tv Breakfast BBC News March 12, 2018 6:00am-8:30am GMT
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hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. the entertainer sir ken dodd has died at the age of 90. # happiness, happiness. the liverpudlian comic famous for his epic stand—up shows and his tickling stick died in the home he was born injust days after marrying his long—term partner. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic, and then we should go back up north to merseyside and i shall see the diddy men there, so i shall send your regards to them. we'll look back at sir ken's life and work. good morning. it's monday the 12th of march. also this morning: the russian spy mystery — theresa may chairs a meeting of her national security chiefs as 500 people in salisbury are told
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to wash their clothes as a precaution. we have unprecedented access to a secure mental health hospital as we find out why admissions have gone up by 40% in a decade. small— and medium—sized businesses are losing out on billions of pounds worth of sales because of a skills shortage. i'll have the details later. in sport, the snowboarders make their debuts at the winter paralympics. 0wen pick is among those ready to go. he led out the great britain team at the opening ceremony. and matt has the weather. good morning. good morning. frost free across the uk to start but if you are in england, wales or northern ireland, drop your brolly. plenty of showers around today. —— crab. sir ken dodd, the much—loved comedian, has died at the age of 90. described by his publicist as "one of the last music hall greats" sir ken was known for his marathon stage performances and the creation of the diddy men and the tickling stick.
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the performerfrom liverpool had recently been released from hospital after six weeks of treatment for a chest infection. on friday, he married his partner of a0 years, annejones. caroline davies looks back at his life. tickling sticks and diddy men. ken dodd was a great performer with a gift for the surreal... what a brilliant day to go up to the count and say you will never sell a sausage in that size. ..and the love of a catchphrase or three. how tickled by all of this goodwill. what about you, mrs? have you been tickled by goodwill? proud of his merseyside roots, he became a chart—topping singer, a television star, and a ventriloquist. although silly on stage, sir ken dodd was serious about his craft.
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freud said that a laugh is a sudden explosion of psychic energy. the trouble with freud was he never played a second house friday night. he still lived in the home he grew up in and guarded his private life. in 1989, that was shattered when he faced claims of tax evasion. he had more than £300,000 hidden around his house. he had 20 offshore bank accounts. he was acquitted and continued performing. last year, he was given a knighthood in recognition of his charity and comedy work. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic, and then we should go back to knotty ash up north, knotty ash on merseyside, and i shall see the diddy men there, so i shall send your regards to them. aged 90, he recently got a chest infection but wanted to go back on stage.
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i look forward to getting back to doing myjob — the onlyjob that i have ever had, the onlyjob that i know. happiness, happiness. after more than 60 years of making others laugh, it was performing to the british public that sir ken dodd said gave him enormous happiness. happiness! some of ken dodd's fans and former colleagues have been paying tribute. actor claire sweeney said: actorjohn challis wrote: and comedian gary delaney made reference to how long ken dodd's shows went on for, saying: i'm sure he would have appreciated
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thatjoke. do send in your tributes throughout the morning as well. the national security council is to look at the latest evidence of the suspected poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter. an assessment will be made on who might have carried out the nerve agent attack. sergei and yulia skripal remain critically ill in hospital. 0ur political correspondent ben wright's in our westminster studio for us this morning. good morning, bend. there are thoughts that perhaps theresa may might be saying something about this today. what can you tell us? yes, eight days on so far the government has been incredibly weary about saying anything explicit about who may be behind this, even though some tory mps and later mps, actually, last week, were urging them to point the finger at the russian state. investors have not done that so far which may change today. we know the
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prime minister will get the latest intelligence assessment on her desk when she arrives at work and then the national security council will meet which brings together senior ministers who get briefings then from top counterterrorism officials across whitehall. it may be that after that, the prime minister might say something publicly. there is speculation they could be a statement in the commons perhaps this afternoon at which she might have the first time a first—time attribute blame for this. it could be quite a big day on that front but meanwhile in salisbury, people are still having to wash their clothes and their possessions, people who may have been in either the pub or the restaurant insulted last sunday into monday that may have been contaminated. so still lots of moving parts with this. absolutely, we will update everybody about what is happening in falsely, we will speak to a toxicologist later. thank you. a bitter row has broken out at the top of the labour party with a shadow cabinet minister being removed from her post, apparently against her will.
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labour says debbie abrahams stepped down as spokeswoman on work and pensions, while an employment issue is investigated. but mrs abrahams claims that she's the victim of a bullying culture in the party. at least two people have died after a helicopter crashed into the east river in new york last night. three passengers are in critical condition after being pulled out of the water by rescuers. the pilot managed to free himself. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. the former commander of the uk's maritime forces says britain's ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he's the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever—changing threats. in an interview with the bbc, rear admiral alex burton says spending on defence is urgently needed. if we do not spend more on defence
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than we currently are as a percentage of gdp, then we put at risk the fact that we are currently a credible military power and from that, we put at risk our position on the global stage. a new survey suggests almost two thirds of doctors in some parts of the uk feel patient safety has deteriorated over the past year. the report, by the royal college of physicians, found that growing pressures on nhs staff have led to concerns about patient care. the government says it's absolutely committed to making the nhs the safest healthcare system in the world. a council facing financial problems is facing allegations it used millions of pounds of money ring—fenced for public health to prop up other services. the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned that northamptonshire county council may have to return as much as ten million pounds to public health england. did you see a problem the weekend? i
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did not. well, look at this. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a 2.5—year—old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened — two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. no animals or owners were harmed. lots of people are talking about the fa ct lots of people are talking about the fact that tease was whipped up into the arms of her own. clearly, slightly alarmed, to say the least. 0ne slightly alarmed, to say the least. one of those very strange live tv moments. a teenage photographer's shots of the beatles‘ first concerts in the united states are expected to sell for 250,000 pounds at auction. mike mitchell, who was 18 at the time, took hundreds of pictures of the fab four‘s gigs at the washington coliseum and the baltimore civic centre “11964. he also attended their first press conference and captured the band's arrival at union station. which brings us very nicely back to
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ken dodd. did you know he's single tears was the third largest selling songin tears was the third largest selling song in the uk of the entire 1960s and was only beaten by two tracks by the beatles. amazing. what is the comedian but well known to his singing. good morning, kate, you are back. iam, there singing. good morning, kate, you are back. i am, there is action still going on and i am a little bit sad not to be there. it is the turn of the paralympic and is now and snowboarders. we were hoping to bring new pictures of 0wen pick who was waving the flag for team gb at the opening ceremony that there has been a problem with the start date. i've been watching, yes. —— gate. we will bring you date with the curling which has started. great britain is out on the ice at the moment,
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leading sweden in their latest round—robin match. they are in and true. —— end two. tottenham and england fans will be waiting for the results of a scan today on harry kane's ankle after he was injured during spurs' 4—1win over bournemouth. son heung—min scored twice to move tottenham up to third in the table. george north scored two tries for wales as they beat italy in cardiff to move up to second place in the six nations championship. and tiger woods came so close to winning his first title in overfour years. he needed to sink this putt but he finished one shot behind winner paul casey at the valspar championship in florida. he says though that he is feeling every day a little bit better and a little bit better. lynch news for paul casey. a0 years old and he has
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not won anything for a long time. the masters is only a few weeks away all looking good in the golfing world. looking forward to — i was going to say a atlanta, it is not near atla nta, going to say a atlanta, it is not near atlanta, the masters. augusta! here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, it is the sum but not for all. not a bad start of the working week. reasonably mild and frost free, the driest of all in scotla nd frost free, the driest of all in scotland but elsewhere a case of ta ke scotland but elsewhere a case of take something waterproof with you as you leave today, particularly the england and wales. low pressure is on the scene. this tell—tale swell of cloud is going anticlockwise, the low pressure to the south which means the further away you are, scotland, northern ireland, dry weather, one or two showers in the south and east of northern ireland, northern ireland, sorry, scotland should be a bright start. looking at england and wales today because it is here where you will get wet at
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times. persistent rain across northern england continuing into the afternoon across northumberland, cou nty afternoon across northumberland, county durham into the north—west. elsewhere scattered showers, maybe some brightness now and then but shall go through the south—east midlands towards the south—east of england could become heavy and thundery. some afternoon showers for northern ireland and one or two in the north—east of scotland but primarily we see the dry weather here. coolest in the north sea coast but any brightness further south will figure temperatures yet again above where they should be for this time of year. in the evening, ran at times across england, it will continue on and off through the night to eastern areas. one or two showers elsewhere but with clear skies around tonight it will be a cold at night and last night, a touch of frost around for north and west into tomorrow morning, and of course we have seen west into tomorrow morning, and of course we have seen some west into tomorrow morning, and of course we have seen some late showers just a course we have seen some late showersjust a small course we have seen some late showers just a small chance they could be a little bit ice. into tuesday, low pressure to the west coming infor tuesday, low pressure to the west coming in for wednesday but a bump in the ice above, a ridge of high pressure, it tends to stop many of
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the show was forming, not all of them. tomorrow we are likely to see wet weather in east anglia, the south—east, it will clear away and one 01’ south—east, it will clear away and one or two isolated showers through the day but most will have a dry day and certainly compared to the england and wales, a good deal brighter, some sunny spells around and temperatures here and there into double figures. so, again, a mild enough day with light winds. it changes on wednesday, a cool start towards the east, the win strengthening through the day, turning cloudy across many areas and through the day the western fringes of england, doesn't scotland will see a recovering come and go. most persistent through the afternoon, the reigning northern ireland, southwest wales and cornwall, strong the gale force winds will dominate winds from the south, temperatures could get into the mid— teens are many areas on what will be a rural am old enough week. some dry spells, the wet weather at times too but from it went onward to get increasingly windy and then there are signs down and louise as we go to next weekend, we could see some cold weather returned. —— dan. i
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will keep you updated. not again! seriously! step hasjoined us as step has joined us as well. let's have a look at the front page of the papers. theresa may set to hit back at russia over spy attack. none of the papers have got the story about the papers have got the story about the death of ken dodd at the age of 90, it is on the internet site because it broke last night. the front page of the telegraph. 0fficials face nerve agent backlash. we will be speaking to toxicologists later to find out what is known about this agent and also, look, this is the advice yesterday. lots of viewers would have seen it. 500
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people, diners, people who have been to the pub where sergei. been put it in a plastic bag and phones. put it in a plastic bag if it needs to go to the dry cleaner. britain's worst abuse scandal on the front page of the daily now —— daily mail. and why are kate's fingers all the same length? what a question. but they are not in that picture. that's the end of that. the front page of the guardian. a visitor to the science museum's new medical gallery will see the 3.5 — metre statue. it's really rather beautiful. and football pundit jamie carrigan finds himself on the front page of the mirrorand himself on the front page of the mirror and the sun. —— carragher. a
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spitting storm. there is a viral video of jamie carragher spitting spitting storm. there is a viral video ofjamie carragher spitting on the motorway. he has come out and apologised immediately. he said, totally out of order and i have apologised personally to all the family. i was goaded while being filmed. no excuse, apologies. he finds himself on the front page. lot of the business pages are talking about companies that don't pay as much tax as a lot of people think they should. it's not evasion, it's not illegal but multinationals are paying significantly lower tax rates than they did before the financial crisis back in 2008. quite a few companies on a lot of page is being discussed with the sales they've made the fact they are not necessarily paying tax on that. another little story. are you one of
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those people who gets crumbs on your keyboard? it's one of the first things. i don't want to see what comes out. apparently now, apple are going to create a keyboard where it is impossible to get food in now. we all share desks here. is impossible to get food in now. we all share desks herelj is impossible to get food in now. we all share desks here. i bought a second—hand keyboard and i thought, i've got to prove that comes out. i put the suction power on too much, i removed about 20 of the keys. you know where they are —— where they are, anyway. lots of analysis in the papers today about the ugly scenes at west ham after that pitch invasion. they lost to burnley over the weekend. lots of unrest about the weekend. lots of unrest about the board. they want southern golden brady out. lots of analysis. trevor
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brooking saying the fans really need to get a grip on their behaviour otherwise the team will end up relegated because they cannot play at home in that atmosphere. lots of talk about the fact that we need to do more about stewarding and policing at the grounds. a lot of the responsibility should be on the behaviour of the fans themselves rather than modifying the behaviour of—— rather than modifying the behaviour of —— for them. and pictures from italy, the fiorentino captain davide astori, their first match back. such a step —— such as sad story. 31 years old and italy still reeling from that. this is about garden bird feeders. apparently, they are helping to spread serious diseases, according to scientists. causing
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epidemics. birds congregate in the same place. we will be speaking to somebody with this at about ten past eight. we are going to speak to somebody about 8:20am with more detail on this. it is responsible for finch trichomonosis. and how was mothering sunday everybody?” enjoyed it. celebrating with all the mothers out there. this is a picture that appeared in the telegraph. very happy mothering sunday to all our followers. this very happy mothering sunday to all ourfollowers. this picture our followers. this picture was the queen, for children and the duke of edinburgh, taken in1965 queen, for children and the duke of edinburgh, taken in 1965 outside frogmore house in windsor, celebrating the queen's 39th birthday. the number of people detained in mental health hospitals
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in england has risen by a0% in a decade. one of those was 20—year—old tee who was 18 when she was sectioned. breakfast has had unprecedented access to the secure hospital where tee's been staying — and in the first of two special reports, graham satchell joined her as she prepared to have her section lifted. any worries? how are you feeling? i'm a bit nervous because obviously i've been here for quite awhile so it becomes normal, the routine. tee has been locked up for our own safety for almost two years. no sharp objects, not even an error. she was detained under the mental health act after turning 18.” rememberfeeling health act after turning 18.” remember feeling every emotion under the sun. i was scared. i felt upsell —— upset that i'd let my family down, i felt —— upset that i'd let my family down, ifelt a bit lost. initially it was really horrible and a really scary process and i started to
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realise that that was what i needed. they did in section me for no reason. there was a reason why. tee has been treated at st andrews in northampton, one of the biggest secure mental health hospitals in the first time news cameras have been allowed. the problems started when she was 1a. been allowed. the problems started when she was 14. i used to self sell palm is about cot more intense and quite serious and things like overdosing, which i look back on now and am glad nothing worked. things like that, just spiralled out of control and i felt like i like that, just spiralled out of control and ifelt like i couldn't cope. it's almost time to leave hospital. how have you done? when i first got here, i was really anxious thought i would be here forever. tee has worked hard to get to this point. with therapy and medication, she has learnt to manage your emotions but the number of people being detained in mental health hospitals in england has gone up a0% ina hospitals in england has gone up a0% in a decade. they a section of the
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mental health act. sadly there is an inexhaustible supply of damaged young women out there who are replacing the ladies who are leaving. why are numbers so high? the moment of crisis the tee came issued from child to adult mental health services. the chrisjerrey is different. waiting times are longer. as she turned 18, she had months of note support and ended up taking an overdose. i felt like i was kind of just left eye deteriorated, i felt like nobody cared, i pushed the ones i loved the most away because they thought, they don't care so i don't care. it was really difficult having that period of support. transition is supposed to be a gradual managed period from children's mental health services to adult mental health services to adult mental health services but the many people, it's like falling off a cliff edge and that's how many of them describe it. it's a long, long way to go before we have anything looking optimum
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young people. she wants to cry. tee is saying her last goodbyes. well done, tee. that things are coming. it doesn't have to be same as normal. and actually excited to get on with it. nhs england told us they are spelling spending an extra £280 million a year in trialling new models of care, young people moving to adult services at 25 rather than 18. but they acknowledge too many young people are not getting the treatment they should expect. you did it. it's good. tee is one success story. graham satchell, bbc news. and very good luck to tee on a journey. 0n tomorrow's programme, we will see her as she settles into new accommodation. and we'll be asking if there's enough support in the community to stop people like her being
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readmitted to hospital. still to come this morning. from construction to i.t, steph will find out why a shortage in these skills is costing british firms billions of pounds, and what can be done to fill the gap. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. gpod morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. thousands of students across the capital could be affected by strike action during their exams. the universities union has warned of another 1a days of action between april and june. it's over discussions around a change to their pensions. an advertising campaign urging london's businesses to escape brexit by moving to france has been banned from underground stations. transport for london says the ads don't comply with its guidelines because they relate to matters of public controversy or sensitivity. the normandy development agency which commissioned the images says the campaign was meant to be
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a humorous way of offering a "plan b" to entrepreneurs. with an ever increasing elderly population, and the over 65s living longer, a house of commons community select committee report has acknowledged that their housing needs have to be met. it recommends building more bungalows. but with land prices so high in london, does this suit the economic climate? 0ne expert argues that it does, as moving older people into bungalows frees up larger, family sized properties closer to the centre. all the people enjoy them because it means that they know they can live on this property for quite awhile, they don't have to move, they not concerned about climbing the stairs of the extra cost. it's definitely a concern in london in that space however a government policy was office to residential so you could easily convert an office block into residential homes. and you can see the full story on inside out tonight on bbc1 at 7.30pm. let's have a look at the travel situation now.
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there's a good service on the tubes this morning. the a2a tooting high street remains closed south of tooting broadway tube for repairs to the large water main that burst last week 0ne lane closed in the victoria one—way system for repairs. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather cloudy start this morning. we've got some showers around as well and late on this afternoon, those showers you may hear a rumble or two of thunder as they pass through. they are fairly thick and fast, the showers this morning. 0ne fairly thick and fast, the showers this morning. one to heavy ones in there. not much in a way of brightness, it is breezy as well. temperatures managing to reach
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around 11 celsius. 0vernight, still the risk of want to showers but gradually that risk becomes less as we went through the night. the cloud gradually starts to shift further east. the room temperature above zero. get a rather great start tomorrow. further west, you can see that cloud started in and break as we head into the afternoon. temperatures higher as we head into wednesday that further through the week and into the weekend, we pick up week and into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze. notoriously, thatis up an easterly breeze. notoriously, that is a bit colder server temperatures will drop a little as we head the weekend. 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 louise minchin and dan walker. it is approaching 630 monday morning. it is that folds of march. coming up on breakfast today: hundreds of people are told to wash their possessions following the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter.
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we'll find out more about the nerve agent and why it's taken a week to give this advice. also this morning: a huge treasure hunt for shakespeare's books is taking place right across the uk. we'lljoin in a bit later on. what a beautiful day! hey, hey. singer and guitarist mark chadwick from the levellers willjoin us to talk about everything from politics to recording at abbey road. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the comedian ken dodd has died at the age of 90. happiness, happiness, the age of 90. happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that i possess. he was known to his marathon stage performances and the diddy men and the famous tickling stick. he had
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been treated in hospital recently for a chest infection. some of ken dodd's fans and former colleagues have been paying tribute. and comedian gary delaney made reference to how long ken dodd's shows went on for, saying: actorjohn challis wrote: actor claire sweeney said: many tributes coming into us this morning also say thank you for sending those in. it's 630. let's bring you some other news. the national security agency today to discuss the attack in salisbury on
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the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter. the group made up by senior ministers and ministers from the military service security services is chaired by the prime minister, given the latest evidence and intelligence on the attack before deciding what action should be taken. yesterday hundreds of people in the same pub and restau ra nt of people in the same pub and restaurant has the victims were warned to wash their clothes and other belongings that they had on them at the time. a bitter row has broken out at the top of the labour party with a shadow cabinet minister being removed from her post, apparently against her will. labour says debbie abrahams stepped down as spokeswoman on work and pensions while an employment issue is investigated. but mrs abrahams claims that she's the victim of a bullying culture in the party. at least two people have died after a helicopter crashed into the east river in new york last night. three passengers are in critical condition after being pulled out
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of the water by rescuers. the pilot managed to free himself. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. while for the divers to get these people out, they worked very quickly as fast as they could, it is 50 feet of water there, there was a four mile in our current, the temperature is below a0 is a rubber and worked very hard, it is a great tragedy that we had occurred here on a quiet, otherwise quiet sunday evening. the former commander of the uk's maritime forces says britain's ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he's the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever—changing threats. a council facing financial problems is facing allegations it used millions of pounds of money ring—fenced for public health to prop up other services. the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned that northamptonshire county council may
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have to return as much as ten million pounds to public health england. that money wasn't misappropriated tom it may have been spent in adult social care looking after people in some way or another that somebody mightjudge that some way or another that somebody might judge that wasn't some way or another that somebody mightjudge that wasn't really public health money but at the end of the day, it is still being spent on the people in northamptonshire. this is a question that will spark debate amongst our breakfast is more for the first view with this morning. when it comes to scone— how would you pronounce it? are you jam first or cream first? shall we start from the bottom ? first or cream first? shall we start from the bottom? a crew to, cream, j. no, no, no. are you saying that
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to annoy me? it has to be jam first and then you build it. you use the jam as your base and to build upon that with cream. that is what i said. no, i said from the bottom scone, jam, cream. i do with the other way around. what did i say? can't even remember. ken dodd, cream, jam. no, cream first. the reason we are discussing this is that, you cannot change your ways halfway through. a national trust property in cornwall has apologised for advertising its cream teas with the jam on top of the cream because it's a devon tradition. iama i am a little bit upset because i obviously don't do with the cornish way. do you want to see the advert? it is the wrong way around. it is the right way around. it is the wrong way around. the photo caused
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outrage! and as you can clearly see, the cream is on the scone first, with the jam on top. but the photo caused outrage amongst the cornish residents who say placing jam on first was all about identity as you can see here. they said their staff would all be fired. the national trust property said its staff would now wear these badges hashtag jam first and reassured customers that their mothers were safe in its tearoom. just for clarity in cornwall, it is jam and cream, cornish brothers and sisters, and in devon, it is all about cream and then jam. does that meani about cream and then jam. does that mean i will now have to go on holiday in devon? and eat. i mean, i would love to go on holiday in devon. it means unique to have a long, hard at yourself. i am with her on this one because i feel that the cream... it is like butter! it displaces the jam. the journal is quite clearly a bit more, a bit bulkier than the cream so you can't spread... maybe it is the wrong type of cream! cream is about a
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replacement. cream, jam, devon. all the way. but, jam and then cream. the big triple, they call it. i don't care, as long as there is loads on its! talking about the winter paralympics right now. moving away from scones. we've been looking forward to snowboarding making its debut at the games but it's not gone quite to plan. there has been a problem with the starting gates. let's get the latest from our reporter in pyeongchang kate grey. kate, what's going on? while busy any snowboarding? there has been since nobody but it has not gone smoothly for the first day of the event. the weather has, well, better rojer has increased significantly here, about 16— 20 degrees which catherine you will know was very different for howard was at the olympics is about as post an issue already because the event had to be moved forward because of the conditions changing as it went into the afternoon, they had to make
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sure that the athletes on the snow as soon sure that the athletes on the snow as soon as possible but due to an issue to the starting gates, athletes were trying to push out a big gate, it should drop, as they push out however the gate has not been dropping and athletes have literally been falling over the gate which is obviously not ideal in the way it works in border cross, you would have seen in the olympics, a—6 athletes go at the same time and here they have two or in head—to—head, one is released on the other hasn't so they have to restart the events are obviously not a great situation to the start of the snowboarding and it has really snowed a slow things up with what we know is snowboarding has been taking place, we have three british athletes in action who said it is the first time great britain have been competing in this sport at the paralympic games are quite a historic moment for them and there has been mixed success, enmore and 0wen pick already are knocked out in the elimination rounds but we found out now, we havejust the elimination rounds but we found out now, we have just seen the james barnes—miller has also just been knocked out. —— ben moore. not great
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news for team gb in the snowboarding, who knows if it has anything to do with the fact it has been delayed and there have been a number of issues that as it stands we over great britain will not qualify through to the final stages the border cross but there will be another chance to go in the bank slalom later on. not an ideal start and under the organisers here will be having a little bit of a moment wondering how they can move forward because actually that the richer is set to increase, we could be moving up into the 20s as we move later on into the week. now there has been the british success, or the british athletes are to win very well done by the coast because there is curling in action, the british team have had a mixed set of results, they won their opening match on the first day, they then lost to switzerland yesterday but redeemed themselves and one against finland later on in the evening. and now they are back in action today against sweden and how comfortable the winning a—0 with four ends to go so the winning a—0 with four ends to go so hopefully they will continue to form and bring a bit of british
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success here but as it stands, it is a little bit unpredictable but hopefully we will be able to update you on the curling of the moving from its forward. kate, thank you. doesn't it look army in pyeongchang. i was there in and coats and all sorts of things and kate is wearing short sleeves that looks like! lovely stuff! tottenham and england fans will be waiting for the results of a scan today on harry kane's ankle after he was injured during spurs' a—1win over bournemouth. son heung—min scored twice to move tottenham up to third in the table. arsenal manager arsene wenger says his team need to get the fans back on their side after their recent poor form. and the players did their bit yesterday, beating watford 3—0. there were still plenty of empty seats at the emirates, though. there was a cracking old firm derby in the scottish premiership — josh windass put rangers ahead at ibrox afterjust three minutes. it was 2—2 at half—time before celtic snatched victory, thanks to 0dsonne edouard.
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elsewhere in football, there were emotional scenes in florence, where fiorentina played their first match since the death of their captain davide astori. he passed away at the age of 31 last weekend. when vitor hugo scored the only goal of the game against benevento, he held up a t—shirt bearing astori's face. that was one of many tributes during the game. wales moved up to second place in the six nations table after 38—1a victory over italy in cardiff. george north scored two of their five tries, securing the bonus win — a great result for a much—changed wales side. in the women's six nations, wales failed to get their challenge back on track after a surprise 22—15 home defeat home to bottom side italy. the welsh went in 12—8 down at the break, but managed to claw their way back to within two points of italy but were undone by michela sillari's late bonus point wining try. it was the italians‘ first victory in nine six nations matches. scotland beat ireland for the first time in women's six nations history. chloe rollee ran practically the entire length of the pitch
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to score the second of the scots two tries, as they earned a 15—12 victory. it was a case of so near, yet so farfor tiger woods at the valspar championship in florida. the a2—year—old former world number one, who's slipped to 388th in the rankings, was chasing his first title in four and a half years. he needed to sink this putt on the final hole to force a play off with paul casey, butjust came up short. the englishman claimed the victory byjust one shot. and finally, john motson delivered his final live bbc commentary during yesterday's premier league match between arsenal and watford. the 72—year—old announced in september he'd call time on his bbc career at the end of the season. he'll continue to appear on match of the day until may. his first radio commentary was everton vs derby in december 1969. when the end came, he didn't even say goodbye. hie at the emirates a straightforward win for arsenal. three points for arsenal. add a little bit of an advancement as well in arsene veng's planning for those that against mallarme. arsenal three, watford zero. you can see people watching saint
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what is the going to... 0h, never mind. it was never about him. doctors in some parts of the uk say they're concerned pressure on the nhs is leading to a deterioration in patient safety. a report from the royal college of physicians says doctors feel the situation had become worse in nearly all areas of care. we can speak now to jane dacre, president of the royal college of physicians, who joins us from our london newsroom. good morning, jane. this is quite an extensive report. tell us what your main concerns are. a main concerns after the patients that we serve because more than two thirds of physicians feel that the patient safety has deteriorated over the last year. more than 80% of doctors working in a situation where there are workshops for workforce shortages and has an impact not only on their patients but on their own role. more than 80% of doctors feel that morale is coming down too. this
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isa that morale is coming down too. this is a situation that happens every winter. this winter has been a particularly severe winter because of flu and nora virus and we are beginning to feel that we are running out of steam as. it is. we would really welcome support from the government to try and alleviate it before next year. look at over in a moment. do yourfindings indicate that doctors are concerned that live are essentially in danger. doctors go into medicine to support people and help people. 0ccasionally, you cannot do as much as you would like to do. doctors work really hard to ensure that lives are not in danger but sometimes things get outside their control. you talked about working with the government, the government says the department of health and social care saying we are committing to making the nhs the safest health—ca re system committing to making the nhs the safest health—care system in the world. more staff would now recommend their care to family and friends than ever before and they go
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on about the budget saying we know the nhs is busy which is why we supported at this winter with an additional £a37 million of funding and gave a top priority in the recent public for budget. are you saying it is an enough money? yes. the nhs is under more pressure than ever have seen before and we are not keeping up with that. the government is correct, it has given more money and given money for winter pressure but the money hasn't kept up with demand and that is the problem. one of the further difficulties is that although there are now suggestions that more a&e and nurses will be trained, it takes a long time to these people to be ready to work autonomously in the service and so we have a gap between now and when the crisis has arisen and several yea rs the crisis has arisen and several years time when the new doctors and nurses and other healthcare professionals will be coming in to ta ke professionals will be coming in to take up the roles. what, in your view, could be done to help in the
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meantime? we would hope that the immigration rules for medical practitioners might be relaxed. we hear stories about these is running out and people eating ready to come in the uk and cannot because the visa quota has been breached. the uk has a fantastic reputation for training and healthca re has a fantastic reputation for training and healthcare at it has a fantastic reputation via the nhs. it would like to do is offer training opportunities for healthcare professionals from other countries. it is to say that we want to increase immigration. we understand thatis increase immigration. we understand that is not on the agenda. but we feel that if people came over for education and training in this country and then returned, a skilled to was they came from, we could really help the service and help them. -- upskilled. thank you, professorjane. let's find out what is happening with the weather today.
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is us. w it's ” to be. - driest of all in 90mm e'zele“; it ' 90mm 53ij it 11 case ' grab something scotland but elsewhere, it is a case of grab something waterproof. at all due to an area of low pressure. the cloud is swirling around in an anticlockwise manner. the most persistent of the rain is in northern england. scotland, largely dry. brightest in the west. it's england and wales. if you look at the finer detail of what's happening, you can see the more persistent rain remains across parts of northern england. a scattering of showers elsewhere. to the south—east midlands, south—east england, this is where they could become heavy and
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thundery. windiest towards wales and the south—west. by the end of the day, a few showers into northern ireland but scotland fired a large, the driest of the weather. the coolest of the conditions. enter tonight, showers continuing for england and wales in particular. we will see one or two crop up into the will see one or two crop up into the will west. temperatures could drop low enough for a touch of frost. particularly west and northern parts of the uk. the chart into tuesday shows a big area of low pressure. before it arrives, we are in between two low pressure systems. that means the many, it will be a dry and bright day. a few showers. 12 very isolated ones drifting eastwards and only a gentle breeze on tuesday.
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most only a gentle breeze on tuesday. m ost pla ces only a gentle breeze on tuesday. most places spend the bulk of the day dry and a bit more sunshine around england and wales today. temperatures above what it should be that this time of the year. into wednesday, a change. an area of low pressure pushing towards us after a dry start. brightest of all in eastern parts. the cloud thickens in the west. persistent in northern ireland, west wales. strong to gale force winds. temperatures 10— 1a degrees. the middle part of the week. there are signs, dan and louise, before you get too complacent about temperatures, we could see colder weather. it's a while off yet. we will keep you updated. ijust i just can't believe ijust can't believe it, matt. a genuine disappointment. steph is
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talking about skills to pay the bills. i've been working on that released two minutes. british businesses are losing out on billions of pounds in sales because of the ongoing skills shortage. this is a joint report out this morning from the centre for economics and business research and the parent company of clydesdale bank. they say small and medium sized businesses are missing out on £7 billion of sales because they can't find the right people to fill their job vacancies. lower they say around a quarter of a million more people would be in work if they had the right skills simon swan is founder and chief executive of the recruitment agency marketplace hiring hub, also an ambassador for the national apprenticeship scheme. what are recruiters telling you about what it's like out there? it's incredibly challenging. i think employment is at record highs. the candidates are in short supply. with things that are happening on a macro
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level like brexit and net migration down, they are really struggling. what type of skills we struggling? it's broad. digital in it, engineering, construction, healthcare, social care. even funeral directors lorry drivers. it's very broad. the skills gap is something we have been talking about the years. is anybody doing anything about it? yes, the government is trying to do things about it but again, like! trying to do things about it but again, like i said with what's happening, with things like brexit, they need to accelerate some of the policies and work on what's happened with visas and immigration in general because this is not going to get better soon. if you are in charge, what needs to be done?”
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would take nhs out of those visas. have a separate one for private companies. i would encourage employers if i was the government, i would give incentives for employers to develop training schemes. do you think this is a problem which will get worse? absolutely 10096 think this is a problem which will get worse? absolutely 100% it think this is a problem which will get worse? absolutely 10096 it will. are there any companies you think i'm mailing it when it comes to getting the right skill set? this report looks specifically at small and medium enterprises and small businesses are struggling because they are small. we are seeing large companies, even the co—op i mention of funeral directors, they did running apprenticeship schemes to bring through new directors and there are some great case studies of companies doing things brilliantly but the sme types in particularly are struggling because of a lack of resources . are struggling because of a lack of
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resources. should there be more collaboration in the supply chain? you have big companies which use a supply chain should be more collaboration? absolutely. it's difficult. it's difficult to align big companies, small companies, governments, the education sector. it's challenging. that is where we need leadership. if you're a kid at school, what would you do to make sure you're not going to miss on this. it sounds like it is a great market to be in. i think there is a real issue, careers advice hasn't been fantastic. really, if they can align themselves closer to the business community and get business leaders into schools. that's easier than done. the curriculum doesn't really have space for careers advice. schools don't getjudged on the employability. it comes back to
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government. i have been invited to schools to talk. which sectors are hot. i really think it needs to be looked at as well as the skills issue. it goes right back to education. i've talk to businesses which say, we want to get into schools. a lot of young people now, why can't businesses be in the space of young people. logging in, using different video sites. why is it just about sending people into schools? they try. again, businesses, it is exceptionally broad. you have some companies that embrace digital and others that perhaps don't know what vlogging is. it's easy to get people to talk to the kids in schools. thank you very
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much for your time. now this isn't something we usually do on breakfast because you're probably eating right now, but we're going to talk about dog mess. a campaign against dog poo has started in a village in cambridgshire. the idea is if you spot muck on the floor, you upload the location of it on to a map — and it's hoped this will encourage people to pick it up. we've been asking if the idea will catch on. it's a good idea but i think it's aimed at the wrong people, people that don't pick their dog faeces up. it's not difficult, is it? it's not difficult to pick up your dogs mess. ijust don't difficult to pick up your dogs mess. i just don't understand difficult to pick up your dogs mess. ijust don't understand why people still don't and obviously don't buy the amount i've seen left here today. a lot of places, it's not really that north. we just want
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people picking it up. look after their dogs and be responsible dog owners. being stuck doing it in picking up and putting it in the bin. the dog things. that's what we do. ijust find it is really frustrating. we always carry a bag review but we noticed just across there, there is a bin. lots of you will want to talk about that this morning. send us your ideas. is it a goodidea morning. send us your ideas. is it a good idea or not? you can email us. 0rshare your good idea or not? you can email us. 0r share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. you can viewers on our facebook page. you ca n tweet viewers on our facebook page. you can tweet about that or any of today's stories. you can find us on twitter and facebook. i know this is a slightly separate issue but i had
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a slightly separate issue but i had a heated debate about the use of the food tree. you know when people leave bags in a tree. that is another issue. that is a separate one for a different day. we have scholars and dog who to talk about today. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. thousands of students across the capital could be affected by strike action during their exams. the universities union has warned of another 1a days of action between april and june. it's over discussions around a change to their pensions. an advertising campaign urging london's businesses to escape brexit by moving to france has been banned from underground stations. transport for london says the ads don't comply with its guidelines because they relate to matters of public controversy or sensitivity. the normandy development agency which commissioned the images says
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the campaign was meant to be a humorous way of offering a "plan b" to entrepreneurs. with an ever increasing elderly population, and the over 65s living longer, a house of commons community select committee report has acknowledged that their housing needs have to be met. it recommends building more bungalows. but with land prices so high in london, does this suit the economic climate? all the people enjoy them because it means that they know they can live in this property for quite awhile, they don't have to move, they're not concerned about climbing the stairs or the extra cost. it's definitely a concern in london in that space, however a government policy was office to residential, so you could easily convert, without a long planning process, an office block into residential homes. and you can see the full story on inside out tonight on bbc1 at 7.30pm. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the piccadilly line which is part suspended.
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0n the trains some staff on southern are on strike today. most routes are running normally but the west london line have a limited service. the a2a tooting high street remains closed south of tooting broadway tube for repairs to the large water main that burst last week. marylebone: gloucester place restrictions for emergency repairs to a burst water main near park road. victoria — one lane closed in the victoria one—way system for repairs. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather cloudy start this morning. we've got some showers around as well and later on this afternoon, those showers you may hear a rumble or two of thunder as they pass through. they are fairly thick and fast, the showers this morning. one to heavy ones in there as well. not much in a way of brightness, it is a bit breezy as well through the day. temperatures still managing to reach around 11 celsius. 0vernight tonight, we still have the risk of one or two showers but but graduallym that risk becomes
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a little bit less as we went through the night. the cloud gradually starts to shift a little bit further east. the minimum temperature again above zero, between a and 7 celsius. again, a rather grey start tomorrow. further west, you can see that cloud start to thin and break and you may get some sunny spells as we head into the afternoon. temperatures higher as we head into wednesday but gradually as we head further through the week and into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze. notoriously, that is a bit colder so the temperatures are going to drop a little as we head the weekend. 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 louise minchin and dan walker. the entertainer sir ken dodd has died at the age of 90. # happiness, happiness. and his tickling stick died in the home he was born injust days —— the liverpudlian comic famous for his epic stand—up shows and his tickling stick died in the home he was born injust days after marrying his
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long—term partner. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic, and then we should go back to knotty ash, up north, knotty ash on merseyside, and i shall see the diddy men there, so i'll give your regards to them. tributes have been pouring in for the star. we'll look back at sir ken's life and work. good morning. it's monday the 12th of march. also this morning: the russian spy mystery — theresa may chairs a meeting of her national security chiefs as 500 people in salisbury are told to wash their clothes as a precaution. five people have died after a helicopter crashed into the east river in new york last night. a
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tough time to retailers with consumer spending at its lowest level for three years, according to new research. i will find out why. in sport, a faulty start gate means the snowboard cross is suspended at the winter paralympics. britain's contenders did manage to make their runs, but all three have been knocked out. and matt has the weather. good morning. good morning. frost free start to the but if you are out for dry weather, scotland is the place to be. one or two showers for england and wales. your full forecast is in 15 minutes. see you then. will do, thank you. just on seven then. will do, thank you. just on seven o'clock. sir ken dodd, the much—loved comedian, has died at the age of 90. described by his publicist as "one of the last music hall greats" sir ken was known for his marathon stage performances and the creation of the diddy men and the tickling stick. the performerfrom liverpool had recently spent six weeks in hospital with a chest infection. on friday, he married his partner of a0 years, annejones. caroline davies looks
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back at his life. tickling sticks and diddy men, ken dodd was a variety performer with a gift for the surreal... what a brilliant day for going up to count von zeppelin and saying "you'll never sell a sausage that size!" ..and the love of a catchphrase or three. how tickled i am! how tickled i am by all this goodwill. what about you, mrs? have you been tickled by goodwill? knick—knocky, knick—knock, knick—knocky knick—knack! knick—knocky, knick—knock, knicky—knacky—noo! proud of his merseyside roots, the coal merchant's son fro knotty ash became a chart—topping singer, a television star, and a ventriloquist. doddy! hi—ya, doddy! although silly on stage, dodd was serious about his craft. freud said that a laugh is a sudden explosion of psychic energy. of course, the trouble with freud was he never played second house friday night at glasglow empire.
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he still lived in the home he grew up in and guarded his private life carefully. in 1989, that was shattered when he faced charges of massive tax evasion. he had 20 offshore bank accounts and more than £300,000 hidden around his house. he was acquitted and continued performing. last year, he was given a knighthood in recognition of his charity and comedy work. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic and then we shall go back to knotty ash up north, knotty ash on merseyside, and i shall see the diddy men there, so i'll give your regards to them. aged 90, dodd was recently hospitalised with a chest infection but he still wanted to go back on stage. i look forward to getting back to doing myjob — the onlyjob that i have ever had, the onlyjob that i know. # happiness, happiness. after more than 60 years of making others laugh, it was performing to the british public that dodd said
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gave him enormous happiness. happiness! some of ken dodd's fans and former colleagues have been paying tribute. plenty of his classics are on social media this morning. the national security council is to look at the latest evidence of the suspected poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter. an assessment will be made on who might have carried out the nerve agent attack. sergei and yulia skripal remain critically ill in hospital. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in salisbury for us this morning. good morning to you. i know you have been there for quite some time, many days, what is the latest? there is some progress being made here with the investigation. we know now that traces of that nerve agent, the deadly substance that the skripals we re deadly substance that the skripals
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were exposed to was found in the zizzi restaurant they dined and the mill pub went for a drink last sunday afternoon. police are investigating how and where the two we re investigating how and where the two were exposed to the substance. there is an operation examining sergei skripal‘s car, over the weekend at deakin —— decontamination exercise was done along with the military who insisted, police cars have been removed from a number of locations, and we know that the table at the zizzi restaurant where the too had their lunch we believe were so contaminated it has now been destroyed. —— too. people who are dining at the zizzi restaurant or had a drink at the pub up until monday evening with those two locations were sealed off, they are being told to wash their clothes as a precaution. there is something to hear that the advice is onlyjust been issued, one week later, although officials stressed there is although officials stressed there is
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a limited risk, a low risk, and there is no need to be alarmed. theresa may will chair a meeting of the national security council this morning to discuss the pop is —— and clear the possibility of the russians. amber rudd has already been here to visit the scene, she has chaired a meeting of the cobra committee but clearly, although she is urging caution not tojump to conclusions, there is clearly the consideration of the implications of what happened here for uk — russia relations at the highest level of government. thank you, good to talk to you. a bitter row has broken out at the top of the labour party with a shadow cabinet minister being removed from her post, apparently against her will. debbie abrahams was the spokeswoman on work and pensions. we speak now to our political correspondent ben wright. what's going on? what do you know about what is going on. good morning. this erupted late last night and it seems that debbie abrahams met a couple of people from
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jeremy corbyn's offers to discuss what the party describes as an employment issue. sometime on friday. the labour party itself are not elaborating on what the employment issue is that we understand the concerns an allegation of bullying which she firmly categorically denies. as they met on friday, and then last night, the labour party issued a statement saying that debbie abrahams had stood aside while the labour party investigates this employment issue and almost immediately off the back of that debbie abrahams herself released and excoriating statement, saying she had no detail about the complaint against her, process or the timescales, she said the treatment she received by certain individuals in the leader's offers over the last 10 months has been aggressive, intimidating and wholly unprofessional, showing a bullying culture of the worst kind and she has now taken herformal complaint to the labour party and parliamentary authority so extraordinary row that has erupted
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at the top of the labour party, shattering a piece that has existed many months, actually. thank you indeed. five people have died after a helicopter crashed into the east river in new york last night. the pilot managed to free himself. he was pulled out of the water by rescuers. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. that news has been updated in the last a0 minutes or the former commander of the uk's maritime forces says britain's ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he's the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever—changing threats. a new survey suggests almost two thirds of doctors in some parts of the uk feel patient safety has deteriorated over the past year. the report, by the royal college of physicians, found that growing
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pressures on nhs staff have led to concerns about patient care. the government says it's absolutely committed to making the nhs the safest healthcare system in the world. former liverpool footballerjamie carragher has apologised after a video of him spitting at a girl in a carfrom his own video of him spitting at a girl in a car from his own vehicle was released. it happened while he drove back from the liverpool manchester united match on saturday. 0n back from the liverpool manchester united match on saturday. on twitter he said he had been goaded three or four times while being filmed and said there was no excuse for what he did, he did also say he has contacted the family and apologised. a teenage photographer‘s shots of the beatles‘ first concerts in the united states are expected to sell for 250,000 pounds at auction. mike mitchell, who was 18 at the time, took hundreds of pictures of the fab four‘s gigs at the washington coliseum and the baltimore civic centre in 196a. he also attended their first press conference and captured the band‘s arrival at union station.
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if you want a little ken dodd fact, to songs by the beatles in the 19605, to songs by the beatles in the 1960s, they were the only two songs that outsold ken dodd‘s songs. incredible. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year‘s winner, a 2.5—year—old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened — two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. you can see tease obviously being held by her owner who was quite concerned. no animals or owners were harmed. which is good news. it is 711 in the morning. hundreds of people who were in the same pub and restaurant as the former russian spy and his daughter when they were poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury,
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have been told to wash their clothes, watches, phones and anything else they had on them at the time. low and the action has been recommended as a precaution. —— public health england says the risk is very low and the action has been recommended as a precaution. professor alistair hay is an expert in toxicology from the university of leeds and joins us now. good morning, thank you. first of all, we don‘t know or you don‘t know as yet, do you, exactly what the substance is? all we know is it is a nerve agent of one kind, there are a variety of different kinds but the reasons unknown the government hasn‘t said exactly what it is. reasons unknown the government hasn't said exactly what it is. do we know why it has taken one week for this advice to come out? is it because it has taken a long time to assess it and analyse what the substance is? absolutely. they will have to be doing in salisbury is just trying to assess what contamination may be in different places and this takes time. the collection of the samples is one aspect of it but the processing time
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in the laboratory is considerable. you have to do extensive cleanup of samples before you can process them through equipment. maybe they haven‘t told us because of security reasons but once they know what it is, ones that tell them where it would have come from originally?m is possible. they will do exactly what the agent is and the dock is treating the father and daughter would‘ve been told and that would guide their treatment. —— doctors. from an environmental sample, if they can tell that the cursor chemicals that may have been used to make the nerve agent, they may be present, also unwanted reaction products in any chemical reaction to make something of a combination of those things helps to give you a sort of fingerprint that might suggest which laboratory came from. if you are watching this in salisbury, what sort of risk factor are we talking about. should you be concerned or is this precautionary? it is absolutely a precautionary measure. if people had been exposed
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they would have had symptoms by now. with the government is doing or public health england is recommending, is coming to avoid repeated contact and we know that with repeated contact you can get a buildup, an accumulation if you like, in the body, which may take you to a threshold where there could bea you to a threshold where there could be a problem. the evidence suggests the exposures would have been very low, the concentration in the environment is low this is a precautionary measure. it may be a bit inconvenient for people but the government is playing safe. i think it is ina government is playing safe. i think it is in a difficult position. if one did become ill at some point and it was known that the government knew about this, it would have got a lot of stick so here it is saying follow this advice and this will guarantee your safety. talk to us if you would a little bit about the difference between a nerve agent and polonium, for example, which we know has been used before. nerve agents are chemical. polonium
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is also chemical but it‘s radioactive. radioactive agents usually poison over a longer time. radiation gradually destroys cells. it takes some time to become manifest. with a nerve agent, depending on the route of the administration, you are looking at something that could have an effect in minutes or even hours or days later. is this something you could make yourself? is it freely available? is it dark web type material? it was freely available, we would be in real difficulty. these are highly restricted chemicals. of course, competent chemists can make these things. look at the structure and find out how can combine these things to make finished agent. they are at high risk because of exposure and leakage from equipment. it's been
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fascinating to talk to you. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. a bit of everything this morning. good morning to you. some wet weather around. the driest weather in scotland but grab something waterproof, there will be plenty of showers. longer spells of brain in northern england as well. the tell—tale sign is the fact that the cloud is revolving in this anticlockwise direction. the further north you go, scotland and northern ireland. 0ne north you go, scotland and northern ireland. one or two to north—east of scotland. it‘s here where you will be dodging the showers all day. that rain will continue for many. some gaps between the showers. we see them in south—east england. this is
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where the could be the odd rumble of thunder mixed in. the western side of scotland, a few showers into the afternoon. any brightness in the south, we could see temperatures at 11, 12 degrees. continuing with the rain tonight across the eastern half of england. 0ne rain tonight across the eastern half of england. one or two showers into the west. some clearer skies around tonight. them last night. a touch of frost, some distant fog patches. we have seen some late showers. for tomorrow, in between low pressure. this little bump on the isobars, a richard pye pressure which signals fine weather for many. some outbreaks of rain which will clear. fairly well scattered. most places
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will avoid them. it will be fairly pleasa nt will avoid them. it will be fairly pleasant when the sun is out. temperatures in parts of scotland could get into double figures. wednesday, a cool start to eastern areas. throughout the day, east anglia and the south—east, the cloud thicken up for some occasional rain. northern ireland, southwest wales and cornwall, the rain persistent. those wins coming up in the south, pushing temperatures for many into double figures. we see temperatures, but the sunshine lifting. 0verall through the working week, fairly mild. we differ in midweek onwards. before we get too complacent, always bring terms and conditions, things could turn a little bit colder wants more of the time we hit next week. i‘m just going to ignore it. can we
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put a little sticker up?” i‘m just going to ignore it. can we put a little sticker up? ijust feel like building new. the energy industry say that more people switched electricity supply last month than ever before. and there is a good bit of news. energy uk represents all the providers and they have said there were 660,000 people in february alone who switched, the highest number ever recorded. that‘s about 2a,000 a day. also, that is up 60% compared to february last year. it‘s a big rise. there is now commitment between lots of the providers called the energy switch guarantee which makes it simpler, faster and safer to switch your supply. that has made a bit of a difference. it‘s probably because we keep on about it. as long as
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people are getting a good deal. that‘s the main thing. they are saying lots of people are saving money and there have been over a million people so far who have saved from switching. we have had unprecedented the number of people detained in mental health hospitals in england has risen by a0% in a decade. one of those was 20—year—old tee who was 18 when she was sectioned. breakfast has had unprecedented access to the secure hospital where tee‘s been staying — and in the first of two special reports, graham satchell joined her as she prepared to have her section lifted. so, any worries? how are you feeling? i'm a bit nervous because obviously i've been here for quite awhile so it becomes kind of normal, the routine. tee has been locked up for her own safety for almost two years. no sharp objects, not even a mirror.
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she was detained under the mental health actjust after turning 18. teehasrbeentreateez 14-. . . , news cameras have been allowed. tee‘s problems started when she was 1a. i used to self—harm so that got more intense and quite serious and things like overdosing, which obviously i look back on now and am glad nothing worked. things like that, just spiralled out of control and i felt like i couldn‘t cope anymore. tee, it's almost time to leave hospital. how do you think you've done in your time here? when i first got here,
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i was really anxious and thought i would be here forever. tee has worked hard to get to this point. with therapy and medication, she has learnt to manage her emotions but the number of people being detained in mental health hospitals in england has gone up a0% in a decade. the majority of our patients are detained patients. they are here under a section of the mental health act. sadly there is an inexhaustible supply of damaged young women out there who could replace the ladies who are leaving. why are numbers so high? the moment of crisis for tee came issued from child to adult mental health services. the criteria for getting help as an adult is different. waiting times are longer. as she turned 18, tee had months of no support and ended up taking an overdose. ifelt like i was kind of just left so that gap, it really made me worse. i deteriortated, ifelt like nobody cared, i pushed the ones i loved the most away because they thought, they don‘t care so i don‘t care. it was really difficult having that period of support. transition is supposed to be a gradual managed
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period from children's mental health services to adult mental health services but for many young people, it's like falling off a cliff edge and that's how many young people describe that process. so there's a long, long way to go before we have anything looking like optimal young people. i‘m still crying. tee is saying her last goodbyes. well done, tee. better things are coming. it doesn‘t all have to be so miserable. i‘m actually excited to get out and live my life. nhs england told us they‘re spelling spending an extra £280 million a year and trialling new models of care, young people moving to adult mental health services at 25 rather than 18. but they acknowledge too many young people are not getting the treatment they should expect. you did it. we did. tee is one success story. graham satchell, bbc news. and many thanks to tee to letting us
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follow a look at her story. tomorrow, we will be asking that question, if there is enough support in the community. to stop people like tee being readmitted to hospital. and eating else we are talking about as well. there‘s a big treasure hunt going on right across the uk with primary school children looking for books by shakespeare. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is in rotherham for us this morning. good morning. we are harnessing our inner bhatia. for the launch of shakespeare week. the idea is to celebrate and learn about the greatest playwright of all. the
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other people to read and enjoy. they are going to be wrapped up and left in special places. we have been mcmillan, the bard of barnsley, getting the kids into a shakespearean mood as well. lots to talk about. why should young people be celebrating shakespeare? he invented so many words that we now use every day, especially. but behold, it is a dagger i see before me. it‘s the news, the weather in the travel where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m victoria hollins. thousands of students across the capital could be affected by strike action during their exams. the universities union has warned of another 1a days of action between april and june. it‘s over discussions around a change to their pensions. students it seems are divided, some are backing the strikes but others want some of their tuition fees back.
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an advertising campaign urging london‘s businesses to escape brexit by moving to france has been banned from underground stations. transport for london says the ads don‘t comply with its guidelines because they relate to matters of public controversy or sensitivity. the normandy development agency which commissioned the images says the campaign was meant to be a humorous way of offering a "plan b" to entrepreneurs. with an ever increasing elderly population, and the over 65s living longer, a house of commons community select committee report has acknowledged that their housing needs have to be met. it recommends building more bungalows. but with land prices so high in london, does this suit the economic climate? 0ne expert argues that it does, as moving older people into bungalows frees up larger, family sized properties closer to the centre. all the people enjoy them because it means that they know they can live in this property for quite awhile, they don‘t have to move, they‘re not concerned about climbing the stairs or the extra cost.
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it‘s definitely a concern in london, the amount of space, however a government policy was office to residential, so you could easily convert, without a long planning process, 0n the trains some staff on southern are on strike today. most routes are running normally but the west london line have a limited service. the a2a tooting high street remains closed south of tooting broadway tube for repairs to the large water main that burst last week. marylebone: gloucester place restrictions for emergency repairs to a burst water main near park road. victoria — one lane closed in the victoria one—way system for repairs. let‘s have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather cloudy start this morning. we‘ve got some showers around as well and later on this afternoon, those showers you may hear
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a rumble or two of thunder as they pass through. they are fairly thick and fast, the showers this morning. one or two heavier ones in there as well. not much in a way of brightness, it is a bit breezy as well through the day. temperatures still managing to reach around 11 celsius. 0vernight tonight, we still have the risk of one or two showers but gradually that risk becomes a little bit less as we head through the night. the cloud gradually starts to shift a little bit further east. the minimum temperature again above zero, between a and 7 celsius. again, a rather grey start tomorrow. further west, you can see that cloud start to thin and break and you may get some sunny spells as you head into the afternoon. temperatures higher as we head into wednesday but gradually as we head further through the week and into the weekend, we pick up an easterly breeze. notoriously, that is a bit a bit colder so the temperatures are going to drop a little as we head the weekend. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello this is breakfast
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with louise minchin and dan walker. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. the comedian sir ken dodd has died at the age of 90. how tickled i am but all this goodwill. what about you mrs? have you been tickled by goodwill? described by his publicist as "one of the last music hall greats," sir ken was known for his marathon stage performances and the creation of the diddy men and the tickling stick. the liverpool based performer had recently been treated in hospital for a chest infection. you have approximately 30 seconds to make friends with the audience. you can play an audience like you play in instrument, you know where the hotspots are, where they need coaxing, where you can float. at midnight, ladies, your husband, your boyfriend, or both of them! some of ken dodd‘s fans and former colleagues have been paying radio presenter stephanie hirst
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reminised about seeing him on stage, saying: actor rory cowan posted a picture of himself with ken, saying: and comedian robin ince made reference to his run in with hmrc: in other news, a bitter row has broken out at the top of the labour party with a shadow cabinet minister being removed from her post, apparently against her will. labour says debbie abrahams stepped down as spokeswoman on work and pensions while an employment issue is investigated. but mrs abrahams claims that she‘s the victim of a bullying culture in the party.
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five people have died after a helicopter they were travelling in crashed into the east river in new york last night. police say the pilot managed to free himself and was pulled out of the water by rescuers. he‘s now left hospital. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. the former commander of the uk‘s maritime forces says britain‘s ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he‘s the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever—changing threats. a new survey suggests almost two thirds of doctors in some parts of the uk feel patient safety has deteriorated over the past year. the report by the royal college of physicians found that growing pressures on nhs staff have led to concerns about patient care.
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the government says it‘s absolutely committed to making the nhs the safest healthcare system in the world. i feel that we have ifeel that we have reached i feel that we have reached a ifeel that we have reached a new moment, we‘re actually going to fall out the next story. we have been arguing about this for the last hour or so. arguing about this for the last hour or so. it is to do with scones. where do you put the jam on question mark before or after the cream. the national trust property in cornwall, which is important, has apologised to advertising its cream teas with the jam on top of the cream. because it isa the jam on top of the cream. because it is a different tradition. this is the offending advert, it shows off its cream teas for mothering day. it is wrong, isn‘t it? it is not wrong! as you can clearly see, the jam is on first. basing jam on first was all about their identity, residents say. as you can see, that is
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correct, everybody. i don‘t know whether it is from devon or cornwall but i argue with the order. i think it should be scones, cream, jam. the staff know where these badges. —— will now wear these. today i have formed a political party and we are called jam first because i put a pole on social media, over 70% of people are in agreement that you go jam first and i will let you into a secret, you are backtracking, you are saying hold on a minute, what happens if it is a hot scone. you cannot put the cream on first because it will melt. that is why you put the jam on first! i like that he brought in a private conversation to win that argument. they would never be hot. they would be warm. you are doing a classic diversionary tactic. you have realised that you have wandered down the road... i am realised that you have wandered down the road... iam not
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realised that you have wandered down the road... i am not going to change, i have been doing this for many years. you have a supporter in me. the one with jam and cream on top? we are losing. he has done a poll. it is eight cream— jam poll. anyway. we have sorted it out. what is happening in the sport. we‘ve been looking forward to snowboarding making its debut at the games but it‘s not gone quite to plan. let‘s get the latest from our reporter in pyeongchang kate grey. —— you know how they push off the start gate and then they chase each other down the snowboard cross track? let‘s get the latest from our reporter in pyeongchang kate grey. kate, what‘s going on? have we seen any snowboarding this morning? yes, you will be pleased to hear the snowboarding cross did go ahead today. the temperature has increased quite a bit here, you would be up to see behind me there is no snow over the last week and when you are here at the olympics they have a lot of snow and it was cold and now it is up to about 16
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degrees. it is late afternoon to the temperature is dropping that they haven‘t all sorts of issues in the snowboarding with the start date. have the issues that the start gate should drop down of the skaters crossed the line and unfortunately it was not and athletes were falling over so it was not and athletes were falling over so they brought in rope over the athletes were then having to cross rope to get into their race is a really not ideal situations but luckily, it has gone ahead, it is just about coming to an end and we have had three british athletes in action and unfortunately none of them made it through to the final rounds to fight it out for the medals but we had 0wen pick and then more making it through to the elimination round and written best result came from james barnes—miller who made it through to the quarterfinal. —— ben moore.. iam joined by james, the quarterfinal. —— ben moore.. iam joined byjames, the first time competing at a paralympic games and the great written, what an honour to bea the great written, what an honour to be a debutante to the british team. it is meagre, we are the first team to represent paralympic gb and it is
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mecca. -- mega. were you affected by the problems they had? the racing was good, i hope everyone enjoyed it, i was good, i hope everyone enjoyed it, lam was good, i hope everyone enjoyed it, i am happy, was good, i hope everyone enjoyed it, lam happy, as long was good, i hope everyone enjoyed it, i am happy, as long as i raced well i am happy. the start date isn't ideal but we carried on racing so isn't ideal but we carried on racing so it isa isn't ideal but we carried on racing so it is a winner. classic order attitude there, do not let it frees up, but you are actually in december 2017 you had your kit stolen, was there a time may be where you thought you wouldn‘t even be at the games? never crossed my mind, it was. . . games? never crossed my mind, it was... ijust had to think more like how am! was... ijust had to think more like how am i going to get to the next race and i had loads of sport, the bbc helped me massively and i managed to get everything sorted really quickly as well, the support was excellent, all over the world, dies at home, new sponsors, my funding pages went mental, incredible. looking forward to the banks incredible. looking forward to the ba n ks level incredible. looking forward to the banks level later in the week. yes,
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a couple of days off and then we get going and the course was incredible today, hopefully the bank slalom will also be and it will be awesome. congratulations today and the best of luck and to update you there have been some curling going on and to the british team have beaten sweden which means they will be back to their winning ways and they have won three out of their four matches here so three out of their four matches here so it is all looking good and we will keep you updated on their performance later on today. thank you, kate in pyeongchang, good to see their paralympicsgb snowboarders in action. now let‘s get up—to—date on the rest of the news. tottenham and england fans will be waiting for the results of a scan today on harry kane‘s ankle. he was forced off during spurs‘ a—1 win over bournemouth yesterday, but they managed 0k without their top scorer, heung—min son finding the net twice as tottenham climbed to third in the table. arsenal manager arsene wenger says his team need to get the fans back on their side after their recent poor form. and the players did their bit yesterday, beating watford 3—0. there were still plenty of empty seats at the emirates, though.
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quite a celebration there. there was a cracking old firm derby in the scottish premiership — josh windass put rangers ahead at ibrox afterjust three minutes. it was 2—2 at half—time before celtic snatched victory, thanks to 0dsonne edouard. wales moved up to second place in the six nations table after 38—1a victory over italy in cardiff. george north scored two of their five tries, securing the bonus win — a great result for a much—changed wales side. not such good news for wales‘ women — they suffered a surprise 22—15 home defeat home to bottom side italy. they got to within two points of the italians but they were undone by a late try. scotland beat ireland for the first time in women‘s six nations history. chloe rollee ran practically the entire length of the pitch to score the second of the scots two tries, as they earned a 15—12 victory. there was a really disappointing defeat for british number one kyle edmund at the indian wells 0pen. it was his first match since reaching the semifinals
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of the australian open and overtaking andy murray in the rankings, but he was beaten in straight sets by lucky loser dudi sela of israel, who‘s the world number 97. serena williams will play her sister venus tonight in the third round at indian wells as she continues her comeback after the birth of her daughter. six months after having a baby, back in action, and she has to take on her sister. always drama. now, this isn‘t something we usually do on breakfast because you‘re probably eating right now, but we‘re going to talk about dog mess. a campaign against dog poo has started in a village in cambridgshire. the idea is if you spot muck on the floor, you upload the location of it on to a map, and it‘s hoped this will encourage people to pick it up. we‘ve been asking if the idea will catch on. it‘s a good idea but i think it‘s aimed at the wrong people, people that don‘t pick their dog faeces up. it's not difficult, is it?
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it's not difficult to pick up your dog's mess. i just don't understand why people still don't, and they obviously don't by the amount i've seen left here today. a lot of places, they only have one bin and it's not really enough. we just want people picking it up. look after their dogs and be responsible dog owners. being stuck doing it in and picking up after yourself and putting it in the bin. put it in the dog bings, that's what we do. i just find it is really frustrating. we always carry a bag and we alsays pick up our own stuff but we noticed just across there, there‘s a bin. thank you very much for all of your
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comments. i know you clearly care about this. with us now is amanda carlin in wimblington, who came up with the idea, and here in the studio is allison 0gden—newton from keep britain tidy. morning both. amanda and molly, i should say, we will introduce you as well. we cannot with this idea, why and exactly, explained to us people are meant to do. 0k. well, the reason that we came up with the idea is because we were discussing it on facebook on the facebook page for bridlington, people do feel aggrieved that not everybody picks up aggrieved that not everybody picks up after their pets. —— wimblington. we need to find a way to pick up on this so we came up with the idea of mapping and monitoring where the to is left. and —— to people will let
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us is left. and —— to people will let us know where they have seed doodoos left, we put it on faith or, some people take photographs and give us detailed information so cash can put it on the map for us. —— natasha. we treat to the district council, they have a pick up initiative where they are doing on the spot fines and £75, and that pinpoints the areas that are worst affected. either you have not been doing it for long but is it making a difference? well, guess, on saturday, well, friday, we had no sightings at all. saturday we had one in the morning and one in the afternoon but sadly, yesterday, there were a lot of sightings. we have to keep monitoring. yeah. but it is having an impact and it could be, you know, the district council we re be, you know, the district council were not available to go and pick up. i have to say it is notjust the district council but do the picking
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up, the responsible dog owners pick up up, the responsible dog owners pick up after other pets. the people of the area are proud of their village and rightly so, it is beautiful, sir asa and rightly so, it is beautiful, sir as a responsible community we are doing something about the problem. did you think things like this make a difference, that the map scheme and other schemes generally? we think it is brilliant, it is about getting people involved and making them think twice to the fact that our collecting evidence and urging people to think about what they are doing because campaigns we have run, it is all about getting people to think about what they would do if they were being watched. we find that if people think that they behave differently when they are being watched than they do behave differently and this is spot on, it makes people who go out at night in particular are not picking up that actually, if someone was watching them, they would pick up. we talk
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about this, it comes down to people getting into contact to say it is a selfishness issue, it is the issue of hanging your dog to in aid bag and living on a tree or whatever. —— old mess. —— are bag. it is essentially just being old mess. —— are bag. it is essentiallyjust being nice to other humans, isn‘t it, and picking up? essentiallyjust being nice to other humans, isn't it, and picking up?m is not a nice, it is safe, dog mess is not a nice, it is safe, dog mess isa is not a nice, it is safe, dog mess is a health method. they cannot keep playground faith because of dog mess so playground faith because of dog mess so it is important. but the forsayth. 0n the wiki got a message from the great british spring clean crew who've been picking up dog mess bags out of bushes that do not belong to their dogs. we have people up belong to their dogs. we have people up and down the country picking up after other people's dogs because like the people in cambridgeshire they are proud of where they live and they don't want to look at it. amanda, from what you‘ve seen so far, are there particular areas
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which seemed to be problematic. well, we have had communication from almost 50 different communities and other local authorities asking for help. because they are also proud of their community and they want to deal with the problem. it is a nationwide problem. sorry to interrupt you, what i wanted to know is with your map that you are doing, can you see that there are areas where there are issues? there are some hotspots. people can avoid them. that‘s one of the reasons why we did the mapping, so that people know were at safer and not safe to walk. it‘s not fair on mothers with pushchairs. walking their children to school. it‘s good to them to know there has been a
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sighting on that route, avoid it. are we winning the battle? 135 councils are using it. it is one of the things we have achieved a tipping point on. you only need a few dog owners going out twice a day and you got yourself a sport. we need to keep the pressure on and keep the message out there to bag it and bin it. any bid will do. not a tree or a bush. i went out without a pre— bagged the other day but i did use an elaborate belief system to put said deposit in the bin. happy pages in that? i‘m not sure it will catch on. it took some time to construct. thank you both very much.
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is molly yorkshire terrier cross? she is. thank you very much indeed. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. some foul weather the parts of the country today but certainly not in the west of scotland. this is the view in durham at the moment. very murky across parts of northern england. low pressure paying a big playing a big part in the weather. the tell—tale sign is the cloud is circulating. a lot of dry weather to come. western scotland has seen the best of the sunshine. much of the time, it will be dry. let us look at the finer details. some longer spells of rain this morning. that
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will break up a little bit into the afternoon. the showers will be their heaviest through parts of the midlands this afternoon. maybe the odd rumble of thunder. if you are heading out, something waterproof is advisable. scotland and northern ireland, by and large, in eastern coast, temperatures double figures. tonight, still some outbreaks of rain through the eastern half of the country. some clearer skies around tonight. temperatures will drop far enough to touch of frost. tuesday is a bit ofa enough to touch of frost. tuesday is a bit of a weather window as far as we are concerned. low pressure to the west coming in on wednesday. that is the area of low pressure. a little richard pye pressure. fewer showers around. the rain will clear. 0ne
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showers around. the rain will clear. one to light drifting eastwards. but the vast majority, predominantly dry. some sunny spells. 0nce the vast majority, predominantly dry. some sunny spells. once you‘ve got to do that. it actually feels pleasa nt got to do that. it actually feels pleasant enough. temperatures in most places, 9— 12 degrees. wednesday, a bright start. we will see some sunshine. plenty of cloud in the west. 0ccasional rain. strong to gale force winds. wednesday, another mild day. we‘ve heard a lot about retailers struggling in the last few weeks — but steph‘s here to tell us about more news for the high street street this morning. there is research out today about overall spending. some big high street names likejohn lewis have said sales are falling, others like new look have closed stores, while toys r us and maplin have both gone into administration. we‘ve also seen some of the restaurant chains like prezzo, byron burger and jamie‘s italian run into difficulties.
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figures out today from visa show that overall consumer spending is down. figures out today from visa show overall consumer spending is down. it's overall consumer spending is down. it‘s not a massive surprise that some people are struggling with this. clare bailey is with me. what is happening? we‘ve got issues around consumer confidence since the general election. with the talk of the less than a00 raid gauge to brexit, whatever that may look like, the bligh concerned as to what that might look like. jobs and security. we have seen the retailers suffering increased costs. we have had the currency impact. 0bviously they are not making the same profits they used to make on the products they sell. swallow cost and make money or pass that extra cost on to consumers
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which increases the price of the product. it means we have less available income. coupled with the fact the last three days of february, half the country was under snow. it has led to a considerable drop in the expected spending. this is coming at them from all angles. an named a few retailers. various announcements because of what has been happening. are there any which are doing well? doing well in the context of the environment they are trading, sustaining businesses, keeping the customers happy. they would be one that you would be considering to do well. we are seeing some really strong performers from the on line retailers. i think that‘s indicative of the fact that consumers are much more comfortable these days with the on line spend and that has been detrimental to the high street. sales in the on line
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arena, although overall down, they arena, although overall down, they are far less oppressed than those on the high street which does post problems are those retailers which is why we are seeing the store closures and what‘s most worrying from my point of view is that up until recently, the casual dining industry was doing well as people were switching spending from buying stuff to having a social experience. even that sector is seeing the impact of the consumer confidence. there is a way to go yet. cleverly people will begin to see what is coming after the final exit and they will feel a lot more secure and that should bring some buoyancy back into the market. our economy is largely driven by consumer spending. that is it from me for now. there‘s huge excitement this morning as primary school children take part in a treasure hunt to find books by shakespeare that have been hidden right across the uk. the idea is to introduce works from the bard earlier
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than at secondary school. breakfast‘s tim muffett is with some children taking part this morning. good morning to you. we are channelling our inner bard this morning for the launch of this shakespeare week, an event happening right across the uk. 12,000 primary schools in total will be taking part. the idea is to get children as young as six or part. the idea is to get children as young as six or seven rate interested in shakespeare. we are ian mcmillan, the bard of barnsley, reading one of his poems and jacqueline from the shakespeare birthplace trust. why is this so important? the trust is passionate about sharing shakespeare with a world in inspiring new generations to share your stories so in 201a, we launched it to get every primary school child for an opportunity to be introduced to shakespeare. they will then discover how accessible
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and enjoyable and engaging it can be. domain to write you? what you know about shakespeare? he died when he was 52. he got married at 18. he was born in 156a. he was 52. he got married at 18. he was born in 1564. you are also knowledgeable already. let‘s have a chat with tracy. tells about this treasure hunt. people have signed up for the shakespeare treasure hunt and the idea is the book by marcy williams is put into the envelope and send out into the community for people to search for. and you can follow its progress. if you look on twitter, we will be tweeting some ideas about where you might find the bug. if you find it, you will need to tweet and let us know where it is. not very many infant schools. we
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felt it would be a lovely opportunity for our children to develop some really good reading habits and find out a little bit about shakespeare. now going to interrupt an at work. you‘ve written a special poem. why are you backing this? shakespeare is our national poet. the way we think and talk and form dramas in our everyday lives is due to shakespeare. everything that happens feels shakespearean and sometimes it gets forgotten. 0ften there is a photograph of a chap with a beard but he is a person whose language ripples throughout our dna. and is it sometimes a bit too detached from what young people are learning at the moment? he is, and he is quite ancient, dead a long time but the play is all about what is happening to us now. we can see shakespearean things happening in the news all the time, all over the
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world. he very much as a person per hour times. you've written a special poem. let us have a little excerpt. everybody, the launch of shakespeare week, take it away. what a noisy place this island is. i won‘t block my ears from the magic sound. spells and inca ntations my ears from the magic sound. spells and incantations boil and fears, lightning bolts like snakes across the ground. prospero is my name, my name is full of secret ways to make the oceans dance. the life of prospero is never dull, i built a universe with luck and charts. see that boat out there? i formed the storm... really enjoying that. we should have more shakespeare. he had to be the newest travel and weather whence thou light. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m victoria hollins.
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thousands of students across the capital could be affected by strike action during their exams. the universities union has warned of another 1a days of action between april and june. it‘s over discussions around a change to their pensions. students it seems are divided, some are backing the strikes but others want some of their tuition fees back. an advertising campaign urging london‘s businesses to escape brexit by moving to france has been banned from underground stations. transport for london says the ads don‘t comply with its guidelines because they relate to matters of public controversy or sensitivity. the normandy development agency which commissioned the images says the campaign was meant to be a humorous way of offering a "plan b" to entrepreneurs. with an ever increasing elderly population, and the over 65s living longer, a house of commons community select committee report has acknowledged that their housing needs have to be met. it recommends building more bungalows. but with land prices so high in london, does this suit the economic climate?
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0ne expert argues that it does, as moving older people into bungalows frees up larger, family sized properties closer to the centre. all the people enjoy them because it means that they know they can live in this property for quite awhile, they don‘t have to move, they‘re not concerned about climbing the stairs or the extra cost. it‘s definitely a concern in london, the amount of space, however a government policy was office to residential, so you could easily convert, without a long planning process, an office block into residential homes. and you can see the full story on inside out tonight on bbc1 at 7.30pm. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the piccadilly line which is part suspended. 0n the trains some staff on southern are on strike today. most routes are running normally
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but the west london line have a limited service. the a2a tooting high street remains closed south of tooting broadway tube for repairs to the large water main that burst last week. marylebone: gloucester place restrictions for emergency repairs to a burst water main near park road. let‘s have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. it is a rather cloudy start this morning. we‘ve got some showers around as well and later on this afternoon, those showers you may hear a rumble or two of thunder as they pass through. one or two heavier ones in there as well. not much in a way of brightness, a bit breezy as well through the day. temperatures still managing to reach around 11 celsius. 0vernight tonight, we still have the risk of one or two showers but gradually that risk becomes a little bit less as we head through the night. the cloud gradually starts to shift a little bit further east. the minimum temperature again above zero, between a and 7 celsius. further west, you can see that cloud start to thin and break and you may get some sunny spells as you head into the afternoon. temperatures higher as we head into wednesday but gradually as we head further through the week and into the weekend,
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we pick up an easterly breeze. that is a bit a bit colder so the temperatures are going to drop a little as we head the weekend. i‘m back with the latest in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the entertainer, sir ken dodd, has died at the age of 90. # happiness, happiness. the liverpudlian comic, famous for his epic stand—up shows and his tickling stick, died in the home he was born in, just days after marrying his long term partner. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic, then go back to knotty ash, up north, on merseyside, and i shall see the diddy men and i shall give tributes have been pouring in for the star. we‘ll look back at sir ken‘s life and work. good morning.
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it‘s monday the 12th of march. also this morning... the russian spy mystery — theresa may chairs a meeting of her national security chiefs, as 500 people in salisbury are told to wash their clothes as a precaution. five people have died, after a helicopter crashed into the east river in new york last night. and a special report — we‘re given unprecedented access to a secure mental health hospital, as we look at why admissions have gone up by a0% in a decade. good morning. a record number of people have switched electricity supplier in the last month — i‘ll be finding out why. good morning. in sport, a faulty start gate means the snowboard cross is suspended at the winter paralympics. britain‘s contenders did manage to make their runs, but all three have been knocked out. and matt has the weather.
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good morning. scotland is the place to be if you want something dry and reasonably bright. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, wet in parts of northern england. while it is a mild day, something chillier on the horizon. sir ken dodd — the much loved comedian — has died at the age of 90. described by his publicist as "one of the last music hall greats", sir ken was known for his marathon stage performances and the creation of the diddy men and the tickling stick. the performerfrom liverpool had recently spent six weeks in hospital with a chest infection. on friday, he married his partner of a0 years, annejones. caroline davies looks back at his life. tickling sticks and diddy men — ken dodd was a variety performer with a gift for the surreal.
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what a brilliant day for going up to count von zeppelin and saying, "you‘ll never sell a sausage that size!" and the love of a catchphrase or three. how tickled i am! how tickled i am by all this goodwill. what about you, missus? have you been tickled by goodwill? # knick—knocky, knick—knock, knick—knocky knick—knack! knicky—knacky—noo! proud of his merseyside roots, the coal merchant‘s son from knotty ash became a chart—topping singer, a television star, and a ventriloquist. doddy! hi—ya, doddy! although silly on stage, dodd was serious about his craft. freud said that a laugh is a sudden explosion of psychic energy. of course, the trouble with freud was he never played second house friday night at glasglow empire. he still lived in the home he grew up in, and guarded his private life carefully. in 1989, that was shattered when he faced charges of massive tax evasion. he had 20 offshore bank accounts,
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and more than £300,000 hidden around his house. he was acquitted and continued performing. last year, he was given a knighthood in recognition of his charity and comedy work. we shall have one or two glasses of tickle tonic, and then we shall go back to knotty ash up north, knotty ash on merseyside, and i shall see the diddy men there, so i‘ll give your regards to them. aged 90, dodd was recently hospitalised with a chest infection, but he still wanted to go back on stage. i look forward to getting back to doing myjob — the onlyjob that i have ever had, the onlyjob that i know. # happiness, happiness. after more than 60 years of making others laugh, it was performing to the british public that dodd said gave him enormous happiness. # happiness! some of ken dodd‘s fans and former
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colleagues have been paying tribute. comedian dara o briain commented on how he had inspired him. poet ian mcmillan said: "rip ken dodd — shakespearean fool, music hall turn, timeless clown. the stage was his planet, and as he explored it, the only atmosphere he needed was laughing gas." and columist grace dent made reference to one of his well knowjokes, saying: "what a beautiful day. what a beautiful day for sticking a cucumber through a letterbox and shouting ‘help, the martians have landed‘. #kendodd." the national security council is to look at the latest evidence of the suspected poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter.
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an assessment will be made on who might have carried out the nerve agent attack. sergei and yulia skripal remain critically ill in hospital. leila nathoo‘s in salisbury for us this morning. a week on, this continues to be a developing story? it does. there is clearly some progress being made in the investigation. police now know the investigation. police now know the nerve agent that was used to attack sergei and yulia skripal. police now know that traces of that nerve agent were found at two locations, the zizzi restaurant and a pub the to visit it on the sunday afternoon before the end of the up collapsed on the bench behind me. police trying to piece together exactly when and how the two were exposed to the substance. they are searching sergei skripal‘s house and car. the military are assisting. we
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saw some activity at the mill pub last night, which we believe was a decontamination exercise. the table where the skripals aid their lunch was so where the skripals aid their lunch was so contaminated it has been destroyed. people who were eating at the zizzi restaurant and the mill pub any time on sunday are being told to wash their clothes as a precaution. there is anger and confusion as to why it has taken so long for them to be warned to do this. 0fficials long for them to be warned to do this. officials say there is no risk and no need to be alarmed. this is only a precaution. today, theresa may will chair a meeting of national security adviser ‘s. the home secretary, amber rudd, has warned not tojump to secretary, amber rudd, has warned not to jump to conclusions about who was behind the attack, but russian involvement is being taken seriously
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at the highest level of government. thank you. a bitter row has broken out at the top of the labour party, after a shadow cabinet minister claiming she‘s been removed from her post against her will. debbie abrahams was the spokeswoman on work and pensions. we can speak now to our political correspondent, ben wright. good morning. what do you know? this erupted late last night. we have got extraordinary finger—pointing now between debbie abrahams and jeremy corbyn‘s office. it seems that on friday, debbie abrahams met people from jeremy corbyn‘s office to discuss unemployment issue. we understand that relates to an accusation of bullying. debbie abrahams accusation of bullying. debbie abra hams herself vehemently accusation of bullying. debbie abrahams herself vehemently denies it. late yesterday evening, the labour party issued a statement saying that debbie abrahams had stood aside while this issue is investigated. but almost immediately she hit back with her own statement, saying that she had not agreed to
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stand aside and that the behaviour of certain individuals injeremy corbyn‘s office was completely unacceptable, intimidating, unprofessional. she says it shows a bullying culture of the worst kind, and she‘s making her own complaint to the labour party and the parliamentary authority. quite extraordinary bus stop between jeremy corbyn‘s office and somebody who has been a frontbencher and close ally ofjeremy corbyn since he became leader. thank you. five people have died, after the helicopter they were travelling in, crashed into the east river in new york last night. police say the pilot managed to free himself, and was pulled out of the water by rescuers. he‘s now left hospital. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. the former commander of the uk‘s maritime forces says britain‘s ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he‘s the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call
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for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever changing threats. the former liverpool footballer, jamie carragher, has apologised, after a video of him spitting at a girl in a carfrom his own vehicle was released. it happened while he drove back from the liverpool and manchester united match on saturday. on twitter he said he had been "goaded three or four times while being filmed", but he said there was "no excuse" for what he did. i believe he has apologised personally to the family involved. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted, after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year‘s winner, a two and a half year old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened. two demonstrators from the animal rights group, peta, emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. no animals or owners were harmed.
