a police officer hailed as a hero during the french terror attack has died of his injuries. arnaud beltrame swapped himself for a hostage during the supermarket siege — and secretly recorded what happened on his mobile phone. good morning. it's saturday 24th march. also this morning: investigators work through the night, searching the offices of the company at the centre of the facebook data row. labour mps react angrily to the sacking of the shadow northern ireland secretary for saying he wants a second brexit referendum. nadine is eight and she's just given her entire pocket money. i mean, you can't argue with that, can you? with that, celebrity boat races and boxing matches, the sport relief live show raises more than 38 million for charity. in sport, it's a brand new season

but same old story as lewis hamilton clocks a record time in melbourne. the defending champion will start the australian grand prix from pole for the fifth year in a row. he finished more than half a second clear of his nearest rival. and alina jenkins has the weather. a north—south split across the country today. there will be sunshine and showers in the north, but a lot of cloud and patchy rain further south. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. a french police officer who helped bring a terror attack to an end yesterday by swapping himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege has died in hospital. three other people were killed and several injured in separate attacks by a gunman who claimed to be acting on behalf of the islamic state group. he was later shot dead by police. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. france's interior minister called it an act of heroism, but arnaud beltrame‘s acts also seems to have also been key in ending the deadly

siege at a supermarket near ca rcassonne. on entering the building, in exchange for a hostage being held at gunpoint by 26—year—old redouane lakdim, lieutena nt—colonel beltrame secretly kept his mobile phone connected to colleagues outside, allowing them to hear what was going on. the attacker had already killed two of his captives and mr beltrame was shot several times before security forces stormed the building, killing the gunman and ending the siege. three people were killed in a series of attacks by redouane lakdim and more than a dozen injured. he claimed to be acting on behalf of the jihadist group islamic state and said he wanted to secure the release of salah abdeslam, a french detainee linked to the november 2015 paris attacks. lucy williamson, bbc news, carcassonne. 18 investigators from the uk's information commissioner have been

searching the london headquarters of cambridge analytica overnight, after a high court judge granted them a warrant. the firm is at the centre of a data privacy row and is accused of using information from millions of facebook users to help political campaigns without their consent. ben ando reports. after a week of waiting for a warrant, last night the inspectors called. theirjob — to search the offices of cambridge analytica for evidence that data gathered via a facebook personality test from around 50 million americans in 2014 was not destroyed and whether, if cambridge analytics used the data, it had an impact on the election two years later that put donald trump in the white house. that seemed to be the claim of its since suspended boss when recorded by undercover reporters. some believe it is time to ask what we want from the web. we can act collectively and think carefully and deliberate meaningfully about what matters to us in terms of a digital environment and a digital world

and impose appropriate constraints upon what is done with our personal data and where we think the boundaries ought to be. others are already voting with their keyboards. elon musk, the founder of spacex, has revealed that he is the most high elon musk, the founder of spacex, has revealed that he's the most high profile user yet tojoin the so—called delete facebook movement by culling his company's profile pages. the inspectors left in the early hours of the morning. what we know about the information commissioner's investigation is that it is looking into how data can be used for political purposes. both facebook and cambridge analytica denied any wrongdoing. ben ando, bbc news. back to our top story, the death of a police officer who swapped places with a hostage during a siege in france. let's get the very latest now from our europe reporter gavin lee, who is in carcassone. this is awful news. we have heard

this news come through in the last three hours that this brave and selfless man has lost his life. yes, we heard from president macron as well, saying the arnaud beltrame, the 45—year—old lieutenant colonel who went into the store behind me, you can just make out that there was a big cordon around the supermarket where there were 50 hostages at one point inside. this officer fell for his country, according to the president. he showed ultimate courage, spirit and honour. he exchanged his own position for a female hostage inside, a 45—year—old woman who was shopping inside. we are hearing that he has now lost his life. four people were killed in the terror attack in the last 2a hours. three inside the supermarket, one involved in the hijacking of a car around nine o'clock yesterday morning. the investigation now focuses on this suspect, this 25—year—old moroccan, redouane

lakdim, who was on list of suspects but had been taken off that list. it is early days and forensic work is still going on, but that will be one of the focuses of the investigation. thank you. jeremy corbyn has sacked his shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, after he went against labour party policy and called for a new eu referendum. the move has prompted criticism from several labour mps — some of whom criticised jeremy corbyn for the support he gave six years ago to a mural artist whose work has been seen as anti—semitic. our political correspondent, chris mason joins us now. owen smith must have known that this was a likely consequence of his actions, so what do you think his intentions were? he did know that this was a likely consequence. i spoke to him yesterday lunchtime, after he had published that article in the guardian, but before his phone rang again with mr corbyn on the other end. and he knew that that was a risk. the curious thing is

