hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. more tears as the australian cricketer david warner breaks his silence over the ball tampering scandal. the former vice—captain has apologised and says he accepts he may never play for his country again. right now it is hard to know what comes next. but first and foremost... sobs. is the well—being of my family. good morning, it's saturday 31st march. also this morning. two british men accused of carrying out a series of beheadings for the so—called islamic state have complained that they won't get a fair trial. a new row over anti—semitism as senior labour mps urge lord sugar to delete a tweet that depictsjeremy corbyn sat next to hitler.

flights resume at stansted after a fire on a shuttle bus — but there's anger from the thousands of passengers left behind. in sport — he's leaner but is he mean enough? anthonyjoshua weighs—in a lot lighter for tonight's world heavyweight unification fight with joseph parker. and helen has the weather. good morning. the day had not looking as wet as yesterday so and improving richard today and tomorrow. but monday looks pretty nasty with some disruptive weather and possible snow. we will keep you updated, stay tuned for a more detailed forecast. good morning. our main story. the australian cricketer david warner has spoken publicly for the first time about his role in the ball—tampering scandal, saying he takes "full responsibility" for his actions. in a tearful news conference the former vice—captain said he would regret his involvement

for as long as he lived. our correspondent phil mercer reports from sydney. david warner embodied australia's aggressive and confrontational approach to cricket. but is this the end of the road? he knows he may never play for his country again following his part in the ball tampering scandal. it is the biggest crisis to hit australian sport in years. right now, it is hard to know what comes next, but first and foremost... sobs. ..is the well — is the well—being of my family. in the back of my mind, i suppose there is a tiny ray of hope... ..that i may one day be given the privilege of playing

for my country again. but i am resigned to the fact that that may never happen. but questions remain. was warner the sole architect of the conspiracy to tamper with the ball during the third test against south africa, or was anybody else involved? he would not say. whose idea was it? whose idea was it, david? thank you. was it your idea? who took the sandpaper out there? was it your idea? what happened, have you done it before? have you done this before? why won't you answer the question? but later on social media, he did offer some clarification, and said he couldn't respond to certain questions because of internal cricket australia procedures. teammate cameron bancroft was caught red—handed with sandpaper. he has been banished from cricket for nine months. former captain steve smith has been banned for a year. all three co—conspirators have apologised, but the stain of cheating may not wash away.

two british men — believed to have been members of the notorious islamic state cell known as "the beatles" — have complained they can't have a fair trial because the uk government has stripped them of their citizenship. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh whose group is thought to have murdered more than 20 hostages, spoke to reporters in northern syria after being detained. james waterhouse reports. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh became part of the most infamous gang of foreign fighters within the islamic state group. along with fellow londoners mohammed emwazi, the killer nicknamed ‘jihadijohn‘, who was killed in an american airstrike, and aine davis who was jailed in turkey, the pair are linked to a string of hostage murders in iraq and syria during the milita nts' bloody uprising. they include alan henning, a driver and aide worker from eccles and david haines, aide workerfrom perth. speaking to the associated press

from a cell in northern syria, alexanda kotey described the executions as something that was regrettable, as he didn't see any benefit. the pair also claimed the illegal taking of their citizenships left them vulnerable to interrogation and torture. the two men were captured in the country by the american—backed syrian democratic forces, a kurdish—led militia. the home office hasn't commented on whether the pair have been stripped of their citizenship. last month, the home secretary amber rudd said she was absolutely convinced and committed to the idea of them facing justice. the defence secretary gavin williamson however, says the men should not return to britain because they turned their backs on british values. their interview come a day after a uk soldier embedded with us forces was killed by a roadside bomb in a counterterrorism operation against the militants, making him the first british member of the armed forces killed in combat fighting is. back to that story about the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell

who is calling on lord sugar to "delete and disown" a tweet depicting jeremy corbyn sitting in a car alongside adolf hitler. the labour leader has faced pressure this week to stamp out anti—semitism within his party. jonathan blake is here now. this was a tweet that had been sent already, lord sugar posted this picture. just explained what it is. lord sugar posted this last night on twitter, it is an image featuring adolf hitler in a car at the nuremburg rally with someone sitting next to him and the face of jeremy corbyn superimposed on that person's body in the image. it accompanies the words when your picture that m3 and claimed you thought you were going to a car rally and lord sugar added, many a true word spoken in jest, jeremy

