that's it for the short cut of click this week. the full version is up on iplayer. join us next week for part two of our special look at the future of work. don't forget we are on twitter at @bbcclick and on facebook too. isn't it time you were leaving? 0k, we're off. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. police investigating the murder of a businessman in london begin contacting other russian exiles to discuss their personal safety in britain. forensic teams have been working through the night to find out what happened to nikolai glushkov, who was found dead on monday. good morning, it's

saturday 17th april. also this morning: police launch a murder investigation after two women are shot dead at a house in east sussex. 100 flights are cancelled and drivers are told to expect disruption, as the "mini beast from the east" sweeps in. a bit ofa a bit of a shock to the system. we have got amber warnings enforced from the met office taking effect later this afternoon, but it will be bitterly cold will stop i is concerned and snow from the mid afternoon onwards. all the details in quarter ofan afternoon onwards. all the details in quarter of an hour. all the details in quarter of an hour. in sport, the st patrick's day party heads for twickenham. ireland know they're six nations champions already but victory over

england would give them the grand slam. our main story this morning: police investigating the murder of a russian man in london say they have begun contacting other russian exiles in britain to discuss their safety. forensics teams have continued working at the home of 68—year nikolai glushkov, who was found dead on monday. but police say at this stage, it is not being connected to the poisoning of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury. john mcmanus reports. 68—year—old nikolai glushkov, found dead at his home on this unassuming road in southwest london on monday. but mr glushkov‘s life was anything but ordinary. a post mortem has revealed he was murdered, killed by compression to the neck. unusually, counterterrorism police are leading the investigation because of mr glushkov‘s past. in the 90s he was the director of russian airline aeroflot, but was jailed after being found

guilty of fraud and money—laundering. he sought political asylum in the uk and was still being sued by russia. he was friends with russian businessmen boris berezovsky who was found hanged in 2013. an open verdict was recorded but mr glushkov believed he had been murdered. some observers believe it is time to join the dots. mr glushkov‘s death fits into a wider pattern of the last 12 years of russian opponents dropping dead across europe. the consequences for the kremlin of this were limited for far too long, the uk response as recently been much stronger, but there are still awful lot we could do. the former pr executive, lord bell, a friend of mr glushkov has told the bbc he suspects he was killed after being deemed a traitor by the russian state. police say that at present there is no link between the murder in london and the poisoning

of sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury. but some russian exiles are being contacted about their safety. our reporterjohn mcmanus is outside the russian embassy this morning. a lot of new lines coming in and shuffling in terms of how much people been told and we understand thatis people been told and we understand that is an international diplomatic situation. the police told us last night they are contacting russian exiles to talk to them about their safety. that does not mean they are in danger about the safety, but they wa nt to danger about the safety, but they want to talk about their circumstances. the diplomatic fallout is very tense, given what happened to sergei skripal and his daughter, who were poisoned using a nerve agent. theresa may says that

nerve agent. theresa may says that nerve agent. theresa may says that nerve agent was produced in soviet era russia and is pointing the finger at russia and the russians had denied all knowledge of what happened, but the diplomatic row has been huge. the prime minister is expelling 23 diplomats from the russian embassy behind me and the russians will respond in kind, expelling british diplomats from our embassy in moscow. the words get hotter day by day. yesterday the foreign secretary borisjohnson said it was overwhelmingly likely that the russian president, vladimir putin, had personally ordered that nerve attack in salisbury. the russians say those comments are disgusting and they are annoyed by that. quite a lot going on diplomatically. it does not look like it will cool down any time soon. police have launched a murder investigation after two women were shot and killed at a house in east sussex. officers were called to an address in st leonards on sea last night. a man has been arrested. marta newman's report contains some flashing images.

officers responded immediately when they got a report of a shooting at a house at around 8pm last night. the road in this seaside town was closed and local residents were asked to stay away from the area and remain indoors. police say two women aged 32 and 53 were killed. two other women including one who is pregnant were led to safety by officers and taken to hospital. both were uninjured but suffering from shock. a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. he remains in custody for questioning. police have said that the victims were known to the suspect and that they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the shooting. the met office is issuing an amber

warning for snow and ice in many areas of scotland. more than 100 flights to and from heathrow have been cancelled. highways england is advising motorists to avoid trans—pennine roads. the number of hospital admissions due to older people falling is expected to rise to nearly one—thousand a day by the end of the decade. that's according to figures obtained by the local government association. it's prompted calls for more funding for adult social care. after a fall if someone does not recover fully they are housebound, they may need to be provided with home help, meals on wheels, and it can also have wider impacts on health, and it is often a case that when a person has a serious fall it is one of the things that precipitates the slippery slope of them becoming housebound. the former deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, has been fired, just hours before he was due to formally retire. mr mccabe had faced repeated criticism from president trump. in a statement he said his sacking had been politically motivated and claimed it was part of a wider effort to taint the fbi

