good morning. it's sunday, the 12th of march. also ahead, riot police break up a rally in support of the turkish president in rotterdam after he described the dutch as "fascists." renewed calls for a centralised database for taxi drivers in england to avoid putting the public at risk. in sport, england are six nations champions once again. they win the calcutta cup after a 61—21 win over scotland, a world record—equalling 18th victory in a row for england. mike takes a spin with esme hawkey — the 18—year—old racer hoping to take the world of motor sport by storm. my my stomach, my head, my senses are all over the place. that was what, five laps? you do that for 50 minutes! yes, 50 minutes. and louise lear has the weather. good morning. it is a messy sunday morning with the weather. it is a

cloudy, mild start. there is some rain around but also some sun. i will give you all the details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. an influential committee of mps has today warned that the government would be guilty of "a serious dereliction of duty" if it fails to plan for brexit talks ending without a deal. and in advance of a commons debate tomorrow, brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to reject the amendments put forward by the house of lords. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. we all know what is on the road to brexit, last year's referendum for leave. but we don't know what brexit will actually look and feel like. nine months on, a cross—party committee of mps is warning that the coming negotiations could stall or beta railed. their report says a com plete beta railed. their report says a complete breakdown in the talks would be very destructive, damaging

both the eu and the uk, and three mps argue that the government is not planning sufficiently for a painful no deal outcome. —— and the mps. as the prime minister prepares to trickle the film will start to the brexit versus later this month, a government spokesperson has responded to the report by saying that david davis, the secretary of state for exiting the european union, had briefed the cabinet last month on the need to repair notjust for a negotiated settlement but also for a negotiated settlement but also for the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement could be reached. —— repair not just. ministers are said to be confident britain can achieve a positive new partnership with the eu, including competence of agreement on trade. ahead of tomorrow's debate, brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to leave the legislation unaltered. let's get more on this now from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. how significant is this intervention

by this committee of mps? will it have any influence? i think it will make people think again about what happens after brexit is triggered. of course, david davis wanting that legislation to go through, as the government would like go through without the amendments that the house of lords put forward, what they want is the government to commit to protecting the rights of eu citizens, also to giving parliament a say at the end of those negotiations. but certainly, eyes are negotiations. but certainly, eyes a re really negotiations. but certainly, eyes are really looking now at wendy article 50 process will be triggered, because if it does pass through the house of commons and the house of lords unscathed this week, potentially it could be triggered as soon as wednesday. then all eyes will look to what happens thereafter. you heard in that report that the brexit secretary has said that the brexit secretary has said that he is thinking about the potential of their being no deal at the end of it, but that is certainly not the outcome the government will

want. people will be looking at whether a not the government has made the necessary plans in case thatis made the necessary plans in case that is what ends up happening. thank you. there is lots of discussion about that in the papers this morning, we would come to those later on. the dutch government has prevented two turkish ministers from addressing a rally in rotterdam. dutch riot police used water canons on supporters of president erdogan of turkey overnight in rotterdam as a diplomatic row between the two countries intensifies. the crowds were incensed when a turkish minister was prevented from entering her consulate in the city and later deported from the netherlands to germany. sarah corker reports. in the centre of rotterdam, dutch riot police were brought in to disperse hundreds of pro— turkish demonstrators. they are angry because the dutch government banned a rally in the city about next month's referendum to expand the powers of the turkish president. these extraordinary scenes came just

hours after the turkish family minister was stop from entering her consulate in the city. —— was stopped. she was later detained and escorted out of the country. the netherlands had rocked —— blocked president erdogan's supporters from holding referendum rallies because of security concerns, but deporting an official takes this row to a new level. in ankara, protesters threw eggs at the dutch embassy. there we re eggs at the dutch embassy. there were demonstrations in istanbul as well. it all started on saturday when another minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands. that provoked these harsh words from president erdogan. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous, and cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the dutch prime minister described that fascist comparison as "crazy".

this row was intensifying, and these scenes mark a new low in diplomatic relations between turkey and the netherlands. the metropolitan police have been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. operation grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra £85,000. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. a bbc investigation has found taxi drivers who have had their licenses taken away from them are in some cases being handed another in different parts of the country. the findings have prompted the association of police and crime commissioners to renew calls to introduce a national database of taxi drivers in england and wales, as danni hewson reports. for 25 years, for 25 yea rs, steve for 25 years, steve mark lamarr was