corbyn. the response as you say from some labour mps has been critical. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell called on him to delete it. john mann saying lord sugar is damaging the fight against anti—semitism and another labour mp chris williamson saying lord sugar has brought his position into disrepute. lord sugar is not a member of the labour party any more, he was appointed as a life peer under gordon brown, he's still a member of the house of lords. this is another development in a difficult week for the labour party with the issue anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn condemning it many times, was a protest in parliament organised by the jewish board a protest in parliament organised by thejewish board of deputies and jewish leadership council and last nightjeremy corbyn said the party needed to do better on the issue. but still a group of more than a0 labour mps but still a group of more than a0 labourmps and but still a group of more than a0 labour mps and peers calling on him to suspend a senior official accused of supporting someone who had denied the holocaust, which she herself has

denied. but so far he has shown no signs of wanting to do that. for now, thank you very much. 0fficials of sta nsted now, thank you very much. 0fficials of stansted airport have apologise. more than 100 flights from stansted airport were cancelled last night after a shuttle bus caught fire outside the terminal building. a normal service has resumed this morning but some passengers are unsure when they may be able to fly. earlier the chief operations officer explained why they had to make the decision to send travellers home. smoke was blowing into and across the terminal and it was difficult to see where it was coming from four. it went very dark inside and the first thought as always is the safety a nd first thought as always is the safety and security of all passengers. i safety and security of all passengers. i was safety and security of all passengers. i was originally thinking where was the safest place to get them within the terminal and that happened to be our aside. that caused some conflict between people that had been properly screened through security and those who had not. and at that point we could not let anyone flying as we were unsure

if it mix with people who had gone through the proper security protocols. we can speak now to our reporter anisa kadri who is at stansted airport. you have been speaking to some passengers who are still waiting to fly today after their flights were cancelled yesterday. that is right, ina terminal cancelled yesterday. that is right, in a terminaljust behind me there area number of in a terminaljust behind me there are a number of bleary eyed passengers who have been there all night after flights were cancelled because of this fire. it broke out ona because of this fire. it broke out on a shuttle bus, apparently because ofan on a shuttle bus, apparently because of an electrical fault and as a result the terminal had to be evacuated. the people inside telling me it was chaos and you only need to go on social media to see what people have been saying and complaining about. let me just divert your attention to the top of the terminal now, you may be able to see it is black because of that thick smoke that was hanging in the air because of the fire. 0ne young

woman who is keen to get back to germany and get out of the uk in time for easter is maria. you have been up all night, and slept at the airport, in fact you have not slept. how bad has it been? it was a bit of a nightmare to be honest. in the beginning we did not know what to do, whether to leave the airport or look for a hotel or what. then it wasjust giving look for a hotel or what. then it was just giving up look for a hotel or what. then it wasjust giving up and waiting and more waiting all night. he was sitting with a group of german people. some with their heads in their hands, they were so tired. did you get much help? the people, the travellers really helped each other a lot. with food and water and translation and good words. the ryanair translation and good words. the rya na ir staff translation and good words. the ryanair staff i think did a good job as well, they worked all night to get us on planes and get us home. so

the end of a holiday for maria, not quite as she had planned. but she is hoping to get back to germany in time for easter. stansted airport says flights are returning to normal by the advice is to check online and no doubt people will be seen if they can geta no doubt people will be seen if they can get a refund and that sort of thing as well. britain's most senior police officer, the metropolitan commissioner cressida dick, has suggested that social media is partly to blame for some violent crime, including a rising number of knife attacks. in an interview with the times, ms dick said the websites were being used by gangs to glamorise violence and allowed trivial disputes to escalate quickly. the commissioner also announced a new task force of about 100 officers to tackle violent crime in london. the russian embassy in london has complained that border force and customs officers searched a passengerflight from moscow at heathrow airport.

the embassy claimed the officials refused to give a written explanation for their actions on board the aeroflot plane, and called the search a "blatant provocation". there hasn't been a response from the british government as yet on this story. almost one in 10 teachers in england have been sexually harassed by a pupil, according to the union the nasuwt. a survey of more than 1,200 teaching staff, found 81 percent felt they had suffered sexual harassment or bullying in the workplace since entering the profession. we weren't surprised by the figures of the sexual harassment from pupils. but we were surprised by the figures of one in five teachers had sexual harassment by a colleague. and itjust demonstrated to us that actually it is important to make sure in every workplace this sort of issue is actually being looked at and addressed. the former england and chelsea

midfielder, ray wilkins, is critically ill after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest. the 61—year—old is being cared for by doctors at a south london hospital. chelsea football club tweeted to say everyone's thoughts are with ray and his family tonight. and qpr tweeted to say "we're extremely saddened to hear former qpr player and manager ray wilkins has suffered a suspected heart attack. all our prayers are with you, ray." two british men — believed to have been members of the notorious islamic state cell known as "the beatles" — have complained they can't have a fair trial because the uk government has stripped them of their citizenship. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh whose group is thought to have murdered more than 20 hostages, spoke

to reporters in northern syria after being detained. let's speak to robert fox, defence editor at the evening standard who joins us from our london newsroom. this was a moment i guess that was a lwa ys this was a moment i guess that was always going to come, this confrontation between the two sides. yes but it is pretty ambiguous, it is not clear that these people have been legally deprived of their citizenship. it really goes back to the moment when they were captured as you said by kurdish militia as islamic state was collapsing. it was at that point the newly appointed defence secretary gavin williamson said they have turned their back on british values, therefore they cannot claim reddish citizenship. ——

british citizenship. subsequently amber rudd the home secretary has said these people must be brought to justice and implying british justice. but her office has made it clear that really they are seeking a solution in an internationalforum and probably the international criminal court, to which the uk is signed up. really there is a huge issue, extraterritoriality, as it is known for the are they going to be tried in northern syria where they we re tried in northern syria where they were picked up. there are others with dogs in the fight, the americans for example has accused one of them directly of outright torture if not execution. and they are adamant about that. and these two men originally came from the uk but how are other countries dealing with similar situations? whether they can be brought back to britain

but i guess every country deals with these situations differently but there are variations. and in the middle of this you have got international law. take a very hard over a solution, which is canada. canada leaves and posters the idea that if the canadian citizen is affected, damaged or deprived of his or her life were ever in the world, the alleged perpetrator should be tried by canadian justice. the alleged perpetrator should be tried by canadianjustice. ideally in canada itself. now we're not quite there yet. as i said earlier, the international rule and particularly on crimes against humanity and war crimes, is evolving all the time. it is a very important pa rt all the time. it is a very important part of the international security and counterterrorism architecture. that is why this is a hot potato and

will be argued over for a that is why this is a hot potato and will be argued overfor a long time. but of course the suspects cannot expect any home—grown sympathy because in my experience, this is about the most extreme case of the americanjoke, of about the most extreme case of the american joke, of the fellow that murdered his mother and father and threw himself on the mercy of the court claiming that he was an orphan. and there is a lot of explaining away and special pleading going on but these two were incredibly relaxed and friendly when they talk to the associatied press reporters about their plight. it is very serious. and they are accused, they stand accused in the court of public opinion of murdering 28 defenceless people. can we just talk about that in the last few hours we've heard about the death of a british servicemen in syria while fighting against all working against islamic state. what we know, obviously details are scant but this isa obviously details are scant but this is a significant moment. it is

because it is the first time it has been stated in the fight against islamic state that a british, a member of the british armed services has been killed. for americans have been killed in similar circumstances. 0ne alongside the british man that was killed by the roadside bomb two days ago. what is going on here, this person was a member of the special forces which again is clouded with its own official secrecy. some with a somewhat unnecessary. but there's no doubt the british special forces in small numbers have been operating in syria as well as around because they are required to fight for intelligence on the ground to aid the air operation which we have been hearing a lot about. and that has been very extensive, from the raf in

support of the us led coalition. actually it is a matter of common sense as much as a principle. of course it is a bit of a hot potato because the left in particular would like all activities in such circumstances with special forces to be disclosed. and the practical argument against that is that the forces, the operations would not be so special after all and you would be giving up unnecessary secrets to the enemy. for now, thank you very much. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. and there is a lot going on in terms of potential difficulties for travelling on the bank holiday weekend. good morning. no pressure is sitting across the country. it is right across the country. it is right across central and western europe as

you can see. back home we have a bit ofan you can see. back home we have a bit of an easterly wind so some cold air to the north which will play its pa rt to the north which will play its part to easter monday. at the moment we strong wind up the north sea coast and rain but further north we have some sunshine. that sunshine is ha rd to have some sunshine. that sunshine is hard to find and will be hard to find today because this is the area of rain and hill snow across the uk. this low pressure is driving it so these weather fronts will be meandering about for much of the day. to the north and west of scotla nd day. to the north and west of scotland we have the best chance of some sunshine. but even know the brain is easing away to the east we will still have some heavier breasts this afternoon and feeling chillier. and after all that rain we still have a flood warning in force. 0vernight rain eventually eases back

to eastern parts of england and possibly east of scotland. for most of scotla nd possibly east of scotland. for most of scotland are widespread and hard frost. some frost also fought northern ireland and will wake up to some mist and fog in the morning as well. and the rain gathering towards the south later in the day. for most of us it is the driest day of the extended right, they began. so this easter weekend looks as if easter day itself will be the nicest day but still a lot of clout and showers around with after the early sunshine, the cloud will send and the best chance for some bright weather scotland and northern ireland. but temptress still below parfor ireland. but temptress still below par for the ireland. but temptress still below parfor the time of ireland. but temptress still below par for the time of year. — temperatures. so easter monday the weather front moving north and bumping into that cold air. mostly over the hills but in the heavier

areas it could move through the midlands, southern scotland, northern ireland. so we have the cold air going on across the country but even if you're travelling in the south heavy showers not great news. but where we have the risk of snow, we think central and northern areas at the moment but we need to firm up on the details. that could bring some disruption especially with the amount of traffic that could be on the roads as people return from their easter break. the warnings are on the website. 0ne on the website. one of those weekends you're grateful to have the excuse of going into work and not having to travel anywhere other than work. but i feel sorry for the children. and the pa rents, sorry for the children. and the parents, do not forget. 0ne sorry for the children. and the parents, do not forget. one of them has said, another good reason to be

at work. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, time now for a look at the newspapers. anand menon, the director of uk in a changing europe is here to tell us what's caught his eye. we talked about jeremy we talked aboutjeremy corbyn and the labour party and hour ago. this is in the financial times today, the impact of the russia issue in saying that theresa may has benefited from it in terms of the opinion polls at least. well there is the ongoing spat with russia festival, the russians have asked the british to reduce their diplomatic presence in russia again. talk of us trying to close down their trade mission in north london. so the bilateral spat keeps on going. but the politics of this, george parker in the financial times saying the prime minister has

gained a political balance from this because she has looked quite posed handling the russia affair. she had support from across the western world. expelling diplomats. you need to ta ke world. expelling diplomats. you need to take with a of salt because this time last year at easter was when theresa may went for that ill—fated book and decided to call a snap election, so politics can change. a p pa re ntly election, so politics can change. apparently she is going walking again. interesting that bounce in the face of demonstrating power because look at what happened with donald trump when he was being very frank with north korea. it did change things, you just powered through and said diplomacy is not the route but i'm taking and many americans appreciated that. but the flip side is it is aware that foreign policy determined elections in the west. perhaps theresa may is more comfortable in the position she has found herself in, almost her own

old job as home secretary dealing with security issues and that kind of thing. for many years that is what she was used to. yes and you would expect her to be good at this because she was a good home secretary. this is talking tough, reassuring the public. and she's had a very good week. you are a football fan, what is your team. leeds united. crystal palace. i think fan, what is your team. leeds united. crystal palace. ithink we have experience of heartbreak and hand in mouth kind of moment but this is quite a serious story because some people get so riled up and so passionate while watching their team that it could actually give you a heart attack. literally heartbreaking, yes. st elevation myocardial infraction. apparently a study from montreal shows that you are at increased risk of a heart attack when your team is winning. that is to say there is a quantifiable increase in the number

of men apparently, not affecting women who suffer heart attacks the day after the team win. good for me because my team does not win. the research cannot explain why, it is the successful matches that have done this. there is some relationship between strong emotion and pressure on your heart if you are susceptible. and this is interesting, it is an ongoing thing and every time it happens you get this effect. the story also talks about this amazing statistic from 1996 where apparently the day after the dutch went out of euro 96 on penalties there was a 50% increase in deaths from heart attacks among dutch men. that is remarkable. celebrity me that football is not serious. the times, how to land that thejob on a serious. the times, how to land that the job on a fat salary, they say exaggerate your credentials and

least. and you let them. but saying you need to sell yourself creatively. well this company has sifted through cds and found essentially 12,500 untruths in these cds and they have, with fantastic figure, i think for out of five cds contain a figure, i think for out of five cds containa minimum figure, i think for out of five cds contain a minimum and exaggeration of top in the age group eventually, 25, 32 roles, most prone to doing this but becoming something of an epidemic. has it not always happened? you're only going to save the good things. and they must have better systems of checking things. it is like when you go on the apprentice and they expose the omissions as well as the exaggeration. i suppose if you sit through a bunch and decide who to

interview, you might not bother checking to see if the masters degree was real or not. it is a dangerous game. i cannot remember the last time i had to write one. we know you are eminently qualified to be here this morning expect thank you very much. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. we can check his qualifications. we can check his qualificationslj have we can check his qualifications.” have been worried about your week because of your bad throat.” have been worried about your week because of your bad throat. i had a bit of a cold, thank you for caring. i notice these things. have you ever lied on your cv customer i've always been too scared of being found out.

well our special guest today is going to sing for her supper, the fabulous lisa sta nsfield. going to sing for her supper, the fabulous lisa stansfield. thank you for coming along. you know the score, you watch every week. and your family watching at home. they are all watching. so you know the score, heaven or hell. i love dover sole so that would be heaven. black pudding, that takes me back to my childhood. i will tell you a story about that later. hell would be cherries, cherry deserts. i mike cherry street but in any desert it reminds me of american cough medicine. it does not agree with me. and we have great chefs here as well. i'm cooking traditional jamaican beef patties. and tommy banks? smoked venison inspired by a

misspent youth. and you guys at home are in charge sojust misspent youth. and you guys at home are in charge so just go to the website for details. see you at ten o'clock. i did not get my easter egg and neither did john. do we give easter eggs to each other, really customer we will sort that out later. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the australian cricketer david warner has spoken publicly for the first time about his role in the ball—tampering scandal, saying he takes "full responsibility" for his actions. in a tearful news conference, david warner said he would regret his involvement for as long as he lived. he's been banned from international and domestic cricket for a year. in the back of my mind, i suppose

there is a tiny way of hope... —— a tiny ray of hope... that i may one day be given the privilege of playing for my country again. but i am resigned to the fact that that may never happen. two british men believed to have been members of the islamic state cell known as "the beatles", have complained they can't have a fair trial because the uk government has stripped them of their citizenship. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh whose group are thought to have murdered more than 20 hostages, spoke to reporters in northern syria after being detained by kurdish fighters in january. they described the execution of hostages as "regrettable". the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has called on lord sugar to "delete and disown" a tweet depicting jeremy corbyn sat in a car alongside adolf hitler. lord sugar, a former labour peer, shared the image with his 5.5

million twitter followers and responded saying the post was "a joke". mr corbyn has faced increasing pressure to stamp out anti—semitism within the party. more than 100 flights from stansted airport were cancelled last night after a shuttle bus caught fire outside the terminal building. a normal service has resumed this morning but some passengers are unsure when they may be able to fly. earlier, the chief 0perations 0fficer explained why they had to make the decision to send travellers home. smoke was blowing into and across the terminal and it was very difficult to see where it was coming from when you were inside. it went very dark and obviously their first thought, as it always is, is the safety and security of our passengers and we were immediately thinking, where is the safest place we can get them to in the terminal? that happened to be air side, causing conflict between people who had been properly screened through security and people who hadn't, meaning we couldn't let anyone fly if we were unsure

if they had been mixing with people who have not gone through proper security protocols. arnold schwarzenegger is recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency heart surgery in los angeles. a spokesman for the actor, who's 70, said the operation had been a success, and he is awake and joking. those are the main stories this morning. let's crack on with the sport because there is a busy day ahead and a big fight to come as well. crack on with the sport and crack on with an egg, in anthonyjoshua's case. what is the most eggs you have ever had in one sitting? i'd probably go for five in scrambled eggs. i'm for eggs in an omelette. you can see what shape he is in at the moment. he is lighter than he has been in his last fourfights, 17

stone, six of man suspending himself there. don't try that at home. all the food, the calories consumed, the intense training and sparing sessions, all stop now, ahead of the big fight tonight as the pair put their titles on the line in cardiff. 17 stone, a pounds, two ounces... champion versus champion. the best against the best. one of the rarest sights in heavyweight boxing. anthonyjoshua, the london 2012 0lympic gold—medallist, the face of british boxing, and holder of two heavyweight world title bouts, against the unheralded joseph parker, the wbo champion from new zealand looking to cause an upset. i am loving the whole journey, the camp i had in vegas, being here, meeting people, getting our training down, eating clean, staying healthy. it is all part of the journey, i am trying to treat it as just

another fight, just another fight with a ring that happens to be in front of 80,000 people that i am excited to be fighting in front of. i spoke to my coach and said i want to improve myself and prove i am better than my last title shot. i'm not scared at all. you can't strip away, let's say you strip away everything people say about my opponents, and my current opponent, when i look at the person in general, i have no fear. this is where it all goes down later tonight, a full house expected at the principality stadium here in cardiff, to witness a piece of british boxing history. the first time two reigning heavyweight world champions have met on these shores. we have a massive fight here, between two young hungry, dangerous fearless world champions, so it is a historic

event. you have a group of new zealanders and a group of brits. both guys love to win, countries love to win. it is more about the competition and the will to win, the desperation to win. we are all desperate to win on saturday night. two heavyweights of the sport eyeing up a place in history. what a night it is going to be ahead in cardiff. after an excellent start, england's bowlers have been frustrated by new zealand's batsman on day two of the 2nd test in christchurch. jonny bairstow reached his fifth test century, out for 101, england all out for 307. bairstow was soon straight back into the action taking a catch off stuart broad to dismiss tom latham without new zealand getting off the mark. they were 36 for 5 but england's bowlers weren't been able capitalise on that start as the hosts finished the day on 192 for 6. england were well beaten in the final

of the women's tri—series by australia this morning. australia won by 57 runs after recording the highest total in women's twenty20 internationals. former england captain ray wilkins is in hospital afterfalling ill. wilkins, seen here scoring for manchester united in the 1983 fa cup final, is reported to be in a critical condition after having a cardiac arrest. two wins are all that's needed for manchester city to wrap up the premier league title, and they can get the first of those later against everton, which means they could win it against manchester united next weekend. imagine that. and they have the champions league quarterfinals to come against liverpool on wednesday. i prepare for everton like it was the most important game we have deeply. my decision is to win everything. i am deeply. my decision is to win everything. iam not deeply. my decision is to win everything. i am not thinking about liverpool. that would be a big

mistake from my site. yes, a big afternoon ahead for manchester city. and finally, take a look at this extraordinary winner for non—league macclesfield... drawing 2—2 with woking until the last minute of injury time, striker tyrone marsh thought he'd scored the winner only for the ball to get stuck in the mud while he was celebrating! not much grasp at all, was there? luckily his team mate danny whitehead managed to poke it in to secure the victory, and save him some embarrassment! it is good that was the end of the game, because that sticky patch would have had to be avoided for the rest of the match. thank goodness it ended up in the goal in the end. can you imagine if it had just stayed there? sorry, guys, it had just stayed there? sorry, guys, my bad, my fault. thanks, john, enjoy the fight tonight. and you. i know you will be watching.

come around and join me.” you. i know you will be watching. come around and join me. i was going to sleep, but if you are cooking, that's a different kettle of fish. bargain hunters will have the pick of the sales over this bank holiday, as some retailers slash prices by up to 70%. it has been interesting how retailers have been behaving lately and they are trying their best to get you to be shops. will you be there or do you prefer an easter egg hunt? we have been asking shoppers what they are up to in manchester. normally, easter is about spending time with family, having feed and going for a walk. we have an easter 399 going for a walk. we have an easter egg hunt on sunday. maybe food shopping, but not clothes shopping or anything like that. usually an easter weekend, i go for a walk, go to the park and spend some time with the family. a bit of shopping, because it is four days off. it is a great weekend for shopping and we have done brilliant today. for me

personally, we stay home with the family overused, play games, watch tv and chill out. i normally do a bit of time shopping over easter, spend a lot of time with family and friends, getting together, eating out and that type of thing. we don't really shop either easter so much. we spent time with our family. shopping is not a big part of it. we are happy not to shop for a few days. we can now speak to retail analyst, diane werhle. is good friday the new black friday? it is certainly better than it was last year. we track footfall, so activity in our destinations and stores, and last year was not great. this year, but for in our retail parks and shopping centres was up 5% yesterday, which is much improved. the high street suffered a bit. there is some discounting but that's partly a product of the poor winter we have had and the poor sales that

retailers have experienced. i wouldn't necessarily say it is like black friday because most of the activity has been on the high—street and the retail and online transactions yesterday declined by over 1%. 0k, transactions yesterday declined by over 1%. ok, so transactions yesterday declined by over1%. ok, so we are going out transactions yesterday declined by over 1%. ok, so we are going out to the shops, the old—fashioned way this weekend? that is interesting. it is. black friday has morphed into an online event. a lot of the discounts are being pushed towards online discounts, whereas as the vox p0p online discounts, whereas as the vox pop said, this weekend is about family and friends and leisure and enjoying each other. that is what you do when you go out shopping. you have a leisurely trip. i was going to say that the weather is better now than in december, but looking at the weather forecast this weekend, i'm not sure that is the case. there are bargains out there, which is good for other customers, but it has a rather more negative story about what is going on on the high—street retailers. these are still tough

times, aren't they? they are, absolutely. retailers are having a tough time at both sides of the spectrum. in terms of the sales side, so they are not achieving what they hoped in the number of sales, but also the cost element. costs have increased because of inflation and the weak pound, so they are really being squeezed. a good easter will really help them. so if people have cash and they are heading out to the shops today, which areas of retail are the best bargains to be had from? undoubtedly fashion. the retailers are desperate to get rid of winter stock in advance of spring, so i am sure there will be good fashion items to get discounts on. as an that's always been the case at this time of year? 0r on. as an that's always been the case at this time of year? or are we looking at any retail phenomenon at easter now? things have become much more muted. years ago, easter was a really big shopping peak because the

sales hadn't happened yet. we'd get the january sales, then we'd get the easter sales. that's what i remember asa easter sales. that's what i remember as a child. now, of course, you get as a child. now, of course, you get a co nsta nt strea m as a child. now, of course, you get a constant stream of discounting, so it takes the froth of the top of easter a little bit. but at the same time, consumers are much more into leisure trips and eating out and going for copy and that has helped to support our retail destinations and our stores. things are shifting and our stores. things are shifting a little, definitely. 0k, diane, thank you very much indeed. happy shopping to everyone going out. we know the weather has a big impact on what is on sale at the moment. you might wanta what is on sale at the moment. you might want a winter coat. it is confusing, because if it is too warm people don't shop, if it is too warm people don't shop, if it is too cold, people don't shop. helen can help with the weather. if it shopping weather? that is a tricky one. i would shop in any weather, to be honest with

you. but we will probably be out and about in the countryside this weekend, with our family. weather—wise, it is soggy one. indoors is a better place to be. this is how it looks in suffolk wallowing lots of rain yesterday. we haven't got much sunshine, but make the most of it if you have got it. it isa the most of it if you have got it. it is a soggy affair and cold enough for snow under the tops of the pennines and in scotland. it is more other shaurya picture as that pulls away. for most of us, the rain keeps coming in, misty on the hills, so not great travelling weather with reduced visibility but it should dry up reduced visibility but it should dry upa bit reduced visibility but it should dry up a bit later in the day. no great shakes temperature wise. lower than it should be at this time of year. that cold easter wind coming on. we go into april tomorrow, not going on

about the strong much sunshine but we should see some strong april sunshine in south—western areas where the cloud continues to break overnight. it does mean it will be colder. still that time of year where you get frost, quite cold hard frost in scotland. we are limited in the east because of the blanket of cloud wanted as weather front. tomorrow, we are sandwiched between three weather is. it is a much better day, but i wouldn't call it a dazzling day. we have a lot of clout in eastern areas, sunshine in the morning in the north, west and south—west, but cloud to look out for. three tomorrow night, fruit yesterday night and into easter monday, that keeps coming northwards, and turned to snow in places. watch in brief on monday for

the detail, but the concern is that as it hits cold air over central and northern areas, we could see snow. even in southern areas, we could see some on hills, potentially with five to ten centimetres on hills across the northern half of the country. that will cause problems as i am sure many will be planning to come home after an easter break on easter monday, possibly on easter holidays as well, so there is the risk of disruption. the warnings are already out. you can keep up—to—date with ourselves and weather warnings will be updated as well. do you know what, i havejust noticed. your necklace is a rainbow necklace which is perfect for today, because there will be some sunshine somewhere, went there? if we say it often enough, it will happen, went it? it is sunny and the northern isles. shut up, john!

you are much more likely to get snow at easter than at christmas. and there had even been snow in june. just after 9:a5am. shovelling rocks, sawing timber, not the kind of events you'd normally expect in a sporting competition. but they are part of the international mining games taking part in cornwall this weekend. it's an opportunity for mining students to learn traditional methods whilst also sharing new skills. dan johnson has been gettig stuck in and giving the events a try himself... it's the toughest test in a difficult, dirty business. the mining games is all about teamwork, skill and strength.

getting stuck in, definitely. hard graft, getting dirty and doing the hard work before you climb the ladder. there are seven different events, everything from laying tracks, panning for gold, digging and hammering. it's about keeping traditional mining skills alive. we need to drill a hole to fill it full of explosives to blast it. before you had mechanical airdrills, you had to do it by hand. there are a0 teams here from mining schools around the globe. competition is certainly fierce. these montana mining students have been training for months. the important skills are communication, being able to not get in each other‘s way, stay in good spirits. so, inevitably, the time has come for me to have a go. you have got to run 25 metres there and back empty, tip it, then run it again fall. they call this mucking and they are not mucking about.

the support from the crowd is helpful. i think. oh, that is hard work. # can you understand me now... not doing badly, to be honest. # can you dig it? # oh yeah # can you dig it? # can you dig it, what i'm saying... keep that weight on, keep that weight on. it is competitive. it absolutely is. with the lads, more so.

with the girls, we are just trying to support each other. this is tough and its technical. if there was ever any doubt, mining is a toughjob. it's got to be time for a cornish pasty. danjohnson, bbc news, in cornwall. he feels like he deserved that after all that hard work. he does deserve it. good work. five years ago, eight—year—old alexa was diagnosed with a very rare eye condition called brittle cornea syndrome. it means that she's slowly losing her sight. so, with the help of her parents, she's drawn up a bucket list of things she wants to see and do. we'll speak to alexa and her mum, natalie, injust a moment,

but first here she is ticking one activity off the list. we need to find out a bit more about theissues we need to find out a bit more about the issues with the site and the things you want to experience. this is my first ice—skating sm and i'm really excited. —— this is my first ice—skating lesson and i'm really excited. hi, i'm alexa, and i'm yea rs excited. hi, i'm alexa, and i'm years old. i'm visually impaired. i have a bucket list and ice—skating is around the top. i also have a view more like seeing the eiffel tower, seeing the northern lights, swimming with wild dolphins and going to costa rica travelling. it's

