hello this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the crisis in british cycling — olympic cyclistjess varnish has told the bbc that the entire board must go. a draft independent report — leaked to the daily mail — criticises what it calls the dysfunctional and inept leadership of the organisation. for me all i want is the truth to be out there, because it's the truth and that's 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. 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. sir david attenborough as you've never seen him before. we'll hear how he's helping a new generation to understand the wonders of the wild. and louise lear has the weather. good morning, it's a cloudy start right across the country, but a mild one. we will have some sunshine today, topping and tailing the country. i'll have all the details coming up. 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 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've been really low. nothing has been in control, everything has been out of my control. 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 varnish from the squad for the rio olympics last year, was found to have used sexist language towards her, but was cleared of eight of nine allegations against her. —— against him. 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 british cycling's board. i am relieved that the truth is coming out. i have been pulled from pillar to post just 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 weren't selected for rio, you will have heard those arguments, what's your response to that? when people say it's bitterness, that's 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 unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. 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 seven million are 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 1945. we stand at a critical point in our history. already, at the beginning of the year, we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. in south sudan, more than one million children are acutely malnourished, and there is a cholera outbreak to deal with as well. the un says billions of dollars is needed from 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 billion us dollars. 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 three people dead and dozens more injured after thousands took to the streets following the removal of the country's president. park was ousted from office yesterday following a corruption scandal. more protests are expected later today. a judge who last month stopped president trump from implementing a controversial travel ban has said he needs more time before ruling on a revised version. washington state had tried to get the new proposals stopped, butjudgejames robart said more papers needed to be filed before he could make his 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 software to buy thousands of tickets. music stars including ed sheeran have spoken out about the issue. archaeologists in egypt have found

a huge statue in a cairo slum which is thought to be of pharaoh ramses the second, —— cani —— can i not say that because i don't think it's really real? this is extraordinary. this is in an area east of the city. lo and behold, they were looking through the mud, ina they were looking through the mud, in a hole. they found this extraordinary statue. it's ramses the great, he lived more than 3,000 yea rs the great, he lived more than 3,000 years ago. he is credited with expanding the egyptian empire. he's been down there a long time. amazing. all the sport coming up later and a full look at the weekend weather as well. for 50 years the laws on abortion have remained unchanged, meaning a woman must have the consent of two doctors to end her pregnancy. under those rules a woman who takes

a pill at home could potentially face life imprisonment. now a labour mp is calling for the legislation to be updated. but pro—life critics say it could pave the way for sex selective abortions and terminations on demand. my first reaction was, i don't want to have a baby. straightaway, how am i going to care for this being when i can't even care for myself? emily tells me why she had an abortion. she was broke, she had depression, she couldn't cope. she had to wait one month for a termination. that was the worst month of my life. i was googling ways to induce miscarriage and i think that in itself proves it's too long. you're risking women's lives because i could have really hurt myself during that time. you could have faced a jail sentence? i don't have any words for that. to punish a woman who is already in such an unstable and vulnerable position,

what do you think you're doing to that woman's life? just under 200,000 abortions were carried out in the uk in 2015, most in rooms like this. the nhs says women should wait around two weeks, but it can be more than twice that. figures indicate these tablets used to miscarry are increasingly being bought illegally online by women who refuse to wait. two doctors sign off every abortion. now, this is unlike any other medical procedure. but no other procedure involves ending a life and that's what's key here, isn't it? we're in the 21st century. we trust women to make decisions about their lives, about their healthcare, and abortion should be no different. but others say the delay that comes with not one but two gps is essential when deciding the fate of not one but two lives. many women go for that initial consultation and by the time they come back they actually change their minds.

it's an important step in the process to make sure women are making the right decision for them. do you have any statistics to back that argument up? we do know that about 30% of women who go for initial consultations never go through with the process. the difficulty with the termination is once you have done that, if it's a rushed process, you can't change your mind. her office later said this figure had been given by a leading clinician. we could find no evidence of it. abortion is an emotive subject. but while the royal college of midwives has backed the the proposal, more than a thousand midwives havejoined a "not in my name" petition. they fear it could pave the way for sex selection abortions on demand. we didn't achieve what i always believed was what women needed, which was choice. diana monday was a key figure calling for change in the ‘60s, just as she is today. i was a lone public voice,

