hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin jewish leaders mount a searing attack onjeremy corbyn's handling of anti—semitism in the labour party. in an open letter they accuse him of siding with anti—semites, mr corbyn says he's sincerely sorry for cases that have ocurred in labour and stresses the party is anti—racist. good morning, it's monday the 26th of march. also this morning: the adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims she had an affair with donald trump, tells us tv she was threatened with violence to keep quiet about the encounter. a guy walk upon me, and said to me,

"leave tronc alone, forget the story", then he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said," a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mum" in sport, the crisis engulfing australian cricket continues after their captain steve smith admits to cheating, he's booed as they slump to a heavy defeat in south africa. good morning. we're about to find out the value of the music streaming service spotify. i'll be looking at how it's revolutionised the music business. also, what can be done to help more than 150,000 teenagers who failed their maths gcse last year? in the latest of our reports on improving numeracy, we join the special classes for pupils facing compulsory re—takes. and carol has the weather. good morning from stjames‘ park in london, and the reason i'm here is because bbc get inspired is working in conjunction with public health england to relaunch couch for 5k, for those of us more familiar with

the couch than running and the weather today, not bad, the couch than running and the weathertoday, not bad, cold the couch than running and the weather today, not bad, cold start, some frost around, sunshine first thing but cloud building in from the west followed by some rain. more details in 15 minutes. carol, thank you very much, see you then. jeremy corbyn has apologised for what he called pockets of anti—semitism in his party and said he would not tolerate any form of it. his apology comes asjewish leaders accused the labour leader of repeatedly siding with anti—semites. in a statement released last night, jeremy corbyn said: joining us now from westminster is our political correspondent alex forsyth. good morning, alex. this is something jeremy corbyn has obviously addressed but it will be a big story today and maybe for the next few days? and that's largely because of this letter issued by two

very prominentjewish groups, the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council and its highly critical of the approach the labour leadership has taken in tackling anti—semitism and it's directly aimed atjeremy corbyn and it accuses him of issuing empty state m e nts accuses him of issuing empty statements opposing anti—semitism but not doing enough to understand the issue. it says: it goes on to say enough is enough and there will be this protest outside parliament today while labour mps outside parliament today while labourmps are outside parliament today while labour mps are meeting. the latest i’ow labour mps are meeting. the latest row stems from a facebook post jeremy corbyn put up back in 2012 when he seemed to support what was an offensive mural. he later clarified his position. we've had a strong statement from him condemning all forms of anti—semitism, but the question is will that be enough to

quash this issue? thanks, alex. we'll be speaking to one of the groups that wrote the open letter to jeremy corbyn later in the programme at 6:40am. the american adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet about the alleged sexual relationship. she said she had sex with mr trump on one occasion, during a celebrity golf tournament in california in 2006, a year after mr trump and his wife melania got married. our north america correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. how do we know you're telling the truth? ‘cause i have no reason to lie, you know, iam not getting paid to be here. you had sex with him? yeah. now more than ever, american politics in the era of trump resembles reality television. you were 27 and he was 60, were you physically attracted to him? no. not at all. no. did you want to have sex with him? no. but i didn't say no, i'm not a victim. i'm not... it was entirely consensual. oh yes. five years later, stormy daniels

was trying to sell her story when she says she was threatened in a las vegas carpark along with her daughter. i was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter, taking the seats facing backwards in the back seat and diaper bag — you know — getting all the stuff out and a guy walked up on me and said to me, "leave trump alone, forget the story." then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said "a beautiful little girl it would be a shame if something happened mr trump's lawyer denies threatening stormy daniels and the president himself returned to washington from a weekend in florida without his

wife. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. at least 37 people have died and dozens are stills missing, including many children, after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in siberia. the blaze started on an upper floor of the shopping complex while many of the victims were in cinema halls. our correspondent andrew plant reports. a fire on the fourth floor. this shopping centre surrounded by firefighters searching for survivors, trying to reach upperfloor windows, fighting the smoke billowing outside. the fire started here on sunday. dozens were evacuated, but it was clear dozens more were missing, many of them children. translation: the area of the fire is about 1500 square metres. at this moment, 288 emergency officers are working on site, as well as 62 units of equipment and an airbourne grouping are taking part in the search and rescue operation. we are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. the shopping centre has a very

complex construction. there is a lot of combustible materials. people gathered to stand and stare as the fire unfolded. witnesses said it trapped people on the upper floors, and said some had jumped from windows to try to escape from the flames. an industrial city of more than half a million, it is one of russia's biggest coal producing regions, more than 2,000 kilometres east of moscow. already there are reports the fire began near a cinema and children's entertainment centre. president putin has a ready sent his condolences to friends and family of the victims. authorities say a criminal investigation will now begin to try to find out what caused the fire. andrew plant, bbc news. for the first time, british nationals made up the majority of reported modern slavery and trafficking victims in the uk, according to the national crime agency. more than 5,000 cases were identified last year by the authorities and over 800 of them were british. the number of children thought to be involved

rose by two—thirds. the home office says greater awareness and improved understanding of modern slavery are helping to identify potential victims. children in the north of england are more likely to go to poor schools and leave education earlier than their southern counterparts. that's according to a report by the children's commissioner, anne longfield. the department for education said that more than £3 billion was being invested in projects to boost the northern economy, but the comissioner says northern students still face a disadvantage. i'm worried about children living in disadvantage anywhere in the country, but there's a disproportionate number living in those areas of entrenched disadvantage in the north. they haven't had attention, they haven't had the focus, the national focus and the backing they need. those with responsibilities in the

north absolutely want to make that happen but they need the backing and the will of whitehall behind them. the grade 0ne—listed mansion wentworth woodhouse, which stood in for buckingham palace in the film darkest hour, is to be brought back to its former grandeur at a cost of £200 million. the charitable trust in charge of restoring the mansion in south yorkshire have already started repairs on the four acre roof, but say it could be 20 years before renovations are complete. did we speak about sausage dogs last week? are we speaking about them ain? week? are we speaking about them again? we are! they are out again! hundreds of sausage dogs have gathered on perranporth beach in cornwall to sniff out a record. we've all heard of 101 dalmations, but this is the story of 501 dachshunds. a group of canine lovers organised sausage fest to try and better an attempt where 500 of the breed met on a beach in south wales last year. the long and the short of this story is that there was so much interest in smashing the welsh record that in total,

no less than 601 sausage dogs were counted on the cornish sands. there was a meet up only ten days ago. did they indeed! they know how to eat their scorns with jam first and they now hold the record for sausage and they now hold the record for sausage dogs —— scones. and they now hold the record for sausage dogs -- scones. you're talking about the german again! people of cornwall, we are friends! —— the german. we are going to speak tojohn first of all about the sport. only now is the enormity of what happened really sinking in. they say the australian critic captain is the second biggest job in australia after the prime minister, so steve smith admitting to cheating puts him directly in the firing line —— cricket captain. to cheating puts him directly in the firing line -- cricket captain. lots of people have been charged with ball tampering, be on the first people to do it, but the circumstances around it —— they're

not the first people to do it. they put sticky tape on the ball to make it harder to bat against. that's against the rules. what makes it harder is they were spotted on camera on the pitch. there's 30 cameras there. the umpire had a chat to him and then he hid the implement down his trousers, saying he was doing something to his sunglasses. do they get checked for things like sticky tape before they go on? clearly not, he hid it in his trousers, the umpires aren't going to be foraging there to try to find it. all of these things have been exercising my mind! it's the sense of perception and in australia at the moment, the australian papers have put the boot in, we will show you the reaction of the british press as well today, but he's in the firing line and can he keep hold of hisjob after admitting firing line and can he keep hold of his job after admitting to something

like this? certainly doesn't reflect well on the game. no. it's been one of the worst weekends in australian cricketing history, and the sense of ill feeling illuistrated by the reaction smith received as he came out to bat. have a listen to this. booing booed onto the field in cape town, then he was out forjust seven runs as australia were bowled out for 107 in their second innings, losing by 322 runs. and with crickert australia investigating we wait to see who else was involved. meanwhile, it hasn't been the best of weeks for english cricket either, bowled out for 58 in their first innings, new zealand requirejust four more in the second innings to win the aukland test ben stokes showing some resistance at least on the final day. britain's johanna konta will face venus williams for a place in the miami 0pen quarterfinals.

konta's looking to defend the title she won last year, she secured her place in the last 16 by beating belgium's elise mertens. and ronnie 0'sullivan beat shaun murphy in the players championship to claim a joint—record fifth title of the season. he's nowjust three short of stephen hendry‘s record of 38. when it comes to breaking records, he's pretty good at it, the old rocket, rocket ronnie. he knows what he's doing. we will be talking about the cricket through the morning, that's a story that will run and run. also the way they have the press c0 nfe re nce run. also the way they have the press conference straight afterwards. they just came press conference straight afterwards. theyjust came clean. lots of people asking whether they did the right thing, they were caught and they admitted it, but what options did they have? cricket australia are investigating and they will return their findings by the end of the week so interesting to see what comes out of that report. and cameron bancroft hasn't been around for that long, some people say they felt they threw him under the bus a little bit. plenty to talk about! it's not a conversation that

will be over quickly, is it? 0n the front page of the times, aussie captain steve smith, asjohn was saying, the man with the second most important job in was saying, the man with the second most importantjob in australia behind the prime minister. hunt urges 10—year deal to fix the crazy nhs budget is the front page of the times. the telegraph talking about jeremy corbyn, as we mentioned in oui’ jeremy corbyn, as we mentioned in our news bulletin, and england raise eyebrows as cricket cheating furore rocks australian cricket. and the palm sunday procession yesterday. here is the front page of the guardian, students from a school in florida where17 people were shot dead last month, sharing the stage at the march four hour lives rally. —— march for our lives. at the march four hour lives rally. -- march for our lives. and in the

daily mail, they are talking about hedge funds is, a hedge fund bidding to make a killing from the sale of the firm which makes spitfires. and stormy daniels on the front page of the daily mail and the daily express. and hollywood stars lining up express. and hollywood stars lining up to boost takeaway‘s usa finale. they are bringing in stars to try and jazz up the final episode of the series, a couple of weeks away. on the front page of the business section of the daily telegraph, you might have seen this yesterday. fresh fears over house of fraser. they were going to have fresh investment, but because of their debt that has been cancelled. two bits of fruit news. the avocado has been quite popular, and the pineapple is set to take over as favourite fruit, partly because of a renaissance in the common pineapple

pizza. which i thought had gone way out of fashion! we have already talked about hot pineapple and jam, and now pizza. no! you can't rule out discussion, we won't have a dictatorship around here. he is the driving force behind it. do you like bananas, though, louise? there is a new invention, and i have not got the details, but it can slow down the details, but it can slow down the ripening process. that would be good. but when they go brown, you make banana bread! banana everything. i would rather have a pineapple. it could stop 250 million pineapples from going bad every year. and stuart broad has been asked about it, and he expresses surprise. australia comfortably beat

england in the ashes, but smith said yesterday this was the first time they had ever done it, so you can imagine there are questions being asked as to whether or not they think it has happened in other matches. stuart broad was asked about that. on the back of the daily express they call it shameful, and that picture is cameron bancroft with that bit of tape, which has the dust, which he put down the front of his trousers. and on the back of the mirror, steve smith with the headline clown under. 10% of brits said they would happily live in a shared it meant they could save a deposit for a house —— live in a shed. 6% said they would do the full harry potter and live in a cabin under the stairs, according to a new survey. as long as you can lie down flat, that is all you want. that would be quite a big shed for you.

