hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a pay rise for more than a million nhs staff. nurses, porters and paramedics are among those expected to benefit from wage increases of around 6% over 3 years. good morning. also: new claims that personal data from facebook was used by a british firm to influence the american presidential election — the academic at the centre of the row tells the bbc he's been made a scapegoat. honestly, we thought we were acting perfectly appropriately. we would build —— we thought we were doing

something that was perfectly normal. an investgation beings into the cause of a red arrows jet crash which killed an engineer and left the pilot injured. we've a special report into a widow's battle for legal representation at the inquiry into how her husband was murdered by a stranger. with the deadline approaching for companies to reveal their gender pay gap — i've been looking at the numbers. three—quarters of them pay men more than women. in sport, its friendly week for england if the clash of the keepers. for candidates go ahead had to be the first choice at this summer's world cup in russia. "4. good morning, a cold and frosty start of the david ferrer england and wales, a sunny one. cloud will build through the north—west. —— started the day for and wales. some light on patchy rain coming in from the west. —— start of the day for england and wales. more than a million nhs staff are poised for a pay rise — with a deal that could be worth

as much as £4 billion being announced by lunch time today. the bbc understands that health bosses and unions have reached an agreement that will mark an end to a 7—year—cap and boost the salaries of workers including nurses, porters and paramedics — but not doctors. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. it will be good news for people in need health service have seen it had backed i% and frozen before that. we over public sector pay was lifted last september for police and prison officers. particularly costly for the government. over the next three yea rs. the government. over the next three years. that is just on average. lower paid years. that is just on average. lower pa id staff

years. that is just on average. lower paid staff would benefit more. doctors and dentists are covered by separate pay review body. effectively, people such as hospital porters would get far more than hospital managers as percentage increase. it could be as high as 20% for some staff. this is agreed by unions and staff themselves but unions are likely to endorse this. it could cost the government around £4 billion and come with quite a high cost. the crucial thing is from the health service workers point of view, they are not having to do things that would be suggested. such as losing a days pay. we should say the average of around 6% could meet the average of around 6% could meet the current rate of inflation. they will have to make their own individual decisions about how much

they benefit. certainly compared to that pay, since 2010, this would be a significant departure. we will be talking to you later. facebook will be questioned by politicians in washington today — as the company comes under growing pressure to explain how data from 50 million users was used by a british company during the us presidential election. it's alleged that cambridge analytica used the data to target voters and influence the election outcome. that company's chief executive, alexander nix, has been suspended. both firms deny any wrongdoing. simonjones reports. facebook held a crisis meeting today... an international row about facebook data making headlines in the states and in london, home to the consultancy, cambridge analytica. that company is accused of using the personal data of 50 million facebook users to send highly targeted messages during the 2016 us election campaign. secret filming by channel 4 news shows cambridge analytica's boss, alexander nix, boasting about the role it played

in donald trump's victory. the company has denied the facebook information was used for this purpose. it said mr nix's comments do to not represent the values of the firm. he has been suspended. the cambridge academic who created the data that was harberton —— harvested and has been banned from facebook says that he has been banned. i have been used as a scapegoat by analytica. we thought we we re scapegoat by analytica. we thought we were acting appropriately, and did not do anything wrong. facebook says it did break rules by donating

dated to third parties and says it has been deceived by cambridge analytica. there is growing pressure from politicians. thank you becoming on breakfast. how is this gone down in america? the question everybody has asking. we are today six of this crisis. it certainly is a crisis. we aat here even a peep from the founder of facebook. they have had a meeting. that wasn't shared by mark

zuckerberg what is happening here, it seems to me, is that blame is being passed from party to party. blame is being shifted around, nobody taking it. there are several investigations being opened. the most prominent of which is by the us regulatorfor consumer most prominent of which is by the us regulator for consumer affairs, most prominent of which is by the us regulatorfor consumer affairs, much like trading standards. they are looking at whether facebook broke important rules about getting consent about how data is being used if they find facebook did break those rules, it could levy an enormous fine which is based on a number of users and time. we will be

talking to a technology expert. the royal air force has confirmed that a member of its red arrows aerobatic team has died in a crash in north wales. the engineer was killed when a hawk jet came down near the raf valley base on anglesey yesterday. the pilot who is injured and receiving medical care managed to eject. there are no details about the cause of the crash. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. the red arrow hauled jet crashed within minutes from taking off anglesey yesterday afternoon. the clouds of smoke could be seen for miles across the island. this footage was taken just moments after it came down. two members of the red arrows display team were board. one crew member died. the family of the engineers have been informed and asked for a 2k—

engineers have been informed and asked for a 2a— hour period of grace before further details are released. the pilot of the aircraft survived the incident and is currently receiving medical care. peter glover saw what happened on his nearby caravan. i saw it --i saw the should open on the plane hit the ground, severely get the ground and a massive ball of smoke. the red arrows aerobatic team are famous that their displays. the two crew members have been training on anglesey and the jet was returning to its base at raf scampton in lincolnshire when it came down. the raf say that the sort —— their thoughts are very much with the families of the two men involved in this crash. thejoint families of the two men involved in this crash. the joint enquiry into what happened is being carried out by the air accident investigation branch in north wales police. they are appealing for anyone who saw what happened here to get in touch. vulnerable mental health patients

are being let down because of serious failings in our treatment. the ombudsman has said this. a new report identifies a number of issues with some mental health trusts that could lead to patients suffering distress, harm or even dying avoidably. the ombudsman found that mental healthcare staff can lack the capacity, skills and training they need to do theirjob effectively. they don't always have the support needed to learn from mistakes. the government says they are expanding the service provision. a group of mps is warning of government complacency after brexit. the all—party home affairs committee says the transition period which has recently been agreed to be extended if public safety is not to be compromised. they say this down to the complexity of issues such as data sharing, the european arrest warrant and mentorship.

it's been a 25 year wait — but later today the first polar bear born in the uk for over two decades public from today. born in december it has yet to be named as keepers try to determine its sex. the cub has spent the last four months in the maternity den with its mother victoria at the royal zoological society's highland wildlife park in scotland. we don't know. i have done a bit of research into sexing a poll about. no, dan, really? what time would you like me to unveil? never. it's quite interesting. dan's morning has been wasted. it's to do with further levels. you can also look at when they wee and you can see were in the bodyit they wee and you can see were in the body it comes out of. oh, my goodness. the things i didn't know

more details later. you will be looking at those poll about pictures and much more detail. what have you got for us? ever an's attention seems to be turning to the world cup. interviews with players, interviews with the manager, being kitted out. a lot of the talk is about the goalkeepers. the battle is on to being an's first choice goalkeeper and it is hotting up choice goalkeeper and it is hotting up ahead of this summer's world cup in russia. joe hart says he would have nothing more. he is up against nick pope and jordan pickford. with manager gareth southgate set to experiment in the upcoming friendlies with the netherlands and italy. manchester city aim to end a run of

three matches without victories. the second year running. chelsea also in quarterfinal action this evening. britain's heather watson has suffered her sixth defeat in a row. she's crashed out of the miami open in the first round, losing in straight sets to brazil's beatriz haddad maia. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the quarter—finals of the players championship. he beat graame dott 6—1 in llandudno. never looked troubled at all. just cruising through that one. let's find out what is happening in the weather. good morning. a beautiful picture behind you. do you know that where that is behind you? no, i don't. it might be found in's abbey? sorry, carol. it is a beautiful picture. it illustrates the weather, blue skies, some of us will start with

this, but also frost, quite a frosty scene, where we don't have the cloud cover. in harrison in the outer hebrides, the temperature at the moment is more or less seven but in katesbridge under clear skies, it is -5. katesbridge under clear skies, it is —5. huge difference in the areas where we have cloud and where we don't. frosty for many but where we have the frost and clear skies, this is where we start with a lot of sunshine. you can see where we have the thickest cloud and that's in parts of scotland and parts of northern ireland. elsewhere we are looking at good breaks and that's where the temperature is quite low. also a weather front sinking south today, taking rain with it, albeit light and patchy and a fair bit of cloud troubling south with it too so the further south and east you are you will hang the sunshine for the longest. a start in much of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland, you have a fair bit of cloud with some light and patchy

rain. a bit of snow in the tops of the hills and through the day at the cloud pushes south on the weather front, it might notjust produce drizzle and patchy rain here and there, but it will turn the sunshine hazier so the far south—east hanging on to the lion's share of the sunshine. compare it to the temperatures of late, not too bad, double figures. as we head through the evening and overnight, our weather front here sinks south. you all seem or aim coming in across the north—west, showery at that, and also breaks in the cloud —— you will see more rain. what a difference in temperatures this morning compare it to tomorrow morning. tomorrow will not be as cold. no issues with frost but here and there the cloud breaks with parts of the sub west seeing pockets of frost, but no more than that. through the course of tomorrow we

have drizzly rain in the south—east moving away, a lot of dry weather, sunny intervals and cloud building ahead of our next weather front from the atlantic. this one is more organised and it will also produce heavy rain and the wind will also strengthen. but again, temperature wise, we're in pretty good shape. up to ten, 11, maybe 12. into friday, this weather front continues to move steadily east, clearing much of the country but we'll start possibly with some light rain or drizzle in eastern parts of england, into east anglia and the south—east, that moves away. if we follow it around, you can see this great big curl, again, wet and windy with possibly hill snow in the north, and we're looking at the potential of some of this rain coming from the south—west, which could be heavy, but the northern edge still open to question. thanks, carol, we will speak to you later. we are trying to work out where that abbey is. sorry

for the rogue question. she is gone! steph is here to look at the front pages and the back pages. the front pages and the back pages. the front page of times, the main story is about cambridge analytic, lots of details in various papers this morning. a £1 million bribe to turn an election. masood details and they are talking about plastic, plastic pollution tripling in seven years. —— the main story here, first british super suicide clinic set to pass assisted dying law. diplomats going to heathrow airport. they have more detail on the cambridge

analytica files. the daily telegraph, packers lead warplanes to hospital claim syria surgeon. this is david, he said he believed he was targeted by hackers while directing surgery over skype and whatsapp. stephen hawking to be interred at westminster abbey, his remains will be laid to rest and not given to a scientist in almost 80 years. it's in some of the other papers as well. the sun, that's their front page, they are talking about a youtube app that teaches people how to make a gun. the daily mail, jeremy hunt talking yesterday about care for the elderly and this is how they have put it, let's put our elderly first. steph? i have two stories for you. i'm going to start with something i know annoys lots of people, car insurance, the cost of it, there's a report in the ft this morning saying the government has set down roles to

cut down insurance claims for whiplash, which is why some firms say premiums go up every year —— rules. now they are going to say the changes would save £35 a year in car premiums. not a lot but it is good to see it going down rather than up. in most of the papers today, something i will talk about later, the church of england is going co nta ctless the church of england is going contactless with collection plates. rather than having to put in coins, you can use your card or whatever to donate. this might catch your eyes, this cracking picture of a starling staring at a sparrowhawk, it has pinned it to the ground. did it get away? it did, moments later they we re away? it did, moments later they were startled by a pedestrian and disappeared under a hedge. how did it" as you like that's all i know so far, part two tomorrow. incredible