but i was not a lone person who had had an abortion. they were all there, the voices, but they were unheard and unfortunately they stayed unheard. they still are unheard. i am appalled. 50 years later on, we are still fighting for this. oh, my goodness. this is the hate mail? yes. she shows me the hate mail her campaign attracted in one file. letters from women who begged for help in another. that fine line between the rights of a woman and the rights of an unborn child will be scrutinised again on monday. more on this story now and speak to diana johnson. very good morning to you. you're proposing this private members' bill that would decriminalise abortion. we heard some of the arguments in that report. why do you think now is the right time to do this? first of all, it's a ten—minute rule bill. it's only going to cover england and

wales. it's about decriminalisation, it's not about deregulation. even if this were to go forward, there would bea this were to go forward, there would be a range of laws and regulations around abortion and so, the concerns that people are raising about sex selective abortion or very late abortions, they would still be covered by regulation and laws. this is about taking away the fact that a woman and anyone who assists a woman in aring an abortion can be sent to prison for life. the 67 act, which you've talked about in your package actually allows abortion in certain circumstances, but underpinning that isa circumstances, but underpinning that is a very old act, the 1861 act, which says a woman and anyone who assists can go to prison for life. that's the bit i want to remove. just to be clear, you'll have heard in the piece there, the concern as it stands that two doctors need to be consulted as part of this process. do you envisage that would

remain the case? well, i think parliament would want regulation about how women can access abortion services. that would certainly be up for debate. the bma have said that up for debate. the bma have said that up to 12 weeks it would be sensible to review whether you need to have two doctors. but i think that could all be debated by parliament and put into regulation. but the key point is around the decriminalisation not the deregulation. that's the really important point to get across this morning. there is a concern, though, the idea — if there's no criminality involved, a woman trying to get a late—term abortion, for example, how do you — what could be the impact there? well, of course, we want women to be able to access services for abortion early on. that's the thing that most people would say would be sensible. i think we need to recognise that even in very conservative countries and catholic countries, like poland, women are

not criminalised for abortion. in the united states, women are not criminalised for abortion. we have one of the most punitive regimes in europe by having that 1861 act, which says women can go to prison for life. i think most people now would say, as in your package, this is such a sensitive, emotional subject that really do we want the criminal law to be underpinning it? ordo we criminal law to be underpinning it? or do we think, actually, it's much better for doctors, their regulatory bodies and the nurses‘ regulatory bodies and the nurses‘ regulatory bodies to be responsible for making sure that the regulations parliament sets in place and best professional clinical practice are the way that abortions should operate today, not holding over a woman that she could go to prison for life. you mentioned, of course, that for the individual, you know, extremely sensitive, very personal decision being taken. but also in terms of the subject matter and how and when it‘s discussed, that‘s problematic too. it raises very strong emotions

and sometimes, i believe, you have had some problems with attention from people just because you‘re raising the issue. yes. i mean, it's 50 yea rs raising the issue. yes. i mean, it's 50 years on since parliament last discussed this in the abortion act of ‘67. as a politician now, i‘m well used to getting all sorts of abusive messages through social immediate in particular, but of course, it‘s an emotional, emotive subject. i‘ve been called a baby killerfor subject. i‘ve been called a baby killer for even subject. i‘ve been called a baby killerfor even raising subject. i‘ve been called a baby killer for even raising the fact that we ought to decriminalise. we know in other parts of the world, canada, australia, parts of australia, this has already happened. we haven‘t seen an increase in late—term abortions. i think it‘s right and sensible that mps have an opportunity, 50 years after the ‘67 act, to say, is the law still up today and does it apply to what we think should happen in oui’ to what we think should happen in our society? being a politician in 2017 can be tough, but you have to do what you think is right. diana johnson, thank you very much for

your time. 9.16am. your time. 9. 16am. you‘re watching breakfast. now to louise who has the weekend weather for us. good now to louise who has the weekend weatherfor us. good morning. morning. i started off earlier on saying this weekend was a tale of two halves. today is definitely the best of the weather. we have some rain across scotland as we speak. but a good deal of dry but cloudy weather elsewhere. and it is an improving picture in scotland today. make the most of today‘s weather. it will be a completely different story for tomorrow. we‘ve seen some beautiful sunshine already across the skies of london. this is west london, near wimbledon. there‘s quite a lot of cloud around from that weather front in scotland. this is was the highlands just a few hours ago. the cloud will break up and you should get sunshine later on. this weather front continues to sink its way steadily southwards. also hopefully the cloud will break up also hopefully the cloud will break upa also hopefully the cloud will break up a little bit further south as well. so, for 9am, yes, we still have showery rain in scotland. you can see already that front sitting