is actually out there? it is a little bit chilly. we have sent carol to st james's park. she is there to encourage us to ditch the sofa and get outside for a bit of exercise. well, it is the relaunch of the couch to 5k, and to many of us are still in active. it is and initiative shared by the bbc, and i have done it myself. it is brilliant, if you had asked me two yea rs brilliant, if you had asked me two years ago if i would like to run, i would have said an emphatic no thank you. but now i love running. what you. but now i love running. what you do is, you download the app, look at it, and it takes you through

step by step. there are five personalities who will lead you through and encourage you going through and encourage you going through it. you can see as you warm up, you walk briskly for five minutes, and in the first week you walk for a further minutes, then run for another minutes, then walk for another minute, and it takes you steadily through for the following five weeks, until you can run five kilometres, depending on your speed. if you are going to do that, the weather is not that today. many of us weather is not that today. many of us will be dry and the later, but the weather this week is turning colder. for some of us there will be rain at times, for others there will be some snow, especially the hills and especially in the hills of the north. as we go through the morning, it isa north. as we go through the morning, it is a cold and frosty start. there will be some sunshine, some cloud first thing, but the cloud will be building in from the west as we go through the course of the day, with some rain eventually getting into western areas. initially across northern ireland. by the time we get to the afternoon, you can see how the cloud is continuing to build

across south—west england, in through wales, the rain already in northern ireland, the cloud continuing to build across western scotland, with showers in the north—east of scotland. at across eastern areas, we are still dry. in the sunshine, that it hazy. temperature—wise, we are not in bad shape. this is the start of british summertime, which happened yesterday, and temperatures up to about 12 or 13 yesterday, and temperatures up to about 12 or13 in yesterday, and temperatures up to about 12 or 13 in southern england. as we head through the evening and overnight, that process of the cloud building ahead of the weather front, bringing the rain, continues. the weather front bringing the rain will be moving east and north eastwards, taking its rain with it. as a result of all this cloud and rain, it will not be a cold night. again we are generally looking at about three to about eight celsius. not as cold start to the day as it is across most of the uk this morning. tomorrow the process of that rain continues. again the rain will eventually clear most eastern areas, but will become ensconced across the

north and north—east of scotland. here also we could see some sleet, as we could across the northern hills of england, and also some snow, especially on the high ground in scotland. temperatures as a result are a little bit lower. then as we head on through the night and into wednesday, we have our rain and some snow across the far north of scotland. we have a weather front which is crossing southern england and will take some heavy rain as it does so. kind that we have further showers coming in across the west, some of which will be heavy. temperatures again, for most of us, are going to come down. as we go through the rest of the week, the trend is for it to turn that bit colder than it has been, certainly over the course of the weekend. for some there is the risk of some rain, and some snow and hail as we head on through the course of the rest of the week. so quite unsettled, quite mixed as we go through the week. so quite unsettled, quite mixed as we go through the the week. so quite unsettled, quite mixed as we go through the next the week. so quite unsettled, quite mixed as we go through the next few days. thank you very much, and we are looking forward to hearing more

about the couch to 5k throughout the morning as well. thank you very much. looks beautiful in st james's park this morning. almost a third of teenagers in england failed their maths gcse last summer, but today the government is calling for a push to open more specialist maths schools to try to change that. pupils who fail maths in england have to keep studying the subject until they are 19, but most never gain a pass. as part of our maths series, brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at an apprenticeship training centre in manchester to try to find out why. good morning to you. we are in middleton, in manchester, this morning. this facility provides training and logistics for the transport industry, e—commerce factories, that sort of thing. so why are we here if we are talking about maths gcses? here is the thing. these apprentices don't have too reset their gcse if they don't pass it, unlike everyone else, 16 to

i9, pass it, unlike everyone else, 16 to 19, who is in full—time education in england. they have to reset and keep trying until they either pass or reach the age of 19. so is that a goodidea? reach the age of 19. so is that a good idea? what effect does that have on those pupils, those teachers, and those colleges, where there are people who are just not that great at maths? i have been finding out. so if you are doing pi r squared... i got so if you are doing pi r squared... igota d. so if you are doing pi r squared... igotad.i so if you are doing pi r squared... igota d. igot so if you are doing pi r squared... i got a d. i got one, which i think is the lowest. not the results they wanted, so the students at the city of liverpool college will all be resetting their maths gcse. just keep doing it and doing it, it does get stressful. since 2014 in england, reta kes have get stressful. since 2014 in england, retakes have been compulsory in maths and english for pupils not getting a c, or a four

under the new marking system. those in full—time education have to keep trying until they are 19.|j in full—time education have to keep trying untilthey are 19. i think it is demoralising for a lot of stu d e nts is demoralising for a lot of students as well to have this reset the same qualification again and again. iam the same qualification again and again. i am all for people continue to do maths, whether that be gcse, necessarily, i don't agree with.|j think you need it in later life, so i think even though we don't like doing it now, i think it will benefit us. unless the person needs it, for instance, for their course of theircareer it, for instance, for their course of their career choice in life, i don't think they should be forced to make forced to take it if they don't want. catherine is trying a new teaching method called maths in context. the students are enjoying it, but the retake odds are stacked against them. if you look back at the number of pupils in england who have the retake their maths gcse each year, around 160,000, the vast majority, more than 80%, never pass. which begs the question, what is the point? well, the point is that there

are significant earning premiums for those young people that do have a good pass in gcse maths, and of course it will take time for further education colleges to adapt their teaching to ensure that more young people get a good pass. the government is today inviting applications to set up more schools like this. the king's college london mathematic school as a centre of excellence for six performers. more than £100 million of investment was announced by the government last yearfor announced by the government last year for the study of maths at a level. if a third of gcse students, approximately, are not getting what is considered a pass, shouldn't that bea is considered a pass, shouldn't that be a priority? it is also a key priority. we need more people with advanced maths in a modern economy. isa advanced maths in a modern economy. is a good enough that a third of stu d e nts is a good enough that a third of students are not getting a pass? well, it is never good enough, and there is every chance of reaching theirfull there is every chance of reaching their full potential. we are raising expectations. if at first they don't succeed, try and try again. it is

not an option, it is compulsory. compulsory that is for those in full—time education. for the apprentices here, it is not compulsory. jane, you are a maths specialist and you help to teach maths in the workplace. is it right that people should have to retake the edge gcse if they don't pass? depends culliver our students, the functional skills are relevant. everything links with the jobs they are going to do, so i think for a lot of people gcse has become a little bit abstract, so that they can't see where pythagoras's theorem, where does that fit into my life? whereas they understand putting down flooring and painting places. tell us about the functional skills, how does that work? functional skills is basically real life. everything links to real life, so it is things you do normally, it is working out car emissions,

working out distances, if someone is going at a certain speed, going on motorways and ordinary roads. so it is all the things they learn in school, but in a different way. it is done so it fits with your life, so if you understand why you are doing it, then you do it. and it fits with work. i will have a quick chat with daniel. now, you didn't do gcse maths, but does that bother you? do you mind? no, not really. how important is maths in the workplace, as far as you are concerned? well, gcse, not really. but you do need some sort of maths. and do you find you're getting that level of construction which you need? yes, definitely. and your forklift truck deals are very good. it is an interesting debate as to whether forcing people to it is an interesting debate as to whetherforcing people to reset their gcse in england is the right approach. in scotland, a slightly different system, and in wales they

don't have the need to reset gcse maths. so it kind of fairies a little bit around the uk —— resit. and students being trained up for future careers in many different areas. and you are studying yourself, you even admitted not quite putting enough hours in. yes, iam quite putting enough hours in. yes, i am struggling a bit, and i need to knuckle down. as you say, i am doing my gcse, along with naga and jane as well, and i need to knuckle down a little bit more if i want to get a good grade. so no excuses. each is if you watch regularly, you will know we want you to get involved in our maths series, too, and we have been setting you challenges to work out at home. well, get your pen and paper ready, because it is time for today's quiz.

we will bring you the answer and the workings—out a little later on the programme. and we will put that on our social media posts as well, you can find that on twitter and facebook. normally when we go to the news, we have a sip of our tea. i have something else to drink mine out of today. i shall be using the sport relief trophy, victory over itv!|j have not given un official congratulations and welcome back. i did say if you didn't wind, i wouldn't let you back on the sofa. you are only half serious, won't you? that you are only half serious, won't you ? that is you are only half serious, won't you? that is a magnificent trophy —— didn't win. we won't brag about it too much, don't worry. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning to you from bbc london

news, i'm alpa patel. police are appealing for information after two sisters from lambeth went missing at the weekend. nine—year—old lee wallace disappeared on saturday and her 15—year—old sister ashara went missing on friday. the metropolitan police have described the sisters as vulnerable and believe they are together despite vanishing on separate days. environmentalists say and invasive plant species is threatening wildlife on the river thames as well as lakes and ponds around the capital. reports of floating penny ward has reached a record high. 50 tons was removed from the river last year. a campaign has been launched to encourage voters to check, clean and rider equipment to avoid the species from spreading. the government has announced a change in the law to help businesses affected by terror attacks. an amendment in the house of commons will allow businesses to make

insurance claims even if their property hasn't been directly damaged, for example if a business is closed because it's within the police cordon. let's have a look at the travel news for you and a good service so far on the chooks across all lines this morning. 0nto the roads, this is how it's looking on the eighth world, on the northside of the blackwall tunnel, usual travel building up —— a12. further out a broken down rory is causing problems through romford, blocking one lane. in croydon, south bridge road is closed westbound for emergency gas repairs. the chelsea embankment is still closed westbound for gas main work between chelsea bridge road and both all straight. let's have let's have a let's have a look let's have a look at let's have a look at the let's have a look at the weather let's have a look at the weather with sarah thornton. good morning. a mixed start this morning, all dry but we have low cloud around here and there and in the central london it's not as cold

a star as it is towards our suburbs, where here it's a chilly start with temperatures not much above freezing for some. a fine day ahead, lots of sunshine this morning the dejan elise. through the afternoon, more high cloud pushing in from the west, sunshine will turn hazy. we will stay dry through the day today and in the best of the spring sunshine, temperatures very nice indeed, 13, 55 in fahrenheit. that high cloud is the precursor to some rain pushing in as we go through the night, cloud thickening up, the rain pushing in in the early hours of tomorrow morning, the winds picking up too and some of the rain could be quite heavy, i have to tell you, but the temperatures will hold up at around seven. it's going to be a wet and windy start to your tuesday, though. through the day that will all clear away, so brightening up later, but for the middle part of the week low pressure very much in control of our weather so another wet and windy speu weather so another wet and windy spell on wednesday that could feel

quite chilly as well. as we head towards easter weekend, some u nsettled towards easter weekend, some unsettled weather around but the temperatures typically will recover. bye— bye. that's it from us for now. plenty more on our website at the usual address. i'll be back in half an hour but now, back to louise and dan. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll be hearing from a boy with autism who's been awarded more than £40,000 in compensation from the scouts. as the critically—acclaimed series hospital returns, we'll take you behind the scenes at one hospital as they struggled to cope with this year's winter health crisis. light up, light up, as if you have a choice... snow patrol‘s gary and johnny will be here to talk about their first new album in seven years

after a break writing songs for ed sheeran, taylor swift and pink. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. jewish leaders have accused jeremy corbyn of repeatedly siding with anti—semites. in an open letter, the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council say mr corbyn is repeatedly found alongside people with blatantly anti—semitic views. in a statement last night, the labour leader said: the american adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet about the alleged relationship. she said the affair took place in california in 2006, a year after mr trump and his wife melania got married. the actor gave her first televised interview on american broadcaster cbs. at least 48 people have died and many are still missing

after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in siberia. the blaze started on an upper floor of the shopping complex while many of the victims were in cinema halls. a further 27 people are missing and as many as 41 children may be among the victims, according to russian officials. for the first time, british nationals made up the majority of reported modern slavery and trafficking victims in the uk, according to the national crime agency. more than 5,000 cases were identified last year by the authorities and over 800 of them were british. the number of children thought to be involved rose by two—thirds. the home office says greater awareness and improved understanding of modern slavery are helping to identify potential victims. the former separatist leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, is due in court in germany for extradition proceedings after being detained at the request of spain. his arrest sparked mass

protests in barcelona, where demonstrators clashed with riot police. mr puigdemont has been living in exile since october, when the catalan parliament declared independence from spain following a referendum. an extra £100 million is being shared among councils in england to fund repairs to roads damaged by recent storms, the transport secretary has announced. chris grayling said the money would help patch up nearly two million potholes and protect roads from future severe weather conditions. but the local government association says it's just a small step towards better road maintenance. we've had loads of pictures last week. thank you for those! johnny is here looking at the sport today and dominated by the best batsman in the world —— at the sport today. that's the key thing, he's the best batsman in the world so wide and he relied on his skills as

a batsman to get his team out of bother instead of cheating, which is essentially what he's done, he admitted to cheating, they used to some tape with some dirt to rough up the ball, making it harder to bat against, and changing the condition of the ball is against the rules. they were rumbled essentially. when they were on the field the pictures of cameron bancroft were on the big screens. and australian teammate came out to say he had been rumbled and then he hit the tape in his trousers and he was approached by the umpires and he said he didn't have anything —— an australian teammate. that is what has prompted all of this. so embarrassing, isn't it? we can get to the reaction of this story this morning. pressure is mounting on the australian cricket captain. let's get more reaction now from jacquelin magnay. she writes for the australian newspaper and is in our london newsroom.

