hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. mark zuckerberg says sorry as he breaks his silence over the facebook data scandal. the facebook boss admits that his firm made mistakes by allowing personal information to be exploited. he promises action to stop data on the social network being abused. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do election interference, to make it so trolls and other folks can't spread fa ke trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this. good morning, it's thursday 22nd march. also this morning: what happens when you dial 999? an investigation finds police taking days to respond to some calls, despite telling victims they will be there within the hour. theresa may's russia warning.

the prime minister flies to brussels telling eu leaders that the threat posed by vladimir putin will last for years. the european union is targeting the big tech companies with a new tax that could see them pay billions more every year. i'll have all the details. in sport, a disaster for england in auckland. they're bowled out for 58 in the first innings of their test against new zealand, their sixth lowest test score ever. and we'll have all of today's weatherfor you in the next 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, has apologised for allowing the data of 50 million users to be exploited by the political consultancy firm, cambridge analytica. speaking to cnn, he accepted the need for better regulation of the social network. from washington, chris buckler reports. facebook contains a world of personal information. more than 2

billion users have interested it with details including your age, whether they're in a relationship and perhaps crucially their political leanings. cambridge analytica and potentially other firms are accused of exploiting that data in an attempt to influence, among other things... the us presidential election, and ultimately for that breach in trust, facebook and its founder are having to take responsibility. if you told me in 2004 when i was getting started with facebook that a big pa rt started with facebook that a big part of my responsibility today would be to help protect the integrity of elections against interference by other governments, i wouldn't have really believed that was going to be something i would have to work on. four days, mark zuckerberg was silent, while damaging allegations we re silent, while damaging allegations were broadcast around the world of how came cambridge analytica took

advantage of information from facebook users. now he's promising a full friends are corded and he said anyone who's data may be compromised will be told. but mr zuckerberg knows his social network will continue to be tested by those looking to exploit it. there's a lot of ha rd looking to exploit it. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do election interference, to make it so that trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this and we have a responsibility to do this not only for the 2018 midterms in the us, which are going to be a huge deal this year, and that's a huge focus for us, but there's a big election in india this year, there's a big election in brazil, there's big elections around the world. politicians in both the uk and the us also have questions for mr zuckerberg. he said he would appear before congress in america if it was the right thing to do. and with talk

of greater regulation and new rules, the face of facebook might find he has little choice. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. and in a few minutes, we'll be speaking to a former facebook privacy advisor about what he made of mark zuckerberg's comments. police officers in england and wales are taking days to respond to emergency calls that should be acted on within an hour. the inspectorate of constabulary claims a quarter of forces are failing to attend to the victims of serious crimes quickly enough as they are often overwhelmed by demand. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. hello, police, what's your emergency? has the thin blue line become to think? the body that monitors the police says the service is under significant stress with barrable victims often not getting a prompt response to emergency calls. every 999 call is graded according to how quickly police need to take action. but an inspection team found that thousands of calls which needed officers to attend within 60 minutes weren't dealt with four hours, or in

some cases, several days. the inspectorate of constabulary report on effectiveness also identified other concerns. it said there was a shortfall of 5000 investigators and detectives. forces weren't doing enough to track suspects wanted by police, and basic tasks were overlooked during investigations into crimes such as robbery, burglary, car theft and the national police chiefs' council said it's working with forces in england and wales to boost to their detective numbers and specialist capability to help them manage and reduce them aren't. danny shaw, bbc news. —— them aren't. in response, the government say they recognise that crime is changing and will increase funding for police services by up to £450 million for the next financial year. theresa may will today urge eu leaders to stand together to face down russian aggression following the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury. the speech comes a day after foreign secretary borisjohnson

escalated tensions with russia by comparing president putin's promotion of the world cup with adolf hitler's use of the 1936 berlin 0lympics. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more. it was an invitation some had refused. reporter: ambassador, why are you taking part in this meeting? but these foreign diplomats had accepted, to come and hear moscow's side of the story on the nerve agent attack. britain sent a diplomat to the foreign ministry, but the british ambassador stayed away. this is what he missed. translation: the british authorities are either unable to ensure protection from such a terrorist act on their territory or they themselves, directly or indirectly — i'm not accusing anyone — have directed this attack against a russian citizen. hello, my name is emma nottingham, and i'm from the british embassy. 0ff camera, the british diplomat hits back. sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned with a military grade novichok nerve agent

of a type developed by russia in what we see as an attempted assassination attempt. "what's going on in their heads?" he replies. "take a break from your russophobia and your island mentality." archive: berlin's great day dawns with the arrival of the olympic flame... in britain, a labour mp suggested that vladimir putin would use the world cup like adolf hitler had used the 1936 olympics, "to cover up," as he put it, "a brutal, corrupt regime." the foreign secretary agreed. i think the comparison with 1936 is certainly right and i think it's an emetic prospect, frankly, too thin of putin glorying in this sporting event. meanwhile, russia's propaganda machine

tries to discredit sergei skripal. we witnessed this bizarre webcast where two convicted murders claimed to be ex—cellmates of the former double agent. on air, they accused him of drug addiction, even paedophilia. but after the show, one of them admits to me he saw nothing. it was just empty gossip. the poisoning in salisbury has spawned an information war, one moscow is determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur europe correspondent damien grammaticas is in brussels where the prime minister will speak later today. the prime minister speaking there later today, it's going to be very interesting how she'd read this line of diplomacy? yes, naga, she will be here for a summit of eu leaders and this evening over dinner the issue of the

salisbury attack and russia and how to respond to it will be raised. we know she is going to call for support, call for solidarity, she's going to say the threat from russia, she's going to say, is serious and will ensure for a very long time. —— endure. we know the eu response is one certainly of support, certainly of solidarity, they're going to express that. they say they're going to discuss the importance for all eu countries to be prepared notjust for events like this but much more broadly to all the sorts of threats they may face, meddling in democracies, undermining of elections, but the one thing they will not do is at this stage go further forward with any more sanctions because they say it's still important to have the end of all the investigations and to still demand from russia clarity from the russian side. from angela merkel,

donald tusk and the other european leaders, expect strong support today. damian grammaticas, thanks very much. mps will observe a minute's silence today on the first anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. five people were killed in the car and knife attack by an islamic extremist. one of the victims was pc keith palmer, who was stabbed to death as he stuttgart outside the houses of parliament. it's great that he's been honoured in the last few months for bravery awards and for the things that he's done. i'd still rather have him here beside me than... people deserve these awards and merits and things when they're alive. firefighters in dublin have been tackling a serious fire in a hotel and apartment block in the north of the city. 60 firefighters and eight fire engines were sent to the metro hotel in the suburb of ballymun. the fire started at around 8pm on the 13th floor of the building before spreading. the 150 guests staying in the hotel at the time have all been relocated. there are no reports of any injuries.

reports that the new blue british passport will be made by a european company have triggered an angry reaction from some conservative mps. both the sun and the telegraph say that the french—dutch security firm gemalto have won the contract to make the blue passport. the home office hasn't confirmed the decision but in a statement said that it had carried out a fair and open competition to ensure value for money. the former cabinet minister priti patel said any decision to award the contract to a foreign company would be a national disgrace. those are the main stories. time to talk to kat. good morning. good morning. it's one of those moments when i came in and i turned my phone on this morning and i thought, am i reading that correctly? is that right? we can say something about itgood. please explain. england bowled out for 58. their

worst ever is 45. there were five ducks as well. some good news coming through. stuart broad took his 400th test wicket in that game. then there's been a wicket so that is good news. england beginning to fight back, i don't think there's any fightback from 58, though, a total disaster, the disastrous run for england in test in continues after the ashes trouncing. they're skittled out for just 58 in less than a session against new zealand on day one of the first test in auckland. they've taken two wickets in reply.

chelsea ladies have a first leg advantage over motpellier after beating the french side 2—0 in their champions league quarter—final first leg. manchester city where also 2—0 winners over swedish side linkoping. the second legs take place next week. serena williams is out of the miami 0pen, beaten byjapan‘s naomi 0saka, who won her first wta event at the weekend. williams is making her comeback six months after having a baby. and he said his golf was finally feeling good with the masters just two weeks away but rory mcilroy lost his opening match at the world matchplay in texas with peter uihlein, but is back in action later today. it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a round robin format, the world match play, to begin with, so the world match play, to begin with, so not done and dusted for you, he still gets the chance to go through to the later stages but after winning the arnold palmer, which was an incredible performance, the masters is the only major he has an w011. masters is the only major he has an won. i'm so excited about it with tiger woods and stenson bag and rose in the next. are you excited, charlie? i don't know that much

about golf but the tiger woods story isa about golf but the tiger woods story is a compelling tale, the notion you could step back into the fray. that's the hope, everyone in the back of their minds is thinking may be the magic will come back. he pushes everyone back. if he is playing well, everyone else plays well. the number of people who have said they want a bet each way on tiger woods at the masters. he is the favourite, rory is favourite and tiger is third favourite. kat, thank you very much. temperatures have been slowly recovering over the last couple of days after that mini beast from these quarters that disruptive snow. and in fact, as we head out into thursday, a milder start and generally quite a mild afternoon. the atlantic has come back to life, now feeding in cloud

and this milder air. we've seen the back of that cold easterly wind. you can see the air mass chart here, the orange colours which will be moving in, certainly for thursday. something a little bit fresher pushing in behind for the end of the week, for friday. mild air never too far away. in fact, at the weekend, given some sunshine, should be quite pleasant. as we head through the overnight period into early thursday, we'll see some damp weather down the east of the country, affecting east anglia and the south—east. but elsewhere, it's going to be largely dry. variable amounts of cloud. a bit more of a breeze further west. but it's going to be a much milder start you'll notice to thursday. most places starting off 4—7 degrees. just one or two pockets of frost perhaps in some very sheltered rural locations, south—west england, maybe north—east scotland. but through the day on thursday, it's looking pretty good. we'll lose the cloud from the eastern side of england. some good sunny spells around. we'll start to see a change in northern ireland and western scotland. increasing wind here, gusting to 45mph, outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere, a lovely day in store.

temperatures around 12, 13, maybe 14 celsius in the warmest spots. on thursday night, that rain band will spread across the country, eventually clear the eastern of the country for friday. so another fairly good—looking day. some sunny spells around. showers across the north—west. winter on the hills. maybe a touch cooler than what we saw on thursday. now into the weekend itself, it isn't looking too bad. a typical very early spring weekend, really. sunshine and showers, variable amounts of cloud. and it will be generally quite mild, particularly where we get the sunshine. this is how we start saturday morning off, on a rather cloudy note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country. the cloud may hang on in the south, the odd spit and spot of rain. but skies will brighten up, particularly further north and west. a few showers running into scotland and northern ireland, and winter on the hills. given some sunshine, temperatures around 11 celsius. sunday is looking like being the better day of the weekend. more widespread sunny spells around. just a few showers again across the north and west probably the best of the sunshine, in fact, across the east. it will feel a little bit milder too, top temperatures around 13 celsius.

