all i we nt all i want is the truth to be out there, because it is the truth and thatis there, because it is the truth and that is what people should know. good morning. it's saturday, the 11th of march. the united nations warns that the world faces its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 as millions of people face starvation and famine in parts of africa. a crackdown on ticket touts — computer software which buys hundreds of tickets within seconds is to be made illegal with law breakers facing an unlimited fine. we'll meet the syrian refugee who escaped the war and is now bringing a taste of home to london. and in sport, wales knock down ireland's hopes of winning the six nations as george north hands england the chance to retain their crown today, if they can beat scotland. and louise lear has the weather. good morning. a cloudy start right

across the country, but a mild day. we will have some sunshine today, at the top and tail of the country. i'll have all the details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. the cyclistjess varnish has told the bbc she feels she was "thrown under the bus" after making allegations of sexism in the sport. a leaked report published in the daily mail claims british cycling "sanitised" its own inquiry into the claims. the olympian told the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan she believed the "truth was finally coming out." representing great britain, jess varnish! she is the medalwinner representing great britain, jess varnish! she is the medal winner who became a whistleblower. jess varnish‘s allegations of sexism last year plunged british cycling into crisis. it has been really hard. i have been really low. nothing has beenin have been really low. nothing has

been in control, everything has been out of my control. i had nobody to turn to within the organisation. i was just sort of left on my own. coach shane sutton, who dropped a varnish from the squad for the rio olympics last year, was found to have used sexist language towards her, it was cleared of eight of nine allegations against her. he resigned, but denies wrongdoing. according to a draft report of an investigation leaked to the daily mail, findings of an internal review into varnish‘s allegations were reversed by the richest cycling's board. —— british cycling's board. reversed by the richest cycling's board. —— british cycling's boardlj am relieved that the truth is coming out. i have been pulled from pillar to post just to out. i have been pulled from pillar to postjust to get out. i have been pulled from pillar to post just to get this, out. i have been pulled from pillar to postjust to get this, and to see that it was a cover—up is huge. to postjust to get this, and to see that it was a cover-up is huge. in a statement, british cycling admitted it did not pay sufficient care and attention to the well—being of staff, but it said that reforms were under way. those people who say it is sour grapes because you are not selected for rio, you will have heard this argument is, what is your

response to that? when people say it is bitterness, that is all they have to say about me. if people knew me and saw what i was doing with my life and how i have turned things around, they would know the truth. they would know that i'm not bitter at all. should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no. varnish says she is now considering whether to sue british cycling for unfettered isthmus. herfight british cycling for unfettered isthmus. her fight for justice continues. —— unfair dismissal. later, we'll be discussing this with commonwealth champion and team manager rochelle gilmore. that's at 7:10. the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine. that's according to the united nation's humanitarian chief stephen o'brien, who has pleaded for help for people in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria. andy moore reports. a child called fatima. she lives in

yemen, where two thirds of the population need food aid, and 7 billion hungry. the united nations has been told the famine across four countries is now the biggest crisis for the organisation since it was founded in 1916. for the organisation since it was founded in 1945. we stand at a critical point in our history. already, at the beginning of the year, we are facing the largest unitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. —— humanitarian crisis. now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. in south sudan, more than 1 million children are acutely malnourished, and there is a cholera outbreak to deal with. the un says billions of dollars is needed from the international community to feed the international community to feed the hungry, but so far only a fraction of that money has got through. the overall requirement for south sudan this year stands at 1.6 early in dollars —— $1.6 billion. as

of now, we have received 9.3% of that amount, and more funding is urgently needed. some food aid is being delivered. the united nations says famine can be averted, but the world needs to dig deep into its pockets, right now. pope francis has said the catholic church should consider allowing married men to become priests. speaking to a german newspaper, he said lifting the ban on married men being ordained would only apply in specific circumstances, like remote areas of the world where priests are in short supply. police say a prisoner who climbed onto a roof at guys marsh prison in dorset before taking his clothes off and starting a fire, has been brought back down to safety. the blaze is understood to have caused extensive damage to the building. the inmate, who was protesting about changes to the prison regime, is said to have been drunk. protests in south korea have left two people dead and dozens more injured after thousands took to the streets following the removal

of the country's president. park guen—hye was ousted from office yesterday following a corruption scandal. steve evans joins us live from the capital. steve, what's the latest? we have seen these clashes and many, many protesters. what is happening now? this is a pro- park protest. -- pro—park. a group like this that make inaudible. just beyond... inaudible. steve, ithink we make inaudible. just beyond... inaudible. steve, i think we will have to stop you why we sort out your microphone. obviously a couple of technical problems with the sound there in south korea. we will get that sorted and returned to steve shortly. a federaljudge in the united states has refused to issue an emergency order to halt president trump's

