it will be a lot more affordable to build a highway, a lot more afordable to build a home. so we believe that this will also help equalise how quickly people have access to homes. that was dave lee in san francisco. that's it from us here at battersea power station. this is the short cut of the show, the full—length version is up on iplayer to watch now, and we have loads of backstage photos on twitter as well. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello. this is breakfast, with rachel burden and chris mason. a promise to boost the number of midwives being trained in england. the government says

3000 extra places on training courses will be created over four years. union leaders say the plan will need time and investment. good morning. it's sunday 25th march. and don't forget the clocks have gone forward by an hour. so it is just after eight o'clock. hundreds of thousands of people attend rallies across america, demanding tougher guns laws, among them martin luther kings 9 year old granddaughter. i have a dream that enough is enough and that this should be a gun free realm. good morning. in sport it's been described as australia cricket‘s darkest hour as captain steve smith

confesses to hatching a plan to cheat south africa in the third test by tampering with the ball. and the formula i season is back with sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton battling it out in australia. also this morning: the multi—million—pound project to restore the world's first iron bridge, built in shropshire more than 200 years ago. what beautiful reflections there. and simon has the weather. good morning. the clocks have sprung forward and for many today it might feel a bit more like spring. there will be some dry weather, sunny spells and temperatures in double figures. i will have all the details inis figures. i will have all the details in 15 minutes. thank you, simon. first, our main story. an extra 3000 midwives are to be trained in england over the next four years. the move will see 650 midwives start training next year. it is one of a number of proposals to be formally announced by the health secretary, jeremy hunt, on tuesday. the royal college of midwives has welcomed the news but says the plans need investment and time to work. lebo diseko reports. like other parts of the nhs, maternity units have

been under pressure. the birth rate has been rising, and some hospitals have been unable to accept any more expectant mothers. nursing unions have also blamed what they call chronic shortages. the government has insisted more midwives are being trained all the time. now, though, plans for 3000 extra recruits and support staff in england are due to be announced. the move is notjust about boosting numbers. currently, depending on the trust, women can see several midwives over the course of their pregnancy. jeremy hunt is expected to pledge that by 2021, most women will have a named midwife. he says figures show dedicated staff reduces stillbirths, miscarriages, and neo—natal deaths. this announcement comes after the lifting of restraints on pay rises in the health service, which means a newly qualified midwife will begin on a salary about i2% higher

by 2020. but it is not yet clear where the funding for staff will come from. and while welcoming the move, given the time it takes to train, the royal college of midwives says it doesn't help mothers now. lebo diseko, bbc news. washington saw the biggest anti—gun rally for a generation as people came together in cities across america to demand tougher gun laws. the demonstrations were led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month. washington saw the biggest anti—gun rally for a generation. here's our correspondent, chris buckler. in america's capital, this rally was presented as a rising, an attempt by students to take on this nation's powerful gun lobby, and to deliver a warning to politicians that change to gun laws must come. to the leaders, sceptics, and cynics who told us to sit down and stay silent, wait your turn. welcome to the revolution. # i gotta keep tryin'...

on stage, there were performances by many celebrities, but the speeches were left to students, many of them from the marjory stoneman douglas high school where 17 pupils and teachers were shot dead just a month ago. and the huge crowd also heard from the nine—year—old granddaughter of martin luther king jr, a girl with her own vision. my grandfather had a dream that his four little children would not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream that enough is enough! if this was a new generation speaking, president trump wasn't here in washington to hear it. he had left the white house to go to his golf resort in florida, the state the students had come from and where their friends were killed. six minutes and 20 seconds

with an aris and my friend carmen would never complain to me about piano practice. on stage, one of the parkland survivors, who has become a spokesperson for this movement, read out the names of those who died, and then she simply stood in silence for minute after minute. since the time that i came out here, it has been six minutes and 20 seconds. the shooter has ceased shooting and will soon abandon his rifle. sister rallies were held from los angeles to new york, but there have been campaigns after shootings before, and the students know they need to continue to put pressure on the politicians, including their president. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the vote leave campaign group has been accused of breaking electoral spending rules during the eu referendum. a former volunteer has told the observer newspaper and channel

4 news that the organisation cheated the £7 million limit. let's speak to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. this isn't entirely straightforward, this story. explain what the allegations are. vote leave was the official campaign and as the official campaign and as the official campaign and as the official campaign it was allowed to spend up to £7 million. if you are one of the smaller leave campaign groups who were allowed to spend up to £700,000. the allegation comes from a former volunteer for vote leave. what he is saying is that vote leave gave money to another group which was run by students which focused on youth issues, a group called be leave. that in itself is not against the rules of that was a separate campaign group, but the volunteer has said that money was spent on a digital campaign at what working with a company that was doing the digital campaignfor company that was doing the digital campaign for vote leave. if that was

the case, that would be against the rules. this volunteer has made the claims to the electoral commission and they are looking into it. members of vote leave have said this is completely untrue and they checked with the electoral commission on boris johnson, checked with the electoral commission on borisjohnson, who was one of the key campaigners of course, has said is completely ludicrous and that leave won the referendum fair and square foot wide thank you. david davis, the brexit secretary, is on andrew marr later so that might come up then. a church service will be held in the southern french town of trebes this morning, in memory of the four people killed in a series of attacks by an islamist gunman. a national memorial service is being arranged in paris in the coming days, to honour colonel beltrame who died after trading places with a female hostage. president macron has paid tribute to him, he said he deserved the respect and admiration of the whole nation. the cricket world is in turmoil after a member of australia's team has admitted cheating. cameron bancroft is being investigated after he was spotted apparently tampering with the ball