your newspaper called it "smith's shame." is the sense in autralia he should lose his job over this? not only sacked as test captain but perhaps his entire cricketing future is on the line, there are calls for him to have quite a lengthy ban not only for steve smith but also anyone else in that room that was involved in the discussion to cheat, and australians are taking it very seriously and we are all appalled at what went on. for australians this isa what went on. for australians this is a day of national shame. prime minister malcolm turnbull said it was beyond belief, why do you think steve smith was so eager to cheat? as we were saying, he's the best test batsman in the world, he has the ability to pull his team out of a spot of difficulty, why were they so eager to cheat in this way? that's the big question, there are questions being raised by some english cricketers, is this something they've been doing, particularly in the ashes, to be able to get reverse swing is a great

advantage for a bowler, in australia they have the best bowling attack in they have the best bowling attack in the world at the moment, so why they needed to resort to these tactics is the big question that everyone is asking. he said this is the first time they've done it, and it was a leadership group, so perhaps four or five players knew this would happen, how far five players knew this would happen, howfarup five players knew this would happen, how far up australian cricket do you think this goes? do you think the head coaches about this plan? steve smith said the head coach didn't know but the question has to be asked, what kind of culture and environment is the head coach overseeing that australia is resorting to such tactics? and also that australia is really on the nose in the cricketing world at the moment, their sledging and behaviour and their aggressiveness has been a little bit questioned in the past and now this has meant that they've got no friends whatsoever. so the question is, what is darren lehmann doing? he hasn't spoken yet. in the coming days he won't be the coach

any more of the team. we wait to see, jacqueline mabait from the australian, thanks for that. cricket australian, thanks for that. cricket australia are investigating and they will deliver their report come the end of the week and interesting that jacqueline seems to think darren lehmann will be out of a job and maybe steve smith will be out of a job as well. huge implications. we will see what happens in the next few days. it is not going much better for england's cricketers in new zealand this morning. remember, this is their first test match since their ashes humiliation, bowled out for just 58 in the first innings. new zealand require just three more wickets on day five to take the first test in auckland. and that is because they have just taken the wicket of ben stokes, the final ball before the dinner break. a bit of a wild slash from stokes. so, with just one more session to play, new zealand just three wickets away from going one up in the series. britain's johanna konta will continue the defence of her miami title later tonight when she takes on venus williams in the fourth round. konta, who's the world number 14, beat belgium's elise mertens in straight sets to reach the last 16.

she's due to face williams around 10pm tonight for a place in the quarterfinals. whenever you're coming up against someone who is such a great champion, it's more looking forward to the opportunity of playing her again. i think it's also being humble in the sense that you are playing such a great player and really just focusing on playing such a great player and reallyjust focusing on yourself. i will go out there and try and execute what i do best, and really try and, yeah, just play the best level that i can. it's set up to be a close finish in the race for the women's super league title as chelsea slipped up against reading. chelsea's 2—2 draw means they're only two points clear at the top and second—placed manchester city have a game in hand. and it seems the pressure's affecting the coaching staff as there were clashes between the chelsea and reading backroom teams after the full—time whistle. the stakes are certainly high! ronnie 0'sullivan's gearing up niceoy for next month's world snooker championship, he comfortably beat shaun murphy in the players championship to claim a joint—record fifth title of the season.

10—4 the score in llandudno. it is 0'sullivan's 33rd ranking title, he's nowjust three short of stephen hendry‘s record. when it comes to silverware, he has a lot, i wonder where he puts the trophies, he racks them up at an alarming rate! he's really quality when he's on form, no one can get anywhere near him! thanks very much, see you later! an 11—year—old boy with autism has received thousands of pounds in compensation after his parents sued the scouts for discrimination. ben gleeson's mum and dad were told he couldn't take part in certain activities. the scout association has said the handling of the case was completely unacceptable and is considering mandatory training for its volunteers. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, has been speaking exclusively to ben and his mother. what's this one, ben? 11—year—old ben gleeson, who has

high functioning autism, loved being a cub scout. that one's campfire one. having been a beaver, hejoined the 10th harpenden swift pack in december, 2015. i like the sitting around the campfire. ata camp, around the campfire. at a camp, ben became distressed and tried to run a short distance from the group. despite discussions with ben's parents, the scouts insisted he didn't take part in certain activities, like athletics, that he was accompanied on others and that he couldn't travel on the scout bus. there was in my view a complete overreaction that made them decide going forward that pretty much every event had to be supervised on a 1-to-1 event had to be supervised on a 1—to—1 basis, which i felt wasn't inclusive with, would single ben out, he would feel different, i felt he didn't need it, he didn't have

this at school. they were sued for breach of privacy and data protection as a result of e—mails and a briefing to parents, which they claimed identified benny and bjorn. the claims were contested, but the gleesons received £42,000 ina contested, but the gleesons received £42,000 in a settlement. the scouts place a high value on inclusion. i'm bear grylls, chief scout, and improving the lives of people disabled by society is one of the issues scouts were taking on with 1 million hands. the scout association said it is committed to inclusion and allgroups, like said it is committed to inclusion and all groups, like this one ben attended, should make reasonable adjustments, for instance allowing children with autism more time to absorb information in order to support them so that they can all access scouting. in a statement, the

scout association ass: ben misses being a cub scout. a bit sad. why? because i enjoyed codes quite a lot, all my friends we re codes quite a lot, all my friends were there —— codes. codes quite a lot, all my friends were there -- codes. clive coleman, bbc news. it seemed like there were signs of spring. i ditched the big coat! it might still be chilly out there, but carol is in st james's park this morning to encourage us to ditch the sofa and get outside for a bit of exercise. good morning to you both, and good

morning to you. if you haven't stepped doubt, it is a chilly start to the day. for some of us a touch of frost and for this week it will turn colder. for some of us some rain, others will see some snow. most of the snow will be in the hills across northern england and scotland, but not necessarily all of it. if we start off this morning, it isa it. if we start off this morning, it is a cold start with some frost around. there are some cloud dotted around, and that is producing the odd spot of light rain here and there. for most it is a dry start, but through the day the cloud will build in from the west, turning the sunshine hazy, and later again we will see some rain. as we zoom down to the south—west, this afternoon you can see how the cloud is building across the isles of scilly, south—west england, wales, we have the rain already across northern ireland, and the cloud building across western scotland with some showers in the north. ahead of all of that, the sunshine turning hazy.

temperature—wise, we are in good shape for the time of year. we are looking at to about 13 celsius. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front coming in from the west and bringing the rain will continue the journey eastwards and north eastwards. the cloud will continue to build and we will see the rain following in hot on its heels. it will not be as cold an end to the night is the one just gone. temperature is roughly three to eight celsius. tomorrow we continue with our weather front moving eastwards, eventually clearing most of eastern england, most of eastern scotland except the far north, where we will continue with some rain. that rain turning to sleet and snow on the hills, especially of northern scotland, where we could also see some of that across the hills of northern england. temperatures down a touch on the north and west, but still double figures in parts of the south. as we move on through the evening and overnight, well, i am in two wednesday, actually, the whole thing continues. we continue with rain across the north—east of scotland, some of that falling as snow in the hills, we also have a

new system snow in the hills, we also have a new syste m a cross snow in the hills, we also have a new system across south—east england, scooting across southern counties and introducing more rain, and in the west we will have more showers following in behind. still wintry with height. temperatures coming down, but in the south—east we hang on by the skin of our teeth to double figures. by the time we get to thursday there will be above dry weather around. we will have the re m na nts of dry weather around. we will have the remnants of the front across the far north—east of scotland. he also we are looking at some rain. showers coming in across parts of wales in south—west england, and there is the chanceit south—west england, and there is the chance it could be quite windy in southern counties during the course of thursday as well. for the rest of the week we continue on that u nsettled tea m. the week we continue on that unsettled team. if you are wondering why i am in stjames's park this morning, it is to talk about the couch to 5k, which is being relaunched today. i will tell you more about it as we go through the

course of the morning. you can see the daffodils out their hind carol as well. —— behind carol. jeremy corbyn says he is sincerely sorry for the pain caused by what he calls pockets of anti—semitism in the labour party. but a letter released late last night from two prominentjewish groups has accused mr corbyn of ignoring the community's concerns. joining us from westminster is jonathan arkush, who is the president of the board of deputies of britishjews. it is one of the groups that signed the letter. you know thatjeremy corbyn has apologise, is that enough? he needs to ta ke apologise, is that enough? he needs to take the necessary actions to deal with it, to deal with some of this political comrades, who are responsible for it, to deal with ken livingstone, jacqui walker, suspended but not dealt with in disciplinary proceedings, to deal with len mccluskey, who dismisses anti—semitism as merely mood music. he has got to do a lot of things to confront the people in labour who are making life impossible for a lot

of mps and local councillors —— jackie walker. he said in this statement, i want to be clear that i will not tolerate any form of anti—semitism which exists in and around our movement. we must stamp this out from our party and movement. tell us, you talk about action, but he is quite clear in that statement, isn't he? he has said it before, but he has never done anything about it. what people are asking now is when, finally, is jeremy corbyn going to confront and deal with the anti—semitism, not just talk about it. in 2016, and you will be well aware, an independent report was commissioned to investigate anti—semitism in the labour party. is that not action? no, nothing happened as a result of the report, which was itself a whitewash, except she received a

peerage. what would you have liked to see in reaction to her report? maybe you can't hear me, let me ask that again. what would you have liked to see in reaction to that report? i want to see jeremy corbyn deal properly with disciplinary proceedings against ken livingstone, jackie walker, chris williamson, who was in his shadow cabinet and is a prominent labour mp. i want to see him slap down len mccluskey and people around him who trivialise anti—semitism in the party. i want him to see that the members of local parties who have forced out local councillors, and who barrack and intimidate and accused labour mps such as those in liverpool, are dealt with. i want him to stop talking about it, and i want him to ta ke talking about it, and i want him to take some real action to deal with

it. we will be speaking to louise a little bit later on this programme. he has also said that he wants to meet with people from the community. are you going to be meeting him? would you be doing that?” are you going to be meeting him? would you be doing that? i haven't received any invitation to meet him. ifi received any invitation to meet him. if i receive a proper invitation to meet him, i will consider it. and if ido,i meet him, i will consider it. and if i do, i will be presenting jeremy corbyn with a list of the abuses that swim in the political sewer which he inhabits, with the people around him. and he fosters that climate of anti—semitism. i will also be asking him how he could possibly say that he didn't look at the mural which he supported, which is grotesquely anti—semitic. i want him to explain to me how he is a member of two notably anti—semitic facebook groups, and he said he didn't notice. everything with jeremy corbyn is, well, hear no evil, i see no evil, i wasn't looking, i didn't see anything. and frankly i find that strains my

credulity. if you got an invitation from him, and he is saying he is going to do that, talking to people to restore confidence in labour, to make it a party which gives effective voice to jewish make it a party which gives effective voice tojewish concerns. if you got an invitation for him, planning a protest letter today, would you stop that? no, we will not stop the protest. we will never stop protesting about racism in any quarter of our society, any political party, labour or anywhere else. 0f political party, labour or anywhere else. of course we are not going to stop it. it is our duty to speak out about racism in british politics, and that is exactly what we shall continue to do. and you mentioned louise, we will speak to her a little bit later. thank you for your time on breakfast this morning. spotify, the music streaming service, could be valued at as much as £15 billion when itjoins the new york stock exchange. nina has got more.