you're watching breakfast from bbc news. let's take a look at today's papers. many of the papers are looking at facebook. mark zuckerberg apologised that he allowed his company to allow a company, cambridge analytica, to ta ke a company, cambridge analytica, to take their data. we will talk about that later. the picture there is of nicolas sarkozy, the former french president. he left a police station on the outskirts of paris after accepting a 50 million euros payment from colonel gaddafi in campaign funding in 2007. on the front page of the daily telegraph. blue brexit

passports to be made in europe. a franco — dutch company is poised to win the contract to make the iconic blue british passport. he can understand why people are getting a bit upset. another story we are taking a look at today. police taking a look at today. police taking days to respond to 999 incidents. we will talk about that little later on. some under pressure forces taking days to respond to 999 calls when guidelines say it should be one hour. a slightly different police story in the sun. they are suggesting a struggling lincolnshire police force is giving officers two y°93 police force is giving officers two yoga days off to beat stress. a picture of an officer doing yoga. have a closer look. is that the lotus ? have a closer look. is that the lotus? i'm not sure if it is a real

picture. nina knows. i'm not going to do it now and i wouldn't. i can't do the lotus at the moment. after baby, maybe. this is the times, but it across lot —— lots of the business sections. kingfisher, the kind —— the company that owns b&q, moss bros have all show issued a profit warning and also carpetrite is closing stores. this comes after toys " r" is closing stores. this comes after toys "r" us, mothercare. we will talk about whether the high street can be saved. something lots of us are talking about, the gender pay 93p- are talking about, the gender pay gap. we have got that deadline for companies to report their gender pay gaps. only so half have reported

those back. this is a studyg half have in looks at why are only'half'h'avefl'w has looks at why are only'half'h'avefl'tr has said so mini their analysis has said so mini companies are worried that their female talent will quick —— quit once they find out how much less they had been paid. hopefully they will be able to hide in the herd on the final deadline. an interesting couple of stories in the telegraph. there is anthonyjoshua wearing his shorts. making you feel a little bit inadequate. but the record, let's go back to that picture. i'm very comfortable. why would i feel remotely inadequate. i don't see any issues with me, completely comfortable. you look very similar physical specimens. just a different coloured shorts. can we get on with the actual story? anthony joshua is

going to be offered an enormous sum of money, £350 million, to switch over to ufc, ultimate fighting, which is fast becoming a popular sport. that is brutal. whether he will go for it, boxing is his being, is revitalised heavyweight boxing, but ufc love his appeal, his character. they think you would make a brilliant transition. £350 million, how much for him? probably around $50 million, 35 million per fight with the prospect of a multi— fighter deal taking him over $500 million in earnings. would that tempt you? million in earnings. would that tempt you ? absolutely million in earnings. would that tempt you? absolutely not. i can't think of anything worse than being a ufc fighter. you just can't take your eyes off it. another interesting story, chris froome

might be barred from riding in the two to france. the case about the asthma, he failed a drugs test and the organisers say they want that case resolved before he is allowed to ride in the race. facebook‘s founder has said he's sorry that his company allowed the political consultancy firm cambridge analytica to exploit the data of fifty—million facebook users. in his first tv interview since the scandal enveloped his company earlier this week, mark zuckerberg said there had been a major breach of trust and pledged to clamp down on rogue apps. dipayan ghosh is a former privacy policy expert at facebook. he's also worked as technology advisor during president 0bama's time in the white house. he joins us from boston. thank you very much field time.

could you reflect on those comments from mark zuckerberg. we don't hear from mark zuckerberg. we don't hear from him very often and have never heard him speak like this. what are your thoughts? i think it's a tremendously positive development. this statement from last night. wattie told the public, he personally is sorry for the things that have happened in the things we have seen on the facebook platform and the negative things that have surfaced on it. he has outlined a number of commitments that he is ready to make. dipayan, we are talking to you with the benefit of your two, three years working specifically at the privacy department in facebook so with your knowledge of what mark zuckerberg said, one of the quotes i will pick out is, he says, we have a basic

responsibility to protect the data of people and if we can't do that, we don't deserve to have the opportunity to serve people. is facebook ever going to be able to say categorically that the information, the data is safe and given what he just said, does that mean the skids are under facebook?” think the company needs to stand up and take some responsibility for what has happened but i think what we also have to remember here is technically speaking, the company was not breached in the technical sense of cyber security, there was no malicious hacker that gained access to facebook‘s data because of access to facebook‘s data because of a security issue, rather it was a series of policies that was breached bya series of policies that was breached by a third party anna athow cambridge analytica gained access this data. it's free difficult to

tribute blame to any one party besides those are essentially broke the policy but i think one must and the policy but i think one must and the company is taking from all of this is that it does need to be a bit morejudicious in this is that it does need to be a bit more judicious in who it shares data with and what uses they will make. mark zuckerberg is talking about cost a lot. he think the behind—the—scenes facebook is worried that someone might take legal action against them or misuse of the data? well, any time you have a huge public outcry against your company, and the whole world is talking about it, you start having those thoughts. i think the company is right to start thinking about

that. it does need to cover its bases. long story short, it needs to figure out how this happened, who was culpable and what needs to be done next. if the company does discover that any activities that it we re discover that any activities that it were its representatives engaged in or were culpable, obviously we will need to take action against that and i think it's going to take some time to engage and draw conclusions. mark zuckerberg said there were about 15,000 people working on content. i don't how that compares with when we re don't how that compares with when were there and if they are going to have to up those numbers massively because if they are able to clean up the operation and secure people's data, that's going to be an enormous

task. one of the things that mark zuckerberg said both his interviews, in wired and the new york times, alongside the cnn interview, he said that the company is aggressively thinking about artificial intelligence to try to detect malicious content and i think that's a very important development. it's a statement that the company is going to try to develop really sophisticated algorithms to try to figure out who the bad guys are and get them off the platform. i think that's important. that's part and parcel of the steps the company is going forward. dipayan worked in the

privacy in public policy team in facebook. we should say that cambridge analytica denies any wrongdoing and we will be speaking to the culture secretary, matt hancock after 8:30am this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. it's one year today since the terror attack on westminster bridge which killed five people. romanian tourist andrea crista was hit by the terrorist‘s car and flung into the river thames, after 8:30am this morning. she died 2 weeks later. her sister says herfamily still live with the horror every after 8:30am this morning. there are moments when we take the phone to

call her or to write on the messenger and when we go on to co nsta nta o n messenger and when we go on to constanta on the beach, we went all the time, we went to the beach together, we spent all the time together, we spent all the time together and is now all of this doesn't make any sense. it's not the same thing and it won't be the same. the houses of parliament will be lit up with the words london united to mark the anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. anniversaries of attacks at london bridge, finsbury park mosque and parsons green tube station, will also be marked using the hashtag. london mayor sadiq khan says he wants to bring the city together under the london united banner. children from rich families are much more likely to secure grammar school places as they reap the rewards from private tutoring. that's according to a study from university college london's institute of education. it found those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes have less than a 10% chance

of attending a grammar school compared to around a 40% chance for children in the top quarter. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes this morning the victoria line has severe delays between brixton and victoria. 0n the trains, south western services via staines and ascot are running with residual delays. and due to industrial action in france today, there may be disruption to eurostar services and on flights to and from france. 0n the roads there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, it's slow from blackwall lane. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. sunshine and blossom added to the springlike feel of yesterday but today's sadly, there is more cloud around but some bright and sunny spells peeking at times and sunny spells peeking at times and we are frost free this morning after a cloudy night last night. some early outbreaks of rain towards eastern areas but there it goes. it should have cleared by the middle

part of the morning and thereon in, it looks dry. quite the cloud around, some bright and sunny spells, the cloud thickening wants more through afternoon. top temperatures of 11 or 12 celsius, a touch milder than it was yesterday. do this evening and overnight, largely dry. the cloud will pick from the rest, early outbreaks of rain into tomorrow morning but again, frost free. a cloudy damp start today but that should clear away those early outbreaks to leave us away those early outbreaks to leave us with some sunny spells and maybe one or two showers over the weekend, temperatures between 11 and 13 celsius. sunday, that today with plenty of sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to charlie and naga. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty it's thursday the 22nd of march. we'll have the latest news and sport injust a moment. but coming up later in the programme:

how long is too long to wait for the police? a new report has found that some forces are now so overwhelmed that they are taking days to attend calls that should answered in minutes. 0n the first anniversary of the westminster bridge terror attack, we'll speak to the mp tobias ellwood, who battled to save the life of pc keith palmer outside the gates of parliament. and, when he's not cycling hundreds of miles, climbing mountains or presenting his radio 1 show, greg james somehow also finds time to write childrens books. he'll be joining us alongside newsreader and co—author chris smith to talk about the second kid normal adventure. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. facebook post was founder mark zuckerberg apologised after his company zuckerberg apologised after his com pa ny allowed zuckerberg apologised after his company allowed the data of 50 million users to be harvested by the political consultancy firm cambridge

analytica. speaking to cnn, he accepted the need for better regulation at the technology company and pledged to take action he added that he was "happy" to testify before congress "if it's the right thing to do". this isn't rocket science. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do election interference, to make it so trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this. we have a responsibility to do this, not only for the 2018 midterms in the us, which will be a big deal this year, which is a huge focus for us, but there's a big election in india this year, there's a big election in brazil, there's big elections around the world. police officers in england and wales are failing to respond to 999 calls

quickly enough, resulting in victims of domestic abuse and other serious crimes not being seen for hours, or even days. the inspectorate of constabulary says a quarter of forces are struggling to respond to emergency calls and are often "overwhelmed" by demand. in response, the government said they will increase funding for police services by up to £450 million for the next financial year. theresa may will today urge eu leaders to stand together to face down russian aggression following the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury. the speech comes a day after foreign secretary borisjohnson escalated tensions with russia by comparing president putin's promotion of the world cup with adolf hitler's use of the 1936 berlin 0lympics. mps will observe a minute's silence today on the first anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. five people were killed in the car and knife attack by an islamic extremist. one of the victims was pc keith palmer, who was stabbed to death as he stuttgart outside the houses of parliament. it's great that he's been honoured in the last few months for bravery awards and for the things that he's done.

i'd still rather have him here beside me than... people deserve these awards and merits and things when they're alive. firefighters in dublin have been tackling a serious fire in a hotel and apartment block in the north of the city. 60 firefighters and eight fire engines were sent to the metro hotel in the suburb of ballymun. 150 guests all escaped safely. there are no reports of any injuries. reports that the new blue british passport will be made by a european company have triggered an angry reaction from some conservative mps. both the sun and the telegraph say that the french—dutch security firm gemalto have won the contract to make the blue passport. the home office hasn't confirmed the decision but in a statement said that it had carried out a fair and open competition to ensure value for money. the former cabinet minister priti patel said any decision to award the contract to a foreign company would be a "national disgrace".

