this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: # deep down in louisiana close to new orleans # way back up in the woods among the evergreens # musicians around the world pay tribute to rock'n'roll pioneer chuck berry, who's died aged 90. than 200 metropolitan police officers, taking place in a terrorist exercise on the river thames. a one—year—old boy dies and a girl of the same age is in a critical condition, after both were seriously injured in north london. alleged rape victims in england and wales may not have to face cross—examination in court, under new government proposals to be introduced in september. and an unmanned cargo craft makes

its way back to earth, preparing to splash down in the pacific ocean. good morning and welcome to bbc news. tributes are being paid to chuck berry — the singer and guitarist who's died at the age of 90. in missouri yesterday, but were unable to revive him. a rock and roll pioneer — his hits such as roll over beethoven and johnny b goode helped define the genre, and influenced artists like the rolling stones and the beatles. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. # deep down in louisiana close to new orleans # way back up in the woods among the evergreen # there stood a log cabin made of earth and wood # where lived a country boy named johnny b goode...# johnny b goode. # sweet little 16. ..# sweet little 16. # it's a jumpin' little record i want myjockey to play...# roll over beethoven.

if any one person could claim to have invented rock'n'roll, it was chuck berry. # maybellene, why can't you be true...# his formula — take rhythm and blues, mix it with country and add electric guitar and sing about the stuff that teenagers care about. that's why i wrote about school. half of the young people go to school. and i wrote about life. half of the people have cars, i wrote about cars and mostly all the people, if they're not now, they'll soon be in love. charles berry was born in st louis, missouri. as a teenager, he spent time in prison for armed robbery, he married young, trained as a hairdresser and his hobby was guitar. # maybellene. ..# it was muddy waters who suggested he record a song at the legendary chess studios. of course, he was only one of many rock'n'roll pioneers. and another spell in prison, a conviction for immorality with a 14—year—old girl, halted his career. # up in the mornin' and out to school #

when he re—emerged, he discovered that his sound was sweeping america. he was, though, something of a loner. sometimes, he wouldn't even hand out a set list. he knew everyone would know the songs. and he wasn't always easy to get on with, richards, found out. you got to live with it, afterwards. i've been living for 60 years with it! i know that! ok, well then realise it! but is it going to be here, after we're all dead and gone? it ain't you and me... oh, i ain't dying. but, asjohn lennon said, if you wanted to give rock'n'roll another name, you might call it chuck berry. chuck berry who has died at the age of 90. a one—year—old boy has died and a girl, who's also one,

isin a critical condition 7 7 of an incident in north london. officers went to the address in the finsbury park a re; late last night.— with serious injuries. they were taken to hospital, where the boy later died. detectives investigating the incident. police say no arrests have been made, but enquiries are under way. we can speak to our correspondent. what can you tell £1 the incident what can you tell us? the incident happened in the building behind me, actually flats. neighbours have said that late last night the mother of the children started screaming, crying for help, "my kids, my kids!" eyewitnesses have said that. road eyewitnesses have said that the road was full of police the vehicles,

being treated as a major incident. the children taken to - in the children taken to hospital in east london, and the little boy sadly died this morning. the little girl, critical condition. the police have said that postmortem examinations are yet to be carried out, and this morning we saw police officers doing house to house enquiries, asking neighbours if they could come in to their houses, search, looking for a suspect. we know that the police helicopter was also sent out to look for a suspect at finsbury park mosque we are expecting a press conference later, with more details from the police. thank you. concern among mps today,

that they may not be allowed second jobs in the future, that is after george osborne mp accepted the job as editor of the evening standard. parliament is to discuss the rules later this week. our correspondent told me that public attitudes have changed about what is expected from mps. they want mps to be as dedicated as possible, but they do not want people who have just been politicians all of their lives. it isa politicians all of their lives. it is a bit ofa politicians all of their lives. it is a bit of a contradiction. the group that oversees this in parliament, who have got to ensure that mps have enough time to do their job, that mps have enough time to do theirjob, came up with rules. all theirjob, came up with rules. all the parties agreed with that, that when you are standing for office you will kill your constituents what you are planning. and if they e to are planning. and if they want to vote for you, you can take that second e the george osborne mp is

second job. the george osborne mp is has triggered concern among other mps, how could he possibly have attained to do thatjob? the chair of the committee has told the bbc, we need to renew debate about mps having second jobs, and to have a meeting about that on thursday. and that would affect all mps? what have they said about george was on? on the andrew marr show this morning, some high profile figures, had been passed. this is what ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said. ithought, better than me! i spent ten years as a journalist and ten as an mp. it is a journalist and ten as an mp. it is a pretty busy week. i am not sure if you could do both at the same time. some scepticism, that reflects most