picture. —— how did it end? far, part two tomorrow. incredible picture. -- how did it end? this is the england squad meeting at saint georges park ahead of their friendlies this week to try on their kit for the world cup. each player has their suits, waistcoat, shirt, but they haven't named the final squad so some get given a suit and they have to take it back. it is from mns, i'm sure they have a good returns policy. at the bottom it saysin returns policy. at the bottom it says in a bid to keep players as bit as possible, southgate has extended as possible, southgate has extended a sugar ban at saint georges park. sandwiches, cookies, muffins and other things are banned at deon site sugar coffee shop. —— at the on—site coffee shop. this is messi at manchester city. argentina are

playing italy in a friendly at the etihad on friday. it looks like... manchester city fans have been hoping for years to celia nel messy playing on their pitch is. he is but not for manchester city. lots of talk about wedding cakes in the papers. —— iic lionel messi playing on their pitches. —— to celia now messy playing on their pitches. —— to celia nel messy. the queen's cake, look at that, staggering. so intricate, incredible work. we know more about cake. we wa nted work. we know more about cake. we wanted a chocolate cake at our wedding but i can't remember what we had. you're going to be in trouble

with mrs walker when you get home. thanks very much, kat. it's nine months since the grenfell tower fire. today, preliminary hearings into the tragedy continue before the main inquiry begins in may. the cladding on the tower has been pinpointed as a reason the blaze spread so quickly, and it forced local authorities across the uk to test cladding on similar properties. 301 buildings didn't meet current building regulations and salford was one of the local authorities with the highest failure rate. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet some residents waiting for cladding to be removed. nine months after the fire at g re nfell tower, nine months after the fire at grenfell tower, the cladding on fall in court in salford is still in place. we first filmed here in august last year. this is our lives that they are messing about with,

and we are potentially living in a death trap, all of us. it's failed all the tests, so no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. today the residents remain angry, frustrated, afraid. a lot of people are quite frightened because if you look out of your window, you see smoke, and you see a fire creeping up smoke, and you see a fire creeping up the building... you feel as if you're ina up the building... you feel as if you're in a melting pot, you know? do you think the council is taking this seriously? know, because if they were they'd have started work on this by now. in the days after the fire at grenfell every tower block in the country over 80 metres was checked. the latest government figures show in all 301 buildings have the same type of cladding is g re nfell have the same type of cladding is grenfell tower, 13 are public buildings like schools and hospitals, 130 are private box and

158 are council blocks, of those only seven have completed their refurbishment. so why is there such a delay in getting this urgent work done? well, each cases complicated, in privately owned blocks there are legal rows between the freeholders and residents about who should pay for the work to be done. form court is owned by salford city council but it is run on their behalf by a private finance initiative by pendleton forever and again there's a row between those two about who should pay for the cladding to be removed. do you think it's a cce pta ble removed. do you think it's acceptable that we are nine months after the fire at grenfell tower and as far as they're concerned virtually nothing has been done? i'm not sure which residents you've been speaking to, would be deny that there are fire marshals in place at there are fire marshals in place at the moment? would be denying we've taken the moment? would be denying we've ta ke n ste ps the moment? would be denying we've taken steps in terms of the fire remand? is taken steps in terms of the fire remand ? is still taken steps in terms of the fire remand? is still in place. the cladding is flammable. the cladding is not in place on the bottom

levels, we've covered it with concrete in order to make it inert. just let me finish... how long has this taken? we had to do the test and find the safest system we can possibly find for their benefit, and that's exactly what we're doing. salford council has borrowed £25 million to replace the cladding on nine tower blocks. it says work will start in the spring and could take two years to complete. the government insists whoever owns the building should pay for the work. local councils say central government should help. who eventually pays is anyone's guess. residentsjust want eventually pays is anyone's guess. residents just want action. do you feel safe? no, i don't. stop making people live in fear in these blocks. we're not talking about a dozen or so, we're talking about hundreds of people on this estate. and across the country thousands of

residents are still living in tower blocks with cladding deemed a fire risk. graham satchell, bbc news, sa lfo rd. the grenfell inquiry‘s main hearings are due to begin in may. still to come this morning: could you give up driving yourcarand swap it for an automated driverless vehicle? holly hamilton is testing a driverless pod for us this morning. horley, good morning. good morning. welcome to the future —— holly. who knew it was in south london? it's not a formula 1 car, is it? it's not the fanciest or the fastest but it's definitely the future. it works with sensors, there's no need for a track or infrastructure, it works com pletely or infrastructure, it works completely autonomously and that's why it is the complete cutting edge of driverless cars. it isn't lewis hamilton cruising along here but he does know this route pretty well,

he's been using it forjust over a year, and the idea of this trial is not to be testing how he works but it's to find out how you at home perceive it, do you like the idea of a driverless car, would you use one, will you accept it has something to get from a to b? this trial has been finding out, thousands have been trying to get involved so there's definitely a level of interest but do you like it? are people prepared to sign up and use something like this or actually would you rather put the brakes on it? we will find out later but now let's get the news, travel and weather where you're watching this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. bbc london has learnt an increasing number of care homes are thought to be cherry—picking the patients they accept. some have a blamed a lack of funding and increasing demand for places leaving them unable to look after those with higher care needs. graphic designer alex from south london was forced

to take a career break to care for his mother who had early onset dementia when a care home place could not be found for her. i looked at... the list must have been over 20, the ten were the people who actually turned me down, or turned my mum down, for care. it was really depressing and demoralising. well, the government says it will publish plans this summer to reform the social care system to make it sustainable for the future. a man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in stratford shopping centre last night. he's the third person to die as a result of knife violence in the capital in 2a hours. no arrests have been made. the mayor is to invest nearly £9 million into community sports across the capital a bid to improve the health and wellbeing of londoners. more than 53,000 people

were admitted to hospitals in london with obesity related issues in the year 2015—16. funding will come from central government grants, transport fares, business rates and council tax. wo soldiers from islington who were awarded the victoria cross for their service during world war one will be remembered today. a memorial stone is being laid to honour lance corporaljohn sayer at islington memorial green later this morning. it's in recognition of him single—handedly defending an outpost in northern france. lieutenant colonel frank roberts is also being remembered after he drove the enemy out of a village on the western front. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all tube lines this morning. on to the trains, heathrow connect has a reduced service between paddington and the airport because of maintenance work. the usual delays on the a13, slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella good morning. a cold start this morning, temperatures widely at zero, one or two spots a bit below

so we have a bit of frost first thing this morning except for perhaps central london, where the temperature is a bit above zero. with that comes a clear start, plenty of sunshine around today, perhaps more cloud developing this afternoon but very high so turning the sunshine perhaps a bit hazy but on the whole dry, sunny and a pleasa nt on the whole dry, sunny and a pleasant day. kemps reaching double figures at ten. overnight tonight that cloud will continue to migrate south and become quite thick as well south and become quite thick as well soa south and become quite thick as well so a cloudy night but that will help protect us. not as cold as the night we just protect us. not as cold as the night wejust had, protect us. not as cold as the night we just had, between 3—5 the minimum. bit of a breeze developing overnight, that will start to fall like during the course of thursday. lots of dry weather around tomorrow, the odd spot of rain, brighter spells in the afternoon. unsettled on friday, temperatures rising a little as we head into the early pa rt little as we head into the early part of next week then it looks like it could get cooler i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you the headlines in a moment, but still to come this morning. there's just 2 weeks to go until the uk's biggest companies have to reveal their gender pay gaps. steph will be taking us through those that have already published their figures. fresh from their record breaking medal haul at the paralympics, skier menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe will be here. and we've got more olympic golds, charlotte dujardin is the girl on the dancing horse, we'll be talking about life after valegro — her triple gold medal winning horse whose now retired. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. more than a million nhs staff are poised for a pay rise for a deal that could be worth as much as £4

billion being announced by the government at lunchtime today. the bbc understands health bosses and unions have reached an agreement which marks an end of the 7— year and boosts the salary of nurses, porters and paramedics but not doctors. facebook will be questioned by politicians in washington today — as the company comes under growing pressure to explain how data from 50 million users was used by a british company during the us presidential election. it's alleged that cambridge analytica used the data to target voters and influence the election outcome. that company's chief executive, alexander nix, has been suspended. both firms deny any wrongdoing. the royal air force has confirmed that a member of its red arrows aerobatic team has died in a crash in north wales. the engineer was killed when a hawk jet came down near the raf valley base on anglesey yesterday. the pilot who is injured and receiving medical care managed to eject. the jet came down shortly after taking off on a routine flight, there are no details about the cause of the crash. a group of mp's is warning of government ‘complacency‘ when it

comes to security co—operation with the eu after brexit. the all—party home affairs committee says the transition period which has recently been agreed may need to be extended if public safety is not to be compromised. they say it's down to the complexity of issues such as data sharing, the european arrest warrant and europol membership. the government could face an additional bill of 300 million pounds after underpaying benefit claims. the shortfall in the employment and support allowance payment, the main sickness handout, was predicted to cost the government £500 million. but the national audit office says the true cost could be as high as £830 million. ministers say they're committed to correcting the mistakes and are aiming to repay everybody by april 2019. we think what this highlights is the need for the department to take underpayments very seriously indeed

and hopefully department will learn from this episode about the need to do root cause analysis and properly understand why they are fighting problems and take actions to make sure they take a systematic approach to make sure people are paid exactly what they are entitled to. president trump is rumoured to have ignored warnings from his advisers not to congratulate vladimir putin on his re—election. mr trump went against his advisers and was given a briefing note with an words, "do not congratulate" in capital letters. talk about springing a leak — these pictures are of a water main break in university city near san diego yesterday. local reports said a contractor hit a 6—inch—diameter blowoff valve connected to a water main causing the leak which saw water shoot up above the californian highway. the break shut down the road for roughly 30 minutes while crews worked to shut off the water. as you can imagine, it shut down the

road for about 30 minutes. only 30 minutes. anyway, they got it under control as far as we know. waking up in the morning would be much easier. we are talking about england, all attention the paper seems to be turning to the world cup. the press's first chance to have a look and stop the build—up to the world cup in this summer. 84 days. the counting down? a going to russia? if we are allowed. all the talk as well, each paper has picked a goalkeeper to talk to. he's worked

in various shops. coming up through the leagues. now he's in contention to the englandfirst goalkeeper. it's rare going into a major tournament that england don't have a nailed down goalkeeper, but that seems to be the case ahead of this summer's world cup. joe hart, jordan pickford and nick pope are all competing for that spot in net. the squad is preparing for an international friendly double header against the netherlands on friday, and italy next tuesday. hart has 75 caps for england, but says he's hungrier than ever to be the first—choice. it's obvious he going to mean everything. so many people who have the same feeling as me and we are all fighting in pushing in the same direction to be a part of it and we will see that at the moment, you got to live in the present and a hold on to live in the present and a hold on to the most important game. so hart wants the number1 shirt, but so does new—boy nick pope, whose performances for burnley this season have seen many tip him as a future first—choice. it's been an incrediblejourney for the 25—year—old, who used to be a milkman.