i was waiting for the clock to switch. two seconds away, kat, i couldn't leave it, one of those things. i think the england cricket tea m things. i think the england cricket team are wishing time will fly by. it did fly by, less than a session, it just flew by. what was the score? 58 all out. set the scene, england against new zealand, what happened? new zealand are a good test side but they aren't the australias, pakistans, they aren't the australias, pakista ns, not a they aren't the australias, pakistans, not a massive world test cricket superpower, so you would expect england to do well against them. after a terrible ashes, this was their time to bounce back and redeem themselves and prove they have been putting in the hard graft in preparation for the two test series, so not a major series, but at the same time, to produce a performance like that, 58 all out in the first

innings. 58 all out! five ducks. not the worst ever. not the worst ever but the worst we have seen for a long time. the worst ever, 45, was in 1886. pretty bad, isn't it? england have scored their sixth lowest test innings score on day one of the first test against new zealand in auckland beaten 4—0 in australia in december and january, they were skittled out for just 58 in less than a session this morning. five batsmen went for ducks. it's their sixth lowest total in test history. the one silver lining is that wicket that we've just seen, stuart broad has taken his 400th test wicket as new zealand have reached 102/2 in reply. no smiles, very muted celebrations for stuart broad. we can speak to vic marks, part of the test match special team working in auckland and covering the game. thanks for joining us. what have you made of it? it has been dire. i saw a twig

from the ecb saying we've had a shocker. that sums it up, doesn't it? -- shocker. that sums it up, doesn't it? —— eight—week. that's almost an understatement! they were lucky to get 58. they were 27/9, whereupon the last pair, 0bertan and anderson, put on 31. they rescued pride to get to 58, still their lowest score ever against new zealand. either they looked rusty or they looked jaded, one of the two. some have just come back. it's almost like they conceive the ball, we're playing with a pink ball of course, night game, trent bouu ball of course, night game, trent boult in particular bowled extremely well, but anything straight they missed, anything slightly wide they tended to nick to the slips. they will be very shamefaced. theyjust had a bit of a setback, they nearly ran out of williamson, controversial moment because woakes was convinced a straight drive clipped his fingers

and then ran out williamson but tv cameras couldn't prove that. apart from broady getting the 400th wicket, it has been a calamitous day for them and no way back from here in this match you wouldn't think. no way back. i was about to ask, any hope at all, but if you say there's no way back i will take your word for it. what is the problem, is it the pitch, the ball, the fact it is a day nighter, is it the fact, as you say, there are cricketers out there to have been out there for the ashes from christmas is right the way through, here we are approaching the end of march, they have played too much cricket and they need a break? is that the problem? there's an element of that i'm sure. there are certain players who play in every format. they have all been home at some point during this absolute marathon tour in a way that they couldn't have done years ago, you can travel more easily. but some

looked jaded and some, as i say, look rusty and the ball moved and they just had no look rusty and the ball moved and theyjust had no answer to it whatsoever. they're trying, there's no question they're not trying, but there seems to be nothing left to give. may be the itinerary hasn't helped but they have been utterly ha pless. helped but they have been utterly hapless. this has been far worse than anything in the ashes, england lost badly but kind of respectively, but today they have been absolutely stea m rollered but today they have been absolutely steamrollered and the kiwis can't believe their luck. it's going to be a difficult end of day press conference. thank you so much for bringing us up to date on some very difficult questions for the team to answer in auckland today. enjoy the rest of it if you can. fingers crossed we see something positive to take away from it! scotland's cricketers were beaten by the west indies to end their chances of qualifying for the world cup next year. they were undone by the weather. they were chasing a fairly manageable target against

the windies but when the rain came, they weren't up with the run rate and miss out on the tournament to be staged in england and wales. serena williams‘ return to competitive action didn't go as well as the former world number one would have wanted, losing in straight sets to naomi 0saka in miami williams, who was unseeded for the tournament after returning from pregnancy, had a tough task against 0saka. the 20—year—old from japan recently won the indian wells title, and picked up the win in straight sets. and chelsea ladies have themselves a 2—0 advantage in their champions league quarter—final with montpellier. chelsea had rode their luck at times in the match, ji so—yun scoring the opener in the second half. they meet in the second leg next wednesday. manchester city women also have a 2—0 advantage to take into their quarter—final second leg after beating swedish side linkoping. jane ross scoring the second goal on the night. and manchester united have applied to take part in the women's super league next season. the club decided to not have a women's team back in 2005 and have been under pressure to reinstate it since. but now they have submitted an application to have a team in the fawsl next season. huge news. it's been crazy, club as

huge as manchester united, when premier league clubs are expected, by fa rules, to promote football across all genders, all abilities, all areas of society, for manchester united not to have had a women's tea m united not to have had a women's team this long has been a real scandal in women's football so finally they're changing their minds. very good, kat, we will talk more about that at 7:30am. absolutely. we hear a lot on breakfast about the pressures faced by nhs staff. yesterday's announcement of pay rises for more than a million nhs staff is followed today by a warning that social care is facing a funding crisis. a new report today claims councils could end up spending half the money they raise through tax to fund social care by 2035. david phillips from the institute for fiscal studies joins us from our westminster studio. good morning and thanks for talking

to us. these are your findings, your statistics, how have you come about these and what are they telling us? the government said on tuesday it wa nts a the government said on tuesday it wants a more consistent standard of ca re wants a more consistent standard of care and a more generous social care system nationwide and we feel that is inconsistent with the changes going on to local government funding at the moment. the government plans to abolish the grounds it gives to councils by 2020, and that means you have to rely on council tax and business rates for most of their money and we don't think they're going to grow anywhere near as fast as the demand and costs for social ca re as the demand and costs for social care and other services. so, as you say, even without the money they put on social care, it has to rise substantially and cut back on other services or there's a funding gap for adult social care. who you do you think should fill the funding gap? i think there's a real question about whether the government thinks social care is a local responsibility where councils decide how much money to spend themselves,

how much money to spend themselves, how much money to spend themselves, how much to tax, and in that case you might see very oration around the country around services offered, some councils have more money —— variation. some of the more generous services and others less generous services. 0thers services and others less generous services. others might say you want this to be a national social service like the nhs, in that case we need to centralise funding because you can't have a national standard of ca re if can't have a national standard of care if you have local funding, which could be risky and variable. when you talk about national standard of care, surely there are guidelines about what levels of care need to be met in terms of social care? you're right, there are definitely national standards in place that councils have to meet. but these rules and regulations, there's some discretion around them. sometimes the terminology to describe the standard of care required can be interpreted in different ways by different councils, and if we look at what councils, and if we look at what councils are spending on social care, we can see there's big differences around the country that

aren't related to what the government think they need to spend on care. the government's need assessment only explains about 13% of the differences of what councils are actually spending so it looks like they're making different decisions about prioritising social ca re compare decisions about prioritising social care compare it to other services. david phillips, thanks for your findings. —— compared to. spokesman vic communities in housing is says they have supported with £2 million, and a further £150 million the next year, outlining the government's plans to deal with social care soon. it is time to talk to carol, who was out on the roof today. what's it like up there? it is a wee bit breezy but it's not too bad. it's a mild start to the day to of

us. except the parts of the south, especially the south—west. we are looking at just a especially the south—west. we are looking atjust a touch or two of frost. it is going to be a mild day, albeit rather cloudy in the some of us, rain coming in from the west. you look at the forecast, the brightest skies will be from the east, when we lose the dregs of the rain. cloud building infrom east, when we lose the dregs of the rain. cloud building in from the west over time. the weather front which is quite active, producing heavy rain, heavier than the rain we saw yesterday. that rain fringing in close to the isles of scilly, moving across northern ireland. also of course western scotland. the brightest skies will be in the east. temperatures in aberdeen could get up temperatures in aberdeen could get up to 13 celsius. then as we had on

to the evening and overnight, that band of rain continues its journey, moving east and pushing northwards. the northern edge will be the heaviest and you can see how it curls around. not a particularly cold night but we will see some clear skies here and there. as we start the day tomorrow, the dregs of the rain still across eastern counties but heavy rain for a time across northern and northwest scotla nd across northern and northwest scotland and snow above about 400m. some showers in the west, bright skies and sunshine. later on, the next system starts to show its hand. yesterday, we had this further note —— further north but we didn't think it would be as far north. it will track across some southern counties. elsewhere, a lot of cloud across england and wales. looking at some

clearer skies and some showers which will be wintry on the hills. we've got the cloud in the rain but it will be particularly cold. then we start the day again with the dregs of the rain across the south—east. quite a lot of cloud here as well. also some sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be going towards the east. as we head into sunday, a mixture of sunshine and showers. the highest temperatures will be across southern areas and in london, 13 degrees. all in all, it is that bit milder. something to look forward to at least. finishing with a smile as good. carol, that bench beside you, it looks like the perfect place to sit down, have a cup of tea and feed the pigeons. i like the first bit, not the second bit. you now how mucky

pigeons can be. but they are also sweet. i am with carol on that one. pigeon haters? not so much haters, i don't want to share my cup of tea with them. the pigeons are probably not interested in your cup of tea. what i had a sandwich? the cheese and pickle sandwich wouldn't be safe. speaking of tea and pickle sandwiches, have come to talk of us about facebook and tax issues. they are reeling under the data protection issues right now. facebook, apple, google, the big tech companies. because they don't have a physical presence, they have to follow full tax regulations. the eec is looking to them to pay a 3% tax on every bit of money they generate in each of the countries and they reckon it would generate about £4.4 billion in revenue all eu

countries and this would apply to things like on line advertising, social media advertising. they are accused of streaming through countries with different tax systems. the implication is they have done something wrong. have they? they say they have not broken any laws, but the european commission says it still is not there is something needs to change. there is no physical presence is the result is, as far as we know, those companies pay something like 9% corporate tax while the rest of the economy pays 23% and there is a problem of level playing field, a problem of level playing field, a problem of level playing field, a problem of fairness and equity there and it cannot go on that way. those companies need to play —— need to pay theirfairshare of companies need to play —— need to pay their fair share of tax. you

made it clear at the european commission issue. what happens when the uk leads the eu? it will be tricky getting it past the 28 member states at us, when we leave, the chancellor knows that big global companies, it's a big issue to british public. there will be a similar policy to implement in the uk but like lots of policies after brexit, it will be a long time before we know. england fans will be hoping to end 52 years of hurt when the world cup gets underway in russia injust under three months time. but for those planning on buying a replica shirt, the pain in the pocket could start today. the new england shirt costs £65 while the high—tech version worn by players is £80. the shorts and socks will set you back a further £45. with the cost of a new kit so steep, breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been digging out some retro classics. feast your eyes on this, football

fans. an aladdin ‘s cave of football shirts tucked away on an industrial estate in manchester, including, i reckon, every classic ever worn by england. let's see some of your finest. 1982 world cup, admiral, kevin keegan, what a classic. italian, gazza's tears, getting into the semifinals, lineker‘s shirt, umbro. did you have an england played in yellow? look at this, ai rtex played in yellow? look at this, airtex material, wholesome

ventilation. your chest hair will be p°ppin9 ventilation. your chest hair will be popping out. this was revolutionised by nasa. this one, england war between 1965 and 1974 made with the tangaroo material, shrink resistant. it's just cotton. it's very much like a sweater. that maybe so but it's team's sweater, it is so much more thanjust it's team's sweater, it is so much more than just a shirt. it is the shirt. denmark played beautiful sexy football for the term was invented in this wonderful iconic shirt the likes of which you have never seen before. it is a replica, david. it isa before. it is a replica, david. it is a replica. to my eternal shame i sold it on an on line site for an awful lot of money and i regretted it from the second i sold it. this is clare. my prized possession is my manchester united shirt from 1997. i

