis. and actually, then it is much harder to solve, it will cost more money in the long run. it is of benefit if we can solve problems earlier and make sure the right support is in place. and i borrowed, thank you for coming in this morning. you will get some clarity i guess with the budget tomorrow. —— anna bert. fingers crossed. -- anna bert. finuers crossed. ., ., -- anna bert. finuers crossed. ,, ., fingers crossed. still to come... we are predicting _ fingers crossed. still to come... we are predicting a _ fingers crossed. still to come... we are predicting a riot. - fingers crossed. still to come... we are predicting a riot. ricky . we are predicting a riot. ricky wilson and simon rex are here to

talk about the new kaiser chiefs album, just before nine. time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a passenger has praised the skill of a train driver for keeping a train upright when it derailed at 90 miles per an hour in surrey yesterday morning. the train hit an object in the walton on thames area shortly before 6 am affecting services between woking and waterloo. an investigation is underway into what happened. i think the skill of the driver, and the training of the driver kicked in. and i believe it was a she because i heard members of staff talking. she brought us to a safe end to this adventure. so very thankful to her and the other members of staff that were present.

ahead of the budget tomorrow, london's air ambulance has made a plea for the government to help pay for two new helicopters. the charity has asked for £3 million towards its fundraising target. it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith. the amount being asked for is small in terms of the budget. this is the week to do it. for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. it's due to open next summer and along with blackwall tunnel — there will be a toll charge. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality. turning to the travel situation —

and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. on the tubes — the district line has minor delays. now onto the weather with kawser. hello. good morning. well, it's a mostly cloudy start with some outbreaks of showers around. the occlusion from last night has been slower to clear this morning. so there will be some showers lingering into the afternoon, especially for the south and east, but some brighter spells later. here's the occlusion here. you can see it slowly clearing out into the north sea. so it doesn't mean there will be some further showers around, especially across more southern and eastern parts during the day, some brighter spells into the afternoon, but also a few scattered showers. but generally it will become drier and temperatures, well, reaching around 10 to 11 celsius. now, during the evening, still a few showers for a time, but they will tend to fade away. it does become largely dry overnight, some clearer skies, but also some extensive mist and fog forming too. temperatures quite widely dipping to low single figures and it will be chilly. so it means that mist and fog may be a bit slow to clear for some areas for tomorrow morning, but improving, becoming drier and brighter.

and, over the next few days, too, largely settled. one or two showers around, but a lot of dry weather as well. that's your forecast. now fancy a stay at st paul's cathedral? well for one night only two guests will get the chance to stay overnight in a "secret" hidden library to mark world book day. it will be the first time someone has officially slept inside the cathedral since world war two. there's more on that story on our website. that is it from me. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. later this week, a £37 million police inquiry — known as operation kenova — will reveal the secret war between the british state and the irish

republican army — or ira. over the last seven years, it has examined crimes such as murder and torture linked to the agent known as "stakeknife", and the role played by the british security services — including m15. "sta keknife", whose real name was freddie scappaticci, was the most feared interrogator in the ira's notorious internal security unit. they hunted out, tortured and murdered suspected informers. but in 2003, he left northern ireland, after several media organisations alleged that he was himself an agent — working for the british army. he died last year but always denied the claim. operation kenova has now linked scappaticci to the murder of 17 he has now been linked with 17

informers, some of whom were linked to british intelligence. for the families of those killed by the ira, its hoped this week s report will provide some answers. the bbc s peter taylor, who has been investigating the troubles for more than 40 years, has more. john dignam was murdered by the ira in 1992 and branded as a special branch informer. i personally can't see him working for the ruc. i couldn't believe it. no—one living with him. i interviewed claire dignam 30 years ago. he was my husband and he was a father of my children, and i loved him. no matter what people say he did or didn't do. i loved him. every bone in my body. the ira interrogated dignam and two of his ira comrades and tape recorded their alleged confessions. i finally managed to get hold of the tapes. the banging of a pan was the sign to start talking, to hide the interrogator�*s voice.

dignam admitted being recruited by special branch. he paid the penalty — a bullet in the back of the head. his body was dumped on a lonely country road. he always kissed the kids goodnight. and he did. and he never has come back to do it. that's hard. in your case, you've suffered for 30... 31 years. and are you still suffering from it? yes, peter, iam. i don't have a photograph of my husband because it's the memory of that... itjust brings up a dark, dark time. ijust conjured up all

the emotions, all the emotions that i take down inside. we'll play a few clips from the original film. and, you know, it will obviously be emotional because of what happened tojohnny after you've seen the clip. —— to johnny. after you've seen the clip, we'll pause and i'lljust ask you your reactions to it. oh, no, i don't want to hear that. i don't know if i could cope. the sound was too painful. but claire quickly composed herself and came back to carry on and thank me for doing the interview. this is healing for me. what are you hoping operation kenova will do? give answers to all the families. myself.

no matter what them answers may be, just to give us answers. he has now been linked with 17 informers, some of whom were linked to british intelligence. peter joins us now. people are still living through this right now. i people are still living through this riaht now. h, people are still living through this riaht now. , ., , ;;:: right now. i covered the story 30 ears a . o right now. i covered the story 30 years ago when _ right now. i covered the story 30 years ago when i _ right now. i covered the story 30 years ago when i interviewed - right now. i covered the story 30 i years ago when i interviewed clare for the first time. i got hold of the ira interrogation tapes, including the recording of her husband. when operation kenova came into the frame, i went back again and got in touch with clare, who i am delighted remembered me and did this astonishing interview. at the end of the interview, what is even more remarkable, she says she forgives the ira individuals, who murdered

her husband. that took me completely by surprise. probably shows in the film. she is a remarkable woman, very courageous. she personifies what i call the so—called dirty war because of what she went through, what her husband suffered. it was reflective of this desperate struggle between british intelligence, who needed information, intelligence on the ira to try to stop them doing what they were doing in the ira who are determined to find these people. the film you have made deals with policing and the politics. this is about real _ policing and the politics. this is about real lives, _ policing and the politics. this is about real lives, real— policing and the politics. this is about real lives, real families, | about real lives, real families, waiting for answers. absolutely. the

focus of our — waiting for answers. absolutely. the focus of our film _ waiting for answers. absolutely. the focus of our film is _ waiting for answers. absolutely. the focus of our film is the _ waiting for answers. absolutely. the focus of our film is the human - focus of our film is the human element, what the families went through. we will find when the report is published, it is obviously about stakeknife. the police service of northern ireland told me that focuses the human one of the families, what they have been three. that is the untold story. they had been silent for 30 years, they had been silent for 30 years, they had beenin been silent for 30 years, they had been in the dark. they hope operation kenova answers the questions. operation kenova answers the questions-— operation kenova answers the ruestions. ., , , y questions. that is significant. they do not know— questions. that is significant. they do not know what _ questions. that is significant. they do not know what side _ questions. that is significant. they do not know what side that - questions. that is significant. they| do not know what side that families are on, what they are talking to. in the vast majority of cases, they have no idea what husbands, brothers and sons were doing, even if they were informers. wasjohn duignan really a special branch informer?

were the other so—called informers actually informers? they will want to know if they were working for british intelligence, why weren't they rescued? the number of attempted rescues was minuscule. as sir michaeljackson, the former head of the army, he told me it is very difficult to try to recover somebody under interrogation by the ira. interesting you say there will not necessarily be too much new about stakeknife and his alleged double life. what do you think we will find out about him? i life. what do you think we will find out about him?— out about him? i think they will find out rrot _ out about him? i think they will find out not so _ out about him? i think they will find out not so much _ out about him? i think they will find out not so much about - find out not so much about stakeknife. details of cases he was involved in are not gone into. what will become clear is the way in which the system operated. in other

words, at a very senior level within the army, the way in which handlers dealt with their charges, dealt with their informers, it was not always as it should have been. rules were broken. the rules whenever absolutely clear, that was part of the problem. it absolutely clear, that was part of the problem-— absolutely clear, that was part of the problem. it is about the rules that ordinary _ the problem. it is about the rules that ordinary people _ the problem. it is about the rules that ordinary people might - the problem. it is about the rules that ordinary people might not i the problem. it is about the rules i that ordinary people might not have been aware of. your film is the dirty war. what made it dirty? that was the way _ dirty war. what made it dirty? that was the way in _ dirty war. what made it dirty? that was the way in which _ dirty war. what made it dirty? “inst was the way in which in particular, the dirtiest aspect was the ira possibly torturing and then executing, that means murdering people they believed were informers after they had confessed on a tape that they were. that was the really dirty bit. also the way in which i think the law was stretched by members of the intelligence services to try to get the information that they wanted. i think that is what

operation kenova has been investigating. rather than the particular cases, it was the structure, the institutional structure, the institutional structure of the operation against the ira and cover which will come under scrutiny.— under scrutiny. there is this balance to _ under scrutiny. there is this balance to be _ under scrutiny. there is this balance to be had _ under scrutiny. there is this balance to be had betweenl under scrutiny. there is this - balance to be had between providing answers and talking about the past but also dealing with the current situation in northern ireland and not inflaming things. it is situation in northern ireland and not inflaming things.— not inflaming things. it is really difficult. i not inflaming things. it is really difficult. | find _ not inflaming things. it is really difficult. i find it _ not inflaming things. it is really difficult. i find it difficult. - not inflaming things. it is really difficult. ifind it difficult. i- not inflaming things. it is really difficult. i find it difficult. i am. difficult. ifind it difficult. iam very sensitive to walking on egg shells, which i had done for nearly 50 years. when it comes to the so—called dirty war, the egg shells are even more brittle because of what is involved. i have to be very careful about unnecessarily upsetting victims, theirfamilies. upsetting victims, their families. it upsetting victims, theirfamilies. it is interesting that clare wanted to do the interview, she didn't thank me for doing it. she said it

feels like a load has been removed from me, a load i have borne for 31 years, she says. from me, a load i have borne for 31 years. she says-— from me, a load i have borne for 31 years, she says. when she says she foruets, years, she says. when she says she forgets. where _ years, she says. when she says she forgets, where does _ years, she says. when she says she forgets, where does that _ years, she says. when she says she forgets, where does that ability - years, she says. when she says she forgets, where does that ability to i forgets, where does that ability to forgive come from? —— forgives. it comes from deep within. clare is a highly intelligent, articulate woman, as you'll see from the film. she recognised she could not go on, she had enough after 30 years. she could not live with hatred and she did not want to die with hatred and therefore she said she forgives those who murdered her husband, which is quite remarkable. she forgives, she does not say in the film, but the undercover soldiers, intelligence services, who were involved in this aspect of the so—called dirty war. abs, involved in this aspect of the so-called dirty war. a remarkable sto . so-called dirty war. a remarkable story- thank _ so-called dirty war. a remarkable story- thank you _ so-called dirty war. a remarkable story. thank you so _ so-called dirty war. a remarkable story. thank you so much - so-called dirty war. a remarkable story. thank you so much for- so-called dirty war. a remarkable i story. thank you so much for coming in.

peter's film "our dirty war: the british state and the ira" airs on bbc one in northern ireland tonight, and is available on the iplayer now. it is well worth a look. coming up to 20 to eight. now for the sport. good morning. a great one if you're arsenal fan, not so for sheffield united, a night to forget. arsenal will wonder will the free scoring foot will take them to the title as they comprehensively won last night. martin odegaard with their first early on. they were 3—0 down barely 15 minutes in. three were seen by by half—time. declan rice with another. whilst sheffield united did offer more resistance in the second half, arsenal managed to get one more, coming from defender ben white, he made it 6—0 on the night.

chelsea striker sam kerr is set to face trial after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. the 30—year—old australia international pleaded not guilty to the offence at a court hearing yesterday. kerr is scheduled to appear at wimbledon magistrates court on the 1st of february next year. it follows an alleged incident in january 2023. she denied the charge at kingston upon thames crown court. the striker is currently sidelined after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the club's warm weather training camp in morocco injanuary. the president of motorsport�*s world governing body the fia, mohammed ben sulayem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over a formula one race result. a whistleblower has told the fia that he allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to aston martin's fernando alonso at last year's saudi arabian grand prix. the claim is in a report by an fia compliance officer to its ethics committee, which has been seen by bbc sport. ben sulayem and the fia have not

responded to requests for comment. the ethics committee is expected to take four to six weeks to issue its report. over the weekend, we saw many of the world's top athletes competing in glasgow. could we be about to see another major athletics event making its way to the uk? uk sport and uk athletics are planning to bid to host the 2029 world championships. london, and the uk, last hosted the event in 2017. that's where the likes of usain bolt and mo farah starred. bbc sport has been told the sport's leaders are "determined" to make it happen. before that birmingham will host the 2026 european championships. i think it'sjust important for britain to have athletics meets because it inspires generations of athletes to come through and, you know, know that there's athletes that are from where they're from going after massive medals in front of home crowds.