one of thejournalists in his press conference couldn't resist asking whether england's latest goalkeeping prodigy dropped any bottles on his milk run... no, iwas no, i was clean. on the float, electric. what's the best thing about being an england player? can i call myself that if i've not played? 0k. call myself that if i've not played? ok. i think it'sjust call myself that if i've not played? ok. i think it's just the honour. the moment from thursday to be around people who have been there from the start. people have travelled the journey with me. it was something i will never forget. i love that it's known as a clean round if you don't drop a bottle. brazil is training in moscow are a

friendly against russia but they are without their star player neymar. some flash photography here. he is out of action with a fractured foot. as you can see, this is him arriving ata as you can see, this is him arriving at a club in sao paulo. it's not all doom and gloom. he is recovering from a black shirt —— fractured toe. chelsea travel and manchester city are looking to end a run of three matches without a win. they host swedish champions linkopings. we did our homework on them and they area we did our homework on them and they a re a really we did our homework on them and they are a really good team and they have done well in swedish football for a

while so it's going to be a big game and tough opponents. it would be nice to have a home game. it's been hard, but the home support, with a great support and great fans and we love having them at home so very excited. heather watson's miserable run of form and is. she was beaten by the brazilian, her sixth straight defeat. defending champion joanna konta has a buy into round 2. with snooker‘s world championship in sheffield just a month away, ronnie o'sullivan's gearing up nicely as he bids for a 6th title at the crucible. he's through to the quarter—finals of the players championship after a 6—1 victory over graeme dott. the rocket rarely looked troubled — he'll face china's ding junhui in the last eight in llandudno. finally, take a look at this. a ratty from the badminton championship. women's doubles match. we've had to speed it up because

they're in mind, the average rally lankan badminton is about 13 shots but these four get up to 102 apparently. you get into something like this. the competitive element is lost because you want to keep it going. have you ever had that? like that episode of friends were they throw the ball and they realise it's been a long time. christmas 2015 was when nadja ensink should have been celebrating when celebrating the birth of her baby. instead she was mourning

the murder of her husband — who'd been stabbed to death as he posted cards announcing their news. days earlier, his killer femi nandap had knife offence charges dropped despite concerns over his mental health. now desperate for answers, nadja will finally hear an inquest into whether there were failings in the system. but she's had a battle to ensure her concerns get heard in court — as jayne mccubbin reports. there were three police officers standing in front of our door.|j immediately noticed the homicide detective to the left. and then, this massive bomb and there was nothing. a man who was stabbed in auckland this afternoon... mentally all young man has admitted stabbing all young man has admitted stabbing a university lecturer to death... this was the last photo taken of nadja's husband, an hour before he was killed. 11 days after fleur was born, she stepped outside to post

the birth notices. he was stabbed metres from his front door. she knows other kids have dads. you try to talk to her? every day. there are pictures all over the house. she just walks down the street and says the look, mummy, daddy is in my heart. those are moments where your heart. those are moments where your heart breaks. at the same time, he is with us. i think you've got it. today, femi nandap is serving an indefinite sentence at broadmoor hospitalfor indefinite sentence at broadmoor hospital for manslaughter but why we re hospital for manslaughter but why were charges against him for an earlier knife offence dropped on the advice of the cps six days before he killed? and advice of the cps six days before he killed ? and why advice of the cps six days before he killed? and why were serious concerns passed to police about his mental health never acted upon. these are questions nadja hopes an inquest will answer but while the police and cps will have legal representation at the inquest, paid

far from the public purse, representation at the inquest, paid farfrom the public purse, she has been refused legal aid. and without legal representation, i'd be able to get the answer is that we need. as it is not important enough, as if we don't count. we need to have the a nswe rs. don't count. we need to have the answers. we need to have the answers so this won't happen again. the met told us while there was no misconduct, there had been areas of learning. the cps admitted the case against the previous night offence should never have been discontinued. but while they have limitless resources to go into inquest this summer, nadja is left to crowd fund to pay for legal representation. this is seen as an inequality of arms by many. the ministry of justice told us it is committed to reviewing the situation for breach families but that review is delayed. they have all the resources, we don't. you are relying on the kindness of strangers now. we do. so

incredibly grateful for them and i feel everyone is behind us and they wa nt feel everyone is behind us and they want the answer is as much as we do. with all this going on, i still believe in the goodness of people. because it's out there. but i don't believe in the system. so many difficulties faced by nadja and jane will be here on the sofa to go through some of those issues raised by that particular case. carol has the weather. it isa it is a cold start to the day for most, and also a frosty one. it is -5 most, and also a frosty one. it is —5 under clear skies in katesbridge, in northern ireland, but if you have cloud, like the outer hebrides, the temperature at the moment is seven

so quite a marked difference. generally under those clear skies it isa generally under those clear skies it is a cold and a frosty start through the day. we have a lot of cloud at the day. we have a lot of cloud at the moment in parts of scotland and northern ireland, obviously not where i mentioned, clear skies in katesbridge, and in northern england, especially northumberland. through the day a weather front responsible for the cloud and patchy light rain and drizzle will continue to sink south, taking the cloud with it and turning the sunshine that bit hazy. first thing as well as being a cold start it will be a beautiful one in england and wales, with sunshine, however our weather front sinking south bringing rain in scotla nd sinking south bringing rain in scotland and northern ireland, and as the cloud continues its journey south, we could see patchy light rain and drizzle in parts of england and wales but certainly it will turn the sunshine hazier, hanging on to the sunshine hazier, hanging on to the sunshine hazier, hanging on to the sunshine for the longest in the far south—east. temperature wise, we're looking at between seven and

11, maybe 12 in aberdeen, then later in the day as the front sinks south of the far north will brighten up. as we had through the evening and overnight, a fair bit of cloud around, still splashes of showery rain in the north—west and a few brea ks rain in the north—west and a few breaks —— as we head. this morning where we have the breaks we could see patchy mist and fog. but tomorrow morning there will be warmer temperatures. today, freezing or below, tomorrow, we're not looking at any problems with frost. the only place we may see it is in south—west england and also wales, but that should be it. tomorrow we start with drizzly rain, possibly through yorkshire, lancashire and east anglia and the south—east, that will clear and a lot of bright weather and fair amounts of sunshine but the cloud again building in from the west. we've got a more active weather front coming in from the

atlantic producing again heavier bouts of rain and strengthening winds. look at the temperatures, we're looking at easily double figures in many parts of the country. by the time we get to friday we will slowly lose the rain from eastern counties of england and scotla nd from eastern counties of england and scotland but it loops around and we see heavier rain in the north—west with hill snow. the other thing you'll notice is this band of rain in the south—west. still a question as to its northern extent, still windy in the north, but temperature wise, still not too bad for this stage in france. thanks very much, carol, see you later. there are just two weeks to go before the deadline for britain's biggest companies to submit figures showing their gender pay gap. steph's here with more details. this is for companies for 250 employees or more and the companies that have these employees in the uk —— with. they need to publish the

difference between what they pay men and women. their average earnings. lots of percentage figures are coming out on this. of the companies that have submitted their data so far three quarters pay men more than women. airlines reported some of the biggest pay gaps so far. for every pound a woman earns a manuel are one point to of pounds. that's the uk figure. —— a manuel turn £1.20. —— emmanuel eboue and. easyjet were one of the worst, paying men 46% more than women. they say that's partly because most of their pilots are men, distorting the figures. of the uk's biggest companies bt, diageo and unilever, the maker of brands like marmite and domestos, all paid women more than men about 1% more. not a huge difference but women

getting more with those companies. sam smethers is the chief executive of the fawcett society. there are some really quite considerable gaps between what women and men are turning in some of our household names around the country, and what that tells us is these organisations need to put an action plan in place so they can start to address the problem. we need to move from publishing the numbers to putting a plan in place and what we have to have is transparency in page because if we don't have transparency we can't have equality. this isn't the fault completely of companies, it is historical issue as well, women have often donejobs men don't want to do. this is a job from schools to boardrooms to make sure young people no matter their gender

or background doesn't affect them getting the same opportunities. what's interesting is how information like that, seeing it, can dry change. it is. -- drive change. if you want to see all the figures published so far you can go to the bbc website. you can also type in the name of your company to see if they've submitted their pay gap. thank you very much, see you later. pressure is mounting on facebook after revelations that the personal data of 50 million users has been harvested and sold to a british firm. it's alleged cambridge analytica used that data to target voters during the 2016 american election. in response, people have been deleting their accounts, but if you still want to use facebook is there a way to guarantee your private data stays private? dan sodergren is a tech and marketing expert. good morning. good morning. so many

people will be waking up this morning over the last few days while this has been going on thinking, what's happened to my data, do we know? we do know, there's a couple of things, we have to be careful when we say what's happened to their data. number one this is in america with 50 million users and we have to be careful when we think of data breaches, a lot of people in tech will say data is the new oil but it's more, located than that. with oil you can move it around and it can be breached, what has happened is someone has made an app —— more complicated than that. it is e—mail addresses and things, it's more likely to be their psychological profile. the psycho graphics. we have to be careful, we're not saying 50 million e—mails have been stolen, we don't know that's not the case either, but we know the

psychological profiling, which dan sodergren —— cambridge analytica has used, its not like oil you can take, it is like a gas. human beings give off data, the clothes i wear and how i speak our datapoints. if you're on facebook you give away this information all the time. who you like and what you listen to is all about where the money is. you are on facebook and you saw a third—party app saying would you like to take this quiz or io third—party app saying would you like to take this quiz or iq test and via you put in your information in about your friends and what you like and what you think of a certain situation, that can be used to tell facebook and others... it's not facebook, we have to be careful, it isn't facebook looking at this. facebook is worth billions of pounds and makes between 40... $4 and $40 per user and it has 2 billion users, soa per user and it has 2 billion users, so a lot of money from the data and the ability to sell this to

advertisers. if you're not buying a product online then you are the product, you are basically being sold because your data and the information facebook has about you, and google and amazon, notjust facebook, the micro— targeting they can do is gold for marketeers. it is like the democratisation of advertising, it's amazing what you can do. but you can use that never variously unfortunately and what cambridge analytica have done is use this particularly —— the variously. from the point of view of users, should this make you think about certain things and what might you wa nt to certain things and what might you want to change? you are saying that, look at the apps you have and the personality tests you have done ages ago. you wouldn't even remember, though. you wouldn't remember, no, the kind of pokemon go character you might be. define the information and it's not about the pokemon go

character that they find. —— they find. they look at your friends results and your friends of friends results and your friends of friends results and they can then look at the information they have on you and this is called data mining. this is worth billions. check your apps. if you haven't already check your personal settings, is it always on public. then check to your friends with because if you're not really friends with them, do you need 1000 friends? —— check who your friends with. you can pay a company to protect you? you can then download your data to give to advertisers. there's been a thames to do this where you create social media where you where you create social media where y°u pay where you create social media where you pay per play —— there's been attempts. there's a lot of other tech companies. let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. there's

another good tech companies that aren't selling your data. people share so much, what about generous sharing? generous or over sharing. it says get rich or try sharing on a t—shirt i have. we are getting facebook very rich by over sharing. if you're sharing pictures, they have algorithms that know where your face is and your facial like ignition software. if you're doing that for your friends then we might be over sharing photos too much, which is why facebook bought instagram, they also bought whatsapp. if you're talking about stuff on whatsapp then other people can't see that but does that mean facebook can't? simony questions. a whole new world. regulation -- so many questions. regulation is going to be key, we have to turn it from the wild west to manageable for society but we have to be digitally mindful about what we're doing. plenty to think about this morning.