in a match against south africa. let's get more detail from our reporter, phil mercer, who is in sydney. this is absolutely extraordinary. you wonder what on earth they were thinking. every time you see the visual it seems even more unbelievable. in the days of cameras everywhere with long lenses, cameron ba ncroft a ppa re ntly everywhere with long lenses, cameron bancroft apparently tampering with the ball. it is an extraordinary situation. it has drawn in the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, who is urging australia's cricketing authorities to take decisive action. remember that the skipper steve smith said he knew of this plan in advance and he said he was sorry. he said he was embarrassed but he would not be resigning. there is an enormous clamour here in australia for him to either step aside or be sacked. cricket australia is this batching

senior officials to south africa to begin an immediate investigation. as for the cricketing public in australia, you are absolutely right. they will be asking one very simple but very searching question. what on earth were they thinking? thank you. it is one of those stories that when it breaks you can tell there will be plenty more to come. i think mode elements are likely. —— more developments are likely. last night landmarks across the uk were plunged into darkness to mark earth hour. famous monuments and buildings including buckingham palace and tower bridge turned out their lights to raise awareness about climate change. countries around the world also went dark to show international unity for the environment. that is piccadilly circus in london. england is to get 3000 extra midwives under government proposals. currently, mums—to—be can often see several midwives during their pregnancy, but under the new proposals they would be assigned just one. it is hoped the measures will help reduce miscarriages and stillbirths. alison edwards is a senior

lecturer in midwifery at birmingham city university. shejoins us now. thank you very much for your time today. the extra midwives will surely be welcome news for you and eve ryo ne surely be welcome news for you and everyone in your profession. of course. we are desperate for midwives and the more we train the better. tell us a bit about how soon it will be before women, before families, see the benefits of these midwives coming through the system. i think it is a little naive to say it isa i think it is a little naive to say it is a case ofjust training more midwives. there are huge resource issues that the unions have raised. you need more educators, you need more capacity within placements, you need more experienced staff to support those students to ensure they are safe. so it is not as straightforward as just putting in your training places was white i know there is also an issue with the funding when going through training like this. we used to have the

bursary that supported nurse training and we don't have that any more. is that affecting the number of people applying for midwifery quotes right i think we have got to acknowledge that the bursary was pretty poor, only £3000 a year and not enough to live on. and it was means tested. what has made a significant difference is the fact that course fees are no longer paid. that is a huge chunk into a student loan. and we have noticed a decline in the last couple of intakes of the numbers of applicants. the other key element to all of this is that you can train at thousands of midwives but they need jobs at the end of it. you have got to make sure they can go into employment and i know that has been an issue over the last few yea rs. has been an issue over the last few years. luckily for my experience, the students we train, we have 90 qualifying every year, they have all gotjobs within six months. the problem is retaining them. midwives are burnt out. there are no resources to support them. and birth has got more and more complex with

increasing obesity and women with complex conditions. they need additional care for quite long term you would hope that having extra numbers would help deal with all of the pressures. one of the issues here isjeremy the pressures. one of the issues here is jeremy hunt's the pressures. one of the issues here isjeremy hunt's emphasis on the continuity of care, so right from your first appointment to deliver you would have the same midwife. so interesting tweets coming in from that. a pregnant lady said she has been disappointed by the number of midwives she has seen and he thought she would seek the same one. and this woman has lost count of the number of midwives her daughter has seen in both of her pregnancies in the last four years in community and in hospital. resignation, holidays, sick pay, snow, car breakdowns, all of those have inhibited continuity of care. what difference does that make for the mother? i think you have an

effective childbirth experience, it is fantastic to have the same person and you develop trust with them, especially when you're going into labour, a time of extreme stress, and the last thing you want to stress, though a familiar face can alleviate a huge percentage of that. and you get consistency of information. however it is not that realistic to expect one midwife to be on call 2a 7a the number of —— to be on call 2a 7a the number of —— to be on—call 2a hours a day every day for the number of women who need this. and women are getting older and there are other outlying factors like obesity. very often you are dealing with women who don't have english as a first language. that adds to the layers of complexity that midwives have got to deal with. it does indeed and it is very rare that a midwife works in isolation. in the current climate, she needs a multidisciplinary team effort. there are safeguarding issues, for

example, so social workers. there will be medics, physicians. it is not as simple as one person seeing a woman through. and just one more question for you. if you already one watching today wants to know if this isa watching today wants to know if this is a good profession to get into, what would you say? you have talked about the pressures that midwives are under. what would you say to encourage them tojoin are under. what would you say to encourage them to join your workforce ? encourage them to join your workforce? midwifery is one of the best professions ever. it is unique. you have a unique insight into a very special and personal time in a person's life. women and families generally never forget their midwife. yes, there are stresses, but isn't there everywhere? if you can get past the bureaucracy and the politics, midwifery is fantastic. they are special breed, midwives, they really are. thank you for your time this morning. it is 8:15am,