bought it on my wedding day at old trafford. i left the reception with credit card in my garter and the guy said russia still garter, you get 10% off. i did, and i wore it for my evening reception. when it is the shirt, notjust a shirt, fans are willing to pay up big. let me introduce ben and d, —— dax, who are doing the floss in the most expensive england strip ever. what do you think? i think it's really nice. it will be better when england do well in the world cup. is it £110 worth of stripped nice? it's a bit expensive. too expensive, far too expensive. too expensive, far too expensive when you have the club they support, the kit for the team you have to pay for survivor time you have to pay for survivor time you spend, you are looking at a good £200, £300 worth of kit a year. what

is the extra cost? it's hi-tech. right, 0k. is the extra cost? it's hi-tech. right, ok. it was tangaroo and ai rtex right, ok. it was tangaroo and airtex back then. but now they refer to other innovations which are just 100% polyester. is this the top england win the world cup in? yes! ah, the innocence of you. —— youth. a lot of excitement there. we are celebrating the new ones are celebrating the new ones are celebrating your all football shirts. bobby has sent in this picture of himself and his england kit in 1977 and he is withjohn spencer who was world snooker champion. what wins in that picture is the tide. chris has found a good

way to beat the rising costs of football shirts. this is his son harry wearing chris's old chelsea stretch from the 1982/83 season, reusing things. keep your retro shirt pictures coming in. there is a number. we have a whatsapp number, i never knew that. whatsapp us and send pictures or email the old—fashioned way or tweet, of course. why the got to shirts? one is regular and one is performance. this is stretchy. this is more expensive? which is which? 50 and £80 or something. this reminds me of ai rtex £80 or something. this reminds me of airtex blouse is at school because as got all the holes in it more in

the shirts later on. i think this would fit in nicely. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. it's one year today since the terror attack on westminster bridge which killed five people. lord toby harris, who reviewed how well prepared the capital is to deal with terrorism says too long has been spent talking about a new system. with not enough action. there is not any reason at all why the emergency services couldn't be ina the emergency services couldn't be in a position to give all of us with a mobile phone message in a particular area and warn us of particular area and warn us of particular difficulties. the cabinet officers of the working party looking at this from the last five yea rs looking at this from the last five years and frankly nothing has yet emerged. ijust years and frankly nothing has yet emerged. i just tabled years and frankly nothing has yet emerged. ijust tabled parliamentary question to try and sort of push

them along. the houses of parliament will be lit up with the words "london united" to mark the anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. anniversaries of attacks at london bridge, finsbury park mosque and parsons green tube station, will also be marked using the hashtag. london mayor sadiq khan says he wants to bring the city together under the london united banner. children from rich families are much more likely to secure grammar school places as they reap the rewards from private tutoring. that's according to a study from university college london's institute of education. it found those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes have less than a 10% chance of attending a grammar school compared to around a 40% chance for children in the top quarter. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes this morning, there's a good service on all lines. 0n the trains, south western services via staines and ascot are running with residual delays. and due to industrial action in france today, there may be disruption to eurostar services and on flights to and from france. 0n the roads there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, its slow

from woolwich road flyover. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. sunshine and blossom added to the springlike feel of yesterday but today, sadly, there is more cloud around but some bright and sunny spells peeking through at times and we are frost—free this and sunny spells peeping through at times and we are frost—free this morning, quite a cloudy night last night. we've got some early outbreaks of rain towards eastern areas, there it is, but there it goes too.. it should have cleared by the time we get to the middle part of the morning and thereon in, it does looks dry. there will be quite a bit of cloud around, some bright and sunny spells emerging at times, the cloud thickening wants more through afternoon. top temperatures of 11 or 12 celsius, so a touch milder than it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight again, it's looking largely dry. some close spells around at first then the cloud will thicken form the west.

some early outbreaks of rain into tomorrow morning but again, we're frost—free. lows between 5 and 7 degrees celsius. so a cloudy damp start to the day on friday but that should clear away those early outbreaks to leave us with some sunny spells, maybe one or two showers. over the weekend, temperatures between 11 and 13 celsius. sunday, the better today with plenty of sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. mark zuckerberg says sorry as he breaks his silence over the facebook data scandal. the facebook boss admits that his firm made mistakes by allowing personal information to be exploited. he promises action to stop data on the social network being abused. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do election interference, to make it so trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this. good morning, it's

thursday 22nd march. also this morning: what happens when you dial 999? an investigation finds police taking days to respond to some calls, despite telling victims they will be there within the hour. theresa may's russia warning. the prime minister flies to brussels telling eu leaders that the threat posed by vladimir putin will last for years. good morning. b&q, moss bros and carpetrightjoin a growing list of retailers with a headache on the high street. i'll bring you the details. in sport, a disaster for england in auckland. they're bowled out for 58 in the first innings of their test against new zealand, their sixth lowest test score ever. and carol has the weather. good morning. if you're hanging

around ruse this morning, pretty chilly, your lowest temperatures at the moment in parts of southern england and the south—west with a touch of frost but for the rest of us it is mild. rain to clear the south—east and eastern areas should see the lion's share of the sunshine as cloud builds and from the west ahead of heavy rain and stronger winds. more details in 15 minutes. thanks, carol, see you then. good morning. first, our main story. facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, has apologised for allowing the data of 50 million users to be exploited by the political consultancy firm, cambridge analytica. speaking to cnn, he accepted the need for better regulation of the social network. from washington, chris buckler reports. facebook contains a world of personal information. more than 2 billion users have interested it with details including their age, whether they're in a relationship and perhaps crucially, their political leanings. cambridge analytica and potentially other firms are accused of exploiting that data in an attempt to influence, among other things, the us

presidential election, and ultimately for that breach in trust, facebook and its founder are having to take responsibility. if you told me in 2004 when i was getting started with facebook that a big part of my responsibility today would be to help protect the integrity of elections against interference by other governments, i wouldn't have really believed that was going to be something i would have to work on. for days, mark zuckerberg was silent, while damaging allegations were broadcast around the world of how came cambridge analytica took advantage of information from facebook users. now he's promising a full forensic audit and he says anyone whose date may have been compromised will be told. but mr zuckerberg knows his social network will continue to be tested by those looking to exploit it. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do

election interference, to make it so that trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this and we have a responsibility to do this not only for the 2018 midterms in the us, which are going to be a huge deal this year, and that's a huge focus for us, but there's a big election in india this year, there's a big election in brazil, there's big elections around the world. politicians in both the uk and the us also have questions for mr zuckerberg. he said he would appear before congress in america if it was the right thing to do. and with talk of greater regulation and new rules, the face of facebook might find he has little choice. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. theresa may will today urge eu leaders to stand together to face down russian aggression following the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury. the speech comes a day after foreign secretary borisjohnson escalated tensions with russia by comparing president putin's

promotion of the world cup with adolf hitler's use of the 1936 berlin 0lympics. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more. it was an invitation some had refused. reporter: ambassador, why are you taking part in this meeting? but these foreign diplomats had accepted, to come and hear moscow's side of the story on the nerve agent attack. britain sent a diplomat to the foreign ministry, but the british ambassador stayed away. this is what he missed. translation: the british authorities are either unable to ensure protection from such a terrorist act on their territory or they themselves, directly or indirectly — i'm not accusing anyone — have directed this attack against a russian citizen. hello, my name is emma nottingham, and i'm from the british embassy. 0ff camera, the british diplomat hits back. sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned with a military grade novichok nerve agent of a type developed by russia in what we see as an attempted assassination attempt. "what's going on in their heads?"

he replies. "take a break from your russophobia and your island mentality." archive: berlin's great day dawns with the arrival of the olympic flame... in britain, a labour mp suggested that vladimir putin would use the world cup like adolf hitler had used the 1936 olympics, "to cover up," as he put it, "a brutal, corrupt regime." the foreign secretary agreed. i think the comparison with 1936 is certainly right and i think it's an emetic prospect, frankly, too thin of putin glorying in this sporting event. meanwhile, russia's propaganda machine tries to discredit sergei skripal. we witnessed this bizarre webcast where two convicted murders

claimed to be ex—cellmates of the former double agent. on air, they accused him of drug addiction, even paedophilia. but after the show, one of them admits to me he saw nothing. it was just empty gossip. the poisoning in salisbury has spawned an information war, one moscow is determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur europe correspondent damien grammaticas is in brussels where the prime minister will speak later today. good morning, damien. just listening to that report and hearing some of the language being used in the run—up on both sides in connection to this is a very interesting time for theresa may to be meeting her counterparts? yes. this summit, long

planned, happens to fall right at this point and what we've seen is addedin this point and what we've seen is added in the last couple of days as an emergency measure to the order of the summit is this discussion of russia, discussion of the salisbury poisoning, that will happen over dinner this evening when theresa may will brief other leaders on the progress of the investigation, and we know, because there's already been quite a lot of diplomacy at foreign ministerspar, around nato, to build up to this response, that eu leaders have already basically agreed they will put out a strong statement of support for the uk. we know leaders like angela merkel said she is with the uk on this, donald tusk has said he is with the eu as well —— the uk. there's some differences on the eu side as well because some countries are closer politically to russia, countries like greece, but other countries

very much see themselves on the front line seeing threats from russia, the baltic states, and what eu leaders will talk about is their support for the uk but also the importance of preparing for future possible similar attacks elsewhere and also dealing with hybrid threats coming from russia, attempts to undermine european democracies. but what they will say is they do back up what they will say is they do back up the uk in its approach to this. damian grammaticas, thanks very much. mps will observe a minute's silence today on the first anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. five people were killed in the car and knife attack by an islamic extremist. one of the victims was pc keith palmer, who was stabbed to death as he stuttgart outside the houses of parliament. it's great that he's been honoured in the last few months for bravery awards and for the things that he's done. i'd still rather have him here beside me than... people deserve these awards and merits and things when they're alive.

