‘0n 'on the iplayer. 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 it's 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.

and in sport, johanna konta eyes the biggest title of her career as she prepares to faces caroline wozniacki in the final of the miami open later. in the men's final roger federer will play rafa nadal. the challenge of rowing the atlantic; we have the story of four friends, 39 days at sea and a record breaking sum of money raised. and tomasz has the weekend weather. the weekend is looking mixed. somemight have to run for cover today. tomorrow is 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. 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 fiercely 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 could this mean for negotiations? and what chance will theresa may have of persuading them? one might imagine this will make it on to the final paper of the negotiating strategy of the eu. the eu 25 27 as they will be without britain are very much saying from here on in, they'll look after their own and spain is one of them. the caveat is whether the deal would extend to gibraltar. we are hearing

from sources that the answer to that is absolutely not. theresa may will have her work cut out on this. the big problem that has emerged from the negotiating statjitt outlined by the eu yesterday is the idea that the brexit divorce talks will have to ta ke the brexit divorce talks will have to take place before new talks on a new trade relationship can take place. i think possibly that's a blow to the british government who wa nted blow to the british government who wanted to do them in parallel but possibly this could be why spain are introducing this idea now because i think they would think if they can get this signed off now, it would put pressure on britain ahead of the trade talks because britain needs to get the trade talks up and running and therefore if things he held up by this spanish question over gibraltar, i think that spain would hope that gives them leverage. it's a surprise, people thought spain wouldn't bring this in, they certainly said they wouldn't but they have. it's a problem for the brexit negotiating team to sort out. another one. thank you very much. 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 is already paid more by the national living wage by his employer. he certainly notices the difference from his previous company. i was struggling for money, it was a big concern for me. it was very much go to work come back, spend the night in front of the telly. now i can afford a social life and to do stuff in the local area. yes, i enjoy myself a bit more. from today, workers over 25 must be paid at least £7.50 an hour. if you work a full week you will get at least £281.25. but employers are worried. many members were already paying staff more than the level of the national living wage. for those that weren't, it's adding significant costs to their businesses, around about £900 a year for staff

on average 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 businesses themselves rather than passing it on in the form of hire prices. and that is not the only change. controversial business rates come into force today. whilst most companies will be paying less, some, especially in the south—east, face much higher bills. and a new system for calculating car taxes starts. hybrid car owners will be paying more than they did. joe lynam, bbc news. 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 nf 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 nf on the nhs. that is now changing to up 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 nf cycles on the nhs for women under a0 varies. in england, up to three full cycles are recommended. but local commissioning groups decide, and in 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. two women have died and more feared to have died as as a result of the cyclone debby floods.

it's happening in queensland and new south wales. the prime minister urged people to be vigilant and not ta ke urged people to be vigilant and not take risks. 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. it's a rocky outpost at the south of spain with a population of 30,000 but it is already clear gibraltar is likely to play a major role in brexit negotiations. yesterday, its government accused spain which has disputed the uk's claim to the territory for 300 years of manipulating the european council to gain influence over its future. we're joined now by gibraltar‘s chief minister fabian picardo. thank you very much for your time

this morning mr picardo. can i get your reaction — a lot of people describe this as a surprise if not a shock that it was included within the eu's draft proposals — what was your initial reaction? good morning. i think your initial reaction? good morning. ithink in your initial reaction? good morning. i think in gibraltar, we did not expect to see gibraltar singled out for discriminatory treatment in this way. of course, there are going to beissues way. of course, there are going to be issues that gibraltar needs to work won the united kingdom and with spain. spain is our neighbour, it's going to be our access point into schengen and the european union, but to see ourselves singled out in a way that means that we cannot have the uk's new trade deal with the eu, such as it may be if one is done, without spain's approval and say—so and perhaps seeking to extract a price is really quite disgraceful. spain might have been expected to do this, but the european council to have gone along with this, even

putting it in a draft when gibraltar is the place in europe that was most pro—european union, we voted 96% to stay in the uk, we might have expected this from spain but not the european council. it's up for discussion. the eu says that is one of the things, and that is the way they want to treat it. what would you have theresa may do in advance of the actual talks starting? the european council is saying this is a d raft european council is saying this is a draft of the guidelines to go into the negotiation. this draft now has to be approved by all of the other member states to become the firm guidelines as at 29th april. i don't know whether the maltese, the irish, the scandinavians, the germans are going to go along with taking the 30,000 people of gibraltar and singling them out in the way this is proposed. in any event, it's the mandate to negotiate that's give tonne mr tusk and he then, or to mr