of the mps, tony blair was also asked. having those jobs, i do not know if that is doable, but it is good for the evening standard. why not? he is highly capable and it should make politics more interesting. two points. sceptical see has any team, and tony blair, also a supporter of the remain side, welcoming him perhaps for political reasons. just days from triggering article 50. tony blair, getting into the brexit debate? heat also jumped into what the labour party should be doing. this is what he said about what people could realise about the pitfalls going forward through negotiations. as you go down this path, the british people could realise three things. one, the gain

was a realise three things. one, the gain wasa rake, realise three things. one, the gain was a rake, the pain, substantial, and the distractions, enormous, when you have got help cure, education, immigration. he did not say that he wa nted immigration. he did not say that he wanted a second referendum, but giving the impression that certainly giving the impression that is what we should do. and he was asked about the labour party. he was getting into the front seat, probably pushing jeremy corbyn to the site. going to do everything to ensure that they get a fair deal. thank you. flights to and from orly airport in paris have resumed after a man was shot dead by security forces after trying to seize a soldier's gun. according to officials. he was "ready to die for allah" and had tried to take the soldier's weapon before he was shot. french prosecutors say he had been

radicalised while in prison north korea's state media says its military has tested a new high—performance rocket engine. the country's state news agency said leader kim jong—un declared the test "a new birth" for the north's rocket industry and that the engine would help north korea achieve world—class satellite launch capability. the announcement came as the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, was meeting with his chinese counterpart. xijinping, that president trump looks forward to "enhancing understanding" between china and the lls, as ouerinaeciitolr an upbeat meeting between the chinese president and america's us—china relations are headed. but even as these actors 1—5—5? iii; i’e§;2%§f§§ they were upstaged by another. north korea announced the successful test of a high—thrust engine it's already warned that its nuclear

missiles will soon be able to reach us soil. mr tillerson asked china to do more to persuade its ally to give up its arsenal. only hours before he arrived, his boss had tweeted a complaint that north korea behaved "badly", "playing" the us for years, withéhifia dmhtttetfi—hetf but in beijing, mr tillerson was diplomatic. we share a common view and a sense that tensions on the peninsula and that things have reached a rather dangerous level. and we've committed ourselves to prevent any type of conflict from breaking out. but the us secretary of state is not the only one sending a message in north—east asia. web—magm- message, one of defiance, notjust to the the united states,

but also to north korea's frustrated ally, china. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. more than 200 metropolitan police officers taking part in an exercise, officers taking part in an exercise, ofa officers taking part in an exercise, of a simulated terrorist attack on the river thames. have a dozen people, due to hijack a craft, taking dozens of people hostage, and the metropolitan police have said the metropolitan police have said the exercise is not in response to any specific threat to the river, or the capital. we are at the scene of the capital. we are at the scene of the exercise. what are they going to be doing? in the last few seconds, that craft has arrived. you could

possibly say that at the front of the boat, an armed man, police volunteer, posing as a terrorist. this is the climax of the scenario. the storyline, that bought has been hijacked, and terrorists taking it to the city of london. and these aren'tgfiii-qls? they do not know aren't officers, they do not know the scenario, you can hear gunshots fired. this is an exercise, but it is dramatic, their aim is to get that boat and neutralise the threat. £21; that you

that boat and neutralise the threat. ii; that you can that boat and neutralise the threat. £21; that you can hear me. we have i hope that you can hear me. we have armed officers boarding the boat. train to keep people safe. we have got people being dispatched from across london. you can hear more shots. we have to stress, this is an exercise. the officers, cast to neutralise this threat. the police neutralisethistbceatcibepolice! have said this is part of the ongoing exercise. and as part of this, dummies thrown overboard. also going to be a recovery exercise. you can see the black ribs circling, specially trained firearmed officers, looking to neutralise this threat. we're having some difficulty hearing you. but just threat. we're having some difficulty hearing you. butjust to repeat for the audience, this is an exercise, not taking place for real. and the

metropolitan police have said they are not doing this in response to any specific threat, but certainly looks very real. absolutely. the people taking part in this do not know the storyline. at about nine know the storylinérfit about nine= o'clock this know the storylinarfit about nhte= o'clock this morning, a fake 999 call was made to the control centre, a p pa re ntly call was made to the control centre, apparently by somebody on board the boat, that they had been taken 565i; tee? tfieij fiéfifieefifirefi —— ~ , hostage. trying to make this as realistic as possible. it is not in response to any threat, according to the metropolitan police, but they had a review last year identifying the river thames as a potential weakness. the police, carrying out the biggest operation of this kind, on the river thames. but we saw yesterday, at what happened that one of those paris airports, the threat to the united kingdom remains as

