hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. facebook admits that up to 87 million people may have been affected by the cambridge analytica scandal — far more than previously thought. more than 1 million of those users live in the uk. the site's founder, mark zuckerberg, says he made a huge mistake. good morning, it is thursday 5 april. also this morning: north korea may have developed the capability to fire missiles that could hit the uk, within 18 months, according to mp5. bells toll across the united states to mark the moment marther luther king was assassinated, 50 years ago. new car sales have fallen again. i'm at this showroom to find out

what is going on in the industry. it is the first day of action in the commonwealth games. mike has drawn the short straw and is on the gold coast. yes, at breakfast on broadbeach, and in the city behind me a real shock in the city behind me a real shock in the last hour in the triathlon, when the brownlee brothers failed to make a medal. and carol has the weather. after a chilly start, frosty for some. some cloud in the south—east which will clear, and then we will all have a sunny day. the sunshine will turn hazy from the west later. good morning.

first, our main story: the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of its users whose information was improperly shared by political data consultancy firm cambridge analytica may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than a million british users were affected. our north america technology reporter dave lee has more. in a conference call lasting almost an hour, mark zuckerberg admitted that he'd been too idealistic in the past, putting too much trust in third—party companies that went on to abuse the system he created. but, despite calls questioning his ability to continue as the leader of the world's most powerful social network, mark zuckerberg consistently would not step down. he said: he said the company was putting in place stricter

controls on what data can be accessed by third—party apps. next week, he heads to washington to face congress, appearing in person for the first time to answer questions about now the firm handles the public‘s data. 87 million accounts are thought to have been shared with cambridge analytica. the bbc understands around 1 million were users in the uk. despite requests from british politicians, mark zuckerberg will not appear before parliament, instead sending a deputy. since the cambridge analytica scandal broke last month, there be many calls for people to boycott facebook altogether. however, it doesn't seem like they have been being too effective. mr zuckerberg said he had seen no meaningful impact on his business. dave lee, bbc news, san francisco. at 7:10am we will speak to jeni tennison from the open data institute, which advises firms on how to manage data.

north korea may have developed the capability to fire missiles that could hit the uk, within 18 months, according to mp5. the commons defence committee heard evidence that kim jong—un is expected to be able to make nuclear weapons, but won't be able to arm long—range rockets with them. the committe chairman, julian lewis, says north korea's nuclear capability is limited. we do not believe that there has been any public evidence yet that they can put nuclear warheads on these missiles, or that they have mastered the engineering necessary to deliver nuclear warheads on target at the end of a missile flight. target at the end of a missile flight. but, once again, given the rate and scale of progress that they have made, this is only a matter of time. a 78—year—old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after an intruder was fatally wounded during a suspected burglary at his home in south—east london. detectives believe one man armed with a screwdriver forced the home—owner into his kitchen, where a struggle ensued and he was stabbed. the 38—year—old was taken to hospital, but later died. russia will challenge the uk's claim

that it was behind the salisbury nerve agent attack, at a meeting of the un security council later today. the russian government has denied being involved in the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. the meeting comes a day after moscow was refused a request by the world chemical weapons watchdog for russian experts to be involved in a new investigation. scotland yard are investigating the deaths of two men in separate attacks in north—east london. the incidents in hackney took place within hours of each other, and take the number of suspected murders in london so far this year to more than 50. our correspondentjon donnison is there for us this morning. jon, what more do we know about these two incidents? good morning. what more do we know about these latest incidents? well, you can see behind me where police have put up a tent where this young man died. what officers say is around 8pm last night two of their

patrol officers were approached by a young man believed to be in his 20s, with stab wounds. they gave him first aid but he died at the scene here. a little earlier in the day we had another incident just here. a little earlier in the day we had another incidentjust a mile or so had another incidentjust a mile or so from here where, after an apparent fight at the bookmakers, a man in his 50s suffered injuries, and he also died at the scene. and obviously this comes in a week where we have had two fatal shootings pretty close to here on monday night. we had a 17—year—old died in a drive—by shooting in tottenham, and on the same night a 16—year—old died in walthamstow, not far from here, in east london. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who is 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. up to 1,000 sure start centres,

which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years — double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. we have found that there has been a 30% cut, basically, in the number of early years centres across the country. we also found on particular areas there have been bigger cuts than elsewhere. so there is a bit of a lottery, actually. if you have a young child, where you live determines whether there is a good centre near you. so there is a lottery now that exists in this country. pope francis has sent a message of support to the family of a seriously ill british toddler involved in a legal battle over life—support treatment. pope francis tweeted about his sincere hope that everything necessary may be done to help the case of alfie evans, whose parents lost a supreme court

battle to keep him alive. the 22—month—old has a rare degenerative neurological condition and is being treated at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. london zoo says a troop of colobus monkeys has grown too big thousands of americans have gathered in memphis to commemorate 50 years since the death of the civil rights leader martin luther king. bells tolled 39 times, once for each year of dr king's life, to mark the moment he was shot by a white supremacist. the crowd observed a minute's

silence at the motel where the murder took place, as nada tawfik reports. what better way to the apostle of nonviolence them with a march for equality? united in action, they were led forward by the son who bears doctor king's name. and the celebration continued right onto the site where he spent his final moments. the large crowd rejoiced as the artists performed with soul. mike is on the gold coast, where the first medals have been won overnight at the commonwealth games. have any been won by the home nations, mike? not at all, not at all. this is the pacific ocean. when you get to fiji,

iam pacific ocean. when you get to fiji, i am reassured like enron here he goesin i am reassured like enron here he goes in the sea that they don't get a lot of great white sharks. there is the shallow sandbank. this is our brea kfast is the shallow sandbank. this is our breakfast point. it looks deceiving. it is blowing a gale. the big news in terms of the commonwealth games. it was heaving down with rain forgot with a torrential downpour. that failed to get a medal in the men's triathlon. mark austin from stirling, he did manage to win a bronze. england got theirfirst medal in the women's triathlon.

jessica it was won byjessica learmonth, who took silver in the women's race behind flora duffy, who became bermuda's first female commonwealth champion. away from the games, liverpool thrashed manchester city 3—0 at anfield, in the first leg of their champions league quarter—final. mo salah scored first, with his 38th goal of the season. tributes have been paid to the former england captain ray wilkins, who has died aged 61. gary lineker described him as a man passionate about football, but also calm, with a lovely manner. the first golf major of the season, the masters, gets underway at augusta this afternoon. northern ireland's rory mcilroy tees off after 6:30am, alongside adam scott and jon rahm. the other huge news that brokered

same time. the pinup girl for these games. she has pulled out of the athletics because of her achilles injury. people are asking, did she know about this? why has it been announced now? a lot of disbelief. i was ina announced now? a lot of disbelief. i was in a shelter from the rain standing next to some policemen. they were staring at the screen, shouting from the rain and the policeman said we have steve smith and now this. this sums up the disbelief and other shock about sally pearson today. i would have thought that these games, lots of australians hoping to draw a line over that bad sentiment over the cricket and show a lot of positivity around sport now. that's the whole idea, they were hoping it would be a distraction. the main aim

is to finish top of the medal table. it looks absolutely glorious. can't wait to have a look around. carol has all the weather details this morning. this morning, mis, the temperature is 25. it could still rise a little bit. tomorrow, very similarto rise a little bit. tomorrow, very similar to what we are looking at today. however, quite a difference today. however, quite a difference to some of us. a chilly start, also of frosty one but we are looking towards a sunny day. the cloud in the drizzle across parts of south—east england. you can see it in the satellite picture, this is an error of low pressure coming our way that it will be much later on. as the cloud and drizzle clears away, a lot of dry and sunny weather around.

not much of a breeze either. as we go through the course of today, the cloud will continue to break. there goes the cloud from the south—east. 0ne goes the cloud from the south—east. one to wintry showers across the north. the risk of ice across parts of scotla nd north. the risk of ice across parts of scotland and through the day, low pressure coming in. we will see some high cloud building across northern island turning the sunshine that bit hazy. . temperatures a little bit down on yesterday. yesterday in norfolk, just over 15 celsius. as we head through the evening in overnight. the cloud building ahead of it. by the end of the night. not

a particularly cold night. it is likely to be across western scotland. some of the movie across the north of scotland as well but the north of scotland as well but the much of england and wales, the further east you are in england, the sunshine will prevail the longest. turning hazy as the system approaches. temperatures again climbing up. some of us could be higher than the charts suggest. saturday is complex. it depends how far east it waves. it's further west than record yesterday. we could have

highs after 17. on the other side of it, it's not going to be anywhere near as mild as that. it feels to me as if we are making the change into proper bright spring. wouldn't that be lovely? certainly this weekend, it's looking promising. let us look through the papers. the daily telegraph newspaper. the big picture you can see, dominating the front page. this was the woman who carried out the attack on the you tube headquarters attack on the you tube headquarters a few days ago. the main story here, pensioner arrested on suspicion of murder, still being heard bash held this morning after the death of a burglar in what's been described as a tussle by the daily telegraph. and

just the other story, we are talking to the housing minister later. some new legislation the government is bringing in in connection with how can you make it a criminal offence for travellers who set up camps on private land. just on the top of the daily mirror, rest in peace, butch. ray wilkins died yesterday. at the age of 61. in his younger days, 1980, winning in england. this pension that —— this pensioner stabbing a burglar to that, a lot of outrage. he stabbed the intruder who threatened him with a screwdriver in

his own kitchen. and the daily mail talking about it as well. the times, some of those tributes to ray wilkins. he was famed for his elegant touch, walked off the pitch. and on the front page of the guardian, all those companies had to have those details in by midnight last night. do we know they will put them in yet? about 700 short yesterday. how is your handwriting? fairly bad. but this is specific to how you write a specific letter. i have been practising my g. i looked at the way you write g. this is how idomy at the way you write g. this is how ido my g. is at the way you write g. this is how i do my g. is this similar to your g?i

i do my g. is this similar to your g? i would do a g like that. a p pa re ntly g? i would do a g like that. apparently we are wrong. this is a looped g and one of these is the correct looped g. none of them look like the ones we did. this is the correct one. most people don't know this exists and schoolchildren, this is the looped tail g. perhaps if you are writing a good luck card or something. there are calls for fridges and freezers with plastic backing to be "urgently" removed from sale after an investigation by consumer watchdog, which, found they pose a fire risk. all plastic—backed fridges and freezers, currently on the market, pass existing safety standards but testing by which found that some flame—retardant products could speed up the spread of a fire. neena bhatti from which joins

us now in the studio. joint to explain? we looked at over 500 models of the most popular fridges and freezers. nearly half failed ourfire fridges and freezers. nearly half failed our fire tests and could speed up the fire in a home. it's really alarming. when you say it speeds up, we did some tests and we can have a look at it now. what are we seeing here. we put these bridges into a realfire we seeing here. we put these bridges into a real fire situation so putting a flame against the backing and we found that within 30 seconds, the backing when top in flames but it accelerated into a larger fire. the backing was no longer protecting highly flammable material behind it. can we make clear that the assumption of the test is that the