barnier rather, and he arrives at the negotiation with the guidelines. when you arrive with a negotiation, you arrive with a list of achievements and you walk out achieving less than them. i think theresa may is going to insist that the people of gibraltar are not discriminated against, the foreign secretary who i spoke to yesterday said that he'd continue to be implacable and ruthless in the defence of the rights of the people of gibraltar and defence of the rights of the people of gibraltarandi defence of the rights of the people of gibraltar and i expect nothing else from mrs may and her team. of gibraltar and i expect nothing else from mrs may and her teamm sounds like you are satisfied with the assureties you have had from the british government. do you think the negotiations proper shouldn't start until gibraltar is taken off the agenda? well, look this is an issue which is being put on the agenda by the other side. we have no control what the other side talk about. you might similarly say let's not talking until the european take off the table any suggestion. 0ne

talking until the european take off the table any suggestion. one thing that people were putting to me after the referendum result was whether spain might wait until there was a good agreement for the uk and at five minutes to midnight raise the issue of gibraltar then try to scumtering whole deal. every cloud has a silver lining, spain's played its card very early in this game, we can all now see them coming, it's time for people to stand up shoulder—to—shoulder with the people of gibraltar and defend the interests of the 30,000 richest citizens that live in gibraltar. not sure what room you're in as we are talking to you, we can see the picture of the queen and the flags behind you, but give us a sense of how raw emotions are over there? it's not my bedroom! this is the 0ffice it's not my bedroom! this is the office of the chief minister of gibraltar where you'd expect to see those characteristics of what is the executive of a british territory. the british government of gibraltar is answerable of course to her majesty the queen represented by a government in gibraltar. we feel

passionately british and nothing is going to change us. we are not going to bea going to change us. we are not going to be a pawn. we want the culprits, because the european union looks at britain as though they are in an acrimonious divorce, we are the partner to the eu and we are the ones walking away, well gibraltar wasn't responsible for that but we feel passionately british and nothing is going to change that. thank you very much. i like the line about it not being your bedroom, very funny, we like that, thank you for your time. glad he cleared that one up! i didn't think it was but, you know, now we know. very smartly dressed in his bedroom in a suit and tie! now to tomas for the weekend weather. good morning. some of us are waking up good morning. some of us are waking up to this sort of weather. lots of clear blue sky and fluffy fair weather cloud. 0ver clear blue sky and fluffy fair weather cloud. over the next few hours, we are going to see quite a change. the fluffy clouds will brew

into something a little more dark and sinister, so we'll talk about the showers in a moment. there has been some rain around already across wales and the north—west of england so wales and the north—west of england so it's not great everywhere, it's already raining and wet in some places and pretty grim. but we've got some sunshine in the forecast today but many of us will be catching the showers. the showers may bring thunder and light thing, hail too. the thinking is that early in the afternoon, say about lunch time, it's more western parts of the uk that'll get the heavier showers. south—western england through the west cou ntry south—western england through the west country into wales, the north—west here, northern ireland and most of scotland. later in the afternoon, showers in the east, perhaps some thunder too. some of us will dodge the showers

com pletely some of us will dodge the showers completely and will be wondering where are they. the night will be clear. chilly with frost around, particularly across northern areas. mostly grass frost. tomorrow a different day. no showers. this high thatis different day. no showers. this high that is going to build from the southis that is going to build from the south is going to stop the showers from forming. that is quite often what high pressures do, they put a lid on things. we then get a fine, clear day. maybe just a few scattered clouds tomorrow, harmless ones. 16 or 17 in london, 13 for most though and some of the coastal areas a little fresher. two very different days this weekend. a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain and sunshine and a bit of rain again. that's today. we'll call that april showers. a chilly night. then tomorrow should be sunny from dawn until dusk. 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. charles kingsland is professor of reproductive medicine at edge hill university. thank you for coming in. this sounds generous, three cycles for women under a0? generous, three cycles for women under 40? it is. the first ivf baby was born in the national health service up the road in old ham of course. when the baby was born, there was such a public outcry about babies being born in test—tubes within the nhs, society wasn't really quite ready for those technological advances. ivf went underground and the nhs rejected it and the treatment went into the private sector. it grew up in the private sector. it grew up in the