the one behind the wheel of the taxi. for him, the safety of hostages has always been paramount, which is why he is supporting renewed calls for a national database of drivers. the most urgent thing that needs to be resolved as cross—border hiring, because at the moment, egg licensing... if we prohibit cross—border hiring, limit cross—border hiring, that goes some way to resolving the problem. the second thing that needs to be done is that we need a good standard of licensing that must apply to all authorities, a standard everybody has to comply with, and obviously of certain authorities want a high standard, that is great. currently, individual councils are responsible. but across local authorities, the requirements that need to be met before a licence is handed out can before a licence is handed out can be very different. some drivers refused a licence in one area may be approved in another. though all drivers undergo a criminal records check, it doesn't reveal if the driver has ever had a licence refused or revoked for behaviour that hasn't ended up in court. in

the wake of the robber on child sex abuse scandal, where it emerged hundreds of children had been sexually exploited ironmen, including taxi drivers, there were calls for tighter controls. in scotla nd calls for tighter controls. in scotland they already have a national database scotland they already have a national data base and some scotland they already have a national database and some believe without a similar system in england, passengers and other road users are being put at risk. the association for police and crime commission is has written again to the transport secretary, asking him to intervene. —— police and crime commission is. —— commissioners. "fake news" has hardly been out of the headlines in the last few weeks, and now the creator of the world wide web, sir tim berners—lee, has waded into the debate. in an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, sir tim unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news, and expressed concerns about how the web is being used. sir tim said he wanted to start to combat the misuse of personal data, which he said created a "chilling effect on free speech." the singerjoni sledge who, with her three sisters,

had a number of disco hits in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 60. the band sister sledge was formed in 1971 with their biggest hit we are family hitting the charts eight years later. three of the sisters have continued to record music, last performing together in october last year. they had high hopes, but lincoln city's historic fa cup run has finally come to an end. the first non—league side to reach the quarterfinals in over a century lost 5—0 to arsenal yesterday. almost 9,000 lincoln fans made the trip to north london and roared their side on till the end, and despite the heavy defeat, they weren't going home with heavy hearts, as adam wild reports. even when faced with the impossible... lincoln city! somehow, some will always find a little hope. nine thousands lincoln city fans making the journey, all armed with

the same simple question: what if? even against the superstars of arsenal, lincoln refuse to know their place. nathan arnold's search and shot was so nearly the moment that lincoln management stream golf. for half—time, those dreams were fading, theo walcott putting arsenal ahead. from there, they didn't look back. olivier giroud added a second, before the moment lincoln's luck deserted them altogether. luke waterfall putting the ball into his own net. arsenal added two more to make it five. lincoln's astonishing run was brought to an abrupt end. for lincoln, this perhaps was always an impossible task. but these fans had home with their heads held high, proud of their little bit of history that they have made, and pleased with the memories they are taking away. we got this far and we have done well. i think maybe we could have done a bit better, but you can't blame the team, you can't blame danny. it was a great day! it is fine. the 45 minutes we managed

it. arsene wenger was worried sick. that is the best team that he can put out, which is a testament to lincoln, really. it is arsenalwho go on to wembley, but it is lincoln who have written this story. beaten, yes, proud, undoubtably. it's not just the streets that are turning green in chicago to mark st patrick's day — the river is too! for over 40 years the city has been dying its river green the saturday before st paddy's day. it takes around 45 minutes for it to be turned completely green like this. it's part of the wider celebrations which sees musicians and performers parading through the streets of the windy city. depending on which direction the wind is blowing, the city's river can stay green for days. it isa it is a bit like the olympic diving pool it is a bit like the olympic diving pool, do you remember that? yes, thatis pool, do you remember that? yes,

that is what the bright green, though, rather than just sludge green. good morning, this is bbc brea kfast. green. good morning, this is bbc breakfast. let's look at the newspapers. the front of the sunday times, as you would expect, it is the news of the six nations yesterday, of course, england beating scotland in that final. but also the headline there, gchq: russian cyber threats to uk elections. gchq is of course the central government intelligence agency, calling an emergency summit with britain's political parties, warning them that they are at risk of russian cyber attacks during the next general election. and a cross— party next general election. and a cross—party committee of mps warning that there will be problems if the uk does not plan for no deal at the end of exit negotiations. at the moment we arejust end of exit negotiations. at the moment we are just at the start of trying to trigger this process. that could formalised in the next couple of weeks depending on votes in the house of commons and the house of lords. after that, the whole thorny business of actually coming up with

some kind of deal begins. what these mps are saying is, if we do not get a deal, what is the plan? david davis, the brexit secretary, has been criticised for saying that we cannot plan for that, we don't know. they are saying that we need a plan. that story is also on the front of the sunday telegraph. their political leaders the cabinet war of the budget shambles. a furious row over who is to blame over the budget shambles erupted last night, they say, our city most that the cabinet was never briefed that the tory ma nifesto was never briefed that the tory manifesto was being breached. philip hammond spent on our breathing the cabinet but failed to mention that rise in tax for the self—employed. lots more on that, england winning in scotland and six nations as well. that is in the sport with richard after 6:30am. you are watching brea kfast after 6:30am. you are watching breakfast with bbc news. the main stories: a committee of mps as the government will be guilty of a serious direction of duty if it does not prepare for the possibility that

