hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and roger johnson. police say the westminster attacker khalid masood acted alone and his motive may never be known. they also say the incident lasted just 82 seconds and there is no information to suggest further attacks are planned. the family of the police officer keith palmer who was killed have paid tribute to his selfless bravery and loving nature. good morning, it's sunday the 26th march. the clocks have gone forward! more than 30 people are injured after a suspected gas explosion destroys a building in the wirral. in sport, lewis hamilton says a fourth world championship is there for the taking. the season is underway with hamilton starting on pole for the first race in melbourne, australia.

a great pit stop by the ferrari team saw sebastian vettel emerge ahead of hamilton in melbourne. and chris has the weather. the warmest day of the year so far yesterday with temperatures reaching 19 in parts of aberdeenshire. more of these glorious blue skies and sunshine for all of us today. a full forecast coming up in the next half an hour. thank you very much, chris. good morning. first, our main story. police say they might never find out why khalid masood killed four people near the houses of parliament on wednesday scotland yard now say they believe he was acting alone. the family of pc keith palmer, who was killed by masood, have released a statement thanking those who were with him when he died. alexandra mackenzie reports. 82 seconds. that's all it took. in that time, khalid masood caused the deaths of three people on westminster bridge and injured many more. he crashed his car into the railings, ran through a gate at the houses of parliament and

stabbed pc keith palmer to death. last night, his family paid tribute to his selfless bravery, saying: police believe that masood carried out the terror attack on his own, but are trying to establish if he was encouraged or directed by others. questions remain unanswered about his route to radicalisation. he was a violent criminal before converting to islam more than a decade ago. since wednesday, 11 people have been arrested. all have now been released except for a 58—year—old manfrom birmingham. detained under the terrorism act, he can be held without charge for 14 days. members of the public have come to the scene of wednesday's attack to pay their respects to the four people who lost their lives. also to remember the many who were injured and those

who remain in hospital. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. alexandra mackenzie is in westminster this morning with the latest. we can see that sea of floral tributes behind you is really growing as the days go by and we're finding out more and more about what happened and why it may have happened, but where does the investigation go from here? yes, absolutely. so far over the last three orfour absolutely. so far over the last three or four days, the investigation has been fast paced since wednesday, and as we said, police have established they are confident that khalid masood acted alone on the day of the attack. now what they want to do in the next stage of that investigation is gather as much information as possible to paint a wider picture of what happened. the questions they have now is did he have any help in

the preparation in the lead up to the preparation in the lead up to the attack, and how was he motivated? in terms of that and in terms of the question why he did it, police have said we may never get an a nswer to police have said we may never get an answer to that. as you said, i am here at westminster, there's an increased police presence, some of these police officers have been here overnight and they said members of the public have even been coming through the night and laying flowers and they've also been very encouraged the public support. indeed just a few moments ago a taxi driver rolled down the window and gave condolences for their colleague, pc keith palmer, and others who died in the attack. he said to the police officers, he said thank you very much for doing your job. i've also had a chance to have a look at some of the flowers and there are messages from across the country, from across the world, and there's a bouquet from the prime minister also sending her condolences for those who died in

what she called an evil and a cowardly act. still a very poignant time. alexandra, thank you very much indeed. alexandra mackenzie live for us indeed. alexandra mackenzie live for us in westminster this morning. more than 30 people have been hurt, two of them seriously, after a suspected gas explosion in merseyside. a dance centre for children was destroyed and customers at a chinese restaurant were caught in the blast in bebington on the wirral. andy gill sent this report. the scale of the devastation shows just how powerful the explosion was. one building housing three businesses totally destroyed. this is what it looked like before last night. the blast was heard up to six miles away. an almighty bang but as well as the bang there was pressure as well, i felt a lot of pressure, my window was shot, i thought initially it was in the house, i ran around like a maniac initiallyjust looking

in the house, i ran around like a maniac initially just looking round thinking we'd been attacked. the sound of the building blowing up was captured by a car's dashboard camera. what was that? two people were taken to a trauma unit in liverpool with serious injuries. 32 others were treated at hospitals in wirral and chester. there's a multitude of injuries that have happened but the two patients that have gone through to the major trauma unit at aintree have significant injuries. this has clearly been a huge explosion, powerful enough not only to bring down the main building and scatter debris for hundreds of yards, but also to punch huge holes in the walls of nearby buildings. the emergency services won't speculate on the cause of the blast but a number of local people said they smell gas yesterday and on friday. national grid engineers are on the scene. this incident is likely to be protracted, this is likely to last several days. very significant damage as you can tell. so it will be some time before