gas, eight o'clock if you are walking around your house and some of the clocks are sufficiently wizardry to be able to do it on their own! i still marvel at my phone. and others will be stuck in wintertime. it is 8:15am, the emphasis on the eighth! this is bbc news. the main stories this morning: more than 3000 places on midwifery training courses are to be created over the next four years in england as part of plans to meet nhs staffing demands. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the us to demand stricter gun laws led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month which killed 17 people. inevitably when you are waking up to do an early shift, like we do, you have your phone and you think it will do that magic thing but you don't trust it. so you have got to have the fallback, the little alarm nearby. but we managed it and we we re nearby. but we managed it and we were here. ijust risked it. iwent

for my phone and i thought it would be fine. simon! on the living edge in the middle of the night. simon, it is british summertime but the skies have not clocked it. it would be nice to say summery weather but that would be asking too much. springlike weather, we hope so. and today we are going to get something a bit like spring but next week it will be colder. more details on that ina will be colder. more details on that in a moment. we have had a lovely start to the day across northern areas of the uk. this is the scene at the moment in the north east of scotland. lovely clear skies and the same in northern ireland. further southin same in northern ireland. further south in england we have more cloud. this is the scene in bournemouth. you can just about make out the sunrise breaking through the cloud. quite a bit of cloud in england and wales. further west, you can see the green colouring, so clear skies and

sunshine. let's take you through the day. the cloud across england and wales will gradually move away towards the south—east and it might ta ke towards the south—east and it might take until the afternoon before it clears away from parts of kent, east sussex, essex, norfolk. but otherwise sunny spells developing. some showers and northern areas. tempters up to 13. the frost overnight in northern and western areas. the blue colouring shows temperatures around freezing. further south and east with the cloud hanging on, temperatures up to four. into next week, we have a battle on our hands. cold air coming out of scandinavia affecting northern areas mainly. in southern areas, we have the influence of the atla ntic less areas, we have the influence of the atlantic less cold air. as those two m masses meet, that is where we see the risk of snow. monday will be

cold and frosty with lots of sunshine and cloud increasing from the west and with it outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, the west of wales, the south—west of england. but even on monday the temperatures in double figures. up to 12. on tuesday, things changed slightly. this area of low pressure moves in throwing weather fronts and areas of rain from west to east across the uk. that is the boundary between the cold air to the north and the milder at the south. increasingly some snow coming into the north east of scotland. temperatures take a significant drop here. 5 degrees in aberdeen. further south with sunny spells on tuesday, temperatures in to double figures. 0n spells on tuesday, temperatures in to double figures. on wednesday, an increasing risk of snow across scotland, the far north of england. that will be over higher ground but we could see some at lower levels. further south across england and wales, north—westerly wind will make it feel a bit chilly as we go

through wednesday. temperatures hanging onto double figures in the south—east, 10 degrees here. further north that will feel colder with the highest in aberdeen four degrees with the risk of snow over higher ground. going into the rest of the week and up to easter there is a risk of some snow for some of us. not everyone and no one near as bad as we had it earlier on in the year with the beast from the east. as we had it earlier on in the year with the beast from the eastlj as we had it earlier on in the year with the beast from the east. i like the idea of the meteorological battle. great stuff. simon is always armed and ready to go, let me tell you! thank you. we were discussing this earlier. this may have been on your itinerary of school trips at some stage in your educational lives. a symbol of the industrial revolution, it forged the way for engineering, construction and architecture as well as being the forerunner to the mega bridges and skyscrapers we see today. now the world's first iron bridge, built almost 240 years ago in shropshire, is undergoing

a multi—million—pound conservation project. breakfast‘s john maguire went along to take a look. what we are seeing here is really a symbol of how the industrial revolution helped to create the modern world. it shows innovation, it shows engineering technology, and it's something which has really stood the test of time. but at the moment, the iron bridge thatjoins two river banks to create the town that took its name, is not on show itself. at the grand old age of 239 it is undergoing a major £3.6 million conservation project. iron is famously strong but can crack if bent or twisted, and as the ground has moved, the bridge has been forced upwards by as much as four inches in places. now we are on top of the bridge. this gives you a good idea of what has happened here. they dug down through the road surface to expose these iron plates. each one would weigh several tonnes. just look here. there is a huge crack in there.

this piece could fall off at any time, so that is the type of problem that needs to be fixed. despite the current major works, it remains open to pedestrians. english heritage will soon open these walkways to allow visitors to see close—up what is going on. to see close—up what's going on below the deck. from repairing broken components, stripping things down, painting, everything that happens to the bridge as far as possible, we will make sure it is accessible to the public. we have been given special access inside. picking your way through the bones of what feels like the bridge's rib cage, you get a real sense of the task at hand. old paint and rust is being blasted off in conditions that bring to mind the black air that would have filled the gorge at the height of the industrial revolution. no modern protective clothing for them. this isn't restoration, it's conservation. we don't want to think we have done a greatjob and then in 30 years time we make a huge problem

