hello. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the hunt for clues begins after three explosions hit the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to a champions league match. one player was injured. but it's too early to know if it was a terrorist attack. good morning, it's wednesday 12th april. also this morning: the case of thomas orchard, who died after being restrained by police officers. his mother talks to breakfast about her struggle for answers. ifear i fear that we are going to end up ina i fear that we are going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to be held to account. an apology from the spokesman for president trump, sean spicer, after he tells a press briefing that hitler didn't use chemical weapons during the second world war.

tesco results will be out today. it's a business trying to change after some tough times over recent years. i'll be looking at whether the turnaround plan is working. in sport, one of the biggest nights in the history of leicester city is ahead. they're in the quarter—finals of the champions league and carol has the weather. good morning. we are here for the rendezvous of the tall ships. if you wa nt to rendezvous of the tall ships. if you want to see them you can see them tomorrow until easter sunday. a bit nippy first thing. for most of us it will be dry. but there will be a few showers in the north—west. good morning. first, our main story. police in germany believe the three explosions that hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team were directly targeting the club. the team was on its way to its champions league match against monaco.

one player has undergone surgery after the blast shattered windows on the coach. jane—frances kelly reports. forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players‘ bus left their hotel shortly after 7pm. it's believed the explosives were hidden in a hedge and were detonated as the bus passed. the vehicle had reinforced glass. but two panes at the back shattered, injuring spanish international marc bartra, who's undergone surgery. other team members were unharmed. at a press conference held soon afterwards, a spokesman for the team gave an update on his condition. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand and he's got various glass shards that have been blasted into his arm. the team, through captain marcel schmelzer, just rang me.

they're still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. the police are still trying to establish who was behind the attack and why. an official from the state prosecutor revealed that a letter had been found close to the scene. translation: i can say a letter was found near the blast scene. at the moment, due to the ongoing investigation, i can't give more information about the content. the authenticity is being investigated. the devices exploded about ten kilometres from germany's largest stadium. the match has been postponed until later today. the world of football has come together in wishing bartra a full recovery and condemning the attack, which has unsettled players and fans alike. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the united states bombed an air base in syria. overnight many pictures have

appeared on social media after both clu bs appeared on social media after both clubs rallied four 13. there was a real pouring of help. it has been great. that was organised really quickly after the announcement came through. there we re announcement came through. there were singing of dortmund by the monaco fans as well. quite a lot of positivity to come out of an awful situation. rex tillerson is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less tha n counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the us bond and air base in syria. he wants to persuade the kremlin to drop its support for the current syrian regime and its president, basharal—assad. but the russian president vladimir putin has said that assad's forces were not responsible for the chemical attack which prompted the us missile strikes. president trump's spokesman, sean spicer, has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. mr spicer made the remark in a white house press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. journalists reminded him that nazis used gas to kill millions

of jews and others. our washington correspondent david willis has more. asked about the syrian government's use of chemical weapons, the president's press spokesman used this surprising assertion. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the... ..to using chemical weapons. asked to clarify those remarks, mr spicer dug himself in even deeper. he brought them into, um... to the holocaust centre, i understand that. what i'm saying, in the way that assad used them where he went into towns, dropped them down to innocent... ..into the middle of towns, it was brought. so the use of it, i appreciate the clarification. that was not the intent. in a statement, the anne frank centre on mutual respect accused mr spicer of engaging in what it called: calls mounting for his dismissal, the spokesman

went back into the cameras to offer this apology. i was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that assad had made against his own people last week, using chemical weapons and gas. and frankly, i mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust for which, frankly, there is no comparison and for that, i apologise. on monday, mr spicer suggested the use of barrel bombs by the syrian regime could merit renewed military action on the part of the united states, only for the white house to deny its policy had changed. now the trump administration is facing further unflattering headlines amid suggestions that this man's days at the lectern could now be numbered. david willis, bbc news, washington. any future referendum in the uk should avoid the "mistakes" of last year's vote on britain's membership of the eu, according to a group of mps.

the cross—party public administration and constitutional affairs committee says there must be adequate planning for any outcome. it also recommends the prime minister of the day stay in office to implement the result. if the government of the day is going to call a referendum on a big constitutional issue they should be prepared for either eventuality in the result. to rule out civil serva nts the result. to rule out civil servants doing any preparation on the result they don't want, a mean, clearly that is irresponsible and we've suffered a six—month hiatus. more than 50,000 disabled people have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away after the introduction of a new disability benefit, according to the motability charity. campaigners are demanding changes to the programme so claimants will have a chance to appeal before their vehicles are removed. ministers say there are more people on the scheme now than in 2010. our disability correspondent

nikki fox reports. since their introduction back in 2013, personal independence payments have been controversial. they replaced disability living allowance and were designed to reduce the growing welfare budget. the benefit helps cover the extra cost of having a disability, driving a car is one of them. the changes to the way people are assessed for pip meant many have lost their specially adapted cars. according to the charity which runs the scheme, 51,000 people have been told they are no longer eligible for a vehicle. that's nearly half of those who have been reassessed. latest figures also show that nearly two thirds of deals are found in a claim on the's favour, leading mps and charities to call for changes. when people have their specially adapted vehicle removed, this can have a real negative impact on the quality of life and independence as well. so

we wa nt of life and independence as well. so we want to make sure that the dwp change their policy on this area. we don't think the vehicles should be taken away from people and till they've had a chance to appeal against a particular decision. the department for work and pensions says there are 70,000 more people on the boat ability scheme that they we re the boat ability scheme that they were in 2010. and those who lose their cars are eligible for £2000 worth of support. the head of united airlines has apologised for the "truly horrific" incident in which a passenger was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. footage of david dao being removed from the overbooked plane was posted on social media and sparked a backlash against the company. the chief executive, oscar munoz, said: originally he had maintained staff had followed established procedures. i'm not sure we've heard the end of

that one! we will be talking about it with a pr expert later. from rock pools to rock bands, a shrimp which makes some of the loudest sounds in the ocean has been named after pink floyd. let's have a listen. to the shrimp. uh, i normally play pink floyd louder than that. it might not sound like it, but the pistol shrimp, synalpheus pinkfloydi, can use its claw to create a sound louder than a gunshot and is powerful enough to stun small fish. the team who discovered the new species wanted to honour the legendary group by using their name and have mocked up some of the band's album covers to feature it. that's the sort of thing that

happens to me! we have been talking a lot today about borussia dortmund facing monaco. that now been rescheduled for the night. yes, we are looking ahead to the fixtures for this evening and borussia dortmund versus monaco has been rescheduled for the night. tickets are still valid for all of the people who travelled to germany for that. there will be extra security, understandably, at the venue and all of the other champions league venues around europe this evening. it's one of the biggest days in the history of leicester city football club. last year's premier league champions are the only english club left in the champions league and tonight they're in spain for their first champions league quarter—final against atletico madrid. barcelona are on the brink. they lost the first leg of their champions league quarterfinal 3—0 to the italian champions juventus in turin. sam warburton, the favourite to be named the british and irish lions captain next wednesday,

is out for six weeks with a knee injury, but he should be fit again by the end of may. the lions tour to new zealand starts in june. and former fa chief executive brian barwick will lead liverpool's bid to host the commonwealth games. they were initallyjust bidding to host the 2026 games, but durban's withdrawal from hosting the event four years earlier has opened up a vacancy for the 2022 event. in fact, liverpool are bidding at manchester put their name in the ring. glasgow have said they can do it again as well. yes, we could see the gains back in britain in 2022, which would be great. well, i loved it! you worry firm supporter. —— you are a firm supporter. let's catch up with carol. good morning, carol!

good morning, carol! good morning. if we take an overview of this whole view, you can see the magnificence of these ships. i am actually standing on the wild swan. this ship was built back in 1920 and it was originally else to carry fresh fish. then it was used during the war as a torpedo ship and now it will make its way across the atla ntic will make its way across the atlantic ocean, to portugalfirst, then bermuda, austen and finally to quebec, canada, as part of this magnificent event. if you want to come and see these ships, and it is well worth looking at them, you can do so from tomorrow, right up until easter sunday. there are lots of people working on these ships as they crossed the atlantic. all different ages and different walks of life. we will be talking to some

of life. we will be talking to some of the skippers of the ships through the morning. the weather in london isa the morning. the weather in london is a bit nippy first thing. the chilly start for many parts of the uk. a touch of frost here and fair, but there will be some sunshine around. if we stop forecast at 9am, showers in the north of scotland. equally bright spells. as we come into the southern uplands and northern england there's more cloud and rain. especially in parts of lancashire and cumbria. yorkshire and lincolnshire, a little bit drier. into the midlands and east anglia, essex and kent, down to the isle of wight, very low amounts of cloud. equally, there will be some sunshine from the word go. that carries on as we drift over towards the south—west of england. again, bright skies and sunshine. a chilly start if you are standing outside waiting for the bus. into wales, south wales singer sunshine. more

cloud in the north wales. into northern ireland, by 9am, the north of northern ireland is brightening up. through the day the weather front is producing that rain and it will continue its descent, moving southwards across england and wales. that's a weakening feature so by the time it gets in the south it would be much more than a band of cloud, with perhaps the odd shower. behind it variable amounts of cloud, some spells and more showers in the north. a breezy day. into the evening and overnight there will be clear skies, especially in the east. a touch of frost again. more cloud to the west. we have temperatures again in the mid—to high single figures. so we start off tomorrow in east with a lot of brightness, some sunshine. increasingly through the day in the west of the cloud will build and we will start to see

showers. those could be heavy. but you know the drill with showers, not all of us will catch them. temperatures about where they should be this time of year. on good friday weather front is sinking south. some light rain on it. a bright start ahead of it, with the cloud building through the day. behind it there will be bright spells again, but also showers. temperatures still roughly where they should be at this stage in april. that leads us into the easter weekend. in the south it will be largely dry. in the north it will be largely dry. in the north it will be largely dry. in the north it will be more changeable, with showers and splashes of rain. we will still have a cool north—westerly, but there will be sunshine around as well. in the sunshine around as well. in the sunshine it will feel pleasant. they do look stunning, those ships. or tell us about them later. very impressive. a look at the papers in

a moment. the main stories this morning: police in germany say a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team, which was damaged in a series of explosions, was targeted deliberately. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is in moscow to urge russia to stop supporting the syrian government after last week's chemical weapons attack. steph and kat have joined steph and kat havejoined us steph and kat have joined us on the big red sofa to have a look at the papers. would you like to start? the guardian, our main story, talking about vladimir putin, they said vladimir putin deepened his support for the syrian regime yesterday. rex tillerson is on his way to russia, but that's how they have written it up but that's how they have written it up this morning, lots of different ta kes up this morning, lots of different takes on that from the papers. front page of the daily telegraph this morning, russia the main story, boris out in the cold over russia they say, in reference to boris

johnson and a lovely picture from whipsnade zoo. this is wonderful. i wonder if the elephant followed royal protocol, you can't extend any pa rt royal protocol, you can't extend any part of your body towards the queen. donna, the asian elephant, may have overstepped the mark, don't you think? you might be right but the queen enjoyed it and she find out one of the cars has been named elizabeth. -- calves. she took her gloves off when she was there. when she opened up the new studios here andi she opened up the new studios here and i had to meet herfor two minutes and 3a seconds, she kept her gloves on at all times. i was halfway through an anecdote when she walked off, if i ever see her again i will finish it. how much longer did you need? around 20 seconds. budgie had to go and see the dog! the exact same front page story here

