good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. crunch time for royal mail as its owners are expected to give a controversial takeover bid the stamp of approval. i'll be looking at what this means for the delivery of your letters and the company's tens of thousands of staff as it faces missed targets and another investigation by the regulator. diane abbott is readmitted as a labour mp after a lengthy investigation into her conduct, but it's not clear if she will be allowed to stand at the election. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed on a bournemouth beach. in sport. after just four days of the tournament, british hopes in the french open singles are over. the last to go — katie boulter

and dan evans, who both lost their first round matches at roland garros. # the wheels on the bus go round and round #. are the wheels coming off traditional nursery rhymes? some parents say they need a bit of remix. it is another day of sunshine and scattered showers. the heaviest showers in central and eastern scotland and eastern england, where you will hear the odd rumble of thunder. the details later. it's wednesday 29th may. an announcement is expected to be made today on a takeover bid for royal mail. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky is expected to offer a deal worth £5 billion for the company, which employs more than 150,000 people. but unions and political parties want reassurances that it will retain its name, brand and uk headquarters, as well as ruling out compulsory redundancies.

here's business editor simon jack. founded in the time of henry viii, royal mail still carries the monarch's insignia. it was split off from the post office and privatised over a decade ago, allowing anyone to buy shares. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky has already snapped up 27% of them, and royal mail's owners are recommending other shareholders accept his offer to buy the rest. but unions, the current government, and opposition politicians want assurances which include retaining the name and brand, its uk headquarters, paying taxes in the uk, and no compulsory redundancies. this offer is expected to accept those, but unions are still uneasy. look, we feel it's a failure of privatisation. it's almost 12 years since royal mail were privatised and, you know, it's been mismanaged for years. and now it looks like we're

going to be owned by a foreign equity company, which we're really concerned with because quality is down, morale is down. and whilst there's been some assurances, we've been told, we are really concerned what the future holds for royal mail, a great british public service. daniel kretinsky made his fortune in the energy industry, but has, in recent years, diversified his interests into retail and logistics — he owns 10% of sainsbury�*s and 25% of west ham football club. a final decision by shareholders and the government is not expected before the election. simon jack, bbc news. ben's looking at this. it really matters? we are talking about one of the uk's biggest and most important companies employing 150,000. although it is privatised, we rely on it weather for letters

from the doctor, the bank, tax office. we have an interest in what happens to it. the deal on the table is about saving a firm grappling with serious problems. just recently it announced it made a loss last year of £350 million in part down to the fact it's bulk of what it does, delivering letters, has shrunk. we send around half the number of letters we did a decade ago from 1a billion a year down to 7 billion. it has a legal obligation to deliver all parts of the uk for the same price six days a week monday to saturday. it has also been fined £5 million for failing to meet targets for delivering letters on time in 2022 and the regulator is investigating again the failure to meet targets on delivery times last year. we are sending and receiving more parcels, online shopping leads

to that, but it faces competition on that front. the question is will this $5 billion deal deliver a lifeline? that is the assessment made by the board of top bosses when they meet later today. but even then, they have to get the nod from then, they have to get the nod from the government. given the importance of this company, it could block the deal but that is a decision likely to fall to whoever is in power after the election. to fall to whoever is in power after the election-— the election. thank you. we will follow that _ the election. thank you. we will follow that story _ the election. thank you. we will follow that story throughout - the election. thank you. we will follow that story throughout the | follow that story throughout the morning. now more of today's news including the latest situation with labour's diane abbott. questions remain over whether veteran mp diane abbott can or will stand in the election as a labour candidate, after she was reinstated yesterday. she was suspended last year after suggesting thatjewish, irish and traveller people did not face racism "all their lives".

she apologised and withdrew her remarks. here's political correspondent damian grammaticas. diane abbott — campaigner, trailblazer. for a0 years, she's been a fixture on the left of politics, unafraid to criticise her own party, such as over the iraq war. whenjeremy corbyn became leader, she became shadow home secretary. but 13 months ago, she was suspended by labour. this was 1987 — the day she changed the face of parliament. the first black woman elected to be an mp. good morning, my name's diane abbott, i'm a new member. yes, i know. if you'd like to go through the swing doors, they'll look after you. thank you very much. what got her suspended was this letter to the observer saying, "jewish, irish and traveller people do undoubtedly experience prejudice," adding, "but they're not all their lives subject to racism." diane abbott withdrew her remarks and apologised.

an internal investigation completed in december gave a formal warning for conduct prejudicial to the party. sir keir starmer, who's made a priority of rooting out anti—semitism from labour, was even yesterday under pressure to say whether she would be allowed back in. the process overall is obviously a little longer than the fact—finding exercise, but, in the end, this is a matter that will have to be resolved by the national executive committee, and they'll do that in due course. finally, last night, the party confirmed she'd been restored to her position as a labour mp. the way it has been handled and the time it has taken has drawn criticism from within labour's own ranks. i think it's important that the whip was returned to diane. she went through the process. i do feel that there are some people around keir — not keir himself, that maybe have watched a little bit too much scandal or — do you know what i mean?

the west wing and think that's how politics is done. that isn't how politics is done, and it is important that somebody like diane gets her due respect. the question now is whether she chooses to put her name forward to stand again — and, if she does, whether the party forward to stand again and, if she does, whether the party will endorse her or block her. chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us. he had a couple of days. no more time. ~ ., ., , ., ., he had a couple of days. no more time. ., ., , ., ., time. what does today hold in store? probably not — time. what does today hold in store? probably not two _ time. what does today hold in store? probably not two august _ time. what does today hold in store? probably not two august or _ time. what does today hold in store? | probably not two august or september at this rate. a lot of activity from parties today. the labour party does not want to be talking about diane abbott. they want to talk about health care. we have new side to a long—standing labour policy. it was always their policy to spend £1 billion creating 40,000 more appointments per week in the nhs.

they say that is going to help them meet the target the nhs has had but not met since 2016 of 18 weeks waiting for appointments, procedures and operations. the new thing they say is they will do that if they win the election within a parliament, within five years. that is a clear test the labour party is setting itself. keir starmer will be in the west midlands with the shadow health secretary wes streeting talking about that. rishi sunak boarded the sleeper in london to penzance in cornwall. he will be in the south—west today and talking about mickey mouse, not the cartoon but mickey mouse, not the cartoon but mickey mouse, not the cartoon but mickey mouse degrees which he says afflict too many university students and he wants the office for students, the independent regulator, to find ways to close down those degrees. the conservatives reckon that would be one in eight of

degrees in operation. they want the money from them to go towards apprenticeships. he says in strong language, rishi sunak, that some universities are simply ripping young people. the liberal democrat leader after his splash in windermere, he will be in wales launching the welsh general election campaign for his party and talking about agriculture. the liberal democrats want an increase of £1 billion in the agriculture budget to support sustainable food production and help farmers improve productivity and training. thank ou. israel has been pressing ahead with its assault on rafah in southern gaza, despite international anger over civilian casualties. palestinian officials say 21 people were killed by air strikes on a camp for displaced people yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. the united states says it won't turn a blind eye,

but has insisted it hasn't seen anything that would warrant the withdrawal of military assistance. south africans go to the polls today in what could be the most consequential election since the end of apartheid. anger over deteriorating services, corruption scandals and soaring crime suggest the african national congress may lose its majority for the first time in 30 years. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed on a beach in bournemouth. amie gray, a 34—year—old personaltrainer, died on durley chine beach on friday. a 38—year—old woman with serious injuries remains in hospital. 0ur reporter mike apps is at the scene for us. could you bring us up—to—date on what has happened? shatter could you bring us up-to-date on what has happened?—

what has happened? after a day esterda what has happened? after a day yesterday in _ what has happened? after a day yesterday in which _ what has happened? after a day yesterday in which we _ what has happened? after a day yesterday in which we had - what has happened? after a day yesterday in which we had no i yesterday in which we had no significant update issued from dorset police, late yesterday evening, this major development and news of an arrest made more than 100 miles away from here in london. dorset police were called to this area of durley chine before midnight on friday following reports of two people stabbed. 34—year—old amie gray, a football coach and personal trainer from gray, a football coach and personal trainerfrom poole gray, a football coach and personal trainer from poole was gray, a football coach and personal trainerfrom poole was pronounced dead at the scene and a second woman, 38, also from poole, remains in hospital with serious injuries. a17—year—old boy from lancashire arrested on suspicion of murder was released without charge on monday and eliminated from the investigation. yesterday, this news from the police that a man aged 20 from the police that a man aged 20 from the police that a man aged 20 from the croydon area of london had been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. they say the

investigation has moved speed and officers from the intelligence and firearms teams have worked with the metropolitan police to make the arrest. whole swathes of the beach were cordoned off the whole of the weekend and the cord and was lifted yesterday. police presence remains on the scene but the significant development is a man in custody as things stand. back to you. jurors in the criminal trial of donald trump will begin their deliberations later today. the former president is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records while reimbursing his personal lawyerfor a hush money payment to adult filmstar, stormy daniels. if found guilty, mr trump could face prison, probation orfines. north america correspondent john sudworth reports. with the end of the trial now in sight, donald trump repeated his claim that the whole things a political sham. make no mistake about it.

i'm here because of crooked joe biden. while inside the court with his family watching on, his defence lawyers rested their case. their closing arguments were focused on mr trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. just before the 2016 election, he paid stormy daniels to silence her allegation that she had had sex with mr trump. but mr cohen's claim his boss knew the payment was made to influence the election was a lie, the defence said. and while mr trump's son continued the attack on the steps of the court... and he's actually lied to that veryjury, and yet he's the only person of relevance that this entire case... ..the prosecution, in their closing arguments, agreed, in their closing arguments, agreed mr cohen was dishonest. that's precisely the point, they told the jury — he lied on behalf of, and in the pay of, donald trump. and as if the political circus

couldn't get any bigger, there was an unexpected cameo appearance with a warning about mrtrump. we don't want to wake up after the election saying, "what, again? my god, what the hell have we done?" well, the world's media has been here from the start, but there's no doubt these press pens are now filling up in anticipation of a moment in history — the first verdict in the first criminal trial of a former president, with uncertain political consequences — whichever way it goes. all that's left is for the judge to instruct the jury, then 12 ordinary new yorkers will decide his fate. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. a satellite that aims to study clouds to make more accurate weather forecasts and reliable climate predictions has blasted into orbit. 3,2... and lift—off.

this is spacex falcon 9 carrying the earth care satellite. its mission is to collect as much information as possible on clouds, as well as dust and smoke, which play a role in their formation. experts say the data could help in mitigating the threats posed by global warming. it is the brainchild of professor anthony illingworth, from the university of reading, who first conceived the idea more than 30 years ago. the date is the 29th of may, which means... # happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. good morning, happy birthday. birthday to you. good morning, happy birthda . �* , , birthday to you. good morning, happy birthda. �* ,, birthday to you. good morning, happy birthda . �* ,, ., ~ birthday to you. good morning, happy birthda. �* ,, ., ~ birthday. bless you, thank you. took me by surprise- _ birthday. bless you, thank you. took me by surprise. but _ birthday. bless you, thank you. took me by surprise. but how— birthday. bless you, thank you. took me by surprise. but how melodic. i me by surprise. but how melodic. good morning. we are looking at a

mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. in the afternoon especially, some showers will turn thundery and heavy. particularly so in central and eastern scotland, eastern england. a lot of dry weather to start. some scattered showers but we will see more developed through the day. the met office has a yellow weather warning for parts of northern, central and eastern scotland where we could have 15-20 eastern scotland where we could have 15—20 millimetres of rainfall in one hour, twice that in a few hours, so the risk of flash flooding. in the sunshine, temperatures 14—20. this evening and overnight, showers move from scotland into northern england with clear skies further south. showers in northern ireland and wales. blustery along the coastline. 0vernight temperatures 8—10, which

takes us to tomorrow and you can see showers continue to fizzle pushing southwards. we have a rain wrapped around at low pressure close to the east coast. here we have a northerly wind and north—westerly wind in the west which will take the edge off the temperature especially along the north sea coastline. temperatures tomorrow 14—19 north to south. as we head to the weekend, high pressure builds and things start to settle down. thank you. we promise not to sing again. i loved it. beautiful. more than three million homes have had cavity wall insulation fitted under schemes set up by the government. the work was paid for by the energy companies, but, too often, the quality has been poor. the bbc can reveal that in hundreds of thousands of homes the insulation

could have failed because it wasn't fitted to the required standard. faulty insulation can also lead to damp, mould and related health problems, as correspondent zoe conway reports. zoe godrich scrubs black mould off the walls of her house every couple of weeks. horrific, absolutely horrific. it's absolutely heartbreaking because i can't provide my children's basic needs of a safe, warm home. the mould took over her swansea home after cavity wall insulation was fitted for free three years ago under a government—backed scheme. and this is where we all sleep. all four of you in this room? yeah. my 15—year—old sleeps here and i sleep here with my six and my five—year—old. they sleep on mattresses on the floor — their mould—ridden beds thrown away, her children's bedrooms uninhabitable. my children's health has been severely affected. so my daughter, who's got asthma,

she takes the steroid pump. my son, then, he's on steroid creams for his eczema. his eczema bleeds, it's quite severe. and were they on this medication before the insulation was installed? no. zoe says that within weeks of the insulation going in, water was running down the wall of her daughter's bedroom. it was just constant. it's like a little waterfall. the company that fitted it went bust. in desperation, she took out a £7,000 loan to get it extracted. without insulation, the house is cold. she can't afford to turn up the heating, causing yet more mould. it even spread to her children's toys. it was absolutely disgusting. since the 19205, homes have a gap or cavity between the outer and inner wall. the insulation is made out of fibreglass wool, polystyrene beads or,

sometimes, a polyurethane foam. more than three million homes have had it done under government schemes since 2008. 5% were inspected to check on the quality of the work. figures compiled by the regulator 0fgem, seen by the bbc, suggest that hundreds of thousands of homes could have failed insulation, which can lead to damp and mould. david walter is a building surveyor. he says zoe's house would not have been in a good enough condition to have insulation. you can actually see that there's a crack in the actual external wall. driving rain can actually penetrate in through the crack inside the cavity, wet the insulation and transfer straight through to the room. the crack should have been fixed and then insulated. but that's not all. it turns out the extraction wasn't done properly either. the actual cavity insulation should have been removed, but it's still inside the wall.

itjust hasn't been done properly. it's a botched installation. david has been looking at insulated homes all over the country for more than 25 years. the industry is motivated by money. they get government grants for doing this work. they had huge sums of money in the past. so there's an incentive for the contractors just to get people signed up, get the job done and get the grant money. five years ago, the government asked trustmark, an arm's—length organisation, to improve the quality of installations. but is the scheme really working? installers uk, the company that put the insulation into zoe's home, is trustmark registered, and city energy network ltd, the company that arranged funding for the work, is also trustmark registered. installers uk says the problems were caused by a hole in the roof. but the standards body, the british assessment bureau, says that if there had been any issues with the property, the work should not have gone ahead.

city energy says its only involvement was to arrange the funding. it says it has no connection with installers uk, nor was it involved in the installation process. these government—backed insulation schemes were targeted to help vulnerable people. when they work, they cut energy bills and make homes warmer. when they fail, it can be devastating for people least equipped to cope. there's no insulation value here at all. in the north west of england, a camera is inserted into a cavity. it shows the foam insulation hasn't filled it properly. taking out the brickwork, we can see inside, there's no foam. it's a void. it's just been sprayed on the inside wall and hasn't expanded. this proves that this insulation wasn't installed correctly and wasn't policed and checked as the installation went along. the work was done in 2015. it's caused cracks in the living

room, damp and mould. i'm just gutted. they've ruined my home. debbie was given a guarantee it could pay out a maximum of £4,000, yet it will cost her tens of thousands of pounds to get her house fixed. the law firm that took on her case has gone bust. you think you take a government—backed scheme, so it must be right if the government's backing it. and it's not. what zoe and her children want most of all is for their house to feel like a home once more. the life has just been knocked out to me. for the last three years, that's all i've done — is fight company after company after company, and i've got no further forward. i don't see light at the end of the tunnel. city energy says it has recognised and sympathised with the position in which ms godrich finds herself and, although it has no obligation to do so, it has sought to resolve matters

directly with her in an effort to assist. trustmark says... "the problems at ms godrich's property are complex. the work was carried out under an earlier standard and did not take the whole—house approach that current standards do, preventing some of the issues seen here. however, the situation ms godrich is left in is completely unacceptable and needs to be put right. we will work with the british assessment bureau and city energy to achieve a suitable solution, which makes ms godrich's property a warm, comfortable and healthy home for her and herfamily." that report from zoe conway. zoe will be with us at 8.15 to talk about this issue in more detail. coming up. is it time to reinvent the wheel when it comes to nursery rhymes?

we'll be joined by cbeebies presenter chris jarvis at ten to nine to find out why children's music tastes are changing. we are not doing the nursery rhymes like we used to. a bit more rap involved these days. which are you comfortable with? the classics? yes. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. after he admitted stabbing a woman in brighton, simply because she had looked at him. the 37—year—old victim remains in hospital in a stable condition following the incident in church place on saturday evening. the boy told a witness he was angered when the victim looked at him from across the street. police say the incident highlights the devastating impact of knife crime on our communities.

more than 70% of ulez fines haven't been paid since the scheme expanded into kent and surrey. new figures reveal that the number of unpaid fines has gone up by almost 975,000 since the ultra low emissions zone came into place last august. a transport for london spokesperson said the scheme is not about making money and will lead to cleaner air. a stroke patient who waited more than 36 hours on a trolley at a brighton hospital is still in a&e, the bbc has learned. last week, friends said the patient was taken by ambulance to the royal sussex county hospital and was still on a trolley a day and a half later. the elderly woman has now spent nine days in a&e waiting to be admitted to a specialist stroke unit. the hospital has apologised, saying staff sometimes struggled to move patients to the right ward space. a former sub—postmistress from surrey who was wronglyjailed while pregnant says it's vital that those behind the so—called horizon it scandal

are brought to account. seema misra was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2010 after an audit found apparent discrepancies in her accounts. her conviction was quashed by the court of appeal in 2021. she's been sharing her story in a series of on stage interviews. if we let post office get away with it, tomorrow, it will be a different organisation doing the same thing, because they think, "they can get away with it, so can we." then the world won't be a nice place to live in. people will take the law in their own hands. so we need to show the system that the system does work in the country, there is nobody above the law. and now with a look ahead at the day's weather prospects, here's kawser quamer. hello, good morning. the area of low pressure that brought the rain yesterday continued to clear out into the north sea today, and today we are expecting sunny spells but also some scattered showers, wrapped around this area of low pressure. so they will be heaviest and most frequent across more eastern parts. some decent breaks in the cloud with some sunny spells into the afternoon.