private sector. it grew up in the private sector. 0ver private sector. it grew up in the private sector. over the past generation, various commissioning bodies have drawn ivf treatment back into the nhs and now of course it's a successful treatment. but some areas have been more successful than others and this is what's led to the postcode lottery where depending on where you live you have varying access to criteria. now the government guidelines have been followed and patients are allowed to have three cycles which is great for scotland. you talk about varying degrees of access. in some places there is no individual access at all? that's right. ivf is very high profile as a subject. sad beginnings, happy endings, damsels in disit‘s, wicked scientists, nasty doctors, it's a harry potter story. but you can live on one side of the

road where you have access to funding, the other side of the road won't. in croydon they have withdrawn funding recently. if you have a fertility problem which can bea have a fertility problem which can be a devastating effect notjust on your general health but on your whole life, you may not get access. so in parts of london, there is no nhs funding. now in scotland, provided you fulfil the criteria which are laid down, but there again you could say it's biassed towards women over the age of a0 because if you are under a0 you get three sickles but when you are over a0 you only get one arbitrarily. so it's not a question of being fair, what people need is the knowledge to know that it's equally unfair to everybody. so in scotland, great, in croydon, not so good. statistically, if you look back 20 years, how much has ivf improved? three cycles of ivf, are you likely to know after

one cycle whether it's going to eventually be successful? yes. when i first started many years ago it was a bit of a lottery. there were so was a bit of a lottery. there were so many variables, the technology was in its early stages. nowadays, it's far more successful. you can actually predict with a reasonable degree of certainty who is going to get pregnant. it's unusual nowadays to see couples who you think should have got pregnant but didn't. not getting pregnant with ivf is far more predictable, as is pregnancy. no conversation about health care is com plete no conversation about health care is complete without the financial picture, so in scotland they've put a costing on this haven't they? yes. it's a £1 million figure. wa would be the equivalent if you apply to it the rest of the uk, because that doesn't sound relative to other costs in the nhs a huge sum of money? it's not. ivf relatively

speaking is cheap. it's not that expensive compared with other treatments. but there is this stigma about fertility which, is it a disorder, a disease, should we compare it with dementia and mental illness, these are the conversations that have to take place daily in commissioning groups, where do we put the money. it's only when you wa nt to put the money. it's only when you want to have a child and you can't and you can't get accessibility, you realise what a devastating effect infertility can have. what are the options for people who live somewhere where there is no funding? you need to get the right information from your commissioning authority. there's a lot of misconceptions about who does and doesn't get treatment. the commissioning authorities will know exactly. if you can't get treatment within the national health service, you then have to resort to funding the treatment yourself. that can be a lottery so it's important to get the right advice at the right time from somebody who you trust.

professor, thank you very much. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. city commentatorjustin urqhart—stewart is here to tell us what's caught their eye. what have you got from the newspapers this morning? house obsession. and nationwide is reporting the first fall for nearly two years. it's only a month before so two years. it's only a month before so it puts it into perspective. the average price of a home in the uk, £207 news, gone up significantly. just a small fall. the south still strong. northern ireland saw a slight increase. it was the only pa rt slight increase. it was the only part of the uk which had a crash in 2008. -- £207,000. this little graph, it has some huge rises in it?

monthly changes, yes. they are going up. but it's a strange level they have on here. what looks like dramatic falls are 2.3% and the rises, so it's over—emphasising it but it's basically seeing something that's slowly slowing down. really we are seeing the ownership rates coming down. hardly surprising, 35-aa, that coming down. hardly surprising, 35—aa, that was at 7a%, now down to 56%. we were talking about landlords earlier, many more people are rennesing not buying? the figures there, they say that, it was only 1296 there, they say that, it was only i2% used to rent ten years ago, now 20%. south—east england people can't afford properties. that is a big change. the next story, snack machines? yes, you can go to a snack machines? yes, you can go to a snack machine because you want that chocolate bar. yes, it's in the window calling you. yes, i've got to haveit window calling you. yes, i've got to have it now. i love people doing research. here is a good use of an expert. it's established if you had to wait 25 seconds and there are

