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 a0. johanna konta repairs to face caroline wozniacki the final of the miami open, chasing herthird caroline wozniacki the final of the miami open, chasing her third title. in the men's final, federer will play rafael nadal. house sounds made by the humber

bridge have been transformed into a piece of music for visitors to listen to as they walk along. and tomasz has the weekend weather. the weekend looks a little bit and it is. some of us may have to run to cover today from few showers but tomorrow is looking mostly sunny. good morning. first our main story. tensions are rising over gibraltar‘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. it shares a border with 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 gibraltar. it is unfair and unnecessary and clearly discriminatory. 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 borisjohnson tweeted that the uk remains implacable and rocklike in our 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. our political correspondent

matt cole is in our london studio. what's the latest this morning? it seems these convocations will get even worse? yes, a fly in the ointment. the british government probably could have done without it at this stage. yesterday we got the first response from the european union to the article 50 notification letter that was handed in on wednesday. yesterday the eu council president set out his basic sorts on how he thought the eu should negotiate these proceedings. he did say then that he thought things would be complex and potentially confrontational at times. i don't think anyone probably thought they would get quite so confrontational quite so quickly. of course, these arejust quite so quickly. of course, these are just draft proposals from the

european union at this point in time. the other 27 heads of state and government will need in april to thrash out theirfinal and government will need in april to thrash out their final negotiating sta nce thrash out their final negotiating stance and for the issue ofjob roles are being raised, well, spain has asserted it for now. we'll have to see if you will make the final cut later on. two million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up to £7.50 an hour. the change has been broadly welcomed by unions. but employers have expressed concern about the strain of additional costs. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. 23—year—old lewis has already paid more than the national living wager by his employer. he notices the difference from his previous company. i was struggling for money. it was a concern for me. it was very much go to work, come back, night in front of the television. now i can

afford to have a social life and i can afford to have a social life and i ca n afford afford to have a social life and i can afford to do stuff in the local area. enjoy myself a little more. from today, all workers over 25 must be paid at least £7 50 an hour. if you work a full week, you will now receive a least £281. but employers are worried. a members were already heyington their staff more. but for those who weren't, it adds significant cost to their business, around £900 of the year and a further £120 a year with the knock—on consequences for national insurance payments as well. much of that cost will be absorbed by the business itself rather than passing it on in the form of prices. that is not the only change. controversial business rates come into force today. while most companies will be paying less, some faith much higher bills, especially in the south—east. in the new system for calculating car tax begins. hybrid owners will

be paying more than they did. around 4,000 households in england earning more than £100,000 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 a reality for thousands of people. 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 a0 from two to three. it's expected to cost about £1 million 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 a0 have been offered two cycles of ivf on the nhs. that is now changing to three. older women between a0 and a2 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 a0 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 a0 are entitled to two cycles. in northern ireland, just one. the ivf programme in scotland is expected to cost the nhs around £1 million a year. money which has already been put aside. the minister says changes to ivf treatment in scotland make it the fairest and most generous in the uk. protesters in paraguay have stormed the congress and set fire to the building as anger grows over moves to allow president ca rtes to stand for a second term.

the demonstrations were triggered by a senate vote behind closed doors to change the constitution, ending the one term limit. campaigners say pa raguay‘s democracy is under threat. president donald trump left the oval office on friday without signing the executive orders that he was there to announce. he continued walking as a reporter shouted questions about whether mr trump was trying to get immunity for his former adviser michael flynn who was forced to resigned over alleged links to russia. amid journalists' confusion, vice—president mike pence picked up the orders from the table, and they were signed in another room. the artist, gilbert baker who created the rainbow flag 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. people living in 0rkney enjoy the best quality of life of any