just after 7:30pm we will speak to the mp, tobias ellwood, who was caught up in the attack and battled to save the life of mp keith palmer. reports that the new blue british passport will be made by a european company have triggered an angry reaction from some conservative mps. both the sun and the telegraph say that the french—dutch security firm gemalto have won the contract to make the blue passport. the home office hasn't confirmed the decision but in a statement said that it had carried out a fair and open competition to ensure value for money. the former cabinet minister priti patel said any decision to award the contract to a foreign company would be a national disgrace. firefighters in dublin have been tackling a serious fire in a hotel and apartment block in the north of the city. 60 firefighters and eight fire engines were sent to the metro hotel in the suburb of ballymun. 150 guests all escaped safely. there are no reports of any injuries. those are the main stories this

morning. all the sport and the weather coming up for you a little later on. thousands of victims of serious crimes including domestic violence, burglary and sexual offences are being forced to wait days rather than minutes for officers to deal with their cases. in an annual review of police performance, her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary found that almost a quarter of forces in england and wales are overwhelmed by the demand they face when dealing with potentially serious 999 calls. zoe billingham is the author of the report and joins us from our london newsroom. thank you very much for talking to us. take us through what surprised you most in this report. i think it's important to clarify that overall we found most forces are doing a really good job but we said there are really significant dramatic increases in demands and todayis dramatic increases in demands and today is the first anniversary, as we've been hearing, of those terrible attacks on westminster bridge and other terrorist attacks that followed and we saw an incredibly busy summer for the

police we think linked to the public being uncertain, afraid, calling the police more regularly, and also real increases in some complex crimes, like domestic abuse, an 88% increase in domestic abuse crimes over the last four years so that puts the reporting context and we're seeing a small minority of forces struggling to keep pace with the demand and we see that playing out most worryingly in the way forces are responding to emergency calls, as we've heard, some forces aren't getting to emergency calls for hours, sometimes days and sometimes even weeks, and clearly that's not a situation that can carry on. in your research, which types of crimes are now being prioritised in the sense police forces are overwhelmed and don't have the resources to respond to all these crimes that should be dealt with within one hour? we go into control rooms as part of our inspections, so we look into the

backlog of calls that have already come in on 999 but are awaiting a response officer to attend and there can be almost any type of crime there. there's a serious domestic abuse, serious sexual offences, there a salts and burglaries, so the police tend to have a system where they will dispatch to a 15 minute response if the perpetrator or suspect is still on the premises and if there's been a serious incident that happened. but of course in the instances i have just that happened. but of course in the instances i havejust described that happened. but of course in the instances i have just described the perpetrator may have fled, but it's still vitally important the police when the public dial 999 respond really quickly. would you be surprised if the public loses faith and actually... you know, you see members of the public saying there's no point in me calling because i'm not going to be seen. we've had people get in touch this morning already saying one person involved ina hit—and—run already saying one person involved in a hit—and—run on his moped, while in the ambulance, paramedic called the police to attend, an hour and 15

minutes later, still no policelj would hate that to be the message from this report, the police are generally doing a really good job and putting themselves in harm's way day in, day out. that's not the criticism, to be fair, the responses we've had an the criticism of police, but the service they offer, that comes down to funding —— aren't the criticism. it is a system issue and what we would say the message is the public should have confidence in the public should have confidence in the police if you're in an emergency, if it is life—threatening, if you feel terrified by the situation, you must call 999. we are reassured to some extent, once we have done these inspections in the forces where we we re inspections in the forces where we were concerned, the quarter, we spoke to the forces immediately and many of those forces took immediate action. the problem we found is now fixed, so i would give a reassuring message to the public that they

should contact the police when they need them. do you think in the sense police are overwhelmed now, a lot of this is coming down to funding and staffing levels, is there a danger a life could be lost because the police forces are overwhelmed? we didn't see evidence of that but what we said very clearly is that where emergency calls aren't attended promptly, then there's a real risk to the victims involved. it is absolutely vital the police respond to the messages in this report today and make sure that the problem is fixed in the sense that there are sufficient numbers of response officers are available at the busiest times, and we generally know where those are, so there's enough response officers at those busiest times to make sure the public, and particularly the most vulnerable members of our communities, get a prompt and rapid response from the police. sarah -- zoe billingham,

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scotland. again with the cloud building ahead of it. cabbage are wise, pretty good. 13 degrees is quite likely despite what you can see that generally, we are looking at 10-12. see that generally, we are looking at 10—12. around that band of rain, also windy. that whole band is going to be moving eastwards. the heaviest rain will be in the north of the country. behind it, a bitter clea ra nce. country. behind it, a bitter clearance. in that clearance, will drop. similar to what we are experiencing this morning. roughly 5- experiencing this morning. roughly 5— seven celsius. we start tomorrow with the rain in the east living off into the north sea and curling around its northern and western scotland. some heavy rain for a time with some smoke above about 400m. also showers across northern ireland, parts of western england

and wales. temperatures not too dissimilar to what we are looking at today. later in the day, a new system coming up from the south—west. we thought this was travelling a bit further north. today, we think it's coming in across southern counties as we go through the evening and overnight. a lot of cloud across england and wales. clearing skies, calderwood some frost and some wintry showers. still quite a cloud. the showers are still wintry across the north and west of scotland. it's the north and west of scotland. it's the north and west prone to the showers. still wintry above 400m. as we go further south, some bright skies and sunshine. it's not too bad. it's been beastly, hasn't it?

towards the end of next week, it's going to turn colder and some of us could see some snow and notjust on higher ground but i will keep you posted as we get closer to it. is that really necessary? yes, it really was. many of us heading off to work this morning may relish the idea of retirement but new research from age uk warns that for some people old age comes with feelings of increasing irrelevance. the charity found many over—65s believe their lives lack meaning and direction and is calling on us all to do more to help. we're joined by ruth isden from age uk and self—confessed active pensioner tommy walsh. good morning to you, tommy. you gave

us good morning to you, tommy. you gave usa good morning to you, tommy. you gave us a bit ofa good morning to you, tommy. you gave us a bit of a song music came in this morning. what was the song? we'll meet again. thank you very much. you want to start is offered of information about what some of these are saying about how we treat older people. the report was published is lifting the lid on a hidden issue. we talk about the practical challenges, losing somebody close to us. we don't really tend to focus on some of the emotional impact. they can really undermine their self—confidence. lacking motivation. that is then compounded by some of the messages by wider society about what it means to be an older person. where we do often impact quite never to dash negatively. tommy, then it's fair to

say that you don't think being older is negative. absolutely. there is so much, particularly in this city is an older person. the couple has been together for 50 years and modern dyes, the other one doesn't know, and that's when the loan this kicks in. there are so many things that are going on in manchester. it's tough, if you have a partnership and your routine, and you are co mforta ble, your routine, and you are comfortable, and all of a sudden you a heartbroken, you've lost your life partner. to say, i've got to pick myself up. how do you get involved? how easy is it? locally, there are lots of activities. if you go to

church, you see what's going on and you can pick it up from there but one of the things that frightens me is that some old people, there was one chap that i knew, he retired, and he was on his own, and he said to me, you see that gasometer, i can see my window. and it's moving down. well, that's retirement! what are you going today, billy? a disco to hang out in the backyard. it's got to be better than this. he was lucky that you were in his life but what this report is taking a look at is eve ryo ne this report is taking a look at is everyone is playing a part. notjust people of the same age but community is playing a part. is that lacking?

i don't mean young people, i mean middle—aged, younger than retirement age. in my experience, what is happening in manchester, the students in the university are very involved with older people. i was at the war museum on saturday and this was the manchester students who organised a trip at about 20 who took us home. it is working here. my experience with young people, they are getting involve us. it's not the first time we have talked about this issue. to get the sense that anything is changing?” anything is changing? i think it's about raising awareness and some of these messages and it's fantastic some of the work described in manchester but as a society, we are quite quick to use words like burden and challenges, really quite negative language around ageing and you must imagine how that feels to

someone who is in quite a low place. they are really struggling and when you switch on the tv and open a newspaper and see their generation described as a burden is a difficult thing. it's interesting hearing tommy's thoughts but are we all guilty of it? do you think you have done it yourself? have we all done it at some point, where we have slightly written off somebody or taken an attitude about their rage? ageism is one of the most prevalent, last acceptable prejudice is. we see it all around us. you can switch on the tv, walk past a rack of birthday cards ina the tv, walk past a rack of birthday cards in a supermarket for example, and have all seen those, cards that say, you are really old now. some will take it as a joke but others, it reinforces a constant of messages and we need to think about what we

are saying. may i ask how old you are? 85. do you ever feel anyone has said you are rolled or written off? no. and i think the majority of older people, i know some like that, but the majority get on with it. the 70, 80—year—old snow that i mix with them. they are quite full of life. there are individuals, sadly, who have found it difficult but once they made that move, whether it is toat they made that move, whether it is to a t downs for some roles, the way they go, it's making the first move. the students that mix would this intergenerational, the neighbours, i'm sure that you know an person near you. this weather particularly.

i. inside for three days. we stuck at home? my next—door was excellent. are you all right for bread and milk? it needs to be reinvented and brought back again. neighbours need to help more. you make a very good point. i'm going to do that now. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: 1982 world cup, admiral, kevin keegan's, what a classic. as england unveil a £110 replica kit for this summer's world cup, jayne has been to meet football fans tracking down

the iconic shirt‘s of yesteryear. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. it's one year today since the terror attack on westminster bridge which killed five people. romanian tourist andrea crista was hit by the terrorist‘s car and flung into the river thames, she died 2 weeks later. her sister says herfamily still live with the horror every day. there are moments when we take the phone to call her or to write on the messenger. and when we go to constanta, to the beach, all the time we met, we go to the beach together, we spent the whole time together. and now all of this doesn't make any sense.

it's not the same thing, and it won't be the same. the houses of parliament will be lit up with the words "london united" to mark the anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. anniversaries of attacks at london bridge, finsbury park mosque and parsons green tube station, will also be marked using the hashtag. london mayor sadiq khan says he wants to bring the city together under the london united banner. children from rich families are much more likely to secure grammar school places as they reap the rewards from private tutoring. that's according to a study from university college london's institute of education. it found those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes have less than a 10% chance of attending a grammar school compared to around a 40% chance for children in the top quarter. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes this morning, there's a good service on all lines. 0n the trains, south western services via staines and ascot

are running with residual delays. and due to industrial action in france today, there may be disruption to eurostar services and on flights to and from france. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, its slow from woolwich road flyover. no let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. sunshine and blossom added to the springlike feel of yesterday but today, sadly, there is more cloud around but some bright and sunny spells peeping through at times and we are frost—free this morning, quite a cloudy night last night. we've got some early outbreaks of rain towards eastern areas, there it is, but there it goes too. it should have cleared by the time we get to the middle part of the morning and thereon in, it does looks dry. there will be quite a bit of cloud around, some bright and sunny spells emerging at times, the cloud thickening once more through afternoon. top temperatures of 11 or 12 celsius, so a touch milder than it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight again, it's looking largely dry. some close spells around at first then the cloud will thicken from the west.

some early outbreaks of rain into tomorrow morning but again, we're frost—free. lows between 5 and 7 degrees celsius. so a cloudy, damp start to the day on friday but that should clear away those early outbreaks to leave us with some sunny spells, maybe one or two showers. over the weekend, temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees celsius. sunday, the better today with plenty of sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to charlie and naga. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty here's a summary of this morning's main news. facebook‘s founder mark zuckerberg apologised after his company allowed the data of 50 million users to be harvested by the political consultancy firm cambridge analytica. speaking to cnn, he accepted the need for better regulation at the technology company and pledged to take action against rogue apps. he added that he was happy to testify before congress if it's the right thing to do.

this isn't rocket science. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nationstates like russia to do election interference, to make it so trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this. we have a responsibility to do this, not only for the 2018 midterms in the us, which will be a big deal this year, which is a huge focus for us, but there's a big election in india this year, there's a big election in brazil, there's big elections around the world. police officers in england and wales are failing to respond to 999 calls quickly enough, resulting in victims of domestic abuse and other serious crimes not being seen for hours, or even days. the inspectorate of constabulary says a quarter of forces are struggling to respond to emergency calls and are often "overwhelmed" by demand. in response, the government said they will increase funding for police services by up to £450 million for the next financial year. theresa may will today urge eu leaders to stand together to face

down russian aggression following the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury. the prime minister will argue boo is flouting international law and he will say the nerve agent attack on a russian spy and his daughter poses a threat to democracy in europe and yesterday boris johnson threat to democracy in europe and yesterday borisjohnson increased tensions between london and moscow by comparing the summer world cup with hitler's1936 0lympics. firefighters in dublin have been tackling a serious fire in a hotel and apartment block in the north of the city. 60 firefighters and eight fire engines were sent to the metro hotel in the suburb of ballymun. 150 guests all escaped safely. there are no reports of any injuries. organisations tasked with looking after our natural environments don't have the funding or resources to do their jobs according to the house of

lords. the report said severe budget cuts have allowed people in the countryside to be neglected. the overwhelming number of people who live in the countryside are being failed by government — that is according to today's report. the house of lords select committee says there should be radical change in how rural communities in the countryside are looked after. it suggests stripping defra of its power to regulate on rural affairs. some of the worst spots for deprivation and intergenerational poverty exist in rural england, as bad as, if not worse, than in our inner cities. and we feel that they have been neglected by government, and we feel that actually defra is not doing a good job, and there ought to be changes made. the lords also say the department has focused too much on farming and agriculture, and something that has suffered as a result is the footpath network. now, over half are either impassable or need improving. the path network, the trails themselves, they benefit so many people.

