hello. this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and mega munchetty. doctors warn the nhs is facing a "year—round crisis. " they claim the pressures of the winter months look set to continue over the summer, amid warnings of lengthy waits and high admissions in a&e. hello. good morning. it's monday the second of april. also this morning: poulter buries it! of course he does! from 123rd place to winner. ian poulter grinds out a dramatic victory in houston after a sudden—death play—off, booking his place at the masters next weekend. china's abandoned space lab comes

to a fiery end as it falls to earth over the south pacific. the spitfires roar into action. they were "the few" who held the fate of the many in their hands as the raf marks its centenary, we meet the surviving airmen from the battle of britain. in sport: 28 years of hurt comes to an end for tottenham, as they finally beat chelsea at stamford bridge. and also reaction from houston. and it's a return of the winter weather for some. carol has the details. good morning. a band of heavy rain and snow continuing to go north. the heaviest will be on higher ground. settling at lower levels, all of which could prove to be disrupt if. temperatures will rise. —— disruptive. we are more likely to have rained during the day. i will have rained during the day. i will have more in 15 minutes. thank you.

good morning. doctors are warning the pressures usually experienced by the nhs in england over winter are likely to extend into the summer. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, predicts betweenjuly and september, a&e departments will see levels of demand usually only associated with colder weather. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase until 2020. andy moore reports. hospitals in the uk experienced one of their most demanding winters ever this year. nhs england said there was a perfect storm of bad weather, fluid emissions, and a spike in norovirus. normally those problems ease as the warmer weather approaches, but the bma says that may not be the case this year. using data from nhs england, the organisation says the worst case scenario could see pressure on health services this summer similar to those experienced in the winter of 2016. even in the best case scenario, 5.89 million people would attend a&e over the summer months. only 89.6% would be seen,

admitted or discharged within four hours. the official target is 95%, and that would mean a summer squeeze equivalent to the winter of 2015. the bma said its figures showed that the crisis over the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health said the nhs had been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase in its budget by 2020. nhs england said the service was experiencing continued pressure after one of the coldest march months in 30 years. a spokesman said the needs of a growing and ageing population showed why a 10—year plan made sense. andy moore, bbc news. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to stand down in october. the head of the crown prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series

of recent controversies, including the collapse of a number of high—profile rape trials. only one previous holder of the post has been appointed for a second term. an increasing number of teachers are having to provide basics such as food and clothing to support struggling families. the government says it's taking measures to support disadvantaged children after a new survey found many teachers were concerned by the impact of increasing child poverty levels on education. marc ashdown reports. heartbreaking. that is how some teachers have described child poverty and how it is affecting their ability to learn. this snapshot survey of 900 children found 87% in poverty are being impacted. 60% believe the situation has worsened since 2015. teachers talk about children coming to class with pale faces, dirty clothes, and

worn out shoes. a growing number of schools are setting out food banks and clothes banks to support struggling parents. there is an effect on budgets with teachers having to intervene to make sure children are having the basics. we are having the capacity to support us as are having the capacity to support us as used to happen not being there. we are becoming social workers. members of staff are becoming social workers. we are putting hands in our own pocket to support children with christmas presence, food, and uniforms. that should not be happening in 2018. the department for education says it is continuing to support the most disadvantaged children in the country, including a new £6 million fine for breakfast. —— fund. from this week millions of workers will see an increased amount automatically deducted from their pay packets to contribute

to their workplace pension. for those on auto—enrollment schemes the minimum contribution will rise from 1% to 3%. there are fears that the increase may lead to more people opting out of the schemes in order to keep money back for everyday bills and short—term plans. people are going to see there is going to be 3% taken out of their salary. and the employer is going to have just a contribution of 2%. add the two together, that is 5%. next year, that is the final uplift, as far as we year, that is the final uplift, as faras we can year, that is the final uplift, as far as we can tell, we are going to see the employees' contribution go up see the employees' contribution go up to 5% and the employers will stay at 3%. add that together, 8%. that is where we are heading for this, with both employer and employee having the ultimate contribution of 8% of your salary. tests are being carried out on syringes found

at the commonwealth games athletes‘ village to see if they contain banned substances. the used needles were found by a cleaner at the games on australia's gold coast. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, is there for us this morning. and we understand one of the teams has been called in to a meeting by organisers. good morning. good morning. the organisers called them in for the meeting. they would not tell us what tea m meeting. they would not tell us what team that is. there are 71 to choose from. there are reports from the indian mega some of that country's athletes are involved. —— indian media. apparently, some suggestions of innocence, with many more represented within the village. we do know that testing is being carried out on syringes to make sure they did not have banned substances. there is a no needles policy in the commonwealth games. 0nly athletes

with pre—existing medical treatment are allowed. it has to be registered ina are allowed. it has to be registered in a tightly controlled procedure. there is a worry they are the hot form —— performance enhancing drugs. more details have been promised by the organisers of the games in the next year hours perhaps tomorrow. they want this out of the way before the opening ceremony on wednesday. they hope it is a circuit breaker, to get the drugs scandal out of the way before competition. they do not wa nt way before competition. they do not want a shadow casting over the ceremony, obviously. thank you very much. a spike in violent crime in london saw more murders committed in the city in february and march than there were in new york.

chinese and us authorities believe it broke up in the earth's atmosphere somewhere north—west of tahiti. a british satellite designed to find new ways of clearing up space junk will be launched later today. the remove debris craft has been created by scientists in surrey is the remove debris craft has been is getting nove debris craft has been is getting ghtgfiéss craft h in been but i of satellites, but all of the debris from past missions as well. more than 7500 tons of redundant hardware are thought to be circling earth. the material poses a collision hazard, with the danger of creating

even more debris. that is were the small european satellite comes in. it is known as the remove debris craft. it will monitor and approach and ensnared junk. in one experiment, it will throw a net around a detector dog decked. in another, it will fire a harpoon at a target to see how they work in space. —— detected target. a giant sale will drag on the satellite. it will be stored at the international space station for a few weeks before beginning its experiments in late may. jonathan amos, bbc news. beginning its experiments in late may. jonathan amos, bbc news. what is it called? the remove debris craft. the remove debris craft? it needs a much better name. if that is

how catchy the name is, it needs a better name. they need to do a competition like the did for the gritters. —— they did. kimjong—un has made a rare public appearance at a performance by south korean pop stars in pyeongyang. the north korean leader clapped along, then met the performers back stage. it's the first time foreign music stars have performed in the country in more than a decade. it comes ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas later this month. do people still make easter bonnets? maybe you made them over the weekend? and easter egg hunts. we did like fourof weekend? and easter egg hunts. we did like four of those. the traditional easter day parade has taken place in new york. they used to make them in school. has taken place in new york. they used to make them in schoollj has taken place in new york. they used to make them in school. i do not know if they still do. every year it features a range of wild and extravagant hand—made bonnets. that is a marvellous creation, that

one. thousands of people turn out to watch the procession. the parade dates back to the 1800s. if you have been making them, send in pictures. have you ever done one of those easter egg hunts? are absolutely. but i love finding that chocolate. —— hunts. absolutely. but i love finding that chocolate. -- hunts. iam absolutely. but i love finding that chocolate. -- hunts. i am 9096 chocolate. -- hunts. i am 9096 chocolate eggs right now.|j chocolate. -- hunts. i am 9096 chocolate eggs right now. i like dark chocolate. i like milk chocolate. shall i go dark chocolate. i like milk chocolate. shalli go milkjust to evenit chocolate. shalli go milkjust to even it up? i stayed up all night. many people were. ian poulter had us staying up all night. 0ver many people were. ian poulter had us staying up all night. over in

houston. go back to last week when we thought he did not make the augusta cup. we thought he was through, then he was not, and then write down to the wire in a play—off at houston. —— right. write down to the wire in a play—off at houston. -- right. a birdie. and to just power at houston. -- right. a birdie. and tojust power through. at houston. -- right. a birdie. and to just power through. is opposition melted down on the last one, u nfortu nately. melted down on the last one, unfortunately. millimetres as well. you can see what it meant to him. he really needed that win to secure his place in augusta. and there was drama! a play—off was forced. a brilliant putt on the final hole. then capitalised on sudden death to book his place at augusta. and you can see what it means to him. what a reaction! it is going to be a tight and tense final day between england and new zealand. england's batsmen set the black caps 382 to win the second test. new zealand are 42 without loss, as bad light stopped play

here. stunning strikes from christian eriksen and dele alli see tottenham beat chelsea at stamford bridge for the first time in 28 years. it leaves chelsea eight points behind spurs in the race for the final champions league place. reigning champions, saracens, are dumped out of the champions cup by leinster. it ends english participation in this year's competition. so, we will be looking forward to seeing that putt again in all its glory. it is worth looking at if you are at home. and we will talk to a correspondent in houston to get the latest on the reaction on one of the greatest wins of his career. it has been wintry all weekend. i know i am not supposed to moan about it. it does get the way of golf. it shows it. it does get the way of golf. it snows more times at easter than it

does at christmas, but it doesn't meani does at christmas, but it doesn't mean i have to like it good morning. well, it is a cold start to the day as well. —5 at the moment across the west highlands but compare that to the plus ten we currently have in south—west england. there is a good 15 degrees difference in temperature north to south. we also have some lying snow, mainly in the hills. two centimetres in the hills of west yorkshire, one centimetre in staffordshire. some of our roots are pretty high so you may find they are affected by snow first thing this morning. do take extra care if you are travelling —— routes. disruption as possible. you can find out what is happening through ourselves or your local radio station. what is happening as we have a fair few fronts moving steadily northwards. as they move northwards they are bumping into the cold air and the snow is falling. behind this warm frontier, temperatures are rising. handscomb we're already have the 10

degrees in south—west england. any precipitation coming out of the skies is likely to be rain. however, it is not as this moves northwards. you can see the snow across northern england, northern ireland, southern and central scotland. a lot of this will be on higher ground but some of it will be at lower levels and some will settle. it will also be windy across the northern half of the country. some of this will also drift. later we will see it move into northern scotland. behind it, much milder conditions and less windy once again. we are looking at showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. temperatures at 13 celsius. through the evening and overnight the snow continues throughout the great northwards. again there is the risk of either untreated surfaces. behind this we have another area of low pressure showing its hand. so we are looking ata showing its hand. so we are looking at a lot of showers coming our way. 0vernight lows in cardiff and london, ken celsius. compare that to the two we are looking in aberdeen and at. a cold start for the day tomorrow in the north. —— 10

celsius. tomorrow the snow will mostly be in the hills in scotland. england and wales are looking at a fair bit of cloud and some showers and the northern ireland some of the showers are merging to give heavier burst of rain. again the risk of thunder coming out of any of those showers. still cold in the north, six in aberdeen but getting up a little bit milder as we push further south. 0n little bit milder as we push further south. on wednesday we have a low pressure centred across us, so south. on wednesday we have a low pressure centred across us, so still this rotation of showers around it. some of those heavy and thundery and still some hill snow across scotland. temperature—wise, continuing to climb in the south. we could have 15 degrees possibly on wednesday but still pretty cold in the north. as high—pressure pushes across us on the north. as high—pressure pushes across us on thursday, things look fairly settled and dry. there will be some sunshine around, not necessarily going to last into friday. but just before necessarily going to last into friday. butjust before i go, if this is too cold for you, there are hints that as we head into the weekend, some parts especially of the south could hit 17 or 18

celsius. we have not seen that for a little while. whoo-hoo! you know how that makes me feel. it has been an exciting 2a hours, what with the golf, and now 17 or 18 degrees. carol, iam golf, and now 17 or 18 degrees. carol, i am glad i am sitting down! let's take a look at today's papers. the times leads on the slightly ominous, many people might think... police ditched the practice of believing all victims, talking about a rethink after a number of failed sex crime investigations which have made headlines. it might be clearer if that was accusers, in that sentence. that is a very true point. the daily mail taking a look, enough to make you sick is the headline. what they are taking a look at is what health bosses have been using taxpayer funded credit cards to pay for helicopter lessons, go—karting

and 5—star hotels, saying they have racked up £5.8 million worth of spending in the last two years alone. these are government procurement card is introduced by the labour party in 1997, supposedly to enable senior staff to easily fund office supplies and travel costs. and we were talking of on the programme yesterday about saturday night, dec doing it all on his own. the sun is full of these stories, it said dec cried, he was so emotional, and revamping the x factor‘sjudge line. kylie and louis tomlinson in consideration. and brussels a p pa re ntly consideration. and brussels apparently cracking down as there are fears about european polls, european elections being affected. brussels is preparing to crack down on social media companies accused of

spreading fake news. there is a picture on the front of the guardian which is eddie izzard, saying he is honoured to step up and represent labour members at the heart of the party, and that they must stamp out com pletely party, and that they must stamp out completely the spectre of anti—semitism. completely the spectre of anti-semitism. and the crown prosecution service, cps head is to announce she will be leaving her post after a five—year tenure. it has only been extended once before. she will lend her term as director of public prosecutions in the autumn. the picture you are seeing is of spitfire veteran alan scott returning to beacon hill to mark the centenary returning to beacon hill to mark the ce nte nary of returning to beacon hill to mark the centenary of the raf, in the rear of the two seater spitfire. it is a beautiful picture. stunning, absolutely stunning. we will be

marking that centenary a little later on. we will look at the sport pages in a minute. this is not a sports story really but came about asa sports story really but came about as a result of a sporting event. the daily mirror has been key to an organ donation campaign in recent months and they have the story of a tragic boxer who saved seven lives. this is the story of scott westergaa rd this is the story of scott westergaard who died after winning about a few weeks ago. as the 31—year—old died, his family agreed to donate organs, and he saved seven other people as a result of that donation. i think holly is predicting the future, wearing green today. nodding to the green jacket. last night, picturing myself in green... that was never going to happen. this is as close as i get. 0ne story which caught my eye, if you remember, at nearly one year

ago, this is the elite monger, he was involved in a formula three crash around april last year —— billy monger. he has returned to the track at the weekend for his first formula four race at darlington and came third. it isjust formula four race at darlington and came third. it is just incredible. we will be doing a bit more on this in our sports bulletin later on. his story has come back, ever since it has happened to him, he has said he would get back out there. he isjust incredible. he is obviously a talent, to come back and finish so well. and they have had to adapt the vehicle so it has a throttle in the steering wheel and a prosthetic break, so he can use his legs. a sugar tax in britain will come into effect on friday, aimed at tackling childhood obesity, which is widely seen as a health risk around the world. but is taxing sugary products the answer, or could we learn something from our neighbours in the netherlands? jeremy cooke has been to see a new anti—obesity programme

in amsterdam, where health officials claim their holistic approach is leading to unprecedented results. meet tyrell — a typical nine—year—old, but struggling with weight, caught up in the global childhood obesity crisis. with one in five of its children overweight, amsterdam is determined to help kids like tyrell. you want to feel fit, and your condition has to be ok, so i try to make him aware, already — like, just think about your health. the amsterdam initiative means every child is put through their paces — weighed, but also tested for strength, endurance and balance, to see who needs help. for tyrell, that means regular home visits from dieticians advising on healthy eating. and then there is the gym — free sessions twice a week with other children on the programme. they're having fun, getting fit,

