hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. deadline day for big businesses to report on their gender pay gaps. by midnight, all companies with more than 250 employees have to report the difference between how much they pay men and women more than 8,000 have given their details so far. 78% are paying men more than women. i'll have all the details. good morning, it's wednesday the fourth of april. also this morning: a second death from violence on london's streets in two days. a 16—year—old boy shot on monday night dies of his wounds. russia puts pressure on the uk to share more information about the salisbury nerve gas attack. it's demanded an emergency meeting in the hague. the challenge of air travel if you have a disability.

the government tells breakfast it's working with airports and airlines to avoid leaving passengers stranded and distressed. very quickly my level of confidence went from perfectly fine to hang on a minute, what's going on, they don't know what they're doing here, how ami don't know what they're doing here, how am i going to get off the aircraft safely? good morning from the carrara stadium in the gold coast in australia, where we are four hours away from the opening ceremony the head of the 21st, mild games, it unfolds tonight in front of an estimated tv audience worldwide of 1.5 billion people. more from here shortly. and carol has the weather. yesterday hull saw 16, making it the warmest part in the country, today, not quite that high, but a day of sunshine and showers, quite windy with more hill snow in scotland. more details in 15 minutes. carol, thank you. good morning.

first, our main story. businesses, charities and some public sector organisations must publish their first gender pay gap reports by midnight. 8,330 firms of an estimated 9,000 have already done so. 78% pay men more than they pay women. steph is here with more details. looking closely at these figures, they have been closely and hotly anticipated, many coming through before the deadline? yes, for some time, last year companies have been gathering the information on the difference between men and women's pay and as you say more than two thirds pay men more than women. 0n average it is 10% but there's huge differences in different industries. for example, construction, finance, airlines, there's big differences there and looking at one of the worst offenders, ryanair, they pay women 78% less than men on average but it's important to say this isn't

comparing the same jobs, but it's important to say this isn't comparing the samejobs, it but it's important to say this isn't comparing the same jobs, it has illegal since the 19705 not to pay will women and men equal muggy for the same will women and men equal muggy for the 5amejob will women and men equal muggy for the same job but it points out the societal jobs we have, the same job but it points out the societaljobs we have, for an airline company, they have lots of men who are pilots and women work more in the cabin crew and that's why there's the difference. people like caroline fairburn, the boss of the cbi, which represents businesses, saying it's important to point out the big apple spot to solve it it is a societal thing, lots of women work part—time, there i5 women who are stopped from getting a more senior i5 women who are stopped from getting a more 5eniorjob for whatever reason, so that's part of it but theresa may has said this morning, the prime minister, that this makes for uncomfortable reading. she says it is vital that the burning injustice i5 reading. she says it is vital that the burning injustice is tackled. this is the first part of it, eve ryo ne this is the first part of it, everyone telling us how bad it is for them. but on the other side you

have companies paying women more than men, the example of unilever, bt, drg oh, 0cado, they are paying women more than men, so there's lots of different things to get hold of through the morning. we will talk to baroness williams, the equalities minister, through the day as well. thanks, steph. a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in waltham5tow, east london has died in hospital. he was attacked a short time after a 17—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the violent scourge of gun and knife crime in the city. jon donnison reports. another day in london, another murder investigation. this time in waltham5tow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries. just a few miles away in tottenham, a community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old tane5ha melbourne was with friends when she

was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 now in total. behind each marker, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i have never seen resources so scarce on the ground to have the relationships with the people to get the community to support our police. we've lost 100 police from around here already due to the cuts coming through from parliament. i have stood up in parliament to beg and plead for people so that we can start getting community intelligence. the government says it is taking measures to break the deadly cycle of violence. recently across england and wales, there has been a rise in violent crime.

some of it related to gangs. but the levels are still far below what they were in the mid—19905. that will be little comfort, however, for those mourning in london this week. the world's chemical weapons watchdog is to meet in the hague and discuss the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. the emergency session was called by russia which wants the british to share evidence on the attack. on tuesday, the uk's porton down laboratory said it could not verify the precise source of the nerve agent. anna holligan reports. what was the substance? where did it come from? who planted it? theresa may told parliament the attack involved a military grade nerve agent and that the only plausible explanation was that russia was culpable. an allegation moscow has repeatedly denied. yesterday the head of britain's military research centre at porton down confirmed it had identified the highly toxic and otherjob but was unable to prove

where it had been produced. investigators from the 0pcw visited salisbury and collected samples there expecting to have the results of independent lab tests within a week. as a signatory of the chemical weapons convention, russia has the right to request a meeting. 13 questions have been posed by moscow, including what kind of evidence the uk provided to the 0pcw, which inspectors were sent, who they met with and where the samples are being analysed. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. three people have been injured in a shooting at youtube's headquarters in california. a 36—year—old man is in a critical condition. 0ur north america correspondent, dave lee, joins us now from san bruno in california. we understand this is a lone shooter but as this unfolded there was

understandably panic and concern about how many people would be involved in this? absolutely, naga, lots of panic indeed. you might not be able to see it from where we are but behind me is the youtube building where the attack took place and up the road on the right there isa and up the road on the right there is a courtyard where people met to eat lunch within the headquarters and that's where the gun woman appeared and injured three people by shooting them, and then we're told by police, she then turned the gun on herself and took her own life. that all happened across a period of just a few minutes, police say, they we re just a few minutes, police say, they were on the scene incredibly quickly, in around four minutes, to deal with the issue. now attention of course is turning to the potential motive behind the attack, and while police haven't officially confirmed exactly what that may be, we're hearing from local media here, several sources, that the suspect,

who of course died, was supposedly angry with youtube taking down several videos. we expect to hear much more about that tomorrow here in san bruno. david, for the moment, thanks for keeping us up to date. commemorations are taking place across america to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the civil rights leader martin luther king. at the lorraine motel in memphis where he was shot and where the national civil rights museum is now housed, a day of remembrance will combine performance and speeches to reflect on the past and ongoing struggle for equality. the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip later today. he was admitted to a private hospital yesterday for the planned operation. prince philip, who is 96—years—old is understood to have had hip problems for about a month. daniela relph is outside king edward vii hospital for us this morning. yeah, thejoke yeah, the joke is yeah, thejoke is due to have that surgery on yeah, thejoke is due to have that surgery on his hip at some point today —— juke. he was admitted by

car to today —— juke. he was admitted by carto king today —— juke. he was admitted by car to king edward vii hospital yesterday afternoon, buckingham palace keen to stress that this is a planned operation and there is no cause for any kind of alarm around the duke's condition. we know over the duke's condition. we know over the course of the past month or so his hip had been causing him increasing pain and discomfort and it was felt surgery was needed. he will be looked after today by the medical team attached to the royal household. what buckingham palace when tell us is exactly what kind of surgery he is having here today, but he is 96. yes, he is fit and healthy and active but there are clearly risks having any kind of operation or surgery at this age, especially when it involves anaesthetic, but we're hoping over the course of the day we'll get some kind of guidance from buckingham palace that the duke has had his operation and is beginning to recuperate. daniela, thank you very much. they say your wedding day is among the happiest in your life, but how far would you go to make

sure your best friend had the perfect day? the singer adele has confirmed that she was ordained so she could officiate the marriage of comedian alan carr and his long—term partner paul drayton in january. she posted this photograph of herself in a long white dress on instagram, saying, "i married two of my best friends, you know me, any excuse to dress up." alan carr said the wedding had taken place in the back garden of adele's house in los angeles. what a lovely way to get married! those are the main stories this morning. get used to these colours, we will be talking about the commonwealth games on the gold coast. it gets under way in a few hours. our very own mike bushell is at the carrara stadium as queensland prepares to host 11 days of top—class sporting competition. good morning, mike. good morning

from the very colourful carrara stadium, even the cows on the run—up to the stadium have been painted yellow and gold with the message go oz and it works because they are why cows oz and it works because they are why cows in the fields around here. this is the central stadium of the gold coast, it is normally wear the gold coast, it is normally wear the gold coast suns play, their aussie rolls team, they have to play away from home while the athletics is going on and if you want to know what goes on before the opening ceremony, this is a sneak preview, they have been thinking about this since they got the games in 2011 and planning it since 2016. you can hear the drone of the vacuum cleaner, so many in the stadium along with brushes and line markers. i don't want to give too much away because i don't know much myself, it is meant to be a surprise, and it is fair to say that these events are designed for tv,

great atmosphere if you're lucky enough to be here, but they are really a tv spectacle with a worldwide audience of 1.5 billion people around the world. fair to say the themes will be around surfing, i've seen lots of practice of life—saving drills as well on the beachin life—saving drills as well on the beach in the early hours, lots of youngsters involved, 4000 volunteers over all taking part, youngsters involved, 4000 volunteers overall taking part, and youngsters involved, 4000 volunteers over all taking part, and you youngsters involved, 4000 volunteers overall taking part, and you can see the pictures there suggesting it will be a theme of reconciliation with the indigenous peoples and one of the highlights of any opening ceremony of the commonwealth games is the arrival of the queens batten, it's been going around the area for weeks, andl it's been going around the area for weeks, and i was up to witness it being carried out to sea to the pacific ocean and being brought back onto shore on boats, zipping along onto shore on boats, zipping along onto the waves, then handed to sally pearson, one of the pinup australian athletes of the games, she will compete in the sprint hurdles, although there is a doubt on her fitness because of an achilles

problem, that's why she was probably taking it easy as she was surrounded by hundreds of people carrying the baton as it came into the gold coast sure this morning. it's been to the athletes village and i'm hearing it is starting its procession to its final destination, the stadium tonight. it is in 2.5 hours, live on the bbc later, then we don't have to wait long until the action begins, 12:30 am, the result of the women's triathlon, one of 275 golds over the next 25 days. so many things i want to ask, will start with this one, we will talk you lots this morning, how warm is it at the moment? i hope i am not too sweaty, it's about 26, it is not humid than sunny. there's a lot of clout and there's a cyclone which has been a couple of 100 miles north of here, it won't impact here, but it means

you get some storms, last night it tipped down at around 6pm, 7pm. there's the risk of showers later on but praying they away because most of the time it is sunny, hence the exposure in the stadium, but hot and sunny at the moment. excellent assessment of the weather! carol will be listening with interest to the weather in queensland! temperatures of about 23, 24 but tomorrow, about 28 with the risk of a shower. we won't see anything like that in the uk. today, it's more likely to be and 13. we have a day of sunshine and showers which will be heavy and thundery and more hill snow to come across scotland. overnight, extensive snow across the north of scotland. we are seeing that settle once again that the rest of the uk, bits and pieces of cloud.

some of us will get off to some early brightness. low pressure dominating the weather. various fronts. this one is producing rain some of which will happy. we continue with the hill snow across northern parts of scotland. here is the rain brushing the east. the rest of england and all of wales, it's a day of sunshine, bright spells and showers. some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. it's also going to be a windy day. gusty wind. through the afternoon, we will start to see the snow pushing across the southern uplands, mostly in the hills but some of the heavier bursts, some sleep at lower levels as well. through this evening and overnight from the snow continues to push southwards into the lake district. you can see how we see some schneier showers coming further south. —— snow showers. across the

south—east quarter of the uk, some patchy drizzle. risk of ice with damp surfaces. parts of northern ireland, the temperatures could fall to —6 or minus seven. tomorrow, cold and frosty with the risk of ice. the re m na nts of and frosty with the risk of ice. the remnants of the front pushing away to the south—east. tomorrow, not a bad day. the odd shower which could be wintry in the north but there will be a lot of sunshine. another area of low pressure coming our way. as it approaches, more cloud ahead of it. the sunshine in the west will turn that bit hazy. after a cold start on friday, a bit of an east—west split. dry and bright with some sunshine. it will turn a bit

warmer. as low pressure some sunshine. it will turn a bit warmer. as low pressure comes some sunshine. it will turn a bit warmer. as low pressure comes in, rain with it across northern ireland. temperatures could get up to 16 degrees, despite what you can see on the charts. let's take a look at today's papers. let's ta ke let's take a look at the front page of the times. the beach or you will see the duke of edinburgh on, what is that? it's not a carriage? yes, it is. he is expert at pawson carriage driving, as they call it. he is having hip surgery today. a p pa re ntly he is having hip surgery today. apparently a few problems over the last month or so. he's missed a series of engagements. that is the picture you are seeing. theresa may battling to preserve an alliance

against russia. they are asking more questions about the organisation thatjeremy corbyn visited, a fringe meeting of a jewish group, and thatjeremy corbyn visited, a fringe meeting of ajewish group, and many questions being asked about what their views are and whether it was appropriate for him to have gone to those meetings? both the daily express and the sun looking at the use of guns. this is after a 17—year—old youth worker died after being shot in london. just 30 minutes later. talking about the

gender pay gap. the telegraph this morning, just picking up on the companies that haven't yet reported. the likes of saddles, sportsdirect, among the hundreds of british businesses yet to disclose their gender pay gap figures. we have talked for a while about how food prices have been going up lately and now, some figures out suggesting they are starting to go down again. prices are falling, easing the pressure on the cost of living. just down by 0.5%. some people might not notice that at all. nice to talk about them going down. a little story to you as well. are you ever a person who parks on the curb? no.