on the telegraph with borisjohnson and the lack of sanctions with russia. the daily mail, this story we will talk about later on. parents trying to take their son, charlie, to america for some special treatment but the judge has ruled that doctors can turn off his line support and it would be too dangerous and charlie should be allowed to die. interesting ethical debate. we will talk about that later, also front page of the daily mirror as well. i'm fascinated by the two minutes and 3a seconds. mirror as well. i'm fascinated by the two minutes and 34 secondslj was the two minutes and 34 seconds.” was told that really specifically. you should be good at that, it is yourjob. the match showing her the studio, the lights, the augmented reality —— i was showing her. she looked really interested and when i got to the punchline at the end she walked off and said, lovely to meet you. you could have got your timing is right, dan wes ulloa i could have

done it in two minutes and 40 seconds! —— dan? done it in two minutes and 40 seconds! -- dan? . we done it in two minutes and 40 seconds! —— dan?! we have been talking about the scandal around united airlines, and it has really targeted the share price. the financial times has picked up on that this morning. the share price fell 4% yesterday. in terms of what that means in terms of money, it is {1.1 that means in terms of money, it is £1.1 billion wiped off the value of the company. that is an expensive scandal for them, the chief executive there, lots of people suggesting he should resign because he made some comments when it first happened at saying the passenger was belligerent and now he's taken that back apparently. yeah, a scandal that will be interesting to see how it unfolds. lots of pictures on the back of the sports sections of the borussia dortmund players being escorted away from the bus targeted ina escorted away from the bus targeted

in a series of explosions last night ahead of their champions league match against monaco. broken windows in the background as well. and here, the armed police escorting the players away. a picture of marc bartra, the spanish defender, luckily the only player hurt, he's had a minor operation, perhaps to do with broken glass and he broke a bonein with broken glass and he broke a bone in his wrist, not a serious injury, though, and he has had surgery. injury, though, and he has had surgery. a picture here, the knock on effect of it as well, an armed policemen escorting leicester city on to their team bus as they left atletico madrid's stadium last night ahead of their champions league match this evening. apparently extra security and armed police escort as they left the stadium in madrid. a lot of the papers talking about the knock on effect on sport, where do we go from this and how long until there's a six for attack on a sporting event, it is such a prime

target, lots of people in a confined space —— successful attack. target, lots of people in a confined space -- successful attack. 1000 monaco fans staying overnight in dortmund. i will show you pictures of that later, stay tuned. last month, three police staff were found not—guilty of manslaughter after a man who'd been held in police custody died. thomas orchard's mother has told breakfast she now fears no—one will be held accountable for her son's death. a home office review into deaths in police custody began in 2015, but so far the government hasn't published its report. campaigners say that could leave vulnerable people at risk. you may find some of the images in jayne mccubbin's report distressing. his mother tells me that as a child, thomas loved the outdoors. more co mforta ble thomas loved the outdoors. more comfortable with his hands than with humans, but with troubled teenagers yea rs humans, but with troubled teenagers years as his mental health deteriorated into schizophrenia but at 32 he was a church caretaker and he was getting better. law really proud of where thomas was at with his life? absolutely. did overcome

enormous difficulties and was living a very personable, productive life. but in october 2012 he hadn't been taking his medication. after shouting aggressively in the street, passers—by called police and he was arrested. an emergency restraint belt was wrapped around his face. police said that was proportionate and in line with training. in the station, you can just and in line with training. in the station, you canjust hear a call coming in. it's a complaint about thomas's arrest. the belt is finally removed. thomas had been asphyxiated. he died seven days later. they saw an angry man. was he by nature? no. he was quiet. he was just having a mental health crisis? yes. and if they had viewed it as such... as you like it would

probably be alive today. last month one sergeant and to detention staff we re one sergeant and to detention staff were found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. their chief co nsta ble negligence manslaughter. their chief constable said his thoughts are with the family. staff and colleagues continue to be confessional and serve our communities often under extreme and very difficult circumstances. amongst our 25,000 or more the tendons each year, so many more the tendons each year, so many more of those detainees are vulnerable through emotional crisis, mental ill—health and substance misuse devon and cornwall police have not decided about disciplinary action. i still hear not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. something went very, very, very badly wrong. ifear we're going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to be held to account. in autumn, 2015, the home office ordered a review into deaths

in police custody. there've been 209 in the last ten years. the review was to find out why investigations fall short for many families and address their concerns about an apparent lack of accountability. it was expected be published last summer. was expected be published last summer. the key special adviser said that delay could leave others at risk. i'm extremely frustrated, as otherfamilies risk. i'm extremely frustrated, as other families that contributed to that review, because we wanted a review that makes a difference and that stops these preventable and needless deaths occurring. the home office said the report would be published in due course. the government wants to stop police cells being used for people in mental health crisis, and from next month holding a child who is mentally unwell in a cell will be banned, and it will become even more difficult to do so for adults. this ca rd difficult to do so for adults. this card from thomas's church was sent to the orchard family when the trial ended, saying how special he was to them. they are still waiting to hear if any individual or the police

force will be held accountable for his death. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. thanks to the family for talking to us on bbc breakfast. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: it's been a tumultuous few months for white house press secretary, sean spicer. we'll get the latest reaction after he's forced to apologise for saying hitler didn't use chemical weapons during the second world war. more discussion on that coming up at 6:40am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. surgeons in london say the number of people making appointments to discuss a mastectomy have increased by as much as 70%. many operations take place here at the king edward vi! hospital in central london. patients are assessed on site. the number of these procedures each year in the uk is still low. in this situation these are women

who are choosing to have mastectomy is before they've actually been diagnosed with cancer. their risk may be so why, they may be a gene mutation carrier which would confer an 80% risk in their lifetime, that they seek out and have a mistake to me without having had a cancer diagnosis. flexible working arrangements, which allow employees to base themselves at home, could be detrimental to their health. that according to one professor at the university of bedfordshire. the practice is generally encouraged among most employers, but can sometimes blur the boundaries between work and home. professor kinman said it can take a psychological toll. they find it very difficult to switch off. and of course that means work doesn't only physically invade your personal space, but also mentally where you're thinking about work all the time. and we certainly need to recover fully. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes

this morning across all lines. on the trains, some disruption to services on great western, heathrow connect and heathrow express because of knock—on disruption due to signalling problems at the acton main line. so onto the roads and this is the view approaching the m25. which has six miles of queues clockwise from junction 5, which is sevenoaks to junction 6 for godstone, that's after a van fire. let's have a check on the weather. good morning. having been swamped with sunshine so far this week, a bit of change in the skies today. some of us may wake up to some brightness but that's going to be fairly short lived as the cloud builds from early on. so quite a cloudy day generally, fairly breezy as well, a westerly wind veers around to a north—westerly direction later on as it strengthens. there will be some breaks in that cloud to give us the odd bright spell, perhaps even sunny spells, but a

mainly cloudy day with highs of around 16 degrees. it should be mainly dry but we'll see a a few showers coming through later on through the evening and they will be fairly light and isolated, some clear spells in the night with lows of six or seven. for tomorrow, well, actually it's fairly bright, there will be a fair amount of cloud around at times, the main brightness is going to be in the morning and by the afternoon it's actually looking fairly cloudy with highs of 14. the wind is dropping off somewhat, though. for friday, again quite a lot of cloud around, you might get some brightness first thing, you will probably see a few showers coming through, a very similar day on saturday as well but easter sunday itself, it is looking largely dry if somewhat cloudy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: it took 48 hours, but the boss of united airlines has finally issued a full apology to the man who was dragged from a plane in chicago. is it too little too late? also this morning, it's one of the world's oldest, most mysterious societies, but as the freemasons turn 300, they've lifted the veil of secrecy and let the cameras in for a new documentary. it's like a spaceship! what? and, this weekend a new companion steps through the blue doors of the tardis. we'll be live with dr who writer steven moffat. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. police in germany are investigating three explosions that damaged a bus carrying the football team, borussia dortmund, to a champions league match at their home stadium. one player was injured. dortmund police believe the vehicle

was targeted deliberately, but say it's too early to know whether it was a terrorist attack. the match against monaco was postponed until this evening. translation: marc ba rtra translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bonein operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand. last shards we re bone in his right hand. last shards were blasted into his arm. the team just rang me. they are still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. we will be talking a little bit about the hashtag bedsforawayfans. thousands of monaco fans will be needing a bed, so dortmund fans came to theiraid. we will talk about that later. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the united states bombed an air base in syria. he wants to persuade the kremlin to drop its support for the current syrian regime and its president, bashar al—assad. sarah corker reports.

asa as a former oil executive, rex tillerson is more used to arriving in moscow for business deals. this political mission may prove more difficult. russia, he said on tuesday, there is a heavy responsibility after last week's the middle attack. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this responsibility seriously or has been incompetent, but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. washington accuses the assad regime of using the nerve agent, killing at least 89 people. in retaliation, the us fired missiles at a syrian air base, and act condemned by syria's ally at rush hour. but any putin seemed to harden his stance, accusing opposition forces planning further attacks. translation: we have information from various sources that similar provocations, i can't call them any differently, are

being prepared in other parts of syria too, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they are preparing to release some sort of substance again. and while g7 ministers couldn't agree on new sanctions yesterday, they did endorse a joint call for russia to abandon assad. right now it seems that message may fall on deaf ears. any future referendum in the uk should avoid the "mistakes" of last year's vote on britain's membership of the eu, according to a group of mps. the cross—party public administration and constitutional affairs committee says there must be adequate planning for any outcome. it also recommends the incumbent prime minister stays in office to implement the result. more than 50,000 people with disabilities have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away after the introduction of a new disability benefit, according to the motability charity. their figure has led some mps and campaigners to demand changes so vehicles are not removed

before claimants have had a chance to appeal. the government says there are more people on the motability scheme than there were in 2010. the head of united airlines has apologised for what he's now calling the "truly horrific" incident in which a passenger was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. you'll remember this from yesterday. footage of david dao being removed from the overbooked plane was posted on social media and sparked a backlash against the company. including a drop in their share price. the chief executive, oscar munoz, said: the incident wiped £1.1 billion off the value of the company, its share price dropped by 4% on tuesday. that's quite a row back from the original position. yes, because in the beginning he

said he was supporting staff. we will be showing you the front pages of the papers, many of which have the pictures of the queen and prince philip feeding elephants. they were on a visit to whipsnade zoo in bedfordshire. the royal couple met donna, who is one of a herd of nine asian elephants. they were officially opening the new two million centre of elephant care at the zoo. you were talking about royal protocol, saying you are not allowed to extend your hand, well, the elephant definitely wasn't told. i've been told you have to have your hands by your side until her majesty extends her hand to you. well, if i ever get the honour they will come to you. just be gentle. you can't go into handed. oh my goodness! —— in two handed. and i apologise for not wearing an orange tie today. i was told i would be too much tough.