joining the stock exchanges an indicator that a business has become a much bigger player, and that has happened here. yes, £15 billion sounds like a huge amount of money for essentially listening to songs through the internet, but music streaming has taken over in the last few years. last year in the uk, we streamed 68.1 billion songs. that is about 1,000 plays per person. and, for the first time, that made streaming the most popular way the uk listens to music. and the pace of growth is really striking — more than 1,000% since 2012. in other words, last year we streamed ten times more music than we did five years before. we can speak now to chris carey, a music industry analyst. hejoins us from our london newsroom. you have worked with spotify in the past. they are more than a decade old, and they are leading the

market. how is that? they have a first leader advantage, they were well received by the industry and worked with labels and writers and artists every step of the way to build a sustainable platform for the i hope we are about to see from them. —— the growth i hope we are about to see from them. a big share of the market, in terms of the streaming game. apple and google can give you your own phone and ipad as well, so how do they stave off the competition? well, they have acquired a comfortable nest under their algorithms, and the steps they have taken with things like discover weekly, which is your playlist based on your listening history, that duration and that ability to predict what it is you like, whether it is mood —based playlists or artists we recommend for you, that is one of the key things they have. and they now have ten years of data to help them do that. they understand ten yea rs of them do that. they understand ten years of consumer behaviour. there

is still a market for the physical, though. 0ver is still a market for the physical, though. over the past ten years sales of vinyl have gone up 20 fold, and cds still make up a third of sales. does it surprise you that the physical is still in the market? interesting trend, so cds are down year—on—year and will continue to decline slowly and disappear. vinyl is fascinating in the streaming context, because a lot of people buy vinyl, some to listen to, but some to engage with the artist on a deeper level and streaming has driven some of the revival in vinyl. and i covered this story earlier in the year, lots of artist is saying that streaming is it a sweet. the cause of the suggested playlists, it opens them to a new audience but at the same time they are getting peanuts per play. it depends how you look at it. 90% of the revenue for spotify is from their paying users, and that money is distributed amongst everybody who is played. the real key for spotify is driving user

acquisition and use growth, pushing free users up onto premium, and people who are not currently streaming into free, to make a mass market opportunity. and we will find out next week how it fares on the stock exchange. back to you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. police are appealing for information after two sisters from lambeth went missing at the weekend. nine—year—old alliyah wallace disappeared on saturday, and her 15—year—old sister asha rah went missing on friday. the metropolitan police are describing the sisters as vulnerable, and believe they are together, despite vanishing on separate days. environmentalists say an invasive plant species is threatening wildlife on the river thames, as well as lakes and ponds

around the capital. reports of floating pennywort have reached a record high. 50 tonnes of the plant was removed from the river thames last year. a campaign has been launched to encourage boaters to check, clean and dry their equipement to avoid the species from spreading. the government has announced a change in the law to help businesses affected by terror attacks. an amendment in the house of commons will allow businesses to make insurance claims, even if their property has not been directly damaged, for example, if a business is closed because it is within the police corden. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service so far on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, this is how it's looking on the a12. 0n the northside of the blackwall tunnel, usual traffic building there.

and further out on the a12, a broken down lorry is causing problems out of town, that's heading through romford, blocking one lane at the mawney road junction. there's also a breakdown on the m3, blocking one lane southbound between the m25 and junction 3 at bagshot. and the chelsea embankment is still closed westbound for gas main work between chelsea bridge road and beaufort street. let's have a check on the weather now with sara thornton. hello there, very good morning to you. something of a mixed start this morning. all dry, but we have low cloud around here and there, and in central london it's not as cold a start as it is towards our suburbs, where here, yes, it it is a chilly start, with temperatures not much above freezing for some. a fine day ahead — lots of sunshine this morning, generally. as the afternoon wears on, a bit more high cloud pushing in from the west. so the sunshine will turn hazy. we will stay dry through the day today, and in the best of the spring sunshine, temperatures

very nice indeed. 13 celsius, 55 in fahrenheit. but that high cloud is the precursor to some rain pushing in as we go through the night tonight. so the cloud thickening up, the rain pushing in in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the winds picking up, too, and some of the rain could be quite heavy, i have to tell you. but the temperatures will hold up at around seven. it's going to be a wet and windy start to your tuesday, though. as we go through the day, that will all clear away, so brightening up later, but for the middle part of the week, low pressure very much in control of our weather. so another wet and windy spell on wednesday, that could feel quite chilly, as well, through wednesday. it looks like, as we head towards easter weekend, some unsettled weather around, but the temperatures typically will recover. bye— bye. i'm back in half an hour. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. jewish leaders mount a searing attack onjeremy corbyn's handling of anti—semitism in the labour party. in an open letter they accuse him of siding with anti—semites,

mr corbyn says he's sincerely sorry for cases that have ocurred in labour and stresses the party is anti—racist. good morning, it's monday the 26th of march. also this morning: the adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims she had an affair with donald trump, tells us tv she was threatened with violence to keep quiet about the encounter. the white house denies the claims. at least 48 people are dead and 16 more missing in a fire at a shopping centre in russia, many children are feared to be among the dead. in sport, the crisis engulfing australian cricket continues. their captain steve smith admits to cheating, he's booed as they slump to a heavy defeat in south africa. a leading charity is calling for customers who use rent—to—own

products to have a similar cap on repayments to the ones already introduced for payday loans. i'll be hearing from one mum about why it would have helped her. and carol has the weather. if you fail your maths gcse in england you have to keep retaking it until your 19, the only exception is this scenario, when you're doing your apprentice ship, but is it fair? we will find out later. and carol has the weather. good morning from stjames' park, today sees the relaunch of couch to 5k, an initiative to get us off the couch and moving. largely dry to start, cloud building from the west turning the sunshine hazy and then some rain later. more in 15 minutes.

carol, thank you very much. jeremy corbyn has apologised for what he called pockets of anti—semitism in his party and said he would not tolerate any form of it. his apology comes asjewish leaders accused the labour leader of repeatedly siding with anti—semites. in a statement released last night, jeremy corbyn said: joining us now from westminster is our political correspondent alex forsyth. we have been speaking to the president of the board of deputies of british jews on president of the board of deputies of britishjews on this programme, alice, and clear depth of feeling about this? undoubtedly but let me for a minute ta ke undoubtedly but let me for a minute take you back to the beginning and explain what's happened. it stems back to a facebook postjeremy corbyn made in 2012. now, he seemed to support a mural, a piece of street art which was widely

condemned as anti—semitic because it seemed to showjewish men in a position of power. jeremy corbyn later said he wished he'd looked more closely at the image, it was very disturbing, but that's what started this latest criticism and in particular this letter from the board of deputies of britishjews and the jewish leadership board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council, which is aimed directly atjeremy corbyn. it accuses him of issuing empty statements opposing anti—semitism but without really understanding it. and, it says: they say enough is enough. they're holding a protest today in parliament while labour mps meet. this is really the latest in a repeated line of accusations that jeremy corbyn isn't taking a tough and upstarts. we've had this statement from him saying he utterly condemns anti—semitism, there's no place for it in labour, it will be

stamped out. some labour mps welcomed his approach, others it is perhaps still not enough. thanks very much, alex. the american adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet about the alleged relationship. she said the affair took place in california in 2006, a year after mr trump and his wife melania got married. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. how do we know you're telling the truth? ‘cause i have no reason to lie, you know, i'm not getting paid to be here. you had sex with him? yes. now, more than ever, american politics in the era of trump resembles reality television. you were 27 and he was 60, were you physically attracted to him? no. not at all. no. did you want to have sex with him? no. but i didn't say no, i'm not a victim. i'm not... it was entirely consensual. oh, yes. five years later, stormy daniels was trying to sell her story when she says she was threatened

in a las vegas carpark along with her infant daughter. a guy walked upon me, and said to me, "leave trump alone, forget the story." then he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said, "a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mum." and then he was gone. 11 days before the presidential election in 2016, stormy daniels was paid £90,000 by mr trump's personal lawyer. was it hush money to stay silent? yes. the story was coming out again. i was concerned for my family and their safety. we're going to build the wall, folks... critics call that an illegal campaign contribution, but the white house said it wasn't and denies the affair. mr trump's lawyer denies threatening stormy daniels, and the president himself returned to washington from a weekend in florida without his wife. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. at least 48 people have died and 16 are still missing, including many children, after a fire broke out at a shopping

centre in siberia. the blaze started on an upper floor of the shopping complex while many of the victims were in cinema halls. 0ur correspondent andrew plant reports. a fire on the fourth floor. this shopping centre surrounded by firefighters searching for survivors, trying to reach upperfloor windows, fighting the smoke billowing outside. the fire started here on sunday. dozens were evacuated, but it was clear dozens more were missing, many of them children. translation: the area of the fire is about 1,500 square metres. at this moment, 288 emergency officers are working on site, as well as 62 units of equipment and an airbourne grouping are taking part in the search and rescue operation. we are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. the shopping centre has a very complex construction. there is a lot of combustible materials. people gathered to stand and stare

as the fire unfolded. witnesses said it trapped people on the upper floors, and said some had jumped from windows to try to escape from the flames. an industrial city of more than half a million, it is one of russia's biggest coal producing regions, more than 2,000 kilometres east of moscow. already there are reports the fire began near a cinema and children's entertainment centre. president putin has already sent his condolences to friends and family of the victims. authorities say a criminal investigation will now begin to try to find out what caused the fire. andrew plant, bbc news. children in the north of england are more likely to go to poor schools and leave education earlier than their southern counterparts. that's according to a report by the children's commissioner, anne longfield. the department for education said that more than £3 billion was being invested in projects to boost the northern economy,

but the comissioner says northern students still face a disadvantage. i'm worried about children living in disadvantage anywhere in the country, but there's a disproportionate number living in those areas of entrenched disadvantage in the north. they haven't had attention, they haven't had the focus, the national focus and the backing they need. those with responsibilities in the north absolutely want to make that happen but they need the backing and the will of whitehall behind them. the grade 0ne—listed mansion wentworth woodhouse, which stood in for buckingham palace in the film darkest hour, is to be brought back to its former grandeur at a cost of £200 million. the charitable trust in charge of restoring the mansion in south yorkshire have already started repairs on the four acre roof, but say it could be 20 years before renovations are complete. that is a big project, isn't it?

anyone who has ever replaced a tile ona anyone who has ever replaced a tile on a roof knows how expensive a few tiles are! for the first time, british nationals made up the majority of reported modern slavery and trafficking victims in the uk, according to the national crime agency. more than 5,000 cases were identified last year by the authorities and over 800 of them were british. the number of children thought to be involved rose by two thirds. the home office says greater awareness and improved understanding of modern slavery are helping to identify potential victims. we're joined now by lara bundock, the founder of the charity the snowdrop project and tom dowdall, from the national crime agency in our westminster studio. good morning to you both and thanks for joining good morning to you both and thanks forjoining us. tom, let's talk about the figures firstly, they seem to have gone up quite considerably. is that because there's more reporting and what do you make of the figures? compared to last year the figures? compared to last year the numbers have gone up

considerably, as you say. we believe this is largely down to increasing the awareness within the public and of law enforcement and others to identify potential victims of trafficking in the first instance. lara, have you seen with your work that you're doing, have your work that you're doing, have you seen the number of people you're helping... you help with people being trafficked? we do. have you seen an increase? there is an increased nationally, we see it in our charity and across the uk. —— and increase. we think a lot of that is to do with better awareness and better training, people knowing what numbers to call and what to do about it if they see something. why is this happening in modern—day britain, what's going on and what's contributing to this? great question, there's lots of things contributing. there's a lot of push factors from other countries, internally as well, whether that's poverty or situations of discrimination or difficulty and

there are situations over here that can make it easier for people to be hidden away, for us to not spot it, and there are lots of sadly opportunities for people to be brought in and hidden. tom dowdall, we know that these are your numbers, british nationals make up your numbers, british nationals make up the highest number of cases. we talk about modern slavery but what is it that they are doing, what is it they are having to do? we find that... you know, the most kind of likely themes we find our labour exploitation, some of which is linked to criminal exploitation and sexual exploitation —— are. in terms of labour, these are people put to work in extremely difficult conditions, they're being coerced and subject to debt bondage. in terms of the uk nationals, the difference this year has been the number of young people, so people

under 18, who are linked to county lines, which is this phenomena of drug gangs who are using children to move drugs from urban areas into rural suburban and coastal towns. these children are being used as careers for drugs and for cash as well. essentially they are being subject to threats of violence, coercion and sometimes sexual violence as well. -- careers. tom has painted a bleak picture, how can we...i tom has painted a bleak picture, how can we... i can't say solved because it is such a big task, but how can we help the situation? keep doing what we are doing, keep training either within the police or the nhs, all local authorities, pushing for training to spot it and knowing what to do. —— or local authorities. keeping the lines of communication open. we're looking out trying to make better support on the other