because you could face a fine. do you? i've been known to park on the curb. but they are looking at changing that. in london, you are not allowed to park on the curb. motorists could face fines for up to 70 quid. it is quite tricky. especially if you see a parent with a pram tried to get down the road. that's what they are trying to stop. this last story. it comes from arizona and it's about, how do you get your kids out of bed in the morning? sharon dobbins, 40 years old. she was trying to get her children to church on easter sunday. according to the police report, she allegedly tased her son, contacted

him on the left leg and at about 7:45 a.m., specifically, and the taser apparently caused missed dobbins son to get out of bed. police were called and they are investigating. she said she had fired up the taser. she's fired it up fired up the taser. she's fired it up and said she did not make contact with her son. is he all right? good question. you can imagine parents across the land saying, i know how this woman felt. we will see you later on. britain's biggest airport is set to overhaul how disabled passengers access their wheelchairs once they've landed. currently, they are sent to the baggage reclaim area

but from june wheelchairs will be brought to the plane door. today, the government has announced plans to work more closely with the aviation industry in a bid to make flying more enjoyable for those with reduced mobility. here's our disability correspondent, nikki fox. when gemma stopped working, she loves to travel but it's not easy. she has spinal muscular atrophy and can't stand or walk. last year she went to florida with family and friends. it was a dream holiday and it all went smoothly until she returned home and had to get off the plane. three or four men came on. very quickly, my level of confidence went from perfectly find to hang on a minute, what's going on, they don't know what they are doing here, how may go to get off safely? why top —— to get off the plane, she need to be lifted percy but he did not go well. i was in a position that was so undignified and so

embarrassing. i was crying at this point. i was in a lot of pain. i was ina point. i was in a lot of pain. i was in a position you are not meant to be in. she complained to the airline and received compensation but she is not alone when it comes to the many issues disabled people have when flying. most recent figures show the number of disabled bigger and those with mobility restrictions that path — pass with mobility restrictions that path —— pass through uk airports increased to more than 3 million. 1.2 million come through heathrow. last year, a civil aviation authority report was critical of the service heathrow provides disabled passengers, ranking it as poor. i wa nted passengers, ranking it as poor. i wanted to put some of the complaints we had received to the management of the airport to see what they were doing at tackling the problem. start having zero training, being denied free boarding, one of them, and a common disregard the disabled passengers institutionalised at heathrow. they are just a few. every time we get negative feedback it's

unacceptable. some of the things we are looking at is how we make the service of passengers being taken of the aircraft far more comfortable and the other key part of the process is obviously the repatriation of passengers wheelchairs to them after the hour flight. wheelchairs to them after the hour flight. there are now plans to make sure wheelchairs are returned to aircraft doors as standard instead of them ending up in baggage reclaim but is that enough? and are airlines as well as airports doing their bit to make buying more acceptable —— accessible? if you want to travel by air, prepare to be uncomfortable, prepared to be manhandled and don't even think about using the toilet. chris wood has a disabled son and daughter. he wants to see wheelchairs allowed inside the aircraft, eliminating the need for tra nsfers aircraft, eliminating the need for transfers and long waits. his campaign has already led to meetings with manufacturers to develop flight safe wheelchairs. it needs the whole industry to come together to resolve it and everybody join industry to come together to resolve it and everybodyjoin together as one and say, this is not right, we are out of touch but we are dealing

with it now. but wheelchairs on planes in the short term is unlikely. right now, many disabled passengers feel that current legislation doesn't do enough to protect them. the airlines have got it stitched up. there is an international treaty called the montreal convention and that says you can't bring any kind of legal claim for discrimination for anything that happens between embarkation, which is getting on the plane, and disembarkation. today, the government has told us that as pa rt the government has told us that as part of its upcoming aviation strategy, it plans to work with industry to improve everything from staff training to the design of aircraft. but it will take more than just plans before many disabled passengers feel comfortable taking to the skies. nikki willjoin us at 7.20 to talk about this in more detail. we'd like to hear about your experiences too. email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @bbc breakfast. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news. a man has been charged with murder after a 20 odd was stabbed shortly after a 20 odd was stabbed shortly after leaving a bar in wandsworth in the early hours of easter sunday. the victim who has not been named by police was found with a knife wound in allerton road and pronounced dead at the scene. the accused is due before wimbledon magister ‘s court. almost a million fines in two years we re almost a million fines in two years were handed to londoners caught driving in bus lanes. research from the rac showed the capital had three times as many as the next worst city manchester. london motorists faced fines as high as £160 for straying into the bus lane. eurostar launches its new london to st pancras to amsterdam service today, the first ever direct rail link between the

two cities with a journey time of 3.5 hours. the first server speeds for the dutch capital at 830 this morning. for the time being passengers will have to change at brussels on the way back to london. it's the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast later this morning and among the athletes from the capital aiming fora medal among the athletes from the capital aiming for a medal will be croydon's 400 metre and bashful wanted me to rooney who at 31 is one of the senior members of the team. it's a massive opportunity for the younger quys massive opportunity for the younger guys and also, i've never won a commonwealth medal so this is the big thing for me. i've come here to doa big thing for me. i've come here to do a job big thing for me. i've come here to doajob and big thing for me. i've come here to do a job and come home with some silverware. let's have a look at the travel situation now:. that's ever check on the weather

with kate kinsella. good morning. it a reasonably mild start out there this morning. some rain overnight. it is clearing the leading to a more showery day for today with some sunny spells but we are going to notice a bit more of a breeze. quite a gusty wind as we had through the course of the day. some spells of sunshine and more clouds this afternoon with frequent and heavy showers but with the sunny spells between that could trigger off a fund a rerun. temperatures up to 12 or 13 celsius so not quite as mild as yesterday. overnight tonight, mostly dry. some clear spells in cloud moving into the middle of the night. spots of rain but mostly dry. temperatures between three and six. that cloud with this first thing tomorrow morning but quite quickly

it will drift away. richard high pressure over the next few days. lots of sunshine. some dry weather, what we've been waiting for on thursday. temperatures 14 celsius, making a recovery. friday similar, 15. it is unsettled through the weekend. some dry weather out there and outbreaks of rain but temperatures starting to feel that little bit warmer. i am back with the latest in half an hour. plenty more on the website. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up: mike bushell takes in the sights of the gold coast with parents of athletes from the home nations. we'll hear of the hopes they have for their children competing at the commonwealth games. the first dates restaurant re—opens its doors tonight, we'll speak to the show‘s producers to find out how they select from the thousands of singletons looking for love. best known as trucker ness in gavin and stacey, ruthjones will be here on the sofa.

she'll tell us how the discovery of a forgotten script lead her led to her writing herfirst novel. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. hundreds of businesses across the uk have until midnight tonight to submit their gender pay figures, that's the difference between the average earnings of men and women. most of the 9,000 employers have already done so, more than three quarters pay their male employees more on average than women. an emergency meeting has been called by russia to discuss the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. the kremlin has demanded the meeting at the world's chemical weapons watchdog in the hague to ask britain for more information on the attack. on tuesday, the uk's porton down laboratory said it could not verify the precise source of the nerve agent. anna holligan reports. what was the substance?

where did it come from? who planted it? theresa may told parliament the attack involved a military—grade nerve agent and that the only plausible explanation was that russia was culpable. an allegation moscow has repeatedly denied. yesterday, the head of britain's military research centre at porton down confirmed it had identified the highly toxic novichok but was unable to prove where it had been produced. investigators from the 0pcw visited salisbury and collected samples there expecting to have the results of independent lab tests within a week. as a signatory of the chemical weapons convention, russia has the right to request a meeting. 13 questions have been posed by moscow, including what kind of evidence the uk provided to the 0pcw, which inspectors were sent, who they met with and where the samples are being analysed. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. a woman shot and wounded

three people at youtube's headquarters in northern california before killing herself, police say. us media have named the suspect as nasim aghdam and said the incident is the result of a domestic dispute. police are yet to comment on the motivation for the shooting. a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london has died in hospital. he was attacked a short time after a 17—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the violent scourge of gun and knife crime in the city. jon donnison reports. another day in london, another murder investigation. this time in walthamstow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries. just a few miles away in tottenham, a community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old tane5ha melbourne was with friends when she

was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 now in total. behind each marker, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i've never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships with people to get the community to support what our police are doing. we've lost 100 police from around here already due to the cuts coming through from government. i've stood up in parliament to beg and plead for people so that we can start getting community intelligence. the government says it is taking measures to break the deadly cycle of violence. recently across england and wales, there

has been a rise in violent crime. some of it related to gangs. but the levels are still far below what they were in the mid—19905. that will be little comfort, however, for those mourning in london this week. jon donnison, bbc news. the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip later today. he was admitted to the private king edward the vi! hospital in central london yesterday for the planned operation. prince philip, who is 96, is understood to have had hip trouble for about a month. a 24—year search for a missing child in china has come to an end with an emotional reunion. chi fung was just three years old when she went missing in 1994. this is the moment the now 27—year—old was reunited with her parents. her father never gave up looking for her, working as a taxi driver and giving out cards to his passengers with information on about his missing daughter. those are the main stories. the opening ceremony

of the commonwealth games gets underway from the gold coast in australia in a few hours' time. mike is at the carrara stadium in queensland for us this morning. enjoying a bit of sunshine, a bit humid there, getting the stadium ready behind you, the hoovers are out? it's beautiful. the drone of the hoovers, a bit of music a few moments ago, and out there in the centre you can see some of the youngsters, 4000, volunteers from around the region that have been picked for the time of their lives tonight our time to take part in the opening ceremony at head of the 21st commonwealth games. this is the ca rra ra commonwealth games. this is the carrara stadium, it used to be a swamp because this area is surrounded by lakes and rivers and claims to have more waterways than venice. they did a good job a claims to have more waterways than venice. they did a good j! rugby years ago to turn it into a rugby league, rugby union and aussie rules stadium, it normally holds 25000 and you can see the extra seats to make

it 35,000 watching tonight, but the main emphasis is on those watching worldwide, 1.5 billion on tvs around the planet and this will be an historic games. overall i found this stat surprising, nearly a third of the world population will be represented over the next few weeks by 71 nations, you have countries like india, as well as australia and canada, as well as the tiny islands in the south pacific, which make these games special, there will be an equal number of medals for men and women, 275 golds in all, and it will be the largest programme of disability sport ever seen at the commonwealth games and that event ru ns commonwealth games and that event runs alongside at the same time as the same event though it all takes place together. i promised kangaroos, in a few moments we will go out into the bush, but first the rest of the sport. away from events here in australia, there is a huge night ahead in the champions league with an all—english quarter final at anfield.