that owen smith was only articulating what we have long known to be his view. this was a central plank of his argument when he took onjeremy corbyn plank of his argument when he took on jeremy corbyn for the plank of his argument when he took onjeremy corbyn for the labour leadership almost two years ago. but crucially, once you sit around the top table of any political party, you are in the cabinet or the shadow cabinet, you are bound by a collective responsibility. you are meant to sing from the same hymn sheet as everyone else. you are meant to articulate party policy. party policy for labour is to stay in the customs union with the eu after brexit, but not the single market. mr smith suggested staying in the single market tom and that there should be a vote in parliament on the final bill the government reaches with the european union, not a vote that we all get to take part m, a vote that we all get to take part in, which was the view that mr smith articulated. he was willing to take that risk. it has cost him his job. there are lots of labour mps who quickly and assiduously supported mr smith last night. nordhaug, the former northern ireland secretary,

said it felt like a stalinist purge —— lord hain said it felt like a purge. it feels like a prising open of the paint can of labour anxiety and concern and disagreement that has long been there, but which had managed to be closed publicly since last yea r‘s managed to be closed publicly since last year's general election. thank you. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in marches around the world today calling for tighter gun controls in america. the main rally in washington will include survivors of last month's school shooting in florida. last night, the usjustice department confirmed it will propose a ban on bump stocks — devices which can turn ordinary assault rifles into machine guns. conservation officials in australia have confirmed that more than 140 pilot whales which became stranded off the western coast have died. fishermen made the discovery at hamelin bayjust south of perth yesterday, prompting a large scale rescue effort to return the animals to deeper waters. only six whales are thought to have survived. our correspondent phil mercer joins us now from sydney. we have heard about things like this

happening, wales being beached, but such a number in such a low success rate, it is really rather tragic. such a number in such a low success rate, it is really rather tragicm is. these are terrible pictures coming from western australia. scientists don't know why dolphins and whales, some dolphins and whales are magnetically attracted to parts of the coast. this isn't the first time there has been a mass bleaching in this part of the western australian coach. 150 of these whales were discovered on friday. by the time rescuers reached them, most had died. some had been thrown onto the badly injured. six were lifted by heavy machinery into the water by rescuers. one later died, and we are hoping that the other five make it out to see safely. at the moment,

scientists are working to establish why this keeps happening. there is one feeling that storms whipped up in the north of australia have disrupted the whales' sonar in that pa rt disrupted the whales' sonar in that part of western australia, but investigation is continuing. thanks very much. £38 million was raised during last night's sport relief. the amount is below the record £55 million pledged in 2016 — but organisers are still hailing the event a huge success. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson reports. commentator: and away they go, pushing hard! this was a very competitive sport relief. there was the clash of the channels — bbc versus itv. but with dan walker in one boat and charlotte hawkins in the other, it was really bbc breakfast versus good morning britain, and look who won. and the bbc will take victory in this sport relief celebrity boat race! there was the return of celebrity boxing. she's taking a lot of heavy

shots from helen there. helen skelton used to be on blue peter. this was black—and—blue peter. she won a full—on encounter with camilla thurlow from love island. now for sport relief, shay given has embarked on a 12—hour penalty marathon. he's been saving more than half of them. how am i going to get on? let's keep the microphone in my hand. oh, disaster for scotland! andy murray's asleep. in this hotel. andrew murray genuinely did not know about plans to wake him up for michael mcintyre's midnight game show. andy! holy bleep! he ended up duetting with a spice girl. i really, really, really wanna... zig—a—zig—ah. and backstage, the donations were coming in. nadine, she is eight and she has just given her entire pocket money.

i mean, you cannot argue with that, can you? what is pocket money nowadays? well, i didn't like to ask — that is very personal — but whatever she has got in the pot, she has given us. and although the total raised was not a record, it was still a sizeable amount. colin paterson, bbc news, still annoyed about that penalty. it's been a momentous week for brexit after uk and eu leaders finally approved guidelines for the negotiation of the union's future relations with the uk. so what happens now? we'll speak to gina miller, who led a legal challenge against the government over brexit, in a moment, but first, we're joined by the conservative mp kwasi kwarteng. kwasi kwarteng, we are still going to be paying into the budget according to this agreement. we will still be abiding by eu rules. now and again, there will be

negotiations over fishing rights. and again, there will be negotiations overfishing rights. it is beginning to look a lot less like brexit, isn't it? there was always an element of compromise that was going to happen but let's be clear. we are certainly leaving, and what is not reported in the media is the fa ct is not reported in the media is the fact that on the continent, there is a big debate about the budget, about what they are going to do when our contributions stops after the implementation period is over. one big concern is that countries who received money from the eu don't wa nt received money from the eu don't want that to go down, and countries like germany who are net contributors are going to be potentially asked to put more money in. this is a big debate that is happening in europe. that debate would not be happening if we were not leaving. it is happening and people have to get used to it. but we may still find ourselves paying into certain markets for access to certain industries. on the issue of fishing rights, it has caused quite a rumpus, fishermen are left feeling