temperatures reaching around 17 to maybe 20 celsius. these showers will continue for a time this evening, gradually fading away. 0vernight, it's a case of patchy cloud and some clear spells, and temperatures holding up at around 11 celsius quite widely. looking ahead to thursday, during the day, sunny spells and scattered showers once again, and some of these showers may be heavy, possibly thundery, especially for more eastern parts. then, for later on friday, and into the weekend, it gradually becomes drier and a bit brighter as well. that's your forecast. time now for our photo of the day, and it's this shot of the south foreland lighthouse near dover, taken by matt pennal. and we always love to see your photos, so please do send them to us by tagging us on social media. that's all from us for now. i'll be back in half an hour's time. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. one of our oldest and most british

of institutions, the royal mail, is likely to accept a takeover bid from a czech billionaire today. but what could this mean for staff and customers? ben has the details. it really matters, that's what it means. this is one of our most identifiable and recognisable, and most important british companies. as we've been reporting this morning, it is understood that the royal mail board are ready to accept the £5 billion offer from czech businessman daniel kretinsky and his company ep group later today. royal mail, which is of course a separate company to the post office, traces its history back 500 years, but its recent history has been less than successful. 0nly last week it reported a loss of nearly £350 million. and it's been failing to meet its delivery targets for years. last year, it only delivered three quarters of first class

mail on time, failing to meet its target of 93%. and its second class mail target was also missed. the regulator 0fcom says there needs to be a debate on future service levels as the number of letters sent by post has halved from 14 billion in 2011 to seven billion last year. the two main options for change are to deliver most letters within three days so first class deliveries would be the exception, or that the number of days we receive post is reduced from the current six to five or even three. but these changes would require legislation. 0ne financial analyst told us that even if the czech bid is accepted by the royal mail board today, there will still be further hoops for the firm to jump through. the government and the regulators will obviously be looking for certain contractual commitments

and pledges from a potential foreign owner. they would include to keep the headquarters in the uk and also for a certain service level to be provided. but i think on the other hand, as far as uk people are concerned, i mean, this is a very historic uk institution and the fact that it could be going into foreign hands does suggest that actually, maybe this privatisation just over a decade ago could actually be seen as a failed privatisation. daniel kretinsky already owns more than a quarter of the shares in royal mail's parent company. the deadline for bids to go in is 5pm this afternoon but it's looking very likely this deal will pass this first hurdle. but it's worth remembering that the government has power under the national security and investment act to scrutinise and potentially block the deal.

but given we are in one election period, that final decision is likely to fall whoever is in power afterjuly four. thank you. the leader of the scottish national party wants to see railways in england fully nationalised if labour win the election. john swinney will today call for the party to "follow the snp's lead" after scotrail was brought into public ownership two years ago. we're joined now by the snp's westminster leader stephen flynn. good morning, mr flynn. playedmore. have already announced that they were to win the —— labour have already announced that if they were to win the election, they would bring the remaining privatised train contracts into public ownership as they expire so how is this different from that? the they expire so how is this different

from that? ., ,., ., , they expire so how is this different from that? ., ., , ., from that? the labour party have romised from that? the labour party have promised many — from that? the labour party have promised many things _ from that? the labour party have promised many things under - from that? the labour party have promised many things under keir| promised many things under keir starmer�*s leadership, they have promised to abolish leader —— tuition fees and they are not going to do that, they promise to abolish benefit caps and they are not going to do that, they promised to keep the cap on banker bonuses and they are not going to do that. it is important that where we can we continue to put pressure on the labour party to do the right thing because in scotland, as you have pointed out, we have nationalised our rail rolling stock and we have excellent levels of punctuality, we have got a position where we have scrapped peak time there is during the course of living crisis to ease the course of living crisis to ease the financial burden on commuters. it is more than the rolling stock, it is about network rail as well. many of the problem is that we face with the punctuality of our trains stems from the fact that the railways cells, the lines they run on a reserved matterfor westminster and that needs to be public ownership as well. the figures

unhappier _ ownership as well. the figures unhappier the _ ownership as well. the figures unhappier the two _ ownership as well. the figures unhappier the two years - ownership as well. the figures unhappier the two years since | unhappier the two years since scotrail was rationalised, 2500 services have been cancelled. with that fully persuade labour to fully nationalise england's railways? those are the headline figures but when you look at the percentages, will forgive me if i am wrong, i am thinking it was well in excess of 90% ofjourneys on time. that is a nationalised company delivering for the people of scotland. when we talk about nationalised companies in scotland, our water services are also nationalised, scottish water sit under public ownership and control by government. what is in stark contrast what we see in england where we have a huge amount of sewage going into waterways. public ownership is a good thing and we will continue to push the labour

party to do the right thing in that regard. it party to do the right thing in that reaard. , , , ., party to do the right thing in that reaard. , , ., regard. it is interesting you are -aushin regard. it is interesting you are pushing the _ regard. it is interesting you are pushing the labour— regard. it is interesting you are pushing the labour party - regard. it is interesting you are - pushing the labour party assuming the labour party are going to win the labour party are going to win the general election and like you have to work with them, is that how you see the next few months panning out? ., , ., ., out? the next few months are about makin: out? the next few months are about making sure — out? the next few months are about making sure that _ out? the next few months are about making sure that we _ out? the next few months are about making sure that we say _ out? the next few months are about making sure that we say to - out? the next few months are about making sure that we say to the - making sure that we say to the people of scotland that what we are going to do is continue to put the people of scotland first at westminster. when we have an economic consensus in westminster which is about stability, that means £18 billion of looming public sector cuts, what the eye called a conspiracy of silence. we say there will be a continuation of austerity, thatis will be a continuation of austerity, that is not good enough, we meet properfunding in scotland that is not good enough, we meet proper funding in scotland and the snp can provide the cuts in westminster to make sure that that happens. we can break up the cosy establishment consensus that exists there, put pressure on whether it is there, put pressure on whether it is the labour or conservative party to deliver for the people of scotland

in a way they have a not for too long. it in a way they have a not for too lonu. ,., , ~' in a way they have a not for too lonu. , ,, in a way they have a not for too lonu. , ~ ., ,. long. it sounds like you do expect labour to win? _ long. it sounds like you do expect labour to win? i _ long. it sounds like you do expect labour to win? i think _ long. it sounds like you do expect labour to win? i think anyone - long. it sounds like you do expect| labour to win? i think anyone who looks at an _ labour to win? i think anyone who looks at an opinion _ labour to win? i think anyone who looks at an opinion poll— labour to win? i think anyone who looks at an opinion poll in - labour to win? i think anyone who j looks at an opinion poll in england would suggest that the labour party are in all likelihood going to win. it's what that change looks like that matters. when we look at their cost of living crisis, we need to see clear plans from the labour party when it comes to mortgage rates, good prices and energy bills. they don't exist at the moment. when it comes to economic growth, it's not good enough to say that you want economic growth, it you need to take you are going to rely align with the single market, return freedom of movement, and deliver investment to compete with our european allies and the likes of the us, india and japan on the waste to net zero. 0nly the likes of the us, india and japan on the waste to net zero. only by —— the race to net zero. 0nly on the waste to net zero. only by —— the race to net zero. only by getting can we make sure we have the

change that is required. i'm afraid that in westminster there is not the desire for that. the scottish national party will always champion investment in the nhs and investment investment in the nhs and investment in green economy because it is the right thing to do and if we have to provide the guts in westminster and put the people of scotland first, we will do that. put the people of scotland first, we will do that-— put the people of scotland first, we will do that. what about your record on the nhs — will do that. what about your record on the nhs in _ will do that. what about your record on the nhs in scotland? _ will do that. what about your record on the nhs in scotland? record - will do that. what about your record | on the nhs in scotland? record long waiting lists, 690,000 people waiting lists, 690,000 people waiting for appointments for treatment in scotland. when it comes to the data, it is hard for you to persuade people that you are delivering, isn't it? you persuade people that you are delivering, isn't it? you know as well as i do _ delivering, isn't it? you know as well as i do that _ delivering, isn't it? you know as well as i do that westminster i delivering, isn't it? you know as. well as i do that westminster sits just over the water from st thomas hospital will stop on a regular basis for the last 18 months, there have been strikes outside that hospital, nurses orjunior doctors, hospital, nurses or junior doctors, those hospital, nurses orjunior doctors, those strikes have not happened in scotland. we have the best paid nurses in these entire aisles in scotland. when it comes to performance within the health

service, we have significant challenges as a result of the covid pandemic but we have the best performing nhs by almost every measure in the aisles as well and thatis measure in the aisles as well and that is thanks to the clear leadership sold by the scottish government and consecutive health secretaries. what we need to seek westminster going forward is a rejection of tory austerity politics which will bring 18 billion of public sector cuts, we need to see investment in the nhs and the rejection of the very notion of privatisation in the nhs which appears to have notjust have seeped into labour's language but appears to be in the heart of what wes streeting the shadow secretary has been saying. we have a record to be proud of on the nhs, we have a lot more work to do but but only by having snp mps at westminster can we continue to put the nhs first and scotland first. taste continue to put the nhs first and scotland first.— continue to put the nhs first and scotland first. we will be speaking to labour's wes _ scotland first. we will be speaking

to labour's wes streeting - scotland first. we will be speaking to labour's wes streeting later- scotland first. we will be speaking | to labour's wes streeting later but i'm sure we will speak again soon. thank you. thank you forjoining us, we have not brilliant news on the planet, there is no positive spin.- not brilliant news on the planet, there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants. there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants- well— there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants. well -- _ there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants. well -- on _ there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants. well -- on the _ there is no positive spin. -- on the tenants. well -- on the tennis. - there is no positive spin. -- on the. tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every — tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year. — tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year, we _ tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year, we try _ tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year, we try to - tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year, we try to check i tenants. well -- on the tennis. four times every year, we try to check in | times every year, we try to check in on the state of british tennis in the grand slams. four days into the french open and no singles players in britain, that might help you draw your own conclusions. there were mitigating circumstances or darren evans and katie boulter yesterday. four days into the french open and there are no brits left in the singles. katie boulter was seeded for her first match in the main draw but was beaten by paula badosa of spain. that's despite being a set and a break up. but badosa is a former world number two and fought back to take the match in three sets making

boulter the sixth and final british player to lose their first—round match at roland garros this year. before that dan evans also fell at the first hurdle. but like boulter had a tough draw for this stage of the tournament. he was beaten in straight sets by denmark's holge rune who's the 13th seed. evans has only won three times on the tour this year and only once before in seven matches at roland garros. 0n the other hand novak djokovic rarely has first round problems and he beat frenchman pierre—hugues herbert to reach round two as he goes for a 25th grand slam title. in the moments where it mattered, i think i delivered. great play, great tie—break. stayed focused. i'm glad that i started where i started, the way i felt on the court, comparing to previous week's of tournaments i've played, ifelt good, better. so i'm moving in a positive direction, so it's just the beginning.

last weekend there was an fa cup final and championship playoff final but this saturday wembley is hosting another big game and the stadium will deploy a record number of stewards for the champions league final between borussia dortmund and real madrid. the fa is investing more than £5 million towards improving safety and infrastructure to try and avoid the chaotic scenes before the euro 2020 final and the trouble seen at the last two champions league finals in istanbul and paris. that includes 2,500 stewards. he's one of the hottest properties in management after leading ipswich to two straight promotions. but kieran mckenna is expected to sign a new deal to stay at the club despite being on a few shortlists elsewhere. mckenna has guided ipswich to its first premier league season in 22 years and has been linked with chelsea, brighton, and manchester united where he was a first team coach until 2021 when he moved to portman road. the english international cricket season has already had the word washout used on quite a few occasions and you can add the men's latest t20 against pakistan.

persistent rain fell in cardiff where they couldn't even manage to get going. the first match of the series was also abandoned and it's hampering england's preparations for the t20 world cup which starts next week. they'll try again for the fourth match tomorrow. england's women will be crossing their fingers for better weather this lunchtime. they're hoping to play their third and final one—day international against pakistan in chelmsford. their series has provided a win and a wash—out and england bowler kate cross says despite a 1—0 series lead they need to improve. how we played in derby probably wasn't how we would like to play the game. i think, you know, we were a little bit untidy with the ball, probably not at our best in the field and equally didn't put as much pressure on the pakistan bowling attack as we would like. so those kind of areas are all facets that we'd want to improve on. and we know what our best to we can beat any team. we saw that in the ashes last year with australia,

we were really able to put them under pressure in real key moments. there's a significance to the british team named for the european athletics championships because those like katarina johnson—thompson are heading into the olympics not long afterwards. the world heptathlon champion is one of the 72 names on the list as is keeley hodgkinson who ran the fastest 800 metres time of the year last week. they'll will be joined by fellow world medalists matthew hudson—smith and zharnel hughes. not all the things are there, because there is an 0lympics not all the things are there, because there is an olympics in seven weeks' time,... is because there is an olympics in seven weeks' time,...— because there is an olympics in seven weeks' time,... is in seven weeks! 0h _ seven weeks' time,... is in seven weeks! oh my — seven weeks' time,... is in seven weeks! oh my goodness! - seven weeks' time,... is in seven weeks! oh my goodness! i- seven weeks' time,... is in seven l weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked ou? weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven — weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven and — weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven and a _ weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven and a half— weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven and a half of _ weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked you? seven and a half of that - weeks! oh my goodness! i shocked l you? seven and a half of that makes you? seven and a half of that makes you feel better. it you? seven and a half of that makes you feel better-— you feel better. it will be a very bi few you feel better. it will be a very big few weeks _ you feel better. it will be a very big few weeks ahead. _ you feel better. it will be a very big few weeks ahead. i - you feel better. it will be a very big few weeks ahead. i don't i you feel better. it will be a very i big few weeks ahead. i don't think you feel better. it will be a very - big few weeks ahead. i don't think i have been trolling _ big few weeks ahead. i don't think i have been trolling in _ big few weeks ahead. i don't think i have been trolling in for— big few weeks ahead. i don't think i have been trolling in for the - have been trolling in for the olympics, i'm not ready! i have been trolling in for the olympics, i'm not ready! i have been carb loading — olympics, i'm not ready! i have been carb loading for _ olympics, i'm not ready! i have been carb loading for months! _ more wet and stormy weather is on the way over the next 24 hours as the miserable spring weather continues.

it has been quite miserable, hasn't it? ~ . ., ., it? when it continued into the summer of— it? when it continued into the summer of sport _ it? when it continued into the summer of sport we - it? when it continued into the summer of sport we have - it? when it continued into the summer of sport we have a i it? when it continued into the - summer of sport we have a head? 0ur reporterjessica lane is at a holiday park in north yorkshire for us. lots of people should be spending last term but it's not necessarily what they were hoping for, jessica. —— half term. just as you join me because it is not raining! i can even some bits of blue sky though it is perfect. as you can see from the puddles, it has been raining. it rained through the whole night and it has been raining since the beginning of the half term and all over the bank holiday weekend here, just like it has across the uk. this is the woodhouse farm holiday park, they have 50 acres air and space for caravans and camper vans, and this field would normally be absolutely full of tanks. 0n field would normally be absolutely full of tanks. on a normal may half term, they would expect the field to

be full of tents but they have had to move some away because of the mud, water and rain may have been having. that means they have got about three quarters of the people they would expect at this site and it is having a real impact. edward is the owner here. what impact is it having on your business? it is is the owner here. what impact is it having on your business?— having on your business? it is a realjuggle _ having on your business? it is a realjuggle for _ having on your business? it is a realjuggle for us _ having on your business? it is a realjuggle for us because - having on your business? it is a realjuggle for us because as i having on your business? it is a l realjuggle for us because as you can see, some of the pitches are not usable and people have made bookings six months in advance. so we have to stop taking new bookings in order to, so the people can come and on the bookings that they had made. it is a real challenge to juggle everyone around and keep them out of the mud. , , ., ., , the mud. this is a family run campsite _ the mud. this is a family run campsite and _ the mud. this is a family run campsite and you _ the mud. this is a family run campsite and you have - the mud. this is a family run campsite and you have been | the mud. this is a family run - campsite and you have been here for 30 years? campsite and you have been here for 30 ears? , . , ,': :: campsite and you have been here for 30 ears? , . [9:1] ., , campsite and you have been here for 30 ears? , . y,-,:: , ., 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and the have 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never _ 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never known _ 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never known it _ 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never known it so - 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never known it so wet - 30 years? yes, nearly 30 years and they have never known it so wet for so long. we have dealt with rain obviously, we are in the yorkshire dales but itjust seems to be that

we have had the wettest autumn, wettest winter and now the wettest spring summer. 50 wettest winter and now the wettest spring summer-— wettest winter and now the wettest spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything _ spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything you _ spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything you can _ spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything you can do _ spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything you can do as - spring summer. so it is worrying. is there anything you can do as a - there anything you can do as a business to try and deal with that? you cannot change the weather but you can do things for your business? we have put extra drainage in, made some all weather pitches, but woodhouse farm is really nice green space so we do not want to tarmac everywhere and make it as special as what it is now. it is everywhere and make it as special as what it is now-— what it is now. it is a balancing act? yes, _ what it is now. it is a balancing act? yes. we _ what it is now. it is a balancing act? yes, we have _ what it is now. it is a balancing act? yes, we have indoor- what it is now. it is a balancing . act? yes, we have indoor facilities like the restaurant _ act? yes, we have indoor facilities like the restaurant and _ act? yes, we have indoor facilities like the restaurant and soft - act? yes, we have indoor facilities like the restaurant and soft play i act? yes, we have indoor facilities| like the restaurant and soft play so people have options when it does start to rain here.— start to rain here. thank you very much. start to rain here. thank you very much- sarah _ start to rain here. thank you very much. sarah and _ start to rain here. thank you very much. sarah and alfie _ start to rain here. thank you very much. sarah and alfie have - start to rain here. thank you very much. sarah and alfie have been| start to rain here. thank you very - much. sarah and alfie have been here for a couple of days. as the rain had been having an impact on the holiday? brute had been having an impact on the holida ? ~ ., ., ., ., ., holiday? we are fortunate we have a cam er holiday? we are fortunate we have a camper van — holiday? we are fortunate we have a camper van and _ holiday? we are fortunate we have a camper van and the _ holiday? we are fortunate we have a camper van and the children - camper van and the children absolutely love it. but it's a bit challenging keeping everything clean and dry _ challenging keeping everything clean and dry. but challenging keeping everything clean and d . �* ., challenging keeping everything clean and d . �* . ., , ., and dry. but the weather has not bothered them? _ and dry. but the weather has not bothered them? no, _ and dry. but the weather has not bothered them? no, i— and dry. but the weather has not bothered them? no, i have - and dry. but the weather has not bothered them? no, i have had. and dry. but the weather has not| bothered them? no, i have had a treat bothered them? no, i have had a great time. _ bothered them? no, i have had a great time, puddles _ bothered them? no, i have had a great time, puddles are - bothered them? no, i have had a great time, puddles are their - great time, puddles are their favourite _ great time, puddles are their favourite thing to play in. which is

luc ! favourite thing to play in. which is lucky! fiona. _ favourite thing to play in. which is lucky! fiona. you _ favourite thing to play in. which is lucky! fiona, you arrived - favourite thing to play in. which is lucky! fiona, you arrived on - favourite thing to play in. which is l lucky! fiona, you arrived on sunday just before a huge thunderstorm. brute just before a huge thunderstorm. we did, just before a huge thunderstorm. - did, it did pour down and it was thunder and lightning, it was challenging but it was great fun. really good fun. has challenging but it was great fun. really good fun.— really good fun. has it had an im act really good fun. has it had an impact on _ really good fun. has it had an impact on your— really good fun. has it had an impact on your holiday? - really good fun. has it had an impact on your holiday? not l really good fun. has it had an | impact on your holiday? not at really good fun. has it had an - impact on your holiday? not at all, we are in the _ impact on your holiday? not at all, we are in the outdoors _ impact on your holiday? not at all, we are in the outdoors and - impact on your holiday? not at all, we are in the outdoors and we - impact on your holiday? not at all, we are in the outdoors and we love splashing in muddy puddles, don't we? what more could you ask for, the facility are brilliant, everything from the little one to the older ones. . y ., from the little one to the older ones. . , ., from the little one to the older ones. . , , ones. have you en'oyed camping? yes! of course, ones. have you en'oyed camping? yes! of ccurse the — ones. have you enjoyed camping? yes! of course, the little _ ones. have you enjoyed camping? yes! of course, the little silver _ ones. have you enjoyed camping? yes! of course, the little silver lining - of course, the little silver lining on this is the weather is expected to start to improve towards the end of the week on the weekend, so the kids who are not loving the weather when it rains it should have a brighter into their holiday. fingers crossed! keep a tight hold of that microphone or you will lose it to alfie, i think!