liverpool boss jurgen klopp has told his side to write their own history as they prepare to face the runaway premier league leaders manchester city for a place in the last four of europe's top club competition. liverpool are the only team to beat them all season in the league. i need people over the day, they can tell me each goal liverpool scored 37 years ago in the 56th minute. i think there are ten players who did that and they can say the names. that's all good, and i like that, but this team, we need to be proud of our history, but we need to create our own. they are so clinical, so they punish your mistakes and because they are so your mistakes and because they are so fast, and they are so direct...

that's good, it's a good challenge for us. 180 minutes, we're going to try to make a good performance here, to try to score goals and give a good result to manchester. stop whatever you're doing. is this the greatest goal ever? there were two ties last night, and once again it was cristiano ronaldo making the headlines. he scored twice, including this brilliant overhead kick helping real madrid to a 3—0 victory overjuventus. even fans of the italian side were applauding that goal. some say it was the greatest goal in history. it was so good they have turned on the music to celebrate ronaldo's strike. bayern munich have one foot in the semi—finals. they came from 1—0 down to beat sevilla 2—1 in spain. thiago scoring the german champions' second goal. bayern munich would feel they are on their way to the semis. tiger woods says it is crazy he is playing at this year's masters, never mind being considered a favourite, given he could barely

sit through last year's annual champions‘ dinner. the four—time champion had back surgery under a year ago but last month tied for second at the valspar championship in florida. the first major of the year gets under way tomorrow. this is sounding dramatic, isn't it? if this doesn't encourage you to watch on bbc one at 10:30am later this morning, nothing will, they are really building up to it! a bit of peace and quiet in the countryside around me. we hear plenty about what the athletes go through building up to a major event but what about the parents who also dedicate their lives to their children's goals. i met some of the families here on the gold coast as they discovered the area around this stadium has plenty of surprises and it's notjust about the beach. screeches of excitement, with the

athletes on the move. and for the families who made this once—in—a—lifetime trip to support their children, a chance to walk on their children, a chance to walk on the wild side and see the other face of the cosmopolitan gold coast. it's like being in the bush, like, so close to suburban life, it's unbelievable. so close to the athletes' village even where the athletes are, i'm sure they've got no idea this is on their door step. australia's defending marathon champion michael shelley knows it's here, out for his morning jog. i've a lwa ys here, out for his morning jog. i've always wanted to come to australia and it was lovely to have a reason to actually come, just to follow rees here when he fantastic. just like for the athletes there are so many unknowns here, it's all about combating the. up on tambourine mountain which overlooks the gold coast, it's i'm a celebrity country and after all the early trips to training over the years, the parents are hoping their children can get out of here with a medal or two. as

a parent you are nervous because you wa nt to a parent you are nervous because you want to do well. everyone goes swimming. icon watch. she doesn't watch the race. it makes me sick to the pit of my stomach. it's awful. well, for the parents of the athletes, the wilderness just a few miles away from the commonwealth venues is the perfect way to unwind and relax ahead of what will be a very nailbiting time watch it there loved ones. i'm still holding my breath the whole way through the pommel routine from start to finish, ido pommel routine from start to finish, i do it, it's an involuntary action, and as soon as he lands i breathe and as soon as he lands i breathe and then i wonder why i'm busy at the end of it. and with the commonwealth games and venue so and with the commonwealth games and venue so close, sport is never far away. and what goes around, comes around... the boomerang, the leading edge, you see it's along there and short at the back and then the left hand is the same so the best way to adjust this is to pull out a bit of

sandpaper and give it a bit of rave drug. that's the best way to do it. you like that? that's a new one. not only were the parents competitive with each other, they were determined to take me out as well. but all roads here lead back to the beach where gold coaster and former swimming champion sam riley was able to offer support to the parents now that she is one herself. to offer support to the parents now that she is one herselflj to offer support to the parents now that she is one herself. i have a total new empathy for what it's like total new empathy for what it's like to sit on the sidelines and watch your children compete, it's actually worse as a parent or a loved one watching someone compete because you've got no control. i guess i'm a bit of a control freak. so far away from home it's uncharted waters for pa rents from home it's uncharted waters for parents and athletes but they chance that only comes around far less than a blue moon. the beach is around 20 minutes in that direction, the kangaroos, the athletes' village and all the wildlife is literally a stone's

throw in the outback or the bush, whatever you want to call it, just over there, i can literally see the trees were the fruit bats were up towards tambourine mountain so a very diverse region. a rivalry between the northern ireland, the english parents, and the boomerang, that's one of the special things about the commonwealth games, all the home nations, northern ireland, scotland, wales and england competing for their own flag, as well as the isle of man, jersey and guernsey and that's one of the things that makes it special for the athletes representing the likes of tea m athletes representing the likes of team gb. thanks very much, mike, getting a sense of the atmosphere building. we will talk to you later. that is in the stadium where mike is, but look at that, that is the gold coast just near is, but look at that, that is the gold coastjust near where mike is and you get a lovely sense of the inland waterway and the ocean beyond and the narrow strip of development in between. what i'm looking forward to over the next 11 days, as well as

the weather forecasts from mike, and the weather forecasts from mike, and the beautiful weather, but learning more about the weather, kerry, that is macintosh island apparently. and you get a sense, about 26 degrees, carol, we were thinking it would be nice to be there? carol, would you be upset if i said i prefer mike's weather reports to yours today?|j weather reports to yours today?” would be very upset, naga, in fact i am shaking in my shoes because the reports are so good! they are abroad yet, aren't they? you've got a great picture, that they are a mild note the many parts. 16 degrees, mild yesterday. today, we are more likely to see about 13 celsius. the forecast is sunshine

and showers. more hill snow in scotland. overnight, extensive snow. you can see there is a lot of cloud across british isles. again, starting off with warren to writer breaks. various fronts. this one is going to produce some heavy rain on its western edge. elsewhere, it's going to be showers. that weather front is sinking south. later, some of the heavy snow in the hills will come down as sleet. meanwhile, we have rain edging across northern england into scotland and east of northern ireland. away from that, a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. there will be more frequent ones than yesterday. you could also see some hail in them. gusty winds across southern counties

of england. as this system edges south, it will brighten up for a time across north—west scotland we are still looking at a few wintry showers. through the evening and overnight, some snow in the pennines and the lake district. we could see and the lake district. we could see a dusting. it comes to rest by the end of the night over the southeast quarter of england. a lot of clear skies behind. it's going to be a cold night and we will see some frost and the risk of ice. despite the fact, some of the sheltered glens of scotland, perhaps minus six. lovely bright skies. brightening up last in the

south—eastern corner. another area of low pressure. temperatures tomorrow, 12 and 13. we could possibly see a little bit higher. christ and brightest with the longest period of sunshine. we have rain coming in from the west. the rain coming in from the west. the rain will be heaviest across parts of western scotland. lighter and more patchy across wales in south—west england. we thought on saturday of hitting 18. if it is far east as we think,. still a lot to play for. you did promise 18 yesterday. it

still might happen. we have this big conflicts area of low pressure and that's what is giving us relief. it certainly is. by midnight tonight, companies with more than 250 employees have to report the gap between how much they pay men and women across their organisation. steph has got more on this. this has been a hot topic because the gap is big. according to official figures, last year men in the uk were on average paid £2.52 more per hour than women. that's a gap of about 18%. in an attempt to try and reduce this gap the government has forced each company with more than 250 employees to annually publish the gap between how much they pay men and women across their organisation. we're expecting details from around 9,000 organisations in total.

so what do we know so far? of the 8,000 who have reported so far, more than two—thirds pay men, on average, more than women, unsurprisingly, some industries have a bigger gap then others, for example finance, construction, airlines and sport. with some organisations paying men as much as 70% more than women. but it's important to point out these figures aren't comparing people doing the same jobs. since the ‘705, its been illegal for men and women not to be paid the same for doing exactly the same work. you need to look at the overall picture. for example, women tend to work in less seniorjobs then men, they often take more time—out to have children and tend to do more part—time work. also while the majority of companies pay men more than women, there are some exceptions. for example, at bt, diageo, apple, 0cado, channel 5 and unilever women earn about one per cent more than their male counterparts. at a company like unilever, more than half of all management positions at the company are women.

so this is just as much about the types ofjobs women do as it is about the struggle to get to the top, but it's hoped than by making companies go public about overall pay gaps then it will make them feel they have to tackle it. lots of comment on this are lots of you have been in touch with me to debate these numbers and you can go online as well to see if your company that an organisation you work for with more than 250 employees, you can go online and see what the gap is to them if they do have a gap. if you look, it looksjust like have a gap. if you look, it looks just like c. have a gap. if you look, it looksjust like c. a similar stance when you're in the morning meeting. and the lady has my shoes as well. it looks nothing like me. it is so you. anyway, thank you so me. it is so you. anyway, thank you so much per yourfriends and your information. my friends? we will be

talking about this through the morning. a lot of people interested in this story. when you go today, but has no your thoughts at work. commemorations have been taking place in the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the civil rights leader, martin luther king. 0ne event was held at the church in memphis where king gave his final speech and his daughter told the audience that america should repent for its failure to eliminate racism. nada tawfik reports. at the mason temple church, doctor martin luther king's children, closest advisers and his admirers on to keep his legacy alive. 50 years ago, the powerful preacher spoke of the struggles to come but also of the struggles to come but also of the promised land. ijust want to do god '5 will and he has allowed me to go god '5 will and he has allowed me to 9° up god '5 will and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain and i have

looked over and i have seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. his daughter bernice came and took to the same podium with a damning assessment of the state of the country. it's for america to repent because we have not, in 50 yea rs, repent because we have not, in 50 years, dealt with challenges to deal with the last vestiges of racism. doctor king travelled to memphis because he saw the city and the plight of the sanitation workers as pa rt plight of the sanitation workers as part of a larger campaign against poverty. laws prohibiting segregation and enshrining the right to vote for all led to integration at true equality, he believed, meant fighting economic injustice. ambassador andrew young was one of

his closest advisers, travelling with him in memphis. i'm almost certain he knew his days were numbered. and that if he was going to lose his life, he didn't want to lose it in new york or washington. he wanted to give his life to what he would say is the least of these gods children and he wanted to die fighting poverty. and give his life, he did. 0n the balcony of the lorraine motel, he was assassinated by sniper. the fatal shot was fired at six 1pm by sniper. the fatal shot was fired at six1pm and by sniper. the fatal shot was fired at six 1pm and to mark the moment bells will ring here and the nation 39 times to mark the number of years doctor king lived. when reflecting on his legacy and his contribution to american history compared with the shortness of his life is striking and inspiring. still to come this morning: when jamie morton started making his own podcast, he picked an eyebrow—raising topic,

reading out his dad's attempts at racy adult fiction. it was a canny move. it has now been downloaded more than 100 million times. jamie and his co—hosts will be here to tell us about the secret of the show‘s success. if you've never listened to it and i hadn't until yesterday, it takes a bit of explaining. if someone reading a book with two mates alongside them and then discussing it and having a laugh while they are doing it. it is very funny but it's a novel way of reading through a book with your friends. and not so mean either, they could have torn it apart but they haven't. we will find out the background of it. jamie's dad was banished to the shed to

write it by his wife, true. more on that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. a man's been charged with murder after a 20—year—old was stabbed shortly after leaving a bar in wandsworth in the early hours of easter sunday. the victim, who has not been named by police, was found with a knife wound in ellerton road, and pronounced dead at the scene. billy botton, who's 24, is due before wimbledon magistrates later. almost a million fines in just two years were handed to londoners caught driving in bus lanes. years were handed to londoners research from the rac showed that the capital had three times as many as the next worst city, manchester. motorists in london faced fines as high as £160 for straying into the bus lane. eurostar launches its new london st pancras to amsterdam service today.