people will be allowed back into their homes. some people whose homes had to be evacuated spent the night in a local church. nearby roads are likely to be closed for some time. andy gill, bbc news, wirral. the government will publish a significant part of its brexit legislation on thursday, a day after theresa may formally tells brussels that britain intends to leave the european union. the great repeal bill will give ministers the powers to change some aspects of current european laws, without needing the approval of parliament. our political correspondent mark lobel is in our london newsroom. we know that a lot of people are not terribly happy about the way this bill is being put forward. why is that? that's because ministers will be given the power to translate parts of this eu law that's turning into domestic law by themselves

without the full scrutiny of parliament. and so a committee of lords and a former attorney general wa nt reassu ra nces lords and a former attorney general want reassurances from the government probably as early as thursday when the plans for this process a re thursday when the plans for this process are being published that ministers just won't change laws at will, that they'll stick to what they're meant to be doing. and that's because the great repeal bill is being brought in to add certainty to british businesses, british workers, about what their rights will be going forward. what the government wants to do, though, is big through all the eu jargon, get it out of there and get it fitting so it out of there and get it fitting so it makes sense for british law so more time can be spent on policy changes, like new immigration laws and new rules on customs, and that they want to go through full parliamentary scrutiny but with over 40 parliamentary scrutiny but with over a0 yea rs parliamentary scrutiny but with over a0 years worth of laws to change in just two years, you can see why the government want to be able to speed through other parts and they say those parts they do is speed through won't be substantial changes. thank

you. —— do speed through. mark lobel you. —— do speed through. mark lobel, our political correspondent. hong kong's new chief executive has been chosen. carrie lam, seen in the middle here, is believed to be beijing's preferred candidate. she won in the first round of voting by a specially chosen committee. pro—democracy activists had denounced the poll as a sham, arguing that everyone should have a vote. the taxi firm uber has suspended its pilot programme for driverless cars after an early model of its self—driving car crashed on a roadway in arizona. the accident is the latest in a series of crashes involving autonomous vehicles. it's not yet known whether the car was in self driving mode at the time of the crash. uber said it caused no serious injuries. in case you missed it, the clocks went forward this morning and some people working in the uk's tourism sector are calling for british summer time to stay. the british association of leisure parks, piers and attractions says an extra 80,000 jobs will be created due to longer daylight hours. half of all tourist visits

to britain take in a leisure or amusement park, such as alton towers, thorpe park and the london eye. now the group that represents these parks is calling for britain to be on the same time zone as france or italy. it says doing so would create a boost worth £2.5 billion—£3.5 billion to the economy. it says brighter evenings could cut co2 emissions by halfi billion tons a road deaths annually. tons a year and prevent a road deaths annually. balppa also says shipping time zones would encourage more outdoor activity and cut obesity levels, especially among children. but it has been tried before in the early 19705 when many scottish children had to go to school in the dark. it had, according to one snp politician, and absolutely devastating impact. joe lynam, bbc news. cheryl fernandez—versini has

announced that she's given birth to herfirst child, a baby boy. the singer posted a photo of her popstar partner liam payne, from the band 0ne direction, cradling the newborn on social media. in the post cheryl said she gave birth on wednesday, but the couple have yet to decide on a name for their son. of course if they need any help with childcare then bring them a good weight and a good head of hair! well done to both mom, baby and dad! and on mothering sunday as well if you've forgotten and you've got a few minutes to get down to the garage! chris will have the weather in about five minutes time. as we've been hearing, two people are seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion in merseyside last night. adam dingwall was out with his wife when a huge fireball tore through a chinese restaurant and dance centre in bebington, wirral. he captured the moment on his phone. what was that? we can speak to him now. adam, good

morning. good morning. adam, we were hearing the sound from the phone, saw a bit of footage from your phone, it was clear when the sound went off something was happening. did you have any idea? at that point i had no idea what it was. what did you see? i couldn't see anything, i've pulled over the car, look around expecting to see flames, smoke, something, but there was no sign of anything at that point. how close were you to where the explosion happened? it turned out we we re explosion happened? it turned out we were only 500 yards down the road. when did you get an idea of the kind of damage it actually caused? as we we re of damage it actually caused? as we were pulling up... we headed in the

direction of the noise to find out what was going on and sue see if anyone was injured. as we pulled up the windows were smashed in —— to see. as you can see from the pictures, the building was almost entirely destroyed. were people around at the time? what were people doing and saying to each other —— we re doing and saying to each other —— were people. at that point there weren't many around. a couple of people were standing and looking to see what was going on. i noticed someone see what was going on. i noticed someone in the road surrounded by rubble. i've saw what i could do. you looked in and saw if you could help and see if people were 0k —— i