brexit negotiations could end without an agreement. —— a dereliction of duty. dutch police have used water cannon to break up a demonstration by turkish supporters in rotterdam. also coming up, mike has been taken for a 115 mph spin by one of the teenagers hoping to make this an historic season for young women in motorsport. let's ta ke women in motorsport. let's take our first look at what the weather is doing this morning. louise has the details for us. that looks nice, but is that this morning? this is northern ireland, the sunset of what was a beautiful day where we saw temperatures at 16 degrees yesterday afternoon, the wallace day of the year so far in northern ireland. almost the warmest day of the year so far, just shy by a few points of a degree. fast forward

today, it is a mess. showery aspect of rain, and putting some detail and will be difficult. rain pushing up from the isle of wight towards the london area as we speak. not too heavy the moment. behind it a break in the cloud and they will be some sunshine before another frontal system sunshine before another frontal syste m m oves sunshine before another frontal system moves through. so two main areas of rain, and going to be a nuisance today but in between the two, likely to cross through the spine of the country, we could see some decent and temperatures will respond a little. but it will be a messy picture, i suspect, for many of us. so we start off with the middle of the afternoon across the south—east, where through lincolnshire, east anglia and down into the london area, not as warm as yesterday, around 13 degrees. not so bad through the spine of the country and that next front ringing showery outbreaks across wales and north—west england. for scotland and northern ireland, a slightly quieter day with a bit of brightness into the afternoon. a messy old story so

much of sunday, as we come out of sunday we will see some clearer skies and a touch of light frost possible but are predominantly dry nights are many. some showery bits and pieces up into the far north of the country. as we move out of sunday towards monday, through the day, well, we will see this ridge of high pressure are looking from the west. that will quieten things down quite considerably for most of us, so not a bad start to the new working week. a good deal of dry weather in the story. more sunshine returns and as a consequence of temperatures will be up around 16 degrees. at a monday into tuesday, a weather front will move through. very wea k weather front will move through. very weak affair, not much in the way of rain on it. predominantly dry for most of us and it looks as though this dry theme is set to continue into the middle part of the week. so on tuesday we will see temperatures peaking around 13 or 14 degrees. there will be some cloud and outbreaks of showery rain in that weather front. wednesday, mostly dry, fairly cloudy but if we get some breaks than temperatures

will respond. i will be back to train pinpoint the detail of that rain throughout the rest of the morning. you have tidied up the mess for us quite nicely. we will be back with a summary of the news at 6:30am. now it is time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, as ever, 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. the love witch, a stylish dream, and we have elle. isabelle huppert on song in a controversialfilm. does the world need another king kong film?

need is a strong word. but want... it's the land that time forgot meets apocalypse now. john goodman manages 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, am i? 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 hiddlestone as a tracker. brie larson as a photographer. 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? that'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 swirling and we're not getting the stupid fast edits that have made so much of this kind of cinema a headache. what you always get with this kind of movie is a battle between the director and what they want, their quirky

personal vision, and what the producers want. it's a matter of who wins what battles. i think he won more battles than he lost. i enjoyed it. there are things that are creaky, 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 think you have to check your brain in. ok, "i didn't get bored", says mark. that's going on the poster! the love witch, 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 milieu of beyond the valley of the dolls. it's a white witch's

spell all men fall under. it's like a technicolour dream. a magical incantation and extraordinary detail. i mean, the strange thing about it, there's also a lot 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, a pastiche, a homage, 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 boundary crossing tale of sexual violence, by the director who made showgirls, and has a track record of overstepping certain lines. on the other it's a showcase for isabelle huppert, cinema's most fearlessly independent screen presence. she plays a businesswoman who is grotesquely attacked at the beginning of the film and then almost doesn't

seem to respond. she won't go to the police, not least because as a child she was caught up in the arrest of her monstrous father and was, in her mind, betrayed by the police. here is a clip. 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 this. the director wanted to do it in america but they couldn't get the cast or the financing there. 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 sang froid and the 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 which shows

what you can do with a superhero movie when you try to turn it into a movie about ageing. 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/markkermode and you can catch up on our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer.

