hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. the british company accused of using the data of 50 million facebook users without their consent — today the information watchdog steps up the investigation. the information commissioner says it will apply for a warrant to search computers used by technology company cambridge analytica amid claims of a data breach. good morning, it's tuesday the 20th of march. also this morning — the diplomatic row continues after the attack on a former spy in salisbury — more than 20 russian embassy staff will leave london today. ministers will decide later whether to ta ke ministers will decide later whether to take any further action. tackling terrorism — police urge members of the public to act to help them thwart attacks. pothole problems — almost 25,000 miles of roads in england and wales have been identified as in need of essential

maintenance in the next year. good morning. uber has suspended driverless car tests after a fatal accident in the us. i'll have more in a moment. in sport, paralympics gb arrive back on british soil, after their record—breaking exploits in south korea. and carol has the weather. it's another chilly start to the day with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces but for many of us, it will be dry and bright. there is a little bit of rain and drizzle in the forecast but the long—range forecast, at least for this week, will turn out a bit more mild. we will turn out a bit more mild. we will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. a british company, accused of misusing personal data belonging to 50 million facebook users, is being investigated by the information watchdog. the uk's information commissioner says she will seek a warrant to look at databases and servers hosted by cambridge analytica. the firm is accused of using facebook data without consent to influence the outcome of the last us election. both cambridge analytica

and facebook deny any wrongdoing. mark lobel reports. alleviation dish data mining firm is today saving themselves. they have been secretly filmed by channel 4 news apparently suggesting it could use honey traps and potential bribery to discredit politicians. at the company hit back, criticising how the programme was edited, claiming they do not take place in honey traps or bribes. last night, the compa ny‘s chief honey traps or bribes. last night, the company's chief executive spoke of the bbc. i have a huge amount of regret about the fact that we may be undertook this meeting and spoke without certain amount of hyperbole about things we do. but the allegations don't end there.

cambridge and may be responsible for a major breach of ordinary people's dato, too. —— cambridge analytica. it has been accused of mining millions of users' data to back donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign. the potential breach of privacy has alarmed the information commissioner who today, citing cambridge analytica's lack of co—operation, is seeking a warrant to search its databases and servers. facebook suspended cambridge analytica from its servers last week and instructed a digitalforensics tea m and instructed a digitalforensics team to find out if it still has the data in question that cambridge analytica claims it had deleted at after learning the information did not adhere to data protection rules. ministers are to decide whether to take further action against russia after saturday's expulsion of british

diplomats by moscow. the russian embassy says its diplomats and their families, totalling about eighty people, will leave london today. both sides have ordered twenty—three embassy staff to go, following the nerve agent attack in salisbury which britain has blamed on russia. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports. for britain, this is both expulsion day and another decision day. the russian embassy in london will say goodbye to its 23 diplomats ordered out by the prime minister as undercover intelligence officers. as they leave, theresa may and her senior ministers on the national security council will consider possible next steps against russia. after moscow's response on saturday, expelling the same number of british diplomat, but also closing down both the british council in moscow and the consulate in st petersburg, will britain now decide to launch a second round of measures? to do so risks an endless tit—for—tat with the kremlin. but not to do so risks accusations

of weakness from some quarters. more than two weeks after the salisbury attack, and following borisjohnson‘s visit to brussels yesterday, british ministers are heartened by the level of solidarity from nato and the european union, more supportive than some had expected. so it looks as if the government may reserve the right to take further action against russia in future. james robbins, bbc news. a two—year—old girl has died after being lifted from a car found in a river in wales. kiara moore was recovered from a silver mini in the river teifi in cardigan. on monday afternoon, numerous facebook posts claimed the car been stolen. 0fficers said they were continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident and appealed for witnesses who may have seen the vehicle enter the river. some conservatives mps are expected

to range —— concerned today about the transitional brexit deal. however the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says some issues still need to be settled, including the northern ireland border. 0ur political correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster with more details — chris, what more do we know about this deal? it is proving controversial particularly, as you say, on the specific issue on fishing. the striking thing as this deal was published yesterday was broadly speaking how welcomed it was on both sides of the political divide. at westminster, businesses saying this transition period gives them a bit of certainty in the median time. there was a sizzling row about fishing with conservative mps in scotla nd fishing with conservative mps in scotland in particular but others from coastal communities around the uk feeling this transitional period sells their community short. so many from the fishing community wanted to

ta ke from the fishing community wanted to take back control of uk coastal waters they expected that would happen much, much more quickly than as set out by the government. they are going to have to wait until the end of 2020, as things stand and they don't like the look of that. michael gove, the environment secretary, last night, we were told that there was a frank exchange of views. that is westminster speak, for absolutely blazing row. i spoke to some of the mps that were going to some of the mps that were going to that meeting and they were furious in advance because of the amount of heat they have taken from their constituencies as this deal was published. the campaign already notching up another stat today because they will head to see the prime minister. it is not clear what she will be able to do in the short term but they will be arguing very, very passionately that as soon as the transition period is over 2020, there is a deal that they can live with where they can say, look, this is what brexit has brought to our communities. chris, thank you very

much. see you a bit later on. the taxi—hailing service, uber, has suspended tests of its driverless cars, after one of the vehicles hit and killed a woman in arizona. there was a human monitor in the car at the time — but it was suposed to be driving itself. steph is here with more details. this will affect our really well—known business as well. this will affect our really well-known business as well. there are well-known business as well. there a re lots of well-known business as well. there are lots of companies testing d riverless ca rs are lots of companies testing driverless cars at the moment but this one in particular, uber, this incident happened in arizona. a lady called at elaine herzberg was crossing the road in arizona when the car struck. she was taken to hospital and very sadly, she later died. uber has said this is very sad news, incredibly sad news will stop it is one of a number of firms operating these types of vehicles and the first time, as you say, a pedestrian has been killed by one of these driverless cars. it's important to point out, this was driverless in the sense that car was

running itself but there was a person behind the wheel so there was someone person behind the wheel so there was someone there but they weren't operating the car at the time and obviously this brings into lots of questions about whether we are, perhaps, we are starting to use this technology too early. if you put it into context about road crashes generally in the us, more than 100 people die every single day in human controlled car crashes. some people are saying we controlled car crashes. some people are saying we are controlled car crashes. some people are saying we are putting up the technology too early and others are saying hang on a minute, there are a lot fewer accidents but obviously their right as many driverless cars. it it raises all sorts of questions. this weekend's edition of the saturday night takeaway has been cancelled. it is not clear who will present the final two episodes of the itv series. police are urging members of the public to help them prevent terror attacks in the uk, as part of a new drive to encourage people to report suspicious

behaviour or activity. detectives have revealed that one in five reports made to counter—terrorism police last year contained useful intelligence. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. the police need the public‘s help to tackle terrorism. they want people to become their ears and eyes, to be on the lookout for unusual activity 01’ on the lookout for unusual activity or behaviour and reported. the message is, trust your. just as officers trust there's trust theirs. a cargoing officers trust there's trust theirs. a car going past and numerous times —— and number of times. a person with no purpose but the list is not exhaustive. it is very much what is unusual to that person. as part of the police campaign, there is a short film. to show people the kind

of things they should report. we have long said every good police officer should be a counterterrorism officer. i want every citizen to be a good counterterrorism citizen and this is the way they can do just that. counterterrorism police say they received more than 1000 tipoff last year after almost 31,000 calls and messages and they want the information to keep on coming. danny shaw, bbc news. one of the stars of the hit television series sex and the city, cynthia nixon, has announced she is launching a bid to become new york governor. in her campaign video, ms nixon, who played the lawyer miranda hobbs on the show, said that she loved new york and never wanted to live anywhere else, but that somethings in the city had to change. i'm not sure what things she is talking about. brings a bit of stardust. they have tradition of

that american politics. good morning. good morning to you as well, cats. —— kat. people are back from the pa ralympics from the paralympics with seven medals around their necks. four medals around their necks. four medals for manor fitzpatrick. —— menna. they weigh 500g medals for manor fitzpatrick. —— menna. they weigh 500 g each. that has got to hurt. a lot of neck muscle required. britain's pa ralympic heroes are back on home soil, after the most successful winter games in over 30 years. they were led home by skier menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe, who won britain's only gold of the games. paralympic gb finished the games with seven medals england winger anthony watson has been ruled out for the rest of the season with

an achilles injury. he'll miss between four and six months of action, including this summer's tour of south africa. maternity leave in tennis should be reviewed — that's the opinion of the tournament director of the miami 0pen, james blake. it's after serena williams was given a difficult draw at the event, having recently returned from 13 months off to have her first child. finally, look at this. take a look at this dive in a chilean top flight match. we talk about diving in the premiership all the time that take a look at this. unbelievably, after that, the referee does give the penalty. the acting all paid off. that actually made us all laugh out loud. i thought it was the first guy. there is that lash out with the back leg. i think the striker thinks, i saw

him go for me. i'm going to go down. shambolic. carol can tell us about the weather. it is chilly this morning. if you are out and about, there is a yellow weather warning out from the met 0ffice weather warning out from the met office with ice across england and wales. they are that in mind first ring but today generally it won't be as cold as it has been in the last few days and some of us will see some sunny few days and some of us will see some sunny spells. having said that, as we go through the course of today, we will see some temperatures rise but not as much as they are going to as we had three to light a pa rt going to as we had three to light a part of the week. as this plume of yellow co m es part of the week. as this plume of yellow comes across. back to the weekend, back to the blue. we are looking at highs around 12 during the week and on the weekend, back at eight or nine. we have the weather front drifting in from the east towards the west producing cloud and patchy, light rain and drizzle but

not everywhere. it really is quite patchy. first thing this morning, not as cold as in recent times in england and wales but in rural areas, don't forget, it will be colder, hence the risk of ice. there is also cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, under clear skies, colder conditions and frosty. where we have the cold are around aberdeen shire and near the borders, it could also be producing patchy rain and light drizzle. through the course of the day, the weather front drifts west and brightens up beautifully in east anglia. some sunshine as well ci’oss east anglia. some sunshine as well cross parts of northern england at specially cumberland and cheshire and fox got land and northern ireland. you can already see them the size of the next weather front coming our way. it will come in through the course of the night across western scotland and northern ireland, bringing rain to the end of the night to both areas. in the south under clear skies, we could see some fog patches for example and it will be a cold night with a

widespread frost. temperatures will be low. a gorgeous start across england and wales tomorrow and as the weather front comes in across the weather front comes in across the north—west, introducing rain, ahead of it, the cloud will build. it will be bright rather than sunny by the end of the day. temperature wise, 11 in aberdeen. we haven't seen wise, 11 in aberdeen. we haven't seen that for a while. we are looking at eight and nine as we come further south. what does this they bring? we see the weather front pushing down towards the south—east. then a more active one comes in from the west. this one is going to introduce as well as thicker cloud, some heavy rain across western scotla nd some heavy rain across western scotland and also northern ireland. ahead of it, the cloud will build that temperatures, ten, 11 and 12. we haven't seen those levels for quite awhile. into the latter part of the week, friday into saturday, things cool down and touch. instead

of the 10th and 12th, we're looking at eighth and ninth. not as cold as it has been, dan and lew. —— 10s and 12s. some of the pages. ant‘s back in rehab this morning. we talked about this young lady, and campbell from east sussex who was killed last week in our turkish east sussex who was killed last week in ourturkish airstrike east sussex who was killed last week in our turkish air strike in syria and her father has in our turkish air strike in syria and herfather has been in our turkish air strike in syria and her father has been saying that she was led by her conscience in almost everything, she had a highly developed sense ofjustice. it is a story we have mentioned here, this is the fallout about brexit —— brexit, making progress, but there are some conservative mps saying