so, yeah, i think it's a huge — makes a huge difference to grassroots athletics especially and it helps with with coaching and allowing people to get an insight into our lives and that next stepping stone from from where some athletes are now. loveit love it or hate it, we have had a first look at the golden ball following the start of the riyadh season world masters. it only stays in play if a 147 break is possible for either player. ding's opponent, omar alaj—lani makes the red, but then afterwards goes for a safety on the yellow. therefore the 147 isn't possible for him either and so that golden ball is removed by the referee.

it has sparked a lot of comments, whether or not people like it. is it a gimmick? if you do do it, a lot of money on offerfor anyone a gimmick? if you do do it, a lot of money on offer for anyone who makes the first 167. money on offer for anyone who makes the first 161— the first 167. that is at the heart of it. the first 167. that is at the heart of it- some _ the first 167. that is at the heart of it. some say _ the first 167. that is at the heart of it. some say you _ the first 167. that is at the heart of it. some say you are - the first 167. that is at the heart of it. some say you are messingj the first 167. that is at the heart - of it. some say you are messing with snooker. traditionalist, purists, they like the way it is, don't they? some of you may be familiar with the story of former sub—postmistressjo hamilton, who was one of the victims at the heart of the horizon scandal. jo was falsely accused of stealing £36,000 from the post office branch she ran in hampshire. now, nearly two decades later, she has finally settled with the government — but says she's had to accept less than she expected because she just wants to get on with her life.

jojoins us now. morning. lovely to see you. important words. you have finally settled with the government. ijust wonder how that feels for you and whether you have mixed feelings about that decision, about getting to this point. i do about that decision, about getting to this point-— to this point. i do have mixed feelings- _ to this point. i do have mixed feelings- l— to this point. i do have mixed feelings. i almost _ to this point. i do have mixed feelings. i almost feel- to this point. i do have mixed feelings. i almost feel like i i to this point. i do have mixed i feelings. i almost feel like i have survivors guilt stop many of my colleagues that i fought alongside in court with, they haven't been settled. ifeel guilty in court with, they haven't been settled. i feel guilty for it. in court with, they haven't been settled. ifeel guilty for it. my husband is getting older and i didn't want him to go into his 80s still waiting for money. we had a mortgage and he was working five days a week until he was 75. i had ten cleaning jobs. there comes a point when you run out of road and you get exhausted and you think,

well, we'vejust you get exhausted and you think, well, we've just got to sort it out. i do not want to ask you things that are embarrassing or put you in a difficult position. are you able to give a sense of how much he wanted you are able to get? i got give a sense of how much he wanted you are able to get?— you are able to get? i got 80% of what i wanted. _ you are able to get? i got 80% of what i wanted. i— you are able to get? i got 80% of what i wanted. i didn't _ you are able to get? i got 80% of what i wanted. i didn't really i you are able to get? i got 80% of| what i wanted. i didn't really want to walk away that we were just tired. we had to up rounder is and a large mortgage, all of which is gone now. the feeling when your debt disappears is just incredible. now. the feeling when your debt disappears isjust incredible. i think it was the right thing to do. ifeel we should not think it was the right thing to do. i feel we should not be arguing with anybody, to be honest. if the claim is reasonable, and mine was, why can't they just pay is reasonable, and mine was, why can't theyjust pay people?- is reasonable, and mine was, why can't theyjust pay people? can't they 'ust pay people? when you have can't theyjust pay people? when you have soke can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to — can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to us _ can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to us in _ can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to us in the _ can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to us in the past, - can't theyjust pay people? when you have spoke to us in the past, the i have spoke to us in the past, the debts can be cleared but the memories and feelings cannot be, can they? memories and feelings cannot be, can

the ? ., ~ ., ., memories and feelings cannot be, can the? ., ~ ., ., ., �* memories and feelings cannot be, can the ? ., ~ ., ., ., �* ., they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything — they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything l _ they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything i had _ they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything i had done. _ they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything i had done. yes. - they? no. mum and dad aren't here to see everything i had done. yes. the i see everything i had done. yes. the memories are there but i am still really, really angry they are not paying the postmasters. theyjust shove out all these empty words. deadlines a break, amounts they do not reach. —— they break. it is nonsense. they should ask everyone to give a reasonable idea of the monies they would like, sit around the table and thrash it out. they have to simplify this. they say they have to simplify this. they say they have paid twice as much in legal fees as they have paid out in compensation. what is going on? why is nobody overseeing mess and stopping it? it is nobody overseeing mess and stopping it?— is nobody overseeing mess and stoin it? , , . , y stopping it? it must be incredibly frustratin: stopping it? it must be incredibly frustrating for _ stopping it? it must be incredibly frustrating for you. _ stopping it? it must be incredibly frustrating for you. -- _ stopping it? it must be incredibly| frustrating for you. -- overseeing frustrating for you. —— overseeing this. do you get a sense of relief

and gratitude when you see the way ordinary people are reacting to you. you are on stage at the brits this week, quite a remarkable moment. == week, quite a remarkable moment. -- ou week, quite a remarkable moment. » you were. can you believe that happened? i cannot. that was probably as scary as being in crown court, almost. to walk along the landing with all the people in the hall. when i got to the podium at the end, i didn't realise i was going to be met with the applause i was. i really do believe the country is behind us. tote was. i really do believe the country is behind us— was. i really do believe the country is behind us. we are 'ust looking at it now. for _ is behind us. we are 'ust looking at it now. for people i is behind us. we are just looking at it now. for people who _ is behind us. we are just looking at it now. for people who might i is behind us. we are just looking at it now. for people who might have | it now. for people who might have missed it on saturday night, right next to you, monica dolan, who played you in the itv drama. is a special collection you have got as well, isn't it? —— that is a special

connection. well, isn't it? -- that is a special connection-— connection. not only is she a brilliant actress, _ connection. not only is she a brilliant actress, she - connection. not only is she a brilliant actress, she is i connection. not only is she a brilliant actress, she is a i connection. not only is she a i brilliant actress, she is a lovely person. we were sitting at the dinner table beforehand. i was hoping she was going to be brave. she said, don't look around or you will be as terrified as i am. when someone says, did not look radically you look round and screen. —— do not look around. i saw all the stars. walking in the corridor past the dressing rooms, it was quite a surreal day. when people come out of the doors and give you a high five and say, keep going, sister. you realise everyone is behind you. i reckon previously in life you might not have had to be particularly brave or wanted to be particularly brave, what is it like to have stood up brave, what is it like to have stood up for yourself the way you have? i

probably would not have stood up for myself. ijust felt i had to stand up myself. ijust felt i had to stand up for people who had been more demolished than me. i was really lucky when i went to court. the village turned up to support me. most of my colleagues had not had that love and support. ijust felt i had to stand up for everyone else, which gave me a boost, if you like. what were their village supporters messaging you when they saw you at the brits? i messaging you when they saw you at the brits? . . messaging you when they saw you at the brits? ., ., ., ., the brits? i am all over the village whatsa - the brits? i am all over the village whatsapp group — the brits? i am all over the village whatsapp group and _ the brits? i am all over the village whatsapp group and the - the brits? i am all over the village whatsapp group and the village . whatsapp group and the village facebook group. the support i have had has been incredible. {aide facebook group. the support i have had has been incredible.— had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue _ had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue if _ had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue if you _ had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue if you can _ had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue if you can about i had has been incredible. give us a sneaky clue if you can about the l sneaky clue if you can about the kind of celebrities backstage who are offering you support.- kind of celebrities backstage who are offering you support. there are the stars themselves. _

are offering you support. there are the stars themselves. i _ are offering you support. there are the stars themselves. i had - are offering you support. there are the stars themselves. i had a i are offering you support. there are the stars themselves. i had a lady| the stars themselves. i had a lady from traitors sitting on my table. the two people who had one emmys at my table as well. they were congratulating me! people would come out of kylie's dressing room and do lipa. they would come out of the dressing room and i was getting high fives and hugs. do not worry, you will be brilliant. it was fabulous. sounds like quite a night. thank you for putting us into your celebrity lifestyle. thank you.— lifestyle. thank you. thank you. lovel to lifestyle. thank you. thank you. lovely to see — lifestyle. thank you. thank you. lovely to see you. _ what do musical legends tina turner, queen, abba, and frankie valli and the four seasons all have in common? they've had their songs turned into hit stage productions. musicals such as mamma mia and

jersey boys have become fan favourites — and now there is a new one in the making. we'll be talking about which artists have inspired it injust a moment — but first let's take a look at some of the most—loved west end hits. #we # we will, we will rock you # we will, we will rock you # we will, we will rock you # we welcome that we will rock you # we welcome that we will rock you # you are simply the best # you are simply the best # better than all the rest # better than all the rest # better than anyone # better than anyone # voulez—vous, take it now or leave it # 0h, it # oh, what a

it # oh, whata night # oh, whata night # 0h, # oh, whata night # oh, whata night # oh, whata night. # oh, whata night. # # oh, whata night # oh, what a night. # works the # oh, what a night # oh, what a niiht. # wor ., works # oh, what a night. #works the works of lots _ # oh, what a night. #works the works of lots of _ # oh, what a night. #works the works of lots of those _ # oh, what a night. #works the works of lots of those artists i works of lots of those artists turned into _ works of lots of those artists turned into big _ works of lots of those artists turned into big stage - works of lots of those artists i turned into big stage musicals. works of lots of those artists - turned into big stage musicals. then next group working away unto the west end stage is backspace. # you have got to speed it up and then you have got to slow it down erik baska if you believe our love can hit the top # you have got to play around. #. iconic! coming to a stage near you. that wasjust the iconic! coming to a stage near you. that was just the start of their success. they had top ten hits in the 80s and sold millions throughout the 80s and sold millions throughout the world. we managed to get a word with cheryl baker from bucks fizz.

the world. we managed to get a word with cheryl bakerfrom bucks fizz. i with cheryl baker from bucks fizz. i am so excited that bucks fizz the musical is being written as i am speaking and it will be coming to the west end. superb! cannot wait to see it. ,, , the west end. superb! cannot wait to see it. ., . . ' the west end. superb! cannot wait to seeit... .. , �*, the west end. superb! cannot wait to seeit.,, ,. , see it. she is chuffed. let's speak to david benedict, _ see it. she is chuffed. let's speak to david benedict, theatre - see it. she is chuffed. let's speak to david benedict, theatre editorl see it. she is chuffed. let's speak i to david benedict, theatre editor at the independent. lovely to see you. chadwell is delighted. for artists, this is fantastic. your songs have a whole new lease of life.— this is fantastic. your songs have a whole new lease of life. great news. great news — whole new lease of life. great news. great news for _ whole new lease of life. great news. great news for the _ whole new lease of life. great news. great news for the artist _ whole new lease of life. great news. great news for the artist and - whole new lease of life. great news. great news for the artist and bands. | great news for the artist and bands. great _ great news for the artist and bands. great news — great news for the artist and bands. great news for the artist and bands. great news for songwriters and everyone — great news for songwriters and everyone on a royalty. you get a percentage of box office and west end hit~ _ percentage of box office and west end hit. very nice, thank you. why are these musical _ end hit. very nice, thank you. why are these musical so _ end hit. very nice, thank you. irony are these musical so popular? end hit. very nice, thank you. tinny are these musical so popular? what makes them so special? how do they resonate with a new audience? the secret is when _ resonate with a new audience? the secret is when you go to any kind of musical, _ secret is when you go to any kind of

