hello, this is breakfast, with lousie minchin and charlie stayt. too few detectives and insufficient action to track down suspects. a new report warns about the state of the police service in england and wales. the body which oversees policing standards says some forces are putting the public at unacceptable risk. good morning, it's thursday the second of march. also this morning: they have voted contents, 358. not contents, 256. so the contents have it. the first defeat for the brexit bill in the house of lords. now government sources say ministers will try and overturn the vote. good morning. one in four of us will

face a mental health problem at some time in ourlives, face a mental health problem at some time in our lives, but is business doing enough to support its staff? i'm here at the rather grand institute of directors, it represents thousands of companies, to find out if they could be doing more. in sport, i'm at a golf club to find out how proposed major rule changes could affect the game. and british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by the uk anti—doping agency. after the biggest blunder the oscars has ever seen, two accountants behind the mix up are told they'll never work there again. and carol has the weather. good morning. currently we have a band of rain, sleet and snow in the central swathe of the uk, fading through the morning. a lot of dry weather and sunshine around today and wintry showers in the north, and the gusty winds we've had in the south will also slowly ease. more

details later on. carol, thank you. good morning. first, our main story. victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales according to a report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement, while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. but in these vital community posts are eroded as... after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren't making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it's raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading nice nine calls if they're short on officers. that means they don't have to respond as

quickly. the her majesty's revenue and customs also says domestic violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of lack of specialist officers. other forces have ignored leads on organised crime because it would stretch their resources . crime because it would stretch their resources. only durham is delivering outstanding policing. neighbourhood policing, but proactive, preventative presence of police officers in communities is eroding even further so that means they're not stopping crime from happening in the first place and that's what the public want to see. this isn't in all public want to see. this isn't in a ll forces, public want to see. this isn't in all forces, many forces still have a really great service in that area, but some forces are beginning to ta ke but some forces are beginning to take officers out of neighbourhood policing to focus on other areas, and we're saying absolutely that erosion of neighbourhood policing can't be allowed to happen. the her majesty's revenue and customs says over most forces are doing well, but a third may be placing the public at unacceptable risk by rationing their

resources . unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. sanjeev unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. sa njeev gupta unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. sanjeev gupta doubles believe the inspectors have got it wrong but their national council says each force is facing difficult decisions over what matters most. —— some believe. her majesty's inspectorate —— dominic casciani, bbc news. in a statement, the home office said that a number of forces still have more work to do, and that this government has protected police funding, through the 2015 spending review. there can be no excuse for any force that fails to deliver on its obligations. ministers will seek to overturn last night's defeat in the house of lords on brexit legislation according to government sources. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit. the government said it was disappointed at the first defeat for its draft proposal. our political correspondent carol walker has the latest on this. what happens now? this was a setback for the government, it wanted the legislation through unscathed as

quickly as possible and the scale of the defeat last night i think will embolden its critics. essentially this was a debate that divided between those who said the government has a moral case to provide certainty and security for some 3 million eu citizens living in the uk, and those who said, look, the uk, and those who said, look, the government has said it's going to do that as a priority but only pa rt to do that as a priority but only part of a wider reciprocal deal that also ensures the rights of more than 1 also ensures the rights of more than i million british citizens living across the european union. now, this bill has to go back to the commons. the government will be reasonably confident that it can overturn this defeat. but the bill isn't through the lord's yet, it still could face further defeats on this legislation, and of course this is supposed to be and of course this is supposed to be a short straightforward bill to begin the brexit negotiations. the government's already having a battle on this, there's going to be much more complex legislation as we disentangle british law from eu law,

andi disentangle british law from eu law, and i think it's a foretaste of the sort of struggles within parliament the government is going to face over the government is going to face over the next two years. carol, thank you very much. thank you. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. the report by the care quality commission also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. here's our health editor hugh pym. it's the first wide—ranging snapshot of the state of england's major hospitals. the regulator the coc spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the mid staffordshi re out inspections following the mid staffordshire patient care scandal. this is the first annual report on all of them. one of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. across the major hospital trusts in england, 68% have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81% of trusts

are said to need to improve safety. but 93% were rated as good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. there is variation between trusts, there is variation within trusts, there is variation within trusts, you can get a very good service within a trust that's struggling or you can get an individual service that is not doing so individual service that is not doing so well in an otherwise good trust. praise is given to some trusts which have made significant improvements, including university hospitals bristol. the first to go from requiring improvement direct to outstanding from two inspections. requiring improvement direct to outstanding from two inspectionslj think the findings of the report are very positive for us. i think in the report it acknowledges a lot of the ha rd report it acknowledges a lot of the hard work that this department does and a very positive culture for providing patient care that we have here. the department of health said the conference of inspections formed a key pa rt the conference of inspections formed a key part of a plan to make the nhs is the safest and most transparent healthcare is the safest and most transparent healthca re system is the safest and most transparent healthcare system in the world. hugh pym, bbc news. we'll hear from england's chief

inspector of hospitals at 7:10am. senior opponents of president trump are calling for his newly appointed attorney general to step down. it's over two undisclosed encountersjeff sessions had with the russian ambassador during the recent presidential election campaign. mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. the white house maintains there was no improper contact. voters in northern ireland go to the polls today for the second time in ten months. this assembly election was called after the resignation of former deputy first minister martin mcguinness. polling stations open in an hour. 228 candidates are competing for 90 seats across northern ireland's i8 constituencies. ministers say that the government's delayed 25—year plan for improving england's natural spaces should be published immediately. the strategy for nature was due to be released last summer. now the commons environmental audit committee says that defra needs

to make its intentions clear, before brexit negotiations get under way. the government says it's committed to building on a long history of wildlife protection. the head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes at sunday's ceremony will never work on the show again. la la land was wrongly named best picture instead of moonlight. it's been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of academy awards history. our la correspondentjames cook has sent this report. the president of the academy and is, a rts the president of the academy and is, arts and sciences has effectively blamed the two accountants who were employed by the oscars to check the integrity of the results. —— academy of arts. although it seems as though it was mr cullinan at fault, he's

been accused of tweeting a picture in the moments before he should have been checking the best picture award. emma stone had just come off stage having received her oscarfor la la land and supposedly mr cullinan was taking a photograph of her rather than attending to his work. the result was that he handed over the wrong envelope to the present as warren beatty and faye dunaway and bonnie and clyde went onto the stage and of course we all my what happened next. the academy says it is reviewing its relationship with the accountancy firm, pricewaterhousecoopers, a relationship that goes all the way back to 193a in terms of counting and checking the results of the oscars. it's been reported here that the two partners of pricewaterhousecoopers in question, they are senior partners with the firm, that they are not going to lose theirjobs firm, that they are not going to lose their jobs with firm, that they are not going to lose theirjobs with that company. but, you have to think that in an industry which is entirely built in its reputational terms on being precise, on being accurate, on being

reliable, you have to wonder whether these two people will ever live this down. that is a good question! they say that elephants never forget but it seems they never sleep either! a new study of african elephants in the wild has revealed they sleep on average forjust two hours a night. it's the shortest amount time recorded of any mammal on earth. researchers say it could be down to the threat posed by predators and poachers. they also play football but they don't sleep much! we're going to go to sally now. if you're a golf lover, you'll know that the rules of the game are pretty set in stone. however, new proposals have been unveiled for the biggest shake—up of the rules of golf in a generation. let's go live to sally, who's at mere golf club in cheshire this morning. good morning. good morning. you are

right, radical, radical changes are being proposed as the whole idea is to make the game faster, to move it a long a bit wicker and maybe perhaps simpler by, reducing the number of official rules as well —— quicker. to encourage beginners at golf like me to become more committed and perhaps be less confused when they start out. we're going to explain the new rules and how they might affect you if you're a golfer through the morning at this lovely golf club. we're just waiting for the sun to come up and in the next ten minutes we'll be outside on the greens to catch the early morning golfers, the really keen once. i'm really looking forward to that! the main story today in sport: british cycling and team sky have been heavily criticised for their record keeping by the woman in charge of anti—doping in the uk. nicole sapstead was giving evidence to a group of mps about wrong doing in the sport. manchester city are through to the quarter finals of the fa cup after they comfortably won

their replay against huddersfield town. 5—1 the final score, including two goals from sergio aguero. they'll play middlesborough in the last eight. celtic move another step closer to the scottish premiership title. a 4—0 win over bottom side inverness caledonian thistle puts them 27 points clear at the top. andy murray's into the last eight of the dubai international after a comfortable straight sets victory yesterday. but fellow brit dan evans went out of the tournament. one of the rule changes, the golf rule changes, i will be talking about this morning concerns these. lovely new shiny golf balls. if you just bought yourself a golf ball, they're about £3, they can be a bit more expensive, though, and one of the proposed mural changes, instead of having five minutes to search for a lost ball you'll only have three minutes. if you've just spent £3 on one of those you're going to be under a bit more pressure, quite expensive if you've bought a pack!

we will talk about that and the other rule changes, the changes to the game and what they mean for players up and down the country. the game and what they mean for players up and down the countrylj expect people will be delighted perhaps but also in sense by that. thank you very much for that and we will be with you through the morning. it is time now to say good morning to carol. good morning to both of you. if you're just a thing outside thenit you. if you're just a thing outside then it is a nippy start to the day for many parts of the country, it's also breezy but still windy in the south and a bit of rain in the forecast, but not just south and a bit of rain in the forecast, but notjust rain, sleet and snow as well. you can see yesterday's system pushing away, one in the central swathe of the country and another in the far north of scotland, this one is producing showers but in northern ireland, north wales, north midlands and northern england we have rain, sleet and snow. particularly across parts of cheshire and lancashire. through the morning that will fizzle a bit and we will see it replaced by

showers. a few showers in the south but into the afternoon, although you could catch one, many will miss them and we're looking at a dry day with sunny skies and the wind continuing to abate. into wales, a similar story, a few showers. northern england, a few showers. northern ireland, cloud in over a touch from the south—west ahead of a weather front. some showers in scotland, mostly front. some showers in scotland, m ostly o n front. some showers in scotland, mostly on the hills, they are likely to be wintry at lower levels, in between some sunny skies. here comes the rain across northern ireland with hill snow, that will go eastwards and north through the night. have rain and hill snow in northern england and parts of scotla nd northern england and parts of scotland for a time. —— we have. banex scotland for a time. —— we have. ba nex syste m scotland for a time. —— we have. banex system comes across towards the south bringing rain that the next system. cold enough for highs on damp surfaces in parts of the north. —— the next system. —— cold enough for highs. here comes the rain tomorrow, again pushing in from

the south, moving north. —— cold enough for highs. moving through the midlands, heading up through parts of east anglia and in the direction of east anglia and in the direction of hull. tomorrow the best of the weather if you like it dry and sunny will be northern scotland with aberdeen seeing highs of seven, much of the north seeing six, seven or eight and as we come further south, we're looking at between ten and i2. then as we head through to the weekend, we're still dominated by low pressure, look at the length of the front extending down to the mediterranean bringing rain and snow to parts of italy and snow to the alps. for us it's bringing in some rain. here's the front extending to the nick compton and all the way through northern england, eastern england, through scotland and northern ireland —— the near continent. behind it we will have bright spells and sunshine but we will have some showers coming in from the south—west. word temperatures, eight, nine, ten, just ahead of it, 4—6. into the weekend,

the unsettled theme continues. we're still very much dominated by low pressure, rain coming in at times to the south and also the north but some dry weather in between as well some dry weather in between as well so not a complete write—off by any stretch. well done. we will see you later. we will look at the papers in just a few moments. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales, according to a report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. government sources say ministers will seek to overturn last night's brexit defeat in the house of lords. peers voted for an amendment to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in britain. we are going to have a quick look at some of the papers this morning, starting with a front page of the

daily mail. our lead story this morning as well, these figures in relation to policing in england. the official watchdog says many cases are being shelved without proper investigation and some emergency calls downgraded as victims are left in danger. orlando bloom and kenny perry have split up, that has made a lot of papers as well. —— katy perry. after the lords vote, theresa may is described as defiant, determined to push ahead and trigger article 50 within two weeks. and an interesting story, the telegraph covering it as well, a groundbreaking new method of safely reviving frozen organs which could, they say, save millions of lives by ending the donor shortage crisis. researchers have discovered, and this sounds extraordinary, how to rewa rm this sounds extraordinary, how to rewarm heart this sounds extraordinary, how to rewa rm heart valves this sounds extraordinary, how to rewarm heart valves which have been frozen at lower temperatures. on the front page of the times, looking at

