weekend is looking mixed. some of us might have to run for cover today from a fuchsia hours. tomorrow is actually looking mostly sunny. good morning. first our main story. tensions are rising over gilbraltar‘s position during brexit, after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any future deal for the british territory. last night, the government said it would stand up for gibraltar‘s interests during negotiations. the enclave has accused spain of trying to manipulate discussions, in order to further its 300—year—old sovereignty claims. mark lobel reports. gibraltar has been in british hands in 1713. its shares they had order since spain, but rejects any spanish claim of sovereignty. the current proposals mean a deal between the uk and the eu would not apply to gibraltar without an additional agreement between the uk and spain. gibraltar‘s chief minister has rejected this as an attempt by spain to encroach on the rock's ability to

control its sovereignty. it singles out travolta. it is unfair and unnecessary and is committed to. i am grateful spain has been foolish enough to play this card early in this process and not at five minutes to midnight with an agreement in place, bar the issue of gibraltar. the british government has been quick to affirm its commitment to the territory. foreign secretary as johnson tweeted that the uk remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. but these are d raft support for gibraltar. but these are draft proposals, due to be finalised by the eu at the end of the month. theresa may has until then to try to persuade them to drop this controversial clause. later this morning we'll be speaking to gilbratar‘s chief minister fabian picardo to find out more. that's just after 9. two million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up t7.50 pounds an hour. the change, which means over—25s

are paid at least 7.50 an hour, has been broadly welcomed by unions. but there've been calls from campaigners for the rate to be higher to meet the true cost of living — while employers have expressed concern about the strain of additional costs. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. 23—year—old lewis davison is already paid more than the national living wage by his employer. but you certainly notice is the difference from his previous company. certainly notice is the difference from his previous companylj certainly notice is the difference from his previous company. i was struggling for money. it was a need concern. it was very much go to work, come back, spend the night in front of the telly. now i can afford to have a social life and i can afford to do stuff in my local area. ican afford to do stuff in my local area. i can enjoy myself a bit more. from today, all workers over 25 must be paid at least £7 50 an hour. if you are paid at least £7 50 an hour. if you a re careful paid at least £7 50 an hour. if you are careful week you will get at least £180. at employers are worried. many employers were already

paying their staff more than the national living wage for those who went it is adding significant costs of their businesses. about £900 a yearfor of their businesses. about £900 a year for staff, of their businesses. about £900 a yearfor staff, on average, than of their businesses. about £900 a year for staff, on average, than a further £120 with the knock—on consequences for national insurance payments as well. much of that cost will be absorbed by the businesses, rather than passing it forward on prices. that is not the only change. controversial new business rates come into force today. while most companies will be paying less, some, especially in the south—east, face higher bills. and a new system for calculating car taxes start. hybrid car owners will be paying more than they did. around 4000 households in england owning more than £400,000 a year have received taxpayer money to help them buy a home. 0fficial figures also help they have been helped by the equity loan scheme, which has assisted more than 20,000 households, who are not first—time buyers. labour said it showed the

initiative was badly targeted. the government said it continued to make home ownership a reality that thousands of people. patients referred to be nhs for fertility tea m referred to be nhs for fertility team in scotland will be eligible for three full cycles of ivf treatment. from today, the scottish government is increasing the number of cycles funded by the health service for women under 40 from two to three. it's expected to cost about 1—million—pounds a year. helena lee reports it is thought that around one in seven couples experience difficulty having children. in scotland, up until now, women under 40 have been offered two cycles of ivf on the nhs. that is now changing to upset three. 0lder nhs. that is now changing to upset three. older women between 40 and 42 will also be offered one cycle if they fit certain criteria. in other parts of the uk, the number of ivf cycles on the nhs for women under 40 varies. in england, up to three full

cycles are recommended. but local commissioning groups decide, and of half the areas in england, only one cycle is offered. in wales women under 40 are entitled to two cycles. in northern ireland, just one. the ivf programme in scotland is expected to crunch the nhs around £1 million a year. —— cost the nhs. money which has already put aside. the minister says changes to ivf treatment in scotland make it the fa i rest treatment in scotland make it the fairest and most generous in the uk. this is the moment president donald trump left the oval office on friday without signing the two executive order he was there to announce. he continued walking as a reporter shouted questions about whether mr trump was directing his administration to grant immunity to fight and pfizer michael flynn, and its journalists confusion. vice