rural area in the uk according to a new survey. the study by the bank of scotland praised the islands for their stunning scenery, low crime rates and good choice of pubs. it is the first time they have topped the poll, having jumped from a6th last year. they beat wychavon in the west midlands into second place. jumped from a6? what did they do? maybe they install wi—fi. private landlords are warning they may have to put up rents as a result of tax changes that come into force next week. from april 6, the amount of tax relief they can claim on the interest on their mortgage payments will fall to the basic rate of 20%. previously they were entitled to up to a5%. according to the latest figures, the number of landlords is increasing. there are currently 1.75 million in the uk. in total they banked more than £1a billion in rent

but the vast majority are part—time. 87% of them are individuals and most only own one property. the government says these changes to the tax system will create a level playing field between regular homeowners and buy to let investors. with us now is chris town, the vice chairman of the residential landlords association what do you think the impact of this will be? clearly the impact will be u pwa rd will be? clearly the impact will be upward pressure on rents because landlords are increasing the tax burden significantly, so, the direct result you say that many people will need to be more in rent? there are a number of results. rent is one thing. this investment by landlords whose business model now will not work because instead of the interest being allowable against tax it is now going to be taxed. it will

increase cost significantly for some people, particularly those with loan to value rate. they will be affected first and they will need to disinvest for this takes effect. the current tax system gives a buy to let landlords an advantage over regular landlords. you can see that thatis regular landlords. you can see that that is not quite there? that is the view of the treasury. in fact, landlords pay more tax than homeowners, clearly. 0f landlords pay more tax than homeowners, clearly. of the homeowners, clearly. of the homeowner sells a property, and does not pay any tax on the profit that is made on the sale. so if it was purchased for 25,000, sold for 30, there is no tax paid. if it is a landlord, they must pay tax on that capital increase. but could you argue that a landlord is more likely to have one property and home owners are less likely to sell a property regularly? of course. it is a business and it should be treated like all other businesses. all other

businesses that can deduct interest cost of finance from their profit. this new tax will change that. it is the only business that is affected by these changes. you probably come across as this already with people who do not have a lot of sympathy with the landlords were many properties. we are not talking about people with one rented property or maybe two, we are talking about those who are far more than that. the whole, i don't think people will have sympathy for the idea. the maybe profit margins are slightly less. it is probably more the other way around, to be honest. people with a lot of property generally have been in the business for many yea rs have been in the business for many years and have a lower loan to value rate that they will be less affected. they have more properties to cover the increase in tax. people with one property, so, for instance, someone

with one property, so, for instance, someone is working and they earn about 35,000 a year. there little portfolio costs about £10,000 year in interest. that was deductible against tax until thursday. after thursday that deduction goes into their profit pot so that lifts them from a basic rate to a higher rate of tax at a0%. that is when this change kicks in. it does not affect basic rate taxpayers but many people, unknown to them, probably, will be subject to this increase in tax. what will make it fairer, for you? one of our proposals has been that if this were to be implemented just for new borrowing so that landlords purchasing new properties adding to supply, new mortgages on those properties, this could be applied to those. but, of course,

went people purchased properties yea rs went people purchased properties years ago, that was a different model. the tax changes, it is a radical change to the business model. we will leave it there from now. thank you very much. 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. let's have a look at some gorge —— gorge and pictures of the flying scotsman yesterday. it travelled across the ribblehead viaduct on the reopened settle to carlisle railway. it looks like the train on the way

to hogwarts. tomasz has the weather. how is it looking? looking a little bit mixed. it is the same bridge as the one from harry potter. it might be! i think so. weatherwise today, a mixed bag on the way. we have damp weather around this morning. it is wet across some parts of wales, the northwest of england and around yorkshire with had rain. today it's a case of dodging the showers and there will be quite a few of them brewing. if you've got clear, blue skies right now, what you'll find in the coming hours is the clouds will start to bubble up. then they will in turn become this shower clouds. if you look at the forecast, this is lunchtime. basically they form inland and grow upwards, the clouds, then you get these showers. they are in about

