hello — this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. an historic breakthrough as president trump accepts an offer from north korea to hold talks with kim jong—un the two leaders will meet by may — the north koreans also agree not to carry out any more nuclear or missile tests. good morning — it's friday 9 march. also this morning: pressure grows on counter—terrorism police to identify where the nerve agent, used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter, came from. the us imposes tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. other countries have threatened to retaliate, sparking fears of a global trade war. in sport, it's the biggest ever winter paralympics, and it begins this morning. snowboarder owen pick will be great britain's flagbearer at the opening ceremony

in pyeongchang. sarah has the weather. good morning. it is another wintry start to the david weather is set to turn milder over the next few days. with milder we are, some rain around as well. first, our main story. president trump has accepted an offerfrom north korea to meet kim jong—un for talks. the meeting will happen by may. no serving us president has ever met a north korean leader. the shock announcement was made by senior south korean officials in washington, who passed on a letter from the north korean leader. in it, he pledged to commit to denuclearisation. (ani) he also ruled out any more nuclear and missile tests . (ani) the united states welcomed the move but said sanctions would stay in place until a deal is reached. (pres) our washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. with missiles and displays of military might,

north korea has at times seemed nothing short of defiant in the face of sanctions and international condemnation of its nuclear programme but, despite appearances, it seems kim jong—un wants to talk. south korean officials, who met the north korean leader, say he has committed himself to denuclearisation and they have now delivered a message from kim jong—un that caught many in the white house completely off guard. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. he understands that the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue. and he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. the idea of a face—to—face meeting between president trump and kimjong—un, by may, seems remarkable,

given the months of insults and threats hurled between them. they will be met with fire and fury. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. but the tone has now changed. on twitter, donald trump said that great progress was being made but that sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. however, that meeting is being planned. yet, less than 2a hours earlier, the president's own some in the white house will urge cautious and there will be no suspension of the joint military exercises involving the united states and south korea. this may be a move away from fire and fury, perhaps even towards friendship but, in the long—term, that will depend on whether that message coming from pyongyang proves to be one of propaganda or progress. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. chris joins us now from washington — this is an historic announcement and came as a bit of

a surprise, didn't it? this is genuinely unprecedented? and something of a surprise. the first sense that we got of anything being this major was when president trump himself put his room around the briefing room door and said that there would be a big announcement coming from south korea. it was only then that we got a sense of really what was coming. to put this into context, it was only 2a hours ago that the us secretary of state was ruling out any suggestion that there could be direct talks on negotiation between north korea and america. he said that just wasn't between north korea and america. he said thatjust wasn't realistic. but now we don't just said thatjust wasn't realistic. but now we don'tjust have the two countries talking, we potentially have the two leaders meeting in a couple of months. it's important to

say that sanctions remain in place. south korea wants to see concrete action as well as words but it is, as you say, a historic moment. when you look at the words, only reference the words trump is used, rocket man on a suicide mission. you think about the words and then a meeting between the two. tell us about the logistics and how this might happen. that is the big question. some people have talked about china, nobody really knows. the idea of him going to north korea is something that seems too far, even for this white house, butjust think about the timing of this. to suggest this meeting could happen within a couple of months is something that is really quite surprising. if this was any other white house, you could imagine the days and weeks of discussions because this is a potential began the coup for pyongyang, to have the north korean leader on the same

stage as the us president but donald trump says today that at that meeting is already being planned but what is important notjust the meeting itself but what follows it. this wow ties —— white house says he isa man this wow ties —— white house says he is a man with a reputation for getting a deal. the deal is important but we have been here before. we'll be speaking to the former british ambassador to north korea at 7:30 this morning. pressure is growing on counter—terror officers to identify the source of a nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition. a policeman who came to their aid is in a serious but stable condition. state media in russia has reacted angrily to any suggestion that the kremlin could be responsible. andy moore reports. in a sign of how extensive this inquiry has become, police cordoned off and set a guard over the grave of sergei skripal‘s wife, in salisbury. and nearby, in the same cemetery, a similar police presence

at the spot where his son's ashes are interned. detective sergeant nick bailey was one of the first to help the skripals, as they fought for their lives. he is said to be in a serious condition but recovering. he is a great character, he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, well liked, well loved, massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high specialist treatment so he is well set up. he's not the nick that i know but, of course,he's been receiving a high level of treatment. boris johnson... in russia, state dominated media made fun of borisjohnson and joked about what happened to former kremlin spies. "if you are a professional traitor," he says, "my advice — don't move to england. something is not right there, the climate perhaps, but too many bad things go on there." sergei skripal and his daughter,

yulia, are still critically ill. the bbc has been told the nerve agent used against them was not sarin or vx but something much rarer. the british government says it knows what that substance was but is not naming it at the moment. andy moore, bbc news. three people questioned by police after a black student at nottingham trent university complained about being racially abused, have been released but remain under investigation. two men aged 18 were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences . an 18—year—old woman was also interviewed. police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a hate crime. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close to agreeing a three year pay deal for hundreds of thousands of staff in england. the government has already said it will abolish the one per cent pay cap on public sector pay and the chancellor has indicated he will provide extra funding

to meet the higher costs. the united states will impose tariffs on imports of aluminium and steel. president trump signed an order bringing them in yesterday afternoon. that's sparked fears of a global trade war. ben is here to explain what's going on. basically, trump wants to make it more difficult for people in the us to buy foreign steel. and this is to fulfil a promise he made pretty vocally on the campaign trail and he says, what we want to do is protect american interest and jobs and this isa american interest and jobs and this is a way of doing that. tariffs are a tax. they are imposed on things imported from abroad. domestic producers might think, i will buy the us made steel instead. he will impose a tariff on 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium. the us

is the larger import —— the largest importer of steel products. what we've seen straightaway and response is other countries around the world that sell to the united states. they are not about —— they are not happy about this. they have said they will impose tariffs on things. some of them are particularly interesting as far as the eu is concerned. they have said, if we impose the steel tariffs, we will impose tariffs on harley—davidson motorbikes from wisconsin, the home state of paul ryan and a bourbon whiskey from kentucky, the home state of mitch mcconnell, impose it on orange juice, on the key swing state of florida and levi's jeans. it doesn't get more american than levi's jeans. other countries around the world have said yes, we are not happy about this. the us is saying perhaps there could be a bit of wiggle room

on these tariffs. but allows resident trump to say he has fulfilled his promise and putting america first. it will be interesting to see how china reacts. a lot of speculation this morning this is just the first opening gambit ina this is just the first opening gambit in a huge trade war with china so one to watch. now if you struggle to take the perfect selfie, perhaps you could learn a thing from these two. the two emperor penguins stumbled across a camera on the ice in the antarctic that had been left there by australian explorer eddie gault and were clearly very curious. and they've proven to be rather talented after finding the video—record switch — and eddie ended up with some lovely video. they are not even still photos. this is what he ended up with, a lovely video of a couple of curious emperor

penguins. very sweet. they are magnificent, aren't they? a bit of dancing at the end. we are talking about cold things in wintry conditions. it the start of the winter paralympics. some real highlights to look forward to. great britain trying to beat record tally of six in russia and they have every chance of doing that but in the wider games, the sledge hockey, always a highlight. smashing into each other on the hockey sticks. the curling is back, the wheelchair curling. just under five hours away i'iow curling. just under five hours away now from the largest winter paralympics which will begin with the winter opening ceremony. 567 athletes. we're under 5 hours away from the largest winter paralympics, that will begin with the opening ceremony in south korea. snowboarder owen pick, will be great britain's flagbearer in pyeongchang. arsenal put their recent problems to one side, with a 2—nil victory over ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league. goals from henrik mkhitaryan,

and aaron ramsey, put arsene wenger‘s side in control of the tie, with the home leg to come. it's a critical weekend in the six nations, with ireland unbeaten and top of the table — they take on scotland in dublin — and victory could give them the title. and england coach eddiejones is seeking a reaction from their defeat to scotland last time out — they face france, and they need to match ireland's result, to take the championship to the final weekend. in the papers, i will look at some of the paralympics. the winter theme is good. we have had the beast from the east, the pest from the west. bring a temper tantrum and that is

it. that is exactly what happened. that's right, she is not coming back until the sun comes out. we did have a little bit more snow yesterday across parts of northern england, scotla nd across parts of northern england, scotland as well. this is how things are looking in west yorkshire, lying snow around at the moment for many places but over the next few days we will wave could either that wintry weather. things will eventually be turning milder, but we have the arrival of some rain around as well. so today it will most be dry and bright across northern parts of the country. further south we will see the cloud moving in, and things turning wet later on in the day. mostly dry start to the day for many of us. still some showers for central and northern parts of scotla nd central and northern parts of scotland and towards the south we have cloud creeping in. rain spreading in later this morning, and the early parts of the afternoon across wales and parts of the north of england as well. some sunny spells for many of us, across northern ireland, southern scotland

into northern england as well, right through the afternoon. temperatures just about creeping into double figures. still about eight to 10 degrees out there today. that cloud with the outbreaks of rain in the south drifts further northwards this evening and overnight, patchy outbreaks of rain for much of england and wales in the parts of northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland as we move into the early hours of saturday morning. central and northern scotland are keeping the clearer conditions, so still subzero, a chilly start to the weekend here. further south things are looking cloudy and milder. through the weekend they will be a little bit of rain at times but temperatures will certainly be on the rise and there will be some sunshine, so not a complete washout this weekend. keeping the cold start the weekend at least across many central and northern parts of scotland, but the yellow colours, the milder air, creeping further northwards through the weekend, so by the end of the weekend we will be seeing those temperatures a little bit closer to where they should be

for the time of year. on saturday some rain for northern ireland and northern england. is that rain bumps into the cold air across scotland we could see some snowfall, especially for the southern up lines but at low levels of will be falling as rain. further south, sunny spells breaking through across england and wales, still a few showers, but look at those temperatures. we could well see 15 degrees or so, that is something we have not seen for quite awhile. just keeping that cold air for northern scotland on saturday. we still have that front through saturday night, bringing a mix of rain and hill snow across parts of scotland. to the south of that, with a southerly breeze, we are all in that milder as we had through the early hours of sunday morning. but there will be some mist and fog patches. quite a grey start to your sunday for many parts of the country although it should be largely frost free. certainly starts on that

fairly cloudy and murky note with some mist and fog. still quite easy in the west, with a few showers but many of us dry. a bit of sunshine breaking through once that fog clears, so not a bad breaking through once that fog clears, so not a bad day. temperatures closer to where they should be for the time of year and sunday probably the better day at the weekend. back to you both. thank you very much, we will see you later. we will have a look through the papers. one story still very much dominating the front pages. as you look through the daily express, the hero cop, detective sergeant nick bailey who was one of the first on the scene after the russian spy poisoning, many tributes to him today. we are told he is in a serious condition still in hospital but sitting up and speaking. our lads beating vlad is the sun's front page, and the pm, it says, has vowed revenge on the attack. saying that theresa may has vowed to retaliate against v putin although russian state television has made very clear

that there has been no contact investigation which proves russia is involved. russian state tv mentioned on the front of the times. you may have seen some of this in earlier reports. russian state television warning traders not to settle in britain, because the risk of being killed is there. that is being broadcast on russian state tv. there was another angle to this as well. sergeant nick bailey pictured on the front of the daily telegraph. 21 people, apparently, were treated for possible poisoning in the attempted assassination. the nhs and medical staff say that they have had people who have come in, but nobody is being treated currently for poisoning. more on the trade war we have been talking about, the imposition of tariffs by the us, in the financial times this morning. they are talking about, as naga touched on, it could be the opening