president mike pence picked up the orders from the table and they were signed in another room. authorities in hungary will begin moving asylum seekers to new detention facilities near the border with serbia in a bid to stop them slipping away deeper into europe. but rulings by the european court of human rights against the move could delay the transfers. nick thorpe sent this report from the hungarian—serbian border. this container camp is still empty. there is space here for 250 asylum seekers. so far it is home to just two families. the government says it is locking them up to close a loophole, to stop those who seek asylu m loophole, to stop those who seek asylum in hungary slipping away deep into europe. but detaining asylum seekers automatically is illegal. they are treated as if they were illegal, from the first moment. so whereas the european union's law requires to accept that they have the right to stay until the first

decision, they are treated first as if they were illegal, second as if they had not entered hungary. call ita they had not entered hungary. call it a reception centre, call it a container camp. by building it be hungary and authorities have issued a direct challenge to the international community. nobody can tell us, they say, how did you would asylu m tell us, they say, how did you would asylum seekers. this is our food warehouse. just across this serbian border, volunteers provide food to volunteers. they used to rest here on the way to hungary. now they are looking for alternative route. this isa time looking for alternative route. this is a time of experimentation. i think the volunteers in serbia are trying to see if there is any direct, trying the croatian border and the remaining border. -- romanian border. in a ruined brick factory at the edge of town this pakistani refugee contemplates his next move. maybe alice tried from the croatian side of the romanian

side. this order is now totally close. they have ill say fans. it is a problem for us. hungary, at great cost, has sealed its southern border. so he and his friends should plan to travel through romanian set. —— instead. the creator of the rainbow flag had become an international symbol to gay rights. he has died at 65. take—up was asked to come up with a fight for the lgbt community in 1978 by harvey milk, california's first openly gay elected official. —— baker was asked. people in 0rkney enjoy the best quality of life in any rural area in the uk. it is beautiful, gorgeous to look at, low crime rates, and a good choice of pubs, according to a survey. it is the first time the islands have top the poll, jumping from 46 last year. they beat the most mid—is, which

came into second place next year. —— they'd beat the west midlands. let's ta ke they'd beat the west midlands. let's take you through the front ages of the morning papers. the times of a story about google and their tax affairs. inland revenue has been landed by a bell with google. they have agreed to pay £31 in corporation tax over last year, despite the governments jesting they will claw back more from google. —— suggesting. there is a picture of the princess of wales with a —— prince of wales with violence and blackout. this story in the daily mail suggests prince charles tried to halt the invasion of afghanistan to halt the invasion of afghanistan to honour rama dance. they say that this is a plea he made to the us ambassador to london for weeks into the military operation. the daily telegraph has another take on a long—running mp's expenses story.

they say that there is now a new development because parliament is facing a new scandal after the amount that every mp pays their staff, including their spouses and family members, which they say has 110w family members, which they say has now been leaked. the picture that you can see if the american actress megan michael, prince harry's elphin, who has than a photo shoot. 0n the front page of the daily mirror they have an article by linda nolan talking about the whole situation, she is speaking for the first time about facing life with incurable cancer. she says, "i am not going to be dying from cancer, i don't be living with cancer". that is linda nolan. front page of the sun newspaper. a headline writer's dream. nigel farage meeting this young lady on an aeroplane. yes, they go. 6:12am is the time. we will

have a full review of the front pages later. music often provides an escape from the real world, but in whole, they are aiming to give listeners a better connection to their surroundings. he works will grace the humber bridge by incorporating surround —— sounds made by the structure as people walk across the bridge. herein leaves something magical is taking place. musicians from opera north are putting the finishing touches to a recording which will invoke the essence of one of yorkshire's most iconic sites, the humber bridge. many of us will have driven across the bridge, taking in the size of the humber of. but this unique project is hoping to inspire people to walk along its mile long length and yet lost in incredible sounds. 0pera north is working with a norwegian composers to create this musical guided walk. it is a

fantastic construction and it is so much rigour than i expected. fantastic construction and it is so much rigour than i expectedm fantastic construction and it is so much rigour than i expected. it has been interesting to walk across the bridge and to actually hear the sound of the bridget felt. -- bridge. meanwhile the opera orchestra is doing its part. how can we blend different instruments into that and then build things on top of chords and sounds? the musicjust felt like it was a natural blood running through your veins. some of these musicians are using their instruments in a very unusual way. the operator north chorus also has a pa rt the operator north chorus also has a part to play in creating the soundscape. it is very atmospheric. pa rt soundscape. it is very atmospheric. part of the problem is that we only know our bits and there are at least

seven other layers, as far as we can tell. i have no idea what the other end product is going to be. the finished piece will be heard through headsets as people walk across the bridge. what is amazing about it is that it makes you look at everything com pletely that it makes you look at everything completely differently, when you are listening as well. it creates a completely... you look at everything much more carefully. it is great. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: britain has said it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims made by spain during brexit negotiations. a pay rise for two million people, as the national living wage rises to £7.50 an hour. also coming up in the programme: click visits brian eno for a rare peek inside the studio, and mind, of the artist and producer. now have a look at this. this is the flying scotsman, travelling across the ribblehead