five miles across. in another town it might be sunny. and they move around, so it will be very hit and miss. hail and thunder a possibility. first the showers will form in the west, then in the east. so we will get them at different times. this evening and overnight, because the sun drives the showers, the showers die off and we have a clear night. pretty chilly in yorkshire, northwards. the chance of a bit of grass frost, but that's it. sunday, a very different day. we aren't expecting these showers and it will change completely on sunday. high pressure builds and stopped the showers from forming. so we are forecasting a mostly sunny day for nippy in the morning, sunny, very light winds. we are in this nice speu light winds. we are in this nice spell of weather. temperatures of about 17 in london. for most of us, about 17 in london. for most of us, about 13— 1a. two very different days this weekend. today we have

april showers. chilly tonight, days this weekend. today we have aprilshowers. chilly tonight, once the showers clear away, and sunday is looking absolutely fine. that's it. thank you very much. absolutely fine, that's good to know! shall we have a look at some of the front pages of the newspapers? the times have a story about google and corporation tax. inland revenue will be hit with a big bill, from google. so they've agreed to repay that money despite the government saying they will call more cash from internat giant. —— internet. and there is a story of prince charles on the daily mail. this is suggesting prince charles tried to halt the american invasion of

afghanistan. they say they made this plea to the us ambassador to london for weeks into the military operation. the daily telegraph has a story about mps a posture the expense is. they say there has been a data breach. —— mps' expenses. they say confidential information has been lea ked confidential information has been leaked on thursday night. 0n the front page of the daily mirror, a very personal account. these are the words of linda nolan, who is suffering from cancer at the moment. and to pick up on some of the inside pages, mirror and many of the inside pages, mirror and many of the papers are looking at this story about gibraltar and the reference to it as part of the eu brexit negotiations, which has angered many people, especially those who live on gibraltar. we will be talking a

little bit about that later in the programme. it's funny how history continues to rumble on. it wasn't long ago that the plight of migrants trying to enter eastern europe was regularly in the programme. an agreement between turkey and the eu has reduced that flow, but there are still many seeking asylum. this container camp is still empty. there's space 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 should never become a legal, but they are treated as illegal from

the first moment. so whereas the european union law requires them to accept that they have a right to stay until the first decision, they are treated first as if they are legal, second as if they have not entered hungary. according to the reception centre, call it account, by building a tug erin authorities haveissued by building a tug erin authorities have issued a direct challenge to the international community. no one can tell us, they say, how to deal with asylum seekers. this is the food warehouse, one of two. just across the serbian border, volu nteers across the serbian border, volunteers provide food to refugees. there used to rest here on their way to hungary. now they are looking for alternative path. this is a time of experimentation. they are trying to see if there are any better routes, many have gone back to belgrade to get a rest. in this ruined factory on the edge of the town, this

pakistani refugee contemplates his next move. maybe i will try for the croatian side or the romanian side, because this border is now totally closed, so they built another fence. that's where the problem lies. hungary at great cost had sealed its southern border, so this man and his friends plan to travel through remainiac instead. —— rumania. autism affects one in every 100 people. it is a condition that is often misunderstood. but a new course designed for teachers and carers is hoping to equip people with the knowledge and skills to better support children with autism. we'll hear more about the programme in a minute, first let's hear from the author laura james, who spoke to breakfast —— lets here actually straight from mark, who is a researcher at the

university of bath. this is a tricky programme because still is now it is misunderstood a lot of the time. absolutely. tomorrow is autism awareness day, so thank you for having me on to raise awareness. it is stepping beyond awareness and to appreciation. what is autism? 0ur online course is free for everyone and it is really to develop the understanding of what autism is. it is set out in an accessible way so people can understand exactly what they want to understand. give us a snapshot. what are the resources available? there are many resources. we have videos. people can just watch us talking about what autism is at the cutting edge research we've taken to understand autism. there are also limits on learning difficulties. that's a very neglected area. importa ntly difficulties. that's a very neglected area. importantly the course focuses on what technologies