and crucially, losing pounds. the amsterdam mission is to educate kids and their parents to the benefits of exercise, the dangers of unhealthy food. and it is targeted help. is it the healthy option? it's a little bit healthy. a little bit. a little bit healthy, yeah. it looks delicious. yeah. there is a special push to reach families in the low—income parts of town, with large immigrant populations. in some middle eastern communities, almost 30% of kids are overweight — much higher than the national average. so they are coming together to share ways to improve their children's diets. in my shopping list, i have only healthy things. when i come home they say, "mum, it's only green, everything is green!" the children of amsterdam are on the move — on the ice, burning calories. it is free entry here, and in other city sports facilities,

exercise helping to force obesity rates down. there's nothing more important than the future of our children, not only all political parties, but also sports organisations, schools, shop owners, everyone is helping, and that creates an environment in which you can change. all schools in this programme banned junk food, and break time means eating only fruit, drinking only water. most parents are enthusiastic supporters, but of course, there have been challenges. there has been some protest. yeah, some people think that we should not be sitting in their parenting chair, and telling them how to raise their children. elements of what they are doing here in amsterdam have been tried elsewhere, including, of course, in the uk, but with limited success. what seems to be different here is that there is this consistent consensus, a joined—up approach,

meaning that these kids are getting the same message from city hall, through their classrooms, and into the family kitchen. in amsterdam, it is all about the children. lessons here, perhaps, for other cities hoping to build a better, leaner future. jeremy cooke, bbc news, amsterdam. that is what i need to do, a bit of skipping. interesting how people will react to that, whether it is nanny will react to that, whether it is na n ny state will react to that, whether it is nanny state or well needed intervention. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: imight be i might be a little late as i am running mike around at the moment. a million of us play it every year. but despite this popularity, squash is not an olympic sport, meaning commonwealth gold is the peak of any player's career. team england have been putting mike and dan through their paces. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news. a teenager wanted in connection with the death of a man who was fatally shot out of petrol station in essex has given himself up in amsterdam. 0fficers has given himself up in amsterdam. officers have been searching for 18—year—old bradley blundell park since last august, following the death of his victim at a service station. staff working for south—western railway will continue their industrial action for a fourth day to day. members of the rmt are in dispute over the role of guards on trains. south—western railway, which watch operate services out of london waterloo, says it has taken steps to try and maintain a full service. it is a0 years since the uk border force first employed sniffer dogs to protect our borders. must you's figures showed sniffer dogs

across the uk's airports found $8 million in cash and £6 million in cocaine. they still remain one of the most effective weapons in fighting contra band. the most effective weapons in fighting contraband. the benefit of using dogs as they can cover large areas ina using dogs as they can cover large areas in a relatively short space of time. so if you can imagine having to live —— lift every single bag and put it through a machine or use a dog to screen them and the line, the time it saves is phenomenal, really. let's ta ke time it saves is phenomenal, really. let's take a look at the travel situation. so there is a planned closure on pfl rail. no service between liverpool street and shenfield. also planned closure on the overground shenfield. also planned closure on the overg round services shenfield. also planned closure on the overground services out of liverpool street and apart suspension on the northern line. further details on the tefl website. now we can take a look at the camera. the m25 is closed likewise, junction 23 to junction camera. the m25 is closed likewise, junction 23 tojunction 25 enfield and anticlockwise junction junction 23 tojunction 25 enfield and anticlockwisejunction 23 to

junction 25. that is due to an accident. they will be maintained throughout the morning. finally, another tunnel closed due to an accident. let's take a look at the weather situation now. good morning. well, many of you won't be too surprised to hear it is a rather damp start to this bank holiday monday. we have had some rain overnight. there is rain this morning but gradually it is going to turn a little more showery and become dry and bright as we had through the afternoon. it is fairly breezy as well. that breeze is going to blow that ran away and help to break upa to blow that ran away and help to break up a cloud of little. still the chance of some showers this afternoon but the cloud seeding and breaking set a good chance we could see some sunny breaking set a good chance we could see some sunny spells by the end of the afternoon. it is feeling a touch milder, as well, the maximum temperature today getting up to 13 celsius. 0vernight tonight we will get some clear spells but then the cloud will start to move up from the south and with the chance of some showers. potentially or two either the ones overnight tonight, but the temperature remains mild. not

dropping too far, between eight and ten as a minimum. so a month tomorrow morning. quite a bit of cloud around with a chance of some showers. 0ne cloud around with a chance of some showers. one or two of those could be quite heavy as we had through tomorrow. temperatures around 13 celsius. we have some bright, sunny spells and then look at the temperature. gradually as we head towards the weekend, the potential for them to get quite a bit warmer. iam back i am back with the latest from the bbc london studio in half an hour. have a lovely bank holiday monday. hello. this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty it's monday the second of april. we'll have the latest news and sport injust a moment. but coming up later in the programme. after a winter that saw routine operations cancelled and long waiting times in a&e departments, the british medical association warns that the arrival of spring may not be enough to relieve the pressure on the nhs. as the advancing years mean the few are becoming the fewer, we join an artist commeorating the extraordinary stories

of the pilots who won the battle of britain. and whislt a decomissioned chinese space station broke up in the earth's atmosphere last night, a team of british scientists were on their way to florida to announce their innovative new way of cleaning up space junk. we'll hear more about their plans. all that still to come. but now, a summary of this morning's main news. doctors are warning that winter pressures a re doctors are warning that winter pressures are likely to extend into the summer. they could see accident and emergency levels of demand usually expected from cold seasons. the director of public prosecutions,

alison saunders, will stand down in 0ctober. alison saunders, will stand down in october. the head of the prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series of controversies, including the colla pse controversies, including the collapse of a number of high—profile rape cases. just 1 head collapse of a number of high—profile rape cases. just1 head he been kept on for a second term. an increasing number of teachers are having to provide basics such as food and clothing to support struggling families. the government says it's taking measures to support disadvantaged children after a new survey found many teachers were concerned by the impact of increasing child poverty levels on education. from this week, millions of workers will see an increased amount automatically deducted from their pay packets to contribute to their workplace pension. for those on auto—enrollment schemes the minimum contribution will rise from 1% to 3%. there are fears that the increase may lead to more people opting out of the schemes in order to keep

money back for everyday bills and short—term plans. people are going to see there is going to be 3% taken out of their salary. and the employer is going to just have a contribution of 2%. add the two together, that's 5%. however, next year, that's the final uplift, as far as we can tell from the legislation that's in place at the moment, we are going to see the employees' contribution go up to 5% and the employers' will stay at 3%. add that together, you have 8%. so, that, ultimately, is where we are heading for this, with both employer and employee having the ultimate contribution of 8% of your salary. tests are being carried out on syringes found at the commonwealth games‘ athletes‘ village to see if they contain banned substances. the used needles were found by a cleaner. 0rganisers in australia have refused to say who they believe brought them to the games, but they have called a meeting with one of the competing nations. a spike in violent crime in london saw more murders committed

in the city in february and march than there were in new york. it's the first time the murder rate in the capital has overtaken that of new york. yesterday, a 20—year—old man in wandsworth became the 30th person to be stabbed to death in london so far this year. the festering trade war between china and the us has stepped up a gear as beijing rolls out new tariffs on a range of us goods. it's in retaliation for president trump's decision to place import taxes on steel and aluminium. $3 billion worth of us products are thought to be affected included imports of frozen pork, scrap metal and american foods. a de—commissioned chinese space station has burnt up over the southern pacific ocean after falling out of orbit in the early hours of the morning. the tiangong—1 space lab was launched to carry out science and engineering experiments in 2011 but stopped working in 2016. chinese and us authorities believe it broke up in the earth's atmosphere somewhere north—west of tahiti. a british satellite designed to find

new ways of clearing up so—called space junk will be launched later today. the remove debris craft has been created by scientists in surrey and will carry its own rubbish which it will eject into space before tracking and then capturing it with a net and harpoon. the satellite will be launched on a rocket to the international space station this afternoon before the project begins next month. now, here on breakfast we often bring you the latest panda news, and today we have pandas in the wild. iam i am always waiting for it. this rare footage shows a mother and cub roaming together at a nature reserve in southwest china. it's only the third time the animals have been seen in the area after an earthquake caused widespread damage in 2008. wonderful. it is nice to see them in

a natural environment rather than waiting for them to give birth in a zoo. waiting for them to give birth in a zoo. and safe and sound. that is good. good news. good morning. good morning. the only way is up. you stayed up late. quite a few people were excited. on the edge of my seat, i was. we love drama. he was 123rd after the first round. no 1 has come from that far back to win. it is an incredible result. think back to last week. we thought he had not made the cut in the masters. he had, then hadn't. he was told he had, then he was told he hadn't. and he lost that match.

told he had, then he was told he hadn't. and he lost that matchm was difficult. he needed to win. he was difficult. he needed to win. he was considering not going to houston in the first place. he said he may not bother. but he did, thank goodness. that means he may be in the masters in augusta. let's speak to bbc golf correspondent iain carter, who is in georgia ahead of the masters. morning, iain. that was some win for poulter. what a tumultuous couple of weeks he has had. extraordinary. i hold my hand up as one of the journalists who chatted to him around at austin a couple of weeks ago. we were telling him you are in the masters. then we realised he was not. he lost in the quarter—final. it looks like his hopes of going to augusta had well and truly left. all he could do was go to houston and win the tournament. as you said, he was down in 123rd place at the end

of the first round. he had packed his bags and was ready to go and thought he missed the cut. from that point on, he played faultless golf. a magnificent performance capped by holing a 20—foot birdie putt. the young american struggled on the play—off hole and as a result, ian poulter made a par. that was enough to give him a win which were taken to give him a win which were taken to augusta and give him a tilt at the masters. he has had a difficult couple of years in terms of his career and progression. how far can he go looking at augusta? he feels very, very confident, and with great justification. he played beautifully in the final 5a holes he was playing in augusta... austin, rather, until he came up against kevin kisner in the finals. that is the big thing. he genuinely wanted to get to

augusta because he feels his game is in such good shape that actually if he gets there he could really contend. and i think what you are seeing in the buildup to this masters, with woods returning to full fitness. phil mickelson got a victory. and now this with ian poulter us. some remarkable plot lines, teeing up a vintage running of the masters. i cannot wait for thursday. can you tell us why we are so thursday. can you tell us why we are so excited about ian poulter his whole history at the ryder cup. the passion. the chest thumping action! we saw that speared with victory in houston when he holed that. ——

spirit. it took us back to 2012, medinah, the inspiration for europe to get them back on to that ryder cup that they were so comprehensively losing. 10—a down at the time on the saturday when ian poulter got five birdies in a row, creating a win for europe out of nowhere. that gave them momentum. he went back into locker room that saturday night and turn to the rest of the team and said, look, we have got a pulse, and it was given to them by ian poulter. everyone accepts that. lo and behold, out came the popularly known miracle of medinah. it is worth making the point that this victory will help a light in his quest to make it into the european for this september. —— lot. i cannot wait.

the european for this september. —— lot. icannot wait. icannot the european for this september. —— lot. i cannot wait. i cannot wait. it is hard to believe. thank you so much for the moment. we have to hear from ian poulter himself. what did he have to say? the win just doesn't mean getting to augusta. there are many things on the horizon. it has been a long road the last few years with injury, questioning whether i had a pga tour card or not, and obviously having some form and not finishing off with the par. to get my first stroke play victory, it is a big one, getting the exemption, moving up in the ranking points, it isa moving up in the ranking points, it is a big one. it was the same matter when he used yesterday, last night, used at the miracle of medinah. he might need that for the masters. definitely needs to pack that. england will need ten new zealand wickets on the final day of the final test, if they are to level the series. 50s from joe root and dawid malan

setup what would be a record run chase for new zealand if they make it. the hosts closed day four on a2 for no wicket, needing another 3a0 runs to win the match and take the series 2—0. the last time spurs won away at chelsea, gary lineker got the winner. they have ended that 28—year barren run, and they had to do it the hard way. they were a goal down before christian eriksen produced this stunning effort to equalise just before half—time. dele alli then struck twice in the second half to bring an end to chelsea's dominance over them. spurs are now eight points ahead of chelsea in the final champions league qualification spot. we are so happy. first of all, for ourfans. we we are so happy. first of all, for our fans. we know we are so happy. first of all, for ourfans. we know very we are so happy. first of all, for our fans. we know very well how they suffer, no, these type of things. we are so

suffer, no, these type of things. we are so happy because it was a great victory, great character. a massive three points. we will fight until the end for our position in the champions league. arsenal were booed off at half—time at the emirates stadium but a resurgent second—half saw them win 3—0 against stoke. the gunners scored three goals in the last 15 minutes, with pierre emerick aubameyang scoring from the spot, before adding a second. alexandre lacazette rounded up the scoring with another penalty. stoke remain second from bottom. the second half was much better. we played with more dynamic, more pace, and againsta played with more dynamic, more pace, and against a good stoke side, i must say. i am surprised. we slowly took control and it made the difference. in the scottish premiership, hearts have all but secured a top six finish after a 1—all draw against dundee at dens park. hearts went ahead thanks to ross callachan with less than two minutes played.

the home side fought back and equalised through sofien moussa, dundee are still third from bottom, four points above the relegation zone. chelsea ladies moved three points clear at the top of the women's super league after a 1—1 draw at arsenal. fran kirby opened the scoring for chelsea, who are still unbeaten this season. beth mead equalised for arsenal at the end of the first half. elsewhere, leaders manchester city suffered a surprise defeat at home to reading. defending champions, saracens, are out of this year's european champions cup after a 30—19 defeat to leinster. the home side ran in three tries in dublin, including this one from dan leavy. they'll face scarlets at home in the semi—finals. saracens were the last english side left in the competition so there'll be no premiership representation in the last four. we mentioned this earlier.