and intelligence professionals. president trump tweeted it had been a great day for democracy. tens of thousands of people have been fleeing and northern town in syria. the un estimates almost 50,000 people have been displaced in the last few days with reports from the last few days with reports from the area that dozens of people were killed in air strikes on friday. at least eight people have been injured on a faulty ski lift in georgia. skiers and snowboarders we re georgia. skiers and snowboarders were flung off at speed. others were forced to jump from the area as their seats hurtled backwards down their seats hurtled backwards down the mountain. so far no cause has been given as to what caused it. three children are being treated for infections that may be linked to bacteria in a water supply and glasgow hospital. nhs strathclyde is

investigating after the discovery at the children's hospital. they are trying to confirm if the infections are linked to water contamination. the greatest showman continues to dominate the charts and has been setting at the top of the charts for ten weeks. the film is loosely based on the life of a circus impresario. the only other album that state at the top for a longer was adele's album 21. we will have a report on the

weather. we will have a report on the weather. it's almost two weeks since former russian spy sergei skripal and his daugher were attacked with a nerve agent in salisbury. the uk is still waiting for a formal response from russia, following the prime minister's decision to expel 23 russian diplomats. moscow's foreign minister has indicated russia will "certainly" expel british diplomats. professor robert service is an expert in russian history and politics from the university of oxford. good morning. thank you for your time this morning. we are being told by quite a few politicians this is not a new cold war. what is it? by quite a few politicians this is not a new cold war. what is mm is something less than a cold war. there are two great superpower is facing up to each other about to possibly launch nuclear missiles against each other, so we are a long way away from that. but it is a very severe, freezing over of diplomatic relations between britain and the

russian federation. it is really serious. when you have the british foreign secretary claiming that boris yeltsin personally ordered the poisoning in salisbury, what do you make of that? i am so sorry i apologise for that. it is really easily done. i think that he, boris johnson, i have got to get it right this time, made a very broad statement. i think we need a few more assurances that there is evidence that points directly at the russian president. i do think a lot of the circumstantial evidence

points at the russian state. vladimir putin certainly does supervise the work of the fsb. but whether we can point the finger directly at him for these appalling outrages in salisbury and the murder of nikolai glushkov in london, we need a lot more evidence. it is interesting new couch it in that terminology because we have done that. our foreign secretary has exactly personally blamed the russian leaderfor exactly personally blamed the russian leader for these actions. where does this leave the russian reaction? we have been talking for many days about what they may or may not do. there is an election happening there. is there a sense they will wait until the election is over and then respond? they will wait until the election is over and then respond ?|j they will wait until the election is over and then respond? i think they

have been much more circumspect than we have been. we rather rushed in to making the accusations before laying out the evidence. perhaps we have done this with the relations we have had with our western allies, but this has not been made public yet. that is one of the problems with the way that the british government has handled this matter. it has not come into the open with the british public and it needs to come into the open with the russian public as well. it may be, professor, that some people would agree with that notion, that more evidence should have been made available. jeremy corbyn is saying it should be evidence lead. but one of the issues people suggest no matter what evidence is put forward, it will never be enough to satisfy the russians and they will always say

regardless of what is presented or what is independently checked that it still has nothing to do with them. it does not get you anywhere. it does not get you very far except that it shows a willingness to discuss the evidence in as concrete way as you possibly can. but you are absolutely right. when the malaysian airline was downed the russians just insisted on 100% proof that it was definitely them when so much of the evidence was already there. they will always say you haven't proved it 100%. but i think there is a middle ground between 100% and 0% and we need a little bit more. we need more in the public domain so we can feel confident that we know what we are talking about. if i may, i

just wanted to bring one story we are hearing this morning, in the last few minutes we are hearing the uk ambassador to russia in moscow has been summoned to a meeting, called in to a meeting today. that meeting will be happening today in moscow. i just wonder what you meeting will be happening today in moscow. ijust wonder what you make of that. they are starting to move the wheels. they are certainly going to retaliate. one of the benefits for to retaliate. one of the benefits foeradimir to retaliate. one of the benefits for vladimir putin to retaliate. one of the benefits foeradimir putin in to retaliate. one of the benefits for vladimir putin in all of this is that he is able to be seen by russians to stand up to western powers. it is on this basis that a lot of his popularity rests in russia. so pulling in the british ambassador, the old imperial power, snubbing your nose at the british,