shot for a larger trade war with china. and the figure at which you may not be able to make out, it is small in print, but it is a very big figure as high as the trade deficit is concerned. it imports billions more than it sells to china, and thatis more than it sells to china, and that is the real concern here. trump says that needs to change in america is getting a raw deal. elsewhere in the papers it is about wrongdoing. this is the annual list of companies named and shamed for not paying the national minimum wage. among the names on the list are wagamama, tgi friday's and others. they have all defended those claims, saying it is to do with the way they do their accounting. the co—op also in the firing line, for misreading it suppliers. they have been fined by the grocery regulator because it says it has reasonable suspicion that rules have been broken. this is all to do it how you deal with suppliers. they say they have put too many fees on them, not given

them enough notice to cancel their contracts. so the co—op, which sells itself as an ethical retailer behaving very well, fined for mistreating suppliers. the winter paralympics all over the back pages and inside the back pages as well. the paralympic skier is, i think we have had many nights on the sofa, with this guide. three skiers pushing to the podium, with a nordic skier as well. some debutants in the snowboarding are the main chances of a medal. we said during the olympics, and the nerve of those people... exactly, these guys, we put special blindfolds on to find out what it was like, and i didn't go out what it was like, and i didn't 9° up out what it was like, and i didn't go up to 80 mph, but it was scary enough when you can't see where you are going. they call the winter olympians the fearless, i don't know what that makes the winter

paralympian is, because it takes it to another scale. and i was surprised that england's women's footballers don't fly economy, and the manager was saying in future they have to fly business so they can be planning on these long flights. he might get his wish there. this was one of the things that turned around the ryder cup for europe. tony jacklin completely raised again when he was captain, and transformed how they travelled, ba sponsor the team, they got new uniforms and took an upper level, to make them feel... make them feel like competitors. i guess if you do you have a chance to get everybody together and have a chinwag on the plane over a bit of a drink and a snack, rather than economy with eve ryo ne snack, rather than economy with everyone else. he has a point, he wa nts everyone else. he has a point, he wants better for his players. how do we rid our oceans of plastic? it is a problem that has had a huge amount of attention in recent months. from levies to coastal clean—ups, there are number of initiatives taking place.

danjohnson is in brighton for us this morning, looking at the latest approach. good morning. yes, good morning. a nice morning here on the south coast, and you don't have to walk long across the beach like this until you find some of the sort of plastic and rubbish we are talking about. what these guys have discovered just in the last few minutes, that is the main article they have recovered from the beach this morning. also lots of bits of plastic here, but is of rope, bits of old rapper, even an old glove. plenty to clean up, and the new mission to try and clean up our beachesis mission to try and clean up our beaches is using one of these, i drove —— wrappers. the idea is the drone will take pictures of our beaches, and people sitting at home can click on to identify bits of rubbish and get a better idea about exactly how much plastic and waste thatis exactly how much plastic and waste that is on a beach. ellie is from the charity behind this, and you are the charity behind this, and you are the drone pilot. how will this work?

it isa the drone pilot. how will this work? it is a simple system, with flight over the beach, it takes lots of photos, and people back home in their pyjamas with a cup of tea can sit and tag, like a game online, they can draw boxes around the plastic and teach the algorithm in the drone itself to recognise plastic automatically, a bit like teaching a baby to recognise a dog showing at lots of photos. so we're aiming, for british science week this week, and we are hoping to get 250,000 tags online, so hoping that all the public can get involved. some of this plastic is really tiny. will it be possible to see what is what? yes, so the more people that can get involved in tagging, the better the algorithm becomes, as the computer will learn. it can detect a stick which is very, very small. but we need hundreds of thousands of people to tag as many pieces of plastic as possible, to teach it to

recognise those tiny fragments. some of the plastic isn't even visible to the eye, though, some of the stuff we are talking about. so one of the biggest problems is micro— plastic, almost invisible particles suspended in the ocean. that is a bigger problem, and that is tackled by banning it. there is a lot we can do is simply in terms of mapping where plastics. at the moment, we simply don't know whether plastics are on the beaches. a lot of it is missing, so the beaches. a lot of it is missing, so this is helping us to build a map and use that information to come up with strategies. let's bring in law from the marine conservation society. tell us how effective you think this will be —— laura.|j society. tell us how effective you think this will be -- laura. i think this is very important. people can have looked even if they don't live near the beach, and the key thing is we want to reduce the amount of plastic that we get on beaches. so it isa plastic that we get on beaches. so it is a key issue to tackle the

sources of plastic as well. yes, this is the access beaches we can't actually get to, and we really need to be tackling that. thank you very much for now. a big problem, and this is just one further step in tackling this issue. you won't have the advantage we have, but it looks absolutely stunning behind you, i don't know whether it is the light, i don't know if it actually looks that blue where you are, but the aqua isjust that blue where you are, but the aqua is just absolutely stunning, it is gorgeous. it is certainly a nice place to be this morning, a little bit fresh, though. it looks absolutely stunning, one of those days. how do you preserve 1,000 cannonballs that sank on a ship in 1545? we will be live at the salvaged wreck of henry viii's mary rose all morning, as scientists battle to stop them rotting away. they are x—raying them, i think, and

trying to see inside the balls. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a woman from surrey has told of her shock after she found out three "do not attempt resuscitation" forms were put on her medical records, despite the fact she had never been consulted on the decision. carol hall was in frimley park hospital last summer with a serious lung condition when her husband found the forms. frightening. to think that they could have those forms, and i didn't know anything about them. and yet it was my life that they were talking frimley park hospital said it could not comment on this particular case, but revealed it is reviewing its current forms to ensure they are as clear as possible for clinicians and patients. nme, the pop music newspaper that created the first british singles

chart in 1952, will be issued for the final time today. it is being described as the end of an era for the london—based publication. it will shift its focus to its digital audience. the new musical express documented the rise of british pop music led by the beatles and the rolling stones in the ‘60s, punk in the ‘70s, and britpop in the ‘90s. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning, but stockwell underground station is closed. that is due to staff absence. on the roads: in leytonstone, the a111; blake hall road is partially blocked in both directions. that is due to an accident at aldersbrook road. in reigate, the a217 reigate hill is closed in both directions between beech road and junction eight of the m25, following an accident and fuel spillage. and in tooting, the a21; tooting high street is closed in both directions. that is down to emergency repairs and burst watermain between tooting broadway station and blackshaw road. let's have a check

on the weather now. hello, good morning. it is a chilly start to the day. in fact, temperatures are low enough for in some of our more rural spots in particular for a some of our more rural spots in particularfor a bit of some of our more rural spots in particular for a bit of patchy frost around this morning. also some early mist patches as well but they shouldn't last too long. now, there will be some wet weather by the time we get to the end of the day but until then it is looking mostly dry. in fact, most places getting off to a nice, sunny stuff. some high cloud turning at 82 the morning. the card will thicken through the afternoon and eventually we will get some outbreaks of rain by the time get to be the end of the date. spreading in from the south. top temperatures between seven and nine celsius. it will turn quite windy as well. it will turn quite windy as well. it will be a rather wet evening rush hour home. and then overnight tonight some outbreaks of rain continuing on and off, really, for a time. but it will be a milder to come. some very mild air digging in with this weather front, overnight

lows of at least seven or eight celsius. that is how it will start of the day tomorrow. but it is also set to be quite a wet start to the day on saturday. outbreaks of rain through the day, but it should be a nice dry slot through the mid—to—late morning into the first pa rt mid—to—late morning into the first part of the afternoon. if we get any brightness we could be as high as of 15 celsius. probably a bright end to the day on saturday, and that on sunday a rather grey with some mist and fog. —— rather grey start. 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 is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the headlines in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. president trump has stuck to his word and will impose heavy tariffs on steel and aluminium from outside the usa — ben will be looking at what it means for uk steel producers. can you remember what happened yesterday? we'll look at new research that suggests we remember more when we've

had a good night of sleep. and it's the last day of zoe ball's sport relief bike ride. she's been out riding since sunrise — we'll be speaking to her during a quick break about how those legs are feeling! all that still to come. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president trump has accepted an offer to meet north korean leader kim jong—un for talks. the first ever meeting between a serving american president and a north korean leader will happen by may. the surprise announcement was made by senior south korean officials in washington after months of heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countries. earlier, our seoul correspondent laura bicker outlined the potential risks and rewards associated with the potential meeting. north korean leaders kim jong—un said he is

committed to denuclearisation. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. he understands that the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue. and he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. pressure is growing on counter—terror officers to identify the source of a nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition. a policeman who rushed to their aid is in a serious condition, but conscious. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close a proposal to impose a so—called latte levy on throwaway coffee

cups has been rejected by the government. mps on the environmental audit committee had suggested a charge of 25 pence for disposable coffee cups to try to reduce their use. ministers say it would be better for shops to offer voluntary discounts to customers who take in their own cups. the weather coming up via but now, sport. the paralympics, britain have a team of 17 but real hopes of maybe beating the record tally of six medals in sochi, especially the downhill skiing on the visually impaired skiing. there is a problem in the build—up. too much snow. it sounds daft, doesn't it? but of course, the winter paralympics have been disrupted by the snow. people

try to get there. the opening ceremony is at 11 o'clock our time. unlike at the winter olympics, north korean athletes will march certainly to those from south korea. kate grays their this morning. so much to look forward to over the coming days. how bad is that snow? it's not that bad today. over the last few days, there has been a lot of snow. for the opening ceremony organisers, that has been an issue. there has been a full rehearsal of the opening ceremony. it will all go off without a hitch. we did get the news

yesterday that both countries will not march but they understood the decision made by the delegations. we understand that soldier turned snowboarder owen pick will lead the british team. the rest of them will be preparing for the races. owen pick is one of the first snowboarders to represent the sport in the winter paralympics and we've already mentioned the alpine skiers. kelly galliga, you may remember from sochi in 2014, the first time britain has ever won gold in the event. she will be going up with gary smith in the visually impaired category and for the first time in 20 years, great britain will be competing in the nordic skiing. lots of exciting athletes taking place. just a few hours into the opening

ceremony kicks off. we will speak again later. we saw some amazing pictures. with arsenal's recent form, who'd have thought arsenal would stand a chance against ac milan in the europa league? well, they went to italy and they came back with a 2—nil victory — henrik mkhitaryan scored his first goal for the club and aaron ramsey added another at the san siro. the second leg is at the emirates next thursday. look, we have one again, we are not qualified but what the result could mean, it could lift the game a little bit. we have to be in the tea m little bit. we have to be in the team again because if you leave used three games in six days, always very difficult but we want to keep our focus and finish the job next week, thatis focus and finish the job next week, that is what is the target. it's a huge weekend in the six nations, with plenty of permutions but ireland

could be crowned champions. they go into their match with scotland in dublin, top of the table and with three wins from three — victory would keep them on course for a first grand slam in 9 years but remember, scotland showed against england last time out that they're no pushovers. england need to match ireland's result to if they're to keep alive their hopes of a third straight title. head coach eddiejones has named his team for the game with france. captain dylan hartley misses out through injury with owen farrell skippering the side in his place for the first time britain's chris froome and geraint thomas remain in the top ten after stage two of the tireno adriatico race in italy. they were fortunate to avoid this crash four and a half miles from the finish in follonica in tuscany. they and their team sky colleagues occupy 5th to 10th place in the standings, all of them just nine seconds off the top rider. germany's marcel kittel won the stage, while new zealand's patrick bevin has the overall lead. this time next week, i will be

wearing tweed and smelling of horse down at cheltenham races. i'll be at cheltenham, rather than at home. there will be no sizing upjohn's chances. he is out with an injured pelvis. what is happening? am i that painful? what are you going to be doing at cheltenham? it's a moving story. i am focusing on the young jockeys who ride alongside the course but it is part of the riding for the disabled. it helps them with learning difficulties. in the power of the horse is amazing. it's really recognised as a form of therapy. but you are talking about john? sizing john. injured pelvis. it was a

winning return as he prepares for his first ride at cheltenham. rory mcilroy had a really scrappy opening round at the valspar championship in florida. he started with 10 straight pars but things then fell apart and he dropped 3 shots, to finish with a 74. he's 7 shots behind the leader corey conners. now — staying with golf — we've all overslept — haven't we? sometimes when we need to be somewhere important like a golf tournament. spare a thought for pablo larraza bal. he woke up 38 minutes before his scheduled tee—time and nevertheless, yesterday despite a madcap rush to the course the spaniard made a five under par 67 which left him two shots off the lead. here's some of the reaction from social media: he said he had a shower for ten seconds. the mind boggles. and he says he had a wild trip to the course. korea remember that happen to rory mcillroy in the ryder cup?