the markets. this is following president trump's first speech to congress, many saying it was his most presidential so far, and looking at the market saying new highs. amongst all the talk of the investment dollar trump is talking about yesterday. the house of lords vote on the front page of the express , vote on the front page of the express, and the story of richard whiteley, was he an mi5 spy? claims richard whiteley was a spook and they have a quote from his partner of ii they have a quote from his partner of 11 years, up to his death, saying ricky is a full, it is nonsense. there you go then. that is what she says. the sun interested in sausages, say|ng says. the sun interested in sausages, saying healthy bangers just as fatty as normal sausages. and a health warning, a breakfast

warning on this one. i was going to go swimming today and i probably still will, but maybe i will think about things differently. what is the reason? the reason is they have done a survey of rules and they have tried to discover how much you're m, tried to discover how much you're in, to put it politely, is in a pool in, to put it politely, is in a pool. it turns out 75 litres in an olympic sized pool —— urine. they have done various figures, and i9% is the proportion of adults who confessed in an anonymous survey to having been to the loo in the pool, to put it that way. 100% was the proportion of pools within which a proportion of pools within which a proportion of pools within which a proportion of urine was detected and if you are wondering why there is a picture of ryan lochte, us olympic swimming team member, he has said very openly that he pees in the pool very openly that he pees in the pool. on the upside, it is worse if

you go into a hot tub. hot tubs are a lot worse, a lot worse.|j you go into a hot tub. hot tubs are a lot worse, a lot worse. i shall make sure my goggles are firmly fixed to my face. sorry about that, but we thought you needed to know. there will be at least two years of difficult negotiations for the prime minister before leaving the european union, and last night the government faced its first test in the lords. more than 100 peers voted against the government, insisting there should be a guarantee that eu nationals will have the right to stay in the uk. lord robert kersla ke voted for the amendment. hejoins us now from our westminster studio. good morning to you. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. obviously it is a point of principle, but why disagree with the government on this? the government say they are concerned about these rights but you have a fundamental disagreement. yes, ithink rights but you have a fundamental disagreement. yes, i think everybody agreed that these are eu citizens that have come to this country in good faith and were making enormous contributions. the question was should we end the uncertainty for them now or throw this issue into

them now or throw this issue into the negotiations and seek the bargain it against uk nationals living in europe. and i think the view of the house of lords overwhelmingly was that the right thing to do was to try and sort this issue out now and take our own decision. ok, so you have sent it back to the commons effectively. the likelihood is it will come back to you in the same form. are we entering an endless ping—pong with this? i don't think it will be endless ping—pong but i do hope the government won'tjust endless ping—pong but i do hope the government won't just send it endless ping—pong but i do hope the government won'tjust send it back, and think carefully about the arguments made. it was a long, passionate and very well argued debate. some excellent points were made, not least of which that the ex— patriot who represent uk people abroad were absolutely clear that they wanted action to be taken now to support eu nationals. they didn't wa nt to to support eu nationals. they didn't want to be a bargaining chip, and i think that is something that the government should take notice of.|j

will review the government response. our position on eu nationals has repeatedly been made clear. we want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens who are already living in britain and the rights of the dish nationals living in other member states as early as we can. by making it clear now, if it went the way you wa nted it clear now, if it went the way you wanted it, are you not undermining the ability to negotiate? well, i don't think so. in fact, the risk is here that as soon as we can ends up being two years of eu negotiators decide, and it is very likely that they will, that they want to deal with all the issues together in a single deal. so we have this enormous uncertainty. by the way, this is not just enormous uncertainty. by the way, this is notjust a moral argument. it is an economic argument. we absolutely need the builders, the nurses, the doctors, the care workers, who have come over from europe to work in this country. indeed, the university academics as well. so this is not a questionjust of morals. it is a question of what

is good for this country as well. and i don't think we canjust is good for this country as well. and i don't think we can just leave it to chance for a negotiation that hasn't even started yet. and by the way, as i said earlier, if we are interested in what the views of uk nationals abroad is, they are very clear that they would like to see theseissues clear that they would like to see these issues sorted now.|j clear that they would like to see these issues sorted now. i am sure we will talk about this again, thank you. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: ben is looking at how workplaces are aiming to treat mental health problems as seriously as physical health ones. morning, ben. good morning, guys. it is one of those things, it is really easy to talk about health and safety at work but the safety part is quite easy for business. it is about stopping accidents, trips and falls and things which you can record on a chart. but health and particularly mental health is much more difficult, because there is often not ones that cause and one set

solution, and many of the problems can occur many, many years after people have been in perhaps stressful situations or faced higgledy. so we are in the very grand surroundings of the institute of directors, which is launching a mental health initiative for its 30,000 members, companies up and down the country, about what they can do to support and help staff who may be going through difficult times. so over the course of the morning we will speak to the institute of directors, find out what the initiative is about, and what the initiative is about, and what it is hoping to achieve, but we will also hear some personal stories of people who have faced difficulty at work, who are now dealing with depression and anxiety. we will hear those stories at about 20 minutes. before we do that, the news, the travel and the weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. an inspection of police forces across england and wales has rated bedfordshire as inadequate, the only force to get the lowest possible rating.

her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary also found both the met and hertfordshire police require improvement. bedfordshire police says the funding it is given doesn't take account of the levels of serious and organised crime in luton. i think you have to really get in there and understand, you know, the challenges we face. the transport links are easily accessible to london boroughs for the criminals, and if you've got a force that is trying to combat that level of criminality, we need the resources to do so. otherwise we're never going to eradicate it and it long—term. detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly woman whose body was found at allotments in colindale. the 80—year—old's remains were discovered in a lock—up in the early hours of yesterday morning, a short time after she was reported missing. a new survey has found migrant workers in london contribute £83 billion to the economy each year. the research was carried out by london first and pwc. it also found the number of eu workers in the capital has doubled

over the past ten years, and that in one borough, newham, more than half of residents are from overseas. travel now. we have some minor delays on both the victoria and piccadilly lines. all other lines appear to be running normally. thameslink trains have a reduced service today. they have signal problems between st pancras and blackfriars. this is how it looks on the a12 at the bow underpass. it is closed southbound, after a vehicle broke down. and in central london, the strand underpass is still closed for works. that, of course, is causing delays at times for northbound traffic on waterloo bridge. let's get the weather now. here is elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. you may well have been woken up by a window rattling wind last night, and it's still quite blustery through much of this morning. but whereas yesterday was quite drab, i think today is

going to brighten up quite nicely and were all in for some sunshine. always best to further south you are, really. it's quite a chilly start to the day, still quite windy, the wind gradually easing down. the best of the sunshine towards the south, cloudier further best of the sunshine towards the south, cloudierfurther north best of the sunshine towards the south, cloudier further north and here you mightjust catch one were the light showers but i think most of us are going to stay dry and there will be some sunshine, quite pleasa nt there will be some sunshine, quite pleasant in it, top temperatures up to ioiidc. the nicest day, really, of the next few. by the time we get to this evening the winds are a lot lighter. there will be some clear skies proclaim so it is going to locally feel quite chilly for the first half of the night and in the cloud amounts will increase and we will start to get some rain into tomorrow morning. so it's going to be wet foot in tomorrow morning's rush—hour, and then it will gradually dry out as we head to the afternoon. we may even get a of late brightness around as well. wet for much of tomorrow, we've still got

these areas of low pressure circling around us through the weekend so generally it is looking quite u nsettled generally it is looking quite unsettled and really quite chilly, but there will be some dry and brighter spells at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: splashing colour and creativity on our streets, we'll see why more councils are happy to let street artists put their stamp on towns and cities. a very british hotel. the mandarin oriental has opened its doors to a documentary crew for the first time. we'll talk to their concierges about the most outrageous and expensive requests of their guests. and if you're piecing together a last minute fancy dress outfit for your child this morning, you'll know its world book day, but is it encouraging kids to read more? the author frank cottrell boyce will give us his view later. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales

according to a report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. it saig a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. but are these vital forces being eroded as forces juggle their priorities? that's one of the warnings in a stark report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren't making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it's raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading 999 calls if they're short on officers. that means they don't have to respond as quickly. the hmic also says domestic violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of lack of specialist officers. otherforces have ignored leads

on organised crime because it would stretch their resources. only durham is delivering outstanding policing. neighbourhood policing, that proactive, preventative presence of police officers in communities is eroding even further so that means they're not stopping crime from happening in the first place and that's what the public want to see. this isn't in all forces, many forces still have a really great service in that area, but some forces are beginning to take officers out of neighbourhood policing to focus on other areas, and we're saying absolutely that erosion of neighbourhood policing can't be allowed to happen. the hmic says overall most forces are doing well, but a third may be placing the public at unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. some chief constables believe the inspectors have got it wrong, but their national council says each force is facing difficult decisions over what matters most. dominic casciani, bbc news. in a statement, the home office said

that a number of forces still have more work to do and that the government has protected police funding, through the 2015 spending review. it adds there can be no excuse for any force that fails to deliver on its obligations. the government says it will seek to overturn a demand by the house of lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights but the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. the bill will return to the commons later this month. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. the report by the care quality commission also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be good or outstanding

for the caring attitude of staff. the department of health has welcomed the inspections, saying they form a key part of its plan to make the health service the safest and most transparent in the world. senior opponents of president trump are calling for his newly appointed attorney general to step down. it's over two undisclosed encountersjeff sessions had with the russian ambassador during the recent presidential election campaign. mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. the white house maintains there was no improper contact. voters in northern ireland go to the polls today for the second time in ten months. voting begins in half an hour. 90 members will be elected, 18 fewer than previously. polling closes at 10pm tonight. the head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes

at sunday's ceremony will never work on the show again. brian cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes and it's been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of academy awards history. i'm not sure it'sjust i'm not sure it's just academy awards history. the history of all awards ever? it's got to be up there, hasn't it! two goldfish have been given a rather unusual send off by primary school children in orkney. pupils at papdale school in kirkwall gave bubbles and freddy a flaming viking burial boat send—off, that's a traditional norse ceremony. the fish had become class pets for christmas, but both sadly died recently. the children had been learning about viking traditions and made their own longboats from cardboard. they're called they‘ re called bubbles they're called bubbles and freddie? yeah. now, if you're a golf fan you may be

interested to know that the game's governing bodies have proposed a major shake—up to the rules of the sport. they're thought to be the biggest changes to the game in a generation. sally can tell us more. she's at mere golf club in cheshire this morning. there will be... i can see it's raining... there will be changes to do with putting as well, weren't there? there will. as you join me there? there will. as you join me the heavens have opened. you have to be keen to be on the greens here, changes to putting, one of the most important rules that will change is if you putt and the flag is in and the ball hits it and goes in you will no longer be penalised. we will see a significant change there. flags like this staying in and the ball going in, no penalty at all. i'll explain in a bit more detail what the rule changes will mean with the lady captain from this golf club here, who has arrived especially early to talk to us. but elsewhere

in sport, a big day of evidence giving yesterday. british cycling has acknowledged serious failings in its record keeping after being criticised by the woman in charge of anti—doping in the uk. nicole sa pstead told a committee of mps that uk anti—doping's investigation into wrongdoing in the sport has been hampered by problems with medical record keeping. they've been trying to discover the contents of a mystery package delivered to team sky in france six years ago. what we're trying to establish in our enquiry is how does british cycling and team sky administer the anti—doping policies to ensure their riders and their team is clean. and what we've heard today is they don't. so i think it's a pretty damning indictment of the way things have been run in british cycling and at team sky that we should now be left in this position. manchester city are through to the last eight of the fa cup after a comfortable win in their replay against huddersfield town. that's despite going behind early on to this goal from harry bunn. city though were soon back in control, sergio aguero with two goals. 5—1 is how it ended.