now, you might remember when maya, the ten week old jaguar, came to the studio. what a beautiful animal. unfortunately she's now too big to come back, but we'll catch up with how she's doing and how fast she's growing. that's after 9am. that's ahead of a new bbc two series called big cats in the house. slightly disappointed she is too big but it is probably a good idea, could be carnage! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. bbc london has learnt an increasing number of care homes are thought to be cherry—picking the patients they accept. some have a blamed a lack of funding and increasing demand for places leaving them unable to look after those with higher care needs.

graphic designer alex from south london was forced to take a career break to care for his mother who had early onset dementia when a care home place could not be found for her. i looked at... the list must have been over 20, the ten were the people who actually turned me down, or turned my mum down, for care. it was really depressing and demoralising. well, the government says it will publish plans this summer to reform the social care system to make it sustainable for the future. a man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in stratford shopping centre last night. he's the third person to die as a result of knife violence in the capital in 24 hours. no arrests have been made. two soldiers from islington who were awarded the victoria cross for their service during world war one will be remembered today. a memorial stone is being laid to honour lance corporaljohn sayer at islington memorial green

later this morning. it's in recognition of him single—handedly defending an outpost in northern france. lieutenant colonel frank roberts is also being remembered. let's have a look at the travel situation now. thejubilee line is part suspened between finchley road and waterloo southbound. otherwise it's a good service on all other lines. on to the trains, heathrow connect has a reduced service between paddington and the airport because of maintenance work. the usual delays on the a13, slow moving westbound between dagenham and barking. crouch hill is closed both ways either side of the station, that's for roadworks. and finally the a501 marylebone road near baker street has a lane closed in both directions for roadworks.

let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. a cold start this morning, temperatures widely at zero, one or two spots a bit below so we have a bit of frost first thing this morning except for perhaps central london, where the temperature is a bit above zero. with that comes a clear start, plenty of sunshine around today, perhaps more cloud developing this afternoon but very high so turning the sunshine perhaps a bit hazy but on the whole dry, sunny and a pleasant day. temperatures reaching double figures at ten. overnight tonight that cloud will continue to migrate south and become quite thick as well so a cloudy night but that will help protect us. not as cold as the night we just had, between 3—5 the minimum. bit of a breeze developing overnight, that will start to fall light during the course of thursday. lots of dry weather around tomorrow, the odd spot of rain, brighter spells in the afternoon. unsettled on friday, temperatures rising a little as we head into the early part of next week then it looks like it could get cooler midweek onwards. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now.

hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin a pay rise for more than a million nhs staff nurses, porters and paramedics are among those expected to be offered wage increases of around 6% over 3 years. new claims that personal data from facebook was used by a british firm to influence the american presidential election — the academic at the centre of the row tells the bbc he's been made a scapegoat. honestly, we thought we were acting perfectly appropriately. we thought we we re perfectly appropriately. we thought we were doing something normal. an investgation begins into the cause of a red arrows jet

crash which killed an engineer and left the pilot injured. the church of england will start taking contactless payments at thousands of churches and cathedrals across the country. i'll have more later. in sport, it's friendlies week for england. and its the clash of the keepers — 4 candidates go to head to head to be the first choice at this summer's world cup in russia. and carol has the weather. good morning. it's a cold and frosty start today for many of us but for england and wales, sunny one. cloud is building in from the north—west, turning the sunshine hazy. a bit more cloud of youth and northern ireland. more details on 15 minutes. more than a million nhs staff are poised for a pay rise — with a deal that could be worth as much as 4 billion pounds being announced by lunch time today. the bbc understands that health bosses and unions have

reached an agreement that will mark an end to a 7—year cap and boost the salaries of workers including nurses, porters and paramedics but not doctors. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. it sounds like a lot of money. how meaningful is this for people?m will mean different things to different people. when the police and prison officers were given an increase above the pay, the public sector pay was lifted so there is pressure on the government to try and give other public service workers and increase as well. this will be a significant departure from what has been eight years of pay restraint, increases averaging around 1%. now we are told that on average, in the nhs, what work is likely to be getting over the next three years is a pay increase of six, six .5% on average. but significantly, those amongst the

lowest pa id will significantly, those amongst the lowest paid will get much bigger increases. at its greatest, that could see an uplift to some staff of 30% over the next three years. sober example, hospital porters that start at around £15,000 or is cleaning staff could see their salaries go up to around £19,000 per year by the end of this period. this is going to be phased in over the next three yea rs. be phased in over the next three years. on average, that 6% figure is beneath the current rate of inflation. if you take it over a three—year period. lots of people will be making their own individual decisions about how much they will benefit. nonetheless, from the government's point of view, a significant investment. what the unions have been asking for is a guarantee that this money will will be additionalfunding, guarantee that this money will will be additional funding, not from elsewhere in the health service. my understanding is that it will be the case although what they are asking

for is some changes to the annual increments people might get on our pay and nelson to bring the levels of sick leave in the nhs down. some of sick leave in the nhs down. some of the suggestions have been kicking around. facebook will be questioned by politicians in washington today — as the company comes under growing pressure to explain how data from 50 million accounts was used by a british company during the us presidential election. it's alleged that cambridge analytica used the data to target voters and influence the election outcome. that company's chief executive, alexander nix, has been suspended. both firms deny any wrongdoing. simonjones reports. facebook held a crisis meeting today... an international row about facebook data making headlines in the states and in london, home to the consultancy, cambridge analytica. that company is accused of using the personal data of 50 million facebook users to send

highly targeted messages during the 2016 us election campaign. secret filming by channel 4 news shows cambridge analytica's boss, alexander nix, boasting about the role it played in donald trump's victory. the company has denied the facebook information was used for this purpose. it said mr nix's comments do to not represent the values of the firm. he has been suspended. the cambridge academic who created the data that was harvested and has been banned from facebook says that he has been targeted. i have been used as a scapegoat by cambridge analytica. we thought we were acting

perfectly appropriately, we thought we were doing something normal. facebook says it did break rules by donating data to third parties and is outraged to have been deceived by cambridge analytica. pressure from politicians. the royal air force has confirmed that an engineer in its red arrows aerobatic team has died in a crash in north wales. the engineer was killed when a hawk jet came down near the raf valley base on anglesey yesterday. the pilot who is injured and receiving medical care managed to eject. the jet came down shortly after taking off on a routine flight. you can still see police cars. the

investigation could come yesterday and continue this morning. certainly i reported that as the plane left the valley on the way back to lincolnshire, it seems to have first looped back towards the base is that it needed to go back and make a landing and it also seemed to wobble as it came in towards the ground. we don't know whether the wobbling was due to fall. as seen before, the raf has asked for a period of grace

before it reveals any more details. the crash shows the risks that service people take on a daily basis and the service of their country. britain could be sleepwalking into a crisis. the home affairs committee says it is down to the complexity of issues like datasharing, european arrest wa rra nts issues like datasharing, european arrest warrants and europol membership. it could mean the recently agreed transition period needs to be extended. membership of the eu means the uk enjoys access to valuable police data bases, the european arrest warrant scheme and the services of europol. the government says it is optimistic about negotiating just as good

a deal for when we leave, but after taking evidence from people from the national crime agency and other organisations which relying on eu security corporation, an all—party committee of mps says it does not share that optimism. we are worried that a security treaty will not be signed and implemented in time for when the transition period ends and that could leave us without proper extradition arrangements if people flee justice and flee from crimes, but also without access to criminal data that the police properly need. access to eu—wide data systems and the resources of europol depend on legal obligations underpinned by the european court ofjustice. the uk has said being outside the european courts jurisdiction is a red line, but the mps say the government should not be too rigid on such matters if it wants to get a good deal. and they reckon the complex technical and legal issues mean both sides need to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit kicks in. accusing the government of complacency, the committee warns the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. mark easton, bbc news

a man has been injured after a parcel bomb exploded in the texan city of austin — the latest in a series of similar attacks. five similar devices have detonated so far this month and killed two people. a sixth parcel bomb was intercepted before it exploded. the fbi now believes the attacks are the work of a serial bomber. a warning that houses that perch on a cliff edge in hemsby will top down the beach in the next few days. the homes on the norfolk coast came presley close to the seat after sandy cliffs eroded. we see some pictures there. close—up photos of shown parts of the house is starting to collapse, living rooms exposed. possessions across the sand as well. vulnerable mental health patients

are being let down because of the treatments. a new report out today identifies a number of issues with some mental health trusts that could lead to patients suffering distress, harm or even dying. richard west joins us, his son david died after being released from a mental health unit without a plan in place and a robber barons as the health ombudsman. i want to talk you first. —— rob behrens. what are your conclusions, richard? thank you for inviting me. my son died in october 2013. he was inviting me. my son died in october 20 13. he was released inviting me. my son died in october 2013. he was released and they didn't consider any statutory duties that they had under section 117 of the mental health act to look at his situation before they released him. they should have looked at his

housing, where he was going to go, what he was going to do. that is u nfortu nately what he was going to do. that is unfortunately what did happen. do you feel that if things had been done differently, this might have had a different ending?” done differently, this might have had a different ending? i think they should have supported him and that would have made a significant difference but they didn't. the report is pretty damning of health service trusts. why our mental health patients being let down? the report brings to light a number of cases like the ones we have seen. it needs to be emphasised that that is not the generality of mental healthcare. we are talking about a small but berry significant case that goes wrong. result of the failure by the trusts to diagnose

properly to communicate with patience and crucially, and this is absolutely fundamental, to respect the human rights and dignity of patients. the nhs constitution makes clear that should be at the heart of everything in the nhs does. the reports are two years old and the government has prioritised mental—health. government has prioritised mental-health. we have looked at a 2— year period. we can't say whether the strategy is making a difference. we'll be looking at that in terms of cases reporting again. the cases we looked at will be reviewed over the last two years. 200 cases like the one that mr west has just described.