other things in that snack machine rather than chocolate, you would have a healthy snack, your brain would start criticising you and thinking, maybe i should have the chocolate one, maybe i should have the healthy one. so it's the delay? the delay changes your mind. so do you think there should be — if you knew in advance there was a longer delay for the delivery of the clunk, if you knew it was going to take longer, you would think... yes. i don't think that would work. longer, you would think... yes. i don't think that would worklj longer, you would think... yes. i don't think that would work. i think if you were just standing there — we have been in that situation where you look at the vending machines and there are rows of chocolate bars and they are trying to make them a litling healthier now and you see one little lonely green apple which looks sad. it's been been there for months and it's never going to match up months and it's never going to match up to the chocolate. you could gear it wrongly so that every time no matter what you punch in you still

get something healthy but that would be really annoying. i like your thinking. your next story is in the daily mail. it is. this one is, we all must have seen this from the 1955 film of the dambusters. there we are, there is the professor looking at the bouncing bomb in herne bay and the bomb falls apart. this is before the dambusters raid. lo and behold, i thought this being april 1st this was a spook. yes, i was a little worried. but it's true, they have found part of the bouncing bomb, presumably one that didn't explode, presumably a testing one that fell apart. it's so heavy they can't move it. it might end up being a piece of art, which considering the other pieces of art i've seen recently, that looks impressive. there is a picture next to it of the original bomb. a captured one. not sure how you capture a bomb! with a german fellow standing next to it. these things were absolutely huge.

almost like a seeingn't of it. ? yes, just one end of it there. it's almost the height of an individual. very brave standing there or foolish. it's already dropped by 110w. foolish. it's already dropped by now. we are going towards the territory now where people might be thinking it's1st territory now where people might be thinking it's 1st april and what is what? i was waiting to be caught out. surely this is true though, the winner by a short head phone, personal stereos for grand national horses. that's what you need. when you are betting on the grand national, look for the ones which have their own head phones on. head phones? yes. a nice picture of a horse with a hood on with its head phones and presumably with its ipad 01’ phones and presumably with its ipad or other items. so horse play list, trot in the city by billy idol, you better you bet by the who and we are the bob champions. better you bet by the who and we are the bob championslj better you bet by the who and we are the bob champions. i like that one!

my the bob champions. i like that one! my favourite story is your last story of the day, this one in the guardian? yes. my goodness, george 0sborne is a busy man. guardian? yes. my goodness, george osborne is a busy man. you can edit a paper, be paid huge amounts of money in the city for one day a week, but no, actually, you can have your own fashion designer job, giorgio by giorgio! there he is. it's not a line of designer fashion. what? ! are you saying this isn't true? ! laughter. a new fashion design of hi—viz va cts . a new fashion design of hi—viz vacts. jackets. we are on bbc one until 10 this morning whenjohn torode takes his place in the saturday kitchen. we have an

extraordinary guest, singer song writer amy mcdonald, can you believing it, she's here on saturday kitchen, to face your food heaven and hell? yes, i'm scared. your idea of heaven? prawns, chicken, something like that. what about hell? hell would be rabbit. i'm with you on that! not for me. i'm going to have to cook it as well so it would be more hellish. we are split down the middle. the two chefs seem to have their own opinion. making his debut, tommy banks is with us. what are you cooking? scallops with yorkshire rhubarb. interesting. good. why not? ben tish how about you? classic roast chicken, sunday lunch roast chicken cooked over a piece of bread with wild garlic mayonnaise. even if you get your hell, amy, you are going to eat well. everyone's going to have great

food and eat all sorts of lovely things! like that, john, see you later. coming up, four men, 3,000 miles, memory of one of their brothers driving them on. we'll meet the four friends who raised a record amount of munroing across the atlantic. that is coming up before hello this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before ten, all of the weather, but first, coming up to 9:30am, a summary of this morning's main news: 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. 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. earlier, the territory's chief minister told brea kfast why

breakfast why it is going to be a crucial few months. we can be very tough indeed you're in negotiation and one of the things put to me after the referendum was whether spain would wait until there was a good agreement with the united kingdom and then raise the issue of gibraltar and that would scupper the whole deal. every is cloud has a silver lining, spain has played its ca rd very silver lining, spain has played its card very early, we can all now see them coming, it is time for people to stand up shoulder to shoulder with the people of gibraltar and defend the interests of the 30,000 british citizens that live in gibraltar. 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. two women have died and more people