close to the borders. drizzly bits and pieces into northern ireland first thing. the same too for north—west england. quite a lot of cloud generally. poor visibility, coastal and hill fog. but things should gradually improve, particularly further south. already we‘ve seen that sunshine into london and hopefully, some of that cloud breaking back close towards the midlands, south wales will have some brightness into the afternoon and the temperatures will respond. we could see highs of around 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. but mid—teens generally. where that weather front, though a weak affair, there‘s sunshine to the far north of scotland. we could see drizzle for middlesbrough. lincoln city fans, i‘m sure you don‘t care what the weather will do, but perfect weather conditions. sunshine coming through for your match against arsenal. not looking too bad for the six nations. at twickenham, similar weather conditions to rome, would you believe it? ! overnight tonight, there will be a lot of cloud.

there‘ll be poor visibility, yet again, showery rain moves its way steadily eastwards and then, replaced by another weather front pushing in from the wings. that brings heavy, persistent rain. sunday looks a dismal start to the day for many of us. a lot of cloud, wet weather around. it‘s going to ta ke wet weather around. it‘s going to take its time before both those weather fronts clear away steadily eastwards. that means that we could see gradual improvement across northern ireland, western scotland, wales, south—west england, maybe some sunshine into the afternoon here, a scattering of showers. but for much of the eastern half of england it‘s grey and grim and feeling cooler than today. enjoy. 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 past career as a chef was discovered. now, he‘s been bringing a taste of his home country to london, as fiona lamdin reports. this is where imad alarnab feels

most at home, making supperfor a0. would you please try this? hummus? yes, hummus. for 15 years, imad alarnab ran three restaurants in damascus, until war broke out. i mean, our restaurants are closed now, because of the war. we had to leave in 2015, injuly 2015. escaping for a safer life. you know, the most hard part was leaving your family behind. and while imad 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?

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 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 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 bring him back into the food scene. with 36 hours of preparation, syrian food comes to a pop—up restaurant in east london. how was it received?

it‘s 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's moist, which is hard when you cook chicken. he‘s a great chef! he should be doing this, right? thank you for coming for the first time! thank you. applause this is breakfast from bbc news. 9. 21am. let‘s look at this morning‘s papers. tim walker is here. morning. good morning. what's caught your eye this morning. there‘s a lot to go at. it's difficult for a former prime minister not to end up like harry enfield, saying, you didn‘t wa nt to harry enfield, saying, you didn‘t want to do that, did you. david cameron has fallen into the trick of being lip synced at the war memorial event on thursday, apparently

telling sir michael fallon that he thought it was idiotic to go back on the pledge in relation to national insurance contributions. a lip—reader has managed to work out what he was saying? you could see the word "stupid" because it‘s rather obvious. can you do that for the benefit of the cam ra. if you‘re saying the word stupid, it‘s a clear enunciation. and he hasn't denied it. it's enunciation. and he hasn't denied it. it‘s always awkward being a former prime minister, particular when you‘re in the same party. john major talked about mrs thatcher being a back seat driver. mrs thatcher, oftening, had ed —— of course, had edward heath in that continual sulk. tony blair and gordon brown, it was always awkward between them. it‘s the friendly fire you have to worry about, particularly when you‘re caught off camera saying what you actually think. there was another picture of tony blair sitting, looking strangely isolated at one of the

other occasions, i think the unveiling of the war memorial. there was a man behind going like this. it's was a man behind going like this. it‘s the off stuff, it‘s the things that we say when we don‘t know people are listening that are most scary. the next story you picked for us scary. the next story you picked for us is from the telegraph. yes, no the guardian. bernie sanders. a grim warning here from bernie sanders, the former democrat contender, saying donald trump is a path logical liar. what worries him is that trump now, 50 days into his presidency, in a calculated way is attacking all the pillars of public life, the media, judiciary, all the thinks necessary to sustain our system. he says, good advice in life generally, despair is not an option. it's generally, despair is not an option. it‘s quite a personal story as well. someone would say, the guardian would love this narrative relative to the trump administration. he‘s not the first person who ticked off