they benefit people's health, their well—being, local economies. and it's too important to not address. many countryside groups do see an opportunity in brexit. when the uk leaves the european union, the whole way that farmers are subsidised is going to change. and this report says that in the future, landowners could be given public money to keep footpaths like this open, and maybe even create new ones. defra says that the needs of our rural communities sit at the heart of everything it does. claire marshall, bbc news, in the cotswolds. but first here's kat with the sport. there is a tale to tell from a cricket match and an england disaster? indeed, people have been pointing this out to me this morning, i did new zealand a disservice saying they're not a test

cricket superpower, they are above england by one place in the world rankings but because england have been so bad over recent times... what happened ? been so bad over recent times... what happened? england are playing new zealand in the first innings of their first test of a two match series in auckland and we're expected to do better than in the ashes, particularly since they've had time to regroup and get into the nets and get some training, they've had lots of one—day cricket since the ashes, they are back to the tests to prove england are still a force to be reckoned with on the test scene... but it hasn't? they have been bowled out for 58 in the first innings of the test, which is terrible, isn't it? let's look at the table of shame. 45 against australia in 1886 is the worst. centuries ago was the worst ever score, 45. 53 against australia

at lord's in 1888. the most recent is 51 against the west indies in kingston in 2009. only 13 points ahead of england's worst ever... 13 ru ns ahead of england's worst ever... 13 runs ahead of england's worst ever runs ahead of england's worst ever run score, so a terrible opening day for england. not even stuart broad's 400th wicket in test cricket could mask what has been an embarassing start to this tour. in reply to england's new zealand are currently 145—3 wickets, a lead of 87 runs. ross taylor the latest wicket to fall off the bowling of james anderson. but whatever happens in this final session all the talk will be about the england collapse. and even the official twitter account of england cricket accept it's been a shambles this morning. vic marks from the tms team said there's no coming back from terrible

news from auckland if you are an england fan. scotland's cricketers were beaten by the west indies to end their chances of qualifying for the world cup next year. they were undone by the weather. they were chasing a fairly manageable target against the windies but when the rain came, they weren't up with the run rate and miss out on the tournament to be staged in england and wales. chelsea have themselves a 2—0 advantage in their champions league quarter—final with montpellier. chelsea had rode their luck at times in the match, ji so—yun scoring the opener in the second half. they meet in the second leg next wednesday. manchester city women also have a 2—0 advantage to take into their quarter—final second leg after beating swedish side linkoping. jane ross scoring the second goal on the night. and manchester united have applied to take part in the women's super league next season. the club decided to not have a women's team back in 2005 and have been under pressure to reinstate it since. but now they have submitted an application to have a team in the fawsl next season. this has been causing a debate, not

just in the world of tennis, but a viral sensation on the internet. now, what colour is a tennis ball? yellow. yellow. lots of people saying it is green. remember when people were asking about what colour the dress is. tennis balls are a p pa re ntly the dress is. tennis balls are apparently having a moment. roger federer was asked about this and let's see what he said about the tennis balls and whether they are yellow or green. hey, roger, r telus balls green or yellow chris great, —— hey, roger, our tennis balls green or yellow crazy they are yellow, right crazy of... crazy they are yellow, right crazy of. . . yellow thanks very much, we will see you

later. pharrell williams the weather in about five or six minutes. —— pharrell williams have the weather. —— carol will have the weather. it was a symbolic strike at the heart of british democracy. but the westminster bridge terror attack, which took place a year ago today, was also a personal tragedy for the family and friends of the five innocent people who were killed. one of them was pc keith palmer, who was nearing the end of his shift outside the palace of westminster when he was fatally stabbed. in a moment we'll speak to the mp who tried to save pc palmer's life. first let's hear the thoughts of his close friend and colleague who was also on duty that day. we didn't know at the time whether it was described as a lone wolf attack all weather it was a multimodal being attacked with loads of people coming in through parliament. mass confusion really. eventually one of my friends came over and said who is it, who is the

officer on the floor? they said, it's your friend, keith. officer on the floor? they said, it's yourfriend, keith. well, terrible. some people don't want to get too involved with the public. 0ther get too involved with the public. other people... he was always happy to have photos taken and do whatever he could. a friendly policeman up there. it's great that he's been honoured in the last few months for bravery awards and for the things that he's done. i'd still rather have him here beside me than... people deserve these awards and merits and things when they're alive. one of those who rushed to give first aid to pc palmer was the conservative mp tobias ellwood. hejoins us now from our westminster studio. thank you so much for your time this morning. it's very sobering

listening to sean cartright talking about his friend, his colleague. give us a sense of your thoughts today as you start what will be a very unusual day in westminster.m will be. it was an incredible and shocking event. normal day in parliament, very busy, very bustling, the division bell went, mps were migrating towards the chamber to vote and then we heard a sound you never expect to hear anywhere, let alone parliament, high velocity gunshots, which caused understandable panic and chaos. eventually i found myself coming out to where the incident was unfolding to where the incident was unfolding to find that these police officers, including pc keith palmer, who every day deal with the public, the tourists and things like that and the checkpoints and are part of the community had then moved into operational mode and there was a gun line of about 30 guns all trained towards the gates themselves and

then beyond that, that's where i saw pc keith palmer was on the ground and he was bleeding and a couple of officers were trying to help and that's when i ran forward. my reflections on just how the police we re reflections on just how the police were able to adapt so quickly are amazing, i'm from an army background, if my platoon acted that quickly i would have been very proud of them. it shows how everyday police officers up and down the country say goodbye to their loved ones, they put on their uniform and go to work and not knowing how their day is going to unfold. 0f go to work and not knowing how their day is going to unfold. of course, for pc keith palmer, it was fatal and we're forever indebted for what he did. many people would echo those thoughts today and they will be felt particularly strongly by his collea g u es particularly strongly by his colleagues and some of your collea g u es colleagues and some of your colleagues at westminster. i wonder if you can tell us more about those moments. you came out of the house of commons and you mentioned your own military training, your

background, what was it that you thought you could do in that moment? take us through a bit of the circumstance that you found yourself people have been very generous in their comments towards me. i didn't feel i did anything more than the product of my training and my background and i think anyone in a similar background would have done exactly the same. i am medically trained, i saw what was going on, so i then stepped forward but i made it clear, i was one of many people that step forward that day to do what we could. the heroes are the police force that, as i say, guarded and protected parliament and prevented... we didn't know if there was a secondary attack. very sadly the injuries that pc keith palmer had sustained were just too complicated and we had a wave of medics come through, we had a helicopter landing with doctors coming out as well, landed in parliament square, and still we were

unable to save his life. you know, it's with profound regret that that happened. you've spoken about those moments in advance of him losing his battle for life there, and the silence, a moment when everyone stopped and you have to accept there was nothing more you could do. that's the real tragedy and that's when you know that your efforts have not reaped benefits. i was very much left there with a couple of others, but true credit to the doctors and the medics, we were then aware of a wider catastrophe that had taken place. they grabbed their kit and they ran up to westminster bridge itself, where there were five others who had been killed and many injured as well. so theyjust did their work. we were then left... we were able to sort the body out as best we

could, recovered it and made it as dignified as possible. but there was this very eerie silence. by that time the traffic had all stopped and a place that is so full of noise was eerily silent. i do remember that. also looking back, i can't help thinking that every time an attack like this takes place, and we had a couple of others, they're designed to try to destroy the fabric of our community and they did exactly the opposite, they actually bring us together, they make us stronger. the people, whether it be westminster, london bridge, manchester, good people step forward and we aren't going to be kowtowed by this, we're not going to change, we have a resolve to stand up to this and step forward. we're going through a dark chapter at the moment, there's big challenges across the world with our way of life and we have a moment coming where britain has to decide not just what we do to secure britain and make us strong and safe here, but wider across the world. we

have a history of doing that and i think a moment is coming when such change is happening. daesh, the inspiration of this killer, extremism, that isn't going away, that will continue, these attacks won't disappear unless good nations like us step forward, as we've done in the past. it's interesting, that reflection you make that people do good things in the circumstances and there are signs that there are good people out there doing good things. i may have children yourself. sometimes it when you have to describe something, and experience. but we have to describe it to someone else or your children, that can be almost one of the ha rd est that can be almost one of the hardest things, can't it, in terms of trying to explain something. how is that process for you? have you tried to rationalise it? the other

reflection and vivid image i have is returning home after what had happened and finding my son on the top of the stairs. and he was in tears and on his own. i stood next to him hejust asked tears and on his own. i stood next to him he just asked why. tears and on his own. i stood next to him hejust asked why. he can understand why a step forward. why somebody had wielded a knife in a place you visited semi times and people had been killed, all i could offer was that there are some bad people in the world but there are a lot more good people and it's the good people who win.|j lot more good people and it's the good people who win. i really appreciate you speaking with us. these are raw emotions. we very much appreciate you sharing this with others. clearly, a hugely important day in westminster today. thank you

for your time this morning. let's talk to carol and find out what the weather has in store for others. this morning, it is a mild start today across many areas. especially parts of devon where the cloud is broken and the temperature has fallen. you will notice it's going to feel milder than it has done. it is going to be fairly cloudy. we still do have some rain across parts of east anglia. that will move away fairly readily and eastern areas, seeing some brightness and sunshine. the cloud will build on the west. a band of rain is coming our way. the wind is also going to strengthen. by the time we get to mid—afternoon, cloud across south—west england, the isles of scilly and wales, with rain coming across northern ireland where

it will be heavy and fringing and across western parts of scotland. the up towards the isle of skye with cloud building ahead of it. the brightest skies will be in the east. aberdeen could hit 13 celsius. as we head on through the evening and overnight, that band of rain will push eastwards and also to the north. the heaviest rain will be across the north. it won't be as heavy as it moves east with the odd exception here and there. still a lot of cloud that some breaks but away from the brakes, temperatures similarto away from the brakes, temperatures similar to the nightjust gone, around about 5—7. tomorrow morning, we start off with in eastern scotla nd we start off with in eastern scotland and eastern england. it looks around to the north of scotland. at times, heavy. above 400m, sleet and snow. also showers across northern ireland, western wales, some of them drifting. also