are feared to have drowned as two australian states are hit by floods in the wake of cyclone debbie. 0fficials in the wake of cyclone debbie. officials said that swollen rivers continued to threaten tens of thousands of people living near major rivers in queensland and new south wales. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, urged people to be vigilant and not to take risks. 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. spoiler alert... it's april fools day... do you think that you have been full? you have said all sorts of strange things this morning, perhaps...? strange things this morning, perhaps... ? laughter and it's 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, it has resulted in an especially heavy

spaghetti harvest. 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. the more effort that goes into them, the more that you get back. pinch, punch, first day of the month, white rabbits, no returns, if you don't say, no returns, then you can get the person back! a very confident tennis player here. johanna konta, final of the miami open, big day for her, fingers crossed, if she wins it, biggest title of her career. she is buying caroline wozniacki, who she beat in the scaly and open. ——

she beat in the scaly and open. —— she is playing caroline wozniacki, who she beat in the australian open. roger federer playing later as well. konta the first british woman to reach the final. she's had a great year already winning her second title at the sydney international before reaching the quarter finals of the australian open. she recognises that winning a third title later is going to be difficult against a tough opponent. most important thing is to look to enjoy the occasion a little bit more. it's a great tournament to be a part of to the very end. not easy to get opportunities like this, i play against tough opponents, someone who has been around the top of the game for so long. 0verall, good enjoyment for the challenges, and it will come.

it's perhaps no great surprise after his ongoing injury problems. 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 two surgeries to try and fix it. the 1a—time major winner won his first major at the masters 20 years ago. better news for britain's charley hull. she's three shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the first women's major of the year in california. she finished off her first round with this birdie at the 18th. no hanging around though, she immediately started her second round following delays in the schedule because of bad weather. norway's suzann pettersen leads on 7—under. second placed aberdeen prevented celtic from being crowned scottish premiership champions last night after beating dundee 7—0. had they lost, then the title would have been celtic‘s, it was partly down to this guy andrew considine who scored a hat trick. not often you see a defender score a hat trick. a win for celtic against hearts on sunday will clinch the title. 22 points claire at the moment.

teams always raise their performance for for big derby matches. it helps then to have your best players available. no such luck for liverpool today who are missing the key duo ofjordan henderson and adam lallana for the merseyside derby with everton this lunchtime. let's hearfrom both managers, firstlyjurgen klopp who's been impressed with his opposite number ronald koeman. they have had a really good run, they have not lost a lot of games in the last few weeks and months. the result, obviously confident. but, we are liverpool, we play at anfield, and no one should underestimate the power of anfield. whenever we play at anfield we all have to create a special atmosphere. it is a new season, it is a new game, a new manager at everton. and i don't know why... i heard a little bit about the last two seasons of everton, that maybe they were too afraid to play against liverpool. why do you need to be afraid to play against liverpool?

i don't understand that. at the top, can anyone stop league leaders chelsea ? ten points clear at the top, but they can extend that when they play crystal palace. second—placed spurs face burnley. and there's another derby at teatime, the south coast derby, or the "el classi—coast" as it's being dubbed. 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". ronald koeman is unhappy that his player is now unavailable for the rest of the season. 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. matej vydra scored the only goal of the game in the second half and 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. 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 i’ow. try. that's their fourth win in a row. all eyes on miami. several hours of tennis watching ahead. 6pm, british time, it gets under way. gearing up for the match against caroline wozniacki. we will talk a little more about that now. johanna

konta has become the first british woman to play in the final of the miami open tennis tournament. can she win it? we will talk to a woman who can predict whether she will not, the former british number one. jo durie let's start with the obvious one, can she do it?|j jo durie let's start with the obvious one, can she do it? i think she can do it, but i think caroline wozniacki is going to bea to be a little bit different from the last match in australia where johanna konta won very easily, this time she will be far tougher. talk to us about what you see in your hannah conser, because do those of us hannah conser, because do those of us who watch, she seems like a confidence player, she has a style, she puts it out on the call, talk us through what her game has? look at the top ten. look atjo konta, she