so, happy cinema going. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. coming up before seven louise will have a full weather forecast for you. but first at 6:29, a summary of this morning's main news. an influential committee of mps has today warned that government would be guilty of "a serious dereliction of duty" if it fails to plan for brexit talks ending without a deal. the legislation to start the exit process will be debated in parliament tomorrow. the commons foreign affairs committee has said there is a real possibility that discussions with the eu could end in failure. brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to reject the amendments put forward by the house of lords. he says theresa may must be allowed to get on with the job of negotiating terms with the eu. he will ask parliament to throw out amendments to protect the rights of

eu citizens living in the uk and to allow free meaningful vote in the commons on the final deal. —— allow fora. dutch riot police have used water cannons to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam, as a diplomatic row between the two countries escalates. more than 1,000 people gathered outside the building when turkey's foreign minister, who was due to address a rally, had his plane turned away from the city's airport because of security concerns. turkey's president erdogan responded by calling the dutch government "nazi remnants and fascists." the metropolitan police have been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. operation grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra 85,000 pounds. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. a bbc investigation has found taxi drivers who've had their licenses taken away from them are in some cases being handed another in different parts of the country. the findings have prompted the association of police

and crime commissioners to renew calls to introduce a national data base of taxi drivers in england and wales. you can hear more on that story on the bbc‘s 5live investigates at 11 o'clock this morning. the singerjoni sledge who, with her three sisters, had a number of disco hits in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 60. the band sister sledge was formed in 1971 with their biggest hit we are family hitting the charts eight years later. three of the sisters have continued to record music, last performing together in october last year. "fake news" has hardly been out of the headlines in the last few weeks, and now the creator of the world wide web, sir tim berners—lee, has waded into the debate. in an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, sir tim unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news, and expressed concerns about how the web is being used. sir tim said he wanted to start

to combat the misuse of personal data, which he said created a "chilling effect on free speech." a turtle nicknamed jolly has been returned to the wild after having a partial flipper amputation. the 330—pound green sea turtle was hurt when she got tangled in crab lines. but after vets treated her she made a speedy recovery and was released off the florida keys last friday, just in time for the turtle nesting season. she is pretty big! good luck to her. shall we have a look at some of the back pages this morning? or one of them, at least. this probably tells them, at least. this probably tells the story of the game yesterday. hello, richard, by the way. jonathan josef, phenomenal performance for the england team yesterday. yes, man of the match, three tries. england hammered scotland, no two ways about it. 61- 21, hammered scotland, no two ways about it. 61— 21, retaining their six

nations title as well. they also equalled new zealand's record of 18 straight victories. so yes, it was a perfect day for england at twickenham. they can now look forward to next weekend's match against ireland with real confidence. a win in dublin would see eddiejones‘ side become the only team to win back—to—back grand slams since the six nations began. they ran in seven tries at twickenham, asjoe wilson reports. jj, two letters, two legs, too much for scotland. jonathan josef started the game, but he was england's finisher. pace and angle, attacking, running. it has in the efforts of by running. it has in the efforts of rugby ever since somebody picked up a ball. —— has been the essence of by. a ball. —— has been the essence of rugby. england now have to match any in its history, at least statistically. —— now have a team to match. by the time josef completed his hat—trick early in the second half, the game was settled. scotland persevered, hampered by early indiscipline and injuries, but as

they made clear, they were not here to be plucky losers. their recent performances have merited more than that. on this day, everything clicked for england. for tries get your bonus point. 7mate a serious impression. so the six nations is one, and eddiejones‘ england is still unbeaten. we have got good players. they now have a mindset of wanting to be the best in the world. they want to keep improving. and if we keep with that mindset, keep working hard, we will be the best in the world. the memory of this match will linger long after the sponsors‘ logo is removed from the twickenham pitch. the calcutta cup is a legacy of history. eddie jones pitch. the calcutta cup is a legacy of history. eddiejones and england are looking to the future, and not just to dublin next weekend. his project is building towards the next world cup. and he likes trophies. in the day‘s other game, france ran in four tries against italy to seal a bonus point victory by 40 points to 18 in rome. italy had gone in front through sergio parisse‘s try early on, but they now look destined once

again for the wooden spoon. england‘s women have set up a grand slam decider with ireland next week after thrashing scotland 64 points to nil. winger kay wilson set a new six nations record with seven tries during the game as england maintained their 100 per cent record during this year‘s competition. ireland also maintained their perfect run of results beating wales by 12 points to 7 at cardiff arms park thanks to hannah tyrrell‘s winning try. leicester are through to the final of the anglo—welsh cup after beating saracens by 32 points to 10. the tigers ran in four tries at allianz park, the pick of which was this effort from freddie burns twelve minutes from the end. leicester will face exeter or harlequins who play the other semi—final this afternoon. the final takes place at the stoop on saturday. ulster ran in ten tries to beat bottom club zebre in the pro 12. the 68—21 win gives them a bonus point and takes them above scarlets