and you might remember the name billy monger. he's been on breakfast before, he's the 18 year old racing driver who lost both his legs after a crash last year. well, on saturday, he was back out on the track competing for the first time since that accident. an exceptionally determined teenager, he finished third in the opening race of the british f3 championship. he'll be in action again later today at 0ulton park in cheshire for the second and third races. wow. what a way to start. if you told me this last year i would not have believed it. despite the popularity of squash around the world, it's still not an olympic sport, which is why for the top players, winning a medal at the commonwealth games carries extra weight. mike went to sheffield to meet two of team england's top medal hopefuls. sheffield, the city of steel, where

even on a grey day, athletes have at sparking through their veins, and where the england squash team are hoping to turn the fire in their furnace into gold. to do that they must push through the pain barrier as every part of nick matthews‘s bodyis as every part of nick matthews‘s body is driven towards what would be a fifth commonwealth gold medal before he finally retires. every athlete in any sport dreams of that sort of fairytale end to their career. going out on a massive high. lunged more than a squat. but you might do yourgrowing. lunged more than a squat. but you might do your growing. his team-mate is stretching even further, as she tries to turn previous silver medals into gold this time. these sorts of sessions really underpin what i can do on the court. you know, if she had picked up a different size of battle racket and competed in any of these three sports, they would have

most likely be an olympic medallist is by now. but because squash continues to be left out in the cold, well, the commonwealth medals gain extra significance. cold, well, the commonwealth medals gain extra significancelj cold, well, the commonwealth medals gain extra significance. i think it is the one sort of truly global event that transcends the sport.|j think the commonwealth game does that more than anyone else. media attention and being part of team england and part of the commonwealth games is something special. people know that winning a gold medal in an event like this is a big deal. team england can now call on1 million players who step onto a squash court for business or fun, but it is a very different game when faced with the fitness and mental agility of the fitness and mental agility of the best. powerful and strong, but also that aerobic fitness as well. asiam also that aerobic fitness as well. as i am playing, uart doing all this running. the idea is to make your opponent to all the running, you see. and that is why you need all those sessions down at the gym. see. and that is why you need all those sessions down at the gymlj

might bea those sessions down at the gymlj might be a little bit late because i am just running might be a little bit late because i amjust running mike might be a little bit late because i am just running mike around at the moment. is he any good? he is quite fit. he has tried a lot of sports, hasn't he? he just tried to trick shot an embarrassed himself. can we play doubles instead. yes. do you need someone a bit taller and with longer reach the new? to adjust the man. according to the british journal of sports medicine, playing squashis journal of sports medicine, playing squash is one of the best ways to prolong life, and dan walker and i we re prolong life, and dan walker and i were determined to stay in this game. and through a combination of obstruction and luck we won the first two points. but in the face of adversity, nick and laura stepped up the intensity to show why this team are the number one in the world. he is too big to have a squash court. and he is too big for me to play against for most sports, to be

honest. i feel sorry for the cameraman, he was the one in danger. i have never played a squash. really? it is so fast and furious. bigger rackets, bigger balls, and it is easier, racquetball. you like it, it isa is easier, racquetball. you like it, it is a really good workout. carol is really good at squash, aren't you? not at all, i prefer tennis. which i am useless at, it goes over three other courts. i have no control. that is why i like squash, you can just smashed control. that is why i like squash, you canjust smashed it. control. that is why i like squash, you can just smashed it. we will have a game of tennis one of these days. the good, fair match. this morning the weather is really quite topical, because we have some lying snow. a couple of centimetres lying in the hills of west yorkshire, and one centimetre in the hills of staffordshire. that will affect some of the higher level routes. if you are travelling this morning, be

prepared for some disruption. and you can find out what is happening where you either ourselves or on your bbc local radio station. we have these fronts coming our way. as they move northwards and engage with they move northwards and engage with the colder air, the rain is falling readily as sleet and snow. behind that front, the air is turning milder. anything we have coming out of the sky in the south of the country will be rain. the course of this morning, the snow continues to edge northwards across the pennines, northern england, in through southern and central scotland, and also northern ireland. most of the snow will be in the hills, but we will see it start to accumulate. we could have between five and 15 centimetres, whereas at lower levels we could see some settling as well but nowhere near as much of that. it will also be quite windy so some of that snow could be blowing. kind of the warmer air follows on. there will be some dry weather today but also some showers. some of those will be heavy and thundery with highs in london up to 13. i had of

that snow coming in, it is a relatively dry start to the day and it will continue that way across the north of scotland, with just a few snow showers. as north of scotland, with just a few snow showers. as we north of scotland, with just a few snow showers. as we go through the evening and into the overnight period, you can see how the snow continues to push northwards. again, not just continues to push northwards. again, notjust in the hills in scotland but down to low levels at times as well. where is behind it is mild air sta rts well. where is behind it is mild air starts to filter that bit further north. so increasingly across northern england, northern ireland, and the north midlands, where we have this snow at the moment, it will move back to rain. temperature—wise, overnight lows of 10 degrees in the south, two in aberdeen, so there is the risk of ice where we have the wet surfaces. tomorrow, low pressure still very much dominating our weather so everything spiralling around it. so we have all these showers coming in. some of those will be heavy and thundery, not all of us will see them. the snow in scotland is more likely to be on the hills than at lower levels. six in aberdeen, 1a as we push towards london. still low

pressure driving our weather on wednesday. again although showers rotating around it. still some of those heavy and possibly thundery. still the snow on the hills in scotla nd still the snow on the hills in scotland but something to look forward to at the weekend. it looks like most of us this weekend will have temperatures in the mid—teens, but some of us, more especially in the south—east, could have 17 or 18. carroll, thank you. we are already excited about the upturn in temperatures. churchill called them the few — the fighter pilots who took to the skies to protect britain from the luftwaffe in the battle of britain. now, the surviving airmen are being honoured in a special portrait to mark the raf‘s centenary. graham satchell has been to watch the artwork take shape. they wanted me so badly, they got me into the squadron very quickly. at his home in the cotswolds, 97—year—old tim elkington is being sketched by artistjeremy hilton. i've been asked to track down

the surviving raf pilots who flew in the battle of britain. they were the light in our darkest hour. and if it wasn't for these guys our world today would be very different. in the summer of 19a0, germany was preparing to invade britain. it needed air supremacy. the fate of the whole country lay in the hands of a couple of thousand airmen. tim elkington was just 19, a hurricane fighter pilot, confident about the battle to come. nobody ever thought about morale, i don't think. nobody ever chickened or was doubtful. and i think we were very sure that we would defend the place. as hurricanes and spitfires roar into action... on august 16, 19a0, tim was on patrol over the english channel when he found himself alone. as soon as i straightened out, the fuel tank was hit and in flames.

and so i got out. tim had been shot in both legs. he was unconscious and heading for the sea. what happened next was extraordinary. a fellow pilot spotted him floating down in his parachute, flew round him, created a slipstream, and pulled tim onto the land. how he had any idea of doing this, it had never been done before, to my knowledge, has amazed me. he saved your life. he did indeed. tim spent more than a month in hospital. but, as the battle raged on overhead, he kept in close contact with his fellow pilots. during the battle, with every time you went up, being shot at by the bombers, by the escort fighters, if you weren't a nervous wreck i don't know what you would be. more than 1,500 allied crew lost their lives in the battle of britain. it remains the raf‘s most

significant victory. in my eyes they are heroes, and, you know, they should be celebrated and the younger generations should be made aware of what they did for us. for me, it's more the air force thing, as opposed to being a hero. i'm proud of the whole air force. you don't consider yourself a hero? no. certainly not me, god no. as the raf celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are just a handful of fighters left. jeremy's picture is called the last of the few. the gratitude of every home in our islands goes out to the british airmen. never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. graeme satchell reporting there. jeremy's portrait will be auctioned later this month. the money raised will be given to the air cadets to help the next generation of raf pilots.

good piece, that. very interesting. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a teenager wanted in connection with the death of a man who was fatally shot at a petrol station in essex has given himself up in amsterdam. officers had been searching for 18—year—old bradley blundell since last august, following the death ofjohn pordage in chelmsford. staff working for south—western railway will continue their industrial action for a fourth day today. members of the rmt are in dispute over the role of guards on trains. south—western railway, which operates services out of london waterloo, says it has taken steps to try and maintain a full service. it is a0 years since the uk border force first employed sniffer

dogs to protect our borders. last year's figures show, across london's airports, they found $8 million in cash and £6 million in cocaine. they still remain one of the most effective weapons in fighting contraband. the benefit of using dogs is they can cover large areas in a relatively short space of time. so if you can imagine having to lift every single bag or suitcase and put it through an x—ray machine, or use a dog to screen them in the line, the time it saves is phenomenal, really. let's take a look at the travel situation. so there is a planned closure today on tfl rail. no service between liverpool street and shenfield. there is also planned closure on the london 0verground out of liverpool street, and a part—suspension on the northern line. virgin trains has a reduced service

due to engineering works. the m25 is closed clockwisejunction 2a tojunction 25 enfield, and anticlockwise junction 2a to junction 25. that is due to an accident. finally, another tunnel closed due to an accident. let's take a look at the weather situation now. good morning. well, many of you won't be too surprised to hear it is a rather damp start to this bank holiday monday. we've had some rain overnight. there's rain this morning, but gradually it is going to turn a little more showery, and become dry and brighter as we head through the afternoon. now, it's fairly breezy, as well. that breeze is going to blow that rain away and help to break up a cloud a little. still the chance of some showers this afternoon, but the cloud thinning and breaking, so a good chance we may see some sunny spells by the end of the afternoon. it's feeling a touch milder, as well, the maximum temperature today getting up to 13 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we'll get some clearer spells, but then the cloud will start to move up from the south, and with it again the chance of some showers.

potentially one or two heavy ones overnight tonight, but the temperature remains mild. not dropping too far — between eight and ten as a minimum. so a mild start tomorrow morning. quite a bit of cloud around, with a chance of some showers. one or two of those could be quite heavy as we head through tuesday, as well. temperatures around 13 celsius. we have some bright, sunny spells, and then look at the temperature. gradually, as we head towards the weekend, the potential for them to get quite a bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london studio in half an hour. there is plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, it is back to naga and roger. have a lovely bank holiday. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and naga

munchetty. doctors warn the nhs is facing a "year—round crisis. " they claim the pressures of the winter months look set to continue over the summer amid warnings of lengthy waits and high admissions to a&e. good morning. it's monday, the 2nd of april. also this morning, it's a return to winter weather for some. carol's got the details. good morning. a band of heavy rain and snow pushing north across the country. the heavy snow will be in the hills, up to 15 centimetres. a bit less than that at lower levels, but it could lead to some disruption. behind it, milderair follows. also, no fruitjuice and

plenty of sleep. the groundbreaking programme tackling childhood obesity in amsterdam. china's abandoned space lab comes to a fiery end as it falls to earth over the south pacific. in sport, ian poulter had to win in houston to qualify for the masters. and he did. we'll be see more chest pumping in augusta later this week. it was an amazing victory and we will have all the details in about half an hour. first, our main story. the nhs in england could see this year's winter pressures extend into the summer, according to a prediction by the british medical association. the doctors' union said difficulties normally only experienced during the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase by 2020. andy moore reports. hospitals in the uk experienced one of their most demanding winters ever this year. nhs england says there was a perfect storm of bad weather, fluid emissions, and

a spike in norovirus. normally those problems ease as the warmer weather approaches, but the bma says that may not be the case this year. using data from nhs england, the organisation says the worst case scenario could see pressure on health services this summer similar to those experienced in the winter of 2016. even in the best case scenario, 5.89 million people would attend a&e over the summer months. only 89.6% would be seen, admitted or discharged within four hours. the official target is 95%, and that would mean a summer squeeze equivalent to the winter of 2015. the bma said its figures showed that the crisis over the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health said the nhs had been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase in its budget by 2020.

nhs england said the service was experiencing continued pressure after one of the coldest march months in 30 years. a spokesman said the needs of a growing and ageing population showed why a ten year plan made sense. andy moore, bbc news. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to stand down in october. the head of the crown prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series of recent controversies, including the collapse of a number of high—profile rape trials. only one previous holder of the post has been appointed for a second term. an increasing number of teachers are having to provide basics such as food and clothing to support struggling families. the government says it's taking measures to support disadvantaged children after a new survey found many teachers were concerned by the impact of increasing child poverty levels on education. marc ashdown reports. "heartbreaking."

that's how some teachers have described child poverty and how it's affecting their ability to learn. this snapshot survey of 900 heads, teachers, and support staff in england, wales, and northern ireland, found 87% think poverty is having a significant impact on learning. 60% believe the situation has worsened since 2015. in their responses, teachers talk of children coming to class with pale faces, dirty clothes, and worn—out shoes. a growing number of schools say they're now setting up clothes banks and food banks to support struggling parents. heads say it's having a wider effect on school budgets, with teachers having to intervene to make sure children are getting the basics. one of the problems that we have now is the capacity of other agencies to support us as they used to is not there. we're becoming social workers.

not "becoming," we are social workers. members of staff are becoming social workers. putting their hand in their own pocket to support children with christmas presents, with food, with uniforms, and that, in 2018, should not be happening. the department for education says it is continuing to support the most the country's most disadvantaged children through free school meals, pupil premiums, and a new £26 million fund to launch of improve 1,700 breakfast clubs. marc ashdown, bbc news. a british satellite designed to find new ways of clearing up space junk will be launched later today. the remove debris craft has been created by scientists in surrey and will be sent on a rocket to the international space station before the project begins next month. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos explains. it is getting extremely busy up in space. it is notjust the working satellites, but all the debris from

past missions as well. more than seven and a half thousand tons of redundant hardware are thought to be circling earth. that material poses a collision hazard, with danger of creating more debris. that is where the small european satellite comes in. monis remove debris, it has been developed at the university of surrey. it will demonstrate technologies which enable it to monitor, approach and then snared junk. in one experiment it will eject an object and then throw a net around it. in another test it will fire a harpoon at a target to see how such project does behave in space. 0nce how such project does behave in space. once these demonstrations are finished, the remove debris satellite will ensure it doesn't add to the problem by deploying a giant sale. there is still dragging the upper atmosphere, which will pull the satellite rapidly down to earth. the remove debris satellite is going to be stored at the international space station for a few weeks before beginning its experiments in late may. a few of you have been coming

up may. a few of you have been coming up with names for the remove debris craft, some of them slightly more creative. spacey mcspaceface is the effort of mark barlow. send in any other ideas you have, we will enjoy that this morning. tests are being carried out on syringes found at the commonwealth games‘ athletes‘ village to see if they contain banned substances. the used needles were found by a cleaner. 0rganisers in australia have refused to say who they believe brought them to the games, but they have called a meeting with one of the competing nations. a spike in violent crime in london saw more murders committed in the city in february and march than there were in new york. it‘s the first time the murder rate in the capital has overtaken that of new york. yesterday a 20—year—old man in wandsworth became the 30th person to be stabbed to death in london so far this year. kimjong—un has made a rare public appearance at a performance by south korean pop stars in pyeongyang. the north korean leader clapped along, then met the performers back stage.