for the people who come after us, who then spend their time trying to undo what we did. so we make sure that all our interventions are reversible. the bridge's builder, abraham derby iii, was a visionary, a revolutionary. nobody had used this wondrous material, iron, in this way before. two and a half centuries later, these wedges are being recreated in one of the country's few remaining iron foundries. we are absolutely in awe of the fact that they had none of the facilities we have now. they were pioneers of their day, having to create their whole infrastructure to support the melting of metal in a way that was totally, totally on the edge. how on earth did they manage it? standing here watching these masters at work using techniques similar to their forebears, the centuries fall away. when the iron bridge is unveiled once again in the autumn, it will have a new paint job and a renewed

understanding of how it was built. its place in history is irrefutable, and this major project will ensure its place in the future. john maguire, bbc news, shropshire. it is absolutely stunning. if you have never been to the area, do visit. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. (pause for sting) (pres) the poet ian mcmillan is here to tell us what's caught his eye. we'll have a look at the sunday telegraph and the extraordinary story of the last few days, the act of incredible heroism. it is something that happens sometimes with the news, you stop in your tracks and you think that there's me. in the middle of all this, the world feels like it is turning

upside down, and you feel like you are being watched all the time with facebook, somehow the ground beneath you is shifting, and then an act of extraordinary courage happens. hang on, we are all human after all. as soon as on, we are all human after all. as soon as that happens, you try and put yourself in that man's position. i wouldn't have done that. i would have been too frightened. and that split—second decision was taken when he swapped places. i know it is a terrible story because he died but at the back of that was a story of human courage and human endeavour, and it actually makes you think, all right. i will carry on. i will carry on being a human being. you will a lwa ys on being a human being. you will always find police officers who say they are just always find police officers who say they arejust doing always find police officers who say they are just doing theirjob. so you are right, it is extraordinary and ordinarily. the decision will have been taken very quickly. all right, i will do it. maybe not a

decision, maybe just what i right, i will do it. maybe not a decision, maybejust what i do. it gives you hope in dark times. this from the observer today. the boat race yesterday. in the end it was one team that was the victor of both races. i am always amazed by the boat race, the way it captures this much attention because in the end it is just people on a boat. i realise they are working very hard and they are very fit but i think every year there should be a reciprocal boat race that involves slightly portly people like myself from barnsley, someone people like myself from barnsley, someone from rotherham, in dinghies, to show that not everybody can achieve this elite status of athleticism but we can all have a go. get your hands out of the dinky, ba rnsley go. get your hands out of the dinky, barnsley versus rotherham, every year. that one i would watch! they we re year. that one i would watch! they were excited on breakfast yesterday because dan walker had been involved

in the bbc against itv boat race for sport relief. the bbc won. in the bbc against itv boat race for sport relief. the bbc wonlj in the bbc against itv boat race for sport relief. the bbc won. i think the bbc presenters are probably fitter than me and some people in barnsley! possibly. the sunday express talking about activities on the water. we are still the waterborne, but with a motor and dead fish. the stunned the other day involving nigel farage and fish. and the row over the deal for fishermen when we leave the european union. the row is a serious thing. but i am a lwa ys the row is a serious thing. but i am always amused, as you must be. they sit ina always amused, as you must be. they sit in a room. i tell you what we will do. we will throw dead fish in the river. that will get in the papers, which it did. but when they are doing it, don't they think am i are doing it, don't they think am i a bit ridiculous? throwing fish into a bit ridiculous? throwing fish into a river. it will get the coverage

but shouldn't we be doing serious debate and not chucking fish into a river? the argument they would make is that it provokes a serious debate. the visual stunt to begin a serious debate about an industry that was so passionate about the brexit cause. but maybe the serious debate won't happen. if you are a lover of serious debate on brexit, i will take the opportunity because chris will not do this himself but he is co—presenter of an excellent pod cast, called brexitcast, award—winning, i might add, and they are performing in front of a live audience, which is a new level, to hear what people think. audience, which is a new level, to hear what people thinklj audience, which is a new level, to hear what people think. i am a fan of brexitcast because it helps me to think. as soon as i listened to it, nobody throws fish at me. there are nobody throws fish at me. there are no stance on brexitcast. great way to advertise your pod cast. avoid dead fish! addicts coming your way. and now fossils in kenya. this is

quite scary. they have found fossils in kenya that reveal that lions were as tall as humans. i can kind of get along with a lion that i see behind along with a lion that i see behind a fence, but the idea of one as tall asa human! a fence, but the idea of one as tall as a human! is this because humans we re as a human! is this because humans were shorter or lions were bigger? but actually humans were a little bit shorter but the lions were much bigger. from foot to shoulder? not standing on hind legs? no, just as they are standing. and as a short human, the only way to escape was a lion bridge, rather than an iron bridge. love it. ironbridge to lion bridge, in 15 minutes on breakfast! that is all we have time for. thank you for coming in. stay with us. headlines coming up in a moment. hello, this is breakfast

with rachel burden and chris mason. it is exactly 8:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main news. an extra 3000 midwives will be trained in england over the next four years, as part of government plans to meet staffing demands. the 25% boost is one of a number of proposals hoped to help reduce miscarriages and stillbirths. a senior midwifery lecturer from city university birmingham told us there's still more that needs to be done. i think it is a little naive to say it isjust, i think it is a little naive to say it is just, let's train i think it is a little naive to say it isjust, let's train more midwives. there are huge resource issues that the unions have raised. you need more educators. you need