are available to help people with autism and how can teachers and pa rents autism and how can teachers and parents best support children with autism. what is there to help? there are many technologies, thousands of apps available. the question isn't whether there is technology, but how do you find the best technology to help your child with autism? there's a programme we are developing, that is available through the online course, and it helps to identify what your child can and can't do. that will inform what apps are most appropriate. we often talk to people and parents who have autism and one of the practical problems they face is about resources in the community. that's almost a separate problem. yours is a resource—based issue. presumably the idea is that can lead them to the right places to get help. if that part of the idea? there are resources available for

people with autism and the internet is in itself a huge resource. there is in itself a huge resource. there isa is in itself a huge resource. there is a wealth of digital resources out there to help people, but it's knowing about them, knowing how to use them and knowing which ones are best. technology itself can be hugely beneficial in helping people with autism. if you are caring for someone, with autism. if you are caring for someone, child or adult, with autism, and as we know things at times can get incredibly stressful and difficult and your patience can be tested. what is there in that moment when your child is perhaps having a meltdown, what is it in that moment that can help? when you are in the moment it is very hard to draw upon the appropriate resources. a lot of what we try to do is plan to avoid those moments and prepared for those moments. it can be very difficult to change the behaviour of children with autism, so why to focus on changing their behaviour is? why not prepare yourself? what

can you do? it is about being in the right state of mind and knowing in advance what might occur and what the potential solutions are. there are the potential solutions are. there a re lots of the potential solutions are. there are lots of stress reducing strategies. knowing what they are and being educated and informed about that in itself can help reduce stress and can increase your confidence. you then know how you can address the situation. how do people go about accessing this website? you can come to the website. it is called future learn and is all about matching technology with autism. come and join us in the learning journey. thank you. music often provides an escape from the real world. but in hull, one sound installation aims to give listeners a better connection to their surroundings. the work celebrates the humber bridge by incorporating sounds made by the structure. visitors can listen to the music as they walk across the bridge.

lucy hester reports from the uk's city of culture. here in leeds, something magical is taking place. musicians from 0pera 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 sights of the humber river. but this unique project is hoping to inspire people to walk along its mile—long length and get lost in incredible sounds. 0pera north is working with norwegian composers to create this musical guided walk. it's a fantastic construction and it's so much bigger than i expected. it's been interesting to walk across the bridge and to actually hear the sound of the bridge. meanwhile, the opera north orchestra

is recording its part. it's a beautiful sound recorded by top—class musicians. how can we blend different instruments into that and then build things on top of chords and sounds? the music just felt like it was natural blood running through your veins. some of these musicians are using their instruments in a very unusual way. the opera north chorus also has a part to play in creating the soundscape. it's 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. so 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's particularly amazing about it is 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's great. coming up in the next half hour: jo konta has already swept into the history books by becoming the first british woman into the miami finals but can she go one better and win the tournament? we'll be discussing her chances with gb fed cup captain anne keothavong just after 7:30. that's just coming up. headlines coming up. 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. two million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up to £7.50 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 a,000 households in england earning more than £100,000 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 a reality for thousands of people. 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 a0 from two to three. the change is expected to cost about £1 million a year. protesters in paraguay have stormed the congress and set fire to the building as anger grows over moves to allow president ca rtes to stand for a second term.

the demonstrations were triggered by a senate vote behind closed doors to change the constitution, ending the one term limit. campaigners say pa raguay‘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. it's april fool's day and it's 60 years since television viewers first saw this: pinch, pant, first of the month!

the past winter, one of the mildest in living memory has had effects in other ways as well. most important of all, it has resulted in an exceptionally heavy spaghetti crop. this is panorama's famous spaghetti tree report. the three minute broadcast was watched by eight 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. if it works, it always upset somebody, doesn't it? but as far as i know, we are not running one this year. or are we. . . ? i know, we are not running one this year. or are we...? good morning. we are talking aboutjohanna konta car. would she will face caroline wozniacki in the final of the miami