musical, the — secret is when you go to any kind of musical, the idea is you come out humming — musical, the idea is you come out humming the tunes. the great thing about— humming the tunes. the great thing about a _ humming the tunes. the great thing about a jukebox musical is people going _ about a jukebox musical is people going humming the tune. you are reatiy— going humming the tune. you are really unlikely to be disappointed because — really unlikely to be disappointed because all the jukebox musicals are playing _ because all the jukebox musicals are playing your favourite hits. at a point _ playing your favourite hits. at a point at — playing your favourite hits. at a point at which everybody is being very careful about how they spend their money, completely understandably, if you are going to id understandably, if you are going to go out _ understandably, if you are going to go out make you want to have some kind of— go out make you want to have some kind of guarantee you are going to have a _ kind of guarantee you are going to have a good time. if you are going to see _ have a good time. if you are going to see a _ have a good time. if you are going to see a show based on hits of a favourite — to see a show based on hits of a favourite band, you are going to be having _ favourite band, you are going to be having a _ favourite band, you are going to be having a good time. if favourite band, you are going to be having a good time.— having a good time. if the story works as well. _ having a good time. if the story works as well. that _ having a good time. if the story works as well. that is _ having a good time. if the story works as well. that is part i having a good time. if the story works as well. that is part of. having a good time. if the storyl works as well. that is part of the challenge. somehow in a lot of these cases, you have to weave a story around not necessarily connected cells. .,. , around not necessarily connected cells. .. y ., ., around not necessarily connected cells. y ., ., y, , cells. exactly. there are two types of 'ukebox cells. exactly. there are two types ofjukebox musical. _ cells. exactly. there are two types ofjukebox musical. one _ cells. exactly. there are two types ofjukebox musical. one like i cells. exactly. there are two types i ofjukebox musical. one like mamma mia, ofjukebox musical. one like mamma mia. which _ ofjukebox musical. one like mamma mia, which takes the abba back catalogue and puts them in a new and extremeiy— catalogue and puts them in a new and extremely effective story. none are

opened _ extremely effective story. none are opened in _ extremely effective story. none are opened in 1999 and is about to celebrate its 25th birthday. it has been _ celebrate its 25th birthday. it has been running solidly ever since. then— been running solidly ever since. then the — been running solidly ever since. then the other type, they you do a biopic— then the other type, they you do a biopic version using all the songs. that accounts for shows like tina, now in _ that accounts for shows like tina, now in its — that accounts for shows like tina, now in its fifth year at the aldwych theatre _ now in its fifth year at the aldwych theatre i— now in its fifth year at the aldwych theatre. i am assuming from what you 'ust theatre. i am assuming from what you just said. _ theatre. i am assuming from what you just said. the — theatre. i am assuming from what you just said, the bucks fizz one is a story— just said, the bucks fizz one is a story ali— just said, the bucks fizz one is a story all about bucks fizz rather than _ story all about bucks fizz rather than an— story all about bucks fizz rather than an original show that i may be wrong _ than an original show that i may be wroni. , ., than an original show that i may be wron.. , ., ., y wrong. does the band need a fairly extensive back _ wrong. does the band need a fairly extensive back catalogue - wrong. does the band need a fairly extensive back catalogue for i wrong. does the band need a fairly extensive back catalogue for this i wrong. does the band need a fairly| extensive back catalogue for this to work? i extensive back catalogue for this to work? . ~ extensive back catalogue for this to work? ., ,. ., , . work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only — work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has _ work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has one _ work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has one or _ work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has one or two - work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has one or two hits i work? i agree. ithink it does. with a band only has one or two hits a i a band only has one or two hits a new audience will sit there rather baffles. _ new audience will sit there rather baffles, thinking that was on a b-side — baffles, thinking that was on a b—side, that is not going to get much _ b—side, that is not going to get much leeway. you need a band that absolutely — much leeway. you need a band that absolutely has a catalogue of hits. not always does that work. the spice

girls musical, viva forever, was about— girls musical, viva forever, was about viva — girls musical, viva forever, was about viva six months. jennifer saunders — about viva six months. jennifer saunders is a brilliant sketch writer— saunders is a brilliant sketch writer that she was stretched writing — writer that she was stretched writing are two hour show with sustained _ writing are two hour show with sustained drama. spice girls songs are tremendous pop songs and not very good — are tremendous pop songs and not very good theatre songs. basically they were — very good theatre songs. basically they were extremely good fun, pointed — they were extremely good fun, pointed slogans. when compared to something like mamma mia, a lot of the songs— something like mamma mia, a lot of the songs that have a lot of the songs— the songs that have a lot of the songs that abba roads are really good _ songs that abba roads are really good stories you can place theatrically and turn into something with some _ theatrically and turn into something with some tension. —— that abbott wrote _ with some tension. —— that abbott wrote that— with some tension. —— that abbott wrote. that with the spice girls. he said wrote. that with the spice girls. he. said in wrote. that with the spice girls. said in a sad wrote. that with the spice girls. he: said in a sad and serious tone. with that in mind, lots of household

budgets are really stretched. there still seems to be an appetite for musicals. a lot of people will spend money going to see that. why are musicals beaming when other parts of the entertainment industry are struggling? i the entertainment industry are struggling?— the entertainment industry are stru~lina? ~ ,., struggling? i think it is about the fact that most _ struggling? i think it is about the fact that most musicals - struggling? i think it is about the | fact that most musicals guarantee some _ fact that most musicals guarantee some kind — fact that most musicals guarantee some kind of fun. actually, if you are cash— some kind of fun. actually, if you are cash like _ some kind of fun. actually, if you are cash like most of us are converting you choose to spend money on is the _ converting you choose to spend money on is the thing that will make you happy, _ on is the thing that will make you happy, like going to restaurants all going _ happy, like going to restaurants all going to _ happy, like going to restaurants all going to rugby internationals all you like — going to rugby internationals all you like going to musicals. you will spend _ you like going to musicals. you will spend money to get more of that which _ spend money to get more of that which you — spend money to get more of that which you like and musicals tend to offer that— which you like and musicals tend to offer that kind of pleasure. will offer that kind of pleasure. will ou be offer that kind of pleasure. will you be going — offer that kind of pleasure. ii. you be going to see bucks fizz their musical other than reviewing it, maybe? i musical other than reviewing it, ma be? . musical other than reviewing it, ma be? , ., maybe? iwill be reviewing it. i am old enough — maybe? iwill be reviewing it. i am old enough to _ maybe? iwill be reviewing it. i am old enough to remember- maybe? iwill be reviewing it. i am old enough to remember bucks i maybe? i will be reviewing it. i am i old enough to remember bucks fizz. i was an— old enough to remember bucks fizz. i was an actor— old enough to remember bucks fizz. i was an actor and i performed a

version — was an actor and i performed a version of— was an actor and i performed a version of making your mind up. we will version of making your mind up. we. will try version of making your mind up. will try to dig version of making your mind up. , will try to dig out some footage. as i am glad to say there is no. that is what you think. do you think you will go? yes, probably. the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i“m tolu adeoye. a passenger has praised the skill of a train driver for keeping a train upright when it derailed at 90 miles per an hour yesterday morning. the train hit an object in the walton on thames area shortly before 6am affecting services between woking and waterloo. i think the skill of the driver, and the training of the driver kicked in. and i believe it was a she because i heard members of staff talking. she brought us to a safe end to this adventure. so very thankful to her and the other members of staff that were present.

ahead of the budget tomorrow, london's air ambulance has made a plea for the government to help pay for two new helicopters. the charity has asked for £3 million. it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith. for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality. it“s due to open next summer. turning to the travel situation, and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. on the tubes, the central and district lines have minor delays. now onto the weather. spells of rain this morning, some heavy. rain will continue in the afternoon, but will become patchier and lighter, highs of 11 degrees. i'll be back with another update in around half an hour. bye for now

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. the family of emma caldwell will meet scotland's first minister today, as they call for a public inquiry into the police“s investigation of her murder. it“s super tuesday in the united states, where millions of voters select who they want to contest november's presidential election. for women and girls. actor and presenter emily a tag will be here as she launches a new campaign. good morning. some dense fog in parts of central and southern england and wales this morning. the east will be fairly cloudy and murky through the day. the west mostly and

brighter. all details later. good morning. it“s tuesday, the 5th of march. the family of emma caldwell, who was murdered in 2005, are due to meet scotland's first minister later today. her mother has called for a public inquiry into the investigation of her daughter's murder. last week, ian packer was found guilty of the crime, almost 19 years after emma's body was found in a remote wood in south lanarkshire. here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing. but when her sister died of cancer, she turned to drugs and prostitution. her killer was iain packer. for a quarter of a century he carried out a campaign of sexual violence against women. now emma's mother wants to know why one of britain's worst sex offenders remain free for so long. margaret believes that officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packer for a decade, and have blood

on their hands. margaret caldwell now wants a public inquiry. i've gone this far, i'm going on. ijust want the truth, i want the truth to come out. scotland's first minister says a judge led inquiry is being considered, given the systematic failings in the case. i'm looking forward to hearing directly from margaret caldwell, and then, of course, rightly, as you'd understand, we'd update parliament in terms of any next steps that we choose to take forward. by 2007, police had identified iain packer as a sexually violent user of prostitutes. but four turkish men were charged with emma caldwell“s murder. those charges were later dropped. in 2015, packer was exposed by a newspaper and a bbc documentary. the crown office ordered a new police inquiry. and in 2019, he was confronted by a second bbc investigation.

did you kill emma? no, i never. i can look you in the eye and say i _ had nothing to do with it whatsoever. another three years passed before packer was charged with her murder. police scotland say they were exceptionally sorry that the women, including emma, had been let down, and lessons had been learned. margaret caldwell may have finally got justice for her daughter, but said her emma will always be in her thoughts. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. there is more about that investigation in a bbc documentary, now available on the bbc iplayer. with 24 hours to go to tomorrow's budget, it's been widely reported that the chancellorjeremy hunt will extend a five pence cut to fuel duty.

let's speak now to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. we are talking about fuel tax but we are talking about all kinds of taxes over the next day or so, aren't we? prepare for the most intense period of prebudget speculation so far. the speculation has been running fairly rapid for a while. on fuel duty i can confirm that is going to be in the budget. an extension of what was initially a temporary 5p in the pound cut in fuel duty introduced a couple of years ago as fuel prices surged, that is going to be extended for at least another year byjeremy hunt, perhaps not much of a surprise, because actually, fuel duty has not gone up since 2011. nevertheless, obviously going to be welcomed by a lot of motorists. another thing i can tell you is that jeremy hunt is going to warn cash—strapped councils in england that they will have to find further savings. he is going to emphasise the government's waits for them to

cut down on consultants and diversity, equality and inclusion. they believe there is wasteful spending on councils they can scale back, even as they warn they need more money from government to fund services they are currently operating. that is another theme. we know that councils“ finances have been a big issue for so many councils and so many people who use their services recently. but obviously the big question remains, what is the personal tax cut that the government has been signalling is coming? will it be national insurance, will it be income tax? will it be 1p or 2p? how will the government funded? either going to find it by reductions in future public spending? if so, is that a bug in the british people support, or would they rather investment in public services? for the labour party the key question is, are you better than you were correct or better than you were correct or better off than you were 14 years ago? rachel reeves, the shadow

chancellor, says the answer is a resounding no and the conservatives have left the country with the worst economic inheritance since the second world war. jeremy hunt will be looking to disprove that tomorrow. let's see what he says. thank you. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ten—year—old girl was found dead at a property in the west midlands. police said the child was found with injuries in rowley regis yesterday and pronounced dead at the scene. the woman, who is understood to have been known to the girl, has been taken into custody for questioning. the prisons watchdog has found a vulnerable girl being held at young offenders“ institution was twice pinned down and forcibly stripped by male guards. the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales, charlie taylor, said he was deeply shocked by what had happened at wetherby young offender institution. councillors in birmingham are today expected to make cuts to local services as they attempt

to save £300 million by hiking council tax by 21% over two years. the authority declared itself effectively bankrupt last year. it comes as nottingham city councillors last night approved cuts to jobs and services as part of efforts to plug a £53 million budget gap, with plans from next month expecting to create hundreds ofjob losses. millions of voters across the united states are heading to the polls in the biggest day of the contest to choose the candidates for november's presidential election. super tuesday votes and caucuses are taking place across 15 states and one overseas territory. all indications so far suggest joe biden and donald trump are on course for a rematch of 2020. emma vardy reports. america's getting ready for a big political contest. but despite the millions of votes being cast, it's already pretty clear which candidates will be facing off in the presidential battle. as colorado goes to the polls, sisters mandy and nicky are headed to the ice.