but you both look lovely. thank you. good morning. we were showing you the back pages. powerful shots of armed police escorting the way the borussia dortmund players. that's after the explosions, as the team we re after the explosions, as the team were making their way towards the stadium for their champions league match against monaco last night. of course a terrible incident. plays in shock. one is having surgery after a wrist injury. but something good has come out of it, as often happens when something terrible happens. have a look at these tweets coming from borussia dortmund vans after the news broke, that there had been this explosion. a hashtag went out, bedforawayfans. been this explosion. a hashtag went out, bedforawayfa ns. spare been this explosion. a hashtag went out, bedforawayfans. spare rooms being offered to monaco fans for the night. these are the pictures that appeared, of fans extending hospitality to monaco fans. it has

really brought the teams together. and also chants in the stadium. borussia dortmund's game with monaco is set to go ahead at 5:45pm. as you've been hearing that's after the game was postponed last night, following the explosive attack on the dortmund team bus. thousands of fans were already in the stadium when they were told the match was off. the visiting monaco fans chanted "dortmund" in a show of solidarity. there they are. a positive story coming out of what could have been a terrible tragedy. it's one of the biggest days in the history of leicester city football club. last year's premier league winners are the only english club left in the champions league and tonight they're in spain for their quarter—final against atletico madrid. captain wes morgan has travelled with the team but won't play because he's got a bad back. it's leicester's first season in the champions league and manager craig shakespeare is determined to make the most of it. walking through the stadium in terms of by the changing rooms, seeing all

of by the changing rooms, seeing all of the cups, it's a lovely traditional ground. it gives you a little tingle. but i'm on this site now and you have to make sure that you enjoy these moments, but i think to enjoy it you have to make sure that you try and get a result. the former liverpool and chelsea striker fernando torres is now playing for atletico madrid. he enjoyed watching leicester win the premier league last season, and told football focus he knows exactly to expect when he faces them as opponents this evening. leicester is a team with passion, with great players, about everything asa team. with great players, about everything as a team. they know how to play together and how to suffer together. they showed against severe, for example, that they went up in the second leg and they could do it. —— sevilla. it's a team we want to play again. and there's much more of that interview on football focus this saturday at 12 o'clock on bbc one.

they are the nation's favourite. a plug for dan's other show! also tonight in the champions league, bayern munich face real madrid. one quarter—final match was played last night and italian champions juventus took a big step towards the semi—finals of the champions league. they won 3—0 against barcelona, leaving the catalans needing a recovery almost as dramatic as the last round when they came back from four goals down. that's one to watch when the second leg takes place. sam warburton, the favourite to be named the british and irish lions captain next wednesday, is out for six weeks with a knee injury. warburton should be fit again by the end of may. the lions tour to new zealand starts in june. so warburton back, but two others from the world of rugby union won't be. the former scotland captain kelly brown is calling it a day at the end of the season. he'll become an academy coach at his current club saracens. while the former wales and british and irish lions scrum half mike phillips will also

retire next month. phillips won two six nations grand slams with wales and finishes just one short of making 100 international appearances. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open in switzerland. watson, now ranked 110th in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten in straight sets by the estonion anett kontaveit. naomi broady is also out. britain's first female olympic boxer natasha jonas is returning to the sport and turning professional. jonas was the first woman to take part in an olympic fight at the 2012 games, but she retired two years ago when she was pregnant. she's got her eyes on a world title and perhaps a fight against the irish boxer katie taylor, who beat her in london. would i love in two years to have a world championship here? possibly. if it's any earlier than that,

great. but i want to create my own path and my own journey. former fa chief executive brian barwick will lead liverpool's bid to host the commonwealth games. barwick will chair the city's bid, which was initially just for the 2026 games. durban's withdrawal though from hosting the event four years earlier has also opened up a vacancy for the 2022 event. birmingham and manchester have also expressed interest, with the latter potentially being part of a joint north—west bid. when glasgow hosted it in 14 i wrote a column in one of the newspapers to say liverpool should attend and bid for the hosting of a future commonwealth games. i think the scale of the games itself and this magnificent backdrop that we have here and just the fact that the city

of liverpool, the people of liverpool, warmley welcome people and also are sports mad. so it is pretty likely that we will see a commonwealth games in liverpool, because they are launching a bid for the 2026 games, but they say they will do the 2022 games as well if you need us do. imagine if they got both! that would be pretty good. thank you! let's talk about sean spicer. his apology last night following his comments that even hitler "didn't sink" to using chemical weapons came just hours after his ill—fated press briefing. such a quick, full acknowledgement of making a mistake, as he called it, is rare from public figures, especially in the white house and raises the question — does mr spicer still have the full support of the president trump?

we'll get the latest reaction from the states but first let's take a look at the moment where it all went wrong. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you have someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons.” just want to give you an opportunity to clarify something that seems to be gaining traction. hitler didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. what did you mean by that? when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people, the same way that assad... there was clearly. . . way that assad... there was clearly... i understand, thank you. let's pick up some of those thoughts. joining us is the political analyst, eric ham. thoughts. joining us is the politicalanalyst, eric ham. sean spicer is the quite well known now white house press secretary. at what point did he realise he has made a very big mistake? actually, i think it took him a while to actually figure out that this was a foot in

mouth moment for him. we also have to understand that not only is he the press secretary, but he is the chief mouthpiece for the presidential administration. that's a very big deal. when you consider the clout and influence that the jewish community holds in us politics, to say something that was so outrageous and offensive, that's something that i think we'll stick with him for as long as he is the press secretary for donald trump. he was given the opportunity to clarify what he had said. the u think in some ways that compounded it? -- do you think. they did compound the problem. we have to step out and look at the big rich and why something like this was said. i think the root cause of this is that this administration simply does not have a strategy. there is no overarching theme or trump doctrine.

quite frankly, he is not the first person to say something of this magnitude. if we look at some of the comments made by general mattis, he said the same thing. he was more specific and articulate in how he stated the comments, but i think this is a talking point of the trump administration, which actually goes back to the larger issue. are we still grappling with anti—semitism from this administration? this has been a problem for them and i think sean spicer‘s comments today certainly draw them back into this issue. does this administration have problems with thejewish community and with anti—semitism? how do they move on from it and draw a line under it? i do believe the trump administration, starting with donald trump, needs to come out aggressively and speak out harshly against the comments, but more

importantly they need to i think show a sensitivity to actually the jewish community and what took place during the world war two. and i do believe that this is something that will unfortunately dog this administration, dog this president for as long as he's in office. sean spicer, do you think he is safe in thatjob? spicer, do you think he is safe in that job? well, this is donald trump that job? well, this is donald trump that we're talking about and we cannot... one thing about donald trump that is predictable, he's very good at being unpredictable. so is this something that will end sean spicer‘s tenure as press secretary, we don't know. if it's the media calling for sean spicer‘s head, rest assured this president will dig in his heels and he will not fire him u nless his heels and he will not fire him unless he has absolutely no choice. to be clear, thejob as press secretary but the people surrounding the president is to insure the

president always looks good, even though the buck stops with the president. clearly this is something that will damage this president and tarnish this president and surely needs to be looking to fall on his sword, which is why he came out so quickly with an apology today —— sean spicer. thank you very much. from washington. a fascinating story. and bringing us a look at the morning's weather is carol, down at woolwich pier ahead of the royal tall ships regatta. you have a number of tall ships behind you and your on one? good morning. good morning both and good morning to you. do at this fine piece of wood, lovely bit of mahogany but let's find out more about the tall ships regatta from lawrence. good morning. a bit chilly this morning. what is the tall ships regatta? the tall ships regatta is this year organised by... it is a race all the

way to quebec and back to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the canadian confederation and the regatta is all about young people sailing on a big fall ship out of their comfort zone without a cellphone, without social media and then climbing the rigging, so it is a great experience for young people to be on board a ship and racing all the way to quebec via different ports. it stops off in portugal, bermuda, boston, quebec and then back to france? how long is that likely to take? basically the event in quebec is injuly and the ships are expected back in le havre in france in september, it is a whole summer long event. you mention it's a life changing experience for many people taking part and lots of people taking part and lots of people are from different walks of life, have any of them sailed before? no, it is all about getting people out of their comfort zone and

getting on board a ship, on the helm and meeting new people. no, people are very much inexperienced, most of them. some know how to sail but this is completely different, being on the ocean et cetera. if you don't wa nt to the ocean et cetera. if you don't want to sale but you want a look at these magnificent ships, you can in these magnificent ships, you can in the next few days? yes, from tomorrow until easter sunday you can visit the ships and take a cruise on a tall ship. you canjust watch them, enjoy them, there's a lot of entertainment on shore, the two main event sites this year, one is at maritime greenwich near the cutty sark, you can also take a shuttle to see a tall ship, go to concerts. lots of things going on. the second event site is woolwich, where we are now, there's a lot of ships you can see and take a cruise and also there's entertainment and many

things going on. i could talk to you all morning but i have to get on with the weather. thank you so much for now. look at the view, it is just gorgeous here. it's a bit nippy, as we were just saying, not just in london but other parts of the uk as well. after a chilly start, some will see sunny spells, but rain in the forecast today. again, we weren't all see it. across northern scotland this morning, we continue with showers and in between some sunshine. for southern scotland and northern england we have rain and northern england we have rain and some of that will be heavy across cumbria and lancashire in particular, but for yorkshire and lincolnshire we're looking at a cloudy start but largely dry. and then into the midlands, east anglia, essex, kent, hampshire and the isle of wight, skies similar to this in london, cloud around but the sun is getting up. in the south—west, a similar story, getting up. in the south—west, a similarstory, brighter, getting up. in the south—west, a similar story, brighter, sunny skies, a nippy start, by 9am nine degrees in plymouth and in south

wales, starting on a sunny note but in north wales, a bit more cloud and rain, the same rain affecting southern parts of northern ireland. northern ireland, the north of it, seeing some brighter skies coming through. that rain is being produced bya through. that rain is being produced by a weather front and asda weather front sinks south during today it will continue to weaken —— as that weather front. by the time it gets to the south—east, we could have some showers. brighter spells, sunshine and showers but more cloud around than yesterday. temperatures in the breeze will feel cooler but above average or near average. through this evening and overnight we lose the front from the south, we will see clear skies developing, especially in eastern areas, so a touch of frost. more cloud in the west with some showers and that's how we start the day tomorrow. after that nice bright start with a lot of sunshine, in the east you'll notice the cloud building and the cloud will certainly be building in the west, heralding the arrival of

another weather front, a fairly weak affair so not doing much more than producing showers, especially in the north and west. starting to see more ofa north and west. starting to see more of a north—westerly breeze, xm 20 the chillier feel. for good of a north—westerly breeze, xm 20 the chillierfeel. for good friday itself, we are looking once again at a right old mixture —— accentuate in. brighter spells, showers in the forecast as well and a band of rain sinking south, but a weak affair as it goes. for the easter week end, changeable in the north, rain here at times, some showers, but some sunshine. southern areas largely staying dry but we hang onto that fresh north—westerly wind. thank you very much, carol. it makes more lovely sightseeing, those tall ships. back with you later.” more lovely sightseeing, those tall ships. back with you later. i like a fresh north—westerly. ships. back with you later. i like a fresh north-westerly. do you? i do! steph, tesco, results coming results coming our way steph, tesco, results coming results coming ourway in steph, tesco, results coming results coming our way in the next ten minutes? they've had a tough couple of years, yeah, big results for

them. tesco, our biggest retailer, a massive employer, but undergoing a real period of change. for a long time now tesco has been the king of supermarkets with a 27% share of the grocery sector. but competition from budget chains and an accounting scandal has meant that its crown has been slipping. so it's been on a turnaround plan. first up there have been cutbacks in stores which has included some of the 24—hour stores being phased out to save money on energy and nightshift pay. there's also a smaller range of products on the shelves. instead tesco has been focusing on more consistent lower prices and have been adding more own—brand products. this is all in a bid to try and win back customers. tesco is expensive

to run, not least because they have a lot of huge stores. about half their larger stores are over 50,000 sq ft that's about the size of a football pitch. big stores aren't as popular as they once were because our shopping habits have been changing. we do more online and do more frequent smaller shops. so what else can the boss do? well, tesco has been shopping for convenience stores like budgens and londis. they've made a £3.4 billion bid for parent company booker that gives them access to 5,000 corner shops. we should find out a bit more about tesco's big shop this morning. their financial results for the whole year will be out in a few minutes. i'll be running out, getting the stuff off the printer, back to the sofa and i'll tell you what's going on in about five minutes. that's what i wanted to know. on you go,

see you later. she's obviously got slipped on! —— slip ons! we are talking about shoes. you're going to tell me about how you tie your slews? we've been talking about how they come undone but if you do a double not it's impossible. why do they come undone in the first place? it has never been revealed until now. scientists in america have been looking into the problem and say it's down to a complex combination of forces that come into play when we walk or run. the first thing we did is we took a really high speed camera and we took video of me running on a treadmill, we watched in extreme detail how my shoelaces came untyped. that helped us make a hypothesis of how this was happening. we found out the reason your shoelaces, and hide when you

walk is there's this very specific interaction between the impact of your foot on the ground and the swinging movement of your leg when you're walking. if i had my blue laces —— i had my shoelaces tied and wa nted laces —— i had my shoelaces tied and wanted to an payet i would do this. —— untidy. of the whipping motion and the inertia are the force that pulls it through in the end. do you get it? i think so. go. i don't think my double not has ever failed. you're going to ruin them. when you put your trainers on do they fail? the laces on trainers are a bit more grippy. i have special ones when i'm running so they don't come on down. that is cheating! let

us know about your shoe lace issues. tell us how you stop them from becoming undone. not on the sofa! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. surgeons in london say the number of people making appointments to discuss a mastectomy have increased by as much as 70%. many operations take place here at the king edward vi! hospital in central london. patients are assessed on site. the number of these procedures each year in the uk is still low. in this situation these are women who are choosing to have mastectomies before they've actually been diagnosed with cancer. their personal risk may be so high, they may be a gene mutation carrier which would confer an 80% risk in their lifetime, that they seek out and have a mastectomy without having had a cancer diagnosis. flexible working arrangements, which allow employees to base themselves at home, could be detrimental to their health. that according to one professor at the university of bedfordshire.