open and it will be a good one. she defeated venus williams in the previous round. two great finals as war because overnight nick kyrgios was defeated by roger federer. that means federer against rafael nadal another epic. if you cast back a year or so ago and you said that the two biggest matches of this year would be between rafael nadal and roger federer, you would say no, cannot happen. especially since you thought andy murray versus djokovic would be the emerging rivalry. so, yeah, two great finals on the way today. konta the first british woman to reach the final, after beating venus williams in thursday's semis. and she's expecting a tough match against the former world number one. most important will be to enjoy the occasion a little more. it is a

great tournament to be a part of until the very end and is something we work hard for, for opportunities like this. i play some incredibly tough opponent and someone who has been around for quite a long time now. i think it will be good enjoyment for the challenge. it's perhaps the news we've been expecting after his ongoing battles with injury. but tiger woods has pulled out of golf's first major of the year, the masters which starts next week. he said he's just not "tournament ready" due to his troublesome back, and that there's no timetable for his return. he was sidelined for 15 months after surgery he was sidelined for 15 months after surgery to try and fix it. the 1a time major winner won his first major at the masters 20 years ago. britain's charley hull is three shots off the lead after the second round of the first women's golf major of the year in california. she 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 7 under.

no title just yet for the runaway leaders celtic in the scottish premiership. they will need to wait until sunday before they can call themselves champions proper after aberdeen defeated dundee. had they lost, they would have been crowned champions. it is not often you see a defender score a hat—trick. we did last night. a—0 just before half—time. celtic at 22 points clear at the top. a win against hearts will clinch the title. that was his team's seventh goal. —— harts. two key players are missing for liverpool. they will be without jordan henderson and adam. what a match this weekend. let's hear from both managers. jurgen klopp has been impressed with the way today's opponents have been playing. they have a very good run, a good run and

did not lose a lot of games in the last few weeks or months. they good result, obviously confident but, yeah, nobody should underestimate the power. whenever we play at enfield we need to create a special atmosphere. it is the mid-season, a new game, new season, new manager. and i don't know why... i heard a little about the last two seasons at everton that maybe they were afraid to play against liverpool but why you need to be afraid to play against liverpool, i do not understand that. can anyone stop at chelsea? the understand that. can anyone stop at chelsea ? the league understand that. can anyone stop at chelsea? the league leaders can extend their ten point lead at the top when they play crystal palace. there is another derby at teatime, the south coast derby. southampton

meeting bournemouth, neck and neck in the league. we just heard from the everton manager there who witnessed his defender suffer a nasty double leg break against wales while on international duty. now he is at the centre of a row after accusing the national coach of not protecting his player while he was away from his club side, plane trees country. 0'neill responded calling the everton manager eight master tactician of the blame game. —— playing for his country. derby cou nty of playing for his country. derby county of left their hopes alive. gary marked his first home game with a win. derby are now six points away from sheffield. in the super league, tigers remain top on points difference after they thrashed huddersfield. the rhinos have moved

to second with 26— 18 victory. they ran in two tries in the second half. there are fourth win in a row. so all eyes then are on your and conquer and her match later. it gets under way at six o'clock, fingers crossed. she is the first british woman to play in the final of the miami open tennis tournament but can she really do well this time and win the actual title? she really do well this time and win the actualtitle? let's she really do well this time and win the actual title? let's speak it now to the fed cup captain, the former british number one. good morning. looking ahead a little bit too the game today. join a contrary is playing quite confidently, what do you think about her chances?” playing quite confidently, what do you think about her chances? i think she has a wonderful chance against caroline wozniacki today. they played at the australian open earlier this year and your huh no—one convincingly. she is full of

confidence. this is the biggest final of her career and there is a lot to play for. can you tell us about her opponent? what is herform like? caroline wozniacki has been playing equally as well over the past few weeks. she has won a lot of matches and made back—to—back finals last month during the middle east swing and she is feeling confident. she had a great win in the semifinals but i do think that johanna's level and type of tennis right now is different to that of caroline and she has the game and the weapons to hurt her opponent today. tell us a little bit about johanna more generally. in tennis you get some players who begin young, they have a moment in time when they are 17 or 18... the career ofjohanna is different. she is hitting her prime now, isn't she question but she is, what? 25 question but she is, what? 25 question mark that is correct. she has hit her prime. you need to look