thatis snubbing your nose at the british, that is quite a popular thing to do. professor, thank you very much for your time. professor robert service from the university of oxford. we understand in the last few minutes the uk ambassador to russia has been summoned to the russian foreign ministry and this follows a former spokesperson from the ministry saying that it would announce its retaliatory measures against london very soon. that meeting is expected to be today for the uk ambassador to russia. it is 16 minutes past seven. also coming up in the programme: it's the final round of the six nations but can ireland complete their grand slam by beating england at twickenham? that is a short—lived from the venue. it is cold, though. that cup will be feeling the chill although there will be very hot hands waiting to

get onto it. but it is called for a lot of us this morning, helen. scotla nd scotland in rome are probably doing better off than if they stayed at home because it will be a shock to the system for all of us. temperatures in all areas are about 10 degrees down. but we are already having a few issues with ice. we have some snow around already. we have some snow around already. we have exchanged the mild atlantic air with the cold siberian air. but it is just with the cold siberian air. but it isjust a with the cold siberian air. but it isjusta mini with the cold siberian air. but it isjust a mini incursion of cold air, so it should cut off early next week. we have a band of patchy snow falling in suffolk at the moment. it is rain in the south—west but it will turn progressively to sleet and snow. it is the showers coming in afterwards and thick and fast hitting the same area. it will feel colder than you would expect because

of the strength of the wind. the best of the sunshine in northern scotland. for most of us it is very low single figures and add on the gale force wind and it will feel even colder. if you are heading out, wrap up warm. the amber warnings are in force from mid—afternoon onwards. these areas will see shower after shower. because the air is so cold, they will all fall as snow. there is another amber warning out for tonight. itjoins another amber warning out for tonight. it joins in another amber warning out for tonight. itjoins in here because we could have a more significant area coming in across southern england and south wales. there is some uncertainty over that. you can see the showers continuing in the south east, but then they gathered together for a east, but then they gathered togetherfor a longer east, but then they gathered together for a longer spell of snow in southern england, south west england and southern wales. there is a lot of uncertainty as to the area

that will affect. even at lower levels there could be a few centimetres. and a widespread chill tomorrow. hopefully that snow pushes out of the way. a potential problem in southern and western areas before it finally clears away. a few showers follow on behind but not as many. it will still feel cold. but the wind is still quite strong, so the wind is still quite strong, so the chill is still there. but it does not really last beyond the weekend because we start to cut off what we have, that easterly wind coming right the way across the low countries of europe. snow for the alpine regions as well. but we start to get a high coming in from the atla ntic to get a high coming in from the atlantic instead. if you are heading out it will be much colder, especially in central and southern areas compared to yesterday, and we

areas compared to yesterday, and we are anticipating increasing issues with snow as we go through the latter pa rt with snow as we go through the latter part of the day tonight and tomorrow. see you later. see you later. beer, green hats, shamrocks and celebratory shenanigans. it can only mean one thing — st patricks day! i was not expecting the word shenanigans. i was not expecting the word shenanigans. and it's notjust the irish commemorating the patron of ireland, it's thought to be the most celebrated festival in the world. over 250 iconic landmarks across the globe will be illuminated green this weekend. let's have a look at what we can expect. irish music plays. who's started the party early?

how are you celebrating? we want to see! perhaps you are dressing up. green is the obvious colour to adopt. look at that. you didn't get that memo! you didn't get that memo! send us your paddy's day pics to brea kfast.tv@bbc. co. uk. iam i am still stuck on the word shenanigans. i am still stuck on the word shenanigans. with the impact of tv programmes

like blue planet we are more aware of the need to recycle than ever before. but when it comes to what can and can't be recycled, there is a lot of confusion. that lack of clarity can result in entire bags of recycling being rejected and sent to landfill, according to research carried out by the british science association. simon ellin is the head of the uk recycling association and joins us now. good morning. we are going to go through some stuff today. people are toa through some stuff today. people are to a degree slightly confused about what they can and cannot recycle. give us the broad picture. there are so many different products out there that are badly designed, that are not labelled properly. we have 340 plus different collection systems in the uk, so the public are confused. you are talking about the bins you have and what you can put in which bin? what goes where, absolutely,