it's the first ever direct rail link between the two cities, with a journey time of 3.5 hours. the first service leaves for the dutch capital at 8:30 this morning. for the time being though, passengers will have to change at brussels on their way back to london. as we've been hearing, it's the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast later this morning. among the athletes from the capital aiming for a medal over the next fortnight will be croydon's 400m runner martyn rooney who — at 31 — is one of the senior members of the team. martyn rooney who — at 31 — is one of the senior members of the team. it's a massive opportunity for the younger guys and it's also, like, i've never won a commonwealth medal so this is the big thing for me. like, i've come here to do a job and come home with some silverware. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads and north—bound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow

from the woolwich road flyover. traffic on the a13 is building westbound heading out of dagenham into barking. and in covent garden, st martin's lane is closed after last night's gas leak with lane restrictions continuing on longacre for ongoing gas work. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a reasonably mild start out there this morning. some rain overnight. it is clearing away, though, leading to a more showery day for today with some sunny spells but we are going to notice a bit more of a breeze. quite a gusty wind as we head through the course of the day. some nice spells of sunshine and more clouds this afternoon with more frequent and potentially quite heavy showers but with the sunny spells between, that could trigger off a thundery one. temperatures up to 12 or 13 celsius so not quite as mild as yesterday. overnight tonight, it's mostly dry. some clearer spells but cloud moving into the middle of the night. spots of rain potentially but mostly dry. temperatures between 3 and 6 celsius. that cloud with this first thing tomorrow morning but quite quickly

it will drift away. a ridge high pressure building over the next few days. so we've gots lots of sunshine. some dry weather, what we've been waiting for on thursday. 14 celsius, temperatures making a recovery. friday very similar, 15 celsius, lots of sunshine. it is however rather unsettled through the weekend. some dry weather out there but some outbreaks of rain but temperatures just starting to feel that little bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. hello, this is breakfast,

with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a shooting at youtube's california headquarters. hundreds are evacuated as a woman wounds three people before killing herself. good morning, it's wednesday 4th april. also this morning: deadline day for big businesses to report on their gender pay gaps. more than 8,000 have given their details so far. 78% are paying men more than women. i'll have all the details. russia puts pressure on the uk to share more information about the salisbury nerve gas attack. it's demanded an emergency meeting in the hague. the challenge of air travel if you have a disability. the government tells breakfast it's working with airports and airlines to avoid leaving passengers stranded and distressed. very quickly my level of confidence went from perfectly fine to hang

on a minute, what's going on, they don't know what they're doing here, how am i going to get off the aircraft safely? and good morning from a very muggy ca rra ra and good morning from a very muggy carrara stadium on the gold coast where the 21st commonwealth games are about to take place, involving some 4500 athletes from 71 nations. join me at 7:30am where i will look forward to the opening ceremony, starting here in around three hours. and carol has the weather. today we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers in england, wales and northern ireland, some will be heavy and thundery with hail. windy too and further hill snow in scotland, with some of that getting down to low levels as sleet through the day. more details in about 15 minutes. see you then, carol, thanks! police have named the woman who shot three people before killing

herself at the youtube headquarters outside san francisco. she is thought to be nasim aghdam, a 39—year—old of iranian descent who lived in san diego. let's get more detail now from our north america correspondent, dave lee who is in california for us this morning. before we look at the speculation about her motivations, shall we begin with what exactly happened? this was unfurling last night. yes, it was, behind me is one of you to's main buildings and further up the road there was an open courtyard where youtube employees were having lunch —— youtube's. it's alleged the gun woman went into the area with a handgun and shot three people, currently in hospital being treated, we understand one is critical. after she did that, police said the woman took the handgun and used it on herself, killing herself with a gunshot. that's what we know about

the incident, police say they arrived very quickly to deal with the incident, but as you mentioned, in the last few moments, that gun woman, the suspect, has been named as 30 new 39—year—old nasim aghdam, who lives, we are told, in san diego, further south in california —— as 39—year—old. diego, further south in california -- as 39-year-old. it's difficult at this point to know why, her motivation, but there is speculation among the media and police understandably being cautious about saying what was behind this incident. yes. there's been conflicting reports through much of the day, as i'm sure you can appreciate, originally we understood she may have been targeting a particular person for a reason within youtube, police say they've not seen any evidence to suggest nasim aghdam knew who she was attacking, so we expect to hear more about possible motivations as we wa ke about possible motivations as we wake up here tomorrow morning. for

the moment, dave, thanks very much. dave lee there. an emergency meeting has been called by russia to discuss the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. the kremlin has demanded the meeting at the world's chemical weapons watchdog in the hague to ask britain for more information on the attack. on tuesday, a laboratory examining the nerve agent, said it could not identify the precise source of it. anna holligan reports. what was the substance, where did it come from and who planted it? theresa may told parliament the attack involved a military—grade nerve agent and that the only plausible explanation was that russia was culpable. an allegation moscow has repeatedly denied. yesterday, the head of britain's military research centre at porton down confirmed it had identified the highly toxic novichok but was unable to prove where it had been produced. investigators from the 0pcw visited salisbury and collected samples, they're expecting to have the results of independent lab tests within a week. as a signatory of the chemical weapons convention, russia has the right to request a meeting. 13 questions have been posed

by moscow, including what kind of evidence the uk provided to the 0pcw, which inspectors were sent, who they met with and where the samples are being analysed. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. hundreds of businesses across the uk have until midnight tonight to submit their gender pay figures, that's the difference between the average earnings of men and women. most of the nine thousand employers most of the 9,000 employers have already done so, more than three quarters pay their male employees more on average than women. a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london has died in hospital. he was attacked a short time after a 17—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the violent scourge of gun and knife crime in the city. jon donnison reports. another day in london, another murder investigation.

this time in walthamstow, where a 16—year—old boy, shot on monday night, succumbed to his injuries. just a few miles away in tottenham, a community is mourning another dead teenager. 17—year—old tane5ha melbourne was with friends when she was killed in a drive—by shooting, also on monday evening. those who knew her have described her as a beautiful, lively and bubbly girl. this map shows every murder in the capital this year. 48 now in total. behind each mark, a family bereaved and coming to terms with their loss. some are blaming a lack of police funding. i've never seen resources so scarce on the ground to be able to have the relationships with people to get the community to support what our police are doing. we've lost 100 police from around here already in the cuts coming

through from government. i've stood up in parliament and begged and pleaded ministers so that we can start getting community intelligence. the government says it is taking measures to break the deadly cycle of violence. in recent years across england and wales, there has been a rise in violent crime. some of it related to gangs. but the levels are still far below what they were in, say, the mid—19905. that will be little comfort, though, for those mourning in london this week. jon donnison, bbc news. commemorations are taking place across america to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the civil rights leader, martin luther king. at the lorraine motel in memphis where he was shot and where the national civil rights museum is now housed, a day of remembrance will combine performance and speeches to reflect on the past and ongoing struggle for equality. the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip later today. he was admitted to a private hospital yesterday for the planned operation.

prince philip, who is 96—years—old is understood to have had hip problems for about a month. daniela relph is outside king edward the seventh hospital for us this morning. the surgery happening at some point today, the duke of edinburgh admitted yesterday, buckingham palace keen to stress this is a planned operation and there's no sense of alarm or panic here. over the past month the duke has suffered increasing pain and discomfort with his hip and it was felt it got to the point where he needed surgery. he had of course taken a step back from public life since retiring from royal engagements last summer but we expected to see the duke alongside the queen and members of the royal family at the weekend in easter services at windsor, and when he stepped back from that it was

thought the problem could be more serious. his care here will be overseen by the medical team attached by the royal household, and buckingham palace won't tell us what kind of operation, what kind of surgery, kind of operation, what kind of surgery, he will have today. clearly there are risks for anyone at the age of 96 having any kind of operation in hospital, but he is fit and extremely active and the hope is he will make a full recovery in time for the wedding of his grandson, prince harry, to meghan markle in windsor next month. the singer adele has confirmed that she was ordained so she could officiate the marriage of comedian alan carr and his long—term partner paul drayton in january. she posted this photograph of herself in a long white dress on instagram, saying, "i married two of my best friends, you know me, any excuse to dress up". alan carr said the wedding had taken place in the back garden of adele's house in los angeles. now you know, that's what she was

wearing. all those flowers, looked beautiful! so nice! all morning we've been discussing the gender pay gap. businesses in the uk have until midnight tonight to report what they pay men and women in their workforce or potentially face a fine. of the companies that have revealed the salary difference, more than three—quarters pay men more. the equalities minister baroness williams joins us now. good morning. good morning. so, tonight is the deadline, but today is clearly an important day, what have you learned? several things, one is that companies do want to see, and organisations, do want to see diversity in their workforce and this will help both people looking to work for organisations and also the organisations themselves to really improve their gender pay gap. some have obviously got further to

go than others. what's the evidence? you say you have learned companies wa nt to you say you have learned companies want to do more, if they wanted to do more they could have done it last year or the year before or five yea rs year or the year before or five years ago or ten years ago! the fact this has happened has proved that is the opposite, they don't want to do it and they don't care.” the opposite, they don't want to do it and they don't care. i don't think it is they don't want to do it and they don't care, this really shines a light on what's happening in some organisations and what's not happening in others, and a gender diverse workforce will be all to the good for that organisations. what do you think of some law firms and financial firms who are saying, we have bonus structures we can't unveil, so that won't give a true picture, and the ones saying we will give basic salaries but not a true picture of what's happening? there are certain things around senior partners in certain law firms where there's a profit mechanism, but certainly if in terms of reporting,

the bonus paid out is also there so it will shine a light if men are getting bigger bonuses than women as well. what i'm trying to say is it shines a light, 0k, well. what i'm trying to say is it shines a light, ok, that's fine, but if they don't have to do anything, they won't, and if they continue to hire more men into senior roles and make it easier for men to move hire more men into senior roles and make it easierfor men to move into senior roles rather than women because of a lack of understanding of maternity, for example, social ca re of maternity, for example, social care needs, et cetera, that will change, this is society, it dictates it to us, we can't change that, they will say. i don't buy that, my daughter, who has started a graduate job for a large firm, she looked at that firm's female friendly approach and she went for the firm that had the best approach... she was in an advantaged position, though, do have

advantaged position, though, do have a choice, in the sense that she could choose from several offers. you could say that but we're in a country that has almost full employment, people can be more you see, and people are going to go for those organisations that they think will help to better their career in a more diverse way. when you personalise that... does your daughter knows the gender pay gap of the company she works for those blue she will today, when she? this is what it boils down to. if you don't then make the decision i will work for you because it's a disgrace it is 25, 16, whatever the number, the thing you are talking about, the shining a light phrase, is meaningless because it will carry on. in yourjob as a equalities minister, what are we saying, 12 months time, you do the same analysis and the percentage difference has to be different, what if it is not? certainly this is a

really good first step. we have moved on from that, what if it doesn't get better? the trajectory is downwards, that's number one. the gender pay gap is narrowing. if by next year or the year after, don't forget, we are on almost be one of companies reporting, then government will take a view on that. to be fair, forgive me for saying that for a lot of people, if you are the person going into a workplace today and you know there's a huge disparity in the pay between men and women, the average figure, you saying in a year the government will ta ke saying in a year the government will take a view on something, you know the view now, your personal view is this is a disgrace, your view is this is a disgrace, your view is this should not exist so why in a year is it ok to say you will take a view, people want more, don't they? look at when we did the davis review of women on boards, that figure of women on boards shot up from less

than 10% to almost 30%. that pressure from government on organisations worked. how long did that take? i think we had it done in almost two years. between ten and 30%? 1096 to almost two years. between ten and 3096? 1096 to 3096. then the challenge is for organisations and the government to promote it, get women coming through the pipeline, because you can start to get to those figures, for example, women on boards, but you need to develop the pipeline so women see that they can get their. 0ne one of the things that occurs to me is that you are giving industry an excuse. here is a problem. give us 15 years to the engineers to come through university. give us ten yea rs. through university. give us ten years. you are giving them the excuse to let it carry on