he was under police export —— escort. it was an announcement that took the world by surprise last night. after months of threats and insults between north korea and the usa — the leaders of both nations are going to meet. president trump will sit down with kim jong—un for face—to—face talks before may, but tough economic sanctions remain in place. north korea author paul french joins us from our london newsroom now. thank you for your time this morning. first of all, this happened around midnight our time. morning. first of all, this happened around midnight ourtime. give morning. first of all, this happened around midnight our time. give your initial reaction. it's huge, it's enormous, quite unprecedented. i don't think anybody was seriously expecting it to happen this quickly. it's kind of taken everyone by surprise. talk is through it. the

detail, we don't know. the invitation has been offered and accepted on the date put before may which is very, very soon in diplomatic terms. how do you envisage this might happen? the white house and the state department have a lot of what they call diplomatic heavy lifting to do. there is a lot of background to get through. there has to be a meeting about what america wishes to get out of this. presumably the north knows what it wants. going head—to—head like this, word is that leave everybody else? south korea, japan, china. is it not the style of donald trump that you carry on regardless? he may well say, that's how we used to do it. we would spend months or yea rs to do it. we would spend months or years talking about what to talk about. the setting a timeline which is before may would suggest he is

just going to jump is before may would suggest he is just going tojump in is before may would suggest he is just going to jump in feet first as he has done with other issues. which is rather worrying. we know that things about is the great dealmaker and so on but this is a meeting between two men who run powerful countries in the road and right. neither of them have great experience in international diplomacy. we know that. donald trump doesn't come from a background of diplomacy. maybe that deal has to work for the united states. and the south koreans. that is where diplomacy needs to work. donald trump may well claim that this is his hardtalk that has resulted in north korea talking. north korea

will claim it is a coup for them, being able to sit down with a world's most powerful man, the president of the usa. both sides will claim this as a propaganda coup. you make the question of whether donald trump's policy on korea has caused this to happen will be debated for years. offering the threat of a bloody nose. the sanctions that he has been pushing heavily at the united nations and it's certainly true that times are not great in north korea. sanctions have affected their more than people realise. what is without doubt is that this is a major coup for kim jong—un as was the winter olympics. now this is an amazing follow—up to him. it's unprecedented, of course.

thank you very much to your time. it's a glorious morning to some parts of the uk this morning. this is rossington beach near brighton. danjohnson is rossington beach near brighton. dan johnson is down is rossington beach near brighton. danjohnson is down there talking about plastic at how we've been encouraged to spot plastic in the water and inform beaches of that but this looks stunning. it is chilly down there, we have been told. it's ha rd to down there, we have been told. it's hard to tell the horizon because the colours are blurring. a different kind of skyline. good morning, sarah. what a difference to just a week ago. it is quite a sareen start of the day. this time last week, we we re of the day. this time last week, we were talking about all that disrupted snow. this is how things

are looking in west yorkshire. we had a bit of snow around yesterday. yesterday was a dry day across parts of the country. towards the south, things will cloud over and turned pretty wet as we head through the latter part of the day but for the here and now, many places starting today on a dry note. some icy conditions here as well. further south, cloud pushing its way in surrender part of cornwall, devon, south wales as well. sunny spells at east anglia, northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. temperatures between eight and 10 degrees. still in the cool side to this time of year. that patchy rain will push across much of england and wales and northern ireland. scotland stays with the drier clearer conditions. still

widespread frost with below freezing but further south, frost free. we have double figures from the word go. through the weekend, some outbreaks of rain but temperatures on the rise and there will be a bit of sunshine on offer as well so you can see the cold is still in place across parts of scotland through the weekend but the yellow colours, much milder air, working northwards across the country as we move through to the end of the week. for saturday, we have outbreaks of rain, heavy at times the northern ireland and as that brain bumps into the colder across scotland, it could well be a bit more snow, mostly of a higher ground to the southern upton ‘s grampians and further south, a few showers but equally some sunny spells. moving through into sunday, on that front lingering for a time across scotland, some more rain and hill

snow clearing to the north so much drier conditions to start your sunday morning. with fairly light winds there will be mist and fog patches, so quite a murky, mild, misty start the sunday morning. the sunshine for many of us should tend to break up any mist and fog full stops a lot of fairly dry and bright weather on the cards for sunday. breezy in the west, still one or two showers likely here but many of us dry, with ties of eight to 13 degrees. just a hint that spring could be on the way for some of us through the weekend. thank you very much. we will see you soon. and we are talking about the announcements by donald trump and the fear of a trade war which is more and more becoming a reality. thank you very much, good morning to you. this is a promise by a president trump to protect americanjobs a president trump to protect american jobs and encourage american firms to use american steel. the us

says it will impose a 25% tariff on us imports of steel and 10% on aluminium imports. as you would expect it has not gone down well with other countries. some, including the eu, have promised to retaliate, saying they could put ta riffs retaliate, saying they could put tariffs on goods made in the us. how serious is all of this? i am joined bya serious is all of this? i am joined by a steel industry expert. good morning to you. thank you for coming in. let's explain what tariffs are and white president trump thinks these are a good way of protecting americanjobs. these are a good way of protecting american jobs. they are probably not a good way of protecting american jobs, but what they do is impose a tax in effect on the price of all steel coming into the united states, making american steel, american—made steel made in the homeland, that much more competitive. it is designed to make american manufacturers think instead of buying it from abroad, from china or europe, i will buy it from america,

and that will be cheaper. so it keeps their costs down. 0h and that will be cheaper. so it keeps their costs down. oh no, it would put their costs up, because presumably american steelmakers will make hay while the sun shines and put their prices up in line with the tariffs. and many of these products are not available within the united states, so many manufacturers will continue to import them from abroad, but face this tariff penalty. and you have hit the nail on the head, because tariffs can be really self—defeating. we have heard the response around the world, china saying it is very unhappy with this, the eu saying it could retaliate, and that retaliation could be very damaging. it could be very damaging if for example there is a tit—for—tat trade war, so we put ta riffs tit—for—tat trade war, so we put tariffs on high—profile american goods like harley—davidson motorcycles, and they retaliate by putting taxes on european made cars, well a car is just steel on wheels, so that would really hit the industry. and we know that the uk

sells a lot to the united states, could we be hit these tariffs? the a nswer could we be hit these tariffs? the answer is by a small amount we only export a small amount of steel to the united states, perhaps a quarter ofa the united states, perhaps a quarter of a million tons a year, although thatis of a million tons a year, although that is worth a bit of money, a third of £1 billion, there are some pla nts third of £1 billion, there are some plants affected in particular, which specialise in selling particular types of bespoke steel to american customers. when we talk about individual business in the uk, when we are selling to the us, what will they be thinking now? are there ways to get around these potential tariffs? it is very complicated, i was on a steel plant in the north—east, a lovely plant over the edge of the north york moors national park, beautifully located by the sea, and they employ about 300 people and export almost 100% of their output either directly or indirectly, including perhaps 30% of

the united states. so they will obviously be panicking and saying we are going to become uncompetitive with the united states. the paradox is that americans can't get those particular bespoke products from anywhere else, so they will have to stick with their british suppliers and take the pain. so there are ways potentially around it, if they need to. it is good to talk to you. we will talk more about those tariffs after 7am, and what impact it could have on business around the world if that trade war is indeed created by all of this. when henry viii's doomed warship the mary rose was successfully lifted from the seabed in the 1980s, it was seen as one of the most important achievements in preservation. but now, some of the artefacts found on board, including more than 1,000 cannonballs, need urgent attention to stop them rotting away. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is in portsmouth this morning to find out how they are going to do it. good morning. i remember that day in

1982, gathering around the school television and watching the raising of the mary rose, and here she is in majestic form. the mary rose museum in portsmouth, she is on display here, this museum was reopened in 2016. but maritime archaeology poses unique challenges because seawater has such a corrosive effect. they found so many artefacts on board. human skeletons, weapons, clothing, all sorts of things. but some items in particular have posed a particular challenge for archaeologists, and they are learning some particularly interesting things. right, so these are the samples we will look at today. in one of the world's most advanced scientific facilities, eleonora and hayley are holding pieces of history. these cannonballs are found on of the mary rose. she sank in the solent in 1545

was attacking an invading french fleet. in 1982, millions watched on television as she was brought back to the surface. amongst the a rtefa cts to the surface. amongst the artefacts found, 1200 cannonballs. but, since being discovered, some have corroded. some haven't. so the tea m have corroded. some haven't. so the team took the difficult decision to cut out samples to find out why. team took the difficult decision to cut out samples to find out whym is not typical to destructively sample like this in conservation, but for us, we realised that to not do itand but for us, we realised that to not do it and watch these things that might disintegrate would be negligent. but to analyse the corrosion on such an old object you need a very special machine. so this is the uk's national synchrotron facility, and a synchrotron is a particle accelerator that takes electrons and accelerates them to 99% of the speed of light. because the cannibals have been exposed to nature for 500 years they are very, very complicated. and you need is very complicated. and you need is very precise, very accurate measurements that you can only really do with light that is of this quality. well, some of the

cannonballs you can see an h, which stands for king henry. but as a collection, these cannonballs are unique. they are all the same age, they have all spent the same amount of time underwater, and they were all made in the same way. we know that because on the 16th century there was only one iron blast furnace in britain. but they have been treated in different ways. many we re been treated in different ways. many were washed. some had anticorrosive applied, others were submerged in a chemical which is a bit like baking soda. i think anybody that was about to excavate something now, it would be to think twice about doing this active washings, you may be inadvertently promotion the formation of something that could damage the material. weapons of war hundreds of years old, shaping the science of today. it is an amazing facility, because the light produced by that machine, it produces light 10 billion times righter than the sun, 10 billion times brighter than the sun. and it

enables archaeologists and scientists to do that incredible work. eleanor is with us this morning. so many ramifications from what you have found. where to now? well, we have found so much and shown how important it was to do this sampling and found out so much we didn't know about this process. next we will be looking at trying to look at those processes in real—time, we will take bits of mary rose iron and subject them to different solutions and we can take a recording each week and watch in real—time what is happening. a recording each week and watch in real—time what is happeningm a recording each week and watch in real-time what is happening. it is such an amazing sight, isn't it, to think this ship was submerged for hundreds of years, and what is it like working here and working so closely with her? it isjust a privilege to work here, really. for a materials scientist into such a challenge, as well, because while the materials look so great, there are always new problems to solve. and these are the gun decks, aren't they? they are, and you can see the gun ports where the cannons would