into fourth in the table. non—league side lincoln city‘s remarkable run in the fa cup is over. they were beaten 5—0 by arsenal who progress to the semi—finals. lincoln were the first non league side to reach this stage of the competition for over a century. and joining arsenal in the last four are manchester city, who won 2—0 at middlesbrough. tim hague reports. that fa cup run of 2016—17 finally atan end that fa cup run of 2016—17 finally at an end for nonleague lincoln city, with history and multiple memory is made. more came at arsenal. in fact, the underdogs could have gone ahead against the 12 time winners. otto chanced that was. but despite losing five of their last seven games, the hosts had so much quality, and it eventually showed. commentator: theo walcott! arsenal have the lead on the stroke of half—time. have the lead on the stroke of half-time. relief for some, disappointment for others. it was not too surprising, really. 87

places separated the sides, and we saw it in the second half. olivier giroud made it 2—0, before an own goal and then something from sanchez wrapping the game up. alexis sanchez, brilliantly placed! while they got fired in the end, given what lincoln have done, it didn‘t really matter. they have changed history. there is a reason why no nonleague team in the last 100 years have been able to reach the last eight of the fa cup, and the fact that they have, that should make them mightily proud. of course we are disappointed with loss. —— we lost. but we are able to draw breath, we are pretty proud of what we have achieved in this fa cup. and pep guardiola can be proud of manchester city‘s cup run as well. they have been away in every round, beating middlesbrough 2—0, away of course, yesterday. city are on their way to wembley again. and while there will be no appearance at the home of football for lincoln city, they found their home in the hearts

of football fa ns they found their home in the hearts of football fans all over the world. hull city kept their chances premier league survival alive with a two nil win over fellow relegation strugglers swansea city. two goals from on loan oumar niasse helped them to victory. they remain in the bottom three, one point from safety, while swansea are three points clear of the drop zone. bournemouth have pulled further away from the bottom three after a dramatic 3—2 win over west ham. josh king missed a penalty...but scored a hat—trick, including the last minute winner. they are now six points clear of the relegation zone. west ham are without a league win in four matches. at the other end of the table, everton narrowed the gap on 6th—placed manchester united with a 3—0 win over west brom. kevin mirallas, morgan schneiderlin and romelu lukaku all scoring for ronald koeman‘s side it‘s the old firm derby at midday today and new rangers manager pedro caixinha will be watching from the stands. celtic will re—establish a 27—point lead at the top with victory. second—placed aberdeen beat

motherwell yesterday and fourth placed hearts narrowed the gap on third place rangers to five points with a 4—0 thrashing of hamilton academical. there were also wins for kilmarnock and stjohnstone. partick drew with inverness. andy murray has been knocked out of the indian wells tournament in california at the second round — it‘s often seen as the fifth grand slam. the world number one lost to canadian qualifier vasek pospisil in straight sets 6—4, 7—6. after being knocked out of the australian open in the 4th round, murray would‘ve been hoping for much better, as he‘d just won the dubai championship. pospisi is ranked 128 places below murray. elise christie has become the first british woman to win a title at the world short track speed skating championships. christie claimed gold in the 1500m finishing just ahead of her nearest rival. the win represents an excellent comeback for christie who was contemplating leaving the sport after being disqualified from all three of her events at the 2014 winter olympics. chris and gabby adcock

lost in the semi finals of the all england open badminton. the married pair had a match point against their chinese opponents in the third set butjust when they least needed it, chris broke a string and they lost the rally. lu and huang won the next two points to prevent the adcocks becoming the first british pair in a decade to reach the final marco fu will facejudd trump in the final of snooker‘s players championship later today after beating ding junhui in a tense final—frame decider in llandudno. fu was trailing 5—3 but fought back to level at 5—5. he then produced a confident 98 to seal his third successive frame and a place in the final. tea m team sky‘s durant thomas took second place on stage for taroona added to

go while adam yates was close behind to go up to second overall in the race. “— to go up to second overall in the race. —— tireno adriatico. thomas was 18 seconds be high and. he is eighth in the standings. there are three stages left to try to overhaul the 33 second. let‘s hope he can do that. going back to the by, he can do that. going back to the rugby, eddie jones has he can do that. going back to the rugby, eddiejones has already said he does not want england to take their eye off the ball. he has used their eye off the ball. he has used the word greatness to describe what they could do if they set this new world record of consecutive victories. you know what, they meet in ireland, obviously. that is in double and in a week, isn‘t it? —— in dublin in a week. it was thought that might be the grand slam decider, which it will not be on this occasion, and ireland will be doing absolutely everything they can to stop that from happening. yes, the last thing the irish want is for