viaduct yesterday on the reopened settle to carlisle railway. isn't it beautiful? it really is. a section of the line was forced to close following a landslide last year. it's almost like a painting. i don't know if you call that. will it bea i don't know if you call that. will it be a nice day for a trip to the countryside? it always is beautiful in the countryside, but the weather will be a little bit hit and miss today. the clouds are building and they will continue to build. we are in for some pretty heavy showers today, so the weather will be a little bit hit and miss. we might have to run for cover and get away from some of the dark clouds. it's already reining in parts of wales. we will see more of the showers developing. —— raining. this morning they will start popping up this morning they will start popping up in the western parts of the uk first. then later in the afternoon

they will start developing in more eastern parts of the uk. and we will have rumbles of thunder. 0ne eastern parts of the uk. and we will have rumbles of thunder. one of these days where we get sunshine and then we start to see the big clouds brewing on the horizon, wondering if you will make it to the corner shop before getting soaked. some of them will be quite heavy. there could even be hail as well. and a cool each sort of day wherever you are. temperatures only about 13— 14 degrees at lunchtime. —— coolish sort of day. this evening, as if by magic, they are gone and we are left with a clear day. overall a dry night tonight. the chilly, just cold enough for grass frost in some northern areas, and tomorrow at the —— a different sort of day. tomorrow this high pressure builds. lots of

clear whether in the morning, a crisp, sunny, chilly start for many, then we are in for a beautiful, sunny day. light winds as well. feeling warm and cause we have more sunshine. maybe 17 in london. cooler around the coast. for most of us 12— 13. in summary, april showers today, chilly overnight and tomorrow we have a sunny sunday. thanks very much indeed. changeable! we'll be back with a summary of the news at 6:30. now it's time for the film review, with gavin esler and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases we have mark kermode. what do we have, mark?

this is a very, very mixed week. we have graduation, which is a low—key and intense drama. we have ghost in the shell, controversial live action adaptation of a famous manga and anime. and free fire, the new film from ben wheatley. ben wheatley, we are both fans of ben wheatley. but graduation. graduation is from cristian mungiu, the romanian director of 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, which you remember we reviewed here on the programme some time ago. this is another low—key and very intense drama. the story is a doctor, his daughter is on her way to school, is attacked, she gets a broken wrist and the doctor is just simply worried that it will affect her exams. he is desperate for her to get great exam grades because he wants to be able to go and study in britain. he is convinced that she needs to get away because the place that they live is not somewhere that he wants his daughter to grow up. and all he can focus on is this desire for her to get

good exam grades. as a result of it, he starts getting drawn into a web of duplicity and corruption. somebody knows somebody who could perhaps ensure that her exam grades are ok, but only in return for a favour for a deputy mayor who needs to be moved up in his wait for a transplant. the daughter, understandably, is not pleased about the idea of essentially cheating. here's a clip. very intense, isn't it? it really is and you see from that single shot, basically one shot per scene. what i love about this is it's a perfect blend of the personal and the political. on one hand, it's a story about a father and a daughter, on the other hand it's a story about how social corruption is everywhere. every conversation is, ooh, that building's been going on for ages. yes, it will be a backroom deal, well, isn't everything? it's a film in which the personalities of the characters completely draw you in, and you believe in their personal stories, but you also understand that it's telling a wider story, about what it means to grow up in a society in which everything seems to be sort of slightly

on the wrong side of completely honest. and, as is so brilliant with this director, what he manages to do is get to that point across, but never sounds hectoring, you never feel like what you're watching is a political statement. what you feel you're watching is a really intense drama in which the doctor, for example, he's concerned about his daughter, but he has a mistress. at one point he says to his wife, everyone cheats in theirfinal exams. she says, i didn't. and he says, yeah, and look where it got you! so it's a really interesting film about guilt and complicity. some people have compared him to michael haneke, haven't they? because lots of bad things are happening under the surface of the superficially normal society. although i think, personally, i think there's a lot more tenderness, a lot more humanity in what's happening here. haneke's films are terrific, but they're very harsh, very sharp and sometimes accusatory, i think. ghost in the shell. yes, 0k. live action adaptation of a celebrated manga,