bridge is in a rural weather is a fire taking place. it's not the bridge catching fire. —— room. it will catch fire and accelerate. why has this not been tested before? we do think the current safety tests are fit for purpose. we think that our testing is a rigourous because we put them in a realfire our testing is a rigourous because we put them in a real fire situation and it failed. who do we question when it's in relation to the safety tests a nd when it's in relation to the safety tests and safety when it's in relation to the safety tests a nd safety sta nda rds ? when it's in relation to the safety tests and safety standards? who hasn't tried to set fire when trying to set these safety regulations? hasn't tried to set fire when trying to set these safety regulations7m is set by the bsi with european cou nterpa rts is set by the bsi with european counterparts as well and we don't think the system is fit for purpose and we are urging standards authorities and the government to review this. dinner what happens when they test, or testing they have

done to deem something safe? they will put a hot wire against the backing. it's just heat, will put a hot wire against the backing. it'sjust heat, really. we put a real flame against it. it would be a flame that catches on the back. they just don't would be a flame that catches on the back. theyjust don't stand the test. if i was listening to you this morning, my fridge is installed, what am i supposed to do? do i pull it out, look at the backing, see if it out, look at the backing, see if it corresponds to... what am i supposed to do? we know that can be impossible so we've tried to make it easier by setting up all our findings on our website and making it easy to search. look at your appliance model and find out how it did in the tests. see you discover that the model corresponds with one you have tested that you have concerns about. you write to the mad dash the manufacturer saying i have

been told its not safe. dash the manufacturer saying i have been told it's not safe. first off, don't panic. if you find that your appliance has failed, you find out how you set up the appliance can have the fire risk minimised? the risk of fire is low but what we are saying is, the backing that is there to protect from fire is not fit for purpose. it doesn't do its job to protect from fire is not fit for purpose. it doesn't do itsjob but the risk of fire as though. the message is to the industry, you would like them to think again about what they are doing. absolutely, we expect manufacturers to remove. i've got a bridge. setting up the appliance safer. a lot of tips that

we can put those lists and if you have concerns, contact your manufacturer straightaway.“ have concerns, contact your manufacturer straightaway. if you are in the market for a new fridge or freezer. some people might find clarity in a yoga session, others might enjoy a long walk in the countryside — but a growing number of us are choosing a more unusual way of relieving the stresses of daily life...playing with slime! with the help of how—to videos on social media, millions of us are making it at home. but why is slime such a hit? tim muffett has been to a workshop to find out. what is slime? squidgy. sticky. satisfying. not quite liquid, not

quite solid, versions of slime have been on sale since the 70s but over the past year or so, slime has become huge, especially when it is home—made. just amazing. become huge, especially when it is home-made. just amazing. why is it amazing? it's really interesting. so this is the consistency that you are looking for. and organisers slime parties and workshops. the children love getting messy and enjoy making it. ingredients vary but often include blue, bicarbonate soda, shaving foam and contact lens solution. when you keep squashing it it just makes really solution. when you keep squashing it itjust makes really weird sounds and its satisfying in an unusual way. if i'm doing homework and get a bit stressed, you canjust play with it and it's really fun to play with. slime may be a physical phenomenon on but its popularity has rocketed thanks to social media and online videos. i, guys. in today's video i

will fill and instagram slime smoothie. many have been filmed millions of times. it's come from america via social media. without social media, the slime would be like this at all. kids love it so much. we are going to make some later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. a 78—year—old man from south london who police believe was involved in a struggle with an intruder in his home on tuesday night is being questioned on suspicion of murder. the pensioner has been named locally as richard osborn—brooks from hither green. a 38—year—old man was fatally injured. flights at gatwick airport are back to normal this morning, after dozens were delayed yesterday because of a system failure at the european air traffic control centre.

airlines were forced to re—submit their flight details when the system went down, affecting airports all over europe. some gatwick flights were delayed by up to three hours. london zoo says a troop of colobus monkeys has grown too big for their current enclosure. they are an endangered species in the wild. but over the last 12 years the zoo has successfully bred 18 of them, and the numbers are rising. the monkeys will move to their new home in 2020. that gives them a huge space where they can sort of been the tops of they can sort of been the tops of the trees and move around with these polls we are putting in them —— putting in, giving all that space they will absolutely love, living alongside other species with them like the african grey parrots or the red duiker as well. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension between earls court and kensington 0lympia, and the overground is part suspended between willesden junction and richmond. 0n the trains, there is no c2c service between barking and upminster, due to a broken—down engineering train. and there are delays

and cancellations on great northern trains via peterborough. 0nto the roads, and northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is building from blackwall lane. in hackney, morning lane is closed between ponsford street and belsham street for police investigations. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina burnett. good morning. if you've had your fill of rain over the past week or so, the good news is there is a great deal of dry weather in the forecast for the next couple of days but you will probably bit of a chill in the airthis but you will probably bit of a chill in the air this morning. that is enough sunshine to warm things up through the day. yes, it's a bit of a nippy start. some clout around first thing. it leaves us with largely blue skies, that there were leather clad bubbling up at the time is of course but in the sunshine as temperatures could reach 13 celsius. with much lighter winds than we had yesterday is going to be generally feeling a lot more pleasant. and

it's looking like it's staying dry today and into tonight as well. with clear spells under those clear skies, the temperatures drop of a little bit more. they're looking at lows of about two or three celsius with a south—easterly breeze picking up with a south—easterly breeze picking up overnight as well. now tomorrow yes, there is a good deal of sunshine and dry weather around again but there is some uncertainty to the weekend as to whether the rain you can see to the west is going to make it as far east as london so with temperatures possibly getting up to the high teens, it could be a decent weekend if we don't see any of that rain. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it is back to naga and charlie. you in the hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. we will bring you the latest news injust a moment. coming up this morning: "sin taxes" added to the price of soft drinks, alcohol and cigarettes can make us

think twice about unhealthy choices. scientists behind new research will be here to explain how levies can change behaviour and reduce chronic diseases like cancer and type 2 diabetes. after britain's most senior police officer suggests social media could be to blame for the soaring rate of knife and gun crime, two former gang members will tell us about the impact it can have on aggravating attacks. it just makes really itjust makes really weird sounds, and it is satisfying in an unusual way. slime is taking social media by storm. made from household ingredients, it is the latest craze in kitchen—table chemistry. we will be making our own with slime youtuber talisa tossell. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users, and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of users whose information was improperly shared with political data consultancy firm cambridge analytica

may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than one million british users were affected. russia will use a meeting of the un security council later today to challenge the uk's claim that it was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government has denied being involved in the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. the meeting comes a day after moscow was refused a request by the world chemical weapons watchdog for russian experts to be involved in a new investigation. a 78—year—old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after an intruder was fatally wounded during a suspected burglary at his home in south—east london. the man, named locally as richard osborn—brooks, discovered two men armed with a screwdriver in his kitchen. detectives believe a struggle ensued and a 38—year—old man was stabbed. he was taken to hospital, but later died. north korea may have developed

the capability to fire missiles that could hit the uk, within 18 months, according to mp5. the commons defence committee heard evidence that kim jong—un is expected to be able to make nuclear weapons, but won't be able to arm long—range rockets with them. the committe chairman, julian lewis, says north korea's nuclear capability is limited. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who is 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. up to 1,000 sure start centres, which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years — double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. pope francis has sent a message

of support to the family of a seriously ill british toddler involved in a legal battle over life—support treatment. pope francis tweeted about his sincere hope that everything necessary may be done to help the case of alfie evans, whose parents lost a supreme court battle to keep him alive. the 22—month—old has a rare degenerative neurological condition, and is being treated at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. thousands of americans have gathered in memphis to commemorate 50 years since the death of the civil rights leader martin luther king. bells tolled 39 times, once for each year of dr king's life, to mark the moment he was shot by a white supremacist. the crowd observed a minute's silence at the motel where the murder took place. a squirrel which lost its limbs in a wild animal trap has become the first of its kind to get a set of prosthetics. karamel‘s wheels have been

specially designed for him. vets are going to wait for him to get used to the device before they make him prosthetic limbs. he seems pretty chirpy, dashing about. karamel, nice name. we are going to go to the commonwealth games now. some of the sport has been happening overnight. mike is on the gold coast, where the first medals have been won overnight at the commonwealth games. indeed, good morning. dicey with the weather as you can probably see the huge clouds behind me as the police go buy again. it could rain any time but you never know here, and it was the weather which played havoc with the weather which played havoc with the men's triathlon a couple of hours ago. torrential rain during

the bicycle section, and maybe that affected the brownlee brothers, because the big surprise here on the gold coast is that the brownlee brothers failed to win a medal in the men's triathlon, but scotland's marc austin won a bronze and in the women's race, jessica learmonth got a silver. the gold coast not looking so golden, as the competition finally got under way down under, with the brownlee brothers feeling at home in the conditions. in the water and on the conditions. in the water and on the bikes. england preparing for that now common sight of yorkshire's finest on top of the podium. but as they moved off the bikes, they slowly slipped back. south africa's henry schuman stealing a march and stealing victory. a proud day, to, for scotland's marc austin. not a memorable day for the brownlee brothers. pretty terrible, ifelt pretty bad from the start, and i did

anything i could to stay in the medals. and then i blew up at the end. itjust medals. and then i blew up at the end. it just wasn't medals. and then i blew up at the end. itjust wasn't my day to day. earlier, the sun was shining for the game's first gold, flora duffy becoming the first woman from bermuda to claim gold at the commonwealth games. jessica learmonth from england not too far behind her to claim silver. and not the only one in red smiling this morning. 11 from wales started the tournament with an upset no one saw coming. and the welsh team a triumphant, and so they should be. what a game. 2002 gold-medallists india beaten 3—2. a perfect start for wales and a busy one for games. seven for wales and a busy one for games. seve n eve nts for wales and a busy one for games. seven events for the olympic silver—medallist to negotiate in australia into the 400 metre freestyle final. and a great start for hannah, as she chases third gold medal in the individual medley, while ellie robinson cruised into the final of the s7 50 metre

butterfly. i quite like a challenge, andi butterfly. i quite like a challenge, and i do my best and what will be will be in the final. all i have to do is swim the best i can and whatever the outcome with, i will be happy. spare a thought for the then proud, the champion in the butterfly smashes the games record in his heat only to be disqualified for the slightest of twitchers. the friendly games can be cruel at the best of times. one other big line to mention from here in gold coast is that the poster girl of these games, sally pearson, has pulled out because of injury. the hurdler was one of australia's big medal hopes, but has been struggling with an achilles problem. there was a champions league night to stir the soul at anfield. manchester city have all but won the premier league, and were many people's favourites for the champions league, too. but liverpool had other

ideas in the first leg of their quarter—final, as drew savage reports. these are the kind of night liverpool fans must have been dreaming of. three goals up against manchester city, 90 minutes away from the last four, of the champions league. and they do know a thing or two about the european cup around here. there was a lot to applaud about liverpool's performance. firminho's resistance, mohamed salah's come when it counted. his 38th and most important goal this season, although might he have been offside? no debate about this one, though. england's alex 0xlade—chamberlain, 2—0. it is supposed to be liverpool who are vulnerable in defence. two minutes later, salah involved again, outnumbering the defenders. mane struck. almost too good to be true