england to be parading the grand slam around dublin. many people expected it to be the decider, but still, what a game we have to look forward to. i am not saying the result should have been any different, but scotland were unlucky to lose stuart hogg so early. they were. arguably the most exciting player in world rugby at the moment is stuart hogg. they lost in very early, with that symbian. they were u nfortu nate, early, with that symbian. they were unfortunate, but england just cut loose. you might remember yesterday we showed you pick shares of that huge 3000 —year—old statue that was found ina mud 3000 —year—old statue that was found in a mud pit in cairo. yes, it has been hailed by egypt‘s antiquities ministry as one of the most significant finds ever. so could there be more ancient treasures in there be more ancient treasures in the area? and what more do we know about the one that has been discovered? we can speak to doctor joyce tyldesley, an archaeologist and egyptologist from the university of manchester. take us back to the

specific statue, how significant is it as specific statue, how significant is itasa specific statue, how significant is it as a find, and how was it discovered? there has been a team working on that site for some time. it is known that it was a major temple to the sun god, but to find this statue is fantastic because it shows they are looking in the right place, and it shows the potential of what i —— what else might be found. they knew something might be there, each at has a lot of temple sites. tourists go to each of them go south to luxor, and look at the temples they are. but there were lots of big temples in each at two the gods, but they have not survived in the same way as some ring like karnac temple in the south. —— something. way as some ring like karnac temple in the south. -- something. we are looking at pictures here, and quite clearly it is in a difficult place to excavate. it is underneath buildings, it is underneath rubble, it is underneath rubbish. how do they know, when you find something like that, how do you know that it is significant? it is huge, for a

start. and it is a temple site. anything you find there is going to be significant. but if you look at the size of it, it is about 26 feet tall. it is massive. that would have been very hard to produce, it is made of a very hard stone. the cost of getting it from the quarry, transporting it and directing it, it suggests it is a very important piece. you say it is a temple site. is there an expectation they will be more there than just this statue? yes, there might well be. it is already in the courtyard of the temple, we know that it was the courtyard. we would expect this temple not just to courtyard. we would expect this temple notjust to be one fairly small building, but a lot of associated buildings as well. small building, but a lot of associated buildings as weltm small building, but a lot of associated buildings as well. it is amazing, it is a reminder when we hear about stories like this, just how sophisticated and advanced a society like ancient egypt was, when you compare it to an equivalent time in britain, when we were basically building roundhouses, they were building roundhouses, they were building this gigantic statues and temples. ramses ii himself, who was he? he was a king who reigned for a

very long time, 67 years, which is a fantastic amount of time. even today thatis fantastic amount of time. even today that is a long rain, but in ancient egypt, even if you are an elite egyptian you could not expect to live much beyond 50. it is a phenomenal rain, and it gave him time to be military campaigns. he was a very ambitious king, wasn‘t it? yes, and he put his name all over egypt. even with this statue, although it might well be a statue of him, it could actually be an earlier king, in mine tape, which he has borrowed and put his own name on it. -- has borrowed and put his own name on it. —— imhonotep. he had this habit of taking other people's monuments. given the location of that it might well be that this is an earlier king who has been repurposed as ramses how easy is it something this big? ayr it is really easy, it has been smashed up in antiquity and is

coming out in pieces, this is how it was abandoned. and the dirt on the soil encroaches on the site, it gets abandoned, people start to live around it and it gets lost. we have lost loads of stuff in egypt, there are pyramids and royal tombs which are pyramids and royal tombs which are missing, so this is not surprising. and is expected that this will go in the new museum in cairo alongside all sorts of things which are so important the age. as we said, we would imagine there will bea we said, we would imagine there will be a lot more found on this site so there could be a lot more found. that is up to egyptian authorities and it would be a difficult thing to move but something special will be planned for it when it is finally got out of the soil. what led you into this particular field got out of the soil. what led you into this particularfield of got out of the soil. what led you into this particular field of study? where does your interests come from? i was at school when the tutankhamen exhibition toured and a lot of my generation were really influenced by that and i lived in the north—west of england and we have a lot of egyptology exhibitions up here. it

isa egyptology exhibitions up here. it is a fantastic subject and it has something for everyone in geography, history and language, and the more you learn, the more there is to learn. i think it is amazing, the rich history which is underneath our feet. all those people walking around in it, and we have no idea what they are walking on top of, do we? we don't know what we are walking on top of here, either?‘ slightly flimsy tv set! this will not be here in thousands of years. it is really nice to see you, thank you very much. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: a committee of mps says the government will be guilty of a serious dereliction of duty if it doesn‘t plan for the possibility that brexit negotiations could end without agreement. dutch riot police have used water cannons to break up a demonstration by turkish supporters in rotterdam. here is louise with a look at this morning‘s weather.