the boxes about certain kinds of behaviour. what's interesting the etiquette used to be, you never got former presidential contenders, former presidential contenders, former presidents, existing president attacking a former president. this man doesn‘t play by any rules, so all bets are off. sticking with the president, the next two is it in the times? lord finkelstein. 0h, where are we? have we got that one? he says, why does donald trump go to such extraordinary lengths with that combover of his. he was getting off air force one, hairforce one you might say, that whole thing, it tipped up in the wind in a single... like a tipped up in the wind in a single... likea lid. tipped up in the wind in a single... like a lid. absolutely. to his brain oi’ like a lid. absolutely. to his brain or what there counts for a brain. but he says it‘s necessary for presidents to make a big thing about their hair, because there has not been a bald headed president since 1956 and that was eisenhower. he was campaigning against another bawledy. we are saying that for a man, hair

is important? yeah but it shouldn't look so ridiculous. i remember somebody saying once tojohn wayne. is that real hair? yeah, it‘s real hair, not my hair. make a joke about it. it seems to me, for a long time, when we knew donald trump in his previous life, television presenter and that character, we were fascinated with his hair. since he‘s become president trump, not surprising, you have to stop talking about it. it is what it is. that‘s what he‘s like and move on. there‘s more important things to talk about when he‘s president. more important things to talk about when he's presidentlj more important things to talk about when he's president. i love the photo call with the eagle, the eagle was fascinated and tried to pull it off. let it go. i'm a fan of bald. embrace the bald. it‘s good. let‘s have a look at the final story. these adorable things are called quockers. they are miniature kangaroos. they are proving a star attraction. samsung named them the

world‘s cutest animal. they‘ve worked out how to appear most fetchingly in a selfie. they are on the endangered species list, but these are multiplying, doing incredibly well. they‘ve adapted their schedules. they normally sleep at night, so they can be on hand for the tourists. the tourist numbers are going up from 90 thousand not so long ago to 600,000. all i would say is that i hope they work out how to ta ke is that i hope they work out how to take the pictures themselves, because i remember that wonderful story about a monkey that allegedly took a photograph. it went to court and it was found that the monkey owned the copyright to the picture, worth many thousands of pounds. there‘s something about the way they look. it‘s like they‘re grinning the whole time. this fact file here tells us that nocturnal animals can survive without food and water by living off the fat in their tails. how extraordinary. didn't know that until today. the danger is they're

catching illnesses from the human and their natural way of life is being affected by all this stuff. thank you very much. lovely to see you tim. apologies for us mysteriously disappearing. that was quite a trick. all of us, we were gone, just like that. there was an invisible guest. then we came back. the magic of television. we're like quockers. this is breakfast. we‘re on bbc one until 10am, when donal skehan takes over in the saturday kitchen. donal, what‘s on the menu for us? good morning. i‘m fiercely distracted in the studio today by oui’ distracted in the studio today by our guests. our special guest today martin, you‘re here to talk about comic relief and face your food heaven or hell. tell me about your idea of heaven. chocolate hazelnut spread on anything. 0h, idea of heaven. chocolate hazelnut spread on anything. oh, good. that gives me room to improve. your hell? tuna steak. what's wrong with it it's tough, bland. yukky. you mustn‘t have had good tuna. that‘s

what i put it down to. maybe. we have two great chefs here and making his debut paul, what are you making? we have a lovely hake dish with wild garlic and southport potted shrimp, things close to my heart, from my region. we have great representation of the north as well, making his return is nigel, what are we making with you? i've got a king cabbage, much maligned cabbage with a fondue of mussels and cockles. what do you think of that? sounds lovely. i hope you like the sound of that. see you at10am. sounds lovely. thank you very much. coming up in the next half hour: he‘s known for bringing us the wonders of the animal kingdom on tv, and now sir david attenborough can add children‘s storyteller to his cv! we‘ll hear how a whole new generation is set to be inspired by some of his most famous adventures. stay with us — headlines coming—up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up, louise will have the weekend‘s weather forecast for you. first, a summary of this

morning‘s main news. 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. i have been pulled from pillar to post, just to get this and to actually see it was a cover—up is huge. why do you think they did that? just to protect themselves and to protect the look of british cycling. it‘s easier for them to throw me under the bus, rather than the whole of british cycling and for the whole of british cycling and for the actual truth to come out. the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, 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. unicef has 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. park was ousted from office yesterday following a corruption

scandal. more protests are expected later today. a judge who last month stopped president trump from implementing a controversial travel ban has said he needs more time before ruling washington state had tried to get the new proposals stopped, butjudgejames robart said more papers needed to be filed before he could make his 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 software to buy thousands of tickets. music stars including ed sheeran have spoken out about the issue. a specialist nanny has been brought in to look after cubs at a zoo. according to keepers he provides snuggling, warmth and what they‘re saying is a climbable body after