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0ne one of those strange live tv moments. difficult to know what to do in moments. difficult to know what to doina moments. difficult to know what to do in a situation like that but tha nkfully do in a situation like that but thankfully nobody was hurt. you‘re watching breakfast. a week after a former intelligence agent from russia and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent in salisbury, hundreds of people who were in the same pub and restaurant as them have been told to wash their clothes and belongings as a precaution. police and forensic teams are still out in force in a city, still in shock at the real—life spy drama which arrived on its streets. police are trying to identify a substance which caused a former russian agent who spied for britain to collapse in salisbury. has been a weird week. each day the news is unfolding. i've heard some of the locals say they are frustrated at the fact they are not being told the truth and there are a lot of different stories. i've been more
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worried as the week has gone on. think it's quite frightening that something like this can happen. what's amazing is that we support services have been available. traces ofa services have been available. traces of a nerve agent used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury have been found in the italian restaurant where they had eaten. the fact it has happened does not worry me a scrap. we have lived through wars, we know about it. not worry me a scrap. we have lived through wars, we know about itm has been a confusing time but we can now feel we are ready to move forward and hopefully this has brought us all together. the government‘s national security council meets today, to discuss what happened, and britain‘s response to it. in a moment, we‘ll talk to the mp for salisbury, john glen. but first, we can speak to local journalist, rebecca hudson. rebecca, what is the reaction today
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from locals? a week on from this news, it‘s still very much the big talking point? it is still definitely what everybody is talking about in salisbury. we have never seen about in salisbury. we have never seen anything like this happen here before. people are carrying on with their lives. people are going to school, they are going to work. it is not stopping them from going about their normal business as usual. but it is still a huge interest point. we spoke to a toxicologist and he was explaining why it has taken so long to get details of exactly what the nerve agent is. from a local perspective, how do people feel the investigation has been handled? i think people are starting to feel a bit frustrated now after public health england advice came out yesterday. there was a lot of frustration as to why people had not been given information about taking precautions sooner, especially given that we have known since wednesday it was a nerve agent. i think people may be
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thought they could have been told at an earlier point and that would have made them feel more secure. what has been like in your office? i would imagine the newsroom has never been so imagine the newsroom has never been so busy? it has never been so busy. it isa so busy? it has never been so busy. it is a small team, so we have all been manic working around the clock trying to cover it. it has been a real privilege to work on such a big story as the local paper. thank you for your time. john glen is the mp for salisbury, and joins us from our westminster studio. good morning. let‘s pick up one of those points. i will your constituents not given this advice sooner? while they knew it was a nerve agent, they didn't know precisely what it was. when they did know, they thought as a precaution, asa know, they thought as a precaution, as a belt and braces approach, that advice would be appropriate to give out. in an ideal world it would've been nice if we had known what was earlier. but obviously it is a complex investigation and they did
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it as quickly as they could. are you convinced your constituents are essentially safe? i'm absolutely convinced. i spoke to the chief medical officer for england last night. i medical officer for england last night. lam medical officer for england last night. i am absolutely reassured that this is a belt and braces measure and people should be completely confident. the advice given is correct and there is no serious risk at all to the public. can you give me an idea of the scope of the investigation and the impact it‘s having? of the investigation and the impact it's having? there are seven shops closed, a couple of venues including zizzi restaurant which is closed while they are investigated and the sites are isolated which sergei skripal on his daughter visited. the vast majority of people are keeping
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calm and carrying on and we hope for a swift resolution to this investigation is we can work out what it was, where it came from, and then the government can take appropriate action. we are looking at pictures now of the kind of investigation going on and we have seen investigation going on and we have seen people in protective suits. has it been a scary time for some residents? of course, it is bewildering, people didn't anticipate this, this time last week, and! anticipate this, this time last week, and i don't deny these are unusual times in salisbury but i feel we should get these things in proportion. whilst it is unusual, it is an international incident and people are keen to get to the bottom of it. the vast majority of people ta ke of it. the vast majority of people take it in their stride, salisbury is open for business and will continue to do so. beginner sergei skripal was living in salisbury? two no, ididn‘t. i skripal was living in salisbury? two no, i didn‘t. i know he‘s on the electoral roll and has owned the
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property for the last seven years but didn‘t know him personally. would you like to have known him?” don't mind. he's had passed, lots of people have had passed. salisbury is a wonderful place and i'm not surprised he chose to live in salisbury. we know theresa may is meeting various people including national security later. if russia we re national security later. if russia were found to be to blame, what action would you like to be taken?” would want very action taken. if this has been state sanctioned action, then it is outrageous. we cannot have silent assassins walking round our country, poisoning individuals who have every right to go about their business without fear. so i would expect action to be taken asa fear. so i would expect action to be taken as a privy to the outcome of
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these investigations yet or to understand what lies behind it, it is not appropriate for me to define what those actions should be. but they need to be strong, proportionate, and give a strong deterrent to those behind it. john glenn, thank you for your time. if you are out and about on mother‘s day yesterday, you would notice it was really mild. matt is here with a look ahead. yes, another mild day to come today and across many parts of the country, but today that the best of the driest weather western scotland is the place to be. a different sort of view at the window in bridlington at the moment, you are across england, wales and to a certain degree northern ireland, there is some wet weather and all linked to
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this revolving of the cloud anticlockwise. scotland largely dry, northern ireland sunny spells with some showers to the south. let‘s focus on england and wales that this is where the wet weather will be. persistent rain in northern england which will turn shall read later. scattered showers, fairly slow moving, then this afternoon they could become heavy and thundery. breezy in the south—west of the country, where showers will push through smartly. some showers in northern ireland, still staying largely dry in scotland particularly to the west. a rather cool breeze coming off the north sea, temperatures at 11 or 12 celsius. tonight we still have some rain across southern england. some isolated showers dotted around elsewhere, and a cold night then has
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just gone with a greater chance of frost, missed or fog just gone with a greater chance of frost, missed orfog tomorrow morning. this editor of pressure pushing in on tuesday —— this area of pressure. some showers drifting eastwards and southwards during the day but most places avoiding them, spending the bulk if not all of the day dry. for england and wales, a brighter day tomorrow compared with today. temperatures in glasgow up to 11 degrees. into wednesday, the brightest weather in the eastern half of the country. lots of cloud in the west, strengthening winds touching gale force at times, and we finished the day in northern ireland, western wales and cornwall with some longer spells of rain. it could be quite what he had an overall the week should be fairly mild but things will change towards the end of the week when we could
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see things turn colder by the weekend. that is in cornwall, where they know how to have their scones with jam and cream on top, importantly. we will just and cream on top, importantly. we willjust have to disagree. it is our first we willjust have to disagree. it is ourfirst big we willjust have to disagree. it is our first big fall out! later there are scones in the office.” wa nt there are scones in the office.” want to see your technique. i'm just happy about how you pronounce it. we‘re talking about the energy industry and how people don‘t switch but now more people are. yes, how often have i talked about people switching and how you could save money but there is research out
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today from energy uk for instance providers, saying that more people than ever last month switched electricity suppliers so that is up 6% compared with february last year but it was a record number, 660,000 people switched supplier last month. that's around 24,000 people per day and that is a record month for them. itjust shows things and that is a record month for them. it just shows things are changing now, and they say it's partly due to the energy switch guarantee which is a voluntary commitment from providers to make it much easier. some are saying it's not as easy as you think i'm some saying i wish i had switched ages ago, and saving about £20 per month.” wish i had switched ages ago, and saving about £20 per month. i think a little bit of it is down to the steph factor. just talking about it. people listen to you, steph.
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you might have put a little bird food out this morning to see them through these chilly days, but did you know you could be doing more harm than good? a study by the zoological society of london and the british trust for ornithology found garden feeders can put wildlife at risk of diseases. joining us now to tell us who how is andrew cunningham, who co—authored the report. thank you for coming on this morning. i was going to show, i will show later on, a lovely picture from one of the newspapers today touching one of the newspapers today touching on the subject. explain first of all my might garden feeders be putting birds at risk? this is a project that‘s been running for about 25 yea rs that‘s been running for about 25 years and has involved members of the public reporting to us at the zoological society of london when they have been finding sick or dead birds in their gardens. what we found is that there are three main diseases that we focused on in this report that have changed in their
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insta nce report that have changed in their instance or prevalence and their impact on birds over the last 25 yea rs. impact on birds over the last 25 years. the main finding really is that with garden bird feeders, we bring lots of garden birds together from different species, feeding at the same place over andover, day after day and they are congregating together, coming into close contact together, coming into close contact together, there‘s contamination of food with droppings and so on, and this can lead to the spread of diseases. we are saying to people don‘t stop feeding birds, feeding birds is important. we have changed our environment so birds is important. we have changed our environment so garden feeding has become an important part of nutrition for these birds. 0k, and in terms of which birds it‘s affecting, was the greenfinch particularly hit by this? that's
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right, a disease first emerged in 2005, previously known to be widespread in pigeons where it often doesn‘t cause any harm at all, but with pigeons coming into close contact with birds like greenfinch, we think the disease have the opportunity to spill over into greenfinches. we have lost two thirds of our greenfinch breeding population in our uk, these birds are getting sick and dying. you may see them fluffed up, citibank feeders with food and saliva around their mouth —— sitting around feeders. this is now sweeping into eastern europe. louise has a bird feeder in her back garden, many people love feeding the birds. what should we be doing then? moving them around the garden? watching them
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regularly? just as you wouldn't want to be eating off the same plate every day without it being washed, bird feeders need to be clean and hygienic. 0nly put out enough food that the birds will eat in a couple of days so the food doesn‘t get stale and contaminated with droppings. clean the feeders each time you replenish them so once or twice a week, in a bucket with soapy water. don‘t bring them into the house, there are some diseases that birds carry very rarely that can cause diseases in people. wash them, drive them, maybe once or twice a week, then move the feeders around the garden if you can. it‘s easier to do that with bird feeders than tables, but tables can also be washed and cleaned.” tables, but tables can also be washed and cleaned. i have learned
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so washed and cleaned. i have learned so much. that is a survey over 25 years so a so much. that is a survey over 25 years so a lot of research has gone into that. it's outside where i have my breakfast, i can see the birds but now i‘m going to have to move it around. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. it is rather cloudy and wait for much of england and wales. a big area of low pressure across 0z. that will continue to bring frequent showers. it will be dry in scotland and northern
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ireland. you can see from the satellite imagery, lots of cloud. further north, away from the area of low pressure, a little bit drier. for many it will stay cloudy and wet. the most frequent of the rain will be across central and northern england and across wales. for scotla nd england and across wales. for scotland and northern ireland, a largely dry start. some showers in northern ireland later. the best of brightness in western scotland. maximum temperatures seven to 11 celsius. this evening and tonight, rain and showers ease away towards the east. we could see showers in eastern scotland. drier further west. a frost free night. temperatures staying up at three to seven temperatures staying up at three to seven celsius. there could be a touch of frost in rural areas of scotland. this is tuesday. we start with showers in eastern areas.
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tuesday looking largely dry. certainly more dry compared to today. the best of the sunshine will be in the west. maximum temperature is fairly similarto be in the west. maximum temperature is fairly similar to today at seven to 11 celsius. going into wednesday, high pressure. dry weather towards the east. we have got this area of low pressure moving in from the west. that will bring more cloud and further rain across western areas on wednesday. and with it and increasing wind as well. there will be gales unexposed areas. a cold weekend in prospect as we go through the end of the week. bye— bye. this is business live from bbc news, with sally bundock and alice baxter. taking on the tariffs — australia secures an exemption to us duties on steel and aluminium imports. live from london, that‘s our top story on monday 12th march. we will add an expert view.
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