has weighed in on the row. it's very important as a festival for christians, millions across the world. i think what the national trust is doing is franklyjust ridiculous. but is this all a storm in an egg cup? i do think it isjust a big fuss over nothing. we know it is easter. a bit of both sides i guess. in one way, it is a very traditional thing, but i guess on the other hand everyone is entitled to either want to have an easter or not. cadbury point out that their website, advertising and many of their seasonal products feature the word easter prominently. this morning the national trust updated their website following the uproar to feature easter in its title. they say it is nonsense to suggest the national trust is downplaying the significance of easter. you have to wonder what cadbury‘s founder, john cadbury, would have made of this. as a quaker, he did not celebrate easter sunday. instead the group says it remembers jesus all year. anisa kadri, bbc news. no controversy about the weather, i

hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we had hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we had at hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we had at the hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we had at the end hope. lots of bright weather to come over the next few days but nothing as warm as we had at the end of march where some of us got above 22 degrees. as a consequence, it is no surprise that when we look at the statistics for march 2017, we find across the uk that it was the fifth mildest on record. for south—east england, it was the joint mildest march on record. we saw a filament of rain, average amounts during the month. —— a fair amount of rain. despite some sunshine, and many of us despite some sunshine, and many of us have seen that today, the picture in south wales for example, it is not as warm as it was last week. there is cloud around and this is the satellite picture. speckled cloud in north—west scotland. across parts of kent, that was the view earlier on. thanks to becky. grey skies and rain around. for the rest of this afternoon, elements of cloud

across the south—east and maybe the odd shower but equally some breaks in the cloud. temperatures up to 15 01’ in the cloud. temperatures up to 15 or 16. and then it is largely sunshine into the west midlands, wales, northern england and easter in scotland. a decent today to get out and about. not a bad afternoon for northern ireland but showers continue across western and northern scotland, some on the heavy side. and it will be windy across the far north of scotland as well. through this evening and tonight, we could see wind gusts of 60 or 70mph. showers continue overnight across scotla nd showers continue overnight across scotland and we will lose most of the cloud and patchy rain. in between, there will be the odd mist patch and it will actually be quite a chilly night, may be cold enough for a touch of grass frost. into tomorrow, clearly in the southern areas we will have the best of the sunshine. further north, a wedge of cloud spilling its way through northern ireland and much of scotland, eventually into the midlands, east anglia, and the

south—east as well. the sky will turn increasingly grey, with maybe the odd spot of rain. temperatures between ten and 1a. by the end of the week, more of the same. thursday and friday, to remind of cloud but it will be dry. at times we will see some spells of sunshine and then we will get to the weekend. high pressure trying to hold on, retreating slowly to the east. this weather front making attempts to move in from the west. but most of us move in from the west. but most of us will stay dry during a weekend and with that dry weather, when you do escape the rain, warm here wafting up from the south. that could bring temperatures back to where they were for the end of march. excellent. and that is all from the bbc news at one. let's get an update on the sport. good afternoon, i'm hugh woozencroft with a look at the day's sport here on bbc news.

and there will be further questions for the sunderland manager david moyes to answer today. the football association will ask for his observations of an incident in which he told a female reporter she ‘might get a slap‘. moyes will be in the dugout for sunderland's trip to leicester in the premier league this evening but he could face sanctions as a result of the fa inquiries. he told media yesterday he deeply regrets his comments — which have stirred debate over his future. well, he should think about his position as manager because he has a big responsibility, not only to the football club, but to football in general. we are always been told that everyone involved in football is an ambassador, so if he is an ambassador, that is not very good. all i know is that he has apologised and vicky, to her credit, is prepared to accept the apology. where it goes from here is whether people want to pressurise the key and others if they want to do something about that. back to me would be a great shame. that to me is wrong. a witchhunt and all this sort of thing, i feel that there is no need for that right now. arsenal manager arsene wenger

says his side's struggles this season prove finishing in the premier league's top four is "not as easy as it looks". he's led them to a top—four spot and champions league qualification for the past 20 seasons. but with 10 games left, they are currently in sixth place, seven points adrift. it is a good challenge, but i think it is perfectly possible, you know. for 20 years i have done it and it looked always like it is nothing and suddenly it becomes important, so i am quite pleased that people realise that it is not as easy as it looks. if you listen to what was said the other day, to achieve top four in england is a trophy. we have a difficult task in front of us, but i am happy that people realise suddenly that it is not

as easy as it has always looked. chelsea forward eni aluko says england coach mark sampson is sending a ‘dangerous message' by not selecting players based on form. aluko was left out of sampson's squad for euro 2017 despite ending the season as the top scorer in the women's super league. she believes it shows young players that ‘popularity‘ is the most important factor in team selection. the best ice hockey players in the world won't be competing at next year's winter olympics. the national hockey league's not going to allow players to go to the games because the owners of the league's 30 clubs don't want to interrupt the season. although it seems it's about compensation that the teams want. the international olympic committee say ‘in a statement that it cannot treat a national commercial league

