for two hours forfear a gunman could be on the loose. the times looks at shoppers — they will be charged every time they buy drinks cans and bottles in a bid to tackle litter and boost recyling. and an interesting piece in the new york times, which looks at — ever fancied living in a drainpipe? well it's being considered in hong kong to help solve the housing crisis. and finally the seattle times, where they're talking about a report by scientists who've discovered that rubber ducks are not the innocent toy they seem! all will be explained. with me is mark davies — ceo strategy consultancy, good to have you here. it is really

interesting, and they do love this financial times front page which says the rain, the limo, the father... talk us through this. the reason i make the point about the secret visit is if you want to keep the visit secret from you want to keep it secret. you don't arrive in a fancy keep it secret. you don't arrive in afancy rain, keep it secret. you don't arrive in a fancy rain, do you? no. not in a number rain where lots of people are asking questions. this is part of the power game between china and the united states. donald trump agreed that he would be meeting the north korean leader, and he has been very critical for a lot of time about the fa ct critical for a lot of time about the fact that the chinese have done nothing to rein him in. —— train. and suddenly the chinese are stepping up to the mark. interestingly to the stories that you are running about the wto, very soon after donald trump has also taken action against china in terms of tariffs and trade. this is part of tariffs and trade. this is part of the fight that is going on between china and the us are setting

their power in the region. from our point of view, and from the point of view of people around the world, they don't really care about any of that bit. all they care about is that bit. all they care about is that there is massive escalation of tension in north korea only six months ago. and suddenly over the last 6—8 weeks, there is this equitable deescalation starting with a renter olympics. —— incredible deescalation. —— winter olympics. the soviet union unravelled so quickly after significant escalation between them in the united states, and suddenly things alter part literally in a matter of months. and they would be interested to see whether or not the same thing is happening here. that is exactly what i was gandhi said. —— going to say. ireland having conversations with you and others on a daily basis about the stand—off and housing to be getting worse and there was no

sign ofa be getting worse and there was no sign of a diplomatic solution. —— i remember having conversations with you. and yet you mentioned the olympics. was that the catalyst, or is that mashed with heavy sanctions? i don't think that was the catalyst. i think there was the opportunity to grasp onto something. i think we we re grasp onto something. i think we were fortu nate grasp onto something. i think we were fortunate in that the winter olympic took place in south korea, because it enabled a diplomatic story to be built around. there must be something going on in the back of the greatest narrative in the first place. one suspects that the escalation intention was almost a final card being played by north korea, seeing what they could get. they are playing their cards as best they can. now they have realised they can. now they have realised they don't have any, and so talks are the result of that. which is to be welcomed by all. so we will watch this space with great interest and as you said many people all over the world reading essay of relief. as you said many people all over the world reading essay of reliefm was not apparent six months ago how

we re was not apparent six months ago how were going to get out of a situation where we seem to have somebody who was absolutely determined to escalate to the nuclear tension in the area. absolutely. and suddenly, the area. absolutely. and suddenly, the exact opposite is up in. now the uk media is unpacking what was announced yesterday. this is part of announced yesterday. this is part of an investigation, an independent enquiry, into what happened in manchester, the response to the terrorist attack at the ariana grande concert. an absolute awful event. this is quite shocking. i fight is not responding for two hours. yes, this is the report into what happened. what is not apparent to me is how they would do so me differently if the same thing happened today. because this is about the policy that they have if they go in thinking there is a gunman on the loose. in a situation with panic and convicting stories, you are going to get people saying the wrong information. an end that case, decisions are made on the back

of wrong information. —— and in that case. unless you change the policy and go in a matter what, acting the same thing would happen in the same situation today. so although it is shocking, you can understand a human being making a decision on the basis ofa being making a decision on the basis of a policy and the information that they have the time has made this judgement that people should not go in. ithink judgement that people should not go in. i think the most shocking thing in this report is that this around the telephone system not working, because that is a technological issue. and technological failure because that is a technological issue. and technologicalfailure in this kind of instance is unforgivable. you can understand humans making judgement calls under pressure that are wrong, but if your technology has put in place and it it doesn't work, that is a problem. absolutely. and there will be more to say about that sure. now let us look here at this story in the