indefinitely. i don't believe companies want an excuse. i think there is a type companies to save, organisations are —— organisations that are private and public, to say a more balanced workforce is more productive. if we get to the gender pay gap, we could add something like 50 billion to the economy, while businesses want to do that? the industries with focused on, they are talking about women moving up into senior levels. let's take a look at the retail industry. we have many on living wage, minimum wage, and it has been proven the retail industry is quite poorly performing in terms of this gender pay gap. those are thejobs of this gender pay gap. those are the jobs that everyone starts out m, the jobs that everyone starts out in, lots of people are working in those industries and they perhaps

don't feel empowered. i will come back to you. i'm pleased she is doing well but she is in a different industry and with more choices. these are people who perhaps don't have more choices. there isn't any u pwa rd have more choices. there isn't any upward movement. they are stuck. there is not only got to be more choices, the whole atmosphere of aspiration. if women feel they will get more fervour than a certain grade, they won't aspire to it. what if that is what they want to aspire to? that is not happening at the moment. that is where we had to get to but no matter where we go, we can be sure there will be gender inequality in their workforce. as equalities minister, any years time, how confident are you that you will

get a result? i am also saw that —— sure that if companies aren't complying with this legislation, the hrc can take action. what would that be? they could have two provide actual plans as to how they are going to get to the gender pay reporting. that sounds limp. that could be court action. there could also be fines. there are around 700 who haven't reported yet, come midnight tonight. come midnight, it might be like a tax return that we have got till midnight. they kiss is becoming an enjoining us. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. i've been getting some stick on

social media are not being lovely to you. but tough, i still prefer mike's weather to yours. the weather in australia is much better but yesterday, hull saw 16 celsius, making it the highest temperature in the uk. but sunshine and showers. we have snow. snow across the hills of scotland. it's been showing extensively overnight, the north of scotland, set links goes —— skies on higher ground. this one is heading northwards. producing some heavy rain on its western bank. this morning, the rain affecting parts of northern ireland, england

and scotland. you'll snow across the north of scotland. as we come further south, england and wales, some early brightness. showers continuing to develop. some of those will be heavy and bunbury. in between, bright skies and a little bit of sunshine. quite a blustery day. gusts of 45 mph. the snow across the hills and the pennines the lake district. the high peaks of the lake district. the high peaks of the peak district. but behind all of that, the sky is clear. a cold light. wintry showers in the north—west. temperatures, we could see —6 in the evening, —7 across the sheltered glands of scotland. 0ur front becomes ensconced in the

south—east. not as cold here. it's going to be a pretty nice day to many of us. lovely blue skies start with. apple pro clad ahead of it. as we head on into friday. a lot of dry weather around. and then we have rain pushing in across northern ireland. patchy across wales in south—west england but we could hit 16 on friday. hopefully that, naga, will stop you nagging. it will never, ever stop. love you.

britain's biggest airport is set to overhaul how disabled passengers access their wheelchairs once they've landed. currently, they are sent to the baggage reclaim area but from june wheelchairs will be brought to the plane door. today, the government has announced plans to work more closely with the aviation industry in a bid to make flying more enjoyable for those with reduced mobility. when jemma stopped working, she loves to travel but it's not easy. she has spinal muscular atrophy and can't stand or walk. last year she went to florida with family and friends. it was a dream holiday and it all went smoothly until she returned home and had to get off the plane. three orfour men came on. very quickly, my level of confidence went from perfectly fine to, "hang on a minute, what's going on, they don't know what they're doing here, how am i going to get off the aircraft safely?" to get off the plane, jemma needed to be lifted straight from her seat to a narrow aisle chair, but it didn't go well. i was in a position

that was so undignified so embarrassing. i was crying at this point. i was in a lot of pain. i was in a position you're not meant to be in. jemma complained to the airline and received compensation but she's not alone when it comes to the many issues disabled people have when flying. most recent figures show the number of disabled people and those with mobility restrictions that pass through uk airports increased to more than 3 million. 1.2 million of those come through heathrow. last year, a civil aviation authority report was critical of the service heathrow provides disabled passengers, ranking it as poor. i wanted to put some of the complaints we'd received to the management of the airport to see what they were doing to tackle the problem. staff having zero training, being denied pre—boarding, one of them, an appalling disregard for disabled passengers institutionalised at heathrow. they are just a few.

every time we get negative feedback it's unacceptable to us. some of the things we are working on are looking at how we make the service of passengers being taken onto the aircraft far more comfortable and one other key part of the process is obviously the repatriation of the passengers' wheelchairs to them after their flight. there are now plans to make sure wheelchairs are returned to aircraft doors as standard instead of them ending up in baggage reclaim, but is that enough? and are airlines as well as airports doing their bit to make buying more accessible? if you want to travel by air, prepare to be uncomfortable, prepare to be manhandled and don't even think about using the toilet. chris wood has a disabled son and daughter. he wants to see wheelchairs allowed inside the aircraft, eliminating the need for transfers and long waits. his campaign has already led to meetings with manufacturers to develop flight—safe wheelchairs. it needs the whole industry to come together to resolve it and everybody join together as one and say,

"yeah, this is not right, hey, we are out of touch "but we are dealing with it now." but wheelchairs on planes in the short term is unlikely. right now, many disabled passengers feel that current legislation doesn't do enough to protect them. the airlines have really got it stitched up. there's an international treaty called the montreal convention and that says you can't bring any kind of legal claim for discrimination for anything that happens between embarkation, which is getting on the plane, and disembarkation. today, the government has told us that as part of its upcoming aviation strategy, it plans to work with industry to improve everything from staff training to the design of aircraft. but it will take more than just plans before many disabled passengers feel comfortable taking to the skies. nikki fox, bbc news. and nikki joins us now. do much to talk to about this. let's

talk about getting wheelchairs to the play indoors. it sounds so simple. frank was delayed by nearly two hours because they couldn't find his wheelchair. wheelchairs should automatically be ta ken his wheelchair. wheelchairs should automatically be taken to the plane doorto automatically be taken to the plane door to see the problem and there is also the problem of wheelchair damage. a lot of disabled people have 30 grand chairs they have had to fight hard to get which enable them to live and work and go on holiday. if something happens to the chair, you can't do anything. he said he spent three weeks on his back because his wheelchair was broken. he couldn't enjoy his holiday that he spent a fortune on. he had to pay for other people to come as it was was an expensive holiday. one of the things that has come across is the humiliation and embarrassment. things like

tra nsfers, embarrassment. things like transfers, from a pile chair, to the actual plane seat. it's not my first rodeo when it comes to transfers. it can be a little bit embarrassing. to be lifted in the way it's done. and it can be quite awkward. it can be really difficult and you know, that's still kind of a big problem. you mentioned bathrooms as well. it is not something you have to tackle in day to day life. i've had experience of this myself and i was travelling for work. i didn't go for 12 hours because i couldn't get to the bathroom. they are difficult for anyone. if you need assistance, you need to walk with somebody. a lot of people need to transfer from a pile chair. so many disabled people write

to me. theyjust dehydrate themselves, theyjust to me. theyjust dehydrate themselves, they just don't to me. theyjust dehydrate themselves, theyjust don't go for hours. we have had lots of feedback from people about this. we'd like to hear your experiences of this. email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @bbcbreakfast. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. a man's been charged with murder after a 20—year—old was stabbed shortly after leaving a bar in wandsworth in the early hours of easter sunday. the victim, who has not been named by police, was found with a knife wound in ellerton road and pronounced dead at the scene. billy botton, who's 24, is due before wimbledon magistrates later. almost a million fines in just two years were handed to londoners

caught driving in bus lanes. research from the rac showed that the capital had three times as many as the next worst city, manchester. motorists in london faced fines as high as a hundred and £60 for straying into the bus lane. eurostar launches its new london st pancras to amsterdam service today. it's the first ever direct rail link between the two cities, with a journey time of three and a half hours. the first service leaves for the dutch capital at 8:30am this morning. for the time being, though, passengers will have to change at brussels on their way back to london. as we've been hearing, it's the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast later this morning. among the athletes from the capital aiming for a medal over the next fortnight will be croydon's 400m runner martyn rooney, who, at 31, is one of the senior members of the team. it's a massive opportunity for the younger guys and it's also, like, i've never won a commonwealth medal so this is the big thing for me.

like, i've come here to do a job and come home with some silverware. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads, heading through wapping, west—bound traffic on the highway is slow from limehouse towards tower hill. northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover. and in covent garden, st martin's lane is closed after last night's gas leak with lane restrictions continuing on longacre. weather now with kate kinsella. it's a reasonably mild start out there this morning. some rain overnight. it is clearing away, though, leading to a more showery day for today with some sunny spells but we are going to notice a bit more of a breeze. quite a gusty wind as we head through the course of the day. some nice spells of sunshine and more clouds this afternoon with more frequent and potentially quite heavy showers but with the sunny spells between, that could trigger off a thundery one. temperatures up to 12 or 13 celsius

so not quite as mild as yesterday. overnight tonight, it's mostly dry. some clearer spells but cloud moving into the middle of the night. spots of rain potentially but mostly dry. temperatures between 3 and 6 celsius. that cloud with this first thing tomorrow morning but quite quickly it will drift away. a ridge high pressure building over the next few days. some dry weather, what we've been waiting for on thursday. 14 celsius, temperatures making a recovery. friday very similar, 15, lots of sunshine. it's rather unsettled through the weekend. some dry weather out there but outbreaks of rain and temperatures starting to feel that little bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. three people have been injured in a shooting at youtube's headquarters in california. a 36—year—old man is in a critical condition. police say the woman who opened fire later killed herself. she's been identified as nasim aghdam, who was 39

and of iranian descent. she'd previously posted messages on the internet that were critical of youtube. on her own website, she posted a video accusing the company of censoring material she put on its site. us police are yet to comment on the movtiation for the shooting. an emergency meeting has been called by russia to discuss the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. the kremlin has demanded the meeting at the world's chemical weapons watchdog in the hague to ask britain for more information on the attack. on tuesday, the uk's porton down laboratory said it could not verify the precise source of the nerve agent. hundreds of businesses across the uk have until midnight tonight to submit their gender pay figures, that's the difference between the average earnings of men and women. most of the 9,000 employers have already done so, more than three quarters pay their male employees more on average than women. earlier, the minister for equalities told this programme that publishing the results

could lead to a surge in the economy. i don't believe that companies want an excuse, i actually believe that they want to do it. i don't think that this is a time for being defensive, i think it's a time for companies to say, look, our organisations, private and public, look, actually a balanced workforce isafar look, actually a balanced workforce is a far more productive workforce, and there's some analysis being done that if we get the gender pay gap right, we could add something like £150 billion to the economy by 2025. why would businesses not want to do that? a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night at walthamstow in east london has died in hospital. he was attacked a short time after a 17—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has promised to fight what he called the violent scourge of gun and knife crime in the city. nearly 50 people have been murdered in london so far this year.

the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip later today. he was admitted to the private king edward vii hospital in central london yesterday for the planned operation. prince philip, who is 96, is understood to have had hip trouble for about a month. the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games gets under way from the gold coast in australia in a few hours. it's about 26 degrees at the moment, that's the sun, by the way! and mike is somewhere, not exactly there, but at carrara stadium in queensland and he's been enjoying the heat and the anticipation of the games, haven't you, mike? it's been amazing, the last few days, the stage being set

up, the cows painted in green and yellow, with go oz on them, and the ca rra ra yellow, with go oz on them, and the carrara stadium is so colourful. i have to revise my weather forecast, it is tooling down to 24, a couple of drops of rain, and they are worried about some of the clouds building in the sky —— cooling down. they hope it will be dry for the opening ceremony, starting at 12:30 a.m., the programme starts at 10:30am. it's gone very quiet. i can predict there will be little green lights on those sticks in the opening ceremony, which, to be truly appreciated, it will have to be on tv. a great atmosphere here but for the1.5 tv. a great atmosphere here but for the 1.5 billion tv, people it is for them watching on tv. not all of the 4500 athletes will be here, lots competing on the first day, so they

tend to stay away. they are hurting behind me. don't know what that is, some cackling and behind me! —— they are rehearsing behind me. —— some cackling and laughing. away from events here in australia, there is a huge night ahead in the champions league with an all—english quarter final at anfield. liverpool boss jurgen klopp has told his side to write their own history as they prepare to face the runaway premier league leaders manchester city for a place in the last four of europe's top club competition. liverpool are the only team to beat them all season in the league. i meet people over the day, they can tell me each goal liverpool scored 37 years ago in the 56th minute. i think there are ten players who did that and they can say the names. that's all good, and i like that, but this team, we need to be proud of our history, but we need to create our own. they are so clinical, so they punish your mistakes and because they are so fast, and they are so direct...