better than not—for—profit international sports federations which are developing sport globally. the international olympic committee say in a statement that it cannot the nhl player's associaiton also voiced concerns, stating... the players are extraordinarily disappointed and adamantly disagree with the nhl‘s shortsighted decision to not continue our participation in the olympics. nhl players are patriotic and they do not take this lightly. a decent respect for the opinions of the players matters. this is the nhl‘s decision, and its alone. it is very unfortunate for the game, the players and millions of loyal hockey fans. and former bath boss mike ford has left his role as toulon head coach with immediate effect following their champions cup defeat by clermont auvergne on sunday. the former leicester boss richard cockerill, who will become edinburgh head coach in the summer, will take charge until the end of the season. that is all the sports and now i

will be back in the next hour. theresa may has defended cuts to bereaved family payments as fairer to taxpayers. until now, families have received regular payments for up to 20 years but under the new system the government will pay a larger initial lump sum, but regular payment will stop after 18 months. campaigners have called the move ‘callous and brutal‘. the victoria derbyshire programme has been hearing from ‘alan‘ — who is terminally ill and says the changes will cost his family tens of thousands of pounds. i was shocked that this system of support has changed. it‘s about financial support for young children up financial support for young children up to the age of about 19 or 20. the

fa ct up to the age of about 19 or 20. the fact that has been taken away seems obsolete savage and colours. what you think this has been made? this isa you think this has been made? this is a policy that was not at all mentioned in the conservative ma nifesto, mentioned in the conservative manifesto, as put together by george 0sborne as chancellor at the time. this policy therefore appears to have no mandate whatsoever and i can only think that some relatively junior minister advised the chancellor at the time because the amount of money that i have already built up in my state pension through national insurance contributions is

approaching £130,000. so even if the existing policy was paid out, it would only represent half of the money that i have put in to my state pension, and of course i would have access to the state pension. so whilst this is being referred to as the saving, actually it is just depriving people of money that they have legitimately earned. i'm going to explain to our audience on your behalf if that‘s all right, alan, that the reason it is difficult for you to talk is because you have cancer that started in your tonsils before spreading to your lungs and chest. last december you were given

between one and five months to live. that is correct. it essentially means therefore that if i were to have died, or still do in the next couple of days, my family will benefit from the current support system. two days later, we lose £50,000. what conversations have you had with your family about this? i‘ve explain the situation to them. isaid in i‘ve explain the situation to them. i said in some ways it would not be a bad thing if they lost me a couple of days early because at least they would have more financial support available. of course, even talking in those terms is very upsetting. and how do they react when you say

that? well, they are very shocked that? well, they are very shocked that the government which as far as we all understand talks a good story about being caring and compassionate, but in actual fact, is deemed arbitrarily that the period of bereavement which for 70 yea rs has period of bereavement which for 70 years has been set by the government for children up to the age of 19 or 20, suddenly the whole process of bereavement is now different for some unknown and unexplained reason and theresa may even yesterday supported the theory, no support it whatsoever, that you can acceptably

be bereaved for 18 months and then all is well. i know she is not a pa rent all is well. i know she is not a parent as such and may not have some of the emotional feeling and empathy towards children, but nevertheless, her advisers should not have let her speak out in such a simplistic way because we have all had people, known people who have had losses and the losses and the plane and anguish don‘t suddenly turn off like a tap at month 18. so it was perhaps one of the most naive things someone senior has ever said. and there is more on the victoria derbyshire programme website. let‘s get more now on the reports from northern syria that at least 58

people have been killed in a suspected gas attack in the rebel—held province of idlib. the british—based, syrian 0bservatory for human rights said most of the dead in the air raid were civilians and either the syrian government or russian planes carried out the bombing. earlier neil davidson gave his reaction to these reports. the use of chemical weapons is prohibited in all circumstances under international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict. the icrc has been appalled over the last two yea rs been appalled over the last two years about repeated allegations about the use of chemical weapons. there has been confirmed use of chlorine, nerve agents and mustard gas. some investigations having carried out by the united nations with the icrc to verify the use of chemical weapons and also in some cases to determine responsibility. the icrc, we don‘t take part in any

kind of investigation because of our working methods, but we do, where we have first hand information about chemical weapons, we do raise it with those parties that the conflict concern and we do sometimes issue public statements, loaded last month, about a camel attack in mosul. —— about a chemical attack in mosul. —— about a chemical attack in mosul. icrc is not present in idlib, so we don‘t have first—hand information on this, only what is being reported, but if confirmed, this attack will be the second largest chemical weapons attack in the syrian conflict in the past few yea rs. the syrian conflict in the past few years. second only to be large—scale use of nerve agents in august 20 13.