that she has betrayed fishermen, with a protest on the thames. anna campbell also the front page of the this morning and they have the story of cambridge analytica on the cover as well. the daily mail, a potential cool for the most common cause of blindness has been found by uk doctors, and also the son as well. the picture on ebay, £7, and could sell it now for 2 million. after it was confirmed that it was actually a rare picture of the wild west outlaw jesse james, when he was 1a years old. a man from spalding in leaky ship bought the photograph online, and said he is deadly going to sell

it and will buy a house and car. what a great investment. the advertising standards authority are having a bit of a crackdown on celebrities who don't make it clear in their tweets that they are advertising things. they have picked ona advertising things. they have picked on a few of the well—known celebrities who often sweet —— tweets to promote different products, and under consumer law they are supposed to state clearly that a social media post is an added. if they are paid or received freebies in return, and they are saying they could be heavily fined if they are caught. it is nearly easter, we are starting to ease to rags, the third of an it direct‘s weight is packaging. —— a stake's weight. easter egg makers are being shamed over their packaging. so they make it feel a bit heavier? every

morning, i have them on my dressing table, i look at it and go, oh... morning, i have them on my dressing table, i look at itand go, oh... i don't know why i bought them so early. you do this with christmas presents as well. so organised. on the back of the sun, the news that lewis hamilton is that to sign, they say, a record £120 million deal, so he will get £40 million over the forced to years of it, with the option of a third, he is so forced to years of it, with the y but he doesn't... he is said to and £770,000 a week, and he will be britain's most highly paid sports star. the footballers are getting together at st george's park ahead of the friendlies against holland on friday, italy next tuesday, so there isa friday, italy next tuesday, so there is a picture of all the england

players getting together, four goalkeepers in that squad as well. and then one for cricket fans to get their teeth into this morning, kevin pietersen announced his retirement from cricket over the weekend and he has put forward his best 11. some massive names from cricket. if you are a cricket fan, one at pick up the daily telegraph and flick through. what have we got here? a p pa re ntly through. what have we got here? apparently our faces have different changes in a different mood. if you have read cheeks and blue on the chin, you are signalling happiness. today is international day of happiness. i did not know that. hgppy happiness. i did not know that. happy happy day. one other thing

would any dimension, have you ever sent a message to someone on your phone to the wrong person? (laughs). we have all done it. a guy called michael sent a message to himself which was meant to be a reminder to watch a film, and it was called girls trip, and he got his number wrong, and sent it to a woman called li na. they started having a conversation, they had a date, and three months later they got married. all from one wrong digit. how many people will try that now? girls trip? i have not dug into that story too deeply, i don't know whether

they watch girls trip on their first day. now they are married. almost 25,000 miles of roads in england and wales have been identified as in need of essential maintenance in the next year, according to the asphalt industry alliance. 1.6 million pot—holes were filled in last year at a cost of £95 million. experts say it would take 14 years to get local roads back to a reasonable state for motorists and cyclists, as brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. this is the problem we are talking about. so many potholes, they are everywhere. everyday i feel like my tyres are going to be completely ruined. are everywhere. they are atrocious, the roads, it everywhere now. we really need some investment. it isa now. we really need some investment. it is a problem that irritates motorist, but one which can be lethal to cyclists. simon and tom are part of club which cycles around 10,000 miles easier, both have been

recently injured. there was not really a ny recently injured. there was not really any way to go with the cars, i hit this pothole, took one of my hands off the bars, and i went down quite hard, probably in excess of 25 miles an hour. i had injections, fluid within my shoulders and my hands, courtesan injections, it has been quite an ongoing thing. and the trauma has stayed with you because you are not out there cycling competitively? it really knocks your confidence, you arejust competitively? it really knocks your confidence, you are just really aware of the road surface, and certainly being pushed out into the traffic, with the broken roads. tom has been floored four times in as many weeks. every single time due to a pothole? pretty much yet. potholes 01’ a pothole? pretty much yet. potholes or the road being poorly maintained. and we know this, the big flaw is likely to make a big problem even bigger. but today a report from the people who will look after the fix

say this. councils in england and wales filled in 24% fewer potholes last year than five years ago, and it will take 14 years to clear the current road repair backlog. local authorities this year are telling us that there is more than 24,000 miles worth of road that really need to be addressed in the next 12 months, thatis addressed in the next 12 months, that is incredible, it's like driving around the world. one in five roads have got less than five worth —— five years worth of life left in them. lastly we were saying one in six. the scale of the problem is escalating, our roads are getting worse. while novel ways are dreamt up worse. while novel ways are dreamt up to highlight the problem, the local government association says councils are making progress in filling dols properly. but they need much more funding from central government. central government said they had given close to £300 million to help do the job. they had given close to £300 million to help do thejob. simon they had given close to £300 million to help do the job. simon was offered £18,000 from the council in compensation. all of this costs, but today's report says nowhere near

enough is being spent to tackle decades of underinvestment. you can see they cause really serious problems. worse after the snow as well, they are usually a little deeper than normal. are you plagued by potholes on your daily commute? we'd like to see your pictures. you can e—mail us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag #bbcbreakfast. did you know spring officially sta rts did you know spring officially starts today? it is a timely reminder which means longer days are on the way. tim muffett is at rhs harlow carr in harrogate for us this morning. good morning. it is the spring equinox, it is an astronomical event, some of that temperatures have been astronomically low, the

record for this time of year it is 21.5 degrees, but was 1972 in cambridge, today it is a lot lower than that. what effect is that having on our gardens and our wildlife? if you have a garden or an outdoor space, what should you be doing now? will plant have survived, which ones have not done well and need help? paul is the curator here, what are you doing our? just giving this had to trim, there are some damage on the shoot, and just taking the weight off it. we will talk to paul moore later, we also have an expert on birdlife, a lot of questions to be asked, we will have the top tips and advice to help you manage your outdoor space and your garden, given the very cold temperatures that will be learning a little more later. darce and snowdrops there, you see not many of them at this time of year. but first he is the news, weather and travel where you are.

good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. the labour mp for kensington said the council has bent nearly £20 million keeping survivors of the groenefeld tower in hotels. the council's deputy leader has accused the envy of being out of touch and say it has spent more than a quarter of £1 billion on more than 300 new homes. the government's being urged to increase money for schools to help deal with the rise in knife crime. the labour mp for croydon central — sarahjones — told the commons that the problem had reached what she called "epidemic" levels and that a shortage of money had led to problems in her constituency. at least three quarters of head

teachers have had to cut staff, iteration and help like mentor in which art crucial in preventing crime. now that is academic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? the department is working with the home office and of course other stakeholders, police, ofsted and health and safety on updating our school security guidelines to make the risk of carrying knives and providing advice on dealing with this important issue. the number of youth clubs and projects for young people in london has fallen dramatically in the last seven years. that's according to research by the green party. figures from london councils show 81 clubs and council run youth projects have closed since 2011. the government says it is giving local authorities billions of pounds to invest in core services including those for young people. london boroughs have the highest proportion of a roads in northern

england. a bbc investigation showed that the three worse boroughs of the city of london, westminster and tower hamlets. all three need to repair an average of more than 14% of the roads. the rac says the number of drivers broken down after hitting potholes has risen and is concerning. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the heathrow express: there are myna delays on the heathrow express: there are minor delays between london paddington and heathrow terminal 4. onto the roads and a13 has the usual delays building up, into town through dagenham. the m25 is closed anti—clockwise betweenjunction 27 and junction 26 due to a serious accident involving a lorry and a car. and the chelsea embankment is closed westbound between chelsea bridge road and beaufort street due to gas mains work. let's look at the weather. it is dry

and cloudy with some brighter spells through the afternoon. there is a yellow warning device. later the top temperature will be nine degrees celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning, you are watching brea kfast good morning, you are watching breakfast with louise and then. it is just after breakfast with louise and then. it isjust after 6:30, we breakfast with louise and then. it is just after 6:30, we will bring you the latest news in a couple of moments. also on the programme today, one in five to boss made to counterterrorism police last year contained useful intelligence. we will speak to the head of uk counterterrorism policing about a new drive encouraging people to report suspicious behaviour or activity. following oscar success, the producers of the silent child

will be here to tell us why they're calling on the government to teach all children sign language. despite being terrified of heights, welsh rugby star gareth ‘alfie' thomas has agreed to complete a 12,000 feet skydive for sport relief. a team of over 60's, dubbed the ‘silver skydivers‘, are also taking part. we'll catch up with them later to find out how they got on! good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a british company, accused of misusing personal data belonging to 50 million facebook users, is being investigated by the information watchdog. the uk's information commissioner says she will seek a warrant to look at databases and servers hosted by cambridge analytica. the firm is accused of using facebook data without consent to influence the outcome of the last us election. both cambridge analytica and facebook deny any wrongdoing. ministers are to decide whether they

will take further action against russia after the expulsion of british formats from russia. their families totalling about 80 people will leave russia today. both sides have ordered 23 diplomats to go following the attack on the verge —— following the attack on the verge —— following the attack on the verge —— following the nerve agent attack. a two—year—old girl has died after being lifted from a car found in a river in wales. kiara moore was recovered from a silver mini in the river teifi in cardigan. on monday afternoon, numerous facebook posts claimed the car been stolen. officers said they were continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident and appealed for witnesses who may have seen the vehicle enter the river. some conservative mps are expected to raise concerns today about the future of fishing after brexit. under yesterday's draft agreement, the european union will continue to set quotas on which fish can be caught during the transitional period following the uk's departure next march.

number ten said it had secured specific safeguards for the fishing industry. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell believes britain was responsible but corbyn says he wants a definitive a nswer corbyn says he wants a definitive answer about the source of the nerve agents. the taxi—hailing company, uber, has suspended testing of its driverless cars in the us after a fatal accident. a 49—year—old woman was hit as she crossed a street in arizona. the incident is the first time a pedestrian has died in an accident involving a self—driving car. there was a driver in the vehicle, but police said it was in autonomous mode. president trump has unveiled a plan to invest six billion dollars tackling an epidemic of painkiller—addiction in the us. mr trump has called for tougher punishment for drug

dealers and traffickers, including the death penalty, a move which is opposed by many in congress. police are urging members of the public to help them prevent terror attacks in the uk, as part of a new drive to encourage people to report suspicious behaviour or activity. detectives have revealed that one in five reports made to counter—terrorism police last year contained useful intelligence. the family of bald eagles in washington, dc are celebrating two new additions. here they are. the bald eagle almost disappeared from the united states decades ago but have taped —— habitat detection lead to its recovery and the bird was removed from the federal endangered species list in 2007. apparently the hatching process can take between 24- hatching process can take between 24— 48 hours. put that in your fact file. i will be ripping out some

bald eagle facts later in the programme. beautiful to see. bald eagle facts later in the programme. beautifulto see. good morning, kat. judging by the celebrations that the winter olympians had, i was watching a video from amy fuller. it looks like a big party. the winter paralympians who arrived back on british soil, i think the party begins to them now. paralympics gb have returned safely to the uk after their medal—winning exploits in south korea. the team has achieved its medal target of seven medals, with all of them being won in the visually—impaired skiing. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe claimed gold in their slalom event to become gb's most successful winter pa ralympians of all time. they've been speaking to andy swiss. it means everything to me. i have

always had a dream since i was little to come away with a medal at the paralympic games and 2018 was a lwa ys the paralympic games and 2018 was always the goal ever since i first started. an immensely proud to have done it and reached the goal that we wanted. so what is it actually like skiing with a visual impairment? we've got our hands on a piece of video that gives us a good idea of what it looks like... ...and here it is. this is what skiing with partial sight looks like — it makes you realise just how important having a guide on the mountain is. england's anthony watson will miss the rest of the season with an achilles injury. the 24—year—old was withdrawn during the first half

of the weekend's six nations defeat at the hands of ireland, and it's understood he'll miss between four and six months of action, which would rule him out of england's tour of south africa injune. now, you're at the top of your sport, you go off to have a baby and when you return — you get drawn against the top players. that's the scenario facing serena williams in miami this week as she's been drawn against naomi osaka — who won the last tournament. and the director of the miami open believes that needs to be reviewed. williams, who is a 23—time grand slam singles winner, has no official ranking, which means she cannot be seeded for wta events. so who do you feel more sorry for? williams getting a tough draw or the poor woman in the top ten who has to face her in the first round?