revised travel ban. it follows an an attempt by washington state to have the new restrictions put on hold. the president dismissed judgejames robart as a "so—called judge" when he ruled against his first attempt to restrict travel to the us from seven predomina ntely muslim countries. he has not yet ruled on the new restrictions. online touts who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under government plans. an amendment to the digital economy bill means it will be illegal to use bots to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets that can be bought, as holly hamilton reports. tickets to see some of our favourite artist can sell out in just a matter of minutes. —— artists. but thousands of those tickets will not be going to fans. instead, they are being purchased by bots. used by

professional touts, the software can grab hundreds of tickets in one go. within hours, they end up on secondary websites for hundreds if not thousands of pounds more than face value. this is currently legal, but now the government is taking action. now touts to use this softwa re action. now touts to use this software will face unlimited fines, while resale sites will face harsher measures if they do not prove they are taking action to deal with the touts. it is hoped these measures will curb the growing power of secondary websites and make it easierfor secondary websites and make it easier for genuine secondary websites and make it easierfor genuine fans secondary websites and make it easier for genuine fans to get their hands on a reasonably priced ticket. experts have revealed that the authorjane austen was virtually blind towards the end of her life, possibly because of arsenic poisoning. tests on her glasses show that medicine she had been taking could have contained arsenic, which may have contributed to her early death. ben moore has this exclusive report. for one of history's greatest

writers, just reading her own novels would have been very difficult without these. jane austen's spectacles have been at the british library for 20 years, but only now can they bring focus to her life. backin can they bring focus to her life. back in the early 19th century there we re back in the early 19th century there were prescriptions, similar to what were prescriptions, similar to what we have today. so what we did was have somebody bring in a portable lends me to so we could very, very carefully haven't examined. —— lensmeter. austen was longsighted. first there are low perception, but her eyesight deteriorated. the final pair revealed that she would have had great trouble reading and writing. this could help reveal the mystery of why she died so young. the possibility of her being poisoned accidentally with a heavy metal such as arsenic. we know now that arsenic poisoning can cause ca ta ra cts . that arsenic poisoning can cause cataracts. arsenic was often put into medication rather types of illness, so potentially for rheumatism, which jane austen suffered from. using modern

optometry, we are able to see just what jane austen's eyesight would have been like. that is 475. i cannot see your face at all. i can only see my hand when it is about there so that is what she needed, to correct her vision. the british library wants optometrists to get in touch and offer their professional opinions. a rare chance to see things through the eyes of one of oui’ things through the eyes of one of our best loved authors. archaeologists in egypt have found a huge statue in a cairo slum which is thought to be of pharaoh ramses ii, one of the country's most famous ancient rulers. the head and torso of the 26—feet high statue were found submerged in mud and groundwater in the east of the city. known as ramses the great, the pharaoh lived more than 3,000 years ago and is credited with massively expanding the egyptian empire. extraordinary. should they really be

using construction equipment next to something quite so precious? something more delicate, maybe. yes. a specialist nanny has been called in to help look after three malayan tiger cubs at an american zoo. blakey is a 6—year—old male australian shepherd. according to keepers at cincinatti zoo he provides snuggling, warmth and a climbable body to the cubs after their mother rejected them. he also helps with their behaviour by checking them when they get too rough or aggressive. a climbable body, it does what it says on the tin. —— climbable. i am assuming that is what little baby tiger cubs need to do, climb on somebody. well, whatever works. in childcare, whatever works. that is the rule, isn't it? time for a quick look through some of the front pages. on the front page of the

times, we are talking once again about grammar schools. all existing grammar schools will be forced to offer 11 or plus pass marks to children. they looked about schools this week, of course. many stories emerging and the possibility of there being more grammar schools as pa rt there being more grammar schools as part of the government's shakeup of education. the daily mail has more on the budget. they are saying that many people, according to them, may have to take out a loan to pay fees after a relative dies, in order to administer a dead person's estate. charities, law groups and campaigners say that the new charges are campaigners say that the new charges a re excessive campaigners say that the new charges are excessive and unjustified. lastly, on the front page of the daily telegraph this morning, tories no longer the low tax party. this follows on from the budget, of course. many complaints from the self employed over the changes to national insurance. conservatives are no longer seen as the party of

low taxation. this follows philip hammond's budget. we will be talking more about that later on, with a full review of the papers coming up later this morning. a very striking picture of yuri geller there. —— uri geller. he was brought onto a david dimbleby chatshow, apparently, under secret, hush—hush circumstances. dimbleby chatshow, apparently, under secret, hush-hush circumstances. he has links with m15 and other suggestions. well, if you can bend spoons you can put in much do anything. it is 6:13am. the main stories: cyclistjess varnish has told the bbc she feels she was thrown under the bus after making allegations of sexism in the sport. the united nations says the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria at risk of famine. also coming up on the programme this morning, the cup back click team are checking out a pollution monitoring device with a