unacceptable and today's health service. i wanted to ask you the same question. is there a particular problem with mental health patients? mental health services have immensely challenging tasks to undertake. i've visited a number of mental health trusts and hospitals and seen the care and in many respects it is excellent, but they are dealing with very difficult situations with people in crisis who are vulnerable and there is a threat of violence to staff. where people are detained there is the constant threat of drugs being brought in and misused, and it's very challenging for the staff who look after mental health patients, particularly where you have 10% vacancies. you have 1096 vacancies. richard, shall i put that question to you as

well? is there a particular problem from what you've seen with mental health patients? i think they're not treated as fairly as ordinary physical health problems and in the case of my son there were multiple failings. if you look at the situation now, he died five years ago, if you look at the situation today, they use quite a lot of out of area is dead in this region which is costing up to £5 million over the last financial year —— out of areas bed. that puts a strain on the patients travelling. it puts strain on the relations seeing them and it puts strain on the community. we want more community support and help to get them well against white richard, thank you. rob, do you welcome the news, which is our main story today, about the pay increases at the nhs announced at midday? i don't want to comment on that, i'm the ombudsman. that's

not my responsibility but the five—year plan and the strategy going forward means staffing issues and vacancy issues need to be addressed, and the issue of using agency staff and double shifts has to be addressed and in that context it is significant that pay award has been made. thanks for your time this morning. the chief executive of southern health have said i am sorry about the mistakes and i accept our failure for not looking after him better. it's been a chilly start this morning, let's look at the weather with carol. it's a chilly start for many areas. if you're in katesbridge in northern ireland, that's the lowest temperature, along with topcliffe in north yorkshire, —5. that's where we have clear skies but under the cloud

in the outer hebrides, harris is currently sitting at seven so a real difference. you can see on the satellite picture where we have the cloud. the cloud is mainly in scotla nd cloud. the cloud is mainly in scotland and northern ireland and northumberland. as we go through the day the front reducing the cloud will continue to go steadily south, eradicating the bright blue skies we currently have in parts of england and wales and turning the sunshine hazy. as it comes in where looking at some rain, the rain mostly light and patchy, drizzly here and there, not everyone seeing it but it will move not everyone seeing it but it will m ove a cross not everyone seeing it but it will move across northern ireland and parts of scotland —— we're looking at. sinking south in england and wales. we could see patchy light rain and drizzle here but we won't all see it stoppila sunzu i'm hanging on for the longest in the far south—east of england and temperatures not in bad shape, between seven and 11, possibly 12 in aberdeen —— seeing it. sunshine

hanging on. the sunshine sinks south. showery outbreaks of rain in north—west scotland. where the cloud breaks, especially in southern areas, we could see some patchy mist and fog forming, like in the morning. temperature wise it's different to what we currently have, not as cold tomorrow morning. at the moment we have temperature is widely freezing or below, tomorrow that won't be the case. we start tomorrow with the remnants of today's front in parts of eastern england, the south—east and east anglia —— temperatures widely. increasingly the sunshine turning hazy from the west as a new weather front comes our way. the cloud ahead of the weather front building and we have a more organised band of rain coming into the west and some of that will be heavy, possibly with snow on the highest ground in scotland. temperatures away from that not bad,

12, 11 quite widely in the uk. as we head on into friday, that system pushes into eastern areas, eventually clearing, but if you follow it around its the wraparound around an area of low pressure and we have more rain coming into the north—west with hill snow. at the same time we have more rain coming in across the south—west. the northern extent of the rain is open to question but quite a windy day, particularly in the north, away from those bands of rain we have hazy sunshine with highs of up to 11. it's a while since we have heard about highs like that. let's look at some of the front pages. let's start with the times, british day firm offered £1 million bribe to turn election, this is cambridge analytica, the front page of many of the papers this morning. a picture of alexander nix, suspended last night by cambridge

analytica asjeep executive. different takes on the macro and facebook story, this is from the guardian, they have looked at the channel 4 investigation which has revealed the different bits of information, day firm breaking of a role in trump victory. this is a picture of expelled diplomats and theirfamilies outside picture of expelled diplomats and their families outside the embassy in london before they went to heathrow to be flown home. —— data firm breaking. —— bragging. we're talking about the nhs and those pay rises, at least for some in the nhs today. this is a different part of that, a blueprint to transform care for the elderly unveiled yesterday by health secretary jeremy for the elderly unveiled yesterday by health secretaryjeremy hunt saying they were too often treated as tasks are made to do list by a

rotating cast of helpers. this is a picture steph highlighted this morning, incredible, a sparrowhawk versus a starling. the guy who took this, terry stevenson, said he didn't see whether the starling survived. they were disturbed by a pedestrian, they went under a bush, but lots of people are looking at sparrowhawks doing things similar to other birds. we don't know if the starling got away. we don't know. but look at the eyes. terrifying. there's quite a lot of chat about wedding cakes this morning because prince harry and meghan markle have abandoned the old favourite, fruitcake, and they‘ re abandoned the old favourite, fruitcake, and they're going to have an organically sourced lemon and elderflower creation, which is unusual, i've never had that before. lots of the papers going with pictures of previous royal wedding ca kes. pictures of previous royal wedding cakes. look at these, the intricacy and the artwork and the skills

involved are just absolutely staggering. can we talk about socks later? there's one other story i wa nt to later? there's one other story i want to talk about, the banning of socks. excellent. it's nine months since the grenfell tower fire. today, preliminary hearings into the tragedy continue before the main inquiry begins in may. the cladding on the tower has been pinpointed as a reason the blaze spread so quickly, and it forced local authorities across the uk to test cladding on similar properties. 301 buildings didn't meet current building regulations and salford was one of the local authorities with the highest failure rate. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet some residents waiting for cladding to be removed. nine months after the fire at grenfell tower, the cladding on thorn court in salford is still in place. we first filmed here in august last year. this is our lives that they are messing about with, and we are potentially living in a death trap,

all of us. it's failed all the tests, so no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. today the residents remain angry, frustrated, afraid. a lot of people are quite frightened because if you look out of your window, you see smoke, and you see a fire creeping up the building... you feel as if you're in a melting pot, you know? do you think the council is taking this seriously? no, because if they were they'd have started work on this by now. in the days after the fire at grenfell every tower block in the country over 18 metres was checked. the latest government figures show in all 301 buildings have the same type of cladding as grenfell tower, 13 are public buildings like schools

and hospitals, 130 are private blocks and 158 are council blocks, of those only seven have completed their refurbishment. so why is there such a delay in getting this urgent work done? well, each case is complicated. in privately—owned blocks there are legal rows between the freeholders and residents about who should pay for the work to be done. thorn court is owned by salford city council but its run on their behalf by a private finance initiative by pendleton together and again there's a row between those two about who should pay for the cladding to be removed. do you think it's acceptable that we are nine months after the fire at grenfell tower and as far as they're concerned virtually nothing has been done? i'm not sure which residents you've been speaking to, would they deny that there are fire marshals in place at the moment? would they deny we've taken steps in terms of the fire remand? the cladding is still in place. the cladding is flammable. the cladding is not in place on the bottom

levels, we've covered it with concrete in order to make it inert. just let me finish... how long is this taking? we've had to do the test and find the safest system we can possibly find for their benefit, and that's exactly what we're doing. salford council has borrowed £25 million to replace the cladding on nine tower blocks. it says work will start in the spring and could take two years to complete. the government insists whoever owns the building should pay for the work. local councils say central government should help. who eventually pays is anyone's guess. residents just want action. do you feel safe? no, i don't. stop making people live in fear in these blocks. we're not talking about a dozen or so, we're talking about hundreds of people on this estate. and across the country, thousands of residents

are still living in tower blocks with cladding deemed a fire risk. graham satchell, bbc news, salford. still an incredible story. the grenfell inquiry‘s main hearings are due to begin in may. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. bbc london has learnt an increasing number of care homes are thought to be cherry—picking the patients they accept. some have a blamed a lack of funding and increasing demand for places leaving them unable to look after those with higher care needs. graphic designer alex from south london was forced to take a career break to care for his mother who had early onset dementia when a care home place could not be found for her. i looked at... the list must have been over 20, the ten were the people who actually turned me down, or turned my mum down, for care.

it was really depressing and demoralising. well, the government says it will publish plans this summer to reform the social care system to make it sustainable for the future. a man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in stratford shopping centre last night. he's the third person to die as a result of knife violence in the capital in 24 hours. no arrests have been made. two soldiers from islington who were awarded the victoria cross for their service during world war one will be remembered today. a memorial stone is being laid to honour lance corporaljohn sayer at islington memorial green later this morning. it's in recognition of him single—handedly defending an outpost in northern france. lieutenant colonel frank roberts is also being remembered. after he drove the enemy out of a village on the western front. let's have a look at the travel situation now. thejubilee line is part suspened between finchley road and waterloo,

that's southbound. there are minor delays on tfl rail. bond street station has been closed. on the trains, heathrow connect has a reduced service between paddington and the airport because of maintenance work. and on to the roads, the highway is slow westbound into town between limehouse and tower bridge. the m11 southbound is slow moving towards junction 4, usual delays there. and finally the a501 marylebone road near baker street has a lane closed in both directions for roadworks. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. a cold start this morning, temperatures widely at zero, one or two spots a bit below so we have a bit of frost first thing this morning except for perhaps central london, where the temperature is a bit above zero. with that comes a clear start, plenty of sunshine around today, perhaps more cloud developing this afternoon but very high so turning the sunshine perhaps a bit hazy but on the whole dry, sunny and a pleasant day. temperatures reaching

double figures at ten. overnight tonight that cloud will continue to migrate south and become quite thick as well so a cloudy night but that will help protect us. not as cold as the night we just had, between 3—5 the minimum. bit of a breeze developing overnight, that will start to fall light during the course of thursday. lots of dry weather around tomorrow, the odd spot of rain, brighter spells in the afternoon. unsettled on friday, temperatures rising a little as we head into the early part of next week then it looks like it could get cooler midweek onwards. 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 dan and louise. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast. more than a million nhs staff are poised for a pay rise — with a deal that could be worth

as much as £4 billion being announced by the government at lunch time today. the bbc understands that health bosses and unions have reached an agreement that will mark an end to a 7—year—cap and boost the salaries of workers including nurses, porters and paramedics — but not doctors. earlier, the help of months and told brea kfast earlier, the help of months and told breakfast he welcomed that news. what i do know is that the 5— year plan, the strategy going forward means that staffing issues have to be addressed, vacancies have to be addressed, the whole issue of using agency staff and double shifts as to be addressed is and that context, it is significant that that pay award has been made. facebook will be questioned by politicians in washington today — as the company comes under growing pressure to explain how data from 50 million users was used by a british company during the us presidential election.

it's alleged that cambridge analytica used the data to target voters and influence the election outcome. that company's chief executive, alexander nix, has been suspended. both firms deny any wrongdoing. an engineer in the red arrows a group was killed when a plane came down. the pilot is receiving medical ca re down. the pilot is receiving medical care and managed to jack on the plane. the jet came down shortly after taking off on a routine flight but there are no tea —— details about the cause of the crash. a group of mps is warning of government complacency when it comes to security co—operation with the eu after brexit. the all—party home affairs committee says the transition period which has recently been agreed may need to be extended if public safety is not to be compromised. they say it's down to the complexity of issues such as data sharing, the european arrest warrant and europol membership.