we are such a divided nation. but the one thing i like is when i walk into the hockey rink, we're all the same. the feeling is rather different on the campaign trail, as 15 states are holding votes to pick their presidential candidates. crooked joe biden, you're fired! before polls have even closed, there's been a victory for donald trump. the state of colorado was in a fight to kick him off the ballot entirely for his role in the capitol riots onjanuary 6. but the us supreme court struck it down. his republican opponent is undeterred. i defeated a dozen of the fellas. cheering. ijust have one more fella i got to catch up to. the question is whether nikki haley quits the race, or decides to hang on. it wasn't presidentjoe biden, but the first lady doing the rounds on the democratic side, going after female voters. donald trump is dangerous to women and to our families.

we simply cannot let him win. but the prospect of a joe biden rematch with donald trump is unpopular with many voters. i do wish there were more choices. that's another thing i don't lovej about our political system here. contenders that have been there before and they're kind of ready to go again. so not the most exciting match? not this time, no. because neitherjoe biden nor donald trump has any serious competition this year, as political games go, the result is rather a foregone conclusion. what matters now is that after tuesday, the real start of the election campaign will begin. and unlike this somewhat predictable super tuesday, the result of the presidential election in november will be much harder to call. emma vardy, bbc news, colorado. an update on a story we brought you yesterday about this man, the former rugby league

star matthew syron. a man has been sentenced to ten years and eight months in prison for an unprovoked and cowardly, sickening attack, as was described in court, on the former leeds rhinos player. gareth dean assaulted him with a glass bottle in a bar in leeds on boxing day. thejudge described his actions as unprovoked, currently and sickening. matthew is now calling for a ban on glasses and glass bottles in all pubs and bars after 9pm. thejudge in there did his best to give the highest sentence. i understand he has guidelines to stay by. a life sentence we thought would have been nice. but it is what it is. look, ijust need to move on with my life. it has affected my life massively. the surgeons are hopeful they can give me some sort of sight that i can get back on a plane and go and see my fiance and kids. i need to be positive every day and focus on that. that is what is getting me out of bed, and the campaign the same thing. i want to focus on them things moving forward and hopefully make a change. a satellite has blasted into orbit to measure the levels

of methane gas in the atmosphere. methane is believed to be a major contributor to global warming, because it traps in heat. the new project will flag where there are high levels of the greenhouse gas. our climate editor justin rowlatt has more. three, two, one, i ignition, and lift—off. a falcon nine rocket blasts off overnight. amongst its payload, a satellite designed to sniff out the tell—tale fingerprint of methane in the light reflected back from earth. it will orbit 15 times a day, tracking methane emissions leaking from oil and gas facilities around the globe. the sector is an important source of this powerful planet—warming gas. we know that these emissions are fixable, so with current technologies all the methane emissions from the oil and gas operations can actually be fixed at almost zero cost. so, if you don't know where the emissions are happening,

you cannot fix them. so, if you have data on where the emissions are happening, you can fix them. the data will be publicly available. it will help oil and gas companies identify leaks from their operations, and at the same time regulators and the general public will be able to check to make sure that those leaks are fixed. the environmental defence fund, the us—based charity behind the satellite, hopes that the data it provides will help cut or methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure by almost half by the end of the decade. justin rowlatt, bbc news. now, it is one of the most famous shirts in tv history. yes, millions of viewers around the world swooned over colin firth as mr darcy, jumping into, then striding out of, the lake in a white shirt in the bbc 1995 version of pride and prejudice. it has dried out, and now, decades later, there it is.

a it is going on sale. they reckon it could fetch as much as £10,000. it one is of more than 60 costumes from film and television being auctioned in london today. all of the proceeds are going to charity. i'll tell you what, carol, if he was diving into the water today, he would need an anorak. certainly a wet suit! a cold start for some. certainly a wet suit! a cold start forsome. good certainly a wet suit! a cold start for some. good morning. certainly a wet suit! a cold start forsome. good morning. it is certainly a wet suit! a cold start for some. good morning. it is also quite a foggy one across parts of central and southern england, the welsh marches. as you can see from our weather watchers pictures. if you are heading out first thing you will need some waterproofs if you are in the east. there is some rain. we also have some showery rain, quite heavy at times, across the far south of england, pushing east through the day. that could well prove to be thundery in nature. and some showery rain moving out of

northern ireland into scotland. so, here goes the rain pushing towards the south—east. who is the weather front direct across eastern areas. when we lose the mist and fog from central and southern england, it would brighten up. brighter in northern england and much of scotland. strong winds in the northern isles. for northern ireland this morning there is some showery rain. that will continue to push towards western scotland. gusty winds. at times the weather front will move offshore and brighten up across eastern scotland and north—east england. we will hang onto the cloud from yorkshire down towards kent. temperatures today, six to 11 degrees. this evening and overnight of the weather front comes back onshore. it is going to be cloudy, it is going to be murky, it is going to be damp. showers in sussex and kent. under clear skies in the west we will see some mist and fog patches. similar areas to tonight. some frost across parts of

wales and the south—west. temperatures could fall to —3 or —4. under clear skies in north—west england and also western scotland, temperatures won't be far off freezing. here too, we could see some frost. tomorrow we have all these cloud across central and eastern areas. breaking up in the first south—east. brighter skies towards the west. the weather front been kept at bay in the atlantic. these are the temperatures. five in the north, to 11 or 12 was the site. —— towards the south. -- towards the south. carol, thank ou. -- towards the south. carol, thank you- welcome _ -- towards the south. carol, thank you. welcome to _ -- towards the south. carol, thank you. welcome to our— -- towards the south. carol, thank you. welcome to our local - -- towards the south. carol, thank you. welcome to our local football| you. welcome to our local football pitch where we have some girls training, doing their rondo ahead of a match day have coming up. all happy to be here and wearing great training kit. buti happy to be here and wearing great training kit. but i can tell you there is systematic gender inequality in the way that women and girls are treated when it comes to

sport, whether it is treating injuries or the type of kit they might want to wear, or not want to wear. it is notjust me saying that. that is coming from a parliamentary committee, who have done a big investigation into how to keep women and girls playing sport. they say changes that happen from one girls are really tiny, from as young as one or two years old, make a big difference when it comes to keeping fit and healthy and active later in life. we are going to talk to these girls and some experts about what we can do about it in a moment. first, here is katie gornall. the profile of women's sport has never been higher. but despite the surge in media coverage and public interest, mps say women and girls, from the elite level down to the grassroots, are still being held back, with a new parliamentary report highlighting a lack of support for their health, and barriers they face at different stages of life. when it comes to puberty, the rate of drop off for girls is incredibly high, and some of that to do with pe kit, some of it's to do with the type of sports that are available to them.

but primarily, we're really concerned about a lack of access to kit that is designed and structured for women, and the lack of research that ever goes into female sport. on research mps claim there's been a slow and disparate response to the disproportionately high number of acl injuries in women's football, something it says wouldn't happen in the men's game. the report also criticised the lack of boots designed specifically for women. and, in examining anxiety girls face around their periods, called for teaching around the menstrual cycle in schools to be drastically improved and start from an earlier age. among the wide ranging recommendations was for the government to convene a task force of experts to tackle these issues. former england goalkeeper rachael brown—finnis is one of the trailblazers of the women's game. having long experienced inequality in sport, its persistence is a source of frustration. excellent goalkeeping - from rachael brown—finnis. over two million women

and girls who play football in this country make zero money out of it at all, and they are putting careers, their student lives, what they do alongside football, at risk, going onto the pitch, or going training because of a lack of education from the coaches who are coaching them, a lack of research into the equipment that they're using, the surfaces that they're playing on. do you think a report like this could help make a difference? awareness, education, and keep asking the questions, asking why things have been done, why things haven't been done, probing the questions, pushing for change, yes, we can make a difference. at a time when nothing should be holding female athletes back, change can't come soon enough. katie gornall, bbc news. so, change is hopefully on the way. let's talk to two people who can tell us how soon that the change is going to come. chloe green and sam

quek. chloe, you are p teacherfor these girls. you are doing something right? these girls. you are doing something riiht? . . ~ �* these girls. you are doing something riiht? ., ., . �* ,., right? yeah, i am. we've brought alon: right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some _ right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some of — right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some of our _ right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some of our year _ right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some of our year eight i right? yeah, i am. we've brought along some of our year eight and | along some of our year eight and nine girls. they are fantastic. they are all representing the school in the kit. at school we tried to do, we have a mixed gender pe. the idea is that we try to remove the bias or the ideas from the students, so we promote healthy competition. and we try and steer away from the idea that females, or girls, should just do netball and dance, and the boys get to do football and rugby and cricket. we try to ensure there is healthy competition and respect between genders and ensure they get a variety of sports. tithe between genders and ensure they get a variety of sports.— a variety of sports. one of the problems _ a variety of sports. one of the problems this _ a variety of sports. one of the problems this report - a variety of sports. one of the problems this report has i a variety of sports. one of the i problems this report has highlighted his kit, what girls might want to wear or not want to wear. what have you found when you it comes to pupils you teach?— you found when you it comes to pupils you teach? absolutely. we offer a range _ pupils you teach? absolutely. we offer a range of— pupils you teach? absolutely. we offer a range of kit. _ pupils you teach? absolutely. we

offer a range of kit. they - pupils you teach? absolutely. we offer a range of kit. they get i pupils you teach? absolutely. we offer a range of kit. they get the | offer a range of kit. they get the options between the polo tops, we have a female fitted version as well, they have got the shorts and the joggers or the tracksuit pants. on the whole the uptake is positive. they feel comfortable. that's important for them to get the most out of their lessons and enjoy their lessons. they have to feel comfortable in what they are wearing. comfortable in what they are wearini. �* , comfortable in what they are wearin.. �*, ., ,. ., wearing. sam, let's talk about feelin: wearing. sam, let's talk about feeling comfortable _ wearing. sam, let's talk about feeling comfortable in - wearing. sam, let's talk about feeling comfortable in what i wearing. sam, let's talk about. feeling comfortable in what you wearing. sam, let's talk about i feeling comfortable in what you are wearing. it“s feeling comfortable in what you are wearing. it's not feeling comfortable in what you are wearing. it“s notjust professional athletes, is it? it is women and girls who may want to play any sport or have something like a slowjog, what to wear can stop you? or have something like a slow “09, what to wear can stop you?i or have something like a slow “09, what to wear can stop you? 100%. i experienced — what to wear can stop you? 100%. i experienced it. — what to wear can stop you? 10096. i experienced it, i— what to wear can stop you? 10096. i experienced it, i am _ what to wear can stop you? 10096. i experienced it, i am experiencing i what to wear can stop you? 10096. i experienced it, i am experiencing itj experienced it, lam experiencing it now at— experienced it, lam experiencing it now at the — experienced it, lam experiencing it now at the ripe old age of 35. when i now at the ripe old age of 35. when i was _ now at the ripe old age of 35. when i was younger i didn't want to do gym. _ i was younger i didn't want to do gym, swimming, gymnastics, dance, because— gym, swimming, gymnastics, dance, because i_ gym, swimming, gymnastics, dance, because i didn't want to wear that ieotard _ because i didn't want to wear that ieotard i— because i didn't want to wear that leotard. i felt i was sexualised. i leotard. ! felt i was sexualised. i didn't— leotard. ! felt i was sexualised. i didn't feel— leotard. i felt i was sexualised. i didn't feel comfortable. it was tight — didn't feel comfortable. it was tight i— didn't feel comfortable. it was tight. i felt exposed. it probably wasn't _ tight. i felt exposed. it probably wasn't until the late 20s i started to feel— wasn't until the late 20s i started to feel comfortable. if i wasn't a