difference, at high—tech drone which can dive in and out of the water. —— the click team. it will be mostly dry and if you are out and about it will be mild in the south—east. let's try to put some detail on the story. there is some rain around and some of it will be heavy for a tiny north—west scotland, but the weather front will continue to drift slowly southwards and as it does it will weaken off and as it does it will weaken off and push towards the borders by lunch. behind it already starting to dry up. 9am, outbreaks of rain in northern ireland. cloud driven north of england, into wales and the midlands. temperatures about 9— ten as an overnight minimum, so they

will start to respond promptly. through the day the weather front thinks southwards out of the scottish borders and into england. drizzly rain break them. behind it some hill fog into southern scotland and some glimpses of sunshine in the far north. we could have sunshine developing in the south—east. if that happens it will be hazy sunshine. temperatures responding. i7 sunshine. temperatures responding. 17 degrees. perfect playing conditions for both of the six nations rugby matches through this afternoon. lots of dry and sunny weather around, especially for the italy match. overnight make the most of today because it is all change tomorrow. patchy rain spreading across the country. another weather front waiting in the wings. this will push its way in as we go through sunday. a mild and wet start. some of the rain is heavy at times. a different day tomorrow if you are out and about. a soggy affair. slowly brightening up from the west. there will be sunshine by

the west. there will be sunshine by the middle of the afternoon into the western fringes and northern ireland. still relatively mild for this time of year, 10— 13 degrees. into monday things quieten down. high pressure builds from the south—west. dry weather for the start of the new week. this weather front will try to bring outbreaks of rain into the north—west as it bumps into the high it will die out quickly. a cloudy start of the working week, but dry. any rain on tuesday will be fairly light and patchy. my advice, the most of today, because if you don't like the rain it is coming tomorrow. i know you very kindly mentioned the rug is later this afternoon. how is looking for twickenham? not bad, actually. dry. perfect conditions for playing rugby. i suspect we kickers will be happy. —— the kickers. back with a summary of the news at

6:30am. now, the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what do we have this week? a very mixed batch. we have kong: skull island, which does what it says on the tin. love island, a stylish dream, and we have elle. does the world need another king kong film? need is a strong word. but want. it is the land that time forgot

meets apocalypse now. john goodman managed to persuade the us army to escort him to skull island, where he thinks something is going on. he says, if we don't get there first, somebody else will. they arrive and they start carpet bombing the island in order to shake up everything on the island. a massive ape starts swatting helicopters out of the sky. i'm probably not meant to laugh, and my? no, it does have a great sense of fun about it. we have sam jackson, the soldier, who is not going to lose this battle. john c reilly, who has been there since world war ii. tom huddlestone as a tracker. they are trying to get from one side of the island to the other and there are major beasties are afoot. here is a clip. can you smell that? it's death. what the hell is this place?

this is what's left of kong's pants. i've taken enough photos of mass graves to recognise one. the crash site is just on the other side of this valley. we'll cross through and make it to the highest point west. this place is a real no—no, sir. we need to be going to the north side right now. and you are welcome to do that, my man... by yourself. i'm not leaving jack out there. now who's with me? we can make it. mighty right, we can make it. stay sharp, keep an eye out. i love the comment that said it's jolly good fun as long as you check your brain at the cloakroom. i think actually it's smarter than that. the director made this lovely, small film called kings of summer and very much like gareth edwards who went from monsters to godzilla. it is like a $200 million epic. he has managed to leave his fingerprints on it. yes, it is a huge monsterfranchise

movie, but it's also got loads and loads of very slight jokes in it. i think there are a couple of references to cannibal holocaust. i like that kind of nod. i like the fact that what he does is, he takes just enough liberties with how far you can push the characters, but also remembers that what people are there to see is the monsters. one of the things that is most rewarding is when you see king kong, who is like 100 feet tall, a really big kong, we're not getting the edit every quarter second that the transformers movie did. almost like there's genuine beauty in some of these shots. the iconic image of king kong rising up in front of the sun. you can see how camera is swelling and we're not getting the stupid fast edits that have made so much of this kind of cinema headache. what you always get with this kind of movie is a battle

between the director and what they want, their personal vision, and what the producers want. it's who wins what battles. i think he won more battles than he lost. i enjoyed it. i liked the jukebox soundtrack and the other movies it references. i didn't get bored. there were moments when i thought, wow, that is an impressive, enormous creature. so i enjoyed it much more than i expected to and i don't thing you have to check your brain in. ok, "i didn't get bored", says mark. that's going on the poster! the love which, were you bored in that? no, the best way of describing this, imagine all that heaven allows, as directed byjess franco. it's in an age where mobile phones