they'll play middlesborough in the next round. their fourth straight away draw. this looks like a joke. in the last two years this looks like a joke. in the last two yea rs i this looks like a joke. in the last two years i think in the cup we didn't play one game away. good for their players because at the end our fa ns their players because at the end our fans could see a game in the cup here because i don't know what happened in the drawers, but every time all the time we play away. we said before whatever happens tonight it has no influence on what is in front of us and the championship. even after this result and this performance, it counts. i think we weren't at our best today, we have to be honest. we've shown too much respect in my opinion and made too many mistakes. celtic are now 27 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. scott sinclair and two moussa dembele goals helped them to a 4—0 win over bottom side inverness caledonian thistle. there were also wins for rangers,

ross county and partick thistle. england's women suffered a disappointing defeat in their opening match of the shebelieves cup in philadelphia. england had led, but this header gave france a 2—1win with the very last touch of the game. the barcelona manager luis enrique will step down at the end of the season as he says he needs to rest. he was speaking after his side won their latest match in the spanish league 6—1 but barca face going out of the champions league. barcelona top the table in spain after real madrid could only draw at home with las palmas last night. real had their wales star gareth bale sent offjust after half time after kicking and pushing. former manchester united star cristiano ronaldo came to the rescue with two late goals to secure a point. andy murray is into the quarter—finals at the dubai international after a comfortable straight sets victory yesterday. the world number one needed just an hour and 12 minutes to see off spain's gullermo garcia—lopez. he'll face germany's philipp kohlschreiber in the last eight. british number two dan evans is out.

he fought back after losing the first set to gael monfils to take the second, but was swept aside by the world number 12 in the decider. now, i promised you the ladies captain here at golf club, and here she is. i guess you're used to this —— mere. she is. i guess you're used to this -- mere. i am, she is. i guess you're used to this -- mere. iam, i play in she is. i guess you're used to this -- mere. i am, i play in this all the time! how much difference will this make to amateur golfers playing forfun? this make to amateur golfers playing for fun? i think it will make a great difference. we all want a better pace of game and all the rules i have read and the changes proposed are common sense and it will make things less complicated, like the flagstick being left in the hole when you're putting and also being able to repair spike marks, we've always been able to repair divot marks and pitch marks but not spike marks. what does that mean? on

your shoes, there are cleats or metal spikes and as golfers walk around they flick up pieces of grass. they should pack them down themselves but it doesn't always happen so now you can do that to get a fairgoalat happen so now you can do that to get a fair goal at the whole. one of the problems is participation is dropping so this is one of the ways of getting more people into the game because it might not take so long. we need more ladies of all age groups, school mums and young professionals, if the game can be done at a better pace, the rules are less complicated and easier to follow then i think everybody will be happy to play. helen, thank you. that might be a bit of a challenge, you're going to teach me later, aren't you? i am. good luck to you, that's all i can say. there will be a lot of confusion as well! thanks very much, sally. see you later. we know what it's like to function on just a few hours sleep here on breakfast. but it turns out we have nothing on african elephants in the wild.

scientists have discovered they sleep for less time than any other mammal. yes, they often manage onjust two hours sleep a day. it's a mystery why an animal known for its incredible memory can survive on power naps alone. joining us now to tell more about their sleeping habits is robert young, professor in wildlife conservation at the university of salford. lovely to see you, thanks very much. they've done a study on two elephants but they put a monitoring device in their trunks, didn't they? they put one of these wearable fitness monitors on the trunk of the element which basically tells you how much the elephant is moving around —— elephant. elephants when they sleep strangely don't waggle around their trunk so if the trunk is still for a long period you know they're asleep. it turns out these two elephants don't sleep very much. surprisingly for the scientists we found out they were sleeping only two hours whereas elephants in zoos would sleep five to six hours. forgive my ignorance, how does an

elephant sleep, do they lie down? they have to types of sleep, the standing sleep, the non— rem sleep, then you have the rem sleep, often you see people's eyes moving backwards and forwards and they only do that lying down. the two hours we are talking about, is that the lying down sleep or standing up?m incorporates both but they do mainly lying down sleep. what is the reason behind their lack of sleep? they are a large herbivore with nowhere to hide in an environment full of large predators like lions. you got to stay awake because your kids are food for the lions. they are co nsta ntly food for the lions. they are constantly on guard as it were? there are certain pride is that specialise in taking elephant calves. you mention they sleep the least of all mammals, is there a chart of who sleeps in least, what other mammals do we know about? we

know other animals that don't sleep much are large herbivores, zebras, horses, giraffes don't sleep very much and on the other end of the scale we know species like bats sleep a lot and small rodents sleep a lot because they are small and they can hide and sleep safe so they can they can hide and sleep safe so they ca n afford they can hide and sleep safe so they can afford to sleep for a long time. whales and dolphins sleep with half their brain sleep? exactly. they need to breathe, so they keep coming up need to breathe, so they keep coming up to breathe and therefore they sleep half a brain at the time so a blue whale will sleep more than an elephant, about nine hours, but only half their brain at the time. sleep patterns are fascinating. i'm surprised, did we not know much about african elephant sleep patterns before, you would have thought it would have been studied previously? the difficulty was defining when the animal was asleep and it wasn't just defining when the animal was asleep and it wasn'tjust resting, this new technology has allowed us to make that definition with more certainty that definition with more certainty that the animal is asleep rather

than just resting. very interesting, thank you for seeing as this morning. thank you. shall we catch up morning. thank you. shall we catch up on the weather. good morning, what a beautiful picture. isn't it, glencoe, a stunning picture. good morning. this morning we are looking at some snow on the hills, breezy and windy across england and wales, especially the south and we have some rain. you can see on the satellite what's been happening, there goes the first system and here's the second in the central swathe of the country and third in the far north. a windy night in southern england and wales. the wind still quite gusty but through the morning it will ease. we've also got a line of cloud in northern ireland, parts of northern england, wales and east anglia producing rain and sleet and mostly hill snow but this morning you could see snow at low levels in parts of cheshire and lancashire. by the afternoon for southern england and east anglia, the midlands and wales,

the winds will be easing, the sun will come out and there will be fewer showers around, many missing showers that are around altogether. a bright spell for northern ireland, it won't last, the cloud will build and we have showers continuing in the north—west of scotland with gusty winds, the showers on the tops of the hills will also fall as snow. through the evening and overnight, then surely the rain arrives in northern ireland with hill snow associated, moving into northern england and scotland, here we will see hill snow for a time. in the other end of the country it is rain coming from the south, across the channel islands and into the midlands. it won't be cold enough in parts of scotland for the risk of ice on untreated surfaces first thing —— will be. it is damp so bear that in mind. tomorrow we have these two distinctive bands of rain moving northwards, the lion's share of the sunshine tomorrow will be across scotla nd sunshine tomorrow will be across scotland and it could brighten up for a time scotland and it could brighten up fora time in scotland and it could brighten up for a time in northern england but milder conditions in the south.

double figures. ahead of these bands of rain we're still looking at six, seven, eight, still feeling a bit on the nippy side. as we head on through saturday we have low pressure still in charge. a great big weather front wrapped all the way around it, that is producing rain and snow in parts of the alps and italy. when it comes to our shores, it's producing rain and you can see it across eastern england, northern england, scotland and northern ireland. behind it, brighter conditions coming through with sunshine in the south—east. but also some showers as well. temperatures behind it, 8—10, but ahead of it, seven and eight. even as we head into sunday we're still dominated by low pressure, so still u nsettled. dominated by low pressure, so still unsettled. rain and showers at times but equally there will be some dry weather to look forward to as well, so by no means... although it remains unsettled by no means is that whether a complete write—off. millions of people live with or have

suffered from mental health issues, and most people still have to get up and go work, even if that feels extremely difficult. ben is looking at how workplaces are aiming to treat mental health problems as seriously as physical health ones. morning, ben. good morning, guys. welcome to the institute of direct is. this organisation represents thousands of businesses up and down the country. today they are launching their mental health initiative, looking at what firms can be doing to support staff going through mental health problems —— institute of directors. it is easy to talk about health and safety, which involves preventing accidents, but mental health can be difficult to spot and it is often many years later that the problems come to the fore. with me are two guests who can explain a bit more. madeline is with the mental health

charity mind, and sam is a partner ata charity mind, and sam is a partner at a city law firm. sam, you have been through this. talk me through how you first came aware that you we re how you first came aware that you were facing a problem.|j how you first came aware that you were facing a problem. i think it is safe to say that at first i had no idea of really what was happening to me. iwas idea of really what was happening to me. i was tired, i couldn't sleep, i was crying, you know, hiding behind my computer screen. you know, you don't know what causes these things, and then! don't know what causes these things, and then i remember very clearly sitting at my desk one day confronted by papers, which i've always done, and i couldn't for the life of me read what was in them. it was pages and pages and i had no idea, that culminated in visits to various medical practitioners and some time off. and that in itself is difficult, because recognising it as a problem is the hardest bit. it is not that you have had a bad day, a bad week or a bad month but it is recognising something was wrong, and

that for you was very difficult. absolutely, i have been a textbook case of a successful professional career, and this was the one thing i could always hold on to and i couldn't do it, but i absolutely wasn't going to admit that i had depression or anxiety or anything which you might badge as a mental health illness. and it is about identifying where it crosses a line between a bad day and when you need to get help for it. remap and that is where the role of employees comes in. as you said, people know something is wrong but they don't know what is wrong, and they are not willing to put their hand up and say they need some help. that is why you need support from employers to say that if you do need help this is a conversation you can have here. and what was the point when you decided you needed help, and how did that work? we have been talking about that already, and it wasn't quite so straightforward. it started with a visit to my gp to say i couldn't

sleep, i was perhaps trying to give hera sleep, i was perhaps trying to give her a more subtle message but i couldn't articulate it. i also started seeing a therapist, and the situationjust started seeing a therapist, and the situation just deteriorated and my gp saidi situation just deteriorated and my gp said i am going to refer you to a psychiatrist. q gp said i am going to refer you to a psychiatrist. 0 complete meltdown, andl psychiatrist. 0 complete meltdown, and i was effectively dragged their kicking and screaming —— cue. it was the best thing i did, best thing i did. and it is the stigma which puts a lot of people off, the fear it will damage yourjob prospects, maybe promotion, maybe you will is seen as weak in the workplace. it is a high—pressure environment, and that could be putting off people getting help. absolutely, for many years we have not seen mental health in the same way as we see physical health. if you have a sore leg you are not afraid to tell people but with mental health there still seems to be this barrier to people saying things are not quite right and i could do with some help. we are seeing progress and change, especially as employers are signing

up especially as employers are signing up to the time to change pledge, and workplaces of all kinds are called upon to say i need some help, and the sooner they do that, the better for the individual but also the better for the business. and sam, what would you like to see differently? what would have made it easierfor differently? what would have made it easier for you, differently? what would have made it easierfor you, going differently? what would have made it easier for you, going through what you faced? i think the most important thing is normalising the language and normalising the discussion. so there you have it, that is really the challenge that many businesses are facing. we will have more of my reportjust after seven a.m.. it is really important to talk about it, and we will hear from them again. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 564 756. street art is being embraced by some councils around the uk as a novel

way to bring a splash of colour and regeneration to streets and towns. the london borough of croydon has become the latest to announce that more sites there are to be spray—painted. but, for some people, it is not so different to illegal graffiti, which authorities spend millions of pounds removing each year. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been finding out more. in croydon, street art is spreading. it looks nice on empty buildings, gives it a bit of colour. no, not for me, really. for two years, with the blessing of the council, artists like sky high have been spraying walls and buildings. when you see graffiti and it is well done, it does look quite nice. some of it is

not too bad, but some of it i can't make sense of it. this is the man co—ordinating it. what impact does this have on an area? it brings people together. the thing is, kind of, art is something that transcends all parts of the community. as long as it causes a reaction and engages you, i think that is what is important. i think it is brilliant, to be honest. no. why don't you like it? council is notjust in the uk and europe but from south america contact us and say how can they redo what we have done? croydon council recently commissioned more street art on more buildings. other councils have been supporting it in designated places. glasgow, brighton, black pool, norwich and bristol, where the most famous street artist of all, banksy, first made his mark. i think a lot of