0ur use of nerve agents in august 20 13. our view is quite clear that these weapons are in all circumstances and states that are party to the chemical weapons convention need to make sure this prohibition is upheld and ensure that they take the right measures to uphold this prohibition. neil davidson there from the international committee for the red cross a revised plan to get parents from troubled families back into work is being launched by the government today. research shows that children from families with no working adults achieve less at school and into adult life. alexandra mackenzie reports. it was after the london riots of 2011 that david cameron introduced the troubled families programme. now new research shows the impact that parental conflict and nojob have on children‘s chances of doing well in their adult lives. it‘s solving these multiple problems at the £30 million invested

will go towards trying to resolve issues that can cause conflict in relationships. unemployment, along with mental health, also drug and alcohol dependency and homelessness. for those at this family centre, it is positive news. early intervention is about avoiding escalating situations further down the line. we welcome that, but believe it is very good value for money in regards to avoiding future problems. others have criticised the scheme for being ineffective and anti—poverty campaigners say it pales into insignificance when compared to the amount of money millions of families are losing out on due to changes in benefit payments. this weekend, some extraordinary

acts by young people are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners from across great britain and the republic of ireland, one of whom is a mohamed khalil from leeds. mohamed grew up in syria. he was forced to the flee the country with his family when he was 10, having been shot in the leg during an attack on his school. he watched his friends die around and had to pretend he was dead so the attackers would walk away. having moved to england, mohamed started going to leeds city academy, and has quickly become a credit to himself and his family. ian bucknell has been to met him. mohamed khalil is a 16—year—old growing up in leeds, getting ready for his gcse in the technology. nothing remarkable about that, but how he got here, well, that‘s another story. mohamed was growing up in syria when his school was attacked. he saw his friends being killed and was himself shot in the leg. to survive, he pretended to be dead until the attackers had gone. i cry when i sleep because i can remember my friends. it‘s not going from my head. i close the room i‘m

sitting in and thinking. i‘m quiet when i‘m sitting because every time i think about the bad things that have happened to me. mohamed‘s family fled syria and eventually made a home in leeds. his mum has had surgery for cancer and his dad injured his back at work, so mohamed looks after them both and helps support the family with money he makes from working in a restaurant. his teachers are astonished at the progress mohamed has made. in school, as at home, he‘s made it hisjob to help others. his story is what pushes him and his story is what makes him want to change things and seeing the war at such a young age, he speaks about helping people that have been through that, that aren't managing as well as him. and mohamed plans to dedicate the rest of his life to helping other people. and i want to help the charity. if you help people, you feel happy.

all this week, the bbc news channel will be featuring the stories of past and present award winners. and on saturday, we‘ll be broadcasting the ten year anniversary ceremony live from manchester. that‘s at 10.30am, this saturday morning. prince harry is supporting a bid to rid the world of landmines by 2025, following in the footsteps of his mother diana, princess of wales. the prince will give a keynote speech at kensington palace today to mark international mine awareness day. more than 60 million people are estimated to still live with the threat of unexploded landmines. many of you will remember this image of diana — before she died in a car crash in 1997 — wearing a protective visor and vest walking through a mine field in angola which was being cleared by one charity — the halo trust. having seen for myself

the devastation that anti—person landlines cause, i am committed to supporting in whatever way i can the international campaign to outlaw these dreadful weapons. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: an alleged poison gas attack on a town in syria‘s idlib province has killed at least 58 people, according to a monitoring group. a news agency is reporting a rocket has hit a hospital where the victims were being treated. russian officials believe that a suicide bomber was behind yesterday‘s explosion on the st petersburg metro. the number of people who died has risen to 1a. detectives investigating the attack on a young asylum seeker in south including a 15 —year—old boy. the rapid growth in unsecured

lending could endanger banks. the central bank said it is planning to take a closer look at the risks and assess if credit standards are slipping. 0nline fashion retailer asos reports growth of 38% in the six months to the end of february, thanks to a boost in internation sales. a weak pound since the eu referendum result has enabled the online fashion retailer to offer lower prices as exporting becomes cheaper.