of that microphone or you will lose it to alfie, | think!— of that microphone or you will lose it to alfie, i think!— it to alfie, i think! carol had the actual weather _ it to alfie, i think! carol had the actual weather forecast - it to alfie, i think! carol had the actual weather forecast which i l actual weather forecast which i think people will be looking very closely. is there a clue in the background? for today, yes, back the weekend things will settle down. today we are looking at one china as the afternoon, some of them will be heavy and funding —— today we are looking at some shine and scattered showers. allergy to grass pollen levels, the levels are high in east of england and moderate in midlands and wales. we have some low pressure over us and we have started the day with a fair few showers, in scotland, northern ireland, england, wales and the south. the cloud will

continue to bubble up today, further showers coming in, down the east coast of england some could have the odd rumble of thunder. be a slow ones will be across northern, central part where we could have 15 millimetres in an hour. so it could lead to some disruption. for the rest of the uk it is a mixture of bright spells, sunny spells and showers and if you are in with one child, a top temperature of 20 degrees in london will feel quite pleasant —— and if you are in warm sunshine, the top temperature will feel quite pleasant. 0ur sunshine, the top temperature will feel quite pleasant. our low pressure is in the north sea, and we have a weather front wrapped around it. through tomorrow that will still be very close to the north sea coastline, and it is likely to bring

some cloud and some rain at times. the other thing about tomorrow is the wind, it will be coming from the north so it will take the edge from the temperature in eastern parts, and also quite breezy out towards the west. in between, another day of bright spells, sunshine and showers, some of them thundery in the south, the rain getting down into east anglia during the day and the temperature is 14 to 19 degrees. into friday, we have a ridge of high pressure building in from the atlantic so things are going to settle down. there will be patchy cloud around during the course of friday, more dry conditions than we are looking at on wednesday or thursday, but still a few showers dotted around. temperatures up to 17 to 19 degrees. as we head into the weekend, here is the high pressure nudging across as, but the wind around it moves clockwise so at

times we will drag in a more cloud across north—west scotland and the east coast of england. the outlook is not looking too shabby. thank you. are you ready for this? are you sittinr are you ready for this? are you sitting doubly. _ are you ready for this? are you sitting doubly. -- _ are you ready for this? are you | sitting doubly. -- comfortably? incy wincy spider, twinkle twinkle little star... come on, what is it? row row, row your boat are all classic nursery rhymes but if you're a parent of grandparent, those sing—song lyrics mightjust make you want to run, screaming for the hills. but you're not alone, new research has shown that many think it's time for a rewrite when it comes to music for the underfives. 0ur media and arts correspondent david sillito has been exploring the emergencing world of toddler techno. # the wheels on the bus go round and round.

# round and round, round and round... the wheels on the bus, a toddler classic. but now a new version. # the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round... basically, i remix nursery rhymes and i turn them into modern sounding main stage club anthems. # people on the back go up and down... welcome to techno for toddlers. lenny pierce, just one of a number of artists trying to widen the preschool musical diet. my daughter is one and a half years old, and then when i'm at home with her, i'm making music in the next room, i canjust hear the same songs on repeat. and because i'm a music producer, i was like, oh, maybe i should try and remix this into something more modern for my tiktok. and then i did that. and then itjust resonated with a lot of parents. # if you're happy and you know it... and it got about almost two million streams in just three weeks which is really, really crazy. and he's not alone. 0lly halvorson writes bespoke songs for the under—fives

in their preferred musical style. because tastes here are pretty varied. so your favourite music is? michael jackson and janet jackson. and yourfavourite, again, is? mamma mia. mamma mia? abba! what type of music do you like? johnny cash! johnny cash, yeah, you do listen to that, don't you? i johnny cash? # jordan's got a cheeky smile. and some new research has shown they're not unusual. the under—fives are often just underestimated and kind of written off. and actually what we've seen here is that they, you know, they're like the rest of us. they like listening to a diversity of music and the music that's being produced for them should reflect that. nursery rhymes, is the traditional music serving families well? well, half of the families that we spoke to said that they thought nursery rhyme lyrics needed to be updated. yes, nursery rhymes.

attempts to reform and rewrite them date back to the victorian era, but without much success. but nevertheless, parents today aren't so keen. wow! so, yeah, that's i think one of them that we're kind of over. # ella is like the sun, cos like the spring, what joy you bring. and then there are those who have to sing this stuff. angeline and 0lly have a pet hate. your least favourite? # twinkle, twinkle, little star. # how i wonder what you are. you've got a world weary look on your face. so it seems lenny�*s on to something.

indeed... he's had an effect on his brother, who happens to be a wiggle. # wheels on the bus go round and round. for those who don't know, the wiggles are australia's global superstars of the preschool hit parade and lenny has just produced their first rave album. # toot toot, chugga, chugga! toddler techno is taking off. but as any parent knows, we'll wait and see what britain's three year olds actually demand. # we're gonna ride the whole day long! david sillito, bbc news. not sure what i think about that. go on? �* , has twinkle twinkle had its day? or do you have a favourite nursery rhyme that you still love singing with your kids? we would love to hear from you if

you have a nursery rhyme to share with us, maybe you would like to send a performance to that number. great, but it is 7am!— great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea, great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea. relax — great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea. relax the _ great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea, relax the vocal _ great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea, relax the vocal cords. - great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea, relax the vocal cords. if- great, but it is 7am! have a cup of tea, relax the vocal cords. if you l tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been _ tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up — tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up in _ tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up in the _ tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up in the night- tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up in the night with l tea, relax the vocal cords. if you have been up in the night with a| have been up in the night with a toddler and they are playing that techno toddler thing, i'm not sure... �* ., time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm nicky ford. three police officers have been injured and 40 arrests were made during a demonstration in westminster last night. police say one officer was seriously injured after she was hit in the face by a bottle thrown from the crowd. the demonstation, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign and other groups, began in whitehall and police say the vast majority left without incident.

a breakaway march of about 500 people then continued to westminster tube station. british transport police have released figures showing a 25% increase in women and girls reporting sexual offences on the rail network. the rise is believed to reflect an improved awareness that you can report any type of sexual behaviour that makes you feel uncomfortable. however, the police believe many incidents are still going unreported, especially by younger women. a study has found giving smooth nut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy. a team at king's college london advise parents to offer nuts in a soft form during weaning. their findings suggest teenagers who ate it up to age five were 71% less likely to develop an allergy compared to those who'd avoided it. it's just 60 days until the paris 0lympics get under way and, among the athletes hoping to be on the start line for team gb, is

the london sprinter desiree henry. the 28—year—old from enfield has had to battle injury to continue her 0lympicjourney, which started at the rio 0lympics and often trains in the early hours of the morning. when you have a goal and dream you won't make excuses, you'll figure it out. even if it doesn't sound logical such as doing a session at 2am. i knew what my reality was, i knew that i had to work and ijust thought, if that's what it takes, then i'm going to go ahead and do it. let's take a look at the tubes now — minor delays on thejubilee line and victoria line. the metropolitan line has minor delays. there's a good service on all other lines. now the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. as the area of low pressure moves out into the north sea, today we're looking at plenty of dry weather, some sunshine around, but there will still be some scattered showers around this area of low pressure during the day today. one or two of them could be heavy. there may even be the odd rumble of thunder, especially

for more eastern parts. a lot of dry weather in between, and in the sunshine feeling quite warm — temperatures reaching around 17 to 20 celsius — and a bit of a breeze. into the evening, still a few showers around for a time but they tend to fade away and, overnight, it becomes dry with some patchy cloud, some clear spells and temperatures holding at around 9—12 celsius. looking ahead, thursday is a similar day. some showers around this area of low pressure but high pressure will start to build as we look ahead to friday and into the weekend. so still a fair few heavy showers around on thursday, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder, but later on friday and into the weekend, it should gradually become a bit drier and brighter and temperatures generally reaching around the mid to high teens. that's it from me. plenty more on our website. including a look at the latest election news in london. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines.

crunch time for the royal mail as its owners are expected to give a controversial takeover bid the stamp of approval. i'll be looking at what this means for the delivery of your letters and the company's tens of thousands of staff as it faces missed targets and another investigation by the regulator. diane abbott is readmitted as a labour mp after a lengthy investigation into her conduct, but it's not clear if she will be allowed to stand at the election. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed on a bournemouth beach. in sport. katie boulter and dan evans are the latest and the last to fall at roland garros. just four days into the french open, there are no british players left in the singles. can you hear us? can you see us? we'll catch up with former children's presenter yvette fielding about her encounters with the paranormal.

todayis today is another day of sunshine and scattered showers. the heavier showers across central and eastern scotland and eastern england, where they could also be thundery. all the details shortly. it's wednesday, 29th may. an announcement is expected to be made today on a takeover bid for royal mail. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky is expected to offer a deal worth £5 billion for the company, which employs more than 150,000 people. but unions and political parties want reassurances that royal mail will retain its name, brand and uk headquarters, as well as ruling out compulsory redundancies. here's business editor simon jack. founded in the time of henry viii, royal mail still carries the monarch's insignia. it was split off from the post office and privatised over a decade ago, allowing anyone to buy shares. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky

has already snapped up 27% of them, and royal mail's owners are recommending other shareholders accept his offer to buy the rest. but unions, the current government, and opposition politicians want assurances which include retaining the name and brand, its uk headquarters, paying taxes in the uk, and no compulsory redundancies. this offer is expected to accept those, but unions are still uneasy. look, we feel it's a failure of privatisation. it's almost 12 years since royal mail were privatised and, you know, it's been mismanaged for years. and now it looks like we're going to be owned by a foreign equity company, which we're really concerned with because quality is down, morale is down. and whilst there's been some assurances, we've been told, we are really concerned what the future holds for royal mail, a great british public service. daniel kretinsky made his fortune

in the energy industry, but has, in recent years, diversified his interests into retail and logistics — he owns 10% of sainsbury�*s and 25% of west ham football club. a final decision by shareholders and the government is not expected before the election. simon jack, bbc news. ben's looking at this. it really matters? it does. we are talking about one of the uk's most recognisable, one of the biggest and most important companies. employing around 150000 and although it is privatised, we rely on it whether it is for letters from the doctor, the bank, tax office. this deal is about trying to deliver a lifeline. the firm is grappling with serious problems. it revealed it lost 350 million in the last financial year

partly down to the fact that delivering letters, its main line of business, has shrunk. we send around half the number we did a decade ago down from 14 billion a year, down to 7 billion a year and yet it has a legal obligation to deliver letters six days a week for the same price to the whole of the uk, monday to saturday. last november it was fined £5 million for failing to hit targets on delivering first and second class mail on time in 2022. now 0fcom is investigating a failure to meet targets last year. yes we are sending and receiving more parcels but there is competition from other companies for that. will this deal deliver a lifeline? the government will scrutinise it and decide whether it has concerns and the final decision is likely to fall

to who is in power after the election. it to who is in power after the election-— to who is in power after the election. ., , ., , ., . election. it really does matter. we will continue _ election. it really does matter. we will continue to _ election. it really does matter. we will continue to investigate - election. it really does matter. we will continue to investigate that i will continue to investigate that story throughout the morning on the programme. now more of the news. questions remain over whether veteran mp diane abbott can or will stand in the election as a labour candidate, after she was reinstated yesterday. she was suspended last year after suggesting thatjewish, irish and traveller people did not face racism all their lives. she apologised and withdrew her remarks. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. diane abbott — campaigner, trailblazer. for 40 years, she's been a fixture on the left of politics, unafraid to criticise her own party, such as over the iraq war. whenjeremy corbyn became leader, she became shadow home secretary. but, 13 months ago, she was suspended by labour. this was 1987 — the day she changed

the face of parliament. the first black woman elected to be an mp. good morning, my name's diane abbott, i'm a new member. yes, i know. if you'd like to go through the swing doors, they'll look after you. thank you very much. what got her suspended was this letter to the observer saying, "jewish, irish and traveller people do undoubtedly experience prejudice," adding, "but they're not all their lives subject to racism." diane abbott withdrew her remarks and apologised. an internal investigation completed in december gave a formal warning for conduct prejudicial to the party. sir keir starmer, who's made a priority of rooting out anti—semitism from labour, was even yesterday under pressure to say whether she would be allowed back in. the process overall is obviously a little longer than the fact—finding exercise, but, in the end, this is a matter that will have to be resolved by the national executive committee, and they'll do that in due course.

finally, last night, the party confirmed she'd been restored to her position as a labour mp. the way it has been handled and the time it has taken has drawn criticism from within labour's own ranks. i think it's important that the whip was returned to diane. she went through the process. i do feel that there are some people around keir, not keir himself, that maybe have watched a little bit too much scandal — or do you know what i mean? the west wing — and think that's how politics is done. that isn't how politics is done, and it is important that somebody like diane gets her due respect. the question now is whether she chooses to put her name forward to stand again and, if she does, whether the party will endorse her or block her. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us. the campaign in full force. what

will happen _ the campaign in full force. what will happen today? _ the campaign in full force. what will happen today? the - the campaign in full force. ii"isgt will happen today? the labour the campaign in full force. “iii"isgt will happen today? the labour party does not want to talk about diane abbott but the nhs. we will see keir starmer campaigning with wes streeting, the shadow health secretary you will be speaking to, and they will talk about a plan to reduce waiting lists in the nhs in england, particularly the target of 18 weeks to be seen for a procedure or appointment. that target has not been hit since 2016. the labour party wants to spend more than £1 billion creating 40,000 more appointments per week in the evenings and weekends and investing in scanners. labour say if they win the election they would get rid of that waiting list, hit that target within a parliament, within five years, which is a clear commitment, if they win the election, they would expect to be held here. rishi sunak boarded a sleeper train to cornwall

last night. he will campaign in the south—west today. he is talking about university and mickey mouse degrees as he puts it. he believes there are too many in his words rip off degrees, ripping off young people. he wants the regulator which his government set up to take away those degrees and get the money invested in apprenticeships as well. you will hear more from the conservatives about that. the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, if he has dried from his splash in windermere, is in wales, launching the welsh general election campaign and calling for an increase of1 billion in spending on agriculture saying it should support sustainable food production and help farmers improve productivity and training. jurors in the criminal trial of donald trump will begin their deliberations later today. the former president is charged with 34 counts

of falsifying business records while reimbursing his personal lawyerfor a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. if found guilty, mr trump could face prison, probation orfines. the former president has called the trial "a sham". israel is pressing ahead with its assault on rafah in southern gaza, despite calls for the operation to be halted to prevent the loss of more civilians lives. of more civilian lives. palestinian officials say 21 people were killed by strikes on a camp in al—mawasi yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. good morning. do you want to bring us up to date? we good morning. do you want to bring us up to date?— good morning. do you want to bring us up to date? we are hearing there have been further— us up to date? we are hearing there have been further israeli _ us up to date? we are hearing there have been further israeli air- have been further israeli air strikes on rafah, gaza“s

southernmost city, and in the past day we have heard there has been bombardment in the west, which is not an area palestinians were told to evacuate from previously and they have been now fleeing in large numbers. israeli ground troops pushed into the centre of the city and advanced along the gaza and egypt border. we have the important assessment from washington that at this point what is happening in rafah does not cross its red line for withholding vital us military assistance to israel. it does not see what is happening as a full—scale ground offensive, something more limited. washington said it is monitoring the investigation into sunday's deadly strike on the camp to the west of rafah that killed at least 45 palestinians. the israeli military saying it was targeting two hamas commanders with precise munitions. at the un security council, we are

hearing about a proposed text calling for an end to operations in rafah being circulated by algeria which could go to a vote this week. in the past we have had multiple resolutions calling for a ceasefire in gaza are being vetoed by the us. thank you. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was fatally stabbed on a beach in bournemouth. amie gray, a 34—year—old personaltrainer, died on durley chine beach on friday. 0ur reporter mike apps is at the scene for us. what more can you tell us? after a day yesterday in which we had no significant update on the investigation from dorset police, late yesterday evening this major development, and arrest made more

than 100 miles from here in london. dorset police were called here to durley chine before midnight on friday to reports of two people being stabbed. 34—year—old amie gray from poole, a formal coach and personal trainer, passed away at the scene. a second woman aged 38 and from poole remains in hospital with serious injuries. a17—year—old boy from lancashire was arrested over the weekend of suspicion of murder and was released without charge on monday and eliminated from the investigation. last night, news of an arrest made of a 20—year—old man in the croydon area of london on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. dorset police say the investigation has progressed at speed. and that their firearms and intelligence teams have worked with the metropolitan police to make the arrest. there was a cordon across a

mile of the beach over the bank holiday weekend, and that was lifted yesterday. a police presence remains this morning. but this key news of an arrest made in london and a man in custody this morning.— the oscar—winning producer of the godfather, albert ruddy, has died aged 94. iam going i am going to make him an offer he can't refuse. mr ruddy famously negotiated with an american mafia boss when production of the godfather came under threat from mobsters unhappy with the film being made. he produced more than 30 films, including million dollar baby and the longest yard. albert roddy. what a list of films, what a career. here's carol with the weather.