sickened by the fact that they feel this is a betrayal. they had been promised that once we left in 2019, they would have certain fishing rights returned to them. now there is no guarantee that that will happen after 2021. i think it's likely to happen. as i said, the implementation period is just likely to happen. as i said, the implementation period isjust a transitional arrangement. it's u nfortu nate transitional arrangement. it's unfortunate that perhaps they didn't get theirfull unfortunate that perhaps they didn't get their full rights from march 2019. but there is always going to be compromise when the uk is on one side and there were 27 other countries. looking at the big picture, we were in the eec and that the eu for 46 years, and we will be leaving by the end of 2020. gina miller, how happy are you with this deal and how much do you think it reflects the future shape of brexit? i think it's a complete red herring to use your fishing larging. it has

not addressed anything of substance we need in the relationship. i have spent too matter of days in brussels with back—to—back meetings with people dealing with in council, parliament, committees and business associations from lots of different countries and sectors. they are telling me they are worried because there are no telling me they are worried because there are 110 assurances telling me they are worried because there are no assurances coming from this government. there is no sector by sector data, and they are worried that we have seven months to do the really ha rd that we have seven months to do the really hard stuff, and we are showing no competence. when it comes to this budget payment, i'm sorry, but most member states have already agreed a 1.1% increase to cover our lobbying members. the people are saying we will just lobbying members. the people are saying we willjust leave with a can of the—style deal. others say we will wait and see what happens with northern ireland, because that is the salient issue that needs to be debated. it has been 14 months since

my court case that i won against the government, and they have achieved so government, and they have achieved so little. their incompetence is staggering. kwasi kwarteng, do you wa nt to a nswer staggering. kwasi kwarteng, do you want to answer that? i completely disagree. there has been huge progress made on this. given the fa ct progress made on this. given the fact that the campaign started two yea rs fact that the campaign started two years ago, we voted to leave 20 months ago and now we have a clear idea of where we are getting too. we have the implementation period. nobody said we would get to the second phase by the end of december, but the prime minister had a breakthrough. people said it would bea breakthrough. people said it would be a disaster. people predicted economic armageddon with 500,000 unemployed. that hasn't happened. we have made considerable progress in this period. it is disheartening that people like gina, and i know she wants to stay in the eu but i don't think that is going to happen. this call for a second referendum is a complete red herring, to use her

phrase. the only reason you would wa nt phrase. the only reason you would want a second referendum is to reverse the result. there is no indication that that result will be reversed and the government is working steadily to a conclusion. things are going much better than anyone anticipated. gina miller, it isafair anyone anticipated. gina miller, it is a fair point. the suspicion is that your mission is to stymie any move towards brexit. no, it's actually to make sure this country doesn't fall off a cliff and that we don't end up as a place where if you are a shopper on the high street and you end up on the backstreet, that is not what we want. why is it that people on the other side of the argument are so frightened of the will of the people? the will of the people started this journey. will of the people? the will of the people started thisjourney. why can't they stood side where it ends? that is everybody in this country, because at that point we will know what is on the table. it is not a question of why we shouldn't have a people's vote, it is, why wouldn't we? it is pure common sense to go back to the people and say this is

what we have achieved. do you want this or do you want something else? gina millerand this or do you want something else? gina miller and present quiet and, thanks for your time. —— kwasi kwarteng. i was hoping we would be in the spring by now, hence the short sleeves. i was being optimistic. the daffodils are out. the lambs are springing about. alina, you can make it better for us. i will do my best. if you want sunshine, there is plenty in scotland. by contrast, it is different further south. this is shropshire. grey clouds, outbreaks of rain across england and wales. we have this area of low pressure swirling around to the south—west of

the uk. that is storm hugo. much of england and wales will stay cloudy, with outbreaks of rain. further north, we have the sunshine across much of northern ireland and scotland. watch for the showers in north—west scotland. they could turn wintry, with hail and the rumble of thunder. some sunshine is sinking northwards across parts of northern england. further south, we keep the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. where we have the sunshine by day, it will give us clear skies through this evening. temperatures will be

taking a sharp dip, close to freezing if not a few degrees below in many places. the cloud will sink southwards mother still lingers through east anglia. further north, we are closer to freezing if not a degree or so below. so a chilly start of the day tomorrow, but for most, a good deal of sunshine save for the far south—east of england, hanging on to the cloud, with a bit of drizzle in places. otherwise, there will be spells of sunshine and a few showers. and very pleasant in the sunshine. but it does turn colder through next week. there is a risk of seeing some snow, probably in the form of wintry showers. there is some uncertainty over the exact details, so keep an eye on the forecast. monday will be dry and bright and a bit chilly before the cloud builds, without breaks of rain