and getting the education and the marketing from the councils across to the public to say what you can and cannot recycle and how you do it. it is something we need to look at because it is a big problem. a lot of materials are getting wasted and cross contaminating other materials. what happens if something is cross contaminated ? materials. what happens if something is cross contaminated? what is the impact? if you have a whole load of stuff that is recyclable and there is something that is not, what happens? it is a great question. basically what happens is it co nta m i nates basically what happens is it contaminates the other things that is recyclable. 20% on average of what goes into our recycling bin at home is contamination. that co nta m i nates home is contamination. that contaminates everything else, so you get food leaking which contaminates paper and that means when it goes through the process and get out the other side the quality of the

material is sometimes marginal whether you can take it on for recycling. bad practice at the beginning produces bad practice at the end. fancy a quiz? i hope so, i hope i get it right. these are questions of what can and cannot be recycled. plastic bags, yes or no? sometimes yes, sometimes no and that is part of the confusion. aerosols? yes. the whole can? the whole thing. where do you put it? if you have got a separate collection for cans, if not, you put it in with everything else. it is a ferrous metal. there are plastic bits in it as well? that

will be taken off in the process. envelopes with windows? with the windows on, but if you are like me and you take the window of, yes. kitchen roll. the reason this is up is because of how kitchen roll is made, if it is coated or things like that. this is why we put this in. a lot of the time when you have used it it has got food contamination and it can have all sorts of germs and bacteria, so it is no. the person on the buzzer just slightly jumped bacteria, so it is no. the person on the buzzerjust slightlyjumped the gun. because of the food contamination. so can i ask, this year, say it is like a punnet full of strawberries and it has that thin plastic on top, which bit can be

recycled ? plastic on top, which bit can be recycled? all of it. i have been told i cannot put a thin plastic in my recycling bin. this comes back to the 340 different collection systems. i can put plastic film in my cycling bin at home, but in other places you cannot. this is where we have to get down to consistency. anything plastic, as long as it is a single polymer plastic can be recycled. it is a clear plastic punnet and it is infinitely recycla ble. punnet and it is infinitely recyclable. it should be washed before being recycle? always watch it so the food and the liquid does not cross contaminate everything else. then you are wasting water. do it in your washing—up water. else. then you are wasting water. do it in your washing-up water. does not get washed in the process when it is being recycle? yes, but there

is an element of cross contamination which leaks is an element of cross contamination which lea ks into is an element of cross contamination which leaks into the cardboard and everything else. also as well it might not immediately get recycled. if that has had food in it for several days before it gets recycle, you get bacteria and mould and there is damage. this is where we need to get very simple rules add to the public so they know exactly what they can and cannot do. thank you so much for coming in this morning. thank you so much for coming in this morning. dealing with the life changing effects of a traumatic event or tragedy can be incredibly tough. but for some, one way to cope is to write. now a series of workshops across the uk — which are part of ‘get creative', a national festival to encourage creativity — are helping people to use writing to deal with difficult feelings. david sillito has been speaking to three people who have found hope from writing poetry.

it helps me far more than a psychiatry i've had. so on those days of victory, proud david, you will see, but on those days i have no stones. you'll see the ghost of me. i'm karl tierney. i think there's a lot of residue in my brain from bosnia. ifeel like i'm david with slingshot and small stones. i fight the life daily. ifight his moans and groans. and it has unlocked or tapped into this area of my brain. the creativity can also bring me a sense of some sort of solace. laboured breath, sweaty brow, not long left of this nightmare. can i wake up now? my name is nicky tomasi. i'm the lucky one, they say. the one that got away. my son was at the manchester arena

last year, and unfortunately lost his partner martin there. so, consequently, i've been having counselling because of that, and my counsellor suggested that writing might be able to help me to get my feelings out. i don't feel lucky. i carry the aftermath in my head. dread upon waking, and long nights full of vivid dreams. i know that i struggle with it all and it ten months, but it's definitely... all and it ten months, this, i would say, this is the first concrete thing that has really helped me, and i've got countless friends, i've got family i can talk to, but this is the first concrete thing that has really helped me. i'm martin figuero. i'm a writer and the reason i'm here is that my father killed my mother when i was nine. the family sits round the table ready for the meal which is me.

so he was from silesia, which is now in poland, but had been in germany, so when he was 14, joined the hitler youth. there was no choice in this. and then he was conscripted into the german army. it was almost like the second world war 20 years on swept through our house one night, and he killed her. uncle philip as head of the family sharpens the knife. it seems stupid now. it'sjust metaphor. it was like metaphor, and in that metaphorical truth i learned more about myself and my experience than any recall of facts and laying down of facts, and that was a real breakthrough for me. there are more than a thousand creative events happening across the uk as part of the get creative festival. to find out what's on near you head

to the bbc arts website for all the details. what's next for brexit? the eu is holding a summit looking at what happens after britain has left. but with wrangling on so many topics, can deal be done injust over a year? join me at the eu leader's summit on thursday and friday year on the bbc news channel. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the police have launched a murder investigation after two women were shot and killed at a house in east sussex. officers were called to an address in saint leonards on sea last night. a 35—year—old man has been arrested. the victims, aged 52 and 53, were known to be suspect.