sporty— to feel comfortable. if i wasn't a sporty sporty girl i potentially would — sporty sporty girl i potentially would have given up sport. it is all about— would have given up sport. it is all about choice. tess howard, one of the team — about choice. tess howard, one of the team gb hockey girls, did a report— the team gb hockey girls, did a report and — the team gb hockey girls, did a report and did her postgraduate degree — report and did her postgraduate degree on this type of issue. she found _ degree on this type of issue. she found out— degree on this type of issue. she found out the dropout rate is huge, from _ found out the dropout rate is huge, from 14— found out the dropout rate is huge, from 14 to — found out the dropout rate is huge, from 14 to 16—year—olds, when it comes— from 14 to 16—year—olds, when it comes to — from 14 to 16—year—olds, when it comes to kid. if they are not comfortable, if it doesn't fit. and even _ comfortable, if it doesn't fit. and even now. — comfortable, if it doesn't fit. and even now, we talk about what kit fits women. i struggle to find sure returned _ fits women. i struggle to find sure returned up my backside, as such! even _ returned up my backside, as such! even my— returned up my backside, as such! even my local hockey club, we are in the premier— even my local hockey club, we are in the premier league of england hockey. — the premier league of england hockey, the kit is unisex. that's not fair— hockey, the kit is unisex. that's not fair on — hockey, the kit is unisex. that's not fair on women. we are different shapes. _ not fair on women. we are different shapes, we — not fair on women. we are different shapes, we have big thighs, we are proud _ shapes, we have big thighs, we are proud of— shapes, we have big thighs, we are proud of our— shapes, we have big thighs, we are proud of our bodies, but we still have _ proud of our bodies, but we still have to — proud of our bodies, but we still have to get a large, it's too long and you — have to get a large, it's too long and you have to roll it up. these problems — and you have to roll it up. these problems should not exist and they still do _ problems should not exist and they still do. this report is fantastic. that— still do. this report is fantastic. that something might be done about it. is that something might be done about it. , , ., , ., , it. is the problem that there is into the market _ it. is the problem that there is into the market to _ it. is the problem that there is into the market to make i it. is the problem that there is into the market to make it? i it. is the problem that there is i into the market to make it? no, i think there _

into the market to make it? no, i think there is _ into the market to make it? no, i think there is a _ into the market to make it? no, i think there is a huge _ into the market to make it? no, i think there is a huge market. it's| think there is a huge market. it's huge. _ think there is a huge market. it's huge. the — think there is a huge market. it's huge, the amount of girls playing support— huge, the amount of girls playing support -- — huge, the amount of girls playing support —— sport. it's about getting -irls support —— sport. it's about getting girls involved. we have to remember, the very— girls involved. we have to remember, the very small percentage of girls who play— the very small percentage of girls who play sport will go on to represent their country. what about that percentage of girls who were there _ that percentage of girls who were there for— that percentage of girls who were there for the enjoyment, for the health— there for the enjoyment, for the health benefits, to make friends, to have fun, _ health benefits, to make friends, to have fun, to — health benefits, to make friends, to have fun, to get out there? it's so important — have fun, to get out there? it's so important they are accommodated. the -irls important they are accommodated. the girls here _ important they are accommodated. the girls here are fab, they are skilful, _ girls here are fab, they are skilful, they are energetic, they're having _ skilful, they are energetic, they're having a _ skilful, they are energetic, they're having a great time. it is important for the _ having a great time. it is important for the girls — having a great time. it is important forthe girls. even having a great time. it is important for the girls. even before that you have _ for the girls. even before that you have a _ for the girls. even before that you have a dropout of youngsters because sometimes _ have a dropout of youngsters because sometimes you don't even know, but sometimes _ sometimes you don't even know, but sometimes it does come down to kit. being _ sometimes it does come down to kit. being on— sometimes it does come down to kit. being on your period as well. get rid of— being on your period as well. get rid of the — being on your period as well. get rid of the white shorts. no white shorts _ rid of the white shorts. no white shorts or— rid of the white shorts. no white shorts or skirts. i was on the sixth form _ shorts or skirts. i was on the sixth form team — shorts or skirts. i was on the sixth form team and i had to hockey wear a white _ form team and i had to hockey wear a white skirt _ form team and i had to hockey wear a white skirt with all boys. i was so paranoid — white skirt with all boys. i was so paranoid. things are changing. they lionesses— paranoid. things are changing. they lionesses don't wear white shorts. wimbledon has changed. we are going in the _ wimbledon has changed. we are going in the right— wimbledon has changed. we are going in the right direction. let's make it a bit— in the right direction. let's make it a bit more _ in the right direction. let's make it a bit more forceful.— it a bit more forceful. chloe, you have brought _ it a bit more forceful. chloe, you have brought some _ it a bit more forceful. chloe, you have brought some fantastic i it a bit more forceful. chloe, you .

have brought some fantastic players here this morning. what about the girls who perhaps are less keen to play? in terms of kate, what would red life easier for them? play? in terms of kate, what would red life easierfor them? just red life easier for them? just makin: red life easier for them? just making sure _ red life easier for them? just making sure they _ red life easier for them? just making sure they are red life easier for them? jut making sure they are comfortable first and foremost. ourjob as pe teachers is to promote lifelong participation and engagement, and to try to find a sport and activity they feel comfortable in, they can enjoy. making sure they are comfortable. you mentioned the shorts, they are generalised. i wouldn't have felt comfortable. i wouldn't have felt comfortable. i would never expect one of my students to either. it's making sure they have access to the right size kit. like you mention, making sure they feel comfortable. just giving them the choice. choice and the autonomy for them to wherewith they want to wear is the most important thing. want to wear is the most important thin. . , want to wear is the most important thin _ ., , .,. , ~' thing. that is exactly it. i like wearinu thing. that is exactly it. i like wearing a _ thing. that is exactly it. i like wearing a at _ thing. that is exactly it. i like wearing a st mac— thing. that is exactly it. i like wearing a st raac skirt. - thing. that is exactly it. i like wearing a st raac skirt. at i wearing a st raac skirt. at international hockey level you can have a _ international hockey level you can have a choice. that is important. let's _ have a choice. that is important. let's ask— have a choice. that is important. let's ask the _

have a choice. that is important. let's ask the most important people. girls, gather round. i have an important question for you well. you obviously love your football. you love playing. how important is it that you're comfortable in what you are wearing? come on in. i need you near my microphone. i are wearing? come on in. i need you near my microphone.— are wearing? come on in. i need you | near my microphone._ do near my microphone. i don't know. do ou think near my microphone. i don't know. do you think your— near my microphone. i don't know. do you think your kid _ near my microphone. i don't know. do you think your kid might _ near my microphone. i don't know. do you think your kid might make - near my microphone. i don't know. do you think your kid might make a - you think your kid might make a difference?— you think your kid might make a difference? ., , , �* , difference? yeah, maybe. but i 'ust think it's difference? yeah, maybe. but i 'ust think in like — difference? yeah, maybe. but i 'ust think it's like howi difference? yeah, maybe. but i 'ust think it's like how you i difference? yeah, maybe. but i 'ust think it's like how you play, i difference? yeah, maybe. but ijust think it's like how you play, how- think it's like how you play, how you feel about it.— think it's like how you play, how you feel about it. what about you? how does it _ you feel about it. what about you? how does it change? _ you feel about it. what about you? how does it change? say _ you feel about it. what about you? how does it change? say for - you feel about it. what about you? i how does it change? say for example if it is freezing cold outside, how much would your kid help you? it if it is freezing cold outside, how much would your kid help you? if you have thermals _ much would your kid help you? if you have thermals on _ much would your kid help you? if you have thermals on your— much would your kid help you? if you have thermals on your play _ much would your kid help you? if you have thermals on your play better because _ have thermals on your play better because you would be warm and so you could play _ because you would be warm and so you could play. you because you would be warm and so you could -la . ., ., , could play. you might not be comfortable _ could play. you might not be comfortable in _ could play. you might not be comfortable in what - could play. you might not be comfortable in what you're i could play. you might not be - comfortable in what you're wearing. you might— comfortable in what you're wearing. you might want_ comfortable in what you're wearing. you might want to _ comfortable in what you're wearing. you might want to be _ comfortable in what you're wearing. you might want to be more - you might want to be more comfortable _ you might want to be more comfortable wearing - you might want to be more - comfortable wearing something else. what sort _ comfortable wearing something else. what sort of — comfortable wearing something else. what sort of thing _ comfortable wearing something else. what sort of thing would _ comfortable wearing something else. what sort of thing would make - comfortable wearing something else. what sort of thing would make you i what sort of thing would make you feel more comfortable?— what sort of thing would make you feel more comfortable? maybe more like more thermals, _ feel more comfortable? maybe more like more thermals, to _ feel more comfortable? maybe more like more thermals, to make - feel more comfortable? maybe more like more thermals, to make it - like more thermals, to make it warmor— like more thermals, to make it warmer when _ like more thermals, to make it

warmerwhen it— like more thermals, to make it warmer when it is— like more thermals, to make it warmer when it is cold - like more thermals, to make it| warmer when it is cold outside. like more thermals, to make it - warmer when it is cold outside. tire warmer when it is cold outside. are ou ever warmer when it is cold outside. are you ever put _ warmer when it is cold outside. you ever put off by maybe having warmer when it is cold outside.- you ever put off by maybe having to wear short things that maybe you might not want to? ihiat wear short things that maybe you might not want to?— might not want to? not really, because you — might not want to? not really, because you just _ might not want to? not really, because you just play - might not want to? not really, because you just play your - might not want to? not really, j because you just play your own might not want to? not really, - because you just play your own game. you don't _ because you just play your own game. you don't let— because you just play your own game. you don't let it affect you. like, mayhe — you don't let it affect you. like, mayhe if— you don't let it affect you. like, maybe if you're not feeling comfortable, you put more stuff on to make _ comfortable, you put more stuff on to make you feel comfortable. i don't _ to make you feel comfortable. i don't think it impacts your game, 'ust don't think it impacts your game, just play— don't think it impacts your game, just play how you play. can don't think it impacts your game, just play how you play-— just play how you play. can i 'ust sa , just play how you play. can i 'ust say. everybody. i just play how you play. can i 'ust say, everybody, that is i just play how you play. can i 'ust say, everybody, that is the h just play how you play. can ijust say, everybody, that is the storyj just play how you play. can ijust i say, everybody, that is the story we are going to take in today. not everybody feels like that's a change has to come, sam? it everybody feels like that's a change has to come, sam?— everybody feels like that's a change has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was _ has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was talked _ has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was talked about _ has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was talked about it. _ has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was talked about it. the - has to come, sam? it has to come. we have a was talked about it. the next i have a was talked about it. the next step is _ have a was talked about it. the next step is how — have a was talked about it. the next step is how we are going to change it and _ step is how we are going to change it and that — step is how we are going to change it and that comes down to brands, it comes— it and that comes down to brands, it comes down— it and that comes down to brands, it comes down to clubs. schools, it has to come _ comes down to clubs. schools, it has to come down to schools first, because — to come down to schools first, because that is everybody because my first experience of sport. it has to be enjoyable, it has to be fun, and ultimately. — be enjoyable, it has to be fun, and ultimately, girls have to be safe and comfortable.— ultimately, girls have to be safe and comfortable. thank you both. thank ou and comfortable. thank you both. thank you girls — and comfortable. thank you both. thank you girls. take _ and comfortable. thank you both. thank you girls. take it _ and comfortable. thank you both. thank you girls. take it away. - and comfortable. thank you both. | thank you girls. take it away. who is going to score the goal live on telly? no pressure! step up. who is

captain? come on! go on! penalty. yes! she shoots, she scores. well done. thanks, girls. jon, back to you. hey, hang on! surely, you need to inspire a generation, sell. let's see some skills. go on. you know i haven't got any skills. no holding back here. no holding back here. no skills whatsoever. not afraid to fail. that is the only thing i will say. not afraid of failing. sam is going to take a picture. yeah. top left corner. not bad? that was brilliant. never in doubt. fantastic. well done! brilliant. great stuff. coming up — britain's facing a fraud epidemic,

morning live follows us. helen and gethin are there. you could be playing football? some good finishing going on. the top corner. coming up — britain's facing a fraud epidemic, with over £2 billion estimated to have been stolen in 2023. scam interceptors' nick stapleton meets a man who lost over £100,000 in a convincing con. it is devastating, you know, to lose all that kind of money, really. i thought people were so unscrupulous and merciless. it's one of the most shocking scams i've heard — i'll explain how new rules mean banks should refund most victims. and i'm diving into the morning live inbox to help you avoid being targeted next. plus, comedian michael mcintyre was forced to cancel a gig this weekend, after undergoing emergency surgery to remove kidney stones. dr xand shares the main symptoms. yes, it's a common condition and can leave people in absolute agony. i'll explain how feeling clammy is one of the main signs, and why a slice of lemon in your water can help prevent it.