—— outbreaks of rain. heading towards easter, we are going to pick up towards easter, we are going to pick upa towards easter, we are going to pick up a cold north—easterly wind and wintry showers. so there is a chance that some of us will see some snow. thanks very much. driving at night can be pretty unpleasant when you're dazzled by someone who's forgotten to turn off their full beam. ifind ifi i find if i am wearing contacts, ifind if i am wearing contacts, it is better, but if i am wearing glasses, i can be dazzled. now motorists say they're getting that same dangerous glare, even when a car's head lamps are dipped. so what's the problem? is it that lights on new cars are getting brighter? and if they are, what should we be doing about it? let's speak to rod dennis now from the rac. rod, what have motorists been telling you? they are telling us that some

modern—day light bulbs are just dazzling them. it is due to the changing. manufacturers these days use light fitting leds to cars these days. it offers you a better view of the road and a lot better with a better quality of light. but drivers have been telling the rac that if you are on the receiving end of those sorts of lights, it's a different story. a huge proportion of the 2000 motorists who spoke to said they regularly get dazzled by these lights. 15% reported that they we re these lights. 15% reported that they were involved in the near miss because they lost a few above road asa because they lost a few above road as a result of some of the lighting. so there is an issue here. whether the new eu regulations in terms of how bright lights can be? in effect just can't dismiss those regulations, so why is it suddenly changing? that's right. the united nations handed down the regulations

to the eu government, and that then goes through to manufacturers. there are strict guidelines and we are not saying there are any lights that are not meeting those guidelines, but it is due to the technology way our eyes receive the light, especially through leds. it's a much shorter wavelength and our eyes sometimes react negatively to that blue type of light. it can dazzle people. the figures we are putting up so significant in terms of the number of people reporting this problem and the number of people telling us that this is what they are finding anecdotally that needs to be done. the good news is that it is being looked at. we have spoken to the government and they have taken us back to the united nations and there was now a working group looking specifically at glaring connection with these headlights. that might mean that the direction of some of these lights might need to be altered so that it levels of. therefore, if you are looking at these lights as another driver, you

will be less affected. but there does appear to be a road safety issue. it is reassuring that something is being done, but it will probably be years before we see any changes. thanks very much. time now for a look at the papers. the financial analyst, margaret doyle is here to tell us what's caught her eye. how are you? very well. i thought we would start with the daily mail saying that 20 nations could now kick out russian spies in victory for the prime minister. are you surprised at how successful she has been? i have been impressed with how the prime minister has handled this. we have had examples before with alexander litvinenko being killed on the streets of westminster in 2006, and we didn't do a lot then. now,

thankfully, no one has died, but we have had the prime minister taking this very seriously and saying this isa this very seriously and saying this is a nerve agent, which i understand is a nerve agent, which i understand is basically like a chemical weapons, being used brazenly on the streets of the uk. so she has done greatjob streets of the uk. so she has done great job firstly streets of the uk. so she has done greatjob firstly in streets of the uk. so she has done great job firstly in following the chain of evidence and saying russia is responsible, and also in building a coalition and persuading her fellow eu leaders. that was what she did on thursday night in that long meeting. this is what the daily mail is talking about. it is saying she took them through british intelligence. apparently, a lot of the leaders were sceptical before they went into the meeting, but by taking them through the evidence from the intelligence services, she persuaded them that russia was to blame. and some of the countries have now been persuaded and those

who are on the borders of russia, i think, are glad to see britain taking a tougher stance. 20 out of 27 isa taking a tougher stance. 20 out of 27 is a significant number. you are still going to get conspiracy theories around it and there are some who are not entirely convinced. i guess it is difficult to you present the evidence to win people around, but you suspect that if it was the russian state behind this, president putin would have preferred for this to cause disruption rather than unity within the european nations. yes, and it has been said that a lot of what russia is doing not just that a lot of what russia is doing notjust in terms of nerve agents but also in terms of cyber warfare and interfering in elections, they are trying to sow disunity in the west and cause chaos. the daily mail also says the apparently, there was also says the apparently, there was a disinformation campaign mounted about salisbury before the prime minister even blame russia. that suggests that they were to blame, if

they were mounting a disinformation campaign before britain even blame russia. now, the facebook story has been going on all week. there has been going on all week. there has been a lot of focus on why facebook didn't do more to protect our data, both that actually, almost we go online, we are giving out clues about who we are and what we like. and this information is valuable. about who we are and what we like. and this information is valuablem is very valuable. jonathan freedland is very valuable. jonathan freedland is saying there was a huge amount of idealism where the internet was launched. in particular, we thought it would change the balance of power. if you think of things like the arab spring, he talked about there being a gazan teenager who blogged and told people what was going on in gaza. there was what happened in egypt, where teenagers rallied and broadband mubarak —— they brought adama ba. and there was a british blogger who proved that russia had supplied the weapon that