times. this is a proposed scheme where we would pay more for address, ina where we would pay more for address, in a matter the container, piatek plastic, glass, you know, carport, whatever it might be. and then when we return those containers, we get some money back. it sounds a key com plete some money back. it sounds a key complete hassle. but then recycling isa complete hassle. but then recycling is a hassle. we are trained to get our heads around it, all of us. identical make a huge difference to recycling. it is a ready pretty high for tricks bottles. 74% are recycled. identical make a huge difference there. but a difficult make a difference of litter. but if you could not get money for returning a bottle —— easy to get money for returning a bottle, children around the casual take them back and get pocket money as a result. which is what is to happen when i was growing up, because they we re when i was growing up, because they were deposits that were payable on glass bottles at the time, and you ta ke glass bottles at the time, and you take them back to a shop, and you've picked up and do exactly the same thing. and get a few sweets in

return. so well this money go, the extra 25p put on drinks cans or plastic bottles, do we know that detail yet? no. all this has come as a result of really, of the planet, because it has changed the public sentiment on this, and michael gove hasjumped sentiment on this, and michael gove has jumped on a sentiment on this, and michael gove hasjumped on a politically, and to be fair, is doing a very good job getting plaudits from people who you would not normally expect to press a conservative environment minister. let's look at the front page of the new york times. a home in a drainpipe. i have seen has in refugee camps, very affected, as well. this is a visually arresting image. there are a lot of options of either further into the new york times. lots of different options for housing in dealing with the price of housing in dealing with the price of

housing and the housing crisis. specifically in hong kong. i think the actual drainpipe itself a defining down some very large drainpipes and thought we could make homes. —— the drainpipe itself, a designerfound homes. —— the drainpipe itself, a designer found some very large. but it is not deemed to be the only solution. that is looking at the problem of housing. the enormous cost of very small apartments, and they want to raise the issue. and they want to raise the issue. and the best way to do that if they could. londoners cannot afford to live in london, but in places like hong kong and singapore, the housing prices through the roof. obviously they are much more constrained in land and we are. we think we are constrained in the uk, but the reality is not like they are. now we need to the rubber ducks. we didn't explain this at all during the graphic sequence, but the bacteria inside rubber ducks is really something. i'm not surprised to hear

this, but it is really worrying. but the body is. i level of scientists come up with something that literally every person in the world knows and says we have just discovered... who doesn't know that the rubber duck on the side of the bath is going to be full of bacteria. this is there for months and months on end, all that is is squeezed out. all the bacteria, one bacteria is... peter bottomley kill someone bacteria is... peter bottomley kill someone is bacteria. probably, if we could harvest it. —— it could probably kill somebody. oh and it comes as a surprise. probably kill somebody. oh and it comes as a surprise. like any spaces is on the side for months on end, it will gather all sorts of dirt that... but we love them. and now we have to chuck them out. thank you for coming in, mark. but suspect your rubber duck. temperature is on the way down in

the lead up to the easter weekend. it is looking unsettled. some ran around in the day ahead. from this first area of their pressure. there is still a little bit about this. south wasn't selling them, most likely to see someone whether, but it may just push likely to see someone whether, but it mayjust push further north in two parts of wales, even east anglia. some showers him. just rain, but sleet and snow possible especially on health. writing in the west as we go through the afternoon. much of northern england, northern ireland, scotland will have variable cloud. sunny spells and showers run. wintry on hills. some of the long as rain in the northern isles. that is the biggest difference in southern parts of uk, where it could get as high as 60 celsius. the chill will be around on wednesday night at a clearing skies. most of the showers are still around on wednesday evening but will die away. under those clear skies, there will be widespread frost setting in going

into thursday morning. it does mean that this first begins, it will be chilly, but there will be a fair amount of sunshine around. but then we are watching another area of low pressure coming in from the south—west. a little bit slower, this one, but it will at least have some showers. any longer spells of rain. gradually on thursday, just edging a little bit further north—east. but ahead of that, you are likely to see dry weather and some sunshine of a fairly pleasant day. but a weather front is lurking near northern scotland. outbreaks of rain, sleet, and snow around here, and it will feel quite cold. a little bit milder. those eastern areas will seas on show during thursday. under those heavy showers, we will sit moving northwards at into good friday. there will be bands of showers pushing north across the uk. will they be gaps? you might be singsin sunshine. that

is how we are going into the easter weekend. then temperatures on the cool side of average. —— seeing some sunshine. wet whether a time, risk of snow on northern hills, but not what all the time. there will dry moments is today looks decent. mother by monday, particularly into england and wales. and that is your forecast. —— milder by monday. hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. money back for every drink bottle and can recycled. the government gives the green light to a scheme to cut waste in england but will it be enough to end our throwaway culture? good morning — it's wednesday 28 march. also this morning:

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