exist yet it has this late 60s, early 70s theme beyond the valley of the dolls. it's a white witch's spell all men fall under. it's almost like a magical incantation and extraordinary detail. i mean, the strange thing about it, there's also a lof of wicker man going on in the background. it's very sly and funny. it is oddly sincere, in a way which you don't expect. it is subversive. i really enjoyed it. i went in thinking i would be watching a parody and it was so much more than that. and i've met so many people who felt the same thing. they thought, i'll go in and it will be camp and fun. it is more than that, although it is all of those things as well. just looking at the pictures, i am a bit worried it is not camp enough!

extraordinary. kitsch is the word. although, interestingly, there is a strange sincerity that underlines it. it is a very strange movie and i liked it very much. 0k. now, the talking point of the week is elle. as a woman, i feel almost anxious about going to see it actually. yes, and i understand that and ifeel anxious having seen it. basically, it can be read in many different ways and all of them contradictory. on the one hand it's a tale of sexual violence, who made showgirls, and has a track record of overstepping certain lines. on the other it's a showcase for cinema's most fearless screen presence. she plays a businesswoman who is grotesquely attacked at the beginning of the film and an almost doesn't seem to respond.

she doesn't go to the police, because as a child she was caught up in the arrest of her monstrous father and was, in her mind betrayed by the police. she is so watchable, but i don't know if i have the stomach. is it very violent? i'm lost for words. it's based on a novel. it is almost as if the character becomes the author of the film. it has been described as a black comedy, a social satire and rape revenge movie. it is all and yet none of these things. what is extraordinary is that nobody else other than huppert could have done that. they couldn't get the cast or the financing in america. she went on to be nominated for an oscar. i think she's brilliant in this

and almost everything she's in. if it wasn't for the strength of her performance, if it wasn't for the extraordinary way in which she just dominates the screen, this would be a very different film. that said, it is absolutely a film which is designed to wrong—foot you, which is designed to make you feel uncomfortable and awkward. it has been interesting see the different ways critics described it. the best way to describe it is it's an isabelle huppert film. moonlight, it is back in the cinemas? it is back. it's wonderful. it is such a marvellous work, an absolute work of art and i love it to pieces. dvd for anyone staying in? we have logan. doctor strange is basically

what would you do with a superhero movie if you make the kind of film ken russell would make? watching doctor strange, benedict cumberbatch as a neurosurgeon that gets pulled into this strange world. sometimes you think, that's an outtake from altered states, isn't it? i love the hallucinogenic weirdness, but in cinemas, taking logan completely the other way, it's almost not a superhero movie. looking at doctor strange, it is a superhero movie and we can be as psychedelic as we like. so it's an interesting double bill. thanks very much, as ever. a quick reminder of course, you can find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode and you can catch up on our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. so, happy cinema going.

goodbye. a leaked report published in the daily mail claims british cycling "sanitised" its own inquiry into the claims. the olympian told the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan she believed the "truth was finally coming out." you know, i've been pulled from pillar to post just you know, i've been pulled from pillar to postjust to get this, and to actually see it as a cover—up, is huge. why do you think they did that? to protect themselves and protect the look of british cycling. it isa protect the look of british cycling. it is a lot easier for them to throw me under the bus rather than the whole of ricky cycling, and for the truth to come out. —— british cycling. the world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, according to the united nation's humanitarian chief. stephen o'brien said more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria. unicef has already warned 1.4 million children could starve this year. pope francis has said the catholic church should consider allowing married men to become priests speaking to a german

newspaper, he said lifting the ban on married men being ordained would only apply in specific circumstances, like remote areas of the world where priests are in short supply. police say a prisoner who climbed onto a roof at guys marsh prison in dorset before taking his clothes off and starting a fire has been brought back down to safety. the blaze is understood to have caused extensive damage to the building. the inmate, who was protesting about changes to the prison regime, is said to have been drunk. protests in south korea have left two people dead and dozens more injured after thousands took to the streets following the removal of the country's president. this is the scene live in the capital now, where authorities are expecting protests are underway. park guen—hye was ousted from office yesterday following a corruption scandal. ajudge in the united states has refused to issue an emergency order to halt president trump's