brought down the malaysian airlines flight brought down the malaysian airlines flight over ukraine. all of this seemed to say that the single individual had huge power and you could bring down dictators, and internet had apparently decentralise power. but now he says that actually, what has happened recently shows that the powerful are in fact trying to re—centralised power and do so ina trying to re—centralised power and do so in a more dramatic way than we had seen before. when you centralised information, it is even more powerful than centralising anything else. it does say there are some things we can do, like regulation. anti—trust means breaking up these big virtual monopolies. he also talks about the idea of opening up a marketplace of algorithms, these mathematical equations that drive how social media behaves. buti equations that drive how social media behaves. but i think it will bea media behaves. but i think it will be a long battle before we sort this out. shall we have a quick look at

fruitjuices? any parent will be interested in this. funnily enough, fruit juices interested in this. funnily enough, fruitjuices are still supposedly pa rt fruitjuices are still supposedly part of the five a healthy foods that you should eat, which in light of this sounds like it is due for an overhaul, because fruitjuices have a high sugar content. so public health england have said we really need to cut down on the amount of sugar, particularly for our kids, because their teeth are falling out and we are facing this horrible obesity epidemic from childhood onwards. so they say we have to stop advertising fruitjuice. onwards. so they say we have to stop advertising fruit juice.|j onwards. so they say we have to stop advertising fruitjuice. i can imagine everyone sitting at brea kfast imagine everyone sitting at breakfast watching this now does putting down a glass of orange juice! there is always going to be a problem with trying to tax junk food. the issue with rootjuice is that if you want to consume fruit, eat the fruit, boat drink the juice. we would talk to you in an hour. coming up in the next half hour... their carpool karaoke to raise awareness of down‘s syndrome has now been viewed more than three million times! we'll be talking to two

of its stars — and their mums — in just a few minutes' time. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and rachel burden. coming up before nine alina will have the weekend's weather forecast for you. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. a police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege in france has died in hospital. lieutenant colonel arnaud beltrame had been praised for his heroism by the french president, emmanuel macron. three other people were killed and several more injured in separate attacks by a gunman who claimed to be acting on behalf of the islamic state group. he was later shot dead by police. earlier security specialist will geddes, specialist will geddes told bbc breakfast the nature of the terrorist threat is changing. they will always involve tactics and strategies. the really concerning aspect is the fact it is incredibly tenuous in terms of their link to

organisation, islamic state in this instance. we have seen a change since al-qaeda was a more direct line of communication and chain of command. anybody who housed extremist ideals can carry out an horrific act as we saw yesterday and place it, or pledge allegiance to a group like islamic state. investigators have been working overnight to search the london headquarters of cambridge analytica — the company accused of illegally using data to help political campaigns. the uk's information commissioner was granted a warrant amid claims the firm used information about millions of facebook users without consent. they were seen leaving the offices in the early hours of this morning. both cambridge analytica and facebook deny any wrongdoing. labour mp owen smith has said he will continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front bench for disagreeing with party policy. last night he was dismissed as the shadow northern ireland secretary byjeremy corbyn, after calling for a second eu referendum.

several labour mps have questioned their leader's decision. owen has been a superb northern ireland shadow secretary of state. his views on the european union, his advocacy of a people'svote on the brexit deal, his advocacy of our staying in the single market and customs union were vocal positions he held before his appointment in june last year, so it is quite bizarre he should be sacked from his post. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in marches around the world today calling for tighter gun controls in america. the main rally — in washington — will include survivors of last month's school shooting in florida. last night the usjustice department confirmed it will propose a ban on bump stocks — devices which can turn ordinary assault rifles into machine guns. conservation officials in australia have confirmed that more than 140 pilot whales that became stranded off the western coast have died.

fishermen made the discovery at hamelin bay just south of perth yesterday, prompting a large—scale rescue effort to return the animals to deeper waters. just six whales are thought to have survived. scientists have warned that europe's most active volcano, mount etna, on the italian island of sicily, must be monitored more closely after it was found to be moving. the uk—led team of researchers says a weak underlying platform is forcing etna closer towards the sea at a rate of 14 millimetres each year. geologists say there is no immediate risk to residents, or to the island itself. i don't want to underestimate the power of an underperforming platform but 14 millimetres. were you watching sport relief? if you

donated you contributed to a £38 million total. we saw the bbc beat team itv in the clash of the channels boat race! of course, we were victorious. the amount is below the record £55 million pledged in 2016 — but organisers are still hailing the event a huge success. not one can knock £38 million. an amazing effort. dan will be with us in a couple of minutes. he will be talking football but i think he will be bragging about rowing. let's talk about formula 1. the season begins tomorrow. we have the qualifiers this morning. wet overnight in australia, which is bizarre. how can you get rain in australia this time of year? who is on pole position... let me check. people were hoping there would be a tight competition.