the practice is generally encouraged among most employers, but can sometimes blur the boundaries between work and home. professor kinman said it can take a psychological toll. they find it very difficult to switch off. and of course that means that work doesn't only physically invade your personal space, but also mentally where you're thinking about work all the time. and we certainly need to recover fully. gatwick airport claims its policy on disruptive passengers is working with fewer incidents reported last year compared to the previous year. it comes after a parliamentary report said the sale of alcohol on early—morning flights should be restricted because of an increase in rowdy passengers. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning but severe delays on the london overground between willesden

junction and richmond so onto the roads and this is the view approaching the m25. let's have a check on the weather. good morning. having been swamped with sunshine so far this week, a bit of change in the skies today. some of us may wake up to some brightness but that's going to be fairly short—lived as the cloud builds from early on. so quite a cloudy day generally, fairly breezy as well, a westerly wind veers around to a north—westerly direction later on as it strengthens. there will be some breaks in that cloud to give us the odd bright spell, perhaps even sunny spells, but a mainly cloudy day with highs of around 16 degrees. it should be mainly dry but we'll see a a few showers coming through later on through the evening and they will be fairly light and isolated, some clear spells in the night with lows of six or seven. for tomorrow, well, actually it's fairly bright, there will be a fair amount of cloud around at times, the main brightness is going to be in the morning and by the afternoon

it's actually looking fairly cloudy with highs of 14. the wind is dropping off somewhat, though. for friday, again quite a lot of cloud around, you might get some brightness first thing, you will probably see a few showers coming through, a very similar day on saturday as well but easter sunday itself, it is looking largely dry if somewhat cloudy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to breakfast. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan waler and louise minchin. the hunt for clues begins after three explosions hit the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to a champions league match. one player was injured. police say the vehicle was deliberately targeted, but it's too early to know if it was a terrorist attack. good morning, it's wednesday 12th april.

also this morning, the case of thomas orchard who died after being detained by police officers. his mother talks to us about her struggle for answers.” mother talks to us about her struggle for answers. i fear we will end up in a situation where nobody will be held to account. an apology from the spokesman for president trump, sean spicer, after he tells a press briefing that hitler didn't use chemical weapons during the second world war. tesco results will be out today. it's a business trying to change after some tough times over recent yea rs. i'll be looking at whether the turnaround plan is working. in sport, one of the biggest nights in the history of leicester city lies ahead and they're in the quarter—finals of the champions league against atletico madrid. and carol has the weather. good morning. iam good morning. i am at woolwich pier, in london. we are here for the tall

ships regatta and you could come and see this magnificent ships over the next few days until easter sunday. we have a weather front moving across southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland, producing rain. it moves into southern england and will produce a band of cloud and the odd shower. behind it, breezy, with sons —— with some showers. good morning. first, our main story. police in germany believe the three explosions which hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team, were directly targeting the club. the team were on their way to its champions league match against monaco. one player has undergone surgery after the blast shattered windows on the coach. forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players‘ bus left their hotel shortly after 7pm. it's believed the explosives were hidden in a hedge and were detonated

as the bus passed. the vehicle had reinforced glass. but two panes at the back shattered, injuring spanish international marc bartra, who's undergone surgery. other team members were unharmed. at a press conference held soon afterwards, a spokesman for the team gave an update on his condition. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand and he's got various glass shards that have been blasted into his arm. the team, through captain marcel schmelzer, just rang me. they're still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. the police are still trying to establish who was behind the attack and why. an official from the state prosecutor revealed that a letter had been found close to the scene. translation: i can say a letter was found near the blast scene. at the moment, due to the ongoing investigation, i can't give more information about the content. the authenticity is being investigated. the devices exploded

about ten kilometres from germany's largest stadium. the match has been postponed until later today. the world of football has come together in wishing bartra a full recovery and condemning the attack, which has unsettled players and fans alike. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. after last night's game was postponed borussia dortmund tweeted asking local fans to help accommodate the thousands of monaco supporters who had travelled to germany for the match. which they did! we've got some pictures for you. loads more of these on the bbc website. overnight dozens of pictures like these appeared on social media as fans of both clubs rallied around the hashtag #bedforawayfa ns. lots of people making friends. our europe reporter gavin lee is in dortmund this morning. what more do they know about what happened, why this happened? well, i am outside dortmund's football

stadium, where the match will be replayed tonight. all through the night security and police were watching the coach, unsure of what could happen next. i spoke to the coach driver last night who said he is scared of driving here now. at 17 —— 7pm last night the bus took off. police said it was a targeted attack. they found this letter that appeared to claim responsibility. they are still trying to work out the ba rossa they are still trying to work out the barossa did. there's no sense at the barossa did. there's no sense at the moment, they aren't using the word terrorism, just saying it was a targeted attack. marc bartra roker bonein targeted attack. marc bartra roker bone in his wrist. at the moment he is said to be in a better condition. —— broke a bone. in the newspapers, they are talking about the three bombs in the hedge. broadcast media

also talk about this being a mobile device, someone physically set them off, so they are looking for a car with a certain registration plate. there will be another press conference in about one hour. that's very much. sean spicer has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didn't use chemical with them is. —— nickel weapons. mr spicer made the remark in a white house press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. journalists reminded him that nazis used gas to kill millions of jews and others. our washington correspondent david willis has more. asked about the syrian government's use of chemical weapons, the president's press spokesman used this surprising assertion. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the... ..to using chemical weapons. asked to clarify those remarks, mr spicer dug himself in even deeper.

he brought them into, um... to the holocaust centre, i understand that. what i'm saying, in the way that assad used them where he went into towns, dropped them down to innocent... ..into the middle of towns, it was brought. so the use of it, i appreciate the clarification. that was not the intent. in a statement, the anne frank centre on mutual respect accused mr spicer of engaging in what it called: calls mounting for his dismissal, the spokesman went back into the cameras to offer this apology. i was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that assad had made against his own people last week, using chemical weapons and gas. and frankly, i mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust for which, frankly, there is no comparison and, for that, i apologise. on monday, mr spicer suggested the use of barrel bombs by the syrian regime could merit renewed military action on the part of the united states,

only for the white house to deny its policy had changed. now the trump administration is facing further unflattering headlines amid suggestions that this man's days at the lectern could now be numbered. david willis, bbc news, washington. more than 50,000 people with disabilities have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away after the introduction of a new disability benefit, according to the motability charity. their figure has led some mps and campaigners to demand changes so vehicles are not removed before claimants have had a chance to appeal. the government says there are more people on the motability scheme than there were in 2010. the uk's biggest supermarket tesco has just announced its full year results. i want to take this introduction to use slowly, because they know if it is literally just

use slowly, because they know if it is literallyjust coming in. yes, great figures from tesco. they have had a tough couple of years and they have reported that their group operating profit, what we call before exceptional items, they say they are by 30% to £1.2 billion. last year it was just shy of £1 billion and now they say it has gone up billion and now they say it has gone up about 30%. good news for them because they have had a tough few yea rs. because they have had a tough few years. they had an accounting scandal, do you and that? they were fined nearly £130 million because they overstated their profits. they have also suffered from basically being too big. so they've had a lot of installs. our shopping habits have changed, so we don't go and do on the shop any more, quite often people do smaller, more frequent shops, meaning that had some big stores that they've been trying to work on reducing the range of products, making it fewer products,

and basically trying to compete with discount retailers. the chief executive has been commenting, dave lewis, saying, we are ahead of where we expected to be. we've made good progress on the strategic drive, this is all about trying to reduce the amount of money they are spending and trying increase the sales. they say going well for them. the other big thing about tesco is they are trying to buy another company, the convenience stores, and there are 5000 of them. tesco says that deal is going ahead, a £3.4 billion deal. so that will give them more billion deal. so that will give them m o re a ccess billion deal. so that will give them more access to those smaller stores. thank you very much. we will be talking about that later. ican we will be talking about that later. i can see it is small print! the smallest print of ever seen in my life! she is good. the head of united airlines has apologised for the "truly horrific" incident in which a passenger

was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. footage of david dao being removed from the overbooked plane was posted on social media and sparked a backlash against the company. the chief executive, oscar munoz, said: the incident wiped over £1 billion off the value of the company, its share price dropped by 4% on tuesday. apologies seem to be the theme of the programme today. we will be talking more about pr and how to make an apology later. thanks for watching us on breakfast today. now, returning to one of our major stories. he spent his entire career in the

oil industry before becoming us secretary of state. now rex tillerson is meeting his counterpart in moscow. it comes a week after us launched that attack on syria. rainer—elk anders is a russia analyst from staffordshire university. hejoins us now. thank you for coming in. what's the best result rex tillerson can hope forfrom best result rex tillerson can hope for from these meetings? when you look at some of the initial context between the trump team and russia, i think russia was hoping for a meeting of people that have known each other, because rex tillerson was an ex— movie —— mobile executive. now the ground has shifted. at the moment we have the secretary of state, the us secretary of state, who is not experienced in

terms of diplomacy. he is an oil executive. but we have to give him the benefit of the doubt. what we've seen over the past few weeks, and passed days, is rex tillerson does understand that he has to come with a united message from western countries. we've seen it at the g7 meeting. i do think that boris johnson's cancelling means he knows he has to have a united message. it isn't the same rex tillerson russian has —— russia has no in regards to business. websites need to stake out their positions. their red lines when it comes to global and regional security. we will not see that russia will withdraw support from assad, because russia has really

sta ked assad, because russia has really staked its interest in the middle east. it wants to play a brokering role and it also wants to become one of the... it doesn'tjust want role and it also wants to become one of the... it doesn't just want the us and its allies to play a role in the middle east. i think it's a very tough challenge. when i teach my stu d e nts tough challenge. when i teach my students about intelligence and international policy, i sometimes joke and say, what would winston churchill du? —— do? he would say never exhaust, never weary. that's what rex tillerson needs to bear in mind. you made the point clearly that he was a businessman, but he does have something that perhaps other people going there wouldn't have, which is personal relationships, which counts for a lot, don't they was yellow absolutely. they count for a lot. there has been respected in terms of the russian side, especially his ability to make deals. obviously in