have gone through. and the challengers maritime archaeologist based are so specific, aren't they? it is all about this corrosive effect of seawater? is exposed to an environment it is not used to for such a long time, and typically it is the salt from seawater which gets into these artefacts which is a challenge to deal with when they are in the airand challenge to deal with when they are in the air and on display like this. so going forward, for other archaeologists across the world, what should they be doing, do you think, given what you have found?m terms of the iron, it would be looking at maybe not doing the wash we have done before, that potentially are unintentionally producing these corrosion products. thank you very much indeed, it is absolutely fascinating, and when you look at the decks here and you think of the history of this particular ship, will one of the most famous ships in our maritime history, and the work that has been done to preserve those cannonballs and find out why exactly they are decaying, it is fascinating stuff. we leave you with this beautiful view. thank you with this beautiful view. thank you very much, tim. i know he is

really enjoying himself this morning. later in the programme, we will find out more about detective nick bailey, who is seriously ill in hospital. we will be speaking to the police federation and finding out a little bit more about his condition and about the circumstances around the attack. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a woman from surrey has told of her shock after she found out three "do not attempt resuscitation" forms were put on her medical records, despite the fact she had never been consulted on the decision. carol hall was in frimley park hospital last summer with a serious lung condition. frightening, to think that they could have those forms, and i didn't know anything about them, and yet it was my life

that they were talking about. frimley park hospital said it could not comment on this particular case, but revealed it is reviewing its current forms to ensure they are as clear as possible for clinicians and patients. some residents living in shipping containers converted into flats have complained that the units are too cold and expensive. ealing council says the use of the containers is a cheaper way to house people in temporary accommodation, but some have complained about the living conditions, and how the rent is higher than small houses. the council says they are less expensive than housing people in b&bs. nme, the pop music newspaper that created the first british singles chart in 1952, will be issued for the final time today. it is being described as the end of an era for the london—based publication. it will shift its focus to its digital audience. the new musical express documented the rise of british pop music led by the beatles and the rolling stones in the ‘60s and punk in the ‘705. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning, but stockwell underground

station is closed. that is due to staff absence. on the roads: in leytonstone, blake hall road is partially blocked in both directions. that is due to an accident at aldersbrook road. in reigate, reigate hill is closed in both directions between beech road and junction eight of the m25, following an accident and fuel spillage. and tooting high street is closed in both directions between tooting broadway station and blackshaw road. let's have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day. in fact, temperatures are low enough in some of our more rural spots in particularfor a bit of patchy frost around this morning. also some early mist patches, as well, but they shouldn't last too long. now, there will be some wet weather by the time we get to the end of the day, but until then it is looking mostly dry. in fact, most places getting off to a nice, sunny start. some high cloud turning that sunshine hazy through the morning. the cloud will thicken through the afternoon, and eventually we'll get some outbreaks of rain by the time we get to the the end of the day, spreading in from the south.

top temperatures between seven and nine celsius. it will turn quite windy, too. it will be a rather wet evening rush hour home, and then overnight tonight some outbreaks of rain continuing on and off, really, for a time. but it will be a mild night to come, some very mild air digging in with this weather front. overnight lows of at least seven or eight degrees celsius. that's how we'll start off the day tomorrow, but it's also set to be quite a wet start to the day on saturday. outbreaks of rain through the day, but it should be a nice dry slot through the mid—to—late morning, into the first part of the afternoon. if we get any brightness, we could be as high as 15 celsius. probably a bright end to the day on saturday, and then on sunday a rather grey start, with some mist and fog. 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 charlie stayt and naga munchetty. an historic breakthrough as president trump accepts an offer from north korea to hold talks with kim jong—un the two leaders will meet by may —

the north koreans also agree not to carry out any more nuclear or missile tests. good morning — it's friday 9 march. also this morning: pressure grows on counter—terrorism police to identify where the nerve agent, used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter, came from. the us imposes tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. other countries have threatened to retaliate, sparking fears of a global trade war. in sport, it's the biggest ever winter paralympics, and it begins this morning snowboarder owen pick will be great britain's flagbearer at the opening ceremony in pyeongchang. and we will find out how you can

play your part in how to clean up the beaches. this is a live picture from down in brighton. it's looking rather beautiful. it's still quite a chilly start frost this morning. some fine weather coming but i will bring you more details on about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has accepted an offerfrom north korea to meet kim jong—un for talks. the meeting will happen by may. no serving us president has ever met a north korean leader. the surprise announcement was made by senior south korean officials in washington, who passed on a letter from the north korean leader. in it, he pledged to commit to denuclearisation. he also ruled out any more nuclear and missile tests. the united states welcomed the move but said sanctions would stay in place until a deal is reached. our washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. with missiles and displays

of military might, north korea has at times seemed nothing short of defiant in the face of sanctions and international condemnation of its nuclear programme but, despite appearances, it seems kim jong—un wants to talk. south korean officials, who met the north korean leader, say he has committed himself to denuclearisation and they have now delivered a message from kim jong—un that caught many in the white house completely off guard. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. he understands that the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue. and he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. the idea of a face—to—face meeting

between president trump and kimjong—un, by may, seems remarkable, given the months of insults and threats hurled between them. they will be met with fire and fury. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. but the tone has now changed. on twitter, donald trump said that great progress was being made but that sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. however, that meeting is being planned. some in the white house will urge cautious and there will be no suspension of the joint military exercises involving the united states and south korea. this may be a move away from fire and fury, perhaps even towards friendship but, in the long—term, that will depend on whether that message coming from pyongyang proves to be one of propaganda or progress. chris buckler, bbc news, washington.

more reaction from washington in a few minutes. pressure is growing on counter—terror officers to identify the source of a nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition. a policeman who came to their aid is in a serious but stable condition. state media in russia has reacted angrily to any suggestion that the kremlin could be responsible. andy moore reports. in a sign of how extensive this inquiry has become, police cordoned off and set a guard over the grave of sergei skripal‘s wife, in salisbury. and nearby, in the same cemetery, a similar police presence at the spot where his son's ashes are interned. detective sergeant nick bailey was one of the first to help the skripals, as they fought for their lives. he is said to be in a serious condition but recovering. he is a great character, he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, well liked, well loved,

massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high specialist treatment so he is well set up. he's not the nick that i know but, of course,he's been receiving a high level of treatment. boris johnson... in russia, state dominated media made fun of borisjohnson and joked about what happened to former kremlin spies. "if you are a professional traitor," he says, "my advice — don't move to england. something is not right there, the climate perhaps, but too many bad things go on there." sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, are still critically ill. the bbc has been told the nerve agent used against them was not sarin or vx but something much rarer. the british government says it knows what that substance was but is not naming it at the moment. andy moore, bbc news. three people questioned by police

after a black student at nottingham trent university complained about being racially abused, have been released but remain under investigation. two men aged 18 were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences . an 18—year—old woman was also interviewed. police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a hate crime. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close to agreeing a three year pay deal for hundreds of thousands of staff in england. the government has already said it will abolish the one per cent pay cap on public sector pay and the chancellor has indicated he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. the united states will impose tariffs on imports of aluminium and steel. president trump signed an order bringing them in yesterday afternoon. that's sparked fears of a global trade war.

ben is here to explain what's going on. not some of the tariffs themselves but what is going to happen around the world. the taxes are imposed on things like steel and aluminium. a 2596 things like steel and aluminium. a 25% tariff on steel, 10% on aluminium and that could make them more expensive to import from overseas to the idea as american manufacture wool is will think, instead of american —— foreign—made stuff, i'll buy american stuff. you can see them signing that declaration last night. there are some declarations of exemptions. but nonetheless, a lot of countries have threatened to retaliate. the european union says it will pit its own tariffs on things the eu imports from the united states has been very specific. it's choosing politically

sensitive and products including the harley—davidson might —— the harley—davidson might —— the harley—davidson motorbike made in wisconsin, home state of paul ryan, bourbon whiskey in kentucky. orange juice from florida. that is a key swing state. bt the us is saying will post this on metal, the eu says it will do something to enforce it. were going to see fewer people in eu ride around on motorbikes drinking a cocktail of orange and bourbon and jeans. ok. a proposal to impose a so—called latte levy on throwaway coffee cups has been rejected by the government. mps on the environmental audit committee had suggested

a charge of 25 pence for disposable coffee cups to try to reduce their use. ministers say it would be better for shops to offer voluntary discounts to customers who take in their own cups. back to our top story this morning and the shock announcement that us president donald trump has agreed to the first ever meeting between a serving us leader and his north korean counterpart. north korea made the offer and also agreed to halt missile tests in the meantime. earlier, our washington correspondent chris buckler outlined just how big a surprise today's announcement was. the first sense that we got of anything being this major was when president trump himself put his head around the briefing room door in the white house and said that there would be a big announcement coming from south korea. it was only then that we got a sense of really what was coming. to put this into context, it was only 24 hours ago that the us secretary of state was ruling out any suggestion that there could be direct talks on negotiation

between north korea and america. he said thatjust wasn't realistic. but now we don'tjust have the two countries talking, we potentially have the two leaders meeting in a it's important to say that sanctions remain in place. south korea wants to see concrete action as well as words but it is, as you say, an historic moment. when you look at the words, you reference the words trump used, "rocket man on a suicide mission." you think about the words and then a meeting between the two. tell us about the logistics, where and how this might happen. that is the big question. some people have talked about china, nobody really knows. the idea of him going to north korea is something that seems too far, even for this white house, butjust think about the timing of this. to suggest this meeting could happen within a couple of months is something that is really quite surprising. if this was any other white house, you could imagine the days and weeks of discussions because this

is a potential propaganda coup for pyongyang, to have the north korean leader on the same stage as the us president, but donald trump says today that that meeting is already being planned but what is important is not just the meeting itself but what follows it. this white house says he is a man who has a reputation of getting a deal. the deal is important in this but we have been here before. it is cold out there for many of us this morning. central london is looking ok. a little bit hazy. that is the view over central london and the river thames. sarah is gay to tell us how chilly it is. it isa

it is a chilly start, some cost around this morning but temperatures will be on the rise, especially over a couple of days. this one is from north yorkshire, alistair in hinderwell so we have some clear skies out there to start the day of the minibus, we will keep the sunshine, especially across the northern half of the country. a little bit west later on. for the here and now, it starts off dry. wa nt to here and now, it starts off dry. want to myst and fog patches around as well. some cloud moving in with outbreaks of rain pushing into the likes of devon, cornwall and south wales. elsewhere, a largely dry picture. temperatures around eight, 10 degrees out there today. we'll see that patchy rain working through the evening hours. overnight, england, wales, northern ireland will see those outbreaks of rain.