and of course a famous 1995 anime, which people revere for very good reasons. scarlettjohansson is major, a human ghost in a cyber shell in the future. she's a person, she's a robot, she's a weapon. that film has become the cause of some controversy about whitewashing, and about the fact that scarlettjohansson was cast in this role. it has to be said, the director of the ‘95 anime has said, and i quote, "there is no basis for saying that an asian actor must portray that character". it is a controversy that has dogged the film, to some extent. like the plot of the film itself, you can look at this and think, well, it's a soul of one thing transplanted into a shell which is slightly artificial and slightly more glossy. however, i was strangely impressed by it. i went in with fairly low expectations. i thought it looked terrific. i think it does a very good job of evoking the future world. people have talked about it looking like blade runner, it looks more like the fifth element, oddly enough. it's a very cluttered future. and i was never bored. i found that, yes, it changed and simplified the narrative to some

extent and it loses some of the melancholy and depth of its predecessors, but as a piece of multiplex entertainment it was better than i expected it to be by quite some distance. free fire. 0h! ok, so, the new film by ben wheatley. i'm a huge fan of ben wheatley. the story is in boston in the 1970s there is an arms deal going down between a group of people, all of whom are variously incompetent. the whole thing looks very volatile and looks like at any moment it could fall apart appallingly, and of course it does. here's a clip. try not to hit any of the metal work, because i don't want to get any of those bling burns on my new. . . ..suit. sorry, what was that? this is from saville! gunshots i don't know about you guys, but i for one think vern‘s merchandise is a real gas. my guess is you're whatever you're paid to be, pal. do you see what you did here?

gunfire good. 0k... i'll overlook it this time. laughter is there a lot of that? there is. what i really like about it is this, on the one hand it's a tense drama about a bunch of people in a warehouse, all of whom are armed and all of whom are fighting each other in various different ways. however, it also has a kind of screwball comedy element. the best way of describing it, it's like a silent movie, slapstick sensibility, but with a soundtrack which reminds you of those loony tunes cartoons, that is really, really

brilliantly put together. it keeps you on the edge of your seat. it's tense, but also very, very comic. it's also very nihilistic. the idea is that all of these people are variously untrustworthy and incompetent. they're all laughed at, from their ridiculous quotes and their foolish mannerisms. vernon keeps saying "watch and vern, watch and vern." what i liked about it, i think what ben wheatley and his film making partner amyjump managed to do is make it a cross—genre film, which they always do. 0k, yes, it's a thriller, but it's also a comedy, but it's a very nihilistic comedy. it's a comedy about the fact that if you take... people have compared it to, they say it's like the last movement of reservoir dogs stretched out. it's not. it's like that sequence in naked gun 21/2, when there's the close—range gunfight, with two people hiding behind the same dustbin, but it's like that that, but stretched over 90 minutes. it has a real absurdist edge to it.

it passes the six laughs test in the first ten minutes. it's passed the six laughs test in the last two minutes. you were laughing all the way through. i'm laughing at you talking about it. 0k, fine, so it's me you're laughing at! but cillian murphy, brie larson, sharlto copley, armie hammer, a really terrific cast, and every single one of them clearly rising to the challenge of this, thinking it's a great script. it's beautifully mapped out. i know nobody ever comes out of the cinema and says this, but the editing is amazing. laughs i think you sold that quite well. good! the best of the week is get out. this is out in cinemas at the moment. have you seen this yet? no, i haven't see it yet. ok, you really should. it's described by its director as a social thriller, and it's very much influenced by rosemary's ba by and the stepford wives. but it also alludes to horror movies like red state and green room and also to films like tales from the hood and to sleep with anger. it's a sort of horrifying satire about racism in post—racial america, about liberal, rich white people, with this broiling undercurrent of racism. i saw it in a packed cinema and it

really played to the crowd. it's done terrifically well and i think it's great. briefly, edge of 17 is your dvd. a coming—of—age drama that appears to be written and directed by someone who likes the protagonist. it's smart, funny, intelligent and terrific performances by hailee steinfeld and woody harrelson. and kelly fremon craig who wrote and directed it, i think, has done a terrificjob. i thought it was really touching, very tender and very funny. since this is our last film review and i am on holiday from tomorrow, i'm taking it with me. very good, you will enjoy it, you'll enjoy it, but you have to go and see free fire at the weekend. i will do. thanks very much. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week. thanks for watching, enjoy the movies. goodbye. the enclave's administration accused spain of trying to manipulate the discussions, in order to further its 300—year—old sovereignty claims. last night, the foreign secretary,

borisjohnson, said the government would be "implacable and rock—like" in its support for gibraltar during negotiations. 2 million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up to 7.50 pounds an hour. the change has been broadly welcomed by unions. but there've been calls from campaigners for the rate to be higher to meet the true cost of living, while employers have expressed concern about the strain of additional costs. around 4,000 households in england earning more than 100,000 pounds a year have received taxpayers' money to help them buy a home. official figures also reveal that the help to buy equity loan scheme has assisted more than 20,000 households who were not first time buyers. labour said it showed the initiative was "badly targeted" but the government insisted it continued to make home ownership patients referred to the nhs for fertility treatment in scotland will be eligible for three full cycles of ivf treatment. from today, the scottish government is increasing the number of cycles funded by the health