to liverpool but their star man was injured in the second half. there much admired opponents have a lot of possession, but this is the closest they came to scoring an away goal. ruled out for offside. liverpool very much the favourites for the semifinals. i think ithink in i think in this room it is nobody except the guys who are talking to you believes we are going to go through. tomorrow we are going to try to convince ourselves in this way, to try in six days, to try to bring 90 minutes more, we are going to try. before the game, there were some unsavoury scenes when the manchester city team coach was attacked by fans. two police officers were hurt. liverpool have apologised for the incident, saying it was completely unacceptable, and they would help to identify those responsible. barcelona will fancy their chances of making the semi—finals, after beating roma 4—1 at the nou camp. luis suarez scored the fourth with his first champions league goal in over a year. tributes continue to be paid

from the world of football to former england captain ray wilkins, who has died at the age of 61. wilkins played for chelsea, manchester united, ac milan, rangers and qpr, amongst others, and passed away following a heart attack. alan shearer described him as a true gentleman. former england striker gary lineker said wilkins was a genuinely lovely man. and the legendary jack nicklaus took part in the par—three competition that traditionally preceeds the masters at augusta, but it was his grandson and caddie gary who stole the show. judging by this, golfing talent is in his genes. hole—in—one. the masters begins this afternoon. back here on broadbeach, this will be our base for the next 11 days for

the commonwealth games. it is a fantastic spot. let me show you around. you have the city of the gold coast, this beach stretching for some 40 miles either side of me, which is completely amazing. it is famous for its surf, there is the surfers paradise beach there but there is a price to pay for that surf in the huge waves, sometimes it gets too rough. no one in the sea between the red and yellow flags. but i have spoken to one of the lifeguards who says it should clear up lifeguards who says it should clear upa lifeguards who says it should clear up a sunday, so it should get a bit easier. if we can around here we can see the other end of this sandbank which stretches for miles and miles. i don't know if you can see the white tents in the distance, that is where the bbc is broadcasting, one of the spots. and in the trees, and i think we will have a look in their later, there is one of the festival parks for fans who come to these games. they were doing a didgeridoo class spirlea, so we might look at

that later on. if it rains we will go into the lifeguard tower —— earlier. they take lifeguard in very seriously, it is a competitive sport, you often see them running into the sea in the mornings to practise those skills. as for the sport, 20 more to come today. 19 gold medals to be decided and it all heats up in the swimming pool and the velodrome. the saying goes that a little bit of what you fancy does you good, but we know smoking, drinking alcohol and eating too much sugar can contribute to heart disease and type two diabetes. a study published in the lancet says the tax that is coming in to force this week on items like these could help change the behaviour of those most at risk. we're joined by the report author, professor franco sassi, and james price from the taxpayers' alliance. good morning to you both. so professor, tell us what these taxes

now, what the impact of them is expected to be? well, our research has shown that taxes like products like cigarettes and sugar sweetened beverages can be very beneficial in the fight against chronic diseases, and a fundamental policy tool for governments in sustainable development. how big do taxes need to be to make an impact? because every time we see the budget we see the price of cigarettes, alcohol and tobacco increase. but people still drink and smoke to excess. of course, taxes can make a difference, but we will not eliminate smoking or drinking alcohol in a harmful way. taxes have to be read if we are going to make a difference in people's behaviour. there is no question about that. but of course we have to be wary of the consequences, the financial consequences, the financial consequences for people as well. what is your position on this?” think the problem is that a lot of

these taxes are incredibly regressive. the poorest people in society end up spending an awful lot more of their money on indirect taxes and only sorts of things. you saw in the 1950s, for example, almost everybody smoked and now with taxes on cigarettes going up and up, you would assume that the richest people would smoke, but it is the opposite way around. these taxes are therefore regressive and unfair. and though statistics may well be true, but what are you supposed to do with that? because the incentive in pushing taxes higher on things that are bad for you, that is in principle a good thing, isn't it? generally, betterfor your principle a good thing, isn't it? generally, better for your health... you can't control what people who have less income do with their money, ultimately, but that shouldn't stop the government from doing something that pushes them in the right direction, do you see what imean? the right direction, do you see what i mean? you find that taxes on things like that contributed to the

nhs already survey contribute much more overall to the exchequer than they cost the nhs so you see them used as cash cows and they are contributing more and that is not right. we are paying 14 times more beer tax than we do in germany. how do you approach the issue of paying taxes? it's not the government's responsibility to do that. the best way to do that would be to educate people when they are younger, more healthily. you have to let people be free to do things. the market provides diet coke and fit boots and things like that but a diet coke and a non—alcoholic beer is not going to cut it for some people. they should be allowed to enjoy themselves. what did think the answer is? there is a resista nce did think the answer is? there is a resistance or feeling that the poor are being punished, what is the answer? is it more education? the

point is, the poor are not being punished. that is what we published today in the lancet. they will benefit the most from these taxes. their health improvement is much greater than that of rich people. we have shown that financially, these taxes, in the majority of cases, they weighed more heavily on the shoulders of rich people. as james was saving, those with less income are those, for example with smoking, we re are those, for example with smoking, were most likely to smoke. let's think of what it would be without taxes. people who smoke would be far more than they are today. taxes have been an essential tool in the fight against this —— against smoking. been an essential tool in the fight against this -- against smoking. you said you haven't seen an improvement with the help of poor people. poor

people respond the most to taxes so they change their behaviour more to rich people. are you aware of that statistic? the example of smoking before, in the 1950s, you'd think people if they would respond to these things more, they would stop first but this paternalism. people will respond to these things, it doesn't bear out in reality and at the end of the day, people should be allowed to make these decisions for themselves and enjoy themselves. the both of you, thank you. we saw how glorious it was on the gold coast earlier and it will be glorious to many of us. a chilly start of the day to many of us. north—east england, we are looking

ata north—east england, we are looking at a sunny day. blue skies. that's after we lose the cloud. it is producing some patchy drizzle here and there. that will clear courtesy of this weather front. hardly a breath of wind. temperatures will not be quite as high as yesterday. today we are looking closer to about 13. grows the cloud. 0ne today we are looking closer to about 13. grows the cloud. one to wintry showers from the north of scotland. the next area of low pressure is waiting in the wings to come our way. turning the sunshine hazy across northern ireland. it will still be a very nice day. temperatures upto13. as we had on through the evening and overnight

period, a lot of clear skies. as low pressure continues to approach, the cloud will build a bit further east. we'll also have the coldest weather but this rain coming in, western scotland. as it comes in from the west, it will push across parts of the north as well. the cloud will build out of it. so the further east that you are, across central and eastern england, the brighter the skies. you will hang on to the sunshine that bit longer. 15 degrees in norwich but it won't be as warm at all if you are under that band of rain. as you head into saturday, low pressure is dominating the weather. we have a weather front around that as well. this weather front is awaiting front so it literally is doing that. depending on where it ends up, that is where we have the

rain. this is what we think at the moment. further west than we thought at this time yesterday. if that happens, it means the south—east could hit 17 celsius. that won't be the case everywhere. elsewhere, temperatures around about average. as we head on into sunday, again, some rain, some showers, variable amounts of cloud and a bit of sunshine. by then, the temperatures we don't expect to be a size that could be on saturday. we should go in search of a 17 on saturday. i would rather have an 18 or 20. don't get greedy, carol. i wonder. see you soon. figures for new car sales are out this morning. they're down again, with the take up for diesel seeing a sharp reduction. ben is at a car garage in 0ldham with more details.

ido i do think it is in the market for a new car that you in the market are telling us. welcome to the used-car dealership in 0ldham. we make a lot of cars in the country. ali still going out and buying new cars, used cars? what is it tell us about the money in our pockets. that is run you through the latest numbers. sales last month by nearly 16% down. as you mentioned, it's diesel sales that have seen the biggest fall. they are down by nearly 40%. we'll explain why that is. petrol sales, we should say, are pretty flat. for the year so far, sales overall down by 12%. a significant fall in one

that could have a big impact on the industry. it's not all bad news. used cars and second—hand dealerships have had a pretty good time of late. they sold 8.1 million used cars last year. boom times to them, not so good news for those that are selling new cars. what is it mean to the industry and manufacturing in this country. let me introduce you to andrew and stephen. andrew is one of the directors here. good morning. it's interesting when we see these figures. we should be clear. it was a pretty strong year last year. march was a record year last year. this year, well down. let's talk about those diesel figures. those we re about those diesel figures. those were all the drops come from. electric cars are up. that was

basically down to a loss of confidence. following on, but had consistent rhetoric about phasing out diesels. we have had a 1% increase in company car tech —— car tax and all these things have an effect. they wonder if they should still be buying a diesel. a bit of a perfect storm. we are talking about new sales but in the second—hand market, things are pretty good. it's been incredibly buoyant. the last three years, it's gone up every year. the perception of people of what they are looking for has totally changed. they are looking for clea n totally changed. they are looking for clean cars, sensible low tax, low insurance. they look into the right kind, not the cheap car. people are able to buy these cars. it strikes me, people don't ask you what the total prices. that number

in the window. they ask you every month. they go to the website and they look at cars and say, right, i wa nt to they look at cars and say, right, i want to spend £199 a month, not what the car costs. 65% of people are buying cars through finance. we make a lot of cars in the country. one of the success stories of the last decade. what impact does this have on where we figure in the world.“ an impact because we are making less ca rs an impact because we are making less cars to the uk market. also, just as the cars are coming in from other countries are down. that's also why this whole diesel issue is such a thing. there is a chance of that investment not coming back. while diesel what seeing people pushed into it, diesel is not the evil that has been proclaimed to be and it

does still suit some people best. successive governments had a one size fits all system were they wanted everyone to try the diesel and now they are saying they what nobody should drive diesel. now, really good to talk to you both. there you have it. that is the current state of play. as far as the second—hand car market is concerned, they rely on cars to be sold to get into the second—hand market. it will be interesting to look at. more from me later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. flights at gatwick airport are back to normal this morning after dozens were delayed yesterday because of a system failure at the european air traffic control centre. airlines were forced to resubmit their flight details when the system went down, affecting airports all over europe. some gatwick flights were delayed by up to three hours. over half of young people in london regularly feel stressed and anxious.

that is according to a new report by the prince's trust, which shows they worry about the future, money, and generally not being good enough. the survey spoke to more than 2,000 16— to 25—year—olds. london zoo says a troop of colobus monkeys has grown too big for its current enclosure. the species is endangered in the wild, but over the last 12 years the zoo has successfully bred 18 of them and the numbers are rising. the monkeys will move to their new home in 2020. that gives them a huge space where they can sort of be in the tops of the trees and move around with these poles that we're putting in, giving them all of that space that they will absolutely love, living alongside other species with them like the african grey parrots or the red duiker as well. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension between earls court and kensington 0lympia, minor delays

on the metropolitan line, and severe delays on the 0verground between willesdenjunction and richmond. 0n the trains — there is no c2c service between barking and upminster. and there are delays and cancellations on great northern trains via peterborough. 0nto the roads northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich rd flyover. and in hackney, morning lane is closed between ponsford street and belsham street for police investigations. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. well, if you've had your fill of rain over the past week or so, the good news is there's a great deal of dry weather around in the forecast for the next couple of days. there's a bit of a chill in the air to start off today but you'll there's enough sunshine to warm things up through the day. yes, there's a bit of a nippy start.