has turned herself around with the mental approach, steady as a rock, consistent with that, it has helped her game. she has a natural, good first serve, gets a lot in, she has improved her forehand. she first serve, gets a lot in, she has improved herforehand. she works really ha rd. improved herforehand. she works really hard. and she is totally changing herself. interesting to hear you talk about this and how mentally she has changed herself, in practical terms, what does that mean, what has she done? she has found a way of processing how she goes about playing her matches. she is literally playing one point at a time, not dwelling on anything that goes wrong, she is always looking to the next point in a positive manner. she has managed to block everything out and get on with being in the present, which is a pretty amazing quality. she has beaten venus

williams to get to the final, i know that people say that venus williams is not the player she was but in a major tournament, in that situation, a williams sister is always a formidable opponent, psychologically, is that another marker? i think she quite slight playing her, she has beaten three times, she has been playing very well this year. the williams sisters getting to the final of the stadium, nobody thought that would happen. that was a very tricky match. and then simona halep, one sets down, had not served for the match as well, again, her strong mental approach brought her throat. exciting times. could be potentially a hugely exciting year, she has got toa a hugely exciting year, she has got to a level where she has raised her game, what does it take for her to step up to the very top, to get into the top five, top three?” step up to the very top, to get into the top five, top three? i think that she just has too keep that strong mental approach, her forehand

has improved enough, she may be able to improve it a touch more. really, week after week. now she feels co mforta ble week after week. now she feels comfortable being in that sort of top ten mix, looking for the top five, and you can even see in her interview, more relaxed about being there, and being in the company of these players. you get used to it, she will get more and more used to it. wimbledon will be interesting, she can do well there, the clay will be tricky, her least favourite surface. at the moment i don't think any of those top players want to play her. funny old world, lots of things change, something stay the same, rafa nadal and things change, something stay the same, rafa nadaland roger things change, something stay the same, rafa nadal and roger federer, what is that about? that was a great match between nick kyrgios and roger federer, i stayed up a bit too late watching it! isn't it... all the over 30 somethings doing well, players maturing later in their careers. coping with everything a

little bit better. great to hear, i love whatjoe just said, this could be an important wimbledon for johanna konta, iwonder what be an important wimbledon for johanna konta, i wonder what that could mean. —— jo. johanna konta, i wonder what that could mean. ——jo. ialso johanna konta, i wonder what that could mean. ——jo. i also like the idea that good tennis players are getting older, there is hope for us still! laughter you can follow live text commentary of saturday's final on the bbc sport website from about six o'clock. the main stories: britain has said it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims made by spain during brexit negotiations. a pay rise for 2 million people, as the national living wage rises to £7.50 an hour. this man has been earning his money this morning! busy weekend for weather. rainbow weather, classic mixture of

sunshine and showers, this picture tells the story of today. big clouds forming a little bit later on in the afternoon, pouring rain here, and thena mile afternoon, pouring rain here, and then a mile either way, the sunshine beating down. a real mixed bag on the way. you can see quite a few breaks in the cloud at the moment, some of us enjoying fine weather, rain around already this morning. showers will get going in the next couple of hours or so, starting to form across southern and western areas of the uk. today, it is going to be one of those days where the hmmfi to be one of those days where the forecast is not going to satisfy everybody. some of us will get the odd downpour, thunder and lightning, hail, some of us will miss it all together, some of us will be expecting the rain and it will not come. real mishmash of everything. we get it, we are in april, these are april showers, this is what happens this time of the year when we get strong sunshine, staring up the air, the clouds bubble up and we

get this ex of weather. showers will eventually clear a way through the evening, the sun is driving them, when the sun sets, the showers will drive away, that is what showers do, it is their life cycle. clear night, temperatures 5 degrees in the north, just about cold enough for grass frost. nothing more than that, much two miles across the south will stop tomorrow, different day, after a showery saturday, sunday promises to bea showery saturday, sunday promises to be a sunny one. it will be crisp and sunny from the morning onwards, very few clouds developing, very small risk of catching a shower, maybe across eastern areas if some of these clouds get big enough. for most of us, dry day, beautiful day to be out in the garden doing the gardening, providing you don't get too many downpours. otherwise it will be on the muddy side. on balance, fine day. let's summarise, tale of two halves, april showers today, chilly overnight, and then a