an interesting conundrum. we're used to seeing jose mourinho a little moody — the manchester united manager has been particularly irate lately. but he may have another reason to be unhappy this morning: the former england striker chris sutton has called mourinho "outdated". he says the united manager's personality has changed from the charismatic one that came to the uk in 2004. mourinho has been criticised by some fans and pundits for a style of football perceived to be unadventurous. meanwhile, sutton expects defender luke shaw to leave the club at the end of the season. the 22—year—old has barely featured for united under mourinho, with the manager publicly criticising the full—back during his time at old trafford... ido i do think it is part and parcel of professional sport. players take responsibility but there seems to be something in thisjose mourinho thing. we are not party to what goes

on in there. it seems that barinia has an agenda against luke shaw. if you have an agenda, play. —— jose mourinho. well, the controversial var technology was available in manchester united's fa cup win against brighton over the weekend but it wasn't required. no such luxuries available in the chiliean top flight... have a look at this... withjust five minutes remaining and the score finally poised at 1—1, penalty... can't believe the rectory at ward had a penalty for that. maybe they do need the ae are in chile. —— ar. the way he throws his head back! tv presenter, ant mcpartlin says he will seek further treatment after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. his publicist said the presenter, who spent time in rehab last year, was taking time off "for the foreseeable future". we can speak now to dr yasir abbasi, clinical director of addiction services at mersey care

nhs foundation trust. thank you forjoining us. tell us a little bit about the general situation. when somebody has had issues, at what stage would they need to go back into rehab? naturally, it is quite dispiriting news coming out about ant. relapse isa news coming out about ant. relapse is a common news coming out about ant. relapse is a common outcome news coming out about ant. relapse is a common outcome of recovery. when someone is going on a recovery journey, there are so many factors at play that can affect the journey towards recovery and towards com plete towards recovery and towards complete abstinence, that having a relapse into one or the other kind of epic did substances shouldn't com pletely of epic did substances shouldn't completely throw you off board. you should learn from the mistakes. you

should learn from the mistakes. you should see what triggered it and learn from it and make sure that doesn't happen again. it's very individual, isn't it? we speak to lots of people who have been in rehab and it can be difficult to be thrust back into the public eye. it is not something everybody goes through but living your life in the spotlight in that way can make things more troubling. it can. this reiterates the fact that addiction is quite a serious illness and there is quite a serious illness and there is no one silver bullet which treats it. it is a bio cycle social approach you need to take. you need to make sure physical well—being is looked after, psychological well—being. there is a social network that they connect to which needs to be addiction free to help them recover. and naturally, when you are in the limelight and there is so much focus on new, it can put more stress on you. that is how it

is if you are working within the media. i guess what we need to make sure of now is to give ant some time, give him the space to recover without everyone having a very strong opinion of what is happening. and giving him his personal space so when he is ready and more robust, he can come back. routinely, what kind of support people are given when you have been through rehab. obviously, you have had intense support and help. when you leave, what support is there? there is a lot of emphasis on what we call building up your social network. it is essential that during your rehab placement, you have a recovery agenda where you look at what you would need to do we re look at what you would need to do were you to go through a difficult patch. that includes dealing with your stresses and that includes dealing with your cravings and triggers. over here, your close

ones, your friends and family, to play an important role and you need to have people who you trust who you can discuss the difficulties you face. if you are having a stressful moment, you should know how to destress yourself in a positive way. if you are having your cravings and your triggers then you should know how to distract yourself in a positive way. this needs to build up while you are going through the rehab process. interesting to get an insight. thank you. a little bit later on, we will be talking about how this asset —— how this effects itv. this saturday is not going to go ahead. carol is here to look at the weather. cloud across norfolk.

it is similar across many parts of england, wales and scotland. generally speaking, it is going to be less cold as we go through today compare to what we have been used to and as the cloud thins and brakes, we will see sunny spells develop. blues return and it will be mild into the middle of the week and not as cold as it was either. currently we have a weak weather front that is pushing a cloud over to the west and

thatis pushing a cloud over to the west and that is what will give us some patchy light rain and drizzle here and there. in the towns and cities of england and wales the amount of cloud cover that we have, we will push further north, around aberdeenshire we will have clad in scotla nd aberdeenshire we will have clad in scotland and the rest of scotland and northern ireland it is a cold start with a widespread frost. through the course of the day here is the band of cloud, the weather front that drifts steadily westwards, the sun will come out behind it, across east anglia and south—east england, parts of southern england is generally and across northern england, particularly cumbria, lancashire, cheshire into northern ireland scotla nd cheshire into northern ireland scotland will see the sun. already you can see something else is coming in from the atlantic, and other weather front, and that is continuing to progress in from the west. eventually bringing in some rain across western scotland and the west of northern ireland. across england and wales we will have clear

skies, it is going to be a cold night but again the chance of a widespread frost, these are the temperatures in towns and cities, it will be lower in rural areas and we could see some patchy freezing fog in parts of the south. we start wednesday on that note, beautiful start when we lose any patchy fog across england and wales, and the weather front comes in from the north—west, taking the rain with it across scotland and northern ireland into north—west england, then you notice all this cloud building ahead of the two. the further east you are the longer you will hang on to the brighter skies. by thursday that has scooted down to the south—east, againa scooted down to the south—east, again a lot of dry weather at a more active front coming in from the west introducing some heavy rain and italy across western scotland and northern ireland, and that we will see some breaks but look at those temperatures. 10— 12 it has been a while since we have seen those. fathers who want to take time away from work to care for their children are not getting enough support from the government.

steph‘s been looking at this. it is based on some research that is out today. the women and equalities committee spent over a year looking at whether dads are supported in the workplace when it comes to caring for their children — and they think that the current policies aren't working. especially for less well—off dads. richard wanted a more flexible job so he could do the school run, but he struggled to find an employer who would let him do that. i have got two children and when my eldest was about to go to school we realise that we needed to get some flexibility in our working lives to accommodate our family, which was very important to me and my wife. so through a discussion we realise that would be me, i would make that shift, and unfortunately in that process employers were asking questions about why my wife was in collecting the children, why would it younie. as a family we determined

it younie. as a family we determined it would be me that would be ever the children and employers need to realise that their own sake, and to get the person for the job that is best not just present, get the person for the job that is best notjust present, they need to best notjust present, they need to be flexible about their offer. sarahjackson, chief executive of the charity working families joins us now from london. how common is richard's story?m how common is richard's story? it is increasingly common. we have been tracking a father would penalty for a number of years. every year we produce something for the modern family ‘s index which is the biggest survey of working families in the uk. and we can see last year that a number of fathers were beginning to make choices or say they were making choices about downshift in in the way richard did, and it was that report that prompted the select committee to launch this enquiry. an easy we asked fathers what they were doing about it, and we have seen at around 18%, almost one in five of fathers have put a brake on their career because they want to spend more time with their family. and

there is no difference between what men and women are doing. so we are beginning to see a real panelled —— perrin to a penalty and merging, web becoming apparent is a bad career move. “ becoming apparent is a bad career move. -- parenthood family. so what can be done about it? be committee is calling for a new extended period of paternity leave, at the moment a father only gets two weeks and they have two be working for an employer to 41 weeks before they can get that two weeks. every new father should have time off to be with their new child, they are saying there should be an additional paid 12 weeks at 90% of salary for all new fathers, so 90% of salary for all new fathers, so similarto 90% of salary for all new fathers, so similar to maternity leave, just not so long. and they are also saying that flexible working should become a day one right as the prime minister herself has called for, because at the moment fathers can find it much harder to negotiate taxable working on mother's day. find it much harder to negotiate taxable working on mother's daym is interesting when you look at the

take—up of shared parental leave, and it is incredibly low isn't it? do you think that is fathers worrying as well about the potential stigma, how they will be treated by their employer? there are three things going on. one is that shared pa rental leave things going on. one is that shared parental leave is £141 a week, so it is difficult for parents to take that option. not a lot of fathers know about it, and yes they are worried, men aren't stupid, they can see what happens to women's careers. what we do see is that within employers who are paying shared pa rental leave employers who are paying shared parental leave properly and who are promoting it and encouraging fathers to ta ke promoting it and encouraging fathers to take it, it is actually a really high take—up, some of those big organisations are reporting 50% take—up among eligible fathers. anything we can do to give fathers greater confidence so they will start doing what they actually want to do in terms of their family lives, could be a real change, a real wake—up call in the uk as we see men and women both being able to ta ke see men and women both being able to take care of their kids the way they

would like to. thank you for your time this morning. and i'm sure anyone out there who was a dad who wa nts to anyone out there who was a dad who wants to tell us their opinion, get in touch with us because it would be great to hear your thoughts. it may still be frosty this morning but today is the spring equinox — the official start of a new season. you wouldn't think so after many parts of the uk were bombarded by snowstorms over the weekend and temperatures struggled to rise above freezing. breakfast‘s tim muffett is at rhs harlow carr in harrogate for us to find out what impact the weather has had on our gardens and wildlife. good morning to you, the official start of spring, the spring equinox, from today days are longer than before, but the two bridges that this time of year have been extraordinarily cold. enjoy the view here, 58 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens, just the of harrowgate, the royal horticultural

society gardens at harlow carr. you can also see behind me some work being done, because this has posed some interesting challenges for gardeners can offer those who tend to large gardens like this, and smaller gardens as well. what should we be doing if you have a garden or outdoor space to help manage what has happened, given the very low temperatures. what have you been doing here, paul, what talent —— what challenges have these temperatures pose? we have had mild spells early on, but a nice cold winter has held everything back, but first day of spring, kind to get into the garden, —— time to get into the garden, get up those dead leaves, really it is time to cut pla nts leaves, really it is time to cut plants back before the new shoots come through and prepare this spring. a lot of people have been worried about their daffodils because that snow may have damaged them, as a damage them permanently,

jackie, what do we make about daffodils, what have you seen here so daffodils, what have you seen here so far? at this time of year the daffodils should be upright, they should be nice and perky, it is one of the signs of spring we love. a lot of them have fallen over, and if you look at this one they all have little bands in the stalks and that is because it has been so cold that the sap inside the daffodils has frozen, and when it falls out the cells can burst and can go horribly wrong like this one. what i would recommend doing is, if they look ok, you can pick them, defrost them slowly and enjoy them in a vase in the house,. jamie is a bird expert. apart from feeding birds what can you do to encourage wildlife? keeping the scruffy edges of the garden is a good thing, keeping them said, —— said. garden is a good thing, keeping them said, -- said. what impact has the

weather had on migration? lots of birds turning up in gardens, where they are forced to look further food because of the bad weather. seen anything interesting this morning? there is one up in the hole there, i have in looking at that. we tried this imminent but maybe that is too much of a challenge. —— tried to zoom much of a challenge. —— tried to zoom in on the bird there. the surveys have not been done yet, it isa surveys have not been done yet, it is a busy time of year for birds, a tossu p is a busy time of year for birds, a tossup between andy and expenditure, cold air is not good in spring. thank you. it is a beautiful site this morning, the sun is out, temperatures are low, the first day of spring officially, some people ha rd of spring officially, some people hard at work. it is an inspiration. they look beautiful there, the

gardens. there is a fruitcake that they do their at harlow carr. we would like to know how your garden has been faring in the cold weather, if your plants flowers have been damaged by the ice and snow... you have to whack the snow off the precious ones. send your pictures in to us. we also have whatsapp. if you get a to us. we also have whatsapp. if you geta digit to us. we also have whatsapp. if you get a digit wrong you might get married in three months! that is a reference to a story you found about a wrong number, someone sent a message. someone sent a message to himself, put the wrong did it in, send it to a woman instead who said what is this about, and three months later they got married. good morning from bbc