some cloud around first thing. it leaves us with largely blue skies, a bit of fair—weather cloud clad bubbling up at times of course but in the sunshine as temperatures could reach 13 celsius. with much lighter winds than we had yesterday is going to be generally feeling a lot more pleasant. and it's looking like it's staying dry today for most of us and into tonight as well. with clear spells and under those clear skies, the temperatures drop off a little more. so we're looking at lows of about 2 or 3 degrees celsius. now tomorrow, yes, there is a good deal of sunshine and dry weather around again but there is some uncertainty to the weekend as to whether the rain you can see to the west there is going to make it as far east as london so with temperatures possibly getting up to the high teens, though, it could be a decent weekend if we don't see any of that rain. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. facebook admits that up to 87 million people may have been affected by the cambridge analytica data scandal — far more than previously thought. more than 1 million of those users live in the uk. the site's founder, mark zuckerberg, says he made a huge mistake. good morning, it is thursday 5 april. also this morning: russia will go to the un to challenge the british government's claims about the salisbury nerve agent attack. new car sales have fallen again.

i'm at this showroom to find out what is going on in the industry are down 40% since the start of the year. there is better news for places like this. second—hand car salesmen are doing really well and i will look at what it means for the state of the uk car industry. it is the first day of action in the commonwealth games. mike is on the gold coast. here on broadbeach, just next to the city, there was a huge shock earlier today because the brownee brothers failed to get a medal in the men's triathlon. instead of was scotland's marc austin who took a bronze, and before that, in the women's race, jessica learmouth won a silver medal for england. and carol has the weather. a chilly start and for some in the north of frosty one. for most of us it will be a sunny day, that

sunshine turning hazy from the west later in the day. i will have more details in around 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users, and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of its users whose information was improperly shared by political data consultancy firm cambridge analytica may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than 1 million british users were affected. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee has more. in a conference call lasting almost an hour, mark zuckerberg admitted that he had been too idealistic in the past, putting too much trust in third—party companies that went on to abuse the system he created. but, despite calls questioning his ability to continue as the leader of the world's most powerful social network, mr zuckerberg insisted he would not bestepping down. he said: he said the company

was putting in place stricter controls on what data can be accessed by third—party apps. next week, mr zuckerberg will head to washington to face congress, appearing in person for the first time to answer questions about now the firm handles the public‘s data. within the 87 million accounts are thought to have been shared with cambridge analytica, the bbc understands around 1 million were users in the uk. despite requests from british politicians, mark zuckerberg will not appear before parliament, instead sending a deputy. since the cambridge analytica scandal broke last month, there have been many calls for people to boycott facebook altogether. however, it doesn't seem like they have been being too effective. mr zuckerberg said he had seen no meaningful impact on his business. dave lee, bbc news, san francisco. in around 10 minutes' time, we will speak to a data expert about what this means for facebook and the people who use it.

russia will use a meeting of the un security council later today to challenge the uk's claim that it was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government has denied being involved in the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. the meeting comes a day after russia was denied a request by the world chemical weapons watchdog for russian experts to be involved in a new investigation. caroline rigby reports. a month since the former spy and his daughter were found unconscious, slumped on a park bench in salisbury, as the police investigation continues, so too does the political row. the poisoning has lead to weeks of worsening relations between russia and the west, even talk of a new cold war. the war of words, at least, increasingly frosty. we know that russia has been stockpiling amounts of this. investigating ways of delivering it. we know that russia has previously

been willing to poison outside its own borders, including in the united kingdom. we know that it regards ex—agents as being candidates for assassination. this is a situation that is really poisoning our relations. and this as something we should jointly find an antidote to. the british are good at creating antidotes, aren't they? on wednesday, the world's chemical weapons watchdog rejected moscow's request for a joint investigation into the poisoning. russia as always denied any involvement in what it now suggests was a terrorist attack. it hopes to use a meeting of the united nations security council to challenge britain's version of events. but growing isolation internationally makes that a tough ask, meaning little end in sight for the ever—growing democratic divide between russia and the west. a 78—year—old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder, after an intruder was fatally wounded during a suspected burglary at his home in south—east london.

the man, named locally as richard osborn—brooks, discovered two men in his kitchen. detectives say one was armed with a screwdriver, and a struggle ensued. a 38—year—old man was stabbed. he was taken to hospital, but later died. two men have died in separate violent attacks in north—east london. the incidents in hackney happened within hours of each other, and take the number of suspected murders in london so far this year to more than 50. 0ur correspondentjon donnison is there for us this morning. jon, what more do we know about these two incidents? you can see behind me the police forensics tent which marks the spot where the victim of knife crime died last night. police are seeing around 8pm last night to make of their patrol officers were approached by a man with stab wounds. they gave him

firstaid, man with stab wounds. they gave him first aid, they say he was in this early 20s, but he died shortly afterwards. and a little bit earlier in the day, a few miles up the road, there was apparently a fight at a book makers, and there are 50—year—old man, or a book makers, and there are 50—year—old man, ora man in book makers, and there are 50—year—old man, or a man in this 50s, died as a result of injuries sustained in that fight. and we now have more than 50 murders in london this year, and more than two thirds of them were stabbings. north korea may be able to fire missiles that could hit the uk, within 18 months, according to mp5. the commons defence committee heard evidence that kim jong—un is expected to be able to make nuclear weapons, but won't be able to arm long—range rockets with them. the committe chairman, julian lewis, says north korea's nuclear capability is limited. there are calls for fridges and freezers with plastic backing to be urgently removed from sale, after an investigation by consumer watchdog which found they pose a fire risk. all plastic—backed fridges and freezers currently on the market pass existing safety standards,

but testing found that some flame—retardant products could speed up the spread of a fire. we put these fridges into a real fire situation, so putting a flame against the backing, and we found that within 30 seconds the backing went up in flames, but also it accelerated into a largerfire. and what that meant was that the backing was no longer protecting highly flammable material behind it, which is what it is supposed to do. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who is 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. up to 1,000 sure start centres, which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years — double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led

to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. we've found that there's been a 30% cut, basically, in the number of early years centres across the country. we also found that in particular areas there's been bigger cuts than elsewhere. so there's a bit of a lottery, actually. if you have a young child, where you live determines whether there is a good centre near you. so there is a lottery now, that exists in this country. thousands of people have gathered in memphis to commemorate 50 years since the death of the civil rights leader martin luther king. bells tolled 39 times, once for each year of dr king's life, to mark the moment he was shot by a white supremacist. the crowd observed a minute's silence at the motel where the murder took place, as nada tawfik reports. what better way to honour the apostle of nonviolence

than with a massive march for equality? joined in purpose and united in action, they were led forward by the son who bears dr king's name. and the celebration of his life continued right onto the site where he spent his final moments. the large crowd rejoiced, as artists performed with soul. but they also reflected on the civil rights hero's unrealised dream. he lives, he lives! reverend jesse jackson and returned to the spot where he witnessed the assassination. and every time the scab comes off, the sore's still raw. the blood still oozes. this is the site of the crucifixion. but not far from here is the resurrection — the new hope and the new possibilities. bell tolls. at 6:01, king was

silenced by a sniper. bells rang 39 times, to honour the number of years he lived. picking up the dr king's unfinished business was the theme of the commemoration. the central question is where we go from here. many believe dr king provided that answer many years ago. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis. how about this for a police escort? marine officers in australia were tailed by a great white shark as they patrolled waters off the south coast on saturday afternoon. the huge shark followed them as they carried out checks on boats in the area. there was no jaws moment, though. noah, as they affectionately named him, lost interest after a few minutes and went to circle a nearby fishing boat. that is a big fish. that looks bigger than the boat, doesn't it?

but it is quite a small boat. still... let's return to our main story. we will be with mike on the gold coast later on. facebook now says as many as 87 million users may have had their personal information shared by the data firm cambridge analytica. more than a million of those affected are in the uk. jeni tennison, from the open data institute, which advises firms on how to manage data, is in our london newsroom for us. we spokejust a we spoke just a few weeks ago when all of this was coming out, and we spoke about whether or not people will want any of their data use now. now we hear that the number has increased to 87 million. 1 million of those in the uk. can you understand how there might be even more impetus for people to be more protective of their own data? absolutely. i think, protective of their own data? absolutely. ithink, in, hearing that our data is being used by

others, is being seen by other people, gives us a kind of visceral reaction. it is an infringement on our basic right to privacy. and that is the immediate thing that people will be thinking about. for me, the bit that is harder is actually understanding how that data gets used. so how it is used to target adverts, but also how it is used in selecting us forjobs or used to determine our insurance premiums. with all that in mind, with howard is being used, now that facebook and mark zuckerberg have acknowledged there has been a problem, that it didn't monitor what cambridge analytica was doing with this data, what happens next? —— how it is being used. it has looked at two specific parts of facebook, messenger, and when you send an invitation to an event, and it is how that data is taken or used. what can it do to repair its reputation

now? well, it has done a number of things very recently, like yesterday. so it has taken offline what are called apis, so these are ways that other applications can get hold of data that facebook holds. it stops those from being accessed on the kind of freeway that they were previously and starts to put more controls in place around that. but i think the question we have to have is whether we are happy with facebook deciding who it is that gets a ccess facebook deciding who it is that gets access to that data, and whether we are happy with facebook being the ones we trust to go and work out whether the people who have accessed it are using it in good ways. and the cambridge analytica use of data is where those kinds of issues come up. it is that facebook didn't check how that data was then passed on or used by other people.

and where we get the accountability and governance around that data is the big question, i think, for all of us. it is almost like facebook's image was changed irreversibly. it was this big hug, and getting in touch with friends and family, a way of staying in touch with everyone. and now it is a business. that shift, the foundations of its very being had changed. it is a shift in people's minds, and the way they see facebook. although i have to say that the levels of trust in facebook, and how facebook users people's data, were never that high. but people still kept on using it. being able to connect with our friends and family is really, really valuable. and we want to continue to be able to do that. i think the question we have is how can the benefits of the data that gets collected through that activity be spread more fairly to us as

individuals, be spread more fairly to society as a whole, whether it is through research or through letting businesses use it for creating new ai, businesses use it for creating new al, or whatever that is, businesses use it for creating new ai, orwhateverthat is, in businesses use it for creating new al, or whatever that is, in ways that are secure, that preserve our privacy, and that give benefits to more thanjust privacy, and that give benefits to more than just facebook itself. we have all moved on from my face and can move on from facebook as well, says the founder of whatsapp. he says we don't need it. it's really ha rd to he says we don't need it. it's really hard to move on from a monopoly that has got so larger social network behind it. you need to be aware all your dashing need to be wet —— you need to know where all your friends and family are to benefit from a social network. 18c

people moving from facebook overnight but i hope we will see more ethical use of data from a range of platforms we use. jenny, thank you to the talking tours. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it isa it is a practical and philosophical question. who can we trust? you will ask me next, what is the meaning of life? we could be here for a long time. what is the meaning of life? moving swiftly on from that question. this morning, it is a chilly start of the day across many areas. a frosty one across parts of scotla nd areas. a frosty one across parts of scotland and northern england. the most of us, it's going to be a beautiful day with blue skies. what's happening at the moment is, there is some cloud which has been coming south down the east coast of