the oil and gas business. but i do believe that the ground has shifted. if one of the new doctrines of the trump administration is to stand for universal values, then rex tillerson will not be able to bypass that. there have been concerned at the beginning of the trump administration that the us and russia would i passed nato and maybe the g7 and have bilateral agreements. i think we actually have seen the ground shifting. is there any way that russia would change its position on being closely allied with syria ? change its position on being closely allied with syria? that seems to be allied with syria? that seems to be a line in the ground that they can't cross. it comes with great responsibility. they will be faced with demands that

peace negotiations in syria and will be forced to acknowledge that it has to play a constructive role in that process but i don't believe that this visit is one of the outcomes. i believe we will see a series of negotiations over the coming weeks and coming months were indeed we will probably see some moves towards a peace conference where russia will be playing an important role. fascinating. carol's here with a look at today's weather, at woolwich pier, where the tall ships have gathered for the bank holiday weekend. good morning. this morning it is a chilly start in london but look at these ships. this is called iris and it is magnificent. it is taking place in the tall ships race which leaves on sunday and is in portugal,

then bum —— bermuda. it will come back around the bank holiday weekend in august. lots of people taking part. a lot have never sailed before. they are with professional crews learning how to take part in a tea m crews learning how to take part in a team effort, sailing across the atla ntic team effort, sailing across the atlantic and what an experience that proves to be. the weather today is fairly mixed. first of all, a chilly start. some of us have frost to start. some of us have frost to start the day but there will be sunny spells and a bit more cloud today than yesterday. at 9am, we have sunshine and showers. across the southern uplands and into southern england, we also have some rain. the rain will be heavy across come to share and lancashire. not as heavy across lincolnshire. then we move to the midlands, east anglia, all the way down to london and into

that she and the isle of wight. we have scarred labia. there is cloud around but some are seeing sunny brea ks around but some are seeing sunny breaks —— we have cloud around. north wales, you will also see some rain. it is affecting north—west england and northern ireland but for the north of northern ireland, starting to brighten up. the weather front is producing a whirring and the weather front is going to continue with dissenter southwards. when it gets into southern england, it won't be more than a band of cloud with the odd shower. behind it, breezy conditions with a chilly wind and a mixture of sunshine, bright spells and this showers. temperatures just above average for this time of year. it is any and overnight, we quickly lose the front from the south of england. skies

we re from the south of england. skies were clear and we will see some frost developing, particularly in rural areas. temperatures are roughly about 7—9 tonight in towns and cities but in the countryside is, low. tomorrow, we start of the sunshine in central and eastern areas. we will have increasing cloud building from the west. it will produce some showers in the north and west. temperatures up a notch but a roundabout where they would be this time in april. on friday, a wea k this time in april. on friday, a weak weather front pushing southwards. ahead, some bright skies and in front, some bright skies, sunny intervals but also some showers. leading us into easter weekend. the forecast for that is changeable in the north. showers and rain at times but some dry weather as well. the south, largely dry with

sunny spells. in the sunshine, it will feel pleasant that we are hanging onto that fresh north—westerly wind. we look forward to using ping around in one of those ships later. —— we look forward to you zipping around. it was around six o'clock last night when three devices exploded near the coach carrying the football team, borussia dortmund. the german club were on their way to their champions league quarter—final. now the state prosecutor says a letterfound near the scene is being examined as part of the investigation. felix huesmann is a journalist in dortmund and joins us from the city this morning. we have heard a a lot about what happened last night. what was the atmosphere like in dortmund? what have you heard and seen over the last few hours? i think the situation inside and around the

stadium was reasonably calm from everything i have heard. this press spokesperson for baruch yet —— borussia dortmund, people did not panic. so far, the situation is calm. a lot of people opened their homes for a way fans with the twitter campaign #bedforawayfa ns. homes for a way fans with the twitter campaign #bedforawayfans. we have seen loads of people staying overnight and going out for dinner. it isa overnight and going out for dinner. it is a really positive story coming out of something which could have been a serious security issue. in other instances and other cities,

after bomb attacks or similar stuff happening, people panicked. here, they didn't. i think that a good thing, yes. felix, what you think the atmosphere will be like tonight? we hear there is an extra level of security. champions league ‘s games are very heavily policed already. what will fans make of what they this evening? i think bhasin will be more tense than normally. the police have said that yes, there will be extra security. ——i think the scene will be more tense. it will be hard to get inside the stadium but with everything we have seen last night, i think most people will stay calm

and people will understand it will ta ke and people will understand it will take longer and the extra security measures are necessary at this point. good to hear. thank you for talking to us this morning. an extraordinary outpouring of friendship, wasn't it? you often get that, don't you? after the paris attacks, lots of people came in to ta ke attacks, lots of people came in to take people away. the actual outcome is far less serious in this situation. one dortmund player is looking at a broken bone in his hand. last month, three police staff were found not—guilty of manslaughter after a man who'd been held in police custody died. thomas orchard's mother has told breakfast she now fears no—one will be held accountable for her son's death. in 2015 the home office announced a review into deaths in police custody, but so far the government hasn't published its report. campaigners say that could leave vulnerable people at risk. you may find some of the images in jayne mccubbin's report distressing. his mother tells me that as a child,

thomas loved the outdoors. more comfortable with his hens than with humans, but in his troubled teenagers years his mental health deteriorated into schizophrenia, but at 32 he was a church caretaker and he was getting better. you're really proud of where thomas was at with his life? absolutely. he'd overcome enormous difficulties and was living a very purposeful, productive life. but in october, 2012, he hadn't been taking his medication. after shouting aggressively in the street, passers—by called police and he was arrested. an emergency restraint belt was wrapped around his face. police said that was proportionate and in line with training. in the station, you can just hear a call coming in. it's a complaint about thomas's arrest. the belt is finally removed. thomas had been asphyxiated.

he died seven days later. they saw an angry man. was he by nature? no. he was quiet. he was just having a mental health crisis? yes. and if they had viewed it as such... he'd probably be alive today. last month one sergeant and two detention staff were found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. their chief constable said his thoughts were with the orchard family. custody staff and colleagues within devon and cornwall continue to be professional and to serve our communities, often under extreme and very difficult circumstances. amongst our 25,000 or more detentions each year, so very many of those detained are vulnerable through emotional crisis, mental ill—health, physical ill—health and substance misuse. but the independent police complaints commission say they still believe there is a case to answer for gross misconduct. devon and cornwall police have yet

to decide about disciplinary action. i still hear not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. something went very, very, very, very badly wrong. i fear that we're going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to be held to account. in autumn, 2015, the home office ordered a review into deaths in police custody. there've been 209 in the last ten years. the review was to find out why investigations fall short for many families and address their concerns about an apparent lack of accountability. it was expected be published last summer. its key special adviser told me that delay could leave others at risk. i'm extremely frustrated, as are the families that contributed to that review, because we want a review that makes a difference and that stops these preventable and needless deaths occurring. the home office said the report would be published in due course. the government wants to stop police cells being used for people

who are in mental health crisis, and from next month, holding a child who is mentally unwell in a cell will be banned, and it will become even more difficult to do so for adults. this card from thomas's church was sent to the orchard family when the trial ended, saying how special he was to them. they are still waiting to hear if any individual or the police force will be held accountable for his death. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. we will continue following this story and let you know if there are any updates as well. let's get some news, travel and weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. we were back injust a you are watching breakfast this morning. we were back in just a few minutes time. —— we will be. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. four men have been in rested on

suspicion of murder after a 19 robert stabbed to death. detectives have begun a murder investigation after police were called to newn—ham close yesterday afternoon. surgeons in london say the number of people making appointments to discuss a mastectomy have increased by as much as 70%. many operations take place here at the king edward vi! hospital in central london. in this situation these are women who are choosing to have mastectomies before they've actually been diagnosed with cancer. their personal risk may be so high, they may be a gene mutation carrier which would confer an 80% risk in their lifetime, that they seek out and have a mastectomy without having had a cancer diagnosis. the preferred route for a new river thames crossing will be announced later this morning by the government. highways england said injanuary that it supported a big tunnel under the river thames linking kent with essex. a number of other options considered have already been rejected. gatwick airport claims its policy

on disruptive passengers is working with fewer incidents reported last year compared to the previous year. it comes after a parliamentary report said the sale of alcohol on early—morning flights should be restricted because of an increase in rowdy passengers. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning across the line. severe delays on the london overground between willesden junction and richmond because of a faulty train. onto the roads and this is the m25. which has six miles of queues — clockwise — from junction 4 tojunction 6 after a van fire. on the a13, its slow into town from dagenham to barking. let's have a check on the weather. good morning. having been swamped with sunshine so far this week, a bit of change in the skies today. some of us may wake up to some brightness but that's going to be fairly short—lived as the cloud

builds from early on. so quite a cloudy day generally, fairly breezy as well, a westerly wind veers around to a north—westerly direction later on as it strengthens. there will be some breaks in that cloud to give us the odd bright spell, perhaps even sunny spells, but a mainly cloudy day with highs of around 16 degrees. it should be mainly dry but we'll see a a few showers coming through later on through the evening and they will be fairly light and isolated, some clear spells in the night with lows of six or seven. for tomorrow, well, actually it's fairly bright, there will be a fair amount of cloud around at times, the main brightness is going to be in the morning and by the afternoon it's actually looking fairly cloudy with highs of 14. the wind is dropping off somewhat, though. for friday, again quite a lot of cloud around, you might get some brightness first thing, you will probably see a few showers coming through, a very similar day on saturday as well but easter sunday itself, it is looking largely dry if somewhat cloudy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom

in half an hour. now, though, it's back to breakfast. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. thanks for being with us. the main news stories: police in germany are investigating three explosions that damaged a bus carrying the football team borussia dortmund to a champions league match at their home stadium. one player was injured. dortmund police believe the vehicle was targeted deliberately, but say it's too early to know whether it was a terrorist attack. the match against monaco was postponed until this evening. in the last half hour, britain's biggest supermarket, tesco, has reported a 30% rise in profits over the last year, making an operating profit of £1.3 billion. the group is in the middle of a three year turnaround plan, following record losses

and a multi—million pound accounting fraud scandal. but this morning the boss said improvements were being made to stores and customers' shopping is cheaper than three years ago. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the united states bombed an air base in syria. he wants to persuade the kremlin to drop its support for the current syrian regime and its president, basharal—assad. but the russian president, vladimir putin has said that assad's forces were not responsible for the chemical attack which prompted the us missile strikes. president trump's spokesman, sean spicer, has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. the anne frank centre, which campaigns for human rights, described mr spicer‘s comment as an "evil slur" and said he now lacked "the integrity to serve". mr spicer made the remark in a white house press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. any future referendum in the uk

should avoid the mistakes regarding britain's membership with the eu. that's according to a group of mps. the committee says that must be adequate planning for any outcome and it says the incumbent prime minister should stay in office to implement the result. the head of united airlines has apologised for the "truly horrific" incident in which a passenger was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. footage of david dao being removed from the overbooked plane was posted on social media and sparked a backlash against the company. the chief executive, oscar munoz, said: the incident wiped over £1 billion off the value of the company, its share price dropped by 4% on tuesday. we will be talking at ten past 8am