london news, i'm alpa patel. the labour mp for kensington claims the council has spent more than 20 million pounds keeping survivors of the grenfell fire in hotels. emma dent—coad has branded the council "wasteful" and "incompetent". but the council's deputy leader has accused her of being out of touch — and says it's already spent close to £250 million on more than 300 new homes. the government is being urged to increase money for schools to help deal with the rise in knife crime. the labour mp for croydon central told the commons that the problem had reached what she called "epidemic" levels and that a shortage of money had led to problems in her constituency. at least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff, iteration and help like mentor in which are crucial in preventing

crime. now that is academic has infiltrated our schools, now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? the department says it is working with the home office and of course other stakeholders to update information in relation to crimes. a bbc investigation showed that the three worse boroughs of the city of london, westminster and tower hamlets. all three need to repair an average of more than 14% of the roads. the rac says the number of drivers broken down after hitting potholes has risen and is concerning. let's have a look at the travel situation now. a good service on the tube across all lines. on the heathrow express:

there are myna delays between london paddington and heathrow terminal 4. onto the roads and a13 has the usual delays building up, queues into town through dagenham. the m25 is closed anti—clockwise betweenjunction 27 and junction 26 due to a serious accident involving a lorry and a car. let's look at the weather. good morning. it is a chilly start this morning. it is a chilly start this morning but it is less cold than it was this time yesterday. temperatures very near to zero. hovering just above in many places. a damp start, one or two places should start to brighten up later. these showers should be clear and light, the met office has a yellow weather warning in place this morning fights. we had some rain overnight that could have frozen. the rain will clear through the course of the morning leading to some sunshine. it is going to feel quite present, with a maximum of nine celsius. some patchy cloud burst, thicken up to produce the odd shower but most places dry, p —- link the clear spells and drops back down to zero in one or two places, some frost first thing tomorrow morning. a lovely bright start if a

little bit chilly. sunny spells through the course of the day and the temperature gradually start to recover following those cold temperatures at the weekend. some sunnis held throughout and back up at 15 celsius through the weekend. that is it from me i am back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. the british company accused of using the data of 50 million facebook users without their consent to influence the us election. the information commissioner is applying for a warrant to search computers used by technology company cambridge analytica. both they and facebook deny any wrongdoing. good morning, it's tuesday the 20th of march. also this morning — the russian diplomats expelled from

the uk over this by poisoning will leave today. ministers will decide later whether they will take further action. why potholes are still causing problems — nearly 25,000 miles of roads in england and wales need essential maintenance in the next year. good morning. uber has suspended testing of its driverless cars after a fatal accident in the us. i'll have more in a moment. in sport, paralympics gb arrive back on british soil, after their record—breaking exploits in south korea. it is officially the first day of spring. look at that. sun is out. will we have the weather to match elsewhere? the sun is out. we have a lot of clear skies across scotland and northern ireland. a lot of

sunshine but a cool start. the england and wales, we have sunshine as we have seen. also abandoned cloud moving west which will thicken up cloud moving west which will thicken up in the odd spot with patchy light rain. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. a british company, accused of misusing personal data belonging to 50 million facebook users to influence the us election, is being investigated by the information watchdog. the uk's information commissioner says she will seek a warrant to look at databases and servers hosted by cambridge analytica. both cambridge analytica and facebook deny any wrongdoing. mark lobel reports. a leading british data mining firm is today battling to save its reputation. yet, this is complex to do... executives from cambridge analytica have been secretly filmed by channel 4 news apparently suggesting it could use honey traps and potential bribery to discredit politicians. but the company hit back, criticising how the programme was edited, claiming they do not engage in honey traps or bribes. last night, the company's chief

executive spoke to the bbc. i have a huge amount of regrets about the fact that we maybe undertook this meeting and spoke without certain amount of hyperbole about some of the things that we do. but the allegations don't end there. cambridge analytica may be responsible for a major breach of ordinary people's data, too. it has been accused of using the personal data from 50 million facebook users to encourage voters to back donald trump during the 2016 us presidential election. a whistleblower from the company claims a personality quiz on facebook was used to amass the data. that potential breach of privacy has alarmed the information commissioner who today, citing cambridge analytica's lack of co—operation, is seeking a warrant to search its databases and servers. facebook suspended cambridge analytica from its services last

week and instructed a digital forensic team to find out if it still has the data in question, but cambridge analytica claimed it has deleted all the data it obtained from a third party application in 2014 after learning the information did not adhere to data protection rules. mark lobel, bbc news. ministers are to decide whether to take further action against russia after saturday's expulsion of british diplomats by moscow. the russian embassy says its diplomats and their families, totalling about eighty people, will leave london today. both sides have ordered twenty—three embassy staff to go, following the nerve agent attack in salisbury which britain has blamed on russia. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports. for britain, this is both expulsion day and another decision day. the russian embassy in london will say goodbye to its 23 diplomats ordered out by the prime minister as undercover intelligence officers. as they leave, theresa may

and her senior ministers on the national security council will consider possible next steps against russia. after moscow's response on saturday, expelling the same number of british diplomat, but also closing down both the british council in moscow and the consulate in st petersburg, will britain now decide to launch a second round of measures? to do so risks an endless tit—for—tat with the kremlin. but not to do so risks accusations of weakness from some quarters. more than two weeks after the salisbury attack, and following borisjohnson's visit to brussels yesterday, british ministers are heartened by the level of solidarity from nato and the european union, more supportive than some had expected. so it looks as if the government may reserve the right to take further action against russia in future. james robbins, bbc news. jeremy corbyn has said the uk must still deal with vladimir putin —

despite evidence pointing to his country's involvement in the salisbury spy attack. the labour leader said he would "do business" with russia but assertively and on the basis of the uk's values. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says he believes mr putin was responsible. but mr corbyn said he wanted "an absolutely definitive answer" about the source of the nerve agent. a two—year—old girl has died after being lifted from a car found in a river in wales. kiara moore was recovered from a silver mini in the river tye—vee in cardigan. on monday afternoon, numerous facebook posts claimed the car been stolen. officers say they are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident and appealed for witnesses who may have seen the vehicle enter the river. some conservative mps are expected to raise concerns today about the transitional deal after brexit. under yesterday's draft agreement, the european union will continue to set fishing quotas. our political correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster with more details —

chris, how controversial is the deal? we are calling it frank discussion? it is always a tell—tale sign at westminster. a frank exchange of views which is westminster code given that these things tend to be gently talked down, for humdinger of a row. this matters to so many mps, talking about fishing. is very small pa rt talking about fishing. is very small part of the british economy but symbolically hugely important in the context of wrecks it because it being the very essence of how you do and do not co—operate with our nearest neighbours. —— context of brexit. according to the fishermen,

it has been a disaster for their industry. they were excited about escaping from the clutches of the eu. they've believe this period of transition, at one year and nine months, that will follow our expert, simply doesn't deliver that quickly enough. they thought they would be a little bit of a period of transition where things would stay the same. they now realise it would take a year longer than they realised. some of these mps had had meeting. they have a meeting with the prime minister today. it shows how this argument is ratcheting up very quickly. less than 24 hours on from the big moment in brussels yesterday. all of these matters, regardless of whether you have an interest in ourfishing communities, because conservatives don't have a

majority in parliament. their scottish contingent are particularly angry about this and are making noises along the lines of saying they would be able to back a brexit deal that wouldn't do far more for fishermen. tricky row, this, for the prime minister to try and resolve. next time we hear a frank exchange of news, we know what they mean. the taxi—hailing service, uber, has suspended tests of its driverless cars, after one of the vehicles hit and killed a woman in arizona. seu self driving cars have been involved with several crashes but this is the first time it has been involved in a fatal pedestrian collision. steph is here with more details. a lady called a elaine herzberg with causing the road in arizona and was struck by one of these driverless ca rs. struck by one of these driverless cars. she was then taken to hospital and very sadly died. at that time, there was a person behind the wheel of the car but the car was self automated so the person wasn't actually in control of it. this is

the first time, as you say, dan, that a pedestrian has been killed by a driverless car. this is a car that was being tested by uber and they are one of many firms testing cars like this at the moment. to put it into context. this is the first time a pedestrian has been killed. there area a pedestrian has been killed. there are a something like 100th et al it is because of cars in the us every single date. —— 100 deaths. people are questioning whether this would happen at all. —— should happen. other people have said it was so close that nothing would have been able to stop it. that is the debate around whether this is technology that we really need to make sure is spot on it gets deployed. it goes right to the heart of the issue, are they safe or not? by 2021, the

government sets before they want to look into using driverless cars. and have them on the roads by 2021. and back in rehab. and off tv and backin and back in rehab. and off tv and back in rehab. this is about ant mcpharlin. —— ant. it was from drink—driving. this weekend's episode of saturday night has been cancelled. the firm set up a harvey weinstein and his brother 13 years ago have filed for bankruptcy. the future had been in doubt since dozens future had been in doubt since d oze ns of future had been in doubt since dozens of women publicly accused the producer of sexual harassment, assault and rape. harvey weinstein denies all allegation of nonconsensual sex. the studio says it will cancel nondisclosure agreements which had been used to

stop women making accusations against harvey weinstein. one of the stars of sex and the city cynthia nixon has announced she is launching a bid to become new york governor. in her campaign, cynthia nixon who played miranda hobbs, said she loved new york and never wanted to live anywhere else but some things in the city, according to her, have to change. you are watching breakfast. tip—offs from the public to counter—terrorism police can provide vital information to help foil future terror plots — but what should people be looking out for? last year one in five reports from the public contained useful intelligence which led to a number of convictions. police have released this video to show what sort of things they want us to look out for. scotland yard's newly appointed counter—terrorism chief, neil basu joins us now from our studio in central london. good morning. thank you forjoining

us. i really want to talk to you about your priorities right now. you obviously have just got this job. it is an incredibly important one. what are your top priorities? it is getting communities to help. a ta keover getting communities to help. a takeover at a moving time. it is almost a year to the day when that some are like no other. my thoughts will be with victims, families and survivors from that awful time. i know the public has a sense of anxiety about terrorism but i want them to have a sense of control as well. it has long been a mantra of hours that communities defeat terrorism, not just hours that communities defeat terrorism, notjust security co nfessionals. terrorism, notjust security confessionals. —— professionals. we wa nt confessionals. —— professionals. we want them to report it to us if they see anything. i think i have been criticised in the past because we weren't clear about what it was that was suspicious that they should report. this film is an attempt to

say, hey, these are some common, everyday things that might be a vital part of the jigsaw that helps us solve the crime. we have seen a bit of the film. what sort of things would you say to people to look out for? some of the things are obvious, if people are looking at weapons or browsing extremist material. there might be people who are hiring cars or vans for what apparently is no good reason and acting suspiciously while they do so. filming security people orfilming while they do so. filming security people or filming security sites and cctv when you would expect them to do something more like a tourist photographs or acting suspicious in public. what i have said in the past is the public has an amazing instincts. you know in your community, you know in yourfamily, you know where you live and where you know where you live and where you work, what doesn't feel right. what we are saying is what something doesn't feel right, no matter how small or insignificant you think it is, you should pick up the phone or go to the website which is

www.gov.uk/act. no forward click or phone call will be ignored. have you got the resources if you have got dozens, thousands of phone calls, e—mails, suspicious activity, do you have the resources to deal with it? we are dealing with almost 600 investigations, the tempo is very high but we have network of thousands of police officers and staff who are doing amazing work up and down the country and in every region of the uk. yes we have the resources . region of the uk. yes we have the resources. we know the public want to report to us and we want to encourage them to do that. absolutely every call is taken seriously, every call is treated confidentially, every call is triage by trained professionals who will know whether or not this is something we should act upon or not. cani something we should act upon or not. can i also talk to you about counterterrorism being involved into

this spy poisoning, what is the latest, what can you tell us?|j this spy poisoning, what is the latest, what can you tell us? i have said before that this is going to be a painstaking and long investigation. our offices are dealing incredible work and i wanted pay tribute to their bravery and they are working around the clock to try and get answers. we have taken 400 state rents, we have more state m e nts 400 state rents, we have more statements to come, there is 4000 hours of closed—circuit television footage and we are trying to get through it, but this will take a long time. but i want to pay tribute to the amazing people of salsbury who have been amazing throughout, —— salisbury. the people have come forward in response to the appeal and they have talked with them if communities defeat terrorism, i would like every citizen to consider themselves counterterrorism citizen. in the same way that we want every police officer to be a counterterrorism officer. and

salisbury is proving that. it is 18 minutes past seven. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, iam good morning, i am well, good morning, iam well, hope good morning, i am well, hope you are too. today's weather, the spring equinox, we have been hearing tim talk about it, the weather is more springlike. this is a gorgeous picture taken this morning, thank you for sending them in. some still snow out there, but the sun is out, not everywhere this morning, but the chances are high that if you haven't got it yet you will see it. it is not going to be as it was over the weekend. if we look at the trend of the temperature this week you can see wednesday are still quite chilly, but then these mild yellow colours come across the shores. with the change in the wind direction to more of a southerly. they push ahead as we move into friday and sat away.