police say they are not looking for anybody else in connection with the shooting. the uk ambassador in russia has been summoned to a meeting at the russian foreign ministry. it comes after the kremlin indicated it would retaliate after the prime minister expelled 23 russian diplomats from the uk. it has now been almost a week since the nerve agent attack on former spy sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury. yesterday's announcement of the exile in south london occurred. police say these two incidents are not connected. the met office is issuing an amber warning for snow and ice in much of england and parts of scotland, ahead of another cold snap. more than 100 flights to and from heathrow have been cancelled ahead of predicted bad weather dubbed the mini beast from the east. highways england is advising motorists to avoid trans—pennine roads. the former deputy director of the fbi has been dramatically fired, just hours before he was due to formally retire. andrew mccabe said his sacking had been politically motivated, and claimed it was part of a wider effort to taint the fbi.

president trump tweeted it had been a "great day for democracy". the number of hospital admissions due to older people falling is expected to rise to nearly 1,000 a day by the end of the decade. that's according to figures obtained by the local government association. it's prompted calls for more funding for adult social care. it might have been panned by some critics but hugh it might have been panned by some critics but huthackman's musical the greatest showman continues to dominate the music charts, sitting at the top of the uk charts for ten weeks. the film is loosely based on the life of circus impresario pt barnum, the greatest showman.

adele's 21 managed 21 weeks on the top spot. is it true that if we keep the music going, you can sing along? you know all the words. i tell you what, my eight—year—old son evan does. he is learning it in music and primary school at the moment. so you have heard it a lot? i have heard it a lot. you can probably do bee numbers for us. ok, if we raise enough money in sport belief. be careful! really looking forward to the rugby, changing the subject quickly. so, can ireland complete the grand slam today? they'll have to do it at twickenham, where england haven't lost a match under eddiejones. let's ask our sports correspondent ollie foster, who's there for us. who's the smart money on, olly? it is so tactical. this is where it all starts for ireland. a fantastic

afternoon of rugby head. the final round of matches. a triple bill. sandwiched in the middle is this match at twickenham. i'm outside the island dressing room. they can't miss it, can they? the england team will be in here. the england dressing room is much bigger. can't get in. it is locked. the two sets of players will be coming down here. england— eddie jones has of players will be coming down here. england— eddiejones has made all of the changes. seven personal changes, ten changes in all. ireland just the one change. ireland have been getting stronger and stronger, and england have seemed to have gone backwards. they lost that incredible match against scotland, they lost against the french. imagine they roar when they come out of year. 80,000. could not get a ticket for love nor money. but very, very expensive to get a ticket. and there it is. that is what it is all about for ireland. they won this last week after they beat scotland in dublin. muted celebrations because they knew that this was what it was all about.

the grand slam. very rarely done in the last seven years. england obviously did it the year before last and that it was ireland to scupper their chances last season in dublin, so it is kind of a reverse. on the flip, england, the best they can hope for a second and trying to upset ireland and their hopes for the grand slam. you look at the names year. you have england, england, so on for a hat—trick. you have ireland in 2014 and 2015. you go back to 2009. that is when ireland last grand slam. and you would have to go back 61 years before the previous time that they did that. so that is what it is all about. ireland will have this trophy, but it is all about the grand slam. we have got italy against scotland before that, and thenit against scotland before that, and then it all rounds up from half past four on bbc we have wales against france. so it is going to be a great afternoon of rugby. thank you so

much. windy there at twickenham today. england's women ended their six nations with victory over ireland — but they finished runners up to france. england won by 33 points to 11 at the ricoh arena — danielle waterman becoming the nation's leading try—scorer with 47 — she's nowjust two tries short of rory underwood's overall england record. france took the title with victory over wales. great britain are still short of their medals target, on the penultimate day of competition at the winter paralympics in south korea. let's go over to pyeongchang now and our reporter kate grey can bring us up to date. yes, that's right. it has been a very quiet day for british athletes. just two athletes in action. we will start at the alpine skiing. james whitley was going in his big event of these games. he has finished outside of the medals in all of those events so far. this time, he was going in the slalom, which is his preferred event on what was a very tricky course, very icy, very