side so people don't get back into it if they come out of it. and trying to make sure that there is less of an opportunity for people to fall into it, so starting to look at areas and places where people are vulnerable. we do know is certainly within the uk where people are more vulnerable to it, where children are potentially isolated or in difficult situations already, and trying to put in stronger pre— activities to try to how prevent it and protect them. tom dowdall, you mentioned these county lines, what can be done specifically about targeting children perhaps who have... not wanting to but becoming involved in those? these are children who themselves are obviously vulnerable. in the first instance they are enticed essentially by wealth, but they are quickly than coerced and threatened with violence and so forth. so it is really a message to parents, those

involved in the caring sector, and others, to really identify the signs and understand what their children are up to, understand everything from how they are using their mobile technology... i think for us it is really important to share a growing awareness, public, parents, law enforcement and authorities have a pa rt enforcement and authorities have a part to play here. thank you very much indeed, thank you. carol is in st james's carol is in stjames's park, good morning to you. good morning. it is also pretty chilly. this morning across many parts of the country we have a touch of frost around. bear that in mind if you just stepping out. the reason i am at st james's park, in london, is that today sees the relaunch of couch to 5k. now, according to the british heart

foundation, about 20 million of us in the uk are in a gift. so this is to encourage us to get off our couches, get outside and walk and run couches, get outside and walk and i’ui’i “ couches, get outside and walk and run —— are inactive. you download the app, and it is a nine week initiative which takes you by the hand every step of the way. i have done it, i rememberthinking hand every step of the way. i have done it, i remember thinking there is no way, i'd am not a runner and don't want to do it, but you start off with a walk, and then run, and over the course of nine weeks you build—up to be running solidly for about half an hour. so well worth doing. it makes you feel good as well. and the weather isn't too shabby either. it is a cold start, asi shabby either. it is a cold start, as i mentioned, and as we go through the week you will find it turning colder. for some of us there will be some snow, and for some of us there will also be some rain. in between there will also be some bright weather and some sunshine as well, albeit a bit on the nippy side. after a cold start this morning, many areas will start off with some sunshine but the cloud will be

building in from the west all the time, turning the sunshine hazy. and then we will see some rain coming our way. so by 4pm in the afternoon we have a fair bit of cloud coming across the isles of scilly, south—east england, into wales. for northern ireland, the rain setting and certainly by then, and the western scotland the cloud building. as we push further east we will see the cloud building. some hazy sunshine and showers across the north of scotland. temperature—wise, we are in good shape, generally speaking about nine to 13 celsius. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front bearing that rain continues to push east and north eastwards. as it does so, it drags its cloud with it and also its rain. as it engages with the colder air across scotland and the hills of northern england, we could see some of that falling as sleet or snow. but for most of asked that will be rain, and with the cloud and rain, it will not be as cold tomorrow as it will not be as cold tomorrow as it is today. with a heat wave, it is

only about five to eight. so that rain moves away from most of eastern england to eastern scotland, still resting across the north and north—east of scotland, with snow on the hills. 0ut towards the west, something a bit dry comes in. temperature—wise, in the north and west, in the south we are still looking at double figures. as we head on through the evening and overnight period, into wednesday, we continue with that rain. eventually still very much in the north—east, with some snow. another band of rain comes in across southern england, scooting across southern counties, and by the end of the day we will have more showers coming in across western parts of scotland. temperature—wise, again, coming down all the time. stilljust in double figures in the south—east, but you will notice a real change in the feel of the weather. then on thursday we have a weather front draped across the far north—east, producing some light rain. showers across parts of wales and the south—west. in between, there will be some cloud around, turning the

sunshine hazy. equally, there will be some blue skies for some of us. and that trend for it to turn colder continues as we head through easter weekend, we began some snow for some of us, but most of us will not see it. if you are planning on doing the couch to 5k, this is not a bad week to do it. i can tell you, will feel much better if you do it, you will feel like you have achieved something. and i am still doing it. i don't do much more than five k, but i am still doing it. it is very catchy, isn't it, couch to 5k? it sounds good, doesn't it? almost a third of teenagers in england failed their maths gcse last summer, but today the government is calling for a push to open more specialist maths schools to try to change that. pupils who fail maths in england have to keep studying the subject until they are 19, but most never gain a pass. as part of our maths series, brea kfast‘s tim muffett

is at an apprenticeship training centre in manchester to try to find out why. good morning to you. we are at middleton this morning, they offer apprenticeships, training schemes, and the idea is to prepare people for logistics and e—commerce. so why are we here if we are talking about gcse maths? here is the thing. if you are on an apprentice ship you are different to everyone else 16 to 19 in full—time education, because they have to retake their maths and english gcse if they do not pass it. if you are on an apprentice ship, you don't have to do. so does that make sense? is it right to make people retake their gcse until they either pass or reach the age of 19?

what impact does that have on schools and the pupils themselves, for whom maths is not a strong subject? i have been finding out. so if you are doing pi r—squared... all of you try it and see if you agree. igota d. i got one, which i think is the lowest. not the results they wanted, so these students at the city of liverpool college will all be resitting their maths gcse. just keep doing it and doing it, it does get stressful. since 2014 in england, retakes have been compulsory in maths and english for pupils not getting a c, or a four under the new marking system. those in full—time education have to keep trying until they are 19. i think it is demoralising for a lot of students, as well, to have to resit the same qualification again and again. i am all for people continuing to do maths. whether that be gcse, necessarily, i don't agree with. i think you need it in later life, so i think even though we don't

like doing it now, i think it will benefit us. unless the person, like, needs it, for instance, for their course of their career choice in life, i don't think they should be forced to take it if they don't want to. catherine is trialling a new teaching method called maths in context. the students are enjoying it, but the retake odds are stacked against them. if you look back at the number of pupils in england who have to retake their maths gcse each year, around 160,000, the vast majority, more than 80%, never pass. which begs the question, what is the point? well, the point is that there are significant earning premiums for those young people that do have a good pass in gcse maths, and of course it will take time for further education colleges to adapt their teaching to ensure that more young people get a good pass. the government is today inviting applications to set up more schools like this.

the king's college london mathematics school is a centre of excellence for sixth—formers. more than £100 million of investment was announced by the government last year for the study of maths at a—level. if a third of gcse students, approximately, aren't getting what is considered to be a pass, shouldn't that be a priority? it is also a key priority. we need more people with advanced maths in a modern economy. is it good enough that a third of students aren't getting a pass? well, it's never good enough unless every child is reaching their full potential. we are raising expectations. if at first they don't succeed, try and try again. it's not an option — it's compulsory. compulsory if you are in full—time education, but not if you are in an apprenticeship. is that right, that you don't have to retake gcse if you are on an apprentice ship?|j

you don't have to retake gcse if you are on an apprentice ship? i think the important thing is learning the skills you need for the job, and functional skills enables you to learn the skills you need to progress in your career. is it is a different approach than the gcse, much more practical. much more practical in terms of their life in the work they will be doing. so for those who say you never need maths ina those who say you never need maths in a workplace, it is a waste of time, what do you say? why do you need a maths koloff occasion to use a forklift? well, first of all you need to know what it can carry against its maximum lifting weight. you have to be able to identify the cost of the product and palat, each individual item, and worked that out. so if you raise could the weight on the forklift truck, you need to know exactly the ratio of the load itself. exactly, and you need to know you will not tip the truck over, because safety is paramount. you need to make sure you are safe at all times, and that is where maths comes into it. so maths

is important, and it is something you teach here. so it is an interesting one. should you have to reta ke your interesting one. should you have to retake your gcse if you don't pass it? you don't have too on an apprenticeship, yet maths is still very relevant. it is, thank you very much. if you watch regularly, you will know we want you to get involved in our maths series too, and we have been setting you challenges to work out at home. well, get your pen and paper ready, because it is time for today's quiz. well done to those of you who have already got it right. julie got there in the end, she said her 60—year—old brain was not as quick as her 18—year—old brain would have been. many people getting the ratio right, but not the simplest form of the ratio. that is the crucial part. you are watching breakfast. still to come this morning: # if ijust lay here... snow patrol‘s gary and johnny will be here to talk about their first new album in seven years, after a break writing

songs for ed sheeran, taylor swift, and pink. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. police are appealing for information after two sisters from lambeth went missing at the weekend. nine—year—old alliyah wallace disappeared on saturday, and her 15—year—old sister asha rah went missing on friday. the metropolitan police are describing the sisters as vulnerable, and believe they are together despite vanishing on separate days. heathrow aiport says it is making a number of changes to give disabled passengers a better experience. it is after the bbc‘s security correspondent, frank gardner, who is wheelchair user, was left on a plane for more than an hour and a half while staff

tried to find his wheelchair. heathrow‘s chief executive has apologised, and says he has met with mr gardner to extend his apologies. the government has announced a change in the law to help businesses affected by terror attacks. an amendment in the house of commons will allow businesses to make insurance claims even if their property has not been directly damaged — for example, if a business is closed because it is within the police cordon. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service so far on the tubes this morning 0n the roads, this is how it is looking on the a12 on the northside of the blackwall tunnel. the usual traffic building there. and further out on the a12, a broken—down lorry is causing problems out of town. that is heading through romford, blocking one lane at the mawney road junction. there is also a breakdown on the m3, blocking one lane southbound between the m25 and junction 3 at bagshot.

and the chelsea embankment is still closed westbound for gas main work between chelsea bridge road and beaufort street. let's have a check on the weather now, with sara thornton hello there, very good morning to you. something of a mixed start this morning. we're all dry, but we've got some low cloud around here and there, and in central london it's not as cold a start as it is towards our suburbs, where here, yes, it it is a chilly start, with temperatures not much above freezing for some. but a fine day ahead ahead of us — alots of sunshine this morning, particularly. as the afternoon wears on, a bit more high cloud pushing in from the west. so the sunshine will turn hazy. but we'll stay dry through the day today, and in the best of the spring sunshine, temperatures very nice indeed. 13 celsius, 55 in fahrenheit. but that high cloud is the precursor to some rain which is pushing in as we go through the night tonight. so the cloud thickening up, the rain starting to push in in the early

hours of tomorrow morning. the winds picking up, too. some of this rain could be quite heavy, i have to tell you. but the temperatures will hold up at around seven degrees. it is, though, going to be a wet and windy start to your tuesday. as we go through the day, that will all clear away, so brightening up later, but for the middle part of the week, low pressure very much in control of our weather. so another wet and windy spell on wednesday, and it could feel quite chilly, as well, through wednesday. it looks like, as we head towards easter weekend, some unsettled weather around, but the temperatures typically will recover. bye— bye. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to louise and dan. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. jewish leaders have accused jeremy corbyn of repeatedly siding with anti—semites. in an open letter, the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council say mr corbyn is repeatedly found alongside people with blatantly anti—semitic views.

in a statement last night, the labour leader said he was sincerely sorry for what he called pockets of anti—semitism within the party and wouldn't tolerate any form of it. the american adult film actor, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet about the alleged relationship. she said the affair took place in california in 2006, a year after mr trump and his wife melania got married. the actor gave her first televised interview on american broadcaster cbs. at least 48 people have died and many are still missing after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in siberia. the blaze started on an upper floor of the shopping complex while many of the victims were in the cinema. a further 16 people are missing and many children are feared to be among those who died. for the first time, british nationals made up the majority of reported modern slavery and trafficking victims

in the uk, according to the national crime agency. more than 5,000 cases were identified last year by the authorities and over 800 of them were british. the number of children thought to be involved rose by two—thirds. the home office says greater awareness and improved understanding of modern slavery are helping to identify potential victims. the former separatist leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, is due in court in germany for extradition proceedings after being detained at the request of spain. his arrest sparked mass protests in barcelona, where demonstrators clashed with riot police. mr puigdemont has been living in exile since october, when the catalan parliament declared independence from spain following a referendum. an extra £100m is being shared among councils in england to fund repairs to roads damaged by recent storms, the transport secretary has announced. chris grayling said the money would help patch up nearly two million potholes and protect roads from future severe weather conditions.