0ur our own mafia boss. good morning. good morning. we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. a lovely start in staffordshire, thank you to the weather watchers for pictures as always. through the day you will find more cloud. it will produce showers, particularly in parts of scotland and eastern england. showers will be scattered and many could miss them altogether. but do not take this as the real distribution, they could pop up anywhere. likely to be heavy in eastern england where they could be thundery and northern ireland seeing showers. the heaviest likely to be across northern, central and eastern scotland. they will be slow moving and there is a risk of flash flooding and destruction. temperatures 14—20. 20 degrees in the sunshine will feel pleasant.

0vernight, showers in the south fade. showers move out of scotland into england and further showers in northern ireland and wales. some getting into the south—west. temperatures overnight 10—12. tomorrow, another day of sunshine and showers with showers fading across england and but we have a weather front around low pressure close to the north sea coast line. here, more cloud, some rain, and feeling cooler with the wind coming in off the north sea. a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers and temperatures up to 19. and it settles down for the weekend. an important story now. bbc news has learned that criminals are selling guides on social media on how to carry out the crime of sextortion. the guides show how to pose as a young woman online,

trick a victim into sending sexually explicit material and then blackmail them. last month, the national crime agency issued an alert to schools across the uk about a rise in cases involving children. correspondent angus crawford reports. 0n the beach, drinking cognac, living it up. 0lamide shanu accused of making £2 million through sextortion. part of a gang tricking victims into sending nude images of themselves online and then blackmailing them. yesterday in court in london, facing extradition to the us. investigators say 0lamide shanu was involved in the sextortion of hundreds of victims, part of a new wave of gangs based mainly in nigeria. their aim — terrify their targets, often children, and make them pay.

he was shellshocked and he was literally physically shaking. there are scores of different gangs targeting children, children like lucy“s14—year—old son. and hejust came up to me and said, "mummy, i've had this message." and he just looked terrified, worried. and i said, "what, what is it?" and he showed me his phone. it was a text message, basically saying, "don“t shut us down. if you don't send us money in 24 hours, we'll send a picture to all your contacts." lucy closed her son's account, turned off the phone and never heard from the gang again. her son“s fine, she's furious. we know that some teenagers tragically have ended their own lives because of this. if he hadn't been at home that morning and i hadn't been in the kitchen and he hadn't talked to me, i don't know how he would have carried on the rest of that day. you know, i don't know how it would have played out for him.

a film made to warn young people in the us, where cases have surged. experts warn boys are most at risk. nigerian criminals calling themselves yahoo boys target schools, sports teams, social clubs. internet scammers over these past two years have found out that they can get very rich very quickly by scamming an untapped market, and that's teenagers. so adults have been targeted by romance scams, extortion, for many years. and these scammers now are specifically targeting kids as as that potential market. i will be giving you guys how you can start blackmailing. it's become a global industry. look at these. diy guides, sextortion manuals openly for sale online. every friday you get a payment. he boasts that his victims have to pay him again and again. this is why i blackmail. this one takes pride in threatening people. i'm going to post it all over the internet. we decide to call one, see if he'll pick up, challenge him. hello?

yeah, hello, can you hear me? yeah, i can hear you. i'm a journalist from the bbc. 0k. you're a criminal and you're exploiting children. you“re extorting them and blackmailing them. what have you got to say for yourself? i'm really sorry about that. and i can actually assure that that won't continue. well, he says he won't continue, but i don't believe a word of that. he“s completely untraceable. and there are hundreds, maybe thousands of men just like him carrying out sextortion. lucy is speaking up about her child now to protect other people's. if every teenager in england knew this was a possibility, hopefully very few would become prey. angus crawford, bbc news. we“rejoined by rhiannon—faye mcdonald from the charity the marie collins foundation. and by ros dowey, whose son murray

was a victim of this crime with tragic consequences. good morning. if! good morning. if i could come to you first, i havejust said tragic consequences, the worst consequences. murray was a victim of this crime and took his own life as a result of what happened. tell us about the circumstances it all happened in the space of a few hours. ~ ., ., happened in the space of a few hours. . . .,, .y happened in the space of a few hours. . ., .y ., ., hours. we had a perfectly normal eveninr , hours. we had a perfectly normal evening. he _ hours. we had a perfectly normal evening, he was _ hours. we had a perfectly normal evening, he was happy _ hours. we had a perfectly normal evening, he was happy and - hours. we had a perfectly normall evening, he was happy and talking about meeting his friends for football the next day. he went to his room on his own which was normal. from what we understand, somebody contacted him saying they were a young girl, started to chat, duped him into sharing an intimate picture and tried to extort money out of him so over the course of a few hours, whatever horrendous things the blackmailer said, he took his own life. we found him dead in

his own life. we found him dead in his room the next morning. it is his room the next morning. it is 'ust his room the next morning. it is just terrifying — his room the next morning. it is just terrifying and _ his room the next morning. it is just terrifying and a _ his room the next morning. it is just terrifying and a devastating set of circumstances. you have no indication at that time, nothing but worried you, any thought there might have been a problem? ha. worried you, any thought there might have been a problem?— worried you, any thought there might have been a problem? no. the police went through — have been a problem? no. the police went through data _ have been a problem? no. the police went through data on _ have been a problem? no. the police went through data on the _ have been a problem? no. the police went through data on the phone - have been a problem? no. the police went through data on the phone and l went through data on the phone and there is no evidence this happened, that he was regularly talking to young girls. it literally the one and only time he fell for this was that night. it was not something he was doing regularly. it happened. in the space of hours he went from being a happy, healthy teenager to taking his own life. it is being a happy, healthy teenager to taking his own life.— taking his own life. it is such a terrible story. _ taking his own life. it is such a terrible story. clearly, - taking his own life. it is such a terrible story. clearly, murray| taking his own life. it is such a i terrible story. clearly, murray is one of many kids this has happened to. hearing in the report are the

parents and teenagers. when you hear it is still going on, what goes through your mind? we it is still going on, what goes through your mind?— it is still going on, what goes through your mind? it is still going on, what goes throu~h our mind? . . ., through your mind? we have heard so many stories — through your mind? we have heard so many stories from _ through your mind? we have heard so many stories from people _ through your mind? we have heard so many stories from people since - through your mind? we have heard so many stories from people since it - many stories from people since it happened to murray and it is terrifying and it has gone on for years and the social media companies are not taking accountability. they need to protect young people. it is a growing crime that has been going on for years and social media platforms are aware of that and the fact criminals can share a guide on the platform and that is not shut down immediately shows how little social media companies are doing. we will come back to you in a moment and then i would like to know your advice to parents watching. but you are working for a foundation and done a lot of research. how often is this going on in the uk? it is this going on in the uk? it is really common _ this going on in the uk? it is really common and - this going on in the uk? it is really common and it - this going on in the uk? it is really common and it is - this going on in the uk? it is really common and it is not a new thing _ really common and it is not a new thing my— really common and it is not a new thing. my experience with this

happened when i was 13. 21 years on from _ happened when i was 13. 21 years on from this_ happened when i was 13. 21 years on from this now and it has been happening a long time. we are seeing different— happening a long time. we are seeing different trends. for me it was blackmailing me for more images. for ros's_ blackmailing me for more images. for ross son _ blackmailing me for more images. for ross son it_ blackmailing me for more images. for ros's son it was financial and we see that — ros's son it was financial and we see that happening with teenage boys, _ see that happening with teenage boys, being blackmailed for money. it is horrendous. you mentioned your own, why you are committed to this cause. going back all those years, how vulnerable were you? to cause. going back all those years, how vulnerable were you?- how vulnerable were you? to the outside world _ how vulnerable were you? to the outside world i _ how vulnerable were you? to the outside world i was _ how vulnerable were you? to the outside world i was a _ how vulnerable were you? to the outside world i was a normal- how vulnerable were you? to the i outside world i was a normal child. i outside world i was a normal child. i came _ outside world i was a normal child. i came from — outside world i was a normal child. i came from a good family, i was doing _ i came from a good family, i was doing well— i came from a good family, i was doing well at school. there were no issues _ doing well at school. there were no issues i_ doing well at school. there were no issues iwas— doing well at school. there were no issues. i was not seen as a vulnerable child. but i had low self—confidence. that was the hook the perpetrator used to groom and manipulate me. gnlgcr the perpetrator used to groom and manipulate me— the perpetrator used to groom and manipulate me. only tell us what you are prepared — manipulate me. only tell us what you are prepared to _

manipulate me. only tell us what you are prepared to tell _ manipulate me. only tell us what you are prepared to tell but _ manipulate me. only tell us what you are prepared to tell but what - are prepared to tell but what happened to you? the are prepared to tell but what happened to you? are prepared to tell but what ha-cened to ou? , , ., ., happened to you? the perpetrator was a man in his — happened to you? the perpetrator was a man in his 50s. _ happened to you? the perpetrator was a man in his 50s. he _ happened to you? the perpetrator was a man in his 50s. he was _ happened to you? the perpetrator was a man in his 50s. he was pretending . a man in his 50s. he was pretending to be _ a man in his 50s. he was pretending to be a _ a man in his 50s. he was pretending to be a younger woman. who befriended me. very normal. no red fla-s befriended me. very normal. no red flags in_ befriended me. very normal. no red flags in the — befriended me. very normal. no red flags in the conversation. 0ver befriended me. very normal. no red flags in the conversation. over the phone? _ flags in the conversation. over the phone? 0ver messenger and aol. she convinced _ phone? 0ver messenger and aol. she convinced me to send images, innocent — convinced me to send images, innocent at first, and then more explicit — innocent at first, and then more explicit as_ innocent at first, and then more explicit. as sooner xi sent a topless— explicit. as sooner xi sent a topless photo, the blackmail started _ topless photo, the blackmail started. it was no longer —— as soon as i started. it was no longer —— as soon as i sent _ started. it was no longer —— as soon as i sent that, — started. it was no longer —— as soon as i sent that, there were no more compliments, you do x, y, z, compliments, you do x, y, 2, otherwise _ compliments, you do x, y, 2, otherwise i_ compliments, you do x, y, 2, otherwise i will let people see. how did ou ret otherwise i will let people see. finn did you get yourself out of that situation? i did you get yourself out of that situation? ., ., , , ., , situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately. _ situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately. i— situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately, i felt _ situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately, i felt able _ situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately, i felt able to - situation? i did not tell anybody. fortunately, i felt able to block i fortunately, i felt able to block the perpetrator. i never saw or

heard _ the perpetrator. i never saw or heard from — the perpetrator. i never saw or heard from him after that. the police — heard from him after that. the police found me six months later when _ police found me six months later when they— police found me six months later when they searched his computer but i was when they searched his computer but i was too _ when they searched his computer but i was too terrified to tell anyone what _ i was too terrified to tell anyone what happened, too embarrassed, and worried _ what happened, too embarrassed, and worried anybody would see the images — worried anybody would see the images. that is what we see. the images _ images. that is what we see. the images silenced the victim. they don't _ images silenced the victim. they don't want — images silenced the victim. they don't want anybody to see that. ros, i am sure don't want anybody to see that. ros, i am sure what _ don't want anybody to see that. ros, i am sure what is _ don't want anybody to see that. ir" i am sure what is described sounds different in some ways but very familiar with what you went through with murray in other ways. what do you say to parents, grandparents and teenagers watching about what they should do? we teenagers watching about what they should do? ~ ., teenagers watching about what they should do? . ., .,, should do? we had those conversations _ should do? we had those conversations with - should do? we had those i conversations with murray. i should do? we had those - conversations with murray. i never thought this would happen to our family. people do not believe it will happen but it can. the important thing is if you find yourself in that situation, do not

panic. get help, whetherfrom yourself in that situation, do not panic. get help, whether from a parent, carer, sibling, teacher, someone you trust. get help, put the phone down, block the person and speak up. it is not worth taking your own life. it might be embarrassing if they shared the pictures but it would be over. everything passes in life. they are manipulative, these criminals, bombard them with messages and get the young person into a state of frenzy but try to take a breath and get help. do not be a shame. you made a mistake. everybody makes mistakes. it made a mistake. everybody makes mistakes. , , ~ ., mistakes. it will pass. an important messa . e. mistakes. it will pass. an important message- speak— mistakes. it will pass. an important message. speak up, _ mistakes. it will pass. an important message. speak up, do _ mistakes. it will pass. an important message. speak up, do not- mistakes. it will pass. an important message. speak up, do not be i message. speak up, do not be embarrassed. thank you so much. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action line website.

just bringing you some breaking news on the story about royal mail. it“s board has agreed to a takeover offer from czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. it will still need final sign—off by the government. no decision is expected to be made before the election. we“ll bring you more detail later in the programme. ben is right across that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i“m nicky ford. three police officers have been injured and 40 arrests were made during a demonstration in westminster last night. police say one officer was seriously

injured after she was hit in the face by a bottle thrown from the crowd. the demonstration, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign and other groups, began in whitehall and police say the vast majority left without incident. a breakaway march of about 500 people then continued to westminster tube station. british transport police have released figures showing a 25% increase in women and girls reporting sexual offences on the rail network. the rise is believed to reflect an improved awareness that you can report any type of sexual behaviour that makes you feel uncomfortable. however, the police believe many incidents are still going unreported, especially by younger women. a study“s found giving smooth nut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy. a team at king's college london advise parents to offer nuts in a soft form during weaning. their findings suggest teenagers

who ate it up to age five were 71% less likely to develop an allergy compared to those who“d avoided it. it's just 60 days until the paris 0lympics get under way and among the athletes hoping to be on the start line for team gb is the london sprinter desiree henry. the 28—year—old from enfield has had to battle injury to continue her 0lympicjourney, which started at the rio 0lympics and means she often trains in the early hours of the morning. when you have a goal and dream you won't make excuses, you“ll figure it out. even if it doesn't sound logical such as doing a session at 2am. i knew what my reality was, i knew that i had to work and ijust thought, if that's what it takes, then i'm going to go ahead and do it. let's take a look at the tubes now. there are minor delays on the elizabeth line, thejubilee and metropolitan lines. the victoria line has severe delays. there's a good service on all other lines. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning.

as the area of low pressure moves out into the north sea, today we're looking at plenty of dry weather, some sunshine around, but there will still be some scattered showers around this area of low pressure during the day today. one or two of them could be heavy. there may even be the odd rumble of thunder, especially for more eastern parts. a lot of dry weather in between, and in the sunshine feeling quite warm — temperatures reaching around 17 to 20 celsius — and a bit of a breeze. into the evening, still a few showers around for a time but they tend to fade away and, overnight, it becomes dry with some patchy cloud, some clear spells and temperatures holding at around 9—12 celsius. looking ahead, thursday is a similar day. some showers around this area of low pressure but high pressure will start to build as we look ahead to friday and into the weekend. so still a fair few heavy showers around on thursday, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder, but later on friday and into the weekend, it should gradually become a bit drier and brighter and temperatures generally reaching around the mid to high teens.

that's it from me, plenty more on our website including a look at the latest election news in london. bye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. labour is promising to hit a key waiting time target for nhs treatment in england by the end of the next parliament if it wins the general election. the target of 18 weeks for patients waiting for appointments, procedures and operations hasn't been met since 2016. the conservatives say this is more "copy and paste politics" from labour who have no plan. we“re joined now by shadow health secretary wes streeting. good morning. so tell us about the plan, then. good morning. so tell us about the plan. then-— good morning. so tell us about the clan, then. ., , plan, then. good morning. it is some brass neck the _ plan, then. good morning. it is some brass neck the conservative - plan, then. good morning. it is some brass neck the conservative talking i brass neck the conservative talking about copy and paste, we are certainly not going to copy their

record. the conservatives get another five years in record. the conservatives get anotherfive years in power, there is a genuine risk based on rishi sunak“s performance at the moment that we could see nhs waiting list gets you 10 million. that is the choice at the election, a plan from labour which would deliver 40,000 extra appointments in evening and weekend to help bust the backlog, using an approach which has been tried and tested in a small number of hospitals but we need to take the best of the nhs to the rest of the nhs. we would diagnose —— double the amount of diagnostic scanners using ai as well so we can get through the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans and we will use spare capacity in the independent sector because we see huge numbers of people opting to go private where they can afford it and those who cannot afford it left behind. but i'm not going to see working—class people left behind while operating theatres in private hospitals are

left empty, we will make sure that they get access to that service free at the point of use just as they would within the nhs. that is a serious plan we have ready to hit the ground running on day one in a way that frankly, more prepared even then we were in 1997, and people can judge labour on our record. the shortest waiting times, the highest patient satisfaction ever. with the conservatives, the highest waiting lists, the lowest patient satisfaction on record. the nhs is on the ballot paper onjuly four and i urge people to vote for the nhs by voting for change with labour on july four. voting for change with labour on jul four. �* , ., , , voting for change with labour on jul four. �* ,., , ., july four. ambitious plans you are announcing _ july four. ambitious plans you are announcing today, _ july four. ambitious plans you are announcing today, any _ july four. ambitious plans you are announcing today, any change i july four. ambitious plans you are i announcing today, any change would not happen overnight, what would you see as an acceptable level of waiting lists? to see as an acceptable level of waiting lists?— see as an acceptable level of waitinr lists? ., ., , , waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly — waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly we _ waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly we can _ waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly we can get - waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly we can get it i waiting lists? to give you a sense of how quickly we can get it up i waiting lists? to give you a sense. of how quickly we can get it up and running, at guy's and st thomas hospital, the hospital i could see from my office in westminster, they got this up and running within six

weeks. i think a national roll—out will take longer but that gives me the confidence to tell your viewers that we can get these 40,000 appointments per week up and running well within a year and make progress. where we are aiming to get to is the standard the nhs should have been meeting but has not met since 2016, which is people being seen within 18 weeks. that's what we delivered under the last labour government. when it comes to treatment, timing is everything. it can have a great or catastrophic impact on your outcomes with something like cancer, as i know is a cancer survivor myself. if you are looking for something like a hip replacement only response —— replacement, it has such a big impact on your quality of life and also your ability to get to work, and rachel reeves the shadow chancellor has said repeatedly, the health of the nation and the health of the economy are directly linked. we know there is not a lot of money going around, we have been really