maybe mercedes would not take over again. but lewis hamilton pulled out a spectacular last—ditch lap to take a stunning pole position for the season—opening australian grand prix. lewis hamilton destroyed the opposition, claiming pole position for the fifth year in a row. he was more than half a second quicker than the ferrari of kimi raikkonen. it's a record seventh pole in australia for the briton, who'll be favourite to win tomorrow's race. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas won't be anywhere near him though — he crashed early on in the final session but wasn't hurt. the rain cleared in time for the f1 but over in auckland, the bad weather wiped out virtually the entire third day's play in the first test between new zealand and england. only 17 balls were bowled and four runs scored this morning as the hosts increased their lead to 175 runs. there was time though for batsman henry nicholls

to reach his half—century — off 149 balls. but the umpires decided to abandon play — and the kiwis will resume day four on 233 forfour. england's preparations for the world cup in russia stepped up a notch with the first of four warm—up matches. jesse lingard's first england goal was enough to see off the netherlands in amsterdam, from where our correspondent david ornstein was watching stepping out into the limelight, this is where england's world cup countdown begins. the first of four pretournament friendlies, an experimental squad vying for seats on the plane to russia. jordan henderson was named captain, and came closest to scoring in a first—half that offered reason to be encouraged. at the other end, jordan pickford was given the gloves, the question is whether he will keep them. after the break, england showed more intent and felt they should have had a penalty. they were getting closer, more dominant and, soon,

jesse lingard with a moment of inspiration, a goal of inspiration, a first goal for his country — cause for a celebration. he works incredibly hard to the team, and this season is a real breakthrough to him, in terms of what we see in training into matches. the nearest the netherlands came was a freekick, easily saved. the disappointing dutch showing why world cup qualification was beyond them. england next faced italy on tuesday. for gareth southgate and his team, a job well done. not too much joy for scotland fans i'm afraid. alex mcleish‘s second reign as manager didn't get off to the best of starts. costa rica, six places above them in the world rankings, were comfortable 1—0 winners at hampden park. marco rena the scorer in the 14th minute. scotland play hungary on tuesday evening. northern ireland are in action this afternoon — they face south korea in a friendly at windsor park at 2 o'clock.

it was a busy night in rugby league's super league with big wins for the in—form teams including leaders st helens over hull kr and second placed wigan against huddersfield. elsewhere, brian mcdermott‘s 200th game in charge at leeds ended in a narrow defeat at home to castleford, who beat them 25—24. the win moves castleford level on points with leeds. there were also wins for warrington and hull fc. so we've mentioned the boat race of the year of course. after dan walker's efforts for sport relief earlier this week — but today we'll see how it should be done with cambridge and oxford set to face off in the university boat race this afternoon. oxford have won four of the past five men's races and are catching up with cambridge in the overall standings — it's 82—80 to the light blues. there is a bigger gap in the women's head—to—head — with cambridge leading 42—30 — but oxford hope to narrow the gap with an experienced crew.

this year marks 80 years since the event was first televised by the bbc. that is exciting. but something that beats that. you hinted. absolutely. this man here. the effo rts absolutely. this man here. the efforts of the bbc team, including dan walker. iam not dan walker. i am not taking full credit. it is a tea m i am not taking full credit. it is a team effort. you can take an eighth of the credit. two know what they we re of the credit. two know what they were doing. you realise you could not sit on the sofa if you lost. sophie raworth said, you know you can't lose this. that is scary. shall we enjoy seeing how you did it? it's race day, and the bbc and itv have come head to head, and nobody wants to let their team down. it's james cracknell in the bbc

boat, and perhaps that experience at the heart of the bbc crew. and the crowd lining salford quays, cheering on their favourites, bbc, against itv. into the final metres, and the bbc will take victory in this sport relief celebrity boat race! winners of the clash of the channels. you did well. you can't lose, can you? well, you did well. you can't lose, can you ? well, you you did well. you can't lose, can you? well, you can! you do not sanction the option of defeat. what was it like afterwards?” sanction the option of defeat. what was it like afterwards? i looked behind me and i saw that roy reid had broken his seat. he had been working so hard so the last metres he had no seat. sara cox was flat out. i was exhausted. he had no seat. sara cox was flat out. iwas exhausted. i look he had no seat. sara cox was flat out. i was exhausted. i look back... into the distance because you are so

farahead. into the distance because you are so far ahead. rory is taking selfies. how does he have breath to do that? just before we went out they showed a video, an appeal video of the young lad in uganda. rio ferdinand had made this. obviously we are competitive. that is what it was all about. the final motivation needed. everybody had made a big effort to get there. it is fun and great wee won but we were raising money. and you contributed to £38 million. shea given was taking penalties for 12 hours and he is on the programme today. , football focus. we have a piece on accrington stanley. and we have a piece about manchester united women's team. and there is a guy

called walter. i will read you this, he was one of the first england black players. at 100 years after he died. the name walter tull means little to people. he was racially abused. his death received little media attention and it is only recent yea rs media attention and it is only recent years his powerful story has been recognised. there is a campaign to get him a military cross and the current northampton manager has been back to the battlefields of world wari back to the battlefields of world war i to learn more about this mall and there is a piece about him today on football focus. what he has done on the pitch opened doors for me as a black man to make life easier. but he also was a role model for the white men who he fought

together with as mates for his country. forget about the racial abuse, forget about that. that was not important. he wanted to protect his country. how beautiful is that? when you read about what he went through and what he did and achieved. it is fantastic, to learn more about him. to get more time in the programme to bring light to a story that needs to be told. at midday today. i will not mention rowing. i would midday today. i will not mention rowing. iwould be midday today. i will not mention rowing. i would be dining out on that. once it is done, you move on.