we've got the air coming in, certainly frost free. we are in that colder across northern scotland so that an icy night to come across central and northern parts of scotland. how's the weekend shaping 7 scotland. how's the weekend shaping up? there will be outbreaks of rain but things are turning much milder than they have been. it won't be a write off at all. we still got the blue colours so that colder in charge across scotland at the moment. these yellow colours indicate the milder air sweeping northwards across the country by the end of the weekend. for saturday, outbreaks of rain across northern england, northern ireland. there could be some more snow across the higher ground of scotland. it will be falling as rain at lower levels and further south, some sunny spells, still a few showers but take

a look at those temperatures. we could see 15 by saturday, something we have not seen for quite awhile. that ravenhill snow lingers. but then we have that southerly breeze. quite murky to sunday. some myst and fog around. after that billy gray, murky start, sunday shaping up to be relatively decent. some sunny spells breaking through, the chance of a few showers in the west where it is quite breezy but temperatures up to around 13 degrees also in a sunny spells, should feel quite pleasant and different to what it was a week ago. you very much, we will talk to you a bit later on. police in wiltshire have praised the bravery of one

of their officers, who went to the aid of the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, after they were poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury. detective sergeant nick bailey is still in a serious condition in hospital. but he's said to be conscious and talking. mr skripal and his daughter remain in a critical condition. counter—terrorism officers are now working to find the origin of the nerve agent chemical used in the attempted murder. the home secretary has described the attack as brazen and reckless, but refused to speculate about who is responsible. russia has strongly denied any involvement. let's go to salisbury and speak to simon kempton from the police federation. good morning, thank you very much for talking to us. am i right, this is the scene where the two people, the two russians were found, sergei skripal and his daughter were found, after being poisoned ? skripal and his daughter were found, after being poisoned? that's right, where we are stood now. and the investigation obviously is still going on. can you tell us anything

about that? no, i am not here to talk about the investigation. it is important that our colleagues in the counterterrorism command do that. i am here to talk about nick, really. in the work he has done with his colleagues. we have seen his picture on all of the front pages this morning, and of course we are wishing him well. can you tell us what you know now of his condition? we understand that he is talking and is conscious, but obviously in a very serious condition. that's right, he is visited by his chief co nsta ble right, he is visited by his chief constable last night, and he was able to have a conversation. and it is heartening to see that his condition seems to have improved, but he is still very seriously ill, and of italy we are very worried about him. i have said he is talking, he is conscious, has he been able to say anything about what has happened, in terms of how he reacted to the scene, and what he saw? —— obviously we are very worried about him. yes, he has had a

conversation with the chief co nsta ble conversation with the chief constable and his colleagues, but to be honest i will leave that to them to talk about. all right, so will you talk to us about how he is feeling himself, how he is physically recovering? yes, like they say, he is still very seriously ill, and what the police federation and wiltshire police are doing is supporting his wife and his family, which is very important. every police officer needs to support theirfamily, police officer needs to support their family, and we are here today to support them. and all of nick's collea g u es to support them. and all of nick's colleagues worked really hard, really well together, and their professionalism is unsurpassed. they have been able to put their feelings to one side and will come into work, day after day, to perform on behalf of the public, to keep them safe. day after day, to perform on behalf of the public, to keep them safelj am not sure how much training someone would get for something like this. obviously police prepare for many situations, but already one officer has said after seeing nick, he is not the no, this has come as a

huge shock in terms of what you would come across in everyday life. absolutely, i mean, thisjust doesn't happen in the united kingdom, does it? we have officers who have been trained to a high standard to deal with hazardous materials, incidents that involve things like that. but for the average bobby on the street, we get average bobby on the street, we get a call for help from the public and we rushed towards the public to keep them safe, to help them. and we don't know what we will go into. i think it is important to reflect that when a police officer goes into work, they never know what they will deal with, how dangerous that day is going to be. and today we can all be really proud of the police service for thejob they are really proud of the police service for the job they are doing, stepping up, especially in salisbury but across the country, every day. up, especially in salisbury but across the country, every daylj imagine that you have spoken to collea g u es imagine that you have spoken to colleagues and family members, and detective sergeant bailey joined colleagues and family members, and detective sergeant baileyjoined the force at 17, a decorated and well respected officer. many perhaps unsurprised that he rushed to the aid of two people who were obviously

insignificant distress. —— in significant distress. insignificant distress. —— in significant distresslj insignificant distress. —— in significant distress. i don't know him personally, but he is a friend ofa him personally, but he is a friend of a friend and is highly regarded. he really is the best that we have. he really is the best that we have. he was instrumental in bringing to justice a very dangerous and prolific sexual offender and was decorated for that, quite rightly, and itjust decorated for that, quite rightly, and it just shows decorated for that, quite rightly, and itjust shows the esteem in which he is held that what has happened to nick has sent ripples across the police service, wider than wiltshire. and as you say, this has sent ripples across the police service. many will be looking at what has happened to detective sergeant bailey and saying what do we need to do? how should we be approaching anyone who seems in distress now? what are the repercussions of this? that's right, andi repercussions of this? that's right, and i think possibly one of the scariest things about this incident is that, right up until it changed and we understood what we were dealing with, it was probably a fairly routine call, something that i have dealt with numerous times,

all of us have. and again, itjust reinforces even the seemingly routine calls can evolve into something life changing, potentially. but you're right, nick rushed to the assistance of the public, along with his colleagues, as we all do. and just finally, nick is obviously still in hospital, detective sergeant bailey. is there any inclination or implication of how long he will be there, what the next age of treatment is for him? not at the moment, no. he is in the safest possible hands with the nhs. they are doing an amazing job, not just with nick, but with the members of the public who are injured. they are continuing to support them, to treat him. and obviously they will give updates as and when. treat him. and obviously they will give updates as and whenlj treat him. and obviously they will give updates as and when. ijust wa nt to give updates as and when. ijust want to reflect some of those

comments from fellow officers, praise for the officer. detective sergeant nick daly, 38 years old, many people commenting on the fact that this is an ordinary day in an ordinary town, and a police officer going about his business who had to step into what was an extraordinary situation. the daily express praising nick bailey, detective sergeant nick bailey, aged 38, hero cop who risked life to save spy, saying let's give the officer a bravery honour. how do we rid our oceans of plastic? it is a problem that's had a huge amount of attention in recent months. from levies to coastal clean—ups, there are number of initiatives taking place. danjohnson is in brighton for us this morning, looking at the latest approach. a brisk morning at the beach, but people are very keen to keep it clea n. people are very keen to keep it clean. they are indeed, yes. a beautiful beach, but not without its

problem of litter and rubbish that we see everywhere. just look at some of the stuff we have collected, even just in the last hour of this morning. all sorts in there, plastic bottles and even someone's wellington which has been lost at sea and washed up on the beach. it is that sort of stuff that these quys is that sort of stuff that these guys want to combat using one of these, a drone. the idea is that that goes up, takes pictures of the beach, and people can use that from home to tag where there is rubbish on the beach. ellie flies the drone. is it that simple, you tag where there is rubbish and we come and clea n there is rubbish and we come and clean it up? it is, so we are pleased to be partnering with british science week, and we are hoping to get 250,000 tags, so our images of the beaches are going online, and anyone anywhere in their pyjamas, with a cup of tea, even if you are not on the beach and don't live near the coastlines, you can get involved with tagging, it is like playing a game. you can tag the plastics in the images, and the

clever thing about it, there is a clever thing about it, there is a clever algorithm in there which means that the drone learns to find plastic on its own. this means we will build—upa plastic on its own. this means we will build—up a picture of where the plastic is on the beach, so we can send our resources and recycling teams, volunteers like the guys behind us, to the beaches which are worst hit, and they can tidy it for us. worst hit, and they can tidy it for us. will it really be possible to identify from the air what is what? some of these pieces of plastic are very small. they are very small, and a camera technology on the drone is as good if not better than the naked eye, but we need to teach the drone to recognise the plastic. that is why we need a body to get involved, children, adults, scientists, nonscientists. that is why we are proud to be involved in british science week and getting people involved in citizen science. they are part of scientific data and teaching the drone to recognise even those tiny fragments. matt is from the british science association. how big is this latics problem, and could this be something of a

solution? yes, everyone who watched blue planet two would note that this is a serious problem. we can only track 1% of the plastic which enters the sea, so part of the problem is using less plastic, but part of it is finding out what happens to it, so we can is finding out what happens to it, so we can find out how to stop that problem happening. are the beaches the front lines of this fight? yes, i come to the beach every day and sometimes it looks really terrible. we need to understand how we can stop this plastic entering the sea. certainly a huge problem, one with a lot of attention over the last few months, with renewed interest in the whole plastics problem. this is one hi—tech solution that people are hoping will lead to cleaner beaches, and hopefully reduce the amount of plastics out there. thank you very much, we will see later in the morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

a man who was jailed for carrying out a series of attacks in the home counties, including on a ten—year old, has died in prison. antoni imiela, who became known as the m25 rapist, passed away yesterday, just months after he was told he had been referred for parole. he was given seven life sentences with a minimum term of eight years in 2004 for a spate of sex assaults. a woman from surrey has told of her shock after she found out three "do not attempt resuscitation" forms were put on her medical records, despite the fact she had never been consulted on the decision. carol hall was in frimley park hospital last summer with a serious lung condition. frightening, to think that they could have those forms, and i didn't know anything about them, and yet it was my life that they were talking about. frimley park hospital said it could not comment on this particular

case, but revealed it is reviewing its current forms to ensure they are as clear as possible. nme, the pop music newspaper that created the first british singles chart in 1952, will be issued for the final time today. it is being described as the end of an era for the london—based publication. it will shift its focus to its digital audience. the new musical express documented the rise of british pop music led by the beatles and the rolling stones in the ‘60s, and punk in the ‘705. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes, most lines running well. just minor delays on tfl rail. in reigate, reigate hill is closed in both directions between beech road and junction eight of the m25, following an accident and fuel spillage. and tooting high street is closed in both directions between tooting broadway station and blackshaw road. let's have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning.

it's a chilly start to the day. in fact, temperatures are low enough in some of our more rural spots in particularfor a bit of patchy frost around this morning. also some early mist patches, too, but they shouldn't last too long. now, there will be some wet weather by the time we get to the end of the day, but until then it is looking mostly dry. in fact, most places getting off to a nice, sunny start. some high cloud turning that sunshine hazy through the morning. the cloud will thicken through the afternoon, and eventually we'll get some outbreaks of rain by the time we get to the the end of the day, spreading in from the south. top temperatures between seven and nine degrees celsius. it will turn quite windy, too. it'll be a rather wet evening rush hour home, and then overnight tonight some outbreaks of rain continuing on and off, really, for a time. but it will be a mild night to come, some very mild air digging in with this weather front. overnight lows of at least seven or eight degrees celsius. that's how we'll start off the day tomorrow, but it's also set to be quite a wet start to the day on saturday. outbreaks of rain through the day,

but it should be a nice dry slot through the mid—to—late morning, into the first part of the afternoon. if we get any brightness then, we could be up as high as 15 celsius. probably a bright end to the day on saturday, and then on sunday a rather grey start, with some mist and fog. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the potential meeting between donald trump and north korean leader kimjong—un has been described as a "diplomatic coup" for the us president. north korean leader kim jong—un said he is committed to denuclearisation. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests.

he understands that the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue. and he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. earlier, our seoul correspondent laura bicker outlined the potential risks and rewards associated with the potential meeting. it is a huge pr win for donald trump. he will believe his maximum policy is working. the people in seoul, the ministers who have been deftly and diplomatically negotiating these two sides to the table also.

the potential risks are also huge. it could also be that kim jong—un sees it as a propaganda win. he is incredibly savvy. those army of beauties, sent to the winter olympics, managing to almost upstage the sporting arena. when it comes to dealing with this kind of diplomatic opportunity, he has had years of practice watching his grandfather and his father who both got to the table and then walked away and continued to build nuclear weapons. when it comes to the risks for president trump and president moon jae—in, it could be that north korea is playing them but right now the rewards outweigh the risks. pressure is growing on counter—terror officers to identify the source of a nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia skripal remain

in a critical condition. a policeman who rushed to their aid is in a serious condition, but conscious. the european union is considering retaliating with charges on bourbon, motorbikes and oranges in relation to donald trump's steel and aluminium tariffs. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close to agreeing a three year pay deal for hundreds of thousands of staff in england. the government has already said it will abolish the one per cent pay cap on public sector pay and the chancellor has indicated he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. a proposal to impose a so—called latte levy on throwaway coffee cups has been rejected by the government. mps on the environmental audit committee had suggested a charge of 25 pence for disposable coffee cups to try to reduce their use. ministers say it would be better for shops to offer voluntary discounts to customers who take in their own cups. now if you struggle to take

the perfect selfie, perhaps you could learn a thing from these two. the two emperor penguins stumbled across a camera on the ice in the antarctic that had been left there by australian explorer eddie gault and were clearly very curious. and they've proven to be rather talented after finding the video—record switch — and eddie ended up with some lovely video. if he hold on a minute, you will see a lovely little dance. does that mean they are happy? i think so. it's as if they are sending a message to sir david attenborough. where are you, sir david? that's what it needed, it needed sir david attenborough voicing it. orjohnny morris in his heyday. well the build up to the winter paralympics, has been disrupted by heavy snow.