revised travel ban. he says he needs more time before ruling on a revised version. washington state attempted to get the proposals stopped, but the judge said he needed more papers filed before he could make a decision. online touts who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under government plans. an amendment to the digital economy bill means it will be illegal to use "bots" to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets that can be bought. music stars including ed sheeran have spoken out about the issue. experts have revealed that the author, jane austen, was virtually blind towards the end of her life, possibly because of arsenic poisoning. tests on her glasses show that medicine she had been taking could've contained arsenic, which may have contributed to her early death aged 41. the cause of her death has been the subject of much speculation. that is a bit mean come on to draw

glasses on her like that. did you see that? i thought you were going to say it was a bit mean to poison her with arsenic. they no, she was taking that as medicine for her room at isis. —— rheumatism. so, wales have restored their pride. but they are done. how about today? you have the ireland fans, the welsh fans, the ireland fans, the welsh fans, the french fans, all cheering on scotland. it is up to scotland to stop england now. the six nations title is england's for the taking today thanks to wales. it was an important night for the welsh, who needed to bounce back after 2 defeats, and george north was unstoppable, scoring 2 of 3 welsh tries, and after holding off an ireland fight back, jamie roberts rounded off the win late in the second half, making the most of some tired irish defending to make it 22—9 in the end in cardiff. we knew there was going to be a bit

of action, and against one of the best sides in world rugby, you have to play like that with or without the ball. very proud of the players, they deserve that. they have taken a lot of stick, the coaches and the players alike, and we beat a very good irish side today, and i thought we beat them emphatically as well. it is an incredible frustration because it means that we cannot win the championship with one game to go against england, and it is still a lot to play for. we managed to probably end the last run if scotland do not do it tomorrow, it will still be a great chance for us next saturday. france play italy in the first of today's six nations games and after that attention, turns to the calcutta cup. thanks to that wales win, england could pick up the title with victory, while scotland can go top, and claim pole position, if they can get a first win at twickenham in over 30 years.

for england, owen farrell remains a doubt after apparently falling over the coach's small dog. england have up to an hour before kick—off to finalise their team, for what both coaches know will be a hard fought game. we arejust we are just concentrating on ourselves. you know, we have had a great two reparation. we had a fantastic week at oxford, we trained well. we have had two good days of training here. we were really well prepared. we are looking forward to playing an historic cup pickup. neither eddie wright play in the game. it will be about the players on the field that afternoon. the players know they will have to be on their best performance on that day, during that 80 minutes. they will have to string together a number of excellent players in attack and defence. they will have to think clearly to get them to start adapting to our play. they are a very good team. coverage of england vs scotland will be live on bbc radio 5 live

from three o'clock this afternoon. kick—off is at four. the fa cup fairytale continues today, for lincoln city. they're the first non—league side in the quarter finals since 1914, and they've already beaten teams from league one, the championship and the premier league in this year's competition. now they are hoping to do what bayern munich did, and win at top four side arsenal, whatever the odds against them, and their manager danny cowley, who a year ago was a pe teacher. it has been gradual steps for us. i think that is always important whenever you are trying to make the aggressions and move forward. and we are going to look forward to it. for us, we have to have belief that we can win the game. we respect the fa ct can win the game. we respect the fact it might be one in a thousand, but if that is what the odds are, we go there expecting it to be that. also today, it's all premier league, as middlesbrough host manchester city at lunchtime,

then tomorrow, league one millwall travel to spurs, while on monday, chelsea at home to manchester united. in the premier league, bournemouth haven't won in 8 league games — they're home to west ham. everton welcome west brom. at the bottom swansea play hull city, who are second bottom. brighton's push for the premier league is well and truly back on track, after they trounced derby 3—0 on the south coast. anthony knockaert got the brighton party going, as the seagulls moved level on points with newcastle, at the top of the championship. crucially, they're nine clear of huddersfield in third. derby have slipped to ten points off the play—offs. british rider simon yates won the sixth stage of cycling's paris to nice race. the 24—year—old from bury pulled clear of the peloton on the penultimate climb — and held on to win the stage, by 17 seconds. he moves up to 8th overall, with two stages remaining. pretty easy getting over the line. johanna konta has won the battle of the brits, at the indian wells tournament in america. it's the first time konta has

met her fed cup team—mate, heather watson in a wta tournament — konta struggled at times in the hot california sun but took the first set 6—4. the second set was easier for konta, frustrating for watson. and there are now 97 places between them in the world rankings. so konta, the world number 11, moves into round 3. in the men's draw britain's kyle edmund is into the second round. he beat portugal's, gastao elias 6—1, 6—3. dan evans made light work of his first—round match against dustin brown, winning6—16—1. the british number three will now face kei nishikori in round two. in last night's super league, hull fc beat st helens 24—10, to move up to third in the table. albert kelly was the star with twoof hull's three tries, while marc snayed kicked 12 points too. saints are now third from bottom, with just one win from their first four games. great britain's husband and wife