that's good, it's a good challenge for us. 180 minutes, we're going to try to make a good performance here, to try to score goals and give a good result to manchester. there were two ties last night, and once again it was cristiano ronaldo making the headlines. he scored twice, including this brilliant overhead kick helping real madrid to a 3—0 victory overjuventus. even fans of the italian side were applauding that goal. is that the greatest goal in history? discuss. bayern munich have one foot in the semi—finals. they came from 1—0 down to beat sevilla 2—1 in spain. thiago scoring the german champions' second goal. tiger woods says it is crazy he is playing at this year's masters, never mind being considered a favourite, given he could barely sit through last year's annual champions dinner. the four—time champion had back surgery under a year ago but last

month tied for second at the valspar championship in florida. the first major of the year gets underway tomorrow. and some cricket news from here in australia in the last hour. former australia captain steve smith says he will not appeal his 12—month ban for ball—tampering. david warner and cameron bancroft were also sanctioned after the incident against south africa. since i arrived in australia a few days ago, on the gold coast, and people have been talking about nothing else, apart from the steve smith affairand nothing else, apart from the steve smith affair and debate, people are saying the start of the commonwealth games today will be a bit of a relief to take some of the focus away from the cricket. as for the home nations, one of the things that makes the commonwealth games special is you get all the home nations competing under their own flags,

northern ireland, scotland, wales and england and the isle of man, jersey and guernsey competing against each other, but the australians are pretty sore about four years ago in glasgow when they finished second behind england in the medal table. a major politician for the whole of queensland said at the launch a couple of days ago that not only would australia beat england this time, they would beat the medals tally of all the home nations and ireland put together so the rivalry has started. we will get our first taste of it for real at 12:30am tonight your time where we will know the result of the women's triathlon, and i will be on the beach for that! thanks, mike, we will talk to you later on! two shootings in london in the space of an hour on monday evening have left a 17—year—old girl and a 16—year—old boy both dead. with violent crime levels in the capital feared to be heading back to their worst level in more than a decade, the pair have become london's 47th and 48th murder victims this year. joining us now is patrick boyce.

his son, jamel, was stabbed multiple times when he was ambushed by a gang two years ago. jamel has been left blind and unable to speak. and from westminster, we are joined by london's deputy mayor for policing and crime, sophie linden. thank you very much, both of you, for joining thank you very much, both of you, forjoining us. patrick, good morning. good morning. we have heard from the mayor of london, sadiq khan, saying this is a violence scourge when it comes to knife and gun crime. the 16 and 17—year—old, the 47th and 48th 5 of knife crime, as was your son, in a horrible state now, is enough being done —— victims. nothing has been done really. there's a lot of talk about what they should be doing but no one is actually on the ground doing

anything. there's not enough police on the streets to deter the youth. i think parents need to pay a bigger role with their children in disciplining their children —— plate. you can't have a child in your house with knives and guns, you must know something is going on —— play. as a society as a whole we need to concentrate on this epidemic. for some it's quite an easy thing to be removed from in the sense they don't understand. this is it. what happened to jamel? how does your child get into a situation where he is attacked by knives, why isn't it something that happens to other people? it is to do with society. we live in areas where there is poverty, one parent families, there is no discipline. you're in a community which is this functional anyway, and these children find

comfort in gangs. parents are working longer, they are going home to empty houses, so they are finding comfort and security within a gang. they've got peer pressures from older boys who want them to maybe sell drugs or carry their knives and guns for them, so this all stems to the violence and when it comes to it, it's all about drugs, it's all about gangs. sorry, patrick. sophie linden, deputy mayor of london, when people hear from patrick linden, deputy mayor of london, when people hearfrom patrick with his own dreadful experiences of his family, hearing him describing that scenario, people will be thinking, we can all understand that, but how is it that we're not able to break that cycle ? is it that we're not able to break that cycle? i really understand the frustration patrick must feel because he's been placed in such an awful situation with his son. i send out my heartfelt condolences to the families of the 16 and 17 —year—olds

who have died over the last couple of days. it is truly shocking and i understand the frustration. myself and the commission of the met police are committed to tackling this pilot is bashed commissioner. we are putting extra money in, £110 million, to ensure there is an additional 1000 officers on the streets —— commissioner. but the police can't do it alone, patrick is right, this is about communities and families working together with schools and mental health services and the mayor of london is investing ina and the mayor of london is investing in a youth fund of £45 million to ensure young people get the support they need to allow them not to go down the wrong road and be attracted by gangs and not so their identity needs to be found through a gang, but we know not all the violence we are seeing on the streets of london is gang related. sophie linden, you're going to put extra resource into policing, you want communities to make a difference. patrick's son,

jamel, never carried a knife and wasn't in a gang. hundreds of thousands of parents watching now will think their child is the same as jamel and he or she is vulnerable to being attacked in the same way, how long before parents can say they know their child is safe? i'm a mother of four children and i'm bringing them up in hackney and i understand many parents feel worried about their children on the streets, i understand that, but we are putting the resources in and bringing people together to prioritise tackling this violence. it's shocking and worrying. we're not pretending there's not a problem, we will get on top of it. this will take time, police are putting in extra resources but these are complex issues and problems. as patrick said, thinking about the blue of society coming unstuck because of some of the funding cuts. next week, next month, parents don't have that guarantee, they have to

accept their children aren't safe? nobody should have to accept that. we're doing everything to ensure pa rents we're doing everything to ensure parents feel confident in the police. every parent should feel confident in the police, communities need to give the police the information they need to ensure they can take those perpetrating violence and carrying knives and guns on the streets of london and take them off the streets so all parents can feel their children are safe on the streets. patrick, it seems right to give you the last thought on this, your comments before, you seemed very measured in many ways with what you've done, you have clearly gone away and looked at it... your family has been dealt a terrible blow.” away and looked at it... your family has been dealt a terrible blow. i am livid. that isjust has been dealt a terrible blow. i am livid. that is just an has been dealt a terrible blow. i am livid. that isjust an ongoing thing for you, statistics are one thing but it is something you live with everyday. it is just but it is something you live with everyday. it isjust crazy. ripped my life apart, smashed up my life, devastating. my child never died, so

every day it kills me. these are the pictures of your son now so people understand what the huge emotional turmoil it is having for you. you heard the deputy mayor talking about possible ways of getting into the mindset, that's kind of what i meant when i asked about how you think about this. it seems to me you tried very ha rd to about this. it seems to me you tried very hard to get into the mindset of the perpetrators? that is quite a bold thing to do and a brave thing to do given your family bold thing to do and a brave thing to do given yourfamily is one of the victims, but when you think about that, what conclusions do you draw? they need opportunities. but take away that opportunity, you only leave path. this is what we are going to have. what do you think when sophie linden says morley

sources are going to be put on the street? and i was growing up, i walked down the street, i saw two police officers coming behind me and in front of me all the time. it was ongoing. we saw police and that deterred people from carrying knives and doing crime. there is always the thought in your head, i can be caught, ican thought in your head, i can be caught, i can be arrested. these kids, they control the streets. the police are coming, cleaning up the mess and that is it. we need proactive police on the streets. we need to be doing the job and stopping them, not investigating murders. they keep spending time with us. sophie, thank you as well. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. should we be looking forward to some

sunshine? a lot of brain around lately. there certainly has been. more rain in the forecast. also, showers. showers, heavy and bunbury with pale and as well is all about, some snow in the hills of scotland. across northern scotland, it's been snowing extensively through the course of the night. in some of the heavy bursts, we have been seen it at low levels. its courtesy of this weather front. where this one wrapped around this area of low pressure in harnessing the showers. that's where we are going to see some rain in thatis we are going to see some rain in that is moving north. it's a mild start across england and wales. any early brightness will be eradicated as the cloud builds on the showers kept going. the rain across the east of northern ireland moves into southern scotland. as temperatures

fall, they will fall as snow as well. most of the snow will be on higher ground but will brighten up across the north—west of scotland with a showers remaining. quite day today, especially for northern ireland and southern counties. gusts of up to 45 mph. weather front producing the snow. taking snow across the pennines, the hills of the lake district and the hills of wales and the peak district. most of this is to higher ground. consider cloud associated with that front as it sinks into the south—east producing some drizzle. this could bea producing some drizzle. this could be a cold night. wintry showers peppering the north and west. temperatures, sheltered glands of scotland. lightly dropping to six or minus seven. tomorrow, we start off the weather front in the south—east producing and drizzle. that clears

away and after a cold and frosty start, many of us will enjoy a sunny, dry day. one to wintry showers over the final of scotland and through the day, as the next area of low pressure approaches, the cloud will build ahead of it so in the west of the uk, the sunshine will turn hazy. as we head into friday, another chilly start. a bit ofan friday, another chilly start. a bit of an east—west split. possibly north—west england, patchy nature. the 16th celsius in east anglia or the south—east. by midnight, companies with more than 250 employees have to publicly report the gap between how much they pay men and women across their organisation. how much they pay men the idea is that revealing the so called gender pay gap is the first step in closing it. steph has more.

according to official figures, last year men in the uk were on average paid £2.52 more per hour than women. that's a gap of about 18%. the government want to reduce this and have asked 9,000 organisations to reveal their gender pay. so what do we know so far. 8,000 have already reported and more than two thirds pay men, on average, more than women. unsurprisingly, some industries have a bigger gap then others, for example finance, construction, airlines and sport. but it's important to point out these figures aren't comparing people doing the same jobs. since the ‘705, its been illegal for men and women not to be paid the same for doing exactly the same work. you need to look at the overall picture. for example, women tend to work in less seniorjobs then men,

they often take more time—out to have children and tend to do more part—time work. also, while the majority of companies pay men more than women, there are some exceptions. for example, at bt, diageo, apple, 0cado, channel 5 and unilever women earn about one per cent more. at a company like unilever, more than half of all management positions at the company are women. so this is just as much about the types ofjobs women do as it is about the struggle to get to the top so will making companies go public with their gaps make a difference? let's talk to heather melville, chair of chartered management institute. what do you make of all this? we have had about 8000 companies reporting so far. it's exciting because as the first time we have donein because as the first time we have done in the uk. i've been watching the numbers at the weekend. there are the numbers at the weekend. there a re lots of

the numbers at the weekend. there are lots of people doing it and i'm thinking, there is a reputation thing for the people who don't actually report and we should focus on those ones. the ones who reported, its a great start. on those ones. the ones who reported, it's a great start. you say it's a great start but is it going to make any difference? this is the first step. is it going to make any difference to how they behave in the future? one thing is reputational because winning the best talent, people can research the kind of organisation. there are also other sides of that. the people you do business with, treating staff fairly and working or doing business with you. as i mentioned, you are not comparing people doing the same jobs. there are lots of societal things in this as well, aren't there. if you think about the women

who are the ones to take the time out. the majority of women. when they comeback, typically they work part—time until they comeback, typically they work pa rt—time until maybe they comeback, typically they work part—time until maybe five, years later. 0ne part—time until maybe five, years later. one of the things we realise, see my, that is the time when women suffer the most. what we really need to do is start thinking about building the pipeline of talent. it's great that we are working on it now. what organisations need to be thinking about, what are we going to be doing about it? how we are building the pipeline so we have talent ready to go up into these roles. the reason there is such a big pay gap is because we don't have the same equal number of women in the same equal number of women in the same equal number of women in the samejobs the same equal number of women in the same jobs at the top. this is not a new problem. in your sector, you were in finance. why we still talking about it? i'm excited about it. i have been in the world of