more capacity within placements. you need more experienced staff to support those students to ensure they are safe. so it is not as straightforward as just putting in new training places. washington saw the biggest anti—gun rally for a generation as people came together across american cities to demand tougher gun laws. the demonstrations, under the movement march for our lives, were led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month. more than 800 other protests have taken place with solidarity events in edinburgh, sydney and tokyo. the official brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been accused of breaking electoral spending rules during the eu referendum. a former volunteer claims in interviews with the observer newspaper and channel 4 news that the organisation breached official spending limits. vote leave has denied any wrongdoing and boris johnson has described the accusations as "utterly ludicrous". a church service will be held in the southern french town of trebes this morning, in memory of the four people killed in a series of attacks

by an islamist gunman. a national memorial service is being arranged in paris in the coming days to honour colonel beltrame, who died after trading places with a female hostage. president macron has paid tribute to him, he said he deserved "the respect and admiration of the whole nation." a group of mps has described funding figures issued by the government for its flagship free childcare policy in england as "misleading and out of date". members of the treasury select committee have called for more money to be paid to childcare providers. the government has said that it will consider the recommendations, but that it is already spending more on childcare than any previous government. earlier, you might have heard us discussing how tourist attractions and monuments in london switched their lights off for an hour last night — but other cities around the world also got in on the act. from paris to berlin, landmarks in cities across the globe fell into darkness to show international awareness for climate change. the initiative began in 2007 in sydney, but now more than 180 countries take part.

i was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking as i was watching those pictures, if it literally one switch or is it a panel? whenever i try to turn off the lights when i finish a late shift in the office in westminster, there's a million likes witjes and i flick one of an something comes on, and it goes everywhere. there must be some kind of overall control lever. do you have to lean against the entire set of switches to set them all off at once? they are preoccupied with more than light switches in sydney this morning. they are basing their darkest hour, a huge scandal to hit cricket australia, scandal over night, picture is emerging of cameron bancroft, looking a bit sheepish there. a bit sheepish? the look of shame. series naughty schoolboy. you don't need to know anything else than that to know this is a bad

moment rostron in cricket. if people arejust waking up, explain moment rostron in cricket. if people are just waking up, explain what they did. we can try to explain as best we can. the pictures probably tell us best. this is what the television cameras picked up. this is the third test against south africa. it showed cameron bancroft take what he said was yellow tape out of his trouser pocket before rubbing the ball. then he tried to hide the tape down his trousers when umpires suspected something was up. he later admitted to working the match ball with dirt on that sticky piece of tape. he did not come clean straightaway, though, saying it was a sunglasses case, sony tried to cover it up first. talk us through how this works for non—cricket fans, why would mucking about with something in your pocket make a difference? it's all about the arrow dynamics of the ball, it has gone on in cricket in the past, it is about changing the surface and in something like a cricket ball, it can mehdi huge difference, they tend to want to have one side is smooth and the other side rough. by rubbing

sandpaper and piece of tape with grip on it against it, it can make a real difference as to how the ball behaves. incidents we have seen a past, they have gone the other way, try to make the other side smooth, using saliva, things like chewing gum and mint and that kind of thing, sun cream. it is something that exists. where did you find that cricket board this morning? is there always a set of sporting balls about the person of a sports presenter?” loved that the editor who asked us to get a cricket ball. i said i would look in the lost property box. it does not look quite test match standard. it's a bit old and i don't think it would make the cut, but interesting because you can see the string. it looks like it has been tampered with. at this point, the umpires would have to look at this and cut that. the next bbc scandal! ball tampering! put it away.” and cut that. the next bbc scandal! ball tampering! put it away. iwill

put it it is just my glasses case. but it is a serious story and it will rumble on, the australian government have spoken, already calling for steve smith to be suspended which is huge in itself, he has admitted knowing about the incident beforehand. let's here from the captain. i am not proud of what has happened. umm... you know... it is not within the spirit of the game. my integrity, the team's integrity, the leadership group's integrity, has come into question, and rightfully so. umm... it is not on. it is certainly not on. and it will not happen again, i can promise you, under my leadership. england's cricketers are into the fourth day of their test against new zealand in auckland. the home side declared on 427—8 after their first innings. alastair cook fell in the third over of england's second innings having scored just two. mark stoneman reached his fourth test half—ce ntu ry with a six off neil wagner but was out next ball, caught by trent boult.

england are 103—2, trailing by 266 runs. just they warning to anyone who does not want to know what has happened in the formula i at the start of the season in australia, please look away now if you don't wa nt to please look away now if you don't want to know the result. sebastian vettel has won the opening race of the formula i season in melbourne after a stroke of luck saw him overtake lewis hamilton. the briton was leading comfortably from pole until the 25th lap when a car came to a halt on the track. that forced hamilton and the rest of the field to slow down. but vettel was able to make up time on his rival by stopping for fresh tyres and when the ferrari driver rejoined, he took the lead from hamilton. with overtaking extremely difficult on this track, vettel held on to claim the chequered flag. with no premier league football this weekend, it was a busy weekend of international friendlies, and a great result for northern ireland. they came from behind