service for women under 40 from two to three. it's expected to cost about1 million pounds a year. protesters in paraguay have stormed the congress and set fire to the building as anger grows at moves to allow the present to san francisco term. the demonstrations were triggered high a second vote via closed doors. the change to the constitution ended the one term limit. campaigners say paraguay‘s democracy is under threat. the artist gilbert baker, who created the rainbow flag that became an international symbol for gay rights, has died. he was 65. baker was asked to come up with a flag design for the lgbt community in 1978 by harvey milk, who was california's first openly gay elected official. bob dylan will finally accept his nobel prize for literature in stockholm today. the american singer won the award

in october but failed to travel to pick it up, or deliver the lecture that is required to receive the prize fund of around £700,000. if he doesn't fulfil the conditions byjune, he will have to forfeit his winnings. have you noticed anything special about today? not really. it is a pool full day! and it is 60 years since television viewers first saw this. the past winter, one of the mildest in living memory, has had its effect in other ways as well. most important of all it has resulted in an exceptionally heavy spaghetti crop. that is still great. it is panorama's famous spaghetti tree report. the three minute broadcast was watched by 8 million people. unfortunately, some viewers failed to see the funny side, but others were so intrigued they contacted the bbc to ask where they could purchase their very own tree. those are the main stories this morning. very good. you wouldn't get away

with it now. everybody is so to these things. i have checked the news this morning. i don't think there are any big april. i am not sure. good morning! how are you? rememberseeing this? he sure. good morning! how are you? remember seeing this? he has pulled out of the masters, tiger woods. that is him winning his first green jacket. he has four of them. he has had so many injury problems, he is not going to feature. it is his back? it is his back. a 15 month break. he has got so much talent, when you look at what he has achieved in the game, he is ready to get back to full fitness. i think he is fighting a losing battle at the moment. it is sad. he said he's not "tournament ready" due to an ongoing problem with his back, and admits he has no timetable for his return. the 14 time major winner won his first major at the masters 20 years ago. incredible to think, isn't it? of course, people will be watching this

and wondering if he will ever return to full fitness and compete at the top again. roger federer and rafa nadal will meet again in the final of the miami masters tomorrow in what is a repeat of the australian open final earlier this year. federer beating nick kyrigos overnight. later briton‘sjohanna konta faces caroline wozniacki in the women's final at the miami 0pen. as her terrific run continues. australian open quarter finalist earlier this year, and now looking for a third wta title. where will look to enjoy the occasion a little bit more. it is a great tournament to be a part of an tool the end. it is also something we will work hard for, to get opportunities like this. artic to play against incredibly tough opponents and somebody who has been at the top of the game for so long. i think overall, just to have the good join and of the challenges. —— enjoyment of the challengers. no title just yet for runaway leaders in the scottich prmeiership celtic.

they will have to wait until sunday — at least — before they can call themselves champions after second—placed aberdeen beat dundee 7—0 at last night. had they lost, celtic would have been champions. it's not often you see a defender score a hat trick. we did last night andrew considine made it 4—0 just before half—time // celtic are still 22 points clear at the top. considine getting the seventh and his hat trick goal late on. liverpool will be without jordan henderson and adam lallana for today's merseyside derby against everton. the two sides meet in the lunchtime kick off in the premier league. let's hearfrom both managers, firstlyjurgen klopp who's been impressed with the way today's opponents have been playing — everton have lostjust one of their last 12 league games have a really good run. a good run. didn't lose a lot of games in the last few weeks. good results.

0bviously confident. but, yeah, we feel that maybe should underestimate the power. whenever we play them, we have to create a special atmosphere. it isa have to create a special atmosphere. it is a new season. it is a new game. a new manager, by everton. i don't know why but i heard a little bit about the last two seasons of everton, that maybe they were too afraid to play against liverpool. but why you need to be afraid to play against liverpool, i don't understand that. well, later, the legal leaders chelsea, who are ten points clear at the top, they can extend that lead again when they play crystal palace. 2nd placed spurs face burnley. and there's another derby at teatime — the south coast derby or el "classi—coast" as some have dubbed it!