widely, and also a very tough category. he ended up finishing in ten, which is one of his best performances here at these games and is an improvement from his performances back in sochi four yea rs performances back in sochi four years ago. he is still a long way off from the medals and will look to improve on that. there is british interest in the nordic skiing. it was cross country today. the seven and a half kilometre distance for scott mina, who was going in his sixth event of these games. he has had a very busy programme. he only got into nordic skiing about 18 months ago, and today he finished 14th, so our way back from the medallists, but still a great performance from the british athlete and he will look to aim for beijing 2022 after these games. still a lot to do for great britain as they move into the last day with all eyes on the visually impaired alpine skiers. thank you. it looked warmer there thanit thank you. it looked warmer there than it did at twickenham. if you thought you'd seen it all wherejose mourinho's concerned, well, you were wrong. he gave a 12 minute answer at his press conference yesterday,

uninterrupted, defending manchester united's shock exit to sevilla the champions league. here's just a snippet of his rant. i'm not going to cry because i heard a few boos. i'm not going to disappear. when i was 20 years old i was nobody in football. and now at 55 i am what i am and i did what i did because of work, because of my talent and my mentality. i could be in another country with the league in my pocket, the kind of league that you win even before the league starts. i could be. iam not, iam here. it was a frustrating evening for hibernian as they missed the chance to go third in the scottish premiership. hibs went ahead in the second minute, had their keeper sent off not long after, and held out until the final stages when chris kane equalised for stjohnstone. the cheltenham gold cup is one of the biggest racing events of the year — and we got a contest which lived up to that billing.

it was, literally, a two horse race with native river holding off the favourite might bite. that gave jockey richard johnson his second gold cup triump — and a first for trainer colin tizzard. it was the champions of super league against the leaders leeds rhinos, won. of super league last night, and the champions, leeds rhinos, won. they ended st helens unbeaten run since the start of the season thanks to a strong second half performance. ash handley scored two of the rhinos' five tries. elsewhere salford beat hull fc. some tennis news for you and venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells and so has world number one simona halep. williams lost to russia's daria kasatkina, who's beaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final where she'll meet naomi osaka of japan. now to the second of our commonwealth games previews. last week we saw the youngest athlete, wales' 11—year—old

table tennis player. this week mike has been to train with one of the oldest. 67—year—old david calvert is heading to his 11th games to compete in the highest calibre shooting event, full bore rifle. before he left, mike went to train with david and his partner in surrey although it was more like siberia. he is arguably the best in the world. you're aiming at a target which could be 900 metres away. a little black dot on the horizon, a bull's—eye the size of a dinner plate, and yet in conditions more akin to siberia, one david calvert, now in his 60s and going to his 11th commonwealth games, will hit 99% of the time. it is a sport that you can start in your teens and continue well past

normal retirement age, you can compete and be competitive for decades. it is the challenge of the wind effect and also the skills of firing a good shot. there is a crack, you see the splash of the sound, can you feel the buzz in the target, you pull it down, it is good for your stomach muscles. give it another push, and at this point there would be another hole in the target. the maximum possible score in the individual commonwealth games event is 405 points. david scored 404 to set the record. wow. david is used to being carried to the podium, as is the tradition in fullbore rifle shooting, having won four commonwealth golds for his native northern ireland and four bronze. it is regarded as a blue—ribbon event by quite a few

in the sport of shooting, partly because of the heritage. this is where it all started back in 1860, with the award of the queen's prize by queen victoria. never been that comfortable around large bangs, but what worried me most as i was invited to take a shot in this high—calibre sport is how far the bullet can travel in that wind. fresh winds today would blow the bullet by ten feet. it is why in pairs you rely on your partner to help you line up your shot. line up the sights... take yourtime. it is all about mental strength under pressure. ready when you are. just squeeze gently. you do feel a slight thud, once it is pushing to your shoulder, the whole body takes it. the shot that is showing is a simple bull's—eye. i would stop while you are ahead.

i will leave it there, to 25—year—old jack alexander to partner david at the commonwealth games. it's a privilege to shoot alongside david, and are not many people in the game who would be at the top of their game for as long as david had, he is passing on his knowledge and enjoys me doing well as well. all thatjack and david are aiming for now is a commonwealth golds. what an incredibly slow hand you have to have to do that. certainly won't have a drip on his nose out there unless it is wet. i very much doubt that anyone will