rated severe. that means an attack could be highly likely. you can still see - armed officers, in still see those armed officers, in black, on board, it is difficult to make it from this distance exactly make it from this distance—exactly! is happening but we have got to what is happening but we have got to stress that this is an exercise. they aren't officers, neutralising the threat, and we have seen the advice to the metropolitan police change. previously, they could have been willing to enter hostage negotiations, but those armed officers have been told to confront the threat, and that is in response to attacks that i have the threat, and that is in response to attacks that. have seen at to attacks that we have seen at places like paris, the bataclan, mumbai. terrorists wanting to take as many lives as possible. this is the climax of this exercise. the helicopter also bought. the coast guard also involved. and the london

ambulance service, as well as the fire brigade. it does look london fire brigade. it does look extremely realistic, but they have chosen this relatively quiet stretch of water. because they do not to cause undue alarm. want but having invited cameras here, the metropolitan police want to show that they are training for people that they are training for these events. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: fellow musicians have paid tribute to chuck berry, the rock and roll star who has died at his home in missouri, aged 90. a one—year—old boy dies injured in north london. and the metropolitan police, taking pa rt and the metropolitan police, taking part ina and the metropolitan police, taking part in a simulated terrorist attack ga rt in a simulated terrorist attack i gs rt in a simulated terrorist sttscki the ga rt in a simulated terrorist attack i the river thames. scotland yard on the river thames. scotland yard has said the training exercise is has said the training—exercisgé = in response to any specific not in response to any specific threat. we can cross for the

good morning, "we're not perfect" — that, the simple assessment ended their unbeaten run and stopped them winning back to back grand slams. they did still pick up the overall title — dan roan reports from dublin. they're arrived here as champions, now england aimed to be record—brea kers. this team chasing history, rather than a trophy. ireland, however, had other ideas. the mood in dublin one of defiance. to prove, especially here, in a city still celebrating st patrick's day. in a game of shuddering intensity1 the tone was set early on. english hopes of grand slams have been dashed here before, and sustained irish pressure ended with ian henderson stretching over. england 10—3 down at half—time, and lucky not to be further behind. all of england's points came

from the boot of owen farrell. the deficit was cut to just four soon after the restart. but it was the irish who continued to pose the greater that. jared payne broke through, and thenjohnny sexton capping an amazing performance with this crucial kick. england, as so often in this campaign, turned to their bench for inspiration. but this time, it was lacking — the visitors were never really threatening. last year, ireland ended new zealand's 18—match winning streak, now they were denied another bid greatness. chastened, england were, at least, champions, hut themes! he»; reflect mam this was like a world cup final. you know, we got beaten 13—9. so you come away with a silver medal. it makes you want to get the gold medal. it was more about courage than class. there wasn't too much that we were able to put together, especially when the weather closed in a bit, but i thought in the first 20 minutes, that is where we built confidence in the game.

a night of mixed emotions, then for england, this will hurt, but could be the making of them. dan roan, bbc news, dublin. wales head coach rob howley questioned the integrity of france's victory in an extraordinary encounter that saw an incredible 20 minutes of stoppage time. trailing by five points, france drove over from close range and the subsequent conversion clinched the win. however, howley insists the french were wrongly able to bring back on a specialist scrummager by claiming he was earlier removed in the table. scotland won a third six nations match in the same campaign, for the first time in over a decade to send departing{each ,, , ~ ,,,,, , vern cotter out "on a high". they beat italy 29—0 at murrayfield. chelsea have a is—point lead at the top of the premier league with 'ust ten gamestoqo gary cahill‘s late winner secured a 2—1 win at stoke for antonio conte's side.

willian's free kick had given chelsea the lead with jonathan walters scoring for the home side. some important games to come in the premier league today. steve agnew takes charge of relegation—threatened middlesbrough for the first time. they face manchester united at midday. second—placed spurs can close the gap on chelsea to ten points with a win over southampton, before a huge clash between third placed manchester city and liverpool in fourth at the etihad stadium. britain's greatest ever female paralympian dame sarah storey, says she wants to close the gender gap in cycling. the 14 time paralympic gold medallist has launched team storey, a new elite women's team, alongside her husband barney, and is aiming is to get the riders competing at the highest level. british cycling do some amazing work at the grassroots for participation. over the last number of years since i've been in the sport, women's cycling has grown and grown and it continues to grow.