southampton taking on bournemouth are neck and neck in the league in 10th and 11th we just heard from manager ronald koeman there who witnessed his defender seamus coleman suffer a really nasty injury whilst playing for his country the republic of ireland against wales on international duty. and now he's at the centre of a row after accusing the national coach martin 0'neill of not protecting his player whilst he was away from his club side on international duty. but 0'neill‘s responded calling the everton manager a "master tactician of the blame game". you wonder if that one will rumble on. derby county have kept their slim hopes of a playoff place alive with victory over queens park rangers in the championship. manager gary rowett marked his first home game in charge with a win. matia vydra scored the only goal of the game in the second half. derby are now six points off sixth placed sheffield wednesday. in superleague, castleford tigers remain top on points difference after they thrashed huddersfield 52—16. leeds rhinos have moved up to second with a 26—18 victory over wigan. leeds were only two points ahead at half time, but ran in two tries in the second half to pull clear — carl ablett with the final try.

that's their fourth win in a row. britain's charley hull is 3 shots off the lead after the second round of play at the first women's golf major of the year in california. hull finished off her first round with this birdie at the 18th before immediately starting her second round — that was because of delays to the tournament caused by bad weather. norway's suzann pettersen leads on seven under the semi—finals of snooker‘s china open start this morning. she finished joint second last year, so she finished joint second last year, so fingers crossed she can produce the goods. sad not to see tiger woods. yes, i think it is. a sorry end to an incredible career. i think thatis end to an incredible career. i think that is the reality, at what point is he going to let go and stay enough is enough? yes, so many times there has been a setback. is this really the end? he is really

clinging on... that is part of what has made him so great, if that drive and determination, which she obviously has in abundance. but injury wise, his body is not up to it. he keeps lowering and all the fa ns it. he keeps lowering and all the fans saying that he is going to be back. everybody wants to see him competing at the top. but it is not happening at the masters this year. thank you very much. curling is one of team gb's most successful winter 0lypmic sports. but that's all thanks to scotland. in the future, though, they could be getting help from south of the border. mike's been to a farm in kent where they've built england's first dedicated curling rink. away once they milked cows, they are farming a new breed. kent is the garden of england. they are milking something very rare. 0utside scotland, curling talent. it is all thanks to a farmer who moved here from scotland and brought the game with him. now starts blitzed their

time between farming and tending to the ice. there was nothing in england. i came down from scotland, where killing is something that happens on family days. it was a beautiful thing. when i had the cows, they made a mess, they did not make any money. i bring the curlers m, make any money. i bring the curlers in, they make a mess, they still do not make any money! bartee has stirred deep passion for the sport in southern england, hoping to nurture future curling scars who could one day help the scots nurture the national team. so far, this is the national team. so far, this is the only dedicated curling rank outside scotland. but later this year1 will open in preston, and you share. you just slice it up. year1 will open in preston, and you share. youjust slice it up. at year1 will open in preston, and you share. you just slice it up. at any level you can enjoy it. it is straight but it could be a bit short. adam has a lot of sweeping to do. closer than i thought! next

yea r‘s do. closer than i thought! next year's winter olympics will be the first to feature a mixed doubles condition. will we be getting the nod from the young curlers?|j condition. will we be getting the nod from the young curlers? i like sliding. there is a specific technique to get it right and it ta kes technique to get it right and it takes so much time to perfect. technique to get it right and it takes so much time to perfectlj takes so much time to perfect.” think it is down to tactics. down to knowing what the opposition is thinking, what you can do to win the game. in some ways this game is like chess. i have a couple of tactical signals. the great thing about the sport is that you don't need ice skates. myjob is to sweep. as soon as they say sleep, you start sleeping. here we go, to try to get it the extra few centimetres. get it into the circle. come on! you don't really need to be the most typical athlete to get into curling. we have

lots of different curlers. it is a great sport occurs there is individual sport involved but you have to play as a team. —— individual skill. it is never over until the last own. potential! for mike, i'm not sure. maybe for everybody else. 6:42 a.m.. you might remember the crystal maze — the quiz show in the 1990s. but if you ever wished you could have a go, now could be your chance. the format has been revived as part of an immersive theatrical production — which sees people take part, influence the show, and even become characters themselves. brea kfast‘s tim muffett has been to have a go. all rights team! the audience as participants. not just watching all rights team! the audience as participants. notjust watching a show but the image. the crystal maze experience opens today in manchester. it is based on the early 90s manchester. it is based on the early 905 tv manchester. it is based on the early 90s tv programme. he's got it! look

at that! it was a really british tv show. it had a sense of reverence. it was funny. it was tongue in cheek it was silly. that is just the way the wookie grumbles. like the london show that has been selling out for a year, this new manchester production will see audience members compete for crystals to buy time into crystal dome. we have written the disconnect now between people wanting to be at than passive. wanting to play, and follow a journey, rather than just sitting wanting to play, and follow a journey, rather thanjust sitting in a dark auditorium. this in massive production might be inspired iodate seem production might be inspired iodate seem in the game show, but but (inaudible). montague is and capulet ‘s. a very different version of romeo and juliet. the latest production by emotion specialists. we will dream upon it! audiences