but the local government association says it's just a small step towards better road maintenance. those are some of the main stories around this morning. coming up on the programme, carol will have the weather for you. she is out and about in st. james' park. the picture behind you of the australian cricket team, that's the big story. that is cameron bancroft, the player who had that bit of tape, he had granules from the ground that we re he had granules from the ground that were robbed on the ball, changing its condition, that is essentially against the rules of cricket and the umpires approached him and he removed the tape he had and he put it down his trousers at this point and he pulled out the sunglass holder, saying got nothing in my pocket. this is the big moment when

australia were rumbled for cheating. behind him is smithy, the australian captain, and he could lose hisjob? he has been suspended for the next match, he could lose hisjob, cameron bancroft has been fined, after which steve smith and david warner were removed as captain and vice captain, cricket australia are investigating because they want to know who knew what and how far up australian does this go, because it's a scandal rocking australian did it is fair to say. -- australian cricket. the fallout continues. the scale of the crisis has gone right to the very top, with the country's prime minister malcolm tunrbull having this to say. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian team have been involved in treating. after all, our cricketers are role models, and cricketers are role models, and cricket is some anonymous with fair

play -- cricket is some anonymous with fair play —— in cheating. the bbc's cricket correpondent jonathan agnew joins us now. we were speaking to an australian journalist this morning who was saying she thinks that head coach darren lehman will lose his job over this. do you agree and do you think steve smith should be sacked as captain as well? it is inconceivable that steve smith will continue as captain. in some ways it was better steve smith spoke about the incident afterwards on the date wanting to move on, he had no idea of the disconnect that exists between australian and and the public, who, as the prime minister said, treats them like role models and idols, and such has the disconnect become that the likes of steve smith and dave warner have lost all touch with reality. he will not survive this. darren lehmann... they have to find some guilt. if you

look at the video, it appears to suggest he knew what was going on but they're interested in now and i suspect cricket australia will act pretty quickly because the next final test match on friday will have them come to an agreement by the time that starts. your colleague, broadcasterjim maxwell, was so moved that he was crying while he was broadcasting only the other day. it sums up the sense of feeling in australia around this? it does. you might suggest as a journalist that thatis might suggest as a journalist that that is a bit too close perhaps and maybe that's part of a wider problem, generally there's been a toxic atmosphere around australian for some time, notjust under steve smith's tenure, but going back before that as well, some have raised concerns about that in the past and have been arrived rather turned upon by the australian media asa turned upon by the australian media

as a result of pointing figures at their behaviour —— have been rather. if you look at the way the rest of the cricketing world has reacted to this, it shows how friendless and unpopular the cricket team has become, to those who are going to be punished, the reputational damage to them will last for years, they have been found guilty, confessed to cheating. say what you like about australians, they've had a fair old kicking the last couple of days, the australian public don't like cheating, they liked winning but not at all costs, those cricketers will be sent back from this tour and they will find out the hard way when they get home. you're covering the england series against new zealand and they are holding on in the first test at the moment, and with the wicket of ben stokes earlier, you sense perhaps england's chances of salvo salvaging an unlikely draw are slipping away? they have 22 overs to survive. five years go to the day

england survived a match in similar circumstances, matt prior scored 100, i don't think they will manage it, stokes played well, woakes is defending stoutly at the moment with stuart broad, only anderson to come, lot of cricket to come tonight am a 22 overs to survive and if they get a draw this time they will have worked very hard indeed. just two wickets needed. jonathan agnew, the bbc‘s cricket correspondent, thank you very much forjoining us. johanna konta continue's the defence of her miami open title later when she takes on venus williams in the fourth round. she beat belgium's elise mertens in straight sets to reach the last 16 and will face williams at around 10pm tonight for a place in the quarterfinals. it's set up to be a close finish in the race for the women's super league title as chelsea slipped up against reading. chelsea's 2—2 draw means they're only two points clear at the top and second—placed manchester city have a game in hand. and it seems the pressure's affecting the coaching staff as there were clashes between the chelsea and reading

backroom teams after the full—time whistle. ronnie 0'sullivan's gearing up nicely for next month's world snooker championship after beating shaun murphy in the players championship, 10—4 the score in llandudno in what is ronnie's 33rd ranking title. he's nowjust three short of stephen hendry‘s record. another piece of silverware to add to his collection. he wasn't the only person collecting a bit of silverware on the weekend, was he? i've just silverware on the weekend, was he? i'vejust got this silverware on the weekend, was he? i've just got this knocking around. that old thing, how did that get their? well done, dan. very good technique i thought, very strong. this is the sport relief challenge, i told down unless he got silverware it wasn't worth turning up. it was bbc against itv and we pulled it out of the bag. slightly damaged, a ribbon missing because sophie raworth had it over the weekend. we will have to find out where that has gone. you were drinking champagne

out of it? no, just teas! no champagne! we will get it out of the way. no need to gloat! well done, though! i'm glad you managed to do that. thanks, john. the number of uk dogs being affected by a rare but potentially—fatal disease called alabama rot is increasing, according to figures from an independent vet. the government says alabama rot hasn't been officially confirmed in the uk yet, but vets are urging owners to take steps to protect their pets. let's try to get to the bottom of this, we're joined by vet cameron muir and dog edna. this isn't your dog? no, it's not. lovely to see edna on the programme. tell us about alabama rot, why is it so dangerous? alabama rot is a real problem, when your dog gets it it's really serious, there's a high chance even with the help we won't be able to save your dog and that's the

heartbreaking thing, once your dog it and it's identified, normally it is too late. which for affected owners is obviously devastating, no matter what we do, we can't arrest the progression of the disease, only in red cases have that's managed to save pets. —— rare cases have that's. terrible. we will talk about how widespread it is but what can you do to spot these early signs in your dog? if your dog gets little sores around the legs, on the trunk and around the face, or ulcers on the tongue without any reason. just like that on the screen. if your dog hasn't been running through brambles and doesn't have a reason for scratches down the leg then go to the vet. and you have to watch out for wet ground, this time of year, particularly difficult? it is a disease almost always found in winter and spring and its associated with muddied marsh ground, that's

the only association we can fine so far. —— muddy marsh. we don't know the cause so it's virtually impossible to prevent it. the only ideas we have are obviously washing mud off your dog's feet after going through muddy wet ground and avoiding areas where it's known to be. how do you know where it might be, do you see it in clusters? it's identified in clustered areas, the key thing is pet owners and vets should be making people social media aware. 0ne should be making people social media aware. one of the key things that could help is putting up signs in affected areas. don't walk your pets through areas where you have muddy ground potentially affected with whatever causes alabama rot. lots of people take their pets out for muddy walks, they liked muddy walks, don't be? they do. if your dog does like muddy walks, wash the mud off at home. do you wash it off with water,

shampoo, what should you do? just with water at this stage, it's not even known to be caused by an agent at the moment, the mud could be a coincidence but most dogs get it through muddy wet ground in the weeks preceding infection. at the moment we're not sure if it's in the uk, is that right? they're pretty sure it is but they haven't identified any cases. the problem is we don't know what's causing it, therefore we can't say it's identified. certainly the disease process has been identified in the uk. i suppose the key is to make sure it's reported if you know what it is, or if your dog has symptoms you're talking about, then we can be aware of those areas and that could help other owners. be more cases we identified, the more chance we have of removing it. —— the more cases. the disease process is similar to a number of other disease processes, vets are number of other disease processes, vets a re now number of other disease processes,

vets are now recognising as well as owners that this is happening, so it may be spreading. is it catching from one dog to another? it isn't identified to be contagious or from a dog toa identified to be contagious or from a dog to a human. they don't think that one family has had two cases of it yet. edna, you are really laid—back. it yet. edna, you are really laid-back. very comfortable, isn't she? she is media sawy! dank very much indeed. i love the fact we had to bring in a studio dog to demonstrate the paws. thank you very much! smells a bit down there, doesn't it? i know! interview over! it might still be chilly out there, but carol is in st james's park this morning to encourage us to ditch the sofa and get outside for a bit of exercise. good morning. good morning, all. that is absolutely right. i am talking about it because it is being relaunched today, and who better to talk about it than somebody who

brought it to the uk? she is with me now. good morning. now, tell me, what is couch to 5k, for those of us that don't know? so couch to 5k is a nine week running plan for complete beginners which starts you off very gently with one minute of running and walking at a time, and builds you up to running for 30 minutes. while you are talking, i need to show the viewers at home what happens in week one. it is very easy, so you start off with a five—minute warmup. you run for 60 seconds and then walk for 90 seconds, and you do that seven times. so it is achievable. yes. so what was your involvement in it at the start? so i hated sport at school, didn't do any exercise for a long time and found couch to 5k online and followed the plant and loved it. then we developed the app which launches today —— plan.

loved it. then we developed the app which launches today -- plan. and it isa which launches today -- plan. and it is a free app. it is free, if you go online and search couch to 5k, you can find it. and it is in collaboration with get inspired and public health england. it has been relaunched and opened 1.5 million times, it is popular and features celebrity trainers like jo wiley, but it has been relaunched with my voice added back in so people can run with an everyday person who has done the plan themselves and loved it. for now, i know you wanted to go for a it. for now, i know you wanted to go fora run, and it. for now, i know you wanted to go for a run, and you have your trainers on. we will see you later, all exhausted. it is a beautiful start to the day, a lovely start for a run. we have the sun out in london and as we go through the week we will notice a turning much colder. for some of us there will be some snow and others will also see some rain. first thing this morning there

are areas of cloud around, but it is are areas of cloud around, but it is a cold start where we have clearer skies. through the day the cloud will build them from the west, turning the sunshine hazy. we also have some rain coming in across northern ireland initially. this afternoon you can see the cloud building across south—west england. wales, north—west england, rein in northern ireland and the cloud building across north—west scotland as well, with some showers in the far north of scotland, and as we travel further east, although we will still have some sunshine, increasingly it will be turning more hazy. temperature—wise, we are not into bad shape. nine to 13 celsius. as we head on through the evening and overnight, the weatherfront bringing the rain in the northern ireland continues to move east and north—east, and the rain will go with it. as it engages with the cold air across northern england and scotland, it will start to fall as some snow, mostly on the hills. maybe a little bit of sleep a bit lower down. temperatures as a result will be as low as they have been

this morning, so we are not expecting any issues with frost. tomorrow we start off with the rain, continuing to cross eastern areas before clearing away. it will become ensconced across scotland and the north. here we will also have hill snow and behind that some brighter skies, a few showers and variable amounts of cloud. temperature—wise you will notice in the north and west that the temperatures are coming down a touch. still, in the south we are looking at double figures. as we move from tuesday to wednesday, the whole process continues. we have the rain continuing to edge north eastwards across scotland. we have another band coming across southern england, that will scoot across bringing some heavy rain with it. a lot of dry weather during the course of the day on wednesday. some hazy sunshine, but also some showers, especially in western scotland. again, some of them could have some wintry touches. and the temperatures still coming down, hanging on by the skin of their teeth in the south—eastern double figures. thursday morning

sees a narrow band of rain across the far north—east of scotland. quite a bit of dry weather, some sunshine, some showers across wales in south—west england. here it could quite windy and temperatures again on the slide. and that is the trend. it will turn colder as we head into the weekend, but not as bad as we thought it was going to be last week. we thought we would see quite a bit of snow in some places, and it would turn much colder. there will be some snow, and it will be colder, but it is not looking like we initially thought. and what a beautiful day for a run, as well. nina is looking at the rent—to—own sector. nina. there are calls for tighter regulation on rent—to—own. yes, this is rent—to—own, where you pay for an item every month until you own it outright. for people who can't afford to buy essentials like cookers or washing machines, it can be a big help. but there are concerns about the charges. sometimes interest is almost 100% a year. this morning, the charity citizens advice is calling for a cap so you would never pay more

than twice the value of what you are buying. they say that would save consumers £62 million in interest. i went to meet one woman who bought a tv and fridge on rent—to—buy, and told us how the debt can take over. she asked to remain anonymous. if you think about it, you probably would cry because you know it is going on for so long and it is so in—your—face and you have to make a payment, no matter what, in—your—face and you have to make a payment, no matterwhat, orthey in—your—face and you have to make a payment, no matter what, or they are going to take the items. brightouse can argue that they gave you a contract with all the details, they are 99.9% there. why did you keep borrowing from them? they make it clear you can keep getting credit. 0nce clear you can keep getting credit. once you pay one item off they offer you another item, it is christmas coming, they call you at a time when you need it and you just take it. people will say just save

you need it and you just take it. people will sayjust save up and buy a properly? without any credit elsewhere, i need a fridge if a fridge breaks down, and i haven't got the money to buy it there and then, and brightouse was the only way to get. now, brighthouse was unable to comment on this case because it is anonymous, but said 97% of its products would cost less than double the original price, meaning they would be under the cap citizens advice is calling for. in a statement it added: "we are proud to offer an affordable weekly payment service to people with low incomes and poor credit histories. " matt upton is head of consumer policy at citizens advice. hejoins me now. it is not just it is notjust brightouse, but lots of sellers are offering interest rates up to 100%. how big is the problem you are seeing? we think it is huge. there are an estimated 400,000 people who use the rent—to—own market, and 5000 come to us every rent—to—own market, and 5000 come to us every year. 0ften, rent—to—own market, and 5000 come to us every year. often, as you would