councils have a confused perspective on graffiti and street art. on the one hand they are still penalising people for producing it and graffiti artists are still going to prison for producing graffiti whereas now councils are also supporting street art. anthropologist raphael has studied the spread and impact of street art and graffiti. what is the difference? councils spend millions removing illegal graffiti but sometimes street art is created without permission. if it is by banks eat it can be worth a fortune. there is this kind of passive permissibility where street art is not removed. councils are not sure whether it can be a good or bad thing, so they just leave whether it can be a good or bad thing, so theyjust leave it. there is also this active solicitation where street artists are paid to come and produce work. this is cou nty come and produce work. this is county road in walton, in liverpool, where shop owners have embraced street art in a big way. what impact has it had? it has actually been a positive impact. we have done a0 shudders so far and has opposed to

having grey and looking a bit scruffy of an evening now we've got artwork on them. images were painted last month by graffiti artist kieran gorman. 200 people a week now attend his workshops. it is getting bigger globally, as more people are getting involved with it. when councils start backing street art projects, does that make it more mainstream? for some people, yes. however, does that make it more mainstream? forsome people, yes. however, i think they love it as well.|j forsome people, yes. however, i think they love it as well. i saw or eye—catching? depends where you stand. send us your views on that, and we are talking throughout the programme about people suffering from mental health issues and how employers can help deal with that. the number i read was correct, it was wrong on the screen. let me repeat that numberfor you

the screen. let me repeat that number for you 08000 56a 756. the screen. let me repeat that numberfor you 08000 56a 756. if the screen. let me repeat that number for you 08000 56a 756. if you haven't written it down, we will repeat it again. we were talking about street art, and we will also be talking about crime. still to come this morning: a brit nomination, a mobo award and performing live with ed sheeran — it is a long way from being expelled from school for the rapper stormzy. he is here later to tell us how he changed his life direction. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. an inspection of police forces across england and wales has rated bedfordshire as inadequate, the only force to get the lowest possible rating. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary also found both the met and hertfordshire police require improvement. bedfordshire police says the funding it is given doesn't take account of the levels of serious and organised crime in luton. i think you have to really get

in there and understand, you know, the challenges we face. the transport links are easily, you know, accessible to london boroughs for the criminals, and if you've got a force that is trying to combat that level of criminality, we need the resources to do so. otherwise we're never going to eradicate it and prevent it, long—term. detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly woman whose body was found at allotments in colindale. the 80—year—old's remains were discovered in a lock—up in the early hours of yesterday morning, a short time after she was reported missing. a new survey has found migrant workers in london contribute £83 billion to the economy each year. the research was carried out by london first and pwc. it also found the number of eu workers in the capital has doubled over the past ten years, and that in one borough,

newham, more than half of residents are from overseas. travel now. we have some minor delays on the piccadilly line so far. all other lines appear to be running normally, though. south west trains are delayed by up to half an hour between waterloo and clapham junction, because of a signalling problem. let's take a look at the aao. we have got london—bound delays through uxbridge. there has been an accidentjust after hillingdon circus. and the a12 bow underpass is closed southbound, after a vehicle broke down. there are queues towards hackney wick. let's get the weather now. here is elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. you may well have been woken up by a window—rattling wind last night, and it is still quite blustery through much of this morning. but, whereas yesterday was quite drab, i think today it is going to brighten up nicely, and we are all in for some sunshine. always best the further south you are, really. it is quite a chilly start to the day. still quite windy, the wind gradually easing down.

the best of the sunshine towards the south. cloudierfurther north, and here you mightjust catch one or two light showers. but i think most of us are going to stay dry, and there will be some sunshine. it will feel quite pleasant in it, top temperatures up to ten or 11 degrees celsius. the nicest day, really, of the next few. by the time we get to this evening, the winds are a lot lighter. there will be some clear skies for a time, so it is going to locally feel quite chilly for the first half of the night. and then the cloud amounts will increase, and we will start to get some rain into tomorrow morning. so it is going to be wet for tomorrow morning's rush—hour, and then it will gradually dry out as we head through the afternoon. we may even get a bit of late brightness around, as well. wet for much of tomorrow. we've still got these areas of low pressure circling around us through the weekend, so generally it is looking unsettled, and really quite chilly, but there will be some dry and brighter spells at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address.

bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with lousie minchin and charlie stayt. too few detectives and insufficient action to track down suspects. a new report warns about the state of the police service in england and wales. the body which oversees policing standards says some forces are putting the public at unacceptable risk. good morning, it's thursday the second of march. also this morning: they have voted contents, 358. not contents, 256. so the contents have it. the first defeat for the brexit bill in the house of lords. now government sources say ministers will try and overturn the vote. good morning. one infourof one in four of us will face a mental health problem at work, so our

business is doing enough to support staff? here at the grand setting of the institute of directors that represents thousands of company is looking at what businesses can be doing to help staff. in sport, i'm at a golf club to find out how proposed major rule changes could affect the game. and british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by the uk anti—doping agency. after the biggest blunder the oscars has ever seen, two accountants behind the mix up are told they'll never work there again. and carol has the weather. good morning. it's a chilly start, we've also got a band of rain, sleetand it's a chilly start, we've also got a band of rain, sleet and mostly hill snow extending across north wales, northern england and down to east anglia and the midlands. that will fizzle, many of us staying dry with some sunshine but more showers across the far north and they'll be wintry across the hills. more details in 15 minutes.

carol, thank you. good morning. first, our main story. victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales according to a report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement, while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. but are these vital forces being eroded as forces juggle their priorities? that's one of the warnings in a stark report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren't making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it's raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading 999 calls if they're short on officers. that means they don't have to respond as quickly. the hmic also says domestic violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of lack of specialist officers. otherforces have ignored leads

on organised crime because it would stretch their resources. only durham is delivering outstanding policing. neighbourhood policing, that proactive, preventative presence of police officers in communities is eroding even further so that means they're not stopping crime from happening in the first place and that's what the public want to see. this isn't in all forces, many forces still have a really great service in that area, but some forces are beginning to take officers out of neighbourhood policing to focus on other areas, and we're saying absolutely that erosion of neighbourhood policing can't be allowed to happen. the hmic says overall most forces are doing well, but a third may be placing the public at unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. some chief constables believe the inspectors have got it wrong, but their national council says each force is facing difficult decisions over what matters most. dominic casciani, bbc news.

in a statement, the home office said that a number of forces still have more work to do and that this government has protected police funding through the 2015 spending review. there can be no excuse for any force that fails to deliver on its obligations. ministers will seek to overturn last night's defeat in the house of lords on brexit legislation according to government sources. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit. the government said it was disappointed at the first defeat for its draft proposal. our political correspondent carole walker has the latest on this. carol, how significant is it and what's likely to happen now do you think? the government will try to overturn this defeat in the commons but this was a setback and i think the margin of defeat, the government

lost by more than 100 votes, could embolden its critics. the government has said that it does want to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk as a priority, but that it only wants to do that as pa rt that it only wants to do that as part of a reciprocal deal which also guarantees the rights of british citizens in the eu. and lord kerslake, who was the head of the civil service, said that the problem with that is that it could mean two yea rs of with that is that it could mean two years of uncertainty if other eu countries decide they don't want to settle this issue but want to keep it as part of the bargaining in a wider deal. this is notjust a moral argument, it's an economic argument. we absolutely need the builders, the nurses, the doctors, the care workers who have come over from europe to work in this country. indeed the university academics as well. so this is not a just two question ofjust morals, it's a question ofjust morals, it's a question ofjust morals, it's a question of what is good for this country as well. and i don't think

we canjust country as well. and i don't think we can just leave country as well. and i don't think we canjust leave it country as well. and i don't think we can just leave it to chance or country as well. and i don't think we canjust leave it to chance or a negotiation that hasn't even started yet. the government could be placing and seeing more defeats on this bill and seeing more defeats on this bill and it will be hoping it could get them done by the end of march but this is the start of the process. this is meant to be a short bill to start the formal brexit negotiations andi start the formal brexit negotiations and i think last night's defeat was and i think last night's defeat was a foretaste of the parliamentary battles the government's going to have to face over the next two yea rs. have to face over the next two years. carol, thank you very much. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. the report by the care quality commission also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. here's our health editor hugh pym. it's the first wide—ranging snapshot of the state of england's major hospitals. the regulator the care quality commission spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the mid staffordshire

patient care scandal. this is the first annual report on all of them. one of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. across the major hospital trusts in england, 68% have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81% of trusts are said to need to improve safety. but 93% were rated as good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. there is variation between trusts, there's variation within trusts, you can get a very good service within a trust that's struggling or you can get an individual service that's not doing so well in an otherwise good trust. praise is given to some trusts which have made significant improvements, including university hospitals bristol. the first to go from requiring improvement direct to outstanding within two inspections. i think the findings of the report are very positive for us. i think in the report it acknowledges a lot of the hard work that this department does and a very

positive culture for providing patient care that we have here. the department of health said the conference of inspections formed a key part of a plan to make the nhs is the safest and most transparent healthcare system in the world. hugh pym, bbc news. we'll hear from england's chief inspector of hospitals in a few minutes. senior opponents of president trump are calling for his newly appointed attorney general to step down. it's over two undisclosed encountersjeff sessions had with the russian ambassador during the recent presidential election campaign. mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. the white house maintains there was no improper contact. voters in northern ireland go to the polls today for the second time in ten months. voting begins in half an hour. 90 members will be elected, 18 fewer than previously. polling closes at 10pm tonight.

the head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes at sunday's ceremony will never work on the show again. brian cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes and it's been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of academy awards history. i'm not sure it'sjust academy awards history. they might say elephants never forget, but it seems they never sleep either! a new study of female african elephants in the wild has revealed they sleep on average forjust two hours a night, that's shortest amount time of any mammal on earth. researchers say it could be down to the threat from predators and poachers, as helen briggs reports. for five weeks scientists tracked to elephants roaming across botswana to find out more about their sleeping habits. they discovered on average

the elephants were sleeping forjust two hours a day, mainly at night, the shortest known sleep time for any land mammaland the shortest known sleep time for any land mammal and sometimes they didn't sleep at all. one of the more unexpected findings we had was that on five of the 70 night we recorded sleet from two elephants they didn't sleep at all. interestingly during those nights they appeared to have been disturbed around 7:30 p.m., 8pm and they would walk for about 30 or a0 kilometres. these nights without sleep appeared to correlate to potential mites where there's predation that ends where lions might have been trying to attack the herd all were made the an elephant was chasing the female herd or again there might have been poachers. even when they did get chance to rest and they'd often sleep standing up, only lying down every few nights. sleep, of course, plays an essential role in memory, so researchers say it's a mystery why elephants, who are known for their incredible memory powers,

can survive on so little sleep. helen briggs, bbc news. a painting by gustav klimt has fetched just under £a8 million at auction making it the third most expensive artwork ever sold in europe. bauerngarten or flower garden an oil on canvas painting which shows a dazzling landscape of poppies, daisies and roses. it was sold at sotheby‘s in london to an anonymous buyer. £a8 million! there isn't much more to be to be said about that! you're watching bbc news first. nhs inspectors have published their first comprehensive report into the state of england's hospitals since a new, more rigorous testing system was introduced in 2013. the tougher inspections were brought in after the scandal at stafford hospital, where poor care led to the deaths of hundreds of patients. while some trusts have been praised for making significant improvements, the report says patient safety still remains a major concern. we'rejoined now by the man behind that report, professor sir mike richards. thank you for your time this

morning. this is an important report, not just because morning. this is an important report, notjust because you've looked at every hospital in england. let's talk about some of the findings. the first and possibly most significant for people who have friends and family in hospital is the figure saying four out of five trusts need to improve safety in hospitals. what does that mean in practical terms? well, we hospitals. what does that mean in practicalterms? well, we have hospitals. what does that mean in practical terms? well, we have four rating scales, inadequate, requires improvement, good and outstanding and there's a large number in the requires improvement category. that category means there are things they're not doing on safety, they may not be checking their medicines carefully enough, they may not be keeping records carefully enough, they may not be checking the equipment well enough, all of those sorts of things. and where we see a number of those things happening we

would rate it as requires improvement, these are things that can be put right and what is really important is when we go back to these places more often than not they've been able to improve. does that mean patient safety... presumably that means there must be an impact on patient safety? there's an impact on patient safety? there's a risk to patient safety that doesn't necessarily mean there's an impact, that's where we rate things as inadequate where we're really concerned and that's when it is important urgent action is taken to improve it. we want to see improvement across—the—boa rd but it's the ones that are inadequate rated are the most urgent. two thirds, i don't want to get lost in the statistics, but two thirds of the statistics, but two thirds of the hospitals you look at requiring improvement or rated inadequate. again, that's an awful lot of hospitals. yes, it's important to recognise, though, that that's because hospitals have a whole range of services that they look at and deliver. what we do when we inspect is we go into eight major services,