and, most secondhand cars are set to drop in value as new registrations hit the market this month. we're sharing how you can bag a bargain vehicle and the checks you need to do today, to stop you from buying a dodgy motor. also, with more of us spending time in our gardens as we see the first signs of spring, eco queen nancy birtwhistle has the hacks to restore your outdoor furniture, including how vinegar can help buff up your wooden chairs. acor nigel havers shares why he's in the dog house with his family, because he can't resist buying treasures on the new series of bbc one's the bidding room. see you at 9:30. we look forward to it. sounds great. thank you. morning live at half past nine. lots of messages going on about sports clothing. sadly, not our sally, has been in touch to say she didn't enjoy sport at school because the pe teacher made them wear shorts, skirts. she was really thin, made a film comfortable. she

did everything she could to get out of it. it is a big regret of hers that she never did sport ever growing up. if they had just let me wear a tracksuit, who knows how fit i would be today, she asks? thank you for getting in touch. keep those messages coming. lots more to come. now the local news where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. a passenger has praised the skill of a train driver for keeping a train upright when it derailed at 90 miles per an hour in surrey yesterday morning. the train hit an object in the walton on thames area shortly before 6am, affecting services between woking and waterloo. an investigation is under way into what happened. i think the skill of the driver, and the training of the driver kicked in. and i believe it was a she because i heard members of staff talking. she brought us to a safe end to this adventure.

so very thankful to her and the other members of staff that were present. ahead of the budget tomorrow, london's air ambulance has made a plea for the government to help pay for two new helicopters. the charity has asked for £3 million towards its fundraising target. it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith. the amount that is being asked for is relatively small in terms of this and even smaller relatively in terms of normal budgets. i am pressing the chancellor and the chief secretary to think in the run—up to the budget, this is the week to do it. for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. it's due to open next summer and along with blackwall tunnel, there will be a toll charge. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality.

turning to the travel situation, and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. 0n the tubes. the central district northern lines has minor delays. now on to the weather with kawser. hello. good morning. well, it's a mostly cloudy start with some outbreaks of showers around. the occlusion from last night has been slower to clear this morning. so there will be some showers lingering into the afternoon, especially for the south and east, but some brighter spells later. here's the occlusion here. you can see it slowly clearing out into the north sea. so it doesn't mean there will be some further showers around, especially across more southern and eastern parts during the day, some brighter spells into the afternoon, but also a few scattered showers. but generally it will become drier and temperatures, well, reaching around 10 to ii celsius. now, during the evening, still a few showers for a time, but they will tend to fade away. it does become largely dry overnight, some clearer skies, but also some extensive mist and fog forming too. temperatures quite widely dipping to low single figures and it will be chilly.

so it means that mist and fog may be a bit slow to clear for some areas for tomorrow morning, but improving, becoming drier and brighter. and, over the next few days, too, largely settled. one or two showers around, but a lot of dry weather as well. that's your forecast. now, fancy a stay at st paul's cathedral? well, for one night only, two guests will get the chance to stay overnight in a "secret" hidden library to mark world book day. it will be the first time someone has slept inside the cathedral since world war ii. there's much more on that story on our website. that's it from me. i'll be back with another update at around 9.15am. bye—bye for now. hello this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. and she's back!

just! a new campaign is underway which aims to change how uk laws define consent. people should be required to make sure they have a "clear yes" before any sexual activity, lawyers and activists have said. those supporting it, believe it would shift the focus in sexual violence cases. the actor emily atack joins us this morning alongside dr charlotte proudman, a barrister at goldsmith chambers. morning to you both. how would it make a difference?— morning to you both. how would it make a difference? hugely. we talk about cultural— make a difference? hugely. we talk about cultural shift _ make a difference? hugely. we talk about cultural shift a _ make a difference? hugely. we talk about cultural shift a lot. _ make a difference? hugely. we talk about cultural shift a lot. in - about cultural shift a lot. in general, women are not believed, our word is not believed. a change in law will never be a perfect solution but i think it starts a positive domino effect of societal change. it changes mindset. the domino effect of societal change. it changes mindset.— changes mindset. the law is one thin. changes mindset. the law is one thing. behaviour _ changes mindset. the law is one thing. behaviour needs -

changes mindset. the law is one thing. behaviour needs to - changes mindset. the law is one l thing. behaviour needs to change, doesn't it? {lin thing. behaviour needs to change, doesn't it? , , ., ., doesn't it? on my instagram, when i ut u- the doesn't it? on my instagram, when i put up the campaign. _ doesn't it? on my instagram, when i put up the campaign, there - doesn't it? on my instagram, when i put up the campaign, there is - doesn't it? on my instagram, when i put up the campaign, there is so - put up the campaign, there is so much work that needs to be done. anger pulls out from men, who think... the irony is they feel targeted, there are innocent men sitting at home thinking this does not apply to me, i have done nothing wrong. i think, not apply to me, i have done nothing wrong. ithink, if not apply to me, i have done nothing wrong. i think, if you find this an issue you are part of the issue. this is not a hate campaign against men, we are trying to get men on our side to say we need you more than ever as our allies and we need better protection on this. you are caettin better protection on this. you are getting abuse _ better protection on this. you are getting abuse just _ better protection on this. you are getting abuse just yesterday - better protection on this. you are | getting abuse just yesterday when better protection on this. you are - getting abuse just yesterday when he mentioned there is. yes. getting abuse just yesterday when he mentioned there is.— mentioned there is. yes. things like this will cause _ mentioned there is. yes. things like this will cause a _ mentioned there is. yes. things like this will cause a backlash. _ mentioned there is. yes. things like this will cause a backlash. i - mentioned there is. yes. things like this will cause a backlash. i don't . this will cause a backlash. i don't understand how safety in this kind of situation, in a sexual scenario, campaigning for safety and better six, safer six, campaigning for safety and better six, safersix, i campaigning for safety and better six, safer six, i don't understand how it can be up for debate really.

i don't see how anybody could find it exhausting to talk about. this is the issue. people are embarrassed to talk about it. a lot of things people say when you talk about affirmative consent people will say now i had to sign a contract before entering into a sexual scenario. the fact is, if you are in a healthy sexual situation, making sure your partner is safe and comfortable, it will make the experience better on both counts. abs, will make the experience better on both counts-— both counts. a contract, an agreement _ both counts. a contract, an agreement between - both counts. a contract, an agreement between two i both counts. a contract, an - agreement between two people. how does that work? tic agreement between two people. how does that work?— agreement between two people. how does that work? no one is suggesting ou need to does that work? no one is suggesting you need to sign _ does that work? no one is suggesting you need to sign a — does that work? no one is suggesting you need to sign a written _ does that work? no one is suggesting you need to sign a written contract i you need to sign a written contract before _ you need to sign a written contract before you — you need to sign a written contract before you have six. the law as it presently — before you have six. the law as it presently is — before you have six. the law as it presently is dates back to 2003. it is more _ presently is dates back to 2003. it is more than 20 years out of date and the _ is more than 20 years out of date and the law— is more than 20 years out of date and the law doesn't always keep up with modern societal shifts. in other— with modern societal shifts. in other countries, like sweden, parts ofamerica, —

other countries, like sweden, parts of america, australia, there has been _ of america, australia, there has been a _ of america, australia, there has been a shift towards affirmative consent —based models. that means yes means _ consent —based models. that means yes means yes. it has to be a verbal consent— yes means yes. it has to be a verbal consent and — yes means yes. it has to be a verbal consent and it has to be enthusiastic.— consent and it has to be enthusiastic. ~ ., ., , ., consent and it has to be enthusiastic. ., ., , ., ., enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having — enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having six _ enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having six all— enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having six all about _ enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having six all about to - enthusiastic. what does that mean? when having six all about to embark on an— when having six all about to embark on an exciting sexual conquest, you had to— on an exciting sexual conquest, you had to ask— on an exciting sexual conquest, you had to ask the other person, are you enjoying _ had to ask the other person, are you enjoying it? — had to ask the other person, are you enjoying it? a had to ask the other person, are you enjoying it?— enjoying it? a tiny little thing to sa , are enjoying it? a tiny little thing to say. are you _ enjoying it? a tiny little thing to say, are you comfortable? - enjoying it? a tiny little thing to say, are you comfortable? i- enjoying it? a tiny little thing to l say, are you comfortable? i think aood six say, are you comfortable? i think good six thrives _ say, are you comfortable? i think good six thrives on _ say, are you comfortable? i think l good six thrives on communication. that is— good six thrives on communication. that is what— good six thrives on communication. that is what this law brings in. it brings— that is what this law brings in. it brings in— that is what this law brings in. it brings in a — that is what this law brings in. it brings in a solid sense of communication so both parties can walk away— communication so both parties can walk away happily. communication so both parties can walk away happily-— walk away happily. does that conversation _ walk away happily. does that conversation need _ walk away happily. does that conversation need to - walk away happily. does that conversation need to start i walk away happily. does that conversation need to start a | walk away happily. does that - conversation need to start a long time before that moment. people talk about blurred — time before that moment. people talk about blurred lines. _ time before that moment. people talk about blurred lines. if— time before that moment. people talk about blurred lines. if you _ time before that moment. people talk about blurred lines. if you are - time before that moment. people talk

about blurred lines. if you are in - time before that moment. people talk about blurred lines. if you are in a - about blurred lines. if you are in a situation — about blurred lines. if you are in a situation that is the right one, those — situation that is the right one, those conversations will not be awkward — those conversations will not be awkward and they will not be embarrassing.— awkward and they will not be embarrassing. awkward and they will not be embarrassinu. . , , .., , embarrassing. legally, this can be ut into embarrassing. legally, this can be put into practice. _ embarrassing. legally, this can be put into practice. sounds- embarrassing. legally, this can be put into practice. sounds like - embarrassing. legally, this can be put into practice. sounds like it. put into practice. sounds like it could be a legal minefield. absolutely it can be put into practice _ absolutely it can be put into practice. we are lagging behind. we know that rain prosecutions and convictions in this country are at an all-time _ convictions in this country are at an all—time low —— rate prosecutions. we are in a time now where _ prosecutions. we are in a time now where rabe — prosecutions. we are in a time now where rape has become decriminalised, perpetrators can get away with— decriminalised, perpetrators can get away with absolute impunity. we need shift. away with absolute impunity. we need shift as— away with absolute impunity. we need shift. as emily said, making clear consent— shift. as emily said, making clear consent is— shift. as emily said, making clear consent is wanted and enthusiastic is the _ consent is wanted and enthusiastic is the way— consent is wanted and enthusiastic is the way forward. yes consent is wanted and enthusiastic is the way forward.— consent is wanted and enthusiastic is the way forward. yes means yes. at the moment _ is the way forward. yes means yes. at the moment we _ is the way forward. yes means yes. at the moment we are _ is the way forward. yes means yes. at the moment we are living - is the way forward. yes means yes. at the moment we are living on - is the way forward. yes means yes. | at the moment we are living on this think no means no. that is not working. to flip it around and say

we will make this much easier to predict that person say yes? standing up in court, how much of a difference would it make?— standing up in court, how much of a difference would it make? victims of ra -e have difference would it make? victims of rape have said _ difference would it make? victims of rape have said it _ difference would it make? victims of rape have said it would _ difference would it make? victims of rape have said it would make - difference would it make? victims of rape have said it would make an - rape have said it would make an enormous difference. instead of putting the onus on what the victim did what the victim said, what they were wearing, let's put the onus on the defendant, the rapist and ask what steps did they take to make sure she was enjoying sexual intercourse, she wanted it. often we are focusing on the victim and how they behaved. taste are focusing on the victim and how they behaved-— they behaved. we are not talking about written _ they behaved. we are not talking about written contracts _ they behaved. we are not talking about written contracts and - about written contracts and documents and things like that. in this day and age i wonder whether people might want to record that moment of consent and agreementjust so they have proof if it ever came to some kind of charge claim. we are not auoin to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to — to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to be _ to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to be in _ to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to be in a _ to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to be in a world _ to some kind of charge claim. we are not going to be in a world where - not going to be in a world where people _ not going to be in a world where people are — not going to be in a world where people are walking around with body