it‘s the first time foreign music stars have performed in the country in more than a decade. it comes ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas later this month. if you‘ve been making easter bonnets this weekend did they look anything like this lot? the traditional easter day parade has taken place in new york. every year it features a range of wild and extravagant handmade bonnets. thousands of people turn out to watch the procession. the parade dates back to the 1800‘s. iam not i am not sure what that is, if they are flowers... they are butterflies. fabulous. and of course there is a bunny, you always have to have that. if you have been doing something quirky this easter weekend, maybe even an easter egg hunt, those are

a lwa ys even an easter egg hunt, those are always good fun, send in your pictures. we had a few of those in my house. i bet you stole the eggs. i pinched a few. as the new financial year begins this week, nine million workers will see a change in the amount they automatically pay into their workplace pension. the minimum salary contribution for those on auto—enrollment schemes will rise from 1% to 3%, but there are fears that this increase may lead to more people opting out of paying anything at all. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has been looking into what the affects might be. like marie business, these macaroon makers in birmingham have had to sign up staff like jenny makers in birmingham have had to sign up staff likejenny to a pension. —— like any business. the pension. —— like any business. the pension recipe involves putting in a little dab of money every month, £6 in ourcase, a little dab of money every month, £6 in our case, a bigger retirement income eventually. but if those contributions go up, with people likejenny opt out? contributions go up, with people like jenny opt out? at the moment it is ok, but if it increases a lot, i won‘t be able to do the things like

travelling that i want to do. perhaps i would have the date. i wouldn‘t be able to afford it without getting a pay increase. helen is a trainer here and keen on a pension, but her priority is getting on the housing ladder. i'm hoping to buy a house in the next few months. i'm happy to make the contributions now, and i do have that money, but things are about to get tighter for me. i will have to rethink. at the moment, employees are putting in 1% of most of their pay into the pension fund by government tax break. this week that is going up by 3%. next year, fight a cent. that is a lot to budget for. meanwhile, the employer is now putting in 1%. this week that goes up putting in 1%. this week that goes up to 2%, and next year to 3%. so 8% in all. the question is, how many people are going to be able to afford to pay that? this is our retail store in the great western arcade... retail store in the great western arcade. . . the retail store in the great western arcade... the founder of ms macaroon wa nt staff

arcade... the founder of ms macaroon want staff to carry on with a pension. 0therwise want staff to carry on with a pension. otherwise they miss out on the big sweetener, the employer‘s contribution. but she wants the increases will have an impact on pgy- increases will have an impact on pay. it will continue to kind of keep wages down. because we have to plan for the growth in pensions costs. the macaroon makers could be giving upa costs. the macaroon makers could be giving up a pension of around £a700 a year if they opt out. even so, there is a clear danger that the numbers of ring out, around one in ten at the moment across the uk, could rise sharply. —— numbers opting out. michelle cracknell from the pensions advisory service. shejoins us now. thank you she joins us now. thank you for coming in. good morning. will people be caught unawa res coming in. good morning. will people be caught unawares by this, do you think? will they all of a sudden notice they have less money in their pay packet this month? well, there are changes in the tax rate, so it may actually take a few months before people notice. hopefully when

they do notice they realise they can infor they do notice they realise they can in for the increase in contributions. what if they think they can't afford the increase in contributions? well, the help we would give to people is, always try to put something into your pension scheme. if you cannot afford the increase but you have got used to the 1% you are currently paying, stay with the 1% and hopefully your employer will carry on konta beating as well. is there any disadvantage and sticking to that 1%? as well. is there any disadvantage and sticking to that 196? it depends on what your employer‘s arrangements are. the total contribution needs to be five cent. it will be different for everybody. because that is the total minimum contribution. if the employer is putting in more than you will be putting in only the top up amount. so there is a disadvantage and not as much will be going into your pension scheme, but at least something will be going in, so your employer may not increase his or her contribution if you stay out 1%. in fa ct, contribution if you stay out 1%. in fact, does the employer have to make any contribution at all? i read something that said if you stay at

196 something that said if you stay at 1% and opt down, effectively, your employer doesn‘t have too... is it just they don‘t have to increase theirs either? under the rules, the requirements this year are 3% from the employee and 2% from the employer. if you opt out, effectively, you could be up ring out of the scheme. but a lot of employers will pay in the additional amount anyway. and opting out obviously completely defects —— rejects the objective of why these we re rejects the objective of why these were set up in the first place? yes. so hopefully people will see this they can afford to put at least something into their pension scheme, the 3% is tax relief, it is not 3% out of your take—home pay. you will get tax relief on a contribution. what kind of numbers are we talking about? in terms of, now this is being put in, so you have to opt out. what is the expectation of what you will receive when you have the aged pension? well, even when the contribution goes up next year, when it goes up to 8% in total for the

employer and the employee, that is still not really enough to provide a decent pension at retirement. but it does depend on what you are getting from the state, or with the pension benefits you have. it is very difficult to say one rule fits everybody. what we would say to people is, put in as much as you can afford and then keep on checking to see what your total retirement income is going to be, which is a combination of the state pension, what you get from the workplace, other pensions you might have, and you may have other savings as well. what if you don't agree? if you are an employee, or even an employer, and you don't like the schemes that are on offer, that you will be forced to contribute, do you have a choice? yes, you do. you can opt out. but you will keep... i mean, do you have a choice in terms of what scheme is used? what fund is used, to invest your money? most workplace pension schemes will give you a choice of funds where you can invest your money. if you don‘t like the

choices on offer to you and you decide to opt out completely, then you will miss out on the employer contribution. so that would be a very dramatic step to take, because you would be missing out on the free money that your employer is... so you are relying on your employer, basically, to have enough nous to pick the best scheme for you? to put a decent scheme in place, that‘s right. i interviewed a lady a couple of weeks ago who has only a state tension, she is a pension, retired, she always thought state pension would be enough to her. she said after her bill she has £15 a week to live on. she stays in bed until two o‘clock in the afternoon. she can keep warm like that without having to put the heating on. it is so important that people realise, isn‘t it, that the state pension is not going to be enough any more to keep us going to be enough any more to keep us in old age when we reach retirement, for those of us were still working? absolutely, and this is why

automatic enrolment was introduced, so automatic enrolment was introduced, so that people had something more than the state pension so it is important you keep checking. there are also opportunities you find when people call us up that people miss out on. a lot of people are moving jobs and they lose pensions as they go along. 0ne jobs and they lose pensions as they go along. one of the big things we a lwa ys go along. one of the big things we always check with people, is there any money you have actually lost from previous employment is? it is worth contacting people and getting help to make sure that you make the most out of your pension. sorry to bang on about this, but who is making sure that the fund chosen are the right ones? if you are going to entrust someone with your money as an employee, who is making sure these are performing well in comparison to private pension funds where you pay for specialist advice? so the pensions regulator is in charge of making sure there are good workplace pension schemes in place. so ultimately if there is a workplace pension scheme which is not operating correctly, eitherfrom the administration point of view or

other aspects of it, then the pensions regulator other people. performance point of view, is what is important, isn‘t it? it is returns. and most of them are with the main financial institutions, and they will offer a wide range of funds which provide reasonable returns in retirement. they don‘t tend to be the funds that shoot the lights out, but that is not appropriate for most people in the work place. thank you for coming in, the shell. —— michelle. and it is chilly out there, and it could be dangerous on the roads, as the pictures suggest. good morning all. yes, indeed. temperatures in the highlands at —5 but in the other end of the country, in cornwall, currently plus ten and a milder air will be pushing northwards through the course of the day. as indeed is the course of the day. as indeed is the rain, sleet and snow we‘ve alluded to. rain across wales,

staffordshire, yorkshire, to name but three areas. some of our high routes cross those hills so it could well lead to some disruption and there is more snow to come. this whole set of fronts moves northwards, bumping into the cold air, readily falling as snow. behind this one front we start to pull in milder conditions. so the rain in the south, the precipitation coming out of the sky in the south, is more likely to be of rain. there it goes moving across northern england in the southern and central scotland and northern ireland through the course of the morning into the afternoon. 0n the pennines and the southern up lines in the hills, we could have up to 15 centimetres of lying snow. at lower levels, more like a couple of centimetres and it will be blowing in quite a stiff wind. behind it, as i mentioned, temperatures are rising, so any showers are going to be of rain but there could be heavy and thundery. ahead of it, dry weather with wintry showers. it is not until later on we see that snow push—up across northern scotland. why then, the

milder areas filtering northwards, so milder areas filtering northwards, so it will be falling as rain across the pennines, north wales and northern ireland by then. talking of temperatures, look at this. 10 degrees in the south is our overnight lows but still cold in the north. two in aberdeen and where we have the dampness and low temperatures there is the risk of ice. tomorrow there will be some snow in scotland, most of it on the hills, low pressure dry driving our weather. we have this rotation of showers swirling around it and merging to give longer spells of rain across parts of northern ireland. some of the showers heavy and thundery once again, the temperature continuing to climb. we could well see 15. this is hills know so we are looking at possibly sleet and rain, and know so we are looking at possibly sleetand rain, and it know so we are looking at possibly sleet and rain, and it may be six in aberdeen. 0n sleet and rain, and it may be six in aberdeen. on wednesday, we still have low pressure. still all these showers and rain rotating around it. still some hill snow across scotland. in between there will be some brighter skies and even our old friend the sun. temperature—wise, 11 to 13 in the south but the mild air

is creeping northwards. edinburgh 10 celsius. 0n is creeping northwards. edinburgh 10 celsius. on thursday a ridge of high pressure will be across us. variable amounts of cloud but a lot of dry weather coming our way. a fair bit of sunshine. still some wintry showers across the north—west. something waiting in the winds in the atlantic, but as we head into the atlantic, but as we head into the weekend, it looks very much like temperatures across most of the land will be in the mid—teens. in the south—east, the high teens. 17 or 18. so we will see our old friend the sun soon. yes, indeed we are. it is such a good phrase, but it does feel like we haven‘t seen our buddy for sometime, to be completely fair. i know what you mean. when the government started to fund prosthetics for amputee children in 2016, the campaigner and actress joanna lumley described it as like giving caged birds the wings to fly. later this month, ministers are expected to announce further funding for the project, to enable more children to be fitted with running blades and lower—limb prosthetics.

the policy was pushed for by campaigner sarah hope, whose daughter lost her lower leg in an accident aged two. when pollyanna was two years old, my mother elizabeth came to stay at our house in london, and we were on our way to the chelsea and westminster hospital to visit my twin sister victoria, who had just given birth to her first little baby. victoria, who had just given birth to herfirst little baby. and we we re to herfirst little baby. and we were sadly, we entered the bus depot, but the busjust were sadly, we entered the bus depot, but the bus just drove straight onto the pavement in a fit of road rage, instead of turning right into the bus depot. and my mother was killed instantly. i was trapped under the bus, and pollyanna lost her leg. so it has been very,

very hard. she has managed very well, because she isjust very hard. she has managed very well, because she is just an incredibly strong personality. but life for a child amputee can be very, very hard. they undergo a lot of operations, and pollyanna has had, on average, about two prosthetic legs a year. she is a dancer. i think she feels a great sense of freedom when she dances. she does is absolutely beautifully. —— dancers absolutely —— dances absolutely beautifully. sarah and pollyanna both join us now. what did it mean to you to be able to do that again, all of a sudden? it was just really fun, because they haven‘t been able to do it before, and it made everything easier. do you just feel more free? yes. what

was the restriction before, with the other is it is really hard to do things on them. those are fa ntastically things on them. those are fantastically bouncy, i imagine, by comparison. just take us back, sarah. it was a terrible time, i am sure, for you and yourfamily sarah. it was a terrible time, i am sure, for you and your family with what happened. it has been a very long road for you to get to the stage you have reached now, hasn‘t it? yes, it has. i do a lot of campaigning for different things, but this has been really big. i had no idea of the impact it would have on other people‘s lives. when i started campaigning for children to have running blades, we watched the paralympics in 2012, and ijust bought how wonderful it would be if pollyanna could have one of those. and i went to the nhs and asked for one and they said she can‘t have one. so initially you had to fund one. so initially you had to fund one yourselves. we had to fund the first one ourselves. how much was

that? about £5,000. and it is not feasible to keep doing that, because children need so many. because they are growing. and there are numerous operations. pollyanna, do you know of the top of your head how many operations you have had? 20. about 20, we have lost count. it is about 21 to 25. something like that. over a period of... how old are you now? 13. so 11 years. and are there more scheduled? no, that is it. so what happens now, in terms of the blades? do they change as you get taller, as you grow? every six months. the socket has to change, but you can keep the actual blade for a bit longer. so what have you found in terms of... 0bviously when you are talking to the nhs, i can‘t imagine they are saying we don‘t want to give you the blaze, it is an inability, because of funding. yes.

so what is the answer then, now? well, the answer is they have released some more money to be able to be given for the next two years. there is enough money now, every amputee child suitable for one of these prosthetics, one of these running blades, i have started to call them activity blades, because they are notjust call them activity blades, because they are not just for call them activity blades, because they are notjust for running. not every amputee is a paralympian, but children can live a normal life, they can run around with their friends, they can walk to school, and pollyanna will be a dancer. people are very familiar with seeing blades now. do you think the paralympics had a positive, or left a positive legacy in that sense? completely, but we have to work hard. completely, but we have to work ha rd. after completely, but we have to work hard. after 2012, if a body was talking about the paralympic legacy, what if they won‘t even producing the next generation of paralympian is by not providing these limbs, what was the point of the paralympic legacy? that was my question. so i really question that, and you can‘t

have the government talking about the paralympic legacy without providing what people need. and amputees are missing part of their body, we have to replicate that part of their body as best we can. and pollyanna, you are 13 now and you area pollyanna, you are 13 now and you are a phenomenally talented dancer. is that something you would like to pursue as you grow up? definitely. what is the best thing you have ever danced in? dancing? have you ever done a performance, or...|j danced in? dancing? have you ever done a performance, or... i think cats last month, i really like cats. watch out for her! if she wants to bea watch out for her! if she wants to be a dancer, she will be one. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. a teenager wanted in connection with the death of a man

who was fatally shot at a petrol station in essex has given himself up in amsterdam. officers had been searching for 18—year—old bradley blundell since last august, following the death ofjohn pordage in chelmsford. staff working for south—western railway will continue their industrial action for a fourth day today. members of the rmt are in dispute over the role of guards on trains. south—western railway, which operates services out of london waterloo, says it has taken steps to maintain a full service. what is thought to be two of the old est what is thought to be two of the oldest easter eggs in the world have been on display. 0ne oldest easter eggs in the world have been on display. one has 1899 net. the other, a chocolate egg, is emblazoned with the date 1912. we believe they will be record holders. there is not actually a central registry. there are records in the guinness book of records for the

largest in the world and the most expensive, but we are not the oldest. but we are in contact with guinness world records and we hope they will be verified, because unlike other eggs out there, both the browser actually dated. they have actually been inscribed with dates. let‘s take a look at the travel situation. so there is a planned closure today on tfl rail. no service between liverpool street and shenfield. there is also a planned closure on the london 0verground out of liverpool street, and a part—suspension on the northern line. virgin trains has a reduced service at euston due to engineering works. the m25 is closed anticlockwise betweenjunction 6 and junction 5 enfield, and anticlockwise junction 2a tojunction 25. that is due to an accident. let‘s take a look at the weather situation now. good morning.

well, many of you won‘t be too surprised to hear it is a rather damp start to this bank holiday monday. we‘ve had some rain overnight. there‘s rain this morning, but gradually it is going to turn a little more showery, and become dry and brighter as we head through the afternoon. now, it‘s fairly breezy, as well. that breeze is going to blow that rain away and help to break up a cloud a little. still the chance of some showers this afternoon, but the cloud thinning and breaking, so a good chance we may see some sunny spells by the end of the afternoon. it‘s feeling a touch milder, as well, the maximum temperature today getting up to 13 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we‘ll get some clearer spells, but then the cloud will start to move up from the south, and with it again the chance of some showers. potentially one or two heavy ones overnight tonight, but the temperature remains mild. not dropping too far — between eight and ten as a minimum. so a mild start tomorrow morning. quite a bit of cloud around, with the chance of some showers. one or two of those could be quite heavy as we head through tuesday, as well. temperatures around 13 celsius.

we have some bright, sunny spells, and then look at the temperature. gradually, as we head towards the weekend, the potential for them to get quite a bit warmer. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london studio in half an hour. now, it is back to naga and roger. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. doctors are warning that winter pressures on hospitals in england are likely to extend into the summer. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, predicts betweenjuly and september, a&e departments will see levels of demand usually only associated with colder weather. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase by 2020. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to stand down in october. the head of the crown prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series of recent controversies, including the collapse of a number of high profile rape trials. only one previous holder of the post has been appointed

for a second term. the government says it‘s taking measures to support disadvantaged children, after teachers said they were witnessing "heartbreaking" levels of poverty in some of britain‘s schools. the national education union and the child poverty action group spoke to teachers in england, wales and northern ireland. they say they‘re having to step in to provide essentials like food and clothing to support struggling families. from this week millions of workers will see an increased amount automatically deducted from their pay packets to contribute to their workplace pension. for those on auto—enrollment schemes the minimum contribution will rise from 1% to 3%. there are fears that the increase may lead to more people opting out of the schemes in order to keep money back for everyday bills and short—term plans. a spike in violent crime in london saw more murders committed in the city in february and march than there were in new york.