saw. i saw help and see if people were 0k —— i saw. | saw someone help and see if people were 0k —— i saw. i saw someone lying in the road soi saw. i saw someone lying in the road so i went over and someone said, who are you? i said i was a first aid to see if i could help. he said he was a police officer. there were three houses opposite the building, all the windows smashed in, and he said to go and check the houses. i went into each of those to see no one was injured and hurt. emergency services we re injured and hurt. emergency services were on the scene quite quickly? yeah, they arrived a couple of minutes after i got back. to reiterate, two seriously injured and a number of others wounded. we will get more from the scene later on brea kfast. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning:

the metropolitan police says khalid masood, who carried out wednesday's terror attack in westminster, acted alone, and there is no information to suggest further attacks are planned. a suspected gas explosion leaves two people seriously injured and 32 others hurt, after the collapse of several buildings in merseyside. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. it's been so nice the last couple of days! so that feature is the warmest place in the uk? yes, aboyne in aberdeenshire. the warmest day we have had so far this year. it was also pretty warm for the north—west of wales. 19 celsius is the new mark. it was northern ireland ‘s

warmest day of the year so far as well. back to a frosty scene across northern ireland and england and wales. clear skies helping temperatures fall overnight. the weather broadly similar. for most of us, sunshine from the word go and thatis us, sunshine from the word go and that is the way it will stay all day. some mist patches taking their time to clear. some thicker cloud and spots of drizzle potential in shetland. i9 and spots of drizzle potential in shetland. 19 point something i think is quite likely this afternoon. northern ireland, 18 degrees in a few spots and 18 as well for western wales, parts of north—west england but come to the south—east. chilly winds blowing and it will keep the temperature is cooler and fresher. for the world cup qualifiers, it is dry at wembley. temperatures into double figures for all of these matches so the weather no problem at all for playing football. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear

skies for most of us. perhaps a bit of cloud developing over the north sea coasts, drifting inland across parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire and temperatures falling low enough to give us some frost patches again for northern ireland and scotland. looking at the weather for the week ahead, some sunny spells and staying on the warm side we will see some changes coming in particularly on wednesday with outbreaks of rain working into the north and west. before we get that, we have some dry, sunny weather to look forward to. anywhere in the eastern counties, taking a few to break apart the clouds. in the warmest spots, temperatures pushing into the upper teens. western areas favoured, a 93v upper teens. western areas favoured, a gay and that with the winds coming in from a gay and that with the winds coming infrom a a gay and that with the winds coming in from a south—easterly direction, it is should get warmer. —— again. during the week across a eastern england, 12 spots could hit 20 degrees, would you believe it. yes, some more sunshine to come for the next few days. look forward to it,

thank you, chris. us central command says it has opened an investigation into an air strike on the iraqi city of mosul which is reported to have killed dozens of civilians earlier this month. american officials have acknowledged that us—led coalition aircraft took part in the attack on part of the city controlled by islamic state fighters. the united nations has warned of a "terrible loss of life". 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen is in western mosul. thousands of people have arrived and have walked out of those parts of mosul still controlled by islamic state, and it's a big area, in the last couple of days and they've arrived really with just the clothes they're standing up in and maybe a few spare odds and ends. they need food, they need water, they need shelter. it's a massive humanitarian challenge and it's not nearly as big as one that may be coming, literally coming down that road in the next weeks, from where the black smoke is, which is where the islamic state positions are here in mosul, they are apparently 800 metres or a kilometre down that way. this is very much a theatre of war.

the people who have been coming in have been talking about what they've been through. they have talked about air strikes that have come in in the last few days and killed, as well as killing people from the islamic state, have killed hundreds of civilians. they complained of the jihadists have used them as human shields but they have also, in tears and anger, spoken very bitterly about the effects of airstrikes on civilians. i spoke to multiple witnesses who said that there are perhaps hundreds of bodies still lying in the rubble that people can't get to. jeremy bowen, bbc news, mosul. caroline gluck from the un's refugee agency has been visiting

refugee camps near mosul this week — she joins us live now from baghdad. thank you forjoining us. thank you for your time. can you just explain the situation as you found it when you visited the camps? what we have seen you visited the camps? what we have seenin you visited the camps? what we have seen in the last week has been an enormous spike in the numbers of people coming out. most of the families leaving west mosul whether current offence are under way, have to transit through a place called how mum lille where visited last week. —— hammam al—alil. they come off buses traumatised with almost nothing, mostly the close they are wearing. last week, with very, very heavy rainfall and it muddy so people were in a grim situation.