the government could face an additional bill of £300 million after underpaying benefit claims. the shortfall in the employment and support allowance payment, the main sickness handout, was predicted to cost the government £500 million. but the national audit office says the true cost could be as £830 million. ministers say they're committed to correcting the mistakes and are aiming to repay everybody by april 2019. we think what this highlights is the need for the department to take underpayments very seriously indeed and hopefully department will learn from this episode about the need to do root cause analysis and properly understand why they are fighting problems and take actions to make sure they take a systematic approach to make sure people are paid exactly what they are entitled to. president trump is rumoured to have ignored warnings from his advisers not to congratulate vladimir putin on his re—election. mr trump went against his advisers and was given a briefing note with the words, "do not

congratulate" in capital letters. it's been a 25—year wait — but later today the first polar bear born in the uk for over two decades public from today. born in december it has yet to be named as keepers try to determine its sex. the cub has spent the last four months in the maternity den with its mother victoria at the royal zoological society's highland wildlife park in scotland. he had done some research about this. i was researching about how you sex a polar bear. they can't determine if it is mail orfemale. there is a level of anatomical detail. there is a lot of in the

area where you would need to investigate. therefore, it's hard to find out whether it is or female. very long hairy area is the correct term. wait for it, a slightly more reliable but still visual way to determine the sex of a polar bear is to watch if your innate. if you watch a polar bear wee and it comes out further up the body, then you can determine it. it comes out bit further down, then you know you have one. how do you know of a polar bear is mail orfemale? one. how do you know of a polar bear is mail or female? i one. how do you know of a polar bear is mail orfemale? i will send you a printout. there is already too much

information there for me. we are talking about the quest to become the first goalkeeper for england. yet the strictly final, the x factor final. i have come this far and i would be gutted to miss out at this stage. it's all of them saying, i wanted to be me i really were tied to this. normally, there is a standout first choice. now there is this new tranche of goalkeepers coming through. it must be a good thing for english football. that seems to be the case ahead of the world cup. the squad preparing for an international friendly double against the netherlands. joe hart, jordan pickford and nick pope are all competing for that spot in net. hart has 75 caps for england, but says he's hungrier than ever to be the first—choice.

it's obvious he going to mean everything. so many people who have the same feeling as me and we are all fighting in pushing in the same direction to be a part of it and we will see that at the moment, you got to live in the present and a hold on to the most important game. so hart wants the number1 shirt, but so does new—boy nick pope, whose performances for burnley this season have seen many tip him as a future first—choice. it's been an incrediblejourney for the 25—year—old, who used to be a milkman. one of thejournalists in his press conference couldn't resist asking on his milk run. no, i was clean. on the float, electric. what's the best thing about being an england player? can i call myself that if i've not played? 0k. i think it's just the honour. the moment from thursday to be around people who have been there from the start. people have travelled the journey with me. it was something i will never forget. brazil is training in moscow

are a friendly against russia but they are without their star player neymar. some flash photography here. he is out of action with a fractured foot. as you can see, this is him arriving at a club in sao paulo. it's not all doom and gloom. he is recovering from a fractured toe. one of fee has some special dance moves. heather watson's miserable run of form continues. her sixth straight

she was beaten by the brazilian, beatriz hadda maia. her sixth straight defeat. defending champion joanna konta has a bye into round 2. england return to wearing whites as they start their series into england. joe root missed the ashes series. coming back into high intensity cricket. it's been really mature. the sum that likes to do something at 150 million miles an hour all the time, you can see that maturity. that's only going to be a good thing for us moving forward. we showed you the most dramatic dive in world football. the chilean football he won a penalty duties dramatic. we

didn't see the score is penalty but take a look at this one. there goes the striker. oh, hang on a sec. lovely. isn't that beautiful? it was so quick, wasn't it? oh, look at that. he is not even looking, is he? the goalkeeper is so embarrassed. i don't think it was expecting that to work out at all. good morning to you. we will talk to carol about the weather. it's very frosty. a widespread frost this morning. also, some pasty mitch and fog. temperatures are that bit higher.

you can see on the satellite, it goes back quite a bit. a lot of it is across most of northern ireland and scotland. we are clear skies across and scotland. we are clear skies a cross m ost and scotland. we are clear skies across most of england. it is careering southwards as we go through the course of the day. some patchy light rain and drizzle. some sunshine across many parts of england and wales. patchy rain and drizzle. we have some heavy rain at times across the north—west of scotland. maybe even a wee bit of snow on some of the higher ground. the other thing, the wind is going to pick up across the northern and western isles. we are looking at up to 12 celsius. it will feel quite

pleasant. as we head on through the evening. the weather front will continue. with a cloud breaks, rather like this morning, we are looking at some pasty mitch and fog forming across parts of england and wales. temperatures wise, a com pletely wales. temperatures wise, a completely different start to the day tomorrow can get to today. it's great to be much milder. pockets of frost. the many, we start off on that note. then some sunshine comes out, turning hazy trap the day. as our next more active weather front comes in from the atlantic. it will be windy and we have some more organised rain, some heavy rain coming our way. it will continue to

drift eastwards. here are the re m na nts of drift eastwards. here are the remnants of it. here we will see some rain and also some hill snow. we have more rain coming in from the end wales. in between, we will see some sunny skies and temperatures down into the north. thank you very much, carol. it's approaching quarter to wait. it was a perfect finish. a whole of two silvers and a

bronze. lovely to see you both, by the way. here is a look at their south korean journey. it was epic. incredible journey. menna fitzpatrick and jen kehoejoin us now. and you have eight medals, this is fantastic. you won four. i'm guessing your favourite might be the gold—medal? guessing your favourite might be the gold-medal? yeah. it's pretty special. the bronze one was special as well because we had such a disaster on the downhill. to finish that race was so emotional with superg, neitherof us that race was so emotional with super g, neither of us appreciated we had won a bronze medal, we were so related to get over the finish line. kat was saying they weigh 500

9 line. kat was saying they weigh 500 g each, two kilograms each. this is the stress position! meena, tell us about your journey into the stress position! meena, tell us about yourjourney into ski in, you started when you were pretty young? i started when i was five along with my family scheme behind my dad. —— into skiing. are loved it so much i went every year and when i was 13 i went every year and when i was 13 i went to a talent spotting day and the team said come to a camp —— i love it. started since then and carried on. —— i loved it. love it. started since then and carried on. -- i loved it. how old are you? 19. you are so young and the hype about you was the big star at the paralympics in beijing. did you have the expectation of this level of success when you went all we re you , level of success when you went all were you, like, this is my first games, take it easy, see what happens. that's what we said, go and enjoy the experience and have fun

and what happens happens. skiing has so many variables, as we saw on day one, anything can happen. jen, you have been skiing together, you as the guide, for 2.5 years, how do you get into that? someone comes to you and asks? i was racing for the british army and a coach said have you thought about giving guiding a 90, you thought about giving guiding a go, never heard about it, but went for a trial and loved it and have been hooked since. how do you know the partnership works? you have got a headset, and you communicate via that, i take it there's ways when you think this won't work and it clicks as it has done for you? we we re clicks as it has done for you? we were lucky, the first moment we started skiing together we got on like a house on fire and it's gone from strength to strength. that was one of our biggest strengths as a pair, we love spending time with each other and working together. we

have some video, you worked on this video, this is video of what it might be like for you from your perspective what you see. what are you concentrating on? you see a flash of orange. what are you concentrating on when you're skiing, meena? to try to stick with where the blogger is going. you can't call jen a blog! she is slightly better than a blog! —— where the blog is going. what are you saying, jen, as you're going down through the headset? we avoid left and right, left and right. —— blob. we will inspect the course and run through it like a dress rehearsal, go through in detail round every gate and sol through in detail round every gate and so i will say things like, roll press, initiate the turn and finished the turn, and if it is icy, stand on it, so positive actions so we give meena something to do and to

avoid her getting defensive —— finish the turn. the one that helped us to win was go, go, go! you give me shivers, u2, so exciting! this was paralympics me shivers, u2, so exciting! this was pa ralympics gb's me shivers, u2, so exciting! this was paralympics gb's most accessible ever winter games and your medal on the last day was the one that pushed you over the target, was there a tension within the camp that maybe you weren't going to make it? were you weren't going to make it? were you thinking about medals? were you alljust their you thinking about medals? were you all just their supporting each other? it was in the back of our minds but not as a priority because we know we ski best when we are relaxed and taking it easy. we knew there was a target and we knew we had a chance to do well in the slalom. millie and bec had a great games and a great finish to their season, we knew it was possible but we didn't want the pressure and we are so we didn't want the pressure and we are so pleased it worked. you are

only 19 so this partnership could last a while? beijing is definitely in the plan. i have to have a chat with the british army, they have been so supportive so fast. it's an important conversation. take your medals with you! it is really wonderful to have you here. thanks very much indeed. many congratulations as well. here's a question, are driverless vehicles safe? here in the uk, the aim is to have them on the roads within three years. but a fatal accident in the us state of arizona earlier this week saw a pedestrian killed by an automated car. so are we giving up control of our cars too soon? the government is investing millions into the development of driverless technology and this week volunteers have been testing prototype driverless pods. holly hamilton is in greenwich this morning. actually we will chat with you to.

you said beijing in four years but between then and now, how does your relationship with the british army work? -- too. they have released me for two years to do this full—time. meena needs the security of a full—time guide and i need time to train. —— you two. full—time guide and i need time to train. -- you two. -- meena, we aren't best—known for fantastic ski slopes in the uk, where do you do yourtraining? slopes in the uk, where do you do your training? we do most of it away, about seven months of the year, on and off, and most of that is in europe but we have big trips over to canada and korea and other places. skiing is an exhilarating sport, what would your advice be when you're starting out? don't look

at how steep it is! and find someone likejen. i at how steep it is! and find someone like jen. i think at how steep it is! and find someone likejen. i think that's a very good point. i will remember that next timei point. i will remember that next time i go, don't look at the steepness. thank you for the extra interview. would you like, know more about driverless cars? holly hamilton is testing them —— would you like to know more. these driverless cars have been hitting the headlines for perhaps the wrong reasons over the past few days following the incident in arizona but whether we like it or not, this is the future. i'm hoping he's going to stop, he did. this car is completely operated by these sensors, there's no driver inside operating the steering wheel, instead it is just out here on its own and this is what the government wa nts own and this is what the government wants by 2021, these kinds of cars on the roads and project that's been ongoing over the past year has been trying to develop an idea of how we

perceive these cars. let's have a word with someone who knows a bit more. it's quite cosy, a bit warmer than outside, kristin is the technical lead on the research. this has been ongoing over the past year, how are people perceiving these? a few people have walked past this morning and given a few looks, may be more to do with us than the car, what's it been like? we have had a good reception. we been running officially for a couple of weeks and we have seen 200 people engaged and the reception has been really positive so far. you say a couple of 100 but thousands want to get in on the research, which is quite telling? we have had around 5000 registering interest in the trials. it demonstrates the fact people are engaged in this topic and want to ta ke engaged in this topic and want to take part. people have their concerns, there was the incident in arizona this week, lots have been getting in touch on twitter this

morning when we mention we were doing work with driverless cars. should they be worried? safety is always going to be a primary concern and one of the areas where we have to build trust as an industry. we are doing that as part of the work and the safety we have developed. it's going to be about building trust with people so the vehicles can be rolled out more widely. we're going to have a chat later about this and talking about how it works. for now we are going to have a nice little stroll around. it isn't fast, i'm not going tojuly, it is quite a slow process but i'm going to enjoy this at a leisurely pace. see you later. thanks very much, holly. the church of england is going to start taking contactless payments. steph can tell us more. it's in all the papers today and a lot of them going with the headline, let us play, in the papers. good morning, everyone. “— let us play, in the papers. good morning, everyone. —— let us pay. the church of england will start taking contactless payments

for things like weddings, christenings and one—off donations in more than 16,000 churches and cathedrals. reverend margaret cave is the vicar of christ church in east greenwich. shejoins us now. this is something you have already been trialling, how has it been going? absolutely brilliantly. i'm really pleased to the church of england has recognised this culture change and a movement towards a cashless society and has been conducting this trial. we were fortu nate conducting this trial. we were fortunate as a church in greenwich to be part of that trial and it's been brilliant, it's been really useful. i've got the card reader here, i don't know if people can see, it is light and easy and portable and we can use it in the church and office for lots of different payments. it's been fantastic. has it made a big difference? it has made things much more simple and straightforward and secure and safe when we take payments. as a vicar i don't really wa nt payments. as a vicar i don't really want cash lying around, its an issue for me and others, and this means we can do things in a