at somebody like angelique kerber, the current world number one who won her first two grand slams last year. she achieved the world number one ranking for the first time last year and she did that in her late 20s. we see the trend in women's tennis now, more and more players are starting to hit their peak in their mid to late 20s and they are still playing high—level tennis well into their 30s which is something we never really used to see ten or 20 years ago. ijust think really used to see ten or 20 years ago. i just think the game really used to see ten or 20 years ago. ijust think the game has moved on so ago. ijust think the game has moved on so much. it is far more physical but mentally players look after themselves a lot better and there is more longevity now and the women's game. it is interesting that you say but mentally players look after themselves a lot better. i have seen johanna say herself but mentally was where she struggled in the past and she did not have the right frame of mind for big matches. what changed for her? how has she worked on it? she certainly trust herself. she

worked with a sports psychologist a lot and, you know, she knows how to control her emotions far better. there is a lot of stuff, johanna will admit herself that she can be high maintenance and a little tricky. but, you know, she knows how to manage everything, she trusts and believes in a game, she is working on the right things stay in and day out and as a tennis player, you know, the game is so mental these days. you need to be able to trust yourself and, really, execute in the heat of the moment. and also understand that you are not always going to have a great week. there will be difficult times but you need to come back, back yourself and try and reduce the best you can on any given day. by a skewer question that iam sure given day. by a skewer question that i am sure you will dread in a way, on the behalf ofjohanna, if we pull wimbledon into the conversation and, for many people, tennis is about wimbledon and they love the idea of a british player going into that tournament, playing confidently as johanna is now. could you say

anything in relation to that? well, wimbledon... wimbledon is where many players like to make their mark. wimbledon is... that it captures the imagination of so many people in this country can help play as profile. and, you know, and this yearjohanna will be going into wimbledon hopefully is a top—10 player which will be a first for her, possibly even a top five player. who knows what can happen over the next few months leading up. she will be full of confidence. she has a great game that can do damage on the grass. we saw that last year. and, you know, like us, she is capable of producing great tennis. hopefully that will happen at wimbledon but hopefully will happen today and happen at the fed cup for next month. i wasjust going to mention that, you are fed cup captain. what is true macwrite to work with? she is brilliant, as are the rest of the players on the team.

we have a difficult time coming up against romania, away on clay which is the least comfortable surface for our players. and the romanians will have an incredibly petra kvitova crowd behind but working with johanna, being part of the fed cup team, she is a great team player and we have a great team spirit, we are looking forward to this tie against romania where hopefully we can get a place in the world group. we have a great team, but we are the massive underdogs against the romanians who have top players on their side. underdogs against the romanians who have top players on their sidem is lovely to talk to you. i am sure we will be watching and listening tonight. i loved the little line in their howjohanna can be high maintenance and tricky at timess. aren't all the best people? a reminder, you can follow the commentary on bbc sport website from six o'clock. it is 7aa exactly. you

are watching breakfast from bbc news. our main story this morning... 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. iimagine the i imagine the weather for the tennis in miami is much nicer than it will be here over the next few days. good morning! it will be a lot warmer. i don't have at the chance of showers in miami is forthe have at the chance of showers in miami is for the tennis, but quite a high chance of catching showers today. when we talk about showers and the weather, it's a real hit and miss day when the weather comes. sort of a case of some towns and cities getting on downpour, the other is getting a few spots of rain, others having a completely dry day. the weather is all over the place. where will they be affecting