a&e, medical wards, is we go into eight major services, a&e, medicalwards, surgicalwards, maternity et cetera, and when we look at the service level the picture is brighter, well over half of services are actually rated as good or outstanding and that's probably what patients themselves experience. if you're pregnant, you experience. if you're pregnant, you experience the maternity service for example. one of these excess areas looking at your report is about the ca re looking at your report is about the care and the attitude of staff that almost no matter what else is happening in the hospital, that seems almost universally to be a success story. it is. and this is really gratifying and an important finding. we send our inspectors with clinicians as well into hospitals. we obviously observe care on the ward, we talk to patients and we talk to staff, we look at staff surveys , talk to staff, we look at staff surveys, all of those things and overwhelmingly we find good or outstanding care. now, there are occasions when that slips, particularly when staffing levels

fall too low but that's rare. so if that is one of the high points of the report, one of the really worrying phrases contained in the report is the phrase that the nhs stands on, you say, a burning platform. the traditional care model, you say, is no longer capable of delivering the needs of today's population. what does that mean? what we're seeing is increasing numbers of people being referred to hospital or arriving at a&e. we see difficulty in what we call the flow through the hospital, so people waiting too long and a&e, particularly if they require admission. then people having to be moved from ward to ward to juggle the beds, people not being able to be discharged, because medical patients are having to be on surgical wards, we find that surgical wards, we find that surgical operations need to be cancelled. all of that is the burning platform that we refer to,

and that is what needs transformational change. what we do see. dot. could you translate that into terms which people were maybe see more clearly? this is your profession. you are chief inspector of hospitals for england. your analysis. our hospitals in england ina more analysis. our hospitals in england in a more dangerous place than they ever have been? no, because that is the safety question, and the effectiveness question. absolutely not, but what they are is, because of the difficulty in getting people into the hospital, through the hospital and out of the hospital, thatis hospital and out of the hospital, that is the problem we are seeing and that is where we need to work much more between hospitals and the community, with gps and care homes and hospitals working closely together to solve this problem. that is the transformational change we say is needed. and one more thing, sometimes we come down to numbers. the government tells us there are

more doctors, more nurses on the wards and 2010. they are promising more up until 2020 as well. do you have evidence, is that true? are you seeing evidence of that? it is true, but there is also rising demand. and the demand is rising quite rapidly. if you look at the number of admissions to hospital over a 10— 15 year period, it is steadily rising. so that is where we see things as being the real problem, is the sheer demand for services. thank you very much for your time this morning. thank you. and we will talk about that further throughout the programme as well. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales, according to a report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. government sources say ministers will seek to overturn last night's brexit defeat in the house of lords. peers voted for an amendment to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in britain. here is carol with a look

at this morning's weather. she always has lovely pictures, but particularly lovely and sunny this morning. good morning. for many of us we morning. good morning. for many of us we will see bright skies or sunny spells. this morning is still quite easy, windy across england and wales, especially in the south, and some rain in the forecast as well. what is happening is low pressure is well and truly in charge of our weather, especially in the north where we have some rain, some showers. some of those wintry and later in the day and other system coming in from the south—west will introduce rain and hill snow. at the moment, still gusty winds across england and wales. they will ease in the next few hours. we also have a line of showers across parts of north wales, northern england, the midlands and in east anglia. that is following hill snow but at lower levels, especially across cheshire and lancashire this morning, you might seea and lancashire this morning, you might see a bit of that at low

levels but it will not last. into the afternoon, south—west england and south wales seeing a few showers, most missing them, and most of southern england into the south—east staying dry. there is an outside chance you will see a shower, but you will be unlucky if you do. in northern england, the band of rain fizzling, although there will be bright spells in northern ireland we will see the cloud build and we have showers across the north and west of scotland. wintry with height, some merging to give longer spells of rain. the rain in northern ireland will deposit hill snow this evening and that crosses into scotland and northern england it will do exactly the same thing. rain at lower levels, snow in the hills and at the same time two bands of rain coming in from the south. not as cold in the south as it will be in the north and where we have damp surfaces it means there is once again the risk of ice. tomorrow, as these bands of rain will continue theirjourney moving northwards, eradicating the dry and bright start as they do so. the brighter skies tomorrow will remain across much of central and

northern scotland, but we could still see some slices of brightness across northern england. no heat wave in the north, six, seven or eight but has become further south we have milder conditions in the rain so we are looking at between eight and about 12. the saturday, low pressure is still dominating our weather so still an unsettled theme. the front attached to it, wrapped around it, extends all the way down towards the mediterranean. what it is doing for us is producing rain and here is the line of the weather front along it with some hill snow in scotland. behind it there will be some brighter and dry conditions, but still quite a few showers coming into the south—west, and also into wales. as we head on into sunday, low pressure still with us means that the weather remained still fairly unsettled. thank you very much. we are already getting quite a lot of comments in this morning about a story to do with mental health issues, especially to do with

the workplace and how good and bad employers are about helping people in the workplace. ben is at their london headquarters. morning. good morning to you. welcome to the grand surroundings of the institute of directors and we are here because this place represents thousands of businesses. it has 30,000 members up and down the country and today they are launching their mental health in the workplace initiative, looking at what firms can be doing to help staff who may be going through anxiety or depression and facing problems in the workplace. it is very easy for us to talk about health and safety. the safety bit in many respects is quite straight forward , many respects is quite straight forward, stopping people having accidents at work, trips and falls and that sort of thing. but it is mental health that is much harder to spot. there is no ones that cause or solution, and as i have been finding out this week, it can happen anywhere and at any time —— no one set solution. no matter where you work, tough days

are no matter where you work, tough days a re often pa rt no matter where you work, tough days are often part of the job, but for construction worker leigh, difficult days turned into difficult weeks and months. i just days turned into difficult weeks and months. ijust felt days turned into difficult weeks and months. i just felt down days turned into difficult weeks and months. ijust felt down one day, andi months. ijust felt down one day, and i stood at the top of the building, and just went to the edge of the building. it is about six stories high. and ijust stood there and thought it would be better... better if i was dead. and then i started to think, because i am carrying for my nan, i started to think who is going to look out for her a new study suggests lee's experience is more common than we might think. nearly a sixth of the uk's workforce faces mental health problems. and it is here on building sites that the problem is all too evident. more construction workers lose their lives through suicide than serious accidents at work. and it is something the industry is working hard to address. it is something the industry is working hard to addressm it is something the industry is working hard to address. it is very difficult to recognise in

individuals where there is a problem, until it is too late. and this is why we need to do something now, and actually raise awareness within our industry, with our workers, and actually get people trained up in the same way as you would treat an injury with a first aid representative, to help people before they get to the stage of worst—case scenario where people are considering suicide. but it is not just industries like construction where people are tackling mental health. aside from the personal impact on staff, it cost the uk economy around £26 billion a year in lost work and productivity. so business is paying attention, like the department store chain debenhams, its chairman told me of his personal experience of dealing with mental health problems, and why he wants to do more to help staff.|j have had family members, including one of my sons, who has had a very, very specific challenge. and i find myself being hazard that talking

about it, whereas if i had said he has broken his leg or he has a bad infection, that would have been fine, and we could all talk about that. i thought if i can't talk about it, this is ridiculous. we need to find ways and means of making this a more normal, everyday conversation, and not something we need to pretend to hide away. and thatis need to pretend to hide away. and that is the basis of schemes like this one at the royal mail. it encourages staff to talk about their worries with trained mental health first aid is. it is training individuals to really understand mental health issues. it is just to help you cope with ways of being able to stay at work and do your job, while dealing with your mental health. for lee, who is now managing his depression, talking is part of the answer. but he says simple changes can make a big difference. few months after i actually came off my medication, one of the social workers where i was actually came up and asked is betting ok —— site

workers. she is the first person who has actually asked, and i think that will make a very big difference for a lot of people. so some important thoughts about how businesses are dealing with the issue and what help is available for staff in some businesses. we will be here all morning, we have been hearing some very personal stories about what people have been through. we will talk some more in about 20 minutes. come back to me then and we will talk about what business is doing to help all of us facing mental health problems in the workplace. a lot of people getting in touch, it is affecting a lot of people. we won't read out names because some of the things you are sending us are really sensitive as well. i lost my younger sister in april 2016, i suffer as a result of her loss and i feel i cannot approach my employer about the subject or my doctor because of fear of being considered weak. i can honestly say i am unable to do myjob to the best of my

ability due to mental health issues but feel i to anyone without being judged. as we said, quite a few worried about how employers will react. there is one hearsay my current employer has been really understanding about mental health issues, i have been allowed some time off for breaks as and when required, but not all employers are like that. keep those coming in this morning. thank you for sharing with us. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 56a 756. we will make sure we have that on our social media and we will repeat it throughout the morning if you haven't had time to write it down. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. an inspection of police forces across england and wales has rated bedfordshire as inadequate,

the only force to get the lowest possible rating. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary also found both the met and hertfordshire police require improvement. bedfordshire police says the funding it is given doesn't take account of the levels of serious and organised crime in luton. i think you have to really get in there and understand, you know, the challenges we face. the transport links are easily, you know, accessible to london boroughs for the criminals, and if you've got a force that is trying to combat that level of criminality, we need the resources to do so. otherwise we're never going to eradicate it and prevent it, long—term. detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly woman whose body was found at allotments in colindale. the 80—year—old's remains were discovered in a lock—up in the early hours of yesterday morning, a short time after she was reported missing. a new survey has found migrant workers in london contribute £83 billion to the economy each year.

the research was carried out by london first and pwc. it also found the number of eu workers in the capital has doubled over the past ten years, and that in one borough, newham, more than half of residents are from overseas. travel now. we have some minor delays on the piccadilly line, and the overground has no service between camden road and gospel oak. there is a problem with the overhead lines. south west trains are delayed by up to half an hour in and out of waterloo, because of a signalling problem. let's take a look at the aao. we have got london—bound delays from the aao at denham towards northolt. there has been an accident. there are clockwise delays on the m25 approaching j10 a3, following a collision with tailbacks toj9 leatherhead. let's get the weather now. here is elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. you may well have been woken up by a window—rattling wind last night, and it is still quite blustery through much of this morning.

but, whereas yesterday was quite drab, i think today it is going to brighten up nicely, and we are all in for some sunshine. always best the further south you are, really. it is quite a chilly start to the day. still quite windy, the wind gradually easing down. the best of the sunshine towards the south. cloudierfurther north, and here you mightjust catch one or two very light showers. but i think most of us are going to stay dry, and there will be some sunshine. it will feel quite pleasant in it, top temperatures up to ten or 11 degrees celsius. the nicest day, really, of the next few. by the time we get to this evening, the winds are a lot lighter. there will be some clear skies for a time, so it is going to locally feel quite chilly for the first half of the night. and then the cloud amounts will increase, and we will start to get some rain into tomorrow morning. so it is going to be wet for tomorrow morning's rush—hour, and then it will gradually dry out as we head through the afternoon. we may even get a bit of late brightness around, as well. wet for much of tomorrow. we've still got these areas of low pressure circling around us through the weekend,

so generally it is looking unsettled, and really quite chilly, but there will be some dry and brighter spells at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. some police forces are putting the public at an unacceptable risk, by rationing their response as they struggle with cutbacks. that's according to a report out today by her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, which oversees policing standards. it found a third of forces in england and wales need improvement, with some downgrading emergency 999 calls, in order to justify responding to them more slowly. the home office has said the government has protected police funding and there can be no excuse for any force that fails to deliver on its obligations. we'll be joined by former chief constable for greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, in ten minutes. the government says it will seek

to overturn a demand by the house of lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights but the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. the bill will return to the commons later this month. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. the report by the care quality commission also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. the department of health has welcomed the inspections, saying they form a key part of its plan to make the health service the safest and most transparent in the world. there's a large number in the

requires improvement category, that category means there are things they're not doing on safety, they may not be checking their medicines carefully enough, they may not be checking the equipment well enough. all of those sorts of things and where we see a number of those things happening we would break it as requires improvement. these are things that can be put right and what is really important is when we've been back to these places more often than not they have actually been able to improve. senior opponents of president trump are calling for his newly appointed attorney general to step down. it's over two undisclosed encountersjeff sessions had with the russian ambassador during the recent presidential election campaign. mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. the white house maintains there was no improper contact. voters in northern ireland go to the polls today for the second time in ten months.