their mother rejected them. so it seems like it‘s all working out well. everything you could want in life! mikaries here now. for now, the poor dog doesn‘t know what happens when the tigers get big. a fair point. they'll change their plans. it's their plans. it‘s all set up for today. if england torn lose today and france win there could still be five teams in the race but realistically we are down to two. scotland haven‘t won at twickenham since 1983. none of the scotla nd twickenham since 1983. none of the scotland players were born then. 34 yea rs scotland players were born then. 34 years ago. that's a good thing, they‘re young. years ago. that's a good thing, they're young. they can put that right today. the six nations title is england‘s for the taking today, thanks to wales. back after two defeats, and george north was unstoppable, scoring 2 of 3 welsh tries, and after holding off an ireland fightback, 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 reaction and against one of the best sides in world rugby you have to play like that with and without the ball. there‘s been a lot of hurt in the camp over the last couple of weeks, i am delighted and proud of the players, they deserve that. they‘ve taken a lot of stick, the coaches and the players alike. we beat a very good irish side today and i thought we beat them emphatically, as well. we will look forward to fwld against scotla nd we will look forward to fwld against scotland with former england captain mike tindall in a few minutes. but first in football 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 pile further misery on arsenal, whatever the odds against them, and their manager danny cowley, who a year ago was a pe teacher.

it's it‘s been gradual steps for us which i think is always important whenever you‘re trying to make progressions and move forward. we‘re going to look forward to it, for us we have to have a belief that we can win the game. we respect the fact that it might be one in 1,000 pup if that‘s the odds, we go there expecting it to be that one time. also middlesbrough host manchester city at lunchtime. tomorrow, league one millwall travel to spurs. on monday, chelsea are at home to manchester united. in the premier league: norwich have lost patience with their manager.

and are hoping finding a replacement, which will re—ignite their play—off push, while brighton are on course to go up automatically. anthony knockaert got the brighton party going, as they beat derby 3—0, as the seagulls moved level on points with newcastle, at the top of the championship. derby have slipped to ten points, off the play—offs. and for the goal of the week, arise jason cummings of hibernian, who put the scottish championship leaders, 10 points clear of title rivals dundee united but he was sent off later for a second booking, when he tried a maradona hand—style goal. yohanna 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. 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—1,6—1. the british number three will now face kei nishikori in round two. in last night‘s rugby league, leeds have ended the winning start of catalans dragons, while super league, newcomers leigh hammered huddersfield and hull fc beat st helens 24—10, to move up to third in the table. albert kelly was the star with two of hull‘s three tries. he‘s the only man to win a world championship,

on a motorbike and then in a car and tributes have been paid to john surtees, who‘s died at the age of 83. he started off as a brilliant motorcyclist who dominated, for much of the late 19505, before then surtees moved on to four wheels and immediately established himself as a leading figure, winning the formula 1 world championship for ferrari in 1964. damon hill has said what all of us feel. "such a lovely man. we have lost a true motorsport legend," our thoughts to his friends and family, of course. let‘s go back to the six nations. one man who knows about this rivalry with england and scotla nd about this rivalry with england and scotland is the former england tape and world cup winner from 2003, scotland is the former england tape and world cup winnerfrom 2003, mike tindall himself who joins us from our london studio. good morning. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. teams you good morning. thank you forjoining us. teams you were good morning. thank you forjoining us. teams you were in good morning. thank you forjoining us. teams you were in never good morning. thank you forjoining us. teams you were in never lost to scotla nd us. teams you were in never lost to scotland at twickenham because the last time that happened was 1983. do you feel that could change today given the way we have seen scotland being entertaining so far and the

fa ct being entertaining so far and the fact that england keep needing to get out ofjail? being truly fact that england keep needing to get out of jail? being truly english i don‘t see it happening today, but i think what vern cotter has done with this scotland team and how they‘ve developed over the last three years has been fantastic and they are playing some of the best by they are playing some of the best rugby that‘s been played in this six nations. england are definitely going to be on — they need that test. they‘ve sort of, haven‘t stuttered but they haven‘t reached the heights they reached in the autumn and! the heights they reached in the autumn and i think moving forward they need a good challenge and scotla nd they need a good challenge and scotland are definitely going to provide that today. i think england arejust going to provide that today. i think england are just going to have too much, provide that today. i think england arejust going to have too much, if you take them as a 23, england‘s 23 are too strong for scotland today. lot could depend on owen farrell, he has been the talking point all week after apparently falling over a dog. iam assuming after apparently falling over a dog. i am assuming small dogs were never a problem for you! he is clever at