they arrived with nothing. the conditions were bad on the ground. the site is very overcrowded and fall. after the security screening for the men and boys, families are then taken by buses to other camps. many families don't want to leave, they want to stay at that site because it is about 20 kilometres from mosul and they prefer to be closer to where their homes are. unhcr is building a new camp adjacent to the current one and that should open this week and hopefully ease some congestion that the conditions have been difficult indeed. the choice they are faced with is impossible. in some ways it is not even a choice because the risks of staying are as great as the risks of staying are as great as the risks of staying are as great as the risks of trying to get out? absolutely. families have told us they are facing death or death. if they are facing death or death. if they stay, many facing the risk of starvation. they are surviving a

meal at day and just flour and water. it has been cold, they have been burning furniture and scrubs of rubbish. there is the intensified fighting as well, airstrikes. they face the risk of death if they leave. if they are caught, they could be execution or sniper fire or ieds along the way. their safety is not guaranteed. the families told us that they would rather the second option because they have children and there is the future for children if they leave the war zone at the moment. this is what most at choosing to do when they know that the iraqi security forces are close by and there is a higher chance they can flee to safety. from the security forces point of view, this isa security forces point of view, this is a difficult situation to try to flush out what number of islamic state fighters are left in this part of the city, particularly the old pa rt of the city, particularly the old part of mosul which i understand is

densely populated? correct. incredibly difficult. when the offensive from mosul began in 0ctober, offensive from mosul began in october, the eastern half was relatively easy because the neighbourhoods were apart, the security forces had urged people to stay at home and not take the risk of fleeing however the west is different. we estimate around 600,000 people may still be there and the majority a00,000 or so are thought to be in the old part of the city. the city is very narrow, tiny, twisting lanes, people living very close together. we have heard from residents that the armed chris have positioned themselves very close to civilians —— armed groups. they have taken over buildings. it is difficult for the iraqi security forces and the coalition to target very precise target when the targets are very closely mingled with the civilian populations. we were

extremely concerned by the reports of civilian casualties in the last few days and week. civilians should not be targeted in a war. thank you very much were taking the time to talk to us. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. poet ian mcmillan is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. up bright and early. good morning. up bright and earlylj just noticed that. good morning. up bright and early.” just noticed that. a rude awakening. lets get into the papers you have chosen. 0bserver, a setback for the president. wanting to get his health—care policy through and didn't get it through. the subtitle to this headline should be, "things

are quite public hated, mr trump". there is a saying that you campaigned and govan. he is governing in flatpack furniture handouts. he thought he could get it through. you must stuff and you can't manage it. yes, it would be dead easy to get his health—care reform through and in the end he couldn't manage it. we all do this, ican do couldn't manage it. we all do this, i can do this, we think it will be easier than we think. this afternoon, i will say, easier than we think. this afternoon, iwill say, it easier than we think. this afternoon, i will say, it will be easy forgetting that the grand —— grandkids are coming. i will be like donald trump. promising stuff and can't do it. you need to take a step back and say actually, life is more complicated. leigh it seems to more people that he campaigned in 1a0 characters. it wasn't the greatest campaign, ididn't characters. it wasn't the greatest campaign, i didn't think. we know from 0bama, it will explode, premiums are going up. it is

difficult for a lot of american people. it is reduced to a can of very simple chess games in his head with a leaf three pork pieces left. in fact, it is a fantastic game of go ora in fact, it is a fantastic game of go or a competent chinese game. my theory. ——3 pieces left. go or a competent chinese game. my theory. --3 pieces left. a lot of praise coming wafer that will bournemouth mp? we lampoon mps. we see them as characters or strident people elbowing each other to get to the top. this reminds us that mps are people, ordinary people who are doing a job. trying their best. whatever side they are coming from, they are trying their best to help people. suddenly, this is absolute stark reality that here he is trained to give somebody the kiss of life and you think yes, let's take a

step back and think actually, this isa human step back and think actually, this is a human being. doing their best. people may well be a way that he lost his own brother in the bali terror attack. goodness knows what type of emotions. we were talking about the new coin and the new supermarkets are not ready for them with the trolleys and cash registers and everything else that it is smoother than you might think? i'm disappointed by that because i was looking forward to a 12 sided pound coin which is like the old one. slightly less rough, as you say. i was looking forward to some pocket —based comedy. nothing better than it is washed up and your money rolls out of your pocket. it is a way to meet new friends. your money rolls away. now it be too smooth to do that. i like a new coin but there will be less of a farce. the royal mint should look again. now you are aware of that, fake pound coin is

that you come across. this is one of the reason they are introducing these new ones to stop the forgeries. there are a lot in circulation. they roll out of your pocket. they seem to roll server. —— fervour. -- further. a delight for you. sell—out festivals, soaring sales, poetry, enjoys a renaissance. no thanks to you. all mac it's actually kate tempest. —— it's actually kate tempest. —— it's actually kate tempest. —— it's actually kate campus. this time the revival has legs. it is partly because it is a response to austerity. it is cheap. you can speak a poll if you can't write. people flock to poetry events acres it is people speaking like them. ——