pairing, chris and gabby adcock, i read to the semifinals once again at the all england badminton championships. this is like the wimbledon of badminton and the pair beat the elliptic champions from indonesia coming from one set down. it is the second year in a row they have reached the last format, and comes soon after gb badminton had its funding cut. we really didn't come out too great at all today. it took us a full set, really, to get into the groove. a came out sharp and controlling. obviously without a good start to the second and then they'd raked us back again. slightly off plan, but a bit of a comeback from17— off plan, but a bit of a comeback from 17— 19 in the second, in the third we really felt aggrieved and we are happy to get through to number seven. they are into the semifinals in birmingham. some sad news in the world of motorsport. he is the only man to win the world grand prix and the world championships on a motorbike, and also ina championships on a motorbike, and also in a car. could this have been pouring intojohn also in a car. could this have been pouring into john surtees, also in a car. could this have been pouring intojohn surtees, who has died at 93. he started off as a brilliant motorcyclist and dominated

for much of the late 1950s. after that, he moved on to four wheels and immediately established himself as a leading figure, winning the formula 1. leading figure, winning the formula i. that leading figure, winning the formula 1. that was for ferrari, in 1964. you can't imagine that happening today. such a lovely man, we have lost a true motorsport legend. judd trump is the first man into the final of the speakers championship in wales. the bristolians beat ali carter 6—4 in the first semi—final of the week and last night. today marco fu plays dean hung lee. you might remember that last month die gives me came the first amputee jockey to win at a professional racecourse in britain. well, yesterday, on—board racecourse in britain. well, yesterday, on—boa rd his racecourse in britain. well, yesterday, on—board his horse rathlin rose, he did it again, this time at sandown. i love winning. like anybody else. it is the most phenomenal sport. i loved my time in the army, i got a buzz out of that. but this, you don't replicate days

like that very easily. you really don't. quite a story, that, because the biggest race was actually getting that racing licence, so he could become the first amputee to race. he had to trek to the south pole with prince harry to prove he had what it takes. that would prove it, wouldn't it? today we have got a fantastic line—up of live guests coming up from 7:30am, including, literally, sporting royalty. i'm not talking about dan morgan. very good. we will talk to you later on. for refugees who have made the journey from syria, creating a new life for themselves in the uk can be very difficult. imad alarnab first made a living repairing cars before his pasture is a —— past life as a chef was discovered. now he is bringing syrian cuisine to london. this is where imad alarnab feels most at home, making supper for this is where imad alarnab feels most at home, making supperfor 40. would you please try this? hummus?

yes. for 15 would you please try this? hummus? yes. for15 years, imad alarnab would you please try this? hummus? yes. for 15 years, imad alarnab ran three restaurants in damascus, until war broke out. i mean, our restau ra nts war broke out. i mean, our restaurants are closed now, because of the war. we had to leave in 2015, injuly 20 of the war. we had to leave in 2015, in july 2015. escaping for a safer life. you know, the hardest part was leaving the family behind. and while imad alarnab had to leave his home and his family, the cooking came with him. three months, ten countries, running, cycling, taking a train, a boat, before finally arriving on the steps of a church in calais. i was on the steps of the church for 64 days. sleeping there? yes. so how did you get into the uk? in the back of a lorry. yes. so it

wasn't easy at all. once here, imad wasn't easy at all. once here, imad was given refugee status, which allowed him to work as a car salesman. i met him and heard his story and it became very clear that he was in london and trying to do everything he could to make ends meet, and! everything he could to make ends meet, and i heard he was selling cars, and! meet, and i heard he was selling cars, and i felt really sad knowing that he had this huge passion for food but was selling cars. ijust knew that there was more that we could do as a community to help him do something with that. i didn't really know what it would look like or what it would feel like but i knew that within my group of friends and within the broader network, there was something we could do to help ring him back into the food scene. “ help ring him back into the food scene. -- bring him back. with 36 hours of operation, syrian food comes to a pop—up restaurant in east london. how was it received? comes to a pop—up restaurant in east london. how was it received7m comes to a pop—up restaurant in east london. how was it received? it has been wonderful, the chicken in particular was really good, really enjoyed it. the lamb, the lamb was really good, really tender. the

chicken is cooked to perfection, it isa chicken is cooked to perfection, it is a moist, which is hard when you cook chicken. he is a great chef! so you have the lamb, chicken, please enjoy it. thank you for coming for the first time! thank you. the time isjust the time is just coming up to 6:44am. you are watching actors from bbc news. —— breakfast. of the school day — with a smile, or immersed in your mobile? we'll be asking whether one headteacher is right to put up signs