to beat world cup finalists south korea in belfast. the levelled the match thanks to an own goal after a clever 0liver norwood free—kick. then substitute paul smyth scored the winner in the 86th minute, becoming the first northern ireland player to score on his debut since george mccartney against iceland in 2001. i mean, i am getting used to it. scoring on my debut. it was a great feeling out there in front of all the crowd, and they bring great support every single home game. i just thought i would embrace the moment, take it by the hand and go out there, try to work as much as i can come as usual but i enjoyed every minute of it. saracens are up to second in rugby union's premiership after a 211—11 win over harlequins in the first—ever premiership match at the london stadium. with several players back in club action after the six nations, two returning stars made all the difference for saracens. wales wing liam williams and england back—row maro itoje scoring

for the european champions. in the pro1li, cardiff blues stepped closer to sealing a play—off spot with victory over ulster, who themselves now face a tricky task of reaching the post—season matches. the blues ran in four tries to secure a 35—17 bonus point win. british number one kyle edmund is out of the miami 0pen, losing a tight second round match to young american frances tiafoe in three sets. the australian open semifinalist saved five match points in the final set, but couldn't deny the world number 63 victory. and roger federer was out of action in miami as well and that is the last we will see him untiljune. he knows how to pace himself these days. and he can still step up for the big tournaments. we will look out for further developments on the cricket story later today as well. today marks 100 years since

the death of a remarkable figure, yet it is one you may never have heard of. u nless unless you were watching a programme yesterday when we spoke about in with dan walker, who was following the story as well. it is genuinely an untold story in many ways. walter tull was one of english football's first black players and the first black person to serve as an officer in the british army. now there are moves for him to gain more public recognition. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway looks back at his life. they gave their lives for freedom. like so many of the fallen, walter tull's name is inscribed here in northern france as a lasting memorial, but his story goes beyond his duty as britain's first black army officer, given he was one of english football's first black players. a sporting career took walter tull to tottenham hotspur, and then on to northampton town. the great war intervened and set him on a radically different path. both walter's parents died

by the time he was nine. he grew up in an orphanage, overcoming racism and poverty en route to first—team football and an army commission. walter's name is listed at arras as an officer, in spite of military law at the time, which stated such men must only be white. he was killed just south of the french town. over 125 mps have now written to the prime minister asking her to intervene over the military cross that was recommended to walter tull but never awarded. after 100 years, he might finally be receiving the national recognition he deserves. richard conway, bbc news. phil vasili, walter tull's biographer joins us now. good morning. good morning. what agro —— good morning. good morning. what agro -- what an extraordinary story and an extra ordinary man, how did

you come across? i was doing research into the history of black footballers and there was one line in an encyclopaedia about, as it said in the language of the time, "coloured players". he played for spurs and i'm a spurs fan and i thought, "i have not heard of this guy"- thought, "i have not heard of this guy". a black playerfrom spurs, anyway. the more i kind of looked into him, the more incredible his story was. and that... itjust kind of captivated me, really because i thought his story needs to be told. tell us a bit about his career. how was he picked up eventually to be given a career in professional football? well, it is... he had earlier bits, and incredible actions by ordinary human beings. water kind of embodies that, really because he was playing for an orphanage

football tea m was playing for an orphanage football team and then in the 1908-1909 football team and then in the 1908—1909 season, hejoined one of the top amateur clubs in the country and never played on a losing side, won the amateur cup and the london cou nty won the amateur cup and the london county cup and the london senior cup and then by the end of the season, he was on a tour to south america with spurs. so by all accounts, really, he is the first black professional to play in latin america as well. going from bethnal green on a boat to south america. to what extent have you been able to find out the kind of reception, or to put it another way, of uc had to put up with given he was such a trailblazer? yeah, and in that area as well, because in one match against bristol, the abuse was so bad that the reporter, the match report was headlined, football and the colour prejudice. that was the first time i'd ever seen a report

that acknowledged racial abuse at a football match. it was so bad about the reporter said walter tull is so clea n the reporter said walter tull is so clean in mind and method as to be a model for all men who play football. so it made him play better. and not just a leader on the pitch but a leader in the army as well, which again was very unusual at the time. well, it was against army rules. men of colour were prohibited from becoming officers. they were not... there was a kind of informal connor barth operating at the time. so it was incredible but hejoined barth operating at the time. so it was incredible but he joined a footballers battalion, so hejoined people that knew him, or people who knew of him. so he was among kind of fellow footballers. so it was not that he had to prove himself as a man of colour all the time. a very striking an hour. he could have been

a film star, could have done anything. by the sounds of it. but the cultural challenge can hardly be overstated in terms of his role in the army because at that time, the kind of instinct that were commonly held around race were incredibly profound. yes, the military manuals said that officers had to be of pure european descent because the belief was that white soldiers would not accept officers who were men of colour and it would be bad for morale but that is the great thing about walter, because he was judged by his actions and those actions proved that men would accept orders from him and theyjudged on his character. it was a civilian army, with people that were formerly minors, factory workers, and when you are on the front line, the colour of your skin does not matter. —— formally minor macros. it was all

about whether you could trust another man to save your life out on the battlefield. water had great leadership qualities, he was a good soldier and theyjudged leadership qualities, he was a good soldier and they judged on leadership qualities, he was a good soldier and theyjudged on his qualities. fascinating. thank you for joining qualities. fascinating. thank you forjoining us. qualities. fascinating. thank you for joining us. one qualities. fascinating. thank you forjoining us. one of those things, in fact yesterday, we were saying, it isa in fact yesterday, we were saying, it is a story that could be made into a film and people got in touch to say there's been a documentary and a dramatisation of his life as well. you can check those out on a video sharing website. almost got there with your carefully worded sentence! good morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning. more than 3,000 places on midwifery training courses are to be created over the next four years in england as part of plans to meet nhs staffing demands. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the us to demand stricter gun laws — led by survivors of the mass shooting at a school in florida last month which killed 17 people. this is where we say goodbye to chris.