it‘s the first time the murder rate in the capital has overtaken that of new york. yesterday a 20—year—old man in wandsworth became the 30th person to be stabbed to death in london so far this year. a british satellite designed to find new ways of clearing up so—called space junk will be launched later today. the remove debris craft has been created by scientists in surrey and will carry its own rubbish which it will eject into space before tracking and then capturing it with a net and harpoon. the satellite will be launched on a rocket to the international space station this afternoon before the project begins next month. those are the main stories this morning. it is 7:32am. we will get the weather report shortly, some snow for some people in the uk today. lots to keep an eye on. but in sport, we are celebrating. yes, nice to have a good news story for once. what a comeback yesterday from

ian poulter in texas. it kept you up late, anyway. probably not the only one, by the signs of things. twitter was going mad. absolutely crazy! it went right down to the wire, ian poulter in houston. he nearly didn‘t go in the end. his victory last night means he gets to go to the masters in augusta later on this week, and you can see what it meant for him. what a reaction. of course, getting the last invitation to augusta, and it really was a dramatic win. 0n the final hole of the tournament, he had to hole this one to go level with his american opponent. both players had to win to get that masters spot. hassler then made a mess of the sudden death hole and the briton made the most of it to book his place at golf‘s first major of the year. the victory just doesn‘t the victoryjust doesn‘t mean getting to augusta. there are bigger

things on the horizon. it has been a long road, the last couple of years, with injury, questioning whether i have the pga tour card or not. and obviously having some form but not quite finishing off in the past. to get my first stroke play victory is a big one, to get the exemption is a big one, to move up in the world ranking points is a big one. 0ur golf correspondent iain carter joined us on breakfast earlier this morning and told us poulter‘s victory adds another subplot to one of the most eagerly anticipated masters in years. he genuinely wanted to get to augusta because he feels his game is in such good shape, that is factually, he gets there, he can really content. —— that if actually. what we are seeing in these masters, with tiger woods returning to full fitness, phil mickelson winning, rory mcilroy winning, now this victory for ian poulter, coming

together, some remarkable golfing plotlines. which frankly tmax up what should be a vintage running of the masters. —— tee up. what should be a vintage running of the masters. -- tee up. really looking forward to that, already. england will need 10 new zealand wickets on the final day of the final test if they are to level the series. fifties from joe root and dawid malan setup what would be a record run chase for new zealand if they make it. the hosts closed day four on a2 for no wicket, needing another 3a0 runs to win the match and take the series 2—0. the last time spurs won away at chelsea, gary lineker got the winner. they‘ve ended that 28—year barren run and they had to do it the hard way. they were a goal down before christian eriksen produced this stunning effort to equalise just before half time. dele alli then struck twice in the second half to bring an end to chelsea‘s dominance over them. spurs are now eight points ahead of chelsea in the final champions league qualification spot. we are so happy. first of all, for our fans.

we know very well how they suffer, no, these type of things. we are so happy because it was a great victory, great character. a massive three points. we will fight until the end for our position in the champions league. arsenal were booed off at half—time at the emirates stadium, but a resurgent second half saw them win 3—0 against stoke. the gunners scored three goals in the last 15 minutes, with pierre—emerick aubameyang scoring from the spot, before adding a second. stoke remain second—from—bottom. in the scottish premiership, hearts have all but secured a top six finish after a 1—1 draw against dundee at dens park. after ross callachan‘s opener, sofien moussa equalised for dundee, who are still third from bottom. chelsea ladies extended their lead in the women‘s super league. fran kirby gave them the lead

against arsenal before beth mead‘s leveller. elsewhere, champions manchester city suffered a surprise defeat at home to reading. defending champions saracens are out of this year‘s european champions cup after a 30—19 defeat to leinster. the home side ran in three tries in dublin, including this one from dan leavy. they‘ll face scarlets at home in the semi—finals. saracens were the last english side left in the competition so there‘ll be no premiership representation in the last four. with roger federer knocked out early, and rafa nadal injured, john isner stepped in to win the miami open, the biggest win of his career. the big—serving american finished it in predictable style with an ace against alexander zverev. he tweeted, "so this is what it feels like to be roger federer every other week." he‘ll break into the world‘s top 10 as a result. and you might remember

the name billy monger. he‘s been on breakfast before, he‘s the 18—year—old racing driver who lost both his legs after a crash last year. well, on saturday he was back out on the track competing for the first time since that accident. an exceptionally determined teenager, he finished third in the opening race of the british f3 championship. he‘ll be in action again later today at 0ulton park in cheshire for the second and third races. wow. what a way to start. if you told me this last year i would not have believed it. such an inspiration. yes, a very brave and courageous fellow. we are going to talk about squash. for the commonwealth games athletes, the squash players, it is the pinnacle for them, isn‘t it? squash players, it is the pinnacle for them, isn't it? yes, it doesn't

exist at the olympics, which many people don‘t realise. i have never tried it. it is a bit fast and furious for me. i think it is a lot harder than it looks. i love squash. it is great. maybe this will inspire you. it gets the exercise over and done really quickly. holly was talking about how the commonwealth games are the pinnacle. mike went to sheffield then met with some of england's medal hopefuls. sheffield, the city of steel, where even on a grey day, athletes have it sparking through their veins, and where the england squash team are hoping to turn the fire in their furnace into gold. to do that they must push through the pain barrier, as every part of nick matthew‘s body is driven towards what would be a fifth commonwealth gold medal before he finally retires. every athlete in any sport dreams of that sort of fairytale end to their career, going out on a massive high. a lunge more than a squat. but you might do your groin. his team—mate laura massaro is stretching even further,

as she tries to turn previous silver medals into gold this time. these sorts of sessions really underpin what i can do on the court. you know, if she had picked up a different size of battle racket and competed in any of these three sports, they would have most likely be an olympic medallists by now. but, because squash continues to be left out in the cold, well, the commonwealth medals gain extra significance. i think it is the one sort of truly global event that transcends the sport. i think the commonwealth games does that more than anyone else. media attention and being part of team england and part of the commonwealth games is something special. people know that winning a gold medal in an event like this is a big deal. team england can now call on1 million players who step onto a squash court

for business or fun. but it is a very different game when faced with the fitness and mental agility of the best. powerful and strong, but also that aerobic fitness, as well. as i‘m playing, you are doing all this running. the idea is to make your opponent do all the running, you see. and that is why you need all those sessions down at the gym. i might be a little bit late, because i‘m just running mike around at the moment. is he any good? he‘s quite fit. he‘s tried a lot of sports, hasn‘t he? he just tried to trick shot and embarrassed himself. can we play doubles instead? yes. do you need someone a bit taller and with longer reach than you? i knowjust the man. according to the britishjournal of sports medicine, playing squash is one of the best ways to prolong life, and dan walker and i were determined to stay in this game. and, through a combination

of obstruction and luck, we won the first two points. but in the face of adversity, nick and laura stepped up the intensity, to show why this team are the number one in the world. he is much too big to be on a squash court. i think four people on the squash court is dodgy, especially the poor cameraman. mike is going to lea p the poor cameraman. mike is going to leap from sheffield to australia, because from wednesday he is covering the commonwealth games for us covering the commonwealth games for us live from the gold coast. a very tough gig for him. he works hard! a sugar tax in britain will come into effect on friday, aimed at tackling childhood obesity which is widely seen as a health risk around the world. but is taxing sugary products the answer, or could we learn something from our neighbours in the netherlands? jeremy cooke has been to see a new anti—obesity programme in amsterdam, where health officials claim their holistic approach is leading to unprecedented results. the saddam initiative means every child is put through their paces, wade, tested the strength and insurance and balance to see who

needs help. —— amsterdam initiative. that means regular home visits from dieticians advising on healthy eating. for tyrell, that means regular home visits from dieticians advising on healthier eating. and then there is the gym — free sessions twice a week with other children on the programme. they‘re having fun, getting fit, and crucially, losing pounds. the amsterdam mission is to educate kids and their parents to the benefits of exercise, the dangers of unhealthy food. and it is targeted help. is it the healthy option? it‘s a little bit healthy. a little bit. a little bit healthy, yeah. it looks delicious. yeah. there is a special push to reach families in the low—income parts of town, with large immigrant populations. in some middle eastern communities, almost 30% of kids are overweight — much higher than the national average. so they are coming together to share ways to improve their children‘s diets. in my shopping list, i have only healthy things.

when i come home they say, "mum, it‘s only green. everything is green!" the children of amsterdam are on the move — on the ice, burning calories. it is free entry here, and in other city sports facilities, exercise helping to force obesity rates down. there‘s nothing more important than the future of our children. not only all political parties, but also sports organisations, schools, shop owners — everyone is helping, and that creates an environment in which you can change. all schools in this programme banned junk food, and break time means eating only fruit, drinking only water. most parents are enthusiastic supporters, but of course, there have been challenges. there has been some protest. yeah, some people think that we should not be sitting in their parenting chair, and telling them how to raise their children. elements of what they are doing here in amsterdam have been tried elsewhere, including, of course, in the uk,

but with limited success. what seems to be different here is that there is this consistent consensus, a joined—up approach, meaning that these kids are getting the same message from city hall, through their classrooms, and into the family kitchen. in amsterdam, it is all about the children. lessons here, perhaps, for other cities hoping to build a better, leaner future. jeremy cooke, bbc news, amsterdam. that is the key thing, though. it is thejoined up that is the key thing, though. it is the joined up thing. that is the key thing, though. it is thejoined up thing. children that is the key thing, though. it is the joined up thing. children will happily have what they are given, but if they are getting given something better at home than they get at school they feel like they are being shortchanged. it is time to ta ke are being shortchanged. it is time to take a look at the weather. people have been sending in their pictures of snow. you know what else we have been getting pictures of? people in easter bonnets. when was the last time you wore an easter bonnet? 20 bc? and that is saying

something, because there wasn‘t even easter then, was that? this morning asa easter then, was that? this morning as a cold start to the day for some of us and a mild one. a band of rain, sleet and snow moving northwards, and right behind it milder areas cut again. so currently we have falling sleet and snow across parts of the midlands, nottinghamshire, for example, into northern england, southern scotland, northern ireland. all of that will continue to move northwards courtesy of this set of fronts. but across the pennines in the southern up lines we could easily see between five and 15 centimetres of snow through the course of the day. behind that end of snow moving north, it will readily turn to rain and then we will start to see some brea ks and then we will start to see some breaks in the cloud and sunny spells coming through, with some hefty showers. still this snow migrates across northern england, southern and central scotland, and also northern ireland. most of it will be

in the hills, but not all of it. and it is also going to be blowing as well, so some nasty travelling conditions. across the north of scotland, something dry and bright for you but you have wintry showers already. as we go through the latter pa rt already. as we go through the latter part of the afternoon into the evening and overnight, watch how that snow moves northwards, so it will be quite a snowy night, for wa nt of will be quite a snowy night, for want of a better word, across much of scotland. for the rest of the uk it will be more showery but some of the showers will be heavy tonight. 0vernight lows of 10 degrees in cardiff, london and plymouth. 0nly two in aberdeen and where we have the wet surfaces there is the risk of ice. tomorrow we will have some snow in scotland, mainly on the hills. low pressure will be in charge of our weather, so we will have a plethora of showers swirling around it. some of them merging to give longer periods of rain, and some of the showers, like today, will be heavy with thunder in them. temperature—wise, edging up another couple of degrees. 15 in norwich and

six in aberdeen. if you are wondering why it is six in aberdeen and you still have snow, that will be mainly on the hills. 0n and you still have snow, that will be mainly on the hills. on wednesday the low pressure still with us. showers swirling around it, some of those heavy and thundery. hill snow scotland, and temperatures down just a touch, highs of 13 celsius in the south, picking up a bit in the north, but turning a bit warmer as we head into the weekend. and for many of us, on saturday we could have temperatures into the mid—teens. in the south, 17 and possibly 18. we have not seen that for a while. it means all the snow falling this morning will be short lived, it will melt quickly. whilst british astronaut tim peake was aboard the international space station, the observation module he used to look back at earth was damaged after being struck by space debris. a chunk was gouged out of one of the quadruple—glazed windows by a fleck of paint less than 1mm wide. it is just one small example of how damaging spacejunk can be, and why a team from surrey is trying to come up with a solution.

astrophysicist chris copperwheatjoins us. good morning, chris. that is amazing, a fleck of paint can do that much damage. but it is going so fast, hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. and the space junk which is up there, there is a lot of it. there is a lot of it, yes. we should put this in context. it is easy for us put this in context. it is easy for us to forget that we live in the space age, so when us to forget that we live in the space age, so when i got up this morning i did three things, i turned on test match to get special, check the weather, and looked at the sat tbs fifiathfir ans! lfifiéfidaffhfiaft " ' " you two

them. the trouble is you have two satellites crash - each other and satellites crash into each other and suddenly you have thousands of little pieces. so over the years mankind has launched 7500 satellites. about a300 of them are still there but only 1200 are actually working, so 3000 are floating around doing nothing. and thatis floating around doing nothing. and that is the big stuff. we talked about the fleck of paint can do. —— the damage. we are developing a ring, like saturn. now, the idea of this project is the remove debris project. it will release junk and then track it and capture it.

project. it will release junk and then track it and capture itm project. it will release junk and then track it and capture it. it is a technology test, to see if the technology works. it is pleasingly mechanical. it will let this thing 90. mechanical. it will let this thing go, captured in a big netand fire a harpoon drag it back. so this is a test to see if this technology works. there is an extra component to the mission. it will then unfurl this huge sale and bring the payload down so turns up safely in the atmosphere. why should we care if all of this stuff is floating around? will it impact on us? —— sail. well, as i say, every person in our society uses space—based communications, even though we don‘t know it, all the time. and if one of these pieces of paint travelling like a bullet goes through our gps satellite or a communications satellite or a communications satellite or a communications satellite or casting the world cup from the other side of the world, it isa from the other side of the world, it is a bad name for all of us. it is a boring name, isn‘t it? the remove debris system. so spacey mcspaceface

was one, and my personal favourite, from paul, the space womble. that is the pick of them for me. so if any more creative names come through, that would be great. churchill called them ‘the few‘, the fighter pilots who took to the skies to protect britain from the luftwaffe in the battle of britain. now, the surviving airmen are being honoured in a special portrait to mark the raf‘s centenary. graham satchell has been to watch the artwork take shape. they wanted me so badly, they got me into the squadron very quickly. at his home in the cotswolds, 97—year—old tim elkington is being sketched by artistjeremy hilton. i've been asked to track down the surviving raf pilots who flew in the battle of britain. they were the light in our darkest hour, and if it wasn't for these guys our world today would be very different.