imagine, these are people at their most honourable, on lower incomes or perhaps having health problems. and what you get, as you heard on the story previously, is almost a perfect storm of high prices, huge interest—rate and unnecessary and complex add—ons which cause people to go into a spiral of debt. you talk about people who are often vulnerable, allowing them to pay or double the original price. will the regulations you are calling for the tight enough? well, we think it is a start. another sector with a lot of parallels drawn is the payday loan sector where you had 1000% interest rates and so on. people paying back multiple times the amount that they borrowed. a cap was brought in, and we have seen half the number of people coming to us that previously did before that cap on payday loans. we don't think it would solve everything but we think it would make a huge difference. there is an extent to which we have to take responsibility when we are given a contract responsibility when we are given a

co ntra ct to responsibility when we are given a contract to read the small print before we sign it. the lady we spoke to say it was only when she got home that she realised the magnitude of the paybacks. that will not solve it, we need to take responsibility for everything we sign. to an extent, yes. we all need to be, whether it is an energy contract, buying insurance, we should take the time to read these things in detail. the reality is we live incredibly busy lives, we're not going to read through hundreds of pages of small print. what really happens is you get lured into stores, showing off the weekly price that they pay, and they don't read it. are surely we have a responsibility. this is not about taking responsibly, whatsoever. we have to take responsibly before the decisions we make, but what we have here is a sector where people don't have other options, they are essential that they need to get right, and they don't have any other option but to go to some of these stores. and what we are saying is, if that is their

choice, then cap the extent to which they are charged. why allow them to be exploited with huge add—on fees and late penalty charges? so you recognise there is a place for this sector. this lady was saying she would not have had a fridge at all had brighthouse not provided it. absolutely, there are a lot of social alternatives springing up, nonprofits don't charge in the same way, and i think it is absolutely valuable. and the regulators for this market say they are concerned about the extra payments and are looking into whether more regulation is needed. we will see the results of that in a few weeks because time. —— few weeks' time. spring is finally in the air. but it has been a long, hard winter, and one which caused a well—publicised crisis within the nhs. behind every news item about cancelled operations and ambulances queuing outside packed a&e departments were the human stories of disappointed patients and ha rd—working staff. some of those stories will be featured on the documentary series hospital, which starts on bbc two tonight. it was filmed at the start of this year at two hospitals in nottingham. rob sissons is there

to tell us more. good morning. this is one of written's a guest and busiest accident and emergency units. for the first two months of the year bbc cameras were given exclusive access to see behind the headlines of what we are reporting on, virtually every other day on bbc breakfast at the start of the year. the pressures on the a&e. the unit here has been extremely busy. there has been widespread cancellation of operations since the beginning of december. 800 patients have had their operations cancelled, and at times patients have had to spend longer than anyone would have wanted on trolleys. the shortage of beds is the main problem, difficulties with the main problem, difficulties with the entire flow of patients through the entire flow of patients through the health and social care system. well, now let's have a chat to

caroline, who is the chief operating officer here at nottingham university hospitals. you have a big job making sure that people get a bed, get through the hospital. it has been the toughest winter you can remember, and you have been in the nhs more than 30 years. absolutely, it has really been a very busy winter. we have seen huge demand and not only has the demand increase but we are seeing huge increases in outpatients. this hospital alone has seen an increase in 10% in admissions for all our emergency patients, so we have been hugely busy. what is the answer for next winter? i think the answer is about collaboration between social care and healthcare. right across the country, not just in and healthcare. right across the country, notjust in nottingham but most trusts across the uk, it has been hugely busy. it is about working in collaboration with social ca re working in collaboration with social care and primary care, preventing patients getting ill and making sure we connect with the right discharges. we will have a lot more from here in the next hour. and for those who have been asking,

iam not and for those who have been asking, i am not saying many have been asking, but about this trophy from sport relief, we did win it on sport relief on friday. well done, well done. the bbc beat itv in the rowing challenge. i have put some tea and here to celebrate. now, i had some earlier, would you like to take a sip from the cup of plenty? no. are you sure? it is your tea, i put your own tea in there. i would prefer something bubbly in there. we will try and set that up later.|j something bubbly in there. we will try and set that up later. i hope you defend your title as well next year. no, it is a 1-off. well done though. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

police are appealing for information after two sisters from lambeth went missing at the weekend. nine—year—old alliyah wallace disappeared on saturday, and her 15—year—old sister asha rah went missing on friday. the metropolitan police are describing the sisters as vulnerable, and believe they are together despite vanishing on separate days. heathrow aiport says it is making a number of changes to give disabled passengers a better experience. it is after the bbc‘s security correspondent frank gardner was left on a plane for more than an hour and a half while staff tried to find his wheelchair. heathrow‘s chief executive has apologised and says he's met with mr gardner to talk about changes. the government has announced a change in the law to help businesses affected by terror attacks. an amendment in the house of commons will allow businesses to make insurance claims even if their property has not been directly damaged — for example,

if a business is closed because it is within the police cordon. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service so far on the tubes this morning in watford — the a41 north—western avenue is closed in both directions, under the kingsway north 0rbital road roundabout, because of flooding from a burst watermain. queues are now back to the dome roundabout. and further out, on the a12, a broken—down lorry is causing problems out of town. that is heading through romford, blocking one lane at the mawney road junction. and the chelsea embankment is still closed westbound for gas main work between chelsea bridge road and beaufort street. let's have a check on the weather now, with sara thornton. hello there, a very good morning to you. something of a mixed start this morning. we're all dry, but we've got some low cloud around here and there, and in central london it's not as cold a start as it is towards our suburbs,

where here, yes, it it is a chilly start, with temperatures not much above freezing for some of us. but a fine day ahead ahead of us — alots of sunshine this morning, particularly. as the afternoon wears on, a bit more high cloud pushing in from the west. so the sunshine will turn hazy. but we'll stay dry through the day today, and in the best of the spring sunshine, temperatures very nice indeed. 13 celsius, 55 in fahrenheit. but that high cloud is the precursor to some rain which is pushing in as we go through the night tonight. so the cloud thickening up, the rain starting to push in in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the winds picking up, too. some of this rain could be quite heavy, i have to tell you. but the temperatures will hold up at around seven degrees. it is, though, going to be a wet and windy start to your tuesday. as we go through the day, that will all clear away, so brightening up later, but for the middle part of the week, low pressure very much in control of our weather. so another wet and windy spell on wednesday, and it could feel quite chilly, as well, through wednesday.

it looks like, as we head towards easter weekend, some unsettled weather around, but the temperatures typically will recover. bye— bye. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to louise and dan. hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. jewish leaders mount a searing attack onjeremy corbyn's handling of anti—semitism in the labour party. in an open letter, they accuse him of siding with anti—semites. mr corbyn says he's sincerely sorry for cases that have ocurred in labour and stresses the party is anti—racist. good morning, it's monday 26th march. this is breakfast. also this morning: the adult film actor stormy daniels, who claims she had an affair with donald trump,

tells us tv she was threatened with violence to keep quiet about the encounter. the whitehouse denies the claims. at least 53 people are dead and 10 more missing in a fire at a shopping centre in russia — many children are feared to be among the dead. in sport, the crisis engulfing australian cricket continues as their captain steve smith is suspended for cheating. while england slump to defeat in the 1st test with new zealand in aukland. if you file your maths gcse in england you have to reset it, the only exception is if you are on an apprenticeship that these young people here. so is it right to make people here. so is it right to make people retake their maths? we will find out a little later. good question. and carol has the weather. good morning from stjames's park in london, we are here for the real

relaunch of couch to 5k. the weather is nice for it, as well. the sun is out but through the day the cloud will build across the uk from the west, turning sunshine hazy, followed later on by some rain. more on 15 minutes. a good day for a work—out! jeremy corbyn has apologised for what he called "pockets of antisemitism" in his party, and said he would not tolerate any form of it. his apology comes asjewish leaders accused the labour leader of repeatedly siding with anti—semites. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. labour's leader is facing direct criticism. jeremy corbyn is accused of failing to stamp out anti—semitism in his party. the latest row relates to an offensive mural in east london, which back in 2012, jeremy corbyn seemed to support. he later said he should have looked more closely at the

disturbing image. nonetheless, in a letter, two prominentjewish groups condemned the labour leader. they wrote... i also will be asking him how he could possibly say that he didn't really look at the mural which is aborted, which was grotesquely anti—semitic. i want him to explain to me how he is a member of two notably anti—semitic facebook groups and he said he didn't notice. everything with jeremy and he said he didn't notice. everything withjeremy corbyn is, well i hear no evil, i see no evil, i wasn't looking, i didn't see anything. frankly, i find i wasn't looking, i didn't see anything. frankly, ifind that strange. in his own statement, mr corbyn said... he said he utterly condemned

anti—semitism and it would not be tolerated. his comments welcomed by some. i'm pleased that jeremy has said he will meetjewish leaders within the next few days, weeks and months and we are going to continue to campaign to stamp out racism and anti—semitism of any kind in the party, at every level. but for others, the labour leader must still do more to prove he is tough enough on this issue, which continues to plague him. the american adult film actor stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet about the alleged relationship. she said the affair took place in california in 2006, a year after mr trump and his wife melania got married. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. how do we know you're telling the truth? ‘cause i have no reason to lie, you know, i'm not getting paid to be here.

you had sex with him? yes. now, more than ever, american politics in the era of trump resembles reality television. you were 27 and he was 60, were you physically attracted to him? no. not at all? no. did you want to have sex with him? no. but i didn‘t say no, i‘m not a victim. i‘m not... it was entirely consensual. oh, yes. five years later, stormy daniels was trying to sell her story when, she says, she was threatened in a las vegas carpark along with her infant daughter. a guy walked up on me, and said to me, "leave trump alone, forget the story." then he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said, "a beautiful little girl, it‘d be a shame if something happened to her mum." and then he was gone. 11 days before the presidential election in 2016, stormy daniels was paid £90,000 by mr trump‘s personal lawyer. was it hush money to stay silent? yes. the story was coming out again. i was concerned for my family and their safety.

we're gonna to build the wall, folks... critics call that an illegal campaign contribution, but the white house said it wasn‘t and denies the affair. mr trump‘s lawyer denies threatening stormy daniels, and the president himself returned to washington from a weekend in florida without his wife. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. at least 53 people have died and 10 are still missing, including many children, after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in siberia. the blaze started on an upper floor of the shopping complex while many of the victims were in the cinema. 0ur correspondent andrew plant reports. a fire on the fourth floor. this shopping centre surrounded by firefighters searching for survivors, trying to reach upper floor windows, fighting the smoke billowing outside. the fire started here on sunday. dozens were evacuated, but it was clear dozens more were missing, many of them children.

translation: the area of the fire is about 1,500 square metres. at this moment, 288 emergency officers are working on site, as well as 62 units of equipment and an airbourne grouping are taking part in the search and rescue operation. we are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. the shopping centre has a very complex construction. there is a lot of combustible materials. people gathered to stand and stare as the fire unfolded. witnesses said it trapped people on the upper floors, and said some had jumped from windows to try to escape from the flames. an industrial city of more than half a million, it is one of russia‘s biggest coal producing regions, more than 2,000 kilometres east of moscow. already there are reports the fire began near a cinema and children‘s entertainment centre. president putin has already sent his condolences to friends and family of the victims. authorities say a criminal

investigation will now begin to try to find out what caused the fire. andrew plant, bbc news. for the first time, british nationals made up the majority of reported modern slavery and trafficking victims in the uk, according to the national crime agency. more than 5000 cases were identified last year by the authorities, and over 800 of them were british. the number of children thought to be involved rose by two—thirds. the home office says greater awareness and improved understanding of modern slavery are helping to identify potential victims. in a scandal that‘s rocked the cricket world, the future of australia‘s capain steve smith looking increasingly uncertain after he admitted cheating. smith told fielder cameron bancroft to tamper with the ball during a test against south africa on saturday, making it harder to bat. he is suspended from the final test of the series, but many fans and pundits are suggesting he will face a stiffer punishment. he will not survive this. darren

lehmann, they have to find some guilt. as you look at the video, it appears to suggest he certainly knew what was going on. but they are investigating now, i suspect cricket australia will act pretty quickly. the next test match series is on friday, and i think they will have come to some sort of agreement by the time that starts. the grade i listed mansion wentworth woodhouse, which stood in for buckingham palace in the film darkest hour, is to be brought back to its former grandeur, at a cost of £200 million. the charitable trust in charge of restoring the mansion in south yorkshire have already started repairs on the four acre roof, but say it could be 20 years before renovations are complete. are you trying to find them useful fa cts ?