that will turn bitterly cold once again but the temper at will dip a touch. today we have this weak weather front drifting from the east towards the west, it will tend to fizzle but it is producing some cloud and some very patchy light rain and drizzle here and there. i no means are we all seeing it but it means that it is not as cold start today across england and wales as it was yesterday. you can see as well that around the borders in eastern scotland, for the rest of scotland and northern ireland —— all of northern ireland it is a cool start. there is also some frost around as well. we have a band of cloud continuing to drift from the east towards the west, fizzling, but it will be the chance for some spots of light rain coming overjust here and there, i no means will we see it all, and it will brighten up over east anglia and southern counties. the same for most of northern england and western wales, and most of scotla nd england and western wales, and most of scotland which should hang on to

the sunshine. in the north and west of scotla nd the sunshine. in the north and west of scotland and west of northern ireland, the clouds start to approach and this is the new weather front coming our way. as it does so the clan will continue to build through the night, at an chilly with some rain arriving across western scotla nd some rain arriving across western scotland and west of northern ireland. for england and wales and the clear skies it will be cold, widespread frost and a chance of some patchy freezing fog forming as well. so tomorrow we start of on that cold latecomers still a loss of sunshine for england and wales first thing, but as the weather front comes in from the west, getting into northern england, the cloud will build a header that, and temperatures going up, and a quick look at those they shows that getting into the south—east and clearing, the cloud building but temperature wise and we have not seen temperature wise and we have not seen for a while, we are looking at between ten and 12. it sounds positively warm, like summer. time

to crack out the ice cream. if you haven't noticed, dan's ice cream shirts. i like it. it even has got twister, fab, i have been analysing them this morning. 7:21a.m.. potholes cause issues to cyclists, other rolled issues as well. and the recent bad weather will only have made the problem worse. according to the asphalt industry alliance there are almost 25,000 miles of roads in england and wales which have been identified as in need of essential maintenance in the next year. experts say it would take 14 years to get local roads back to a reasonable state for motorists and cyclists, as brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. this is the problem we are talking about. so many potholes, they are everywhere. every day i feel like my tyres are going to be completely ruined.

they are everywhere. they are atrocious, the roads, it's everywhere now. we really need some investment. it is a problem which irritates motorists, but one which can be lethal to cyclists. simon and tom are part of club which cycle around 10,000 miles a year, both have been recently injured. there was not really anywhere to go with the cars, i hit this pothole, took one of my hands off the bars, and i went down quite hard, probably in excess of 25 miles an hour. i had injections, fluid put in my shoulders and my hands, cortisone injections, it has been quite an ongoing thing. and the trauma has stayed with you because you are not out there cycling competitively? it really knocks your confidence, you are just really aware of the road surface, and certainly being pushed out into the traffic, with the broken roads. tom has been floored four

times in as many weeks. every single time due to a pothole? pretty much yet. pretty much yeah. potholes or the road being poorly maintained. and we know this, the big flaw is likely to make a big and we know this, the big thaw is likely to make a big problem even bigger. but today a report from the people who will help look after the big fix say this. councils in england and wales filled in 24% fewer potholes last year than five years ago, and it will take 14 years to clear the current road repair backlog. local authorities this year are telling us that there is more than 24,000 miles worth of road that really need to be urgently addressed in the next 12 months, that is incredible, it's like driving around the world. one in five roads have got less than five years worth of life left in them. last year we were saying one in six. the scale of the problem is escalating, our roads are getting worse. while novel ways are dreamt up to highlight the problem, the local government association says

councils are making progress in filling dols properly. councils are making progress in filling holes properly. but they need much more funding from central government. central government said they had given close to £300 million to help do the job. simon was offered £18,000 from the council in compensation. all of this costs, but today's report says nowhere near enough is being spent to tackle decades of underinvestment. are you plagued by potholes on your daily commute? craig from middlesbrough has sent in this wonderful image, that is going to cause serious problems the people. here is an with a series, a collection. the manager at ten hill in richmond posts because of potholes on social media places to warn everyone. a cyclist fell down

one apparently. and this is from warren who sent this one in, it is side on. we could have flipped that. that is a series of potholes. that is strenuous lane in burton. —— stringers lane. thank you for getting in touch. it is not like you have got out to get those pictures, it you had them on your phones. i will go to a pothole folder. i need one. email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. or you can tweet using the hashtag bbcbrea kfast. spring officially starts today which means longer days are on the way! tim muffett is at rhs harlow carr in harrogate for us this morning. it looks glorious there. good morning, glorious but very cold. it

is the spring equinox today, the official start of spring as far as many are concerned. we have had record low temperatures, so what impact have those temperatures had on our gardens and wildlife? the gardeners here said these shoots would normally be much more developed than they are now, so what can partners do if you are going out in the next few days, what should you do to help preserve and give a helping hand to some of the plants which may be having a tough time. for more tips, more later but first here is the news, weather and travel where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. the labour mp for kensington claims the council has spent more than £20 million keeping survivors of the grenfell fire in hotels. emma dent—coad has branded the council "wasteful" and "incompetent". but the council's deputy leader has accused her of being out of touch — and says it's already spent

close to £250 million on more than 300 new homes. the government is being urged to increase money for schools to help deal with the rise in knife crime. the labour mp for croydon central told the commons that the problem had reached what she called "epidemic" levels and that a shortage of money had led to problems in her constituency. at least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff, special needs provision and support like men touring which are all crucial in preventing crime. now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? the department for education says it's working with the home office to update schools on the latest security guidance in relation to knives. london boroughs have the highest number of a—roads with potholes in england. a bbc investigation has learned the three worst boroughs

include the city of london, westminster and tower hamlets. westminster and tower hamlets. all three need to repair an average of 14% of their roads. the rac says the number of drivers breaking down after hitting potholes has risen. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the london overg round the london overground has minor delays between euston and watford due to a faulty train. the heathrow express has minor delays between london, paddington and heathrow terminal 4. the m5 is closed anticlockwise between 27 and 26 junctions. chatsworth rose is —— chatsworth road is closed in both directions, due to a suspected armed robbery last night. lets take a look at the weather, here's kate kinsella. quite a chilly studies morning but it is less cold than it was this time yesterday. temperatures very near to zero but hollering —— offering just above in many places. we have a bad start with one of two

showers around but things should start to brighton bay later. these showers will be quick and light, the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for ice, we had some rain overnight we should have frozen, so there may be one or two slippery surfaces. it should clear through the morning leading to some sunshine this afternoon and it will feel quite pleasant with a maximum of nine celsius. overnight some patchy cloud at first, it enough to produce the odd shower, but this place is dry. in the kluwer —— cloud clearing away, and temperatures drop back down to zero and wanted later so we back down to zero and wanted later so we could see one or two bits of frost first thing tomorrow morning. a lovely bright start it habitually, sunny spell through the course of the day and the temper to you will notice gradually starting to recover following those cold temperatures at the weekend. some sunny spells throughout and temperatures by the weekend back up a 15 celsius. i am backin weekend back up a 15 celsius. i am back in half an hour, let go back to louise and down. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker.

here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. a british company missed —— accused of misusing data along it to 50 million facebook users to affect the us election is being investigated by the washed —— watchdog. they are looking at databases. both companies deny wrongdoing. we want to know the company has hit back at those claims, criticising how the programme was edited, claiming they do not engage in honey traps or bribes. we're joined now by damian collins who is the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport committee. it's fascinating watching the entirety of that report. just for clarity, you spoke to one of the

gentleman in that video. the chief executive of cambridge analytic as pa rt executive of cambridge analytic as part of your enquiry into fake news. —— cambridge analytica. what questions to you want to ask him? we é 5“— user; fig} 7, , , . é kn user data if 7, , , . received these ffiéfiéfiféfié’fiéfi triage ; i . era-fhee fm?" if? §b§é§m1= frag?" mr nix denied cambridge university. mr nix denied he received that date. it is concerning why are companies like cambridge analytica was able to buy the data profiles of 50 million facebook users, and facebook knew about this for two years without doing anything about it. they only finally acted to suspend cambridge analytica from using their platform this weekend when the story broke.

will you be resubmitted to nix to get to the bottom of why he originally denied using the data from facebook? it looks like mr nix misled parliament. we want to make sure we know what he meant. certainly, what he told us when he came in front of the select committee was not consistent from these various investigations. it is important because at the heart of this is the ethics of how facebook data is acquired and how it is used. people use facebook data every day and had never have heard of cambridge analytica. —— heard of cambridge analytica. —— heard of cambridge analytica. —— heard of cambridge analytica. and they could be accessing their data and using their knowledge. this is where the story broadens out. by the way, cambridge analytica says they are not in the business of lying or fake

news and player not in the business of entrapment. there are companies that do this but to me that crosses the line. again, to broaden this out and bringing facebook in, i know you are doing some gathering of data in america last week, do you now need to speak to facebook again about this? last month, we had some hearings in the community in america where we were discussing these very issues. today, iwould be where we were discussing these very issues. today, i would be writing to mark zuckerberg to tell him to come to the committee. when we have the hearings with facebook, we asked them directly about their relationship with cambridge analytica and asked them the way in which developers can acquire facebook user data and have a monitor how they do with it. they we re monitor how they do with it. they were not able to give us any clear a nswe rs were not able to give us any clear answers but clearly the company knew about this relationship with cambridge analytica and knew there was a problem. we want to know why we didn't get straight answers at the time. the time has come now for the time. the time has come now for the person who founded his company, his public face, flat we speak in public and answer question. i'm talking about mark is a blog. —— and

actually speak in public. and answer questions. they said there were questions. they said there were questions they cannot answer. what they said was they had given information to the information commissioner and they would supply that same information to the committee. it has been more than a month since those hearings and we haven't received the data and information about them. we also asked them about weathered whether —— they didn't have information. one of the facebook used is to put witnesses in front of hearings that don't know the full picture so they can get away with not answering the questions in that way. the time for ducking and diving has come to an end and we want the people whose job it is to know everything about this to a nswer it is to know everything about this to answer the questions. how surprised were you to find out that facebook was actually in the offices

of cambridge analytica and were told to stand down by the information commissioner? extraordinary. we were told this during channel 4 news last night and the —— don't know if the information commissioner was aware. what they intended to do in those officers, who knows? the concerns we re officers, who knows? the concerns were that they might have been removing information that could have been vital to the investigation. it is astonishing they were there in the first place. the thing is, it is a huge drop the information commissioner. this is about free and fair elections, not looking like they are free and fair. this is about our use of sites like facebook and others and what they do with our personal data. this is a story which has huge implications right across society. you'll make if we go back to these 50 million user profiles, these are not people that agreed to hand over their data. —— if we go back. these people were just