mind games, eddiejones. a problem for you! he is clever at mind games, eddie jones. who knows, with eddie part of the great thing about eddie is how he plays the media, how he spin it is. he doesn‘t put pressure on his players. it will be interesting how that works if they lose a couple of games and suddenly the roles are flicked a little bit in terms of he is not on a 17—match winning spree. to say what he said, i think farrell‘s going to be fine. he‘s going through a tough spot in some ways because england haven‘t sort of continued their level they were at in the autumn, they are still winning, but there are question marks. having the vunipolas back is massive, i think they‘re vital to the team in terms of going forward and how they want to play rugby. that‘s where i think this game will be won, in terms of —

eddie likes to call them the finishers, so they‘re probably going to do thejob finishers, so they‘re probably going to do the job and get england over the line. it's sally, mike. i always thought they were substitutes, the finishers, he has a different way of approaching it. it's a unique way. one of the biggest criticisms of stuart lancaster was the fact he would change everyone, always use the bench and they were substitutes when stuart lancaster talked about them. now they‘re finishers, they have apparently a completely different role. but i think that‘s one of the things eddiejones has done perfectly well, he is doing something everyone has done before but tagged it in a different way and everyone‘s bought into it. in all fairness, even the players have bought into it because when they come on if you look at all the games of this six nations england‘s bench has been crucial to them winning. so whether it‘s a tag, whether it‘s an actualjob, you are now a finisher, it‘s worked for england. actualjob, you are now a finisher, it's worked for england. it's charlie here, as well. this thing

about momentum, the england team, they‘ve got this momentum at the moment. at the beginning of the match scotland getting some points on the board early could be crucial in terms of the crowd and the way they respond to the england team? yeah, completely. generally scotland are coming down here with the idea they can go away with a win and for they can go away with a win and for the first time in many years i agree. but that first 20 minutes you a lwa ys agree. but that first 20 minutes you always wa nt agree. but that first 20 minutes you always want to settle into your game, you want to get a foothold and get possession. i think if scotland come down and explode for 20 minutes and can get six nil up, 9—0, then the game changes. if england fall into a routine and dominate set piece and line—outs, put possession where they want it, territory where they want it, then it will be a difficult day for scotland. i think

all the conversations around scotland‘s team room this week will be about that first 20 minutes, let‘s get a good foothold and build. but also scotland have shown is their ability to come back. they have been behind in this six nations and then won, even with the ireland game, with the wales game. so, they have this backbone at the moment where they‘re on this upward curve, you talk about winning as a habit, you talk about winning as a habit, you have two teams confident in their ability coming together and we hopeifs their ability coming together and we hope it‘s a cracker. i think the six nations so far every game has been close, every game has been physical and attritional and everything you expect out of a six nations game and i don‘t see it being different today, but i also hope it‘s going to bea today, but i also hope it‘s going to be a gun—slinger because i think scotla nd be a gun—slinger because i think scotland will go right, we will take you on, which hopefully could kick—start england, you on, which hopefully could kick—sta rt england, as you on, which hopefully could kick—start england, as well. you on, which hopefully could kick-start england, as well. mike, kenny logan said earlier he thought scotla nd kenny logan said earlier he thought scotland would win by four, what‘s your prediction? i think it is going

to be close. i believe that england have got too much power on the bench andi have got too much power on the bench and i think england will pull through and six—plus. and i think england will pull through and six-plus. wow. thank you. great to hear. obviously a bit of bias on both sides there, but it‘s allowed. england can equal this amazing world record of 18 consecutive test wins with new zealand. thank you very much. coverage is on 5 live from 3pm this afternoon. kick—off is 4pm. how will the weather be for twickenham and all the sporting occasions. louise has the details. perfect, actually. unfortunately, not so perfect in cumbria this morning. cloudy and damp. there is a weather front heading in your direction, so you will see showery outbreaks of rain continuing for much of the afternoon. the front

sitting through scotland and it will continue to push steadily south and east. behind it an improving picture into scotland, also decent spells of sunshine into the south. so we could see temperatures around 12, 13 in the far north of scotland. a better afternoon in comparison to what you have at the moment. not bad into northern ireland. a little bit of cloud and there is the rain sitting through the north of england and north wales. further south of that decent spells of sunshine and warm, 16 or17, it decent spells of sunshine and warm, 16 or 17, it will feel nice at 63 fahrenheit. not as warm south and west, maybe more cloud here but nevertheless a decent day for many. for those lincoln city fans already over the moon about going to play arsenal, you will be over the moon with this forecast, sunny spells to enjoy the afternoon and evening. for the six nations, who would have thought the weather conditions would be the same as rome, but it‘s going to be 15 with lots of blue skies and sunshine and light winds.