some sunshine and temperatures not too dissimilar to what we are looking at today. and later in the day, the next system starts to show its hand, coming up across the south—west. do the evening and overnight, it will travel across southern counties of england and ahead of it, a lot of cloud across the rest of england. for scotland and northern ireland, clearer skies, calderwood some frost and some showers, some of which will be wintry. and then as we start, the following day, you can see how it moves into eastern parts, the south—east. still a bit of cloud with some breaks in the showers persisting in the north and west of scotland. on sunday, a similar story. some wintry showers but quite a bit of dry weather as well. temperatures in london on sunday, up to 13. as we head towards the easter weekend, at the moment, it's looking

like it's going to turn colder and some of us could see some wintry weather coming our way and notjust on the hills. i will keep you posted. another day of bad news to some of our best known high street retailers yesterday. nina's here with more. we've heard from a lot of high street retailers recently about their issues. the suit hire specialist moss bros said its profits were going to be way lower than expected. kingfisher, which owns b&q, said its sales were down sharply, and carpetright said it's looking to close some of its stores as part of a turnaround plan. this comes of course after new look announced some shop closures, mothercare revealed its struggling to pay its debts, while toys r us and maplin are closing down completely. joining me now is dr robert carey, an expert in retail marketing. good morning to you. let's start by

talking about those three were heard from yesterday, moss brossb&, b&q and carpetright. they are not bad businesses. —— b&q. they have high rentals a re businesses. —— b&q. they have high rentals are now struggling to do so in the current economic climate. also, the increasing provision of internet providers and on line retailers taking more and more of the market share. what have we look at the wider picture? if we bring in toys "r" us and new look? it is a similar story but the internet sale stories is phenomenal. a number of years ago, we didn't have that level of trust about internet purchasing but we have got payment structures which a simpler and easy to follow. also, improved levels of returns and another big factor, mobile data mac

and wi—fi freely available so we can purchase while we are on the bus going to work. it's so nice to be able to try it on at home and send it back. lots of high street really —— retailers are doing 0k. it back. lots of high street really -- retailers are doing ok. those bucking the trend have a high portfolio whereby they have a strong retail presence on the high street with great branding that they are good on line and they have a wider portfolio. companies such as m&s, not so good in clothing but they are buoyed by other sales. john lewis example. 0rganisers and stash organisations with a high reputation for customer service. the one-stop shop factor? amazon, ebay, you can get everything under one virtual

roof. the ones that sell a different type of product, they can be less appealing? there was a period in retailing whereby going down a single avenue, and the shrewd, it was very single avenue, and the shrewd, it was very popular but with the arrival of very competitive internet providers, what we are having is a diverse portfolio seems to be favouring organisations who have got that sort of ability within the market. there is still a big affection to going into the high street, having a proper look around and making a day out of it. will that survive? that will survive but the dilemma is we are expecting higher and higher standards from retailers. we expect a beautifully fitted store and sharply dressed staff and the problem with that, it's very expensive. high street retail and retail generally is very expensive wearers on line competitors now clearly have an edge economically. what would you say to

retailers in the high street? customer service has got to be a key factor. if you differentiate your brand, your product in your product range with high levels of customer service, you will have a clear point of difference. an enjoyable shopping experience rather than it being about the product. i'm sure we will be back on it. i will be back later. charlie was getting his england football shirt out, his new one. how much does that cost? £65 for the whole kit? is that right? then the shorts and socks, another 45. all up, around £110. you could dig your old one out, couldn't you? whichever clu b old one out, couldn't you? whichever club or country you support, let's show you little eve wearing the

manchester united strip. lcd can guess from which year? 1992? well done. holding aloft the world cup, there is eve. manchester united fans will have to concede they didn't win it. this is william and rebecca in retro strips. and a dog 's life to these crystal palace fans. that's my favourite. betsy, murphy and lily. keep your retro shirts and your comments coming in about what you think of the price of the new england kit. you can contact us on the screen. sue has said she stopped buying the england shirt years ago. she is not going to buy one again until the players playing in the shirt play with pride and passion and not for money but regardless,

the prices are far too high for her to buy for three boys. one of my reflections, there has never been a story when we have asked the pictures when someone has not sent a pictures when someone has not sent a picture of the dog wearing the thing we asked. air has never been a time. never let that day happen because animals and shirts are cute. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. a year on from the terrorist attack at westminster bridge, the government has been urged to push ahead with plans to alert londoners if similar attacks happen. lord toby harris, who reviewed how well prepared the capital is to deal with terrorism says too long has been spent talking about a new system with not enough action. there is absolutely no reason at all why the emergency services couldn't be in a position to give all of us with a mobile phone a message in a particular area and warn us of particular difficulties. the cabinet officers had a working party looking at this

for about the last five years and frankly nothing has yet emerged. i just tabled aparliamentary question to try and sort of push them along. the houses of parliament will be lit up with the words #londonunited to mark the anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. anniversaries of attacks at london bridge, finsbury park mosque and parsons green tube station, will also be marked using the hashtag. london mayor sadiq khan says he wants to bring the city together under the london united banner. people can demonstrate how londoners unite together at times of adversity. children from wealthy families are much more likely to secure grammar school places as they reap the rewards from private tutoring. that's according to a study from university college london's institute of education. it found those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes have less than a 10% chance

of attending a grammar school compared to around a 40% chance for children in the top quarter. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes this morning, there's a good service on all lines. 0n the trains, due to industrial action in france, there may be disruption to eurostar services and on flights to and from france. 0n the roads the a23 brixton road is down to one lane northbound at atlantic road for gas works under the under the railway bridge with delays back along brixton hill. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. sunshine and blossom added to the springlike feel of yesterday but today, sadly, there is more cloud around but some bright and sunny spells peeping through at times and we are frost—free this morning, quite a cloudy night last night. we've got some early outbreaks of rain towards eastern areas, there it is, but there it goes too. it should have cleared by the time we get to the middle part of the morning and thereon in, it does looks dry. there will be quite a bit of cloud around, some bright and sunny spells emerging at times, the cloud thickening once more through afternoon.

top temperatures of 11 or 12 celsius, so a touch milder than it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight again, largely dry. some close spells around at first then the cloud will thicken early outbreaks of rain into tomorrow morning but we're frost—free. lows between 5 and 7 degrees celsius. a cloudy, damp start to the day on friday but that should clear away those early outbreaks to leave us with some sunny spells, maybe one or two showers. the weekend, temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees celsius. sunday, the better day with plenty of sunshine. 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 charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. mark zuckerberg says sorry. the social media boss admits his firm made mistakes by allowing personal information to be exploited. he promises action to prevent data on

facebook from being abused further. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nation states like russia to do election interference, to make it so trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this. good morning. what happens when you dial 909? an investigation finds police are taking days to respond to calls that should be attended to within an hour —— 999. theresa may's russia warning — the prime ministerflies to brussels, telling eu leaders that the threat posed by vladimir putin will last for years. the european union is targeting the big tech companies with a new tax that could see them pay billions more every year. i'll have all the details. in sport, england suffer a dramatic collapse on day one of the first test against new zealand.

not even stuart broad's 400th test wicket can mask the embarrassment of england's sixth—lowest test score ofjust 58 runs. and carol has the weather. good morning. from the roof of broadcasting house in london. today eastern areas will see the brightest of the weather, in the west, cloud ahead of a band of rain accompanied by windy conditions. temperature wise, pretty good shape. more in 15 minutes. thanks. good morning. first, our main story. facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, has apologised for allowing the data of 50 million users to be harvested by the political consultancy firm, cambridge analytica. speaking to cnn, he accepted the need for better regulation of the social media network. from washington, chris buckler reports. facebook contains a world of personal information. more than 2 billion users have entrusted it with details including their age, whether they're in a relationship

and perhaps crucially, their political leanings. all the data, the targeting... four days, mark zuckerberg or silent while damaging allegations were broadcast around the world of how cambridge analytica took advantage of information from facebook users. now he is promising a full forensic audit and he says anyone who's data may have been compromised will be told. he knows his social network will continue to be tested by those looking to exploit it. there was a lot of hard work we need to do to make it harder for nation states like russia to do election interference, to make it so that trolls and others cannot spread fake news. we have to do this for the 2018 midterms in the us, a huge deal, but there is a big election in

india this year, in brazil, big elections around the world. politicians on both the uk and the us also have questions for mr zucker —— mark zuckerberg. with talk of greater regulation, the face of facebook may find he has little choice. reports that the new blue british passport will be made by a european company has good —— has triggered an angry reaction from some conservative mps. both the same newspaper and telegraph says a french dutch security firm has won the contract. the home office has not confirmed a decision but it said ina not confirmed a decision but it said in a statement it had carried out a fairand open in a statement it had carried out a fair and open competition to ensure value for money.

theresa may will today urge eu leaders to stand together to face down russian aggression following the salisbury poisoning. the speech comes a day after the foreign secretary borisjohnson escalated tensions with russia by comparing president putin's promotion of the world cup with adolf hitler's use of the 1936 berlin 0lympics. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has more. it was an invitation some had refused. reporter: ambassador, why are you taking part in this meeting? but these foreign diplomats had accepted, to come and hear moscow's side of the story on the nerve agent attack. britain sent a diplomat to the foreign ministry, but the british ambassador stayed away. this is what he missed. translation: the british authorities are either unable to ensure protection from such a terrorist act on their territory or they themselves, directly or indirectly — i'm not accusing anyone — have directed this attack against a russian citizen. hello, my name is emma nottingham, and i'm from the british embassy. 0ff camera, the british

diplomat hits back. sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned with a military grade novichok nerve agent of a type developed by russia in what we see as an attempted assassination. "what's going on in their heads?" he replies. "take a break from your russophobia and your island mentality." archive: berlin's great day dawns with the arrival of the olympic flame... in britain, a labour mp suggested that vladimir putin would use the world cup like adolf hitler had used the 1936 olympics, "to cover up," as he put it, "a brutal, corrupt regime." the foreign secretary agreed. i think the comparison with 1936 is certainly right and i think it's an emetic prospect, frankly, to think of putin glorying in this sporting event. meanwhile, russia's

propaganda machine tries to discredit sergei skripal. we witnessed this bizarre webcast where two convicted murders claimed to be ex—cellmates of the former double agent. on air, they accused him of drug addiction, even paedophilia. but after the show, one of them admits to me he saw nothing. it was just empty gossip. the poisoning in salisbury has spawned an information war, one moscow is determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur europe correspondent is in brussels. good morning. theresa may will be speaking there, appealing for some back—up, really, a united front against russia as the war of

words continues. yes, good morning from a very wet and cold brussels. we know she will get it, there have already been expressions of support from eu leaders in the run—up to this, from nato as well. collectively, as a group, this evening, they will listen to theresa may at dinner, she will update the money investigations, and we know they have agreed they will issue a strong statement of solidarity and support. donald tusk, chairing the meeting, has said it is important eu countries take this as an opportunity to start thinking about their own preparedness for any similar sort of use of chemical nerve agents on eu soil. and that the eu should start addressing that sort of issue too. what they will not do is go beyond that to any sort of sanctions, that would be further down the line. for now, what you