voting opened half an hour ago. 90 members will be elected, 18 fewer than previously. polling closes at 10pm tonight. the head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes at sunday's ceremony will never work on the show again. brian cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes and it's been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of academy awards history. i'm not sure it'sjust academy awards history. the average household income in the uk won't grow at all over the next two years, according to the institute for fiscal studies. it estimates that by 2022 british families will be 5,000 pounds a year poorer than expected because of the slow recovery from the financial crash in 2008. the government says it's taking action to support families, including cutting taxes for millions of workers and introducing the national living wage. they say that elephants

never forget but it seems they never sleep either! a new study of african elephants in the wild has revealed they sleep on average forjust two hours a night. it's the shortest amount time recorded of any mammal on earth. researchers say it could be down to the threat posed by predators and poachers. coming up on the programme carol will have the weather for you. now, here's an interesting fact for you. the first written rules of golf were established in 17aa. and why would you need to know that? well, the game's governing bodies have proposed a major shake—up to the rules of the sport, which are the biggest changes in a generation. we can go live to sally, who's at a golf club in cheshire this morning.

i never have a game face! one of the rule changes i'm most interested in as an amateur, nervy golfer, if you do this if you're slightly rubbish, and you have a little twitch, didn't mean to do that... andy murray, former european open champion, what have i done? you unintentionally hit the ball, one of the major rule changes, if you hit the ball by accident effectively, then there is no penalty. it's quite often you might have a practice swing and you catch the ball and you might move a leaf, it moves the ball. could be slightly rubbish. might do a dustin johnson and the ball might move without it being intended to be hit. interesting you mention him because dustinjohnson interesting you mention him because dustin johnson really suffered as interesting you mention him because dustinjohnson really suffered as a result. he lost the us open! under these new roles he would have been fined. what are the other changes, i'm going to have another go while we talk. the other change, in this

situation with the flag 30 feet away from us... we used to have the flag attended, that's your best putt so far! you can leave the flag in the hole and the ball can go in and strike it on the way in and there's no penalty. it helps speed it up a little bit. why is it important to speed things up? we need to make the game or attractive to everybody and there are too many complicated rules, half of them illogical and hardly any are logical, the rulebook is that sick and all we want to do is that sick and all we want to do is play the game and have fun. —— that thick. if you hit it unintentionally, the dustin johnson thing was a freak and he got penalised, but as it happened it didn't make much difference because he went on to do great things. didn't make much difference because he went on to do great thingsm didn't make much difference because he went on to do great things. is it going to make it easierfor he went on to do great things. is it going to make it easier for people like me, normal people watching the tv this morning wanting to have a go at golf, is it going to make it easier to understand? 10096,

at golf, is it going to make it easier to understand? 100%, you at golf, is it going to make it easier to understand? 10096, you can use range finders, gps systems, there's a raft of rule changes, you can drop the ball from an inch above the ground if you got it from a hazard. it is effectively placing the ball. it is, normally you have to go from shoulder height. there's a few things that have tried to speed it up to make it more simple and that's what we want, more players playing the code and having fun doing it. andrew, thank you for making that simple and easier to understand for someone like me. —— playing the game. british cycling has acknowledged serious failings in its record keeping after being criticised by the woman in charge of anti—doping in the uk. nicole sa pstead told a committee of mps that uk anti—doping's investigation into wrongdoing in the sport has been hampered by problems with medical record keeping. they've been trying to discover the contents of a mystery package delivered to team sky in france six years ago. what we're trying to establish in our enquiry is how does

british cycling and team sky administer the anti—doping policies to ensure that their riders and their team is clean. and what we've heard today is they don't. so i think it is a pretty damning indictment of the way things have been run in british cycling and at team sky that we should now be left in this position. manchester city are through to the last eight of the fa cup after a comfortable win in their replay against huddersfield town. that's despite going behind early on to this goal from harry bunn. city though were soon back in control, sergio aguero with two goals. 5—1 is how it ended. they'll play middlesborough in the next round. their fourth straight away draw. this looks like a joke. in the last two years i think in the cup we didn't play one game away. good because at the end our fans could see a game in the cup here because i don't know what happened in the drawers, but every time all the time we play away. celtic are now 27 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. scott sinclair and two

moussa dembele goals helped them to a a—0 win over bottom side inverness caledonian thistle. there were also wins for rangers, ross county and partick thistle. england's women suffered a disappointing defeat in their opening match of the shebelieves cup in philadelphia. england had led, but this header gave france a 2—1win with the very last touch of the game. the barcelona manager luis enrique will step down at the end of the season as he says he needs to rest. he was speaking after his side won their latest match in the spanish league 6—1 but barca face going out of the champions league. barcelona top the table in spain after real madrid could only draw at home with las palmas last night. real had their wales star gareth bale sent offjust after half time after kicking and pushing. former manchester united star cristiano ronaldo came to the rescue with two late goals to secure a point. andy murray is into the quarter—finals at the dubai international after a comfortable straight sets victory yesterday. the world number one needed just an hour and 12 minutes to see off spain's gullermo garcia—lopez. he'll face germany's philipp kohlschreiber in the last eight. british number two dan evans is out. he fought back after losing the first set to gael monfils to take the second, but was swept

aside by the world number 12 in the decider. that's almost it from me but i have to say there is a fantastic driving range here, unusually it goes straight into the late! into the mere. the only one in the uk with floating golf balls. shall i go and see how many i can lose? let's have your first lesson, shall we do see how many i can lose? let's have yourfirst lesson, shall we do it live? we might prerecord that. more on my lesson later! sally, we have clear that, we can do it live! that would be brilliant! ok, one more, one more, andrew, come on! two yards to the left. head still, nice and smooth. that was a brilliant shot! get in! get in! you're not allowed

to run on the green, sally, come on! sally! that is so impressive! i think naga would be pretty impressed by that. amazing. back with sally later on. take a look around any classroom today and it's likely to be filled with harry potters, gruffalos, worst witches and peter pans. yes, its world book day which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and children are marking it by dressing up as their favourite fictional characters. but does celebrating reading for one day really encourage young people to make it a habit? and how do you keep that enthusiasm going? we've been asking some of you. i think sometimes if you lead by example, so if they see you reading they think rather than being on a ta blet they think rather than being on a tablet or a screen, they sort of thing, i'll do that. i guess it's just encouraging them if they're bored and they don't know what to do, suggest reading a book. you get to dress up and it's important to me because if you read more than you write more and it helps your imagination. i prefer reading off a proper book. ijust prefer the

feeling of it. the screen, i don't reading off a screen. i prefer an ipad to read off because i don't like novels but i read more articles and stuff like that, old newspapers and stuff like that, old newspapers and information from the 80s and. that because i'm more interested in stuff like that than novels. that because i'm more interested in stuff like that than novelslj that because i'm more interested in stuff like that than novels. i think it's important for intellectual development so that people aren't stupid. i can't even think why you would ask why it would be important, it seems evident to me joining us is the children's author frank cottrell—boyce, who has recently been named the uk's first professor of reading. welcome. i have brought in a couple of my favourite books, which i still have, and you as well. we went on holiday to north wales when i was about seven and it rained every day and i still feel guilty about this but this was in the cottage. is called

tales of the greek heroes. your first book. it was battering with rain and we had these picnics which we had to eat indoors, this was a great memory, it is physically that book and when i touch it... i can hear the book and when i touch it... i can hearthe rain and book and when i touch it... i can hear the rain and taste the boiled eggs, hear the rain and taste the boiled eggs. happy hear the rain and taste the boiled eggs, happy times. these are a couple i have at home. i read these so many times, i love you are at a clearly different reading level to me. needless to say, i love these books and these were my dad is, a beautiful thing, handing books down generations in some ways. they're cheaper and you pass them on and this has got your memories in. and some of my drawings! you hear people talking about books a moment ago, there a danger to say it is important because mainly it should be fun, that little we saw talking, he said it's about

imagination and that is the starting point, through infusing people, not saying they should but it's what you get from it. it is very much about fun, world book day, dressing up and listening to stories, not about the coding all literacy, it's about fun. when you touch that you're back in your childhood. —— decoding or literacy. one of the great sources of mental strength is happy memories, when you get older you realise the more happy memories you've got the stronger you are and what could be happier or simpler than sharing a book with somebody? you can lose yourself in adventure and forget about the worries. my dad is ill at the moment and i spent pa rt is ill at the moment and i spent part of yesterday morning reading a book called the third policeman and for half an hour he was out of his bed, in ireland in the rain hearing this funny stuff and if we didn't have that habit you wouldn't have that source of joy and strength. it's interesting how you phrase it, clearly i' m it's interesting how you phrase it,

clearly i'm suspecting the three of us grew up in households where there we re us grew up in households where there were a lot of books. it's clear from what we're saying. if you don't, if you don't have books in your home and you don't have a tradition in your house, that becomes more challenging. absolutely, you are at a huge advantage if your house is full of books. if your first experience of a books. if your first experience of a book is a parent or grandparent reading it to you, that will be a good memory. parents love their kids and want to give their kids that edgein and want to give their kids that edge in life. and they will pay to go to private school or tutors or cram them or stand of them while they are doing their homework, nothing works like curling up on a couch and reading a cheap pork, you know? that is another one i wanted to talk to you about. people might be spending money today on the costu mes, be spending money today on the costumes, but actually the books are not all that expensive. costumes, but actually the books are not all that expensivelj costumes, but actually the books are not all that expensive. i would hate inafew not all that expensive. i would hate in a few years time for us to look

back at world book day and finding that the winners are asda and disney. and brilliant stuff, there isa disney. and brilliant stuff, there is a lot of pyjama ones, i saw a school in upton heath dressing up potatoes instead of children as your favourite character. what a brilliant idea, so much creativity. and so far in your role, have you encountered many youngsters who literally haven't read a book for fun? absolutely, that is why i took it on. i do think we are losing that, and it is such an important thing. notjust educationally, but in terms of you being happy. it is such a great source of inner strength. i think lou is going to read a bit. a little bit later, i have to prepare. i like to do voices and everything. i am looking forward

to that. lovely to see you this morning, thank you. great to be here. while lou is getting ready for here. while lou is getting ready for her reading, what time is that? gosh, iam her reading, what time is that? gosh, i am feeling the pressure! carroll, are you looking forward to lou's story? i am, and this picture tells a story as well. last night some of us were lucky enough to see the aurora borealis. and it wasn't just in the highlands. we also saw it in parts of north—east england as well. i will try and show you more pictures as we go through the course of this morning. for many of us this morning it is a breezy start, windy across southern england and wales. we have a band of rain extending across north wales, the north midlands, into parts of northern england and east anglia, that is a band of rain, sleet and hill snow although for a time we could see

some wintry conditions at lower levels, but it won't last. as we move through the afternoon, sunshine and showers for south—west england and showers for south—west england and south wales, for the rest of southern and south—eastern england it is mostly dry. you could see the odd shower, you will be unlucky if you do and for north wales in the northern england, a lot of sunny spells around, one ought cheering showers, the rest of northern ireland still dry and still some wintry showers across the north and north—west of scotland. again, the wintry conditions mostly on the hills but quite easy here as well. as we head on through the evening and overnight, rain arrives in northern ireland and that will push into parts of scotland and northern england and tend to weaken. at the same time, two vans of rain coming up same time, two vans of rain coming up from the south. ahead of all of that it will be another cold night across the highlands, for example, where we have damp surfaces they will be the risk of some ice as well. that is where we start tomorrow, on a bright note with some sunshine. still a plethora of showers across the far north. our bands of rain moving northwards