in the summer of 19a0, germany was preparing to invade britain. it needed air supremacy. the fate of the whole country lay in the hands of a couple of thousand airmen. tim elkington was just 19, a hurricane fighter pilot, confident about the battle to come. nobody ever thought about morale, i don‘t think. nobody ever chickened or was doubtful. and i think we were very sure of what we — we were going to defend the place. archive: as hurricanes and spitfires roar into action... on august 16, 19a0, tim was on patrol over the english channel when he found himself alone. as soon as i straightened out, the fuel tank was hit and in flames. and so i got out. tim had been shot in both legs. he was unconscious and

heading for the sea. what happened next was extraordinary. a fellow pilot spotted him floating down in his parachute, flew round him, created a slipstream, and pulled tim onto the land. how he had any idea of doing this, it had never been done before, to my knowledge, has amazed me. he saved your life. he did indeed. tim spent more than a month in hospital. but, as the battle raged on overhead, he kept in close contact with his fellow pilots. during the battle, with every time you went up, being shot at by the bombers, by the escort fighters, if you weren‘t a nervous wreck, i don‘t know what you would be. more than 1,500 allied crew lost their lives in the battle of britain. it remains the raf‘s most significant victory. in my eyes they are heroes, and, you know, they should be celebrated and the younger generations

should be made aware of what they did for us. for me, it‘s more the air force thing, as opposed to being a hero. i‘m proud of the whole air force. you don‘t consider yourself a hero? no. certainly not me, god no. as the raf celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are just a handful of fighter pilots left. jeremy‘s picture is called the last of the few. the gratitude of every home in our islands goes out to the british airmen. never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. graeme satchell reporting there. jeremy‘s portrait will be auctioned later this month. the money raised will be given to the air cadets to help the next generation of raf pilots. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news. a teenager wanted in connection with the death of a man who was fatally shot at a petrol station in essex has given himself up in amsterdam. officers had been searching for 18—year—old bradley blundell since last august, following the death ofjohn pordage in chelmsford. staff working for south—western railway will continue their industrial action for a fourth day today. members of the rmt are in dispute over the role of guards on trains. south—western railway, which operates services out of london waterloo, says it has taken steps to try and maintain a full service. it is a0 years since the uk border force first employed sniffer dogs to protect our borders. last year‘s figures show, across london‘s airports, they found $8 million in cash and £6 million in cocaine. they still remain one of the most effective weapons in fighting contraband.

the benefit of using dogs is they can cover large areas in a relatively short space of time. so if you can imagine having to lift every single bag or suitcase and put it through an x—ray machine, or use a dog to screen them in the line, the time it saves is phenomenal, really. what is thought to be two of the oldest easter eggs in the world have been on display. one has 1899 on it. the other, a chocolate egg, is emblazoned with the date 1912. let‘s take a look at the travel situation. so there is a planned closure today on tfl rail. no service between liverpool street and shenfield. there is also a planned closure on the london 0verground, services out of liverpool street affected, and a part—suspension on the northern line. virgin trains has a reduced service at euston due to engineering works. the m25 is closed anticlockwise betweenjunction 6 and junction 5

due to an accident. betweenjunction 6 and junction 5 let‘s take a look at the weather situation now. good morning. well, many of you won‘t be too surprised to hear it is a rather damp start to this bank holiday monday. we‘ve had some rain overnight. there‘s rain this morning, but gradually it is going to turn a little more showery, and become drier and brighter as we head through the afternoon. now, it‘s fairly breezy, as well. that breeze is going to blow that rain away and help to break up a cloud a little. still the chance of some showers this afternoon, but the cloud thinning and breaking, so a good chance we may see some sunny spells by the end of the afternoon. it‘s feeling a touch milder, as well, the maximum temperature today getting up to 13 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we‘ll get some clearer spells, but then the cloud will start to move up from the south, and with it again the chance of some showers. potentially one or two quite heavy ones overnight tonight, but the temperature remains mild.

not dropping too far — between eight and ten as a minimum. so a mild start tomorrow morning. quite a bit of cloud around, with the chance of some showers. one or two of those could be quite heavy as we head through tuesday, as well. temperatures around 13 celsius. it stays rather showery for wednesday. we have some bright, sunny spells, and then look at the temperature. gradually, as we head towards the weekend, the potential for them to get quite a bit warmer. now, it is back to naga and roger. hello this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. doctors warn the nhs is facing a "year—round crisis". they claim the pressures of the winter months look set to continue over the summer amid warnings of lengthy waits and high admissions to a&e. good morning it‘s monday april 2nd. also this morning — there‘s warnings of travel

disruption as the wintery weather returns in some parts of the uk. carol has the details. we have a band of rain, sleet and snow moving north, at the moment it‘s in a line from the north midlands and all point up until southern scotland, the heaviest snow will be in the hills, especially the pennines and southern uplands were today you could see up to 15 centimetres. milder air following behind. no fruitjuice and plenty of sleep — the ground breaking programme tackling childhood obesity in amsterdam. china‘s abandoned space lab comes to a fiery end as it falls to earth over the south pacific. in sport: ian poulter is heading to the masters. victory at the houston 0pen secured his spot at the last possible opportunity. prepare youself for more chest pumping in augusta. it was an amazing victory and we will have all the details in about half an hour. first our main story.

the nhs in england could see this year‘s winter pressures extend into the summer, according to a prediction by the british medical association. the doctors union said difficulties normally only experienced during the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10—billion a year increase by 2020. andy moore reports: it hospitals in the uk experienced one of their most demanding winters ever this year. nhs england said there was a perfect storm of bad weather, fluid emissions, and a spike in norovirus. normally those problems ease as the warmer weather approaches, but the bma says that may not be the case this year.

using data from nhs england, the organisation says the worst case scenario could see pressure on health services this summer similar to those experienced in the winter of 2016. even in the best case scenario, 5.89 million people would attend a&e over the summer months. only 89.6% would be seen, admitted or discharged within four hours. the official target is 95%, and that would mean a summer squeeze equivalent to the winter of 2015. the bma said its figures showed that the crisis over the winter months had been replaced by a year—round problem. the department of health said the nhs had been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase in its budget by 2020. nhs england said the service was experiencing continued pressure after one of the coldest march months in 30 years. a spokesman said the needs of a growing and ageing population showed why a 10—year plan made sense. andy moore, bbc news. and we‘ll ask the chair of the british medical association why he thinks the nhs will continue to be under pressure over the summer

— that‘s in around 10 minutes. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to stand down in october. the head of the crown prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series of recent controversies, including the collapse of a number of high profile rape trials. only one previous holder of the post has been appointed for a second term. an increasing number of teachers are having to provide basics such as food and clothing to support struggling families. the government says it‘s taking measures to support disadvantaged children after a new survey found many teachers were concerned by the impact of increasing child poverty levels on education. marc ashdown reports. "heartbreaking." that‘s how some teachers have described child poverty and how it‘s affecting their ability to learn. this snapshot survey of 900 heads, teachers, and support staff in england, wales, and northern ireland, found 87% think poverty is having a significant impact on learning. 60% believe the situation has worsened since 2015.

in their responses, teachers talk of children coming to class with pale faces, dirty clothes, and worn—out shoes. a growing number of schools say they‘re now setting up clothes banks and food banks to support struggling parents. heads say it‘s having a wider effect on school budgets, with teachers having to intervene to make sure children are getting the basics. one of the problems that we have now is the capacity of other agencies to support us as they used to is not there. we‘re becoming social workers. not "becoming," we are social workers. members of staff are becoming social workers. putting their hand in their own pocket to support children with christmas presents, with food, with uniforms, and that, in 2018, should not be happening. the department for education says it is continuing to support the most the country‘s most disadvantaged children through free school meals, pupil premiums, and a new £26 million fund to launch of improve 1,700 breakfast clubs.

marc ashdown, bbc news. two people have been killed after a crash on the m62 this morning. police say a car was traveling the wrong way on the westbound carriageway near bradford — the driver of the vehicle has been arrested. the road remains closed betweenjunction 27 and junction 26. from this week millions of workers will see an increased amount automatically deducted from their pay packets to contribute to their workplace pension. for those on auto—enrollment schemes the minimum contribution will rise from 1% to 3%. there are fears that the increase may lead to more people opting out of the schemes in order to keep money back for everyday bills and short—term plans. people will see 3% coming out of her salary and the employer will have the contribution of 2%. add them

together, that is 5% but next year that has the final uplift as far as we can tell from the legislation in place at the moment, we will see the employee contribution go up to 5% and employers will stay at 3%. at that together you get 8% and that ultimately is where we are heading for both the employer and the employee to have an ultimate contribution of 8% of her salary. the festering trade war between china and the us has stepped up a gear as beijing rolls out new tariffs on a range of us goods. it‘s in retaliation for president trump‘s decision to place import taxes on steel and aluminium. three billion dollars worth of us products are thought to be affected included imports of frozen pork, scrap metal and american foods. tests are being carried out on syringes found at the commonwealth games‘ athletes‘ village to see if they contain banned substances. the used needles were found by a cleaner. 0rganisers in australia have refused to say who they believe brought them to the games, but they have called a meeting with one of the competing nations.

kim jong—un has made a rare public appearance at a performance by south korean pop stars in pyeongyang. the north korean leader clapped along, then met the performers back stage. it‘s the first time foreign music stars have performed in the country in more than a decade. it comes ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas later this month. a british satellite designed to find new ways of clearing up space junk will be launched later today. the ‘remove debris‘ craft has been created by scientists in surrey and will be sent on a rocket to the international space station before the project begins next month. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos explains. it‘s getting extremely busy up in space. it‘s notjust the working satellites, but all the debris from past missions as well. more than 7,500 tons of redundant hardware are now thought to be circling earth. it‘s material that poses a collision

hazard, with the danger of creating even more debris. that‘s where this small european satellite comes in. known as "remove debris," it‘s been developed at the university of surrey. it‘ll demonstrate technologies that enable it to monitor, approach and ensnare junk. in one experiment, it‘ll eject an object and then throw a net around it. in another test, it‘ll fire a harpoon at a target to see how such projectiles behave in space. once these demonstrations are finished, the remove debris satellite will ensure it doesn‘t add to the problem by deploying a giant sail. this will drag in the upper atmosphere and pull the satellite rapidly down to earth. the remove debris spacecraft will be stored at the international space station for a few weeks before beginning its experiments in late may. jonathan amos, bbc news. the summer is usually a time for a&e departments to get some respite from winter pressures, but the british medical association says that isn‘t likely

to be the case this year. the doctor‘s union says the level of demand injuly, august and september in england this year is likely to mirror that of the colder months. joining us now from our london newsroom is british medical association chairman dr chaand nagpaul. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning. we always kind of expect the numbers to be pretty bad when we look at a&e admissions in the winter because of the weather, why has it got to the point now where in the summer months with better weather less complications we are still going to see similar numbers? we are seeing the result of what is clearly a mismatch between the capacity we have in the nhs and patient demand. statistics show seems we have been used to during winter months in the last few years are likely to extend into the

summer, we are likely to see as many patients attending a&e in the summer as the winter just patients attending a&e in the summer as the winterjust gone. patients waiting more than four hours likely to be as great and in fact patients waiting on trolleys and being treated in corridors will be similar to the winter of 2015 and 2016. let‘s not forget 55,000 patients we re let‘s not forget 55,000 patients were cancelled by the government in december, operations, because of pressures . december, operations, because of pressures. those patients will need to be reinstated and that will add further delays for new patients who had been looking forward to their treatment in the summer months. this isa treatment in the summer months. this is a congested system, a result of chronic lack of resources, lack of doctors, lack of nhs staff, nurses, lack of beds and social care and it‘s now just, hit lack of beds and social care and it‘s nowjust, hit ahead and that‘s what we are experiencing. the government has pledged an extra £2.8 billion on top of the £10 billion

per year increase in the budget, will this not make enough difference will this not make enough difference will it make a dent is expected to the pressure? firstly those figures are the pressure? firstly those figures a re less the pressure? firstly those figures are less than you have quoted. there was some money given last winter which is not made a difference, that is the what the reality has shown. the actual amount for this year is under two billion and that is less than the four billion immediate to stand still figure quoted by nhs england‘s chief executive. that is the person the government has appointed to run the nhs. actual comparisons with our eu nations, the average spend is around £10 billion more on their health service compare to the nhs. £10 billion is the equivalent of 35,000 extra beds or 10,000 extra doctors so we are running on a huge deficiency in

staff, doctors and nurses, beds and social care, compared to other nations. it is no surprise we are seeing these pressers. but there is not just about money, seeing these pressers. but there is notjust about money, structurally there has to be change and when it comes to bringing new staff in, that has to change as well? of course there needs to be optimum use of resources and we support that. but you cannot get round the fact we are trying to run the nhs as i have said with tens of thousands fewer doctors, beds and facilities in general practice compared to other nations. until you correct that no matter how much we try to run more efficiently we will not address the court deficiency of lack of resources . court deficiency of lack of resources. it‘s not about money in theoretical terms, it‘s about infrastructure and that needs to be addressed. then what do you say to patients, we have went to the weather now, we hope the move into more springlike weather but the

problems will be there in the summer, these figures suggest, so what do you say to patients when comes to emergencies or illness and how they deal with it and how they rely or don‘t rely on the nhs? how they deal with it and how they rely or don't rely on the nhs? the message is not to be directed at patients, it has to be directed that government to have a responsibility... ultimately it is patients who will be affected, the government say it is putting the money in, you say it is more than that, not just money money in, you say it is more than that, notjust money but structural reform but ultimately patients are being affected so what should they think right now if they are being told you will not get treated or you‘re facing longer waits? told you will not get treated or you're facing longer waits? patients are experiencing those difficulties, they should be naturally concerned and it is about, sorry ijust want to be clear it is about money and resources , to be clear it is about money and resources, to create the infrastructure where we can provide facilities, doctors and nurses to meet the needs of patients so i afraid there‘s no getting around the fa ct

afraid there‘s no getting around the fact that the prime minister who has now announced and recognised the need for greater investment in the nhs has to translate that into real action and make sure that we stop for example as we speak now cuts which are occurring throughout the uk in health care provision. at the moment commissioners to fund the nhs locally have £500 million deficits in total and what they are doing at the moment is making cuts when they should be resource services. so we do need come back to the reality that there is not sufficient resources and it‘s in the power and gift of government to make that happen. thank you very much for your time this morning. the council chairman of the british medical association. it's it‘s quarter past eight this morning. thank you forjoining us if

you are a waking some of us are waking up up up with us this morning. you‘ve been sending us your pictures. this is the scene outside jane‘s house in mold in north wales. it‘s also snowing in selston in nottinghamshire, thanks to mark for this photo be careful if you are out and about this morning. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. snow falling in northern ireland, southern scotland. as you both said, there is disruption. if you are travelling, there are bad in mind. bbc local radio and ourselves will keep you up—to—date. this radar

picture was taken at about six hours ago, rain, sleet and snow, travelling. the heaviest snow will be on the highest rates, the southern pennines. between 5—9 centimetres of snow, a couple at lower levels. all courtesy of these fronts, behind this front, starting to pull in milder air, any precipitation in the south will be rain. through the course of this morning into this afternoon, sleet and snow and rain migrating northwards across the north of england, southern and central got and, northern ireland. 0ut england, southern and central got and, northern ireland. out of wales, we will see a return to rain. you can see why, look at the temperatures, 12, may be 13 or 1a in the south, still cold pushing north. the far north of scotland, sunshine and showers, some of them wintry. later on this evening and overnight you will see sleet and snow arrived, even at lower levels. the milder air

bumping further northwards means it is rain you will have across the north of england, wales, northern ireland, southern england. temperatures 10 degrees in london, one in aberdeen, the risk of ice on one in aberdeen, the risk of ice on on treated services. through tomorrow, readily, the snow retreating into the scottish els, low pressure dominating the weather, a plethora of showers rotating around it, some of those will be heavy and thundery, some of the merging to give longer spells of rain. look at the temperatures, it will be 11 degrees in newcastle. 5 degrees in aberdeen. heading on into wednesday, still low pressure very much in charge, all of those showers paddling around it, some of them heavy and thundery, hill snow across the far north of scotland. temperature wise, dipping a little during the course of wednesday, still fairly healthy, 11—13d in the south, five, six as we pushed north.