toa pr we will be talking at ten past 8am to a pr expert in how it is best to handle that kind of incident. it's a day of apologies today. should we offer onejust it's a day of apologies today. should we offer one just in case? coming up on the programme, carol's got the weather. a big night of champions league action and annexed again tonight. the dortmund — one of the game was postponed. it will be played tonight? —— monaco game. yes, and we heard that fans are likely to face big delays getting into the stadium as they will be extra checks and extra security around. we saw the pictures on the back pages of the papers. armed police escorting players away from their boss. we are getting reports today of extra police on the streets of madrid ahead of leicester city's champions league quarter—final. some

leicester fa ns a ppa re ntly have champions league quarter—final. some leicester fans apparently have been injured by police. we do know many more details about that, but certainly heightened police on the street. all of the matches are taking place tonight. borussia dortmund's game with monaco is set to go ahead at 5:45pm. thousands were fans were already in the stadium when they were told the match was. the visiting monaco fans chanted "dortmund" in a show of solidarity. it's one of the biggest days in the history of leicester city football club. last year's premier league winners are the only english club left in the champions league and tonight they're in spain for their quarter—final against atletico madrid. captain wes morgan has travelled with the team but won't play because he's got a bad back. it's leicester's first season in the champions league and manager craig shakespeare is determined to make the most of it. walking through the stadium in terms of by the changing rooms, seeing all of the cups, it's a lovely traditional ground. it gives you a little tingle. but i'm on this side now and you have to make sure that

you enjoy these moments, but i think to enjoy it you have to make sure that you try and get a result. the former liverpool and chelsea striker fernando torres is now playing for atletico madrid. he enjoyed watching leicester win the premier league last season, and told football focus he knows exactly to expect when he faces them as opponents this evening. leicester is a team with passion, with great players, about everything asa team. they know how to play together and how to suffer together. they showed against sevilla, for example, that they went up in the second leg and they could do it. it's a team we want to play again. and there's much more of that interview on football focus this saturday at 12 o'clock on bbc one. also tonight, bayern munich face

real madrid. one quarter—final match was played last night and italian champions juventus took a big step towards the semi—finals of the champions league. they won 3—0 against barcelona, leaving the catalans needing a recovery almost as dramatic as the last round when they came back from four goals down. that's one to watch when the second leg takes place. sam warburton, the favourite to be named the british and irish lions captain next wednesday, is out for six weeks with a knee injury. warburton should be fit again by the end of may. the lions tour to new zealand starts in june. so warburton back, but two others from the world of rugby union won't be. the former scotland captain kelly brown is calling it a day at the end of the season. he'll become an academy coach at his current club saracens. while the former wales and british and irish lions scrum half mike phillips will also retire next month. phillips won two six nations grand slams with wales and finishes just one short of making 100 international appearances. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open in switzerland.

watson, now ranked 110th in the world, needed to call the trainer onto the court during the second set and was beaten in straight sets by the estonion anett kontaveit. naomi broady is also out. former fa chief executive brian barwick will lead liverpool's bid to host the commonwealth games. he will chair the city's bid, which was initially just for the 2026 games. durban's withdrawal, though, from hosting the event four years earlier has also opened up a vacancy for the 2022 event. birmingham and manchester have also expressed interest, with the latter potentially being part of a joint north—west bid. and that is not a staged photo! "he has nothing to lose but a potentially happy, healthy life to gain." those are the words

of charlie gate's parents, —— charlie guard's parents, connie and chris, who yesterday lost a high court battle to prevent doctors from taking their baby son off life support. charlie was born last august to mum connie yates and dad chris. at first he seemed healthy but soon developed serious problems and at eight weeks old was admitted to hospital. at three months old was diagnosed with mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. injanuary, his parents launched an online appeal to fund an experimental treatment in the usa. they are now close to reaching their target of £1.3 million. however, doctors at great ormond street hospital say his brain damage is irreversible and he should be ta ken off life support. his parents challenged that decision in the high court. but mrjustice francis ruled in the hospital's favour. charlie's parents now have three weeks to lodge an appeal. their solicitor spoke outside court. connie and chris are facing every

pa re nt‘s worst connie and chris are facing every parent's worst nightmare. we —— they don't understand why charlie isn't given the chance of treatment in america. the treatment is potentially groundbreaking. these are not easy issues and they remain utterly committed to wanting to do their utmost for their child. their total dedication has been recognised by all parties concerned, including thejudge. that is right, nothing less could be said of them. emma nottingham is a member of the institute of medical ethics and a lecturer in child law at the university of winchester. shejoins us now. good morning. it is a really difficult and emotional case. charlie's parents were pleading for thejudge to give him a chance, but they have to weigh in all of that emotion with medical facts. they have to weigh in all of that emotion with medicalfacts. it is they have to weigh in all of that emotion with medical facts. it is a really difficult decision.

absolutely. he has to weigh up all of the evidence in front of him and look at the arguments for all of the parties involved. charlie's parents, any experts that they would have spoken to. and he has to take a really objective approach and he has said ina really objective approach and he has said in a press summaryjust yesterday that he has had to really focus on applying the law and that is looking at best interests. silly as to assume the position of charlie and look at what's in the best interests of this child in this particular circumstance is the is such a difficult case for everybody involved. i suppose the question is, how does it get to this, that these pa rents a re how does it get to this, that these parents are in the high court trying to fight this sort of battle? it's really because they weren't able to reach an agreement with the medical professionals. the medical professionals. the medical professionals have said what they

think is in the best interests of charlie, which very sadly their view was to withdraw his treatment, which no one wanted that to be the case, but in their opinion that's what they thought. the parents quite rightly wanted to fight back. they also have a right to express what they think is in charlie's best interests. so it is this conflict between the parties involved as to what the best thing for charlie ease. as they weren't able to reach an agreement, it is at that point that the legal profession and the courts then become involved. that the legal profession and the courts then become involvedm almost becomes impossible because the medical expertise from america say there is a very small chance anything could be improved but as a pa rent anything could be improved but as a parent you hear chance and you don't pay attention to whether there is a small chance or not, because you just want your son to have a chance. what do you think the parents were doing, because they can appeal this. potentially they can appeal this. they have a few weeks to get back

together. we will wait and see as to whether that will happen. they fought really hard so far and media headlines yesterday said they would continue to fight on charlie's behalf. the difficulty is partly with the comments that were given from the doctor in the us who has said the treatment he can have over there is experimental, which means we don't really know how much difference it's going to make the judge said yesterday that an experimental treatment might not be in his best interests. they've given the parents enormous support, not least the people trying to see if they could have taken him to america. these are all individual cases, but will there be any

ramifications? i think you've really hit the nail on the head. all cases are different. it is difficult to say what effect this might have on future cases. all cases with children are dealt on a case—by—case basis. if there is anything like this in the future, the circumstances are not going to be exactly the same as charlie's, so it is difficult to say what kind of ramifications this case would have on future cases. ok, thanks very much. carol is at woolwich pier taking a look at the tall ships taking part in the weekend's tall ships regatta. how is the weather going to be looking for us? good morning. it's fabulous to be here this morning. it has clouded over a bit since we have been here and it is a chilly start. check out those tall ships. look behind me at

the rigging. you wouldn't catch me up the rigging. you wouldn't catch me up there in a month of sundays. these ships will be selling off on easter sunday, going to portugal, crossing the atlantic, getting into bermuda, boston, quebec and then coming back to france at the end of august, beginning of september. taking part in a race. the ships will be manned by people and some of them have never sailed before but have been taught by obviously a trained crew. they come from all walks of life and what an experience. if you want to come and see them you can do so here tomorrow until easter sunday. you can even get on some of them as well. they are stunning. more than what you can say to the temperatures this morning. a bit chilly this morning. a touch of frost overnight and rather chilly across the board. we will see some sunshine today that there is also rain in the forecast. across scotland at 9am, a lot of

showers, particularly in the north. in between, some brighter spells. in the southern uplands and northern england, we are looking at some rain. the rain this morning could be heavy at times across, she and lancashire where is in looks —— yorkshire and lincolnshire, not as heavy. the weather front thinking south. ahead of that, the cloud has been building but there are some bright in the cloud and glimmers of sunshine as we have seen in london this morning was not quite a bit of cloud a round as well. southern counties, midlands, south—west, a fair bit of cloud with some breaks and sunshine. southern parts of wales also seen some sunshine this morning but north wales, a bit more cloud and some rain, particularly the north—west. the same band of rain affecting southern parts of northern ireland but it is going to clear northern ireland, affecting the brightness in the north to develop further south. you consider weather front that is producing this rain. as it continues to move across

the rest of england and wales throughout the day, it will weaken. by throughout the day, it will weaken. by the time it gets into southern england, it would be much more than abound of cloud with the odd shower. behind it, for all of us, a chilly breeze but we are also looking at the mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers will stop temperatures shook slightly above average for this type of april. —— time of april. clearer skies particularly in the east. it will be called, cold enough for a touch of frost. that cold. still some showers in the north and west. temperatures are round about 6— nine celsius. then as we start tomorrow, we will have a cold start but there will be some sunshine as well in the east but increasingly, we will see the cloud orfrom but increasingly, we will see the cloud or from the west. there will be some showers around, too, particularly in the north and west. temperatures just down a notch on today. around about average for this time of year. for good friday, we have weather front which is sinking southwards. it is a fairly weak

affair as it does so. it will be clouding up through the day. some blustery showers behind it. as we head into the easter weekend, in short, we are looking at more changeable weather in the north. some showers at times with rain as well. equally, dry and bright spells with some sunshine. in the south, dry conditions, not necessarily good news for gardeners but there will be some sunshine and it will feel pleasa nt some sunshine and it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. varied weather for the next few days but generally speaking, fairly settled. thank you, carol. in the last few minutes tesco has reported a 30percent increase in operating profits — making almost £1.3bn last year. the company has been seeking to turnaround the business. steph has all the details. whenever companies put out results, there are so many numbers. with tesco, they are saying that profits

are up 30% when they are looking at the day today but on the other hand, taking into account the fines they have had to pay out over the last few years and also the costs associated with cutting down the number of stores and restructuring costs a nd number of stores and restructuring costs and that profits are down 28% but overall, a good story for tesco. let me tell you a bit more. not long after announcing its profits, it had to pay a fine for the tune of £300 million since then, a turnaround. natalie berg is a retail expert from planet retail and joins me now. a very positive story, overall. and it is start with a disclaimer that i can't see tesco ever returning to its former glory. there has been too much structural change in the market

with the rise of discounters and online shopping but overall, i think the numbers indicate that the recovery strategy is working. it is gaining momentum. they have done a lot of work over the past few years to really rebuild their brand and regain consumer trust as well. when we talk about this restructuring plan, it is quite a big change for tesco. they were so big and now they are to pull back on that, reduce the of stores and go for more smaller stores. tell us about that. their number one priority is to put the customer back at the heart of their strategy and improve the overall shopping experience. they have done a lot of work. if you want your tesco today, you will notice that prices are lower. they are 6% lower today than they were three years ago. an important point here is that that it has largely been held by deeply —— helped by deflation. overall, they have simplified the

shopping experience, cut back the number of promotions, something we are seeing across the industry. they have invested in their own label and made a very big improvement. another interesting part is that deal and merger which means there will be taking on convenience stores. what are your thoughts? there are some clear regulatory and investment concerns as well. a number of investors see this as a costly distraction at a time where tesco's is just getting back on track. absolutely, you are right, i think that going forward, they need to reduce their reliance on these large out—of—town superstores because it shopping habits have changed. we are shopping habits have changed. we are shopping little and often an increasingly buying from these smaller convenience stores. do you think if they take on these 5000 convenience stores which they will have access to butchers, do you think that will make a difference?” think that will make a difference?” think it is a step in the right direction but ultimately, tesco is structurally disadvantaged in that