poem. people can write columns and spout them. long may it continue. i hope it does. poetry slams at quite popular. they are. to attract the audiences attention. it is like the equivalent of poetry tossing. it strikes me that these days everybody feels they can do it and everybody is right, everybody can. let this poetry revival continue. everybody has a voice inside, everybody has a poet inside. we think we can't do it because our rhymes and our rhythm are not fantastic, our images aren't great that in fact, if such a democratic form that anybody, anybody can have a go. will be take it that you will be watching this afternoon? i will be watching with a

couple of giants. the money will fall from my pocket. it will eat you have grandchildren around. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one this morning at 9:00. andrew, what have you got coming up? you probably want a quote at the moment. "that's the way the world ends, that way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper." we have the home secretary herself and the right docking many questions about the terrorism event. we have labour's except situation. we are talking to david tennant from doctor who about many things including hell and we have someone telling that british muslims and what they face after these attacks. they went to your talent. always ready with a john cooper quote. well done. coming up on breakfast.

we'll be hearing from fifa's former medical director as he warns that the abuse of legal painkillers by elite footballers could potentially have life—threatening consequences. stay with us — headlines coming—up. hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and roger johnson. coming up before 8am, chris will be here with the weather. but first a summary of this morning's main news. police say they might never find out why khalid masood killed four people near the houses of parliament on wednesday. according to investigating officers the attack lasted only 82 seconds. police believe that masood acted alone but are trying to establish if he was encouraged or directed by others. the family of the police officer keith palmer who was killed have paid tribute to his selfless bravery and loving nature. in a statement, they expressed their gratitude to the people who helped him after the attack saying, "there was nothing more you could have done."

in the last few days people many have been laying flowers at westminster in memory of the victims. more than 30 people have been hurt, two of them seriously, after a suspected gas explosion in merseyside. a dance centre for children was destroyed and customers at a chinese restaurant were caught in the blast in bebington in wirral. several homes were also evacuated. the government will set out details of its plans to bring eu law into domestic legislation on thursday, the day after theresa may is set to start the formal brexit process. the great repeal bill will bring eu regulations into domestic law, allowing them to be amended or removed after brexit. the bill will allow ministers to alter regulations without the full scrutiny of mps and peers. hong kong's new chief executive has been chosen. carrie lam, seen in the middle here, is believed to be beijing's preferred candidate. she won in the first round of voting by a specially chosen committee. pro—democracy activists had denounced the poll as a sham, arguing that everyone should have a vote. the taxi firm uber has

suspended its pilot programme for driverless cars after an early model of its self—driving car crashed on a roadway in arizona. the accident is the latest in a series of crashes involving autonomous vehicles. it's not yet known whether the car was in self driving mode at the time of the crash. uber said it caused no serious injuries. in case you missed it, the clocks went forward this morning and some people working in the uk's tourism sector are calling for british summer time to stay. it is 7:3aam. the british association of leisure parks, piers and attractions says an extra 80,000 jobs will be created due to longer daylight hours. it also says shifting time zones would encourage more outdoor activity and cut obesity levels, especially among children. cheryl fernandez—versini has announced that she's given birth to herfirst child, a baby boy.

the singer posted a photo of her popstar partner liam payne, from the band 0ne direction, cradling the newborn on social media. in the post cheryl said she gave birth on wednesday, but the couple have yet to decide on a name for their son. best of luck to them and welcome to the world of no sleep! let's catch up the world of no sleep! let's catch up with the sport and john, you said an hourago, up with the sport and john, you said an hour ago, people interested in the start of the f1 will be watching the start of the f1 will be watching the grand prix, but if you want to watch it later then put yourfingers in yourear. watch it later then put yourfingers in your ear. you can probably see already that there is a red ferrari and not a silver mercedes. could be coincidental! it could tell you the outcome! sebastian vettel has won the first grand prix of the season. lewis hamilton won't be happy, a

poor pitstop from mercedes, ferrari male bears and that meant sebastian vettel ca me male bears and that meant sebastian vettel came out in the lead and lewis hamilton couldn't make up the gap “ lewis hamilton couldn't make up the gap —— male bears. it hasjust finished and we could be in for a real tussle. —— and there's. —— mailed there's. mercedes domination of formula 1 could be under threat after ferrari's sebastian vettel won the opening race of the season in australia. lewis hamilton was the favourite to win after starting from pole and leading until he stopped for fresh tyres on the 18th lap. but mercedes got their tactics wrong. ferrari kept vettel out for another six laps, he inherited the lead after his stop and stayed comfortably in front till the chequered flag to claim his first win since september 2015. lewis hamilton won't be happy, will the? nailed —— will he? england, scotland and northern ireland are all in action this evening in their latest qualifiers for next year's world cup. there'll be a minute's silence at wembley ahead of england's match against lithuania for victims of the westminster attack and manager gareth southgate understands the power of sport