the country. it is now across parts of the south—east with patchy drizzle on that. you can see this big splodge. all is going to do is introduce some high cloud initially. it means fine unsettled conditions with just a breeze. it means fine unsettled conditions withjust a breeze. there it means fine unsettled conditions with just a breeze. there comes the sun, some of us already have it. a beautiful day ahead. as low pressure approaches from the west combo will build across northern ireland, western parts of england and england and wales and west in scotland. to bridge a wise, we are down on yesterday. example, nor folk bridge a wise, we are down on yesterday. example, norfolk and weyburn, the temperature was 15.3. today, 12 or 13. if you are in northern ireland or scotland, compared to the temperature is you've had of late, they are going to be higher and drier. as we had on

through the evening, as the low pressure advances, you can see how the cloud pushes further east. some clear skies so called martin prospect than the one just gone. you can see the rain coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. that is going to progress tomorrow very slowly eastwards. and you can see how it takes a swipe at northern scotland. ahead of it, the cloud will continue to build. for central and eastern england, a fine day. sunshine turning hazy from the west. a southerly breeze. temperatures in the rain will not feel special. as become further south, temperatures climbing a little bit more. maybe 14 or 15. by the time we get to saturday, this is a tricky forecast. a weather front producing rain. it could be a bit closer to the east. a wee bit back towards the west. this is what we

think at the moment. in this position, parts of the south—east could hit 17 celsius but all it will ta ke could hit 17 celsius but all it will take is the best of a bit further east and change the distribution of the rain and also the temperature and behind it, we're looking at temperatures roundabout average. the success of the bbc‘s blue planet, highlighted the devastating impact of the rising amount of plastic waste in our oceans. research by marine conservationists, now suggests the introduction of the 5 pence carrier bag charge has reduced the amount of single use plastic in the sea, but more needs to be done to tackle plastic waste from fishing trawls. we can speak now to thomas maes from the centre for environment, fisheries and aquaculture science who is at lowestoft beach in suffolk. good morning to you. talk about the kind of research you are doing. we are doing research in terms of the

marine environment. we look at it by piggybacking on our existing survey. we also catch a lot of litter. we can catalogue it, monitor it and give advice in terms of which type of letter of the most prominent. you are literally scooping water out, seeing what is in it, as the fishing trawlers are going along. what are you discovering? we are finding every item we can find on land. almost any type of plastic item we canfind. almost any type of plastic item we can find. the majority are still plastic. around 70% or more will be plastic. around 70% or more will be plastic items. a worsening situation. well, we don't see the trend rising so we don't see an increase in the number of litter items. some of it is breaking down into micro plastics. we don't see a

rise in the number of items, we see a decline in some categories. the declines we see, plastic bags for example. is that directly related. because of the charge that came in. can you see a direct correlation of those two things? it's quite obvious. the less bags we will use on land, less that would arrive in the marine environment. it does show that within a decade, if we really wa nt to that within a decade, if we really want to make a change, we could still make a change. looking at some of the things we talked about. correct me if i'm wrong pronouncing this, is its gyres, which water vortexes which plastic and rubbish can get caught up in? can you explain that? all the oceans on this planet are connected via gyres and

currents so there are big vortexes, is described them, were water is circulating, and that is attracting a lot of plastic. it gets concentrated within these gyres. a lot of plastic. it gets concentrated within these gyresm stays in certain places and becomes more concentrated in those areas. there are at least five huge gyres on this planet and they are the vacuum cleaners of the sea because all the litter will be concentrated in these gyres. the work you do is out of see on the beautiful stretch of coastline. people wonder what we can do in the way we behave and wonder how you can affect things which sometimes feel a bit outside of our own control. this study is one of the best things to show you that it one of the best things to show you thatitis one of the best things to show you that it is not all doom and gloom. if you want to change something, it's all in our own hands. if all of

us can use less plastic, reduce the amounts of plastic we use, reuse where we can and recycle. it's all up where we can and recycle. it's all up to us and notjust up to our government. thank you very this morning. it looks rather time this morning. it looks rather beautiful despite the tone of conversation about the oceans. lots of beach shots today. we have the gold coast. mike will be there for the next ten days covering the commonwealth games. will bring you up—to—date with what is happening in the front pages. this morning, this story here. a homeowner aged 78 has been arrested and questioned by police after he stabbed an armed intruder. this is richard osborne brooks. 0ne intruder. this is richard osborne brooks. one was armed purportedly with a screwdriver and this gentleman defended himself. this is

the front page of the daily express. it is also on the front page of the daily mail. on the front page of the daily mail. on the front page of the daily telegraph, that story also playing. named locally as richard 0sborne brooks. the front page of the telegraph, this is the picture of the woman who carried out a gun attack on you tube headquarters. various images have emerged over the last few days. we will be speaking to the housing minister. that is in around 15 minutes time. we are speaking to the housing minister in a few minutes. coming up on

brea kfast a a few minutes. coming up on breakfast a bit later, i'm not sure if it will please parents or not. you want to keep your children occupied. perhaps this is the answer. it just occupied. perhaps this is the answer. itjust makes a really weird sounds and it's satisfying in an unusual way. slime taking social media by storm and some kitchen ta bles media by storm and some kitchen tables as well. the latest craze in kitchen table chemistry. reggae to be making our own slime here on brea kfast a be making our own slime here on breakfast a little later on. what time is slime time? aged 20, i think. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. two men have denied the murder of a model from west london who died from a stab wound to the heart. harry uzoka, who was 25, was pronounced dead at the scene in shepherd's bush, on 11 january.

jonathan 0kigbo and merse dikanda, deny all charges. george koh, didn't enter a plea. all three defendants are due to face trial injuly. flights at gatwick airport are back to normal this morning after dozens were delayed yesterday because of a system failure at the european air traffic control centre. airlines were forced to resubmit their flight details when the system went down affecting airports all over europe. some gatwick flights were delayed by up to three hours. london zoo says a troop of colobus monkeys has grown too big for its current enclosure. the species is endangered in the wild, but over the last 12 years the zoo has successfully bred eighteen of them and the numbers are rising. the monkeys will move to their new home in 2020. that gives them a huge space where they can sort of be in the tops of the trees and move around with these poles that we're putting in, giving them all of that space that they will absolutely love, living alongside other species with them like the african grey parrots or the red duiker as well.

let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube there's a part suspension between earls court and kensington 0lympia, minor delays on the metropolitan line and severe delays on the overground between willesden junction and richmond. 0n the trains — there is no c2c service between barking and upminster. and there are delays and cancellations on great northern trains via peterborough. 0nto the roads northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the woolwich rd flyover. and in hackney, morning lane is closed between ponsford street and belsham street for police investigations. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. if you'd had yourfill of rain to the past week or so, the good news is there is some dry weather around in the forecast for the next couple of days. there is a chill in the air to start today that afairamount of chill in the air to start today that a fair amount of sunshine to warm things up. so this cloud moves away fairly early on and leaves us with

largely blue skies. temperatures reaching 12 or 13, it will feel fairly pleasant. as looking like it should stay dry today the most of us and into tonight with some clear scovell is. under those clear skies, the temperature gets a chance to drop offa the temperature gets a chance to drop off a little morsel it will be feeling fairly cool with lows of about two or three celsius. a south to south—easterly breeze. a chilly start to tomorrow's world. high cloud starts to build from the west. as looking slightly dry. 0ver cloud starts to build from the west. as looking slightly dry. over the weekend, those temperatures are fairly healthy, particularly on saturday, but of uncertainty but there is the risk of showers on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and charlie. hello, this is breakfast,

with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of users whose information was improperly shared by political data consultancy firm, cambridge analytica, may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than one million british users were affected. earlierjeni tennison from the open data institute told us we need to know more about how our data is used. hearing that our data is being used by others, is being seen by other people, gives us a kind of visceral reaction. it is an infringement on

our basic right to privacy, and that is the immediate thing that people will be thinking about. for me, the bit that is harder is actually understanding how that data gets used, so how it is used to target adverts, but also how it is used in selecting us forjobs or used to determine our insurance premiums. russia will use a meeting of the un security council later today to challenge the uk's claim that it was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government has denied being involved in the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. the meeting comes a day after moscow was refused a request by the world chemical weapons watchdog for russian experts to be involved in a new investigation. a 78—year—old man, is being questioned on suspicion of murder, after an intruder was fatally wounded during a suspected burglary at his home in south—east london. the man, named locally as richard osborn—brooks, discovered two men in his kitchen. detectives say one was armed with a screwdriver, and a struggle ensued.

a 38—year—old man was stabbed. he was taken to hospital, but later died. north korea may be able to fire missiles that could hit the uk, within 18 months, according to mp5. the commons defence committee heard evidence that kim jong—un is expected to be able to make nuclear weapons, but won't be able to arm long—range rockets with them. the committe chairman, julian lewis, says north korea's nuclear capability is limited. there are calls for fridges and freezers with plastic backing to be urgently removed from sale, after an investigation by consumer watchdog which found they pose a fire risk. all plastic—backed fridges and freezers, currently on the market pass existing safety standards, but testing found that some flame—retardant products could speed up the spread of a fire. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who is 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days.

up to 1,000 sure start centres, which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years — double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. thousands of americans have gathered in memphis to commemorate 50 years since the death of the civil rights leader martin luther king. bells tolled 39 times, once for each year of dr king's life, to mark the moment he was shot by a white supremacist. the crowd observed a minute's silence at the motel where the murder took place. you can read the big words behind us, it is the commonwealth games

2018, and there has been action overnight. some not so good for the home countries. mike is on the beach for us this morning. will you be doing some life guarding? it is a very important role. i have just guarding? it is a very important role. i havejust come up guarding? it is a very important role. i have just come up to the tower to get a good look over the scene. we havejosh and jenna, saying good morning to us. if we look across the pacific ocean, you can see the force of it... it is because of this weather, very changeable... we have some problems with mike's microphone. we know it is very windy down there, so i think the beach has taken its toll for a moment. maybe some sand and the cables. in the meantime, let's look at some of the action which has taken place at some of the action which has ta ken place overnight. the gold coast not looking so golden, as the competition finally got under way down under,

with the brownlee brothers feeling at home in the conditions in the water and on the bikes. england preparing for that now—common sight of yorkshire's finest on top of the podium. but, as they moved off the bikes, they slowly slipped back, south africa's henri schoeman stealing a march and stealing victory. a proud day, too, for scotland's marc austin. he came third. not a memorable day for the brownlees. pretty terrible — ifelt pretty bad from the start, on the bike. ifelt really weak, and i did anything i could to stay in the medals. and then i blew up at the end. it just wasn't my day today. earlier, the sun was shining for the game's first gold, flora duffy of bermuda winning the women's triathlon. jessica learmonth from england not too far behind her, to claim silver, and not the only one in red smiling this morning. 11 from wales started the tournament

with an upset no one saw coming. and the welsh team are triumphant, and so they should be. what a game. 2002 gold medallists india beaten 3—2. the perfect start for wales, then, and a quick one for sophie thornhill. the english duo doing well here. james guy will be busy. seven events for the olympic silver—medallist to negotiate in australia into the 400 metre freestyle final. and a great start for hannah miley, too, as she chases third gold medal in the 400m individual medley, while paralympic champion ellie robinson cruised into the final of the s7 50 metre butterfly. i quite like a challenge, and i'll do my best, and what will be will be in the final. so all i have to do is swim the best i can, and whatever the outcome is, i'll be happy.