he's off to read the news on the andrew marr show. now here's simon with a last look at this morning's weather. lovely to have had you here with us. although the cold sunlight, beautiful morning for some. yes, got into british summer time, spring has sprung and while today it might feel like spring with some sunshine and light winds, as we go into next week, things will turn a bit colder. we will get that in a moment but look at the sunshine in east yorkshire now, further south, not quite as funny, more cloud and in the isle of wight, well, you can start to see a bit of clear sky coming through beneath some cloudy skies. you can see from the satellite imagery where the cloud is across the south and east. further north and west, the best of the clear skies and the sunshine. also where it is most chilly first thing this morning. today, cloud across england and wales will gradually

move away and you will get some brighter skies eventually coming through across parts of the south—east. further north and west, sunshine continuing. 0ne south—east. further north and west, sunshine continuing. one or two showers across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england perhaps, with light wind, temperature is getting up into double figures, feeling quite springlike. through this evening and tonight, with clear skies for scotla nd tonight, with clear skies for scotland and northern ireland, a bit ofa scotland and northern ireland, a bit of a frost will develop. look at the blue, temperatures below freezing, starting to take hold across the uk. further south and east, temperatures just staying above freezing, 2—4 but elsewhere, certainly waking up on monday to a cold start. as we go through the week, we're going to see a bit ofa through the week, we're going to see a bit of a battle going on, cold air coming in from scandinavia, mainly affected northern areas. less cold air is still with you across the south coming in from the south—west. where those two air masses meat is where we will start to see a bit of snow. but on monday, cold and frosty for many but lots of sunshine to start the day, cloud increasing from

the west and with that, outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, into the south west of scotland, west wales and the south—west of england. by wales and the south—west of england. by monday, temperatures in double figures, ten or 11 but as we go through into tuesday, that is when we start to see the low—pressure moving in, bringing outbreaks of heavy rain but this is going to be the boundary, really, the cold air to the north and the less cold air in the south. we might start to see a bit of snow falling over higher ground on the north—east of scotland. further south with sunny spells or one or two showers, temperatures still in double figures but a big difference in aberdeenshire, temperatures down by five or six celsius. 0n aberdeenshire, temperatures down by five or six celsius. on wednesday, increasing chance of snow mainly on higher ground of scotland, and even northern areas of england, the pennines will have a bit of snow. further south, showers moving in which could be quite heavy, sunny spells in between, temperatures in the south—east up to double figures but pretty chilly further north and as we go towards easter, a mixture

of some colder in the north, some snow and mild air towards the south. when you hear the words beach and volleyball, you picture sun—kissed sands and a pleasant heat to match — but for scottish volleyballers the reality couldn't be more different. training at edinburgh's portobello beach, they've had to contend with freezing temperatures and howling winds. our very own mike bushell has been along to see how they've coped ahead of their journey to australia for next month's commonwealth games. which the views out which to sea may be the same, but that's where any comparisons end between gold coast, australia, and edinburgh's portobello beach on a freezing winter's day.

it's raw, really raw, isn't it? the wind blows off the north sea, it's a couple of degrees, there's snow forecast, and every time the ball hits your hands, it stings that little bit more. but i tell you what, if you can play here, surely you can play anywhere. and this is what team scotland are relying on as their secret weapon, as they chase a medal, and their dreams, which are built on real sand. we could go to the gold coast and it could be really windy, so this will put us in good stead for that. it helps you mentally. it gives you a good chance to fight through conditions, and we love it. we love it. lyn and melissa have been training here virtually every day, even in the dark, using nearby street lights, because they want to make the most of beach volleyball making its debut at the commonwealth games and the difference it has already made to their sport. oh, it's huge. it's absolutely transformed the sport already in scotland and it will only get bigger.

we have permanent nets here. we have never had them in scotland before. however, on about ten occasions, the sand has been frozen solid, and so a local farmer has come to the rescue. the farmer, who wants to remain anonymous, has replaced grains of wheat with grains of sand. oh, it's made a huge difference. we were just saying yesterday we feel so much better about training because we know can guarantee we can come here and we do not have to rely on the weather. the sand is the same and it is very good quality. we know it is good preparation for the gold coast from that point of view. teamwork is crucial in beach volleyball, especially at these games, where lyn and melissa will be out to beat players who are normally their team—mates. for any athlete, playing at a multisport games is the pinnacle of their career. i had the honour of representing great britain at the london 0lympics.

but to represent team scotland at the commonwealth games it is a special moment, and something we are really excited about. and lots of luck to them. long—lost photographs, letters and diaries belonging to the 1930s and ‘aos entertainer george formby have been discovered in an old filing cabinet during an office clearance in lancashire. we'll speak to the man who found the haul in a moment, but first, let's look back at some of george's finest music hall moments. # every year when summer comes around #0ff around # off to the cia go # off to the cia go # i don't care if i do spend a pound # i don't care if i do spend a pound # i'm rather rash, i know # i'm rather rash, i know # see me dressed like all the sports # see me dressed like all the sports #inmy # see me dressed like all the sports