tonight a different story. the cloud continues to gather again, poor visibility and coastal and hill fog and showery rain before persistent rain pushes into the west. sunday is going to be a grey and wet start for many. some of the rain heavy in places. the weather fronts straddled across the country will drift eastwards, so there is room for improvement into the afternoon. not a bad day in prospect through northern ireland. much of western scotland, wales and south—west england eventually you will see sunshine. a risk of isolated showers. across eastern england it‘s grey. in comparison to today 11, 13 is not going to feel great, particularly if we get 16 or 17. so enjoy today if you can. across to the west, enjoy tomorrow, as well. i will be back tomorrow. back to you two. the deaf children are limited

by people‘s expectations and not by their innate abilities, that‘s according to the organisers of a conference on education for deaf children. speakers are gathering this weekend to discuss how our schools can change to better benefit deaf pupils. in a moment we‘ll speak to the organisers, as well as danny lane, a pianist in the quartet of deaf musicians the forte ensemble. but first, let‘s listen to them action. music: danny boy. we‘re joined now by wendy mccracken, the uk‘s only prove of deaf

education as well as danny lane, the pianist we just saw perform. danny‘s interpreter kieran seabrook is also here. morning to all of you. dan, explain what we were watching there, this was all the people in that quartet are deaf, explain how that works for us. we have always performed, so we did a recital and then the forte idea came about. then we started performing in different venues and wa nted performing in different venues and wanted to continue with it. what are the particular challenges of playing with an ensemble when you have profound deafness?” with an ensemble when you have profound deafness? i don't think the challenge is us performing together,

but i think the main challenge is trying to get to venues. mainstream venues, because we really want to encourage them to be more inclusive, more diverse and including something like the forte ensemble, we want to raise the profile. it‘s not really the hearing is the barrier, i think probably the attitude or the lack of awareness. it‘s important that they get involved because there is outstanding musicians out there. wendy, it‘s probably inspirational for lots of people to see danny what he can do and what he has achieved. what are the problems that children with limited hearing, deaf children have in school? one of the main problems is what danny said, it's people's perceptions of what do we think a deaf child looks like now? they're amazingly diverse, we pk them up in the uk very early. most

are in mainstream. but people think they're deaf, perhaps they can't do music, or foreign languages. what they can't do is hear like you and me. so we limit them by our expectations. and that's what we wa nt expectations. and that's what we want to challenge. how do you fix that, is that something that happens, is it a teaching thing or from their own families, it‘s like a self—limiting thing? from their own families, it‘s like a self-limiting thing? it is, ithink, most people in society wouldn't imagine forte exist, they wouldn't imagine forte exist, they wouldn't imagine deaf children can. we want to say actually they can do anything. with good support from a teacher, with great amplification we have now and good support for communication they can do anything. danny, what was your experience as a child of people maybe saying you can‘t do this, you can‘t do that? child of people maybe saying you can't do this, you can't do that?” think i was quite lucky being brought up in a family that encouraged me to take an interest in music. as i got older perhaps

looking for a place where i could study a—level music there were a lot of teachers who said i am not quite sure if you can access the test, but it was like to me i had to i had indicate them about how i would —— it was to me to educate them about how i would access that. i went on to university. i do remember being at university and being in the music department and there would be stu d e nts department and there would be students coming up to me saying do you think you right be in the wrong department? no, iam you think you right be in the wrong department? no, i am a you think you right be in the wrong department? no, iam a music student. it takes a short while for people to come around to the idea that i am a musician. can you remember the moment as a child when you realised that music was your thing? yeah, i think it was very natural for thing? yeah, i think it was very naturalfor me to thing? yeah, i think it was very natural for me to take part in

music. in my primary school there would be a teacher there who encouraged all children to play brass instruments and i was taught music, even in the maths lesson, there was that going on, which is unusual, but it was quite natural in the school, music was everywhere. so, it wasn‘t unusual to me. the school, music was everywhere. so, it wasn't unusual to me.” the school, music was everywhere. so, it wasn't unusualto me. i am sure you probably get asked lots of questions about how deaf people can appreciate music. can you explain how it is someone who is profoundly deaf can either appreciate music or even play music. i do have some hearing but listening is only one pa rt hearing but listening is only one part of the musical experience because you have the physical experience of expressing a piece of music on the piano so something is