but spare a thought for ben proud — world and olympic champion in the butterfly smashes the games record in his heat, only to be disqualified for the slightest of twitches. the friendly games can be cruel at the best of times. i hope you can hear me again now. lesson number one, do not climb the lifeguard tower is in strong winds because it does play with a microphone. i am sorry you couldn't hear my introduction, talking about the brownlee brothers and those two medals for scotland and england. it proves how changeable the weather is. one other big line to mention from here in gold coast is that the poster girl of these games, sally pearson, has pulled out because of injury. the hurdler was one of australia's big medal hopes, but has been struggling with an achilles problem. there was a champions league night to stir the soul at anfield.

manchester city have all but won the premier league, and were many people's favourites for the champions league, too. but liverpool had other ideas in the first leg of their quarter—final, as drew savage reports. these are the kind of nights liverpool fans must have been dreaming of. three goals up against manchester city, 90 minutes away from the last four of the champions league. and they do know a thing or two about the european cup around here. there was a lot to applaud about liverpool's performance. firmino's resistance, mo salah's calm when it counted. his 38th and most important goal this season, although might he have been offside? no debate about this one, though. england's alex 0xlade—chamberlain — 2-0. it is supposed to be liverpool who are vulnerable in defence. two minutes later, salah involved again, outnumbering the defenders. sadio mane struck.

almost too good to be true for liverpool, but their star man was injured in the second half. their much—admired opponents had a lot of possession, but this is the closest they came to scoring an away goal, ruled out for offside. liverpool very much the favourites for the semifinals. i think in this room it's nobody except the guys who are talking to you believes we're going to go through. tomorrow, we're going to try to convince ourselves in this way, to try in six days, to try to bring 90 minutes more. we want to try. before the game, there were some unsavoury scenes when the manchester city team coach was attacked by fans. two police officers were hurt. liverpool have apologised for the incident, saying it was completely unacceptable and they would help to identify those responsible. barcelona will fancy their chances of making the semi—finals after beating roma 4—1 at the nou camp.

luis suarez scored the fourth with his first champions league goal in over a year. tributes continue to be paid from the world of football to former england captain ray wilkins, who has died at the age of 61. wilkins played for chelsea, manchester united, ac milan, rangers and qpr, amongst others, and passed away following a heart attack. alan shearer described him as a true gentleman. former england striker gary lineker said wilkins was a genuinely lovely man. the masters gets underway at augusta this afternoon, and there was a moment ofjoy followed immediately by pain for the american tony finau in the par—three competition that traditionally precedes the main event. if you are a bit squeamish, look away now. finau bagged himself a hole—in—one, but as he wheeled away in celebration, he

dislocated his ankle. finau popped it back in before hobbling off to his family. he has not broken his ankle, and says he is optimistic that he will tee off in the masters later today. so quite a few events going on as i speak, and the youngest competitor at these games, she is only 11 and plays table tennis, has been featured on breakfast earlier on before the games, she has just started with her commonwealth debut against india in the team event. we will bring you news about how she gets on later. don't forget, a huge night ahead in the swimming pool, lots of finals and events to be decided in the swimming pool and the velodrome. we will talk to you a little later on, thank you very much. fly—tipping, noise and significant distress to the community are some of the reasons why the government is reviewing powers to tackle illegal traveller camps in england. it is also concerned about the health and education of those who live on the sites.

joining us now from westminster is the housing minister, dominic raab. could you just outline the problem you are trying to solve?” could you just outline the problem you are trying to solve? i think the first thing to say is that 84% of ca rava ns first thing to say is that 84% of caravans on sites authorised for travellers. the vast majority of that community are behaving decently, law—abiding members of the community. but we do also have a residual and significant issue with 3700 caravans on unauthorised sites, and that poses problems for the settled community, whether it is the illegal encampment, or some of the anti—social behaviour that can accompany it, and also the clean—up cost is. so we are looking at the enforcement powers local authorities and police have across—the—board, to make sure the rule of law applies across the board. the fact you are looking at this implies you think there are issues that possibly could be further legislated over this. what areas might does go into? well,

i think people are concerned about a couple of things. first of all the some of the damage which is done in a minority of cases, but nonetheless significant damage to communities, and also the speed at which the illegal incursions can be dealt with. so what we want to do is look at the enforcement powers, the statutory enforcement powers that councils have, but also the criminal enforcement powers that police have, and check whether these are adequate and check whether these are adequate and if there are holes in the law or the laws are not strong enough, that we can reinforce its the law applies. i think that will be good news for the traveller community, which are taking up the increase in organised sites, and increased in travellers using the authorised sites, we have caravans there up by one third since 2010, and that is quite right, and at the same time making sure that the settled community have their concerns dealt with adequately as well. the rule of law must apply right across the board. it is a difficult balance,

this one, isn't it? on the one hand if you are in one of those places where caravans appear overnight in children's play area, you know this situation as well as anyone does. how do you balance those up with what you could term the rights, or certainly the traditions, of travellers who do not want to have permanent situations?” travellers who do not want to have permanent situations? i totally ee, permanent situations? i totally agree, it is a fine balance. we want to respect the travelling community. we have seen this big increase in the number of caravans on unauthorised sites, —— authorised sites, we want to promote more of that. at the same time we want to protect and make sure that through our hate crime action plan is, travelling communities are properly protected. there are other social issues, we are working with the department of education and the department of education and the department of education and the department of health in those issues. there is also the point, as you say, that the rule of law must apply a across—the—boa rd. you say, that the rule of law must apply a across—the—board. we can't have illegal encampment. it is not right for the settled community, it is not right to the travelling

community as well. and we need to be able to deal with the issues that the settled community face, and make sure that the costs and some of the anti—social behaviour which has arisen can be properly dealt with. so we will at this very sensitively, but we will make sure the rule of law applies rigorously, robustly and consistently across—the—board. law applies rigorously, robustly and consistently across—the— board.” wonder if i could ask you one or two questions in connection with wider issues as a member of the government, specifically to do with russia. it is a very important day, isn't it, at the un, and there are concerns that borisjohnson's comments, even if you accept his ta ke comments, even if you accept his take on some of the things he said, that they are muddying the waters, toa that they are muddying the waters, to a degree. and it is, above all, a time when you want your foreign secretary to be absolutely clear. do you accept to any degree that doris johnson has given the russians some milage to go with into the un, into other situations? based on the wider

intelligence picture, there is no credible information other than the use of this nerve agent by the russian state. it is so compelling that we have persuaded members of the international community, 28 at last count, to expel russian diplomats. frankly i think the position is clear. we ought not be letting russia off the hook when it's made in such an outrageous way. it's not the tittle tattle about tweets orjeremy corbyn having a go at borisjohnson, tweets orjeremy corbyn having a go at boris johnson, it tweets orjeremy corbyn having a go at borisjohnson, it is an unprecedented attack about a nerve agent on british soil which has done serious injury to two individuals and a british police officer, making sure we present united front. i'm interested you use the work —— you use the word tittle title. it sounds odd after you set a few times. in connection with borisjohnson, how helpful, given just what you said,

to say to jeremy corbyn, helpful, given just what you said, to say tojeremy corbyn, you are on russia's side. that's a question for jeremy corbyn. the fact of the matter is he is the one who has come out and questioned it and there are many labour mps who have been standing up and saying you or to present a united front. in the international community as well. i don't think we should be distracted byjeremy corbyn trying to engage in whatever political manoeuvring sears. what's important is the evidence is really clear. its persuaded 28 other members of the international community there is a clear case for russia to answer. russia has not provided an answer. we should not be letting the russian state of the hook when you think about the series —— the serious nature of the attack in salisbury.”

do like the phrase tittle tattle. there are some phrases which you say once sound 0k and up to three times, they don't sound like real english. carroll, there is no tittle tattle when it comes to you. look at those beach huts. a look at the sky above them. and many of us, it's going to be a sunny day. there has been some frost across parts of scotland and northern england and also the risk of some ice but the most common beautiful. lovely blue skies. first of all, we've got to get rid of the re m na nts of of all, we've got to get rid of the remnants of the weather front. that is happening quite nicely now. some had she drizzled. and you can see this next blog in the atlantic. in between, we have a transient ridge of high pressure. it's only going to

bea of high pressure. it's only going to be a gentle breeze we are looking at. not as windy as yesterday. a lot of sunshine and blue skies really from the word go. yes there are a few wintry showers across scotland. they are the exception rather than the rule. the cloud will build ahead of it. it's how —— high cloud across northern ireland. the sunshine will turn a bit more hazy. temperature wise, much milder across northern ireland then it has been this week. further south, temperatures are down at touch. in norfolk and weyburn, we hit 15.2. through this evening and overnight, we start off with clear skies. as the low approaches, the cloud will build. a colder night in the south. all this rain piling in across northern ireland. parts of the south—west of england are not too far away from west wales. as we

start tomorrow, this rain won't be moving particularly quickly. the northern edge of it will push across northern edge of it will push across northern scotland. the further east that you are, the drier and spite of the weather is going to be. as the system approaches, the cloud will build. 0n system approaches, the cloud will build. on its southern edge, the rain will be more patchy nature than it looks like it will be across the far north of scotland. saturday's forecast is a tricky one. there is a front waving backwards and forwards. it ends further east. the temperatures will be slightly lower. further west, the rain will be further west. it could be 16 or 17 locally in the south—east. temperatures almost bang on where they should be. we're going to say something? i feel

that the —— lifted by carol's forecast. it feels like spring is on the way. it's lifted me. i am happy for you. figures for new car sales are out this morning. they're down again, with the take up for diesel seeing a sharp reduction. ben is at a car garage in 0ldham with more details. good morning to you both. there is some good news and bad news on these figures. particularly new car sales. just to put it into context, a really good year in the uk for sales over the last year. this year, a bit ofa drop over the last year. this year, a bit of a drop off. let me run you through the numbers. they tell us a bit more about what has been going on for the car market. sales are down nearly 16%. that's a steep fall, but it's partly down to the sheer amount of new cars that were sold in march last year. diesel sales were down almost 40%. a lot of people bought one a year ago before a tax change that made them more expensive.