discouraging the use of smartphones at the school gate. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. it is an important day for sport today. it is and i have an important sporting phrase, it's a tale of two halves this weekend. today is the better of the days. there is some rain to come. take a look. this is a weather watchers pick the ascent in about half an hour ago. —— picture sent in. quite a lot of fog on the south coast. hopefully it will break up. it is a cloudy and murky start. coastal and hill fog as well and also some rain around across the far north—west of scotland. that will sink steadily south towards the borders as we go through the morning. an improvement eventually. light and drizzly bits and pieces through the early morning in northern ireland. a fair amount of

cloud through northern england, towards the south—west, but already we have a bit of brighton is pushing through in the south—east corner. now it isn't going to be blue sky and sunshine. the cloud will be hazy and sunshine. the cloud will be hazy and high up. but with some sunshine we should get warmth, possibly the warmest day of the year so far. at the same time the weather front wea ke ns the same time the weather front weakens after this drizzly rain in the north of england and north wales. if you get the sunshine and the warmth, 17, possibly 18 degrees. perfect weather conditions for the rug e. we are competing with the italians and the weather is good in rome as well. —— rugby. it is also fa cup day. the sixth round. decent weather around. eagles broke might be cloudy, but the sunshine should come out. —— middlesbrough might be cloudy. overnight, patchy outbreaks of rain and a lot of cloud. the rain will pep up and at the same time we

have another weather front pushing in from the west. this is the tale of two halves. a different day for sunday. a lot of cloud and rain. it will gradually push eastwards. so not a complete write—off. the western fringes have some sunshine. the northern island, western scotland, a better afternoon. still relatively mild, although fresher in the south—east in comparison to the day. as we move out of sunday and into monday we have a ridge of high—pressure moving across the country, which basically means things quieten down. a cloudy start to the working week. showery rain into the far north and west for tuesday. that's how it is looking. i'll be back in half an hour. thanks, that's great. we'll be back with the headlines at 7am. now it's time for click with spencer kelly. this week is the bbc‘s

so i can breathe season, looking at ways to tackle air pollution around the world. we are out on the streets of london to test a new camera from thermal imaging company flir. it has a particular sensitivity to a range of gases which are invisible to the human eye. the camera is supposed to be used by experts who know what they're looking for in the numbers and colours that they see and it's really supposed to be used in industrial locations as well, where you are looking for gas leaks. but, i must say, even here i can see sprays coming from some of the exhaust pipes through this camera that i cannot see with my eyes. so it shows something's there.

now, if you want to tackle air pollution problems across a city, you have to know where the pollution is coming from and at what time of day. that is something that mark cieslak has been investigating. poor air quality, as a result of pollution, poses a serious risk to public health. it is a huge problem. the global burden of disease data now suggests that a lack of clean air is the third leading cause of death in the world after high blood pressure and smoking. but whether it triggers allergies or asthma, understanding the exact challenges pollution causes, especially in a city, can be tricky. the more precise the information is, the better we can come up with strategies to improve things. we can identify areas where there are particular problems. action to gather that even more precise data about pollution

is being taken on the other side of the atlantic, in chicago. because of chicago's location in the midwest and the fact that it is a large city, it is something of a transport hub for road, rail and air travellers. all those different types of vehicles don't do the city's air quality any favours. here, a system is being installed which has been dubbed a "fitness tracker for a city". it's called the array of things. when it's completed it will be a citywide network of sensors, or nodes, fitted to lampposts and poles. it'll monitor an array of different things, from traffic levels to local climate as well as monitoring chicago's air quality. eventually, all of the data the array gathers will be made available online for anybody to use. we have come just outside of chicago

to the argonne national laboratory. it's part of the us department of energy and is the birthplace of the array of things. the donor is really into air quality, so they are really excited. here, the team behind the array continue to refine the sensor boxes and the technology they contain, liaising with city officials and arranging the continued roll—out of the network across the city. this is the guts, if you like, of the array of things nodes. which part here is the air quality sensor? this one is the air quality sensor. each one here is a specific cell, attuned to a specific type of chemical. this a ozone, this is a sulphur dioxide sensor. there's a carbon monoxide sensor. there's a hydrogen suphide sensor. nitrogen dioxide sensor and there's

a token reducing gases. installation of the array began towards the end of 2016. by the end of 2018, 500 nodes are planned for the network, spread across different parts of the city. charlie catlett is the array of things project lead. he took me on a whistlestop tour of some of the city's earlier sensor sites. so, charlie, this is the site of one of your first sensors, isn't it, one of your first nodes? yeah, this is one of the first six. this one here does the air quality. notjust the general air quality, but this one will tell us seven different gases, and so that means we can say, well, this one is reading this gas particularly high and we know that that that is associated with a diesel truck. the new ones that're putting in, we have added a new sensor for particles. so what we can do with this particle sensor is we can look at the very fine particles that are measured