next challenge. i am not moving on. we won! holly, thank you, as well. it's thought as many one and a half million married couples and civil partners are missing out on a tax break which could be worth up to £900 if it was backdated. the discount applies under the marriage allowance scheme, which was set up by former prime minister david cameron three years ago. paul lewis from bbc radio 4's money box programme has been talking to the government about this, and joins us now. good morning, what have they been saying, the government? they want people to claim it even though if everybody did it would cost them more than £1 billion. the minister told me they are always looking at ways to publicise it although the treasury confirmed they would not pay for adverts. i suppose i am part of the publicity, i am sorry to say. it is free money, £900 and to qualify, one of the couple, has to

pay no tax, their income is too low to pay tax, the other spouse pays basic rate tax so they do not have an income over £45,000. one pays no tax and the other basic rate this allowa nce tax and the other basic rate this allowance comes into play and if they claim it it will be 230 off their tax this year and 238 next year and if you can go back a couple of years, bringing it to £900. who can claim it and why haven't people claimed it? it is hard to say why people have not claimed it. 2.7 billion have. we think about 1.5 million haven't, because that is the gap between what the government thought they would pay out and are paying out. 1.5 million couples, maybe they do not know about it or think it is too much hassle but it is not. i went online to have a look. it used to be difficult, now it is simple, you need your national

insurance it is simple, you need your national insurance number it is simple, you need your national insurance number and to prove who you are with a part of your bank account number, maybe your passport, and the claim is automatic and you should get the rebate soon and another next year. i think people have not heard of it so the more publicity, the more people will get the money. it was designed by david cameron to promote marriage. i have to warn, if you're not married, however long you have been living together, you cannot get this. if you are married or a civil partner, you are married or a civil partner, you can. is that fair, in this day and age when people choose not to marry and it costs a lot to get married. well, you can get married for about 200 quid, in my own personal experience. you do not have to spend £20,000. you also do not have to get married. and a lot of people do not want to get married and civil partnerships are not extended to couples of different

gender as some think there should be. those people are excluded and i asked the minister about that and he said it was done to promote marriage and we think it is a long—term commitment and all that kind of thing. the sort of phrase is perhaps guaranteed to annoy people, living ina guaranteed to annoy people, living in a long—term commitment who are not married! one person not paying tax, the other paying basic rate tax and it is worth £230 this year and up and it is worth £230 this year and up to 900 if you backdate it.|j and it is worth £230 this year and up to 900 if you backdate it. i can see people screaming at the screen this morning and i imagine they will be screaming at the radio as well when you are on radio 4, midday. thank you very much. a lot of people tweeting about dazzling car headlights, even when they are not on full beam. 1596 they are not on full beam. 15% more people affected.

something like that. new cars in particular. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning... a police officer who swapped places with a hostage during a siege in france has died after being shot. investigators have spent the night searching the headquarters of cambridge analytica, the company accused of taking data from 50 million facebook users without their consent also coming up in the programme... she powered straight into the record books as the fastest woman to row solo across the atlantic — and she did itjust months after undergoing brain surgery. we'll be talking to kiko matthews live in barbados before the end of the programme. barbados, what is the weather like there? probably warmer than here. have you been looking at the weather in barbados? it might make us feel better. i

suspect it is warmer. if it is sunshine you are after, scotland is a good place to be today. plenty of sunshine here and we keep a lot of it in the day. in the south, a lot of cloud and drizzle. our weather watcher asking, where is bring? some will see the return of sunshine. but today low pressure. the spanish have called it storm hugo. bringing u nsettled called it storm hugo. bringing unsettled weather to spain over the next few days but to us it is bringing cloud. and rain, most around the home counties but bringing light rain and drizzle almost everywhere. it will ease during the day. sunshine across northern ireland and scotland and far north of england. showers in the far north of england. showers in the far north—west of scotland that could be wintry through the day. maybe thunder. cloud will move from the north. brightness coming through across northern england. the isle of

man. northern ireland is likely to see showers which will continue across north—west scotland. with rain and drizzle will slowly ease. maybe brightness later in the day in south—east england, western wales. the highest temperatures in eastern scotla nd the highest temperatures in eastern scotland where we have the best sunshine. where we have sunshine it will give clear skies overnight as temperatures will tumble. wintry showers feeding into the far north—west of scotland. cloud across england and wales keeping temperatures between four and seven celsius. a cold start to the day for many but bright with sunshine. cloud clinging to the far south of england. it could bring drizzle but elsewhere a decent day with spells of sunshine. watch out for showers especially in north—west scotland. they could be wintry. it should feel pleasa nt they could be wintry. it should feel pleasant in the sunshine tomorrow. however. it does start to turn