a bit ofa a bit of a mixed bag, is it a bit ofa mixed bag, is it fairto say? it is a great phrase, which says a lot and sums up today‘s story really perfectly. i‘m concentrating ona really perfectly. i‘m concentrating on a beautiful day for some of us. northern ireland, 16. 18 on the london area but a lot of cloud sandwich between the two and that brought drizzly outbreaks of rain. fast forward a few hours, and this is the story at the moment. there are two weather fronts moving across the country at no great pace and producing drizzly bits and pieces which may pepper down towards the south as we go through the morning. another one hot on the heels, and as it drifts inland, it will produce a band of cloud and nuisance showers through the afternoon. so i suspect this morning there will be some wet weather across the south coast and up weather across the south coast and up into the south—east corner. behind it a good slice of sunshine.

you might be lucky and launched the worst of the weather. by the middle of the afternoon it will not feel the same as it did yesterday in the south—east. maximum temperatures around 12 or 13 degrees and there will be some rain stretching up in the lincolnshire and parts of east yorkshire. behind it, hopefully this window is slightly dry and brighter weather, but in wales some showery bits and pieces of rain, and across the lake district as well. for scotla nd the lake district as well. for scotland and northern ireland you will not fare too badly, not as warm as yesterday, a bit fresher but largely dry. the risk of a few sharp, possibly thundery showers later on in the day. as we go through the night we see some clearer skies as the rain eases away and it will be a colder night and the ones just past. let‘s concentrate on those temperatures in a little more detail, because it looks as though we could, in rural areas, see temperatures in those clear skies low enough for a touch of light frost which is worth airing in mind if you are a gardener and/or a grower. as we move into monday,

high pressure will build from the south—west and there will not be too much on the way of significant rain for the early half of the week, if you are out and about, and with some sunshine at this time of year, it is quite strong now, we will get some warmth again. 16 degrees is not out of the question across the london area. and as i say, predominantly dry. the next couple of days and tuesday into wednesday look mostly cloudy. bits and pieces of showery rain from cloudy. bits and pieces of showery rainfrom a cloudy. bits and pieces of showery rain from a weak weather front nothing but nothing particularly significant. it promises to be a historic season for young women in motorsport. later in the programme we will be joined by 18—year—old jamie chadwick, the youngest woman to race in formula 3. but, before that, mike went for a spin with an endurance racer who came second when she made her debut in the gt cup championship last season, and is aiming to go one better this time round. esmee hawkey is also only 18. let‘s see her in action. another day at the office for

trainee accountant esmee hawkey. on her way to work in the city of london. but there is another side to this 18—year—old, another world in which she uses those accountancy skills to keep her alive. it is hard to believe she is still only 18, and now she is putting those angles and sums into good use at all the major motor racing circuits around the uk, and some in europe as well, as she blazes trail for young women in the gt cup championship. at least this season she doesn‘t have to worry about her a—levels as well. season she doesn‘t have to worry about her a-levels as well. you are a lwa ys about her a-levels as well. you are always working out where you need to be for the corner, how fast you are

going into a corner to make the corner. the guys don‘t like it, to say the least. they don‘t like a girl coming past them. but yes, i think once you show who is boss, you just become a competitor at the end of the day. as she goes for the gta title in endurance racing, no one can believe she is making her debut only a decade after her 19th birthday. the fastest female i have seenin birthday. the fastest female i have seen ina birthday. the fastest female i have seen in a long time, esmee hawkey wins is in fine style. that cutting experience, age nine, had transformed her life. experience, age nine, had transformed her lifelj experience, age nine, had transformed her life. i was doing ballet and tap dancing and things like that. i love the speed and the adrenaline. esmee hawkey pass the test first time last year, and i got a taste of her extreme, on the edge handling skills. speeds of over 150 mph while being thrown around by the

g —forces. mph while being thrown around by the g-forces. i don't really get scared. i think the adrenaline just builds up i think the adrenaline just builds up so much, you just get on with it. i believe it or not, esmee hawkey is a smooth, careful driver. not too aggressive, and wearing the tyres, and make sure they last until the end of the race. it gets really hot, and you need to be able to cope with the steering, because it gets quite tiring on yourarms, the steering, because it gets quite tiring on your arms, and things like that. my stomach, my head, my senses are all over the place. and that was five laps. you do that for 50 minutes. yes, 50 minutes. i have eight —year—olds, nine—year—old, same age as me coming up and speaking to me and saying it is great, what you do, and i would love to get into this. and i say to them, i started karting, you can. mike bushell reporting there. in an attempt to cut back on street furniture last year, the government gave local authorities the power to remove unnecessary road signs. but, in the last week, legal rulings have gone against both lancashire county council and nottingham city council