fine sunny sunday, whatever the weather, have a great weekend! curling is one of team gb's most successful winter olypmic 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. voiceover: where once they milked cows, they are forming a new breed, intend, the garden of england, they are milking something very rare outside of scotland, curling talent for the future. it is because there was nothing in england, i came down from scotland, where curling was something that all the family did. it was really a community thing. i would say, the cows, they made a mess, you did not get any money, brought in the curlers,

and they make a mess and they still did not make any money! but he has stirred a passion for the sport in southern england, helping to nurture future stars that could one day help the scots to strengthen the british team. at the moment this is the only dedicated purpose—built curling rink outside of scotland but another will open in lancashire, in preston, later this year. such a simple game, push a rock up the ice, at any level you can enjoy it. they do say this game is like chess, i am going to give him a couple of tactical signals... the great thing about this board, you don't need to be on ice skates, one of the few i sport where you don't need any skating ability to take part, myjob is to sweep as soon as they say sweet, here we go... to try to get it the extra few feet and centimetres. get it into the circle... come on, come on. that is our own stone! you don't need to be a typical

athlete to get along with curling, there is lots of different types of curlers, and it is a great sport because there is individual skill involved, but you need to play asa team. i like sliding, you have to have a very specific technique to get it right, takes time to perfect. it comes down to tactics, comes down to knowing what the opposition is thinking and where you can put it to win the game. they do say this game is like chess, i am going to give him a couple of tactical signals... the great thing about this board, you don't need to be on ice skates, one of the few i sport where you don't need any skating ability to take part, myjob is to sweep as soon as they say sweet, here we go... to try to get it the extra few feet and centimetres. —— as they say sweep, here we go... get it into the circle... come on, come on. that is our own stone! you don't need to be a typical athlete to get along with curling, there is lots of different types of curlers, and it is a great sport because there is individual skill involved, but you need to play

asa team. in this sport, it is never quite over until the last stone. 39 days, four hours, 1a minutes, thatis 39 days, four hours, 1a minutes, that is how long it took a group of four friends to row across the atla ntic four friends to row across the atlantic ocean. their aim was to raise funds for james' atlantic ocean. their aim was to raise funds forjames‘ place — a centre for men dealing with anxiety and depression. it was named in memory of the brother of one of the crew who killed himself ten years ago. we'll speak to harry, his mum and the rest of the rowing team but first here's the story of their journey. voiceover: relief, delight, exhaustion, tears. a mix of emotions like no other. following a journey like no other. following a journey like no other. before setting off on the 3000 mile unaided row across the atlantic, rory, toby, sam and harry

explained why they were doing it. ten yea rs explained why they were doing it. ten years ago, my brotherjames passed away, he took his own life. i have always wanted to do something in his memory. along came the challenge of running the atlantic. the journey from the canary islands to antigua tookjust over 39 days, there there were runners —— they we re there there were runners —— they were runners—up in the race, they raised it record amount by a transatlantic rowing team, more than half £1 million, which will fund a centre for men confronting anxiety, depression and suicide. the messages we got from people saying that they had managed to overcome some sort of depression or issues like that, pushing out this message. james' mum and brother, clare and harry and friends rory, sam and toby are here. very good morning. can i

just checked, how we are, aches and pains, saws, have they all gone away? —— can i just check, how you are? —— sores. it is one of the toughest sporting challenges in the world, more people have climbed everest. more people have climbed everest. more people have gone into space! quite outstanding. you must be very proud. where were you, when the challenge was taking place. i was attached to my phone, looking at the app, following every single move. once they had gone it was better, it was they had gone it was better, it was the anxiety leading up to their departure that was fairly intense. all challenges are emotional, physicalfor all challenges are emotional, physical for you, all challenges are emotional, physicalfor you, as a mother, very emotional, i should physicalfor you, as a mother, very emotional, ishould imagine, mixed emotions, supporting these young men, and thinking about your son. yes, when harry broached the

subject, 18 months ago, i said, you know something, forget it, that's not happening. but the boys won me round. i gave my wholehearted support. i know that it was absolutely for the right calls and the right thing. james's memory. i put myself behind it, it was the most incredible moment of my life, when they came in. also, you talk about raising money, raising money for very specific thing, for a sanctuary, a place for people to go to and get help, what is that, how will it work? when james died, ten years ago, he went looking for help, in the days leading up to his death, and he did not get the help he needed. he was sent to accident and emergency and was told to sit and wait, that is the wrong environment. i have always been thinking, what would have made the difference, what might have saved his life? i feel