clear about labour“s priorities both on the economy and the nhs so we can deliver both the investment and the reform that is needed to deliver the results that patients are crying out. quite we know that the latest figures show that waiting lists for hospital treatment in wales, run by labour, have reached a record high. in march there was an increase of 6400 patient pathways on their waiting list. so what evidence does that give us that you might be able to fix this in england? the nhs is in crisis in every part of the united kingdom because the decisions that are taken in westminster don“t that are taken in westminster don't just affect england, but wales, scotland, and northern ireland. that's why just the scotland, and northern ireland. that's whyjust the other week i met the northern ireland health minister to talk about how we might work together after the election. i have another call today with the welsh health minister. the snp“s health minister in scotland, even he has admitted yesterday that a labour

government would be betterfor scotland because we will take action on waiting lists, that 80 —— benefits would be felt in scotland which is why voters should not vote snp to oppose the conservatives they should vote labour to replace the conservatives because working together, whether with the labour government in wales, the ulster unionist health minister in northern ireland or the snp health minister in scotland, a labour government in westminster would create a rising tide which lifts all ships in westminster. people canjudge tide which lifts all ships in westminster. people can judge us on the last time we were in power in westminster where we had the shortest waiting lists and record satisfaction for patients, a record that the tories could not even touch. , ., ~ that the tories could not even touch. ,., ~, that the tories could not even touch. ~ ., touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that — touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she — touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she has _ touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she has been _ touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she has been marred i touch. diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she has been marred by! the bbc that she has been marred by the bbc that she has been marred by the labour party from standing at the labour party from standing at the next election, —— barred by the

labour party, your reaction? i am labour party, your reaction? i am heafinr labour party, your reaction? i am hearing this _ labour party, your reaction? i am hearing this for _ labour party, your reaction? i am hearing this for the _ labour party, your reaction? i am hearing this for the first _ labour party, your reaction? tafn hearing this for the first time. i am glad that yesterday, the suspension of diane abbott was lifted, and the whip was restored. what she said that led to her suspension was wrong, and when keir starmer said that he would restore discipline and standards in the labour party, he really meant it. it's also important to acknowledge that diane abbott has apologised and accepted she has done wrong and that apology has clearly been accepted. i“m apology has clearly been accepted. i'm not up to speed with the latest decisions around diane abbott. my understanding was that the national executive committee had not yet taken decisions on approving candidates across the country. so i am hearing this for the first time. to restate that, diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she has been barred by labourfrom confirmed to the bbc that she has been barred by labour from standing in the general election, you are here to talk about the nhs but it is likely that the news agenda will be

dominated by this today, how frustrating is that for you? i scar; frustrating is that for you? i say this with respect _ frustrating is that for you? i say this with respect with _ frustrating is that for you? i 35 this with respect with everything that diane abbott has achieved in politics, i genuinely think your viewers will be more interested in the fate of 8 million people who are stuck on nhs waiting lists under the conservatives, and the risk of that rising even further to 10 million, if rishi sunak is given the keys to number 10 again. if rishi sunak is given the keys to number10 again. i if rishi sunak is given the keys to number 10 again. i urge people, do not give the matches back to the arsonists at the next general election. their record in the nhs is catastrophic. it has had a catastrophic. it has had a catastrophic impact on people across the country who did not get nhs treatment when they needed it, because the conservatives squandered a legacy left by labour of the shortest waiting times and the highest patient satisfaction in the history of the nhs. the nhs is on the ballot paper at the next general election, and what matters more than anything else, certainly more than the fate of us as individual politicians, is the fate of this

country. it is crying out for change. 0nly labour can deliver that change. 0nly labour can deliver that change and i urge people to choose change and i urge people to choose change onjuly change and i urge people to choose change on july four. [30 change and i urge people to choose change on july four.— change on july four. do you think, wes streeting. — change on july four. do you think, wes streeting, that _ change on july four. do you think, wes streeting, that this _ change on july four. do you think, wes streeting, that this is i change on july four. do you think, wes streeting, that this is an i wes streeting, that this is an appropriate way to treat a long serving mp, the first black woman to be elected to the british parliament? i be elected to the british parliament?— be elected to the british parliament? ., �* ~ ., parliament? i don't know the circumstances _ parliament? i don't know the circumstances and _ parliament? i don't know the circumstances and i - parliament? i don't know the circumstances and i don't i parliament? i don't know the l circumstances and i don't know parliament? i don't know the i circumstances and i don't know the decision and the basis upon which it has been taken, its not my decision. what i am going today and what i will continue to do throughout this election campaign is reassure the public, who have lost faith in this government and are weathering —— wondering whether any politicians are capable of solving the scale of our country's problems, that labour has a serious team, a serious plan and a strong record on the nhs that should give them the confidence to choose change, put their faith confidence to choose change, put theirfaith in labour at the next general election, to do what we did before, delivering shorter waiting times, deliver higher patient satisfaction, and making sure that

the nhs that labour built more than 75 years ago is there for us for the next 75 years, built on that foundation of labour principles, of an nhs that is publicly funded, public service, free at the point of use, therefore us when we need it. those are the issues on the ballot paper on july those are the issues on the ballot paper onjuly four, those are the issues on the ballot paper on july four, and those are the issues on the ballot paper onjuly four, and i urge people to vote for the nhs by voting labour onjuly four. people to vote for the nhs by voting labour on july four.— labour on july four. credibly busy morninr labour on july four. credibly busy morning of— labour on july four. credibly busy morning of news. _ labour on july four. credibly busy morning of news. we _ labour on july four. credibly busy morning of news. we have i labour on july four. credibly busy morning of news. we have also i labour on july four. credibly busy i morning of news. we have also heard that the board of the royal mail owner has agreed to a £3.57 billion takeover from the czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. if you are in government, would you support that? again, breaking news, we will have to look at the details of the deal. i think it is really important first and foremost that the service is maintained for customers, to make sure we get a reliable service and goodness knows, i don't think we can honestly say we have been getting that. it is really important that

the jobs of the workforce are secured to make sure that we don't seejob secured to make sure that we don't see job losses. secured to make sure that we don't seejob losses. but secured to make sure that we don't see job losses. but it's really important that this remains a proud, i should say returns to, returns to being a proud british brand once again. we will look at the details of this deal is further details emerge throughout the day no doubt. wes streeting, thank you very much indeed. we are looking at the tennis. what is the opposite _ we are looking at the tennis. what is the opposite of _ we are looking at the tennis. what is the opposite of a _ we are looking at the tennis. what is the opposite of a love _ we are looking at the tennis. “iii"isgt is the opposite of a love affair? an indifferent relationship? that is how british tennis and the surface of clay have tended to feel about each other over the course of the last few decades. in the french open has proved a step too far for andy murray, and others, and these two as well. only four times this century has british tennis failed to produce one second round player in the french open singles. katie boulter was seeded

for her first match in the main draw but was beaten by paul badosa of spain. by paula badosa of spain. that's despite being a set and a break up but badosa is a former world number two and fought back to take the match in three sets making boulter the sixth and final british player to lose their first—round match at roland garros this year. before that dan evans also fell at the first hurdle but like boulter had a tough draw for this stage of the tournament. he was beaten in straight sets by denmark's holge rune who's the 13th seed. evans has only won three times on the tour this year and only once before in seven matches at roland garros. 0n the other hand novak djokovic rarely has first round problems and he beat frenchman pierre—hugues herbert to reach round two as he goes for a 25th grand slam title. in the moments where it mattered, i think i delivered. great play, great tie—break. stayed focused. i'm glad that i started where i started, the way i felt on the court,

comparing to previous weeks of tournaments i've played, ifelt good, better. so i'm moving in a positive direction, so it's just the beginning. last weekend there was an fa cup final and a championship playoff final but this saturday wembley is hosting another big game and the stadium will deploy a record number of stewards for the champions league final between borussia dortmund and real madrid. the fa is investing more than £5 million towards improving safety and infrastructure including 2,500 stewards to try and avoid the chaotic scenes before the euro 2020 final and the trouble seen at the last two champions league finals in istanbul and paris. he's one of the hottest properties in management after leading ipswich to two straight promotions but kieran mckenna is expected to sign a new deal to stay at the club despite being on a few shortlists elsewhere. mckenna has guided ipswich to its first premier league season in 22 years and has been linked with chelsea, brighton and manchester united where he was a first team coach until 2021 when he moved to portman road.

england start their defence of the t20 world cup next week. they'll be glad for a change of climate because two of their three warm up matches so far have been abandoned because of the weather. persistent rain fell in cardiff where they couldn't even manage to get going. the first match of the series was also a wash—out and even though there's a fourth match due tomorrow their preparations for the tournament in the caribbean and us have been hampered. england's women will be hoping for better weather today for their third and final one—day international against pakistan in chelmsford. their series has provided one win and one abandonment and england bowler kate cross says despite a 1—0 series lead they need to improve. how we played in derby probably wasn't how we would like to play the game. i think, you know, we were a little bit untidy with the ball, probably not at our best in the field and equally didn't put as much pressure on the pakistan bowling attack as we would like. so those kind of areas are all facets that we'd want to improve on. and we know on our best day we can beat any team. we saw that in the ashes last year with australia,

we were really able to put them under pressure in real key moments. there's a significance to the british team named for the european athletics championships because those like katarina johnson—thompson are heading into the olympics not long afterwards. the world heptathlon champion is one of the 72 names on the list as is keeley hodgkinson who ran the fastest 800 metres time of the year last week. they“ll bejoined in rome next week by fellow world medalists matthew hudson—smith and zharnel hughes. and finally more proof that football managers aren't quite as graceful as the players they coach. it tends to be celebrations that lend weight to that argument. after saudi team al 0khdood avoided relegation from the country's pro league on the final day of the season coach noureddine ben zekri showed off his unique running style in response. it's about here that i think he realises it hurts but he's committed now and off he goes. he was eventually caught by a player

or two who probably had his well—being as in mind. i or two who probably had his well-being as in mind. i think it con'ures well-being as in mind. i think it conjures up _ well-being as in mind. i think it conjures up david _ well-being as in mind. i think it conjures up david pleat - well-being as in mind. i think it| conjures up david pleat skipping onto the pitch for luton, so alex ferguson did it in 1993, there are occasions where managers have done it and maybe looking like they have not put in the treadmill yards. i am not put in the treadmill yards. i am not put in the treadmill yards. i am not croin not put in the treadmill yards. i am not going to _ not put in the treadmill yards. i am not going to comment _ not put in the treadmill yards. tafn not going to comment on anybody else“s running style! i not going to comment on anybody else's running style!— else's running style! i don't think we can say _ else's running style! i don't think we can say anything! _ else's running style! i don't think we can say anything! he - else's running style! i don't think we can say anything! he was i we can say anything! he was overcommitted and maybe should have stopped sooner. overcommitted and maybe should have stopped sooner-— stopped sooner. stopped and gone back! rewind! _ stopped sooner. stopped and gone back! rewind! thank— stopped sooner. stopped and gone back! rewind! thank you, - stopped sooner. stopped and gone back! rewind! thank you, hugh. i stopped sooner. stopped and gone i back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather _ back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather for _ back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather for us _ back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather for us and _ back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather for us and we - back! rewind! thank you, hugh. carol has the weather for us and we need i has the weather for us and we need it. good morning. the forecast is similar to yesterday, sunny spells and some showers, heavy thundery downpours, particularly across central and eastern scotland, and also eastern england. if you have an

allergy to grass pollen, the levels across the southern half of england and wales are moderate or high today. low pressure has been driving our weather this week, it still is. the centre has now pushed into the north sea but we still have a weather front affecting parts of the north of the country. we have seen some rain as we have gone through the night across the north, and also a good scattering of showers. this is how we are starting the day today, with some showers, but equally a lot of dry weather and some sunshine to begin the day. as we go through the next few hours, we will notice the cloud starting to bubble up and then we will see some further showers develop in the course of the afternoon. the heaviest will be across eastern england, where it will be thundery, but in parts of northern, central and eastern scotland there will be slow moving showers, and we could have a deluge in a short amount of time with the risk of some disruption and some flash flooding.

temperatures 14 in the north—east 20 in the sunshine in the south. many other showers will fade overnight, showery rain pulling of scotland into northern england, and many showers in the breeze in the south—west and wales. not cold tonight, overnight eight to 12 degrees. tomorrow showery rain pushes across england and fizzles out, low pressure in the north sea and a weather front wrapped around it means at times for eastern england we will have a bit more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain, but for the rest of the country we are looking at a mixture of sunny spells and showers, and many of us will miss the showers and have a dry day. 14 to 19 degrees, tempered by a northerly wind coming from the north sea, so it will feel cooler along the north sea coastline. as we head from thursday into friday and the end of the week this area of high pressure starts to

build in and that will settle things down. it does not mean it will have wall—to—wall blue sky because around the high pressure we will start to pull in a bit more cloud once again around the north sea coastline and some rain at times across eastern england, but especially east anglia and kent. also more cloud across north—west scotland, with the odd shower here and temperatures 14 to 19 degrees north to south. as for the outlook, because of the high pressure it does remain fairly settled foremost and just a tiny little bit warmer than it is at the moment. we have every faith it will get better, thank you, carol. yvette fielding is well known as blue peter's youngest ever presenter but it's her fascination with the supernatural that has made her a big name in the world of paranormal investigation. after 25 series of most haunted, yvette has now written a book about her own encounters with ghosts, which she's here to tell us all about. but first, let's see her in action.

hello, i'm yvette fielding and welcome to most haunted. can you hear us, can you see us? we are talking to anybody that might be able to see us or hear us who used to live here or still lives here. come on, if anybody is here, please give us a sign, let us know if you are around. i'm calling out to any spirit people. if there's anybody here, if there is a spirit of a lady here in the room, can you please make a noise? can you please knock twice if you can hear me? stop it, stop it, sally! yvette joins us now. it really did give me tingles. how did this start for you, as a child? the interest in the paranormal? goodness me. it wasjust

the interest in the paranormal? goodness me. it was just bizarre. the interest in the paranormal? goodness me. it wasjust bizarre. i have always been fascinated by it, but always a little bit scared. i remember being a young child and there was a tv programme cold arthur c clarke's mysterious world, and i loved the show but i would go to bed shaking under the covers. always had a fascination for it, but i didn't want to delve into it. so i went from blue peter and sticky backed plastic to 0uija board and seance, it is a bit strange. it is plastic to ouija board and seance, it is a bit strange.— it is a bit strange. it is a scary while to involve _ it is a bit strange. it is a scary while to involve yourself- it is a bit strange. it is a scary while to involve yourself in, i it is a bit strange. it is a scary while to involve yourself in, if! it is a bit strange. it is a scary i while to involve yourself in, if it scares _ while to involve yourself in, if it scares you. _ while to involve yourself in, if it scares you, why would you do it? i would _ scares you, why would you do it? i would run — scares you, why would you do it? i would run the other way. most scares you, why would you do it? i would run the other way.— scares you, why would you do it? i would run the other way. most of the time i do. would run the other way. most of the time i do- i — would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold — would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold my— would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold my hand _ would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold my hand up - would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold my hand up eye i would run the other way. most of the time i do. i hold my hand up eye and| time i do. i hold my hand up eye and say, itjust happened, it was an idea that myself and my husband had came up with after someone had gone to a priory in east sussex and said, my goodness, this place is so haunted. myself and karl went, that would make great tv show. that is

what we did, we made the pilot and paid for it to be edited professionally, use our savings to do it, could we sell the sell the show? could we heck, nobody wanted it, everybody turned it down. 0ne it, everybody turned it down. one major tv station said we were unprofessionalfor major tv station said we were unprofessional for delving into this genre. what were we going to do? we eventually managed to sell it and we couldn't believe we had done it, we thought we would only do one series and it has just gone on. thought we would only do one series and it hasjust gone on. 25 thought we would only do one series and it hasjust gone on.— and it has 'ust gone on. 25 series? yes, and and it hasjust gone on. 25 series? yes, and 100 _ and it hasjust gone on. 25 series? yes, and 100 territories _ and it hasjust gone on. 25 series? yes, and 100 territories around i and it hasjust gone on. 25 series? | yes, and 100 territories around the world. and everybody loves it and the paranormal becomes more and more popular with lots of youngsters on social media which is great. so you cannot ret social media which is great. so you cannot get out _ social media which is great. so you cannot get out of— social media which is great. so you cannot get out of it, _ social media which is great. so you cannot get out of it, you _ social media which is great. so you cannot get out of it, you are i social media which is great. so you cannot get out of it, you are now. cannot get out of it, you are now trapped in this world, this scary spooky world. bind trapped in this world, this scary spooky world-— trapped in this world, this scary s-oo world. �* ., , , ., spooky world. and i absolutely love it. i'm fascinated _ spooky world. and i absolutely love it. i'm fascinated with _ spooky world. and i absolutely love it. i'm fascinated with it. _ spooky world. and i absolutely love it. i'm fascinated with it. i - spooky world. and i absolutely love it. i'm fascinated with it. i have i it. i'm fascinated with it. i have absolutely, it is like a roller—coaster ride. you go to a haunted location, and you will have all sorts of weird stuff happened, and that night you will be driving

home shaking, going, oh, my gosh, that was terrifying. the next morning you are going, when are we going back? you cannot help yourself. going back? you cannot help ourself. “ , .. ., going back? you cannot help ourself. h ,, ., ., . ., yourself. it's like an addiction. look at yourself. it's like an addiction. look at your — yourself. it's like an addiction. look at your face! _ yourself. it's like an addiction. look at your face! looking i yourself. it's like an addiction. look at your face! looking at i yourself. it's like an addiction. i look at your face! looking at me like... ~ , ., i. look at your face! looking at me like... ~ , ., , , like... why do you put yourself throu~h like... why do you put yourself through it? _ like... why do you put yourself through it? when _ like... why do you put yourself through it? when they - like... why do you put yourself through it? when they switch i like... why do you put yourself. through it? when they switch off like... why do you put yourself- through it? when they switch off the lights, open the windows, and scare you senses. i lights, open the windows, and scare you senses-— you senses. i love looking at the science side _ you senses. i love looking at the science side of— you senses. i love looking at the science side of things, _ you senses. i love looking at the science side of things, why i you senses. i love looking at the | science side of things, why these things are happening. why are people seeing all these things. we are not all crazy, there are millions of people around the world that have had some kind of paranormal experience. had some kind of paranormal experience-— had some kind of paranormal ex-erience. ., ., , experience. come on, tell us the science. there _ experience. come on, tell us the science. there is _ experience. come on, tell us the science. there is lots _ experience. come on, tell us the science. there is lots to - experience. come on, tell us the science. there is lots to it. i experience. come on, tell us the science. there is lots to it. you i science. there is lots to it. you know, it _ science. there is lots to it. you know, it is _ science. there is lots to it. you know, it is poltergeist - science. there is lots to it. you know, it is poltergeist activity, | know, it is poltergeist activity, what causes it, is it high levels of emf? 0ne experiment where a gentleman actually pulsed the room with high levels of our emf. electro... with high levels of our emf. electro- - -— with high levels of our emf. electro. .. i. . ., electro... magnetic field, all the electrical equipment _ electro. .. magnetic field, all the electrical equipment went i electro... magnetic field, all the electrical equipment went on i electro... magnetic field, all the electrical equipment went on an | electrical equipment went on an object mood on your own, so you