around half of its total floorspace is still dedicated to stores that are over 50,000 square feet. so, they are still readily reliant on a store format that is going out of russian. at the end of the day, they need to figure out what to do with these big stores. thank you for coming infor these big stores. thank you for coming in for us. that's it from me for now. doctor who theme plays. this music can mean only one thing. doctor who is back this weekend and this time he has a new companion travelling with him. that's not the only reason this series is highly anticipated — it's also the last outing for peter capaldi as the doctor and for its writer stephen moffat. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is on london's south bank where they're getting into the mood. and tim will be talking to the writer stephen moffat look at this mysterious alien

landscape. it marks the start of the new series of doctor who which begins this saturday. we have some daleks. i'm going to make a daring lea p a cross daleks. i'm going to make a daring leap across this. he we go. maybe it! -- leap across this. he we go. maybe it! —— made it. big news for doctor who fans. new series on saturday. peter capaldi's last outing. there will be an use assistant. —— new assistant. it will make her a global star. plenty of people come to your lectures, why me? i noticed you. why? most people when they don't understand something, they frown. you smile. tell you what i don't

understand. you have been lecturing me for a long time. 50 years, some people say. you you are thinking that i do look all deny. inflate —— it like the university doesn't know what you go to talk about. they said you go to talk about physics, you talked about poetry. same thing. a lot of reasons for doctor who fans to be excited. so far in the latest trailerfor to be excited. so far in the latest trailer for the new series, to be excited. so far in the latest trailerfor the new series, we have seen glimpses of the daleks and obviously fans pay a lot of attention to these things. people will be keen to see whether the favourites will be brought back. this is the last series to be overseen by stephen moffat who is the writer executive producer, show runner, as he is known. he will be

talking to us again in about an hour as well. whenever doctor who hits the airwaves, fans right across the world, and it is a global show, bareback in mind, it used to be a very domesticated programme back a few years. —— bear that in very domesticated programme back a few years. —— bearthat in mind. lots to talk about with stephen moffat in about an hour were's time. of course, as we also mentioned, peter capaldi is making his last appearance. bookies have been putting money on actors like tilda swinton, chris marshall, david harewood. you might get a little hint from him about who could fill the role. peter ca paldi hint from him about who could fill the role. peter capaldi has made such a success of doctor who in the last few years. batch so starts on saturday. jump again. i'm taking my life in my hands. oh, my gosh! that

was close! thank you very much, tim. we'll be talking to you later. thank you. as tim was saying, stephen moffat will be talking to us in about an hour. thank you for all your messages you have been sending in about your favourite doctor who people. they never lacks the daleks. a bit of dan frost. fiona is talking about the cyber men. i think overall, the daleks have it. the weeping angels were pretty bad, too. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. four men have been in rested on suspicion of murder after a 19 robert stabbed to death. detectives have begun a murder investigation after police were called to newn—ham close yesterday afternoon. flexible working arrangements, which allow employees to base

themselves at home, could be detrimental to their health. that according to one professor at the university of bedfordshire. the practice is generally encouraged among most employers, but can sometimes blur the boundaries between work and home. professor kinman said it can take a psychological toll. they find it very difficult to switch off. and of course that means that work doesn't only physically invade your personal space, but also mentally where you're thinking about work all the time. and we certainly need to recover fully. gatwick airport claims its policy on disruptive passengers is working with fewer incidents reported last year compared to the previous year. it comes after a parliamentary report said the sale of alcohol on early—morning flights should be restricted because of an increase in rowdy passengers. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning across the line. severe delays on the london overground between willesden junction and richmond because of a faulty train. onto the roads and this is the m25. which has six miles of queues —

clockwise — from junction 4 tojunction 6 after a van fire. onto the roads and still long queues on the m25 clockwise. that's from junction 4 to junction 6 because of a van fire. the problems are also having a knock effect on the m26 and the a25. on the a13, its slow into town from dagenham to barking. let's have a check on the weather. good morning. having been swamped with sunshine so far this week, a bit of change in the skies today. some of us may wake up to some brightness but that's going to be fairly short—lived as the cloud builds from early on. so quite a cloudy day generally, fairly breezy as well, a westerly wind veers around to a north—westerly direction later on as it strengthens. there will be some breaks in that cloud to give us the odd bright spell, perhaps even sunny spells,

but a mainly cloudy day with highs of around 16 degrees. it should be mainly dry but we'll see a a few showers coming through later on through the evening and they will be fairly light and isolated, some clear spells in the night with lows of six or seven. for tomorrow, well, actually it's fairly bright, there will be a fair amount of cloud around at times, the main brightness is going to be in the morning and by the afternoon it's actually looking fairly cloudy with highs of 14. the wind is dropping off somewhat, though. for friday, again quite a lot of cloud around, you might get some brightness first thing, you will probably see a few showers coming through, a very similar day on saturday as well but easter sunday itself, it is looking largely dry if somewhat cloudy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to breakfast. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with dan walker and louise minchin. the hunt for clues begins after three explosions hit the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to a champions league match. one player was injured. police say the vehicle was deliberately targeted but it is too early to know if it was a terrorist attack. good morning. it's wednesday, 12th april. also this morning: the case of thomas orchard, who died after being restrained by police officers, his mother talks to breakfast about her struggle for answers.

ifear i fear that we're ifear that we're going i fear that we're going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to be held to account. the head of united airlines apologises for the incident where a passenger was forcibly dragged from a flight. we'll ask what the company can do to restore its reputation? good results from tesco. it seems their plan to turn their business around is working. i'm taking a look at how our shopping habits are changing supermarkets. in sport, one of the biggest nights in the history of leicester city is ahead. they're in the quarter—finals of the champions league against atletico madrid. so how do we stay out of trouble? this is naughty. let's go, mate. it's the last with peter capaldi and this series of dr who also sees the departure of writer and producer stephen moffatt. we'll be hearing his thoughts on stepping away from the world of the time lord.

and carol has the weather. we will see her in 15 minutes time. good morning. first, our main story. police in germany believe the three explosions which hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team, were directly targeting the club. the team were on their way to a champions league match against monaco. one player has undergone surgery after the blast shattered windows on the team coach. jane—frances kelly reports. forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players‘ bus left their hotel shortly after 7pm. it‘s believed the explosives were hidden in a hedge and were detonated as the bus passed. the vehicle had reinforced glass. but two panes at the back shattered, injuring spanish international marc bartra, who has undergone surgery. other team members were unharmed. at a press conference held soon afterwards, a spokesman for the team gave an update on his condition. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now

for a broken bone in his right hand and he has got various glass shards that have been blasted into his arm. the team, through captain marcel schmelzer, just rang me. they‘re still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. the police are still trying to establish who was behind the attack and why. an official from the state prosecutor revealed that a letter had been found close to the scene. translation: i can say a letter was found near the blast scene. at the moment, due to the ongoing investigation, i can‘t give more information about the content. the authenticity is being investigated. the devices exploded about ten kilometres from germany‘s largest stadium. the match has been postponed until later today. the world of football has come together in wishing bartra a full recovery and condemning the attack, which has unsettled players and fans alike. after last night‘s game was postponed, borussia dortmund

tweeted asking local fans to help accommodate the thousands of monaco supporters who had travelled to germany for the match. overnight dozens of pictures like these appeared on social media as fans of both clubs rallied around the hashtag #bedforawayfa ns be heavy security le tonight. very generous offers if people. and we‘ll be getting the latest from our europe reporter gavin lee in dortmund in about 10 minutes. the uk‘s biggest supermarket tesco announced its full year results this morning. steph has been pouring over the details. whenever we get company results it can be really confusing. so if you look at how tesco is doing day—to—day, operating profits,

they‘re up 30% which is really good news for them. that‘s up to £1.2 billion. they have had a tough few yea rs, if billion. they have had a tough few years, if you take into account the money they have had to pay out for restructuring the business and the fines they had to pay for an accounting scandal then their profits are in when we take into account the exceptional items, so they‘re down 28%. lots of analysts will be looking at that operating profit, it‘s up 30% because it is telling us the business is managing to turn itself around. they are looking at other companies, aren‘t they? the other thing in the news todayis they? the other thing in the news today is this proposed merger with bookerment now booker is a wholesaler which has lots of convenience stores around 5,000 of them and that‘s what tesco want to get their hands on. they want their hands on the londis and budgens chains. tesco has always been known, hasn‘t it, for their huge stores, but our shopping habits have changed. we don‘t go and do one big shop anymore. we will do smaller,

more frequent shops which is where the convenience side of the business is really helpful for them. the convenience side of the business is really helpfulfor them. so, interesting that they‘re managing to turn things around. this is part of their three year plan. they‘re part of the way through that. they will be hoping to continue that and let‘s not forget tesco is the biggest of all our supermarkets. they have a 27% share of the grocery sector so still doing really, really well when we talk about the problems that they‘ve had. we talk about the problems that they've had. steph, thank you very much. keep reading.” they've had. steph, thank you very much. keep reading. i know. iwill be here for hours. you'll get it read by 9.15am. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is meeting his counterpart in moscow this morning, less than a week after the united states bombed an air base in russia‘s key ally, syria. his mission is to persuade the kremlin to drop its support for the current syrian regime and its president, bashar al—assad. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg is in moscow. good morning steve. what do you think mr tillerson‘s chances of getting any concessions out of moscow are? well, he maybe helped by

the fact that although as secretary of state this is his first visit to moscow, rex tillerson is no stranger to russia and stranger to moscow. rex tillerson came to moscow and did big deals with powerful people in russia. he drank champagne with vladimir putin, vladimir putin gave him a medal on one occasion, the order of friendship. but champagne and medals was then. that was business. i think politics is another matter completely and i think if rex tillerson thinks he can convince the kremlin to drop its support for president assad he may have to think again because president assad is russia‘s key military ally in the middle east. it will be very difficult to persuade the russians to drop their support. steve, thank you. a big few days, weeks and months of talks ahead. president trump‘s spokesman, sean spicer, has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didn‘t use chemical weapons. the anne frank centre,

which campaigns for human rights, described mr spicer‘s comment as an "evil slur" and said he now lacked "the integrity to serve." mr spicer made the remark in a white house press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. any future referendum in the uk should avoid the "mistakes" of last year‘s vote on britain‘s membership of the eu — that‘s according to a group of mps. the cross—party public administration and constitutional affairs committee says there must be adequate planning for any outcome. it also recommends that the prime minister of the day stay in office to implement the result. our assistant political editor norman smith joins us now from westminster. and they are referring to what they‘re calling mistakes and proper planning is one of the things they‘re talking about? planning is one of the things they're talking about? they're concerned that there really are no contingency plans put in place by the government for the possibility of britain leaving the eu which, of

course, left a huge policy vacuum for the current government, but they say it was unfair to voters because voters had no clear idea what the real choices were. they‘re unhappy at the fact that they believe david cameron and george osborne by and large almost used the civil service as part of the remain campaign and they point to various controversial reports such as the treasury report warning there we would be more than £4,000 worse off if we left the eu. they say the reports weren‘t really impartial, official government reports, they were almost more like campaign material and they suggest that in future civil servants should be barred from having any role in referendums, not just for four weeks, but for the entire campaign period which could be ten weeks. albeit, it is interesting the committee say at the end of the day, it probably didn‘t make any difference to the result of the referendum. in fact, difference to the result of the referendum. infact, people difference to the result of the referendum. in fact, people took less notice of government reports after they‘d been published and in a way that suggests that the hole

project fear probably backfired and just led to people having no real confidence in the authority of those civil service reports. norman smith, good to speak to you, thank you. more than 50,000 disabled people have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away after the introduction of a new disability benefit, according to the motability charity. their figure has led some mps and campaigners to demand changes so vehicles are not removed before claimants have had a chance to appeal. the government says there are more people on the motability scheme than there were in 2010. from rock pools to rock bands, a shrimp which makes some of the loudest sounds in the ocean has been named after pink floyd. and we are going to have a listen. it might not sound like it but the pistol shrimp,