in such difficult circumstances. we know how important the national football team is for the feeling of the nation, and it's a great opportunity for everybody to pay their respects at that moment and to show that as a country we go on, you know, not only london but a country as a whole. that's our identity historically. there's arguably most at stake for scotland tonight, they're in the same group as england, but are fifth and if they don't beat slovenia, their hopes of qualifying would look very slim indeed. sometimes it's easy for a manager to say this is what we're going to do. sometimes you're in a position, well, if we draw, win, or we lose, we can still be... it depends... we have to win. what we don't have to do is win it in the first five, six, seven, ten minutes. you never know in big games when your opportunity comes along. northern ireland are well placed heading into their match with norway. they're second in the group, five points behind germany, and on course to clinch a play off place. we have the opportunity to put seven

points between ourselves and norway, the opportunity to get to ten points and i think when you get to that stage of any campaign you start to really believe it's possible and to put yourself in a position to qualify. certainly the experience of qualifying for france, we've been through that, and these experiences, we know what's required to get there now. the netherlands are struggling, they lost to bulgaria, and belgium only managed a draw against greece but cristiano ronaldo scored twice as the european champions portugal beat hungary 3—0, ronaldo now has 70 international goals. this was the pick of his goals. a great goal also from... everton striker romelu lukaku to rescue them against greece. he equalised in the 89th minute but belgium remain top of their group. tony andreu scored a cracking goal for dundee united, as they lifted the scottish challenge cup for the first time. they beat st mirren 2—1 in the final at fir park, this competition is for the under—20 teams from the scottish premiership, as well as the lower

divisions and sides from northern ireland and wales. anthony crolla was outclassed in his bid to regain the wba lightweight title in manchester last night. he lost his rematch withjorge linares on points. in front of a home crowd, crolla went down in the seventh round after a quick uppercut. and though he responded well, linares retained the belt on a unanimous decision. leicester took a big stride towards the play—offs in rugby union's premiership, beating local rivals northampton by 36—31. 0wen williams‘ huge penalty in the last minute of the game sealed the win for leicester and took them into that all—importa nt fourth place. elsewhere there were wins for harlequins and exeter. and leinster strengthened their position at the top of the pro—12 after beating cardiff blues 22—21. ross moloneyjust managing to touch down in the corner for what proved to be the winning score. england's ross fisher is out of the world golf championship match play in texas.

he lost to japan's hideto tanihara in the quarterfinals but he did leave with a decent consolation prize, his win over bubba watson in the previous round took fisher into the world's top 50 and earned him a place in the masters next month. chris froome's hopes of victory at the volta a catalunya were ruined yesterday as the team sky rider lost 26 minutes on his rivals in the penultimate stage. the briton, riding his first european race of 2017, had moved to second, but he and his team failed to latch on to an early breakaway and he was well beaten. alejandro valverde extended his overall lead. the stage was won by daryl impey in a sprint to the line. britain's adam yates is in fourth, froome is now 31st. tea m team sky getting their plans badly wrong yesterday, but i guess they have biggerfish to wrong yesterday, but i guess they have bigger fish to fry! lots coming up have bigger fish to fry! lots coming up later in the year! thanks very much, john. fifa's former medical director has

spoken out about the abuse of legal painkillers by elite footballers, something he says could have life—threatening implications. jiri dvorak claims around half of players involved in the past three world cups regularly took non—steroidal, anti—inflammatory drugs. he spoke to david 0rnstein as part of the bbc‘s state of sport week. it's known as the beautiful game but the pursuit of glory can be ugly. when injury occurs there is pressure to play through the pain and now a leading doctor says the use of legal medication is one of football's biggest problems. if you cover up symptoms of years or decades, this is general in medicine, if you have an underlying pathology and you co nsta ntly an underlying pathology and you constantly cover an underlying pathology and you co nsta ntly cover u p an underlying pathology and you constantly cover up with medication, the underlying pathology of disease is not cured. the doctor warned

about this in 2012 when he found almost a0% of players at the 2010 world cup took painkillers before every game. football's governing body fifa said they are providing education on the well—being of athletes, while the professional footballers association insist it is not a major issue in the english game. but doctor dvorak argues that lessons have not been learned. when i put on the way on the scale the impact of doping and the abuse of medication is much more alarming. wa ke medication is much more alarming. wake up and be careful. it's not as harmless as you think, that you can ta ke harmless as you think, that you can take it like cookies. it has side effects. this isn't about ban or ha rd to effects. this isn't about ban or hard to come by these substances or supplements, it's about everyday anti—inflammatories like iview