if the winter olympians are fearless, what does that make the paralympic and is? going down the slopes barely able to see? you have the six skiers, the nordic skiers, the six skiers, the nordic skiers, the sledge hockey, the wheelchair curlers. but heavy snow has disrupted. it affects tron sport. and it means going into the opening ceremony, they haven't had a dress rehearsal. katy gray ‘s leading out tea m rehearsal. katy gray ‘s leading out team this morning. anyone who has been in a school play knows the importance of a dress rehearsal that they haven't had one? you're not wrong there. they haven't been able to complete a full opening ceremony rehearsal maybe because of

the constant snowball —— snow fall that has been happening. the snowfall has stopped. they will have everything crossed later on today that it will go off without a hitch and the snowfall does stay there. we found out yesterday that north korea and south korea will march out separately at the opening ceremony. the international pa ralympic committee admit they are disappointed. in terms of great britain, snowboarder owen pick will lead out the team as the flag bearer. most of them are preparing themselves to the days ahead of competition and owen is one of three snowboarders will be competing here for great britain for the first in snowboarding. he has got a great honour of leading out the team. looking ahead to other action on the slopes, the alpine skiing was a big medal haul in russia. you may remember cally —— kelly gallagher

making history. she is back in action here. she will have tough competition from her team—mates. also, look out for scott nino. he will be going in the nordic skiing. also, lots of wheelchair curling action. lots to look forward to. conditions will hopefully improve in terms of the snow. with arsenal's recent form, who'd have thought arsenal would stand a chance against ac milan in the europa league? well, they went to italy and they came back with a 2—nil victory — henrik mkhitaryan scored his first goal for the club and aaron ramsey added another at the san siro. the second leg is at the emirates next thursday. it's a huge weekend in the six nations, with plenty of permutions but ireland could be crowned champions. they go into their match with scotland in dublin, top of the table and with

three wins from three — victory would keep them on course for a first grand slam in 9 years but remember, scotland showed against england last time out that they're no pushovers. it isa it is a super rugby style that they plan that makes them very potent on the counter—attack very potent attacking from loose ball and very, i suppose, dangerous in those wider channels. england need to match ireland's result to if they're to keep alive their hopes of a third straight title. head coach eddiejones has named his team for the game with france. captain dylan hartley misses out through injury with owen farrell skippering the side in his place for the first time i think these weeks when you are coming back from a loss in test by, coming back from a loss in test rugby, they really test your metal, test the medal of the coaches, test the medal of the players, the ability to keep focus, generate that energy and zest and brutality that you need to the next game. hopefully

at this time, we will be lifting the gold cup. they let you hold it? you haven't dropped it? it's not very happy. of course you would say that. i have seen you. looking ahead to the big race, there is no chance to size up john's chances. the big race, there is no chance to size upjohn's chances. sizing john is out, he has an injured pelvis. it was a reading return the walsh as he prepares his first ride at cheltenham. i play tennis last night andi cheltenham. i play tennis last night and i couldn't drop off. i'm a terrible sleeper. getting a good night's sleep has

been from everything to lowering stress and reducing diabetes. we will talk to the man behind some research on the moment but there is an explanation of an experiment that is being used. what i'm doing here, what i meant to be doing here is making associations between the words in the picture so here, for example, this is the word "artistic", there is a picture of a hairdresser so i have to make a mental link between artistic and hairdressers. this is military and potato pillow. maybe soldiers carrying potato pillars. and as i'm tucked into the world's most unnatural nap, it's time for my brain to get to work. you are good to go, we will be back in around 90 minutes, just try and relax and

enjoy some sleep. to demonstrate what happens to us every night during slow wave sleep, some of the words learned earlier are played to me over a loudspeaker to see if i can remember them better. extreme. what's amazing is that it was easier for me to recall the word associations that were played to me during sleep. scott is here and he is a sleep psychologist. what we trying to do? we know that sleep is important the memory and one way they support memories is by reactivating them in the brain while we are asleep. the information we have acquired during the day is reactivated. what we did in that study was trying manipulate the process to understand what was going on in the brain while chris was asleep. while he was asleep, we replayed a

subset of those words with the idea we could to trigger the reactivation. you mean he read out stories and the day and pick highlights of it? it would be a typical adjectives like the word american and a picture of a ba na na the word american and a picture of a banana ora the word american and a picture of a banana or a scene such as a golf course. he learned that during the day and you replayed those words while he was asleep? you make it took a nap in our sleep lab and we saw he had gone to slow wave sleep, we then started replaying those words to him. drew speakers that we re words to him. drew speakers that were in the room? with the intention

of reactivating the manipulation that were associated with those words. what we can do is replayed associated words during sleep and those that weren't replayed during sleep and we can see that memory performs better than those that are replayed during sleep. these are fa cts , replayed during sleep. these are facts, they last breath different amount of times. the interactions between reactivation. does this prove that sleep is good or any sleep is good for memory? what are the techniques we use a snap studies to focus on the brain process that is going on and indeed, it appears that any kind of sleep after

learning does boost your memory performance. we should say these are donein performance. we should say these are done in highly controlled environments. we carry out experiments in the lab and look at different processes that go on in relation to these facts but certainly the data over many years is demonstrating that sleep is very, very important the row memory. out of curiosity, who was being experimented on? chris. when he worked up after the experiment, did he have any recollection of what was happening, as you do when you wake 7 happening, as you do when you wake you happening, as you do when you wake up? you have a dream, your member something about the time were asleep. this didn't remember any of the word being replayed to him and what bill bayes do in these studies is ask people first thought they we re is ask people first thought they were aware of any of these words being replayed and they usually say no and to get them to carry out tests where we replayed all the words from next permit and guess which ones were replayed and which ones. was he subconsciously where of them? his brain was that he wasn't

consciously aware. what is the practical use of this? children at school who start about 830 but don't get till bed until nine o'clock. there is a big gap between the learning period and sleeping period. this is another line of research we are carrying out at the moment to understand how the timing of sleep and the timing between sleep that children get in the evening and a learning during the day affects the benefits of sleep and memory consolidation. in terms of the practical benefits we have been carrying out, it enables us to get new insights into how the sleeping brain processes memories at how we can adapt our memories. that is importantjust can adapt our memories. that is important just for understanding how our memory systems work. how much sleep did you get last night? not much, a few hours. three hours, four hours. i was fairly nervous about coming on this morning. with zero -- with your knowledge, you would be

performing below par this morning because you have not slept enough. i have had some in this morning. i know that people who should sleep really well weather presenters because everything they do is all from memory. we can find out from sarah, you can tell how well sell a slept last night as to how many marks you will score out of ten deal weather forecast. bye for now. we are very good at grabbing sleep whenever we can. whether it is in the afternoon, 2am, sleep is very precious and should be taken at any opportunity. so the sun has risen this morning and it is a beautiful, serena start to the day for many of us. this is the view in north yorkshire, showing those clear skies. moving through the day, it will not stay sunny everywhere. increasing amounts of cloud moving on from the south will bring some

outbreaks of rain later on. a few snow showers across scotland but elsewhere a lot of fairly dry and bright weather on the cards. this morning many of us start off on that dry note. we have the cloud working in from the south but also a few mist and fog patches dotted around as well. a few snow showers lingering for central scotland, could be another few centimetres before they ease away during the course of the afternoon. the rain moves in across south—west england, south wales, and temperatures around eight to 11 degrees. it is milder thanit eight to 11 degrees. it is milder than it was this time last week. on into the evening hours, the rain in the south continuing its way northwards. patchy rain really across much of england, wales and in the northern ireland through the night. further north, for scotland we have the clear skies in the cold air. another cold, frosty night with subzero temperatures and the risk of some icy stretches as well. elsewhere, we are in that milder air and things are looking frost free to start saturday morning, with a few outbreaks of rain around as well.

how is the weekend shaping up? some rain at times, but temperatures will be on the rise as well, and there will be a little bit of sunshine on offer. for many of us at times. through the day on saturday we have that cold air in place across parts of scotland, but through the weekend you will notice these yellow colours, the marlborough area just drifting further northwards so by the end of the weekend we're all in that much milder air. during saturday, with the transition to the milderair saturday, with the transition to the milder air there is wet weather. rain for east anglia, northern england and northern ireland, pushing northwards and as that rain bumps into the cold airfor pushing northwards and as that rain bumps into the cold air for scotland there could be a little bit more snow. we are likely to see several centimetres for the southern upland, the grampians, for instance as well. down below that it will be falling

as rain, elsewhere showers and sunny spells, temperatures reaching 15 degrees in the south, making it potentially the warmest day of the year so far. on through saturday night, we still have front lingering across scotland, so some rain and hill snow likely here, slowly clearing to the north, and a dry speu clearing to the north, and a dry spell of weather on into the early hours of sunday morning. some mist and fog likely, so a little bit murky but frost free first thing. and then that mist and fog should break up. for many of us, sunny spells and temperatures certainly a lot milder than there have been recently. to you both. sarah, ten out of ten as usual. you recalled everything, not that i would have known otherwise. we had to apologise, during your forecast we have a little bit of a technical glitch and there was an odd shot, so we didn't get all the graphics fully for about 15 seconds, so sorry about that. sorry of course to our viewers as well. it was showing us in the studio, waiting for the weather to continue. we will rule out any further gremlins. we will talk about technology, amongst other things. good morning to you. we are talking

about the world's biggest car show. the geneva motor show is a chance for the world's carmakers to show off new models, but there is one this year that is particularly futuristic — a road—legal, ready—to—buy flying car. we spoke to the boss of the dutch company that has made it. flying cars have been tried for 100 yea rs, flying cars have been tried for 100 years, but it required the development of technologies to come to the state where you can build something like this. the big breakthrough was tilting technology with which we can have folded aeroplane, which flies well, up to a road vehicle which can drive at 160 kilometres per hour safely on the road. the people that buy this, they buy vista go to their business, having fun, having adventures, or even one of our entrepreneurs who bought it, he buys it to show to his customers that he is part of the

innovative world. so there it is. if you want one, they don't come cheap but that one sells for £500,000. and we are looking at those pictures, will this be one of those things which in ten years time we will look back and say how ridiculous is that? there is a very real risk that this is answering a question which nobody has asked. the idea of the flying car has been around for a long time. henry ford talked about them in the 19205 henry ford talked about them in the 1920s and said they would come. but whether we can take this into the mainstream remains to be seen. and the conversion takes ten minutes? the conversion takes ten minutes, it still needs the space of an airfield to ta ke still needs the space of an airfield to take off. it is not like it can transform and skipper the traffic. there are a few practical issues. pricetag aside, about £500,000, we

are looking at these pictures and it needs a runway to land. frankly, at that price, if you can afford to buy one, you might already have a posh carand one, you might already have a posh car and private plane yourself. absolutely, the question they are trying to answer is that when people go to an airfield they have two drive on afterwards. but if you have that much money you probably have a means to an end regardless. so it is absolutely part of a conundrum. we can see a future where drones might be delivering goods, could they deliver human beings? there are a lot of companies working in this space and clever people who think there might be something in this technology. at the moment we are very much in the early stages.|j don't want to be too cynical about it, because everything has to start somewhere. could this be the precursor to something a little more slick later on? i think it could be. i think it is interesting, the people investing in the technology are people investing in the technology a re clever people investing in the technology are clever people with good track records. there is absolutely something in drones entering our lives and bringing deliveries, and