be getting a sweat on this weekend, because it is going to be called. that is an understatement. it will be a real shock to the system. the easterly wind is back and with it the issues of snow and ice. the met office amber warning has come into force from mid—afternoon. we already have snow and ice because we have shifted from the atlantic south—westerly is to the atlantic south—westerly is to the siberian easterlies. the high pressure too far away to cut off that flowing to stop the snow showers, so they will start to come in big and fast. this is the band of rain, sleet and snow that we have sinking southwards, so some centimetres in parts of sussex. it will turn to sleet and snow and then peter out. we are expecting to see more significant amounts of snow in the shower is behind it. this will cause things to be a little on the slippery side. these are daytime temperatures. remember we had 14 celsius yesterday. what a shock. 10 degrees down. and then we have a

gale force winds which is buffeting parts of wales and cumbria. this strength of wind you get what is cold rotors streaming which are very gusty winds to the west of mountains. let's concentrate on the snow and ice. the showers will be focused across parts of northern england and the midlands and perhaps the east of wales. also across the south—east of england and into essex. trundling down the thames valley. and then tonight as well as that we could have a more significant spell of snow across southern england and south wales. let's ta ke southern england and south wales. let's take a look at how it is looking through the latter part of today. there we are with that strong near gale force easterly wind blowing snow showers across the country, across other areas as well. not everywhere will see them but they will start to pile up. this is they will start to pile up. this is the more significant area of snow. we still have some uncertainty on how much we will see, but several centimetres will cause disruption and it will stick because temperatures are below freezing. it will be a hard, penetrating frost tonight because of the strength of that wind on a great saint patrick's

a evening. bitterly cold. and then as we go through tomorrow, that snow is still with us. we think there will be some snow showers following on behind and it will be very cold indeed. we could have significant problems, as you can appreciate, with several hours of snow falling in some southern parts of the country. sunshine in belfast, but for most of us are very cold day. perhaps not quite as harsh as today adding on the wind—chill. does it last? no. it looks as though that easterly wind will be cut off. high—pressure drifts into the atla ntic high—pressure drifts into the atlantic and we will see the northerly winds instead coming from not a particularly one direction but at least it cuts off that really icy, cold siberian error that we have got at the moment that brings the risk of ice and snow. bitterly cold at the moment in contrast to last week and a real issue we think with snow. as you saw, those amber warnings. for the north—east of england and south—east england and then later on tonight in southern areas of england and wales, i'm

afraid it's not great news, is it? 0h, afraid it's not great news, is it? oh, dear. you're just afraid it's not great news, is it? oh, dear. you'rejust the deliverer of the news. you are not making it. thank you. see you later. we'll be back with the headlines at 8. now it's for newswatch with samira amhed. hello and welcome to newswatch. was the bbc too slow to report on claims that up to 1000 children in telford may have been victims of abuse by grooming gangs of mainly pakistani heritage? and as calls are made for the kremlin—backed tv station russia today to be taken off the air in britain, should question time have chosen one of its presenters as a guest? first, the nerve agent attack on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia continued to dominate the news agenda this week, raising many questions for bbc news. one was the extent to which theresa may's unequivocal statement that russia was culpable

for the attack should be taken on trust or challenged. some members of the audience felt the bbc had erred too much in the former direction, with derek coulson writing: and george skinner agreed: the prime minister announced on wednesday a number of measures to be taken against russia, but not one that had been widely mooted — taking the television station russia today off the air in the uk. the broadcaster is widely regarded as a mouthpiece for the kremlin which made

the choice of one of the panellists on bbc one's question time a surprise to some people. a broadcaster with the russian funded tv channel rte and presenter of a weekly current affairs programme on that channel, afshin ratanzi. that guest booking was already causing concern before the programme went out on thursday with matthew hilbert, tweeting: it is not the first time journalists from russia today have appeared on bbc news and we asked the bbc whether it was appropriate for them to do so? they told us: the russian theme continued that evening as newsnight

on bbc two ran an item which irked some viewers not so much for its content but more for the studio background. did jeremy corbyn misread the mood of his party in the commons yesterday when he refused to point the finger at russia? last night, a group of labour backbenchers said it unequivocally, that they accept the russian state's culpability for the spy poisoning. some people felt the photograph ofjeremy corbyn in a russian—style hat, surrounded by a red picture of the kremlin portrayed the labour leader as a collaborator with moscow. susan was one of them and recorded this video for us. i felt compelled to contact you regarding the newsnight programme last night and the portrayal ofjeremy corbyn some kind of a russian hat next to a portrayal of the kremlin. i feel that this is a very biased depiction of the man and those more gullible in society will absolutely associate jeremy corbyn with