# in my blazer and a pair of shorts # in my blazer and a pair of shorts # with my little sticker blackpool rock # have you ever heard one, have you? # have you ever heard one, have you? # thisl # thisl #a # thisl # a crowd outside the bakers in town # a crowd outside the bakers in town # watch the window and make me frown # watch the window and make me frown # down the hole for the coal # down the hole for the coal # i'm going down the hole to get the coal # with my meat and gravy cant # with my meat and gravy cant #my # with my meat and gravy cant # my little bundle in my hand # my little bundle in my hand # i'm going down the old coal hole. # we're now joined by scott felton, who found the items, and andy eastwood, a musician and george formby fan who has brought george's last ever ukulele with him. yes, indeed, there it is. we will come to that in a moment. first, scott, tell us about the suitcase, how you found it and what you discovered inside. we were doing an office clearance of a family business in preston, we do a lot of office clearances, mostly store but one of the jobs we got wednesday

morning was to clear this office out so we morning was to clear this office out so we went in there. there were cabinets, cupboards, etc and as we brought all the furniture back, one of the cupboards we opened up, stumbled across a couple of pictures. i thought i would have a look later, thought it wasjust some pictures of george formby. then i started going through it all and looking on the internet to see what it was all about and realised there we re it was all about and realised there were some fantastic personal items of george's wife, his fiancee, personal diaries, there's even a letter from whitehall. it is amazing, basically somebody‘s life in an old box, isn't it? did you call andy? i put it on social media, i thought it was a way to advertise it, and! i thought it was a way to advertise it, and i think i got various people sending me messages and then andy phoned me up and we met up and andy has gone through it. did you open it up has gone through it. did you open it up andjust go...? has gone through it. did you open it up and just go. . . ? yeah, it was amazing because it's like a time capsule. this is stuff from just

before george died. he got engaged toa before george died. he got engaged to a lady called pat howson and desist from her belongings. so it belongs to her rather than him? she had all these things when he died. take us through the things that excited you. this is george's wife's passport, his mother—in—law‘s passport. this is his wife when she was young. picture i've never seen before from the 1920s. stunning. isn't that marvellous? and as a young lady, an amazing thing. and there are letters here, there's a letter from the king and there are letters here, there's a letterfrom the king and queen, you know, the king and queen enjoyed your film, know, the king and queen enjoyed yourfilm, all know, the king and queen enjoyed your film, all that kind know, the king and queen enjoyed yourfilm, all that kind of thing. amazing personal stuff. it is like treasure. yeah, but does it tell us anything we did not know about george formby‘s life perhaps? anything we did not know about george formby's life perhaps?m made it when we read through because we have got some diaries of his fiancee hears as well. when his wife died, she was very much —— he was very much lost because she handled his career. she was quite a dominant

figure. yeah, and incredible business moment but when she died, he was very lost and he panicked and got engaged to another lady because he... needed another woman in his life! absolutely, she done everything for him but the stress, three weeks later, he was gone. the 1961 diary, itjust says, rip, george cronje. scott, how much did you know about george formby? bits and pieces because my grandfather was a and pieces because my grandfather wasa fan and pieces because my grandfather was a fan and georges to go into my great—grandfather's yard in blackpool so he used to chat to him so blackpool so he used to chat to him sol blackpool so he used to chat to him so i picked up a bit and then i was looking at the internet and andy came across and expired a reading. is this a little treasure trove for you? is is this a little treasure trove for you ? is it is this a little treasure trove for you? is it finders, keepers in this business because people will be interested in this and it will have a monetary value? yes, it was obviously purchased with all the furniture so ijust want everyone to see it and it's fantastic, like with the letter, i believe the queen was a big fan of george, and i would

love her to see it, and everybody, hence this. it is in good hands, if someone hence this. it is in good hands, if someone like andy can get it to be interested people. take us to the ukelele banjo. 0ver interested people. take us to the ukelele banjo. over to you and feel free to give us a little tune. this is the last one he played on tv. # i'm leaning on a lamp post at the corner of the street #in corner of the street # in case a certain little lady comes by # 0h, me, oh, my # 0h, me, oh, my # i hopea # 0h, me, oh, my # i hope a little lady comes by. # yes! brilliant. what a thing of beauty. and he was a fabulous communicator, wasn't he? wonderful and in the war years, he kept everybody happy, that is why he became a national treasure. thank you so much for bringing that in, andi you so much for bringing that in, and i want you to play us out. play and i want you to play us out. play a few more. while he plays, you carry on. that's all we've got time for today. dan and louise will be here from six tomorrow morning. until then, enjoy the

rest of your weekend. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9am. an extra 3000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. borisjohnson describes claims that vote leave broke electoral spending rules during the eu referendum as utterly ludicrous. a church service will be held in southern france in memory of the four people killed in friday's attacks by an islamist gunman. also in the next hour: is this australian cricket's darkest hour? after the ball—tampering controversy there are calls for australian captain steve smith to be sacked. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. this morning's reviewers are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator,