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: when kim met xi — after days of speculation it's confirmed north korea's leader, kimjong—un, did hold talks with china in beijing this week. the dramatic boardroom battle is nearly over. i'll have the latest on the future of british engineering giant gkn. in sport, the three australian cricketers at the centre of the ball—tampering scandal await punishment as they return home, while the team's head coach is expected to remain in hisjob and whether you wrestle

with quadratic equations or struggle with shakespearean quotes, could listening to music hold the key to exam revision? and carol has the weather. good morning from the rspb headquarters in bedfordshire and i'm here because today, the results from the big garden birdwatcher out. i'll tell you which birds are on the up and which are in decline. the weather is on the decline in the south of england and the southern half of wales. rain moving across the country, in between sunshine and showers in scotland, feeling much cooler today. more details on 15 minutes. first, our main story. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but customers will get their money back

of they return the containers. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. here is a global problem, plastic everywhere in the oceans. the amount of floating garbage could treble if we do not hold the flow. here is the uk's answer. a deposit return scheme which makes people think twice before chucking the bottle or can in the gutter. in this return scheme we filmed filmed in norway, you take the empty bottle back to the shop, you pop it into a machine that identifies it, then gives you a coupon to spend. we are absolutely committed to dealing with the tide of plastic in our oceans. the only way to deal with it effectively is acting on many fronts. we should have a deposit return scheme to make sure bottles which contributes so much to what we litter, and in the countryside as well, is this effective deposit scheme.

since they have put in a 5p charge on plastic bags, demand has dropped significantly. ministers are hoping for a similar drink container success. full details of the scheme will be worked out later in the year. roger harrabin, bbc news. after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kimjong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. we hear that he held talks with president xijingping — do we know what was discussed? to this is quite extraordinary news. they kept us guessing that the chinese government fire at state—owned media has announced

details of the bigger —— visit of kim jong—un to beijing. they waited till his train had left chinese territory and were safely back inside north korea before telling us about it but it seems it was in fact the first trip on the north korean leader since he came to power and he is apparently, when he turned up, he sent to president xi, given the speed of developments on the korean peninsula, he should speak to him first. the implication being before in its donald trump and his south korean counterpart. interestingly, according to the reports, she jinking is said to him, we are still in favour of denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. —— xijinping. kim jong—un said it has been their

long—standing position for denuclearisation. that might sound bizarre given it was the north koreans were introduced nuclear weapons to the peninsula but they would say, as long as we feel safe, we are prepared to give up. and it could mean looking for a face—saving way to disarm. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current high level until at least 2020 and may even increase, according to the government's new security review. the prime minister has pledged to use every available capability to defend the country's interests, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. in this review was completed largely before the salusbury poisoning earlier this month that announcing the government's new strategy, theresa may referred to the use of a nerve agent in the city is brazen and reckless. she said people who carried out such attacks would be no doubt that britain would use every

capability at its disposal to defeat them. in future britain's national security strategy will be organised around what ministers are calling a fusion doctrine. it will lock straight traditional aspects around police and the armed forces but also involve economic measures and communications in diplomacy and law enforcement and even cultural influence. as well as threats from countries like russia and north korea and iran, the approach will be used against serious and organised crime and terrorism. last year saw a series of terrorist attacks in manchester and london in the review will say that the threat from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current heightened level for at least two years and might even increase. the international security organisation nato is expelling seven russian diplomats in response to the salisbury nerve agent attack. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said the move would send a message to russia that there were "costs and consequences to its actions. 26 countries have also expelled russian representatives over the last two days.

the french president, emmanuel macron, will lead a national memorial service today, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last week. 44—year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassonne on friday. victims of serial sex offender john worboys will find out later today if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. fans of sir ken dodd are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay their final respects

to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month. later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from the commedian‘s home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. adverts for megabus promising fares from £1 have been banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. you know how fond we are of the odd bit of monkey business on this programme. well this little fella brought one area of mexico city to a standstill yesterday afternoon. this capucin monkey escaped and made

a dash forfreedom — spending the day evading vets, local zoo handlers and police. eventually he jumped over the us embassy wall, and wasn't seen again. police believe he'd been owned illegally. we have a very sad story about rubber ducks later. they are not very hygienic. they can cause all sorts of issues. the gunge that collect inside the rubber ducks. maybe just keep them for ornamental purposes. we are still talking about the cricket. it's not going to end. the shame continues. the humiliation for australian cricket. the

investigation has been continuing in south africa to determine what went on, who knew about this cheating scandal that has erupted. saw the pictures of cameron bancroft changing the shape of the ball to the investigations have been continuing and essentially convert three main protagonists have been sent home. captain steve smith, cameron bancroft and vice captain david warner. a former south african cricketer working for the broadcaster thought something going on. he said to the cameraman, can you find who is trying to recondition this fall. and then they found cameron bancroft. he noticed the ball was doing things. it would be normal unless the ball had been changed in some way. that's what prompted it. the three of them have

been sent home and we will wait to see how long they have been sanctioned for. cricket australia's chief says the three of them knew. surely the bowlers would know was well. if guy -- if the broadcaster noticed, then everybody in the picture is going to think something is going on. everyone would be looking out it. do we believe only three of them knew about it? also, did the coach know about it. they are saying not. still a lot of unanswered questions. head coach darren lehmann will remain in hisjob after he was yesterday cleared of involvment in the controversy by cricket australia chief executive james sutherland. when the going to resign?

we're talking var again, england denied victory over italy as the video assistant referee awarded a late penalty to the visitors at wembley, as gareth southgate's side drew one all. it's his last friendly before annoucning his world cup squad — lots of debate again about how effective the technology is in its current guise. alex mcleish notched his first win of his second spell as scotland manager — matt phillips scoring the only goal of the game to beat hungary 1—nil in their friendly in budapest. and there's a big night in the women's champions league. manchester city and chelsea both in action later in their second leg qf tie. —— quarterfinal tie. if both reach the last four it will be the first time two english sides have reached the semifinals. it would be great for women's football. and var rearing its head again. when we first talked about it, they said any decision would be clear and obvious. now it seems it is not so clear. it's very murky.

people get annoyed about that. in social media, it's meant to clear up those types of things. it doesn't feel at the moment it's doing that. 0h, feel at the moment it's doing that. oh, why goodness. carol is out and about with the weather this morning — she's at the headquarters of the rspb in bedfordshire. there is good news and not so good news for the birds, isn't there? the reason i'm here is because today sees the results of a survey which took part. it's called the big guardian birdwatch. about 420,000 people took part. it recorded 6.7 million birds and the results show the birds that are on the up and the birds on the decline. the first other goldfinch, longtailed kit and cold teat. but the ones the decline are the common ones. the blackbird,

the robin and the ran. it's thought perhaps they are on decline because after a mild winter, they might be foraging elsewhere. —— wren. we will tell you more through the morning. the weather is also on the decline in bedfordshire. the forecast that todayis in bedfordshire. the forecast that today is either rain or sunshine and showers but you will notice it's going to feel much colder than it did yesterday. yesterday in london, a high of16 did yesterday. yesterday in london, a high of 16 and today, it's more likely be seven. we take a look around the country, and the southee can see we have all the rain, have also got rain across the north—east of scotland. a cold start to you some foster's well, particularly about aberdeenshire. showers this morning across northern ireland, north—west england, north wales and the south wales and the southern half of england into the midlands, with some rain, some of which is heavy. mills and that is well and is

going of drifting eastwards. —— hill snow in there as well. the rain coming our way here into east anglia and also the south—east. the rain becoming ensconced across the north—east. a view towards the east but the east seen the best of the brightness today and we will see some sunshine. as the rain drifts over to the east, it will brighten up over to the east, it will brighten up later. the southern half of wales. then as we had on through the saving. still the rain ensconced across the north—east of scotland and we will also have some showers coming in across the south—west as low pressure is not too far away from us getting into the southern

half of wales. up to plus three degrees. tomorrow, a largely dry note, some sunshine and some frost. we lose the mist and fog and continue with showers. showers in the south—western southern parts of wales. moving north eastwards, getting through the midlands. getting into northern england, but in between them, we should cease and bright spells and sunshine. there is noi bright spells and sunshine. there is no i can tell you. more on the birds as we had through the course of the morning but now, back to you. let's take a look at today's papers. lots of mixup in the papers. we are talking about recycling. shoppers will be charged up to 20p extra for bottles under plans for a rest ——

refundable to tackle plastic. an interesting story. you mentioned rubber duck. dirty secret. rubber ducks are so filthy, they can kill. a warning that will strike fear into the heart of any parent. perils like in still waters in the top. a group of microbiologists have declared the rubber duck is dangerous and should either be cleaned out regularly... i'm terrified. you should either be cleaning them regularly throw them away! who's got time to that? -- time for that. front page of the daily express. you may have seen this story covered yesterday.

"forgive us", this story covered yesterday. " forgive us", young this story covered yesterday. "forgive us", young children were dying, a paramedic was begging with us, pleading with us. it is a heartbreaking letter, the guilt of the manchester fire service yesterday talking about not being able to get to the manchester arena. they weren't allowed to go in. we'll be talking to the fire brigades' union about that later. the daily telegraph, the same story about recycling and the same picture of the queen. also inside, women over 40 for the first time i the only age group with a growing pregnancy rate. the office of national statistics has that. the eu referendum could have had a different outcome had there not been cheating and called for urgent overhaulfor there not been cheating and called for urgent overhaul for terror response rules. this is what louise was mentioning about the fire service apologising about a two—hour delay in tackling the manchester arena attack. the front page of the sun, a front—page on the one of the

three menjailed over the plot to rain washed muslim boys. they are talking about philip green and his knighthood on the daily mirror.|j wa nt to knighthood on the daily mirror.|j want to talk about calories before we finish. is that after me consuming many yesterday? though, there is an article in here about how much anthonyjoshua eagle for brea kfast. how much anthonyjoshua eagle for breakfast. i will go first. how much anthonyjoshua eagle for breakfast. iwill go first. -- eats. leigh have you have had a parking fine? i leigh have you have had a parking fine ? i have leigh have you have had a parking fine? i have never had one, not because i am a saint. moved to suffolk if you get lots of them because they haven't signed the right paperwork for civil parking enforcement and so you can park pretty much anywhere and everywhere and you don't get fined so lots of residence are saying they are lawless when it comes to... lawless.

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fruit, a banana and then lunch is to simon phillips and followed by dinner ofa simon phillips and followed by dinner of a whole chicken. —— salmon fillets. anthonyjoshua dinner of a whole chicken. —— salmon fillets. anthony joshua 5000 calories. eddie hall, 12,000. the only sportsman who matches eddie hall, michael phelps, the swimmer. he has 12,000 calories a day. he puts in his body 2.5 times what anthonyjoshua puts puts in his body 2.5 times what anthony joshua puts in. puts in his body 2.5 times what anthonyjoshua puts in. bloom at the time it takes! sign me up. --. the time it takes! sign me up. --. the time it takes! sign me up. --. the time it takes. while students around the uk are looking forward to their easter holidays starting later this week, for those of you with gcses and nationals this summer it means one thing: revision! and the same goes for us here at breakfast where naga, jayne and tim are getting ready to resit their maths gcse. so what is the secret to retaining all those important facts and figures? john maguire has been finding out. all is quiet in the library at this

school in cheshire but when the schools go for test with hydrogen, quadratic equations or shamed —— shakespearean quotes, there is a filled with ed sheeran and eminem. —— their ears. this is an independent school that also specialises in teaching children with learning difficulties and for the past two years, pupils have been allowed to listen to music while working. it gets rid of sound around you so say is the teacher is talking to someone else. —— if the teacher. it blocks it out so you can concentrate on your own work. they are under strict conditions to listen to music while sitting their gcse exams. obviously, they need to

make sure there are no clues are a nswe rs make sure there are no clues are answers in the music but once we have done that, they can listen and it impacts their concentration. heavy—metal may have worked wonders what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcse. what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcsei what angel como in manchester. she fell asleep in her gcse. i did and all night and drank at lunch of energy drinks and on the morning of my exam i was a energy drinks and on the morning of my exam i was a mess. energy drinks and on the morning of my exam i was a mess. it was terrible. she has since, though, reta ken and past terrible. she has since, though, retaken and past and shares her experience online via the bbc‘s bite sized. this is an imaging technique. this man is a professor of psychology, today sharing his wisdom ata psychology, today sharing his wisdom at a neuroscience festival in bristol. so, what is the brain doing at revision time? deep inside the brain are areas, the hippocampus, where long—term memories are stored. it isa where long—term memories are stored. it is a complete circuit all the

time so the front of the brain is useful for holding things in 2? call a and the thing and - the thing you inéfisag‘sfi increasingly, help is test in exams. increasingly, help is available at the click of a button. ruby posts tips and advice online and we spoke to her via her computer which she uses to reach 150,000 followers. hi, ruby. hi, nice to see you. i hope to be that outlet and source of revision tips that didn't have myself when i was thinking about starting revising for these major exams. with less coursework or continuous assessment in the curriculum now, getting it right at exa m curriculum now, getting it right at exam time is crucial. but of course, get the revision right and hopefully the exam and the results will follow suit. now we want you to get involved.

0ur maths challenge tutor, bobby seagull has set us an easter themed puzzle. the easter bunny has four chocolate easter eggs. we have four clues to guess the weight of each egg. clue number 1 — the average weight of these easter eggs is 80 grams. clue number 2 — the three heavier eggs weigh 270 grams in total. clue number 3 — the heaviest egg is 3 times the weight of the smallest egg. clue number 4 — the other two middle eggs weigh the same. so, what is the weight of each of the easter eggs? we'll bring you the answer a little later on the programme. the puzzle is posted to our social media pages, where you can also find countdown presenter rachel riley's top revision tips. send your answer to the puzzle to bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk

i would talk about things in those letters corresponding. you need to work out what is working for you. letters corresponding. you need to work out what is working for youlj would work out what is working for you.” would use the first two days tidying my desk. send in your revision tips. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. people caught in the early stages of terror plots will face tougher punishments under landmark guidelines being published today.

the sentencing council plans has fast tracked the plans following last year's attacks. they're the first comprehensive guidance on a number of terrorism offences for courts in england and wales. the met is urging the public to lock, chain and cover their mopeds to make them less visible to thieves. more than 23,000 crimes were committed in london last year using stolen scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. police say stopping them being taken in the first place — will reduce further crimes being committed. a bookseller has been convicted of stealing a rare edition of a harry potter book worth more than 1,500 pounds. rudolf schonegger swapped the signed copy of harry potter and the goblet of fire with a novel of very little value at hatchards in piccadilly, on new year's eve. he'll be sentenced next month. an ancient winged bull statue — similar to one destroyed by so—called isis in iraq is the latest installation to sit on the fourth plinth in trafalgar square. the michael rakovitz sculpture will be the fourteenth contemporary work to be displayed. it will replace the david shrigley‘s giant thumb. let's have a look at

the travel situation now. there's no service on the dlr because of strike action by the rmt. that will run for 48 hours. the overground is part suspended from romford to upminster because of over running engineering works and there are severe delays on tfl rail. a13 slow moving westbound from dagenham to barking — usual delays. the m25 clockwise is slow between clacket lane services and junction six following a collision. the a501 marylebone road near to baker street has a lane closed in both directions for roadworks. lets have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. yesterday, we reached 16 celsius in kew but it is a different date or they today. it is six or seven degrees colder. pretty cloudy with plenty of wet weather. in fact, the rain is what many of us

is waking up to this morning was a bit is working its way off to the east but taking its time. it not until the end of the day we start to see clear spells but also perhaps even some sunshine to finish off the afternoon. there will still be a few showers lingering. temperature wise, highs of six or seven celsius. we will be feeling pretty chilly. we continue with that cold theme overnight. showers move away and under clear skies, we will see frost developing as well. the temperature is getting down to freezing and perhaps even minus one. tomorrow, a frosty, chilly start to the day. much brighter and dry the bulk of the day but by late afternoon, we are seeing a band of rain pushing in for them —— from the west. it will have heavy pulses. temperature wise, a bit ofa have heavy pulses. temperature wise, a bit of a blip today because we are to double figures and all the way through until after the easter weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back

to dan and louise. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it's wednesday 28 march. we'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment but coming up later in the programme: as the war on plastic waste continues, could a new bottle deposit return scheme change our relationship with recycling? it was once our greatest fishing port but after years of decline we find out about the new effort being made to preserve grimsby‘s hidden heritage. and it's the amateur art world's greatest test: the big painting challenge returns to our screens this weekend. we're joined by two of the contestants embarking on a six week artistic bootcamp. all that still to come. but now, a summary of this morning's main news. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy

drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but customers will get their money back if they return the containers. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation. are we are absolutely committed to taking action to deal with the tide of plastic that is in our oceans. the only way that we can deal with this effectively is acting on a series of funds and one could part of that is having a deposit return scheme which make sure the bottles which contribute so much to marine litter and rubbish in our countryside as well effectively dealt with and deposit return scheme is one way of doing that. after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kimjong—un, has carried out an unannounced 3—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. 0ur china correspondent, robin brant has this report. so, it was him. now we know this is

what was happening behind closed doors. the wives were there as well for this first face—to—face meeting. china's elder statesman leader xi jinping and the thirtysomething little bother, kim jong—un, jinping and the thirtysomething little bother, kimjong—un, was given a substantial ceremonial welcome. we usually see pictures of others taking notes, as kim speaks, but this time it was different. china is north korea's only big benefactor but the relationship soured significantly over kim's nuclear weapons programme. this was about telling the world and donald trump that are friends again. so, why all this now? china wants to ensure it has influence in the upcoming surprise talks with the us. kim reiterated his committed to denuclearisation although that is

ambiguous and not new. the white house says china conveyed a message to it after the meeting. 0ne house says china conveyed a message to it after the meeting. one thing is very clear. china wants to be front and centre as those nuclear talks get over. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current level or higher until at least 2020. launching the government's new security review, the prime minister pledged to use "every available ca pability" to defend the country's interests. the review includes a new so—called ‘fusion doctrine', encouraging government departments and agencies to work together more on security issues. victims of serial sex offender john worboys will find out later today if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. adverts for megabus promising fares from £1 have been banned by the advertising watchdog,

after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. and it a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. the time may have come — to throw the rubber duck out will with the bath water! arguably — they're one of our favourite bath time friends! but the rubber duck has been exposed as a source of bacterial and fungal growth, according to a study by the swiss government. the duck fills with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed — a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. that could be it for the rubber

ducks of this world. the death of the rubber duck. they often on the shelf. that's no fun, is it? sad times for the duck. sad times for australian cricket as well. we are as yet to hear how long they will be punished for. steve smith, cameron bancroft, the one responsible for changing the shape of the ball. and the vice captain, david warner. you really get a sense of this shame across the country. we are going to touch on that in a minute. are they the only ones responsible venue about it? a lot of people suggesting that surely, more than three people knew about the plans to sheet. perhaps surprising head coach darren

lehmann's job appears safe. the head of the cricket australia james sutherland apologised for what went on. 0n on behalf of cricket australia, i wa nt to on behalf of cricket australia, i want to apologise to all australians that these events have taken place. we recognise that this issue goes beyond the technical nature of offences and various codes of conduct. it is about the integrity and reputation of australian cricket and reputation of australian cricket and australian sport. we can now speak to australian cricket writer and former player sam perry. clear this one up price. cricket australia have said it's only the three of them who knew about it. sam, are you with us? were hoping he was going to tell us. there he is. brilliant, we got you finally. cricket australia say only three of

them knew about it. cameron bancroft and steve smith and dave warner. do we believe them? the probe playing community out there have reacted with incredulity that only three people knew about the operation. what that says about the probe playing community's knowledge is a separate thing. personal point of view, ifind it extraordinary separate thing. personal point of view, i find it extraordinary that darren lehmann has been exonerated. a lot of strong words from james sutherland about recognising this goes beyond the scandal itself. the coach sets the agenda. the coach sets the environment. i'm very surprised that in that context, darren lehmann has been exonerated, at least in the first instance. that's a good point because if you didn't know what's going on, what sort of culture as presided over? if he did know about it, and he should

also go as well. it's upjames sutherland. i think people are entitled to question whether the action is going to matches words. the purpose of the press co nfe re nce was to matches words. the purpose of the press conference was to take the skin out of the story. i'm not sure that it will. australian cricket and the wider public are weary of the unpleasant way in which our team plays at the moment and has played for a very long time and they are going to stay on the case of cricket australia until they start seeing change. there are a lot of good people in cricket australia. repression image, changing the image, the way they play the game and unfortunately, darren lehmann has to put its hand up and say, i've been part of the culture that's been

pa rt been part of the culture that's been part of this situation. we are seeing steve smith wear. just gives a sense of what reception is awaiting them. much of the wider thickening public, you may want to the wider australian public have woken up. the moral dimension of our tea m woken up. the moral dimension of our team is buried much a part of the fibre of our own psyche. whether that's right or wrong is up to others to work out what i'd imagine there is going to be a pretty big media scrum. another couple of days of hand wringing and criticism and this will keep going until we work out what the fate of these guys are. sam perry, the australian cricket writer, many thanks. we wait to see

what the length of fans are. more debate about football's be a half. -- var. yet more debate about var, football's video assistant referee which denied england a victory over italy as they warm up for the world cup. england took the lead thanks to some quick thinking from jesse lingard. jamie vardy with a cracking finish. but the referee used var to give a penalty. and conisdering the technology is supposed to be used to overturn clear and obvious errors, was james tarkowski's clash here, an obvious error? fhe awarded a penalty, 1—all the final score. looking at it again, if you look at something often enough, you probably see a foul within it in terms of the system itself, ithink see a foul within it in terms of the system itself, i think there are two things for me. it is clear and obvious, but i don't think tonight was clear and obvious, so that needs some clarity before the world cup andi some clarity before the world cup and i think it's important that we

are starting to communicate what's going on better with the crowd in the stadium but i still think that can be advanced as well. scotland earned their first win of alex mcleish's second spell in charge against hungary last night. matt phillips scored his first international goal, arriving just in time to meet ryan fraser's deflected cross and secure a 1—0 victory. after the match alex mcleish praised his side for dominating the match. in the immediate aftermath of last may's terror attack in manchester, the focus was rightly on the 22 people whose lives were taken and the hundreds more who were injured. but in the months that followed, questions were asked about the response from the emergency services, local agencies and the media. yesterday, a review concluded that the fire service

could have done more. mark rowe from the fire brigades union joins us from sheffield. you know people who would have been working on that night. they were told to move away from the area, not go towards it. this tells those decisions. firstly, the fb welcomed the report. will consider the implications. a lot of hard lessons. we look forward to working with the releva nt we look forward to working with the relevant parties to make sure this situation happens again. the national fire chiefs council and the home office. what happens on that evening, there were stations that actually hurt the explosions. we

heard the explosion and they got ready and they were mobilised. they we re ready and they were mobilised. they were waiting to be deployed. that order never came down from the very top to deploy to the manchester arena site. just tell us about the impact on those firefighters. they we re impact on those firefighters. they were frustrated and wanted to be getting on and doing thejob. firefighters were angry they weren't being deployed. a lot of frustration as you say amongst members, a lot of embarrassment. members were embarrassed that they were deployed. they also talked about feeling ashamed, that they were prevented from actually doing anything that night. understand it was partly because of a national protocol, the

reason they weren't being deployed. is that changed or is that in place? the national protocol is still in place. it should have actually kicked in. the crunch of the situation was the information was available. the police had information for whatever reason, that information was never passed to the rescue service. the report is very clear. it was not the fault of the firefighters who sat on the fire engines waiting to be deployed but it was the fault of the higher echelons of management, the message was lost, it was never translated down to the managers the ground. there were never given that information to make the appropriate decisions. if it had had that information, the current information, the current information, they would have deployed a lot sooner. its berry clear the firefighters have been

exonerated but i just clear the firefighters have been exonerated but ijust wanted to get to the bottom of that question. if this sort of thing, this awful thing happen again, kurds it be that we are in the same situation, firefighters are not able to go in? we have had terrorist attacks in the past including the recent ones where vehicles have been used and they haven't been stopped from going in, the firefighters. we are talking about specific incidence and specific recounting communication within the manchester arena incident. thank you for your time. you may remember a few weeks ago we spoke to the rspb about their annual big garden birdwatch — well the results are now in and carol can tell us more from the headquarters of the rspb in bedfordshire — as well as bringing us the weather of course!

it is raining here in bedfordshire but we have been hearing the birds tweeting. the results of the survey are out. more than 420,000 people took part in this survey in the last week in january. took part in this survey in the last week injanuary. they recorded 6.7 million birds in their local parks and of course gardens three species of birds are the goldfish, the long tail teat and the gold teat. we had a mild spring and lots of food to feed them for up —— tit. the blackbird, the robin and the ren are on the decline. —— wren. they have a broader diet. interesting facts. we will be talking to somebody who

knows a lot about it as we go through this morning. the weather this morning is wet and also cooler thanit this morning is wet and also cooler than it was yesterday. in fact, yesterday in london, the temperature reached 16 celsius. today, it is more likely to be around seven. we also have rain, showers and sunshine in the forecast. you can see in the map where we have the rain across southern areas, we also have rain across the north—east scotland. in scotland, a cold start across the central lowlands and aberdeenshire. wilson have showers in the west. showers to across northern ireland, south—west england and north wales. as we come into south wales, south—west england, the midlands, heading over towards east the south—east, we have rain. it is raining here in bedfordshire this morning but the heaviest rain is yet to arrive. through the course of this morning, the rain continues to drift steadily eastwards, lingering across east anglia and the south—east, lightening up later and

we will see sunshine and possibly heavy showers and showers continuing on and off in the west. we are looking at sunshine in between. despite the fact that we do have some sunshine, the temperatures are nothing to write home about. we are looking at roughly between seven and nine and we could see ten for example in sa ntelli. nine and we could see ten for example in santelli. as we head through the evening and overnight, while we will still have rain across the far north—east of scotland with hill snow, there will be a lot of clear skies as well so it will be called with widespread frost. also patchy mist and fog and with low pressure close to the south—east of england, it will be throwing up showers across parts of the south—west and south wales. 0vernight, temperatures are —32 plus three. tomorrow, richard high—pressure —— average of high pressure. it will be a frosty one. we still have rain across the north of scotla nd we still have rain across the north of scotland with hill snow. meanwhile, the showers across the south—west, some of which will be heavy and thundery and possibly some

hail. it will extend north—east getting into what's london, the midlands, and northern ireland. temperature is still a bit disappointing for the time of year. dan and lew, wouldn't you know it, just as soon as we go on air, it sta rts just as soon as we go on air, it starts to rain. —— lou. just as soon as we go on air, it starts to rain. -- lou. it does look lovely, though, even though it is raining. the fate of gkn, the british engineering giant, will be decided in the next 48 hours. it's facing a hostile takeover bid. nina has the latest. investors have until tomorrow to decide the fate of gkn — one of the uk's largest industrial and manufacturing firms. a hostile takeover bid. it started life making cannonballs but now it is caught up in one of the biggest boardroom brawls in recent memory. it makes parts for companies like

boeing and airbus. it employs 6000 people in the uk. lastly, it issued a profit warning which left it vulnerable. now the melrose a company that specialises in turning around struggling manufacturers, they offered to help. now they are going straight to the shareholders to persuade them to sell the company and they have until tomorrow to make up and they have until tomorrow to make up their mind. what can we expect? we have the investment director at a stock roker ‘s. —— brokers. -- brokers. the company left itself open toa -- brokers. the company left itself open to a hostile attack. it has been seen as a controversial

ta keover been seen as a controversial takeover bid. the first is jobs. the supply chains have been employing people in the uk and secondly, the big one, industrial strategy versus short—term finance. gkn has a big history. some view melrose as a short—term company. it buys things and turn them around efficiently that after 3—5 years, sells it on. also a philosophical issue, what is the company for? is it to enrich management? the shareholders? what about the stakeholders, the staff, the customers, the suppliers? in theory, they all benefit when things go well that you can have times when it looks at one party is doing better than the others. this is a big question about whether the company is there to serve the public or the shareholders. hence the

business secretary greg clark weighing in. too little, too late? people have been critical he has only been involved now at he did discuss this back in january and discussed it with both companies and customers. he can, if he wants to, refer to the competition and markets authority on the grounds of national—security because gkn operates in the defence industry. he can't block it directly but can refer to somebody in theory could do. and that lobbying can sometimes make a difference. if i am a shareholderfor gkn, make a difference. if i am a shareholder for gkn, what is the melrose offer and what is the stick offer? lim melrose, you will get 60% offer? lim melrose, you will get 60% of the merged company. —— melrose. if you go with the gkn offer and go with them, you will get 47% of the merged car parts business with an american company, all of the aerospace business, the sale of some non— car assets and planned to

return to an half billion pounds in cash sometime in the future. both companies have said they have planned to settle the pension deficit. it is a bit jammed nowjam later. it is about whether you want a little bit or a lot of cash in your pocket now and whether you want to bea your pocket now and whether you want to be a bit more patient.” your pocket now and whether you want to be a bit more patient. i thought melrose would win and gkn would be quiet. we find out tomorrow afternoon. thank you. jammed now, jam later. it was once the bustling heart of britain's busiest fishing port, but for the last 30 years the area of grimsby known as ‘the kasbah' has become a picturesque ghost town. even many locals don't know the area exists, but now it's hoped that this and other historic landmarks in the town could be saved from further decay. david silllito reports. a huge hydraulic power was modelled on the architecture of siena.

grimsby used to be our greatest fishing port. and this was its heart. known as the kasbah, these victorian streets are now a ghost town, hidden behind the fences of the port, any locals don't even know it exists. —— many locals. you have never heard of the kasbah? never. it has shops and houses. not in no way. born and bred, you've never heard of it. never. and this is its greatest building. the old ice factory. it's rather a long time since a team here. it's rather a shame. mike sanderson was the last chief engineer. you are here on the final day this was operating? yes, i was,

yeah. and that feeling on the last day, what was it? pretty sad, really. yeah, it was, really. in its heyday, the refrigerators would produce 1200 tons of ice at eight. ——a day. what can you do with this building? i don't know. i mean, it's not like an ordinary building, it was purpose—built. not like an ordinary building, it was purpose-built. and it has now been declared to be one of the continent's most endangered heritage sites. the problem is saving decay in old buildings is expensive. there has been a thaw. dew two agree about that? i think we are in agreement. absolutely. hasn't always been like that? there has been a change in

attitude over time, it's fair to say. harmony has broken out. yes, it has. the smell. that is an odour. and this target door is a real grimsby heritage. seriously old school smoke habit. this heritage matter to you? dear! grimsby is holding on to the remains of the city and industry. —— fishing industry. 40 years on, there is hope that the long—term decline of this here —— hidden heritage would be coming to an end. started a bit of a discussion earlier. is at a discussion or are you in trouble? i said the best fish and chips were in grimsby. it's fair

enough people are upset. you have got to go to grimsby and try the fish and chips, they are magnificent. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. people caught in the early stages of terror plots will face tougher punishments under guidelines being published today. the sentencing council has fast tracked the plans following last year's attacks. they're the first comprehensive guidance on a number of terrorism offences for courts in england and wales. the met is urging the public to lock, chain and cover their mopeds to make them less visible to thieves. more than 23,000 crimes were committed in london last year using stolen scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. police say stopping them being taken in the first place — will reduce further crimes being committed. a bookseller has been convicted of stealing a rare edition of a harry potter book worth more than 1,500 pounds. rudolf schonegger swapped the signed copy of harry potter and the goblet of fire with a novel of very little

value at hatchards in piccadilly, on new year's eve. he'll be sentenced next month. an ancient winged bull statue — similar to one destroyed by so—called isis in iraq is the latest installation to sit on the fourth plinth in trafalgar square. the michael rakovitz sculpture will be the fourteenth contemporary work to be displayed. it will replace the david shrigley‘s giant thumb. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's no service on the dlr because of strike action by the rmt. that will run for 48 hours. the overground is part suspended from romford to upminster because of over running engineering works and there are severe delays on tfl rail. 0n delays on tfl rail. the roads, let's look at the camera. a13 slow moving westbound from dagenham to barking — usual delays. the m25 clockwise is slow between clacket lane services and junction six following a collision.

the a501 marylebone road near to baker street has a lane closed in both directions for roadworks. lets have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. yesterday, we reached 16 celsius in kew but it is a different day today. much colder, for a start. it is six or seven degrees colder. pretty cloudy with plenty of wet weather. in fact, the rain is what many of us are waking up to this morning. you can see it's working its way off to the east but taking its time. it not until the end of the day we start to see clear spells but also perhaps even some sunshine to finish off the afternoon. there will still be a few showers lingering. temperature—wise, highs of six or seven celsius. we will be feeling pretty chilly. we continue with that colder theme overnight. showers move away and under clear skies, we will see frost developing as well. the temperatures getting down to freezing in many spots and perhaps even minus one. tomorrow, a frosty, chilly start to the day.

much brighter and dry for the bulk of the day but by late afternoon, we are seeing a band of rain pushing in from the west. it will have heavy pulses within it as well. temperature—wise, a bit of a blip today because we are back to double figures and all the way through until after the easter weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. 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 28th march.

also this morning: when kim met xi — after days of speculation it's confirmed north korea's leader, kimjong—un did hold talks with china in beijing this week. around 11 million households now have a smart meter, well short of the government's target — so can it ever be hit? and is it worth the hassle? i'll be talking to the man in charge of promoting the benefits of smart meters. in sport the three australian cricketers at the centre of the ball—tampering scandal await punishment as they return home, while the team's head coach is expected to remain in hisjob and whether you wrestle with quadratic equations or struggle with shakespearean quotes, could listening to music hold the key to exam revision? and carol has the weather. good morning from the rspb are

cautious in bedfordshire. today sees the results released of the big guardian birdwatch survey which took place in january. guardian birdwatch survey which took place injanuary. i will tell you which birds are on the up and which in the decline. but the weather is on the decline today is a band of rain moves west to east. first, our main story. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but it will be refunded if the containers are returned. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. here is a global problem, plastic everywhere in the oceans. the amount of floating garbage could treble if we do not hold the flow.

here is the uk's answer. a deposit return scheme which makes people think twice before chucking the bottle or can in the gutter. in this return scheme we filmed filmed in norway, you take the empty bottle back to the shop, you pop it into a machine that identifies it, then gives you a coupon to spend. we are absolutely committed to dealing with the tide of plastic in our oceans. the only way to deal with it effectively is acting on many fronts. we should have a deposit return scheme to make sure bottles which contributes so much to what we litter, and in the countryside as well, is this effective deposit scheme. since they have put in a 5p charge on plastic bags, demand has dropped significantly. ministers are hoping for a similar success with drinks containers. full details of the scheme will be worked out later in the year. roger harrabin, bbc news.

after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kimjong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. we hear that he held talks with president xijingping — do we know what was discussed? it wasn't until kim jong—nam was not only back on his train on the train had that chinese territory that state—run media confirmed it was indeed him in the chinese capital and meeting with xijinping. indeed him in the chinese capital and meeting with xi jinpingfl jinping apparently said to him, we

are jinping apparently said to him, we a re interested jinping apparently said to him, we are interested in you giving up our nuclear weapons. apparently, kim jong—un has said, that has been hour—long one position as well. some a nalysts hour—long one position as well. some analysts now think it could be that the shows north korea is looking for a kind of face—saving option to give up a kind of face—saving option to give up its nuclear bombs because they have got these important meetings coming up. it's interesting, he didn't meet his south korean counterparts. his first meeting was that the president of china. it shows how important that relationship is and how much work they need to do to bring those former allies back together again. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current level or higher until at least 2020. launching the government's new security review, the prime minister pledged to use "every available ca pability" to defend the country's interests. the review includes a new so—called ‘fusion doctrine', encouraging government departments and agencies to work together more

on security issues. and we will be speaking to the security minister ben wallace just after 07.30. the french president, emmanuel macron, will lead a national memorial service today, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last week. 44 year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of redouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassone on friday. the australian cricket team's captain, vice—captain and opening batsman are all being sent home from the team's tour of south africa over their role in a ball—tampering scandal. steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft will return to australia today to face what cricketing authorites there are calling significant sanctions. but team coach darren lehmann has been cleared of any involvement in the tampering and will continue to manage the team. fans of sir ken dodd

are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay their final respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month. later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from the commedian's home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. adverts for megabus promising fares from i have been —— £1 have been banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. you know how fond we are of the odd bit of monkey business on this programme. well this little fella brought one area of mexico city to a standstill yesterday afternoon.

this capucin monkey escaped and made a dash forfreedom — spending the day evading vets, local zoo handlers and police. eventually he jumped over the us embassy wall, and wasn't seen again. police believe he'd been owned illegally. let's hope he found a happy home. maybe leave him there were a bit. a few issues caused in mexico city. returning to our main story now and plans for a plastic deposit scheme to be introduced for the 13 billion plastic drinks bottles used in england every year. it works by asking consumers to pay a bit extra for the drinks we buy, but then that money is returned to us when we take the containers back to be recycled. we'll be following in the footsteps of many of our european neighbours — in sweden consumers pay the equivalent of 9p extra on glass, metal or plastic bottles. in germany the deposit is 25 cents — or around 22p. the schemes have been praised for lifting recycling rates in these countries to more than 90%. we asked people what they thought

of a bottle deposit scheme being introduced here. i'm aware that it's a massive issue at the moment and until something is done about it, it's going to get worse than anything that can combat thatis worse than anything that can combat that is a good idea. when i was a kid, it was glass bottles, sterilised bottles at the time and you used to get a penny back, take it back to the shop and you would get a penny back. anything that can go towards plastic being reduced in the oceans are good things because i heard there would be more plastic in the oceans than fifth fish by 2050 and that is horrifying. anything that reduces potential waste of plastic is a good idea but i'm thinking about all the other plastic that end up throwing away that can't be recycled by my local authority.

we as humans have a lot of responsibility to bearer and were at baring it is much as we should. i would be happy to pay the deposit but i would also seriously consider not using plastic if possible. so many of you are getting in contact with us. samantha harding from the campaign to protect rural england joins us from our london newsroom. lots of people saying this reminds them of the scheme when they were children. i suppose cost is an interesting one. we saw some examples. 9p in sweden and 22p in germany. what could the cost be here? it's really great to hear so many positive comments coming through from the people you spoke to. in terms of the cost, we would be estimating somewhere between ten and 20p in england. somewhere between ten and 20p and that will be on the customer. is that fair when really we are trying to get the

entire nation recycling and using plastics less. the person who's bought the drink has the responsibility of returning the container but what's fantastic about deposit return system is the whole system is paid for by the people who make the drinks. people who don't return the containers. this establishes, producers should pay the full costs they put to market. 0ne the full costs they put to market. one of the things our viewers mentioned is, wouldn't it be a better idea to try and reduce our use of plastic and not use it at all rather than try to recycle it? absolutely. as all your viewers know, something called the waste hierarchy in the first thing you should try to do, reuse things as much as you can but if there are products you do use, what we need is

a system that captures those materials effectively and cleanly seagate has many materials as possible of the best quality and that's what a deposit system does. you can return rates up to 98%. those are excellent recycling systems and that is what we are going to have in england. one of the other concerns is how it would be rolled out and would it be available in every town, rural communities, would they not have the same facilities? those are issues that people are genuinely discussing this morning. there is a level of excitement about this being available for quite a few people. they will see good video on how deposit systems work but the idea will be in england, will have a system, returning your bottles to retailers. when you go somewhere

where you buy your containers, you can take them back there. you can certainly return on if you have your shopping delivered online. when your shopping delivered online. when your shopping is delivered, you can return the empty cans and bottles. so they have obviously got the infrastructure. a consultation has been announced. scotland has been looking at this, they are ahead of england. how will it be rolled out eventually? will scotland wait or is ita eventually? will scotland wait or is it a case of scotland going first and england following suit? at this stage, i don't know. scotland is ahead. they announced the deposit system last year and they are ahead in the design process but what i would hope and the minister alluded to it yesterday, if the uk government will begin to work alongside scotland to introduce the best system and if they are slightly

different, that they are absolutely compatible. really good to talk to you. so many people getting in contact. lots of support this. lots of people getting into contact to say they wouldn't mind paying that extra money. john says, great. charging them tax per bottle. dina says, just like the olden days, we a lwa ys says, just like the olden days, we always took our bottles back.” remember that. mel says, we should pay a deposit on all our packaging and then get a refund. everything, when it goes to the shops. i've collected crisps packets from 25 yea rs collected crisps packets from 25 years ago found in a hedgerow. the best day to buy crisps is always a saturday and the date that it goes off, is always a saturday. the way they used to work in factories, they

started the week on a sunday so any week ‘s fashion scripts that any crisps made go from the day before. 0nce crisps made go from the day before. once upon crisps made go from the day before. 0nce upona crisps made go from the day before. once upon a time, you could get money back. do keep getting in contact with us as well. karalis out and about this morning. —— carol. carol has the umbrella out for the rain. it hasn't made it grow. i'm still only five foot seven. good morning. here at the headquarters of the rspb because today sees the results of the big garden birdwatchers to 420,000 people plus took part in the survey in the last week in january. took part in the survey in the last week injanuary. it looked at 6.7 million birds. coming into gardens and also parks around the uk. what was found was three species are on the up and three are on the down. 0ur guest will have more

information. the ones on the up might be because we had a mild spring so they had lots of checks and lots of food. the birds in the decline are the blackbird, the robin and the wren and that could be because we had a mild winter and these birds forage further afield. they went just in these birds forage further afield. they wentjust in our gardens and parks. jamie was telling me that when we have weather such as the beast from the east, lots of different types of birds come into our gardens. when he mentioned was that field there so we will be asking about that in half an hour. this morning's weather is green and grey with rain around. it will also be at cooler day than yesterday. yesterday in london, the top to which was 16 celsius. today, it is more likely to be around about seven in london itself. we have two mac fa ns in london itself. we have two mac fans of rain. what across southern england and south wales and one across the north—east scotland. it

is in it that and festival, that is producing fields. it is called start in auckland with frost particularly around the central lowlands and aberdeenshire. for northern ireland, also some showers with a cloudy start. it will brighten up. across the north—west of england, brighter. also north wales seeing some showers. it is south wales and southern counties of england, the midlands, heading into the south—east such as bedfordshire, where we have that rain. that rain will continue to move from the west to the east as we go through the day. looking at the rest of the day, you can see how slowly that rain moved into the south—east and becomes an sconce. high debt, it will brighten up. some showers will be heavy. it will be across parts of wales and south—west england. we continue with showers mostly across the west. in between, some sunshine. temperature wise, up to ten. that will be in the channel islands. as

we had through this evening and overnight, a ridge of high pressure built across us. we will still have some rain across the east north—east of scotland. it will be a cold night with widespread frost, some —— patchy mist and fog. we were the a lot of showers coming in. temperature wise, —3 — plus three. tomorrow, a dry note. a lot of sunshine tomorrow for many of us. still the rain across the north—east of scotla nd still the rain across the north—east of scotland with your snow but the coming into the south—west could prove to be heavy and boundary as they drift north eastwards, getting into the london area, into the midlands and north—west england and northern ireland. in between them, some bright spells or sunny intervals. tomorrow again, our top temperature is likely to be about ten. my card with all my information on it is starting to disintegrate in this rain. thank you, carol. we are talking

about macs as well. i think i pulled out a protracted the other day but it was a set square. whilst students around the uk are looking forward to their easter holidays starting later this week, for those of you with gcses and nationals this summer it means one thing: revision! and the same goes for us here at breakfast where naga, jayne and tim are getting ready to resit their maths gcse. so what is the secret to retaining all those important facts and figures? john maguire has been finding out. all is quiet in the library at ramilies hall school in cheshire but when the schools go for tests for hydrogen, quadratic equations or shakespearean quotes, their ears are filled with 0asis, ed sheeran and even eminem. this is an independent mainstream school that also specialises in teaching children with learning difficulties and for the past two years, pupils have been allowed to listen to music while working. it gets rid of sound around you so say if the teacher is talking to someone else, it blocks that out

so you can concentrate on your own work. they're even able, under strict conditions, to listen to music while sitting their gcse exams. we've got to listen to the whole of what they're going to listen to in advance of the exam. obviously, to make sure there are no clues or answers in there, but but once we have done that, they can listen away and get on with their exam and it definitely impacts on concentration. a loud burst of heavy metal may well have worked wonders for angel nkomo in manchester. she left her maths revision until the night before and fell asleep in her gcse. yeah, i did and all—nighter and drank a bunch of energy drinks and on the morning of my exam i was a mess. just crashed during the exam. it was terrible. she has since, though, retaken and passed and shares her experiences online via the bbc‘s bitesize. this is an imaging technique. bruce hood is a professor of psychology, today sharing his wisdom at a neuroscience

festival in bristol. so, what's the brain doing at revision time? deep inside the brain are areas, as the hippocampus, where long—term memories are stored. but in fact, it's a complete circuit all the time so information at the front of the brain is useful for holding things in mind, what we call a working memory. so when you are processing information, that is then transferred into long—term memory and that's the sorts of things we test in exams. but increasingly, help is available at the click of a button. ruby posts tips and advice for students online and we spoke to her via her computer which she uses to reach 150,000 followers. hi, ruby. hi, nice to see you. i really hope to be that outlet and source of revision tips that i didn't have myself when i was thinking about starting revising for these major exams. with less coursework or continuous assessment in the curriculum now, getting it right at exam time is crucial.

but of course, get the revision right and hopefully the exam and the results will follow suit. joining us now is nick dyson, he's a teacher and has advised the bbc mindset scheme, a coaching network for gcse students. is it about finding a way that works the euclid is to it is about being flexible and finding a technique that works well. -- it is about persevering, finding techniques whether it be mind maps, flash cards, all at points, even a

conversation with a teacher.” always found with my own children, they are not ready for gcses in any way but that feeling you are able to talk to either parent or teacher with what you might be struggling with. definitely, communication. being open and having structure in the conversation. being available as a parent. 0ne the conversation. being available as a parent. one of the things students are finding tricky is in exams. we might see the words outlined, describe and explain fairly easily as adults but asking children to describe the room and getting them to explain. i am quite aware that some of the things my daughter knows, i literally don't. you are in a difficult position at you can tell

them what questions you should ask. the danger is students become almost too independent and they think they can do everything themselves and as a parent with a little time you have got, you want to do everything you can. encourage them to speak to the specialists and teachers and be proactive and find out what is going on at school and ask if there are provisions sessions, it is a really encouraging role. it's not the case of one size fits all. is there a best time in the day to revise? is it about finding when you can concentrate the best? conflicting views. lots of psychologists would say that with circadian rhythms that stu d e nts say that with circadian rhythms that students might not be the best at first thing in the morning. it is finding the right time to revise which is important. i would say relu cta nt to which is important. i would say reluctant to work through the night. as parents, look out for the structure, what structure is developing in the student. the pressure is really something. having seen it up close and personal, it is

an enormous amount of pressure. there is the thought it shouldn't all be about learning, learning, revision, revision. gcses last for a finite period of time and i think encouraging students to see that and know there is life after gcses and to be encouraging and available in busy work lives and lives around their school life, to just really be available at key times. if there was one tip you could give parents, what would you tell them. be available to support and don't necessarily interfere but try and find the right time to be available and encourage your student, your child, to ask the right questions at the right time. and take breaks. that is really important. it's not all about work. having an active lifestyle outside of the revision is crucial. and keeping an active revision pattern as well. not being passive. good

luck to everybody. i was a late night crammer. no, no. we are very different. now we want you to get involved. 0ur maths challenge tutor, bobby seagull has set us an easter themed puzzle! the easter bunny has four chocolate easter eggs. we have four clues to guess the weight of each egg. clue number 1 — the average weight of these easter eggs is 80 grams. clue number 2 — the three heavier eggs weigh 270 grams in total. clue number 3 — the heaviest egg is 3 times the weight of the smallest egg. clue number 4 — the other two middle eggs weigh the same. so, what is the weight of each of the easter eggs? it took me a little bit of time but i got there. bobby's maths puzzle

is on our facebook and twitter site. and if you want to try a gcse maths question yourself, go to the bbc bitesize's revision page on bbc.co.uk/mindset and click on the breakfast logo. well done tojennifer, well done to jennifer, and, well done tojennifer, and, neill and all those sending in the right answer. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. people caught in the early stages of planning terror attacks will face tougher punishments under guidelines being published today. the sentencing council has fast tracked them following last year's attacks. they're the first comprehensive guidance on a number of terrorism offences for courts. the met is urging the public to lock, chain and cover their mopeds to make them less visible to thieves. more than 23,000 crimes were committed in london last year using stolen scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. police say stopping them being taken in the first place — will reduce further crimes being committed. a bookseller has been convicted of stealing a rare edition

of a harry potter book worth more than one and a half thousand pounds. rudolf schonegger swapped the signed copy of harry potter and the goblet of fire with a novel of very little value at hatchards in piccadilly, on new year's eve. he'll be sentenced next month. an ancient winged bull statue, similar to one destroyed by so—called islamic state in iraq, is the latest work to sit on the fourth plinth in trafalgar square. the michael ra kovitz sculpture will be the 14th contemporary work to be displayed. it will replace david shrigley‘s giant thumb. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a reduced service on the dlr because of strike action by the rmt. it's only operating between london city airport and canning town and between beckto and poplar. there are minor delays on the overground. and there are severe delays on tfl rail. 0n the trains — southern and thameslink have delays of up to 15 minutes between norwood junction and east croydon —

that's because of electrical supply problems. we can look at the camera now — and in wapping the highway is slow westbound between limehouse and tower bridge. the m25 is slow anti — clockwise between clacket lane services and junction six following a collision. lets have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. yesterday, we reached 16 celsius in kew but it is a different day today. much colder, for a start. it is six or seven degrees colder. pretty cloudy with plenty of wet weather. in fact, the rain is what many of us are waking up to this morning. you can see it's working its way off to the east but taking its time. it not until the end of the day we start to see clear spells but also perhaps even some sunshine to finish off the afternoon. there will still be a few showers lingering. temperature—wise, highs of six or seven celsius. we will be feeling pretty chilly. we continue with that colder theme overnight. showers move away and under clear skies, we will see frost developing as well.

the temperatures getting down to freezing in many spots and perhaps even minus one. tomorrow, a frosty, chilly start to the day. much brighter and dry for the bulk of the day but by late afternoon, we are seeing a band of rain pushing in from the west. it will have heavy pulses within it as well. temperature—wise, a bit of a blip today because we are back to double figures and all the way through until after the easter weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste.

the deposit will increase prices but it will be refunded if the containers are returned. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation. after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kimjong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. china says he held talks with president xijinping and made clear he was committed to denuclearisation. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current level or higher until at least 2020. launching the government's new security review, the prime minister pledged to use "every available ca pability" to defend the country's interests. the review includes a new so—called ‘fusion doctrine‘, encouraging government departments and agencies to work together more on security issues. and we will be speaking to the security minister ben wallace in just under 10 minutes. the french president,

emmanuel macron, will lead a national memorial service today, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last week. 44 year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassone on friday. adverts for megabus promising ‘fares from one pound‘ have been banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. sad duck news. a dirty secret. the time may have come to throw the rubber duck out with the bath water!

arguably they‘re one of our favourite bathtime friends! but the rubber duck has been exposed as a source of bacterial and fungal growth, according to a study by the swiss government. the duck fills with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed — a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. why is there a hole in the robert duck anyway? terry wrote in saying his son steals the hole with superglue so the water does not get in. the duck is not dead, yet. also on the recycling, carol have the weather price from bedfordshire. it's weather price from bedfordshire. it‘s raining there at the moment. but joining it‘s raining there at the moment. butjoining as with the sport, and we talk about this story. david

warner, we can see some tweaks now. there is a sense of hearing this morning. he is suggesting that surely more people knew. he suggesting that it‘s almost laughable to suggest that they are the only ones who knew about it. certainly with darren leeman, it looks like he will be staying on with hisjob as looks like he will be staying on with his job as the head looks like he will be staying on with hisjob as the head coach. —— lehmann. if he did know about it, he would potentially be using his job.

what we make of this investigation? are they covering up the full details. the australian to be reacting to this news all day. those people, those people who cover sport, all the time for a living. aware of how litigious things can become. and very quickly, which is why james sutherland didn‘t use the c—word, he could not say that anybody had cheated that if you look at the definition of cheating on what we know has happened, clearly there has been cheating. there is

clearly some legal stuff going on in the background. it also seems to me that there is a widespread feeling in australian cricket that they have had enough of david warner and the burning him. i doubt he will have a play for australia again. trouble seems to follow him around. they will be happy to jettison seems to follow him around. they will be happy tojettison him. young, rather gullible players like ba ncroft young, rather gullible players like bancroft you had to do the dirty work. talking about this leadership group. they talked about it a number of times. now it goes down to two people. this will go for a good deal yet. and what about darren lehmann, who will stay in his job as head coach. there were pictures of him on

a walkie—talkie out of the boundary talking to peter hanscombe and it was that player who warned cameron bancroft. it is communicating with his team in that way, it would suggest he did know about it. his team in that way, it would suggest he did know about itm certainly suggests it but i am playing devils advocate here, it is possible he did not know about it. he saw the pictures on the screen, he said to peter hanscombe, get out there and tell cameron bancroft whatever he is doing to stop it. that i suspect is what he has told cricket australia or one reason for it. it's cricket australia or one reason for it. it‘s difficult to believe that somebody who is such a hands—on presence of his team such as darren lehmann did not know about it but on the other hand, if david warner has, to use an expression, gone road, and is simply doing all this stuff is vice captain, it‘s possible that

steve smith didn‘t know much about it as he walked out to the field. as isaid, for it as he walked out to the field. as i said, for now, there is a damage limitation, they have got to get this test match played. got players flying out from australia. they‘ve got to get that played. then eve ryo ne got to get that played. then everyone comes back and they can really start to analyse what is going on and look much more closely at thejob of going on and look much more closely at the job of darren lehmann. many thanks indeed for that. it's gone to the very top of the country. its real interesting to see develop. the very top of the country. its real interesting to see developm you are sick of var, talking about it again, i‘m afraid. denying a

victory over italy in their friendly last night. england, denying them victory over italy in their friendly last night. england took the lead thanks to some quick thinking from jesse lingard, after raheem sterling was fouled. jamie vardy with a cracking finish. but the referee used var to give a penalty. and conisdering the technology is supposed to be used to overturn clear and obvious errors, was james tarkowski‘s clash here, an obvious error? he awarded a penalty, 1—all the final score. looking at it again, if you look at something often enough, you probably see a foul within it in terms of the system itself, i think there are two things for me. it is clear and obvious, but i don‘t think tonight was clear and obvious, so that needs some clarity before the world cup and i think it‘s important that we are starting to communicate what‘s going on better with the crowd in the stadium but i still think that can be advanced as well. scotland earned their first win of alex mcleish‘s second spell in charge. it came against hungary, matt phillips scored his first international goal, arriving just in time to meet ryan fraser‘s cross. and how about this for

something of an upset. spain beat argentina 6—1. argentina the world cup finalists four years ago, isco with a hat trick. so as preparation goes, not a cracker. to talk about a hit, knocking your confidence. a 6—1 defeat with a world cup around the corner. it is far from ideal for argentina. since last march, there have been five terror attacks on uk soil — four in london and the arena bombing in manchester. the threat level has twice been raised to severe and a nerve agent has been used as a chemical weapon on the streets of salisbury. today the government has launched a national security review,

promising greater collaboration across departments and agencies. security minister ben wallace joins us from westminster. you really get a sense of the pressure that the security services are under. what would change in this review? what would have happened? 0ver review? what would have happened? over the years, we‘ve developed strong strategies. around counterterrorism, the organised crime strategy which is due to be launched soon and we want to make sure that all these dovetail into the centres, refusing the whole capabilities of government, notjust concerned with their own issues. that is important because the threats we face are nowadays often targeting our weakest points around vulnerabilities and the terrorists or serious organised criminals that i see, we have coverage

or serious organised criminals that i see, we have coverage every or serious organised criminals that i see, we have coverage every day, co nsta ntly ada pt to i see, we have coverage every day, constantly adapt to where there is a weakness. a good example, terrorists in this country find it very hard to get a weapon, a gun. that‘s because of the efforts that our security services, but police put in place to they switch to things like vehicles and knives and that‘s because it‘s incredibly hard to stop someone in a matter of minutes he decides to grab a kitchen knife or a vehicle. we had to be as nimble as they are in order to be as nimble as they are in order to keep one step ahead. the best way to keep one step ahead. the best way to do that is to find the capabilities we have right across the government spectrums when the department of education, when you try to prevent people being radicalised, or local government when we are stopping organised criminals controlling the states or people‘s communities. we have to use all that in a much more fused way to make sure that we deliver maximum effect against a threat we face. let‘s ta ke effect against a threat we face. let‘s take a couple of examples. what might make an attack like the

one source be less likely? how does russia prosecute its attacks against the united kingdom? at the moment, it doesn‘t across the whole spectrum. it is currently involved in cyber espionage, whether that is spying on our economy or security. it also prosecutes, some other countries like north korea, prosecuting crime like the wannacry round ware. dirty money, oligarchs, but at the same time we see them maybe using military attacks against our allies such as in the ukraine and the invasion of crimea. all supporting the syrian regime. an adversary like that uses a full spectrum against others and we have to meet that in defending our

national security interests by using the full spectrum of public and private solutions. no mention of brexit which is one of the greater security issues which is going to face this country. even within the european union, national security is not covered by the treaties of the european union. member states have the right to protect obviously their own citizens and their interests. you wouldn‘t expect to seed front and centre of national security capability but secondly, we‘ve been very clear that boast that both —— both domestically and internationally, the best solution over many yea rs internationally, the best solution over many years of fighting crime and terrorism is collectively and in partnership. we saw the wave of expulsions against the russians over the last few days. many of those

countries either the european union. we have seen australia, example, get stuck in. that means that internationally, ever knows the partnership is the key. we don‘t think brexit. that. the people i see every day, when we meet foreign intelligence services. we are running out of time. after the manchester attack, and when can we expect counterterrorism laws. we‘ve got to get a slot effectively to parliament. in the nearfuture, and the next few weeks or months is when you will see it. brexit legs as they

dashed brexit legislation, sanctions going through. —— brexit legislation. we want to make sure we get a party support. briefly, you talked about fusion and we talked about the kersla ke talked about fusion and we talked about the kerslake report on firefighters not being able to go into what happened in the manchester arena. you talk about fusion. will that kind of decision making change? yes, and crisply —— quickly, lord kerslake, i am a north—west mp. many of my constituents and family go to the arena. the overwhelming part of the arena. the overwhelming part of the report said the response by the bluelight services was positive and they all did an amazing job. quite rightly, it did pick out a failure ina rightly, it did pick out a failure in a communication between the fire service on the night in the police force. that‘s not in line the guidance that is exercised and that

isa guidance that is exercised and that is a lesson to be learned, to make sure people understand their role in the actual response. but can i assure your viewers, i the actual response. but can i assure your viewers, i was the actual response. but can i assure your viewers, i was there, in manchester. 0n the scene, it wasn‘t that no one was on the scene very quickly. police officers and paramedics were on the scene treating people almost immediately. it wasn‘t that nothing happened and if you see the things i‘ve seen which are pretty disturbing, you would realise very quickly, people we re would realise very quickly, people were getting help. it wasn‘t that people were abandoned at all in the report makes that very clear. there isa report makes that very clear. there is a problem that wasn‘t in line with the training and the strategy. those individuals obviously have been talked to a fundamentally, the uk's been talked to a fundamentally, the uk‘s response and a whole range of these things including salusbury is incredibly world leading. they could

bea time incredibly world leading. they could be a time of breakfast. carol was talking about the big bird watch. she is out and about today. carol, on the front page, it says at last of the 50 days of sunshine. it will continue to the full 60 days will continue to the full 60 days will top like to check these weather stories out with your knowledge. ican i can tell you, wouldn‘t that be nice? anyway, iam hearing bedfordshire. we are talking about a big garden bird watch. who better to talk to than the rspb man, jamie. what exactly is the big garden bird watch. it is the biggest survey of its kind done by the public. people

can‘t the birds in their garden and tell us what they have sound. it is useful data to see which birds are doing well and which ones aren‘t. it gives people the connection with nature that a lot of people are missing out on. it is a relaxing our to enjoy the birds coming to your buck doorstop. any surprises in the results ? buck doorstop. any surprises in the results? —— backyard. the goldfinch and the tit, they came up that the blackbird and the robin and the wren dropped but they would have been out in the countryside. some birds need our help. the number one is the house sparrow. those numbers are dropping

catastrophically. they need in set. the goldfinch and the finches and the tits. you could have log pile, a wildflower, anything that creepy crawlies can come in and those little birds can feed their chicks over spring and summer. we will be talking to you again in half an hour but for now, thank you very much. the weather here bedfordshire is pretty wet and we are not alone. today will be much cooler than yesterday. there is rain and showers in the weather forecast. if we look at the big picture, first of all, you can see the rain across southern england and the southern half of wales. we also have the rain draped across scotland with hill snow. looking at scotland, called and frosty. —— cold. showers in the west. northern ireland, you have

cloudy start with showers. it will brighten up through the day. cloudy at the moment across north—east england and for the northern half of wales, there are showers, and the southern half and southern counties and the south—east, the rain. that rain will continue to drift slowly eastwards, becoming ensconced that it will brighten up later on. we will see some sunshine but also some showers. some of which could be heavy. in love, continuing with the rain and hill snow, heavy. in love, continuing with the rain and hillsnow, in heavy. in love, continuing with the rain and hill snow, in between, a mixture of sunshine and showers. most of the showers in the west. temperatures up to 10— celsius. through this evening and overnight, a ridge of high pressure builds in. it will be a widespread frosts and patchy mist and fog. still the rain across the far north—east of

scotla nd across the far north—east of scotland and also showers coming in from the south—west. temperatures minus 3— plus three. tomorrow we start off on a cold and frosty note but a lot of dry weather first thing and a lot of sunshine. however, still the rain across. some heavy and thundery. they extend towards london, through the midlands and northern ireland. 0nce london, through the midlands and northern ireland. once again, temperatures up to about ten. just before i go, jamie is still with me. i want to show you something. dan, i know where you got your inspiration because look at jamie‘s shirt. know where you got your inspiration because look at jamie's shirt. that is the one. dan noticed it! dan thinks he has copied dan.” is the one. dan noticed it! dan thinks he has copied dan. i didn't say that! i think dan copied you, jamie. i think you would find i was wearing that last year, jamie. that is one of the shirts that our

bosses banned. that and the lollipops. sneak them in. smart meters can help keep your bills down, but are they worth the hassle? nina‘s looking into it this morning. good morning. so these meters regularly send your readings to energy companies, and tell you how much energy you‘re using as you go. the idea is it helps all of us keep on top of our bills. the government wants to fit 53 million of them by 2020. they‘re going in homes and businesses in england, scotland and wales. but they‘ve got a big job on their hands. because figures out yesterday showed that only 11m have been installed so far. so can that target ever be met? sacha deshmukh is chief executive of smart energy gb the body responsible for promoting smart meters. can the target be met?

clarify why we should switch to the smart meters. it is important for the household. everybody spends about £1100 every year on energy and we are still getting estimated bills, we are getting prepay, we still use old cards are as smart meters, it is digital, everything is accurate and no more estimates. you can top up like you can on a mobile phone. houses that help you save money? the metre helps you see where you have been wasting money. it really helps you to see an spot where the waste is happening and make sure you are getting rid of that waste. it is saving people are good amount of money every yearjust because the system is helping them more. and as a country, we are wasting less. you are responsible for promoting these meters that you are way behind the target. why?m isa are way behind the target. why?m is a huge national project and there

have been some delays in getting all of the different technical systems up of the different technical systems up and running. it is important to see that they are all up and running correctly. this is our gas and electricity system and it has to be absolutely right when we are switching people over. the good news is, we are through some of those early stages and there are about 14,000 metres being installed today. by 14,000 metres being installed today. by the time we watch breakfast tomorrow morning, there will be 14,000 extra meters installed just today. the momentum is really picking up and it is an important moment with 11 million installed and there is a lot to do but lots of people want these new meters and there are now a lot of people installing them every day. some frustrations for some people keen on them. he likes having it and likes being in control but says every time he switches suppliers to keep his price down, his metre reading monitor has to change as well. that‘s confusing, isn‘t it? it might put people off. i was really sorry to anthony that he had that experience. and it's quite common.

most who switch, is working. they had a few people with debt —— problems with their display, though. the good news is, there is light at the end of the tunnel and there is a new communications system and that they are all communicating with. you can switch supplier smoothly and keep all of your smart services and actually, it will help us switch more easily and make sure we are on the right tariff, the right price and can switch supplier very easily. it has been a problem for some people but actually that problem is moving on. do you feel like those glitches will be ironed out and we will get close to meeting the target, 50 million, by 2020? you are only one fifth. we need to keep up the momentum. there are many more millions of meters to install. we know lots of consumers want them so with the 14,000 being installed today and that number going up, we need to keep it happening. it is vital. we need a digital energy

system that is a reliable and sustainable so we need to keep pushing. it keeps the price down and if people want one, what should they do and is at greater cost the money? it is free. you contact your energy supplier, gas or electricity, look on your bill and you can see. we have all of the details. you contact and book your appointment. it takes someone to come and do an installation. they are replacing the meters in your house. it is important but it is a 1—off thing and it is estimated bills and your meters r.n.. many thanks. it sounds too good to be true. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m tolu adeoye. people caught in the early stages of planning terror attacks will face tougher punishments under guidelines being published today. the sentencing council has fast tracked them following last year‘s attacks.

they‘re the first comprehensive guidance on a number of terrorism offences for courts. the met is urging the public to lock, chain and cover their mopeds to make them less visible to thieves. more than 23,000 crimes were committed in london last year using stolen scooters, motorcycles and mopeds. police say stopping them being taken in the first place — will reduce further crimes being committed. a bookseller has been convicted of stealing a rare edition of a harry potter book worth more than 1,500 pounds. rudolf schonegger swapped the signed copy of harry potter and the goblet of fire with a novel of very little value at hatchards in piccadilly, on new year‘s eve. he‘ll be sentenced next month. an ancient wing—ed bull statue — similar to one destroyed by so—called islamic state in iraq — is the latest work to sit on the 4th plinth in trafalgar square. the michael ra kovitz sculpture will be the 14th contemporary work to be displayed. it will replace david shrigley‘s giant thumb. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now.

there‘s a reduced service on the d.l.r — because of strike action by the rmt. it‘s only operating between london city airport and canning town and between beckton and poplar. there are minor delays on the overground and on tfl rail. 0n the trains southern and thameslink have delays of up to 15 minutes between norwood junction and east croydon — that‘s because of electrical supply problems. we can look at the camera now — and in wapping the highway is slow westbound between limehouse and tower bridge. in woodford the north circular is queueing westbound towards the m11 following a collision earlier lets have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. yesterday, we reached 16 celsius in kew but it is a different day today. much colder, for a start. it is six or seven degrees colder. pretty cloudy with plenty of wet weather. in fact, the rain is what many of us are waking up to this morning. you can see it‘s working its way off to the east but taking its time. it not until the end of the day we start to see clear spells but also perhaps even some sunshine

to finish off the afternoon. there will still be a few showers lingering. temperature—wise, highs of six or seven celsius. we will be feeling pretty chilly. we continue with that colder theme overnight. showers move away and under clear skies, we will see frost developing as well. the temperatures getting down to freezing in many spots and perhaps even minus one. tomorrow, a frosty, chilly start to the day. much brighter and dry for the bulk of the day but by late afternoon, we are seeing a band of rain pushing in from the west. it will have heavy pulses within it as well. temperature—wise, a bit of a blip today because we are back to double figures and all the way through until after the easter weekend. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. now though it‘s back to dan and louise. bye for now. _—

mithrchiqa in. beijing this week. good morning. the dramatic boardroom battle is nearly over. i‘ll have the latest on the future of british engineering giant gkn. good morning. in sport, the three australian

cricketers at the centre of the ball—tampering scandal await punishment as they return home, while the team‘s head coach is expected to remain in hisjob. when i come back through that door, i will still be champion of the world. bafta award—winning actor and director paddy considine will be here to tell us why he hopes his latest film will pack a big punch. and carol has the weather. good morning from the rspb headquarters in bedfordshire. we are here because today sees the results of the big garden bird watch. which birds are up and which are in the decline? i will tell you birds are up and which are in the decline? iwill tell you in 15 minutes. the weather in the south, heavy rain moving from west to east, rain across the far north—east of scotland, in between, sunshine and showers, but it will feel cooler for us all. more in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. it is two minutes past eight. good morning. good morning. first, our main story.

people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it‘s in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices, but it will be refunded if the containers are returned. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin, reports. here‘s a global problem. plastic everywhere in the oceans. the amount of floating garbage could travel if we don‘t halt the flow. here is the uk‘s answer, a deposit return scheme that makes people think twice before chucking a bottle or can in the gutter. in this deposit return scheme we filmed in norway, you take the empty bottle back to the shop. you pop it into a machine that identifies it and then gives you a coupon back to spend. we are absolutely committed to taking action to deal with the tide of plastic that‘s in our oceans. the only way in which we can deal with this effectively is by acting on a series of fronts, and one critical part of that is having

a deposit return scheme which makes sure that bottles, which contribute so much to marine litter and to rubbish in our countryside as well, is effectively dealt with, and a deposit return scheme is one way of doing that. since the british government introduced a 5p charge on plastic bags, demand has dropped by 83%. ministers are hoping for a similar success with drinks containers. full details of the scheme will be worked out later in the year. roger harrabin, bbc news. after widespread speculation yesterday it‘s been confirmed that the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it‘s believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. 0ur china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, is in hong kong. good morning to you. yesterday we talked about people trying to find out whether he had been there, and it turns out he was there for three days. it is significant, isn‘t it? absolutely, and it is not only

chinese state media that is reporting on this secret meeting between kim jong—un and xi jinping, but it is the north korean press. this is the official newspaper, and today there is an 8—page edition, seven pages of which i dedicated to kim jong—un‘s visit to beijing. when he arrived, xijinping said to him, we are still in favour, i have to tell you, of you getting rid of your nuclear weapons. and his response was, funny you should say that, so are we. now it will seem unusual to people that he might say that, given that they introduced nuclear weapons to the peninsular, but it could be seen as an indication that north korea is looking for a face—saving way to step back from nuclear weapons. given that these meetings are coming up with donald trump and also the south korean president, and his first meeting with xi jinping is

a precursor to those other summits. thank you very much for the update. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current level or higher until at least 2020. launching the government‘s new security review, the prime minister pledged to use "every available capability" to defend the country‘s interests. the review includes a new so—called "fusion doctrine", encouraging government departments and agencies to work together more on security issues. after last year‘s manchester arena attack, the home secretary, amber rudd, promised new anti—terror legislation. within the past few minutes, we asked security minister ben wallace when this new legislation would actually be brought forward. i think you will see them very soon. can you say when? we have just got to get a slot in parliament. sit in the near future, in to get a slot in parliament. sit in the nearfuture, in the next to get a slot in parliament. sit in the near future, in the next few weeks or months is when you will see it. obviously within government we have got brexit legislation and the

sanctions bill going through, but when we get a slot, we will be bringing that forward and consulting, and we want to make sure again that it gets all—party support. security minister ben wallace talking to us earlier. the french president, emmanuel macron, will lead a national memorial service today, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last friday. 44—year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield joins us from paris. it is also raining as you can see in france. good morning. what is the atmosphere like in paris this morning? pretty sombre, and pretty funereal. the weather is helping. i am outside the military memorial museum complex, which is where we stood a couple of years ago after the bataclan killings. today we are

remembering arnaud beltrame, this lieutenant who sacrificed himself in a way that has left no one in the country i moved when he‘s sacrificed himself in the attack in carcassonne. his coffin will be brought from the pantheon, the converted church which is where france commemorates its secular dead, where the great good of france of the last couple of centuries are interred, that is where his coffin is now and it will be brought down along the river add up the boulevard to the building here, where there will be a memorial service and a speech of homage by president macron. thank you very much. the australian cricket team‘s captain, vice—captain and opening batsman are all being sent home from the team‘s tour of south africa as the storm around the team‘s ball—tampering

allegations continues. steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft will return to australia today to face what cricketing authorites there are calling "significant sanctions". 0ur australia correspondent, hywel griffith, is in sydney. we can only begin to imagine what kind of reception they are going to get. will they be under investigation? absolutely. they will expect to land at some point to a not very warm welcome. if you take a look at the australian papers, they are plastered all over them for the wrong reasons. we expect to hear shortly what sanctions have been taken by cricket australia. people are expecting maybe a 12 month ban, but of the three players, it is david warner who is getting the most attention. people really pointing the finger at him for being the one responsible. when he lands, he will find out that he has already lost some of his lucrative sponsorship deals, and his role as a captain in

an ipl team has been scrapped, so he is the one being spoken of as an outcast almost, that he has fallen outcast almost, that he has fallen out with the rest of the team and he doesn‘t have much of a future as pa rt doesn‘t have much of a future as part of cricket australia. the other question people here are asking is why the head of cricket australia wasn‘t prepared to use the word cheat when it has been used by so many others. he refused to say that, and a lot of people here want more a nswe rs , and a lot of people here want more answers, more honesty, more integrity from cricket australia. they want to be sure that this kind of culture is got rid of and it won‘t happen again. of culture is got rid of and it won't happen again. hywel, thank you very much indeed. in other news this morning. there are more than a thousand cases of meningitis b every year in the uk, with one in ten proving fatal. and whilst babies are currently immunised against the infection, teenagers are the most prolific carriers of the disease. now the nhs wants 24,000 teenage volunteers to take part in a trial to see if immunising them

against meningitis b could stop the bacteria from spreading. joining us now are dr matthew snape, consultant paediatrician at the university of 0xford‘s vaccine group, and campaigner amy davis, who contracted meningitis b in 2011. good morning to you both. thank you for coming in. amy, tell us your story. what did you go through? seven yea rs story. what did you go through? seven years ago, i was 18 years old and contracted meningitis b. i was working as a care assistant at the time, i had generalflu—like symptoms, went to bed early and luckily my mum checked on me in the morning and realised i had meningitis, i was covered in the rash and was slipping out of consciousness. this is un hospital. and what happened to you in hospital? i was put onto life support, and my parents were told to prepare for the worst. i spent four months in hospital in total, and came home and started to recover again. it wasn‘t until a year and a

half later that i lost my leg below the knee after suffering with the after—effects of the septicaemia. you really get a sense of the devastating impact it can have. tell usa devastating impact it can have. tell us a little bit about what you are trying to do. you are an expert in vaccines, aren‘t you? you‘re trying to get 24,000 teenagers involved? yes, we watched 24,000 year 12 students. it is called b on the team, and we are looking to see if the vaccines can reduce the carriage of this bacteria in the throats of teenagers. we know that one in ten teenagers. we know that one in ten teenagers carry it, and we are looking to see if either of the men b vaccines stop the carriage of it. we know that young children are at risk, but there is a second risk in the teenage years, and it is this age group that carry the bacteria most commonly. if these vaccines we re most commonly. if these vaccines were to be shown to reduce the

carriage of the bacteria in the throat, it would be worth a wide vaccination programme. how can people get involved ? vaccination programme. how can people get involved? they can go to the website get involved in the study. it is being done at ten centres across the country, and we are looking to expand that in the autumn, and if any body is interested, they can look on the b on the team website, and we are enrolling 17 and 18—year—olds in year 12. and why did you want to get involved, any? it has been a devastating thing for me and my family to go through, so i think it is an amazing opportunity for people to get involved and have this vaccination that could save their lives and be involved in something that could save others as well. how where were you of how bad the situation was when you went through it? you said you had to have your

left leg removed some time after. 0utwell were you at the time, did you know? luckily for me, i was in a coma so i didn‘t know much about it, but my parents and family lot through the trauma of that. but it was just a terrifying experience. it wasn‘t until afterwards that i realised how serious it was. children are vaccinated against other types of meningitis. it seems it strawberry that not all of them are covered. men b vaccine is given routinely to babies and it has halved the cases in that age group. what we are looking for is, there is a halving of cases in the group of children who are eligible for the vaccine. and we want to know if these vaccines could be used to control the disease across the whole community by reducing the carriage in teenagers. that is the question we are trying to answer, and it will

be up to policy makers after that to see of it should be more widely used. and amy's mum, she literally saved your life? if she hadn't have checked on me, i do think i would be here today. and so awareness again is really important, isn‘t it? absolutely. the charities do a lot of great work in raising awareness of great work in raising awareness of this disease. say in the future this is rolled out as a vaccine. what are the negatives of doing that? if you are making a counterargument, what would they say? we are asking a scientific question here, and it will be up for the policymakers to decide, but any vaccination campaign comes at a cost, and they will be looking at whether it is the best use of nhs money, but first we need the answer to this question, could we use the men b vaccine in teenagers could to control the disease across the whole community? amy, i know you are involved in charity work for this, andi involved in charity work for this, and i know it is important.” involved in charity work for this, and i know it is important. i had no idea that teenagers and people at my

age at the time, 18, could get meningitis. i think most people think it is babies or young children, so i think it is william borden to raise the awareness that anybody can be affected. thank you both very much for coming in. and well done to your mum! thank you very much. carol is out and about with the weather this morning. we were talking about a survey about birds. she‘s at the headquarters of the rspb in bedfordshire. she has the result and the weather. good morning. good morning and what better place to start than the emblem of the rspb. you are not likely to find this bird in your garden, more near marshes and the coastline. the survey that took place was the big garden bird watch and 420,000 people took part this last week ofjenrick and recorded 6.7 million birds in

gardens and parks. let‘s start with the birds on the up? they were the goldfinch, the long—tailed tipped andy cole to it. there was a mild spring and other food to feed them. the blackbird, robin and the rent we re the blackbird, robin and the rent were in decline, their diet is more varied, they will forage for food further afield so might not have beenin further afield so might not have been in the gardens and parks so much. another interesting feature, when we had the beast from the east, whole lot of different birds came into the garden but that was the survey. we don‘t have that this week but what we have this money is some rain and it is also much cooler than yesterday. yesterday in london the

top temperature was a respectable 16 celsius but today it is going to be much cooler at seven celsius with rain and showers and sunshine. there is rain in southern england and also the far north east of scotland, both of which could have some hill snow embedded in them. a cold start in scotla nd embedded in them. a cold start in scotland with some frost around particularly in the central lowlands and aberdeenshire and some showers in the west. northern ireland, cloudy start come also some showers but it will brighten up. north—west england is also fairly cloudy with showers, may be brighter in the north—east and in northern wales there are showers but in south wales, southern england, the midlands and east anglia and kent, there is rain like that is hit in bedfordshire and that is heavy in places. it will continue to drift east through the morning with the possibility of some hill snow in it. it moves away from south wales and

south—west england it will brighten up south—west england it will brighten up in the afternoon with some sunny intervals but the potential of some heavy showers as well and they will continue, especially in the west, some in the east, between some bright spells and sunshine. temperatures up to 10 degrees and thatis temperatures up to 10 degrees and that is likely to be in the channel islands. this evening and overnight, some high pressure building, still cloud and rain and hill snow in the north of scotland and showers in the south—west. temperatures down to —3 and a widespread frost with patchy mist and fog. that lift and for many a dry start and sunny in the morning but we will still have the rain and hill snow in the north and north east of scotland and those showers coming into the south—west could turn heavy, some thundery with hail and they will move northwards across to london and the midlands, north west england and northern ireland and by then the temperatures of up

to about 10 degrees. this rain is not particularly cold this morning but it would be nicer if it was sunny because it is such a beautiful location. and a lovely bit of topiary as well. you are watching breakfast. r&b star r kelly has sold over 60 million albums around the world and was once referred to as the ‘king of r&b‘. but allegations of sexual misconduct have put his personal life under the microscope. now a new bbc three documentary has revealed further accusations regarding the singer‘s alleged behaviour involving underage girls — all of which r kelly has denied. we‘ll talk to reporter ben zand in a moment, but first here he is talking to the singer‘s former girlfriend, kittijones. when you first moved in with him, did he come up to you and say, look, there‘s some house rules? he would say, you know not to wear that. have on your sweat pants, go change your clothes, because that was my wardrobe,

sweat pants. later, when i was introduced to one of the girls that he told me he trained, and since she was 14, those were his words. i saw that she was dressed like me, that she was saying the things i would say and her mannerisms were like mine. that's when it clicked in my head that he had been grooming me to become one of his pets, he calls them his pets. ben zand is the reporter behind this documentary. tell us about you, you have looked into a lot of different things, but tell us about what you found. into a lot of different things, but tell us about what you foundfi kelly is probably the most famous r&b singer of all time, having sold 60 million records but his whole career has been dogged by allegations. in the early 2008 video came out that allegedly showed him engaging in sexual acts with a 14—year—old —— in early 2000. then

there was allegations of him supposedly operating a sex cult. that is one of his former girlfriends, kittijones, who claims he was abusive to her and that she was involved in this sex cult, that we re was involved in this sex cult, that were set rules you to abide by, and disturbingly, as you can see, she said that he said to her that there was a woman in a housler been there since she was 14 and he had trained at his pet to engage in sexual acts -- in his at his pet to engage in sexual acts —— in his house. 0ne at his pet to engage in sexual acts —— in his house. one of his managers, of 12 years, he essentially claims to confirm that the wedding between r kelly and alia, another r&b singer who tragically died, he said that took place when she was 15 and he was 27 which is obviously illegal. it is quite shocking. r kelly denies this

and he has never been proven guilty but the film was quite shocking. let‘s have a look at somebody at you spoke to, this is a studio producer who worked with r kelly. did you see women when you worked with him? there will always women around, it is like a revolving door. every studio has a lounge for the artist to relax in, he had two, one was his office and one was basically a private bedroom, a queen size sofa sleeper and there was always at least one woman in there. what type of girls were they? where were they from? mostly the areas he grew up in. he would occasionally go to this mcdonald's and come back to the studio with a girl or two. going to mcdonald's to pick up chicks. that's what a 17—year—old does. mcdonald's to pick up chicks. that's what a 17-year-old does. he has a lwa ys what a 17-year-old does. he has always denied these allegations. what about the impact on his career? it is quite a difficult question to

a nswer it is quite a difficult question to answer because now he is not as famous as he used to be and he is 52 now and you can expect a career to go on for ever. he has always been making music, he has had six number one albums in the us, he is the most famous and successful r&b singer. he has recently made a song with chris brown, he has kind of carried on as normal, he does not seem to have been effected by it. i went to a concert of his and in the concert he does not seem to be hiding anything, he is still being very sexual and engaging in sexual kind of activities with people even whilst on stage. he does not seem to have been that damaged by the allegations, he would say it is because he is innocent. you could also argue he has never really apologised for anything because he says he has not done it. if you look at similar things, says he has not done it. if you look at similarthings, people says he has not done it. if you look at similar things, people like kevin

spacey quickly came out and said, i apologise if you felt that way, i did not see it the same, even though people might say that is not a cce pta ble people might say that is not acceptable comey partially apologise but r kelly has never done anything like that. thank you very much. ‘r kelly: sex, girls and videotapes‘ available from today on bbc three on the iplayer. thank you for that. one thing you have been contacting us about this morning, the bottle and can deposit scheme were currently in germany they pay the equivalent of 22p as an excess and when you give the bottle back, either to the delivery driver, or the bottle bank, you get the money back. i think in sweden it is 9p. it is under consultation in england. thank you for your messages. helen says, what the positive stuff but some with interesting questions. if we put our

plastic bottles in our household recycling webern ‘s will that be people come out nicking them to dig in the shops for —— will there be. working out how to tie in the existing household recycling system is imperative. what about shampoo bottles a nd is imperative. what about shampoo bottles and some green bottles? we need companies to be strict. stelutsa savvidou i would like to believe this could work but as a family we barely buy any drinks in ca ns family we barely buy any drinks in cans or plastic —— stella says. we use plastic in sauce bottles, cooking oil containers, what about all of those? a lot of people asking that question and it is under consultation so that might be one of the things that get looked at. many talking about the black plastic tray which you cannot recycle. the good thing is we‘re thinking about it more often normal. time to get the news, travel and weather where you

are. good morning. we have woken up to some heavy rain across southern parts of england and wales this morning, but gradually that were clear away over the south and east, and there will be bright and sunny weather developing for much of the uk. the rain is associated with this area of low pressure just skirting across southern areas, a little wet snow on its northern flank this morning, many over the higher ground of south wales and southern england, that rain gradually spreading towards the east. for much of northern england, scotland, northern ireland, that mixture of sunny spells and showers. still quite wet

in the far north of scotland into the afternoon, but much colder for all of us this afternoon. temperatures only really getting up to9 temperatures only really getting up to 9 degrees. 0vernight tonight, still some cloud and outbreaks of rain in the north—east, a bit more in the way of rain coming into the south—west, and for many of us, cold and frosty, those temperatures down below freezing. we have an area of low pressure out towards the west, and that will bring in the next weather systems, mainly across southern areas, and that will spread further north and east. so for thursday we are looking at dry and bright weather initially, heavy showers in south—western areas gradually spreading away further north, the far north staying driver most of the day on thursday, and temperatures are per little compared to today, but not by much, maybe

6-10 to today, but not by much, maybe 6—10 degrees. into easter weekend, cooler, and there will be rain around, particularly on monday, but temperatures rising slightly. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and rachel horne. the head of the world trade 0rganisation says we‘re seeing the emergence of a global trade war. live from london, that‘s our top story on wednesday 28th march. what needs to be done to avert a full—blown trade war? the man responsible for ensuring the stability of the global system has been talking to the bbc. also in the programme, safety first.