think, is poltergeist activity caused by high levels of emf, is there a rational and logical explanation? you think you have got an answer and then something unexplainable will happen which science has no idea why this has happened. we are onlyjust scratching the surface into the world of the paranormal. and i wish science would get more involved in it because there is so much more to it because there is so much more to it that we don't understand at all. there were tonnes of people watching this morning saying, this happened to me and this changed my mind, i had this experience. there are also a lot of people who make stuff up, do you ever meet people and say, this is rubbish? filth. do you ever meet people and say, this is rubbish?— do you ever meet people and say, this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one ma'or this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one major celebrity... _ this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one major celebrity... what _ this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one major celebrity... what do - this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one major celebrity... what do you i this is rubbish? oh, absolutely. one major celebrity... what do you say i ma'or celebrity... what do you say to major celebrity... what do you say to them? one _ major celebrity... what do you say to them? one major _ major celebrity... what do you say to them? one major celebrity i major celebrity... what do you say to them? one major celebrity said i major celebrity... what do you say i to them? one major celebrity said to to them? one ma'or celebrity said to be on his to them? one ma'or celebrity said to be en his shew. — to them? one major celebrity said to be on his show, and _ to them? one major celebrity said to be on his show, and said, _ to them? one major celebrity said to be on his show, and said, i _ to them? one major celebrity said to be on his show, and said, ithink- be on his show, and said, i think what you do is really stupid. filth. what you do is really stupid. oh, how incredibly _ what you do is really stupid. oh, how incredibly rude! i meant the people who have a theory that they are seeing or sensing something, do you to a location and think, actually, this isjust an

exaggeration? actually, this is 'ust an exaggeration?i actually, this is 'ust an exaggeration? actually, this is 'ust an exar reration? , ., , ., exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean, exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean. they _ exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean. they are — exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean, they are making _ exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean, they are making it - exaggeration? oh, i see what you mean, they are making it up? i exaggeration? oh, i see what you i mean, they are making it up? every occasion we go to we make sure we go and do our due diligence, we do our research, and there are loads of eyewitness accounts. sometimes you go somewhere and people have made things up in a pamphlet to sell to the public, so people will go to that location and go, it's haunted, and it's not really. bind that location and go, it's haunted, and it's not really.— that location and go, it's haunted, and it's not really. and how much of it is, if you — and it's not really. and how much of it is. if you are _ and it's not really. and how much of it is, if you are watching _ and it's not really. and how much of it is, if you are watching at - and it's not really. and how much of it is, if you are watching at home, i it is, if you are watching at home, how much of it could you look at it and go, that is a trick of the tv, they have gone, gone all dark and it scary? d0 they have gone, gone all dark and it sca ? , ., they have gone, gone all dark and it sca ? ,, ., ., �* scary? do you know what, if i wasn't in most haunted _ scary? do you know what, if i wasn't in most haunted and _ scary? do you know what, if i wasn't in most haunted and i _ scary? do you know what, if i wasn't in most haunted and i watched i scary? do you know what, if i wasn't in most haunted and i watched it, i l in most haunted and i watched it, i would go, it's made up. we are the only tv paranormal show in the world that does events, and we invite members of public to join myself and the rest of the team and do ghost hunts and they have been running for well over ten years. and we also do a live stage show where we asked audience members to come out of the audience, come onto the stage and do audience, come onto the stage and do a live 0uija board or seance, they

do live experience backstage projected onto a big screen and they all expect something. we have had real sceptical people on stage and by the end of it they go away saying, my mind has been altered, i don't know what to think. icicfhczit saying, my mind has been altered, i don't know what to think. what about those people — don't know what to think. what about those people who _ don't know what to think. what about those people who say _ don't know what to think. what about those people who say you _ don't know what to think. what about those people who say you should i don't know what to think. what about those people who say you should not| those people who say you should not meddle with this sort of stuff, it's not a game or entertainment? it is worrying a defensive, some people would say? worrying a defensive, some people would sa ? , .,, worrying a defensive, some people would say?— worrying a defensive, some people would sa ? , ., would say? some people would say that is offensive _ would say? some people would say that is offensive and _ would say? some people would say that is offensive and you _ would say? some people would say that is offensive and you could i would say? some people would say that is offensive and you could say| that is offensive and you could say that is offensive and you could say that some people find going to church and praying offensive. i am a spiritualist and that is my religion, so when people say they find it offensive, i have my opinion and my faith, this is what i do. i and my faith, this is what i do. i just have to ask you this, you scared? {lit just have to ask you this, you scared? . ., , just have to ask you this, you scared? .., , ., ., scared? of course i am scared, all the time. — scared? of course i am scared, all the time. all _ scared? of course i am scared, all the time, all the _ scared? of course i am scared, all the time, all the time, _ scared? of course i am scared, all the time, all the time, all - scared? of course i am scared, all the time, all the time, all the i the time, all the time, all the time. but i love it. you can read it all in my, plug, plug, plug, my brand—new book screen queen which is out this week which is very exciting. out this week which is very exciting-— out this week which is very i exciting-_ try exciting. it's a great title. try sa inr exciting. it's a great title. try saying that —

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in the early hours of the morning. when you have a goal and dream you won't make excuses, you“ll figure it out. even if it doesn't sound logical such as doing a session at 2am. i knew what my reality was, i knew that i had to work and ijust thought, if that's what it takes, then i'm going to go ahead and do it. let's take a look at the tubes. there are minor delays on the elizabeth, jubilee and metropolitan lines. the victoria line has severe delays. today's weather will see sunny spells with a few scattered showers. a top temperature of 20 degrees. that's it from me. plenty more on our website. i'll be back in half an hour. see you then. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. crunch time for the royal mail.

in the last hour, it has accepted a takeover bid from a czech billionaire. i'll be looking at what this means for the delivery of your letters and the company's tens of thousands of staff as it faces missed targets and another investigation by the regulator. diane abbott has told the bbc she's been barred by labour from standing for the party at the general election after nearly 40 years as an mp. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed on a bournemouth beach. # the wheels on the bus go round and round. # round and round, round and round #. are the wheels coming off traditional nursery rhymes? some parents say they need a bit of a remix. of of day of sunshine and showers and some showers will be heavy and thundery particularly in eastern england and central and eastern

scotland. all the details later. it“s wednesday, 29th may. in the last hour, the board of royal mail has agreed to a £3.6 billion takeover bid from czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. the deal will still need final sign—off by the government and no decision is expected to be made before the election. here's business editor simon jack. founded in the time of henry viii, royal mail still carries the monarch“s insignia. it was split off from the post office and privatised over a decade ago, allowing anyone to buy shares. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky has already snapped up 27% of them, and royal mail“s owners are recommending other shareholders accept his offer to buy the rest. but unions, the current government and opposition politicians want assurances which include retaining the name and brand, its uk headquarters, paying taxes in the uk, and no compulsory redundancies.

this offer is expected to accept those, but unions are still uneasy. look, we feel it's a failure of privatisation. it's almost 12 years since royal mail were privatised and, you know, it's been mismanaged for years. and now it looks like we're going to be owned by a foreign equity company, which we're really concerned with because quality is down, morale is down. and whilst there's been some assurances, we've been told, we are really concerned what the future holds for royal mail, a great british public service. daniel kretinsky made his fortune in the energy industry, but has, in recent years, diversified his interests into retail and logistics — he owns 10% of sainsbury“s and 25% of west ham football club. a final decision by shareholders and the government is not expected before the election. simon jack, bbc news.

ben's looking at this. it really matters? it does. it is one of the uk“s most important companies we all rely on whether for letters from the bank and the doctor, tax office. we have a real interest in this deal. so much so that we previously heard the conservatives say they would block any potential deal unless certain safeguards were in place. labour saying it would require safeguards. we hear this morning the details of the deal, the bid put in in the last hour. that the board of the royal mail parent company said it has secured a legally binding promises from daniel kretinsky, the billionaire, and his firm, which they say would protect customers and employees“ interest including the one price goes anywhere universal service for letters delivered six

days a week and ensuring the royal mail is headquartered and pays tax on uk. the firm is grappling with problems, a loss of £350 million last year. it was fined £5 million for missing delivery targets. there is an investigation into that by the regulator. we are sending fewer letters and more competition for the parcels business. will this £5 billion —— £5 billion deal help? we also have news about diane abbott. in the past half—hour, veteran mp diane abbott has confirmed that she has been banned from standing as a labour candidate at the general election. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us. i think people will be confused.

yesterday we heard she was reinstated and got herjob back as a labour mp. now she says she cannot stand in the election because of a labour party decision. it is stand in the election because of a labour party decision.— labour party decision. it is a significant — labour party decision. it is a significant moment. - labour party decision. it is a significant moment. not i labour party decision. it is a | significant moment. not only labour party decision. it is a i significant moment. not only was diane abbott the first black female mp and has been a labour mp almost 40 years but the last election, labour proposed to make her home secretary if they won. now it appears she will not be allowed to be a labour candidate this time. she was suspended from the party in parliament after she wrote a letter claiming jewish and irish and travel people do not experience racism all their lives in the way other groups do. she got back their whip last night. but it was not clear last night. but it was not clear last night whether it was a precursor to letting her stand on the election. it turns out she was not, she will not be able to stand and told the bbc this morning although the web is restored, i am bbc this morning although the web is restored, iam banned bbc this morning although the web is

restored, i am banned from standing as a labour candidate. that announcement appears to have caught some of the shadow cabinet by surprise. some of the shadow cabinet by sur-rise. ., . ., surprise. you are right. i am heafinr surprise. you are right. i am hearing this _ surprise. you are right. i am hearing this for _ surprise. you are right. i am hearing this for the - surprise. you are right. i am hearing this for the first i surprise. you are right. i am. hearing this for the first time. surprise. you are right. i am i hearing this for the first time. i am glad — hearing this for the first time. i am glad yesterday the suspension of diane _ am glad yesterday the suspension of diane abbott was lifted and the whip was restored. what she said that led to her— was restored. what she said that led to her suspension was wrong and when keir starmer— to her suspension was wrong and when keir starmer said he would restore discipline and standards in the labour— discipline and standards in the labour party, he really meant it. i think— labour party, he really meant it. i think it _ labour party, he really meant it. i think it is — labour party, he really meant it. i think it is important to acknowledge diane _ think it is important to acknowledge diane abbott apologised and accepted she had _ diane abbott apologised and accepted she had done wrong and that apology has clearly _ she had done wrong and that apology has clearly been accepted. i am not up has clearly been accepted. i am not up to— has clearly been accepted. i am not up to speed — has clearly been accepted. i am not up to speed with the latest decisions around diane abbott. my understanding was the national executive committee had not yet took decisions _ executive committee had not yet took decisions on approving candidates across— decisions on approving candidates across the — decisions on approving candidates across the country so i am hearing this for— across the country so i am hearing this for the — across the country so i am hearing this for the first time. that across the country so i am hearing this for the first time.— this for the first time. that point was important. _ this for the first time. that point was important. it _ this for the first time. that point was important. it is _ this for the first time. that point was important. it is not - this for the first time. that point was important. it is not a i this for the first time. that point was important. it is not a formal! was important. it is not a formal decision yet but clearly what is going to happen. if this had

happened a few weeks ago when parliament was sitting i think they would have been a backlash towards keir starmer from would have been a backlash towards keir starmerfrom labour would have been a backlash towards keir starmer from labour mps. at would have been a backlash towards keir starmerfrom labour mps. at the moment they are scattered around the country so not easy to coalesce in frustration or anger. i do not think many will speak out and risk damaging keir starmer in the middle of an election campaign.— of an election campaign. labour will have to firefight _ of an election campaign. labour will have to firefight on _ of an election campaign. labour will have to firefight on that. _ of an election campaign. labour will have to firefight on that. it - of an election campaign. labour will have to firefight on that. it will- have to firefight on that. it will be in the news. what are they and the party is hoping to have on the agenda in the next 24 hours? labour want to talk— agenda in the next 24 hours? labour want to talk about, _ agenda in the next 24 hours? labour want to talk about, and _ agenda in the next 24 hours? labour want to talk about, and what - agenda in the next 24 hours? labour want to talk about, and what wes i want to talk about, and what wes streeting wanted to talk about was hell. labour“s core health policy is a measure they say would get rid of the backlog and hit the target of 18 weeks for the nhs in england for patients awaiting appointments and procedures, a target not hit since 2016. the party said it will spend

£1 billion creating 40,000 more appointments each week and investing in scanners. labour said they were clear the backlog and hit the target within a parliament, within five years, something to hold them to if they win the election. the conservatives are in the south—west. rishi sunak caught the sleeper train to penzance and he is talking about mickey mouse degrees. he says universities, some of them are in his words ripping off young people. they want the regulator to find a way to close down degrees that have high dropout rates or poorjob prospects and find a way for the money to be diverted towards apprenticeships. the liberal democrats, if their leader has dried off after his splash in windermere yesterday, he is launching the party's yesterday, he is launching the pa rty“s welsh yesterday, he is launching the party's welsh general election party“s welsh general election

campaign with a call for the government to increase the agriculture budget by £1 billion which he says should help farmers improve productivity, training and training. israel has been pressing ahead with its assault on rafah in southern gaza, despite international anger over civilian casualties. palestinian officials say 21 people were killed by air strikes on a camp for displaced people yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. the united states says it won't turn a blind eye, but has insisted it hasn't seen anything that would warrant the withdrawal of military assistance. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed on a beach in bournemouth. amie gray, a 34—year—old personaltrainer, died on durley chine beach on friday. 0ur reporter mike apps is at the scene for us. can you bring us up—to—date? after a

day yesterday in which we had no significant update issued on this investigation from dorset police, late yesterday evening, a major development and news an arrest had been made more than 100 miles from here in london. police were called here in london. police were called here to durley chine just before midnight on friday following reports two people had been stabbed. 34—year—old amie gray from poole, a personal trainer and football coach, sadly passed away at the scene. a woman aged 38 and also from poole is in hospital with serious injuries. a17—year—old from lancashire arrested over the weekend on suspicion of murder was released on monday without charge and eliminated from the investigation. dorset police last night revealed an arrest had been made of a 20—year—old man

in the croydon area of london on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. they say their investigation has progressed at speed. and that officers from their investigation team, intelligence unit and firearms unit had worked with metropolitan police to make the arrest. the beach here from bournemouth pier right the way across to a beach a mile and a half away was under a cordon over the bank holiday weekend and reopen yesterday and the news last night a man has been arrested and is in custody this morning. jurors in the criminal trial of donald trump will begin their deliberations later today. the former president is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records while reimbursing his personal lawyerfor a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. if found guilty, mr trump could face prison, probation orfines. north america correspondent

john sudworth reports. with the end of the trial now in sight, donald trump repeated his claim that the whole things a political sham. make no mistake about it — i'm here because of crooked joe biden. while inside the court with his family watching on, his defence lawyers rested their case. their closing arguments were focused on mr trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. just before the 2016 election, he paid stormy daniels to silence her allegation that she had had sex with mr trump. but mr cohen's claim his boss knew the payment was made to influence the election was a lie, the defence said. and while mr trump's son continued the attack on the steps of the court... and he's actually lied to that veryjury, and yet he's the only person of relevance that this entire case... ..the prosecution, in their closing arguments, agreed mr cohen was dishonest.

that's precisely the point, they told the jury — he lied on behalf of, and in the pay of, donald trump. and as if the political circus couldn't get any bigger, there was an unexpected cameo appearance with a warning about mrtrump. we don't want to wake up after the election saying, "what, again? my god, what the hell have we done?" well, the world's media has been here from the start, but there's no doubt these press pens are now filling up in anticipation of a moment in history — the first verdict in the first criminal trial of a former president, with uncertain political consequences, whichever way it goes. all that's left is for the judge to instruct the jury, then 12 ordinary new yorkers will decide his fate. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. a satellite that aims to study clouds to make more accurate weather

forecasts and reliable climate predictions has blasted into orbit. three, two, one. and lift—off. this is spacex falcon 9 carrying the earth care satellite. ido i do love a blast. its mission is to collect as much information as possible on clouds, as well as dust and smoke which play a role in theirformation. experts say the data could help in mitigating the threats posed by global warming. it is the brainchild of professor anthony illingworth, from the university of reading, who first conceived the idea more than 30 years ago. i was going to say something that makes weather forecasting more accurate. surely that is carol and we have one of those already. she has the weather and also a birthday. we have had messages from viewers wishing you the best. i hope the sun shines for you today. bless

you all. thank you. there is sunshine around as you can see from the picture. this was taken in 0xfordshire. in stark contrast, if you look at lancashire, a lot more cloud. and also showers. many are starting on a dry note, many with sunshine. some showers around but as the cloud bubbles up, we will see further showers developed and from scotland, central and eastern scotland, central and eastern scotland, likely to be heavy and thundery and could lead to issues with flash flooding. showers and sunshine in northern ireland, england and wales. down the east coast of england, showers are likely to be heavy and thundering. they will be faster moving than those in the north. 0vernight, showers across scotland pushes into england. showers in the south fade. further showers in northern ireland, wales

and south—west england by the end of the night. it will not be cold. 8—11 as the overnight low. tomorrow, as showers across england and fizzled, we have another weather front close to the east coast where we are likely to see cloud with showers, getting down to east anglia. in the rest of scotland, northern ireland and england and wales, another day of sunshine and showers. not everyone catching one. feeling cooler down the north sea coastline and breezy out towards the west. and if you like it more settled and warmer, the weekend is looking promising. we will talk again soon. more than three million homes have had cavity wall insulation fitted under schemes set up by the government. the work was paid for by the energy companies, but, too often, the quality has been poor. the bbc can reveal that in hundreds

of thousands of homes the insulation could have failed because it wasn't fitted to the required standard. faulty insulation can also lead to damp, mould and related health problems as our correspondent zoe conway reports. zoe godrich scrubs black mould off the walls of her house every couple of weeks. horrific, absolutely horrific. it's absolutely heartbreaking because i can't provide my children's basic needs of a safe, warm home. the mould took over her swansea home after cavity wall insulation was fitted for free three years ago under a government—backed scheme. and this is where we all sleep. all four of you in this room? yeah. my 15—year—old sleeps here and i sleep here with my six and my five—year—old. they sleep on mattresses on the floor — their mould—ridden beds thrown away, her children's bedrooms uninhabitable.