by south, five, six as we pushed north. by thursday, a ridge of high pressure a cross by thursday, a ridge of high pressure across us, by thursday, a ridge of high pressure across us, things settled, afair bit pressure across us, things settled, a fair bit of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, one or two wintry showers across the north and west, and other weather system waiting in the wings, coming our way during friday. temperatures by then much of the in aberdeen, seven, ten in edinburgh, 13 in the south, heading into the weekend, at the moment many parts of the uk will see a huge change in temperatures, for a minibus looking at the mid—teens, for some of us, more especially in the south—east, more likely to be 17-18d. the south—east, more likely to be 17—18d. above average for this time of the year and something that we haven‘t seen for quite some time! a bit of sunshine, carol, thank you. it is 19 minutes past eight. the conditions in the syrian region of eastern ghouta have been described as "hell on earth" by the un secretary general. it‘s an area that‘s been under siege by syrian

government forces since 2013 and is the last rebel stronghold. for years international aid agencies have struggled to reach it and large parts of the population— including many children — are suffering from malnutrition. in february the syrian government and its allies launched a new offensive to take control of the region. since then more than 1600 civilians have been killed with many more injured. the government has gained ground in recent weeks with only the city of douma remaining in rebel hands. but it‘s now reported a deal has been reached to allow seriously injured people to leave. joining us now is james denselow from save the children. good morning and thank you very much indeed for your time, how important could this heal, if it‘s executed civilians be brought out, could it? it's civilians be brought out, could it? it‘s very important for those left,

very important we see a peaceful end to what‘s been happening over the past couple of months rather than continuing violence which has resulted in a hellish past for syrian children, terrible president and an uncertain future. it‘s not the only rebel stronghold left in syria, another in the north—west, idlib, where lots of these towns and cities that have been evacuated are heading towards, that is the next big question, whether we will see another offensive are not part of syria next year. if idlib is the place these people, if they are able to get them out and take them here, what facilities either are and what is the state of that area given all these people, refugees will be descending? it's not good and let's not forget that one of the de—escalation zones that was supposed to get more aid access over the last year, that hasn‘t happened, syria as part of the global trend in a denial of aid access, we‘ve seen a huge centre getting increase... in

an fco leaked report, we saw that the british government was concerned about civilians and citizens being kept us, there‘s a real concern as to the humanitarian short—term ability to respond to the influx of tens of thousands of people, let alone the future and what will happen there if what happened in ghouta and aleppo happened here. many organisations involved in trying to broker this peace treaty, how important are they? they'd been an essential military actor, it‘s there are power that has allowed the forces of the government to move forward in such a quick manner. that‘s what‘s had such a terrible impact for civilians, indiscriminate use of explosive weapons with wide effects in these populated areas, the russians are a key actor and i comes with a key responsibility to adhere to un security council

resolutions and the rules for, such as, we should have aid access into ghouta and was ignored a day later and that‘s what i‘m concerned about, eve ryo ne and that‘s what i‘m concerned about, everyone is concerned about. in syria we have seen haemorrhaging of international norms on a daily basis. the images people will have seen on basis. the images people will have seen on the news bulletins are particularly heart—rending, blood supplies, i know, in short supply, howard aspar it is the state of things on the ground by the sounds of what you say, it‘s appalling? things on the ground by the sounds of what you say, it's appalling? our partners on the ground have been trying to keep up informal schooling and safe child databases to try and protect children in such a desperate environment under someone‘s impossible to do that effectively. we had a school underground in a basement, that is the norm in syria today hit by a bunker busting missile killing several students there and it‘s really does and i think what we see in syria, because it‘s gone on for so long, seven yea rs, it‘s gone on for so long, seven years, is toxic stress amongst geography are essentially seen their

brains develop in different ways because of the constant fear, fight orflight, because of the constant fear, fight or flight, norman stormed because of the constant fear, fight orflight, norman stormed onto because of the constant fear, fight or flight, norman stormed onto this system because they are living under this aerial assault and we are hearing of kids who here are planes, going into spasm because they are scared of what will happen next. whatever happens an extra week or few weeks it‘s a desperate situation for syrian children and something double have a legacy that will last their entire lifetime. you can only imagine the mental health consequences, let alone the physical ones. you mentioned the fact this has been going on for seven years, do you hold out any hope that this could be resolved any time soon?” think we should be very aware, the narrative of the government winning the conflict in syria is quite popular, we‘ve seen in recent months some of the worst fighting so far and this is a contract that co nsta ntly and this is a contract that constantly metastasise us and changes, we‘ve already seen have the population forced from their homes. i think we need to ask the question about idlib now, not when it at the

picked conflict as we have seen in boot, there needs to be a plan for the civilians and children in idlib right now to make sure it doesn‘t happen again as happened in butter and aleppo. as the united nations need to present a more united front here? yes, the united nations security council is dysfunctional when it comes to the conflict in surrey, there have numerous gedoz and it comes to accountability, looking into things like chemical weapons attacks, and even more dangerous phenomenon of the security council agreeing resolutions such as getting aid access to civilians and being the board on the ground, what legitimacy does the world‘s most prime institution have when it comes to syria? thank you very much for your time this morning. the time is 25 minutes past eight. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning... the new financial year means new pension rules for the nine million workers

on auto—enrollment pensions, they‘ll see their contribution triple from 1% to 3% — but will this extra contribution of several hundred pounds a year lead to some people opting out of the scheme? we‘ll ask a pensions expert in around 20 minutes. perhaps you think the scheme your employer has chosen is on the one for you or perhaps you can‘t afford to keep up the payments as it hits your personal spending? stella has got in touch, she says she has 12 yea rs got in touch, she says she has 12 years until she retires, unless she increases her contributions and therefore the cost will rise, it‘s not going to make a massive difference to her retirement pot. finney says he‘s a2 and has no pension at all. also, if you are an employer, how it will affect gm

fodder obligations are to make sure your employees are feathering their nest, so to speak for later age. we‘ll put all of these concerns and more to a pensions expertjust after 8:30am. don‘t forget about the weather, lots of us experiencing snow, carol will keep us updated, he very careful before you set out this morning, stay tuned to local radio and your local news. find out what‘s happening for you are. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a teenager wanted in connection with the death of a man fatally shot at a petrol station in essex has given himself up in amsterdam. 0fficers have been searching for 18—year—old since last august following the death of in chelmsford. staff working for south west railway will continue their industrial action for

a fourth day today. members of the rmt were in dispute over the role of guards on trains, south western railway which operates services out of london waterloo says it‘s taken steps to maintain a full service. it is a0 years since the uk border force first employed sniffer dogs to protect our borders. last year ‘s figures show across london airports they found £8 million in cash and £6 million worth of cocaine. the benefit of using dogs is they can cover large areas in relatively short space of time. if you can imagine having to lift every single bag or suitcase and put it through a machine or use a dog to screen them ina line machine or use a dog to screen them in a line at the time that is saved is phenomenal. what is thought to be two of the oldest easter eggs in the world have been on display this week in reading. 0ne egg has the word easter greetings 1899 on it and the other is a chocolate egg in grip of the date 1912. let‘s take a look at

the date 1912. let‘s take a look at the travel situation. let‘s get a look at the weather. many of you will not be too surprised to hear it‘s a rather damp start to this bank audit monday, some rain overnight, rain this morning but gradually it‘s going to trying as we had to the afternoon, the breeze will blow the rain away and help to break up the cloud, still a chance of showers this afternoon but quietening and breaking so a good chance we might see sunny spells by the end of the afternoon. feeling a touch more mild as well, the average temperature getting up to 13 celsius. we will getting up to 13 celsius. we will get clearer spells but the cloud will move from the south and with it the chance of showers one or two quick everyone‘s overnight tonight but the temperature remains mild,, mild start, chance of showers stays

rather showery for wednesday, bright and sunny spells, look at the temperature as we head towards the weekend, the potentialfor them to get quite a bit warmer. iam back i am back in half an hour but now it‘s back to breakfast. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. doctors are warning that winter pressures on hospitals in england are likely to extend into the summer. the doctors union — the british medical association — predicts betweenjuly and september, a—and—e departments will see levels of demand usually only associated with colder weather. the department of health says the nhs has been given an extra £2.8 billion, on top of a planned £10 billion a year increase by 2020. of a planned £10 billion two men have been killed

after a crash on the m62 in the early hours of this morning. after a crash on the m62 police say a car was traveling the wrong way on the westbound carriageway near bradford when it hit another vehicle. the men in that vehicle, aged 3a and 27, were killed shortly after 2.30 this morning. aged 3a and 27, were killed shortly a 22—year—old man was arrested and the road remains closed betweenjunction 27 and junction 26. and the road remains closed the director of public prosecutions, and the road remains closed alison saunders, is to stand down in october. the head of the crown prosecution service will leave at the end of her five—year term after a series of recent controversies, including the collapse of a number of high—profile rape trials. including the collapse of a number within including the collapse of a number the past few mi speaking within the past few minutes she was speaking to bbc radio a and she said she never asked to stay on for another term and was never told by the government that she was being removed from herjob. she also addressed to some of the criticisms of her time addressed to some of the criticisms of hertime in addressed to some of the criticisms of her time in the post.” addressed to some of the criticisms of her time in the post. i think they‘re incredibly inaccurate, and show a lack of knowledge of the work that goes on across the crown

prosecution service and. i have 6000 staff who worked really hard every day, our performance across the last five years has been as good as if not improving, despite the cuts that we have taken over that period. and we have taken over that period. and we have taken over that period. and we have prosecutors up and down the country who come to work every day who make really important decisions about people‘s lives, , who make really important decisions about people‘s lives,, who so professionally and well and i think it is hugely insulting to them to damn the service in that way. the government says it‘s taking measures to support disadvantaged children, after teachers said they were witnessing "heartbreaking" levels of poverty in some of britain‘s schools. levels of poverty in some the national education union and the child poverty action group spoke to teachers in england, wales and northern ireland. they say they‘re having to step in to provide essentials like food and clothing to support struggling families. kimjong—un has made a rare public appearance at a performance by south korean k—pop stars in pyeongyang. the north korean leader clapped along, then met the performers backstage. leader clapped along, it‘s the first time foreign music stars have performed in the country

in more than a decade. stars have performed in the country it comes ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas later this month. between the leaders of the two a de—commissioned chinese space station has burnt up over the southern pacific ocean after falling out of orbit in the early hours of the morning. after falling out of orbit the tiangong—1 space lab was launched to carry out science and engineering experiments in 2011 but stopped working in 2016. chinese and us authorities believe it broke up in the earth‘s atmosphere somewhere north—west of tahiti. that brings you up to date. coming up on breakfast this morning. the remarkable difference a prosthetic can make to the life of a child amputee. a prosthetic can make as the government prepares to announce more funding for sports blades, we‘ll catch up with pollyanna and her mum sarah who campaigned with pollyanna and her mum to make the policy part of the paralympic legacy. as the advancing

years mean "the few" are becoming "the fewer", we join an artist commemorating the extraordinary stories of the pilots who won the battle of britain. of the pilots who won and after nine, whilst a decomissioned chinese space station broke up in the earth‘s atmosphere last night, a team of british scientists were on their way to florida to announce an innovative new way of cleaning up space junk. we‘ll hear more about their plans. of cleaning up space junk. all that still to come, of cleaning up space junk. but first here‘s holly with the sport. (oov1 here) with the sport. (00v) with the sport. we‘ve with the sport. been very excited about ian poulter, we‘ve been very excited about ian poulter, he has got himself into the masters at the last minute? in the play—off last night, yes. i think most people were on the edge of their seats, including you,

most people were on the edge of theirseats, including you, naga! twitter was alight with people egging him on! and you could see him thumping his chest when he made it. it isa thumping his chest when he made it. it is a bit like getting the last under ticket to the masters. is exactly what he's done! he went from 123rd position on the thursday to winner. it has been 35 years and since someone has gone from that far down to win. it is just incredible, and you could see what it meant to him getting that last ticket to the masters, which takes place later this week. britain‘s ian poulter secured the last invitation to next weekend‘s masters at augusta with a dramatic win at the houston open in texas. with a dramatic win 0n the final hole of the tournament poulter had to hole this to force a playoff with the american beau hossler. both players had to win to get that masters spot. hossler then made a mess of the sudden death hole and the englishman then booked his place at men‘s golf‘s first major of the year. booked his place at men‘s golf‘s the win just doesn‘t mean getting to augusta. there‘s a lot bigger things on the horizon.

it‘s been a long road the last couple of years with injury, questioning whether i‘ve got a pga tour card or not. and then obviously having some form and not quite finishing off in the past, so to get my first stroke play victory is a big one, to get the exemption is a big one, to move up in the world ranking points is a big one. 0ur golf correspondent iain carter joined us on breakfast earlier this morning and told us poulter‘s victory adds another subplot to one of the most eagerly anticipated masters in years he genuinely wanted to get to augusta because he feels his game is in such good shape that actually if he gets there, he could really contend. if he gets there, he i think what we‘re seeing in the build—up to this masters with tiger woods returning to full fitness, phil mickelson winning, rory mcilroy winning, now this victory for ian poulter, the coming together of some

remarkable golfing plotlines that frankly tee up what should be a vintage running of the masters. really can‘t wait for thursday. a vintage running of the masters. cricket, and england will need ten new zealand wickets on the final day of the final test if they are to level the series. 50s from joe root and dawid malan setup what would be a record run chase for new zealand if they make it. the hosts closed day four on a2 for no wicket needing another 3a0 runs to win the match and take the series 2—0. the last time spurs won away at chelsea, gary lineker got the winner! won away at chelsea, they‘ve now ended that 28—year barren run and they had to do it the hard way. barren run and they had they were a goal down before christian eriksen produced this stunning effort to equalise just before half—time. dele alli then struck twice in the second half to bring an end to chelsea‘s dominance over them. in the second half to bring an end spurs are now eight points ahead of chelsea in the final

champions league qualification spot. of chelsea in the final we are so happy first of all for our fans because we know very well how they suffer these type of things. and then i think we are also happy because the performance was fantastic, great character. because the performance a massive three points for us that means we will fight the season for our position in the champions league. arsenal were booed off at half—time at the emirates stadium but a resurgent second—half saw them win 3—0 against stoke. the gunners scored three goals in the last 15 minutes, with pierre emerick aubameyang scoring from the spot, before adding a second. scoring from the spot, stoke remain second from bottom. scoring from the spot, in the scottish premiership, hearts have all but secured a top six finish after a 1—1 draw against dundee at dens park. after a 1—1 draw against after ross callachan‘s opener, sofien moussa equalised for dundee, who are still third from bottom. sofien moussa equalised for dundee, chelsea ladies extended their lead

in the women‘s super league. fran kirby put them ahead against arsenal before beth mead‘s leveller. against arsenal before elsewhere, champions manchester city suffered a surprise defeat at home to reading. manchester city suffered a surprise rugby, and defending champions saracens are out of this year‘s european champions cup after a 30—19 defeat to leinster. the home side ran in three tries in dublin, including this one from dan leavy. three tries in dublin, they‘ll face scarlets at home in the semifinals. saracens were the last english side left in the competition so there‘ll be no premiership representation in the last four. tennis, and with roger federer knocked out early and rafa nadal injured, federer knocked out early john isner stepped in to win the miami open, the biggest win of his career. the miami open, the biggest the big serving american finished it in predictable style with an ace against alexander zverev. in predictable style with an ace he tweeted: in predictable style with an ace "so this is what it feels like to be roger federer every other week."