us? say about lunchtime. we have showers developing across western areas of the uk. not too many across the far east. some of them could be heavy enough to bring some hail, maybe some claps of thunder around the north—west of england and the la ke the north—west of england and the lake district, showers scattered around across northern ireland and scotla nd around across northern ireland and scotland too. he had to miss. lots of blue here and there. moving slowly as well, so some of us could have them for a little while. then the showers will affect eastern areas and by the time we get too dark the showers are on, so a clear night. they will only affect us through the day and in the evening it will be much clearer. a pretty nippy night on the way, not desperately cold. 7—8 in town, cold and out of town. tomorrow morning a nippy start, with lots of sunshine. this high pressure, like a nose of high pressure coming from the south,

will stop any showers from forming. sunday is a step to be a nice day. we have the showers today, needing the umbrella is, and sunday is a different day, very pleasant, light winds and lots of strong sunshine. remember, the son is about as strong as it gets, so it will still burn. this summary, april showers today, chilly overnight and on sunday another sunny day. thank goodness! thanks very much. now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. this week, samira ahmed asks whether brexit is being covered in an impartial manner. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. brexit is officially under way, but is the bbc playing down the views of unhappy remainers, like the tens of thousands who marched through london last weekend? plenty of complaints too that bbc news is far too negative about leaving,

so how do you cover this incendiary subject impartially? 60 years ago last saturday the treaty of rome, the founding agreement of what became the european union, was signed. the anniversary was marked across europe, but a march in london that day was less a celebration than a pained protest against the decision for britain to leave the eu. reporter: after the violence a few, short days ago, a protest with peace and love at its heart. thousands made their way to parliament square. many, like pensioner jacqueline skelton, had never protested before. many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum, but she sees that as a disaster for her home city of london. that report, which went on to hear from a number of those at the demonstration, ran on bbc london news, but bbc 0ne's national network bulletins mentioned the march only in passing, with just ten seconds or so of footage shown.

many people complained to the bbc about what they saw as insufficient coverage, with two of those viewers recording their thoughts for us on camera. as article 50 was being triggered on the 29th, i would have thought that much more credence would have been given to the march taking place. the early evening news put the number attending ataround 20,000. i consider that there were a great deal more than this. as leaving the eu is such a momentous decision for this country, and for some of us a disaster, we should have had a lot more coverage than we actually got. we deserve better. it was disappointing, then, to find an organisation of the bbc's reputation, as supposedly an impartial reporting body, had neglected to give appropriate coverage to this huge event. i would like to know why the bbc did not deem

it sufficiently newsworthy. thank you. well, we put those points to bbc news and a spokesperson told us: that was the start of a week of television news which has been dominated by wednesday's triggering by the government of article 50, kickstarting officially the process of leaving the eu. the subject was extensively covered on bbc, with plenty of input from members of the public, giving their views on the uk's decision to depart and what they expected from the next two years of talks. it was all too much for david robinson, who wrote: and keith gregory had this to say: not much chance of the bbc or any

of the media leaving it alone, certainly not on wednesday, when, in a special programme on bbc one, andrew neil interviewed the prime minister, followed by a number of other party leaders. the presenter came in for some praise for the way he conducted those interviews, including this telephone message. thank goodness for andrew neil, among the very few in the bbc who keeps to strictly accurate quotations. in general, there is far too much sloppiness and bias, but bravo andrew neil today. that allegation of bias in relation to brexit is one we've heard since before lastjune's referendum and, in the past fortnight, politicians have joined in the argument, with 70 mps writing to newspapers last week that the bbc had fallen

far short of its obligation to provide balanced coverage and had skewed good economic news since the referendum. then, on thursday, a rival group of politicians wrote another letter, calling on the corporation to resist attempts at political interference and report fearlessly and impartially on the brexit negotiations. that divided reaction is also evident amongst newswatch viewers, though most people we hear from side with this anonymous caller. might i suggest thatjust for once the bbc could be a little more up beat about our leaving the european union? it's been so depressing having to listen to all your presenters, and god knows how many political editors you have, talking about brexit, always, always in a negative fashion! please, try and be a little more positive. thank you. whether brexit is a cause for celebration and a great

opportunity for the uk to take back control, or a process which has already had negative consequences and faces substantial difficulties in the years ahead, depends of course on your point of view. but others agree that the bbc has been emphasising the latter at the cost of the former. here is danny goddard: and roland newsome put it like this: well, let's take a step back