engaging ina back. these people were just engaging in a survey that had been put out there so these people had no idea that their data was in the hands of a company like cambridge analytica. a lot of these surveys and social interactions are not about politics, just about people ‘s daily lives but that information can be taken and used to target those three people in a clinical campaign and it is something i think people have no knowledge of and will be quite shocked to know it happens. one final one. facebook are a well—known company and they deny any wrongdoing. do you feel you are in a position when you can bring them and asked them the questions they need to a nswer asked them the questions they need to answer on this issue or other it too vast and she too huge to be brought into the discussion in that way? no one is too big to be facing questioning. we are now calling for it, for mark zuckerberg to come and so it, for mark zuckerberg to come and so if the us. congress. i think the time has come for them to front up and answer these difficult questions because it's notjust about what politicians like myself or our

cou nterpa rts politicians like myself or our counterparts in america who are investigating this, it is about what facebook users think. —— who are investigating think. thank you for your time this morning. lots of detail in the papers as well. ministers are to decide whether to take further action against russia after saturday's expulsion of british diplomats by moscow. the russian embassy says its diplomats and their families, totalling about eighty people, will leave london today. both sides have ordered twenty—three embassy staff to go, following the nerve agent attack in salisbury which britain has blamed on russia. jeremy corbyn has said the uk must still deal with vladimir putin — despite evidence pointing to russian involvement in the salisbury spy attack. in an interview with radio four‘s the world at one, the labour leader said he would "do business" with russia, but it would be based on british values. at the weekend, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said he believes mr putin was responsible. some conservative mps are expected

to raise concerns today about the future of fishing after brexit. under yesterday's draft agreement, the european union will continue to set quotas on which fish can be caught during the transitional period following the uk's departure next march. number ten said it had secured specific safeguards for the fishing industry. the taxi—hailing company, uber, has suspended testing of its driverless cars in the us after a fatal accident. a 49—year—old woman was hit as she crossed a street in arizona. the incident is the first time a pedestrian has died in an accident involving a self—driving car. there was a driver in the vehicle, but police said it was in autonomous mode. coming up shortly, carol will have have all the weather details but first kat is here with the sport. returning winter pa ralympians.

yesterday, quite late on in the afternoon they returned. look at all that silverware and gold wear and bronze ware around their necks. they are 500g bronze ware around their necks. they are 500 g each. menna fitzpatrick and jen kehoe have so many. that would get you right in the solar plexus. i hope they were moving sareen lee through the airport. paralympics gb have returned safely to the uk after their medal—winning exploits in south korea. the team has achieved its medal target of seven medals, with all of them being won in the visually—impaired skiing. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe claimed gold in their slalom event to become gb's most successful winter pa ralympians of all time. they've been speaking to andy swiss. it means everything to me. i have always had a dream since i was little to come away with a medal at the paralympic games and 2018 was always the goal ever since i first started. i'm immensely proud to have done it

and reached the goal that we wanted. england's anthony watson will miss the rest of the season with an achilles injury. the 24—year—old was withdrawn during the first half of the weekend's six nations defeat at the hands of ireland, and it's understood he'll miss between four and six months of action, which would rule him out of england's tour of south africa injune. now you're at the top of your sport, you go off to have a baby and when you return — you're 491st in the world... that's the scenario facing serena williams in miami this week. because of her low ranking, she gets a tough draw against the best players earlier on in tournments, rather than in the latter stages. and the director of the miami open, james blake, believes that needs to be reviewed. he says the current system is a "kind of punishment" for women

who go off to have a baby — and that there should be some sort of protection — he suggests some sort of grace period where women could still be seeded — to make help them make their comeback. obviously you don't want serena williams going off and coming back as number one because that gives nobody else an opportunity to be number one but at the same time, having started from 491 in the world it seems crazy. you feel for her opponent. lots of debate about that in the papers this morning and online. we're used to seeing jose mourinho a little moody — the manchester united manager has been particularly irate lately. but he may have another reason to be unhappy this morning: the former england striker chris sutton has called mourinho "outdated". he says the united manager's personality has changed from the charismatic one that came to the uk in 2004. mourinho has been criticised by some fans and pundits for a style of football perceived to be unadventurous. meanwhile, sutton expects defender luke shaw to leave the club at the end of the season. the 22—year—old has barely featured for united under mourinho, with the manager publicly criticising the full—back during his time at old trafford.

i do think it is part and parcel of professional sport. players take responsibility but there seems to be something in this jose mourinho thing. we are not party to what goes on in there. it seems that mourinho has an agenda against luke shaw. if you have an agenda, don't play it. he has always been very enigmatic and works in mysterious ways, jose mourinho. it seems to be more erratic than usual at the moment. fascinating. 25 years ago today, two ira bombs exploded without warning in a busy shopping centre in warrington. the blasts, just a minute apart, left two children dead and 54 injured. the first explosion went off outside boots in bridge street at 12.12pm and the second outside

argos just 100 yards away. it was the day before mother's day and 12—year—old tim parry was buying his mum, wendy, a card when he was killed in the attack. wendy and her husband colinjoin us now in the studio. i know it's hard to you to see the pictures and be taken back to what happened 25 years ago. what are your memories of that day?|j happened 25 years ago. what are your memories of that day? i suppose the panic, really, of trying to find him on that day. we couldn't find him. when we went to the hospital, we described him. we said he was a 12—year—old, blonde, and they said we have nobody of that description here. i went home to try and find him. colin stayed at the hospital in case anything turned up. i went home to see if tim had gone home, he

hadn't. went back to the hospital andi hadn't. went back to the hospital and i was met by a priest who asked me what tim was wearing and as soon asi me what tim was wearing and as soon as i told him, he told us to go into as i told him, he told us to go into a room and that's when we found out that tim had been in surgery for a number of hours. because tim was so tall, he looked more 16. they said they didn't have a 12th you rolled, which they did. i know since then, you have done incredible work, the pairareafew. you have done incredible work, the pair are a few. ——12—year—old. looking at after other people like you with reconciliation. every anniversary is difficult and presumably the big ones like 25, a game, difficult still. they are, they are the most significant, is one of those numbers is in it. the media is actively interested again. we do, as we do at

every anniversary, we relive what happened. but being honest, it is a good opportunity for us to showcase the foundation, and the work we do. as much as we obviously remember as a family, but the foundation now is very important, it grows and it does more than it is doing. very important, it grows and it does more than it is doinglj very important, it grows and it does more than it is doing. i am hearing you talk about your story, there we re you talk about your story, there were people in that position, that same horrific position as you only last year. and you have been helping some of them haven't you? we are working with over 750 families and individuals at the moment, so it is basically helping them to cope and recover, and the work of the foundation does, there is no time limit to it, so if someone wants us now, that is great, if someone wants

us in12 now, that is great, if someone wants us in 12 months time, that's great as well. it is whatever is right that person. we started the programme off because when it happened to us, there was nobody around that we could talk to, so when we set up the charity, when we moved into the centre, that was one of the first programmes that i wa nted of the first programmes that i wanted to do to make sure that if it happened again there was something better people to go straight to. happened again there was something better people to go straight tolj am sure many of our viewers feel, andi am sure many of our viewers feel, and i know we feel, about how you have brought something out of something so horrific, and over the yea rs something so horrific, and over the years you something so horrific, and over the yea rs you have something so horrific, and over the years you have met with the likes of gerry adams and martin mcguinness, i am sure many of our viewers were those meetings. the people will —— remember those meetings. we spoke to you the day after martin mcguinness passed away, you struggle to give

him what happened but you don't regret meeting him? we are a peace organisation and if we start to cherry pick who we speak to we lose all credibility. you really need to have intense conversations, with your friends, you need to talk to the people who might do you harm. and so that is what we do. we break those moulds and we go to places, and we talk to people regardless of what their beliefs. we welcome them, not because we approve of them but we welcome them because there has to bea we welcome them because there has to be a dialogue. and there are still what ifs, and what he would be like now, do you think that and do his siblings think about that? we do. he would just be finishing his career at everton. you are convinced he would have been at everton fan? tim is still very much part of our family. we talk about him all the time, ourfour grandchildren

family. we talk about him all the time, our four grandchildren talk about him as though they knew him. and that is because we try to keep him alive as possible. and we tell them the things he used to do, some of the stupid things he used to do. but history much they are still with us. you said if he wasn't going to bea us. you said if he wasn't going to be a footballer, he would have been on tv, on the x factor. the first time we heard him sing, we went, we didn't know he could sing! he had confidence and he was chirpy, so he may well have been on the x factor or whatever they call it these days. who knows. it is wonderful speak to you, you have done amazing work, colin and wendy, thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is going to get milder? it is, good morning. as we go through the next few days the temperature will rise, but it will come down a touch

just in time for the weekend, but nowhere near as cold as it has been. todayis nowhere near as cold as it has been. today is not as cold as yesterday, any of us will see sunny spells and as we go through the week more blue colours are replaced on wednesday and thursday above the milder yellow colours coming from the atlantic that indicate a change in wind direction. they are pushed away through friday and saturday, the temperatures tumble a little bit but not as low as they have been. today we have a weak weather front drifting from the easter was the west, which will tend to die in situ and as it does so the cloud will break up. many of us today will see some sunshine. here is that band of cloud, it is thick enough for some patchy light rain in drizzle as it moves towards the west. it will brighten up through east anglia and the midlands, southern counties, west wales, the south—west of england, much of scotland and northern ireland, when we have more cloud coming in over the north and west. another front is coming our way and by the end of the night it

will have produced some rain across western scotland and western parts of northern ireland. the cloud building across scotland and northern england and northern ireland as well. under clearer skies across england and wales, it is going to be a cold night, with widespread frost and the chance of some patchy freezing fog. but tomorrow morning we will have some lovely sunshine to look forward to. however as the weather front continues to come in from the west, not only with the brink thickening cloud will also bring some heavy rain across scotland, northern ireland and eventually north—west england. but look at the difference in temperatures, we have ten and 11, something we have not seen for a while. and then into thursday the first weather front heads off onto the continent and then a new active one comes in from the west. this will bring in some rain, some of which will be heavy, and we will see some brighter skies and even some sunshine to further east that you travel. on thursday we are in pretty

good shape, we have10— travel. on thursday we are in pretty good shape, we have 10— 11, even 12 in the south. but thursday into friday at the temperatures go down as it does into saturday and sunday. thank you. 12 is almost short whether! a fifth of firms say the uk's mobile phone network isn't working for them — that's according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce out today. steph‘s been finding out about "not spots" and why they're bad for business. you know how annoying it is when you don't have phone we spoke to one outdoor business in snowdonia who struggle with this problem. the mobile phone coverage

u nfortu nately the mobile phone coverage unfortunately is the mobile phone coverage u nfortu nately is sketchy the mobile phone coverage unfortunately is sketchy if physicists are trying to find a way here, they are relying on navigation through their phone, they get a blackspot, can't find us or other tourist attractions, so it is a big issue price. it is all about the destination, so there is no use having these great facilities if people can't upload their images to instagram on facebook, you take that away and the people feel like someone away and the people feel like someone has topped their arm off. i have been to some third world countries where they have a better reception in some parts of north wales. —— van in some parts. —— than some parts well the british chambers of commerce is starting a campaign today to find out where the worst "not spots" are. christian spence is from the bcc. we have had lots of messages about this, rural angus in north—west

scotla nd this, rural angus in north—west scotland is appalling, it is a big problem, isn't it? it is, and it is more so as more problem, isn't it? it is, and it is more so as more business becomes mobile. what of our members have said, they are pleased with how coverage has improved over the past five years, even though we are still seeing 20% of firms are saying that actually be not spots we are seeing are stopping them doing business. and you say it has got better, how much better had it got? have half the companies saying the mobile infrastructure they are seeing in the uk now is better than five years ago, isa the uk now is better than five years ago, is a great step forward. and credit to the regulators and operators for moving forward. the question now is how we start to crack a very complex problem about them much smaller areas. we have seen them much smaller areas. we have seen this in rural areas, which perhaps feels more exam —— more acceptable, but it is not, because we wa nt acceptable, but it is not, because we want to see rural businesses do better. one of the things about