is what it feels like to be he‘ll break into the world‘s top ten as a result. and you might remember the name billy monger. he‘s been on breakfast before, he‘s the 18—year—old racing driver who lost both his legs after a crash last year. well, on saturday he was back out on the track competing for the first time since that accident. an exceptionally determined teenager, he finished third in the opening race of the british f3 championship. he‘ll be in action again later today at 0ulton park in cheshire for the second and third races. at 0ulton park in cheshire wow, what a way to start. at 0ulton park in cheshire if you‘d told me this at the end of last year when i had my accident, i wouldn‘t have believed you, so to be here now is incredible. a so to be here now is incredible. very, very courage completely, a very, very courageous fellow. completely, to make that come back so completely, to make that come back so quickly as well. and he has had

to learn a different way to drive? exactly, they have had to alter the steering we‘ll. exactly, they have had to alter the steering we'll. and squash is something we have been talking about as well, ahead of the commonwealth games? that's right. and i have to admit that i have never played squash. i think this is going to inspire you! it is great if you want to get exercise 5—5 quickly, short and fast! but hard on the knees as you get a bit older! obviously, you two would not know about that! mike has been checking it out in sheffield! sheffield, the city of steel, where even on a grey day, athletes have it sparking through their veins, and where the england squash team are hoping to turn the fire in their furnace into gold. are hoping to turn the fire to do that they must push through the pain barrier, as every part of nick matthew‘s body is driven towards what would be a fifth commonwealth gold medal before he finally retires. every athlete in any sport dreams of that sort of fairytale end to their career, going out on a massive high. a lunge more than a squat. going out on a massive high. but you might do your groin.

going out on a massive high. his team—mate laura massaro is stretching even further, as she tries to turn previous silver medals into gold this time. these sorts of sessions really underpin what i can do on the court. you know, if they had picked up a different size of bat or racket and competed in any of these three sports, they would have most likely be an olympic medallists by now. sports, they would have most likely but, because squash continues to be left out in the cold, well, the commonwealth medals gain extra significance. i think it‘s the one sort of truly global event that transcends the sport. of truly global event that i think the commonwealth games does that more than anyone else. media attention and being part of team england and part of a multisport games is something special. people know that winning a gold medal in an event like this is a big deal. a gold medal in an event for us, it‘s our biggest deal. a gold medal in an event

team england can now call on1 million players who step onto a squash court for business or fun. but it‘s a very different game when faced with the fitness and mental agility of the best. when faced with the fitness powerful and strong, but also that aerobic fitness, as well. as i‘m playing, you‘re doing all this running. the idea is to make your opponent do all the running, you see. and that is why you need all those sessions down at the gym! i might be a little bit late, because i‘m just running mike around at the moment. because i‘m just running mike is he any good? because i‘m just running mike he‘s quite fit. because i‘m just running mike he‘s tried a lot of sports, hasn‘t he? he just tried to trick shot and embarrassed himself. can we play doubles instead? and embarrassed himself. yeah. and embarrassed himself. do you need someone a bit taller and with longer reach than you? i knowjust the man. and with longer reach than you? according to the britishjournal of sports medicine, playing squash is one of the best ways to prolong life, and dan walker and i were determined to stay in this game. and, through a combination of obstruction and luck,

we won the first two points. of obstruction and luck, but in the face of adversity, nick and laura stepped up the intensity, to show why this england team are the number one in the world. that is my take on the squash court, use obstruction! i always end up with lots of bruises on my bachelor you don‘t need to be much worse than them because they just you don‘t need to be much worse than them because theyjust stand on the tee and you run around like a lunatic! when the government started to fund prosthetics for amputee children in 2016, the campaigner and actress joanna lumley described it as "like giving caged birds the wings to fly". as "like giving caged birds later this month ministers are expected to announce further funding for the project to enable more children to be fitted with running blades and lower limb prosthetics. the policy was pushed for by campaigner sarah hope, whose daughter lost her lower leg in an accident aged two. when pollyanna was two years

old my mother elizabeth came to stay at our house in london and we were on the way to the chelsea and westminster hospital to visit my twin sister victoria who had just given birth to her first little baby. and sadly we entered the bus depot but the bus just drove straight onto the pavement in a fit of road rage instead of turning right into the bus depot and my mother was killed instantly. i was trapped under the bus and pollyanna lost her leg. so it has been very hard. and pollyanna lost her leg. she has managed very well because she is just an incredibly strong personality but life for a child amputee can be very hard, they undergo are a lot of operations and pollyanna has had on average about two

prosthetic legs a year. she is a dancer. prosthetic legs a year. i think she feels a great sense of freedom when she dances. she dances absolutely beautifully. of freedom when she dances. in of freedom when she dances. 2012, i think we can the in 2012, i think we can all remember the london olympics and it was so exciting and it was wonderful to see the para athletes on their fantastic running blades. i had never seen running blades. i had never seen running blades. i had never seen running blade before and pollyanna andi running blade before and pollyanna and i and our whole family thought it would be exciting if pollyanna could have running blade. i went to her nhs provider and they said, no, it is too expensive, you cannot have one. too many people have asked for one. too many people have asked for one and it was just no. we were so desperate to give pollyanna what we

felt she deserved that we had to buy her first felt she deserved that we had to buy herfirst one felt she deserved that we had to buy her first one privately. felt she deserved that we had to buy herfirst one privately. but obviously that is not sustainable because they are £5,000 for a leg. a because they are £5,000 for a leg. very brave girl, she a very brave girl, 20 operators. she is doing very well. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. some at this morning‘s weather. tricky road conditions as that some tricky road conditions as well. that is absolutely right. we have got a ban of heavy rain, sleet and snow moving northwards. most of it is on higher ground, but not all of it. you can see on the radar picture where we have got the sleet and the snow. it is heading into northern england, ireland and southern scotland. but rapidly the air is turning milder behind it and

that snow is readily turning back to rain. the exception will be across the pennines and the southern uplands where we could see 10—15 centimetres throughout the day. at lower levels it will be a couple of centimetres. but the snow will continue to fall as it continues to move northwards. but in south—west england we are in double figures already and the rain and snow will migrate northwards and get into parts of the highlands where it will be very chilly. there will be sunshine in northern scotland, but there will be wintry showers. sunshine and heavy showers as we pushed down towards the south in the afternoon. in the evening and overnight here comes the snow across northern scotland and behind it for northern ireland, northern england, wales and southern england, any precipitation will be rain. it will bea mild precipitation will be rain. it will be a mild night, whereas in

scotland, northern ireland and northern england it will be cold. tomorrow we start off with that snow in scotland, but it will retreat into the hills and all these showers will be swirling around that area of low pressure, some of them merging. some showers will be heavy and thundery. but look how the milder air is continuing to edge northwards. by the time we get to wednesday this is our low—pressure centre with all the showers moving around it again, some heavy and thundery. still some hill snow in scotland. temperatures come down just a little bit but not too far. 11-13 in just a little bit but not too far. 11—13 in the south and ten in newcastle. still five or six in aberdeen and edinburgh. thursday is a much more settled stay with a lot of dry weather. variable amounts of cloud. as we head into the weekend

for many of us we see temperatures into the mid—teens. in the south east we are looking at 17 or 18, but that does not mean it will be dry. my my scarf and my gloves and my thermals will go into the cupboard from next weekend. but keep your brolly to hand. churchill called them "the few" — the fighter pilots who took to the skies to protect britain from the luftwaffe in the battle of britain. from the luftwaffe in now the surviving airmen are being honoured in a special portrait to mark the raf‘s centenary. honoured in a special portrait graham satchell has been to watch the artwork take shape. they wanted me so badly, they got me into the squadron very quickly. at his home in the cotswolds, 97—year—old tim elkington is being sketched by artistjeremy hilton. i've been asked to track down the surviving raf pilots who flew in the battle of britain. the surviving raf pilots who flew they were the light in our darkest hour, and if it wasn't for these guys our world today would be very different. in the summer of 19a0,

germany was preparing to invade britain. germany was preparing to invade it needed air supremacy. germany was preparing to invade the fate of the whole country lay in the hands of a couple of thousand airmen. in the hands of a couple tim elkington was just 19, a hurricane fighter pilot, confident about the battle to come. a hurricane fighter pilot, nobody ever thought about morale, i don‘t think. nobody ever chickened or was doubtful. and i think we were very sure of what we — we were going to defend the place. very sure of what we — archive: as hurricanes and spitfires roar into action... on august 16, 19a0, tim was on patrol over the english channel when he found himself alone. as soon as i straightened out, the fuel tank was hit and in flames. and so i got out. the fuel tank was hit and in flames. tim had been shot in both legs. the fuel tank was hit and in flames. he was unconscious and heading for the sea. what happened next

was extraordinary. a fellow pilot spotted him floating down in his parachute, flew round him, created a slipstream, and pulled tim onto the land. a slipstream, and pulled tim how he had any idea of doing this, it had never been done before, to my knowledge, has amazed me. it had never been done before, he saved your life. it had never been done before, he did indeed. it had never been done before, tim spent more than a month in hospital. but, as the battle raged on overhead, he kept in close contact with his fellow pilots. on overhead, he kept in close during the battle, with every time you went up, being shot at by the bombers, by the escort fighters, if you weren‘t a nervous wreck, i don‘t know what you would be. more than 1,500 allied crew lost their lives in the battle of britain. crew lost their lives it remains the raf‘s most significant victory. in my eyes they are heroes, and, you know, they should be celebrated and the younger generations

should be made aware of what they did for us. should be made aware for me, it‘s more the air force thing, as opposed to being a hero. i‘m proud of the whole air force. thing, as opposed to being a hero. you don‘t consider yourself a hero? thing, as opposed to being a hero. no. thing, as opposed to being a hero. certainly not me, god no. thing, as opposed to being a hero. as the raf celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are just a handful of fighter pilots left. anniversary, there are just jeremy‘s picture is called the last of the few. the gratitude of every home in our islands goes out to the british airmen. in our islands goes out never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. was so much owed by so many graeme satchell reporting there. jeremy‘s portrait will be auctioned later this month — the money raised will be given to the air cadets to help the next generation of raf pilots. to the air cadets to help the next as the new financial year begins this week, nine million workers will see

a change in the amount they automatically pay into their workplace pension. the minimum salary contribution for those on auto—enrollment schemes will rise from 1% to 3%, but there are fears that this increase may lead to more people opting out of paying anything at all. opting out of paying our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has been looking into what the effects might be. simon gompertz has been looking like every business, these macaroon makers in birmingham have had these macaroon makers to sign up staff likejenny to a pension. the pension recipe involves putting in a little dab of money every month, £6 in her case, for a bigger retirement income eventually. £6 in her case, for a bigger but if those contributions go up, will people likejenny opt out? at the moment it‘s ok, but if it increases a lot, i won‘t be able to do the things like travelling that i want to do. perhaps i would have to update. like travelling that i want to do. i wouldn‘t be able to afford it without getting a pay increase. helen is a trainer here

and keen on a pension, but her priority is getting on the housing ladder. i'm hoping to buy a house in the next few months. i'm happy to make the contributions now, and i do have that money, but things are about to get tighter for me i will have to rethink. tighter for me at the moment, employees are putting in 1% of most of their pay into the pension fund by government tax break. helped this week that is going up by 3%. by government tax break. next year, by 5%. by government tax break. that is a lot to budget for. by government tax break. meanwhile, the employer is now putting in 1%. this week that goes up to 2%, and next year to 3%. so 8% in all. and next year to 3%. the question is, how many people are going to be able to afford to pay that? are going to be able this is our retail store in the great western arcade... the founder of ms macaroon wants staff to carry on with a pension. otherwise they miss out on the big sweetener, the employer‘s contribution. on the big sweetener, but she warns the increases will have an impact on pay. it will continue to kind of keep wages down. because we have to plan

for the growth in pensions costs. the macaroon makers could be giving up a pension of around £a,700 a year if they opt out. up a pension of around £a,700 even so, there is a clear danger that the numbers opting out, around 1 in 10 at the moment across the uk, could rise sharply. let‘s speak to independent financial adviser, louise claro. thank adviser, louise claro. you for coming in. what doy say thank you for coming in. what do you say to your clients who come to you and talk to you, who maybe have an auto enrolment schema work? what is your advice? if you are an employer your advice? if you are an employer you have no alternative other than to put this thing in place. if you have not done so already, you could be fine. for an employee they absolutely need to do this because if they do not do this, you will not

be able to afford it in five years or ten years even if you can afford it now. every five years you delay you are doubling the amount you need to put in to catch up. whatever state pension you get is not going to be enough to live on as many people now tell us. if you look at the state pension now and see that you cannot live off that, how on earth will you get to live on it in 20 or 30 years‘ time on the assumption it will be at the same level. but if you cannot afford it, you cannot afford it. there is an element of truth in that. however, if you cannot afford it, a lot of people need to reprioritise. we are too used to passing our driving test and rather than running around in a banger, we expect to go into a car showroom and get credit in your early 20s. if you buy a house, you expect to go to the leading brand furniture store and walk out with

the best furniture and carpets. it never used to be like that. but some people are struggling at the moment and they might say our monthly outgoings are this and our income is this and we cannot afford to skim off to put into a pension.” absolutely agree with you. yesterday it was a bad day for price hikes. for example, council tax has gone up by over 5%. media and entertainment coming into the house, that has gone up coming into the house, that has gone up by coming into the house, that has gone up by £30 a year, mobile and phone bills has gone up by a%, everything has gone up more than inflation, so iagree, has gone up more than inflation, so i agree, but what is the alternative? how do you know if the pension your money is being invested in is pension your money is being invested inisa pension your money is being invested in is a good pension? you do not u nless in is a good pension? you do not unless you actually get somebody to look at it for you, unless if you have got one of these new workplace pension schemes, the ones that have

been mandated under government legislation, then there are certain requirements within those types of schemes which mean they have to fulfil certain basic requirements. they have to have certain qualities about them. if you are in a proper workplace pension scheme, the odds are that that is a good enough scheme. there is a regulated. absolutely, the pension regulator oversees all this and financial advisers are put in these schemes and they have requirements that they to meet the bog—standard so to speak. so talk to someone. thank you so speak. so talk to someone. thank you so much. back in a few minutes. we‘ll be back in a few minutes but first a last, brief look at the headlines where you are this morning. this is bbc news.

the headlines: doctors warn the nhs is facing a year round crisis — with claims the pressures of winter look set to continue over the summer. this is a congested system, a result of chronic lack of resources, lack of chronic lack of resources, lack of doctors, lack of nhs staff nurses, lack of social care, and now % the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october after a series of recent controversies. two people have been killed and a man arrested after a crash involving on the m62 near bradford. china hits back at us trade tariffs with new import taxes worth