important to do all those things for me whilst i can see a bit. because i will be able to do things, but i mightfind it will be able to do things, but i might find it a bit harder because i went to be able to see what is going on around me and see what i'm doing. stay balanced. 0ne leg, then the other leg. i can see kind of about a metre in front of me. sometimes it can be shorter, sometimes longer. i feel sad about my vision loss, as anyone would, but i also feel happy and individual, because if i didn't have it, i wouldn't be me and i wouldn't have my personality. stop and turn around with your little steps to face me. sometimes people at school say, you are really weird, how can you do things that i do,

because on top of the class and stuff like that. because they don't really understand. they think that just because i've lost my vision, i can't do what they can do, but that's not true. you should always go for what you want to do. that looked fun. ya ? that looked fun. ya? tell us, what did you enjoy about ice—skating. that looked fun. ya? tell us, what did you enjoy about ice—skatingm was really fun and interesting and because i really love sports, it was like any unique sport. it was unlike anyi like any unique sport. it was unlike any i had done before and i really liked the way you glide. well, you glided very well and you even managed to get a turn in. do you pick up sports quickly? she loves sports, don't you? yes. what is the condition, natalie? brittle cornea

syndrome and one of the elements is that the cornea of her i is very, very thin so it is very susceptible to being damaged. it will happen over time or it could be as a result ofan impact. over time or it could be as a result of an impact. just any knock? so you have got to protect tab. try to protect tab. the slightest knock. alexa, tell us what it is like, because mum will want to protect you bite you want to do stuff? sometimes, very annoying. me and her dad have to sometimes try to rain her in, which is not the easiest thing to do. i can understand, because you want to experience everything you can, don't you? talk us everything you can, don't you? talk us through some of the things you wa nt to us through some of the things you want to do and to experience?”

us through some of the things you want to do and to experience? i want to swim with wild dolphins, i want to swim with wild dolphins, i want to go up the eiffel tower, i want to see the northern lights. who do you wa nt see the northern lights. who do you want to meet? little mix. we will do it again, we will put a shout out to little mix. there is someone very special to meet you. what else? we are adding to it all the time. she comes up are adding to it all the time. she comes up with new things every day. what about timescale? can we get to a candy shop? asking for staff on telly because you know mum can't say no is still naughty! that's cheeky. what about time frame? we don't have much previous information because it is such a rare condition, so we are just waiting, at any time. one of

the reasons you are on is obviously because alex is pretty fantastic, but you also want to raise awareness. i'm just going to read what people have been saying. julie says, alexa, you are an inspiration. your parents should be so proud. i am sure you will achieve great things. joanne says what a beautiful, brave girl and she wants you to have a great time in costa. such positive energy as well. rosie says, what an inspirational young lady you are. leslie says, what a beautiful soul. you made a rainy day sparkle. she is very positive. that's one of the things, she is always smiling. that is one of the things about this list, rather than dwelling on problems, make the most of life? yes, even though i know! can do stuff, if i lose my site completely, it would be easier to do it before i lose my eyesight, then i

can maybe carry on when my site is gone, can maybe carry on when my site is o can maybe carry on when my site is gone, so it would be easier. also, i wa nt gone, so it would be easier. also, i want people to know that you should never give up, you should never give up never give up, you should never give up on yourdreams never give up, you should never give up on your dreams and you should a lwa ys up on your dreams and you should always follow what you want to do. too right. that is a great message for everybody watching. naga mentioned your holiday. you are going to costa rica tomorrow. what are you going to experience that? first, i'm going to new york, candy shop! then we are going to a place in costa rica where there is ra i nfo rest in costa rica where there is rainforest with zip wire along the top and we are going under zip wire. then we are going to volcanoes with hot springs at the bottom, where freshwater falls into them and we're going in those. then we are going to another place in costa rica with a beach where we will ride horses. my

goodness, that's not a holiday! and learn to surf. that's going to be amazing. will you send us a postcard ? amazing. will you send us a postcard? no. you won't have time. i also wanted to raise their reason that we are here also is to raise the profile of the nspcc every blind child's campaign. thank you. that is it from all of us. have a great day. high five. brilliant, thank you. can i have one? yeah, baby. this is bbc news. the headlines. two british men — accused of carrying out beheadings for the so—called islamic state — have complained that they won't get a fair trial after losing their citizenship the un calls for an independent investigation as 16 palestinians are killed in clashes with israeli forces on the gaza border. russia announces further measures against uk diplomats —

expulsions of officials from 23 other countries are also announced. more tears and further apologies in the wake of the australian cricket cheating scandal. former vice—captain david warner says he knows he might never again play for the national team. right now it is hard to know what comes next but first and foremost... is the