cam footage, are we? other countries show it— cam footage, are we? other countries show it has— cam footage, are we? other countries show it has worked. sweden has resulted — show it has worked. sweden has resulted in— show it has worked. sweden has resulted in a 75% increase in conviction _ resulted in a 75% increase in conviction. that is extraordinary, really— conviction. that is extraordinary, really positive. that doesn't mean that statistic isn't saying than 75% of anything men are going to prison, it is saying _ of anything men are going to prison, it is saying that predators are being — it is saying that predators are being convicted.— it is saying that predators are being convicted. it is saying that predators are bein: convicted. ., ., , being convicted. how important is it we talk to boys _ being convicted. how important is it we talk to boys from _ being convicted. how important is it we talk to boys from a _ being convicted. how important is it we talk to boys from a young - being convicted. how important is it we talk to boys from a young age i being convicted. how important is it. we talk to boys from a young age and young men about this and about that word he mentioned, communication? it starts there, doesn't it? it word he mentioned, communication? it starts there, doesn't it?— starts there, doesn't it? it really does. we starts there, doesn't it? it really does- we are — starts there, doesn't it? it really does. we are living _ starts there, doesn't it? it really does. we are living in _ starts there, doesn't it? it really does. we are living in the - starts there, doesn't it? it really - does. we are living in the aftermath of the _ does. we are living in the aftermath of the andrew tait plan, which is horrifying — of the andrew tait plan, which is horrifying. education in schools are so important. i don't remember any of so important. idon't remember any of this— so important. i don't remember any of this kind — so important. i don't remember any of this kind of education. as a nation — of this kind of education. as a nation we _ of this kind of education. as a nation we are oppressed, embarrassed and shy _ nation we are oppressed, embarrassed and shy i_ nation we are oppressed, embarrassed and shy. i also think it is important to have the boys and girls together, _ important to have the boys and girls together, talking about it together. it is not _

together, talking about it together. it is not a _ together, talking about it together. it is not a separation of boys going into a _ it is not a separation of boys going into a separate class and learning about _ into a separate class and learning about this — into a separate class and learning about this. they already feel like they are — about this. they already feel like they are being told off if that is they are being told off if that is the case — they are being told off if that is the case. this is not a male bashing crusade _ the case. this is not a male bashing crusade we — the case. this is not a male bashing crusade. we need men and women, boys and girls— crusade. we need men and women, boys and girls to _ crusade. we need men and women, boys and girls to work together on it. it starts _ and girls to work together on it. it starts with— and girls to work together on it. it starts with education. good education underpinned with a change in law— education underpinned with a change in law is— education underpinned with a change in law is start. education underpinned with a change in law is start-— in law is start. before you go, we had to ask _ in law is start. before you go, we had to ask how— in law is start. before you go, we had to ask how you _ in law is start. before you go, we had to ask how you are _ in law is start. before you go, we had to ask how you are feeling. l in law is start. before you go, we had to ask how you are feeling. i | had to ask how you are feeling. i was not meant to say this but i am having _ was not meant to say this but i am having a _ was not meant to say this but i am having a boy. i am having a boy and i want _ having a boy. i am having a boy and lwant him— having a boy. i am having a boy and lwant him to— having a boy. i am having a boy and i want him to be a part of a really positive _ i want him to be a part of a really positive change, wanting him to grow up positive change, wanting him to grow up knowing _ positive change, wanting him to grow up knowing he can talk about these things— up knowing he can talk about these things openly and enjoy his life. i want _ things openly and enjoy his life. i want him — things openly and enjoy his life. i want him to be on the right side of history _ want him to be on the right side of history do — want him to be on the right side of histo . ,, want him to be on the right side of histo . i. ~' want him to be on the right side of histo . i. ~ , history. do you feel like it is movin: history. do you feel like it is moving the _ history. do you feel like it is moving the right _ history. do you feel like it is moving the right way? - history. do you feel like it is| moving the right way? some history. do you feel like it is - moving the right way? some days i have hope. —

moving the right way? some days i have hope, some _ moving the right way? some days i have hope, some days _ moving the right way? some days i have hope, some days the - moving the right way? some days i have hope, some days the futility l have hope, some days the futility of it feels _ have hope, some days the futility of it feels draining. if we keep having these _ it feels draining. if we keep having these conversations, we need people to sign— these conversations, we need people to sign this _ these conversations, we need people to sign this petition. it is not the perfect _ to sign this petition. it is not the perfect start. it will create a societal _ perfect start. it will create a societal norm. people would not be societal norm. people would not be so embarrassed to talk about it. a boy so embarrassed to talk about it. boy or man is great. a boy mother is great. how can we know if we're speaking to a qualified doctor — or if the person we're talking to is what's known as a "physician associate"? with both roles now coming under the same regulator, there's a warning that patients may get confused. a "physician associate" is health professional who plays a supporting role to doctors — they don't have a medical degree and shouldn't make diagnoses unsupervised. the family of one young woman,

who died after being seen by a physician associate instead of a doctor — is calling for more regulation, and clarity for patients. our reporter gem o'reilly has more. to lose a child is terrible. but when you find out that your daughter's death was preventable and should have been prevented, it's just devastating. it's torture. emily would have been celebrating her 32nd birthday this year and performing in musicals like she dreamt of. but, in november 2022, those dreams were destroyed when emily died of a pulmonary embolism. emily had a pain in her left calf, and she phoned the doctor's surgery. it didn't get better. so she made an appointment and was seen by a physician's associate. we believe, and she believed at the time it was a doctor, but it wasn't. the physician's associate diagnosed emily with a sprain and anxiety. she actually had a blood

clot in her left calf. emily's condition worsened and she collapsed. she died in hospital three weeks after her 30th birthday. our emotions range still. disbelief, i think is the major one. emily's gp surgery told the bbc it was deeply saddened by her death, adding that... staff have been told to be transparent with patients about who they're seeing. a physician's associate, or when they were first founded, the physician's assistant, was there — someone to, well, as the name suggests, literally help the physician. i can understand why there's this confusion out there, but there shouldn't be a point that we're putting these individual — these patients — theirfamilies at risk by not having them seen with someone with the full training that it takes to manage both the simple but also the complex and the uncertainty. this year will see the regulation

of physician and anaesthetic associates, which will allow the general medical council to oversee their training and validate if they are fit to practise. legislation has recently been passed for regulation of physician associates, which is great news. regulation provides a mechanism for reporting any concerns, which will improve patient safety and reduce patient harm. so this should help correct that and give confidence in the workforce that any concerns are being overseen. the faculty of physician associates makes it clear that they are health care professionals, working in multidisciplinary teams with the supervision of doctors. it says regulation is vital to improving patient care and growing the profession. if pas are here to stay in the nhs, they have a role to play. then there needs to be some sort of patient information campaign to ensure that they know who it is that they're speaking to and what that person's skillset is. emily chesterton's is an isolated

incident, but her family wants there to be more transparency so patients know who they're seeing. be aware, be proactive, don't be passive. and, if in doubt, ask... i will ask for a gp's appointment. don'tjust assume that you are seeing a fully—qualified gp because you may not be. gem o'reilly, bbc news. thank you to them. in that story. it is just after a quarter to nine. now some rioting _ just after a quarter to nine. now some rioting with _ just after a quarter to nine. jijffi-h" some rioting with carol. good morning. some dense fog around the welsh marches, parts of central and southern england which were left as we go through the course of the morning. fairly damp and murky in

the east. in the west mostly dry and bright. some showery rain here as well. over the next few days he will find high pressure over scandinavia blocking is whether fronts coming into us from the atlantic. —— blocking these weather fronts. we are starting the day on a wet note across eastern areas. murky with rain and drizzle. they also have heavy showers pushing on towards the south—east from the likes of dorset and the isle of wight. showery rain across northern ireland moving into western scotland through the day, accompanied by gusty winds. strong winds across the northern isles. in between all of this quite what you will find is some brightness and also some sunshine. temperatures ranging from six in the north to ii as we push further south. this evening and overnight, once again this weatherfront comes evening and overnight, once again

this weather front comes back into eastern parts of scotland, already ensconced across eastern parts of england. again murky conditions with dampness in it. in the west we will see mist and fog patches forming. it will be cold enough in wales and western parts of scotland for a touch of frost. that takes us into tomorrow. again we start with all of this cloud and murky conditions. light rain and drizzle in the east. it should break up. here we still hang onto a few showers. the brighter skies once again will be in the west. temperatures up the touch for most. we are looking likely between ten and i2 for most. we are looking likely between ten and 12 degrees. as we head on through the latter part of the week in high pressure still very much in charge. the air moving around it is coming in from the south—east by dragging in a lot of cloud and moisture with across scotland and eastern england in particular. parts of the south

brightening up through the course of the day. the north—west breaking up as well in the sunshine. these represent the average wind speeds. nothing particularly strong. there's other temperatures. seven to 12 degrees north to south. into the weekend it looks like we need weather fronts coming up from the south, introducing rain across southern england and into wales. it will be breezy at times as well, still comparatively mild. before i 90, still comparatively mild. before i go, i want to show you something a bit different. beneath the ground in western canada, dozens of fires started burning last year and they are still burning. 150 of them are still alight. the smouldered beneath the surface of the forest happens right the way through winter. they are difficult to detect. or you can see a smoke coming up. they are sustained by layers of dry peat

underneath the ground. itjust feels incongruous, doesn't it? to see all the snow with fire in and amongst it all. it the snow with fire in and amongst it all. . . . the snow with fire in and amongst it all. ., , , , ., the snow with fire in and amongst it all. .. , , ., ., , all. it has been burning for months and months- _ all. it has been burning for months and months. absolutely. _ all. it has been burning for months and months. absolutely. i- all. it has been burning for months and months. absolutely. i had - all. it has been burning for months and months. absolutely. i had no i and months. absolutely. i had no idea about _ and months. absolutely. i had no idea about that. _ and months. absolutely. i had no idea about that. thank _ and months. absolutely. i had no idea about that. thank you. - idea about that. thank you. particularly from carol. are we allowed to say it? "oh my god we can't believe it" — ricky wilson and simon rix from the kaiser chiefs are here! the band have a brand new album out called "easy eight album", which we'll talk to them about that in a minute. but first let's remind ourselve of some of their biggest hits so far. # ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. # la, la, la, la, la, la. # i predict a riot. # every day i love you less and less. # and every day i love you less and less. # i've got to get this

feeling off my chest. # the doctor says all i need is pills and rest. # since every day i love you less and less. # and less and less. # i know. i feel it it in my bones. # i'm sick, i'm tired of staying in control. # ruby, ruby, ruby, ruby. # do you, do you, do you, do you? # know what you're doing to me. # ruby, ruby, ruby, ruby.# now we are awake. ricky wilson and simon rix from kaiser chiefsjoin us now. thank you for coming in. lovely to have you here. 2! thank you for coming in. lovely to have you here-— thank you for coming in. lovely to have you here. 21 years? well, thank ou. have you here. 21 years? well, thank you- when — have you here. 21 years? well, thank you- when you _ have you here. 21 years? well, thank you. when you look— have you here. 21 years? well, thank you. when you look back _ have you here. 21 years? well, thank you. when you look back at - have you here. 21 years? well, thank you. when you look back at some - have you here. 21 years? well, thank you. when you look back at some of| you. when you look back at some of those highlights _ you. when you look back at some of those highlights may _ you. when you look back at some of those highlights may more - you. when you look back at some of those highlights may more than - you. when you look back at some of those highlights may more than twoj those highlights may more than two decades. does it blow your mind? it

just feels like history. i was looking _ just feels like history. i was looking at the outlets. ye went throuuh a looking at the outlets. ye went through a period _ looking at the outlets. ye went through a period of _ looking at the outlets. ye went through a period of taking - looking at the outlets. ye went through a period of taking too. looking at the outlets. ye went - through a period of taking too much stuff to the charity shop. i can remember _ stuff to the charity shop. i can remember thinking, _ stuff to the charity shop. i can remember thinking, why? - stuff to the charity shop. i can remember thinking, why? didj stuff to the charity shop. i can rememberthinking, why? did you stuff to the charity shop. i can remember thinking, why? did you give that burberryjacket to the charity shop? i nearly bought it. is that burberry jacket to the charity shop? i nearly bought it.- shop? i nearly bought it. is there an hinu shop? i nearly bought it. is there anything you _ shop? i nearly bought it. is there anything you would _ shop? i nearly bought it. is there anything you would like - shop? i nearly bought it. is there anything you would like to - shop? i nearly bought it. is there anything you would like to get i shop? i nearly bought it. is there i anything you would like to get back? you wore thatjacket to the brits. you wore that jacket to the brits. you wore that jacket to the brits. you never— you wore that jacket to the brits. you never know when you will lose weight. mt; you never know when you will lose weiuht. g ., ., you never know when you will lose wei ht. g ., ., ., . ~' ., weight. my favourite 'acket got totally eaten. _ weight. my favourite 'acket got totally eaten. it _ weight. my favourite 'acket got totally eaten. it was _ weight. my favourite jacket got totally eaten. it was burgundy| weight. my favourite jacket got - totally eaten. it was burgundy with red stripes. a totally eaten. it was burgundy with red stries. �* . . totally eaten. it was burgundy with red stripes._ the - totally eaten. it was burgundy with red stripes._ the blazer. l totally eaten. it was burgundy with red stripes._ the blazer. red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album — red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is _ red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is out. _ red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is out. that _ red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is out. that is _ red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is out. that is out. - red stripes. a blazer? the blazer. a new album is out. that is out. we l new album is out. that is out. we should probably _ new album is out. that is out. we should probably sell _ new album is out. that is out. we