still, there's no doubt it's in decline. so where does that leave us so far this year. new car sales are down by 12%. but it's not all bad news. the used car market has been a bit more robust recently. 8.1 million used cars were sold last year. that compares to 2.5 million new ones. a lot of reasons why our habits may have changed, partly related to how we buy them. also, given there is more second—hand cars coming on the market. let's speak to mike hawes, the chief executive of the society of motor traders and manufacturers. a very good morning to you. it comes

from a pretty strong base, doesn't it? last you was a good one, this you not so much. last year was a good year in the year before that was a record. we are comparing march this year with much last year. march 2017 was the best ever for new car sales because in april, the government raised taxes on vehicles. people pull forward purchases from last march. demand has undoubtedly declined to a certain extent. the market is readjusting. what's important to remember is despite that, this year, it was still the fourth best march ever. we are still a relatively strong levels of demand. let's talk about diesel. that is a real concern and there are a number of reasons for that. what we have seen is increasing concern

from customers about what is going to happen to diesel. finally we are getting some clarity. new vehicles, new diesel, new petrol are not going to face any charges. what we are seeing is the new recognition which is on the new vehicles. we need to encourage them and get them out there onto the roads because fleet renewal, getting the old cars off the road makes the most significant difference in terms of air quality and reducing climate change. while for the consumer, it offers them much better fuel economy. for the consumer, it offers them much betterfuel economy. the uncertainty there gradually needs to lift. we will see that as the year goes on. and word on uk carmaking as a whole because we make a lot of ca rs a whole because we make a lot of cars in this country. what effect will it have a manufacturing, given we have seen this fall off this month? about one in five cars that

we make in the uk is sold in the uk. 0bviously way our net importers of vehicles and that's what gives the consumer that tremendous choice of models. anything which drops off in uk demand will impact on production. we export to over 160 different markets. we take advantage of that to offset the decline in uk demand. however, you clearly want to produce the local market as much as possible. a fantastic announcement yesterday. we need more good news like the good news out of luton. that means having a supported deal with europe because that is our biggest market. and it's right there on our doorstep. it's good to talk to you. the bass there are the society of motor manufacturers and traders referring to vauxhall

investing a lot of time and money in luton to manufacture vans. a vote of confidence in luton. but speak to andrew, one of the bosses at the used car market. it was nice to see you. we spoke to the boss of motor manufacturers and traders. things we re manufacturers and traders. things were going pretty well right now. the used car market has been very buoyant. a lot of people looking to low milage cars. and it's changed, it's been about finance. people are coming in here and not really looking at the number in the window. people are looking for spending £199 a month more than what the car costs. good to talk to you. they have it, really, the situation we are in at the moment, used cars

pretty well. interest rates are so low that it's the new car market particularly strong here. it's diesel that has suffered the worst. more for you later. lovely as it is in a car showroom, this picture might warm you up a little bit more. there you go. it's coming. they are going to be very warm at the moment. team pursuit happening at the moment. new zealand getting through. we can give you an idea of what is going on. 0utside, look at this. this is the gold coast. mark is there for us. it goes all around the coast as well. keeping us up to date on the commonwealth games. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. two men have denied murdering a model from west london who died from a stab wound to the heart. harry uzoka who was 25 was pronounced dead at the scene in shepherd's bush, on 11th january. jonathan 0kigbo and merse dikanda, deny all charges. they are due to face trial injuly. flights at gatwick airport are back to normal this morning after dozens were delayed yesterday because of a system failure at the european air traffic control centre. airlines were forced to resubmit their flight details when the system went down, affecting airports all over europe. some gatwick flights were delayed by up to three hours. london zoo says a troop of colobus monkeys has grown too big for its current enclosure. the species is endangered in the wild, but over the last 12 years the zoo has

successfully bred 18 of them and the numbers are rising. the monkeys will move to their new home in 2020. that gives them a huge space where they can sort of be in the tops of the trees and move around with these poles that we're putting in, giving them all of that space that they will absolutely love, living alongside other species with them like the african grey parrots or the red duiker as well. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube there are minor delays on the district and victoria lines, severe delays on the metropolitan line — and severe delays on the overground between willesdenjunction and richmond. 0n the trains — there is no c2c service between barking and upminster due to a broken down engineering train. 0nto the roads there are east bound delays on the north circular for traffic heading out of edmonton, following an accident at the crooked billett underpass. and in hackney, morning lane is closed between ponsford street and belsham street for police investigations. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning.

if you've had your fill of rain for the past week or so, the good news is there is a great deal of dry weather around in the forecast for the next couple of days. there is a bit of a chill in the air to start off today but a fair amount of sunshine to warm things up. so this cloud moves away fairly early on and leaves us with largely blue skies. a bit of fair—weather cloud likely to be bubbling up at times but otherwise, with much lighter winds than we had yesterday and temperatures possibly reaching 12 or 13 celsius, it will feel fairly pleasant. it's looking like it should stay dry today for most of us and into tonight with some clear spells. now, under those clear skies, the temperatures get a chance to drop off a little bit more so it will be feeling fairly cool with lows of about 2 or 3 degrees celsius. also a south or south—easterly breeze will be picking up overnight. that will continue into tomorrow. so a chilly start to tomorrow as well but again, a lot of sunshine around. becoming a little more hazy later on as some high cloud starts to build from the west. it's looking largely dry, temperatures gertting up to 15 degrees celsius.

over the weekend, those temperatures fairly healthy, particularly on saturday, but there is a little uncertainty as to whether we will see rain but there is the risk of showers on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. facebook admits that up to 87 million people may have been affected by the cambridge analytica data scandal — far more than previously thought. more than 1 million of those users live in the uk. the site's founder, mark zuckerberg, says he made a huge mistake. good morning, it's thursday, 5th april. also this morning... russia will go to the un

to challenge the british government's claims about the salisbury nerve agent attack. scientists say charging for carrier bags means there are fewer of them littering our oceans, but there's a warning other plastic waste is on the rise. new car sales have fallen again. they have fallen sharply since the start of the year. diesel down by nearly 40%. better news for used cars, nearly 40%. better news for used ca rs, sales nearly 40%. better news for used cars, sales there are up, i will find out why and what it means for the uk's carmaking industry. it's the first day of action in the commonwealth games. mike's on the gold coast. good morning. just inland from the beach earlier on today, a huge shock when the men's triathlon, the brownlee brothers failed to win a medal, scotland's ma costin won bronze. glorious weather on the gold

coast. —— mark austin. the chilly start here, a lot of sunshine, turning hazy from the west ahead of rain arriving in the west tonight, more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the creator of facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users and to remove provocative content. facebook says the number of its users whose information was improperly shared by political data consultancy firm, cambridge analytica, may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than 1 million british users were affected. 0ur north america technology reporter, dave lee, has more. in a conference call lasting almost an hour, mark zuckerberg admitted that he had been too idealistic in the past, putting too much trust in third—party companies that went on to abuse the system he created. but despite calls questioning his

ability to continue as a leader of the world's most powerful social network, mr zuckerberg insisted he would not be stepping down. he said the company was putting in place stricter controls on what data can be accessed by third—party apps. next week mr zuckerberg will head to washington to face congress, appearing in person for the first time to answer questions about how the firm handles the public‘s data. within the 87 million accounts now thought to be shared with cambridge analytica, the bbc understands around 1 million were users in the uk. despite requests from british politicians, mark zuckerberg will not be appearing before parliament. instead sending a deputy.

since the cambridge analytica scandal broke last month, there have been many calls for people to boycott facebook altogether. however, it doesn't seem like they have been too effective. mr zuckerberg said he had seen no meaningful impact on his business. dave lee, bbc news, in san francisco. russia will use a meeting of the un security council later today to challenge the uk's claim that it was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government has denied being involved in the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter, yulia, last month. earlier on breakfast, government minister dominic raab told us all evidence points towards russian involvement. we have been clear from the outset based on the technical tests done by porton down, the wider intelligence, there is no credible alternative explanation other than that the use of this nerve agent was by the russian state, it is so compelling we have persuaded members of the international community from europe to the us to expel russian diplomats

and frankly, i think the position is clear, and we ought not let russia off the hook. a 78—year—old man, is being questioned on suspicion of murder after an intruder was fatally wounded during a suspected burglary at his home in south—east london. the man, named locally as richard osborn—brooks, discovered two men in his kitchen. detectives say one was armed with a screwdriver and a struggle ensued. a 38—year—old man was stabbed. he was taken to hospital but later died. north korea may be able to fire missiles that could hit the uk within 18 months, according to mp5. the commons defence committee heard evidence that kim jong—un is expected to be able to make nuclear weapons but won't be able to arm long—range rockets with them. the committe chairman, julian lewis, says north korea's nuclear capability is limited. there are calls for fridges and freezers with plastic backing to be urgently removed from sale after an investigation by consumer watchdog which found they pose a fire risk.

all plastic—backed fridges and freezers currently on the market pass existing safety standards but testing found that some flame—retardant products could speed up the spread of a fire. we put these fridges into a real fire situation, so putting a flame against the backing, and we found that within 30 seconds, the backing went up in flames, but also, it accelerated into a larger fire, and what that meant was the backing was no longer protecting highly flammable material behind it which is what it is supposed to do. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince philip, who's 96, had the planned proceedure on wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. up to 1,000 sure start centres, which provide support for families with young children in england, may have closed in the past eight years, double the government's estimate. research by the sutton trust, which campaigns

to improve social mobility, says cuts to local authority budgets have led to the closures. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any other government. the sutton trust says the closures have affected disadvantaged families the most. we found there has been a 30% cut, basically, in the number of early years centres across the country. we also found that in particular areas, there have been bigger cuts than elsewhere, so there is a bit of a lottery, actually. if you have a young child, where you live determines whether there is a good centre near you. so there is a lottery now that exists in this country. the introduction of the 5 pence carrier bag charge has reduced the amount of single use plastic in our oceans according to research by marine conservationists. scientists believe more needs to be done to reduce plastic in the sea over the next decade, including tackling waste from fishing trawls. thomas maes from the centre for environment, fisheries and aquaculture science told us earlier there is still a worrying amount of ocean debris. we are finding almost every item you

can find we are finding almost every item you canfind on we are finding almost every item you can find on land, typical items like packaging, plastic bags, bottles, any type of plastic item, and a lot of items like wood and metal, but the majority is plastic, 70% or more will be plastic items. thousands of americans have gathered in memphis, to commemorate 50 years since the death of the civil rights leader, martin luther king. bells tolled 39 times, once for each year of dr king's life, to mark the moment he was shot by a white supremacist. the crowd observed a minute's silence at the motel where the murder took place. 0ne one last story, pictures to show you. how about this for a police escort? marine officers in australia were tailed by a great white shark as they patrolled waters off the south coast on saturday afternoon. the huge shark followed them as they carried out checks on boats in the area. everything was ok. noah, as they affectionately named him, lost interest after a few

minutes and went to circle a nearby fishing boat. everything is ok but that shark is as long as that boat. it is huge. it would be quite scary, even though it was not a jaws moment. i think we need a bigger boat! that is the line! this morning, we've been talking about the latest wave of gang—related attacks across london. injust four months, over 50 people have been killed in the capital, raising serious concerns about how to tackle violent crime. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to talk to a youth group in south london to find out what lies at the heart of gangland culture. it is shocking. you wouldn't believe something like that, how many people have died recently. it's just mad and the more of us are dying, so it don't look great for us. it's crazy.

it's devastating. i've lost my son. i know the pain. dwaynamics is a project that is geared towards young people, so we are working with children starting from the age of five, young people and also parents. the way people are carrying knives now is worse than it was before. they are so easily accessible. i see some of the pictures on the internet sometimes, big old knives. it is scary. it is worrying, you know what i mean? everyone fears for their life, if you are a teenager and you're in south london because nobody wants to die, if you're honest. you might die, but the impact that will have on your mum, dad, you don't really want that, so you carry a knife to protect yourself. there's more younger, 12, 13—year—olds, they are carrying.