why can't humans be part of that process? and a drone could take you to where you want to be, rather than sticking to an airfield. so there is something in it. let's talk about the wider geneva motor show. electric was a really big thing this year. we know all the big carmakers are trying to get on board and work out a viable model. is that what you we re out a viable model. is that what you were hearing? absolutely, the mantra is that the car industry will change more in the next five to ten years that it has in the last 100, electrification will be at the forefront of that. electrically driven cars, autonomous cars, cars which are connected and can talk to each other, these are coming in really quite a short time. thank you very much. have you got your name down to buy one? not yet, saving up. how about you guys, a flying car? yes! where would you landed? just outside. you could land at 5:55am in

front of the sofa? in 1982? how old do you think i was in 1982? ten? i was one. when henry viii's doomed warship the mary rose was successfully lifted from the seabed in the 1980s, it was seen a major archaeological achievement. more than 1,000 cannonballs were found on board. but they need urgent attention, as they are rotting away. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is in portsmouth this morning to find out how they are trying to save them. right, so these are the samples we will look at today. in one of the world's most advanced scientific facilities, eleanor and hayley are holding pieces of history. these cannonballs are

from the mary rose. she sank in the solent in 1545, whilst attacking an invading french fleet. in 1982, millions watched on television as she was brought back to the surface. amongst the artefacts found — 1,200 cannonballs. but, since being discovered, some have corroded, some haven't. this is part of the cannonball, you can see the curve right there. so the team took the difficult decision to cut out samples to find out why. most of the ways drills work is you need some sort of lubricant, and they often use oil or water, so we used a hacksaw. how did it feel at that moment? it's not typical to destructively sample like this, in conservation. but for us, we realised that to not do it, and watch these things that might disintegrate, would be negligent.

but, to analyse the corrosion on such an old object, you need a very special machine. so this is diamond light force, the uk's national synchrotron facility. and a synchrotron is a particle accelerator, that takes electrons and accelerates them to 99% of the speed of light. because the cannibals have been exposed to nature for 500 years, they are very, very complicated, and you need these very precise, very accurate measurements, that you can only really do with light that is of this quality. well, on some of the cannonballs you can see an h, which stands for king henry. but, as a collection, these cannonballs are unique. they are all the same age, they have all spent the same amount of time underwater, and they were all made in the same way. we know that because, in the 16th century, there was only one iron blast furnace in britain. but they have been treated in different ways. many were washed. some had anticorrosive applied,

others were submerged in sodium sesquicarbonate, a chemical which is a bit like baking soda. this is basically like baking soda. these ones are not showing any signs of corrosion, whereas the ones we have put in this active washing process to show corrosion. what are the implications for archaeologists, not just the implications for archaeologists, notjust in the uk, but around the world ? i think anybody that was about to excavate something now, it would be to think twice about doing this active washings. you may be inadvertently promoting the formation of something that could damage the material. weapons of war, hundreds of years old, shaping the science of today. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a man who was jailed for carrying out a series of attacks in the home counties, including on a ten—year—old, has died in prison. antoni imiela, who became known as the m25 rapist, passed away yesterday, just months after he was told he had

been referred for parole. he was given seven life sentences with a minimum term of eight years in 2004, for a spate of sex assaults. a woman from surrey has told of her shock after she found out three "do not attempt resuscitation" forms were put on her medical records, despite the fact she had never been consulted on the decision. carol hall was in frimley park hospital last summer with a serious lung condition. frightening, to think that they could have those forms, and i didn't know anything about them, and yet it was my life that they were talking about. frimley park hospital said it could not comment on this particular case, but revealed it is reviewing its current forms to ensure they are as clear as possible. nme, the pop music newspaper that created the first british singles chart in 1952, will be issued for the final time today. it is being described as the end of an era for the london—based publication. it will shift its focus to its digital audience. the new musical express documented

the rise of british pop music led by the beatles and the rolling stones in the ‘60s, and punk in the ‘705. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes, most lines running well, just minor delays on tfl rail. on the m25 anticlockwise, one lane is closed, and there is heavy traffic due to a broken—down lorryjust before j27 for the m11. in reigate, reigate hill is closed in both directions between beech road and junction eight of the m25, following an accident and fuel spillage. and tooting high street is closed in both directions between tooting broadway station and blackshaw road. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a chilly start to the day. in fact, temperatures are low enough in some of our more rural spots in particularfor a bit of patchy frost around this morning. also some early mist patches, too, but they shouldn't last for too long. now, there will be some wet weather by the time we get to the end of the day, but until then it is looking mostly dry. in fact, most places getting off to a nice, sunny start.

some high cloud turning that sunshine hazy through the morning. the cloud will thicken into the afternoon, and eventually we'll get some outbreaks of rain by the time we get to the the end of the day, spreading in from the south. top temperatures between seven and nine degrees celsius. it'll turn quite windy, too. it'll be a rather wet evening rush hour home, and then overnight tonight some outbreaks of rain continuing on and off, really, for a time. but it will be a mild night to come, some very mild air digging in with this weather front. overnight lows of around seven or eight degrees celsius. that's how we'll start off the day tomorrow, but it's also set to be quite a wet start to the day on saturday. outbreaks of rain expected on and off at times through the day, but it should be a nice dry slot through the mid—to—late morning, into the first part of the afternoon. if we get any brightness then, we could be up as high as 15 celsius. probably a bright end to the day on saturday, and then on sunday a rather grey start, with some mist and fog. 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 charlie stayt and naga munchetty. an historic breakthrough as president trump accepts an offer from north korea to hold talks with kim jong—un. the two leaders will meet by may. the north koreans also agree not to carry out any more nuclear or missile tests. good morning. it's friday, the 9th of march. also this morning. pressure grows on counter—terrorism police to identify where the nerve agent used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter came from. the us imposes tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. other countries have threatened to retaliate, sparking fears of a global trade war. in sport. it's the biggest ever winter paralympics, and it begins in three hours.

snowboarder owen pick will be great britain's flagbearer at the opening ceremony in pyeongchang. and we'll find out how you can play your part in helping to clean up our beaches. this is the brighton, looking a little overcast. and sarah has the weather. aj lee start to the day but we have sunshine on offer. some outbreaks of rain in the south but northern areas will see the sunshine for longest, more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has accepted an offerfrom north korea to meet kim jong—un for talks. the meeting will happen by may. no serving us president has ever met a north korean leader. the surprise announcement was made by senior south korean officials in washington who passed on a letter from the north korean leader. in it he pledged to commit to denuclearisation.

he also ruled out any more nuclear and missile tests. the united states welcomed the move but said sanctions would stay in place until a deal is reached. our washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. with missiles and displays of military might, north korea has at times seemed nothing short of defiant in the face of sanctions and international condemnation of its nuclear programme. but, despite appearances, it seems kim jong—un wants to talk. south korean officials, who met the north korean leader, say he has committed himself to denuclearisation and they have now delivered a message from kim jong—un that caught many in the white house completely off guard. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. he understands that the routine joint military exercises between the republic of korea

and the united states must continue. and he expressed his eagerness to meet president trump as soon as possible. the idea of a face—to—face meeting between president trump and kimjong—un, by may, seems remarkable, given the months of insults and threats hurled between them. they will be met with fire and fury. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. but the tone has now changed. on twitter, donald trump said that great progress was being made but that sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. however, that meeting is being planned. some in the white house will urge cautious and there will be no suspension of the joint military exercises involving the united states and south korea. this may be a move away from fire and fury, perhaps even towards friendship but, in the long—term, that will depend on whether that message coming from pyongyang

proves to be one of propaganda or progress. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. more on that historic breakthrough from chris in washington. the first sense that we got of anything being this major was when president trump himself put his head around the briefing room door in the white house and said that there would be a big announcement coming from south korea. it was only then that we got a sense of really what was coming. to put this into context, it was only 24 hours ago that the us secretary of state was ruling out any suggestion that there could be direct talks on negotiation between north korea and america. he said thatjust wasn't realistic. but now we don'tjust have the two countries talking, we potentially have the two leaders meeting in a matter of couple of months. it's important to say that

sanctions remain in place. south korea wants to see concrete action as well as words but it is, as you say, an historic moment. within the past hour, koreans in america have been giving their reaction to the landmark announcement. it isa it is a big step it is the first time since his regime he is meeting with the us president so i hope they can definitely reach a deal about the nuclear programme going on in north korea. and most likely i hope president trump is open to his ideas so they can really breach is accessible deal. hopefully something that might bring an end to the nuclear programme. yes, it is a good thing they are meeting up. but i really hope it goes down to the point where presidentjohn still goes down to the point where president john still supports south korea and north korea they speak to

us about what they are actually thinking, considering their nuclear technology. i think right now it is testing the waters to see if it is possible at all. but i am hoping they are taking this very seriously because it will bea this very seriously because it will be a very big step. the reaction to those living in the us on the impending meeting. let us talk to our correspondent in salisbury. the investigation continues into what is happening. we

have the good news detective sergeant nick bailey is conscious and talking, yet now comes the politics about who was involved and who can be accused of being involved? police are bracing to find out exactly how, when, why sergei skripal and his daughter were subjected to this nerve agent, they we re subjected to this nerve agent, they were found collapsed on a bench under the tent. they want to find out how this substance was transported into salisbury city centre and administered and who might have done it. yesterday, at the home of sergei skripal, police we re the home of sergei skripal, police were setting up an operation, that isa were setting up an operation, that is a site of interest. cordons remain in place at a nearby restau ra nt remain in place at a nearby restaurant where they are known to have had lunch and a pub they

visited before they collapsed. police are understood to have examined a car. police want to establish this time line. sergei skripal and his daughter remained in critical condition in hospital. three people questioned by police after a black student at nottingham trent university complained about being racially abused, have been released but remain under investigation. two men aged 18 were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences. an 18—year—old woman was also interviewed. police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a hate crime. nhs employers and health unions are understood to be close to agreeing a three—year pay deal for hundreds of thousands of staff in england. the government has already said it will abolish the 1% pay cap on public sector pay. and the chancellor has indicated he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. the us will impose tariffs on

imports of aluminium and steel, president trump has signed that order yesterday. it is interesting seeing the footage of him signing. he has the steel workers he so much appealed to in his campaign around him. he says this is fulfilling the promise he made on the campaign trail to protect american jobs. promise he made on the campaign trail to protect americanjobs. by imposing these tariffs which our taxes, any steel or aluminium imported from overseas will be subject to 25% on steel, 10% on aluminium, which will impact on the cost when it is imported. here's hoping american manufacturers will save rather than buying expensive foreign stuff we will hide domestic. it is a significant move. america is the world's largest importer of steel. it has not gone down very

well with other countries who say this is unfair, against the walls of free trade and could end up sparking a trade war. countries like china will impose tariffs in return but the eu has targeted a list of specific products produced in america, harley—davidson, urban whiskey, orangejuice america, harley—davidson, urban whiskey, orange juice from america, harley—davidson, urban whiskey, orangejuice from florida, and levi jeans, it doesn't get more american. they say if you impose ta riffs american. they say if you impose tariffs on our steel we will impose ta riffs tariffs on our steel we will impose tariffs on our steel we will impose tariffs on you. your weekend will be very expensive. riding your harley—davidson! you will have to think of a different way of spending your weekend. the potential meeting between donald trump and north korean leader kimjong—un has been described as a "diplomatic coup" for the us president. for more on our top story, let's talk tojohn everard, the former british ambassador