profile and the extent to weather these are being misused by footballers —— iview prison. these are being misused by footballers -- iview prison. it's widespread in football. as a player you first ask if it is illegal, if it isn't, fine, is it going to help you get through a game, yes. generally without too many questions, without too much concern, you will take what you've been offered. the overuse of medication feeds into the wider topic of athlete welfare, an issue the government is taking seriously with a duty of care review due to be published shortly. david 0rnstein, bbc news. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the metropolitan police says khalid masood, who carried out wednesday's terror attack in westminster, acted alone, and there is no information to suggest further attacks are planned. a suspected gas explosion leaves two people seriously injured and 32 others hurt after the collapse of several buildings in merseyside. also coming up in the programme:

could dinosaurs have actually originated in britain? as new research makes some surprising findings, we find out whether the dinosaur theories we've relied on for over 100 years could soon be extinct. either way, on the clock change this morning, lots of people getting in including john on twitter who said his car radio will tell the correct time for the first time in six months —— by the way. time for the first time in six months -- by the way. he hasn't changed it all that time! thankfully chris has changed his clocks this morning and he is here with us bright and early. the wonder of the smart phone but i was nervous about going to bed last night! this was the scene yesterday in aboyne, aberdeenshire, the warmest

place so far this year. a whisker away from that in north—west wales, 19, the warmest day so far in wales, northern ireland also setting the yea r‘s northern ireland also setting the year's mark too. a cold start, temperatures this morning in the cold est temperatures this morning in the coldest spots in northern ireland and scotland got two —a, a chilly start. high pressure dominating today. chilly winds blowing across the south of england, southern parts of wales. a bit of mist to the western parts of scotland, taking time to lift, the mainland scotland could see temperatures a few tenths ofa could see temperatures a few tenths of a degree higher today, 19 point something, the likely top temperature this afternoon. 18 in northern ireland, western counties favoured for those temperatures. north—west england, west and wales seeing temperatures up to 18 or so. further east, cooled by these easterly onshore winds. for the fur ball matches tonight, all looking

dry. —— football matches. clear skies in northern ireland and scotland, like day sunshine for the wembley match. 0vernight we will keep clear skies —— late day sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland, once again that means we will have areas of frost developing. a subtle change to the east, a few more patches of cloud developing from the north sea, affecting lincolnshire and yorkshire to start the day on monday. but looking at the day on monday. but looking at the week ahead, high pressure with us the week ahead, high pressure with us for the start of the week so more than trying to look forward to. rain developing in northern and western areas by the time we get to the middle park of the week. monday, any low cloud in eastern areas will burn away by the afternoon —— middle park. most will see some fun from dawn to dusk. —— middle part. south—east england will begin to warm up, temperatures here reaching around 17 or 18. again western areas of wales, parts of north—west

england, west scotland and western northern ireland seeing high temperatures into the upper teens. rachel, roger, that's the weather for the next few days. 0ne one thing your phone doesn't do, it doesn't do your watch, but presumably you wound on your watch and our overnight low yellow i did that this morning but i haven't the car radio, —— an our. there's no point in doing your watch forward if its top three months ago at 350 a.m. . that's what its top three months ago at 350 a.m. .that's what minded. i think it needs a new battery. i wear it because —— that's what my indeed. god of we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. now it's time for the latest technology round—up, with click. driving in india is an experience.

the roads are crammed and the horn is omnipresent and the rules are... well, they're there somewhere, i'm sure. and that's why we will not be doing a story about self driving cars in india any time soon. and despite the fact that it seems like everybody here owns a car, that's not true. many people choose to travel by train instead. but if you think that is any less intense... think again. yeah, about those rules... mumbai central station is a massive, heaving hub connecting the city to the north and east of india.

but if you look closely, you will see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anybody with an indian phone number. it is provided by google which says that about 2.5 tb are being downloaded here every day. and here is the interesting part, this is notjust about this station. along india's railway tracks lie a5,000 kilometres of optical fibre and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 11a other train stations as well. the man overseeing the project is gulzar azad, who i caught up with while he was waiting for a train. if you had to take one place in the country where you wanted tremendous fibre and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking, power is a challenge across the country, and you had

to have the entire country walking through it there is only one place, that is a railway station. can you guarantee that all services on google's wi—fi will be treated equally? absolutely. i think the whole motivation for us, if you look at the reason why we did this was to see if we could provide an open internet, completely open with access to the entire web. the way the web was designed. so, there is a fibre optic network rolling out from train stations like this to the vast rural areas of this enormous country. and david hopped on a train to find out what effect that's having elsewhere in india. it is hard not to be romantic about the railways of india. british colonial rulers laid track for control, shifting resources — mostly out — and prising open markets. now it is about moving

people, millions a day. and thanks to optic fibre, data. i took the train tojaipur station to investigate. it has proper broadband and it is free. people are filling their booths. apart from some controversy, at another station where commuters were using free wi—fi to download hard—core pornography, the provision of high—speed wi—fi has been almost universally praised. 90,000 people pass through jaipur station every day. i use the internet for news and entertainment. mainly for office work.