across england and wales, and also northern ireland. for the brightest skies, they will be across scotland and we could also see some breaks in the cloud, for example, across northern england. it will not feel warm, highs of about seven. further south we're looking at temperatures into double figures. then, for the weekend, low pressure still dominating our weather. we have a huge front that around it, and as it moves huge front that around it, and as it m oves a cross huge front that around it, and as it moves across us it will produce some rain. -- moves across us it will produce some rain. —— wrapped around it. you can see the rain from that front across the south—east, extending across scotla nd the south—east, extending across scotland and producing again some hill snow and moving in across northern ireland. the tail end of it will clip wales and parts of south—west england. if you are in the middle of that you have a better chance of staying dry and bright. if you can see some breaks in the cloud and sunshine coming through as well. as we had only to sunday, low pressure still very much dominating our weather. still remaining u nsettled, our weather. still remaining unsettled, with rain and some showers, but equally some dry spells

as well. millions of people live with or have suffered from mental health issues, and most people still have to get up and go work, even if that feels extremely difficult. ben is looking at how workplaces are aiming to treat mental health problems as seriously as physical health ones. morning, ben. absolutely, it is a really important issue and talking about it could be the key. it is very easy for businesses to talk about health and safety a nd businesses to talk about health and safety and in some respects the safety and in some respects the safety bit is the easiest, because it is about making sure people do not have accidents at work, tripping and falling, that sort of thing. but health is more difficult because there is no one set cause or solution and it can manifest itself two or three years down the line, maybe when you have moved on from the place where you are working so very important that this is as do more to support the stuff that they have. two people with me can explain

a bit more, stephen is a boss at the institute of directors, launching the big campaign today, and sam is a partner at city law firm and you know what we are talking about. give usa know what we are talking about. give us a taste of what happened you. let mac i don't think you can say exactly what causes periods of depression and ill health, but for me it was a prolonged period of sleeplessness, exhaustion, crying covertly behind by computer screen, and then i remember clear as a belt sitting at my desk and just not being able to read the paper in front of me. turning pages and having no idea what was going on, andl having no idea what was going on, and i was terrified that i couldn't do myjob any more and i was terrified that i couldn't do my job any more. and that what point do you realise that this was something more than maybejust point do you realise that this was something more than maybe just a point do you realise that this was something more than maybejust a bad day or a bad week or a bad month and that it was something that maybe you needed to get help for. that it was something that maybe you needed to get help forlj that it was something that maybe you needed to get help for. i don't think i admitted to myself when i actually realised it. i went to my gp and asked for help sleeping, i think i was properly asking for more help, and overa

think i was properly asking for more help, and over a couple of months of going to see her, eventually she referred me to a psychiatrist, which i absolutely, you know, floored me i was i absolutely, you know, floored me iwas taken i absolutely, you know, floored me i was taken their kicking and screaming. it was the best thing i did. and stephen, here at the institute of directors, you are launching a big campaign, a mental health initiative to get some of your 30,000 members talking about this and what they can do to help staff. why is it so important now? we did a recent survey which told us that over half of our members had been approached directly by staff concerning mental ill health, and thatis concerning mental ill health, and that isjust a big, big statistic. and it affects the productivity that we have in this country. it is a massive impact if staff are not happy. massive impact if staff are not happy, they will not perform to the best of their ability at work, which affects business and affect everything. so it is notjust a moral reason for doing it, there is a logic to it from a business point of view. you might say it is very easy for big business to try and do

this, you can have a dedicated mental health first—aider. what about smaller firms which have just about smaller firms which have just a few employees? we recognise the difficulties for smaller firms, without the first—aider or hr department so we are suggesting online resources pointing out where people can go for help, there is lots out there but people don't know it is there. less than 20% of our members are aware of a single initiative the government has introduced in the last few years. that is very worrying. what we can do as business leaders is put forward where to go to for help and how to get it. and sam, when you we re how to get it. and sam, when you were in that position did you have somewhere where you could go for help? i imagine there are two things, having the availability of help but also the stigma of not wanting to go to your boss and say you have a problem. i think that is absolutely the case we had resources available internally, and we still do, but i would not have wanted to use them and put my head above the parapet. i think now, the

really key point is normalising the discussion so that there is, one hopes, less of a stigma for people who want to put their hands up. and you are not in here, it is that stigma which can be the biggest challenge. is a massive stigma which we have got to get rid of. they should be no tabou, no —— taboo, no stigma. we are going to be here throughout the morning, talking about this a little bit more. keep your comments coming in. this affects many, many people. give us an indication of how you got help and what it meant to you. we will talk more about this after eight a.m.. thank you very much indeed, and thank you, everybody, for getting in touch and telling us your stories as well. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 56a 756.

we will repeat that as well and put it on our social media. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: the weird and wonderful requests of hotel guests. and indian guest was having a wedding in regents park and required an elephant the wedding to pose with the bride. and yes, we made it happen. we will hear from the concierges of an exclusive hotel being featured in a new documentary. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. an inspection of police forces across england and wales has rated bedfordshire as inadequate, the only force to get the lowest possible rating. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary also found both the met and hertfordshire police

require improvement. bedfordshire police says the funding it has given doesn't take account of the levels of serious and organised crime in luton. i think you have to really get in there and understand, you know, the challenges we face. the transport links are easily, you know, accessible to london boroughs for the criminals, and if you've got a force that's trying to combat that level of criminality, we need the resources to do so. otherwise we're never going to eradicate it and prevent it, long—term. detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly woman whose body was found at allotments in colindale. the 80—year—old's remains were discovered in a lock—up in the early hours of yesterday morning, a short time after she was reported missing. a painting by gustave klimt has sold

at sotheby‘s as the third most expensive sold in europe. it shows a dazzling landscape of poppies, daisies and roses and has gone to an anonymous buyer. travel now. we have some minor delays on the bakerloo line, between queen's park and harrow & wealdstone, and the overground has no service between stratford and willesden junction. south west trains are delayed by up to half an hour in and out of waterloo, because of a signalling problem. let's take a look at the aao. we have still got london—bound delays from the mao at denham towards northolt. there has been an accident. and the m25 has clockwise delays just beforejunction 7 for the m23, and junction 9 for leatherhead, after an accident. let's get the weather now. here is elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. you may well have been woken up by a window—rattling wind last night, and it is still quite blustery through much of this morning. but, whereas yesterday was quite drab, i think today it's going to brighten up nicely, and we're all in for some sunshine. always best the further

south you are, really. it's quite a chilly start to the day. still quite windy, the wind gradually easing down. the best of the sunshine towards the south. cloudierfurther north, and here you mightjust catch one or two very light showers. but i think most of us are going to stay dry, and there'll be some sunshine. it'll feel quite pleasant in it, top temperatures up to ten or 11 degrees celsius. the nicest day, really, of the next few. by the time we get to this evening, the winds are a lot lighter. there'll be some clear skies for a time, so it's going to locally feel quite chilly for the first half of the night. and then the cloud amounts will increase, and we'll start to get some rain into tomorrow morning. so it's going to be wet for tomorrow morning's rush—hour, and then it will gradually dry out as we head through the afternoon. we may even get a bit of late brightness around, as well. so quite wet for much of the day tomorrow. we've still got these areas of low pressure circling around us through the weekend, so generally it's looking unsettled and really quite chilly, but there will be some dry and brighter spells at times. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. too few detectives and "insufficient action" to track down suspects — a new report warns about the state of the police service in england and wales. the body which oversees policing standards says some forces are putting the public at unacceptable risk. good morning it's thursday the 2nd of march. also coming up: contents 358, not contents 356, so the contents have it. the first defeat for the brexit bill in the house of lords —

now government sources say ministers will try and overturn the vote. one infourwill one in four will face mental health problems in our lifetime. is enough being done to help staff? i'm in the grand setting of the institute of directors which is launching a mental health campaign to get more of us talking about the issue. in sport, i'm at a golf club to find out how proposed major rule changes could affect the game. at every level of the game. and british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by the uk anti—doping agency. # mentioned my name in your tweets, rude boy, shut up #. a brit nomination, a mobo award and a performance with ed sheeran — we'll be speaking to the man who's taking grime music to the top of the charts. we'll be speaking to stormzy. and carol has the weather. quite windy across southern parts of

england and wales. that will ease through the course of the day. for many it will be dry and bright with some sunny spells. but there are some sunny spells. but there are some showers around and some of those are wintry on the hills but possibly in at lower levels for a short time in parts of cheshire and lancashire. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some police forces in england and wales according to a report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. it said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. but are these vital community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities?

that's one of the warnings in a stark report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren't making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it's raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading 999 calls if they're short on officers. that means they don't have to respond as quickly. the hmic also says domestic violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of lack of specialist officers. otherforces have ignored leads on organised crime because it would stretch their resources. only durham is delivering outstanding policing. neighbourhood policing, that proactive, preventative presence of police officers in communities is eroding even further so that means they're not stopping crime from happening in the first place and that's what the public want to see. this isn't in all forces, many forces still have a really great service in that area, but some forces are beginning to take officers out of neighbourhood policing to focus on other areas, and we're saying absolutely that erosion of neighbourhood policing can't be allowed to happen. the hmic says overall most

forces are doing well, but a third may be placing the public at unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. some chief constables believe the inspectors have got it wrong, but their national council says each force is facing difficult decisions over what matters most. dominic casciani, bbc news. we have a statement from the home office. they say a number of forces still have more work to do. the government has protected its police funding. that means there is no excuse for any force to under deliver on its obligations. we'll be joined by former chief constable for greater manchester police, sir peter fahy in ten minutes. ministers will seek to overturn last night's defeat in the house of lords on brexit legislation according to government sources. peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin

to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit. the government said it was "disappointed" at the first defeat for its draft proposal. our political correspondent carole walker has the latest on this. how significant is it, and what is going to happen, do you think, next? the government will try to overturn this in the commons. but this was a setback for the government. the scale of the defeat, the government lost by more than 100 votes, could embolden its critics. some peers argued the government has the moral duty to guarantee the rights of those eu citizens living here in the uk. others say, look, the government has said it wants to do just that but only as part of a reciprocal deal which also guarantees the right of british citizens abroad. the concern is if other eu states say, well, we're not going to sort this

out until we sorted out other matters, but that could mean two yea rs of matters, but that could mean two years of uncertainty. despite that, the government will hope to overturn this in the commons. this bill could still face further defeat in the lords. those would also then have to be overturned if the government is to stick to its timetable. don't forget, this is supposed to be a short, straightforward bill to begin the formal brexit negotiations. and there is much more contentious legislation to come. i think what they saw last night was a taste of they saw last night was a taste of the parliamentary battles we could see over the next two years. thanks very much. nearly two—thirds of england's hospitals have been rated as "inadequate" or "needing improvement" in a major new study by health inspectors. the report, by the care quality commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve patient safety. but more than 90% were judged to be "good" or "outstanding" for the caring attitude of staff. here's our health editor hugh pym. it's the first wide—ranging snapshot of the state

of england's major hospitals. the regulator for the care quality commission spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the mid staffordshire patient care scandal. this is the first annual report on all of them. one of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. across the major hospital trusts in england, 68% have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81% of trusts are said to need to improve safety. but 93% were rated as good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. there is variation between trusts, there's variation within trusts, you can get a very good service within a trust that's struggling or you can get an individual service that's not doing so well in an otherwise good trust. praise is given to some trusts which have made significant improvements, including university hospitals bristol. the first to go from requiring improvement direct to outstanding between two inspections. i think the findings of the report are very positive for us.

i think in the report it acknowledges a lot of the hard work that this department does and a very positive culture for providing patient care that we have here. the department of health said the conference of inspections formed —— the department of health said the comprehensive inspections formed a key part of a plan to make the nhs is the safest and most transparent health care system in the world. hugh pym, bbc news. senior opponents of president trump are calling for his newly appointed attorney general to step down. it emerged thatjeff sessions had two undisclosed encounters with the russian ambassador during the recent presidential election campaign. mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. the white house maintains there was no improper contact. voters in northern ireland go to the polls today for the second time in ten months. voting opened an hour ago. ninety members will be elected — 18 fewer than previously. polling closes at ten o'clock tonight.

ministers say the delayed 25 year plan for improving england's natural spaces should be published immediately. the government promised in its ma nifesto the government promised in its manifesto it would restore damaged wildlife habitat and leave them in a better state than before. mps want to see how they propose to do it. our correspondent has more. to the west of manchester, a landscape devastated by digging for peat to make garden compost. so many wildlife sites degraded in england and the government's pledged to improve them. here is one way how — row on row of tiny sphagnum moss plants being nurtured in a polytunnel. planted out, they are helping to recreate a peat bog that stores carbon and attracts wildlife. and what about this?