and examine the bbc's approach to reporting on ourforthcoming departure from the european union with the corporation's chief political adviser, ric bailey. as you heard, there are strong feelings on all sides. is there something different about brexit which makes the bbc's commitment to impartiality actually quite a new challenge? i think whenever you have a referendum, in particular, opinion becomes very polarised and views become very entrenched and it is very difficult often to appreciate or even value impartiality in those circumstances. that vote is now done, it's over. leave have won and ourjob now is to really scrutinise carefully the execution of brexit, if you like. how the government carries out brexit, how it carries out the negotiations, to scrutinise not just the government but other politicians. that's why andrew neil did all these interviews this week with party

leaders across the uk, but also of course to scrutinise european union officials and politicians in europe. so ourjob now is much more intricate and complicated than a simple, sort of, mathematical balance between people who were remain or leave. so that journalistic challenge is really very strong. but the audience trust the bbc to do it more than anyone else. we do get a lot of complaints, especially from pro—brexit viewers, who feel the bbc is rerunning the referendum by always airing what might go wrong or what not work. how do you answer that? there will be parts of the community who will have concerns about it and we should report that. i don't think every time we find someone who is optimistic or pessimistic we should suddenly have to find the opposite view every time. we're no longer in that situation of a mathematical balance. what we do have to do is report it properly, so that the audience understands what the challenges and issues are. that must be a broad range.

it mustn'tjust be the people who are worried, it must be also the people who think there are opportunities. we heard a reference to the march last weekend, that the bbc supposedly goes to great lengths to ensure their coverage is impartial. could you give us an insight into how you do that, how you monitor and measure impartiality? we put a lot of obligation on individual programme editors to do that and part of what i do is to help them do that. but across time, it may not be an individual programme, it may be a series of programmes, people have to think about making sure they get the range of views and that will be different for different programmes. is that partly about a head count, or measuring airtime? i think it's really important that we don't pretend you can get impartiality by the stop watch all the abacus or a calculator. you don't measure impartiality by maths. you get impartiality by really good judgement and that's what our editors are trying to do all the time. people also wonder how the bbc should be reporting a story like, say, lloyds bank moving

jobs to brussels. to some viewers, it is an example of emphasising the negative, when that's only one event in a big, often very quickly changing picture. i think you have to make judgements on individual stories and you have to decide what level of prominence they're due and you have to take advice from the business community and so on. so, in the end, editors make judgements about those things. it is important that when you hear those stories you also hear others that might reflect something from a different perspective. after all, this is going on for a long time. over the next couple of years of negotiations there will be many examples of this and i think it's quite right that editors should be challenged to think about a wide range of views, not just those stories that you've heard talked about by viewers today. 0n the other hand, many viewers have got in touch with newswath to say any criticism, any critics of brexit, are labelled remainers and they feel the bbc is cowed by the political criticism,

notably from mps who complained to the director—general. are you cowed? 0ne mp actually said this week that relying on mps to be arbiters of impartiality was a bit like asking sir alex ferguson to referee a home match at old trafford. i think you've got to remember where criticism is coming from. it is important the bbc listens to criticism and acts on it, particularly if there's evidence, but it's also really important that we're robust in defending the bbc's editorial decisions and its journalism when we get political pressure. sometimes there will be genuine issues, sometimes there will be political pressure and it's very important to the bbc's independence that it withstands that. thank you very much. thank you for all of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinion on bbc news, call us on 0370 010 6676. 0r e—mail us at newswatch@bbc. co. uk. you can find us on twitter, and do have a look at our website for previous discussions.

that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. 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, boris johnson, says the uk will be rock—like in its support of the territory. good morning, it's saturday 1st april; also ahead: minimum pay for workers aged 25 and over goes up from today; the government says around 2 million people will benefit. scotland increases the number of ivf cycles available to couples where the woman is under a0.

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