moving through brexit, is that we wa nt to moving through brexit, is that we want to get the fundamentals of business working in the uk and mobile connectivity is part of that. how do we do that than? part of the response ability sits with infrastructure providers themselves, pa rt infrastructure providers themselves, part of the lies with urban planners and deny it —— designers, we have ticket a lot of different —— have to get a lot of different providers around the table. are they not doing that already, because surely the operators can get more out of this, more money, it is in everyone's interest, isn't it? it is but you run into people with a lot of different backgrounds. things like major transport corridors being connected, there are debates over who should pay for that. it is about

bringing everyone to the table and using the local chambers of commerce isa using the local chambers of commerce is a great way to do that. are you hoping that businesses get in touch with you? absolutely, get in touch with you? absolutely, get in touch with us, there is a social media campaign, get in touch with us with your not spots. get in touch with us so we can your not spots. get in touch with us so we can get the right people around the table to improve the situation. after so many parts of the uk were hit by snow storms over the weekend, you may be surprised — or relieved — to know today is officially the start of spring. all this morning breakfast‘s tim muffett is at rhs harlow carr in harrogate for us to find out what impact the weather is having on our gardens and wildlife. good morning, it is the spring equinox, it is also very cold and it is raining. but this cold weather we have had, what impact has had on our gardens and on our wildlife? we are going to be talking a little later to some who can give some good advice, what can you do to help your

flowers, your clients, to prepare them for that mac plans to prevent them for that mac plans to prevent them for that mac plans to prevent them for the warmer months ahead. but first, here is the news, weather and travel where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. the labour mp for kensington claims the council has spent more than £20 million keeping survivors of the grenfell fire in hotels. emma dent—coad has branded the council "wasteful" and "incompetent". but the council's deputy leader has accused her of being out of touch — and says it's already spent close to £250 million on more than 300 new homes. the government is being urged to increase money for schools to help deal with the rise in knife crime. the labour mp for croydon central told the commons that the problem had reached what she called "epidemic" levels and that a shortage of money had led to problems in her constituency. at least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff,

special needs provision and support like mentoring which are all crucial in preventing crime. now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools, will he admit that school cuts are threatening our children's safety? the department for education says it's working with the home office to update schools on the latest security guidance in relation to knives. london boroughs have the highest number of a—roads with potholes in england. a bbc investigation has learned the three worst boroughs include the city of london, westminster and tower hamlets. all three need to repair an average of 14% of their roads. the rac says the number of drivers breaking down after hitting potholes has risen. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube the london overground has minor delays between euston and watford due to a faulty train. on the trains, the heathrow express has minor delays between london paddington and heathrow terminal 4.

on the roads, the m25 is closed anti—clockwise betweenjunction 27 and junction 26 due to a serious accident. in lower clapton — chatsworth road is closed in both directions — due to a a suspected armed robbery last night. lets take a look at the weather, here's kate kinsella. quite chilly start this morning but less cold than it was before. a damp start, one of two showers around that things should start to brighten up that things should start to brighten up later. the showers will be quick and light, the met office has a yellow warning in place of ice, we had some rain overnight that could have frozen so there may be some slippery surfaces. but it will clear through the morning leading to sunshine this afternoon. and it will feel quite pleasant, looking at a maximum of nine celsius. patchy cloud at first, thick enough to

produce the odd shower, most places dry them out cloud moving away, lengthy clear spells and the canberra drops back down to zero in 12 places so we could see some frost first thing tomorrow morning, but are first thing tomorrow morning, but a re lovely first thing tomorrow morning, but are lovely bright spark if a little bit chilly. —— bright start. the temperature gradually starting to recover following those cold temperatures at the weekend. some sunny spells throughout and temperatures by the weekend back up at 15 celsius. if you are heading out, have a lovely day. 20 more on our website at the usual address. now back to down and louise. —— damn. the british company accused of using the data of 50 million facebook users without their consent to influence the us election. both cambridge analytica and facebooked deny any wrongdoing. ——

and facebook. a very good morning to you, it is tuesday, march 20. the russian diplomats expelled from the uk over the salisbury spy poisoning will leave london today — ministers will decide later whether to take further action. why are potholes are still causing problems nearly 25,000 miles of roads of england and wales need essential maintenance in the next year. uber has suspended testing of its driverless cars after a fatal accident in the us. i'll have more in a moment. in sport, paralympics gb arrived back on british soil after their record—breaking exploits in south korea. following their oscar success, the producers of the silent child will be here to tell us why they're calling on the government to teach all children sign language. and carol has the weather. asa

as a chilly start, today will not be as cold as to the course of the weekend. some of us seem sunny spells. —— after a chilly start. the trend is for temperatures to climb higher. more details around 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. a british company accused of misusing personal data belonging to 50 million facebook users to influence the us election is being investigated by the information watchdog. the uk's information commissioner says she will seek a warrant to look at databases and servers hosted by cambridge analytica. both cambridge analytica and facebook deny any wrongdoing. mark lobel reports. a leading british data mining firm is today battling to save its reputation. yet, this is complex to do... executives from cambridge analytica have been secretly filmed by channel 4 news apparently suggesting it could use honey traps and potential bribery to discredit politicians. but the company hit back, criticising how the programme was edited, claiming they do not engage in honey traps or bribes. last night, the company's chief

executive spoke to the bbc. i have a huge amount of regrets about the fact that we maybe undertook this meeting and spoke without certain amount of hyperbole about some of the things that we do. but the allegations don't end there. cambridge analytica may be responsible for a major breach of ordinary people's data, too. it has been accused of using the personal data from 50 million facebook users to encourage voters to back donald trump during the 2016 us presidential election. a whistle—blower from the company claims a personality quiz on facebook was used to amass the data. that potential breach of privacy has alarmed the information commissioner who today, citing cambridge analytica's lack of co—operation, is seeking a warrant to search its databases and servers. facebook suspended cambridge analytica from its services last

week and instructed a digital forensic team to find out if it still has the data in question, but cambridge analytica claimed it has deleted all the data it obtained from a third party application in 2014 after learning the information did not adhere to data protection rules. mark lobel, bbc news. a little earlier on breakfast we spoke to damien collins mp, who said the allegations are alarming. it is concerning why a company like cambridge analytica was able to buy the data profiles of 50 million facebook users. at the heart of this is about the ethics of how facebook data is acquired and used. there will be many users who use facebook everyday who, until the last couple of days, never would have heard of cambridge analytica and might be slightly alarmed that a company that engages in the sort of discussions

that channel 4 showed last night could be accessing data without their knowledge. ministers are to decide whether to take further action against russia after saturday's expulsion of british diplomats by moscow. the russian embassy says its diplomats and their families, totalling about 80 people, will leave london today. both sides have ordered 23 embassy staff to go, following the nerve agent attack in salisbury which britain has blamed on russia. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. for britain, this is both expulsion day and another decision day. the russian embassy in london will say goodbye to its 23 diplomats ordered out by the prime minister as undercover intelligence officers. as they leave, theresa may and her senior ministers on the national security council will consider possible next steps against russia. after moscow's response on saturday, expelling the same number of british diplomat, but also closing down both the british council in moscow and the consulate in st petersburg, will britain now decide to launch a second round of measures? to do so risks an endless tit—for—tat with the kremlin.

but not to do so risks accusations of weakness from some quarters. more than two weeks after the salisbury attack, and following borisjohnson's visit to brussels yesterday, british ministers are heartened by the level of solidarity from nato and the european union, more supportive than some had expected. so it looks as if the government may reserve the right to take further action against russia in future. james robbins, bbc news. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn has said the uk must still deal with vladimir putin — despite evidence pointing to russian involvement in the salisbury spy attack. in an interview with radio four‘s the world at one, the labour leader said he would "do business" with russia, but it would be based on british values. at the weekend, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said he believes mr putin was responsible. a two—year—old girl has died after being lifted from a car found in a river in wales. kiara moore was recovered from a silver mini in

the river teifi in cardigan. on monday afternoon, numerous facebook posts claimed the car been stolen. —— has been stolen. officers say they are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident and appealed for witnesses who may have seen the vehicle enter the river. some conservative mps are expected to raise concerns today about the transitional deal after brexit. under yesterday's draft agreement, the european union will continue to set fishing quotas. our political correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster with more details. some people are not happy about this, is that if fair assessment? that really would be. there are more concerns about this than funny splashes of colour on dan's ship this morning. mps representing coastal communities are concerned, so many in the fishing world had seen so many in the fishing world had seen brexit as a huge opportunity for the uk to take back control of

its waters, potentially to revive a fishing industry that has really been battered in the last generation or two. they saw that transition arrangements agreed in brussels yesterday, and frankly many felt betrayed because not until the end of 2020 is there any prospect of taking back control, to use that slogan, of uk coastal waters. many in those communities hoped it would happen so much sooner. mps have been to see the environment secretary ads are going to see the prime minister later. a real emerging route for the prime minister to handle and this does not seem like it will go away u nless does not seem like it will go away unless she can find some sort of solution to placate them. chris mason, thank you. the taxi—hailing service uber has suspended testing of its driverless cars in the us after a fatal accident. while self—driving cars have been involved in several crashes, it is thought to be the first time a self—driving car has been involved in a fatal collision. steph is here with more details. is racist lot of questions? this was

an accident which happened in arizona, it was a lady called elaine who was crossing the road when she was struck by one of these vehicles. she was taken to hospital and u nfortu nately she was taken to hospital and unfortunately died a little later. this car did have a person behind the wheel but was fully automated, so the wheel but was fully automated, so that person was not controlling the vehicle in any way. it is one in which uber is testing, they have over 100 of these which they are testing in the us to see whether it can be rolled out in mass production. lots of people have talked about driverless cars but it raises lots of questions about whether they are safe or not. it is important to point out that we do not know the full details of the crash in terms of whether the vehicle could have stopped even if it had been controlled by the person and not the automated way the car was running. it is significant to put it into context, there are

something like 100 fatalities every day in america because of human controlled cars. although it is terrible that this have happened, some people say it is important we make sure these are fully safe before we deploy them properly, others say they are bound to have occasionalfaults. there is a question of whose fault is it when it happens, how will insurance work? ifan it happens, how will insurance work? if an accident happens, is it the fault of the car or the person who owns it? so many questions. so many, thank you. the tv presenter ant mcpartlin has stepped down from his work commitments to return to rehab after being arrested on suspicion of drink driving. this weekend's edition of saturday night takeaway has been cancelled — and it's not clear who will present the final two episodes of the series. a six—year—old boy with epilepsy will deliver a petition to downing street today calling him to be granted a special licence to use

medical cannabis. he has a very rare form of an illness which causes up to 150 seizures a month. his mother, hannah deacon, you might remember, she told bbc breakfast later democrat earlier that she wants the government to let alfie use cannabis oil to help with his symptoms —— she told bbc breakfast earlier that she wa nts. police are urging members of the public to help them prevent terror attacks in the uk by reporting suspicious behaviour or activity. detectives have revealed that one in five reports made to counter—terrorism police last year contained useful intelligence which led to a number of convictions. the public has a sense of anxiety about terrorism, i want them to have about terrorism, i want them to have a sense of control. it has long been a sense of control. it has long been a mantra of ours that communities defeat terrorism, notjust a mantra of ours that communities defeat terrorism, not just security professionals. this is a way communities can help and take back control. if they see anything we wa nt control. if they see anything we want them to report to us. i think i have been criticised in the past because we were not clear about exactly what was suspicious that they should report, this film is an

attempt to say here are some common everyday things which you might only see a small snapshot of but it might bea see a small snapshot of but it might be a vital part of the jigsaw to help in solving a crime. the world's last surviving male northern white rhino has survived, according to his carers in kenya. the 45—year—old was put to sleep yesterday as the age—related complications worsened significantly. his death leaves only two females, his daughter and granddaughter, of the subspecies alive anywhere in the world. hope in preserving the northern white rhino now lies in developing ivf techniques. good morning, you are watching brea kfast. good morning, you are watching breakfast. for our next item we will bejoined by breakfast. for our next item we will be joined by sign breakfast. for our next item we will bejoined by sign language interpreter russell andrews. we are talking about one of the most heart—warming stories from the oscars. the triumph of the silent child,

which picked up the award for best live action short. it tells the story of libby, a profoundly deaf four—year—old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker teaches her how to sign. we'll speak to them in a moment, but first, let's take a look at the film that started it all. i want her to speak! and i'm saying to you, she's not hearing anything we are saying! i said that! we only found out she was deaf when she was three and a half. which probably makes me an awful mother, but libby follows what we're saying really well. right. well, i'm sure she'll be fine, then. we have quite low expectations. we just want her to be a little bit more confident in school. i'm just wondering if we should be focusing more on the lip—reading rather than the sign language. she is normal, she'sjust deaf. do you think she'll be able to get a job one day? yeah. i think she'll be able to have a career in whatever she likes. laughs wryly. lord bless her.