to north korea who is in our london newsroom. thank you for your time. you must be taken by surprise as you woke up this morning to the news of this invitation and acceptance of the invitation. surprise at the news of the invitation. not necessarily, we knew the south korean team currently in washington were bringing some kind of message to donald trump from kim jong—un. but yes, the fact donald trump has accepted so rapidly and has said it will happen before may, that wasn't accept —— expected which flies in the face of what the secretary of state has been saying. the wake diplomacy normally works is, with such an important meeting, there would be a lot of preparatory work, on the basis of the timeline

outside, this happens almost straightaway. that is right, without any of the preparation. there will be some preparatory work because the south koreans have been working with the north koreans, we just koreans have been working with the north koreans, wejust had the koreans have been working with the north koreans, we just had the south korean delegation in pyongyang, they will be preparing a separate summit between south america —— with south korea toured the end of april. there is not a lot of time for the americans to do their own preparation. they don't have many staff, they don't have an ambassador in south korea, that point man on north korean affairs is the time. those who know quite a lot about dealing with north korea are not now working for the administration. with the benefit of your experience, could you look ahead to where and

how and one thing being the geography, but the choreography of this extraordinary meeting, how do you envisage it? where is a difficult question, it will be difficult question, it will be difficult for kim jong—un to travel to many places outside north korea. how might it play out? i wonder whether hamburger will make an appearance. they will want to size each other up, there will be a lot of backscratching, we will be watching them sit down to a meal. and both will be what ching —— watching the weak points, who gets more out of the other which will determine whether this summit if it goes ahead is a success for world peace or it plunges us into a more dangerous time. a real issue is who benefits most? donald trump may claim this is a great success. he

came across as the strongman forcing someone to the table. equally well kim jong—un will be saying he gets the chance to sit at a table face—to—face with the us president. that in itself could be a huge propaganda coup. that is right, both men have reasons to claim this is theirs. frankly does it really matter which deserves more credit forgetting to where we are? whether it is a great success, i don't think we can even start to talk about that. remember that summits don't always work and if this goes wrong and we have talked about the lack of preparation, we could be in trouble. like you. —— thank you. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. earlier you had some snow, so

perhaps this offers some sunshine for some. that's right. we have overlying snow in the country, but temperatures on the rise over the next few days, so a hint of something more springlike in the air. this is this morning in shropshire, blue sky, sunshine and many parts of the country could keep sunny skies through the day especially the northern half of the uk where is further south we have increasing amount of cloud and rain as well. this morning we are largely drive. there snow showers across central and northern scotland and a few centimetres more there and some icy stretches. elsewhere, clear skies and sunshine but the is creeping in and later in the afternoon we will see outbreaks of rain, especially in the south west and south wales. temperatures are between eight and 11 degrees, so on the cool side for the time of year but we have a mild air working in

from the south. with the arrival of that air here is the rain and that patchy rain will affect much of england, wales and northern ireland as well. scotland stays largely dry and clear, so still a frosty night for scotland, subzero temperatures and icy stretches, but further south, cloudy and damp start of the weekend. we will see a few outbreaks of rain through the weekend but temperatures will be on the rise and we will see a bit of sunshine breaking through at times, so not a wash—out. we will start with cold air in place across scotland and you can see the blue colour on the map mother heading through the weekend the yellow returns for the weekend, so milderair the yellow returns for the weekend, so milder air pushing in from the south. that will bring outbreaks of rain with the mild air and during saturday rain for east anglia and up to northern ireland and the bulk will shift to the north. as it bumps into the cold air in scotland we could see snow. the southern uplands and the grampians could see several

centimetres, but at low levels it will fall right —— as rain. a few showers, but sunny spells and we could see temperatures of 14 or 15 degrees, potentially the warmest day of the year so far. moving through saturday, a front lingers across scotla nd saturday, a front lingers across scotland bringing rain until snow but it should clear towards the north so most of the country will start sunday morning on a dry note but what we will see is missed and fog patches. the mist and fog should thin and break out and there should be some low cloud but a pretty decent day for many of us largely dry, sunny spells and breezy with a few showers for the western parts of the country were temperatures not quite as mild as we will see on saturday but still 13 degrees or so and it should feel pleasant in the sunny spells. we are we a re pretty we are pretty grateful for 13 degrees. suggestions that the kremlin may have been involved

in the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in salisbury, have sparked anger in russia. president putin himself is yet to make a public comment, but state media has complained of an anti—russian campaign by the west. we're joined now by patrick forbes, who's made a documentary about president putin's time in office. good morning. what do you make of all this? i was absolutely amazed when the news broke because the convention is that spies who had been left in a spy swap, they are left to run their lives in perfect peace. that is the implication, because he was with his daughter. peace. that is the implication, because he was with his daughterlj because he was with his daughter.” don't know anything about the exact fa cts don't know anything about the exact facts of this case but what is becoming clearer and clearer is that it has something to do with his past, and that opens up only one of two avenues. it's either the government, which i would have said was unlikely, or it is somebody out

for some form of revenge. but that is complete speculation and i have no immediate knowledge. having examined vladimir putin which is what your programme is about this evening, and knowing how he operates and his whole clamour for power, his non—reaction so far, what you make of that? that is how he operates. he isa of that? that is how he operates. he is a very cool customer. i first got interested in him about two decades ago when he slowly but surely took out all of the obstacles to him remaining in power, those being three very powerful men, one politician, one russia's richest man and the other who put him on the throne. one by one he remove some of the most ruthless and toughest men in the world and they did not see it coming. that showed to me then, you some form cool customer. —— you are some form cool customer. —— you are some form. his silence now is not to be interpreted as him not being on

top of it? no. he is the consummate politician and he will be waiting and waiting to see how the situation develops before he says anything. it isa develops before he says anything. it is a marker of how powerful he is. when you go to moscow, the whole world waits for him to say anything and as soon as it is said, everything changes. it is extraordinary going there now. linking up the events this week in wiltshire and alexander litvinenko, we had a judge led enquiries that said that vladimir putin had probably ordered the murder of alexander litvinenko. that is as categorical as it could get, really. did that have any impact on vladimir putin? domestically? if anything it probably made him more popular because the whole essence of his popularity at home is really an

aggressive foreign policy. his country is not powerful economic league, so the way he stays in power is to project an image of a tough russia, russia to be feared. and he has one core belief, that the west cannot be trusted. as a consequence, he feels himself liberated to do whatever he feels is necessary. so if the notion is out there, and it's out there in this country, and the russians are scathing about the way the british media and politicians talk about the possibility they could be behind this so soon, but do you think he quite likes that that isa you think he quite likes that that is a subject talks about around the world ? is a subject talks about around the world? it's is a subject talks about around the world ? it's hard is a subject talks about around the world? it's hard to imagine, because in normal circumstances, to be charged with murdering somebody in this fashion on foreign shores, foremost leaders, you think that could only be bad. domestically, it could only be bad. domestically, it could not be bad for him. i agree with your thesis. in a sense it goes to projecting his image as a hard

man. that said, and he gave a speech last week where he can find the world to a new global arms race, not an attractive prospect, so this coming hard on its heels does not look great for him. the kremlin won't be that thrilled by that co nflu e nce won't be that thrilled by that confluence of events, but he likes being the tough guy and being a tough guy means taking people out, he signed a disorder in 2000... tough guy means taking people out, he signed a disorder in 2000. .. with this piece, that is where you started from. the most humble beginnings. it is a remarkable story. that's not the least of it. as we discovered, the people in the film say, when he was first asked to be president's reaction was, no, i don't want it. —— when he was first asked to be president, his reaction was. so it is a complete turnaround from no power to absolute power. it's a fascinating story. his rise

in itself and you track this with the documentary this evening. thank you so much forjoining us. putin: the new tsar is on bbc two, tonight at 9pm. how do we read our oceans or plastic? it's had huge attention in recent months and danjohnson is in brighton,, on the beach. and they are taking a new approach to how you find plastic and report it, all with the means of stopping it rolling onto the shore. it's an old school approach to collecting the rubbish, i look at the stuff we have found this morning, just in a couple of hours, we collected all the rubbish and plastic. but in terms of identifying the wider problem there isa identifying the wider problem there is a high—tech solution involving one of these drone cameras which ta kes one of these drone cameras which takes pictures of the beach, and the photos are uploaded to the internet and people can click on where there

is plastic. ellie is the drone pilot. how does it work when you identify the plastic? it's simple. when people login and they tag, they can do it sitting in their pyjamas with a cup of tea from home, they teach the algorithm, the computer in the drone to recognise plastic on its own. eventually the drone will be able to survey beaches and we can build upa be able to survey beaches and we can build up a giant map and see whether plastics are that will help us. but the drone cannot pick the plastic 7 the drone cannot pick the plastic up? unfortunately not. maybe in the future we will be able to pick it up as well. but we still rely on the massive teams of volunteers. we have fantastic people on the beaches, but the good thing that we can direct that manpower to the right beaches at the right times. you are here from the marine conservation society. will this solution help?” think it's a fabulous step. we can spend maybe in our so doing a 100 meter survey, so it's a small

section but you are able to do it in that time and the drone can access some of the beaches we cannot normally see what we will actually see is as much higher concentration of litter. we know there are 718 pieces per hundred metres and those beaches that aren't survey had offered and art inaccessible, higher concentrations will be found. lots of plastic washes up, but the majority is out there at sea. that is a real problem, and we really need to take steps so we reduce the plastic footprint... you can take your coffee cup... you can take a water bottle. do you feel the tide is turning on the issue? it's had a lot of focus over the last few months. we have seen a lot of focus and we need to turn it into actual action. this morning, in the news, they're talking about what is happening and the charge for single

use coffee cups and what we need to see is people reducing the amount of plastic they use. clicking on photographs at home might help. would it be more used to come down to the beach and do some collecting? it's great to be able to sort of... a few problems with the microphones down in brighton. apologies to that. maybe the outdoor conditions, not quite sure. a rather lovely morning, but a bit chilly. i know you love things like this. in about 15 minutes, we are going to pose a maths problem, and i won't do it to you live on air, but i'm preparing you and the viewers because there is a maths problem. we have been talking a lot about maths on bbc brea kfast. talking a lot about maths on bbc breakfast. tim, me, and jane, will be doing the maths gcse. that will be doing the maths gcse. that will be the piece of paper ijust threw. idid put be the piece of paper ijust threw. i did put in front of you. we have

been giving a challenge and we will present it to you in about ten minutes and see if you can solve it by around five to nine. it's been said by bobby segal from by around five to nine. it's been said by bobby segalfrom university challenge. just preparing even that. pencils and paper at the ready. you may even need a ruler. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. some clout in central scotland. but at this cloud in the south and west, moving northwards. with it, outbreaks of rain, pushing its way into devon and cornwall police by the middle of the afternoon, south wales, the south midlands. the snow showers here will clear away. temperatures up to nine. 11 further south and west. tonight, the rainbow push its way further north. moving into scotland. a wet night but largely frost free,

temperatures staying up into high single figures. into the weekend, this weather front brings outbreaks of rain pushing northwards, and milder air. by saturday, still some rain, heavy showers moving further north into scotland, snow over higher ground. bright spells in the afternoon. temperatures in the south east potentially up to 15, feeling like spring. further north in scotland, still feeling cooler. on sunday, more dry weather and sunshine, the risk of showers in the south east of england. mostly dry. temperatures into double figures. even in northern parts. this is business live from bbc news, with samantha simmonds and alice baxter.

president trump signs steep new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the us. mexico and canada are exempt, for now. but is a trade war coming? live from london, that's our top story on friday 9 march. as president trump signs off new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, major trading partners condemn the move, calling it a "serious attack" on international trade. also in the programme. asian markets rise on the news that president trump is to meet north korean leader kim jong—un in person.