colder. just how cold is open to doubt. the risk of snow. uncertainty around this so keep an eye on the forecast. monday dawns cold bright. outbreaks of rain arriving in wales, south—west england, northern ireland and western scotland. in the sunshine up to 12 degrees, but expect temperatures to tumble as we had to easter. it looks like it will turn colder and we could see snow again. thank you. there is some noise and activity in the studio. we are delighted to have this noise and activity. this is jensen and francesca and their mums emma and melissa. we are talking to them because you may have seen this fabulous video, put together by an

online support group. 50 mothers recording a video that celebrates their children ahead of world down's syndrome day early this week. it features them singing in the style of james corden's carpool karaoke, soon went viral, and has now had over three million views. in a moment we'll speak to some of the stars of the video, but first let's take a look. # i have died every day waiting for you # darling, don't be afraid # i have loved you for a thousand years # i'll love you for a thousand more # and all along, i believed i would find you # time has brought your heart to me # i have loved you for a thousand years # i'll love you for a thousand more. ..# not only do i love that song anyway,

but that was fabulous. it has brought a new meaning to it. it has brought a new meaning to it. it sends tingles up my spine. jenson and francesca were an important part of that. jenson is doing his own thing, roaming around. tell us how you got involved in this. a lady in our you got involved in this. a lady in u you got involved in this. a lady in our group called becky and she had the inspiration from a video on youtube. she put it to us that we could sign a line each of the sun. did you know the song beforehand? it is from twilight. what was the point in terms of...

how many hits, more than 3 million? our video on youtube have that but because other companies have embedded it. ithink because other companies have embedded it. i think the because other companies have embedded it. ithink the liverpool echo had in excess of five, six million. jamie hook put it together has been tracking this and it has had 30 million views worldwide. we should sayjenson is not with his mum, he has gone running off, but dad is with him. we have not left him on his own. what you think the impact will be? it is raising awareness. we wanted to balance the views out because we have had negative press with the new tests. a new genetic test people can hound. early in pregnancy. it gives people more of a choice —— it is ajeff

pettitt test people can have. they a-- it a —— it is a——itisa a —— it is a test people could have. they want to show it is not all bad. there is a nice side to it and we wa nted there is a nice side to it and we wanted to put that across. you are normal mothers. you are different, each individual is, but normal mothers, in the car, messing with their kids. and kind of getting on with your life. that is what we wanted to get across. actually it is normal life. some children with down syndrome will have health effects, but across the population, there are so but across the population, there are so many different people with different challenges that actually having down's syndrome is a different challenge, and i think it

has been given to be quite a scary prospect. we wanted to show people it was not scary. we have been in that position, and when francesca was born i did not know until we had her she had down syndrome. the first 24 hours was devastating and i was upset. if i knew then what i know now. . . upset. if i knew then what i know now... i would upset. if i knew then what i know now... iwould not upset. if i knew then what i know now... i would not have been upset. what were you thinking once you were told francesca had down's syndrome. i think it was not knowing what the challenges would be. and the view of down's syndrome in the media was just so negative. when people spoke about it, it was always the bad side of it, the downside. actually, we have not encountered any of that. she is developing fantastically. she isa she is developing fantastically. she is a gorgeous girl, she has an

infectious smile. we would not change a thing. that is the message of the video, we would not change a thing. christine perry was bowled over by it. james corden has been tweeting about it. let's see what they said about this. this is from christina. also we had james corden. he has tweeted. .. this is also we had james corden. he has tweeted... this is the man who invented carpool karaoke. when he says it is the most beautiful carpool karaoke... what is interesting, the way you did this. with sign language. and that is what you use to communicate with the children. and using that in the

cars, as well. it is an educational experience, as well. it is a simplified form of sign language and quite intuitive. it is easy to learn. its main purpose is for the children to communicate with us because francesca understands most of what we say, in as far as any other three—year—old, but her speech is not clear and while she will learn to speak, at the minute it is a challenge so she uses this makaton to get her point across. in makaton, would you be able to say we will be back with the headlines?” would you be able to say we will be back with the headlines? i don't know. we will be. we will be back

with the headlines in a moment. thanks. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and rachel burden. a police officer hailed as a hero during the french terror attack has died of his injuries. arnaud beltrame swapped himself for a hostage during the supermarket siege and secretly recorded what happened on his mobile phone. good morning. it's saturday 24th march. also this morning: investigators work through the night, searching the offices of the company at the centre of the facebook data row. labour mps react angrily to the sacking of the shadow northern ireland secretary for saying he wants a second brexit referendum. nadine is eight and she's just given her entire pocket money.