meadows used to be a common delight, now more than 90% of them are lost. the government has promised to safeguard them but its nature protection policy is long delayed. people of this country love their natural environment. whether it's the green spaces in our cities, the seaside, the rivers, the forests, and they are, unfortunately, in decline and we need to see ambitious government action to reverse that. patience is running out. wildlife around the seas should be enhanced by the nature strategy. mps have nowjoined the chorus demanding for it be published demanding for it to be published for all to see. roger harrabin, bbc news. in a statement the government said it's committed to publishing a long—term plan that builds on a long history of wildlife protection — and aims to leave the environment in a better state than it was found. the head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes

at sunday's ceremony will "never work on the show again". brian cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes — it's been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of academy awards history. we are still talking about it, when was it, monday morning? very painful. a new study of female african elephants in the wild has revealed they sleep on average for just two hours a night — that's the shortest amount time of any mammal on earth. researchers say it could be down to the threat from predators and poachers, as helen briggs reports. they have had to be on the move. —— they have to be on the move. a painting by gustav klimt

has fetched just under £a8 million at auction — making it the third most expensive artwork ever sold in europe. bauerngarten — or flower garden — is an oil on canvas painting which shows a dazzling landscape of poppies, daisies and roses. it was sold at sotheby‘s in london to an anonymous buyer. nearly a8 million pounds. staggering. a shortage of detectives and a decline in neighbourhood policing. those are just some of the criticisms of police forces in england and wales from a new report out today. her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found that most of the a3 forces in england and wales were providing a good service. but others are not doing the basics. a third of forces "required improvement", and some forces were "downgrading" emergency 999 calls, in order tojustify responding to them more slowly. it also found that there were nearly a6,000 wanted suspects on the police database, including people being sought for murder, rape

and terror offences. joining us in the studio is the former chief constable for greater manchester police, sir peter fahy. i guess you can give us a unique perspective. i imagine maybe talk a little bit more freely than you might have beforehand. what do you think is the most concerning the statistics we have been given?m think is the most concerning the statistics we have been given? it is a confusing report. it says most forces are doing well. but then it talks about a perilous state. the worrying thing in there is the problem of morale. the fact there is such a shortage of detectives. but overall it is the fact the police have been asked to do more and more when there have been significant cuts. it is disingenuous of the home office to say police budgets have been protected. is only the cash from last year. but that's after

four years of significant cuts that have seen 32,000 fewer staff in policing. but also the fact when other services are struggling, like the ambulance service, the police often have to step in and support. one of the areas is about wanted suspects. members of the public might think if somebody is wanted by the police there would be a concerted effort, an organised effort to find them. this report says into many cases is insufficient action taken to actively tracked down suspects. talk us through what is going on. there are always huge numbers of people. they do not want to get caught, obviously. the courts wa nt to get caught, obviously. the courts want them, and with easy access to travel people can escape and then it becomes more challenging for the police. the report acknowledges that every day the police have to risk assess what they are faced with. there will be people that i wanted. but there will be a car accident,

maybe a murder, and the police have to everyday assess the risk and see what the nhs does. it is wrong to talk about rationing or downgrading, it is about setting a process, and this is the problem, increasing workload with fewer resources. every time the answer seems to be workload. but the consequence of thatis workload. but the consequence of that is that people who should be apprehended are not. in the same way that in the health service people don't get the time that they want, there is a debate that they want, there is a debate that police have to be allowed to do things differently and what would disappoint a lot of police officers is earlier this week, simon bailey suggested a different way of dealing with sex offenders, he was shouted down by politicians, police and the home office. that needs to be part of the debate. if you want police to do more with less, you have to start doing things differently and use technology in a different way. and sometimes impinge on civil and human

rights of some criminals to make it easierfor police to rights of some criminals to make it easier for police to catch them. we spoke to him on breakfast actually. you talk about risk assessments, there are a3 police forces not doing there are a3 police forces not doing the basics. if you are watching the programme this morning and then, they aren't even doing the basics, it isa they aren't even doing the basics, it is a worrying message?” they aren't even doing the basics, it is a worrying message? i don't think so, sometimes you have serious things to deal with, there are basic processes you need to do in a different way which has to happen. but it does not going to say they are dealing with serious things, they are not doing the basics. the report can be misleading, you have to say, how is british policing doing, it is doing mcniff cine when you look at the cuts it has taken, public confidence has held up, there is no wider crisis —— it is doing well. when other services are being cut, at the same time, they have difficult workforce issues, like the fa ct difficult workforce issues, like the fact that so many officers are retiring when they get to 30 years. there's a big turnover in people

like chief constables. a lot of police and crime commission has changed in the last elections. you and seeing leadership, you stand back and see fundamental things need to change at the police are to cope with more risk, workload with fewer staff. how you are responding to all of these suggestions, the public has to get used to the fact that police cannot do what they used to? absolutely, that is inevitable. why should they? crimes are still being done, they feel like victims, they wa nt done, they feel like victims, they wantan done, they feel like victims, they want an investigation, why should they accept that? number one, public confidence and victim satisfaction is holding up but if the public want more money spent on the health service, there is no bigger drive to spend money on police. if you want police to do more with less and fewer staff, then ultimately, we as the public, i am now the public, they had to accept things will be done differently. maybe not worse,

but your local police station may be closing but you are getting just as good service on the telephone from police. we could discuss this more at length, if you come back another day and talk about it again, that would be great. sir peter fahy, former chief constable with manchester police. thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. i have some stunning weather watcher pictures to show you of the northern lights from last night. what a beautiful picture! and this one, lovely and beautiful northern lights, and here again, another gorgeous one. and this one from north—west scotland. other parts of the country saw the northern lights last night. i find more pictures, i will show you them in 30 minutes. if you want to see the northern lights tonight, activity is between nine o'clock and

three o'clock in the morning, and we are looking north of the central belt where there are various guys. aberdeenshire, the north—west highlands and some of the islands will see those as well. today, it is windy across parts of england and wales, that will slowly ease and it will remain breezy fall of us, there will remain breezy fall of us, there will be some rain. this band extends across north wales, the midlands and east anglia. for some time it may be wintry on the hills, it will fizzle. for most of us, a dry day with sunshine. a few showers in the afternoon, across south—west england and south wales. in the south—east, catching one you would be an lucky. a lot of dry weather and sunny spells. sunny spells in northern england, in north—west england more cloud at times, the odd shower. sunny spells in northern ireland, and in western and northern scotland, we hold onto those showers. they will be wintry at a height, a us will not see them, many

of us will see sunshine. —— a lot of us will will not see them. there will be snow deposits in scotland and northern england. at the same time, two bands of rain coming up from the south. not as cold in the south as the north but as i mentioned, where there are clear skies north of the central belt, a risk of ice, you may see the northern lights though. both of these bands of rain advance northwards. getting into wales and northern ireland. you can hang onto those breaks in northern england. it is tenuous but here there is sunshine. the lion's share is across central scotland. temperatures 7—8, but behind this band of rain in the south, ten or 11. but behind this band of rain in the south, ten or11. on but behind this band of rain in the south, ten or 11. on sunday, low pressure dominates the weather so the forecast remains unsettled and on saturday, there is rain wrapped around this area of low pressure.

snow deposits in scotland, bright skies as we go further south and saturday temperatures, nothing particularly to write home about, six or seven, up to nine or ten. slightly on the chilly side. thank you. one in four people have to cope with mental health issues at some point in their life time — and many of them will do so whilst having to go to work. supporting those people is a big challenge for businesses, and today the institute of directors is launching a scheme to help firms do this better — ben's at their london headquarters... this is a real problem, isn't it? charlie, you are right, but it is something that businesses are trying to ta ke something that businesses are trying to take seriously. we are at the institute of directors, representing about 30,000 members. they can be big and small organisations up and down the country. they are launching an initiative today to get more businesses talking about the issue.

it is easy for a business to talk about health and safety, and in some respects, the safety element is the easiest one to look after. it means stopping accidents in the workplace, and you can measure that on a child. but, help is much more difficult, —— you can measure that on a chart. but mental health, it can happen to anyone, any time, anywhere. no matter where you work, tough days are often part of thejob. but for construction worker lee, difficult days turned into difficult weeks and months. ijust felt down one day, and i stood at the top of the building, and just went to the edge of the building. it's about six stories high. and ijust stood there, and thought it would be better. better if i was dead. and then i started to think, because i am caring for my nan, i started to think, who is going to look out for her? a new study suggests lee's

experience is more common than we might think. nearly a sixth of the uk's workforce faces mental health problems, and it is here on building sites that the problem is all too evident. more construction workers lose their lives through suicide than serious accidents at work, and it is something the industry is working hard to address. it is very difficult to recognise in individuals where there is a problem, until it is too late. and this is why we need to do something now, and actually raise awareness within our industry, with our workers, and actually get people trained up in the same way as you would treat an injury with a first—aider, to help people before they get to the stage of the worst—case scenario, where people are considering suicide. but it is notjust industries like construction where people are tackling mental health. aside from the personal impact on staff, it cost the uk economy around £26 billion a year in lost work and productivity. so business is paying attention,

like the department store chain debenhams. its chairman told me of his personal experience of dealing with mental health problems, and why he wants to do more to help staff. i have had family members, including one of my sons, who has had a very, very specific challenge. and ifound myself being hesitant talking about it, whereas if i had said he has broken his leg, or he has a bad infection, that would have been fine, and we could all talk about that. i thought, if i can't talk about it, this is ridiculous. we need to find ways and means of making this a more normal, everyday conversation, and not something we need to pretend to hide away. and that is the basis of schemes like this one at the royal mail. it encourages staff to talk about their worries with trained mental health first—aiders. it is training individuals to really understand mental health issues. it is just to help you cope with ways of being able to stay at work and do yourjob,

while dealing with your mental health. for lee, who is now managing his depression, talking is part of the answer, but he says simple changes can make a big difference. a few months after i actually came off my medication, one of the site workers where i was actually came up and asked, is everything ok. she is the first person who has actually asked, and i think that will make a very big difference for a lot of people. some really important issues raised in that piece. we will talk more about it over the course of the morning. and here's some more personal stories. and crucially, about why it is so important to talk about why it is so important to talk about this. the fear of speaking to your boss may be putting people off, but the message from today's talk about it, get help when you needed. we will have more stories from here in about minutes time.

studio: then, thank you. so many people getting in touch with us, thank you for your stories. if you wa nt thank you for your stories. if you want more details... details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 56a 756. coming up in a moment... business live. but here on breakfast in a few moments, we'll have a summary of the morning's news and sally will have the sport. we are talking about golf! she'll be live from this golf club for us later to talk about some new rules that could make the game quicker and simpler. three minutes to find a lost ball, not five! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. and improving weather picture for most of the country. this mass of cloud developed and it has been giving us some hill snow and rain.

we have had the gales blowing cells. they are easing. —— are blowing in the south. in the afternoon there should be more sunshine around. sharp showers in some southern areas but they should ease in intensity. some sunshine, feeling pleasant, still a few showers left from that band over the midlands and east anglia. in northern ireland after the initial showers some sunshine. but there is rain approaching towards the evening. still a snow risk in the hills in scotland. still a good deal of sunshine east of the grampians. this is the rain coming in over northern ireland this evening, then drifting over scotland and northern england in the small hours of friday morning. then another band of rain moves into the south. looks like a cold night. especially for scotland, northern ireland, on the far north of england. some icy patches on untreated surfaces. we will have a

much cloudier day friday. that spell of rain heading to the north. it dries up late in the day. the best of the sunshine will be across northern scotland, northern and central scotland, perhaps parts of northern england, as well. it is milder with the rain but there will be fairly brisk winds. some significance in over the alpine regions this weekend. that low pressure is slow to clear away to sunday. more rain approaching from the south and is looking as if it will be fairly unsettled. rain at times, blustery winds, and it'll feel pretty chilly, too. this is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter and sally bundock. snapped up! investors scramble for snapchat — in the biggest tech flotation since twitter. but is the app a cash cow — orjust a craze? live from london, that's our top story on thursday 2nd of march. so today is the day for the most

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