for studentjournalist urja sharma, it means she can keep tabs on breaking stories. early in the morning, the world changes like... so many things change. i have to come and check. indian stations are full of thriving businesses, feeding off or simply feeding the thousands streaming through them every day. free wi—fi has been a boon to local businesses here. ashok runs a tea stall on the platform. he makes more money now that his customers can make online payments to him. i use the wi—fi when my ag signal does not catch. when that does not work, i use wi—fi, especially when a customer pays digitally. i need it to confirm i have received the payment. digital payments are worth about 30%—50% of my takings. this is music to the years of people

managing the railways of india. a nationalised industry that runs at a loss. they think that high—speed wi—fi could be a good pull for a station like jaipur. they plan to build a huge concourse and attract retail and services business. it mightjust be an earner. as wi—fi expands and it becomes taken for granted then i think people will transfer more and more of their business. jaipur is a domestic and international tourist hub of high repute. people come out here from all parts of the world. and when you have a huge concourse it becomes an area where you can have shops and entertainment spots. for google, more people online is more people to sell to. india's railway is the country's backbone. its public wi—fi is poised to be at least as far reaching. this is the andumen irdu primary school in calcutta. there are 155 kids here

from grade 1 through to 7, and a whole bunch of dedicated teachers. and this is how they start their day. singing over in virjaya nijak‘s classroom, things are a little more serious... so, at the back of the projector, there's a device which is plugged in and is running videos on english, maths and science. the videos are made for the entire region. but then they're dubbed

in different dialects, different languages, depending on where they're sent to. today, we're learning about fractions. it is great teaching tool — as long as there is electricity... but there are plenty of times when there isn't. this is a village school. earlier, it would be difficult to teach because of power cuts. as the day passed by in the afternoon, we would have power cuts for more than two hours. that's why the projector and tablet are hooked up to this box, which is itself attached to a solar panel on the roof. together, they can provide up to five hours of electricity a day, meaning that classes don't have to be interrupted or cancelled if the power cuts out. then, we started using solar power, as it is an easy and natural source of generating electricity.

we have introduced a study of generating power through solar energy to our students, and are teaching them the importance and working of it. we also explain to our students that this process will help us in the future to generate electricity. this whole system has been provided by the selco foundation, an indian charity with the aim of hoping to alleviate poverty by improving access to energy. with this, they will get a better education through audiovisual teaching, and there is no problem of electricity. so any time teachers can take their students to the classroom, they can teach through this medium. selco and other ngos they work with pay for half of the cost of installing the projector and solar system — the other half comes from local schools or local governments. how important is the projector? translation: before this project came in to use it, we had very few students. but since, we have started using the solar power, our number of students has

increased in a good way. we have students coming to us from different villages to learn, and not only students — we have other schools coming down to our institute for smart classes. the smart class is a good way of teaching kids these days. they seem to enjoy and learn more than usual. after we introduced smart class, our school stands proudly in the educational sector. we plan to grow larger as the years pass by. cool whoa! the same system is already in hundreds of rural schools, and they're aiming to add hundreds more this year. and it's notjust key for schools — across rural india, businesses can be helped massively by having a reliable power supply. somana is a seamstress who lives a short drive from kindapur. she became the breadwinner for her family after her father was taken ill. the more clothing she can prepare, the more she gets paid. with her old method,

she could fix a couple of items per day. but thanks to the solar panel on her roof, she can whiz through five or six per day. plus, she has a fan, a tv and a light, so she can work earlier and later. 0ne—quarter of india's rural population lives below the official poverty line — that's 216 million people whose livelihoods could be improved by the addition of basic facilities like electricity. and of course, one key way of helping people out of poverty is... ..education. it's always such a privilege to come to a place like this and see how the simplest technology can make a world of difference. that's it from india for the moment. you can see plenty of photos and more backstage gossip on twitter. we live at:

thanks for watching. see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. police say the westminster attacker khalid masood acted alone and his motive may never be known. they also say the incident lasted just 82 seconds and there is no information to suggest further attacks are planned. the family of the police officer keith palmer who was killed have paid tribute to his selfless bravery and loving nature. good morning. it's sunday 26th march. also ahead: more than 30 people are injured after a suspected gas explosion destroys a building in merseyside.

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