21st—century, modern way that keeps things safe for everyone. one of the great things is you can send an insta nt great things is you can send an instant receipt, you take their mobile number or their e—mail address and it instantly sends a receipt so they can be sure the money has gone to the right place and me and the people in my team who have access to it also known the money is going to the right place. makes everything more accountable. absolutely. it's not being used yet for collection plates but that's one of the ideas that has been talked about, how would that work? at the moment the thing we mainly use it for is things like weddings, wedding bands and 1—off payments if people wa nt to bands and 1—off payments if people want to make a particular donation. we had a church weekend away and we had payments for that and we took the card readerfor the had payments for that and we took the card reader for the weekend to make final payments, that worked really well. as far as the collection, as we understand it, when you pass around a bag during the service, it's a bit at this

stage for taking donations. most regular members of the church give by standing order in a regular tax efficient way, which is great, and we can do the 1—off donations, but i think it will be a while. the church of england is looking at how we can have a more effective and slightly more slimline smooth running system to use in services but we're not quite there yet but they're looking at things for that. have the members reacted well? really well. people have found it very useful and easy to use. it particularly makes a difference when you have a young couple coming for marriage bans or a wedding, rather than having to say there's a cashpoint across the road or can you write a cheque, who carries a cheque—book now, i can ta ke carries a cheque—book now, i can take an easy payment, chip and pin, apple pay, whatever. for your time this morning. that's it from me. thanks very much, steph. -- thank you for your time. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. bbc london has learnt an increasing number of care homes are thought to be cherry—picking the patients they accept. some have a blamed a lack of funding and increasing demand for places leaving them unable to look after those with higher care needs. graphic designer alex from south london was forced to take a career break to care for his mother who had early onset dementia when a care home place could not be found for her. i looked at... the list must have been over 20, the ten were the people who actually turned me down, or turned my mum down, for care. it was really depressing and demoralising. well, the government says it will publish plans this summer to reform the social care system to make it sustainable for the future. a man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in stratford shopping centre last night. he's the third person to die as a result of knife violence in the capital in 24 hours.

no arrests have been made. two soldiers from islington who were awarded the victoria cross for their service during world war one will be remembered today. a memorial stone is being laid to honour lance corporaljohn sayer at islington memorial green later this morning. it's in recognition of him single—handedly defending an outpost in northern france. lieutenant colonel frank roberts is also being remembered. after he drove the enemy out of a village on the western front. let's have a look at the travel situation now. thejubilee line is part suspened between finchley road and waterloo, that's southbound. there are minor delays on tfl rail. bond street station has been closed. on the trains, heathrow connect has a reduced service between paddington and the airport because of maintenance work. and on to the roads, the highway is slow westbound into town between limehouse and tower bridge. the m11 southbound is slow moving towards junction 4, usual delays there.

and finally the a501 marylebone road near baker street has a lane closed in both directions for roadworks. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. a cold start this morning, temperatures widely at zero, one or two spots a bit below so we have a bit of frost first thing this morning except for perhaps central london, where the temperature is a bit above zero. with that comes a clear start, plenty of sunshine around today, perhaps more cloud developing this afternoon but very high so turning the sunshine perhaps a bit hazy but on the whole dry, sunny and a pleasant day. temperatures reaching double figures at ten. overnight tonight that cloud will continue to migrate south and become quite thick as well so a cloudy night but that will help protect us. not as cold as the night we just had, between 3—5 the minimum. bit of a breeze developing overnight, that will start to fall light during the course of thursday. lots of dry weather around tomorrow, the odd spot of rain, brighter spells in the afternoon.

unsettled on friday, temperatures rising a little as we head into the early part of next week then it looks like it could get cooler midweek onwards. 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 dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a pay rise for more than a million workers in the nhs. nurses, porters and paramedics are among those expected to be offered wage increases of around 6% over three years. good morning, it's

wednesday, 21st march. also this morning, new claims that personal data from facebook was used by a british firm to influence the american presidential election — the academic at the centre of the row tells the bbc he's been made a scapegoat. honestly, we thought we were acting perfectly appropriately. we thought we we re perfectly appropriately. we thought we were doing something that was com pletely we were doing something that was completely normal. an investgation begins into the cause of a red arrows jet crash which killed an engineer and left the pilot injured. we have a special report into a widow's battle for legal representation at the inquiry into how her husband was murdered by a stranger.

i still believe in the goodness of people. because it's out there. but i don't believe in the the countdown is on for companies to reveal their gender pay gap. so far, three quarters of them have said they pay men more than women. i'll have the details shortly. in sport, it's friendlies week for england. and its the clash of the keepers — four candidates go to head to head to be the first choice at this summer's world cup in russia. and carol has the weather. good morning. it is a cold and frosty start for many. england and wales seeing sunshine first thing but clouding over during the day. stop —— scotland and northern ireland with rain from the west. more details in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. good morning. first, our main story. more than a million nhs staff are poised for a pay rise, with a deal that could be worth as much as £4 billion being announced by lunchtime today. the bbc understands that health bosses and unions have reached an agreement that will mark

an end to a seven year cap and boost the salaries of workers including nurses, porters and paramedics — but not doctors. our political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. there is so much detailed to try to get through. overall what are the main headlines? that is right. effectively the paid cap, the pay restraint for public service workers, was lifted last september when police and prison officers breached that 1%. there was pressure on the government to do more for other public sector workers. they said they were willing to be flexible. we are likely to get the detail at lunchtime of an offer to nhs staff in england, which will be worth about 6.5% over the next three yea rs worth about 6.5% over the next three years for workers in the nhs overall. how individuals benefit depends on whatjobs they are doing.

i am told the pay increases will be skewed towards those who are the lowest pa id. skewed towards those who are the lowest paid. so for example, if you area lowest paid. so for example, if you are a hospital porter on around 15,000 a year, or a hospital cleaner, at the end of the three—year period your pay could go up three—year period your pay could go up to £19,000 a year. an increase of up to 30% for the lowest paid workers, even though the average increase would be around 6% of the same period. that average increase, if inflation were to stay at its current level, that would be a bit below inflation. but it is a long way away from those days of pay freezes and 1% pay caps. that is what partly as a recommended this to the unions. the unions are being told the money will not come from anywhere else in the nhs. there had been talk of staff giving up a gay‘s leave to fund this. that was taken off the table last week. it looks as

though the bulk of this money will come from the treasury. that is partly getting the unions on side. as well as the idea that pay restraint has been broken partially inside the health service. thank you. we will get details later on. lunchtime today. stay across the bbc. facebook will be questioned by politicians in washington today, as the company comes under growing pressure to explain how data from 50 million accounts was used by a british company during the us presidential election. it's alleged that cambridge analytica used the data to target voters and influence the election outcome. that company's chief executive, alexander nix, has been suspended. both firms deny any wrongdoing. simonjones reports. facebook held a crisis meeting today... an international row about facebook data making headlines in the states and in london, home to the consultancy, cambridge analytica. that company is accused of using the personal data of 50 million facebook users to send highly targeted messages

during the 2016 us election campaign. secret filming by channel 4 news shows cambridge analytica's boss, alexander nix, boasting about the role it played in donald trump's victory. the company has denied the facebook information was used for this purpose. it said mr nix's comments do to not represent the values of the firm. he has been suspended. the cambridge academic who created the data that was harvested has been banned from facebook says that he has been targeted. i have been used as a scapegoat by cambridge analytica. we thought we were acting appropriately, and did not do anything wrong. facebook says it did break rules

by donating data to third parties and says it has been deceived by cambridge analytica. facebook denies it has done anything wrong. there is growing pressure from politicians for its boss, mark zuckerberg, to break his silence on how his customer information is protected. the royal air force has confirmed that an engineer in its red arrows aerobatic team has died in a crash in north wales. the engineer was killed when a hawk jet came down near the raf valley base on anglesey yesterday. the pilot, who is injured and receiving medical care, managed to eject. there are no details about the cause of the crash. sian lloyd reports. the red arrow hawkjet crashed within minutes of taking off

anglesey yesterday afternoon. the clouds of smoke could be seen for miles across the island. this footage was taken just moments after it came down. two members of the red arrows display team were board. one crew member died. the family of the engineers have been informed and asked for a 24—hour period of grace before further details are released. the pilot of the aircraft survived the incident and is currently receiving medical care. peter glover saw what happened on his nearby caravan. the canopy came off and i saw a parachute open and the plane hit the ground, severely hit the ground. a massive bang and a bowl of smoke. the red arrows aerobatic team are famous that their displays. the two crew members have been training on anglesey and the jet was returning to its base at raf scampton in lincolnshire when it came down. the ore of say their thoughts are

with the families of the men involved in this crash. the joint enquiry into what happened is being carried out by the air accident invesigation branch and north wales police. they are appealing for anybody who saw what happened to get in touch. vulnerable mental health patients are being let down because of "serious failings" in their treatment, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman has said. issues with some mental health trusts could lead to patients suffering distress and harm. the ombudsman also found that nhs mental healthcare staff can lack the capacity, skills and training they need to do theirjob effectively. the government says they are expanding service provision. a man has been injured after a parcel bomb exploded in the texan city of austin — the latest in a series of similar attacks.

five devices have detonated so far this month, which have killed two people. a sixth parcel bomb was intercepted before it exploded. the fbi now believes the attacks are the work of a serial bomber. you are watching breakfast. christmas 2015 was when nadja ensink should have been celebrating the birth of her baby. instead she was mourning the murder of her husband, who'd been stabbed to death as he posted cards announcing their news. days earlier, his killer femi nandap had knife offence charges dropped, despite concerns over his mental health. now desperate for answers, nadja will finally hear an inquest into whether there were failings in the system. but after being denied legal aid while the public bodies she fights have their fees by the public purse, she's had a battle to ensure her concerns get heard in court, as jayne mccubbin reports. there were three police officers standing in front of our door.