i see it and i am, like, that's not right because you were younger and you're not supposed to be doing that. you're not in that lifestyle yet. in terms of solutions, i see the hundreds of knives that the police have taken off individuals and through house raids, that is evidence enough that stop and search in the right way, it's working. we need to have spaces that are open for the young people so that they can see in the neighbourhood, look, we have a centre here, that is like a light in darkness. what we can do is prevent other people getting involved in crime and being affected by crime as well, so that is why i think this place is brilliant. i love it. i tell people that i've become disabled. you can't see my disability. i have a broken heart. and every time i hear of a child being stabbed, killed, it's... it's like i'm reliving because i know the devastation which has just entered that family, those parents, those

children, the community. i know and it is that serious. let us talk more about this now. joining us now are sheldon thomas, a former gang member and founder of gangsline, a prevention service for anyone involved with gang culture, and nequela whittaker, a reformed gang member and youth worker. good morning. it could not be presented more starkly, the words of those people directly involved, and these are things you know about from personal experience. so people get a sense, nequela, of what happened to bring you to where you know, what the lifestyle you had?” bring you to where you know, what the lifestyle you had? i was involved in criminal activity from when i was 13 and that spiralled onto 15, 16, 17, when i was 16, i got more involved in the darker side, heavily selling drugs,

transporting myself different areas, fighting, carrying weapons, aggressive against other young peers. try to give people a sense of what first started you in that direction. a lot of people talk about young people in those situations, they are searching for something, it could be security, what was your story? i was searching to fit in because i was going through bullying so, for me, i stood out like a sore thumb. i was talented when i was growing up, i played the violin, being different was not cool. i had tojump on played the violin, being different was not cool. i had to jump on the side where if i wanted to be... i had to be the perpetrator, not the victim, or blend in with the crowd. so interesting, as you look back now with the experience you have, do you think at that age, you had the talent, people pulling you in different directions, what could

have been the thing that if it had been around you that could have made the difference then, taking you to a different place? other young people like myself and having the confidence to believe in myself and feel that i am different from my peers, i have something else going for me, but there were not like—minded people like me, no support network encouraging me to wa nt to support network encouraging me to want to continue to be playing the violin, continue to be an individual who stuck out among my peers. nequela has outlined her experience and you now talk to people and tell them what you went through and wildlife and gangs is not that attractive, but the fact is, sheldon, we are seeing a rising number of gun related incidents, what needs to be done to stop that? we talked to be pulled the time, sadiq khan, the mayor of london, saying it is a scourge, more money going towards policing, is stop and search having an impact? what needs to be done now? going towards policing, should we see, what needs to be done now? see, what needs to be donem going towards policing, should we see, what needs to be done it is not a quick fix answer, we are looking

for quick answers to something that isa for quick answers to something that is a long—term systemic problem, i think we have to look at ourselves asa think we have to look at ourselves as a society and ask ourselves, many of those young people involved in this lifetime come from a background where most of them have absent fathers, most are growing up where there is no direction, and as nequela has quite rightly said, no support, no purpose. most of them grow up in loveless household, i know this will sound bad and people will be offended, but if a child grows up in a loveless household, i'm not talking about you have to be a black kid or a poor white kid, you could be a middle—class kid and if you are growing up in a house where your mother or father don't spend any time with you, and they think they can buy you by buying you a nice phone, you cannot buy love and this is the problem, children in our society are growing up in a loveless household, that means what happened to nequela and what happened to me and what happened to many young people, they are forced to go

outside, and what happens, you kind of get misguided and you fall into that negative peer group, who are in the same position as you, the problem we have is that as a society, we are not asking ourselves fundamental questions. what kind of society do we want? where men are allowed to be absent? a society where women are forced to be the mother, the father and everything else in the household? do we not look at how much pressure that puts on women today, where we have not even unpacks the history... i have dealt with gang members whose mother grew up in a children's home, sexually abused, and in her life that was never tackled, she then had a child... whose responsibility is it to tackle that, as if you are talking about this mother who was sexually abused and then has a child, absent parents, mothers forced to be all roles, where does the influence, the health, come from, government led? is that enough? i think it is difficult for

government but i think there is one thing government did in 2011, when the riots took place, the government we re the riots took place, the government were quick to say to parents, make sure your child, make sure you know where your child is, i think the government can play a really small role in saying to mothers and fathers but this is a message to men, take responsibility for your tolzien stop if we look at the crime and the people involved, young boys. —— take responsibility for your children. we are not saying the majority of the country, just those involved in this lifestyle, the figures correlate, this is families where there are no father figures, the figures correlate. you are talking about long—term fixes, to do with societal changes, but right now, as it stands, there are people dying, as you well know, and lots of people getting injured, london in particular, the focus is there. how do you get to those youngsters,

right now, who are already in that cycle, because, we can talk about the medium, the long—term, people have to think more, how do you start getting to those people today, tomorrow, if they should be at school, how do you start that process ? school, how do you start that process? that process is started by meeting a young person, engaging with the young person, i do that, myself, people like me with small organisations that i champion for the young people, we go out and we be their voice for the young people. asi be their voice for the young people. as i come politically correct and speak to professional but young people do not have that voice and that knowledge of doing so, so i am the voice for the young person. do you think you are welcome, i use the most loose term, by the authorities, are they embracing people, both of you, who have these voices? we are not acknowledge, because the change will begin from people like us because we have been through it. problem with government is that they

don't want to come out of their comfort zone, the comfort zone is what they are used to, they recruit people that look similar to them, that fit within a structure. with ask we are outside of the norms, we come with a different strategy, which is against what they are co mforta ble which is against what they are comfortable with. —— with us. how do we tackle it? number one, gang prevention workshops in every primary school, every secondary school, it should be mandatory, just like safeguarding is mandatory. you should have a gangs prevention in every single school and no primary or secondary should be allowed to say, we don't want it, it should be pa rt say, we don't want it, it should be part of the safeguarding process. that is what needs to happen first. people like nequela and people like some of my work is going into the schools, not people who cannot relate to these young people. somebody tells me, they do listen, when you talk, they listen. yes, it is that word, relate above, i am

relate above, could be a 15—year—old boy, i have gone through that lifestyle, that this young man is going through, currently going through, how can that young man get the best advice, who can he get it from apart from somebody who has gone through it. they are listening, iam one gone through it. they are listening, i am one person in a big complex problem. thank you very much adjoining is. —— —— thank you very much forjoining is. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. the sun will be with most of us for most of the day, turning hazy late in the west, big area of low pressure will bring rain overnight, we also have the tail end of a weather front scooting down the east coast, clearing the south—east of

england with the drizzle. but we have this transient ridge of high pressure, that is what is keeping the weather settled, the space in the weather settled, the space in the isobars tells you there is not going to be much wind, gentle breeze, the wind having dropped from yesterday. a lot of sunshine on offer, one or two share was, the exception rather than the rule across scotland, and through the day, low pressure approaches from the west, high cloud will build, western scotland, west wales and south—west england, that will turn the sunshine hazy, not really spoiling the day, highs today are much better than they have been this week across scotland and northern ireland, in parts of england 15.3. in norfolk. more likely to be ten to 12, and up to ten or 11 in wales. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we hang onto dry weather, cloud advances further east, clear skies in the south means it will be a cold night than the one just gone and by the end of the night, rain across northern ireland, western

scotland, ranging into the west coast of wales, and south—west england. temperature wise, holding above freezing, but old in clear skies and where there is lying snow across scotland. through tomorrow, east—west split, dries and brightest conditions as far east as you travel. piling in, northern scotland, and eventually into north—west england, for wales and south—west england, rain, but patchy in nature, and cloud building ahead of it, turning sunshine hazy. central, southern and eastern england will hang on to the sunshine for the longest. saturday, forecast is giving us a right headache, low—pressure will is giving us a right headache, low— pressure will be is giving us a right headache, low—pressure will be dominating the weather, weather front which is waving, that literally means it is moving in all kinds of directions from the west to the east. this is what we think will happen, if the weather front is lying here, this is where the rain will be, head of it,

drierand where the rain will be, head of it, drier and brighter conditions, could see template is up to 16, further west, some of us could see damages up west, some of us could see damages up to 18 and the rain will be further west. temperature wise, for most of the uk, we are more or less where we should be. now we are going to talk about car sales. we've got figures out for new car sales this morning. they're down again, and diesel has taken a hammering. ben's got more. he is ina he is in a car this morning. abbie got your eye on anything special? may try to get out of a car at my height, not a pretty sight, i am outside, we are talking about car sales, we have car sales figures, they have fallen. -- have you got your eye on anything special? they have fallen. -- have you got your eye on anything special7m they have fallen. -- have you got your eye on anything special? it has come from a higher base, personal contract payments, paying a fee

every month to get a car rather than paying the outright one, people looking more at this figure, £300 a month rather than the big ticket price and that has meant there has been a lot more sales of new cars last year and this year looks less good but the biggest loser in all of this recently has been diesel sales, down by nearly 40%, a big drop off for all sorts of reasons. at the same time, petrol sales flat, electric and hybrid cars up sharply. stephen, good morning, what do you make of the figures, they come from a pretty year last year, it is a blip but not yet a problem. very strong master, march last year was the highest figure on record, and now this year, they are down, we are on the fourth best ever. not an absolute disaster. even though the figures are not perfect. why such a big falloff in diesel? lack of confidence from consumers, we have

seen first the omission scandal at fault slogan, and their government regulation talking about potentially increasing tax, even further, because they have increased it, and diesels perhaps banned from city centres, that is likely to be older diesel cars but that message does not always get across. thank you for speaking with us. mixed picture, good news as far as second—hand sales and hybrid and electric cars are concerned, less good news if it isa are concerned, less good news if it is a diesel car. doing all the sport for us from the gold coast, that is the overview and we will be there in a few minutes' time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. very different day on the way from

yesterday. yesterday's no and rein in scotland, heavy showers, but today, plenty of sunshine —— yesterday we saw snow and rain in scotland. patches of ice, many of us with plenty of sunshine today. a few spots of light rain and drizzle in the south—east, but it will clear quickly, dry and bright with sunshine. possible wintry showers over high ground in scotland. cloud increasing from the west turning the sunshine hazy in the afternoon. temperatures a little bit down on yesterday. through this evening and overnight, the next area of low pressure approaches from the west bringing increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and into the early hours in western parts of scotland. much of

england and wales remaining dry with clear spells, clearer skies in the east meaning it will be that touch cold, temperatures could dip below freezing for multi—scotland, a little bit up in the west. —— for north—east scotland. tomorrow it bit ofa north—east scotland. tomorrow it bit of a north— east split. 0utbreaks north—east scotland. tomorrow it bit of a north— east split. outbreaks of rain working into the west. more in the way of cloud as well. fairly wet for northern ireland, western scotland, outbreaks of rain moving into wales on the south—west. temperatures recovering. a touch up on today. saturday, pulse of rain coming up from the south, a bit of uncertainty on the positioning, if it is in the west, mild temperatures in the south—east and the possibility of 17. this is business live from bbc news with alice baxter and maryam moshiri. us farmers warn they'll be badly hurt by china's retaliatory tariffs on agriculture,

but president trump insists this is not a trade war. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 5th april. it took beijing just 11 hours to respond, with retaliatory tariffs affecting $50 billion dollars worth of goods traded between the world's two biggest economies. the question is, can both sides back down? also in the programme, australia launches an investigation into facebook as the social media giant admits