russia and russians. i am only interested in justice and honesty and i don't see any of that here. very disappointed. last weekend, the sunday mirror said it had uncovered britain's worst ever child grooming scandal with claims that up to 1,000 girls had been abused since the 1980s. over the next two days, other newspapers followed that up extensively, but there were only limited mentions on bbc news. scores of people wondered why, with one of them, david, leaving as this phone message on tuesday morning. hi, i woke up this morning to the horrific stories about the child abuse in telford, so i thought i would go on to the bbc app which i use regularly and lo and behold there was nothing about it. on your top five stories on the website there's one about pork pies and one about the dangers of chinese

ta keaways. are you going to cover this scandal? the bbc was accused in the press of ignoring the story and adam agreed, writing: on tuesday, the victoria derbyshire show interviewed a victim of child exploitation in telford, but it was not until wednesday the bbc bulletins ran a report on the subject. night—time in telford. recent reports say up to 1,000 girls could have been sexually abused in the town over the last four decades. the police here say at the moment they are dealing with

less than 50 cases. for many the bbc‘s reaction was too little, too late. trevor bell thought: let's put that to james stevenson, the bbc‘s news editor, whojoins me now. can we start with the story broke in the sunday mirror, when did the bbc national news think it worth reporting? so immediately we could see it was a good and strong piece ofjournalism by the sunday mirror and it was widely covered in our paper review and prominently on sunday and we saw it was a story that we needed to follow up and we began to do that. so as early as monday morning, the victoria derbyshire programme was leading its output on the story and later that day the world at one interviewed the leader of telford council to

challenge him about what was going on. we quickly saw it was a story that needed to be covered and it needed our original reporting effort to follow up and that's what we did. we heard from a viewer who said he used the news app and was wondering when did the story appeared on the front page on the website? so there was a story on the website on monday and that was on the england index. there are various developments in the story as the week has gone on, and i am sure you have seen and the viewers have seen how the story has developed, so the initial suggestion was possibly 1,000 victims and that was based not on hard information but on an extrapolation based on work with an academic. so we pursued it and we weighted the story and we looked at it in depth and it is worth saying, to address your point directly, that we are in the middle of this huge spy drama and scandal and poisoning

scandal in salisbury and that has consumed a huge amount of our airtime, as has the death of ken dodd and later in the week stephen hawking, so even in a busy news period this has been an exceptionally busy news week and we have tried to cover the telford story in the mix amongst all the other things that we have been doing. i suppose audiences would say in a busy news week this is a really important news story. that is certainly true and i would like to challenge an idea that i think viewers might be left with by the sequence they have just seen. this is a scandal that has been unfolding in telford over many years and we have been covering it in great depth and with great prominence during that time. so the operation chalice brought to light the scale of abuse in telford. then there was a criminal prosecution which saw seven men being sent to prison a few years ago. so we have consistently been reporting this story as it has gone along and we have done so again this week. the tv bulletins are where millions

of people are expected to be told what the big important stories are and it was not until wednesday, three days later, that there was an actual report about telford on the national bulletins. why? it was covered in brief on the news at ten on tuesday night. as i have explained, we have a very busy news period and there are a limited number of stories we can cover. the reason it became a network tv bulletin story on wednesday was because partly because of ourjournalism. we interviewed the police in telford, we interviewed a social worker in telford, it was raised at prime minister's question time and the prime minister reacted to it. even in this busy period, that obviously deserved the attention it got on the main tv bulletins that day. you will know what bbc viewers are saying and we have had hundreds of complaints into the bbc. it said it looks like the bbc felt awkward giving the story prominence because it was about white victims and

pakistani heritage abusers. i know that is a view that some people hold, i really don't think it is the case. the bbc has just won a royal television society award. we have done a great deal of coverage on this area of abuse and this terrible story in telford also elsewhere in the country. the bbc has just won a royal television society award for the excellent documentary about abuse in the north east of england based around newcastle. that was second story on the tv news three weeks ago, so we have done a great deal of work. on rotherham where a lot of this stuff, this terrible situation came more fully to light for example. so we have certainly committed to covering what is a harrowing and terrible story and we have done it consistently over time. you will know that

coverage of previous grooming scandals with this racial element, viewers every time feel the bbc runs shy of reporting these stories prominently. do you think the bbc needs to rethink how it runs and reports on these stories? no, i think we are doing the right thing and i think we are very determined to get to these terrible and dark and difficult stories, notjust this one but across the whole range. what i do think is true to say is that before the full nature and scale of what was going on in rotherham and rochdale and oxford and other places came out, there was not as great an understanding of how profound problem and how deep this ran and if you go back a decade, i think you can definitely say that the story with the issue did not get the attention it probably deserved at that point and that is something everyone has had to reflect on.

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