synalpheus pinkfloydi, can use its claw to create a sound louder than a gunshot and is powerful enough to stun small fish. the team who discovered the new species wanted to honour the legendary group by using their name and have mocked up some of the band‘s album covers to feature it. it is 8.11am. we‘re expecting to here more from the german police this morning about the investigation into the explosions near the coach carrying the football team, borussia dortmund. our europe reporter gavin lee is in dortmund this morning. i understand you‘ve got some fans with you there? yes, i have. the police are saying at the moment the match is on tonight. i have been to the hotel where the monaco team are staying and the coach driver said he‘s worried about driving tonight. given what happened yesterday. these ex—employeeses that led to the

injury ofa ex—employeeses that led to the injury of a player and a police officer who was injured as well the outrider and i‘m with some of the fa ns outrider and i‘m with some of the fans who arrived for the game. there was a social media open call for people here in germany to open their doors for monaco fans who, after what happened with the game being postponed and the concerns, could stay the night and one fan is with me now. tell me what happened to you? when we entered the stadium, we watched the stadium and the ambiance and supporters of dortmund, the feeling is bizarre. we look at twitter and facebook because we don't have information in the stadium. so security told us, you stay here, one hour, please. so we stayed in the stadium and when we

understand that the match was postponed, we were sad. somebody put a call out on twitter saying you could stay at their house, a dortmund fan and you stayed there? the social media and we look at the hashtag bed for away fans. we write in twitter and dortmund fans, his name is dirk, we write telling us we are four persons and he said it is possible. he said it is not a problem. i've got two children so we organise and you come in one hour. and he looked after you? yes. thank you. he isjust one of, he has five

friends, but one of the small things we saw in nice, we saw in brussels the acts of kindness to help out given what happened yesterday. i'm sure there will be more on the bbc news channel. the game will take place tonight. an extra game on a big wednesday in the champions league. it is lovely to see everybody offering help and assistance. you see football gets a bad rep every now and again, but at times like this it fills you with positivity. to say it‘s not been a great week for the american company united airlines, is perhaps an understatement. footage of a passenger being dragged off an overbooked flight by air martials provoked outrage around the world and caused the company share price to fall, and has prompted an investigation. last night, the head of the airline oscar munoz said, "i deeply apologise to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. no one should ever be

mistreated this way." originally he had called the passenger "disruptive and belligera nt". social media has been quick to respond with many mocking united airlines who have advertised themselves as the "friendly" airline. so how much damage has been done to its reputation? we can talk now to the pr expert mark borkowski from our bristol studio. take us through the timeline of all of this. the first of all we saw the head of the company saying he supported staff and the passenger was disruptive. how important is it to get the first message right? the first message has to get right. particularly when the footage is there and your customers carry smartphones and cameras. what happens in these big corporate disasters, you can gauge whether it‘s a good or bad response. a good response was merlin recently over the horrific disaster they had when they admitted liability. many

corporations, particularly the size of united airlines, will have pr position is made by a legal team evaluating the cost of the action. they also try to spin it in some way suggesting the security staff were used by lots of airlines and not just themselves. when the social media firestorm began, ironically the share price started to go up and up. it was when the rest of the media and the story went global that everything started to fall and 500 million was wiped off the shares. they then had to do something. they did all the wrong things really well. people in pr will look back at this in many years as the perfect way to explain what‘s not to do in social media. but oscar munoz, the ceo, is an interesting character. he was awarded communicator of the year by pr week in america. when things go well, events like this can test

people as leaders and communicators in organisations. we saw another apology issued overnight from white house press secretary sean spicer who apologised after a news conference where he said adolf hitler did not use chemical weapons during world war ii. he then went on to try to explain himself. what could he have done when he made the error? sean spicer defies any credibility as a white house spokesman. we have seen the way he has run white house press conferences. he is delusional as a communicator and i think he‘s become the butt of manyjokes. he is they‘re trying to control the press, but he‘s not actually had any relationship with those reporters who go there every day. backtracking is impossible in the age of social media. one has to put your hands up and say, i‘ve made a mistake. people

will accept that to a certain extent. but as soon as you admit a mistake like united, all sorts of legal ramifications hit you. these are very legal ramifications hit you. these are very different times and the industry has been going through tremendous changes on how to deal with how people use social media and what they say about the brand, which goes beyond any sound bite or advertising slogan they have spent money developing. you said at the beginning it these things could be a disaster. is what happened to united airlines, the picture of a man being dragged off, is it disastrous for them? don't write your obituaries for the united air lines just yet. air travel has changed. many of the carriers are looking at passengers asa carriers are looking at passengers as a column on a spreadsheet. gone are the romantic ideas of air travel. we hate airline brands but we love the prices. in airline land

in america, there isn‘t a huge amount of competition, but make no mistake, if united airlines do not change their practices, things will happen. but they are a big monolith and they can take on this. frankly, it‘s a brilliant day for crisis co nsulta nts it‘s a brilliant day for crisis consultants and advertising firms and social media people, because there will be a lot of money spent on trying to rush down and reimagine what united airlines are like post this crisis. somebody is always making hay in a crisis. thank you for your time. carol is at woolwich appeared today but we‘re having some issues. —— is at woolwich pier. so here is some weather from earlier. at woolwich pier. so here is some weatherfrom earlier. not very

are now, and it‘s chilly across—the—board. we are going to see some rain. starting at 9am across scotland, a lot of showers in the north. in between them, some brighter spells, moving to the southern uplands and northern in that, we are looking at rain. the rain could be heavy at times across cumbria and lancashire. in yorkshire and lincolnshire, not as heavy. a weather front sinkings south. ahead of that the cloud has been building. some breaks in the crowd and glimmers of sunshine as we have seen in london this morning. quite a bit of cloud around as well. moving to the southern counties, the midlands and south west, a similar story. a fair bit of cloud with some breaks and sunshine. southern wales also seeing sunshine, but north wales will have more cloud and rain particularly in the north—west. the same band of rain affecting southern

parts of northern ireland but it will clear northern ireland allowing the brightness in the north to develop further south. the weather front is producing this rain and as it continues to move across the rest of england and wales through the date it will tend to weaken. when it gets to southern england it will not be more than a band of cloud with some showers. behind that for all of bright spells, sunshine and showers. temperatures are slightly above average for this stage in april. through the evening, losing the weather front quite quickly overnight. it will be cold enough for a touch of frost. towards the west there will be more cloud around and some showers in the north and west. temperatures roundabout 6—9 c. tomorrow we‘ll have a cold start, but there will be sunshine in the east. increasingly we will see the cloud built from the west. there will be showers around tomorrow as well, particularly in the north and

west. temperatures down on today. around about average for this time of year. good friday, a weather front is sinkings south. a fairly wea k front is sinkings south. a fairly weak affair. ahead of it, some bright skies but it will cloud up through the day. also looking at some blustery showers. heading into the easter weekend, in short what we are looking at is more changeable weather in the north with showers at times and rain at times as well, equally dry and bright spells with some sunshine. in the south we have drier conditions. not necessarily good news for gardeners, but there will be some sunshine and it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. varied weather for the next few days but generally speaking it is fairly settled. studio: that was carol with some pre—recorded weather. we will try to sort out the technical issues and get back to her life later in the programme. last month, three police staff were found not guilty

of manslaughter after a man who‘d been held in police custody died. thomas orchard‘s mother has told breakfast she now fears no one will be held accountable for her son‘s death. in 2015 the home office announced a review into deaths in police custody, but so far the government hasn‘t published its report. campaigners say that could leave vulnerable people at risk. you may find some of the images in jayne mccubbin‘s report distressing. his mother tells me that as a child, thomas loved the outdoors. more comfortable with his hens than with humans, but in his troubled teenagers years his mental health deteriorated into schizophrenia, but at 32 he was a church caretaker and he was getting better. you were really proud of where thomas was at with his life? absolutely. he‘d overcome enormous difficulties and was living a very purposeful, productive life. but in october, 2012, he hadn‘t been taking his medication. after shouting aggressively in the street, passers—by called police and he was arrested. an emergency restraint belt was wrapped around his face.

police said that was proportionate and in line with training. in the station, you can just hear a call coming in. it‘s a complaint about thomas‘s arrest. the belt is finally removed. thomas had been asphyxiated. he died seven days later. they saw an angry man. was he by nature? no. he was quiet. he was just having a mental health crisis? yes. and if they had viewed it as such... he‘d probably be alive today. last month one sergeant and two detention staff were found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. their chief constable said his thoughts were with the orchard family. custody staff and colleagues within devon and cornwall continue to be professional and to serve our communities, often under extreme and very

difficult circumstances. amongst our 25,000 or more detentions each year, so very many of those detained are vulnerable through emotional crisis, mental ill—health, physical ill—health and substance misuse. but the independent police complaints commission say they still believe there is a case to answer for gross misconduct. devon and cornwall police have yet to decide about disciplinary action. i still hear not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. something went very, very, very, very badly wrong. i fear that we‘re going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to be held to account. in autumn, 2015, the home office ordered a review into deaths in police custody. there‘ve been 209 in the last ten years. the review was to find out why investigations fall short for many families and address their concerns about an apparent lack of accountability. it was expected be published last summer. its key special adviser told me that delay could leave others at risk. i'm extremely frustrated,

as are the families that contributed to that review, because we want a review that makes a difference and that stops these preventable and needless deaths occurring. the home office said the report would be published in due course. the government wants to stop police cells being used for people who are in mental health crisis, and from next month, holding a child who is mentally unwell in a cell will be banned, and it will become even more difficult to do so for adults. this card from thomas‘s church was sent to the orchard family when the trial ended, saying how special he was to them. they are still waiting to hear if any individual or the police force will be held accountable for his death. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. and a big thank you to alison orchard for speaking to us in that report. hello. if the truth were known i

could put up two or three spheres to describe what‘s going to go on with the british weather through the rest of the day. the variability comes from where you are in relation to a weather front which was all over the north of scotland yet. wet and miserable fair yesterday. overnight it slumped further south and it will continue its journey from this neck of the woods, northern ireland and southern scotland ever further towards the south. slow progress at that and weakening all the while as well. such that by around about late afternoon we‘ll find the remnants of

it lurking with intent across pembrokeshire and over towards east anglia and essex. further south, a dry day. further north, things brighten up and you get a mixture of sunny spells and showers. from wednesday into thursday, a fair few isobars there. so the breeze noticeable in many areas especially the northern half the british isles. thursday starts off on a chilly note, but the cloud that‘s already there from the word go in the west topples its way further east robbing you of your sunshine. the temperatures lower than we have seen of late, but again, they‘re not bad for the time of year. the dry weather to be found on good friday out towards central and eastern parts in the first part of the day, but we may find thicker cloud bringing the prospect of some rain towards the east for some areas as we get on through the day. so easter weekend. i think the watchword is, it‘s not a write off. if you do have

some rain at any one particular time, it the not likely to hang around. the wind will be a feature. you will see there is a great deal of mobility. if you get some rain, it won‘t hang around for too long. this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and aaron heslehurst. throwing out the junk. international investors go cold on south africa, as one of the continent‘s biggest economies moves from political to economic turmoil. live from london, that‘s our top story on 12th april. as south africa‘s battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, protesters are heading out on to the streets. we‘re live in johannesburg for this developing story. also in the programme,

the bbc understands that the head of security at barclays is now facing an internal disciplinary probe over his part in a whistle—blowing inquiry.