i was trying to find something that it is hard when you have ten seconds to find something! it is 8.11. jeremy corbyn says he‘s "sincerely sorry" for the pain caused by what he calls "pockets of anti—semitism" in the labour party. a letter, released late last night from two prominentjewish groups, has accused mr corbyn of ignoring the communities‘ concerns. joining us now is labour mp and former chair of the jewish labour movement, louise ellman. good morning. thank you so much for coming in to discuss this with us. what is your take on wherejeremy corbyn is on this issue at the moment, today? it has taken jeromy farkas to long to admit how wrong he has been, in failing to deal with anti—semitism in the labour party. this has now been brought to a head because of blatantly anti—semitic neural appeared to be condoned by jeremy. it took him three statement since last friday for him to give an

apology. but he has now got to show it is not just apology. but he has now got to show it is notjust words. he has to act danny huston root out the anti—semitism that is within the labour party. it is just heartbreaking to see it but he has to do something about it now, words won‘t be enough. to do something about it now, words won't be enough. just reading his words, you will know him but maybe not all of you as well. he says he wa nts to not all of you as well. he says he wants to be clear he will not tolerate any form of anti—semitism thatis tolerate any form of anti—semitism that is in their movement and they must be stamped out from the party. this goes to the heart of the issue. what would you like to see him do? you say actions, but what? first, actions have to be taken many cases of anti—semitism which are waiting to be heard by the labour party and he has to stamp on those members of the labour party who keep saying that allegations of anti—semitism area that allegations of anti—semitism are a smear againstjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. even this morning i had an e—mail that says that to me. he is leader of the party and has to tell his supporters that will not do there is a member of the labour

party, jackie walker, who continues to sayjewish people are to finances of the slave trade. somebody talking like that has no place in the labour party. she is going round the country playing to adoring crowds, some labour party members, while supporting them. that is just one example of an outstanding case where action must be taken. you mentioned the word "smear". 0ne action must be taken. you mentioned the word "smear". one of the top hashtags on social media this morning is predict the nextjeremy corbyn smear. something jeremy corbyn smear. something jeremy corbyn is being attacked for something he hasn‘t necessarily done. do you think that sort of culture, does it make it hard to make legitimate criticisms sometimes? it is designed to put people off but it won‘t do that, because there is anti—semitism in the labour party. there is anti—semitism in the left as well as the right. since jeremy anti—semitism in the left as well as the right. sincejeremy corbyn became leader, the anti—semitism in the labour party has had a louder voice. he hasn‘t recognised or stamped on it. i hope now he does

recognise that a tipping point has been reached, has upset and outraged the jewish community. and been reached, has upset and outraged thejewish community. and outside thejewish community. and outside the community, as well. anti—semitism isn‘tjust a problem forjewish people but society as a whole. we spoke to the president of the board of jewish whole. we spoke to the president of the board ofjewish people and he specifically mentioned you, saying the taunts you are subject to, he mentioned you specifically. does it affect you directly? i had problems of anti—semitism in my local party in liverpool and they found there was problems with anti—semitism and i was being treated very unfairly, disciplinary action was promised but none has taken place. i‘ve also had abuse on social media, i am called a racist child abuser, i‘ve been called a slot, all kinds of horrendous

things, and it‘s not acceptable, particularly when this is coming from labour party members. cars shut. we... statement says it is a clear link between anti—semitism and the far left, is that an issue for the party? there's a big issue of anti—semitism on the right but a lesser mouse problem of anti—semitism on the left and i think that journey is anti—semitism on the left and i think thatjourney is within a group of people who have a worldview which all too easily looks at israel in particular, not as a homeland for jewish people, part of national self—determination but as something to do with imperialism and oppression and that then seems to affect awa ke oppression and that then seems to affect awake and look at anti—semitism within the labour

party and i think they have to understand the position and they got it wrong and they have to wake up and see the anti—semitism that tragically and deplorably is alive in the labour party, we‘ve got to stamp it out, the labour party is about justice and its stamp it out, the labour party is aboutjustice and its anti—racist but it must recognised anti—semitism is there too. how damaging is it in your opinion for the labour party?” think it‘s very damaging. people at the top of the party and their associates have hoped this would all go away, they could dismiss this as a smear but you will see from the statement that has no com from the board of deputies of british tpc sawgrass, the british leadership council, that british tpc sawgrass have had enough of that. there are people who have had enough of it. —— the board of deputies of british jews. have you considered your position within the labour party at

any stage? i believe in the labour party, its socialjustice and i am fighting anti—semitism, i don‘t think the anti—semites in the labour party should have a clear run and i hope we‘ve now reached a tipping point, the leadership realised you can‘t turn a blind eye any longer. thank you very much forjoining us. good to talk to you. 17 minutes past eight, thank you forjoining us. it might still be chilly out there — but carol‘s in st james‘s park this morning to encourage us to ditch the sofa and get outside for a bit of exercise. a bit of physical activity owing on behind you, carol. i am here because today sees the relaunch of couch to five k, all the people behind me have either done at or about to do it, have a look at the bbc get inspired web page. it will tell you everything. a chilly start this morning, some of us looking at

frost, this weekend, and this week, turning colder, some snow for some of us. some of us will see some rain. first thing this morning, some frost around, look skies like we have in london for many parts of the uk. however, as we go through the day, you will notice cloud building and the west, turning the sunshine hazy, head of a weather front introducing rain. a cloud building in the west during today, the rain getting into northern ireland this afternoon, not into western scotland, the cloud building. some showers in the north but the further east you are, the brighter it is. in terms of temperature, 9—13d. heading through this evening and overnight, the weather front bringing the rain moves east, and north—east, and engaging with the cold air across northern england and scotland, it. to follow snow, mostly on the hills.

more likely to be sleet and rain. as the result of this and cloud cover, not as cold as last night, temperatures between five and eight celsius. tomorrow‘s starting with rain, moving away for most of eastern england and scotland, in the far north as some rain, some of that heavy falling as snow on the hills. showers coming in behind from the west, variable amounts of cloud, sunshine training hazy, temperatures continuing to come down in the north and west, still in double figures as we come to the south, especially as we come to the south, especially as we come to the south, especially as we come to the saudis. tuesday evening into wednesday, we have the room who northern scotland falling as snow on the hills, a new brand coming across from the west to the east. as we come —— as we come to

the south—east. by thursday in narrow band of rain across the north—east of scotland, some showers across wales and north—west england, quite windy across southern counties with sunshine. that cold trend continuing for the rest of the week into the weekend. carol thank you. we will see you later. you want to go swimming? i wa nt to later. you want to go swimming? i want to go running, swimming, cycling. we are going to talk man‘s first. —— talk about mathematics first. almost a third of teenagers in england failed their maths gcse last summer, but today the government is calling for a push to open more specialist maths schools to try to change that. pupils who fail maths in england have to keep studying the subject until they‘re 19 — but most never gain a pass.

as part of our maths series, brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at an apprenticeship training centre in manchester to try to find out why. good morning. good morning. we are in middleton this morning and here‘s an example of maps in the workplace, working out her mini cases need to go on working out her mini cases need to goona working out her mini cases need to go on a pallet, you might not think it is relevant but it is, mantra learning trained apprentices for a case in logistics and a trade logistics, these apprenticeships are ina logistics, these apprenticeships are in a different situation to most, in full—time education between 16 and 19 because they have to reset maps, if you don‘t get what is considered a pass, apprentices do not have to. this great to make retake a subject they are not that strong ad? i have in taking a look. so if you are doing pi r—squared...

all of you try it and see if you agree. igota d. i got one, which i think is the lowest. not the results they wanted, so these students at the city of liverpool college will all be resitting their maths gcse. just keep doing it and doing it, it does get stressful. since 2014 in england, retakes have been compulsory in maths and english for pupils not getting a c, or a four under the new 1—9 marking system. those in full—time education have to keep trying until they are 19. i think it is demoralising for a lot of students, as well, to have to resit the same qualification again and again. i am all for people continuing to do maths. whether that be gcse, necessarily, i don‘t agree with. i think you need it in later life, so i think even though we don't like doing it now, i think it will benefit us. unless the person, like, needs it, for instance, for their course or their career choice in life, i don't think

they should be forced to take it if they don't want to. catherine is trialling a new teaching method called maths in context. the students are enjoying it, but the retake odds are stacked against them. if you look back at the number of pupils in england who have to retake their maths gcse each year, around 160,000, the vast majority, more than 80%, never pass. which begs the question, what is the point? well, the point is that there are significant earning premiums for those young people that do have a good pass in gcse maths, and of course it will take time for further education colleges to adapt their teaching to ensure that more young people get a good pass. the government is today inviting applications to set up more schools like this. the king‘s college london mathematics school is a centre of excellence for sixth—formers. more than £100 million of investment was announced by the government last year for the study of maths at a—level. if a third of gcse students,

approximately, aren‘t getting what is considered to be a pass, shouldn‘t that be a priority? it is also a key priority. we need more people with advanced maths in a modern economy. is it good enough that a third of students aren‘t getting a pass? well, it‘s never good enough unless every child is reaching their full potential. we are raising expectations. if at first they don‘t succeed, try and try again. it‘s not an option — it‘s compulsory. compulsory if in further education but if you are on an apprenticeship, that‘s not the case. do people need to have maths gcse, chain, do you think? depends on the sector they are working in, when you work in logistics, that‘s what we train a lot of people for, it‘s notjust picking accurately, it‘s doing the count picking accurately, it‘s doing the cou nt afterwards picking accurately, it‘s doing the count afterwards to ensure what is left on the palate is correct. as a

company we are dry to equip people effectively so it‘s relevant, releva nce effectively so it‘s relevant, relevance of they remember it, it‘s pa rt relevance of they remember it, it‘s part of theirjob but not only that, you are giving the retail company raid logistics company some detail valuable, who understands the underlying principle. thank you, mark, you are the boss, how important is it your apprentices are good at mars? it's vital, 8096 of learners to achieve their functional skills. how are you getting on? it was pretty good to be honest. the importance of a load on a forklift truck are key. if you don't know how much you have on your vehicle, your customer may not get paid for what they need. thank you so much, should people be forced to reset their most gcse or is it time better spent learning a practical type of maths thatis learning a practical type of maths that is what they do here? the debate was on. you can see exactly why they would

needed. tim, good luck. earlier this morning we set you a little maths challenge. we‘ll reveal the answers in just a minute but first, here‘s a reminder of the question. there will be a video on our social media site explaining all the workings. are we asking the question ain? if that‘s not enough for you, here‘s a bonus question: what is the total value she now has to buy a red cloak? now it‘s time for the big reveal. the simplified new ratio is 4 to 2 to 1. and the total value is now £2, plus £2, plus £2.50, which altogether comes to £6.50.

it was 4am! man‘s early is always difficult. congratulations if you got the right one. it‘s good, i really enjoyed them. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. like yesterday, dry and bright, good spells of sunshine. things turning u nsettled spells of sunshine. things turning unsettled and older as we head into the easter weekend. for today, unsettled and older as we head into the easterweekend. fortoday, enjoy that sunshine. plenty of it this morning across the united kingdom. cloud will increase from the west. you can see some rain eventually

moving into northern ireland after lunchtime. eventually a bit of rain in the far south—west of england, west wales. for most of us is dry. some sunny spells. those temperatures getting into double figures at about ten. through tonight, rain spreading eastward. it will be quite patchy in southern areas but towards the north, great epic, a risk of snow at times. that will continue into tuesday. elsewhere, things brightening up a touch in northern ireland, wales, the midlands and south east of england. temperatures still 11—13 about cold across. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. it‘s the end of the road for uber in south east asia! the ride—hailing giant sells its business to the region‘s biggest player. live from london, that‘s our top story on monday 26th march. uber has already

retreated from china, is today‘s u—turn a sign that the company is slamming the brakes on its global expansion? also in the programme... the us opens the way to a truce with china but says it‘s not afraid