my children's health has been severely affected. so my daughter, who's got asthma, she takes the steroid pump. my son, then, he's on steroid creams for his eczema. his eczema bleeds, it's quite severe. and were they on this medication before the insulation was installed? no. zoe says that within weeks of the insulation going in, water was running down the wall of her daughter's bedroom. it was just constant. it's like a little waterfall. the company that fitted it went bust. in desperation, she took out a £7,000 loan to get it extracted. without insulation, the house is cold. she can't afford to turn up the heating, causing yet more mould. it even spread to her children's toys. it was absolutely disgusting. since the 19205, homes have a gap or cavity between the outer and inner wall.

the insulation is made out of fibreglass wool, polystyrene beads or, sometimes, a polyurethane foam. more than three million homes have had it done under government schemes since 2008. 5% were inspected to check on the quality of the work. figures compiled by the regulator 0fgem, seen by the bbc, suggest that hundreds of thousands of homes could have failed insulation, which can lead to damp and mould. david walter is a building surveyor. he says zoe's house would not have been in a good enough condition to have insulation. you can actually see that there's a crack in the actual external wall. driving rain can actually penetrate in through the crack inside the cavity, wet the insulation and transfer straight through to the room. the crack should have been fixed and then insulated. but that's not all. it turns out the extraction wasn't done properly either.

the actual cavity insulation should have been removed, but it's still inside the wall. itjust hasn't been done properly. it's a botched installation. david has been looking at insulated homes all over the country for more than 25 years. the industry is motivated by money. they get government grants for doing this work. they had huge sums of money in the past. so there's an incentive for the contractors just to get people signed up, get the job done and get the grant money. five years ago, the government asked trustmark, an arm's—length organisation, to improve the quality of installations. but is the scheme really working? installers uk, the company that put the insulation into zoe's home, is trustmark—registered, and city energy network ltd, the company that arranged funding for the work, is also trustmark registered. installers uk says the problems were caused by a hole in the roof. but the standards body,

the british assessment bureau, says that if there had been any issues with the property, the work should not have gone ahead. city energy says its only involvement was to arrange the funding. it says it has no connection with installers uk, nor was it involved in the installation process. these government—backed insulation schemes were targeted to help vulnerable people. when they work, they cut energy bills and make homes warmer. when they fail, it can be devastating for people least equipped to cope. there's no insulation value here at all. in the north west of england, a camera is inserted into a cavity. it shows the foam insulation hasn“t filled it properly. taking out the brickwork, we can see inside, there's no foam. it's a void. it's just been sprayed on the inside wall and hasn't expanded. this proves that this insulation wasn't installed correctly and wasn't policed and checked as the installation went along.

the work was done in 2015. it“s caused cracks in the living room, damp and mould. i'm just gutted. they've ruined my home. debbie was given a guarantee it could pay out a maximum of £4,000, yet it will cost her tens of thousands of pounds to get her house fixed. the law firm that took on her case has gone bust. you think you take a government—backed scheme, so it must be right if the government's backing it. and it's not. what zoe and her children want most of all is for their house to feel like a home once more. the life has just been knocked out to me. for the last three years that's all i've done — is fight company after company after company, and i've got no further forward. i don't see light at the end of the tunnel. city energy says it has recognised and sympathised with the position in which ms godrich finds herself and, although it has no obligation to do so,

it has sought to resolve matters directly with her in an effort to assist. trustmark says, "the problems at ms godrich“s property are complex. the work was carried out under an earlier standard and did not take the whole—house approach that current standards do, preventing some of the issues seen here. however, the situation ms godrich is left in is completely unacceptable and needs to be put right. we will work with the british assessment bureau and city energy to achieve a suitable solution, which makes ms godrich“s property a warm, comfortable and healthy home for her and herfamily." zoe conway with that report. zoe joins us now. explain what goes wrong with this and why does it happen?- explain what goes wrong with this and why does it happen? cavity wall insulation is — and why does it happen? cavity wall insulation is quite _ and why does it happen? cavity wall insulation is quite hard to _ and why does it happen? cavity wall insulation is quite hard to put i and why does it happen? cavity wall insulation is quite hard to put into i insulation is quite hard to put into a home, it is not straightforward and you need the right skills and

need to understand the products you put in. they key thing is the gap between the outer and inner wall, the cavity needs to be clear when this wall all beads goes into it which is important because if there is rubble in it, it can cause it to go wrong because the insulation comes and it is warm, the rubble can be cold and it creates a cold spot which can cause condensation, moisture, which travels into the house and that can cause damp and mould. it has to be done properly and it needs necessary checks. for several years there have been concerns by campaigners, mps, homeowners that the czechs have not happened. there is an issue about a lack of oversight and regulation —— checks. the government a few years ago set up a review and trusted, they tasked an independent organisation called trustmark to

raise standards. and trustmark acknowledged there needs to be more work done on consumer protection and it needs to be more robust. meanwhile, we have a legacy of 15 years of this work having been done with people stuck not knowing where to turn, as we heard from those two cases. ., , to turn, as we heard from those two cases, , , to turn, as we heard from those two cases. , , ., ~ cases. those cases were stark in our cases. those cases were stark in your report- _ cases. those cases were stark in your report. people _ cases. those cases were stark in your report. people will- cases. those cases were stark in your report. people will be - your report. people will be wondering how widespread, how much further the issue goes. the wondering how widespread, how much further the issue goes.— further the issue goes. the truth is we do not know. _ further the issue goes. the truth is we do not know. we _ further the issue goes. the truth is we do not know. we have - further the issue goes. the truth is we do not know. we have a - further the issue goes. the truth is l we do not know. we have a snapshot here based on the 0fgem figures. some of this is about companies not doing the paperwork properly. but if you are not giving a homeowner the guarantee they are entitled to, not doing the paperwork, what does it tell you about the quality of the work that has been done? this is a snapshot. 15 million people have had it done and we do not know how many

have problems. this is a cross party issue. a lot of mps over the years have stood up in the commons asking for an investigation into the scale of this, because a lot of these homes will not have been inspected. there is also an issue about redress. i have looked at this for six years. what i keep hearing from homeowners is people do not know where to turn. an issue is people are given a guarantee for the work. citizens advice say that often the guarantee is not worth very much because you go to the guarantee agency with a problem and it is really hard to get them to pay out. i am sure you will keep across it for as many years as it takes. thank you. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm nicky ford. three police officers have been injured and a0 arrests were made during a demonstration in westminster last night. police say one officer was seriously injured after she was hit in the face by a bottle thrown from the crowd. the demonstration, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign and other groups, began in whitehall and police say the vast majority left without incident. a breakaway march of about 500 people then continued diane abbott has confirmed to the bbc that she's been banned from standing for labour again in hackney north and stoke newington. britain's first female black mp had the party whip restored yesterday, just over a year after it was withdrawn when she suggested that jewish, irish and traveller people don't face racism "all their lives". she's since apologised for the comments. british transport police have released figures showing a 25% increase in women and girls reporting sexual offences on the rail network. the rise is believed to reflect an improved awareness that you can

report any type of sexual behaviour that makes you feel uncomfortable. however, the police believe many incidents are still going unreported, especially by younger women. a study�*s found giving smooth nut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy. a team at king's college london advise parents to offer nuts in a soft form during weaning. their findings suggest teenagers who ate it up to age five were 71% it's just 60 days until the paris olympics get under way and among the athletes hoping to be on the start line for team gb is the london sprinter desiree henry. the 28—year—old from enfield has had to battle injury to continue her 0lympicjourney, which started at the rio olympics and often trains in the early hours of the morning. when you have a goal and dream you won't make excuses, you'll figure it out. even if it doesn't sound logical such as doing a session at 2am. i knew what my reality was, i knew that i had to work and ijust

thought, if that's what it takes, then i'm going to go ahead and do it. let's take a look at the tubes now. the district and the overground is part suspended and the victoria lines has severe delays. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. as the area of low pressure moves out into the north sea, today we're looking at plenty of dry weather, some sunshine around, but there will still be some scattered showers around this area of low pressure during the day today. one or two of them could be heavy. there may even be the odd rumble of thunder, especially for more eastern parts. a lot of dry weather in between, and in the sunshine feeling quite warm — temperatures reaching around 17 to 20 celsius — and a bit of a breeze. into the evening, still a few showers around for a time but they tend to fade away and, overnight, it becomes dry with some patchy cloud, some clear spells and temperatures holding at around 9—12 celsius. looking ahead, thursday is a similar day. some showers around this area of low pressure but high pressure will start to build as we look ahead to friday and into the weekend.

50 still a fair few heavy showers around on thursday, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder, but later on friday and into the weekend, it should gradually become a bit drier and brighter and temperatures generally reaching around the mid to high teens. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. one of our oldest and most british of institutions, the royal mail, has this morning announced it's accepted a takeover bid from a czech billionaire. but what could this mean for staff and customers? ben has the details. lots of questions around this and we have been scrutinising the fine print of the offer. let me explain what there is to discover. as we've heard in the last couple

of hours, the board of royal mail's parent company has agreed to a £5 billion offer from czech businessman daniel kretinsky and his company ep group. it still needs to be approved by shareholders and the government. royal mail, which is of course a separate company to the post office, traces its history back 500 years but its recent history has been less than successful. only last week it reported a loss of nearly £350 million pounds. and it's been failing to meet its delivery targets for years. last year, it only delivered three quarters of first class mail on time, failing to meet its target of 93%. and its second class mail target was also missed. the regulator ofcom says there needs to be a debate on future service levels as the number of letters sent by post has halved from 1a billion in 2011 to seven billion last year. the two main options for change are to deliver most letters within three days so first class deliveries would be the exception, or that the number of days

we receive post is reduced from the current six to five or even three. but these changes would require legislation. the union which represents royal mail workers says it's committed to protecting members and wants assurances from any potential new owner. we would want to sit down with ep and discuss what is their strategy, what is the strategy in terms of improving morale in the workforce, investment, where does our pay and terms and conditions stand in this, where is our pensions? on those points, daniel kretinsky�*s firm has in its formal offer promised there will be no compulsory redundancies until at least 2025. it will also keep the name, brand and uk headquarters. he already owns more than a quarter of the shares in royal mail's parent company. but this full takeover will be scrutinised very carefully by the government which has the power to block the deal under

national security laws. that's a decision likely to fall to the next business secretary, after the election. thank you very much indeed, we will see more on that as one of our developing stories. carroll will have the weather for us shortly. but let's pull talk about the impact first stop. more wet and stormy weather is on the way over the next 2a hours as the miserable spring weather continues. our reporterjessica lane is at a holiday park in north yorkshire for us. it's actually not miserable there, doesn't look too bad but i know it is very muddy. morning, jessica. morning, yes, it is super muddy. there is mud all around us but actually like you say, the read of this morning has been really lovely. we have got bits of blue sky, the sun, it has been really good

although it has been quite changeable. and that has been the thing over the last few months, rain showers coming in and no one really knowing what is going to happen. that has had a really big impact on this business here. we are at the woodhouse farm holiday park near ripon in north yorkshire. and they say over the may bank holiday and half term they would normally be totally full but this year they are only running at three quarters full, because they have had to close off some of the tent pitches because it is so muddy here. what they have got is so muddy here. what they have got is these camping pods, which means families can stay in the outdoors in the beautiful words, but they are actually living inside the pod here. so it isn't as muddy, not as dirty for the kids and parents. the business here, the rain has had a really negative impact but for some businesses, it is actually not too bad. one of those is lisa who you can see here behind me, i will have

to interrupt you teaching the children about fossils. lisa is a real—life kane —— cave woman, it has the rain had an impact on your business? it the rain had an impact on your business?— the rain had an impact on your business? . , , ., ., ., business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances. — business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances. we _ business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances, we love _ business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances, we love rain _ business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances, we love rain because - business? it has been amazing, we do rain dances, we love rain because it. rain dances, we love rain because it is a natural wonder so it has been created by water, there is nothing better than a wet coat in the holidays. better than a wet coat in the holida s. ., , ., . , better than a wet coat in the holida s. ., , ., ., , ., holidays. for you it means that eo - le holidays. for you it means that peeple want — holidays. for you it means that peeple want to _ holidays. for you it means that people want to be _ holidays. for you it means that people want to be inside - holidays. for you it means that people want to be inside when | holidays. for you it means that | people want to be inside when it holidays. for you it means that - people want to be inside when it is rain, they come into your caves? absolutely and it is incredible. people love to come in, they are dry, they will not get rained on, they might get the odd splash. but they might get the odd splash. but they love it, and we focus a lot of education so they come and do fossil digs, we are doing stuff in the cave with a mad scientist today. it has been incredible, so wonderful to meet so many people. [30 been incredible, so wonderful to meet so many people.— been incredible, so wonderful to meet so many people. do you think the risk of the _ meet so many people. do you think the risk of the rain _ meet so many people. do you think the risk of the rain and _ meet so many people. do you think the risk of the rain and bad - meet so many people. do you think the risk of the rain and bad weather is stopping people from wanting to holiday in the uk?—

holiday in the uk? absolutely not, we are all strong _ holiday in the uk? absolutely not, we are all strong and _ holiday in the uk? absolutely not, we are all strong and resilient, - holiday in the uk? absolutely not, we are all strong and resilient, we| we are all strong and resilient, we are loving it. there are loads of people coming and they are not bothered by the rain, theyjust do alternative things. it's one thing that you cannot do anything about, the weather. so peoplejust that you cannot do anything about, the weather. so people just do different things depending on what the weather is doing. let’s different things depending on what the weather is doing.— the weather is doing. let's ask the eo - le the weather is doing. let's ask the peeple who _ the weather is doing. let's ask the people who really _ the weather is doing. let's ask the people who really know— the weather is doing. let's ask the people who really know about - the weather is doing. let's ask the | people who really know about these things, kids, has the rain been earning your holiday at all? h0! things, kids, has the rain been earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruinina earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruining your— earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruining your holiday? _ earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruining your holiday? no! - earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruining your holiday? no! i- earning your holiday at all? no! -- ruining your holiday? no! i think i ruining your holiday? no! i think that is a resounding _ ruining your holiday? no! i think that is a resounding answer. - ruining your holiday? no! i think i that is a resounding answer. there is some more rain forecast but it will clear up slightly towards the end of the half term holiday. i will let carol do you a full proper weather forecast but that is my sneak preview of the end of the week. ~ , ., ,., sneak preview of the end of the week. ~ ,, ,., ., ., week. we will get you some marks out often week. we will get you some marks out of ten from carol— week. we will get you some marks out of ten from carol in _ week. we will get you some marks out of ten from carol in the _ week. we will get you some marks out of ten from carol in the moment. - week. we will get you some marks out of ten from carol in the moment. it. of ten from carol in the moment. it looks lovely there. is of ten from carol in the moment. it looks lovely there.— looks lovely there. is that the first time _ looks lovely there. is that the first time we _ looks lovely there. is that the first time we have _ looks lovely there. is that the first time we have had - looks lovely there. is that the first time we have had an - looks lovely there. is that the i first time we have had an actual cave woman on bbc breakfast? probably not.

cave woman on bbc breakfast? probably not-— probably not. probably the first time someone _ probably not. probably the first time someone has _ probably not. probably the first time someone has admitted . probably not. probably the first time someone has admitted to| probably not. probably the first - time someone has admitted to being a cave woman! a bit later we will be talking about nursery rhymes on the programme, some new research saying that nursery rhymes are out of date, we are not singing them like we used to. ,, . ., we are not singing them like we used to. ,, ., ., ., we are not singing them like we used to. shall we do what we did before? in win to. shall we do what we did before? incy wincy spider? _ to. shall we do what we did before? incy wincy spider? down _ to. shall we do what we did before? incy wincy spider? down the - to. shall we do what we did before? j incy wincy spider? down the spout? u. incy wincy spider? down the spout? u- the incy wincy spider? down the spout? up the waterfall? _ incy wincy spider? down the spout? up the waterfall? no, _ incy wincy spider? down the spout? up the waterfall? no, down... - incy wincy spider? down the spout? up the waterfall? no, down... it - incy wincy spider? down the spout? | up the waterfall? no, down... it has been a and — up the waterfall? no, down... it has been a and nursery— up the waterfall? no, down... it has been a and nursery rhymes - up the waterfall? no, down... it has been a and nursery rhymes are - been a and nursery rhymes are getting a techno revamp. chris from cbeebies over the road here in salford will be dropping on to say what he thinks. pulmonary thought he would never be

able to see his garden again. —— paul. but he is one of the handful of patients to have his eyesight restored. for 64 years, paul took his sight for granted. then, after ulcers built up on his eyes, he lost all vision. he's been blind for more than a year. until now. just one month after a new type of corneal transplant, paul can safely mow his lawn, pick out the flowers... one, two, three, four. and their colours. every day has been absolutely beautiful to me. what were your emotions when you were able to start seeing again? crying, crying, so elating. it is so unreal. i can see yourself sitting in a chair. i can see my lilies over there, the roses over there. this is the cornea, the dome shaped window at the front of the eye. corneal transplants are nothing new,

but the one on paul's left eye, carried out by chrishan gunasekera at the norfolk and norwich hospital is pioneering. this is the donor cornea here, is it? that's correct. that white ring is the donor cornea. and these are individual stitches that are holding the top layer of the cornea in place. we separate the cornea into two layers, like slicing through a victoria sponge. we have a top layer and a bottom layer and we only remove 25% of the cells from the bottom layer. and what does that mean, that there's less chance of rejection? that's correct, there's less chance of rejection. and the graft survival is 95% or five years. is 95% in five years. ok, yeah, that's fine. for 1a long months, maggie was not just paul's wife, but his carer. now, though, they can finally share the household chores. it will be nice. it's getting there, we'll get there, we know that. it'sjust fantastic. you won't think so when you see your bank account. yeah, that's, that's a drawback. when you're blind you can't see your bank account.

and if she knows the details, i can tell you it took a battering! that's good, that's fitting nicely. back at the norfolk and norwich hospital, paul checks in with the man he now calls his friend. in time, chrishan will carry out the same operation on his right eye. he's just one of a handful of surgeons qualified to do it. how new is this procedure? it was first described and performed in 2005 in italy, however, it hasn't really, due to the technicality of the procedure, not had widespread adoption despite having incredible outcomes. paul, for one, won't disagree with that. i can't thank that man chrish enough. thank you. live every day as if it's your last because you never know what's around the corner. alex dunlop, bbc news. incredible story. it really is.

the conservatives say they would close university courses offering what they call rip—off degrees in england and fund up to 100,000 more apprenticeships a year if they remain in power. rishi sunak has said it would "boost young people's life chances". labour has described the plans as "laughable". we're joined now by schools minister, damian hinds. good morning to you. i have heard of these degrees that you want to close being described as rip—off grease, mickey mouse degrees some people call them, what kind of degrees are we talking about, what is eight mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference _ mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is _ mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is not - mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is not languagej character reference is not language we have used. we want to make sure every young person has a great opportunity and a lot of that will be for university and a lot it will be for university and a lot it will be an apprenticeship. we also want to make sure that if you do go to university, it is a really high

quality experience. it's not about individual subjects where you can say, such and such is a bad thing to study, within every subject there is a variation in outcomes between different universities. and so if you take something like computer science for example, a really important subject for the future of the economy. but there is a huge variation in what people end up earning if they have done a computer science degree, from 18 to £80,000. it is about identifying individual courses, and it's not for government ministers to say which one they are, we have an independent regulator who will look at things like dropout rates and the proportion of graduates who go into graduate employment, to make sure that if there is an underperforming course, it cannot recruit more people onto a course. it's not about closing courses that are currently running, it's about not recruiting more people onto them. i’m it's about not recruiting more people onto them. i'm struggling to see how this — people onto them. i'm struggling to see how this would _ people onto them. i'm struggling to see how this would work. _ people onto them. i'm struggling to see how this would work. i - people onto them. i'm struggling to see how this would work. i don't - see how this would work. i don't know what the employment prospects or economic benefit is from somebody

studying, i don't know, ancient history or ancient greek, or medieval poetry. you could argue that those are less relevant in today's society and some of the stuff you would like to close down is more relevant. it’s stuff you would like to close down is more relevant.— is more relevant. it's not 'ust about what is i is more relevant. it's not 'ust about what is relevant h is more relevant. it's not 'ust about what is relevant to h is more relevant. it's notjust about what is relevant to the | about what is relevant to the economy. education is important for lots of reasons and people's earnings are only one of those reasons. thejoy earnings are only one of those reasons. the joy of learning earnings are only one of those reasons. thejoy of learning is important. and having a society which is educated across a wide range of disciplines is important and all the subjects that you mentioned, they all play a really important part. and there are, by the way, there are natural differences in if you study particular types of degree, overall people will earn more and in some others they might earn less, but that's not to say one is better than another. you need to look within the groups to say, let's say you take ancient history, if there is an

ancient history, if there is an ancient history, if there is an ancient history course where a lot of people don't even completed the first year or not moving on to the second year, that would be a bad sign. it's not necessarily about what people earn or indeed exactly what people earn or indeed exactly whatjob what people earn or indeed exactly what job they what people earn or indeed exactly whatjob they going to, it's about a range, a blend, if you like, of quality measures, about whether young people are really being given a good deal and offered real quality on that course. 50 a good deal and offered real quality on that course.— a good deal and offered real quality on that course. so the plan would be to close down _ on that course. so the plan would be to close down those _ on that course. so the plan would be to close down those courses, - on that course. so the plan would be to close down those courses, and - to close down those courses, and fund instead up to 100,000 extra apprenticeships every year. but while you have been in government, over the last six years, the number of apprenticeships has fallen by 160,000. 50 of apprenticeships has fallen by 160,000. so your record on apprenticeships doesn't look great. the number of friendships now is much higher than it was when the labour party were last in government... it labour party were last in government. . .— labour party were last in government... labour party were last in aovernment... , . ., ., government... it is much lower than it was a couole _ government. .. it is much lower than it was a couple of— government... it is much lower than it was a couple of years _ government... it is much lower than it was a couple of years ago - government... it is much lower than it was a couple of years ago when i it was a couple of years ago when you are in government. i’m it was a couple of years ago when you are in government. i'm coming onto that, — you are in government. i'm coming onto that. i'm _ you are in government. i'm coming onto that, i'm coming _ you are in government. i'm coming onto that, i'm coming onto - you are in government. i'm coming

onto that, i'm coming onto that. i onto that, i'm coming onto that. that is because those two years ago, we have been making a big upgrade in the quality and the quality bar for apprenticeships, through multiple different things, like making sure there is a minimum length of course, legislating to make sure 20% of it is off the job training, we have created an institute for apprenticeships and technical education, and we have replaced the old is what we would call apprenticeship frameworks and replace them with standards which are designed by businesses themselves. to make sure that what young people are learning about is bang on relevant to the job that they will go on to do and the needs of that company and the needs of the economy. it's absolutely not comparing like for like to talk about a friendships now versus ten years ago. about a friendships now versus ten ears aro. about a friendships now versus ten years ago-- it _ about a friendships now versus ten years ago-- it is _ about a friendships now versus ten years ago.- it is a _ about a friendships now versus ten years ago.- it is a really - years ago. 0k,... it is a really important _ years ago. 0k,... it is a really important point. _ years ago. 0k,... it is a really important point. now - years ago. 0k,... it is a really important point. now we - years ago. 0k,... it is a really important point. now we have years ago. 0k,... it is a really - important point. now we have made that big quality upgrade, we want to grow the number of apprenticeships by 100,000. the labour policy would

halve the number of apprenticeships, we want to grow and widen that opportunity. we want to grow and widen that opportunity-— we want to grow and widen that o- ortuni . �* ,, ., ., opportunity. ucas, who look after the admissions _ opportunity. ucas, who look after the admissions process, _ opportunity. ucas, who look after the admissions process, are - opportunity. ucas, who look after the admissions process, are not i the admissions process, are not convinced by the way you have been running apprenticeships. they say that young people are put off at the moment by barriers that included low pay, lack of availability, having to apply for apprenticeships individually rather than sending off one application to several employers like you might apply to several universities at the same time, again, your record on apprenticeships would not seem to suggest that you have got a way of tackling this going forward, some would say. tackling this going forward, some would sa . ., , ., would say. one of the things we are doinu is would say. one of the things we are doing is putting _ would say. one of the things we are doing is putting apprenticeships - doing is putting apprenticeships onto ucas, so there is that equal visibility for young people against university degrees. we are also reducing the amount of bureaucracy, the number of degree apprenticeships has been growing, and there are huge opportunities for apprenticeships in the public sector, for example in the public sector, for example in the nhs long—term plan, that anticipate a big growth in the number of people coming into nursing

through an apprenticeship funded route. ditto in education, we have opportunities for teaching assistants to access apprenticeship funding in order to develop their careers towards becoming a teacher. we have huge opportunities and we have very clear and firm plans for how we get there. it is all about growing the number of apprenticeships by 100,000 in contrast to the labour party who wants to halve the number of apprenticeships. we wants to halve the number of apprenticeships.— wants to halve the number of apprenticeships. wants to halve the number of a- --renticeshis. ~ ., ~ ., apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour party _ apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour party about _ apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour party about their— apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour party about their plans - apprenticeships. we will talk to the labour party about their plans as i labour party about their plans as well. while we have you, while we have been on air this morning, we have been on air this morning, we have heard that the royal mail, one of the uk's most famous brands, businesses, has agreed to a £5 billion takeover offer from a tech billionaire. —— from a incy wincy spider billionaire. the next government would have the power to block it or accepted, what do you think —— from czech billionaire. i

can't give you an instant reaction. royal mail is clearly a hugely important institution in our country, it has been a rapidly changing sector, logistics and delivery, with opportunities but also with challenges. i don't think it is right of me to give you as you say and on the face of it, on the face of it a reaction. but there will be comment coming from ministers in due course. we will await that _ ministers in due course. we will await that weight _ ministers in due course. we will await that weight in _ ministers in due course. we will await that weight in the - ministers in due course. we will await that weight in the day. - ministers in due course. we will| await that weight in the day. for now, thank you very much indeed. thank you. you might be familiar with our friends here. and the tales we are about to tell. incy wincy spider, twinkle twinkle little star and row, row, row your boat are all classic nursery rhymes but if you're a parent or grandparent, those sing—song lyrics mightjust make you want to run screaming for the hills. but don't worry, you're not alone, new research has shown that many

think it's time for a rewrite when it comes to music for the underfives. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has been exploring the emergencing world of toddler techno. # the wheels on the bus go round and round. # round and round, round and round... the wheels on the bus, a toddler classic. but now a new version. # the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round... basically, i remix nursery rhymes and i turn them into modern sounding main stage club anthems. # people on the back go up and down... welcome to techno for toddlers. lenny pierce, just one of a number of artists trying to widen the preschool musical diet. my daughter is one and a half years old, and then when i'm at home with her, i'm making music in the next room, i canjust hear the same songs on repeat. and because i'm a music producer, i was like, oh, maybe i should try

and remix this into something more modem for my tiktok. and then i did that. and then itjust resonated with a lot of parents. # if you're happy and you know it... and it got about almost two million streams in just three weeks which is really, really crazy. and he's not alone. olly halvorson writes bespoke songs for the under—fives in their preferred musical style. because tastes here are pretty varied. so your favourite music is? michael jackson and janet jackson. and yourfavourite, again, is? mamma mia. mamma mia? abba! what type of music do you like? johnny cash! johnny cash, yeah, you do listen to that, don't you? i johnny cash? # jordan's got a cheeky smile. and some new research has shown they're not unusual. the under—fives are often just underestimated and kind of written off.

and actually what we've seen here is that they, you know, they're like the rest of us. they like listening to a diversity of music and the music that's being produced for them should reflect that. nursery rhymes, is the traditional music serving families well? well, half of the families that we spoke to said that they thought nursery rhyme lyrics needed to be updated. yes, nursery rhymes. attempts to reform and rewrite them date back to the victorian era, but without much success. but nevertheless, parents today aren't so keen. wow! so, yeah, that's i think one of them that we're kind of over. # ella is a ray of sun, cos like the spring, what joy you bring. and then there are those who have to sing this stuff. angeline and olly have a pet hate. your least favourite?

# twinkle, twinkle, little star. # how i wonder what you are. you've got a world weary look on your face. so it seems lenny�*s on to something. indeed... he's had an effect on his brother, who happens to be a wiggle. # wheels on the bus go round and round. for those who don't know, the wiggles are australia's global superstars of the preschool hit parade and lenny has just produced their first rave album. # toot toot, chugga, chugga! toddler techno is taking off. but as any parent knows, we'll wait and see what britain's three year olds actually demand. # we're gonna ride the whole daylong! david sillito, bbc news.

and if you didn't know who the wiggles are, you do now! delightful! cbeebies presenter chris jarvis joins us now. nursery rhymes might be dying out as we have known them? i nursery rhymes might be dying out as we have known them?— we have known them? i don't think so, i'm we have known them? i don't think so. i'm sorry- _ we have known them? i don't think so. i'm sorry- i— we have known them? i don't think so, i'm sorry. i don't— we have known them? i don't think so, i'm sorry. i don't think- we have known them? i don't think so, i'm sorry. i don't think you - so, i'm sorry. i don't think you will ever get rid of them, they are like greenfly, they willjust be passed down for ever and they are quick to go to for parents, especially if you are trying to placate a child, get them off to sleep, you will be grateful for those twinkle twinkle little star st... . ~ , , ., , those twinkle twinkle little star st... .~ , , ., ,~ those twinkle twinkle little star st... . why is it that they are so popular? _ st... . why is it that they are so popular? they _ st... . why is it that they are so popular? they are _ st... . why is it that they are so popular? they are programmed| st... . why is it that they are so - popular? they are programmed into us, the popular? they are programmed into us. they are — popular? they are programmed into us, they are coming _ popular? they are programmed into us, they are coming with _ popular? they are programmed into us, they are coming with actions - popular? they are programmed into us, they are coming with actions as | us, they are coming with actions as well. ., , ., , well. you were trying to remember some of the _ well. you were trying to remember some of the actions. _ well. you were trying to remember some of the actions. don't - well. you were trying to remember some of the actions. don't you - well. you were trying to remember some of the actions. don't you do. some of the actions. don't you do that with incy _ some of the actions. don't you do that with incy wincy _ some of the actions. don't you do that with incy wincy spider? -

some of the actions. don't you do that with incy wincy spider? i'm l some of the actions. don't you do. that with incy wincy spider? i'm on our little that with incy wincy spider? i'm on your little finger, _ that with incy wincy spider? i'm on your little finger, that _ that with incy wincy spider? i'm on your little finger, that is _ that with incy wincy spider? i'm on your little finger, that is it! - that with incy wincy spider? i'm on your little finger, that is it! up - your little finger, that is it! up the water spout. down came the rain and washed the spider out. i the water spout. down came the rain and washed the spider out.— and washed the spider out. i can't do it now- — and washed the spider out. i can't do it now. out _ and washed the spider out. i can't do it now. out came _ and washed the spider out. i can't do it now. out came the - and washed the spider out. i can't do it now. out came the sound, i and washed the spider out. i can't - do it now. out came the sound, easy, i'm do it now. out came the sound, easy, l'm programmed. _ do it now. out came the sound, easy, l'm programmed. l— do it now. out came the sound, easy, i'm programmed, i can't _ do it now. out came the sound, easy, i'm programmed, i can't stop! - do it now. out came the sound, easy, i'm programmed, i can't stop! it - i'm programmed, i can't stop! it yourjob! you — i'm programmed, i can't stop! it yourjob! you have _ i'm programmed, i can't stop! it yourjob! you have recorded - i'm programmed, i can't stop! it - yourjob! you have recorded updated versions of nursery _ yourjob! you have recorded updated versions of nursery rhymes, - yourjob! you have recorded updated versions of nursery rhymes, but - yourjob! you have recorded updated| versions of nursery rhymes, but what about a grime version of incy wincy spider or something, about a grime version of incy wincy spider orsomething, is about a grime version of incy wincy spider or something, is that acceptable? i spider or something, is that acceptable?— spider or something, is that acceptable? spider or something, is that acce table? ., ., acceptable? i agree with the doctor, i think children _ acceptable? i agree with the doctor, i think children will _ acceptable? i agree with the doctor, i think children will go _ acceptable? i agree with the doctor, i think children will go with - i think children will go with anything. if they like it, they will stick with it. if they don't, they will walk away. they are a brilliant audience because they tell you what they think, they are very honest. i found with my music, stick to it being quite straightforward, really, so they canjoin being quite straightforward, really, so they can join in and sing along. if it's too fast, they can't sing stop you need the actions. find stop you need the actions. and thinkin: stop you need the actions. and thinking back _ stop you need the actions. and thinking back to _ stop you need the actions. and thinking back to a _ stop you need the actions. and thinking back to a few years ago, i hesitate to say this but baby shark was everywhere, modern versions of

really simple kids tunes have been in our ears for years, haven't they? absolutely, and big thanks to sesame street and derek griffiths, jonathan cohen on playschool years ago, they were all having fun with the song and updating them. and the children's music we put on cbeebies today, like on the christmas show, we had disco, we had a rock queen in the snow queen in the christmas show. things like mr tumble's nursery rhymes on the cbeebies youtube channel, we get something like nearly 70 million views, it's incredible. they love it, and it is ago too. i don't think you will ever stop people singing nursery rhymes. we are doing a big sing along, actually, at the lighthouse in paul, which come along, 8th ofjune at 1:30pm, a big night three rhymes and sing along and we will be doing all

the actions. —— nursery rhyme. i think they will like it because i have been doing this at 31 years, my dear. i have toured with nursery rhymes as well.— dear. i have toured with nursery rhymes as well.- show| dear. i have toured with nursery i rhymes as well.- show me rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is — rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is still _ rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is still on _ rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is still on iplayer - rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is still on iplayer and - rhymes as well. oh, yes! show me show me is still on iplayer and it i show me is still on iplayer and it is all about nursery rhymes. there are lots of people it is torture, but children love it and relate to it and it makes them laugh and it is silly because it is like pantomime. they are very honest with your —— their reactions, what reactions have you had? i their reactions, what reactions have ou had? ., , ., ~' their reactions, what reactions have ou had? ., , ., ~ ., ., , you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat- _ you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat. it's— you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat. it's funny _ you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat. it's funny when - you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat. it's funny when i - you had? i am trying to think of any i can repeat. it's funny when i get i i can repeat. it's funny when i get the words wrong and it goes in a different direction. they instantly join in, they know how to do incy wincy spider, the wheels on the bus. people should fund, change the word,

and if any of them are offensive, change them. wind a bobbin up seems to have come back, that is very old and it is suddenly popular again. then you get new ones like baby shark stop don't! i think it's great that people are coming up with new ones. ., , ., , .,, that people are coming up with new ones. ., , ., , ., , ones. lots of people have been in touch this — ones. lots of people have been in touch this morning. _ ones. lots of people have been in touch this morning. pete - ones. lots of people have been in touch this morning. pete in - touch this morning. pete in nottingham says, not everyone likes rap music _ nottingham says, not everyone likes rap music i— nottingham says, not everyone likes rap music. i think the classics are better_ rap music. i think the classics are better for— rap music. i think the classics are better for young people. tom.r rap music. i think the classics are better for young people. tony says, nursery rhymes _ better for young people. tony says, nursery rhymes are _ better for young people. tony says, nursery rhymes are so _ better for young people. tony says, nursery rhymes are so important. better for young people. tony says, | nursery rhymes are so important for learning language and an opportunity for actions and signing as well. find for actions and signing as well. and somebody. — for actions and signing as well. and somebody, grandma says, i started singing _ somebody, grandma says, i started singing wheels on the bus to my grandson — singing wheels on the bus to my grandson when he was two years old, so now _ grandson when he was two years old, so now my _ grandson when he was two years old, so now my nickname is grandma wheels! — so now my nickname is grandma wheels! and it becomes part of the family— wheels! and it becomes part of the family identity. wheels! and it becomes part of the family identity-— family identity. thank goodness it was that one. _ family identity. thank goodness it was that one, not _ family identity. thank goodness it was that one, not grandma - family identity. thank goodness it| was that one, not grandma wigl'it!

thank you so much for coming in. than thank you so much for coming in. in ambassador for nursery rhymes. thank you. stay with us, headlines coming up. live from london. this is bbc news.

diane abbott tells the bbc she's been barred by labour from standing for the party at the general election — after nearly a0 years as an mp. abbot was suspended last year for making offensive comments which she said sorry for. when keir starmer said he would restore discipline and standards in the labour party, he really meant it. party leaders are out campaigning. rishi sunak�*sjust arrived in penzance. crunch time for royal mail — this morning it says it's accepted a takeover bid from a czech billionaire. hello. you're watching bbc news. iam ben i am ben thompson. the veteran mp, diane abbott, has confirmed to the bbc that she has been barred by labour from standing as their candidate

at the general election. there had been uncertainty about her political future