finance for 36 years. i am seeing the way that is happening. the fact that everybody is looking at it means they are going to take action. i look at my own organisation, we started on this journey we put some real strong targets and measurements behind it to make sure we build a pipeline so that by 2020, will have 50% of women in senior roles. it's a journey organisations had to go on. just the fact everybody is talking about this, it means that companies are having these conversations internally. what's really important, making sure they share with their staff the rationale behind the difference. just that it read about it in the cold light of day. that is the journey we are one at the moment. we heard the equality minister baroness williams saying that businesses would be happy to give this information because they wa nt to give this information because they want to tackle it. do you think they do? it means a lot of hard work.“

i think about the sector i am in, the amount of hard work is taken over the last couple of weeks and months to get this information but this this is what the best people. you want the best people to be successful. actually, it's worth putting the work in now so we are in a position where we can start to see the change at the top. when will we be talking about equal pay?” couldn't do that because with only started this journey. all i can say is, the more women we have, when they start doing the same jobs as men and being paid the same as men, then we are in a position to say we have made progress. thank you very much for your time this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. a man's been charged with murder after a 20—year—old was stabbed shortly after leaving a bar in wandsworth in the early

hours of easter sunday. the victim, who has not been named by police, was found with a knife wound in ellerton road, and pronounced dead at the scene. billy botton, who's 24, is due before wimbledon magistrates later. almost a million fines in just two years were handed to londoners caught driving in bus lanes. research from the rac showed that the capital had three times as many as the next worst city, manchester. motorists in london faced fines as high as a hundred and £60 for straying into the bus lane. eurostar launches its new london st pancras to amsterdam service today. it's the first ever direct rail link between the two cities, with a journey time of three and a half hours. the first service leaves for the dutch capital at 8:30am this morning. for the time being though, passengers will have to change at brussels on their way back to london. as we've been hearing, it's the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast later this morning.

among the athletes from the capital aiming for a medal over the next fortnight will be croydon's 400m runner martyn rooney who, at 31, is one of the senior members of the team. it's a massive opportunity for the younger guys and it's also, like, i've never won a commonwealth medal so this is the big thing for me. like, i've come here to do a job and come home with some silverware. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0nto the roads, northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the sun in the sands at blackheath. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a reasonably mild start out there this morning. some rain overnight. it is clearing away, though,

leading to a more showery day for today with some sunny spells but we are going to notice a bit more of a breeze. quite a gusty wind as we head through the course of the day. some nice spells of sunshine and more clouds this afternoon with more frequent and potentially quite heavy showers but with the sunny spells between, that could trigger off a thundery one. temperatures up to 12 or 13 celsius so not quite as mild as yesterday. overnight tonight, it's mostly dry. some clearer spells but cloud moving into the middle of the night. spots of rain potentially but mostly dry. temperatures between 3 and 6 celsius. that cloud with this first thing tomorrow morning but quite quickly it will drift away. a ridge high pressure building over the next few days. so we've gots lots of sunshine. a ridge high pressure building over the next few days. so we've gots lots of sunshine. some dry weather, what we've been waiting for on thursday. 14 celsius, temperatures making a recovery. friday very similar, 15 celsius, lots of sunshine. it is however rather unsettled through the weekend. some dry weather out there but some outbreaks of rain but temperatures just starting to feel that little bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to naga and charlie. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. three people are in hospital after a shooting at youtube's california headquarters. the shooter is named as nasim aghdam who'd previously posted messages that were critical of youtube. she later killed herself. good morning it's wednesday 4th april. also this morning, deadline day for big businesses to report on their gender pay gaps. more than 8,000 have given their details so far. 78% are paying men more than women. i'll have all the details. russia puts pressure on the uk to share more information about the salisbury nerve gas attack. it's demanded an emergency meeting in the hague. the challenge of air travel

if you have a disability, the government tells breakfast it's working with airports and airlines to avoid leaving passengers stranded and distressed. very quickly, my level of confidence went from perfectly went from fine to, "hang on a minute, what's going on? they don't know what they're doing here, how am i going to get off the aircraft safely?" good morning from the gold coast, the 24th commonwealth games are about to begin, involving 4500 athletes from 78 nations. we will be looking ahead to the opening ceremony, just a few hours away. and carol has the weather. a day of sunshine, bright spells and showers will be heavy and sundry. for scotland, you have filled snow or rain, and some of the heavy bursts could see sleet at lower

levels as well. we will have all the details in 15 minutes. our main story this morning. three people have been injured in a shooting at youtube's headquarters in california. a 36—year—old man is in a critical condition. police say the woman who opened fire, later killed herself. she's been identified as nasim aghdam, who was 39 and of iranian descent. she'd previously posted messages on the internet that were critical of youtube. on her own website she posted a video accusing the company of censoring material she put on its site. us police are yet to comment on the movtiation for the shooting. we'll have more of that story in a moment. this is the dramatic moment when police entered youtube's headquarters, moments later they find a gun woman dead, killed by a self—inflicted gunshot wound, for a p pa re ntly self—inflicted gunshot wound, for apparently taking her own life, the suspect use a handgun to shoot and

injured three people, one, a 36—year—old man, is said to be in critical condition. the woman has been named by local police as 39—year—old nasim aghdam, she lived south of here, in san diego, it was understood she may have been angry with youtube for deleting some of her videos, on her own website she posted this video, accusing the company of censoring her views.“ you go and check my videos, you will see the new ones do not get views, and the old ones get many views. and now they do not get views. as has become familiar, those caught up in the violence shared clips themselves, barricaded into offices, this time, those employees were part of silicon valley's most powerful companies. the chief executive of google which owns youtube described the attack as an unimaginable tragedy, other messages of support came in from the firms like uber, apple and twitter. radical dudes all

too frequent shootings in america often appear on sites like youtube, staff have been left in shock that something like this could happen in their own backyard. an emergency meeting has been called by russia to discuss the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. the kremlin has demanded the meeting at the world's chemical weapons watchdog in the hague to ask britain for more information on the attack. on tuesday, a laboratory examining the nerve agent, said it could not identify the precise source of it. let's speak to anna holligan who is at the hague. this emergency meeting being called, it is not being let go by either side, and rightly so full of indeed, and there has been so much speculation in the last 24 hours that the open ecw is poised to release the results of the samples collected insoles brie, those results are expected for a few days.

-- 0pcw. this results are expected for a few days. —— 0pcw. this is in response to the russian request for an emergency meeting in which they want to pose 13 questions, they say they want evidence from the uk and the 0pcw in terms of what kind of evidence has been shared so far, they also want access to the investigation, and we also heard from vladimir putin, yesterday, he said they are trying to solve the problem by civilised means, and they hope to draw a line under the incident. i have been speaking with the british embassy here, they say the british ambassador will not be attending the meeting because he is on leave, that should not be seen as an indication of how the british are treating this but there has been a lot of confusion in the last 24 hours after the statement from the head of porton down saying they were able to confirm the substance used was indeed a novice shock, but could not confirm where that had come from. that was only part of the jigsaw,

and they were relying upon intelligence from various sources, including the scientists. —— novichok. this meeting is due to start in one hour's time. and i know that you will keep us updated, thank you very much. businesses, charities, and some public sector organisations must publish their first gender pay gap reports by midnight. nine thousand have been asked to do so, most have. steph is here with the details of what we know so far. from the more than 8000 who have told las vegas, two thirds of them pay men more than women, on average, looking at all of them, it is about a 10% difference, men getting 10% more than women. the average wage, all of the men and all of the women. not comparing the same jobs, it is

illegal to pay men and women different money for doing exactly the same work, so, this is looking at what the difference is and the reason why is the government wants to bring the gap down, they want companies to feel a bit ashamed by how big some of the figures are, looking at them, some industries are worse than others, finance, the aviation industry has some of the highest figures, 70% in one company, one well—known airline pays their immense 70% more than women, if you look at construction, sectors like that. but these are businesses where and sectors where they are quite heavily dominated by men as well. you brought up the airlines, one airline has said, well, we cannot get enough female pilots. they are at the top of the tree in pay rankings. more men, that will skew the results. what this highlights is not just the gaps the results. what this highlights is

notjust the gaps in companies but more of a societal impact, the fact that women tend to be in less senior jobs than men, also more likely to ta ke jobs than men, also more likely to take time out of work to do childcare, and go back part—time, all of that has an impact on what they are then paid within the company. they are then paid within the com pa ny. lots they are then paid within the company. lots of reasons for this but the point of this is to illustrate how big the gap is, in the hope that businesses will do something about it. early on we spoke with baroness williams, equality minister, she says she thinks businesses will be happy to do this. i don't believe companies wa nt do this. i don't believe companies want an excuse, they want to do it. this is not a time for being defensive, it is a time for companies to say, our organisation is private and —— organisations private and public to say, a balanced workforce is a far more productive workforce, and some analysis is being done that if we get the gender pay gap right, we could add something like 150 billion

to the economy by 2025, why would businesses not want to do that. comes back to the point about businesses, organisations must reflect the people they are serving, customers, clients. that is one of the big problems in society, when it is not diverse enough. a 16—year—old boy who was shot on monday night in walthamstow, east london, has died in hospital. he was attacked a short time after a 17—year—old girl was shot dead a few miles away in tottenham. let's get more details now from our news correspondent, jon donnison is outside new scotland yard for us this morning. we have already heard sadiq khan, mayor of london, commenting on the escalating violence, the scourge of violence, he said. yes, that's right, we have news coming through late yesterday that their 16—year—old boy, shot in walthamstow on monday evening had succumbed to his injuries in hospital, his family

we re his injuries in hospital, his family were apparently at his bedside when he died. the 15—year—old stabbed in that incident is now apparently out of hospital and does not have life changing injuries. the walthamstow stabbing happened just half an hour or so stabbing happened just half an hour or so after another shooting in totte n ha m. or so after another shooting in tottenham. a 17—year—old, gunned down ina tottenham. a 17—year—old, gunned down in a drive—by shooting, and in both of these shootings, scotland ya rd both of these shootings, scotland yard is yet to make any arrests. the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip later today. he was admitted to a private hospital yesterday for the planned operation. prince philip, who is 96—years—old, is understood to have had hip problems for about a month. daniela relph is outside king edward the seventh hospital for us this morning. the duke will have the operation on his hip at some point today, buckingham palace have not give us

any indication on timing and will not be giving a running commentary on how he's doing but he has had this problem with his hip over the past month, causing increasing pain and discomfort to the point it was thought necessary to undertake surgery. thought necessary to undertake surgery. we have got a sense that things perhaps were more serious and causing more problems than we had once thought am over the weekend, he did not appear alongside the queen and other members of the royal family at the traditional easter services, a sign that things were more difficult and would need medical intervention. at 96 there are always risks but he is a fit and healthy man and the hope is he will be back to full fitness in time for the wedding of his grandson, prince harry, to meghan markle, early next month. britain's biggest airport is set to overhaul how disabled passengers access their wheelchairs once they've landed. currently, they are sent to the baggage reclaim area but from june it's hoped wheelchairs will be brought to the plane door. today, the government has announced

plans to work more closely with the aviation industry in a bid to make flying more enjoyable for those with reduced mobility. whenjemma stopped working, she loves to travel but it's not easy. she has spinal muscular atrophy and can't stand or walk. last year she went to florida with family and friends. it was her dream holiday and it all went smoothly until she returned home and had to get off the plane. three orfour men came on. very quickly, my level of confidence went from perfectly fine to, "hang on a minute, what's going on, they don't know what they're doing here, how am i going to get off the aircraft safely?" to get off the plane, jemma needed to be lifted straight from her seat to a narrow aisle chair, but it didn't go well. i was just in a position that was so undignified, so embarrassing. i was crying at this point. i was in a lot of pain. i was in a position you're not meant to be in. jemma complained to the airline

and received compensation but she's not alone when it comes to the many issues disabled people have when flying. most recent figures show the number of disabled people and those with mobility restrictions that pass through uk airports increased to more than 3 million. 1.2 million of those come through heathrow. last year, a civil aviation authority report was critical of the service heathrow provides disabled passengers, ranking it as poor. i wanted to put some of the complaints we'd received to the management of the airport to see what they were doing to tackle the problem. staff having zero training, being denied pre—boarding, one of them, an appalling disregard for disabled passengers institutionalised at heathrow. they are just a few. every time we get negative feedback it's unacceptable to us. some of the things we are working on are looking at how we make the service of passengers being taken onto the aircraft far more comfortable and one other key part of the process is obviously the repatriation of the passengers' wheelchairs to them after their flight.