that a quiet, calm, peaceful, nurturing environment where men can feel comfortable and they would be judged, there will be looked after, thatis judged, there will be looked after, that is the right plan. very keen that is the right plan. very keen that we don't ignore the guys at the back of the boat as well! sam, rory, how are you! tell us, this place, that you are talking about, there is a big issue around young men, particularly, not talking about their emotions and issues around mental health, must be at the forefront of your mind is doing the challenge. very much so, we are four men in that moment of our lives where we may be at risk. unfortunately, it is an issue that affects so many young guys, and we feel that we have tried to kick the stigma as much as we can, but there isa stigma as much as we can, but there is a long way to go. a lot of times, after a huge trauma, people want to do something practical, you want to do something practical, you want to do something practical, you want to do something to help, you have done something really concrete. does that

bring some comfort? does that bring reassurance? from my point of view, what is incredible about the campaign was that they raised the stigma surrounding mental health issues in particular suicide. —— they erased the stigma. the following they had was all about what they were doing. there was nothing dark, no sadness surrounding it, it was really positive. i think we want to take that forward to james's place is a very positive thing. we have interviewed a few people that have done daft adventures in the past and often they get back in the first thing they get back in the first thing they do is start planning the next one, is anything going on, have you done your bit? for now, i think, yes, for the time done your bit? for now, i think, yes, forthe time being. we done your bit? for now, i think, yes, for the time being. we would all like to do something at some point in the future, but we couldn't

try to replicate what we have just done. more than just try to replicate what we have just done. more thanjust the rowing, it was an emotional journey done. more thanjust the rowing, it was an emotionaljourney as well, with the charity in mind, and james at the front of our minds, and so to go out and try to do something again, it would need to be different. we would like to do something in the future. lovely to see you all here today, congratulations. thank you very much indeed, well done. you might remember the crystal maze, the quiz show in the 1990s. and 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 right, team! the audience as participants, not just watching

the show but being in it. the crystal maze experience opens today in manchester, based on the early 90s television programme. it was a really british tv show, a sense of irreverence, it was funny, tongue in cheek, silly... that's 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 in the crystal dome. will you start the fans please! we have broken the disconnect now between people wanting to be active and passive, wanting to play and follow a journey rather than just be sat in a dark auditorium. this immersive production might be inspired by a television game show, but many theatre producers have sought out new audiences by making them part of the story. montagues and capulets, a very

different version of romeo + juliet, the latest production by these immersive specialists, colab theatre. audiences choose which subplot to follow. there is even dodgeball and a 90s rave. very immersive, not quite what i was expecting. the fact it involves everybody, that is the thing, you are not sitting severally. the arts council has seen a big rise in the number of funding applications from experimental theatre group, up a2% since 201a. many immersive shows like this one based on alice in wonderland have proved popular, but some feel that the novelty is wearing them. —— wearing thin. what has changed in immersive theatre, it has gone from an art form that was new and exciting to being something that people are ending up going for the experience of it. if you haven't got something you want to say and achieve,

by bringing the audience into the show, you may as well not do it immersive leak, you may as well not do it at all. confusing at times, audience participation is a must, —— do it immersively, you may as well not do it at all. confusing at times, audience participation is a must, the growth of immersive theatre suggest that watching a show is for some no longer enough. iam going i am going to persuade you to have a go at that! that is all from us, back tomorrow, 6am. have a lovely day! this is bbc news. the headlines at ten. britain says it will protect gibraltar from any soverignty claims by spain during brexit negotiations. the foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted his support. the uk remains implacable and rock—like in our support for gibraltar. only 5% of existing prison staff in england and wales will get

new pay allowances of £5,000, bbc news learns. an increase in the living wage for over 255, £7.50. over two million people will get a pay rise but business groups have again raised concerns that prices may rise to cover the cost. protests in paraguay as the sitting president horacio cartes tries to remove a restriction to allow him to run again. protesters stormed the congress and set fire to the building as anger grew over moves to change the constitution.