choose which subplot to follow. there is even dodgeball and a 90s rave. it is very immersive. not quite what you're expecting.” rave. it is very immersive. not quite what you're expecting. i think the fact that it involves everybody in it, that is the whole thing, that you are not sitting separately. the a rts you are not sitting separately. the arts council has seen a big rise in the number of funding applications from experimental theatre groups, up 4296 from experimental theatre groups, up 42% since 2013. many immersive shows like this one, a son alice in wonderland, have proved popular. but some feel the novelty is rankin. what has changed in immersive theatre is that has gone from being this artform that was new and exciting to being something that people are ending up going for the experience of. if you have not got something you want to say and achieve, by bringing the audience into the show, then you might as, it massively. you might as will not do it at all. confusing at times,

perhaps. audience participation is a must. but the growth of immersive theatre suggest watching a show weaves, for some, no longer enough. what you think? bbc breakfast teambuilding exercise? can you see it? nope! made if other people. i don't know if we would be any good. time forever cut the weather. mixed at the moment. calm across most areas of the uk, but there are showers building, quite big ones as well, maybe with hail and thunder. at this very moment we have heavy rain around parts of wales, which should clear away, but for some of us should clear away, but for some of us in western parts of the uk it is downhill from now. clouds will build. sunshine around, so not overcast skies completely and reagan, but these popcorn style showers. —— and rain. very hit and

miss, mixed weather and we could get rumbles of thunder. you can see the blobs of blue sky. a wall of water. it might feel like it for a moment if you catch the showers. the thing about them today is they will first form across the western half of the uk and then a little bit later in the afternoon the heavier ones will move towards more eastern areas. either tighten its staff the showers will clear away and then we are in for a dry, clear night. —— will clear away and then we are in fora dry, clear night. —— by will clear away and then we are in for a dry, clear night. —— by the time it is dark the showers. take an umbrella if you are popping out for a longer period of time. you might have to dodge that the shower clouds. a different story for sunday. sunday, we are and forecasting any showers. high pressure builds across the uk. lots

of sunshine around, really a pleasa nt of sunshine around, really a pleasant sort of day. the winds will be light, it will feel warmer. temperatures up to 17 in london. for most of us about 12— 13 degrees. fresh around the coasts. 0n the weekend, he prepared for the april showers today. it will be a little bit chillier. don't be surprised if there is a bit of frost on the grass first thing. 0n there is a bit of frost on the grass first thing. on sunday, a fine and sunny day. not looking bad at all. that's it. what is going on with the weather? that's a bonkers 24 hours! it's april! whenever the calendar changes and we get into april, we get april showers. it happens every year. do you believe it? that's quite interesting. all sorts happening. now it's time for click with spencer kelly, who's been getting a rare peek inside the studio,

and mind, of the self—proclaimed "non—musician", brian eno. today i'm in the lair of a wizard. a wizard who likes decibels, who has won grammies, who writes a good book or two. a wizard called brian eno. the former member of the band, roxy music, has added his unique production sound to the biggest acts in the world — groups like u2 and coldplay, and some chap called david. and it is his love of random, so—called generative art, that has brought us here.

his new work, reflection, is also rather unpredictable. it is a generative music app which follows rules defined and refined by eno, but which plays differently every time you listen. so 14% of these notes, a random 14%, are going to be pitched down by three semitones. the second is that 41% of them are going to go an octave down — 12 semi—tones. can i just say. . .scientist. i would go further, quantum scientist. it's all about probabilities here. yeah, it's probabilities. eno has spent weeks, even months, tweaking these rules and probabilities which, when they're all when combined, cause these sounds to randomly echo, bounce, transpose or not play at all. so these are all different types of scripters. and then there's a whole lot of other stuff.

it's very maths! yeah, well, i like my chains. who doesn't?! we will make that a tedious loop. music beat loop 0k. now, a lot of music is based just on things like that and it goes on for ever. now i will putting in some scripters. first thing i'm going to put in is a way of reducing the number of beats. let's. .. music beat loop beat changes so it's only playing 80% of the beats. now, let's have it hit some other drums, occasionally. already it is a pretty crappy drummer, i have to say. well, no, i have to say, actually, this is way more interesting, with the greatest of respect,

than the original drumbeat, isn't it? yeah. it makes it sound human. now we'll put in some rolls. traditional music, you have a piece which you lock down, but you're not locking that down. you're locking down a kind of piece of it. it's almost like you're taking this, or part of it, and you're locking that down, this is how i might want the piece to be but i don't mind so much if it changes every time. that is a good way of explaining it. i'm trying to kind of make a version of me in the software, my taste, if you like. i'm always interested in what is at the edge of my taste envelope, if you like, and randomness is a way of finding out. have you ever thought about whether you can copyright the music that comes out of...? yeah, that's an interesting question. if you sell the app to somebody, do they own the music that comes out of it? because they've constructed it, in a way.