there are now plans to make sure wheelchairs are returned to aircraft doors as standard instead of them ending up in baggage reclaim, but is that enough? and are airlines as well as airports doing their bit to make flying more accessible? if you want to travel by air, prepare to be uncomfortable, prepare to be manhandled and don't even think about using the toilet. chris wood has a disabled son and daughter. he wants to see wheelchairs allowed inside the aircraft, eliminating the need for transfers and long waits. his campaign has already led to meetings with manufacturers to develop flight—safe wheelchairs. it needs the whole industry to come together to resolve it and everybody join together as one and say, "yeah, this is not right, hey, we are out of touch but we are dealing with it now." but wheelchairs on planes in the short term is unlikely. right now, many disabled passengers feel that current legislation doesn't do enough to protect them. the airlines have really

got it stitched up. there's an international treaty called the montreal convention and that says you can't bring any kind of legal claim for discrimination for anything that happens between embarkation, which is getting on the plane, and disembarkation. today, the government has told us that as part of its upcoming aviation strategy, it plans to work with industry to improve everything from staff training to the design of aircraft. but it will take more than just plans before many disabled passengers feel comfortable taking to the skies. nikki fox, bbc news. and nikki joins us now. so many issues being brought up there. bathrooms we can get onto in a moment, but let's talk about this new law, the chairs have to be brought the plane which just makes common sense. this is heathrow specifically. it is not a definite that they are aiming for that to be

the case from june. again, like you say, it is common sense, a standard they go to the aircraft door. most disabled people want to get straight back into their chair. i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner and he said our security correspondent frank gardnerand he said he our security correspondent frank gardner and he said he did our security correspondent frank gardnerand he said he did not our security correspondent frank gardner and he said he did not want to go in another chair, he wants to be in his chair so he can get around on his own. wheelchairs are big problem. and you have had loads of comments. tony says disabled travellers like my wife are treated so travellers like my wife are treated so much better at non—uk airports. he mentioned cambodia where they we re he mentioned cambodia where they were treated very well. gill says, airport experience in a wheelchair isa airport experience in a wheelchair is a nightmare. i was left alone, no access to food or drink for an hour until airline staff arrived. is it a particular problem here? are we somehow behind the times? the people i speak to say when they go further

afield there is more a kind of pounds on let's get you from aid to be approached and there is not so much this kind of when people have to be transferred from the plane to the sea, you get strapped in and it is all health and safety. further afield it is more like let's take you off the plane. some people like that. the airlines might say that they think they are doing the best, but that leads to more time, hassle and embarrassment. it is such a big operation so there are a lot of things to consider. different people looked after different areas, but simple things like getting on and off the plane, possibly the wheelchair will not be damaged and i will not be left at the other end andi will not be left at the other end and i will have to stay in bed all day and when i get home i will be able to work and live and do all the

things i normally do. the montreal convention, which many people feel is very outdated, and because of that convention if you're very expensive wheelchair gets damaged, it is deemed the same as luggage so you only get around a grand compensation which is nowhere near enough. why in the workplace do you have to have facilities to account for eve ry‘s have to have facilities to account for every‘s abilities yet on a plane you don't tracy austin: the toilets are you don't tracy austin: the toilets a re really you don't tracy austin: the toilets are really small and you say you just don't bother going if you can afford to or can manage it. you dehydrate yourself. since i have beenin dehydrate yourself. since i have been ina dehydrate yourself. since i have been in a scooter, for example with work and the paralympics that was 12 hours flying and the bathroom was so small. a lot of disabled people who have a problem transferring from seats have to bring something. you

have that extra expense. even when you get on the plane you cannot access the bathroom and there is not much you can do. other transport providers like trains and buses, which are not perfect, seemed to be progressing. in the aviation industry not much is changing for so many disabled people and we hear the same stories time and time again. i cannot go to the bathroom, i myself. i got special assistance and i was still there and i was being manhandled. we need to talk to the bosses of some of these companies. yes, a huge problem. keep sending your experiences in. keep sending your experiences in. we'd like to hear your experiences of this. email us at: bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk or tweet us @bbc breakfast. it is 90 minutes past eight and it

is time for the weather with carol. for the weather with carol. we are in for a day of bright sunshine and showers unless you are in scotland. low pressure is dominating our weather. this snow has been extensive overnight in scotla nd has been extensive overnight in scotland and is sinking south. this is moving north and on its north—westerly flank it is producing afair bit north—westerly flank it is producing a fair bit of rain. for much of england and wales it will be a showery day and some of them will be heavy and thundery. in north—west scotla nd heavy and thundery. in north—west scotland it will brighten up later as the snow continues to push southwards. you could see some sleet at lower levels. england and wales have a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of which will be heavy with thunder and hail. it will be slow moving around the centre of the

low pressure, but gusty winds in southern counties and northern ireland. gusts up to 45 miles an hour. this evening and overnight the weather front continues to sink south bringing snow into the pennines and the lake district and possibly in north wales and the peak district. behind that it is clear and there will be a cold night with ice and frost. temperatures could be -6 ice and frost. temperatures could be —6 or seven in parts of northern ireland and scotland. in the south east we have got cloud cover and drizzle. that will be with us first thing tomorrow before clearing away and after a cold, frosty start, many of us will have a lot of sunshine. there could be a few wintry showers floating into the north of scotland. as the next area of low pressure approaches the sunshine will turn hazy in the west. temperatures tomorrow improving in scotland and northern ireland, 10—12 in the

south. by the time we get to friday it is an east— west split. a cold start where we have got clear skies with frost around and some lovely sunshine. but as that low pressure comes in from the west it will throw more cloud ahead of it and also some rain. the rain will be heaviest in northern ireland, western scotland and possibly north—west england. it will be patchy in wales and south—west england. we have got tied up south—west england. we have got tied up to 16 in east anglia or indeed the london area. on saturday we could reach 18 celsius in some parts of the south—east. it all is dependent on what happens with an area of low pressure and its attendant front. if this happens, we are looking at about 16 for our top temperature, but if this stays further west we could still hit 18. still a lot to play thank you very much, we will see you

later on. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to the king edward 7th hospital and will have hip surgery today. prince philip is 96 and is said to have complained of a problem with his hip which caused him to miss an event at windsor castle last week. let's find out what this surgery could involve with consultant orthopaedic surgeon gaurav batra who joins us now. good morning. let's be clear, we do not know if he is having a full hip replacement and we do not know the details, but we know he is 96 and we understand he has had problems with his hip for the past month or so. there is a wedding coming up, his grandson, and he wants to be up and walking about. would he be after the procedure today? i would expect so. most patients who have hip surgery are mobilised the same day. even at 96? yes, it reduces the risks of immobility and deep vein thrombosis and clots forming. i am not going to

ask you to guess what is happening, but the kind of problems he might be having and 96, active in his youth and very fit in his youth, but 96 now. if you take his commitment i think he is more active than the average 96—year—old. for him if this is what is going on then one would expect that he needs to be more active than the average 96—year—old and it is bothering him. it is his personal expectations which will guide the treatment. i do not think most 96—year—olds take on the activity he does. that is where it has come from. you have carried out procedures on people of similar ages in their905, procedures on people of similar ages in their 905, presumably there is a set of criteria around those operations, the questions you ask in advance and about their situation after surgery. it is more relevant to them than people who are younger.

toa to them than people who are younger. to a degree, but you can get very unwell, young people as well who require treatment on their hip or their knee. you have to take them through the same preoperative screening. whichever hospital i work that they will have a screening questionnaire and i will ask them questions. give us a sense of what that involves. previous conditions, cardiac conditions, whether they have had a stroke, what medication they are on, what their weight is. some people are very heavy and in those cases we will ask them to lose weight before they have the surgery. 0nce weight before they have the surgery. once that is done, and i think it is 0k and! once that is done, and i think it is 0k and ifeel once that is done, and i think it is 0k and i feel safe to proceed, once that is done, and i think it is 0k and ifeel safe to proceed, i will then submit the documentation and they will then be seen by the preoperative screening staff which will often involve the cardiologist, and the anaesthetist. anaesthetic,

thatis and the anaesthetist. anaesthetic, that is one of the other risks of surgery, that is one of the other risks of surgery, generalanaesthetic, that is one of the other risks of surgery, general anaesthetic, it that is one of the other risks of surgery, generalanaesthetic, it is what people worry about. most procedures i do are carried out under spinal anaesthetic. so most of the time... like an epidural? it is not an epidural because it perforated the sack and there is a more dense and is easier, so there isa more dense and is easier, so there is a complete block of motor sensation. you cannot feel anything or move your legs. but you are away? you are away, you may be given some sedation and you may not be aware of it. there are contra indications in which you would never do a spinal anaesthetic, for example somebody who has got a bleeding disorder or who has got a bleeding disorder or who has got a bleeding disorder or who has been subjected to emergency surgery who has been subjected to emergency surgery and is on warfarin because a clot could form around the spinal—cord. in those cases a general anaesthetic would be the way to go. but there are sometimes when

patients will not tolerate a spinal anaesthetic and they need a general anaesthetic. nice to see you this morning. thank you very much. a co nsulta nt morning. thank you very much. a consultant orthopaedic surgeon joining us this morning. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. contrast and temperatures in the north and south, temperatures struggling into the low single figures, temperatures in the double figures, temperatures in the double figures further south, comes with the risk of possibly heavy thundery showers, low pressure dominating the weather today, gradually working its way north—east as we move through the day, further outbreaks of snow in the north of scotland, outbreaks of rain pushing into the south, which could turn into snow for the southern uplands. patchy outbreaks of rainfor southern uplands. patchy outbreaks of rain for eastern northern ireland, brightening up in the west, sunny spells, perhaps under a showers through the afternoon,

ha ilstones showers through the afternoon, hailstones mixed in, highs of 13 degrees, windy in the south, gusts of 40 to 45 mph. through the evening and overnight, low—pressure clears to the east, clear skies, a few snow showers for a time, parts of the pennines and into cumbria, temperatures falling away. tomorrow morning, bright and cold start for many of us, could start a bit cloudier, patches of frost and ice. plenty of sunshine as we move through the day, temperatures a maximum of 14, 15 degrees, adds more in the way of patchy cloud into the west. that is thanks to the next weather front, coming west. that is thanks to the next weatherfront, coming in from west. that is thanks to the next weather front, coming in from the west, more in the way of cloud and outbreaks of rain. for friday, east—west split, best of any brightness later. we will see outbreaks of rain and increased amounts of cloud moving into the west, the heaviest will be western parts of scotland, with a southerly breeze, temperatures on the up, highs of 15, 16 degrees by the time

we get to friday. some uncertainty into the weekend, further spells of rain on saturday, mixture of sunny spells and showers on sunday. hello, this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and david eades. three quarters of companies in the uk pay men more than women. the uk prime minister calls it a "burning injustice." live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 4th april. some companies are paying women 70% less than men, but in some sectors the gap is much smaller. why, and what's being done to tackle it. we'll explain. also in the programme, the trade spat continues! the united states publishes a list of 1300 chinese goods to be hit by new import tariffs.