iam i am excited, and i have never won one of these. i actually have an oscar in my hands. as soon as it came into the studio, louise was like, give me that! actor rachel shenton, director chris overton and lead actor maisie sly‘s dad, gilson, are with us now. we're also joined by ray williams who is interpreting for gilson. good morning, everybody. what a thing. we spoke to you on the day on bbc breakfast, you may not remember what. i do. it is incredible bbc breakfast, you may not remember what. ido. it is incredible to bbc breakfast, you may not remember what. i do. it is incredible to have won, this was very important to you, this film? the movie is super close to my heart. my dad lost his hearing very sadly, i have been involved in the deaf community for years. seeing the deaf community for years. seeing the struggles and barriers faced by deaf people gave me the impetus to write the movie. gilson, what has it

been like for you, maisie and the rest of your family? a surreal experience, just amazing. just trying to come down from the highs and everything of the oscars. it is amazing the profile it is getting. rachel and chris, you said you were so rachel and chris, you said you were so surprised not only to be there but to win, it must have been like that for you as a family? it is one of the extremes you have. and to actually achieve it, it is amazing. it isa actually achieve it, it is amazing. it is a fantastic experience. you crowd funded this? yes, which was probably the hardest nine months of any of our lives, it is so hard. our parents made and sold cupcakes, it was really made on a shoestring so we did all sorts of things to raise money. what is the moment like? you have poured your heart and soul into it,

at the oscars, looking out on the stars of the industry, thinking, we would have made something which has touched so many people with an important message? it is a really weird out of body experience which i do not think has sunk in. we watch clips and go, my goodness, we actually did that. i know you went ona actually did that. i know you went on a search to find maisie. as her dad, how has this been for her? how has it changed her? 0r dad, how has this been for her? how has it changed her? or maybe it hasn't? it totally has not changed her at all, she hasn't? it totally has not changed herat all, she is hasn't? it totally has not changed her at all, she is cool as a cucumber, she struts her stuff. it has not changed her, it has been a fantastic experience, i cannot wait to sit her down when she's old enough and explain. what was it about maisie that made her stand out? she has this laser focus that we did not see any other child, a strange maturity that you do not see

in any other child her age. then about 20 seconds, we made up our minds she was the one. that quick? it was so quick. you talked about getting the message is out, gilson. what are the most important things people should learn? it is issue is the deaf community face, especially deaf children. deaf education, we need to make changes in britain and england because it is quite clear in some cases, in a lot of cases, we are failing deaf children. my example is i had to move 200 miles away from my friends and familyjust so away from my friends and familyjust sol away from my friends and familyjust so i could get the right level of support for my children. we should not have to make... i suppose that is what winning this has done, it has given you know a platform to come on programmes like this and say, listen, we have won this

because it is important, let us make a difference? absolutely. we feel incredibly fortunate we have managed to do this, arguably one of the biggest stages in the world, incredibly proud we have raised the profile of the subject. you are planning another film already? we would like to extend it, whether a drama, feature phone. it is 20 minutes at the moment. -- feature film. it will be on bbc one over easter. will be at 7:40pm on good friday, the 30th, i think? easter. will be at 7:40pm on good friday, the 30th, ithink? exciting. you could have gone to the oscars, not won it, you could have told your friends you were oscar nominated, it is the difference between being in the audience and winning and now this whole journey which you can ta ke this whole journey which you can take the film, maisie, take the subject matter on? it opened so many doors for the message butjust subject matter on? it opened so many doors for the message but just to subject matter on? it opened so many

doors for the message butjust to be oscar—nominated is doors for the message butjust to be oscar— nominated is an doors for the message butjust to be oscar—nominated is an achievement, we never dream we would win, it is exciting what can happen and everyone involved. one of the things you want to talk about is sign language being taught in schools and being offered as a gcse too. yeah. do you want to talk about that, gilson? maybe it is notjust a gcse, but maybe at primary school age, giving them some form of exposure and learning about british sign language because if we can do that, evenif language because if we can do that, even if it is not a deaf child, when a deaf child grows up, the chances of them bumping into someone who is aware of what issues they might be facing, the risk of isolation for deaf children, it is a lot less. facing, the risk of isolation for deaf children, it is a lot lesslj deaf children, it is a lot less.” wa nt to deaf children, it is a lot less.” want to know if maisie will continue with her acting career? it changes daily. she wanted to be a drama

yesterday. what is it at the moment? it isa yesterday. what is it at the moment? it is a mixture. she changes her mind allthe time. it is a mixture. she changes her mind all the time. she said she would like to do the acting and then she wants to be a drummer, it changes. we will like to see what she would like to do. is it true it was her birthday yesterday? yes. five? seven. is she watching? she is on her way to school. i have got my number is wrong, school time! i have kids the same age, i should know that. lovely to speak to you all. it has made my day, i know it is not mine, but... we have two on the sheu mine, but... we have two on the shelf which is surreal. thank you very much. and just a reminder that bbc breakfast is interpreted in british

sign language every weekday between 6:45am and 7.:0am, and again between 7:45am and 8:15am. that's on the bbc news channel. the silent child will be shown on bbc one on good friday at 7:40pm. well worth 20 minutes of your time. very much so. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. warmer temperatures on the way? it will turn a bit milder this week, some have had a beautiful start to the day. lying snow still across parts of wales. the forecast today, it will be less cold, the best way to put it. a chilly start, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, the temperature will pick up, sunny spells for many of us. we have the blues across us, but as we move through wednesday and thursday, the

yellow clea n through wednesday and thursday, the yellow clean crosses the uk as the wind changes direction. friday and into the weekend, the blues returns, the temperature will drop a little bit, not as cold, but not as mild as it is going to be either. this week whether front moving from the east to the west, it will fizzle in the afternoon and at the moment it is bringing a band of cloud and that is thick enough here around there for patchy light rain or drizzle and by no means are we all seeing it. it will brighten up behind it with sunshine. heard of it too, a fair bit of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures higher than they have been. by the end of the afternoon, the cloud will be thickening in the west of the uk and through the evening and overnight, the cloud will move across scotland, northern ireland and eventually into northern england and by the end of the night, rain coming into western scotland

and the west of northern ireland. england and wales, it will be called with the widespread frost. again those of the temperatures you can expect in terms cities, freezing fog in south of england. tomorrow morning, when that lists, it will be a belter of a start to the day —— when that lifts. rain crossing northern ireland, scotland, north—west england. temperatures on the up. tens starting to appear. this whether front will journey east, clearing the south—east thursday morning, brighter skies with sunshine behind, but the next whether front comes in from the atlantic, more active, and it will bring heavy rain initially across western areas, moving east. the cloud moving ahead of it, but

temperatures, what a surprise, ten, 12, but it will come down towards the weekend. we canjust we can just enjoy it for a little bit. i willjust enjoy it while it is here, ignoring that last bit! few things enrage road users as much as dealing with potholes and the recent bad weather will only have made the problem worse. a new report out today says almost 25,000 miles of roads in england and wales need essential maintenance in the next year, and it would take 14 years to get them up to standard. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. this is the problem we are talking about. they are everywhere! every day i feel like my tyres will be completely ruined. they are pretty much everywhere. atrocious, the roads, it is everywhere now, they really need some investment. roads, it is everywhere now, they really need some investmentm

roads, it is everywhere now, they really need some investment. it is a problem which irritates motorists, but it can be lethal for cyclists. simon and tom are part of a club which cyclone lam 10,000 miles a year, both have been recently injured. —— which cycles around 10,000 miles a year. i hit a pothole, i went down quite hard, probably doing 25, 20 six miles an hour. i had injections, fluid in my shoulders and my hands, courtesan. it has been quite an ongoing thing. —— courtesan. it knocks your confidence, really aware of the road surface. certainly being pushed out into the traffic because of the state of the broken roads. tom has been floored four times in as many weeks. every time because of a pothole? pretty weeks. every time because of a pothole ? pretty much, weeks. every time because of a pothole? pretty much, yeah. potholes

or poorly maintained roads. we know the big thaw is likely to make the problem even bigger. today a report from the people who will help look after the big fix says, councils in england and wales filled and 24% fewer potholes last year than five yea rs fewer potholes last year than five years ago and it will take 14 years to clear the current road repair backlog. local authorities are telling us this year and there are more than 24,000 miles worth of road that needs to be urgently addressed, like driving around the world, incredible. one in five rows have less tha n incredible. one in five rows have less than five years life left in them. last year, we were saying one in six, the scale is escalating, the roads are getting worse. not always dreamt up to highlight the problem, the local government association says councils are progress. but they need much more funding from central government, but central government say they have given close to £300 million to help dudes the job. simon

was offered 18,000 from a council in compensation, all of this costs, but the report today says nowhere near enough is being spent to tackle decades of underinvestment. thank you for your pictures. so many. very much a pet peeve. thank you for your interaction. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. it is the spring equinox, the first

day of spring. things are improving through the week after the cold snap, temperatures slowly recovering to double figures. for many of us, it is quite a bright start to today. looking fairly decent. not as cold, temperatures are rising. still quite chilly first thing this morning, there is the risk of some ice here and there but plenty of sunshine across scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon. we could perhaps catch the odd shower across parts of aberdeenshire and down the east of england this morning with some clouds, but the cloud drifts further west. maximum temperature this afternoon of about seven to 10 celsius. this evening and tonight ‘s clear spells across england and wales, it could turn chilly here. cloud increasing in scotland and northern ireland and some outbreaks of rain moving. temperatures above freezing in the western isles, elsewhere hovering at orjust below freezing. a weather front in the far

north—west during wednesday brings in more cloud. the outbreaks of rain elsewhere are under the influence of the area of high pressure. another fine day for many on wednesday, some cloud streaming towards the self—induced, some bright spells here and there, some showers matt grimes longest bars of rain, particularly in western scotland, the far north—west of england and perhaps northern ireland. we have milderair perhaps northern ireland. we have milder air moving perhaps northern ireland. we have milderair moving in, perhaps northern ireland. we have milder air moving in, a perhaps northern ireland. we have milderair moving in, a cold easterly wind which is coming in from the south—west, so look at the yellow, milder condition spreading in. this is thursday's weather. more cloud across northern and western areas, some outbreaks of rain moving. bright skies elsewhere and thursday again looks largely dry, maximum temperatures of about ten to 12 degrees. that is all from me, more on the website. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with rachel home and sally bundock. the social media giant facebook loses nearly $40 billion in market value as it launches a review into the data—mining firm

cambridge analytica. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday 20th march. shares in facebook suffer their biggest one day fall since 2014! will the cambridge analytica story force the social media giant to rethink its lucrative data policy? also in the programme.... uber suspends all tests of its autonomous cars after a woman in arizona was killed in a collision — we'll take a look at what's next for driverless technology.