by epa and other organisations. the smaller particles are the ones you can't see, but they're really the most dangerous ones. they'll go straight into your bloodstream. the larger ones are what triggers allergies. so if you are somebody that's got allergies related to asthma, you'd be able to use the data from these nodes to look at pollen across the city and you might decide to change your cycle route you take to school or work, based on maybe where the pollen concentration is around the city. chicago is not alone when it comes to pollution monitoring. for example, in london, there's a system called nowcast, which combines historical pollution data with current pollution measurements to provide an hourly update of pollution levels across the city. the rollout in chicago continues. array of things nodes have been installed in other us cities with one in seattle and another in denver and there is interest in the system internationally as well. the data generated by the array

of things will be used by researchers, scientists and healthcare professionals to get a better picture of the effects of poor air quality and pollution. but when it comes to turning this information into action, that is the job of local government. brennna berman and tom schenk both work for the city of chicago and are figuring out how the array of things can help the city with an array of issues. we have pockets of increased rates of asthma among our children that doctors have known about for quite some time but they do not have a lot of information about why they happen in certain areas of the city. the role of the array of things is really to help us understand the patterns and issues with air quality in chicago at a detailed level, because you can't fix a problem if you can't define it and understand it. we might be thinking about how heavy pollutant vehicles can influence what's happening. the city of chicago has installed hundreds of miles of bike lanes, across the city of chicago,

but there is some very clear research showing that inhaling diesel fumes, especially by cyclists as they are riding alongs traffic, can harm them. so it really helps us picture and take a good look at where those bike avenues are and how that corresponds with exhisting traffic. if you have a school or another sort of vulnerable location very close to an area that has increased air quality challenges, the data from the array of things will give us the ability to define a policy that will address that. a good example here in chicago will actucally be the very quickly growing neighbourhood on the west side. it has quickly evolved into one of our trendiest residential and entertainment districts. but it is also crisscrossed by any number of street level railroads. by looking at data, by using data such as the array of things, we are going to be able to make thos decisions more confidently and we are going to know that better than in fact many other cities

have the ability to know that, because of the data that we look at. here, the technology clearly has a role to play in the fight against poor air quality. but the big pollution—busting powers lay with local and national government. that was mark in chicago. back in london, i'm checking out a pollution monitoring device with a difference. i'll give you a clue... this is the launching arm. with this water tank, they can launch their prototype. bang! oops, i knocked a thing into your tank. they've even have their own wind tunnel! imperial college's aquamav is a drone that can fly through the air, dive into the water and then leap out again. all the while, gathering data to give us a greater understanding of pollution levels above and below the surface.

the plan is to release a swarm of them into an area of concern. this is our response to extreme environments or post—disaster applications such as water sampling in floods, or after toxic spills, or oil spills, nuclear accidents or tsunamis. so there are different classes of applications and capability to do sampling with an automated, low—cost tool brings an enormous values compared to many other methods such as the human going there with a full protective suit. i was going to say, we have seen a lot of aquatic robots and we have seen lots of flying robots. but it never occurred to me that is quite difficult to get an underwater robot over great distances quickly and, so, you've combined the two. that's pretty ha rd—core. we're just going to dive it in the water and then dive it out

and fly it that way. in some applications it's not even accessible through the water, in floods or floating ice, you may not get there via water. on the other side, an aerial beacon may not be able to get the information that local people need, so combining the two makes sense. during a dive, the aquamav fills with water and then by releasing carbon dioxide from its on—board gas chamber it forces the water back out as a high—powered jet which thrusts the drone back upwards, propelling it into the air. and then the wings unfold and it comes out of the water and it beautifully becomes this flying birdlike thing. it's very graceful. you describe it in such a romantic way. now you know how romantic i am and what i get excited about. there is a beauty that has to be part of it, which makes it elegant. and elegance in nature makes it effective as well. having the folding wings might look beautiful but for us it allows us

to reduce the drag that it would experience as it dives in the water. it allows it to dive more deeply, as well as protecting the wings on impact. that's it for the short cut of click. the full length version is online right now. join us on twitter for laser tech news and behind the scenes gossip. and next week, please join us for two special clicks from india. thank you for watching. see you then. for me, all i want is the truth to be out there, because it is the truth and that is what people should know. good morning. it's saturday the 11th of march. also ahead, the united nations warns that the world faces its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 as millions of people face starvation and famine in parts of africa. a crackdown on ticket touts —

computer software which buys hundreds of tickets within seconds is to be made illegal with lawbreakers facing an unlimited fine. we'll meet the syrian refugee who escaped the war and is now bringing a taste of home to london.