countries say, is that the investigations need to run their course, but in the meantime, they will express their strong backing for the uk approach. thank you. the prime minister will be speaking later today, as you mentioned. mps will observe a minute's silence today on the first anniversary of the westminster bridge attack. five people were killed in the car and knife attack by an islamic extremist. a conservative mp tobias ellwood tried to resuscitate one of the victims, pc keith palmer, stabbed to death as he stood guard outside the houses of parliament. afterwards he tried to explain what had happened to his eight—year—old son. tried to explain what had happened to his eight-year-old son. he could not explain why someone was stabbed, why i had stepped forward, and all i could offer was, there are some bad people in the world, but there are a lot more good people and it is the good people that win. when victims of domestic violence, burglary or robbery call 999,

they expect a response as soon as possible — but a new report shows some are going hours or even days without a visit from a police officer. the inspectorate of constabulary says a quarter of forces in england and wales are struggling to respond to emergency calls because they're overwhelmed by demand. sara thornton is chair of the national police chief's council. very good morning to you. thank you for your time. i wonder if you could reflect on some of the findings, what do you make of it? the report says overall policing is doing a good job. two thirds of police forces graded as good and one is outstanding and there are many exa m ples outstanding and there are many examples including domestic abuse where the response from forces was much better in 2017 than the year before. but there are concerns about the way in which some forces, a minority, have been able to cope with the increased demand into control rooms. calls have got bucked up control rooms. calls have got bucked up and have not been sufficient officers to deploy and a real concern is where delays have

impacted on vulnerable people. having spoken to the inspectorate several times over the last few months, i know that where this was the case, senior managers were told immediately and steps were taken to make sure vulnerable people were treated properly. if anyone watching this, if eye, you, if we have cause to ring 999, what can we expect? the call handlers will deal with you promptly, efficiently, and kindly. they were assessed the call and if there is an offender still there, still in danger, threat to life, our response will be 15, 20 minutes maybe, in rural areas. the calls we are talking about, maybe the offender has gone, we would aim to get there in most forces within an hour. ina get there in most forces within an hour. in a minority of forces, we have been able to make that promise. when you hear the stories, these are the ones evidenced by the report, you have a violent incident,

reported, it may be the perpetrator, they have left, but when you have a situation like that, surely those are the occasions where a prompt response, meaning within 60 minutes, some people say it is not that prompt anyway, that surely would be the very least you should expect?m should, but the report also points to the tremendous stress and strain the service was under last year, many more crimes, more calls for help, the string of five horrific terrorist attacks, we knew at the time we were really struggling to a nswer calls, time we were really struggling to answer calls, so the important thing is, there will sometimes be backlogs, we warn the public at the time they might have to wait longer, but the important thing is we ensure that there are not vulnerable victims in the backlogs and we have a process to make sure they are prioritised to get a care and support they need. you seem to be painting a new picture, a new reality, for people to get used to,

you used to think 999, you call, the police come, that would be ok. you seem to be painting... i am not blaming, you have talked about the stresses and strains on the system, but you seem to be painting a new reality for people aboutjust but you seem to be painting a new reality for people about just what they should expect from 999? they approach to 999 has not changed, the call handlers will assess how urgent it is, it is really important where there is an absolute threat to life that we get there more quickly and that we get there more quickly and thatis where we assess a 15, 20 minute response is necessary, other calls might still be serious, we assess an hour would be appropriate, it is those sorts of calls in a minority of forces last year, we were under such strain and stress, sometimes we we re such strain and stress, sometimes we were not making the targets. some police officers, the situation in terms of the stress, the workload, the staffing levels within the police force, it is only going in

one direction, there are less officers to deal with an ever—growing problem, so by necessity, that means we can expect still less from the 999 response calls ? still less from the 999 response calls? there are fewer officers than in many years, found that 1985 levels. last year we made a case to the government for more investment. they did allow police and crime commissioner is more flexibility to raise local tax and i know they have done that in a lot of areas and they will want to invest in the front line. but if you ask most chiefs, there are resource problems in most forces. the challenge is to see how we can use technology to help in call handling and to make sure all officers are equipped with mobile data terminals and videos so they can be more productive and much better at helping and supporting vulnerable victims. chief constable, thank you for your time this morning. good morning, it is time to talk to

carol about the weather. she is on the roof at broadcasting house but it looks pretty nice. good morning, the sun is out and temperatures are generally between four and seven celsius. if you are in exeter this morning, it is above freezing. a lovely view here. you can see the clouds starting to build a little bit but we do have the sunshine. the forecast will be a mild one but also rather cloudy. the cloud will be building through the west through the day. there is the odd spot of rain which will start to fade in the west. in eastern areas it will be bright with sunny skies. in the west cloud is building with a band of rain. you can see how it

sta rts band of rain. you can see how it starts to building across the isles of scilly, wales, heavy rain across northern ireland fringing into western scotland. and the northwest england you will see the cloud build. the brighter skies will be in the east and the temperatures could reach 13 in aberdeen, but generally we are looking at ten to 12 for the rest of the uk. as we head through the evening and overnight, the rain continues to march across to the east and it heads northwards as well. most rain will not be heavy with the odd exception. behind it, there will still be available cloud with one or two breaks. because of all this, it does mean temperature wise we will be in a similar position to the position we are in this morning. we start with the rain across eastern scotland and eastern england first thing. that clears across to the north sea. it will continue to rain across north and west scotland and above 400 metres orso, west scotland and above 400 metres or so, there will be some wet snow

and sleet. there will also be some showers across western ireland, england and west wales drifting further east. in between then we will also see some sunshine. through the day, the cloud will thicken up once again in the south—west as a new band of rain arrives. through the evening and overnight, that band of rain scoots across southern counties. for the rest of england and wales, it will be a cloudy night. scotland and northern ireland, a cold night with some frost. that is how we start saturday. the rain moving away from the east. still quite cloudy behind it. sunshine and showers for the rest of us. some wintry in the far north—west of scotland. on sunday, it isa north—west of scotland. on sunday, it is a similar story. we have still got the showers in scotland. for many other parts of the uk, sunshine and showers, mostly bright and sunny rather than showers. temperatures in london by sunday up to 13. for next

week it remains unsettled but if you are travelling this easter weekend, do keep in touch with the weather forecast, because at the moment it looks like it will turn colder and some of us may well see some snow and not just some of us may well see some snow and notjust on the hills. now though, i know that will fill you with glee. —— nagger. britain's new blue brexit passport looks set to be be made by a foreign company after the only british firm bidding for the contract revealed they hadn't been succesful. the news has been greeted with anger from some conservative mps. martin sutherland is the chief executive of the security document manufacturers de la rue, who are based in basingstoke. martin, thank you for taking the time to talk to us from our london studios this morning. as many as are of the opinion, say "aye". to the contrary, "no". good morning. what happened, you were part of a group

of companies going for the tender and you were told that you had not been awarded it? we woke up to this this morning. de la rue is the only british company competing for the supply of the british passport. we we re supply of the british passport. we were competing against two french companies. we manufacture the british passport at our facility in gateshead. so the news for me this morning is shocking really. and disappointing. it is most disappointing. it is most disappointing for my work force up in gateshead, who for the last eight or nine years have been very successfully making the british passport and they are waking up to this news. i want to talk to about the impact this will have on your gateshead operation. first, can i just ask, there are reports in the daily telegraph and the sun that

this contract was worth £490 million but you were undercut by these french companies or the company that has been awarded it by £50 million. that is quite a big number to be undercut. surely this is a business decision. it is very easy to be emotive about our passports but business is business? you are right that business is business and de la rue is a very competitive business on the global stage. we manufacturer passports for over 40 countries and we know a lot about the manufacturer of passports. we know a lot about the manufacturer of the british passport because we have been doing it for the last eight years. the price we bid was very competitive and a sensible price and ijust wonder if the government is storing up wonder if the government is storing up problems for the future when yet again they seem to be just buying the cheapest. buying the cheapest is not always the most sensible decision. my impression is, the

passports we are going to get, the new blue passports are going to be ofan new blue passports are going to be of an inferior quality to the ones we have now which you currently produce. is that what you are saying? the british passport today is one of the most sophisticated passports in the world. it is a very technical document. it is produced by highly skilled workers here in the uk. all the skills and capabilities we have unable us as a business to then ply our trade around the world. i cannot comment on what the next passport will look like if it is not manufactured by de la rue but i question, can you really get a quality documents, a highly technical document at such a cheap price? what is your response to the government. you say you heard the news this morning that you did not win the contract. are you appealing the decision, are you

going back, is there a process that you can appeal this decision? we will look at all options. in business, you win some, you lose some. there is a bit of rough and tumble. that is the nature of the business. this decision to me feels very surprisingly. i think we are looking at all of our options and if we can appeal the decision, we will. 0k, as that process goes on, you said you were going to have to explain to your staff in gateshead where this work would have been carried out, about this loss of contract. what are you going to be saying to them? is there the prospect ofjob saying to them? is there the prospect of job losses saying to them? is there the prospect ofjob losses if this tender is not successful?” prospect ofjob losses if this tender is not successful? i will have to talk to our colleagues in gateshead. i would like to invite theresa may and amber rudd to talk to them and explain why they think this is a good and sensible decision. 0bviously, this is a good and sensible decision. obviously, we will be looking at our business moving

forward. we are a very successful business, we are very competitive. we will move forward from this decision. we are not making any decisions about the future of our gateshead plant today but it will be disappointing for the staff who work there. without being rude at all, it could be construed that you are saying, if you don't give us this contract, we are going to say publicly, that you are losing jobs, you are forcing us to make people unemployed ? it feels you are forcing us to make people unemployed? it feels like a threat, it sounds like a threat. no, that is not what we are saying at all. de la rue is a very successful business. we are trading very strongly. we are a profitable cash generative business. our staff should not feel concerned in that regard. the point really i am making is that the

british business that exports what we do around the world, recognised around the world as being one of the best companies at what we do, isn't it just best companies at what we do, isn't itjust a little bit surprising that the british government doesn't support british business? martin sutherland, you're going through this appeals process now with the government, will you keep us in touch on bbc breakfast and keep us informed of how you're going? yes. we will speak to you over the coming days. yes, some of those issues are releva nt to yes, some of those issues are relevant to our business news this morning. nina is with us. we are talking about facebook and tax. yes, all the big global tech companies. because they do not have a physical presence in those companies, they do not have to pay the same tax. they can generate lots of money but not necessarily pay much tax on it.

these proposals from the european union would see these companies having to pay 3% tax. this would apply to online advertising and social media advertising and these are areas where the big companies have been accused of dodging tax. have a technically done anything wrong? no, they haven't. they have never broken any laws. they have abided by the legal framework of every member state. they are looking now at a flat 3% tax on all revenue generated. at brexit, the question has to be, would it apply in the uk? how would it work? this is in its infa ncy how would it work? this is in its infancy and in the eu it will have to get past all 28 member states but post—brexit, the chancellor is really mindful that the british

public want to see global giants pay theirfair public want to see global giants pay their fair share public want to see global giants pay theirfair share of tax public want to see global giants pay their fair share of tax so he said if this goes through, the uk will have a very similar form of taxation. but like with a lot of brexit policy at the moment, we don't really know what the details will be and we will probably not know for quite some time. i'm going to change the subject slightly, because we know you have a little boy and you are dating another one. boys and girls like football shirts. have you bought one? my dad went ahead and bought a manchester united strip for my son and my husband is a norwich city fan so all hell broke loose on christmas day. the new england total cost is very

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