forfining drivers for using bus lanes without adequate signage. so is the attempt to declutter leaving more drivers unclear on what the rules of the road actually are? caroline sheppard is the chief adjudicator at the traffic penalty tribunal. very good morning to you, nice to see you. let‘s start with that idea of decluttering. you sort of see the purpose of it, the idea to make the places we live much nicer, more clea n, places we live much nicer, more clean, and simple. but that relies on local knowledge when it comes to things like road rules, especially things like road rules, especially things like road rules, especially things like bus lanes. how big a problem is that? it is an increasing problem, and you can understand why they want to do it, and some of these initiatives are fantastic people are unfamiliar with the area or returning to it after the scheme has been put in place, they don‘t

necessarily know what to do. so it isa necessarily know what to do. so it is a question of whether you have lots of warning signs and then the traditional signs for bus lanes, or whether in fact there are other ways that you need to educate the public to appreciate the environment in the engineering of the environment that they have created. and this is where they have created. and this is where the problem seems to be occurring. in one of these cases, then, we had an appeal by a number of individuals which led to this decision that actually they would refund anyone who put in an appeal, just because the new bus lanes were not clearly shown. when you introduce a new bus lane, as there a system that you have to follow to make sure you adequately tell people, warned them, and is there a kind of grace period than in case you get it wrong? they have to consult. there are all sorts of systems in place before they do it, but unfortunately what seems to happen is that the part of the councils or the authorities that are responsible for enforcing these things, and the cameras, and things,

they don‘t necessarily work this out at the beginning of the scheme. and so suddenly people start arriving and don‘t understand it, and that is when they start complaining and appealing to us about it. and ultimately the adjudicator has to decide whether in fact the signs we re decide whether in fact the signs were adequate to bring to the attention of road users that they shouldn‘t be doing it. the other problem is that a lot of these restrictions are not 24/7, they mainly apply in the rush—hour, or at the end of the day, and you have to decide by reading the signs whether you can go down there or not. the other thing, can i ask, about lancashire county council, they have said people are entitled to a refund but they had to apply for it. can they not just automatically but they had to apply for it. can they notjust automatically refund they notjust automatically refund the fines? this is absolutely nothing to do with us. however, there was one scheme where this had

happened in the past and the council said the everybody, look, it will cost us an arm and leg to pay you back individually, so shall we give the money to the local hospice? everybody said, yes, you do that, you get my £30 to the local hospice and more than 1 you get my £30 to the local hospice and more than1 million you get my £30 to the local hospice and more than 1 million went to the local hospice instead of paying it back individually. but this is entirely a matter for individual councils. and the figures suggest it is absolutely worth appealing, because you are very much likely to succeed if you appeal. yes, because we have this new online system which is very easy to use, and we want to ta ke is very easy to use, and we want to take the hassle out of appealing, because a lot of people think it is very bureaucratic but you can upload pictures, and importantly view the video evidence and comment on it. what do you need to prove? video evidence and comment on it. what do you need to prove7m video evidence and comment on it. what do you need to prove? it is up to you, really. if you want to go back and take ages, but often you don‘t. if you are a visitor you don‘t. if you are a visitor you don‘t want to drive back there and ta ke don‘t want to drive back there and take them. but the council upload their pictures and you can comment on it, so you can see them online,

add your comment, send a message saying you don‘t understand this, the adjudicator will explain it, and if necessary you can have a telephone conversation with the adjudicator. so it is very easy to do this, but quite often the councils just... when they see what you have said or you said that you took a particular route, they will say actually, do you know, fair enough, and they won‘t contest it. so that sometimes happens very quickly. so it is absolutely worth appealing if you think you have been caught out. thank you for talking to us. you can get in touch with us about this. the department for transport said road users should not be placed in a situation where they didn‘t know what restrictions were in place. it said the department does produce guidance on signage, but it was up to local authorities to decide where best to place them. still to come on breakfast: we will have an in—depth look through the sunday papers in about 20 minutes‘ time. that is after the headlines, injust a moment. stay with us. hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. failure to prepare for a breakdown in brexit talks would be a serious "dereliction of duty,"

according to mps. the warning for the government comes ahead of a debate on the eu exit bill. the brexit secretary is calling for the house of commons not to "sabotage" the process. good morning, it‘s sunday the 12th of march. riot police break up a rally in support of the turkish president in rotterdam after he described the dutch as "fascists." renewed calls for a centralised database for taxi drivers in england