i immediately noticed the homicide tent to the left. and then... this massive bomb and then there's nothing. a man who was stabbed in north london this afternoon has died... a mentally ill young man has admitted stabbing a university lecturer to death in a random attack... this was the last photo taken of nadja's husband, jeroen, taken less than an hour before he was killed. 11 days after fleur was born, he had stepped outside to post her birth notices. jeroen was stabbed just metres from his front door. she knows that other kids have a dad. do you try to talk to her about her dad? every day, every day. there are pictures all over the house and i want her to know why

she just walks down the street and says, look, mummy, daddy's in my heart. those moments when your heart breaks but at the same timejeroen is with us. i think you got it! today femi nandap is serving an indefinite sentence at broadmoor hospital for manslaughter. but why were charges against him for an earlier knife offence dropped on the advice of the cps six days before he killed ? and why were serious concerns passed to police about his mental health never acted upon? these are questions nadja hopes an inquest will answer but while the police and cps will have legal representation at that inquest, paid for from the public purse, she has been refused legal aid. without legal representation i won't be able to get the answers we need. as if it's not important enough, as if we don't count. we need to have the answers.

we need to have the answers so it won't happen again. the met told us, while there was no misconduct, there had been areas of learning. the cps admitted the case against the previous knife offence should never have been discontinued. but while they have limitless resources to go into inquest this summer, nadja is left to crowdfund to pay for legal representation. this is seen as an inequality of arms by many. the ministry ofjustice told us it is committed to reviewing the situation for bereaved families but that review is delayed. they have all the resources. they have the resources, we don't. you're relying on the kindness of strangers now to get you through this. and i'm so incredibly grateful for them and ijust feel everyone is behind us and they want the answers as much as we do. as all this is going on, i still believe in the goodness of people. because it's out there.

but i don't believe in the system. jayne is with us now. you can see the pain she is going through. would she is really determined that actually hopefully she can make a difference to others? she is. of course she is talking because she is desperately trying to raise funds through crowdfunding to pay for a legal representation. but she is talking because there are many families out there in the same situation. they find it unfathomable how it is right when they go to inquest to ask questions from public bodies, that they are the only people in the room without paid for a legal representation. she talked about the system and not having faith in the system, which is

the crux of the issue. that system is currently being reviewed. what is likely to be the outcome? the system is being reviewed. david gauke, the justice minister, said we currently spend £1.6 million on legal aid. that has to represent value for money. just yesterday the law society said too many people were priced out of justice. society said too many people were priced out ofjustice. momentum is gathering for change. bishop james jones, after the hillsborough inquest, said this has to change. after the deaths in custody review last year, damian delaney said it had to change. there was a human rights committee hearing which heard evidence from lots of people, amongst them a campaign group who said this has to change. can i tell you briefly about one family that gave evidence there? they described facing teams of barristers, not just

they described facing teams of barristers, notjust from the met police but the london ambulance service, free hospital trusts, the bereaved family were the only people in the room that did not have their legal fees paid for. in the room that did not have their legalfees paid for. how in the room that did not have their legal fees paid for. how can that be right? that is the question being shouted loud and clear. yesterday they admitted to the bbc that the review that will look at this should have come back this summer but it is rolled into next year. we will be following that. do get into contact with us, i note you received so much. and pass on our thanks as well. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, it is chilly with a widespread frost, tomorrow will be different. temperatures have been around freezing or below across many parts of the uk apart from where there has been cloud cover and this has helped maintain the temperature is through the night. most of the

cloud has been in northern ireland and scotland and northumbria but the rest of the country, is largely clear start with one or two exceptions. as the weather front moves south, the sunshine will turn hazy as the cloud comes along with some light and patchy rain and drizzle. a chilly start with some frost around, rain in western and northern scotland and northern ireland. that will move south—eastwards and had a bit there is cloud producing patchy light rain and drizzle. the far south—east will hang on to the sunshine until later in the day. the other thing to notice is that the wind will strengthen in the northern and western isles. higher temperatures than we have seen for a while, 12 celsius in aberdeen for example this afternoon. this evening and overnight, that front continues to ta ke overnight, that front continues to take the cloud and rain to the south, still some showery outbreaks

in western scotland and where the cloud breaks, like this morning, some patchy mist and fog but unlike this morning it will not be as cold. temperatures staying in positive figures in the towns and cities, a bit lower in rural areas. if you are likely to see any frost tonight it is likely to be in pockets in south—west england and possibly wales but that will be the exception rather than the rule. into tomorrow morning we will start with some rain in the far south—east and parts of eastern england but that will move away to leave some sunny skies. increasingly the sunshine will turn hazy at a more active weather front comes in from the atlantic producing heavy rain and gusty winds. ahead of that in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant with temperatures widely in double figures. this band of rain will continue to move

eastwards overnight. by the morning we will have the dregs of it across eastern england into the south—east but that will clear away also following this circle, you can see the other end of the band is in northern and western scotland, some of that will be wintry in nature and there is more rain coming in from there is more rain coming in from the south—west. thank you, we will see you in half an hour. there are just two weeks to go before the deadline for britain's biggest companies to submit figures showing their gender pay gap. steph's here with more details. you can explain what the pay gap is. companies with more than 250 employees in the uk have been told by the government to publish the difference between what they pay men and women. some of them have already been publishing it. three quarters of them paid men more than women. if you look at the average, for every pound woman earns, a man gets £120,

thatis pound woman earns, a man gets £120, that is an average figure across the uk and not comparing jobs. some industries are worse than others. airlines have some of the biggest gaps. they would argue that is because, for example, a lot of the pilots are men who earn more money but that brings in the question of if we should not be encouraging more women to become pilots. these figures are not the whole story, the lot of societal questions around it as well. also, some companies pay women more than men. for example bt, unilever, which makes things like marmite and domestos, and diageo, the drinks company, they pay women 196 the drinks company, they pay women 1% more than men. there is inequality in lots of ways in terms of pay. there are some really quite considerable gaps between what women

and men are earning in some of our household names around the country and what that tells us is that these organisations need to put an action plan in place so that they can start to address the problem. we need to move from publishing numbers to putting the plan in place and what we have to have is transparency in pay because if we don't have transparency, we can't have equality. if you want to find out if your company has published the figures, it is on the bbc website, it is companies with over 250 employees. it will tell you what the pay gap is if there is one. and the deadline is in about two weeks? yes. facebook is under growing pressure this morning as governments on both sides of the atlantic demand answers over a data breach. 50 million facebook users had information harvested, which was then used by uk firm cambridge analytica to allegedly try influence voters in the us election. is tailoring data for a purpose

anything new? dominic mcgregor is the co—founder of social media marketing company the social chain. when you heard about this cambridge analytica story and the way they used the data from facebook, what we re used the data from facebook, what were your initial thoughts? that this is nothing new. data is the currency this is nothing new. data is the currency of online so big players like facebook, google, youtube, they use your data to sell to third parties and for you to be marketed to. and you are in that business so how do you use, how do you interact with how we use sites like facebook? when you sign up to facebook for example, you did your name, where you live, your friends, and you can use that data to target people based on their interests, the pages they like, to sell them products. somebody might come to you and say,

we are trying to sell a new brand of washing powder, how do we target the best people and make sure people who might want to buy it might be interested ? might want to buy it might be interested? that is exactly how it works, the same through google and using audiences to profile —— profile people. they do that through facebook. as the people who have had their data mined agreed to it? facebook. as the people who have had their data mined agreed to mm would be deep in the conditions of the platform but not if being sold to third parties. facebook have turn a blind eye to it being sold on. we don't know that yet and they have said they are not done anything. the third—party breach could the potential —— could be the potential problem. we were saying earlier that it isa problem. we were saying earlier that it is a regulation that can sort that outcome is that where it needs to come from? whether that is america or the uk, the government

has to say to these companies, you can't do that. that is way gdp up comes in, the steps that the government are taking the big businesses that hold data as to by them. it gets to the heart of how people use social media and whether they know if there data, what it's being used for and how much they should be sharing. i know you are interested in people's data but what would your advice be to people? who don't want perhaps to be targeted all the time by people who are selling them stuff. there are tonnes of steps you could take, delete facebook was trending yesterday but i think that is quite extreme because it is an integral part of our lives like google and youtube. you can turn off your cookies, you can make yourself a private —— more private, there are steps you can ta ke private, there are steps you can take to be forgotten. many people

will know what cookies are but some won't, that is where you trace what websites you been to? when you go to the website and then go away from it, york footpath is essentially followed online and it will be seen on facebook and youtube and you can be followed around internet. that is pretty simple, when you are shopping for shoes, you go to another website and the side bar will remind you. that's it. interesting to talk to you, thank you very much. i am sure we can continue talking about this. it is fascinating, it makes you think about what you do, what you share. she beat teachers from 170 countries to be crowned the best teacher in the world earlier this week. andrea is about to arrive back in london and then schofield is there for us. good morning, everybody. welcome to

heathrow airport, these are pupils from alberton school in north london who are waiting for the art and design teacher who has been named the best teacher in the world. she was chosen from among 30,000 nominees and she walks away with a prize of $1 million. she had been waiting for a while now and this is a big surprise that she is going to get later but that is after the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. it may have been a

cold start to the day. a widespread frost across england and wales. we started off on a sunny note. it will stay sunny into the afternoon from any parts. increasing cloud in the north west. outbreaks of rain. this is the pressure chart. many under the influence of this area of high pressure. this weather front was the north of scotland. that is moving south and east. through the morning into the afternoon it will stay wet in western scotland. showers in the east. rain in northern ireland. increasing amounts of cloud. for the rest of the uk, the cloud will increase from the north—west, making the sunshine turn hazy. the further south and east you are, it will remain sunny. maximum temperatures of nine to 11. perhaps 12 in aberdeen. through tonight, there

will be ploughed continuing to move south and east. still some rain in western scotland. more cloud around compared to last night. it will not be anywhere near as cold. temperatures staying above freezing. five to 7 degrees. thursday morning will not be anywhere near as cold. mild air moving in. you can see these oranges moving from the south—west, influencing the uk. thursday probably the mildest day of the week. there will be some sunshine on thursday morning. you will keep that sunshine in eastern areas. towards the west the breeze picks up. heavy rain in northern ireland into western scotland. eventually by the end of the day in west wales and south—west england. by west wales and south—west england. by thursday those temperatures into double figures. perhaps as high as 12 or 13 celsius. have a good day, bye—bye. this is business live from bbc news, with sally bundock and rachel horne.

taxing the tech titans — the european commission is set to make big changes to the loopholes open to the likes of amazon, google and apple. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 21st march. the eu slaps down silicon valley — reports suggest that new measures will stop the practice of shifting profits to countries with the lowest rates of tax. also in the programme, more investor reaction to the facebook data row. the social media giant suffers another big drop in market value. does mum knows best?