should probably sell that. - new album is out. that is out. we should probably sell that. let's i should probably sell that. let's listen. # tonight i promise we gon' start a riot. # i put away anxiety. # ijust stopped thinking about it. # so come and take a ride with me. # there ain't no doubt about it. # tonight i'm gonna teach you how to dance. # dance, dance. you know what? they should have made a video. they are quite expensive. did you not make one? looks like it was done on your iphone! thea;r did you not make one? looks like it was done on your iphone!— was done on your iphone! they are expensive- — was done on your iphone! they are expensive. when _ was done on your iphone! they are expensive. when do _ was done on your iphone! they are expensive. when do people - was done on your iphone! they are expensive. when do people watch | was done on your iphone! they are - expensive. when do people watch them nowadays? thea;r expensive. when do people watch them nowada s? , . .. expensive. when do people watch them nowada s? , ., ~ ., ., ., nowadays? they are kind of out of fashion. there _ nowadays? they are kind of out of fashion. there is _ nowadays? they are kind of out of fashion. there is no _ nowadays? they are kind of out of fashion. there is no point. - nowadays? they are kind of out of fashion. there is no point. we - nowadays? they are kind of out of. fashion. there is no point. we spent a lot of time — fashion. there is no point. we spent a lot of time making _ fashion. there is no point. we spent a lot of time making the _ fashion. there is no point. we spent a lot of time making the songs. - fashion. there is no point. we spent a lot of time making the songs. in i a lot of time making the songs. in the streaming area, sometimes you

had a bit of video, a snapshot. i quite like what you did then. had a bit of video, a snapshot. i l quite like what you did then. stick it on our quite like what you did then. stick it on your socials. _ quite like what you did then. stick it on your socials. it _ quite like what you did then. stick it on your socials. it will— quite like what you did then. stick it on your socials. it will be fine. why do people not watch videos any more? is it all about tiktok? taste more? is it all about tiktok? we don't look _ more? is it all about tiktok? we don't look as _ more? is it all about tiktok? , don't look as good as we used to. no one wants to see our faces.— one wants to see our faces. there are some — one wants to see our faces. there are some huge — one wants to see our faces. there are some huge industry _ one wants to see our faces. there are some huge industry names i one wants to see our faces. there are some huge industry names on this. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., are some huge industry names on this. . ., ., 4' ., ., ., this. we have worked with a lot of eo - le. this. we have worked with a lot of people- there _ this. we have worked with a lot of people. there was _ this. we have worked with a lot of people. there was a _ this. we have worked with a lot of people. there was a list _ this. we have worked with a lot of people. there was a list of - this. we have worked with a lot of people. there was a list of the - this. we have worked with a lot of| people. there was a list of the top 15 producers and we worked with five of them. ., . ., 15 producers and we worked with five of them. ., _, ., ,., | of them. how did it come about? i don't know- _ of them. how did it come about? i don't know. an _ of them. how did it come about? i don't know. an e-mail, _ of them. how did it come about? i don't know. an e-mail, probably. | of them. how did it come about? i | don't know. an e-mail, probably. i don't know. an e—mail, probably. i spent some time in the studio with him and it was brilliant. the spent some time in the studio with him and it was brilliant.— him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like _ him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like it _ him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like it will _ him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like it will get _ him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like it will get in _ him and it was brilliant. the music sounds like it will get in your - sounds like it will get in your brain and stay there. have your influences changed? where did it come from?—

come from? this album took the lonrest come from? this album took the longest ever _ come from? this album took the longest ever to _ come from? this album took the longest ever to make. _ come from? this album took the longest ever to make. we - come from? this album took the longest ever to make. we had i come from? this album took the l longest ever to make. we had the idea it should be easy, like a manifesto. slightly as a joke and slightly a manifest ring will stop not thinking about it too much. it is a bit greatest hits, not coherent that in a good way. there are loads of different styles. some heavier stuff, some disco stuff. we worked with and there are rudimental. iie with and there are rudimental. he was so excited about the album. we are excited — was so excited about the album. we are excited and we had been in a band _ are excited and we had been in a band for— are excited and we had been in a band for a — are excited and we had been in a band for a long time. having someone is coming _ band for a long time. having someone is coming and going to make you guys are great— is coming and going to make you guys are great you are still great and i will make — are great you are still great and i will make the best album i can for you _ will make the best album i can for you was — will make the best album i can for you. was fantastic. he will make the best album i can for you. was fantastic.— will make the best album i can for you. was fantastic. he has produced lots of big people. _

you. was fantastic. he has produced lots of big people. we _ you. was fantastic. he has produced lots of big people. we left _ you. was fantastic. he has produced lots of big people. we left him - you. was fantastic. he has produced lots of big people. we left him to i lots of big people. we left him to do the modern production stuff. it sounded really good. someone to remind you how good you are. we are best friends- — remind you how good you are. we are best friends. we _ remind you how good you are. we are best friends. we have _ remind you how good you are. we are best friends. we have a _ remind you how good you are. we are best friends. we have a good - remind you how good you are. we are best friends. we have a good time. i best friends. we have a good time. we like _ best friends. we have a good time. we like love more than anyone in the world _ we like love more than anyone in the world. sometimes we can procrastinate and —— a lot. if we're going _ procrastinate and —— a lot. if we're going to _ procrastinate and —— a lot. if we're going to rehearse, we will arrive but let's — going to rehearse, we will arrive but let's say we are supposed to start _ but let's say we are supposed to start at — but let's say we are supposed to start at ten and then it is 11 —ish. then— start at ten and then it is 11 —ish. then it _ start at ten and then it is 11 —ish. then it is — start at ten and then it is 11 —ish. then it is lunchtime. we chat and do not get _ then it is lunchtime. we chat and do not get much done. all our wreckers have started — not get much done. all our wreckers have started with us being in a room. — have started with us being in a room, having so much making a racket — room, having so much making a racket. do — room, having so much making a racket. , ., room, having so much making a racket. ,, , ,, room, having so much making a racket. i. , ,, ., racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? — racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we _ racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we did _ racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we did not _ racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we did not have - racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we did not have one i racket. do you need the pressure of a deadline? we did not have one on this. what a deadline? we did not have one on this- what is _ a deadline? we did not have one on this. what is the _ a deadline? we did not have one on this. what is the longest? - a deadline? we did not have one on this. what is the longest? so - a deadline? we did not have one on this. what is the longest? so 21 - this. what is the longest? so 21

ears. this. what is the longest? so 21 years- there — this. what is the longest? so 21 years. there was _ this. what is the longest? so 21 years. there was a _ this. what is the longest? so 21 years. there was a pandemic! l this. what is the longest? so 21 i years. there was a pandemic! we didn't spend that much time in rooms togetherfor didn't spend that much time in rooms together for a didn't spend that much time in rooms togetherfor a couple of didn't spend that much time in rooms together for a couple of years. my nap at the magic happens when you are face to face. you are making music. , . . are face to face. you are making music. , ., , ., are face to face. you are making music. _ ., , ., ., ., , music. ruby was out and it was massive- _ music. ruby was out and it was massive- we — music. ruby was out and it was massive. we would _ music. ruby was out and it was massive. we would go - music. ruby was out and it was massive. we would go to - music. ruby was out and it was massive. we would go to a - music. ruby was out and it was - massive. we would go to a cupboard in our rehearsal room and get every bit of gear out. you have a chat and work out what you have to do, asking each other how you are and all that stuff. ~ . . .. each other how you are and all that stuff. . ., ., ~' ., , ., each other how you are and all that stuff. ~ ., ., ~ ., �* stuff. we are talking about bucks fizz the musical. _ stuff. we are talking about bucks fizz the musical. can _ stuff. we are talking about bucks fizz the musical. can you - stuff. we are talking about bucks fizz the musical. can you ever i stuff. we are talking about bucks| fizz the musical. can you ever see kaiser chiefs, the movie? central character would be ruby. it kaiser chiefs, the movie? central character would be ruby.- character would be ruby. it may robabl character would be ruby. it may probably be _ character would be ruby. it may probably be called _ character would be ruby. it may

probably be called riot! - character would be ruby. it may probably be called riot! it - character would be ruby. it may probably be called riot! it is - probably be called riot! it is another side _ probably be called riot! it is another side of _ probably be called riot! it is another side of the - probably be called riot! it is another side of the industry. probably be called riot! it is - another side of the industry. do you want to be part _ another side of the industry. do you want to be part of _ another side of the industry. do you want to be part of it? _ another side of the industry. do you want to be part of it? we _ another side of the industry. do you want to be part of it? we will- another side of the industry. do you want to be part of it? we will do - want to be part of it? we will do the video for— want to be part of it? we will do the video for you. _ want to be part of it? we will do the video for you. if _ want to be part of it? we will do the video for you. if it _ want to be part of it? we will do the video for you. if it is - want to be part of it? we will do| the video for you. if it is anything like that, the video for you. if it is anything like that. yes. — the video for you. if it is anything like that, yes, please. _ the video for you. if it is anything like that, yes, please. you - the video for you. if it is anything like that, yes, please. you are i like that, yes, please. you are auoin like that, yes, please. you are going on _ like that, yes, please. you are going on tour— like that, yes, please. you are going on tour to _ like that, yes, please. you are going on tour to some - like that, yes, please. you are going on tour to some unusual places. going on tour to some unusual laces. ~ . . , going on tour to some unusual laces. ~ , ., , ., ., ., places. we usually do the arena circuit, places. we usually do the arena circuit. 02 _ places. we usually do the arena circuit, 02 and _ places. we usually do the arena circuit, 02 and stuff _ places. we usually do the arena circuit, 02 and stuff like - places. we usually do the arena circuit, 02 and stuff like that. l places. we usually do the arena circuit, 02 and stuff like that. i | circuit, 02 and stuff like that. i love that stuff, love it. just to promote the album, we are going to go to some different places. first gig ever in torquay. going to blackpool, stockton. some gigs in london as well. we had venues like theatres and a roller disco. letufith theatres and a roller disco. with roller skates _ theatres and a roller disco. with roller skates on? _ theatres and a roller disco. with roller skates on? there - theatres and a roller disco. with roller skates on? there will - theatres and a roller disco. with roller skates on? there will be l roller skates on? there will be skates. roller skates on? there will be skates- you — roller skates on? there will be skates. you still _ roller skates on? there will be skates. you still love - roller skates on? there will be

skates. you still love that. - roller skates on? there will be | skates. you still love that. live audiences. skates. you still love that. live audiences-— skates. you still love that. live audiences. ., , m audiences. you played last night. we -la ed audiences. you played last night. we played manchester _ audiences. you played last night. we played manchester last _ audiences. you played last night. we played manchester last night, - audiences. you played last night. we played manchester last night, just i played manchester last night, just to flog the record. kaiser chiefs new album 'easy eighth album' is out now. go to your local record shop. their tour starts in april. stay with us, headlines coming up.

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hello, i'm sarah campbell. we start this hour in the united states. it is super tuesday — the biggest day so far in the 2024 race for the white house. millions of voters are heading to the polls in 15 states and one territory to choose their preferred candidates for president. the first voting will get under way in virginia in just a few hours' time. it promises to be a big day for polling, but presidentjoe biden and former president donald trump are almost certain to face each other again in november's election. some states had tried to exclude mr trump from the ballot, but on monday the supreme court overruled that. our north america correspondent emma vardy reports from a hockey game in colorado. america's getting ready for a big political contest. but despite the millions of votes being cast, it's already pretty clear which candidates will be facing off in the presidential battle.

as colorado goes to the polls,