energetic, you physically, something different that is an experience itself. also the composing. you can read a score. performing together as a group like forte, we have the challenge of working and the social aspect. is there anywhere else in the world that gets this right, any other country that gets education of deaf children right? well, there are very good examples in industrialised countries of deaf education, but i think the uk leads. i think we have high expectations, i think we have great training, most of europe you are not required to train to teach the deaf, and here it's mandatory, that's why manchester university runs the course. thank you for coming in to talk to us. sir david attenborough has been bringing the natural world

now the veteran broadcaster is moving into smartphone apps to inspire the next generation of nature lovers. five of the 90—year—old‘s past adventures have been redrawn as cartoons and made into an interactive game for children. it helps them learn to read and teaches them about wildlife. let‘s take a quick look at the game and some footage that inspired it. there is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance of the gorilla than any other animal i know. this is how they spend most of their time, lounging on the ground, grooming one another. sometimes they even allow others to join in. gorillas are so big they break

bushes when they walk and sit down. we use these clues to track the gentle giants through the jungle. tap the broken bushes to help us find the way. top field skills. the gorillas were definitely here. we arejoined now gorillas were definitely here. we are joined now by illustrator will rose and laura howard from the bbc‘s natural history unit. it‘s one of those obvious things, now that you have done it i think gosh, you need to introduce this legendary man

to young people. i guess it‘s the perfect way. absolutely. to us it a lwa ys perfect way. absolutely. to us it always felt like something we wanted to do within the natural history unit, we approached cbeebies. david isa unit, we approached cbeebies. david is a gifted story—teller and has a lovely voice within the app it felt like a natural and obvious thing to bring those stories to life for young children. we can see behind us one of the images, it‘s one of yours, talk us through the look and feel that you were trying to get. well, firstly i was extremely honoured, this is a dream job for me, a massive wildlife fan so i was chuffed to be on here. laura had seen some chuffed to be on here. laura had seen some of my work, i had done animation with a bird guide thing and it was bright and colourful and generally it's in that vein, i thought let's go for the same thing and hopefully i can come up with something nice they're going to like

and captures david which was a bit daunting personally. how do he even start to capture him? i tried to simplify it, i simplify most stuff i do. whether it is humans or animals, i try do. whether it is humans or animals, itry and do. whether it is humans or animals, i try and keep it to a couple of lines and dots and stuff. plus, you have his lovely voice over the top. hopefully that carries it through. yes, it‘s interesting. when you see it and first hear his voice it really brings it to life, the images because his voice immediately you are taken to a kind of a place and moment. he has recorded a lot of parts of this for you, separately from what he has done before. we picked five stories from his life, five real adventures, we didn‘t need to fabricate adventures for david. we wrote the script and he voiced them. we recognise kids probably won‘t have heard of him but when reading that‘s when the treat of the

voice is found. he is enthusiastic about drawing anyone into what he does. absolutely. to tell the stories about the natural world to a young audience, the next generation of nature lovers is something he wa nted of nature lovers is something he wanted to do. so you had to pick five iconic moments. yeah, you have to. how did you get down to that? we wa nted to. how did you get down to that? we wanted a range, everything from the famous gorilla encounter which was obviously a lovely big mammal and a great adventure, through to david and the giant dinosaurs. will, have you got a favourite? it's hard because we are still finishing some off, i must say we have lovely other ones to come. gorillas was the first one. that's kind of our baby in a way. the others are just as good. they're all good really. it's active

now, is it? yes, the first story went live yesterday and four more to come throughout the year. thank you so come throughout the year. thank you so much for telling us about it. that‘s it from us this morning. brea kfast that‘s it from us this morning. breakfast will be back tomorrow morning from 6am. bye. this is bbc news. i‘m maxine mawhinney. the headlines at 10am: a plea for help from the un, which says the world faces its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, as millions of people face famine in parts of africa and the middle east. extensive damage has been caused to guys marsh prison in dorset, after a prisoner climbed onto the roof and set a fire. more than 60 prisoners have been moved to safety. former professional cyclist jess varnish says she is relieved the truth is finally coming out, as a report is leaked which criticises the dysfunctional and inept leadership of british cycling. also in the next hour: 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. and in sport, wales knock down ireland‘s hopes of winning the six nations, as george north hands england