‘free from‘ eating is changing the look of our shopping baskets, the category saw a whopping 36 % boost in sales in the past 12 months. more than half of us bought a ‘free from‘ product during the last three months, according to ka ntar world panel. .. interestingly, the majority of products are bought by people who do not identify as having an intolerance. joining us now is fraser mckevitt, head of consumer insight and retail for ka ntar world panel. why are people buying free from products? people want to look after their health. health covers a wide area of our lives so it encompasses

things like free from. when you are shopping it is hard to work out what is healthy, so the fact the product says freed from on the packet, people can see that it is healthier. in your server it shows that aldi and lidl are riding in your server it shows that aldi and lidlare riding high in your server it shows that aldi and lidl are riding high amongst the supermarkets. will that last for much longer because we are seeing food inflation creep up and prices going up in supermarkets. will they maintain that pricing power? aldi and lidl‘s that is founded on the fa ct and lidl‘s that is founded on the fact that they are attracting more shoppers through the doors. a good portion of that is from opening new stores. there are plenty of postcodes were aldi and lidl aren‘t available for people to shop in. they will be opening more stores and it doesn‘t look as if the growth will stall. there will be a stealing baby—macro will stall. there will be a stealing ba by—macro ceiling, but will stall. there will be a stealing baby—macro ceiling, but they will

continue to grow strongly. sainsbury‘s, tesco and asda not doing as well. we saw sainsbury‘s shares fall a little. is that the reflection of the wider mood? aldi and lidl are taking the market share from the big for retailers. the big four retailers have easilyjust returned to growth. morrison is growing by 0.3% year on year. the figures have been dampened down by easter phasing effects. easter was only last year late this year, so they aren‘t the numbers. all of the retailers, the growth will grow because inflation is rising. it is now standing at 2.3% in grocery and due to the brexit effect of the lower pound and is importing so much food in the uk, the growth rates will increase. will any costs be

passed on to consumers? some costs will be passed on. supermarkets are keen to be seen to be helping the shoppers and don‘t want to put prices up. the average shopper is spending about £21 over the course of three months more this time than they were last year. you probably don‘t notice that in an individual shop, but it does add up over the year. that means we are seeing the slight effect of people choosing to buy cheaper products and that is helping own label products. that looks set to continue in 2017. the giver joining looks set to continue in 2017. the giverjoining us. now if we look at markets we can see that stocks exposed to south african trade — like the insurers old mutual are feeling the effects of that downgrade. old mutual down 1% also supermarket sainsbury shares fell further to lose 2% after that survey we were talking about earlier showed its share of the market lowering.

that‘s it from me. i‘ll be back in an hour‘s time. time for a look at the weather. lots of dry weather to come over the next few days. it went always be desperately sunny, there will be some clout. it will be floating around as it sits down here towards the south—west of the british isles. there is sunshine to enjoy. a beautiful picture from one of our weather watchers in wales. there is some clout on the satellite picture in the north and west of scotland. pick a crowd towards the south is. it has been a struggle to break that up it has been a struggle to break that up today. that is a scene from walton—on—thames from one of our

weather watchers. there will be brea ks weather watchers. there will be breaks in the cloud and the odd shower, but temperatures up to 16, 17 degrees. 1a degrees in sheffield, 11th in dundee. a decent afternoon for northern ireland with 12 degrees in belfast. there will be windy across the far north. we could see wind gusts as we go into tonight of 60, 70 wind gusts as we go into tonight of 60,70 mph wind gusts as we go into tonight of 60, 70 mph across the northern isles. the showers will continue across scotland, but we will lose the rain from the south—east and many areas will become dry. it will bea many areas will become dry. it will be a chilly night with big towns and cities around 5 degrees. in the countryside it could go down to one or2 countryside it could go down to one or 2 degrees with a touch of ground frost in the morning. we have this cloud drifting across northern ireland, much of scotland, northern

england and wales. skies will become cloudy with the odd spot of rain. temperatures between 11 and 1a degrees. we keep the largely dry look to the weather on thursday. the cloud will break up to allow stars of sunshine and into the weekend high—pressure slowly retreating its way eastwards. these weather fronts trying to push on from the atlantic, but not having much lot. by the end of the weekend most of us will be dry and as we waft warm air up from the south, temperatures will get quite close to where they were at the end of last week. dry weather to come and potentially some warmer weather as well. you can get the latest four way you are online. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 2pm: a suspected chemical attack in syria kills 58 people and injures more than 60 — most of the dead are civilians, including children. russia says the attack on the st petersburg underground train which killed 1a people, was carried out by a suicide bomber from kyrgyzstan. the prime minister says the government is preparing for ‘all scenarios‘ in its brexit negotiations, as a commons committee warns of the risk of not striking a deal. i‘m confident that we can get a good deal with the european union. i‘m confident not just deal with the european union. i‘m confident notjust because that would be good for us, it would be good for them, as they have acknowledged. and in the next hour... held captive for eight years — in a squalid room without carpet, a light bulb, bedclothes or curtains. a man who subjected a disabled woman to horrific sexual assaults while holding her as a virtual prisoner, is given a 15