that is where we are with storey racing. we want to be part of that continued growth. we want to see women have equal opportunities to the guys, closing the gender gap. if you want to put our team into the men's cycling, we would be paid small wages. we are trying to make sure that we bring the women's side of the sport back up to the level of the men's and push forward with that integrity intact. that's all the sport for now. we will have the latest from manchester united's trip to middlesbrough later. nhs services are facing a "mission impossible" to meet the standards required by the government — that's according to the organisation representing nhs trusts in england. nhs providers say the funding allocated for the next financial year is not enough to meet growing patient demand and will hit targets like a&e waiting times. it says the warning is unprecedented. our health editor hugh pym reports. the budget, earlier this month, included new funding for social care and investment in a&e units in england.

nhs providers says that may ease of the pressure on hospitals, but there'll still be a yawning gap in the resources needed just to keep services ticking over. the organisation said it was unprecedented to warn, even before the financial year began, that it wouldn't be able to deliver the required standards of care. in england falling outside key care benchmarks, with 1.8 million waiting more than four hours in a&e, and more than a 100,000 waiting more than 18 weeks for routine surgery. this is the first time in recent nhs history that trusts are saying they cannot deliver the key accident and emergency and elective and that's before the year c c-.. - that is the first time ever that's actually happened, and i think that is a very worrying sign. that the nhs had a strong plan to improve performance, and that staff were working hard

to treat thousands more people each year within the a&e target. hugh pym, bbc news. nicola sturgeon has said it would be unreasonable for theresa may to put off ordering a second independence 5, 5e5, 51; for scotla nd, off ordering a second independence 5, 5e5, 51; for scotland, this off ordering a second independence 5i 5e5‘ 51; for scotland, this comes referendum for scotland, this comes as some have said that it is not as some—have—said—thag it is —ggt—= reflecting the well of the people of scotland. the first minister was askedif scotland. the first minister was asked if she would be willing to wait until 2021 for a second referendum. i do not think that is reaseeable; — referendum. i do not think that is -.— by referendum. i do not think that is by that point, scotland reasonable. by that point, scotland have been taken out of the eu, two yea rs have been taken out of the eu, two years elapsed, divergences opening up years elapsed, divergences opening up between the rules of the single uo betweefi theirules—ef thesifigle market, and then it gets much more difficult for scotland to seek a course. different but if she is

talking about the spring of 2019, later that i was talking about the spring of 2019, later that - i was suggesting, later that perhaps i was suggesting, we could have some room for discussion around that. we have got some breaking news. a man and two teenagers arrested on suspicion of child abduction, this was after two 13—year—old girls vanished, child abduction, this was after two 13—year—ol found vanished, child abduction, this was after two 13—year—ol found in nished, child abduction, this was after two 13—year—ol found in the ed, child abduction, this was after two 13—year—ol found in the early hours eventually found in the early hours of this morning, in birmingham. last seen on friday evening, after being seen on friday evening, after being seen getting off a bus at about 9pm. pair pa i r safe pair safe and well. getting the pair safe and well. getting specialist support. the police have said that the investigation is in full flow, and are - anybody full flow, and are asking anybody with information to call them. evidence in court under changes being brought forward

by the government. from september, a victim's cross—examination will be pre—recorded and played to the jury. the new scheme is being rolled out early after an agreement the move follows a trial involving child victims who said it made them feel less pressured and better able to recall events. we can get some reaction to this is this a good idea? i think story. is this a good idea? i think it is an absolutely brilliant idea. anything that can take away some of the pressure from any former victim or survivor of sexual violence, that is really good. when you are in a pressure situation, at a courtroom, you are to give really you are unlikely to give really good evidence, sought to be - to do evidence, sought to be able to do that calmly beforehand, that is excellent. and that is one of the things that came out of her pilot schemes, you were able to remember better, less stressed, not standing before the accused? absolutely. we

had a really good pilot at liverpool, about children victims, but this is across—the—board. it does not matter if you are an adult or child, in front of court, complete strangers, talking about co mpletestrangers, talking about‘ the worst thing that has ever happened to you, it is unimaginable. to be to happened to you, it is unimaginable. to be. to do happened to you, it is unimaginable. to be - to do that beforehand, it to be able to do that beforehand, it is the correct state. do you think this is going to help in the reporting of rate? the support has become available, but - is really become available, but what is really important for the support, the ”ie“? that important for the support, the fl that has important for the support, the "55 that has been brought in, service that has been brought in, the applicants working with those victims, from the time that they meet the report, all the way until believe the process. that same is