all the bits are mine, but the final construction is theirs so. what did you conclude? i don't think it's very easy to make a case for saying it's my music, because it sort of is in a modern sense of what composing means. we spent about an hour with eno and in the next few days, you can see more inside brian's brain online. look out for the link on twitter. this week, samsung launched its latest mobile phones. just a few minutes to go until the launch starts and there's an incredible level of secrecy here but i guess there is a lot at stake for samsung after the note 7 debacle, we're just waiting to see what the s8 has in store for us. soon the hype turned to cold hard facts.

out of this samsung unboxed event, a phone... well, two phones were born. so here we have it — the s8 and the s8 plus. my first thought? not even the plus seems to be that large. that's because the screens on both of them curve over the edges. there's been a lot of hype about this. personally, i'm not really sure it feels like that big a deal, but it does mean that you get a screen which is bigger, but on a smaller sized device. so a few of the features that we've been told about today, there's the fingerprint scanner, as well as iris and facial recognition, meaning you should not need a password but should still be able to achieve all the security that you want. there's also what they call an invisible home button, it's part of the screen there. but as you press it you can feel some sensation. one thing we have heard a lot of talk about is the launch of bixby. when fully functioning,

the virtual assistant aims to make interacting with your phone easier. interacting with ten samsung apps, controlling other samsung devices — yes, there is a theme here — and using artificial intelligence to learn your habits and suggest what you might be looking for next. so, naturally, i want to test this new personal assistant, but there's one substantial problem — bixby is currently only available in korean. it's not until may that it'll be released in american english, and then after that some other languages are going to follow. so it may well be great, but i can't tell you about it. in the meantime, the image recognition function is in action. you photograph an item and it aims to find it for you online, with varying success. so, the hairbrush. it thinks my hairbrush is a fork. the phone will be released this month from $650. the company believe they will see

explosive sales, but let's hope not exploding phones! now, to cyborgs and when hollywood imagines them they look way too futuristic to be anywhere close to becoming a reality. they did not save your life, they stole it. but are they? dan simmons has a very special appointment with professor someya at the university of tokyo injapan. i have come to see a professor who is apparently going to turn me into some sort of cyborg.

it's very unusual. it's one of the first times a camera crew have been allowed in to see the process happen, and it's all going to take place through this door here. this research team have come up with the world's thinnest organic circuits. lighter than a feather, they could be worn like a second skin. either monitoring the body or as an e—skin display. we can introduce the electronic functions directly on the surface of the skin, without causing any discomfort. this is human and machine coming together? the display they are putting on to me has taken three days to manufacture, so the research team are being very careful. its thickness is just two to three microns.

the magic is controlled by polymer semiconductors and transparent electrodes, with organic semiconductors and diodes firing up the display. and they're surprisingly resilient. they can scrunch them and, on rubber, even stretch of them. the circuits still work, and that's something i've come to put to the test. professor someya has used this e—skin to measure heart rate and oxygen levels in the blood. could we use this out and about? is it robust enough to go running with, for example? yeah, so, first, please move your hands. something like that. and... it doesn't cause any mechanicalfailure. it's flexible. yeah, that's truly flexible. would you expect us to change this every two or three days? yes, that's another possibility. so if we can manufacture everything very cheap, so after you go to the shower and then delaminate your skin, and then put the fresh one.

i expected that to break by now. and it's still very much alive. this is just a single digit display today, but what could this be the future? so, the second step will be much multiple digits and then going to the high—definition display. so we could have maybe 1,000 pixels? yes, 1,000 pixels, that's technologically possible. so on our hand, so we could, what, talk to people? yes. on our hand? this could be a picture of my mum, for example? i could say, "hi, mum, and my mum would appear on my hand? yes, that would be possible in the future, maybe four

or five years. but lifestyle will be the biggest issues. this is the start of the rise of the cyborgs. that's it for the short version of click this week. the full version is on iplayer for you to enjoy. follow us on twitter for more. there is much more from brian eno coming soon as well, see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent anger over gibraltar‘s role in the coming brexit negotiations. spain says it wants a separate deal on its future. foreign secretary borisjohnson says the uk will be rock—like in its support of the territory. good morning, it's saturday

the first of april also ahead — minimum pay for workers aged 25 and over goes up from today — the government says around two million people will benefit scotland increases the number of ivf cycles available to couples where the woman is under 40.